INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. SINCE THEN, THE ORBITING OUTPOST HAS BECOME A BASE FOR
LAUNCHING
HUMANITY’S FUTURE. AND IN 10
DAYS THE CURRENT CREW THERE
WILL BE MAKING ROOM FOR
4 MORE ASTRONAUTS WAS SPECIAL
ABOUT THIS FLIGHT IS THAT IT
WILL GET IT. STARTLED CENTRAL
FLORIDA’S SPACE COAST JUST LIKE
THE DEMO 2 CREW DRAGON LAUNCH.
NASA’S CREW ONE ASTRONAUTS WILL
HITCH A RIDE ATOP THE SPACE X
FALCON 9 ROCKET.
>> CANDACE: THIS WILL MARK THE
FIRST OPERATION MISSION TO THE
ISS FOR DRAGON. WE REALLY GOT
TO KNOW THE GUYS WHO PILOTED
THE FIRST DRAGON TEST
BUYBACK MAY. TROOPER. STEVE
IS HERE NOW TO INTRODUCE US TO
THE NEXT CREW SO WE CAN TEAR
THEM ON. AND STEVE, IT’S QUITE
A DIVERSE GROUP THOUGH.
ABSOLUTELY. AS WE POINTED OUT,
THE SECOND ASTRONAUT LAUNCH IS
SET FOR NEXT SATURDAY SPACE X
WILL DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE ON DRAGON AND THESE CREW
MEMBERS WILL BE ON THE SPACE
STATION. GET THIS FOR ABOUT
6 MONTHS. SO LET’S MEET THE
GUYS AND GAL WHO WILL PILOT
THIS FLIGHT. LET’S START WITH
THE DRAGON COMMANDER AND THAT’S
GOING TO BE RIGHT HERE. THIS
STORY TELLER, A BREEZE, A
PROFESSIONAL AND A COLONEL MIKE
HOPKINS HERE WITH THIS JOB
TITLE. THE 51 YEAR-OLD WILL
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE
PHASES OF FLIGHT FROM LAUNCH TO
SPLASH DOWN THE MISSOURI NATIVE
SERVED IN UNITED STATES AIR
FORCE AS A TEST PILOT AND AN
ENGINEER. HE WAS SELECTED IN
2009 TO BE A NASA ASTRONAUT
JUST BEFORE THE END OF THE
SHUTTLE PROGRAM. SO THE VETERAN
ASTRONAUT IS LSO MARRIED AND
IS A FATHER OF 2 BOYS AND SAYS
HE CAN NOT WAIT TO SEE HIS
CREWMATE. VICTOR GLOVER
EXPERIENCE THE WEIGHTLESSNESS
OF SPACE FOR THE VERY FIRST
TIME. AND OF COURSE, SPEAKING
OF MISTER VICTOR GLOVER.
WE’VE RIGHT HERE FOR US.
LET’S GET TO KNOW THE NEW
DRAGON PILOT. SO WHEN GLOVER
HEARD HIS NAME CALLED AS ONE OF
THE ASTRONAUTS WHO WILL FLY ON
THE CRUISE DRAGON FIRST
OPERATIONAL MISSION TO THE
SPACE STATION. HE IMMEDIATELY
THOUGHT ABOUT HIS CLASSMATE,
WHO HE TRAINED WITH. HE SAYS
THE UPCOMING MISSION WILL BE
AN HONOR TO REPRESENT ALL OF
THEM WHILE THIS WILL BE
GLOVER’S VERY FIRST SPACE
FLIGHT. THE U.S. NAVY COMMANDER
AND GRADUATE OF THE UNITED
STATES AIR FORCE TEST PILOT
SCHOOL HAS ACCUMULATED 3,000
FLIGHT HOURS IN MORE THAN 40
DIFFERENT AIRCRAFT AND
CONDUCTED MORE THAN 400 CARRIER
ARRESTED LANDINGS. PRETTY
AWESOME STUFF AND 24 COMBAT
MISSIONS. WE’RE NOT DEALING
WITH A ROOKIE HERE. GLOVER IS
MARRIED HAS 4 CHILDREN AND
CALLS CALIFORNIA HOME. NOW
LET’S MEET THE VERY FIRST WOMAN
ASTRONAUT WHO WILL BE FLYING
THE CREW DRAGON SPACECRAFT.
ALSO HERE.
EXCUSE ME, SHANNON WALKER IS
THE MISSION SPECIALIST FOR THE
UPCOMING LAUNCH, BUT SHE BEGAN
HER CAREER WITH NASA BACK IN
1987 SHE WAS THE ROBOTICS
FLIGHT CONTROLLER FOR THE SPACE
SHUTTLE PROGRAM WORKING IN THE
MISSION CONTROL CENTER FOR AT
LEAST 7 SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHTS.
THIS WILL MARK OR SECOND STAY
AT THE ISS. AND SECOND
SPACECRAFT WALKER LIVES IN
HOUSTON WITH HER HUSBAND, ANDY
THOMAS WHO GETS WHAT IS ALSO
AN ASTRONAUT LAST BUT CERTAINLY
NOT LEAST IS SOICHI NOGUCHI.
THE MISSION SPECIALIST RIGHT
HERE.
IS FROM IS A VETERAN ASTRONAUT
WITH THE JAPAN AEROSPACE
EXPLORATION AGENCY KNOWN AS
JACK SAID, HE WAS SELECTED AS
AN ASTRONAUT IN 1996 AND HAS
DONE TRAINING IN BOTH THE
UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA.
HE SPENT MORE THAN 6 MONTHS IN
THE SPACE IN SPACE THROUGHOUT
HIS SPACE LIFE CAREER AND HIS
MISSIONS INCLUDE FLYING ON THE
SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY AND
BECOMING THE FIRST JAPANESE
ASTRONAUT TO PERFORM A SPACE
WALK ON THE
SPACE STATION. IF ALL GOES
ACCORDING TO PLAN NOW WE CAN
EXPECT TO SEE THESE GUYS
ARRIVING IN CENTRAL FLORIDA
IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO LAUNCH
OF THE CREW DRAGON, WHICH BY
THE WAY, THE CREW HAS NAMED
RESILIENCE IS SET FOR NEXT
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 14TH AT 7.49
IN THE EVENING. THE SPACECRAFT
WILL DOCK AT THE ISS ABOUT 8
AND A HALF HOURS LATER FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON SPACE. X CREW.
ONE ASTRONAUT. YOU CAN FIND THE
WEB STORY AT CLICK ORLANDO DOT
COM SLASH SPACE. WHAT A LINEUP
THERE. LADIES IT IS SO EXCITING