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>> LIFTOFF.
>> HISTORY ONCE AGAIN MADE ON
THE SPACE COAST.
9IERS OF HARD WORK AND
DEDICATION COMING TO FRUITION
TODAY.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PACKED THE
BEACHES AS WE ALL WATCHED
HISTORY, MADE HERE IN CENTRAL
FLORIDA.
TONIGHT THE ASTRONAUTS ARE
SAFELY IN ORBIT AFTER THE
SWEETEST LAUNCH OF THE SPACE
COAST IN NEARLY A DECADE ON A
COMMERCIAL ROCKET.
WE HEARD FROM BOB AND DOUG ON
BOARD THE DRAGON.
THEY ARE HAPPY AND HEALTHY, AND
SHOWED OFF THEIR SPACE TOY.
>> WE HEARD FROM THE MAN BEHIND
SPACE X, MUSK SPOKE ONLY WITH
NEWS 6.
WE CONTINUE COVERAGE FROM THE
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER TONIGHT.
ADDS TONIGHT HE IS FOCUSED ON
TOMORROW, WHEN ASTRONAUTS WILL
DOCK WITH THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
RIGHT NOW THEY ARE SLEEPING, AT
LEAST AS MUCH AS ANYBODY CAN,
WHO JUST TOOK AMERICA BACK INTO
SPACE FROM THE SPACE COAST.
THE ROAR OF THE ROCKET WAS MORE
POWERFUL THIS TIME THAN IN 9
YEARS BECAUSE THIS WASN’T JUST
THE ROCKET LAUNCH.
THIS WAS LAUNCH AMERICA.
TWO ASTRONAUTS, BOB AND DOUG, AS
THEY HAVE BECOME KNOWN, FLEW TO
SPACE IN THE WORLD’S FIRST
COMMERCIALLY MADE CAPSULE, AND
THE FIRST AMERICAN SPACE CRAFT
TO CARRY ASTRONAUTS SINCE THE
SPACE SHUTTLE.
>> QUITE OVERCOME WITH EMOTION.
IT IS QUITE HARD TO TALK
FRANKLY.
18 YEARS WORKING TOWARD THIS
GOAL.
IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT
HAPPENED.
>> Reporter: THE FOUNDER OF
SPACE X AND VISIONARY BEHIND
FALCON 9 AND DRAGON PUSHED FOR
PERFECTION, AND AT THE LAST
MINUTE, IT WAS ALL OF IT.
THE WEATHER, ROCKET AND CREW
ESPECIALLY AS TOUGH AS IT MUST
HAVE BEEN TO SAY GOODBYE TO
THEIR WIVES AND ADORING SONS,
THESE TWO MILITARY TEST PILOTS
WERE EAGER TO TRY OUT THE NEW
FLYING MACHINE.
>> EVEN FLYING DRAGON THEMSELVES
WITH THE TOUCH SCREEN, BRIEFLY
BEFORE TURNING AUTO PILOT BACK
ON.
THEIR 12 MINUTE RIDE ON THE
ROCKET DELIVERED THEM INTO ORBIT
ORBIT.
THE STUFFED DINOSAUR CONFIRMED
THEY HAD MADE IT.
>> WE BOTH HAVE TWO BOYS, WHO
ARE SUPER INTERESTED IN
DINOSAURS.
WE COLLECTED THEM BETWEEN THE
TWO HOUSES, AND THIS GOT THE
VOTE FROM THE BOYS TO MAKE THE
TRIP TO SPACE TODAY WITH US.
THAT WAS A SUPER COOL FOR US TO
GET A CHANCE TO THE FOR THEM.
>> Reporter: ON THEIR NEW
ADVENTURE, ATE DINNER, WENT TO
BED, WHILE THEY CIRCLED THE
EARTH, SAILING THROUGH SPACE AS
17,000 MILES PER HOUR, BRINGING
THEM CLOSER TO THE NEXT HISTORY
MAKING MOMENT.
THAT WILL COME AT 10:29 A.M.
WHEN THEY ATTACH TO THE ISS,
THEY OPEN THE HATCH AND
ASTRONAUTS FLOAT INSIDE THE
FIRST TIME FROM AN AMERICAN
SPACE CRAFT IN 9 YEARS.
MUSK TELLS ME AFTER THAT, HE CAN
BEGIN TO RELAX A LITTLE BIT.
ALSO IN MY INTERVIEW, I ASKED
HIM, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO THE
SPACE COAST?
>> Reporter: VERY MUCH
APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE
SPACE COAST, AND THE PEOPLE OF
FLORIDA, THAT HAVE HELPED US GET
HERE.
AND I THINK THERE’S GOING TO BE
A LOT OF EXCITEMENT, MORE
ACTIVITY.
WE ARE GOING TO BE SENDING A LOT
OF ASTRONAUTS TO THE SPACE
STATION, AND HOPEFULLY THE MOON
AND MARS, FROM THE SPACE COAST.
JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
YOUR SUPPORT.
LOOK FORWARD TO MANY EXCITING
THINGS IN THE FUTURE.
>> YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I HAVE BEEN
THROUGH THE LAST 9 YEARS, THEY
DIDN’T KNOW WHAT WAS NEXT,
FINALLY HAPPENED BECAUSE OF YOU.
>> I THINK THERE’S A LOT OF
PEOPLE TO THANK FOR THE PROGRESS
HERE, A LOT OF APPRECIATION FOR
THE CURRENT AND PRIOR
ADMINISTRATION, NASA AND THE
CURRENT AND FORMER PRESIDENT TO
GET TO THIS POINT.
WE ARE GOING TO KEEP DRIVING
HARD, AND MORE MISSIONS, I THINK
JUST GIVE A SENSE OF SCALE.
I THINK WE ARE GOING TO DO MORE
PAY LOAD FROM THE SPACE COAST TO
ORBIT THAN ALL OTHER ROCKETS
IMBIBED THIS YEAR, IN TONAGE.
>> FROM THE SPACE COAST, CAPE
CANAVERAL, CAPE KENNEDY.
>> HE IS PLANNING A WHOLE BUNCH
OF MISSIONS FROM HERE, CREW,
CARGO, THE PLAN IS TO LAUNCH
EVERY 10 DAYS FROM THE SPACE
COAST.
FIRST, GETTING OUR ASTRONAUTS
SAFELY TO THE SPACE STATION.