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dragon spacecraft on top of a falcon 9

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rocket set to launch four astronauts to

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the international space station in a

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little less than four hours

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but right now they're live inside the

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room right here crew 4 astronauts

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getting their spacesuits on and this is

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a live look inside that suit up room

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where the crew of three americans and

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one european astronaut are completing

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their checkouts of their spacesuits

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welcome everybody to the kennedy space

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center in florida for live coverage of

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nasa and spacex's launch of crew 4. i'm

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daryl nail and i'm with megan macarthur

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astronaut from crew 2 you were the pilot

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in that mission so it's great that you

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have that experience and that you're

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here to share it with us because you

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know this mission well but you also flew

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the space shuttle absolutely um it's

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always exciting to be at kennedy space

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space center on a launch day i'm super

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excited to see my friends getting ready

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to fly they all have big smiles on their

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faces and it's going to be a great time

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watching them get ready tonight

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absolutely it all started when they woke

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yesterday because we just rolled over

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it's uh we think of the day is starting

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some weather briefings some last minute

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checks and as we see them right now

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going through the suit check out um

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before they take the next steps to head

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and we'll jump back into the room here

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in just a second to get more of your

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insight on that we want to invite you at

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home who are participating you you can

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participate really by

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the advanced team is in the lightroom

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and we are on schedule

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there you'll hear the operational audio

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background from time to time we'll try

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to make sure our comments are

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down and low when they talk so you can

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but in addition to megan's analysis we

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also have teams around the country

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covering all the action and there you

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see them now we'll get updates from

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spacex headquarters in hawthorne

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california as well as nasa's mission

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control center in houston and of course

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and of course the rocket is on the pad

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we'll talk with crew 3 astronaut raja

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making preparations for crew 4.

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rocket in the spacecraft and this

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is the suit-up room a historic room

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inside the operations and checkout

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building the neil armstrong operations

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and checkout building at the kennedy

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space center where astronauts have been

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getting ready for launch going all the

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it's a remarkable it's a great feeling

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recognize the history that's taken place

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that buildup of excitement that's going

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night absolutely and each one of the

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crew 4 astronauts is in a seat that is

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molded exactly as it is in the

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spacecraft right that's right so the the

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cushioning that you see is can be

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individual astronaut and the idea is

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monitoring both on laptops but then also

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memories and those feelings from being

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a an homage to the the era of past space

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flight i think that's right and it

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appreciates history um and i think it's

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history of that room and the

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achievements that started you know the

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process and get better as they learn

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number but in a way it's actually still

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continue to learn things every single

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rotational crew to fly on a commercial

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spacecraft and each astronaut brings a

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diverse set of experiences to today's

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flight and that astronaut that you see

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start with him that is dr lindgren he

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was born in taipei taiwan but spent most

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air force academy and also has a

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today megan he is the commander of true

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that's right he is going to make an

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outstanding commander he's a wonderful

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talented person obviously experienced at

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just a really good human he's going to

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crewmates in three hours 45 minutes the

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communicating with his suit tech he was

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engineering and served 21 years in the

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where he flew science missions in our

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wb-57 today he's going into space for

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the very first time as the pilot for

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nasa spacex's crew for megan you were

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the pilot for crew 2. it's a position

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the person that you want uh piloting any

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vehicle that you're in and they're gonna

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make a great team today he did look

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quite steady this guy has flown so many

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aircraft and we'll hear more about that

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hometown a talented rugby player in

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college her team won the national

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championship in 2008 when she was with

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her university i believe it was sanford

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sciences at the california institute of

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technology she completed several

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internships with nasa including one

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testing system designs for the mars

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an astronaut in 2017

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a turtle we'll talk more about that

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and now just like bob she's going into

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space for the very first time this is a

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brand new experience for her yep it's a

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right now but jessica is an outstanding

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task at hand but uh boy when she smiles

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italy but now lives in cologne germany

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with her partner and two children in

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2006 she earned her fighter pilot wings

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and flew the am x attack fighter at a

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base in italy

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in 2013 christopher freddie launched

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into space aboard a soyuz for a long

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duration space flight to the

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international space station so she has

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quite a bit of experience aboard station

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several years later she was awarded the

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night grand cross of the order of merit

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from the president of italy and today

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she returns to space and the space

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station with crew 4.

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another very impressive resume um but

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also a really just a great person to be

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around so they're going to really work

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well together they've gotten to spend

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several months together training and

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getting to know one another and i think

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this mix of experience and skills is

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going to blend really well and make for

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a successful crew

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we've got a couple astronauts standing

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up and you can see they're still

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attached um to a blue box that's sitting

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there right next to their seat what is

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that megan and what what purpose does it

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serve that blue box is providing a

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cooling air for them as they're moving

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around you do get um you do can get

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quite warm in that suit um and so

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they're sort of preemptively making sure

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that the crew members are not going to

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get overheated during this wait time

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and each of these four crew members will

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be part of expedition 67 once they

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arrive at the international space

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station getting some final fit checks

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there for chell as his suit tech has

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taken care of it making sure there's as

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you said making no hot spots want to be

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comfortable when you're getting ready to

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launch

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so now let's check in with our team

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monitoring preparations for launch at

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spacex headquarters in hawthorne

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california we're going to nasa's dan

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hewitt and spacex's jesse anderson take

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hey thanks daryl and hi everybody good

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evening i'm dan hewitt thrilled to be

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back here at hawthorne for another crew

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launch yeah and i'm jesse anderson a

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production engineering manager here at

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spacex and per usual super excited about

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crew 4 today welcome to mission control

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in hawthorne this is where the teams are

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staffed around the clock as we count

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down to liftoff now on console or

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headset and mission controller six key

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positions the mission director is in

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charge of the room and tasked with

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making real-time decisions to ensure

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mission success the person that you'll

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hear talking to the astronauts is the

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crew operations and resources engineer

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which you'll hear us refer to as the

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core throughout the broadcast the

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additional positions are focused on

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vehicle systems including avionics

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navigation and control software

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propulsion life support and

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communication with ground support teams

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and nasa has its own team members back

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in mission control houston we're going

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to check in there a little bit later

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where they're preparing the space

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station for crew dragon's arrival we're

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going to meet several of those key

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players when we do check in

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now today's ride to the space station

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will take about 22 hours with dragon

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flying autonomously the entire way and

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just like autopilot on a commercial

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aircraft the crew always has the ability

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to take manual control of the spacecraft

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if needed now at t minus 3 hours and 39

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minutes until liftoff let's go to andy

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tran for an update on the launch

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countdown how's it going so far andy

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things are going good jesse we are

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coming up on t minus three hours and 30

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minutes and um things are going well for

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launch at t-minus four hours there was a

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briefing by the spacex launch director

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and good news there's really nothing

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significant to report on the rocket

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everything is real looking really good

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for tonight

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earlier in the night the team began

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clearing the hazard area and buildings

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around pad 39a known as the blast danger

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area or bva the only people remaining on

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the pad are the ones needed for ingress

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of the astronauts and crew arrival is

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expected to happen in about an hour at

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the launch pad falcon 9 is powered on

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and we're currently monitoring telemetry

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and pressurizing gas storage vessels

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engine and stage checkouts were also

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performed several hours ago

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on top of falcon 9 the dragon spacecraft

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is ready for the crew functional

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checkouts were performed and most

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recently the dragon propellant system

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was pressurized to final flight pressure

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about an hour ago currently all

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spacecraft systems are go

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launch range is also ready to support

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and working no issues at the time the

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weather is cooperating as we continue to

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count down to liftoff so again

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everything is looking great for

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tonight's liftoff

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with that i'm going to send it back over

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to daryl and megan

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all right thank you very much andy it's

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now t-minus three hours and 37 minutes

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and counting here at the kennedy space

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center in florida as we cruise around

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the desk here the crew ate breakfast a

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little after 9 p.m last night medical

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checks then followed and then less than

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an hour ago they got a weather briefing

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to make sure they were all good for

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launch we heard uh i heard from rob

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davies pao over johnson that the launch

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corridor that corridor the abort

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corridor i should say the weather is

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good there and that's a tough one to get

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because that's a large swath of area yes

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now the the we're looking inside the

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room now at uh suit-up room at astronaut

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crew quarters and you can see we're

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getting ready for a crew walkout um the

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techs are now finishing up uh each crew

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member

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they're in their own custom spacesuit

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inside the historic astronaut crew

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quarters suit up room

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and in a few minutes at t-minus three

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hours and 25 minutes the crew will be

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making their way out of the famed suit

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up room that we see here

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they'll go down a hallway and into an

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elevator down to the first floor and

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then outside to the families where they

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will be greeted uh by them and their

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loved ones and a small group of

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well-wishers there'll be some media on

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hand as well before they head out to the

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you see there the upper left part of

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your camera there a blue flight suit

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that's joe acaba

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he's the chief of the vehicle

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integration test office and he's

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managing the crew schedules and all the

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crew quarter operations he's the one

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keeping them on time in the room right

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megan that's right there's a well

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there's a team of folks that are

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managing that schedule he makes sure

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that the operations for the astronaut

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quarantine facility runs smoothly that

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everybody has everything they need you

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know everything from the air

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conditioning to the food to you know

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everything in between he's making sure

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that runs smoothly for everybody there

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which is which is an important job and

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and boy they sure do feed us really well

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um in that time frame and right there is

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xena cardman that's right fellow

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astronaut

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turtle and a turtle as well another

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turtle in there yeah

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she is supporting the astronauts right

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she's in the support role wearing as you

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notice the black spacex ninja suit as

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they call it yes um and there's a reason

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for that well yeah that's i think to

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because though the team is um kind of

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one team is the idea and uh and she

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blends in with the rest of the team but

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it is nice for us to have that one nasa

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representative knowing that you know

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they're holding on to any messages or

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any information that we need to pass

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so megan you were on both sides of the

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stanchions

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when this walk out countdown one we're t

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minus three hours 35 minutes

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crew suit donning and checkouts are

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complete we're on schedule

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okay they look finished and they're all

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ready to go and as i was mentioning um

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you were on both sides so uh both

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on the inside as an astronaut for crew

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two but then also on the outside for

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your husband bob benkin who along with

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doug hurley flew that historic mission

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the first crew dragon to go to the

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international space station that's right

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and it's a it's a different experience

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with some similarities you know as the

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family member as the loved ones you're

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outside you're very excited for them to

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come out you're thinking about how

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they're feeling and wanting to give them

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you know a good bright joyful send-off

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but of course as the family member with

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no active role in the process it's a

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little nerve-wracking right to realize

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that this major thing is about to happen

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that you're not participating in my

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focus then was just to make sure that my

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son was enjoying it that he was gonna

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get to enjoy seeing his father in this

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moment um and celebrate with him and not

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try to climb into the tesla on the on

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the way to the launch pad that was my

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primary goal as in my mom role right um

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and then on the flip side when you're

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the crew member you know you know you're

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gonna get to see your family really soon

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you're hoping that this is a joyful

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experience for them that they're

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enjoying it that they're excited for you

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um and so you do share those kinds of

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emotions but i will say it's a much

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harder job

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as the loved ones that are there kind of

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being left behind because you don't have

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that active role in the day's activities

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you're just kind of a passive bystander

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so for somebody like myself that's used

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to being very active

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that that was a challenge to realize

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he's doing this all on his own and i

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can't help no matter what so that was

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there are three teslas as you can see

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there we've been showing you some views

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right outside the operations and

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checkout building there and those are

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the vehicles that will take the

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astronauts to the path the second two

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teslas they will drive the crew out to

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launch complex 39a riding in the first

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car will be the sutex and the spacecraft

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closeout lead in the second tesla

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commander chell lindgren and pilot bob

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hines will be sharing a ride with a nasa

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flight surgeon and in the third vehicle

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will be jessica watkins and samantha

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christopher eddie they'll also have

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another closeout lead with them in that

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vehicle and of course we will follow the

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convoy live every step of the way

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getting you as close as we can possibly

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get you without actually being inside

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now let's take a look at the crew's

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i think one of the most special things

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about this particular space flight are

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00:21:37,350 --> 00:21:34,640
the people that i get to fly with

552
00:21:39,350 --> 00:21:37,360
bob hines or farmer is a test pilot he

553
00:21:41,669 --> 00:21:39,360
is the the pilot for our spacecraft

554
00:21:46,070 --> 00:21:41,679
samantha christopher reddy is an italian

555
00:21:48,310 --> 00:21:46,080
fighter pilot who flew in 2014 and

556
00:21:50,390 --> 00:21:48,320
jessica watkins is one of our newer

557
00:21:52,310 --> 00:21:50,400
astronauts she is somebody that

558
00:21:53,750 --> 00:21:52,320
absolutely is foundational to our crew

559
00:21:56,789 --> 00:21:53,760
and somebody that can be counted on

560
00:21:59,430 --> 00:21:56,799
chell is our fearless leader always in

561
00:22:01,990 --> 00:21:59,440
command ready for the next move and just

562
00:22:04,549 --> 00:22:02,000
somebody that i deeply respect i knew

563
00:22:07,029 --> 00:22:04,559
chad lindgren our commander very well he

564
00:22:08,789 --> 00:22:07,039
was on the backup crew of my first

565
00:22:11,590 --> 00:22:08,799
flight so we spent quite some time

566
00:22:13,750 --> 00:22:11,600
together so i felt very grateful because

567
00:22:15,190 --> 00:22:13,760
charlie's just a great guy

568
00:22:17,909 --> 00:22:15,200
a little known fact about jessica

569
00:22:18,630 --> 00:22:17,919
watkins is that she has the sixth sense

570
00:22:20,310 --> 00:22:18,640
to

571
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know whenever something is in free

572
00:22:24,390 --> 00:22:22,400
flight around her and catch it

573
00:22:26,070 --> 00:22:24,400
so i am really interested to see how in

574
00:22:27,750 --> 00:22:26,080
zero gravity where everything's in free

575
00:22:30,149 --> 00:22:27,760
flight i really want to see how she

576
00:22:33,190 --> 00:22:30,159
manages that she's phenomenal you know

577
00:22:35,909 --> 00:22:33,200
she joined our crew a little bit late

578
00:22:37,750 --> 00:22:35,919
and for our very first spacex sim she

579
00:22:39,909 --> 00:22:37,760
jumped right in there as if she had been

580
00:22:43,110 --> 00:22:39,919
training with us for months samantha

581
00:22:45,750 --> 00:22:43,120
christopher reddy is an italian issa

582
00:22:48,149 --> 00:22:45,760
astronaut she always brings the italian

583
00:22:49,990 --> 00:22:48,159
culture and energy to the table always

584
00:22:51,750 --> 00:22:50,000
super inquisitive

585
00:22:54,630 --> 00:22:51,760
and just makes us all feel like family

586
00:22:56,149 --> 00:22:54,640
to see her experience and the expertise

587
00:22:58,390 --> 00:22:56,159
that she brings

588
00:22:59,350 --> 00:22:58,400
and her leadership has been very special

589
00:23:02,149 --> 00:22:59,360
and

590
00:23:04,549 --> 00:23:02,159
bob hines or farmer is a test pilot he

591
00:23:06,230 --> 00:23:04,559
is the the pilot for our spacecraft it's

592
00:23:08,390 --> 00:23:06,240
such a privilege to get to work with him

593
00:23:10,390 --> 00:23:08,400
and to lean on his flying

594
00:23:12,870 --> 00:23:10,400
test pilot experience he will always

595
00:23:15,830 --> 00:23:12,880
bring a dad joke so you can always be

596
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prepared for that when we're in space we

597
00:23:20,950 --> 00:23:18,320
100 percent put our lives in the hands

598
00:23:23,270 --> 00:23:20,960
of our crewmates all four of us together

599
00:23:25,029 --> 00:23:23,280
really come together and balance each

600
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other out and

601
00:23:28,549 --> 00:23:27,120
really just coalesce well as a crew

602
00:23:31,050 --> 00:23:28,559
incredibly happy and thought i couldn't

603
00:23:36,950 --> 00:23:31,060
have had a better crew

604
00:23:39,350 --> 00:23:36,960
[Music]

605
00:23:40,789 --> 00:23:39,360
we love to hear how they bond you know

606
00:23:42,390 --> 00:23:40,799
over the two years of training i'm sure

607
00:23:43,990 --> 00:23:42,400
it was the same for your crew as well

608
00:23:45,510 --> 00:23:44,000
it's the best part of the mission really

609
00:23:47,510 --> 00:23:45,520
is that how about that

610
00:23:49,510 --> 00:23:47,520
well this is the operations and checkout

611
00:23:52,789 --> 00:23:49,520
building high above from our helicopter

612
00:23:55,669 --> 00:23:52,799
here at kennedy space center and inside

613
00:23:57,669 --> 00:23:55,679
is some beautiful artwork megan this is

614
00:24:00,630 --> 00:23:57,679
some artwork that came to us from around

615
00:24:02,710 --> 00:24:00,640
the world part of the 2022 children's

616
00:24:04,710 --> 00:24:02,720
international artwork contest winners

617
00:24:06,630 --> 00:24:04,720
ages four through six

618
00:24:08,950 --> 00:24:06,640
and i i love this

619
00:24:11,830 --> 00:24:08,960
they've done such a great job great job

620
00:24:13,830 --> 00:24:11,840
putting these little paintings together

621
00:24:16,149 --> 00:24:13,840
they were in categories as you can see

622
00:24:18,070 --> 00:24:16,159
some were spacecraft some were exploring

623
00:24:19,669 --> 00:24:18,080
the solar system i love the one in the

624
00:24:21,590 --> 00:24:19,679
bottom left-hand corner you see that

625
00:24:23,510 --> 00:24:21,600
living and working in space yes it's got

626
00:24:26,390 --> 00:24:23,520
a space station and it's tethered to the

627
00:24:27,909 --> 00:24:26,400
earth okay yeah

628
00:24:29,990 --> 00:24:27,919
they're living in their own world there

629
00:24:32,230 --> 00:24:30,000
maybe maybe one day we can have plants

630
00:24:34,710 --> 00:24:32,240
and trees like that one thank you to all

631
00:24:37,350 --> 00:24:34,720
the children who participated in our art

632
00:24:39,990 --> 00:24:37,360
contest it is up on the wall and the

633
00:24:41,750 --> 00:24:40,000
astronauts of crew 4 will be walking by

634
00:24:49,669 --> 00:24:41,760
and they'll see that art as they walk

635
00:24:52,950 --> 00:24:50,870
throughout

636
00:24:55,269 --> 00:24:52,960
the mission we want to invite you for

637
00:24:55,990 --> 00:24:55,279
the next three and a half hours to send

638
00:24:57,430 --> 00:24:56,000
us

639
00:25:00,310 --> 00:24:57,440
your questions

640
00:25:02,789 --> 00:25:00,320
for megan we've got the expert on hand

641
00:25:06,630 --> 00:25:02,799
all you have to do is use the hashtag

642
00:25:08,710 --> 00:25:06,640
ask nasa handle on twitter

643
00:25:10,950 --> 00:25:08,720
so tweet it at us and uh

644
00:25:14,710 --> 00:25:10,960
we'll get some of those questions on the

645
00:25:16,070 --> 00:25:14,720
air and asked to her

646
00:25:17,110 --> 00:25:16,080
we got a question right now in fact all

647
00:25:20,230 --> 00:25:17,120
right

648
00:25:22,549 --> 00:25:20,240
from go for space launch

649
00:25:24,870 --> 00:25:22,559
megan how many people can live and work

650
00:25:26,789 --> 00:25:24,880
on the space station at one time that's

651
00:25:28,230 --> 00:25:26,799
a great question so when i arrived

652
00:25:30,470 --> 00:25:28,240
aboard the international space station

653
00:25:33,430 --> 00:25:30,480
there was already crew one was there as

654
00:25:35,350 --> 00:25:33,440
well as a soyuz crew so in total there

655
00:25:37,750 --> 00:25:35,360
were 11 of us on board the international

656
00:25:39,669 --> 00:25:37,760
space station at that time

657
00:25:41,350 --> 00:25:39,679
the space station is large but that does

658
00:25:43,350 --> 00:25:41,360
make it a little crowded it makes it a

659
00:25:44,789 --> 00:25:43,360
little crowded for some of the um

660
00:25:46,870 --> 00:25:44,799
hardware that you need to use for

661
00:25:49,590 --> 00:25:46,880
example the toilet or the the galley to

662
00:25:51,510 --> 00:25:49,600
prepare your food and so um it impedes

663
00:25:53,190 --> 00:25:51,520
our ability to work effectively when

664
00:25:55,269 --> 00:25:53,200
there's that many people on board but we

665
00:25:56,789 --> 00:25:55,279
all live there safely and and we are

666
00:25:58,230 --> 00:25:56,799
teaching one another you know we call it

667
00:26:00,390 --> 00:25:58,240
handover to learn how to operate the

668
00:26:02,230 --> 00:26:00,400
space station it takes more coordination

669
00:26:04,230 --> 00:26:02,240
and more planning and organization

670
00:26:05,750 --> 00:26:04,240
exactly the size of space station is

671
00:26:07,990 --> 00:26:05,760
roughly like i heard it described as a

672
00:26:11,029 --> 00:26:08,000
five-bedroom house i mean outside it's

673
00:26:13,590 --> 00:26:11,039
as large as a football field right it is

674
00:26:16,470 --> 00:26:13,600
massive right orbiting around our earth

675
00:26:18,870 --> 00:26:16,480
on the inside five bedroom house yes so

676
00:26:20,310 --> 00:26:18,880
the living space inside is smaller than

677
00:26:21,909 --> 00:26:20,320
the overall size of the space station

678
00:26:23,430 --> 00:26:21,919
there's a lot of external structure on

679
00:26:26,390 --> 00:26:23,440
the space station that you know the

680
00:26:28,070 --> 00:26:26,400
truss that holds a lot of our equipment

681
00:26:30,230 --> 00:26:28,080
uh power generation and distribution

682
00:26:31,909 --> 00:26:30,240
equipment for example um and we don't

683
00:26:33,269 --> 00:26:31,919
those are not pressurized living spaces

684
00:26:34,870 --> 00:26:33,279
but they are still part of the structure

685
00:26:37,830 --> 00:26:34,880
of space station so the living space

686
00:26:39,909 --> 00:26:37,840
inside five bedroom houses the closer um

687
00:26:42,310 --> 00:26:39,919
a closer number okay very good and about

688
00:26:43,990 --> 00:26:42,320
6000 square feet is what i heard as well

689
00:26:45,990 --> 00:26:44,000
we have another social question as we

690
00:26:48,070 --> 00:26:46,000
are live outside of the crew quarters

691
00:26:49,750 --> 00:26:48,080
waiting for astronaut uh the astronauts

692
00:26:53,590 --> 00:26:49,760
from crew 4 to walk out

693
00:26:55,990 --> 00:26:53,600
what are some of the manual features

694
00:26:57,430 --> 00:26:56,000
on the spacex crew dragon capsule that

695
00:27:00,789 --> 00:26:57,440
comes from william

696
00:27:04,310 --> 00:27:03,190
so the manual features are designed in

697
00:27:05,830 --> 00:27:04,320
the event because the vehicle is

698
00:27:07,990 --> 00:27:05,840
designed to be largely automated and

699
00:27:09,909 --> 00:27:08,000
ground controlled so the manual features

700
00:27:11,750 --> 00:27:09,919
are designed in the event that the crew

701
00:27:14,310 --> 00:27:11,760
has to take over has to take care of

702
00:27:16,549 --> 00:27:14,320
themselves in some way so we think about

703
00:27:18,070 --> 00:27:16,559
manual manual flying as a capability

704
00:27:20,870 --> 00:27:18,080
that we have close into the space

705
00:27:22,230 --> 00:27:20,880
station should that become necessary

706
00:27:24,149 --> 00:27:22,240
we don't expect that to ever become

707
00:27:26,470 --> 00:27:24,159
necessary but it was tested out on the

708
00:27:28,389 --> 00:27:26,480
on the original demo mission and as the

709
00:27:30,470 --> 00:27:28,399
pilot that was something that you had to

710
00:27:32,230 --> 00:27:30,480
know well we had to train shane and i

711
00:27:34,310 --> 00:27:32,240
trained that together

712
00:27:36,230 --> 00:27:34,320
and in the event for example that we had

713
00:27:37,590 --> 00:27:36,240
a an unsuccessful docking we would have

714
00:27:39,350 --> 00:27:37,600
to make sure that the vehicle was

715
00:27:40,870 --> 00:27:39,360
departing the space station

716
00:27:42,310 --> 00:27:40,880
appropriately and safely and if it

717
00:27:44,230 --> 00:27:42,320
wasn't then there was some manual

718
00:27:45,990 --> 00:27:44,240
control that we would take and and do

719
00:27:47,430 --> 00:27:46,000
some maneuvering with the spacecraft but

720
00:27:49,190 --> 00:27:47,440
fortunately we never had to do that but

721
00:27:51,110 --> 00:27:49,200
that's an example of the kinds of things

722
00:27:53,350 --> 00:27:51,120
that we can do manually on space great

723
00:27:56,389 --> 00:27:53,360
capability yeah absolutely it's

724
00:27:58,630 --> 00:27:56,399
autopiloted uh if nothing goes wrong but

725
00:28:00,870 --> 00:27:58,640
you want that ability to jump in and

726
00:28:06,389 --> 00:28:00,880
take it great question keep them coming

727
00:28:12,070 --> 00:28:08,870
jet for me asks what's the launch

728
00:28:13,909 --> 00:28:12,080
trajectory and visibility for the crew 4

729
00:28:15,510 --> 00:28:13,919
launch this is a little bit more of a

730
00:28:17,029 --> 00:28:15,520
complicated question dealing with the

731
00:28:19,830 --> 00:28:17,039
trajectory of this particular launch

732
00:28:22,389 --> 00:28:19,840
it's the same as it was for you where

733
00:28:23,830 --> 00:28:22,399
we're going up and out over the atlantic

734
00:28:26,149 --> 00:28:23,840
seaboard right

735
00:28:27,590 --> 00:28:26,159
so i didn't get to see the last one like

736
00:28:29,510 --> 00:28:27,600
this but i would imagine that it's going

737
00:28:31,190 --> 00:28:29,520
to be a spectacular view for those in

738
00:28:32,870 --> 00:28:31,200
the local area

739
00:28:34,389 --> 00:28:32,880
because it's a night launch and

740
00:28:36,789 --> 00:28:34,399
hopefully the lighting conditions will

741
00:28:38,789 --> 00:28:36,799
be similar and that you can see

742
00:28:40,470 --> 00:28:38,799
the the trajectory for quite quite some

743
00:28:42,230 --> 00:28:40,480
way as it flies up along the atlantic

744
00:28:44,470 --> 00:28:42,240
coast especially at night with the

745
00:28:46,470 --> 00:28:44,480
brightness this exactly rocket gives off

746
00:28:48,710 --> 00:28:46,480
and as we look live here

747
00:28:50,230 --> 00:28:48,720
at uh one of the teslas and uh members

748
00:28:51,750 --> 00:28:50,240
of the media and family members

749
00:28:55,190 --> 00:28:51,760
gathering you can see in the

750
00:28:57,029 --> 00:28:55,200
left hand side administrator bill nelson

751
00:28:59,909 --> 00:28:57,039
nasa's administrator former florida

752
00:29:02,470 --> 00:28:59,919
senator here in the state of florida and

753
00:29:04,549 --> 00:29:02,480
next to him is bob cabana the former

754
00:29:07,190 --> 00:29:04,559
director of the kennedy space center and

755
00:29:09,750 --> 00:29:07,200
current associate administrator

756
00:29:12,789 --> 00:29:09,760
working out of headquarters now helping

757
00:29:14,950 --> 00:29:12,799
administrator nelson lead the agency

758
00:29:16,870 --> 00:29:14,960
see kelvin manning as well to his right

759
00:29:20,710 --> 00:29:16,880
and here comes crew 4 down the hallway

760
00:29:25,990 --> 00:29:22,470
on the left bob hines on the right shell

761
00:29:28,470 --> 00:29:26,000
lindgren giving a good wave

762
00:29:31,510 --> 00:29:28,480
those smiles

763
00:29:33,029 --> 00:29:31,520
great smiles jessica watkins and

764
00:29:34,549 --> 00:29:33,039
samantha christopher ferretti and bear

765
00:29:36,149 --> 00:29:34,559
in the elevator they go look at all

766
00:29:37,669 --> 00:29:36,159
those signatures megan you can see them

767
00:29:39,830 --> 00:29:37,679
on the wall folks who have supported

768
00:29:41,590 --> 00:29:39,840
this program yes i remember that when we

769
00:29:44,310 --> 00:29:41,600
got into the elevator and it's such a

770
00:29:45,990 --> 00:29:44,320
good feeling um we don't often get to

771
00:29:47,190 --> 00:29:46,000
interact with the thousands and

772
00:29:49,990 --> 00:29:47,200
thousands of people that make it

773
00:29:51,430 --> 00:29:50,000
possible and it's so nice to see that um

774
00:29:53,190 --> 00:29:51,440
just tangible evidence that they're

775
00:29:55,029 --> 00:29:53,200
thinking of us and it you know reminds

776
00:29:57,350 --> 00:29:55,039
us of course we all are always thinking

777
00:30:02,549 --> 00:29:57,360
of them too but it's a nice reminder of

778
00:30:06,710 --> 00:30:04,870
got the elevator closed and now they're

779
00:30:09,269 --> 00:30:06,720
on their way down from

780
00:30:11,350 --> 00:30:09,279
the fourth floor to the first floor

781
00:30:12,950 --> 00:30:11,360
and uh we are just now moments away as a

782
00:30:15,430 --> 00:30:12,960
result from seeing the crew four

783
00:30:17,750 --> 00:30:15,440
astronauts exit the operations and

784
00:30:19,510 --> 00:30:17,760
checkout building

785
00:30:21,110 --> 00:30:19,520
yeah so excitement is building i

786
00:30:22,470 --> 00:30:21,120
remember waiting inside you know you get

787
00:30:24,310 --> 00:30:22,480
down off the elevator and then

788
00:30:25,909 --> 00:30:24,320
everything is timed to very precisely so

789
00:30:27,750 --> 00:30:25,919
you get you wait for just a couple

790
00:30:29,510 --> 00:30:27,760
moments and then the spacex team will

791
00:30:30,710 --> 00:30:29,520
give you the cue to start walking out

792
00:30:31,909 --> 00:30:30,720
and that excitement builds pretty

793
00:30:33,110 --> 00:30:31,919
quickly and since you speak of that

794
00:30:34,870 --> 00:30:33,120
megan we want to give you a little

795
00:30:36,549 --> 00:30:34,880
flashback take a look at the screen now

796
00:30:38,789 --> 00:30:36,559
you might remember this

797
00:30:40,789 --> 00:30:38,799
demo two and there you are in the light

798
00:30:42,789 --> 00:30:40,799
blue with your son saying goodbye to

799
00:30:44,630 --> 00:30:42,799
your husband bob bacon on that historic

800
00:30:46,789 --> 00:30:44,640
flight that's right that was a really

801
00:30:49,190 --> 00:30:46,799
special moment and uh it was great to

802
00:30:51,029 --> 00:30:49,200
see how excited my son was to see his

803
00:30:52,950 --> 00:30:51,039
father there were no tears it was all

804
00:30:55,190 --> 00:30:52,960
smiles and cheering

805
00:30:57,590 --> 00:30:55,200
uh my son i think was determined to say

806
00:30:59,190 --> 00:30:57,600
launch america first and loudest and so

807
00:31:01,830 --> 00:30:59,200
that's uh that's what he was doing he

808
00:31:03,990 --> 00:31:01,840
did a great job and then in april crew 2

809
00:31:05,830 --> 00:31:04,000
this was your launch now the role was

810
00:31:07,590 --> 00:31:05,840
reversed you were in the astronaut suit

811
00:31:09,190 --> 00:31:07,600
getting ready to go out and launch and

812
00:31:10,789 --> 00:31:09,200
your husband was there with your son

813
00:31:13,430 --> 00:31:10,799
that's right and i was listening out for

814
00:31:14,710 --> 00:31:13,440
that for that launch america and like

815
00:31:16,549 --> 00:31:14,720
sure enough i could hear it from

816
00:31:19,269 --> 00:31:16,559
probably 20 feet away

817
00:31:21,590 --> 00:31:19,279
that was a wonderful moment

818
00:31:23,669 --> 00:31:21,600
and now we look at the doors for crew 4

819
00:31:25,990 --> 00:31:23,679
awaiting their moment with their

820
00:31:29,430 --> 00:31:26,000
families before they go out to launch

821
00:31:32,710 --> 00:31:29,440
pad 39a a historic pad here

822
00:31:34,950 --> 00:31:32,720
where their rocket awaits them as well

823
00:31:50,789 --> 00:31:34,960
as their spacecraft

824
00:31:53,909 --> 00:31:53,190
usually when the first spacex tech comes

825
00:32:01,990 --> 00:31:53,919
out

826
00:32:05,990 --> 00:32:04,149
you can see on the top there the nasa

827
00:32:07,830 --> 00:32:06,000
meatball the logo and the various

828
00:32:10,470 --> 00:32:07,840
mission patches around it those have

829
00:32:11,669 --> 00:32:10,480
been put there by previous crews that's

830
00:32:13,110 --> 00:32:11,679
right

831
00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:13,120
now you can actually just barely see the

832
00:32:16,389 --> 00:32:14,730
meatball it's almost completely covered

833
00:32:17,909 --> 00:32:16,399
[Laughter]

834
00:32:25,669 --> 00:32:17,919
with mission stickers but that's an

835
00:32:33,909 --> 00:32:28,070
the gull wing doors of the tesla is now

836
00:32:38,870 --> 00:32:36,310
at t minus three hours and 21 minutes

837
00:32:40,630 --> 00:32:38,880
until liftoff

838
00:32:42,950 --> 00:32:40,640
you can see the markings on the ground

839
00:32:44,549 --> 00:32:42,960
the family will not go beyond that rope

840
00:32:46,870 --> 00:32:44,559
and the astronauts will generally stay

841
00:32:49,509 --> 00:32:46,880
behind the yellow but then there will be

842
00:32:50,549 --> 00:32:49,519
a moment as we saw uh from previous

843
00:32:51,909 --> 00:32:50,559
videos

844
00:32:52,870 --> 00:32:51,919
where the family will get to go up to

845
00:32:54,630 --> 00:32:52,880
the car

846
00:32:55,750 --> 00:32:54,640
yes once the windows once the doors are

847
00:32:57,750 --> 00:32:55,760
closed and the windows are up you're

848
00:32:59,509 --> 00:32:57,760
allowed to go up and and look through

849
00:33:07,430 --> 00:32:59,519
the glass a little bit closer which is

850
00:33:14,230 --> 00:33:08,710
i was

851
00:33:17,669 --> 00:33:16,070
getting ready to go to space taking

852
00:33:19,029 --> 00:33:17,679
their first steps off

853
00:33:20,870 --> 00:33:19,039
outside

854
00:33:23,909 --> 00:33:20,880
from left to right

855
00:33:27,350 --> 00:33:23,919
jessica watkins bob hines michelle

856
00:33:31,509 --> 00:33:27,360
lindgren and samantha christopher reddy

857
00:33:47,380 --> 00:33:34,230
and a cheer before they go off

858
00:33:51,269 --> 00:33:48,789
[Music]

859
00:33:53,190 --> 00:33:51,279
and here's that moment

860
00:33:55,509 --> 00:33:53,200
it's a wonderful moment just seeing the

861
00:33:56,870 --> 00:33:55,519
smiles on the faces of your loved ones

862
00:33:58,789 --> 00:33:56,880
knowing that they're there for you that

863
00:34:18,710 --> 00:33:58,799
they're excited for you

864
00:34:22,069 --> 00:34:20,550
listening for

865
00:34:23,669 --> 00:34:22,079
some of the comments

866
00:34:40,479 --> 00:34:23,679
maybe we'll get to hear chels big

867
00:34:40,489 --> 00:34:45,030
[Applause]

868
00:34:50,550 --> 00:34:48,069
big smiles all the way around

869
00:34:51,990 --> 00:34:50,560
i remember you smiling quite a bit as

870
00:34:56,710 --> 00:34:52,000
well

871
00:35:00,630 --> 00:34:58,150
that

872
00:35:02,150 --> 00:35:00,640
you wanted to send the message oh

873
00:35:03,829 --> 00:35:02,160
absolutely yeah so

874
00:35:05,910 --> 00:35:03,839
again you're not really sure how your

875
00:35:08,870 --> 00:35:05,920
family members will react especially if

876
00:35:11,030 --> 00:35:08,880
you have young children and so the main

877
00:35:12,630 --> 00:35:11,040
thing is to just show them that it's a

878
00:35:14,390 --> 00:35:12,640
joyful occasion it's something to be

879
00:35:16,310 --> 00:35:14,400
excited and happy about

880
00:35:18,470 --> 00:35:16,320
my hope was to you know head off any

881
00:35:20,790 --> 00:35:18,480
tears that might be coming or you know

882
00:35:22,710 --> 00:35:20,800
any upset feelings but really um my son

883
00:35:24,390 --> 00:35:22,720
ended up just being a trooper he was so

884
00:35:26,390 --> 00:35:24,400
happy there was so much excitement

885
00:35:28,710 --> 00:35:26,400
around him that that really helped buoy

886
00:35:31,670 --> 00:35:28,720
him up i think for both circumstances

887
00:35:33,589 --> 00:35:31,680
and i was so grateful to see that

888
00:35:35,910 --> 00:35:33,599
and didn't you break free and say like

889
00:35:37,190 --> 00:35:35,920
hey mommy i love you

890
00:35:39,109 --> 00:35:37,200
that sounds right i was worried he was

891
00:35:41,190 --> 00:35:39,119
gonna actually come through the ropes

892
00:35:43,109 --> 00:35:41,200
but uh but he did not do that

893
00:35:44,710 --> 00:35:43,119
um i think for bob's launch there's an

894
00:35:46,390 --> 00:35:44,720
image of him like actually trying to get

895
00:35:48,230 --> 00:35:46,400
through the window

896
00:35:49,750 --> 00:35:48,240
before the vehicles drove away but i

897
00:35:57,349 --> 00:35:49,760
managed to hold on to him he was a

898
00:36:02,069 --> 00:35:59,270
one of our astronauts really soaking it

899
00:36:05,270 --> 00:36:03,990
i believe that's gel

900
00:36:07,829 --> 00:36:05,280
yeah i don't want to miss that picture

901
00:36:10,069 --> 00:36:07,839
that perfect photo

902
00:36:17,910 --> 00:36:10,079
that does look like he's posing

903
00:36:24,310 --> 00:36:20,710
i think that's maybe that's farmer

904
00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:38,310
yes you're right

905
00:36:41,910 --> 00:36:39,829
that shot from above was actually from

906
00:36:47,750 --> 00:36:41,920
one of our photographers

907
00:36:57,109 --> 00:36:48,630
that

908
00:37:00,870 --> 00:36:59,030
our helicopter will follow the entire

909
00:37:02,230 --> 00:37:00,880
way as the convoy pulls out you can see

910
00:37:04,310 --> 00:37:02,240
the swat vehicle in the background and

911
00:37:06,710 --> 00:37:04,320
now the families and loved ones come in

912
00:37:07,670 --> 00:37:06,720
yes they get that up close view one more

913
00:37:10,470 --> 00:37:07,680
time

914
00:37:12,470 --> 00:37:10,480
with their loved ones

915
00:37:14,230 --> 00:37:12,480
and that's really special any last

916
00:37:15,990 --> 00:37:14,240
little messages you want to share

917
00:37:16,710 --> 00:37:16,000
privately or

918
00:37:19,829 --> 00:37:16,720
just

919
00:37:21,750 --> 00:37:19,839
hands up against the glass

920
00:37:22,870 --> 00:37:21,760
it's a special moment and megan the

921
00:37:25,109 --> 00:37:22,880
plate for

922
00:37:26,390 --> 00:37:25,119
uh on every car of the tesla is go for

923
00:37:28,230 --> 00:37:26,400
launch

924
00:37:31,589 --> 00:37:28,240
as we can see the custom

925
00:37:34,150 --> 00:37:31,599
plate this has become a tradition yeah

926
00:37:44,150 --> 00:37:34,160
on the on the ride out to the launch pad

927
00:37:48,150 --> 00:37:45,990
as they get ready to pull out there i'm

928
00:37:49,589 --> 00:37:48,160
i'm wondering megan is there a little

929
00:37:52,310 --> 00:37:49,599
bit of a conflict for the astronauts

930
00:37:53,829 --> 00:37:52,320
seeing your loved ones knowing you are

931
00:37:55,430 --> 00:37:53,839
getting ready to do something that

932
00:37:57,190 --> 00:37:55,440
involves risk right

933
00:37:58,790 --> 00:37:57,200
it's something that obviously you're not

934
00:38:00,230 --> 00:37:58,800
thinking about it for the first time at

935
00:38:01,829 --> 00:38:00,240
that moment but it's certainly present

936
00:38:03,109 --> 00:38:01,839
in your mind it's something that you

937
00:38:05,510 --> 00:38:03,119
ideally have talked about with your

938
00:38:07,510 --> 00:38:05,520
family in the months and weeks

939
00:38:09,270 --> 00:38:07,520
even years really leading up to making a

940
00:38:10,790 --> 00:38:09,280
decision like this and

941
00:38:12,230 --> 00:38:10,800
you know depending on the age of your

942
00:38:14,390 --> 00:38:12,240
family members you do it in an

943
00:38:16,069 --> 00:38:14,400
age-appropriate way and so for us we

944
00:38:18,230 --> 00:38:16,079
wanted to make sure our son had had a

945
00:38:20,310 --> 00:38:18,240
chance to watch a rocket launch with

946
00:38:23,109 --> 00:38:20,320
both of us present so we took him to an

947
00:38:25,030 --> 00:38:23,119
uncrewed cargo launch when he was maybe

948
00:38:27,589 --> 00:38:25,040
three or four and then you know kind of

949
00:38:29,750 --> 00:38:27,599
a build up approach for him and you know

950
00:38:31,510 --> 00:38:29,760
introduced it to him gradually so that

951
00:38:33,109 --> 00:38:31,520
he could get comfortable with the idea

952
00:38:36,310 --> 00:38:33,119
and you know at first when i told him i

953
00:38:38,310 --> 00:38:36,320
was going um he said absolutely not

954
00:38:40,550 --> 00:38:38,320
you're not going and then he said okay

955
00:38:42,390 --> 00:38:40,560
you can go but 180 days is as much too

956
00:38:44,310 --> 00:38:42,400
long so it's it's not really a

957
00:38:46,150 --> 00:38:44,320
negotiation but it's sort of a gradual

958
00:38:47,670 --> 00:38:46,160
introduction of what it is and then you

959
00:38:49,750 --> 00:38:47,680
try to share obviously why you believe

960
00:38:51,349 --> 00:38:49,760
it's important to do these things even

961
00:38:53,270 --> 00:38:51,359
though they're risky and they benefit

962
00:38:56,630 --> 00:38:53,280
mankind they benefit all of us

963
00:38:59,030 --> 00:38:56,640
and there goes our convoy rolling out

964
00:39:01,589 --> 00:38:59,040
to the launch pad

965
00:39:04,150 --> 00:39:01,599
the last 10 miles

966
00:39:07,430 --> 00:39:04,160
a 20-minute drive

967
00:39:09,190 --> 00:39:07,440
they won't see much in the dark but

968
00:39:11,270 --> 00:39:09,200
this is

969
00:39:13,190 --> 00:39:11,280
the way to space yes

970
00:39:14,710 --> 00:39:13,200
this is a nice relaxation moment you've

971
00:39:16,790 --> 00:39:14,720
just gone through

972
00:39:18,470 --> 00:39:16,800
a happy scene hopefully but an emotional

973
00:39:20,470 --> 00:39:18,480
scene nonetheless and this is a little

974
00:39:22,710 --> 00:39:20,480
bit of a time to kind of lean back in

975
00:39:25,670 --> 00:39:22,720
your chair a little bit um for me it was

976
00:39:27,109 --> 00:39:25,680
blaring some favorite songs um and at

977
00:39:28,470 --> 00:39:27,119
nighttime that was fun just because of

978
00:39:29,910 --> 00:39:28,480
the you know the darkness and then the

979
00:39:31,910 --> 00:39:29,920
different lights that you see it was

980
00:39:33,030 --> 00:39:31,920
kind of a neat visual experience but

981
00:39:34,790 --> 00:39:33,040
it's just a time for a little bit of

982
00:39:35,910 --> 00:39:34,800
relaxation before the next phase of the

983
00:39:38,630 --> 00:39:35,920
journey

984
00:39:41,109 --> 00:39:38,640
and now we begin the 20-minute drive

985
00:39:43,510 --> 00:39:41,119
with a full security escort across

986
00:39:46,230 --> 00:39:43,520
nasa's kennedy space center and out to

987
00:39:47,589 --> 00:39:46,240
launch pad 39a and as we follow the

988
00:39:49,190 --> 00:39:47,599
convoy

989
00:39:51,510 --> 00:39:49,200
we'd like to take a closer look at the

990
00:39:53,829 --> 00:39:51,520
crew 4 spacecraft commander and the rest

991
00:39:55,829 --> 00:39:53,839
of the astronauts in this convoy help

992
00:39:58,470 --> 00:39:55,839
you get to know them a little bit and

993
00:40:02,069 --> 00:39:58,480
we'll start off with nasa astronaut shel

994
00:40:05,829 --> 00:40:04,069
why do we explore

995
00:40:07,750 --> 00:40:05,839
you know i think venturing out into low

996
00:40:10,950 --> 00:40:07,760
earth orbit and beyond

997
00:40:12,950 --> 00:40:10,960
helps us to better understand who we are

998
00:40:14,950 --> 00:40:12,960
in our place in the solar system and the

999
00:40:16,630 --> 00:40:14,960
universe

1000
00:40:18,870 --> 00:40:16,640
my name is chella lindgren and i'm the

1001
00:40:20,309 --> 00:40:18,880
commander for nasa's spacex crew 4

1002
00:40:21,990 --> 00:40:20,319
mission to the international space

1003
00:40:23,910 --> 00:40:22,000
station

1004
00:40:26,390 --> 00:40:23,920
i grew up in an air force family and so

1005
00:40:28,069 --> 00:40:26,400
i was born in taiwan and spent the first

1006
00:40:30,470 --> 00:40:28,079
two years of my life there

1007
00:40:32,550 --> 00:40:30,480
we lived in kansas in illinois

1008
00:40:34,309 --> 00:40:32,560
and then we were transferred to england

1009
00:40:36,230 --> 00:40:34,319
it was a phenomenal

1010
00:40:38,390 --> 00:40:36,240
upbringing the opportunity to experience

1011
00:40:41,670 --> 00:40:38,400
different cultures it really opened my

1012
00:40:43,430 --> 00:40:41,680
eyes to what it means to be an american

1013
00:40:46,069 --> 00:40:43,440
i wanted to be an astronaut for as long

1014
00:40:48,230 --> 00:40:46,079
as i can remember i think i was inspired

1015
00:40:54,410 --> 00:40:48,240
by the very first space shuttle launch

1016
00:41:01,109 --> 00:40:58,710
[Music]

1017
00:41:03,829 --> 00:41:01,119
and that i think is really when this

1018
00:41:05,190 --> 00:41:03,839
this dream was was uh just burned into

1019
00:41:08,069 --> 00:41:05,200
my consciousness

1020
00:41:10,069 --> 00:41:08,079
and so i chartered out a path i went to

1021
00:41:12,630 --> 00:41:10,079
the air force academy maybe to become a

1022
00:41:14,630 --> 00:41:12,640
test pilot and then ultimately to join

1023
00:41:16,710 --> 00:41:14,640
nasa as an astronaut

1024
00:41:18,710 --> 00:41:16,720
that path took some twists and curves

1025
00:41:20,710 --> 00:41:18,720
and i ultimately did not become a pilot

1026
00:41:23,030 --> 00:41:20,720
but went into medicine

1027
00:41:25,430 --> 00:41:23,040
and yet still found a path through

1028
00:41:27,190 --> 00:41:25,440
medicine where i could serve human space

1029
00:41:29,829 --> 00:41:27,200
flight as a flight surgeon

1030
00:41:32,309 --> 00:41:29,839
at nasa supporting our crews training

1031
00:41:34,230 --> 00:41:32,319
for international space station missions

1032
00:41:36,950 --> 00:41:34,240
but i still had that dream that that

1033
00:41:38,150 --> 00:41:36,960
perhaps um i would get to do that job

1034
00:41:40,870 --> 00:41:38,160
someday

1035
00:41:43,030 --> 00:41:40,880
it was absolutely amazing to get the

1036
00:41:44,710 --> 00:41:43,040
call that i had been selected into the

1037
00:41:46,069 --> 00:41:44,720
astronaut office

1038
00:41:49,030 --> 00:41:46,079
and it felt

1039
00:41:51,990 --> 00:41:49,040
a little bit like a culmination of

1040
00:41:53,910 --> 00:41:52,000
the hard work that i had invested in

1041
00:41:55,910 --> 00:41:53,920
getting to that point

1042
00:41:56,410 --> 00:41:55,920
what an amazing really dream come true

1043
00:41:57,910 --> 00:41:56,420
for me

1044
00:42:00,870 --> 00:41:57,920
[Music]

1045
00:42:03,190 --> 00:42:00,880
in 2013 i was assigned to my first

1046
00:42:04,470 --> 00:42:03,200
mission and spent 141 days living and

1047
00:42:05,990 --> 00:42:04,480
working on the international space

1048
00:42:07,589 --> 00:42:06,000
station

1049
00:42:10,309 --> 00:42:07,599
that truly was

1050
00:42:12,550 --> 00:42:10,319
the realization of that lifelong dream

1051
00:42:13,750 --> 00:42:12,560
of all those things in that moment and

1052
00:42:17,510 --> 00:42:13,760
in that mission

1053
00:42:22,870 --> 00:42:20,390
it was an absolute honor to get selected

1054
00:42:25,510 --> 00:42:22,880
for the crew four mission and on top of

1055
00:42:27,670 --> 00:42:25,520
that to have the opportunity to command

1056
00:42:28,470 --> 00:42:27,680
getting to fly with this amazing crew

1057
00:42:31,589 --> 00:42:28,480
with

1058
00:42:33,990 --> 00:42:31,599
farmer and samantha and wadi they are

1059
00:42:36,950 --> 00:42:34,000
incredible astronauts and i feel

1060
00:42:39,430 --> 00:42:36,960
very grateful to be on a team with them

1061
00:42:43,829 --> 00:42:39,440
but we're one small part of a larger

1062
00:42:45,910 --> 00:42:43,839
team that spans the nation and the world

1063
00:42:48,309 --> 00:42:45,920
we truly get to leverage the best and

1064
00:42:51,030 --> 00:42:48,319
brightest as we chase somewhat

1065
00:42:53,670 --> 00:42:51,040
impossible goals

1066
00:42:55,190 --> 00:42:53,680
and so as we push forward to the moon as

1067
00:42:56,630 --> 00:42:55,200
we push to mars we are presenting

1068
00:42:58,870 --> 00:42:56,640
ourselves with

1069
00:43:00,069 --> 00:42:58,880
almost insurmountable challenges by

1070
00:43:02,230 --> 00:43:00,079
presenting ourselves with those

1071
00:43:15,670 --> 00:43:02,240
challenges we become better as a

1072
00:43:19,750 --> 00:43:18,150
a great story from chell lindgren on his

1073
00:43:21,670 --> 00:43:19,760
path to becoming an astronaut and this

1074
00:43:23,910 --> 00:43:21,680
is what he's seeing right now megan you

1075
00:43:26,150 --> 00:43:23,920
remember this view this is a live camera

1076
00:43:27,990 --> 00:43:26,160
looking forward from the first tesla in

1077
00:43:30,390 --> 00:43:28,000
the rollout you can see the security car

1078
00:43:32,710 --> 00:43:30,400
ahead of it it's dark but that's nasa

1079
00:43:35,510 --> 00:43:32,720
causeway as they roll towards the pad

1080
00:43:39,510 --> 00:43:37,750
you were rocking out at this time i was

1081
00:43:41,430 --> 00:43:39,520
yes well we were taking turns we each

1082
00:43:43,910 --> 00:43:41,440
got to choose some songs for the

1083
00:43:45,829 --> 00:43:43,920
playlist and i was of the metallica and

1084
00:43:47,030 --> 00:43:45,839
red hot chili peppers variety and

1085
00:43:49,270 --> 00:43:47,040
shane's songs were a little different

1086
00:43:51,030 --> 00:43:49,280
but we did overlap in u2 territory so

1087
00:43:53,829 --> 00:43:51,040
there was some there was some crossover

1088
00:43:55,829 --> 00:43:53,839
finding some common ground there

1089
00:43:59,030 --> 00:43:55,839
riding with joe lindgren is crew dragon

1090
00:44:03,109 --> 00:43:59,040
pilot and nasa astronaut by bob hines

1091
00:44:08,470 --> 00:44:05,589
i truly believe that we all have in us

1092
00:44:10,950 --> 00:44:08,480
an innate desire to go explore and see

1093
00:44:13,349 --> 00:44:10,960
new things and we have this phenomenal

1094
00:44:15,430 --> 00:44:13,359
creation that we've been placed in to

1095
00:44:17,270 --> 00:44:15,440
learn about how it works we have a very

1096
00:44:19,030 --> 00:44:17,280
unique position in our solar system and

1097
00:44:22,390 --> 00:44:19,040
our galaxy to be able to look out there

1098
00:44:24,470 --> 00:44:22,400
and to step out and continue to explore

1099
00:44:26,710 --> 00:44:24,480
my name is bob hines i'm the pilot for

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nasa's spacex crew 4 mission to the

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international space station

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i was born in fayetteville north

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carolina my father was in the army we

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were stationed at fort bragg

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and we moved around a whole bunch the

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longest we ever lived anywhere was about

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two to two and a half years i got really

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comfortable uh showing up in new places

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and being able to make friends

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when i was a kid i

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100 wanted to be a pilot for as long as

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i can remember i was just always

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fascinated not only that something that

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big could fly and do some amazing things

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but also just the opportunity to go and

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see things that not many people have had

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a chance to do being able to fly and see

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the earth from a new perspective has

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really been just a real driver for me

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and getting hired as an astronaut has

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been the ultimate call

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contrary to popular belief being a test

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pilot is not about flying by the seat of

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your pants and going out there and just

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pushing the edge of the envelope all the

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time it is a much more scientific and

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methodical process where we plan out

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every mission and all the tasks on every

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mission and we're constantly mitigating

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the risks that are associated with that

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mission that seems to really dovetail

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very well with space flight because

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that's a lot of what we do

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my experience as a test pilot and as a

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pilot and an instructor i think have all

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kind of led me to this point when i got

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the phone call offering me the position

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of the pilot on the crew 4 mission it

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was absolutely amazing it was actually

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the day after my birthday when i got the

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phone call

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and i just couldn't believe it when i

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told my wife she couldn't believe it

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either

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i've flown over 3 500 hours in more than

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50 different kinds of airplanes and that

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ranges from gliders all the way to

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different kinds of fighter airplanes or

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large transport category airplanes

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i can't wait to pilot this vehicle it is

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an incredible honor and something that i

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never in my wildest dreams thought would

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be a possibility and so to get a chance

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to pilot one of the newest vehicles on

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with chell as our commander and samantha

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and jessica as our mission specialists

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it's just going to continue to be an

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amazing crew and an amazing experience i

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am really looking forward to the

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camaraderie and the time that we'll get

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to spend together as a crew the

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friendships that will develop and so i

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think continuing that process is one of

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the things that i'm looking most forward

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to

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on launch day i am 100 most looking

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forward to the kick in the pants when

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those rocket motors light and we are

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heading off the launch pad it is going

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to be the culmination of a life hood

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dream something that just spend your

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entire life looking for and not ever

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sure that you're actually going to

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achieve it our newest astronaut bob

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hines being an astronaut is an

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incredible responsibility as well as an

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incredible honor every astronaut

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recognizes the honor that comes with

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that but also the responsibility that

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comes with representing not only our

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respective countries but also the world

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and one of the things that we hope to

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show is that regardless of our

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nationalities or our backgrounds when we

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put our mind to a single mission and we

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get along we can accomplish anything

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[Music]

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turn that you see the convoy making

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right there is right in front of the

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historic vehicle assembly building where

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right now

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we've got a mega moon rocket inside the

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sls and orion spacecraft and you'll see

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that there the cars below and uh here

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comes the vap they got to be thinking a

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little bit about that don't you think

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megan that uh you know they're flying

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out of 39a but one day there's going to

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be a big moon rocket going out of 39b

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which is the other way absolutely i know

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they're thinking about it uh even if

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it's just something down in the future

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for them that's uh could be there very

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well be their next ride

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beautiful shot there the vab

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as the crew goes right by us in fact

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here at the

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host desk

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there's our camera on the ground

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catching the shot and you can hear the

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now the crew convoy is approaching pad

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39a and that's an area known as the

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blast danger area or bva

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and before any pad technicians engineers

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or astronauts enter this area around the

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launch pad the spacex and nasa teams

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they conduct an internal go no go pole

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to make sure that that area is safe for

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them to enter and there they go

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so let's hear now from one of our

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exploring is about pushing the bounds of

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what we're capable of as humans

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it gets at who we are intrinsically as

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people and so because of that i think it

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really is something that unites all of

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us together here on earth

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my name is jessica watkins and i'm a

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mission specialist for nasa's spacex

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crew 4 mission to the international

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space station

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at a pretty early age i got kind of set

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on the idea of becoming an astronaut

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that was when i kind of first voiced the

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dream and interest in space and in being

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an astronaut in particular

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my parents always stressed the

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importance of getting a good education

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and finding something that you're

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passionate about and so finding geology

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finding that love of mind that passion

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was really a turning point for me in my

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career

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my graduate work focused mostly on the

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geology of mars it was part of my

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interest in wanting to pursue

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internships at nasa and gave me that

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exposure to those different

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possibilities of what careers are

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possible in this planetary geology field

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deciding to be an astronaut is kind of

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setting out a dream for yourself and

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then kind of stowing it in the back of

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your head at least in my case

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so the day that i received the phone

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call to invite me to come down to

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johnson space center and become an

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astronaut just really was truly a dream

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come true

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ladies and gentlemen the newest

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astronaut jessica watkins

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[Applause]

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and i still am waiting for somebody to

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the opportunity to be the first black

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woman on an international space station

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long duration crew is exciting it

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certainly is important to me and

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impactful to me to be able to be a part

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of the legacy that

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so many before me have paved the way to

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enable me to be here now as much as i

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can be a small part of that legacy i'm

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honored to have the

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opportunity being selected to be a part

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of this crew 4 mission is truly an honor

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i am so excited about the opportunity to

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fly with chell samantha and bob

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all three of them are very different

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they all bring different skill sets

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different experiences

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but i think all four of us together

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i think launch day is going to be the

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day

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that all this starts to really finally

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feel real

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and so i just look forward to that

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moment of exhale and of excitement

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all at the same

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time astronaut jessica watkins there

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as we follow the convoy live

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making their way out to the pad and we

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are expecting a formal announcement that

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the crew is on pad

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right around t minus two hours and 55

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minutes that's the schedule sometimes we

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run a little early a little behind but

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it looks like we're right on time at the

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looking ahead a little bit

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at about

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t minus two hours and 35 minutes the

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astronauts will ingress or

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climb into the dragon with the

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assistance of the suit techs and and

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making the turn there

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direct your attention to some space

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facts in the lower left hand corner

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we'll be

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putting those up throughout the

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broadcast

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some interesting factoids about the crew

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there they are going around the spacex's

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horizontal integration facility megan

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and

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at this point when you're pulling up to

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the rocket probably hard to see because

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it's so tall

1316
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but you know it's there

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and you're inside

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the launch pad area you really are and i

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think actually wadi expressed it really

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well um in that it's an exhale and it's

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a building of excitement all at the same

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time because you realized this is the

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00:53:07,750 --> 00:53:05,760
day i've been working for i've reached

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this point um

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and in a sense you you relax because you

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got there you exhale but also wow this

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next thing that you're about to do is

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even more amazing and exciting and so

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the the excitement is building and of

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course the focus and attention that

1331
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they're going to bring to all of the

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tasks ahead of them um and they they're

1333
00:53:26,309 --> 00:53:24,880
realizing that that moment is getting

1334
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closer and closer as they approach the

1335
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rocket the inside shot driving right by

1336
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the rocket that you saw there through

1337
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the front windshield as they make their

1338
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turn

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into the pad area and a beautiful view

1340
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from our helicopter orbiting

1341
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the launch pad

1342
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39a you saw the you see the three

1343
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vehicles down there in the lower left

1344
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hand corner

1345
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there's been a lot of upgrades to this

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launch pad megan you flew it

1347
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and flew out of there under both

1348
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configurations both

1349
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as a space shuttle astronaut

1350
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and as an astronaut on crew dragon

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that's right and we get an opportunity

1352
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to tour the launch pad with a family

1353
00:54:14,790 --> 00:54:12,960
member and the days leading up to the

1354
00:54:17,030 --> 00:54:14,800
launch which is really special but other

1355
00:54:19,750 --> 00:54:17,040
than that we don't spend a whole lot of

1356
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time on the launch pad so getting to see

1357
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it for us is always a very special thing

1358
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as well

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it does look very different now um under

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the under the new owners but you can

1361
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still see the bones of it of the

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historical structure that was there

1363
00:54:35,349 --> 00:54:33,119
supporting all those shuttle launches

1364
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speaking of bones that metal black metal

1365
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to the left we're panning around it but

1366
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that is the old rotating service

1367
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structure that used to have that

1368
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gigantic structure that would you know

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uh contain the cargo bay of the space

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00:54:50,390 --> 00:54:47,440
shuttle so you could get in and out of

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00:54:52,470 --> 00:54:50,400
it services uh it would rotate out still

1372
00:54:54,789 --> 00:54:52,480
part of it there

1373
00:54:56,789 --> 00:54:54,799
two hours 59 minutes crew have arrived

1374
00:54:58,710 --> 00:54:56,799
at the pad we are on schedule

1375
00:55:00,710 --> 00:54:58,720
there's the announcement of the arrival

1376
00:55:02,549 --> 00:55:00,720
and before the crew makes their way to

1377
00:55:04,390 --> 00:55:02,559
the elevator at the ground level of pad

1378
00:55:06,630 --> 00:55:04,400
39a let's get a look at mission

1379
00:55:10,630 --> 00:55:06,640
specialists and esa astronaut samantha

1380
00:55:15,829 --> 00:55:13,589
i got the call to become an astronaut

1381
00:55:17,430 --> 00:55:15,839
one evening i had this feeling that the

1382
00:55:20,710 --> 00:55:17,440
whole universe just

1383
00:55:22,710 --> 00:55:20,720
stopped turning around and smiled at me

1384
00:55:25,589 --> 00:55:22,720
my name is samantha christopher and i'm

1385
00:55:27,270 --> 00:55:25,599
a mission specialist on the nasa spacex

1386
00:55:29,670 --> 00:55:27,280
crew 4 mission to the international

1387
00:55:32,470 --> 00:55:29,680
space station

1388
00:55:35,349 --> 00:55:32,480
i was born in milan in italy but i grew

1389
00:55:39,109 --> 00:55:35,359
up in a tiny little village in the

1390
00:55:41,990 --> 00:55:39,119
northeastern alps still in italy so a

1391
00:55:44,150 --> 00:55:42,000
very rural place small place

1392
00:55:46,789 --> 00:55:44,160
in the mountains i grew up skiing and

1393
00:55:49,030 --> 00:55:46,799
enjoying the outdoors my parents owned a

1394
00:55:51,030 --> 00:55:49,040
hotel so that's what they did all their

1395
00:55:54,710 --> 00:55:51,040
working life we actually lived in the

1396
00:55:58,549 --> 00:55:56,630
i started dreaming about becoming an

1397
00:56:01,109 --> 00:55:58,559
astronaut pretty early on i was still in

1398
00:56:03,670 --> 00:56:01,119
elementary school i think it was

1399
00:56:05,510 --> 00:56:03,680
a number of impressions that made me

1400
00:56:07,910 --> 00:56:05,520
dream about that the things that i was

1401
00:56:10,309 --> 00:56:07,920
learning in school also books that i

1402
00:56:12,710 --> 00:56:10,319
read it was an avid reader of adventure

1403
00:56:15,670 --> 00:56:12,720
books the fact that i was growing up in

1404
00:56:18,309 --> 00:56:15,680
a place where i had an opportunity to go

1405
00:56:20,870 --> 00:56:18,319
out and play and explore with other kids

1406
00:56:22,870 --> 00:56:20,880
and supervise and get that passion for

1407
00:56:25,030 --> 00:56:22,880
adventure so a number of those things

1408
00:56:27,270 --> 00:56:25,040
and i guess they were enough to

1409
00:56:28,470 --> 00:56:27,280
kindle that sparkle of passion for space

1410
00:56:30,630 --> 00:56:28,480
exploration

1411
00:56:32,630 --> 00:56:30,640
i completed my high school in italy and

1412
00:56:35,109 --> 00:56:32,640
then i enrolled at the technical

1413
00:56:37,030 --> 00:56:35,119
university of munich in their

1414
00:56:39,109 --> 00:56:37,040
engineering degree and i chose the

1415
00:56:41,510 --> 00:56:39,119
aerospace track

1416
00:56:43,910 --> 00:56:41,520
and then something unexpected happened

1417
00:56:48,069 --> 00:56:43,920
the opportunity opened up of actually

1418
00:56:49,750 --> 00:56:48,079
joining the italian air force as a pilot

1419
00:56:52,069 --> 00:56:49,760
that had not been possible for me

1420
00:56:55,030 --> 00:56:52,079
straight out of high school because back

1421
00:56:56,950 --> 00:56:55,040
then the italian military did not admit

1422
00:57:00,470 --> 00:56:56,960
women

1423
00:57:02,470 --> 00:57:00,480
the very broad educational and training

1424
00:57:04,870 --> 00:57:02,480
background that i had when i became an

1425
00:57:07,990 --> 00:57:04,880
astronaut really helped me a lot and the

1426
00:57:10,789 --> 00:57:08,000
astronaut job is really very much about

1427
00:57:13,030 --> 00:57:10,799
this broad spectrum of things that you

1428
00:57:15,750 --> 00:57:13,040
have to master rather than being a

1429
00:57:17,589 --> 00:57:15,760
specialist that has mastered very very

1430
00:57:21,910 --> 00:57:17,599
well for a long time this one thing and

1431
00:57:24,549 --> 00:57:21,920
so i was very grateful in hindsight

1432
00:57:26,549 --> 00:57:24,559
in 2014 i had the opportunity of flying

1433
00:57:28,309 --> 00:57:26,559
to space for the first time and i spent

1434
00:57:29,430 --> 00:57:28,319
200 days on the international space

1435
00:57:33,750 --> 00:57:29,440
station

1436
00:57:35,670 --> 00:57:33,760
hatch hugging our friends were waiting

1437
00:57:37,910 --> 00:57:35,680
for us there getting used to that

1438
00:57:40,069 --> 00:57:37,920
sensation of floating the first look out

1439
00:57:42,150 --> 00:57:40,079
of the cupola that was you know full

1440
00:57:44,230 --> 00:57:42,160
view of the sunrise it was almost

1441
00:57:45,910 --> 00:57:44,240
overwhelming for me and you know of

1442
00:57:47,670 --> 00:57:45,920
course as the time goes by you settle

1443
00:57:49,670 --> 00:57:47,680
into a routine you know you're not

1444
00:57:50,950 --> 00:57:49,680
overwhelmed by emotion every single day

1445
00:57:52,789 --> 00:57:50,960
but it becomes more like a quiet

1446
00:57:55,190 --> 00:57:52,799
affection for the place for the world

1447
00:57:57,750 --> 00:57:55,200
for the people

1448
00:58:00,069 --> 00:57:57,760
getting selected for crew 4 was amazing

1449
00:58:02,470 --> 00:58:00,079
because it's an opportunity to go back

1450
00:58:05,990 --> 00:58:02,480
to the international space station and

1451
00:58:08,470 --> 00:58:06,000
experience a game that transformation

1452
00:58:09,829 --> 00:58:08,480
from being an earthbound creature to

1453
00:58:13,349 --> 00:58:09,839
being this

1454
00:58:16,309 --> 00:58:13,359
space living creature and being part of

1455
00:58:18,069 --> 00:58:16,319
that very very special life up there in

1456
00:58:19,190 --> 00:58:18,079
this outpost of humanity of the air in

1457
00:58:27,109 --> 00:58:19,200
space

1458
00:58:29,190 --> 00:58:27,119
[Music]

1459
00:58:32,630 --> 00:58:29,200
samantha christopher ready the third

1460
00:58:34,390 --> 00:58:32,640
consecutive esa astronaut to ride aboard

1461
00:58:36,789 --> 00:58:34,400
the crew dragon

1462
00:58:38,710 --> 00:58:36,799
it all began

1463
00:58:43,030 --> 00:58:38,720
with crew 2

1464
00:58:46,710 --> 00:58:43,040
and tomas pesquet you remember that well

1465
00:58:48,150 --> 00:58:46,720
there's a look at the launch pad pad 39a

1466
00:58:50,390 --> 00:58:48,160
at the very top

1467
00:58:53,750 --> 00:58:50,400
crew dragon freedom

1468
00:58:55,430 --> 00:58:53,760
a brand new spacecraft from spacex

1469
00:58:59,430 --> 00:58:55,440
riding on top of

1470
00:59:02,789 --> 00:59:01,910
this falcon 9 rocket make an interesting

1471
00:59:05,910 --> 00:59:02,799
note

1472
00:59:07,270 --> 00:59:05,920
it is the when it flies today it'll be

1473
00:59:10,390 --> 00:59:07,280
the fourth time

1474
00:59:11,589 --> 00:59:10,400
that this booster has flown so a reuse

1475
00:59:14,390 --> 00:59:11,599
for the fourth time that's the first

1476
00:59:16,630 --> 00:59:14,400
time for a crude uh

1477
00:59:18,390 --> 00:59:16,640
for a crude capsule to go on top of a

1478
00:59:20,549 --> 00:59:18,400
rocket and get a fourth flight

1479
00:59:21,990 --> 00:59:20,559
of course they have passed four how many

1480
00:59:24,230 --> 00:59:22,000
times ago in fact just last week they

1481
00:59:26,789 --> 00:59:24,240
launched uh a booster for the twelfth

1482
00:59:28,950 --> 00:59:26,799
time right um but uh

1483
00:59:30,710 --> 00:59:28,960
that's really reuse in action with

1484
00:59:32,789 --> 00:59:30,720
astronauts on board right it's an

1485
00:59:34,549 --> 00:59:32,799
amazing capability that actually started

1486
00:59:37,910 --> 00:59:34,559
uh with us we i think were the first

1487
00:59:40,870 --> 00:59:37,920
flight proven booster uh launch uh a

1488
00:59:42,789 --> 00:59:40,880
year ago and so you know true to fashion

1489
00:59:44,710 --> 00:59:42,799
they are making leaps and strides in

1490
00:59:47,109 --> 00:59:44,720
that reusability territory of course

1491
00:59:48,710 --> 00:59:47,119
very careful to make sure that the all

1492
00:59:52,150 --> 00:59:48,720
the parts and pieces pass all of the

1493
00:59:54,470 --> 00:59:52,160
necessary safety checks um and are rated

1494
00:59:56,789 --> 00:59:54,480
to re-fly again um and their fleet

1495
00:59:58,789 --> 00:59:56,799
leaders of course being used on uncrewed

1496
01:00:00,470 --> 00:59:58,799
vehicles so that they can push those

1497
01:00:02,950 --> 01:00:00,480
boundaries and and get more and more

1498
01:00:05,349 --> 01:00:02,960
data but with a with an uncrewed uh

1499
01:00:07,829 --> 01:00:05,359
vehicle absolutely

1500
01:00:10,710 --> 01:00:07,839
and that is exactly what makes this uh

1501
01:00:13,270 --> 01:00:10,720
the cycle of reusability uh work so well

1502
01:00:15,670 --> 01:00:13,280
as uh administration at nasa have talked

1503
01:00:18,069 --> 01:00:15,680
about studying closely very closely this

1504
01:00:19,990 --> 01:00:18,079
booster before it flew

1505
01:00:21,589 --> 01:00:20,000
megan how about we take some more uh

1506
01:00:22,789 --> 01:00:21,599
questions from social sounds great

1507
01:00:24,789 --> 01:00:22,799
you've been taking them throughout the

1508
01:00:27,349 --> 01:00:24,799
night we will continue to do so here at

1509
01:00:29,990 --> 01:00:27,359
t minus two hours and 53 minutes and

1510
01:00:32,309 --> 01:00:30,000
counting and andrew pino wants to know

1511
01:00:34,630 --> 01:00:32,319
megan mcarthur what is your advice to

1512
01:00:36,549 --> 01:00:34,640
students who are interested in becoming

1513
01:00:38,390 --> 01:00:36,559
astronauts in the future and i'm sure

1514
01:00:39,910 --> 01:00:38,400
you get asked this one a lot i do get

1515
01:00:41,589 --> 01:00:39,920
asked this question a lot i remember

1516
01:00:43,349 --> 01:00:41,599
asking the question when i was a student

1517
01:00:44,390 --> 01:00:43,359
wondering well how do i get this job

1518
01:00:46,309 --> 01:00:44,400
right so

1519
01:00:47,430 --> 01:00:46,319
it's important question it does change a

1520
01:00:49,270 --> 01:00:47,440
little bit over the years but the

1521
01:00:51,270 --> 01:00:49,280
fundamentals are going to be the same

1522
01:00:53,670 --> 01:00:51,280
probably for a long time so when you're

1523
01:00:55,430 --> 01:00:53,680
looking to work as a professional

1524
01:00:56,789 --> 01:00:55,440
astronaut work for your government

1525
01:00:59,030 --> 01:00:56,799
there's going to be some kind of a

1526
01:01:00,789 --> 01:00:59,040
selection process involved and that's

1527
01:01:02,470 --> 01:01:00,799
going to involve

1528
01:01:05,190 --> 01:01:02,480
looking at your schooling what kind of

1529
01:01:06,230 --> 01:01:05,200
schooling did you did you partake in and

1530
01:01:09,030 --> 01:01:06,240
for the most part it's going to be

1531
01:01:11,190 --> 01:01:09,040
engineers scientists people with some

1532
01:01:13,430 --> 01:01:11,200
kind of operational background so what i

1533
01:01:15,750 --> 01:01:13,440
mean by that is you are able to work in

1534
01:01:17,270 --> 01:01:15,760
a technical field where where you are

1535
01:01:20,390 --> 01:01:17,280
part of the environment so that

1536
01:01:22,309 --> 01:01:20,400
sometimes pilots it can be um

1537
01:01:24,870 --> 01:01:22,319
folks working on submarines oh this is

1538
01:01:27,270 --> 01:01:24,880
one of my favorite moments when the crew

1539
01:01:29,829 --> 01:01:27,280
gets to first look up at their rocket

1540
01:01:31,750 --> 01:01:29,839
uh ready to go that's chill lingering

1541
01:01:33,670 --> 01:01:31,760
and bob hines giving a look and that's

1542
01:01:36,470 --> 01:01:33,680
bob looks a little giddy yeah

1543
01:01:38,470 --> 01:01:36,480
he's pretty excited look at that rocket

1544
01:01:40,789 --> 01:01:38,480
yep i like that sort of characteristic

1545
01:01:43,349 --> 01:01:40,799
the lean back the look up together it's

1546
01:01:45,109 --> 01:01:43,359
a good uh it's a good look and the wave

1547
01:01:47,829 --> 01:01:45,119
as they get ready to get into the

1548
01:01:49,910 --> 01:01:47,839
elevators to ride up

1549
01:01:51,670 --> 01:01:49,920
to the top where the crew access arm is

1550
01:01:52,870 --> 01:01:51,680
which will take them to the spacecraft

1551
01:01:54,870 --> 01:01:52,880
it is

1552
01:01:57,510 --> 01:01:54,880
the original elevators they've been of

1553
01:01:59,589 --> 01:01:57,520
course renovated but those are the same

1554
01:02:01,029 --> 01:01:59,599
elevators you got in megan as both a

1555
01:02:03,109 --> 01:02:01,039
shuttle astronaut

1556
01:02:04,630 --> 01:02:03,119
and a dragon

1557
01:02:05,750 --> 01:02:04,640
crew member another piece of history

1558
01:02:07,510 --> 01:02:05,760
hopefully at this time of night they

1559
01:02:08,390 --> 01:02:07,520
won't be taking up too many mosquitoes

1560
01:02:09,910 --> 01:02:08,400
with them

1561
01:02:11,270 --> 01:02:09,920
i want to let you finish your thoughts

1562
01:02:13,430 --> 01:02:11,280
that's right i want to let you finish

1563
01:02:15,829 --> 01:02:13,440
your thought about the training of uh

1564
01:02:17,029 --> 01:02:15,839
getting getting ready to to try and put

1565
01:02:19,510 --> 01:02:17,039
yourself in a position to become an

1566
01:02:21,750 --> 01:02:19,520
astronaut absolutely so so working in a

1567
01:02:24,710 --> 01:02:21,760
in a technical field and really working

1568
01:02:26,630 --> 01:02:24,720
with a team astronauts do not work as

1569
01:02:29,109 --> 01:02:26,640
solo agents for the most part it's

1570
01:02:30,789 --> 01:02:29,119
really about your team skills which can

1571
01:02:32,950 --> 01:02:30,799
both be leadership skills and

1572
01:02:35,029 --> 01:02:32,960
followership skills and the ability to

1573
01:02:37,430 --> 01:02:35,039
do both things so my advice you know

1574
01:02:39,029 --> 01:02:37,440
wherever you're at in school is seek out

1575
01:02:40,390 --> 01:02:39,039
those team projects whether they're part

1576
01:02:42,390 --> 01:02:40,400
of your formal education or there's

1577
01:02:43,910 --> 01:02:42,400
something that you want to do on the

1578
01:02:45,910 --> 01:02:43,920
side that you and your friends develop

1579
01:02:47,109 --> 01:02:45,920
together those team experiences where

1580
01:02:48,390 --> 01:02:47,119
you're working together to build

1581
01:02:49,829 --> 01:02:48,400
something and operate something are

1582
01:02:53,430 --> 01:02:49,839
really valuable

1583
01:02:55,270 --> 01:02:53,440
absolutely great advice

1584
01:02:57,510 --> 01:02:55,280
as we see the first two astronauts make

1585
01:03:01,829 --> 01:02:57,520
their way up out of the elevators and

1586
01:03:06,789 --> 01:03:04,789
some fist pumps

1587
01:03:08,069 --> 01:03:06,799
with their crew

1588
01:03:10,870 --> 01:03:08,079
and then they'll make their way over to

1589
01:03:13,270 --> 01:03:10,880
a telephone

1590
01:03:15,430 --> 01:03:13,280
for a last call

1591
01:03:22,630 --> 01:03:15,440
well last call before they leave earth

1592
01:03:25,910 --> 01:03:24,309
so this is about the moment when your

1593
01:03:27,109 --> 01:03:25,920
family members and loved ones realize

1594
01:03:29,109 --> 01:03:27,119
they really hope they've left their

1595
01:03:31,270 --> 01:03:29,119
phone on they haven't put it on mute

1596
01:03:34,230 --> 01:03:31,280
because you you do hopefully get a phone

1597
01:03:35,750 --> 01:03:34,240
call from the launch pad um there's that

1598
01:03:37,670 --> 01:03:35,760
there's that bend back look again there

1599
01:03:39,029 --> 01:03:37,680
should be a name for that move

1600
01:03:40,870 --> 01:03:39,039
there should be we'll see if we can come

1601
01:03:44,549 --> 01:03:40,880
up with one but we should name it yeah

1602
01:03:46,950 --> 01:03:44,559
samantha and jessica there

1603
01:03:48,710 --> 01:03:46,960
how about just lean back look

1604
01:03:50,309 --> 01:03:48,720
let's get you got a

1605
01:03:51,990 --> 01:03:50,319
feather rocket in there somehow yeah

1606
01:03:53,670 --> 01:03:52,000
that's right yeah i'm going to work on

1607
01:03:56,069 --> 01:03:53,680
that megan i'll i'll get with you later

1608
01:03:57,750 --> 01:03:56,079
okay i appreciate that

1609
01:03:59,510 --> 01:03:57,760
so on the right hand side we have

1610
01:04:01,910 --> 01:03:59,520
samantha jessica getting ready to get

1611
01:04:03,990 --> 01:04:01,920
into the elevator on the left hand side

1612
01:04:05,829 --> 01:04:04,000
um bob and shell

1613
01:04:08,150 --> 01:04:05,839
making that phone call there's a phone

1614
01:04:10,470 --> 01:04:08,160
there it has very large

1615
01:04:12,150 --> 01:04:10,480
buttons for dialing the numbers

1616
01:04:13,990 --> 01:04:12,160
um because you've got those big gloves

1617
01:04:15,510 --> 01:04:14,000
on got those big gloves on that's right

1618
01:04:17,109 --> 01:04:15,520
and of course you can't put the phone up

1619
01:04:18,230 --> 01:04:17,119
against your ear

1620
01:04:19,670 --> 01:04:18,240
with that helmet on so you're

1621
01:04:21,670 --> 01:04:19,680
essentially kind of shouting into the

1622
01:04:23,750 --> 01:04:21,680
receiver and doing your best to hear

1623
01:04:26,230 --> 01:04:23,760
what is maybe shouted back but it's just

1624
01:04:28,150 --> 01:04:26,240
that one last chance to send the i love

1625
01:04:30,549 --> 01:04:28,160
yous back and forth over uh over the

1626
01:04:32,069 --> 01:04:30,559
phone wires before you leave the planet

1627
01:04:33,750 --> 01:04:32,079
so do you have to memorize the numbers

1628
01:04:35,349 --> 01:04:33,760
since it's actually typically there's

1629
01:04:36,950 --> 01:04:35,359
someone there that dials for you oh very

1630
01:04:38,630 --> 01:04:36,960
good but you're right nowadays people

1631
01:04:40,309 --> 01:04:38,640
you often don't memorize phone numbers

1632
01:04:42,870 --> 01:04:40,319
right we all get them out of our mobile

1633
01:04:43,750 --> 01:04:42,880
phones that's right

1634
01:04:45,349 --> 01:04:43,760
they've thought of everything though

1635
01:04:47,190 --> 01:04:45,359
someone's got it written down

1636
01:04:49,910 --> 01:04:47,200
you know and we should expect nothing

1637
01:04:53,270 --> 01:04:52,069
you can see the the chevrons on the

1638
01:04:54,870 --> 01:04:53,280
ground

1639
01:04:56,950 --> 01:04:54,880
and the direction that they point those

1640
01:04:58,710 --> 01:04:56,960
have a purpose as well

1641
01:05:00,470 --> 01:04:58,720
that's right the chevrons are directing

1642
01:05:02,309 --> 01:05:00,480
in the event of a contingency where

1643
01:05:03,750 --> 01:05:02,319
there are people on the launch pad the

1644
01:05:06,069 --> 01:05:03,760
chevrons are

1645
01:05:08,309 --> 01:05:06,079
one signal a visual signal that's easy

1646
01:05:11,029 --> 01:05:08,319
to see if there's you know darkness or

1647
01:05:13,029 --> 01:05:11,039
smoke to direct you away from the rocket

1648
01:05:15,430 --> 01:05:13,039
and toward the um

1649
01:05:19,109 --> 01:05:15,440
the baskets that you would ride in to

1650
01:05:20,789 --> 01:05:19,119
get far away from the launch pad

1651
01:05:27,109 --> 01:05:20,799
and now our mission specialists have

1652
01:05:31,029 --> 01:05:28,630
it looks like

1653
01:05:32,789 --> 01:05:31,039
bob hynes is having a

1654
01:05:34,150 --> 01:05:32,799
nice little conversation there this is a

1655
01:05:35,430 --> 01:05:34,160
beautiful beautiful shot from our

1656
01:05:37,589 --> 01:05:35,440
helicopter

1657
01:05:39,349 --> 01:05:37,599
looking at the top of the launch tower

1658
01:05:40,870 --> 01:05:39,359
and the crew access arm to the right

1659
01:05:43,510 --> 01:05:40,880
goes out to the rocket

1660
01:05:45,670 --> 01:05:43,520
you looked at that view it's nighttime

1661
01:05:47,109 --> 01:05:45,680
and we are in a national wildlife refuge

1662
01:05:48,950 --> 01:05:47,119
so i imagine there's not a whole lot to

1663
01:05:50,870 --> 01:05:48,960
see but still

1664
01:05:53,109 --> 01:05:50,880
it is pretty special and you're sort of

1665
01:05:55,990 --> 01:05:53,119
realizing this is as close as i'm going

1666
01:05:57,109 --> 01:05:56,000
to get to nature for a while and so it's

1667
01:05:58,710 --> 01:05:57,119
a special

1668
01:06:00,230 --> 01:05:58,720
feeling you get a little bit of breeze

1669
01:06:01,670 --> 01:06:00,240
on your face

1670
01:06:03,430 --> 01:06:01,680
and that's a special feeling as well

1671
01:06:04,710 --> 01:06:03,440
things that you're going to miss when

1672
01:06:06,390 --> 01:06:04,720
you're closed up inside the

1673
01:06:08,470 --> 01:06:06,400
international space station

1674
01:06:10,549 --> 01:06:08,480
samantha and jessica taking advantage of

1675
01:06:12,630 --> 01:06:10,559
exactly what you just said

1676
01:06:14,870 --> 01:06:12,640
a chance to look out

1677
01:06:16,549 --> 01:06:14,880
at planet earth

1678
01:06:19,510 --> 01:06:16,559
one last time

1679
01:06:21,589 --> 01:06:19,520
before getting inside crew dragon

1680
01:06:23,270 --> 01:06:21,599
and i heard the astronauts from crew 3

1681
01:06:25,430 --> 01:06:23,280
talking the other day

1682
01:06:27,349 --> 01:06:25,440
about what they missed and they were

1683
01:06:28,309 --> 01:06:27,359
such earthly things you know

1684
01:06:31,109 --> 01:06:28,319
um

1685
01:06:32,950 --> 01:06:31,119
thomas marshburn talked about wanting to

1686
01:06:33,829 --> 01:06:32,960
to just have the wind blow in his face

1687
01:06:36,549 --> 01:06:33,839
yes

1688
01:06:38,870 --> 01:06:36,559
they talked about a hot bath

1689
01:06:41,270 --> 01:06:38,880
i went running in the rain and it felt

1690
01:06:43,510 --> 01:06:41,280
wonderful it i just had a smile on my

1691
01:06:45,109 --> 01:06:43,520
face the whole time with you know rain

1692
01:06:47,109 --> 01:06:45,119
running down my face and down my neck

1693
01:06:49,430 --> 01:06:47,119
and into my clothes but it just was it

1694
01:06:51,670 --> 01:06:49,440
felt like yep i am i'm here on earth

1695
01:06:59,029 --> 01:06:51,680
this is good space is awesome to visit

1696
01:07:02,789 --> 01:07:00,470
if you're just joining us you are

1697
01:07:05,109 --> 01:07:02,799
watching live coverage of nasa's spacex

1698
01:07:06,630 --> 01:07:05,119
mission known as crew four

1699
01:07:08,789 --> 01:07:06,640
good evening and welcome to the kennedy

1700
01:07:10,789 --> 01:07:08,799
space center in florida i'm daryl nail

1701
01:07:13,430 --> 01:07:10,799
along with a recent pilot aboard a

1702
01:07:16,390 --> 01:07:13,440
spacex crew dragon the voice of nasa

1703
01:07:18,870 --> 01:07:16,400
astronaut megan mcarthur she is here and

1704
01:07:20,470 --> 01:07:18,880
giving us great insight into the mission

1705
01:07:22,470 --> 01:07:20,480
today

1706
01:07:25,029 --> 01:07:22,480
thanks daryl it's really i just really

1707
01:07:27,430 --> 01:07:25,039
enjoy watching them go through this and

1708
01:07:29,029 --> 01:07:27,440
remembering what it was like for us

1709
01:07:31,029 --> 01:07:29,039
but as well knowing that they're going

1710
01:07:32,870 --> 01:07:31,039
to have their own individual take on it

1711
01:07:34,630 --> 01:07:32,880
their individual experience and just

1712
01:07:36,950 --> 01:07:34,640
seeing already the camaraderie the

1713
01:07:38,390 --> 01:07:36,960
relationships between the crew members

1714
01:07:40,789 --> 01:07:38,400
and knowing that they're going to have

1715
01:07:43,029 --> 01:07:40,799
such a fun and successful time up there

1716
01:07:49,190 --> 01:07:43,039
walking down the crew access scarm comes

1717
01:08:00,230 --> 01:07:51,430
we see them inside and the shot to the

1718
01:08:04,950 --> 01:08:03,190
the closeout team not far behind

1719
01:08:08,549 --> 01:08:04,960
they have some work to do to get them

1720
01:08:16,550 --> 01:08:10,150
and now our emissions specialists have

1721
01:08:20,390 --> 01:08:19,189
we are t minus two hours and 45 minutes

1722
01:08:22,789 --> 01:08:20,400
and counting

1723
01:08:25,910 --> 01:08:22,799
until the liftoff of crew four from the

1724
01:08:30,789 --> 01:08:29,430
this is now a look inside the white room

1725
01:08:33,030 --> 01:08:30,799
shell has arrived

1726
01:08:35,510 --> 01:08:33,040
on countdown one we are at t-minus two

1727
01:08:37,269 --> 01:08:35,520
hours 45 minutes the crew have arrived

1728
01:08:41,269 --> 01:08:37,279
at the white room and are preparing for

1729
01:08:45,910 --> 01:08:43,829
right on schedule

1730
01:08:47,749 --> 01:08:45,920
you see he's got the sharpie in his hand

1731
01:08:49,749 --> 01:08:47,759
and megan he's signing

1732
01:08:51,430 --> 01:08:49,759
that white wall inside the white room he

1733
01:08:53,669 --> 01:08:51,440
is he's signing his name there in

1734
01:08:55,910 --> 01:08:53,679
preparation for launch all of the crews

1735
01:08:57,590 --> 01:08:55,920
that have launched from there previously

1736
01:08:59,269 --> 01:08:57,600
will have already signed

1737
01:09:02,229 --> 01:08:59,279
their name and so each one of the crew

1738
01:09:03,990 --> 01:09:02,239
members will get to do that and as you

1739
01:09:05,749 --> 01:09:04,000
know the the white room is not really a

1740
01:09:07,749 --> 01:09:05,759
room it's just kind of the end of that

1741
01:09:08,630 --> 01:09:07,759
walkway so it is a relatively small

1742
01:09:10,789 --> 01:09:08,640
space

1743
01:09:13,269 --> 01:09:10,799
that's being used to do final suit

1744
01:09:14,709 --> 01:09:13,279
preparations it does have some a small

1745
01:09:16,630 --> 01:09:14,719
amount of emergency equipment in there

1746
01:09:18,229 --> 01:09:16,640
so it is a tight little space

1747
01:09:19,669 --> 01:09:18,239
but it's important to take that time and

1748
01:09:21,910 --> 01:09:19,679
acknowledge those traditions that are

1749
01:09:25,510 --> 01:09:21,920
being built and renewed here

1750
01:09:27,590 --> 01:09:25,520
your name is on that wall on that wall

1751
01:09:30,550 --> 01:09:27,600
hopefully they didn't write over it ooh

1752
01:09:31,990 --> 01:09:30,560
yeah i might have to go back and check

1753
01:09:33,189 --> 01:09:32,000
we'll take a look after the launch just

1754
01:09:36,149 --> 01:09:33,199
make sure everything's right make sure

1755
01:09:40,950 --> 01:09:38,709
in fact that sharpie is uh

1756
01:09:44,950 --> 01:09:40,960
is an item on a checklist of course

1757
01:09:44,960 --> 01:09:53,189
and here come our next two astronauts

1758
01:09:56,870 --> 01:09:54,790
finishing up one last phone call it

1759
01:10:06,550 --> 01:09:56,880
looks like and then they'll probably

1760
01:10:09,750 --> 01:10:08,149
were you able to hear the call that you

1761
01:10:11,510 --> 01:10:09,760
made were you able to hear

1762
01:10:13,590 --> 01:10:11,520
it's it's difficult because again you

1763
01:10:15,590 --> 01:10:13,600
can't get the receiver up inside your

1764
01:10:17,110 --> 01:10:15,600
helmet against your ear and so once your

1765
01:10:18,950 --> 01:10:17,120
family realizes that then they're you

1766
01:10:24,390 --> 01:10:18,960
know essentially shouting it's not time

1767
01:10:28,550 --> 01:10:26,390
it looks like jessica and samantha are

1768
01:10:36,310 --> 01:10:28,560
wrapped up

1769
01:10:42,070 --> 01:10:37,910
i'm kind of getting juked out here no

1770
01:10:46,229 --> 01:10:43,510
and here come

1771
01:10:46,239 --> 01:10:49,590
and samantha

1772
01:10:56,470 --> 01:10:51,270
they'll walk down the crew access arm

1773
01:11:00,470 --> 01:10:58,149
well samantha is saying something not

1774
01:11:01,669 --> 01:11:00,480
sure what she's saying but uh she is

1775
01:11:03,189 --> 01:11:01,679
smiling

1776
01:11:05,430 --> 01:11:03,199
i think they could about smile their way

1777
01:11:15,189 --> 01:11:05,440
into space

1778
01:11:19,270 --> 01:11:17,189
the white room also allows for

1779
01:11:22,550 --> 01:11:19,280
completion of cargo load

1780
01:11:23,830 --> 01:11:22,560
at t minus 24 hours

1781
01:11:25,990 --> 01:11:23,840
so

1782
01:11:28,630 --> 01:11:26,000
it has used to both get the astronauts

1783
01:11:36,390 --> 01:11:28,640
inside the crew capsule and

1784
01:11:40,630 --> 01:11:38,390
this is part of the countdown that we

1785
01:11:42,310 --> 01:11:40,640
call ingress a milestone that we have

1786
01:11:44,310 --> 01:11:42,320
reached at

1787
01:11:46,950 --> 01:11:44,320
inside the two-hour

1788
01:11:49,350 --> 01:11:46,960
and 42-minute mark

1789
01:11:53,669 --> 01:11:49,360
simply means that the astronauts are

1790
01:11:53,679 --> 01:11:57,110
the closeout team

1791
01:12:01,189 --> 01:11:59,030
surrounds them and is

1792
01:12:03,910 --> 01:12:01,199
preparing them to go inside they have

1793
01:12:07,669 --> 01:12:03,920
covers on their boots

1794
01:12:10,310 --> 01:12:07,679
that make sure everything is kept clean

1795
01:12:12,870 --> 01:12:10,320
upon entering

1796
01:12:24,870 --> 01:12:12,880
the capsule samantha flashiness the crew

1797
01:12:30,310 --> 01:12:27,270
that's a great shot looking back

1798
01:12:31,430 --> 01:12:30,320
towards the crew access arm

1799
01:12:33,110 --> 01:12:31,440
as the

1800
01:12:36,070 --> 01:12:33,120
closeout team does their work right

1801
01:12:38,070 --> 01:12:36,080
there between jessica and samantha and

1802
01:12:56,870 --> 01:12:38,080
the signatures with some fresh ink

1803
01:12:56,880 --> 01:13:01,830
those helmets are 3d printed

1804
01:13:01,840 --> 01:13:07,030
and customized

1805
01:13:11,270 --> 01:13:09,270
all right let's check back in with

1806
01:13:13,270 --> 01:13:11,280
our team at spacex headquarters in

1807
01:13:18,550 --> 01:13:13,280
hawthorne california send it over to

1808
01:13:22,390 --> 01:13:20,149
thanks daryl

1809
01:13:24,709 --> 01:13:22,400
it's really exciting to see the crew

1810
01:13:27,590 --> 01:13:24,719
starting to ingress the dragon vehicle

1811
01:13:29,350 --> 01:13:27,600
and get ready for their journey to the

1812
01:13:31,350 --> 01:13:29,360
international space station just a quick

1813
01:13:33,510 --> 01:13:31,360
clarification the journey will be about

1814
01:13:36,390 --> 01:13:33,520
16 hours long

1815
01:13:38,229 --> 01:13:36,400
once they lift off this morning

1816
01:13:40,310 --> 01:13:38,239
yeah that's that's right about the

1817
01:13:42,229 --> 01:13:40,320
middle of what we've seen for most of

1818
01:13:44,790 --> 01:13:42,239
these missions they can be as short as

1819
01:13:46,550 --> 01:13:44,800
eight if we end up getting a

1820
01:13:48,229 --> 01:13:46,560
basically a phasing angle that works

1821
01:13:50,229 --> 01:13:48,239
really really well they can be as long

1822
01:13:52,229 --> 01:13:50,239
as two days so

1823
01:13:54,630 --> 01:13:52,239
about 16 hours will be nice but right

1824
01:13:57,189 --> 01:13:54,640
now they they're ingressing the capsule

1825
01:13:59,350 --> 01:13:57,199
as daryl said we've got jessica watkins

1826
01:14:01,350 --> 01:13:59,360
still out here in the white room white

1827
01:14:02,870 --> 01:14:01,360
room is kind of their last stop on

1828
01:14:04,390 --> 01:14:02,880
planet earth it's

1829
01:14:07,510 --> 01:14:04,400
as we said it's the end of the the

1830
01:14:09,270 --> 01:14:07,520
access arm there's a seal that extends

1831
01:14:10,950 --> 01:14:09,280
from the white room around the capsule

1832
01:14:13,350 --> 01:14:10,960
just to help keep

1833
01:14:15,750 --> 01:14:13,360
the dragon interior as clean of an

1834
01:14:17,750 --> 01:14:15,760
environment as possible keep out all the

1835
01:14:19,030 --> 01:14:17,760
moisture the humidity from that florida

1836
01:14:20,709 --> 01:14:19,040
weather

1837
01:14:22,950 --> 01:14:20,719
and so each of the crew members they're

1838
01:14:24,709 --> 01:14:22,960
doing the signing they're also getting

1839
01:14:26,630 --> 01:14:24,719
what's known as a fod check before an

1840
01:14:28,470 --> 01:14:26,640
object debris check just making sure

1841
01:14:30,470 --> 01:14:28,480
that they're not bringing any dust

1842
01:14:32,070 --> 01:14:30,480
debris particles things like that in

1843
01:14:33,669 --> 01:14:32,080
that could interfere

1844
01:14:35,430 --> 01:14:33,679
with the umbilicals or any of the

1845
01:14:37,110 --> 01:14:35,440
different systems because anything that

1846
01:14:40,229 --> 01:14:37,120
goes in that capsule is going to space

1847
01:14:45,350 --> 01:14:42,630
really exciting to see jessica watkins

1848
01:14:47,110 --> 01:14:45,360
and samantha christopher eddie signing

1849
01:14:49,669 --> 01:14:47,120
their names

1850
01:14:51,430 --> 01:14:49,679
uh and they do have this in the

1851
01:14:54,149 --> 01:14:51,440
procedure

1852
01:14:55,590 --> 01:14:54,159
to have the sharpie ready for them

1853
01:14:57,750 --> 01:14:55,600
so that they can

1854
01:14:59,830 --> 01:14:57,760
do this signing before they ingress the

1855
01:15:01,750 --> 01:14:59,840
dragon vehicle

1856
01:15:03,910 --> 01:15:01,760
looks like now they both have signed

1857
01:15:06,870 --> 01:15:03,920
their signatures and

1858
01:15:08,630 --> 01:15:06,880
next steps is to start ingressing the

1859
01:15:11,669 --> 01:15:08,640
dragon capsule

1860
01:15:13,830 --> 01:15:11,679
we've got jel and bob in already and

1861
01:15:15,910 --> 01:15:13,840
when we get a look in through the hatch

1862
01:15:17,350 --> 01:15:15,920
the seats are numbered one through four

1863
01:15:19,110 --> 01:15:17,360
so when you're looking in from the hatch

1864
01:15:20,470 --> 01:15:19,120
it goes from right to left

1865
01:15:22,229 --> 01:15:20,480
so that seat all the way on the right

1866
01:15:23,990 --> 01:15:22,239
will be seat one

1867
01:15:26,070 --> 01:15:24,000
and that's where samantha chris ferretti

1868
01:15:27,910 --> 01:15:26,080
is bound uh just to the left of that is

1869
01:15:29,590 --> 01:15:27,920
seat number two that's the commander's

1870
01:15:31,910 --> 01:15:29,600
seat and chell lingard already seated

1871
01:15:33,590 --> 01:15:31,920
there next to that the pilot seat seat

1872
01:15:35,430 --> 01:15:33,600
number three where bob hines is going to

1873
01:15:37,189 --> 01:15:35,440
be riding uphill and then jessica

1874
01:15:39,189 --> 01:15:37,199
watkins will be in seat four all the way

1875
01:15:42,229 --> 01:15:39,199
on the left

1876
01:15:44,550 --> 01:15:42,239
and these seats have a connection point

1877
01:15:47,510 --> 01:15:44,560
to the suits they've got an umbilical

1878
01:15:49,910 --> 01:15:47,520
basically a hose almost that plugs into

1879
01:15:52,470 --> 01:15:49,920
the leg of the suits and that provides a

1880
01:15:54,229 --> 01:15:52,480
couple of really critical functions

1881
01:15:56,070 --> 01:15:54,239
for this suit it

1882
01:15:57,510 --> 01:15:56,080
gives them a hard-line connection to

1883
01:15:59,830 --> 01:15:57,520
communications

1884
01:16:02,709 --> 01:15:59,840
through the dragon spacecraft it also

1885
01:16:05,189 --> 01:16:02,719
provides the capability to flow just

1886
01:16:07,750 --> 01:16:05,199
conditioned cabin air to help them stay

1887
01:16:09,110 --> 01:16:07,760
cool so

1888
01:16:12,070 --> 01:16:09,120
performing a similar function of that

1889
01:16:14,149 --> 01:16:12,080
blue box we saw them carrying earlier

1890
01:16:15,990 --> 01:16:14,159
but then one of the really critical ones

1891
01:16:18,470 --> 01:16:16,000
that all the different umbilical points

1892
01:16:21,270 --> 01:16:18,480
can provide is pressurized nitrox and

1893
01:16:23,110 --> 01:16:21,280
that's to uh if these suits need to be

1894
01:16:25,350 --> 01:16:23,120
pressurized for any reason we can flow

1895
01:16:27,030 --> 01:16:25,360
that in if they're in a depressurized

1896
01:16:28,310 --> 01:16:27,040
cabin if there's

1897
01:16:30,470 --> 01:16:28,320
issue with the atmosphere or anything

1898
01:16:32,149 --> 01:16:30,480
like that that suit can provide a

1899
01:16:34,870 --> 01:16:32,159
pressurized safety environment for the

1900
01:16:37,270 --> 01:16:34,880
crew members

1901
01:16:39,350 --> 01:16:37,280
and you can see on your right hand

1902
01:16:41,590 --> 01:16:39,360
screen that all four of the crew members

1903
01:16:43,350 --> 01:16:41,600
are now sitting in their seats

1904
01:16:45,750 --> 01:16:43,360
you can see the suit text there helping

1905
01:16:47,270 --> 01:16:45,760
them get strapped in or harnessed into

1906
01:16:50,310 --> 01:16:47,280
each of their seats and they're

1907
01:16:53,110 --> 01:16:50,320
umbilicals attached to their suits

1908
01:16:54,229 --> 01:16:53,120
and every part of this process is very

1909
01:16:55,830 --> 01:16:54,239
precise

1910
01:16:57,270 --> 01:16:55,840
you did see

1911
01:16:59,830 --> 01:16:57,280
as the crew

1912
01:17:01,990 --> 01:16:59,840
ingress through the hatchway the suit

1913
01:17:03,830 --> 01:17:02,000
techs even put their their hand over

1914
01:17:05,590 --> 01:17:03,840
their helmet that's a part of the

1915
01:17:07,030 --> 01:17:05,600
procedure again to make sure that

1916
01:17:09,270 --> 01:17:07,040
they're you know they don't damage

1917
01:17:11,270 --> 01:17:09,280
anything as they enter the vehicle same

1918
01:17:13,510 --> 01:17:11,280
with as they're

1919
01:17:14,870 --> 01:17:13,520
putting together their

1920
01:17:18,950 --> 01:17:14,880
harnessing

1921
01:17:21,110 --> 01:17:18,960
um again every step of this process is

1922
01:17:23,910 --> 01:17:21,120
very precise and we might be able to see

1923
01:17:25,910 --> 01:17:23,920
it in a minute here but they do have uh

1924
01:17:27,910 --> 01:17:25,920
some tablets and some pads with them

1925
01:17:30,870 --> 01:17:27,920
where the the crew can follow along with

1926
01:17:31,990 --> 01:17:30,880
every procedure every step of the way

1927
01:17:34,310 --> 01:17:32,000
and we were just looking at shell

1928
01:17:37,510 --> 01:17:34,320
lingering he's seen this entire process

1929
01:17:39,430 --> 01:17:37,520
from up close before we saw zina cardman

1930
01:17:41,030 --> 01:17:39,440
she's the ask the astronaut support

1931
01:17:43,430 --> 01:17:41,040
personnel for this one

1932
01:17:45,510 --> 01:17:43,440
chell did it back on crew one

1933
01:17:48,229 --> 01:17:45,520
and got some internet notoriety is he

1934
01:17:50,550 --> 01:17:48,239
was the spacex ninja that had two

1935
01:17:52,149 --> 01:17:50,560
umbrellas as it was a rainy day

1936
01:17:54,550 --> 01:17:52,159
um so

1937
01:17:56,390 --> 01:17:54,560
getting a little fame from that one but

1938
01:17:59,510 --> 01:17:56,400
so he he did that for the crew once this

1939
01:18:00,229 --> 01:17:59,520
is not his first trip down this walkway

1940
01:18:01,750 --> 01:18:00,239
and

1941
01:18:03,510 --> 01:18:01,760
but this time he's

1942
01:18:05,990 --> 01:18:03,520
going to be strapping in and heading

1943
01:18:07,830 --> 01:18:06,000
uphill so they're they're getting

1944
01:18:09,590 --> 01:18:07,840
strapped in they've got a five-point

1945
01:18:11,510 --> 01:18:09,600
harness that's going to be

1946
01:18:12,709 --> 01:18:11,520
secured throughout the entire ascent

1947
01:18:14,470 --> 01:18:12,719
portion they're going to be in their

1948
01:18:16,790 --> 01:18:14,480
suits until they're on orbit they're

1949
01:18:18,870 --> 01:18:16,800
going to wear these suits for all of the

1950
01:18:20,790 --> 01:18:18,880
different what we call dynamic phases of

1951
01:18:23,430 --> 01:18:20,800
flight so that's where the vehicle's

1952
01:18:25,830 --> 01:18:23,440
actively making maneuvers and so that's

1953
01:18:27,669 --> 01:18:25,840
obviously going to be launch and ascent

1954
01:18:30,790 --> 01:18:27,679
they'll put their suits back on when we

1955
01:18:32,630 --> 01:18:30,800
get into the docking with this with the

1956
01:18:34,149 --> 01:18:32,640
international space station

1957
01:18:35,590 --> 01:18:34,159
same in reverse they'll wear them for

1958
01:18:37,189 --> 01:18:35,600
undocking

1959
01:18:38,550 --> 01:18:37,199
and then they'll wear them at the very

1960
01:18:43,910 --> 01:18:38,560
end of the mission when we get to the

1961
01:18:49,750 --> 01:18:46,709
once the suit techs uh finish getting

1962
01:18:52,870 --> 01:18:49,760
the crew all settled in they will do

1963
01:18:54,550 --> 01:18:52,880
some comm checks then rotate their seats

1964
01:18:56,790 --> 01:18:54,560
into launch position

1965
01:18:58,950 --> 01:18:56,800
uh right now the seats are rotated down

1966
01:19:00,630 --> 01:18:58,960
so that they are much more accessible

1967
01:19:02,790 --> 01:19:00,640
but once they rotate upwards they'll be

1968
01:19:05,110 --> 01:19:02,800
able to access those display panels that

1969
01:19:08,390 --> 01:19:05,120
you can kind of see right above uh the

1970
01:19:10,390 --> 01:19:08,400
pilot and commander seat there

1971
01:19:12,870 --> 01:19:10,400
and these uh these dragons these are

1972
01:19:14,229 --> 01:19:12,880
actually custom made for each

1973
01:19:16,149 --> 01:19:14,239
crew member

1974
01:19:17,910 --> 01:19:16,159
they kind of go hand in hand with their

1975
01:19:20,229 --> 01:19:17,920
custom suits

1976
01:19:23,270 --> 01:19:20,239
and the suits are basically an extension

1977
01:19:25,430 --> 01:19:23,280
of the dragon vehicle

1978
01:19:28,709 --> 01:19:25,440
so pretty cool they get their own custom

1979
01:19:33,270 --> 01:19:28,719
made seats a custom made suit which is

1980
01:19:37,590 --> 01:19:35,669
yeah we'll see them get strapped in and

1981
01:19:39,110 --> 01:19:37,600
then there's as jesse said there's a

1982
01:19:40,790 --> 01:19:39,120
couple of events that we're gonna we're

1983
01:19:43,189 --> 01:19:40,800
gonna listen to and we're gonna see take

1984
01:19:45,990 --> 01:19:43,199
place uh those communication checks will

1985
01:19:47,830 --> 01:19:46,000
come up we'll hear uh the core that's

1986
01:19:49,669 --> 01:19:47,840
the essentially the voice of mission

1987
01:19:52,709 --> 01:19:49,679
control hawthorne

1988
01:19:54,229 --> 01:19:52,719
which for today is arthur barrio so

1989
01:19:56,149 --> 01:19:54,239
we'll hear his voice when we get ready

1990
01:19:56,950 --> 01:19:56,159
for the communications checks

1991
01:20:00,950 --> 01:19:56,960
they'll

1992
01:20:03,030 --> 01:20:00,960
comm check from each of the crew members

1993
01:20:06,149 --> 01:20:03,040
so they'll call down you'll hear them

1994
01:20:08,950 --> 01:20:06,159
call down as commander pilot or plt ms-1

1995
01:20:10,310 --> 01:20:08,960
ms2 for the two mission specialists and

1996
01:20:12,390 --> 01:20:10,320
they're going to be talking to the corps

1997
01:20:13,910 --> 01:20:12,400
throughout the entire mission and

1998
01:20:15,669 --> 01:20:13,920
they're also going to do a communication

1999
01:20:18,149 --> 01:20:15,679
check with a couple of other of the key

2000
01:20:20,790 --> 01:20:18,159
team members on one the spacex mission

2001
01:20:23,110 --> 01:20:20,800
director who here in hawthorne has the

2002
01:20:25,510 --> 01:20:23,120
overall authority for the mission

2003
01:20:27,510 --> 01:20:25,520
and also the spacex launch director or

2004
01:20:29,510 --> 01:20:27,520
ld who's overseeing all of the

2005
01:20:34,470 --> 01:20:29,520
pre-launch and launch preparations down

2006
01:20:38,790 --> 01:20:36,149
and then we'll do those communications

2007
01:20:40,390 --> 01:20:38,800
checks over a couple of different paths

2008
01:20:42,149 --> 01:20:40,400
both through ground sites and also

2009
01:20:43,910 --> 01:20:42,159
through what's known as tdrs the

2010
01:20:45,510 --> 01:20:43,920
tracking and data relay satellites

2011
01:20:47,830 --> 01:20:45,520
that's what

2012
01:20:50,149 --> 01:20:47,840
same satellites we use for command

2013
01:20:52,149 --> 01:20:50,159
telemetry data with the space station

2014
01:20:54,550 --> 01:20:52,159
and same satellites that are used to get

2015
01:20:56,550 --> 01:20:54,560
all of that to and from dragon so

2016
01:20:58,629 --> 01:20:56,560
they'll do all of those checks they're

2017
01:21:01,510 --> 01:20:58,639
also going to do another round of suit

2018
01:21:03,990 --> 01:21:01,520
leak checks so we saw them do that in

2019
01:21:05,669 --> 01:21:04,000
the suit up room a little while ago

2020
01:21:07,590 --> 01:21:05,679
now that they're actually on board

2021
01:21:09,270 --> 01:21:07,600
dragon able to integrate into the

2022
01:21:11,030 --> 01:21:09,280
systems use the umbilicals they'll do

2023
01:21:12,470 --> 01:21:11,040
another leak check

2024
01:21:17,189 --> 01:21:12,480
and then the crew will be one step

2025
01:21:22,470 --> 01:21:19,350
and really exciting to see if you're

2026
01:21:25,669 --> 01:21:22,480
just now joining us the crew 4

2027
01:21:26,830 --> 01:21:25,679
astronauts are now in their seats they

2028
01:21:29,910 --> 01:21:26,840
have ingress

2029
01:21:32,550 --> 01:21:29,920
dragon and we do still have the suit

2030
01:21:35,590 --> 01:21:32,560
techs there still assisting with getting

2031
01:21:37,590 --> 01:21:35,600
them settled in and and prepared for

2032
01:21:40,310 --> 01:21:37,600
their mission today

2033
01:21:43,110 --> 01:21:40,320
the suit techs help with

2034
01:21:45,110 --> 01:21:43,120
getting their harnessing strapped uh for

2035
01:21:48,149 --> 01:21:45,120
each of the crew members getting their

2036
01:21:50,629 --> 01:21:48,159
umbilicals attached um and again as dan

2037
01:21:53,430 --> 01:21:50,639
mentioned they will be doing some comm

2038
01:21:54,709 --> 01:21:53,440
checks uh here shortly once they are all

2039
01:21:57,350 --> 01:21:54,719
settled in

2040
01:21:58,950 --> 01:21:57,360
um into their seats

2041
01:22:01,189 --> 01:21:58,960
and once we get to those checks you'll

2042
01:22:03,110 --> 01:22:01,199
see them using their armrests that's

2043
01:22:05,750 --> 01:22:03,120
where they have a couple of different

2044
01:22:07,750 --> 01:22:05,760
buttons uh one is to actually enable

2045
01:22:09,990 --> 01:22:07,760
that communication they can change their

2046
01:22:12,950 --> 01:22:10,000
their vox settings their their audio

2047
01:22:14,790 --> 01:22:12,960
communication settings

2048
01:22:16,790 --> 01:22:14,800
just for volume levels things like that

2049
01:22:18,870 --> 01:22:16,800
inside the helmet

2050
01:22:20,709 --> 01:22:18,880
they're they're in

2051
01:22:22,470 --> 01:22:20,719
a rotated position right now just for

2052
01:22:24,950 --> 01:22:22,480
ingress but after we get through a

2053
01:22:26,950 --> 01:22:24,960
couple of more steps we'll get to seat

2054
01:22:28,629 --> 01:22:26,960
rotation so we'll see their feet swing

2055
01:22:30,229 --> 01:22:28,639
up a little bit they

2056
01:22:32,550 --> 01:22:30,239
rotate the seats by a little less than

2057
01:22:34,390 --> 01:22:32,560
30 degrees to put them in the launch

2058
01:22:37,590 --> 01:22:34,400
position and this is

2059
01:22:39,830 --> 01:22:37,600
to orient them just for

2060
01:22:41,910 --> 01:22:39,840
the best position for managing the g

2061
01:22:44,149 --> 01:22:41,920
loads on the way up hill uh it also

2062
01:22:46,950 --> 01:22:44,159
gives them direct access to those

2063
01:22:51,830 --> 01:22:48,550
yeah dan and there's some pretty cool

2064
01:22:55,270 --> 01:22:51,840
features about the these suits as well

2065
01:22:58,390 --> 01:22:55,280
the helmets you mentioned uh the audio

2066
01:23:00,870 --> 01:22:58,400
attachment on their uh armrest

2067
01:23:03,030 --> 01:23:00,880
the helmets themselves have the audio

2068
01:23:04,790 --> 01:23:03,040
basically designed into them

2069
01:23:06,390 --> 01:23:04,800
and the helmets are 3d printed which is

2070
01:23:09,270 --> 01:23:06,400
pretty cool

2071
01:23:10,550 --> 01:23:09,280
the suits are flame resistant and the

2072
01:23:12,950 --> 01:23:10,560
gloves

2073
01:23:14,870 --> 01:23:12,960
as dan mentioned they will be using

2074
01:23:17,430 --> 01:23:14,880
that display

2075
01:23:19,110 --> 01:23:17,440
those display screens above the pilot

2076
01:23:21,189 --> 01:23:19,120
and commander seat

2077
01:23:23,270 --> 01:23:21,199
those gloves are actually

2078
01:23:24,629 --> 01:23:23,280
designed to be able to use on that touch

2079
01:23:30,310 --> 01:23:24,639
screen

2080
01:23:32,870 --> 01:23:30,320
shell linger and bob hines have

2081
01:23:36,149 --> 01:23:32,880
basically all of their direct insight

2082
01:23:38,070 --> 01:23:36,159
into dragon systems they can dig down

2083
01:23:40,790 --> 01:23:38,080
into all the different subsystems and

2084
01:23:43,750 --> 01:23:40,800
the alerts or alarms will show up there

2085
01:23:45,910 --> 01:23:43,760
and that's also the means of manual

2086
01:23:47,510 --> 01:23:45,920
piloting for dragon there's no control

2087
01:23:48,550 --> 01:23:47,520
sticks there's no flight sticks anything

2088
01:23:50,310 --> 01:23:48,560
like that

2089
01:23:53,910 --> 01:23:50,320
it's all done via touch screen in fact

2090
01:23:55,990 --> 01:23:53,920
spacex had a really cool uh interactive

2091
01:23:59,189 --> 01:23:56,000
where you could do it on the web

2092
01:24:01,830 --> 01:23:59,199
when we did demo 2 about two years ago

2093
01:24:04,229 --> 01:24:01,840
and it's it's very similar they use that

2094
01:24:05,270 --> 01:24:04,239
touch screen to take control and command

2095
01:24:07,430 --> 01:24:05,280
dragon

2096
01:24:09,669 --> 01:24:07,440
if required again the flight designed to

2097
01:24:11,510 --> 01:24:09,679
be autonomous the whole way but those

2098
01:24:13,350 --> 01:24:11,520
touch screens can be used should the

2099
01:24:15,910 --> 01:24:13,360
crew need to step in uh both shell

2100
01:24:19,590 --> 01:24:15,920
ingrain and bob hines both trained both

2101
01:24:21,910 --> 01:24:19,600
capable to jump in and pilot dragon

2102
01:24:23,430 --> 01:24:21,920
and there's also a row of buttons you

2103
01:24:24,390 --> 01:24:23,440
can just see them at the top of your

2104
01:24:28,229 --> 01:24:24,400
screen

2105
01:24:30,550 --> 01:24:28,239
are

2106
01:24:33,910 --> 01:24:30,560
hardline buttons to a couple of just

2107
01:24:36,390 --> 01:24:33,920
really critical items um if you need to

2108
01:24:38,790 --> 01:24:36,400
basically hit them immediately

2109
01:24:41,350 --> 01:24:38,800
things like initiating a de-orbit

2110
01:24:42,470 --> 01:24:41,360
suppressing fire there's

2111
01:24:44,390 --> 01:24:42,480
several buttons for some of the

2112
01:24:47,510 --> 01:24:44,400
different pyrotechnics on the vehicle

2113
01:24:49,669 --> 01:24:47,520
deploying parachutes um and that display

2114
01:24:54,070 --> 01:24:49,679
that's just a cluster that's just

2115
01:24:57,990 --> 01:24:56,070
looking like we're getting close to

2116
01:25:00,390 --> 01:24:58,000
getting the suit x out of there yeah it

2117
01:25:02,950 --> 01:25:00,400
looks like we had some fist bumps and

2118
01:25:03,990 --> 01:25:02,960
these suit techs are now egressing or

2119
01:25:07,110 --> 01:25:04,000
exiting

2120
01:25:08,790 --> 01:25:07,120
the dragon capsule

2121
01:25:10,149 --> 01:25:08,800
all right well with the suetec starting

2122
01:25:12,790 --> 01:25:10,159
to get out of there we should be coming

2123
01:25:15,189 --> 01:25:12,800
up now on those communications checks

2124
01:25:17,669 --> 01:25:15,199
and suit leak checks so we should be

2125
01:25:20,310 --> 01:25:17,679
getting some call outs from the core the

2126
01:25:22,470 --> 01:25:20,320
crew operations and resource engineer

2127
01:25:24,310 --> 01:25:22,480
coming up in just a couple of minutes so

2128
01:25:26,310 --> 01:25:24,320
again we've got a couple of those

2129
01:25:27,750 --> 01:25:26,320
milestones coming up we're going to do

2130
01:25:29,510 --> 01:25:27,760
those communications checks they're

2131
01:25:31,189 --> 01:25:29,520
going to do leak checks

2132
01:25:33,910 --> 01:25:31,199
and then after we get through all of

2133
01:25:36,070 --> 01:25:33,920
those we'll be a little bit closer to

2134
01:25:38,070 --> 01:25:36,080
closing out some of the final pad ops

2135
01:25:40,550 --> 01:25:38,080
that that closeout team will be

2136
01:25:42,390 --> 01:25:40,560
responsible for closing that side hatch

2137
01:25:44,070 --> 01:25:42,400
on the dragon spacecraft which will get

2138
01:25:47,270 --> 01:25:44,080
its own leak check

2139
01:25:49,430 --> 01:25:47,280
and once that side hatch is closed it

2140
01:25:51,189 --> 01:25:49,440
and once we pass the leak check it

2141
01:25:52,950 --> 01:25:51,199
doesn't open again

2142
01:25:56,550 --> 01:25:52,960
until dragon is splashed down at the

2143
01:26:00,470 --> 01:25:58,390
yeah we've got some really cool views of

2144
01:26:03,590 --> 01:26:00,480
the pad on your left hand screen with

2145
01:26:05,750 --> 01:26:03,600
the crew crew four crew inside of the

2146
01:26:09,110 --> 01:26:05,760
dragon capsule there

2147
01:26:12,310 --> 01:26:09,120
and so far we've had a pretty on time uh

2148
01:26:14,229 --> 01:26:12,320
schedule today uh the crew we did watch

2149
01:26:16,149 --> 01:26:14,239
live as the crew were

2150
01:26:18,229 --> 01:26:16,159
they were all in the suit up room uh

2151
01:26:20,390 --> 01:26:18,239
doing their suit leak checks uh we

2152
01:26:23,910 --> 01:26:20,400
followed them as they got into their

2153
01:26:25,910 --> 01:26:23,920
teslas and and rode to the launch pad

2154
01:26:27,189 --> 01:26:25,920
as they uh climbed the fixed service

2155
01:26:28,870 --> 01:26:27,199
structure

2156
01:26:31,350 --> 01:26:28,880
and now the crew is all

2157
01:26:33,990 --> 01:26:31,360
settled into their seats the suit techs

2158
01:26:35,750 --> 01:26:34,000
are out of the dragon vehicle

2159
01:26:38,390 --> 01:26:35,760
and now are prepping for the next steps

2160
01:26:41,350 --> 01:26:38,400
as dan mentioned uh getting ready for

2161
01:26:44,070 --> 01:26:41,360
the hatch closure um as well as the the

2162
01:26:45,830 --> 01:26:44,080
coms uh comms checks that we

2163
01:26:52,709 --> 01:26:45,840
should hear coming in

2164
01:27:02,310 --> 01:26:54,870
spacex copies freedom

2165
01:27:40,629 --> 01:27:04,550
great timing sounds like comp checks are

2166
01:27:44,709 --> 01:27:42,310
and we're just standing by for those

2167
01:27:46,390 --> 01:27:44,719
communications checks to to pick up

2168
01:27:49,030 --> 01:27:46,400
that's the core the crew operations and

2169
01:27:50,790 --> 01:27:49,040
resource engineer arthur barrio

2170
01:27:53,590 --> 01:27:50,800
on the left side of your screen he's

2171
01:27:54,790 --> 01:27:53,600
sitting just behind us and mccx here on

2172
01:27:56,310 --> 01:27:54,800
hawthorne

2173
01:27:59,030 --> 01:27:56,320
again we're going to hear

2174
01:28:00,310 --> 01:27:59,040
him give a call up to the crew he'll get

2175
01:28:07,830 --> 01:28:00,320
comm checks from the commander and the

2176
01:28:21,830 --> 01:28:11,189
freedom cdr loud and clear

2177
01:28:25,590 --> 01:28:23,830
core copy is loud and clear umbilical

2178
01:28:48,310 --> 01:28:25,600
comp check is complete stand by for

2179
01:28:51,270 --> 01:28:49,990
all right so we're through the first the

2180
01:28:53,590 --> 01:28:51,280
umbilical check now they're going to

2181
01:28:54,790 --> 01:28:53,600
check through ground stations spacex

2182
01:28:57,750 --> 01:28:54,800
operates

2183
01:28:58,950 --> 01:28:57,760
a suite of ground stations across the

2184
01:29:01,350 --> 01:28:58,960
planet

2185
01:29:03,110 --> 01:29:01,360
to get

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01:29:05,830 --> 01:29:03,120
data telemetry and voice to and from

2187
01:29:07,830 --> 01:29:05,840
dragon is an additional path and a

2188
01:29:10,229 --> 01:29:07,840
along with the the primary one those

2189
01:29:16,070 --> 01:29:10,239
tdrs tracking and data relay satellites

2190
01:29:16,080 --> 01:29:19,270
spacex freedom

2191
01:29:23,270 --> 01:29:21,189
core loud and clear ground station come

2192
01:29:26,390 --> 01:29:23,280
check is complete standby for tdrs

2193
01:29:26,400 --> 01:29:58,790
standby

2194
01:29:58,800 --> 01:30:11,830
freedom spacex contract

2195
01:30:15,510 --> 01:30:13,669
check is complete standby for com checks

2196
01:30:18,550 --> 01:30:15,520
with md and ld in the launch

2197
01:30:18,560 --> 01:30:29,590
dragon

2198
01:30:38,229 --> 01:30:31,910
md loud and clear stand by for comp

2199
01:30:38,239 --> 01:30:43,990
freedom md on dragon to ground contract

2200
01:30:47,510 --> 01:30:46,149
md freedom has the latter player over

2201
01:30:48,709 --> 01:30:47,520
dragging the ground to degrees of bliss

2202
01:30:51,110 --> 01:30:48,719
this morning anna

2203
01:30:54,950 --> 01:30:51,120
good to hear yours as well and be loud

2204
01:31:00,229 --> 01:30:54,960
and clear stand by for contracts with ld

2205
01:31:05,270 --> 01:31:01,910
well the freedom has you loud and clear

2206
01:31:12,070 --> 01:31:07,110
ld loud and clear stand by for comp

2207
01:31:21,590 --> 01:31:13,990
freedom ld on dragon the ground comp

2208
01:31:21,600 --> 01:31:30,149
clear

2209
01:31:33,830 --> 01:31:32,550
spacex with that shell launch

2210
01:31:35,590 --> 01:31:33,840
configuration com checks are now

2211
01:31:37,750 --> 01:31:35,600
complete please report when ready for

2212
01:31:57,350 --> 01:31:37,760
seat rotation for section two of four

2213
01:32:02,790 --> 01:31:59,189
spacex freedom we are ready for seat

2214
01:32:02,800 --> 01:32:11,189
that tell we'll report when initiating

2215
01:32:14,709 --> 01:32:12,950
so we're just hearing that the comms

2216
01:32:16,149 --> 01:32:14,719
checks have been completed successfully

2217
01:32:18,470 --> 01:32:16,159
and we're about to get into seat

2218
01:32:20,470 --> 01:32:18,480
rotation here in a couple of minutes uh

2219
01:32:23,270 --> 01:32:20,480
really no issues in work as the

2220
01:32:25,830 --> 01:32:23,280
countdown continues smoothly we heard

2221
01:32:27,430 --> 01:32:25,840
updates from the team that things are on

2222
01:32:28,470 --> 01:32:27,440
schedule several times which is always a

2223
01:32:30,950 --> 01:32:28,480
good thing

2224
01:32:32,870 --> 01:32:30,960
for liftoff

2225
01:32:34,390 --> 01:32:32,880
the dragon launch ops team has completed

2226
01:32:36,870 --> 01:32:34,400
their major activities to prepare the

2227
01:32:38,629 --> 01:32:36,880
spacecraft for the astronauts

2228
01:32:40,870 --> 01:32:38,639
the falcon 9 team

2229
01:32:42,390 --> 01:32:40,880
is also located in fire initiating a

2230
01:32:44,870 --> 01:32:42,400
rotation

2231
01:32:46,629 --> 01:32:44,880
four in the launch control center at

2232
01:32:48,790 --> 01:32:46,639
kennedy space center

2233
01:32:50,950 --> 01:32:48,800
and you just heard the call out that we

2234
01:32:52,709 --> 01:32:50,960
are beginning seat rotation and if we

2235
01:32:54,310 --> 01:32:52,719
get this if we keep this camera view you

2236
01:32:55,430 --> 01:32:54,320
should see the astronauts start to tilt

2237
01:32:56,149 --> 01:32:55,440
back

2238
01:33:01,270 --> 01:32:56,159
and

2239
01:33:05,910 --> 01:33:03,669
some waves to the suit technicians as

2240
01:33:07,430 --> 01:33:05,920
they continue to rotate up

2241
01:33:08,390 --> 01:33:07,440
now this does a couple of things this

2242
01:33:11,030 --> 01:33:08,400
gets them

2243
01:33:13,030 --> 01:33:11,040
uh first and foremost uh ready uh for

2244
01:33:14,950 --> 01:33:13,040
when we do ignite the merlin engines on

2245
01:33:16,950 --> 01:33:14,960
the first stage for ascent but it also

2246
01:33:20,070 --> 01:33:16,960
gives the pilot and the commander

2247
01:33:21,830 --> 01:33:20,080
access and better visibility to the um

2248
01:33:39,830 --> 01:33:21,840
the lcd screens that you see in front of

2249
01:33:44,070 --> 01:33:41,830
after this after the seat rotations we

2250
01:33:45,910 --> 01:33:44,080
should be going into another round of

2251
01:33:47,510 --> 01:33:45,920
suit leak checks

2252
01:33:49,030 --> 01:33:47,520
and really that is

2253
01:33:57,350 --> 01:33:49,040
one of the last operations before we

2254
01:34:08,229 --> 01:33:59,270
freedom spacex seats are in the launch

2255
01:34:12,550 --> 01:34:10,070
there was a confirmation that we did

2256
01:34:14,550 --> 01:34:12,560
successfully rotate the seats um just a

2257
01:34:15,990 --> 01:34:14,560
quick update on range and weather both

2258
01:34:17,510 --> 01:34:16,000
are really looking good

2259
01:34:19,189 --> 01:34:17,520
we look at whether not only at the

2260
01:34:21,510 --> 01:34:19,199
launch site but around the world we need

2261
01:34:23,350 --> 01:34:21,520
to make sure conditions are acceptable

2262
01:34:25,590 --> 01:34:23,360
if dragon has to splash down in the

2263
01:34:27,270 --> 01:34:25,600
atlantic in case of an escape we're also

2264
01:34:29,030 --> 01:34:27,280
monitoring contingency splashdown

2265
01:34:33,510 --> 01:34:29,040
locations if the crew had to come back

2266
01:34:33,520 --> 01:34:38,390
preparation

2267
01:35:08,629 --> 01:34:40,910
okay we copy rear go and port decimal

2268
01:35:33,270 --> 01:35:15,109
so

2269
01:35:35,510 --> 01:35:33,280
are at t minus two hours and 18 minutes

2270
01:35:37,030 --> 01:35:35,520
until liftoff but as this continues to

2271
01:35:38,390 --> 01:35:37,040
count down we're gonna check in with

2272
01:35:47,430 --> 01:35:38,400
chelsea at

2273
01:35:50,149 --> 01:35:48,709
hey thanks and welcome to the

2274
01:35:51,669 --> 01:35:50,159
international space station's flight

2275
01:35:53,590 --> 01:35:51,679
control room here in mission control

2276
01:35:55,189 --> 01:35:53,600
houston a team of flight controllers

2277
01:35:57,910 --> 01:35:55,199
behind me is actively monitoring the

2278
01:35:59,750 --> 01:35:57,920
space station as we speak

2279
01:36:01,750 --> 01:35:59,760
the crew in orbit has completed a number

2280
01:36:02,550 --> 01:36:01,760
of tasks to prepare the station for crew

2281
01:36:04,229 --> 01:36:02,560
4

2282
01:36:06,790 --> 01:36:04,239
like setting up tools to monitor

2283
01:36:08,950 --> 01:36:06,800
dragon's arrival and preparing the leap

2284
01:36:11,350 --> 01:36:08,960
stations for crew 4 many of their

2285
01:36:14,390 --> 01:36:11,360
clothes and other belongings launched on

2286
01:36:16,470 --> 01:36:14,400
previous cargo resupply launches and are

2287
01:36:18,550 --> 01:36:16,480
at the station now but back here in

2288
01:36:19,910 --> 01:36:18,560
houston flight director anthony varya

2289
01:36:21,990 --> 01:36:19,920
and his team are in constant

2290
01:36:23,750 --> 01:36:22,000
communication with the spacex mission

2291
01:36:25,990 --> 01:36:23,760
director for crew 4's launch to the

2292
01:36:27,830 --> 01:36:26,000
international space station

2293
01:36:29,430 --> 01:36:27,840
once we get to integrated operations the

2294
01:36:32,149 --> 01:36:29,440
nasa flight director will be conducted

2295
01:36:33,669 --> 01:36:32,159
conducting a series of go no-go polls at

2296
01:36:35,750 --> 01:36:33,679
the predetermined checkpoints for

2297
01:36:37,270 --> 01:36:35,760
dragon's approach but for now we'll

2298
01:36:39,030 --> 01:36:37,280
continue following along from right here

2299
01:36:40,550 --> 01:36:39,040
in mission control houston so i'll send

2300
01:36:42,070 --> 01:36:40,560
it back down to the team in kennedy over

2301
01:36:43,990 --> 01:36:42,080
to you daryl all right thank you very

2302
01:36:46,790 --> 01:36:44,000
much chelsea and if you're just joining

2303
01:36:49,109 --> 01:36:46,800
us it is t-minus two hours and seventeen

2304
01:36:50,870 --> 01:36:49,119
minutes and counting until spacex is

2305
01:36:53,910 --> 01:36:50,880
fourth i can now give you a go for

2306
01:36:59,430 --> 01:36:55,990
check beginning as we get the call-out

2307
01:37:01,109 --> 01:36:59,440
audio from here go for section 4.

2308
01:37:03,590 --> 01:37:01,119
those are the astronauts

2309
01:37:05,109 --> 01:37:03,600
the crew 4 astronauts communicating with

2310
01:37:07,189 --> 01:37:05,119
the core there

2311
01:37:09,030 --> 01:37:07,199
we are ready for another beautiful crew

2312
01:37:11,270 --> 01:37:09,040
launch got megan macarthur here the

2313
01:37:12,950 --> 01:37:11,280
pilot from crew 2 and a space shuttle

2314
01:37:14,229 --> 01:37:12,960
astronaut we're so grateful that you're

2315
01:37:15,990 --> 01:37:14,239
here sharing your insight and your

2316
01:37:17,510 --> 01:37:16,000
stories thanks it's really fun to be

2317
01:37:19,830 --> 01:37:17,520
here and watch them go through all of

2318
01:37:21,590 --> 01:37:19,840
these activities step by step and uh

2319
01:37:23,189 --> 01:37:21,600
excited to see uh

2320
01:37:24,790 --> 01:37:23,199
everything that comes up brings back

2321
01:37:26,790 --> 01:37:24,800
memories doesn't it it sure does yeah in

2322
01:37:28,709 --> 01:37:26,800
that seat yeah remember you were playing

2323
01:37:30,550 --> 01:37:28,719
a game we were playing a game yes there

2324
01:37:33,510 --> 01:37:30,560
is a fair amount of time where nothing

2325
01:37:34,790 --> 01:37:33,520
specific is happening and so of course

2326
01:37:37,030 --> 01:37:34,800
you want to you taking your job

2327
01:37:38,629 --> 01:37:37,040
seriously you you do review some things

2328
01:37:40,149 --> 01:37:38,639
uh that might happen and how you would

2329
01:37:42,149 --> 01:37:40,159
respond but you also just have some time

2330
01:37:43,750 --> 01:37:42,159
to kill so we did have some uh games

2331
01:37:45,189 --> 01:37:43,760
that tomorrow pesky was in charge of

2332
01:37:46,390 --> 01:37:45,199
keeping us entertained during that

2333
01:37:48,629 --> 01:37:46,400
downtime

2334
01:37:50,470 --> 01:37:48,639
tamar was great for that he was he was

2335
01:37:51,830 --> 01:37:50,480
like our cruise director right brought a

2336
01:37:54,390 --> 01:37:51,840
lot of levity

2337
01:37:57,590 --> 01:37:54,400
and as you look live inside the freedom

2338
01:37:59,109 --> 01:37:57,600
capsule there uh closest to us is chell

2339
01:38:02,229 --> 01:37:59,119
lingard

2340
01:38:05,189 --> 01:38:02,239
and right next to his right is bob hines

2341
01:38:07,510 --> 01:38:05,199
has his arms up on the display screen

2342
01:38:08,870 --> 01:38:07,520
the seats have been articulated up into

2343
01:38:10,550 --> 01:38:08,880
launch position

2344
01:38:12,310 --> 01:38:10,560
and it looks like they're on their back

2345
01:38:14,629 --> 01:38:12,320
from the orientation of the shot there

2346
01:38:16,070 --> 01:38:14,639
and is it that is that pretty accurate

2347
01:38:18,950 --> 01:38:16,080
that is accurate so when they first

2348
01:38:20,550 --> 01:38:18,960
climb in the seats are um in a lowered

2349
01:38:22,870 --> 01:38:20,560
position that just it's a little bit

2350
01:38:25,189 --> 01:38:22,880
easier to ingress but it is difficult

2351
01:38:26,709 --> 01:38:25,199
from that other position to see and

2352
01:38:28,470 --> 01:38:26,719
interact with the screens and so with

2353
01:38:29,910 --> 01:38:28,480
the seats raised like that they are

2354
01:38:31,189 --> 01:38:29,920
tilted a little bit more onto their

2355
01:38:33,350 --> 01:38:31,199
backs and they're raised so that they're

2356
01:38:35,109 --> 01:38:33,360
just able to look directly across at

2357
01:38:39,270 --> 01:38:35,119
those touch screens to monitor their

2358
01:38:43,750 --> 01:38:41,669
all right as we watch the astronauts go

2359
01:38:47,350 --> 01:38:43,760
through their final checks

2360
01:38:51,750 --> 01:38:49,270
let's take a minute to learn more about

2361
01:38:56,470 --> 01:38:51,760
what crew 4 astronauts will be doing

2362
01:38:56,480 --> 01:39:08,709
[Music]

2363
01:39:15,189 --> 01:39:11,430
crew 4 is the fourth crew rotation

2364
01:39:17,750 --> 01:39:15,199
flight for the spacex dragon vehicle

2365
01:39:19,510 --> 01:39:17,760
crew 4's goals are to

2366
01:39:21,750 --> 01:39:19,520
safely and successfully get to the

2367
01:39:23,830 --> 01:39:21,760
international space station and then to

2368
01:39:25,350 --> 01:39:23,840
spend the a lot of time living and

2369
01:39:27,590 --> 01:39:25,360
working in space

2370
01:39:29,990 --> 01:39:27,600
meeting all of the planned research and

2371
01:39:32,149 --> 01:39:30,000
science and maintenance goals of the

2372
01:39:34,229 --> 01:39:32,159
space station program we are all like

2373
01:39:37,189 --> 01:39:34,239
super excited about the opportunity to

2374
01:39:40,709 --> 01:39:37,199
fly on a crew dragon spacecraft that

2375
01:39:43,750 --> 01:39:40,719
vehicle is a super complex modern

2376
01:39:46,629 --> 01:39:43,760
vehicle that enables us to get to space

2377
01:39:49,590 --> 01:39:46,639
efficiently and safely

2378
01:39:51,990 --> 01:39:49,600
my role as pilot on the dragon vehicle

2379
01:39:54,550 --> 01:39:52,000
is primarily to monitor and maintain the

2380
01:39:55,910 --> 01:39:54,560
systems of the vehicle itself to get a

2381
01:39:58,629 --> 01:39:55,920
chance to pilot one of the newest

2382
01:40:00,149 --> 01:39:58,639
vehicles on or off the planet is a true

2383
01:40:03,270 --> 01:40:00,159
honor

2384
01:40:05,750 --> 01:40:03,280
getting selected for crew 4 was

2385
01:40:07,590 --> 01:40:05,760
was amazing because it's it's an

2386
01:40:09,669 --> 01:40:07,600
opportunity to go back to the

2387
01:40:13,270 --> 01:40:09,679
international space station and

2388
01:40:15,669 --> 01:40:13,280
experience again that transformation

2389
01:40:17,109 --> 01:40:15,679
from being an earth-bound creature to

2390
01:40:19,350 --> 01:40:17,119
being this

2391
01:40:20,950 --> 01:40:19,360
space-living creature

2392
01:40:23,510 --> 01:40:20,960
when you get to space station the yeah

2393
01:40:25,750 --> 01:40:23,520
the first thing that really strikes is

2394
01:40:27,910 --> 01:40:25,760
this feeling of weightlessness i'm so

2395
01:40:29,030 --> 01:40:27,920
excited to revisit the space station it

2396
01:40:31,590 --> 01:40:29,040
was home

2397
01:40:33,910 --> 01:40:31,600
for five months back in 2015.

2398
01:40:35,910 --> 01:40:33,920
you know we arrived on orbit and really

2399
01:40:38,550 --> 01:40:35,920
within a couple of days my brain

2400
01:40:40,550 --> 01:40:38,560
adjusted to the idea of floating not

2401
01:40:43,189 --> 01:40:40,560
that i was good at it but the novelty of

2402
01:40:45,590 --> 01:40:43,199
it i think that the fact that our brains

2403
01:40:47,030 --> 01:40:45,600
can adapt to something that is so novel

2404
01:40:49,030 --> 01:40:47,040
so different something that we're

2405
01:40:50,950 --> 01:40:49,040
completely unaccustomed to for all of

2406
01:40:53,750 --> 01:40:50,960
our lives and that it can just just

2407
01:40:56,149 --> 01:40:53,760
adapt like that is absolutely amazing

2408
01:40:59,590 --> 01:40:56,159
the international space station is a

2409
01:41:01,910 --> 01:40:59,600
national laboratory built to do science

2410
01:41:03,750 --> 01:41:01,920
the connecting element between all the

2411
01:41:05,669 --> 01:41:03,760
experiments that we do up there is the

2412
01:41:07,590 --> 01:41:05,679
space environment and specifically

2413
01:41:09,350 --> 01:41:07,600
weightlessness microgravity as the

2414
01:41:11,590 --> 01:41:09,360
scientists like to say

2415
01:41:13,510 --> 01:41:11,600
when you're dealing with complex systems

2416
01:41:15,750 --> 01:41:13,520
one way to learn how they work is to

2417
01:41:17,750 --> 01:41:15,760
start removing variables we're able to

2418
01:41:19,189 --> 01:41:17,760
do a lot of that down here on earth but

2419
01:41:21,030 --> 01:41:19,199
one of the things that we have a

2420
01:41:23,510 --> 01:41:21,040
challenge doing and we can't do is

2421
01:41:25,030 --> 01:41:23,520
remove the effects of gravity and so by

2422
01:41:26,870 --> 01:41:25,040
taking things to the international space

2423
01:41:29,590 --> 01:41:26,880
station we can remove that and we can

2424
01:41:31,430 --> 01:41:29,600
see how these complex systems work how

2425
01:41:33,350 --> 01:41:31,440
things grow how they develop we do so

2426
01:41:36,229 --> 01:41:33,360
much research up there that not only

2427
01:41:38,629 --> 01:41:36,239
helps technologies and development down

2428
01:41:40,550 --> 01:41:38,639
here on earth but it is also aiding

2429
01:41:41,830 --> 01:41:40,560
nasa's pivot back into deep space

2430
01:41:43,669 --> 01:41:41,840
exploration

2431
01:41:46,070 --> 01:41:43,679
the work that we do every day helps us

2432
01:41:48,310 --> 01:41:46,080
to better understand how the human body

2433
01:41:50,070 --> 01:41:48,320
changes in weightlessness and to

2434
01:41:52,310 --> 01:41:50,080
understand how to do the operations like

2435
01:41:53,830 --> 01:41:52,320
spacewalks and robotic arm activities

2436
01:41:56,550 --> 01:41:53,840
that are necessary

2437
01:41:58,470 --> 01:41:56,560
for us to be successful in lunar orbit

2438
01:42:01,350 --> 01:41:58,480
on the lunar surface and on our way to

2439
01:42:04,229 --> 01:42:01,360
mars we get this awesome opportunity to

2440
01:42:06,870 --> 01:42:04,239
be representatives of of humanity of all

2441
01:42:08,390 --> 01:42:06,880
of you and we don't take that lightly

2442
01:42:10,950 --> 01:42:08,400
we're super honored to have that

2443
01:42:13,980 --> 01:42:10,960
responsibility and are excited about

2444
01:42:22,149 --> 01:42:13,990
sharing the journey with with all of you

2445
01:42:23,990 --> 01:42:22,159
[Music]

2446
01:42:25,430 --> 01:42:24,000
there's so much work that the crew does

2447
01:42:26,950 --> 01:42:25,440
once they get up to the international

2448
01:42:29,270 --> 01:42:26,960
space station but at the moment as

2449
01:42:31,189 --> 01:42:29,280
you're looking live outside the dragon

2450
01:42:33,189 --> 01:42:31,199
capsule they're on the ground

2451
01:42:34,709 --> 01:42:33,199
how long make it does it take for the

2452
01:42:35,910 --> 01:42:34,719
astronauts once you get there they got

2453
01:42:37,830 --> 01:42:35,920
they got a launch they got to fly they

2454
01:42:39,590 --> 01:42:37,840
got a rendezvous and get into the space

2455
01:42:41,030 --> 01:42:39,600
station are you ready to go or does it

2456
01:42:43,030 --> 01:42:41,040
take some time before you can start

2457
01:42:44,950 --> 01:42:43,040
doing all that important research it it

2458
01:42:47,510 --> 01:42:44,960
takes some time for your body to adjust

2459
01:42:49,030 --> 01:42:47,520
but i think it helps that you're working

2460
01:42:51,109 --> 01:42:49,040
during that time while your body is

2461
01:42:52,629 --> 01:42:51,119
adjusting the space station is a super

2462
01:42:54,229 --> 01:42:52,639
unique environment

2463
01:42:56,070 --> 01:42:54,239
with the micro g conditions that we

2464
01:42:58,229 --> 01:42:56,080
can't duplicate here on earth for any

2465
01:42:59,750 --> 01:42:58,239
long duration of time and so not only

2466
01:43:01,030 --> 01:42:59,760
are you excited to get to work and start

2467
01:43:03,189 --> 01:43:01,040
doing these science projects but it

2468
01:43:04,629 --> 01:43:03,199
really i think helps you adapt to the

2469
01:43:07,430 --> 01:43:04,639
environment the sooner you start

2470
01:43:08,870 --> 01:43:07,440
learning to work in it

2471
01:43:11,430 --> 01:43:08,880
and then once you get rolling there's a

2472
01:43:12,550 --> 01:43:11,440
lot of exciting exciting science that is

2473
01:43:14,310 --> 01:43:12,560
happening for this mission we're going

2474
01:43:16,310 --> 01:43:14,320
to talk about that and we're going to

2475
01:43:18,790 --> 01:43:16,320
talk more in depth with megan about some

2476
01:43:21,030 --> 01:43:18,800
of the experiments that she worked on as

2477
01:43:22,390 --> 01:43:21,040
well as some that are in the future and

2478
01:43:24,550 --> 01:43:22,400
that's coming up a little bit later in

2479
01:43:25,750 --> 01:43:24,560
the show but we are currently t minus

2480
01:43:28,229 --> 01:43:25,760
two hours

2481
01:43:29,830 --> 01:43:28,239
ten minutes and counting so let's head

2482
01:43:32,070 --> 01:43:29,840
back out to spacex headquarters in

2483
01:43:37,189 --> 01:43:32,080
california where dan and jesse will be

2484
01:43:41,510 --> 01:43:38,709
great thanks daryl

2485
01:43:43,830 --> 01:43:41,520
now it took years of hard work to get to

2486
01:43:45,270 --> 01:43:43,840
where we are with flying crew the

2487
01:43:47,270 --> 01:43:45,280
development of crew dragon really

2488
01:43:48,870 --> 01:43:47,280
started with cargo dragon and dragon was

2489
01:43:51,109 --> 01:43:48,880
designed from the beginning for flying

2490
01:43:53,109 --> 01:43:51,119
humans to space even the first cargo

2491
01:43:54,470 --> 01:43:53,119
dragon had a window despite not having

2492
01:43:56,390 --> 01:43:54,480
humans on board

2493
01:43:58,310 --> 01:43:56,400
before we could fly humans our teams

2494
01:44:00,310 --> 01:43:58,320
implemented a number of design upgrades

2495
01:44:02,390 --> 01:44:00,320
to make sure that both dragon falcon 9

2496
01:44:04,149 --> 01:44:02,400
were suitable for flying people

2497
01:44:06,310 --> 01:44:04,159
we then put both vehicles through

2498
01:44:09,590 --> 01:44:06,320
thousands of tests prove their safety

2499
01:44:11,750 --> 01:44:09,600
now since demo 2 in may of 2020 spacex

2500
01:44:14,070 --> 01:44:11,760
has been regularly flying crude missions

2501
01:44:17,270 --> 01:44:14,080
for nasa at the cadence of about one

2502
01:44:19,430 --> 01:44:17,280
flight every six months crew four will

2503
01:44:21,830 --> 01:44:19,440
be spacex's fifth crude space flight for

2504
01:44:23,990 --> 01:44:21,840
nasa following the crude test flight

2505
01:44:26,390 --> 01:44:24,000
demo two and three previous operational

2506
01:44:29,109 --> 01:44:26,400
crude missions to the space station

2507
01:44:30,870 --> 01:44:29,119
now will also be spacex's seventh crude

2508
01:44:33,590 --> 01:44:30,880
space flight overall including

2509
01:44:35,350 --> 01:44:33,600
inspiration for the first all-civilian

2510
01:44:36,790 --> 01:44:35,360
mission to space

2511
01:44:38,709 --> 01:44:36,800
now inspiration four was really a

2512
01:44:41,109 --> 01:44:38,719
historic first and what's really

2513
01:44:43,430 --> 01:44:41,119
exciting is it certainly will not be the

2514
01:44:45,430 --> 01:44:43,440
last of its kind now in fact jared

2515
01:44:47,669 --> 01:44:45,440
isaacman commander of the inspiration

2516
01:44:50,070 --> 01:44:47,679
for mission will return to orbit with

2517
01:44:52,470 --> 01:44:50,080
spacex under the polaris program

2518
01:44:54,390 --> 01:44:52,480
which is a series of missions to advance

2519
01:44:56,470 --> 01:44:54,400
deep space exploration while raising

2520
01:44:57,910 --> 01:44:56,480
global awareness for st jude children's

2521
01:44:59,830 --> 01:44:57,920
research hospital

2522
01:45:01,590 --> 01:44:59,840
polaris will consist of up to three

2523
01:45:03,109 --> 01:45:01,600
human space flight missions that will

2524
01:45:06,709 --> 01:45:03,119
culminate in the first flight of

2525
01:45:09,109 --> 01:45:06,719
spacex's starship with humans on board

2526
01:45:11,030 --> 01:45:09,119
now the first mission polaris dawn is

2527
01:45:12,950 --> 01:45:11,040
targeted for no earlier than the fourth

2528
01:45:14,950 --> 01:45:12,960
quarter of this year and in addition to

2529
01:45:17,750 --> 01:45:14,960
mission commander jared isaacman will

2530
01:45:19,189 --> 01:45:17,760
include pilot scott kidd poteet who

2531
01:45:21,510 --> 01:45:19,199
served as the mission director of

2532
01:45:23,910 --> 01:45:21,520
inspiration for mission specialist sarah

2533
01:45:26,149 --> 01:45:23,920
gillis and mission specialist medic and

2534
01:45:28,229 --> 01:45:26,159
medical officer anna menon

2535
01:45:31,350 --> 01:45:28,239
during the polaris dawn mission jared

2536
01:45:32,550 --> 01:45:31,360
will perform the first ever commercial

2537
01:45:34,550 --> 01:45:32,560
spacewalk

2538
01:45:36,950 --> 01:45:34,560
the mission is also flying higher than

2539
01:45:39,270 --> 01:45:36,960
any dragon mission to date and the and

2540
01:45:42,629 --> 01:45:39,280
endeavoring to reach the highest earth

2541
01:45:44,390 --> 01:45:42,639
orbit ever flown and nasa's efforts

2542
01:45:45,910 --> 01:45:44,400
particularly with the commercial crew

2543
01:45:48,229 --> 01:45:45,920
program and the certification of

2544
01:45:50,629 --> 01:45:48,239
spacex's dragon are building a

2545
01:45:52,790 --> 01:45:50,639
foundation for a robust u.s led

2546
01:45:55,030 --> 01:45:52,800
commercial economy in low earth orbit

2547
01:45:56,629 --> 01:45:55,040
commercial transportation it's a big one

2548
01:45:59,109 --> 01:45:56,639
that transportation to space but that's

2549
01:46:01,350 --> 01:45:59,119
just one element of our larger plan for

2550
01:46:03,510 --> 01:46:01,360
commercialization we're enabling the

2551
01:46:05,669 --> 01:46:03,520
development of commercial space stations

2552
01:46:08,149 --> 01:46:05,679
private astronaut missions and then

2553
01:46:10,790 --> 01:46:08,159
demand for in-space manufacturing and

2554
01:46:13,030 --> 01:46:10,800
more we just wrapped up the mission with

2555
01:46:14,470 --> 01:46:13,040
axiom space that was a big part of this

2556
01:46:16,310 --> 01:46:14,480
effort and that was the first

2557
01:46:18,470 --> 01:46:16,320
all-private astronaut mission to the

2558
01:46:21,430 --> 01:46:18,480
international space station they lifted

2559
01:46:23,669 --> 01:46:21,440
off back in april 9th on a spacex falcon

2560
01:46:25,990 --> 01:46:23,679
9 rocket and spent

2561
01:46:28,470 --> 01:46:26,000
almost two weeks ended up just some bad

2562
01:46:31,189 --> 01:46:28,480
weather prevented them from coming home

2563
01:46:33,030 --> 01:46:31,199
but in that dragon endeavor for the ax1

2564
01:46:35,109 --> 01:46:33,040
mission there was the commander and the

2565
01:46:37,430 --> 01:46:35,119
former nasa astronaut michael lopez

2566
01:46:39,990 --> 01:46:37,440
alegria pilot larry connor and then

2567
01:46:42,149 --> 01:46:40,000
mission specialists uh

2568
01:46:44,310 --> 01:46:42,159
and mark pathy and again they spent a

2569
01:46:45,430 --> 01:46:44,320
little they spent more than 10 days in

2570
01:46:47,430 --> 01:46:45,440
orbit

2571
01:46:49,109 --> 01:46:47,440
including an extended stay on board the

2572
01:46:50,470 --> 01:46:49,119
international space station they just

2573
01:46:52,629 --> 01:46:50,480
returned

2574
01:46:54,149 --> 01:46:52,639
just this week but during that mission

2575
01:46:55,350 --> 01:46:54,159
they performed hundreds of hours of

2576
01:46:58,229 --> 01:46:55,360
research

2577
01:46:59,510 --> 01:46:58,239
more than 25 different experiments and

2578
01:47:01,590 --> 01:46:59,520
this is just helping to lay the

2579
01:47:03,750 --> 01:47:01,600
groundwork for a lot of the really

2580
01:47:05,669 --> 01:47:03,760
exciting stuff coming up including the

2581
01:47:07,830 --> 01:47:05,679
axiom station which is going to be a

2582
01:47:09,510 --> 01:47:07,840
commercial space station attached to the

2583
01:47:11,350 --> 01:47:09,520
international space station and is

2584
01:47:13,510 --> 01:47:11,360
currently under construction i mean low

2585
01:47:16,229 --> 01:47:13,520
earth orbit we know it's an incredible

2586
01:47:18,550 --> 01:47:16,239
space for scientific research technology

2587
01:47:19,830 --> 01:47:18,560
development astronaut training as we go

2588
01:47:21,510 --> 01:47:19,840
to the moon we're going to still need a

2589
01:47:23,669 --> 01:47:21,520
place to train our astronauts low earth

2590
01:47:25,189 --> 01:47:23,679
orbits the place to do it and its values

2591
01:47:27,669 --> 01:47:25,199
been proven through thousands of

2592
01:47:29,430 --> 01:47:27,679
experiments decades of international and

2593
01:47:30,709 --> 01:47:29,440
commercial cooperation onboard the

2594
01:47:33,270 --> 01:47:30,719
station so

2595
01:47:35,189 --> 01:47:33,280
just a lot more to come we're just at

2596
01:47:37,590 --> 01:47:35,199
the dawn of this commercialization of

2597
01:47:39,750 --> 01:47:37,600
low earth orbit um so just can't wait to

2598
01:47:41,990 --> 01:47:39,760
see even more but let's get back into

2599
01:47:43,990 --> 01:47:42,000
the ops we saw a good suit leak checks

2600
01:47:45,990 --> 01:47:44,000
we're getting ready for the hatch close

2601
01:47:47,109 --> 01:47:46,000
so let's send it back over to daryl at

2602
01:47:49,669 --> 01:47:47,119
ksc

2603
01:47:51,750 --> 01:47:49,679
along with megan darryl

2604
01:47:54,709 --> 01:47:51,760
all right thank you very much dan as we

2605
01:47:57,510 --> 01:47:54,719
await side hatch closure

2606
01:48:00,070 --> 01:47:57,520
you can see the teams working there

2607
01:48:01,750 --> 01:48:00,080
hatch still open

2608
01:48:03,990 --> 01:48:01,760
but they will be inspecting it very

2609
01:48:06,950 --> 01:48:04,000
closely you see the light in the hand of

2610
01:48:09,109 --> 01:48:06,960
one of the closeout team members

2611
01:48:10,629 --> 01:48:09,119
they'll be closely examining that seal

2612
01:48:12,629 --> 01:48:10,639
around the hatch

2613
01:48:14,709 --> 01:48:12,639
which is important

2614
01:48:16,070 --> 01:48:14,719
this is going to be protecting them from

2615
01:48:19,109 --> 01:48:16,080
the

2616
01:48:29,030 --> 01:48:19,119
dangerous environment of space

2617
01:48:35,189 --> 01:48:32,709
and as we uh wait for them to continue

2618
01:48:37,270 --> 01:48:35,199
their work

2619
01:48:39,270 --> 01:48:37,280
let's reintroduce you now to the crew

2620
01:48:40,470 --> 01:48:39,280
dragon commander his name is joe

2621
01:48:45,590 --> 01:48:40,480
lindgren

2622
01:48:49,510 --> 01:48:47,270
my name is chell lundgren and i'm the

2623
01:48:50,950 --> 01:48:49,520
commander for nasa's spacex crew 4

2624
01:48:51,910 --> 01:48:50,960
mission to the international space

2625
01:48:53,510 --> 01:48:51,920
station

2626
01:48:55,030 --> 01:48:53,520
i've wanted to be an astronaut for as

2627
01:48:57,590 --> 01:48:55,040
long as i can remember

2628
01:49:00,390 --> 01:48:57,600
i think i was inspired by the very first

2629
01:49:02,709 --> 01:49:00,400
space shuttle launch in april of 1981

2630
01:49:04,310 --> 01:49:02,719
and that i think is really when this

2631
01:49:06,229 --> 01:49:04,320
dream was just burned into my

2632
01:49:09,109 --> 01:49:06,239
consciousness

2633
01:49:11,590 --> 01:49:09,119
it was an absolute honor to get selected

2634
01:49:14,229 --> 01:49:11,600
for the crew for mission and on top of

2635
01:49:16,390 --> 01:49:14,239
that to have the opportunity to command

2636
01:49:17,189 --> 01:49:16,400
getting to fly with this amazing crew

2637
01:49:20,310 --> 01:49:17,199
with

2638
01:49:22,709 --> 01:49:20,320
farmer and samantha and wadi they are

2639
01:49:25,669 --> 01:49:22,719
incredible astronauts and i feel

2640
01:49:28,149 --> 01:49:25,679
very grateful to be on a team with them

2641
01:49:32,550 --> 01:49:28,159
but we're one small part of a larger

2642
01:49:34,629 --> 01:49:32,560
team that spans the nation and the world

2643
01:49:37,030 --> 01:49:34,639
we truly get to leverage the best and

2644
01:49:39,750 --> 01:49:37,040
brightest as we chase somewhat

2645
01:49:47,430 --> 01:49:39,760
impossible goals

2646
01:49:47,440 --> 01:49:51,589
there you see the closeout team

2647
01:49:56,550 --> 01:49:53,109
going through their last procedures

2648
01:49:58,550 --> 01:49:56,560
there to shut the side hatch

2649
01:50:01,270 --> 01:49:58,560
seated next to chad lindgren is crew

2650
01:50:04,950 --> 01:50:01,280
dragon pilot and nasa astronaut bob

2651
01:50:10,310 --> 01:50:07,430
i truly believe that we all have in us

2652
01:50:12,390 --> 01:50:10,320
an innate desire to go explore and see

2653
01:50:13,990 --> 01:50:12,400
new things we have a very unique

2654
01:50:15,830 --> 01:50:14,000
position in our solar system and our

2655
01:50:18,310 --> 01:50:15,840
galaxy to be able to look out there and

2656
01:50:20,390 --> 01:50:18,320
to step out and continue to explore

2657
01:50:22,629 --> 01:50:20,400
my name is bob hines i'm the pilot for

2658
01:50:25,109 --> 01:50:22,639
nasa's spacex crew 4 mission to the

2659
01:50:26,709 --> 01:50:25,119
international space station

2660
01:50:29,030 --> 01:50:26,719
when i was a kid i

2661
01:50:30,550 --> 01:50:29,040
100 wanted to be a pilot being able to

2662
01:50:32,550 --> 01:50:30,560
fly and see the earth from a new

2663
01:50:34,550 --> 01:50:32,560
perspective has really been just a real

2664
01:50:36,790 --> 01:50:34,560
driver for me and getting hired as an

2665
01:50:38,550 --> 01:50:36,800
astronaut has been the ultimate call

2666
01:50:41,030 --> 01:50:38,560
when i got the phone call offering me

2667
01:50:42,870 --> 01:50:41,040
the position of the pilot on the crew 4

2668
01:50:44,550 --> 01:50:42,880
mission i just couldn't believe it i

2669
01:50:46,310 --> 01:50:44,560
can't wait to pilot this vehicle it is

2670
01:50:48,229 --> 01:50:46,320
an incredible honor and something that i

2671
01:50:49,910 --> 01:50:48,239
never in my wildest dreams thought would

2672
01:50:52,310 --> 01:50:49,920
be a possibility

2673
01:50:53,830 --> 01:50:52,320
on launch day i am 100 most looking

2674
01:50:55,430 --> 01:50:53,840
forward to the kick in the pants when

2675
01:50:56,560 --> 01:50:55,440
those rocket motors light and we are

2676
01:51:03,750 --> 01:50:56,570
heading off the launch pad

2677
01:51:05,030 --> 01:51:03,760
[Music]

2678
01:51:07,990 --> 01:51:05,040
and he's going to get that kick in the

2679
01:51:10,629 --> 01:51:08,000
pants right megan that's right

2680
01:51:13,430 --> 01:51:10,639
in seat number one today is mission

2681
01:51:15,910 --> 01:51:13,440
specialist and nasa astronaut jessica

2682
01:51:19,750 --> 01:51:15,920
watkins who will be making her first

2683
01:51:24,070 --> 01:51:21,669
my name is jessica watkins and i'm a

2684
01:51:25,830 --> 01:51:24,080
mission specialist for nasa's spacex

2685
01:51:28,790 --> 01:51:25,840
crew 4 mission to the international

2686
01:51:32,870 --> 01:51:30,629
the opportunity to be the first black

2687
01:51:35,350 --> 01:51:32,880
woman on an international space station

2688
01:51:37,589 --> 01:51:35,360
long duration crew is exciting it

2689
01:51:40,310 --> 01:51:37,599
certainly is important to me and

2690
01:51:42,870 --> 01:51:40,320
impactful to me to be able to

2691
01:51:45,910 --> 01:51:42,880
be a part of the legacy that

2692
01:51:48,070 --> 01:51:45,920
so many before me have paved the way to

2693
01:51:50,870 --> 01:51:48,080
enable me to be here now as much as i

2694
01:51:54,070 --> 01:51:50,880
can be a small part of that legacy i'm

2695
01:51:56,310 --> 01:51:54,080
honored to have the opportunity

2696
01:51:59,510 --> 01:51:56,320
being selected to be a part of this crew

2697
01:52:01,430 --> 01:51:59,520
4 mission is truly an honor we get this

2698
01:52:04,790 --> 01:52:01,440
awesome opportunity to be

2699
01:52:06,709 --> 01:52:04,800
representatives of humanity and we don't

2700
01:52:09,030 --> 01:52:06,719
take that lightly we're super honored to

2701
01:52:10,870 --> 01:52:09,040
have that responsibility and are excited

2702
01:52:14,370 --> 01:52:10,880
about sharing the journey with all of

2703
01:52:23,270 --> 01:52:20,870
[Music]

2704
01:52:26,629 --> 01:52:23,280
and last but not least in seat number

2705
01:52:29,270 --> 01:52:26,639
four is cruz uh for mission specialist

2706
01:52:33,510 --> 01:52:29,280
and european space agency astronaut

2707
01:52:38,709 --> 01:52:36,470
i got the call to become an astronaut

2708
01:52:40,310 --> 01:52:38,719
one evening i had this feeling that the

2709
01:52:43,189 --> 01:52:40,320
whole universe just

2710
01:52:45,189 --> 01:52:43,199
stopped turning around and smiled at me

2711
01:52:48,070 --> 01:52:45,199
my name is samantha christopher and i'm

2712
01:52:49,750 --> 01:52:48,080
a mission specialist on the nasa spacex

2713
01:52:51,270 --> 01:52:49,760
crew 4 mission to the international

2714
01:52:53,189 --> 01:52:51,280
space station

2715
01:52:55,109 --> 01:52:53,199
i started dreaming about becoming an

2716
01:52:57,750 --> 01:52:55,119
astronaut pretty early on i was still in

2717
01:53:00,070 --> 01:52:57,760
elementary school and the astronaut job

2718
01:53:02,550 --> 01:53:00,080
is really very much about this broad

2719
01:53:05,109 --> 01:53:02,560
spectrum of things that you have to

2720
01:53:07,669 --> 01:53:05,119
master rather than being a specialist

2721
01:53:10,229 --> 01:53:07,679
that has mastered one thing

2722
01:53:12,229 --> 01:53:10,239
in 2014 i had the opportunity of flying

2723
01:53:13,990 --> 01:53:12,239
to space for the first time and i spent

2724
01:53:16,790 --> 01:53:14,000
200 days on the international space

2725
01:53:19,109 --> 01:53:16,800
station getting selected for crew 4 was

2726
01:53:22,790 --> 01:53:19,119
amazing because it's an opportunity to

2727
01:53:25,589 --> 01:53:22,800
experience a game being part of that

2728
01:53:27,840 --> 01:53:25,599
very very special life up there in this

2729
01:53:33,589 --> 01:53:27,850
outpost of humanity and space

2730
01:53:38,070 --> 01:53:33,599
[Music]

2731
01:53:41,030 --> 01:53:38,080
and those are astronauts from crew 4

2732
01:53:42,870 --> 01:53:41,040
a lot of fours in this mission megan

2733
01:53:44,390 --> 01:53:42,880
it is of course crew 4 the fourth

2734
01:53:46,870 --> 01:53:44,400
operational flight

2735
01:53:49,750 --> 01:53:46,880
it's the fourth flight of a reflown

2736
01:53:53,430 --> 01:53:49,760
booster okay we're taking off in the

2737
01:53:55,830 --> 01:53:53,440
fourth month of 2022.

2738
01:53:57,669 --> 01:53:55,840
lots of force lots of force four very

2739
01:53:59,589 --> 01:53:57,679
special people getting ready to launch

2740
01:54:01,510 --> 01:53:59,599
tonight indeed

2741
01:54:03,109 --> 01:54:01,520
and this is a great crew they you can

2742
01:54:04,870 --> 01:54:03,119
tell that they've bonded over the time

2743
01:54:07,430 --> 01:54:04,880
that they've been together absolutely

2744
01:54:09,669 --> 01:54:07,440
the time that you spend in

2745
01:54:11,430 --> 01:54:09,679
even though it's shortened in some cases

2746
01:54:13,830 --> 01:54:11,440
is really special um you know that

2747
01:54:15,510 --> 01:54:13,840
you're doing something unique um and

2748
01:54:17,030 --> 01:54:15,520
difficult and you know you're gonna

2749
01:54:18,950 --> 01:54:17,040
really be in a lot of situations where

2750
01:54:20,390 --> 01:54:18,960
you rely on one another and so forming

2751
01:54:21,750 --> 01:54:20,400
those friendships and those bonds are

2752
01:54:23,189 --> 01:54:21,760
really gonna serve them well over the

2753
01:54:26,070 --> 01:54:23,199
next six months

2754
01:54:28,310 --> 01:54:26,080
providing us the insights and the

2755
01:54:30,629 --> 01:54:28,320
explanations throughout this launch

2756
01:54:33,030 --> 01:54:30,639
broadcast megan macarthur on hand here

2757
01:54:34,870 --> 01:54:33,040
shuttle astronaut crew 2 pilot

2758
01:54:36,470 --> 01:54:34,880
on the dragon

2759
01:54:37,589 --> 01:54:36,480
we want to remind you you can ask her a

2760
01:54:39,830 --> 01:54:37,599
question right there at the bottom of

2761
01:54:44,229 --> 01:54:39,840
your screen you can see how just put the

2762
01:54:46,870 --> 01:54:44,239
hashtag ask nasa into twitter

2763
01:54:50,070 --> 01:54:46,880
and send us a tweet and once we uh see

2764
01:54:51,669 --> 01:54:50,080
it we'll uh go through them and pass

2765
01:54:53,669 --> 01:54:51,679
them along to her she's been answering

2766
01:54:55,910 --> 01:54:53,679
them all evening and keep those

2767
01:54:58,149 --> 01:54:55,920
questions coming in the meantime let's

2768
01:55:03,510 --> 01:54:58,159
get over to andy at spacex headquarters

2769
01:55:08,070 --> 01:55:06,149
thanks daryl we are just under t minus

2770
01:55:09,990 --> 01:55:08,080
two hours until liftoff and the

2771
01:55:12,390 --> 01:55:10,000
countdown is proceeding nominally at

2772
01:55:14,310 --> 01:55:12,400
this point onboard the brand new dragon

2773
01:55:16,070 --> 01:55:14,320
spacecraft freedom we heard the

2774
01:55:18,550 --> 01:55:16,080
communication checks between the dragon

2775
01:55:20,709 --> 01:55:18,560
team and the crew and those went well

2776
01:55:22,390 --> 01:55:20,719
the astronaut seats were also rotated in

2777
01:55:24,550 --> 01:55:22,400
flight position and right now the

2778
01:55:26,470 --> 01:55:24,560
closeout leads will verify the cabin

2779
01:55:28,310 --> 01:55:26,480
environments and then begin procedures

2780
01:55:29,589 --> 01:55:28,320
to close side hatch of the dragon

2781
01:55:31,669 --> 01:55:29,599
spacecraft

2782
01:55:33,350 --> 01:55:31,679
afterwards the spacex support team will

2783
01:55:35,589 --> 01:55:33,360
perform the final league check on the

2784
01:55:37,830 --> 01:55:35,599
hatch and once that is finished the team

2785
01:55:39,910 --> 01:55:37,840
will begin steps to ready the access arm

2786
01:55:42,390 --> 01:55:39,920
to retract then the closeout team will

2787
01:55:45,270 --> 01:55:42,400
leave the pad at t-minus one hour

2788
01:55:47,189 --> 01:55:45,280
leaving just the astronauts on the pad

2789
01:55:50,310 --> 01:55:47,199
as for the falcon 9 team

2790
01:55:51,990 --> 01:55:50,320
they are on console in firing room 4.

2791
01:55:54,390 --> 01:55:52,000
they are preparing the communication

2792
01:55:56,310 --> 01:55:54,400
checks with the astronauts that is due

2793
01:55:58,390 --> 01:55:56,320
in just a few minutes here

2794
01:56:00,950 --> 01:55:58,400
spacex engineers have pressurized the

2795
01:56:03,589 --> 01:56:00,960
launch vehicle gas storage bottles these

2796
01:56:05,350 --> 01:56:03,599
are composite overwrap pressure vessels

2797
01:56:07,910 --> 01:56:05,360
they contain gases used to fill the

2798
01:56:09,910 --> 01:56:07,920
tanks with hot helium as propellant is

2799
01:56:12,470 --> 01:56:09,920
drained out of the first and second

2800
01:56:14,709 --> 01:56:12,480
stages during ascent once we top them

2801
01:56:17,030 --> 01:56:14,719
off we'll top them off in the last half

2802
01:56:19,510 --> 01:56:17,040
hour or so before liftoff

2803
01:56:21,589 --> 01:56:19,520
we also use pressurized gases to spin

2804
01:56:23,430 --> 01:56:21,599
the merlin engine turbo pumps when we

2805
01:56:25,589 --> 01:56:23,440
start an engine in space

2806
01:56:27,910 --> 01:56:25,599
the second stage mvac engine starts up

2807
01:56:29,910 --> 01:56:27,920
after the first stage separates and the

2808
01:56:31,830 --> 01:56:29,920
first stage engines need to be restarted

2809
01:56:33,830 --> 01:56:31,840
for its landing sequences

2810
01:56:36,070 --> 01:56:33,840
the gases are also used for attitude

2811
01:56:38,149 --> 01:56:36,080
control systems which helps with vehicle

2812
01:56:40,830 --> 01:56:38,159
orientation and for deploying the grid

2813
01:56:43,430 --> 01:56:40,840
fins grid fins and landing

2814
01:56:45,510 --> 01:56:43,440
lights we continue to monitor weather at

2815
01:56:48,709 --> 01:56:45,520
launch sites and around the world at

2816
01:56:51,510 --> 01:56:48,719
contingency abort and landing zones

2817
01:56:54,709 --> 01:56:51,520
but right now everything is green

2818
01:56:57,109 --> 01:56:54,719
so with that we are at t minus one hour

2819
01:56:58,310 --> 01:56:57,119
57 minutes and counting

2820
01:56:59,669 --> 01:56:58,320
everything's looking good here so i'll

2821
01:57:01,350 --> 01:56:59,679
send it back to you

2822
01:57:03,270 --> 01:57:01,360
daryl and megan

2823
01:57:05,030 --> 01:57:03,280
all right andy and thank you back here

2824
01:57:07,430 --> 01:57:05,040
at the kennedy space center the weather

2825
01:57:10,390 --> 01:57:07,440
is fantastic we've got a

2826
01:57:13,270 --> 01:57:10,400
a cool evening and calm conditions which

2827
01:57:15,910 --> 01:57:13,280
is perfect for launch

2828
01:57:19,430 --> 01:57:15,920
as we look at the closeout team

2829
01:57:22,229 --> 01:57:19,440
finishing their job on their pads

2830
01:57:26,149 --> 01:57:22,239
they've got a list of

2831
01:57:28,149 --> 01:57:26,159
milestones and checks to complete

2832
01:57:30,550 --> 01:57:28,159
and as we wait for them to close that

2833
01:57:31,750 --> 01:57:30,560
side hatch with the four crew astronauts

2834
01:57:33,270 --> 01:57:31,760
inside

2835
01:57:35,030 --> 01:57:33,280
let's take a little moment to take some

2836
01:57:36,390 --> 01:57:35,040
more questions from social media there

2837
01:57:38,870 --> 01:57:36,400
you see

2838
01:57:40,709 --> 01:57:38,880
a question up on your screen

2839
01:57:43,030 --> 01:57:40,719
the question is megan how would you

2840
01:57:46,629 --> 01:57:43,040
describe the first moments after

2841
01:57:49,510 --> 01:57:46,639
arriving to the space station

2842
01:57:51,430 --> 01:57:49,520
well it's such a magical moment in fact

2843
01:57:53,350 --> 01:57:51,440
once the hatches are opened and you

2844
01:57:54,790 --> 01:57:53,360
finally get to come through for me

2845
01:57:56,709 --> 01:57:54,800
having

2846
01:57:58,229 --> 01:57:56,719
worked you know around the space station

2847
01:57:59,830 --> 01:57:58,239
program for so many years but never

2848
01:58:01,430 --> 01:57:59,840
actually seen it it was really really

2849
01:58:02,870 --> 01:58:01,440
special to come through and finally see

2850
01:58:05,030 --> 01:58:02,880
the environment plus you have all of

2851
01:58:06,550 --> 01:58:05,040
these smiling faces people that are

2852
01:58:08,229 --> 01:58:06,560
excited to see you the folks that are

2853
01:58:10,149 --> 01:58:08,239
going to be coming home

2854
01:58:14,070 --> 01:58:10,159
it's really pretty overwhelming lots of

2855
01:58:15,910 --> 01:58:14,080
hugs lots of smiles um and it just you

2856
01:58:18,310 --> 01:58:15,920
know that you finally reached this goal

2857
01:58:19,910 --> 01:58:18,320
that you've worked so hard to attain

2858
01:58:22,229 --> 01:58:19,920
and you're seeing astronauts that you

2859
01:58:23,830 --> 01:58:22,239
used to train with that you know well

2860
01:58:25,750 --> 01:58:23,840
it's like coming over their house

2861
01:58:27,350 --> 01:58:25,760
absolutely yeah it's kind of like your

2862
01:58:28,790 --> 01:58:27,360
long-lost friends you know i think i

2863
01:58:30,709 --> 01:58:28,800
teared up a little bit when i saw my

2864
01:58:32,149 --> 01:58:30,719
friend shannon you know big hug and and

2865
01:58:33,910 --> 01:58:32,159
you kind of get you know you pass around

2866
01:58:35,669 --> 01:58:33,920
everybody hugs everybody and you're

2867
01:58:37,270 --> 01:58:35,679
still learning to move in that

2868
01:58:38,790 --> 01:58:37,280
environment too so you notice the people

2869
01:58:39,990 --> 01:58:38,800
who have just arrived because they go to

2870
01:58:41,510 --> 01:58:40,000
hug and then their whole body you know

2871
01:58:42,950 --> 01:58:41,520
sort of swings by

2872
01:58:44,950 --> 01:58:42,960
the person that's more stable and

2873
01:58:47,109 --> 01:58:44,960
stationary so it's it's a pretty fun

2874
01:58:49,669 --> 01:58:47,119
rodeo to uh to watch those first few

2875
01:58:50,870 --> 01:58:49,679
moments slinging people around on the

2876
01:58:52,790 --> 01:58:50,880
international space that's right there's

2877
01:58:54,870 --> 01:58:52,800
a lot of joy

2878
01:58:57,109 --> 01:58:54,880
that's great great question thank you

2879
01:58:59,189 --> 01:58:57,119
very much for that one and go for space

2880
01:59:02,149 --> 01:58:59,199
launch asks

2881
01:59:04,629 --> 01:59:02,159
how long will the crew for and crew 3

2882
01:59:06,149 --> 01:59:04,639
astronauts be on the space station

2883
01:59:07,830 --> 01:59:06,159
together

2884
01:59:09,750 --> 01:59:07,840
well that's a great question so this is

2885
01:59:11,510 --> 01:59:09,760
what we call a direct handover meaning

2886
01:59:13,990 --> 01:59:11,520
that the crew four astronauts will

2887
01:59:16,229 --> 01:59:14,000
arrive um and spend several days with

2888
01:59:17,350 --> 01:59:16,239
the crew three astronauts before we

2889
01:59:18,870 --> 01:59:17,360
check the weather and make sure it's

2890
01:59:20,629 --> 01:59:18,880
okay for the crew three astronauts to

2891
01:59:22,790 --> 01:59:20,639
come home so typically that's designed

2892
01:59:24,709 --> 01:59:22,800
to be about four or five days but it

2893
01:59:26,070 --> 01:59:24,719
will of course depend on the weather

2894
01:59:28,390 --> 01:59:26,080
conditions they're going to be looking

2895
01:59:30,629 --> 01:59:28,400
for good weather to bring home the crew

2896
01:59:32,870 --> 01:59:30,639
3 astronauts safely now you didn't get

2897
01:59:34,870 --> 01:59:32,880
to hand over with crew the crew that

2898
01:59:36,870 --> 01:59:34,880
followed three three no we did not but

2899
01:59:38,870 --> 01:59:36,880
there's a reason you you pass along a

2900
01:59:41,189 --> 01:59:38,880
lot of knowledge and experience

2901
01:59:43,510 --> 01:59:41,199
you know on to them handover is really

2902
01:59:45,430 --> 01:59:43,520
really important between crews you know

2903
01:59:47,189 --> 01:59:45,440
it's there's so much that you can learn

2904
01:59:48,709 --> 01:59:47,199
you know from the books if you will or

2905
01:59:49,910 --> 01:59:48,719
from the simulation but there's so much

2906
01:59:51,990 --> 01:59:49,920
more that you're going to learn in the

2907
01:59:53,990 --> 01:59:52,000
real environment and we have the luxury

2908
01:59:55,830 --> 01:59:54,000
of um mark vande of course was up there

2909
01:59:57,109 --> 01:59:55,840
he did an entire year in space he's a

2910
01:59:59,109 --> 01:59:57,119
superhero

2911
02:00:01,189 --> 01:59:59,119
and so we were able to leave to take

2912
02:00:02,950 --> 02:00:01,199
advantage of the good landing weather

2913
02:00:04,790 --> 02:00:02,960
knowing that he was going to be there to

2914
02:00:07,030 --> 02:00:04,800
show everybody the ropes that was

2915
02:00:09,430 --> 02:00:07,040
arriving on uh crew 3 of course we would

2916
02:00:11,350 --> 02:00:09,440
have loved to be there to enjoy their

2917
02:00:11,970 --> 02:00:11,360
company for a few days but it does get

2918
02:00:14,790 --> 02:00:11,980
pretty crowded

2919
02:00:16,790 --> 02:00:14,800
[Laughter]

2920
02:00:17,589 --> 02:00:16,800
especially at the line to the bathroom

2921
02:00:19,430 --> 02:00:17,599
yes

2922
02:00:21,510 --> 02:00:19,440
that's a long line

2923
02:00:23,830 --> 02:00:21,520
even in space how about we take another

2924
02:00:26,950 --> 02:00:23,840
question that was a great one

2925
02:00:28,870 --> 02:00:26,960
florida hurricane asks

2926
02:00:31,109 --> 02:00:28,880
does the crew participate in any

2927
02:00:32,870 --> 02:00:31,119
pre-launch traditions

2928
02:00:35,510 --> 02:00:32,880
that's a great question so individual

2929
02:00:37,270 --> 02:00:35,520
crews might have their own specific

2930
02:00:40,070 --> 02:00:37,280
pre-launch traditions

2931
02:00:41,510 --> 02:00:40,080
um and so spending time at the beach

2932
02:00:43,109 --> 02:00:41,520
house here at kennedy space center with

2933
02:00:45,189 --> 02:00:43,119
your loved ones is a big part of that

2934
02:00:47,030 --> 02:00:45,199
tradition for my family we were able to

2935
02:00:48,629 --> 02:00:47,040
go boogie boarding we had some nice

2936
02:00:50,790 --> 02:00:48,639
weather spend some time at the beach

2937
02:00:52,790 --> 02:00:50,800
that was a really great tradition other

2938
02:00:54,870 --> 02:00:52,800
traditions that are more common have to

2939
02:00:56,629 --> 02:00:54,880
do with things we touched on earlier

2940
02:00:59,030 --> 02:00:56,639
putting putting your zap or putting your

2941
02:01:00,390 --> 02:00:59,040
crew sticker in certain places signing

2942
02:01:01,910 --> 02:01:00,400
those things and they'll do that on

2943
02:01:03,270 --> 02:01:01,920
board the international space station as

2944
02:01:04,870 --> 02:01:03,280
well whenever there's a new vehicle

2945
02:01:06,470 --> 02:01:04,880
coming or going we like to put our

2946
02:01:08,390 --> 02:01:06,480
stickers on everything and so those are

2947
02:01:10,550 --> 02:01:08,400
some other traditions that are ongoing

2948
02:01:12,629 --> 02:01:10,560
and special for this crew they actually

2949
02:01:14,229 --> 02:01:12,639
got to go out and see the sls rocket

2950
02:01:16,550 --> 02:01:14,239
which was on the pad

2951
02:01:18,550 --> 02:01:16,560
it just recently went back into the vab

2952
02:01:20,470 --> 02:01:18,560
so we haven't seen it tonight but that

2953
02:01:23,030 --> 02:01:20,480
was a special opportunity

2954
02:01:24,870 --> 02:01:23,040
for them uh which you know not a lot of

2955
02:01:26,629 --> 02:01:24,880
crews yes not many crews will get to see

2956
02:01:28,149 --> 02:01:26,639
well eventually we'll get we'll get to

2957
02:01:29,669 --> 02:01:28,159
see more of that but that must have been

2958
02:01:31,830 --> 02:01:29,679
a special moment going to visit the mega

2959
02:01:33,510 --> 02:01:31,840
moon together and thinking hey this

2960
02:01:35,589 --> 02:01:33,520
could be a next ride for some of us so

2961
02:01:38,070 --> 02:01:35,599
that had to be pretty special absolutely

2962
02:01:40,229 --> 02:01:38,080
and they got inside the gate as well so

2963
02:01:41,910 --> 02:01:40,239
a great opportunity for them

2964
02:01:45,030 --> 02:01:41,920
well thank you for those social media

2965
02:01:47,589 --> 02:01:45,040
questions keep them coming

2966
02:01:49,589 --> 02:01:47,599
shuttle gravity asks

2967
02:01:51,830 --> 02:01:49,599
why have many of the spacex crude

2968
02:01:53,669 --> 02:01:51,840
missions launched at night that's funny

2969
02:01:55,589 --> 02:01:53,679
you and i were just just talking about

2970
02:01:57,750 --> 02:01:55,599
that um i'm not sure that we came up

2971
02:01:59,589 --> 02:01:57,760
with the answer uh certainly is the case

2972
02:02:01,669 --> 02:01:59,599
that launched while orbital mechanics

2973
02:02:02,550 --> 02:02:01,679
are complicated that was my answer yeah

2974
02:02:04,229 --> 02:02:02,560
um

2975
02:02:07,430 --> 02:02:04,239
i think you know we definitely came to

2976
02:02:09,109 --> 02:02:07,440
the agreement that it's a beautiful

2977
02:02:11,910 --> 02:02:09,119
adult well it's certainly orbital

2978
02:02:14,709 --> 02:02:11,920
mechanics where the space station is um

2979
02:02:17,350 --> 02:02:14,719
uh is is important and um i think also

2980
02:02:19,510 --> 02:02:17,360
probably weather might be in general the

2981
02:02:21,109 --> 02:02:19,520
winds might be calmer at night um by the

2982
02:02:21,910 --> 02:02:21,119
ocean but that's that's really just a

2983
02:02:23,030 --> 02:02:21,920
guess

2984
02:02:24,149 --> 02:02:23,040
it's not something that i've tracked

2985
02:02:26,229 --> 02:02:24,159
closely i don't know if you guys have

2986
02:02:28,149 --> 02:02:26,239
talked about it internally it is and the

2987
02:02:30,709 --> 02:02:28,159
conditions are better at night but it's

2988
02:02:32,070 --> 02:02:30,719
exactly as you say it does come down to

2989
02:02:33,430 --> 02:02:32,080
where the space station is going to be

2990
02:02:35,990 --> 02:02:33,440
and how they need to catch up with it

2991
02:02:37,830 --> 02:02:36,000
and so when we land at night the launch

2992
02:02:40,310 --> 02:02:37,840
ends up happening at night it's just the

2993
02:02:41,990 --> 02:02:40,320
way it is and that's why we're spending

2994
02:02:44,629 --> 02:02:42,000
our entire overnight

2995
02:02:46,070 --> 02:02:44,639
getting ready for this launch which it's

2996
02:02:48,709 --> 02:02:46,080
interesting that they they noticed that

2997
02:02:50,790 --> 02:02:48,719
because demo two and crew one

2998
02:02:53,030 --> 02:02:50,800
um crew wanted a little fuzzy on but i

2999
02:02:54,550 --> 02:02:53,040
think those were daytime but crew 2 crew

3000
02:02:56,790 --> 02:02:54,560
3 crew 4

3001
02:02:59,510 --> 02:02:56,800
all overnight all overnight that's right

3002
02:03:01,430 --> 02:02:59,520
but you notice that the axiom 1 mission

3003
02:03:04,149 --> 02:03:01,440
which uh you know was just about two

3004
02:03:05,350 --> 02:03:04,159
weeks ago that was during the day

3005
02:03:07,189 --> 02:03:05,360
so

3006
02:03:08,870 --> 02:03:07,199
yeah it really is really what i what i

3007
02:03:09,830 --> 02:03:08,880
remember from shuttle days is that as

3008
02:03:12,149 --> 02:03:09,840
the launch

3009
02:03:14,149 --> 02:03:12,159
gets later the time gets earlier by

3010
02:03:15,510 --> 02:03:14,159
about 23 minutes or something like that

3011
02:03:17,270 --> 02:03:15,520
day by day so you used to be able to do

3012
02:03:18,629 --> 02:03:17,280
that launch math pretty quickly if you

3013
02:03:20,390 --> 02:03:18,639
knew the mission had slipped a week it

3014
02:03:21,750 --> 02:03:20,400
was going to be so much earlier so it

3015
02:03:23,350 --> 02:03:21,760
really does have to do with where is the

3016
02:03:24,950 --> 02:03:23,360
space station relative to the launch

3017
02:03:26,149 --> 02:03:24,960
site and you got to launch right when

3018
02:03:27,589 --> 02:03:26,159
they're directly overhead and that's

3019
02:03:29,510 --> 02:03:27,599
exactly how we do it and it's an

3020
02:03:32,149 --> 02:03:29,520
instantaneous window right when it is

3021
02:03:34,550 --> 02:03:32,159
overhead and um are we going to take

3022
02:03:38,229 --> 02:03:34,560
another question

3023
02:03:41,910 --> 02:03:40,229
we have reached an important milestone

3024
02:03:44,709 --> 02:03:41,920
as you can see on your screen though as

3025
02:03:46,229 --> 02:03:44,719
we are watching outside the spacecraft

3026
02:03:47,430 --> 02:03:46,239
the crew dragon

3027
02:03:49,990 --> 02:03:47,440
freedom

3028
02:03:51,270 --> 02:03:50,000
the uh closeout crew there in the white

3029
02:03:54,069 --> 02:03:51,280
room

3030
02:03:56,390 --> 02:03:54,079
appears to have the hatch shut

3031
02:03:58,069 --> 02:03:56,400
and now they're checking for leaks and

3032
02:03:59,669 --> 02:03:58,079
while they do that

3033
02:04:06,950 --> 02:03:59,679
let's take this uh

3034
02:04:11,910 --> 02:04:09,189
what kind of food will the astronauts

3035
02:04:13,750 --> 02:04:11,920
have on the international space station

3036
02:04:15,669 --> 02:04:13,760
so food is so important as you can

3037
02:04:17,189 --> 02:04:15,679
imagine and freedom spacex with the site

3038
02:04:18,629 --> 02:04:17,199
hatch now closed we're going to be

3039
02:04:21,030 --> 02:04:18,639
commencing health checks for the launch

3040
02:04:22,629 --> 02:04:21,040
escape system expect moments momentary

3041
02:04:24,229 --> 02:04:22,639
flight computer state change

3042
02:04:26,790 --> 02:04:24,239
followed by transition back to pad hedge

3043
02:04:31,990 --> 02:04:29,750
and there's your confirmation

3044
02:04:33,830 --> 02:04:32,000
so yes food is so important um for any

3045
02:04:35,510 --> 02:04:33,840
long duration mission of course but on

3046
02:04:37,109 --> 02:04:35,520
the international space station there

3047
02:04:38,870 --> 02:04:37,119
are some challenges to providing a

3048
02:04:40,229 --> 02:04:38,880
varied menu you've got a lot of

3049
02:04:42,149 --> 02:04:40,239
different people with a lot of different

3050
02:04:44,470 --> 02:04:42,159
tastes and then you have limited ability

3051
02:04:46,629 --> 02:04:44,480
to keep fresh food fresh so our food has

3052
02:04:47,990 --> 02:04:46,639
to mainly be what we call shelf stable

3053
02:04:49,830 --> 02:04:48,000
so it's kind of like canned food

3054
02:04:52,149 --> 02:04:49,840
although our food comes in packets and

3055
02:04:54,709 --> 02:04:52,159
it's also dehydrated food that we have

3056
02:04:56,390 --> 02:04:54,719
to add water to so the food lab at jsc

3057
02:04:58,229 --> 02:04:56,400
works really really hard to provide us

3058
02:04:59,510 --> 02:04:58,239
that varied menu with lots of different

3059
02:05:01,430 --> 02:04:59,520
flavors

3060
02:05:03,109 --> 02:05:01,440
to try to help you know people with lots

3061
02:05:06,069 --> 02:05:03,119
of different palates and so my personal

3062
02:05:07,189 --> 02:05:06,079
favorites i like the mango fruit salad

3063
02:05:09,350 --> 02:05:07,199
and

3064
02:05:10,950 --> 02:05:09,360
chicken pineapple salad for a nice

3065
02:05:12,390 --> 02:05:10,960
little bistro lunch with some tomato

3066
02:05:14,310 --> 02:05:12,400
basil soup on the side those were some

3067
02:05:15,669 --> 02:05:14,320
of my favorites but a nice broad menu

3068
02:05:18,069 --> 02:05:15,679
for lots of different

3069
02:05:20,870 --> 02:05:18,079
taste buds you are making me hungry

3070
02:05:22,709 --> 02:05:20,880
but is now is that the rehydrated meal

3071
02:05:25,189 --> 02:05:22,719
uh so some of it's rehydrated and some

3072
02:05:27,750 --> 02:05:25,199
of it's um packaged irradiated basically

3073
02:05:29,430 --> 02:05:27,760
to become self-stable all right

3074
02:05:31,189 --> 02:05:29,440
well thank you very much megan for

3075
02:05:33,270 --> 02:05:31,199
taking those questions and thank you to

3076
02:05:35,030 --> 02:05:33,280
the audience for sending them in we'll

3077
02:05:37,109 --> 02:05:35,040
keep taking them as long as we're

3078
02:05:39,589 --> 02:05:37,119
counting down here and we've got about

3079
02:05:41,350 --> 02:05:39,599
an hour and 48 minutes uh left in the

3080
02:05:43,589 --> 02:05:41,360
launch and then only an hour until the

3081
02:05:45,270 --> 02:05:43,599
pad team wraps up its final checks and

3082
02:05:47,109 --> 02:05:45,280
clears the white room that's when the

3083
02:05:49,430 --> 02:05:47,119
action will really pick up with the crew

3084
02:05:51,910 --> 02:05:49,440
access arm retracting then we'll have

3085
02:05:53,109 --> 02:05:51,920
the arming of the launch escape system

3086
02:05:56,310 --> 02:05:53,119
and then of course

3087
02:05:58,229 --> 02:05:56,320
propellant loading so we'll keep you uh

3088
02:06:00,229 --> 02:05:58,239
live into the action as you can see on

3089
02:06:01,830 --> 02:06:00,239
the screen there with the crew as

3090
02:06:03,430 --> 02:06:01,840
they're sitting tight for the next hour

3091
02:06:05,830 --> 02:06:03,440
or so and then of course we'll provide

3092
02:06:08,149 --> 02:06:05,840
you with some more context about this

3093
02:06:10,310 --> 02:06:08,159
mission but in the meantime let's head

3094
02:06:11,990 --> 02:06:10,320
over now to houston for a closer look at

3095
02:06:18,870 --> 02:06:12,000
what the crew will be doing when they

3096
02:06:22,390 --> 02:06:21,109
hey thanks daryl when crew 4 arrives at

3097
02:06:24,790 --> 02:06:22,400
the space station tonight they'll

3098
02:06:26,790 --> 02:06:24,800
officially become expedition 67 flight

3099
02:06:28,870 --> 02:06:26,800
engineers once on board they'll do

3100
02:06:30,550 --> 02:06:28,880
something known as a direct handover

3101
02:06:32,470 --> 02:06:30,560
just like what astronaut megan mcarthur

3102
02:06:34,470 --> 02:06:32,480
was talking about basically saying that

3103
02:06:36,870 --> 02:06:34,480
crew 3 and crew 4 will be aboard the

3104
02:06:39,270 --> 02:06:36,880
space station altogether until crew 3

3105
02:06:41,589 --> 02:06:39,280
comes home sometime next week crew 3

3106
02:06:44,069 --> 02:06:41,599
will be able to to give crew 4 an

3107
02:06:45,830 --> 02:06:44,079
orientation show them the ropes which

3108
02:06:47,830 --> 02:06:45,840
might be particularly helpful for first

3109
02:06:49,669 --> 02:06:47,840
time space fliers jessica watkins and

3110
02:06:51,589 --> 02:06:49,679
bob hines

3111
02:06:53,270 --> 02:06:51,599
a direct handover also helps ensure a

3112
02:06:55,030 --> 02:06:53,280
continuous u.s presence on the space

3113
02:06:57,430 --> 02:06:55,040
station a record that we've held for

3114
02:06:59,030 --> 02:06:57,440
almost 22 years

3115
02:07:00,950 --> 02:06:59,040
but the space station is an orbiting

3116
02:07:03,350 --> 02:07:00,960
laboratory and they'll jump right in on

3117
02:07:04,950 --> 02:07:03,360
research investigations so i'll toss it

3118
02:07:06,229 --> 02:07:04,960
over to megan cruz who can tell us a

3119
02:07:08,310 --> 02:07:06,239
little bit more about those exciting

3120
02:07:09,830 --> 02:07:08,320
experiments the crew four will work on

3121
02:07:11,830 --> 02:07:09,840
chelsea thank you so much yeah i want to

3122
02:07:14,310 --> 02:07:11,840
introduce everyone to david parker here

3123
02:07:16,629 --> 02:07:14,320
he's the european space agency's

3124
02:07:18,470 --> 02:07:16,639
director of exploration how are you i'm

3125
02:07:19,669 --> 02:07:18,480
great good morning to you you are very

3126
02:07:21,030 --> 02:07:19,679
excited well i do know why you're

3127
02:07:22,470 --> 02:07:21,040
excited this is your first launch from

3128
02:07:23,990 --> 02:07:22,480
here at canada it is it's incredible

3129
02:07:25,589 --> 02:07:24,000
i've been working in the industry for 30

3130
02:07:27,109 --> 02:07:25,599
years and here i am the first launch at

3131
02:07:29,030 --> 02:07:27,119
kennedy that's so exciting and you're

3132
02:07:30,950 --> 02:07:29,040
going to watch uh samantha christopher

3133
02:07:32,310 --> 02:07:30,960
reddy's second trip to the international

3134
02:07:33,910 --> 02:07:32,320
space station once she launches from

3135
02:07:35,669 --> 02:07:33,920
here once she gets there she'll be

3136
02:07:37,669 --> 02:07:35,679
working on a lot of science experiments

3137
02:07:40,470 --> 02:07:37,679
right yeah that's true uh we should be

3138
02:07:42,550 --> 02:07:40,480
working in our european lab aboard the

3139
02:07:44,149 --> 02:07:42,560
space station that's called columbus and

3140
02:07:45,430 --> 02:07:44,159
she'll be continuing many experiments

3141
02:07:47,430 --> 02:07:45,440
that have been started but some really

3142
02:07:50,950 --> 02:07:47,440
interesting ones for her mission for

3143
02:07:53,030 --> 02:07:50,960
example she's working on dna research

3144
02:07:54,709 --> 02:07:53,040
and related to aging

3145
02:07:56,790 --> 02:07:54,719
and that's related to one of our own

3146
02:07:58,390 --> 02:07:56,800
interests which is osteoporosis the

3147
02:08:00,470 --> 02:07:58,400
effects of aging back here on earth so

3148
02:08:02,390 --> 02:08:00,480
it's linking what we're doing aboard the

3149
02:08:04,310 --> 02:08:02,400
space station to the research that's

3150
02:08:05,669 --> 02:08:04,320
really relevant to us back here on earth

3151
02:08:06,870 --> 02:08:05,679
yeah and that's important because we do

3152
02:08:08,470 --> 02:08:06,880
know that there is bone loss that

3153
02:08:09,830 --> 02:08:08,480
happens while we have astronauts in

3154
02:08:11,910 --> 02:08:09,840
space now you know something that's

3155
02:08:14,390 --> 02:08:11,920
really interesting is that nasa and issa

3156
02:08:16,149 --> 02:08:14,400
aren't just partners when it comes to

3157
02:08:18,310 --> 02:08:16,159
our commercial crew program you guys are

3158
02:08:20,229 --> 02:08:18,320
playing a critical role in our return to

3159
02:08:22,470 --> 02:08:20,239
the moon nasa's artemis program yeah

3160
02:08:24,390 --> 02:08:22,480
that's super exciting to us i had the

3161
02:08:27,510 --> 02:08:24,400
lovely opportunity yesterday to go into

3162
02:08:29,350 --> 02:08:27,520
the vab behind us here and see the sls

3163
02:08:31,750 --> 02:08:29,360
rocket and we're super excited to be

3164
02:08:33,270 --> 02:08:31,760
part of the artemis program

3165
02:08:35,750 --> 02:08:33,280
because right at the top of the rocket

3166
02:08:37,830 --> 02:08:35,760
is our first of our european service

3167
02:08:40,229 --> 02:08:37,840
modules the power and propulsion for the

3168
02:08:41,830 --> 02:08:40,239
astronauts to take them back to the moon

3169
02:08:43,589 --> 02:08:41,840
and so the first one was it was on top

3170
02:08:45,669 --> 02:08:43,599
of that rocket the second one is already

3171
02:08:47,510 --> 02:08:45,679
delivered to the states and we're

3172
02:08:49,589 --> 02:08:47,520
building more maybe up to number seven

3173
02:08:50,709 --> 02:08:49,599
eight and nine yeah and of course the

3174
02:08:52,790 --> 02:08:50,719
question is where the astronauts going

3175
02:08:55,750 --> 02:08:52,800
to fly to well the first place will be

3176
02:08:57,750 --> 02:08:55,760
the lunar gateway our permanent outpost

3177
02:09:00,229 --> 02:08:57,760
around the moon a thousand times further

3178
02:09:03,109 --> 02:09:00,239
out in deep space than the space station

3179
02:09:04,950 --> 02:09:03,119
so esa is building two out of the three

3180
02:09:07,030 --> 02:09:04,960
habitation modules and what's really

3181
02:09:08,790 --> 02:09:07,040
cool is one of them will be have the

3182
02:09:11,270 --> 02:09:08,800
windows that allow the astronauts to

3183
02:09:12,870 --> 02:09:11,280
look down onto the moon exactly the way

3184
02:09:14,310 --> 02:09:12,880
the astronauts on the space station look

3185
02:09:16,069 --> 02:09:14,320
down from the coupler yeah yeah that's

3186
02:09:17,589 --> 02:09:16,079
why international partnerships are so

3187
02:09:19,669 --> 02:09:17,599
important so we're so grateful to have

3188
02:09:22,069 --> 02:09:19,679
you as part of that artemis program and

3189
02:09:24,629 --> 02:09:22,079
then i wanted to know what does isa hope

3190
02:09:26,390 --> 02:09:24,639
to accomplish by returning to the moon

3191
02:09:28,229 --> 02:09:26,400
well there's a lot to do i always say

3192
02:09:30,149 --> 02:09:28,239
that the moon is the eighth continent of

3193
02:09:31,990 --> 02:09:30,159
planet earth and it's undiscovered

3194
02:09:34,470 --> 02:09:32,000
country really in the days of apollo

3195
02:09:37,030 --> 02:09:34,480
which i'm so old i remember we kind of i

3196
02:09:38,870 --> 02:09:37,040
say the moon is a museum of four billion

3197
02:09:40,709 --> 02:09:38,880
years of solar system history and we

3198
02:09:42,870 --> 02:09:40,719
just kind of went to the museum gift

3199
02:09:44,629 --> 02:09:42,880
shop grabbed the souvenirs and came home

3200
02:09:47,189 --> 02:09:44,639
again now we're going to go there really

3201
02:09:50,149 --> 02:09:47,199
explore it do the job properly this time

3202
02:09:51,589 --> 02:09:50,159
and un unravel its secrets what it could

3203
02:09:53,910 --> 02:09:51,599
tell us about the whole history of our

3204
02:09:55,750 --> 02:09:53,920
solar system and with so much that we

3205
02:09:57,910 --> 02:09:55,760
have ahead of us you guys are really

3206
02:10:00,069 --> 02:09:57,920
focused on stem as much as we are here

3207
02:10:02,149 --> 02:10:00,079
in the us oh absolutely and samantha

3208
02:10:03,990 --> 02:10:02,159
will do a lot of outreach projects and

3209
02:10:05,430 --> 02:10:04,000
education projects for example there's

3210
02:10:08,069 --> 02:10:05,440
some really cool examples we have a

3211
02:10:10,470 --> 02:10:08,079
couple of tiny computers aboard our

3212
02:10:12,870 --> 02:10:10,480
columbus laboratory and school students

3213
02:10:14,470 --> 02:10:12,880
will be challenged to produce software

3214
02:10:17,669 --> 02:10:14,480
that they can upload so they're doing

3215
02:10:19,189 --> 02:10:17,679
their own software and research in orbit

3216
02:10:20,709 --> 02:10:19,199
i really can't get over the fact that

3217
02:10:22,950 --> 02:10:20,719
this is your first launch from here at

3218
02:10:24,550 --> 02:10:22,960
kennedy i need to be right next to you

3219
02:10:27,430 --> 02:10:24,560
when you watch this launch because i

3220
02:10:29,109 --> 02:10:27,440
think you're going to go nuts

3221
02:10:30,390 --> 02:10:29,119
as much as an english person ever goes

3222
02:10:31,830 --> 02:10:30,400
nuts

3223
02:10:33,430 --> 02:10:31,840
well perfect david thank you so much for

3224
02:10:34,950 --> 02:10:33,440
being here and yes i do hope you enjoyed

3225
02:10:36,790 --> 02:10:34,960
today's thank you so much

3226
02:10:38,470 --> 02:10:36,800
guys back to you

3227
02:10:40,550 --> 02:10:38,480
all right thank you megan and looking

3228
02:10:43,030 --> 02:10:40,560
forward to his reaction he's going to

3229
02:10:45,109 --> 02:10:43,040
stay composed so he says that's what he

3230
02:10:47,189 --> 02:10:45,119
says so we just heard about uh the

3231
02:10:49,030 --> 02:10:47,199
science from the european perspective

3232
02:10:50,390 --> 02:10:49,040
and now here's a closer look at some of

3233
02:10:52,870 --> 02:10:50,400
the life-changing science that

3234
02:10:57,510 --> 02:10:52,880
astronauts are performing aboard the

3235
02:11:01,830 --> 02:10:59,430
the international space station is a

3236
02:11:03,589 --> 02:11:01,840
state-of-the-art microgravity laboratory

3237
02:11:05,830 --> 02:11:03,599
that is unlocking discoveries not

3238
02:11:07,990 --> 02:11:05,840
possible on earth and helping us push

3239
02:11:10,229 --> 02:11:08,000
farther into deep space

3240
02:11:12,629 --> 02:11:10,239
every single day we are answering big

3241
02:11:14,229 --> 02:11:12,639
questions about earth and about space

3242
02:11:15,990 --> 02:11:14,239
about where we came from and about where

3243
02:11:17,430 --> 02:11:16,000
we're going but the other thing that

3244
02:11:22,629 --> 02:11:17,440
we're doing is we're learning more

3245
02:11:26,870 --> 02:11:24,709
microgravity turns almost everything we

3246
02:11:29,510 --> 02:11:26,880
know upside down

3247
02:11:32,390 --> 02:11:29,520
liquids behave completely differently

3248
02:11:35,270 --> 02:11:32,400
fire burns in new ways

3249
02:11:36,629 --> 02:11:35,280
biological systems reveal surprises

3250
02:11:38,550 --> 02:11:36,639
there's a few things that may have made

3251
02:11:40,229 --> 02:11:38,560
me gasp out loud up on board space

3252
02:11:42,709 --> 02:11:40,239
station watching heart cells actually

3253
02:11:44,629 --> 02:11:42,719
beat has been a pretty big one

3254
02:11:46,229 --> 02:11:44,639
we're studying ways to grow food in

3255
02:11:49,109 --> 02:11:46,239
microgravity

3256
02:11:51,350 --> 02:11:49,119
i gotta tell you these

3257
02:11:54,470 --> 02:11:51,360
these are pretty amazing we're learning

3258
02:11:56,229 --> 02:11:54,480
how human bodies react to life in space

3259
02:11:58,550 --> 02:11:56,239
and how to keep crew members safe and

3260
02:11:59,589 --> 02:11:58,560
strong on long duration exploration

3261
02:12:01,430 --> 02:11:59,599
missions

3262
02:12:04,390 --> 02:12:01,440
deadlifts are awesome on earth they're

3263
02:12:06,310 --> 02:12:04,400
also awesome in zero gravity

3264
02:12:08,390 --> 02:12:06,320
we're testing technologies that will be

3265
02:12:11,589 --> 02:12:08,400
critical to our return to the moon and

3266
02:12:16,149 --> 02:12:13,750
our research has contributed to medical

3267
02:12:18,390 --> 02:12:16,159
and social benefits on our home planet

3268
02:12:20,709 --> 02:12:18,400
allowing us to find new ways to combat

3269
02:12:22,870 --> 02:12:20,719
disease back on earth and develop

3270
02:12:26,870 --> 02:12:22,880
technologies to deliver clean water to

3271
02:12:31,669 --> 02:12:28,950
the spectacular vantage point of more

3272
02:12:33,669 --> 02:12:31,679
than 200 miles above our planet supports

3273
02:12:36,390 --> 02:12:33,679
our monitoring of earth's climate

3274
02:12:38,550 --> 02:12:36,400
natural disasters and plant life our

3275
02:12:40,069 --> 02:12:38,560
planet earth is absolutely stunning to

3276
02:12:41,990 --> 02:12:40,079
me it doesn't matter where we are in the

3277
02:12:43,589 --> 02:12:42,000
world i just see beauty in different

3278
02:12:46,229 --> 02:12:43,599
ways

3279
02:12:48,390 --> 02:12:46,239
the growing new space economy so vital

3280
02:12:52,390 --> 02:12:48,400
to our continued progress in space

3281
02:12:57,189 --> 02:12:55,189
we're inspiring future generations from

3282
02:13:01,350 --> 02:12:57,199
a platform that is one of the largest

3283
02:13:03,830 --> 02:13:01,360
international collaborations of our time

3284
02:13:05,910 --> 02:13:03,840
we're doing science at 17

3285
02:13:12,750 --> 02:13:05,920
500 miles per hour

3286
02:13:12,760 --> 02:13:17,910
[Music]

3287
02:13:23,109 --> 02:13:20,390
some of the great science taking place

3288
02:13:24,870 --> 02:13:23,119
on board the international space station

3289
02:13:25,830 --> 02:13:24,880
got an operational update for you right

3290
02:13:28,870 --> 02:13:25,840
now

3291
02:13:31,189 --> 02:13:28,880
the crew inside uh dragon there crew 4

3292
02:13:33,270 --> 02:13:31,199
received their post ingress brief

3293
02:13:35,109 --> 02:13:33,280
the teams are tracking no issues at this

3294
02:13:36,790 --> 02:13:35,119
moment they also just completed

3295
02:13:39,030 --> 02:13:36,800
communications checks with the key

3296
02:13:41,109 --> 02:13:39,040
members of the falcon 9 launch team

3297
02:13:43,669 --> 02:13:41,119
and now we are standing by for side

3298
02:13:45,910 --> 02:13:43,679
hatch leak check completion as you can

3299
02:13:50,709 --> 02:13:45,920
see there on your screen

3300
02:13:54,709 --> 02:13:52,950
now nasa astronauts on board the space

3301
02:13:56,870 --> 02:13:54,719
station have been busy preparing for the

3302
02:13:59,589 --> 02:13:56,880
arrival of crew four

3303
02:14:01,350 --> 02:13:59,599
i recently spoke to astronaut raj achary

3304
02:14:03,430 --> 02:14:01,360
who is in space right now

3305
02:14:05,669 --> 02:14:03,440
about how they're getting ready and the

3306
02:14:08,390 --> 02:14:05,679
special connection he has with two crew

3307
02:14:10,950 --> 02:14:08,400
4 astronauts

3308
02:14:12,790 --> 02:14:10,960
raja i covered your launch from cape

3309
02:14:14,470 --> 02:14:12,800
canaveral and i i remember what you look

3310
02:14:17,189 --> 02:14:14,480
like then and i see you now and i'm just

3311
02:14:20,310 --> 02:14:17,199
curious did you get a haircut and if so

3312
02:14:22,550 --> 02:14:20,320
how did you cut your hair in space

3313
02:14:23,910 --> 02:14:22,560
yeah so we've done a few haircuts

3314
02:14:25,910 --> 02:14:23,920
we use a

3315
02:14:28,069 --> 02:14:25,920
clippers with a vacuum hose attached to

3316
02:14:30,470 --> 02:14:28,079
it and so i can do about the front half

3317
02:14:32,790 --> 02:14:30,480
of my head uh basically just in the

3318
02:14:34,870 --> 02:14:32,800
mirror and then usually use a crewmate

3319
02:14:36,470 --> 02:14:34,880
to do the back side of my head hey i

3320
02:14:39,430 --> 02:14:36,480
can't help but notice you've got an

3321
02:14:42,390 --> 02:14:39,440
inflatable globe there attached to your

3322
02:14:43,830 --> 02:14:42,400
leg and i'm wondering what that's for

3323
02:14:46,709 --> 02:14:43,840
that is uh in case you have any

3324
02:14:48,629 --> 02:14:46,719
questions uh about the earthis it's uh

3325
02:14:50,790 --> 02:14:48,639
oftentimes people are curious about

3326
02:14:53,189 --> 02:14:50,800
whether we can watch the launch and uh

3327
02:14:54,470 --> 02:14:53,199
or see the orbital insertion

3328
02:14:57,430 --> 02:14:54,480
so obviously they'll be launching out of

3329
02:14:59,430 --> 02:14:57,440
the cape um based on where we're at

3330
02:15:01,030 --> 02:14:59,440
hopefully we'll have a decent view and

3331
02:15:04,149 --> 02:15:01,040
as long as we're on at least the half of

3332
02:15:06,470 --> 02:15:04,159
the earth that uh can view the cape we

3333
02:15:08,709 --> 02:15:06,480
might get a chance to see the the rocket

3334
02:15:10,629 --> 02:15:08,719
uh plume and maybe the insertion into

3335
02:15:12,870 --> 02:15:10,639
orbit but it's always kind of dependent

3336
02:15:14,709 --> 02:15:12,880
on atmospheric conditions and where

3337
02:15:16,790 --> 02:15:14,719
exactly we are in the orbit in relation

3338
02:15:18,550 --> 02:15:16,800
to their launch we're getting ready to

3339
02:15:19,589 --> 02:15:18,560
send crew 4

3340
02:15:21,510 --> 02:15:19,599
to you

3341
02:15:22,870 --> 02:15:21,520
how are you getting ready for their

3342
02:15:24,149 --> 02:15:22,880
arrival

3343
02:15:26,149 --> 02:15:24,159
well it's uh funny you asked because

3344
02:15:28,470 --> 02:15:26,159
actually just yesterday we caught the

3345
02:15:30,229 --> 02:15:28,480
visiting vehicle cygnus uh the ss pure

3346
02:15:32,950 --> 02:15:30,239
sellers embroidered on board the space

3347
02:15:34,709 --> 02:15:32,960
station and on board that uh that space

3348
02:15:37,430 --> 02:15:34,719
vehicle is a whole bunch of supplies for

3349
02:15:39,030 --> 02:15:37,440
crew 4. so yesterday evening and today

3350
02:15:40,390 --> 02:15:39,040
we've actually been unpacking it and

3351
02:15:44,069 --> 02:15:40,400
part of the supplies that it's brought

3352
02:15:45,750 --> 02:15:44,079
up are food clothes and other items for

3353
02:15:47,750 --> 02:15:45,760
crew 4. so we've been starting to

3354
02:15:49,910 --> 02:15:47,760
distribute those around the station

3355
02:15:51,589 --> 02:15:49,920
pre-position them for them and then when

3356
02:15:52,629 --> 02:15:51,599
it gets closer in time to them or

3357
02:15:54,310 --> 02:15:52,639
showing up we'll actually start to

3358
02:15:56,390 --> 02:15:54,320
unpack those bags

3359
02:15:58,149 --> 02:15:56,400
and set up their crew quarters for them

3360
02:16:00,709 --> 02:15:58,159
tell me a little bit about your

3361
02:16:02,790 --> 02:16:00,719
experience what you remember most about

3362
02:16:04,470 --> 02:16:02,800
your launch day

3363
02:16:05,830 --> 02:16:04,480
when you guys uh launched from cape

3364
02:16:08,229 --> 02:16:05,840
canaveral and went up to the space

3365
02:16:09,750 --> 02:16:08,239
station what a little bit uh about six

3366
02:16:11,350 --> 02:16:09,760
months ago

3367
02:16:13,030 --> 02:16:11,360
yeah i think for me the one of the

3368
02:16:15,109 --> 02:16:13,040
things that struck me uh during the

3369
02:16:17,109 --> 02:16:15,119
first stage uh was just sort of the

3370
02:16:20,229 --> 02:16:17,119
really visceral feedback you get in the

3371
02:16:22,390 --> 02:16:20,239
the rocket and how much uh how quick

3372
02:16:24,790 --> 02:16:22,400
your senses are the next thing is that

3373
02:16:27,270 --> 02:16:24,800
you really feel is the jolt between the

3374
02:16:28,790 --> 02:16:27,280
first and second stage so as the first

3375
02:16:31,910 --> 02:16:28,800
stage uh

3376
02:16:33,589 --> 02:16:31,920
goes out you feel uh yourself kind of

3377
02:16:35,429 --> 02:16:33,599
get weightless for a second a few

3378
02:16:36,790 --> 02:16:35,439
seconds of weightlessness

3379
02:16:38,629 --> 02:16:36,800
and then when the second stage lights

3380
02:16:39,990 --> 02:16:38,639
you get thrown backwards in your seat

3381
02:16:42,230 --> 02:16:40,000
again and then you feel that

3382
02:16:45,270 --> 02:16:42,240
acceleration and then the first spot of

3383
02:16:46,950 --> 02:16:45,280
the space station we happen to see it as

3384
02:16:49,030 --> 02:16:46,960
the sun resizing about 40 kilometers

3385
02:16:50,309 --> 02:16:49,040
away and the way the sun was hit it made

3386
02:16:52,309 --> 02:16:50,319
it look like it was made out of gold it

3387
02:16:54,230 --> 02:16:52,319
was pretty cool and so we just sat there

3388
02:16:56,070 --> 02:16:54,240
mesmerizing the window watching our new

3389
02:16:59,429 --> 02:16:56,080
home get closer to us

3390
02:17:01,429 --> 02:16:59,439
wow that sounds incredible and just a

3391
02:17:03,509 --> 02:17:01,439
beautiful sight to behold it must have

3392
02:17:04,549 --> 02:17:03,519
been thanks for sharing that with us

3393
02:17:06,709 --> 02:17:04,559
so

3394
02:17:09,110 --> 02:17:06,719
what experiments that you've been

3395
02:17:11,110 --> 02:17:09,120
working on for the past few months have

3396
02:17:13,589 --> 02:17:11,120
really stood out and and you've enjoyed

3397
02:17:14,950 --> 02:17:13,599
working on um i'd say one of the ones i

3398
02:17:16,870 --> 02:17:14,960
personally enjoy working on is some of

3399
02:17:19,429 --> 02:17:16,880
the combustion experiments and i think

3400
02:17:21,270 --> 02:17:19,439
because uh just the idea of fire and

3401
02:17:23,110 --> 02:17:21,280
space is are generally things you don't

3402
02:17:25,750 --> 02:17:23,120
want to mix and so you have to spend a

3403
02:17:27,830 --> 02:17:25,760
lot of time and energy uh when you

3404
02:17:29,190 --> 02:17:27,840
design these experiments to contain the

3405
02:17:31,190 --> 02:17:29,200
combustion because you don't want

3406
02:17:34,309 --> 02:17:31,200
obviously that to get out into the

3407
02:17:37,110 --> 02:17:34,319
atmosphere here um but the the rewards

3408
02:17:38,629 --> 02:17:37,120
of that research have led to things uh

3409
02:17:40,309 --> 02:17:38,639
discovering cool flames and some

3410
02:17:43,190 --> 02:17:40,319
potential to have much lower carbon

3411
02:17:45,110 --> 02:17:43,200
emission processes on the ground uh for

3412
02:17:47,990 --> 02:17:45,120
combustion you know whether it's for

3413
02:17:50,709 --> 02:17:48,000
cars or factories and so the promise of

3414
02:17:53,030 --> 02:17:50,719
it is pretty amazing raja chari

3415
02:17:54,309 --> 02:17:53,040
expedition 66 nasa astronaut thank you

3416
02:17:55,429 --> 02:17:54,319
so much for joining us we really

3417
02:17:57,509 --> 02:17:55,439
appreciate it

3418
02:17:59,110 --> 02:17:57,519
yeah thank you guys and uh have fun

3419
02:18:01,030 --> 02:17:59,120
watching the crew 4 launch we'll be

3420
02:18:05,750 --> 02:18:01,040
watching from here and can't wait to to

3421
02:18:09,589 --> 02:18:07,349
well thanks to raj achary and the team

3422
02:18:11,910 --> 02:18:09,599
at jsc for making him available t-minus

3423
02:18:14,790 --> 02:18:11,920
one hour and 35 minutes and counting as

3424
02:18:17,669 --> 02:18:14,800
you look out at the falcon 9 rocket with

3425
02:18:20,549 --> 02:18:17,679
the crew dragon freedom at the very top

3426
02:18:22,309 --> 02:18:20,559
ready to launch in a little over an hour

3427
02:18:24,389 --> 02:18:22,319
update on raj atari by the way he has

3428
02:18:25,910 --> 02:18:24,399
grown in a very thick mustache so when

3429
02:18:27,429 --> 02:18:25,920
you see him again

3430
02:18:29,349 --> 02:18:27,439
he has taken the time and apparently

3431
02:18:31,190 --> 02:18:29,359
it's an air force thing i think mustache

3432
02:18:33,349 --> 02:18:31,200
marches what he called it yeah pretty

3433
02:18:34,150 --> 02:18:33,359
sure march is over though yeah that's

3434
02:18:36,230 --> 02:18:34,160
true

3435
02:18:40,070 --> 02:18:36,240
he's gone with that yeah i apparently he

3436
02:18:41,270 --> 02:18:40,080
missed a couple weeks he's on ketchup

3437
02:18:43,589 --> 02:18:41,280
but the other thing is he talked a

3438
02:18:45,910 --> 02:18:43,599
little bit about watching a launch from

3439
02:18:49,190 --> 02:18:45,920
the space station which i just think is

3440
02:18:51,110 --> 02:18:49,200
sounds really cool um i wonder you know

3441
02:18:53,669 --> 02:18:51,120
now we just got an update about the

3442
02:18:56,230 --> 02:18:53,679
space launch system our mega moon rocket

3443
02:18:59,110 --> 02:18:56,240
which now is looking in the august area

3444
02:19:01,589 --> 02:18:59,120
for launch okay which crew 4 would be on

3445
02:19:03,110 --> 02:19:01,599
board for that launch but i understand

3446
02:19:05,030 --> 02:19:03,120
you got to be kind of lucky to see a

3447
02:19:06,950 --> 02:19:05,040
launch from the space station you do

3448
02:19:09,190 --> 02:19:06,960
have to be kind of lucky we have seen

3449
02:19:10,870 --> 02:19:09,200
them and um you just have to be it's

3450
02:19:13,349 --> 02:19:10,880
again you know kind of right place right

3451
02:19:15,270 --> 02:19:13,359
time right the trajectories have to be

3452
02:19:17,509 --> 02:19:15,280
relative to one another correct the

3453
02:19:19,349 --> 02:19:17,519
lighting of course has to be correct and

3454
02:19:20,549 --> 02:19:19,359
then you kind of just have to be looking

3455
02:19:22,469 --> 02:19:20,559
in the right direction right there's a

3456
02:19:25,830 --> 02:19:22,479
little bit of element of luck involved

3457
02:19:27,669 --> 02:19:25,840
in it as well um and then also you can

3458
02:19:29,509 --> 02:19:27,679
see some de-orbit burns or vehicles

3459
02:19:31,910 --> 02:19:29,519
going home again and uh my crewmate

3460
02:19:34,629 --> 02:19:31,920
thomas pesquet did capture crew one's

3461
02:19:36,309 --> 02:19:34,639
deorbit burn really beautifully well um

3462
02:19:38,389 --> 02:19:36,319
in some photographs and one of the very

3463
02:19:39,990 --> 02:19:38,399
first nights that we were up there so

3464
02:19:41,910 --> 02:19:40,000
kudos to him because i had not figured

3465
02:19:43,509 --> 02:19:41,920
out how to even find a camera much less

3466
02:19:44,629 --> 02:19:43,519
take night photography of a moving

3467
02:19:46,389 --> 02:19:44,639
object but

3468
02:19:47,990 --> 02:19:46,399
so you do have some unique viewing

3469
02:19:49,750 --> 02:19:48,000
opportunities they don't always work out

3470
02:19:51,590 --> 02:19:49,760
but the team on the ground will usually

3471
02:19:54,070 --> 02:19:51,600
tell us what they think those will be

3472
02:19:57,349 --> 02:19:54,080
hope it works out for crew 4 crew 3

3473
02:19:59,590 --> 02:19:57,359
meanwhile set to splash down next week

3474
02:20:01,510 --> 02:19:59,600
megan it seems like yesterday that you

3475
02:20:03,830 --> 02:20:01,520
and your fellow crew 2 astronauts

3476
02:20:06,150 --> 02:20:03,840
splashdown and i want to take a look

3477
02:20:08,790 --> 02:20:06,160
back and take you back down memory oh

3478
02:20:10,790 --> 02:20:08,800
yes remember that yes you had you were

3479
02:20:13,990 --> 02:20:10,800
the first astronaut out yes of the

3480
02:20:15,830 --> 02:20:14,000
spacex uh dragon after splashdown and

3481
02:20:17,750 --> 02:20:15,840
there was your look that it was a good

3482
02:20:18,950 --> 02:20:17,760
moment um it's a little bit painful

3483
02:20:20,790 --> 02:20:18,960
getting out you actually have this

3484
02:20:23,030 --> 02:20:20,800
wonderful team who kind of just reaches

3485
02:20:24,389 --> 02:20:23,040
in and hauls you out there's some straps

3486
02:20:25,990 --> 02:20:24,399
connected to your suit that they reach

3487
02:20:27,270 --> 02:20:26,000
in and grab and haul you out and they

3488
02:20:29,030 --> 02:20:27,280
immediately you know put you on a

3489
02:20:30,950 --> 02:20:29,040
stretcher so they don't want you

3490
02:20:32,309 --> 02:20:30,960
standing up or trying to walk around

3491
02:20:33,830 --> 02:20:32,319
everything kind of hurts at that point

3492
02:20:36,070 --> 02:20:33,840
your back hurts and everything else i

3493
02:20:38,309 --> 02:20:36,080
was really grateful that i felt well i

3494
02:20:39,510 --> 02:20:38,319
did not feel any motion sickness or

3495
02:20:41,030 --> 02:20:39,520
anything like that

3496
02:20:42,790 --> 02:20:41,040
i was just really happy to see i think

3497
02:20:44,550 --> 02:20:42,800
i'm seeing shannon walker down the uh

3498
02:20:46,550 --> 02:20:44,560
down the end of the hall there so i'm

3499
02:20:49,110 --> 02:20:46,560
getting a big smile for my friend

3500
02:20:52,550 --> 02:20:49,120
shannon walker one of our uh guest hosts

3501
02:20:54,230 --> 02:20:52,560
for the previous launch crew 3.

3502
02:20:55,910 --> 02:20:54,240
and raj acharya and the rest of the crew

3503
02:20:57,670 --> 02:20:55,920
3 team of course when they return from

3504
02:20:58,630 --> 02:20:57,680
the international space station next

3505
02:21:00,550 --> 02:20:58,640
week

3506
02:21:02,630 --> 02:21:00,560
it'll be a great moment uh just like the

3507
02:21:05,190 --> 02:21:02,640
one we just saw there with uh megan

3508
02:21:07,830 --> 02:21:05,200
macarthur nasa's megan cruz got to speak

3509
02:21:10,070 --> 02:21:07,840
with crew 3's mission manager as she

3510
02:21:11,910 --> 02:21:10,080
balances the two missions and reflects

3511
02:21:15,030 --> 02:21:11,920
on a busy couple of years here on the

3512
02:21:18,790 --> 02:21:16,950
this is jessica parsons with nasa's

3513
02:21:20,230 --> 02:21:18,800
commercial crew program jessica it's so

3514
02:21:22,389 --> 02:21:20,240
great to have you here oh thank you for

3515
02:21:24,870 --> 02:21:22,399
having me so this is where you will be

3516
02:21:26,630 --> 02:21:24,880
on launch day inside one of the launch

3517
02:21:29,670 --> 02:21:26,640
control centers here at cape canaveral

3518
02:21:32,070 --> 02:21:29,680
space for station but your crew 3

3519
02:21:33,349 --> 02:21:32,080
mission manager how are you involved in

3520
02:21:34,710 --> 02:21:33,359
crew 4

3521
02:21:36,230 --> 02:21:34,720
well that's correct i'm the crew 3

3522
02:21:41,110 --> 02:21:36,240
mission manager

3523
02:21:42,630 --> 02:21:41,120
that's assigned to each of the missions

3524
02:21:45,750 --> 02:21:42,640
for crew for our mission manager is

3525
02:21:48,230 --> 02:21:45,760
actually in the lcc room and firearm for

3526
02:21:50,630 --> 02:21:48,240
with the spacex and the spacecraft team

3527
02:21:53,190 --> 02:21:50,640
but we do have many teams that support

3528
02:21:54,950 --> 02:21:53,200
from different locations hangar ie here

3529
02:21:57,190 --> 02:21:54,960
is one location where we have our launch

3530
02:21:58,710 --> 02:21:57,200
vehicle teams and our grand systems team

3531
02:22:00,710 --> 02:21:58,720
that are following the launch

3532
02:22:03,030 --> 02:22:00,720
preparations for the launch vehicle and

3533
02:22:05,429 --> 02:22:03,040
the ground systems so we do have mission

3534
02:22:07,750 --> 02:22:05,439
managers assigned to different locations

3535
02:22:09,349 --> 02:22:07,760
and as a crew 3 mission manager this is

3536
02:22:12,150 --> 02:22:09,359
where i am since i'm not in the prime

3537
02:22:13,990 --> 02:22:12,160
mission manager role we also have

3538
02:22:16,550 --> 02:22:14,000
a group of engineers that support from

3539
02:22:18,710 --> 02:22:16,560
the mission control center at jsc and

3540
02:22:20,870 --> 02:22:18,720
some of the engineering teams there

3541
02:22:22,630 --> 02:22:20,880
with them monitoring all the activities

3542
02:22:24,950 --> 02:22:22,640
from launch all the way to docking

3543
02:22:27,670 --> 02:22:24,960
gotcha so what is your particular role

3544
02:22:30,550 --> 02:22:27,680
on launch day here so lunch day here i

3545
02:22:33,190 --> 02:22:30,560
am listening to the loops uh helping the

3546
02:22:35,590 --> 02:22:33,200
team if there is any anomalies or any

3547
02:22:37,990 --> 02:22:35,600
issues being aware of what those issues

3548
02:22:39,349 --> 02:22:38,000
are and reporting them up to the team

3549
02:22:41,830 --> 02:22:39,359
make sure they have the latest

3550
02:22:43,830 --> 02:22:41,840
information so our nasa operations

3551
02:22:46,309 --> 02:22:43,840
manager who is the voice within the

3552
02:22:48,309 --> 02:22:46,319
spacex countdown can be aware of those

3553
02:22:50,550 --> 02:22:48,319
and report them if there's an issue and

3554
02:22:53,030 --> 02:22:50,560
why is it important for you as the crew

3555
02:22:54,230 --> 02:22:53,040
3 mission manager to be so intertwined

3556
02:22:56,550 --> 02:22:54,240
with crew 4

3557
02:22:59,349 --> 02:22:56,560
well it is important because i need crew

3558
02:23:01,590 --> 02:22:59,359
3 crew 4 to launch successfully for crew

3559
02:23:03,349 --> 02:23:01,600
3 to return home

3560
02:23:06,309 --> 02:23:03,359
as you know we

3561
02:23:09,270 --> 02:23:06,319
once crew 4 gets into iss that will have

3562
02:23:10,630 --> 02:23:09,280
a five day handover period uh with the

3563
02:23:13,190 --> 02:23:10,640
crew three

3564
02:23:15,110 --> 02:23:13,200
and the once that handover is complete

3565
02:23:16,710 --> 02:23:15,120
depending on the weather we'll assess

3566
02:23:18,630 --> 02:23:16,720
readiness for crew through return and

3567
02:23:19,910 --> 02:23:18,640
then we'll be coming home how long have

3568
02:23:20,790 --> 02:23:19,920
you been with the commercial crew

3569
02:23:22,309 --> 02:23:20,800
program

3570
02:23:24,630 --> 02:23:22,319
so i would say i'm fairly new to

3571
02:23:26,630 --> 02:23:24,640
commercial crew i've been with them for

3572
02:23:29,510 --> 02:23:26,640
two years since we became operational

3573
02:23:31,510 --> 02:23:29,520
actually my first day at work was uh

3574
02:23:33,429 --> 02:23:31,520
the week when we launched demo two we're

3575
02:23:35,750 --> 02:23:33,439
launching bob and dog

3576
02:23:37,429 --> 02:23:35,760
so it was uh craziness to me to

3577
02:23:39,670 --> 02:23:37,439
experience that on my first week at the

3578
02:23:41,270 --> 02:23:39,680
job but since then this is the fifth

3579
02:23:44,870 --> 02:23:41,280
mission that we launched in that period

3580
02:23:47,270 --> 02:23:44,880
of two years so it's an incredibly fast

3581
02:23:49,110 --> 02:23:47,280
cadence it seems like we launch a

3582
02:23:51,030 --> 02:23:49,120
mission and then we have the next

3583
02:23:53,110 --> 02:23:51,040
mission coming up getting ready for it

3584
02:23:55,190 --> 02:23:53,120
so it's very exciting at the same time

3585
02:23:57,510 --> 02:23:55,200
very rewarding why do you say that that

3586
02:23:59,349 --> 02:23:57,520
this job is rewarding well i think it's

3587
02:24:01,990 --> 02:23:59,359
extremely rewarding because you know we

3588
02:24:03,910 --> 02:24:02,000
are contributing to our space program we

3589
02:24:05,990 --> 02:24:03,920
are launching again astronauts from

3590
02:24:08,230 --> 02:24:06,000
american soil something that we hadn't

3591
02:24:10,150 --> 02:24:08,240
done since the space shuttle program and

3592
02:24:11,750 --> 02:24:10,160
having the skatins we're doing it every

3593
02:24:14,070 --> 02:24:11,760
six months so

3594
02:24:16,550 --> 02:24:14,080
it just keeps us excited and motivated

3595
02:24:17,990 --> 02:24:16,560
to continue doing it yeah very busy

3596
02:24:19,349 --> 02:24:18,000
exciting times here on the space coast

3597
02:24:21,590 --> 02:24:19,359
jessica thank you so much for being here

3598
02:24:22,630 --> 02:24:21,600
with me today i appreciate it thank you

3599
02:24:24,550 --> 02:24:22,640
back to you

3600
02:24:26,950 --> 02:24:24,560
thank you jessica and megan and she's

3601
02:24:29,030 --> 02:24:26,960
looking forward to a launch of crew 4 so

3602
02:24:31,190 --> 02:24:29,040
she can bring crew 3 home and we are one

3603
02:24:33,110 --> 02:24:31,200
hour and 29 minutes away from that

3604
02:24:34,870 --> 02:24:33,120
happening you see the crew now that's a

3605
02:24:37,110 --> 02:24:34,880
live shot inside the white room looking

3606
02:24:39,670 --> 02:24:37,120
at the dragon capsule and we just got an

3607
02:24:40,550 --> 02:24:39,680
update we have a good side hatch leak

3608
02:24:42,389 --> 02:24:40,560
check

3609
02:24:45,110 --> 02:24:42,399
and so the team there just uh wrapping

3610
02:24:46,950 --> 02:24:45,120
up the work as they continue progressing

3611
02:24:48,870 --> 02:24:46,960
towards liftoff

3612
02:24:50,230 --> 02:24:48,880
time now to check in on how the rest of

3613
02:24:52,230 --> 02:24:50,240
the countdown is progressing so let's

3614
02:24:56,710 --> 02:24:52,240
send it back out to california and

3615
02:25:00,950 --> 02:24:58,790
thanks daryl uh yeah as you just

3616
02:25:02,550 --> 02:25:00,960
mentioned uh under 90 minutes now until

3617
02:25:04,950 --> 02:25:02,560
liftoff and

3618
02:25:07,030 --> 02:25:04,960
we saw that the hatch was closed and we

3619
02:25:08,870 --> 02:25:07,040
heard that the leak check was

3620
02:25:11,110 --> 02:25:08,880
successfully performed

3621
02:25:13,670 --> 02:25:11,120
launch engineers are located in firing

3622
02:25:15,830 --> 02:25:13,680
room 4 in the nasa launch control center

3623
02:25:17,270 --> 02:25:15,840
at kennedy space center they do have a

3624
02:25:20,230 --> 02:25:17,280
view through the large windows that you

3625
02:25:22,550 --> 02:25:20,240
see on screen of pad 39a just about five

3626
02:25:24,710 --> 02:25:22,560
kilometers east of them the falcon 9

3627
02:25:26,389 --> 02:25:24,720
team is loading helium and nitrogen gas

3628
02:25:29,110 --> 02:25:26,399
into storage bottles on the launch

3629
02:25:31,030 --> 02:25:29,120
vehicle rf checkouts are also complete

3630
02:25:33,910 --> 02:25:31,040
and the final review of vehicle testing

3631
02:25:35,670 --> 02:25:33,920
performed earlier today is underway the

3632
02:25:36,870 --> 02:25:35,680
spacex chief engineer will check with

3633
02:25:39,030 --> 02:25:36,880
the team

3634
02:25:40,550 --> 02:25:39,040
at about the t minus 80 minute mark to

3635
02:25:42,630 --> 02:25:40,560
verify that we are still good to

3636
02:25:44,630 --> 02:25:42,640
continue the countdown the next major

3637
02:25:46,790 --> 02:25:44,640
activity is flowing a small amount of

3638
02:25:49,510 --> 02:25:46,800
fuel into the first stage to prime the

3639
02:25:51,750 --> 02:25:49,520
merlin 1d engines for ignition the team

3640
02:25:53,990 --> 02:25:51,760
is also monitoring fuel and liquid

3641
02:25:55,429 --> 02:25:54,000
oxygen loading preparations ensuring the

3642
02:25:57,830 --> 02:25:55,439
propellants in the ground tanks are

3643
02:26:01,910 --> 02:25:57,840
correctly chilled prior to loading them

3644
02:26:04,150 --> 02:26:01,920
onto the falcon at t minus 35 minutes

3645
02:26:06,389 --> 02:26:04,160
weather and range continue to be green

3646
02:26:08,710 --> 02:26:06,399
they have been green all night so things

3647
02:26:10,710 --> 02:26:08,720
again are looking uh great as we've had

3648
02:26:12,389 --> 02:26:10,720
really just a great and smooth uh

3649
02:26:14,469 --> 02:26:12,399
countdown so far

3650
02:26:16,309 --> 02:26:14,479
with that i do want to check in with dan

3651
02:26:17,349 --> 02:26:16,319
and jesse who have a very special update

3652
02:26:19,510 --> 02:26:17,359
for us

3653
02:26:21,429 --> 02:26:19,520
hey thanks andy now before anybody

3654
02:26:22,630 --> 02:26:21,439
climbs on board dragon for a flight into

3655
02:26:24,710 --> 02:26:22,640
space they're going to spend a lot of

3656
02:26:26,389 --> 02:26:24,720
time here at spacex headquarters in

3657
02:26:28,550 --> 02:26:26,399
hawthorne where we've got a number of

3658
02:26:30,230 --> 02:26:28,560
simulators mock-ups and things like that

3659
02:26:32,469 --> 02:26:30,240
for them to familiarize themselves with

3660
02:26:34,230 --> 02:26:32,479
the spacecraft now before we dive into

3661
02:26:35,510 --> 02:26:34,240
this one jesse's going to walk us a

3662
02:26:37,990 --> 02:26:35,520
little bit more through the dragon

3663
02:26:40,870 --> 02:26:38,000
spacecraft yeah just to get an idea of

3664
02:26:43,349 --> 02:26:40,880
the size of dragon the capsule with the

3665
02:26:45,349 --> 02:26:43,359
trunk attached to it is about 8.1 meters

3666
02:26:47,110 --> 02:26:45,359
tall now dan that's about three and a

3667
02:26:49,670 --> 02:26:47,120
half times the height of shaquille

3668
02:26:51,270 --> 02:26:49,680
o'neal it's a lot of shacks

3669
02:26:53,510 --> 02:26:51,280
the diameter of the vehicle is about

3670
02:26:55,830 --> 02:26:53,520
four meters and the payload mass that it

3671
02:26:58,309 --> 02:26:55,840
can carry up to space is about 6 000

3672
02:27:00,230 --> 02:26:58,319
kilograms so dan just in case you wanted

3673
02:27:04,070 --> 02:27:00,240
to bring a large african elephant with

3674
02:27:06,230 --> 02:27:04,080
you to outer space you totally could

3675
02:27:09,030 --> 02:27:06,240
and the the return mass is about half of

3676
02:27:10,870 --> 02:27:09,040
that it's about 3 000 kilograms when

3677
02:27:13,110 --> 02:27:10,880
returning back to earth

3678
02:27:15,030 --> 02:27:13,120
all right and so spacex has a number of

3679
02:27:17,110 --> 02:27:15,040
simulators mock-ups for the different

3680
02:27:19,349 --> 02:27:17,120
aspects of dragon and this one right

3681
02:27:20,870 --> 02:27:19,359
here is a mock-up of the forward hatch

3682
02:27:22,870 --> 02:27:20,880
so this is on the very top part of the

3683
02:27:24,630 --> 02:27:22,880
dragon spacecraft and this is what

3684
02:27:26,389 --> 02:27:24,640
they'll be opening once they dock to

3685
02:27:27,910 --> 02:27:26,399
move into the space station i'll walk

3686
02:27:29,349 --> 02:27:27,920
you through it a little bit so there's a

3687
02:27:31,349 --> 02:27:29,359
crank right here and there's an

3688
02:27:32,870 --> 02:27:31,359
identical one on the other side and

3689
02:27:34,630 --> 02:27:32,880
there's a decal on here that tell you

3690
02:27:36,309 --> 02:27:34,640
which direction and how to open this so

3691
02:27:37,750 --> 02:27:36,319
when you tune into docking tomorrow

3692
02:27:40,469 --> 02:27:37,760
you'll hear the crew get the call to

3693
02:27:42,309 --> 02:27:40,479
open the hatch for the decal so after we

3694
02:27:44,389 --> 02:27:42,319
move the handle out we can just start to

3695
02:27:46,230 --> 02:27:44,399
open it up there's a small indicator in

3696
02:27:48,870 --> 02:27:46,240
the window that'll tell us just how

3697
02:27:50,790 --> 02:27:48,880
close we're getting and after we get it

3698
02:27:52,230 --> 02:27:50,800
all the way down we're gonna hear a

3699
02:27:54,710 --> 02:27:52,240
telltale pop

3700
02:27:57,670 --> 02:27:54,720
and then it's time to open up the hatch

3701
02:28:00,389 --> 02:27:57,680
and so it opens up pretty slowly

3702
02:28:03,110 --> 02:28:00,399
yeah so now it may look like dan is

3703
02:28:05,110 --> 02:28:03,120
really struggling to open the door but

3704
02:28:07,110 --> 02:28:05,120
in fact the hinges are designed with

3705
02:28:09,270 --> 02:28:07,120
dampers so that the door does open

3706
02:28:12,150 --> 02:28:09,280
pretty slowly it's about seven seconds

3707
02:28:14,790 --> 02:28:12,160
to fully open no matter how much you

3708
02:28:17,030 --> 02:28:14,800
push or pull on the hatch door and

3709
02:28:19,190 --> 02:28:17,040
that's a safety precaution the door

3710
02:28:20,550 --> 02:28:19,200
opens up to the interior of the dragon

3711
02:28:22,950 --> 02:28:20,560
vehicle so we want to make sure that the

3712
02:28:25,270 --> 02:28:22,960
door doesn't swing and hit anything

3713
02:28:27,429 --> 02:28:25,280
inside of the vehicle or harm anybody

3714
02:28:29,910 --> 02:28:27,439
that's inside of the vehicle as well and

3715
02:28:33,030 --> 02:28:29,920
same with closing again it may look like

3716
02:28:35,270 --> 02:28:33,040
dan is struggling but this is per design

3717
02:28:37,750 --> 02:28:35,280
about seven seconds to fully close the

3718
02:28:39,510 --> 02:28:37,760
hatch door and so not just practicing

3719
02:28:41,910 --> 02:28:39,520
how to open the hatch and close it they

3720
02:28:44,070 --> 02:28:41,920
can also practice attaching seals and

3721
02:28:45,670 --> 02:28:44,080
covers to the hatchway there's also a

3722
02:28:47,030 --> 02:28:45,680
window here that you can look through

3723
02:28:49,030 --> 02:28:47,040
out of the forward part of dragon and

3724
02:28:50,790 --> 02:28:49,040
there's a pressure equalization valve

3725
02:28:52,230 --> 02:28:50,800
that can be used to manually equalize

3726
02:28:53,429 --> 02:28:52,240
pressure between dragon and the space

3727
02:28:55,750 --> 02:28:53,439
station

3728
02:28:58,550 --> 02:28:55,760
yeah and this is just one of the many

3729
02:29:01,110 --> 02:28:58,560
components that our teams here get to do

3730
02:29:02,550 --> 02:29:01,120
and be able to train the crew on so if

3731
02:29:05,070 --> 02:29:02,560
you're interested in any of the work

3732
02:29:08,550 --> 02:29:05,080
here at spacex please take a look at

3733
02:29:11,110 --> 02:29:08,560
spacex.com jobs and check it out

3734
02:29:12,710 --> 02:29:11,120
now we'll send it back to kennedy uh

3735
02:29:14,469 --> 02:29:12,720
how's it going over there daryl all

3736
02:29:16,469 --> 02:29:14,479
right it's going great uh jessie thank

3737
02:29:18,309 --> 02:29:16,479
you both for that uh little

3738
02:29:20,309 --> 02:29:18,319
show-and-tell there of the hatch megan

3739
02:29:22,070 --> 02:29:20,319
you were familiar with that absolutely

3740
02:29:23,270 --> 02:29:22,080
that was one of the training items that

3741
02:29:24,950 --> 02:29:23,280
we would use when we would go out to

3742
02:29:26,550 --> 02:29:24,960
hawthorne to make sure we understood how

3743
02:29:28,389 --> 02:29:26,560
that mechanism worked weren't you saying

3744
02:29:29,670 --> 02:29:28,399
that you did it faster

3745
02:29:30,870 --> 02:29:29,680
a little bit maybe a little bit faster

3746
02:29:32,389 --> 02:29:30,880
yeah

3747
02:29:34,309 --> 02:29:32,399
all right we're currently t minus one

3748
02:29:36,790 --> 02:29:34,319
hour and 24 minutes and counting until

3749
02:29:38,870 --> 02:29:36,800
crew dragon flies its next four-person

3750
02:29:40,870 --> 02:29:38,880
crew to the international space station

3751
02:29:43,429 --> 02:29:40,880
with the astronauts that you see

3752
02:29:45,750 --> 02:29:43,439
uh they're inside that spacecraft right

3753
02:29:47,990 --> 02:29:45,760
there commander chell lingard pilot bob

3754
02:29:49,670 --> 02:29:48,000
hines and mission specialist jessica

3755
02:29:51,670 --> 02:29:49,680
watkins and samantha christopher

3756
02:29:53,510 --> 02:29:51,680
ferretti

3757
02:29:57,429 --> 02:29:53,520
we are getting ready to do the launch

3758
02:30:01,270 --> 02:29:59,030
we've had the common leak checks those

3759
02:30:03,510 --> 02:30:01,280
were successful we closed the hatch we

3760
02:30:07,110 --> 02:30:03,520
got a secure seal on that got that

3761
02:30:10,710 --> 02:30:08,950
and then we also

3762
02:30:12,630 --> 02:30:10,720
have started begun started to begin

3763
02:30:14,710 --> 02:30:12,640
those launch escape system and

3764
02:30:16,150 --> 02:30:14,720
communication checks

3765
02:30:18,389 --> 02:30:16,160
that's all conducted by the falcon

3766
02:30:19,990 --> 02:30:18,399
launch team

3767
02:30:21,349 --> 02:30:20,000
these checkouts are a standard part of

3768
02:30:22,870 --> 02:30:21,359
the launch countdown and they're

3769
02:30:25,510 --> 02:30:22,880
critical to make sure everything is in

3770
02:30:30,469 --> 02:30:25,520
working order before arming that launch

3771
02:30:33,910 --> 02:30:31,990
the launch escape system of course

3772
02:30:37,349 --> 02:30:33,920
critical

3773
02:30:40,389 --> 02:30:37,359
to the astronauts inside because this

3774
02:30:42,469 --> 02:30:40,399
once the crew leaves is the only way to

3775
02:30:43,349 --> 02:30:42,479
get off the pad if something were to go

3776
02:30:44,790 --> 02:30:43,359
awry

3777
02:30:46,469 --> 02:30:44,800
that's right it's one of the in my

3778
02:30:48,790 --> 02:30:46,479
opinion one of the best features about

3779
02:30:51,910 --> 02:30:48,800
this transportation system is that you

3780
02:30:53,670 --> 02:30:51,920
have a way to get the crew safely away

3781
02:30:55,429 --> 02:30:53,680
from a rocket that might be experiencing

3782
02:30:57,429 --> 02:30:55,439
an off nominal condition and that

3783
02:30:59,270 --> 02:30:57,439
capability exists from you know before

3784
02:31:01,349 --> 02:30:59,280
you start the propellant load you know

3785
02:31:02,950 --> 02:31:01,359
all the way into orbit and so it's it's

3786
02:31:05,190 --> 02:31:02,960
one of the great capabilities that this

3787
02:31:07,030 --> 02:31:05,200
vehicle brings and that launch escape

3788
02:31:09,190 --> 02:31:07,040
system is powered by

3789
02:31:11,830 --> 02:31:09,200
super draco engines that are capable of

3790
02:31:13,510 --> 02:31:11,840
moving dragon a half a mile in only

3791
02:31:15,349 --> 02:31:13,520
seven and a half seconds that's pretty

3792
02:31:18,870 --> 02:31:15,359
remarkable that is booking and i guess

3793
02:31:21,510 --> 02:31:18,880
equivalent to a peak velocity of 436

3794
02:31:23,750 --> 02:31:21,520
miles per hour i can imagine what that

3795
02:31:26,790 --> 02:31:23,760
feels like well fortunately we have not

3796
02:31:29,190 --> 02:31:26,800
had to experience that at this point but

3797
02:31:31,270 --> 02:31:29,200
if it were necessary to get away like i

3798
02:31:33,830 --> 02:31:31,280
said from a rocket that is um having an

3799
02:31:35,670 --> 02:31:33,840
off nominal event um that would sure be

3800
02:31:37,349 --> 02:31:35,680
how fast you'd want to be moving

3801
02:31:40,070 --> 02:31:37,359
exactly

3802
02:31:43,190 --> 02:31:40,080
whether it's on the ground

3803
02:31:45,349 --> 02:31:43,200
or traveling uphill that's right

3804
02:31:47,750 --> 02:31:45,359
you can manually trigger that system as

3805
02:31:49,270 --> 02:31:47,760
well right you can manually trigger that

3806
02:31:51,750 --> 02:31:49,280
system and it can be triggered in

3807
02:31:54,150 --> 02:31:51,760
response to a condition um the ground

3808
02:31:56,870 --> 02:31:54,160
would typically let you know uh if they

3809
02:31:58,710 --> 02:31:56,880
had time but of course things can happen

3810
02:32:04,790 --> 02:31:58,720
very quickly and so it needs to be able

3811
02:32:08,790 --> 02:32:07,030
crew 3 is scheduled to splash down next

3812
02:32:11,990 --> 02:32:08,800
week we talked a little bit about that

3813
02:32:15,190 --> 02:32:12,000
and uh megan will be there i will

3814
02:32:17,510 --> 02:32:15,200
megan mcarthur no but the ship that

3815
02:32:19,110 --> 02:32:17,520
megan was named after yes oh look at

3816
02:32:19,910 --> 02:32:19,120
that actually the ship was named after

3817
02:32:22,950 --> 02:32:19,920
you

3818
02:32:25,190 --> 02:32:22,960
the spacex's seafaring vessel

3819
02:32:27,910 --> 02:32:25,200
that will be used to recover crew 3 and

3820
02:32:30,070 --> 02:32:27,920
the dragon capsule was renamed after our

3821
02:32:32,070 --> 02:32:30,080
own megan macarthur

3822
02:32:35,110 --> 02:32:32,080
who flew aboard dragon of course on crew

3823
02:32:37,429 --> 02:32:35,120
2 and this is the ship beautiful inside

3824
02:32:39,429 --> 02:32:37,439
previously it was named go navigator

3825
02:32:41,910 --> 02:32:39,439
spacex renamed the

3826
02:32:43,910 --> 02:32:41,920
uh ship megan as well they have another

3827
02:32:45,910 --> 02:32:43,920
ship they renamed it shannon in honor of

3828
02:32:47,830 --> 02:32:45,920
shannon walker the first woman to fly on

3829
02:32:50,469 --> 02:32:47,840
crew dragon look megan your name look at

3830
02:32:52,870 --> 02:32:50,479
that on the life on the life preserver

3831
02:32:54,870 --> 02:32:52,880
that's that's fantastic what an honor um

3832
02:32:56,950 --> 02:32:54,880
i have not seen it in person yet of

3833
02:32:58,630 --> 02:32:56,960
course i have heard about it and that i

3834
02:33:00,630 --> 02:32:58,640
feel like that's a real honor it's funny

3835
02:33:02,550 --> 02:33:00,640
to me as an oceanographer that i flew in

3836
02:33:04,790 --> 02:33:02,560
space and that's what uh got a ship

3837
02:33:06,469 --> 02:33:04,800
named after me for doing but it's a

3838
02:33:08,469 --> 02:33:06,479
tremendous honor and i'm really happy to

3839
02:33:10,309 --> 02:33:08,479
be just a little part of that history

3840
02:33:12,070 --> 02:33:10,319
and hey listen the good ship megan

3841
02:33:14,070 --> 02:33:12,080
already picked up a crew

3842
02:33:15,990 --> 02:33:14,080
they uh they took the ship out there and

3843
02:33:17,110 --> 02:33:16,000
uh picked up the axiom one crew which

3844
02:33:18,950 --> 02:33:17,120
landed just off the coast of

3845
02:33:20,550 --> 02:33:18,960
jacksonville so already hard it was

3846
02:33:22,389 --> 02:33:20,560
already an experienced ship that's

3847
02:33:23,830 --> 02:33:22,399
awesome yep well hopefully you get to

3848
02:33:25,670 --> 02:33:23,840
see it and get a selfie with it

3849
02:33:27,830 --> 02:33:25,680
definitely that's on my list

3850
02:33:31,510 --> 02:33:27,840
speaking of history making astronauts we

3851
02:33:33,110 --> 02:33:31,520
now have a special message megan from

3852
02:33:34,950 --> 02:33:33,120
one of the astronauts who flew crew

3853
02:33:37,030 --> 02:33:34,960
dragons first test flight and the

3854
02:33:39,670 --> 02:33:37,040
message is for our guest host megan

3855
02:33:43,030 --> 02:33:39,680
macarthur and for the four astronauts of

3856
02:33:45,429 --> 02:33:43,040
crew four take a listen all right

3857
02:33:47,030 --> 02:33:45,439
howdy megan it's your husband bob

3858
02:33:48,550 --> 02:33:47,040
i didn't want you to miss the melodious

3859
02:33:51,030 --> 02:33:48,560
sound of my voice while you were down in

3860
02:33:52,790 --> 02:33:51,040
florida giving commentary for crew 4.

3861
02:33:54,070 --> 02:33:52,800
i did want to wish you all the best and

3862
02:33:55,830 --> 02:33:54,080
let you know that theo and i are

3863
02:33:57,830 --> 02:33:55,840
thinking of you and really looking

3864
02:34:00,150 --> 02:33:57,840
forward to reliving both the crew 4

3865
02:34:01,990 --> 02:34:00,160
launch and watching the crew 3 splash

3866
02:34:03,270 --> 02:34:02,000
down together as a family when you

3867
02:34:04,550 --> 02:34:03,280
return

3868
02:34:07,030 --> 02:34:04,560
for crew 4

3869
02:34:08,790 --> 02:34:07,040
chell bob jessica and samantha i wish

3870
02:34:10,550 --> 02:34:08,800
you all the best i know that you've

3871
02:34:12,630 --> 02:34:10,560
trained really hard in preparation for

3872
02:34:14,950 --> 02:34:12,640
this mission and i'm expecting great

3873
02:34:17,429 --> 02:34:14,960
things from you all one while you're on

3874
02:34:19,349 --> 02:34:17,439
board i would give you one piece of

3875
02:34:20,790 --> 02:34:19,359
advice and that's to really enjoy that

3876
02:34:22,550 --> 02:34:20,800
final meal and crew quarters that you

3877
02:34:25,270 --> 02:34:22,560
get prior to heading out to the vehicle

3878
02:34:26,870 --> 02:34:25,280
to strap on and launch into space doug

3879
02:34:28,389 --> 02:34:26,880
and i really enjoyed ours and i'm

3880
02:34:30,469 --> 02:34:28,399
looking forward to hearing a little bit

3881
02:34:32,710 --> 02:34:30,479
about what you selected to eat prior to

3882
02:34:34,469 --> 02:34:32,720
strapping on a rocket ship

3883
02:34:36,550 --> 02:34:34,479
you know for me it's hard to believe

3884
02:34:38,150 --> 02:34:36,560
that it's been nearly two years since i

3885
02:34:40,150 --> 02:34:38,160
launched on the demo 2 mission to the

3886
02:34:41,990 --> 02:34:40,160
international space station and had the

3887
02:34:43,990 --> 02:34:42,000
opportunity to stay on board for just a

3888
02:34:45,750 --> 02:34:44,000
few short months

3889
02:34:47,670 --> 02:34:45,760
it almost seems surreal

3890
02:34:49,110 --> 02:34:47,680
but i'm reminded every day by the great

3891
02:34:50,710 --> 02:34:49,120
accomplishments that i see with the

3892
02:34:53,110 --> 02:34:50,720
crews onboard the international space

3893
02:34:55,349 --> 02:34:53,120
station that uh we achieved something

3894
02:34:57,190 --> 02:34:55,359
that it is real and i'm just really

3895
02:34:59,670 --> 02:34:57,200
looking forward to seeing what you guys

3896
02:35:04,309 --> 02:34:59,680
crew 4 accomplish while you're on orbit

3897
02:35:07,190 --> 02:35:06,309
bye megan

3898
02:35:08,950 --> 02:35:07,200
wow

3899
02:35:09,670 --> 02:35:08,960
that's a great message thank you so much

3900
02:35:12,790 --> 02:35:09,680
for

3901
02:35:14,070 --> 02:35:12,800
awesome that's right we were looking

3902
02:35:16,150 --> 02:35:14,080
forward to this moment of course that

3903
02:35:19,270 --> 02:35:16,160
was bob benkin megan's husband and

3904
02:35:21,990 --> 02:35:19,280
history-making astronaut from demo2 uh

3905
02:35:24,630 --> 02:35:22,000
there with a a nice message for you and

3906
02:35:25,670 --> 02:35:24,640
for crew four yes the funniest part was

3907
02:35:27,349 --> 02:35:25,680
when he said i know you missed the

3908
02:35:28,790 --> 02:35:27,359
melodious sound the melodious sound of

3909
02:35:30,870 --> 02:35:28,800
my voice yes

3910
02:35:32,389 --> 02:35:30,880
um people often ask me you know since i

3911
02:35:34,950 --> 02:35:32,399
flew on the same vehicle in the same

3912
02:35:36,309 --> 02:35:34,960
seat after bob in that uh crew dragon

3913
02:35:37,750 --> 02:35:36,319
endeavour you know did he leave

3914
02:35:39,270 --> 02:35:37,760
something for you on the spaceship did

3915
02:35:40,710 --> 02:35:39,280
he leave something for you

3916
02:35:42,550 --> 02:35:40,720
on the space station and what i like to

3917
02:35:44,469 --> 02:35:42,560
tell people is he left me a fully

3918
02:35:45,830 --> 02:35:44,479
functioning safe spacecraft to get me to

3919
02:35:47,510 --> 02:35:45,840
space and home again and there's really

3920
02:35:48,790 --> 02:35:47,520
no finer gift than that when you're in

3921
02:35:52,070 --> 02:35:48,800
the space flight business i would

3922
02:35:56,790 --> 02:35:54,550
let's now join uh megan cruz who is with

3923
02:35:58,389 --> 02:35:56,800
phil mcallister he is the director of

3924
02:36:00,710 --> 02:35:58,399
the commercial space flight division at

3925
02:36:02,070 --> 02:36:00,720
nasa headquarters you all take it away

3926
02:36:04,070 --> 02:36:02,080
that's right phil mcallister thank you

3927
02:36:05,910 --> 02:36:04,080
so much for being here today thank you

3928
02:36:07,670 --> 02:36:05,920
so talk to me about this being the

3929
02:36:09,429 --> 02:36:07,680
fourth crew rotational flight to the

3930
02:36:11,590 --> 02:36:09,439
international space station what kind of

3931
02:36:13,510 --> 02:36:11,600
milestone does this represent

3932
02:36:15,910 --> 02:36:13,520
well it represents that we've been

3933
02:36:18,389 --> 02:36:15,920
working on these vehicles for it was 10

3934
02:36:19,990 --> 02:36:18,399
years in development so now after all

3935
02:36:21,830 --> 02:36:20,000
that development we're actually flying

3936
02:36:24,230 --> 02:36:21,840
and it's very gratifying and to have

3937
02:36:26,070 --> 02:36:24,240
four missions within two years it's

3938
02:36:28,710 --> 02:36:26,080
really kind of amazing and it's really

3939
02:36:30,150 --> 02:36:28,720
picked up the pace and uh it's just what

3940
02:36:32,070 --> 02:36:30,160
we were working for yeah you know

3941
02:36:33,910 --> 02:36:32,080
reliable or regular cadence it's really

3942
02:36:36,630 --> 02:36:33,920
amazing to see that again this program

3943
02:36:38,070 --> 02:36:36,640
has only been around for about 10 years

3944
02:36:40,309 --> 02:36:38,080
so then you know just a few weeks ago we

3945
02:36:41,910 --> 02:36:40,319
also saw axiom 1 launch from the same

3946
02:36:43,429 --> 02:36:41,920
launch pad that crew 4 is about to

3947
02:36:45,190 --> 02:36:43,439
launch from you know the first all

3948
02:36:47,990 --> 02:36:45,200
private crew to the international space

3949
02:36:50,630 --> 02:36:48,000
station is that the future are we going

3950
02:36:52,550 --> 02:36:50,640
to see more private commercial missions

3951
02:36:55,030 --> 02:36:52,560
maybe commercial space stations

3952
02:36:56,469 --> 02:36:55,040
absolutely i mean that is our strategy

3953
02:36:57,990 --> 02:36:56,479
it was our strategy when we started

3954
02:36:59,750 --> 02:36:58,000
commercial crew that we wanted to be one

3955
02:37:01,270 --> 02:36:59,760
of many customers and to see that

3956
02:37:03,349 --> 02:37:01,280
actually come to fruition because there

3957
02:37:04,950 --> 02:37:03,359
was a lot of skepticism about that in

3958
02:37:06,630 --> 02:37:04,960
the very early days we didn't really

3959
02:37:08,710 --> 02:37:06,640
know how it was going to play out and

3960
02:37:10,950 --> 02:37:08,720
now it seems pretty clear the demand for

3961
02:37:13,110 --> 02:37:10,960
human space transportation is very

3962
02:37:16,469 --> 02:37:13,120
strong and a lot of people

3963
02:37:18,389 --> 02:37:16,479
are going to be able to experience this

3964
02:37:20,710 --> 02:37:18,399
more and more which is kind of just what

3965
02:37:22,790 --> 02:37:20,720
we were doing yeah exactly and what is

3966
02:37:24,630 --> 02:37:22,800
the importance of fostering these

3967
02:37:26,309 --> 02:37:24,640
commercial efforts in low earth orbit

3968
02:37:27,670 --> 02:37:26,319
you know nasa has so many other goals

3969
02:37:29,910 --> 02:37:27,680
but why is it important to still

3970
02:37:31,670 --> 02:37:29,920
maintain this particular presence again

3971
02:37:33,349 --> 02:37:31,680
in low earth orbit i think you said it

3972
02:37:35,349 --> 02:37:33,359
is because nasa does have all these

3973
02:37:36,550 --> 02:37:35,359
goals if we maintained

3974
02:37:38,550 --> 02:37:36,560
all the

3975
02:37:41,030 --> 02:37:38,560
the footprint of what we had done in the

3976
02:37:42,950 --> 02:37:41,040
past we won't be able to go as far in

3977
02:37:45,030 --> 02:37:42,960
the future and far out into the solar

3978
02:37:46,870 --> 02:37:45,040
system as we want so i think it's time

3979
02:37:48,790 --> 02:37:46,880
for low earth orbit that has now a

3980
02:37:50,309 --> 02:37:48,800
little bit more routine of a mission

3981
02:37:52,070 --> 02:37:50,319
it's time to turn that over to the

3982
02:37:54,389 --> 02:37:52,080
private sector they've shown the u.s

3983
02:37:55,990 --> 02:37:54,399
aerospace industry has shown both

3984
02:37:58,309 --> 02:37:56,000
technically and financially that they

3985
02:38:00,230 --> 02:37:58,319
are capable with nasa's help of doing

3986
02:38:02,550 --> 02:38:00,240
that mission and so that we can direct

3987
02:38:04,790 --> 02:38:02,560
our miss our resources towards the moon

3988
02:38:07,270 --> 02:38:04,800
and mars can you remember a busier time

3989
02:38:08,630 --> 02:38:07,280
on the space guys i really cannot you

3990
02:38:10,469 --> 02:38:08,640
know it's interesting i was here for the

3991
02:38:11,670 --> 02:38:10,479
last shuttle mission and i remember

3992
02:38:13,349 --> 02:38:11,680
being at the hotel and they were all

3993
02:38:14,309 --> 02:38:13,359
like oh no this is the last shuttle

3994
02:38:17,110 --> 02:38:14,319
mission i don't know if we're going to

3995
02:38:19,030 --> 02:38:17,120
be able to to keep going and now there's

3996
02:38:19,750 --> 02:38:19,040
five more hotels and you still can't get

3997
02:39:00,230 --> 02:38:19,760
a

3998
02:39:02,630 --> 02:39:00,240
now we're doing it lots of juggling but

3999
02:39:04,550 --> 02:39:02,640
very worthwhile very rewarding yes when

4000
02:39:05,750 --> 02:39:04,560
we complain about it we were like what

4001
02:39:07,510 --> 02:39:05,760
are we complaining about this is

4002
02:39:08,950 --> 02:39:07,520
actually our job so it's nice to be

4003
02:39:10,070 --> 02:39:08,960
flying phil thank you so much i really

4004
02:39:11,590 --> 02:39:10,080
appreciate you being here i hope you

4005
02:39:13,030 --> 02:39:11,600
enjoyed today's launch thank you all

4006
02:39:17,590 --> 02:39:13,040
right let's go back to hawthorne for

4007
02:39:24,150 --> 02:39:21,270
thanks megan now we're just at t minus

4008
02:39:26,230 --> 02:39:24,160
one hour and just under 15 minutes away

4009
02:39:28,550 --> 02:39:26,240
from launch and it just gets more and

4010
02:39:30,950 --> 02:39:28,560
more exciting as we approach that t-zero

4011
02:39:32,710 --> 02:39:30,960
now we've been able to watch the crew

4012
02:39:34,710 --> 02:39:32,720
ingress the dragon vehicle they're

4013
02:39:35,990 --> 02:39:34,720
already inside and there you can see on

4014
02:39:37,590 --> 02:39:36,000
your screen

4015
02:39:39,750 --> 02:39:37,600
they were helped out by our closeout

4016
02:39:41,830 --> 02:39:39,760
team uh the closeout team helped to

4017
02:39:44,150 --> 02:39:41,840
attach their umbilicals which provide

4018
02:39:47,110 --> 02:39:44,160
breathing air and calms to dragon uh

4019
02:39:50,070 --> 02:39:47,120
they also performed uh suit leak checks

4020
02:39:52,550 --> 02:39:50,080
uh as well as those uh com checks with

4021
02:39:54,389 --> 02:39:52,560
the core and launch director as well

4022
02:39:56,150 --> 02:39:54,399
yeah and after the suit league checks

4023
02:39:58,150 --> 02:39:56,160
were complete we got the hatch closed

4024
02:40:00,469 --> 02:39:58,160
and the closeout team was able to

4025
02:40:02,070 --> 02:40:00,479
confirm that we got through a good side

4026
02:40:03,910 --> 02:40:02,080
hatch leak check so that was another

4027
02:40:05,990 --> 02:40:03,920
really important milestone there were

4028
02:40:07,670 --> 02:40:06,000
also some communication checks with some

4029
02:40:09,030 --> 02:40:07,680
of the key members in the falcon 9

4030
02:40:11,190 --> 02:40:09,040
launch team

4031
02:40:12,870 --> 02:40:11,200
but coming up the closeout team is going

4032
02:40:14,870 --> 02:40:12,880
to get ready to depart so we're going to

4033
02:40:16,309 --> 02:40:14,880
see them move off of the out of the

4034
02:40:18,070 --> 02:40:16,319
white room off the crew arm and they're

4035
02:40:20,070 --> 02:40:18,080
going to leave the area and after

4036
02:40:22,630 --> 02:40:20,080
they're gone the only people left at

4037
02:40:24,389 --> 02:40:22,640
that pet area are the astronauts uh the

4038
02:40:25,910 --> 02:40:24,399
final weather checks have just kicked

4039
02:40:28,309 --> 02:40:25,920
off releasing a couple of weather

4040
02:40:30,309 --> 02:40:28,319
balloons the good news is all of the

4041
02:40:32,070 --> 02:40:30,319
weather has continued to look great for

4042
02:40:36,230 --> 02:40:32,080
launch closeout team has departed the

4043
02:40:40,550 --> 02:40:38,870
freedom copies thanks

4044
02:40:42,309 --> 02:40:40,560
and they're the court giving that update

4045
02:40:43,510 --> 02:40:42,319
so the the closeout team is the part of

4046
02:40:45,670 --> 02:40:43,520
the crew arm they're going to get in

4047
02:40:47,269 --> 02:40:45,680
cars and drive away then it's just crew

4048
02:40:48,710 --> 02:40:47,279
4 on the pad and that's it and then

4049
02:40:50,469 --> 02:40:48,720
we're going to get closer to launch

4050
02:40:51,910 --> 02:40:50,479
again weather's continued to look

4051
02:40:54,150 --> 02:40:51,920
fantastic

4052
02:40:56,309 --> 02:40:54,160
very low probability of violation at the

4053
02:40:57,990 --> 02:40:56,319
launch site and then our ascent corridor

4054
02:40:59,590 --> 02:40:58,000
weather just all the way up the eastern

4055
02:41:01,830 --> 02:40:59,600
seaboard of the u.s

4056
02:41:04,070 --> 02:41:01,840
has continued to trend all in the right

4057
02:41:07,830 --> 02:41:04,080
direction so we're not looking at any

4058
02:41:13,750 --> 02:41:10,389
and great news on that weather

4059
02:41:15,510 --> 02:41:13,760
we will also do a final go no go pull

4060
02:41:17,830 --> 02:41:15,520
but before we get to that the various

4061
02:41:19,910 --> 02:41:17,840
teams that both nasa and spacex will do

4062
02:41:22,389 --> 02:41:19,920
an internal go pull making sure that

4063
02:41:25,030 --> 02:41:22,399
conditions are right with falcon 9 the

4064
02:41:27,349 --> 02:41:25,040
dragon the crew the range and the space

4065
02:41:28,309 --> 02:41:27,359
station before we before the final go is

4066
02:41:30,870 --> 02:41:28,319
given

4067
02:41:32,710 --> 02:41:30,880
so now let's check back in with houston

4068
02:41:34,309 --> 02:41:32,720
for a status update on the team

4069
02:41:36,230 --> 02:41:34,319
supporting the space station on the

4070
02:41:41,429 --> 02:41:36,240
readiness for launch chelsea how's it

4071
02:41:45,750 --> 02:41:43,349
hey thanks jesse the team here in

4072
02:41:47,830 --> 02:41:45,760
mission control houston has pulled that

4073
02:41:49,429 --> 02:41:47,840
they are go for launch earlier the

4074
02:41:52,070 --> 02:41:49,439
international space station and its

4075
02:41:54,389 --> 02:41:52,080
onboard crew are ready to for the crew

4076
02:41:56,469 --> 02:41:54,399
for astronauts to lift off

4077
02:41:57,990 --> 02:41:56,479
when flight director anthony varya told

4078
02:41:59,349 --> 02:41:58,000
his team he was asking the flight

4079
02:42:01,269 --> 02:41:59,359
controllers who all work on the

4080
02:42:03,349 --> 02:42:01,279
different key systems on board the space

4081
02:42:05,429 --> 02:42:03,359
station that their focus areas were

4082
02:42:07,510 --> 02:42:05,439
online and working properly this

4083
02:42:09,670 --> 02:42:07,520
includes life support systems proper

4084
02:42:11,030 --> 02:42:09,680
communications links computers that

4085
02:42:13,269 --> 02:42:11,040
allow us to command the station's

4086
02:42:15,429 --> 02:42:13,279
onboard subsystems and our ability to

4087
02:42:17,830 --> 02:42:15,439
control and maneuver the space station

4088
02:42:19,510 --> 02:42:17,840
all of those are fully functional

4089
02:42:20,870 --> 02:42:19,520
the crew in orbit is getting out of

4090
02:42:22,550 --> 02:42:20,880
their sleep period now they're just

4091
02:42:23,670 --> 02:42:22,560
starting to wake up

4092
02:42:26,070 --> 02:42:23,680
and

4093
02:42:28,469 --> 02:42:26,080
when the crew 4 launches this crew is

4094
02:42:29,590 --> 02:42:28,479
actually going to be flying over romania

4095
02:42:31,910 --> 02:42:29,600
that's where the space station will be

4096
02:42:33,910 --> 02:42:31,920
at the time of launch so how about that

4097
02:42:35,830 --> 02:42:33,920
um but as they're getting into their

4098
02:42:36,790 --> 02:42:35,840
morning routine now at the time of

4099
02:42:37,830 --> 02:42:36,800
launch

4100
02:42:40,309 --> 02:42:37,840
they're going to make sure that they're

4101
02:42:41,750 --> 02:42:40,319
refreshed and ready to receive the crew

4102
02:42:43,429 --> 02:42:41,760
but here in mission control houston

4103
02:42:45,190 --> 02:42:43,439
we'll continue monitoring the mission as

4104
02:42:47,110 --> 02:42:45,200
we check off milestones for today's

4105
02:42:48,950 --> 02:42:47,120
flight in the meantime i'll send it back

4106
02:42:53,670 --> 02:42:48,960
to hawthorne the international space

4107
02:42:57,110 --> 02:42:55,590
hey thanks chelsea so the crew 3

4108
02:42:58,870 --> 02:42:57,120
astronauts are currently on board the

4109
02:43:01,429 --> 02:42:58,880
space station they've spent nearly six

4110
02:43:04,150 --> 02:43:01,439
months conducting scientific research in

4111
02:43:05,990 --> 02:43:04,160
a myriad of areas like material science

4112
02:43:07,670 --> 02:43:06,000
developing new health technologies

4113
02:43:09,590 --> 02:43:07,680
working on plant science growing some

4114
02:43:12,070 --> 02:43:09,600
pretty exciting plants on board the

4115
02:43:14,309 --> 02:43:12,080
space station microgravity just a lot of

4116
02:43:16,870 --> 02:43:14,319
different sciences we prepare for human

4117
02:43:19,190 --> 02:43:16,880
exploration beyond low earth orbit and

4118
02:43:21,510 --> 02:43:19,200
also to deliver benefits to us back here

4119
02:43:23,110 --> 02:43:21,520
on earth and all of that research just

4120
02:43:25,030 --> 02:43:23,120
lays the groundwork for that future

4121
02:43:26,710 --> 02:43:25,040
exploration that we're aiming towards to

4122
02:43:29,750 --> 02:43:26,720
the moon and mars starting with the

4123
02:43:32,309 --> 02:43:29,760
agency's artemis missions

4124
02:43:34,870 --> 02:43:32,319
yeah chary is the commander of the crew

4125
02:43:37,269 --> 02:43:34,880
3 crew dragon spacecraft and the crew 3

4126
02:43:39,510 --> 02:43:37,279
mission he is responsible for all phases

4127
02:43:42,150 --> 02:43:39,520
of flight from launch to re-entry he's

4128
02:43:44,309 --> 02:43:42,160
currently serving as an expedition 67

4129
02:43:46,550 --> 02:43:44,319
flight engineer aboard the station the

4130
02:43:48,870 --> 02:43:46,560
crew 3 launch was the first space flight

4131
02:43:51,910 --> 02:43:48,880
for chari who was selected as an a nasa

4132
02:43:54,150 --> 02:43:51,920
astronaut candidate in 2017. now he was

4133
02:43:56,309 --> 02:43:54,160
born in milwaukee but considers cedar

4134
02:43:58,550 --> 02:43:56,319
falls iowa his hometown

4135
02:44:00,309 --> 02:43:58,560
and also on board was nasa astronaut tom

4136
02:44:02,150 --> 02:44:00,319
marshburn he's the pilot of the crew

4137
02:44:03,830 --> 02:44:02,160
dragon spacecraft essentially the second

4138
02:44:05,910 --> 02:44:03,840
in command for the mission while they're

4139
02:44:08,469 --> 02:44:05,920
in free flight he's responsible for the

4140
02:44:09,910 --> 02:44:08,479
spacecraft systems and its performance

4141
02:44:13,349 --> 02:44:09,920
right now though on board the station

4142
02:44:15,510 --> 02:44:13,359
he's the commander of expedition 67

4143
02:44:17,269 --> 02:44:15,520
and marshburn a native of statesville

4144
02:44:20,630 --> 02:44:17,279
north carolina became an astronaut back

4145
02:44:22,710 --> 02:44:20,640
in 2004 crew 3 was his third visit to

4146
02:44:26,230 --> 02:44:22,720
the space station and his second long

4147
02:44:28,389 --> 02:44:26,240
duration stay on the laboratory

4148
02:44:30,710 --> 02:44:28,399
baron was selected as an astronaut

4149
02:44:33,429 --> 02:44:30,720
candidate in 2017 and is a mission

4150
02:44:35,110 --> 02:44:33,439
specialist for crew 3. she works closely

4151
02:44:37,510 --> 02:44:35,120
with the commander and pilot to monitor

4152
02:44:39,429 --> 02:44:37,520
a spacecraft during the dynamic launch

4153
02:44:41,349 --> 02:44:39,439
and re-entry phases of flight she's

4154
02:44:43,990 --> 02:44:41,359
currently serving as a flight engineer

4155
02:44:46,389 --> 02:44:44,000
for expedition 67 aboard the station

4156
02:44:48,070 --> 02:44:46,399
baron was born in pocatello idaho but

4157
02:44:51,110 --> 02:44:48,080
considers richland washington her

4158
02:44:53,349 --> 02:44:51,120
hometown and rounding out crew 3 was

4159
02:44:55,990 --> 02:44:53,359
matthias maurer who was also a mission

4160
02:44:57,750 --> 02:44:56,000
specialist for the crew 3 mission and

4161
02:44:59,750 --> 02:44:57,760
again working with commander and pilot

4162
02:45:01,670 --> 02:44:59,760
to monitor the dragon spacecraft during

4163
02:45:04,790 --> 02:45:01,680
all of those different dynamic phases

4164
02:45:06,150 --> 02:45:04,800
launch re-entry docking and undocking

4165
02:45:09,590 --> 02:45:06,160
he's also a flight engineer on

4166
02:45:11,510 --> 02:45:09,600
expedition 67 and like raja char and

4167
02:45:13,910 --> 02:45:11,520
caleb baron this was his first trip to

4168
02:45:16,150 --> 02:45:13,920
space and he was from vendel in the

4169
02:45:18,469 --> 02:45:16,160
german state of starland so that

4170
02:45:20,950 --> 02:45:18,479
four-person crew is currently on board

4171
02:45:23,190 --> 02:45:20,960
they're preparing for crew 4's arrival

4172
02:45:25,190 --> 02:45:23,200
but their return back to earth is just

4173
02:45:27,510 --> 02:45:25,200
days away assuming we get an on-time

4174
02:45:29,110 --> 02:45:27,520
launch today so looking forward to

4175
02:45:31,349 --> 02:45:29,120
seeing all of them on board the space

4176
02:45:33,190 --> 02:45:31,359
station together let's get back to the

4177
02:45:35,269 --> 02:45:33,200
countdown now we'll head over to daryl

4178
02:45:37,269 --> 02:45:35,279
at the kennedy space center daryl all

4179
02:45:39,269 --> 02:45:37,279
right thank you very much dan and jesse

4180
02:45:40,790 --> 02:45:39,279
and if you're just now joining us

4181
02:45:43,670 --> 02:45:40,800
welcome to coverage for the mission

4182
02:45:45,030 --> 02:45:43,680
known as crew 4 nasa and spacex's fourth

4183
02:45:46,870 --> 02:45:45,040
flight of astronauts to the

4184
02:45:49,590 --> 02:45:46,880
international space station we are

4185
02:45:52,389 --> 02:45:49,600
currently at t minus one hour and eight

4186
02:45:55,750 --> 02:45:52,399
minutes until liftoff liftoff time still

4187
02:45:59,269 --> 02:45:55,760
holding megan for five i'm sorry 352

4188
02:46:00,950 --> 02:45:59,279
eastern time 352 and 55 seconds that's

4189
02:46:03,030 --> 02:46:00,960
where the five is coming from and we're

4190
02:46:05,269 --> 02:46:03,040
tracking no issues with falcon 9 or

4191
02:46:07,429 --> 02:46:05,279
dragon the range is green weather is

4192
02:46:10,230 --> 02:46:07,439
cooperating and over the last three

4193
02:46:12,469 --> 02:46:10,240
hours our crew of joe lindgren bob hines

4194
02:46:15,269 --> 02:46:12,479
jessica watkins and samantha christopher

4195
02:46:17,349 --> 02:46:15,279
have donned their spacex space suits in

4196
02:46:18,870 --> 02:46:17,359
the historic crew quarters suit up room

4197
02:46:20,950 --> 02:46:18,880
then they walked out of the crew

4198
02:46:23,429 --> 02:46:20,960
quarters building as every nasa

4199
02:46:25,269 --> 02:46:23,439
astronaut has done since apollo 7.

4200
02:46:27,190 --> 02:46:25,279
then they were transported to the pad

4201
02:46:29,429 --> 02:46:27,200
where they climbed inside the spacex

4202
02:46:31,750 --> 02:46:29,439
crew dragon freedom and now we are

4203
02:46:34,309 --> 02:46:31,760
seeing them live on that rocket that you

4204
02:46:36,550 --> 02:46:34,319
see on your screen right there awaiting

4205
02:46:38,870 --> 02:46:36,560
liftoff

4206
02:46:39,990 --> 02:46:38,880
and so megan as they wait for this what

4207
02:46:41,910 --> 02:46:40,000
is the crew

4208
02:46:44,389 --> 02:46:41,920
doing in these moments right the

4209
02:46:46,230 --> 02:46:44,399
closeout crew is leaving and so it's

4210
02:46:48,309 --> 02:46:46,240
just the astronauts inside the

4211
02:46:49,910 --> 02:46:48,319
spacecraft yes you certainly realize as

4212
02:46:51,670 --> 02:46:49,920
that hatch closes and you get the call

4213
02:46:53,990 --> 02:46:51,680
that uh everyone's left the pad that

4214
02:46:54,950 --> 02:46:54,000
you're you're getting very very close to

4215
02:46:56,150 --> 02:46:54,960
launch

4216
02:46:57,590 --> 02:46:56,160
throughout the time and it is a

4217
02:46:59,030 --> 02:46:57,600
significant amount of time that they're

4218
02:47:00,870 --> 02:46:59,040
in there and waiting in the beginning

4219
02:47:02,950 --> 02:47:00,880
you know you first arrive you want to

4220
02:47:04,950 --> 02:47:02,960
make sure that if you if you had to do

4221
02:47:07,190 --> 02:47:04,960
an emergency egress you know what all of

4222
02:47:08,710 --> 02:47:07,200
the functions are that you need to do

4223
02:47:10,710 --> 02:47:08,720
what are all of the equipment is and so

4224
02:47:12,309 --> 02:47:10,720
you take some time to be serious about

4225
02:47:14,389 --> 02:47:12,319
thinking through all of that you know

4226
02:47:15,510 --> 02:47:14,399
and as we go further and we approach the

4227
02:47:18,230 --> 02:47:15,520
propellant loading they're going to

4228
02:47:19,590 --> 02:47:18,240
again be very much focused on the tasks

4229
02:47:21,830 --> 02:47:19,600
at hand but in between there's quite a

4230
02:47:23,590 --> 02:47:21,840
lot of down time and so they'll be

4231
02:47:25,269 --> 02:47:23,600
entertaining each other telling stories

4232
02:47:26,790 --> 02:47:25,279
maybe they'll be playing some games the

4233
02:47:28,950 --> 02:47:26,800
few glimpses that we've had of them i've

4234
02:47:30,389 --> 02:47:28,960
seen some smiles on faces so i think

4235
02:47:32,790 --> 02:47:30,399
they're in there having fun getting

4236
02:47:34,950 --> 02:47:32,800
ready plenty of smiles from crew 4

4237
02:47:37,190 --> 02:47:34,960
indeed we've seen that and it's been

4238
02:47:39,269 --> 02:47:37,200
good to see over the next hour we will

4239
02:47:40,469 --> 02:47:39,279
conduct a series of polls to get ready

4240
02:47:42,790 --> 02:47:40,479
for launch

4241
02:47:44,630 --> 02:47:42,800
the crew will also arm the launch escape

4242
02:47:46,950 --> 02:47:44,640
system

4243
02:47:49,670 --> 02:47:46,960
and the fueling of the falcon 9 will

4244
02:47:51,349 --> 02:47:49,680
begin and that's a big moment

4245
02:47:54,550 --> 02:47:51,359
let's talk about today's flight launch

4246
02:47:56,710 --> 02:47:54,560
of course is set for 3 52 and 55 seconds

4247
02:47:58,630 --> 02:47:56,720
am eastern daylight time

4248
02:48:01,429 --> 02:47:58,640
this will include a 12-minute flight to

4249
02:48:03,030 --> 02:48:01,439
orbit and then a roughly 16-hour flight

4250
02:48:04,309 --> 02:48:03,040
to dock with the international space

4251
02:48:07,830 --> 02:48:04,319
station

4252
02:48:08,950 --> 02:48:07,840
at 8 15 p.m tonight eastern daylight

4253
02:48:10,710 --> 02:48:08,960
time

4254
02:48:13,269 --> 02:48:10,720
all in one day

4255
02:48:15,429 --> 02:48:13,279
yes it is a long day

4256
02:48:17,190 --> 02:48:15,439
you know when i think about them getting

4257
02:48:18,790 --> 02:48:17,200
ready to fly

4258
02:48:19,990 --> 02:48:18,800
i think about the story that i've heard

4259
02:48:22,710 --> 02:48:20,000
you tell

4260
02:48:24,389 --> 02:48:22,720
about that flight uphill you'd gotten

4261
02:48:26,230 --> 02:48:24,399
you know

4262
02:48:29,190 --> 02:48:26,240
past the tough part right you've lifted

4263
02:48:30,710 --> 02:48:29,200
off crew 2 is in space

4264
02:48:32,870 --> 02:48:30,720
and you felt like everything was okay

4265
02:48:34,710 --> 02:48:32,880
and then there was this

4266
02:48:36,630 --> 02:48:34,720
sudden alarm yes

4267
02:48:38,070 --> 02:48:36,640
you recount that story sure well

4268
02:48:40,070 --> 02:48:38,080
actually it was uh kind of you know

4269
02:48:42,150 --> 02:48:40,080
again a very long day you're exhausted

4270
02:48:43,910 --> 02:48:42,160
for a lot of reasons and it was at that

4271
02:48:46,150 --> 02:48:43,920
time our bedtime and so we've been given

4272
02:48:47,670 --> 02:48:46,160
the go to dress into our pajamas pull

4273
02:48:49,190 --> 02:48:47,680
out our sleeping bags and and basically

4274
02:48:50,870 --> 02:48:49,200
hunker down and try to get as much sleep

4275
02:48:53,750 --> 02:48:50,880
as you can before the rendezvous begins

4276
02:48:56,070 --> 02:48:53,760
the next day and um we got the call from

4277
02:48:57,269 --> 02:48:56,080
sarah our core to say hey we're tracking

4278
02:48:58,469 --> 02:48:57,279
an object

4279
02:48:59,910 --> 02:48:58,479
that's potentially going to get too

4280
02:49:01,670 --> 02:48:59,920
close to you we need you immediately

4281
02:49:04,070 --> 02:49:01,680
back in your suits and put everything

4282
02:49:05,510 --> 02:49:04,080
away you have i think it was 15 or 20

4283
02:49:07,429 --> 02:49:05,520
minutes and so

4284
02:49:08,950 --> 02:49:07,439
that was an immediate scramble to do

4285
02:49:10,950 --> 02:49:08,960
exactly what she had said there was no

4286
02:49:12,389 --> 02:49:10,960
time to really think about it we had to

4287
02:49:13,750 --> 02:49:12,399
just go right into the drill of

4288
02:49:17,110 --> 02:49:13,760
practicing those motions that we had

4289
02:49:19,110 --> 02:49:17,120
done of course um at home and

4290
02:49:21,190 --> 02:49:19,120
our awesome mission specialist aki and

4291
02:49:23,269 --> 02:49:21,200
tama got shane and i into our suits and

4292
02:49:25,269 --> 02:49:23,279
strapped into our seats and then got

4293
02:49:27,510 --> 02:49:25,279
themselves suited and then had to put

4294
02:49:29,910 --> 02:49:27,520
absolutely everything away every t-shirt

4295
02:49:31,510 --> 02:49:29,920
every sleeping bag every sock everything

4296
02:49:33,269 --> 02:49:31,520
and that was a tremendous amount of work

4297
02:49:35,110 --> 02:49:33,279
under time pressure and just as they got

4298
02:49:36,870 --> 02:49:35,120
the last you know zipper zipped and

4299
02:49:39,590 --> 02:49:36,880
buckled buckled we got the call that

4300
02:49:41,670 --> 02:49:39,600
said it was a false alarm and there was

4301
02:49:43,990 --> 02:49:41,680
not actually an object out there on a

4302
02:49:46,309 --> 02:49:44,000
trajectory with us so it did feel a lot

4303
02:49:47,670 --> 02:49:46,319
like the simulator that the sim soup had

4304
02:49:49,110 --> 02:49:47,680
just maybe seen

4305
02:49:50,870 --> 02:49:49,120
uh that we were

4306
02:49:52,230 --> 02:49:50,880
uh done with the task and was ready to

4307
02:49:53,750 --> 02:49:52,240
move on to the next thing but it was a

4308
02:49:55,429 --> 02:49:53,760
good it was a good practice it got our

4309
02:49:56,790 --> 02:49:55,439
hearts racing what an experience

4310
02:49:58,230 --> 02:49:56,800
thinking you might hit something in

4311
02:50:00,389 --> 02:49:58,240
space but actually it was a false alarm

4312
02:50:02,150 --> 02:50:00,399
that was something that was improperly

4313
02:50:04,070 --> 02:50:02,160
uh entered into the system there was

4314
02:50:05,750 --> 02:50:04,080
nothing there that's right but uh you

4315
02:50:07,349 --> 02:50:05,760
trained for that for that right and you

4316
02:50:09,190 --> 02:50:07,359
were ready for it beware thank you for

4317
02:50:11,590 --> 02:50:09,200
sharing for that sure all right let's

4318
02:50:13,429 --> 02:50:11,600
check in now with uh hawthorne and go

4319
02:50:17,910 --> 02:50:13,439
out to california for a status on both

4320
02:50:21,830 --> 02:50:19,830
thanks daryl we've had a smooth

4321
02:50:24,150 --> 02:50:21,840
countdown so far and the spacex team is

4322
02:50:25,110 --> 02:50:24,160
working no issues as the pace begins to

4323
02:50:27,910 --> 02:50:25,120
pick up

4324
02:50:30,230 --> 02:50:27,920
we heard that the crew had left

4325
02:50:33,030 --> 02:50:30,240
the pad and so right now it's just the

4326
02:50:35,110 --> 02:50:33,040
crew inside dragon for falcon 9 our

4327
02:50:37,110 --> 02:50:35,120
two-stage reusable rocket final

4328
02:50:39,750 --> 02:50:37,120
propulsion checkouts of the first and

4329
02:50:41,590 --> 02:50:39,760
second stages and the engine began

4330
02:50:43,990 --> 02:50:41,600
just a few minutes ago in preparation

4331
02:50:46,710 --> 02:50:44,000
for propellant loading now this involves

4332
02:50:49,830 --> 02:50:46,720
testing and cycling valves as well as

4333
02:50:52,469 --> 02:50:49,840
engine pneumatics

4334
02:50:53,830 --> 02:50:52,479
at the t minus 45 minute mark the team

4335
02:50:55,750 --> 02:50:53,840
will report their readiness for

4336
02:50:57,670 --> 02:50:55,760
propellant load with a final electronic

4337
02:51:00,469 --> 02:50:57,680
go no gold pull

4338
02:51:02,389 --> 02:51:00,479
now before we we can begin starting to

4339
02:51:04,790 --> 02:51:02,399
load propellants on falcon 9 we do have

4340
02:51:07,190 --> 02:51:04,800
a few more tasks to perform first we

4341
02:51:08,950 --> 02:51:07,200
need to retract the crew access arm away

4342
02:51:10,870 --> 02:51:08,960
from the dragon capsule

4343
02:51:13,030 --> 02:51:10,880
to its launch position that's going to

4344
02:51:15,670 --> 02:51:13,040
happen between the t minus 44 and the t

4345
02:51:17,910 --> 02:51:15,680
minus 42 minute mark with the arm out of

4346
02:51:19,830 --> 02:51:17,920
the way the launch escape system will be

4347
02:51:21,990 --> 02:51:19,840
armed and once these two events are

4348
02:51:23,910 --> 02:51:22,000
complete dragon will be ready for falcon

4349
02:51:25,990 --> 02:51:23,920
propellant loading

4350
02:51:28,309 --> 02:51:26,000
we'll also verify with the launch

4351
02:51:30,469 --> 02:51:28,319
weather officer that weather meets all

4352
02:51:32,230 --> 02:51:30,479
the constraints these include items such

4353
02:51:34,630 --> 02:51:32,240
as wind speed lightning and

4354
02:51:36,150 --> 02:51:34,640
precipitation we do expect acceptable

4355
02:51:38,150 --> 02:51:36,160
weather conditions for launch at both

4356
02:51:39,590 --> 02:51:38,160
the surface level and upper altitudes

4357
02:51:41,750 --> 02:51:39,600
though

4358
02:51:44,630 --> 02:51:41,760
range is currently clear for launch from

4359
02:51:46,309 --> 02:51:44,640
historic launch pad 39a worldwide

4360
02:51:48,710 --> 02:51:46,319
network of ground stations and the

4361
02:51:50,469 --> 02:51:48,720
tracking and data relay satellites are

4362
02:51:51,670 --> 02:51:50,479
ready to support dragon as it heads into

4363
02:51:53,590 --> 02:51:51,680
orbit

4364
02:51:57,030 --> 02:51:53,600
today we do have an instantaneous launch

4365
02:51:58,950 --> 02:51:57,040
window at 3 52 a.m eastern time once we

4366
02:52:01,990 --> 02:51:58,960
begin loading propellant there is no

4367
02:52:03,269 --> 02:52:02,000
opportunity to change d0 the timing for

4368
02:52:05,190 --> 02:52:03,279
dragon to rendezvous with the

4369
02:52:07,670 --> 02:52:05,200
international space station is very

4370
02:52:10,070 --> 02:52:07,680
precise down to the down to the second

4371
02:52:13,830 --> 02:52:10,080
so we do only get one chance at it today

4372
02:52:16,230 --> 02:52:13,840
the good news is uh we are uh at t minus

4373
02:52:18,150 --> 02:52:16,240
one hour and one minute and counting

4374
02:52:21,429 --> 02:52:18,160
everything is looking green so i'm gonna

4375
02:52:23,510 --> 02:52:21,439
send it back over to jesse

4376
02:52:24,710 --> 02:52:23,520
that's great news andy thanks for the

4377
02:52:27,110 --> 02:52:24,720
update

4378
02:52:29,269 --> 02:52:27,120
today's launch marks the fourth time a

4379
02:52:31,110 --> 02:52:29,279
rotational crew will fly on a commercial

4380
02:52:33,750 --> 02:52:31,120
spacecraft and each of our crew members

4381
02:52:35,269 --> 02:52:33,760
brings a diverse set of experiences to

4382
02:52:37,670 --> 02:52:35,279
today's flight

4383
02:52:40,150 --> 02:52:37,680
chow lindgren is commander of crew

4384
02:52:42,230 --> 02:52:40,160
dragon of the crew dragon spacecraft and

4385
02:52:43,990 --> 02:52:42,240
the crew form mission responsible for

4386
02:52:45,110 --> 02:52:44,000
all phases of flight from launch to

4387
02:52:47,510 --> 02:52:45,120
re-entry

4388
02:52:49,110 --> 02:52:47,520
chels spent most of his childhood abroad

4389
02:52:50,550 --> 02:52:49,120
and returned to the u.s to earn a

4390
02:52:52,630 --> 02:52:50,560
doctorate of medicine from the

4391
02:52:54,710 --> 02:52:52,640
university of colorado

4392
02:52:57,190 --> 02:52:54,720
board certified in emergency medicine

4393
02:53:00,790 --> 02:52:57,200
shell served as the deputy crew surgeon

4394
02:53:03,750 --> 02:53:00,800
for sts-130 and expedition 24.

4395
02:53:07,429 --> 02:53:03,760
he also flew on expedition 44 and 45

4396
02:53:10,070 --> 02:53:07,439
logged 141 days in space participated in

4397
02:53:12,550 --> 02:53:10,080
two spacewalks and more than a hundred

4398
02:53:14,950 --> 02:53:12,560
different science experiments on station

4399
02:53:16,630 --> 02:53:14,960
and bob hines is the pilot of crew

4400
02:53:18,630 --> 02:53:16,640
dragon freedom today and he's going to

4401
02:53:19,990 --> 02:53:18,640
be responsible for spacecraft systems

4402
02:53:21,670 --> 02:53:20,000
and performance and he's second in

4403
02:53:23,190 --> 02:53:21,680
command for the mission he's also going

4404
02:53:25,990 --> 02:53:23,200
to serve as a flight engineer for

4405
02:53:27,910 --> 02:53:26,000
expedition 67 and 68 on board the

4406
02:53:30,070 --> 02:53:27,920
station he's born in fayetteville north

4407
02:53:31,830 --> 02:53:30,080
carolina earned a bachelor of science

4408
02:53:34,469 --> 02:53:31,840
degree in aerospace engineering from

4409
02:53:36,710 --> 02:53:34,479
boston university after he graduated

4410
02:53:38,630 --> 02:53:36,720
from there went to the u.s air force

4411
02:53:40,230 --> 02:53:38,640
test pilot school where he was awarded a

4412
02:53:42,469 --> 02:53:40,240
master of science in flight test

4413
02:53:44,710 --> 02:53:42,479
engineering and then went on to complete

4414
02:53:45,910 --> 02:53:44,720
a master of science degree in aerospace

4415
02:53:47,750 --> 02:53:45,920
engineering from the university of

4416
02:53:50,550 --> 02:53:47,760
alabama a lot of school

4417
02:53:52,309 --> 02:53:50,560
in 2012 he was selected as a research

4418
02:53:54,630 --> 02:53:52,319
pilot at nasa's johnson space center and

4419
02:53:56,790 --> 02:53:54,640
then in 2017 got the call to become an

4420
02:53:58,870 --> 02:53:56,800
astronaut candidate

4421
02:54:01,429 --> 02:53:58,880
jessica watkins is a mission specialist

4422
02:54:03,269 --> 02:54:01,439
for crew 4. this will be jessica's first

4423
02:54:05,750 --> 02:54:03,279
trip to space following her selection as

4424
02:54:07,269 --> 02:54:05,760
an astronaut in 2017.

4425
02:54:08,950 --> 02:54:07,279
as a mission specialist she will work

4426
02:54:10,469 --> 02:54:08,960
closely with the commander and pilot to

4427
02:54:12,550 --> 02:54:10,479
monitor the spacecraft during the

4428
02:54:13,429 --> 02:54:12,560
dynamic launch and re-entry phases of

4429
02:54:15,269 --> 02:54:13,439
flight

4430
02:54:17,269 --> 02:54:15,279
jessica earned a bachelor's degree in

4431
02:54:19,510 --> 02:54:17,279
geological and environmental sciences

4432
02:54:21,590 --> 02:54:19,520
from stanford university and a doctorate

4433
02:54:23,670 --> 02:54:21,600
in geology from the university of

4434
02:54:25,750 --> 02:54:23,680
california los angeles

4435
02:54:28,230 --> 02:54:25,760
at the time of her astronaut selection

4436
02:54:30,309 --> 02:54:28,240
she was a postdoctoral fellow

4437
02:54:32,309 --> 02:54:30,319
in the division of geological and

4438
02:54:34,150 --> 02:54:32,319
planetary sciences at the california

4439
02:54:36,070 --> 02:54:34,160
institute of technology where she

4440
02:54:38,550 --> 02:54:36,080
collaborated as a member of the science

4441
02:54:40,389 --> 02:54:38,560
team for the mars science laboratory

4442
02:54:42,630 --> 02:54:40,399
rover curiosity

4443
02:54:44,870 --> 02:54:42,640
and our fourth crew member samantha

4444
02:54:47,269 --> 02:54:44,880
chris ferretti also a mission specialist

4445
02:54:49,670 --> 02:54:47,279
for crew 4 from the european space

4446
02:54:51,510 --> 02:54:49,680
agency in 2001 she graduated from the

4447
02:54:53,110 --> 02:54:51,520
technical university of munich germany

4448
02:54:54,870 --> 02:54:53,120
with a master's degree in mechanical

4449
02:54:57,030 --> 02:54:54,880
engineering with specializations in

4450
02:54:59,190 --> 02:54:57,040
aerospace propulsion and lightweight

4451
02:55:02,550 --> 02:54:59,200
structures she also attended the euro

4452
02:55:04,710 --> 02:55:02,560
nato joint jet pilot training program at

4453
02:55:06,469 --> 02:55:04,720
shepherd air force base in the u.s where

4454
02:55:09,349 --> 02:55:06,479
she earned her fighter pilot wings in

4455
02:55:11,590 --> 02:55:09,359
2006. she was selected as a nissa

4456
02:55:13,990 --> 02:55:11,600
astronaut in may 2009 and then in

4457
02:55:17,030 --> 02:55:14,000
november 2014 launched from the

4458
02:55:19,670 --> 02:55:17,040
cosmodrome in baikonur kazakhstan before

4459
02:55:24,070 --> 02:55:19,680
returning to earth in june of 2015 after

4460
02:55:26,790 --> 02:55:24,080
spending 200 days in space then in 2019

4461
02:55:29,190 --> 02:55:26,800
when a different mission nasa's 23rd

4462
02:55:31,510 --> 02:55:29,200
extreme environment mission operations

4463
02:55:33,830 --> 02:55:31,520
also known as nemo a 10-day stay in the

4464
02:55:35,670 --> 02:55:33,840
world's only undersea research station

4465
02:55:37,670 --> 02:55:35,680
aquarius

4466
02:55:40,710 --> 02:55:37,680
each of these four crew members will

4467
02:55:42,070 --> 02:55:40,720
join expeditions 67 and 68 once they

4468
02:55:44,950 --> 02:55:42,080
arrive at the international space

4469
02:55:47,750 --> 02:55:44,960
station all right well we are under an

4470
02:55:50,070 --> 02:55:47,760
hour away from launch so we're getting

4471
02:55:52,309 --> 02:55:50,080
into really the exciting part of the

4472
02:55:54,309 --> 02:55:52,319
countdown we heard that the crew

4473
02:55:56,630 --> 02:55:54,319
the closeout crew has left the arm

4474
02:55:58,550 --> 02:55:56,640
they're out of the area uh and we're

4475
02:56:00,389 --> 02:55:58,560
getting closer to propellant loading and

4476
02:56:02,790 --> 02:56:00,399
some of the really exciting moments uh

4477
02:56:04,950 --> 02:56:02,800
spacex's crew 4 mission is the company's

4478
02:56:07,110 --> 02:56:04,960
fifth crude space flight for nasa we had

4479
02:56:09,110 --> 02:56:07,120
the demo two test flight and three

4480
02:56:12,230 --> 02:56:09,120
previous operational crude missions to

4481
02:56:15,429 --> 02:56:12,240
station uh this is also spacex's seventh

4482
02:56:18,070 --> 02:56:15,439
crude space flight overall uh including

4483
02:56:20,469 --> 02:56:18,080
the uh inspiration four mission as well

4484
02:56:21,830 --> 02:56:20,479
as the ax1 mission which just recently

4485
02:56:24,070 --> 02:56:21,840
came home

4486
02:56:25,910 --> 02:56:24,080
today our crew is flying the newest

4487
02:56:27,750 --> 02:56:25,920
dragon in our fleet and we'll be taking

4488
02:56:30,389 --> 02:56:27,760
a ride on board the falcon 9 that

4489
02:56:31,510 --> 02:56:30,399
supported the crs 22 mission in june of

4490
02:56:33,750 --> 02:56:31,520
last year

4491
02:56:35,590 --> 02:56:33,760
that's been a great countdown so far as

4492
02:56:37,910 --> 02:56:35,600
andy has been saying weather has been

4493
02:56:39,990 --> 02:56:37,920
looking really good for t zero and again

4494
02:56:42,950 --> 02:56:40,000
the excitement just continues to pick up

4495
02:56:45,110 --> 02:56:42,960
as we get closer to the t0 mark

4496
02:56:46,790 --> 02:56:45,120
it's gone really smoothly so far today

4497
02:56:49,110 --> 02:56:46,800
if you joined us at the very beginning

4498
02:56:51,510 --> 02:56:49,120
we started with suit up just over three

4499
02:56:53,269 --> 02:56:51,520
hours ago where the spacex team helped

4500
02:56:54,790 --> 02:56:53,279
the crew put on their suits that they're

4501
02:56:57,429 --> 02:56:54,800
going to wear for all the launch

4502
02:56:59,590 --> 02:56:57,439
operations and did the initial checkouts

4503
02:57:03,110 --> 02:56:59,600
suit leak checks before they got to the

4504
02:57:05,110 --> 02:57:03,120
crew walkout and that's where chell bob

4505
02:57:07,590 --> 02:57:05,120
jessica and samantha gave some final

4506
02:57:09,590 --> 02:57:07,600
goodbyes and some waves to folks

4507
02:57:11,590 --> 02:57:09,600
gathered outside the operations and

4508
02:57:14,469 --> 02:57:11,600
checkout building before they climbed

4509
02:57:18,309 --> 02:57:14,479
into the teslas and began that roughly

4510
02:57:20,150 --> 02:57:18,319
20 minute ride out to pad 39a

4511
02:57:22,389 --> 02:57:20,160
and we did watch as the crew boarded

4512
02:57:25,030 --> 02:57:22,399
their teslas and headed down the nasa

4513
02:57:27,510 --> 02:57:25,040
causeway headed towards the launch pad

4514
02:57:29,269 --> 02:57:27,520
once they arrived at the pad the crew

4515
02:57:31,990 --> 02:57:29,279
took a moment to enjoy the view of the

4516
02:57:33,750 --> 02:57:32,000
vehicle they will be taking flight on

4517
02:57:34,870 --> 02:57:33,760
this morning and then headed up to fixed

4518
02:57:36,790 --> 02:57:34,880
services

4519
02:57:46,870 --> 02:57:36,800
we are cycling orbit tank isolation

4520
02:57:50,950 --> 02:57:49,110
just some calms there between the crew

4521
02:57:53,110 --> 02:57:50,960
and the ground

4522
02:57:55,269 --> 02:57:53,120
and again as they headed up the fixed

4523
02:57:56,950 --> 02:57:55,279
service structure they began the process

4524
02:57:58,550 --> 02:57:56,960
known as crew ingress and that's where

4525
02:57:59,830 --> 02:57:58,560
the astronauts entered the dragon

4526
02:58:02,150 --> 02:57:59,840
spacecraft

4527
02:58:04,710 --> 02:58:02,160
spacex team then performed a series of

4528
02:58:06,790 --> 02:58:04,720
checks to ensure the suits seats

4529
02:58:09,030 --> 02:58:06,800
uh and vehicle interactions were all

4530
02:58:11,590 --> 02:58:09,040
functioning properly yeah they they made

4531
02:58:13,670 --> 02:58:11,600
their way two at a time down

4532
02:58:15,990 --> 02:58:13,680
uh down that crew access arm and then

4533
02:58:18,309 --> 02:58:16,000
getting in one at a time into the dragon

4534
02:58:20,870 --> 02:58:18,319
spacecraft we saw shell and bob make the

4535
02:58:22,309 --> 02:58:20,880
walk down first followed soon after

4536
02:58:24,550 --> 02:58:22,319
by samantha

4537
02:58:26,710 --> 02:58:24,560
and jessica

4538
02:58:29,590 --> 02:58:26,720
and they were helped into the vehicle by

4539
02:58:31,590 --> 02:58:29,600
that closeout team which a little while

4540
02:58:33,510 --> 02:58:31,600
ago we did hear that they made their way

4541
02:58:35,190 --> 02:58:33,520
off the crew access arm

4542
02:58:37,510 --> 02:58:35,200
they were able to close the hatch with

4543
02:58:39,590 --> 02:58:37,520
the crew safely inside execute the hot

4544
02:58:41,910 --> 02:58:39,600
side hatch leak check

4545
02:58:43,429 --> 02:58:41,920
and so we're less than an hour to go now

4546
02:58:45,510 --> 02:58:43,439
and so things are going to

4547
02:58:47,349 --> 02:58:45,520
start to really pick up

4548
02:58:49,429 --> 02:58:47,359
as we go through a series of go no go

4549
02:58:51,990 --> 02:58:49,439
pulls to arm the launch escape system

4550
02:58:54,150 --> 02:58:52,000
and then start propellant loading

4551
02:58:57,349 --> 02:58:54,160
the crew pull for readiness was

4552
02:59:00,469 --> 02:58:57,359
completed at the t-minus 60-minute mark

4553
02:59:02,870 --> 02:59:00,479
and the dragon pole for prop loading uh

4554
02:59:03,830 --> 02:59:02,880
is coming up here at about t minus 55

4555
02:59:05,990 --> 02:59:03,840
minutes

4556
02:59:08,150 --> 02:59:06,000
and then after that we'll be at t minus

4557
02:59:10,150 --> 02:59:08,160
45 minutes there will be an internal

4558
02:59:13,349 --> 02:59:10,160
mission control freedom spacex at this

4559
02:59:15,190 --> 02:59:13,359
time you are go for section six

4560
02:59:21,030 --> 02:59:15,200
okay when you're ready please report go

4561
02:59:21,040 --> 02:59:28,550
copy freedom is go for section six

4562
02:59:32,550 --> 02:59:30,309
again just pausing for those comms

4563
02:59:34,630 --> 02:59:32,560
between the core and the crew 4

4564
02:59:37,990 --> 02:59:34,640
astronauts

4565
02:59:39,830 --> 02:59:38,000
at t minus 45 minutes we will have an

4566
02:59:41,429 --> 02:59:39,840
internal mission control hawthorne poll

4567
02:59:42,870 --> 02:59:41,439
and then the launch director's pull for

4568
02:59:45,110 --> 02:59:42,880
propellant loading

4569
02:59:47,349 --> 02:59:45,120
now when we get to about the t-minus 40

4570
02:59:49,110 --> 02:59:47,359
minute mark the crew access arm will

4571
02:59:51,110 --> 02:59:49,120
retract and the crew will get the call

4572
02:59:53,510 --> 02:59:51,120
to closer visors and to arm the launch

4573
02:59:55,510 --> 02:59:53,520
escape system now that's the automated

4574
02:59:57,590 --> 02:59:55,520
safety system in place that can fire the

4575
02:59:59,030 --> 02:59:57,600
eight super draco thrusters on dragon to

4576
03:00:01,110 --> 02:59:59,040
quickly separate the crew from the

4577
03:00:03,269 --> 03:00:01,120
rocket either on the pad or during the

4578
03:00:05,750 --> 03:00:03,279
flight on the right uphill and then once

4579
03:00:07,510 --> 03:00:05,760
we reach 35 minutes before liftoff

4580
03:00:10,230 --> 03:00:07,520
propellant loading for falcon 9 will

4581
03:00:13,349 --> 03:00:10,240
begin loading fuel and oxidizer on both

4582
03:00:15,110 --> 03:00:13,359
the first and second stages on falcon 9.

4583
03:00:17,030 --> 03:00:15,120
so we'll continue to get views of the

4584
03:00:19,990 --> 03:00:17,040
crew they're going to get ready to

4585
03:00:21,910 --> 03:00:20,000
report their readiness for launch

4586
03:00:22,830 --> 03:00:21,920
they're in their suits throughout this

4587
03:00:25,750 --> 03:00:22,840
entire

4588
03:00:27,110 --> 03:00:25,760
phase but for right now we are just

4589
03:00:28,950 --> 03:00:27,120
standing by

4590
03:00:31,269 --> 03:00:28,960
for these final pulls and then we'll get

4591
03:00:33,030 --> 03:00:31,279
into propellant loading so with things

4592
03:00:35,510 --> 03:00:33,040
starting to pick up let's send it back

4593
03:00:37,830 --> 03:00:35,520
now to the teams in florida over to you

4594
03:00:40,230 --> 03:00:37,840
daryl all right thank you dan and since

4595
03:00:42,280 --> 03:00:40,240
we last saw you our team has grown check

4596
03:00:44,309 --> 03:00:42,290
this out

4597
03:00:45,910 --> 03:00:44,319
[Applause]

4598
03:00:48,710 --> 03:00:45,920
so megan macarthur and i want to welcome

4599
03:00:50,550 --> 03:00:48,720
a group of nasa social participants onto

4600
03:00:53,700 --> 03:00:50,560
our launch broadcast they are standing

4601
03:00:56,230 --> 03:00:53,710
behind us and all around us guys welcome

4602
03:00:58,389 --> 03:00:56,240
[Applause]

4603
03:01:00,389 --> 03:00:58,399
so you might ask what are nasa social

4604
03:01:01,510 --> 03:01:00,399
participants this is them and they are

4605
03:01:04,230 --> 03:01:01,520
stoked and here's what they've been

4606
03:01:06,550 --> 03:01:04,240
doing nasa puts out an open invitation

4607
03:01:08,950 --> 03:01:06,560
to social media influencers who engage

4608
03:01:10,630 --> 03:01:08,960
in stamin science communication to come

4609
03:01:12,230 --> 03:01:10,640
out to kennedy and you're looking at the

4610
03:01:14,550 --> 03:01:12,240
pictures of some of the stops they went

4611
03:01:16,389 --> 03:01:14,560
to around kennedy they toured this

4612
03:01:19,590 --> 03:01:16,399
multi-user spaceport in the days leading

4613
03:01:21,269 --> 03:01:19,600
up to launch and it ends with a rocket

4614
03:01:23,510 --> 03:01:21,279
launch

4615
03:01:25,670 --> 03:01:23,520
they get to see it as close as you can

4616
03:01:28,710 --> 03:01:25,680
possibly get the same distance that the

4617
03:01:30,469 --> 03:01:28,720
media and vips get to watch it so i know

4618
03:01:32,950 --> 03:01:30,479
you guys are excited about that nasa

4619
03:01:35,429 --> 03:01:32,960
social participant camille calabeo is

4620
03:01:38,230 --> 03:01:35,439
otherwise known as the galactic gal on

4621
03:01:40,230 --> 03:01:38,240
instagram and so you're here as with all

4622
03:01:42,230 --> 03:01:40,240
of your nasa participants and i want to

4623
03:01:44,870 --> 03:01:42,240
ask first of all how's it going so far

4624
03:01:46,950 --> 03:01:44,880
it has been absolutely amazing um so

4625
03:01:49,750 --> 03:01:46,960
this is actually my first nasa social i

4626
03:01:51,349 --> 03:01:49,760
started my platform during covid so you

4627
03:01:54,389 --> 03:01:51,359
know we haven't had nasa social since

4628
03:01:57,190 --> 03:01:54,399
then um and it has been absolutely

4629
03:01:59,269 --> 03:01:57,200
incredible i know we had a delay um and

4630
03:02:01,349 --> 03:01:59,279
so you know some of us went home some of

4631
03:02:03,750 --> 03:02:01,359
us stayed we got to come back we got to

4632
03:02:06,469 --> 03:02:03,760
see so many things and i have gotten to

4633
03:02:08,630 --> 03:02:06,479
meet so many wonderful people from all

4634
03:02:10,389 --> 03:02:08,640
different walks of life and you know

4635
03:02:12,150 --> 03:02:10,399
some of them are artists some of them

4636
03:02:13,910 --> 03:02:12,160
are foodies some of them are space

4637
03:02:15,670 --> 03:02:13,920
influencers and so it's just been really

4638
03:02:17,750 --> 03:02:15,680
phenomenal to be here and get to

4639
03:02:20,070 --> 03:02:17,760
experiences with everyone absolutely and

4640
03:02:22,469 --> 03:02:20,080
each one of you represent a substantial

4641
03:02:24,150 --> 03:02:22,479
audience that you're communicating with

4642
03:02:26,309 --> 03:02:24,160
and sharing the science which we

4643
03:02:28,309 --> 03:02:26,319
appreciate so much so we're so glad that

4644
03:02:30,309 --> 03:02:28,319
you're here to do that what's been the

4645
03:02:32,630 --> 03:02:30,319
favorite part that you've done so far

4646
03:02:34,550 --> 03:02:32,640
that is a really hard question

4647
03:02:37,269 --> 03:02:34,560
um everything has been absolutely

4648
03:02:39,910 --> 03:02:37,279
amazing of course um but i think the

4649
03:02:41,910 --> 03:02:39,920
best part for me has been or was getting

4650
03:02:44,469 --> 03:02:41,920
to see three different rockets on their

4651
03:02:47,910 --> 03:02:44,479
pads at the same time it really just

4652
03:02:50,630 --> 03:02:47,920
solidifies me what a time to be alive

4653
03:02:52,950 --> 03:02:50,640
right you see spacex with starlink then

4654
03:02:55,349 --> 03:02:52,960
you see spacex with crew dragon and then

4655
03:02:56,469 --> 03:02:55,359
you see sls and orion taking us back to

4656
03:02:58,389 --> 03:02:56,479
the moon and that was just really

4657
03:03:00,710 --> 03:02:58,399
incredible to see that right here with

4658
03:03:02,389 --> 03:03:00,720
my own eyes totally and you guys get you

4659
03:03:04,070 --> 03:03:02,399
know got lucky really because there was

4660
03:03:06,150 --> 03:03:04,080
a launch last week you've seen two

4661
03:03:08,550 --> 03:03:06,160
launches we have national nasa socials

4662
03:03:10,950 --> 03:03:08,560
that don't get to do that so good on you

4663
03:03:13,190 --> 03:03:10,960
for seeing that what is one of the more

4664
03:03:15,349 --> 03:03:13,200
challenging aspects would you say to

4665
03:03:16,230 --> 03:03:15,359
communicating science in this day and

4666
03:03:18,550 --> 03:03:16,240
age

4667
03:03:21,269 --> 03:03:18,560
yeah i think communicating science on

4668
03:03:22,630 --> 03:03:21,279
social media is challenging for a couple

4669
03:03:24,870 --> 03:03:22,640
different reasons but i think one of

4670
03:03:27,349 --> 03:03:24,880
them is that people just don't have

4671
03:03:29,429 --> 03:03:27,359
a long attention spans anymore right you

4672
03:03:31,110 --> 03:03:29,439
get 30 seconds of people's attention a

4673
03:03:32,870 --> 03:03:31,120
lot of times so most of my content is

4674
03:03:34,950 --> 03:03:32,880
actually on tick tock and those types of

4675
03:03:36,150 --> 03:03:34,960
really short videos and you get 30

4676
03:03:39,590 --> 03:03:36,160
seconds and that's really hard to

4677
03:03:41,349 --> 03:03:39,600
communicate effectively educationally

4678
03:03:42,710 --> 03:03:41,359
and engaging right you have to engage

4679
03:03:44,710 --> 03:03:42,720
your audience and keep them engaged for

4680
03:03:46,870 --> 03:03:44,720
those 30 seconds that you get

4681
03:03:48,389 --> 03:03:46,880
and i think for for space specifically

4682
03:03:49,910 --> 03:03:48,399
it's challenging because space can be

4683
03:03:51,429 --> 03:03:49,920
criticized a lot

4684
03:03:53,429 --> 03:03:51,439
especially from the general public that

4685
03:03:54,710 --> 03:03:53,439
might not be otherwise connected to

4686
03:03:57,269 --> 03:03:54,720
space and so i think just really

4687
03:03:59,190 --> 03:03:57,279
communicating why are we doing this and

4688
03:04:00,950 --> 03:03:59,200
why it's really important to humanity

4689
03:04:02,630 --> 03:04:00,960
and life on earth all right well the

4690
03:04:05,030 --> 03:04:02,640
galactic gal i want to give you an

4691
03:04:06,950 --> 03:04:05,040
opportunity to ask a question of a nasa

4692
03:04:07,830 --> 03:04:06,960
astronaut

4693
03:04:09,590 --> 03:04:07,840
on the spot oh you megan

4694
03:04:12,550 --> 03:04:09,600
me on the spot what one question would

4695
03:04:15,269 --> 03:04:12,560
you ask an astronaut okay so this might

4696
03:04:17,030 --> 03:04:15,279
be cliche but i'm sure we have a lot of

4697
03:04:18,790 --> 03:04:17,040
young people watching and i would really

4698
03:04:20,230 --> 03:04:18,800
love to hear from your perspective as a

4699
03:04:21,910 --> 03:04:20,240
female astronaut

4700
03:04:24,630 --> 03:04:21,920
what is something that you would

4701
03:04:26,710 --> 03:04:24,640
recommend to somebody say five years old

4702
03:04:29,190 --> 03:04:26,720
well i think what i recommend to kids of

4703
03:04:31,030 --> 03:04:29,200
any age in any gender is to figure out

4704
03:04:33,269 --> 03:04:31,040
what it is that you love to do be

4705
03:04:35,349 --> 03:04:33,279
curious and try new things right don't

4706
03:04:36,790 --> 03:04:35,359
decide just one thing at five years old

4707
03:04:38,790 --> 03:04:36,800
i'm gonna do this one thing right

4708
03:04:41,349 --> 03:04:38,800
because there's so many other amazing

4709
03:04:43,429 --> 03:04:41,359
experiences to have so be curious ask

4710
03:04:45,510 --> 03:04:43,439
lots of questions find that thing that

4711
03:04:47,510 --> 03:04:45,520
you love to do and then pursue it and

4712
03:04:48,790 --> 03:04:47,520
and get really good at it i love that

4713
03:04:50,870 --> 03:04:48,800
thank you

4714
03:04:52,870 --> 03:04:50,880
all right while we have all of these

4715
03:04:56,710 --> 03:04:52,880
social media influencers

4716
03:05:00,469 --> 03:04:58,150
out there in the audience throughout the

4717
03:05:03,590 --> 03:05:00,479
show we've been taking your questions at

4718
03:05:05,910 --> 03:05:03,600
the hashtag ask nasa uh throughout the

4719
03:05:07,990 --> 03:05:05,920
night we have time for a few more before

4720
03:05:09,190 --> 03:05:08,000
falcon 9 fueling begins and you can see

4721
03:05:11,830 --> 03:05:09,200
it in the bottom right hand corner of

4722
03:05:14,469 --> 03:05:11,840
your screen this one for megan while on

4723
03:05:15,750 --> 03:05:14,479
the space station what was your biggest

4724
03:05:18,070 --> 03:05:15,760
accomplishment

4725
03:05:19,910 --> 03:05:18,080
that's a tough one i think for me

4726
03:05:22,070 --> 03:05:19,920
meeting the challenge of every single

4727
03:05:23,910 --> 03:05:22,080
day meeting the schedule every day and

4728
03:05:25,990 --> 03:05:23,920
whatever that brought was really the

4729
03:05:28,150 --> 03:05:26,000
challenge because every single day was

4730
03:05:30,070 --> 03:05:28,160
different some days were easier than

4731
03:05:31,349 --> 03:05:30,080
others some days were really hard some

4732
03:05:32,550 --> 03:05:31,359
days you really had to lean on your

4733
03:05:34,630 --> 03:05:32,560
crewmates some days you really were

4734
03:05:36,389 --> 03:05:34,640
helping out your crewmates um so it was

4735
03:05:39,269 --> 03:05:36,399
that maintaining that even keel for the

4736
03:05:39,700 --> 03:05:39,279
entire 200 days and i'm calling it 200

4737
03:05:41,349 --> 03:05:39,710
days

4738
03:05:43,269 --> 03:05:41,359
[Laughter]

4739
03:05:45,910 --> 03:05:43,279
i think was it was the biggest challenge

4740
03:05:47,910 --> 03:05:45,920
yeah well that's great and so to imagine

4741
03:05:49,830 --> 03:05:47,920
for me like what was the most funnest

4742
03:05:51,510 --> 03:05:49,840
thing about space floating around

4743
03:05:53,670 --> 03:05:51,520
this woman was floating around in space

4744
03:05:55,670 --> 03:05:53,680
you know it's the camaraderie right it's

4745
03:05:57,349 --> 03:05:55,680
this it's the silly times that you have

4746
03:05:59,990 --> 03:05:57,359
with your crewmates the ideas that you

4747
03:06:02,070 --> 03:06:00,000
come up with one day um aki and i took

4748
03:06:04,389 --> 03:06:02,080
our zero g indicator which was a baby

4749
03:06:05,990 --> 03:06:04,399
penguin and i taped it to a balloon that

4750
03:06:07,670 --> 03:06:06,000
i had blown up and then released and so

4751
03:06:09,269 --> 03:06:07,680
then the balloon of course

4752
03:06:11,349 --> 03:06:09,279
he was slingshotting all over the inside

4753
03:06:12,630 --> 03:06:11,359
of the u.s lab with this tiny penguin

4754
03:06:14,309 --> 03:06:12,640
you know with his flippers up and he's

4755
03:06:15,830 --> 03:06:14,319
zooming around so stuff like that when

4756
03:06:17,190 --> 03:06:15,840
you have some downtime you know it's a

4757
03:06:19,190 --> 03:06:17,200
it's a little bit science experiment

4758
03:06:20,550 --> 03:06:19,200
it's a lot fun and it's really great uh

4759
03:06:22,309 --> 03:06:20,560
team building so it's all of those

4760
03:06:24,469 --> 03:06:22,319
things at once and it's a lot of hard

4761
03:06:25,990 --> 03:06:24,479
work as well very few astronauts are

4762
03:06:27,510 --> 03:06:26,000
doing a tremendous amount of research

4763
03:06:29,429 --> 03:06:27,520
there we're going to talk more about

4764
03:06:32,630 --> 03:06:29,439
that a little bit later in the show dive

4765
03:06:34,790 --> 03:06:32,640
into the iss stuff that's going on right

4766
03:06:36,710 --> 03:06:34,800
now and in the future but for the moment

4767
03:06:38,389 --> 03:06:36,720
we want to thank our entire nasa social

4768
03:06:41,010 --> 03:06:38,399
team for crew 4 being here y'all are

4769
03:06:42,550 --> 03:06:41,020
fantastic

4770
03:06:44,870 --> 03:06:42,560
[Applause]

4771
03:06:49,030 --> 03:06:44,880
let's now check back in with andy at

4772
03:06:54,950 --> 03:06:52,550
thanks daryl it is t minus 47 minutes

4773
03:06:56,790 --> 03:06:54,960
and counting the spacex launch teams are

4774
03:06:59,670 --> 03:06:56,800
finishing final review of data from

4775
03:07:01,349 --> 03:06:59,680
checkouts of falcon 9 over the last hour

4776
03:07:03,190 --> 03:07:01,359
the launch director is about to pull the

4777
03:07:05,349 --> 03:07:03,200
team for readiness both to load

4778
03:07:07,349 --> 03:07:05,359
propellant and to launch

4779
03:07:09,429 --> 03:07:07,359
and the exciting thing is this is the

4780
03:07:11,510 --> 03:07:09,439
last poll before we lift off

4781
03:07:13,670 --> 03:07:11,520
the seven spacex engineers indicate they

4782
03:07:15,910 --> 03:07:13,680
are go by electronically voting on the

4783
03:07:17,590 --> 03:07:15,920
online countdown procedure the launch

4784
03:07:19,590 --> 03:07:17,600
director also checks in with dragon

4785
03:07:22,630 --> 03:07:19,600
mission director and nasa launch manager

4786
03:07:24,309 --> 03:07:22,640
to make sure that they are also ready

4787
03:07:27,190 --> 03:07:24,319
earlier you saw the vehicle assembly

4788
03:07:29,590 --> 03:07:27,200
building called the vab the falcon and

4789
03:07:31,349 --> 03:07:29,600
dragon launch team as well as key nasa

4790
03:07:33,910 --> 03:07:31,359
launch members are in the launch control

4791
03:07:35,830 --> 03:07:33,920
center adjacent to that vab

4792
03:07:37,190 --> 03:07:35,840
they have a view straight towards pad

4793
03:07:39,349 --> 03:07:37,200
39a

4794
03:07:41,190 --> 03:07:39,359
and they're able to see falcon 9 and

4795
03:07:43,269 --> 03:07:41,200
dragon the team is ready for crew

4796
03:07:44,630 --> 03:07:43,279
through the large windows

4797
03:07:46,950 --> 03:07:44,640
and launch

4798
03:07:48,790 --> 03:07:46,960
for non-urgent no-go conditions brief to

4799
03:07:51,030 --> 03:07:48,800
ce or ld and approve aborting the

4800
03:07:52,630 --> 03:07:51,040
countdown for urgent issues affecting

4801
03:07:54,710 --> 03:07:52,640
the safety of the operation operators

4802
03:07:56,070 --> 03:07:54,720
shall call hold hold hold on the

4803
03:07:57,510 --> 03:07:56,080
countdown net

4804
03:07:59,349 --> 03:07:57,520
launch control abort the launch auto

4805
03:08:01,110 --> 03:07:59,359
sequence immediately and proceed into

4806
03:08:03,110 --> 03:08:01,120
the launch board sequence

4807
03:08:04,550 --> 03:08:03,120
at t minus 10 seconds launch control

4808
03:08:05,990 --> 03:08:04,560
will be hands off relying on automated

4809
03:08:07,030 --> 03:08:06,000
abort criteria for the remainder of the

4810
03:08:08,309 --> 03:08:07,040
count

4811
03:08:09,670 --> 03:08:08,319
operators advise the launch director

4812
03:08:11,269 --> 03:08:09,680
whether structural breakup or fire is

4813
03:08:13,670 --> 03:08:11,279
imminent or occurring for dragon manual

4814
03:08:15,590 --> 03:08:13,680
escape flight rules

4815
03:08:17,269 --> 03:08:15,600
the event of firearm key operators noted

4816
03:08:18,950 --> 03:08:17,279
below will remain at their post while

4817
03:08:20,710 --> 03:08:18,960
the alarm is evaluated

4818
03:08:21,910 --> 03:08:20,720
in the event that personal safety has

4819
03:08:23,429 --> 03:08:21,920
threatened to evacuate to the south

4820
03:08:24,870 --> 03:08:23,439
facing emergency exit which leads

4821
03:08:26,150 --> 03:08:24,880
directly outside

4822
03:08:31,269 --> 03:08:26,160
launch control you may proceed with

4823
03:08:36,469 --> 03:08:33,670
awesome so we heard at the very end of

4824
03:08:40,230 --> 03:08:36,479
that there that we are proceeding with

4825
03:08:42,870 --> 03:08:40,240
the crew arm uh movement so that access

4826
03:08:44,790 --> 03:08:42,880
arm that is uh adjacent to the vehicle

4827
03:08:48,389 --> 03:08:44,800
that's going to start to uh move to its

4828
03:08:50,550 --> 03:08:48,399
launch also firearm 4 and mccx

4829
03:09:05,269 --> 03:08:50,560
the control will be in a lockdown state

4830
03:09:09,429 --> 03:09:07,590
it does take a few minutes for the crew

4831
03:09:11,110 --> 03:09:09,439
access arm to fully retract and after

4832
03:09:12,950 --> 03:09:11,120
that we'll be arming the launch escape

4833
03:09:14,870 --> 03:09:12,960
system so on screen you can see the

4834
03:09:17,190 --> 03:09:14,880
dragon capsule with the crew access arm

4835
03:09:19,269 --> 03:09:17,200
still in the service position position

4836
03:09:22,229 --> 03:09:19,279
uh the crew is on board our retraction

4837
03:09:26,469 --> 03:09:24,070
so great we got an amazing shot of the

4838
03:09:36,630 --> 03:09:26,479
cracks arm retracting away

4839
03:09:39,910 --> 03:09:37,910
so again this is going to take a few

4840
03:09:41,590 --> 03:09:39,920
minutes to fully retract and then the

4841
03:09:43,750 --> 03:09:41,600
next major activity is going to be

4842
03:09:47,269 --> 03:09:43,760
arming that launch escape system

4843
03:09:51,269 --> 03:09:49,590
so far weather and range continue to go

4844
03:09:53,510 --> 03:09:51,279
for launch we are monitoring the

4845
03:09:55,990 --> 03:09:53,520
clearance area around the launch pad as

4846
03:10:09,910 --> 03:09:56,000
well as air and sea space around the

4847
03:10:12,790 --> 03:10:11,110
here at kennedy space center the

4848
03:10:15,670 --> 03:10:12,800
conditions are predicted to be

4849
03:10:17,750 --> 03:10:15,680
acceptable for liftoff just about 43

4850
03:10:19,990 --> 03:10:17,760
minutes from now

4851
03:10:22,150 --> 03:10:20,000
so with that again everything is going

4852
03:10:24,870 --> 03:10:22,160
smoothly on today's countdown so i'm

4853
03:10:26,469 --> 03:10:24,880
gonna send it back over to you daryl

4854
03:10:28,630 --> 03:10:26,479
how are things going

4855
03:10:31,110 --> 03:10:28,640
all right thank you very much andy and

4856
03:10:34,710 --> 03:10:31,120
the countdown clock continuing at

4857
03:10:37,030 --> 03:10:34,720
t minus 43 minutes and counting i want

4858
03:10:38,550 --> 03:10:37,040
to recap a few things here for you the

4859
03:10:41,030 --> 03:10:38,560
closeout team

4860
03:10:43,349 --> 03:10:41,040
they have left the white room and exited

4861
03:10:47,590 --> 03:10:43,359
the blast danger area they are no longer

4862
03:10:53,510 --> 03:10:50,070
also spacex teams have pulled go for the

4863
03:10:57,349 --> 03:10:53,520
les arm and prop load that's the launch

4864
03:11:03,349 --> 03:11:00,950
and spacex dragon freedom reports go for

4865
03:11:08,229 --> 03:11:05,429
and so here we are at t minus 42 minutes

4866
03:11:10,469 --> 03:11:08,239
and counting we're standing by

4867
03:11:12,229 --> 03:11:10,479
for the next major milestone we saw the

4868
03:11:13,590 --> 03:11:12,239
crew access arm

4869
03:11:15,510 --> 03:11:13,600
retract

4870
03:11:17,750 --> 03:11:15,520
and that's one of the last major visual

4871
03:11:21,990 --> 03:11:17,760
milestones that we'll see in preparation

4872
03:11:23,830 --> 03:11:22,000
for liftoff and then shortly thereafter

4873
03:11:25,750 --> 03:11:23,840
we'll hear true access arm retraction is

4874
03:11:28,229 --> 03:11:25,760
complete

4875
03:11:33,590 --> 03:11:28,239
and there is the call out that the crew

4876
03:11:41,590 --> 03:11:35,510
and so now we're looking towards

4877
03:11:45,750 --> 03:11:43,910
megan the propellant loading

4878
03:11:47,510 --> 03:11:45,760
into

4879
03:11:49,510 --> 03:11:47,520
the falcon 9 rocket

4880
03:11:51,590 --> 03:11:49,520
this is a big moment

4881
03:11:54,469 --> 03:11:51,600
not a lot of rockets load propellant

4882
03:11:57,110 --> 03:11:54,479
with astronauts inside the crew capsule

4883
03:11:59,110 --> 03:11:57,120
that's right this was a new capability

4884
03:12:01,750 --> 03:11:59,120
that was developed for this vehicle to

4885
03:12:03,269 --> 03:12:01,760
reduce i think overall the timeline and

4886
03:12:05,110 --> 03:12:03,279
it's something that the combined teams

4887
03:12:06,630 --> 03:12:05,120
looked at very closely together from a

4888
03:12:08,070 --> 03:12:06,640
safety perspective

4889
03:12:09,429 --> 03:12:08,080
during the development of this vehicle

4890
03:12:11,990 --> 03:12:09,439
it's one of the reasons why the launch

4891
03:12:14,309 --> 03:12:12,000
escape system is so crucial to have that

4892
03:12:16,229 --> 03:12:14,319
arm this is a very dynamic activity

4893
03:12:17,910 --> 03:12:16,239
that's happening and so we want to be

4894
03:12:20,150 --> 03:12:17,920
able to keep the crew safe in the event

4895
03:12:22,550 --> 03:12:20,160
that something off nominal happens so

4896
03:12:24,309 --> 03:12:22,560
that's um that launch escape system

4897
03:12:26,229 --> 03:12:24,319
being armed is coming up and that's

4898
03:12:28,309 --> 03:12:26,239
definitely something that i remember the

4899
03:12:30,630 --> 03:12:28,319
demo 2 crew telling us to expect you

4900
03:12:32,389 --> 03:12:30,640
know a loud noise associated with that

4901
03:12:34,150 --> 03:12:32,399
pressurization of those lines and so

4902
03:12:35,990 --> 03:12:34,160
that is something that we were ready for

4903
03:12:39,429 --> 03:12:36,000
and expected how about that you could

4904
03:12:41,590 --> 03:12:39,439
hear the pressurizing of those uh draco

4905
03:12:43,510 --> 03:12:41,600
engines yeah it didn't it was not quite

4906
03:12:45,349 --> 03:12:43,520
instantaneous but a short duration very

4907
03:12:46,630 --> 03:12:45,359
loud sound is what i recall a

4908
03:12:56,469 --> 03:12:46,640
pressurizing of

4909
03:13:00,950 --> 03:12:58,630
at this time i give you a go for section

4910
03:13:05,990 --> 03:13:00,960
7 closed visors and armed launch escape

4911
03:13:09,429 --> 03:13:07,990
okay freedom copies our visors are

4912
03:13:13,269 --> 03:13:09,439
closed and we are arming

4913
03:13:19,030 --> 03:13:16,070
so what does he do to arm that

4914
03:13:23,830 --> 03:13:19,040
um it's a as a command that is sent to

4915
03:13:26,070 --> 03:13:23,840
make that uh a valid um exit strategy

4916
03:13:27,750 --> 03:13:26,080
and as the pilot you're there

4917
03:13:29,110 --> 03:13:27,760
next the commander

4918
03:13:30,710 --> 03:13:29,120
keeping your eyes on all the systems

4919
03:13:32,469 --> 03:13:30,720
basically yeah agreeing with him when

4920
03:13:36,070 --> 03:13:32,479
he's sending commands that that's the

4921
03:13:41,190 --> 03:13:38,870
when that propellant is loading

4922
03:13:43,110 --> 03:13:41,200
can you tell can you hear it

4923
03:13:45,030 --> 03:13:43,120
uh i thought a lot about that and kind

4924
03:13:46,710 --> 03:13:45,040
of pulled my crewmates and other people

4925
03:13:49,590 --> 03:13:46,720
i know that have flown bob says that he

4926
03:13:51,429 --> 03:13:49,600
recalls a gurgling sound what i recall

4927
03:13:53,190 --> 03:13:51,439
is more of like a whirring and clicking

4928
03:13:54,870 --> 03:13:53,200
of the valves moving so i think

4929
03:13:56,790 --> 03:13:54,880
everybody's recollection is slightly

4930
03:13:59,030 --> 03:13:56,800
different and i had a similar experience

4931
03:14:02,469 --> 03:13:59,040
on my shuttle flight spacex launch

4932
03:14:07,349 --> 03:14:02,479
escape system is verified armed

4933
03:14:11,190 --> 03:14:09,349
my memory of the sounds that occur on

4934
03:14:12,710 --> 03:14:11,200
the spaceship are not as good as my

4935
03:14:14,070 --> 03:14:12,720
visual memory and so i think everybody

4936
03:14:17,190 --> 03:14:14,080
remembers you know a slightly different

4937
03:14:19,269 --> 03:14:17,200
overlapping set of things

4938
03:14:21,910 --> 03:14:19,279
and so we just heard that call out uh

4939
03:14:23,349 --> 03:14:21,920
megan that the launch escape system is

4940
03:14:25,830 --> 03:14:23,359
armed yes

4941
03:14:27,750 --> 03:14:25,840
and now that paves the way

4942
03:14:29,670 --> 03:14:27,760
for the loading of propellant that's

4943
03:14:31,990 --> 03:14:29,680
right

4944
03:14:34,469 --> 03:14:32,000
the propellant of course super chilled

4945
03:14:36,309 --> 03:14:34,479
liquid oxygen

4946
03:14:40,469 --> 03:14:36,319
and rp1

4947
03:14:40,479 --> 03:14:47,670
for space flight

4948
03:14:47,680 --> 03:14:51,510
a look from high above

4949
03:14:56,150 --> 03:14:54,309
from the launch tower down onto the crew

4950
03:14:58,950 --> 03:14:56,160
dragon spacecraft

4951
03:15:08,309 --> 03:14:58,960
and rocket below that booster

4952
03:15:13,510 --> 03:15:11,510
we got the les call a little early so

4953
03:15:16,309 --> 03:15:13,520
as far as a schedule is concerned we're

4954
03:15:20,870 --> 03:15:18,630
but we're in a good place

4955
03:15:26,870 --> 03:15:20,880
because propellant load starts at t

4956
03:15:30,710 --> 03:15:28,710
and the crew will while they're not

4957
03:15:32,229 --> 03:15:30,720
actively involved in the propellant

4958
03:15:34,469 --> 03:15:32,239
loading activities they're going to be

4959
03:15:36,870 --> 03:15:34,479
pretty closely monitoring you know when

4960
03:15:38,469 --> 03:15:36,880
the different activities start um

4961
03:15:40,870 --> 03:15:38,479
loading the specific tanks with the

4962
03:15:43,269 --> 03:15:40,880
specific propellants so that they can

4963
03:15:45,990 --> 03:15:43,279
have a sense of where the vehicle is

4964
03:15:47,349 --> 03:15:46,000
at every moment

4965
03:15:50,950 --> 03:15:47,359
a live look there

4966
03:15:53,429 --> 03:15:50,960
at the base of pad 39a

4967
03:15:55,269 --> 03:15:53,439
the launch tower

4968
03:15:57,110 --> 03:15:55,279
and the strongback which is part of the

4969
03:15:59,590 --> 03:15:57,120
transporter erector

4970
03:16:01,269 --> 03:15:59,600
it is in the foreground the rockets

4971
03:16:03,990 --> 03:16:01,279
will be venting for propellant load

4972
03:16:07,429 --> 03:16:04,000
approximately one minute

4973
03:16:10,150 --> 03:16:07,439
okay there you heard in 60 seconds

4974
03:16:19,990 --> 03:16:10,160
venting those tanks in in a in advance

4975
03:16:28,070 --> 03:16:22,950
it's 3 15 a.m eastern daylight time here

4976
03:16:28,080 --> 03:16:32,389
the overnight launch

4977
03:16:38,070 --> 03:16:34,469
will light up the night sky

4978
03:16:42,389 --> 03:16:39,750
the spacecraft at the very top it's a

4979
03:16:48,710 --> 03:16:44,790
crew dragon freedom

4980
03:16:48,720 --> 03:16:53,429
although parts of it are being reused

4981
03:17:03,750 --> 03:16:54,229
the

4982
03:17:04,950 --> 03:17:03,760
i reused it on a dragon

4983
03:17:08,309 --> 03:17:04,960
which is

4984
03:17:11,429 --> 03:17:08,319
just another advancement in spacex's

4985
03:17:13,510 --> 03:17:11,439
reuse capability

4986
03:17:15,750 --> 03:17:13,520
they're able to put flight loads on it

4987
03:17:17,590 --> 03:17:15,760
to test it and qualify it

4988
03:17:18,710 --> 03:17:17,600
nasa has approved it

4989
03:17:20,229 --> 03:17:18,720
and it's ready to go which is

4990
03:17:22,070 --> 03:17:20,239
interesting because it's seen the

4991
03:17:25,269 --> 03:17:22,080
saltwater environment right right but

4992
03:17:29,349 --> 03:17:27,510
get that ready for another go yeah it is

4993
03:17:31,349 --> 03:17:29,359
it's remarkable and that qualification

4994
03:17:33,190 --> 03:17:31,359
program that you mentioned very strict

4995
03:17:34,950 --> 03:17:33,200
obviously it has to be very thorough

4996
03:17:36,630 --> 03:17:34,960
with multiple teams of people making

4997
03:17:38,950 --> 03:17:36,640
sure that all of the requirements are

4998
03:17:41,110 --> 03:17:38,960
met um so that there are no safety

4999
03:17:43,110 --> 03:17:41,120
impacts to reusing these pieces of

5000
03:17:45,750 --> 03:17:43,120
hardware but what how transformative

5001
03:17:47,590 --> 03:17:45,760
really to be able to use reuse pieces

5002
03:17:49,030 --> 03:17:47,600
that in the past would not have ever

5003
03:17:50,630 --> 03:17:49,040
been used again

5004
03:17:52,309 --> 03:17:50,640
to really bring down the efficiencies

5005
03:17:54,550 --> 03:17:52,319
and the costs

5006
03:17:56,950 --> 03:17:54,560
and ultimately the reliability as we are

5007
03:18:00,229 --> 03:17:56,960
able to use flight proven hardware over

5008
03:18:01,910 --> 03:18:00,239
and over again absolutely

5009
03:18:16,070 --> 03:18:01,920
and now here we are just a few seconds

5010
03:18:20,870 --> 03:18:18,150
thinking about the crew 2 mission as we

5011
03:18:23,910 --> 03:18:20,880
look forward to crew 4

5012
03:18:27,190 --> 03:18:23,920
when you were up on the space station

5013
03:18:28,870 --> 03:18:27,200
it was quite the time up there right

5014
03:18:30,790 --> 03:18:28,880
i'm thinking about the the visit from

5015
03:18:32,790 --> 03:18:30,800
the russian film crew that did they're

5016
03:18:35,349 --> 03:18:32,800
shooting visitors that's right that's

5017
03:18:37,910 --> 03:18:35,359
right so they came up uh an actor and a

5018
03:18:41,030 --> 03:18:37,920
producer came up on a soyuz

5019
03:18:42,150 --> 03:18:41,040
and spent the 10 day time period filming

5020
03:18:43,590 --> 03:18:42,160
a movie

5021
03:18:44,550 --> 03:18:43,600
almost exclusively on the russian

5022
03:18:45,990 --> 03:18:44,560
segment

5023
03:18:47,349 --> 03:18:46,000
but we were able to interact with them

5024
03:18:49,670 --> 03:18:47,359
in the evenings we would occasionally

5025
03:18:51,190 --> 03:18:49,680
have dinner parties as we do up there

5026
03:18:52,309 --> 03:18:51,200
and so we would get to chat with them a

5027
03:18:53,750 --> 03:18:52,319
little bit and hear about their lives

5028
03:18:55,269 --> 03:18:53,760
and hear about their plans was that

5029
03:18:57,429 --> 03:18:55,279
interesting it was very interesting they

5030
03:19:00,790 --> 03:18:57,439
were lovely people they were a very

5031
03:19:02,070 --> 03:19:00,800
gracious guest load has started

5032
03:19:05,670 --> 03:19:02,080
there you hear the call out the

5033
03:19:13,030 --> 03:19:05,680
propellant load has begun

5034
03:19:17,190 --> 03:19:15,110
as we are sitting at t minus 34 minutes

5035
03:19:19,349 --> 03:19:17,200
and counting but you were saying megan

5036
03:19:21,750 --> 03:19:19,359
yes so it was it's nice to have some new

5037
03:19:23,670 --> 03:19:21,760
faces quite frankly and to hear some new

5038
03:19:25,030 --> 03:19:23,680
stories um and like i said that we

5039
03:19:26,630 --> 03:19:25,040
really did not work with them they

5040
03:19:30,070 --> 03:19:26,640
worked exclusively on the russian

5041
03:19:31,910 --> 03:19:30,080
segment um and so it did not disrupt our

5042
03:19:34,229 --> 03:19:31,920
ongoing science work that of course

5043
03:19:36,469 --> 03:19:34,239
we're doing that's so important for for

5044
03:19:39,110 --> 03:19:36,479
our international partners so um i think

5045
03:19:41,349 --> 03:19:39,120
it would be difficult to to carry out a

5046
03:19:43,269 --> 03:19:41,359
movie production as well as carry out

5047
03:19:45,670 --> 03:19:43,279
the actual work of the space station

5048
03:19:47,269 --> 03:19:45,680
just another example of the uh you know

5049
03:19:49,190 --> 03:19:47,279
continued private use of the

5050
03:19:51,910 --> 03:19:49,200
international space station and i guess

5051
03:19:53,990 --> 03:19:51,920
you didn't photobomb their their shot

5052
03:19:57,030 --> 03:19:54,000
i did not no i stayed safely behind the

5053
03:20:01,030 --> 03:19:57,040
camera or in the other room entirely

5054
03:20:03,910 --> 03:20:01,040
we are now t minus 33 minutes 57 seconds

5055
03:20:06,309 --> 03:20:03,920
and counting away from the second launch

5056
03:20:07,830 --> 03:20:06,319
of a crew dragon with people on board in

5057
03:20:09,429 --> 03:20:07,840
2022

5058
03:20:11,030 --> 03:20:09,439
today will begin the next six month

5059
03:20:12,309 --> 03:20:11,040
rotation mission to the international

5060
03:20:15,110 --> 03:20:12,319
space station

5061
03:20:16,870 --> 03:20:15,120
the launch escape system is armed

5062
03:20:19,670 --> 03:20:16,880
that happened just before we started

5063
03:20:21,830 --> 03:20:19,680
loading the propellant onto falcon 9.

5064
03:20:23,429 --> 03:20:21,840
the dragon capsule though it was loaded

5065
03:20:25,910 --> 03:20:23,439
with its propellants about a week and a

5066
03:20:29,110 --> 03:20:25,920
half ago just a few miles down the road

5067
03:20:31,670 --> 03:20:29,120
at a facility spacex calls dragonland

5068
03:20:34,670 --> 03:20:31,680
in order to fly dragon needs a fuel and

5069
03:20:37,670 --> 03:20:34,680
an oxidizer so for the fuel spacex uses

5070
03:20:41,670 --> 03:20:37,680
monomethylhydrazine or mmh and nitrogen

5071
03:20:42,710 --> 03:20:41,680
tetroxide or nto for its oxidizer and

5072
03:20:44,630 --> 03:20:42,720
together

5073
03:20:48,550 --> 03:20:44,640
those propellants feed the draco engines

5074
03:20:50,870 --> 03:20:48,560
that maneuver dragon on orbit

5075
03:20:52,790 --> 03:20:50,880
as well as the eight super draco engines

5076
03:20:53,830 --> 03:20:52,800
that would power the launch escape

5077
03:20:57,990 --> 03:20:53,840
system

5078
03:21:01,750 --> 03:20:59,990
and now that fueling for falcon 9 is

5079
03:21:04,229 --> 03:21:01,760
started that means the eight super draco

5080
03:21:06,950 --> 03:21:04,239
engines inside crew dragon are ready if

5081
03:21:09,990 --> 03:21:06,960
needed to pull this capsule away from

5082
03:21:11,590 --> 03:21:10,000
the falcon 9 rocket in an instant should

5083
03:21:15,269 --> 03:21:11,600
there be any kind of emergency

5084
03:21:18,070 --> 03:21:15,279
associated with a rocket on the pad

5085
03:21:19,830 --> 03:21:18,080
or if there was a problem with the pad

5086
03:21:22,150 --> 03:21:19,840
the nasa and spacex teams have trained

5087
03:21:25,269 --> 03:21:22,160
extensively for exactly

5088
03:21:28,309 --> 03:21:25,279
that type of contingency

5089
03:21:31,110 --> 03:21:29,510
now let's head over to spacex

5090
03:21:36,070 --> 03:21:31,120
headquarters in hawthorne for an

5091
03:21:39,990 --> 03:21:38,309
thanks daryl uh yeah we are continuing

5092
03:21:42,150 --> 03:21:40,000
to count down those final minutes and

5093
03:21:44,070 --> 03:21:42,160
everything is still looking good for

5094
03:21:47,670 --> 03:21:44,080
falcon 9 and dragon for an on-time

5095
03:21:49,590 --> 03:21:47,680
liftoff just about 32 minutes from now

5096
03:21:51,830 --> 03:21:49,600
at the t-minus 35-minute mark we heard

5097
03:21:53,910 --> 03:21:51,840
that propellant loading began on falcon

5098
03:21:55,830 --> 03:21:53,920
9. this is gonna continue until about

5099
03:21:58,070 --> 03:21:55,840
the t-minus two minute mark

5100
03:21:59,670 --> 03:21:58,080
the first and second stages of falcon 9

5101
03:22:02,469 --> 03:21:59,680
are each loaded with two liquid

5102
03:22:04,309 --> 03:22:02,479
propellants one is fuel loaded into a

5103
03:22:06,710 --> 03:22:04,319
tank at the bottom of the stage and the

5104
03:22:08,469 --> 03:22:06,720
other is an oxidizer loaded into a tank

5105
03:22:10,309 --> 03:22:08,479
at the top of the stage

5106
03:22:12,469 --> 03:22:10,319
the fuel we use to power the merlin

5107
03:22:15,590 --> 03:22:12,479
engines is a refined kerosene referred

5108
03:22:17,750 --> 03:22:15,600
to as rp1 the oxidizer loaded on each

5109
03:22:20,309 --> 03:22:17,760
stage is a densified liquid oxygen we

5110
03:22:22,630 --> 03:22:20,319
also refer to that as locks

5111
03:22:24,389 --> 03:22:22,640
densified means it is kept much colder

5112
03:22:26,870 --> 03:22:24,399
than typical for launch vehicles and

5113
03:22:30,070 --> 03:22:26,880
takes up less volume and this basically

5114
03:22:32,150 --> 03:22:30,080
allows us to store more oxidizer into

5115
03:22:34,469 --> 03:22:32,160
both the stages

5116
03:22:36,389 --> 03:22:34,479
to ignite the fuel and oxidizer in the

5117
03:22:39,110 --> 03:22:36,399
merlin rocket engine we use an ignition

5118
03:22:41,750 --> 03:22:39,120
fluid called t-tab when t-tep comes into

5119
03:22:44,389 --> 03:22:41,760
contact with oxygen it burns giving off

5120
03:22:46,469 --> 03:22:44,399
a green colored flame once we have the

5121
03:22:48,469 --> 03:22:46,479
flame going we'll add the kerosene fuel

5122
03:22:50,309 --> 03:22:48,479
into the merlin chamber and the engine

5123
03:22:52,150 --> 03:22:50,319
wraps up to full power

5124
03:22:54,150 --> 03:22:52,160
now if you pay close attention you might

5125
03:22:55,750 --> 03:22:54,160
see the green flash as the second stage

5126
03:22:57,990 --> 03:22:55,760
engine ignites following stage

5127
03:23:00,630 --> 03:22:58,000
separation about two and a half minutes

5128
03:23:02,790 --> 03:23:00,640
into flight

5129
03:23:05,429 --> 03:23:02,800
topping off helium into pressure vessels

5130
03:23:07,510 --> 03:23:05,439
on both stages is also underway this is

5131
03:23:09,510 --> 03:23:07,520
used to pressurize the tanks in flight

5132
03:23:12,469 --> 03:23:09,520
as propellant is pulled out by the

5133
03:23:14,070 --> 03:23:12,479
merlin merlin turbo pumps

5134
03:23:15,750 --> 03:23:14,080
onboard the spacecraft the astronauts

5135
03:23:16,950 --> 03:23:15,760
are monitoring systems while propellant

5136
03:23:18,790 --> 03:23:16,960
is loaded

5137
03:23:20,710 --> 03:23:18,800
onto the falcon 9.

5138
03:23:22,389 --> 03:23:20,720
again as megan had mentioned the crew

5139
03:23:24,309 --> 03:23:22,399
training in the simulator included

5140
03:23:26,389 --> 03:23:24,319
playbacks of sounds recorded in the

5141
03:23:28,790 --> 03:23:26,399
dragon capsule during us uh during

5142
03:23:30,070 --> 03:23:28,800
recent flights so this should be the

5143
03:23:33,190 --> 03:23:30,080
sounds that the astronauts are hearing

5144
03:23:35,590 --> 03:23:33,200
should be sort of familiar

5145
03:23:38,150 --> 03:23:35,600
range and weather again as they have

5146
03:23:39,750 --> 03:23:38,160
been all night are really tracking green

5147
03:23:41,510 --> 03:23:39,760
we're really continuing to report no

5148
03:23:43,349 --> 03:23:41,520
problems and

5149
03:23:45,349 --> 03:23:43,359
there really is a very low probability

5150
03:23:47,750 --> 03:23:45,359
of violation for weather

5151
03:23:49,830 --> 03:23:47,760
as a reminder today is an instantaneous

5152
03:23:52,389 --> 03:23:49,840
launch window so at this point if we

5153
03:23:54,389 --> 03:23:52,399
hear a hold for any reason we'll have to

5154
03:23:56,150 --> 03:23:54,399
stand down and our target backup launch

5155
03:23:57,830 --> 03:23:56,160
opportunity tomorrow night

5156
03:23:59,429 --> 03:23:57,840
just under 24 hours from tonight's

5157
03:24:01,830 --> 03:23:59,439
planned launch

5158
03:24:03,830 --> 03:24:01,840
for now let's turn over to jessie and

5159
03:24:06,229 --> 03:24:03,840
dan for an overview of events after

5160
03:24:08,710 --> 03:24:06,239
liftoff

5161
03:24:10,710 --> 03:24:08,720
great thanks andy again always great

5162
03:24:12,870 --> 03:24:10,720
news with some good weather

5163
03:24:14,870 --> 03:24:12,880
just under 30 minutes

5164
03:24:17,349 --> 03:24:14,880
to t0 today

5165
03:24:20,070 --> 03:24:17,359
so for crew four the astronauts play to

5166
03:24:22,469 --> 03:24:20,080
station will take about 16 hours

5167
03:24:24,870 --> 03:24:22,479
and as we await that launch time just

5168
03:24:26,710 --> 03:24:24,880
about 29 and a half minutes from now the

5169
03:24:28,950 --> 03:24:26,720
ground operations teams are doing a

5170
03:24:30,790 --> 03:24:28,960
series of system checks ensuring that

5171
03:24:32,870 --> 03:24:30,800
both dragon and falcon 9 are ready for

5172
03:24:34,790 --> 03:24:32,880
launch and you're looking now just over

5173
03:24:37,269 --> 03:24:34,800
the shoulders of our team out of the

5174
03:24:39,190 --> 03:24:37,279
cape there as they prepare for liftoff

5175
03:24:40,389 --> 03:24:39,200
as we wait for the launch clock to hit

5176
03:24:42,150 --> 03:24:40,399
zero though we wanted to give you a

5177
03:24:44,389 --> 03:24:42,160
quick overview of what the ascent

5178
03:24:45,670 --> 03:24:44,399
portion of this mission is going to look

5179
03:24:48,389 --> 03:24:45,680
like

5180
03:24:50,630 --> 03:24:48,399
once we hit t0 and a successful launch

5181
03:24:53,349 --> 03:24:50,640
occurs we will watch falcon 9 and dragon

5182
03:24:54,790 --> 03:24:53,359
lift off from historic launch pad 39a

5183
03:24:56,550 --> 03:24:54,800
and make their ascent

5184
03:24:58,469 --> 03:24:56,560
one of the first things that happens

5185
03:25:01,269 --> 03:24:58,479
about 50 seconds into the flight those

5186
03:25:03,429 --> 03:25:01,279
nine merlin engines will throttle down

5187
03:25:06,070 --> 03:25:03,439
as the rocket passes through the period

5188
03:25:08,309 --> 03:25:06,080
of maximum dynamic pressure that's max q

5189
03:25:09,910 --> 03:25:08,319
it's really the maximum amount of stress

5190
03:25:12,389 --> 03:25:09,920
that the vehicle is going to hit on its

5191
03:25:14,070 --> 03:25:12,399
way uphill also worth noting when we hit

5192
03:25:15,670 --> 03:25:14,080
max q the vehicle will be going

5193
03:25:17,429 --> 03:25:15,680
supersonic

5194
03:25:19,349 --> 03:25:17,439
once we are through that period of

5195
03:25:21,670 --> 03:25:19,359
maximum dynamic pressure we can throttle

5196
03:25:23,510 --> 03:25:21,680
down our nine merlin engines again and

5197
03:25:25,510 --> 03:25:23,520
from there at about two and a half

5198
03:25:27,110 --> 03:25:25,520
minutes into flight we have a series of

5199
03:25:29,510 --> 03:25:27,120
three events that will happen in rapid

5200
03:25:31,670 --> 03:25:29,520
succession yeah all just right on top of

5201
03:25:33,510 --> 03:25:31,680
each other the first one's miko or main

5202
03:25:35,910 --> 03:25:33,520
engine cutoff that's where all nine of

5203
03:25:38,150 --> 03:25:35,920
those merlin 1d engines shut off in

5204
03:25:39,750 --> 03:25:38,160
preparation for stage separation which

5205
03:25:42,469 --> 03:25:39,760
is the second event this is where the

5206
03:25:44,469 --> 03:25:42,479
first stage detaches from the second the

5207
03:25:46,790 --> 03:25:44,479
first stage starts to make its way back

5208
03:25:49,429 --> 03:25:46,800
to earth for a landing as the second

5209
03:25:51,510 --> 03:25:49,439
stage ignites its engine and continues

5210
03:25:54,070 --> 03:25:51,520
its journey with that third event that

5211
03:25:56,150 --> 03:25:54,080
engine ignition it's called ses1 or

5212
03:25:58,469 --> 03:25:56,160
second stage engine start number one

5213
03:26:00,469 --> 03:25:58,479
that's where we'll see the mvac engine

5214
03:26:02,389 --> 03:26:00,479
light up and propel the second stage

5215
03:26:03,590 --> 03:26:02,399
along with the crew four astronauts into

5216
03:26:05,510 --> 03:26:03,600
orbit

5217
03:26:07,910 --> 03:26:05,520
and as stage two heads towards its

5218
03:26:09,590 --> 03:26:07,920
targeted drop off orbit stage one will

5219
03:26:11,910 --> 03:26:09,600
execute two burns in order to make its

5220
03:26:13,910 --> 03:26:11,920
way back down to earth the first is the

5221
03:26:16,070 --> 03:26:13,920
entry burn that's where three of the

5222
03:26:18,710 --> 03:26:16,080
nine m1d engines will reignite and then

5223
03:26:20,389 --> 03:26:18,720
shut down again now that helps to slow

5224
03:26:21,750 --> 03:26:20,399
the stage down in preparation for

5225
03:26:23,110 --> 03:26:21,760
re-entry back into the earth's

5226
03:26:24,710 --> 03:26:23,120
atmosphere

5227
03:26:26,309 --> 03:26:24,720
and while the first stage is heading

5228
03:26:28,150 --> 03:26:26,319
back towards earth again that second

5229
03:26:30,309 --> 03:26:28,160
stage it just continues to carry them

5230
03:26:32,469 --> 03:26:30,319
into orbit until it cuts off it's one

5231
03:26:35,190 --> 03:26:32,479
merlin engine that was ignited after

5232
03:26:36,469 --> 03:26:35,200
stage separation and once that happens

5233
03:26:37,910 --> 03:26:36,479
we wait for the call out the

5234
03:26:39,830 --> 03:26:37,920
confirmation what's called a good

5235
03:26:41,510 --> 03:26:39,840
orbital insertion just essentially

5236
03:26:42,950 --> 03:26:41,520
they're where we expect them to be in

5237
03:26:45,269 --> 03:26:42,960
outer space

5238
03:26:48,229 --> 03:26:45,279
about 90 seconds after dragon gets into

5239
03:26:49,670 --> 03:26:48,239
orbit falcon 9 will land back on earth

5240
03:26:51,590 --> 03:26:49,680
now the landing burn is just a single

5241
03:26:53,670 --> 03:26:51,600
engine burn that's powerful enough to

5242
03:26:55,990 --> 03:26:53,680
bring the vehicle speed down rapidly in

5243
03:26:58,150 --> 03:26:56,000
order to touch down and land on our

5244
03:26:59,349 --> 03:26:58,160
drone ship about nine and a half minutes

5245
03:27:01,910 --> 03:26:59,359
into the mission

5246
03:27:04,150 --> 03:27:01,920
and while falcon 9's first aegis landing

5247
03:27:05,990 --> 03:27:04,160
dragon is just getting ready to separate

5248
03:27:06,950 --> 03:27:06,000
from the second stage of the falcon 9

5249
03:27:09,510 --> 03:27:06,960
rocket

5250
03:27:11,190 --> 03:27:09,520
it takes about three minutes after we

5251
03:27:12,710 --> 03:27:11,200
get on orbit

5252
03:27:14,630 --> 03:27:12,720
and we just wait for the vehicle to

5253
03:27:16,630 --> 03:27:14,640
cancel out any rates essentially make

5254
03:27:18,710 --> 03:27:16,640
sure everything's nice and stable before

5255
03:27:20,309 --> 03:27:18,720
the two spacecraft separate

5256
03:27:21,990 --> 03:27:20,319
we should get a great view from the

5257
03:27:23,349 --> 03:27:22,000
second stage of dragon's trunk as it

5258
03:27:25,510 --> 03:27:23,359
flies free

5259
03:27:27,750 --> 03:27:25,520
once dragon is a short distance away it

5260
03:27:29,190 --> 03:27:27,760
starts going into a number of checkouts

5261
03:27:30,710 --> 03:27:29,200
immediately

5262
03:27:33,190 --> 03:27:30,720
looking at some of those draco

5263
03:27:35,429 --> 03:27:33,200
maneuvering thrusters

5264
03:27:37,110 --> 03:27:35,439
there's 12 around the service section of

5265
03:27:39,190 --> 03:27:37,120
dragon those are the first ones that get

5266
03:27:41,429 --> 03:27:39,200
checked out and they'll also increase

5267
03:27:42,710 --> 03:27:41,439
that separation distance from falcon 9

5268
03:27:45,110 --> 03:27:42,720
second stage

5269
03:27:47,910 --> 03:27:45,120
these are not the super dracos those are

5270
03:27:49,750 --> 03:27:47,920
disabled as soon as we hit this point on

5271
03:27:51,910 --> 03:27:49,760
orbit they're only using an abort

5272
03:27:53,590 --> 03:27:51,920
scenario once we're in outer space those

5273
03:27:55,269 --> 03:27:53,600
are disabled for the remainder of the

5274
03:27:57,750 --> 03:27:55,279
mission

5275
03:28:00,070 --> 03:27:57,760
40 seconds after separation dragon's

5276
03:28:02,070 --> 03:28:00,080
nose cone deploy sequence will begin it

5277
03:28:04,150 --> 03:28:02,080
will take a roughly four minutes for the

5278
03:28:06,309 --> 03:28:04,160
nose cone hooks to unlatch and open and

5279
03:28:09,269 --> 03:28:06,319
that exposes its guidance navigation

5280
03:28:11,590 --> 03:28:09,279
controls or gnc that will help dragon

5281
03:28:13,429 --> 03:28:11,600
autonomously fly to the space station

5282
03:28:15,510 --> 03:28:13,439
and once that nose cone's deployed the

5283
03:28:17,830 --> 03:28:15,520
remaining four draco thrusters on the

5284
03:28:19,910 --> 03:28:17,840
forward bulkhead get checked out and

5285
03:28:21,910 --> 03:28:19,920
from there it's about 16 hours for

5286
03:28:23,990 --> 03:28:21,920
dragon to go through the rendezvous

5287
03:28:26,309 --> 03:28:24,000
approach phases undergoing the number of

5288
03:28:28,150 --> 03:28:26,319
what's called phasing burns as it makes

5289
03:28:30,229 --> 03:28:28,160
its way to the station just essentially

5290
03:28:33,269 --> 03:28:30,239
raising its orbit and chasing down the

5291
03:28:35,110 --> 03:28:33,279
orbiting traffic to cryohelium loading

5292
03:28:37,670 --> 03:28:35,120
and so all of that's going to be coming

5293
03:28:44,469 --> 03:28:37,680
up soon let's check back in with chelsea

5294
03:28:49,190 --> 03:28:46,550
hey thanks dan flight controllers here

5295
03:28:51,429 --> 03:28:49,200
in mission control are laser focused on

5296
03:28:53,030 --> 03:28:51,439
the onboard systems of the space station

5297
03:28:55,110 --> 03:28:53,040
making sure it's ready to receive the

5298
03:28:56,630 --> 03:28:55,120
dragon vehicle later tonight

5299
03:28:58,550 --> 03:28:56,640
they'll also be making sure that all

5300
03:29:00,150 --> 03:28:58,560
communication links between the station

5301
03:29:01,990 --> 03:29:00,160
dragon and the ground are working

5302
03:29:04,469 --> 03:29:02,000
properly the consensus is that

5303
03:29:05,990 --> 03:29:04,479
everything is proceeding nominally

5304
03:29:08,070 --> 03:29:06,000
teams here in mission control houston

5305
03:29:09,990 --> 03:29:08,080
the team in hawthorne and the astronauts

5306
03:29:11,830 --> 03:29:10,000
aboard the space station will monitor

5307
03:29:13,429 --> 03:29:11,840
the autonomous docking of the dragon

5308
03:29:15,110 --> 03:29:13,439
spacecraft tonight

5309
03:29:16,870 --> 03:29:15,120
they'll perform a series of leak checks

5310
03:29:18,790 --> 03:29:16,880
then work to open the hatches both on

5311
03:29:21,190 --> 03:29:18,800
the dragon side and inside the station's

5312
03:29:23,190 --> 03:29:21,200
pressurized mating adapter we expect

5313
03:29:25,510 --> 03:29:23,200
hatchet opening to take place about an

5314
03:29:27,030 --> 03:29:25,520
hour and a half after docking

5315
03:29:29,269 --> 03:29:27,040
once on board the astronauts will be

5316
03:29:31,110 --> 03:29:29,279
greeted by space station commander tom

5317
03:29:32,950 --> 03:29:31,120
marshburn and the whole space station

5318
03:29:34,550 --> 03:29:32,960
crew will join in for welcoming remarks

5319
03:29:36,229 --> 03:29:34,560
to the new crew members

5320
03:29:37,990 --> 03:29:36,239
from there on out they will no longer be

5321
03:29:39,990 --> 03:29:38,000
referred to as crew 4 as we're calling

5322
03:29:42,309 --> 03:29:40,000
them today but rather flight engineers

5323
03:29:43,990 --> 03:29:42,319
of the international space station here

5324
03:29:46,229 --> 03:29:44,000
in mission control flight director

5325
03:29:48,550 --> 03:29:46,239
anthony varya is on console overseeing

5326
03:29:50,550 --> 03:29:48,560
the team for launch and audi boulos will

5327
03:29:52,389 --> 03:29:50,560
be on console for docking

5328
03:29:54,870 --> 03:29:52,399
but we'll be on air continuously through

5329
03:29:57,349 --> 03:29:54,880
crew 4's arrival but launch coverage of

5330
03:29:58,469 --> 03:29:57,359
docking is expected around 8 15 pm

5331
03:30:00,469 --> 03:29:58,479
eastern

5332
03:30:02,790 --> 03:30:00,479
that's it for mission control i'll toss

5333
03:30:04,870 --> 03:30:02,800
it back to the team in florida daryl i'm

5334
03:30:07,349 --> 03:30:04,880
excited for launch how's it looking all

5335
03:30:09,510 --> 03:30:07,359
right thank you chelsea and so are we

5336
03:30:12,150 --> 03:30:09,520
we're looking great weather-wise here

5337
03:30:14,630 --> 03:30:12,160
range is green weather is green and

5338
03:30:17,429 --> 03:30:14,640
well we're green green and ready to go

5339
03:30:19,590 --> 03:30:17,439
for this launch we are just t minus 23

5340
03:30:22,150 --> 03:30:19,600
minutes and counting from the launch of

5341
03:30:23,830 --> 03:30:22,160
crew 4 the fourth astronaut rotation

5342
03:30:27,030 --> 03:30:23,840
mission to the international space

5343
03:30:28,950 --> 03:30:27,040
station under nasa's commercial crew

5344
03:30:31,190 --> 03:30:28,960
program and it's going to be a good one

5345
03:30:33,670 --> 03:30:31,200
folks the four astronauts are strapped

5346
03:30:36,070 --> 03:30:33,680
in commander chell lindgren pilot bob

5347
03:30:38,229 --> 03:30:36,080
hines and mission specialist jessica

5348
03:30:39,830 --> 03:30:38,239
watkins and samantha christopher they

5349
03:30:42,630 --> 03:30:39,840
are strapped into their seats inside

5350
03:30:44,630 --> 03:30:42,640
crew dragon freedom we can see a live

5351
03:30:46,710 --> 03:30:44,640
shot of their rocket as we look uh to

5352
03:30:50,229 --> 03:30:46,720
the screen right now that is the falcon

5353
03:30:52,630 --> 03:30:50,239
9 the rocket fueling operation is well

5354
03:30:54,790 --> 03:30:52,640
underway the launch escape system is

5355
03:30:56,469 --> 03:30:54,800
armed and that means crew dragon is

5356
03:30:59,110 --> 03:30:56,479
prepared to launch itself away from the

5357
03:31:02,469 --> 03:30:59,120
falcon 9 rocket in case of an emergency

5358
03:31:04,389 --> 03:31:02,479
on the pad or even after liftoff

5359
03:31:05,750 --> 03:31:04,399
so far operations look and sound as

5360
03:31:07,750 --> 03:31:05,760
expected

5361
03:31:11,030 --> 03:31:07,760
we are counting down to that liftoff at

5362
03:31:15,910 --> 03:31:11,040
3 52 and 55 seconds

5363
03:31:15,920 --> 03:31:18,710
and so far

5364
03:31:21,830 --> 03:31:20,630
everything has looked

5365
03:31:24,550 --> 03:31:21,840
right on

5366
03:31:26,630 --> 03:31:24,560
it has it's wonderful to see just 22

5367
03:31:29,030 --> 03:31:26,640
minutes and 32 seconds remaining on the

5368
03:31:30,389 --> 03:31:29,040
clock i'm starting to get really excited

5369
03:31:32,710 --> 03:31:30,399
when you were sitting inside that

5370
03:31:34,790 --> 03:31:32,720
spacecraft how did you feel well at that

5371
03:31:35,990 --> 03:31:34,800
point you are really focused you are um

5372
03:31:37,750 --> 03:31:36,000
you've sort of stopped with the chit

5373
03:31:40,469 --> 03:31:37,760
chat and the storytelling and you are

5374
03:31:42,790 --> 03:31:40,479
very much watching the progress of the

5375
03:31:44,790 --> 03:31:42,800
propellant loading knowing that the the

5376
03:31:47,030 --> 03:31:44,800
time is counting down and you're just

5377
03:31:48,389 --> 03:31:47,040
really starting to get you know get your

5378
03:31:50,309 --> 03:31:48,399
head in the game and be ready for what's

5379
03:31:51,990 --> 03:31:50,319
happening next that's a very serious

5380
03:31:54,309 --> 03:31:52,000
part of the

5381
03:31:55,670 --> 03:31:54,319
countdown is that propellant flowing in

5382
03:31:57,750 --> 03:31:55,680
you can see those systems as you're

5383
03:31:58,469 --> 03:31:57,760
looking on your screen and monitoring

5384
03:32:00,630 --> 03:31:58,479
them

5385
03:32:02,150 --> 03:32:00,640
the mission is the continuation of

5386
03:32:04,070 --> 03:32:02,160
rotational crew flights to the

5387
03:32:05,910 --> 03:32:04,080
international space station from u.s

5388
03:32:08,229 --> 03:32:05,920
soil on private rockets and spacecraft

5389
03:32:11,110 --> 03:32:08,239
and this would not be possible without

5390
03:32:13,590 --> 03:32:11,120
the success of nasa spacex demo two the

5391
03:32:14,710 --> 03:32:13,600
test flight uh two years ago if you can

5392
03:32:17,510 --> 03:32:14,720
believe it

5393
03:32:19,830 --> 03:32:17,520
the safe delivery and return of crews

5394
03:32:23,110 --> 03:32:19,840
one and two and of course

5395
03:32:25,269 --> 03:32:23,120
crew two back on earth six months ago

5396
03:32:27,429 --> 03:32:25,279
and that's why we have with us the pilot

5397
03:32:29,190 --> 03:32:27,439
from crew 2 megan mcarthur appreciate

5398
03:32:30,870 --> 03:32:29,200
you being here absolutely it's hard to

5399
03:32:33,190 --> 03:32:30,880
believe it i've been home for six months

5400
03:32:34,950 --> 03:32:33,200
already and launched almost a year ago

5401
03:32:37,030 --> 03:32:34,960
but

5402
03:32:38,630 --> 03:32:37,040
the time travels yeah it keeps moving

5403
03:32:40,309 --> 03:32:38,640
it was six months that you were up in

5404
03:32:44,389 --> 03:32:40,319
space

5405
03:32:45,590 --> 03:32:44,399
like now have you the symptoms of having

5406
03:32:48,870 --> 03:32:45,600
been up in space for that long

5407
03:32:51,269 --> 03:32:48,880
completely passed um i would say they 90

5408
03:32:53,030 --> 03:32:51,279
back to earth normal um and you know

5409
03:32:54,710 --> 03:32:53,040
there's some lingering things like back

5410
03:32:56,389 --> 03:32:54,720
pain and you know some joint pain and

5411
03:32:57,990 --> 03:32:56,399
things like that that will pop up that

5412
03:33:01,190 --> 03:32:58,000
uh you know i go well am i just older

5413
03:33:03,349 --> 03:33:01,200
now or is earth just harder um so but

5414
03:33:07,830 --> 03:33:03,359
for the most part back to normal

5415
03:33:11,269 --> 03:33:09,429
well you've done a wonderful job for us

5416
03:33:13,269 --> 03:33:11,279
tonight and we appreciate it as we

5417
03:33:15,590 --> 03:33:13,279
continue to count down we're

5418
03:33:19,269 --> 03:33:15,600
looking for

5419
03:33:22,309 --> 03:33:19,279
the next call out which should be stage

5420
03:33:23,990 --> 03:33:22,319
2 rp1 load complete

5421
03:33:25,190 --> 03:33:24,000
it'll be followed by strong back chill

5422
03:33:28,229 --> 03:33:25,200
has begun

5423
03:33:41,510 --> 03:33:28,239
and then we'll start loading stage 2

5424
03:33:41,520 --> 03:33:51,269
stage two rp1 load is complete

5425
03:33:56,309 --> 03:33:53,670
you can see the condensation coming off

5426
03:33:58,630 --> 03:33:56,319
the rocket that super chilled locks

5427
03:34:00,870 --> 03:33:58,640
chilling down everything including

5428
03:34:03,030 --> 03:34:00,880
the skin of the rocket

5429
03:34:05,750 --> 03:34:03,040
so that it condenses the

5430
03:34:07,190 --> 03:34:05,760
humid floor to air and you see there the

5431
03:34:13,750 --> 03:34:07,200
clouds are coming off but at the very

5432
03:34:23,510 --> 03:34:16,229
t-minus 19 minutes

5433
03:34:26,790 --> 03:34:25,110
it's an impressive side i forget that i

5434
03:34:28,469 --> 03:34:26,800
can also look over my shoulder and see

5435
03:34:30,710 --> 03:34:28,479
it's uh

5436
03:34:33,110 --> 03:34:30,720
in real life in fact you just did that

5437
03:34:34,950 --> 03:34:33,120
we can't see you on camera but megan

5438
03:34:37,030 --> 03:34:34,960
turned and

5439
03:34:38,870 --> 03:34:37,040
wanted to see that it was the same thing

5440
03:34:39,670 --> 03:34:38,880
she's looking at on screen and indeed it

5441
03:34:42,150 --> 03:34:39,680
is

5442
03:34:43,750 --> 03:34:42,160
we are bringing you live pictures of the

5443
03:34:46,070 --> 03:34:43,760
launch of crew 4

5444
03:34:48,950 --> 03:34:46,080
from the kennedy space center in florida

5445
03:34:54,950 --> 03:34:48,960
liftoff time 3 52 a.m eastern daylight

5446
03:34:58,229 --> 03:34:56,710
if you're just joining us we want to

5447
03:35:01,030 --> 03:34:58,239
tell you a little bit about the crew on

5448
03:35:03,269 --> 03:35:01,040
board dr lindgren is the commander he

5449
03:35:05,349 --> 03:35:03,279
was born in taipei taiwan but spent most

5450
03:35:07,510 --> 03:35:05,359
of his childhood overseas in england he

5451
03:35:09,030 --> 03:35:07,520
is married with three children

5452
03:35:11,030 --> 03:35:09,040
he was an instructor and jump master

5453
03:35:13,349 --> 03:35:11,040
with the u.s air force academy and he

5454
03:35:15,030 --> 03:35:13,359
also has a doctorate in medicine

5455
03:35:17,190 --> 03:35:15,040
he served as a nasa flight surgeon and

5456
03:35:19,510 --> 03:35:17,200
then as an astronaut aboard soyuz where

5457
03:35:21,750 --> 03:35:19,520
he spent 141 days in space during

5458
03:35:23,269 --> 03:35:21,760
expedition 44 and 45

5459
03:35:26,150 --> 03:35:23,279
and as i mentioned today he is the

5460
03:35:29,190 --> 03:35:26,160
commander of crew dragon sitting next to

5461
03:35:31,670 --> 03:35:29,200
him is his pilot bob hines who was born

5462
03:35:32,710 --> 03:35:31,680
in fayetteville north carolina there he

5463
03:35:34,630 --> 03:35:32,720
is

5464
03:35:36,389 --> 03:35:34,640
he's married with three daughters he has

5465
03:35:38,389 --> 03:35:36,399
a master of science degree in aerospace

5466
03:35:41,190 --> 03:35:38,399
engineering and served 21 years in the

5467
03:35:43,830 --> 03:35:41,200
u.s air force as a test pilot and as a

5468
03:35:46,389 --> 03:35:43,840
fighter pilot in the f-15e he came to

5469
03:35:48,229 --> 03:35:46,399
nasa as a research pilot but today he's

5470
03:35:50,550 --> 03:35:48,239
the crew 4 pilot

5471
03:35:52,229 --> 03:35:50,560
for crew dragon freedom

5472
03:35:53,910 --> 03:35:52,239
a fine commander and pilot you

5473
03:35:56,150 --> 03:35:53,920
understand the role of pilot very well

5474
03:35:58,630 --> 03:35:56,160
you served it in crew 2. that's right um

5475
03:36:00,309 --> 03:35:58,640
the pilot's role is largely to help the

5476
03:36:02,150 --> 03:36:00,319
commander keep track of what's going on

5477
03:36:03,269 --> 03:36:02,160
with the systems any off nominal

5478
03:36:04,870 --> 03:36:03,279
conditions

5479
03:36:06,389 --> 03:36:04,880
while the pilot is monitoring where the

5480
03:36:09,190 --> 03:36:06,399
vehicle is and where it's going so you

5481
03:36:11,510 --> 03:36:09,200
work very closely together

5482
03:36:13,670 --> 03:36:11,520
jessica watkins is one of our two

5483
03:36:15,510 --> 03:36:13,680
mission specialists and she considers

5484
03:36:17,590 --> 03:36:15,520
lafayette colorado her hometown her

5485
03:36:20,950 --> 03:36:17,600
college rugby team won the national

5486
03:36:22,630 --> 03:36:20,960
championship in 2008. she's a geologist

5487
03:36:24,950 --> 03:36:22,640
who completed several internships with

5488
03:36:27,269 --> 03:36:24,960
nasa including one testing system

5489
03:36:30,469 --> 03:36:27,279
designs for the mars perseverance rover

5490
03:36:32,870 --> 03:36:30,479
she became an astronaut in 2017 one of

5491
03:36:35,429 --> 03:36:32,880
the many turtles uh that are going

5492
03:36:37,910 --> 03:36:35,439
around here at the nasa astronaut uh

5493
03:36:40,469 --> 03:36:37,920
crew team uh she's going up into space

5494
03:36:42,150 --> 03:36:40,479
for the very first time as a mission

5495
03:36:45,670 --> 03:36:42,160
specialist

5496
03:36:47,349 --> 03:36:45,680
samantha christa ferretti she was born

5497
03:36:49,030 --> 03:36:47,359
in milan italy

5498
03:36:51,910 --> 03:36:49,040
she has two children she's a fighter

5499
03:36:53,670 --> 03:36:51,920
pilot and in 2013 christopher ready

5500
03:36:56,710 --> 03:36:53,680
launched into a space

5501
03:36:58,150 --> 03:36:56,720
uh into space aboard a soyuz for a long

5502
03:37:00,070 --> 03:36:58,160
duration space flight to the

5503
03:37:01,910 --> 03:37:00,080
international space station

5504
03:37:04,389 --> 03:37:01,920
several years later she was awarded the

5505
03:37:06,950 --> 03:37:04,399
knight grand cross of the order of merit

5506
03:37:09,670 --> 03:37:06,960
from the president of italy

5507
03:37:13,670 --> 03:37:09,680
and today she returns to space with crew

5508
03:37:15,429 --> 03:37:13,680
for two fine mission specialists

5509
03:37:18,790 --> 03:37:15,439
now each of these four crew members will

5510
03:37:20,630 --> 03:37:18,800
be a part of expedition 67 once they

5511
03:37:25,190 --> 03:37:20,640
arrive at the international space

5512
03:37:28,790 --> 03:37:27,110
if you are here locally

5513
03:37:32,150 --> 03:37:28,800
and watching this broadcast and want to

5514
03:37:36,790 --> 03:37:33,910
just heard the call out for stage two

5515
03:37:40,469 --> 03:37:38,389
as i was mentioning if you're listening

5516
03:37:43,190 --> 03:37:40,479
to uh the radio

5517
03:37:44,790 --> 03:37:43,200
you can find the launch coverage

5518
03:37:46,630 --> 03:37:44,800
on the frequencies you see at the bottom

5519
03:37:48,790 --> 03:37:46,640
of your screen vh radio frequency

5520
03:37:52,870 --> 03:37:48,800
146.940

5521
03:37:56,389 --> 03:37:52,880
on the megahertz scale and uh uhf radio

5522
03:38:01,750 --> 03:37:58,469
in the fm mode

5523
03:38:06,469 --> 03:38:03,830
all of that can be seen or i'm sorry

5524
03:38:07,830 --> 03:38:06,479
heard rather here on the space coast

5525
03:38:09,269 --> 03:38:07,840
megan let's talk a little bit about your

5526
03:38:12,229 --> 03:38:09,279
science your team

5527
03:38:13,910 --> 03:38:12,239
spent 199 days in space a record you

5528
03:38:15,750 --> 03:38:13,920
call it 200.

5529
03:38:17,510 --> 03:38:15,760
a spacex record for an entire crew of

5530
03:38:19,590 --> 03:38:17,520
astronauts with all that time spent on

5531
03:38:21,429 --> 03:38:19,600
board space station can you explain how

5532
03:38:23,349 --> 03:38:21,439
space station acts as that orbiting

5533
03:38:25,590 --> 03:38:23,359
laboratory where crew 4 is heading right

5534
03:38:27,269 --> 03:38:25,600
now absolutely so space station

5535
03:38:29,990 --> 03:38:27,279
obviously a very unique environment

5536
03:38:32,550 --> 03:38:30,000
right it's long-term access to micro-g

5537
03:38:34,950 --> 03:38:32,560
environment that scientists can't have

5538
03:38:36,950 --> 03:38:34,960
can't replicate or simulate accurately

5539
03:38:38,469 --> 03:38:36,960
here on earth so it's the ability to run

5540
03:38:40,550 --> 03:38:38,479
these experiments that teach us

5541
03:38:42,550 --> 03:38:40,560
fundamental things about the about the

5542
03:38:44,469 --> 03:38:42,560
physics of fluid mechanics about

5543
03:38:45,990 --> 03:38:44,479
combustion things that we can't again

5544
03:38:48,229 --> 03:38:46,000
replicate on earth that can lead to

5545
03:38:50,070 --> 03:38:48,239
discoveries um that can benefit us in

5546
03:38:51,590 --> 03:38:50,080
space but can also benefit us back on

5547
03:38:53,590 --> 03:38:51,600
earth like

5548
03:38:55,269 --> 03:38:53,600
understanding diseases well enough to

5549
03:38:57,349 --> 03:38:55,279
create new treatments for them or

5550
03:38:58,950 --> 03:38:57,359
understanding combustion in a new way to

5551
03:39:00,630 --> 03:38:58,960
allow us to build cleaner burning

5552
03:39:02,070 --> 03:39:00,640
engines you mentioned some of the

5553
03:39:02,870 --> 03:39:02,080
science that you've worked on what was

5554
03:39:04,389 --> 03:39:02,880
your

5555
03:39:06,630 --> 03:39:04,399
the most impressive and stands out to

5556
03:39:08,469 --> 03:39:06,640
you in your mind well it's hard to

5557
03:39:10,070 --> 03:39:08,479
choose a favorite but of course one that

5558
03:39:12,070 --> 03:39:10,080
is always popular is one you get to eat

5559
03:39:14,870 --> 03:39:12,080
so we got to participate in the plant

5560
03:39:17,269 --> 03:39:14,880
habitat 4 experiment where we grew chili

5561
03:39:19,670 --> 03:39:17,279
peppers that hailed from hatch new

5562
03:39:21,910 --> 03:39:19,680
mexico and so we got to monitor them

5563
03:39:23,670 --> 03:39:21,920
over a period of many months it was a

5564
03:39:25,750 --> 03:39:23,680
fruiting plant that took a long time to

5565
03:39:27,830 --> 03:39:25,760
germinate and to fruit and for long

5566
03:39:30,150 --> 03:39:27,840
duration missions will provide an

5567
03:39:32,229 --> 03:39:30,160
important vitamin c and other

5568
03:39:34,469 --> 03:39:32,239
minerals for for crews on long duration

5569
03:39:36,229 --> 03:39:34,479
missions and they were also just really

5570
03:39:38,710 --> 03:39:36,239
tasty so that was a lot of fun that's a

5571
03:39:40,309 --> 03:39:38,720
bonus and you know growing plants in

5572
03:39:42,150 --> 03:39:40,319
space is part of deeper space

5573
03:39:43,910 --> 03:39:42,160
exploration especially growing them in

5574
03:39:45,429 --> 03:39:43,920
mass amounts right so that you can feed

5575
03:39:47,030 --> 03:39:45,439
a crew absolutely right it'll be an

5576
03:39:47,990 --> 03:39:47,040
important part part of those future

5577
03:39:50,229 --> 03:39:48,000
missions

5578
03:39:51,910 --> 03:39:50,239
crew 4 will fly aboard a brand new

5579
03:39:54,229 --> 03:39:51,920
dragon capsule by the way that the

5580
03:39:56,790 --> 03:39:54,239
astronauts named freedom

5581
03:39:58,309 --> 03:39:56,800
but the booster has flown three previous

5582
03:40:01,110 --> 03:39:58,319
times and there you can see it there

5583
03:40:03,189 --> 03:40:01,120
with a the city covered nasa meatball

5584
03:40:05,429 --> 03:40:03,199
right above them that's crew 4 below

5585
03:40:07,269 --> 03:40:05,439
standing next to their booster

5586
03:40:10,150 --> 03:40:07,279
this flight will be the fourth for that

5587
03:40:11,110 --> 03:40:10,160
booster which is a first for nasa and

5588
03:40:12,870 --> 03:40:11,120
esa

5589
03:40:14,870 --> 03:40:12,880
astronauts

5590
03:40:18,229 --> 03:40:14,880
now at the time that that booster lights

5591
03:40:21,750 --> 03:40:18,239
and takes that crew into space the

5592
03:40:24,790 --> 03:40:21,760
international space station will be 260

5593
03:40:26,870 --> 03:40:24,800
miles over western romania we talked a

5594
03:40:29,750 --> 03:40:26,880
little bit earlier about chasing down

5595
03:40:32,469 --> 03:40:29,760
station well when this thing lights

5596
03:40:34,309 --> 03:40:32,479
crew 4 will then spend the next 16 hours

5597
03:40:35,429 --> 03:40:34,319
chasing down the international space

5598
03:40:38,790 --> 03:40:35,439
station

5599
03:40:42,070 --> 03:40:38,800
for a rendezvous at 8 15

5600
03:40:46,790 --> 03:40:43,990
and there's a special guest there that

5601
03:40:50,150 --> 03:40:46,800
is an apollo astronaut

5602
03:40:52,550 --> 03:40:50,160
harrison schmidt he is a moonwalker

5603
03:40:54,309 --> 03:40:52,560
you may recall

5604
03:40:56,070 --> 03:40:54,319
one of the 12 men who walked on the moon

5605
03:40:59,110 --> 03:40:56,080
he launched on the night of december 7th

5606
03:41:01,590 --> 03:40:59,120
1972 from the same launch pad we're

5607
03:41:03,830 --> 03:41:01,600
using tonight pad 39a and then three

5608
03:41:06,389 --> 03:41:03,840
days later schmidt and commander gene

5609
03:41:08,950 --> 03:41:06,399
cernan landed on the moon what an honor

5610
03:41:11,269 --> 03:41:08,960
to have him watching tonight

5611
03:41:13,110 --> 03:41:11,279
he a geologist watching another

5612
03:41:15,349 --> 03:41:13,120
geologist

5613
03:41:18,550 --> 03:41:15,359
jessica watkins going up to space today

5614
03:41:23,349 --> 03:41:21,990
and harrison schmidt one of the four

5615
03:41:25,670 --> 03:41:23,359
surviving

5616
03:41:28,229 --> 03:41:25,680
uh astronauts who walked on the moon

5617
03:41:30,469 --> 03:41:28,239
buzz aldrin david scott charlie duke and

5618
03:41:32,950 --> 03:41:30,479
harrison schmidt and they are

5619
03:41:34,950 --> 03:41:32,960
a national treasure

5620
03:41:36,870 --> 03:41:34,960
megan we are t minus 12 minutes and

5621
03:41:37,750 --> 03:41:36,880
counting some final thoughts as we get

5622
03:41:39,750 --> 03:41:37,760
ready

5623
03:41:41,830 --> 03:41:39,760
to light this candle for by the way

5624
03:41:44,150 --> 03:41:41,840
samantha christopher eddie's birthday

5625
03:41:45,750 --> 03:41:44,160
was yesterday yes what a what a big

5626
03:41:47,750 --> 03:41:45,760
birthday candle that's right it's a

5627
03:41:48,790 --> 03:41:47,760
pretty pretty good birthday celebration

5628
03:41:51,590 --> 03:41:48,800
i think

5629
03:41:54,150 --> 03:41:51,600
she's gonna enjoy that um but what will

5630
03:41:56,150 --> 03:41:54,160
they experience the moment of liftoff

5631
03:41:57,990 --> 03:41:56,160
the moment of liftoff is really it's

5632
03:41:59,670 --> 03:41:58,000
hard to describe i've heard it described

5633
03:42:01,349 --> 03:41:59,680
as lots of different things a kick in

5634
03:42:03,110 --> 03:42:01,359
the pants uh someone hits your chair

5635
03:42:05,269 --> 03:42:03,120
with a baseball bat it's almost

5636
03:42:07,429 --> 03:42:05,279
indescribable because you start moving

5637
03:42:09,590 --> 03:42:07,439
so fast and you're accelerating

5638
03:42:11,670 --> 03:42:09,600
so fast the whole time that it is it's

5639
03:42:14,150 --> 03:42:11,680
just a sensory overload you're really

5640
03:42:15,670 --> 03:42:14,160
really moving fast and uh on our crew

5641
03:42:17,750 --> 03:42:15,680
people enjoyed that very much there was

5642
03:42:19,910 --> 03:42:17,760
a lot of hooting and laughing basically

5643
03:42:22,150 --> 03:42:19,920
in response to that and as the as the

5644
03:42:24,389 --> 03:42:22,160
rocket changes its speed accelerates

5645
03:42:26,229 --> 03:42:24,399
down and then back up again you feel all

5646
03:42:27,990 --> 03:42:26,239
of that and it really is it's tremendous

5647
03:42:29,750 --> 03:42:28,000
ride astronauts from crew 4 getting

5648
03:42:31,670 --> 03:42:29,760
ready to experience that we're about to

5649
03:42:33,990 --> 03:42:31,680
watch this launch so with t-minus 11

5650
03:42:39,349 --> 03:42:34,000
minutes and 25 seconds let's toss it to

5651
03:42:42,870 --> 03:42:41,189
daryl megan thank you so much it's

5652
03:42:44,950 --> 03:42:42,880
getting more and more exciting here as

5653
03:42:47,030 --> 03:42:44,960
we are just about 11 minutes until

5654
03:42:50,150 --> 03:42:47,040
liftoff uh things are still looking

5655
03:42:51,830 --> 03:42:50,160
great for both falcon 9 and dragon

5656
03:42:54,630 --> 03:42:51,840
falcon 9 began loading propellant at the

5657
03:42:56,229 --> 03:42:54,640
t-minus 35-minute mark we should finish

5658
03:42:57,670 --> 03:42:56,239
around the t-minus

5659
03:42:59,990 --> 03:42:57,680
2-minute mark

5660
03:43:01,590 --> 03:43:00,000
right now densified liquid oxygen is

5661
03:43:03,349 --> 03:43:01,600
loading and continuing on the first

5662
03:43:04,950 --> 03:43:03,359
stage and

5663
03:43:06,950 --> 03:43:04,960
again this is going to wrap up around

5664
03:43:09,189 --> 03:43:06,960
the t-minus two minute mark

5665
03:43:11,429 --> 03:43:09,199
the dragon mission director and team are

5666
03:43:13,670 --> 03:43:11,439
reporting no issues communication

5667
03:43:15,910 --> 03:43:13,680
checkouts are complete the crew access

5668
03:43:18,630 --> 03:43:15,920
arm is retracted the launch escape

5669
03:43:20,550 --> 03:43:18,640
system is armed and the crew is strapped

5670
03:43:22,710 --> 03:43:20,560
in and ready to go

5671
03:43:25,110 --> 03:43:22,720
final instructions to the crew come in

5672
03:43:27,030 --> 03:43:25,120
at the t-minus 10-minute mark the crew

5673
03:43:29,110 --> 03:43:27,040
displays will be configured for launch

5674
03:43:30,870 --> 03:43:29,120
the setup gives the crew insight into

5675
03:43:32,710 --> 03:43:30,880
how the launch is proceeding and

5676
03:43:35,110 --> 03:43:32,720
provides constant update on vehicle

5677
03:43:36,710 --> 03:43:35,120
health at t-minus five minutes we'll be

5678
03:43:39,030 --> 03:43:36,720
in terminal count and the dragon will

5679
03:43:41,189 --> 03:43:39,040
transition to internal power and we'll

5680
03:43:43,349 --> 03:43:41,199
hear we'll hear continued call-outs on

5681
03:43:45,750 --> 03:43:43,359
the countdown nets as we get closer and

5682
03:43:46,950 --> 03:43:45,760
closer to liftoff range and weather are

5683
03:43:49,590 --> 03:43:46,960
both green

5684
03:43:51,110 --> 03:43:49,600
right now i am joined by dan uh dan uh

5685
03:43:53,750 --> 03:43:51,120
when we after ascent we're gonna hear

5686
03:43:55,910 --> 03:43:53,760
some call outs for um different types of

5687
03:43:57,830 --> 03:43:55,920
abort modes right yeah that's right on

5688
03:43:59,830 --> 03:43:57,840
the way up hill you'll you'll clear

5689
03:44:04,630 --> 03:43:59,840
spacex please confirm crew displays are

5690
03:44:08,870 --> 03:44:06,630
freedom confirms displays are configured

5691
03:44:10,950 --> 03:44:08,880
for launch

5692
03:44:12,870 --> 03:44:10,960
spacex copy screw four and on behalf of

5693
03:44:14,469 --> 03:44:12,880
the entire spacex team we're honored to

5694
03:44:16,469 --> 03:44:14,479
have you aboard dragon capsule freedom

5695
03:44:17,670 --> 03:44:16,479
today it's been a privilege working

5696
03:44:19,590 --> 03:44:17,680
together prepare for this launch the

5697
03:44:22,389 --> 03:44:19,600
international space station we wish you

5698
03:44:28,710 --> 03:44:22,399
a great mission good luck godspeed time

5699
03:44:33,269 --> 03:44:30,309
copy spacex we'd like to take this

5700
03:44:36,150 --> 03:44:33,279
opportunity to extend our thanks to

5701
03:44:37,670 --> 03:44:36,160
our nasa spacex international partner

5702
03:44:38,630 --> 03:44:37,680
teams and most of all our families for

5703
03:44:40,150 --> 03:44:38,640
getting us

5704
03:44:41,590 --> 03:44:40,160
to the threshold of this amazing

5705
03:44:43,189 --> 03:44:41,600
opportunity to launch to the

5706
03:44:44,469 --> 03:44:43,199
international space station of kennedy

5707
03:44:46,630 --> 03:44:44,479
space center

5708
03:44:49,189 --> 03:44:46,640
a heartfelt thank you to every one of

5709
03:44:55,590 --> 03:44:49,199
you that made this possible now let's

5710
03:45:00,150 --> 03:44:58,550
okay so crew displays are configured the

5711
03:45:01,750 --> 03:45:00,160
crew just reported they're good to go

5712
03:45:03,110 --> 03:45:01,760
they're ready to launch saw a couple of

5713
03:45:05,189 --> 03:45:03,120
fist bumps there

5714
03:45:07,030 --> 03:45:05,199
uh but yeah as as you mentioned we'll

5715
03:45:09,110 --> 03:45:07,040
hear a couple of different call outs on

5716
03:45:11,750 --> 03:45:09,120
the way up hill a combination letter and

5717
03:45:13,110 --> 03:45:11,760
a number you'll hear 1a right at liftoff

5718
03:45:15,110 --> 03:45:13,120
and these just correspond to the

5719
03:45:18,070 --> 03:45:15,120
different abort modes there's two for

5720
03:45:20,950 --> 03:45:18,080
the first stage and then a through e for

5721
03:45:23,189 --> 03:45:20,960
the second stage and these are telling

5722
03:45:25,510 --> 03:45:23,199
the crew essentially which direction

5723
03:45:27,349 --> 03:45:25,520
dragon's going to be pointing what it

5724
03:45:29,349 --> 03:45:27,359
when it performs a burn of those super

5725
03:45:31,349 --> 03:45:29,359
draco engines also gives you an idea of

5726
03:45:34,790 --> 03:45:31,359
where they're likely to come down if we

5727
03:45:36,469 --> 03:45:34,800
have an abort on the way up hill but

5728
03:45:39,189 --> 03:45:36,479
you'll hear those throughout the the

5729
03:45:41,590 --> 03:45:39,199
flight uphill you'll you'll also hear a

5730
03:45:43,590 --> 03:45:41,600
number of call outs from some of the key

5731
03:45:45,990 --> 03:45:43,600
positions on the falcon 9 team the

5732
03:45:47,750 --> 03:45:46,000
guidance navigation and control officer

5733
03:45:50,229 --> 03:45:47,760
and also the prop lead and we're going

5734
03:45:52,229 --> 03:45:50,239
to be looking to hear trajectory nominal

5735
03:45:54,950 --> 03:45:52,239
propulsion nominal

5736
03:45:57,590 --> 03:45:54,960
just as we make that flight uphill it's

5737
03:45:59,670 --> 03:45:57,600
gonna be about a nine minute trip

5738
03:46:01,429 --> 03:45:59,680
from ground to orbit

5739
03:46:04,710 --> 03:46:01,439
and right now we're just eight minutes

5740
03:46:06,950 --> 03:46:04,720
away and we've got a couple more events

5741
03:46:08,469 --> 03:46:06,960
coming up starting at right around seven

5742
03:46:11,510 --> 03:46:08,479
minutes right andy

5743
03:46:13,189 --> 03:46:11,520
yeah in about 50 seconds at t-minus

5744
03:46:15,750 --> 03:46:13,199
seven minutes we're going to begin

5745
03:46:17,830 --> 03:46:15,760
engine chill on the first stage engine

5746
03:46:19,990 --> 03:46:17,840
uh this is where we inject a small

5747
03:46:22,070 --> 03:46:20,000
amount of super chilled liquid oxygen

5748
03:46:24,150 --> 03:46:22,080
into the merlin engine turbo pumps

5749
03:46:26,229 --> 03:46:24,160
before letting the full flow of locks

5750
03:46:28,710 --> 03:46:26,239
during ignition so we do this in order

5751
03:46:31,510 --> 03:46:28,720
to make sure that we don't uh

5752
03:46:33,990 --> 03:46:31,520
shock the the engines uh because liquid

5753
03:46:35,510 --> 03:46:34,000
auction is so cold um we actually do the

5754
03:46:38,070 --> 03:46:35,520
same exact things

5755
03:46:39,510 --> 03:46:38,080
for the second stage engine that happens

5756
03:46:41,670 --> 03:46:39,520
during ascent but we should hear the

5757
03:46:43,750 --> 03:46:41,680
call out after liftoff for that as well

5758
03:46:45,269 --> 03:46:43,760
and again that is coming up in about 15

5759
03:47:00,950 --> 03:46:45,279
seconds we should hear the callouts over

5760
03:47:07,030 --> 03:47:04,550
stage one engine chill has started

5761
03:47:08,870 --> 03:47:07,040
and that was the call out so again a

5762
03:47:10,950 --> 03:47:08,880
small amount of super chilled liquid

5763
03:47:12,870 --> 03:47:10,960
auction being flowed into the merlin

5764
03:47:15,189 --> 03:47:12,880
engine turbo pumps those nine merlin

5765
03:47:16,630 --> 03:47:15,199
engines on the bottom of the first stage

5766
03:47:19,269 --> 03:47:16,640
all right now we've got a couple more

5767
03:47:21,269 --> 03:47:19,279
events coming up right at about t minus

5768
03:47:23,349 --> 03:47:21,279
six minutes so in 40 seconds from now

5769
03:47:25,990 --> 03:47:23,359
our next prop load milestone will be

5770
03:47:29,030 --> 03:47:26,000
complete we'll have all of the rp1 the

5771
03:47:31,670 --> 03:47:29,040
fuel for stage one fully on board it's

5772
03:47:33,429 --> 03:47:31,680
at about 99 right now so we should hear

5773
03:47:35,189 --> 03:47:33,439
that any moment

5774
03:47:36,150 --> 03:47:35,199
after that we'll hear a number of call

5775
03:47:39,349 --> 03:47:36,160
outs

5776
03:47:41,269 --> 03:47:39,359
uh related to the dragon flight computer

5777
03:47:43,110 --> 03:47:41,279
they'll get ready to configure for

5778
03:47:47,349 --> 03:47:43,120
terminal count and then move on to

5779
03:47:52,389 --> 03:47:49,429
every year the rp1 load is complete so

5780
03:47:55,830 --> 03:47:52,399
we got that a little early so all of the

5781
03:47:57,830 --> 03:47:55,840
rp1 the refined kerosene is on board the

5782
03:47:59,910 --> 03:47:57,840
falcon 9 both the

5783
03:48:02,309 --> 03:47:59,920
first stage just completing we already

5784
03:48:04,150 --> 03:48:02,319
heard that the second stage completed a

5785
03:48:05,510 --> 03:48:04,160
short time ago

5786
03:48:07,990 --> 03:48:05,520
coming up we're going to hear the call

5787
03:48:10,150 --> 03:48:08,000
out for dragon to transition

5788
03:48:12,469 --> 03:48:10,160
to configure for terminal count and then

5789
03:48:14,950 --> 03:48:12,479
transition over to internal power and

5790
03:48:17,030 --> 03:48:14,960
then we'll hear the propellant tanks on

5791
03:48:18,870 --> 03:48:17,040
falcon 9 getting ready to pressurize

5792
03:48:21,110 --> 03:48:18,880
adding some additional rigidity and

5793
03:48:23,670 --> 03:48:21,120
structural support as we get ready for

5794
03:48:26,150 --> 03:48:23,680
the strong back to retract it'll move

5795
03:48:29,189 --> 03:48:26,160
just a couple of degrees at first and

5796
03:48:31,510 --> 03:48:29,199
then we'll see it swing open completely

5797
03:48:32,950 --> 03:48:31,520
uh at the moment of liftoff and that

5798
03:48:35,590 --> 03:48:32,960
strong back

5799
03:48:37,590 --> 03:48:35,600
uh providing access to falcon 9 it's

5800
03:48:39,110 --> 03:48:37,600
also providing all of the fueling lines

5801
03:48:41,110 --> 03:48:39,120
and biblicals

5802
03:48:43,670 --> 03:48:41,120
for both prop load and all the different

5803
03:48:45,189 --> 03:48:43,680
gases being loaded on board

5804
03:48:46,550 --> 03:48:45,199
the vehicle so

5805
03:48:47,990 --> 03:48:46,560
those are coming up we're going to

5806
03:48:49,830 --> 03:48:48,000
continue to

5807
03:48:52,309 --> 03:48:49,840
check through a couple more fueling

5808
03:48:54,389 --> 03:48:52,319
milestones as well the final one we're

5809
03:48:56,870 --> 03:48:54,399
going to hear is that just two minutes

5810
03:48:58,790 --> 03:48:56,880
before flight when we get the liquid

5811
03:49:00,630 --> 03:48:58,800
oxygen finished on board that second

5812
03:49:02,389 --> 03:49:00,640
stage

5813
03:49:04,550 --> 03:49:02,399
dragon is in configure for terminal

5814
03:49:06,309 --> 03:49:04,560
count

5815
03:49:13,670 --> 03:49:06,319
falcon 9 tanks are pressurizing for

5816
03:49:18,790 --> 03:49:16,469
falcon 9 is beginning to pressurize for

5817
03:49:20,309 --> 03:49:18,800
the strong back retract so if you look

5818
03:49:22,070 --> 03:49:20,319
closely on the left hand side of your

5819
03:49:24,790 --> 03:49:22,080
screen or excuse me the left hand side

5820
03:49:26,710 --> 03:49:24,800
of the vehicle there is a large truss

5821
03:49:28,710 --> 03:49:26,720
structure that is the strong back we

5822
03:49:33,910 --> 03:49:28,720
have some clamp arms uh just at the

5823
03:49:37,990 --> 03:49:36,469
well right now the uh those clamp arms

5824
03:49:41,429 --> 03:49:38,000
are beginning to open up you can see

5825
03:49:43,750 --> 03:49:41,439
them right behind all of the the

5826
03:49:45,750 --> 03:49:43,760
white clouds around the vehicle once

5827
03:49:47,670 --> 03:49:45,760
that is fully open then the strong back

5828
03:49:49,910 --> 03:49:47,680
structure will retract away to its

5829
03:49:52,309 --> 03:49:49,920
pre-launch position about two degrees

5830
03:49:54,790 --> 03:49:52,319
away from the vehicle and as we get

5831
03:49:57,750 --> 03:49:54,800
closer to d0 it will continue to recline

5832
03:49:58,870 --> 03:49:57,760
back to make room for falcon 9 and

5833
03:50:02,070 --> 03:49:58,880
dragon

5834
03:50:03,670 --> 03:50:02,080
to lift off and clear the launch pad

5835
03:50:05,590 --> 03:50:03,680
so here's a great shot of those clamp

5836
03:50:07,910 --> 03:50:05,600
arms at the bottom of the screen opening

5837
03:50:10,309 --> 03:50:07,920
wide open

5838
03:50:12,389 --> 03:50:10,319
and we should see that structure

5839
03:50:19,990 --> 03:50:12,399
to the right of falcon 9 and dragon

5840
03:50:24,870 --> 03:50:22,950
this whole sequence takes um about a

5841
03:50:27,030 --> 03:50:24,880
minute a little over a minute to fully

5842
03:50:31,910 --> 03:50:27,040
complete we expect this to complete

5843
03:50:36,070 --> 03:50:32,830
15

5844
03:50:38,229 --> 03:50:36,080
seconds so you can see on screen that

5845
03:50:46,630 --> 03:50:38,239
strongback is beginning to recline away

5846
03:50:50,630 --> 03:50:48,469
all right now coming up next is going to

5847
03:50:52,790 --> 03:50:50,640
be the finish of

5848
03:50:53,670 --> 03:50:52,800
loading that liquid oxygen down to stage

5849
03:50:55,590 --> 03:50:53,680
one

5850
03:50:57,910 --> 03:50:55,600
we finish up on the liquid oxygen stage

5851
03:50:59,990 --> 03:50:57,920
one lux load is complete

5852
03:51:04,070 --> 03:51:00,000
there we go all of the oxidizer loaded

5853
03:51:08,870 --> 03:51:06,309
yep and uh in about a minute here we

5854
03:51:11,189 --> 03:51:08,880
should hear the last call out related to

5855
03:51:13,750 --> 03:51:11,199
propellant that's going to be stage two

5856
03:51:16,309 --> 03:51:13,760
lox load complete and again that is the

5857
03:51:21,510 --> 03:51:16,319
last of propellant loading is in

5858
03:51:25,110 --> 03:51:23,429
and as we wait for that call outs all of

5859
03:51:27,590 --> 03:51:25,120
the white clouds that you're seeing on

5860
03:51:29,110 --> 03:51:27,600
screen that is normal and expected for

5861
03:51:31,189 --> 03:51:29,120
us at this stage in the countdown we'll

5862
03:51:33,189 --> 03:51:31,199
continue to see them build up as we get

5863
03:51:35,110 --> 03:51:33,199
closer and closer to d0 we want to make

5864
03:51:38,550 --> 03:51:35,120
sure that we are keeping the tanks as

5865
03:51:42,070 --> 03:51:38,560
full as possible um and the warm uh

5866
03:51:43,670 --> 03:51:42,080
ambient air of florida is um you know

5867
03:51:51,030 --> 03:51:43,680
helping to create those clouds around

5868
03:51:55,189 --> 03:51:52,870
all right we're coming up on two minutes

5869
03:52:08,790 --> 03:51:55,199
until liftoff standing by for stage two

5870
03:52:08,800 --> 03:52:15,030
stage two locks load is complete

5871
03:52:19,750 --> 03:52:18,229
dragon is an auto idol

5872
03:52:21,750 --> 03:52:19,760
all right dragon's flight computer and

5873
03:52:24,389 --> 03:52:21,760
auto idle next it'll flip over to

5874
03:52:28,630 --> 03:52:26,710
gas closeout has started so we're now

5875
03:52:30,389 --> 03:52:28,640
isolating all the feed lines for the

5876
03:52:32,309 --> 03:52:30,399
different gas systems

5877
03:52:34,640 --> 03:52:32,319
uh from the falcon 9 rocket they're

5878
03:52:35,990 --> 03:52:34,650
gonna then get vented

5879
03:52:39,590 --> 03:52:36,000
[Applause]

5880
03:52:41,110 --> 03:52:39,600
start they're gonna get vented overboard

5881
03:52:43,510 --> 03:52:41,120
through the through umbilicals and

5882
03:52:45,110 --> 03:52:43,520
through the strong backing itself

5883
03:52:47,590 --> 03:52:45,120
coming up at t minus one minute we're

5884
03:52:49,269 --> 03:52:47,600
gonna hear dragon is in countdown it's a

5885
03:52:50,870 --> 03:52:49,279
flight computer will switch to countdown

5886
03:52:55,189 --> 03:52:50,880
mode we'll also hear that the flight

5887
03:52:58,389 --> 03:52:55,199
termination system on falcon 9 is armed

5888
03:52:59,990 --> 03:52:58,399
falcon 9 will move into startup and take

5889
03:53:02,469 --> 03:53:00,000
over control

5890
03:53:05,030 --> 03:53:02,479
fts is armed falcon 9 is in startup and

5891
03:53:08,710 --> 03:53:05,040
is now controlling

5892
03:53:11,189 --> 03:53:08,720
dragon is in countdown

5893
03:53:13,349 --> 03:53:11,199
dragon's flight computer in countdown

5894
03:53:20,070 --> 03:53:13,359
the fts that flight termination system

5895
03:53:20,080 --> 03:53:25,510
freedom is go for lunch

5896
03:53:25,520 --> 03:53:30,469
spacex reports go crew reports

5897
03:53:38,469 --> 03:53:33,349
you heard it there 30 seconds away from

5898
03:53:38,479 --> 03:53:42,950
t minus 20.

5899
03:53:48,630 --> 03:53:44,960
d minus 15 seconds

5900
03:53:50,550 --> 03:53:49,510
10

5901
03:53:51,429 --> 03:53:50,560
nine

5902
03:53:52,389 --> 03:53:51,439
eight

5903
03:53:53,349 --> 03:53:52,399
seven

5904
03:53:54,309 --> 03:53:53,359
six

5905
03:53:55,269 --> 03:53:54,319
five

5906
03:53:56,309 --> 03:53:55,279
four

5907
03:53:57,269 --> 03:53:56,319
three

5908
03:53:58,070 --> 03:53:57,279
two

5909
03:54:00,770 --> 03:53:58,080
one

5910
03:54:16,790 --> 03:54:00,780
zero ignition

5911
03:54:22,229 --> 03:54:18,870
vehicle already pitching down range all

5912
03:54:32,710 --> 03:54:24,070
getting good performance on stage one

5913
03:54:38,710 --> 03:54:36,150
we are t plus 35 seconds into the fourth

5914
03:54:41,269 --> 03:54:38,720
rotational crew mission on board dragon

5915
03:54:44,389 --> 03:54:41,279
and the falcon 9

5916
03:54:45,910 --> 03:54:44,399
the nine merlin 1d engines uh on the

5917
03:54:47,830 --> 03:54:45,920
first stage or beginning to throttle

5918
03:54:50,630 --> 03:54:47,840
down your throttle down

5919
03:54:52,389 --> 03:54:50,640
in preparation for max q this is where

5920
03:54:54,950 --> 03:54:52,399
the vehicle will experience the highest

5921
03:54:56,630 --> 03:54:54,960
amount of aerodynamic pressures so we'll

5922
03:54:58,690 --> 03:54:56,640
throttle down the engines in preparation

5923
03:55:00,870 --> 03:54:58,700
for that event

5924
03:55:03,910 --> 03:55:00,880
[Music]

5925
03:55:05,590 --> 03:55:03,920
vehicle is supersonic

5926
03:55:10,710 --> 03:55:05,600
all right so we've passed the speed of

5927
03:55:16,229 --> 03:55:13,030
back at you and there's our call out for

5928
03:55:21,110 --> 03:55:18,389
so right after max q we will begin to

5929
03:55:22,950 --> 03:55:21,120
throttle those engines up again

5930
03:55:25,030 --> 03:55:22,960
copy one problem

5931
03:55:27,349 --> 03:55:25,040
and one bravo so we're in the second and

5932
03:55:29,110 --> 03:55:27,359
final abort mode for the first stage

5933
03:55:30,550 --> 03:55:29,120
continuing to get good performance

5934
03:55:32,550 --> 03:55:30,560
though the crew already pulling in

5935
03:55:34,229 --> 03:55:32,560
excess of two g's

5936
03:55:37,830 --> 03:55:34,239
and coming up next is going to be a

5937
03:55:39,670 --> 03:55:37,840
couple of events in rapid succession

5938
03:55:41,910 --> 03:55:39,680
yep in about 10 seconds here we're going

5939
03:55:44,150 --> 03:55:41,920
to be performing engine chill on the

5940
03:55:45,349 --> 03:55:44,160
second stage mvac engine

5941
03:55:47,349 --> 03:55:45,359
um

5942
03:55:49,110 --> 03:55:47,359
and then in about a minute we're going

5943
03:55:51,189 --> 03:55:49,120
to start off with miko also known as

5944
03:55:53,670 --> 03:55:51,199
main engine cutoff this is where those

5945
03:55:54,790 --> 03:55:53,680
nine engines that you're seeing

5946
03:55:56,309 --> 03:55:54,800
ignite on

5947
03:55:58,790 --> 03:55:56,319
being lit up on screen those are going

5948
03:56:01,670 --> 03:55:58,800
to cut off in preparation

5949
03:56:03,670 --> 03:56:01,680
for stage separation where the first and

5950
03:56:04,550 --> 03:56:03,680
second stages will separate from one

5951
03:56:06,150 --> 03:56:04,560
another

5952
03:56:07,990 --> 03:56:06,160
and then the

5953
03:56:10,630 --> 03:56:08,000
single merlin vacuum engine on the

5954
03:56:14,309 --> 03:56:10,640
second stage will ignite and continue to

5955
03:56:18,389 --> 03:56:14,319
carry our crew 4 astronauts to orbit

5956
03:56:23,670 --> 03:56:18,399
we've heard that mvac chill has started

5957
03:56:29,910 --> 03:56:25,510
the problem merlin engines starting to

5958
03:56:29,920 --> 03:56:39,110
and standing by for mikko

5959
03:56:39,120 --> 03:56:41,990
and mikko

5960
03:56:45,670 --> 03:56:44,309
stage separation confirmed

5961
03:56:46,550 --> 03:56:45,680
all right

5962
03:56:53,590 --> 03:56:46,560
so

5963
03:56:58,229 --> 03:56:56,389
you see that second stage engine light

5964
03:57:00,229 --> 03:56:58,239
we're in two alpha the second or fourth

5965
03:57:01,830 --> 03:57:00,239
mode the second stage is lit

5966
03:57:03,750 --> 03:57:01,840
continuing to carry the crew 4

5967
03:57:05,910 --> 03:57:03,760
astronauts on to orbit

5968
03:57:07,670 --> 03:57:05,920
uh and this is a fantastic view on the

5969
03:57:09,030 --> 03:57:07,680
left hand side this is the first stage

5970
03:57:10,630 --> 03:57:09,040
now separated

5971
03:57:12,710 --> 03:57:10,640
from the second stage but it's still

5972
03:57:14,389 --> 03:57:12,720
being illuminated by that single merlin

5973
03:57:16,469 --> 03:57:14,399
vacuum engine on the second stage on the

5974
03:57:18,070 --> 03:57:16,479
right-hand side of your screen uh so

5975
03:57:20,950 --> 03:57:18,080
right now the first stage is making its

5976
03:57:23,349 --> 03:57:20,960
way back to earth to attempt its fourth

5977
03:57:24,550 --> 03:57:23,359
landing on our drone ship a shortfall of

5978
03:57:26,710 --> 03:57:24,560
gravitas

5979
03:57:28,070 --> 03:57:26,720
the crew is on the opposite opposite

5980
03:57:29,750 --> 03:57:28,080
side of the engine that you see on the

5981
03:57:31,510 --> 03:57:29,760
right hand side of the screen they are

5982
03:57:33,349 --> 03:57:31,520
continuing with their journey to outer

5983
03:57:36,150 --> 03:57:33,359
space

5984
03:57:39,510 --> 03:57:36,160
seeing good performance on that lone

5985
03:57:42,229 --> 03:57:39,520
merlin vacuum engine on the second stage

5986
03:57:43,830 --> 03:57:42,239
the cruise g load dips right when we hit

5987
03:57:46,469 --> 03:57:43,840
that separation event and it's going to

5988
03:57:48,630 --> 03:57:46,479
continue to build up now

5989
03:57:49,670 --> 03:57:48,640
shared acquisition of signal bermuda

5990
03:57:55,349 --> 03:57:49,680
that means

5991
03:57:59,189 --> 03:57:57,750
freedom copies nominal trajectory

5992
03:58:01,030 --> 03:57:59,199
that was our guidance navigation and

5993
03:58:02,870 --> 03:58:01,040
control officer nominal trajectory

5994
03:58:05,189 --> 03:58:02,880
dragons pointed in the right direction

5995
03:58:06,790 --> 03:58:05,199
continuing its flight to orbit we heard

5996
03:58:09,510 --> 03:58:06,800
bermuda called out that's one of the

5997
03:58:11,510 --> 03:58:09,520
ground stations now receiving telemetry

5998
03:58:16,389 --> 03:58:11,520
from the dragon as it continues its path

5999
03:58:20,550 --> 03:58:18,550
so we will have the dueling boxes here

6000
03:58:22,710 --> 03:58:20,560
for a while as the first stage makes its

6001
03:58:26,309 --> 03:58:22,720
way down that second stage going to

6002
03:58:29,110 --> 03:58:26,319
continue firing until about a little

6003
03:58:33,510 --> 03:58:29,120
over eight minutes into the flight

6004
03:58:38,389 --> 03:58:35,910
the first stage has um a couple of

6005
03:58:41,110 --> 03:58:38,399
events itself in order to to land on a

6006
03:58:43,429 --> 03:58:41,120
drone ship so at t plus seven minutes

6007
03:58:45,349 --> 03:58:43,439
and 25 seconds it's going to

6008
03:58:48,229 --> 03:58:45,359
start its entry burn it's going to be

6009
03:58:49,429 --> 03:58:48,239
one of two burns uh this is where three

6010
03:58:51,429 --> 03:58:49,439
of the nine

6011
03:58:53,910 --> 03:58:51,439
engines basic nominal trajectory on the

6012
03:58:55,830 --> 03:58:53,920
first stage will re-light uh and burn

6013
03:58:57,429 --> 03:58:55,840
for about 30 seconds in order to slow

6014
03:58:59,349 --> 03:58:57,439
the vehicle down

6015
03:59:01,030 --> 03:58:59,359
before hitting the denser parts of the

6016
03:59:04,710 --> 03:59:01,040
earth's atmosphere

6017
03:59:07,830 --> 03:59:06,229
all right now

6018
03:59:09,750 --> 03:59:07,840
on the new hampshire ground station

6019
03:59:11,830 --> 03:59:09,760
another call out there from our guidance

6020
03:59:13,110 --> 03:59:11,840
navigation and control officer nominal

6021
03:59:16,229 --> 03:59:13,120
trajectory

6022
03:59:18,389 --> 03:59:16,239
second stage continues to power

6023
03:59:22,469 --> 03:59:18,399
call out just then propulsion is nominal

6024
03:59:25,750 --> 03:59:24,070
crew pulling a little more than one and

6025
03:59:27,670 --> 03:59:25,760
a quarter gs right now again that's

6026
03:59:29,910 --> 03:59:27,680
going to continue to ramp up peaking

6027
03:59:31,750 --> 03:59:29,920
just before we get to that second stage

6028
03:59:33,910 --> 03:59:31,760
cut off

6029
03:59:37,269 --> 03:59:33,920
yep this this this single engine here

6030
03:59:39,510 --> 03:59:37,279
dan can produce over 220 000 pounds of

6031
03:59:43,910 --> 03:59:39,520
thrust in the vacuum of space so

6032
03:59:49,510 --> 03:59:45,670
we're already about 200 kilometers in

6033
03:59:49,520 --> 03:59:56,070
dragon spacex nominal trajectory

6034
03:59:56,080 --> 03:59:59,910
freedom copies nominal trajectory

6035
04:00:03,189 --> 04:00:01,590
great call out that

6036
04:00:05,750 --> 04:00:03,199
we are headed in the direction that we

6037
04:00:10,389 --> 04:00:05,760
need to and we we just heard from

6038
04:00:16,389 --> 04:00:11,990
and we should get one more of those

6039
04:00:17,910 --> 04:00:16,399
trajectory check-ins in about 30 seconds

6040
04:00:19,830 --> 04:00:17,920
from now

6041
04:00:22,389 --> 04:00:19,840
and then we'll start to

6042
04:00:24,150 --> 04:00:22,399
hit our events in rapid succession as

6043
04:00:25,830 --> 04:00:24,160
the first stage continues to make its

6044
04:00:27,750 --> 04:00:25,840
way back home

6045
04:00:29,590 --> 04:00:27,760
the second stage will

6046
04:00:42,630 --> 04:00:29,600
start to wrap up its job of delivering

6047
04:00:46,309 --> 04:00:44,550
yeah we don't see it on screen right now

6048
04:00:49,189 --> 04:00:46,319
but the first stage is making its way

6049
04:00:51,910 --> 04:00:49,199
back to our drone ship uh in about

6050
04:00:53,990 --> 04:00:51,920
dragon spacex nominal trajectory in

6051
04:00:59,670 --> 04:00:54,000
about 30 seconds here it's going to

6052
04:01:04,150 --> 04:01:02,150
and there was the other call that uh you

6053
04:01:06,150 --> 04:01:04,160
were mentioning dan about trajectory

6054
04:01:27,670 --> 04:01:06,160
things again continuing to look very

6055
04:01:32,389 --> 04:01:29,429
stage two flight termination system so

6056
04:01:36,229 --> 04:01:32,399
for those just joining us we are

6057
04:01:38,710 --> 04:01:36,239
just under eight minutes into flight

6058
04:01:40,309 --> 04:01:38,720
we have four astronauts as part of the

6059
04:01:43,110 --> 04:01:40,319
crew 4

6060
04:01:44,710 --> 04:01:43,120
operational mission

6061
04:01:47,030 --> 04:01:44,720
you can see on the left-hand side this

6062
04:01:49,510 --> 04:01:47,040
is our first stage with three of nine

6063
04:01:50,950 --> 04:01:49,520
merlin engines reignited and slowing

6064
04:01:53,269 --> 04:01:50,960
down the first stage before we hit the

6065
04:01:56,070 --> 04:01:53,279
denser parts of the earth's atmosphere

6066
04:01:57,990 --> 04:01:56,080
so this first stage has one more burning

6067
04:01:59,349 --> 04:01:58,000
shutdown

6068
04:02:01,110 --> 04:01:59,359
that's going to happen

6069
04:02:02,469 --> 04:02:01,120
just before the t plus nine minute mark

6070
04:02:04,630 --> 04:02:02,479
and then we'll attempt to landing for

6071
04:02:11,910 --> 04:02:04,640
the fourth time on our drone ship that's

6072
04:02:17,429 --> 04:02:13,269
so is that

6073
04:02:20,229 --> 04:02:17,439
entry burn completes terminal guidance

6074
04:02:22,150 --> 04:02:20,239
we're in the final stages of the second

6075
04:02:23,670 --> 04:02:22,160
stages flight into orbit we're about to

6076
04:02:25,750 --> 04:02:23,680
pass through several of the different

6077
04:02:27,990 --> 04:02:25,760
abort phases which essentially

6078
04:02:30,150 --> 04:02:28,000
correspond to areas along the very

6079
04:02:32,229 --> 04:02:30,160
northeastern seaboard of the u.s and

6080
04:02:34,950 --> 04:02:32,239
then across the atlantic and off the

6081
04:02:37,189 --> 04:02:34,960
coast of scotland but continuing to get

6082
04:02:38,710 --> 04:02:37,199
call outs that stage two propulsion is

6083
04:02:41,189 --> 04:02:38,720
nominal

6084
04:02:43,990 --> 04:02:41,199
copy shannon and the callout of shannon

6085
04:02:50,309 --> 04:02:44,000
ireland that's stage one transonic

6086
04:02:54,469 --> 04:02:52,790
and after this uh second stage engine

6087
04:02:56,389 --> 04:02:54,479
shuts off its engine we are going to be

6088
04:02:59,189 --> 04:02:56,399
listening for the confirmation of a good

6089
04:03:01,590 --> 04:02:59,199
orbit which tells us that

6090
04:03:04,790 --> 04:03:01,600
the crew of them and dragon are where

6091
04:03:09,510 --> 04:03:04,800
they need to be in landing

6092
04:03:13,510 --> 04:03:11,110
and that was the call that we wanted on

6093
04:03:15,910 --> 04:03:13,520
the second stage here's a fantastic view

6094
04:03:18,070 --> 04:03:15,920
we're glad to be in orbit

6095
04:03:22,550 --> 04:03:18,080
of the first spacex launch escape system

6096
04:03:26,710 --> 04:03:25,189
fantastic

6097
04:03:28,389 --> 04:03:26,720
landing legs have been deployed

6098
04:03:34,309 --> 04:03:28,399
returning back to earth for a fourth

6099
04:03:45,370 --> 04:03:36,630
just like that a fourth landing is part

6100
04:03:52,229 --> 04:03:49,750
[Applause]

6101
04:03:53,269 --> 04:03:52,239
but prior to this acquisition signal new

6102
04:03:55,830 --> 04:03:53,279
finland

6103
04:03:57,750 --> 04:03:55,840
we saw the crew we heard that the crew

6104
04:03:58,870 --> 04:03:57,760
has been successfully inserted into a

6105
04:04:00,389 --> 04:03:58,880
good orbit

6106
04:04:02,229 --> 04:04:00,399
and this is them

6107
04:04:05,110 --> 04:04:02,239
uh in zero g

6108
04:04:07,110 --> 04:04:05,120
two of them for the first time

6109
04:04:09,750 --> 04:04:07,120
and getting a look it looks like we

6110
04:04:11,510 --> 04:04:09,760
might have a couple of zero g indicators

6111
04:04:14,150 --> 04:04:11,520
i see a turtle

6112
04:04:16,550 --> 04:04:14,160
in bob heinz's hands that is the

6113
04:04:19,349 --> 04:04:16,560
nickname for the astronaut class from

6114
04:04:21,910 --> 04:04:19,359
2017 of which he and jessica watkins

6115
04:04:23,910 --> 04:04:21,920
were apart i believe we've got a monkey

6116
04:04:26,469 --> 04:04:23,920
floating over by

6117
04:04:29,990 --> 04:04:26,479
samantha chris ferretti but

6118
04:04:32,150 --> 04:04:30,000
there's a first view of crew 4 on orbit

6119
04:04:34,550 --> 04:04:32,160
experiencing microgravity they're still

6120
04:04:36,630 --> 04:04:34,560
attached to that second stage which at

6121
04:04:38,469 --> 04:04:36,640
this point is going to continue to coast

6122
04:04:40,630 --> 04:04:38,479
for a couple of minutes

6123
04:04:42,630 --> 04:04:40,640
it's got small reaction control

6124
04:04:44,710 --> 04:04:42,640
thrusters on the upper part of the

6125
04:04:46,870 --> 04:04:44,720
second stage that can be used to cancel

6126
04:04:49,269 --> 04:04:46,880
out rates essentially making sure that

6127
04:04:51,750 --> 04:04:49,279
they're on a stable coast before we get

6128
04:04:54,469 --> 04:04:51,760
to that separation event after which

6129
04:04:57,590 --> 04:04:54,479
we'll see dragon freedom flying free for

6130
04:05:01,750 --> 04:04:59,990
we've got yeah a couple of stowaways the

6131
04:05:03,349 --> 04:05:01,760
turtle class really does seem to be

6132
04:05:05,349 --> 04:05:03,359
taken over now

6133
04:05:08,389 --> 04:05:05,359
with a turtle zero g

6134
04:05:13,670 --> 04:05:10,469
all right we should be just about a

6135
04:05:17,030 --> 04:05:13,680
minute away from that separation after

6136
04:05:19,910 --> 04:05:17,040
which a number of activation

6137
04:05:22,070 --> 04:05:19,920
checkouts occur automatically first

6138
04:05:24,229 --> 04:05:22,080
checking out 12 of those draco

6139
04:05:26,469 --> 04:05:24,239
maneuvering thrusters

6140
04:05:28,389 --> 04:05:26,479
all around the server section of the

6141
04:05:31,189 --> 04:05:28,399
dragon capsule

6142
04:05:33,590 --> 04:05:31,199
we'll also start to

6143
04:05:34,389 --> 04:05:33,600
get ready for the nose cone opening

6144
04:05:36,469 --> 04:05:34,399
which

6145
04:05:38,630 --> 04:05:36,479
it stays closed for the the flight

6146
04:05:40,070 --> 04:05:38,640
uphill to help protect

6147
04:05:42,710 --> 04:05:40,080
all of those guidance navigation and

6148
04:05:44,790 --> 04:05:42,720
control sensors it's also covering four

6149
04:05:46,790 --> 04:05:44,800
of the draco thrusters that we're going

6150
04:05:49,110 --> 04:05:46,800
to be using for

6151
04:05:49,990 --> 04:05:49,120
providing the majority of the thrust the

6152
04:05:51,910 --> 04:05:50,000
push

6153
04:06:00,150 --> 04:05:51,920
for these different phasing burns as

6154
04:06:00,160 --> 04:06:07,349
all right standing by for separation

6155
04:06:10,950 --> 04:06:09,269
so typically we'll get a shot from the

6156
04:06:12,870 --> 04:06:10,960
second stage looking at the

6157
04:06:19,830 --> 04:06:12,880
unpressurized surface section of the

6158
04:06:19,840 --> 04:06:34,389
what a magnificent view

6159
04:06:38,870 --> 04:06:36,550
looking like a good separation good

6160
04:06:41,110 --> 04:06:38,880
rates

6161
04:06:42,550 --> 04:06:41,120
dragon freedom flying free for the very

6162
04:06:44,950 --> 04:06:42,560
first time

6163
04:06:48,630 --> 04:06:44,960
so again now those

6164
04:06:50,950 --> 04:06:48,640
those draco checkouts are starting

6165
04:06:52,630 --> 04:06:50,960
and pretty shortly we'll get to the

6166
04:06:55,510 --> 04:06:52,640
nosecone deploy

6167
04:06:58,950 --> 04:06:55,520
and that's that's when they'll

6168
04:07:03,510 --> 04:07:00,950
that are holding the nose cone in place

6169
04:07:20,870 --> 04:07:03,520
and it sounds like that has begun and

6170
04:07:25,670 --> 04:07:23,429
high

6171
04:07:27,830 --> 04:07:25,680
so though the crew as we see them here

6172
04:07:29,910 --> 04:07:27,840
inside dragon uh they have separated

6173
04:07:32,070 --> 04:07:29,920
from the second stage but they still

6174
04:07:33,590 --> 04:07:32,080
have about a 16-hour journey before

6175
04:07:36,149 --> 04:07:33,600
making it to the international space

6176
04:07:39,670 --> 04:07:36,159
station and docking tomorrow or today

6177
04:07:47,429 --> 04:07:42,070
but it is so great to see them

6178
04:07:51,910 --> 04:07:49,429
and we did a confirmation that that

6179
04:07:54,149 --> 04:07:51,920
nosecone deploy sequence has started so

6180
04:07:56,710 --> 04:07:54,159
again those six hooks that hold the nose

6181
04:07:59,189 --> 04:07:56,720
cone in place during uh the launch and

6182
04:08:01,269 --> 04:07:59,199
ascent portions have to retract and then

6183
04:08:04,469 --> 04:08:01,279
the nose cone will be able to start to

6184
04:08:07,030 --> 04:08:04,479
swing open and deploy and that will

6185
04:08:09,189 --> 04:08:07,040
uncover a number of critical

6186
04:08:11,269 --> 04:08:09,199
systems for dragon's flight up to the

6187
04:08:13,910 --> 04:08:11,279
space station not the least of which

6188
04:08:15,750 --> 04:08:13,920
freedom ld i hope you enjoyed your ride

6189
04:08:18,469 --> 04:08:15,760
it's been an honor flying with you chill

6190
04:08:20,309 --> 04:08:18,479
farmer samantha jessica have a safe

6191
04:08:22,309 --> 04:08:20,319
journey in the space station say hi to

6192
04:08:23,910 --> 04:08:22,319
crew 3 for us and we'll look forward to

6193
04:08:25,990 --> 04:08:23,920
seeing you when you get home

6194
04:08:29,189 --> 04:08:26,000
indeed the dream is alive have some

6195
04:08:37,349 --> 04:08:31,269
dragon ceo privilege having you fly with

6196
04:08:41,830 --> 04:08:39,910
hey and uh from freedom we want to thank

6197
04:08:43,510 --> 04:08:41,840
uh big thank you to spacex the

6198
04:08:47,030 --> 04:08:43,520
commercial crew program and specifically

6199
04:08:49,189 --> 04:08:47,040
the falcon 9 team for a great ride it is

6200
04:08:51,189 --> 04:08:49,199
a privilege to get to fly this new

6201
04:08:52,710 --> 04:08:51,199
vehicle the crew dragon freedom to orbit

6202
04:08:54,309 --> 04:08:52,720
huge thanks to the teams that assembled

6203
04:08:55,670 --> 04:08:54,319
and prepared her for flight we're

6204
04:09:01,670 --> 04:08:55,680
feeling great and looking forward to the

6205
04:09:09,510 --> 04:09:04,070
all right so some congratulatory words

6206
04:09:14,469 --> 04:09:11,429
and the chief engineer

6207
04:09:17,189 --> 04:09:14,479
up to the crew on board freedom

6208
04:09:19,670 --> 04:09:17,199
channel radioing down their thanks

6209
04:09:21,429 --> 04:09:19,680
for the smooth ride to orbit

6210
04:09:23,590 --> 04:09:21,439
so

6211
04:09:25,429 --> 04:09:23,600
as andy said we've got about 16 hours

6212
04:09:27,110 --> 04:09:25,439
freedom spacex

6213
04:09:28,710 --> 04:09:27,120
can confirm nominal dehumidifier

6214
04:09:35,030 --> 04:09:28,720
activation and service section draco

6215
04:09:41,670 --> 04:09:37,349
okay freedom copies uh equals activation

6216
04:09:45,269 --> 04:09:43,269
and that call from the core here in

6217
04:09:48,149 --> 04:09:45,279
hawthorne

6218
04:09:51,910 --> 04:09:50,149
indicating that we had good checkouts of

6219
04:09:54,229 --> 04:09:51,920
those 12 draco thrusters around the

6220
04:09:56,070 --> 04:09:54,239
service section there's four to go after

6221
04:09:57,670 --> 04:09:56,080
we get the nose cone open and the

6222
04:09:59,349 --> 04:09:57,680
eclipse the environmental control and

6223
04:10:01,429 --> 04:09:59,359
life support system activated and

6224
04:10:03,750 --> 04:10:01,439
running inside dragon crew will be able

6225
04:10:06,149 --> 04:10:03,760
to get their visors open and pretty soon

6226
04:10:08,469 --> 04:10:06,159
get out of their suits

6227
04:10:11,429 --> 04:10:08,479
and settle in for a 16 hour ride to the

6228
04:10:14,149 --> 04:10:11,439
space station so with crew 4 now

6229
04:10:16,229 --> 04:10:14,159
successfully on orbit

6230
04:10:18,469 --> 04:10:16,239
let's head over to our counterparts at

6231
04:10:21,349 --> 04:10:18,479
the kennedy space center it looked great

6232
04:10:23,429 --> 04:10:21,359
on tv i'm sure it was even better in

6233
04:10:25,670 --> 04:10:23,439
person daryl megan

6234
04:10:27,830 --> 04:10:25,680
how are things over there on the ground

6235
04:10:30,070 --> 04:10:27,840
well thank you very much dan and uh

6236
04:10:31,910 --> 04:10:30,080
you're absolutely right it was

6237
04:10:34,309 --> 04:10:31,920
phenomenal here at the kennedy space

6238
04:10:37,830 --> 04:10:34,319
center watching the launch of uh crew

6239
04:10:40,070 --> 04:10:37,840
four wow megan mcarthur nasa astronaut

6240
04:10:41,590 --> 04:10:40,080
pilot for crew 2 and she's been on the

6241
04:10:43,990 --> 04:10:41,600
space shuttle you got to watch that

6242
04:10:46,550 --> 04:10:44,000
launch and i saw you taking it in it was

6243
04:10:49,189 --> 04:10:46,560
spectacular it really was wonderful to

6244
04:10:50,790 --> 04:10:49,199
see a launch up close again a night

6245
04:10:53,670 --> 04:10:50,800
launch which has been a while since i've

6246
04:10:55,269 --> 04:10:53,680
seen one in person just spectacular

6247
04:10:56,630 --> 04:10:55,279
it really it never never gets old i

6248
04:10:59,189 --> 04:10:56,640
think if it gets old you're probably in

6249
04:11:01,910 --> 04:10:59,199
the wrong business absolutely it was so

6250
04:11:03,830 --> 04:11:01,920
loud so powerful um the roar of the

6251
04:11:05,910 --> 04:11:03,840
engines when it lifted off it seemed

6252
04:11:07,510 --> 04:11:05,920
louder than than usual but that just

6253
04:11:09,269 --> 04:11:07,520
might be because of the atmospherics and

6254
04:11:11,030 --> 04:11:09,279
then that light off the water what a

6255
04:11:14,229 --> 04:11:11,040
beautiful sight not only were we

6256
04:11:16,950 --> 04:11:14,239
watching but also crew on station tuned

6257
04:11:19,189 --> 04:11:16,960
in to the nasa tv broadcast watching

6258
04:11:21,670 --> 04:11:19,199
them lift off as they wait for them to

6259
04:11:23,269 --> 04:11:21,680
arrive tonight at 8 15. that's right i

6260
04:11:24,550 --> 04:11:23,279
know they're excited for lots of reasons

6261
04:11:26,229 --> 04:11:24,560
one they're going to get to see their

6262
04:11:27,830 --> 04:11:26,239
friends and they're going to get to come

6263
04:11:29,750 --> 04:11:27,840
home themselves so they're looking

6264
04:11:31,670 --> 04:11:29,760
forward to it all right well megan thank

6265
04:11:33,269 --> 04:11:31,680
you for your thoughts on that and we

6266
04:11:34,950 --> 04:11:33,279
also have a very special guest who

6267
04:11:36,710 --> 04:11:34,960
watched the launch with us here at the

6268
04:11:38,630 --> 04:11:36,720
kennedy space center let's get over to

6269
04:11:41,030 --> 04:11:38,640
megan cruz who is with one of the

6270
04:11:43,830 --> 04:11:41,040
astronauts who walked on the moon almost

6271
04:11:45,990 --> 04:11:43,840
50 years ago megan yeah i am really

6272
04:11:48,149 --> 04:11:46,000
honored to be standing next to apollo

6273
04:11:49,670 --> 04:11:48,159
astronaut harrison schmidt i really

6274
04:11:51,510 --> 04:11:49,680
cannot believe i'm standing next to you

6275
04:11:54,149 --> 04:11:51,520
it really is an honor oh it's my

6276
04:11:55,349 --> 04:11:54,159
pleasure i'm happy i'm here oh well

6277
04:11:56,469 --> 04:11:55,359
we're so thrilled to have you here and

6278
04:11:57,830 --> 04:11:56,479
actually we're going to pull up some old

6279
04:11:59,429 --> 04:11:57,840
photos of you why don't we take a trip

6280
04:12:01,670 --> 04:11:59,439
down memory lane

6281
04:12:05,590 --> 04:12:01,680
so for those who don't know harrison was

6282
04:12:09,429 --> 04:12:05,600
the last person to step on the moon with

6283
04:12:11,269 --> 04:12:09,439
apollo 17 in 1972. what picture are we

6284
04:12:12,229 --> 04:12:11,279
looking at right here well this is the

6285
04:12:15,269 --> 04:12:12,239
crew

6286
04:12:17,110 --> 04:12:15,279
ron evans gene cernan myself

6287
04:12:19,110 --> 04:12:17,120
this is sort of the publicity shot with

6288
04:12:21,429 --> 04:12:19,120
the lunar rover we were the

6289
04:12:23,110 --> 04:12:21,439
third mission to have a lunar rover

6290
04:12:25,189 --> 04:12:23,120
that we drove around on the surface of

6291
04:12:27,910 --> 04:12:25,199
the moon we actually landed in a valley

6292
04:12:29,990 --> 04:12:27,920
deeper than the grand canyon yeah and

6293
04:12:32,149 --> 04:12:30,000
and the rover enabled us to visit both

6294
04:12:34,950 --> 04:12:32,159
sides of the valley and really just had

6295
04:12:36,950 --> 04:12:34,960
a not only a great time but a tremendous

6296
04:12:38,550 --> 04:12:36,960
scientific return how does it feel to

6297
04:12:40,309 --> 04:12:38,560
look back on these pictures there's you

6298
04:12:42,389 --> 04:12:40,319
on the moon there to look back on these

6299
04:12:44,469 --> 04:12:42,399
pictures and to be standing here 50

6300
04:12:46,070 --> 04:12:44,479
years later and you just watched crew 4

6301
04:12:48,550 --> 04:12:46,080
launch well of course i'm happy to be

6302
04:12:49,510 --> 04:12:48,560
standing here

6303
04:12:51,110 --> 04:12:49,520
and the

6304
04:12:51,830 --> 04:12:51,120
the launch

6305
04:12:54,550 --> 04:12:51,840
of

6306
04:12:56,070 --> 04:12:54,560
the falcon 9 and the dragon

6307
04:12:57,670 --> 04:12:56,080
to the international space station was

6308
04:12:59,189 --> 04:12:57,680
spectacular

6309
04:13:01,030 --> 04:12:59,199
it uh

6310
04:13:03,269 --> 04:13:01,040
you know those of us that wrote a saturn

6311
04:13:05,910 --> 04:13:03,279
five into into space you know are a

6312
04:13:08,550 --> 04:13:05,920
little bit jaded about about the smaller

6313
04:13:10,389 --> 04:13:08,560
rockets but uh still uh it really was

6314
04:13:12,710 --> 04:13:10,399
something and and on board was a

6315
04:13:14,229 --> 04:13:12,720
geologist yes jessica watkins yes you

6316
04:13:16,070 --> 04:13:14,239
got your special invite today from

6317
04:13:18,309 --> 04:13:16,080
jessica what do you think about that

6318
04:13:20,070 --> 04:13:18,319
that's great jessica and i've worked a

6319
04:13:22,229 --> 04:13:20,080
little bit in houston with the lunar

6320
04:13:24,070 --> 04:13:22,239
samples and the like

6321
04:13:27,189 --> 04:13:24,080
during the apollo

6322
04:13:30,229 --> 04:13:27,199
11 celebration a 50th anniversary

6323
04:13:32,469 --> 04:13:30,239
celebration and she was very kind enough

6324
04:13:34,950 --> 04:13:32,479
to invite me and my wife here my wife

6325
04:13:37,510 --> 04:13:34,960
theresa fitzgibbon and they uh

6326
04:13:38,830 --> 04:13:37,520
we sort of consider ourselves the the

6327
04:13:40,389 --> 04:13:38,840
jessica

6328
04:13:42,070 --> 04:13:40,399
team that's so sweet

6329
04:13:44,070 --> 04:13:42,080
just what do you think about the fact

6330
04:13:45,910 --> 04:13:44,080
that there is a geologist on board the

6331
04:13:48,950 --> 04:13:45,920
importance of having a geologist for

6332
04:13:50,630 --> 04:13:48,960
this mission well for for me i did not

6333
04:13:52,309 --> 04:13:50,640
have a chance to gain the kind of

6334
04:13:53,349 --> 04:13:52,319
operational experience that jessica is

6335
04:13:54,790 --> 04:13:53,359
getting

6336
04:13:57,189 --> 04:13:54,800
to uh

6337
04:14:00,149 --> 04:13:57,199
i gained my operational experience from

6338
04:14:02,149 --> 04:14:00,159
learning to fly t38s and helicopters and

6339
04:14:03,429 --> 04:14:02,159
then a lot of simulator time she's

6340
04:14:05,910 --> 04:14:03,439
gaining it in

6341
04:14:08,149 --> 04:14:05,920
in space and that's very important

6342
04:14:10,309 --> 04:14:08,159
and you know i hope it'll stand up in

6343
04:14:12,790 --> 04:14:10,319
good stead for being part of one of the

6344
04:14:14,469 --> 04:14:12,800
artemis crews that goes to the moon yeah

6345
04:14:16,870 --> 04:14:14,479
absolutely artemis let's talk about that

6346
04:14:19,110 --> 04:14:16,880
that's going to return us to the moon

6347
04:14:20,469 --> 04:14:19,120
isn't that crazy it's crazy

6348
04:14:22,389 --> 04:14:20,479
it's been a long time there have been

6349
04:14:25,910 --> 04:14:22,399
several attempts

6350
04:14:28,070 --> 04:14:25,920
to get us back there uh the the

6351
04:14:29,990 --> 04:14:28,080
two bush presidents both tried to get

6352
04:14:32,469 --> 04:14:30,000
something going and it didn't uh

6353
04:14:34,950 --> 04:14:32,479
materialize but maybe artemis is the the

6354
04:14:36,389 --> 04:14:34,960
third time's a charm yeah and uh we're

6355
04:14:37,429 --> 04:14:36,399
looking forward to it

6356
04:14:38,790 --> 04:14:37,439
do you think we're ready to go back to

6357
04:14:40,229 --> 04:14:38,800
the moon we need to go back oh i think

6358
04:14:42,070 --> 04:14:40,239
we've been ready for a long time the

6359
04:14:44,550 --> 04:14:42,080
technology is there the big difference

6360
04:14:45,510 --> 04:14:44,560
is nasa had to develop the technology

6361
04:14:47,030 --> 04:14:45,520
for

6362
04:14:49,429 --> 04:14:47,040
uh apollo

6363
04:14:50,790 --> 04:14:49,439
advanced old technologies as well as new

6364
04:14:52,309 --> 04:14:50,800
technologies

6365
04:14:54,309 --> 04:14:52,319
the thing that's changed is the

6366
04:14:57,189 --> 04:14:54,319
commercial sector

6367
04:14:58,469 --> 04:14:57,199
has moved taken the nasa technologies to

6368
04:15:01,590 --> 04:14:58,479
move forward

6369
04:15:04,630 --> 04:15:01,600
and now nasa has to integrate that into

6370
04:15:06,950 --> 04:15:04,640
a new lunar program such as artemis

6371
04:15:09,030 --> 04:15:06,960
and you saw that tonight with the falcon

6372
04:15:10,790 --> 04:15:09,040
9 launch that was developed by the

6373
04:15:12,870 --> 04:15:10,800
spacex corporation

6374
04:15:15,910 --> 04:15:12,880
and it's been a turned out to be an

6375
04:15:17,990 --> 04:15:15,920
extraordinary reliable vehicle for

6376
04:15:19,670 --> 04:15:18,000
launches in general and in particular

6377
04:15:21,189 --> 04:15:19,680
now the fourth launch to the

6378
04:15:22,710 --> 04:15:21,199
international space station yeah well

6379
04:15:24,229 --> 04:15:22,720
like you said i'm glad that you're here

6380
04:15:25,830 --> 04:15:24,239
and i'm glad that you will that you

6381
04:15:27,510 --> 04:15:25,840
witness crew 4 and then also that you'll

6382
04:15:28,950 --> 04:15:27,520
see artemis launch soon so thank you so

6383
04:15:31,269 --> 04:15:28,960
much for being here well thank you for

6384
04:15:33,110 --> 04:15:31,279
inviting me it's great and my best to

6385
04:15:35,349 --> 04:15:33,120
everyone in nasa and keep doing great

6386
04:15:37,110 --> 04:15:35,359
work perfect thank you so much back to

6387
04:15:38,950 --> 04:15:37,120
you guys all right thank you megan and

6388
04:15:39,830 --> 04:15:38,960
thank you to moonwalker harrison schmidt

6389
04:15:41,910 --> 04:15:39,840
boy

6390
04:15:43,429 --> 04:15:41,920
for astronaut jessica watkins to have a

6391
04:15:44,790 --> 04:15:43,439
moonwalker on your team is a pretty nice

6392
04:15:46,790 --> 04:15:44,800
thing that's pretty great yeah that's

6393
04:15:48,950 --> 04:15:46,800
fantastic well we're joined now by

6394
04:15:51,670 --> 04:15:48,960
joseph oshbacher director general of the

6395
04:15:53,830 --> 04:15:51,680
european space agency who just watched

6396
04:15:55,750 --> 04:15:53,840
his first crew launch uh just a few

6397
04:15:57,429 --> 04:15:55,760
moments ago joseph thanks for being here

6398
04:15:59,670 --> 04:15:57,439
and what'd you think

6399
04:16:01,750 --> 04:15:59,680
oh thank you daryl it's just a

6400
04:16:03,910 --> 04:16:01,760
fascinating moment this is my

6401
04:16:05,910 --> 04:16:03,920
first crew launch i've been director

6402
04:16:08,309 --> 04:16:05,920
general only since one year so this is

6403
04:16:10,870 --> 04:16:08,319
really a good experience i have to say

6404
04:16:12,950 --> 04:16:10,880
this is uh phenomenal but let me also

6405
04:16:15,990 --> 04:16:12,960
say a lot of thank you to

6406
04:16:18,389 --> 04:16:16,000
to nasa nasa is an enormously good

6407
04:16:20,469 --> 04:16:18,399
partner to us the european space agency

6408
04:16:21,990 --> 04:16:20,479
it's really a pleasure working with nasa

6409
04:16:23,990 --> 04:16:22,000
we have very good relationships a very

6410
04:16:27,189 --> 04:16:24,000
strong partnership but also thank you to

6411
04:16:29,670 --> 04:16:27,199
spacex for delivering our astronaut

6412
04:16:31,670 --> 04:16:29,680
samantha crystal variety up into the

6413
04:16:33,990 --> 04:16:31,680
space station and this is a is a very

6414
04:16:36,229 --> 04:16:34,000
important moment but for us also at the

6415
04:16:38,710 --> 04:16:36,239
european space agency we are

6416
04:16:40,710 --> 04:16:38,720
building up a strong human exploration

6417
04:16:43,670 --> 04:16:40,720
program and samantha is the third

6418
04:16:45,670 --> 04:16:43,680
astronaut now in a row uh following uh

6419
04:16:47,670 --> 04:16:45,680
tomma pesquet matthias mara who is in

6420
04:16:50,149 --> 04:16:47,680
space right now and now joined by

6421
04:16:51,750 --> 04:16:50,159
samantha so a year and a half of

6422
04:16:53,349 --> 04:16:51,760
presence of

6423
04:16:55,189 --> 04:16:53,359
astronauts in the space station is the

6424
04:16:57,189 --> 04:16:55,199
longest time ever and therefore for us

6425
04:16:59,269 --> 04:16:57,199
this is really a very important moment

6426
04:17:01,670 --> 04:16:59,279
and i'm very excited personally but uh

6427
04:17:03,269 --> 04:17:01,680
thrilled to see what's coming samantha

6428
04:17:05,510 --> 04:17:03,279
will have a lot of work to do a lot of

6429
04:17:06,950 --> 04:17:05,520
experiments uh she is also a very good

6430
04:17:10,070 --> 04:17:06,960
role model for

6431
04:17:12,229 --> 04:17:10,080
us in europe but worldwide lady and this

6432
04:17:14,469 --> 04:17:12,239
is also on top of all the other

6433
04:17:17,189 --> 04:17:14,479
qualities she has so really excited and

6434
04:17:19,910 --> 04:17:17,199
uh once more thank you nasa thank you

6435
04:17:21,429 --> 04:17:19,920
spacex for doing this fantastic job with

6436
04:17:23,670 --> 04:17:21,439
us together and we appreciate all the

6437
04:17:25,429 --> 04:17:23,680
work that isa does as well for

6438
04:17:27,750 --> 04:17:25,439
the nasa team and for commercial crew

6439
04:17:29,750 --> 04:17:27,760
and you can see uh samantha she's on the

6440
04:17:32,149 --> 04:17:29,760
far right hand side actually you can see

6441
04:17:34,070 --> 04:17:32,159
her boot there as she goes up into space

6442
04:17:37,110 --> 04:17:34,080
and a quick operational update we have

6443
04:17:39,670 --> 04:17:37,120
deployed the nose cone from the front of

6444
04:17:41,269 --> 04:17:39,680
dragon that's an important milestone in

6445
04:17:43,269 --> 04:17:41,279
order for dragon to dock to the

6446
04:17:45,189 --> 04:17:43,279
international space station so

6447
04:17:47,189 --> 04:17:45,199
we passed that milestone and the crew

6448
04:17:48,790 --> 04:17:47,199
continues as you can see there

6449
04:17:50,229 --> 04:17:48,800
on their flight through space you

6450
04:17:51,750 --> 04:17:50,239
mentioned you mentioned samantha

6451
04:17:52,950 --> 04:17:51,760
christopher ferretti

6452
04:17:54,790 --> 04:17:52,960
she was speaking the other day in a

6453
04:17:58,550 --> 04:17:54,800
press conference not sure if she's going

6454
04:18:00,710 --> 04:17:58,560
to get to do an eva it's possible but

6455
04:18:02,630 --> 04:18:00,720
one of the exciting technologies that

6456
04:18:03,590 --> 04:18:02,640
you have up there right now

6457
04:18:07,110 --> 04:18:03,600
is

6458
04:18:08,950 --> 04:18:07,120
the european uh arm that's on board uh

6459
04:18:10,389 --> 04:18:08,960
this will be over on the russian segment

6460
04:18:12,950 --> 04:18:10,399
but i'm fascinated by this arm which

6461
04:18:14,950 --> 04:18:12,960
like has hands on two ends and like

6462
04:18:17,269 --> 04:18:14,960
crawls around on on the station it's

6463
04:18:19,429 --> 04:18:17,279
pretty neat it's pretty neat and in fact

6464
04:18:21,349 --> 04:18:19,439
we launched it last year and it's really

6465
04:18:23,030 --> 04:18:21,359
neat it's uh it has

6466
04:18:25,189 --> 04:18:23,040
you know you can really move it any any

6467
04:18:27,830 --> 04:18:25,199
way you want and this is it has to be

6468
04:18:30,870 --> 04:18:27,840
commissioned this era it's called

6469
04:18:33,590 --> 04:18:30,880
and it is on the program of samantha's

6470
04:18:35,269 --> 04:18:33,600
tasks among many uh to commission to

6471
04:18:36,870 --> 04:18:35,279
support the commissioning of this era

6472
04:18:39,429 --> 04:18:36,880
and this is something that is quite a

6473
04:18:42,070 --> 04:18:39,439
unique piece of hardware uh talking of

6474
04:18:44,630 --> 04:18:42,080
samantha uh probably uh not everyone

6475
04:18:46,550 --> 04:18:44,640
knows but yesterday was her birthday

6476
04:18:49,269 --> 04:18:46,560
and today she flies up on space so it's

6477
04:18:50,870 --> 04:18:49,279
a nice birthday gift to her to get into

6478
04:18:52,950 --> 04:18:50,880
a rocket and up to the space station

6479
04:18:53,910 --> 04:18:52,960
though happy birthday samantha so thank

6480
04:18:55,750 --> 04:18:53,920
you

6481
04:18:59,349 --> 04:18:55,760
that's right we lit a big birthday

6482
04:19:01,189 --> 04:18:59,359
candle for samantha um what is uh

6483
04:19:02,469 --> 04:19:01,199
happening next for issa you know you

6484
04:19:05,030 --> 04:19:02,479
mentioned today

6485
04:19:06,550 --> 04:19:05,040
uh that budgets are on the top of

6486
04:19:09,189 --> 04:19:06,560
everybody's mind you've got the member

6487
04:19:10,469 --> 04:19:09,199
states uh that are going to be seeking

6488
04:19:13,349 --> 04:19:10,479
to fund you're going to be looking for

6489
04:19:16,149 --> 04:19:13,359
funding from them um what's next for you

6490
04:19:17,910 --> 04:19:16,159
the next big thing for esa i mean i'm

6491
04:19:19,910 --> 04:19:17,920
being here now at

6492
04:19:22,070 --> 04:19:19,920
cape at kennedy space center this is

6493
04:19:24,630 --> 04:19:22,080
actually not my day job my day job is

6494
04:19:25,510 --> 04:19:24,640
talking to politicians to my member

6495
04:19:27,910 --> 04:19:25,520
states

6496
04:19:29,830 --> 04:19:27,920
and really put the program together for

6497
04:19:31,349 --> 04:19:29,840
the next three years

6498
04:19:32,550 --> 04:19:31,359
and we're having a very ambitious

6499
04:19:35,269 --> 04:19:32,560
program we are putting together

6500
04:19:37,830 --> 04:19:35,279
certainly exploration is a priority uh

6501
04:19:39,110 --> 04:19:37,840
we yesterday had a very nice very

6502
04:19:41,030 --> 04:19:39,120
constructive meeting with the

6503
04:19:43,110 --> 04:19:41,040
administrator of nasa bill nelson and

6504
04:19:45,030 --> 04:19:43,120
his team we have many projects in the

6505
04:19:47,429 --> 04:19:45,040
pipeline where we are working together

6506
04:19:49,429 --> 04:19:47,439
already and we want to intensify and

6507
04:19:50,870 --> 04:19:49,439
come with more activities let me of

6508
04:19:51,830 --> 04:19:50,880
course i mentioned the space station

6509
04:19:54,950 --> 04:19:51,840
where we

6510
04:19:57,189 --> 04:19:54,960
continue the operational uh supply of

6511
04:19:59,670 --> 04:19:57,199
of our activities the

6512
04:20:01,830 --> 04:19:59,680
our hardware partners which are then in

6513
04:20:04,309 --> 04:20:01,840
exchange giving us flights of astronauts

6514
04:20:06,389 --> 04:20:04,319
so this is uh nominally proceeding

6515
04:20:08,229 --> 04:20:06,399
despite all the discussions you assumed

6516
04:20:10,630 --> 04:20:08,239
here in the in the news

6517
04:20:12,630 --> 04:20:10,640
then of course on mars temple return we

6518
04:20:15,189 --> 04:20:12,640
are preparing together with nasa our

6519
04:20:17,590 --> 04:20:15,199
contribution to mass temple return we

6520
04:20:19,349 --> 04:20:17,600
also planning missions to the moon we

6521
04:20:21,750 --> 04:20:19,359
have a large

6522
04:20:23,349 --> 04:20:21,760
lander which we are preparing in europe

6523
04:20:25,830 --> 04:20:23,359
which would be again about a

6524
04:20:27,910 --> 04:20:25,840
contribution to nasa again in exchange

6525
04:20:29,990 --> 04:20:27,920
for massive flights this will be a huge

6526
04:20:32,630 --> 04:20:30,000
one it will be a truck actually going up

6527
04:20:35,110 --> 04:20:32,640
to the moon uh capable of launching or

6528
04:20:37,030 --> 04:20:35,120
transporting about 1.5 tons

6529
04:20:39,590 --> 04:20:37,040
of mars to the moon which of course is

6530
04:20:41,110 --> 04:20:39,600
necessary to build up

6531
04:20:43,830 --> 04:20:41,120
and the various infrastructure which

6532
04:20:46,309 --> 04:20:43,840
will be required and we have many other

6533
04:20:48,309 --> 04:20:46,319
activities where we work very very

6534
04:20:50,149 --> 04:20:48,319
nicely very closely with nasa i should

6535
04:20:52,229 --> 04:20:50,159
mention also exomars

6536
04:20:54,710 --> 04:20:52,239
exomars was a mission

6537
04:20:56,710 --> 04:20:54,720
we did prepare together with russia

6538
04:20:58,870 --> 04:20:56,720
until very recently and through the

6539
04:21:00,229 --> 04:20:58,880
innovation we cannot continue there

6540
04:21:02,710 --> 04:21:00,239
obviously

6541
04:21:05,110 --> 04:21:02,720
the the rover called rosa and franklin

6542
04:21:07,750 --> 04:21:05,120
robert is ready for launch we would have

6543
04:21:10,070 --> 04:21:07,760
shipped it to baikonur but of course now

6544
04:21:12,149 --> 04:21:10,080
i had to stop to suspend this

6545
04:21:15,030 --> 04:21:12,159
cooperation and now i have to find new

6546
04:21:18,550 --> 04:21:15,040
ways of bringing this uh really

6547
04:21:20,790 --> 04:21:18,560
incredibly uh fascinating rover onto the

6548
04:21:22,469 --> 04:21:20,800
mouse surface so i'm working now

6549
04:21:24,630 --> 04:21:22,479
with my member states obviously but

6550
04:21:27,030 --> 04:21:24,640
we're doing industrial studies and again

6551
04:21:29,910 --> 04:21:27,040
nasa has reached out to us supporting us

6552
04:21:32,790 --> 04:21:29,920
with expertise and on how we could uh

6553
04:21:34,710 --> 04:21:32,800
bring this rover now uh to the mars

6554
04:21:36,070 --> 04:21:34,720
surface and replacing obviously those

6555
04:21:38,229 --> 04:21:36,080
components that

6556
04:21:40,870 --> 04:21:38,239
have been russian with european ones or

6557
04:21:42,630 --> 04:21:40,880
possibly with some help of of of the u.s

6558
04:21:45,349 --> 04:21:42,640
so we have yet to see that and decisions

6559
04:21:47,590 --> 04:21:45,359
are being prepared right now uh we have

6560
04:21:49,429 --> 04:21:47,600
decisions on that in the july time frame

6561
04:21:51,429 --> 04:21:49,439
but our big moment of visa is in

6562
04:21:53,990 --> 04:21:51,439
november when we come with a big package

6563
04:21:55,830 --> 04:21:54,000
of next uh space programs to our member

6564
04:21:57,030 --> 04:21:55,840
states to fund our activities for the

6565
04:21:58,870 --> 04:21:57,040
next three years

6566
04:22:00,229 --> 04:21:58,880
well good luck with that good luck with

6567
04:22:03,590 --> 04:22:00,239
uh you know continuing to work to

6568
04:22:05,750 --> 04:22:03,600
exomars that was a bit of a blow um but

6569
04:22:07,990 --> 04:22:05,760
your moon stuff you know we've got uh

6570
04:22:10,790 --> 04:22:08,000
part of your uh you know part of your

6571
04:22:12,229 --> 04:22:10,800
hardware over there in the vav right now

6572
04:22:14,070 --> 04:22:12,239
and so have you had a chance to go over

6573
04:22:16,389 --> 04:22:14,080
there and see in the sls rocket i have

6574
04:22:18,950 --> 04:22:16,399
seen of course the sls rocket i've seen

6575
04:22:20,870 --> 04:22:18,960
it last time in the vab i've seen it uh

6576
04:22:22,149 --> 04:22:20,880
just a day before yesterday out in the

6577
04:22:24,630 --> 04:22:22,159
open air

6578
04:22:27,590 --> 04:22:24,640
and i have to say this is uh this is so

6579
04:22:29,189 --> 04:22:27,600
impressive uh i'm very proud to be part

6580
04:22:31,510 --> 04:22:29,199
of the sls

6581
04:22:34,309 --> 04:22:31,520
you see a little isa logo under the nasa

6582
04:22:36,950 --> 04:22:34,319
logo because we provide the esm european

6583
04:22:38,389 --> 04:22:36,960
service module a very uh element on the

6584
04:22:40,550 --> 04:22:38,399
critical path and

6585
04:22:42,149 --> 04:22:40,560
again once more thank you nasa for this

6586
04:22:44,070 --> 04:22:42,159
strong partnership which we enjoy

6587
04:22:46,309 --> 04:22:44,080
working with you all right

6588
04:22:47,750 --> 04:22:46,319
joseph osbacher director general visa

6589
04:22:49,349 --> 04:22:47,760
thank you so much for making time and

6590
04:22:50,630 --> 04:22:49,359
joining us and good luck to you thank

6591
04:22:51,990 --> 04:22:50,640
you very much

6592
04:22:53,590 --> 04:22:52,000
all right well mentioning the

6593
04:22:54,950 --> 04:22:53,600
international space station nasa

6594
04:22:57,110 --> 04:22:54,960
recently announced the international

6595
04:23:02,570 --> 04:22:57,120
space station would be extended another

6596
04:23:08,950 --> 04:23:05,990
[Music]

6597
04:23:11,510 --> 04:23:08,960
the international space station

6598
04:23:13,990 --> 04:23:11,520
an unparalleled laboratory for

6599
04:23:16,790 --> 04:23:14,000
cutting-edge research unachievable in

6600
04:23:19,750 --> 04:23:16,800
earth's gravity for the benefit of all

6601
04:23:25,269 --> 04:23:22,070
an observatory for earth's evolving

6602
04:23:25,279 --> 04:23:30,149
a beacon of international collaboration

6603
04:23:30,159 --> 04:23:36,389
and our home until 2030.

6604
04:23:41,269 --> 04:23:38,630
as the station enters its third decade

6605
04:23:43,030 --> 04:23:41,279
it is busier than ever

6606
04:23:45,269 --> 04:23:43,040
developing technology for human

6607
04:23:47,110 --> 04:23:45,279
exploration missions to the moon and

6608
04:23:50,389 --> 04:23:47,120
mars

6609
04:23:52,870 --> 04:23:50,399
finding new ways to combat disease

6610
04:23:55,510 --> 04:23:52,880
and acting as a test bed for in-space

6611
04:23:58,270 --> 04:23:55,520
manufacturing of advanced materials and

6612
04:24:05,830 --> 04:23:58,280
new medical products

6613
04:24:10,710 --> 04:24:08,309
humanity's future is an ever expanding

6614
04:24:12,309 --> 04:24:10,720
team of nations

6615
04:24:15,269 --> 04:24:12,319
and companies

6616
04:24:19,030 --> 04:24:15,279
enabling exploration together

6617
04:24:23,910 --> 04:24:20,870
the international space station is a

6618
04:24:25,189 --> 04:24:23,920
critical step on a great journey ahead

6619
04:24:34,309 --> 04:24:25,199
to the moon

6620
04:24:37,830 --> 04:24:36,229
today's launch is the fourth operational

6621
04:24:40,550 --> 04:24:37,840
mission for nasa's commercial crew

6622
04:24:43,510 --> 04:24:40,560
program it has seen many successes in

6623
04:24:46,070 --> 04:24:43,520
just a few short years nasa's megan cruz

6624
04:24:48,870 --> 04:24:46,080
is back now with some leadership from

6625
04:24:50,710 --> 04:24:48,880
our nasa program megan

6626
04:24:52,870 --> 04:24:50,720
yeah i'm here with dana hutcherson she's

6627
04:24:54,389 --> 04:24:52,880
the deputy manager of nasa's commercial

6628
04:24:56,309 --> 04:24:54,399
crew program it is really great to have

6629
04:24:57,990 --> 04:24:56,319
you here thanks for having me so what

6630
04:24:59,910 --> 04:24:58,000
did you think of today's launch it's so

6631
04:25:02,070 --> 04:24:59,920
exciting you know it's the launches

6632
04:25:04,070 --> 04:25:02,080
never get old i'm always excited to get

6633
04:25:06,469 --> 04:25:04,080
to see a launch and to be up here on the

6634
04:25:08,550 --> 04:25:06,479
balcony and hear new people watch the

6635
04:25:10,469 --> 04:25:08,560
launch it's always just a breath of

6636
04:25:12,550 --> 04:25:10,479
fresh air to hear that yeah you know our

6637
04:25:15,510 --> 04:25:12,560
mission is not done though so we're

6638
04:25:17,349 --> 04:25:15,520
always watching and i don't breathe a um

6639
04:25:19,429 --> 04:25:17,359
i don't breathe a sigh of relief until

6640
04:25:20,950 --> 04:25:19,439
we actually land the crew so what i

6641
04:25:22,710 --> 04:25:20,960
thought was really cool though is right

6642
04:25:24,550 --> 04:25:22,720
after a liftoff pretty shortly after a

6643
04:25:25,830 --> 04:25:24,560
liftoff we heard the commander chell

6644
04:25:28,229 --> 04:25:25,840
give you guys a shout out the commercial

6645
04:25:29,429 --> 04:25:28,239
crew program a shout out yeah exactly i

6646
04:25:31,510 --> 04:25:29,439
think that was really awesome we have a

6647
04:25:32,950 --> 04:25:31,520
lot of great people that work with in

6648
04:25:36,070 --> 04:25:32,960
our program a lot of people that spend

6649
04:25:37,830 --> 04:25:36,080
tireless days working on working with

6650
04:25:39,830 --> 04:25:37,840
them both spacex and nasa and all of our

6651
04:25:41,750 --> 04:25:39,840
teams that work together so really

6652
04:25:43,429 --> 04:25:41,760
appreciate that shout out from chill

6653
04:25:46,229 --> 04:25:43,439
well is this program would you say

6654
04:25:48,870 --> 04:25:46,239
accomplishing what it set out to do when

6655
04:25:51,110 --> 04:25:48,880
it was created 11 years ago yeah i do

6656
04:25:53,670 --> 04:25:51,120
believe it has i mean it was cost

6657
04:25:55,110 --> 04:25:53,680
effective safe reliable transportation

6658
04:25:56,870 --> 04:25:55,120
to low earth orbit and to the

6659
04:25:59,030 --> 04:25:56,880
international space station so yes i

6660
04:26:01,269 --> 04:25:59,040
believe we have definitely achieved that

6661
04:26:03,269 --> 04:26:01,279
goal and also working with these

6662
04:26:05,349 --> 04:26:03,279
commercial companies building

6663
04:26:07,510 --> 04:26:05,359
multiple commercial systems space flight

6664
04:26:08,469 --> 04:26:07,520
systems delivering our astronauts to

6665
04:26:10,550 --> 04:26:08,479
space

6666
04:26:12,790 --> 04:26:10,560
it's um it's also opened up the doors

6667
04:26:14,870 --> 04:26:12,800
for the private industry as well and so

6668
04:26:17,750 --> 04:26:14,880
enabling that space transportation for

6669
04:26:19,670 --> 04:26:17,760
the public so it's just we actually had

6670
04:26:21,429 --> 04:26:19,680
two private missions in the last year

6671
04:26:24,070 --> 04:26:21,439
right that spacex

6672
04:26:26,630 --> 04:26:24,080
has accomplished so i think our goals um

6673
04:26:28,469 --> 04:26:26,640
in the commercial crew program we've um

6674
04:26:29,670 --> 04:26:28,479
gone above and beyond on meeting those

6675
04:26:32,229 --> 04:26:29,680
goals yeah you've really been the

6676
04:26:34,229 --> 04:26:32,239
springboard into what we can expect to

6677
04:26:35,750 --> 04:26:34,239
be our our near future it sounds like

6678
04:26:37,590 --> 04:26:35,760
with all these commercial um programs

6679
04:26:39,590 --> 04:26:37,600
like you said exactly it's a new era

6680
04:26:41,510 --> 04:26:39,600
with nasa and the commercial and human

6681
04:26:42,870 --> 04:26:41,520
space flight for sure dana thank you so

6682
04:26:44,550 --> 04:26:42,880
much i appreciate you being here all

6683
04:26:45,590 --> 04:26:44,560
right thank you daryl and megan back to

6684
04:26:49,750 --> 04:26:45,600
you

6685
04:26:51,510 --> 04:26:49,760
channel bob jessica and samantha are now

6686
04:26:54,630 --> 04:26:51,520
on course to arrive at the international

6687
04:26:57,510 --> 04:26:54,640
space station around 8 15 p.m eastern

6688
04:27:00,070 --> 04:26:57,520
daylight time tonight and nasa tv will

6689
04:27:02,950 --> 04:27:00,080
stay on the air for continuous live

6690
04:27:04,790 --> 04:27:02,960
coverage along crew 4's entire ride to

6691
04:27:07,030 --> 04:27:04,800
station meanwhile spacex's youtube

6692
04:27:10,389 --> 04:27:07,040
channel will join live coverage starting

6693
04:27:11,910 --> 04:27:10,399
roughly two hours prior to docking

6694
04:27:13,910 --> 04:27:11,920
and though our coverage here at kennedy

6695
04:27:15,590 --> 04:27:13,920
space center is concluding we will turn

6696
04:27:17,830 --> 04:27:15,600
it over to the team in houston to take

6697
04:27:19,990 --> 04:27:17,840
us through the next phases of crew 4's

6698
04:27:22,870 --> 04:27:20,000
mission all the way to arrival at the

6699
04:27:23,990 --> 04:27:22,880
international space station megan

6700
04:27:25,110 --> 04:27:24,000
when they arrive at the international

6701
04:27:27,110 --> 04:27:25,120
space station you were talking about a

6702
04:27:28,710 --> 04:27:27,120
moment ago it's a it's a big moment you

6703
04:27:29,990 --> 04:27:28,720
arrived you finally got there it is such

6704
04:27:32,550 --> 04:27:30,000
a big moment it is sort of the

6705
04:27:33,990 --> 04:27:32,560
culmination of so much training not just

6706
04:27:35,269 --> 04:27:34,000
your mission specific training but

6707
04:27:36,630 --> 04:27:35,279
something that you have been you know

6708
04:27:39,269 --> 04:27:36,640
working towards pretty much your whole

6709
04:27:40,630 --> 04:27:39,279
career and so it's a fantastic moment to

6710
04:27:42,630 --> 04:27:40,640
come through the hatch to see your

6711
04:27:43,510 --> 04:27:42,640
friends there waiting for you smiling at

6712
04:27:45,189 --> 04:27:43,520
you

6713
04:27:47,429 --> 04:27:45,199
there's a lot of emotions just a lot of

6714
04:27:49,349 --> 04:27:47,439
joy and you know you're about to get

6715
04:27:51,269 --> 04:27:49,359
started on a pretty great adventure bob

6716
04:27:53,990 --> 04:27:51,279
hines and jessica watkins flying for the

6717
04:27:55,910 --> 04:27:54,000
first time i wonder what that was like

6718
04:27:57,590 --> 04:27:55,920
for them well i'm sure they're still

6719
04:27:58,950 --> 04:27:57,600
talking about it and still processing it

6720
04:28:01,030 --> 04:27:58,960
right i mean it's a lot of things that

6721
04:28:02,389 --> 04:28:01,040
happen happen so quickly that it's it's

6722
04:28:03,830 --> 04:28:02,399
hard to take it all in and they'll be

6723
04:28:04,870 --> 04:28:03,840
talking about it for days to come i

6724
04:28:06,229 --> 04:28:04,880
think but we're going to see great

6725
04:28:07,670 --> 04:28:06,239
things from them from all four of them

6726
04:28:09,750 --> 04:28:07,680
once they reach the international space

6727
04:28:11,110 --> 04:28:09,760
station i think big smiles all around

6728
04:28:12,630 --> 04:28:11,120
but lots of great work as well

6729
04:28:14,550 --> 04:28:12,640
absolutely we look forward to seeing the

6730
04:28:16,550 --> 04:28:14,560
work that they will do for those of you

6731
04:28:18,630 --> 04:28:16,560
watching online on youtube make sure you

6732
04:28:21,030 --> 04:28:18,640
take sure take a look at the description

6733
04:28:23,750 --> 04:28:21,040
below the video we'll have a new link

6734
04:28:25,670 --> 04:28:23,760
for the crew 4 coast phase and that live

6735
04:28:27,670 --> 04:28:25,680
coverage will continue at that new

6736
04:28:29,510 --> 04:28:27,680
location shortly if you're watching on

6737
04:28:32,229 --> 04:28:29,520
nasa tv while you won't notice a thing

6738
04:28:34,630 --> 04:28:32,239
and coverage will continue also a

6739
04:28:37,670 --> 04:28:34,640
post-launch news conference is scheduled

6740
04:28:40,229 --> 04:28:37,680
for 5 30 a.m eastern daylight time on

6741
04:28:43,830 --> 04:28:40,239
nasa tv and you can find mission updates

6742
04:28:46,710 --> 04:28:43,840
at any time on twitter at nasa at spacex

6743
04:28:48,389 --> 04:28:46,720
and on the web at nasa.gov including

6744
04:28:49,349 --> 04:28:48,399
including the timing on any potential

6745
04:28:51,830 --> 04:28:49,359
live

6746
04:28:53,110 --> 04:28:51,840
tours of dragon freedom during the trip

6747
04:28:55,189 --> 04:28:53,120
to the station

6748
04:28:57,030 --> 04:28:55,199
now before we sign off i want to thank

6749
04:28:58,790 --> 04:28:57,040
megan macarthur for being on the launch

6750
04:29:03,110 --> 04:28:58,800
broadcast and sharing your incredible

6751
04:29:06,229 --> 04:29:03,120
insight and experiences on an overnight

6752
04:29:08,550 --> 04:29:06,239
it started yesterday and ran into today

6753
04:29:10,630 --> 04:29:08,560
i really appreciate it absolutely it was

6754
04:29:12,469 --> 04:29:10,640
totally worth it oh fantastic it was

6755
04:29:14,309 --> 04:29:12,479
great great to hear you say that

6756
04:29:16,950 --> 04:29:14,319
and so now we will leave you with a

6757
04:29:19,110 --> 04:29:16,960
little bit of a replay and thanks to all

6758
04:29:21,590 --> 04:29:19,120
of our guests who came here the nasa

6759
04:29:23,670 --> 04:29:21,600
social participants who joined us and

6760
04:29:25,349 --> 04:29:23,680
are now going to share the story of

6761
04:29:27,670 --> 04:29:25,359
their adventures here with their

6762
04:29:30,149 --> 04:29:27,680
audiences and of course we thank all of

6763
04:29:32,469 --> 04:29:30,159
you who are watching right now

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here are now some highlights from the

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journey to orbit off the earth for the

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earth take care everyone and keep

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looking up

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this

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is the suit-up room inside the

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operations and checkout building at the

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kennedy space center

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and here comes crew 4 down the hallway

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[Music]

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there they are they are

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jessica watkins bob hines jell lindgren

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and samantha christopher

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[Music]

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samantha and jessica there

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[Music]

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and here come jessica and samantha

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the closeout crew there

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appears to have the hatch shut

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vehicle already pitching down range all