 
>> YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE AT A
FALCON LIVE ROCKET ON THEHPAD AL
LAUNCHPAD IN FLORIDA.
SP LAUNCH A SPACECRAFT
ON A NASA MISSION TO RESUPPLY TE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WELCOME, EVERYONE, TO THE KENNEY
SPACE CENTER FOR THE LAWN OF OF
THE SPACEX.
I AM YOUR HOST, JENNIFER.
WE ARE ABOUT 23 MINUTES AWAY FRM
THE PLANNED LIFTOFF OF THE ROCKT
FROM THE COAST OF FLORIDA.
THE MISSION TO FIND
MUCH NEED ASTRONAUT SS TO
THE STATION.
WE HAVE A TEAM COVERING ALL THE
ANGLES OF THE LAWN.
WE HAVE THE MISSION DIRECTOR
CENTER TO GET UPDATES ON THE
WEATHER AND THE COUNTDOWN, AND E
WILL HEAD WEST TO SPACEX
HEADQUARTERS IN HAWTHORNE,
CALIFORNIA AND CHECK IN AT
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON AT
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
 HAVE CORRESPONDENT STANDING
BY WITH SOME OF THE AGENCY'S TOP
SCIENCE EXPERTS.
HERE ARE SOME QUICK FACTS ABOUT
TODAY'S LAUNCH.
SPACEX TRANSPORT, THE FALCON 9 S
GOING FOR THE 18th CARGO
PPLY MISSION TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
PLAN IS TO KEEP IT DOCKED TO THE
STATION ABOUT FOUR WEEKS BEFORE
BRINGING IT BACK TO EARTH.
THIS IS THE THIRD FLIGHT FOR THS
DRAGON SPACECRAFT AND THE SECOND
TIME THE BOOSTER HAS BEEN USED.
DRAGON WITH A LITTLE MORE THAN
5,000 POUNDS OF ASTRONAUT
SUPPLIES AND PAYLOADS FORIENCE
RESEARCH NOT ORBITING
LABORATORY.
NOW LET'S BRING IN NASA'S DARRY,
WHO IS IN THE MISSION DIRECTION
CENTER A FEW MILES AWAY FROM THE
LAUNCHPAD.
DARRYL.
>> THE BIG STORY RIGHT NOW IS TE
WEATHER.
AND CONCERN THAT IT COULD VIOLAE
THE LAUNCH CRITERIA.
THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOINGONCERN
SINCE THE FOREC WAS FIRST PUT
OUT.
BUT NOW THERE'S A STORM CELL
APPROACHING THE PAD THAT THEY AE
CONCERNED COULD CAUSE A PROBLEM
WITH HAUNCH.
AS YOU LOOK AT THIS VIEW OF THE
PAD, YOU CAN SEE PIECES OF BLUE
SKY, LITTLE PATCHES THAT HAVE
OPENED UP.
WE HAVE A LOW PRESS
THAT'S STALLED OUT OVER CENTRAL
FLORIDA, BUT JUST RECENTLY SOME
OF THOSE CLOUDS PARTED, ALLOWING
THE SUN TO COME THROUGH IN A
CERTAIN PORTION OF THE SPACEPORT
HERE.
BUT THERE ARE DARK AREAS AROUND
IT, AND WE HAVE, AS YOU CAN SEE
ON THE RADAR, A CLUMP STORMS
HEADING OUR WAY OUT FROM THE
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST.
THEY ARE HEADED INTO THE AREA.
ACCORDING TO THE AIR FORCE
WEATHER OFFICER, THEY WILL
POSSIBLY CREATE NO-GO CONDITIONS
FOR LAUNCH AT THE T-0 MARK.
NOW DESPITE THIS, SPACEX IS
DISCUSSINGTINUING ON WITH THE
COUNTDOWN, AND SO THAT'S WHERE E
ARE AT AT T MINUS 21 MINUTES AND
COUNTING.
AS YOU SEE AT THE CRS-18 CURRENT
FORECAST HAS JUST BEEN UPDATED.
WINDS 15 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR OT
OF THE SOUTHWEST.
THEY ARE NOT A FACTOR.
TEMPURE 83 DEGREES.
ALSO NOT A FACTOR.
ABOUT YOU THE CONCERNS ARE THE
ATTACHED ANVIL ROLL, THE CUMULUS
LOUD RULE AND THE LIGHTNING
RULE.
THE PROBABILITY OF VIOLATION
STANDS AT 90%.
ONLY 10% GO FOR LAUNCH BECAUSE F
THAT STORM CELL, AND IT'S
APPROACH HERE TO THE SPACEPORT.
SO, OF COURSE, WE ARE MONITORING
THAT SITUATION, WHICH THEY ARE
DISCUSSING AT THIS VERY MOMENT.
BUT WE WANT TO PAUSE FOR JUST A
MINUTE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO A NASA
LEGEND HERE AT THE SPACE CENTER
WHO PASSED AWAY ON MONDAY.
WE ARE REMEMBERING PER AND
A LEGEND, CHRISTOPHER CRAFT.
HE PASSED AWAY ON MONDAY AT THE
AGE OF 95.
CRAFT CREATED THE CONCEPT OF
NASA'S MISSION CONTROL.
CRAFT WAS FLIGHT DIRECTOR DURING
SOME OF THE MOST ICONIC MOMENTS
OF SPACE HISTORY DURING MERCURY,
GEMINI AND APOLLO.
HIS WORK CONTINUED ALL THE WAY
INTO THE SHUTTLE PROGRAM.
CRAFT RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS
AND HONORS FOR HIS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND THEY INCLUE
NASA'S OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP
MEDAL AND FOUR NASA DISTINGUISHD
SERVICE MEDALS.
WE ARE GOING TO STAY TUNED AND
KEEP IN TOUCH WITH LAUNCH TEAMS
HERE AT HANGAR AIVE E.
YOU CAN SEE THE FALCON LIVE
ROCKET IS BEING FUELED UP AND
THEY ARE PROCEEDING WITH THE
COUNT.
HOWEVER IS NOT LOOKING
GOOD AT THIS VERY MOMENT.
SO FOR NOW WE WILL TOSS IT BACK
TO YOU, JENNIFER.
WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE IN A
FEW MINUTES.
>> THANKS, DARRYL.
WE WILL CHECK BACK WITH YOU A
LITTLE LATER.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT T MINUS 19
MINUTES AND COUNTING.
IN HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA WITH TE
FALCON 9 ROCKET AND CREW DRAGON
WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT.
WE ARE JOINED FROM THE MISSION
CONTROL CENTER.
VIRGIL, WILL YOU TELL AS YOU
LITTLE BIT ABOUT DRAGON'S HISTOY
AND REUSEABILITY?
>> SURE THING, JENNIFER.
THANK YOU.
THIS MISSION MARKS SPACEX'S NINH
LAUNCH IN 2019 AND WE ARE DOINGA
FLIGHT-PROVEN SPACECRAFT.
THIS LAUNCH IS PARTICULARLY
EXCITING BECAUSE IT'S THE THIRD
TIME WE HAVE FLOWN THE DRAGON FR
ITS THIRD MISSION.
THEY VISITED THE SPACE STATION
CK IN 2015 AND 13 IN DECEMBER,
2017.
BOTH FALCON 9 AND DRAGON WERE
DESIGNED WITH REFLIGHT IN MIND.
VEHICLE HARDWARE IS BUILT TO
SUPPORT MULTIPLE MISSION WAS
MINIMAL REBUSHISH MEANT IN
BETWEEN.
AS NOTED THE DRAGON THAT YOU SEE
ON THE ENHAS NO ONE TWICE
BEFORE AND THE BOOSTER HAS BEEN
FLOWN ONCE.
IT WILL BE BROUGHT TO LAND AT
LANDING ZONE 1 AT CAPE CANAVERAL
SO IT CAN BE USED ON FUTURE
MISSIONS,, THAT'S IF IT IS
LAUNCHED TODAY.
IN 2010 FACE X BECAME THE FIRST
PRIVATE COMPANY TO SEND A
SPACECRA ARABITE AND RETURN
TO EARTH.
ONLY TWO YEARS LATER DRAGON
BECAME THE FIRST PRIVATELY
DEVELOPED SPACECRAFT TO VISIT TE
SPACE STATION.
IT'S BEEN FLYING FOR SEVEN YEARS
AND TODAY IT'S ONE.
FEW VEHICLES THAT CAN DELIVER
SIGNIFICANT CARGO TO THE ISS AND
THE ONLY ONE TO DELIVER SCARRING
GO FROM IT.
THEY ARE UNDER CONTRACT FOR A
TOTAL OF 26 OF THESE CARGO
RESUPPLY MISSIONS W THAT, BACK O
YOU, JENNIFER.
>> THANKS, VIRGIL.
LIFTOFF OF TODAY'S ROCKET FROM
LAUNCH COMPLEX 40 IS TIMED DOWN
RIGHT TO THE VERY SECOND
REASON FOR THIS, SPACEX NEEDS TO
GET LINED UP TO RENDEZVOUS WITH
THE SPACE STATION.
WITH MORE LET'S CHECK IN WITH TE
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN HOUSTON,
AND LEIA.
>> THANKS, JENNIFER.
WELCOME TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION FLIGHT CONTROL ROM
HERE INHOUSTON.
IT'S ACTUALLY HOUSED WITHIN THE
CHRISTOPHER CRAFT MISSION CONTRL
CENTER.
A SWEET TRIBUTE EARLIER AND WE
ARE STILL THINKING OF HIS LIFE
AND LEGACY HERE, AS WELL.
TEAMS HERE, EACH FLIGHT DIRECTOR
IS AN EXPERT ON A SPECIFIC SYSTM
ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
IT WILL BE LED BY FLIGHT DIRECTR
ROYCE RENFRU TODAY.
WE HAVE SIX ASTRONAUTS ABOARD TE
STATION, CHRISTINA KOCH, ALEXA
CHINNEN AND NICK HAGUE WHO ALL
ARRIVED IN MARCH.
ANDREW MORGAN JUST ARRIVED THIS
PAST SATURDAY, JULY 20th, WHICH
WAS ALSO THE 50th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING.
IN THE 10:00 HOUR ABOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, THE
ASTRONAUTS ARE CURRENTLY OFF-DUY
AND THE OPPORTU TO
SLEEP, BUT THEY MAY BE UP
WATCHING THE LAUNCH, AS WELL.
ONCE DRAGON LAUNCHES AND ARRIVES
AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, WHICH IS CURRENTLY
SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY,
JULY 26th, NASA ASTRONAUT NICK
HAGUE WILL TAKE HIS PLACE AT THE
CUPOLA AND USE THE CANADA ARM 2
TO REACH OUT AND GRAPPLE
SPACECRAFT.
HE WILL BE PACKED UP BY NASA'S
CHRISTINA KOCH.
WHAT'S THAT IS COMPLETE THEY WIL
TURN CONTROLS OVER TO THE
ROBOTICS CONTROLLER HERE ON THE
GROUND, WHO WILL ALSO USE THE
CANADA ARM TO REPOSITION THE
SPACECRAFT AND BRING IT UP TO TE
STATION'S HARMONY MODULE WHERE
WOULD BE BERTHED AFTER A SERIES
OF 16 BOLTS.
DRAGON WILL REMAIN ATTACHED FOR
ABOUT A MONTH.
THOSE ARE OUR UPCOMING THINGS WE
ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO.
SO WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US 7:30
A.M. CENTRAL TIME ON FRIDAY
MORNING.
UNTIL THEN, HOPING FOR A LAUNCH
TODAY AND BACK TO YOU, JENNIFER.
>> THANKS, LEIA.
A WIDE VARIETY OF RESEARCH HAS
BEEN TAKING PLACE ON LOW EARTH
ORBIT FOR THE PAST 18 YEARS.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
IS A TEST BED FOR SPACE
TECHNOLOGY.
TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT IS
NASA'S LAURA, WHO IS AONE OF THE
AGENCY'S TOP SCIENCE OFFICIALS.
>> SCIENCE IS SOARING INTO SPACE
W ME NOW IS PETE HASBROOK.
HE'S THE MANAGER OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
SCIENCE OFFICE.
GIVE US AN OVERVIEW WHAT IS ON
CRS-18.
>> THERE'S GREAT THINGS ON THIS
FLIGHT.
WE HAVE OVER 40 EXPERIMENTS THAT
ARE EITHER LAUNCHING TODAY ARE
BEING SUPPORTED BY THE LAUNCH ON
ISS.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL TALK MORE
ABOUT THAT.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IS THE
INTERNATIONAL DOCKING ADAPTER IN
THE TRUNK OF THE DRAGON THAILL
GIVE US A SECOND DOCKING PORT FR
THE COMMERCIAL CREW VEHICLES AND
OTHER MISSIONS THAT HAPPEN WITH
THE ISS.
>> WHAT ROLE DOES THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PLAY
IN THIS PROGRAM AND THE NASA'S
MOON TO MARS EXPLORATION PLAN?
>> WE HAVE A VERY BIG ROLE
WE'VE BEEN SUPPORTING EXPLORATIN
FOR MANY YEARS, PRIMARILY IN TWO
AREAS, ONE IN HUMAN RESEARCH AND
YOU UNDERSTANDING THE RISKS TO
PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES
IN CONFINED ENVIRONMENTS.
WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
RISKS ARE AND THE STRATEGIES HOW
WE CAN CONTROL THE RISKS AND
MITIGATE THEM AND KEEP THE CREW
SAFE AND HEALTHY.
WE ALSO HAVE TECHNOLOGY
DEMONSTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT
WHERE WE OFFER A TEST BEEFED FOR
YOU TO ANY YOUR SPACE EQUIPMENT
BUT IT'S REALLY READY, COME TEST
IT OUT ON THE SPACE STATION IN A
LOW ORBIT ENVIRONMENT.
WE HAVE A CREW THAT CAN FIX IT,
AND AT WORST YOU BRING IT HOME.
AND LOTS OF AREAS WE ARE
SUPPORTING.
>> THERE WAS RECENT NEWS ABOUT
NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMERCIAL
BUSINESS AND MAYBE EVEN PEOPLE
TRAVELING TO SPACE?
>> VERY EXCITING FOR US.
NA WE KNOW THERE'S A
COMMERCIAL DESIRE FOR A
COMMERCIAL MARKET OUT THERE FOR
SPACE.
NASA BEING THE INITIAL SPACE
STATION PLATFORM, WE CAN HELP ST
THE FOOTHOLD FOR PEOPLE WHO
WANTING TO DO BUSINESS IN SPACE.
SO WE ARE MAKING SOME OF OUR
RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE
WHO WANT TO FLY THINGS FOR PUREY
COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.
WE NOW HAVE POLICIES FOR
REIMBURSING THE GOVERNMENT, WHIH
IS A REALLY NEW THING FOR THE
GOVERNMENT.
PRIVATE ASTRONAUT MISSIONS WHERE
SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
WILL BE ABLE TO BRING PRIVATE
CITIZENS, PRIVATE ASTRONAUTS TO
THE STATION TO DO RESEARCH OR
JUST TO DO WHAT THEY HAVE WANTED
TOAY TO DO.
WE HAVE A FUTURE DOCKING MODULE,
A FUTURE COMMERCIAL MODULE, A
FREE FLYER.
WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR IDEAS
TO PROMOTE THE LOWER THERMAL
ECONOMY.
THINGS THAT MAYBE COULD BE
MANUFACTURED IN SPACE THAT ARE
HIGH VALUE BUT LOW MASS.
>> IINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL
BE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
>> YEP, WE ARE REALLY.
>> WE'RE EXCITED TO GET AN UPDAE
ON LAUNCH.
LET'S GO BACK TO YOU, JEN.
>> THANKS.
WE WILL GO BACK TO THE UPDATE NW
WITH DARRYL.
DARRYL.
>> AN UPDATE FROM THE LAUNCH TIE
TEAM AND THAT IS THAT CURRENTLY
WE NO-GO WEATHER-WISE IF THE
LAUNCH WERE TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE ARE T-MINUS AND 12.5
MINUTES AT THE MOMENT.
THERE ARE TWO WEATHER RULES THEY
ESTABLISHED HERE THAT ARE IN
VIOLATION AT THE MOMENT AND
THAT'S THE DETACHED ANVIL CLOUD
RULE AND THE SURFACE ELECTRIC
 RULE.
AS LUKE FROM THIS VIEW AT THE
ROCKET INTO THE SKY YOU SEE WE
HAVE DARK CLOUDS IN THE AREA.
THE CONCERN IS THERE IS A STORM
CELL APPROACHING US THAT MAY
CAUSE THE LAUNCH TO GO INTO NO-O
AT THE T-0, WHICH IT IS ALSO
FORECAST T
BUT SPACEX HAS DECIDED, AS YOU
CAN SEE THE STORM CELL KIND OF
WEAKENS AS IT'S GOING OVER LAND,
THEY DECIDED THEY WANT TO
COUNTDOWN TO 30 SECONDS AND MAKE
THE CALL THEN ON WHETHER OR NOT
TO ABORT FOR POOR WEATHER
CONDITIONS.
SO AS YOU CAN  THE ROCKET IS
BEING FUELED AT THIS MOMENT, AND
THEY ARE CONTINUING WITH THEIR
COUNT AT T-MINUS 11 MINUTES AND
37 SECONDS.
NOW, THIS BOOSTER THAT YOU SEE
HERE IS FAMILIAR TO THIS
ON PREVIOUS MISSIONS, ALONG WITH
THE CAPSULE.
SPACE ON THE TOP.
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL SHOT THERE.
LOOKING OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
ON TO LANDING PAD 1, WHEREIT
CAME DOWN TO A NEARLY PERFECT
LANDING.
THAT BOOSTER WAS TAKEN REEKS
FURBISHED AND IT WILL LAUNCH
AGAIN ON ANOTHER MISSION.
SPACECRAFT AT THE TOP, THE DRAGN
SPACECRAFT, IT'S FLOWN TWO PRIOR
MISSIONS AS YOU SEE THERE FROM
THE CLOSE-UP SHOT.
THAT PARTICULAR SPACECRAFT IS
MAKING A RECORD NOW.
IT ACTUALLY IS FLYING ON ITS
THIRD MISSION, AND IT'S GOT
BADGING TO PROVE IT.
YOU SEE THE CASE X LOGO THERE,
BUT -- SPACEX LOGO BUT UNDER THE
P IT HAS A COUPLE BADGES
INDICATING IT'S FLOWN TIGHT
BEFORE TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPAE
STATION ON CRS-13 AND CRS-6.
AS YOU LOOK OVER TO THE RIGHT OF
THE SPACEX LOGO UNDERNEATH THE ,
YOU CAN SEE THE APOLLO 50th
BADGING.
THAT'S A NICE TOUCH THERE AS THY
HONOR AND HELP US HONOR THE
50th ANNIVERSARY OF APOLLO 11.
AND TODAY, IN FACT, WOULD BE THE
50 YEARS TO THE DAY MARK THAT
APOLLO 11 ASTRONAUTS RETURNED TO
EARTH AND SPLASHED DOWN IN THE
PACIFIC OCEAN.
WE WILL TOSS IT BACK TO JAN, BUT
WE ARE KEEPING OUR EYE TOSS THE
SKY AND LISTENING TO THE LAUNCH
TEAM THAT'S CURRENTLY KEEPING TE
COUNT GOING.
WE WILL TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.
>> THANKS, DARR
THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT WILL BE
FILLED WITH CRITICAL MATERIALS O
DIRECTLY SUPPORT SCIENCE AND
RESEARCH THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THIS IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY
PAYLOADS.
WHEN INSTALLED THE ADAPTER WILL
SPACECRAFT DESIGN TO CARRYR
ASTRONAUTS FROM THE COMMERCIAL
CREW PROGRAM AS WELL AS NONNASA
MISSIONS.
THE ADAPTER ARE PUNISHMENT TO TE
INTERNATIONAL DOCKING STANDARD.
WHICH MEANS ANY SPACECRAFT
DESIGNED TO THIS DESIGN CAN USE
IT.
IT IS DESIGNED TO PRINT ORGAN
LIKE TISSUES IN MICROGRAVITY.
PRINTING THE STRUCTURES OF HUMAN
TISSUE HAS PROVEN D.
IT'S AN EARLY STEP IN A LONG-TEM
PLAN TO MANUFACTURE WHOLEHUMAN
ORGANS IN SPACE.
ANOTHER EXCITING PAYLOAD IS THE
BIOROCK INVESTIGATION.
WITH BIOROCK WE HOPE TO GAIN
INSIGHTS INTO OUT MICROBES GROW
IN SPACE AND HOW WE MIGHT USE
THEM IN HUMAN EXPLORATION IN
SPACE.
FROM MINING TO TURNING ROCKS AND
GOING TO MARS.
ANOTHER INVESTIGATION IS THE THT
IS NASA'S LAURA.
NASA HAS A LOT OF SCIENCE GOING
ON BOARD, BUT COMMERCIAL BUSINES
HAS OPPORTUNITY FOR SPACE R&D AS
WELL.
JOINING ME NOW IS KEN SHIEL
HE'SHE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF
OPERATING OFFICER OF THE U.S.
NATIONAL LABORATORY ON STATION.
SO I HEAR WE ARE GOING TO SET
SOME RECORDS?
>> WE ARE, LAURA.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SETTIG
SOME RECORDS.
TONIGHT WHEN WE LAUNCH S 18
WE WILL HAVE 25 LABORATORY
PAYLOADS.
THAT'S A RECORD.
WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE PAYLOAD,
IT'S GOING TO BE 90 FOR THE YEA,
WHICH IS ANOTHER RECORD.
A YEAR HIGH FOR THE NATIONAL
LACKER TO.
AND LAST, WE'RE GOING TO SET A
CREW TIME USERECOVERED FOR
E YEAR ALSO, APPROACHING 1,000
HOURS.
SO WE ARE PROUD OF THAT AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SO WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE A
U.S. NATIONAL LABORATORY ON
STATION?
IT'S A WAY TO OPEN IT UP TO A
WHOLE NEW USER COMMUNITY THAT'S
NOT NASA LOOKING TO UTILIZE THE
ISS TO FURTHER THEIR EXPEDITION
GOALS.
IS TO KEEPE ENVIRONMENTORTANT IT
PRISTINE FOR OUR ASTRONAUT'S
WELFARE.
BUT WHAT IS THIS WE HEAR ABOUT
SLIME ON BOARD?
>> WHAT IS THE SLIME YOU SPEAK
OF, LAURA?
THAT'S RIGHT.
WE ARE GOING TO FLY SLIME IN
SPACE.
SO AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS IS
TO EXCITE AND ENGAGE THE NEXT
GENERATION, THE FUTURE GENERATIN
OF ENGINEERS AND EXPLORERS AND
LEARNING WHILE WE HAVE SOME FUN.
WE WILL LAUNCH SLIME IN SPACE AD
SEE HOW THE NONNUTONEAN FLUID
BEHAVES IN MICROGRAVITY.>> JEN,O
YOU REALLY QUICK BEFORE SOMEONE
GETS THE IDEA TO DUMP SLIME ON
OUR HEADS.
>> THANKS, LAURA.
WE ARE SEVEN MINUTES FROM
LAUNCH.
LET'S HEAD BACK OVER TO THE
CENTER WHERE NASA'S DARRYL IS
MONITORING THE WEATHER.
HOW ARENGSNG?
>> NOT SO GOOD AT THE CURRENTLY
MOMENT.
WE ARE CURRENTLY NO GO FOR
WEATHER AT THE T-0 MARK WHICH IS
6:24:30 THIS EVENING.
BUT SPACEX IS CONTINUING WITH TE
COUNT BECAUSE THEY ARE HOPING
THAT THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN TE
WEATHER, WHICH AS YOU CAN
CURRY SEE, WEAVE SOME
CLEARING IN AND AROUND THE PAD.
BUT THEN YOU LOOK IN ANOTHER
DIRECTION, AND AS YOU SEE THERE,
AND YOU SEE SOME DARK CLOUDS OFF
IN THE DISTANCE.
SO THIS IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO
THE WIRE.
AND JUST TO RECAP FOR YOU, SPACX
 DISCUSS THIS, THIS
SITUATION, AS YOU ARE WATCHING
THE GASEOUS OXYGEN VENTING OFF
FROM THE TOP OF THE ROCKET
THERE.
THEY DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY
THEY MIGHT CATCH A BREAK, AND
THEY WANT TO SEE IF THEY CAN JUT
DO THAT.
SO THEY WILL LET THE COUNT GET
DOWN TO 30 SECONDS.
D THEN AT THAT MOT, IF WE
ARE STILL NO GO WEATHER-WISE,
THEN THEY WILL ABORT THE LAUNCH
ATTEMPT.
BUT IF NOT, AND IT CLEARS IN THE
NEXT FEW MINUTES OR RIGHT UP TO
30, THEN THEY WILL GO AHEAD AND
FIRE THIS THING OFF.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW IN
TERMS  THE COUNTDOWN WHERE
WE ARE AT, WE ARE AT 5 MINUTES
AND 47 SECONDS AND COUNTING.
THEY HAVE BEEN -- PUT THE DRAGON
TO INTERNAL POWER.
THEY BEGAN CHILLING THE ENGINE O
PREPARE THEM FOR THE SUPER COLD
OXYGEN.
IT'S PART OF THE FUELING SYSTEM.
THEY GET IT AS COLD AND DENSE AS
POSSIBLE SO IT HAS MORE LIFTING
CAPABILITY.
ALSO SOME OF THE THINGS TO LOOK
FOR IN THE LAST FEW SECONDS OF
LAUNCH, IT WILL FLOOD THAT PAD
WITH R.
THAT HELPS SUPPRESS THE SOUND,
WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLE ROAR IF
YOU ARE HERE WATCHING THE
LAUNCH.
BUT IT ALSO, IT CAN BE TOO MUCH,
IN FACT, DAMAGING IF THEY DON'T
FLOOD THE PAD WITH WATER.
WE ARE GETTING DOWN TO FIVE
MINUTES.
WE ARE STILL NO-GO FOR TWO
WEATHER FACTORS FOR LAUNCH.
AS WE GET DOWN UNDERNEATH FIVE
MINUTES, THE RP-1 FUELING SHOU
BE COMPLETE.
AS THEY CONTINUE TO WORK THIS, E
WILL GIVE YOU A HEADS UP THAT
JUST IN ABOUT A FEW SECONDS THEY
WOULD START RETRACTING THE STROG
BACK, WHICH IS THAT STRUCTURE
THAT IS HOLDING THE ROCKET
UP-SIDE, VERTICAL.
LET'S LISTEN IN NOW TO THE COUNT
TO SEE HOW IT PROCEEDS.
[SILENCE]
>> I'VE BEEN LISTENING IN TO THE
TEAMS AS THEY DISCUSS THE
SITUATION.
THEY ARE CONTINUING WITH THE
COUNT.
UNDERNEATH 3 MINUTES AND
COUNTING.
WE ARE CLOSE TO COMPLETING THE
FUELING OF THE LIQUID OXYGEN, AD
THEY ARE CLOSE TO CLOSING OUT
STAGE 1 FUELING.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE RADR
JUST TO GET A SENSE, SINCE THIS
IS GOING TO BE A CLOSE CALL.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CLUMP OF
CLOUDS THAT STARTS OFF VERY
STRONG.
GREEN, PLENTY OF RAIN, BUT STARS
TO DRY OUT.
THERE IS SPACE LAUNCH COMPLEX
40.
AS THAT STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES,
YOU CAN SEE HOW IT IS WEAKENING,
AND THAT IS APPARENTLY WHAT THE
HOPE IS, THAT THOSE LAUNCH
CRITERIA, WHICH ARE COMMIT
CRITERIA, THOSE VIOLATIONS WILL
BE LIFTED AS THAT SYSTEM
WEAKENS.
BUT FROM OUR VIEWS THAT WE CAN
SEE, IT SEEMS LIKE A MIXED BAG.
WE HAVE AREAS OF THE SKY THAT
APPEAR CLEAR.
WE ALSO HAVE AREAS LIKE THAT ONE
RIGHT THERE, IF YOU WERE LOOKING
AT THAT AND IN THAT DIRECTION
ALONE, YOOULD THINK, WELL,
LET'SUNCH THIS ROCKET.
BUT YOU LOOK AT THIS VIEW, AND T
TELLS YOU A DIFFERENT STORY.
IN FACT, YOU CAN SEE SOME RAIN
DROPLETS.
THAT'S LOOKING BACK TO THE WEST.
THAT CLOUD THAT YOU SEE COMING
OUT THERE VENTING OFF THE OX
1:25 TO LAUNCH.
JUST 60 SECONDS UNTIL THEY MAKEA
DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO
LAUNCH THIS ROCKET TODAY.
THE BACKUP DATE IS TOMORROW,
SHOULD THEY NEED IT.
WE'RE APPROACHING THE MINUTE
MARK, AND THEN ABOUT 15 SECONDS
LATER LISTEN FOR THE LAUNCH
DIRECTOR TO SEE IF HE GIVES GO
FOR LAUNCH.
>> DRAGON START UP.
>> DRAGON IN START-UP.
>> AND HERE WE APPROACH DECISION
TIME.
5 SECONDS.
HOLD, HOLD, HOLD ON COUNT-DOWN
1.
>> THERE YOU HAVE IT.
THE LAUNCH IS A NO-GO FOR TODAY.
THEY ABORT AND SCRUBBED THE
LAUNCH.
EY WERE TRYING AND HOPING THAT
THE WEATHER WOULD CLEAR AT THE
LAST SECOND, BUT IT DID NOT.
THE CONDITIONS EARLY ON WERE 70%
NO-GO.
BUT AS THIS ONE STORM CELL, WHIH
STARTED OFF AROUND LAKELAND A
COUPLE HOURS AGO, AND PROCEEDED
QUICKLY TO THE LAUNCHPAD.
IT WAS FORECAST IT COULD BE A
FACTOR, BUT IT WAS A CLOSE CALL.
SPACEX NOW IS GOING TO PUSH THIS
LAUNCH TO TOMORROW AROUND 6:00.
THEY ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
SCRUB IT 24 HOURS AND SEE IF THY
CAN REVISIT THIS TOMORROW, WHICH
IS UNFORTUNATE, BUT EARLY ON
TODAY THERE WERE STORMS ROLLING
ALL OVER THE SPACE CENTER AND YU
WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THEY HAD NO
CHANCE.
THEN OT TH BREAK OU
ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE, THIS
LITTLE OPENING IN THE CLOUDS.
IT SEEMED LIKE IT MIGHT JUST
HAPPEN.
BUT IN THE END, THEY HELD OUT
HOPE FOR AS LONG AS THEY COULD
RIGHT DOWN TO 30 SECONDS BEFORE
GOING INTO A 24-HOUR HOLD.
SO WE SCRUB THE BRAWN.
FOR NOW AND THAT WILL DO IT FOR
US AT HANGAR A-E AT CAPE
CANAVERAL.
JENNIFER, WE WILL TOSS IT BACK O
YOU.
>> AS YOU JUST HER TODAY'S LAUNH
WAS SCRUBBED.
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