>> THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 9 GETTING RESULTS. >> JULIE: HERE’S A LIVE LOOK
FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX. 39 A AT
THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER WHERE
ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO FOR TODAY’S
LAUNCH. FALCON 9 ROCKET.
EQUIPPED WITH THE FIRST
PRIVATE CREW ROCKETING TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
LOOKING GOOD OUT THERE. THE
WEATHER IS LOOKING GOOD AS
WELL. 90 1% CHANCE OF
GOVERNOR, WHETHER SO WE’RE IN
GOOD SHAPE. TODAY MARKS A
MILESTONE IN HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT
IN PART OF VACCINES, VISION TO
ONE DAY MAKE SPACE MORE
ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. YES,
OUR COVERAGE CONTINUES. NOW.
NEWS SIX’S AMANDA CASTRO LIVE
AT JETTY PARK THIS AND
EXCITEMENT IS REALLY BUILDING
OUT THERE AS WE GET CLOSER AND
CLOSER TO LAUNCH. HOW ARE
THINGS LOOKING OUT THERE?
CLOSER TO LAUNCH. HOW ARE
THINGS LOOKING OUT THERE? At JP Morgan, >> YEAH, BRIDGETT IS ACTUALLY
STARTING TO FILL UP A LITTLE
BIT OUT HERE AT JETTY PARK.
WHEN WE GOT HERE A LITTLE MORE
THAN AN HOUR AGO. IT WAS STILL
KIND OF SLOW OUT HERE, BUT WE
ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME
FOLKS, YOU KNOW, COME OUT, GAB
THEIR CHAIRS AND FIND THEIR
SPOTS HERE ALONG JETTY PARK TO
WATCH THIS MORNING’S HISTORIC
LAUNCH. PEOPLE UP ALSO BEEN
CAMPING OUT SINCE YESTERDAY SO
THEY CAN WITNESS THE FIRST
PRIVATE CREWED LAUNCH
SKYROCKET TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION. SPACEX AND
AXIOM SPACE SAYING ALL SYSTEMS
ARE GO FOR THIS MORNING’S
LAUNCH. THIS MARKING AN
IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD AXIOM’S
GOAL OF ONE DAY BUILDING A
PRIVATE SPACE STATION IN
ORBIT. NOW, WHILE HERE TO PARK
THIS MORNING, WE SPOKE TO A
COUPLE FROM ILLINOIS WHO ARE
TRAVELING ACROSS THE COUNTRY
SAYING THEY REMEMBER WATCHING
SHUTTLE LAUNCHES FROM JETTY
PARK DECADES AGO AND THEY’RE
EXCITED TO SEE WHAT NEXT FOR
THE FUTURE OF SPACE
EXPLORATION.
>> IT IS NEAT. WHO WOULD HAVE
EVER THOUGHT WHEN THIS ALL
STARTED?
>> WAY BACK WITH PRESIDENT
KENNEDY AND SAYING WE’RE GOING
TO PUT A MAN ON THE MOON AND
SO FORTH THAT WE’D BE AT THIS
POINT WHERE PRIVATE. ENTITIES
ARE GOING INTO SPACE AND DOING
THE THINGS THEY ARE. IT’S IT’S
JUST IT’S IT’S EXCITING. WHAT
IS THE FUTURE COMING TO THE
YOU KNOW, IT’S JUST REALLY
COOL TO THINK. WHAT ARE WE
GOING TO DO NEXT?
>> AND WHAT WE’RE DOING NEXT
IS SENDING PRIVATE ASTRONAUTS
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION BACK OUT HERE LIVE AT
JETTY PARK. WE’RE ALL OF THESE
FOLKS ARE HERE THIS MORNING TO
WITNESS THAT HISTORIC LAUNCH.
AND WE’RE ANTICIPATING THERE’S
GOING TO BE EVEN MORE PEOPLE
SHOWING UP BIGGER CROWDS.
COMING UP WITHIN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS WITH LIFTOFF
SET AT 11 17 THIS MORNING. WE,
OF COURSE, WILL BRING YOU LIVE
COVERAGE OF THIS MORNING’S
LAUNCH AS WELL AS REACTION
FROM HERE AT JETTY PARK.
COMING UP LATER ON NEWS 6 AS
WELL AS ON CLICK ORLANDO DOT
COM WITH THE CHOOSE YOUR VIEW
HOPEFULLY GUYS WILL TUNE IN TO
THAT ACTUALLY ANOTHER LIVE HIT
COMING UP IN JUST A FEW
MINUTES HERE AT JETTY PARK.
BUT FOR NOW LIVE IN CAPE
CANAVERAL, AMANDA CASTRO
GETTING RESULTS NEWS 6.
AMANDA, THANK YOU. LOVE SCENE
EVERYONE OUT THERE AND JETTY
PARK TAKES YOU BACK TO
COVERING THE SHUTTLE LAUNCHES
AND ALL THAT. SO NICE TO SEE
IT OF COURSE, THE AXIOM CREW
WILL BE HEADING TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
AND JUST LAST WEEK AND NASA
ASTRONAUT RETURNED FROM HIS
DAY ABOARD THE ORBITING
OUTPOST AND NEWS SIX’S CRYSTAL
MOYER IS AT SPACE VIEW PARK
MARK VANDEHEI. IT’S BEEN
ALMOST A YEAR IN SPACE.
At JP Morgan, >> YES, I MEAN, WE’RE OUT
HERE. THERE’S A TON OF PEOPLE
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE’VE
SEEN SOME PEOPLE FROM AROUND
THE COUNTRY, PEOPLE FROM
ENGLAND. YOU KNOW, THEY WERE
OUT HERE AT SPACE VIEW PARK AS
PART OF THEIR VACATION AND
SAID, HEY, WHY NOT COME OUT
HERE AND SEE THIS LAUNCH
HISTORIC LAUNCH COMING AFTER
AN ASH NOT CAME BACK FROM HIS
HISTORIC MISSION TO SPACE.
MARK VANDE, HEI SPENDING 355
MARK VANDE, HEI SPENDING 355 At JP Morgan, DAYS ON BOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
AND LAST WEEK HE SPENT SOME
TIME WITH THIS PAST WEEK. IT’S
BEEN SOME TIME SPEAKING WITH
REPORTERS ABOUT HIS
EXPERIENCE.
>> IT’S WONDERFUL TO BE BACK.
THERE ARE SOME ACHES AND PAINS
I DID NOT HAVE BEFORE THAT.
I’M GETTING LOTS OF HELP IN
RESOLVING. SO I LOOK FORWARD
TO THOSE GETTING RESOLVED
>> BUT WE’RE MAKING STEADY
PROGRESS IN THAT DIRECTION. 55
YEAR-OLD ASTRONAUT MARK VANDE,
HEI RECOVERING AFTER
RECORD-BREAKING TIME. ONE MORE
THING I AT THAT AS AMERICAN
ASTRONAUT.
>> HE HAD A PRIOR MISSION TO
THE ISS IN 2017 AND SAYS IT
TAKES PHYSICAL AND MENTAL
STRENGTH TO SPEND A LONG
PERIOD OF TIME AND SPACE SO
FAR FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
>> A LOT OF BEING ABLE TO BE
SUCCESSFUL IN THE SPACE
STATION OR ANY PLACE REMOTELY
FOR THAT LONG IS GOING TO HOW
YOU DEAL WITH YOUR OWN MENTAL
HEALTH. SO THAT REQUIRES A LOT
OF EMPHASIS AND I FELT BETTER.
AND THIS SPACE FLIGHT THE
LONGER ONE THAN IN THE
PREVIOUS ONE, BECAUSE I REALLY
DID PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO A
KIND OF THE CONVERSATIONS I
WOULD HAVE WITH MYSELF, MY OWN
INTERNAL VOICE THAT HELPED A
LOT.
>> DURING BAD THE HIGHS TIME
IN SPACE, THERE WERE ABOUT 60
TO 100 EXPERIMENTS GOING ON AT
ANY MOMENT ON BOARD. THE ISS
DURING HIS LAST MISSION. HE
SHARES HIS FAVORITE
EXPERIMENT.
>> UNIQUE EXPERIENCE WE HAD
WITH GROWING HATS, JEWELRY,
THE REASON I LIKE IT SO MUCH
BECAUSE WHEN I OPENED UP THAT
COVER KNOW THOSE PEPPERS. IT
WAS SUCH A SHOCKING
DIFFERENCES, SMELL OF PLANTS
AND VEGETATION. IT WAS A CRAZY
AND THEN WE’VE GOT TO EAT THE
PEPPER. IT’S SO THAT WAS A
HUGE VOTES.
>> CANDACE: BUT ARGUABLY, THE
MOST IMPORTANT EXPERIMENT WAS
VANDEHEI HIMSELF AND DONATED
CELLS FROM OTHER HUMANS. AND
MY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THAT DATA.
>> THAT WILL HELP PEOPLE
FURTHER EXPLORE. IT’S
CERTAINLY VERY SATISFYING
BECAUSE AS I GET OLDER, I’M
SURE MANY WATCHING THOSE
THINGS AS PEOPLE THAT ARE MUCH
YOUNGER THAN ME DO SOME
AMAZING THINGS. THERE’S A LOT
OF CHALLENGES AHEAD AND IT’S
GOING TO BE EXCITING SETTING
CELESTE DEAL IMMUNITY TO SEE
HOW IMMUNE SYSTEMS REACT TO
THE RIGORS OF SPACEFLIGHT DATA
FROM BANDA HIGHS. BODY WILL
CONTINUE TO BE GATHERED FOR
THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
>> HELPING TO PREPARE THE
FUTURE OF ASTRONAUTS TO MAYBE
ONE DAY. MAKE IT SMART.
>> TO GET A REALLY GOOD
UNDERSTANDING SPACE CULTURE IS
KIND OF LIKE TRYING TO GET A
REALLY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF
THE CULTURE OF A TEAM THAT’S
TRYING TO DO SOME TYPE OF
EXPEDITION LIKE GOING TO MOUNT
EVEREST. IT DEPENDS A LOT. AND
THE PERSONALITIES OF THE
PEOPLE THAT YOU’RE WITH.
>> THE ISS HAS BEEN IN ORBIT
FOR MORE THAN 23 YEARS. IT’S
MADE UP OF MORE THAN A DOZEN
MODULES DIVIDED INTO 2
SECTIONS. THE RUSSIAN SEGMENT
AND U.S. SEGMENT. THIS IS
VIDEO TAKEN IN 2015 SHOWING
THE DIFFERENT AREAS ON BOARD
THE SPACE STATION.
THE DIFFERENT AREAS ON BOARD
THE SPACE STATION. At JP Morgan, >> HELLO, I’M OVER HERE.
CHATTING IT UP WITH LIT AND
HER HUSBAND, BOB. THEY ARE
TRAVELING FROM NASHVILLE,
NASHVILLE. THEY’RE OUT HERE TO
SEE THIS HISTORIC LAUNCH AND,
YOU KNOW, IF YOU’RE ON
CLICKORLANDO DOT COM, WE HAVE
A SECTION CALLED CHOOSE YOUR
VIEW. WE HAVE REPORTERS ALL
OVER BREVARD COUNTY. EVERY
ANGLE OF THIS LAUNCH FROM THE
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER TO HEAR
SPACE VIEW PARK. SO I WAS
TALKING WITH LYNN AND BOB
ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE HERE IN
AND THEY SAID IT WAS PRETTY
EMOTIONAL FOR THEM. I MEAN,
THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME SEEING
A LAWN CHAIR, RIGHT? TELL ME A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. IT’S
OUR FIRST TIME WE CAME OVER
HERE SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WE
HEARD WE’RE GOING TO BE COUPLE
LAUNCHES AND WE’VE BEEN
STAYING OVER IN ROCKLEDGE.
>> AND WE’RE JUST EXCITED
ABOUT SEEING IT I JUST WISH WE
COULD GET ON A BOAT AND A
LITTLE BIT CLOSER. I YOU THINK
THEY’D MIND IF WE STARTED
SWIMMING. YOU KNOW, IF YOU’RE
OUT THERE, MAYBE YOU’RE AN
INSIDER. GOT A BOAT. YOU CAN
FIND US ON THAT. THAT WOULD BE
GREAT. GIVE US A A GREAT
BETTER ASSIGNMENT. YOU KNOW,
CATAMARAN OR SOMETHING. YOU
KNOW, THERE’S NO ASSIGNMENT
BETTER THAN THIS WHEN I LOVE
IT. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU’RE
TALKING ABOUT HOW
>> THIS REALLY BRINGS UP
PATRIOTISM FOR YOU. TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THIS
MEANS TO EXPERIENCE THIS
LAUNCH TODAY. I REALLY LIKE
SEEING KIDS BECAUSE I WANT.
>> KIDS JUST THE GOOD THINGS.
YOUR HAND. NOTHING ABOUT BAD
THINGS. AND I I’M SO PROUD TO
BE AN AMERICAN AND SO GLAD
THAT WE’RE STILL DOING THINGS
THAT MAKE US WANT TO. WHO PUT
THE RE AND THE EMOTIONAL ABOUT
IT. I SPENT MONDAY AT KENNEDY
CENTER AND EYEBALL THE WHOLE
TIME. JUST A BIG BABY. BUT
THAT’S OKAY. BUT I’M JUST
PROUD TO THE AMERICANS
CONTINUE TO DO SUCH GREAT
THINGS. WILL THANK YOU GUYS.
SO MUCH FOR VISITING. WE’RE
STILL HAPPY TO HAVE YOU BOTH
HERE. I’M GOING TO GET BOB,
HIS CHAIR, BAXLEY HERE. MARK,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING
YOUR CHAIR WITH ME AND AGAIN,
WE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU
LIVE COVERAGE HERE ON NEWS. 6
NEW 6 PLUS CLICKORLANDO DOT
COM. SO HEAD OUT THERE. WE
HAVE EVERY DIFFERENT VENUE FOR
YOU TO WATCH THIS HISTORIC
LAUNCH. OF COURSE. WE’LL BE
CHECKING BACK IN WITH YOU GUYS
THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. BACK
TO YOU, CRYSTAL. I LOVE IT. WE
CAN’T WAIT HEAR MORE. THOSE
STORIES FROM THE PEOPLE OUT
THERE WITH YOU. AND YOU KNOW,
SHE’S RIGHT.
>> YOU KNOW, LOOKING HAVING
SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
YES, 7 MORE NOW THAN EVER. AND
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT
THEY’RE HOPING TO DO TO EXPAND
THE WHEN IT RETIRES AND BUILD.
>> BRIDGETT: YOU KNOW, A
COMMERCIAL SPACE STATION.
THAT’S EXCITING. AND IT IS SO
MUCH MORE TO COME. YES, GOOD
AND A LOT FOR THE CHILDREN.
LIKE SHE SAID. AGAIN, LIFTOFF
IS SET FOR 11. 17 WILL BRING
IT TO YOU LIVE RIGHT HERE ON
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