AND EVERYONE’S JUST OVER THE MOON TO BE HERE TONIGHT, ERIC. WE ARE TO CAROLINA. THANK YOU.
>> 2 MINUTES AND 20 SECONDS TO
GO. NOW WE WANT TO HEAD OUT TO
OUR NEWS. 6 SPACE REPORTER
JAMES SPARVERO AT THE KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER. JAMES, TAKE US
THROUGH THIS FINAL COUNTDOWN.
>> AND WHILE IT’S BEEN MOSTLY
A SMOOTH FINAL COUNTDOWN, NO
MAJOR ISSUES ALL NIGHT HERE AT
NASA’S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
FROM SPACEX AND NASA. 6 FULL
LINKS TO RATION MISSION TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
UNDER THE COMMERCIAL CREW
PROGRAM. FOR 3 YEARS. NOW.
IT’S BEEN 7 COMMERCIAL CREW
MISSIONS OVERALL, WE’VE BEEN
WATCHING FALCON 9 ROCKET AND
CREW DRAGON CAPSULES
FLAWLESSLY TAKE OFF FROM
LAUNCH PAD. 39 A AND TAKE
CREWS FIRST. THE CREW OF 2
WITH BOB BEHNKEN AND DOUG
HURLEY AND NOW SINCE THEN, 6
CREWS OF 4 TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
BUT WE MIGHT HAVE SOME
BREAKING NEWS HERE, ERIC. THE
COUNTDOWN HAS STOPPED. AS I
LOOK BACK AT THE CLOCK, IT T
-2 MINUTES AND 17 SECONDS. WE
MIGHT BE IN A 2 MINUTE. HOLD
HERE. LET’S LISTEN IN. LET’S
SEND IT BACK TO WE SHOULD
LISTEN TO THE NASA FEED RIGHT
NOW AND GET THE LATEST.
>> THAT SPARKS WITH OXIDIZER
AND ALLOWS THE ENGINES TOO
FIRE. THE TEAMS WERE TRACKING
THIS ISSUE. AND SO WE’RE IN A
NOMINAL SCRUM CONFIGURATION.
WE’LL START TO SEE SORT OF
SEQUENCE REVERSING SOME OF
MILESTONES WE’VE BEEN TRACKING
AS PART OF THIS COUNTDOWN.
OKAY. SO CREW ACCESS ARM
SWINGS BACK TO THE SITE.
HATCH. AND SO THAT’S WHAT A
AND GRASS, THE VEHICLE AS PART
OF NOMINAL LAUNCHED FROM.
>> OKAY. SO YOU JUST HEARD
THOSE WORDS, THEIR NOMINAL
LAUNCH SCRUB ITS FUNNY BECAUSE
NOMINAL, OF COURSE, MEANS MORE
OR LESS NORMAL OR AS IT’S
SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN YET. A
SCRUB IS NOT SUPPOSED TO
HAPPEN. WHAT WE’RE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE
ISSUE IS. SOMETHING TYPICALLY
WHAT THEY DO IS THEY BURN THAT
THAT VENTING A LIQUID OXYGEN
AND LIQUID KEROSENE THAT YOU
SEE. SO THAT’S THAT’S THE
CLOUD. THAT STUFF AND CLOUD
OUTSIDE. DON’T KNOW IF HAS
ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
BECAUSE LIKE YOU, WE JUST
HEARD WHAT MISSION CONTROL WAS
SAYING, KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE SENTENCE THERE. BUT
WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THIS
MISSION HAS NOW BEEN SCRUBBED
BECAUSE OF SOME SORT OF ISSUE
THAT POPPED UP REALLY. I MEAN,
AT THE LAST MINUTE OR 2
BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING
GOOD ALL NIGHT. WE LOOKED GOOD
DURING FUELING WE LOOK GOOD
RIGHT BEFORE THAT AS MORE PUT
ON BOARD TO THIS ROCKET. BIG
TEST FIRE THIS SEVERAL DAYS
AGO. ALL 9 MERLIN ENGINES AND
THERE HAVE BEEN NO PROBLEMS.
AND AS JAMES WAS SAYING,
REALLY THE COUNTDOWNS UP
THROUGH AND INTO LAUNCH OF ALL
OF THE PREVIOUS SPACEX
MISSIONS WITH ASTRONAUTS ON
BOARD HAS GONE SMOOTHLY. IN
FACT, JAMES SPARVERO CONTINUES
TO BE LIVE AT THE SPACE
CENTER. JAMES, I CANNOT
REMEMBER A SCRUB OF ASTRONAUTS
ON BOARD AT LEAST AT THE LAST
SEVERAL TIMES. RIGHT? MAYBE
GOING ALL THE WAY. BACK TO
DEMO TO ERIC. WE DID HAVE A
SCRUB THE DAY BEFORE THE
ASTRONAUTS ALTERNATELY LIFTED
OFF 3 YEARS AGO. BOB BEHNKEN
AND DOUG HURLEY THAT WAS MAY
30TH 2020.
>> WE WERE THERE A DAY OR 2
BEFORE WHEN THEY SCRUB. BUT I
DON’T THINK IT WAS THIS CLOSE
AND THE TERMINAL COUNT. JUST T
-2 MINUTES AND 18 SECONDS. IS
THAT GLANCED BACK AT THE CLOCK
WITH A HAVE US IN THE HOLD.
NOW AND ABORT RIGHT NOW. IF
YOU’RE JUST JOINING US
OVERNIGHT, MAYBE WATCHED OUR
EVENING NEWSCAST. MAYBE YOU
FOLLOWED OUR LIVESTREAM
OVERNIGHT. IT WAS A VERY
SMOOTH COUNTDOWN UP UNTIL THIS
POINT. NASA AND SPACEX
REPORTED NO MAJOR ISSUES
LEADING UP TO THE 6TH
FULL-LENGTH MISSION TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
UNDER SPACE-X’S PARTNERSHIP
WITH NASA UNDER THE COMMERCIAL
CREW PROGRAM. BUT THEN JUST
LIKE THAT, SUDDENLY WE HAVE AN
IT’S REPORTED TO BE AN ISSUE
WITH THE FALCON NINE’S ENGINE
IGNITION SYSTEM. IT LOOKS LIKE
THE VEHICLE IS SAFE. IT LOOKS
LIKE THE CREW IS SAFE. SO IT
JUST LOOKS NOW LOOKS LIKE NOW
ERIC SPACEX AND NASA WILL HAVE
TO CONFIRM WHAT’S LIKELY TO A
24 HOUR TURNAROUND. MAYBE THEN
AGAIN, THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE
TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE
ISSUE AT HAND. SO MAYBE IT’S
TOO EARLY TO SAY 20 JUST 24
HOURS. BUT WE KNEW IF THEY
WERE TO TAKE OFF TONIGHT, IT
WOULD JUST TAKE ABOUT 24 25
HOURS TO GET TO THE SPACE
STATION. BUT CLEARLY THE
ASTRONAUTS WILL NOT GET TO THE
SPACE STATION AS SOON AS
TUESDAY MORNING. ERIC, RIGHT,
JAMES? YEAH. LIKE YOU SAID WE
HAVE A SECOND LAUNCH WINDOW.
24 HOURS ISH FROM NOW.
TYPICALLY IT’S A FEW MINUTES
DIFFERENCE. BUT YEAH, THIS
WOULD HAVE BEEN TUESDAY
MORNING.
>> BUT WE HAVE SO LITTLE
INFORMATION AT THIS POINT AS
TO EXACTLY WHY THIS SCRUB
HAPPENED, AS JAMES WAS SAYING
THAT SOME SORT OF ISSUE, IT
SOUNDS LIKE WITH THE ENGINES,
SOMETHING ON FALCON 9 AND
THOSE 9 MERLIN ENGINES. WHAT
HAPPENS NOW IS THE ASTRONAUTS.
WELL, FIRST, THE FUEL HAS TO
BE DRAINED. AND THEN AS YOU
SAW THAT SWINGS OUT IS NOW
BACK IN PLACE. SO THE
ASTRONAUTS, OF COURSE, CAN
WALK BACK ACROSS THAT ARM AND
DOWN THE L ELEVATORS. TAKE
THOSE TESTS LIST BACK IN.
THEY’RE GOING TO WAIT AT LEAST
FOR ANOTHER DAY. AND SO WILL
WE. OF COURSE, WE’RE GOING TO
BE HERE ALL NIGHT LONG. OUR
MORNING CREW TAKES OVER IN THE
NEXT FEW HOURS IN THE STARTS
AT 4.30. AND BY THEN WE SHOULD
KNOW MORE AS TO EXACTLY WHAT
CAUSED THIS SCRUB OF THE CREW.
6 MISSION WITH THESE 4
ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD AND WE
SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND OUT BY
THEN WHETHER OR NOT GOING TO
TRY AGAIN IN ABOUT 24 HOURS.
SO TUNE IN AROUND 4.30, AND OF