ROAD JUST NORTH OF THE EXPLORATION TOWER REMEMBERED NO SHOULDER PARKING ALLOWED.
BACK TO YOU GUYS. CRYSTAL,
THANK YOU. THE NEXT HISTORIC
LAUNCH FROM THE SPACE COAST
JUST ABOUT 45 MINUTES AWAY.
NOW, RIGHT NOW A CREW OF 4
ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD THE SPACE
X ROCKET SAY HAVE BEEN UP ALL
NIGHT MAKING THE FINAL PREPS
FOR THE CREW 2 MISSION AND WE
HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE ALONG
THE SPACE COAST THIS MORNING
FOR YOU. MARK LEHMAN JOINS US
FROM SPACE VIEW PARK IN
MOMENTS. WE BEGIN WITH THEIR
BODY CAN LIVE AT KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER ANTICIPATION OF COURSE,
IS HIGH FOR THIS LAUNCH. ERIC.
IS HIGH FOR THIS LAUNCH. ERIC. about DOVATO-I did. >> RIGHT AND WE HAVE BEEN HERE
PRETTY MUCH MOST OF THE NIGHT
ALONGSIDE THOSE ASTRONAUTS. SO
THERE ARE 2 THINGS GOING ON
RIGHT NOW. I FIRST, I SHOULD
SAY ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO.
EVERYTHING IS CHECKING OUT
PERFECTLY. BUT THE FIRST THING
IS THE WEATHER. TROY WAS
TALKING ABOUT THAT. SO THEY
JUST HAD A WEATHER BRIEFING.
AGAIN, THEY’VE BEEN DOING THIS
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. AND THEN
THE LATEST ONE CHECKED OUT
PERFECTLY. SO THERE’S A LITTLE
BIT OF CONCERN OF RAIN
POSSIBLY MOVING THROUGH THE
AREA. SOME WINDS. WELL, RIGHT
NOW THE WINDS ARE VERY MILD. I
CAN TELL YOU STANDING HERE YOU
CAN SEE THE JACKET LONG JUST A
LITTLE BIT AND NO RAIN TO BE
SEEN AT THIS POINT. SO NOW
LESS THAN 46 MINUTES TO GO ON
TO LAUNCH. OBVIOUSLY THAT’S A
VERY GOOD THING. IF WE WERE TO
SEND THE ROCKET UP RIGHT NOW.
WE WOULD HAVE A GO ACROSS ALL
OF THE PARAMETERS AND THAT
INCLUDES THE WEATHER OUT IN
THE ATLANTIC BECAUSE REMEMBER,
THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY
THAT CAUSED US 2 SCRUBBED
UNTIL TODAY. THE SECOND THING
THAT’S GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS
THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT FUELING
THE ROCKET THAT SUPER COLD
LIQUID OXYGEN AND LIQUID
KEROSENE. THEY MET A FEW
MINUTES AGO. THEY GAVE THE GO
TO FUEL THE FUELING A SUPPOSED
TO START IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES
FROM NOW. ONCE PROCEED WITH
FUELING WELL, THEN WE’RE
PRETTY MUCH COUNTING DOWN
UNTIL LIGHT THE ROCKET AND
LIFT OFF. AND YOU KNOW,
ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN FROM NOW
UNTIL THEN. BUT THOSE ARE THE
2 BIG THINGS. THE WEATHER AND
THE FUEL LIKE AND BOTH OF
THOSE ON TRACK. THE ASTRONAUTS
READY TO GO. THEY SUITED UP A
FEW HOURS AGO. THEY WALKED OUT
OF THE OPERATIONS AND CHECKOUT
BUILDING AT MY COLLEAGUE HERE.
JAMES SPARVERO. WAS LUCKY
ENOUGH TO SEE THIS AS THEY
SAID GOODBYE TO THEIR FAMILIES
REALLY ARE OKAY. GOOD MORNING.
IT WAS 11. ’09, LAST NIGHT
THAT WE KNOW THE ASTRONAUTS
HAD THEIR WAKE UP CALL.
>> I SAW AT LEAST ONE OF THEM
TWEETING BEFORE THAT. SO LIKE
WE HEARD SOME OF THE I DON’T
THINK THEY GOT A LOT OF SLEEP
JUST EXCITED. I WOULD WRITE
EVERYTHING WAS ON SCHEDULE AT
02:30AM IN THE MORNING OVER AT
THE OPERATIONS AND CHECKOUT
BUILDING HERE AT KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER’S THE COUPLE OF MILES
AWAY. THEY WALKED OUT IN THEIR
SPACESUITS FIRST THEY WAVED TO
PHOTOGRAPHERS. THEN THEY HAD 5
MINUTES. THAT’S SHANE MEGAN
KEY TO SAY GOODBYE TO THEIR
FAMILIES, PERHAPS THE MOST
EMOTIONAL OF THOSE MOMENTS.
THE ONLY SMALL CHILD WE SAW IN
THAT LARGE GROUP. THAT WAS THE
7 YEAR-OLD SON OF MEGAN
MCARTHUR A
MCARTHUR A HER HUSBAND WHO
IS ALSO AN ASTRONAUT BOB BEHNKEN ROAD ON THE SAME CREW DRAGON ENDEAVOR LAST MAY THAT
WAS THE SPACE X DEMO. 2
MISSION. THAT WAS ABOUT A 2
MONTH STAY ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WE’RE NOW IN THE SECOND OF THE
FULL-LENGTH OPERATIONAL
MISSIONS AND MEGHAN WILL SIT
IN BOB’S EXACT SEAT. I THINK I
HEARD LITTLE FIOS A LAUNCH
AMERICA. THAT’S WHAT HE’S
CHAIRING IN THE VIDEO ABOUT 5
OR 6 TIMES HE’S HE’S GOT TO BE
TOTALLY THRILLED THAT MEGAN
SAYING EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT
THE HARDER PART OF THE
ASTRONAUTS. THE ASTRONAUT TEAM
HAS A LIFE AFTER ASTRONAUT
TEAM IS THE ONE WHO STAYS
BEHIND. IS THE ONE WHOS
LAUNCHING. OF COURSE. YOU
KNOW, I MEAN, YOU’VE GOT A
MISSION TO DO K S RIGHT
FOCUSED ON THE MISSION RIGHT.
SO ANYWAY, THAT THAT’S GOING
TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE.
SHE’S GOING TO BE ON THE SPACE
STATION FOR 6 MONTHS AS JAMES
WAS SAYING, THIS REUSE ROCKET.
>> REUSE CAPSULE SPACE X LIKES
TO CALL IT FLIGHT PROVEN. IT’S
THE FIRST TIME NASA HAS EVER
ALLOWED SPACE X TO FLY THE
ASTRONAUTS ON RE USED
HARDWARE. SO WE’RE GOING TO BE
WATCHING THAT VERY CLOSELY.
WE’RE NOW 43 MINUTES UNTIL
LAUNCH AGAIN, EVERYTHING
LOOKING REALLY, REALLY, REALLY
GOOD OUT HERE WILL BE OUT HERE
ALL MORNING RIGHT UP UNTIL
LAUNCH FOR YOU. BUT FOR NOW
LIVE AT KSC, ERIK VON ANCKEN
ALONGSIDE JAMES GETTING
RESULTS NEWS. 6 GETTING CLOSER
NOW. ERIC AND JAMES, THANK
YOU.
>> BRIDGETT: ALL. THE CREW IS
READY FOR THE ROCKET TO
LAUNCH. SO ARE THE PEOPLE WHO
TOOK AN EARLY MORNING DRIVE TO
THE SPACE COAST TO SEE IT.
THAT’S RIGHT. MARK LEHMAN
CONTINUES OUR LIVE TEAM
COVERAGE SHE’S AT SPACEVIEW
PARK IN TITUSVILLE SO MARK,
HOW’S IT LOOKING OUT THERE
RIGHT NOW.
>> YOU CAN DEFINITELY FEEL THE
EXCITEMENT. YOU KNOW, AT FIRST
WE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
DRIVING OUT HERE TO THE COAST
EARLY THIS MORNING WITH THIS
BEING AN EARLY MORNING LAUNCH.
BUT AS SOON AS WE GOT OUT HERE
TO SPACE VIEW PARK. WE SAW
THIS. TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THESE
PEOPLE OUT HERE. A FEW DOZEN
PROBABLY OVER A 100 PEOPLE.
HERE. ALL EXCITED TO THIS TAKE
OFF. LATER THIS MORNING THAT
SOME PEOPLE ARE LOCAL, BUT
MANY OTHERS ALSO FROM OUT OF
TOWN. SOME OF THIS WILL BE
PART OF VACATION. OTHERS THIS
THEY SPECIFICALLY CAME HERE
JUST IT’S TO SEE THIS LOT WERE
EXPECTING OVER POSSIBLY OVER
200,000 PEOPLE COMING TO
RIBAULT COUNTY TO SEE THE
LAUNCH HERE. NOW. I GOT A
CHANCE TO TALK TO HIS FAMILY
HERE FROM BOSTON THIS MORNING.
JEFF AND HEATHER TACKLE SO
GUYS, YOU MADE THE TRIP FROM
BOSTON HOME CITED, ARE YOU
THIS MORNING.
>> THIS IS REALLY COOL. I
MEAN, FOR ME, THIS IS A BUCKET
LIST KIND OF ITEM. YOU KNOW,
HEARD ABOUT SPACE TRAVEL, BUT
NEVER HAD ANY OPPORTUNITY THIS
CLOSE AND SEE IT IN PERSON.
>> AND I UNDERSTAND YOU, BUT
YOUR FAMILY, YOUR CHILDREN
HERE AS WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR
YOU TO FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO
SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
ABSOLUTELY. ONCE IN A LIFETIME
EXPERIENCE. WE’VE GOT THE KIDS
10 8 WITH THE GRANDPARENTS
GOING TO REMEMBER THIS FOR
THEIR LIFETIME AND WE WILL AS
WELL. WHAT ARE YOU GUYS
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MOST.
WELL, HONEST, I’M A LITTLE
NERVOUS BECAUSE I’VE NEVER
SEEN IT. AND YOU KNOW, YOU
SHOULD HAVE THERE’S ELEMENT OF
DANGER HERE. I THINK JUST KIND
OF SEEING IT TAKE OFF IN THE
EXPLOSION AND FEELING AND I’VE
HEARD THAT FROM A LOT OF
PEOPLE AROUND HERE THAT IT’S
NOT JUST THAT WE RECEIVE A NEW
KIND OF FEEL RUMBLING. SO I
DON’T KNOW. IT JUST KIND OF TO
SEE HOW THAT HAPPENS. WELL AND
HOPEFULLY WE’LL BE ABLE TO SEE
THAT HERE LESS THAN 45 MINUTES
FROM NOW.
>> ONE HERE IS COMING OUT HERE
TO SPACED APART TO SEE THIS IS
VERY EXCITING TIME FOR
EVERYONE. PEOPLE ARE STILL
CONTINUING TO SHOW UP AT THIS
HOUR. WE’RE GOING TO OUT HERE
THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. WE’LL
KEEP YOU UPDATED THINGS ARE
LOOKING THAT HERE IN BREVARD
COUNTY FOR NOW REPORTING LIVE
IN TITUSVILLE. MARK LEHMAN
GETTING RESULTS NEWS, 6.
>> JUSTIN: ENJOY THE VIEW
MEAGHER. THANK YOU. AND WE
HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO
KNOW ABOUT THE LAUNCH ON OUR
WEBSITE, INCLUDING FULL
DETAILS ON THE CREW MEMBERS
AND WHAT THEY’LL DO DURING
THEIR TIME AT THE SPACE
STATION. WE’RE ALSO STREAMING
SEVERAL DIFFERENT VIEWS FOR
YOU RIGHT NOW. SO YOU DON’T