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between countries

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discovery clears the tower

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you discovery

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good afternoon it's saturday may 1st

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here at spacex's headquarters in

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hawthorne california

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we are coming to you live as we wait for

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dragon resilient spacecraft to depart

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from the international space station and

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make its way back to planet earth we do

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expect dragon resilience to push away

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from the space station at about 5 35 pm

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pacific time with our crew on astronauts

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uh two three from nasa

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mike hopkins uh victor glover shannon

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walker and from japan aerospace

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exploration agency astronauts so ichi

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noguchi my name is andy tran i'm a

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production supervisor here at spacex i'm

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very excited to be bringing you live

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coverage of the crew dragon uh

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completing its second trip to the uh to

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the space station with people on board

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as nasa's first official long-duration

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mission of our commercial crew program

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joining me today is nasa's public

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affairs officer leah cheshard leah how

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are you doing today hey andy i'm doing

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awesome because you can't be anything

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else than that whenever you're excited

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about uh bringing some people home from

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space so once dragon departs station the

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cruise flight home is expected to last

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roughly six and a half hours and include

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four departure burns that move dragon

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away from station and one final deorbit

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burn dragon is targeted to splash down

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off the coast of panama city florida in

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the gulf of mexico at 11 56 p.m pacific

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or 6 56 gmt followed by the crew getting

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picked up at sea by one of spacex's

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recovery vessels

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now the crew have been up there for

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quite a while the mission began on

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november 15th of last year just a heads

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up we saw something small silver float

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towards the airlock bottom of the

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towards the deck

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uh so what we heard was those beeps are

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quindar tones and that is the core or

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the crew operations resource engineer

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so that was the capcom the capsule

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communicator uh in houston still

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communicating with the astronauts aboard

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the international space station as well

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as we get crew one suited up and back

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into crew dragon

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and we'll try to pause to make sure that

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everyone can hear those communications

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but um and houston copied

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which direction was it uh

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glad to be of help

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so this mission began uh last november

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spacex here

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hey anna i think uh

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control panel lighting batteries that

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are installed now are the newest of the

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two of the four but i just wanted to

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confirm do you want us to replace the

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batteries or do you want us to leave the

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ones that are currently installed

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so as you can hear there are a lot of

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checks underway right now between teams

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here on the ground in mission control

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hawthorne and in mission control houston

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with both the crew on the international

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space station that will remain once crew

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went to parts today and the crew won

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astronauts themselves so

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it's it's just those final checks that

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for uh hatch closure coming up here

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uh from the international space station

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he and shannon walker will go ahead and

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suit up

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outside and that's aki hoshide next to

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him that's the new space station

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commander uh command was transferred

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over to him from shannon walker who's

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also departing today uh and walker will

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already in their suits and mike hopkins

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on the big loop and you guys are coming

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in a little bit scratchy

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copy yes we concur you swapped those for

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port relo and those ones that you have

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in there are good to go you can skip

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okay copy we'll leave as is thank you

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so as we wait uh we can see

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a lot of astronauts continuing to help

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soichi uh looks like they're taking

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lot of those are sent to ground to

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fod that may be in hatches but it looks

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like he is going up into the zenith port

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going right now that is where the dragon

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that will depart today is currently

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apas hatch and the best fuel into dragon

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love getting those final photos with

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your crew members in space the next time

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they'll all see each other uh is when

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those crew members return to earth as

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hard to leave your friends after

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spending almost six months on board with

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kimbrough who just arrived a week ago on

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the crew 2 mission

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he's helping them complete their checks

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astronaut does toma pesque

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with his hand on the blue

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rail he's also going in to see if he can

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module the japanese aerospace

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exploration agency module and you can

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us a little bit about the history of

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who's been on board you've got some crew

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member signatures and sentiments and to

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learn a little bit more about the

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things and how those operations are

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going in preparation for undock let's

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talk with our colleague brandy dean in

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thanks leah and andy and we are here

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flight control room watching just as you

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currently awaiting the astronauts as you

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walker and japan aerospace exploration

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agency astronauts luigi niguchi to

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ingress and board dragon for their

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as you are seeing ingress is definitely

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already underway it'll wrap up once mike

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for hatch closure once all dragon crew

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members are inside their vehicle in just

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station as i said mike and victor will

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spacewalks but the spacex spacesuits the

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before the crew makes their way into

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members staying behind will fix a

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reporting that they are making their way

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undocking command will be sent followed

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by a few minutes for the umbilical that

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thrusters will initiate separation and

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to watch the undocking and departure

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from the cupola but the prime departure

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monitoring role falls on the crew

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mission control houston will back them

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instructions in your hatch closed event

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followed by suit donning per procedure

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the hatch and get into the event details

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mike hopkins again commander of the

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dragon talking with the team on the

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ground in mission control uh x in

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hawthorne about the steps that are

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getting the dragon ready for its

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departure today and specifically the

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lithium hydroxide cartridge

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reconfiguration they'll also be working

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on some tear down of ducts between the

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two

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vehicles the dragon and the

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international space station all leading

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up to that hatch closure that we're

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here on the space station side of uh the

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activities we're looking good solar

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arrays are locked in place and we have

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good communication links attitude is

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going to remain on the united states

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thruster control until the time of

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undocking when we'll switch to

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use control moment gyroscopes only

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we're tracking no issues for an on-time

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departure

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and as we get ready for that final

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ingress i'll throw it back to leah and

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thanks so much brandi and uh we heard

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several calls there and one being that

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they would go for hatch closure you can

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see nasa astronaut shane kimbrough

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continuing to do some work around the

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hatches and in that vestibule area uh

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and we should probably mention that just

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before we came on air today we heard

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that the weather is go in the most

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recent weather briefing that comes about

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two and a half hours prior to undocking

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so everything continues to move on the

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timeline here

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and then there in the center of your

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screen you've also got

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nasa astronaut megan macarthur she

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arrived with the crew members a week ago

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let's learn a little bit more about our

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astronauts that are departing today

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we've got crew dragon commander mike

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hopkins who was born in lebanon missouri

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but grew up outside richland missouri he

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was selected as an astronaut by nasa in

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2009 he's a colonel in the united states

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air force and holds degrees in aerospace

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engineering hawkins flew on the russian

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soyuz is a member of the expedition 3738

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crew logging 166 days in space he

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performed two spacewalks totaling almost

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13 hours to change out a degraded pump

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module on the space station and his

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military experience includes testing

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c-17 and c-130 aircraft during this

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mission he also completed two more uh

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spacewalks bringing his total to four

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next up is pilot victor glover he's a

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native of pomona california he was

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selected as an astronaut by nasa in

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2013. glover is a commander in the

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united states navy holds degrees in

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general engineering flight test

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engineering systems engineering

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okay i just want to verify that when we

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take lyo2 out of the bag and install it

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we then put lyl1 in the storage location

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but outside of the bag and that just the

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bag goes to endeavour is that correct

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and again that was

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commander mike hopkins getting some

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clarification on some lyo checkouts

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on screen is tomah pesquet talking

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so glover the pilot as i was mentioning

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he holds degrees in general engineering

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flight tests engineering systems

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engineering and military operational art

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and science he has extensive military

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test flight experience was a test plan

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for the fa-18 hornet the super hornet

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and ea-18g growler

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he has accumulated 3 000 flight hours in

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more than 40 aircraft over 400 carrier

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arrest landing and 24 combat missions

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this was actually his first space flight

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and also a fun fact yesterday was his

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birthday so he gets an exciting birthday

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week and he gets to spend part of it in

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space and also the other part back on

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earth what more could you ask for happy

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elated birthday victory glover

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his crew member mission specialist

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shannon walker is from houston texas she

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was selected as an astronaut by nasa in

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2004 and is a doctor of philosophy in

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space physics walker flew on the russian

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soyuz as a flight engineer for

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expedition 2425 aboard the international

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space station in space for 163 days

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during that mission she was the robotics

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operator supporting three contingency

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spacewalks to remove and replace a

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failed module a failed pump module

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specifically on the space station

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shannon is also one of only a few dozen

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people to be both an astronaut and an

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aquanaut having spent 13 days underwater

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during nasa's extreme environments

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mission operations 15 actually called

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nemo 15. during the mission she lived

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inside the world's only research station

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aquarius which sits at 60 feet beneath

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the ocean surface and just down the road

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and last but certainly not least mission

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specialists specialist soichi noguchi

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is from yokohama kanagawa japan we saw

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him

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donned in his spacesuit and entered the

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dragon vehicle just earlier he was

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selected as an astronaut by japan in

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1996 has degrees in aeronautical

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engineering and is a doctor of

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philosophy in advanced interdisciplinary

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studies noguchi has logged a total of

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177 days in space having flown on the

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sts-114 on the space shuttle discovery

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and on the russian soyuz as a member of

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the expedition 23 20 22 23 crew and

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while in sts 114 he became the first

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japanese astronaut to perform spacewalks

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on the international space station

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completing three spacewalks totaling 20

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hours he's also one of very few people

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that have flown on three different

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thanks

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suicide as you mentioned logging 177

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hours on uh his previous space flight

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and this time he comes home all four of

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these astronauts come home having added

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168

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extra days

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hey we copied

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10 to 5 for that lio time but it is

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currently 10-2-2 can you confirm we

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uh yeah so my ipad's got a little fast

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on it so 102 works

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a crew discussing those lithium

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hydroxide canisters

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being switched out so we mentioned

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they're coming home with 168 days in

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space these four crew members and once

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they splash down they will be breaking a

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record from the uh set by the final

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skylab crew

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of 84 days one hour and 15 minutes in

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space by an american crude spacecraft

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and that was in february 1974 so

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the crew is continuing to ingress the

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dragon the next major event coming up as

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they continue to do checkouts is dragon

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hatch closure

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the space station side

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and we heard that

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shannon walker and suicina gucci we saw

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they were already in their suits prior

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to ingressing crew dragon so they were

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able to get in their seats and and plug

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in those umbilicals which are part of

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the suits that allow for communications

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data and uh and air as well to flow into

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the suit

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mike hopkins and victor glover you can

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see

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inside the capsule getting our first

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look of the day inside crew dragon

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resilience

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victor glover there at the top of your

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screen he and hopkins will

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suit up shortly looks like they might be

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so the hands that you see closest to

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your screen that is

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from astronaut shannon walker again the

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mission specialists donned their suits

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before ingressing

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commander mike hopkins and pilot victor

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glover will don their suits after hatch

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closure

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and it looks like they were just doing

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just that closing that

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so what um

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mike and victor are wearing are

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essentially comfort garments it's like

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athletic wear that they will wear

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there's actually two hatches uh the

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forward hatch that leah had mentioned

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that they are currently working to close

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there is also a side hatch

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that later on after splash sound that

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that's where they will

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egress from and that's the same hatch

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that they used to ingress when they were

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launching back in november last year

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the view on your left from the

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international space station side of

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the operation

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not only does that dragon hatch have to

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be closed the a pass hatch has to be

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closed as well

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crew member

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shane kimbrough

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resilience

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hatch is closed

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not available

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poppy sounds good and for your awareness

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we do plan to do a short nitrox

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injection following hatch closure to

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that hatch closure call coming at 3 25

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pm pacific time as the international

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space station was flying 269 statute

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we also heard the call that they have

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good calms in their suits again as i

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mentioned there's an umbilical on the

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right thigh

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of the suit that will give the suit all

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the avionics and electronics they need

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including the comms it also provides air

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and gases

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later on as you know we

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the dragon's capsule reenters there's

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atmosphere it gets exceedingly hot and

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so there is nitrox purge through the

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suit to keep the astronauts nice and

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cool and nitrox is essentially a

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combination of nitrogen oxygen very

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similar to the breathable air that we

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and we were talking a little bit about

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those comfort garments they serve

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another purpose as well

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they

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if you're familiar with compression

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socks it's sort of a similar thing

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they're orthostatic garments that uh

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these help the crew uh their their sort

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of compression pants and squeeze their

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legs that helps force the fluid from

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their legs up toward the upper part of

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their body when they come back to

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gravity

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helps everybody feel a little bit better

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after spending six months in space

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and looks like we do have some satellite

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handoffs that is to be expected they're

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part of the tracking data and relay

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satellites that are stationed i believe

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in geostationary orbit 22 000 miles

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above the earth's surface and so we

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should we we expect them we should get

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communications and video back here

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shortly

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that is a view of mission control in

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hawthorne just to my left

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as the team here continues to support

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dragon departure and docking and

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eventually splash down later on tonight

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yeah we should expect to get that uh

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communications back in just under two

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minutes now

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but as you mentioned you've got spacex

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hawthorne there and we heard from brandy

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dean earlier in mission control houston

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the teams are still in joint operations

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meaning they're working together

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ensuring the safety and the proper

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execution of everything that happens

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today and that will occur until the

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vehicle crew dragon is outside of the

558
00:28:43,190 --> 00:28:41,120
approach ellipsoid at that point the

559
00:28:44,710 --> 00:28:43,200
international space station teams will

560
00:28:47,269 --> 00:28:44,720
continue monitoring the international

561
00:28:49,990 --> 00:28:47,279
space station as they do 24 hours a day

562
00:28:52,310 --> 00:28:50,000
365 days a year and teams here in

563
00:28:55,029 --> 00:28:52,320
hawthorne will be focused on crew dragon

564
00:28:58,789 --> 00:28:57,750
so this crew one team they launched in

565
00:29:01,510 --> 00:28:58,799
november

566
00:29:03,830 --> 00:29:01,520
15th of last year it took him about 27

567
00:29:05,510 --> 00:29:03,840
hours to get from earth to the

568
00:29:07,190 --> 00:29:05,520
international space station and dock and

569
00:29:10,070 --> 00:29:07,200
open that hatch today is going to be a

570
00:29:11,830 --> 00:29:10,080
little different after we

571
00:29:14,070 --> 00:29:11,840
undock it will take about six and a half

572
00:29:15,990 --> 00:29:14,080
hours from the international station

573
00:29:17,909 --> 00:29:16,000
from the international space station to

574
00:29:20,070 --> 00:29:17,919
deorbit uh re-enter the earth's

575
00:29:22,950 --> 00:29:20,080
atmosphere and eventually splash down in

576
00:29:25,269 --> 00:29:22,960
panama city off the coast of panama city

577
00:29:27,830 --> 00:29:25,279
uh um in florida

578
00:29:28,950 --> 00:29:27,840
so quite a bit of difference there um

579
00:29:31,029 --> 00:29:28,960
the

580
00:29:35,750 --> 00:29:31,039
return duration can take anywhere from

581
00:29:36,870 --> 00:29:35,760
six to uh upwards of 30 plus hours

582
00:29:50,470 --> 00:29:36,880
the

583
00:29:51,590 --> 00:29:50,480
today it's going to be a nice short one

584
00:29:54,470 --> 00:29:51,600
for the astronauts they don't have to

585
00:29:56,470 --> 00:29:54,480
wait too long uh in the the resilient

586
00:29:58,789 --> 00:29:56,480
space council it's pretty impressive if

587
00:30:00,470 --> 00:29:58,799
you ask me uh you know you can't really

588
00:30:01,669 --> 00:30:00,480
drive across the state of texas in seven

589
00:30:03,430 --> 00:30:01,679
hours but you can make it from the

590
00:30:04,389 --> 00:30:03,440
international space station back down to

591
00:30:05,909 --> 00:30:04,399
earth

592
00:30:09,510 --> 00:30:05,919
and some of those factors that we were

593
00:30:12,389 --> 00:30:09,520
discussing um that that play into the

594
00:30:14,310 --> 00:30:12,399
length of a return can be a lot of times

595
00:30:16,310 --> 00:30:14,320
we see crew sleep we want to make sure

596
00:30:18,789 --> 00:30:16,320
that the crew are rested and able to

597
00:30:21,510 --> 00:30:18,799
monitor the vehicle as it returns and of

598
00:30:23,269 --> 00:30:21,520
course crew dragon is fully autonomous

599
00:30:25,510 --> 00:30:23,279
but we want to just allow them to keep

600
00:30:27,190 --> 00:30:25,520
an eye on it and not get too tired as

601
00:30:29,110 --> 00:30:27,200
they step through those procedures so

602
00:30:37,350 --> 00:30:29,120
that definitely played in their favor

603
00:30:43,590 --> 00:30:40,230
so the next stop is uh for now that the

604
00:30:46,149 --> 00:30:43,600
dragon hatch is closed uh the commander

605
00:30:47,750 --> 00:30:46,159
mike hopkins and the pilot victor glover

606
00:30:49,669 --> 00:30:47,760
will don their spacesuits so a little

607
00:30:52,310 --> 00:30:49,679
bit more about the suits themselves they

608
00:30:54,470 --> 00:30:52,320
are custom-made one-piece suits

609
00:30:56,070 --> 00:30:54,480
the gloves the boots the helmets are all

610
00:30:58,149 --> 00:30:56,080
integrated into the suit so effectively

611
00:30:59,990 --> 00:30:58,159
it's like a onesie you kind of get in

612
00:31:01,669 --> 00:31:00,000
and everything just zips up

613
00:31:04,310 --> 00:31:01,679
and then the umbilical that i mentioned

614
00:31:05,750 --> 00:31:04,320
earlier will pressurize it and and give

615
00:31:07,110 --> 00:31:05,760
you know all the electronics that they

616
00:31:08,630 --> 00:31:07,120
need

617
00:31:10,310 --> 00:31:08,640
for the suit to be able to communicate

618
00:31:13,190 --> 00:31:10,320
from space to ground

619
00:31:15,509 --> 00:31:13,200
the helmet itself is 3d printed nylon

620
00:31:17,830 --> 00:31:15,519
and the outside of it is made up of a

621
00:31:20,230 --> 00:31:17,840
few different materials the gray

622
00:31:21,430 --> 00:31:20,240
material is nomex which is

623
00:31:23,669 --> 00:31:21,440
related to

624
00:31:26,070 --> 00:31:23,679
nylon just a little bit different it has

625
00:31:28,549 --> 00:31:26,080
some additional properties that

626
00:31:30,470 --> 00:31:28,559
the astronauts definitely would enjoy it

627
00:31:32,950 --> 00:31:30,480
includes a sort of temperature

628
00:31:35,029 --> 00:31:32,960
resistance and radiation resistance and

629
00:31:38,070 --> 00:31:35,039
chemical resistance as well and the

630
00:31:43,029 --> 00:31:38,080
white uh part is

631
00:31:46,549 --> 00:31:44,950
but each of the

632
00:31:47,830 --> 00:31:46,559
suits are custom made to each of the

633
00:31:50,230 --> 00:31:47,840
astronauts

634
00:31:52,149 --> 00:31:50,240
and as we continue to get crew ready to

635
00:31:54,630 --> 00:31:52,159
depart the space station we are now

636
00:31:55,909 --> 00:31:54,640
joined by nasa's commercial crew program

637
00:31:57,990 --> 00:31:55,919
manager

638
00:31:59,509 --> 00:31:58,000
steve stitch from houston steve thanks

639
00:32:01,190 --> 00:31:59,519
for popping in and we're hoping you

640
00:32:03,430 --> 00:32:01,200
could give us some insight to the steps

641
00:32:07,669 --> 00:32:03,440
nasa and spacex have taken to get ready

642
00:32:11,669 --> 00:32:09,269
okay hey thank you very much it's great

643
00:32:15,350 --> 00:32:11,679
to be here it's uh it's pretty exciting

644
00:32:17,269 --> 00:32:15,360
uh to watch the crew getting ready to uh

645
00:32:18,789 --> 00:32:17,279
to undock here and just a little bit

646
00:32:21,029 --> 00:32:18,799
under two hours

647
00:32:23,269 --> 00:32:21,039
uh we've spent a lot of time over the

648
00:32:24,310 --> 00:32:23,279
last uh week or so getting ready to come

649
00:32:26,070 --> 00:32:24,320
home

650
00:32:29,269 --> 00:32:26,080
uh you know one of the big factors has

651
00:32:31,430 --> 00:32:29,279
been um weather and trying to find the

652
00:32:33,990 --> 00:32:31,440
right the right circumstances and

653
00:32:35,830 --> 00:32:34,000
situation to to bring the crew home

654
00:32:37,110 --> 00:32:35,840
so what we typically do is we start

655
00:32:40,070 --> 00:32:37,120
looking at whether you know we were

656
00:32:42,070 --> 00:32:40,080
originally going to undock and and land

657
00:32:43,269 --> 00:32:42,080
on wednesday and so around monday we

658
00:32:45,269 --> 00:32:43,279
started looking at the trends in the

659
00:32:47,430 --> 00:32:45,279
weather and evaluating all the different

660
00:32:49,590 --> 00:32:47,440
sites and trying to find the best best

661
00:32:51,350 --> 00:32:49,600
option to come home and so you know it's

662
00:32:52,630 --> 00:32:51,360
taken a little while to find that

663
00:32:55,430 --> 00:32:52,640
optimal weather

664
00:32:58,310 --> 00:32:55,440
uh really what we're looking for is uh

665
00:32:59,990 --> 00:32:58,320
winds under about uh six to eight miles

666
00:33:01,430 --> 00:33:00,000
per hour in that range and so we've been

667
00:33:02,389 --> 00:33:01,440
looking at the sites over the last few

668
00:33:04,710 --> 00:33:02,399
days

669
00:33:06,789 --> 00:33:04,720
and it turns out that the best site uh

670
00:33:08,630 --> 00:33:06,799
over the last uh

671
00:33:10,149 --> 00:33:08,640
three days or so has been this panama

672
00:33:17,350 --> 00:33:10,159
city site and so that's really one of

673
00:33:21,269 --> 00:33:18,549
uh i'll tell you a little bit more

674
00:33:23,750 --> 00:33:21,279
details about about the yeah

675
00:33:26,630 --> 00:33:23,760
sorry so there was a change uh and now

676
00:33:28,630 --> 00:33:26,640
we're targeting a knight's landing

677
00:33:31,190 --> 00:33:28,640
which will be another first for crew for

678
00:33:33,750 --> 00:33:31,200
dragon with crew so how have the teams

679
00:33:35,430 --> 00:33:33,760
uh sort of change and anticipated in

680
00:33:39,669 --> 00:33:35,440
order to make sure that this night

681
00:33:43,590 --> 00:33:41,430
yeah well first of all the vehicle is

682
00:33:46,070 --> 00:33:43,600
certified to land uh in day or night

683
00:33:48,470 --> 00:33:46,080
there's really uh not an issue with the

684
00:33:51,269 --> 00:33:48,480
vehicle itself and and recovery we have

685
00:33:54,149 --> 00:33:51,279
been practicing uh to recover the cruise

686
00:33:55,509 --> 00:33:54,159
in day day or night uh we knew that we

687
00:33:57,830 --> 00:33:55,519
when you look at kind of how we've set

688
00:33:59,590 --> 00:33:57,840
up the program uh we have crew rotation

689
00:34:02,870 --> 00:33:59,600
missions in april and october and we

690
00:34:04,310 --> 00:34:02,880
pick those months for weather and so in

691
00:34:07,110 --> 00:34:04,320
either of those months we can have both

692
00:34:09,190 --> 00:34:07,120
a daylight or nine opportunities

693
00:34:11,349 --> 00:34:09,200
and so they've been practicing uh

694
00:34:13,510 --> 00:34:11,359
recently on the last cargo mission in

695
00:34:16,149 --> 00:34:13,520
fact the crs-21 mission which which

696
00:34:18,230 --> 00:34:16,159
landed in um in january that was a night

697
00:34:19,669 --> 00:34:18,240
landing and the spacex team

698
00:34:21,750 --> 00:34:19,679
recovered that vehicle and the crew

699
00:34:23,430 --> 00:34:21,760
dragon and cargo dragon are

700
00:34:25,430 --> 00:34:23,440
very much identical so we've been

701
00:34:27,190 --> 00:34:25,440
getting ready for this opportunity

702
00:34:28,629 --> 00:34:27,200
and the primary switch was really for

703
00:34:30,069 --> 00:34:28,639
the weather you know right now the

704
00:34:30,950 --> 00:34:30,079
weather forecast for this particular

705
00:34:32,950 --> 00:34:30,960
landing

706
00:34:35,750 --> 00:34:32,960
is winds on the order of about three

707
00:34:38,550 --> 00:34:35,760
miles per hour and uh the sea states are

708
00:34:41,430 --> 00:34:38,560
about one foot so i got some pictures

709
00:34:43,589 --> 00:34:41,440
today from the from the ship and uh the

710
00:34:45,190 --> 00:34:43,599
recovery ship and the water looks just

711
00:34:46,629 --> 00:34:45,200
like glass and so when we were looking

712
00:34:48,470 --> 00:34:46,639
at opportunities

713
00:34:50,389 --> 00:34:48,480
and we debated this switch tonight very

714
00:34:52,629 --> 00:34:50,399
carefully you know what one of the big

715
00:34:54,550 --> 00:34:52,639
considerations was the weather was so

716
00:34:55,510 --> 00:34:54,560
so good and so benign so we're putting

717
00:34:57,109 --> 00:34:55,520
the crew

718
00:34:59,109 --> 00:34:57,119
and the vehicle down in very benign

719
00:35:00,710 --> 00:34:59,119
winds and very benign waves

720
00:35:02,790 --> 00:35:00,720
and so that's best for the crew and best

721
00:35:05,349 --> 00:35:02,800
for the vehicle and then when we looked

722
00:35:06,790 --> 00:35:05,359
at the night opportunity uh it's also it

723
00:35:09,589 --> 00:35:06,800
turns out that we'll have quite a bit of

724
00:35:11,349 --> 00:35:09,599
moonlight we'll have a few high clouds

725
00:35:13,670 --> 00:35:11,359
maybe around 22 000 feet but they'll be

726
00:35:16,230 --> 00:35:13,680
very thin and so we'll have a good moon

727
00:35:18,470 --> 00:35:16,240
light out in that area as well and then

728
00:35:21,190 --> 00:35:18,480
you know the ships have lots of lighting

729
00:35:22,790 --> 00:35:21,200
and lots of night uh capability

730
00:35:26,069 --> 00:35:22,800
and so that you know the fast boats from

731
00:35:27,670 --> 00:35:26,079
the spacex go uh go navigator ship will

732
00:35:29,190 --> 00:35:27,680
go out and they'll be at the capsule in

733
00:35:31,109 --> 00:35:29,200
about 10 minutes after splashdown so

734
00:35:32,470 --> 00:35:31,119
when we weighed all those options it

735
00:35:34,870 --> 00:35:32,480
just looked like this was the best time

736
00:35:36,870 --> 00:35:34,880
to come home the best opportunity

737
00:35:38,310 --> 00:35:36,880
when we looked at the winds for most of

738
00:35:39,990 --> 00:35:38,320
the week at these daytime opportunities

739
00:35:42,150 --> 00:35:40,000
the winds were pretty high

740
00:35:43,589 --> 00:35:42,160
and so you know after we

741
00:35:45,030 --> 00:35:43,599
talked about it for several days we

742
00:35:46,790 --> 00:35:45,040
convinced ourselves hey the right thing

743
00:35:48,870 --> 00:35:46,800
to do is bring the crew home and this

744
00:35:50,390 --> 00:35:48,880
night opportunity the vehicle and the

745
00:35:51,670 --> 00:35:50,400
recovery team are certified to go do

746
00:35:53,510 --> 00:35:51,680
that operation

747
00:35:55,190 --> 00:35:53,520
we talked it over carefully with uh with

748
00:35:56,390 --> 00:35:55,200
the spacex recovery team and and they're

749
00:35:57,990 --> 00:35:56,400
ready to go

750
00:35:59,750 --> 00:35:58,000
and in fact the ships out there on

751
00:36:01,670 --> 00:35:59,760
position right now ready for the

752
00:36:03,349 --> 00:36:01,680
recovery

753
00:36:04,950 --> 00:36:03,359
well thanks so much for the time steve

754
00:36:09,349 --> 00:36:04,960
do you have any final thoughts before we

755
00:36:13,910 --> 00:36:11,109
no i would just say we're excited about

756
00:36:16,230 --> 00:36:13,920
the return you know uh entry is always a

757
00:36:17,190 --> 00:36:16,240
nervous time for for me and others at

758
00:36:19,510 --> 00:36:17,200
nasa

759
00:36:21,109 --> 00:36:19,520
uh and i'm really excited for the

760
00:36:23,109 --> 00:36:21,119
landing i'm very proud of the teams that

761
00:36:25,030 --> 00:36:23,119
work so hard on this mission

762
00:36:26,630 --> 00:36:25,040
uh for all these months while the crew

763
00:36:28,710 --> 00:36:26,640
was on station and then preparing for

764
00:36:29,990 --> 00:36:28,720
that mission if you just step back and

765
00:36:32,390 --> 00:36:30,000
think about

766
00:36:34,470 --> 00:36:32,400
this month of april now heading into may

767
00:36:37,109 --> 00:36:34,480
it's it's been very busy for commercial

768
00:36:39,670 --> 00:36:37,119
crew we had a port relocate

769
00:36:40,950 --> 00:36:39,680
of this vehicle early in the month on

770
00:36:43,750 --> 00:36:40,960
april the 5th

771
00:36:45,349 --> 00:36:43,760
a launch not very many days ago now just

772
00:36:48,069 --> 00:36:45,359
a little over a week ago

773
00:36:50,230 --> 00:36:48,079
on april the 23rd and then you know now

774
00:36:52,550 --> 00:36:50,240
this uh return and landing for the crew

775
00:36:54,870 --> 00:36:52,560
one vehicle and crew and it's just an

776
00:36:56,390 --> 00:36:54,880
exciting time i can't uh i can't thank

777
00:36:58,390 --> 00:36:56,400
the teams enough for all their hard work

778
00:37:00,150 --> 00:36:58,400
at spacex at nasa

779
00:37:01,829 --> 00:37:00,160
across the country

780
00:37:04,150 --> 00:37:01,839
uh you know it's a very big team effort

781
00:37:06,069 --> 00:37:04,160
not only between nasa and spacex but

782
00:37:08,550 --> 00:37:06,079
uh the faa is involved in clearing the

783
00:37:10,550 --> 00:37:08,560
airspace for the landing the coast

784
00:37:13,109 --> 00:37:10,560
guard's involved in making sure

785
00:37:15,190 --> 00:37:13,119
we have noticed mariners and boats out

786
00:37:17,109 --> 00:37:15,200
and also patrolling the area

787
00:37:19,270 --> 00:37:17,119
the federal communication

788
00:37:21,589 --> 00:37:19,280
commission looking at the re-entry and

789
00:37:24,069 --> 00:37:21,599
the communications and then finally the

790
00:37:25,109 --> 00:37:24,079
department of defense detachment three

791
00:37:26,550 --> 00:37:25,119
uh

792
00:37:29,190 --> 00:37:26,560
in the event of a contingency they're

793
00:37:31,349 --> 00:37:29,200
available to go uh do a worldwide rescue

794
00:37:33,030 --> 00:37:31,359
of the crew and so we have a great team

795
00:37:34,710 --> 00:37:33,040
uh we're ready to go and we're well

796
00:37:40,150 --> 00:37:34,720
practiced and so uh we're looking

797
00:37:44,710 --> 00:37:42,630
again that was steve stitch nasa's

798
00:37:46,550 --> 00:37:44,720
commercial crew program manager giving

799
00:37:48,230 --> 00:37:46,560
us some additional detail details on the

800
00:37:50,390 --> 00:37:48,240
road to crew one's departure this

801
00:37:52,790 --> 00:37:50,400
evening it is excellent news that

802
00:37:54,390 --> 00:37:52,800
although it is a nighttime splashdown

803
00:37:56,230 --> 00:37:54,400
the sea states are

804
00:37:59,349 --> 00:37:56,240
pretty much ideal cons conditions with

805
00:38:01,829 --> 00:37:59,359
very little winds and very small waves

806
00:38:03,589 --> 00:38:01,839
now that dragon's hatched is closed the

807
00:38:05,109 --> 00:38:03,599
crew is preparing to depart we're going

808
00:38:07,349 --> 00:38:05,119
to take a short break before we get

809
00:38:09,430 --> 00:38:07,359
ready for undocking our live coverage

810
00:38:11,349 --> 00:38:09,440
we'll stay live with you the entire time

811
00:38:13,829 --> 00:38:11,359
until dragon splashes down off the coast

812
00:38:18,630 --> 00:38:13,839
of florida on target for saturday may

813
00:38:21,190 --> 00:38:18,640
1st at 11 57 pm pacific time or 6 56 gmt

814
00:38:23,030 --> 00:38:21,200
on sunday so don't go anywhere we will

815
00:38:26,390 --> 00:38:23,040
see you soon as crew one gets ready to

816
00:38:28,390 --> 00:38:26,400
depart the international space station

817
00:38:40,990 --> 00:38:28,400
not too long ago so assume it was done

818
00:38:53,290 --> 00:38:50,390
[Music]

819
00:39:15,310 --> 00:38:53,300
so