MAXIMUM CUE, AND THAT IS WHEN
THEY HAVE THE MAXIMUM LOADS ON
THE SPACECRAFT.
HERE WE GO.
>> SIX, FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO,
ONE, ZERO.
IGNITION, LIFTOFF.
THE FALCON 9, GO NASA, GO SPACE
X, GOD SPEED, BOB AND DOUG.
>> AMERICA HAS LAUNCHED.
SO RISES A NEW ERA OF AMERICA SPACE.
>> WE ARE 30 SECONDS INTO THIS
HISTORIC MISSION.
THE DREW ABOARD FALCON 9, LOOK
AT THEM GO.
THEY ARE THROTTLING DOWN TO GET
READY FOR THE PERIOD OF MAXIMUM
DYNAMIC PRESSURE.
WE ARE IN THE THROTTLE ROCKET. REPORTS SAY ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO.
REPORTS SAY ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO.
WE HAVE EXCEEDED MARK 1 ONE THE
FALCON 9.
WE ARE THROTTLING BACK UP TO
FULL POWER AS WE HAVE MAX Q.
>> WE HEARD THAT ONE BRAVY
CALLOUT, THAT IS A SECOND ABORT
ZONE THEY ARE IN.
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON THAT
UNTIL THE FIRST STAGE HAS DONE
ITS JOB.
AT THIS POINT, BOB AND DOUG
PULLING ABOUT 2.3G’S, 2.3 TIMES
THE EARTH GRAVITY, 1500 MILES
PER HOUR.
>> WE HEARD THE CALLOUT.
>> 17,000 MILES PER HOUR.
>> THIS HAS BEEN A SPECTACULAR
LIFTOFF SO FAR.
IT HARKENS BACK TO THE APOLLO
DAY WITH THE THUNDER AND ROAR OF
THE BUILDINGS HERE.
WATCH THE COUNTDOWN CLOCK AT 2,
30, MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF WILL BE A
CRATICAL MOMENT.
>> ASTRONAUTS INTO ORBIT.
COMING UP IN ABOUT 20 SECONDS.
>> M1D THROTTLE DOWN.
>> WE HEARD WE ARE THROTTLING
DOWN THE MURLEN ENGINES ON THE
FIRST STAGE.
>> AND WE HAVE MECO.
>> SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
>> CRITICAL, CRITICAL, MOMENT,
MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF FROM THE
FIRST STAGE OF THE ROCKET NOW
SEPARATING, ALLOWING THE SECOND
