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rogers

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you're looking live at the crew dragon

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spacecraft and falcon 9 rockets set to

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carry three american astronauts and one

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japanese astronaut to the international

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space station in just a few hours today

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begins the first full duration science

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mission of nasa's commercial crew

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program

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good afternoon and welcome to kennedy

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space center in florida i'm marie lewis

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with nasa public affairs and i'm kate

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tyce senior certification engineer at

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spacex joining us today is someone very

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familiar with historic launch pad 39a

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retired nasa astronaut nicole stott

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welcome nicole

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good afternoon ladies it is wonderful to

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be here with you at the kennedy space

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center

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absolutely one of my favorite places on

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and ours too absolutely at 7 27 pm

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eastern time this evening nasa

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astronauts mike hopkins victor glover

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shannon walker and japan aerospace

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exploration agency astronaut suici

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naguchi will lift off from this historic

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launch complex 39a at nasa's kennedy

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space center and begin their six-month

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journey in orbit this mission known as

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crew one will be the first american

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since this

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since the demo 2 test flight this past

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summer that's right and we have teams

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across the world covering the action

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from spacex headquarters in hawthorne

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california mission control in houston

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and jaxa headquarters in japan and of

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course right here in florida

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in just a few minutes at t-minus four

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once that happens there are a series of

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down to t-zero the first one is suit up

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the suit-up room is located in nasa's

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neil armstrong operations and checkout

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astronauts will leave the onc building

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for final goodbyes with friends and

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before they head out to the launch pad

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and following goodbyes the crew will get

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and white room the white room is their

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during ingress the spacex team will run

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headquarters in hawthorne california i'm

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nasa's leah cheshire and we are beyond

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excited you're joining us live for the

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crew dragon spacecraft on a falcon 9

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engineer here at spacex right next to us

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leading the team inside the room right

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to lead the team through dragon's

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he'll lead the joint nasa spacex go

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a little bit later i'll go through all

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crew one's arrival until then we'll keep

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an eye on today's countdown to launch

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and we'll check back in with you soon

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let's head back over to kennedy space

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a few minutes and one of the nasa

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traditions they've continued is

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designing the patch for their mission so

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take a look uh crew one marks the

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beginning of sustained government

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space station and this crew dragon

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spacecraft is the focus of the patch

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orbital flight and the crew dragon is

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superimposed on a background of stars

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and completes the outline of a dragon's

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head the letter c borders the patch

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shadows of the legacy human space flight

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programs are along the border of course

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that's shuttle apollo mercury and gemini

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to honor and recognize their

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contributions to the crew dragon capsule

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the outline of the space station is also

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on the border to acknowledge crew

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dragon's destination and its

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contribution to maintaining a human

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presence in low earth orbit for the

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united states and our international

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partners

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you might notice that there are no

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individual names or flags on the border

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because the patch honors not just the

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crew members on board but all of the

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nasa and spacex employees who have

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worked together to make this sleek and

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elegant spacecraft this pit this patch

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honors their vision service and support

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the crew one astronauts dedicate this

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patch to their families

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and you know i i have to tell you when i

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saw this patch it made me smile because

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of the the blue dragon

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one of the traditions that we have

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uh within the astronaut office and you

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know in addition to designing the

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patches for our missions

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is that the class before you gets to

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name you

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name the new class and when shannon's

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class uh came on

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our class the bugs the class of 2000 got

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to name shannon's class the class of

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2004

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and they originally though wanted to

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name themselves

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blue dragons

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we denied that though they are the

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peacocks but i thought it was kind of

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funny no coincidence maybe that um

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shannon is on this mission and that that

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patch has a nice beautiful blue dragon

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on it very serendipitous i think yeah

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all right well at uh t minus four hours

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we're actually just inside that so any

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moment now we expect to see the crew

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begin to suit up inside astronaut crew

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quarters just down the road from us

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we'll have a live look inside the suit

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up room uh with the spacex team as they

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begin to help the astronauts put on

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their spacesuits and perform key

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checkouts now the crew scheduled uh wake

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up time excuse me was 11 47 this morning

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they're probably up a little earlier

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than that but that was their scheduled

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wake-up time to adjust their sleep

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schedule in preparation for launch

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they had lunch at 12 15 and i i got to

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check my phone because i got a text

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message with what they all ate

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mike hopkins had new york steak medium

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rare with seasoned fries and dirty rice

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shannon had a juicy medium hamburger

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with no soggy bun brioche bun

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with sweet potato fries and

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arugula salad with shaved parmesan

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cheese and balsamic vinaigrette good

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choice

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[Music]

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soichi had japanese curry rice with a

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panko crusted chicken thigh and curly

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fries

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and victor had lamb chops medium with

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sweet potato mashed and same salad as

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shannon walker but no dressing i wonder

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if they had to pre-order if that was

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just on the fly right well you get

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pretty much whenever you want it because

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nicole i'll tell you what you are so

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well taken care of in crew quarters and

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food i think is at the top of their list

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for taking care of us and

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i'm sure that they they put in a

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pre-order for that but uh

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yeah that was quite the selection yeah

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all good i mean my mouth was watering

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thinking about all of that but besides

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their lunch obviously they they did some

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other things this morning right they had

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their routine daily medical checks uh

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their flight day preparation included

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reviewing the procedures on their

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tablets uh before suit up one final time

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and uh just a few minutes ago they

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listened to a weather brief

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and so again any minute now we're

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expecting to see a live view inside the

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student room

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27

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17 local time with an instantaneous

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window the crew is starting suit donning

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and preparation to begin in-grass

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activities

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vehicle gases are at meop fds checkouts

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are complete and dragon prop tanks are

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pressed in preparation for ingress

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f9 is not tracking any issues at this

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time

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upper level ground level and pad escape

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winds remain go at this time launch

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weather will be a watch item this

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evening with cumulus clouds play through

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precip and surface electric field rules

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as a primary concern

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the event of a scrub the next available

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launch attempt will be wednesday

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november 18th

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as a reminder the launch escape system

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will be armed prior to propellant load

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today

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procedure 52.911 is open in the event of

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any crew emergency or crew ingress

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through launch

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firing 4 will go into lockdown at t

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minus 45 minutes and last until

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spacecraft separation or after the

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launch escape system is disarmed

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all personnel requested to stay in their

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locations until lockdown is complete

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pokemon is uh healthy and good to go

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copy cmd any comments

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dragons looking good today we had a

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successful legal integrity test

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overnight uh dragon press just a bit

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earlier as you mentioned and we're not

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tracking any issues we're ready for crew

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ingress

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i'll be all unless there's any other

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questions this will conclude the t-minus

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okay so we're expecting to go uh to have

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a live view inside the suit-up room

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momentarily you just heard a live brief

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it sounds like there's no issues with

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falcon 9 the primary concern at this

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point is weather that's a watch item

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around the launch pad the downrange

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weather actually looks pretty good so

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we're just going to keep an eye on

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weather around the pad here's our first

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wow it is it is so exciting to see this

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yeah it's just okay so there's a look at

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uh commander that looks like my mike

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so kate walk us through um what are they

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doing in these seats and obviously

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they're they're getting some checkouts

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making sure the fit is good walk us

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through what is happening the mechanics

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of what's going on in the room yeah so

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each astronaut has an assigned crew team

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member um to make sure one they're part

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of our suit up team and that suit up

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lead

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or assigned crew member is essentially

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responsible for communicating any

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feedback making sure that we're getting

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thumbs up verbal goes that everything is

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fitting well and is comfortable

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so these suit techs like i said they're

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all assigned to each astronaut and it's

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to make sure that each astronaut is

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undergoing the same defined

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basically checkout list to make sure

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that we can proceed into the next steps

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and they're also doing stuff but this

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would have happened before the suits

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came on but those closeout excuse me the

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suit

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maybe things that we might consider

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smaller in detail but they were also

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checking to make sure that

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the astronauts weren't wearing any

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uncleared personal items so making sure

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that they didn't have any jewelry rings

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earrings the only thing that they're

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really allowed to wear is the nasa

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provided watch if they choose to wear

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one so making sure that those smaller

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things um are off before the suit gets

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put on okay and we can see shannon in

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the seat now and um tell us about these

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seats that they're sitting in nicole

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but there's a special reason for these

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these chairs yeah so these chairs these

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are uh basically gse or ground support

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equipment chairs that are

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pretty identical to this the chairs that

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they will be sitting in inside of the

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capsule so the reason that we're suiting

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them up here and doing these checkouts

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is to make sure that the umbilicals the

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the things that are in the suit that

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connect directly to the seat they they

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communicate they allow the astronauts to

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communicate and they also provide

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environmental systems so

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you know to make sure that our our

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friends are nice and comfortable during

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their ride we are pumping cool air

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through the suit so they're basically

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sitting in these chairs that are

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duplications of the chairs inside of the

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capsule to make sure that all of those

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umbilicals will get hooked up properly

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now those recliners that nicole is so

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fond of they are in the room

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i promise they're still there um you can

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you might even be able to see them in

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the background in some of these shots

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but essentially these chairs are allow

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allow us to make the essential

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checkouts prior to exiting the onc and

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nicole this must bring bring back a lot

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of fond memories for you you did this

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twice before yeah it really does and you

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know um i don't know i'm kind of living

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vicariously feeling some level of

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excitement that they might be at this

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point it's it's just really nice to see

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all four of them in there

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you know snug in their seats and uh

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getting ready to go launch to space

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today absolutely and this first

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long-duration crew to fly on a

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commercial spacecraft has a diverse

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collection of experiences they bring to

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this mission today crew dragon commander

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mike hopkins was born in lebanon

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missouri but grew up outside richland

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missouri he was selected as an astronaut

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by nasa in 2009 nas excuse me hopkins is

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a colonel in the united states air force

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and holds degrees in aerospace

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engineering he flew on the russian soyuz

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to the iss as a member of the expedition

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3738 crew logging 166 days in space

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and hopkins performed two spacewalks

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totaling almost 13 hours to change out a

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degraded pump module on the space

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station his military experience includes

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testing c-17 and c-130 aircraft

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pilot victor glover is a native of

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pomona california he was selected as an

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astronaut by nasa in 2013. glover is a

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commander in the united states navy and

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holds degrees in general engineering

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flight test engineering systems

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engineering and military operational art

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in science while this will be glover's

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first space flight he has extensive

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military test flight experience he was a

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test pilot for the fa-18 hornet the

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super hornet and the ea-18g growler he's

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accumulated 3 000 flight hours in more

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than 40 aircraft over 400 carrier

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arrested landings and 24 combat missions

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and mission specialist shannon walker is

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from houston texas she was selected as

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an astronaut by nasa in 2004

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she is a doctor of philosophy in space

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physics

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walker flew on the russian soyuz as a

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flight engineer for expeditions 24 25 on

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board the iss in space for 163 days and

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during that mission she was the robotics

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operator supporting three

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has contingency at the crew arm on

555
00:22:47,669 --> 00:22:45,590
to remove and replace a failed pump

556
00:22:49,830 --> 00:22:47,679
module on the space station shannon is

557
00:22:52,390 --> 00:22:49,840
also one of only a few dozen people to

558
00:22:54,710 --> 00:22:52,400
be both an astronaut and an aquanaut

559
00:22:56,390 --> 00:22:54,720
having spent 13 days underwater during

560
00:22:59,510 --> 00:22:56,400
nasa's extreme

561
00:23:01,270 --> 00:22:59,520
environments mission operations 15 aptly

562
00:23:02,950 --> 00:23:01,280
called nemo 15

563
00:23:05,270 --> 00:23:02,960
and during the mission she lived inside

564
00:23:07,590 --> 00:23:05,280
the world's only underwater research

565
00:23:09,830 --> 00:23:07,600
station aquarius which sits 60 feet

566
00:23:12,230 --> 00:23:09,840
beneath the ocean surface and just down

567
00:23:13,750 --> 00:23:12,240
the road off the coast of key largo and

568
00:23:15,669 --> 00:23:13,760
having been blessed with this experience

569
00:23:17,830 --> 00:23:15,679
myself i can attest that the nemo

570
00:23:20,630 --> 00:23:17,840
missions are absolutely the best analog

571
00:23:22,710 --> 00:23:20,640
to living and working in space

572
00:23:25,590 --> 00:23:22,720
mission specialist suichi naguchi is

573
00:23:27,510 --> 00:23:25,600
from yokohama kananagwa japan he was

574
00:23:29,110 --> 00:23:27,520
selected as an astronaut by japan in

575
00:23:30,870 --> 00:23:29,120
1996.

576
00:23:32,310 --> 00:23:30,880
he has degrees in aeronautical

577
00:23:34,789 --> 00:23:32,320
engineering and is a doctor of

578
00:23:38,270 --> 00:23:34,799
philosophy in advanced interdisciplinary

579
00:23:40,710 --> 00:23:38,280
studies gucci has longed a total of

580
00:23:42,269 --> 00:23:40,720
177 days in space

581
00:23:44,950 --> 00:23:42,279
having flown on

582
00:23:47,269 --> 00:23:44,960
sts-114 on the space shuttle discovery

583
00:23:50,390 --> 00:23:47,279
and on the russian soyuz as a member of

584
00:23:53,350 --> 00:23:50,400
the expedition 2223 crew

585
00:23:55,750 --> 00:23:53,360
while on sts-114 he became the first

586
00:23:57,510 --> 00:23:55,760
japanese astronaut to perform spacewalks

587
00:23:59,430 --> 00:23:57,520
on the international space station

588
00:24:02,230 --> 00:23:59,440
completing three of those spacewalks

589
00:24:03,990 --> 00:24:02,240
totaling 20 hours each of these four

590
00:24:06,549 --> 00:24:04,000
crew members will serve as flight

591
00:24:07,990 --> 00:24:06,559
engineers for expedition 64 once they

592
00:24:10,870 --> 00:24:08,000
arrive at the international space

593
00:24:12,470 --> 00:24:10,880
station and we will be sure to be give

594
00:24:14,710 --> 00:24:12,480
we will continue to give you a close

595
00:24:16,950 --> 00:24:14,720
look at each of them as we continue to

596
00:24:18,230 --> 00:24:16,960
approach our t zero time

597
00:24:19,750 --> 00:24:18,240
you know it's interesting i think as we

598
00:24:22,230 --> 00:24:19,760
introduce the crew members kind of all

599
00:24:24,789 --> 00:24:22,240
these little small world brings it back

600
00:24:27,990 --> 00:24:24,799
kind of connections and yes the wiichi

601
00:24:29,669 --> 00:24:28,000
was on sts-114 which was a return to

602
00:24:33,590 --> 00:24:29,679
flight you know first shuttle flight

603
00:24:37,590 --> 00:24:33,600
after uh columbia and one of his

604
00:24:39,510 --> 00:24:37,600
crewmates on sts-114 is uh shannon's

605
00:24:40,549 --> 00:24:39,520
husband andy thomas who is also an

606
00:24:43,430 --> 00:24:40,559
astronaut

607
00:24:46,549 --> 00:24:43,440
it is it's a it's a small world yeah for

608
00:24:48,470 --> 00:24:46,559
sure yeah and you know we heard a lot

609
00:24:51,269 --> 00:24:48,480
about their individual experiences

610
00:24:53,510 --> 00:24:51,279
nicole how important is it to have um a

611
00:24:56,390 --> 00:24:53,520
group of a group of astronauts on a

612
00:24:57,909 --> 00:24:56,400
mission together that that do have um

613
00:24:59,750 --> 00:24:57,919
who have been through so many different

614
00:25:01,190 --> 00:24:59,760
things of course this will be victor's

615
00:25:04,310 --> 00:25:01,200
first space flight i mean what's your

616
00:25:06,310 --> 00:25:04,320
perspective on that um well i think it

617
00:25:08,070 --> 00:25:06,320
just in general we've seen across many

618
00:25:10,549 --> 00:25:08,080
different industries but certainly nasa

619
00:25:12,870 --> 00:25:10,559
i think kind of exemplifies this

620
00:25:15,350 --> 00:25:12,880
uh you know fact that when we bring

621
00:25:17,350 --> 00:25:15,360
different backgrounds together we have a

622
00:25:19,350 --> 00:25:17,360
more successful mission and we can look

623
00:25:20,950 --> 00:25:19,360
at solving problems in different ways

624
00:25:23,350 --> 00:25:20,960
and the international space station

625
00:25:25,269 --> 00:25:23,360
program you know without even looking at

626
00:25:27,990 --> 00:25:25,279
the crew members here today has brought

627
00:25:30,470 --> 00:25:28,000
together what 15 different countries

628
00:25:32,230 --> 00:25:30,480
five international space agencies

629
00:25:33,909 --> 00:25:32,240
all working peacefully successfully for

630
00:25:35,669 --> 00:25:33,919
this last 20 years i think it's a

631
00:25:37,269 --> 00:25:35,679
perfect example of how when we bring

632
00:25:40,390 --> 00:25:37,279
these different experiences together we

633
00:25:42,230 --> 00:25:40,400
have real success yeah continued proof

634
00:25:44,070 --> 00:25:42,240
um it's also worth noting that even

635
00:25:46,470 --> 00:25:44,080
though this is the second crew to suit

636
00:25:48,789 --> 00:25:46,480
up for a crew dragon space flight they

637
00:25:50,950 --> 00:25:48,799
will accomplish several firsts

638
00:25:53,750 --> 00:25:50,960
this will be the first four person crew

639
00:25:56,230 --> 00:25:53,760
ever on any capsule and on a commercial

640
00:25:58,310 --> 00:25:56,240
spacecraft at that walker will be the

641
00:26:00,549 --> 00:25:58,320
first woman on a commercial orbital

642
00:26:02,390 --> 00:26:00,559
space flight naguchi is the first

643
00:26:04,950 --> 00:26:02,400
international partner crew member on

644
00:26:07,110 --> 00:26:04,960
crew dragon he will also be the first

645
00:26:09,430 --> 00:26:07,120
international partner astronaut to fly

646
00:26:10,470 --> 00:26:09,440
aboard three different types of orbital

647
00:26:12,549 --> 00:26:10,480
spacecraft

648
00:26:15,350 --> 00:26:12,559
those being the us space shuttle the

649
00:26:17,830 --> 00:26:15,360
russian soyuz and now third the spacex

650
00:26:20,070 --> 00:26:17,840
crew dragon glover will be the first

651
00:26:22,390 --> 00:26:20,080
black astronaut to fly on a commercial

652
00:26:24,630 --> 00:26:22,400
spacecraft and the first black long

653
00:26:26,470 --> 00:26:24,640
duration crew member to live aboard the

654
00:26:28,230 --> 00:26:26,480
international space station

655
00:26:30,070 --> 00:26:28,240
hopkins will be the first flight test

656
00:26:31,750 --> 00:26:30,080
engineer to command an american

657
00:26:35,029 --> 00:26:31,760
spacecraft so

658
00:26:36,630 --> 00:26:35,039
making history on many fronts today

659
00:26:40,230 --> 00:26:36,640
yeah so just checking back in with the

660
00:26:42,149 --> 00:26:40,240
crew there we see them lifting the visor

661
00:26:43,990 --> 00:26:42,159
what they were doing just before they

662
00:26:45,830 --> 00:26:44,000
were actually pressurizing the suit to

663
00:26:48,310 --> 00:26:45,840
make sure that everything was fitting

664
00:26:51,190 --> 00:26:48,320
properly and making sure all the seals

665
00:26:54,070 --> 00:26:51,200
uh were in place making sure so there

666
00:26:55,510 --> 00:26:54,080
the the spacesuits are custom fitted for

667
00:26:57,990 --> 00:26:55,520
each astronaut they are specially

668
00:27:00,310 --> 00:26:58,000
designed to fit uh their specific bodies

669
00:27:02,310 --> 00:27:00,320
so there's absolutely no chance that you

670
00:27:04,149 --> 00:27:02,320
can put someone else's on and and you

671
00:27:05,510 --> 00:27:04,159
can't mix them up um the same goes for

672
00:27:07,990 --> 00:27:05,520
their seat assignments inside the

673
00:27:10,630 --> 00:27:08,000
capsule as well those are also assigned

674
00:27:12,310 --> 00:27:10,640
but these suits utilize zippers in

675
00:27:13,750 --> 00:27:12,320
certain places to help make sure and so

676
00:27:16,149 --> 00:27:13,760
some of what we're what we saw before

677
00:27:18,310 --> 00:27:16,159
was making sure the zippers are fully uh

678
00:27:20,630 --> 00:27:18,320
closed uh in in place and making sure

679
00:27:21,430 --> 00:27:20,640
that we can apply pressure within the

680
00:27:23,830 --> 00:27:21,440
suit

681
00:27:26,149 --> 00:27:23,840
for again environmental controls and it

682
00:27:28,630 --> 00:27:26,159
also allows us to maintain environment

683
00:27:32,230 --> 00:27:28,640
in the unlikely event of cabin

684
00:27:36,470 --> 00:27:34,149
so it's safe to say that this mission

685
00:27:38,389 --> 00:27:36,480
certainly represents a lot that has been

686
00:27:40,630 --> 00:27:38,399
accomplished this year it's kind of

687
00:27:42,710 --> 00:27:40,640
crazy to think that demo two

688
00:27:45,430 --> 00:27:42,720
lifted off and and splashed down just

689
00:27:48,710 --> 00:27:45,440
earlier um years of cooperation with the

690
00:27:50,470 --> 00:27:48,720
cargo program the cargo resupply program

691
00:27:52,870 --> 00:27:50,480
with nasa going to the international

692
00:27:55,029 --> 00:27:52,880
space station then developing developing

693
00:27:58,230 --> 00:27:55,039
this crew system that we see here

694
00:27:59,990 --> 00:27:58,240
we had 22 trips to station so far to

695
00:28:01,590 --> 00:28:00,000
date and nine of those were have

696
00:28:04,230 --> 00:28:01,600
actually been completed on a reused

697
00:28:05,909 --> 00:28:04,240
dragon so that's pretty exciting

698
00:28:07,510 --> 00:28:05,919
like i mentioned we've we've had a lot

699
00:28:09,990 --> 00:28:07,520
of progress this year

700
00:28:12,389 --> 00:28:10,000
the in-flight test abort test was

701
00:28:15,750 --> 00:28:12,399
completed in january and then like i

702
00:28:18,470 --> 00:28:15,760
said demo 2 back in may lifted off in

703
00:28:20,070 --> 00:28:18,480
may and splashed down in august

704
00:28:22,070 --> 00:28:20,080
nicole were you able to follow along

705
00:28:23,269 --> 00:28:22,080
with that yeah absolutely i think you

706
00:28:24,549 --> 00:28:23,279
know just because you retire from the

707
00:28:27,110 --> 00:28:24,559
astronaut office doesn't mean you

708
00:28:27,909 --> 00:28:27,120
completely separate yourself you know

709
00:28:30,389 --> 00:28:27,919
and

710
00:28:33,110 --> 00:28:30,399
um yeah i made a point of following

711
00:28:35,430 --> 00:28:33,120
along uh a lot of living vicariously

712
00:28:37,669 --> 00:28:35,440
through bob and doug for sure you know

713
00:28:39,269 --> 00:28:37,679
just like today is watching these four

714
00:28:40,950 --> 00:28:39,279
and you know what's interesting to me is

715
00:28:43,669 --> 00:28:40,960
bob and doug were in my astronaut class

716
00:28:45,909 --> 00:28:43,679
so it was like watching family and um

717
00:28:48,070 --> 00:28:45,919
and pretty special to see when

718
00:28:49,830 --> 00:28:48,080
when megan and karen there

719
00:28:51,350 --> 00:28:49,840
you know their wives were able to to be

720
00:28:54,549 --> 00:28:51,360
out there and both of them are also in

721
00:29:00,389 --> 00:28:57,830
yeah okay so uh while there are a lot of

722
00:29:02,070 --> 00:29:00,399
firsts that we have accomplished will be

723
00:29:04,230 --> 00:29:02,080
accomplishing on this mission for mike

724
00:29:06,870 --> 00:29:04,240
and victor the most important moment so

725
00:29:09,110 --> 00:29:06,880
far was when suici and shannon were

726
00:29:11,590 --> 00:29:09,120
assigned to their crew mike and victor

727
00:29:12,470 --> 00:29:11,600
had been training with us at spacex for

728
00:29:14,870 --> 00:29:12,480
a while

729
00:29:17,909 --> 00:29:14,880
along with bob and doug and so when they

730
00:29:20,630 --> 00:29:17,919
had their full one uh assignment uh it

731
00:29:22,470 --> 00:29:20,640
was a big deal the four-member crew

732
00:29:24,149 --> 00:29:22,480
starting training together as a unit

733
00:29:26,310 --> 00:29:24,159
earlier this year yeah i remember

734
00:29:28,149 --> 00:29:26,320
shannon saying it was uh friday she was

735
00:29:29,830 --> 00:29:28,159
a management astronaut and on monday she

736
00:29:31,990 --> 00:29:29,840
was training for this flight

737
00:29:34,470 --> 00:29:32,000
so it was a really exciting time for her

738
00:29:36,950 --> 00:29:34,480
i know and while training to fly a board

739
00:29:38,789 --> 00:29:36,960
dragon is serious business the crew was

740
00:29:40,549 --> 00:29:38,799
able to have a little fun along the way

741
00:29:42,310 --> 00:29:40,559
and get to know each other better

742
00:29:44,389 --> 00:29:42,320
shannon told us that in some ways the

743
00:29:47,669 --> 00:29:44,399
pandemic actually made it easier for

744
00:29:50,070 --> 00:29:47,679
them all to bond once covid hit nasa and

745
00:29:51,590 --> 00:29:50,080
spacex had to find ways to make it safe

746
00:29:53,750 --> 00:29:51,600
for the crew to travel and you can hear

747
00:29:55,990 --> 00:29:53,760
the helo flying above us as they get

748
00:29:58,389 --> 00:29:56,000
ready to depart the building and ride

749
00:30:00,230 --> 00:29:58,399
out to the pad the crew ended up

750
00:30:02,230 --> 00:30:00,240
traveling as a unit and even lived

751
00:30:04,710 --> 00:30:02,240
together in a house while they were in

752
00:30:06,389 --> 00:30:04,720
hawthorne instead of staying in a hotel

753
00:30:08,789 --> 00:30:06,399
and at the end of each day they'd all

754
00:30:11,029 --> 00:30:08,799
have dinner together so spending so much

755
00:30:13,110 --> 00:30:11,039
time in each of each other's company as

756
00:30:15,430 --> 00:30:13,120
you can imagine allowed them uh to warm

757
00:30:16,950 --> 00:30:15,440
up to to each other much faster and

758
00:30:18,230 --> 00:30:16,960
obviously get to know each other better

759
00:30:19,750 --> 00:30:18,240
than if it were under normal

760
00:30:22,389 --> 00:30:19,760
circumstances

761
00:30:24,230 --> 00:30:22,399
the crew also told us that the emergency

762
00:30:26,310 --> 00:30:24,240
trainings that they underwent also

763
00:30:28,549 --> 00:30:26,320
brought them closer together training

764
00:30:30,950 --> 00:30:28,559
for emergency scenarios is typically

765
00:30:32,870 --> 00:30:30,960
very stressful and the crew has to

766
00:30:35,029 --> 00:30:32,880
approach each exercise with an

767
00:30:36,950 --> 00:30:35,039
exceptional amount of teamwork

768
00:30:39,350 --> 00:30:36,960
at the end of these training days

769
00:30:41,669 --> 00:30:39,360
everyone was always a bit sweaty but

770
00:30:43,990 --> 00:30:41,679
mostly smiles as they ate and debriefed

771
00:30:45,830 --> 00:30:44,000
around a conference room table for mike

772
00:30:47,350 --> 00:30:45,840
he said that those were some of his

773
00:30:49,269 --> 00:30:47,360
favorite moments sitting around the

774
00:30:51,190 --> 00:30:49,279
table sharing stories and laughs with

775
00:30:53,269 --> 00:30:51,200
each other

776
00:30:54,710 --> 00:30:53,279
yeah and i know they've all they've each

777
00:30:57,190 --> 00:30:54,720
talked about how it doesn't feel like

778
00:30:58,549 --> 00:30:57,200
work it's it's like fun and you know i

779
00:31:00,389 --> 00:30:58,559
don't want to call it play because it's

780
00:31:02,870 --> 00:31:00,399
serious business but they just they're

781
00:31:04,630 --> 00:31:02,880
having a blast with this um it's clear

782
00:31:06,870 --> 00:31:04,640
that this crew has enjoyed the journey

783
00:31:08,870 --> 00:31:06,880
with each other so far and it's going to

784
00:31:10,789 --> 00:31:08,880
be so exciting to see them lift off from

785
00:31:13,269 --> 00:31:10,799
launch pad 39a

786
00:31:15,990 --> 00:31:13,279
in just under four hours we are at t

787
00:31:20,070 --> 00:31:16,000
minus three hours 41 minutes and

788
00:31:23,830 --> 00:31:21,830
and nicole as you see uh the four of

789
00:31:25,750 --> 00:31:23,840
them there it looks like they're nearing

790
00:31:27,990 --> 00:31:25,760
the end of the suit up process uh not

791
00:31:30,230 --> 00:31:28,000
ready to leave the room quite yet but uh

792
00:31:31,830 --> 00:31:30,240
what's their headspace like right now

793
00:31:33,590 --> 00:31:31,840
well i think it's probably you know a

794
00:31:35,509 --> 00:31:33,600
little bit of a balance between holy

795
00:31:37,350 --> 00:31:35,519
moly i'm really here about to go you

796
00:31:38,310 --> 00:31:37,360
know walk to a launch pad to go to space

797
00:31:40,149 --> 00:31:38,320
today

798
00:31:46,070 --> 00:31:40,159
and just and then thinking about what

799
00:31:49,350 --> 00:31:47,350
and then and then thinking about what

800
00:31:52,149 --> 00:31:49,360
they you know need to do is they get

801
00:31:53,029 --> 00:31:52,159
strapped into to the spacecraft but

802
00:31:54,870 --> 00:31:53,039
um

803
00:31:55,909 --> 00:31:54,880
you know victor with his first flight i

804
00:31:56,830 --> 00:31:55,919
imagine

805
00:31:58,710 --> 00:31:56,840
you know there's a little bit of a

806
00:32:00,149 --> 00:31:58,720
hypersensitivity too you know you coming

807
00:32:02,310 --> 00:32:00,159
into this room this is this is a

808
00:32:03,590 --> 00:32:02,320
historic room itself the suit up room

809
00:32:06,230 --> 00:32:03,600
there's a lot there's like an aura

810
00:32:08,230 --> 00:32:06,240
there's this awe about it and

811
00:32:09,990 --> 00:32:08,240
you know i i imagine he's you know

812
00:32:13,190 --> 00:32:10,000
trying to take everything he possibly

813
00:32:14,470 --> 00:32:13,200
can in and um you know to remember it

814
00:32:17,430 --> 00:32:14,480
he'll be thankful for the pictures and

815
00:32:18,950 --> 00:32:17,440
videos like we all are you know for sure

816
00:32:20,549 --> 00:32:18,960
but yeah

817
00:32:22,789 --> 00:32:20,559
and and the people that they're there

818
00:32:25,110 --> 00:32:22,799
with you know like kate mentioned this

819
00:32:27,110 --> 00:32:25,120
this suit up team you get to know these

820
00:32:28,870 --> 00:32:27,120
people i mean they're along with you for

821
00:32:30,070 --> 00:32:28,880
you know for the journey in general you

822
00:32:31,750 --> 00:32:30,080
know training and then all the way out

823
00:32:33,190 --> 00:32:31,760
to the pad and

824
00:32:35,509 --> 00:32:33,200
um so you feel like you're there with

825
00:32:37,029 --> 00:32:35,519
family as well and and you want to you

826
00:32:38,310 --> 00:32:37,039
want them to feel like they're part of

827
00:32:40,149 --> 00:32:38,320
the experience

828
00:32:41,269 --> 00:32:40,159
the excitement that you're having too

829
00:32:43,669 --> 00:32:41,279
about it

830
00:32:45,669 --> 00:32:43,679
sure thanks nicole

831
00:32:47,830 --> 00:32:45,679
we've got about 15 minutes approximately

832
00:32:49,509 --> 00:32:47,840
until the crew leaves this suit up room

833
00:32:53,029 --> 00:32:49,519
so let's check in with john inspector

834
00:32:55,590 --> 00:32:53,039
for another operation update john

835
00:32:58,310 --> 00:32:55,600
thanks marie we're coming up on t minus

836
00:33:00,630 --> 00:32:58,320
3 hours and 40 minutes and all continues

837
00:33:03,029 --> 00:33:00,640
to go well for tonight's launch as we

838
00:33:06,149 --> 00:33:03,039
wait for the crew to walk out of the

839
00:33:07,990 --> 00:33:06,159
building now the area around pad 39a was

840
00:33:10,149 --> 00:33:08,000
cleared of personnel at t-minus eight

841
00:33:12,070 --> 00:33:10,159
hours the only people remaining on the

842
00:33:14,070 --> 00:33:12,080
pad right now are the ones needed for

843
00:33:16,230 --> 00:33:14,080
ingress of the astronauts and we'll be

844
00:33:18,230 --> 00:33:16,240
covering crew arrival at the pad and

845
00:33:20,149 --> 00:33:18,240
entry into the spacecraft

846
00:33:23,029 --> 00:33:20,159
now on the launch pad as you can see

847
00:33:24,710 --> 00:33:23,039
falcon 9 is powered on engine and stage

848
00:33:27,190 --> 00:33:24,720
checkouts were performed several hours

849
00:33:29,750 --> 00:33:27,200
ago we're currently monitoring telemetry

850
00:33:31,430 --> 00:33:29,760
and pressurizing gas storage vessels the

851
00:33:33,350 --> 00:33:31,440
good news is the launch director and the

852
00:33:35,269 --> 00:33:33,360
chief engineer reported in the t-minus

853
00:33:38,230 --> 00:33:35,279
four hour briefing there's nothing

854
00:33:40,149 --> 00:33:38,240
significant to report on the rocket now

855
00:33:42,389 --> 00:33:40,159
on top of the falcon 9 in your picture

856
00:33:45,110 --> 00:33:42,399
at the very top the dragon spacecraft

857
00:33:47,029 --> 00:33:45,120
that capsule is ready for the crew

858
00:33:49,350 --> 00:33:47,039
functional checkouts were performed in

859
00:33:51,509 --> 00:33:49,360
preparation for the crew's arrival most

860
00:33:53,909 --> 00:33:51,519
recently the dragon propellant system

861
00:33:55,909 --> 00:33:53,919
was pressurized to final flight pressure

862
00:33:57,269 --> 00:33:55,919
about 40 minutes ago

863
00:34:00,870 --> 00:33:57,279
and also as the mission director

864
00:34:02,870 --> 00:34:00,880
reported all spacecraft systems are go

865
00:34:04,789 --> 00:34:02,880
good news is the launch range is ready

866
00:34:06,870 --> 00:34:04,799
to support they're green and go working

867
00:34:08,389 --> 00:34:06,880
no issues at this time

868
00:34:10,389 --> 00:34:08,399
and finally on the weather we're getting

869
00:34:12,470 --> 00:34:10,399
ready to release the first of several

870
00:34:14,629 --> 00:34:12,480
weather balloons in the last three and a

871
00:34:16,230 --> 00:34:14,639
half hours of the countdown so while

872
00:34:18,230 --> 00:34:16,240
we're waiting for those results to give

873
00:34:20,550 --> 00:34:18,240
us a better idea on the upper altitude

874
00:34:22,710 --> 00:34:20,560
winds we are still anticipating

875
00:34:24,310 --> 00:34:22,720
acceptable weather for launch

876
00:34:26,230 --> 00:34:24,320
so things are looking good with both

877
00:34:28,149 --> 00:34:26,240
falcon and dragon and the weather is

878
00:34:30,629 --> 00:34:28,159
cooperating right now as we count down

879
00:34:33,030 --> 00:34:30,639
to liftoff as we get ready for the crew

880
00:34:35,589 --> 00:34:33,040
to walk out let's go back to our team at

881
00:34:37,909 --> 00:34:35,599
kennedy space center

882
00:34:40,149 --> 00:34:37,919
all right thank you john uh looking back

883
00:34:42,149 --> 00:34:40,159
live inside the room again hilo's flying

884
00:34:44,389 --> 00:34:42,159
overhead everybody is getting ready for

885
00:34:46,389 --> 00:34:44,399
this crew to make their way just behind

886
00:34:49,510 --> 00:34:46,399
us on their way out to the launch pad it

887
00:34:51,829 --> 00:34:49,520
is now t minus 3 hours and 38 minutes

888
00:34:54,550 --> 00:34:51,839
here at kennedy space center in florida

889
00:34:57,030 --> 00:34:54,560
the crew ate lunch at about 12 15 and

890
00:34:59,109 --> 00:34:57,040
listened to a weather brief again the

891
00:35:01,270 --> 00:34:59,119
main watch item right now is weather

892
00:35:03,589 --> 00:35:01,280
around the launch pad we just watched

893
00:35:05,990 --> 00:35:03,599
the suit text from spacex fit each crew

894
00:35:08,550 --> 00:35:06,000
member into their own custom space suit

895
00:35:11,190 --> 00:35:08,560
inside the crew quarters and in just a

896
00:35:14,069 --> 00:35:11,200
few minutes at t minus three hours and

897
00:35:16,150 --> 00:35:14,079
25 minutes give or take the crew will be

898
00:35:18,470 --> 00:35:16,160
making their way out of this famed suit

899
00:35:20,710 --> 00:35:18,480
up room down the hallway into an

900
00:35:22,790 --> 00:35:20,720
elevator down to the first floor and

901
00:35:24,950 --> 00:35:22,800
then finally they will make that famous

902
00:35:26,790 --> 00:35:24,960
walk outside to see their families and a

903
00:35:33,270 --> 00:35:26,800
small group of well-wishers before they

904
00:35:37,910 --> 00:35:34,870
and there are three teslas waiting to

905
00:35:40,069 --> 00:35:37,920
drive the crew out to launch complex 39a

906
00:35:42,470 --> 00:35:40,079
riding in the first car will be suit

907
00:35:44,710 --> 00:35:42,480
techs and the closeout lead and in the

908
00:35:47,829 --> 00:35:44,720
second tesla mike and shannon will be

909
00:35:50,470 --> 00:35:47,839
sharing a ride with the flight surgeon

910
00:35:53,670 --> 00:35:50,480
and in the third vehicle we'll have

911
00:35:55,670 --> 00:35:53,680
victor suici and another closeout lead

912
00:35:57,349 --> 00:35:55,680
we will be following that convoy live

913
00:35:59,589 --> 00:35:57,359
every step of the way getting you as

914
00:36:01,430 --> 00:35:59,599
close as possible without actually being

915
00:36:02,470 --> 00:36:01,440
without actually being in the car with

916
00:36:04,150 --> 00:36:02,480
them

917
00:36:05,829 --> 00:36:04,160
so i want to point out you see you might

918
00:36:07,109 --> 00:36:05,839
notice there on the front windshield of

919
00:36:09,670 --> 00:36:07,119
that tesla there were a couple of

920
00:36:12,150 --> 00:36:09,680
stickers um the two teslas that were

921
00:36:14,390 --> 00:36:12,160
utilized in our previous crew missions

922
00:36:16,310 --> 00:36:14,400
have those stickers designating that um

923
00:36:17,990 --> 00:36:16,320
the first car will be the one

924
00:36:18,930 --> 00:36:18,000
that lacks those stickers so we have a

925
00:36:20,230 --> 00:36:18,940
little bit of

926
00:36:22,470 --> 00:36:20,240
[Music]

927
00:36:24,069 --> 00:36:22,480
a wink there to our previous uh previous

928
00:36:26,470 --> 00:36:24,079
crew members that will be taking the

929
00:36:28,069 --> 00:36:26,480
ride

930
00:36:29,510 --> 00:36:28,079
very cool and one other thing that i

931
00:36:31,430 --> 00:36:29,520
think is really interesting you will

932
00:36:33,510 --> 00:36:31,440
only get a quick glance of it when the

933
00:36:35,670 --> 00:36:33,520
crew is getting into the elevator before

934
00:36:37,829 --> 00:36:35,680
they go downstairs but if you look

935
00:36:39,589 --> 00:36:37,839
closely you'll see um when they get into

936
00:36:41,990 --> 00:36:39,599
the elevator there will be a poster

937
00:36:44,069 --> 00:36:42,000
there with a bunch of signatures on it

938
00:36:47,270 --> 00:36:44,079
and those are signatures of

939
00:36:50,470 --> 00:36:47,280
individual people in the nasa and spacex

940
00:36:52,230 --> 00:36:50,480
teams that have worked to make this ride

941
00:36:54,870 --> 00:36:52,240
as safe as possible

942
00:36:56,790 --> 00:36:54,880
these folks take take it very seriously

943
00:36:58,790 --> 00:36:56,800
that the crew's lives are uh are in

944
00:37:00,390 --> 00:36:58,800
their hands and so it's really special

945
00:37:01,750 --> 00:37:00,400
for the crew to see their signatures on

946
00:37:04,710 --> 00:37:01,760
the elevator when they step in those

947
00:37:06,630 --> 00:37:04,720
doors and we do pay attention um there's

948
00:37:09,990 --> 00:37:06,640
there was something similar to that for

949
00:37:12,710 --> 00:37:10,000
shuttle and um i i hope everyone that

950
00:37:14,470 --> 00:37:12,720
signs those you know those those murals

951
00:37:17,270 --> 00:37:14,480
understands that the crew really takes

952
00:37:19,030 --> 00:37:17,280
that seriously and um and is looking for

953
00:37:21,030 --> 00:37:19,040
it as well that's really cool we also

954
00:37:22,710 --> 00:37:21,040
happen to be uh celebrating 20 years of

955
00:37:24,790 --> 00:37:22,720
continuous human presence on the

956
00:37:26,710 --> 00:37:24,800
international space station the very

957
00:37:29,349 --> 00:37:26,720
first expedition mission launched in

958
00:37:31,270 --> 00:37:29,359
october 2000 delivering american

959
00:37:33,750 --> 00:37:31,280
astronaut bill shepard and russian

960
00:37:35,829 --> 00:37:33,760
cosmonauts sergey krikalev and yuri

961
00:37:38,550 --> 00:37:35,839
gidzienko to the international space

962
00:37:40,150 --> 00:37:38,560
station 20 novembers ago a nasa

963
00:37:41,829 --> 00:37:40,160
contingent was at the launch site in

964
00:37:44,230 --> 00:37:41,839
baikonur and at the russian mission

965
00:37:46,069 --> 00:37:44,240
control center in koralev just outside

966
00:37:48,390 --> 00:37:46,079
moscow including one of our own

967
00:37:51,030 --> 00:37:48,400
broadcasting the launch on that historic

968
00:37:53,990 --> 00:37:51,040
day

969
00:37:54,870 --> 00:37:54,000
ignition minus 10 seconds 9

970
00:37:55,910 --> 00:37:54,880
8

971
00:37:58,150 --> 00:37:55,920
7

972
00:38:00,710 --> 00:37:58,160
6. we have engine start

973
00:38:07,589 --> 00:38:00,720
4 3 2

974
00:38:10,870 --> 00:38:09,510
liftoff of the soyuz rocket beginning

975
00:38:13,030 --> 00:38:10,880
the first expedition to the

976
00:38:14,790 --> 00:38:13,040
international space station and setting

977
00:38:18,390 --> 00:38:14,800
the stage for permanent human presence

978
00:38:22,310 --> 00:38:20,390
we want to introduce you now to kyle

979
00:38:24,550 --> 00:38:22,320
herring the nasa public affairs officer

980
00:38:25,990 --> 00:38:24,560
whose voice you just heard

981
00:38:28,069 --> 00:38:26,000
uh kyle

982
00:38:29,910 --> 00:38:28,079
kyle there you are you launched uh you

983
00:38:32,630 --> 00:38:29,920
called the launch that day i was october

984
00:38:34,630 --> 00:38:32,640
31st 2000 i know you've been involved in

985
00:38:36,870 --> 00:38:34,640
human space flight and missions way

986
00:38:39,030 --> 00:38:36,880
before that and ever since now as we're

987
00:38:41,349 --> 00:38:39,040
about to launch long-duration human

988
00:38:44,230 --> 00:38:41,359
human missions to the space station from

989
00:38:46,069 --> 00:38:44,240
u.s soil on a commercial spacecraft this

990
00:38:48,230 --> 00:38:46,079
time what do you remember about the day

991
00:38:49,589 --> 00:38:48,240
it all began

992
00:38:51,750 --> 00:38:49,599
20 years ago

993
00:38:53,829 --> 00:38:51,760
it's hard to believe actually

994
00:38:55,670 --> 00:38:53,839
i remember almost everything about that

995
00:38:57,829 --> 00:38:55,680
day

996
00:39:01,750 --> 00:38:57,839
and then again it was almost in real

997
00:39:04,310 --> 00:39:01,760
time like a blur it was such a huge team

998
00:39:06,790 --> 00:39:04,320
that that put that launch not only the

999
00:39:08,310 --> 00:39:06,800
broadcast but obviously the the mission

1000
00:39:11,109 --> 00:39:08,320
together

1001
00:39:12,230 --> 00:39:11,119
i was tied to houston with a just a

1002
00:39:13,349 --> 00:39:12,240
phone line

1003
00:39:15,510 --> 00:39:13,359
and

1004
00:39:17,910 --> 00:39:15,520
that broadcast still serves as kind of

1005
00:39:20,790 --> 00:39:17,920
the template that we use for soyuz crude

1006
00:39:22,870 --> 00:39:20,800
launches to this day

1007
00:39:25,510 --> 00:39:22,880
i was tucked behind the russian mission

1008
00:39:27,270 --> 00:39:25,520
control center uh the floor where the

1009
00:39:29,190 --> 00:39:27,280
russian flight control team that

1010
00:39:30,950 --> 00:39:29,200
monitors the international space station

1011
00:39:33,589 --> 00:39:30,960
the russian segment

1012
00:39:36,150 --> 00:39:33,599
i was adjacent to a nasa support team

1013
00:39:38,870 --> 00:39:36,160
called the houston support group which

1014
00:39:40,710 --> 00:39:38,880
is a team of nasa houston flight direct

1015
00:39:42,470 --> 00:39:40,720
flight controllers with a flight

1016
00:39:45,190 --> 00:39:42,480
director at the helm of that team as

1017
00:39:46,950 --> 00:39:45,200
well um above us was a balcony that

1018
00:39:47,910 --> 00:39:46,960
overlooked that flight control room

1019
00:39:51,270 --> 00:39:47,920
floor

1020
00:39:53,750 --> 00:39:51,280
and uh i remember that the adrenaline

1021
00:39:56,069 --> 00:39:53,760
kind of built as the hour passed by for

1022
00:39:59,109 --> 00:39:56,079
the broadcast but everybody's you know

1023
00:40:01,109 --> 00:39:59,119
kind of doing a job and and

1024
00:40:03,270 --> 00:40:01,119
it was a pretty amazing day and after

1025
00:40:05,430 --> 00:40:03,280
liftoff you know there's really no

1026
00:40:07,109 --> 00:40:05,440
script at that point you just follow the

1027
00:40:08,950 --> 00:40:07,119
milestones

1028
00:40:11,109 --> 00:40:08,960
and kyle how does the accomplishment of

1029
00:40:13,750 --> 00:40:11,119
expedition one compared to what we're

1030
00:40:15,510 --> 00:40:13,760
watching right now

1031
00:40:18,950 --> 00:40:15,520
you know it's similar and different at

1032
00:40:21,430 --> 00:40:18,960
the same time expedition one was was the

1033
00:40:23,430 --> 00:40:21,440
pathfinder increment

1034
00:40:25,190 --> 00:40:23,440
even before launch there was years of

1035
00:40:27,270 --> 00:40:25,200
work that

1036
00:40:28,870 --> 00:40:27,280
was done to ensure that they would have

1037
00:40:29,910 --> 00:40:28,880
a safe

1038
00:40:31,589 --> 00:40:29,920
and home

1039
00:40:34,550 --> 00:40:31,599
work environment if you will on the

1040
00:40:37,990 --> 00:40:34,560
station in which to live and operate

1041
00:40:40,309 --> 00:40:38,000
after 136 days on the station expedition

1042
00:40:43,270 --> 00:40:40,319
one handed to expedition 2 which had

1043
00:40:44,150 --> 00:40:43,280
arrived via a space shuttle flight

1044
00:40:46,230 --> 00:40:44,160
and

1045
00:40:49,670 --> 00:40:46,240
that kind of established the template

1046
00:40:52,390 --> 00:40:49,680
for all of the crew rotations and the

1047
00:40:54,870 --> 00:40:52,400
augmentations that we've done for iss

1048
00:40:57,670 --> 00:40:54,880
increments and it's been pretty much

1049
00:40:58,630 --> 00:40:57,680
seamless ever since and you know by the

1050
00:41:00,870 --> 00:40:58,640
way the

1051
00:41:01,829 --> 00:41:00,880
assembly continued around those folks

1052
00:41:03,990 --> 00:41:01,839
while they

1053
00:41:07,910 --> 00:41:04,000
uh continuously worked and lived on

1054
00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:09,750
and kyle i just want to acknowledge we

1055
00:41:14,710 --> 00:41:12,480
have nasa administrator jim breidenstein

1056
00:41:15,829 --> 00:41:14,720
and spacex leadership gwen shotwell in

1057
00:41:17,829 --> 00:41:15,839
the room now

1058
00:41:20,069 --> 00:41:17,839
to greet the crew of course from a safe

1059
00:41:22,069 --> 00:41:20,079
distance and with their masks on as the

1060
00:41:23,829 --> 00:41:22,079
crew prepares for walk out

1061
00:41:25,510 --> 00:41:23,839
but last question for you you've been

1062
00:41:27,829 --> 00:41:25,520
involved in commercial crew since the

1063
00:41:30,230 --> 00:41:27,839
beginning of the program and i know you

1064
00:41:32,230 --> 00:41:30,240
also know these astronauts well what's

1065
00:41:33,910 --> 00:41:32,240
it like seeing them suit up knowing that

1066
00:41:35,910 --> 00:41:33,920
they will continue to carry the torch

1067
00:41:38,150 --> 00:41:35,920
that was lit 20 years ago

1068
00:41:40,870 --> 00:41:38,160
yeah oh these uh these four astronauts

1069
00:41:43,030 --> 00:41:40,880
are very uh familiar to me i've been

1070
00:41:46,230 --> 00:41:43,040
at the johnson space center with nasa

1071
00:41:47,910 --> 00:41:46,240
for more than 33 years now

1072
00:41:49,030 --> 00:41:47,920
it's really rewarding to see their

1073
00:41:51,670 --> 00:41:49,040
training

1074
00:41:54,150 --> 00:41:51,680
and their hard work come to fruition

1075
00:41:55,990 --> 00:41:54,160
um everything that they have trained for

1076
00:41:58,150 --> 00:41:56,000
makes today

1077
00:42:00,790 --> 00:41:58,160
probably seem like another training day

1078
00:42:03,270 --> 00:42:00,800
to them i know that their adrenaline and

1079
00:42:05,589 --> 00:42:03,280
their excitement builds the closer they

1080
00:42:09,270 --> 00:42:05,599
get to the reality of heading out to

1081
00:42:11,670 --> 00:42:09,280
that launch pad in just a short while

1082
00:42:14,790 --> 00:42:11,680
you know the commercial crew program was

1083
00:42:17,670 --> 00:42:14,800
established for this moment

1084
00:42:20,390 --> 00:42:17,680
this flight puts the human aspect of uh

1085
00:42:21,589 --> 00:42:20,400
the commercial space flight industry on

1086
00:42:23,829 --> 00:42:21,599
display

1087
00:42:25,589 --> 00:42:23,839
continuously you know for the next six

1088
00:42:28,950 --> 00:42:25,599
months while they're up there and even

1089
00:42:31,030 --> 00:42:28,960
after that um tonight engineers that are

1090
00:42:32,550 --> 00:42:31,040
here on the ground who made this day

1091
00:42:34,230 --> 00:42:32,560
possible

1092
00:42:35,750 --> 00:42:34,240
they're going to pause and enjoy this

1093
00:42:37,349 --> 00:42:35,760
moment and then they're going to put

1094
00:42:39,030 --> 00:42:37,359
their heads back down and start

1095
00:42:41,190 --> 00:42:39,040
continually working toward the next

1096
00:42:43,190 --> 00:42:41,200
flights so you know it's

1097
00:42:45,589 --> 00:42:43,200
it's just going to keep building and

1098
00:42:48,230 --> 00:42:45,599
building as we continue to rotate and

1099
00:42:51,109 --> 00:42:48,240
augment these expeditions

1100
00:42:52,470 --> 00:42:51,119
you know nasa enjoys and recognizes its

1101
00:42:54,390 --> 00:42:52,480
history

1102
00:42:56,390 --> 00:42:54,400
the station's been built and sustained

1103
00:42:58,950 --> 00:42:56,400
by what i kind of referred to as

1104
00:43:01,190 --> 00:42:58,960
stepping stones and bridges

1105
00:43:03,910 --> 00:43:01,200
all the missions before and those since

1106
00:43:05,510 --> 00:43:03,920
and those that are going to come

1107
00:43:08,230 --> 00:43:05,520
will enable the research that's going to

1108
00:43:09,990 --> 00:43:08,240
continue seamlessly on the on the

1109
00:43:13,750 --> 00:43:10,000
international space station as nasa

1110
00:43:15,750 --> 00:43:13,760
moves forward beyond low earth orbit

1111
00:43:17,030 --> 00:43:15,760
all right kyle herring thank you so much

1112
00:43:18,470 --> 00:43:17,040
for joining us we appreciate your

1113
00:43:19,829 --> 00:43:18,480
perspective

1114
00:43:21,109 --> 00:43:19,839
thanks

1115
00:43:22,710 --> 00:43:21,119
we're going to turn our attention back

1116
00:43:24,710 --> 00:43:22,720
to the room we could see the nasa

1117
00:43:26,630 --> 00:43:24,720
administrator and gwen shotwell of

1118
00:43:28,870 --> 00:43:26,640
spacex they're taking selfies with the

1119
00:43:30,069 --> 00:43:28,880
crew in there uh nicole i know you

1120
00:43:32,069 --> 00:43:30,079
probably didn't have you probably

1121
00:43:34,390 --> 00:43:32,079
weren't taking selfies um in the shuttle

1122
00:43:36,790 --> 00:43:34,400
days technology's come a long way since

1123
00:43:40,390 --> 00:43:38,230
we did selfies and you didn't know if

1124
00:43:41,910 --> 00:43:40,400
you got it or not yeah okay but it would

1125
00:43:43,589 --> 00:43:41,920
this was a really special time because

1126
00:43:44,870 --> 00:43:43,599
there are there are people in that room

1127
00:43:46,470 --> 00:43:44,880
like i mentioned before that you want to

1128
00:43:49,030 --> 00:43:46,480
share it with we saw them doing pictures

1129
00:43:51,270 --> 00:43:49,040
with all of the the suit up team as well

1130
00:43:53,270 --> 00:43:51,280
and um it's it's it's nice when the

1131
00:43:55,190 --> 00:43:53,280
administrator and and your leadership

1132
00:43:57,270 --> 00:43:55,200
come by comes by to wish you on your on

1133
00:43:59,270 --> 00:43:57,280
your way too so i would also definitely

1134
00:44:01,430 --> 00:43:59,280
be taking selfies yeah if i were in that

1135
00:44:03,990 --> 00:44:01,440
room for sure now we're about 15 minutes

1136
00:44:05,190 --> 00:44:04,000
away from uh the crew walkout happening

1137
00:44:06,710 --> 00:44:05,200
but i just want to draw a little bit of

1138
00:44:08,710 --> 00:44:06,720
attention to the preparations that are

1139
00:44:10,790 --> 00:44:08,720
going on inside the capsule

1140
00:44:12,790 --> 00:44:10,800
while the crew members are donning their

1141
00:44:14,470 --> 00:44:12,800
suits we have what we call the advanced

1142
00:44:16,870 --> 00:44:14,480
team we heard a couple call-outs for the

1143
00:44:18,309 --> 00:44:16,880
advanced team a little while ago but

1144
00:44:20,630 --> 00:44:18,319
essentially the advanced team are the

1145
00:44:22,309 --> 00:44:20,640
people that are now out at the pad doing

1146
00:44:24,790 --> 00:44:22,319
things like opening that hatch i did get

1147
00:44:26,950 --> 00:44:24,800
confirmation that the side hatch is open

1148
00:44:28,470 --> 00:44:26,960
we wait as long as possible to do that

1149
00:44:30,230 --> 00:44:28,480
so that we make sure that the

1150
00:44:32,069 --> 00:44:30,240
environmental state you know humidity

1151
00:44:34,230 --> 00:44:32,079
bugs out here in florida we want to keep

1152
00:44:36,710 --> 00:44:34,240
all those environmental things out so

1153
00:44:38,230 --> 00:44:36,720
that hatch side hatch is now open um and

1154
00:44:39,910 --> 00:44:38,240
that advanced team is also doing stuff

1155
00:44:41,589 --> 00:44:39,920
like making sure the cabin lights are on

1156
00:44:43,109 --> 00:44:41,599
making sure that the individual task

1157
00:44:45,829 --> 00:44:43,119
lights that the astronauts can use

1158
00:44:47,190 --> 00:44:45,839
during flight are functional um and yeah

1159
00:44:50,790 --> 00:44:47,200
making sure that the cabin is ready to

1160
00:44:56,710 --> 00:44:50,800
go in preparation for the crew's arrival

1161
00:45:01,589 --> 00:44:58,470
so like i mentioned yeah there's a shot

1162
00:45:04,309 --> 00:45:01,599
of falcon 9 live from the pad at 39a now

1163
00:45:06,150 --> 00:45:04,319
like i said that that side hatch is open

1164
00:45:08,069 --> 00:45:06,160
the advanced team is making the final

1165
00:45:10,550 --> 00:45:08,079
preparations inside the cabin getting

1166
00:45:12,710 --> 00:45:10,560
ready for the crew to begin their

1167
00:45:15,270 --> 00:45:12,720
journey out to the pad

1168
00:45:17,510 --> 00:45:15,280
and launch weather today is 50 percent

1169
00:45:19,910 --> 00:45:17,520
go that was the the weather at last

1170
00:45:21,910 --> 00:45:19,920
check um it's actually looking really

1171
00:45:24,470 --> 00:45:21,920
good downrange so things look a little

1172
00:45:27,270 --> 00:45:24,480
iffy around the pad as we get closer to

1173
00:45:30,150 --> 00:45:27,280
t0 of 727 this evening

1174
00:45:32,230 --> 00:45:30,160
but if we can if we can make it past the

1175
00:45:35,109 --> 00:45:32,240
immediate area it looks it looks very

1176
00:45:37,109 --> 00:45:35,119
good for abort conditions and um i heard

1177
00:45:39,589 --> 00:45:37,119
earlier that the forecast for wednesday

1178
00:45:42,230 --> 00:45:39,599
which is obviously the the backup day

1179
00:45:44,390 --> 00:45:42,240
if we don't make it today the weather in

1180
00:45:46,870 --> 00:45:44,400
the immediate area looks really good but

1181
00:45:50,390 --> 00:45:46,880
the downrange weather is is problematic

1182
00:45:53,510 --> 00:45:50,400
so um we had 50 50 odds i think on demo

1183
00:45:55,430 --> 00:45:53,520
two launch day so uh hopefully the odds

1184
00:45:56,630 --> 00:45:55,440
will will tip in our favor at just the

1185
00:45:58,470 --> 00:45:56,640
right moment because this is an

1186
00:45:59,750 --> 00:45:58,480
instantaneous launch i just received the

1187
00:46:02,309 --> 00:45:59,760
most recent weather briefing a few

1188
00:46:03,990 --> 00:46:02,319
minutes ago we're still at 50 50 so not

1189
00:46:06,309 --> 00:46:04,000
better but not worse

1190
00:46:08,470 --> 00:46:06,319
okay and again it should be um just a

1191
00:46:10,150 --> 00:46:08,480
couple of minutes before the crew

1192
00:46:13,030 --> 00:46:10,160
departs that room and i think we're

1193
00:46:14,710 --> 00:46:13,040
going to get another look inside there

1194
00:46:16,790 --> 00:46:14,720
again we do have if we could i don't

1195
00:46:19,030 --> 00:46:16,800
know if we could take a look outside of

1196
00:46:21,349 --> 00:46:19,040
the operations and checkout building but

1197
00:46:23,829 --> 00:46:21,359
we have a convoy stationed out there

1198
00:46:27,030 --> 00:46:23,839
ready to take the crew there there's a

1199
00:46:29,589 --> 00:46:27,040
look um and again there there are three

1200
00:46:32,150 --> 00:46:29,599
teslas the crew will be split up two and

1201
00:46:33,829 --> 00:46:32,160
two in the in the second and third tesla

1202
00:46:35,750 --> 00:46:33,839
is that right exactly yeah that first

1203
00:46:38,470 --> 00:46:35,760
tesla will have one of our closeout

1204
00:46:40,870 --> 00:46:38,480
leads as well as two suit technicians uh

1205
00:46:42,870 --> 00:46:40,880
so we ensure that the whole suit up crew

1206
00:46:44,550 --> 00:46:42,880
also transports out to the pad along

1207
00:46:47,030 --> 00:46:44,560
with our astronauts

1208
00:46:49,190 --> 00:46:47,040
car two will have commander mike hopkins

1209
00:46:51,750 --> 00:46:49,200
as well as mission specialist shannon

1210
00:46:53,190 --> 00:46:51,760
walker as well as our flight surgeon uh

1211
00:46:54,829 --> 00:46:53,200
and then car three will have pilot

1212
00:46:57,030 --> 00:46:54,839
victor glover and mission specialist

1213
00:46:59,430 --> 00:46:57,040
suici niguchi as well as the second

1214
00:47:00,950 --> 00:46:59,440
closeout lead so yeah quite the quite

1215
00:47:02,790 --> 00:47:00,960
the cohort that will be making the ride

1216
00:47:04,550 --> 00:47:02,800
out to the pad there's also something

1217
00:47:05,910 --> 00:47:04,560
else special that we want to mention

1218
00:47:08,470 --> 00:47:05,920
there's a mural you might have caught a

1219
00:47:10,470 --> 00:47:08,480
glimpse of it in that earlier shot

1220
00:47:12,309 --> 00:47:10,480
but there is a special mural that was

1221
00:47:13,510 --> 00:47:12,319
commissioned in honor of the crew one

1222
00:47:18,470 --> 00:47:13,520
astronaut so i'm not sure if we could

1223
00:47:23,750 --> 00:47:20,870
there it is um the mural was titled is

1224
00:47:25,750 --> 00:47:23,760
titled aspirants um the kids represent

1225
00:47:28,230 --> 00:47:25,760
the range of ethnicities across the

1226
00:47:29,990 --> 00:47:28,240
united states and the world and that

1227
00:47:31,990 --> 00:47:30,000
they look toward the future that the

1228
00:47:34,790 --> 00:47:32,000
crew one mission might bring

1229
00:47:37,829 --> 00:47:34,800
the artist brent dahono hinted that the

1230
00:47:42,549 --> 00:47:37,839
dragon represents an immense prehistoric

1231
00:47:45,109 --> 00:47:43,760
shannon will be happy

1232
00:47:46,630 --> 00:47:45,119
[Laughter]

1233
00:47:48,630 --> 00:47:46,640
yeah nicole i know you've got a special

1234
00:47:50,309 --> 00:47:48,640
appreciation for art

1235
00:47:51,990 --> 00:47:50,319
yeah i'm really when i look at something

1236
00:47:53,670 --> 00:47:52,000
like this i think it's so special

1237
00:47:55,270 --> 00:47:53,680
because um

1238
00:47:57,829 --> 00:47:55,280
it allows us to communicate with other

1239
00:47:59,829 --> 00:47:57,839
audiences right to bring a little more

1240
00:48:01,910 --> 00:47:59,839
of that on wonder into the whole space

1241
00:48:03,190 --> 00:48:01,920
exploration thing through

1242
00:48:04,950 --> 00:48:03,200
something like a mural where we're

1243
00:48:29,829 --> 00:48:04,960
looking out to space and towards our

1244
00:48:33,589 --> 00:48:31,829
okay so again we're standing by outside

1245
00:48:35,349 --> 00:48:33,599
the neil armstrong operations in

1246
00:48:37,030 --> 00:48:35,359
checkout building

1247
00:48:39,270 --> 00:48:37,040
crew donning

1248
00:48:40,950 --> 00:48:39,280
donning their suits is complete

1249
00:48:42,870 --> 00:48:40,960
they should be making their way out of

1250
00:48:44,710 --> 00:48:42,880
the room momentarily

1251
00:48:46,950 --> 00:48:44,720
they probably just a few moments ago

1252
00:48:49,270 --> 00:48:46,960
finished up playing uh the

1253
00:48:51,030 --> 00:48:49,280
the mysterious card game

1254
00:48:52,390 --> 00:48:51,040
nicole knows about another one of these

1255
00:48:54,309 --> 00:48:52,400
traditions and yeah you know the

1256
00:48:56,630 --> 00:48:54,319
commander has to beat the uh chief of

1257
00:48:57,910 --> 00:48:56,640
the astronaut office in a game of 21

1258
00:49:03,670 --> 00:48:57,920
before you can leave the room so maybe

1259
00:49:08,710 --> 00:49:05,670
and we've got our resident social media

1260
00:49:09,510 --> 00:49:08,720
guru here tahira allen uh tahira as

1261
00:49:11,349 --> 00:49:09,520
we're

1262
00:49:13,589 --> 00:49:11,359
waiting for the crew to walk out um what

1263
00:49:15,430 --> 00:49:13,599
are folks talking about online

1264
00:49:17,510 --> 00:49:15,440
thanks marie so before i get into the

1265
00:49:20,790 --> 00:49:17,520
conversation i want to note there are

1266
00:49:22,390 --> 00:49:20,800
already two over 200 000 people tuning

1267
00:49:24,390 --> 00:49:22,400
in to the show right now across all of

1268
00:49:26,309 --> 00:49:24,400
our social platforms and i've been

1269
00:49:28,390 --> 00:49:26,319
monitoring the conversation all week

1270
00:49:30,309 --> 00:49:28,400
looking at our hashtag launchamerica and

1271
00:49:31,270 --> 00:49:30,319
that alone is up to thirty eight

1272
00:49:37,829 --> 00:49:31,280
thousand

1273
00:49:41,030 --> 00:49:39,750
quite peppy there yeah so cool they're

1274
00:49:42,230 --> 00:49:41,040
looking for people they're looking for

1275
00:49:44,230 --> 00:49:42,240
the people that have helped them all

1276
00:49:57,109 --> 00:49:44,240
along the way too and want to make eye

1277
00:50:01,349 --> 00:49:59,750
and behind them is that the banner that

1278
00:50:02,950 --> 00:50:01,359
i talked about that you couldn't really

1279
00:50:04,069 --> 00:50:02,960
see it that well but that banner behind

1280
00:50:06,790 --> 00:50:04,079
them in the elevator holds the

1281
00:50:08,950 --> 00:50:06,800
signatures of many of the team members

1282
00:50:11,589 --> 00:50:08,960
who worked so hard to make sure that

1283
00:50:17,589 --> 00:50:11,599
this spacecraft and rocket is as safe as

1284
00:50:21,349 --> 00:50:19,349
okay so we're just moments away from

1285
00:50:23,349 --> 00:50:21,359
seeing the first multinational crew

1286
00:50:25,430 --> 00:50:23,359
dragon crew exit the operations and

1287
00:50:27,829 --> 00:50:25,440
checkout building outside here but

1288
00:50:30,150 --> 00:50:27,839
before we do we will pause for

1289
00:50:35,270 --> 00:50:30,160
america's national anthem performed by

1290
00:50:40,309 --> 00:50:36,150
oh

1291
00:50:45,510 --> 00:50:40,319
say can you see

1292
00:50:47,069 --> 00:50:45,520
by the dawn's early light

1293
00:50:48,950 --> 00:50:47,079
what so

1294
00:50:51,109 --> 00:50:48,960
proudly we

1295
00:50:52,829 --> 00:50:51,119
have

1296
00:50:56,390 --> 00:50:52,839
at the

1297
00:51:01,190 --> 00:50:56,400
twilight's last gleaming

1298
00:51:03,390 --> 00:51:01,200
whose broad stripes and bright stars

1299
00:51:06,390 --> 00:51:03,400
through the

1300
00:51:07,950 --> 00:51:06,400
perilous fight

1301
00:51:09,950 --> 00:51:07,960
or the

1302
00:51:11,670 --> 00:51:09,960
ramparts we

1303
00:51:15,030 --> 00:51:11,680
watched

1304
00:51:17,670 --> 00:51:15,040
were so gallantly

1305
00:51:23,030 --> 00:51:17,680
streaming

1306
00:51:24,750 --> 00:51:23,040
and the rockets reggae

1307
00:51:28,470 --> 00:51:24,760
the bombs

1308
00:51:30,710 --> 00:51:28,480
bursting in air

1309
00:51:31,910 --> 00:51:30,720
gave proof

1310
00:51:33,829 --> 00:51:31,920
through the

1311
00:51:35,670 --> 00:51:33,839
night

1312
00:51:36,470 --> 00:51:35,680
that our flag

1313
00:51:39,190 --> 00:51:36,480
was

1314
00:51:40,790 --> 00:51:39,200
still there

1315
00:51:45,710 --> 00:51:40,800
oh see

1316
00:51:45,720 --> 00:51:51,990
banner yet we

1317
00:51:59,109 --> 00:51:54,710
or the land

1318
00:52:06,380 --> 00:52:01,670
and the home

1319
00:52:11,270 --> 00:52:09,349
[Music]

1320
00:52:13,910 --> 00:52:11,280
special thanks to travis tripp for that

1321
00:52:15,589 --> 00:52:13,920
beautiful uh rendition of america's

1322
00:52:17,270 --> 00:52:15,599
national anthem

1323
00:52:19,109 --> 00:52:17,280
we are now just standing by this is a

1324
00:52:21,589 --> 00:52:19,119
view outside the neil armstrong

1325
00:52:23,750 --> 00:52:21,599
operations and checkout building

1326
00:52:25,270 --> 00:52:23,760
inside here is the historic astronaut

1327
00:52:26,710 --> 00:52:25,280
crew quarters and suit-up room there's a

1328
00:52:31,109 --> 00:52:26,720
look at the doors that the crew will be

1329
00:52:34,069 --> 00:52:32,630
and you'll see stickers around that door

1330
00:52:36,230 --> 00:52:34,079
i think the crew actually did put their

1331
00:52:50,230 --> 00:52:36,240
mission sticker up over the

1332
00:52:54,470 --> 00:52:52,470
as we zoom in there you can see along

1333
00:52:56,710 --> 00:52:54,480
the door frame even more stickers i

1334
00:52:58,150 --> 00:52:56,720
believe there's one sticker from every

1335
00:53:00,230 --> 00:52:58,160
mission

1336
00:53:02,309 --> 00:53:00,240
but i did notice that there was just

1337
00:53:04,470 --> 00:53:02,319
enough room to put the crew one sticker

1338
00:53:06,790 --> 00:53:04,480
up on top

1339
00:53:09,270 --> 00:53:06,800
ah here they come here they come the

1340
00:53:11,510 --> 00:53:09,280
crew won astronauts now beginning their

1341
00:53:13,750 --> 00:53:11,520
journey to the launch pad ahead of this

1342
00:53:34,390 --> 00:53:13,760
historic mission to the international

1343
00:53:38,950 --> 00:53:36,790
outside the onc building we have friends

1344
00:53:39,670 --> 00:53:38,960
and family gathered there to

1345
00:53:42,150 --> 00:53:39,680
for

1346
00:53:44,309 --> 00:53:42,160
final goodbyes prior to liftoff with our

1347
00:53:46,630 --> 00:53:44,319
astronauts and that's a very different

1348
00:53:48,230 --> 00:53:46,640
thing to the shuttle days um

1349
00:53:49,430 --> 00:53:48,240
the last time we saw our families would

1350
00:53:51,270 --> 00:53:49,440
have been at what we call the wave

1351
00:53:52,790 --> 00:53:51,280
across the ditch you know the day before

1352
00:53:54,069 --> 00:53:52,800
launch and

1353
00:53:56,309 --> 00:53:54,079
and typically

1354
00:53:58,390 --> 00:53:56,319
for shuttle launches you would have um

1355
00:54:00,390 --> 00:53:58,400
employees and you know people that would

1356
00:54:02,549 --> 00:54:00,400
come out to to wish us well i think it's

1357
00:54:04,309 --> 00:54:02,559
a very special thing that the cruise

1358
00:54:05,990 --> 00:54:04,319
families get that up close and personal

1359
00:54:08,390 --> 00:54:06,000
right before they get into the

1360
00:54:09,910 --> 00:54:08,400
crew transport vehicles to the pad now

1361
00:54:12,470 --> 00:54:09,920
you notice everyone keeping is a safe

1362
00:54:14,870 --> 00:54:12,480
distance here um but that distance would

1363
00:54:19,190 --> 00:54:14,880
be enforced regardless of whether coven

1364
00:54:20,470 --> 00:54:19,200
19 was a a factor in in what's going on

1365
00:54:25,430 --> 00:54:20,480
that would you know that distance is

1366
00:54:30,309 --> 00:54:27,670
like i mentioned before there are three

1367
00:54:31,750 --> 00:54:30,319
teslas that will be taking our crew out

1368
00:54:33,750 --> 00:54:31,760
in the first car we will have a

1369
00:54:35,270 --> 00:54:33,760
close-out lead as well as a couple of

1370
00:54:39,109 --> 00:54:35,280
suit technicians

1371
00:54:41,190 --> 00:54:39,119
uh the second car will be mike hawkins

1372
00:54:42,230 --> 00:54:41,200
and shannon walker as well as our flight

1373
00:54:44,710 --> 00:54:42,240
surgeon

1374
00:54:47,270 --> 00:54:44,720
and then the last car we will have

1375
00:54:51,349 --> 00:54:47,280
victor glover and suici niguchi as well

1376
00:54:56,309 --> 00:54:53,510
so like i mentioned before this the

1377
00:54:58,789 --> 00:54:56,319
suits are assigned the seats in the

1378
00:55:00,630 --> 00:54:58,799
capsule are assigned

1379
00:55:02,309 --> 00:55:00,640
as well as the seats in the teslas

1380
00:55:11,990 --> 00:55:02,319
there's no fire drills happening here

1381
00:55:15,349 --> 00:55:13,270
you can hear just some ambient

1382
00:55:23,760 --> 00:55:15,359
conversations uh between the crew and

1383
00:55:23,770 --> 00:55:29,750
[Applause]

1384
00:55:33,990 --> 00:55:31,990
such a special moment for them to have

1385
00:55:36,309 --> 00:55:34,000
gary this crew has said a couple of

1386
00:55:44,150 --> 00:55:36,319
times that suici is the funniest one of

1387
00:55:48,309 --> 00:55:46,390
you know this is all very carefully

1388
00:55:50,309 --> 00:55:48,319
choreographed

1389
00:55:52,230 --> 00:55:50,319
you can see you see in one of the shots

1390
00:55:53,670 --> 00:55:52,240
some of the ropes and stanchions but

1391
00:55:55,670 --> 00:55:53,680
there are

1392
00:55:56,870 --> 00:55:55,680
lots of people involved in the planning

1393
00:55:58,630 --> 00:55:56,880
of

1394
00:56:00,710 --> 00:55:58,640
where the immediate families are going

1395
00:56:03,349 --> 00:56:00,720
to stand where the small

1396
00:56:06,470 --> 00:56:03,359
contingent of media will stand

1397
00:56:08,630 --> 00:56:06,480
especially in covid times where we have

1398
00:56:10,789 --> 00:56:08,640
to make sure we're keeping the crew safe

1399
00:56:12,390 --> 00:56:10,799
and their families safe they were able

1400
00:56:14,470 --> 00:56:12,400
to have a little extra time with their

1401
00:56:15,990 --> 00:56:14,480
families yesterday because we moved off

1402
00:56:17,990 --> 00:56:16,000
of yesterday as the launch day so they

1403
00:56:22,150 --> 00:56:18,000
had a little extra down time that i

1404
00:56:25,349 --> 00:56:23,510
yeah you mentioned that everything is

1405
00:56:26,950 --> 00:56:25,359
very well choreographed

1406
00:56:29,109 --> 00:56:26,960
you know while this is the first time

1407
00:56:31,349 --> 00:56:29,119
that we're seeing the crew

1408
00:56:33,349 --> 00:56:31,359
make this journey to the pad

1409
00:56:35,349 --> 00:56:33,359
on you know the day of fingers crossed

1410
00:56:36,870 --> 00:56:35,359
we don't have a scrub we they have

1411
00:56:39,829 --> 00:56:36,880
performed this a number of times

1412
00:56:42,230 --> 00:56:39,839
including a dry dress earlier this week

1413
00:56:44,950 --> 00:56:42,240
but everything that this crew does is

1414
00:56:50,470 --> 00:56:44,960
rehearsed many many times whether it's

1415
00:56:53,270 --> 00:56:52,069
or even the operations and activities

1416
00:56:55,430 --> 00:56:53,280
that they have going on during the

1417
00:56:58,630 --> 00:56:55,440
mission everything is rehearsed and

1418
00:57:03,829 --> 00:57:01,750
i can tell you though on the real day

1419
00:57:17,829 --> 00:57:03,839
feels a little different

1420
00:57:21,109 --> 00:57:19,349
immediate family members getting a

1421
00:57:22,789 --> 00:57:21,119
chance to

1422
00:57:24,150 --> 00:57:22,799
have another moment with the crew before

1423
00:57:25,349 --> 00:57:24,160
they leave

1424
00:57:27,190 --> 00:57:25,359
and then you'll see some of the folks

1425
00:57:29,190 --> 00:57:27,200
there in the blue flight suits those are

1426
00:57:31,750 --> 00:57:29,200
um astronauts from the astronaut office

1427
00:57:34,069 --> 00:57:31,760
active that are working as crew support

1428
00:57:50,230 --> 00:57:34,079
astronauts for the families and um and

1429
00:57:50,240 --> 00:57:56,150
that's so awesome

1430
00:58:00,390 --> 00:57:58,069
so i mentioned earlier that the teslas

1431
00:58:02,309 --> 00:58:00,400
that we utilized in our last crew

1432
00:58:04,150 --> 00:58:02,319
mission demo two

1433
00:58:06,549 --> 00:58:04,160
you can tell which teslas those are

1434
00:58:14,630 --> 00:58:06,559
because of the sticker in the lower

1435
00:58:18,309 --> 00:58:16,309
i can't get a good read at the license

1436
00:58:20,630 --> 00:58:18,319
plate this time but i remember for demo

1437
00:58:23,910 --> 00:58:20,640
2 they said iss bound

1438
00:58:27,990 --> 00:58:25,510
i think another one might say later

1439
00:58:29,910 --> 00:58:28,000
earth this is core on compound one for

1440
00:58:32,710 --> 00:58:29,920
timeline the crew is departing for the

1441
00:58:35,109 --> 00:58:32,720
pad on schedule

1442
00:58:36,950 --> 00:58:35,119
all right so we just heard the call out

1443
00:58:39,510 --> 00:58:36,960
from the corps that the crew is

1444
00:58:40,789 --> 00:58:39,520
departing for the pad and they are right

1445
00:58:42,069 --> 00:58:40,799
on schedule

1446
00:58:43,670 --> 00:58:42,079
again they are leaving the neil

1447
00:58:47,270 --> 00:58:43,680
armstrong operations in checkout

1448
00:58:49,670 --> 00:58:47,280
building now beginning a 20-minute ride

1449
00:58:51,030 --> 00:58:49,680
20 minutes or so across nasa's kennedy

1450
00:58:52,470 --> 00:58:51,040
space center they're going to drive

1451
00:58:53,910 --> 00:58:52,480
right behind where we're sitting we

1452
00:58:56,230 --> 00:58:53,920
can't wait for that

1453
00:58:58,549 --> 00:58:56,240
and out to launch pad 39a

1454
00:59:00,710 --> 00:58:58,559
there are scores of people around the

1455
00:59:03,430 --> 00:59:00,720
world watching and cheering on these

1456
00:59:06,309 --> 00:59:03,440
four souls including many team members

1457
00:59:09,580 --> 00:59:06,319
who helped get the crew here today take

1458
00:59:13,670 --> 00:59:11,910
[Music]

1459
00:59:16,069 --> 00:59:13,680
this is stephanie duncan and the duncan

1460
00:59:19,510 --> 00:59:16,079
family from the commercial crew program

1461
00:59:22,390 --> 00:59:19,520
at the johnson space center nasa spacex

1462
00:59:25,190 --> 00:59:22,400
shannon victor mike and our new moment

1463
00:59:27,829 --> 00:59:25,200
suici you're all an inspiration to us

1464
00:59:31,880 --> 00:59:27,839
adults and kids around the globe from

1465
00:59:37,670 --> 00:59:31,890
texas to you godspeed and let's launch

1466
00:59:40,390 --> 00:59:37,680
[Music]

1467
00:59:42,630 --> 00:59:40,400
aloha i'm gabriella from spacex in boca

1468
00:59:44,789 --> 00:59:42,640
chica texas on behalf of the entire

1469
00:59:46,870 --> 00:59:44,799
starship production facility and launch

1470
00:59:48,549 --> 00:59:46,880
site congratulations to our crew on

1471
00:59:49,910 --> 00:59:48,559
astronauts as well as the spacex and

1472
00:59:52,309 --> 00:59:49,920
nasa teams

1473
00:59:54,230 --> 00:59:52,319
shannon victor mike and suichi safe

1474
00:59:55,829 --> 00:59:54,240
travels and best of luck we hope you

1475
00:59:58,710 --> 00:59:55,839
enjoy the journey to the international

1476
01:00:01,030 --> 00:59:58,720
space station godspeed falcon 9 go

1477
01:00:03,530 --> 01:00:01,040
dragon go nasa and thank you for writing

1478
01:00:27,500 --> 01:00:03,540
this statement

1479
01:00:31,510 --> 01:00:29,910
[Music]

1480
01:00:33,910 --> 01:00:31,520
from the entire commercial crew program

1481
01:00:35,109 --> 01:00:33,920
team mike victor shannon and suicide

1482
01:00:42,069 --> 01:00:35,119
we're looking forward to your flight

1483
01:00:45,430 --> 01:00:43,829
is mark welch from the commercial crew

1484
01:00:48,150 --> 01:00:45,440
program in houston

1485
01:00:52,970 --> 01:00:48,160
go mike victor shannon suici have a

1486
01:00:56,150 --> 01:00:52,980
great flight to iss go through one yeah

1487
01:00:57,750 --> 01:00:56,160
[Music]

1488
01:00:59,750 --> 01:00:57,760
this is micah here from the dragon team

1489
01:01:01,349 --> 01:00:59,760
at spacex we've all worked tirelessly to

1490
01:01:03,109 --> 01:01:01,359
build a reliable vehicle for the crew

1491
01:01:05,589 --> 01:01:03,119
and now it's time to fly we hope that

1492
01:01:06,950 --> 01:01:05,599
they enjoy a totally rad rocket ride

1493
01:01:09,000 --> 01:01:06,960
aboard resilience

1494
01:01:12,150 --> 01:01:09,010
go drive

1495
01:01:14,870 --> 01:01:12,160
[Music]

1496
01:01:16,710 --> 01:01:14,880
hey mike shannon victor and zoe this is

1497
01:01:19,109 --> 01:01:16,720
amber jacobson from nasa's space

1498
01:01:21,349 --> 01:01:19,119
communications and navigation program

1499
01:01:22,870 --> 01:01:21,359
better known as scan we're all so

1500
01:01:24,870 --> 01:01:22,880
excited for your launch and we'll be

1501
01:01:27,030 --> 01:01:24,880
working hard down here making sure you

1502
01:01:32,470 --> 01:01:27,040
stay connected with earth stay safe and

1503
01:01:37,670 --> 01:01:34,950
hi i'm arden robertson from nasa's

1504
01:01:39,910 --> 01:01:37,680
johnson space center in houston texas

1505
01:01:41,990 --> 01:01:39,920
congratulations on the first commercial

1506
01:01:44,789 --> 01:01:42,000
crew rotation mission to the

1507
01:01:47,670 --> 01:01:44,799
international space station godspeed and

1508
01:01:52,890 --> 01:01:47,680
good luck to mike victor shannon and

1509
01:01:52,900 --> 01:01:58,069
[Music]

1510
01:02:02,309 --> 01:01:59,990
uh we love hearing from those team

1511
01:02:05,589 --> 01:02:02,319
members it was really great to get

1512
01:02:08,549 --> 01:02:05,599
the jaxa team included in those messages

1513
01:02:11,270 --> 01:02:08,559
again we are following the convoy

1514
01:02:14,470 --> 01:02:11,280
out to launch pad 39a

1515
01:02:17,190 --> 01:02:14,480
and uh we understand that the crew has a

1516
01:02:18,870 --> 01:02:17,200
ride out playlist we tried and tried

1517
01:02:21,349 --> 01:02:18,880
could not find out what that playlist

1518
01:02:23,270 --> 01:02:21,359
was so i think that's top secret

1519
01:02:24,630 --> 01:02:23,280
but we we had some conversation amongst

1520
01:02:25,750 --> 01:02:24,640
ourselves about what they might be

1521
01:02:27,829 --> 01:02:25,760
listening to

1522
01:02:29,430 --> 01:02:27,839
um my personal pick would be something

1523
01:02:30,789 --> 01:02:29,440
from queen

1524
01:02:33,510 --> 01:02:30,799
and i told you i'm gonna steal that

1525
01:02:35,430 --> 01:02:33,520
because we we need to have don't stop me

1526
01:02:37,510 --> 01:02:35,440
now going right here that is the perfect

1527
01:02:39,589 --> 01:02:37,520
going to space song mine would

1528
01:02:41,589 --> 01:02:39,599
definitely be something by daft punk you

1529
01:02:45,029 --> 01:02:41,599
know with the spacesuits looking like

1530
01:02:47,029 --> 01:02:45,039
futuristic robot aliens yeah i i just

1531
01:02:49,990 --> 01:02:47,039
have to go with daft punk for sure

1532
01:02:51,829 --> 01:02:50,000
and was as we're watching the crew um

1533
01:02:54,630 --> 01:02:51,839
this is from our we're calling it our

1534
01:02:56,950 --> 01:02:54,640
chase car it the road is shut down in

1535
01:02:58,950 --> 01:02:56,960
either direction uh for the convoy so we

1536
01:03:02,230 --> 01:02:58,960
are on the opposite side of the road uh

1537
01:03:04,230 --> 01:03:02,240
with a camera literally uh so you can be

1538
01:03:06,549 --> 01:03:04,240
along with the crew every step of the

1539
01:03:08,150 --> 01:03:06,559
way um tahira i know we had to cut

1540
01:03:10,549 --> 01:03:08,160
things short earlier but i imagine

1541
01:03:12,549 --> 01:03:10,559
there's been a lot of reaction to the

1542
01:03:14,309 --> 01:03:12,559
things folks are seeing and i'm sure

1543
01:03:15,510 --> 01:03:14,319
you've got some thoughts on a playlist

1544
01:03:17,589 --> 01:03:15,520
as well

1545
01:03:19,349 --> 01:03:17,599
yeah oh my goodness so i mean the top

1546
01:03:21,270 --> 01:03:19,359
cinnamon and so we're seeing online just

1547
01:03:23,670 --> 01:03:21,280
a lot of patriotism

1548
01:03:25,670 --> 01:03:23,680
and well wishes for the crew and that

1549
01:03:27,829 --> 01:03:25,680
white that ride out playlist question is

1550
01:03:29,270 --> 01:03:27,839
so fun i think if i'm awesome enough to

1551
01:03:30,950 --> 01:03:29,280
be an astronaut i would definitely be

1552
01:03:32,549 --> 01:03:30,960
playing feeling myself

1553
01:03:35,190 --> 01:03:32,559
but i think that's something that we

1554
01:03:37,270 --> 01:03:35,200
should even pose to the public so for

1555
01:03:38,870 --> 01:03:37,280
those of you watching right now head on

1556
01:03:41,190 --> 01:03:38,880
over to nasa's twitter and we're going

1557
01:03:42,950 --> 01:03:41,200
to get a question out to know to ask

1558
01:03:44,710 --> 01:03:42,960
what's one song you would absolutely

1559
01:03:46,150 --> 01:03:44,720
have to have on your ride out playlist

1560
01:03:48,230 --> 01:03:46,160
the launch pad

1561
01:03:50,710 --> 01:03:48,240
ladies i'm very excited to see what

1562
01:03:52,870 --> 01:03:50,720
comes in so i'll keep you updated so

1563
01:03:55,910 --> 01:03:52,880
just real quick on that note um i just

1564
01:03:57,910 --> 01:03:55,920
got notification of the playlist

1565
01:03:59,750 --> 01:03:57,920
okay we're all dying to know what are

1566
01:04:01,430 --> 01:03:59,760
they listening to right now

1567
01:04:03,829 --> 01:04:01,440
so like we mentioned before they are in

1568
01:04:06,870 --> 01:04:03,839
two different vehicles um

1569
01:04:09,589 --> 01:04:06,880
they're on one playlist we have songs

1570
01:04:12,309 --> 01:04:09,599
like alicia keys how it feels to fly

1571
01:04:14,870 --> 01:04:12,319
phil collins in the air tonight eminem

1572
01:04:17,430 --> 01:04:14,880
till i collapse van halen right now so

1573
01:04:19,670 --> 01:04:17,440
like a pretty pretty big man my favorite

1574
01:04:22,309 --> 01:04:19,680
yes and then in the other vehicle fly

1575
01:04:26,950 --> 01:04:22,319
away by lenny kravitz jump also by van

1576
01:04:30,069 --> 01:04:26,960
halen uptown funk from bruno mars

1577
01:04:33,190 --> 01:04:31,829
those are all really good ones i i feel

1578
01:04:36,309 --> 01:04:33,200
like folks are gonna i don't know can we

1579
01:04:48,789 --> 01:04:36,319
make those the choices to hear

1580
01:04:52,230 --> 01:04:50,789
so nicole um

1581
01:04:53,829 --> 01:04:52,240
obviously they're they're in a pair of

1582
01:04:55,510 --> 01:04:53,839
teslas uh this is a little different

1583
01:04:58,230 --> 01:04:55,520
than your ride out experience can you

1584
01:04:59,750 --> 01:04:58,240
kind of compare contrast for us

1585
01:05:01,349 --> 01:04:59,760
well we you know we rode out in

1586
01:05:02,789 --> 01:05:01,359
something called the astrovan which i

1587
01:05:04,950 --> 01:05:02,799
thought was really cool too you know the

1588
01:05:06,710 --> 01:05:04,960
silver sleek um

1589
01:05:07,430 --> 01:05:06,720
vehicle that was heading out to the pad

1590
01:05:08,470 --> 01:05:07,440
but

1591
01:05:10,309 --> 01:05:08,480
i don't know there's something about

1592
01:05:12,549 --> 01:05:10,319
this ride you're you know you're again

1593
01:05:14,630 --> 01:05:12,559
it's the word surreal comes to mind a

1594
01:05:16,549 --> 01:05:14,640
lot you know you you're thinking like

1595
01:05:19,750 --> 01:05:16,559
i'm in a vehicle that's driving to a

1596
01:05:21,510 --> 01:05:19,760
launch pad to take me to space and you

1597
01:05:23,990 --> 01:05:21,520
it's difficult to believe that that that

1598
01:05:25,990 --> 01:05:24,000
could be happening so i wonder how did

1599
01:05:27,910 --> 01:05:26,000
it feel any different the first time

1600
01:05:29,670 --> 01:05:27,920
versus the second time because victor is

1601
01:05:31,430 --> 01:05:29,680
the first timer here and the others it's

1602
01:05:33,910 --> 01:05:31,440
their second or even third and there

1603
01:05:35,910 --> 01:05:33,920
goes the hilo um that's leading the way

1604
01:05:38,309 --> 01:05:35,920
so that's our cue that the the convoy is

1605
01:05:39,829 --> 01:05:38,319
going to be passing by us uh pretty

1606
01:05:41,990 --> 01:05:39,839
shortly looks like they're turning right

1607
01:05:44,710 --> 01:05:42,000
now on nasa causeway yep

1608
01:05:46,549 --> 01:05:44,720
yeah it's you know um i think just like

1609
01:05:48,309 --> 01:05:46,559
launch on your second time you think oh

1610
01:05:49,750 --> 01:05:48,319
been there done that it's you're gonna

1611
01:05:53,029 --> 01:05:49,760
but i'll tell you what the the

1612
01:05:55,829 --> 01:05:53,039
adrenaline the the feeling is is equally

1613
01:05:57,190 --> 01:05:55,839
as excited on the second time too

1614
01:05:58,870 --> 01:05:57,200
okay i know you're you're all watching

1615
01:06:01,109 --> 01:05:58,880
the convoy and so are we we're turning

1616
01:06:02,630 --> 01:06:01,119
around in our chairs because

1617
01:06:03,990 --> 01:06:02,640
it looks like

1618
01:06:05,750 --> 01:06:04,000
is that the first car that's probably

1619
01:06:07,750 --> 01:06:05,760
the lead vehicle i think we i think we

1620
01:06:09,270 --> 01:06:07,760
see the lead uh car going by so we're

1621
01:06:14,950 --> 01:06:09,280
all turned around in our seat so we can

1622
01:06:18,069 --> 01:06:17,109
so something that's really cool um well

1623
01:06:19,589 --> 01:06:18,079
i think yeah we can see in the

1624
01:06:22,309 --> 01:06:19,599
background there they're passing the

1625
01:06:24,470 --> 01:06:22,319
vehicle assembly building or the vab

1626
01:06:26,950 --> 01:06:24,480
you know a very famous building here at

1627
01:06:28,870 --> 01:06:26,960
nasa and i just think it's so cool that

1628
01:06:29,750 --> 01:06:28,880
they're literally driving down the road

1629
01:06:32,470 --> 01:06:29,760
where

1630
01:06:33,990 --> 01:06:32,480
the shuttle and the saturns used to come

1631
01:06:36,069 --> 01:06:34,000
down on the crawler down there on

1632
01:06:44,470 --> 01:06:36,079
crawler causeway and there we see them

1633
01:06:49,430 --> 01:06:47,349
so awesome

1634
01:06:51,510 --> 01:06:49,440
all right so as we're getting an awesome

1635
01:06:53,349 --> 01:06:51,520
look right behind us of the uh the crew

1636
01:06:55,670 --> 01:06:53,359
passing by the press site here at

1637
01:06:58,710 --> 01:06:55,680
kennedy space center among those of you

1638
01:07:01,029 --> 01:06:58,720
following along on nasa tv and online

1639
01:07:03,190 --> 01:07:01,039
are a very special group of folks

1640
01:07:05,520 --> 01:07:03,200
some who the crew might even recognize

1641
01:07:07,750 --> 01:07:05,530
take a look

1642
01:07:09,750 --> 01:07:07,760
[Music]

1643
01:07:11,750 --> 01:07:09,760
hello we are aerospace engineers from

1644
01:07:13,589 --> 01:07:11,760
the university of illinois mike hopkins

1645
01:07:15,190 --> 01:07:13,599
alma mater the university of illinois

1646
01:07:16,710 --> 01:07:15,200
family would like to wish mike the very

1647
01:07:18,230 --> 01:07:16,720
best on his launch and mission to the

1648
01:07:22,130 --> 01:07:18,240
international space station you're a

1649
01:07:26,470 --> 01:07:22,140
huge inspiration to all of us ill

1650
01:07:28,549 --> 01:07:26,480
[Music]

1651
01:07:30,789 --> 01:07:28,559
what's up everyone my name is aman aspal

1652
01:07:33,589 --> 01:07:30,799
from cal poly san luis obispo victor

1653
01:07:35,349 --> 01:07:33,599
glover's alma mater i and my fellow

1654
01:07:37,910 --> 01:07:35,359
students from cal poly want to wish

1655
01:07:39,190 --> 01:07:37,920
victor and all of crew one a safe launch

1656
01:07:41,029 --> 01:07:39,200
and wonderful mission to the

1657
01:07:42,630 --> 01:07:41,039
international space station you're an

1658
01:07:48,230 --> 01:07:42,640
inspiration to us all and thank you for

1659
01:07:52,630 --> 01:07:50,950
hi i'm ryan udell from rice university

1660
01:07:54,870 --> 01:07:52,640
students for the exploration and

1661
01:07:57,270 --> 01:07:54,880
development of space and i am fanny

1662
01:07:58,870 --> 01:07:57,280
pandial with rice's society of women at

1663
01:08:01,430 --> 01:07:58,880
space exploration

1664
01:08:03,510 --> 01:08:01,440
all rice owls with shannon walker and

1665
01:08:05,109 --> 01:08:03,520
her crewmates a safe launch and a

1666
01:08:08,880 --> 01:08:05,119
successful mission to the international

1667
01:08:14,309 --> 01:08:11,829
[Music]

1668
01:08:16,149 --> 01:08:14,319
hi this is viki matsubara from the

1669
01:08:19,110 --> 01:08:16,159
university of tokyo school of

1670
01:08:21,829 --> 01:08:19,120
engineering so ichi you are a huge

1671
01:08:24,070 --> 01:08:21,839
inspiration to us all we are wishing you

1672
01:08:28,650 --> 01:08:24,080
and your crewmates safely and can't wait

1673
01:08:35,429 --> 01:08:33,349
[Music]

1674
01:08:51,510 --> 01:08:35,439
hey guys

1675
01:08:53,349 --> 01:08:51,520
[Music]

1676
01:08:55,030 --> 01:08:53,359
hi this is rob blevins at the discovery

1677
01:08:57,590 --> 01:08:55,040
center in springfield missouri we want

1678
01:08:59,510 --> 01:08:57,600
to thank mike shannon victor and suici

1679
01:09:01,910 --> 01:08:59,520
for helping inspire the next generation

1680
01:09:03,910 --> 01:09:01,920
of scientists and astronauts to go make

1681
01:09:07,160 --> 01:09:03,920
history like you're going to do today go

1682
01:09:13,189 --> 01:09:07,170
nasa go spacex go make history

1683
01:09:15,749 --> 01:09:13,199
[Music]

1684
01:09:17,749 --> 01:09:15,759
hi everybody i'm nasa astronaut drew

1685
01:09:22,070 --> 01:09:17,759
feustel and i'm here with my fellow

1686
01:09:24,149 --> 01:09:22,080
astronauts to wish crew one a successful

1687
01:09:26,950 --> 01:09:24,159
and exciting ride to the international

1688
01:09:28,789 --> 01:09:26,960
space station on the spacex dragon we're

1689
01:09:31,269 --> 01:09:28,799
excited to see you launch in space

1690
01:09:33,990 --> 01:09:31,279
congratulations to mike hopkins victor

1691
01:09:35,829 --> 01:09:34,000
glover shannon walker and naguchi on

1692
01:09:37,269 --> 01:09:35,839
this historic flight we can't wait to

1693
01:09:40,769 --> 01:09:37,279
see his face

1694
01:09:45,030 --> 01:09:40,779
go crew one yeah

1695
01:09:49,510 --> 01:09:47,110
all right the crew is continuing to make

1696
01:09:52,789 --> 01:09:49,520
their way to launch pad 39a we're at

1697
01:09:54,630 --> 01:09:52,799
t-minus three hours and three minutes so

1698
01:09:56,790 --> 01:09:54,640
in about eight minutes or so we should

1699
01:09:59,350 --> 01:09:56,800
hear the announcement uh of the crew

1700
01:10:00,950 --> 01:09:59,360
arriving at the pad i loved hearing

1701
01:10:02,550 --> 01:10:00,960
those shout outs from those folks i

1702
01:10:04,950 --> 01:10:02,560
think that little girl was my favorite

1703
01:10:06,790 --> 01:10:04,960
but nicole i know um the first time you

1704
01:10:08,870 --> 01:10:06,800
saw that video you got to see a lot of

1705
01:10:11,430 --> 01:10:08,880
familiar faces from the astronaut core

1706
01:10:12,870 --> 01:10:11,440
yeah it's fun you know um like the other

1707
01:10:14,630 --> 01:10:12,880
words i'll use a lot today are living

1708
01:10:16,229 --> 01:10:14,640
vicariously i can tell you every single

1709
01:10:17,590 --> 01:10:16,239
one of the people in that picture were

1710
01:10:18,790 --> 01:10:17,600
it's uh

1711
01:10:20,870 --> 01:10:18,800
pretty cool

1712
01:10:23,110 --> 01:10:20,880
and now with the eyes of so many uh

1713
01:10:25,350 --> 01:10:23,120
around the world watching the crew is

1714
01:10:28,390 --> 01:10:25,360
nearing their next milestone at this

1715
01:10:31,990 --> 01:10:28,400
point the convoy is approaching pad 39a

1716
01:10:34,870 --> 01:10:32,000
and entering what is known as the bda or

1717
01:10:37,350 --> 01:10:34,880
blast danger area before any pad

1718
01:10:40,149 --> 01:10:37,360
technicians engineers or astronauts

1719
01:10:42,630 --> 01:10:40,159
enter this area around the launch pad

1720
01:10:45,030 --> 01:10:42,640
the spacex and nasa teams have to do

1721
01:10:46,790 --> 01:10:45,040
internal go no-go poles to make sure

1722
01:10:47,830 --> 01:10:46,800
everything is clear and it's safe to

1723
01:10:49,669 --> 01:10:47,840
approach

1724
01:10:50,470 --> 01:10:49,679
this view that we have now i just love

1725
01:10:53,750 --> 01:10:50,480
it

1726
01:10:55,189 --> 01:10:53,760
this pad is this is the pad where humans

1727
01:10:57,270 --> 01:10:55,199
went to the moon

1728
01:11:00,310 --> 01:10:57,280
this is pad 39a

1729
01:11:03,270 --> 01:11:00,320
and originally built in the 1960s to

1730
01:11:05,669 --> 01:11:03,280
support the saturn 5 for the apollo

1731
01:11:07,350 --> 01:11:05,679
program it was then upgraded to support

1732
01:11:10,470 --> 01:11:07,360
the shuttle program

1733
01:11:12,790 --> 01:11:10,480
spacex signed the lease for it in 2014

1734
01:11:14,310 --> 01:11:12,800
made some upgrades ourselves might look

1735
01:11:16,470 --> 01:11:14,320
a little different we did remove the

1736
01:11:19,990 --> 01:11:16,480
rotating service structure

1737
01:11:21,990 --> 01:11:20,000
but the the heart the bones of the fixed

1738
01:11:23,510 --> 01:11:22,000
service structure from the shuttle days

1739
01:11:25,910 --> 01:11:23,520
is still there we made some

1740
01:11:28,229 --> 01:11:25,920
modifications and safety improvements

1741
01:11:31,110 --> 01:11:28,239
you know the salty air here can be quite

1742
01:11:33,430 --> 01:11:31,120
corrosive but um as you know something

1743
01:11:35,270 --> 01:11:33,440
that is also a little different um the

1744
01:11:37,430 --> 01:11:35,280
hanger that is built there allows us to

1745
01:11:39,990 --> 01:11:37,440
do the integration much closer to the

1746
01:11:41,990 --> 01:11:40,000
pad itself than in the shuttle and

1747
01:11:44,630 --> 01:11:42,000
apollo excuse me the shuttle

1748
01:11:46,310 --> 01:11:44,640
and uh yeah the saturn five apollo days

1749
01:11:48,229 --> 01:11:46,320
so um it's really neat to see them

1750
01:11:51,030 --> 01:11:48,239
they're approaching now driving up onto

1751
01:11:53,189 --> 01:11:51,040
the pad and i just i just love thinking

1752
01:11:55,110 --> 01:11:53,199
about everything that has happened here

1753
01:11:57,350 --> 01:11:55,120
and appreciate that we have the

1754
01:12:00,550 --> 01:11:57,360
opportunity to continue human space

1755
01:12:02,630 --> 01:12:00,560
flight from such a historic location

1756
01:12:05,189 --> 01:12:02,640
yeah it really strikes me that the last

1757
01:12:07,189 --> 01:12:05,199
time we saw this happening was you know

1758
01:12:08,390 --> 01:12:07,199
back in the spring with bob benkin and

1759
01:12:10,870 --> 01:12:08,400
doug hurley

1760
01:12:12,870 --> 01:12:10,880
uh making this approach onto the pad and

1761
01:12:15,350 --> 01:12:12,880
we saw them kind of lean back after they

1762
01:12:17,590 --> 01:12:15,360
got out of the cars looking up uh to try

1763
01:12:19,350 --> 01:12:17,600
to just take in the the height and the

1764
01:12:21,189 --> 01:12:19,360
grandeur of the pad knowing that they

1765
01:12:22,390 --> 01:12:21,199
were about to get on a rocket that was

1766
01:12:23,350 --> 01:12:22,400
going to come to life

1767
01:12:26,310 --> 01:12:23,360
and now

1768
01:12:29,110 --> 01:12:26,320
now we have a full crew of four

1769
01:12:31,590 --> 01:12:29,120
and it's just spectacular to know uh

1770
01:12:33,270 --> 01:12:31,600
what is just around the corner for them

1771
01:12:35,430 --> 01:12:33,280
from their standpoint standing out there

1772
01:12:36,630 --> 01:12:35,440
on the pad they have to look up about 70

1773
01:12:38,310 --> 01:12:36,640
meters

1774
01:12:39,830 --> 01:12:38,320
considering everything that's holding

1775
01:12:41,590 --> 01:12:39,840
the rocket up in

1776
01:12:43,189 --> 01:12:41,600
i think that's part of the awe of it

1777
01:12:44,790 --> 01:12:43,199
though too is that you have to i mean

1778
01:12:46,149 --> 01:12:44,800
you really have to kind of bend back

1779
01:12:47,910 --> 01:12:46,159
it's not easy to bend back in those

1780
01:12:49,510 --> 01:12:47,920
suits up like that

1781
01:12:52,070 --> 01:12:49,520
but you want to you want wanna take it

1782
01:12:53,990 --> 01:12:52,080
in a little bit um i know i heard suici

1783
01:12:56,070 --> 01:12:54,000
earlier echo this sentiment that you get

1784
01:12:58,070 --> 01:12:56,080
out to the pad on launch day and it i

1785
01:13:00,550 --> 01:12:58,080
mean it's absolutely like the vehicle is

1786
01:13:02,630 --> 01:13:00,560
already alive even before you

1787
01:13:03,669 --> 01:13:02,640
um take off it's huffing and puffing a

1788
01:13:05,590 --> 01:13:03,679
little bit you know a little bit of

1789
01:13:08,390 --> 01:13:05,600
smoke or you know steam coming out of

1790
01:13:10,070 --> 01:13:08,400
there and it like it's ready to go

1791
01:13:11,270 --> 01:13:10,080
as well and

1792
01:13:12,870 --> 01:13:11,280
i know i love what you're talking about

1793
01:13:14,470 --> 01:13:12,880
too kate with the transformation of the

1794
01:13:15,669 --> 01:13:14,480
pad you know

1795
01:13:17,430 --> 01:13:15,679
i think

1796
01:13:21,430 --> 01:13:17,440
i was very fortunate to fly both times

1797
01:13:22,630 --> 01:13:21,440
out of 39a on discovery and

1798
01:13:24,870 --> 01:13:22,640
i don't know on the one side you want

1799
01:13:26,709 --> 01:13:24,880
the pad just to stay the way it was you

1800
01:13:29,110 --> 01:13:26,719
know when you went but you know

1801
01:13:31,030 --> 01:13:29,120
absolutely that as it's changing that

1802
01:13:33,590 --> 01:13:31,040
new opportunities are opening up it's

1803
01:13:35,510 --> 01:13:33,600
it's allowing us to to get back to space

1804
01:13:37,430 --> 01:13:35,520
on a new vehicle and

1805
01:13:38,950 --> 01:13:37,440
you know look to the future of space

1806
01:13:40,470 --> 01:13:38,960
exploration yeah i mean the pad has to

1807
01:13:42,550 --> 01:13:40,480
change just like everything else does

1808
01:13:43,430 --> 01:13:42,560
absolutely and the shuttle program was

1809
01:13:45,750 --> 01:13:43,440
the

1810
01:13:47,910 --> 01:13:45,760
space flight program of my childhood and

1811
01:13:49,990 --> 01:13:47,920
there's absolutely nostalgia associated

1812
01:13:51,430 --> 01:13:50,000
with that service structure and

1813
01:13:53,669 --> 01:13:51,440
um but you know to see the

1814
01:13:55,350 --> 01:13:53,679
transformation transformation take place

1815
01:13:57,510 --> 01:13:55,360
and to see all of the upgrades that have

1816
01:13:59,270 --> 01:13:57,520
been incorporated not only to allow

1817
01:14:00,470 --> 01:13:59,280
falcon 9 to fly from here but also

1818
01:14:02,070 --> 01:14:00,480
falcon heavy

1819
01:14:04,390 --> 01:14:02,080
um is just

1820
01:14:05,350 --> 01:14:04,400
it's really mind-blowing in in many ways

1821
01:14:07,430 --> 01:14:05,360
yeah

1822
01:14:09,110 --> 01:14:07,440
and for folks um that may be wondering

1823
01:14:10,870 --> 01:14:09,120
we're the reason why we don't see the

1824
01:14:12,310 --> 01:14:10,880
crew right now we saw them pull up to

1825
01:14:15,350 --> 01:14:12,320
the base of the pad

1826
01:14:17,910 --> 01:14:15,360
they have an opportunity for a bio break

1827
01:14:19,430 --> 01:14:17,920
before they get into the elevator uh

1828
01:14:20,950 --> 01:14:19,440
that's you know

1829
01:14:22,950 --> 01:14:20,960
something you can't overlook important

1830
01:14:24,550 --> 01:14:22,960
stop you have to make so we're giving

1831
01:14:25,430 --> 01:14:24,560
them a chance to do that and then we

1832
01:14:27,669 --> 01:14:25,440
will

1833
01:14:29,910 --> 01:14:27,679
probably hear the official call out that

1834
01:14:31,189 --> 01:14:29,920
the crew has arrived at the pad at

1835
01:14:33,669 --> 01:14:31,199
t-minus

1836
01:14:35,189 --> 01:14:33,679
255 so that's coming up in about three

1837
01:14:37,189 --> 01:14:35,199
minutes or so

1838
01:14:39,510 --> 01:14:37,199
and one other thing kate for folks that

1839
01:14:42,470 --> 01:14:39,520
maybe aren't familiar with

1840
01:14:44,630 --> 01:14:42,480
the operational timeline for falcon 9.

1841
01:14:46,550 --> 01:14:44,640
there's no fuel in the rocket yet right

1842
01:14:47,910 --> 01:14:46,560
that process hasn't started yet for crew

1843
01:14:49,590 --> 01:14:47,920
dragon it's a little bit different but

1844
01:14:51,350 --> 01:14:49,600
can you explain that process for folks

1845
01:14:53,990 --> 01:14:51,360
who might not be familiar with it yeah

1846
01:14:55,110 --> 01:14:54,000
absolutely um so in order to make sure

1847
01:14:57,350 --> 01:14:55,120
that the

1848
01:14:59,669 --> 01:14:57,360
nine merlin engines have the best

1849
01:15:02,229 --> 01:14:59,679
performance possible we wait as long as

1850
01:15:04,470 --> 01:15:02,239
we can to begin more on compound one for

1851
01:15:06,950 --> 01:15:04,480
timeline all personnel have arrived at

1852
01:15:08,630 --> 01:15:06,960
the pad on schedule

1853
01:15:11,270 --> 01:15:08,640
all right good call there confirming

1854
01:15:12,630 --> 01:15:11,280
that we are on schedule

1855
01:15:14,550 --> 01:15:12,640
so as i was saying yeah we want to make

1856
01:15:16,149 --> 01:15:14,560
sure that the nine merlin engines have

1857
01:15:18,790 --> 01:15:16,159
the best performance possible and in

1858
01:15:20,950 --> 01:15:18,800
order to do that we use super densified

1859
01:15:23,030 --> 01:15:20,960
super chilled liquid oxygen so the

1860
01:15:25,030 --> 01:15:23,040
colder you get the liquid oxygen the

1861
01:15:26,709 --> 01:15:25,040
more of those oxygen molecules you can

1862
01:15:28,310 --> 01:15:26,719
pack in

1863
01:15:30,790 --> 01:15:28,320
so we get better performance by having

1864
01:15:32,709 --> 01:15:30,800
more oxidizer and so we basically wait

1865
01:15:34,630 --> 01:15:32,719
uh and you know

1866
01:15:37,189 --> 01:15:34,640
in the in the larger timeline of things

1867
01:15:39,750 --> 01:15:37,199
uh it is it is seems like last minute

1868
01:15:40,950 --> 01:15:39,760
but it's around the uh t minus 35 minute

1869
01:15:43,430 --> 01:15:40,960
mark that we will begin that prop

1870
01:15:47,030 --> 01:15:43,440
loading uh on first and second stages

1871
01:15:50,709 --> 01:15:47,040
with liquid oxygen and rp1 which is our

1872
01:15:54,950 --> 01:15:52,390
and crew dragon though

1873
01:15:57,830 --> 01:15:54,960
has already been fueled oh yeah i'm

1874
01:16:00,630 --> 01:15:57,840
sorry yeah the capsule itself yes so um

1875
01:16:02,709 --> 01:16:00,640
the dragon capsule use hypergolic fuels

1876
01:16:04,470 --> 01:16:02,719
um that are

1877
01:16:06,470 --> 01:16:04,480
instantaneously combustible so that's

1878
01:16:08,070 --> 01:16:06,480
why they're great for spacecraft because

1879
01:16:10,149 --> 01:16:08,080
you don't need an ignition source you

1880
01:16:12,550 --> 01:16:10,159
just put them to the two together that

1881
01:16:13,910 --> 01:16:12,560
per excuse me the fuel and the oxidizer

1882
01:16:16,229 --> 01:16:13,920
and they combust

1883
01:16:18,790 --> 01:16:16,239
so yeah those hypergolic fuels were

1884
01:16:19,990 --> 01:16:18,800
loaded onto the capsule uh earlier in

1885
01:16:22,229 --> 01:16:20,000
the week actually might have been last

1886
01:16:23,110 --> 01:16:22,239
week i'm losing track of the days at

1887
01:16:25,590 --> 01:16:23,120
this point

1888
01:16:28,229 --> 01:16:25,600
but yeah that is all done prior to

1889
01:16:30,070 --> 01:16:28,239
uh prior to integration um that's all

1890
01:16:32,550 --> 01:16:30,080
done in an area called dragon land down

1891
01:16:35,910 --> 01:16:32,560
the street um and then yeah so the

1892
01:16:37,750 --> 01:16:35,920
capsule then gets integrated to

1893
01:16:40,149 --> 01:16:37,760
gets integrated onto the trunk and then

1894
01:16:41,270 --> 01:16:40,159
we transport that here to 39a and then

1895
01:16:43,910 --> 01:16:41,280
we then

1896
01:16:47,750 --> 01:16:43,920
integrate the trunk and capsule on on

1897
01:16:51,110 --> 01:16:49,270
and we had a

1898
01:16:55,270 --> 01:16:51,120
what what is called a dry dress

1899
01:16:56,790 --> 01:16:55,280
rehearsal of this entire process um

1900
01:16:58,310 --> 01:16:56,800
without fueling the rocket that's why

1901
01:17:01,270 --> 01:16:58,320
it's called dry dress because there's no

1902
01:17:03,189 --> 01:17:01,280
fuel involved but that happened on

1903
01:17:05,830 --> 01:17:03,199
thursday so i'm trying to i'm mixing up

1904
01:17:07,669 --> 01:17:05,840
my days like uk today's sunday right

1905
01:17:09,510 --> 01:17:07,679
yeah so thursday there was a dry dress

1906
01:17:13,669 --> 01:17:09,520
rehearsal where they went through this

1907
01:17:16,870 --> 01:17:14,870
sorry sounds like we were starting to

1908
01:17:23,990 --> 01:17:16,880
hear a call so i don't want to step on

1909
01:17:30,390 --> 01:17:27,350
okay so uh to recap we had a dry dress

1910
01:17:32,630 --> 01:17:30,400
rehearsal on thursday where the teams

1911
01:17:34,709 --> 01:17:32,640
went through the entire process starting

1912
01:17:36,310 --> 01:17:34,719
in the suit up room of suit out suit up

1913
01:17:38,550 --> 01:17:36,320
right up to the pad

1914
01:17:40,470 --> 01:17:38,560
they ingressed dragon

1915
01:17:41,750 --> 01:17:40,480
closed the hatch and then they simulated

1916
01:17:43,830 --> 01:17:41,760
a scrub

1917
01:17:46,229 --> 01:17:43,840
an hour or so before the simulated

1918
01:17:47,990 --> 01:17:46,239
launch time so um that is the last

1919
01:17:50,149 --> 01:17:48,000
opportunity i think nicole during the

1920
01:17:51,830 --> 01:17:50,159
shuttle days they called it the the tcd

1921
01:17:53,189 --> 01:17:51,840
t yep and i can't remember what that

1922
01:17:55,270 --> 01:17:53,199
stands for

1923
01:17:58,229 --> 01:17:55,280
terminal countdown test yeah there you

1924
01:18:00,229 --> 01:17:58,239
go dry run

1925
01:18:02,550 --> 01:18:00,239
how important is that uh final

1926
01:18:03,590 --> 01:18:02,560
opportunity to do that before the real

1927
01:18:05,189 --> 01:18:03,600
thing

1928
01:18:07,430 --> 01:18:05,199
um i think it's i think it's really

1929
01:18:09,830 --> 01:18:07,440
important and over time we found it was

1930
01:18:11,990 --> 01:18:09,840
so that we are continuing it now right

1931
01:18:14,070 --> 01:18:12,000
um there's something about having the

1932
01:18:17,270 --> 01:18:14,080
team in that

1933
01:18:20,229 --> 01:18:17,280
i mean really in that launch mode um

1934
01:18:22,790 --> 01:18:20,239
real vehicle at the pad you know shortly

1935
01:18:23,990 --> 01:18:22,800
before um the actual time is going to

1936
01:18:25,350 --> 01:18:24,000
come to

1937
01:18:27,110 --> 01:18:25,360
you know to run through these things and

1938
01:18:29,270 --> 01:18:27,120
to give the crew an opportunity like you

1939
01:18:30,630 --> 01:18:29,280
said at about an hour or before to run

1940
01:18:31,990 --> 01:18:30,640
through what it would be like if they

1941
01:18:33,270 --> 01:18:32,000
needed to scrub

1942
01:18:34,950 --> 01:18:33,280
and you know kind of that final

1943
01:18:36,550 --> 01:18:34,960
countdown and get you know to their

1944
01:18:39,430 --> 01:18:36,560
escape baskets or down to the base of

1945
01:18:41,189 --> 01:18:39,440
the pad and um out of harm's way so just

1946
01:18:44,310 --> 01:18:41,199
get your head kind of in the right place

1947
01:18:46,470 --> 01:18:44,320
yep yep and we we actually had a scrub

1948
01:18:48,950 --> 01:18:46,480
um with bob benkin and doug hurley the

1949
01:18:51,030 --> 01:18:48,960
first launch attempt for demo two was

1950
01:18:53,990 --> 01:18:51,040
may 27th when they we ended up not going

1951
01:18:56,390 --> 01:18:54,000
until may 30th but that first day scrub

1952
01:18:59,270 --> 01:18:56,400
happened at all the way down to it was

1953
01:19:01,750 --> 01:18:59,280
like t minus 17 minutes and so

1954
01:19:03,590 --> 01:19:01,760
falcon 9 was still you know was well

1955
01:19:06,310 --> 01:19:03,600
into the fueling process and the crew

1956
01:19:07,990 --> 01:19:06,320
can't egress from the capsule until they

1957
01:19:09,830 --> 01:19:08,000
the vehicle is offloaded right right

1958
01:19:11,750 --> 01:19:09,840
we've got to offload all that fuel so

1959
01:19:15,110 --> 01:19:11,760
hopefully we won't uh be in a situation

1960
01:19:16,550 --> 01:19:15,120
like that today 50 50. uh we'll see

1961
01:19:18,950 --> 01:19:16,560
but uh

1962
01:19:21,350 --> 01:19:18,960
here they are the astronauts have begun

1963
01:19:23,030 --> 01:19:21,360
to emerge uh from their bio break and

1964
01:19:25,270 --> 01:19:23,040
i'm trying i'm not sure which pair this

1965
01:19:26,790 --> 01:19:25,280
is i i think that might be victor and

1966
01:19:28,630 --> 01:19:26,800
suici

1967
01:19:30,550 --> 01:19:28,640
you have better eyes than i do okay i

1968
01:19:32,070 --> 01:19:30,560
think that might be shannon yeah i think

1969
01:19:33,590 --> 01:19:32,080
that's shannon i'm sorry shannon yeah

1970
01:19:36,229 --> 01:19:33,600
okay victor and shannon so they're

1971
01:19:40,229 --> 01:19:36,239
getting inside the elevator oh this is

1972
01:19:41,750 --> 01:19:40,239
the same elevator nicole's awesome it is

1973
01:19:44,229 --> 01:19:41,760
so i mentioned before that we have

1974
01:19:45,030 --> 01:19:44,239
something called the advanced team and i

1975
01:19:46,310 --> 01:19:45,040
just

1976
01:19:47,669 --> 01:19:46,320
when i learned about this okay that's

1977
01:19:49,590 --> 01:19:47,679
mike and shannon

1978
01:19:51,669 --> 01:19:49,600
um when i learned about the advanced

1979
01:19:53,030 --> 01:19:51,679
team they they are responsible for like

1980
01:19:55,910 --> 01:19:53,040
i said before making sure the hatch is

1981
01:19:57,750 --> 01:19:55,920
open the cabin has uh communications and

1982
01:19:59,110 --> 01:19:57,760
lights they're also responsible for

1983
01:20:01,830 --> 01:19:59,120
making sure that someone has the

1984
01:20:04,550 --> 01:20:01,840
elevator keys yeah

1985
01:20:06,950 --> 01:20:04,560
you can't just get in there you know the

1986
01:20:09,270 --> 01:20:06,960
devil's in the details for sure

1987
01:20:13,189 --> 01:20:09,280
now when the astronauts ascend here um

1988
01:20:15,110 --> 01:20:13,199
just as in the the olden days the levels

1989
01:20:17,030 --> 01:20:15,120
of the tower are not marked one two

1990
01:20:19,830 --> 01:20:17,040
three four and so on they are marked by

1991
01:20:23,189 --> 01:20:19,840
foot height so they press the 255 foot

1992
01:20:25,430 --> 01:20:23,199
button and ride to the top

1993
01:20:27,350 --> 01:20:25,440
okay and here's our first look at that

1994
01:20:28,790 --> 01:20:27,360
level uh where they come out of the

1995
01:20:30,870 --> 01:20:28,800
elevator now they're going to make their

1996
01:20:32,950 --> 01:20:30,880
way around because they have a handful

1997
01:20:34,550 --> 01:20:32,960
of stairs to climb uh to get up to the

1998
01:20:37,030 --> 01:20:34,560
level where

1999
01:20:39,030 --> 01:20:37,040
the crew access arm is that's that long

2000
01:20:40,229 --> 01:20:39,040
suspended walkway so here they go up the

2001
01:20:42,470 --> 01:20:40,239
steps

2002
01:20:43,990 --> 01:20:42,480
gotta work for it yeah right well

2003
01:20:47,430 --> 01:20:44,000
they've made it this far what's a couple

2004
01:20:47,440 --> 01:20:52,790
oh look how beautiful

2005
01:20:56,310 --> 01:20:54,629
it's been a long time since i've had the

2006
01:20:58,629 --> 01:20:56,320
the privilege of being up there and

2007
01:21:05,669 --> 01:20:58,639
seeing that view up in person but it is

2008
01:21:09,430 --> 01:21:07,350
okay so here's a view

2009
01:21:10,229 --> 01:21:09,440
you can see the nasa worm and on the far

2010
01:21:12,790 --> 01:21:10,239
end

2011
01:21:14,310 --> 01:21:12,800
um that is where the phone is nicole can

2012
01:21:16,310 --> 01:21:14,320
you talk about the significance of the

2013
01:21:18,229 --> 01:21:16,320
phone there yeah and i think they've

2014
01:21:20,870 --> 01:21:18,239
maintained the same original phone like

2015
01:21:23,750 --> 01:21:20,880
a big handset you know like you know and

2016
01:21:26,550 --> 01:21:23,760
um and it was one last opportunity to

2017
01:21:29,510 --> 01:21:26,560
you know call your your family before

2018
01:21:31,510 --> 01:21:29,520
loading up into the vehicle and uh i

2019
01:21:33,350 --> 01:21:31,520
don't know i love that that nasa and now

2020
01:21:35,350 --> 01:21:33,360
nasa and spacex have

2021
01:21:37,669 --> 01:21:35,360
maintained these

2022
01:21:39,110 --> 01:21:37,679
these personal touches to the the humans

2023
01:21:40,790 --> 01:21:39,120
that are part of human space flight i

2024
01:21:44,470 --> 01:21:40,800
think it's really really important that

2025
01:21:50,070 --> 01:21:46,070
and the one other thing that you'll

2026
01:21:51,189 --> 01:21:50,080
notice um are the the white arrows um

2027
01:21:53,669 --> 01:21:51,199
pointing

2028
01:21:55,669 --> 01:21:53,679
towards us uh on on the camera and

2029
01:21:57,590 --> 01:21:55,679
that's not just for design that there's

2030
01:21:59,750 --> 01:21:57,600
a very there's those are very it doesn't

2031
01:22:02,229 --> 01:21:59,760
look cool but um that they're very

2032
01:22:04,950 --> 01:22:02,239
intentional

2033
01:22:06,470 --> 01:22:04,960
okay and so this will be victor and

2034
01:22:10,070 --> 01:22:06,480
suici yeah

2035
01:22:12,709 --> 01:22:10,080
now approaching the pad

2036
01:22:14,790 --> 01:22:12,719
so mike and shannon got a head start

2037
01:22:16,229 --> 01:22:14,800
uh victor and soichi are are making

2038
01:22:18,229 --> 01:22:16,239
their way to the elevator now i wonder

2039
01:22:20,149 --> 01:22:18,239
if they're going to stop and

2040
01:22:22,390 --> 01:22:20,159
oh they got a strain or maybe they've

2041
01:22:26,070 --> 01:22:22,400
already done that to see to get a look

2042
01:22:26,080 --> 01:22:30,550
here they go

2043
01:22:33,590 --> 01:22:32,149
it's kind of like the pre-flight right

2044
01:22:35,510 --> 01:22:33,600
the walk around your vehicle before you

2045
01:22:36,390 --> 01:22:35,520
get in and fly

2046
01:22:39,030 --> 01:22:36,400
yeah

2047
01:22:40,629 --> 01:22:39,040
i feel like um this one carries a little

2048
01:22:43,590 --> 01:22:40,639
more weight

2049
01:22:46,870 --> 01:22:45,030
incredible

2050
01:22:48,310 --> 01:22:46,880
i really want to come up with a name for

2051
01:22:50,950 --> 01:22:48,320
the move that they have to do when they

2052
01:22:53,110 --> 01:22:50,960
turn and bend and look back yeah

2053
01:22:59,590 --> 01:22:53,120
it's the don't fall backwards move yeah

2054
01:23:03,350 --> 01:23:01,350
and you know we're having a lot of fun

2055
01:23:05,669 --> 01:23:03,360
here we know the crew is is having a

2056
01:23:06,870 --> 01:23:05,679
blast there there they are i knew they

2057
01:23:08,390 --> 01:23:06,880
were gonna do it

2058
01:23:09,189 --> 01:23:08,400
um

2059
01:23:11,590 --> 01:23:09,199
but

2060
01:23:14,310 --> 01:23:11,600
you know this is uh

2061
01:23:15,990 --> 01:23:14,320
they must have so much adrenaline uh

2062
01:23:18,709 --> 01:23:16,000
pumping through them because you know

2063
01:23:20,149 --> 01:23:18,719
when you when you are getting on top of

2064
01:23:22,310 --> 01:23:20,159
a rocket

2065
01:23:23,750 --> 01:23:22,320
your life is at stake and that's not

2066
01:23:25,910 --> 01:23:23,760
something that any of the people

2067
01:23:29,030 --> 01:23:25,920
involved in this mission from start to

2068
01:23:31,270 --> 01:23:29,040
finish take for granted or take lightly

2069
01:23:33,270 --> 01:23:31,280
the folks who work on this program take

2070
01:23:35,350 --> 01:23:33,280
that responsibility to heart and like

2071
01:23:36,629 --> 01:23:35,360
you said nicole i mean the when you're

2072
01:23:38,550 --> 01:23:36,639
talking about the relationships with the

2073
01:23:40,470 --> 01:23:38,560
people in the suit up room they have

2074
01:23:42,870 --> 01:23:40,480
those relationships with people across

2075
01:23:45,270 --> 01:23:42,880
the nasa and spacex teams they walk the

2076
01:23:46,870 --> 01:23:45,280
the factory floor in hawthorne and and

2077
01:23:48,470 --> 01:23:46,880
the the people that work this mission

2078
01:23:50,629 --> 01:23:48,480
they know the astronauts and they see

2079
01:23:53,189 --> 01:23:50,639
them as their own family here's a look

2080
01:23:56,149 --> 01:23:53,199
inside the crew access arm

2081
01:23:59,830 --> 01:23:57,669
i love this shot

2082
01:24:02,310 --> 01:23:59,840
you know when this was being designed it

2083
01:24:03,669 --> 01:24:02,320
was definitely a forward thinking design

2084
01:24:05,590 --> 01:24:03,679
that we went with

2085
01:24:08,550 --> 01:24:05,600
we really wanted it to

2086
01:24:10,070 --> 01:24:08,560
encapsulate the experience of the next

2087
01:24:12,070 --> 01:24:10,080
era of spaceflight really wanting to

2088
01:24:14,070 --> 01:24:12,080
make it look futuristic

2089
01:24:17,430 --> 01:24:14,080
as with the suits and the the capsule

2090
01:24:19,669 --> 01:24:17,440
itself very sleek and elegant

2091
01:24:22,149 --> 01:24:19,679
okay so here's victor and suici the last

2092
01:24:24,390 --> 01:24:22,159
shot inside the access arm was mike and

2093
01:24:25,669 --> 01:24:24,400
shannon um so they're standing now

2094
01:24:27,030 --> 01:24:25,679
inside the white room we're going to

2095
01:24:28,709 --> 01:24:27,040
explain a little bit more about that in

2096
01:24:31,030 --> 01:24:28,719
a minute but you can see

2097
01:24:32,070 --> 01:24:31,040
the side hatch of dragon open and that

2098
01:24:34,470 --> 01:24:32,080
is where

2099
01:24:36,870 --> 01:24:34,480
they are going to ingress or climb

2100
01:24:38,870 --> 01:24:36,880
inside in about 13 minutes if things are

2101
01:24:40,790 --> 01:24:38,880
on schedule they're signing the wall

2102
01:24:42,950 --> 01:24:40,800
there um kate can you explain what

2103
01:24:45,110 --> 01:24:42,960
they're doing there with the signatures

2104
01:24:46,950 --> 01:24:45,120
so we just saw mike's

2105
01:24:48,390 --> 01:24:46,960
the crew has arrived at the white room

2106
01:24:50,149 --> 01:24:48,400
on schedule

2107
01:24:51,510 --> 01:24:50,159
all right good core call there just

2108
01:24:53,110 --> 01:24:51,520
notifying everyone that the crew has

2109
01:24:55,510 --> 01:24:53,120
arrived on time

2110
01:24:56,950 --> 01:24:55,520
we now see shannon adding her signature

2111
01:24:58,950 --> 01:24:56,960
to the wall so

2112
01:25:01,590 --> 01:24:58,960
in keeping with tradition we painted

2113
01:25:03,350 --> 01:25:01,600
this room white and

2114
01:25:04,709 --> 01:25:03,360
the advanced team once again i'll talk

2115
01:25:06,550 --> 01:25:04,719
about them um

2116
01:25:07,990 --> 01:25:06,560
part of their responsibility also making

2117
01:25:10,709 --> 01:25:08,000
sure that there's a sharpie on hand so

2118
01:25:12,709 --> 01:25:10,719
that crew members can add their names to

2119
01:25:15,110 --> 01:25:12,719
our signature wall bob and doug did this

2120
01:25:17,030 --> 01:25:15,120
prior to their flight and i love that

2121
01:25:18,870 --> 01:25:17,040
this is really the last thing you do

2122
01:25:21,110 --> 01:25:18,880
before you get in our spaceship i just

2123
01:25:22,709 --> 01:25:21,120
love that there's an opportunity and i

2124
01:25:26,390 --> 01:25:22,719
and i'm really looking forward to seeing

2125
01:25:28,470 --> 01:25:26,400
the list of names grow over time

2126
01:25:31,110 --> 01:25:28,480
it's going to be uh spectacular to see

2127
01:25:32,950 --> 01:25:31,120
well you know if if everything goes

2128
01:25:33,830 --> 01:25:32,960
as planned we'll have the next group of

2129
01:25:35,510 --> 01:25:33,840
four

2130
01:25:39,510 --> 01:25:35,520
signing their names there in the spring

2131
01:25:43,510 --> 01:25:41,189
and on crew two one of your one of your

2132
01:25:46,229 --> 01:25:43,520
crew members will be um you know megan

2133
01:25:48,790 --> 01:25:46,239
macarthur bank and um wife of bob who

2134
01:25:51,270 --> 01:25:48,800
flew dm to you know they are my

2135
01:25:53,669 --> 01:25:51,280
definition of a power couple and i'm

2136
01:25:55,750 --> 01:25:53,679
here for it i i love it i'm really

2137
01:25:56,709 --> 01:25:55,760
excited to see what the seat assignments

2138
01:25:57,910 --> 01:25:56,719
will be

2139
01:26:00,470 --> 01:25:57,920
because it'd be really cool if she was

2140
01:26:02,390 --> 01:26:00,480
sitting in the same position as he was

2141
01:26:09,030 --> 01:26:02,400
inside the capsule for her mission oh

2142
01:26:13,669 --> 01:26:11,750
this is so so exciting for soichi and i

2143
01:26:15,189 --> 01:26:13,679
know he i know he has some extended

2144
01:26:16,709 --> 01:26:15,199
family who couldn't be here in florida

2145
01:26:18,870 --> 01:26:16,719
for the launch but hopefully they're

2146
01:26:20,629 --> 01:26:18,880
getting the opportunity uh to watch from

2147
01:26:22,870 --> 01:26:20,639
japan and i'm trying to think of what

2148
01:26:24,229 --> 01:26:22,880
time it is there now it's early monday

2149
01:26:25,750 --> 01:26:24,239
morning so

2150
01:26:27,830 --> 01:26:25,760
if they set their alarm clocks early

2151
01:26:29,189 --> 01:26:27,840
enough they'll have a chance to uh oh

2152
01:26:30,070 --> 01:26:29,199
i'm sure they are

2153
01:26:31,830 --> 01:26:30,080
yeah

2154
01:26:35,270 --> 01:26:31,840
so i think at this point in time victor

2155
01:26:36,950 --> 01:26:35,280
is making that last family phone call

2156
01:26:38,470 --> 01:26:36,960
and kate we started to talk about the

2157
01:26:39,669 --> 01:26:38,480
arrows and then we

2158
01:26:41,430 --> 01:26:39,679
hi

2159
01:26:43,110 --> 01:26:41,440
i feel like he's

2160
01:26:44,870 --> 01:26:43,120
watching us well you know that's so

2161
01:26:47,350 --> 01:26:44,880
awesome that he's doing that because i i

2162
01:26:50,390 --> 01:26:47,360
think i um we had talked about this once

2163
01:26:52,629 --> 01:26:50,400
before where in the white room before

2164
01:26:54,550 --> 01:26:52,639
because with shuttle we didn't have that

2165
01:26:56,950 --> 01:26:54,560
like last meet and greet kind of thing

2166
01:26:57,990 --> 01:26:56,960
at the onc before getting in the

2167
01:26:59,590 --> 01:26:58,000
vehicles

2168
01:27:01,350 --> 01:26:59,600
we would do we knew the cameras were

2169
01:27:03,350 --> 01:27:01,360
there we knew our families were watching

2170
01:27:05,830 --> 01:27:03,360
and we would do like little secret hand

2171
01:27:08,310 --> 01:27:05,840
signals to our you know our spouses and

2172
01:27:09,510 --> 01:27:08,320
kids okay they'd know it was coming you

2173
01:27:10,629 --> 01:27:09,520
couldn't say anything but you could do

2174
01:27:13,990 --> 01:27:10,639
the little

2175
01:27:15,350 --> 01:27:14,000
love you thing sign language yeah but um

2176
01:27:16,470 --> 01:27:15,360
the arrows i know you can't see them on

2177
01:27:18,070 --> 01:27:16,480
the screen right now but we've mentioned

2178
01:27:21,189 --> 01:27:18,080
them a couple times those are for

2179
01:27:23,350 --> 01:27:21,199
emergency egress um if if for any reason

2180
01:27:24,950 --> 01:27:23,360
the crew had to uh

2181
01:27:26,950 --> 01:27:24,960
get out of the capsule get out of the

2182
01:27:28,950 --> 01:27:26,960
white room and get out of the get away

2183
01:27:29,830 --> 01:27:28,960
from the pad in a hurry that is the the

2184
01:27:31,590 --> 01:27:29,840
path

2185
01:27:33,590 --> 01:27:31,600
the arrows that show them go this way

2186
01:27:35,430 --> 01:27:33,600
essentially and you need something like

2187
01:27:37,030 --> 01:27:35,440
that because you know depending on the

2188
01:27:40,870 --> 01:27:37,040
situation you might actually have some

2189
01:27:42,950 --> 01:27:40,880
smoke or the water deluge system um

2190
01:27:44,390 --> 01:27:42,960
going and so you just you

2191
01:27:46,709 --> 01:27:44,400
tip your head down you look at the floor

2192
01:27:49,110 --> 01:27:46,719
you grab each other and go yeah and if

2193
01:27:51,830 --> 01:27:49,120
we were to do a quick exit from the

2194
01:27:53,510 --> 01:27:51,840
tower we utilize basically baskets that

2195
01:27:56,550 --> 01:27:53,520
are on zip lines

2196
01:27:57,990 --> 01:27:56,560
and they slide down the wire to safety

2197
01:27:59,830 --> 01:27:58,000
and you can see

2198
01:28:02,390 --> 01:27:59,840
on your screen the crew beginning the

2199
01:28:04,709 --> 01:28:02,400
ingress process already so our timeline

2200
01:28:07,270 --> 01:28:04,719
has this happening at t minus two hours

2201
01:28:09,990 --> 01:28:07,280
and 35 minutes so it looks like they may

2202
01:28:11,990 --> 01:28:10,000
just be starting that a little bit early

2203
01:28:14,550 --> 01:28:12,000
there are of course four astronauts who

2204
01:28:16,149 --> 01:28:14,560
have to in to to ingress so this doesn't

2205
01:28:18,310 --> 01:28:16,159
happen in an instant

2206
01:28:23,910 --> 01:28:18,320
it's a process but obviously that

2207
01:28:28,070 --> 01:28:26,070
so we see some of the

2208
01:28:30,229 --> 01:28:28,080
uh the suit technicians they're

2209
01:28:33,189 --> 01:28:30,239
assisting them to get into their seat

2210
01:28:34,790 --> 01:28:33,199
making sure that the boots are able to

2211
01:28:36,550 --> 01:28:34,800
lock into position on the foot rest

2212
01:28:38,709 --> 01:28:36,560
appropriately

2213
01:28:40,070 --> 01:28:38,719
making sure once again that the

2214
01:28:41,910 --> 01:28:40,080
all the zippers are in the right place

2215
01:28:43,510 --> 01:28:41,920
and making sure that we're able to do

2216
01:28:45,910 --> 01:28:43,520
all the checkouts necessary both in

2217
01:28:49,110 --> 01:28:45,920
terms of environmental controls but also

2218
01:28:52,229 --> 01:28:49,120
communication audio as well

2219
01:28:55,430 --> 01:28:52,239
and i wasn't sure do we have mike and

2220
01:28:58,310 --> 01:28:55,440
shannon already inside

2221
01:29:01,189 --> 01:28:58,320
okay so mike and shannon are are already

2222
01:29:02,390 --> 01:29:01,199
inside and victor and suici have not

2223
01:29:04,229 --> 01:29:02,400
made their way

2224
01:29:21,189 --> 01:29:04,239
into the white room yet

2225
01:29:26,390 --> 01:29:24,070
and so again crew ingress ingress is

2226
01:29:29,189 --> 01:29:26,400
just a spaceflight term for

2227
01:29:31,430 --> 01:29:29,199
getting inside the spacecraft so mike

2228
01:29:33,350 --> 01:29:31,440
hopkins and shannon walker have

2229
01:29:35,110 --> 01:29:33,360
ingressed crew dragon

2230
01:29:36,950 --> 01:29:35,120
you can see the bottom of

2231
01:29:39,189 --> 01:29:36,960
one of their legs

2232
01:29:41,590 --> 01:29:39,199
inside the open hatch there and victor

2233
01:29:43,510 --> 01:29:41,600
glover and suicina gucci looks like are

2234
01:29:45,350 --> 01:29:43,520
now making their way they're starting to

2235
01:29:48,310 --> 01:29:45,360
move uh they will be walking down the

2236
01:29:49,830 --> 01:29:48,320
crew access arm uh there's the outside

2237
01:29:52,709 --> 01:29:49,840
of it so they're making their way down

2238
01:29:54,550 --> 01:29:52,719
that hallway as we speak

2239
01:29:56,709 --> 01:29:54,560
and they'll be stopping in the white

2240
01:29:58,390 --> 01:29:56,719
room in just a moment

2241
01:30:00,709 --> 01:29:58,400
you know it's hard to see in that shot

2242
01:30:02,709 --> 01:30:00,719
but i'm very happy to say that we got

2243
01:30:05,030 --> 01:30:02,719
blue skies and a couple of puffy white

2244
01:30:06,870 --> 01:30:05,040
clouds working with us so

2245
01:30:09,189 --> 01:30:06,880
well it might look a little overcast on

2246
01:30:11,270 --> 01:30:09,199
the screen uh we are we're pretty happy

2247
01:30:12,709 --> 01:30:11,280
with what what we've got at the moment

2248
01:30:14,470 --> 01:30:12,719
and you can see the little shadows of

2249
01:30:15,270 --> 01:30:14,480
them moving along through the windows

2250
01:30:17,110 --> 01:30:15,280
and

2251
01:30:23,510 --> 01:30:17,120
into the white room

2252
01:30:27,830 --> 01:30:25,510
okay there they are so there this is

2253
01:30:29,910 --> 01:30:27,840
again a look inside the white room it's

2254
01:30:31,030 --> 01:30:29,920
not a very big space uh it's pretty

2255
01:30:46,950 --> 01:30:31,040
tight

2256
01:30:51,350 --> 01:30:48,870
okay so while victor and suici are

2257
01:30:53,350 --> 01:30:51,360
getting a chance to uh sign their names

2258
01:30:55,350 --> 01:30:53,360
to the inside of the white room we want

2259
01:30:57,510 --> 01:30:55,360
to recap just a little bit if you're

2260
01:30:59,910 --> 01:30:57,520
just joining us you're watching live

2261
01:31:03,430 --> 01:30:59,920
coverage of nasa's spacex

2262
01:31:05,510 --> 01:31:03,440
uh crew one mission today sending four

2263
01:31:07,990 --> 01:31:05,520
astronauts into orbit on a mission to

2264
01:31:10,790 --> 01:31:08,000
the international space station nasa

2265
01:31:14,149 --> 01:31:10,800
astronauts victor glover mike hopkins

2266
01:31:17,510 --> 01:31:14,159
shannon walker and suicinoguchi

2267
01:31:19,430 --> 01:31:17,520
are flying on a six-month mission to the

2268
01:31:21,270 --> 01:31:19,440
international space station

2269
01:31:23,830 --> 01:31:21,280
good afternoon and welcome to kennedy

2270
01:31:26,629 --> 01:31:23,840
space center in florida i'm marie lewis

2271
01:31:29,030 --> 01:31:26,639
public affairs officer for nasa

2272
01:31:31,510 --> 01:31:29,040
and i'm kate tys senior certification

2273
01:31:33,350 --> 01:31:31,520
engineer at spacex happy to be bringing

2274
01:31:35,510 --> 01:31:33,360
you live coverage of the crew one

2275
01:31:37,510 --> 01:31:35,520
mission from kennedy space center

2276
01:31:39,669 --> 01:31:37,520
joining us is retired nasa astronaut

2277
01:31:41,270 --> 01:31:39,679
nicole stott who has flown twice on the

2278
01:31:43,350 --> 01:31:41,280
shuttle so pretty exciting to have you

2279
01:31:44,870 --> 01:31:43,360
here with us thank you yeah absolutely

2280
01:31:48,550 --> 01:31:44,880
very nice to be here today with you

2281
01:31:54,149 --> 01:31:50,870
and again the crew has already arrived

2282
01:31:57,590 --> 01:31:54,159
at pad 39a where falcon 9 will lift off

2283
01:31:59,590 --> 01:31:57,600
from 7 27 pm eastern and

2284
01:32:01,110 --> 01:31:59,600
victor glover and suicina gucci are

2285
01:32:03,030 --> 01:32:01,120
standing inside the white room mike

2286
01:32:05,510 --> 01:32:03,040
hopkins and shannon walker are already

2287
01:32:07,510 --> 01:32:05,520
inside crew dragon yeah so it looks like

2288
01:32:10,229 --> 01:32:07,520
we're fitting up the earpieces now and

2289
01:32:12,390 --> 01:32:10,239
just doing a couple final checks

2290
01:32:14,390 --> 01:32:12,400
they have ascended the tall structure

2291
01:32:16,310 --> 01:32:14,400
next to the rocket known as the fixed

2292
01:32:18,790 --> 01:32:16,320
service structure and they've walked

2293
01:32:21,350 --> 01:32:18,800
down that futuristic looking corridor

2294
01:32:23,669 --> 01:32:21,360
known as the crew access arm

2295
01:32:26,149 --> 01:32:23,679
and so now they are about halfway

2296
01:32:27,910 --> 01:32:26,159
through the process of boarding dragons

2297
01:32:31,030 --> 01:32:27,920
so it looks like possibly a little bit

2298
01:32:33,350 --> 01:32:31,040
ahead of schedule our crew members uh

2299
01:32:35,510 --> 01:32:33,360
they're making their final stop again

2300
01:32:38,070 --> 01:32:35,520
this is the white room and the white

2301
01:32:40,709 --> 01:32:38,080
room is this small space at the end of

2302
01:32:43,270 --> 01:32:40,719
the crew access arm that provides entry

2303
01:32:45,510 --> 01:32:43,280
into crew dragon and as kate mentioned

2304
01:32:48,390 --> 01:32:45,520
earlier this is the last place the crew

2305
01:32:50,310 --> 01:32:48,400
will be on earth before stepping into

2306
01:32:52,629 --> 01:32:50,320
the spacecraft for their ride to the

2307
01:32:55,189 --> 01:32:52,639
international space station yeah like i

2308
01:32:57,189 --> 01:32:55,199
mentioned before uh the term white room

2309
01:32:59,750 --> 01:32:57,199
is it has a little bit of history uh it

2310
01:33:01,910 --> 01:32:59,760
was first used during the nasa gemini

2311
01:33:04,149 --> 01:33:01,920
missions where the room right before

2312
01:33:04,950 --> 01:33:04,159
entering into the spacecraft was painted

2313
01:33:07,270 --> 01:33:04,960
white

2314
01:33:09,830 --> 01:33:07,280
so we love traditions when we we've

2315
01:33:11,350 --> 01:33:09,840
continued this one by painting ours

2316
01:33:13,350 --> 01:33:11,360
white as well

2317
01:33:15,510 --> 01:33:13,360
like marie said it is a pretty small

2318
01:33:17,430 --> 01:33:15,520
area and it has just enough room for the

2319
01:33:18,629 --> 01:33:17,440
crew and a couple of ground support

2320
01:33:20,790 --> 01:33:18,639
members

2321
01:33:22,950 --> 01:33:20,800
to allow them to complete late cargo

2322
01:33:24,950 --> 01:33:22,960
load at t minus 24 hours and then of

2323
01:33:27,270 --> 01:33:24,960
course what we were just witnessing crew

2324
01:33:29,030 --> 01:33:27,280
ingress running a little bit

2325
01:33:31,990 --> 01:33:29,040
ahead of schedule

2326
01:33:33,110 --> 01:33:32,000
at t minus 39 minutes 2 hours and 39

2327
01:33:37,189 --> 01:33:33,120
minutes

2328
01:33:38,950 --> 01:33:37,199
and ingress is how we refer to boarding

2329
01:33:41,350 --> 01:33:38,960
on top of crew dragon

2330
01:33:43,990 --> 01:33:41,360
now inside uh the white room where we're

2331
01:33:46,070 --> 01:33:44,000
looking there is a movable platform that

2332
01:33:48,310 --> 01:33:46,080
gets extended out to the capsule and

2333
01:33:50,790 --> 01:33:48,320
that helps bridge the gap between the

2334
01:33:53,350 --> 01:33:50,800
crew access arm and the dragon side

2335
01:33:55,270 --> 01:33:53,360
hatch and this allows for easy entry

2336
01:33:57,189 --> 01:33:55,280
into the spacecraft

2337
01:33:59,189 --> 01:33:57,199
as you might expect it's environmentally

2338
01:34:00,470 --> 01:33:59,199
controlled so that the dragon side hatch

2339
01:34:03,590 --> 01:34:00,480
can be opened

2340
01:34:06,149 --> 01:34:03,600
while at the same time keeping dust dirt

2341
01:34:08,470 --> 01:34:06,159
that nasty florida humidity out of the

2342
01:34:11,110 --> 01:34:08,480
capsule to make sure it is just in

2343
01:34:13,430 --> 01:34:11,120
pristine condition for the crew there is

2344
01:34:15,669 --> 01:34:13,440
also a large seal that gets inflated and

2345
01:34:18,070 --> 01:34:15,679
compressed against the capsule to make

2346
01:34:19,750 --> 01:34:18,080
sure that we can maintain these clean

2347
01:34:21,350 --> 01:34:19,760
environments

2348
01:34:22,310 --> 01:34:21,360
yeah so this is all really exciting to

2349
01:34:24,550 --> 01:34:22,320
watch

2350
01:34:26,629 --> 01:34:24,560
like i mentioned you saw them take part

2351
01:34:29,430 --> 01:34:26,639
in that tradition that we've mentioned a

2352
01:34:32,229 --> 01:34:29,440
couple of times by and it began with our

2353
01:34:35,350 --> 01:34:32,239
demo two crew of nasa astronauts bob

2354
01:34:37,830 --> 01:34:35,360
benkin and doug hurley they signed the

2355
01:34:40,550 --> 01:34:37,840
wall of the room to mark that they are

2356
01:34:42,790 --> 01:34:40,560
now part of the select few who

2357
01:34:43,669 --> 01:34:42,800
will have launched after leaving this

2358
01:34:47,189 --> 01:34:43,679
room

2359
01:34:49,430 --> 01:34:47,199
other tools

2360
01:34:52,310 --> 01:34:49,440
that are utilized in order to open the

2361
01:34:55,109 --> 01:34:52,320
hidesat open the side hatch and complete

2362
01:34:57,350 --> 01:34:55,119
crew ingress as well as allowing them to

2363
01:34:59,830 --> 01:34:57,360
prepare for any contingency or emergency

2364
01:35:00,709 --> 01:34:59,840
that might be

2365
01:35:02,470 --> 01:35:00,719
so

2366
01:35:03,669 --> 01:35:02,480
as we're waiting for our last crew

2367
01:35:05,830 --> 01:35:03,679
member to

2368
01:35:08,470 --> 01:35:05,840
hop inside crew dragon let's check back

2369
01:35:10,709 --> 01:35:08,480
in with jesse and leah back at spacex

2370
01:35:17,109 --> 01:35:10,719
headquarters in hawthorne california

2371
01:35:21,990 --> 01:35:19,270
everything is going good we are so

2372
01:35:23,830 --> 01:35:22,000
excited watching ingress right now yeah

2373
01:35:26,229 --> 01:35:23,840
so as jesse just mentioned this is

2374
01:35:28,470 --> 01:35:26,239
ingress that means the astronauts are

2375
01:35:30,709 --> 01:35:28,480
entering the dragon capsule that's a

2376
01:35:32,629 --> 01:35:30,719
space flight term and you'll hear a lot

2377
01:35:35,189 --> 01:35:32,639
of these space terms in the coming hours

2378
01:35:36,709 --> 01:35:35,199
and days ingress is what we use when

2379
01:35:39,430 --> 01:35:36,719
crew members are getting into a

2380
01:35:41,830 --> 01:35:39,440
spacecraft or airlock and egress means

2381
01:35:43,750 --> 01:35:41,840
the opposite they're exiting but before

2382
01:35:46,629 --> 01:35:43,760
climbing into the capsule today the crew

2383
01:35:49,510 --> 01:35:46,639
completed a foreign object debris check

2384
01:35:52,149 --> 01:35:49,520
also known as fod check that means they

2385
01:35:54,070 --> 01:35:52,159
themselves have to be inspected for any

2386
01:35:56,310 --> 01:35:54,080
substance or debris that isn't supposed

2387
01:35:59,189 --> 01:35:56,320
to be on them or their suits which could

2388
01:36:01,350 --> 01:35:59,199
potentially cause damage to dragon

2389
01:36:03,189 --> 01:36:01,360
to help protect against debris the crew

2390
01:36:05,590 --> 01:36:03,199
has covers on their boots and as well as

2391
01:36:07,750 --> 01:36:05,600
their umbilical part on their suits that

2392
01:36:10,950 --> 01:36:07,760
need to be removed before they ingress

2393
01:36:13,109 --> 01:36:10,960
so they've been doing that victor is up

2394
01:36:15,030 --> 01:36:13,119
next or last um

2395
01:36:18,310 --> 01:36:15,040
completing that fod check and once the

2396
01:36:20,550 --> 01:36:18,320
fod check is complete uh mike hopkins

2397
01:36:22,950 --> 01:36:20,560
our commander first ingress and then

2398
01:36:24,950 --> 01:36:22,960
shannon walker suicina gucci and now we

2399
01:36:29,189 --> 01:36:24,960
are waiting for victor glover actually

2400
01:36:31,189 --> 01:36:29,199
watching him enter the vehicle right now

2401
01:36:33,109 --> 01:36:31,199
and they are now getting buckled in and

2402
01:36:36,070 --> 01:36:33,119
attaching their umbilicals to their

2403
01:36:39,030 --> 01:36:36,080
suits the suit techs are there helping

2404
01:36:41,109 --> 01:36:39,040
if as needed the umbilicals allow the

2405
01:36:43,510 --> 01:36:41,119
crew to have calms through their suit

2406
01:36:46,070 --> 01:36:43,520
air to help keep them cool as well as

2407
01:36:47,830 --> 01:36:46,080
delivers nitrox for suit pressurization

2408
01:36:49,430 --> 01:36:47,840
as we mentioned earlier in the broadcast

2409
01:36:52,669 --> 01:36:49,440
the suit's primary function is to

2410
01:36:55,510 --> 01:36:52,679
protect the crew in the event of a cabin

2411
01:36:57,189 --> 01:36:55,520
depressurization i love this view inside

2412
01:36:59,590 --> 01:36:57,199
crew dragon and as you saw there are

2413
01:37:01,270 --> 01:36:59,600
four seats configured right now and

2414
01:37:03,750 --> 01:37:01,280
they're numbered one to four from right

2415
01:37:05,750 --> 01:37:03,760
to left when you're looking at the seats

2416
01:37:07,830 --> 01:37:05,760
mike hopkins is in seat two that's the

2417
01:37:10,229 --> 01:37:07,840
commander's seat and then victor glover

2418
01:37:12,390 --> 01:37:10,239
will be beside him in seat three

2419
01:37:15,430 --> 01:37:12,400
he uh that for crew dragon is the pilot

2420
01:37:18,149 --> 01:37:15,440
seat so ichinoguchi is in seat one and

2421
01:37:19,750 --> 01:37:18,159
shannon walker is in seat four now

2422
01:37:21,750 --> 01:37:19,760
directly in front of them which you can

2423
01:37:23,350 --> 01:37:21,760
see here are three displays which

2424
01:37:25,189 --> 01:37:23,360
they'll use throughout the flight

2425
01:37:27,109 --> 01:37:25,199
getting insight into dragon systems

2426
01:37:29,430 --> 01:37:27,119
seeing any alerts or issues with the

2427
01:37:33,669 --> 01:37:29,440
vehicle and if required they can take

2428
01:37:36,229 --> 01:37:33,679
control and manually fly dragon

2429
01:37:37,430 --> 01:37:36,239
and coming up the crew will do a comm

2430
01:37:38,870 --> 01:37:37,440
check to make sure that they can hear

2431
01:37:41,830 --> 01:37:38,880
mission control and then their seats

2432
01:37:43,590 --> 01:37:41,840
will be rotated into position for launch

2433
01:37:45,109 --> 01:37:43,600
but right now they are finishing getting

2434
01:37:47,590 --> 01:37:45,119
buckled in

2435
01:37:52,709 --> 01:37:47,600
and getting their suits connected to

2436
01:37:56,629 --> 01:37:54,550
some of those things to listen for when

2437
01:37:58,070 --> 01:37:56,639
we're doing those comm checks

2438
01:38:00,229 --> 01:37:58,080
they'll be doing com checks through

2439
01:38:02,070 --> 01:38:00,239
multiple paths to dragon they'll do some

2440
01:38:04,229 --> 01:38:02,080
through tdrs that's our tracking data

2441
01:38:05,510 --> 01:38:04,239
and relay satellite system we also use

2442
01:38:07,590 --> 01:38:05,520
that for communications with the

2443
01:38:09,590 --> 01:38:07,600
international space station and then

2444
01:38:11,910 --> 01:38:09,600
they'll also you'll hear ground that

2445
01:38:14,709 --> 01:38:11,920
refers to several ground stations around

2446
01:38:16,470 --> 01:38:14,719
the globe that spacex had and upon

2447
01:38:17,669 --> 01:38:16,480
liftoff those ground stations will be

2448
01:38:25,189 --> 01:38:17,679
able to provide

2449
01:38:29,750 --> 01:38:27,030
there's also about a half a dozen checks

2450
01:38:30,950 --> 01:38:29,760
to ensure everybody's ready in here you

2451
01:38:32,550 --> 01:38:30,960
can see those

2452
01:38:34,550 --> 01:38:32,560
suit up crew i've heard people call them

2453
01:38:36,709 --> 01:38:34,560
the ninjas before

2454
01:38:38,550 --> 01:38:36,719
i think it's a pretty apt name

2455
01:38:41,109 --> 01:38:38,560
but they are checking to make sure the

2456
01:38:43,270 --> 01:38:41,119
suits are ready they're helping them

2457
01:38:45,430 --> 01:38:43,280
connect the umbilicals they're buckling

2458
01:38:47,590 --> 01:38:45,440
them in they're also assisting with

2459
01:38:50,709 --> 01:38:47,600
those leak and calm checks so they each

2460
01:38:52,629 --> 01:38:50,719
have a very individual and specific role

2461
01:38:55,669 --> 01:38:52,639
and we just stepped through this a

2462
01:38:58,149 --> 01:38:55,679
couple of days ago for the dry dress

2463
01:39:01,109 --> 01:38:58,159
every single every single detail we step

2464
01:39:03,109 --> 01:39:01,119
through it um from buckling up to

2465
01:39:04,950 --> 01:39:03,119
connecting the umbilicals even the comm

2466
01:39:07,030 --> 01:39:04,960
checks

2467
01:39:09,189 --> 01:39:07,040
so it's kind of like

2468
01:39:10,629 --> 01:39:09,199
it's kind of like run two right really

2469
01:39:13,270 --> 01:39:10,639
day one

2470
01:39:14,870 --> 01:39:13,280
little deja vu but it's all very very

2471
01:39:21,030 --> 01:39:14,880
organized

2472
01:39:25,430 --> 01:39:22,629
this helps make sure that you know

2473
01:39:29,189 --> 01:39:25,440
everything goes smoothly

2474
01:39:30,790 --> 01:39:29,199
on the day of launch like today

2475
01:39:39,270 --> 01:39:30,800
looks like almost everybody's all

2476
01:39:48,070 --> 01:39:41,669
calm check should occur once everybody's

2477
01:39:51,910 --> 01:39:49,830
a lot of excitement really cool to see

2478
01:40:07,270 --> 01:39:51,920
four crew members just saw a wave from

2479
01:40:11,510 --> 01:40:09,590
all right well let's check in with john

2480
01:40:13,990 --> 01:40:11,520
inspector for the latest with the health

2481
01:40:16,470 --> 01:40:14,000
of both vehicles what's the update so

2482
01:40:18,229 --> 01:40:16,480
far john

2483
01:40:20,070 --> 01:40:18,239
well we've got just over two and a half

2484
01:40:21,750 --> 01:40:20,080
hours remaining in the countdown for the

2485
01:40:24,950 --> 01:40:21,760
launch of falcon 9 with dragon on the

2486
01:40:26,790 --> 01:40:24,960
crew one mission to the space station

2487
01:40:28,470 --> 01:40:26,800
right now the dragon launch ops team has

2488
01:40:29,750 --> 01:40:28,480
completed their major activities to

2489
01:40:31,990 --> 01:40:29,760
prepare the spacecraft for the

2490
01:40:34,390 --> 01:40:32,000
astronauts checkouts of major systems

2491
01:40:36,390 --> 01:40:34,400
are complete including the escape system

2492
01:40:39,109 --> 01:40:36,400
as you can see ingress of the astronauts

2493
01:40:41,270 --> 01:40:39,119
uh is well underway uh getting victor

2494
01:40:43,189 --> 01:40:41,280
strapped in right now no issues are in

2495
01:40:45,669 --> 01:40:43,199
work and right now we're listening

2496
01:40:48,149 --> 01:40:45,679
waiting for comp checks with the crew

2497
01:40:49,990 --> 01:40:48,159
and the ground coming up here shortly

2498
01:40:52,310 --> 01:40:50,000
on the launch vehicle the falcon 9 team

2499
01:40:54,629 --> 01:40:52,320
is located in firing room 4 in the

2500
01:40:56,310 --> 01:40:54,639
launch control center at ksc they're

2501
01:40:58,390 --> 01:40:56,320
settling in for final checkouts and

2502
01:40:59,830 --> 01:40:58,400
propellant loading and launch

2503
01:41:02,470 --> 01:40:59,840
they'll be doing com checks with the

2504
01:41:05,109 --> 01:41:02,480
crew and that'll happen about t minus

2505
01:41:07,430 --> 01:41:05,119
two hours currently all systems are go

2506
01:41:09,189 --> 01:41:07,440
on the falcon 9 launch vehicle

2507
01:41:11,430 --> 01:41:09,199
the range continues to report no

2508
01:41:13,910 --> 01:41:11,440
problems the weather forecast continues

2509
01:41:16,629 --> 01:41:13,920
to be acceptable we're watching the

2510
01:41:18,790 --> 01:41:16,639
upper altitude rain showers if they're

2511
01:41:21,990 --> 01:41:18,800
in the trajectory of the vehicle

2512
01:41:24,149 --> 01:41:22,000
also watching a thick cloud rule and

2513
01:41:26,310 --> 01:41:24,159
keeping the fingers crossed we're also

2514
01:41:27,669 --> 01:41:26,320
looking at weather around the world we

2515
01:41:30,149 --> 01:41:27,679
need to make sure conditions are

2516
01:41:32,470 --> 01:41:30,159
acceptable if dragon has to splash down

2517
01:41:34,310 --> 01:41:32,480
in the atlantic in case of an escape

2518
01:41:36,629 --> 01:41:34,320
and we're also monitoring contingency

2519
01:41:38,470 --> 01:41:36,639
splashdown locations if the crew had to

2520
01:41:39,910 --> 01:41:38,480
come back to earth before docking with

2521
01:41:41,990 --> 01:41:39,920
the space station

2522
01:41:44,149 --> 01:41:42,000
now if this were to happen spacex and

2523
01:41:46,229 --> 01:41:44,159
nasa are coordinating with the us coast

2524
01:41:48,870 --> 01:41:46,239
guard to ensure crew safety upon

2525
01:41:51,669 --> 01:41:48,880
splashdown that includes extra ships and

2526
01:41:54,070 --> 01:41:51,679
air assets to patrol a 10 nautical mile

2527
01:41:56,470 --> 01:41:54,080
keep out zone this will help mitigate

2528
01:41:58,870 --> 01:41:56,480
safety concerns for any boaters who are

2529
01:42:01,430 --> 01:41:58,880
approaching the launch area

2530
01:42:04,629 --> 01:42:01,440
as the clock continues to count down

2531
01:42:06,550 --> 01:42:04,639
all systems are go at t minus 2 hours 31

2532
01:42:08,229 --> 01:42:06,560
minutes and let's head back over to

2533
01:42:10,390 --> 01:42:08,239
jesse and leah who are also here in

2534
01:42:12,709 --> 01:42:10,400
hawthorne as we wait for the comp checks

2535
01:42:14,550 --> 01:42:12,719
with the crew

2536
01:42:16,070 --> 01:42:14,560
thanks john

2537
01:42:18,950 --> 01:42:16,080
sounds like everything is looking good

2538
01:42:21,430 --> 01:42:18,960
so far we're getting really excited here

2539
01:42:23,430 --> 01:42:21,440
and the astronauts are still

2540
01:42:26,709 --> 01:42:23,440
wrapping up buckling in and getting

2541
01:42:28,550 --> 01:42:26,719
their suits connected to their seats

2542
01:42:30,390 --> 01:42:28,560
definitely ahead of schedule today

2543
01:42:32,070 --> 01:42:30,400
though so that's a good sign

2544
01:42:34,149 --> 01:42:32,080
uh and as we mentioned we're really

2545
01:42:36,390 --> 01:42:34,159
standing by for those comm checks with

2546
01:42:38,149 --> 01:42:36,400
the crew some of the people you'll hear

2547
01:42:39,510 --> 01:42:38,159
talking with the crew during those comm

2548
01:42:41,270 --> 01:42:39,520
checks are the core which we've

2549
01:42:43,430 --> 01:42:41,280
mentioned that's the crew operations and

2550
01:42:45,510 --> 01:42:43,440
resources engineer they're here in

2551
01:42:47,510 --> 01:42:45,520
hawthorne we have a similar position at

2552
01:42:49,590 --> 01:42:47,520
nasa called the capcom

2553
01:42:51,270 --> 01:42:49,600
that's the person who really takes the

2554
01:42:53,189 --> 01:42:51,280
oh and there's the core right there

2555
01:42:54,629 --> 01:42:53,199
that's the person who really takes all

2556
01:42:56,310 --> 01:42:54,639
of the information that's happening down

2557
01:42:58,790 --> 01:42:56,320
on the ground and relays it to the crew

2558
01:43:00,790 --> 01:42:58,800
so it's coming from one location

2559
01:43:02,709 --> 01:43:00,800
additionally there's the ld that's the

2560
01:43:04,629 --> 01:43:02,719
launch director they're down in florida

2561
01:43:07,109 --> 01:43:04,639
and they're overseeing all the countdown

2562
01:43:09,510 --> 01:43:07,119
operations the mission director or the

2563
01:43:10,390 --> 01:43:09,520
md is also here in hawthorne and mission

2564
01:43:12,310 --> 01:43:10,400
control

2565
01:43:14,470 --> 01:43:12,320
and that's the overall flight lead for

2566
01:43:16,310 --> 01:43:14,480
spacex so those are some of the people

2567
01:43:27,270 --> 01:43:16,320
that you will hear speaking with the

2568
01:43:31,830 --> 01:43:29,350
once they're all finished getting

2569
01:43:33,990 --> 01:43:31,840
buckled in those seats will also rotate

2570
01:43:35,109 --> 01:43:34,000
into launch position right now

2571
01:43:37,030 --> 01:43:35,119
it does look like they're a little

2572
01:43:39,990 --> 01:43:37,040
further away from those display panels

2573
01:43:41,910 --> 01:43:40,000
but once they rotate backwards

2574
01:43:47,990 --> 01:43:41,920
those display panels will be right in

2575
01:43:53,910 --> 01:43:51,510
just under two and a half hours now too

2576
01:43:57,030 --> 01:43:55,430
we launched today

2577
01:43:59,030 --> 01:43:57,040
as john i mentioned weather's still

2578
01:44:02,709 --> 01:43:59,040
looking good just a little bit about the

2579
01:44:05,350 --> 01:44:02,719
vehicle there on itself crew dragon and

2580
01:44:06,950 --> 01:44:05,360
its trunk are about 27 feet tall that's

2581
01:44:08,709 --> 01:44:06,960
from the tip of the nose cone to the

2582
01:44:10,470 --> 01:44:08,719
base of the trunk

2583
01:44:12,070 --> 01:44:10,480
under that nose comb we have bulkhead

2584
01:44:14,229 --> 01:44:12,080
thrusters those will be used for some of

2585
01:44:16,629 --> 01:44:14,239
the burns after the crew are already on

2586
01:44:18,709 --> 01:44:16,639
orbit and once they launch today as we

2587
01:44:20,550 --> 01:44:18,719
mentioned it's going to take about 27

2588
01:44:22,390 --> 01:44:20,560
and a half hours

2589
01:44:24,629 --> 01:44:22,400
until they arrive at their destination

2590
01:44:26,790 --> 01:44:24,639
on the space station that allows them to

2591
01:44:28,709 --> 01:44:26,800
get a little bit of a sleep period

2592
01:44:30,629 --> 01:44:28,719
because at some point obviously you get

2593
01:44:33,430 --> 01:44:30,639
a little too tired we want to make sure

2594
01:44:35,750 --> 01:44:33,440
our astronauts are cognizant and fully

2595
01:44:37,189 --> 01:44:35,760
focused on the mission and so after a

2596
01:44:39,590 --> 01:44:37,199
really long day today they're going to

2597
01:44:41,669 --> 01:44:39,600
get to sleep for about eight hours

2598
01:44:43,669 --> 01:44:41,679
tonight before waking up tomorrow

2599
01:44:45,430 --> 01:44:43,679
continuing on with the mission and then

2600
01:44:51,590 --> 01:44:45,440
docking with the international space

2601
01:44:56,149 --> 01:44:53,750
and again we are standing by for those

2602
01:44:58,629 --> 01:44:56,159
calm checks this is just to make sure

2603
01:45:01,590 --> 01:44:58,639
that their comp path does

2604
01:45:03,830 --> 01:45:01,600
work properly before liftoff

2605
01:45:05,669 --> 01:45:03,840
making sure that they can hear

2606
01:45:09,750 --> 01:45:05,679
the core

2607
01:45:13,510 --> 01:45:11,510
just a high-level look at some of the

2608
01:45:15,590 --> 01:45:13,520
other milestones that will be coming up

2609
01:45:17,510 --> 01:45:15,600
over these next two and a half hours the

2610
01:45:19,830 --> 01:45:17,520
next big milestone will be the hatch

2611
01:45:23,270 --> 01:45:19,840
closure we'll be looking for that around

2612
01:45:25,510 --> 01:45:23,280
t minus one hour and 55 minutes

2613
01:45:27,990 --> 01:45:25,520
and then at 45 minutes before launch

2614
01:45:29,750 --> 01:45:28,000
will be the go no go for propellant load

2615
01:45:32,390 --> 01:45:29,760
so there's not any propellant on the

2616
01:45:35,030 --> 01:45:32,400
first or second stage of cr or falcon 9

2617
01:45:37,990 --> 01:45:35,040
right now but they'll begin loading some

2618
01:45:40,390 --> 01:45:38,000
densified kerosene and then the oxidizer

2619
01:45:43,030 --> 01:45:40,400
is some liquid oxygen

2620
01:45:44,870 --> 01:45:43,040
that will be loaded onto the crew dragon

2621
01:45:46,070 --> 01:45:44,880
up until just a few minutes before

2622
01:46:08,790 --> 01:45:46,080
launch

2623
01:46:11,510 --> 01:46:10,310
again we are still waiting for those

2624
01:46:14,470 --> 01:46:11,520
comm checks

2625
01:46:16,470 --> 01:46:14,480
looks like the crew is almost done

2626
01:46:19,350 --> 01:46:16,480
getting all strapped in their suits

2627
01:46:22,149 --> 01:46:19,360
connected to their custom seats

2628
01:46:24,229 --> 01:46:22,159
shortly we will do com checks as well as

2629
01:46:27,030 --> 01:46:24,239
have their seats rotated back into

2630
01:46:31,030 --> 01:46:27,040
launch position

2631
01:46:33,430 --> 01:46:31,040
really good view of those

2632
01:46:35,189 --> 01:46:33,440
three main displays which aren't used

2633
01:46:36,790 --> 01:46:35,199
for them to command the mission it's

2634
01:46:39,030 --> 01:46:36,800
really for them to

2635
01:46:40,629 --> 01:46:39,040
to monitor where they're at monitor how

2636
01:46:43,270 --> 01:46:40,639
the vehicle is doing

2637
01:46:45,750 --> 01:46:43,280
they can take control if need be however

2638
01:46:47,750 --> 01:46:45,760
this is an autonomous vehicle so after

2639
01:46:49,910 --> 01:46:47,760
launch today they should just be along

2640
01:46:51,510 --> 01:46:49,920
for the ride until we get to docking

2641
01:46:53,910 --> 01:46:51,520
tomorrow

2642
01:46:58,790 --> 01:46:53,920
and spacex this is dragon we are ready

2643
01:46:58,800 --> 01:47:05,910
copy standby for umbilical comp check

2644
01:47:11,109 --> 01:47:09,990
cdr plt ms-1 ms2 contracting checks here

2645
01:47:13,270 --> 01:47:11,119
shortly

2646
01:47:18,629 --> 01:47:13,280
and spacexus is dragging on umbilical

2647
01:47:24,790 --> 01:47:21,050
alt umbilical volume

2648
01:47:24,800 --> 01:47:28,790
ms2 umbilical loud and clear

2649
01:47:32,390 --> 01:47:31,430
and core copy four good comm checks loud

2650
01:47:34,310 --> 01:47:32,400
and clear

2651
01:48:13,510 --> 01:47:34,320
umbilical comp check complete standby

2652
01:48:20,310 --> 01:48:15,750
dragon spacex com check over ground

2653
01:48:25,590 --> 01:48:23,669
have you log and clear on ground station

2654
01:48:27,590 --> 01:48:25,600
and core i've got you loud and clear

2655
01:48:53,830 --> 01:48:27,600
ground station contract complete standby

2656
01:48:53,840 --> 01:48:59,430
dragon spacex contract over tdrs

2657
01:49:05,270 --> 01:49:01,510
and spacex this is dragged in happy loud

2658
01:49:08,950 --> 01:49:06,870
copy have you allowed clear as well

2659
01:49:11,109 --> 01:49:08,960
teachers com check complete standby for

2660
01:49:23,030 --> 01:49:11,119
comp checks with md and ld in the launch

2661
01:49:23,040 --> 01:49:28,950
dragon md on countdown one calm check

2662
01:49:33,990 --> 01:49:31,270
indeed this is dragon on countdown one

2663
01:49:37,430 --> 01:49:35,589
afternoon resilience got you loud and

2664
01:49:43,430 --> 01:49:37,440
clear as well stand by for come check

2665
01:49:48,870 --> 01:49:45,430
dragon md on dragon the ground come

2666
01:49:53,510 --> 01:49:51,109
md this is dragon loud and clear on

2667
01:49:55,430 --> 01:49:53,520
dragon the ground

2668
01:49:59,910 --> 01:49:55,440
happy loud and clear

2669
01:49:59,920 --> 01:50:05,030
dragon ld on countdown one comp check

2670
01:50:08,629 --> 01:50:06,709
well dude this is dragon on countdown

2671
01:50:10,629 --> 01:50:08,639
one happy vlogging clear

2672
01:50:15,270 --> 01:50:10,639
ld loud and clear standby for comp

2673
01:50:15,280 --> 01:50:20,310
ld on dragging the ground comp check

2674
01:50:25,910 --> 01:50:22,790
and ld this is dragon have you loud and

2675
01:50:31,510 --> 01:50:27,750
ld loud and clear good luck resilience

2676
01:50:36,070 --> 01:50:34,390
copying thank you

2677
01:50:37,750 --> 01:50:36,080
okay resilience

2678
01:50:38,950 --> 01:50:37,760
that concludes our launch configuration

2679
01:50:40,390 --> 01:50:38,960
comp checks

2680
01:50:46,709 --> 01:50:40,400
please report when you are ready for

2681
01:50:46,719 --> 01:50:59,430
dragon copies and inward

2682
01:51:04,149 --> 01:51:02,070
and sounds like we just completed com

2683
01:51:06,229 --> 01:51:04,159
checks sounds like everything is good to

2684
01:51:09,109 --> 01:51:06,239
go so we're gonna head back over to ksc

2685
01:51:13,990 --> 01:51:11,270
we are now getting an up-close look at a

2686
01:51:16,629 --> 01:51:14,000
full-scale mock-up of crew dragon and

2687
01:51:18,310 --> 01:51:16,639
kate the astronauts are sitting inside a

2688
01:51:20,070 --> 01:51:18,320
crew dragon that's very much like this

2689
01:51:22,550 --> 01:51:20,080
one can you kind of give us a layout of

2690
01:51:26,070 --> 01:51:22,560
what we're looking at here so this is an

2691
01:51:29,430 --> 01:51:26,080
exact replica a one-to-one scale of crew

2692
01:51:31,830 --> 01:51:29,440
dragon so you can kind of see size-wise

2693
01:51:34,470 --> 01:51:31,840
the amount of room that our four crew

2694
01:51:36,470 --> 01:51:34,480
members have to move around

2695
01:51:38,870 --> 01:51:36,480
while this isn't the exact training

2696
01:51:40,550 --> 01:51:38,880
module that they use to train in as i've

2697
01:51:43,030 --> 01:51:40,560
mentioned before our crew trains at

2698
01:51:45,830 --> 01:51:43,040
spacex extensively prior to flight they

2699
01:51:47,750 --> 01:51:45,840
use a mock-up similar to this one for

2700
01:51:50,149 --> 01:51:47,760
things very detailed such as running

2701
01:51:51,830 --> 01:51:50,159
procedures inside the capsule but also

2702
01:51:53,669 --> 01:51:51,840
something as simple as practicing

2703
01:51:55,990 --> 01:51:53,679
getting in and out going through the

2704
01:51:58,390 --> 01:51:56,000
side hatch especially in a spacesuit

2705
01:52:00,229 --> 01:51:58,400
that could be a little clunky nicole you

2706
01:52:02,790 --> 01:52:00,239
flew on shuttle twice i'm sure you had

2707
01:52:04,310 --> 01:52:02,800
training and modules similar we did and

2708
01:52:06,390 --> 01:52:04,320
you know what's really

2709
01:52:07,750 --> 01:52:06,400
exciting for crew members is once you

2710
01:52:10,149 --> 01:52:07,760
start doing a lot of training in the

2711
01:52:11,589 --> 01:52:10,159
mock-ups you know you're close to flying

2712
01:52:13,350 --> 01:52:11,599
in space so you really really get

2713
01:52:14,950 --> 01:52:13,360
excited about that i don't know i look

2714
01:52:17,189 --> 01:52:14,960
at this and it's it's really neat to me

2715
01:52:19,189 --> 01:52:17,199
to be just up close and personal with

2716
01:52:20,709 --> 01:52:19,199
even with a mock-up of the spacecraft

2717
01:52:22,229 --> 01:52:20,719
but you know i look at it and there's

2718
01:52:24,390 --> 01:52:22,239
things that are certainly familiar like

2719
01:52:25,830 --> 01:52:24,400
a window thankfully there's windows but

2720
01:52:27,350 --> 01:52:25,840
what is some of the other

2721
01:52:29,669 --> 01:52:27,360
the other stuff we're seeing on here

2722
01:52:31,510 --> 01:52:29,679
these you know these silver little ovals

2723
01:52:33,109 --> 01:52:31,520
and i know i know that's the hatch but

2724
01:52:35,430 --> 01:52:33,119
what else are we looking at here so

2725
01:52:37,750 --> 01:52:35,440
these are the ports for our draco

2726
01:52:40,310 --> 01:52:37,760
thruster system um as i've mentioned

2727
01:52:42,470 --> 01:52:40,320
before dragon is capable of steering

2728
01:52:45,189 --> 01:52:42,480
itself in space and that onboard

2729
01:52:46,950 --> 01:52:45,199
propulsion system is here

2730
01:52:48,870 --> 01:52:46,960
these are the the draco thruster ports

2731
01:52:50,390 --> 01:52:48,880
that are utilized during in-flight and

2732
01:52:51,990 --> 01:52:50,400
orbit maneuvers

2733
01:52:54,790 --> 01:52:52,000
over here on the side

2734
01:52:56,950 --> 01:52:54,800
we have the super draco system which is

2735
01:53:00,229 --> 01:52:56,960
basically a super powered high flow

2736
01:53:02,070 --> 01:53:00,239
system and those are only utilized in an

2737
01:53:04,310 --> 01:53:02,080
abort scenario so we talked a little bit

2738
01:53:06,550 --> 01:53:04,320
about escape procedures those super

2739
01:53:08,870 --> 01:53:06,560
dracos will not be firing on a nominal

2740
01:53:11,109 --> 01:53:08,880
day uh so but they're important to have

2741
01:53:12,950 --> 01:53:11,119
as you know they give the crew a path to

2742
01:53:14,390 --> 01:53:12,960
safety if necessary

2743
01:53:17,350 --> 01:53:14,400
and we just heard the call for seat

2744
01:53:19,030 --> 01:53:17,360
rotation uh so that means that the crew

2745
01:53:21,510 --> 01:53:19,040
their seats are being rotated into

2746
01:53:24,310 --> 01:53:21,520
position for launch uh so we are going

2747
01:53:26,709 --> 01:53:24,320
to send it over to uh nasa's daryl nail

2748
01:53:29,589 --> 01:53:26,719
he is at the osb 2 viewing location with

2749
01:53:30,950 --> 01:53:29,599
kennedy center director bob cabana daryl

2750
01:53:32,870 --> 01:53:30,960
that's right thank you marie and thank

2751
01:53:34,709 --> 01:53:32,880
you for the tour of the dragon space

2752
01:53:36,709 --> 01:53:34,719
capsule and i am here with bob cabana

2753
01:53:38,229 --> 01:53:36,719
director of the kennedy space center

2754
01:53:40,310 --> 01:53:38,239
thanks for being here bob and this is

2755
01:53:41,669 --> 01:53:40,320
the kennedy interview desk and we are in

2756
01:53:43,589 --> 01:53:41,679
the shadow of a little bit of cool

2757
01:53:45,990 --> 01:53:43,599
hardware ourselves the vehicle assembly

2758
01:53:47,990 --> 01:53:46,000
building which looks outstanding doesn't

2759
01:53:50,070 --> 01:53:48,000
it it's got a new we we touched it up a

2760
01:53:52,070 --> 01:53:50,080
little we repainted the flag and the

2761
01:53:53,589 --> 01:53:52,080
nasa meatball and the sides of it we got

2762
01:53:55,350 --> 01:53:53,599
it all spiffed up for this uh

2763
01:53:57,030 --> 01:53:55,360
history-making day

2764
01:53:58,790 --> 01:53:57,040
it's another great day at the kennedy

2765
01:54:00,790 --> 01:53:58,800
space center america's premier

2766
01:54:02,229 --> 01:54:00,800
multi-user spaceport we're making

2767
01:54:04,550 --> 01:54:02,239
history we'd like to talk about that

2768
01:54:05,830 --> 01:54:04,560
first first faa commercial licensed

2769
01:54:07,830 --> 01:54:05,840
launch of crew to the international

2770
01:54:10,229 --> 01:54:07,840
space station to that point why is that

2771
01:54:11,510 --> 01:54:10,239
important for for well it's important

2772
01:54:13,189 --> 01:54:11,520
because we're trying to establish a

2773
01:54:15,030 --> 01:54:13,199
commercial economy in low earth orbit

2774
01:54:16,629 --> 01:54:15,040
all right we we want to be one of many

2775
01:54:18,310 --> 01:54:16,639
customers so

2776
01:54:21,030 --> 01:54:18,320
by us flying crews to the international

2777
01:54:22,870 --> 01:54:21,040
space station on an faa launch

2778
01:54:23,910 --> 01:54:22,880
it license flight it opens up the door

2779
01:54:25,910 --> 01:54:23,920
for other

2780
01:54:27,830 --> 01:54:25,920
people to fly up there right other

2781
01:54:29,350 --> 01:54:27,840
commercial customers yeah so i saw you

2782
01:54:30,550 --> 01:54:29,360
down there uh with the crew getting out

2783
01:54:31,589 --> 01:54:30,560
and they were walking out to their car

2784
01:54:32,870 --> 01:54:31,599
they look great they're excited i think

2785
01:54:35,030 --> 01:54:32,880
i saw you you're holding your phone

2786
01:54:37,270 --> 01:54:35,040
getting some shots i got yeah i kind of

2787
01:54:38,950 --> 01:54:37,280
admit i'm a little bit of a space nerd

2788
01:54:40,870 --> 01:54:38,960
well hey listen i mean you've been to

2789
01:54:42,790 --> 01:54:40,880
space four times so you understand what

2790
01:54:44,229 --> 01:54:42,800
these folks are going through right now

2791
01:54:46,149 --> 01:54:44,239
i mean it's getting real these seats are

2792
01:54:48,470 --> 01:54:46,159
articulating up you can see it moving

2793
01:54:49,510 --> 01:54:48,480
right now bob as they get into position

2794
01:54:50,950 --> 01:54:49,520
there

2795
01:54:53,109 --> 01:54:50,960
this must be a moment where it kind of

2796
01:54:55,109 --> 01:54:53,119
gets real oh yeah yeah once you're

2797
01:54:56,629 --> 01:54:55,119
strapped in and it will they close the

2798
01:54:58,070 --> 01:54:56,639
hatch then it's really rough is that

2799
01:54:59,589 --> 01:54:58,080
where is that the moment it comes and

2800
01:55:01,510 --> 01:54:59,599
then it's like okay we're inside this

2801
01:55:03,350 --> 01:55:01,520
thing we're going you know what's the

2802
01:55:04,790 --> 01:55:03,360
feeling what i mean what kind of goes

2803
01:55:07,030 --> 01:55:04,800
through your head so it depends on

2804
01:55:08,950 --> 01:55:07,040
different i mean on my first flight what

2805
01:55:11,669 --> 01:55:08,960
absolutely went through my head was

2806
01:55:12,870 --> 01:55:11,679
i don't want to screw this up

2807
01:55:15,350 --> 01:55:12,880
i want to make sure i don't make any

2808
01:55:16,709 --> 01:55:15,360
mistakes i mean i was really focused on

2809
01:55:18,870 --> 01:55:16,719
making sure that i did everything

2810
01:55:21,669 --> 01:55:18,880
absolutely perfect and you don't know

2811
01:55:23,350 --> 01:55:21,679
what to expect first off no simulator on

2812
01:55:25,910 --> 01:55:23,360
earth can prepare you for what it's like

2813
01:55:28,709 --> 01:55:25,920
to ride a rocket into space i mean you

2814
01:55:30,629 --> 01:55:28,719
practice everything but man it just gets

2815
01:55:32,470 --> 01:55:30,639
up and goes that acceleration that force

2816
01:55:34,950 --> 01:55:32,480
pushing you back in the sea it's

2817
01:55:35,990 --> 01:55:34,960
something else and so not knowing what

2818
01:55:37,990 --> 01:55:36,000
that's going to be like there's a little

2819
01:55:39,109 --> 01:55:38,000
bit of anticipation you know when you go

2820
01:55:40,709 --> 01:55:39,119
a second and third time then you've got

2821
01:55:42,310 --> 01:55:40,719
a little more idea of what to expect and

2822
01:55:44,310 --> 01:55:42,320
you can relax a little bit more but so

2823
01:55:45,510 --> 01:55:44,320
there's a there's anticipation of what

2824
01:55:47,270 --> 01:55:45,520
is this going to be like what is this

2825
01:55:49,350 --> 01:55:47,280
going to feel like you think there's

2826
01:55:50,870 --> 01:55:49,360
some nerves there right just naturally

2827
01:55:53,430 --> 01:55:50,880
in this moment

2828
01:55:55,510 --> 01:55:53,440
but these four astronauts they also ate

2829
01:55:57,510 --> 01:55:55,520
extremely well so i hope that the nerves

2830
01:55:58,709 --> 01:55:57,520
don't get them too much they ate well

2831
01:56:00,070 --> 01:55:58,719
because they're at the astronaut crew

2832
01:56:02,070 --> 01:56:00,080
quarters you've been hosting them for

2833
01:56:03,589 --> 01:56:02,080
the past week and tell me about what

2834
01:56:04,550 --> 01:56:03,599
they got to eat like anything they

2835
01:56:06,550 --> 01:56:04,560
wanted

2836
01:56:08,229 --> 01:56:06,560
that's great on the menu whatever you

2837
01:56:11,589 --> 01:56:08,239
want i heard like new york strip steak

2838
01:56:13,510 --> 01:56:11,599
basmati rice whatever some dressings

2839
01:56:16,070 --> 01:56:13,520
yeah yeah no life in crew quarters is

2840
01:56:17,830 --> 01:56:16,080
good with the uh there's one crew we

2841
01:56:19,350 --> 01:56:17,840
used to have a model open crew quarters

2842
01:56:21,990 --> 01:56:19,360
eat till you're sleepy and sleep till

2843
01:56:23,750 --> 01:56:22,000
you it's time you're hungry

2844
01:56:25,189 --> 01:56:23,760
that's that's a good way to leave i'm

2845
01:56:26,310 --> 01:56:25,199
surprised you can get them out there to

2846
01:56:27,750 --> 01:56:26,320
get on the rocket with that kind of

2847
01:56:29,669 --> 01:56:27,760
living so that's why you don't want to

2848
01:56:32,709 --> 01:56:29,679
spend too much time in crew quarters

2849
01:56:34,629 --> 01:56:32,719
but it's we do a a great job protecting

2850
01:56:35,669 --> 01:56:34,639
our astronauts from uh you know keeping

2851
01:56:37,430 --> 01:56:35,679
them healthy

2852
01:56:40,310 --> 01:56:37,440
but you know it's not about

2853
01:56:42,149 --> 01:56:40,320
it's it's just amazing what we do you

2854
01:56:44,149 --> 01:56:42,159
know i i would trade places with any one

2855
01:56:45,750 --> 01:56:44,159
of them in a heartbeat i i'm just i'm

2856
01:56:47,669 --> 01:56:45,760
really proud of these guys and i'm proud

2857
01:56:49,669 --> 01:56:47,679
of what we've accomplished as a nation

2858
01:56:51,270 --> 01:56:49,679
to have this commercial crew program

2859
01:56:53,510 --> 01:56:51,280
kathy leaders and her team has just done

2860
01:56:55,830 --> 01:56:53,520
an outstanding job getting it you know

2861
01:56:58,070 --> 01:56:55,840
getting bob and doug hurley up there and

2862
01:56:59,510 --> 01:56:58,080
home safely paving the way for this

2863
01:57:01,589 --> 01:56:59,520
first

2864
01:57:03,430 --> 01:57:01,599
flight under contract with spacex you

2865
01:57:05,030 --> 01:57:03,440
know this is the future and we want to

2866
01:57:07,510 --> 01:57:05,040
get boeing flying too they're right over

2867
01:57:09,589 --> 01:57:07,520
here building the cst-100 we got to have

2868
01:57:11,350 --> 01:57:09,599
them have a successful flight so that we

2869
01:57:12,470 --> 01:57:11,360
have dissimilar redundancy so that we

2870
01:57:13,750 --> 01:57:12,480
can get crews to and from the

2871
01:57:15,510 --> 01:57:13,760
international space station their test

2872
01:57:17,589 --> 01:57:15,520
launch right around the corner uh next

2873
01:57:19,510 --> 01:57:17,599
year in 2021 bob cabana thanks so much

2874
01:57:21,430 --> 01:57:19,520
for being here appreciate your insight

2875
01:57:23,510 --> 01:57:21,440
as always thanks for having me daryl

2876
01:57:25,189 --> 01:57:23,520
flew into space four times folks so

2877
01:57:26,950 --> 01:57:25,199
between me and him we have four flights

2878
01:57:29,510 --> 01:57:26,960
into space there you go we'll send it

2879
01:57:32,149 --> 01:57:29,520
back to you guys tahira

2880
01:57:34,709 --> 01:57:32,159
hey daryl thank you so much so right now

2881
01:57:36,709 --> 01:57:34,719
we've got about 300 000 people tuning in

2882
01:57:38,390 --> 01:57:36,719
across all of our social channels that's

2883
01:57:40,950 --> 01:57:38,400
about a hundred thousand more from when

2884
01:57:43,030 --> 01:57:40,960
we last checked in and ladies i am

2885
01:57:44,470 --> 01:57:43,040
seeing some great comments coming in

2886
01:57:45,270 --> 01:57:44,480
online and i've got a few i want to show

2887
01:57:48,149 --> 01:57:45,280
you

2888
01:57:49,910 --> 01:57:48,159
so this first one is she says i've

2889
01:57:51,990 --> 01:57:49,920
always heard nasa astronauts talk about

2890
01:57:54,390 --> 01:57:52,000
steak and eggs for breakfast but this is

2891
01:57:56,550 --> 01:57:54,400
the first time i've heard of curry rice

2892
01:57:58,390 --> 01:57:56,560
love this and just a huge thank you to

2893
01:57:59,990 --> 01:57:58,400
astronaut soichi for sharing this

2894
01:58:03,589 --> 01:58:00,000
tradition with us

2895
01:58:05,189 --> 01:58:03,599
and let's take a look at another one

2896
01:58:07,910 --> 01:58:05,199
so we've got this user saying this is

2897
01:58:10,149 --> 01:58:07,920
like watching apollo 11. this will make

2898
01:58:12,629 --> 01:58:10,159
history and a private company sending

2899
01:58:14,470 --> 01:58:12,639
humans to space with a reusable rocket

2900
01:58:17,189 --> 01:58:14,480
the future is now

2901
01:58:19,030 --> 01:58:17,199
so and again marie people have been

2902
01:58:20,629 --> 01:58:19,040
super curious about what the zero

2903
01:58:21,990 --> 01:58:20,639
gravity indicator is going to be on

2904
01:58:24,870 --> 01:58:22,000
today's flight i was wondering if you

2905
01:58:26,709 --> 01:58:24,880
could maybe give us a hint okay so i

2906
01:58:29,270 --> 01:58:26,719
know what it's going to be

2907
01:58:31,270 --> 01:58:29,280
nicole knows i think kate might know

2908
01:58:33,669 --> 01:58:31,280
we're not allowed to say yet but i can

2909
01:58:36,149 --> 01:58:33,679
tell you to keep your eye out it will

2910
01:58:37,510 --> 01:58:36,159
make an appearance at some point but

2911
01:58:39,910 --> 01:58:37,520
it's a surprise

2912
01:58:41,830 --> 01:58:39,920
it's special it's going to be great have

2913
01:58:43,830 --> 01:58:41,840
to tune in so

2914
01:58:45,910 --> 01:58:43,840
uh and ladies we're hearing about the

2915
01:58:47,510 --> 01:58:45,920
larger crew size in the capsule today

2916
01:58:49,510 --> 01:58:47,520
and i think that's super fun to think

2917
01:58:51,189 --> 01:58:49,520
about of those at home so i think we're

2918
01:58:53,910 --> 01:58:51,199
going to pose the question to the public

2919
01:58:55,510 --> 01:58:53,920
to see how big is their dream space crew

2920
01:58:57,270 --> 01:58:55,520
and we'll make this a poll and so i'll

2921
01:58:59,669 --> 01:58:57,280
share the results with you later on in

2922
01:59:01,270 --> 01:58:59,679
the show but nicole you're the only one

2923
01:59:03,669 --> 01:59:01,280
up here that's actually been to space

2924
01:59:05,589 --> 01:59:03,679
and on a few different crew sizes do you

2925
01:59:08,149 --> 01:59:05,599
have a preferred number

2926
01:59:09,910 --> 01:59:08,159
well um six seem to be the number for me

2927
01:59:11,270 --> 01:59:09,920
and i think if i could add my family

2928
01:59:14,790 --> 01:59:11,280
members on top of that that would be

2929
01:59:17,830 --> 01:59:14,800
outstanding oh i agree and room for pets

2930
01:59:19,830 --> 01:59:17,840
oh yes so ladies over the past month

2931
01:59:21,270 --> 01:59:19,840
we've also been asking users on social

2932
01:59:23,109 --> 01:59:21,280
media to show us how they're getting

2933
01:59:25,030 --> 01:59:23,119
excited for today's launch and we've

2934
01:59:29,669 --> 01:59:25,040
received some amazing submissions from

2935
01:59:31,669 --> 01:59:30,870
three

2936
01:59:32,470 --> 01:59:31,679
two

2937
01:59:34,390 --> 01:59:32,480
one

2938
01:59:36,440 --> 01:59:34,400
zero ignition

2939
01:59:54,550 --> 01:59:36,450
lift dog

2940
02:00:28,229 --> 01:59:55,710
check

2941
02:00:32,229 --> 02:00:30,229
i mean there you have it people from

2942
02:00:34,310 --> 02:00:32,239
around the world are just engaged with

2943
02:00:35,910 --> 02:00:34,320
this launch all right thanks to hira and

2944
02:00:37,990 --> 02:00:35,920
thanks to all of you following along

2945
02:00:40,229 --> 02:00:38,000
keep sending us uh your submissions how

2946
02:00:43,189 --> 02:00:40,239
you're watching we love seeing those um

2947
02:00:45,030 --> 02:00:43,199
so we had uh seat rotation and com

2948
02:00:46,790 --> 02:00:45,040
checks and we want to learn a little bit

2949
02:00:48,709 --> 02:00:46,800
more about the crew uh before we get

2950
02:00:50,390 --> 02:00:48,719
into hatch closure this will be the

2951
02:00:53,109 --> 02:00:50,400
second space flight

2952
02:00:54,870 --> 02:00:53,119
5 decimal to 4.100 we are ready for

2953
02:00:56,629 --> 02:00:54,880
dragon hatch closure

2954
02:00:58,709 --> 02:00:56,639
okay so we just heard the call ready for

2955
02:01:00,709 --> 02:00:58,719
hatch closure and we'll keep you posted

2956
02:01:02,550 --> 02:01:00,719
as that progresses

2957
02:01:06,870 --> 02:01:02,560
okay so we're we heard the call that

2958
02:01:23,669 --> 02:01:08,149
so we're going to pause for just a

2959
02:01:26,790 --> 02:01:25,270
so if you've been following along we

2960
02:01:29,350 --> 02:01:26,800
actually heard

2961
02:01:31,109 --> 02:01:29,360
the call out and saw seat rotation uh

2962
02:01:33,350 --> 02:01:31,119
happen just i think it was a couple of

2963
02:01:37,430 --> 02:01:33,360
minutes earlier than we had on our

2964
02:01:41,510 --> 02:01:39,589
okay so hatch closure is coming up uh

2965
02:01:43,430 --> 02:01:41,520
but in the meantime we want to learn a

2966
02:01:46,310 --> 02:01:43,440
little bit more about uh crew dragon

2967
02:01:48,229 --> 02:01:46,320
commander mike hopkins he is a u.s air

2968
02:01:49,750 --> 02:01:48,239
force colonel and here's a little bit

2969
02:02:02,030 --> 02:01:49,760
more about the missouri native who's

2970
02:02:02,040 --> 02:02:07,669
[Music]

2971
02:02:11,109 --> 02:02:09,189
sitting on the launch pad is is

2972
02:02:12,550 --> 02:02:11,119
definitely a moment that that you're

2973
02:02:14,070 --> 02:02:12,560
always thinking about right that's one

2974
02:02:17,990 --> 02:02:14,080
of the more critical phases of the

2975
02:02:23,510 --> 02:02:20,310
you're very focused in right it can be a

2976
02:02:25,109 --> 02:02:23,520
very emotional time

2977
02:02:26,550 --> 02:02:25,119
you're kind of pinching yourself because

2978
02:02:27,910 --> 02:02:26,560
it's hard to believe that you're finally

2979
02:02:30,550 --> 02:02:27,920
there

2980
02:02:33,350 --> 02:02:30,560
born in lebanon missouri he is an air

2981
02:02:36,870 --> 02:02:33,360
force colonel and a flight test engineer

2982
02:02:37,950 --> 02:02:36,880
he was selected as an astronaut in 2009

2983
02:02:40,790 --> 02:02:37,960
he spent

2984
02:02:41,750 --> 02:02:40,800
166 days on the international space

2985
02:02:47,100 --> 02:02:41,760
station

2986
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introducing nasa astronaut mike hopkins

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you know it's funny i mean a lot of

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02:03:00,550 --> 02:02:57,840
times people think of the dream of being

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02:03:03,270 --> 02:03:00,560
an astronaut as something that a

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02:03:05,109 --> 02:03:03,280
a kid would have and i remember

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02:03:07,270 --> 02:03:05,119
when my wife and i first started dating

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02:03:08,629 --> 02:03:07,280
at the university of illinois and

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02:03:11,109 --> 02:03:08,639
i told her that i wanted to be an

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02:03:13,589 --> 02:03:11,119
astronaut she laughed at me

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02:03:16,229 --> 02:03:13,599
and kind of said are you serious

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02:03:18,470 --> 02:03:16,239
but but at the same time she she stuck

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02:03:21,109 --> 02:03:18,480
with me throughout the years and and to

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have that dream come true is is pretty

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my role on the crew dragon itself as

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part of crew one is the commander of the

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02:03:41,270 --> 02:03:39,920
vehicle

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02:03:42,470 --> 02:03:41,280
we'll be launching to the international

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02:03:44,149 --> 02:03:42,480
space station

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02:03:45,750 --> 02:03:44,159
and we're going to be doing a long

3005
02:03:49,030 --> 02:03:45,760
duration mission a standard long

3006
02:03:52,390 --> 02:03:50,709
one of the nice things about being on

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02:03:53,830 --> 02:03:52,400
board the international space station is

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02:03:55,430 --> 02:03:53,840
you have a lot of connectivity believe

3009
02:03:56,709 --> 02:03:55,440
it or not with your family and so i i

3010
02:03:58,870 --> 02:03:56,719
was able to call

3011
02:04:01,270 --> 02:03:58,880
just about every day

3012
02:04:04,069 --> 02:04:01,280
my family means every everything to me

3013
02:04:07,270 --> 02:04:04,079
it is the most important part of my life

3014
02:04:10,550 --> 02:04:07,280
my wife julie my son ryan my son lucas

3015
02:04:11,990 --> 02:04:10,560
they are just such a a huge part of this

3016
02:04:15,030 --> 02:04:12,000
of this whole endeavor you know without

3017
02:04:17,189 --> 02:04:15,040
family it just wouldn't be as meaningful

3018
02:04:19,669 --> 02:04:17,199
the partnership that we have right now

3019
02:04:22,310 --> 02:04:19,679
with spacex it's pretty powerful they

3020
02:04:23,910 --> 02:04:22,320
bring a lot to the table nasa brings a

3021
02:04:25,910 --> 02:04:23,920
lot to the table we've got a ton of

3022
02:04:28,069 --> 02:04:25,920
experience in human space flight when

3023
02:04:29,430 --> 02:04:28,079
you're out there on a day-to-day basis

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02:04:31,510 --> 02:04:29,440
and you're and you're interacting with

3025
02:04:32,550 --> 02:04:31,520
their engineers and you're interacting

3026
02:04:33,990 --> 02:04:32,560
with their trainers and you're

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02:04:36,229 --> 02:04:34,000
interacting with

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02:04:38,390 --> 02:04:36,239
the people that are actually building

3029
02:04:40,310 --> 02:04:38,400
the rockets and building the capsule

3030
02:04:42,950 --> 02:04:40,320
itself you really get to establish the

3031
02:04:44,550 --> 02:04:42,960
relationships the personal relationships

3032
02:04:46,069 --> 02:04:44,560
it's not just about the astronauts that

3033
02:04:48,470 --> 02:04:46,079
are on board but it's about the entire

3034
02:04:49,910 --> 02:04:48,480
team at nasa and spacex that it that

3035
02:04:51,750 --> 02:04:49,920
it's taken to launch this crew one

3036
02:04:53,800 --> 02:04:51,760
vehicle and we couldn't do our job

3037
02:05:04,310 --> 02:04:53,810
without them

3038
02:05:09,669 --> 02:05:06,790
seated next to mike hopkins is crew

3039
02:05:12,550 --> 02:05:09,679
dragon pilot victor glover who has flown

3040
02:05:15,270 --> 02:05:12,560
on 40 different types of aircraft for a

3041
02:05:17,430 --> 02:05:15,280
total of more than 3 000 hours

3042
02:05:19,830 --> 02:05:17,440
helping prepare him for this piloting

3043
02:05:21,990 --> 02:05:19,840
his first test flight to space here's

3044
02:05:27,189 --> 02:05:22,000
more about the u.s navy commander and

3045
02:05:33,109 --> 02:05:29,589
i saw a shuttle launch

3046
02:05:35,830 --> 02:05:33,119
when i was in elementary school

3047
02:05:38,149 --> 02:05:35,840
and i thought i really want to fly that

3048
02:05:40,870 --> 02:05:38,159
and that's where it began

3049
02:05:43,830 --> 02:05:40,880
he is a navy commander a naval aviator

3050
02:05:46,470 --> 02:05:43,840
and a test pilot he was selected as an

3051
02:05:49,189 --> 02:05:46,480
astronaut in 2013.

3052
02:05:50,470 --> 02:05:49,199
this is his first space flight

3053
02:05:52,069 --> 02:05:50,480
introducing

3054
02:05:56,740 --> 02:05:52,079
nasa astronaut

3055
02:06:05,750 --> 02:05:59,850
[Music]

3056
02:06:09,990 --> 02:06:07,589
first and foremost i'm just grateful to

3057
02:06:11,910 --> 02:06:10,000
god and to my family to work and live in

3058
02:06:13,990 --> 02:06:11,920
space is just a humbling and amazing

3059
02:06:17,189 --> 02:06:14,000
blessing in and of itself this is a test

3060
02:06:18,629 --> 02:06:17,199
pilot's dream

3061
02:06:20,470 --> 02:06:18,639
flying has been such an important part

3062
02:06:23,069 --> 02:06:20,480
of my professional life and i love to do

3063
02:06:28,629 --> 02:06:26,069
64 000 feet that's the highest up i've

3064
02:06:30,709 --> 02:06:28,639
ever been above the ground and so to get

3065
02:06:33,560 --> 02:06:30,719
to a point beyond that

3066
02:06:36,470 --> 02:06:33,570
that'll be a little special moment

3067
02:06:37,589 --> 02:06:36,480
[Music]

3068
02:06:41,669 --> 02:06:37,599
i'm

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02:06:43,750 --> 02:06:41,679
going to be learning the ropes from a

3070
02:06:45,270 --> 02:06:43,760
very experienced crew

3071
02:06:47,030 --> 02:06:45,280
trying to balance that enjoying and

3072
02:06:48,390 --> 02:06:47,040
living in the moment but also managing

3073
02:06:50,629 --> 02:06:48,400
the responsibilities to make sure that

3074
02:06:52,550 --> 02:06:50,639
we get to space safely

3075
02:06:55,270 --> 02:06:52,560
i'm looking forward to that

3076
02:06:57,430 --> 02:06:55,280
juxtaposition of emotion i think

3077
02:06:58,950 --> 02:06:57,440
tell me about how you ended up here i

3078
02:07:01,189 --> 02:06:58,960
think for every astronaut that said

3079
02:07:02,709 --> 02:07:01,199
that's kind of a different story

3080
02:07:04,149 --> 02:07:02,719
that goes way back so high school

3081
02:07:05,510 --> 02:07:04,159
athlete

3082
02:07:07,270 --> 02:07:05,520
loved being a part of a small high

3083
02:07:09,030 --> 02:07:07,280
performing team wrestling in football

3084
02:07:12,149 --> 02:07:09,040
was fortunate to wrestle in college

3085
02:07:14,149 --> 02:07:12,159
while pursuing my engineering education

3086
02:07:16,229 --> 02:07:14,159
i actually originally wanted to be a

3087
02:07:17,910 --> 02:07:16,239
navy seal that's what started my journey

3088
02:07:21,669 --> 02:07:17,920
in the navy and i wound up deciding to

3089
02:07:24,069 --> 02:07:21,679
go into aviation and learn to fly

3090
02:07:26,390 --> 02:07:24,079
the love of flying and being a part of a

3091
02:07:28,870 --> 02:07:26,400
small very specialized high performing

3092
02:07:30,870 --> 02:07:28,880
team that gets to do things in really

3093
02:07:33,189 --> 02:07:30,880
interesting and challenging environments

3094
02:07:36,069 --> 02:07:33,199
the astronaut core is the epitome of

3095
02:07:41,109 --> 02:07:39,109
this is truly an exciting time for human

3096
02:07:42,870 --> 02:07:41,119
space flight iron animation and believe

3097
02:07:46,069 --> 02:07:42,880
me it's only going to get better as we

3098
02:07:47,990 --> 02:07:46,079
charge off into the future

3099
02:07:50,870 --> 02:07:48,000
we've been working with our partner

3100
02:07:53,030 --> 02:07:50,880
spacex for years it's been it's just

3101
02:07:54,709 --> 02:07:53,040
been amazing to learn about the vehicle

3102
02:07:56,149 --> 02:07:54,719
um and to just spend time getting to

3103
02:07:57,830 --> 02:07:56,159
know their flight control team and their

3104
02:08:00,229 --> 02:07:57,840
trainers it's creating sort of a new

3105
02:08:03,350 --> 02:08:00,239
culture that is some kind of a balance

3106
02:08:07,510 --> 02:08:05,430
the fact that it takes thousands of

3107
02:08:09,830 --> 02:08:07,520
people all over the world to get us

3108
02:08:11,830 --> 02:08:09,840
ready it's humbling and overwhelming and

3109
02:08:13,750 --> 02:08:11,840
i want to do my best because i represent

3110
02:08:15,510 --> 02:08:13,760
them so thank you for your support and

3111
02:08:21,070 --> 02:08:15,520
for your love and know that you're

3112
02:08:27,589 --> 02:08:25,030
[Music]

3113
02:08:30,870 --> 02:08:27,599
okay so while we were in that video um

3114
02:08:32,550 --> 02:08:30,880
we saw the hatch close um we have not

3115
02:08:34,629 --> 02:08:32,560
heard the confirmation of the hatch

3116
02:08:36,790 --> 02:08:34,639
closed we're not expecting that until t

3117
02:08:39,510 --> 02:08:36,800
minus one hour and 55 minutes so we're

3118
02:08:41,669 --> 02:08:39,520
still almost 10 minutes away from that

3119
02:08:44,870 --> 02:08:41,679
but even though the hat appears to be

3120
02:08:47,350 --> 02:08:44,880
closed there's a process to um

3121
02:08:49,430 --> 02:08:47,360
completing this and making sure that uh

3122
02:08:51,270 --> 02:08:49,440
it's it's sealed and there's no leaking

3123
02:08:53,669 --> 02:08:51,280
so kate can you kind of explain what the

3124
02:08:55,669 --> 02:08:53,679
crew is doing now uh during this hatch

3125
02:08:57,669 --> 02:08:55,679
closure process yeah for sure so like

3126
02:09:00,069 --> 02:08:57,679
marie said it's not quite as simple as

3127
02:09:01,830 --> 02:09:00,079
closing your car door um of course

3128
02:09:03,510 --> 02:09:01,840
they're having to make sure that

3129
02:09:05,669 --> 02:09:03,520
everything is in place there will

3130
02:09:08,950 --> 02:09:05,679
actually be a seal that is inflated to

3131
02:09:11,510 --> 02:09:08,960
ensure uh that all of the basically that

3132
02:09:13,830 --> 02:09:11,520
it is watertight um if it's watertight

3133
02:09:15,669 --> 02:09:13,840
it'll it'll get to space uh so we see

3134
02:09:18,229 --> 02:09:15,679
the crew there's excuse me the closeout

3135
02:09:19,990 --> 02:09:18,239
techs the suit techs all their in their

3136
02:09:21,669 --> 02:09:20,000
numbered uniforms going through the

3137
02:09:23,910 --> 02:09:21,679
steps you can see the tablets in their

3138
02:09:26,790 --> 02:09:23,920
hands uh those are our electronic

3139
02:09:29,189 --> 02:09:26,800
procedures or e-procedures and they are

3140
02:09:30,790 --> 02:09:29,199
essentially stepping through each one uh

3141
02:09:32,470 --> 02:09:30,800
to make sure that

3142
02:09:34,550 --> 02:09:32,480
in giving verbal cues saying that is

3143
02:09:36,470 --> 02:09:34,560
complete we are good uh and we're

3144
02:09:38,870 --> 02:09:36,480
basically just counting through the

3145
02:09:41,510 --> 02:09:38,880
process um step by step getting closer

3146
02:09:43,350 --> 02:09:41,520
to uh launch time which at this point

3147
02:09:45,589 --> 02:09:43,360
we're just a mere two hours and three

3148
02:09:47,030 --> 02:09:45,599
minutes away from

3149
02:09:49,830 --> 02:09:47,040
nicole what was it like when you're

3150
02:09:51,430 --> 02:09:49,840
sitting inside the space shuttle when

3151
02:09:53,430 --> 02:09:51,440
that moment when

3152
02:09:56,470 --> 02:09:53,440
you know that that last door to the

3153
02:09:57,910 --> 02:09:56,480
outside closed

3154
02:09:59,910 --> 02:09:57,920
you know i think it's like all the steps

3155
02:10:01,830 --> 02:09:59,920
we've been talking along the way it's

3156
02:10:04,550 --> 02:10:01,840
another one of those wow this could be

3157
02:10:06,550 --> 02:10:04,560
real today's steps and

3158
02:10:08,550 --> 02:10:06,560
um that is certainly one that makes you

3159
02:10:10,229 --> 02:10:08,560
think it's it's going to happen you're

3160
02:10:12,310 --> 02:10:10,239
here at that point you know the closeout

3161
02:10:14,310 --> 02:10:12,320
crew is getting ready to depart the pad

3162
02:10:15,350 --> 02:10:14,320
um shortly and you know that you're

3163
02:10:17,080 --> 02:10:15,360
going to be out there on your own with

3164
02:10:27,030 --> 02:10:17,090
your crew waiting to go

3165
02:10:31,589 --> 02:10:29,750
okay all right and in seat number one

3166
02:10:34,310 --> 02:10:31,599
today is crew one mission specialist

3167
02:10:36,550 --> 02:10:34,320
shannon walker who flew previously on

3168
02:10:40,229 --> 02:10:36,560
the russian soyuz to the international

3169
02:10:42,149 --> 02:10:40,239
space station spending 163 days in space

3170
02:10:44,470 --> 02:10:42,159
here's more on dr walker who will be the

3171
02:10:47,109 --> 02:10:44,480
first woman to fly on a commercial

3172
02:10:49,589 --> 02:10:47,119
orbital spacecraft

3173
02:10:51,109 --> 02:10:49,599
i always wanted to be an astronaut

3174
02:10:53,830 --> 02:10:51,119
i just turned four

3175
02:10:55,990 --> 02:10:53,840
when we first landed on the moon and i

3176
02:10:58,069 --> 02:10:56,000
have very distinct memory of my parents

3177
02:11:00,310 --> 02:10:58,079
taking me and my older sister out into

3178
02:11:02,550 --> 02:11:00,320
the backyard and the moon was rising

3179
02:11:05,669 --> 02:11:02,560
over our house and they pointed up there

3180
02:11:07,109 --> 02:11:05,679
and said we have people there and even

3181
02:11:09,030 --> 02:11:07,119
at four i thought that just sounded like

3182
02:11:10,870 --> 02:11:09,040
the best idea ever

3183
02:11:11,910 --> 02:11:10,880
we have been given the scientific

3184
02:11:13,669 --> 02:11:11,920
knowledge

3185
02:11:15,430 --> 02:11:13,679
the technical ability

3186
02:11:17,350 --> 02:11:15,440
and the materials to pursue the

3187
02:11:20,709 --> 02:11:17,360
exploration of the universe

3188
02:11:24,870 --> 02:11:20,719
to ignore these great resources would be

3189
02:11:27,109 --> 02:11:24,880
a corruption of a god-given ability

3190
02:11:28,709 --> 02:11:27,119
i had seen a new class of astronauts

3191
02:11:30,390 --> 02:11:28,719
that had been hired for the space

3192
02:11:31,750 --> 02:11:30,400
shuttle and i was reading in the

3193
02:11:34,229 --> 02:11:31,760
newspaper

3194
02:11:37,109 --> 02:11:34,239
what their qualifications were and just

3195
02:11:38,390 --> 02:11:37,119
going through some of them i realized i

3196
02:11:40,210 --> 02:11:38,400
can do that

3197
02:11:42,870 --> 02:11:40,220
and that was a big turning point

3198
02:11:45,350 --> 02:11:42,880
[Music]

3199
02:11:46,950 --> 02:11:45,360
i'm dr shannon walker nasa astronaut and

3200
02:11:48,709 --> 02:11:46,960
i am getting ready to fly on the crew

3201
02:11:52,550 --> 02:11:48,719
one mission to the international space

3202
02:11:58,470 --> 02:11:55,510
crew one is the first operational

3203
02:12:00,950 --> 02:11:58,480
mission of the crew dragon vehicle to

3204
02:12:02,550 --> 02:12:00,960
the international space station

3205
02:12:04,550 --> 02:12:02,560
i was not expecting the call to be

3206
02:12:05,910 --> 02:12:04,560
assigned and so um

3207
02:12:08,150 --> 02:12:05,920
any time you get a flight assignment

3208
02:12:13,030 --> 02:12:08,160
it's it's tremendously exciting

3209
02:12:14,790 --> 02:12:13,040
[Music]

3210
02:12:17,750 --> 02:12:14,800
i spent six months on the station

3211
02:12:19,350 --> 02:12:17,760
previously in 2010 and i am so looking

3212
02:12:21,669 --> 02:12:19,360
forward to getting back there and having

3213
02:12:22,870 --> 02:12:21,679
another six months on the space station

3214
02:12:25,990 --> 02:12:22,880
there are so many things that you could

3215
02:12:28,629 --> 02:12:26,000
do on station what i like about it is

3216
02:12:30,709 --> 02:12:28,639
is every day really is different you get

3217
02:12:32,390 --> 02:12:30,719
up and you may be doing a biological

3218
02:12:34,470 --> 02:12:32,400
experiment one day you may be doing

3219
02:12:36,069 --> 02:12:34,480
maintenance on equipment the next day

3220
02:12:37,189 --> 02:12:36,079
and then the day following that you'll

3221
02:12:40,149 --> 02:12:37,199
be doing

3222
02:12:41,589 --> 02:12:40,159
some sort of experiment in chemistry

3223
02:12:44,069 --> 02:12:41,599
what i have found being part of the

3224
02:12:46,390 --> 02:12:44,079
international space station program and

3225
02:12:49,270 --> 02:12:46,400
not just russia but our colleagues in

3226
02:12:51,430 --> 02:12:49,280
japan and europe and canada is that

3227
02:12:55,109 --> 02:12:51,440
underneath it all we all have the same

3228
02:12:57,510 --> 02:12:55,119
goals and we all have the same passions

3229
02:13:00,470 --> 02:12:57,520
the dragon spacecraft represents to me

3230
02:13:02,709 --> 02:13:00,480
is just a continuing evolution of better

3231
02:13:04,950 --> 02:13:02,719
computing power that's you know evolved

3232
02:13:06,629 --> 02:13:04,960
over the years and different ways that

3233
02:13:08,069 --> 02:13:06,639
the crew can interact with the

3234
02:13:09,910 --> 02:13:08,079
spacecraft

3235
02:13:12,069 --> 02:13:09,920
spacex is a very interesting company

3236
02:13:14,629 --> 02:13:12,079
there are so many young people i always

3237
02:13:17,109 --> 02:13:14,639
imagine it to be like it was in the

3238
02:13:19,109 --> 02:13:17,119
early apollo days at nasa with so many

3239
02:13:21,750 --> 02:13:19,119
young engineers so passionate about what

3240
02:13:24,149 --> 02:13:21,760
they are doing the important thing is we

3241
02:13:27,669 --> 02:13:24,159
both have learned from each other and

3242
02:13:29,430 --> 02:13:27,679
now we've got a very strong bond on what

3243
02:13:33,030 --> 02:13:29,440
we want to accomplish and how we need to

3244
02:13:35,510 --> 02:13:33,040
accomplish it together i do believe that

3245
02:13:38,629 --> 02:13:35,520
human space flight is an imperative for

3246
02:13:41,750 --> 02:13:38,639
our planet and to be a part of that

3247
02:13:43,190 --> 02:13:41,760
to keep the progress growing i find very

3248
02:13:49,350 --> 02:13:43,200
inspiring

3249
02:13:55,109 --> 02:13:51,350
crew one mission specialist soichi

3250
02:13:57,109 --> 02:13:55,119
naguchi has spent 177 days in space and

3251
02:13:58,470 --> 02:13:57,119
this will be his third mission in an

3252
02:14:00,310 --> 02:13:58,480
orbital spacecraft

3253
02:14:06,870 --> 02:14:00,320
here's more on the first international

3254
02:14:13,030 --> 02:14:11,189
suici appears to be a very quiet person

3255
02:14:15,030 --> 02:14:13,040
and yet he comes out with some fantastic

3256
02:14:17,669 --> 02:14:15,040
one-liners

3257
02:14:21,430 --> 02:14:17,679
suicide is probably the quietest but he

3258
02:14:26,229 --> 02:14:23,750
earlier i used the word dignified to

3259
02:14:28,629 --> 02:14:26,239
describe him but his and so his humor is

3260
02:14:30,550 --> 02:14:28,639
very dry and subtle but it is extremely

3261
02:14:33,430 --> 02:14:30,560
witty and it just makes it that much

3262
02:14:36,310 --> 02:14:33,440
more funny konnichiwa my name is soichi

3263
02:14:38,629 --> 02:14:36,320
noguchi i am mission specialist one on

3264
02:14:41,910 --> 02:14:38,639
crew one mission to international space

3265
02:14:46,629 --> 02:14:44,709
well my mission will be uh help support

3266
02:14:48,629 --> 02:14:46,639
the commander and the pilot on crew

3267
02:14:50,069 --> 02:14:48,639
dragon and of course once i arrive on

3268
02:14:52,310 --> 02:14:50,079
the space station i'll be a border

3269
02:14:55,030 --> 02:14:52,320
engineer and do lots of science and

3270
02:14:56,790 --> 02:14:55,040
maintenance and the spacewalks robotics

3271
02:14:59,750 --> 02:14:56,800
all kinds of work

3272
02:15:01,109 --> 02:14:59,760
i'm really fortunate enough to have a

3273
02:15:02,709 --> 02:15:01,119
good crew member

3274
02:15:05,910 --> 02:15:02,719
and obviously we have a lot of a

3275
02:15:09,030 --> 02:15:05,920
different background and the diversity

3276
02:15:12,229 --> 02:15:09,040
definitely gives us a great rigidity

3277
02:15:18,550 --> 02:15:14,629
i wanted to be an astronaut for for a

3278
02:15:21,030 --> 02:15:18,560
long time high school days i watched the

3279
02:15:22,550 --> 02:15:21,040
shuttle launch i studied aerodynamics

3280
02:15:25,910 --> 02:15:22,560
and

3281
02:15:28,470 --> 02:15:25,920
airspace engineering when i turned 30

3282
02:15:31,510 --> 02:15:28,480
a japanese space agency started

3283
02:15:34,069 --> 02:15:31,520
recruiting another astronaut class

3284
02:15:34,870 --> 02:15:34,079
i was fortunate enough to be selected

3285
02:15:39,030 --> 02:15:34,880
and

3286
02:15:42,149 --> 02:15:39,040
sent immediately to johnson space center

3287
02:15:45,430 --> 02:15:42,159
my first flight was 2005 that was on the

3288
02:15:48,790 --> 02:15:45,440
space shuttle discovery is this 114

3289
02:15:52,390 --> 02:15:48,800
and the next flight was 2009 i was on

3290
02:15:55,589 --> 02:15:52,400
the russian soyuz

3291
02:15:56,950 --> 02:15:55,599
the vehicle is definitely like like a

3292
02:15:59,350 --> 02:15:56,960
living creature

3293
02:16:01,510 --> 02:15:59,360
all the all the pipes or the pipelines

3294
02:16:04,390 --> 02:16:01,520
are alive

3295
02:16:06,470 --> 02:16:04,400
i really remember the morning of the

3296
02:16:09,669 --> 02:16:06,480
launch they arrive at the path hey this

3297
02:16:11,830 --> 02:16:09,679
vehicle is alive and waiting to go out

3298
02:16:13,990 --> 02:16:11,840
liftoff of space shuttle discovery

3299
02:16:16,550 --> 02:16:14,000
beginning america's new journey to the

3300
02:16:20,709 --> 02:16:18,629
i'm really looking forward to go back to

3301
02:16:24,069 --> 02:16:20,719
that launch day

3302
02:16:26,790 --> 02:16:24,079
the crewman is the first operational

3303
02:16:28,470 --> 02:16:26,800
spaceflight after the certification

3304
02:16:31,669 --> 02:16:28,480
given by nasa

3305
02:16:33,830 --> 02:16:31,679
the important thing is this is brand new

3306
02:16:36,469 --> 02:16:33,840
design from scratch

3307
02:16:37,990 --> 02:16:36,479
21st century spacecraft and this is a

3308
02:16:40,950 --> 02:16:38,000
new design

3309
02:16:44,469 --> 02:16:40,960
and obviously the spacex did a very nice

3310
02:16:46,469 --> 02:16:44,479
job the spacecraft of this century is

3311
02:16:48,950 --> 02:16:46,479
not just for america but this is

3312
02:16:50,950 --> 02:16:48,960
international corporation and all the

3313
02:16:54,389 --> 02:16:50,960
other people around the world have a

3314
02:17:02,870 --> 02:16:54,399
chance to ride on this screwdriver so

3315
02:17:07,270 --> 02:17:05,270
okay we're looking live now inside the

3316
02:17:08,950 --> 02:17:07,280
white room uh you can see discussing

3317
02:17:15,110 --> 02:17:08,960
that negative we're gonna go to pad

3318
02:17:19,110 --> 02:17:16,950
okay so

3319
02:17:22,230 --> 02:17:19,120
it sounds like they may be reopening the

3320
02:17:33,429 --> 02:17:24,309
we're gonna listen and uh to see if we

3321
02:17:39,589 --> 02:17:35,830
okay so it sounds like uh they want to

3322
02:17:42,070 --> 02:17:39,599
double check uh a leak check

3323
02:17:58,469 --> 02:17:42,080
so we may see that hatch reopen

3324
02:18:03,669 --> 02:18:00,389
and nominally we would expect right

3325
02:18:06,629 --> 02:18:03,679
about now to hear a call out for hatch

3326
02:18:08,230 --> 02:18:06,639
close right at t minus one hour and 55

3327
02:18:09,110 --> 02:18:08,240
minutes so we haven't heard that just

3328
02:18:10,629 --> 02:18:09,120
yet

3329
02:18:12,870 --> 02:18:10,639
but we did hear

3330
02:18:16,469 --> 02:18:12,880
that the teams are looking at reopening

3331
02:18:18,309 --> 02:18:16,479
the hatch to double check uh some leaks

3332
02:18:19,990 --> 02:18:18,319
so what i'm hearing is that uh the

3333
02:18:22,150 --> 02:18:20,000
closeout team saw a little bit of a

3334
02:18:24,389 --> 02:18:22,160
pressure drop during those leak checks

3335
02:18:26,150 --> 02:18:24,399
so like i mentioned before it's not like

3336
02:18:28,629 --> 02:18:26,160
it's not like closing a door right it's

3337
02:18:31,509 --> 02:18:28,639
not closing the the door to your car um

3338
02:18:32,950 --> 02:18:31,519
the the door closes uh they check the

3339
02:18:35,349 --> 02:18:32,960
environments inside the capsule make

3340
02:18:37,270 --> 02:18:35,359
sure we're good um then they perform a

3341
02:18:38,389 --> 02:18:37,280
leak check again essentially making sure

3342
02:18:40,549 --> 02:18:38,399
that the

3343
02:18:42,790 --> 02:18:40,559
the cabin and the door are able to

3344
02:18:44,469 --> 02:18:42,800
maintain pressure and environments uh so

3345
02:18:46,070 --> 02:18:44,479
something like this if they have to

3346
02:18:48,469 --> 02:18:46,080
reopen it it might just be they have to

3347
02:18:50,230 --> 02:18:48,479
reposition a seal um so it's a we're

3348
02:18:50,950 --> 02:18:50,240
considered a minor issue at the moment

3349
02:18:53,830 --> 02:18:50,960
but

3350
02:18:55,910 --> 02:18:53,840
it might be as simple as

3351
02:18:57,990 --> 02:18:55,920
allowing us to open the hatch check the

3352
02:18:58,870 --> 02:18:58,000
seals and the latch mechanism

3353
02:19:13,830 --> 02:18:58,880
and then

3354
02:19:17,030 --> 02:19:15,270
okay we're going to go over to john

3355
02:19:18,629 --> 02:19:17,040
insprucker and hawthorne he's been

3356
02:19:20,150 --> 02:19:18,639
listening to some more details john can

3357
02:19:21,669 --> 02:19:20,160
you give us an update on what's going on

3358
02:19:23,830 --> 02:19:21,679
now

3359
02:19:26,950 --> 02:19:23,840
yeah murray i've been listening into the

3360
02:19:28,549 --> 02:19:26,960
dragon nets uh in addition to falcon 9.

3361
02:19:32,070 --> 02:19:28,559
right now you can see on the screen the

3362
02:19:33,429 --> 02:19:32,080
crew inside dragon everything is safe

3363
02:19:35,349 --> 02:19:33,439
at the launch pad we have not gotten

3364
02:19:37,589 --> 02:19:35,359
into propellant load

3365
02:19:39,750 --> 02:19:37,599
what we were doing is our standard

3366
02:19:41,669 --> 02:19:39,760
procedures uh we did communications

3367
02:19:43,509 --> 02:19:41,679
checks that you heard a while back uh

3368
02:19:45,190 --> 02:19:43,519
they checked the environmental hey the

3369
02:19:47,589 --> 02:19:45,200
temperature was just right for the crew

3370
02:19:50,790 --> 02:19:47,599
inside and then we command to close the

3371
02:19:52,630 --> 02:19:50,800
hatch the team then uh locks it down and

3372
02:19:54,469 --> 02:19:52,640
we run a leak check just to make sure

3373
02:19:55,910 --> 02:19:54,479
that it is leaked tight

3374
02:19:57,510 --> 02:19:55,920
we're running that leak check and they

3375
02:19:59,270 --> 02:19:57,520
saw a little bit of a drop in pressure

3376
02:20:01,030 --> 02:19:59,280
so what you're seeing on the screen

3377
02:20:02,790 --> 02:20:01,040
right now from the outside of the

3378
02:20:04,870 --> 02:20:02,800
capsule on the left

3379
02:20:06,950 --> 02:20:04,880
the spacex uh

3380
02:20:08,710 --> 02:20:06,960
ingress team in the access arm in the

3381
02:20:10,469 --> 02:20:08,720
white room they're going to open that

3382
02:20:12,230 --> 02:20:10,479
hatch back up again one thing they want

3383
02:20:13,830 --> 02:20:12,240
to look at is just make sure nothing got

3384
02:20:15,990 --> 02:20:13,840
trapped in the seal they're going to

3385
02:20:17,990 --> 02:20:16,000
take a look at the latch mechanism they

3386
02:20:19,830 --> 02:20:18,000
also are checking their equipment to

3387
02:20:21,429 --> 02:20:19,840
make sure that it's uh

3388
02:20:22,309 --> 02:20:21,439
trying to make sure whether or not it's

3389
02:20:23,910 --> 02:20:22,319
actually

3390
02:20:25,429 --> 02:20:23,920
in the capsule or it might be in the

3391
02:20:27,990 --> 02:20:25,439
measuring equipment that they're holding

3392
02:20:30,469 --> 02:20:28,000
on to so you can see right now the latch

3393
02:20:31,590 --> 02:20:30,479
thanks for the hatch has come open

3394
02:20:33,510 --> 02:20:31,600
and they are beginning the

3395
02:20:36,230 --> 02:20:33,520
troubleshooting taking a look around the

3396
02:20:37,590 --> 02:20:36,240
sales of the timeline

3397
02:20:39,910 --> 02:20:37,600
yeah i just wanted to let you know that

3398
02:20:41,670 --> 02:20:39,920
we do have about 12 about 10 minutes of

3399
02:20:46,710 --> 02:20:41,680
margin in the schedule for this

3400
02:20:50,070 --> 02:20:48,309
and 10 minutes before they need to start

3401
02:20:51,990 --> 02:20:50,080
closing the hatch again

3402
02:20:53,510 --> 02:20:52,000
that is correct yeah 10 minutes to hatch

3403
02:20:59,510 --> 02:20:53,520
close and they are taking a look at the

3404
02:20:59,520 --> 02:22:11,750
uh i'm only listening to program now

3405
02:22:16,550 --> 02:22:13,990
hey marie this is john uh did you ask me

3406
02:22:19,270 --> 02:22:16,560
a question i didn't pick it up

3407
02:22:21,590 --> 02:22:19,280
um yeah i was i wanted to uh first just

3408
02:22:23,270 --> 02:22:21,600
acknowledge that we heard um on the call

3409
02:22:24,950 --> 02:22:23,280
outs that they said there were that they

3410
02:22:26,790 --> 02:22:24,960
had about 10 minutes of margin in the

3411
02:22:29,670 --> 02:22:26,800
schedule so not necessarily going to

3412
02:22:31,270 --> 02:22:29,680
throw the timeline off track but is this

3413
02:22:32,630 --> 02:22:31,280
something i know that people that are

3414
02:22:33,910 --> 02:22:32,640
watching this live have got to be

3415
02:22:35,510 --> 02:22:33,920
wondering is this something that can

3416
02:22:38,870 --> 02:22:35,520
cause a scrub or you know how

3417
02:22:40,710 --> 02:22:38,880
significant is this issue right now

3418
02:22:42,630 --> 02:22:40,720
well i'd say from a

3419
02:22:44,950 --> 02:22:42,640
crew safety standpoint which is what

3420
02:22:46,870 --> 02:22:44,960
we're always looking out for if we could

3421
02:22:48,550 --> 02:22:46,880
not resolve the issue if we thought we

3422
02:22:51,510 --> 02:22:48,560
were actually measuring a leak then that

3423
02:22:52,550 --> 02:22:51,520
would be a probable scrub issue for

3424
02:22:54,309 --> 02:22:52,560
today

3425
02:22:55,670 --> 02:22:54,319
however it's premature to say that

3426
02:22:57,750 --> 02:22:55,680
they're doing the first round of

3427
02:22:59,349 --> 02:22:57,760
troubleshooting and yeah i also heard

3428
02:23:01,429 --> 02:22:59,359
the comment we've got about 10 minutes

3429
02:23:03,270 --> 02:23:01,439
but as a reminder the spacex team

3430
02:23:05,910 --> 02:23:03,280
doesn't actually leave the crew access

3431
02:23:07,910 --> 02:23:05,920
arm until t minus 60 minutes

3432
02:23:10,070 --> 02:23:07,920
so while we've got standard margin they

3433
02:23:11,830 --> 02:23:10,080
may be able to compress other activities

3434
02:23:14,870 --> 02:23:11,840
since they're still 50 minutes before

3435
02:23:17,349 --> 02:23:14,880
the crew that you see there in the

3436
02:23:19,670 --> 02:23:17,359
black pad access uniforms actually has

3437
02:23:20,469 --> 02:23:19,680
to get out of the area

3438
02:23:22,469 --> 02:23:20,479
sure

3439
02:23:24,389 --> 02:23:22,479
and you know when we um

3440
02:23:26,790 --> 02:23:24,399
we put out the mission timeline ahead of

3441
02:23:28,389 --> 02:23:26,800
time so folks can follow along but we

3442
02:23:29,750 --> 02:23:28,399
understand and we try to impress upon

3443
02:23:31,349 --> 02:23:29,760
others that these are the kinds of

3444
02:23:34,790 --> 02:23:31,359
things that can come up and so this

3445
02:23:37,190 --> 02:23:34,800
timeline while it's a guide it is fluid

3446
02:23:38,790 --> 02:23:37,200
for sure thinking back to the demo too

3447
02:23:40,469 --> 02:23:38,800
if i remember correctly they were also

3448
02:23:42,230 --> 02:23:40,479
running ahead of schedule in terms of

3449
02:23:44,469 --> 02:23:42,240
when bob and doug got in their seats and

3450
02:23:47,750 --> 02:23:44,479
strapped in and closed the hatch

3451
02:23:50,550 --> 02:23:47,760
so obviously given an instantaneous

3452
02:23:53,510 --> 02:23:50,560
launch window uh for the space station

3453
02:23:55,910 --> 02:23:53,520
launches um if we were if we didn't have

3454
02:23:58,389 --> 02:23:55,920
margin that would be a potential scrub

3455
02:23:59,990 --> 02:23:58,399
scenario uh but like we heard at the

3456
02:24:02,070 --> 02:24:00,000
callout earlier we're about 10 minutes

3457
02:24:05,670 --> 02:24:02,080
ahead of schedule so

3458
02:24:09,590 --> 02:24:07,349
and just to add on to what kate was

3459
02:24:11,750 --> 02:24:09,600
saying looking back over my notes when

3460
02:24:13,510 --> 02:24:11,760
we did the first demo 2 launch it wasn't

3461
02:24:15,429 --> 02:24:13,520
until about right now in the countdown

3462
02:24:16,630 --> 02:24:15,439
that the first hatch leak check uh

3463
02:24:19,910 --> 02:24:16,640
completed

3464
02:24:21,910 --> 02:24:19,920
so uh by that schedule uh which we were

3465
02:24:24,070 --> 02:24:21,920
ready to support launch right on time

3466
02:24:26,230 --> 02:24:24,080
until the weather got us

3467
02:24:29,190 --> 02:24:26,240
uh we're we're still looking good i

3468
02:24:30,630 --> 02:24:29,200
think in the countdown

3469
02:24:32,950 --> 02:24:30,640
something i want to point out you heard

3470
02:24:34,870 --> 02:24:32,960
me mention earlier that the team is

3471
02:24:36,630 --> 02:24:34,880
working off of tablets following along

3472
02:24:38,630 --> 02:24:36,640
with the procedures

3473
02:24:40,630 --> 02:24:38,640
this is considered the kind of

3474
02:24:43,030 --> 02:24:40,640
contingency procedure that is written

3475
02:24:45,270 --> 02:24:43,040
into the procedure so what we're seeing

3476
02:24:46,550 --> 02:24:45,280
them go through on screen now

3477
02:24:48,309 --> 02:24:46,560
they're not while they are

3478
02:24:49,830 --> 02:24:48,319
troubleshooting live we do have a

3479
02:24:52,389 --> 02:24:49,840
procedure written for this type of

3480
02:24:54,150 --> 02:24:52,399
contingency so it's a matter of working

3481
02:24:59,510 --> 02:24:54,160
through those those side steps

3482
02:25:04,469 --> 02:25:02,150
nicole i i wonder um

3483
02:25:05,670 --> 02:25:04,479
did you have any issues that had to be

3484
02:25:07,750 --> 02:25:05,680
worked through

3485
02:25:08,950 --> 02:25:07,760
real time on either of your shuttle

3486
02:25:11,270 --> 02:25:08,960
missions

3487
02:25:13,110 --> 02:25:11,280
that that might might have been similar

3488
02:25:15,910 --> 02:25:13,120
to something like this

3489
02:25:17,590 --> 02:25:15,920
yeah i think in in both cases actually

3490
02:25:19,510 --> 02:25:17,600
and it's really amazing how the team

3491
02:25:22,150 --> 02:25:19,520
just comes together and works those

3492
02:25:23,110 --> 02:25:22,160
procedures like like um kate mentioned

3493
02:25:25,030 --> 02:25:23,120
where

3494
02:25:27,190 --> 02:25:25,040
you know we've we've tried our best to

3495
02:25:28,550 --> 02:25:27,200
think about what could go wrong and you

3496
02:25:30,630 --> 02:25:28,560
know in these different scenarios and

3497
02:25:31,990 --> 02:25:30,640
then put those procedures in place to

3498
02:25:34,070 --> 02:25:32,000
work it and

3499
02:25:35,590 --> 02:25:34,080
um and as a crew inside unless there's

3500
02:25:37,190 --> 02:25:35,600
something that we can actively

3501
02:25:39,110 --> 02:25:37,200
participate in we're just following

3502
02:25:40,550 --> 02:25:39,120
along to make sure that

3503
02:25:42,710 --> 02:25:40,560
you know everything is picking back up

3504
02:25:44,710 --> 02:25:42,720
onto the timeline and then

3505
02:25:46,870 --> 02:25:44,720
waiting in case there is some switch to

3506
02:25:56,230 --> 02:25:46,880
throw or you know communication to have

3507
02:26:00,950 --> 02:25:58,070
okay so again if you're if you're just

3508
02:26:04,230 --> 02:26:00,960
joining us we're at t minus one hour and

3509
02:26:07,670 --> 02:26:04,240
47 minutes uh we did not hear the call

3510
02:26:08,950 --> 02:26:07,680
out of hatch closure yet because

3511
02:26:11,030 --> 02:26:08,960
when they were going through the leak

3512
02:26:11,990 --> 02:26:11,040
check process they noticed a pressure

3513
02:26:14,469 --> 02:26:12,000
drop

3514
02:26:15,910 --> 02:26:14,479
inside the capsule so they opened the

3515
02:26:18,230 --> 02:26:15,920
hatch back up

3516
02:26:20,630 --> 02:26:18,240
and as john i explained there is some

3517
02:26:22,309 --> 02:26:20,640
margin in the schedule and so this is

3518
02:26:24,950 --> 02:26:22,319
not necessarily a show stopper it would

3519
02:26:26,870 --> 02:26:24,960
be premature to speculate about any of

3520
02:26:28,070 --> 02:26:26,880
that so far we are still on track for

3521
02:26:29,750 --> 02:26:28,080
launch we're just

3522
02:26:34,469 --> 02:26:29,760
watching some troubleshooting in real

3523
02:26:37,270 --> 02:26:35,990
on the right hand side of the screen we

3524
02:26:41,510 --> 02:26:37,280
can see the crew sitting pretty

3525
02:26:44,230 --> 02:26:43,190
something i didn't get to mention

3526
02:26:48,389 --> 02:26:44,240
earlier

3527
02:26:51,510 --> 02:26:48,399
is that the seats themselves are custom

3528
02:26:53,830 --> 02:26:51,520
sized for each astronaut so not only is

3529
02:26:55,830 --> 02:26:53,840
the length of the bucket so basically

3530
02:26:56,950 --> 02:26:55,840
the length from the tailbone to your

3531
02:26:59,190 --> 02:26:56,960
shoulders

3532
02:27:01,110 --> 02:26:59,200
that is specific for each astronaut but

3533
02:27:02,550 --> 02:27:01,120
so is the foot rest as well as the

3534
02:27:03,429 --> 02:27:02,560
armrest

3535
02:27:05,510 --> 02:27:03,439
so

3536
02:27:06,790 --> 02:27:05,520
expecting to fly people of many

3537
02:27:08,150 --> 02:27:06,800
different heights and wanting to make

3538
02:27:09,429 --> 02:27:08,160
sure that

3539
02:27:12,230 --> 02:27:09,439
their positioning is not only

3540
02:27:13,750 --> 02:27:12,240
operational but comfortable as well

3541
02:27:16,150 --> 02:27:13,760
it seems like everyone's pretty comfy in

3542
02:27:18,309 --> 02:27:16,160
there

3543
02:27:20,790 --> 02:27:18,319
and we can't overstate how

3544
02:27:22,469 --> 02:27:20,800
important the job is of this pad

3545
02:27:24,389 --> 02:27:22,479
closeout team who

3546
02:27:26,950 --> 02:27:24,399
is doing these leak checks and making

3547
02:27:29,110 --> 02:27:26,960
sure that that hatch is secure

3548
02:27:31,190 --> 02:27:29,120
and behaving the way it should be before

3549
02:27:32,950 --> 02:27:31,200
they leave the pad because

3550
02:27:34,469 --> 02:27:32,960
these four astronauts are inside a

3551
02:27:36,870 --> 02:27:34,479
capsule that

3552
02:27:39,110 --> 02:27:36,880
is going to be fueled in a little over

3553
02:27:40,950 --> 02:27:39,120
an hour and head off to space and so

3554
02:27:42,469 --> 02:27:40,960
it's the job of

3555
02:27:44,790 --> 02:27:42,479
these people that you see on the left of

3556
02:27:46,710 --> 02:27:44,800
your screen in addition to hundreds and

3557
02:27:48,710 --> 02:27:46,720
thousands more around the country that

3558
02:27:50,630 --> 02:27:48,720
have been working so hard

3559
02:27:51,750 --> 02:27:50,640
for months and years to keep this crew

3560
02:27:54,550 --> 02:27:51,760
safe

3561
02:27:57,510 --> 02:27:54,560
again this is the first operational or

3562
02:27:58,630 --> 02:27:57,520
rotation mission of four people on crew

3563
02:28:01,750 --> 02:27:58,640
dragon

3564
02:28:03,429 --> 02:28:01,760
the first of hopefully many more to come

3565
02:28:05,510 --> 02:28:03,439
and so

3566
02:28:06,469 --> 02:28:05,520
the team has to has to keep the crew

3567
02:28:08,790 --> 02:28:06,479
safe

3568
02:28:10,790 --> 02:28:08,800
so i'm now hearing that that closeout

3569
02:28:12,389 --> 02:28:10,800
team that we saw there were able to

3570
02:28:15,110 --> 02:28:12,399
check the seals and clean them a little

3571
02:28:16,870 --> 02:28:15,120
bit they found a little piece of fod

3572
02:28:18,309 --> 02:28:16,880
there in the seal so that's probably

3573
02:28:21,510 --> 02:28:18,319
what was causing

3574
02:28:25,110 --> 02:28:21,520
the the hatch to not maintain pressure

3575
02:28:27,750 --> 02:28:25,120
so they are about to i can't quite tell

3576
02:28:29,510 --> 02:28:27,760
on the screen but they will be

3577
02:28:31,190 --> 02:28:29,520
starting to close that

3578
02:28:35,190 --> 02:28:31,200
and what is fod for people who don't

3579
02:28:37,349 --> 02:28:35,200
know the acronym foreign object debris

3580
02:28:38,469 --> 02:28:37,359
so what's an example of what that could

3581
02:28:41,990 --> 02:28:38,479
be

3582
02:28:44,790 --> 02:28:42,000
depends on the environment but something

3583
02:28:46,389 --> 02:28:44,800
as small as a piece of lint to you know

3584
02:28:48,710 --> 02:28:46,399
something like a cell phone or an

3585
02:28:51,670 --> 02:28:48,720
earring so that's part of the reason why

3586
02:28:53,190 --> 02:28:51,680
earlier in the um in the webcast i

3587
02:28:55,990 --> 02:28:53,200
mentioned that the

3588
02:28:57,590 --> 02:28:56,000
closeout excuse me the suit technician

3589
02:29:00,230 --> 02:28:57,600
team are checking to make sure nobody's

3590
02:29:02,070 --> 02:29:00,240
wearing unapproved earrings or jewelry

3591
02:29:03,750 --> 02:29:02,080
those are all considered fodd or foreign

3592
02:29:05,030 --> 02:29:03,760
object debris but it looks like we're

3593
02:29:07,030 --> 02:29:05,040
going to

3594
02:29:08,950 --> 02:29:07,040
be closing that hatch again if it's not

3595
02:29:09,830 --> 02:29:08,960
already and re-performing that leak

3596
02:29:11,670 --> 02:29:09,840
check

3597
02:29:13,510 --> 02:29:11,680
like i mentioned before we do have

3598
02:29:15,830 --> 02:29:13,520
contingencies built into our procedures

3599
02:29:18,389 --> 02:29:15,840
we are running ahead of schedule

3600
02:29:20,309 --> 02:29:18,399
so nothing to speculate causing an abort

3601
02:29:21,110 --> 02:29:20,319
at this time

3602
02:29:23,190 --> 02:29:21,120
but

3603
02:29:25,750 --> 02:29:23,200
that being said uh we will be

3604
02:29:27,830 --> 02:29:25,760
re-pressurizing that that hatch um and i

3605
02:29:29,670 --> 02:29:27,840
should say that it's not like we bring

3606
02:29:31,590 --> 02:29:29,680
it to pressure and check it it's good

3607
02:29:33,030 --> 02:29:31,600
you want to bring it to pressure allow

3608
02:29:35,349 --> 02:29:33,040
it to sit there for a couple of minutes

3609
02:29:40,230 --> 02:29:35,359
and watch whatever the decay is if any

3610
02:29:45,429 --> 02:29:43,030
hey go ahead for dragon

3611
02:29:47,510 --> 02:29:45,439
yeah the team did find a possible root

3612
02:29:48,790 --> 02:29:47,520
cause uh they are checking cabin

3613
02:29:53,750 --> 02:29:48,800
environments and we're getting ready to

3614
02:29:58,870 --> 02:29:56,230
okay dragon copies and we see paddocks

3615
02:29:58,880 --> 02:30:05,510
copy

3616
02:30:12,070 --> 02:30:09,429
so just the ground crew uh corps can

3617
02:30:14,150 --> 02:30:12,080
communicating to the crew inside dragon

3618
02:30:16,150 --> 02:30:14,160
giving them a status update

3619
02:30:17,910 --> 02:30:16,160
letting them know that potential root

3620
02:30:19,990 --> 02:30:17,920
cause has been found and that they will

3621
02:30:43,590 --> 02:30:20,000
be closing that hatch and beginning the

3622
02:30:48,150 --> 02:30:45,030
so we heard that they may have

3623
02:30:49,590 --> 02:30:48,160
identified the root cause

3624
02:30:50,389 --> 02:30:49,600
but we haven't heard what that root

3625
02:30:52,790 --> 02:30:50,399
cause

3626
02:30:54,870 --> 02:30:52,800
is or what they suspect it is yet so if

3627
02:30:56,630 --> 02:30:54,880
we hear that we will relay that to you

3628
02:31:05,910 --> 02:30:56,640
but that is not information that we have

3629
02:31:05,920 --> 02:31:11,750
and dragon spacex hatch is closed

3630
02:31:11,760 --> 02:31:22,469
copy

3631
02:31:27,750 --> 02:31:24,950
okay so we heard hatches closed

3632
02:31:29,910 --> 02:31:27,760
and so we expect a leak check

3633
02:31:52,950 --> 02:31:29,920
to be

3634
02:31:52,960 --> 02:32:00,950
hmm

3635
02:32:05,030 --> 02:32:03,190
again we've got the pad closeout team on

3636
02:32:07,349 --> 02:32:05,040
the left of your screen

3637
02:32:09,510 --> 02:32:07,359
closing the dragon side hatch for the

3638
02:32:11,030 --> 02:32:09,520
second time getting ready to do

3639
02:32:12,950 --> 02:32:11,040
another leak check

3640
02:32:18,150 --> 02:32:12,960
and the crew is sitting tight on the

3641
02:32:23,590 --> 02:32:20,550
so we see them performing the mechanical

3642
02:32:25,110 --> 02:32:23,600
sealing of the hatch

3643
02:32:32,309 --> 02:32:25,120
after this is complete we'll begin the

3644
02:32:35,990 --> 02:32:35,190
we are at t minus 1 hour and 40 minutes

3645
02:32:42,070 --> 02:32:36,000
so

3646
02:32:44,150 --> 02:32:42,080
throw the rest of the launch timeline

3647
02:32:46,469 --> 02:32:44,160
off track but we're just standing by to

3648
02:32:53,270 --> 02:32:46,479
see if the teams can get this

3649
02:32:53,280 --> 02:33:16,309
um

3650
02:33:19,750 --> 02:33:17,830
okay it sounds like we've got an update

3651
02:33:22,710 --> 02:33:19,760
from john insprucker and hawthorne john

3652
02:33:26,710 --> 02:33:24,790
well marie right now we're just inside

3653
02:33:29,510 --> 02:33:26,720
100 minutes

3654
02:33:30,870 --> 02:33:29,520
until the falcon 9 launch

3655
02:33:32,550 --> 02:33:30,880
we're waiting right now to hear the

3656
02:33:34,710 --> 02:33:32,560
results of the hatch leak check the

3657
02:33:36,469 --> 02:33:34,720
second one one's going on uh as we've

3658
02:33:38,550 --> 02:33:36,479
mentioned we think we found a little bit

3659
02:33:40,870 --> 02:33:38,560
of debris in the seal

3660
02:33:42,870 --> 02:33:40,880
and uh fingers crossed that we're going

3661
02:33:45,510 --> 02:33:42,880
to do that we're also waiting to hear

3662
02:33:48,070 --> 02:33:45,520
the leak the comp checks between the

3663
02:33:50,070 --> 02:33:48,080
dragon crew and the falcon 9 launch team

3664
02:33:52,389 --> 02:33:50,080
uh the responsible engineers down in the

3665
02:33:53,990 --> 02:33:52,399
firing dragon spacex for status uh to

3666
02:33:55,910 --> 02:33:54,000
catch up right now as i mentioned we're

3667
02:33:57,750 --> 02:33:55,920
just inside of 100 minutes and go ahead

3668
02:33:59,110 --> 02:33:57,760
for dragon

3669
02:34:00,950 --> 02:33:59,120
okay the lead check hardware is

3670
02:34:05,750 --> 02:34:00,960
connected and we're holding pressure now

3671
02:34:05,760 --> 02:34:11,590
dragging copies and that's good news

3672
02:34:17,670 --> 02:34:14,150
and i i will provide some more words on

3673
02:34:23,030 --> 02:34:17,680
what they identified uh once we

3674
02:34:28,389 --> 02:34:25,349
okay dragon copies and i assume we still

3675
02:34:30,389 --> 02:34:28,399
have some more time on the leap check

3676
02:34:35,349 --> 02:34:30,399
that's a firm yeah they're still uh

3677
02:34:54,309 --> 02:34:50,309
okay

3678
02:34:56,710 --> 02:34:54,319
i'm not sure if y'all picked it up on

3679
02:34:59,429 --> 02:34:56,720
the webcast but they talked briefly to

3680
02:35:01,429 --> 02:34:59,439
the crew gave them an update similar to

3681
02:35:03,830 --> 02:35:01,439
when we were just presenting y'all

3682
02:35:05,349 --> 02:35:03,840
the good news is that they are farther

3683
02:35:08,309 --> 02:35:05,359
along in a leak check right now than

3684
02:35:10,230 --> 02:35:08,319
they got the first time so again

3685
02:35:12,150 --> 02:35:10,240
things are going in the right direction

3686
02:35:15,349 --> 02:35:12,160
the second time around they're also

3687
02:35:16,950 --> 02:35:15,359
looking at the timeline for the uh crew

3688
02:35:19,830 --> 02:35:16,960
ingress team that you see there on the

3689
02:35:21,110 --> 02:35:19,840
left monitor the spacex folks they will

3690
02:35:22,150 --> 02:35:21,120
be able to leave

3691
02:35:24,550 --> 02:35:22,160
a little bit

3692
02:35:26,150 --> 02:35:24,560
later than t minus one hour and still be

3693
02:35:28,070 --> 02:35:26,160
able to get clear of the area and plenty

3694
02:35:30,469 --> 02:35:28,080
of time for us to do uh propellant

3695
02:35:32,389 --> 02:35:30,479
loading and the launch

3696
02:35:34,309 --> 02:35:32,399
now right now on the falcon 9 we're

3697
02:35:36,870 --> 02:35:34,319
waiting to do the comm checks with the

3698
02:35:48,550 --> 02:35:36,880
crew uh our launch engineers for the

3699
02:35:54,710 --> 02:35:50,070
if you are ready we are going to kick

3700
02:35:54,720 --> 02:36:07,030
dragon's ready

3701
02:36:07,040 --> 02:36:13,590
dragon gnc countdown one comm check

3702
02:36:18,150 --> 02:36:15,750
and gnp this is dragon on countdown one

3703
02:36:20,790 --> 02:36:18,160
have you loud and clear

3704
02:36:36,309 --> 02:36:20,800
gnc loud and clear stand by for comcheck

3705
02:36:36,319 --> 02:36:42,070
dragon prop on countdown one calm check

3706
02:37:17,030 --> 02:36:44,230
and prop dragon on countdown one have

3707
02:37:22,389 --> 02:37:19,110
loud and clear stand by for comm check

3708
02:37:27,750 --> 02:37:24,469
dragon avionics on countdown one comp

3709
02:37:31,670 --> 02:37:29,670
avionics this is dragon on countdown one

3710
02:37:33,270 --> 02:37:31,680
i have a lot clear clearer

3711
02:37:34,389 --> 02:37:33,280
avionics loud and clear stand by for

3712
02:37:37,270 --> 02:37:34,399
calm check by the ground segment

3713
02:37:42,389 --> 02:37:38,950
dragon ground segment on countdown one

3714
02:37:46,630 --> 02:37:43,830
we're outside the christie's dragon on

3715
02:37:48,230 --> 02:37:46,640
countdown one we have you live clear

3716
02:37:51,429 --> 02:37:48,240
on segment loading clear standby for

3717
02:37:53,190 --> 02:37:51,439
contract by launch control

3718
02:37:56,389 --> 02:37:53,200
dragon launch control on countdown one

3719
02:38:01,190 --> 02:37:57,750
launch control this is dragon on

3720
02:38:02,710 --> 02:38:01,200
countdown one cloud clear

3721
02:38:07,030 --> 02:38:02,720
launch control loud and clear standby

3722
02:38:12,950 --> 02:38:08,630
see you on countdown

3723
02:38:18,950 --> 02:38:15,270
ce this is dragon hans we have you loud

3724
02:38:23,110 --> 02:38:20,710
ce love and clear this completes the

3725
02:38:26,830 --> 02:38:23,120
falcon 9 responsible engineer contracts

3726
02:38:26,840 --> 02:38:41,429
flight okay

3727
02:38:44,950 --> 02:38:43,190
okay the good news is we've gotten

3728
02:38:47,830 --> 02:38:44,960
through the comp checks between the

3729
02:38:51,190 --> 02:38:47,840
spacex team and the dragon capsule now

3730
02:38:53,830 --> 02:38:51,200
we're at t-minus one hour and 34 minutes

3731
02:38:56,710 --> 02:38:53,840
on the falcon 9 everything comes thanks

3732
02:39:01,830 --> 02:38:59,910
as we get uh inside t minus 35 minutes

3733
02:39:03,910 --> 02:39:01,840
and go drag inside

3734
02:39:05,830 --> 02:39:03,920
checklist

3735
02:39:07,590 --> 02:39:05,840
okay resilience at this time we're going

3736
02:39:09,670 --> 02:39:07,600
to commence health check for the launch

3737
02:39:11,270 --> 02:39:09,680
escape system you can expect a momentary

3738
02:39:13,110 --> 02:39:11,280
flight computer state change following

3739
02:39:17,429 --> 02:39:13,120
by followed by a transition back to bad

3740
02:39:17,439 --> 02:39:28,309
dragging copies and we're monitoring

3741
02:39:32,710 --> 02:39:30,469
okay i think we've got a moment now uh

3742
02:39:35,990 --> 02:39:32,720
listening to them talk to the crew

3743
02:39:38,150 --> 02:39:36,000
on dragon other than the uh side hatch

3744
02:39:40,389 --> 02:39:38,160
leak check that's been going underway

3745
02:39:41,429 --> 02:39:40,399
everything else has been looking good

3746
02:39:45,190 --> 02:39:41,439
on the

3747
02:39:46,790 --> 02:39:45,200
the good news is that while we've been

3748
02:39:48,950 --> 02:39:46,800
watching for rain showers in the

3749
02:39:51,830 --> 02:39:48,960
trajectory of the falcon 9 we've been

3750
02:39:53,910 --> 02:39:51,840
locked watching for heavy rain or thick

3751
02:39:55,990 --> 02:39:53,920
clouds currently everything does

3752
02:39:58,230 --> 02:39:56,000
continue to cooperate as we were hoping

3753
02:40:00,150 --> 02:39:58,240
the frontal boundary was slowing down

3754
02:40:01,830 --> 02:40:00,160
and may not reach kennedy space center

3755
02:40:03,910 --> 02:40:01,840
by the time of launch

3756
02:40:05,670 --> 02:40:03,920
and right now that continues to look

3757
02:40:06,950 --> 02:40:05,680
like it's going to happen

3758
02:40:09,190 --> 02:40:06,960
so the

3759
02:40:11,110 --> 02:40:09,200
local conditions are good

3760
02:40:13,030 --> 02:40:11,120
upper altitude winds we're looking at

3761
02:40:15,830 --> 02:40:13,040
the baleens we balloons we've been

3762
02:40:18,389 --> 02:40:15,840
releasing and those show us that

3763
02:40:22,150 --> 02:40:18,399
conditions in the upper altitude for

3764
02:40:22,870 --> 02:40:22,160
stability are good so we ought to be go

3765
02:40:24,950 --> 02:40:22,880
for

3766
02:40:26,950 --> 02:40:24,960
launch in about 92 minutes if the

3767
02:40:28,710 --> 02:40:26,960
weather cooperates and of course the

3768
02:40:30,309 --> 02:40:28,720
range is ready to go

3769
02:40:32,790 --> 02:40:30,319
so right now we're going to throw it

3770
02:40:35,190 --> 02:40:32,800
back to daryl while we wait for

3771
02:40:36,550 --> 02:40:35,200
follow-on discussions

3772
02:40:38,070 --> 02:40:36,560
john i thank you very much for that

3773
02:40:39,670 --> 02:40:38,080
update and uh we're here at the kennedy

3774
02:40:41,670 --> 02:40:39,680
space center of course and i can confirm

3775
02:40:43,510 --> 02:40:41,680
for you john weather is looking good

3776
02:40:45,510 --> 02:40:43,520
right here just a thin layer of clouds

3777
02:40:47,510 --> 02:40:45,520
overhead right here at the launch

3778
02:40:49,910 --> 02:40:47,520
complex i'm joined now by deputy

3779
02:40:51,990 --> 02:40:49,920
administrator jim morhard for nasa here

3780
02:40:54,469 --> 02:40:52,000
and we appreciate him coming to talk a

3781
02:40:56,309 --> 02:40:54,479
little bit about licensing of these

3782
02:40:57,750 --> 02:40:56,319
launches and that's a new thing around

3783
02:40:59,429 --> 02:40:57,760
here jim because

3784
02:41:01,670 --> 02:40:59,439
previously that's not something that we

3785
02:41:04,469 --> 02:41:01,680
heard a lot about but we understand that

3786
02:41:07,510 --> 02:41:04,479
this launch is the first commercially

3787
02:41:09,910 --> 02:41:07,520
licensed launch by the faa so explain to

3788
02:41:12,309 --> 02:41:09,920
me why that is and how that works you

3789
02:41:14,630 --> 02:41:12,319
know general it's a work

3790
02:41:15,590 --> 02:41:14,640
it has just been certified for the first

3791
02:41:19,030 --> 02:41:15,600
time

3792
02:41:22,389 --> 02:41:19,040
we licensed a lot of launches we had 29

3793
02:41:26,389 --> 02:41:22,399
launches that were licensed in 2020

3794
02:41:29,510 --> 02:41:26,399
and we're expecting another 56 in 2021

3795
02:41:31,269 --> 02:41:29,520
so it's it's going exponential

3796
02:41:33,030 --> 02:41:31,279
and we're excited about that we've

3797
02:41:35,429 --> 02:41:33,040
really collaborated

3798
02:41:37,030 --> 02:41:35,439
with the federal aviation administration

3799
02:41:39,590 --> 02:41:37,040
which is part of the department of

3800
02:41:41,990 --> 02:41:39,600
transportation uh steve dixon is the

3801
02:41:44,469 --> 02:41:42,000
administrator he's here right now he's

3802
02:41:46,550 --> 02:41:44,479
been with us through the week working

3803
02:41:48,790 --> 02:41:46,560
with us which is just tremendous there's

3804
02:41:50,550 --> 02:41:48,800
a great collaboration between the two

3805
02:41:52,309 --> 02:41:50,560
agencies so help the public kind of

3806
02:41:53,910 --> 02:41:52,319
understand what this means i think you

3807
02:41:55,590 --> 02:41:53,920
know generally speaking we all

3808
02:41:58,550 --> 02:41:55,600
understand that we get aboard a

3809
02:42:02,469 --> 02:41:58,560
commercial aircraft it's that carrier is

3810
02:42:03,910 --> 02:42:02,479
faa licensed so now uh we're licensing

3811
02:42:06,150 --> 02:42:03,920
space flight you know launches

3812
02:42:07,750 --> 02:42:06,160
commercial ones with people on board so

3813
02:42:09,510 --> 02:42:07,760
what does that mean you know what what

3814
02:42:11,670 --> 02:42:09,520
does the public take away from that you

3815
02:42:14,870 --> 02:42:11,680
know you think about it we have the most

3816
02:42:16,389 --> 02:42:14,880
complex airspace in the world over the

3817
02:42:18,230 --> 02:42:16,399
united states

3818
02:42:19,110 --> 02:42:18,240
and now we're going to expand it even

3819
02:42:20,309 --> 02:42:19,120
more

3820
02:42:22,950 --> 02:42:20,319
into space

3821
02:42:26,389 --> 02:42:22,960
and so we're really integrating both

3822
02:42:28,230 --> 02:42:26,399
our aeronautics our aircraft that we fly

3823
02:42:30,710 --> 02:42:28,240
enjoy every day

3824
02:42:32,230 --> 02:42:30,720
with space operations

3825
02:42:34,150 --> 02:42:32,240
so we're going to have both those things

3826
02:42:34,870 --> 02:42:34,160
happening at the same time

3827
02:42:36,550 --> 02:42:34,880
with

3828
02:42:38,710 --> 02:42:36,560
human space flight

3829
02:42:40,309 --> 02:42:38,720
and that's what we're doing here today

3830
02:42:42,309 --> 02:42:40,319
at the kennedy space center that's

3831
02:42:44,070 --> 02:42:42,319
impressive and just you when you you

3832
02:42:46,950 --> 02:42:44,080
mentioned the airspace

3833
02:42:48,790 --> 02:42:46,960
in flight right very crowded place space

3834
02:42:51,110 --> 02:42:48,800
just getting getting started and as you

3835
02:42:52,469 --> 02:42:51,120
mentioned growing where do you see this

3836
02:42:53,590 --> 02:42:52,479
you know when you just kind of dream a

3837
02:42:55,670 --> 02:42:53,600
little bit where do you see this going

3838
02:42:58,070 --> 02:42:55,680
one day you know daryl you think about

3839
02:43:00,389 --> 02:42:58,080
it first off

3840
02:43:01,830 --> 02:43:00,399
it's both federal aviation

3841
02:43:04,550 --> 02:43:01,840
administration

3842
02:43:05,670 --> 02:43:04,560
but at nasa also our number one priority

3843
02:43:07,590 --> 02:43:05,680
is safety

3844
02:43:09,830 --> 02:43:07,600
that's what we're focused on

3845
02:43:13,110 --> 02:43:09,840
but in the in the meantime

3846
02:43:16,790 --> 02:43:13,120
we're commercializing low earth orbit

3847
02:43:19,269 --> 02:43:16,800
right now we have a 350 billion dollar

3848
02:43:21,349 --> 02:43:19,279
space economy in low earth orbit that's

3849
02:43:23,269 --> 02:43:21,359
just that's a big number it is billion

3850
02:43:25,990 --> 02:43:23,279
number 350 billion and people are

3851
02:43:27,190 --> 02:43:26,000
talking in the future at going to over a

3852
02:43:30,630 --> 02:43:27,200
trillion

3853
02:43:32,790 --> 02:43:30,640
and so it it is just we're starting the

3854
02:43:34,950 --> 02:43:32,800
dawn of a new space age and quickly i

3855
02:43:37,349 --> 02:43:34,960
think you were telling me that this also

3856
02:43:38,710 --> 02:43:37,359
increases our ability to do science on

3857
02:43:40,309 --> 02:43:38,720
the international space station right

3858
02:43:42,950 --> 02:43:40,319
you know with these four great

3859
02:43:45,110 --> 02:43:42,960
astronauts and and jim breidenstein and

3860
02:43:46,309 --> 02:43:45,120
i met with them yesterday and and they

3861
02:43:47,830 --> 02:43:46,319
want to fly

3862
02:43:50,630 --> 02:43:47,840
you know and we want to make sure they

3863
02:43:52,550 --> 02:43:50,640
fly safely um but with that

3864
02:43:55,190 --> 02:43:52,560
when they get to the space station we've

3865
02:43:57,750 --> 02:43:55,200
got one astronaut there right now

3866
02:44:01,269 --> 02:43:57,760
it's going to increase our research

3867
02:44:03,670 --> 02:44:01,279
efforts up there by 300 percent

3868
02:44:05,670 --> 02:44:03,680
and we really believe that that's that

3869
02:44:07,750 --> 02:44:05,680
demand is going to grow

3870
02:44:10,230 --> 02:44:07,760
and the hope is ultimately that we'll

3871
02:44:11,269 --> 02:44:10,240
have commercial space stations that are

3872
02:44:13,269 --> 02:44:11,279
built

3873
02:44:14,309 --> 02:44:13,279
by our space industry in the united

3874
02:44:16,389 --> 02:44:14,319
states

3875
02:44:18,790 --> 02:44:16,399
and so because there's so much research

3876
02:44:21,030 --> 02:44:18,800
to be done all right well very good

3877
02:44:23,830 --> 02:44:21,040
illuminating uh information about uh the

3878
02:44:25,190 --> 02:44:23,840
licensing of spaceports appreciate your

3879
02:44:26,790 --> 02:44:25,200
efforts and all your work in getting

3880
02:44:28,630 --> 02:44:26,800
these the government agencies to work

3881
02:44:30,150 --> 02:44:28,640
together and and talk to each other and

3882
02:44:32,070 --> 02:44:30,160
come together with some consensus there

3883
02:44:33,830 --> 02:44:32,080
that's that's good stuff it's my honor

3884
02:44:35,429 --> 02:44:33,840
but this is about safety and we're going

3885
02:44:37,429 --> 02:44:35,439
to keep doing it excellent keep up the

3886
02:44:39,590 --> 02:44:37,439
good work thank you jim jim moreheart

3887
02:44:41,590 --> 02:44:39,600
deputy administrator with nasa and we

3888
02:44:44,070 --> 02:44:41,600
are now at t-minus one hour and 28

3889
02:44:46,469 --> 02:44:44,080
minutes we'll toss it back to john i in

3890
02:44:49,030 --> 02:44:46,479
hawthorne california john

3891
02:44:51,110 --> 02:44:49,040
well maybe not john

3892
02:44:53,830 --> 02:44:51,120
we'll go to marie right here across the

3893
02:44:55,190 --> 02:44:53,840
way at ksc

3894
02:44:56,790 --> 02:44:55,200
all right thanks daryl i've got a

3895
02:45:00,469 --> 02:44:56,800
brother named john so i'll answer to

3896
02:45:05,429 --> 02:45:00,479
either um we are standing by for um a

3897
02:45:05,439 --> 02:45:10,630
side patch league check

3898
02:45:15,269 --> 02:45:13,110
hey go ahead actually check

3899
02:45:18,389 --> 02:45:15,279
okay good news uh the leak check has

3900
02:45:20,389 --> 02:45:18,399
passed and we're we saw uh consistent

3901
02:45:25,110 --> 02:45:20,399
readings to what we saw on dry dress so

3902
02:45:25,120 --> 02:45:32,070
that's great too stay sexy

3903
02:45:35,030 --> 02:45:33,349
so what you just heard there was the

3904
02:45:38,230 --> 02:45:35,040
core team briefing the crew letting them

3905
02:45:39,990 --> 02:45:38,240
know that the leak check passed and

3906
02:45:42,469 --> 02:45:40,000
we're going to be moving along in the

3907
02:45:44,710 --> 02:45:42,479
timeline here they're now attaching the

3908
02:45:54,150 --> 02:45:44,720
final exterior cover there on the side

3909
02:45:58,550 --> 02:45:56,469
and they mentioned that the um the

3910
02:46:01,110 --> 02:45:58,560
levels that they checked were consistent

3911
02:46:03,910 --> 02:46:01,120
with dry dress they were referring to

3912
02:46:05,910 --> 02:46:03,920
the rehearsal that was conducted uh

3913
02:46:07,750 --> 02:46:05,920
thursday so just a couple of days ago

3914
02:46:09,510 --> 02:46:07,760
they went through this process

3915
02:46:11,990 --> 02:46:09,520
it's called the dry dress rehearsal

3916
02:46:14,230 --> 02:46:12,000
because they do everything except

3917
02:46:14,950 --> 02:46:14,240
fuel up the rocket and of course launch

3918
02:46:16,550 --> 02:46:14,960
so

3919
02:46:18,790 --> 02:46:16,560
when they did the checks that day

3920
02:46:20,309 --> 02:46:18,800
obviously things were nominal

3921
02:46:22,550 --> 02:46:20,319
the first time they closed the side

3922
02:46:23,910 --> 02:46:22,560
hatch they noticed a drop in pressure

3923
02:46:25,990 --> 02:46:23,920
when they did the leak check so they

3924
02:46:26,790 --> 02:46:26,000
opened the hatch back up uh discovered

3925
02:46:28,630 --> 02:46:26,800
some

3926
02:46:30,870 --> 02:46:28,640
foreign object debris or what we call

3927
02:46:33,190 --> 02:46:30,880
fod uh cleared that out we don't know

3928
02:46:34,790 --> 02:46:33,200
what exactly it was yet we we might hear

3929
02:46:37,269 --> 02:46:34,800
about that um in the post ingress

3930
02:46:39,750 --> 02:46:37,279
briefing but they closed the hatch back

3931
02:46:41,110 --> 02:46:39,760
up did another leak check everything

3932
02:46:42,870 --> 02:46:41,120
looks nominal and that's what we just

3933
02:46:44,950 --> 02:46:42,880
heard confirmation of so that they said

3934
02:46:48,870 --> 02:46:44,960
that was great news so it sounds like

3935
02:46:53,030 --> 02:46:50,950
so look like that closeout team member

3936
02:46:56,870 --> 02:46:53,040
just took the the final closeout photo

3937
02:46:57,830 --> 02:46:56,880
there or one of final and we are moving

3938
02:46:59,349 --> 02:46:57,840
along

3939
02:47:00,870 --> 02:46:59,359
if you look closely on the right hand

3940
02:47:02,870 --> 02:47:00,880
side you might be able to make out some

3941
02:47:18,950 --> 02:47:02,880
signatures there on the wall of our

3942
02:47:22,950 --> 02:47:20,870
and certainly the astronauts uh sitting

3943
02:47:25,830 --> 02:47:22,960
inside the crew dragon capsule right now

3944
02:47:29,110 --> 02:47:25,840
appreciate the attention to detail

3945
02:47:30,950 --> 02:47:29,120
uh of this pad close-out team

3946
02:47:32,469 --> 02:47:30,960
yeah i'll tell you marie it's it's

3947
02:47:34,710 --> 02:47:32,479
interesting i think one of the things we

3948
02:47:37,030 --> 02:47:34,720
definitely appreciate is that

3949
02:47:39,269 --> 02:47:37,040
the team that works here with us omni

3950
02:47:40,870 --> 02:47:39,279
spacecraft absolutely believe that the

3951
02:47:43,349 --> 02:47:40,880
care and feeding of those spacecraft is

3952
02:47:44,710 --> 02:47:43,359
their responsibility and um and we know

3953
02:47:46,150 --> 02:47:44,720
that you can tell as they're working

3954
02:47:47,429 --> 02:47:46,160
with you and

3955
02:47:50,790 --> 02:47:47,439
cure them outside the hatch and on the

3956
02:47:54,950 --> 02:47:52,550
now kate can you explain what we're

3957
02:47:56,950 --> 02:47:54,960
seeing now

3958
02:48:01,590 --> 02:47:56,960
uh it's a little difficult for me to see

3959
02:48:05,030 --> 02:48:03,110
so i sorry i can't tell what they're

3960
02:48:06,950 --> 02:48:05,040
doing

3961
02:48:08,950 --> 02:48:06,960
it is a little off you know it's it's

3962
02:48:10,309 --> 02:48:08,960
above the frame of the camera view that

3963
02:48:11,590 --> 02:48:10,319
we can see

3964
02:48:13,349 --> 02:48:11,600
are there things they have to remove

3965
02:48:14,950 --> 02:48:13,359
before the um

3966
02:48:27,269 --> 02:48:14,960
the

3967
02:48:28,870 --> 02:48:27,279
but do i would like to point out again

3968
02:48:30,389 --> 02:48:28,880
we're not only taking into consideration

3969
02:48:32,710 --> 02:48:30,399
the safety of the crew but the safety of

3970
02:48:34,230 --> 02:48:32,720
our team members as well you can see uh

3971
02:48:36,469 --> 02:48:34,240
the straps there i believe what they're

3972
02:48:39,030 --> 02:48:36,479
doing is they're basically allowing

3973
02:48:40,710 --> 02:48:39,040
so there's a mechanism there on the crew

3974
02:48:43,670 --> 02:48:40,720
access arm

3975
02:48:45,349 --> 02:48:43,680
it there's kind of like an airplane door

3976
02:48:46,630 --> 02:48:45,359
it doesn't you know the metallic pieces

3977
02:48:49,190 --> 02:48:46,640
don't go anywhere near close to the

3978
02:48:51,429 --> 02:48:49,200
airplane but there's a little bit of a

3979
02:48:54,309 --> 02:48:51,439
a seal there to try and control the

3980
02:48:55,349 --> 02:48:54,319
environment again dealing with humidity

3981
02:48:56,950 --> 02:48:55,359
and rain

3982
02:48:58,950 --> 02:48:56,960
and bugs here in florida trying to keep

3983
02:49:00,790 --> 02:48:58,960
all of that out and keep the environment

3984
02:49:03,830 --> 02:49:00,800
secure

3985
02:49:06,630 --> 02:49:03,840
stable and under control there but yeah

3986
02:49:09,110 --> 02:49:06,640
so they are now preparing to move that

3987
02:49:11,429 --> 02:49:09,120
all of that fixturing away

3988
02:49:12,630 --> 02:49:11,439
and they are leaning out over towards

3989
02:49:15,349 --> 02:49:12,640
essentially

3990
02:49:16,710 --> 02:49:15,359
the side of the rocket so we have those

3991
02:49:21,910 --> 02:49:16,720
wires in place

3992
02:49:27,110 --> 02:49:24,070
so we should be hearing

3993
02:49:29,830 --> 02:49:27,120
any time now a post ingress briefing

3994
02:49:31,990 --> 02:49:29,840
that's what we're expecting uh for the

3995
02:49:39,030 --> 02:49:32,000
crew inside to kind of get a

3996
02:49:42,950 --> 02:49:40,630
okay so maybe a couple more minutes

3997
02:49:44,790 --> 02:49:42,960
before we hear that briefing so uh we're

3998
02:49:47,590 --> 02:49:44,800
going to to move on temporarily we've

3999
02:49:49,510 --> 02:49:47,600
made mention of the first crew to launch

4000
02:49:51,910 --> 02:49:49,520
in crew dragon a little earlier this

4001
02:49:53,990 --> 02:49:51,920
year and you may remember them as the

4002
02:49:56,230 --> 02:49:54,000
space dads as they are affectionately

4003
02:49:57,349 --> 02:49:56,240
known by the nasa and spacex teams who

4004
02:49:59,349 --> 02:49:57,359
work with them

4005
02:50:02,550 --> 02:49:59,359
we watched them lift off from this very

4006
02:50:05,269 --> 02:50:02,560
spot back in may ending a nine-year gap

4007
02:50:07,349 --> 02:50:05,279
in human space flight from american soil

4008
02:50:09,670 --> 02:50:07,359
and we want to honor the courage of nasa

4009
02:50:12,070 --> 02:50:09,680
astronauts bob benkin and doug hurley

4010
02:50:47,670 --> 02:50:12,080
with a look at their historic demo 2

4011
02:50:54,469 --> 02:50:50,790
good morning welcome aboard dragon

4012
02:50:57,110 --> 02:50:54,479
spacex com check ground stations

4013
02:50:59,110 --> 02:50:57,120
spacex dragon we're go for launch let's

4014
02:51:00,230 --> 02:50:59,120
light this candle

4015
02:51:01,030 --> 02:51:00,240
three

4016
02:51:03,990 --> 02:51:01,040
two

4017
02:51:07,269 --> 02:51:04,000
one

4018
02:51:16,790 --> 02:51:07,279
of the falcon 9 and crew

4019
02:51:20,230 --> 02:51:18,469
we're on behalf of the entire launch

4020
02:51:21,910 --> 02:51:20,240
team thanks for flying the falcon 9

4021
02:51:23,510 --> 02:51:21,920
today we hope you enjoyed the ride and

4022
02:51:25,750 --> 02:51:23,520
wish you a great mission

4023
02:51:29,590 --> 02:51:25,760
we would like to uh welcome you aboard

4024
02:51:30,790 --> 02:51:29,600
capsule endeavor we do have a friend on

4025
02:51:33,110 --> 02:51:30,800
board with us

4026
02:51:35,590 --> 02:51:33,120
trimmer the apatosaurus i think i was

4027
02:51:37,269 --> 02:51:35,600
requested to do a back flip good night

4028
02:51:53,990 --> 02:51:37,279
megan and theo

4029
02:51:58,309 --> 02:51:56,150
md houston fight houston is go for

4030
02:52:02,550 --> 02:51:58,319
undocking and departure

4031
02:52:08,389 --> 02:52:04,950
spacex dragon on dragon to ground we are

4032
02:52:10,469 --> 02:52:08,399
ready for the system's breeze

4033
02:52:12,389 --> 02:52:10,479
coffee as stated dragon's in a healthy

4034
02:52:14,710 --> 02:52:12,399
state we are proceeding toward the

4035
02:52:25,190 --> 02:52:14,720
primary landing site and your timeline

4036
02:52:25,200 --> 02:52:33,510
visual two drones out

4037
02:52:37,830 --> 02:52:35,910
on behalf of the spacex and nasa teams

4038
02:52:41,150 --> 02:52:37,840
welcome back to planet earth thanks for

4039
02:52:47,590 --> 02:52:41,160
flying spacex

4040
02:52:49,750 --> 02:52:47,600
[Music]

4041
02:52:53,269 --> 02:52:49,760
so it's a humbling experience to be a

4042
02:52:55,429 --> 02:52:53,279
part of what was accomplished

4043
02:52:56,870 --> 02:52:55,439
it's great to see how excited everybody

4044
02:52:58,309 --> 02:52:56,880
was

4045
02:53:03,990 --> 02:52:58,319
we hope it brings a little bit of

4046
02:53:08,150 --> 02:53:05,830
wow i don't know about you guys but that

4047
02:53:10,230 --> 02:53:08,160
gives me goosebumps watching that recap

4048
02:53:12,070 --> 02:53:10,240
absolutely my my family and i made a

4049
02:53:14,550 --> 02:53:12,080
point to drive over here to the east

4050
02:53:16,070 --> 02:53:14,560
coast uh to watch launch from just down

4051
02:53:17,429 --> 02:53:16,080
the road in cocoa beach with our dear

4052
02:53:19,990 --> 02:53:17,439
friends the honey cuts a name that's

4053
02:53:21,030 --> 02:53:20,000
familiar to the the kennedy space center

4054
02:53:22,870 --> 02:53:21,040
family

4055
02:53:25,030 --> 02:53:22,880
and i'll tell you it was a real joy to

4056
02:53:26,870 --> 02:53:25,040
watch bob and doug in space and then to

4057
02:53:29,670 --> 02:53:26,880
have them safely back on the planet with

4058
02:53:31,590 --> 02:53:29,680
us and now special treat we're going to

4059
02:53:34,710 --> 02:53:31,600
hear from my dear friends and fellow

4060
02:53:36,389 --> 02:53:34,720
bugs aka the space dads themselves uh

4061
02:53:39,190 --> 02:53:36,399
daryl is standing by to talk with them

4062
02:53:41,830 --> 02:53:39,200
daryl that's right nicole we have bob

4063
02:53:44,630 --> 02:53:41,840
banking and doug hurley the space dads

4064
02:53:46,309 --> 02:53:44,640
with us live from houston texas

4065
02:53:48,309 --> 02:53:46,319
gentlemen thank you so much for joining

4066
02:53:54,790 --> 02:53:48,319
us on yet another historic day here at

4067
02:53:59,269 --> 02:53:56,950
hey daryl howdy daryl good to see you

4068
02:54:01,510 --> 02:53:59,279
guys good to see you so you know this

4069
02:54:03,349 --> 02:54:01,520
moment you you remembered i'm sure well

4070
02:54:05,990 --> 02:54:03,359
when we came to this moment in time

4071
02:54:08,309 --> 02:54:06,000
where the the capsule the uh the door

4072
02:54:10,389 --> 02:54:08,319
was closed tell us what you guys were

4073
02:54:12,389 --> 02:54:10,399
thinking in this moment as we see

4074
02:54:17,510 --> 02:54:12,399
astronauts the the four crew one

4075
02:54:21,190 --> 02:54:19,429
well you're just thinking about

4076
02:54:23,110 --> 02:54:21,200
the mission ahead what you need to do to

4077
02:54:24,790 --> 02:54:23,120
get through the next hour to the

4078
02:54:27,110 --> 02:54:24,800
timeline i mean

4079
02:54:29,190 --> 02:54:27,120
you know you don't have a lot of time to

4080
02:54:31,830 --> 02:54:29,200
think about a lot else you've kind of

4081
02:54:33,670 --> 02:54:31,840
wrapped everything up before you

4082
02:54:35,030 --> 02:54:33,680
walked down and walked out got to the

4083
02:54:36,870 --> 02:54:35,040
pad so we're just going through the

4084
02:54:39,349 --> 02:54:36,880
checks with the teams following along

4085
02:54:41,030 --> 02:54:39,359
and doing the things that we need to do

4086
02:54:42,710 --> 02:54:41,040
you just saw that video that was put

4087
02:54:44,630 --> 02:54:42,720
together about the whole

4088
02:54:46,630 --> 02:54:44,640
mission that you guys did is there

4089
02:54:48,230 --> 02:54:46,640
anything that as you watch that stands

4090
02:54:53,590 --> 02:54:48,240
out to you as you know that was my

4091
02:54:57,510 --> 02:54:55,110
i think for both of us our favorite

4092
02:54:59,269 --> 02:54:57,520
moment was after splashdown when we were

4093
02:55:01,429 --> 02:54:59,279
able to get the hatch open and climb out

4094
02:55:03,190 --> 02:55:01,439
of the vehicle as you might imagine as

4095
02:55:05,349 --> 02:55:03,200
you embark on a test flight you've got

4096
02:55:07,190 --> 02:55:05,359
to have a lot of things go very smoothly

4097
02:55:09,349 --> 02:55:07,200
and you got to get them all done and get

4098
02:55:11,110 --> 02:55:09,359
to the final test point that's out there

4099
02:55:13,110 --> 02:55:11,120
which was the splashdown and coming home

4100
02:55:15,590 --> 02:55:13,120
and so i think we were there's a little

4101
02:55:17,830 --> 02:55:15,600
bit of relief but uh kind of a big kind

4102
02:55:20,150 --> 02:55:17,840
of a let our emotions come out i think

4103
02:55:21,670 --> 02:55:20,160
at that point after being really focused

4104
02:55:23,429 --> 02:55:21,680
on you know the mission in hand all the

4105
02:55:28,630 --> 02:55:23,439
way up to that point

4106
02:55:34,469 --> 02:55:31,110
well i agree with bob you know we

4107
02:55:36,309 --> 02:55:34,479
invested five years with the teams uh we

4108
02:55:38,790 --> 02:55:36,319
went out to hawthorne almost every week

4109
02:55:40,309 --> 02:55:38,800
the last two years that we uh before we

4110
02:55:42,150 --> 02:55:40,319
launched and so

4111
02:55:43,750 --> 02:55:42,160
you know just a culmination of an

4112
02:55:45,990 --> 02:55:43,760
incredible amount of work by so many

4113
02:55:47,429 --> 02:55:46,000
people and to be just a small part of it

4114
02:55:48,790 --> 02:55:47,439
and then to complete the mission

4115
02:55:50,950 --> 02:55:48,800
successfully

4116
02:55:53,349 --> 02:55:50,960
and and have the type of mission that we

4117
02:55:55,110 --> 02:55:53,359
had where we were able to do a whole

4118
02:55:58,230 --> 02:55:55,120
bunch of work on board space station

4119
02:56:00,870 --> 02:55:58,240
including four spacewalks and then

4120
02:56:03,990 --> 02:56:00,880
complete the test flight of crew dragon

4121
02:56:05,590 --> 02:56:04,000
and get it ready for this crew it just

4122
02:56:08,309 --> 02:56:05,600
you know it's indescribable to be a part

4123
02:56:10,150 --> 02:56:08,319
of that type of event and

4124
02:56:11,830 --> 02:56:10,160
you know we're just excited to see

4125
02:56:12,950 --> 02:56:11,840
what's going to happen hopefully here in

4126
02:56:18,070 --> 02:56:12,960
just

4127
02:56:20,150 --> 02:56:18,080
minutes until launch and so i want to

4128
02:56:22,469 --> 02:56:20,160
know about a conversation that you guys

4129
02:56:24,150 --> 02:56:22,479
had you had some important conversations

4130
02:56:25,990 --> 02:56:24,160
with this crew

4131
02:56:30,150 --> 02:56:26,000
what did you tell them what advice did

4132
02:56:33,910 --> 02:56:32,230
well doug and i got a chance to sit down

4133
02:56:36,469 --> 02:56:33,920
with the crew one folks just like

4134
02:56:39,030 --> 02:56:36,479
everybody else has these days over the

4135
02:56:40,870 --> 02:56:39,040
across a video conference soon after we

4136
02:56:42,950 --> 02:56:40,880
returned and we tried to give them the

4137
02:56:44,950 --> 02:56:42,960
benefit of the experiences that we had

4138
02:56:46,550 --> 02:56:44,960
had and some suggestions on some things

4139
02:56:48,150 --> 02:56:46,560
that might help their mission go a

4140
02:56:49,910 --> 02:56:48,160
little bit smoother but i think the

4141
02:56:52,150 --> 02:56:49,920
biggest message that we passed on to him

4142
02:56:54,389 --> 02:56:52,160
was that there was a good ship here and

4143
02:56:56,550 --> 02:56:54,399
it did a great job getting us to space

4144
02:56:58,389 --> 02:56:56,560
station and back and they should have

4145
02:57:00,710 --> 02:56:58,399
confidence in the team as they go off

4146
02:57:02,469 --> 02:57:00,720
and execute their mission and so there

4147
02:57:04,550 --> 02:57:02,479
are things that can be improved after

4148
02:57:07,190 --> 02:57:04,560
our test flight and they took a lot of

4149
02:57:09,190 --> 02:57:07,200
those minor things to heart but overall

4150
02:57:10,950 --> 02:57:09,200
we just really passed on just a lot of

4151
02:57:12,469 --> 02:57:10,960
confidence in the vehicle and that you

4152
02:57:15,590 --> 02:57:12,479
know that goes a long way for a team

4153
02:57:16,950 --> 02:57:15,600
that's got a lot of uh things to do as

4154
02:57:18,790 --> 02:57:16,960
they lead up to the mission that they're

4155
02:57:20,950 --> 02:57:18,800
about to launch on today and not a lot

4156
02:57:22,550 --> 02:57:20,960
of time if you look at how quickly the

4157
02:57:25,190 --> 02:57:22,560
vehicle

4158
02:57:27,269 --> 02:57:25,200
got assessed and changes were made in

4159
02:57:29,269 --> 02:57:27,279
preparation for this mission it was just

4160
02:57:31,110 --> 02:57:29,279
a short uh short couple couple months

4161
02:57:33,510 --> 02:57:31,120
ago i think at this point

4162
02:57:35,269 --> 02:57:33,520
since we came home and we just really

4163
02:57:37,110 --> 02:57:35,279
wanted to pass our confidence onto them

4164
02:57:38,950 --> 02:57:37,120
as they got ready for their mission

4165
02:57:40,630 --> 02:57:38,960
and commander hopkins in fact said that

4166
02:57:42,550 --> 02:57:40,640
he appreciated uh

4167
02:57:44,309 --> 02:57:42,560
doug hurley telling him that when when

4168
02:57:46,790 --> 02:57:44,319
he was commanding the landing that he

4169
02:57:49,269 --> 02:57:46,800
was a head of the spacecraft

4170
02:57:55,670 --> 02:57:49,279
describe what that means and and why you

4171
02:58:00,550 --> 02:57:57,269
well you know it was a little bit drawn

4172
02:58:02,469 --> 02:58:00,560
on my experience as a shuttle pilot

4173
02:58:04,389 --> 02:58:02,479
you know my first flight i just felt

4174
02:58:05,990 --> 02:58:04,399
like i had to work really hard to keep

4175
02:58:07,750 --> 02:58:06,000
up with the shuttle as we were

4176
02:58:09,429 --> 02:58:07,760
re-entering and

4177
02:58:12,150 --> 02:58:09,439
you know it's a it's a little bit of how

4178
02:58:14,230 --> 02:58:12,160
you operate on orbit and then the uh

4179
02:58:16,550 --> 02:58:14,240
the quickness of the events that you

4180
02:58:18,710 --> 02:58:16,560
deal with on re-entry everything happens

4181
02:58:20,710 --> 02:58:18,720
pretty fast so just mentally knowing

4182
02:58:22,790 --> 02:58:20,720
that that was coming i tried to enforce

4183
02:58:24,230 --> 02:58:22,800
that with the hopper and just say hey

4184
02:58:26,550 --> 02:58:24,240
look it's you know you're going to be in

4185
02:58:29,510 --> 02:58:26,560
orbit for a while your brain slows down

4186
02:58:31,750 --> 02:58:29,520
in a sense but then when re-entry occurs

4187
02:58:33,269 --> 02:58:31,760
those events really happen fast from the

4188
02:58:35,429 --> 02:58:33,279
time that you separate from the trunk

4189
02:58:37,670 --> 02:58:35,439
all the way to splashdown happens it

4190
02:58:39,750 --> 02:58:37,680
seems like in an instant so we talked a

4191
02:58:42,230 --> 02:58:39,760
lot about that and just i just wanted

4192
02:58:44,309 --> 02:58:42,240
him to be calibrated and be ahead of

4193
02:58:46,230 --> 02:58:44,319
dragon as best he could and then

4194
02:58:47,750 --> 02:58:46,240
communicate that obviously to his crew

4195
02:58:50,230 --> 02:58:47,760
he's got a great crew and they'll be

4196
02:58:52,870 --> 02:58:50,240
ready for it when uh they they come back

4197
02:58:54,950 --> 02:58:52,880
in next spring and in fact he said that

4198
02:58:56,790 --> 02:58:54,960
as a result of that statement that he

4199
02:58:59,269 --> 02:58:56,800
studied hard because he knew he had to

4200
02:59:01,349 --> 02:58:59,279
be ahead of it in order uh for

4201
02:59:03,670 --> 02:59:01,359
when these events happen to be ready for

4202
02:59:06,070 --> 02:59:03,680
them as they come bob and doug

4203
02:59:08,070 --> 02:59:06,080
hurley astronauts with nasa and the crew

4204
02:59:10,630 --> 02:59:08,080
of demo one we appreciate you guys i'm

4205
02:59:13,510 --> 02:59:10,640
demo number two sorry i appreciate you

4206
02:59:15,349 --> 02:59:13,520
guys being here thank you very much and

4207
02:59:16,630 --> 02:59:15,359
enjoy the launch

4208
02:59:18,389 --> 02:59:16,640
and now we're going to send it back to

4209
02:59:20,469 --> 02:59:18,399
the desk

4210
02:59:22,950 --> 02:59:20,479
all right thank you daryl it is t minus

4211
02:59:25,269 --> 02:59:22,960
1 hour and 13 minutes and we understand

4212
02:59:27,990 --> 02:59:25,279
uh john i has been listening in has some

4213
02:59:29,750 --> 02:59:28,000
more information to pass along on what's

4214
02:59:32,230 --> 02:59:29,760
been going on what information the crew

4215
02:59:34,950 --> 02:59:32,240
has so john i let's uh hand it over to

4216
02:59:37,750 --> 02:59:34,960
you and hawthorne

4217
02:59:40,790 --> 02:59:37,760
thank you marie it's uh as she said t

4218
02:59:43,429 --> 02:59:40,800
minus 1 hour 13 minutes 24 seconds the

4219
02:59:45,670 --> 02:59:43,439
good news is we are on the timeline

4220
02:59:47,429 --> 02:59:45,680
while we were interviewing bob and doug

4221
02:59:50,950 --> 02:59:47,439
we did hear some discussion with the

4222
02:59:52,150 --> 02:59:50,960
crew over the uh spacex to dragon crew

4223
02:59:53,910 --> 02:59:52,160
net

4224
02:59:55,910 --> 02:59:53,920
they gave them an update on a couple of

4225
02:59:57,830 --> 02:59:55,920
issues that we've been working the one

4226
02:59:59,269 --> 02:59:57,840
of great interest right now has been the

4227
03:00:00,870 --> 02:59:59,279
hatch close

4228
03:00:02,870 --> 03:00:00,880
they summarize that

4229
03:00:04,070 --> 03:00:02,880
as you saw on the monitors we did reopen

4230
03:00:06,070 --> 03:00:04,080
the hatch

4231
03:00:08,630 --> 03:00:06,080
they found a small piece of fod and they

4232
03:00:10,309 --> 03:00:08,640
also worked on the seal around the hatch

4233
03:00:11,510 --> 03:00:10,319
they also did add a little bit of

4234
03:00:13,590 --> 03:00:11,520
lubricant

4235
03:00:15,269 --> 03:00:13,600
they closed the hatch and then re-ran

4236
03:00:18,150 --> 03:00:15,279
the five-minute leak check and they got

4237
03:00:21,030 --> 03:00:18,160
a good result so the crew heard that and

4238
03:00:23,030 --> 03:00:21,040
they are supportive and that issue is

4239
03:00:25,030 --> 03:00:23,040
now resolved and behind us

4240
03:00:27,429 --> 03:00:25,040
the other issue that we've been working

4241
03:00:29,269 --> 03:00:27,439
that they briefed the crew on is just

4242
03:00:31,349 --> 03:00:29,279
above the first stage where the

4243
03:00:33,590 --> 03:00:31,359
propellant tanks in the inner stage meet

4244
03:00:35,830 --> 03:00:33,600
you can't see on your monitor there but

4245
03:00:37,830 --> 03:00:35,840
there are some weep holes and what we've

4246
03:00:39,750 --> 03:00:37,840
seen is some water i think from maybe

4247
03:00:41,750 --> 03:00:39,760
rain that has gotten in there has

4248
03:00:43,910 --> 03:00:41,760
drained out and that gave a little bit

4249
03:00:45,590 --> 03:00:43,920
of discoloration they wanted to make

4250
03:00:47,590 --> 03:00:45,600
sure that might not be something else

4251
03:00:49,990 --> 03:00:47,600
like the rp-1 fuel that's on board the

4252
03:00:53,510 --> 03:00:50,000
rocket so they've done some they've done

4253
03:00:56,150 --> 03:00:53,520
some review of data they see no issues

4254
03:00:57,830 --> 03:00:56,160
with the fuel system or in this case

4255
03:01:00,070 --> 03:00:57,840
it's the grid fence system that's in

4256
03:01:02,389 --> 03:01:00,080
proximity in that area they believe it's

4257
03:01:04,309 --> 03:01:02,399
water they brief the crew and again that

4258
03:01:06,870 --> 03:01:04,319
issue is now closed out

4259
03:01:09,190 --> 03:01:06,880
so coming up on uh just inside t minus

4260
03:01:11,510 --> 03:01:09,200
one hour and 12 minutes we've closed up

4261
03:01:13,670 --> 03:01:11,520
our couple issues and as we also heard

4262
03:01:16,150 --> 03:01:13,680
just a couple minutes ago the closeout

4263
03:01:18,309 --> 03:01:16,160
team has left the crew access arm so

4264
03:01:21,510 --> 03:01:18,319
we're looking good on schedule

4265
03:01:23,750 --> 03:01:21,520
so jesse everything uh in the very busy

4266
03:01:25,830 --> 03:01:23,760
last 20 minutes or so has come together

4267
03:01:27,670 --> 03:01:25,840
and closed out what else has been going

4268
03:01:30,150 --> 03:01:27,680
on

4269
03:01:33,269 --> 03:01:30,160
that is awesome news john thank you for

4270
03:01:36,870 --> 03:01:33,279
that very detailed update uh we're just

4271
03:01:38,710 --> 03:01:36,880
one hour and 11 minutes from launch and

4272
03:01:40,469 --> 03:01:38,720
it just keeps getting more and more

4273
03:01:42,389 --> 03:01:40,479
exciting especially with those updates

4274
03:01:44,389 --> 03:01:42,399
coming in since arriving at the

4275
03:01:46,150 --> 03:01:44,399
spacecraft the crew were helped by our

4276
03:01:48,230 --> 03:01:46,160
closeout engineers to get into their

4277
03:01:50,230 --> 03:01:48,240
seats attach their suits to special

4278
03:01:52,150 --> 03:01:50,240
umbilicals that provide breathing air

4279
03:01:54,550 --> 03:01:52,160
and a communication link to dragon

4280
03:01:56,630 --> 03:01:54,560
systems they conducted leak checks which

4281
03:01:58,870 --> 03:01:56,640
were successful in communications checks

4282
03:02:00,070 --> 03:01:58,880
with the core here in hawthorne which is

4283
03:02:01,990 --> 03:02:00,080
the person who will speak to them

4284
03:02:04,389 --> 03:02:02,000
directly throughout the mission as well

4285
03:02:05,750 --> 03:02:04,399
as the launch director in florida this

4286
03:02:07,670 --> 03:02:05,760
is where they are checking their com

4287
03:02:09,830 --> 03:02:07,680
path through both ground stations and

4288
03:02:12,150 --> 03:02:09,840
tracking and data relay satellites that

4289
03:02:13,750 --> 03:02:12,160
we'll use to talk to the crew the entire

4290
03:02:15,429 --> 03:02:13,760
way to the station

4291
03:02:18,550 --> 03:02:15,439
and after those suit checks we were

4292
03:02:21,030 --> 03:02:18,560
looking for the leak check on the hatch

4293
03:02:22,550 --> 03:02:21,040
so we closed the hatch and as john i

4294
03:02:24,790 --> 03:02:22,560
explained there were some pressure

4295
03:02:26,469 --> 03:02:24,800
changes and so they reopened the hatch

4296
03:02:29,349 --> 03:02:26,479
removed what appears to be a piece of

4297
03:02:31,190 --> 03:02:29,359
foreign object debris or fod reclose the

4298
03:02:33,830 --> 03:02:31,200
hatch conducted those leak checks and

4299
03:02:35,990 --> 03:02:33,840
everything has come out well so the

4300
03:02:37,750 --> 03:02:36,000
closeout team is departing the pad and

4301
03:02:40,230 --> 03:02:37,760
weather operators are kicking off the

4302
03:02:42,150 --> 03:02:40,240
final check on wind speeds at the pad

4303
03:02:44,950 --> 03:02:42,160
and that will be used for the final go

4304
03:02:47,429 --> 03:02:44,960
no go pole for launch before we get to

4305
03:02:50,230 --> 03:02:47,439
that final go no go the various teams

4306
03:02:52,630 --> 03:02:50,240
that both nasa and spacex will do an

4307
03:02:55,110 --> 03:02:52,640
internal go pole making sure conditions

4308
03:02:57,830 --> 03:02:55,120
are right with the falcon 9 the dragon

4309
03:03:00,389 --> 03:02:57,840
the crew the range and the space station

4310
03:03:02,710 --> 03:03:00,399
before the final go is given so let's

4311
03:03:04,710 --> 03:03:02,720
check back in on houston for a status on

4312
03:03:10,550 --> 03:03:04,720
the team supporting the space station on

4313
03:03:14,550 --> 03:03:12,230
thanks leah the team here in mission

4314
03:03:16,469 --> 03:03:14,560
control houston remains go for launch

4315
03:03:19,030 --> 03:03:16,479
all systems onboard the station that

4316
03:03:21,110 --> 03:03:19,040
required for to be healthy for mission

4317
03:03:22,710 --> 03:03:21,120
are continuing to look good before the

4318
03:03:24,630 --> 03:03:22,720
station team is go for launch they

4319
03:03:27,510 --> 03:03:24,640
verify that key systems on board the

4320
03:03:29,030 --> 03:03:27,520
station are functioning as expected this

4321
03:03:31,750 --> 03:03:29,040
includes life support systems like

4322
03:03:33,510 --> 03:03:31,760
oxygen generation carbon dioxide removal

4323
03:03:36,070 --> 03:03:33,520
and the water recycling system that

4324
03:03:38,389 --> 03:03:36,080
allows us to reuse about nine percent of

4325
03:03:40,150 --> 03:03:38,399
the water we send to station

4326
03:03:41,830 --> 03:03:40,160
we're also ensuring that the computers

4327
03:03:43,830 --> 03:03:41,840
that allow us to command the station's

4328
03:03:45,670 --> 03:03:43,840
major subsystems essentially the

4329
03:03:47,990 --> 03:03:45,680
station's nervous system are functioning

4330
03:03:49,910 --> 03:03:48,000
normally we also work with our russian

4331
03:03:51,990 --> 03:03:49,920
counterparts to ensure both methods of

4332
03:03:54,389 --> 03:03:52,000
controlling the station's attitude or

4333
03:03:56,630 --> 03:03:54,399
the direction station is pointing

4334
03:03:59,429 --> 03:03:56,640
are fully functional

4335
03:04:00,950 --> 03:03:59,439
this includes the large u.s gyroscopes

4336
03:04:03,110 --> 03:04:00,960
and the thrusters found in the russian

4337
03:04:05,110 --> 03:04:03,120
segments both systems play a critical

4338
03:04:06,950 --> 03:04:05,120
role during dragon stocking

4339
03:04:08,550 --> 03:04:06,960
mission control houston will be closely

4340
03:04:10,230 --> 03:04:08,560
monitoring the crew's flight and

4341
03:04:11,110 --> 03:04:10,240
checking off milestones for most of the

4342
03:04:13,510 --> 03:04:11,120
journey

4343
03:04:15,590 --> 03:04:13,520
lead nasa flight director crew of crew

4344
03:04:17,590 --> 03:04:15,600
one anthony varya will lead flight

4345
03:04:19,990 --> 03:04:17,600
controllers in houston for launch and

4346
03:04:22,469 --> 03:04:20,000
they will be all back they will all be

4347
03:04:25,830 --> 03:04:22,479
coming back tomorrow for docking where

4348
03:04:28,150 --> 03:04:25,840
we join joint operations with spacex

4349
03:04:33,670 --> 03:04:28,160
so i'll send it back over to you marie

4350
03:04:37,910 --> 03:04:35,590
all right thank you shaniqua if you are

4351
03:04:40,550 --> 03:04:37,920
just now joining us you picked a great

4352
03:04:43,590 --> 03:04:40,560
time as we are now at t-minus eight

4353
03:04:45,269 --> 03:04:43,600
minutes and 22 seconds until launch

4354
03:04:48,389 --> 03:04:45,279
welcome to coverage for the mission

4355
03:04:49,990 --> 03:04:48,399
known as crew one nasa and spacex's

4356
03:04:51,990 --> 03:04:50,000
second flight with crew to the

4357
03:04:54,870 --> 03:04:52,000
international space station

4358
03:04:57,110 --> 03:04:54,880
liftoff time is still holding for 7 27

4359
03:04:59,429 --> 03:04:57,120
pm eastern time instantaneous launch

4360
03:05:02,550 --> 03:04:59,439
window and we are tracking no issues

4361
03:05:04,309 --> 03:05:02,560
currently with falcon 9 or crew dragon

4362
03:05:06,870 --> 03:05:04,319
the range is green and weather is

4363
03:05:08,469 --> 03:05:06,880
cooperating so far uh last check it was

4364
03:05:10,710 --> 03:05:08,479
50 percent go

4365
03:05:12,870 --> 03:05:10,720
over the last three hours our crew of

4366
03:05:15,429 --> 03:05:12,880
victor glover mike hopkins shannon

4367
03:05:17,910 --> 03:05:15,439
walker and suichi naguchi donned their

4368
03:05:20,150 --> 03:05:17,920
spacex spacesuits in the historic crew

4369
03:05:22,070 --> 03:05:20,160
quarter suit-up room they walked out of

4370
03:05:24,309 --> 03:05:22,080
that crew quarters building just as

4371
03:05:26,230 --> 03:05:24,319
every astronaut to fly from this

4372
03:05:28,950 --> 03:05:26,240
spaceport in florida has done since

4373
03:05:30,950 --> 03:05:28,960
apollo 7. they were then transported to

4374
03:05:33,750 --> 03:05:30,960
the pad where our crew entered the

4375
03:05:35,830 --> 03:05:33,760
spacex crew dragon spacecraft you see

4376
03:05:37,349 --> 03:05:35,840
live on your screen atop the falcon 9

4377
03:05:39,910 --> 03:05:37,359
rocket

4378
03:05:42,389 --> 03:05:39,920
well this is spacex's second time flying

4379
03:05:44,870 --> 03:05:42,399
astronauts in crew dragon it will also

4380
03:05:47,269 --> 03:05:44,880
be the first time a private company will

4381
03:05:48,309 --> 03:05:47,279
fly a crew of four people to the space

4382
03:05:50,389 --> 03:05:48,319
station

4383
03:05:52,469 --> 03:05:50,399
if you remember back in may we launched

4384
03:05:54,389 --> 03:05:52,479
nasa astronauts doug hurley and bob

4385
03:05:57,030 --> 03:05:54,399
benkin to the space station in the

4386
03:05:59,190 --> 03:05:57,040
historic demo 2 mission and then brought

4387
03:06:01,269 --> 03:05:59,200
them safely home in august

4388
03:06:03,670 --> 03:06:01,279
over the next hour we will conduct a

4389
03:06:06,070 --> 03:06:03,680
series of polls to get ready for launch

4390
03:06:07,910 --> 03:06:06,080
have the crew arm and the launch escape

4391
03:06:10,630 --> 03:06:07,920
system

4392
03:06:14,070 --> 03:06:10,640
and will begin fueling falcon 9.

4393
03:06:16,950 --> 03:06:14,080
launch is set for 7 27 pm eastern this

4394
03:06:19,910 --> 03:06:16,960
will include a 12 minute flight to orbit

4395
03:06:21,349 --> 03:06:19,920
and then a 27 and a half hour flight to

4396
03:06:25,429 --> 03:06:21,359
dock with the international space

4397
03:06:27,990 --> 03:06:25,439
station set for monday at 11 pm eastern

4398
03:06:30,790 --> 03:06:28,000
so nicole you know we're coming up uh on

4399
03:06:32,070 --> 03:06:30,800
t minus one hour in about six minutes um

4400
03:06:34,710 --> 03:06:32,080
and i know when we were we were

4401
03:06:36,389 --> 03:06:34,720
listening to daryl talked to bob and

4402
03:06:38,230 --> 03:06:36,399
doug um

4403
03:06:39,750 --> 03:06:38,240
he talked about doug talked about how

4404
03:06:41,269 --> 03:06:39,760
you know there's not a lot of time to

4405
03:06:42,870 --> 03:06:41,279
think about your emotions you're just

4406
03:06:44,950 --> 03:06:42,880
you're focused on the operation and your

4407
03:06:46,710 --> 03:06:44,960
procedures yeah yeah your emotions are

4408
03:06:48,550 --> 03:06:46,720
kind of in you at this point and you're

4409
03:06:50,150 --> 03:06:48,560
just um trying to make sure you're as

4410
03:06:52,469 --> 03:06:50,160
best prepared for

4411
03:06:54,469 --> 03:06:52,479
you know what's about to happen sure and

4412
03:06:56,630 --> 03:06:54,479
today's flight is the first of six

4413
03:06:58,550 --> 03:06:56,640
planned rotational missions nasa has

4414
03:07:00,710 --> 03:06:58,560
contracted with spacex as part of the

4415
03:07:03,030 --> 03:07:00,720
agency's commercial crew program the

4416
03:07:05,269 --> 03:07:03,040
success of the demo2 mission allowed for

4417
03:07:08,070 --> 03:07:05,279
nasa to complete certification for

4418
03:07:10,790 --> 03:07:08,080
spacex to fly astronauts regularly to

4419
03:07:13,349 --> 03:07:10,800
and from the iss bringing back this

4420
03:07:16,309 --> 03:07:13,359
critic critical capability of launching

4421
03:07:18,230 --> 03:07:16,319
from american soil which we haven't had

4422
03:07:21,429 --> 03:07:18,240
the ability to do regularly since the

4423
03:07:22,790 --> 03:07:21,439
retirement of the space shuttle in 2011.

4424
03:07:24,550 --> 03:07:22,800
if you've been following along you've

4425
03:07:27,269 --> 03:07:24,560
been able to hear that we have been

4426
03:07:29,510 --> 03:07:27,279
hearing a little bit from crew on board

4427
03:07:31,190 --> 03:07:29,520
dragon resilience currently strapped

4428
03:07:33,190 --> 03:07:31,200
into their seats and they've already

4429
03:07:34,950 --> 03:07:33,200
gone through all of their communication

4430
03:07:37,030 --> 03:07:34,960
and suit leak checks

4431
03:07:39,269 --> 03:07:37,040
now they are able to follow along with

4432
03:07:42,150 --> 03:07:39,279
all of the action still ahead on the

4433
03:07:43,830 --> 03:07:42,160
displays that are just above them

4434
03:07:46,309 --> 03:07:43,840
there are a couple of touch screen

4435
03:07:48,309 --> 03:07:46,319
displays and that allows them to get

4436
03:07:50,630 --> 03:07:48,319
insight into all of the dragon and

4437
03:07:53,269 --> 03:07:50,640
falcon 9 systems as we proceed down

4438
03:07:55,990 --> 03:07:53,279
towards launch so we're currently at t

4439
03:07:57,910 --> 03:07:56,000
minus one hour and five minutes

4440
03:07:59,990 --> 03:07:57,920
let's check in with john inspector for

4441
03:08:04,550 --> 03:08:00,000
another status update on both vehicles

4442
03:08:09,590 --> 03:08:06,870
one hour five minutes close out team to

4443
03:08:10,790 --> 03:08:09,600
clear the vda once that's complete

4444
03:08:13,030 --> 03:08:10,800
we're going to

4445
03:08:14,630 --> 03:08:13,040
cycle the tank valves to equalize the

4446
03:08:17,269 --> 03:08:14,640
manifold pressure this is the same thing

4447
03:08:25,110 --> 03:08:17,279
we executed yesterday during or earlier

4448
03:08:30,070 --> 03:08:27,590
okay uh we copy that and uh jay your

4449
03:08:31,349 --> 03:08:30,080
call's coming in a little bit soft and

4450
03:08:34,550 --> 03:08:31,359
we're losing it kind of at the end of

4451
03:08:37,910 --> 03:08:36,389
copy all on that call and i'll let you

4452
03:08:41,190 --> 03:08:37,920
know when we're ready for that tank five

4453
03:08:45,910 --> 03:08:43,110
okay dragon copies and that was much

4454
03:08:50,070 --> 03:08:47,269
okay we've just heard a little bit of

4455
03:08:52,870 --> 03:08:50,080
the dialogue between uh the crew inside

4456
03:08:55,590 --> 03:08:52,880
the dragon capsule resilience uh and the

4457
03:08:57,349 --> 03:08:55,600
uh spacex dragon team looks like they're

4458
03:08:59,510 --> 03:08:57,359
gonna be uh cycling a little bit of

4459
03:09:02,389 --> 03:08:59,520
pressure giving the crew a heads up i

4460
03:09:04,710 --> 03:09:02,399
probably hear some of that noise

4461
03:09:07,030 --> 03:09:04,720
now as i've mentioned we're t minus one

4462
03:09:08,870 --> 03:09:07,040
hour and four minutes counting down good

4463
03:09:10,389 --> 03:09:08,880
news is as you heard a few minutes ago

4464
03:09:12,150 --> 03:09:10,399
we've resolved a couple issues we were

4465
03:09:13,110 --> 03:09:12,160
working earlier in account

4466
03:09:14,870 --> 03:09:13,120
and

4467
03:09:16,790 --> 03:09:14,880
while the pace was busy before now it's

4468
03:09:18,870 --> 03:09:16,800
going to begin to pick up again

4469
03:09:20,870 --> 03:09:18,880
falcon 9 is into its

4470
03:09:23,190 --> 03:09:20,880
checkouts of first and second stage

4471
03:09:25,349 --> 03:09:23,200
propulsion systems and engines that's in

4472
03:09:27,750 --> 03:09:25,359
preparation for propellant loading we're

4473
03:09:30,389 --> 03:09:27,760
going to hear polls between t minus 47 t

4474
03:09:32,150 --> 03:09:30,399
minus 45 minutes on readiness

4475
03:09:33,190 --> 03:09:32,160
for propellant loading and then on to

4476
03:09:34,870 --> 03:09:33,200
launch

4477
03:09:37,349 --> 03:09:34,880
and then at t minus 35 minutes

4478
03:09:39,590 --> 03:09:37,359
propellant loading will begin

4479
03:09:41,269 --> 03:09:39,600
now on dragon we've done our checkouts

4480
03:09:43,349 --> 03:09:41,279
everything is looking good the

4481
03:09:45,269 --> 03:09:43,359
astronauts are currently inside dragon

4482
03:09:47,110 --> 03:09:45,279
hatch is closed and the leak check is

4483
03:09:49,349 --> 03:09:47,120
successfully complete

4484
03:09:51,190 --> 03:09:49,359
the spacex folks have left the access

4485
03:09:53,510 --> 03:09:51,200
area and i believe are now clear of the

4486
03:09:55,910 --> 03:09:53,520
blast area so we'll have two major

4487
03:09:58,469 --> 03:09:55,920
events coming up on dragon between t

4488
03:10:00,389 --> 03:09:58,479
minus 45 and t minus 42 minutes we're

4489
03:10:01,990 --> 03:10:00,399
going to see that crew access arm

4490
03:10:03,990 --> 03:10:02,000
currently alongside dragon that's going

4491
03:10:05,349 --> 03:10:04,000
to retract away from the capsule and

4492
03:10:07,030 --> 03:10:05,359
then we'll follow that pretty much

4493
03:10:09,110 --> 03:10:07,040
immediately by arming of the dragon

4494
03:10:11,190 --> 03:10:09,120
launch escape system that needs to be

4495
03:10:12,870 --> 03:10:11,200
armed prior to loading propellant onto

4496
03:10:15,110 --> 03:10:12,880
the falcon 9.

4497
03:10:16,790 --> 03:10:15,120
we're launching out of historic pad 39a

4498
03:10:18,950 --> 03:10:16,800
from the eastern range the range is

4499
03:10:20,950 --> 03:10:18,960
green and go to support launch not only

4500
03:10:22,710 --> 03:10:20,960
here also the worldwide network of

4501
03:10:24,630 --> 03:10:22,720
ground stations and the on-orbit

4502
03:10:26,389 --> 03:10:24,640
tracking and data relay satellites are

4503
03:10:28,150 --> 03:10:26,399
ready to support dragon as it heads to

4504
03:10:29,830 --> 03:10:28,160
orbit and the good news weather

4505
03:10:31,750 --> 03:10:29,840
continues to be acceptable both at

4506
03:10:33,910 --> 03:10:31,760
ground level and the upper altitude and

4507
03:10:40,870 --> 03:10:33,920
spacex we are cycling the overtank

4508
03:10:45,750 --> 03:10:42,550
they're cycling the valves to equalize

4509
03:10:49,670 --> 03:10:47,190
now as a reminder we have an

4510
03:10:52,070 --> 03:10:49,680
instantaneous launch window today at 27

4511
03:10:53,510 --> 03:10:52,080
minutes 17 seconds after the hour so

4512
03:10:56,070 --> 03:10:53,520
once we get into propellant loading

4513
03:10:57,910 --> 03:10:56,080
there's no opportunity to change the t0

4514
03:10:59,510 --> 03:10:57,920
uh once we get into propellant loading

4515
03:11:02,150 --> 03:10:59,520
and actually right now uh we're

4516
03:11:04,309 --> 03:11:02,160
committed uh we can't slow down or add

4517
03:11:06,550 --> 03:11:04,319
some more margin time we've got to

4518
03:11:09,510 --> 03:11:06,560
finish up the last 62 minutes but the

4519
03:11:13,830 --> 03:11:09,520
good news jesse at just inside t minus

4520
03:11:18,070 --> 03:11:16,150
it's great to hear john sounds like

4521
03:11:19,910 --> 03:11:18,080
everything is going back to normal is

4522
03:11:22,070 --> 03:11:19,920
that right

4523
03:11:24,389 --> 03:11:22,080
we've got an extensive history now of

4524
03:11:26,229 --> 03:11:24,399
flying falcon 9 from the florida coast

4525
03:11:29,110 --> 03:11:26,239
and earlier this year we completed a

4526
03:11:31,269 --> 03:11:29,120
test run of the mission that were less

4527
03:11:33,349 --> 03:11:31,279
just an hour away

4528
03:11:34,870 --> 03:11:33,359
from beginning here today and the

4529
03:11:37,030 --> 03:11:34,880
purpose of that mission was to

4530
03:11:39,670 --> 03:11:37,040
demonstrate dragon's capability to

4531
03:11:42,229 --> 03:11:39,680
safely and reliably fly humans to and

4532
03:11:45,030 --> 03:11:42,239
from the international space station the

4533
03:11:47,030 --> 03:11:45,040
success of demo 2 was a truly exciting

4534
03:11:48,870 --> 03:11:47,040
moment and paved the way for today's

4535
03:11:55,990 --> 03:11:48,880
mission dragon spacex valve cycling is

4536
03:12:00,070 --> 03:11:58,469
and good words from core to the crew but

4537
03:12:02,550 --> 03:12:00,080
that mission paved the way for where we

4538
03:12:04,630 --> 03:12:02,560
are today sending this full crew for a

4539
03:12:06,469 --> 03:12:04,640
long duration expedition aboard the

4540
03:12:08,790 --> 03:12:06,479
international space station

4541
03:12:10,710 --> 03:12:08,800
dragon and falcon 9 together have years

4542
03:12:13,110 --> 03:12:10,720
of operational experience or what we

4543
03:12:14,870 --> 03:12:13,120
refer to as flight heritage as leah

4544
03:12:16,950 --> 03:12:14,880
mentioned earlier spacex has

4545
03:12:19,830 --> 03:12:16,960
successfully completed 23 flights of

4546
03:12:22,469 --> 03:12:19,840
dragon to and from orbit since 2010

4547
03:12:24,790 --> 03:12:22,479
including 22 trips to the international

4548
03:12:27,269 --> 03:12:24,800
space station not only have we conducted

4549
03:12:28,950 --> 03:12:27,279
thousands of hours of testing we've also

4550
03:12:30,870 --> 03:12:28,960
enhanced and added a number of safety

4551
03:12:33,030 --> 03:12:30,880
features to dragon much of what was

4552
03:12:35,910 --> 03:12:33,040
learned with cargo dragon was leveraged

4553
03:12:37,910 --> 03:12:35,920
in the design of this vehicle it's fully

4554
03:12:41,110 --> 03:12:37,920
autonomous which means it can basically

4555
03:12:42,790 --> 03:12:41,120
fly itself but also features full manual

4556
03:12:45,349 --> 03:12:42,800
override capabilities in case of

4557
03:12:47,269 --> 03:12:45,359
emergency bob banken and doug hurley

4558
03:12:49,830 --> 03:12:47,279
tested these capabilities during the

4559
03:12:51,429 --> 03:12:49,840
demo 2 mission to the station

4560
03:12:53,750 --> 03:12:51,439
many of the other enhancements helped

4561
03:12:56,389 --> 03:12:53,760
towards spacex's goal of reusability and

4562
03:12:57,910 --> 03:12:56,399
less refurbishment time between missions

4563
03:13:00,950 --> 03:12:57,920
so let's take a closer look at some of

4564
03:13:02,950 --> 03:13:00,960
these advancements standing at almost 27

4565
03:13:05,110 --> 03:13:02,960
feet tall from bottom of the trunk to

4566
03:13:07,670 --> 03:13:05,120
top of the nose cone crew dragon is

4567
03:13:09,830 --> 03:13:07,680
composed of two main elements spacex

4568
03:13:12,070 --> 03:13:09,840
just passing t minus one hour your goal

4569
03:13:15,830 --> 03:13:12,080
for section six when ready report go for

4570
03:13:15,840 --> 03:13:20,150
dragon copy section six is in work

4571
03:13:24,469 --> 03:13:22,710
t-minus one hour we're getting there but

4572
03:13:26,710 --> 03:13:24,479
the capsule that the crew is flying on

4573
03:13:28,950 --> 03:13:26,720
today is designed to hold crew and

4574
03:13:31,910 --> 03:13:28,960
pressurized cargo and it also has an

4575
03:13:33,750 --> 03:13:31,920
unpressurized section known as the trunk

4576
03:13:35,670 --> 03:13:33,760
the nose cone at the top of the capsule

4577
03:13:37,670 --> 03:13:35,680
protects the docking system and also the

4578
03:13:40,550 --> 03:13:37,680
guidance navigation control system or

4579
03:13:42,469 --> 03:13:40,560
what we call gnc the nosecone opens for

4580
03:13:44,469 --> 03:13:42,479
docking and remains attached to the crew

4581
03:13:46,389 --> 03:13:44,479
dragon spacecraft unlike the previous

4582
03:13:48,710 --> 03:13:46,399
version of dragon and that helps towards

4583
03:13:50,710 --> 03:13:48,720
our reusability efforts opposite the

4584
03:13:52,790 --> 03:13:50,720
nosecone is the trunk it provides

4585
03:13:55,990 --> 03:13:52,800
attachment points for falcon 9 the

4586
03:13:57,510 --> 03:13:56,000
dragon capsule and cargo on the outside

4587
03:13:59,510 --> 03:13:57,520
one half of the trunk contains a

4588
03:14:02,070 --> 03:13:59,520
radiator that rejects heat from the

4589
03:14:04,710 --> 03:14:02,080
active thermal control system to space

4590
03:14:07,590 --> 03:14:04,720
using spacex's new pica tiling

4591
03:14:09,510 --> 03:14:07,600
technology the other half contains solar

4592
03:14:10,550 --> 03:14:09,520
cells used to charge the spacecraft's

4593
03:14:12,150 --> 03:14:10,560
batteries

4594
03:14:14,309 --> 03:14:12,160
the spacecraft is designed to

4595
03:14:16,070 --> 03:14:14,319
accommodate up to seven crew members

4596
03:14:18,469 --> 03:14:16,080
with modular seats that can be removed

4597
03:14:21,269 --> 03:14:18,479
and replaced by additional cargo

4598
03:14:24,229 --> 03:14:21,279
and spacex this is dragon resilience for

4599
03:14:25,830 --> 03:14:24,239
six decimal four four dot one hundred

4600
03:14:29,990 --> 03:14:25,840
launch prep

4601
03:14:34,150 --> 03:14:31,990
copy go for launch yeah we're looking

4602
03:14:37,349 --> 03:14:34,160
good on weather and you can expect the

4603
03:14:41,830 --> 03:14:37,359
next call to be the ld the sea

4604
03:14:41,840 --> 03:14:45,349
and very exciting

4605
03:14:49,750 --> 03:14:47,349
very exciting we just got confirmation

4606
03:14:51,910 --> 03:14:49,760
that dragon is go for launch the next

4607
03:14:55,030 --> 03:14:51,920
call coming up will be from the launch

4608
03:14:57,990 --> 03:14:55,040
director so exciting that we are on

4609
03:14:59,429 --> 03:14:58,000
target for t0 today

4610
03:15:01,990 --> 03:14:59,439
back to what we were talking about the

4611
03:15:03,910 --> 03:15:02,000
seats are made of carbon fiber and will

4612
03:15:05,590 --> 03:15:03,920
be custom sized for any crew members

4613
03:15:07,670 --> 03:15:05,600
flying on board

4614
03:15:09,429 --> 03:15:07,680
that control panel is centered between

4615
03:15:10,790 --> 03:15:09,439
the pilot and the commander seats you

4616
03:15:13,110 --> 03:15:10,800
can see it a little bit here on the

4617
03:15:15,510 --> 03:15:13,120
right side of your screen that consists

4618
03:15:17,910 --> 03:15:15,520
of three touch screen displays allowing

4619
03:15:19,510 --> 03:15:17,920
the crew to operate the vehicle and fly

4620
03:15:21,910 --> 03:15:19,520
it manually

4621
03:15:24,150 --> 03:15:21,920
and finally our super draco launch

4622
03:15:26,150 --> 03:15:24,160
escape system is a key safety feature of

4623
03:15:28,309 --> 03:15:26,160
crew dragon giving the crew the ability

4624
03:15:32,830 --> 03:15:28,319
to safely escape from the time of launch

4625
03:15:39,429 --> 03:15:37,429
orbit we are now t minus 57 minutes from

4626
03:15:41,190 --> 03:15:39,439
launch this day is the beginning of

4627
03:15:43,590 --> 03:15:41,200
regular crew flights to the space

4628
03:15:45,750 --> 03:15:43,600
station from u.s soil nasa having

4629
03:15:48,389 --> 03:15:45,760
certified spacex for these missions

4630
03:15:50,309 --> 03:15:48,399
after the successful demo 2 flight test

4631
03:15:52,070 --> 03:15:50,319
which launched in may and splashed down

4632
03:15:53,990 --> 03:15:52,080
safely in august

4633
03:15:56,550 --> 03:15:54,000
today's mission will be crew dragon's

4634
03:15:59,190 --> 03:15:56,560
second mission with astronauts aboard

4635
03:16:01,110 --> 03:15:59,200
and its first long-duration mission to

4636
03:16:03,750 --> 03:16:01,120
the international space station

4637
03:16:05,750 --> 03:16:03,760
it's been an awesome countdown so far

4638
03:16:07,750 --> 03:16:05,760
weather is still looking good we just

4639
03:16:09,830 --> 03:16:07,760
countdown the technical team has been

4640
03:16:11,349 --> 03:16:09,840
pulled and is ready to proceed into the

4641
03:16:17,190 --> 03:16:11,359
propellant load

4642
03:16:21,110 --> 03:16:19,510
and not only is weather good but

4643
03:16:23,190 --> 03:16:21,120
sounds like we're proceeding into

4644
03:16:27,190 --> 03:16:23,200
propellant load

4645
03:16:29,030 --> 03:16:27,200
so we're at t minus 56 minutes and 37

4646
03:16:31,429 --> 03:16:29,040
seconds and we're just getting closer

4647
03:16:32,950 --> 03:16:31,439
and closer to that t-zero so exciting

4648
03:16:35,110 --> 03:16:32,960
yeah absolutely we've had a great

4649
03:16:37,190 --> 03:16:35,120
countdown today of course a few things

4650
03:16:40,070 --> 03:16:37,200
we didn't expect but nonetheless

4651
03:16:42,150 --> 03:16:40,080
everything's continuing uh on schedule

4652
03:16:44,469 --> 03:16:42,160
so starting with suit up just over three

4653
03:16:46,469 --> 03:16:44,479
hours ago the spacex team helped the

4654
03:16:49,349 --> 03:16:46,479
crew put on their suits and conduct

4655
03:16:51,190 --> 03:16:49,359
initial checkouts before crew walkout

4656
03:16:52,870 --> 03:16:51,200
crew walkout was where victor glover

4657
03:16:55,590 --> 03:16:52,880
mike hawkins shannon walker and

4658
03:16:57,510 --> 03:16:55,600
suicinaguchi gave final goodbyes with

4659
03:16:59,670 --> 03:16:57,520
friends and family gathered outside the

4660
03:17:01,830 --> 03:16:59,680
operations and checkout building before

4661
03:17:04,070 --> 03:17:01,840
they began that roughly 20 minute ride

4662
03:17:07,030 --> 03:17:04,080
to pad 39a

4663
03:17:08,229 --> 03:17:07,040
and what a cool ride that was

4664
03:17:10,830 --> 03:17:08,239
what you're seeing on your screen is

4665
03:17:13,990 --> 03:17:10,840
them getting into their vehicles waving

4666
03:17:15,910 --> 03:17:14,000
goodbye we got some great footage of

4667
03:17:17,910 --> 03:17:15,920
those teslas heading down the nasa

4668
03:17:19,110 --> 03:17:17,920
causeway before the crew arrived at the

4669
03:17:23,590 --> 03:17:19,120
pad

4670
03:17:25,590 --> 03:17:23,600
minute to take in the sights

4671
03:17:27,190 --> 03:17:25,600
there you could see on your screen

4672
03:17:28,790 --> 03:17:27,200
they took some pictures and then they

4673
03:17:31,030 --> 03:17:28,800
headed up into the fixed service

4674
03:17:32,710 --> 03:17:31,040
structure to begin a process known as

4675
03:17:34,710 --> 03:17:32,720
crew ingress where the astronauts

4676
03:17:36,950 --> 03:17:34,720
entered the vehicle and the spacex team

4677
03:17:39,510 --> 03:17:36,960
performed a series of checks to ensure

4678
03:17:41,110 --> 03:17:39,520
their suits the seats and the vehicle

4679
03:17:42,229 --> 03:17:41,120
interactions were all functioning

4680
03:17:45,030 --> 03:17:42,239
properly

4681
03:17:51,269 --> 03:17:45,040
and about five reminders that 55.72 is

4682
03:17:55,510 --> 03:17:53,030
that's the team continuing to discuss

4683
03:17:57,590 --> 03:17:55,520
the go no go for propellant load but

4684
03:17:59,510 --> 03:17:57,600
about 15 minutes ago the team closed

4685
03:18:03,110 --> 03:17:59,520
dragon's hatch with the crew safely

4686
03:18:05,670 --> 03:18:03,120
inside so with about 55 minutes to go

4687
03:18:07,590 --> 03:18:05,680
until dragon starts breathing fire

4688
03:18:09,590 --> 03:18:07,600
things will pick up as we get close to

4689
03:18:11,429 --> 03:18:09,600
that go no go to begin propellant

4690
03:18:12,710 --> 03:18:11,439
loading and arming the launch escape

4691
03:18:14,710 --> 03:18:12,720
system

4692
03:18:16,870 --> 03:18:14,720
the crew will pull for readiness which

4693
03:18:17,750 --> 03:18:16,880
was completed just about five minutes

4694
03:18:26,309 --> 03:18:17,760
ago

4695
03:18:28,469 --> 03:18:26,319
next up at t minus 45 minutes will be an

4696
03:18:30,150 --> 03:18:28,479
internal mission control hawthorne pole

4697
03:18:32,550 --> 03:18:30,160
and then the launch director's pole for

4698
03:18:34,790 --> 03:18:32,560
propellant loading when we get to about

4699
03:18:36,710 --> 03:18:34,800
t minus 40 minutes the crew access arm

4700
03:18:38,790 --> 03:18:36,720
will retract and the crew will get the

4701
03:18:40,870 --> 03:18:38,800
call to close their visors and arm the

4702
03:18:42,630 --> 03:18:40,880
launch escape system this is the

4703
03:18:45,030 --> 03:18:42,640
automated system in place that can fire

4704
03:18:46,870 --> 03:18:45,040
the eight super draco thrusters on

4705
03:18:49,030 --> 03:18:46,880
dragon to quickly separate the crew from

4706
03:18:51,190 --> 03:18:49,040
the rocket either on the pad or during

4707
03:18:53,429 --> 03:18:51,200
the flight on the ride uphill

4708
03:18:55,750 --> 03:18:53,439
and then once we reach about t minus 35

4709
03:18:57,429 --> 03:18:55,760
minutes propellant loading for falcon 9

4710
03:18:59,269 --> 03:18:57,439
will begin we've heard some chatter

4711
03:19:01,349 --> 03:18:59,279
about whether they're going to go

4712
03:19:02,870 --> 03:19:01,359
continuing those polls and throughout

4713
03:19:04,469 --> 03:19:02,880
the countdown we've been getting some

4714
03:19:06,950 --> 03:19:04,479
pretty incredible views of the

4715
03:19:08,710 --> 03:19:06,960
astronauts inside dragon making their

4716
03:19:11,190 --> 03:19:08,720
final preparations as well as some

4717
03:19:13,030 --> 03:19:11,200
close-up views of the suits the teams

4718
03:19:15,510 --> 03:19:13,040
have often described those suits as an

4719
03:19:17,990 --> 03:19:15,520
extension of the dragon spacecraft it's

4720
03:19:19,510 --> 03:19:18,000
almost a mini spacecraft inside a

4721
03:19:21,990 --> 03:19:19,520
spacecraft

4722
03:19:24,550 --> 03:19:22,000
they're all custom fitted just as we

4723
03:19:27,030 --> 03:19:24,560
were discussing earlier and i think it's

4724
03:19:29,590 --> 03:19:27,040
very interesting as well their seats are

4725
03:19:31,349 --> 03:19:29,600
custom fitted too so nobody gets to

4726
03:19:35,030 --> 03:19:31,359
really choose where they sit today it's

4727
03:19:36,550 --> 03:19:35,040
already it's already been decided

4728
03:19:43,190 --> 03:19:36,560
and with that we want to hear a little

4729
03:19:46,950 --> 03:19:45,349
hey go ahead for displays

4730
03:19:48,229 --> 03:19:46,960
we just wanted to check we didn't notice

4731
03:19:50,790 --> 03:19:48,239
that on the left side of the display

4732
03:19:52,710 --> 03:19:50,800
looks like possibly one of the ipads

4733
03:19:53,910 --> 03:19:52,720
when that tablets are still in there is

4734
03:19:55,030 --> 03:19:53,920
there uh

4735
03:19:58,150 --> 03:19:55,040
when are you planning on bringing that

4736
03:20:02,070 --> 03:20:00,070
and we're going to get that uh right

4737
03:20:09,190 --> 03:20:02,080
prior to uh

4738
03:20:13,510 --> 03:20:11,110
that's the core speaking with dragon the

4739
03:20:16,550 --> 03:20:13,520
crew also has some tablets they can use

4740
03:20:17,910 --> 03:20:16,560
to monitor the milestones of the mission

4741
03:20:20,550 --> 03:20:17,920
but for right now we want to hear a

4742
03:20:22,070 --> 03:20:20,560
little bit more from the ksc side so

4743
03:20:23,429 --> 03:20:22,080
daryl

4744
03:20:25,830 --> 03:20:23,439
thank you very much back here at the

4745
03:20:27,349 --> 03:20:25,840
kennedy interview desk and uh you know

4746
03:20:28,550 --> 03:20:27,359
we talk a lot about the astronauts what

4747
03:20:29,910 --> 03:20:28,560
they're doing in the preparation for

4748
03:20:31,429 --> 03:20:29,920
good reason but they have a lot of work

4749
03:20:33,910 --> 03:20:31,439
to do they're going to be doing some

4750
03:20:35,990 --> 03:20:33,920
science and joining me now is dr lucy

4751
03:20:38,150 --> 03:20:36,000
lowe from the national institutes of

4752
03:20:39,269 --> 03:20:38,160
health with one of the hundreds of

4753
03:20:41,030 --> 03:20:39,279
experience

4754
03:20:43,190 --> 03:20:41,040
experiments that our astronauts are

4755
03:20:45,190 --> 03:20:43,200
going to be working on and so one of

4756
03:20:48,630 --> 03:20:45,200
them the big one that you're working on

4757
03:20:50,469 --> 03:20:48,640
and studying is called tissue chips so

4758
03:20:53,110 --> 03:20:50,479
lucy what is that what exactly is a

4759
03:20:54,550 --> 03:20:53,120
tissue chip so yeah great question daryl

4760
03:20:56,550 --> 03:20:54,560
thanks very much great to be here this

4761
03:20:58,950 --> 03:20:56,560
evening so a tissue chip this is an

4762
03:21:01,269 --> 03:20:58,960
example of a tissue chip it's a tiny

4763
03:21:03,510 --> 03:21:01,279
bioengineered device that contains human

4764
03:21:05,269 --> 03:21:03,520
cells and it's designed so that it

4765
03:21:07,670 --> 03:21:05,279
mimics the structure and function of

4766
03:21:09,830 --> 03:21:07,680
human cells and organs in this tiny

4767
03:21:11,830 --> 03:21:09,840
little device and so the idea is is that

4768
03:21:13,990 --> 03:21:11,840
we can use these to understand human

4769
03:21:15,910 --> 03:21:14,000
physiology we can use them to model

4770
03:21:18,790 --> 03:21:15,920
diseases and we can even use them to

4771
03:21:21,269 --> 03:21:18,800
test drugs and therapeutics in human

4772
03:21:23,269 --> 03:21:21,279
systems before they go into humans for

4773
03:21:24,790 --> 03:21:23,279
example in clinical trials so really

4774
03:21:27,349 --> 03:21:24,800
they're just models that we can use to

4775
03:21:29,750 --> 03:21:27,359
model disease and then test therapeutics

4776
03:21:31,510 --> 03:21:29,760
for safety and efficiency taking actual

4777
03:21:33,110 --> 03:21:31,520
tissue that's been genetically

4778
03:21:34,950 --> 03:21:33,120
engineered right and to see how

4779
03:21:36,550 --> 03:21:34,960
necessarily no so there's lots of

4780
03:21:39,190 --> 03:21:36,560
different ways that you can put cells on

4781
03:21:41,190 --> 03:21:39,200
these chips you can buy them but you can

4782
03:21:43,510 --> 03:21:41,200
also use stem cell technologies to

4783
03:21:45,510 --> 03:21:43,520
actually create cells from all kinds of

4784
03:21:48,229 --> 03:21:45,520
different organs and tissues heart liver

4785
03:21:49,590 --> 03:21:48,239
lungs skin brain bone lots and lots of

4786
03:21:51,830 --> 03:21:49,600
different kinds of tissues can be

4787
03:21:53,990 --> 03:21:51,840
created from stem cells and they can be

4788
03:21:55,349 --> 03:21:54,000
put onto these tissue chips and then you

4789
03:21:57,590 --> 03:21:55,359
can model

4790
03:21:58,950 --> 03:21:57,600
diseases and all sorts on a little chip

4791
03:22:00,710 --> 03:21:58,960
like this fascinating we're looking at

4792
03:22:02,309 --> 03:22:00,720
some video i believe of one of these

4793
03:22:03,590 --> 03:22:02,319
tissue chips being put together kind of

4794
03:22:05,269 --> 03:22:03,600
just brings us through what's what we're

4795
03:22:07,590 --> 03:22:05,279
seeing so what you're seeing there is

4796
03:22:09,269 --> 03:22:07,600
one of our kidney chips that the tissue

4797
03:22:10,630 --> 03:22:09,279
chips in space program from the national

4798
03:22:12,389 --> 03:22:10,640
institutes of health and the iss

4799
03:22:14,389 --> 03:22:12,399
national lab has been funding

4800
03:22:16,150 --> 03:22:14,399
so this chip here is actually is being

4801
03:22:17,590 --> 03:22:16,160
seeded here you're seeing that blue

4802
03:22:19,910 --> 03:22:17,600
fluid coming through in those little

4803
03:22:22,070 --> 03:22:19,920
triangles those little squares are cells

4804
03:22:23,429 --> 03:22:22,080
that are being placed into the chip

4805
03:22:25,429 --> 03:22:23,439
and they're put in there with this pink

4806
03:22:27,110 --> 03:22:25,439
stuff this extracellular matrix that

4807
03:22:29,510 --> 03:22:27,120
keeps them alive and keeps them bubbling

4808
03:22:31,349 --> 03:22:29,520
away happily chatting to each other over

4809
03:22:32,950 --> 03:22:31,359
the course of a few weeks and so what

4810
03:22:35,030 --> 03:22:32,960
you're seeing there then with the blue

4811
03:22:36,309 --> 03:22:35,040
fluid coming through is how we feed

4812
03:22:37,670 --> 03:22:36,319
those cells during that time that

4813
03:22:39,830 --> 03:22:37,680
they're up on the space station got to

4814
03:22:41,110 --> 03:22:39,840
keep them alive exactly they need all

4815
03:22:42,469 --> 03:22:41,120
their nutrients they need all their

4816
03:22:44,630 --> 03:22:42,479
stuff that keeps them feeling good up

4817
03:22:46,389 --> 03:22:44,640
there so what is the benefit of an

4818
03:22:48,469 --> 03:22:46,399
experiment like this what can we glean

4819
03:22:50,309 --> 03:22:48,479
from this and hopefully yeah so that's a

4820
03:22:51,670 --> 03:22:50,319
great question daryl so when astronauts

4821
03:22:53,269 --> 03:22:51,680
go up to the space station they have a

4822
03:22:55,670 --> 03:22:53,279
lot of changes that they see in their

4823
03:22:57,670 --> 03:22:55,680
bodies that look very similar to certain

4824
03:23:00,070 --> 03:22:57,680
kinds of disease states or even aging

4825
03:23:01,750 --> 03:23:00,080
down here on earth so when we put cells

4826
03:23:03,910 --> 03:23:01,760
onto tissue chips and we send them to

4827
03:23:05,510 --> 03:23:03,920
the space station we're able to see the

4828
03:23:07,190 --> 03:23:05,520
same kinds of changes that might happen

4829
03:23:09,670 --> 03:23:07,200
to the astronauts but on a very very

4830
03:23:11,830 --> 03:23:09,680
short time scale so for example diseases

4831
03:23:13,590 --> 03:23:11,840
that might take months or or years or

4832
03:23:16,150 --> 03:23:13,600
even decades to actually be a clinical

4833
03:23:18,070 --> 03:23:16,160
problem down here on space on earth can

4834
03:23:19,830 --> 03:23:18,080
actually be modeled in space in just a

4835
03:23:22,070 --> 03:23:19,840
couple of weeks so we can really

4836
03:23:23,429 --> 03:23:22,080
accelerate the disease modeling using

4837
03:23:24,950 --> 03:23:23,439
these tissue chips and then see how

4838
03:23:27,349 --> 03:23:24,960
different drugs and therapies act on

4839
03:23:28,790 --> 03:23:27,359
them so we're super excited that some of

4840
03:23:30,950 --> 03:23:28,800
the crew one folks might be doing some

4841
03:23:32,790 --> 03:23:30,960
research for us so thanks very much guys

4842
03:23:34,790 --> 03:23:32,800
fascinating and thank you very much dr

4843
03:23:36,870 --> 03:23:34,800
lucy low for being uh with us here from

4844
03:23:38,710 --> 03:23:36,880
the national institutes of health that

4845
03:23:40,309 --> 03:23:38,720
was a fascinating experiment and we hope

4846
03:23:43,030 --> 03:23:40,319
the astronauts get some good work on it

4847
03:23:44,870 --> 03:23:43,040
so that you can further develop uh your

4848
03:23:46,630 --> 03:23:44,880
research wonderful thank you daryl all

4849
03:23:48,790 --> 03:23:46,640
right very good and so now we'll toss it

4850
03:23:51,510 --> 03:23:48,800
back to hawthorne california and john i

4851
03:23:53,910 --> 03:23:51,520
for the latest at t-minus in 49 minutes

4852
03:23:56,790 --> 03:23:53,920
and counting

4853
03:23:59,110 --> 03:23:56,800
thank you daryl t minus 49 minutes seven

4854
03:24:00,630 --> 03:23:59,120
seconds continuing to count down

4855
03:24:02,309 --> 03:24:00,640
right now the launch director launch

4856
03:24:04,550 --> 03:24:02,319
team are preparing for the readiness for

4857
03:24:06,469 --> 03:24:04,560
propellant load and launch poll

4858
03:24:08,469 --> 03:24:06,479
the spacex launch director has checked

4859
03:24:10,830 --> 03:24:08,479
with the dragon mission director and the

4860
03:24:12,790 --> 03:24:10,840
nasa launch manager they are ready to

4861
03:24:14,630 --> 03:24:12,800
proceed currently we're doing an

4862
03:24:17,110 --> 03:24:14,640
electronic poll of the seven members of

4863
03:24:19,030 --> 03:24:17,120
the spacex launch team for their go to

4864
03:24:21,349 --> 03:24:19,040
load propellant and then to press on

4865
03:24:23,349 --> 03:24:21,359
with launch

4866
03:24:25,349 --> 03:24:23,359
now the falcon launch crew is located in

4867
03:24:27,750 --> 03:24:25,359
firing room four in the launch control

4868
03:24:29,510 --> 03:24:27,760
center adjacent to the historic vehicle

4869
03:24:31,429 --> 03:24:29,520
assembly building at kennedy space

4870
03:24:32,790 --> 03:24:31,439
center

4871
03:24:34,790 --> 03:24:32,800
key nasa

4872
03:24:36,550 --> 03:24:34,800
launch members are also located in the

4873
03:24:37,990 --> 03:24:36,560
firing room

4874
03:24:40,389 --> 03:24:38,000
now what we're waiting for right now is

4875
03:24:44,550 --> 03:24:40,399
we expected about t minus 47 minutes to

4876
03:24:48,950 --> 03:24:46,550
while we're waiting to hear that

4877
03:24:51,269 --> 03:24:48,960
a couple other status items

4878
03:24:53,190 --> 03:24:51,279
the crew is currently on board

4879
03:24:55,670 --> 03:24:53,200
and the crew access arm is about to be

4880
03:24:58,309 --> 03:24:55,680
retracted you can see the axis arm

4881
03:25:00,469 --> 03:24:58,319
currently in the pre-launch position

4882
03:25:02,550 --> 03:25:00,479
alongside the dragon capsule we'll

4883
03:25:04,630 --> 03:25:02,560
rotate that out of the way then we'll

4884
03:25:06,389 --> 03:25:04,640
arm the launch escape system on dragon

4885
03:25:09,429 --> 03:25:06,399
before we go into loading propellant on

4886
03:25:13,190 --> 03:25:09,439
the falcon 9. we're launching out of pad

4887
03:25:15,670 --> 03:25:13,200
39a heading northeast out of the eastern

4888
03:25:17,750 --> 03:25:15,680
range the range continues to be go for

4889
03:25:19,830 --> 03:25:17,760
launch they're monitoring clearance area

4890
03:25:21,670 --> 03:25:19,840
around the launch pad as well as the air

4891
03:25:22,870 --> 03:25:21,680
and space space around the flight

4892
03:25:25,269 --> 03:25:22,880
corridor

4893
03:25:27,429 --> 03:25:25,279
now the good news on the weather front

4894
03:25:29,750 --> 03:25:27,439
we have been given a new probability of

4895
03:25:32,070 --> 03:25:29,760
violation of only 20 percent or as the

4896
03:25:33,670 --> 03:25:32,080
optimist would say 80 percent chance of

4897
03:25:35,510 --> 03:25:33,680
good weather

4898
03:25:37,030 --> 03:25:35,520
there's a small chance of a shower but

4899
03:25:38,630 --> 03:25:37,040
it would have to pop up pretty much

4900
03:25:40,150 --> 03:25:38,640
right over the pad here at the last

4901
03:25:41,830 --> 03:25:40,160
minute

4902
03:25:43,590 --> 03:25:41,840
they're looking ground winds are

4903
03:25:46,229 --> 03:25:43,600
cooperating upper altitude winds are

4904
03:25:48,870 --> 03:25:46,239
cooperating so the weather officer gave

4905
03:25:51,750 --> 03:25:48,880
us some good news about 10 minutes ago

4906
03:25:53,910 --> 03:25:51,760
as we got inside of t minus one hour

4907
03:25:56,790 --> 03:25:53,920
now we're coming up on t minus 47

4908
03:25:58,630 --> 03:25:56,800
minutes and the spacex team is finishing

4909
03:26:00,550 --> 03:25:58,640
up their go no go polls we're waiting

4910
03:26:03,030 --> 03:26:00,560
for a few more people to give the

4911
03:26:06,070 --> 03:26:03,040
electronic thumbs up so that then the

4912
03:26:08,469 --> 03:26:06,080
spacex launch director can uh

4913
03:26:10,710 --> 03:26:08,479
check that item off and then proceed

4914
03:26:13,030 --> 03:26:10,720
into the remainder of the countdown

4915
03:26:15,190 --> 03:26:13,040
which will include propellant loading at

4916
03:26:16,790 --> 03:26:15,200
t minus 35 minutes

4917
03:26:29,830 --> 03:26:16,800
so let's listen in for a moment to the

4918
03:26:29,840 --> 03:26:35,910
dragon spacex for arm timeline

4919
03:26:39,590 --> 03:26:38,229
and go ahead for the arm timeline

4920
03:26:41,190 --> 03:26:39,600
yeah we're just talking here about the

4921
03:26:44,630 --> 03:26:41,200
tablet and how much time you'll have to

4922
03:26:47,030 --> 03:26:44,640
put it away essentially as soon as the

4923
03:26:49,590 --> 03:26:47,040
t-minus 45-minute brief occurs we're

4924
03:26:51,030 --> 03:26:49,600
going to begin retracting the arm and

4925
03:26:52,870 --> 03:26:51,040
we'd like to be ready to arm the

4926
03:26:57,110 --> 03:26:52,880
landscape system immediately as soon as

4927
03:27:04,389 --> 03:26:59,510
and dragon copies we will go ahead and

4928
03:27:04,399 --> 03:27:11,190
copy all thank you

4929
03:27:14,870 --> 03:27:12,630
heard a little bit of dialogue there

4930
03:27:15,910 --> 03:27:14,880
between core and the dragon crew looking

4931
03:27:20,389 --> 03:27:15,920
at

4932
03:27:22,469 --> 03:27:20,399
ready to put away letting the crew know

4933
03:27:24,870 --> 03:27:22,479
what the timeline would be once we

4934
03:27:26,309 --> 03:27:24,880
finish the go no go poll and we give the

4935
03:27:29,190 --> 03:27:26,319
instructions to the launch team at t

4936
03:27:30,950 --> 03:27:29,200
minus 45 then we'll proceed into retract

4937
03:27:32,950 --> 03:27:30,960
of the axis arm you can see it's

4938
03:27:34,950 --> 03:27:32,960
currently alongside of dragon and then

4939
03:27:37,429 --> 03:27:34,960
we'll go into arming of the escape tower

4940
03:27:39,990 --> 03:27:37,439
escape system pardon me

4941
03:27:42,229 --> 03:27:40,000
years of previous experience

4942
03:27:53,750 --> 03:27:42,239
and then finally we will get into

4943
03:27:57,190 --> 03:27:55,190
right now they're getting just the last

4944
03:27:59,110 --> 03:27:57,200
thumbs up people have been looking at

4945
03:28:01,190 --> 03:27:59,120
data that we were gathering just outside

4946
03:28:03,510 --> 03:28:01,200
of t minus one hour as we were doing

4947
03:28:05,429 --> 03:28:03,520
final check outs of the falcon 9 on the

4948
03:28:07,590 --> 03:28:05,439
propulsion and engine systems before we

4949
03:28:09,510 --> 03:28:07,600
got into propellant load all is complete

4950
03:28:11,990 --> 03:28:09,520
and the team is ready for crew access

4951
03:28:14,389 --> 03:28:12,000
arm retract propel loading and launch

4952
03:28:16,870 --> 03:28:14,399
or non-urgent no-go conditions brief the

4953
03:28:18,309 --> 03:28:16,880
ce or ld and they will approve aborting

4954
03:28:19,990 --> 03:28:18,319
the launch auto sequence and proceed

4955
03:28:21,910 --> 03:28:20,000
into launch abort

4956
03:28:23,750 --> 03:28:21,920
for urgent issues affecting the safety

4957
03:28:26,630 --> 03:28:23,760
of the operation operators shall call

4958
03:28:28,070 --> 03:28:26,640
hold hold hold on the countdown net

4959
03:28:29,830 --> 03:28:28,080
launch control will abort the launch

4960
03:28:32,070 --> 03:28:29,840
auto sequence immediately and proceed

4961
03:28:33,750 --> 03:28:32,080
into the launch aboard auto sequence

4962
03:28:35,349 --> 03:28:33,760
operators advise launch director whether

4963
03:28:37,110 --> 03:28:35,359
structural breakup or fire is imminent

4964
03:28:38,469 --> 03:28:37,120
or occurring for dragon manual escape

4965
03:28:41,030 --> 03:28:38,479
flight rules

4966
03:28:43,349 --> 03:28:41,040
in the event of a firing fire alarm at

4967
03:28:45,429 --> 03:28:43,359
firing for today key operators noted

4968
03:28:47,910 --> 03:28:45,439
below will remain at their post while

4969
03:28:50,070 --> 03:28:47,920
the alarm is evaluated in the event that

4970
03:28:52,229 --> 03:28:50,080
personnel safety is threatened evacuate

4971
03:28:54,229 --> 03:28:52,239
to the south facing emergency exit which

4972
03:28:55,750 --> 03:28:54,239
leads directly south

4973
03:28:57,750 --> 03:28:55,760
launch control you may proceed with

4974
03:29:04,550 --> 03:28:57,760
arming the crew arm for movement

4975
03:29:08,790 --> 03:29:06,550
and there you've heard it just inside 44

4976
03:29:10,950 --> 03:29:08,800
minutes the spacex launch director has

4977
03:29:12,870 --> 03:29:10,960
announced polls are complete we'll go to

4978
03:29:14,950 --> 03:29:12,880
head into propellant load the dragon

4979
03:29:16,309 --> 03:29:14,960
team is going to begin retract of the

4980
03:29:18,309 --> 03:29:16,319
crew access

4981
03:29:19,750 --> 03:29:18,319
so kate with that everything continue to

4982
03:29:25,110 --> 03:29:19,760
look good we're right on time in the

4983
03:29:25,120 --> 03:29:28,309
thanks for that john i

4984
03:29:31,590 --> 03:29:29,910
and it looks like the crew access arm

4985
03:29:35,110 --> 03:29:31,600
has already begun

4986
03:29:37,990 --> 03:29:35,120
to retract away just a beautiful sight

4987
03:29:40,950 --> 03:29:38,000
so this is one of the last major visual

4988
03:29:42,790 --> 03:29:40,960
milestones that we have before launch so

4989
03:29:46,309 --> 03:29:42,800
the crew access arm

4990
03:29:51,110 --> 03:29:46,319
now moving away and we are t minus 43

4991
03:29:54,389 --> 03:29:52,550
we're standing by

4992
03:30:00,389 --> 03:29:54,399
as we wait for

4993
03:30:04,550 --> 03:30:02,309
shortly thereafter we should hear the

4994
03:30:06,870 --> 03:30:04,560
call out that the launch escape system

4995
03:30:09,830 --> 03:30:06,880
is armed

4996
03:30:12,229 --> 03:30:09,840
and after that we will hear that f9 prop

4997
03:30:14,710 --> 03:30:12,239
loading has begun

4998
03:30:16,790 --> 03:30:14,720
and now earlier this evening we saw nasa

4999
03:30:18,229 --> 03:30:16,800
astronauts victor glover mike hopkins

5000
03:30:20,710 --> 03:30:18,239
shannon walker

5001
03:30:22,950 --> 03:30:20,720
at jaxa astronaut suicinaguchi suit up

5002
03:30:26,070 --> 03:30:22,960
that was about three hours ago they made

5003
03:30:28,630 --> 03:30:26,080
the drive out to launch complex 39a

5004
03:30:31,590 --> 03:30:28,640
uh ingressed crew dragon about two hours

5005
03:30:33,830 --> 03:30:31,600
ago and this uh the spacecraft hatch was

5006
03:30:36,150 --> 03:30:33,840
closed a second time after a six and

5007
03:30:38,070 --> 03:30:36,160
then they had a successful leak check um

5008
03:30:39,830 --> 03:30:38,080
and again we've just seen the crew

5009
03:30:42,229 --> 03:30:39,840
access arm retract

5010
03:30:44,070 --> 03:30:42,239
and what we heard a few moments ago was

5011
03:30:46,150 --> 03:30:44,080
that once this process is complete they

5012
03:30:53,830 --> 03:30:46,160
are going to go ahead and

5013
03:30:57,190 --> 03:30:55,590
so we're going to wait

5014
03:30:59,510 --> 03:30:57,200
to hear the call out that the crew

5015
03:31:00,790 --> 03:30:59,520
access arm retraction is complete and

5016
03:31:03,349 --> 03:31:00,800
then we'll explain a little bit more

5017
03:31:05,830 --> 03:31:03,359
about this uh launch escape system what

5018
03:31:37,269 --> 03:31:05,840
it what it is uh why it's armed at this

5019
03:31:43,110 --> 03:31:40,469
so again we're at t minus 41 minutes 23

5020
03:31:45,910 --> 03:31:43,120
seconds and counting we've just watched

5021
03:31:49,670 --> 03:31:45,920
the crew access arm retract that is the

5022
03:31:50,469 --> 03:31:49,680
uh suspended walkway that attaches um

5023
03:31:53,190 --> 03:31:50,479
the

5024
03:31:54,710 --> 03:31:53,200
rotating service structure to um fix

5025
03:31:57,830 --> 03:31:54,720
service the fixed service structure

5026
03:32:00,550 --> 03:31:57,840
excuse me i'm talking shuttle speak um

5027
03:32:02,710 --> 03:32:00,560
to the crew dragon capsule so we watched

5028
03:32:05,429 --> 03:32:02,720
uh the arm retract away so now we see

5029
03:32:06,830 --> 03:32:05,439
crew dragon um all right

5030
03:32:09,750 --> 03:32:06,840
is

5031
03:32:12,229 --> 03:32:09,760
complete and we heard confirmation that

5032
03:32:14,630 --> 03:32:12,239
crew are movements spacex with that call

5033
03:32:19,190 --> 03:32:14,640
your goal for section 7 closed visors

5034
03:32:23,830 --> 03:32:20,950
okay attacking copy is moving to section

5035
03:32:28,950 --> 03:32:25,910
so there confirmation from core telling

5036
03:32:30,950 --> 03:32:28,960
crew that they are allowed to move on um

5037
03:32:33,349 --> 03:32:30,960
you hear us mention move on to section

5038
03:32:34,790 --> 03:32:33,359
six section seven that's simply uh

5039
03:32:36,630 --> 03:32:34,800
making sure that everyone's on the same

5040
03:32:38,710 --> 03:32:36,640
page in terms of which procedure we are

5041
03:32:41,269 --> 03:32:38,720
now working toward so that was just the

5042
03:32:42,710 --> 03:32:41,279
core who is uh the person that is

5043
03:32:45,349 --> 03:32:42,720
essentially the single voice

5044
03:32:47,269 --> 03:32:45,359
communicating to the the crew inside my

5045
03:32:54,790 --> 03:32:47,279
dragon advisors are closed we are arming

5046
03:32:54,800 --> 03:32:57,990
and there we heard commander

5047
03:33:03,110 --> 03:33:00,710
mike hopkins thank you

5048
03:33:05,349 --> 03:33:03,120
commander mike hopkins uh informed that

5049
03:33:07,429 --> 03:33:05,359
we are that they are now closing their

5050
03:33:09,990 --> 03:33:07,439
visors and now commanding the launch

5051
03:33:12,950 --> 03:33:10,000
escape system to be armed now the launch

5052
03:33:15,349 --> 03:33:12,960
escape system is basically the cruise

5053
03:33:17,510 --> 03:33:15,359
path to safety in the event of an

5054
03:33:19,910 --> 03:33:17,520
anomaly quite simply um

5055
03:33:22,710 --> 03:33:19,920
if we were to have an abort scenario

5056
03:33:25,590 --> 03:33:22,720
here on the pad we we have demonstrated

5057
03:33:27,269 --> 03:33:25,600
the efficiency and

5058
03:33:29,670 --> 03:33:27,279
success of that system having done a

5059
03:33:31,750 --> 03:33:29,680
paddleboard test previously we did a

5060
03:33:33,670 --> 03:33:31,760
launch escape system test

5061
03:33:35,750 --> 03:33:33,680
mid-flight earlier i believe it was

5062
03:33:38,790 --> 03:33:35,760
january of this year mazar essentially

5063
03:33:39,830 --> 03:33:38,800
this is the um the system that all the

5064
03:33:41,910 --> 03:33:39,840
way from

5065
03:33:45,349 --> 03:33:41,920
on now on the pad until they are in

5066
03:33:48,389 --> 03:33:45,359
orbit uh the crew is would be able to

5067
03:33:50,710 --> 03:33:48,399
escape safely in the event of an anomaly

5068
03:33:52,630 --> 03:33:50,720
um that's why it is so important that we

5069
03:33:54,229 --> 03:33:52,640
check the weather all around the world

5070
03:33:55,750 --> 03:33:54,239
really it's not just the weather here at

5071
03:33:58,870 --> 03:33:55,760
the cape that we're looking at in order

5072
03:33:59,590 --> 03:33:58,880
to determine if we're go or no go it is

5073
03:34:02,790 --> 03:33:59,600
the

5074
03:34:05,429 --> 03:34:02,800
corridor

5075
03:34:07,830 --> 03:34:05,439
right and as kate was mentioning um

5076
03:34:10,630 --> 03:34:07,840
again the launch escape system is armed

5077
03:34:13,349 --> 03:34:10,640
that has to happen before the spacex

5078
03:34:15,750 --> 03:34:13,359
teams will proceed with fueling falcon 9

5079
03:34:18,469 --> 03:34:15,760
and so that propellant loading process

5080
03:34:20,710 --> 03:34:18,479
is set to begin at t minus 35 minutes so

5081
03:34:23,190 --> 03:34:20,720
just a few minutes from now and what

5082
03:34:25,030 --> 03:34:23,200
that looks like um kate you talked about

5083
03:34:27,190 --> 03:34:25,040
the tests that were done you did a pad

5084
03:34:28,710 --> 03:34:27,200
abort test back in 2015 you did an

5085
03:34:31,269 --> 03:34:28,720
in-flight abort test the beginning of

5086
03:34:33,830 --> 03:34:31,279
this year and so what that looks like in

5087
03:34:36,070 --> 03:34:33,840
action if it were to happen

5088
03:34:38,950 --> 03:34:36,080
a pad abort test or excuse me a pad

5089
03:34:40,229 --> 03:34:38,960
abort would be before liftoff at any

5090
03:34:42,469 --> 03:34:40,239
point

5091
03:34:45,030 --> 03:34:42,479
from propellant loading which begins in

5092
03:34:47,110 --> 03:34:45,040
just under three minutes now uh until

5093
03:34:50,150 --> 03:34:47,120
the moment of liftoff if something were

5094
03:34:52,710 --> 03:34:50,160
to go wrong and the crew were in danger

5095
03:34:55,349 --> 03:34:52,720
crew dragon can kind of act as a rocket

5096
03:34:57,670 --> 03:34:55,359
on top of a rocket and propel itself off

5097
03:35:00,150 --> 03:34:57,680
of falcon 9 using its eight built-in

5098
03:35:03,110 --> 03:35:00,160
super draco thrusters right and so the

5099
03:35:05,429 --> 03:35:03,120
idea is that if that happens crew dragon

5100
03:35:08,790 --> 03:35:05,439
would splash down off the coast um and

5101
03:35:10,469 --> 03:35:08,800
then we would have a rescue scenario and

5102
03:35:12,550 --> 03:35:10,479
so we've rehearsed that

5103
03:35:14,550 --> 03:35:12,560
ahead of time we coordinate very closely

5104
03:35:16,389 --> 03:35:14,560
the nasa and spacex teams with the

5105
03:35:19,030 --> 03:35:16,399
department of defense detachment three

5106
03:35:21,269 --> 03:35:19,040
to prepare for a scenario such as that

5107
03:35:23,990 --> 03:35:21,279
um we're also prepared for

5108
03:35:26,550 --> 03:35:24,000
if there were to be a need for a launch

5109
03:35:28,870 --> 03:35:26,560
escape after the point of liftoff at any

5110
03:35:31,269 --> 03:35:28,880
point from liftoff until

5111
03:35:34,469 --> 03:35:31,279
they reach orbit about roughly 12

5112
03:35:35,910 --> 03:35:34,479
minutes after liftoff at any point

5113
03:35:38,309 --> 03:35:35,920
in that sequence

5114
03:35:40,630 --> 03:35:38,319
crew dragon could still launch itself

5115
03:35:43,429 --> 03:35:40,640
off of the falcon 9 rocket and in that

5116
03:35:45,269 --> 03:35:43,439
scenario crew dragon would splash down

5117
03:35:46,710 --> 03:35:45,279
at some other location further down

5118
03:35:49,510 --> 03:35:46,720
range farther away from florida

5119
03:35:52,070 --> 03:35:49,520
obviously and that's why the weather uh

5120
03:35:53,830 --> 03:35:52,080
downrange is just as important as the

5121
03:35:55,750 --> 03:35:53,840
weather around the pad for liftoff

5122
03:35:57,349 --> 03:35:55,760
because they're they're thinking about

5123
03:35:59,750 --> 03:35:57,359
how are we going to rescue the crew if

5124
03:36:02,229 --> 03:35:59,760
we get into a scenario like that exactly

5125
03:36:04,550 --> 03:36:02,239
so it's really complicated

5126
03:36:06,870 --> 03:36:04,560
but you know it is a system that we have

5127
03:36:08,229 --> 03:36:06,880
spent a lot of time designing and

5128
03:36:10,070 --> 03:36:08,239
testing

5129
03:36:12,150 --> 03:36:10,080
and it's you know it's definitely

5130
03:36:15,990 --> 03:36:12,160
something to consider in terms of that

5131
03:36:21,910 --> 03:36:19,269
and so now at t minus 36 minutes and 20

5132
03:36:23,510 --> 03:36:21,920
seconds in just over a minute we should

5133
03:36:24,630 --> 03:36:23,520
be hearing

5134
03:36:27,910 --> 03:36:24,640
that

5135
03:36:30,469 --> 03:36:27,920
falcon 9 is ready for propellant loading

5136
03:36:32,870 --> 03:36:30,479
that'll be with the rp1 which is rocket

5137
03:36:35,910 --> 03:36:32,880
grade kerosene and then also

5138
03:36:42,710 --> 03:36:35,920
simultaneously the liquid oxygen loading

5139
03:36:47,670 --> 03:36:44,870
once we begin loading that liquid oxygen

5140
03:36:49,110 --> 03:36:47,680
we'll see plumes of what will appear to

5141
03:36:50,469 --> 03:36:49,120
be white smoke

5142
03:36:52,870 --> 03:36:50,479
it's actually

5143
03:36:54,389 --> 03:36:52,880
the liquid oxygen

5144
03:36:57,590 --> 03:36:54,399
vaporizing

5145
03:37:00,790 --> 03:36:57,600
turning from liquid form into gas form

5146
03:37:03,190 --> 03:37:00,800
around the rocket itself in the

5147
03:37:05,030 --> 03:37:03,200
rather humid florida air

5148
03:37:07,750 --> 03:37:05,040
and nicole i know you know we're just

5149
03:37:09,510 --> 03:37:07,760
about 30 seconds from fueling but um

5150
03:37:12,150 --> 03:37:09,520
from your perspective you know obviously

5151
03:37:14,229 --> 03:37:12,160
this uh launch escape capability is not

5152
03:37:16,710 --> 03:37:14,239
something that the space shuttle had so

5153
03:37:18,870 --> 03:37:16,720
uh from an astronaut's perspective um

5154
03:37:21,910 --> 03:37:18,880
what's your take on having the ability

5155
03:37:24,150 --> 03:37:21,920
to abort from the pad or in flight yeah

5156
03:37:25,349 --> 03:37:24,160
i mean it's awesome it's it's um it's

5157
03:37:27,830 --> 03:37:25,359
what we need to be doing with our

5158
03:37:31,670 --> 03:37:27,840
spacecraft and i think anytime you can

5159
03:37:34,389 --> 03:37:31,680
better ensure the survival of your crew

5160
03:37:36,389 --> 03:37:34,399
in any situation during you know launch

5161
03:37:41,030 --> 03:37:36,399
and on the way to space the

5162
03:37:50,550 --> 03:37:42,469
launch other sequences started

5163
03:37:54,469 --> 03:37:51,830
so we just heard that call that

5164
03:38:02,550 --> 03:37:54,479
propellant load has started that means

5165
03:38:07,910 --> 03:38:05,590
okay so we are now at t minus 34 minutes

5166
03:38:09,910 --> 03:38:07,920
uh 34 seconds and counting

5167
03:38:12,710 --> 03:38:09,920
fueling of falcon 9 is underway the

5168
03:38:14,950 --> 03:38:12,720
launch escape system is armed and again

5169
03:38:16,630 --> 03:38:14,960
uh today is the first in a series of six

5170
03:38:19,110 --> 03:38:16,640
month missions for nasa's commercial

5171
03:38:21,349 --> 03:38:19,120
crew program

5172
03:38:24,389 --> 03:38:21,359
and the dragon capsule was loaded with

5173
03:38:27,670 --> 03:38:24,399
propellants about a week and a half ago

5174
03:38:28,790 --> 03:38:27,680
just a few miles down the road from us

5175
03:38:30,950 --> 03:38:28,800
yeah that's an area that we

5176
03:38:34,070 --> 03:38:30,960
affectionately refer to as dragon land

5177
03:38:39,189 --> 03:38:36,309
and in order to fly uh dragon needs fuel

5178
03:38:40,950 --> 03:38:39,199
and an oxidizer uh so for the fuel we

5179
03:38:42,870 --> 03:38:40,960
use uh kate you're gonna have to help me

5180
03:38:46,790 --> 03:38:42,880
with these words i can't pronounce them

5181
03:38:50,229 --> 03:38:46,800
yeah so it's monomethylhydrazine or mmh

5182
03:38:53,590 --> 03:38:50,239
and nitrogen texotride or texotro

5183
03:38:56,229 --> 03:38:53,600
tetroxide for also known as nto for the

5184
03:38:58,309 --> 03:38:56,239
oxidizer these are two propellants a

5185
03:38:59,830 --> 03:38:58,319
fuel and an oxidizer that when they come

5186
03:39:01,429 --> 03:38:59,840
into contact they combust

5187
03:39:03,269 --> 03:39:01,439
instantaneously so it's a great

5188
03:39:05,110 --> 03:39:03,279
propellant to use in space flight

5189
03:39:06,870 --> 03:39:05,120
because you don't need an ignition and

5190
03:39:09,590 --> 03:39:06,880
ignition source

5191
03:39:12,550 --> 03:39:09,600
so we use uh that those propellants to

5192
03:39:14,469 --> 03:39:12,560
maneuver dragon on orbit uh and those

5193
03:39:17,110 --> 03:39:14,479
and that those propellants super

5194
03:39:19,510 --> 03:39:17,120
power the draco engines as well as the

5195
03:39:22,070 --> 03:39:19,520
eight super draco engines that would be

5196
03:39:23,990 --> 03:39:22,080
utilized in the launch escape system in

5197
03:39:26,309 --> 03:39:24,000
an abort scenario

5198
03:39:28,710 --> 03:39:26,319
and again we want to be crystal clear

5199
03:39:31,510 --> 03:39:28,720
now that fueling for falcon 9 has

5200
03:39:34,550 --> 03:39:31,520
started that means that the eight super

5201
03:39:37,189 --> 03:39:34,560
draco engines built into crew dragon are

5202
03:39:39,269 --> 03:39:37,199
ready if needed to launch the capsule

5203
03:39:41,030 --> 03:39:39,279
away from the falcon 9 rocket in an

5204
03:39:43,269 --> 03:39:41,040
instant if there is any kind of

5205
03:39:44,469 --> 03:39:43,279
emergency associated with the rocket or

5206
03:39:47,110 --> 03:39:44,479
on the pad

5207
03:39:49,910 --> 03:39:47,120
now let's go over to spacex headquarters

5208
03:39:51,910 --> 03:39:49,920
in hawthorne for an operations update

5209
03:39:53,670 --> 03:39:51,920
john

5210
03:39:55,510 --> 03:39:53,680
well we are counting down those final

5211
03:39:57,750 --> 03:39:55,520
minutes and everything is still looking

5212
03:40:00,710 --> 03:39:57,760
good for falcon 9 and dragon for an

5213
03:40:01,750 --> 03:40:00,720
on-time launch just under 33 minutes

5214
03:40:03,830 --> 03:40:01,760
from now

5215
03:40:05,990 --> 03:40:03,840
as you heard falcon 9 began propellant

5216
03:40:06,870 --> 03:40:06,000
loading right on time at t minus 35

5217
03:40:08,630 --> 03:40:06,880
minutes

5218
03:40:10,469 --> 03:40:08,640
now the propellants that feed the merlin

5219
03:40:13,189 --> 03:40:10,479
engines that power falcon 9 are two

5220
03:40:15,670 --> 03:40:13,199
liquids one liquid is the fuel the other

5221
03:40:18,630 --> 03:40:15,680
is an oxidizer and that fuel is a

5222
03:40:20,389 --> 03:40:18,640
refined form of kerosene also referred

5223
03:40:22,950 --> 03:40:20,399
to as rp1

5224
03:40:25,269 --> 03:40:22,960
now our oxidizer is densified liquid

5225
03:40:27,510 --> 03:40:25,279
oxygen also called lox

5226
03:40:29,750 --> 03:40:27,520
densified means it is kept much colder

5227
03:40:32,229 --> 03:40:29,760
than typical for launch vehicles and it

5228
03:40:34,309 --> 03:40:32,239
takes up less volume this allows for

5229
03:40:36,630 --> 03:40:34,319
more oxidizer to be loaded into the

5230
03:40:38,630 --> 03:40:36,640
first and second stages

5231
03:40:40,469 --> 03:40:38,640
now to ignite the fuel and oxidizer in

5232
03:40:42,790 --> 03:40:40,479
the merlin rocket engine we use an

5233
03:40:45,269 --> 03:40:42,800
ignition fluid called t-tub

5234
03:40:47,349 --> 03:40:45,279
when t-tab comes in contact with oxygen

5235
03:40:48,710 --> 03:40:47,359
it ignites and it gives off a green

5236
03:40:50,630 --> 03:40:48,720
colored flame

5237
03:40:52,469 --> 03:40:50,640
once we've got the flame going we can

5238
03:40:54,710 --> 03:40:52,479
then add the kerosene fuel into the

5239
03:40:55,750 --> 03:40:54,720
chamber and the engine goes to main

5240
03:40:57,750 --> 03:40:55,760
power

5241
03:41:00,150 --> 03:40:57,760
you might see the green flash just as

5242
03:41:02,229 --> 03:41:00,160
the second stage engine ignites

5243
03:41:05,189 --> 03:41:02,239
following stage separation two minutes

5244
03:41:06,710 --> 03:41:05,199
48 seconds into tonight's flight

5245
03:41:08,469 --> 03:41:06,720
now currently we're early in the

5246
03:41:10,710 --> 03:41:08,479
propellant loading the first stage fuel

5247
03:41:12,630 --> 03:41:10,720
tank is about 10 percent full

5248
03:41:14,150 --> 03:41:12,640
and that first stage is the bottom two

5249
03:41:16,870 --> 03:41:14,160
thirds of the vehicle you can see on

5250
03:41:18,630 --> 03:41:16,880
your screen you've got the black carbon

5251
03:41:20,710 --> 03:41:18,640
fiber landing legs then the white

5252
03:41:22,710 --> 03:41:20,720
propellant tanks of the first stage

5253
03:41:24,309 --> 03:41:22,720
topped off by that black cylinder the

5254
03:41:26,630 --> 03:41:24,319
inner stage

5255
03:41:29,349 --> 03:41:26,640
now liquid oxygen loading is also

5256
03:41:31,349 --> 03:41:29,359
underway on the first stage that loading

5257
03:41:33,349 --> 03:41:31,359
will begin on the second stage which you

5258
03:41:35,030 --> 03:41:33,359
can see on your monitor which is the

5259
03:41:36,469 --> 03:41:35,040
cylinder the white cylinder just above

5260
03:41:37,910 --> 03:41:36,479
that black

5261
03:41:39,670 --> 03:41:37,920
interstage

5262
03:41:41,429 --> 03:41:39,680
liquid oxygen loading on stage two

5263
03:41:42,469 --> 03:41:41,439
begins at t minus sixteen and a half

5264
03:41:44,550 --> 03:41:42,479
minutes

5265
03:41:46,309 --> 03:41:44,560
and we'll continue loading liquid oxygen

5266
03:41:48,630 --> 03:41:46,319
on both stages until the last few

5267
03:41:50,550 --> 03:41:48,640
minutes of the countdown

5268
03:41:52,070 --> 03:41:50,560
helium loading into pressure vessels is

5269
03:41:54,070 --> 03:41:52,080
also underway

5270
03:41:55,990 --> 03:41:54,080
we use that to pressurize the tanks in

5271
03:41:58,389 --> 03:41:56,000
flight as the propellant is pulled out

5272
03:42:00,309 --> 03:41:58,399
by the merlin turbo pumps

5273
03:42:02,229 --> 03:42:00,319
now on board the dragon spacecraft the

5274
03:42:04,229 --> 03:42:02,239
astronauts are monitoring systems while

5275
03:42:05,990 --> 03:42:04,239
propellant is loaded

5276
03:42:07,830 --> 03:42:06,000
load

5277
03:42:08,950 --> 03:42:07,840
into the falcon 9 and the call out you

5278
03:42:10,870 --> 03:42:08,960
just heard

5279
03:42:13,110 --> 03:42:10,880
ground letting the crew know that helium

5280
03:42:14,870 --> 03:42:13,120
loading is going on the vehicle right

5281
03:42:16,389 --> 03:42:14,880
now

5282
03:42:18,070 --> 03:42:16,399
so as i mentioned the astronauts are

5283
03:42:19,910 --> 03:42:18,080
listening to this right now as part of

5284
03:42:21,590 --> 03:42:19,920
their training in the simulator we also

5285
03:42:23,510 --> 03:42:21,600
can give them the playback of sounds

5286
03:42:25,189 --> 03:42:23,520
that we've recorded and dragon capsule

5287
03:42:27,349 --> 03:42:25,199
during recent flights

5288
03:42:29,510 --> 03:42:27,359
plus they also had a discussion with bob

5289
03:42:31,349 --> 03:42:29,520
and doug after their flight who related

5290
03:42:33,750 --> 03:42:31,359
what their flight experience was like

5291
03:42:35,830 --> 03:42:33,760
earlier this year

5292
03:42:37,750 --> 03:42:35,840
now out on the eastern range we continue

5293
03:42:39,910 --> 03:42:37,760
to hear they're green ready to go there

5294
03:42:41,030 --> 03:42:39,920
are no problems and they are go for

5295
03:42:42,630 --> 03:42:41,040
launch

5296
03:42:44,870 --> 03:42:42,640
and finally the weather as i mentioned a

5297
03:42:46,550 --> 03:42:44,880
little while ago it's actually improved

5298
03:42:48,790 --> 03:42:46,560
during the day we're down to 20 percent

5299
03:42:50,790 --> 03:42:48,800
probability of violation the biggest

5300
03:42:52,469 --> 03:42:50,800
thing we're watching is just in case in

5301
03:42:54,469 --> 03:42:52,479
these last half hour

5302
03:42:56,710 --> 03:42:54,479
if a rain shower might spring up within

5303
03:42:58,870 --> 03:42:56,720
a mile or two of the launch pad but

5304
03:43:01,269 --> 03:42:58,880
currently the rain looks like it's

5305
03:43:04,229 --> 03:43:01,279
holding off the upper altitude winds are

5306
03:43:06,070 --> 03:43:04,239
good and the ground winds are very light

5307
03:43:08,070 --> 03:43:06,080
now as a reminder today we have an

5308
03:43:10,309 --> 03:43:08,080
instantaneous launch time so at this

5309
03:43:12,070 --> 03:43:10,319
point if we hear a hold for any reason

5310
03:43:14,790 --> 03:43:12,080
we'll have to stand down and target our

5311
03:43:16,550 --> 03:43:14,800
backup launch opportunity just under

5312
03:43:18,550 --> 03:43:16,560
three days from now

5313
03:43:22,150 --> 03:43:18,560
but let's turn it over to jesse and leah

5314
03:43:23,349 --> 03:43:22,160
for an overview of events after liftoff

5315
03:43:25,349 --> 03:43:23,359
thanks john

5316
03:43:27,670 --> 03:43:25,359
for crew one the astronauts flight to

5317
03:43:29,750 --> 03:43:27,680
station will take about 27 and a half

5318
03:43:32,229 --> 03:43:29,760
hours and their journey is much longer

5319
03:43:34,150 --> 03:43:32,239
but fairly similar to the trip nasa

5320
03:43:36,150 --> 03:43:34,160
astronauts doug hurley and bob bankin

5321
03:43:38,229 --> 03:43:36,160
made earlier this year in crew dragon's

5322
03:43:42,070 --> 03:43:38,239
first mission with humans aboard

5323
03:43:44,229 --> 03:43:42,080
as we await t-0 in just about 29 minutes

5324
03:43:46,389 --> 03:43:44,239
the ground operations teams are doing a

5325
03:43:49,030 --> 03:43:46,399
series of system checks to make sure

5326
03:43:51,110 --> 03:43:49,040
both dragon and falcon 9 are ready for

5327
03:43:53,110 --> 03:43:51,120
launch you're looking at a live view of

5328
03:43:55,429 --> 03:43:53,120
our teams at the cape as they prepare

5329
03:43:57,349 --> 03:43:55,439
for liftoff now as we wait for the

5330
03:43:59,590 --> 03:43:57,359
launch clock to hit zero we wanted to

5331
03:44:02,389 --> 03:43:59,600
give you an overview of what the ascent

5332
03:44:05,269 --> 03:44:02,399
portion of the mission will look like

5333
03:44:07,750 --> 03:44:05,279
once we hit t0 and a successful launch

5334
03:44:10,630 --> 03:44:07,760
occurs we will watch falcon 9 and dragon

5335
03:44:12,950 --> 03:44:10,640
lift off from historic launch pad 39a

5336
03:44:16,229 --> 03:44:12,960
and make their ascent at about 50

5337
03:44:18,389 --> 03:44:16,239
seconds into flight falcon 9's falcons 9

5338
03:44:20,469 --> 03:44:18,399
engines will throttle down to help pass

5339
03:44:22,469 --> 03:44:20,479
through the period of maximum dynamic

5340
03:44:25,349 --> 03:44:22,479
pressure on the rocket or what we

5341
03:44:27,349 --> 03:44:25,359
typically refer to as max q it's worth

5342
03:44:30,469 --> 03:44:27,359
noting that once we hit max q the

5343
03:44:32,070 --> 03:44:30,479
vehicle will be going supersonic

5344
03:44:33,510 --> 03:44:32,080
once we are through the period of

5345
03:44:36,309 --> 03:44:33,520
maximum

5346
03:44:38,710 --> 03:44:36,319
dynamic pressure we can throttle up our

5347
03:44:40,710 --> 03:44:38,720
merlin engines again and from there at

5348
03:44:42,550 --> 03:44:40,720
about two and a half minutes into flight

5349
03:44:44,870 --> 03:44:42,560
we have a series of three events that

5350
03:44:47,349 --> 03:44:44,880
will happen in rapid succession

5351
03:44:50,309 --> 03:44:47,359
first is mikko or main engine cut off

5352
03:44:52,870 --> 03:44:50,319
this is where all nine merlin n1d

5353
03:44:55,429 --> 03:44:52,880
engines shut off in preparation for

5354
03:44:57,830 --> 03:44:55,439
stage separation which is our second

5355
03:44:59,750 --> 03:44:57,840
event this is where the first stage

5356
03:45:01,830 --> 03:44:59,760
detaches from the second stage with the

5357
03:45:03,910 --> 03:45:01,840
first stage making its way back to earth

5358
03:45:06,070 --> 03:45:03,920
for landing as the second stage

5359
03:45:07,189 --> 03:45:06,080
continues on its journey with the third

5360
03:45:10,229 --> 03:45:07,199
event

5361
03:45:13,030 --> 03:45:10,239
ses or second is second stage engine

5362
03:45:15,429 --> 03:45:13,040
start one is where the mvac engine

5363
03:45:17,670 --> 03:45:15,439
lights up and propels the second stage

5364
03:45:19,030 --> 03:45:17,680
along with our crew one astronauts to

5365
03:45:21,189 --> 03:45:19,040
orbit

5366
03:45:23,590 --> 03:45:21,199
as stage two heads towards its targeted

5367
03:45:25,590 --> 03:45:23,600
drop-off orbit stage one will execute

5368
03:45:28,309 --> 03:45:25,600
two burns in order to make its way back

5369
03:45:30,309 --> 03:45:28,319
to earth the first is the entry burn

5370
03:45:32,630 --> 03:45:30,319
where three of the m1d engines will

5371
03:45:34,550 --> 03:45:32,640
reignite and then shut down this helps

5372
03:45:36,150 --> 03:45:34,560
to slow the stage down in preparation

5373
03:45:37,510 --> 03:45:36,160
for entry back into the earth's

5374
03:45:39,269 --> 03:45:37,520
atmosphere

5375
03:45:41,429 --> 03:45:39,279
while the first stage is heading back to

5376
03:45:43,910 --> 03:45:41,439
earth the second stage will cut off it's

5377
03:45:46,630 --> 03:45:43,920
one marlin engine that was ignited right

5378
03:45:48,790 --> 03:45:46,640
after stage separation once this happens

5379
03:45:50,550 --> 03:45:48,800
we will wait for confirmation of a good

5380
03:45:53,030 --> 03:45:50,560
orbital insertion

5381
03:45:55,349 --> 03:45:53,040
and about 90 seconds after dragon gets

5382
03:45:57,830 --> 03:45:55,359
into orbit falcon 9 will land back on

5383
03:45:59,910 --> 03:45:57,840
earth the landing burn which is a single

5384
03:46:01,830 --> 03:45:59,920
engine burn will bring the vehicle speed

5385
03:46:03,670 --> 03:46:01,840
down rapidly in order to land on the

5386
03:46:05,429 --> 03:46:03,680
drone ship about nine and a half minutes

5387
03:46:07,510 --> 03:46:05,439
into the mission

5388
03:46:09,830 --> 03:46:07,520
while falcon 9 first stage is landing

5389
03:46:12,150 --> 03:46:09,840
dragon is preparing to separate from the

5390
03:46:14,070 --> 03:46:12,160
second stage at about three minutes

5391
03:46:15,990 --> 03:46:14,080
after the second stage gets into orbit

5392
03:46:18,469 --> 03:46:16,000
we should have a great view of dragon

5393
03:46:20,870 --> 03:46:18,479
with its four-person crew drifting away

5394
03:46:22,550 --> 03:46:20,880
from the second stage once dragon is a

5395
03:46:24,389 --> 03:46:22,560
short distance away it will begin

5396
03:46:26,630 --> 03:46:24,399
checking out its draco maneuvering

5397
03:46:29,349 --> 03:46:26,640
thrusters to make sure dragon continues

5398
03:46:31,349 --> 03:46:29,359
to increase separation distance from the

5399
03:46:33,830 --> 03:46:31,359
second stage it's worth noting that

5400
03:46:35,429 --> 03:46:33,840
these are not the super draco engines

5401
03:46:37,349 --> 03:46:35,439
that would be used during an abort

5402
03:46:39,590 --> 03:46:37,359
scenario

5403
03:46:41,830 --> 03:46:39,600
about 40 seconds after separation

5404
03:46:44,229 --> 03:46:41,840
dragon's nose cone deploy sequence will

5405
03:46:45,990 --> 03:46:44,239
begin it will take roughly four minutes

5406
03:46:48,150 --> 03:46:46,000
for the nose cone hooks to unlatch and

5407
03:46:50,710 --> 03:46:48,160
open exposing its guidance navigation

5408
03:46:53,349 --> 03:46:50,720
controls or gnc that will help dragon

5409
03:46:55,429 --> 03:46:53,359
autonomously fly to the space station

5410
03:46:57,910 --> 03:46:55,439
and lastly once the nose cone is

5411
03:47:00,469 --> 03:46:57,920
deployed the remaining draco thrusters

5412
03:47:02,710 --> 03:47:00,479
on the forward bulkhead will be checked

5413
03:47:04,790 --> 03:47:02,720
from there over the next 27 and a half

5414
03:47:06,870 --> 03:47:04,800
hours dragon will begin its approach

5415
03:47:09,510 --> 03:47:06,880
phase undergoing a number of phasing

5416
03:47:16,630 --> 03:47:09,520
burns as it makes its way to station

5417
03:47:21,910 --> 03:47:19,670
and confirmation stage two cryohelium

5418
03:47:23,830 --> 03:47:21,920
being loaded now but for now let's check

5419
03:47:27,750 --> 03:47:23,840
back in with marie at kennedy space

5420
03:47:31,110 --> 03:47:29,510
all right thank you leah if you're just

5421
03:47:34,870 --> 03:47:31,120
joining us

5422
03:47:36,550 --> 03:47:34,880
we are now at uh t minus 25 minutes uh

5423
03:47:38,710 --> 03:47:36,560
five seconds and counting from the

5424
03:47:40,550 --> 03:47:38,720
second astronaut launch from u.s soil

5425
03:47:43,429 --> 03:47:40,560
this year and the first with four

5426
03:47:46,229 --> 03:47:43,439
astronauts aboard crew dragon uh we want

5427
03:47:48,870 --> 03:47:46,239
to go over to nasa's garvey mcintosh she

5428
03:47:51,269 --> 03:47:48,880
is standing by in japan to speak live

5429
03:47:53,670 --> 03:47:51,279
with the president of jaxa garvey are

5430
03:47:55,349 --> 03:47:53,680
you with us

5431
03:47:56,950 --> 03:47:55,359
yes i am

5432
03:47:59,189 --> 03:47:56,960
thank you marie

5433
03:48:01,030 --> 03:47:59,199
hello i'm here in tokyo japan this is

5434
03:48:03,830 --> 03:48:01,040
garvey macintosh and i'm going to

5435
03:48:08,150 --> 03:48:03,840
interview uh jaxa president dr hiroshi

5436
03:48:11,269 --> 03:48:09,429
konichiwa

5437
03:48:13,429 --> 03:48:11,279
could you tell us could you tell us

5438
03:48:16,309 --> 03:48:13,439
about the partnership between jaxa and

5439
03:48:20,790 --> 03:48:19,030
oh thank you very much for your question

5440
03:48:22,630 --> 03:48:20,800
the us and japan have built a close

5441
03:48:24,070 --> 03:48:22,640
relationship in the aerospace field for

5442
03:48:25,349 --> 03:48:24,080
more than 50 years

5443
03:48:27,429 --> 03:48:25,359
and nasa and jackson have been

5444
03:48:29,349 --> 03:48:27,439
collaborating in many fields

5445
03:48:31,910 --> 03:48:29,359
including earth science space science

5446
03:48:33,670 --> 03:48:31,920
space exploration human space activities

5447
03:48:35,990 --> 03:48:33,680
and aeronautics

5448
03:48:37,590 --> 03:48:36,000
astronaut technology participates in the

5449
03:48:39,590 --> 03:48:37,600
crew world known as the first foreign

5450
03:48:42,389 --> 03:48:39,600
national onboard us onboard the u.s

5451
03:48:44,469 --> 03:48:42,399
commercial spacecraft this shows a trust

5452
03:48:46,950 --> 03:48:44,479
relationship between the two countries

5453
03:48:49,110 --> 03:48:46,960
we recognize that this mission is an

5454
03:48:51,030 --> 03:48:49,120
important milestone toward future

5455
03:48:52,229 --> 03:48:51,040
international space exploration and we

5456
03:48:56,710 --> 03:48:52,239
will firmly

5457
03:49:01,189 --> 03:48:58,630
thank you very much could you tell us a

5458
03:49:03,189 --> 03:49:01,199
little bit um more about today's mission

5459
03:49:07,670 --> 03:49:03,199
and what the mission represents for

5460
03:49:10,950 --> 03:49:08,870
well uh

5461
03:49:13,750 --> 03:49:10,960
as the first japanese astronaut on board

5462
03:49:15,750 --> 03:49:13,760
three different spacecraft space shuttle

5463
03:49:17,349 --> 03:49:15,760
soyuz and crew dragon

5464
03:49:20,150 --> 03:49:17,359
i'm sure he will play an outstanding

5465
03:49:21,990 --> 03:49:20,160
role based on past experiences

5466
03:49:23,349 --> 03:49:22,000
experiments on the iss are expected

5467
03:49:26,070 --> 03:49:23,359
expected to contribute to the

5468
03:49:28,790 --> 03:49:26,080
advancement of people's lives on earth

5469
03:49:30,870 --> 03:49:28,800
or protein crystal growth experiments in

5470
03:49:34,309 --> 03:49:30,880
microgravity environment may lead to the

5471
03:49:36,070 --> 03:49:34,319
development of new medicine

5472
03:49:38,630 --> 03:49:36,080
japanese private companies are also

5473
03:49:43,590 --> 03:49:38,640
getting to the use the experiment module

5474
03:49:48,229 --> 03:49:45,349
we expect that we will

5475
03:49:50,469 --> 03:49:48,239
around the utilization of keyboard

5476
03:49:54,550 --> 03:49:50,479
thank you

5477
03:49:57,030 --> 03:49:54,560
toward a little bit towards the future

5478
03:49:58,229 --> 03:49:57,040
um i know recently japan along with uh

5479
03:49:59,670 --> 03:49:58,239
seven other countries including the

5480
03:50:01,910 --> 03:49:59,680
united states recently signed the

5481
03:50:03,510 --> 03:50:01,920
artemis accords can you tell us a little

5482
03:50:05,510 --> 03:50:03,520
bit about more about the artemis accords

5483
03:50:09,030 --> 03:50:05,520
and what that means for future space

5484
03:50:11,910 --> 03:50:10,389
well uh

5485
03:50:13,590 --> 03:50:11,920
last month in october the japanese

5486
03:50:15,990 --> 03:50:13,600
government signed the items of course

5487
03:50:17,590 --> 03:50:16,000
presenting the strong partnership as one

5488
03:50:19,910 --> 03:50:17,600
of the first countries to join in the

5489
03:50:21,670 --> 03:50:19,920
future international space exploration

5490
03:50:23,590 --> 03:50:21,680
well i think japan has expertise in

5491
03:50:26,389 --> 03:50:23,600
human and robotic space technologies

5492
03:50:28,710 --> 03:50:26,399
accumulated through our experience this

5493
03:50:30,870 --> 03:50:28,720
tv and hayapsa too

5494
03:50:32,790 --> 03:50:30,880
and we continue to move forward within

5495
03:50:35,110 --> 03:50:32,800
technical considerations with nasa and

5496
03:50:36,710 --> 03:50:35,120
other international partners

5497
03:50:39,429 --> 03:50:36,720
in addition to the field of human race

5498
03:50:40,790 --> 03:50:39,439
flight we will continue and deepen our

5499
03:50:42,630 --> 03:50:40,800
cooperation with nasa and our

5500
03:50:45,110 --> 03:50:42,640
international partners in order to

5501
03:50:48,229 --> 03:50:45,120
explore the new era of space and

5502
03:50:50,870 --> 03:50:48,239
contribution to our society on earth

5503
03:50:54,790 --> 03:50:50,880
thank you very much

5504
03:50:59,990 --> 03:50:57,349
um thank you for your time this morning

5505
03:51:00,000 --> 03:51:03,349
thank you

5506
03:51:07,269 --> 03:51:05,590
all right so we just took a look at

5507
03:51:09,110 --> 03:51:07,279
numbers across all of our social

5508
03:51:11,030 --> 03:51:09,120
channels and there are over

5509
03:51:13,510 --> 03:51:11,040
half a million people tuning in to this

5510
03:51:16,150 --> 03:51:13,520
broadcast right now and the hashtag

5511
03:51:18,389 --> 03:51:16,160
launchamerica is trending at number 20

5512
03:51:20,710 --> 03:51:18,399
on twitter last time we checked and

5513
03:51:22,630 --> 03:51:20,720
marie kate nicole i've got some great

5514
03:51:25,030 --> 03:51:22,640
photos rolling in and i have a few that

5515
03:51:26,550 --> 03:51:25,040
i just have to share right now so take a

5516
03:51:29,349 --> 03:51:26,560
look at this first one

5517
03:51:33,269 --> 03:51:29,359
we've got this little explorer asking if

5518
03:51:38,309 --> 03:51:35,910
i know t let's go to the next one

5519
03:51:39,990 --> 03:51:38,319
we've seen so many cute space pups today

5520
03:51:42,550 --> 03:51:40,000
and this corgi and its little nasa

5521
03:51:45,750 --> 03:51:42,560
onesie is just the icing on the cake yes

5522
03:51:48,550 --> 03:51:45,760
i can't get enough space dogs so

5523
03:51:51,030 --> 03:51:48,560
um okay let's go next

5524
03:51:53,110 --> 03:51:51,040
how incredible is this little patriotic

5525
03:51:54,790 --> 03:51:53,120
astronaut holding the flag now y'all

5526
03:51:57,030 --> 03:51:54,800
this one definitely made me pretty

5527
03:52:00,550 --> 03:51:57,040
emotional in the first time i saw

5528
03:52:02,309 --> 03:52:00,560
yeah okay last one

5529
03:52:04,950 --> 03:52:02,319
check out how awesome kiana looks in her

5530
03:52:07,590 --> 03:52:04,960
blue flight flight suit and i mean

5531
03:52:09,429 --> 03:52:07,600
wishing her hero victor glover well on

5532
03:52:10,150 --> 03:52:09,439
his launch america mission

5533
03:52:11,590 --> 03:52:10,160
so

5534
03:52:13,269 --> 03:52:11,600
you've seen it there and for those of

5535
03:52:15,670 --> 03:52:13,279
you at home thank you for sharing a

5536
03:52:18,150 --> 03:52:15,680
piece of what this mission means to you

5537
03:52:19,670 --> 03:52:18,160
with us and in these final moments let's

5538
03:52:22,070 --> 03:52:19,680
check in with shaniqua at mission

5539
03:52:26,229 --> 03:52:22,080
control in houston shaniqua what's the

5540
03:52:29,990 --> 03:52:27,990
thanks tahara the space station team

5541
03:52:31,590 --> 03:52:30,000
here in houston is focused and critical

5542
03:52:33,349 --> 03:52:31,600
systems on the station continue to

5543
03:52:35,110 --> 03:52:33,359
function normally the teams have

5544
03:52:36,710 --> 03:52:35,120
verified the command path from the

5545
03:52:38,950 --> 03:52:36,720
ground up through the constellation of

5546
03:52:40,710 --> 03:52:38,960
communication satellites to the station

5547
03:52:43,349 --> 03:52:40,720
everything is nominal and the station

5548
03:52:45,510 --> 03:52:43,359
will be ready to receive dragon tomorrow

5549
03:52:47,189 --> 03:52:45,520
nasa flight director anthony varya has

5550
03:52:49,590 --> 03:52:47,199
been leading operations planning between

5551
03:52:51,349 --> 03:52:49,600
the joint nasa and spacex teams for the

5552
03:52:53,349 --> 03:52:51,359
crew one mission and with the mission

5553
03:52:54,630 --> 03:52:53,359
about to begin he passed along this to

5554
03:52:56,870 --> 03:52:54,640
the teams

5555
03:52:59,030 --> 03:52:56,880
no matter the spacecraft our jobs remain

5556
03:53:00,790 --> 03:52:59,040
the same we will protect the crew we

5557
03:53:03,590 --> 03:53:00,800
will protect the vehicle and we will

5558
03:53:06,710 --> 03:53:03,600
perform our mission we remain tough and

5559
03:53:08,469 --> 03:53:06,720
competent we operate with resilience

5560
03:53:10,309 --> 03:53:08,479
anthony and team are on console here in

5561
03:53:12,469 --> 03:53:10,319
mission control for launch and will be

5562
03:53:14,710 --> 03:53:12,479
back tomorrow for docking a reminder

5563
03:53:16,790 --> 03:53:14,720
that a launch today will take about 27

5564
03:53:19,750 --> 03:53:16,800
and a half hours to get to station

5565
03:53:23,750 --> 03:53:19,760
docking monday to the note 2 ford port

5566
03:53:25,510 --> 03:53:23,760
scheduled at 10 pm central time 4 am gmt

5567
03:53:27,670 --> 03:53:25,520
once dragon is fully docked to the

5568
03:53:30,150 --> 03:53:27,680
station the team here in houston will

5569
03:53:32,469 --> 03:53:30,160
assist the dragon and spacex station

5570
03:53:34,790 --> 03:53:32,479
excuse me space station astronauts with

5571
03:53:36,950 --> 03:53:34,800
leak checks as they work to open hatches

5572
03:53:39,670 --> 03:53:36,960
on both dragon and inside the pressure

5573
03:53:41,189 --> 03:53:39,680
the station's pressurized mating adapter

5574
03:53:42,870 --> 03:53:41,199
we expect hatch open to take

5575
03:53:47,110 --> 03:53:42,880
approximately two hours

5576
03:53:48,870 --> 03:53:47,120
after docking that's it for us here in

5577
03:53:52,950 --> 03:53:48,880
mission control houston i'll send it

5578
03:53:58,870 --> 03:53:55,429
all right thank you so much shaniqua we

5579
03:54:01,349 --> 03:53:58,880
are inside of t minus 19 minutes until

5580
03:54:04,309 --> 03:54:01,359
launch uh so exciting we started the day

5581
03:54:06,469 --> 03:54:04,319
with 50 percent probability of launch

5582
03:54:08,950 --> 03:54:06,479
and now we're up to uh eighty percent

5583
03:54:10,870 --> 03:54:08,960
chance of the weather cooperating so we

5584
03:54:13,030 --> 03:54:10,880
are so excited uh i know we're going to

5585
03:54:14,790 --> 03:54:13,040
be turning our attention uh solely to

5586
03:54:17,189 --> 03:54:14,800
the pad and going over to hawthorne to

5587
03:54:18,950 --> 03:54:17,199
take us through the final count but um

5588
03:54:20,790 --> 03:54:18,960
one thing that really stuck out to me

5589
03:54:22,790 --> 03:54:20,800
earlier and i wanted to mention when

5590
03:54:24,630 --> 03:54:22,800
shannon was talking about

5591
03:54:26,309 --> 03:54:24,640
her path to becoming an astronaut she

5592
03:54:29,269 --> 03:54:26,319
talked about how she was four years old

5593
03:54:30,469 --> 03:54:29,279
when she decided that that's what i want

5594
03:54:32,070 --> 03:54:30,479
to do and

5595
03:54:34,469 --> 03:54:32,080
it really stuck out to me because my

5596
03:54:35,990 --> 03:54:34,479
four-year-old daughter is watching and

5597
03:54:37,590 --> 03:54:36,000
she's dreaming about becoming an

5598
03:54:38,790 --> 03:54:37,600
astronaut and it's so

5599
03:54:42,790 --> 03:54:38,800
special

5600
03:54:44,550 --> 03:54:42,800
girls maybe i'm biased but

5601
03:54:46,710 --> 03:54:44,560
to be able to have a role model like

5602
03:54:48,469 --> 03:54:46,720
shannon and like you nicole

5603
03:54:51,189 --> 03:54:48,479
because at the time when shannon was

5604
03:54:53,990 --> 03:54:51,199
four years old women weren't astronauts

5605
03:54:56,950 --> 03:54:54,000
and what an amazing time to be in when

5606
03:54:58,710 --> 03:54:56,960
little girls have women to look up to

5607
03:55:01,030 --> 03:54:58,720
and african-american children have

5608
03:55:02,950 --> 03:55:01,040
victor glover to look up to and see that

5609
03:55:04,309 --> 03:55:02,960
you know they're represented and they

5610
03:55:07,030 --> 03:55:04,319
can do this too

5611
03:55:09,030 --> 03:55:07,040
yeah and i think um nasa and the world

5612
03:55:11,189 --> 03:55:09,040
of space exploration you know from the

5613
03:55:11,990 --> 03:55:11,199
human space flight side for sure has

5614
03:55:13,349 --> 03:55:12,000
been

5615
03:55:14,950 --> 03:55:13,359
you know over the years just so

5616
03:55:16,550 --> 03:55:14,960
progressive and understanding how this

5617
03:55:18,950 --> 03:55:16,560
diversity makes so

5618
03:55:20,870 --> 03:55:18,960
is so important and i love thinking

5619
03:55:23,349 --> 03:55:20,880
about your four-year-old daughter um

5620
03:55:24,950 --> 03:55:23,359
watching launch tonight and being

5621
03:55:26,950 --> 03:55:24,960
excited about this and i'm thankful to

5622
03:55:28,870 --> 03:55:26,960
be here tonight with you two ladies kind

5623
03:55:31,590 --> 03:55:28,880
of representing

5624
03:55:33,510 --> 03:55:31,600
i'm super excited i have seen spacex

5625
03:55:35,349 --> 03:55:33,520
launches before i've seen

5626
03:55:38,389 --> 03:55:35,359
shuttle launches before but i've never

5627
03:55:39,510 --> 03:55:38,399
been this close to the launch pad uh and

5628
03:55:42,950 --> 03:55:39,520
i'm just

5629
03:55:44,389 --> 03:55:42,960
my palms were sweaty with excitement and

5630
03:55:46,309 --> 03:55:44,399
uh it's going to be incredible that you

5631
03:55:48,309 --> 03:55:46,319
know night launch is here they just

5632
03:55:50,469 --> 03:55:48,319
light up the sky and so i'm super

5633
03:55:52,469 --> 03:55:50,479
excited and i can't even imagine you

5634
03:55:54,389 --> 03:55:52,479
know i i i think a lot about victor

5635
03:55:56,150 --> 03:55:54,399
glover this evening because as we said

5636
03:55:57,429 --> 03:55:56,160
before this is his first time going to

5637
03:55:59,910 --> 03:55:57,439
space he has

5638
03:56:02,870 --> 03:55:59,920
thousands of hours as a test pilot like

5639
03:56:04,469 --> 03:56:02,880
a super impressive resume uh and this is

5640
03:56:06,389 --> 03:56:04,479
his first time going to space and i i'm

5641
03:56:08,469 --> 03:56:06,399
so excited for him to be part of this

5642
03:56:11,429 --> 03:56:08,479
mission and and get to go to the iss

5643
03:56:13,349 --> 03:56:11,439
after a long wait yeah and that that is

5644
03:56:15,590 --> 03:56:13,359
a beautiful destination let me just tell

5645
03:56:17,189 --> 03:56:15,600
you that they you know the four of them

5646
03:56:18,950 --> 03:56:17,199
are going to

5647
03:56:20,630 --> 03:56:18,960
you know do amazing work there and it's

5648
03:56:22,070 --> 03:56:20,640
been mentioned a couple times before you

5649
03:56:24,070 --> 03:56:22,080
know this partnership that we have

5650
03:56:26,309 --> 03:56:24,080
that's allowing us to do such incredible

5651
03:56:28,950 --> 03:56:26,319
things that are just ultimately about

5652
03:56:30,870 --> 03:56:28,960
improving life on earth absolutely and

5653
03:56:32,309 --> 03:56:30,880
nicole i think it's worth mentioning we

5654
03:56:34,790 --> 03:56:32,319
didn't talk about this earlier and i

5655
03:56:36,229 --> 03:56:34,800
know you are a very humble person and

5656
03:56:38,309 --> 03:56:36,239
you're focused on the crew that's on the

5657
03:56:39,670 --> 03:56:38,319
pad right now but you were the last

5658
03:56:41,670 --> 03:56:39,680
resident

5659
03:56:44,950 --> 03:56:41,680
international space station crew member

5660
03:56:46,550 --> 03:56:44,960
to launch from and then land uh on back

5661
03:56:48,389 --> 03:56:46,560
on u.s soil so i think that's

5662
03:56:49,910 --> 03:56:48,399
significant uh

5663
03:56:51,349 --> 03:56:49,920
yeah as a shuttle crew member and it's

5664
03:56:53,910 --> 03:56:51,359
kind of you know weird to think that

5665
03:56:55,670 --> 03:56:53,920
that was that long ago but um you know i

5666
03:56:58,070 --> 03:56:55,680
don't think any crew members goes into

5667
03:57:00,070 --> 03:56:58,080
it thinking about what you know what

5668
03:57:01,830 --> 03:57:00,080
first or last it is but

5669
03:57:04,550 --> 03:57:01,840
i'll tell you having worked at kennedy

5670
03:57:06,469 --> 03:57:04,560
space center for 10 years as a nasa

5671
03:57:08,550 --> 03:57:06,479
engineer and to be able to

5672
03:57:11,030 --> 03:57:08,560
you know support a mission like that and

5673
03:57:13,590 --> 03:57:11,040
be here watching this tonight really

5674
03:57:15,429 --> 03:57:13,600
historic event um this is the place

5675
03:57:17,910 --> 03:57:15,439
where we learn you know that there is a

5676
03:57:19,750 --> 03:57:17,920
solution to every challenging problem

5677
03:57:21,750 --> 03:57:19,760
and and in the words of a person i

5678
03:57:23,510 --> 03:57:21,760
mentioned earlier mr honeycutt you know

5679
03:57:25,910 --> 03:57:23,520
here's how we can not why we can't and

5680
03:57:29,429 --> 03:57:25,920
that's what we saw go on tonight as well

5681
03:57:31,830 --> 03:57:29,439
absolutely and with t minus 15 minutes

5682
03:57:33,510 --> 03:57:31,840
10 seconds and counting to liftoff we

5683
03:57:35,189 --> 03:57:33,520
want to focus in on the pad as we

5684
03:57:36,950 --> 03:57:35,199
proceed through the final stretch of the

5685
03:57:39,269 --> 03:57:36,960
countdown we will turn it over to

5686
03:57:44,070 --> 03:57:39,279
hawthorne to take us through launch at 7

5687
03:57:45,670 --> 03:57:44,080
27 this evening eastern time john

5688
03:57:47,990 --> 03:57:45,680
thanks marie

5689
03:57:50,389 --> 03:57:48,000
as marie mentioned everything is looking

5690
03:57:53,110 --> 03:57:50,399
good for launch of falcon 9 and dragon

5691
03:57:55,510 --> 03:57:53,120
it's going to come at 27 minutes and 17

5692
03:57:57,910 --> 03:57:55,520
seconds after the hour just a little

5693
03:58:00,070 --> 03:57:57,920
under 15 minutes from now

5694
03:58:02,870 --> 03:58:00,080
we began propellant loading on falcon 9

5695
03:58:04,710 --> 03:58:02,880
on time at t minus 35 minutes

5696
03:58:07,030 --> 03:58:04,720
you may have heard earlier the call out

5697
03:58:09,670 --> 03:58:07,040
the fuel is completely loaded on the

5698
03:58:10,710 --> 03:58:09,680
second stage so the rp1 kerosene fuel is

5699
03:58:13,110 --> 03:58:10,720
complete

5700
03:58:15,590 --> 03:58:13,120
we also got the start right on time two

5701
03:58:17,750 --> 03:58:15,600
minutes ago of liquid oxygen loading

5702
03:58:19,429 --> 03:58:17,760
onto the second stage

5703
03:58:21,670 --> 03:58:19,439
now on the first stage that you can see

5704
03:58:23,910 --> 03:58:21,680
with the white uh plumes coming off of

5705
03:58:26,150 --> 03:58:23,920
it field loading is continuing we're

5706
03:58:27,910 --> 03:58:26,160
about half complete with field load

5707
03:58:29,269 --> 03:58:27,920
that'll finish in eight minutes at t

5708
03:58:32,469 --> 03:58:29,279
minus six

5709
03:58:35,030 --> 03:58:32,479
now densified oxygen the liquid oxygen

5710
03:58:37,030 --> 03:58:35,040
continues to load on the first stage

5711
03:58:39,030 --> 03:58:37,040
that'll come down and finish about t

5712
03:58:40,950 --> 03:58:39,040
minus three minutes and then as i

5713
03:58:43,750 --> 03:58:40,960
mentioned the second stage has just

5714
03:58:45,510 --> 03:58:43,760
begun liquid oxygen loading just uh two

5715
03:58:47,670 --> 03:58:45,520
and a half minutes ago that will

5716
03:58:49,030 --> 03:58:47,680
continue all the way down to t minus two

5717
03:58:51,750 --> 03:58:49,040
minutes

5718
03:58:53,910 --> 03:58:51,760
now currently eastern range is go

5719
03:58:55,750 --> 03:58:53,920
everything continues to look good

5720
03:58:58,389 --> 03:58:55,760
and the weather as we said has continued

5721
03:59:00,710 --> 03:58:58,399
to cooperate you can talk about it you

5722
03:59:02,790 --> 03:59:00,720
can't do much about it but tonight it

5723
03:59:04,229 --> 03:59:02,800
looks like all conditions are good on

5724
03:59:06,309 --> 03:59:04,239
the weather

5725
03:59:08,389 --> 03:59:06,319
and finally dragon the dragon mission

5726
03:59:09,349 --> 03:59:08,399
director and team they are reporting no

5727
03:59:11,030 --> 03:59:09,359
issues

5728
03:59:13,110 --> 03:59:11,040
they've completed the communication

5729
03:59:15,429 --> 03:59:13,120
checkouts earlier in the countdown you

5730
03:59:17,750 --> 03:59:15,439
can see the crew access arm is retracted

5731
03:59:19,750 --> 03:59:17,760
away what you have left now is just the

5732
03:59:21,349 --> 03:59:19,760
strong back alongside of dragon you can

5733
03:59:23,670 --> 03:59:21,359
see on your monitors

5734
03:59:25,349 --> 03:59:23,680
we have armed the launch escape system

5735
03:59:26,870 --> 03:59:25,359
the crew is strapped in and they are

5736
03:59:28,790 --> 03:59:26,880
ready to go

5737
03:59:30,309 --> 03:59:28,800
their next major events coming up at t

5738
03:59:31,990 --> 03:59:30,319
minus 10 minutes they're going to get

5739
03:59:34,630 --> 03:59:32,000
final instructions

5740
03:59:36,950 --> 03:59:34,640
uh relayed to them the crew displays

5741
03:59:38,950 --> 03:59:36,960
will be configured for launch and that

5742
03:59:40,710 --> 03:59:38,960
allows the crew to get insight into how

5743
03:59:43,110 --> 03:59:40,720
launch is proceeding and provides

5744
03:59:44,469 --> 03:59:43,120
constant updates on vehicle health to

5745
03:59:46,790 --> 03:59:44,479
the crew that you can see on the right

5746
03:59:48,950 --> 03:59:46,800
hand side of the monitor the crew will

5747
03:59:51,269 --> 03:59:48,960
also at that time close their visors in

5748
03:59:53,189 --> 03:59:51,279
preparation for launch

5749
03:59:54,790 --> 03:59:53,199
now at t-minus five minutes will be in

5750
03:59:57,910 --> 03:59:54,800
terminal count and dragon will

5751
03:59:59,590 --> 03:59:57,920
transition to its internal battery power

5752
04:00:02,309 --> 03:59:59,600
we'll hear continued callouts on the

5753
04:00:04,950 --> 04:00:02,319
countdown net as we get close to zero

5754
04:00:06,870 --> 04:00:04,960
and to lift off but right now twelve and

5755
04:00:08,389 --> 04:00:06,880
a half minutes to go everything looking

5756
04:00:10,710 --> 04:00:08,399
good

5757
04:00:12,309 --> 04:00:10,720
leah and i will be commenting but we're

5758
04:00:15,269 --> 04:00:12,319
going to let you listen into a lot of

5759
04:00:17,670 --> 04:00:15,279
the discussion and just uh enjoy the

5760
04:00:19,349 --> 04:00:17,680
last 12 minutes of the countdown as we

5761
04:00:23,429 --> 04:00:19,359
head for liftoff again

5762
04:00:25,990 --> 04:00:23,439
27 minutes 17 seconds after the hour

5763
04:00:29,110 --> 04:00:26,000
that's right john it's so exciting i

5764
04:00:31,429 --> 04:00:29,120
only 12 minutes 13 seconds until liftoff

5765
04:00:33,750 --> 04:00:31,439
now and just some things that you can

5766
04:00:36,070 --> 04:00:33,760
look for especially upon ascent you'll

5767
04:00:37,830 --> 04:00:36,080
be hearing some performance calls as we

5768
04:00:40,229 --> 04:00:37,840
get into the final countdown and then

5769
04:00:41,670 --> 04:00:40,239
after liftoff these are spacex flight

5770
04:00:43,990 --> 04:00:41,680
controllers they're reporting the

5771
04:00:45,429 --> 04:00:44,000
trajectory the speed the booster

5772
04:00:47,910 --> 04:00:45,439
performance and some of the key

5773
04:00:49,269 --> 04:00:47,920
milestones for falcon 9 and crew dragon

5774
04:00:51,750 --> 04:00:49,279
on the way up hill

5775
04:00:53,590 --> 04:00:51,760
it's about a nine minute ride to orbit

5776
04:00:55,830 --> 04:00:53,600
and a few minutes after that is when

5777
04:00:58,630 --> 04:00:55,840
we'll see crew dragon separate from the

5778
04:00:59,750 --> 04:00:58,640
second stage and begin flying free on

5779
04:01:01,429 --> 04:00:59,760
its own

5780
04:01:03,590 --> 04:01:01,439
some of those other calls you'll hear

5781
04:01:05,910 --> 04:01:03,600
upon liftoff are number and letter

5782
04:01:07,990 --> 04:01:05,920
combinations these mark different abort

5783
04:01:10,309 --> 04:01:08,000
zones throughout the flight the first

5784
04:01:11,830 --> 04:01:10,319
two are 1a and 1b

5785
04:01:13,910 --> 04:01:11,840
this signifies they're in the first

5786
04:01:16,790 --> 04:01:13,920
stage and that will last until they're

5787
04:01:20,389 --> 04:01:16,800
up to the very north of north carolina

5788
04:01:22,150 --> 04:01:20,399
the next are 2a through 2e or 2 echo

5789
04:01:24,550 --> 04:01:22,160
those will come into play once the

5790
04:01:26,870 --> 04:01:24,560
second stage kicks in that lasts from

5791
04:01:28,790 --> 04:01:26,880
the top of north carolina all the way to

5792
04:01:31,269 --> 04:01:28,800
the tip of newfoundland in the northern

5793
04:01:33,269 --> 04:01:31,279
atlantic there's also a spot we want to

5794
04:01:35,830 --> 04:01:33,279
avoid in the northern atlantic and so

5795
04:01:38,229 --> 04:01:35,840
you might hear the call shannon or

5796
04:01:40,150 --> 04:01:38,239
forward to shannon of course that's not

5797
04:01:42,469 --> 04:01:40,160
to be confused with our crew member

5798
04:01:44,870 --> 04:01:42,479
shannon walker today but that actually

5799
04:01:47,510 --> 04:01:44,880
refers to shannon ireland it means they

5800
04:01:49,910 --> 04:01:47,520
would target off the coast of ireland if

5801
04:01:51,510 --> 04:01:49,920
they were later in that second stage and

5802
04:01:53,349 --> 04:01:51,520
needed to abort

5803
04:01:55,590 --> 04:01:53,359
but that next call out we're listening

5804
04:01:58,630 --> 04:01:55,600
for to the crew should come up at t

5805
04:02:00,710 --> 04:01:58,640
minus 10 minutes that the crew displays

5806
04:02:03,910 --> 04:02:00,720
those three panels in front of our

5807
04:02:06,630 --> 04:02:03,920
astronauts will be configured for launch

5808
04:02:16,790 --> 04:02:06,640
now just 10 minutes and 35 seconds to go

5809
04:02:21,590 --> 04:02:19,429
also as john i mentioned that stage two

5810
04:02:25,429 --> 04:02:21,600
fuel load is complete stage one is at

5811
04:02:30,309 --> 04:02:27,910
liquid oxygen load on the second stage

5812
04:02:41,269 --> 04:02:30,319
is about 40 percent and on the first

5813
04:02:50,790 --> 04:02:43,830
dragon spacex confirmed crew displays

5814
04:02:56,389 --> 04:02:53,269
and spacex this is dragon displays are

5815
04:02:57,830 --> 04:02:56,399
configured for launch

5816
04:02:59,590 --> 04:02:57,840
copy resilience

5817
04:03:02,229 --> 04:02:59,600
we're honored to have you as our crew as

5818
04:03:04,070 --> 04:03:02,239
we begin operational missions to the iss

5819
04:03:09,349 --> 04:03:04,080
have an amazing trip and know that we

5820
04:03:13,750 --> 04:03:11,990
thanks jay and to all the people at nasa

5821
04:03:14,950 --> 04:03:13,760
and spacex

5822
04:03:16,870 --> 04:03:14,960
by working together through these

5823
04:03:18,630 --> 04:03:16,880
difficult times you've inspired the

5824
04:03:21,110 --> 04:03:18,640
nation the world

5825
04:03:23,030 --> 04:03:21,120
and in those faults and all parts the uh

5826
04:03:25,750 --> 04:03:23,040
the name of this incredible vehicle

5827
04:03:31,269 --> 04:03:25,760
resilience and now it's time for us to

5828
04:03:31,279 --> 04:03:36,870
i feel thanks

5829
04:03:40,950 --> 04:03:38,630
that was the voice of commander mike

5830
04:03:43,030 --> 04:03:40,960
hopkins confirming those crew displays

5831
04:03:45,110 --> 04:03:43,040
are configured and that t-minus 10

5832
04:03:47,269 --> 04:03:45,120
minutes was another check for the falcon

5833
04:03:49,590 --> 04:03:47,279
9 launch commit criteria was checked by

5834
04:03:52,150 --> 04:03:49,600
some computers it was the last check of

5835
04:03:54,150 --> 04:03:52,160
a wide variety of the falcon system data

5836
04:03:56,550 --> 04:03:54,160
to make sure we are go

5837
04:03:59,349 --> 04:03:56,560
from here on we continue to count down

5838
04:04:10,229 --> 04:03:59,359
until t minus seven minutes when the

5839
04:04:14,229 --> 04:04:12,150
t-minus eight minutes thirty seconds and

5840
04:04:16,469 --> 04:04:14,239
counting as liam mentioned the next

5841
04:04:18,150 --> 04:04:16,479
major event at t minus seven minutes we

5842
04:04:20,389 --> 04:04:18,160
will open the pre-valves currently the

5843
04:04:22,469 --> 04:04:20,399
merlin engines on the first stage are

5844
04:04:25,750 --> 04:04:22,479
isolated by valves

5845
04:04:26,710 --> 04:04:25,760
that are between the propellant tanks

5846
04:04:29,110 --> 04:04:26,720
and

5847
04:04:30,870 --> 04:04:29,120
with the merlin engines

5848
04:04:32,469 --> 04:04:30,880
we'll open the tree valves

5849
04:04:35,110 --> 04:04:32,479
that'll allow us to begin

5850
04:04:37,030 --> 04:04:35,120
passing a small amount of liquid oxygen

5851
04:04:38,630 --> 04:04:37,040
through the inlet of the turbo pumps

5852
04:04:40,950 --> 04:04:38,640
that will chill them down to get them

5853
04:04:43,590 --> 04:04:40,960
ready for when we bring the pumps up to

5854
04:04:45,349 --> 04:04:43,600
full speed at t minus two seconds want

5855
04:04:48,150 --> 04:04:45,359
to make sure that the pumps are chilled

5856
04:04:51,110 --> 04:04:48,160
so that there's not any opportunity for

5857
04:04:53,349 --> 04:04:51,120
the liquid oxygen to possibly get

5858
04:04:55,349 --> 04:04:53,359
in contact with a warm pump and turn

5859
04:05:00,389 --> 04:04:55,359
into gas something you want to avoid on

5860
04:05:05,590 --> 04:05:03,750
7 minutes and 40 seconds now to lift off

5861
04:05:08,070 --> 04:05:05,600
we're still watching those fuel levels

5862
04:05:12,229 --> 04:05:08,080
tick up and in the first stage we're

5863
04:05:15,110 --> 04:05:12,239
almost at 100 of that densified kerosene

5864
04:05:17,429 --> 04:05:15,120
as we mentioned second stage is full

5865
04:05:20,229 --> 04:05:17,439
first stage fueling should be complete

5866
04:05:37,429 --> 04:05:20,239
for that rp1 at about t minus six

5867
04:05:37,439 --> 04:05:46,309
standing by for pre-valve opening

5868
04:05:46,319 --> 04:05:51,110
stage one engine chill has started

5869
04:05:56,070 --> 04:05:53,189
and there's the call out stage one

5870
04:05:57,349 --> 04:05:56,080
engine chill has started indicates that

5871
04:05:59,189 --> 04:05:57,359
we are opening the tree pre-valves

5872
04:06:01,429 --> 04:05:59,199
liquid oxygen now beginning to flow

5873
04:06:06,950 --> 04:06:01,439
slowly through the turbo pumps on the

5874
04:06:11,110 --> 04:06:08,790
next call out should be in about 30

5875
04:06:14,229 --> 04:06:11,120
seconds from now we'll be looking for

5876
04:06:16,469 --> 04:06:14,239
stage 1 rp load complete that's the

5877
04:06:18,790 --> 04:06:16,479
densified kerosene that fuel on the

5878
04:06:21,349 --> 04:06:18,800
first stage already full on the second

5879
04:06:23,910 --> 04:06:21,359
stage and we'll still be loading liquid

5880
04:06:26,790 --> 04:06:23,920
oxygen

5881
04:06:34,229 --> 04:06:26,800
up until about two minutes prior to

5882
04:06:34,239 --> 04:06:40,550
standing by for that fuel call

5883
04:06:45,990 --> 04:06:44,070
stage one fuel load is complete

5884
04:06:47,990 --> 04:06:46,000
okay right on time

5885
04:06:49,910 --> 04:06:48,000
and a great view of dragon

5886
04:06:51,990 --> 04:06:49,920
sitting on top of the falcon 9 as we're

5887
04:06:54,150 --> 04:06:52,000
continuing to load liquid oxygen onto

5888
04:06:56,710 --> 04:06:54,160
both the first and second stages the

5889
04:06:59,590 --> 04:06:56,720
rp-1 kerosene feel is now completely

5890
04:07:02,070 --> 04:06:59,600
loaded on both stage one and stage two

5891
04:07:09,830 --> 04:07:02,080
all continues to go well just under six

5892
04:07:14,630 --> 04:07:12,150
in about 30 seconds we'll enter terminal

5893
04:07:17,670 --> 04:07:14,640
count dragon's onboard computers will

5894
04:07:19,990 --> 04:07:17,680
take control of the vehicle

5895
04:07:21,910 --> 04:07:20,000
both fuel on first and second stage is

5896
04:07:23,830 --> 04:07:21,920
complete and liquid oxygen loading

5897
04:07:25,110 --> 04:07:23,840
continues with the second stage at about

5898
04:07:27,189 --> 04:07:25,120
eighty percent

5899
04:07:29,269 --> 04:07:27,199
first stage at ninety five percent

5900
04:07:31,910 --> 04:07:29,279
something else you might notice is water

5901
04:07:34,630 --> 04:07:31,920
rushing the pad shortly before liftoff

5902
04:07:37,510 --> 04:07:34,640
that's to suppress the sound and keep

5903
04:07:42,149 --> 04:07:37,520
any sound from imparting a load on crew

5904
04:07:45,910 --> 04:07:43,750
dragon is in configure for terminal

5905
04:07:48,790 --> 04:07:45,920
count

5906
04:07:50,070 --> 04:07:48,800
dragon is on internal power

5907
04:07:54,149 --> 04:07:50,080
alkanine propellant tanks are

5908
04:07:58,630 --> 04:07:56,309
good confirmation that dragon is an on

5909
04:08:01,110 --> 04:07:58,640
in on internal power

5910
04:08:03,910 --> 04:08:01,120
and now we'll be looking for a major

5911
04:08:06,149 --> 04:08:03,920
milestone before we launch today that'll

5912
04:08:07,670 --> 04:08:06,159
be this strongback retract john you want

5913
04:08:10,950 --> 04:08:07,680
to tell us a little bit more about that

5914
04:08:12,790 --> 04:08:10,960
elia if we get a close-up of the uh

5915
04:08:14,710 --> 04:08:12,800
dragon at second stage strongback is

5916
04:08:16,710 --> 04:08:14,720
retracting we've heard the call out

5917
04:08:18,870 --> 04:08:16,720
strung back retracting that's a two-step

5918
04:08:20,550 --> 04:08:18,880
sequence first there are clamp arms

5919
04:08:22,950 --> 04:08:20,560
around the very top of the second stage

5920
04:08:25,429 --> 04:08:22,960
you can see one of them just above the

5921
04:08:26,790 --> 04:08:25,439
gaseous oxygen vapors coming out of the

5922
04:08:29,349 --> 04:08:26,800
second stage

5923
04:08:31,750 --> 04:08:29,359
those arms will open up

5924
04:08:34,070 --> 04:08:31,760
and then just inside of t minus four

5925
04:08:35,990 --> 04:08:34,080
minutes once the arms are released we'll

5926
04:08:38,469 --> 04:08:36,000
begin to retract the strong back

5927
04:08:40,469 --> 04:08:38,479
alongside the vehicle it'll move back

5928
04:08:42,309 --> 04:08:40,479
two degrees in position

5929
04:08:43,750 --> 04:08:42,319
and by about t minus three and a half

5930
04:08:46,950 --> 04:08:43,760
minutes we ought to be finished with

5931
04:08:49,030 --> 04:08:46,960
that the strong back will retract to 45

5932
04:08:52,229 --> 04:08:49,040
degrees away from the rocket

5933
04:08:54,130 --> 04:08:52,239
once we hit t0 as part of the liftoff

5934
04:09:00,149 --> 04:08:54,140
sequence

5935
04:09:05,349 --> 04:09:02,630
and at t minus three minutes right now

5936
04:09:07,189 --> 04:09:05,359
we're waiting for the retract

5937
04:09:21,429 --> 04:09:07,199
and there you can see the strongback is

5938
04:09:27,110 --> 04:09:24,469
it looks like we are just about into

5939
04:09:29,030 --> 04:09:27,120
the required pre-launch position just a

5940
04:09:30,710 --> 04:09:29,040
couple degrees away from the falcon 9 in

5941
04:09:32,469 --> 04:09:30,720
the dragon capsule

5942
04:09:34,389 --> 04:09:32,479
but right now t minus three minutes

5943
04:09:41,340 --> 04:09:34,399
eight seconds everything continues to be

5944
04:09:41,350 --> 04:09:52,790
[Applause]

5945
04:09:56,229 --> 04:09:54,550
dragon is in terminal count and we are

5946
04:09:58,870 --> 04:09:56,239
standing by to hear that stage one

5947
04:10:01,429 --> 04:09:58,880
liquid oxygen loading is complete

5948
04:10:03,590 --> 04:10:01,439
stage two unlocked is complete and there

5949
04:10:05,830 --> 04:10:03,600
we have it and stage two should finish

5950
04:10:10,550 --> 04:10:05,840
shortly after about two minutes prior to

5951
04:10:16,550 --> 04:10:13,429
so now the last major event is finish

5952
04:10:19,189 --> 04:10:16,560
liquid oxygen loading on stage two

5953
04:10:21,189 --> 04:10:19,199
wraps up at about t minus two minutes

5954
04:10:23,590 --> 04:10:21,199
then at about t minus a minute a half we

5955
04:10:25,429 --> 04:10:23,600
have to drain back and vent down the

5956
04:10:27,590 --> 04:10:25,439
liquid line that goes up the strong back

5957
04:10:29,349 --> 04:10:27,600
alongside the falcon 9.

5958
04:10:31,269 --> 04:10:29,359
if you see a large white cloud about

5959
04:10:33,429 --> 04:10:31,279
midway down around the rocket that's

5960
04:10:35,990 --> 04:10:33,439
normal that's again just the gaseous

5961
04:10:50,790 --> 04:10:36,000
oxygen hitting the warm moist florida

5962
04:10:50,800 --> 04:10:56,389
page two vox load is complete

5963
04:10:56,399 --> 04:11:01,269
dragon is an auto idol

5964
04:11:05,189 --> 04:11:03,269
and good calls that stage two liquid

5965
04:11:08,070 --> 04:11:05,199
oxygen load is complete that means we

5966
04:11:10,309 --> 04:11:08,080
have full fuel on the first and second

5967
04:11:13,269 --> 04:11:10,319
stages that densified kerosene and we're

5968
04:11:15,030 --> 04:11:13,279
full of the oxidizer

5969
04:11:17,750 --> 04:11:15,040
liquid oxygen on

5970
04:11:19,990 --> 04:11:17,760
the first and second stage as well

5971
04:11:21,429 --> 04:11:20,000
now just a minute and 20 seconds until

5972
04:11:23,110 --> 04:11:21,439
liftoff today

5973
04:11:28,630 --> 04:11:23,120
and as you can hear those sounds like

5974
04:11:33,750 --> 04:11:30,389
coming up in 10 seconds we'll look to

5975
04:11:36,520 --> 04:11:33,760
hear that dragon is in countdown

5976
04:11:41,750 --> 04:11:36,530
and falcon 9 is in startup

5977
04:11:45,670 --> 04:11:43,750
driving countdown

5978
04:11:50,149 --> 04:11:45,680
fds armed falcon is a startup and it's

5979
04:11:55,910 --> 04:11:53,670
50 seconds now until liftoff

5980
04:12:00,830 --> 04:11:55,920
that fts you heard is flight termination

5981
04:12:07,189 --> 04:12:04,870
spacex this is resilience roger guelph

5982
04:12:09,670 --> 04:12:07,199
go for launch and at 37 seconds the

5983
04:12:13,429 --> 04:12:09,680
international space station flying over

5984
04:12:13,439 --> 04:12:20,469
crew dragon poised to go catch it

5985
04:12:25,030 --> 04:12:23,670
20 seconds till liftoff

5986
04:12:27,590 --> 04:12:25,040
[Music]

5987
04:12:30,070 --> 04:12:27,600
is 15 seconds

5988
04:12:30,870 --> 04:12:30,080
9 is configured for flight

5989
04:12:31,910 --> 04:12:30,880
and

5990
04:12:32,870 --> 04:12:31,920
nine

5991
04:12:33,830 --> 04:12:32,880
eight

5992
04:12:34,790 --> 04:12:33,840
seven

5993
04:12:35,750 --> 04:12:34,800
six

5994
04:12:36,790 --> 04:12:35,760
five

5995
04:12:37,750 --> 04:12:36,800
four

5996
04:12:38,710 --> 04:12:37,760
three

5997
04:12:39,590 --> 04:12:38,720
two

5998
04:12:46,149 --> 04:12:39,600
one

5999
04:12:52,630 --> 04:12:49,510
and resilience rises not even gravity

6000
04:13:02,149 --> 04:12:52,640
contains humanity when we explore as one

6001
04:13:10,950 --> 04:13:04,229
that's the word we want to hear stage

6002
04:13:16,469 --> 04:13:13,510
that's 30 nominal into this historic

6003
04:13:19,750 --> 04:13:16,479
mission flying crew on board dragon and

6004
04:13:26,149 --> 04:13:24,070
stage one is preparing to throttle down

6005
04:13:29,750 --> 04:13:26,159
this is in preparation for max q which

6006
04:13:33,189 --> 04:13:29,760
is maximum aerodynamic pressure

6007
04:13:35,110 --> 04:13:33,199
there's that call out for throttle down

6008
04:13:37,349 --> 04:13:35,120
power and telemetry continued to be

6009
04:13:42,469 --> 04:13:37,359
nominal for the vehicle now traveling at

6010
04:13:45,269 --> 04:13:44,020
falcon 9 is supersonic

6011
04:13:47,590 --> 04:13:45,279
[Music]

6012
04:13:49,429 --> 04:13:47,600
as i call the falcon 9 is supersonic and

6013
04:13:51,429 --> 04:13:49,439
we will be passing through max q here

6014
04:14:00,550 --> 04:13:51,439
shortly the largest structural load

6015
04:14:04,950 --> 04:14:03,189
and we've just entered stage one bravo

6016
04:14:06,630 --> 04:14:04,960
aboard mode that's going to take them

6017
04:14:09,030 --> 04:14:06,640
through the end of the first stage

6018
04:14:10,790 --> 04:14:09,040
burning just before second stage

6019
04:14:20,469 --> 04:14:10,800
activates off the coast of north

6020
04:14:25,910 --> 04:14:22,710
t plus one minute and 40 seconds into

6021
04:14:28,469 --> 04:14:25,920
flight dragon and falcon 9 traveling 709

6022
04:14:30,950 --> 04:14:28,479
meters per second

6023
04:14:37,030 --> 04:14:30,960
that call that mvac chill is underway

6024
04:14:41,030 --> 04:14:39,590
now with the call out of mvacd chillin

6025
04:14:43,269 --> 04:14:41,040
similar to what we saw in the first

6026
04:14:45,349 --> 04:14:43,279
stage merlin engines the second stage

6027
04:14:47,349 --> 04:14:45,359
engine being prepared for its ignition

6028
04:14:48,229 --> 04:14:47,359
coming up in just over 30 seconds from

6029
04:14:50,070 --> 04:14:48,239
now

6030
04:14:52,870 --> 04:14:50,080
we're a half a minute away from three

6031
04:14:54,550 --> 04:14:52,880
quick events in rapid succession we're

6032
04:14:56,229 --> 04:14:54,560
going to get main engine cut off the

6033
04:14:58,309 --> 04:14:56,239
nine merlin engines will throttle down

6034
04:15:01,030 --> 04:14:58,319
and then shut down we're going to get

6035
04:15:02,870 --> 04:15:01,040
stage separation stage one throttle down

6036
04:15:05,429 --> 04:15:02,880
and an ignition of the second stage

6037
04:15:06,870 --> 04:15:05,439
engine

6038
04:15:30,550 --> 04:15:06,880
we've begun the throttle down in

6039
04:15:35,189 --> 04:15:32,790
and you see that stage separation has

6040
04:15:38,229 --> 04:15:35,199
confirmed there goes that

6041
04:15:41,269 --> 04:15:38,239
mvac engine

6042
04:15:44,150 --> 04:15:41,279
stage two crew one is now on their way

6043
04:15:50,070 --> 04:15:44,160
to the international space station

6044
04:15:54,630 --> 04:15:51,670
on the right side of your screen you see

6045
04:15:57,030 --> 04:15:54,640
stage two continuing to burn over on the

6046
04:16:01,429 --> 04:15:57,040
left hand side is stage one preparing

6047
04:16:04,630 --> 04:16:03,269
currently on the left side you can't

6048
04:16:06,870 --> 04:16:04,640
make out much

6049
04:16:09,429 --> 04:16:06,880
it's a couple hours after sunset in

6050
04:16:11,510 --> 04:16:09,439
florida but the grid fence have deployed

6051
04:16:13,590 --> 04:16:11,520
on the first stage the first stage is

6052
04:16:15,830 --> 04:16:13,600
now unpowered but with the velocity it

6053
04:16:18,550 --> 04:16:15,840
had it continues to coast up to an

6054
04:16:21,189 --> 04:16:18,560
apogee before it begins to descend back

6055
04:16:22,710 --> 04:16:21,199
into earth's atmosphere

6056
04:16:24,469 --> 04:16:22,720
now as we watch maybe we'll see the

6057
04:16:26,229 --> 04:16:24,479
lights of florida or the eastern

6058
04:16:29,429 --> 04:16:26,239
seaboard in the background but otherwise

6059
04:16:31,830 --> 04:16:29,439
there's not going to be much to see

6060
04:16:33,750 --> 04:16:31,840
on the right hand side dragon spacex

6061
04:16:36,389 --> 04:16:33,760
trajectory nominal

6062
04:16:37,510 --> 04:16:36,399
you can hear the call out trajectory is

6063
04:16:42,070 --> 04:16:37,520
nominal

6064
04:16:44,710 --> 04:16:42,080
and we've heard call out bermuda that

6065
04:16:47,189 --> 04:16:44,720
means bermuda ground station

6066
04:16:48,389 --> 04:16:47,199
has the signals from the second stage of

6067
04:16:54,389 --> 04:16:48,399
the dragon

6068
04:17:00,950 --> 04:16:57,110
we're still continuing as stage two

6069
04:17:04,790 --> 04:17:00,960
burns to listen for those abort zones we

6070
04:17:12,469 --> 04:17:04,800
are now in 2a through 2e to echo

6071
04:17:15,510 --> 04:17:14,229
right now you can see the second stage

6072
04:17:17,510 --> 04:17:15,520
engine

6073
04:17:18,790 --> 04:17:17,520
glowing with the standard

6074
04:17:21,030 --> 04:17:18,800
red

6075
04:17:22,790 --> 04:17:21,040
that we have come to see over all these

6076
04:17:23,590 --> 04:17:22,800
missions indicates everything's looking

6077
04:17:25,830 --> 04:17:23,600
good

6078
04:17:28,469 --> 04:17:25,840
power on the mvacd engine continues to

6079
04:17:31,510 --> 04:17:28,479
run at 220 000 pounds of thrust in the

6080
04:17:35,510 --> 04:17:31,520
vacuum of outer space dragon spacex

6081
04:17:40,870 --> 04:17:38,630
and trajectory nominal

6082
04:17:42,229 --> 04:17:40,880
and we hear the reply from the crew

6083
04:17:43,429 --> 04:17:42,239
acknowledging we have a nominal

6084
04:17:45,349 --> 04:17:43,439
trajectory

6085
04:17:48,550 --> 04:17:45,359
dragon mated to the falcon 9 second

6086
04:17:50,149 --> 04:17:48,560
stage heading into the low earth orbit

6087
04:17:51,910 --> 04:17:50,159
where dragon will then separate and

6088
04:17:55,910 --> 04:17:51,920
begin its trip the rest of the way to

6089
04:18:00,149 --> 04:17:58,630
we'll be looking for seco second stage

6090
04:18:02,710 --> 04:18:00,159
engine cut off coming up at eight

6091
04:18:05,269 --> 04:18:02,720
minutes and 48 seconds after launch

6092
04:18:06,469 --> 04:18:05,279
today so about three and a half minutes

6093
04:18:08,550 --> 04:18:06,479
from now

6094
04:18:11,229 --> 04:18:08,560
dragon and falcon 9.

6095
04:18:15,750 --> 04:18:11,239
second stage currently flying

6096
04:18:21,750 --> 04:18:18,710
now currently the first stage has begun

6097
04:18:23,670 --> 04:18:21,760
its descent it is through apogee it's

6098
04:18:25,750 --> 04:18:23,680
beginning to come back down

6099
04:18:27,429 --> 04:18:25,760
where it uh

6100
04:18:29,590 --> 04:18:27,439
coming up in another couple of minutes

6101
04:18:31,510 --> 04:18:29,600
we will have the entry burn where we

6102
04:18:35,990 --> 04:18:31,520
begin to slow down the first day

6103
04:18:39,990 --> 04:18:38,309
copy nominal trajectory

6104
04:18:44,309 --> 04:18:40,000
another call out another nominal

6105
04:18:49,429 --> 04:18:45,990
that voice you're hearing on board

6106
04:18:51,429 --> 04:18:49,439
dragon that's commander mike hopkins

6107
04:18:53,510 --> 04:18:51,439
speaking for our four-person crew as

6108
04:18:58,070 --> 04:18:53,520
they continue their journey now six

6109
04:18:58,080 --> 04:19:04,469
trajectory still nominal

6110
04:19:10,309 --> 04:19:06,710
and leah you can see on the indicator

6111
04:19:12,630 --> 04:19:10,319
altitude 201 kilometers uh we're now

6112
04:19:15,510 --> 04:19:12,640
beginning to essentially level out and

6113
04:19:23,269 --> 04:19:15,520
pick up velocity to get us into low

6114
04:19:27,830 --> 04:19:25,349
we're a little under one minute from the

6115
04:19:29,510 --> 04:19:27,840
ignition for the entry burn on first

6116
04:19:32,469 --> 04:19:29,520
stage

6117
04:19:37,750 --> 04:19:32,479
and we're about two minutes away spacex

6118
04:19:37,760 --> 04:19:42,389
copy nominal trajectory

6119
04:19:46,790 --> 04:19:44,469
great news now seven minutes after

6120
04:19:49,030 --> 04:19:46,800
launch second stage engine continues to

6121
04:19:50,870 --> 04:19:49,040
burn everything looking good

6122
04:19:52,790 --> 04:19:50,880
and we'll see that continue to burn for

6123
04:19:57,110 --> 04:19:52,800
another one minute

6124
04:20:03,990 --> 04:19:59,750
right now on stage two

6125
04:20:08,550 --> 04:20:05,670
a little more than two and a half g's of

6126
04:20:20,630 --> 04:20:10,790
first stage preparing to ignite for

6127
04:20:26,309 --> 04:20:23,590
and we've got ignition of the entry burn

6128
04:20:27,750 --> 04:20:26,319
center engine followed by the other two

6129
04:20:29,670 --> 04:20:27,760
restart engines

6130
04:20:32,149 --> 04:20:29,680
first stage now getting ready to

6131
04:20:34,710 --> 04:20:32,159
re-enter the earth's atmosphere this is

6132
04:20:37,030 --> 04:20:34,720
about a 29 second burn and it's designed

6133
04:20:39,110 --> 04:20:37,040
to slow the vehicle way down

6134
04:20:40,790 --> 04:20:39,120
we're going to shed about 70 percent of

6135
04:20:43,510 --> 04:20:40,800
the velocity of that dropping first

6136
04:20:46,550 --> 04:20:43,520
stage by the time this landing burn

6137
04:20:50,710 --> 04:20:48,389
i should say by the time the entry burn

6138
04:20:53,510 --> 04:20:50,720
completes which is now over

6139
04:20:55,349 --> 04:20:53,520
first stage on target for the drone ship

6140
04:20:58,229 --> 04:20:55,359
in the atlantic ocean

6141
04:21:00,550 --> 04:20:58,239
meanwhile we're watching second stage

6142
04:21:02,710 --> 04:21:00,560
getting close to getting into orbit

6143
04:21:06,830 --> 04:21:02,720
that's right we've got about 30 seconds

6144
04:21:12,070 --> 04:21:09,670
guidance now just about 20 seconds more

6145
04:21:15,349 --> 04:21:12,080
of stage two continuing to burn until we

6146
04:21:17,269 --> 04:21:15,359
see second stage engine cutoff or seco

6147
04:21:21,269 --> 04:21:17,279
will coast for a few minutes afterward

6148
04:21:25,590 --> 04:21:23,030
there's that call for shannon that's

6149
04:21:28,149 --> 04:21:25,600
shannon ireland an abort zone but it

6150
04:21:41,910 --> 04:21:28,159
looks like we continue smoothly to orbit

6151
04:21:45,120 --> 04:21:43,510
and we've got shutdown of the second

6152
04:21:49,349 --> 04:21:45,130
stage engine on

6153
04:21:53,830 --> 04:21:49,359
[Applause]

6154
04:21:57,990 --> 04:21:55,590
launch escape system is disarmed and

6155
04:22:01,670 --> 04:21:58,000
spacex copies and leah the words we like

6156
04:22:03,429 --> 04:22:01,680
to hear a nominal orbit insertion

6157
04:22:06,550 --> 04:22:03,439
that's right john nominal orbit

6158
04:22:17,670 --> 04:22:06,560
insertion as we mentioned stage two oh

6159
04:22:22,790 --> 04:22:20,070
and i believe we've had a touchdown on

6160
04:22:25,030 --> 04:22:22,800
the drone ship we've got stage one has

6161
04:22:26,790 --> 04:22:25,040
touched down on the drone ship

6162
04:22:29,189 --> 04:22:26,800
in the atlantic ocean

6163
04:22:31,990 --> 04:22:29,199
but now the more important news second

6164
04:22:33,910 --> 04:22:32,000
stage is in orbit right where we want

6165
04:22:35,990 --> 04:22:33,920
right on time and we're getting ready

6166
04:22:37,670 --> 04:22:36,000
for our next major activity

6167
04:22:42,870 --> 04:22:37,680
which will be dragon spacecraft

6168
04:22:48,309 --> 04:22:45,429
currently on the second stage

6169
04:22:49,990 --> 04:22:48,319
we are essentially venting pressure

6170
04:22:51,670 --> 04:22:50,000
purging the engine out making sure

6171
04:22:55,269 --> 04:22:51,680
everything is quiet

6172
04:23:01,110 --> 04:22:57,830
take a look that's inside crew dragon

6173
04:23:03,189 --> 04:23:01,120
right now our crew one crew now coasting

6174
04:23:05,510 --> 04:23:03,199
in low earth orbit still attached to

6175
04:23:07,510 --> 04:23:05,520
that second stage in just a couple of

6176
04:23:09,429 --> 04:23:07,520
minutes we should see that second stage

6177
04:23:13,750 --> 04:23:09,439
separating crew dragon will be flying

6178
04:23:20,149 --> 04:23:16,229
leah the mission timer shows 90 seconds

6179
04:23:41,670 --> 04:23:23,910
currently dragon is flying at 27 000

6180
04:23:45,990 --> 04:23:44,229
and we're t plus 11 minutes since

6181
04:23:48,229 --> 04:23:46,000
liftoff today

6182
04:23:50,070 --> 04:23:48,239
waiting on that second stage separation

6183
04:23:52,389 --> 04:23:50,080
but as you can see our astronauts from

6184
04:23:53,349 --> 04:23:52,399
left to right shannon walker victor

6185
04:23:56,630 --> 04:23:53,359
glover

6186
04:23:58,389 --> 04:23:56,640
mike hopkins and suicina gucci

6187
04:24:00,950 --> 04:23:58,399
now on their way to the international

6188
04:24:01,830 --> 04:24:00,960
space station first trip to space for

6189
04:24:06,710 --> 04:24:01,840
victory

6190
04:24:10,309 --> 04:24:08,870
and that call out acquisition of signal

6191
04:24:12,710 --> 04:24:10,319
in newfoundland that means the new

6192
04:24:18,630 --> 04:24:12,720
finland ground station is now receiving

6193
04:24:22,389 --> 04:24:20,229
this view inside mission control

6194
04:24:23,670 --> 04:24:22,399
hawthorne teams continuing to monitor

6195
04:24:25,670 --> 04:24:23,680
the vehicle

6196
04:24:34,710 --> 04:24:25,680
now traveling at almost twenty seven

6197
04:24:34,720 --> 04:24:52,630
ten seconds dragon separation

6198
04:24:58,229 --> 04:24:55,750
and separation confirmed

6199
04:25:05,510 --> 04:24:58,239
you can see that second stage departing

6200
04:25:10,149 --> 04:25:08,550
now 12 minutes 25 seconds into today's

6201
04:25:12,309 --> 04:25:10,159
flight our next thing we'll be looking

6202
04:25:14,389 --> 04:25:12,319
for is nose cone deploy our hooks will

6203
04:25:15,670 --> 04:25:14,399
start to open on the nose cone and

6204
04:25:44,950 --> 04:25:15,680
reveal those

6205
04:25:48,710 --> 04:25:46,950
thirteen minutes into today's mission

6206
04:25:51,189 --> 04:25:48,720
the view on the right hand side of your

6207
04:25:53,830 --> 04:25:51,199
screen coming from crew dragon we had

6208
04:25:55,990 --> 04:25:53,840
that short look at the second stage as

6209
04:26:14,870 --> 04:25:56,000
it departed that second stage will burn

6210
04:26:19,349 --> 04:26:17,269
dragon spacex we see nominal service

6211
04:26:24,469 --> 04:26:19,359
section draco checkouts and the unit of

6212
04:26:31,590 --> 04:26:27,189
and spacex is dragon we copy all we see

6213
04:26:35,510 --> 04:26:33,510
confirmation from teams on the ground

6214
04:26:37,910 --> 04:26:35,520
and the crew you can see them monitoring

6215
04:26:40,070 --> 04:26:37,920
those three display panels monitoring

6216
04:26:42,309 --> 04:26:40,080
their journey to the international space

6217
04:27:04,070 --> 04:26:42,319
station and where they are in the world

6218
04:27:08,229 --> 04:27:05,510
well we're

6219
04:27:09,590 --> 04:27:08,239
in 14 minutes 25 seconds since it was a

6220
04:27:12,550 --> 04:27:09,600
great liftoff

6221
04:27:15,269 --> 04:27:12,560
everything happened we had a normal a

6222
04:27:17,189 --> 04:27:15,279
normal insertion into low earth orbit

6223
04:27:20,309 --> 04:27:17,199
you saw dragons separate

6224
04:27:22,070 --> 04:27:20,319
we got the draco checkouts were good

6225
04:27:25,269 --> 04:27:22,080
and right now we're hearing the nose

6226
04:27:27,990 --> 04:27:25,279
cone hooks are opening up everything is

6227
04:27:30,229 --> 04:27:28,000
happening right per the procedure

6228
04:27:32,870 --> 04:27:30,239
and we've got crew on successfully on

6229
04:27:35,429 --> 04:27:32,880
orbit so with that let's head over to

6230
04:27:37,429 --> 04:27:35,439
our counterparts at kennedy space center

6231
04:27:40,070 --> 04:27:37,439
marie how was that launch for you all

6232
04:27:42,630 --> 04:27:40,080
there on the ground

6233
04:27:44,630 --> 04:27:42,640
my gosh john it just it just took our

6234
04:27:46,950 --> 04:27:44,640
breath away i mean we could just turn

6235
04:27:48,950 --> 04:27:46,960
right around in our seats and watch uh

6236
04:27:50,790 --> 04:27:48,960
we got up away from the desk to get a

6237
04:27:53,590 --> 04:27:50,800
better look and then we actually could

6238
04:27:56,550 --> 04:27:53,600
see the booster uh coming back down yeah

6239
04:27:58,070 --> 04:27:56,560
that was outstanding outstanding and

6240
04:27:59,830 --> 04:27:58,080
i don't even know what to say

6241
04:28:01,990 --> 04:27:59,840
high five we're like high fiving through

6242
04:28:03,750 --> 04:28:02,000
the shootout

6243
04:28:05,830 --> 04:28:03,760
my husband texted me a picture of my

6244
04:28:09,910 --> 04:28:05,840
daughter watching liftoff it was just

6245
04:28:11,910 --> 04:28:09,920
i'm i'm emotional um just yeah

6246
04:28:15,429 --> 04:28:11,920
seeing that and we and when on the first

6247
04:28:17,349 --> 04:28:15,439
attempt how often does that happen

6248
04:28:19,510 --> 04:28:17,359
very happy uh you know it has been a

6249
04:28:21,830 --> 04:28:19,520
long day but the just to be able to

6250
04:28:24,630 --> 04:28:21,840
stand there and actually and feel the

6251
04:28:27,030 --> 04:28:24,640
rocket pounding and the air around you

6252
04:28:28,630 --> 04:28:27,040
was just it was just incredible and then

6253
04:28:31,030 --> 04:28:28,640
looking at the light too long i couldn't

6254
04:28:33,030 --> 04:28:31,040
see the m vac ignition so

6255
04:28:34,950 --> 04:28:33,040
i still have spots in my eyes

6256
04:28:36,870 --> 04:28:34,960
and then the views inside the

6257
04:28:38,229 --> 04:28:36,880
the capsule two with the four of them

6258
04:28:39,750 --> 04:28:38,239
you know looking kind of mellow but you

6259
04:28:41,269 --> 04:28:39,760
can see victor's kind of letting his

6260
04:28:43,030 --> 04:28:41,279
arms do a little bit of the floating

6261
04:28:45,429 --> 04:28:43,040
thing i bet he cannot wait to get out of

6262
04:28:47,189 --> 04:28:45,439
his seat uh yeah well

6263
04:28:49,670 --> 04:28:47,199
he's gonna get a chance to win here

6264
04:28:51,670 --> 04:28:49,680
shortly so he's officially on his way on

6265
04:28:55,189 --> 04:28:51,680
his first space flight

6266
04:28:57,429 --> 04:28:55,199
so victor mike shannon and suici are now

6267
04:28:59,750 --> 04:28:57,439
on course to arrive at the international

6268
04:29:03,590 --> 04:28:59,760
space station just tomorrow monday

6269
04:29:05,670 --> 04:29:03,600
november 16th around 11 pm eastern time

6270
04:29:07,830 --> 04:29:05,680
and we're going to stay live on air for

6271
04:29:10,550 --> 04:29:07,840
continuous live coverage along their

6272
04:29:12,389 --> 04:29:10,560
entire ride to station though our

6273
04:29:14,309 --> 04:29:12,399
coverage here at kennedy space center

6274
04:29:16,070 --> 04:29:14,319
will conclude we're going to turn it

6275
04:29:17,830 --> 04:29:16,080
over to the teams in hawthorne and

6276
04:29:20,469 --> 04:29:17,840
houston to take us through the next

6277
04:29:22,630 --> 04:29:20,479
phases of the crew one mission all the

6278
04:29:24,950 --> 04:29:22,640
way through hatch opening and a welcome

6279
04:29:28,149 --> 04:29:24,960
ceremony for the crew now for those of

6280
04:29:29,830 --> 04:29:28,159
you watching online uh via youtube take

6281
04:29:32,630 --> 04:29:29,840
a look at the description below the

6282
04:29:35,030 --> 04:29:32,640
video there you'll find the new link for

6283
04:29:37,030 --> 04:29:35,040
our crew one rendezvous phase and we'll

6284
04:29:39,110 --> 04:29:37,040
be continuing live coverage at that new

6285
04:29:42,070 --> 04:29:39,120
location shortly but if you're watching

6286
04:29:44,070 --> 04:29:42,080
on nasa tv like my parents uh you won't

6287
04:29:45,030 --> 04:29:44,080
notice a thing and your coverage will

6288
04:29:46,950 --> 04:29:45,040
continue

6289
04:29:48,630 --> 04:29:46,960
that's right and as you follow along uh

6290
04:29:50,950 --> 04:29:48,640
we also invite you to tune into a

6291
04:29:53,110 --> 04:29:50,960
post-launch news conference at nine

6292
04:29:55,830 --> 04:29:53,120
o'clock p.m eastern time right here on

6293
04:29:58,630 --> 04:29:55,840
nasa tv uh where nasa and spacex will

6294
04:30:00,630 --> 04:29:58,640
take questions live and in addition to

6295
04:30:04,149 --> 04:30:00,640
nasa tv of course you can always follow

6296
04:30:06,309 --> 04:30:04,159
along on twitter at nasa and nasa.gov

6297
04:30:08,389 --> 04:30:06,319
for continuous mission updates

6298
04:30:10,710 --> 04:30:08,399
we thank you all so much for watching uh

6299
04:30:13,349 --> 04:30:10,720
to all of our commentators nicole

6300
04:30:15,510 --> 04:30:13,359
special thanks to you pleasure ladies

6301
04:30:17,670 --> 04:30:15,520
let's do it again oh please yes well

6302
04:30:19,510 --> 04:30:17,680
we'd love to have you back

6303
04:30:26,469 --> 04:30:19,520
here now are some highlights from the

6304
04:30:31,830 --> 04:30:29,750
first live look inside the suit up room

6305
04:30:34,309 --> 04:30:31,840
crew dragon commander mike hopkins was

6306
04:30:36,389 --> 04:30:34,319
born in lebanon missouri

6307
04:30:39,189 --> 04:30:36,399
pilot victor glover is a native of

6308
04:30:41,670 --> 04:30:39,199
pomona california

6309
04:30:43,910 --> 04:30:41,680
and mission specialist shannon walker is

6310
04:30:45,990 --> 04:30:43,920
from houston texas

6311
04:30:50,870 --> 04:30:46,000
mission specialist suichi naguchi is

6312
04:30:50,880 --> 04:30:55,189
and here they come walking down the

6313
04:30:58,149 --> 04:30:57,110
i'm quite hallway there yeah so cool

6314
04:30:59,429 --> 04:30:58,159
they're looking for people they're

6315
04:31:01,269 --> 04:30:59,439
looking for the people that have helped

6316
04:31:02,510 --> 04:31:01,279
them all along the way too and want to

6317
04:31:05,750 --> 04:31:02,520
make eye contact

6318
04:31:08,469 --> 04:31:05,760
[Music]

6319
04:31:10,229 --> 04:31:08,479
here they come the crew one astronauts

6320
04:31:12,469 --> 04:31:10,239
now beginning their journey to the

6321
04:31:14,309 --> 04:31:12,479
launch pad ahead of this historic

6322
04:31:16,469 --> 04:31:14,319
mission to the international space

6323
04:31:18,070 --> 04:31:16,479
station

6324
04:31:20,070 --> 04:31:18,080
this is chorus

6325
04:31:23,050 --> 04:31:20,080
for timeline the crew is departing for

6326
04:31:26,070 --> 04:31:23,060
the pad on schedule

6327
04:31:26,950 --> 04:31:26,080
[Music]

6328
04:31:29,750 --> 04:31:26,960
this is

6329
04:31:33,830 --> 04:31:29,760
chase carr so you can be along with the

6330
04:31:36,870 --> 04:31:35,349
it's kind of like the pre-flight right

6331
04:31:39,030 --> 04:31:36,880
the walk around your vehicle before you

6332
04:31:40,630 --> 04:31:39,040
get in and fly

6333
04:31:42,710 --> 04:31:40,640
i love this shot

6334
04:31:46,550 --> 04:31:42,720
you know when this was being designed it

6335
04:31:47,990 --> 04:31:46,560
was definitely a forward thinking design

6336
04:31:49,830 --> 04:31:48,000
and you can see

6337
04:31:53,590 --> 04:31:49,840
on your screen the crew beginning the

6338
04:31:55,030 --> 04:31:53,600
ingress process already

6339
04:31:56,870 --> 04:31:55,040
[Music]

6340
04:31:59,510 --> 04:31:56,880
they are checking to make sure the suits

6341
04:32:05,990 --> 04:31:59,520
are ready they're helping them connect

6342
04:32:06,000 --> 04:32:11,060
dragon spacex catches

6343
04:32:11,070 --> 04:32:18,830
[Music]

6344
04:32:18,840 --> 04:32:27,140
clues resilience rises

6345
04:32:38,630 --> 04:32:35,140
[Music]

6346
04:32:38,640 --> 04:32:41,910
is

6347
04:35:01,189 --> 04:34:57,970
[Music]

6348
04:35:01,199 --> 04:35:05,470
started