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final commitment to splashdown which for

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those of you that have just joined us

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recently we are targeting to splash down

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in the gulf of mexico

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off the coast of florida

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in the rough tampa area our recovery

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vessel shannon is out there currently

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ready and waiting and excited to

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and we've heard they have great weather

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consider bringing a crew home we want to

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make sure that the wind speeds are not

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too high and the waves aren't either

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we want it to be a smooth ride down and

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an easy recovery and keeping it safe not

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just for the astronauts but also the

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teams recovering absolutely um as you'll

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see uh coming up here and the next as

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quickly they work but you'll also see

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how important it is for that weather not

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only just for the crew inside the

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capsule but for the crews involved in

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it's a very dynamic process to say the

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least i'll save i'll save some uh

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suspense and excitement for when it

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happens uh but for those that have um

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you know not followed along with our

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successful claw separation and the claw

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bring power and telemetry from the trunk

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capsule itself so now dragon is on

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battery power we also heard the call to

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the crew that there was a successful

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are moving really smoothly tonight yeah

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that means that telemetry is looking

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mixture that we pump through the cabin

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astronauts nice and cool and comfortable

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uh while they're the while the exterior

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of their vehicle reaches 3 500 degrees

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the temperature inside the cabin either

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be changed however now that they're in

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stuff that we use in scuba gear so if

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the slew or or also known as maneuver

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attitude and the deorbit burn itself

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the crew and the next

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itself to start so that should happen in

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fast boats that go out as soon as they

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see the capsule land they'll make sure

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coast uh recovery operations so because

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utilizing um our recovery vessel shannon

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named after shannon walker amazing uh

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second woman to fly on a crew dragon

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participation in our program and uh you

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first two women to fly on crew dragon by

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naming our recovery vessels after them

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than eight minute burn it's a longer one

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saying that we are coming home

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on their journey home so they're staying

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back and watch as we are bringing you

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the best possible views of our

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astronauts homecoming it doesn't get

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like i mentioned earlier this deorbit

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duration and you can see right there for

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burn dragon is committed to coming home

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crew wake up from their rest period and

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if they went to sleep they might have

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been too excited about coming home to go

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to sleep

283
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and the crew on the international space

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station has their sleep period right now

285
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as well so they have the opportunity to

286
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be asleep but i think they can watch our

287
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broadcast as well so

288
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they they might be staying up a little

289
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late this time

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now with raja tom kayla and matthias

291
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almost ready to deorbit and splash down

292
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back on planet earth they'll be heading

293
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to one of seven targeted sites supported

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by spacex and nasa all of these sites

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are located off the coast of florida

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either in the gulf of mexico or the

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atlantic ocean

298
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spreading these supported sites across

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multiple locations helps to maximize the

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return opportunities for this mission

301
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and future cruise lowering the chance

302
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that we'll have to wave off due to that

303
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pesky bad weather

304
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earlier today nasa and spacex jointly

305
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selected primary and alternate

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splashdown locations off the coast of

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tampa which we mentioned is our prime

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area and panama city which is the

309
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alternate both on the coast of florida

310
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the selection process works with a lot

311
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of different variables including the

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space station's orbital trajectory which

313
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landing sites are available and have

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that uh good weather we're looking for

315
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as well as how much free flight

316
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capability dragon has for the trip home

317
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and we also have to plan around the

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sleep schedule for the returning crew

319
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members of course

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now we'll start with calculating daily

321
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return options based off of the space

322
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station's current orbit and dragon's

323
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capabilities to maneuver and line up for

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re-entry

325
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the time from undock to landing at the

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primary site can vary from less than 6

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hours to more than 39

328
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getting home the quickest comes with

329
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some obvious benefits but we always have

330
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to make sure that the crew if

331
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is properly rested for dynamic

332
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operations but obviously that prevents

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us from scheduling 20 plus hours days

334
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for them uh trajectory and ballistics

335
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experts provide the daily opportunities

336
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that would line up dragon with the seven

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landing zones and split them into what

338
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we call

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ascending and descending opportunities

340
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so just a reminder quickly that we are

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still in the orbit burn we have about a

342
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minute left out of that 7 minute and 45

343
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second burn so we're coming up on the

344
00:13:05,430 --> 00:13:03,600
tail end of that um but dragon uses its

345
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draco thrusters to

346
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leave the station and execute a series

347
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of altitude lowering maneuvers and to

348
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line up with the selected primary site

349
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it can also change to different

350
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alternate sites while in free flight so

351
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if we had bad weather move in and we

352
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needed to avoid that it could have

353
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changed

354
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even after leaving the station so the

355
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weather is something we're constantly

356
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looking at we made that final call to

357
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proceed about two and a half hours

358
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before the crew undocks and for the crew

359
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3 return we looked at a number of

360
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weather items some of these are obvious

361
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like no rain or chance of lightning in

362
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the recovery zone as both for the safety

363
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of the crew inside the capsule and the

364
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crew on the recovery teams on the water

365
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so we're also looking for wind speeds

366
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less than 15 feet a second or about 10

367
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miles per hour and relatively calm seas

368
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so we can safely execute the recovery

369
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operations

370
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that includes

371
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dragon spacex the orbit burn complete

372
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performance was nominal nose cone

373
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the is doctoral burn and we see the same

374
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all right good news the orbit burn is

375
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complete that seven minute 45 second

376
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burn they are committed to coming home

377
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and that splashdown again we're looking

378
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for in less than 30 minutes from now

379
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they also mentioned the nose cone will

380
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be closing

381
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the

382
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four forward bulkhead thrusters that

383
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were just used for the orbit burn we

384
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won't use those again

385
00:14:31,509 --> 00:14:29,600
and so the nose cone can close and

386
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protect the hatch underneath that's the

387
00:14:36,230 --> 00:14:33,600
hatch that they used once they arrived

388
00:14:37,509 --> 00:14:36,240
at the space station and to get to

389
00:14:39,269 --> 00:14:37,519
uh

390
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to get on and off the space station but

391
00:14:43,189 --> 00:14:41,199
tonight whenever they exit the vehicle

392
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they will exit out the

393
00:14:46,870 --> 00:14:44,880
side hatch which is the one they used

394
00:14:49,990 --> 00:14:46,880
when they entered the capsule about six

395
00:14:55,509 --> 00:14:51,829
so that's a live view

396
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like lia said those four

397
00:15:03,269 --> 00:15:00,160
draco thrusters located at the forward

398
00:15:06,069 --> 00:15:03,279
end of dragon will no longer be utilized

399
00:15:08,470 --> 00:15:06,079
so we are closing the nose cone

400
00:15:10,069 --> 00:15:08,480
to protect them as well as the forward

401
00:15:12,470 --> 00:15:10,079
hatch so that's the hatch that was

402
00:15:13,829 --> 00:15:12,480
utilized to dock and undock with the

403
00:15:15,030 --> 00:15:13,839
station

404
00:15:16,629 --> 00:15:15,040
that's pretty cool i'm not sure i've

405
00:15:19,269 --> 00:15:16,639
seen that before yeah that looks like a

406
00:15:20,949 --> 00:15:19,279
new view to me as well in the background

407
00:15:22,550 --> 00:15:20,959
dragon is inhibiting those forward

408
00:15:24,710 --> 00:15:22,560
bulkhead draco thrusters that we just

409
00:15:26,710 --> 00:15:24,720
used to complete the deorbit burn and i

410
00:15:29,509 --> 00:15:26,720
make sure it's safe to latch the nose

411
00:15:31,749 --> 00:15:29,519
cone shut for re-entry um

412
00:15:33,990 --> 00:15:31,759
also the vehicle has initiated the

413
00:15:35,749 --> 00:15:34,000
nitrox suit perch that'll help keep raja

414
00:15:37,509 --> 00:15:35,759
tom kayla and matthias cool and

415
00:15:38,949 --> 00:15:37,519
comfortable during re-entry we're

416
00:15:41,110 --> 00:15:38,959
looking for that to come up in about 20

417
00:15:43,430 --> 00:15:41,120
minutes so again the nose cone is

418
00:15:45,189 --> 00:15:43,440
closing protecting the forward hatch and

419
00:15:46,949 --> 00:15:45,199
our four astronauts are using their

420
00:15:48,550 --> 00:15:46,959
screens to monitor the locking of the

421
00:15:49,670 --> 00:15:48,560
nose cone which is done by a set of

422
00:15:51,749 --> 00:15:49,680
hooks

423
00:15:53,910 --> 00:15:51,759
so as you can um

424
00:15:55,829 --> 00:15:53,920
tell we're getting excited we're getting

425
00:15:58,069 --> 00:15:55,839
closer and closer to

426
00:16:02,069 --> 00:15:58,079
bringing this crew home

427
00:16:05,509 --> 00:16:02,079
the nose cone as we just saw was closing

428
00:16:08,069 --> 00:16:05,519
and that is basically the final

429
00:16:10,230 --> 00:16:08,079
very up close view there as you can see

430
00:16:11,990 --> 00:16:10,240
of that nose cone closing

431
00:16:14,550 --> 00:16:12,000
so we're expecting that to complete in

432
00:16:16,310 --> 00:16:14,560
just about another minute from now

433
00:16:18,310 --> 00:16:16,320
as we said before

434
00:16:21,430 --> 00:16:18,320
this is basically the

435
00:16:23,350 --> 00:16:21,440
uh the protection of that

436
00:16:25,990 --> 00:16:23,360
of the forward hatch as well as the

437
00:16:28,470 --> 00:16:26,000
forward draco thrusters

438
00:16:33,350 --> 00:16:28,480
this is

439
00:16:36,069 --> 00:16:33,360
change uh the big physical change that

440
00:16:38,710 --> 00:16:36,079
dragon will undergo prior to re-entry so

441
00:16:40,949 --> 00:16:38,720
we've already jettisoned the trunk and

442
00:16:43,910 --> 00:16:40,959
now with the closure of the nose cone

443
00:16:46,870 --> 00:16:43,920
dragon is in its final

444
00:16:48,550 --> 00:16:46,880
i'll say final exterior physical state

445
00:16:51,030 --> 00:16:48,560
because obviously there's some like

446
00:16:53,350 --> 00:16:51,040
interior physical state differences as

447
00:16:54,710 --> 00:16:53,360
um you know the system gets ready to to

448
00:16:56,550 --> 00:16:54,720
re-enter so

449
00:16:58,790 --> 00:16:56,560
we're almost done with that nose cone

450
00:17:00,550 --> 00:16:58,800
closure we should hear call out for that

451
00:17:03,670 --> 00:17:00,560
uh any moment

452
00:17:04,390 --> 00:17:03,680
from our team located there

453
00:17:06,710 --> 00:17:04,400
in

454
00:17:09,429 --> 00:17:06,720
spacex mission control center

455
00:17:11,909 --> 00:17:09,439
and we also have the vehicle positioned

456
00:17:14,309 --> 00:17:11,919
properly so that the heat shield is what

457
00:17:16,390 --> 00:17:14,319
will face toward the atmosphere whenever

458
00:17:18,150 --> 00:17:16,400
it's coming in that heat shield

459
00:17:19,990 --> 00:17:18,160
will protect the rest of the vehicle and

460
00:17:23,429 --> 00:17:20,000
ablate some of that heat that's coming

461
00:17:25,990 --> 00:17:23,439
in uh how hot did you say it gets again

462
00:17:27,990 --> 00:17:26,000
500 degrees fahrenheit it's pretty warm

463
00:17:30,470 --> 00:17:28,000
very toasty i'm a usually cold person

464
00:17:32,710 --> 00:17:30,480
but i don't think i'd go that hot yeah

465
00:17:34,630 --> 00:17:32,720
as you said uh dragon has initiated the

466
00:17:37,029 --> 00:17:34,640
suit purge and the um the environment

467
00:17:38,950 --> 00:17:37,039
purge of that nitrox so we are actively

468
00:17:40,470 --> 00:17:38,960
cooling the air around the astronauts so

469
00:17:42,470 --> 00:17:40,480
they'll stay really comfortable inside

470
00:17:45,270 --> 00:17:42,480
crew dragon even though uh the exterior

471
00:17:47,350 --> 00:17:45,280
gets up to 3 500 degrees uh i do want to

472
00:17:48,630 --> 00:17:47,360
note that as a result of that

473
00:17:49,909 --> 00:17:48,640
temperature

474
00:17:51,669 --> 00:17:49,919
actually that's not true it's not a

475
00:17:53,830 --> 00:17:51,679
result of that temperature it's a result

476
00:17:55,750 --> 00:17:53,840
of the fact that as dragon is

477
00:17:57,590 --> 00:17:55,760
re-entering the earth's atmosphere at

478
00:17:59,590 --> 00:17:57,600
such a high speed

479
00:18:01,510 --> 00:17:59,600
it actually forms a shock wave at the

480
00:18:03,190 --> 00:18:01,520
base of the heat shield and lots of

481
00:18:05,190 --> 00:18:03,200
science happens and basically there's

482
00:18:07,909 --> 00:18:05,200
ionization of the particles around the

483
00:18:10,390 --> 00:18:07,919
dragon capsule and it'll get so

484
00:18:12,470 --> 00:18:10,400
condensed and hot that it'll form plasma

485
00:18:15,110 --> 00:18:12,480
around the side of it so that's why once

486
00:18:17,029 --> 00:18:15,120
we see dragon after splashdown

487
00:18:19,270 --> 00:18:17,039
it'll look a little toasty

488
00:18:21,029 --> 00:18:19,280
but as a result of that plasma we won't

489
00:18:23,270 --> 00:18:21,039
be able to communicate

490
00:18:25,510 --> 00:18:23,280
with the crew that plasma basically

491
00:18:27,669 --> 00:18:25,520
prevents any radio frequencies to go in

492
00:18:29,350 --> 00:18:27,679
or out we are unable to command dragon

493
00:18:31,270 --> 00:18:29,360
to do anything

494
00:18:33,750 --> 00:18:31,280
but it's actually a really good thing

495
00:18:36,470 --> 00:18:33,760
because the earth's atmosphere is acting

496
00:18:38,549 --> 00:18:36,480
as that initial braking system for the

497
00:18:42,070 --> 00:18:38,559
dragon capsule to slow it down from that

498
00:18:44,870 --> 00:18:42,080
orbital velocity of 17 500 miles per

499
00:18:46,470 --> 00:18:44,880
hour so um we are expecting that

500
00:18:48,950 --> 00:18:46,480
blackout period

501
00:18:51,990 --> 00:18:48,960
last that we heard uh the the teams were

502
00:18:54,070 --> 00:18:52,000
able to calculate that uh to begin at

503
00:18:57,270 --> 00:18:54,080
the 30-minute mark and end at the

504
00:18:59,590 --> 00:18:57,280
37-minute mark so depending on your time

505
00:19:01,750 --> 00:18:59,600
zone you're in a different hour so for

506
00:19:05,990 --> 00:19:01,760
us that will be at

507
00:19:08,710 --> 00:19:06,000
9 30 p.m pacific to 9 37 p.m

508
00:19:10,710 --> 00:19:08,720
pacific so about a seven minute blackout

509
00:19:13,190 --> 00:19:10,720
period totally normal you'll hear it

510
00:19:14,390 --> 00:19:13,200
called out as los which means loss of

511
00:19:16,549 --> 00:19:14,400
signal

512
00:19:18,549 --> 00:19:16,559
and then you know after that period the

513
00:19:19,990 --> 00:19:18,559
teams here in hawthorne will

514
00:19:20,789 --> 00:19:20,000
try to establish communication with the

515
00:19:22,630 --> 00:19:20,799
crew

516
00:19:24,710 --> 00:19:22,640
but realistically hopefully by then

517
00:19:26,789 --> 00:19:24,720
we'll have views from that wb plane that

518
00:19:29,669 --> 00:19:26,799
you mentioned earlier with a thermal

519
00:19:31,909 --> 00:19:29,679
camera uh to you know catch a view of

520
00:19:33,750 --> 00:19:31,919
dragon as it has is doing that reentry

521
00:19:36,549 --> 00:19:33,760
yeah fingers crossed and you mentioned

522
00:19:38,710 --> 00:19:36,559
the uh atmosphere doing the beginning of

523
00:19:39,669 --> 00:19:38,720
the work to slow exactly crew dragon

524
00:19:41,750 --> 00:19:39,679
down

525
00:19:43,590 --> 00:19:41,760
after it re-enters the atmosphere we'll

526
00:19:45,430 --> 00:19:43,600
have a series of parachutes the first

527
00:19:47,350 --> 00:19:45,440
two are drogue shoots these help pull

528
00:19:49,669 --> 00:19:47,360
out the next four which are the main

529
00:19:51,830 --> 00:19:49,679
parachutes and that'll continue slowing

530
00:19:53,669 --> 00:19:51,840
crew dragon down until it splashes down

531
00:19:55,909 --> 00:19:53,679
safely

532
00:19:57,990 --> 00:19:55,919
in the water off the coast of tampa

533
00:19:59,669 --> 00:19:58,000
again the spas boats will first approach

534
00:20:01,430 --> 00:19:59,679
the capsule make sure there aren't any

535
00:20:04,390 --> 00:20:01,440
dangerous fumes

536
00:20:05,430 --> 00:20:04,400
coming off of it and then the

537
00:20:08,230 --> 00:20:05,440
shannon

538
00:20:09,990 --> 00:20:08,240
the newest named uh recovery boat will

539
00:20:12,710 --> 00:20:10,000
make its way toward the capsule itself

540
00:20:13,590 --> 00:20:12,720
they will lift the capsule up into a

541
00:20:15,190 --> 00:20:13,600
nest

542
00:20:17,350 --> 00:20:15,200
is what it's called the best way to

543
00:20:20,870 --> 00:20:17,360
describe it uh on the boat they will

544
00:20:22,070 --> 00:20:20,880
pull it toward the um center of the boat

545
00:20:23,270 --> 00:20:22,080
where there's a platform for the

546
00:20:25,029 --> 00:20:23,280
astronauts to be helped out of the

547
00:20:28,149 --> 00:20:25,039
capsule they'll get out they'll have

548
00:20:30,070 --> 00:20:28,159
some medical checks um just some routine

549
00:20:32,950 --> 00:20:30,080
checks after spending six months in

550
00:20:35,510 --> 00:20:32,960
space uh and then they will be they will

551
00:20:37,590 --> 00:20:35,520
take a helicopter off of the ship all

552
00:20:40,070 --> 00:20:37,600
the way to shore where they will board

553
00:20:42,950 --> 00:20:40,080
another nasa jet back to houston so it's

554
00:20:44,230 --> 00:20:42,960
a very fast return yeah so the point

555
00:20:46,950 --> 00:20:44,240
being is that

556
00:20:49,190 --> 00:20:46,960
when they land in the water that's

557
00:20:50,710 --> 00:20:49,200
you know big picture it's the last leg

558
00:20:53,350 --> 00:20:50,720
home but

559
00:20:55,909 --> 00:20:53,360
more of the macro or smaller picture uh

560
00:20:57,270 --> 00:20:55,919
micro picture the the journey's not done

561
00:20:59,270 --> 00:20:57,280
there's several more steps that they

562
00:21:01,510 --> 00:20:59,280
have to go through before uh they are

563
00:21:04,710 --> 00:21:01,520
reunited with their families and back on

564
00:21:06,789 --> 00:21:04,720
solid ground so yeah we're expecting all

565
00:21:08,630 --> 00:21:06,799
of that not all that not be

566
00:21:11,669 --> 00:21:08,640
we will probably end our webcast before

567
00:21:13,350 --> 00:21:11,679
the helicopter yeah but it shows up

568
00:21:15,909 --> 00:21:13,360
but in any case yeah there's a lot of

569
00:21:17,270 --> 00:21:15,919
dynamic stuff coming up we are expecting

570
00:21:21,029 --> 00:21:17,280
to hear call out

571
00:21:23,430 --> 00:21:21,039
for completion of the nose cone closure

572
00:21:26,149 --> 00:21:23,440
and yeah that is the final major

573
00:21:27,510 --> 00:21:26,159
physical change of dragon prior to that

574
00:21:29,350 --> 00:21:27,520
deorbit

575
00:21:30,710 --> 00:21:29,360
i had

576
00:21:34,470 --> 00:21:30,720
it felt like a once-in-a-lifetime

577
00:21:36,630 --> 00:21:34,480
opportunity to be on board when crew 2

578
00:21:38,070 --> 00:21:36,640
uh came back into the atmosphere and

579
00:21:41,110 --> 00:21:38,080
seeing them come streaking through the

580
00:21:51,990 --> 00:21:41,120
atmosphere was dragon spacex nose cone

581
00:21:56,390 --> 00:21:53,750
all right so there we heard that call

582
00:21:58,630 --> 00:21:56,400
out from spacex core sarah gillis and

583
00:22:01,510 --> 00:21:58,640
forming the crew that nose cone closure

584
00:22:04,710 --> 00:22:01,520
is complete uh so that was all basically

585
00:22:07,430 --> 00:22:04,720
the first half of uh of reentry as we

586
00:22:09,510 --> 00:22:07,440
begin the second half of entry dragon is

587
00:22:12,789 --> 00:22:09,520
now beginning to inject the cooled

588
00:22:15,430 --> 00:22:12,799
nitrox into the air being delivered to

589
00:22:17,669 --> 00:22:15,440
the suits worn by raja tom kayla and

590
00:22:19,590 --> 00:22:17,679
matthias again this is what will allow

591
00:22:22,549 --> 00:22:19,600
the crew to remain comfortable while

592
00:22:24,149 --> 00:22:22,559
external temperatures reach that 3 500

593
00:22:26,470 --> 00:22:24,159
degrees fahrenheit

594
00:22:28,470 --> 00:22:26,480
the heat shield is pointing forward

595
00:22:30,870 --> 00:22:28,480
uh basically leading the capsule to the

596
00:22:33,190 --> 00:22:30,880
landing site which as i mentioned before

597
00:22:35,430 --> 00:22:33,200
we are targeting off the coast of tampa

598
00:22:37,430 --> 00:22:35,440
florida for landing today

599
00:22:39,110 --> 00:22:37,440
now speaking of the heat shield crew

600
00:22:42,470 --> 00:22:39,120
dragon's primary heat shield is

601
00:22:45,909 --> 00:22:42,480
comprised of pica 3.0 which stands for

602
00:22:47,990 --> 00:22:45,919
phenolic impregnated carbon ablator

603
00:22:50,470 --> 00:22:48,000
first gen pica was first developed by

604
00:22:52,870 --> 00:22:50,480
nasa for studying and sampling comets

605
00:22:55,750 --> 00:22:52,880
within our solar system so spacex

606
00:22:57,590 --> 00:22:55,760
partnered with nasa to develop pica x

607
00:22:59,669 --> 00:22:57,600
which was the second gen product used on

608
00:23:01,270 --> 00:22:59,679
all of the dragon 1 commercial resupply

609
00:23:04,630 --> 00:23:01,280
missions that successfully resupplied

610
00:23:06,470 --> 00:23:04,640
the station on 20 missions but pica 3.0

611
00:23:09,110 --> 00:23:06,480
was developed specifically for use on

612
00:23:10,789 --> 00:23:09,120
dragon 2 crew and cargo with enhanced

613
00:23:13,029 --> 00:23:10,799
structural and thermal properties that

614
00:23:14,710 --> 00:23:13,039
optimize the heat shield and drove down

615
00:23:16,230 --> 00:23:14,720
the cost and mass always a good thing

616
00:23:18,630 --> 00:23:16,240
yeah absolutely

617
00:23:21,190 --> 00:23:18,640
the remainder of the crew dragon capsule

618
00:23:23,669 --> 00:23:21,200
is composed primarily of a spacex

619
00:23:25,590 --> 00:23:23,679
proprietary ablative material it's

620
00:23:28,230 --> 00:23:25,600
another class of thermal protection

621
00:23:29,909 --> 00:23:28,240
which is lighter weight versus pica

622
00:23:32,390 --> 00:23:29,919
and protects the underlying composite

623
00:23:34,470 --> 00:23:32,400
structure during re-entry to ensure the

624
00:23:37,190 --> 00:23:34,480
structural capabilities of the capsule

625
00:23:39,750 --> 00:23:37,200
are maintained so while crew dragon will

626
00:23:42,070 --> 00:23:39,760
experience temperatures over 3000

627
00:23:43,830 --> 00:23:42,080
degrees during peak re-entry conditions

628
00:23:46,070 --> 00:23:43,840
the characteristics of the tps are the

629
00:23:47,909 --> 00:23:46,080
thermal protection systems coupled with

630
00:23:50,070 --> 00:23:47,919
the eclipse environmental cooling and

631
00:23:52,390 --> 00:23:50,080
life support system in the pressurized

632
00:23:54,310 --> 00:23:52,400
interior will ensure that raja tom kayla

633
00:23:56,470 --> 00:23:54,320
and matthias stay cool and comfortable

634
00:23:57,669 --> 00:23:56,480
during all phases of re-entry through

635
00:23:59,029 --> 00:23:57,679
splashdown

636
00:24:01,110 --> 00:23:59,039
yeah so

637
00:24:02,710 --> 00:24:01,120
it's important stuff it sounds like a

638
00:24:05,990 --> 00:24:02,720
lot of words but

639
00:24:08,149 --> 00:24:06,000
basically the main job is to take the

640
00:24:09,430 --> 00:24:08,159
heat that is

641
00:24:11,430 --> 00:24:09,440
you know being experienced by the

642
00:24:13,269 --> 00:24:11,440
capsule and dissipate it

643
00:24:15,190 --> 00:24:13,279
it's a protective barrier

644
00:24:17,190 --> 00:24:15,200
now after crew dragon endurance has

645
00:24:19,350 --> 00:24:17,200
re-entered the earth's atmosphere a

646
00:24:21,750 --> 00:24:19,360
series of parachutes will deploy to slow

647
00:24:24,149 --> 00:24:21,760
the crew's descent first will be the two

648
00:24:26,630 --> 00:24:24,159
drogue shoots followed by the four main

649
00:24:29,269 --> 00:24:26,640
shoots to guide crew dragon it to its

650
00:24:31,990 --> 00:24:29,279
first contact with earth since since

651
00:24:34,149 --> 00:24:32,000
launching uh in november of last year

652
00:24:36,149 --> 00:24:34,159
dragon will automatically deploy these

653
00:24:37,990 --> 00:24:36,159
parachutes when different pressure and

654
00:24:39,909 --> 00:24:38,000
positioning sensors on the capsule

655
00:24:42,950 --> 00:24:39,919
detect that they're at the right speed

656
00:24:45,510 --> 00:24:42,960
and altitude the vehicle velocity at the

657
00:24:48,070 --> 00:24:45,520
drug deploys approximately 350 miles per

658
00:24:49,909 --> 00:24:48,080
hour so that's a lot better than that 17

659
00:24:52,110 --> 00:24:49,919
500 for sure before it reenters the

660
00:24:55,510 --> 00:24:52,120
atmosphere so 3

661
00:24:58,470 --> 00:24:55,520
350 is quite a bit slower but the drugs

662
00:25:00,310 --> 00:24:58,480
will deploy at about 18 000 feet so

663
00:25:03,269 --> 00:25:00,320
those strokes help slow the capsule to

664
00:25:06,870 --> 00:25:03,279
119 miles per hour and that's about when

665
00:25:08,390 --> 00:25:06,880
the main parachutes deploy so about 6500

666
00:25:10,789 --> 00:25:08,400
feet and that's going to slow the

667
00:25:13,350 --> 00:25:10,799
capsule down the vehicle velocity at the

668
00:25:15,750 --> 00:25:13,360
water splashdown is about 16 miles per

669
00:25:17,750 --> 00:25:15,760
hour so much uh

670
00:25:20,470 --> 00:25:17,760
much nicer cruise than that orbital

671
00:25:22,789 --> 00:25:20,480
velocity but the highest g g load the

672
00:25:25,029 --> 00:25:22,799
crew will experience during re-entry is

673
00:25:27,350 --> 00:25:25,039
around three to five g's

674
00:25:29,029 --> 00:25:27,360
in my opinion it's too many

675
00:25:31,029 --> 00:25:29,039
it does seem like a lot after uh

676
00:25:33,269 --> 00:25:31,039
spending you know six months in almost

677
00:25:35,909 --> 00:25:33,279
zero yeah but i'm also the person that

678
00:25:37,830 --> 00:25:35,919
is happy to not ride the roller coaster

679
00:25:39,669 --> 00:25:37,840
and hold everybody's belongings and wait

680
00:25:41,590 --> 00:25:39,679
for them at the exit we should go to a

681
00:25:43,830 --> 00:25:41,600
theme park together because

682
00:25:45,269 --> 00:25:43,840
i'm i'm on the roller coaster i'm happy

683
00:25:47,510 --> 00:25:45,279
to do so

684
00:25:50,310 --> 00:25:47,520
so for those of you that um are just

685
00:25:52,310 --> 00:25:50,320
joining us we have um separated excuse

686
00:25:53,909 --> 00:25:52,320
me we have jettisoned the trunk we have

687
00:25:56,390 --> 00:25:53,919
closed the nose cone

688
00:25:58,630 --> 00:25:56,400
we have positioned dragon into the right

689
00:26:00,870 --> 00:25:58,640
position basically having that heat

690
00:26:03,430 --> 00:26:00,880
shield face forward lead the dragon

691
00:26:06,070 --> 00:26:03,440
capsule um uh before re-entry and we

692
00:26:09,190 --> 00:26:06,080
have completed the deorbit burn

693
00:26:10,950 --> 00:26:09,200
so next up is the uh the

694
00:26:12,870 --> 00:26:10,960
actual re-entry itself and the

695
00:26:14,870 --> 00:26:12,880
communications blackout yeah we have

696
00:26:16,470 --> 00:26:14,880
about 15 minutes until the entry

697
00:26:19,269 --> 00:26:16,480
interface period

698
00:26:21,190 --> 00:26:19,279
we again anticipate that loss of signal

699
00:26:22,149 --> 00:26:21,200
this is something that always happens

700
00:26:25,590 --> 00:26:22,159
it's

701
00:26:27,029 --> 00:26:25,600
side effect of that plasma buildup

702
00:26:29,110 --> 00:26:27,039
but we know we will regain that

703
00:26:32,390 --> 00:26:29,120
communications once they have slowed

704
00:26:34,149 --> 00:26:32,400
down and exited that plasma um we will

705
00:26:36,149 --> 00:26:34,159
see the drug shoots deploy shortly after

706
00:26:37,830 --> 00:26:36,159
which will pull out our mains we'll see

707
00:26:40,630 --> 00:26:37,840
splashdown and fingers crossed we'll

708
00:26:42,789 --> 00:26:40,640
have views of this from our wb-57 and

709
00:26:45,990 --> 00:26:42,799
potentially from the recovery boat

710
00:26:50,710 --> 00:26:48,070
once again we are targeting a landing

711
00:26:53,110 --> 00:26:50,720
off the coast of florida in the

712
00:26:55,830 --> 00:26:53,120
gulf of mexico where we have shannon

713
00:27:03,590 --> 00:26:55,840
positioned around the tampa area dragon

714
00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:10,149
return free to copy

715
00:27:17,029 --> 00:27:14,630
raja at this time i have no changes to

716
00:27:18,710 --> 00:27:17,039
timeline for you same anticipated

717
00:27:20,549 --> 00:27:18,720
blackout start and stop times as i

718
00:27:22,710 --> 00:27:20,559
briefed before

719
00:27:24,710 --> 00:27:22,720
we are not tracking any vehicle issues

720
00:27:27,269 --> 00:27:24,720
at this time

721
00:27:29,590 --> 00:27:27,279
and so far as weather goes

722
00:27:31,990 --> 00:27:29,600
we are still looking great there is a

723
00:27:34,389 --> 00:27:32,000
slight increase in wind speed at seven

724
00:27:36,630 --> 00:27:34,399
knots from what i last reported but

725
00:27:43,350 --> 00:27:36,640
we have calm season we're ready to get

726
00:27:48,549 --> 00:27:44,870
have you known about timeline changes so

727
00:27:50,789 --> 00:27:48,559
it looks like blackout is 4 30 and 437

728
00:27:52,230 --> 00:27:50,799
metal vehicle issues and then a little

729
00:27:54,549 --> 00:27:52,240
change in the wind from three to seven

730
00:27:58,870 --> 00:27:54,559
knots but still competes and

731
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:13,269
that's a good read back

732
00:28:16,389 --> 00:28:15,510
so there on your screen that was spacex

733
00:28:18,470 --> 00:28:16,399
core

734
00:28:20,389 --> 00:28:18,480
sarah gillis just letting the crew know

735
00:28:23,990 --> 00:28:20,399
that everything is still looking good no

736
00:28:26,630 --> 00:28:24,000
change in the calculated timeline for

737
00:28:27,990 --> 00:28:26,640
that loss of signal or loss as you hear

738
00:28:29,830 --> 00:28:28,000
it called

739
00:28:31,750 --> 00:28:29,840
you can see on your screen there the

740
00:28:33,350 --> 00:28:31,760
crowd here at spacex headquarters is

741
00:28:36,630 --> 00:28:33,360
starting to grow slightly as we get

742
00:28:37,990 --> 00:28:36,640
closer to that splashdown um it is a

743
00:28:40,630 --> 00:28:38,000
little late

744
00:28:43,110 --> 00:28:40,640
the second shift is uh is currently

745
00:28:44,630 --> 00:28:43,120
working right now um but i expect to see

746
00:28:46,710 --> 00:28:44,640
more people there as we get a little

747
00:28:48,630 --> 00:28:46,720
closer to splashdown itself yeah this is

748
00:28:50,870 --> 00:28:48,640
some of the most exciting stuff and

749
00:28:52,870 --> 00:28:50,880
we're coming up on some of the uh most

750
00:28:54,710 --> 00:28:52,880
dynamic parts of the mission so we're

751
00:28:56,549 --> 00:28:54,720
coming up in about 12 minutes until

752
00:28:59,190 --> 00:28:56,559
entry interface which means we're around

753
00:29:01,510 --> 00:28:59,200
14 minutes until that calm blackout

754
00:29:02,950 --> 00:29:01,520
and less than 30 minutes now to splash

755
00:29:05,430 --> 00:29:02,960
down so

756
00:29:08,070 --> 00:29:05,440
again we'll be off the coast of tampa

757
00:29:10,310 --> 00:29:08,080
and this was determined thanks to

758
00:29:13,350 --> 00:29:10,320
careful analysis not even just yesterday

759
00:29:15,110 --> 00:29:13,360
and today but over the past week or so

760
00:29:16,789 --> 00:29:15,120
teams looking at the weather forecasts

761
00:29:18,070 --> 00:29:16,799
and determining the best opportunities

762
00:29:21,029 --> 00:29:18,080
for us to target to bring these

763
00:29:23,029 --> 00:29:21,039
astronauts home after it's been 175 days

764
00:29:27,269 --> 00:29:23,039
for them on the space station

765
00:29:29,669 --> 00:29:27,279
but 177 days for them in space in total

766
00:29:30,630 --> 00:29:29,679
as we said before we have seven

767
00:29:33,110 --> 00:29:30,640
different

768
00:29:34,549 --> 00:29:33,120
possible locations to retrieve the crew

769
00:29:36,710 --> 00:29:34,559
from

770
00:29:38,549 --> 00:29:36,720
we down select based on the weather

771
00:29:40,710 --> 00:29:38,559
conditions and criteria that have to be

772
00:29:43,510 --> 00:29:40,720
met so as leah mentioned before we

773
00:29:46,789 --> 00:29:43,520
select a primary and an alt and an alt

774
00:29:49,430 --> 00:29:46,799
alternative uh site and we are targeting

775
00:29:52,070 --> 00:29:49,440
uh tampa as that that prime spot

776
00:29:55,269 --> 00:29:52,080
but having seven sites allows greater

777
00:29:59,190 --> 00:29:55,279
flexibility to say um okay so for

778
00:30:00,470 --> 00:29:59,200
example if the atlantic coast is you

779
00:30:02,870 --> 00:30:00,480
know if there's a hurricane rolling

780
00:30:04,230 --> 00:30:02,880
through as often does in florida at

781
00:30:05,510 --> 00:30:04,240
certain times of the year you know if

782
00:30:06,549 --> 00:30:05,520
there's a hurricane that just rolled

783
00:30:08,549 --> 00:30:06,559
through

784
00:30:10,950 --> 00:30:08,559
you know that might mess up weather and

785
00:30:13,110 --> 00:30:10,960
see states on the atlantic side but the

786
00:30:16,870 --> 00:30:13,120
gulf side might be super calm

787
00:30:19,029 --> 00:30:16,880
so by having seven different spots

788
00:30:22,070 --> 00:30:19,039
around the panhandle of florida it does

789
00:30:23,990 --> 00:30:22,080
allow us to make assessments and have

790
00:30:25,430 --> 00:30:24,000
better availability for those return

791
00:30:27,590 --> 00:30:25,440
opportunities

792
00:30:29,750 --> 00:30:27,600
and of course these crew members uh have

793
00:30:31,510 --> 00:30:29,760
spent all this time on the space station

794
00:30:34,389 --> 00:30:31,520
uh they didn't just go up and come home

795
00:30:36,470 --> 00:30:34,399
and so they left behind seven other

796
00:30:38,549 --> 00:30:36,480
people on the space station crew 4

797
00:30:41,590 --> 00:30:38,559
arrived about a week ago

798
00:30:43,590 --> 00:30:41,600
and those astronauts took this past week

799
00:30:46,149 --> 00:30:43,600
to have a handover period with our crew

800
00:30:48,149 --> 00:30:46,159
3 astronauts so crew 3 is showing them

801
00:30:50,630 --> 00:30:48,159
all the ropes on the space station

802
00:30:53,350 --> 00:30:50,640
everything they need to know especially

803
00:30:55,269 --> 00:30:53,360
for our newbies that are on crew four uh

804
00:30:57,990 --> 00:30:55,279
but currently on the space station crew

805
00:31:00,310 --> 00:30:58,000
four is chell lindgren bob hines jessica

806
00:31:02,789 --> 00:31:00,320
watkins and samantha christopher reddy

807
00:31:05,669 --> 00:31:02,799
uh senator christopher is an italian

808
00:31:08,389 --> 00:31:05,679
astronaut she is from the uh european

809
00:31:10,950 --> 00:31:08,399
space agency and then we also have the

810
00:31:13,830 --> 00:31:10,960
soyuz crew of russ cosmos cosmonauts

811
00:31:16,149 --> 00:31:13,840
that's sergey korsakov oleg artemyev and

812
00:31:18,310 --> 00:31:16,159
dennis mattv

813
00:31:20,310 --> 00:31:18,320
yeah it was a little bit of a full house

814
00:31:22,950 --> 00:31:20,320
while crew 3 was still up there oh yeah

815
00:31:26,310 --> 00:31:22,960
um i could imagine that even with a week

816
00:31:28,630 --> 00:31:26,320
to do that those handover activities

817
00:31:31,990 --> 00:31:28,640
that it was super busy right there's so

818
00:31:35,029 --> 00:31:32,000
much science um uh experiments that are

819
00:31:36,710 --> 00:31:35,039
being conducted on stations so

820
00:31:38,789 --> 00:31:36,720
having time to

821
00:31:40,789 --> 00:31:38,799
walk through your replacement you know

822
00:31:42,630 --> 00:31:40,799
all your lab notes where what you got to

823
00:31:46,630 --> 00:31:42,640
do next how to do this you know that

824
00:31:48,149 --> 00:31:46,640
kind of thing um and it i it's just

825
00:31:50,789 --> 00:31:48,159
amazing to me that they actually get it

826
00:31:52,630 --> 00:31:50,799
all done within a week um so between i'm

827
00:31:55,029 --> 00:31:52,640
sure there's you know traditions for new

828
00:31:58,230 --> 00:31:55,039
astronauts on station as well so um you

829
00:31:59,990 --> 00:31:58,240
know allowing the the celebration for

830
00:32:02,470 --> 00:32:00,000
for new people to arrive welcome to

831
00:32:05,590 --> 00:32:02,480
space um all those kinds of things as

832
00:32:09,029 --> 00:32:05,600
well as the work part of actually doing

833
00:32:11,430 --> 00:32:09,039
a crew handover um i can understand why

834
00:32:13,029 --> 00:32:11,440
a full week is needed because uh it's it

835
00:32:15,350 --> 00:32:13,039
sounds really busy

836
00:32:17,269 --> 00:32:15,360
yeah absolutely and crew dragon is able

837
00:32:18,789 --> 00:32:17,279
to bring home some of those science

838
00:32:21,269 --> 00:32:18,799
experiments that the teams have worked

839
00:32:22,710 --> 00:32:21,279
on they have polar freezers um and i

840
00:32:23,909 --> 00:32:22,720
mentioned i got to go to the crew 2

841
00:32:25,750 --> 00:32:23,919
splashdown

842
00:32:27,669 --> 00:32:25,760
on our helicopter flight back to land we

843
00:32:29,750 --> 00:32:27,679
had those polar freezers in the

844
00:32:31,350 --> 00:32:29,760
helicopter with us so it's a really

845
00:32:33,830 --> 00:32:31,360
quick return not only just for the

846
00:32:35,350 --> 00:32:33,840
astronauts but also for that science

847
00:32:36,710 --> 00:32:35,360
back to the researchers here on the

848
00:32:38,149 --> 00:32:36,720
ground so they can analyze the work

849
00:32:39,750 --> 00:32:38,159
that's been done

850
00:32:41,669 --> 00:32:39,760
and it was pretty amazing i was like oh

851
00:32:42,950 --> 00:32:41,679
my goodness this was in space a few

852
00:32:44,389 --> 00:32:42,960
hours ago and this is what the

853
00:32:47,750 --> 00:32:44,399
astronauts have been working on all this

854
00:32:49,350 --> 00:32:47,760
time so um i love that we prioritize not

855
00:32:51,590 --> 00:32:49,360
just their safe return but also the safe

856
00:32:53,669 --> 00:32:51,600
return of this research that's been done

857
00:32:55,350 --> 00:32:53,679
for the betterment of us all

858
00:32:57,669 --> 00:32:55,360
at this point in time we're about 10

859
00:32:59,190 --> 00:32:57,679
minutes away from the anticipated loss

860
00:33:01,110 --> 00:32:59,200
of signal

861
00:33:04,630 --> 00:33:01,120
that entry will begin

862
00:33:05,590 --> 00:33:04,640
just a minute later at 9 31 pm pacific

863
00:33:08,470 --> 00:33:05,600
time

864
00:33:10,870 --> 00:33:08,480
we expect to get that signal back at 9

865
00:33:12,070 --> 00:33:10,880
37 p.m pacific so

866
00:33:15,029 --> 00:33:12,080
just a

867
00:33:16,789 --> 00:33:15,039
a brief period of lack of communication

868
00:33:19,430 --> 00:33:16,799
as i said before

869
00:33:22,549 --> 00:33:19,440
that's due to the re-entry of the

870
00:33:23,430 --> 00:33:22,559
capsule through the earth's atmosphere

871
00:33:25,990 --> 00:33:23,440
the

872
00:33:29,190 --> 00:33:26,000
it's actually doing us a favor um

873
00:33:34,710 --> 00:33:29,200
by the heat shield doing its its job of

874
00:33:35,590 --> 00:33:34,720
breaking um not not b or e a k but um

875
00:33:38,789 --> 00:33:35,600
yeah

876
00:33:41,110 --> 00:33:38,799
um uh basically allowing the capsule to

877
00:33:44,070 --> 00:33:41,120
slow down by using the earth's

878
00:33:46,470 --> 00:33:44,080
atmosphere as that initial

879
00:33:49,750 --> 00:33:46,480
breaking process it really helps us

880
00:33:51,990 --> 00:33:49,760
to not have to build bigger heavier

881
00:33:54,549 --> 00:33:52,000
parachutes which in space everything is

882
00:33:56,549 --> 00:33:54,559
about weight it's about mass and so

883
00:33:59,029 --> 00:33:56,559
the atmosphere is doing us a favor

884
00:34:01,029 --> 00:33:59,039
unfortunately it does mean that as you

885
00:34:03,830 --> 00:34:01,039
said very well before the side of the

886
00:34:06,630 --> 00:34:03,840
side effect is that loss of signal

887
00:34:08,389 --> 00:34:06,640
because as the air is

888
00:34:10,710 --> 00:34:08,399
basically densifying

889
00:34:13,270 --> 00:34:10,720
because of the shock wave that's forming

890
00:34:15,030 --> 00:34:13,280
underneath the the heat shield that

891
00:34:17,109 --> 00:34:15,040
plasma builds up on the side the

892
00:34:19,750 --> 00:34:17,119
exterior gets to 3 500 degrees

893
00:34:22,149 --> 00:34:19,760
fahrenheit and unfortunately we're

894
00:34:23,909 --> 00:34:22,159
unable to send any communications in or

895
00:34:26,869 --> 00:34:23,919
out of the capsule

896
00:34:29,190 --> 00:34:26,879
but i believe we should have views of at

897
00:34:30,389 --> 00:34:29,200
least thermal views of the capsule prior

898
00:34:33,270 --> 00:34:30,399
to

899
00:34:35,109 --> 00:34:33,280
that aos or acquisition of signal

900
00:34:37,270 --> 00:34:35,119
that's at least that's how it's kind of

901
00:34:39,669 --> 00:34:37,280
happened in the past uh we get to to see

902
00:34:41,990 --> 00:34:39,679
them and then we'll hear the core uh

903
00:34:43,510 --> 00:34:42,000
call out to the crew to re-establish

904
00:34:45,990 --> 00:34:43,520
that communication

905
00:34:48,149 --> 00:34:46,000
and even though we won't have

906
00:34:50,149 --> 00:34:48,159
signal from dragon it's still doing its

907
00:34:52,230 --> 00:34:50,159
job this is a fully autonomous vehicle

908
00:34:53,510 --> 00:34:52,240
it doesn't require uh commands from the

909
00:34:55,190 --> 00:34:53,520
ground at that time and it doesn't

910
00:34:56,869 --> 00:34:55,200
require any commands from the astronauts

911
00:34:59,030 --> 00:34:56,879
at that time either though they're still

912
00:35:01,030 --> 00:34:59,040
able to monitor uh the performance of

913
00:35:02,470 --> 00:35:01,040
the vehicle so it should only be like

914
00:35:05,270 --> 00:35:02,480
you mentioned about six or seven minutes

915
00:35:07,349 --> 00:35:05,280
that we don't have comms with them um

916
00:35:09,829 --> 00:35:07,359
but it's it's amazing too the vehicles

917
00:35:13,109 --> 00:35:09,839
coming through so fast that if you're

918
00:35:14,550 --> 00:35:13,119
nearby you can hear two sonic booms once

919
00:35:16,790 --> 00:35:14,560
it enters the atmosphere so they're

920
00:35:18,630 --> 00:35:16,800
making their grand re-entry and that

921
00:35:21,430 --> 00:35:18,640
must have been so cool to see

922
00:35:24,230 --> 00:35:21,440
it is genuinely one of the things i will

923
00:35:25,030 --> 00:35:24,240
never forget awesome amazing that's very

924
00:35:27,990 --> 00:35:25,040
cool

925
00:35:30,710 --> 00:35:28,000
uh so we are about seven minutes away

926
00:35:32,790 --> 00:35:30,720
from that anticipated loss of signal

927
00:35:35,190 --> 00:35:32,800
you mentioned before yeah dragon is

928
00:35:37,750 --> 00:35:35,200
flying itself it's completely autonomous

929
00:35:39,829 --> 00:35:37,760
and realistically speaking um

930
00:35:42,630 --> 00:35:39,839
there shouldn't be much that dragon has

931
00:35:44,390 --> 00:35:42,640
to do during that reentry

932
00:35:46,870 --> 00:35:44,400
anyway because it's really that deorbit

933
00:35:49,510 --> 00:35:46,880
burn that puts it on that precise

934
00:35:53,190 --> 00:35:49,520
trajectory to the designated landing

935
00:35:54,790 --> 00:35:53,200
spot so as we saw um

936
00:35:57,670 --> 00:35:54,800
several minutes ago at this point you

937
00:35:58,470 --> 00:35:57,680
know the four forward draco thrusters

938
00:36:00,069 --> 00:35:58,480
were

939
00:36:03,109 --> 00:36:00,079
firing um

940
00:36:05,510 --> 00:36:03,119
at you know very specific it wasn't just

941
00:36:07,430 --> 00:36:05,520
all four of them firing all at once

942
00:36:10,630 --> 00:36:07,440
right all the time there there were some

943
00:36:12,790 --> 00:36:10,640
more impulse uh type burns and

944
00:36:15,030 --> 00:36:12,800
that's really dragon calculating for

945
00:36:16,950 --> 00:36:15,040
itself exactly what it needs to do and

946
00:36:19,030 --> 00:36:16,960
at the completion of that deorbit burn

947
00:36:22,069 --> 00:36:19,040
it was on that that precise trajectory

948
00:36:25,109 --> 00:36:22,079
so um yeah we're excited to to bring the

949
00:36:28,150 --> 00:36:25,119
crew home um we like we said before

950
00:36:31,030 --> 00:36:28,160
they're going from 17 500 miles per hour

951
00:36:32,790 --> 00:36:31,040
that's their rough orbital velocity

952
00:36:35,750 --> 00:36:32,800
the atmosphere will slow them down to

953
00:36:37,829 --> 00:36:35,760
about 350 miles per hour that's when our

954
00:36:39,750 --> 00:36:37,839
drogue parachutes will deploy at that

955
00:36:43,190 --> 00:36:39,760
point they'll be at about 18 thousand

956
00:36:45,109 --> 00:36:43,200
feet above the ocean surface and then

957
00:36:46,710 --> 00:36:45,119
the drogue parachutes will

958
00:36:48,310 --> 00:36:46,720
continue to significantly slow the

959
00:36:51,430 --> 00:36:48,320
vehicle down

960
00:36:53,430 --> 00:36:51,440
at the six thousand feet altitude the

961
00:36:55,430 --> 00:36:53,440
main parachutes will deploy

962
00:36:57,510 --> 00:36:55,440
we've got four of those those are the

963
00:36:59,430 --> 00:36:57,520
super iconic orange and white parachutes

964
00:37:00,950 --> 00:36:59,440
that everybody loves to see

965
00:37:04,069 --> 00:37:00,960
and what's really incredible is that the

966
00:37:05,910 --> 00:37:04,079
drogue parachutes do so much work during

967
00:37:08,790 --> 00:37:05,920
that initial phase between eighteen

968
00:37:10,550 --> 00:37:08,800
thousand feet and six thousand feet um

969
00:37:11,990 --> 00:37:10,560
that we don't

970
00:37:13,829 --> 00:37:12,000
if they didn't if we didn't have the

971
00:37:15,430 --> 00:37:13,839
drug parachutes those main parachutes

972
00:37:18,950 --> 00:37:15,440
would have to be

973
00:37:21,430 --> 00:37:18,960
much much bigger um uh in turn in order

974
00:37:23,589 --> 00:37:21,440
to slow the vehicle down enough to make

975
00:37:26,230 --> 00:37:23,599
a soft landing they're only going about

976
00:37:28,310 --> 00:37:26,240
10 15 miles per hour whenever they make

977
00:37:32,710 --> 00:37:28,320
contact with the ocean surface those

978
00:37:36,790 --> 00:37:35,030
so again we're standing by for uh the

979
00:37:38,900 --> 00:37:36,800
beginning of entry interface that will

980
00:37:40,310 --> 00:37:38,910
kick off the rest of the

981
00:37:42,230 --> 00:37:40,320
[Music]

982
00:37:43,750 --> 00:37:42,240
deorbit procedures until we have

983
00:37:45,510 --> 00:37:43,760
splashdown

984
00:37:48,790 --> 00:37:45,520
last time we saw our crew members they

985
00:37:50,550 --> 00:37:48,800
were in their suits so that is

986
00:37:53,190 --> 00:37:50,560
a just-in-case procedure essentially

987
00:38:00,069 --> 00:37:53,200
that would be just in case the cabinet

988
00:38:05,589 --> 00:38:02,950
raja tablets secure restraints are down

989
00:38:07,910 --> 00:38:05,599
and visors are closed additionally can

990
00:38:19,349 --> 00:38:07,920
you confirm that your satchel is fully

991
00:38:24,069 --> 00:38:21,750
copy that we are less than four minutes

992
00:38:26,710 --> 00:38:24,079
to anticipated los

993
00:38:34,790 --> 00:38:26,720
we will talk to you on the other side at

994
00:38:37,510 --> 00:38:36,310
perfect timing with your comment leah

995
00:38:39,109 --> 00:38:37,520
you were just saying that they're in

996
00:38:42,069 --> 00:38:39,119
their suits and there we heard the call

997
00:38:44,470 --> 00:38:42,079
out that their visors are down so yes um

998
00:38:45,430 --> 00:38:44,480
that basically means that their suit is

999
00:38:47,589 --> 00:38:45,440
then

1000
00:38:48,950 --> 00:38:47,599
closed off to the interior environment

1001
00:38:50,069 --> 00:38:48,960
of dragon

1002
00:38:51,910 --> 00:38:50,079
that is

1003
00:38:55,030 --> 00:38:51,920
uh we require them to do that during the

1004
00:38:57,510 --> 00:38:55,040
more dynamic events uh while um

1005
00:38:58,150 --> 00:38:57,520
in dragon so obviously during liftoff

1006
00:39:02,550 --> 00:38:58,160
and

1007
00:39:05,670 --> 00:39:02,560
course be uh that was a that was a great

1008
00:39:07,670 --> 00:39:05,680
call out by the core uh sarah gillis it

1009
00:39:10,069 --> 00:39:07,680
sounded like they were able to see

1010
00:39:11,910 --> 00:39:10,079
via one of the interior camera views

1011
00:39:14,950 --> 00:39:11,920
that his satchel was not completely

1012
00:39:17,109 --> 00:39:14,960
zippered so i loved that little reminder

1013
00:39:18,470 --> 00:39:17,119
yeah they they made sure that the cabin

1014
00:39:19,990 --> 00:39:18,480
is um

1015
00:39:21,430 --> 00:39:20,000
configured for reentry so that means

1016
00:39:22,950 --> 00:39:21,440
everything is stowed they would have

1017
00:39:24,550 --> 00:39:22,960
done that a little while ago before they

1018
00:39:26,470 --> 00:39:24,560
got in their seats and strapped up and

1019
00:39:28,150 --> 00:39:26,480
connected their umbilicals but don't

1020
00:39:29,670 --> 00:39:28,160
want a lot flying around in the cabin

1021
00:39:31,589 --> 00:39:29,680
while they are re-entering so yeah

1022
00:39:32,870 --> 00:39:31,599
everything is secured that includes the

1023
00:39:34,950 --> 00:39:32,880
tablets that they use to review

1024
00:39:36,550 --> 00:39:34,960
procedures but they can still see the

1025
00:39:38,390 --> 00:39:36,560
status of the vehicle via those three

1026
00:39:40,150 --> 00:39:38,400
screens in the middle so we are getting

1027
00:39:42,790 --> 00:39:40,160
closer she mentioned just a few minutes

1028
00:39:44,870 --> 00:39:42,800
until we have communications blackout

1029
00:39:47,109 --> 00:39:44,880
and we expect to hear from them again in

1030
00:39:48,710 --> 00:39:47,119
about 10 minutes yeah now you said

1031
00:39:51,030 --> 00:39:48,720
before that they're going to experience

1032
00:39:52,630 --> 00:39:51,040
about three to five g's during this

1033
00:39:54,310 --> 00:39:52,640
reentry period

1034
00:39:55,990 --> 00:39:54,320
so if you've been on a roller coaster

1035
00:39:58,390 --> 00:39:56,000
you can imagine it's like that point

1036
00:40:00,150 --> 00:39:58,400
where after you initially go up

1037
00:40:01,910 --> 00:40:00,160
and that drop whenever you come back

1038
00:40:03,270 --> 00:40:01,920
down it's that feeling that they're

1039
00:40:04,630 --> 00:40:03,280
going to have

1040
00:40:07,510 --> 00:40:04,640
for for

1041
00:40:09,349 --> 00:40:07,520
a few minutes i should say

1042
00:40:11,030 --> 00:40:09,359
and when they get back

1043
00:40:13,270 --> 00:40:11,040
of course like we mentioned they're

1044
00:40:17,030 --> 00:40:13,280
going to have those routine medical

1045
00:40:18,470 --> 00:40:17,040
checks so these are these are recovery

1046
00:40:20,309 --> 00:40:18,480
these are medical checks that we do as

1047
00:40:21,270 --> 00:40:20,319
well with astronauts who fly on a soyuz

1048
00:40:22,710 --> 00:40:21,280
vehicle

1049
00:40:24,390 --> 00:40:22,720
of course those are not taking place on

1050
00:40:26,309 --> 00:40:24,400
a ship those are in

1051
00:40:28,390 --> 00:40:26,319
kazakhstan and they will set up a

1052
00:40:30,710 --> 00:40:28,400
medical tent and evaluate the crew

1053
00:40:33,270 --> 00:40:30,720
members and sometimes do

1054
00:40:35,750 --> 00:40:33,280
scientific research when it comes to

1055
00:40:37,190 --> 00:40:35,760
things like balance

1056
00:40:38,390 --> 00:40:37,200
and so they'll do some of the same

1057
00:40:40,069 --> 00:40:38,400
things here they'll make sure the crew

1058
00:40:41,430 --> 00:40:40,079
is feeling good before they take them

1059
00:40:43,510 --> 00:40:41,440
put them on the helicopter and send them

1060
00:40:46,630 --> 00:40:43,520
back to land make sense

1061
00:40:48,309 --> 00:40:46,640
after they splash down and are recovered

1062
00:40:51,109 --> 00:40:48,319
from the water we'll see them lifted

1063
00:40:53,829 --> 00:40:51,119
onto that recovery vessel shannon

1064
00:40:55,910 --> 00:40:53,839
and once the side hatch is open we'll

1065
00:40:57,589 --> 00:40:55,920
actually see the flight surgeon that

1066
00:41:00,150 --> 00:40:57,599
person will be the first person to pop

1067
00:41:02,470 --> 00:41:00,160
their head in and just do a quick verbal

1068
00:41:04,390 --> 00:41:02,480
thumbs up with all four crew members

1069
00:41:07,270 --> 00:41:04,400
as an initial gauge on how they're

1070
00:41:09,190 --> 00:41:07,280
feeling and um you know based on

1071
00:41:10,390 --> 00:41:09,200
previous returns and you know the way

1072
00:41:12,630 --> 00:41:10,400
that this one's shaping up you know

1073
00:41:14,950 --> 00:41:12,640
hoping to see four thumbs up there

1074
00:41:18,230 --> 00:41:14,960
but for the most part between now and

1075
00:41:20,390 --> 00:41:18,240
then uh raja tom kayla and matthias are

1076
00:41:23,430 --> 00:41:20,400
mostly just going to be monitoring

1077
00:41:25,829 --> 00:41:23,440
uh where things are in terms of the

1078
00:41:27,910 --> 00:41:25,839
return process and and where they where

1079
00:41:29,430 --> 00:41:27,920
where we fall in in that

1080
00:41:31,349 --> 00:41:29,440
and i just want to give another safety

1081
00:41:32,710 --> 00:41:31,359
reminder i know that it's nighttime and

1082
00:41:34,630 --> 00:41:32,720
there probably aren't too many people

1083
00:41:36,470 --> 00:41:34,640
voting too far off the coast of florida

1084
00:41:38,230 --> 00:41:36,480
but they are splashing down

1085
00:41:40,630 --> 00:41:38,240
off the coast of tampa that's our prime

1086
00:41:42,710 --> 00:41:40,640
site today based on the weather

1087
00:41:45,270 --> 00:41:42,720
and we have our recovery boats out there

1088
00:41:47,349 --> 00:41:45,280
the spacex recovery ships ready to bring

1089
00:41:48,950 --> 00:41:47,359
them home this is something that we have

1090
00:41:51,190 --> 00:41:48,960
coordinated with the us coast guard we

1091
00:41:53,510 --> 00:41:51,200
also have their patrol boats in the area

1092
00:41:55,109 --> 00:41:53,520
so it's all for the safety of not just

1093
00:41:57,589 --> 00:41:55,119
the crew who have spent six months in

1094
00:42:00,309 --> 00:41:57,599
space um but also the recovery teams and

1095
00:42:01,829 --> 00:42:00,319
also any uh civilians or voters that

1096
00:42:03,990 --> 00:42:01,839
might be nearby

1097
00:42:05,589 --> 00:42:04,000
to stay away from the capsule stay away

1098
00:42:06,630 --> 00:42:05,599
from the area and respect the coast

1099
00:42:08,950 --> 00:42:06,640
guard's

1100
00:42:10,470 --> 00:42:08,960
patrol boats that way you can watch here

1101
00:42:13,750 --> 00:42:10,480
and we promise we will give you the best

1102
00:42:15,670 --> 00:42:13,760
views and all the latest information

1103
00:42:16,790 --> 00:42:15,680
yeah i'm looking at range status right

1104
00:42:19,030 --> 00:42:16,800
now

1105
00:42:22,309 --> 00:42:19,040
there's a couple of law enforcement

1106
00:42:24,230 --> 00:42:22,319
vessels out there not too many casual

1107
00:42:26,630 --> 00:42:24,240
so that's good news

1108
00:42:29,430 --> 00:42:26,640
but yeah so right now we are expecting

1109
00:42:30,390 --> 00:42:29,440
that entry interface to begin soon

1110
00:42:32,230 --> 00:42:30,400
we

1111
00:42:33,910 --> 00:42:32,240
are actually it's now at the 30 minute

1112
00:42:35,750 --> 00:42:33,920
mark so we should be hearing the call

1113
00:42:38,150 --> 00:42:35,760
out for los

1114
00:42:39,589 --> 00:42:38,160
loss of signal which is expected to last

1115
00:42:43,109 --> 00:42:39,599
until the

1116
00:42:44,470 --> 00:42:43,119
37 minute mark so we're now at 9 30 pm

1117
00:42:46,550 --> 00:42:44,480
pacific time

1118
00:42:49,430 --> 00:42:46,560
expecting that blackout period to last

1119
00:42:51,670 --> 00:42:49,440
until 9 37 pm pacific time

1120
00:42:53,750 --> 00:42:51,680
you can see the crowd growing outside of

1121
00:42:55,109 --> 00:42:53,760
spacex mission control here in hawthorne

1122
00:42:57,349 --> 00:42:55,119
everyone

1123
00:42:58,790 --> 00:42:57,359
watching as we get

1124
00:43:01,430 --> 00:42:58,800
closer and closer to the main event

1125
00:43:03,030 --> 00:43:01,440
which will be splashdown

1126
00:43:04,710 --> 00:43:03,040
and these teams here are monitoring the

1127
00:43:06,150 --> 00:43:04,720
status of the vehicle as well but again

1128
00:43:08,230 --> 00:43:06,160
they don't have to send commands right

1129
00:43:10,550 --> 00:43:08,240
now the vehicle knows exactly what to do

1130
00:43:12,870 --> 00:43:10,560
it's fully autonomous so

1131
00:43:14,150 --> 00:43:12,880
everyone is simply monitoring this we

1132
00:43:16,950 --> 00:43:14,160
also have teams in mission control

1133
00:43:19,030 --> 00:43:16,960
houston in at johnson space center who

1134
00:43:21,349 --> 00:43:19,040
are monitoring the mission

1135
00:43:33,670 --> 00:43:21,359
as well as they are 24 7 monitoring the

1136
00:43:37,990 --> 00:43:35,510
and there's your look at johnson space

1137
00:43:39,510 --> 00:43:38,000
center's mission control

1138
00:43:41,109 --> 00:43:39,520
all those team members

1139
00:43:42,470 --> 00:43:41,119
monitoring uh

1140
00:43:44,710 --> 00:43:42,480
the systems aboard the international

1141
00:43:46,870 --> 00:43:44,720
space station not not crew dragon itself

1142
00:43:55,829 --> 00:43:46,880
but they are still keeping tabs on the

1143
00:44:00,550 --> 00:43:58,470
and i believe we're already in that loss

1144
00:44:02,550 --> 00:44:00,560
of signal uh

1145
00:44:04,790 --> 00:44:02,560
entry interface has begun so we'll be

1146
00:44:07,109 --> 00:44:04,800
expecting to hear back from the crew

1147
00:44:09,589 --> 00:44:07,119
in a few minutes

1148
00:44:11,430 --> 00:44:09,599
yeah at this point we are entering that

1149
00:44:13,910 --> 00:44:11,440
communications blackout period which

1150
00:44:16,390 --> 00:44:13,920
lasts approximately six minutes due to

1151
00:44:18,470 --> 00:44:16,400
plasma formation around the spacecraft

1152
00:44:20,230 --> 00:44:18,480
during this time no vehicle telemetry is

1153
00:44:22,950 --> 00:44:20,240
received by mission control or the

1154
00:44:25,349 --> 00:44:22,960
recovery team and no external commanding

1155
00:44:28,309 --> 00:44:25,359
of the vehicle or voice communication is

1156
00:44:31,510 --> 00:44:28,319
possible but of course uh dragon is

1157
00:44:33,430 --> 00:44:31,520
designed to fly itself during re-entry

1158
00:44:36,390 --> 00:44:33,440
the vehicle will be slowing down from an

1159
00:44:38,790 --> 00:44:36,400
orbital velocity of approximately 17

1160
00:44:40,790 --> 00:44:38,800
500 miles per hour the top temperature

1161
00:44:41,710 --> 00:44:40,800
the dragon will experience upon re-entry

1162
00:44:44,390 --> 00:44:41,720
is

1163
00:44:45,510 --> 00:44:44,400
3500 degrees fahrenheit

1164
00:44:47,349 --> 00:44:45,520
and yeah as i said before we're

1165
00:44:49,990 --> 00:44:47,359
expecting that blackout to last for

1166
00:44:54,230 --> 00:44:50,000
about six or seven minutes uh concluding

1167
00:44:57,750 --> 00:44:54,240
at uh 9 37 p.m pacific time

1168
00:44:59,750 --> 00:44:57,760
right now our crew 3 crew i almost said

1169
00:45:00,870 --> 00:44:59,760
crew 4. i'm getting confused my brain is

1170
00:45:02,630 --> 00:45:00,880
still getting confused with all the

1171
00:45:06,230 --> 00:45:02,640
crews that we have in space right now so

1172
00:45:08,309 --> 00:45:06,240
the crew 3 crew are in their seats their

1173
00:45:11,589 --> 00:45:08,319
visors are down

1174
00:45:14,150 --> 00:45:11,599
and they are continuing to monitor their

1175
00:45:15,190 --> 00:45:14,160
uh their top their their screens there

1176
00:45:17,589 --> 00:45:15,200
to see

1177
00:45:20,230 --> 00:45:17,599
you know what their trajectory is and

1178
00:45:22,870 --> 00:45:20,240
basically what altitude they're at

1179
00:45:24,630 --> 00:45:22,880
and by doing so they're able to prepare

1180
00:45:26,710 --> 00:45:24,640
for the various events so they know it

1181
00:45:27,990 --> 00:45:26,720
roughly what time the drug parachutes

1182
00:45:29,910 --> 00:45:28,000
will deploy

1183
00:45:31,109 --> 00:45:29,920
that of course is

1184
00:45:33,349 --> 00:45:31,119
you know

1185
00:45:35,430 --> 00:45:33,359
a slight change in feeling in terms of

1186
00:45:37,270 --> 00:45:35,440
what they're experiencing in within

1187
00:45:39,190 --> 00:45:37,280
their seats so being able to basically

1188
00:45:40,470 --> 00:45:39,200
brace for that important to know how

1189
00:45:44,390 --> 00:45:40,480
high they are we are expecting those

1190
00:45:45,829 --> 00:45:44,400
drugs to deploy at about 18 000 feet

1191
00:45:47,750 --> 00:45:45,839
and we're about halfway through the

1192
00:45:50,309 --> 00:45:47,760
entry interface period so about three

1193
00:45:53,030 --> 00:45:50,319
more minutes until we expect to acquire

1194
00:45:55,030 --> 00:45:53,040
signal from crew dragon again um those

1195
00:45:58,950 --> 00:45:55,040
drugs will slow the vehicle down to

1196
00:46:00,390 --> 00:45:58,960
about 119 miles or sorry 350 miles per

1197
00:46:02,390 --> 00:46:00,400
hour

1198
00:46:04,710 --> 00:46:02,400
and hopefully sometime soon as the

1199
00:46:07,829 --> 00:46:04,720
capsule slows we'll start to get views

1200
00:46:10,390 --> 00:46:07,839
from the wb-57 that's in the area

1201
00:46:12,470 --> 00:46:10,400
as well as potentially from the recovery

1202
00:46:14,069 --> 00:46:12,480
ship itself

1203
00:46:15,910 --> 00:46:14,079
but all the team members are standing by

1204
00:46:18,630 --> 00:46:15,920
they arrived on the ship via helicopter

1205
00:46:20,710 --> 00:46:18,640
today uh and then again the crew will be

1206
00:46:22,950 --> 00:46:20,720
formed back to land shortly after

1207
00:46:24,950 --> 00:46:22,960
landing within pretty much an hour uh

1208
00:46:26,470 --> 00:46:24,960
after they splash down they will be back

1209
00:46:29,349 --> 00:46:26,480
on solid ground for the first time in

1210
00:46:31,670 --> 00:46:29,359
six months yeah and you said they go to

1211
00:46:34,150 --> 00:46:31,680
a health facility after they come back

1212
00:46:36,069 --> 00:46:34,160
correct yes and that's actually on board

1213
00:46:38,230 --> 00:46:36,079
the boat itself so they don't have to

1214
00:46:39,829 --> 00:46:38,240
wait for any health care and it could

1215
00:46:42,870 --> 00:46:39,839
just be that maybe they're

1216
00:46:44,950 --> 00:46:42,880
you know feeling the effects of gravity

1217
00:46:46,790 --> 00:46:44,960
for sure so uh they're they're just

1218
00:46:49,030 --> 00:46:46,800
there to do those routine health checks

1219
00:46:51,589 --> 00:46:49,040
and make sure that everyone's feeling as

1220
00:46:54,870 --> 00:46:51,599
best as they can

1221
00:46:57,190 --> 00:46:54,880
once again we are in that expected loss

1222
00:46:59,109 --> 00:46:57,200
of signal period that communications

1223
00:47:00,309 --> 00:46:59,119
blackout period we're expecting this to

1224
00:47:03,109 --> 00:47:00,319
last

1225
00:47:05,030 --> 00:47:03,119
another three minutes or so

1226
00:47:07,430 --> 00:47:05,040
the crew is re-entering the earth's

1227
00:47:08,829 --> 00:47:07,440
atmosphere the heat shield is helping to

1228
00:47:11,829 --> 00:47:08,839
slow them down

1229
00:47:14,550 --> 00:47:11,839
significantly they're going from 17

1230
00:47:15,589 --> 00:47:14,560
500 miles per hour roughly they're about

1231
00:47:18,630 --> 00:47:15,599
to

1232
00:47:21,190 --> 00:47:18,640
350 miles per hour so that heat shield

1233
00:47:23,750 --> 00:47:21,200
is doing lots of work right now

1234
00:47:25,670 --> 00:47:23,760
of course when we saw the capsule

1235
00:47:27,190 --> 00:47:25,680
the dragon endurance docked with the

1236
00:47:28,870 --> 00:47:27,200
space station

1237
00:47:30,549 --> 00:47:28,880
all throughout the last six months it

1238
00:47:31,910 --> 00:47:30,559
was you know this

1239
00:47:33,670 --> 00:47:31,920
brilliant white

1240
00:47:35,990 --> 00:47:33,680
that will not be the case the next time

1241
00:47:38,150 --> 00:47:36,000
that we see dragon endurance

1242
00:47:40,390 --> 00:47:38,160
it will certainly come back with a

1243
00:47:42,390 --> 00:47:40,400
little bit of charring on it from the

1244
00:47:44,390 --> 00:47:42,400
that thermal protection system doing its

1245
00:47:47,589 --> 00:47:44,400
job of protecting the structural

1246
00:47:48,950 --> 00:47:47,599
integrity of the capsule during re-entry

1247
00:47:51,270 --> 00:47:48,960
to me it looks a little bit like a

1248
00:47:53,750 --> 00:47:51,280
toasted marshmallow absolutely

1249
00:47:56,150 --> 00:47:53,760
but we keep the capsule white while on

1250
00:47:57,910 --> 00:47:56,160
orbit because that helps reflect some of

1251
00:47:59,990 --> 00:47:57,920
that heat that's coming from the sun of

1252
00:48:01,589 --> 00:48:00,000
course there's no atmosphere to to

1253
00:48:05,109 --> 00:48:01,599
dissipate any of that heat and so it's

1254
00:48:06,390 --> 00:48:05,119
in direct sunlight um 45 minutes every

1255
00:48:08,870 --> 00:48:06,400
day or every

1256
00:48:11,430 --> 00:48:08,880
uh rotation of the earth so

1257
00:48:13,030 --> 00:48:11,440
that helps keep the capsule cool

1258
00:48:14,950 --> 00:48:13,040
the same thing on the trunk we we

1259
00:48:16,790 --> 00:48:14,960
jettisoned the trunk earlier today that

1260
00:48:18,710 --> 00:48:16,800
will burn up upon reentry into the

1261
00:48:21,190 --> 00:48:18,720
atmosphere

1262
00:48:23,270 --> 00:48:21,200
only the capsule portion is coming home

1263
00:48:25,030 --> 00:48:23,280
uh so the vehicle is running on battery

1264
00:48:27,109 --> 00:48:25,040
power everything has moved really

1265
00:48:30,069 --> 00:48:27,119
smoothly so far and we're just about a

1266
00:48:32,390 --> 00:48:30,079
minute away until we expect acquisition

1267
00:48:35,270 --> 00:48:32,400
of signal from the crew dragon vehicle

1268
00:48:37,430 --> 00:48:35,280
yeah now once the crew splashes down as

1269
00:48:39,829 --> 00:48:37,440
we said before the recovery vessel will

1270
00:48:40,870 --> 00:48:39,839
move into place and retrieve them from

1271
00:48:42,950 --> 00:48:40,880
the water

1272
00:48:44,710 --> 00:48:42,960
a hydraulic lift will

1273
00:48:47,270 --> 00:48:44,720
basically pick them up and set them into

1274
00:48:48,790 --> 00:48:47,280
the nest or the cradle on the boat and

1275
00:49:04,309 --> 00:48:48,800
then that cradle

1276
00:49:04,319 --> 00:49:09,910
dragon spacex com check

1277
00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:16,069
dragon has yours

1278
00:49:16,079 --> 00:49:27,589
to hear from you

1279
00:49:32,230 --> 00:49:29,589
so as you just heard we had confirmation

1280
00:49:34,470 --> 00:49:32,240
from commander raj achary

1281
00:49:39,190 --> 00:49:34,480
dragon spacex expect automated shoot

1282
00:49:42,630 --> 00:49:41,030
endurance happy is expecting automated

1283
00:49:45,589 --> 00:49:42,640
speed support for decided gps

1284
00:49:47,430 --> 00:49:45,599
requisition

1285
00:49:53,109 --> 00:49:47,440
we see the same expect deployment at

1286
00:49:57,990 --> 00:49:55,430
so there's our first view of dragon

1287
00:50:00,150 --> 00:49:58,000
endurance making its re-entry to planet

1288
00:50:02,069 --> 00:50:00,160
earth

1289
00:50:03,990 --> 00:50:02,079
six months in space

1290
00:50:05,190 --> 00:50:04,000
and this is the first time that these uh

1291
00:50:07,109 --> 00:50:05,200
crew members

1292
00:50:08,069 --> 00:50:07,119
have been in earth's atmosphere in that

1293
00:50:09,990 --> 00:50:08,079
time

1294
00:50:11,750 --> 00:50:10,000
as you just heard we're standing by for

1295
00:50:13,670 --> 00:50:11,760
drug parachute deploy so those two

1296
00:50:15,750 --> 00:50:13,680
drogue shoots the crew members will

1297
00:50:17,990 --> 00:50:15,760
probably feel a little bit of a jolt

1298
00:50:20,069 --> 00:50:18,000
as those deploy but that's why they are

1299
00:50:22,470 --> 00:50:20,079
strapped in their seats safely

1300
00:50:24,309 --> 00:50:22,480
those custom fitted seats

1301
00:50:27,270 --> 00:50:24,319
and after the drugs deploy it'll slow

1302
00:50:29,510 --> 00:50:27,280
the capsule to about 350 miles per hour

1303
00:50:32,950 --> 00:50:29,520
before we see the four main parachutes

1304
00:50:35,510 --> 00:50:32,960
deploy and slow it down to about 15

1305
00:50:37,510 --> 00:50:35,520
at the point it'll splash down in the

1306
00:50:39,750 --> 00:50:37,520
ocean off the coast of tampa

1307
00:50:41,750 --> 00:50:39,760
yeah now right now or it may have

1308
00:50:44,069 --> 00:50:41,760
already happened the seats that the crew

1309
00:50:47,109 --> 00:50:44,079
members are in um actually automatically

1310
00:50:49,510 --> 00:50:47,119
rotate to 26 automatically rotate 26

1311
00:50:52,870 --> 00:50:49,520
degrees in order to keep the crew within

1312
00:50:55,430 --> 00:50:52,880
the acceptable g limits for entry and

1313
00:50:57,190 --> 00:50:55,440
landing as i mentioned before if we

1314
00:50:59,349 --> 00:50:57,200
didn't have these drogue shoots which

1315
00:51:01,270 --> 00:50:59,359
they deploy around 18 000 feet so we're

1316
00:51:02,309 --> 00:51:01,280
expecting to see those pop out any

1317
00:51:04,230 --> 00:51:02,319
moment

1318
00:51:05,430 --> 00:51:04,240
without those drogue shoots we would

1319
00:51:17,270 --> 00:51:05,440
have to make

1320
00:51:21,990 --> 00:51:19,670
so without these drug shoots we'd have

1321
00:51:24,710 --> 00:51:22,000
to make the main parachutes three times

1322
00:51:26,950 --> 00:51:24,720
stronger and heavier

1323
00:51:29,190 --> 00:51:26,960
expecting those strokes to deploy any

1324
00:51:30,630 --> 00:51:29,200
moment

1325
00:51:32,950 --> 00:51:30,640
and of course those strokes deploy

1326
00:51:34,630 --> 00:51:32,960
automatically but if uh if needed the

1327
00:51:38,150 --> 00:51:34,640
crew can deploy them manually they have

1328
00:51:40,150 --> 00:51:38,160
a hardline button in the capsule

1329
00:51:45,109 --> 00:51:40,160
it's beneath their display where they

1330
00:51:48,870 --> 00:51:46,790
of course after the drogue shoots deploy

1331
00:51:51,510 --> 00:51:48,880
we'll see those main parachutes which

1332
00:51:54,150 --> 00:51:51,520
help to further decelerate the vehicle

1333
00:51:59,109 --> 00:51:54,160
and allow it to make a soft landing

1334
00:52:04,309 --> 00:52:02,630
great image of those strokes deploying

1335
00:52:07,829 --> 00:52:04,319
all right looks like we have two healthy

1336
00:52:07,839 --> 00:52:12,870
and there

1337
00:52:18,710 --> 00:52:14,870
copy we see the same descent right

1338
00:52:23,750 --> 00:52:20,549
and if you noticed as those drugs were

1339
00:52:28,630 --> 00:52:26,549
the drugs didn't open up to that full

1340
00:52:30,390 --> 00:52:28,640
size you saw all the way at first it's

1341
00:52:32,069 --> 00:52:30,400
called reefing

1342
00:52:33,990 --> 00:52:32,079
they open up more slowly so that it's

1343
00:52:36,230 --> 00:52:34,000
not as big of a jolt to the capsule and

1344
00:52:37,430 --> 00:52:36,240
to the parachute system

1345
00:52:39,750 --> 00:52:37,440
and again these will help slow the

1346
00:52:45,270 --> 00:52:39,760
capsule to 350 miles per hour which

1347
00:52:55,349 --> 00:52:47,829
there we can see the deployment of those

1348
00:53:01,910 --> 00:52:58,230
the vehicle's velocity is about 119

1349
00:53:03,589 --> 00:53:01,920
miles per hour yeah spacex dragon we see

1350
00:53:05,430 --> 00:53:03,599
four shooters we could distinctly feel

1351
00:53:07,190 --> 00:53:05,440
the two difference it looks like none of

1352
00:53:08,710 --> 00:53:07,200
each other

1353
00:53:10,630 --> 00:53:08,720
yeah that reefing action that you just

1354
00:53:12,950 --> 00:53:10,640
mentioned uh

1355
00:53:17,910 --> 00:53:12,960
playing out right in front of us

1356
00:53:17,920 --> 00:53:21,349
excellent views here

1357
00:53:25,910 --> 00:53:23,990
four main parachutes these are the uh

1358
00:53:29,109 --> 00:53:25,920
last big physical change we'll see for

1359
00:53:30,950 --> 00:53:29,119
dragon as it continues its descent

1360
00:53:33,990 --> 00:53:30,960
it will slow the capsule down to about

1361
00:53:35,510 --> 00:53:34,000
15 miles per hour before splashing down

1362
00:53:37,430 --> 00:53:35,520
and teams are in position they're

1363
00:53:39,270 --> 00:53:37,440
they're moving their way closer to where

1364
00:53:41,910 --> 00:53:39,280
the dragon will splash down again we'll

1365
00:53:43,750 --> 00:53:41,920
have some fast boats that will um

1366
00:53:45,349 --> 00:53:43,760
approach the capsule first ensure it's

1367
00:53:47,990 --> 00:53:45,359
safe for the

1368
00:53:49,910 --> 00:53:48,000
recovery ship to approach

1369
00:53:51,829 --> 00:53:49,920
and within an hour of these crew members

1370
00:53:54,950 --> 00:53:51,839
splashing down on earth we expect to see

1371
00:54:03,109 --> 00:53:54,960
them uh

1372
00:54:08,230 --> 00:54:05,190
now for those that might not be familiar

1373
00:54:10,549 --> 00:54:08,240
uh with dragon itself over the lifespan

1374
00:54:12,630 --> 00:54:10,559
of the dragon program we've had great

1375
00:54:14,549 --> 00:54:12,640
success with um water landing which is

1376
00:54:17,670 --> 00:54:14,559
what we are attempting today

1377
00:54:18,950 --> 00:54:17,680
um we've ha with uh 25 successful

1378
00:54:19,990 --> 00:54:18,960
splashdowns

1379
00:54:23,030 --> 00:54:20,000
um

1380
00:54:28,470 --> 00:54:25,829
copy 600

1381
00:54:30,790 --> 00:54:28,480
and we do that water landing uh because

1382
00:54:32,630 --> 00:54:30,800
it's simpler therefore more reliable

1383
00:54:34,710 --> 00:54:32,640
provides more margin against unlikely

1384
00:54:36,950 --> 00:54:34,720
parachute issues

1385
00:54:39,510 --> 00:54:36,960
now we did have to make how we did have

1386
00:54:41,510 --> 00:54:39,520
to learn how to make dragon waterproof

1387
00:54:45,349 --> 00:54:41,520
but once you do that it's very much a

1388
00:54:48,069 --> 00:54:45,359
rinse review reuse type process

1389
00:54:50,710 --> 00:54:48,079
and splashing down is um not necessarily

1390
00:54:53,990 --> 00:54:50,720
a new technique 400 meters

1391
00:54:55,990 --> 00:54:54,000
copy 400 only 400 meters so getting

1392
00:54:58,230 --> 00:54:56,000
getting closer and closer back to planet

1393
00:54:59,829 --> 00:54:58,240
earth um but splashing down is also how

1394
00:55:03,270 --> 00:54:59,839
the apollo astronauts returned to

1395
00:55:05,030 --> 00:55:03,280
absolutely so this capsule is um

1396
00:55:07,109 --> 00:55:05,040
not just similar to

1397
00:55:09,270 --> 00:55:07,119
to this design works very well i should

1398
00:55:11,349 --> 00:55:09,280
say the capsule design when it comes to

1399
00:55:13,430 --> 00:55:11,359
ablating heat as well as protecting crew

1400
00:55:15,430 --> 00:55:13,440
members

1401
00:55:18,710 --> 00:55:15,440
and a very smooth ride home so far for

1402
00:55:27,829 --> 00:55:18,720
our astronauts 200 meters racing

1403
00:55:34,470 --> 00:55:30,309
the teams are about three nautical miles

1404
00:55:35,910 --> 00:55:34,480
away from the splashtown site so

1405
00:55:37,750 --> 00:55:35,920
it's going to take them a little bit of

1406
00:55:40,069 --> 00:55:37,760
time to get there in terms of the large

1407
00:55:42,390 --> 00:55:40,079
vessel but there is a fast boat as we

1408
00:55:43,750 --> 00:55:42,400
call it um that will be able to get to

1409
00:55:45,990 --> 00:55:43,760
the capsule

1410
00:55:50,710 --> 00:55:46,000
very very quickly as we will see here in

1411
00:55:50,720 --> 00:55:54,470
once again

1412
00:56:00,900 --> 00:55:56,069
all right as you can see there on your

1413
00:56:00,910 --> 00:56:08,390
[Applause]

1414
00:56:12,390 --> 00:56:10,230
crew has splashed down

1415
00:56:15,270 --> 00:56:12,400
in the gulf of mexico off the coast of

1416
00:56:19,910 --> 00:56:16,870
so right now dragon is on behalf of the

1417
00:56:21,510 --> 00:56:19,920
entire spacex team welcome home

1418
00:56:23,030 --> 00:56:21,520
the coleman

1419
00:56:24,870 --> 00:56:23,040
it's been an absolute honor to support

1420
00:56:30,309 --> 00:56:24,880
you on your mission endurance crew and

1421
00:56:33,589 --> 00:56:31,750
thanks sarah we're glad to be back

1422
00:56:35,430 --> 00:56:33,599
thanks for letting us take uh endurance

1423
00:56:37,190 --> 00:56:35,440
on a shakedown cruise looking forward to

1424
00:56:39,990 --> 00:56:37,200
watching many more flights of endurance

1425
00:56:41,670 --> 00:56:40,000
in the future that was a a great ride uh

1426
00:56:43,589 --> 00:56:41,680
and enjoyed working with the national

1427
00:56:49,270 --> 00:56:43,599
spacex team so for getting us to the

1428
00:56:49,280 --> 00:56:55,349
appreciate the words raja

1429
00:57:00,309 --> 00:56:57,990
as you can see on your screen we have

1430
00:57:02,950 --> 00:57:00,319
that visual confirmation and verbal

1431
00:57:05,510 --> 00:57:02,960
confirmation for splashdown of the

1432
00:57:08,230 --> 00:57:05,520
dragon spacecraft dragon endurance has

1433
00:57:11,430 --> 00:57:08,240
returned home and nasa astronauts raja

1434
00:57:14,390 --> 00:57:11,440
tom kayla and matthias are back on earth

1435
00:57:16,309 --> 00:57:14,400
after a 23 and a half hour return

1436
00:57:18,150 --> 00:57:16,319
journey from space

1437
00:57:20,069 --> 00:57:18,160
now as i mentioned before the spacex

1438
00:57:22,150 --> 00:57:20,079
recovery ship and team has been waiting

1439
00:57:24,150 --> 00:57:22,160
for dragon splashdown and they will now

1440
00:57:26,789 --> 00:57:24,160
make their way to the splashdown

1441
00:57:28,950 --> 00:57:26,799
location and that splashdown came at 9

1442
00:57:33,750 --> 00:57:28,960
40. spacex endurance feels like we're in

1443
00:57:33,760 --> 00:57:51,910
copy that and we see the same

1444
00:57:51,920 --> 00:57:59,349
and you have a go for raising risers

1445
00:58:05,430 --> 00:58:01,829
again splashdown coming at 9 43 p.m

1446
00:58:08,230 --> 00:58:05,440
pacific time that's 12 43 a.m on may the

1447
00:58:09,990 --> 00:58:08,240
6th in eastern time where the crew has

1448
00:58:11,910 --> 00:58:10,000
splashed down

1449
00:58:13,829 --> 00:58:11,920
stable one which you just heard the core

1450
00:58:15,670 --> 00:58:13,839
call to the crew means that the vehicle

1451
00:58:17,349 --> 00:58:15,680
is upright they've received the go to

1452
00:58:19,670 --> 00:58:17,359
raise their visors and they're now

1453
00:58:21,990 --> 00:58:19,680
waiting for those boats to approach and

1454
00:58:23,910 --> 00:58:22,000
help pull the capsule

1455
00:58:25,670 --> 00:58:23,920
up to the recovery ship once it arrives

1456
00:58:27,270 --> 00:58:25,680
so the teams have been ready and waiting

1457
00:58:29,190 --> 00:58:27,280
they're about three nautical miles away

1458
00:58:31,750 --> 00:58:29,200
so it takes around 30 minutes to make

1459
00:58:34,230 --> 00:58:31,760
their way to raja tom kayla and matthias

1460
00:58:36,870 --> 00:58:34,240
inside dragon

1461
00:58:39,750 --> 00:58:36,880
now right after splashdown um dragon

1462
00:58:41,750 --> 00:58:39,760
actually cuts its parachute lines um

1463
00:58:43,829 --> 00:58:41,760
that is help that's to make sure that

1464
00:58:45,670 --> 00:58:43,839
the dragon capsule isn't pulled in the

1465
00:58:47,030 --> 00:58:45,680
water if there is a little bit of wind

1466
00:58:48,710 --> 00:58:47,040
um if the parachutes were to pick up

1467
00:58:51,430 --> 00:58:48,720
some of that wind so dragon immediately

1468
00:58:53,270 --> 00:58:51,440
cut those parachute lines the teams will

1469
00:58:55,109 --> 00:58:53,280
attempt to recover them

1470
00:58:56,549 --> 00:58:55,119
from the water

1471
00:58:59,589 --> 00:58:56,559
the other thing

1472
00:59:01,510 --> 00:58:59,599
that dragon does is it intakes a tiny

1473
00:59:03,829 --> 00:59:01,520
bit of that

1474
00:59:06,309 --> 00:59:03,839
ocean water intentionally to help

1475
00:59:08,150 --> 00:59:06,319
stabilize uh the capsules so there's a

1476
00:59:10,470 --> 00:59:08,160
couple of pumps at the bottom that

1477
00:59:11,990 --> 00:59:10,480
basically flow a tiny bit of that ocean

1478
00:59:14,309 --> 00:59:12,000
water into

1479
00:59:16,230 --> 00:59:14,319
designated balloons basically

1480
00:59:18,630 --> 00:59:16,240
to help stabilize the capsule that

1481
00:59:21,349 --> 00:59:18,640
allows for the recovery team

1482
00:59:23,349 --> 00:59:21,359
to make a safer recovery and also allows

1483
00:59:25,109 --> 00:59:23,359
the crew to bob around a little bit less

1484
00:59:27,510 --> 00:59:25,119
while they're in the water waiting but

1485
00:59:28,710 --> 00:59:27,520
we can see there that the seas are

1486
00:59:30,630 --> 00:59:28,720
really fair

1487
00:59:32,870 --> 00:59:30,640
as we heard

1488
00:59:35,109 --> 00:59:32,880
a little while ago the the last reading

1489
00:59:38,549 --> 00:59:35,119
that we had were half foot waves and

1490
00:59:39,990 --> 00:59:38,559
that looks to be relatively true now

1491
00:59:42,150 --> 00:59:40,000
yes i don't know if you could ask for

1492
00:59:44,630 --> 00:59:42,160
better weather uh just to look ahead at

1493
00:59:46,950 --> 00:59:44,640
some of the things that are coming

1494
00:59:50,470 --> 00:59:46,960
dragon spacex com check over the boat

1495
00:59:50,480 --> 00:59:58,630
endurance has been cleared

1496
01:00:02,390 --> 01:00:00,789
looking ahead um after the splashdown

1497
01:00:05,270 --> 01:00:02,400
mission control hawthorne can give the

1498
01:00:06,549 --> 01:00:05,280
go for safe to safe approach uh and then

1499
01:00:08,789 --> 01:00:06,559
the approach boats that we've talked

1500
01:00:10,390 --> 01:00:08,799
about will begin inspections

1501
01:00:12,789 --> 01:00:10,400
they're checking for hyper galls which

1502
01:00:15,270 --> 01:00:12,799
are those um noxious fumes that can come

1503
01:00:17,670 --> 01:00:15,280
off the vehicle after those ordinance

1504
01:00:20,470 --> 01:00:17,680
and hypergol checks are complete

1505
01:00:22,549 --> 01:00:20,480
we will see dragon be rigged up which

1506
01:00:24,789 --> 01:00:22,559
means it'll be ready for pickup once the

1507
01:00:26,390 --> 01:00:24,799
recovery ship arrives arrives so that

1508
01:00:28,230 --> 01:00:26,400
usually happens again about 30 minutes

1509
01:00:30,549 --> 01:00:28,240
after splashdown

1510
01:00:32,309 --> 01:00:30,559
and then they'll begin to lift dragon

1511
01:00:34,230 --> 01:00:32,319
onto the deck that takes just a couple

1512
01:00:36,150 --> 01:00:34,240
of minutes and once they have lifted

1513
01:00:38,230 --> 01:00:36,160
dragon into the nest and pulled it

1514
01:00:40,950 --> 01:00:38,240
toward the

1515
01:00:43,829 --> 01:00:40,960
recovery platform we will see the hatch

1516
01:00:46,069 --> 01:00:43,839
open and our crew 3 astronauts take

1517
01:00:48,390 --> 01:00:46,079
their first breath of

1518
01:00:50,710 --> 01:00:48,400
fresh earth air yeah for the first time

1519
01:00:53,190 --> 01:00:50,720
in six months yeah once that side hatch

1520
01:00:55,109 --> 01:00:53,200
is opened uh that's the first time it's

1521
01:00:58,390 --> 01:00:55,119
been opened since

1522
01:01:00,630 --> 01:00:58,400
liftoff since launch day of course the

1523
01:01:02,549 --> 01:01:00,640
crew uses the forward hatch which is

1524
01:01:04,390 --> 01:01:02,559
located under the nose cone at the very

1525
01:01:06,470 --> 01:01:04,400
top of the capsule

1526
01:01:08,150 --> 01:01:06,480
they use that forward hatch to

1527
01:01:10,150 --> 01:01:08,160
get in and out of the space station but

1528
01:01:12,630 --> 01:01:10,160
it's that side hatch that is utilized

1529
01:01:15,109 --> 01:01:12,640
for ingress and egress or to get in and

1530
01:01:16,870 --> 01:01:15,119
out of the capsule while it's on earth

1531
01:01:18,789 --> 01:01:16,880
so yeah when that side hatch opens it's

1532
01:01:20,950 --> 01:01:18,799
the first time it's been open since they

1533
01:01:23,589 --> 01:01:20,960
launched in november

1534
01:01:25,510 --> 01:01:23,599
dragon spacex we are go for recovery

1535
01:01:27,829 --> 01:01:25,520
personnel to approach you can expect

1536
01:01:31,109 --> 01:01:27,839
personnel alongside in approximately one

1537
01:01:37,030 --> 01:01:33,270
and there's copies

1538
01:01:42,150 --> 01:01:38,630
all right those fast boats have gotten

1539
01:01:44,710 --> 01:01:42,160
to go to move toward the vehicle

1540
01:01:47,349 --> 01:01:44,720
yeah so we're now excitedly awaiting the

1541
01:01:50,069 --> 01:01:47,359
recovery of our dragon spacecraft with

1542
01:01:53,430 --> 01:01:50,079
nasa astronauts raja tom kayla and

1543
01:01:55,670 --> 01:01:53,440
matthias inside dragon has already

1544
01:01:58,549 --> 01:01:55,680
autonomously completed several steps to

1545
01:02:00,950 --> 01:01:58,559
safe itself following splashdown

1546
01:02:03,270 --> 01:02:00,960
as you can see there it is patiently

1547
01:02:04,150 --> 01:02:03,280
waiting in the water for that recovery

1548
01:02:06,230 --> 01:02:04,160
team

1549
01:02:08,950 --> 01:02:06,240
now for those of you just joining us the

1550
01:02:12,069 --> 01:02:08,960
mission has gone really smoothly so far

1551
01:02:14,950 --> 01:02:12,079
um dragons just successfully uh splashed

1552
01:02:16,309 --> 01:02:14,960
down in the gulf of mexico off the coast

1553
01:02:19,029 --> 01:02:16,319
of tampa

1554
01:02:21,670 --> 01:02:19,039
just a little bit ago and as you just

1555
01:02:23,990 --> 01:02:21,680
heard we got the okay from the teams to

1556
01:02:26,870 --> 01:02:24,000
begin the approach yes that splashdown

1557
01:02:29,510 --> 01:02:26,880
coming at 9 43 p.m pacific

1558
01:02:32,069 --> 01:02:29,520
but approximately 23 and a half hours

1559
01:02:34,309 --> 01:02:32,079
ago dragon autonomously undocked from

1560
01:02:36,630 --> 01:02:34,319
the space station and a good look there

1561
01:02:38,549 --> 01:02:36,640
those fast boats dragon spacex request

1562
01:02:42,630 --> 01:02:38,559
permission to come on board via display

1563
01:02:49,109 --> 01:02:45,990
yeah you guys are welcome on board

1564
01:02:50,549 --> 01:02:49,119
copy that and work

1565
01:02:52,630 --> 01:02:50,559
now the crew right now are still in

1566
01:02:54,470 --> 01:02:52,640
their seats this is similar to

1567
01:02:55,990 --> 01:02:54,480
when you arrive on an airplane you have

1568
01:02:57,430 --> 01:02:56,000
landed on the tarmac but you're not at

1569
01:03:00,470 --> 01:02:57,440
the gate yet you don't want to take off

1570
01:03:02,470 --> 01:03:00,480
those seat belts just yet uh so they are

1571
01:03:04,309 --> 01:03:02,480
allowing the teams here in hawthorne to

1572
01:03:06,230 --> 01:03:04,319
take a look inside the vehicle as these

1573
01:03:08,230 --> 01:03:06,240
fast boats approach

1574
01:03:09,910 --> 01:03:08,240
but just a look back at yesterday we saw

1575
01:03:12,069 --> 01:03:09,920
them undock from the space station and

1576
01:03:13,990 --> 01:03:12,079
complete a series of departure burns

1577
01:03:17,109 --> 01:03:14,000
they jettisoned the trucks endurance

1578
01:03:18,470 --> 01:03:17,119
we've got tally recovery lights and uh

1579
01:03:20,470 --> 01:03:18,480
only one complaint is these water

1580
01:03:24,069 --> 01:03:20,480
bottles are super heavy

1581
01:03:28,710 --> 01:03:24,079
[Laughter]

1582
01:03:31,990 --> 01:03:30,549
raj of course making a gravity joke

1583
01:03:34,150 --> 01:03:32,000
there

1584
01:03:35,589 --> 01:03:34,160
yeah for the first time in uh six months

1585
01:03:38,309 --> 01:03:35,599
everything has a little more weight to

1586
01:03:39,750 --> 01:03:38,319
it now that they're back in 1g

1587
01:03:41,430 --> 01:03:39,760
on earth

1588
01:03:42,309 --> 01:03:41,440
but today we saw them jettison that

1589
01:03:44,150 --> 01:03:42,319
trunk

1590
01:03:45,589 --> 01:03:44,160
section and perform the final burn that

1591
01:03:47,589 --> 01:03:45,599
the orbit burn

1592
01:03:49,510 --> 01:03:47,599
very shortly ago to place them on the

1593
01:03:50,870 --> 01:03:49,520
trajectory we had them toward the gulf

1594
01:03:52,309 --> 01:03:50,880
of mexico

1595
01:03:53,510 --> 01:03:52,319
they successfully re-entered the earth's

1596
01:03:55,109 --> 01:03:53,520
atmosphere

1597
01:03:57,270 --> 01:03:55,119
made it through that entry interface

1598
01:03:59,270 --> 01:03:57,280
which we had that loss of calm

1599
01:04:01,589 --> 01:03:59,280
as we expected and then regained shortly

1600
01:04:03,670 --> 01:04:01,599
after and then the deployment of the

1601
01:04:06,069 --> 01:04:03,680
parachute which slowed the spacecraft

1602
01:04:08,150 --> 01:04:06,079
down to a gentle splashdown we had

1603
01:04:09,670 --> 01:04:08,160
amazing views of that tonight and so

1604
01:04:12,230 --> 01:04:09,680
we're now following the final part of

1605
01:04:13,750 --> 01:04:12,240
raja tom kayla and matthias journey as

1606
01:04:15,990 --> 01:04:13,760
dragon is lifted out of the water and

1607
01:04:18,150 --> 01:04:16,000
placed on the recovery boat not there

1608
01:04:20,230 --> 01:04:18,160
quite yet but uh

1609
01:04:23,190 --> 01:04:20,240
sooner than later yeah

1610
01:04:25,670 --> 01:04:23,200
as i said before the upon detection of

1611
01:04:28,150 --> 01:04:25,680
landing dragon automatically releases

1612
01:04:30,549 --> 01:04:28,160
the main parachutes to prevent wind from

1613
01:04:33,109 --> 01:04:30,559
pulling on the spacecraft dragon then

1614
01:04:35,829 --> 01:04:33,119
autonomously safes any pyrotechnics that

1615
01:04:37,670 --> 01:04:35,839
are still present on the vehicle and may

1616
01:04:38,829 --> 01:04:37,680
automatically perform additional minor

1617
01:04:40,870 --> 01:04:38,839
system

1618
01:04:43,670 --> 01:04:40,880
reconfigurations as leah mentioned the

1619
01:04:46,950 --> 01:04:43,680
astronauts remain remain seated in in

1620
01:04:48,950 --> 01:04:46,960
their seats and they keep their suits on

1621
01:04:51,270 --> 01:04:48,960
but the onboard air conditioning keeps

1622
01:04:53,029 --> 01:04:51,280
the temperatures in check inside the

1623
01:04:54,950 --> 01:04:53,039
spacecraft nice and cool

1624
01:04:56,950 --> 01:04:54,960
and the communication systems on board

1625
01:05:00,950 --> 01:04:56,960
remain powered so the crew can continue

1626
01:05:02,549 --> 01:05:00,960
to communicate and make uh funny jokes

1627
01:05:03,990 --> 01:05:02,559
and of course this is a view inside the

1628
01:05:06,309 --> 01:05:04,000
capsule so

1629
01:05:08,630 --> 01:05:06,319
you can see rasha there on the left has

1630
01:05:10,870 --> 01:05:08,640
taken off his gloves still has his suits

1631
01:05:12,549 --> 01:05:10,880
on and has been able to raise his visor

1632
01:05:13,990 --> 01:05:12,559
um this is their first time back on

1633
01:05:16,309 --> 01:05:14,000
earth in six months and they're just

1634
01:05:18,549 --> 01:05:16,319
still monitoring the area around them we

1635
01:05:21,029 --> 01:05:18,559
heard them say that they had sights on

1636
01:05:22,789 --> 01:05:21,039
one of those fast boats spacex has two

1637
01:05:23,990 --> 01:05:22,799
fast boats in the recovery fleet and

1638
01:05:26,069 --> 01:05:24,000
they have moved quickly to the

1639
01:05:27,910 --> 01:05:26,079
splashdown point they are being followed

1640
01:05:30,069 --> 01:05:27,920
tonight by shannon the main recovery

1641
01:05:31,670 --> 01:05:30,079
vessel named after shannon walker nasa

1642
01:05:33,750 --> 01:05:31,680
astronaut

1643
01:05:35,910 --> 01:05:33,760
and that will move uh into the position

1644
01:05:37,910 --> 01:05:35,920
upwind of the spacecraft so here's a

1645
01:05:40,150 --> 01:05:37,920
good picture of those two fast boats

1646
01:05:42,230 --> 01:05:40,160
they both have very specific roles

1647
01:05:43,589 --> 01:05:42,240
the first approach is focused on

1648
01:05:45,589 --> 01:05:43,599
immediate safety inspection of the

1649
01:05:47,190 --> 01:05:45,599
capsule integrity and checking for any

1650
01:05:49,829 --> 01:05:47,200
presence of those hypergolic repellent

1651
01:05:51,829 --> 01:05:49,839
vapors making sure it's safe for shannon

1652
01:05:53,829 --> 01:05:51,839
the recovery boat to approach the dragon

1653
01:05:55,430 --> 01:05:53,839
spacecraft so once the capsule is

1654
01:05:57,349 --> 01:05:55,440
cleared for full approach the team

1655
01:05:59,910 --> 01:05:57,359
begins rigging the capsule for water

1656
01:06:01,670 --> 01:05:59,920
recovery by the recovery ship meanwhile

1657
01:06:03,349 --> 01:06:01,680
the second fast boat which you can see

1658
01:06:05,829 --> 01:06:03,359
in the background is responsible for

1659
01:06:07,589 --> 01:06:05,839
parachute recovery and it also serves as

1660
01:06:09,750 --> 01:06:07,599
a redundant boat to the first we love

1661
01:06:11,109 --> 01:06:09,760
having a backup for everything

1662
01:06:13,510 --> 01:06:11,119
and we'll also see a team member on a

1663
01:06:18,870 --> 01:06:13,520
jet ski helping to gather up the now

1664
01:06:23,190 --> 01:06:21,029
as we said the recovery vessel shannon

1665
01:06:24,549 --> 01:06:23,200
it's making its way it's not as fast as

1666
01:06:25,430 --> 01:06:24,559
the fast boats

1667
01:06:27,510 --> 01:06:25,440
so

1668
01:06:29,990 --> 01:06:27,520
but what the folks are doing there on

1669
01:06:32,470 --> 01:06:30,000
the fast boat whenever they begin when

1670
01:06:35,589 --> 01:06:32,480
whenever they do the initial approach

1671
01:06:38,470 --> 01:06:35,599
they actually perform tests to make sure

1672
01:06:40,069 --> 01:06:38,480
that the hypergolic propellants

1673
01:06:41,750 --> 01:06:40,079
the vapors from those propellants are

1674
01:06:44,950 --> 01:06:41,760
not present

1675
01:06:48,789 --> 01:06:44,960
so the monomethyl hydrazine and the

1676
01:06:51,430 --> 01:06:48,799
nitrogen tetroxide mmh and nto

1677
01:06:53,349 --> 01:06:51,440
are toxic if you breathe them in and so

1678
01:06:56,069 --> 01:06:53,359
the crew the first thing they do when

1679
01:06:57,829 --> 01:06:56,079
they arrive they are wearing

1680
01:06:59,270 --> 01:06:57,839
safety gear so that they are not

1681
01:07:00,870 --> 01:06:59,280
breathing anything

1682
01:07:02,789 --> 01:07:00,880
and they have a device that is

1683
01:07:05,430 --> 01:07:02,799
performing checks to see

1684
01:07:06,390 --> 01:07:05,440
if any of those hyperbolic vapors are

1685
01:07:07,910 --> 01:07:06,400
present

1686
01:07:09,349 --> 01:07:07,920
when they get the all clear then they're

1687
01:07:12,630 --> 01:07:09,359
able to

1688
01:07:14,789 --> 01:07:12,640
further you know the recovery process

1689
01:07:16,789 --> 01:07:14,799
it'll take a little over 10 minutes for

1690
01:07:19,109 --> 01:07:16,799
the recovery crew to complete those

1691
01:07:21,589 --> 01:07:19,119
safety checks once complete the team

1692
01:07:24,630 --> 01:07:21,599
will begin preparing dragon to be lifted

1693
01:07:26,870 --> 01:07:24,640
uh into the recovery vessel as part of

1694
01:07:28,789 --> 01:07:26,880
the preparation for this for this lift

1695
01:07:31,430 --> 01:07:28,799
one member of the recovery team will

1696
01:07:33,270 --> 01:07:31,440
actually climb on top of the capsule so

1697
01:07:35,829 --> 01:07:33,280
that they can attach dragon's hoist

1698
01:07:38,230 --> 01:07:35,839
rings and connect the lifting rings

1699
01:07:39,670 --> 01:07:38,240
that's always really fun to see the i

1700
01:07:41,750 --> 01:07:39,680
promise you the amount of training that

1701
01:07:44,789 --> 01:07:41,760
that individual goes through is quite

1702
01:07:46,390 --> 01:07:44,799
extensive oh wow that's a great view

1703
01:07:47,910 --> 01:07:46,400
not thermal this time

1704
01:07:50,470 --> 01:07:47,920
beautiful colors there

1705
01:07:52,549 --> 01:07:50,480
with the uh the various lights that we

1706
01:07:54,150 --> 01:07:52,559
have going on you have a better view

1707
01:07:56,549 --> 01:07:54,160
the individual that

1708
01:07:58,470 --> 01:07:56,559
is actually on dragon capsule now that's

1709
01:08:00,309 --> 01:07:58,480
the person i was just talking about that

1710
01:08:02,309 --> 01:08:00,319
uh we'll be attaching

1711
01:08:04,470 --> 01:08:02,319
uh dragon's hoist rings and connect the

1712
01:08:06,230 --> 01:08:04,480
lifting lines uh so it'll take us less

1713
01:08:08,069 --> 01:08:06,240
than an hour to raise dragon to the

1714
01:08:10,470 --> 01:08:08,079
recovery boat and remove the crew from

1715
01:08:12,470 --> 01:08:10,480
the spacecraft as leah mentioned before

1716
01:08:15,750 --> 01:08:12,480
there's you know very standard medical

1717
01:08:18,630 --> 01:08:15,760
checkouts uh the crew will return to

1718
01:08:20,390 --> 01:08:18,640
land within four hours by helicopter

1719
01:08:22,070 --> 01:08:20,400
if no additional medical assistance is

1720
01:08:24,709 --> 01:08:22,080
needed the crew will board a waiting

1721
01:08:26,709 --> 01:08:24,719
nasa plane and depart for houston

1722
01:08:28,709 --> 01:08:26,719
now for matthias uh

1723
01:08:31,430 --> 01:08:28,719
the european space agency has a plane

1724
01:08:34,630 --> 01:08:31,440
that will take him to europe

1725
01:08:36,070 --> 01:08:34,640
so he really has a much further journey

1726
01:08:38,070 --> 01:08:36,080
to get home

1727
01:08:39,669 --> 01:08:38,080
those european flights are a little bit

1728
01:08:41,510 --> 01:08:39,679
longer yeah

1729
01:08:43,990 --> 01:08:41,520
once again that's a live view inside

1730
01:08:45,990 --> 01:08:44,000
dragon endurance dragon spacex hypervest

1731
01:08:48,789 --> 01:08:46,000
leaves and unfired ordinance checks were

1732
01:08:50,870 --> 01:08:48,799
nominal rigging is in progress

1733
01:08:53,910 --> 01:08:50,880
approximately seven minutes until

1734
01:08:58,789 --> 01:08:53,920
capsule lift standby for a pmc with the

1735
01:09:11,669 --> 01:09:00,550
and dragon copy

1736
01:09:15,669 --> 01:09:13,030
that person on the outside of the

1737
01:09:17,669 --> 01:09:15,679
capsule was uh rigging the castle

1738
01:09:20,070 --> 01:09:17,679
preparing for it to be lifted on to

1739
01:09:21,910 --> 01:09:20,080
shannon the recovery ship which is

1740
01:09:23,110 --> 01:09:21,920
getting closer and closer to picking up

1741
01:09:25,430 --> 01:09:23,120
the vehicle

1742
01:09:28,630 --> 01:09:25,440
we do have a nasa public affairs officer

1743
01:09:30,870 --> 01:09:28,640
from johnson space center uh in houston

1744
01:09:33,349 --> 01:09:30,880
texas that's on the v on the ship

1745
01:09:35,430 --> 01:09:33,359
tonight as well dragon the next call

1746
01:09:56,470 --> 01:09:35,440
will be on dragon to ground private with

1747
01:10:01,110 --> 01:09:59,110
the core calling to the crew that

1748
01:10:03,270 --> 01:10:01,120
they would have a call a private call so

1749
01:10:04,229 --> 01:10:03,280
we won't hear it here on the loops

1750
01:10:05,990 --> 01:10:04,239
with the

1751
01:10:08,149 --> 01:10:06,000
flight surgeon that's someone that they

1752
01:10:09,830 --> 01:10:08,159
can discuss how they're feeling with

1753
01:10:11,189 --> 01:10:09,840
ahead of those checks that they'll get

1754
01:10:13,510 --> 01:10:11,199
on the boat

1755
01:10:16,229 --> 01:10:13,520
but as i was mentioning we have shaniqua

1756
01:10:18,470 --> 01:10:16,239
vareen of nasa from johnson space center

1757
01:10:27,669 --> 01:10:18,480
and break break standby

1758
01:10:30,470 --> 01:10:28,790
and again they want to make sure they

1759
01:10:32,390 --> 01:10:30,480
privatize those loops it's like going to

1760
01:10:35,669 --> 01:10:32,400
the doctor's office it's not necessarily

1761
01:10:36,950 --> 01:10:35,679
everybody's business

1762
01:10:38,870 --> 01:10:36,960
so um

1763
01:10:40,950 --> 01:10:38,880
we have shaniquavarine of nasa from

1764
01:10:42,310 --> 01:10:40,960
johnson space center on the recovery

1765
01:10:44,070 --> 01:10:42,320
vessel tonight

1766
01:10:46,709 --> 01:10:44,080
like i said i got the opportunity to do

1767
01:10:48,470 --> 01:10:46,719
this and i i wonder if she had the same

1768
01:10:49,990 --> 01:10:48,480
experience as me so

1769
01:10:52,149 --> 01:10:50,000
there might be a bit of a delay she's

1770
01:10:54,310 --> 01:10:52,159
dialing in to speak with us from a

1771
01:10:56,070 --> 01:10:54,320
satellite phone being that they are

1772
01:10:58,950 --> 01:10:56,080
in the middle of the gulf of mexico off

1773
01:11:06,229 --> 01:10:58,960
the coast of tampa so just checking in

1774
01:11:11,189 --> 01:11:08,149
i can hear you leah hi how are you guys

1775
01:11:12,550 --> 01:11:11,199
today we are fantastic and thank you so

1776
01:11:20,310 --> 01:11:12,560
much for

1777
01:11:24,870 --> 01:11:22,870
no problem leah tonight has been nothing

1778
01:11:26,950 --> 01:11:24,880
sort of magical

1779
01:11:29,350 --> 01:11:26,960
just a short while ago the recovery team

1780
01:11:29,990 --> 01:11:29,360
and i watched crew dragon endurance as

1781
01:11:32,790 --> 01:11:30,000
an

1782
01:11:35,430 --> 01:11:32,800
atmosphere we also heard those two sonic

1783
01:11:37,350 --> 01:11:35,440
booms as the crew

1784
01:11:41,110 --> 01:11:37,360
appeared for their splashdown just a

1785
01:11:43,350 --> 01:11:41,120
short minute a few minutes later

1786
01:11:46,950 --> 01:11:43,360
we've had beautiful weather and flat and

1787
01:11:49,189 --> 01:11:46,960
calm seas about 78 degrees here and it's

1788
01:11:51,510 --> 01:11:49,199
been just i mean again magical we had

1789
01:11:54,630 --> 01:11:51,520
dolphins basically jumping and trimming

1790
01:11:56,149 --> 01:11:54,640
alongside the boat before we uh before

1791
01:11:59,270 --> 01:11:56,159
the cruise line right before the crew

1792
01:12:02,229 --> 01:12:01,430
didn't

1793
01:12:08,390 --> 01:12:02,239
and

1794
01:12:09,990 --> 01:12:08,400
the medical team there is basic medical

1795
01:12:13,590 --> 01:12:10,000
i was hoping

1796
01:12:16,310 --> 01:12:13,600
about uh some of the preparations that

1797
01:12:22,790 --> 01:12:16,320
have taken place uh to get the crew to

1798
01:12:28,070 --> 01:12:25,910
yes so uh preparations have been pretty

1799
01:12:30,630 --> 01:12:28,080
much going on all day

1800
01:12:33,270 --> 01:12:30,640
we've had two different teams come out

1801
01:12:35,189 --> 01:12:33,280
at different times

1802
01:12:37,510 --> 01:12:35,199
making sure the vote was prepared as

1803
01:12:39,270 --> 01:12:37,520
well as some medical days for the crew

1804
01:12:42,390 --> 01:12:39,280
as you guys mentioned they'll get

1805
01:12:44,950 --> 01:12:42,400
checked out as soon as they uh egress

1806
01:12:47,510 --> 01:12:44,960
the spacecraft they also deployed

1807
01:12:49,350 --> 01:12:47,520
weather balloons in advance to gauge

1808
01:12:50,390 --> 01:12:49,360
whether or not the wind speeds and such

1809
01:12:53,750 --> 01:12:50,400
were

1810
01:12:55,030 --> 01:12:53,760
ready for uh crew dragon to come through

1811
01:12:57,750 --> 01:12:55,040
so

1812
01:13:01,430 --> 01:12:57,760
there's been a lot of trucks here and uh

1813
01:13:09,750 --> 01:13:01,440
smash down was very nominal um and yeah

1814
01:13:14,229 --> 01:13:11,910
thank you so much for joining us from

1815
01:13:16,310 --> 01:13:14,239
the uh from shannon the recovery chef

1816
01:13:18,550 --> 01:13:16,320
out off the coast of tampa in the gulf

1817
01:13:21,590 --> 01:13:18,560
of mexico with a live view

1818
01:13:23,669 --> 01:13:21,600
in person of crew 3's return to earth

1819
01:13:25,510 --> 01:13:23,679
the first time in six months that these

1820
01:13:28,790 --> 01:13:25,520
astronauts have been back to our home

1821
01:13:33,510 --> 01:13:30,709
it must have been so cool to be able to

1822
01:13:34,950 --> 01:13:33,520
hear the double sonic boom from uh

1823
01:13:37,430 --> 01:13:34,960
re-entry

1824
01:13:40,390 --> 01:13:37,440
and to just see it streaking through the

1825
01:13:42,870 --> 01:13:40,400
sky now being on board

1826
01:13:45,350 --> 01:13:42,880
shannon she was about three nautical

1827
01:13:48,630 --> 01:13:45,360
miles away from the splashdown site

1828
01:13:49,990 --> 01:13:48,640
and it sounds far but it's not

1829
01:13:52,709 --> 01:13:50,000
no and at night time i know it's a

1830
01:13:55,030 --> 01:13:52,719
little more difficult for uh for depth

1831
01:13:57,270 --> 01:13:55,040
perception well that and for the crew on

1832
01:13:58,950 --> 01:13:57,280
the ship itself to be able to see the

1833
01:14:00,709 --> 01:13:58,960
parachutes i wasn't able to see them

1834
01:14:02,870 --> 01:14:00,719
whenever they were coming down so you

1835
01:14:04,470 --> 01:14:02,880
definitely get a special view here on

1836
01:14:06,070 --> 01:14:04,480
the webcast because we have those

1837
01:14:08,470 --> 01:14:06,080
thermal cameras

1838
01:14:12,709 --> 01:14:08,480
that can pick up on the vehicle even

1839
01:14:16,470 --> 01:14:14,709
and again we have had those fast boats

1840
01:14:18,229 --> 01:14:16,480
approach the vehicle

1841
01:14:20,630 --> 01:14:18,239
we're now waiting for shannon the

1842
01:14:28,709 --> 01:14:20,640
recovery ship to make its way closer to

1843
01:14:33,910 --> 01:14:30,870
as we mentioned before the

1844
01:14:34,950 --> 01:14:33,920
um team that is presently at the capsule

1845
01:14:37,270 --> 01:14:34,960
it's the

1846
01:14:39,270 --> 01:14:37,280
basically the fast boat team

1847
01:14:41,669 --> 01:14:39,280
they perform the initial safety checks

1848
01:14:44,950 --> 01:14:41,679
to make sure that the hypergolic uh

1849
01:14:47,030 --> 01:14:44,960
propellant fumes were not present and

1850
01:14:48,229 --> 01:14:47,040
once we got the all clear on there the

1851
01:14:49,110 --> 01:14:48,239
individual

1852
01:14:51,510 --> 01:14:49,120
that

1853
01:14:52,709 --> 01:14:51,520
is specially trained extensively trained

1854
01:14:55,110 --> 01:14:52,719
i should say

1855
01:14:57,910 --> 01:14:55,120
to actually climb on top of the dragon

1856
01:15:00,390 --> 01:14:57,920
capsule and attach all of the harnessing

1857
01:15:02,790 --> 01:15:00,400
and rigging necessary to

1858
01:15:05,510 --> 01:15:02,800
hoist dragon up onto the deck of the

1859
01:15:09,189 --> 01:15:05,520
recovery vessel that's all underway at

1860
01:15:13,270 --> 01:15:09,199
the moment and shannon is making her way

1861
01:15:15,110 --> 01:15:13,280
closer and closer to the splashdown site

1862
01:15:17,270 --> 01:15:15,120
and this is a live view inside the

1863
01:15:20,630 --> 01:15:17,280
capsule as

1864
01:15:24,229 --> 01:15:20,640
our four astronauts are awaiting their

1865
01:15:26,149 --> 01:15:24,239
final pickup for the night

1866
01:15:29,669 --> 01:15:26,159
and again they'll egress or exit that

1867
01:15:31,430 --> 01:15:29,679
side hatch it's uh directly in front if

1868
01:15:33,350 --> 01:15:31,440
you can see from this view down toward

1869
01:15:34,229 --> 01:15:33,360
the bottom of the screen the last time

1870
01:15:36,310 --> 01:15:34,239
they

1871
01:15:39,189 --> 01:15:36,320
used this hatch was six months ago when

1872
01:15:42,470 --> 01:15:39,199
they boarded crew dragon for ascent

1873
01:15:45,030 --> 01:15:42,480
toward the international space station

1874
01:15:47,990 --> 01:15:45,040
it was a smooth ride for dragon tonight

1875
01:15:50,229 --> 01:15:48,000
we saw the capsule

1876
01:15:52,310 --> 01:15:50,239
claw separate meaning the umbilicals

1877
01:15:54,310 --> 01:15:52,320
were detached and dragon was operating

1878
01:15:56,550 --> 01:15:54,320
on battery power and this happened

1879
01:15:57,750 --> 01:15:56,560
before the trunk was jettisoned that

1880
01:16:00,310 --> 01:15:57,760
trunk that

1881
01:16:02,229 --> 01:16:00,320
has the solar cells on board

1882
01:16:04,870 --> 01:16:02,239
that trunk burns up upon re-entry into

1883
01:16:07,590 --> 01:16:04,880
the atmosphere meanwhile the crew dragon

1884
01:16:08,550 --> 01:16:07,600
uses its heat shield to ablate some of

1885
01:16:15,590 --> 01:16:08,560
that

1886
01:16:17,830 --> 01:16:15,600
the earth's atmosphere we saw two

1887
01:16:20,390 --> 01:16:17,840
successful drogue parachutes

1888
01:16:22,950 --> 01:16:20,400
deploy slowing the vehicle to about 350

1889
01:16:25,669 --> 01:16:22,960
miles per hour and then those drogues

1890
01:16:27,990 --> 01:16:25,679
pulling out four full main parachutes

1891
01:16:30,470 --> 01:16:28,000
those as you mentioned iconic orange and

1892
01:16:32,630 --> 01:16:30,480
white parachutes hard to miss

1893
01:16:34,950 --> 01:16:32,640
and those slowed the capsule about 15

1894
01:16:37,669 --> 01:16:34,960
miles per hour until it splashed down

1895
01:16:39,910 --> 01:16:37,679
safely since then again we've had these

1896
01:16:42,310 --> 01:16:39,920
fast boats approaching they have checked

1897
01:16:44,149 --> 01:16:42,320
the capsule for hypergolic fuels to make

1898
01:16:46,709 --> 01:16:44,159
sure it's safe for the recovery vessel

1899
01:16:49,030 --> 01:16:46,719
to approach and they're also collecting

1900
01:16:50,310 --> 01:16:49,040
the parachutes that were cut from the

1901
01:16:52,790 --> 01:16:50,320
vehicle

1902
01:16:57,189 --> 01:16:52,800
after it splashed down to keep it from

1903
01:16:59,110 --> 01:16:57,199
being pulled by any wind or wave forces

1904
01:17:01,110 --> 01:16:59,120
we also saw as you mentioned somebody

1905
01:17:03,030 --> 01:17:01,120
very specially and highly trained

1906
01:17:05,590 --> 01:17:03,040
rigging the capsule or preparing it to

1907
01:17:08,070 --> 01:17:05,600
be picked up by the recovery vessel once

1908
01:17:10,310 --> 01:17:08,080
it arrives

1909
01:17:11,830 --> 01:17:10,320
we also heard that the crew were going

1910
01:17:14,229 --> 01:17:11,840
to do the initial check-in with the

1911
01:17:16,310 --> 01:17:14,239
flight surgeon that is you know just

1912
01:17:19,990 --> 01:17:16,320
part of the standard operating procedure

1913
01:17:21,669 --> 01:17:20,000
for post splashdown just uh verbal call

1914
01:17:22,709 --> 01:17:21,679
privatized with the flight surgeon

1915
01:17:26,310 --> 01:17:22,719
that's what's

1916
01:17:28,070 --> 01:17:26,320
either underway now or wrapping up

1917
01:17:31,110 --> 01:17:28,080
that's why we don't hear anything on the

1918
01:17:34,310 --> 01:17:31,120
nets at the moment after

1919
01:17:36,229 --> 01:17:34,320
the recovery vessel gets close the

1920
01:17:39,430 --> 01:17:36,239
all the attachments and the harnessing

1921
01:17:41,510 --> 01:17:39,440
that um we've put on top of the capsule

1922
01:17:44,229 --> 01:17:41,520
the you know that will all be attached

1923
01:17:45,270 --> 01:17:44,239
to the recovery vessel and the hydraulic

1924
01:17:48,390 --> 01:17:45,280
lift will

1925
01:17:51,270 --> 01:17:48,400
uh lift it out of the water and into the

1926
01:17:53,270 --> 01:17:51,280
cradle or the nest um which we will

1927
01:17:56,070 --> 01:17:53,280
hopefully get a view of soon once we're

1928
01:17:58,550 --> 01:17:56,080
able to bring you uh footage back from

1929
01:18:00,310 --> 01:17:58,560
from shannon dragon spacex for awareness

1930
01:18:03,510 --> 01:18:00,320
for approximately three minutes until

1931
01:18:03,520 --> 01:18:11,590
wow great news there

1932
01:18:15,590 --> 01:18:13,669
yes so these astronauts are even closer

1933
01:18:19,189 --> 01:18:15,600
to their journey home uh they will be

1934
01:18:21,910 --> 01:18:19,199
lifted up upon the recovery ship shannon

1935
01:18:24,830 --> 01:18:21,920
and placed in that nest uh before it's

1936
01:18:27,350 --> 01:18:24,840
pulled to the egress or exit

1937
01:18:29,110 --> 01:18:27,360
platform and again a

1938
01:18:30,790 --> 01:18:29,120
medical personnel will check in with the

1939
01:18:32,070 --> 01:18:30,800
crew that'll be the first friendly face

1940
01:18:34,470 --> 01:18:32,080
they see

1941
01:18:36,070 --> 01:18:34,480
in real life besides their other fellow

1942
01:18:37,270 --> 01:18:36,080
astronauts for the first time in six

1943
01:18:38,470 --> 01:18:37,280
months

1944
01:18:41,750 --> 01:18:38,480
they'll do a quick check to make sure

1945
01:18:44,790 --> 01:18:41,760
everyone's feeling okay and then

1946
01:18:48,550 --> 01:18:44,800
each crew member will be helped out

1947
01:18:50,229 --> 01:18:48,560
so just a moment ago we had a very quick

1948
01:18:52,709 --> 01:18:50,239
glance from

1949
01:18:54,630 --> 01:18:52,719
shannon our recovery vessel that is

1950
01:18:56,229 --> 01:18:54,640
preparing there's that view again so we

1951
01:18:59,430 --> 01:18:56,239
can see dragon endurance in the

1952
01:19:01,350 --> 01:18:59,440
background with the fast boats

1953
01:19:03,189 --> 01:19:01,360
one of my

1954
01:19:06,310 --> 01:19:03,199
not one of probably my very favorite

1955
01:19:08,070 --> 01:19:06,320
moment will be coming up momentarily uh

1956
01:19:10,709 --> 01:19:08,080
the individual that is actually there on

1957
01:19:13,510 --> 01:19:10,719
the side of dragon capsule um

1958
01:19:14,870 --> 01:19:13,520
they will most likely be at the top part

1959
01:19:16,950 --> 01:19:14,880
when this thing happens but we'll

1960
01:19:19,830 --> 01:19:16,960
actually see them jump off and back into

1961
01:19:23,030 --> 01:19:19,840
the water um i personally have a fear of

1962
01:19:25,430 --> 01:19:23,040
dark water so there is not enough money

1963
01:19:28,070 --> 01:19:25,440
or air or

1964
01:19:30,550 --> 01:19:28,080
incentive for me to jump off of anything

1965
01:19:33,030 --> 01:19:30,560
into a dark ocean

1966
01:19:34,390 --> 01:19:33,040
but yeah night swim

1967
01:19:35,830 --> 01:19:34,400
not in my brain

1968
01:19:37,590 --> 01:19:35,840
but that individual that you see there

1969
01:19:40,070 --> 01:19:37,600
they're currently

1970
01:19:42,709 --> 01:19:40,080
um putting all of the required harnesses

1971
01:19:44,390 --> 01:19:42,719
and rigging onto the dragon capsule

1972
01:19:45,830 --> 01:19:44,400
um and then that will of course be

1973
01:19:49,110 --> 01:19:45,840
attached to the lines that we see

1974
01:19:51,189 --> 01:19:49,120
hanging from that hydraulic lift

1975
01:19:53,990 --> 01:19:51,199
again this is the our basically our our

1976
01:19:56,470 --> 01:19:54,000
first good view of dragon endurance from

1977
01:20:00,229 --> 01:19:56,480
shannon itself

1978
01:20:02,149 --> 01:20:00,239
and these few people that you see down

1979
01:20:06,149 --> 01:20:02,159
on the ship these are highly trained as

1980
01:20:08,470 --> 01:20:06,159
well um to execute this maneuver so

1981
01:20:10,229 --> 01:20:08,480
anyone else on the ship that has flown

1982
01:20:13,110 --> 01:20:10,239
in today

1983
01:20:14,790 --> 01:20:13,120
including any medical personnel any nasa

1984
01:20:15,830 --> 01:20:14,800
personnel like we spoke with shaniqua

1985
01:20:18,149 --> 01:20:15,840
they are

1986
01:20:20,229 --> 01:20:18,159
watching from a distance to allow this

1987
01:20:22,310 --> 01:20:20,239
team to do their job in bringing the

1988
01:20:24,070 --> 01:20:22,320
capsule up and setting it down into that

1989
01:20:26,390 --> 01:20:24,080
nest safely

1990
01:20:28,950 --> 01:20:26,400
ellia as you mentioned you were actually

1991
01:20:31,110 --> 01:20:28,960
on the recovery vessel for the crew 2

1992
01:20:33,510 --> 01:20:31,120
splashdown and

1993
01:20:35,669 --> 01:20:33,520
recovery process

1994
01:20:37,030 --> 01:20:35,679
when the astronauts were brought on

1995
01:20:39,030 --> 01:20:37,040
board so

1996
01:20:40,149 --> 01:20:39,040
bigger picture uh back up a moment you

1997
01:20:41,669 --> 01:20:40,159
know the astronauts have been in space

1998
01:20:43,510 --> 01:20:41,679
for six months

1999
01:20:45,510 --> 01:20:43,520
you know their immune system needs to

2000
01:20:47,350 --> 01:20:45,520
catch back up to planet earth and the

2001
01:20:49,590 --> 01:20:47,360
environment here

2002
01:20:51,830 --> 01:20:49,600
did you find while you were on the

2003
01:20:53,669 --> 01:20:51,840
recovery vessel that the astronauts even

2004
01:20:55,830 --> 01:20:53,679
after landing you know they went into

2005
01:20:58,390 --> 01:20:55,840
the medical base that they were still

2006
01:21:00,870 --> 01:20:58,400
you know in a protected environment even

2007
01:21:04,629 --> 01:21:00,880
on the recovery vessel oh 100

2008
01:21:06,229 --> 01:21:04,639
we were not allowed um near them once it

2009
01:21:08,950 --> 01:21:06,239
became time for them to egress actually

2010
01:21:10,870 --> 01:21:08,960
we moved into the galley um and it looks

2011
01:21:11,690 --> 01:21:10,880
like your team member's about to take

2012
01:21:13,510 --> 01:21:11,700
his night swim

2013
01:21:16,870 --> 01:21:13,520
[Laughter]

2014
01:21:18,790 --> 01:21:16,880
but um we we stayed in the galley while

2015
01:21:20,550 --> 01:21:18,800
um

2016
01:21:22,790 --> 01:21:20,560
the astronauts were

2017
01:21:25,110 --> 01:21:22,800
helped out of the vehicle they moved

2018
01:21:28,709 --> 01:21:25,120
straight into those medical personnel

2019
01:21:31,030 --> 01:21:28,719
rooms it's very restricted on who is um

2020
01:21:34,229 --> 01:21:31,040
able to be near them of course everyone

2021
01:21:36,070 --> 01:21:34,239
is masked they've been in this

2022
01:21:39,350 --> 01:21:36,080
somewhat pristine environment for about

2023
01:21:42,070 --> 01:21:39,360
six months not a lot of exposure to um

2024
01:21:44,470 --> 01:21:42,080
to bacteria and so any sort or even

2025
01:21:47,510 --> 01:21:44,480
pollens right exactly so any sort of

2026
01:21:49,030 --> 01:21:47,520
sickness we want to prevent them from um

2027
01:21:50,629 --> 01:21:49,040
from getting when their immune systems

2028
01:21:54,790 --> 01:21:50,639
might be a little bit compromised after

2029
01:22:00,870 --> 01:21:58,229
yeah now in the past we have seen um

2030
01:22:04,550 --> 01:22:00,880
that person who at times just because

2031
01:22:07,030 --> 01:22:04,560
the capsule is so uh brightly lit and

2032
01:22:08,790 --> 01:22:07,040
the wetsuit is super dark it kind of

2033
01:22:11,030 --> 01:22:08,800
reminds me of a

2034
01:22:13,750 --> 01:22:11,040
a spider traversing back and forth

2035
01:22:15,350 --> 01:22:13,760
across the vehicle um and in the past

2036
01:22:17,430 --> 01:22:15,360
we've seen that individual climb up a

2037
01:22:20,229 --> 01:22:17,440
little bit higher on the capsule uh

2038
01:22:21,990 --> 01:22:20,239
prior to jumping off but um i just want

2039
01:22:23,430 --> 01:22:22,000
to give a little perspective here it's

2040
01:22:24,709 --> 01:22:23,440
only because of the bright lights you

2041
01:22:27,189 --> 01:22:24,719
know of course for safety reasons we

2042
01:22:29,990 --> 01:22:27,199
want to have the area well lit during

2043
01:22:32,629 --> 01:22:30,000
these operations so the capsule looks

2044
01:22:35,350 --> 01:22:32,639
like it is still that pristine white

2045
01:22:37,189 --> 01:22:35,360
color i promise you it is not we've

2046
01:22:38,709 --> 01:22:37,199
definitely got a floating toasted

2047
01:22:41,590 --> 01:22:38,719
marshmallow there

2048
01:22:43,910 --> 01:22:41,600
in the gulf of mexico

2049
01:22:45,669 --> 01:22:43,920
and there are multiple lines attached to

2050
01:22:48,629 --> 01:22:45,679
the vehicle so that when it's lifted

2051
01:22:50,629 --> 01:22:48,639
it's not just dangling from one line

2052
01:22:53,270 --> 01:22:50,639
these help keep it stable

2053
01:22:54,550 --> 01:22:53,280
and upright when for it to be placed

2054
01:22:56,149 --> 01:22:54,560
into

2055
01:22:58,390 --> 01:22:56,159
the nest so it looks like we're getting

2056
01:23:07,189 --> 01:22:58,400
even closer to that moment but it's

2057
01:23:12,950 --> 01:23:09,350
and again splashdown occurred at 9 43

2058
01:23:15,030 --> 01:23:12,960
p.m pacific time 12 43 a.m eastern time

2059
01:23:18,229 --> 01:23:15,040
off the coast of tampa florida a smooth

2060
01:23:21,110 --> 01:23:18,239
ride home for our crew dragon um nasa

2061
01:23:36,550 --> 01:23:21,120
astronauts and esa astronaut

2062
01:23:41,030 --> 01:23:39,510
so with that view there we can see the

2063
01:23:48,790 --> 01:23:41,040
um

2064
01:23:53,430 --> 01:23:51,350
and clearly the heat shield did its job

2065
01:24:05,350 --> 01:23:53,440
um seeing that it's only slightly

2066
01:24:08,870 --> 01:24:07,510
yeah so this person's about to make

2067
01:24:12,310 --> 01:24:08,880
their egress

2068
01:24:14,390 --> 01:24:12,320
from the capsule momentarily

2069
01:24:25,910 --> 01:24:14,400
tally ho there we go

2070
01:24:29,110 --> 01:24:27,510
my heart rate went up a little bit just

2071
01:24:30,950 --> 01:24:29,120
envisioning having to do what that

2072
01:24:33,590 --> 01:24:30,960
person just did

2073
01:24:34,950 --> 01:24:33,600
in seawater at night oh man

2074
01:24:37,910 --> 01:24:34,960
and here we go

2075
01:24:50,550 --> 01:24:37,920
crew dragon endurance being lifted

2076
01:24:54,550 --> 01:24:51,990
pretty cool view there of the heat

2077
01:24:56,629 --> 01:24:54,560
shield now that it has been lifted out

2078
01:24:58,550 --> 01:24:56,639
of the water

2079
01:25:01,110 --> 01:24:58,560
you can see the water sloshing around

2080
01:25:03,270 --> 01:25:01,120
there that is um actually where the

2081
01:25:05,590 --> 01:25:03,280
parachutes deploy from

2082
01:25:07,590 --> 01:25:05,600
the main parachutes are located in that

2083
01:25:09,350 --> 01:25:07,600
bay there under the side hatch the

2084
01:25:12,629 --> 01:25:09,360
drogue parachutes are located in the

2085
01:25:14,229 --> 01:25:12,639
bays above the side hatch that's a great

2086
01:25:16,229 --> 01:25:14,239
view as you mentioned of the side hatch

2087
01:25:17,990 --> 01:25:16,239
so when they place dragon in the nest as

2088
01:25:19,030 --> 01:25:18,000
they're preparing to do now

2089
01:25:21,669 --> 01:25:19,040
they will

2090
01:25:23,830 --> 01:25:21,679
pull it closer to an egress platform

2091
01:25:25,669 --> 01:25:23,840
because this is significantly high off

2092
01:25:28,310 --> 01:25:25,679
the ground maybe 10 feet off the ground

2093
01:25:29,590 --> 01:25:28,320
so there's an egress platform that is

2094
01:25:32,070 --> 01:25:29,600
level with

2095
01:25:35,510 --> 01:25:32,080
the side hatch that way it makes it

2096
01:25:44,470 --> 01:25:35,520
easier for us to help the crew members

2097
01:25:48,629 --> 01:25:46,310
the capsule will be centered and

2098
01:25:50,870 --> 01:25:48,639
oriented as you can see and then uh

2099
01:25:52,870 --> 01:25:50,880
dragon will be moved to that hanger

2100
01:26:07,590 --> 01:25:52,880
underneath the helipad on the ship yes

2101
01:26:11,590 --> 01:26:09,910
there we can see dragon endurance

2102
01:26:13,990 --> 01:26:11,600
dragon spacex welcome aboard the

2103
01:26:16,470 --> 01:26:14,000
recovery vessel recovery personnel are

2104
01:26:27,030 --> 01:26:16,480
completing the final checks stand by for

2105
01:26:32,870 --> 01:26:29,510
great view there we can see that dragon

2106
01:26:34,870 --> 01:26:32,880
endeavor is now safely on our recovery

2107
01:26:37,110 --> 01:26:34,880
vessel shannon

2108
01:26:39,910 --> 01:26:37,120
this is a view from the helipad itself

2109
01:26:42,870 --> 01:26:39,920
so the vehicle will be pulled

2110
01:26:44,470 --> 01:26:42,880
under this platform um to where like i

2111
01:26:46,149 --> 01:26:44,480
mentioned it'll be level with that

2112
01:26:48,229 --> 01:26:46,159
egress platform

2113
01:26:50,149 --> 01:26:48,239
or i should say the

2114
01:26:52,550 --> 01:26:50,159
side hatch will be level with the egress

2115
01:26:56,790 --> 01:26:52,560
platform but um

2116
01:26:59,430 --> 01:26:56,800
again our crew is out of the water and

2117
01:27:02,070 --> 01:26:59,440
preparing to get out of the capsule

2118
01:27:06,629 --> 01:27:04,550
now once that hatch is open a spacex

2119
01:27:08,950 --> 01:27:06,639
medical doctor will be the first one in

2120
01:27:10,709 --> 01:27:08,960
to check on the crew

2121
01:27:13,110 --> 01:27:10,719
uh basically just to see if they're

2122
01:27:14,709 --> 01:27:13,120
ready for egress um and make sure

2123
01:27:15,750 --> 01:27:14,719
everybody make sure everybody's feeling

2124
01:27:17,990 --> 01:27:15,760
good

2125
01:27:19,990 --> 01:27:18,000
as i've mentioned before while dragon's

2126
01:27:22,390 --> 01:27:20,000
top hatch is used to connect to the

2127
01:27:24,390 --> 01:27:22,400
space station our astronauts will egress

2128
01:27:25,990 --> 01:27:24,400
from dragon side hatch which we see

2129
01:27:28,229 --> 01:27:26,000
there

2130
01:27:30,070 --> 01:27:28,239
before opening the hatch the

2131
01:27:31,350 --> 01:27:30,080
spacecraft's cabin pressure must be

2132
01:27:33,510 --> 01:27:31,360
equalized

2133
01:27:35,750 --> 01:27:33,520
with the outside environment once the

2134
01:27:37,910 --> 01:27:35,760
hatch is opened that will be the crew's

2135
01:27:39,990 --> 01:27:37,920
first breath of fresh air since boarding

2136
01:27:43,350 --> 01:27:40,000
falcon 9 at the start of their mission

2137
01:27:45,110 --> 01:27:43,360
back in november of last year

2138
01:27:47,590 --> 01:27:45,120
i can only imagine how good that will

2139
01:27:49,430 --> 01:27:47,600
feel and uh you mentioned that the

2140
01:27:51,430 --> 01:27:49,440
pressure will need to be equalized to

2141
01:27:53,910 --> 01:27:51,440
that outside we try to keep the pressure

2142
01:27:55,910 --> 01:27:53,920
on the space station and um on crew

2143
01:27:57,590 --> 01:27:55,920
dragon similar to what you would

2144
01:28:01,830 --> 01:27:57,600
experience at sea level on earth that's

2145
01:28:02,550 --> 01:28:01,840
about 14.7 pounds or psi per square inch

2146
01:28:04,870 --> 01:28:02,560
so

2147
01:28:07,430 --> 01:28:04,880
hopefully it wouldn't take too much

2148
01:28:10,310 --> 01:28:07,440
maneuvering or

2149
01:28:13,510 --> 01:28:10,320
tweaking for the uh

2150
01:28:15,830 --> 01:28:13,520
pressure inside to match that outside

2151
01:28:17,750 --> 01:28:15,840
but it's important to note that raja tom

2152
01:28:19,990 --> 01:28:17,760
kayla and matthias will be getting

2153
01:28:21,830 --> 01:28:20,000
assistance from the recovery teams when

2154
01:28:24,070 --> 01:28:21,840
exiting the capsule this is the same

2155
01:28:25,669 --> 01:28:24,080
process for any returning long-duration

2156
01:28:27,669 --> 01:28:25,679
crew members returning to gravity

2157
01:28:29,430 --> 01:28:27,679
environment can wreak havoc with our

2158
01:28:31,110 --> 01:28:29,440
vestibular system absolutely which is

2159
01:28:32,870 --> 01:28:31,120
responsible for maintaining our balance

2160
01:28:35,110 --> 01:28:32,880
and motion so safety is our number one

2161
01:28:37,990 --> 01:28:35,120
priority with this operation like with

2162
01:28:39,350 --> 01:28:38,000
all operations so you'll see all four

2163
01:28:41,430 --> 01:28:39,360
crew members being helped out of the

2164
01:28:43,750 --> 01:28:41,440
capsule they'll be assisted a few feet

2165
01:28:45,750 --> 01:28:43,760
to the medical quarters aboard the boat

2166
01:28:47,990 --> 01:28:45,760
and if you've watched crews return on a

2167
01:28:49,910 --> 01:28:48,000
soyuz spacecraft this is the same

2168
01:28:51,830 --> 01:28:49,920
process as when astronauts are carried

2169
01:28:53,030 --> 01:28:51,840
from the capsule to chairs that are

2170
01:28:55,270 --> 01:28:53,040
waiting for them and then they're

2171
01:28:57,270 --> 01:28:55,280
carried to a waiting medical tent

2172
01:28:58,950 --> 01:28:57,280
this is also the time period where any

2173
01:29:00,870 --> 01:28:58,960
of the time critical cargo can be

2174
01:29:02,390 --> 01:29:00,880
recovered from the spacecraft and the

2175
01:29:04,950 --> 01:29:02,400
remainder can wait until the ship is

2176
01:29:07,830 --> 01:29:04,960
back in port so like i mentioned those

2177
01:29:09,030 --> 01:29:07,840
samples that are in the polar

2178
01:29:10,629 --> 01:29:09,040
freezers

2179
01:29:12,550 --> 01:29:10,639
those refrigerated samples those are

2180
01:29:13,750 --> 01:29:12,560
taken off at this time as well for

2181
01:29:15,590 --> 01:29:13,760
quicker transport back to the

2182
01:29:18,310 --> 01:29:15,600
researchers on land

2183
01:29:20,149 --> 01:29:18,320
so once the ship and capsule return to

2184
01:29:22,229 --> 01:29:20,159
land the recovery team

2185
01:29:24,470 --> 01:29:22,239
can do additional inspections before

2186
01:29:26,550 --> 01:29:24,480
loading dragon on a flatbed truck at the

2187
01:29:30,390 --> 01:29:26,560
spacex facility in cape canaveral for

2188
01:29:34,790 --> 01:29:33,270
we have a great view of the dragon there

2189
01:29:36,950 --> 01:29:34,800
positioned in the nest we're just

2190
01:29:39,510 --> 01:29:36,960
waiting to see it translated

2191
01:29:43,430 --> 01:29:39,520
or moved back to

2192
01:29:46,070 --> 01:29:43,440
the platform where the crew will egress

2193
01:29:48,790 --> 01:29:46,080
i i want to mention one thing you know

2194
01:29:50,950 --> 01:29:48,800
we have a great view but we

2195
01:29:52,629 --> 01:29:50,960
we can't hear anything that's going on

2196
01:29:54,950 --> 01:29:52,639
with the recovery vessel and something i

2197
01:29:57,189 --> 01:29:54,960
never thought of

2198
01:29:58,629 --> 01:29:57,199
in terms of the recovery vessel are also

2199
01:30:01,350 --> 01:29:58,639
the smells

2200
01:30:03,189 --> 01:30:01,360
so i was actually out at cape canaveral

2201
01:30:05,189 --> 01:30:03,199
for work

2202
01:30:07,350 --> 01:30:05,199
this week and i had the opportunity to

2203
01:30:09,590 --> 01:30:07,360
visit the axiom one capsule that just

2204
01:30:10,550 --> 01:30:09,600
splashed down about a week and a half

2205
01:30:12,390 --> 01:30:10,560
ago

2206
01:30:14,390 --> 01:30:12,400
in our

2207
01:30:17,189 --> 01:30:14,400
in dragon land are our buildings where

2208
01:30:18,870 --> 01:30:17,199
we process our dragon capsules and

2209
01:30:20,229 --> 01:30:18,880
something that really surprised me i

2210
01:30:21,669 --> 01:30:20,239
don't know why i should have thought of

2211
01:30:23,350 --> 01:30:21,679
this but um leah you can probably

2212
01:30:26,070 --> 01:30:23,360
comment on this because you were on the

2213
01:30:27,189 --> 01:30:26,080
recovery vessel um the dragon capsule

2214
01:30:30,070 --> 01:30:27,199
you know it did just re-enter the

2215
01:30:32,629 --> 01:30:30,080
earth's atmosphere it does have a

2216
01:30:33,510 --> 01:30:32,639
an odor to it um there there's i can't

2217
01:30:35,189 --> 01:30:33,520
quite

2218
01:30:38,149 --> 01:30:35,199
i can't i couldn't figure out how to

2219
01:30:40,310 --> 01:30:38,159
describe it um it's not quite chemically

2220
01:30:43,590 --> 01:30:40,320
one of my teammates um actually said

2221
01:30:46,470 --> 01:30:43,600
that it smelled like um uh charred

2222
01:30:48,310 --> 01:30:46,480
bamboo okay and i can't say i ever

2223
01:30:50,550 --> 01:30:48,320
smelled that so i don't i i personally

2224
01:30:52,950 --> 01:30:50,560
can't uh verify but

2225
01:30:53,750 --> 01:30:52,960
yeah uh it's uh

2226
01:30:55,510 --> 01:30:53,760
you know

2227
01:30:56,870 --> 01:30:55,520
and they're they're fresh air there uh

2228
01:30:58,870 --> 01:30:56,880
but in any case yeah it's just kind of

2229
01:31:00,310 --> 01:30:58,880
interesting to think all the various

2230
01:31:01,830 --> 01:31:00,320
things that are going on with this

2231
01:31:03,430 --> 01:31:01,840
recovery vessel

2232
01:31:05,030 --> 01:31:03,440
all the operations that are going on and

2233
01:31:07,189 --> 01:31:05,040
one thing that we'll actually see them

2234
01:31:09,750 --> 01:31:07,199
do prior to

2235
01:31:12,390 --> 01:31:09,760
opening the the hatch is we'll see them

2236
01:31:13,830 --> 01:31:12,400
do another safety check to make sure

2237
01:31:15,189 --> 01:31:13,840
speaking of smells to make sure that

2238
01:31:17,590 --> 01:31:15,199
those

2239
01:31:20,229 --> 01:31:17,600
goals still are not

2240
01:31:22,470 --> 01:31:20,239
you know releasing any any vapers

2241
01:31:25,189 --> 01:31:22,480
to make sure that it is safe to open up

2242
01:31:27,990 --> 01:31:25,199
that side hatch before getting our

2243
01:31:31,189 --> 01:31:28,000
cruise crew members out

2244
01:31:33,590 --> 01:31:31,199
it looks like they are finishing hooking

2245
01:31:35,350 --> 01:31:33,600
uh the nest up to those lines that'll

2246
01:31:37,350 --> 01:31:35,360
help them pull it toward the egress

2247
01:31:40,950 --> 01:31:37,360
platform you know i wish i could have

2248
01:31:43,350 --> 01:31:40,960
gotten close enough to uh try and

2249
01:31:44,950 --> 01:31:43,360
determine what that smell might be i was

2250
01:31:48,070 --> 01:31:44,960
i was hoping to when i was thinking

2251
01:31:50,149 --> 01:31:48,080
about it while i was there um but

2252
01:31:52,870 --> 01:31:50,159
um we stayed you know a safe distance

2253
01:31:54,070 --> 01:31:52,880
away from the capsule um and of course

2254
01:31:55,669 --> 01:31:54,080
being in the middle of the gulf of

2255
01:31:57,910 --> 01:31:55,679
mexico there's only a little bit of salt

2256
01:31:59,830 --> 01:31:57,920
water so that was uh that was an

2257
01:32:01,830 --> 01:31:59,840
overpowering smell itself you probably

2258
01:32:03,189 --> 01:32:01,840
smell more fish than anything else maybe

2259
01:32:04,709 --> 01:32:03,199
so

2260
01:32:06,550 --> 01:32:04,719
but um

2261
01:32:08,629 --> 01:32:06,560
but yes we are getting pretty close now

2262
01:32:10,310 --> 01:32:08,639
to seeing our astronauts exit the

2263
01:32:11,830 --> 01:32:10,320
vehicle um

2264
01:32:14,149 --> 01:32:11,840
and taking their first breath of fresh

2265
01:32:16,470 --> 01:32:14,159
air after six months in space but again

2266
01:32:18,149 --> 01:32:16,480
you know it's interesting that your

2267
01:32:20,229 --> 01:32:18,159
colleague mentioned it smelled like oh

2268
01:32:26,390 --> 01:32:20,239
here we go we have movement

2269
01:32:31,270 --> 01:32:28,709
it looked like the capsule was being

2270
01:32:33,669 --> 01:32:31,280
hosed down a little bit just to get the

2271
01:32:35,590 --> 01:32:33,679
um some of that salt water out of those

2272
01:32:37,990 --> 01:32:35,600
bays

2273
01:32:41,110 --> 01:32:38,000
once again that bay at the top there is

2274
01:32:42,950 --> 01:32:41,120
where the drogue parachutes are stored

2275
01:32:45,990 --> 01:32:42,960
and then the bay at the bottom

2276
01:32:48,709 --> 01:32:46,000
underneath the side hatch is where the

2277
01:32:50,470 --> 01:32:48,719
main parachutes were stored

2278
01:32:52,229 --> 01:32:50,480
so you can see that

2279
01:32:53,270 --> 01:32:52,239
it's a pretty compact space you know

2280
01:32:54,950 --> 01:32:53,280
it's a

2281
01:32:56,950 --> 01:32:54,960
the parachutes go through a very

2282
01:32:59,430 --> 01:32:56,960
thorough and well checked packing

2283
01:33:02,709 --> 01:32:59,440
process before they are actually stored

2284
01:33:06,390 --> 01:33:05,030
and the person in the middle helping to

2285
01:33:08,470 --> 01:33:06,400
properly park

2286
01:33:10,709 --> 01:33:08,480
a crew dragon exactly where they wanted

2287
01:33:12,709 --> 01:33:10,719
to be for that hatch to line up

2288
01:33:14,629 --> 01:33:12,719
perfectly with the egress platform just

2289
01:33:17,110 --> 01:33:14,639
like you see on a runway with airplanes

2290
01:33:19,590 --> 01:33:17,120
exactly or a friend when i'm not doing a

2291
01:33:21,030 --> 01:33:19,600
good parking job

2292
01:33:23,030 --> 01:33:21,040
you can see there

2293
01:33:25,910 --> 01:33:23,040
the windows for

2294
01:33:27,590 --> 01:33:25,920
the dragon capsule there on either side

2295
01:33:29,350 --> 01:33:27,600
of the side hatch

2296
01:33:32,390 --> 01:33:29,360
as you might notice the teams are

2297
01:33:34,870 --> 01:33:32,400
wearing their personal protective gear

2298
01:33:36,229 --> 01:33:34,880
to make sure that if there are any

2299
01:33:39,270 --> 01:33:36,239
vapors that they aren't breeding them

2300
01:33:50,470 --> 01:33:39,280
they're performing those checks now to

2301
01:33:54,629 --> 01:33:52,550
so coming up next we'll perform those

2302
01:33:55,510 --> 01:33:54,639
safety checks we will open the side

2303
01:33:57,669 --> 01:33:55,520
hatch

2304
01:33:58,870 --> 01:33:57,679
uh we'll see the crew they'll be

2305
01:34:01,750 --> 01:33:58,880
assisted

2306
01:34:03,830 --> 01:34:01,760
as they egress and make their way to the

2307
01:34:06,390 --> 01:34:03,840
medical bays for their standard

2308
01:34:08,950 --> 01:34:06,400
checkouts their standard post

2309
01:34:11,270 --> 01:34:08,960
mission posts flash down checkouts with

2310
01:34:13,270 --> 01:34:11,280
the spacex flight surgeon

2311
01:34:15,510 --> 01:34:13,280
and then after that they hop on a

2312
01:34:18,950 --> 01:34:15,520
helicopter and they get to head back to

2313
01:34:22,550 --> 01:34:20,629
and this view on the left again that's

2314
01:34:24,229 --> 01:34:22,560
still inside crew dragon

2315
01:34:26,470 --> 01:34:24,239
um

2316
01:34:27,990 --> 01:34:26,480
our astronauts just patiently waiting to

2317
01:34:30,870 --> 01:34:28,000
make sure that everything is safe for

2318
01:34:33,270 --> 01:34:30,880
them to exit letting teams on aboard the

2319
01:35:07,109 --> 01:34:33,280
recovery vessel shannon do their job as

2320
01:35:15,830 --> 01:35:09,830
dragon spacex standby for side hatch

2321
01:35:15,840 --> 01:35:21,350
[Applause]

2322
01:35:26,550 --> 01:35:23,189
all right we can see the crew there

2323
01:35:29,109 --> 01:35:26,560
taking off their ppe we got the

2324
01:35:30,790 --> 01:35:29,119
okay to open the hatch

2325
01:35:32,149 --> 01:35:30,800
that means the area is cleared of those

2326
01:35:33,750 --> 01:35:32,159
hyper goals

2327
01:35:35,750 --> 01:35:33,760
that were

2328
01:35:37,030 --> 01:35:35,760
that the fast boats were aiming to

2329
01:35:39,109 --> 01:35:37,040
detect as well as they got some

2330
01:35:46,310 --> 01:35:39,119
secondary checks once on board this

2331
01:35:49,990 --> 01:35:47,750
and again the first person that you'll

2332
01:35:52,790 --> 01:35:50,000
see peek their head into the capsule

2333
01:35:54,390 --> 01:35:52,800
will be the medical

2334
01:35:56,870 --> 01:35:54,400
officer making sure that everyone's

2335
01:35:58,870 --> 01:35:56,880
feeling well and the crew members will

2336
01:36:00,709 --> 01:35:58,880
be assisted out one by one

2337
01:36:16,950 --> 01:36:00,719
and escorted to those medical bays for

2338
01:36:22,310 --> 01:36:19,270
we had splashdown only 40 minutes ago so

2339
01:36:24,470 --> 01:36:22,320
in that time we have been able to

2340
01:36:27,270 --> 01:36:24,480
lift and prepare the capsule

2341
01:36:31,030 --> 01:36:27,280
for these astronauts to

2342
01:36:35,189 --> 01:36:32,550
right now they're just wiping down the

2343
01:36:38,390 --> 01:36:35,199
areas around the side hatch that might

2344
01:36:40,470 --> 01:36:38,400
still be a little wet from splashdown

2345
01:36:42,629 --> 01:36:40,480
just want to make sure that when the

2346
01:36:44,709 --> 01:36:42,639
side hatch is opened

2347
01:36:47,350 --> 01:36:44,719
and we installed the protective fittings

2348
01:36:49,430 --> 01:36:47,360
that everything is dry just to eliminate

2349
01:36:50,790 --> 01:36:49,440
any possibility that

2350
01:36:53,830 --> 01:36:50,800
you know nobody slips or anything

2351
01:36:57,510 --> 01:36:53,840
whenever they are making their way out

2352
01:37:08,390 --> 01:36:57,520
there we can see the side hatch is open

2353
01:37:12,470 --> 01:37:09,910
and that's their first friendly face

2354
01:37:14,629 --> 01:37:12,480
that they've gotten to see in person

2355
01:37:23,189 --> 01:37:14,639
in six months aside from their crewmates

2356
01:37:27,430 --> 01:37:25,510
the white fixture that we saw

2357
01:37:29,430 --> 01:37:27,440
just moments ago they're now placing

2358
01:37:33,270 --> 01:37:29,440
into the side hatch this is just a

2359
01:37:36,390 --> 01:37:33,280
protective cover to make sure that

2360
01:37:37,189 --> 01:37:36,400
whenever the crew members are egressing

2361
01:37:39,030 --> 01:37:37,199
that

2362
01:37:41,109 --> 01:37:39,040
they don't bump anything

2363
01:37:47,590 --> 01:37:41,119
around the hatch that protects not only

2364
01:37:52,790 --> 01:37:50,149
as most of you know we do reuse our

2365
01:37:55,189 --> 01:37:52,800
dragon capsules so making sure that we

2366
01:38:00,149 --> 01:37:55,199
avoid any damage during the ingress and

2367
01:38:03,830 --> 01:38:01,669
and again it's been less than an hour

2368
01:38:05,430 --> 01:38:03,840
since this crew splashed down about 45

2369
01:38:06,550 --> 01:38:05,440
minutes now

2370
01:38:07,669 --> 01:38:06,560
and

2371
01:38:09,350 --> 01:38:07,679
once they

2372
01:38:11,750 --> 01:38:09,360
are helped out of the vehicle they'll

2373
01:38:14,790 --> 01:38:11,760
move to those medical bays and within

2374
01:38:16,390 --> 01:38:14,800
really about an hour of them being

2375
01:38:17,990 --> 01:38:16,400
helped out of the vehicle they will be

2376
01:38:20,709 --> 01:38:18,000
loaded onto the helicopter and brought

2377
01:38:22,550 --> 01:38:20,719
back to land so again it's a very

2378
01:38:23,750 --> 01:38:22,560
um excellent process

2379
01:38:25,990 --> 01:38:23,760
of

2380
01:38:28,950 --> 01:38:26,000
getting getting back home um especially

2381
01:38:30,709 --> 01:38:28,960
to have just been in space for a couple

2382
01:38:35,669 --> 01:38:30,719
bunch of feedback hours the earpieces

2383
01:38:41,109 --> 01:38:38,870
that is a firm dragon we are imminently

2384
01:38:49,910 --> 01:38:41,119
going to be powering off the bilge pump

2385
01:38:54,390 --> 01:38:51,830
some of the things being passed out of

2386
01:38:57,350 --> 01:38:54,400
the spacecraft now are those tablets

2387
01:38:59,270 --> 01:38:57,360
that you could see earlier

2388
01:39:02,870 --> 01:38:59,280
that they space that the astronauts use

2389
01:39:06,149 --> 01:39:02,880
to monitor the procedures while they are

2390
01:39:14,470 --> 01:39:07,510
and still checking in with the

2391
01:39:17,189 --> 01:39:15,750
we've got a couple of other nasa

2392
01:39:30,070 --> 01:39:17,199
astronauts on board there you can see

2393
01:39:33,430 --> 01:39:31,910
you might notice that the

2394
01:39:36,470 --> 01:39:33,440
touch screen looks a little different

2395
01:39:37,350 --> 01:39:36,480
now than it did whenever the crew

2396
01:39:39,270 --> 01:39:37,360
was

2397
01:39:42,790 --> 01:39:39,280
on orbit

2398
01:39:44,870 --> 01:39:42,800
the seats have actually rotated since um

2399
01:39:46,149 --> 01:39:44,880
you know they were on orbit this is to

2400
01:39:49,510 --> 01:39:46,159
allow for

2401
01:39:50,550 --> 01:39:49,520
their bodies to be in a better ergonomic

2402
01:39:52,470 --> 01:39:50,560
position

2403
01:39:56,229 --> 01:39:52,480
in preparation for

2404
01:39:58,950 --> 01:39:56,239
the dynamic parts of reentry

2405
01:40:01,750 --> 01:39:58,960
so those seats have actuated

2406
01:40:03,430 --> 01:40:01,760
downward this allows it

2407
01:40:06,709 --> 01:40:03,440
allows the crew to get in and out a

2408
01:40:12,790 --> 01:40:08,870
and uh we also give the opportunity to

2409
01:40:14,310 --> 01:40:12,800
our photographers to get a couple of uh

2410
01:40:16,470 --> 01:40:14,320
images

2411
01:40:17,990 --> 01:40:16,480
of these crew members fresh back from

2412
01:40:19,990 --> 01:40:18,000
their space flight for three of them it

2413
01:40:23,350 --> 01:40:20,000
was their first space flight

2414
01:40:25,030 --> 01:40:23,360
and then for tom marshburn who um has a

2415
01:40:26,629 --> 01:40:25,040
bit more experience this was his third

2416
01:40:28,310 --> 01:40:26,639
space flight but while on orbit all of

2417
01:40:30,870 --> 01:40:28,320
these astronauts got to complete at

2418
01:40:34,390 --> 01:40:30,880
least one spacewalk um on the

2419
01:40:40,149 --> 01:40:37,109
so up next we should see some foot rests

2420
01:40:41,910 --> 01:40:40,159
come out we detach the foot rests again

2421
01:41:31,669 --> 01:40:41,920
to give a little bit more space for the

2422
01:41:34,709 --> 01:41:33,510
you can see that white protective

2423
01:41:37,030 --> 01:41:34,719
fitting there

2424
01:41:39,270 --> 01:41:37,040
protecting uh the

2425
01:41:40,629 --> 01:41:39,280
components of the side hatch we got a

2426
01:41:47,910 --> 01:41:40,639
good view of that and where that was

2427
01:41:52,149 --> 01:41:49,830
teams just speaking with the crew

2428
01:41:55,109 --> 01:41:52,159
members as i mentioned we saw the

2429
01:41:57,830 --> 01:41:55,119
tablets being removed we saw some photos

2430
01:42:01,030 --> 01:41:57,840
being taken um we have also oh and there

2431
01:42:03,189 --> 01:42:01,040
goes those there go the foot rests

2432
01:42:07,189 --> 01:42:03,199
that are used on orbit it will make it

2433
01:42:10,790 --> 01:42:09,189
be helped out of the vehicle they they

2434
01:42:13,510 --> 01:42:10,800
can actually remove the foot rest as

2435
01:42:15,189 --> 01:42:13,520
well once they are in space gives them a

2436
01:42:24,550 --> 01:42:15,199
little more room to float around and

2437
01:42:30,390 --> 01:42:26,070
those of you that have joined us

2438
01:42:32,950 --> 01:42:30,400
recently the crew 3 crew has splashed

2439
01:42:35,910 --> 01:42:32,960
down off the coast of tampa florida our

2440
01:42:36,709 --> 01:42:35,920
recovery vessel shannon has picked them

2441
01:42:39,510 --> 01:42:36,719
up

2442
01:42:40,950 --> 01:42:39,520
out of the water and we can see

2443
01:42:44,229 --> 01:42:40,960
there

2444
01:42:45,109 --> 01:42:44,239
the teams are preparing to assist the

2445
01:42:48,390 --> 01:42:45,119
crew

2446
01:42:50,390 --> 01:42:48,400
as they exit or egress the

2447
01:42:52,470 --> 01:42:50,400
capsule

2448
01:42:55,430 --> 01:42:52,480
that splashdown coming right on time at

2449
01:42:59,030 --> 01:42:55,440
9 43 p.m pacific

2450
01:43:00,950 --> 01:42:59,040
12 43 a.m eastern time

2451
01:43:12,870 --> 01:43:00,960
off the coast of tampa florida in the

2452
01:43:19,030 --> 01:43:16,149
the journey home is uh

2453
01:43:21,189 --> 01:43:19,040
not quite over for these astronauts

2454
01:43:25,350 --> 01:43:21,199
even though they are back on earth they

2455
01:43:27,590 --> 01:43:25,360
will be helped out of the

2456
01:43:29,510 --> 01:43:27,600
crew dragon vehicle they will have some

2457
01:43:32,390 --> 01:43:29,520
routine medical checks done before they

2458
01:43:34,709 --> 01:43:32,400
are loaded onto a helicopter dragon

2459
01:43:40,870 --> 01:43:34,719
spacex can you confirm that the audio is

2460
01:43:45,830 --> 01:43:42,950
spacex endurance yes that's much better

2461
01:43:45,840 --> 01:43:52,149
sure thanks sorry for the delay

2462
01:43:57,350 --> 01:43:53,750
sounds like that was the voice of

2463
01:43:59,590 --> 01:43:57,360
mission specialist kayla barron

2464
01:44:01,990 --> 01:43:59,600
we can see that the

2465
01:44:04,070 --> 01:44:02,000
slide has been put in place this helps

2466
01:44:20,629 --> 01:44:04,080
the astronauts

2467
01:44:26,590 --> 01:44:23,590
once again the crew 3 crew has splashed

2468
01:44:30,109 --> 01:44:26,600
down after spending a total of

2469
01:44:33,270 --> 01:44:30,119
177 days in space

2470
01:44:35,910 --> 01:44:33,280
175 of those days on the international

2471
01:44:40,149 --> 01:44:38,149
they saw quad a lot during their stay on

2472
01:44:42,070 --> 01:44:40,159
the space station including the arrival

2473
01:44:44,950 --> 01:44:42,080
of eight visiting vehicles

2474
01:44:47,430 --> 01:44:44,960
that includes the axiom one crew just a

2475
01:44:48,790 --> 01:44:47,440
couple of weeks ago as well as the crew

2476
01:45:01,510 --> 01:44:48,800
4 crew

2477
01:45:06,229 --> 01:45:03,910
and the crew today consisting of

2478
01:45:07,109 --> 01:45:06,239
european space agency astronaut matthias

2479
01:45:09,030 --> 01:45:07,119
marr

2480
01:45:11,830 --> 01:45:09,040
and

2481
01:45:14,390 --> 01:45:11,840
nasa astronauts raja chary tom marshburn

2482
01:45:16,790 --> 01:45:14,400
and kayla baron

2483
01:45:18,709 --> 01:45:16,800
chary and baron were part of the same

2484
01:45:20,950 --> 01:45:18,719
astronaut class astronaut selection

2485
01:45:22,310 --> 01:45:20,960
class so um they've done everything from

2486
01:45:25,590 --> 01:45:22,320
training together all the way through

2487
01:45:28,229 --> 01:45:25,600
their first space flight together

2488
01:45:29,830 --> 01:45:28,239
that's really cool they were the turtles

2489
01:45:32,310 --> 01:45:29,840
they were the turtles and we saw a

2490
01:45:47,430 --> 01:45:32,320
turtle as their zero gravity indicator

2491
01:45:51,910 --> 01:45:49,510
there are a couple more turtles on board

2492
01:46:01,030 --> 01:45:51,920
now with bob hines and jessica watkins

2493
01:46:22,229 --> 01:46:03,350
and it looks like rasha is being helped

2494
01:46:27,590 --> 01:46:24,550
i could imagine that after spending six

2495
01:46:33,030 --> 01:46:27,600
months in space all of this must feel

2496
01:46:39,590 --> 01:46:35,189
we heard him make a joke earlier about

2497
01:46:45,109 --> 01:46:42,790
we can see the commander raja chari has

2498
01:46:48,870 --> 01:46:45,119
now egressed the capsule and is making

2499
01:46:50,390 --> 01:46:48,880
his way onto the roll away

2500
01:46:55,270 --> 01:46:50,400
looked like we had some thumbs up there

2501
01:47:01,510 --> 01:46:57,510
yes rasha looks to be in good spirits

2502
01:47:01,520 --> 01:47:10,070
on his first space flight

2503
01:47:14,229 --> 01:47:11,750
and of course this is just a precaution

2504
01:47:16,310 --> 01:47:14,239
after spending six months in space

2505
01:47:19,430 --> 01:47:16,320
and being on a ship as well whenever you

2506
01:47:21,510 --> 01:47:19,440
return it helps to have a seat and

2507
01:47:23,270 --> 01:47:21,520
maybe be helped to those medical bays

2508
01:47:25,910 --> 01:47:23,280
that's very similar like i mentioned to

2509
01:47:28,709 --> 01:47:25,920
a soyuz landing where crew members are

2510
01:47:31,910 --> 01:47:28,719
carried to the seats and then carried to

2511
01:47:33,430 --> 01:47:31,920
the medical tent so this just uh

2512
01:47:34,950 --> 01:47:33,440
makes it a little easier for our crew

2513
01:47:37,669 --> 01:47:34,960
members who are just experiencing

2514
01:47:39,109 --> 01:47:37,679
gravity for the first time in six months

2515
01:47:41,030 --> 01:47:39,119
of course they do work out about two

2516
01:47:44,550 --> 01:47:41,040
hours a day on the space station to help

2517
01:47:46,790 --> 01:47:44,560
maintain muscle mass and bone density

2518
01:47:48,470 --> 01:47:46,800
but when they are regaining this

2519
01:47:50,470 --> 01:47:48,480
equilibrium

2520
01:47:52,310 --> 01:47:50,480
every little bit helps absolutely

2521
01:47:53,109 --> 01:47:52,320
um you know they went through

2522
01:48:10,470 --> 01:47:53,119
a

2523
01:48:15,030 --> 01:48:10,480
to

2524
01:48:19,510 --> 01:48:16,629
i believe that's uh

2525
01:48:25,830 --> 01:48:19,520
tom marshburn nasa astronaut being

2526
01:48:30,229 --> 01:48:27,750
that means our two mission specialists

2527
01:48:32,629 --> 01:48:30,239
matthias maher and

2528
01:48:35,669 --> 01:48:32,639
kayla baron are still inside and there's

2529
01:48:35,679 --> 01:48:58,470
also looks to be in great spirits

2530
01:49:02,149 --> 01:49:00,550
you might hear some background noise

2531
01:49:03,910 --> 01:49:02,159
here uh

2532
01:49:06,149 --> 01:49:03,920
behind leah and i

2533
01:49:09,750 --> 01:49:06,159
you know we we're at spacex headquarters

2534
01:49:12,310 --> 01:49:09,760
in hawthorne california um second shift

2535
01:49:14,550 --> 01:49:12,320
uh production is well underway the work

2536
01:49:16,470 --> 01:49:14,560
never stops yeah despite splashdown

2537
01:49:18,950 --> 01:49:16,480
we're still a live uh operations

2538
01:49:21,669 --> 01:49:18,960
environment so we might hear some some

2539
01:49:28,390 --> 01:49:21,679
production noise in the background

2540
01:49:32,709 --> 01:49:30,149
and we're coming up on about an hour

2541
01:49:35,109 --> 01:49:32,719
since splashdown uh that happened at 9

2542
01:49:39,109 --> 01:49:35,119
43 p.m pacific time we have two crew

2543
01:49:42,870 --> 01:49:39,119
members now out of crew dragon endurance

2544
01:49:45,189 --> 01:49:42,880
breathing their first breaths of

2545
01:49:46,470 --> 01:49:45,199
air on earth for the first time in six

2546
01:49:51,270 --> 01:49:46,480
months

2547
01:49:55,589 --> 01:49:53,270
and being assisted to

2548
01:49:58,550 --> 01:49:55,599
the medical bays for those routine

2549
01:50:01,910 --> 01:50:00,229
they also were able to speak with a

2550
01:50:03,830 --> 01:50:01,920
flight surgeon

2551
01:50:06,629 --> 01:50:03,840
upon splashdown to make sure that they

2552
01:50:08,790 --> 01:50:06,639
were feeling okay

2553
01:50:10,629 --> 01:50:08,800
and then after their checks they will be

2554
01:50:12,149 --> 01:50:10,639
transported to the helicopter on the

2555
01:50:14,149 --> 01:50:12,159
helipad

2556
01:50:15,510 --> 01:50:14,159
that's waiting to take them to shore

2557
01:50:17,830 --> 01:50:15,520
where they will

2558
01:50:19,830 --> 01:50:17,840
part ways we'll have

2559
01:50:21,669 --> 01:50:19,840
our nasa astronauts kayla baron rasha

2560
01:50:23,510 --> 01:50:21,679
chari and tom marshburn coming back to

2561
01:50:26,070 --> 01:50:23,520
houston

2562
01:50:27,030 --> 01:50:26,080
meanwhile matthias mara will board an

2563
01:50:29,189 --> 01:50:27,040
issa

2564
01:50:35,750 --> 01:50:29,199
european space agency plane to take him

2565
01:50:39,350 --> 01:50:37,589
we mentioned before that when the side

2566
01:50:42,470 --> 01:50:39,360
hatch was opened it's the first time

2567
01:50:45,510 --> 01:50:42,480
that that hatch was opened since the

2568
01:50:47,669 --> 01:50:45,520
launch of crew 3 back in november of

2569
01:50:48,470 --> 01:50:47,679
2021

2570
01:50:49,350 --> 01:50:48,480
so

2571
01:50:51,589 --> 01:50:49,360
it's

2572
01:50:53,669 --> 01:50:51,599
you know we utilize the forward hatch to

2573
01:50:56,070 --> 01:50:53,679
dock and undock with the international

2574
01:50:58,709 --> 01:50:56,080
space station but that side hatch

2575
01:51:00,870 --> 01:50:58,719
you know upon opening is really the the

2576
01:51:03,830 --> 01:51:00,880
first breath of fresh air for the

2577
01:51:06,390 --> 01:51:03,840
astronauts since launch although it is

2578
01:51:07,830 --> 01:51:06,400
it is florida and as i mentioned i just

2579
01:51:09,350 --> 01:51:07,840
returned from cape canaveral myself a

2580
01:51:11,189 --> 01:51:09,360
couple days ago and it always astounds

2581
01:51:12,310 --> 01:51:11,199
me that almost no matter what time of

2582
01:51:14,070 --> 01:51:12,320
year

2583
01:51:17,030 --> 01:51:14,080
there's always humidity in the florida

2584
01:51:19,589 --> 01:51:17,040
air so i can imagine that even when they

2585
01:51:21,830 --> 01:51:19,599
do open the hatch it's like yes fresh

2586
01:51:24,470 --> 01:51:21,840
air but it's also humidity whereas the

2587
01:51:26,790 --> 01:51:24,480
interior of dragon capsule

2588
01:51:29,270 --> 01:51:26,800
you know is air-conditioned

2589
01:51:32,229 --> 01:51:29,280
so i can imagine when it's nice to have

2590
01:51:34,550 --> 01:51:32,239
new air it might not necessarily

2591
01:51:36,229 --> 01:51:34,560
have a fresh feel to it because of that

2592
01:51:39,109 --> 01:51:36,239
that humidity

2593
01:51:40,950 --> 01:51:39,119
i'm sure for uh our nasa astronauts who

2594
01:51:49,270 --> 01:51:40,960
live in houston it probably feels a lot

2595
01:51:52,950 --> 01:51:50,950
and again everything has moved pretty

2596
01:51:55,430 --> 01:51:52,960
smoothly tonight uh with the return of

2597
01:51:56,229 --> 01:51:55,440
crew dragon we even had views from prior

2598
01:52:00,070 --> 01:51:56,239
to

2599
01:52:01,109 --> 01:52:00,080
drug parachute deployment from the wb-57

2600
01:52:02,790 --> 01:52:01,119
thermal

2601
01:52:04,149 --> 01:52:02,800
camera that

2602
01:52:06,229 --> 01:52:04,159
allowed us to see not only drug

2603
01:52:08,470 --> 01:52:06,239
deployment but also deployment of four

2604
01:52:09,990 --> 01:52:08,480
main parachutes successfully which

2605
01:52:12,310 --> 01:52:10,000
allowed the

2606
01:52:14,629 --> 01:52:12,320
capsule to splash down gently at around

2607
01:52:23,350 --> 01:52:14,639
15 miles per hour off the coast of tampa

2608
01:52:26,870 --> 01:52:26,070
so right now team members are working

2609
01:52:29,589 --> 01:52:26,880
with

2610
01:52:30,870 --> 01:52:29,599
mission specialist kayla barron to

2611
01:52:31,830 --> 01:52:30,880
assist her

2612
01:52:56,149 --> 01:52:31,840
out of

2613
01:53:02,070 --> 01:52:59,030
that is mission specialist kayla barron

2614
01:53:22,709 --> 01:53:02,080
receiving some help as she

2615
01:53:28,870 --> 01:53:25,510
all right looks like kayla baron has

2616
01:53:30,950 --> 01:53:28,880
made her way down dragon's

2617
01:53:34,070 --> 01:53:30,960
accessibility slide

2618
01:53:35,830 --> 01:53:34,080
and is going to be making her way to the

2619
01:53:46,229 --> 01:53:35,840
medical tents

2620
01:53:51,589 --> 01:53:49,030
we have one more crew member inside

2621
01:53:53,750 --> 01:53:51,599
crew dragon that's european space agency

2622
01:54:20,070 --> 01:53:53,760
astronaut matthias

2623
01:54:26,310 --> 01:54:22,229
and that'll be our last crew member to

2624
01:54:28,149 --> 01:54:26,320
exit crew dragon endurance all four

2625
01:54:30,229 --> 01:54:28,159
will now be

2626
01:54:32,390 --> 01:54:30,239
receiving uh those routine medical

2627
01:54:35,669 --> 01:54:32,400
checks inside the bays on recovery

2628
01:54:37,910 --> 01:54:35,679
vessel shannon before being escorted to

2629
01:54:40,390 --> 01:54:37,920
the helicopter that will take them back

2630
01:54:41,750 --> 01:54:40,400
to land their

2631
01:54:43,669 --> 01:54:41,760
first

2632
01:54:51,669 --> 01:54:43,679
steps on dry land

2633
01:54:55,350 --> 01:54:54,550
once the recovery vessel

2634
01:54:58,149 --> 01:54:55,360
and

2635
01:55:00,709 --> 01:54:58,159
the dragon castle get back to

2636
01:55:03,109 --> 01:55:00,719
the port the recovery team will perform

2637
01:55:05,350 --> 01:55:03,119
additional inspections

2638
01:55:07,589 --> 01:55:05,360
on on the capsule before

2639
01:55:09,750 --> 01:55:07,599
loading dragon onto a flatbed truck at

2640
01:55:12,310 --> 01:55:09,760
the spacex facility in cape canaveral

2641
01:55:14,550 --> 01:55:12,320
for post-processing

2642
01:55:16,950 --> 01:55:14,560
we definitely saw a big thumbs up from

2643
01:55:19,270 --> 01:55:16,960
matthias mar

2644
01:55:22,070 --> 01:55:19,280
on coming back from his first space

2645
01:55:26,070 --> 01:55:23,830
and uh now that

2646
01:55:27,669 --> 01:55:26,080
russia tom kayla and matthias are safely

2647
01:55:29,830 --> 01:55:27,679
back home on earth and getting checked

2648
01:55:32,070 --> 01:55:29,840
out by the nasa medical team we're going

2649
01:55:34,310 --> 01:55:32,080
to wrap up our live coverage of their

2650
01:55:36,870 --> 01:55:34,320
historic return i do want to mention

2651
01:55:38,470 --> 01:55:36,880
that the media telecon is

2652
01:55:41,350 --> 01:55:38,480
now being moved up to start at

2653
01:55:43,270 --> 01:55:41,360
approximately 2 a.m eastern time so make

2654
01:55:46,229 --> 01:55:43,280
sure to tune into that

2655
01:55:48,550 --> 01:55:46,239
this all kicked off on november 10 2021

2656
01:55:50,870 --> 01:55:48,560
from historic launch pad 39a at the

2657
01:55:52,790 --> 01:55:50,880
kennedy space center in florida after

2658
01:55:55,750 --> 01:55:52,800
successful liftoff and separation from

2659
01:55:58,149 --> 01:55:55,760
falcon 9 raja tom kayla and matthias

2660
01:56:00,149 --> 01:55:58,159
made a 24-hour flight onboard dragon to

2661
01:56:01,830 --> 01:56:00,159
the international space station since

2662
01:56:03,830 --> 01:56:01,840
arriving at the space station they spent

2663
01:56:07,109 --> 01:56:03,840
more than they spent nearly six months

2664
01:56:10,229 --> 01:56:07,119
as members of expedition 66 67 that

2665
01:56:11,990 --> 01:56:10,239
would be 175 days to be exact executing

2666
01:56:13,910 --> 01:56:12,000
science experiments spacewalks and

2667
01:56:17,030 --> 01:56:13,920
repairs while aboard the orbiting

2668
01:56:20,870 --> 01:56:17,040
laboratory of course their journey home

2669
01:56:23,830 --> 01:56:20,880
began last night may 4th star wars day

2670
01:56:27,669 --> 01:56:23,840
when they closed the hatch to dragon and

2671
01:56:29,830 --> 01:56:27,679
undocked later at 10 20 p.m pacific time

2672
01:56:31,669 --> 01:56:29,840
after four successful departure burns

2673
01:56:35,189 --> 01:56:31,679
and a phasing burn to line up their

2674
01:56:37,189 --> 01:56:35,199
orbit raja tom kayla and matthias rested

2675
01:56:39,750 --> 01:56:37,199
for a few hours before waking up to

2676
01:56:41,510 --> 01:56:39,760
prepare for re-entry this morning as you

2677
01:56:43,750 --> 01:56:41,520
saw earlier we've jettisoned dragon's

2678
01:56:46,870 --> 01:56:43,760
trunk and performed our final on-orbit

2679
01:56:48,550 --> 01:56:46,880
maneuver the deorbit burn at about 8 53

2680
01:56:51,350 --> 01:56:48,560
p.m pacific

2681
01:56:53,109 --> 01:56:51,360
to send dragon on the path home the

2682
01:56:54,950 --> 01:56:53,119
spacecraft re-entered the earth's

2683
01:56:56,470 --> 01:56:54,960
atmosphere and slowed its descent with

2684
01:56:58,390 --> 01:56:56,480
two successful deployment with

2685
01:56:59,589 --> 01:56:58,400
successful deployment of its two drogue

2686
01:57:03,910 --> 01:56:59,599
parachutes

2687
01:57:06,310 --> 01:57:03,920
course with the final splashdown

2688
01:57:09,750 --> 01:57:06,320
occurring off the coast of florida

2689
01:57:11,830 --> 01:57:09,760
at 9 43 pm pacific time

2690
01:57:14,070 --> 01:57:11,840
following that successful splashdown we

2691
01:57:16,229 --> 01:57:14,080
saw dragon recovery experts move in and

2692
01:57:18,550 --> 01:57:16,239
prepare dragon endurance for its lift

2693
01:57:20,629 --> 01:57:18,560
onto the recovery vessel and just a

2694
01:57:23,270 --> 01:57:20,639
little less than an hour ago uh

2695
01:57:25,189 --> 01:57:23,280
following splash and and in just

2696
01:57:28,070 --> 01:57:25,199
in less than an hour following

2697
01:57:30,310 --> 01:57:28,080
splashdown we saw raja tom kayla and

2698
01:57:32,149 --> 01:57:30,320
matthias make their way out of dragon

2699
01:57:35,109 --> 01:57:32,159
and into the recovery ship's medical

2700
01:57:36,950 --> 01:57:35,119
facilities safe and sound so next up

2701
01:57:39,669 --> 01:57:36,960
they will catch a helicopter flight back

2702
01:57:41,510 --> 01:57:39,679
to shore they'll transfer to an aircraft

2703
01:57:43,189 --> 01:57:41,520
that will take them home so russia tom

2704
01:57:45,030 --> 01:57:43,199
and kayla will take that nasa plane for

2705
01:57:47,270 --> 01:57:45,040
the short flight back to houston and

2706
01:57:49,430 --> 01:57:47,280
matthias will head back to europe they

2707
01:57:52,390 --> 01:57:49,440
will be reunited with their families to

2708
01:57:54,149 --> 01:57:52,400
bring an end to this mission it has been

2709
01:57:55,990 --> 01:57:54,159
a true honor and a privilege to share

2710
01:57:58,149 --> 01:57:56,000
their journey with you as we continue

2711
01:58:00,629 --> 01:57:58,159
this new era in human space flight but

2712
01:58:01,750 --> 01:58:00,639
of course we always have more coming up

2713
01:58:04,229 --> 01:58:01,760
soon

2714
01:58:06,709 --> 01:58:04,239
uh return this morning marks the end of

2715
01:58:09,030 --> 01:58:06,719
the direct handover we just executed

2716
01:58:11,510 --> 01:58:09,040
after successfully launching the crew 4

2717
01:58:14,149 --> 01:58:11,520
mission to the space station just a

2718
01:58:16,070 --> 01:58:14,159
little over a week ago it's been an

2719
01:58:17,750 --> 01:58:16,080
incredible honor to

2720
01:58:20,390 --> 01:58:17,760
enjoy to share this mission with the

2721
01:58:22,629 --> 01:58:20,400
public all the teams from spacex and

2722
01:58:24,790 --> 01:58:22,639
nasa continue to work hard to keep

2723
01:58:27,270 --> 01:58:24,800
america leading the world in human space

2724
01:58:29,830 --> 01:58:27,280
flight continue to follow spacex and

2725
01:58:32,070 --> 01:58:29,840
nasa online and on social media for

2726
01:58:33,990 --> 01:58:32,080
updates for the very latest on crew and

2727
01:58:35,990 --> 01:58:34,000
cargo flights to and from the

2728
01:58:37,990 --> 01:58:36,000
international space station and we'll

2729
01:58:40,149 --> 01:58:38,000
continue to share the progress of rasha

2730
01:58:42,550 --> 01:58:40,159
tom kayla and matthias as they travel

2731
01:58:44,709 --> 01:58:42,560
back home on social media again that

2732
01:58:48,070 --> 01:58:44,719
post splashdown media telecon coming up

2733
01:58:50,550 --> 01:58:48,080
at about 2 a.m eastern time where

2734
01:58:52,870 --> 01:58:50,560
leadership from nasa esa and spacex will

2735
01:58:55,589 --> 01:58:52,880
share a final update as we conclude the

2736
01:58:57,750 --> 01:58:55,599
successful mission so one more thank you

2737
01:58:59,750 --> 01:58:57,760
for tuning in and cheering on raja tom

2738
01:59:01,830 --> 01:58:59,760
kayla and matthias as they head home and

2739
01:59:04,070 --> 01:59:01,840
of course we'll see you again very soon

2740
01:59:05,669 --> 01:59:04,080
when we once again launch astronauts to

2741
01:59:08,709 --> 01:59:05,679
the international space station from

2742
01:59:14,720 --> 01:59:08,719
america on nasa's spacex's mission so