BOARD AND THE OTHER 3 CREWMEMBERS BEING INTERNATIONAL CREW MEMBERS.
WE’RE JUST ABOUT 30 SECONDS
NOW FROM LAUNCH. THERE WAS A
SENSOR ISSUE. IT SEEMS THEY’RE
WORKING THROUGH THAT. THE
COUNTDOWN CONTINUES. LOOKS
LIKE THIS IS GOING TO GO.
WE’RE GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
NASA AND JOY.
>> SANDS AND FOR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. >> 1.7 MILLION. CALLS FROM
OFFICERS
>> 7 MILLION POUNDS OF PRESS
ON FOUNDED IN 1970,
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
NOW TRAVELING ALMOST 300 MILES
PER HOUR.
♪
>> NOMINAL POWER. WE’RE JUST
ABOUT SECONDS. INTO THE 7TH
ROTATIONAL FRUITION, ONWARD,
DRAGON AND FALCON 9. AND RIGHT
NOW THE VEHICLE IS THROTTLING
DOWN TO HELP US PASS THROUGH
THE PERIOD OF MAXIMUM DYNAMIC
PRESSURE.
>> THERE’S A 7 IS NOW MOVING
FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF ONE
THE CONFIRMATION WE HAVE MOVED
FROM MAX Q AND R THROTTLING
BACK COMPANY WOULD FOR CALL
FROM JASMINE ON FOR 7 AS WELL
AS CONFIRMATION THE GROUND.
THE CALL FOR ONE BRAVO MEANS
WE ARE IN THE SECOND AND FINAL
BOARD VOTE FOR CHILDREN GOOD
PERFORMANCE. WE’VE GOT ENGINE
SHOW ON THE SECOND STAGE BACK
ENGINE. WE WILL THEN BE
LOOKING FOR MIKKO. OUR MAIN
ENGINE CUTOFF WHERE THE 9
ENGINES ON THE FIRST STAGE
WILL CUT OFF THE HEAD OF THE
FIRST AND SECOND STAGES
SEPARATING.
>> AND THE NOT THE SINGLE
MERLIN VACUUM ENGINE ON THE
SECOND STAGE WILL IGNITE. WE
ARE NOW COMING UP ON 2 MINUTES
INTO THE FLIGHT SPACECRAFT
TRAVELING OVER 2000 MILES PER
HOUR.
>> REALLY INCREDIBLE NIGHT
TIME USE A FALCON 9 AND CREW.
7 ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW. SO
TIME USE A FALCON 9 AND CREW.
7 ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW. SO DESTINATION WEDDING? AS LEON JUST MENTIONED, WE ARE
KEEPING AN EYE ON A COUPLE OF
CRITICAL FLIGHT MILESTONES
COMING UP BACK-TO-BACK. ONE
PROBLEM. GOING TO BE NICO. SO
MAIN ENGINE CUT OFF. NOW THAT
WE’RE THROTTLING DOWN STAGE
ONE FOLLOWED BY STAGE
SEPARATION AND SECOND STAGE.
IGNITION. MAIN ENGINE CUT OFF.
SEPARATION AND SECOND STAGE.
IGNITION. MAIN ENGINE CUT OFF. DESTINATION WEDDING? >> STAGE SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
P 2
>> SO THERE YOU HEARD AND SAW
NICO STAGE SET UP AND
HOPEFULLY YOU HEARD JASMINE
CALL OUT FOR THE 2 ALPHA FORT
MODE JUST BEFORE SECOND STAGE.
IGNITION.
>> AND OF COURSE, THIS IS THE
SECOND STAGE POWERING DRAGON
ON ITS FLIGHT. NOW TRAVELING
ALMOST 4,000 MILES PER HOUR.
OVER 3 MINUTES SINCE LAUNCH.
THE SECOND STAGE WILL CONTINUE
TO POWER THE SPACECRAFT. AND
OUR FIRST LOOK AT THE CREW
INSIDE. BE STANDING BY FOR
THAT’S THE NEXT MAJOR
MILESTONE FOR THE SECOND STAGE
ENGINE DOT COMS. SHORTLY
BEFORE 9 MINUTES INTO THE
FLIGHT. WE STILL GOT SOME TIME
ON THIS ENGINE. SO RIGHT NOW,
WHILE CREWS 7 MAKES ITS WAY TO
ORBIT, OUR FIRST STAGE BOOSTER
IS MAKING ITS WAY BACK TO
LAND. SO YOU MAY HEAR THE CALL
OUT HERE THAT SHORTLY.
>> THAT WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF
OUR BOOST BACK BURN. RIGHT
NOW. STAGE ONE IS COASTING
TRAJECTORY NOMINAL. GOOD CALL
OUT THERE. THE DRAGON IS ON
THE RIGHT
>> AND CONFIRMATION FROM
COMMANDER JASMINE, A BELLY.
>> CONTINUING TO SEE GOOD
PERFORMANCE ON THIS LOAN.
MERLIN VACUUM ENGINE ON THE
STAGE. ALSO, AS WE’VE HEARD
NOMINAL TRAJECTORY, THAT’S THE
GUIDANCE NAVIGATION CONTROL
OFFICER HERE AT SPACEX STATING
THAT WE ARE ON THE CORRECT
PAST DRAGONS POINTED IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION. THE SECOND
STAGE CONTINUES FIRING UNTIL
LIKE WE MENTIONED,
SECOND-STAGE ENGINE CUT OFF AT
ABOUT 8 MINUTES. AND 55 0
SECONDS INTO THE FLIGHT RIGHT
NOW. WE’RE 4 MINUTES AND 30
SECONDS SENSE ARE ON-TIME
LIFTOFF NOW TRAVELING AT 5,000
MILES PER HOUR. THIS SINGLE
MERLIN VACUUM ENGINE CAN
PROVIDE OVER 225,000 POUNDS OF
THRUST IN THE VACUUM OF SPACE
DOING ITS JOB. TAKE OUR CREW
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION TODAY.
>> REAGAN BEAT THAT SECTOR
NOMINAL.
>> GOOD NEWS FROM MISSION
CONTROL.
>> CREATED.
>> SO WITH THAT FROM YOU TO
CALL OUT, WE ACTUALLY KNOW
THAT THE GROUND STATION
TRANSMITTING THIS FLIGHT DATA
BACK TO US IS COMING FROM FOR
ME TO. THE CREW IS CURRENTLY
PULLING A LITTLE MORE THAN
ONE. G HAS. THE SECOND STAGE
ENGINE CONTINUES TO PROPEL
THEIR FLIGHT. CONTINUING TO
HEAR GOOD CALLS TO THE CREW.
NOW 5 MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS
INTO THE FLIGHT TRAVELING AT
6,400 MILES PER HOUR. AGAIN,
WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THE
SECOND STAGE FIRE FOR ABOUT 3
MORE MINUTES. SHORTLY AFTER
SECOND STAGE ENGINE CUT-OFF.
WE WILL SEE IT SEPARATE FROM
DRAGON WHICH WILL CONTINUE ITS
JOURNEY.
>> NOW
>> AT THIS POINT IN THE
FLIGHT, WE’RE JUST ABOUT 15
SECONDS AWAY FROM STAGE. ONE
ENTRY BURNS START AT THIS
POINT, THE CENTER AND JEN ON
FALCON 9 WILL BE LIT FOR JUST
ABOUT 10 SECONDS TO HELP US
SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN AS IT
RE-ENTERS THE EARTH’S
ATMOSPHERE. THAT’S NOT THE
ONLY THING HELPING US ON
RE-ENTRY, THOUGH. THE FIRST
STAGE HE’S HIGH DRAG ON
RE-ENTRY WHICH SCRUBS ROUGHLY
70% OF THE VELOCITY. BY THE
TIME THE LANDING BURN
WEEKENDS. BUT YOU JUST HAD
GREAT VIEWS OF ON THE
LEFT-HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN.
FLORIDA SPACE COAST BEGINNING
TO COME INTO VIEW IN THE
BACKGROUND. ALL WHILE CREWS,
7, OF COURSE, ON THE RIGHT
HAND SIDE OF YOUR STREET, ICE
CREAM LIT UP BY THAT. I’M BACK
ITS WAY TO ORBIT.
>> WE ARE JUST ABOUT 7 MINUTES
NOW AFTER LIFTOFF FOR THE 4
ASTRONAUTS. THEY ARE LOOKING
GOOD. THEY ARE. PRETTY MUCH
SAFELY IN ORBIT AND WHAT WE’RE
WATCHING RIGHT NOW HERE FROM
THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER LIVE
IS THE FALCON 9 ROCKET BOOSTER
COMING BACK DOWN FOR THE FIRST
TIME KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. SO
THERE IS A LANDING ZONE THAT
SPACEX USES NOT FAR FROM A
ACTUALLY OVER AT THE CAPE
CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION
WHERE SPACEX TYPICALLY WHEN
THEY LAUNCH A ROCKET WITHOUT
ASTRONAUTS TO BRING IT BACK
DOWN, IF THEY HAVE ENOUGH
FUEL. AND THAT IS HAPPENING AS
WE SPEAK, HAVEN’T FELT A SONIC
BOOM YET, BUT YOU MAY. IF
YOU’RE AWAKE WITH US. TOUCHING
DOWN. LOOK AT THIS. NOT FAR
FROM WHERE WE ARE
>> AND THERE IT >> FULLY LANDED BACK LANDING ZONE. ONE IN FLORIDA.
>> SO WE’RE WAITING FOR SONIC
BOOM OUT HERE TRACK. AND WHEN
WE DID HEAR IT, THOUGHT IT WAS
GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THE
ROCKET TOUCHED DOWN JUST TO MY
LIKE I SAID OVER THE SPACE
FORCE STATION. BUT THEN IT
CAME A FEW SECONDS LATER,
RIGHT? THEY GET CAUGHT BOTH OF
BY SURPRISE SATELLITE, A
REALLY LOUD FIRECRACKERS.
SPACEX, DOES IT YET AGAIN. NOT
ONLY DID THEY GET THE 4
ASTRONAUTS UP TO SPACE, BUT
THEY BROUGHT BACK THE ROCKET
DOWN TO USE IT YET AGAIN. THE
CAPSULE HAS BEEN REUSED
SEVERAL TIMES ARE ALREADY
GOING TO THE SPACE STATION. SO
THIS IS A REUSE CAPSULE. AND
NOW THIS IS A GOING TO BE A
REUSED BOOSTER. IT’S VERY,
VERY RARE THAT SPACE-X ENDS UP
SCRUBBING A LAUNCH BECAUSE OF
HARDWARE. IN OTHER WORDS, THE
ROCKET, THE CAPSULE. SOMETIMES
IT’S WEATHER, BUT IT IS
USUALLY NEVER HAPPENING OUT
HERE TO WHERE SPACEX DECIDES
THAT THEY WANT TO PUSH THEIR
LAUNCH BACK BECAUSE OF EITHER
LAST-MINUTE ISSUE OR AN ISSUE
THAT THEY’RE WORKING ON. SO
LAST NIGHT THAT HAPPENED, IT
TURNED OUT REALLY NOT TO BE AN
ISSUE JUST TURNED OUT. AS WE
SAID, NASA NEEDED A LITTLE BIT
MORE TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEIR SYSTEMS WERE WORKING AS
THEY EXPECTED AND ANTICIPATED
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VALVES
RECLOSING THAT LIFE SUPPORT
SYSTEM. LIKE I SAID. AND THEN
TONIGHT THERE WAS A CENTER
ISSUE. BUT REMEMBER, THERE’S
HUNDREDS, MAYBE THOUSANDS OF
SENSORS ON BOARD ALL OF THIS
HARDWARE ON BOARD, NOT JUST
THE ROCKET BUT THE CAPSULE,
THINGS THAT MISSION CONTROL.
NASA HERE AT THE KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER IS WATCHING EVERY
SECOND. MOST OF THESE SENSORS
WORK FIND ALL OF THE TIME.
SOMETIMES IF THE SENSORS NEED
TO SHUT DOWN THE SYSTEM’S
IMMEDIATELY, THEY DO WHEN THEY
WILL CALL FOR AN ABORT
IMMEDIATELY ARE CAUSING ABOARD
IMMEDIATELY. SOMETIMES THE
SENSORS IN IN THIS CASE, IT
SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS A FUELING
SENSOR. ARE MONITORING THE
RATE OF FUEL. NOT JUST HOW
QUICKLY BUT HOW MUCH IF IT’S
COLD ENOUGH REMEMBER IT’S A
SUPER COLD FLUID. THEY HAVE A
CHILL DOWN THE ENGINES. ALL OF
THIS HAS TO HAPPEN IN TIME AS
WE COUNTDOWN FOR LAUNCH AND
RIGHT ON TIME. AND THAT SENSOR
WAS SHOWING SOMETHING WRONG.
WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT
WAS, BUT THAT A OBVIOUSLY
CLEAR THERE ARE SENSORS AND
THEY’RE REDUNDANT SENSORS AND
OTHER WORDS, THERE ARE BACKUPS
TO THOSE SENSORS. SO AS NASA
WAS ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THIS
AND REALIZE THAT THE SENSOR
ISSUE TURNS OUT WAS NOT THE
SENSOR ISSUE. SO WE LAUNCHED
RIGHT ON TIME. I GUESS THE
SECOND RELAUNCH RIGHT ON TIME
AT 3.27. ALL 4 ASTRONAUTS ARE
IN SPACE RIGHT NOW THAT ROCKET
BOOSTER LANDED BACK HERE RIGHT
NEXT TO THE KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER SUCCESSFULLY AS SPACE X
HAS DONE RECENTLY. AND THEN
JUST ABOUT 24 HOURS FROM NOW,
A LITTLE UNDER THAT THE
ASTRONAUTS ARRIVE AT THE SPACE