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>> AND YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE AT A
ROCKET ON THE CAPE CANAVERAL 
ROCKET.
 GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME, 
EVERYOE, TO NASA'S KENNEDY 
SPACE CENTER FOR THE COVERAGE OF
THE LAUNCH OF THE 19th RESUPPLY 
MISSION FOR SPACEX.
I AM YOUR HOST, JENNIFER 
WOLFINGER.
THE MISSION?
TO BRING MUCH NEEDED SUPPLIES UP
TO THE ASTRONAUTS AT THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
AND WE HAVE A TEAM OF EXPERTS 
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO HELP 
US COVER THE LAUNCH.
WE'LL HEAD WEST TO SPACEX 
HEADQUARTERS IN HAWTHORNE, 
CALIFORNIA, AHECK IN AT 
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON AT 
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
BUT FIRST, HERE'S SOME QUICK 
FACTS ABOUT TODAY'S LAUNCH.
SPACEX TRANSPORTED THE FALCON 9 
LAUNCH FOR THE 19th RESUPPLY 
MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS 
FALCON BOOSTER HAS BEEN FLOWN.
DRAGON WILL DELIVER MORE THAN 
9,000 POUNDS OF SUPPLIES AND PAY
LOUDS ON THE LAUNCH TODAY.
SPACEX MUST LAUNCH AT THE EXACT 
SECOND OF THE LIFTOFF OR PLAN 
FOR ANOTHER DAY.
THE PLAN IS TO KEEP THE DRAGON 
DOCKED AT THE SPACE STATION FOR 
ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE BRINGING IT
BACK TO EARTH.
DRAGON WILL CARRY THE CONFINED 
COMBUSTION INVESTIGATION WHICH 
STUDIES THE FLAME AS IT SPREADS 
TO DIFFERENT SPACES IN 
MICROGRAVITY.
UNDERSTANDING HOW FIRE BEHAVES  
UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROLLING 
FIRE HERE ON EARTH.
ANOTHER EXCITING PAY LOAD IS THE
HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING SUITE, 
DEVELOPED BY THE JAPANESE 
GOVERNMENT.
THE MIGHTY MICE IN SPACE, OR 
RODENT RESEARCH 19 INVESTIGATION
WILL RESEARCH MUSCLE DEGRADATION
VESTIGATE SKELETAL AND BONE
LOSS DURING SPACE FLIGHT AND THE
RETURN TO EARTH.
THIS COULD ALSO SUPPORT THE 
DEVELOPMENT OF THERAPIES FOR A 
WIDE RANGE OF CONDITION THAT 
CAUSE MUSCLE AND BONE LOSS.
LATER IN THE SHOW, WE'LL BE 
JOINED BY A STATION'S NATIONAL 
LAB EXPER WHO WILL SHARE MORE 
DETAILS ABOUT THE EXPERIMENTS 
THAT ARE TAKING PLACE ON THE 
STATION.
NOW LET'S BRING IN JOSHUA MOOR 
WHO IS JUST A FEW MILES OUT FROM
THE LAUNCH PAD. 
>> HEY, THIS IS JOSHUA MOOR FROM
THE SPACE COAST.
WE'RE BACK HERE TODAY.
THE WEATHER'S LOOKING GREAT.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY --E JUST GOT 
A RECENT UPDATE THAT THE 
VIOLATION IS DOWN TO 10%.
THE WEATHER EVEN IMPROVING 
TODAY.
WE'VE GOT NICE SKIES OUT THERE.
THERE ARE SOME CLOUDS THAT ARE 
COMING THROUGH THE GENERAL AREA,
BUT ULTIMATELY, WE'RE HEARING 
THAT THOSE AREN'T GOING TO COME 
UNTIL AFTER OUR LAUNCH TODAY.
WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THE 
TECHNICAL SIDE, AS WELL, AND IT 
HAS BEEN A REALLY QUIET MORNING 
FOR THE COUNT DOWN, AS WELL.
THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO ISSUES.
OUR INSTANTANEOUS WINDOW IS SET 
AT 12:29:24.
THAT'S THE WINDOW WE'RE LOOKING 
AT LAUNCHING TODAY.
THIS CAR GO DRAGON WAS 
ORIGINALLY FLOWN IN 2014.
YOU CAN SEE HERE A BEAUTIFUL 
NIGHT LAUNCH LIGHTING UP THE SKY
AND DELIVERING RESEARCH AND 
CARGO BACK IN 2014.
AND THEN, ACTUALLY, THE FIRST 
CARGO DRAGON TO BE USED IN 
ANOTHER MISSION, SO A VERY 
EXCITING ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR 
THEM, AND THIS, ANOTHER EXCITING
ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THEM, WITH 
THIS CARGO DRAGON FLYING FOR 
THEM.
IT'S AMAZING, SO EXCITING TO 
HAVE THAT.
ANOTHER GROUND BREAKING 
ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE C.R.S. 
PROGRAM AND JUST THE LIFE OF THE
SPACE STATION.
SO JENNIFER, WE ARE UNDERWAY 
WITH FUELLING AGAIN, TARGETING 
THE INSTANTANEOUS WINDOW, SO FOR
US HERE, NOW WE'RE GOING TO SEND
IT BACK OVER TO YOU AND WE'LL 
TOUCH BACK WITH YOU IN A FEW 
MINUTES. 
>> THANK YOU, JOSHUA.
RIGHT NOW, HERE AT T-29 MINUTES 
AND COUNTING.
LET'S GO OUT TO HAWTHORNE, 
CALIFORNIA, WHERE THE DRAGON IS 
CONTROLLED AND BUILT.
>> THIS MISSION MARKS SPACEX'S 
12th LAUNCH OF 2019, AND Y, 
WE'RE GOING TO BE LAUNCHING THIS
SPACECRAFT.
AS JOSHUA MENTIONED, WE'VE 
LAUNCHED THIS VEHICLE TWICE 
BEFORE.
WHILE THIS DRAGON HAS FLOWN 
BEFORE, THE BOOSTER THAT WE'RE 
FLYING TODAY IS ACTUALLY 
BRAND-NEW.
WE'LL BE LANDING OUR FIRST PHASE
OUT IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN SO IT 
CAN BE FLOWN ON FUTURE MISSIONS.
THE VEHICLE HARDWARE IS BUILT TO
SUPPORT MULTIPLE MISSIONSITH 
MINIMAL REFURBISHMENT IN 
BETWEEN.
OUR DRAGON SPACECRAFT HAS BEEN 
FLYING FOR ALMOST NINE YEARS 
CAN DELIVER SPECIFIC CARGO FROM 
IT.
SPACEX BECAME THE FIRST PRIVATE 
COMPANY TO SEND A SPACE VEHICLE 
INTO ORBIT AND RETURN IT TO 
EARTH.
JUST TWO YEARS LATER, DRAGON 
BECAME THE FIRST VEHICLE TO GO 
TO THE SPACEX.
TODAY'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT 
THE 20th TRIP TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, AND
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A 
SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH DAY.
WITH THAT, BACK TO YOU, 
JENNIFER. 
>> THANKS, ANDY.
 ARE COMMEMORATING THE 20th 
YEAR OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION.
OCTOBER 20, 2020 MARKS 20 
CONTINUOUS YEARS IN SPACE.
THE SPACE STATION IS A 
CONVERGENCE OF SCIENCE, 
TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN INNOVATION.
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST CRUCIAL 
STEPPING STONES FOR NASA'S PLAN 
TO LAND HUMANS ON THE MOON IN 
2024 THROUGH THE ARTIMUS 
PROGRAM.
>> LIFTOFF OF TODAY'S ROCKET 
FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX 40 IS TIMED 
RIGHT DOWN TO THE VERY SECOND.
SPACEX NEEDS TO GET ITS CARGO 
LINED UP WITH THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION.
WITH MORE, LET'S CHECK IN WITH 
DAN AT JOHNSON SPACE CENTER AT 
MISSION CONTROL IN HOUSTON.
DAN?
>> YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE, 
CHRISTMAS HAS ARRIVED IN MISSION
CONTROL, LED TODAY BY FLIGHT 
DIRECTOR ALLISON BOLLINGER, WHO 
JUST ABOUT TWO HOURS AGO PULLED 
THE TWO TEAMS AND INFORMED THE 
SPACE STATION THAT DRAGON IS GO 
FOR TODAY'S LAUNCH.
OFXPEDITION 61 IS GOING N CREW 
THROUGH A DAY, PREPARING FOR 
THIS EVENTUAL ARRIVAL.
THEY'RE LEAD BY LUCA PARMITANO, 
GOING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, NASA 
ASTRONAUT, ANDREW MORGAN, AND 
JEA MEIR AND KRISTINA KOCH.
THEY'RE GOING TO USE THE 
CANADARM2 TO REACH OUT AND 
GRAPPLE THE DRAGON ONCE IT 
THEY'LL TURR CONTROL DOWN TOTHEN
TEAMS ON THE GROUND TO ACTUALLY 
INSTALL DRAGON, AND WE'LL BE 
BRINGING YOU COVERAGE ON SUNDAY 
WHEN THAT ARRIVES RIGHT AROUND 
5:00 A.M. CENTRAL TIME, 
6:00 A.M. EASTERN.
AS YOU SAW, THE'S ABOUT 6500 
POUNDS OF CARGO COMING UP.
JENNIFER WALKED YOU THROUGH SOME
OF THE RESEARCH, AND WITH THESE 
SPACEX MISSIONS, THEY REALLY 
KICK OFF A FAST AND FURIOUS 
COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR THE CREW
ONCE THEY AIVE AS THERE'S A 
LOT OF SORTIE SCIENCE THAT HAS 
TO COME BACK DOWN WITH DRAGON 
ONCE IT LEAVES.
THE CREW JUST WRAPPED UP SOME 
SPACEWALKS, GETTING READY TO GET
IN SOME EXPERIMENTS WITH THE 
DRAGON LAUNCH.
WE'RE GETTING READY ON THE 
LAUNCH SIDE, I'M GOING TO SEND 
IT BACK TO YOU, JENNIFER. 
>> THANK YOU.
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT THE 
RESEARCH GOING ON IN 
LABORATORIES TO EVENTUALLY MAKE 
IT -- THAT WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE 
IT UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
. 
>> JOINING ME NOW IS PATRICK 
O'NEIL, AN EXPERT ON THE 
INTERNATIONAL LAB.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
AT VIDEO WAS A GREAT 
ENCAPSULATION ON EVERYTHING THAT
WAS GOING ON IN THIS MISSION.
BUDWEISER IS SENDING MORE BARLEY
INTO THE SPACE STATION, AND THEN
ON TOP OF THAT, WE'RE ALSO 
LOOKING AT FIRE IN CONFINED 
SPACES, SO I THINK THE VIDEO 
KIND OF TOUCHED ON SOME OF THOS
ELEMENTS, BUT THERE'S ALSO 
CUBESATELLITES THAT ARE FLYING 
ON THIS MISSION.
WE HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF 
DIVERSITY THAT N THIS 
MISSION, AND IT REALLY 
ENCAPSULATES WHAT'S GOING ON IN 
THIS MISSION.
>> ALL OF THAT SOUNDS REALLY 
AMAZING, WHICH MAY MAKE IT HARD 
FOR YOU TO ANSWER IF QUESTION.
WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER TO BE S
OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR?
>> WELL, I THINK THIS YEAR HAS 
JUST BEEN A BANNER YEAR FOR THE 
SPACE STATION IN ITS ENTIRETY, 
WHETHER THAT BE FROM A NATIONAL 
LAB PERSPECTIVE OR NASA.
SPEAKING OF NATIONAL LABORATORY,
THIS HAS BEEN A BANNER YEAR TO
DATE.
WE'VE SENT MORE EXPERIMENTS ON 
THE SPACE STATION THAN EVER 
BEFORE.
WE'VE HAD ASTRONAUTS WORKING ON 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
THAN EVER BEFORE, AND I THINK IT
SETS THE STAGE FOR RESEARCHERS 
TO ENHANCE THIS UNIQUE ORBITING 
LABORATORY. 
>> ALL RIGHT.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SEE FOR 
2020?
>> WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO BE 
SEEING MORE OF IT.
THE IDEA IS WE'RE GOING TO BE 
SENDING MORE RECOGNIZABLE 
COMPANIES AND BRANDS IN USING 
THE SPACE STATION TO ENHANCE 
PRODUCTS, THERAPISTS, AND LIFE 
ON EARTH.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE A VARIETY OF 
PARTNERS, LIKE THE N.I.H. AND 
THE I.S.F.s OF THE WORLD, 
LOOKING TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE TO 
SPACE-BASED ACTIVITY AND 
>> I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY
TO START A NEW DECADE.
MEASURING THE WEIGHT OF OBJECTS 
IN A MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT 
CAN BE DIFFICULT.
HERE'S A VIDEO OF HOW ASTRONAUTS
DO IN A PLACE WHERE SCALES 
DON'T WORK. 
>> AT HOME, MANY PEOPLE CAN AND 
DO WEIGH THE FOOD THEY EAT.
IT'S AS EASY AS PUTTING IT ON A 
SCALE, BUT SCALES DON'T WORK 
WITHOUT GRAVITY.
 DO ASTRONAUTS MEASURE 
ITEMS WHERE SCALES DON'T WORK IN
THAT ENVIRONMENT?
MASS I THE ENVMENT OF THE 
SIZE OF AN OBJECT. 
>> THEY USE THE NEWTON'S SECOND 
LAW OF MOTION WHICH HAS FORCE 
AND ACCELERATION. 
>> UNDER THE LAW OF FORCE, AN 
OBJECT WITH MORE MASS WILL 
ACCELERATE LESS, SO TO APPLY 
THIS IN SPACE, ASTRONAUTS USE A 
MASS MEASUREMENT DEVICE, M.M.D.,
WHICH LAUNCHED TO THE SPACE 
STATION IN 2017. 
>> THEY THEN PUT THESE PLANT 
SAMPLES INSIDE LITTLE ZIPLOC 
BAG. 
>> THE M.M.D. APPLIES A KNOWN 
ACCELERATION TO THE SAMPLE AND 
MEASURES THE RESULTING FORCE, 
ALLOWING THE SYSTEM TO DETERMINE
ITS MASS.
IT CAN MEASURE BETWEEN ONE AND 
100 GRAMS AND HAS AN ACCURACY 
OF .1 GRAM. 
>> IT'S GREAT.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY ACCURATE TO 
MEASURE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE. 
>> THERE ARE A VARIETY OF 
MEASUREMENT DEVICES ON THE SPA
STATION, MONITORING EVERYTHING 
FROM THE ASTRONAUTS HEALTH TO 
THE VEGETABLES HARVESTS FROM THE
HARVESTING SPACE CHAMBER.
SKBL WE ARE NOW ABOUT 12 MINUTES
AWAY FROM LAUNCH.
LET'S HEAD BACK OVER T THE 
MISSION DIRECTOR CENTER TO GET 
AN UPDATE FROM NASA'S JOSHUA 
SANTORA.
HEY JOSHUA, HOW ARE THINGS 
LOOKING?
>> THINGS ARE LOOKING GREAT.
AGAIN, THE WEATHER ISOOKING 
REALPOSITIVE, THINGS ARE 
PROGRESSING WELL.
YOU SEE THAT BEAUTIFUL ROCKET ON
THE PAD.
THIS SHOT, A SPECIAL THANKS TO 
OUR DRONE TEAM OUT THERE.
THEY'RE FLYING OUT A U.A.V., 
TAKING SHOTS FOR US.
WE'RE TARGETING THE 
INSTANOUS WINDOW A 12:29:24
SECONDS EASTERN TIME, SO WE'RE 
ABOUT 11.5 MINUTES AND COUNTING.
YOU SEE THE GASEOUS FOG THERE.
TODAY, THE GOAL IS TO GET THE 
DRAGON INTO ORBIT AND ON ITS WAY
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
ION.
YOU SAW SOME OF THOSE GREAT
STATS FROM DAN AS FAR AS THE 
AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING 
UP, THE WEIGHT THERE, BUT VOLUME
WISE, THE DRAGON CAN CARRY ABOUT
25 CUBIC METERS OF THINGS.
RESEARCH, MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, 
RESOURCES, AND SO IT'S ABOUT 11 
CUBIC METERS IN THE CAPSULE 
ITSELF AND 14 IN THE TRUNK.
THE TRUNK IS THE CYLINDERICAL 
THING T YOU SEE ON THE 
VEHICLE.
IF YOU TAKE SIX MINIVANS 
TOGETHER AND THE STORAGE 
CAPACITY IN THOSE SIX MINIVANS, 
THAT'S ROUGHLY THE SAME CAPACITY
IN THE DRAGON, VE EFFICIENTLY 
USED SPACE IN THERE.
EVEN UP UNTIL A COUPLE DAYS AGO,
LATE INTO TUESDAY, THEY WERE 
ACTUALLY DOING THEIR LATE LOADS.
THERE ARE CERTAIN PORTIONS OF 
THE SUPPLIES THAT THEY WANT TO 
HAVE AWAY FROM THE LABORATORY 
FOR AS LITTLE TIME AS POSSIBLE, 
SO THERE'S ABOUT 700 POUNDS THAT
THEY LOADED UP ON TUESDAY.
THAT, COMBINED WITH THE OTHER 
500 POUNDS THAT WERE ON THERE, 
YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 5700 POUNDS OF 
CARGO.
THAT DRAGON IS BEING CARRI BY 
THAT FALCON ROCKET THAT YOU SEE 
THERE.
IT IS A TWO-STAGE ROCKET, ABOUT 
230 FEET LONG AND ABOUT 9 FEET 
WIDE.
THAT FIRST STAGE, LIKE WE HEARD 
FROM ANDY, THEY'RE GOING TO 
ATTEMPT TO LOAD IT ON THEIR 
DRONE SHIP ABOUT 985NAUTI CAL 
MILES OFF THE COAST OF 
JACKSONVILLE.
THAT SECOND STAGE DOES HAVE ITS 
OWN MERLIN V ONE VACUUM ENGINE.
WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR THAT 
PERFORMANCE, AS WELL.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A MULTISTAGE 
ROCKET, SO THERE'S A LOT OF 
PERFORMANCE REQUIRED TO GET US 
TO THE RIGHT ORBIT.
NOW TO TALK TO THE WEATHER A 
LITTLE BIT.
WE ARE LOOKING GREAT.
YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF PARTLY 
CLOUDY IN THE BACKGROUND, AND 
WEATHER HERE FORECAST AGAIN, 
WE'VE UPDATED THAT GRAPHIC FOR 
YOU.
WE'VE GOT SOME WINDS
YOU SEE THE GASEOUS OXYGEN.
TEMPERATURES, AGAIN, IT'S A 
REALLY NICE MORNING HERE ON THE 
SPACE COAST.
THE POTENTIAL FOR CLOUDS TO BE 
IN THE WAY IS THE MAIN THING WE 
WERE LOOKING AT, BUT AS YOU CAN 
SEE, LESS THAN % CHANCE OF 
THAT HAPPENING THIS MORNING.
WE SHOULD BE SEEING MORE CALLS 
COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW 
MINUTES, COMPARED TO THE 
PREPAREDNESS OF THE ROCKET AND 
THE SPACECRAFT.
ULTIMATELY, THAT'S WHAT'S 
HAPPENING IN THESE NEXT FEW 
MINUTES.
SPACEX DOES A LATE FUEL.
THEY LIKE THE LATE FUEL TO BE AS
LATE AS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW THE 
CRYO GENICS TO BE AS COLD AS 
POSSIBLE TO ALLOW THEM TO PACK 
AS MUCH FUEL IN THERE AS THEY 
CAN.
WE'RE ABOUT 7.5 MINUTES AWAY 
FROM LIFTOFF, AND RIGHT NOW, THE
SPACE STATION IS FLYING OVER THE
SOUTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN, HEADED 
UP ON A PATH THAT WILL TAKE IT 
OVER ETERN CENTRAL AMERICA AND
OVER THE MIDDLE PART OF THE 
UNITED STATES.
IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE 
VOLUME, THINK ABOUT A 
SIX-BEDROOM HOUSE.
THAT'S ABOUT THE VOLUME THAT THE
ASTRONAUTS HAVE.
BECAUSE THEY'RE IN ZERO GRAVITY,
THEY CAN USE THE WALLS AND THE 
CEILING, SO MAYBE EVEN FEELS 
BIGGER THAN A SIX-BEDROOM HOUSE.
IT'S ROUGHLY 33,000 SQUARE FEET,
IF YOU'R INTERESTED IN THE 
NUMBERS.
THIS IS A MASSIVE EFFORT, AS 
WE'VE SAID, A VERY EXCITING 
TIME, CELEBRATING THE 20 
CONTINUOUS YEARS INCE.
WE'RE TREMENDOUSLY PROUD OF 
THAT.
LOOKING AHEAD TO SOME OF THE 
ACTIVITIES, THINGS WE'RE GOING 
TO HEAR, WE'LL START TO HEAR 
ABOUT THINGS LIKE ENGINES BEING 
CHILLED AND PREPARED TO HAND 
CRYOGENIC FUELS.
JUST TO RECAP A LITTLE BIT THE 
HIGHLI, SOME OF THE THEM 
THAT WE HEARD -- SOME OF THEM 
THAT WE HEARD IN THE PRELAUNCH 
BRIEFING A FEW DAYS AGO, THEY'LL
BE RETURNING HOME ABOUT 48 
RESEARCH PROJECTS, SO IT'S NEVER
JUST ABOUT WHAT'S GOING UP, IT'S
ALSO ABOUT WHAT'S COMING DOWN, 
BECAUSE THAT BENEFF 
EVALUATING THINGS ON THE GROUND 
AFTER THEY'VE BEEN IN SPACE IS A
HUGE BENEFIT.
OVER THE COURSE OF OUR 20 YEARS 
IN SPACE WITH SUSTAINED HUMAN 
ENCE, WE'VE HAD ABOUT 2900 
INVESTIGATIONS FROM ABOUT 100 
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
SO WHEN WE SAY WE'RE AN 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, WE 
MEAN IT AND WE'RE PROUD OF THAT,
AS WELL.
SO IN JUST A FEW SECONDS, YOU'RE
GOING TO SEE THE CLAMP JUST 
BENEATH THE CLAMP OF THE DRAGON,
THE TOWER THAT'S NEXT TO THE 
FALCON WILL ACTUALLY TILT BACK.
IN JUST A FEW SECONDS, YOU 
SHOULD SEE THAT CLAMP BEGIN TO 
EXPAND AND THAT TOWER WILL TIP 
BACK SLIGHTLY JUST A FEW 
DEGREES, AND IT WILL TIP BACK 
LATER AT LIFTOFF.
>> THERE YOU SEE THE CLAMP 
AND IT WON'T MOVE VERY FAR, BUT 
YOU SHOULD SEE THAT TOWER NEXT 
TO THE ROCKET TILT BACK A FEW 
DEGREES, RESPONSIBLE FOR 
DELIVERING FUEL TO THE VEHICLE.
THAT'S A GREAT SHOT OF WATCHING 
THAT TOWER TILT BACK.
>> SO AFTER THAT WE DO HAVE 
LIFTOFF THIS MORNING, YOU'LL 
HEAR AVIONICS AND ENGINEERS ALL 
MAKING THEIR CALLS AS WE TRACK 
WITH THIS ROCKET UPHILL.
ST JOB IS TO PRIMARILY 
GET US OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE, 
AND THE SECOND STAGE IS TO 
DELIVER THE DRAGON TO ORBIT.
THERE'S A LIQUID OXYGEN CLOSEOUT
CALL.
SO WE HEARD THAT CALL.
THAT WAS THE FIRST STAGE 
CLOSEOUT, AND THAT WAS THE 
SECOND STAGE CLOSEOUT.
LOOKING FORENTIAL COLLISIONS
UPON LAUNCH.
IT'S CLEAR.
NO CONCERNS THERE, SO EVERYTHING
IS LOOKING LIKE WE ARE A GO FOR 
LAUNCH.
THERE WE HAVE THE CALL, GO FOR 
LAUNCH.
YOU ALSO MAY SEE WATER FLOODING 
THE LAUNCH PAD ABOUT 18 SECONDS 
TO GO.
THAT'S NORMAL, ALL PART OF THE 
ENGINEERING LAUNCH.
TEN, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX, 
FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE, 
ZERO, LIFTOFF OF THE SIRIUS 
DRAGON, COORDINATING LIFTOFF AND
RESEARCH PROJECTS INTO DEEP 
SPACE.
>> VEHICLE HAS REACHED MAXIMUM 
AERODYNAMIC PRESSU
>> COU BIG CALLS THERE.
AGAIN, ALL NORMAL, ALL NOMINAL 
AND PROGRESSING AS EXPECTED, 
FLYING THROUGH THE DENSEST PART 
OF THE ATMOSPHERE. 
>> RECOVERY, A.U.S.
>> IT'S A CALL FOR CHILLING THE 
SECOND-STAGE ENGINE.
>>CESSFUL SEPARATION OFHE 
FIRST STAGE FROM THE SECOND 
STAGE.
THE SECOND STAGE YOU SEE THERE 
ON SCREEN WITH THE RED HOT 
ENGINE.
THAT IS NOW ACTIVE AND TAKING 
DRAGON TOWARDS ITS CORRECT 
ORBIT, AND WE SAW THE DRAGON 
HEADED TOWARD THE COAST, AS 
WELL.
>> RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE SEEING THE 
CAMERA KIND OF FLIPPING, AND 
ESSENTIALLY, YOU'RE SEEING 
CAMERA VIEWS.
YOU JUST SAW THE NOSE CONE GO 
PAST THERE.
THAT'S A NOMINAL JETTISON OF THE
NOSE CONE.
THAT'S TO HELP HYPERSONICALLY 
STEER THE ROCKET TOWARDS 
TRAJECTORY.
SO ON THAT CAMERA VIEW, YOU'RE 
SEEING TWO ROCKET VIEWS, ONE ON 
EITHER SIDE OF THAT ENGINE.
IT'S A GREAT SIDE BY SIDE.
AGAIN, THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS 
TO GIVE DRAGON TO ITS PRIMARY 
ORBIT, AND THE SECOND IS TO 
RECOVER THAT BOOSTER, OF COURSE,
ABOUT 180 NAUTICAL MILES OFF THE
COAST OF JACKSONVILLE.
THE ROCKET VIEW IS THE FIRST OF 
THAT, SO YOU'RE GETTING KIND OF 
A VIEW OF THAT.
 USE THE TERM "NOMINAL," 
AND IT ESSENTIALLY JUST MEANS 
WE'RE WITHIN THE EXPECTED AND 
APPROPRIATE RANGE THAT WE SHOULD
BE.
ALL THAT MEANS IS EVERYTHING IS 
GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN.
LL RIGH
SO A LOT MORE WORK TO GO, A LOT 
MORE TO DO.
WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH A 
LOT, BUT THAT IS GOING TO DO IT 
FOR US.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE BEING WITH 
YOU TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, SO I'M GOING 
TO SEND IT OVER TO ANDY AT 
SPACEX HEADQUARTERS IN 
HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA.
ANDY?
>> THANKS, JOSHUA.
IN ORDER TO LAND OUR DRONE SHIP 
IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, DRAGON 
NEEDS TO DO A SERIES OF THREE 
BURNS.
THE FIRST IS TO SLOW IT DOWN FOR
REENTRY.
NEXT IS ENTRY BURN TO SLOW DOWN 
BEFORE DRAGON HITS THE OUTER 
ATMOSPHERE.
THE THIRD AND FINAL BURN IS THE 
LANDING BURN, AND THERE'S THE 
SHOT OF THE ENTRY BURN.
THE THIRD AND FINAL BURN IS THE 
LANDING BURN, WHICH HAPPENS JUST
BEFORE TOUCHDOWN.
THIS IS ALSO WHEN THE FOUR 
LANDING LIGHTS ARE DEPLOYED.
WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT A MINUTE 
AWAY FROM BEGINNING THAT LANDING
BURN.
LET'S KEEP AN EYE ON THE SCREEN 
TO SEE IF WE CAN SEE THOSE 
ENGINES RELI
FOR THIS FINAL BURN, FALCON 9 
USES JUST A SINGLE MERLIN 
ENGINE, THE CENTER ENGINE, 
ENGINE NUMBER 9.
ON THE LEFT-HAND SCREEN, YOU SEE
A SHOT OF THE SECOND STA 
CONTINUING ITS JOURNEY INTO 
ORBIT, AND ON THE TOP IS A VIEW 
FROM THE FIRST STAGE.
THESE ARE HELPING TO GUIDE THE 
FIRST STAGE BACK TO A TARGETED 
LANDING.
LOOKS LIKE WE MAY HAVE LOST THE 
LINK OF THE FOOTAGE. 
>> STAGE ONE HAS LANDED.
[Applause]
>> AND TOUCHDOWN OF FALCON 9 ON 
OUR DRONE SHIP.
OF COURSE, THEY STILL LOVE YOU.
YOU CAN CERTAINLY HEAR THE 
EXCITEMENT HERE AT SPACEX.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SPACEX 
TEAM FOR ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL 
LANDING.
THIS IS FIRST STAGE RECOVERY 
NUMBER 46.
BACK TO OUR PRIMARY MISSION, THE
SECOND STAGE IS STILL CONTINUING
ITS JOURNEY INTO THE DESIRED 
ORBIT.
WE SHOULD BE HEARING THE CALLING
FOR SD ENGINE SHFF VERY 
SHORTLY.
>> NOW WE'RE WAITING FOR A GOOD 
CALL OUT FOR ORBIT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE DO HAVE INDEED
A GOOD ORBIT.
UP NEXT IS THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE
DRAGON FROM THAT SECOND STAGE.
DRAGON CARRIES TWO TYPES OF 
PRESSURIZED CARGO, BOTH IN ITS 
COMPARTMENT AND ITS TRUNK.
AT THIS POINT, WE ARE ABOUT 20 
SECONDS -- TEN OR 20 SECONDS 
AWAY FROM DRAGON SEPARATION, SO 
LET'S LISTEN IN FOR THE CALLOUT.
[Applause]
>> AND THERE IT IS, SUCCESSFUL 
DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRAGON 
SPACECRAFT.
THERE IS A VIEW INSIDE THE 
UNPRESSURIZED CARGO OF DRAGON'S 
FRONT.
NOW LET'S PASS IT OFF TO DAN FOR
COVERAGE OF THE SOLAR ARRAY 
DEPLOY. 
>> HEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 
ANDY.
GREAT TO SEE DRAGON IN ORBIT AS 
ALWAYS, THAT FIRST STAGE TOUCH 
BACK DOWN ON THE DRONE SHIP.
YOU'RE ACTUALLY GETTING A REALLY
COOL VIEW INSIDE THE TRUNK OF 
DRAGON.
THESE ARE PAY LOADS ALREADY 
EXPOSED TO THE OTHER SPACE 
STATIONS.
>> STILL STANDING BY FOR SOLAR 
ARRAY DEPLOY.
>> WE DID GET SOME AUDIO 
CONFIRMATION THAT THE SOLAR 
ARRAY DEPLOY HAS BEGUN.
>> AND THERE WE GO, NOW GETTING 
A VIEW OF THE ONE SET OF SOLAR 
PANELS DEPLOYING.
AGAIN, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF 
DRAGON'S TRUNK, GIVEN A WING 
SPAN OF ABOUT 54 FEET ONCE FULLY
DEPLOYED, PROVIDING ALL OF THE 
ELECTRICAL POWER TO DRAGON 
SYSTEMS AS IT MAKES ITS CHASE 
DOWN OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION.
EVERYTHING LOOKING SMOOTH.
WE JUST NOW HEARD IT, THE SOLAR 
ARRAYS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED 
SUCCESSFULLY.
THE PROPULSION SYSTEM ON DRAGON 
GOING TO BE RAISED FOR FIRING'S.
IT'S GOING TO BE RAISING ITS 
ORBIT OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS 
UNTIL IT ARRIVES AT THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> ALL RIGHT.
AGAIN, DRAGON IN ORBIT.
THE WAY TO THE SPACE ATION.N ON 
IT WAS A GREAT LAUNCH TODAY.
HOW IS THE TEAM FEELING WITH 
WHAT THEY SAW SO FAR?
>> WELL, WE'RE VERY EXCITED.
LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING -- 
GETTING THE DRAGON ON BOARD HERE
IN A COUPLE DAYS.
THIS REALLY DOES KIND OF LAY OUR
PATH FORWARD THROUGH THE END OF 
DECEMBER ON INTO THE FIRST WEEK 
OF JANUARY NOW.
AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF SCIENCE 
NOW COMING ON BOARD, OVER 5,000 
POUNDS OF NEW HARDWARE COMING ON
BOARD, SO THE CREW OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS, THEY'LL FINISH 
OUT THEIR TRAINING FOR BEING 
ABLE TO DO THE CAPTURE AND THE 
GRAPPLE AND GETTING THE DRAGON 
BERTHED, AND THEN AFTER THAT, 
WE'LL BE OPENING THE HATCH 
SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
WE'VE GOT SOME SCIENCE THAT WE 
NEED TO GET ACROSS THE HATCH AND
GET UP AND RUNNING, SO THAT'S 
GOING TO BE THE FIRST COUPLE OF 
DAYS THAT WE GET UP AND RUNNING.
>> AND IT'S SCHEDULED TO GET 
THERE SUNDAY. 
>> CORRECT.
WE HAVE A SCHEDULED TIME,BOUT 
00 OR SO ON SUNDAY THAT WE DO 
THE CAPTURE.
USUALLY BY MID-MORNING, WE'LL 
HAVE IT BERTHED, AND DEPENDING 
ON HOW THINGS HAVE GONE DURING 
THE DAY FOR THE CREW, WE'LL 
EITHER GET THE HATCH OPEN OR 
WE'LL WAIT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING
DAY WITH A CLEAN, FRESH DAY AND 
GET GOING ON THE SCIENCE. 
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS TEAM GOING TO BE
VERY INVOLVED WITH SPACEX 
HEADQUARTERS OUT IN HAWTHORNE.
BE SURE TO WAKE UP ON SUNDAY 
MORNING AND JOIN US AS WE GET 
READY TO BRING ONE MORE VEHICLE 
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION.
WITH THAT, THAT'LL DO IT TO US 
FROM HOUSTON.
-- THAT'LL DO IT FOR US FROM 
HOUSTON.
LET'S SEND IT BACK DOWN TO 
JENNIFER.
[Inaudible]
>> DRAGON IS ON ITS WAY TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR 
CAPTURE ON DECEMBER 8 AT 
APPROXIMATELY 3:00 A.M. PACIFIC 
TIME OR 11:00 A.M. COORDINATED 
UNIVERSAL TIME.
AFTER BERTHING, THE ASTRONAUTS 
ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION WILL UNLOAD ABOUT 5700 
POUNDS OF PAY LOADS.
ALL-AROUND, IT'S BEEN A 
SUCCESSFUL MISSION SO FAR.
I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO 
THANK OR -- OUR FRIENDS AT NASA,
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
THE AIR FORCE, AND ALL OF OUR 
FRIENDS FOR A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH.
>> AND THAT'S GOING TO WRAP UP 
OUR COVERAGE.
FOR MORE, VISIT 
NASA.GOV/STATION, OR 
NASA.GOV/SPACEX.
WE LEAVE YOU NOW WITH ANOTHER 
LOOK AT TODAY'S LAUNCH.
HAVE A GREAT DAY, EVERYONE.
