-5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.
Ignition.
Lift-off of the Falcon 9 and crew, Dragon.
Go, NASA. Go, SpaceX.
Godspeed, Bob and Doug!
-Vehicle pitching downrange. -One alpha.
-Copy -- one alpha. -Stage 1 propulsion is nominal.
-Falcon power and telemetry nominal.
-M1D throttle down.
-Vehicle is supersonic.
-We've exceeded mach 1 on the Falcon 9.
-M1D throttle up.
-We're throttling back up to full power
as we're through Max-Q.
-Copy, one bravo.
-And we heard that "one bravo" callout.
That's just the second abort zone that they're in.
They'll continue to be on this
until the first stage has done its job,
and they switch over to the second.
At this point, Bob and Doug pulling about 2.
3 G's, 2.
3 times the Earth's gravity,
already moving at over 1,500 miles per hour.
-We've heard the callout for MVac engine chill.
That's getting the MVac engine ready to light.
That'll come at about 2:44 into flight.
Right now everything continuing to look good.
Next major event coming up is gonna be the triple.
We'll have main-engine cutoff of the 9 first-stage engines,
stage separation,
and then ignition of the second-stage engine
to continue to carry astronauts into orbit.
Coming up in about 20 seconds.
-M1D throttle down. -We heard we're throttling down
the Merlin engines on the first stage.
And we have MECO.
-MECO. -Two alpha.
-Falcon stage separation confirmed.
-Falcon, two alpha.
-MVac ignition.
-Alright, we have stage separation confirmed,
the first stage beginning its flight back.
The second stage being powered
by that single Merlin 1D vacuum engine has ignited
and is now carrying Bob and Doug into orbit.
So, they're gonna continue under the power of this second stage.
-Stage 2 propulsion is nominal.
-Which will cut off at SECO, or second-engine cutoff,
at about 8:44 into today's flight.
So, a little over 5 minutes to go,
still, on this second stage.
You heard the callout 2 alpha.
So, they're now in the longest abort zone that carries them
all the way from about North Carolina
up the Eastern seaboard almost to Canada.
Things looking good, though.
Getting good callouts, nominal propulsion on that second stage.
Bob and Doug continuing to make their way into orbit.
-Dragon SpaceX, nominal trajectory.
-Acquisition of signal, Bermuda.
-SpaceX Dragon, nominal trajectory.
-Alright, hearing nominal trajectory.
So, Dragon pointed in the right direction,
continuing to make their flight uphill.
Heard acquisition of signal, Bermuda.
That's one of the other ground stations
that they're using to get telemetry and data
back from this spacecraft.
-Stage 2 propulsion is still nominal.
-A little over 4:40 into the flight.
Bob and Doug flying at more than 5,600 miles per hour.
-Dragon SpaceX, nominal trajectory.
-Already almost 200 miles downrange
from the Kennedy Space Center.
Nominal trajectory continuing.
And while they continue uphill,
looks like we are getting a view of the first stage, as well.
-On your right screen, you can see that first stage,
with the grid fins deployed.
It's making its way back to attempt to land
on our drone ship, Of Course I Still Love You, today.
And we're just about a minute --
a couple of minutes away from the entry burn,
and that's where three of the nine Merlin engines
do ignite to help slow the vehicle down
as it re-enters back into the Earth's atmosphere.
And then after the entry burn will be the landing burn,
which is just a single engine burn.
-Dragon SpaceX, nominal trajectory.
-And you heard -- -Starting chill for entry burn.
-There's that callout.
They are still on a nominal trajectory on Dragon,
still on second stage, and that's that MVac engine
on second stage on your left screen.
Again, on your right screen is that first-stage booster
coming back towards our drone ship,
Of Course I Still Love You.
We're about a minute away from entry burn.
-Meanwhile, that second stage continuing to power Dragon
into orbit.
Again, if you're keeping an eye on that timer,
that's gonna continue to burn until 8:44 into flight.
So, a little over two minutes from now
we'll hear the callout SECO.
It'll then be a -- -Stage 2 propulsion
is still good.
-A little over three minutes until Dragon
physically separates from the second stage of the Falcon 9
after the upper stage gets a chance.
-Nominal trajectory.
-Dragon copies, nominal trajectory.
-Continuing to check in with Bob and Doug,
as they are on a nominal trajectory.
Just about 10 seconds away from that first stage.
Starting that entry burn on your right screen.
We should be able to see that view live.
-Stage 1 entry burn start-up.
-And there is that entry burn beginning.
This burn lasts about 36 seconds long.
-Stage 2 FTS is saved.
-While that entry burn continues,
we're just about a minute away from SECO.
We'll have a number of events all happen in rapid succession.
It'll be the second-engine cutoff,
and we'll be looking for that stage 1 landing burn
shortly after.
-Yeah, actually just within a few seconds of each other.
It's such a cool view on your left screen,
seeing Bob and Doug on Dragon.
Right now, you can see the displays
that they are seeing right now themselves.
-Terminal guidance. -MVac throttle step.
-We are coming up, 25 seconds or so away from SECO,
or second-engine cutoff.
-This is also the point where Bob and Doug
are experiencing their highest G force.
We're seeing the counter tick up to right about 4.
8.
-Copy, Shannon. -You heard "Shannon,"
so that just means they're in their final abort zones.
If they were to abort at this point, it would either
be an abort to orbit or to land off the coast of Ireland.
Standing by for second-engine cutoff confirmation.
-MVac throttle step. MVac shut down.
-Confirmation of SECO, second-engine cutoff.
-Now we are waiting for our first stage to make
its way to our drone ship, Of Course I Still Love You.
-Dragon SpaceX, nominal orbital insertion.
-Just had confirmation of nominal orbital insertion.
-Nominal orbital insertion.
-And what you're seeing on your screen is
a live view of our drone ship,
where our first stage will be coming down.
Looks like we lost that live view,
but we'll wait for confirmation of that landing shortly here.
-Falcon 9, first stage has successfully landed.
-And there you can see on your screen, Falcon 9 has landed.
This is the first Falcon 9 to carry humans to orbit,
so very exciting for us.
And, as you can see on your right screen, Bob and Doug
are still making their way to their targeted orbit.
So exciting today. -It doesn't stop.
-It does not stop.
-Alright, we did hear again
that callout "go to orbital insertion."
So, that means Falcon 9 and Dragon right
now exactly where they're supposed to be.
-We need an FRC on recovery one.
-And it's right at about 12 minutes
when Dragon will separate.
Looks like we saw a zero-g indicator floating around there.
I know Bob and Doug owe us a little bit
about what exactly that is that they brought up with them.
-And before separation, before Dragon
initiates separation from the second stage,
they do ensure that the vehicle's not spinning
and it is in good condition before we separate.
-That's right.
The upper stage does small attitude maneuver
using some cold gas thrusters
built into the rocket body itself.
-Exactly. So, we do expect that separation
to occur in about a minute from now,
but they do wait until they have full confirmation
that it is ready to separate.
Such cool views --
I cannot get over this view that we are seeing right now.
Bob and Doug on the right screen,
inside of crew Dragon, out in space.
-Yeah, already 200 kilometers over planet Earth,
or a little over 124 miles,
traveling in excess of 27,000 meters per second,
or about 16,000 miles per hour.
Again, we're just standing by.
That separation event should be coming up shortly.
Then they'll begin a series of checks on the Draco thrusters
that are gonna be used to maneuver and then power Dragon
on its flight to the International Space Station.
Standing by for separation.
-Expected loss of signal.
-It sounds like we had an expected LOS, loss of signal,
with one of the ground stations.
Waiting for confirmation now of that separation.
-Dragon separation confirmed.
-There is a great view right in front of you
of Dragon separating.
And there's that callout.
Dragon is now officially making its way
to the International Space Station today.
-Dragon SpaceX, with that separation call,
we have a few words for you from our Falcon 9 team.
-Standing by.
-Dragon, chief engineer on Dragon to ground.
Bob, Doug, on behalf of the entire launch team,
thanks for flying with Falcon 9 today.
We hope you enjoyed the ride and wish you a great mission.
-Thanks, Bala.
Congratulations to you and the F9 team
for the first human ride for Falcon 9.
And it was incredible.
Appreciate all the hard work
and thanks for the great ride to space.
-Copy out.
-Proud of you guys and the rest of the team.
Thank you so much for what you've done for us today,
putting America back into low-earth orbit up
from the Florida coast.
-Copy out. Good luck.
Godspeed.
-Alright, so, Bob and Doug are in space.
-We confirm nominal ECLSS activation
and service section Draco checkouts.
Nose-cone deploy is in progress.
-Copy out. We're monitoring.
-The core here in Hawthorne giving the crew a heads-up
that we have confirmation the nose cone is deploying.
So, again, that nose cone is going to open up
a little bit more than 90 degrees.
It goes up to about, I think, 105 degrees,
and that's gonna expose the actual docking ring
and the hatch that they're going to be going through
once they attach to the International Space Station.
And, also, four of those Draco thrusters --
we call them the forward bulkhead thrusters --
they're gonna be used for these major phase burns,
or firings, of those thrusters to actually raise their orbit
gradually over the coming hours.
Also, we heard good activation of the ECLSS.
That's the environmental control and life-support system.
That's everything controlling their atmosphere,
just keeping Dragon a nice, safe, habitable environment,
where they're gonna be living for the next 19 hours,
until they arrive at the Space Station.