>> LISA: PLUS, A MAN ARRESTED IN THE KILLINGS OF 4 PEOPLE IN BREVARD COUNTY WILL TAKE A
LOOK AT THE SUSPECTS LONG
VIOLENT CRIMINAL HISTORY.
FIRST, THOUGH, IN LESS THAN 2
HOURS, SPACEX AND NASA WILL
TRY FOR A SECOND TIME TO
LAUNCH FOR PEOPLE TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
LIFTOFF FOR NASA’S CREW. 6
MISSION SET FOR 12, 34 IN THE
MORNING. THANKS FOR JOINING US
TONIGHT. I’M MATT AUSTIN AND
I’M LISA BELL. THIS IS THE
SECOND LAUNCH ATTEMPT THIS
WEEK AFTER TECHNICAL ISSUES
FORCED TO SCRUB ON MONDAY. SO
IF ALL GOES ACCORDING TO
PLANNED LIFTOFF WILL BE AT 12.
34 THAT’S ABOUT 94 MINUTES
FROM NOW. THE CREW WILL ARRIVE
AT THE ISS A LITTLE MORE THAN
24 HOURS LATER. THE HATS WILL
OPEN AT 2.55. AND THEN THERE
WILL BE A WELCOME CEREMONY FOR
THE 4 ASTRONAUTS. WE HAVE LIVE
TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT TO GET
YOU READY FOR THE BIG LIFTOFF.
ERIK VON ANCKEN IS AT KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER TO EXPLAIN WHAT
WENT WRONG THE LAST TIME NEWS
SIX’S TROY CAMPBELL IS AT
SPACE VIEW PARK IN TITUSVILLE
WAY. A LOT OF CROWDS ARE
GATHERING RIGHT NOW. AND
CANDACE CAMPUS IS TRACKING THE
WEATHER FOR THE LAUNCH TIME.
BUT WE BEGIN WITH NEWS SIX’S
JAMES SPARVERO WHO IS ALSO
LIVE AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
TONIGHT. JAMES, EVERYTHING
APPEARS TO BE RUNNING SMOOTHLY
SO FAR.
>> ALL ACCORDING TO PLAN SO
FAR, LISA AND TO THIS POINT,
JUST LIKE IT WAS ON SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS WELL. SO
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WATCH
THIS COUNTDOWN. BUT FOR RIGHT
NOW, CREWS 6, THEY ARE INSIDE
THEIR DRAGON ENDEAVOR CAPSULE.
AND THE HATCH IS CLOSED. WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT 2 AMERICANS,
STEVE BOWEN AND WOODY HOBURG
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
ASTRONAUTS ALL TOWN ON AND
CARS BUT ANDRE FED. OF LIVE
PICTURES RIGHT NOW FROM THE
SPACE X AND NASA FEED ON
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL NIGHT HERE
AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. THE
WEATHER CERTAINLY WASN’T THE
PROBLEM BACK ON EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. IT WAS THAT TECHNICAL
ISSUE THAT POPPED UP
ADMINISTRATOR BILL NELSON JUST
MOMENTS AGO HE SAYING HE
EXPECTS A LAUNCH TONIGHT
BECAUSE NASA REPORTS THAT THAT
ISSUE WITH THE ENGINE IGNITION
FLUID ON THE FALCON 9 ROCKET.
IT INDEED WAS FIXED. BUT
AGAIN, WITH ANY ROCKET LAUNCH,
IT ALWAYS COMES DOWN TO THE
FINAL MINUTES. THE FINAL
SECONDS, EVEN JUST LIKE WE SAW
ON MONDAY, MATT, LISA.
>> MATT: ALL RIGHT. JAMES
SPARVERO WILL BE WATCHING.
THANK YOU. AND THIS IS THE
SECOND ATTEMPT THIS WEEK TO
TRY TO GET CREWS 6 OFF THE
GROUND. MONDAY MORNING’S
LAUNCH WAS SCRUBBED WITH LESS
THAN 3 MINUTES LEFT ON THAT
COUNTDOWN CLOCK NEWS SIX’S
ERIK VON ANCKEN IS ALSO LIVE
AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
TONIGHT WITH A LOOK AT WHAT
WENT WRONG. THEN ERIC.
TONIGHT WITH A LOOK AT WHAT
WENT WRONG. THEN ERIC. Yes, you wouldn’t believe it. >> AT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH
THESE CHEMICALS THAT ARE
SUPPOSED TO LIGHT THESE 9
MERLIN ENGINES AT THE BOTTOM
OF THE ROCKET ALL AT THE SAME
TIME, YOU CAN KIND OF THINK OF
IT AS LIGHTER FLUID,
ESSENTIALLY SO THAT THE
TECHNICAL NAME IS TRYING PULL
ALUMINUM AND A FULL BORE ON
THESE 2 CHEMICALS MIX WITH THE
LIQUID OXYGEN ON BOARD. THEY
FLOW THROUGH THE ENGINE AND
THEN THEY SPARKED THESE
ENGINES SO THEY LET THEM ALL
UP. AS I SAID, THAT THE IDEA
IS AT THE SAME TIME. BUT WHAT
HAPPENS IS THE FLOW OF THIS
CHEMICAL GOES INTO THE ENGINES
AND INTO A CATCH CATCH TANK
AND NASA DISCOVERED RIGHT IN
THOSE LAST FEW MINUTES THEY
WERE SEEING SENSORS. THAT’S
IT. THE FLOW WAS VERY LIMITED.
A LOT LOWER THAN IT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN. SO THE BIG CONCERN
HERE, WAS THERE AN A FLUID TO
LIGHT ALL OF THOSE ENGINES?
IMAGINE IF IT DIDN’T IMAGINE
IF THE 9 ENGINES DIDN’T LIGHT
ALL AT THE SAME TIME. THAT, OF
COURSE, COULD BE CATASTROPHIC
POSSIBLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE AN
ISSUE WITH THIS ROCKET LIFTING
OFF THE PAD. HERE’S AN
ASTRONAUT EXPLAINING IT.
>> IF THERE’S EVER A DOUBT,
YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE PROTOCOLS
FOR IS IT A BAD TELEMETRY ARE
JUST ONE BAD CENTER. BUT THIS
CASE, THERE’S A FEW
INDICATIONS THAT THERE WAS
SOMETHING AND THAT THEY MADE
THE RIGHT CALL TO STAND DOWN.
AND AS YOU SAID, FOUND AN
ACTUAL CLOG AND FIX THAT. AND
SO THE GOOD NEWS IS WE’RE BACK
ON TRACK.
SO THE GOOD NEWS IS WE’RE BACK
ON TRACK. Yes, you wouldn’t believe it. >> YOU JUST HEARD IN THERE. IT
WAS A FILTER THAT WAS CLOCKED.
SO THEY REPLACE THE FILTER.
THIS WAS AFTER SUNDAY NIGHT’S
LAUNCH ATTEMPT. BUT THAT NEW
FILTER IN AND THEN IT WAS
FLOWING THROUGH THE ENGINES
AND INTO THAT CATCH. EXACTLY
AS IT SHOULD. I SHOULD ALSO
TELL YOU THAT, BY THE WAY,
THIS IS NEVER EVER HAPPENED IN
THE HISTORY OF SPACEX LAUNCHES
WITH CREW ON BOARD. NEVER HAS
A CREW, A CREWED LAUNCH. A
SPACEX ROCKET EVER SCRUBBED
BECAUSE OF A TECHNICAL ISSUE.
SO THAT CAUGHT OFF EVERYBODY
OFF GUARD. NOW SO FAR WE’RE ON
TRACK. NO ISSUES POPPING UP.
WE DON’T EXPECT ANYTHING LIKE