>> WE ARE COMING UP ON THEIR WAKE UP IN JUST ABOUT A MINUTE OR SO. >> BOB AND DOUG JUST DEPARTED THE SPACE STATION EARLIER THIS MORNING — ACTUALLY, THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN YESTERDAY AT THIS POINT, AND ACTUALLY, AT THIS POINT, THEY’RE STILL SLEEPING. >> WE’RE TARGETING 4:40 A.M. PACIFIC TIME FOR THEIR WAKE UP, AND ONCE THEY GET UP, THEY’LL HAVE ABOUT AN HOUR TO GO THROUGH WHAT THEY CALL POST SLEEP, GET BREAKFAST, GET READY TO MEET THE DAY, AND IT’LL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE THEY GET READY TO DETACH THE TRUNK, GET READY FOR DEORBIT BURN, AND TARGET THAT SPLASH DOWN LATER ON TODAY. >> WE’RE EXPECTING THE WAKEP CALL TO HAPPEN IN JUST A MINUTE OR SO, AND IT’S A REAL EXCITING DAY, IT’S SPLASH-DOWN DAY, SO WE’RE HAPPY TO GET BOB AND DOUG UP TODAY FOR THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION. >> GOOD MORNING, BOB AND DOUG. WE HAVE A SPECIAL MESSAGE TO START YOUR DAY >> GOOD MORNING, DRAGON ENDEAVOR. I’M HAPPY YOU WENT TO SPACE, BUT I’M EVEN HAPPIER THAT YOU’RE COMING BACK HOME.

>> RISE AND SHINE, DAD. >> WE, LUKE, AND MOMMY CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU, DADDY. >> WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP! DON’T WORRY. YOU CAN SLEEP IN TOMORROW. HURRY HOME SO WE CAN GO GET MY DOG. >> WE LOVE YOU, DAD! >> GOOD MORNING, JAY, GOOD MORNING TO SPACEX, AND GOOD MORNING ESPECIALLY TO JACK AND TO THEO FOR THAT WONDERFUL MESSAGE THIS MORNING. HOPEFULLY, THE PRESSURE’S ON WHOEVER’S MAKING THE WEATHER CALL BECAUSE THOSE BOYS SEEM EXCITED TO BRING US HOME. >> YEAH, WE CONCUR. IT WAS GREAT HEARING THEM, AND HAPPY TO HEAR YOU.

AND LUCKY FOR YOU, WEATHER IS LOOKING GREAT AT PENSACOLA. IS ALSO HEALTHY AND PROCEEDING TOWARDS THE OPPORTUNITY. WE’RE GOING TO RESUME NOMINAL COMMUNICATIONS AT THIS TIME, AND WE ARE STANDING BY WITH A SYSTEM UPDATE ONCE YOU COMPLETE YOUR POST SLEEP ACTIVITIES. >> THANK YOU, JAY. WE’LL GIVE YOU A CALL BACK ONCE WE GET THINGS A LITTLE BIT TIDIED UP HERE AND BE READY FOR THAT SYSTEMS BRIEF. >> COPY. >> WELCOME BACK TO OUR LIVE COVERAGE OF THE DEMO 2 MISSION. I’M KATE TICE, SENIOR ENGINEER ANALYST HERE AT SPACEX IN HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA. NASA ASTRONAUTS BOB BEHNKEN AND DOUG HURLEY ARE BACK HOME TO US. TODAY’S MISSION ACTUALLY BEGAN BACK ON SATURDAY, MAY 30, WHEN SPACEX LAUNCHED DRAGON FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA. BOB AND DOUG ARRIVED AT THE SPACE STATION JUST 19 HOURS LATER AND HAVE BEEN THERE EVER SINCE. WHILE ON BOARD AT THE SPACE STATION TWO MONTHS, BOB AND DOUG HAVE DONE OVER 100 HOURS OF WORK ON MICROGRAVITY SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS AND PERFORMED FOUR SPACEWALKS WITH FELLOW NASA ASTRONAUT AND COMMANDER CHRIS CASSIDY. >> IT’S BEEN A REALLY EVENTFUL 24 HOURS FOR THE DRAGON CREW FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

JUST FOR EVERYBODY THAT’S BEEN FOLLOWING THIS MISSION, AS WE LITERALLY JUST HEARD, BOB AND DOUG NOW AWAKE INSIDE CREW DRAGON ENDEAVOR, GETTING A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM THEIR SONS TO WAKE THEM UP ON THEIR RETURN DAY, SO THAT WAS JUST REALLY SPECIAL. THEY’VE BEEN FLYING FREE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR ALMOST 12 HOURS NOW. SINCE THEY DEPARTED YESTERDAY, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET ON BOARD, PACK UP, AND AUTONOMOUSLY UNDOCK FROM THE SPACE STATION ON SATURDAY. IT BEGAN A SERIES OF DEPARTURE BURN TO GET AWAY FROM THE SPACE STATION AND OUT IN FRONT, AND SETTING IT UP FOR ITS EVENTUAL JOURNEY HOME.

WE’RE GOING TO BE BRINGING YOU OUR LIVE COVERAGE. WE’VE BEEN GOING EVER SINCE BEFORE WE GOT INTO DRAGON, ALL THE WAY TO SPLASH DOWN. WE’LL HIT THE SPLASH DOWN THAT RIGHT NOW IS TARGETED FOR 11:48 PACIFIC TIME A.M. WE’RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU EVERY STEP OF DRAGON’S JOURNEY AS WE’RE GOING TO HAVE SPORADIC VIEWS OF DRAGON ON BOARD AFTER THEY COMPLETE THEIR POST SLEEP PERIOD, AND THERE WILL BE A BLACKOUT PERIOD IN THE FINAL PHASES OF REENTRY. . >> AS YOU JUST HEARD, BOB AND DOUG ARE NOW AWAKE AND ENTERING THEIR POST SLEEP PERIOD, SO THAT’S ABOUT AN HOUR LONG PERIOD WHERE THEY’RE ABLE TO GET UP, STRETCH THEIR LEGS, HAVE THEIR BREAKFAST AND SPLASH DOWN DAY.

REALLY EXCITING DAY. >> IT’S GOING TO BE BUSY FOR THEM, MORE SO ON THE SECOND SIDE OF THIS. THEY HAD TO — IT’S A 19-HOUR JOURNEY FROM SPACE STATION TO THAT SPLASH DOWN, AND WE DO THAT VERY SPECIFICALLY. WHENEVER A JOURNEY FROM THE SPACE STATION TO THE ACTUAL SPLASH DOWN IS LONGER THAN SIX HOURS, WE HAVE TO BUILD IN SLEEP TIME FOR OUR CREW MEMBERS, OTHERWISE, THEY CAN HAVE AS LONG AS A 20-HOUR DAY. IT’S LIKE PILOTS, ANYTHING ELSE, YOU HAVE THAT VERY STRICT CREW DUTY DAY. SO THEY’RE AWAKE NOW, THEY’VE GOT THE POST SLEEP PERIOD, AND AFTER THAT, THEY’RE GOING TO MONITOR DRAGON BUT IT’S PRETTY MUCH GOING TO BE AUTO MATED. >> THEY’LL MONITOR TELEMETRY AND ATTITUDE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

REALLY EXCITING DAY AS WE APPROACH SPLASH DOWN HERE IN A MATTER OF A FEW HOURS, WHICH IS CRAZY TO THINK THAT THIS ALL STARTED TWO MONTHS AGO, AND HERE WE ARE. TIME CERTAINLY FLEW BY. SO WHILE BOB AND DOUG ARE NOW IN THEIR POST SLEEP PERIOD. LET’S CHECK IN WITH THE TEAM IN MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON AND NASA’S COURTNEY BEASLEY. COURTNEY? >> AS YOU CAN TELL, WE’VE CHANGED LOCATIONS SINCE OUR TEAMS WERE ON FOR UNDOCKING AND DEPARTURE AS PART OF THE CORONAVIRUS PROTECTIONS WE HAVE IN PLACE TO PROTECT OUR CONTROLLERS AT MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON. WE TRANSITIONED OUT OF THE JOINT OPERATIONS AFTER DRAGON APPROACHED THE JOINT ELLIPSOID BUT HAVE CONTINUED TO MONITOR DOUGS AND BOB’S RETURN HOME. OUR TOPA OR TRAJECTORY OPERATIONS AND PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR IS CONTINUING TO MONITOR THE WAY AND ANYTHING THAT COULD DELAY DRAGON RETURN. THERE’S ALSO OUR SPACE FLIGHT METEOROLOGY GROUP, ACTIVELY PROVIDING UPDATES TO OUR TWO NASA AND SPACEX TEAMS TOGETHER, MAKING SURE THAT THE WEATHER IN THE GULF IS CLEAR FOR LANDING LATER TODAY.

AND FINALLY, OUR L.S.O. OR LANDING SUPPORT OFFICER IS ON STAND BY IN THE EVENT THAT WE WOULD RUN INTO ANY MAJOR ISSUES THAT WOULD CAUSE DRAGON TO BE IN AN UNSUPPORTED SPLASH DOWN LOCATION, WHERE WE WOULD THEN CALL FOR HELP FROM OUR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COLLEAGUES. WE’LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE CONDITIONS HERE AT SPACE CONTROL HOUSTON. BACK TO YOU, DAN AND KATE. >> AS WE SAID, IT’S GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF HOURS, ROUGHLY SIX HOURS FROM NOW, SO WE’VE STILL GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A WAYS TO GO, BUT ONCE WE START GETTING READY FOR DRAGON TO COME HOME, THERE’S A VERY SPECIFIC SET OF MILE STONES THAT’LL TAKE PLACE. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT’LL HAPPEN IS DOING A SLEW MANEUVER. THE TRUNK IS A SPACECRAFT — DRAGON IS TWO PARTS. YOU HAVE THE CAPSULE, WHICH HAS THE CREW AND THE CARGO, AND THE TRUNK. WE GET RID OF THE TRUNK BEFORE WE REENTER, AND THAT REVEALS THE HEAT SHIELD OF THE CAPSULE ITSELF.

SO WE’LL FIRST DO A MANEUVER AT ABOUT 10:48 A.M. PACIFIC, JUST TO GET READY FOR THAT MECHANISM. AND THEN, THE CLAW WILL SEPARATE, FOLLOWED JUST SECONDS LATER BY THAT TRUNK SEPARATION. >> THEN, WE WILL MANEUVER OR SLEW TO DEORBIT BURN. THE DEORBIT BURN WILL COMMENCE AT 10:56 A.M. PACIFIC TIME, AND IT’LL LAST FOR ABOUT 11.5 MINUTES. THAT DEORBIT BURN IS ESSENTIALLY PLACING DRAGON ENDEAVOR ON ITS FINAL TRAJECTORY TO THE FINAL LANDING POINT OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA NEAR PENSACOLA. AFTER THAT IS COMPLETED AT 11:11 A.M., WE WILL BE CLOSING THAT NOSE CONE. WE WANT TO REUSE THESE CAPSULES, AND PROTECTING THAT CAPSULE AT THE FORWARD HATCH IS ESSENTIAL BECAUSE THAT’S WHERE THE CAPSULE ATTACHES TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, AND THAT’S WHERE THE CREW INGRESSES AND EGRESSES, SO WE WILL PROTECT THAT. A COUPLE OF MINUTES AFTER THAT, THE DRAGON CAPSULE WILL BEGIN TO REENTER THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE.

A LOT OF PLASMA WILL BE BUILDING UP ON THE VEHICLE, AND WE WILL BE EXPECTING A COMMUNICATIONS BLACKOUT, AND THAT’LL BEGIN AT 11:36 A.M., AND THAT’LL LAST ABOUT SIX MINUTES. THAT IS WHEN WE WILL HAVE ENTRY INTERFACE, AND THAT’S THE REALLY EXCITING POINT, AND THEN, WE WILL GET OUR COMMUNICATIONS BACK AT 11:42 A.M. SO ALL OF THAT KIND OF LEADING UP TO THE BIG VISUAL FUN PART, THE PARACHUTES. >> YEAH, AND THE PARACHUTES ARE GOING TO COME OUT IN TWO DIFFERENT STAGES. WE’LL START OFF WITH THE DROGUE PARACHUTES, WHEN THE CRAFT WILL START SLOWING. WHEN DRAGON HITS THE ATMOSPHERE, IT’S GOING ABOUT 17,500 MILES PER HOUR. WHENTHE TWO DROGUE CHUTES COME OUT, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SLOW THE CAPSULE AS IT’S COMING THROUGH THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE.

LESS THAN A MINUTE AFTER THE DROGUES ARE DONE, THEY WILL JETTISON AND DRAW OUT FOUR MAIN PARACHUTES AND DO THE FINAL SLOWING OF THE VEHICLE. THOSE WILL POP OUT ABOUT 6800 FEET OF ALTITUDE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS GOING ABOUT 350 MILES AN HOUR. THE CAPSULE WILL BE MOVING AT ABOUT 15 OR 16 MILES PER HOUR WHEN IT HITS THE SPLASH DOWN, AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR THAT SPLASH DOWN OFF OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA. >> AND OF COURSE THE RECOVERY TEAM WILL BE THERE AND WAITING FOR BOB AND DOUG. IN PREPARATION FOR THIS SLASH DOWN, THE RECOVERY TEAM HAS BEEN BUSY OVER THE LAST WEEK. ONE OF THEIR BIG TICKET ITEMS HAS BEEN THE FINAL SELECTION OF THE LANDING SITE. TO INCREASE THE OPTION FOR SPACE STATION DEPARTURE, THE TEAMS IDENTIFIED A TOTAL OF SEVEN POSSIBLE SPLASH DOWN LOCATIONS. ALSO, IN ORDER TO MEET NASA’S TIMELINE FOR EXTRACTION REQUIREMENTS, THE — THE POTENTIAL SPLASH DOWN LOCATIONS HAVE TO BE CLOSE TO A PORT AS WELL AS MEDICAL FACILITIES, SO WITH THAT YOU WILL OF THAT IN MIND, ADD THE EVOLVING WEATHER CONDITION — WITH ALL OF THAT IN MIND, ADD THE EVOLVING WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND YOU HAVE A TRYING TIME.

THE GO NAVIGATOR IS THE VESSEL THAT WE HAVE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, AND TODAY, WE’LL BE SPLASHING DOWN JUST OFF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. >> NOW IN ADDITION TO WEATHER, WHICH HAS REALLY BEEN THE KEY THING WE’VE BEEN WATCHING OVER THE LAST, IT’S KIND OF BEEN A THEME TO THIS MISSION THAT WE’VE BEEN WATCHING SO CLOSELY FOR THE LAUNCH, AND WE’VE BEEN WATCHING IT VERY CLOSELY FOR THIS RETURN. THE CREW SLEEP SCHEDULE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT FACTOR IN HOW WE DECIDE HOW LONG IT’S GOING TO TAKE FOR THEM TO COME HOME AND WHICH LANDING OPPORTUNITIES WE’RE GOING TO TAKE. EVERY SINGLE DAY, DRAGON HAS MULTIPLE LANDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED BY THE SPACEX TEAM, AND THOSE WILL RANGE ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT SIX HOURS FROM STATION ALL THE WAY IN EXCESS OF 30 HOURS. WE TRY TO TARGET THE ONES THAT ARE IN THAT SWEET SPOT WHERE WE’RE NOT GOING 30 HOURS FROM THEM LEAVING AND GOING BACK HOME, BUT WE’RE GOING ON AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE SLEEPING AND RESTED UP.

— NUMBER OF SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT BOB AND DOUG WON’TING HEATING UP, ALONG WITH THE EXTERIOR OF THE CAPSULE. THEY’RE EXPECTED — I THINK THE INTERNAL OF THE CAPSULE IS SUPPOSED TO BE STAYING ABOUT 85° MAXIMUM, BUT THERE WILL BE COLD AREA FLOODING BOB AND DOUG’S SUIT DURING THAT PERIOD. ALSO SOMETHING TO NOTE, THE EXTERIOR OF THE CAPSULE, IF YOU FOLLOWED ALONG WITH OUR DEMO 1 RECOVERY, DUE TO THOSE EXTREME TEMPERATURES, WE’RE BASICALLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS OF SEEING DRAGON IN ITS PRISTINE, WHITE CONDITION. WE’LL SEE A LOT OF THE CHARRING ON THE EXTERNAL SIDES OF THE CAPSULE TO THE PROTECTION SYSTEMS THAT ARE BASICALLY BUILT TO INSULATE THE DRAGON CAPSULE AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING STAYS SAFE DURING THAT HEATED REENTRY PERIOD. >> IT’S GOING TO BE A NEW EXPERIENCE. THEY’RE EXPERIENCED ASTRONAUTS, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME FOR THEM COMING HOME IN A CAPSULE.

THEY WERE USED TO THE LANDING OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE ONTO A RUNWAY, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY SPLASHED DOWN IN THE OCEAN, AS WELL AS THE FIRST TIME THAT AMERICANS SPLASHED DOWN IN THE OCEAN IN 45 YEARS. >> — AND THEY SAID NO, WE’VE REHEARSED THIS WITH THE TEAM MANY, MANY TIMES, BOTH DIGITALLY AS WELL AS IN PERSON WITH THE RECOVERY TEAM ACTUALLY PRACTICING THE EGRESS OPERATIONS FROM THE CAPSULE, SO COINCIDENTALLY, THEY SAID THEY’RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT. THEY’RE MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE HEALTH OF THEIR FAMILY IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC MORE SO THAN THE RETURN ITSELF. WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE RETURN, I CAN’T HELP BUT TO THINK OF G-FORCES. >> — DURING ALL THE PROXIMITY OPERATIONS DURING THE SPACE STATION. THEY’LL BE IN THE SUITS ONCE MORE FOR THE ACTUAL SPLASH DOWN ITSELF. THOSE SUITS ARE THERE AS JUST ANOTHER LINE OF PROTECTION FOR THE CREW MEMBERS.

OBVIOUSLY, THE CAPSULE KEEPING THEM IN A VERY PROTECTED ENVIRONMENT IN OUTER SPACE OR BURNING UP ON REENTRYN ALL OF THAT HEAT, AND THEN, THE SUITS ARE JUST ANOTHER LINE OF DEFENSE. THEY’LL BE WEARING THOSE DURING THEIR REENTRY. THEY’LL ACTUALLY DO WHAT’S CALLED A SUIT FLUSH JUST BEFORE THEY REENTER WHERE THEY FLUSH SOME COOLED DOWN NITROX, AND BEFORE THEY SUIT UP, THEY’LL DO WHAT’S CALLED FLUID LOADING, WHICH IS VERY COMMON FOR CREW MEMBERS. YOU CAN GET KIND OF DEHYDRATED, AND SO FLUID LOADING CAN HELP YOU COMBAT THAT.

THE HUMAN BODY ADAPTS WHEN YOU’RE UP THERE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AT A TIME, SO WHEN YOU GET BACK DOWN TO EARTH, IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT JARRING. THAT’S WHY WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAINED PERSONNEL THERE, READY TO HELP THEM OUT OF THE CAPSULE THERE AND GET THEM ON THE GROUND. >> ALL RIGHT. WE ARE READY FOR THE SYSTEMS BRIEF. >> YEAH. AS STATED, DRAGON’S IN Y STATE. WE ARE PROCEEDING TOWARD THE PRIMARY LANDING SITE. YOUR LANDING FORECAST IS LOOKING GREAT, WITH WINDS AT 1 MILES PER HOUR. WE EXPECT THE SHIP TO BE AT THE DESIGNATED LANDING SITE, WITH NO PROBLEMS WITH EGRESS, AND THAT IS ALL WE HAVE TO REPORT. >> OKAY. WE COPY ALL. THAT’S NEWS ABOUT THE WEATHER, AND I’M SURE THE FOLKS ON THE SHIP WILL GET SOMETHING SORTED OUT WITH THE GENERATOR.

THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. >> AND GOOD READ BACK, AND WE’LL KEEP YOU POSTED AS WE PROCEED ON THE TIMELINE. >> ALL RIGHT. SO A QUICK RUNDOWN ON WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW. CAPCOM, THAT’S THE SOLE PERSON WHO’S THERE TO TALK TO BOB AND DOUG AND BE THEIR ADVOCATE FOR THEM DOWN ON THE GROUND. WE’RE LOOKING AT WIND SPEEDS OF ABOUT ONE KNOT, SO JUST ABOUT 1.5 MILES PER HOUR. WEATHER WAS THE THING WE WERE LOOKING FOR. WE WERE LOOKING FOR WIND SPEEDS LESS THAN 10 MILES PER HOUR, SO WE’RE WELL UNDER THAT FOR THIS SPLASH DOWN TODAY. WE ENDED UP GETTING PRETTY SPECTACULAR WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THIS. OBVIOUSLY, SOME PRETTY NASTY WEATHER AROUND FLORIDA THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH, AND ACTUALLY, THREE OF OUR LANDING ZONES ARE IN THE PATH OF THAT HURRICANE. >> ISAIAS WAS CREATING PROBLEMS FOR US ON THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA. THREE OF OUR POTENTIAL LANDING SITES WERE THERE ON THE EAST COAST, RULED OUT DUE TO UNFAVORABLE WEATHER DUE TO THAT TROPICAL STORM, BUT THE GULF OF MEXICO IS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.

ONE MILE AN HOUR WINDS? THAT’S NOTHING, AND BOB AND DOUG WILL BE SAFE ONCE THEY REACH THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, THE GULF OF MEXICO. THERE’S ALSO A GENERATOR PROBLEM THAT WE ARE HAVING ON THE RECOVERY VESSEL. THERE ARE TWO GENERATORS, AND ONE OF THEM IS DOWN CURRENTLY, SO THE TEAM IS WORKING ON ANOTHER GENERATOR SO THERE IS NO SINGLE-POINT FAILURE FROM THE ASPECT POINT OF THE RECOVERY SHIP. GOOD NEWS IS THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE IN PLACE FOR BOB AND DOUG’S SPLASH DOWN, WHICH WE’RE ANTICIPATING TO BE AROUND 11:30 A.M. PACIFIC. STILL HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IT’S SO SOON, BUT SO FAR AWAY. >> THE SYSTEM BEING ON THE EASTERN COAST OF FLORIDA HAS CREATED SOME PRETTY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR US IN THE GULF. WE DO UNDOCK ONLY WHEN WE HAD BOTH OUR PRIME AND AN ALTERNATE.

WE WERE ABLE TO GET GOOD PAIRINGS. SINCE THERE ARE SEVEN DIFFERENT LANDING ZONES, YOU COULD HAVE PENSACOLA AS YOUR PRIME AND SEVERAL OTHERS AS YOUR PRIME. THE ONES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SELECT WAS PENSACOLA FOR OUR PRIME AND PANAMA CITY FOR OUR ALTERNATE. IF FOR SOME REASON WE DID HAVE TO WAVE OFF TODAY, PANAMA CITY WOULD BE OUR ALTERNATE. WE STILL HAVE ABOUT AN HOUR WHERE DRAGON HAS THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THAT ALTERNATE MIDFLIGHT IF FOR SOME REASON WEATHER MOVED IN TO PANAMA CITY AND TOOK AWAY THAT SITE. LOOKING GOOD AT BOTH SITES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, LOOKING GOOD AT OUR PRIMARY SITE. >> ALL OF THESE SITES ARE MENTIONED BASED ON THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE TO BE ACCESSIBLE, SO RELATIVELY CLOSE TO SHORE BY THE MEDICAL VESSEL AND ALSO CLOSE TO FACILITIES SO THAT WHENEVER BOB AND DOUG ARE TAKEN OFF THE VESSEL, THAT THEY’RE ABLE TO BE CLOSE TO A HOSPITAL, AND MEDICAL TREATMENT IF NECESSARY, BUT LIKE WE SAID BEFORE, THERE WERE SEVEN POTENTIAL SITES, THREE OF THEM RULED OUT THANKS TO WEATHER ON THE EAST COAST, AND WE ARE NOW TARGETING THE GULF OF MEXICO OFF OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, FOR THE LANDING SITE.

>> WITHIN MINUTES, THE TEAMS HERE INION CONTROL HAWTHORNE WILL GIVE A REVIEW OF THE SYSTEMS ON THE CAPSULE. THEY’LL PUT FAST BOATS OUT ABOUT THREE MILES OR SO FROM THE SPLASH DOWN SITE. THEY’LL HIT THE WATER AND MOVE TOWARD THE CAPSULE ONCE THEY GET THE GO. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY’LL DO IS GO AROUND AND SNIFF AROUND THE CAPSULE ITSELF. THEY’RE LOOKING FOR WHAT’S CALLED FUMES, AND AS LONG AS THAT COMES BACK A NEGATIVE, THEY CAN COME IN AND START RIGGING THE CAPSULE ITSELF TO GET LIFTED UP, AND I KNOW THAT WILL BE SOMETHING PRETTY EXCITING TO SEE.

>> YEAH. THEY’LL HAVE SOMEONE CLIMBING ON THE RIGGING. THAT INDIVIDUAL IS SPECIALLY TRAINED FOR THAT OPERATION BECAUSE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, CLIMBING ON TOP OF A SPECIALLY SHAPED CAPSULE IN THE OCEAN IS WET, AND THEN LIFTING IT ONTO THE DECK OF A RECOVERY SHIP, THAT’S HARD, AND THAT PERSON HAS UNDERGONE HOURS AND HOURS OF TRAINING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT PROCEDURE SAFELY. SO ONCE THAT’S ALL DONE, THE CAPSULE WILL BE LIFTED UP, HOISTED UP ONTO THE DECK OF THE RECOVERY SHIP, AND THEN, THEY’LL BE PLACED BACK DOWN. SO FOR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION OPERATIONS, WE USE THE FORWARD HATCH OR THE HATCH ON TOP OF THE CAPSULE IN ORDER TO INGRESS AND EGRESS. FOR THIS PARTICULAR OPERATION OF RECOVERY, THEY WILL ACTUALLY BE COMING OUT OF THE SIDE HATCH. ONCE THAT SIDE HATCH IS OPENED, OUR FLIGHT CONTROLLER WILL MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS GOOD, AND BOB AND DOUG WILL BE HELPED OUT.

>> THERE IS ONE SPECIFIC LANDING ZONE, WHICH IS THE ONE OFF CAPE CANAVERAL, THERE’S A CLOSER ONE FOR CRUDE LANDINGS, ONLY ABOUT 24 MILES OFFSHORE. FOR ALL OF OUR OTHER LANDING ZONES, IT TAKES PROBABLY SEVERAL HOURS FOR THE BOAT TO GET BACK INTO PORT, SO SPACEX DOES HAVE THE OPTION TO LAND A HELICOPTER ON THE RECOVERY VESSEL ITSELF TO THEN MOVE THE CREW MEMBERS BACK FOR A MUCH QUICKER RETURN TO DRY LAND, LOADING ONTO THAT NASA PLANE, AND RETURNING TO HOUSTON. WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE’RE KEEPING THE CREW SAFE, HOW WE’RE KEEPING THE CREW HEALTHY. WE HAVE STRICT RULES ANY TIME WE SEND SOMEONE INTO SPACE AND BRING THEM HOME. SPACE CAN BE PRETTY HARSH ON THE BODY.

DESPITE THE MEASURES THAT WE PUT IN PLACE, A LOT OF ASTRONAUTS WILL COME BACK IMMUNOCOMPROMISED, SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE’RE TAKING CARE OF THEM BACK HOME. ESPECIALLY WITH CORONAVIRUS, WE’VE MADE SOME ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE FOR ALL WHO ARE GOING TO BE ON THE BOAT. ALL HAVE BEEN THROUGH ISOLATION AND TESTING FOR CORONAVIRUS BEFORE THEY’RE GOING OUT. WE’RE MAKING SURE WE HAVE COUNTER MEASURES IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY’RE BEING SCREENED AND THE CREW IS BEING KEPT HEALTHY. >> SO THEY’RE CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THEIR FAMILY REUNION TODAY. HOPEFULLY, YOU CAUGHT THEIR WAKE UP MESSAGE EARLIER THIS MOERK, MESSAGES FROM BOTH OF THEIR — THIS MORNING, MESSAGES FROM BOTH OF THEIR SONS. SOMETHING ELSE TO NOTE ABOUT THE RECOVERY PROCESS IS ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO TAKE ABOUT AN HOUR TO DO.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE CAPSULE OUT OF THE WATER AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT SAFELY, AS WELL AS OPENING THE HATCH AND HAVING BOB AND DOUG COME OUT INTO THE MEDICAL TENTS THERE. SO ALL IN ALL, IT’S TAKE ABOUT 60 MINUTES OR SO, AND WE’RE CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF THAT HAPPEN LIVE, BUT BACKING UP A LITTLE BIT TO THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP SOONER, WE WILL BE PERFORMING A COUPLE OF MANEUVERS IN ORDER TO GET THE VEHICLE IN PLACE AND READY FOR ITS DEORBIT BURN. THAT WILL TAKE PLACE, AND THEN, WE WILL CLOSE THE NOSE CONE IN ORDER TO PROTECT THAT TOP HATCH, AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE VEHICLE WILL BEGIN TO REENTER THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE, AND THEN, WE’LL HAVE PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT.

ALL OF THAT WILL HAPPEN AROUND 11:30, SO BE SURE TO STICK WITH US FOR THE EXCITING EVENTS OF SPLASH DOWN DAY. >> WE’RE GOING TO BE TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR US, JUMP ON TWITTER, USE THE HASHTAG #ASKNASA. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF HOURS UNTIL WE START PICKING UP THE OPERATION, SO WE SHOULD GET THROUGH QUITE A FEW. WE’LL TAKE ONE NOW, AND IT’S WHAT SPEED ARE BOB AND DOUG GOING AT SPLASH DOWN. IT’S QUITE A SLOW DOWN. >> AT THE POINT OF SPLASH DOWN, THEY’LL BE GOING ABOUT 15 OR 16 MILES PER HOUR. THAT’S ABOUT THE SPEED THAT YOU GO IN YOUR CAR WHEN YOU’RE DRIVING THROUGH A SCHOOL ZONE, SO THAT’S THE SPEED THAT THEY’LL BE LANDING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.

A SLOW DOWN FROM 350 MILES PER HOUR AS THEY ENTER THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE, AND THAT’S A SLOW DOWN FROM 17,500 WHEN THEY WERE ORBITING THE EARTH FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. WE HAVE ANOTHER SORT OF QUESTION COMING TO US. IT SAYS, I SAW A VIDEO THAT BOB AND DOUG’S SUITS WERE BEING PRESSURIZED IN DRAGON. WILL IT BE PRESSURIZED IN REENTRY? THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION. THE PRESSURIZATION THAT YOU SAW WOULD HAVE BEEN DURING A LEAK CHECK. THAT IS THE ONLY POINT IN WHICH THE SPACE SUITS ARE PRESSURIZED.

WE DO THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS ZIPPED UP PROPERLY BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS SPECIALIZED TO MAINTAIN THAT PRESSURIZATION, SO IF YOU’VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS ON RIGHT AND IT’S ZIPPED UP, AND WE APPLY THAT PRESSURIZATION IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS FITTING PROPERLY. WE THEN DEPRESSURIZE, AND THEY’RE ABLE TO LIFT THEIR VISORS ONCE AGAIN. >> YOU CAN KIND OF THINK ON AIRLINES, THEY HAVE PROCEDURES THAT IF THE CABIN LOSES PRESSURE, THEY GIVE YOU ACTION ACTION — OXYGEN. SPACE, MUCH MORE BRUTAL. >>> WE’VE GOT ONE QUESTION WHO SAYS, AS SOMEONE WHO NEEDS MY MORNING CAFFEINE. WONDERING IF BOB AND DOUG CAN START THEIR DAY WITH A HOT POUCH OF COFFEE? >> THAT A GOOD QUESTION.

I LIKE MY MORNING COFFEE. THERE IS NO WAY FOR BOB AND DOUG TO HEAT FOOD IN THE CAPSULE. ALL THE FOOD IS PREPACKAGED. IT’S VACUUM SEALED SO THAT IT’S EASY TO STORE AND CONSUME. IF THEY HAVE COFFEE, IT WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO BE HOT, BUT SAFE TO SAY THEY’LL BE ABLE TO GET THEIR COFFEE IN 24 TO 48 HOURS. >> WE DO NEED TO TAKE A MOMENT, THOUGH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WATCHING ON YOUTUBE, TAKE A LOOK AT THE COMMENTS SECTION DOWN BELOW. WE’RE GOING TO BE SWITCHING OVER OUR LINKS. WE NEED TO STOP THE BROADCAST ON YOUTUBE AND RESTART TO MAKE SURE IT GETS ARCHIVED CORRECTLY. IF YOU’RE WATCHING ON NASA TV, NO CHANGES NEEDS. COVERAGE STAYS ON ALL THE WAY THROUGH SPLASH DOWN TODAY. YOU WON’T NOTICE A THING. >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO OUR LIVE COVERAGE OF OUR SPACEX MISSION. MY NAME IS KATE TICE, A SENIOR CERTIFICATIONS ENGINEER, AND IT HAS BEEN AN EXCITING 24 HOURS. BOB AND DOUG LAUNCHED TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION JUST TWO MONTHS AGO AND DEPARTED THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION YESTERDAY FOR THE TRIP HOME.

A COUPLE OF EVENTS THAT WE HAVE UP COMING. AT 10:46 PACIFIC TIME, WE HAVE WHAT’S CALLED SLEW POSITIONING. WE WILL SEPARATE FROM THE TRUNK, AND THAT WILL BE OCCURRING AT 10:51 A.M. PACIFIC TIME. WE WILL THEN SLEW OR MANEUVER TO DEORBIT BURN, AND THAT’S GOING TO PLACE DRAGON ON ITS FINAL TRAJECTORY BACK TO EARTH. >> ONCE THAT HAPPENS, DRAGON IS COMMITTED TO RETURNING HOME, AND THAT’S WHAT REALLY ADJUSTS THEIR ORBIT TO LINE THEM UP STRAIGHT WITH THAT SPLASH DOWN ZONE RIGHT OFF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA, SO WE ARE EXPECTING THAT THE ORBIT BURN, TIMES HAVE STAYED PRETTY MUCH SOLID THROUGH ALL THE BURNS THAT DRAGON HAS DONE SINCE IT LEFT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

WE’RE EXPECTING THAT ABOUT 10:56 PACIFIC TIME. THAT’S EXPECTED TO LAST 11:22. IT’S EXPECTED PRIMARILY USING THE FORWARD BULKHEAD THRUSTERS ON THE TOP OF DRAGON. THERE ARE FOUR OF THEM, AND THEY’LL ALTERNATE BETWEEN A COUPLE OF THEM ON THAT ORBIT BURN. ALSO, USING A COUPLE OF DRACOS WHILE THOSE ENGIES ARE FIRING. ONCE THAT’S COMPLETE, THEY ARE REENTERING THE EARTH’S AT MOT FEAR. AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THAT DEORBIT BURN, DRAGON WILL LOOK TO CLOSE UP THE NOSE CONE, AND THAT’S JUST TO PROTECT THE VERY DROP OF DRAGON, WHERE YOU HAVE THE DOCKING RING, SOME GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL CENTERS AND THOSE FORWARD THRUSTERS FROM THE HEAT OF REENTRY. THIS CAPSULE IN PARTICULAR ALREADY SLATED FOR ANOTHER MISSION. IT’S GOING TO BE FLYING THE CREW 2 CREW NEXT YEAR. AFTER WE REALLY START TO REENTER THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE, THINGS WILL START HEATING UP, THE DRAGON EXPERIENCING TEMPERATURES UP TO 3800°, AND PLASMA BUILDING UP ON THE NOSE, RESULTING IN A COMMUNICATIONS BLACKOUT. THIS IS EXPECTED, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT’S COMMON IN SPACECRAFT WHEN YOU’RE GENERATING THAT MUCH HEAT, IT TENDS TO INTERFERE WITH THOSE SENSITIVE RADIO SYSTEMS.

DRAGON WILL CONTINUE FLYING ITSELF USING THE THREE THRUSTER COMPUTERS AS IT CONTINUES TO ITS SPLASH DOWN POINT OFF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA. IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT, WE’LL HAVE SOMETHING CALLED ENTRY INTERFACE. THAT’S WHEN DRAGON’S LOW ENOUGH IN THE ATMOSPHERE THAT IT’S EXPERIENCING LIFT DRAG. AND ONCE THEY GET LOW ENOUGH, IT’S TIME FOR PARACHUTES. >> FIRST, WE’RE GOING TO EMPLOY OUR DROGUE PARACHUTES. WE’LL HAVE FOUR BEAUTIFUL ORANGE AND WHITE PARACHUTES, AND THOSE WILL CONTINUE TO SLOW THE CAPSULE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY, JUST TO A MERE 15 OR 16 MILES PER HOUR AS IT SPLASHES DOWN IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.

SPLASH DOWN WILL OCCUR AT 11:48 A.M. PACIFIC OR 8:48 U.T.C., AND IT’S — WE’RE COMING UP TO THAT HERE IN A FEW HOURS, SO BE SURE TO STICK WITH US AS WE’LL BE BRINGING YOU COVERAGE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THAT SPLASH DOWN. FOR LONG TIME SPACEX FANS, THE RECOVERY TEAM IS REALLY ONE THAT WE HAVEN’T HAD A CHANCE TO SHOWCASE REALLY SINCE THE LAST DEMO-1 MISSION, AND IT’S GREAT TO SEE THEM IN ACTION AND SEE THEM PERFORM ALL THE STUFF LIVE THAT THEY’VE BEEN DOING WITH BOB AND DOUG THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

>> SPACEX HAD BOTH OF ITS RECOVERY SHIPS OUT IN THE LANDING ZONE, BOTH THE LANDING NAVIGATOR, AND THE GEO-1, THE GO SEARCHER. THERE ARE A LITTLE OVER 40 PEOPLE ON THE SHIPS TO RECOVER THE DRAGON AND BOB AND DOUG. YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERTS IN THE DRAGON CAPSULE ITSELF, YOU HAVE THE SHIP’S CREW, YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE FROM THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY, DOCTORS FROM BOTH SPACEX AND FLIGHT SURGEONS FROM NASA, NURSES, AND THEN, YOU ALSO HAVE CARGO SPECIALISTS AS DRAGON’S BRINGING SOME CARGO HOME.

>> IF YOU FOLLOWED OUR MISSIONS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD US REFER TO DRAGON’S MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AS A CAREFULLY CHOREOGRAPHED DANCE, AND THAT HOLDS TRUE FOR THE RECOVERY, AS WELL. WHILE THERE ARE 40 OR SO PEOPLE ON BOARD, THERE WON’T BE 40 PEOPLE ON DECK. IT’LL BE A STRICT LIMITATION TO THE PERSONNEL THAT ARE IN THE ACTIVE RECOVERY OPERATIONS THAT WILL BE ON THE DECK, ON THE RECOVERY DECK OF THE SHIP AS THE DRAGON CAPSULE IS BEING LIFTED OUT OF THE WATER AND INTO THE NEST, SO I’M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT FIRSTHAND.

WE’LL BE BRINGING YOU THAT COVERAGE ALL THE WAY THROUGH, AND AFTER BOB AND DOUG ARE BROUGHT OUT ON THE DRAGON CAPSULE, OUR FLIGHT SURGEON WILL POP HIS HEAD IN AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS LOOKING AND FEELING GOOD WITH OUR ASTRONAUTS, OUR SPACE DADS, AND WE WILL THEN HAVE THEM EXIT THE CAPSULE THROUGH THAT SIDE HATCH. WE’LL WHEEL THEM INTO THE MEDICAL TENTS, AT WHICH POINT THEY WILL HOP ON A HELICOPTER AND HEAD BACK TO TEXT. >> ALL OF THAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN WITHIN AN HOUR OF SPLASH DOWN.

THE DRAGON CAPSULE ITSELF TAKES A NUMBER OF AUTOMATIC STEPS AS SOON AS IT DETECTS THAT IT SPLASHES DOWN. ONE OF THOSE THINGS WILL BE TO DETACH THE PARACHUTES, AND THEY’LL BE SITTING THERE, FLOATING IN THE WATER. THAT’S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CREWS CAN DO IF THE CHUTES DON’T DETACH IS RELEASE THEM. WITHIN TWO MINUTES OF SPLASH DOWN, THE CREW WILL GET THE GO AHEAD TO MOVE IN CLOSER. THEY’LL DEPLOY TWO FAST BOATS THAT’LL GET TO THE CAPSULE MUCH QUICKER. THE FIRST BOAT WILL MOVE IN AND DO A SNIFF CHECK AROUND THE CAPSULE, CHECKING FOR ANY FUMES OF FUELS, USE OF DRACO THRUSTERS AROUND THE VEHICLE. ONCE THEY VERIFY THAT IT’S SAFE TO APPROACH, THEY CAN CLIMB ON IN.

SOMEONE WILL CLIMB ON THE DRAGON AND GET IT RIGGED. THE SECOND FAST BOAT IS A BACK UP FOR WHAT THE FIRST ONE IS DOING, AND THEN, THEY’RE RESPONSIBLE FOR LIFTING THE CHUTES UP OUT OF THE WATER. >> AT THAT POINT, THE CAP WILL BE SET ONTO THE PLATFORM OF THE RECOVERY SHIP, AND THEN WE’LL — LIKE I SAID BEFORE, OUR FLIGHT SURGEON WILL DO THE INITIAL CHECKPOINTS, THEY’LL PULL BOB AND DOUG OUT, AND THEN, THEY’LL GO INTO THE MEDICAL TENT. IT HAS BEEN A VERY LONG MORNING, NIGHT SO FAR. WE’VE BEEN BROADCASTING FOR A FEW HOURS NOW, AND I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I’M STARTING — THE MORE THAT WE TALK ABOUT THE PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT AND JUST RECALLING WHAT THAT LOOKED AND FELT LIKE FOR THE DEMO 1 BROADCAST, I’M GETTING REALLY REJUVENATED AND REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT ON BOARD.

>> WE HAD TWO SHIPS OUT THERE IN THE SAME RECOVERY ZONE, SO WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE SOME OF OUR CAMERA ASSETS, SOME THINGS LIKE THAT, ON THE OTHER SHIP. NOW IT’S ALL ON ONE. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IS FROM A NASA HIGH RESEARCH PLANE. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET US AN INFRARED VIEW OF THE CAPSULE DURING THAT REENTRY PERIOD, ABLE TO SEE THE DROGUE CHUTE DEPLOYS AND THE MAIN DEPLOYS, AND THEN, WE’LL ACTUALLY HAVE SOME CAMERAS DOWN ON THE BOAT, DOWN ON THE WATER, HOPEFULLY GETTING SOME GREAT VIEWS OF DRAGON AS IT DID HE — DESCENDS WITH THE PARACHUTES. >> SO IF YOU’RE JUST JOINING US, BOB AND DOUG HAVE COMPLETED THEIR EIGHT-HOUR SLEEP SHIFT. THEY WOKE UP ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, 1:20 OR SO AGO. THEY HAD A REALLY NICE GREETING FROM THEIR SONS, TELLING THEM TO WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP. THEY HAD THIS POST SLEEP PHASE, AND THEY RECEIVED THEIR INFORMATION JAIL UPDATE FROM THE CORE HERE AT SPACEX MISSION CONTROL HERE IN HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA, AND SO FAR, EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GREAT OR GREEN FOR TODAY’S RECOVERY OPERATIONS.

>> AND SO AS WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE OPERATIONS TODAY, WE DO WANT TO KEEP TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WE’VE GOT A COUPLE THAT WE’RE GOING TO GET THROUGH RIGHT NOW. REMEMBER, IF YOU WANT TO ASK ONE, GET ON TWITTER AND USE THE HASHTAG #ASKNASA. NEXT ONE, IS DRAGON WATERPROOF, STAYING AFLOAT EVEN IF IT TAKES ON WATER? >> IF THE CREW HAD TO GET OUT OF THE CAPSULE BEFORE THEY GET ON THE BOAT, THEY HAVE PRACTICED THOSE SITUATIONS, AS WELL. ONE OF THE SITUATIONS WE DO IN SPACE FLIGHT IS PRACTICE IF THINGS DON’T GO ACCORDING TO PLAN.

WE DO THAT THROUGH SIMULATIONS, THROUGH PRACTICES IN THE FIELD, THROUGH TEST FLIGHTS LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR. DRAGON ABLE TO GET THE CREW OUT OF THE WATER, BUT THAT’S NOT THE NOMINAL PLAN. >> SO OUR NEXT QUESTION, IS HOW FAST WILL THE CAPSULE INITIALLY ENTER OUR ATMOSPHERE? >> WELL, THE CAPSULE, WHEN IT INITIALLY DEPARTS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, IT’S GOING ABOUT 17,500 MILES PER HOUR OR THERE ABOUTS. WHENEVER IT’S ENTERING OUR ATMOSPHERE, IT WILL BE SLOWING DOWN TO ABOUT 350 MILES PER HOUR PARTLY DUE TO THE ATMOSPHERE ITSELF, AND THAT WILL BRING THE TEMPERATURE ON THE NOSE TO ABOUT 3800°° FAHRENHEIT.

WE ALSO HAVE, LIKE WE MENTIONED BEFORE, THE PARACHUTES, THAT WILL ALSO DEACCELERATE THE DRAGON TO 15 OR 16 MILES PER HOUR WHEN IT HITS SPLASH DOWN. >> OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM — >> IT’LL BE ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL CREW HEADING UP ON THE DRAGON. OUR FIRST INTERNATIONAL CREW IS SLATED TO LAUNCH NO LATER THAN THIS SEPTEMBER. >> THIS SEPTEMBER, YES. SO AGAIN, WE ARE TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS THROUGH THE HASHTAG #ASKNASA ON TWITTER. THE NEXT QUESTION IS, WHY IS THE NOSE CONE HATCH STILL OPEN? GREAT QUESTION, ALSO VERY OBSERVANT. THAT NOSE CONE IS CURRENTLY STILL OPEN BECAUSE UNDERNEATH IT RESTS THE FOUR FORWARD BULKHEAD THRUSTERS, BASICALLY MEANING THOSE DRACO ENGINES THAT SIT AT THE TOP OF THE DRAGON CAPSULE.

WE’LL BE UTILIZING THOSE TO DO THE DEORBIT BURN TO PLACE THE DRAGON ON ITS FINAL TRAJECTORY BACK TO EARTH, SO WE CAN’T CLOSE THE NOSE CONE UNTIL AFTER WE USE THE THRUSTERS BECAUSE WE DON’T WANT TO DAMAGE THE NOSE CONE. WE WILL WAIT UNTIL THE DEORBIT BURN IS COMPLETED, AND THEN, WE WILL CLOSE THEM IN PREPARATION FOR REENTRY. >> THE NEXT TIME YOU SHOW THE ORBIT MAP, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHERE AND WHAT THINGS ARE, ESPECIALLY THE DRAGON? SO IF WE CAN PULL UP THE GROUND TRACK REALLY QUICK, WHAT YOU’LL SEE IS PRETTY MUCH TWO LINES, AND DRAGON ITSELF IS ON THAT DOT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT JUST PASSED GREECE, ABOUT TO HEAD OUT OVER EASTERN EUROPE, RUSSIA, AND CENTRAL CHINA. IF YOU TRACE THE LINE FROM THE RIGHT OF DRAGON AND CONTINUE, YOU’LL SEE IT EVENTUALLY MEETS UP ON THE OTHERWISE OF THE EARTH, AND THEN, IT STOPS. IF YOU WATCH THE POINT WHERE IT STOPS, THAT’LL CONTINUE TO FILL IN AS THEIR ORBIT CONTINUES TO GO, SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY SHOWING ABOUT TWO ORBITS OF PLANET EARTH, AND YOUR NEXT QUESTION MIGHT BE WHY IS IT THAT WAVY LINE, IS DRAGON FLYING ALL OVER THE PLACE? AND THAT’S BECAUSE THE MAP IS SPREAD FLAT. IF YOU WERE TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT DRAGON’S PATH ON A GLOBE OF EARTH, IT WOULD LOOK FLAT. EVERY TIME IT COMPLETES AN ORBIT OF THE EARTH, THE EARTH IS STILL TURNING, SO IT CONTINUES TO MOVE SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT, AND IT DOES SO EVERY TIME WE ORBIT PLANET EARTH. BY THE TIME IT’S IN THE RIGHT ORBIT, IT’LL LINE ITSELF UP PERFECTLY WITH PENSACOLA, WHICH IS WHERE WE’RE LANDING TODAY. >> YOU MIGHT ALSO NOTICE THE LINES ARE YELLOW AND RED. THE YELLOW LINES INDICATE WHERE THE CAPSULE IS EXPOSED TO SUN LIGHT, AND THE YELLOW LINES WOULD INDICATE WHERE IT’S NOT IN SUN LIGHT, IN ECLIPSE, AS WE WOULD REFER TO AS IT.

OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM JEFF. ARE THERE BE ANY LIVE VIEWS INSIDE THE CAPSULE DURING REENTRY AND SPLASH DOWN. YES. WE WILL BE BRINGING YOU VIEWS FROM INSIDE THE CAPSULE WHERE WE CAN. THERE IS AN EXPECTED LOSS OF SIGNAL OR BLACKOUT PERIOD. WE EXPECT THAT TO LAST ABOUT SIX MINUTES, BUT HERE AND THERE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO BRING YOU FOOTAGE FROM THE CAPSULE AS WE’RE ABLE TO SEE IT, SO EXCITED TO SEE BOB AND DOUG ALONG FOR THE RIGHT. >> AND NEXT, WHAT KIND OF HATCH SYSTEM MAKES SURE THE HATCH OPENS SAFELY AND PROPERLY. >> IT IS A MANUAL HATCH OPEN. YOU CAN OPEN THE HATCH ON EITHER SIDE OF THE HATCH ITSELF, AND IT’S GOT A NUMBER OF GUARDS AND PROCESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU’RE NOT ACCIDENTALLY OPENING THE HATCH. YOU’VE GOT TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL STEPS — THERE’S NOT JUST A HANDLE TO TURN AND OPEN. YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL STEPS TO PHYSICALLY OPEN THE HATCH. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS ON THE VEHICLE YOU CAN DO TO MAKE HATCH OPENING EASIER.

ONE THING THEY CAN DO IS ACTUALLY INCREASE THE PRESSURE INSIDE OF DRAGON’S CABIN SO IT’S A HIGHER PRESSURE THAN WHAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE CAPSULE, AND THAT MAKES THE CREW’S JOB OF OPENING THE HATCH MUCH EASIER. >> NEXT QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CAPSULE SUITS AND THE ONE USED FOR E.V.A. OR EXTRA VEHICULAR ACTIVITY? YEAH. SO THOSE SUITS USED ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ARE USED FOR SPACEWALKS. THOSE SUITS ARE DESIGNED TO OPERATE IN THE VACUUM OF SPACE, WHEREAS OUR FLIGHT SUITS FOR INSIDE CREW DRAGON ARE NOT. HOWEVER, THEY ARE DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE CREW IN THE EVENT OF A DEPRESSURIZATION EVENT. THE FACE SHIELDS ARE ABLE TO COME DOWN AND LOCK, AND WE ARE ABLE TO PRESSURIZE THE SUITS THEMSELVES IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE CREW IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF A DEPRESSURIZATION. THAT BEING SAID, THAT’S THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE WHY — WHY THEY’RE BOTH WHITE, AND THEY’RE PRETTY GOOD-LOOKING IN THEIR OWN WAYS, ONE IS MUCH BULKIER, AND THOSE SUITS ARE DESIGNED TO DO WORK ON THE I.S.S.

EXTERNAL IN THE VACUUM OF SPACE. >> YEAH. THEY’RE CARRYING THEIR VACUUM WITH THEM. WITH DRAGON, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO PLUG YOUR UMBILICAL INTO THE SEATS. IT’S DESCRIBED AS KIND OF A SUIT-SEAT SYSTEM, WHERE THE SUIT’S ABLE TO DRAW IN ALL OF THAT BREATHING GAS AND COOLING AIR, WHEREAS THOSE BIG, BULKY E.M.U.s, IT’S ALL IN THEIR SUIT. OUR NEXT QUESTION IS, DO THEY CONTROL THE LANDING LOCATION OF THE SHIP IN ANY WAY? IF SO, HOW? THE ASTRONAUTS THEMSELVES ARE NOT AS, AGAIN, DRAGON IS FLYING AUTONOMOUSILY, BUT WHAT WE’RE ABLE TO DO IS CALCULATE WHERE DRAGON WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPLASH DOWN, AND THEN, WE’RE ABLE TO GIVE THOSE CALCULATIONS TO THE FLIGHT COMPUTER SO THEN IT CAN BUILD OUT WHAT’S CALLED A BURN PLAN.

YOU’VE HEARD US TALKING ABOUT THAT QUITE A BIT, WHERE THE VEHICLE WILL ITSELF CALCULATE WHEN I NEED TO FIRE THESE ENGINES AND HOW LONG I NEED TO FIRE THEM FOR TO LINE MYSELF UP EXACTLY WHERE I WANT TO SPLASH DOWN. IT’S INCREDIBLY COMPLICATED, AND ONLY PEOPLE LIKE KATE ARE ABLE TO DO STUFF LIKE THAT. THE CREW IS LARGELY OUT OF THE LOOP FOR THOSE. IT’S MOSTLY DONE WITH A LOT OF SUPPORT HERE DOWN ON THE GROUND AND THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT ITSELF. >> YEAH. BOB AND DOUG’S PRIMARY ROLE DURING THE REENTRY PHASE WILL BE TO MONITORING THE REENTRY AND TELEMETRY ON THEIR SCREENS. THEIR SCREENS ARE TOUCH SCREENS, AND KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE QUESTION OF THE SUITS, THEY ARE CAPABLE OF INTERACTING WITH THE TOUCH SCREEN, SO BOB AND DOUG ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE A HIGH TECH AND EASY TO USE SCREEN.

THINK BACK, IF YOU’VE EVER SEEN THE FLIGHT DECK OF AN AIRPORT OR IF YOU THINK BACK TO THE FLIGHT DECK, THE CONTROL PANELS IN THE SPACE SHUTTING WHERE THERE WERE A LOT OF BUTTONS AND SWITCHES, NOW THAT SCREEN IS FLAT, AND WE’RE ALSO ABLE TO SIMPLY ROTATE THE DATA THAT’S BEING DISPLAYED, DEPENDING ON WHAT PHASE OF THE MISSION WE’RE IN. SO IT ALSO CUTS DOWN ON THE BULKINESS OF THE DISPLAY ITSELF BECAUSE WE’RE ABLE TO CONFIGURE AND SPECIALIZE EXACTLY WHAT’S BEING SHOWN, DEPENDING ON WHAT’S GOING ON. >> WE’LL GET TO A FEW MORE QUESTIONS IN JUST A SECOND. IF YOU’RE JUST JOINING US, WELCOME. THE TRUNK SEPARATION IS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDED BY THE CLAW SEPARATION. WE’RE EXPECTING THE CLAW SEPARATION AT ABOUT 10:51 A.M. PACIFIC, AND LESS THAN 50 SECONDS LATER, THE TRUNK ITSELF WILL SEPARATE FROM DRAGON, AND THAT ACTUALLY BURNS UP IN THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE, AND AFTER THAT, IT’S ON A DEORBIT BURN.

>> YEAH, AND THAT BURN WILL LAST ABOUT 11.5 MINUTES. IT’S WHAT WILL PLACE THE DRAGON ON ITS TRAJECTORY PATH OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA. ONCE WE PERFORM THE DEORBIT BURN, WE WILL THEN CLOSE AND LOCK THE NOSE CONE AS WE NO LONGER NEED TO EXPOSE THOSE FORWARD DRACOS IN ORDER TO PERFORM THE DEORBIT BURN. AFTER THAT, WE WILL HAVE REENTRY OF THE CAPSULE BACK INTO THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE. AT THAT POINT, PLASMA WILL BE BUILDING UP ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE CAPSULE. IT’LL BE REACHING AN EXTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 3,500°. BOB AND DOUG WILL STAY COMFORTABLE WITH A TEMPERATE SYSTEM IN THE CAPSULE. BOB AND DOUG WILL BE GETTING A LOT OF COLD NITROX TO MAKE THEM COMFORTABLE DURING THE REENTRY PHASE. THE CAPSULE WILL BE SLOWING DOWN FROM 17,500 MILES PER HOUR TO 350 MILES PER HOUR WHEN WE DEPLOY THE PARACHUTES. >> FIRST OUT WILL BE THE DROGUE CHUTES, AND THEY WILL DO WHAT’S CALLED STABILIZATION OF THE DRAGON CAPSULE.

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THEIR DETACHMENT, THE MAIN PARACHUTES WILL DEPLOY. THERE’LL BE FOUR MUCH LARGER PARACHUTES, AND THEY’LL DO ALL OF THE FINAL SLOWING. THE DROGUE CHUTES WILL COME OUT AT ABOUT 350 MILES PER HOUR AND 18,000 FEET IN ALTITUDE. >> THEY’LL BE GOING ONLY 15, 16 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THEY MAKE THAT SPLASH DOWN IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS REENTRY PHASE WILL BRING THEM ABOUT 4-Gs, AND THEY ALSO EXPERIENCE ABOUT 4-Gs DURING THE ASCENT PHASE OR LAUNCH PHASE OF THE MISSION.

BOTH OF THEM BEING TEST PILOTS AND BEING ON SHUTTLE MISSIONS, BOTH OF THEM HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCED WITH THOSE, AS MAKIT 11:48 PACIFIC TIME, SO WE ARE EXPECTING THAT TO ALL HAPPEN HERE IN LESS THAN SIX HOURS. >> YEAH, AND THEY ARE AWAKE. THEY DID GET AN INITIAL KIND OF SYSTEMS RUNDOWN FROM MISSION CONTROL HAWTHORNE RIGHT BEHIND US. WE’RE NOT TRACKING ANY ISSUES ON DRAGON. DRAGON’S BEEN HEALTHY ALL THE WAY THROUGH ITS FLIGHT AND CONTINUES TO BE HEALTHY FOR THE DEORBIT BURN FOR THIS MORNING. THE ONLY ITEM OF NOTE THAT WE HAD IS WITH THE RECOVERY SHIP, THE GENERATOR, BUT WE’VE HEARD THAT ONE IS ALREADY BEING LOADED ON, SO ALL GOOD FOR THE REENTRY TRIP THIS MORNING. >> AGAIN, WE ARE CONTINUING TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS THROUGH THE HASHTAG #ASKNASA ON TWITTER. OUR NEXT QUESTION, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR BOB AND DOUG TO BE ABLE TO WALK NORMALLY AFTER FLOATING FOR SO LONG IN SPACE? >> IT DEFINITELY VARIES FROM ASTRONAUT TO ASTRONAUT. EVERYBODY IS DIFFERENT, AND EVERYBODY TENDS TO REACT TO COMING HOME FROM SPACE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, AND YOU CAN EVEN HAVE DIFFERENCES FROM IF YOU FLEW A SHORT DURATION SHUTTLE MISSION AND THEN YOU FLY A LONGER DURATION, YOUR BODY COULD REACT DIFFERENTLY, AND IT CAN BE PRETTY DIFFICULT TO WALK.

YOUR SYSTEM CAN TAKE A HIT WHEN YOU’RE GOING FROM A MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT TO A GRAVITY. SOME CAN WALK IMMEDIATELY OUT OF THE CAPSULE. SOME, IT TAKES A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE THEY GET THEIR FEET BENEATH THIS. . WE’RE EXTREMELY — BENEATH THEM. WE’RE EXTREMELY SAFETY ORIENTED, AND WE ALWAYS HAVE PLENTY OF TRAINED PROFESSIONALS THERE TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE SAFE FROM THEIR TRAVELS FROM SPACE. [Please stand by] YOU JUST REALLY NEVER KNOW. OUR NEXT QUESTION, WHICH IS MOST STRESSFUL, LAUNCH DAY OR SPLASHDOWN DAY? THAT’S KIND OF PERSON QUESTION. I DON’T KNOW WHICH ONE USUALLY MORE STRESSED ABOUT. I THINK SPLASHDOWN DAY FEELS LIKE IT LASTS LONG. AND LAUNCH IS OVER SO QUICK.

YOU EITHER — YOU DID IT OR YOU DIDN’T. SPLASHDOWN DAY WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME AND THINGS TAKE A LITTLE LONGER AND I DON’T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR IT. >> YEAH, IT’S SOMETHING I NOTICED IN THE INTERVIEWS THAT BOB AND DOUG HAVE BEEN PERFORMING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. THEY’RE NOT STRESSED ABOUT ANYTHING. THEY’RE COOL CATS UP THERE AND THAT’S PARTIALLY ATTRIBUTED NOT ONLY THEIR PERSONALITIES BUT ALSO THE FACT THEY’VE DONE EXTENSIVE TRAINING WITH THE NASA AND SPACEX TEAM IN PREPARATION FOR EVERY ELEMENT. EVERYTHING FROM THE PHASES THAT YOU GO THROUGH PRIOR TO LAUNCH TO LAUNCH ITSELF TO ASCENT AND DOCKING AND ALL THE MISSIONS AND ON STATION AND COMPLETING THE MISSION OBJECTIVES FOR THE DEMONSTRATION MISSION AND THEN OF COURSE UNDOCKING AND RE-ENTRY.

THEY’VE DONE IT ALL. MY PERSONAL RESPONSE WOULD BE SIMILAR, SPLASHDOWN IS A LITTLE MORE DYNAMIC IN TERMS OF THE TOTAL TIMELINE. ALSO IT’S JUST IT’S SO EXCITING KNOWING WE’RE BRINGING OUR GUYS HOME TODAY. >> OUR NEXT QUESTION, WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ZERO GRAVITY AND MICROGRAVITY. >> IT’S A GOOD THING THAT GETS PICKED UP ON. ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, BOB AND DOUG RIGHT NOW WHAT THEY’RE EXPERIENCING IS MICROGRAVITY. SO THEY’RE SUBJECT TO THE EARTH’S GRAVITY ALMOST THE EXACT AMOUNT WE ARE. THE REASON SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING FLOATS FOR THEM IS BECAUSE THEY’RE IN MICROGRAVITY. AND THAT’S BECAUSE THEY’RE IN A CONSTANT STATE OF FREE FALL. YOU CAN ACTUALLY MIMIC THE EXACT ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY HAVE JUST ON ANANE IF YOU FLY IN AN EXACT DECELERATION RATE.

IF YOU WERE TO STAND ON A HILL AND THROW A BALL AS HARD AS YOU COULD, IT WOULD GO OUT AND COME DOWN TO EARTH. THE HARDER YOU THREW IT THE FURTHER IT WOULD GO. IF YOU COULD THROW IT SO FAST IT WAS ABLE TO KEEP GOING AND GOING AND GOING THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE DOING. THEY’RE MOVING AT A SPEED SO FAST EVEN THOUGH THEY’RE FALLING, THEY’RE MOVING FORWARD TOO FAST TO EVER HIT THE GROUND. YOU’RE IN A CONSTANT STATE OF FREE FALL. ZERO GRAVITY WILL BE THE ABSENCE OF GRAFF I IT. YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE MUCH FURTHER AWAY FROM SOMETHING LIKE PLANET EARTH . >> WILL THE TRAIL BE VISIBLE IN DAYLIGHT? THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION. THE PLASMA WILL B BUILDING UP ON THE EXTERIOR ON THE CAPSULE AS ITS REENTERING EARTH’S’S ATMOSPHERE. I’M NOT SURE IF IT WILL BE VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE BECAUSE IT WILL BE SOME DISTANCE FROM THE COAST OF FLORIDA. I’M NOT SURE IF FOLKS ON LAND WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT. THAT BEING SAID WE’LL CERTAINLY HAVE — WE’LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE VISUAL OF THAT AND HAVE A THERMAL CAMERA MOUND ON OUR WB-57 PLANE WHICH WILL BE BRINGING OUR LIVE VIEWS.

SO WE’LL CERTAINLY BEING SEEING THAT PLASMA TAIL FOR SURE. IN TERMS OF WITH THE NAKED EYE I DON’T BELIEVE SO. BECAUSE IT WILL BE OCCURRING IN THE DAYLIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT. SO WE’LL CONTINUE TAKING THOSE QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT. JUST KEEP USING THE #ASKNASA. THINGS HAVEN’T PICKED UP YET BUT BOB AND DOUG ARE AWAKE ON THE BRAG DO NOT SHIP ENDEAVOR AND WAITING ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE COMING UP IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. WE’LL RUNDOWN A COUPLE OF KEY TIMES TO KNOW WHEN IT’S TIME TO PAY ATTENTION WHEN THINGS ARE HEAT BEEN UP. SO WE’LL START OFF THE OPERATION A LITTLE BIT LATER TODAY WITH OUR TRUNK SEPARATION AND THIS IS WHEN WE’LL ESSENTIALLY SPLIT DRAGON TO DIFFERENT TWO PIECES AND THE TRUNK BURNS UP IN THE EARTH’S ATMOSEXPOSING THE HEAT SHIELD FOR ITS EVENTUAL RE-ENTRY. BEFORE IT SEPARATES WE NEED TO GET IT IN THE APPROPRIATE ATTITUDE. DO SOMETHING CALLED A SLEW, WHICH IS JUDGE SUFT A MANEUVER TO ORIENT DRAGON FOR THAT TRUNK SEPARATION. JUST A LITTLE UNDER 5 HOURS FROM NOW. THEN THE CLAW WILL SEPARATE.

THIS IS WHAT ACTUALLY CONNECTS THE TRUNK THROUGH A NUMBER OF FLUID AND OTHER QUICK DISCONNECTS TO THE DRAGON CAPSULE ITSELF. THAT SEPARATE FOLLOWED BY THE TRUNK ITSELF AND THAT’S AT 10:51 A.M. SPECIFIC AND 17:51 GMT. >> WE’LL THEN POSITION THE VEHICLE AND TO THE APPROPRIATE ATTITUDE TO BEGIN THAT DEORBIT BURN. THE DEORBIT BURN WILL LAST ABOUT 11.5 MINUTES AND THAT’S WHAT WILL BE PLACING DRAGON ON ITS FINAL TRAJECTORY POINTING IT HOME TO ITS LAND BEEN SPOT OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. ONE THAT BURN IS COMPLETED WE’LL NOTE THAT’S NOT ACTUALLY THE RE-ENTRY PHASE BUT THE TRAJECTORY POSITIONING. IT WILL BE CLOSING AT 11:11:00 A.M. AND BULK HEAD THRUSTERS WILL BEER FORMING THE DEORBIT URN ABOUT. ONCE THEY’RE NO LONGER NEEDED THEY’LL BE SAFE AND WE’LL LOCK THE NOSE CONE AND MAKE SURE THE FORWARD HATCH IS WELL PROTECTED FOR THE ARE ENTRY. THE CAPSULE WILL BEGIN TO REENTER EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE AND AT 11:36 A.M.

PACIFIC OR 18:36 UNIVERSAL WE’LL HAVE AN EXPECTED COMMUNICATIONS BLACKOUT. LIKE I SAID THERE WILL BE PLASMA BUILDING UP ON THE CAN EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE AND REACHING TEMPERATURES OF 3,000 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. THAT WILL LAST ABOUT 6 MINUTES. DURING THAT TIME WE WON’T BE ABLE TO COMMAND THE VEHICLE OR RECEIVE TELEMETRY. THAT BEING SAID DRAGON IS DESIGNED TO BE FULLY AUTONOMOUS. SO IT’S DRIVING ITSELF ANYWAY. AT 11:56 IN THE MIDDLE WE’LL HAVE ENTRY INTERFACE. THIS WHEN THE CAPSULE IS BEGINNING TO FEEL THE AERO DYNAMIC FORCES OF THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE. WE’LL GET THOSE COMMUNICATIONS BACK AT 11:42 A.M.

PACIFIC OR 18:42 UNIVERSAL. WE’LL GET THOSE COMMUNICATIONS BACK AND WE’LL DO A COM’S CHECK WITH BOB AND DOUG AND MAKE SURE THEY’RE DOING GOOD AND FEELING OKAY. AT11:44 PACIFIC WE’LL BEGIN THE PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT. WE’LL DEPLOY THE THREE PARACHUTES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN. THEY WILL ALSO STABILIZE THE VEHICLE SO THAT WE ARE PREPARED FOR THE MAIN PARACHUTE DEPLOY. THOSE CHUTES WILL COME OUT AT 11:45 A.M. PACIFIC ON THE DOT OR 18:45 UNIVERSAL. THEY’LL FURTHER DECELERATE THE VEHICLE AT 15, 16 MILES AN HOUR AND AT THAT POINT WE’LL HAVE SPLASHDOWN AND WE’RE LOOKING TO CONFIRM THAT. ONCE IT OCCURREDS THE RECOVERY TEAM WILL MOVE INTO PLACE AND REALLY HAVE THE MOMENT WHERE WE GET TO PULL WELCOME THEM BACK TO EARTH. >> ONLY EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT AN HOUR FROM THE MOMENT OF SPLASHDOWN UNTIL WE HAVE THEM OUT OF THE CAPSULE AND ONTO THE BOAT. A NUMBER OF THINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN WITHIN THE FIRST MINUTE AND HALF TO 2 MINUTES, THE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS BEHIND US WILL GIVE THE RECOVERY TEAMS TO GO TO PROCEED.

THEY’RE STILL GETTING TELEMETRY OR DATA FROM THE SPACECRAFT AND ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON’T HAVE ANY FUEL LEEKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AND JUST MAKE SURE THINGS ARE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE FOR ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL APPROACHING THE CAPSULE. THERE WILL BE TWO BOATS THAT GO INTO, TWO FAST APPROACH BOATS. FIRST ONE WILL LOOK AROUND THE CAPSULE, AFTER THEY’RE DONE WITH THAT, THE SECOND BOAT WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE IN AND ACT AS A REDUNDANT BOAT FOR THE FIRST FAST APPROACH BOAT AND RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING THE PARACHUTES OUT OF THE WATER. FOLLOWING ALL OF THAT WORK THEY’LL GIVE THE GO FOR THE MAIN RECOVERY VESSEL TO MOVE IN. IT WILL BE WAITING JUST ABOUT THREE NAUTICAL MILES AWAY FROM THE SPLASHDOWN POINT AND TAKE ABOUT 30 MINUTES FOR IT TO ARRIVE AT THE CAPSULE. THEN IT WILL BE TIMED FOR THE HOISTING MANEUVERS, SO WHILE THE BOAT IS APPROACHING, SPACEX PROFESSIONAL WILL CLIMB ON TOP OF DRAGON TO THE VERY TOP OF THE CAPSULE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE GRAPPLED BY A CRANE, HYDRAULIC CRANE ON THE BACK OF THE RECOVERY SHIP TO LIFT DRAGON OUT OF THE WATER AND PUT IT IN THE NEST AND THEN IT’S TIME TO MOVE IT UNDERNEATH THE HELIPAD AND GET THE CREW OUT.

>> A NUMBER OF CREW WILL OPEN THE SIDE HATCH. OUR FLIGHT SEURPBLG INWILL CHECK WITH BOB OR DOUG AND MAKE THEY’RE FEELING ALL RIGHT AND THEN WE WILL HAVE BOB AND DOUG EGRESS FROM THE CAPSULE AND THEN WE WILL CART THEM INTO THE MEDICAL TENT. IT’S GOING TO BE A REALLY EXCITING MORNING. JUST A QUICK NOTE AND WHAT YOU SAW ON YOUR SCREEN THERE A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO.

WE JUST HAD A SHIFT HANDOVER HERE AT MISSION CONTROL HEADQUARTERS IN HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA. OUR TEAM IS TO GO HOME AND REST. THEY DESERVE IT AND NOW OUR ENTRY TEAM IS IN POSITION AND READY TO SUPPORT THE RE-ENTRY AND SPLASHDOWN PHASE HERE FROM MISSION CONTROL. >> WE STILL GOT A COUPLE OF HOURS UNTIL WE GET INTO ALL OF THAT RIGHT NOW. UNITED ONCE THEY MAKE THEIR WAY BACK TO ELLINGTON AIR FIELD IN HOUSTON FOLLOWING THE SUCCESSFUL SPLASHDOWN TODAY.

THERE’S BEEN QUITE A BIT ACTIVITY AND I KNOW WE JUST HAD SOME TEAMS CHANGING OUT INSIDE OF MISSION CONTROL HAWTHORNE WHICH IS WHY YOU CAN SEE A FEW MORE PEOPLE IN THERE. JUST LIKE CONTROLS ROOMS AROUND THE WORLD THEY OPERATE IN THESE DIFFERENT SHIFTS. WHEN YOU HAVE CREW YOU’RE SPOPSABLE FOR MUCH WATCHING OVER THEM AND THE SYSTEMS YOUR SPACECRAFT 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAY AS WEEK SO THEY’LL BE OPERATING 3 DIFFERENT SHIFTS. 8.5 TO 9 HOURS EACH. YOU’RE DOING HANDOVER WHEN YOU’RE JUST GOING OVER WHAT OCCURRED IN THE SHIP BEFORE YOU, WHAT YOU NEED TO REALLY BE LOOKING OUT FOR AND WHAT IS COMING UP AND WHAT IS ON YOUR SCHEDULE AS IT’S YOUR TURN TO TAKE OVER. >> EXACTLY. LIKE WE MENTIONED BEFORE, SLEEP IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR MORE DIE TPHAFPLIC ASPECTS OF THE MIX LIKE SPLASHDOWN AND RECOVERY. WE WANT THEM TO BE REALLY ALERT AND AWAKE. SO SCHEDULING SLEEP IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE CREW’S SCHEDULE. EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT FOR OUR DRAGON CONTROLLERS AND OPERATORS HERE IN MISSION CONTROL.

SO, THAT’S WHAT YOU JUST SAW ON YOUR SCREEN THERE WAS THE HANDING OF THE BATON AS THE TWO DIFFERENT SHIFTS ARE GETTING INTO PLACE AND WORKING TO GET READY TO SUPPORT THE REST OF THE EVENTS FOR TODAY. >> WE’LL HAVE PLENTY TO COME UP FOR US IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. WE’RE COUNTING DOWN UNTIL WE GET TO DEORBIT BURN. THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF STEPS BEFORE THAT WITH JETTISON AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT BUT RIGHT NOW THEY’RE FLYING OVER PLANET EARTH.

WE’RE A LITTLE OVER 5 HOURS AWAY, 5.5 HOURS AWAY FROM OUR ANTICIPATED FLASH DOWN. >> THAT EVENT WE HAVE COMING UP WILL BE CLAW SEPARATION. THAT IS IN PREPARATION TO JETTISON THE TRUNK AND WE ARE 4 HOURS AND 38 MINUTES AWAY FROM THAT. SO WE HOPE YOU STICK WITH US AS WE CONTINUE TO BRING COVERAGE OF EVERYTHING ARE HE GOING ON SO FAR. LIKE DAN SAID, BOB AND DOUG ARE AWAKE AND THEY ARE COMPLETING THEIR POST SLEEP PHASE. ALTHOUGH I GUESS THEY’RE PROBABLY OUT OF IT BY NOW SINCE IT’S BEEN MORE THAN AN HOUR SINCE THEY’VE BEEN WOKEN UP.

WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THEM HOME. >> WE’RE CONTINUING TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS ON TWITTER USING THE #ASKNASA. THIS ONE SAYS WILL DRAGON TAKE MORE THAN TWO ASTRONAUTS IN THE FUTURE? IT ABSOLUTELY WILL. WE’RE ALREADY COUNTING DOWN DAYS ONCE THIS MISSION IS COMPLETE TO CREW ONE, THAT WILL BE THE FIRST OPERATIONAL FLIGHT IN THE CREW DRAGON SPACECRAFT AND 4 CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD AND OUR FIRST MULTINATIONAL CREW TO FLY ON THIS NEW CAPABLE VEHICLE.

WE’LL HAVE TO DO SOME WORK BETWEEN THE END OF DEMO 2 AND THAT FLIGHT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING’S CERTIFIED AND EVERYTHING TO GO. BUT THAT CREW HAS BEEN IN TRAINING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, EVEN YEARS NOW A COUPLE OF THEM AND WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD AS EARLY AS LATE SEPTEMBER. IT’S INTERESTING. I’VE BEEN AT SPACEX FOR 5.5 YEARS NOW AND TO BE ABLE TO SAY WE’RE COMING UP TO OUR FIRST FULLY OPERATIONAL MISSIONING INCREDIBLE. MY JOB IS TO WORK THE CERTIFICATION ELEMENT OF OUR HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT WITH NASA, AND IT’S JUST MIND BOGGLING THAT WE’RE AT THE POINT WHERE FOR SO MANY YEARS WE’VE BEEN GETTING READY FOR DEMO 1 AND 2 AND CREW 1 IS KNOCKING ON OUR DOORSTEP ALREADY IS AMAZING. IT’S REALLY EXCITING. >> OUR NEXT ONE COMES FROM ANNIE WHO WANTS TO KNOW IS THE CREW DRAGON TRUNK REUSABLE? >> THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION.

RIGHT NOW IT IS NOT. IT WOULD BE AMAZING TO HAVE A 100% REUSABLE VEHICLE. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FLIGHT CREW MISSIONS. UNFORTUNATELY THE TRUNK IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE’RE ABLE TO REUSE. WE’LL BE REUSING THE DRAGON CAPSULES THEMSELVES, BUT AFTER DRAGON CAPSULE SEPARATES FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, AS IT PREPARES FOR ARE ENTRY WE WILL JETTISON THE TRUNK AND IT WILL DISINTEGRATE. WE NEED TO EXPOSE THE BOTTOM OF THE CAPSULE IN ORDER TO HAVE A SAFE LANDING AND THE TRUPG IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING THE SOLAR PANELS WHICH PROVIDE POWER THROUGHOUT THE CAPSULE THROUGHOUT FLIGHTS. EVEN IN THE EVENT OF DELAYING AFTER DEPARTURE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND WE HAVE TO DELAY FOR WHATEVER THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY POWER THROUGH THOSE SOAR PANELS. THE DRAGON TRUNK IS NOT REUSABLE AT THIS POINT. >> GO AHEAD DRAGON WITH THE INVENTORY. >>SO GOOD TO HEAR YOUR VOICE THIS MORNING. LET’S START WITH LOCATION 9, SO FROM 204, TWO ADDITIONAL WATERS SO BAG 204 IS NOW EMPTY. >> FROM LOCATION 10, WE CAN SEE TWO MORE WATERS FROM 208.

SO BAG 208 IS EMPTY AND ONE ADDITIONAL FROM 222207. 207 HAS TWO WATER BOTTLES REMAINING. >> OKAY. SPACEX COPY. BAG 204 TOOK AWAY TWO WATERS WHICH IS NOW EMPTY. BAG 208 TWO WATERS DOWN EMPTY AND BAG 207, ONE WATER DOWN AND 2 REMAINING. FOR LOCATION 12 FROM BAG 315, ONE — I’M SORRY LOCATION 11 ONE BREAKFAST AND LOCATION 12, BAG 319, ONE BREAKFAST. >>OKAY. BOB, WE COPY. ONE BREAKFAST DOWN FROM BAG 315. AND ONE BREAKFAST DOWN FROM BAG 319. AND ALSO GREAT TO HEAR YOU GUYS AS WELL. AND I REQUEST TO COME BACK ABOARD WHEN YOU’RE ABLE. >>OKAY. WE’LL GIVE YOU A CALL HERE IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO COME BACK ON BOARD. >> OKAY, FANTASTIC. THANKS, BOB. >> ALL RIGHT. THAT EXCHANGE RIGHT THERE REAL QUICK WAS REALLY JUST AN INVENTORY. BELIEVE IT OR NOT ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS ABOUT SPACEFLIGHT IS JUST KEEPING TRACK OF EVERYTHING, THINGS TEND TO FLOAT AROUND AND GET LOST IN MICROGRAVITY PRETTY EASILY. THERE ARE STORIES ABOUT WANTED POSTERS ABOUT THINGS THAT GO MISSING. AND EVEN ON THE MISSION THEY HAVE INTRICATE SYSTEMS TO TRACK EVERYTHING AND VERY METICULOUS GROUND NOTATIONS READ OFF. IF A CREW MEMBER EVER GETS IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY NEED TO FIND OUT YOU HAVE PEOPLE DEDICATED HERE ON THE GROUND THAT KNOWS WHERE THAT IS.

IT ALWAYS BLOWS ME AWAY, YOU CAN GIVE THEM AN ITEM AND THEY CAN TELL YOU IT’S IN THIS RACK IN THIS BAG AND THIS IS ALSO IN THAT BAG AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE YOU’LL FIND IT. >> THAT WILL BE A VERY EXTENSIVE LIST. WHAT THEY WERE REPORTING THERE WAS WHAT THEY CONSUMED BOTH LIQUID AND FOOD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS DOCUMENTING THEIR FOOD INTAKE AND MEAL CONSUMPTION. FOR PRIVACY REASONS DURING THE SLEEP PHASE AND WAKE-UP, THE POST SLEEP PHASE AS THEY’RE WAKING UP AND STRETCHING THEIR LEGS, CAMERAS ARE TURNED OFF FOR THE CREW PRIVACY. THAT WAS JUST OUR CORE HERE AT MISSION CONTROL REQUESTING TO HAVE THOSE CAMERAS TURNED BACK ON. >> HOPEFULLY WE GET SOME VIEWS OVER THEIR SHOULDER OR JUST INSIDE THE CABIN IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. BUT AGAIN, FOR BOB AND DOUG THEY’RE FINISHING UP THAT POST SLEEP PERIOD. SO, THEY’RE REALLY JUST GOING TO BE KIND OF GETTING THEIR HOUSE IN ORDER AND GETTING DRAGON READY FOR THAT ARE ENTRY. THEY’LL HAVE SOME STEPS JUST TO GET SUITED UP AND GET POSITIONED INTO THE DRAGON WHERE THEY’RE GOING TO BE MONITORING THE DEORBIT BURN AND ALL THE DIFFERENT EVENTS ON THEIR TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAYS AND ABLE TO SEE CHANGES ORBIT AND VELOCITY AND ALL JUST A REALLY CRITICAL BITS OF DATA TO TELL THEM HOW THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE BURNS AND DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES ARE GOING.

THEY’LL BE ABLE TO TELL EXACTLY WHAT ORBIT THEY’RE ON AND SEE WHEN IT LINES UP WITH THE OCEAN JUST OVER THE COAST OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, A LITTLE BIT LATER. THEY’LL LARGELY BE IN A MONITOR BOAT AS DRAGON IS CAN FLY AUTONOMOUSLY. BUT THEY’RE IN THE LOOP WHERE THEY CAN JUMP AND BE THE BACK-UP CAPABILITY. >> THEY’LL BE PUTTING THEIR SUITS BACK ON HERE SHORTLY.

WE ONLY HAVE THEM WEAR THE SUITS FOR THE MORE DYNAMIC PHASES, WHENEVER THEY ARE INSIDE THE CAPSULE. SO OBVIOUSLY WE WANT THEM TO HAVE THAT ON AS THEY REENTER THE ATMOSPHERE. THEY’LL PUT IT WELL BEFORE THOSE DEORBIT SEQUENCES. THEY WERE ABLE TO SLEEP NOT IN THEIR SUITS AND IN THEIR CHAIRS. A LITTLE MORE WIGGLE ROOM THERE. SOMETHING ELSE TO NOTE WE HAVE COMING UP, HOPEFULLY WE’LL GET SOME OF THE CAMERA VIEWS COMING FROM INSIDE THE CABIN AND WE’LL — LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, SOMETHING THAT I REALLY LIKE BEING ABLE TO SEE IS THE SHOT BETWEEN THE OF THEM LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL DISPLAY PANELS THEMSELVES.

WE’LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THEY’RE SEEING ON THEIR SCREENS AS THEY ARE MONITORING ALL THE TELEMETRY AND DATA AND INFORMATION AS THE CAPSULE IS REENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE. WE’LL CONTINUE TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS THROUGH #ASK NASA. OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM CHRISTIAN. WHAT ENSURES THAT THE CAPSULE DOES NOT MELT ON RE-ENTRY. PLEASE EXPLAIN THE THERMAL PROTECTION. >> GREAT QUESTION. ONE OF MY FAVORITE PIECES OF HARDWARE ON OUR DRAGON CAPSULES THE HEAT SHIELD.

PART OF MY JOB IS TO WORK WITH NASA TO CERTIFY THE HEAT SHIELD. VERY LUCKY THAT I GET TO WORK — >> DRAGON, 82 YOU ARE — YOU’RE CLEAR TO COME ABOARD ANY TIME. >> WELCOME ABOARD. IN ADDITION, AS ABLE WHEN YOU’RE READY, REQUEST YOUR GAME PLAN FOR FLUID LOADING WATER THAT CORRESPONDS TO 34.700. >>THAT CALL WE HEARD THERE WAS INVITING US TO TURN THE CAMERAS BACK ON INSIDE THE CAPSULE.

>> I THINK OUR PLAN IS AS PRESCRIBED AND THEN I WILL BE DRINKING WATER OUT OF THE OTHER CORRESPONDING — PROBABLY ALL THREE OF THOSE BOTTLES AND BOB WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO BREAK INTO HIS CORRESPONDING BAG AS WELL AS ONE MORE IN 10. >>OKAY. COPY, DOUG. SO BASICALLY YOU’RE SAYING THE BOTTLE YOU EXPECT TO REMOVE ARE THE ONES YOU JUST SPOKE BEFORE DURING BREAKFAST AS WELL AS ONE ADDITIONAL ONE IN VOLUME 10, IS THAT AN ACCURATE STATEMENT? >> NEGATIVE. I THINK IT WILL BE ONE MORE BAG FULL FROM EACH SIDE.

>> OKAY, COPY. WE’LL PROBABLY TAG UP WITH YOU AFTER FLUID LOADING COMPLETE JUST SO YOU VERIFY. THANK YOU. >> YEAH. THAT SOUNDS GOOD, MIKE, I THINK THAT’S PROBABLY BEST. BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE SOMEWHAT VARIABLE BUT I THINK IT’S PRETTY ACCURATE. >> OKAY, COPY. THANK YOU. >> THAT CONVERSATION THERE ABOUT FLUID LOADING, THE OFFICIAL SPACE WAY OF SAYING, DRINK YOUR WATER. MAKING SURE THAT BOB AND DOUG REMAIN HYDRATED THROUGHOUT THE RE-ENTRY PERIOD. IF YOU FLY ON AIRPLANES, IF YOU DO YOUR RESEARCH IT’S IMPORTANT TO STAY HYDRATED DUE TO THE DIFFERENT PRESSURES YOUR BODY TENDS TO LOOSE A LITTLE BIT MORE WATER SO IT’S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO DRINK WATER TO STAY HYDRATED. SAME HERE FOR BOB AND DOUG. YOU HEARD THEM MENTION — OH, THERE WE CAN SEE THEM IN THEIR CAPSULE. THERE IS DOUG HURLEY THERE READING HIS INSTRUCTIONS. LOOKS LIKE BOB IS THERE TO YOUR RIGHT. LOOKS LIKE HE’S WEARING A BLUE SWEAT SHIRT DRINKING SOME WATER. SO THEY’RE JUST CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THERE’S THE BACK OF DOUG’S HEAD. JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE DRINKING ENOUGH WATER.

YOU HEARD THEM MENTION AS PRESCRIBED. THAT MEANS THAT OUR FLIGHT SURGEON IS PRESCRIBING THEM HOW MUCH WATER THEY SHOULD BE DRINKING AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD BE TAKING SALT TABLETS TO HELP THEM RETAIN THE WATER AS THEY’RE MAKING THEIR JOURNEY BACK HOME. >> HERE’S THAT VIEW WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF TIMES LOOKING DIRECTLY OVER THEIR SHOULDERED. SO YOU HAVE THOSE THREE MAIN TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAYS AND YOU CAN CONFIGURE THEM IN A NUMBER MUCH DIFFERENT MODES. LOOKS LIKE THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE IS GIVING THEM THE TRAJECTORY AND THE RIGHT ON THE RIGHT IS LOOKING AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEY GET EVERYTHING FROM CURRENT VELOCITY AND ALTITUDE AND DEEP IN THE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM AND ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS, THOSE DISPLAYS ARE THOSE WINDOWS INTO IT.

YOU’LL ALSO NOTE I THE COUPLE OF THE ILLUMINATED BUTTONS UNDERNEATH THE TOUCH SCREEN. SOME OF THE CRITICAL FUNC THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE ACTION GET A BUTTON DEDICATED TO THEM. FOR EXAMPLE, THEY HAVE BUTTONS FOR A NUMBER OF THE PYROEVENTS ON BOARD THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT LIKE PARACHUTE DEPLOY OR THE ABILITY TO CUT THOSE PARACHUTES ONCE THEY SPLASHDOWN IN THE WATER. AND SO THEY’RE GOING TO GET THESE CONFIGURED AND THIS IS GOING TO BE HOW THEY TRACK THE PROGRESS OF THEIR FLIGHT HOME TODAY. >> YEAH, IF WE GET THAT VIEW BACK BETWEEN THEIR HEADS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN — THERE WE GO — THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN THE CONTROL DISPLAY THEY’LL BE USING FOR THE DEORBIT BURN. A NUMBER OF — THERE IS A BUNCH OF INFORMATION DISPLAYED THERE BY TRAJECTORY DETAILS AND HOW MUCH IS REMAINING BETWEEN CURRENT TIME AND WHENEVER THAT DEORBIT BURN IS TERMINATED.

ALSO BE ABLE TO SEE WHICH OF THE 4 THRUSTERS ARE FIRING AT ANY GIVEN TIME. SO THAT WILL PROBABLY SEE THAT PARTICULAR SCREEN ON BOTH OF THEIR SCREENS DURING THIS PHASE OF THE MISSION. GOING BACK TO THE PREVIOUS QUESTION THAT WE HAD CAME FROM CHRISTIAN, HE ASKED WHAT ENSURES THE CAPSULE DOESN’T MELT UPON RE-ENTRY. I SAID MY JOB AS SPACEX ENGINEER I HAVE THE AWESOME COMMUNITY TO WORK WITH OUR HEAT SHIELD EXPERTS AND USE THE STAMP OF APPROVAL TO USE THE HARDWARE FOR FLIGHT. IF YOU THINK OF IT LIKE A PIZZA, BUT THERE IS THE BASE OF THE HEAT SHIELD OR THE STRUCTURE AND THAT’S MADE OUT OF CARBON FIBER AND YOU CAN THINK OF THAT AS THE CRUST. WE THEN AFLY A COATIO IT THAT ALLOWS THE INDIVIDUAL HEAT SHIELDS AND TILES OF THE HEAT SHIELD TO STICK TO THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, SO WHAT WE USE TO ADHERE YOU CAN THINK OF AS THE SAUCE AND YOU CAN THINK OF THOSE TILES AS THE PEPPERONI PIECES ON YOUR PIZZA.

IT’S KIND OF LIKE A DIFFERENT WAY TO EXPLAIN IT, BUT THAT’S HOW I LIKE TO THINK OF IT. IT’S RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING THE CAPSULE, THE TEMPERATURES WILL GET UP TO 3,500 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. SO PRETTY TOASTY. WE WILL I’M SURE HAVE A GREAT SHOT OF OUR TOASTED MARSHMALLOW BACK ON THE RECOVERY VESSEL BUT THAT HEAT SHIELD DOES THE BULK OF THE WORK. THERE ARE OF COURSE PANELS ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE DRAGON CAPSULE. THOSE WHITE PANELS WILL BECOME BROWN AS IT RE-ENTERS THE ATMOSPHERE AS IT CHARS AND HEATS UP. WITH ALL THOSE EXTERNAL TEMPERATURES GETTING HOT IT’S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THEM COMFORTABLE. THERE WILL BE COOL COOL AEUR *- /* AIR RUNNING THROUGH THEIR SUIT. I THINK THE THRESHOLD IS 85 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT IT WILL PURGE THE SUIT WITH COOL AIR. >> OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM KEVIN WHO WANTED TO KNOW WHEN DOES DRAGON START ITS DEORBIT BURN? >> WE CAN GIVE YOU THE EXACT TIME DOWN TO THE SECOND WHEN IT’S TARGETED. RIGHT NOW IT’S AT 10:56:45 PACIFIC AND THEN IF YOU CONVERT THAT OVER TO 17:56:45. >> JUST UNDER 4.5 HOURS UNTIL WE BEGIN THE DEORBIT BURN.

KEVIN, IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO TAKE A NAP BETWEEN NOW AND DEORBIT YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES TO US. CAN YOU BECOME TALLER AFTER SPENDING A LONG TIME IN SPACE. GREAT QUESTION. THE ANSWER IS, YES. DUE TO THE LACK OF STRONG GRAVITY PULL ON HUMAN BODY, ASTRONAUTS REPORT GROWING IN LENGTH DUE TO THE FACT THEIR BODY ISN’T BEING COMPRESSED IN THIS DIRECTION, VERTICALLY, ACCORDING TO OUR ORIENTATION ON THE EARTH’S SURFACE BECAUSE THERE IS LACK OF GRAVITY COMPRESSING THE BODY. WE SEE REPORTS OF THE ASTRONAUTS SAYING THEY GOT A LITTLE TALLER IN SPACE. >> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WHEN YOU’VE BEEN TOLD YOU’RE THE TALLEST WHEN YOU FIRST WAKE UP BECAUSE YOU’VE BEEN HORIZONTAL THE WHOLE TIME. AND IT IS A TEMPORARY GETTING TALLER. ONCE THEY RETURN BACK TO EARTH THEY SHRINK BACK DOWN PRETTY QUICK. BUT KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS USING THE #ASK NASA. WE HAVE A FEW MORE HOURS UNTIL WE GET TO THE DEORBIT BURN.

JUST TO RUNDOWN A COUPLE OF THOSE MILESTONES FOR YOU PRIOR TO THE DEORBIT BURN WE HAVE TO GET RID OF DRAGON’S TRUNK. WE’LL BE DOING A MANEUVER TO ALTER THE ATTITUDE AND GET IT READY FOR THE TRUNK SEPARATION. THAT’S SCHEDULED TO HAPPEN AT 10:48 A.M. PACIFIC AND 17:58 GMT. AFTER DRAGON IS IN THE CORRECT ATTITUDE IT WILL SEPARATE THE CLAW FOLLOWED SHORTLY AFTER BY THE TRUNK. TRUNK IS SCHEDULED TO SEPARATE AT 10:51 A.M. PACIFIC AND 17:51 GMT AND AFTER IT’S BEEN SEPARATED WE GET INTO THE PROPER DEORBIT BURN FOR THE FINAL BURN. >> THAT BURN WILL LAST ABOUT 11.5 MINUTES AND WE’LL BE USING THE FORWARD BULK HEAD THRUSTERS. AFTER IT’S COMPLETE WE’LL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO FIRE THOSE THRUSTERS SO WE’LL CLOSE THE NOSE CONE PROFITTING THEM AS WELL AS THE FORWARD HATCH FROM RE-ENTRY CONDITION.

ABOUT 20 MINUTES AFTER THAT, THE FUN STUFF BEGINS. AT 11:36 A.M. PACIFIC OR 18:36 UNIVERSAL TIME, WE WILL HAVE AN EXPECTED LOSS OF SIGNAL. COMMUNICATIONS BLACKOUT. THAT WILL LAST ABOUT 6 MINUTES. DURING THAT TIME, WE WON’T BE ABLE TO COMMAND DRAGON OR RECEIVE TELEMETRY OR COMMUNICATE WITH THE CREW. DRAGON IS DESIGNED TO BE COMPLETELY AUTONOMOUS. IT’S STEERING ITSELF ANYWAY. THAT WILL LAST FOR 6 MINUTES. AFTER A COUPLE AFTER THAT, WE’LL HAVE WHAT’S KNOWN AS ENTRY INTERFACE. WHEN THE CAPSULE IS BEGINNING TO ENTER THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE AND FEEL THE AERO DYNAMIC FORCES. WE’LL GET THOSE COMMUNICATIONS BACK AT 11:42 A.M. PACIFIC OR 18:42 UNIVERSAL. TWO MINUTES AFTER WE GET COMMUNICATIONS BACK.

WE WILL HAVE THE DEPLOYMENT. THREE SMALLER PARACHUTES THAT WILL POP OUT AT 11:44 A.M. PACIFIC. THEY’RE DESIGNED TO CONTINUE TO SLOW THE CAPSULE DOWN FURTHER BEYOND WHAT THE SLOWING OF THE CAPSULE FROM THE ATMOSPHERE. THEY’LL CONTINUE TO SLOW IT DOWN. THOSE DROGUE CHUTES WILL RELEASE A MINUTE LATER AND WE’LL SEE THE MAIN PARACHUTE DEPLOY. THEY’LL CONTINUE TO FURTHER DECELERATE THE VEHICLE. AT THAT POINT IT WILL BE GOING FROM 350 MILES PER HOUR. ORIGINALLY THE VELOCITY DURING THE DEORBIT PHASE 17,500 MILES AN HOUR, AS IT CONTINUES TO ROTATE WILL COME DOWN TO 350 MILES AN HOUR AS IT REENTERS THE ATMOSPHERE.

IT WILL FURTHER DECELERATE TO 16 MILES AN HOUR AS IT TOUCHES DOWN INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT SPLASHDOWN TO OCCUR AT 11:48 A.M. PACIFIC OR 18:48 UNIVERSAL AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME OUR RECOVERY OPERATIONS WILL BEGIN AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALL VERY EXCITED TO SEE. >> YEAH. I MEAN THE CLOCK STARTS TICKING ALMOST FROM THE MOMENT THEY HIT THE WATER AND THE TEAMS MOVE TO WORK EXTREMELY QUICKLY BUT ALSO KEEPING SAFETY AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVERYTHING THAT THEY’RE DOING.

THE FIRST TIME WE RETURN TO CREW TO A SPLASHDOWN WAS APOLLO. THE LAST TEST PROJECT BACK IN JULY 1975. IT’S SOMETHING WE HAVEN’T DONE IN A LONG TIME BUT IT’S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY REHEARSED MANY TIMES FOR THIS MOMENT, INCLUDING ON OUR DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT JUST LAST YEAR. SO THE TEAMS WILL MOVE IN EXTREMELY QUICKLY WITHIN THE FIRST COUPLE OF MINUTES OF SPLASHDOWN. GO NAVIGATOR IS CURRENTLY MAKING ITS WAY OUT TO THE SPLASHDOWN ZONE SO IT WILL BE READY AND WAITING AND 40 PLUS PEOPLE ON BOARD STANDING BY TO BRING DRAGON OUT ON THE BOAT TO BRING THE CREW OUT OF THE CAPSULE.

>> WE’RE 4.5 HOURS AWAY SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. >> HEAT EXCHANGE BYPASS. GOOD GO AHEAD, SPACEX. >> IN PREPARATION FOR ENTRY, WE’LL BE COMMANDING THE BYPASS CLOSE, SO THIS WILL MEAN THAT CONTROL OF CABIN THAT COMMANDING SHOULD COME IN SHORTLY. >> THANKS, MIKE. >> NO PROBLEM. IN ADDITION, WE DO NOT EXPECT TO NEED TO ELEVATE THE . >> OKAY, COPY THAT, THANK YOU. RIGHT THERE, THEY’RE JUST DOING A COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING STEPS AS THEY’LL BE CONDITIONING THE INSIDE OF THE CABIN AND DOUG AND BOB’S SUITS FOR THAT ACTUAL RE-ENTRY.

THEY’LL BE COOLING DOWN AND DOING WHAT THEY CALL THE SUIT PURGE. THEY’LL BE DOING A FLUSH WITH COOLER AIR. THEY’RE NOT PRESSURIZED WHILE SUITED UP. THEY’LL LEAVE IT UP A LITTLE BIT. THEY’LL DO SUIT LEAK CHECKS WHICH WE’LL SEE THEM PRESSURIZE THE SUITS COMPLETELY AS AGAIN THOSE SUITS A DESIGN TO PROTECT THEM IN THE EVENT THE CABIN DEPRESSURIZATION AND ANY CON TAPL INABILITIES IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THEY’LL BE WEARING THEM FOR THIS DYNAMIC PHASE. I KNOW WE HAVE A QUESTION HERE FROM NICK WHO HAS WANTED TO KNOW IF THE SEATS RECLINE TO ALLOW THEM TO REPLY FLAT OR SLEEP UP RIGHT. THE SEATS THEMSELVES ARE RIGID CARBON FIBER SO THE SEATS DO MOVE AS WE SAW ON LAUNCH DAY WHERE THEY’RE ABLE TO BOTH RECLINE AND DECLINE BUT THE SEATS THEMSELVES DON’T MOVE. WHEN YOU’RE IN OUTER SPACE, YOU CAN’T GET THE SENSATION OF LAYING DOWN SO THE SEATS RECLINING DON’T DO MUCH FOR YOU WHEN YOU’RE IN MICROGRAVITY.

PR ITY MUCH ANY SURFACE ON THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT WILL SERVE AS A BED. SAME THING TRUE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. WHERE IF WE HAVE MORE CREW MEMBERS THAN CREW ACCOMMODATIONS, CREW MEMBERS CAN CAMP OUT. IF YOU’VE EVER SEEN ANY OF THE PHOTOS FROM BACK IN THE SHUT AND DAYS WHEN WE 7 PEOPLE IN A RELATIVELY SMALL ENCLOSURE YOU CAN JUST ESSENTIALLY STRAP YOUR SLEEPING BAG TO THE WALL AND THAT’S YOUR BED FOR THE EVENING. IN SPACE YOUR BODY CUSS’NT HAVE A REFERENCE TO DETERMINE WHAT IS UP AND DOWN ASIDE FROM WHAT YOU CAN DETERMINE VISUALLY. WHILE SEATS DO THEY’RE IN LAWN POSITION OR LANDING POSITION WHERE THE ENTIRE SEAT IS BASICALLY MOVING 40 DEGREES THIS WAY OR THAT WAY, THEY DON’T NECESSARILY RECLINE OUT LIKE A RECLINER’CHA IRWOULD. ALTHOUGH I’M SURE THAT WOULD BE ALSO VERY COMFORTABLE.

OUR NEXT QUESTION COMING TO US FROM TWITTER USING THE #ASKNASA. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE RECOVERY SHIP. THIS IS THE SECOND OPPORTUNITY WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE HIGHLIGHT TEAM. WE’RE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT TEAM FOR THE SECOND TIME ON OUR WEBCAST. THE RECOVERY SHIP THERE ARE 2 WOULD OF THEM. WE HAVE ONE ASSISTING RECOVERIES ON THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA.

THEY ARE IDENTICAL AND THEY ARE ABLE TO BE FAST, FULLY FAST, NOT ONLY FOR RECOVERY OPERATIONS BUT FOR MEDICAL AS WELL. SPACEX COPY. THE SAMPLE COLLECTION AND WORK. GOOD LUCK. SPACEX GOT THE NUMBER 2088. WITH WE HAVE TWO IDENTICAL RECOVERY SHIPS OR VESSELS SPECIFICALLY TO OUR RECOVERY TODAY WE ARE UTILIZEINGS BOTH NAVIGATOR FOR OUR LANDING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. IN ADDITION TO THE RECOVERY SHIP ITSELF THERE ARE ALSO TWO FAST BACKS. THEY’LL BE TRANSPORTED TO THE GENERAL LOCATION ABOUT 3 NAUTICAL MILES AWAY FROM THE LANDING SITE ITSELF. THOSE FAST BOATS WILL BE DEPLOYED AND MAKE THEIR WAY VERY QUICKLY TO THE CAPITAL ITSELF. THEY’LL WAIT A COUPLE OF FEET AWAY FROM THE CAPSULE AS THE INITIAL TESTS ARE DONE. THOSE TESTS ARE INTENDED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT ANY FOOL ON BOARD. WHENEVER YOU PUT THEM IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER THEY IGNITE.

SO IT IS AN IDEAL PROPELLENT USE IN SPACE BECAUSE YOU DON’T NEED AN IING EUGS SOURCE. YOU JUST COMBINE THE TWO AND YOU HAVE YOUR REACTION. SO, THOSE FUMES ARE TOXIC AND SO THE TEAM WILL MAKE SURE THAT THERE AREN’T ANY OF THOSE FLOATING AROUND AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SAFE TO APPROACH. ONCE THEY GET THAT GO FOR APPROACH THEY’LL HEAD OVER TO THE CAPSULE AND ESSENTIALLY SOMEONE THAT I’M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE IN ACTION TODAY WILL COVER — WILL CLIMB ON TOP OF THE CAPSULE AND ATTACH THE RIGGING EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO HOIST DRAGON OUT OF THE WATER AND ONTO THE RECOVERY VESSEL. SO, THAT SHOULD TAKE ABOUT 30, 35 MINUTES. WHY YOU DO I NEED A HEAT SHIELD ON ENTRY BUT NOT ON ASCENT. WHENEVER WE ARE LAUNCHING THE DRAGON CAPSULE IT’S POINTING UPWARDS AND HEADING TOWARDS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. WHILE THE CAPSULE IS ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE WHICH IS WHERE YOU HAVE ATMOSPHERE AND THEREFORE 46 AS YOU’RE MOVING THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE AND THAT’S WHAT CAUSES THE CHARRING AS WE SEE UPON RE-ENTRY.

THE SHAPE OF THE DRAGON CAPSULE IS MORE AERO DYNAMIC AT THE TOP. WE USE THE ATMOSPHERE TO HELP SLOW US DOWN SAFELY. AS OPPOSED TO WANTING TO ESCAPE EARTH’S GRAVITY AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. CASEY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT WILL THE CREW BE ABLE TO SEE OUT OF THE WINDOW UPON RE-ENTRY. >> I THINK BOB ACTUALLY ANSWERED THIS EARLIER THIS WEEK. HE RECALLED WHAT HE SAW DURING 24E CAN SEE THE ABLATIVE MATERIAL OF THE HEAT SHIELD.

IT’S DESIGNED SO ITS PARTS REALLY START TO HEAT UP AND THEY PEEL OFF AND THAT HELPS DISSIPATE THE HEAT OR THE MOST INTENSIVE PART OF THE HEAT. SO OUT THERE THEY’LL BE ABLE TO SEE SOME BRIGHT ORANGE NOT QUITE FLAMES BUT SOMETHING THAT LOOKS ENERGETIC ASK THAT WILL BE THEY’RE MAIN VIEW OUT OF THE WINDOW. THEY’LL HAVE THOSE WINDOWS OPEN AND UNCOVERED DURING THE RE-ENTRY. OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM JEFF. WHAT’S THE LONGEST SOMEONE HAS BEEN IN SPACE. I KNOWL CUMULATIVE RECORD HOLDER IS A RUSSIAN COSMONAUT. HE’S GOT A LITTLE OVER 800 DAYS IN SPACE. HE’S BEEN A CREW MEMBER NOT ONLY ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION BUT ALSO PREVIOUSLY ON THE RUSSIAN SPACE STATION WHICH WAS THE HARBINGER OF LONG DURATIONING SPACEFLIGHT WHERE YOU HAD PEOPLE LIVING THERE MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS AT A TIME.

I BELIEVE THE CURRENT RECORD HOLDER IS IT STILL PEGGY WHITSON? >> PEGGY IS THE AMERICAN RECORD HOLDER. >> OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM TIMOTHY. IS THIS THE FIRST SPLASHDOWN SINCE THE APOLLO MISSION? >> YES, IT IS. THIS IS THE FIRST U.S. SPLASHDOWN. THERE WAS ONE RUSSIAN SOYUZ. IT TECHNICALLY DID LAND IN A FROZEN LAKE. THIS IS FIRST TIME WE SPLASHED DOWN AMERICAN CREW MEMBERS OR VERY LEAST OR DONE AN OCEAN BASED SPLASHDOWN SINCE APOLLO. THE LAST ONE BEING APOLLO, SO BACK IN JULY OF 1975. >> OUR NEXT QUESTION, WHEN WHAT WIND SPEED DOES IT TAKE FOR THE SPLASHDOWN TO GET SCRUBBED? >> THAT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. I CAN’T RECALL EXACTLY WHAT IT IS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. BUT I THINK NOR MORE THAN 15 MILES AN HOUR. >> 15 FEET PER SECOND WAS 10 MILES AN HOUR WHICH WAS THE RANGE WE WERE LOOKING TO OBJECT UNDER FOR THIS MOTION. WE HAVE WINDS IN THE SPLASHDOWN AREA OF ONLY A MILE AND HALF PER SECOND. SO VERY GENTLE WINDS THERE TODAY. BUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR MISSION IT WAS 15 FEET PER SECOND WHICH IS 10 MILES AN HOUR.

OUR NEXT QUESTION IS, LEARNING SO MUCH. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR THE SPACEX CAPSULE TO BE USED AGAIN IN FUTURE MYING OR WOULD IT NEED A COMPLETE OVERHAUL BEFORE HEADING BACK UP? >> AWESOME QUESTION. WHEN WE STARTED REUSING OUR DRAGON CARGO CAPSULES, FIGURING OUT TO WATERPROOF IT WAS QUITE THE CHALLENGE AND ONCE WE FIGURED THAT OUT WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF OVERHAUL OR REFURBISHMENT REQUIRED BETWEEN USAGE OF THE CAPSULES. THAT BEING SAID, THINGS LIKE THE HEAT SHIELD AND THE TPF OR THERMAL PROTECTIVE SYSTEM PANELS ON THE EXTERIOR THOSE THINGS AS OF RIGHT NOW WOULD NOT BE REUSED.

BUT THE GUTS AND THE BRAINS OF THE CAPSULE MOST DEFINITELY. THIS PROCESS TRANSFORMS OVER TIME THE MORE WE DO IT WE UNDERSTAND MORE AND WE LEARN MORE FROM DATA AND TESTS AND WE’RE ABLE TO MAKE THE PROCESS MORE EFFICIENT. EVENTUALLY WE HOPE TO GET TO NO REFURBISHMENT IN ORDER TO REUSE THE CAPSULE. >> WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT FOOD AND WATER IS CONSUMED DURING RE-ENTRY? >> GOOD QUESTION. IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO WE HAVE A VERY SET AMOUNT OF FOOD AND AGAIN, DRAGON NOT THE BIGGEST SPACE, SO PROBABLY HARD TO LOSE SOMETHING ON DRAGON BUT WE TRACK EVERYTHING IN MICROGRAVITY JUST SO IF WE ARE IN A SITUATION — BECAUSE REMEMBER TODAY WAS THE PRIMARY LANDING OPPORTUNITY FOR BOB AND DOUG. IF FOR SOME REASON WE HAD TO WAVE OFF THEY WOULD BE IN SPACE FOR ANOTHER 48 HOURS SO WE’RE ALWAYS TRACKING WHEN EVERYTHING IS INSIDE OF THAT CAPSULE FOR MISSION.

NOT ONLY SO IT’S EASY TO FIND. BUT YOU OF TO GO AND FIND IT. ANYTHING THAT GETS BROUGHT IN THE AIR HAS TO BE TRACKED BECAUSE IF SOMETHING IS FOUND AND IT HASN’T BEEN TRACKED PREVIOUSLY OR IF YOU KNOW YOU BROUGHT SOMETHING IN AND YOU CAN’T FIND IT, YOU OF TO GENERALLY STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND GO FIND IT. DEFINITELY IMPORTANT TO TRACK EVERYTHING ON BOARD, WATER AND FOOD WAS JUST THE ITEM OF THE DAY THIS MORNING AS THEY WERE IN POST SLEEP JUST WRAPPING UP GETTING THEIR BREAKFAST BEFORE THEY BEGAN THEIR DAY. >> THERE YOU SEE A LIVE SHOT OF OUR MISSION CONTROL CENTER HERE IN HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA. SO, ENJOY THIS LIVE VIEW OF OUR GROUND TRACK. LITHIUM-ION PAEURPB >> HEY, DOUG. JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, A COUPLE OF THINGS SO PER THE PREVIOUS MENTION FOR SECTION 1, THE NO PASS IS APPLICABLE BECAUSE THEY’LL NOT BE ELEVATING LOOP SEEDS.

IN ADDITION WHEN WHEN COMPLETING 3.4 PLEASE BE SURE TO UNTETHER AND STOW THE THEM BACK AT LOCATION 8. >> OKAY. 3.4 YOU WANT US TO TAKE THE CAMERA CAPS UNTETHERED AND PUT THEM BACK AT LOCATION 8. I THINK OUR SUGGESTION IS WE’LL DO THAT NOW UNLESS YOU HAVE A REASON NOT TO. >> WE AGREE WITH THAT PLAN AND THAT’S A GOOD READ BACK. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE STILL FOLLOWING ALONG BOB AND DOUG’S JOURNEY.

EVERYTHING CONTINUE TO PROCEED SPHAOUDZLY. THEY’VE BEEN AWAKE A COUPLE OF HOURS AND EVERYTHING’S REALLY FOCUS THE ON THE EVENTS COMING UP IN 3 HOURS FROM NOW. >> YEAH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WILL BE HAPPENING AS DAN SAID WE’RE LOOKING FOR OUR EVENTS TO BEGIN THIS 3:42 FISHES WE’LL HAVE CLAW SEPARATION. SO THAT IS DEACTIVATING THE TRUNK. IT’S PIECE OF HARDWARE THAT DELIVERS POWER AND TELEMETRY AND OF FLUED I THINK. IN ORDER TO EXPOSE THE HEAT SHIELD IN PREPARATION FOR RE-ENTRY WE’LL JETTISON THE TRUNK AND IT WILL REENTER THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE AND DISINTEGRATE DURING THAT PROCESS. WE’LL THEN INITIATE A DEORBIT BURN AND WILL LAST ABOUT 11.5 MINUTES AND THAT IS INTEND TO DO PLACE DRA ON ITS TRAJECTORY. ONES THE DEORBIT BURN HAPPENS BOB AND DOUG WILL SIT BACK AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALL THE TELEMETRY AND DATA THEY HAVE ON THE SCREEN THAT THEIR PRIMARY MISSION FOR TODAY IS AN R KEEP A TAB ON THINGS.

THEY’RE NOT IN THEIR SUITS YET. THEY’LL WAIT A LITTLE LONGER BUT THEY’RE MOVING ABOUT THE INTERIOR OF CREW DRAGON. WE WILL PERFORM THAT DEORBIT BURN AND LINING UP THE CAPSULE FOR THAT FINAL RE-ENTRY AND SPLASHDOWN OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA. AND AFTER WE DO THE REORBIT BURN WE’LL CLOSE THAT NOSE CONE. SO IT WILL UTILIZE THE 4 FORWARD THRUSTERS. WE’LL NOT NEED TO USE THEM AND WE WANT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MISSION AND WE WANT TO PROTECT THAT FORWARD HASH THERE. THAT’S USED INGRESS AND EGRESS WE ARE PERFORMING THE DEORBIT BURN AND THE NOSE CONE WILL CLOSE AND THEN WE’LL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF REINTO THIRTYING THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE. >> THAT WAS PRETTY COOL.

WE JUST SAW BOB KIND OF STOWING THEIR SPACE SUIT. THEY KEEP THEM AT LEAST IN THIS MISSION IF THE SEATS AS BOB AND DOUG ARE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE. BUT AFTER THEY’RE ABILITY TO SUCCESSFULLY REENTER THE AERTDZ’S ATMOSPHERE WE GET TO THE PARACHUTE DEPLOY. FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY THE 4 PAIN SHARE SHOOTS WHICH ARE SCHEDULED TO AEMPLOY RIGHT AROUND 11:45 A.M. SPAEUFBG. ALL OF THAT SETS US FOR SPLASHDOWN OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA JUST A FEW MILES AWAY FROM PENSACOLA. THAT SPLASHDOWN TIME TARGETED FOR 11:48 A.M.

SPECIFIC. THERE TO MEET 24E78 WILL BE THE CREW OF THE GO NAVIGATOR WHICH HAS LEFT ITS PORT. IT CONTINUES TO MAKE ITS WAY OUT TO THE RECOVERY. IT WAS ABLE TO LEAVE THE PORT RIGHT AROUND 9:20 A.M. EASTERN TIME THIS MORNING. AS WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, THEY WERE TRACKING AN ISSUE WITH ONE OF THE BACK-UP GENERATORS ON BOARD THE GO NAVIGATOR. THEY WERE WORKING TO TRY TO GET A REPLACEMENT FOR THAT. BUT WEREN’T ABLE TO GET ON BOARD QUITE IN TIME. BUT GO NAVIGATING AS A FULLY GENERATOR ON BOARD. AND NOT HAVING THAT BACK-UP IS NOT ANY CONSTRAINT ON NORMAL RECOVERY OPERATIONS THIS MORNING. NO NAVIGATOR WILL BE THERE SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE SPLASHDOWN. THEY’LL MAINTAIN A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 3 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE ANTICIPATED SPLASHDOWN POINT AND JUST BE READY AND ON STAND BY FOR WHEN BOB AND DOUG ARE IN THE WATER. >> AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD MENTIONED BEFORE, IT HAS BEEN AT LEAST OVER THE LAST WEEK THE RECOVERY TEAM HAS BEEN REALLY BUSY WITH TRYING TO DETERMINE WHERE EXACTLY WE WERE GOING TO POINT DRAGON FOR ITS RETURN HOME.

IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR MULTIPLE DEPARTURE TIMES FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, SO AGAIN THIS IS JUDGE SRUFT TRYING TO WOLVERINES UP THINGS LIKE CREW’S SLEEP SCHEDULES AND WEATHER JUST PHYSICAL LOCATION AS IT IS ORBITING EARTH WE WOULD IDENTIFIED 7 POTENTIAL SPLASHDOWN LOCATIONS. 4 ON THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA AND 3 ON THE EAST COAST. AND PRIORITY NUMBER ONE FOR THE RECOVERY TEAM TO DETERMINE WHICH OF THOSE 7 LOCATIONS BOB AND DOUG WOULD BE SPLASHING DOWN AT WE HAVE A TROPICAL STORM THROUGH THE AREA. HAVING THAT STORM ROLL UP THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA SPREAD US FROM OBVIOUSLY BEING ABLE TO LAND. WE CONTINUE TO WATCH THE WEATHER. WE GOT PRETTY LUCKY WITH THE WEATHER WE’RE LOOKING AT TODAY. WE HAVE WEATHER CRITERIA AND WE HAVE TO MEET THOSE TO GET GO CONDITIONS TO SPLASHDOWN. ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WE ARE LOOKING AT WAS WIND SPEEDS WHICH WE’RE LOOKING TO NOT EXCEED 10 PHAOEUPLZ MILES AN HOUR AND WINDS JUST BARELY OVER ONE MILE AN HOUR.

GETTING EXTREMELY CALM WINDS AND CALM SEAS FOR WHAT SHOULD BE A STABLE OPERATION FOR THIS RECOVERY TODAY. WE ACTUALLY JUST LOCKED IN PANAMA CITY A FEW HOURS AGO. OUR LAST CHANCE TO LOCK IN AN ALTERNATE SITE WAS AND DRAGON HAS THE CAPABILITY TO CHANGE ALTERNATE SITES ONCE IN FREE FLIGHT AND WE HAVE 7 DIFFERENT SPLASHDOWN LOCATIONS JUST BASED OFF THE WEATHER AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE LOOKED AT PANAMA CITY CHOSEN AS ALTERNATE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND ALREADY LOOKING AS OUR BEST ONE AND THEY LOCKED THAT IN A FEW HOURS AGO. BUT EVERYTHING CONTINUE ON TRACK FOR THIS PENSACOLA FLASH DOWN.

>> WE ARE TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS FROM TWITTER. WE’LL TRY TO CYCLE THROUGH AS MANY OF THEM AS WE GET THERE. THIS QUESTION COMES FROM TIM. WHAT’S THE CURRENT DISTANCE TO THE ISS? >> GOOD QUESTION. SOMETHING THAT I FIND THAT PEOPLE OFTEN ASSUME IS THAT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IS REALLY, REALLY FAR AWAY AND IT’S ACTUALLY NOT. IT IS ABOUT 250-300 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH. I THINK WHEN I SAW A REPORT EARLIER OR MAYBE IT WAS LEAH WHO MENTIONED IT EARLIER, I THINK IT’S 263 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH’S SURFACE RIGHT NOW. IT’S NOT THAT FAR AWAY. IT’S BASICALLY THE DISTANCE FROM LOS ANGELES TO SAN FRANCISCO IT’S NOT AS FAR AS MANY PEOPLE THINK. THIS IS USING THE #ASKNATION IS A. THIS NEXT QUESTION COMES TO US FROM INNIC LAST. HOW FAR OFF THE COAST WILL THE CASTLE LAND AND WILL IT BE POSSIBLE TO SEE ANY OF THE ACTION FROM THE COASTLINE. >> TRYING TO FIND OUR EXACT DISTANCES VARIES ON WHICH COAST THAT WE’RE GOING TO. WE DO SAY FAR ENOUGH AWAY THAT YOU WOULDN’T REALLY BE ABLE TO SEE US FROM THE COAST.

OBVIOUS LIST YOU WANT TO BE COMING DOWN IN AN AREA PRETTY FAR AWAY FROM LAND TO MAKE SURE YOU’RE HITTING THE SPLASHDOWN ZONE YOU HAVE TO CLEAR AIR ZONES AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE NO DISTANCE GOING OUT TO SHIPS AND NOT TO GO INTO A CERTAIN AREA. BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL KILOMETERS OR SMILES OFFSHORE. THE CAPE IS THE CLOSEST ONE. THAT ONE TYPICALLY IS 24 MILES OFFSHORE AND THE OTHER ONES RANGE ANYWHERE ABOUT 50 MILES ALL THE WAY UP TO A FEW HUNDRED. JUST ABOUT 200 OR SO. SO IT IS DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU’RE GOING. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR RECOVERY ARSENAL ARE HELICOPTERS WHERE BOB AND DOUG WILL GET RECOVERED BY THE MAIN RECOVERY VESSEL AND AFTER THEY’RE OUT OF THE CAPSULE AND INTO THE MEDICAL FACILITY A HELICOPTER WILL COME AND LAND ON THE DECK AND THEN IT’S ONLY ABOUT A 10 MINUTE HELICOPTER RIDE FROM THE GO NAVIGATOR BACK TO PENSACOLA WHERE THEY’LL BE MOVING ON TO A PLANE READY TO TAKE THEM OVER TO HOUSTON.

>> ONE THING TO NOTE, THE CAPSULE WILL BE REENTERING EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE AND WE’LL HAVE DEPLOYMENT STARTING AT 18,000 FEET WE ARE WITHIN 4.5 HOURS OF SPLASHDOWN FOR CONTINGENCY PLANNING PURPOSES. COPY. >> 4.5 FOR SPLASHDOWN. >> OKAY, FOR RECOVERY FORCE, I BELIEVE JAY TOLD YOU WE ARE WORKING A BACK-UP GENERATOR ON THE RECOVERY VESSEL. UNFORTUNATELY WE’RE UNABLE TO GET THAT GENERATOR ABOARD BEFORE GO NAVIGATOR HAD TO DEPART DUE TO TIMING CONSTRAINTS. HOWEVER GO NAVIGATOR HAS DEPARTED AND EXPECTED TO BE ON SITE AT 1700UTC. >> OKAY. GO NAVIGATOR WILL BE ON SITE HEADED FOR SPLASHDOWN. >> GOOD READ BACK AND AS JAY MENTIONED BEFORE, WE’RE DOWN TO ONE GENERATOR DUE TO THE LOSS OF THE OTHER ONE. >> YEP, WE COPY.

AND THEY TALKED TO THE GENERATOR ISSUE. GO NAH GATOR STILL FULLY EQUIP TO SAFELY RECOVER THE CREW THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS MORNING. BUT THEY ARE DOWN ONE OF THE GENERATORS ON BOARD. THEY’LL USE THAT HIGH TKROL IING LIFT AND GET DRAGON UP OUT. WATER AND ON BOARD. THE SHIP ITSELF HAS A FULL DECK AREA WHERE IT HAS AFRAME ON THE BACK OF THE SHIP. WE’LL GET SOME VIEWS FROM THE BOAT THROUGHOUT THE OPERATIONS ONCE WE GET A LITTLE CLOSE ERR. BUT THAT AFRAME USED TO PHYSICALLY LIFT DRAGON OUT OF THE WATER AND ON TO THE DECK, THE CREW STAYS IN THEIR SUITS AND SEATS THE ENTIRE TIME THEY’RE IN THE WATER AS LONG AS EVERYTHING IS FOLLOWING THE NOMINAL TIMELINE AND GET PICKED UP OUT OF THE WATER AND PUT INTO THE DRAGON NEST ON THE BOAT AND MOVED UNDER THE HEIDECK YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPOT THE MAIN PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT AFTER THEY INFLATE THOSE.

THEY ARE DEPLOYED AROUND 6,000 FEET WHENEVER DRAGON IS DESENDING WHEN IT HITS 6,000 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE OCEAN. THE MAIN PARACHUTE WILL DEPLOY AND TAKES A MINUTE OR SO FOR THEM TO FULLY DEPLOY OUT INTO THEIR LARGER STATE CAPTURING ALL THE AIR FLOW BUT IT IS POSSIBLE I THINK IF YOU’RE IN THE PENSACOLA AREA AND YOU HAVE REALLY KEEN EYES YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPOT THOSE ORANGE AND WHITE PARACHUTE OFF IN THE DISTANCE. THE CAPSULE FROM THAT DISTANCE WOULD BE PRETTY SMALL, SO NO PROBLEMS.

BUT IT MIGHT BE WORTH A LOOK. IF YOU’RE IN PENSACOLA TAKE A LOOK SOUTH AND AROUND 11:48 A.M. PACIFIC OR 18:48 UNIVERSAL. >> IT’S ON WHAT WE CALL AN ASCENDING APPROACH. SO IF YOU’RE AT PENSACOLA LOOKING SOUTH THE CAPSULE WILL BE HEADING TOWARDS YOU TOWARDS THE SOUTH. IT WILL BE MOVING SOUTH SO IT WOULD BRING IT OVER THE U BEFORE IT SPLASHED DOWN BUT WE ARE ON ASCENDING ONE TODAY. SO IT WILL ARCHLY BE OVER IN THE GULF THE WHOLE WAY IN DURING THAT FINAL VISIT. >> WE ARE TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS THROUGH TWITTER THIS MORNING BE SURE TO USE THE #ASKNASA. WE’LL TRY TO GET TO AS MANY AS MANY AS WE CAN.

NEXT QUESTION FROM ANDREW. WHY CAN’T DRAGON — >> GO, SPACEX. >> YEAH, MIKE, COULD YOU TAKE THE INTERIOR CAMERAS DOWN FOR A FEW MINUTES. >> SO AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THIS QUESTION FROM ANDREW COMING TO US FROM THE #ASKNASA. WHY CAN’T DRAGON MAKE A STRAIGHT DOWNWARD DESCENT? YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN DRAGON IS AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, IT IS AT THE SAME VELOCITY. IT IS GOING 17,500 MILES PER HOUR AND IT IS ORBITING THE EARTH. IN ORDER TO HAVE IT PERFORM A LANDING OF STRAIGHT DOWN, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF FORCE TO STOP IT GOING FROM THAT FAST AND THAT’S NOT POSSIBLE DUE TO CONSTRAINTS LIKE HAVING THE FUEL AND SIZE OF THE CAPSULE AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

SO — >> WE SHOULD BE EXTERNAL CAMERAS AT THIS TIME. >> THANK, MIKE. >> SO THERE WAS THAT CONFIRMATION FROM SPACEX CORE THAT THE INTERNAL CABIN CAMERAS HAVE BEEN SHUT OFF. DRAGON’S RE-ENTRY CAN’T BE STRAIGHT DOWN BECAUSE YOU WOULD NEED SOME SORT OF FORCE IN ORDER TO STOP IT, THANKS TO NEWTON’S SECOND LAW. THAT BEING SAID IN ORBITAL RE-ENTRY LIKE WE DO USE IS HIGHLY CAL COUP ABL /* >> OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM TERRY AND THE DOG. WE’RE ANTICIPATING 15 OR 16 MILES AN HOUR, WILL BE THE FEED WHEN THE CAPSULE TOUCHES DOWN IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. WE’RE TARGETING OFF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, THAT’S WHERE GO NAVIGATOR IS IN ROUTE TO. WHEN THE CAPSULE IS REENTERING THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE, IT WILL SLOW DOWN AND WE WILL DEPLOY PARACHUTES TO FURTHER SLOW IT DOWN. BY THE TIME IT HITS THE TOP OF THE OCEAN, IT IS GOING, 15, 16 MILES AN HOUR.

>> OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM EZEKIEL AND HOW DO WE BUY TICKETS TO TRAVEL TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. GOOD TIMING. THAT’S SOMETHING WE’RE LOOKING AT IN THE NOT TO DISTANT FUTURE AND THEY SUPPORT TWO PRIVATE ASTRONAUT MISSIONS PER YEAR. THERE’S A NUMBER OF COMPANIES, SPACEX INCLUDED THAT HAS BEEN WORKING TO DEVELOP THE CAPABILITY TO FLY PRIVATE CITIZENS INTO SPACE AND POTENTIALLY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. I SAY FOLLOW THE INDUSTRY AND KEEP AN EYE OUT. THE PRICES WILL BE HIGH AT FIRST, ESPECIALLY FOR MOST OF US. THAT REALLY IS A MAJOR GOAL RIGHT NOW OF A LOT OF SPACE TRAVELERS TO TRY AND OPEN IT UP TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY GOVERNMENT. THEY HAVE THE BUDGETS TO DO THESE THINGS. WE’VE SEEN BASICALLY AN EXPLOSION OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY IN LOWER ORBIT. THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION HAS BEEN THE CORNER STONE OF ENABLING THAT ENTIRE MARKET, WITH A MARKETPLACE AND A CAPABILITY FOR RESEARCH AND TRANSPORTATION AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS AND WE WANT TO PUT A LOT OF PARTNERS IN THE SPACE INDUSTRY TO TRY TO GROW THAT EVEN MORE.

>> YEAH. ANOTHER QUESTION FROM TWITTER, HOW AIRTIGHT IS THE ISS. THE ISS IS COMPLETELY AIRTIGHT, GIVEN IT IS ORBITING EARTH IN THE VACUUM OF SPACE. THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE SAFE FOR THE CREW. >> IT IS AIRTIGHT. THERE IS ENOUGH THAT YOU’LL GET A TINY LEAK SOMETIMES. SO IT IS NEVER ANYTHING WHERE YOU’LL — YOU’LL BE UP AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE HATCH BUT JUST BECAUSE MAKING SOMETHING PERFECTLY VACUUM PROOF IS HARD, ESPECIALLY WITH INTERCONNECTING PARTS AND WE HAVE TO OCCASIONALLY INJECT ADDITIONAL BREATHING GASES IN THE SPACE STATION ATMOSPHERE. WE DELIVER THEM IN THE SUPER DENSE SPHERES AND NITROGEN AND OXYGEN AND REGENERATION SYSTEMS TO TOP OFF THE ATMOSPHERE INSIDE THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. GREAT QUESTION. LET’S DO ONE MORE FROM ANDREA. WHY IS SPACECRAFT USUALLY PAINTED WHITE. >> THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION. GENERALLY SPEAKING IT COMES DOWN TO PREFERENCE. ALL SPACEX VEHICLES ARE — APPRAISAL VEHICLES ARE BLACK AND WHITE AND STARSHIP IS CURRENTLY SILVER.

BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT’S STILL IN DEVELOPMENT. OUR OPERATIONAL VEHICLES ARE BLACK OR WHITE AND IN THIS CASE, IT SO HAPPENS THAT — THAT — THAT IN ORDER TO CONFORM TO THE AESTHETIC, THE PAINT WE USE, THE THERMAL PROTECTIVE PAINT ON TOP OF THE CAPSULE. WE MAKE IT WHITE. >> A LOT OF OTHER THINGS ARE WHITE EXACTLY FOR THE REASON THAT KATE JUST SAID, THOSE THERMAL PROPERTIES. WHEN YOU’RE IN OUTER SPACE, THE ONLY WAY TO ABSORB OR REJECT HEAT. IF YOU FEEL HOTTER, YOUR SHIRT IS ABSORBING MORE RADIATION. TO HELP KEEP THINGS KERL, YOU PAINT THEM WHITE WITH THE REFLECTIVE, OR VERY LOW COATING AND THAT CAN HELP MAINTAIN A BETTER THERMAL. WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS WE CALL THERMAL BLANKETS THAT ARE WHITE FABRICS THAT COVER UP METALLIC AREAS OF THE SPACE STATION THAT WOULD ORDINARILY GET HOT AND THEY KEEP COOL WITH THAT COLOR. >> AGAIN, WE’RE TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS THROUGH HASH TAG ASK NASA ON TWITTER. BE SURE TO SUBMIT THOSE AND WE’LL GET TO AS MEN AS WE CAN.

WE WATCH BOB AND DOUG. WE’RE LESS THAN THREE HOURS AWAY FROM THINGS STARTING TO PICK UP. WE’RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR ALL OF THOSE EVENTS WE TALKED THROUGH AND EVERYTHING IS STILL ON TRACK FOR A SPLASHDOWN TODAY. STAY TUNED. SPACEX, 4.00. >> GO AHEAD, SPACEX. WE’RE A COUPLE OF MINUTES IN THE TIME. WE HAVE 4.00 PREPARATION AND WE ARE STANDING BY. >> OKAY. COPY THAT. WE’RE THROUGH SECTION THREE AND WE’LL REPORT THE STATUS IN A FEW MINUTES AND JUST STATUS FOR THAT, WE’VE STARTED [INDISCERNIBLE].

>> OKAY. SPACEX, COPY, WE LISTEN TO THE INVENTORY AND YOU GOT THE PERMITS AND GARMENTS AND STARTED LOADING. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. >> SO WE HEARD A CALL UP TO THE CREW AS THEY’RE GETTING INTO — INTO SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES TO GET READY FOR THE DEORBIT. THEY’RE IN THEIR COMFORT GARMENT, THE BLACK ATHLETIC CLOTHES THAT THEY WEAR UNDER THEIR SUITS AND THEY’RE IN COMPRESSION SHORTS AND THAT HELPS TO SQUEEZE, TO INCREASE THE BLOOD FLOW AS ALL OF THE FLUID BEING UP AROUND THEIR HEADS AND BEING BACK IN A GRAVITY SITUATION WHERE YOUR BLOOD AND EVERYTHING POOLS AROUND YOUR LEGS JUST DUE TO THE GRAVITY. THIS FORCES SOME BLOOD BACK UP SO IT IS NOT AS JARRING A TRANSITION FROM THE SHIFT HAPPENING. THEY’RE DOING THAT TO PREPARE FOR THE GRAVITY AND FLUID LOADING AND HELP WITH THE STATIC INTOLERANCE. ESSENTIALLY THEY WON’T FEEL AS DIZZY OR DISORIENTED WHEN THEY GET BACK DOWN. IT INCREASES PLASMA IN THE BLOOD FOR WHEN THEY REENTER GRAVITY. >> IT IS EXCITING TO HEAR THEY’RE BEGINNING TO ENTER THE LAST PHASES THEY AS CREW MEMBERS NEED TO COMPLETE PRIOR TO REENTRY.

WE’RE TWO HOURS AND 20 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE NEXT PHYSICAL MILESTONE IN TERMS OF THE VEHICLE ITSELF. WE HAVE WHAT IS KNOWN AS CLOTH PREPARATION AND THAT’S WHERE THE — WHERE THE MECHANISM THAT BASICALLY CONTAINS THE UMBILICAL FOR POWER AND FLUIDS BETWEEN THE TRUNK AND THE TASSEL. WE WILL SEPARATE THAT IN ORDER TO JETSON THE TRUNK AND THE HEAT SHIELD WILL BE EXPOSED AND DRAGON WILL BE READY FOR REENTRY. A COUPLE OF MINUTES AFTER WE JETSON THE TRUNK AWAY FROM THE CAPSULE, WE’LL MANEUVER IT TO PERFORM THE DEORBIT BURN. THIS WILL BE THE BURN THAT PLACES DRAGON ON ITS FINAL TRAJECTORY. WE’RE AIMING FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO TODAY OFF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. AFTER THE BURN COMPLETES AND WE EXPECT THAT TO BE ABOUT 11 1/2 MINUTES WE WILL THEN CLOSE THE NOSE CONE AND LOCK IT AND AFTER THAT COMPLETES, WE’LL BEGIN TO REENTER THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE AND THINGS WILL GET PRETTY HOT.

>> EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE STANDING BY IN THE RECOVERY ZONE ONCE THEY’RE DONE WITH THAT DEORBIT BURN AND REENTRY INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AND LANDING WITH A PARACHUTE. THIS IS A LIVE VIEW FROM THE GO NAVIGATOR AND STILL MAKING ITS WAY TO THE RECOVERY ZONE. IT LEFT PORT JUST A FEW HOURS AGO, JUST ABOUT TWO HOURS AND TEN MINUTES AGO, MAKING ITS WAY OUT FROM PENSACOLA TO THE ANTICIPATED SPLASH DOWN ZONE. IT IS THREE NAUGHT CALL MILES AWAY FROM THE SPLASH DOWN SITE AND IT WILL TAKE 30 MINUTES TO CLOSE IN ON THE CASTLE FOLLOWING THE SPLASH DOWN. AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY ISSUE CAME UP SO FAR WAS A BACKUP GENERATOR ON THE NAVIGATOR. THEY WEREN’T ABLE TO GET A REPLACEMENT ONE ON BOARD. BUT ALL OF THE FLIGHT RULES ENABLE US TO GO THROUGH THIS APPLICATION AND THE RADAR IS STILL CAPABLE OF EFFECTING A RECOVERY THIS MORNING. >> THAT TIME, WE’RE LOOKING AT 11:48 A.M.

PACIFIC AND 18:48 UNIVERSAL. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A NAP, YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE THE ACTION KICKS IN. WE’LL BRING YOU COVERAGE THROUGH THE MISSION. WE’LL HAVE MORE GREAT VIEWS FROM GO NAVIGATOR, OUR RECOVERY SHIP MAKING ITS WAY TO THE SPLASH DOWN LOCATION. LIKE WE SAID BEFORE, THE RECOVERY VESSEL IS CURRENTLY CARRYING ABOUT 40 PEOPLE. THEY ALL HAVE — IT IS ACTUALLY A COMBINATION OF SPACEX AND NASA PEOPLE. THEY ALL HAVE SPECIFIC JOBS AND WHENEVER WE’RE PERFORMING THE RECOVERY OPERATIONS ONLY A SMALL HANDFUL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE ONBOARD BECAUSE SAFETY IS THE TOP PRIORITY, NOT ONLY FOR BOB AND DOUG BUT FOR THE PERSONNEL ON BOARD. WE’LL MAKE SURE UNNECESSARY PERSONNEL ARE AWAY AND IN ONE OF THE BACK ROOMS WHERE THE OPERATIONAL DECK AND THE RECOVERY — DURING ACTIVE RECOVERY OPERATIONS WE’LL HAVE THE KEY PERSONNEL INVOLVED. WE WON’T BE ABLE TO SEE — THE DESCENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH SPLASH DOWN AS WELL AS THE FAST APPROACH, THOSE ARE THE TWO SMALLER ONES THAT MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH DRAGON AS IT SPLASHES DOWN. THEY’RE THE ONES THAT ARE DOING THE INITIAL PREPARATION OF THE CASTLE, PREPARING IT TO BE LIFTED OUT OF THE WATER AND ON TO THE RECOVERY VESSEL.

WE HAVE QUITE A BIT COMING UP. WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO SHOW YOU ALL OF THIS. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE RECOVERY TEAM IS A NEWER ONE. THE WHOLE PROCESS IS NEWER. IT IS REALLY COOL THAT WE GET TO SHOW CASE THEM A BIT. THE LAST TIME WE WERE ABLE TO DO SO WAS A YEAR AGO, YEAR AND A HALF ON THE DEMO ONE MISSION. BE SURE TO STAY TUNED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE RECOVERY PROCESS. ONCE THE CAPSULE IS OUT OF THE WATER AND SECURED TO THE DECK OF THE SHIP, THAT WILL BE OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO GET A THUMBS UP FROM BOB AND DOUG INDICATING THEY’RE FEELING GOOD AFTER THEIR RETURN.

>> WE EXPECT IT TO TAKE AN HOUR FROM SPLASH DOWN TO THEM GETTING OUT OF THE CAPSULE. A LOT WILL BE THE INITIAL CHECKS HAPPENING IN THE OPENING MINUTES FOLLOWING SPLASH DOWN AND IT TAKES 30 MINUTES FOR THE PRIMARY VESSEL TO GO NAVIGATOR, TO GET CLOSE TO THE DRAGON CAPSULE. IT WILL TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO MOVE IT UP ON THE BOAT AND TOWARDS THE CREW RECOVERY PLATFORM, THE PLATFORM WITH — WITH — ENOUGH SPACE FOR JUST A COUPLE OF PEOPLE, UNDERNEATH A HELIPAD. THE FLIGHT SURGE OWEN WILL GO IN AND DO A QUICK CHECK ON THEM MAKING SURE THEY’RE READY TO COME OUT. IT WILL ASSIST THEM OUT OF THE CASTLE AND IMMEDIATELY OVER TO A MEDICAL FACILITY ON BOARD AND WE LOOK TO LAND A HELICOPTER ON BOARD THE SHIP AND THEY’LL CATCH A FLIGHT BACK TO PENSACOLA.

>> AFTER THAT, THEY’LL ALSO BE TRANSPORTED BY AIRPLANE BACK TO HOUSTON AFTER THEY COMPLETE THE CHECKOUTS AT PENSACOLA AIR STATION. THEN THE BEST PART OF THE DAY, FAMILY REUNIONS. I’M SURE BOB AND DOUG ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO GIVE THEIR FAMILY HUGS AGAIN AND IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS, IF YOU WERE TUNED IN EARLIER, YOU MAY HAVE CAUGHT THE SPECIAL WAKE-UP MESSAGE SENT TO BOB AND DOUG TO BRING THEM OUT OF THEIR SLEEP PHASE.

IT WAS NOTHING SHORT OF PRECIOUS AND ADORABLE, A MESSAGE FROM BOTH OF THEIR SONS. THEY EACH HAVE ONE SON. IT WAS A NICE AUDIO RECORDING SAYING DADDY, WAKE UP. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK IT OUT. IT IS HEARTWARMING AND QUITE A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SHARE A MOMENT LIKE THAT WITH THEIR FAMILY FROM FAR AWAY. >> GOOD THING WE HAVE WEATHER, BECAUSE SOUNDS LIKE THEY EXPECT THEIR DAD HOME TODAY. MOM IS GOING TO GET A DOG SO THEY’RE EXCITED. EVERYTHING HAS GONE SMOOTHLY WITH DRAGON’S FLIGHT. IT STARTED YESTERDAY ON SATURDAY WHEN THEY LOADED IN AND DEPARTED THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. SINCE THEN WE HAD A SERIES OF STEPS, ALL EXECUTED FOLLOW THROUGH. TODAY THIS IS OUR PRIME LOCATION, THIS IS OUR PRIME OPPORTUNITY. SO ONCE WE UNDOCK FROM THE STATION, DRAGON HAD — HAD — HAD IDENTIFIED PRIME AND BACKUP, THE ALTERNATE WHICH WAS SEVERAL DAYS LATER. IF WE WERE UNABLE TO LAND TODAY, WE WOULD TARGET A DIFFERENT SITE 48 HOURS LATER, IT IS ACTUALLY ABOUT 47 HOURS FROM THE INITIAL SPLASHDOWN TARGET TO THE SECONDARY.

THE SECONDARY WAS LOGGED IN AS PANAMA CITY. EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GREAT WITH THE WEATHER TODAY. AS WE TALKED, WE HAD CONSTRAINTS OF 10 MILES AN HOUR FOR THE WIND AND OUR INITIAL WEATHER REPORT LAST NIGHT, WE WERE A MILE AN HOUR AND GOT UPGRADED TO TO MILES AN HOUR. WINDS HAVE DOUBLED BUT WHEN YOU GO FROM ONE TO TWO MILES AN HOUR, WELL WITHIN THE LIMIT. STILL LOOKING FORWARD TO IF AND SPLASH DOWN. >> THE MOST RECENT WEATHER REPORT IS THAT THE WAVES ARE LOOK REALLY CALM. THE — THE THRESHOLD FOR THE WAVES IS BASED ON HOW HIGH THE WAVE IS GOING TO GET AND HOW FREQUENTLY.

WAVES OCCUR IN THIS TYPE OF PATTERN. WE CAN’T HAVE WAVES HIGH VERY FREQUENTLY. THAT MAKES RECOVERY OPERATIONS DANGEROUS. WE’RE PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE LAST INFORMATION WE GOT REGARDING THE WEATHER ANTICIPATED A SPLASH DOWN ARE VERY SMALL WAVES. PULL IT UP HERE REAL QUICK. IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE, HERE WE GO. JUST A HALF A FOOT EVERY SECOND. IT IS IF YOU’RE OCEAN BASELINE IS HERE, EVERY SIX SECONDS YOUR OCEAN — IF YOUR OCEAN BASELINE IS HERE YOUR WAVE COMES UP HALF A FOOT EVERY SIX SECONDS. IT IS CALM AND WE’RE REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT WHILE UNFORTUNATELY THE — THE WEATHER AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN LANDING ZONES WAS COOL OPERATING.

WE’RE HAPPY TO REPORT THE ANTICIPATED WEATHER FOR SPLASH DOWN TODAY IS GOING TO BE MILD AND BASED ON THE VIEWS THAT WE WERE SEEING FROM GO NAVIGATOR EARLIER QUITE A PICTURE PERFECT DAY. >> WE TRACK IT CLOSELY. IF YOU FOLLOW SINCE MAY, WEATHER WAS IN THE CONVERSATION AND WE HAD TO SCRUB THE FIRST ATTEMPT DUE TO BAD WEATHER IN THE AREA. WE’RE ABLE TO PINPOINT BETWEEN CLOUDS FOR THE SECOND LAUNCH ON MAY 30th AND THEN, WE WERE WATCHING IT EXTREMELY CLOSELY TODAY TOO. OR EVEN IN THE LEADUP TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE WEATHER CHECKPOINTS RIGHT BEFORE LANDING.

THAT’S THE FINAL OPPORTUNITY. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION FROM TWITTER, JUST A REMINDER, ASK NASA ON TWITTER. THIS ONE, IF THE SPLASHDOWN WAS SCRUBBED COULD DRAGON GO BACK OR COULD THEY BE IN THE ORBIT ON THEIR OWN. FOR THIS MISSION WE DON’T HAVE A PLAN SOCIALLY TO RERENDEZVOUS. WE HAD GOOD WEATHER AND ALTERNATE AND PRIME LOCATION. IF FOR SOME REASON WE WAVE OFF WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO FROM PENSACOLA, DRAGON WOULD CONTINUE. IT WOULD MAKE ADJUSTMENTS OVER THE NEXT 47 HOURS AND WE WOULD HAVE SPLASHDOWN AT PANAMA CITY. WE HAVE IT LOCKED IN AT THE ALTERNATE SITE A FEW HOURS AGO. UP UNTIL THAT POINT FOR THE FIRST — ABOUT THE FIRST 12 HOURS OR SO, DRAGON HAS THE ABILITY TO CHANGE ALTERNATE SITES SO WE COULD HAVE TARGETED ONE OF THE OTHER SITES, AND POTENTIALLY, TWO DAYS LATER, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO LOCK IN PANAMA CITY. AND NOT ANTICIPATING TO NEED THAT BUT DRAGON HAS THE ABILITY TO WAVE OFF AND REATTEMPT A SPLASHDOWN TWO DAYS LATER. >> AS WE MENTIONED, DRAGON WILL PERFORM A DEORBIT BURN AND THAT WILL LAST 11 1/2 MINUTES.

WE SEND DRAGON ON THE TRAJECTORY TO THE LANDING ZONE. THAT MANEUVERING IS PERFORMED A LITTLE LESS THAN AN HOUR PRIOR TO SPLASHDOWN ITSELF. LIKE DAN SAID, DEFINITELY CONTINUING TO MONITOR THE WEATHER UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT. THERE’S FLEXIBILITY IF WE WAVE OFF AND THEY WOULD REMAIN IN THE CAPSULE. >> NEXT QUESTION, BRIAN WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WERE BOB AND DOUG DOING IN SPACE? THEY SPENT 62 DAYS ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AS CREW MEMBERS OF EXPEDITION 63. THEY WERE FULLY FLEDGED CREW MEMBERS. THEY DID THE FULL GAMUT OF OPERATIONS, THEY DID EVERYTHING FROM EXECUTING SCIENCE, CONTRIBUTING MORE THAN 100 HOURS OF THEIR TIME, EXECUTING SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS FROM PRETTY MUCH EVERY DISCIPLINE THERE. AND TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS TO JUST LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE HUMAN BODY AND HOW IT ADAPTS TO SPACEFLIGHT.

BOB WAS PART OF FOUR SPACE WALKS ALONG WITH CHRIS CASSIDY. THEY NOW HAVE TEN SPACE WALKS IN THEIR CAREER AND TIED THEM WITH MIKE LOPEZ AND PEGGY. THEY WERE BUSY ON THE SPACE STATION. I KNOW CHRIS CASSIDY WAS HAPPY TO HAVE HELP ON BOARD AND IT IS HIM AND THE TWO RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS AND THEY’RE BACK IN THE SITUATION. AND WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CREW ONE COMING UP THIS FALL. >> THEY STAY ON THE SPACE STATION AND IN ADDITION IT SPACEWALK AND PERFORMING SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS. YOU ALSO HAVE TO EAT. YOU HAVE TO SLEEP AND YOU HAVE TO EXERCISE. IT IS REALLY EASY TO SEE HOW WHENEVER THERE ARE ONLY A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, THAT EXERCISE AND SEATING AND SLEEPING ARE ESSENTIAL. EXERCISE HELPS TO KEEP THE BODY STRONG AND TRY TO PREVENT THE EFFECTS THAT MICRO GRAVITY HAS ON THE BODY. IN TERMS WHAT MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN SHIFTED OUT, IT IS NOT EXERCISE AND EATING AND SLEEPING AND HAVING TWO EXTRA HANDS ON BOARD AND SPACEWALK PERFORMING SCIENCE ON BOARD WAS HELPFUL.

THEY COM PLETTED MISSION OBJECTIVE WHILE IT WAS DOCKED, MAKING SURE THE BATTERY LIFE WAS AS EXPECTED AND THE SOLAR PANELS WERE ABSORBING AND GENERATING POWER AS EXPECTED. I’M SURE BY THE TIME THEY GET HOME, THEY’LL BE PRETTY TIRED NOT JUST FROM THE DYNAMIC OF EVENTS HAPPENING TODAY BUT JUST FROM THE LAST TWO MONTHS AS A WHOLE. I’M GETTING TIRED JUST THINKING ABOUT IT. >> READY FOR A BREAK. YEAH. >> OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM PHILIP HARTMAN. HOW MUCH TRAINING DOES IT TAKE TO CONTROL THE TECHNOLOGY ON DRAGON AND THINGS ON SPACE STATION? I CAN TOUCH ON THE SPACE STATION STUFF. WE TRAIN CREW MEMBERS FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.

WE HAD A COUPLE THAT KIND OF — KIND OF CRAM IN THE TRAINING A LITTLE SHORTER THAN THAT. BUT TYPICALLY, ABOUT TWO YEARS OUT AND SPEND THE ENTIRE TIME TRAINING TO DO TASKS ON BOARD THE SPACE STATION. EVERYTHING FROM OPERATING THE BASIC FACILITIES LEARNING HOW TO REPAIR THE HARDWARE AND THE THING THAT GENERATES YOUR OXYGEN AND HAS A WATER RECYCLING SYSTEM AND THEY GET CRASH COURSES IN OPERATING A BUNCH OF SCIENCE HARDWARE ON BOARD THE SPACE STATION. YOU HAVE TO BECOME A JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES WHEN YOU’RE UP THERE. ONE DAY YOU’RE A MECHANIC AND THEN YOUR A PHYSICIST AND THE NEXT DAY YOU’RE SPACEWALKING. THEY GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF TRAINING. IT IS DONE ALL OVER THE WORLD. >> CAN’T CALL A HANDYMAN WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG. NEXT QUESTION FROM ABBY, THIS IS THE HASH TAG, ASK NASA ON TWITTER. THIS MAY BE A SILLY QUESTION BUT IS THERE A TELESCOPE THAT THE CREW CAN USE? >> THEY DON’T HAVE A TELESCOPE.

THEY DON’T HAVE MANY WINDOWS THAT LOOK UP AT THE STARS. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS THAT ARE ON THE SPACE STATION THAT USE ITS POSITION OUTSIDE THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE. WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY TELESCOPES BUT THE SPETRO METRE. AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR PULL SARS THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE. IT IS A FUTURISTIC VERSION OF GPS AND LOOKING FOR A SYSTEM OR A MASK WHERE YOU COULD USE PULL SARS, THE BRIGHTEST OBJECTS IN THE UNIVERSE TO NAVIGATE. THAT’S NOT SOMETHING WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT NOW BECAUSE WE’RE NOT LEAVING THE SOLAR SYSTEM. WE’RE LEARNING HOW TO DO THAT AND USE THE SPACE STATION TO DO IT. THEY HAVE LENSES FOR THE CAMERAS, THOSE ARE GOING DOWN TOWARDS IT. NEXT QUESTION WANTED TO KNOW HOW DOES THE COMMUNICATION WORK? IS IT DONE THROUGH SATELLITES? >> YES.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE SPACE STATION ORBITING EARTH, IT IS A SATELLITE. AS WELL AS A SPACESHIP. AND WE HAVE GROUND STATIONS THAT PROVIDE UPLINKS AND DOWNLINKS AS WELL AS FROM THE DRAGON CAPSULE AS WELL. WE TRY TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE HERE AT MISSION CONTROL FOR TRYING TO REDUCE LATENCY AND WE GET HIGH QUALITY FEEDS. WE TRY TO AVOID PING-PONGING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE GO FROM CAPSULE TO GROUND IN SHORT A DISTANCE AS POSSIBLE. >> DO YOU HAVE A FULL-SIZE MOCKUP IN A TRAINING FACILITY? >> WE HAVE SEVERAL, ACTUALLY. WE HAVE A BUILDING CALLED THE SPACE VEHICLE MOCKUP FACILITIES A THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN HOUSTON WHERE WE HAVE A FULL-SIZED MOCKUP OF EVERY HABITABLE MODULE, THAT’S SAYING EVERY MODULE YOU CAN GO INSIDE. THERE’S A HUGE PART OF THE SPACE STATION ITSELF THAT IS EXTERNAL AND IS NOT PRESSURIZED AND THE ASTRONAUTS REALLY ONLY SEE WHEN THEY’RE SPACEWALKING. SO FAMILIARIZE THEM WITH THAT PART, WE HAVE THE FULL-SIZE MOCKUP IN THE BOTTOM OF OUR SWIMMING POOL. THEY PRACTICE HOW TO SPACEWALK AND WE HAVE SEVERAL.

DIFFERENT FIDELITY IS WHAT WE CALL THEM. THEY HAVE REAL RACKS AND SCIENCE HARDWARE AND REAL OXYGEN GENERATION SYSTEM BUILT IN. THEN YOU HAVE SOME THAT ARE KIND OF REPRESENTATIVE OF THEM. THEY’LL BE FULL-SIZED BUT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIKE — LIKE A — A PRINTED POSTER OF WHAT IS ON THE WALL HERE. YOU CAN USE THINGS LIKE THAT FOR EMERGENCY TRAINING. WE REALLY TRY TO DO TRAINING ON THE GROUND AND DRAGON IN SOMETHING THAT IS LIFE LIKE FOR WHAT THEY’RE ABOUT TO BE FLYING ON ONCE THEY’RE IN SPACE. BY THE TIME THEY GET THERE, A LOT OF ACTIONS FEEL LIKE REFLEXES. >> AT THIS POINT, WE’RE GOING TO CHECK IN ON DRAGON. IT IS ABOUT TO GO OVER EASTERN EUROPE. WE’RE GOING TO SHOW OUR GROUND TRACK HERE AND ALLOW YOU TO FOLLOW ALONG. LET ME CHECK MY TIMER HERE. WE STILL HAVE TWO HOURS AND ONE MINUTE UNTIL OUR MAJOR MILESTONE BEGINS. THAT WILL BEGIN THE PREPARATION TO JETSON THE TRUNK. THAT’S COMING UP IN TWO HOURS AND ONE MINUTE. AT 10:51 PACIFIC. STAY WITH US AND ENJOY WATCHING DRAGON BE TRAVERSE THE EARTH.

DRAGON FOR INVENTORY. DRAGON IS READY AFTER LOADING. FROM LOCATION 10, TWO ADDITIONAL MODELS WERE CONSUMED FROM 207 AND ONE FROM 206. 206 WITH TWO REMAINING. LOCATION NINE, THREE BOTTLES CONSUMED FROM 203. SO THAT LEAVES 203 AND 204 EMPTY. EVERYTHING ELSE IS FOR THE PACKING. >> THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. LOOKS LIKE BAG 207 CONSUMED TWO. 208 IS EMPTY. AND THEN LOCATION, WE COPY TWO BOTTLES FROM 203 AND THAT MEANS 203 AND 204 EMPTY. THE REST FOR PACKING PLAN. >> FROM LOCATION NINE, 203 AND 204 ARE EMPTY. AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS PER THE PACKING PLAN. >> COPY LOCATION NINE, CORRECTION, 203 AND 204 EMPTY. THE REST PER THE PACKING PLAN. JUST ONE MORE CHECK, CAN YOU TELL US THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BOTTLES CONSUMED >> TRYING TO GET A MATCH FOR MY NOTES HERE. >> I BELIEVE WE CONSUMED 13 BOTTLES. >> COPY, 13 BOTTLES. WE’LL RECONCILE OUR RECORD DOWN HERE AND LET YOU KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANKS. WE’RE ABOUT TO CLOSE OUT LOCATIONS NINE AND TEN AND BE SUITED. SO IT IS — IT IS NOT GOING TO BE PRACTICAL TO GO BACK IN AND REINVENTORY EVERYTHING, IF THERE’S QUESTIONS AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU CAN. >> OKAY. WE HAVE A QUESTION FOR LOCATION TEN, BAG 206, CAN YOU READ BACK THE QUANTITY THERE REMAINING? >> IT LOOKS LIKE — LIKE — I MADE A MISTAKE. I THOUGHT THEY HAD THREE BUFFALOS IN EACH ONE. ONE WAS REMOVED. WE’LL GET THE BAG TO COUNT THE QUANTITY INSIDE OF 206. >> WE HAVE A GOOD REBOUND ON THE 206 STARTED AT FIVE BOTTLE. IF YOU KNOW YOU TOOK TWO OUT OF THERE WE WILL CALL THAT THREE.

>> NOW FROM 206 WE TOOK A SINGLE BOTTLE OUT. LET ME COUNT THEM FOR YOU. >> OKAY. THANKS FOR THAT. DOUBLE CHECK. 206, FOUR BOTTLES REMAINING. >> THANKS THAT MATH MAKES MORE SENSE. APPRECIATE IT. GOING TO THE FINAL PHASE OF THE MISSION. WE DEPARTED THE SPACE STATION YESTERDAY AND IT HAS BEEN A SMOOTH RIDE SO FAR. EVERYTHING KICKED OFF BACK ON SATURDAY AS — ON THEIR 52nd DAY ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND 53rd IN SPACE, BOB AND DOUG GOT THE CAPSULE READY FOR THE RIDE HOME. THEY GOT THE FINAL CARGO IN THE DRAGON CAPSULE AND GOT THEMSELVES IN AND THEN CLOSED THAT HATCH. CRAWLING IN THROUGH THE TOP HATCH AND THE SPACECRAFT, GETTING SUITED UP SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

THEY CLOSED THE HATCH IN WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE VESTIBULE AND IT WOULD BE EXPOSED AFTER UNDOCKING. WE DREW THE AIR OUT AND DEPRESSURIZATION STEP. BRINGING DOWN THE VACUUM AND GETTING IT READY FOR THE PHYSICAL SEPARATION OR UNDOCKING. AFTER THAT WAS COMPLETE THE TEAMS ON THE GROUND DID A GO GO FOR UNDOCKING MAKING SURE EVERYTHING WAS GOOD AND SYSTEMS ONBOARD DRAGONS AND THE SPACE STATION. FOLLOWING THAT, WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL SEPARATION WITH DRAGON USING DRACO THRUSTERS AROUND THE SERVICE STATION TO SEPARATE FROM THE SPACE STATION. THEY HELD IT IN MACE AND EXECUTED THOSE TWO QUICK BURNS.

IT WAS ON TO FOUR DEPARTURE BURNS SPREAD OVER A NUMBER OF HOURS. TAKING IT UP AND OVER THE SPACE STATION WHICH BROUGHT IT LIND AND AFTER IT LOWERED ITS ORBIT AND EVENTUALLY BROUGHT IT OUT IN FRONT. FOLLOWING THOSE SUCCESSFUL DEPARTURE BURNS, IT WAS ABOUT TIME FOR THE CREW TO GET SOME SLEEP AND ACTUALLY DURING THEIR SLEEP PERIOD, WE WERE ABLE TO DO WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE DEPARTURE PHASING BURN. IT IS A LITTLE OFTEN ON THE TIMELINE LEADING UP. >> DRAGON, SPACEX, WE HAVE YOU LOUD AND CLEAR FOR COM CHECK. >> I READ YOU THE SAME. >> PAUSING THAT TIMELINE AND THE CREW IN THEIR SUITS. THEY DO A COM CHECK AND THEY RUN THROUGH THEIR SUITS AND MAINTAIN CONVERSATION WITH THE GROUND. WE HEARD A LITTLE CHATTER A FEW MINUTES AGO AS THEY FINISHED UP THE FLUID LOADING.

THAT’S DONE TO HELP COMBATTING STATIC INTOLERANCE. THERE’S TYPICALLY A RUSH OF BLOOD FROM YOUR HEAD ONCE YOUR BACK IN GRAVITY ENVIRONMENT AND COULD MAKE YOU DIZZY. FLUID LOADING, YOU HAVE PLASMA IN YOUR BLOOD AND THAT JUST HELPS KIND OF MINIMIZE THAT. THEY’RE WEARING WHAT IS KNOWN AS AN ORTHO STATIC GARMENT. EVERYTHING IS CONTINUING TO PROCEED. THEY’RE SUITED UP INSIDE DRAGON FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THE LAST 24 HOURS AS WE GET READY FOR THE REORBIT. >> WE’RE HERE AT SPACEX HEADQUARTERS IN HAWTHORN CALIFORNIA, THOSE FOLKS THERE ARE DRAGON OPERATORS, ARE TECHNICAL EXPERTS TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE DATA COMING DOWN FROM DRAGON, NOT JUST THE VEHICLE BUT THE CREW THEMSELVES AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL AND MAKING SURE WE’RE GREEN OR GO TO STEP INTO — INTO THE NEXT MAJOR MILESTONE THAT WE HAVE COMING UP. AT THIS POINT, WE’RE ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AWAY FROM THAT. THOSE MILESTONES WILL BEGIN WITH THE CLAW SEPARATION WHICH IS WHEN WE INITIATE THE JETSON OF THE TRUNK IN ORDER TO EXPOSE THE HEAT SHIELD UNDERNEATH THE CASTLE, WE NEED TO LET THE TRUNK GO AWAY.

SO WE SEPARATE THE TWO. THAT TRUNK WILL ACTUALLY REENTER THE EARTH’S — EXCUSE ME, THE — THE TRUNK WILL REENTER THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE AND IT WILL DISINTEGRATE. >> WE DID THAT DEPARTURE PHASING BURN AND THAT SET US UP ON THE PATHWAY TO TODAY. THEY HAD A SLEEP PERIOD. THIS IS A 19-HOUR PHASING OR 19-HOUR TRIP FROM THE STATION TO THE SPLASHDOWN AND WE’RE ALMOST UP TO CLAW AND SEPARATION. >> 18:51 UNIVERSAL TIME WE’LL HAVE THAT CLAW AND SEPARATION AND IT WILL EXPOSE THE HEAT SHIELD AND PREPARE US TO EXECUTE DEORBIT BURN. IT IS INTENDED TO PLACE DRAGON ON TO THE LANDING ZONE WHICH AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, IT IS OFF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. IT WILL LAST 11 1/2 MINUTES. AFTER DOING SO, WE WILL CLOSE AND LOCK THE NOSE CONE. WE DO THIS IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE FORWARD HATCH LOCATED THERE AT THE TOP OF THE CAPSULE. WE DO THAT AFTER THE DEORBIT BURN BECAUSE THE STRUCTURE IS LOCATED THERE IN THE FORWARD BULK HEAD ARE WHAT WE USE TO ACTUALLY PERFORM THE DEORBIT BURN.

ONCE THE NOSE CONE IS CLOSED, WE ENTER A SIX-MINUTE LONG COMMUNICATION BLACKOUT BECAUSE WE’RE REENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE AND WE ENCOUNTER THAT AND THE SYSTEM BUILDS UP AND PLASMA BUILDS UP ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAPSULE CREATING A BARRIER. IT IS AUTONOMOUS AND DOING FINE AND DRIVING ITSELF AT THAT POINT ANYWAY. SO WE WILL — THAT BLACKOUT PERIOD LASTS FOR SIX MINUTES. THEN WE DEPLOY THE PARACHUTES. THE PARACHUTES ARE USED FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS, ONE TO HELP SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN FURTHER BEFORE WE DEPLOY THE MAIN PARACHUTES, AS WELL AS FOR STABILIZE THE VEHICLE. AND THEN AFTER PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT, WE WILL DEPLOY THE FOUR MAIN PARACHUTES AND IF YOU WATCHED THE DEMO SPLASHDOWN, THOSE ARE BIG PARACHUTES AND SLOW IT DOWN TO 15, 16 MILES AN HOUR.

THAT’S THE SPEED THEY WILL BE GOING WHEN THEY SPLASHDOWN IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. WE’RE JUST OFF THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA. ONCE WE CUT THE MAIN PARACHUTES AWAY SO THEY DON’T PULL THE CAPSULE, RECOVERY OPERATIONS BEGIN IMMEDIATELY. THAT ENTAILS GOING AND GETTING THE VESSEL, GETTING THE — THE CAPSULE OUT OF THE WATER AND LIFTING IT ON TO THE RECOVERY VESSEL. ONCE THAT IS SECURE, WE OPEN THE HATCH AND WE GET A FIRST GLIMPSE OF BOB AND DOUG BACK HERE ON PLANET EARTH FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THEY LAUNCHED IN LATE MAY. THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THEY GET TO BREATHE FRESH AIR AND WE LOOK TO GET A THUMBS UP FROM THEM WHEN THEY EXIT THE CAPSULE. >> EVERYTHING IS ONLINE. WE WATCHED THE PROGRESS OF GO NAVIGATOR AS IT TAKES IT TO THE RECOVERY ZONE. IT LEFT THE PORT IN PENSACOLA JUST A FEW HOURS AGO.

WE’RE TRACKING THAT IT SHOULD BE ARRIVING ON STATION JUST ABOUT THE TOP OF THIS CURRENT HOUR. SO IT WILL BE THERE IN ADVANCE OF ALL OF THE UPCOMING HARDWARE MILESTONES WHERE WE GET THE STEPS AND IT’LL BE READY WITH THE OPERATIONAL TEAM, A LITTLE OVER 40 PERSONNEL ONBOARD READY TO ASSIST IN THE RECOVERY OF THE CAPSULE AND GETTING BOB AND DOUG HOME. >> JUST TO MY LEFT CONTINUE TO MONITOR DRAGON’S HEALTH, WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR TWITTER FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. WE’RE USING THE HASH TAG ASK NASA. WE’RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH TO AS MANY QUESTIONS AS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM JACKIE. THE QUESTION WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE DRAGON RECOVERY VESSEL THAT IS GOING TO THE SPLASHDOWN LOCATION.

GOOD QUESTION, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO. ONE WE’RE UTILIING TODAY IS GO NAVIGATOR. THIS IS FOR ALL OF OUR WEST COAST, EXCUSE ME, ALL OF THE — OF THE — OF ALL OF THE SPLASHDOWN LOCATIONS ON THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA SO ANY POTENTIAL SPLASHDOWN LOCATION IN THE GULF OF MEXICO IS SERVICED BY GO NAVIGATOR AND FOR THE EAST COAST LANDING SITES WHICH WE WON’T ATTEMPT TODAY, WE USE GO SEARCHER. BOTH GO NAVIGATOR AND GO SEARCHER ARE IDENTICAL.

THEY HAVE FULLY FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY PLATFORM AS WELL AS MEDICAL BASE. IT IS NICE THAT WE’RE ABLE TO ASSIST THE DEPARTURE PROCESS, SO DEPARTING THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND IT IS GREAT WE ASSIST THAT PROCESS BY ALLOWING FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEPARTURE BY HAVING MORE LANDING SITES. TODAY WE’RE USING GO NAVIGATOR AND IT DEPARTED FOR THE LANDING ZONE ABOUT 2 1/2 HOURS AGO AT THIS POINT. IT IS IN ROUTE TO THE DESIGNATED LANDING ZONE JUST OFF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA. >> THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM CUTER, WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF INVENTORY CHECK. YOU HEARD BOB AND DOUG GOING THROUGH INVENTORY CHECKS. A LOT WAS THEIR FOOD AND WATER, PARTICULARLY THEIR WATER, THEY COMPLETED FLUID LOADING. WE HAVE TO METICULOUSLY TRACK EVERY ITEM ON THE SPACECRAFT FOR THE OBVIOUS REASONS LIKE IF AN ASTRONAUT NEEDS TO FIND IT, IT HELPS TO KNOW WHERE IT IS. AND FOR LESS OBVIOUS REASONS LIKE WE HAVE TO TRACK WHERE EVERYTHING IS AND IF SOMETHING IS MISSING, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU FIND IT AND THINGS LIKE FOOD AND WATER, THAT’S WHAT WE CALL A CONSUMABLE, SO THOSE ARE ESSENTIALLY RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE A FINITE AMOUNT OF.

FOOD, WATER, THEY HAVE ABOUT THREE DAYS OF FOOD AND PLENTY OF WATER ONBOARD. AS DISCUSSED IN OUR PRERETURN NEWS CONFERENCE, CASH CARBON DIOXIDE SCRUBBING FOR THE TRIP HOME. THEY HAVE THREE DAY’S WORTH. YOU THINK OF THESE DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT ARE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS, TYPICALLY, THAT’S A CONSUMABLE WHEN YOU’RE MAPPING JUST HOW MUCH ORBIT TIME YOU HAVE. WE’LL RETURN TODAY OR 47 AFTER THAT, SO WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE PLENTY FOR THAT SITUATION AND THEN HOURS BEYOND THAT AS JUST EXTRA MARGIN, WE’RE ALWAYS ABOUT REDUNDANCY AND BACKUP PLANS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. >> SOMETHING ELSE TO CONSIDER WITH RESPECT TO THE IMPORTANCE OF INVENTORY, DURING THE REENTRY PERIOD, WE DON’T WANT ANYTHING LOOSE FLYING AROUND.

THAT’S HAZARDOUS TO THE CREW. AS YOU FLOAT THERE, IT IS EASY TO LET GO OF SOMETHING AND IT MIGHT DRIFT OFF TO BEHIND THE CONTROL PANEL, LIKE DAN SAID BEFORE, IT IS EASY FOR THINGS TO DRIFT OFF ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND GET LOST. REALLY HAVING THIS INVENTORY ALLOWS US TO MAKE SURE IN AREN’T ANY FOREIGN OBJECTS THAT ARE OUT WHEN THEY’RE MEANT TO BE STOWED. INVENTORY IS IMPORTANT FOR A NUMBER OF EVEN THOUGH THE OUTSIDE WILL GET HOT, BOB AND DOUG WILL BARELY BREAK A SWEAT. >> AND LUJAN WANTS TO KNOW WILL THIS BE A BACKUP TO THE PARACHUTE. ONE EARLY DESIGN OF DRAGON DID WHAT THEY CALL A PROPULSION LANDING AND THEY COME BACK, AN EARLY DESIGN HAD IT LANDING AND USING THOSE TO TOUCH DOWN ON A RUNWAY AND NO LONGER IN DRAGON’S CONFIGURATION. THOSE THRUSTERS ARE — ARE COMPLETELY. THEY ENABLE DRAGON TO DO THAT ESCAPE FROM THE PAD ALL THE WAY UP SO YOU HAVE THAT EXTRA SAFETY NET ENTIRE WAY UP HILL.

ONCE THEY’RE IN ORBIT, THOSE THRUSTERS ARE DISABLED. WE’RE ONLY USING THE SMALLER DRACO THRUSTERS AROUND THE BOTTOM OF THE CAPSULE ITSELF AND THE FOUR A THE TOP. OUR NEXT QUESTION, FROM AMY. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PARACHUTES AFTER SPLASHDOWN. ARE THEY RECOVERED? >> YES. THERE WILL BE SMALLER BOATS THAT APPROACH THE CAPSULE. THE FIRST BOAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THAT THERE AREN’T ANY TOXIC VAPORS SURROUNDING THE CAPSULE. THAT’S — THAT BOAT — THAT FAST BOAT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR — FOR PREPARING THE CAPSULE FOR LIFT OUT OF THE WATER. THE SECOND BOAT IS USED FOR GETTING THE PARACHUTES OUT OF THE WATER. THAT SECOND BOAT IS FOR RETRIEVING THE PARACHUTES. THOSE PARACHUTES ARE AUTOMATICALLY CUT SO THERE ISN’T — THERE’S NO POTENTIAL THAT IF THERE WAS A LITTLE WIND THAT THE DRAGON CAPSULE WOULDN’T BE MOVED DUE TO CATCHING THE PARACHUTES.

GREAT QUESTION, BUT SHORT ANSWER, THERE ARE CUTS, THEY’RE CUT AFTER SPLASHDOWN AND ONE OF THE CREWS FROM THE PAST BOATS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GOING TO PICK THEM UP. NEXT QUESTION WE HAVE FROM HASH TAG ASK NASA ON TWITTER COMES FROM NOVACAN. WHAT WILL BE THE CREW ONE MISSION? >> IT WILL BE THE FIRST OPERATIONAL PLATE. WHAT WE’RE ON RIGHT NOW IS A DEMONSTRATION, A TEST MISSION. THIS IS WHEN WE PROVE OUT DRAGON’S CAPABILITIES AND WATCH ALL THE WAY THROUGH SPLASHDOWN. IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, WE’LL SITED DOWN AND GO THROUGH A CERTIFICATION PROCESS FOR SPACEX TO FLY OPERATIONAL MISSIONS.

THIS MEANS THEY’LL FLY REGULAR LONG DURATION FLIGHTS. THE FIRST ONE WILL BE THE FOUR PERSON CREW TO LAUNCH AND SIX MONTHS ON THE SPACE STATION. WE HAVE FOUR INDIVIDUALS WATCHING DRAGON AND THEN SPENDING SIX MONTHS ONBOARD THE SPACE STATION, CONDUCTING SPACE WALKS AND REPAIRS, EVERYTHING THAT A NORMAL EXPEDITION CREW DOES, THEY’LL JUST ARRIVE AND LEAVE IN A DRAGON. >> I THINK COMMANDER CASSIDY WILL STILL BE ON BOARD, GIVEN THE CURRENT TARGETED CREW ONE LAUNCH.

>> COM CHECK FOR THE TLT. >> WE GOT YOU FIVE BY FIVE, BOB. >> THAT’S BETWEEN US. PLEASE REPEAT THE LAST FIVE SECONDS OF THE CALL. >> DRAGON, WE COPY YOU HEARD US LOUD AND CLEAR, UNFORTUNATELY THE REST OF THE MESSAGE WAS GARBLED, PLEASE REPEAT ONE MORE TIME. >> WE GOT A GOOD CONTRACT WITH BOTH OF US AND WE’RE COMPLETE, COPY.

>> OKAY. THAT WAS FIVE BY FIVE. WE COPY THAT YOU’RE COMPLETE WITH SUIT DONNING PROCEDURE. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CREW NOW SUITED UP. THEY CONDUCTED THE COMMUNICATIONS CHECK AND THE COM CHECKS WITH THE CORE HERE IN HAWTHORN. THEY’RE THE RESPONSIBLE ENGINEER AND THE PERSON WHO IS TALKING TO BOB AND DOUG THROUGHOUT THEIR FLIGHT. THIS IS ROTATED THROUGH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT POSITIONS AS THEY’RE ON THE THIRD SHIFT OF THEIR FLIGHT HOME. THAT’S PRETTY MUCH THE PERSON THAT IS GETTING UPDATES TO AND FROM BOB AND DOUG AND BETWEEN THE TEAMS ON THE GROUND. THEY DID THOSE COM CHECKS SUCCESSFULLY. THEY’RE IN THEIR SUITS AND WILL STAY IN THEIR SEATS FOR THE REST OF THE DAY PRETTY MUCH.

LOOKING FOR UPDATE ON SECTIONS ONE THROUGH FOUR. DO PREPARATION WHEN ABLE. WE’RE COMPLETE WITH SECTIONS ONE THROUGH FOUR. LOOK AT SECTION FIVE. THE ONLY THING LEFT THERE TO DO IS — IS DECIMAL TWO, AS FAR AS THE CHECK. COPY SECTION ONE THROUGH FOUR ARE COMPLETE. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE — SOUNDS LIKE YOU’RE COMPLETING FOOD LOADING AND STAND BY FOR THE LEAK CHECK. >> COPY. >> THANKS. APPRECIATE IT. >> WHAT WE HEARD WAS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DRAGON. >> I WANTED TO CHECK BACK WITH YOU ON THE COM DROPOUT THAT YOU HAD ON THE LAST TWO CALLS THAT I MADE TO YOU. HOW HAS THIS GONE NOW? IS IT EXPLAINABLE AS RANDOM DROPOUT OR CONTINUING FROM THE POTC? >> OKAY. BOB, WE HAD YOU FIVE BY FIVE JUST THEN, MUCH BETTER THAN BEFORE. WE’RE INVESTIGATING ROOT CAUSE AND GIVEN THE CLARITY OF THE CALL, I SUSPECT YOUR SYSTEM IS HEALTHY. >> THANK YOU. >> WE HEARD THE COMMUNICATION CONFIRMING THAT MISSION CONTROL WAS ABLE TO READ OR HEAR AS IT IS REFERRED TO, BOB AND DOUG, CLEARLY AS THEY HAVE PUT ON THEIR SUITS.

WE ALSO HEARD THE GO FOR LEAK CHECK, SO NOW THAT THE SUITS ARE ON, WE WILL BE PERFORMING A QUICK LEAK CHECK. WE DO THIS EVERY TIME THE SUITS ARE PUT ON OR DONNED AS YOU HEARD IT CALLED. THIS IS WHERE WE PRESSURIZE THE SUITS. IT IS THE ONLY TIME WE PRESSURIZE THEM THROUGH THE MISSION. IT IS TO MAKE SURE THE ZIPPERS ARE ZIPPED PROPERLY. ALL IT TAKES IS YOU KNOW, ONE SMALL UNZIPPED PIECE TO NOT HOLD THE PRESSURE. WE MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS FITTED UP ACCORDINGLY AND IT — IT IS READY TO GO IN CASE OF THE — IN CASE OF A NEED TO PRESSURIZE THE SUITS LATER IN — IN THE MISSION.

UNLIKELY BUT IT IS NICE TO KNOW JUST FOR THAT — FOR TESTING PURPOSES TO KNOW THAT CAPABILITY IS THERE. THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE DESIGNED FOR. THAT LEAK CHECK WILL COMMENCE AND — AND AFTER WE GET THAT WE’LL PRESSURIZE THE SUITS AGAIN. THEY WILL LIFT THE VISOR ON THEIR HELMET. THAT’S WHAT THEY WILL BE WEARING DURING THE LAST PHASE OF THEIR MISSION AS THEY REENTER THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE. SO, A LOT OF GOOD STUFF THERE. AGAIN, NOPE. NO CALL THERE. [LAUGHTER]. LIKE WE SAID BEFORE, WE’RE TAKING QUESTIONS THROUGH TWITTER THIS MORNING, USING HASH TAG, ASK NASA. THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM ROBERT. IS THE U.S. NAVY SUPPORTING RECOVERY WITH SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT? >> THEY ARE NOT. I SUSPECT THAT QUESTION COMES FROM THE LAST TIME WE DID SPLASHDOWNS WITH THE U.S. SPACECRAFT AND ASTRONAUTS AND WE HAD THE NAVY ASSISTING FOR THE RECOVERY. THEY’RE NOT ASSISTING IN THIS.

ALL OF THE RECOVERY ASSETS FOR THE MISSION ARE SPACEX. SPACEX OWNS BOTH RECOVERY SHIPS. THE GO NAVIGATOR AND GO SEARCHER AND CONTRACT OUT WITH THE DIFFERENT HELER AND OTHER ASSETS THAT ARE USED IN THIS RECOVERY. NASA DOES HAVE A DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BACKUP IF BOB AND DOUG WERE TO SPLASHDOWN ANYWHERE OTHER THAN THE SEVEN TYPES THAT WE TARGETED AROUND FLORIDA, WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO CALL THEM UP TO EFFECT A FAST RESCUE AND RECOVERY USING PARA JUMPERS OR WHATEVER ASSETS ARE AVAILABLE TO US.

THEY’RE CALLED UP ON WATCH DAYS IN THE EVENT WE HAD AN ABORT AWAY FROM ORBIT COMING DOWN IN THE ATLANTIC. FOR NOW, TODAY, EVERYTHING IS SPACEX AND NASA. >> ANOTHER QUESTION COMING TO US, IS THERE TIME TO FLOAT IN THE OCEAN BEFORE IT NEEDS TO BE RECOVERED. OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO GET THE CREW OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, LET THEM GET OUT AND STRETCH THEIR LEGS AND BEGIN THE MEDICAL EVALUATION. HOWEVER THE CAPSULE WOULD SIT THERE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS LIKE WE MENTIONED BEFORE. THERE’S ENOUGH ONBOARD WATER AND FOOD. THEY WOULD BE COMFORTABLE, ALTHOUGH IF THE WAVES PICK UP, I WOULD NOT BE COMFORTABLE.

THAT BEING SAID, WE DO STRIVE TO — TO RECOVER THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THIS IS PART OF THE REASON WHY WE HAVE NUMEROUS POTENTIAL LANDING ZONE SITES AND CRITERIA FOR WHERE THEY LAND TO ENSURE THAT WE’RE ABLE TO GET THE CREW UP AND OUT OF THE WATER AND INTO THE MEDICAL PHASE ESSENTIALLY WITHIN AN HOUR AFTER SPLASHDOWN. >> OUR NEXT ONE COMES FROM MARK WHO QUANTITIES TO KNOW, CAN THEY TAKE OVER FROM THE COMPUTER AND DO A MANUAL SPLASHDOWN IF REQUIRED? >> THEY CAN.

INITIATING A DEORBIT OR EMERGENCY DEORBIT IS ONE OF THE CAPABILITIES AVAILABLE TO CREW MEMBERS ONBOARD. YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE IN AN EXTREME SITUATION TO DO THAT. SOMETHING WE’RE OBVIOUSLY NOT IN TODAY AND EVERYTHING GONE SMOOTHLY WITH DRAGON. THAT’S SOMETHING THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THEM. THEY ALSO HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO STEP IN FOR A NUMBER OF STEPS DURING REENTRY, MAINLY FOR ANY PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT OR CUTTING IT AFTER THEY SPLASHDOWN. THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN AUTOMATICALLY, THEY HAVE A BUTTON RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM WHERE THEY CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THEY HAVE CAPABILITY TO JUMP IN IF REQUIRED. >> THAT’S ONE OF THOSE FEW HARD WIRED BUTTONS ON THE PANEL. IT IS NOT ONE THAT CAN BE TRIGGERED ACCIDENTALLY. IT IS A TWO-STEP VERIFICATION LEVER, ESSENTIALLY, NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT PERFORMING AN EMERGENCY DOOR — EMERGENCY DEORBIT ACCIDENTALLY. NEXT QUESTION COMES TO US FROM NASA, PLUS SPACE EQUALS HEART. WILL THIS CREW DRAGON BE REUSED? YES, IT WILL. IT IS INTENDED TO BE REUSED ON THE CREW TWO MISSION WHICH WILL . WE ALREADY HAVE PLANS FOR IT. IN FACT THE TEAM AT THE CAPE IS ALREADY PREPARING TO BEGIN THOSE REFURBISHMENT PROCESSES AS SOON AS THE CAPSULE LANDS.

THE CAPSULE IS WATERPROOF. THAT WAS A PROCESS THIS — THAT WE LEARNED HOW TO DO. OUR PROGRESS WITH THAT PROGRAM WITH THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE DRAGON CAPSULE, ALSO KNOWN AS DRAGON ONE, THE PROCESS OF MAKING THAT WATERPROOF HAS — HAS — THAT KNOWLEDGE THAT WE LEARNED FROM THAT HAS TRANSFERRED OVER TO CREW DRAGON CAPSULE AND IT IS SAFE TO SAY IT IS — IT IS — WITH VERY LITTLE REFURBISHMENT REQUIRED TO THE INTERNAL HARDWARE, THERE’S LITTLE REFURBISHMENT REQUIRED BECAUSE THERE’S LITTLE EXPOSURE TO WATER AND CAUSES CORROSION WHICH IS NO GOOD. SHORT ANSWER IS THAT YEAH, WE’LL REUSE THIS, AS SOON AS NEXT YEAR ON THE NASA CREW 2 MISSION. >> ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ONE FROM LISA, WHAT ARE BOB AND DOUG BRINGING BACK FROM ISS IF ANYTHING? THERE’S QUITE A BIT. THEY HAVE ABOUT 150 KILOGRAMS OR A LITTLE OVER 330 POUNDS OF CARGO, ESSENTIALLY STRAPPED TO THE GROUND RIGHT UNDERNEATH THEIR SEATS.

THE LION’S SHARE OF THAT IS UTILIZATION OR SCIENCE SAMPLES. A LOT IS COLD STORAGE SAMPLES IN FREEZERS. THOSE COMING FROM BIO MEDICAL STUDIES. IT IS PRETTY CAPABLE. WE EXECUTE A LOT OF SCIENCE, BUT WE GET IT BACK HER ON EARTH AND THEY’RE GOING TO BRING THAT DOWN. THEY’RE ALSO RETURNING SOME VEHICLE HARDWARE ITEMS THAT HAVE GONE PAST THEIR LIFE. AND A COUPLE OF THEIR PERSONAL ITEMS, LIKE SLEEPING BAGS ARE COMING BACK WITH THEM. THEY HAVE SPECIAL ITEMS INCLUDING THE DINOSAUR THAT WAS CHOSEN BY BOTH OF THEIR SONS AS THE INDICATOR LEFT THERE. THEY HAVE THE FINAL SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION COMING HOME. IT HAS BEEN OUT THERE FOR ABOUT NINE YEARS AND IT WILL FLY AGAIN WHEN WE SEND HUMANS AROUND THE MOON IN THE NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE. I KNOW WE HAVEN’T SEEN IT BUT I HAVE HEARD THAT LITTLE EARTH IS ALSO COMING BACK. I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT THAT. LITTLE EARTH WAS THE INDICATOR ON DEMO ONE AT THE STATION AFTER THAT MISSION AND IT WAS PRETTY SURE IT WAS PACKED AWAY TO COME HOME.

>> I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT. SO RIGHT NOW, DRAGON IS CURRENTLY FLYING OVER THE FAR SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN. WE HAVE A NICE LITTLE MAP HERE TO SHOW YOU OF OUR BROWN TRACKING. SO THERE YOU CAN SEE IT ON YOUR SCREEN. IF YOU’RE CURIOUS, THE YELLOW INDICATES WHERE THE CAPSULE IS IN DATE. THE REST OF IT INDICATES WHERE IT GOES INTO ECLIPSE OR WHENEVER IT IS — IT IS BASICALLY HIDING IN EARTH’S SHADOW. IT IS IN DAYLIGHT. BOB AND DOUG GET PRETTY SPECTACULAR VIEWS AS THEY COMPLETE THE SUIT-UP PROCESS. WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND LEAVE YOU WITH OUR LOVELY GROUND MAP HERE. >> COMING BACK ALREADY. >> WE’RE READY FOR YOU TO COME ABOARD. >> IT WORKED. SPACEX YOU’RE GO. >> WE JUST HEARD THE SCREW STEPPING INTO SUIT LEAK CHECK AS WE DESCRIBED A FEW TIMES.

THIS IS WHEN THEY’RE GOING TO PRESSURIZE THEIR — THEIR SUIT THAT THEY WEAR FOR LAUNCH AND ENTRY AND REALLY ANY DYNAMIC PHASES OF THE MISSION. THEY ZIP UP AND SEAL THE SUITS. >> WE’RE READY TO PRESSURIZE. >> DRAGON SPACEX, YOU’RE GO TO PRESSURIZE. >> THEY’RE GETTING READY TO GO AND PRESSURIZE THEIR SUITS. AND IT WILL FLOW IN. THESE SUITS ARE — WE HAVE CONFIRMATION A LEAK CHECK IS IN PROGRESS. THESE SUITS ARE WORN AS JUST ANOTHER LINE OF DEFENSE TO HELP PROTECT THE CREW MEMBERS FROM THE — FROM THE — FROM THE HARSH ENVIRONMENT OF OUTER SPACE, IF THEY EXPERIENCED A CABIN DEPRESSURIZATION AND ANY LEAK IN THE ATMOSPHERE, OR A FIRE, THESE SUITS ARE DESIGNED TO PROTECT FROM ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT INSTANCES. THE SUIT LEAK CHECK IS STANDARD. ANYTIME BEFORE WE GET INTO A DYNAMIC OPERATION, WE WANT ONE MORE CHECK TO MAKE SURE THE SUIT IS READY TO GO IN CASE IT IS CALLED UPON.

THEY’LL PRESSURIZE NOW AND THROW NITROGEN AND OXYGEN THROUGH THEIR SUITS. THEY’LL LOOK FOR IT TO MAINTAIN A CONSTANT PRESSURE AND THEN ONCE THAT IS DONE, THEY’LL DEPRESSURIZE THE SUITS. THEY’LL LEAVE THE ZIPPER OPEN — THEY TYPICALLY LEAVE ONE ZIPPER A BIT. THEY’LL HAVE COOL AIR FLOWING THROUGH. THEY DO A SUIT PURGE BEFORE WE DO THE DEORBIT BURN. THE SAME TIME THEY FLUSH THE CABIN ATMOSPHERE ITSELF WITH SOME COOLDOWN AREA AIR THEY SEND COLD AIR THROUGH THE SUIT AND REGULATE THE COOLING TEMPERATURE INSIDE THE CAPSULE TO MAKE SURE THE ENVIRONMENT STAYS AT A COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURE FOR THEM WHILE THE DRAGON CAPSULE THE HEATS UP TO 100 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OUTSIDE. WE WILL WAIT FOR THE LEAK CHECK AND WE’RE ON OUR WAY TO THE REORBIT BURN AND REENTRY AND SPLASHDOWN. >> ONE INTERESTING THING TO NOTE, IF YOU’RE WATCHING THE GROUND TRACK, YOU’LL START TO SEE THE LINE COMING OUT OF THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER AND ENDING IN THE GULF.

THAT MEANS WE’RE ON OUR FINAL ORBIT. DRAGON IS ON THE LAST LAP AROUND PLANET EARTH, THE LAST 90 MINUTES IT WILL SPEND UNTIL WE GET TO THE SPLASHDOWN. YOU KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. THE LINE IS GOING TO STOP MOVING WHERE YOU CAN SEE IT TERMINATE IN THE GULF. >> DRAGON SPACEX, WE SHOW NOMINAL LEAK CHECK. THERE A MINUTE AGO, WE HE A LEAK CHECK AND THEY RETURN HOME TO PLANET EARTH. UP NEXT WE’LL MAKE SURE THAT THE SYSTEM IS SAFE AND THAT WE’RE ABLE TO PROCEED IN TO THE NEXT PHASES OF OUR — OF OUR DEFENSE — TO THE GULF OF MEXICO.

WE’RE LOOKING FOR SPLASH DOWN OFF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. RIGHT NOW OUR RECOVERY SHIP IS IN ROUTE TO THAT DESIGNATED LOCATION ZONE AND IT WILL BE THERE AND READY AND WAITING FOR BOB AND DOUG TO SPLASH DOWN. >> WE HAVE A LIVE SHOT. IT IS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND YOU COULD GET A FEEL FOR THE WAVE ACTION AND CALM LOOKING BASED ON THE WAY WE CAN SEE THERE IN THE SHOT AND YEAH, SO WE’RE — WE’RE — WE’RE ABLE TO WELCOME BOB AND DOUG BACK HOME AND CHECKING MY TIMELINE QUICKLY, THEY’RE — THEY’RE LANDING WILL COME UP IN JUST UNDER TWO HOURS.

WE’RE LOOKING AT AN HOUR AND 57 MINUTES. THAT WILL BE HAPPENING AT 11:48 A.M. PACIFIC TIME. BEFORE WE GET TO THEIR WATER LANDING WE HAVE TO PERFORM A COUPLE OF STEPS PRIOR TO THAT. IF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG WITH US THIS MORNING, YOU’RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THIS. BUT PERHAPS THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE JOINED IN WITHIN THE LAST FEW MINUTES, AT THIS POINT WE’RE EXACTLY AN HOUR AWAY FROM THE — FROM THE NEXT PHYSICAL MILESTONE THAT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO DRAGON ENDEAVOR’S RETURN TO PLANET EARTH.

THESE ACTIVITIES WILL BEGIN WITH CLAW SEPARATION. THE CLAW IS — IS WHAT IS — IS WHAT CONNECTS THE UMBILICAL, THE FLUIDS BETWEEN THE DRAGON CAPSULE AND ITS TRUNK. IN ORDER TO EXPOSE THE HEAT SHIELD IN PREPARATION FOR THE REENTRY INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, WE THEY’D TO JETSON THE TRUNK AND IT WILL DISINTEGRATE ONCE IT IS BACK IN THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE. ONCE WE DO THAT WE STEP IN TO FLU TO DEORBIT BURN. WE CALL THE HATCH THRUSTERS. IT WILL LAST ABOUT 11 1/2 MINUTES. THAT DEORBIT BURN IS WHAT WILL PLACE DRAGON INTO THE EXACT LANDING LOCATION. THAT WOULD BE ABOUT 11 1/2 MINUTES LONG. AFTER THAT BURN COMPLETES, WE WANT TO — TO CLOSE IT AND LOCK IT UP.

THAT’S WHERE THE FORWARD HATCH IS LOCATED. SINCE THESE CAPSULES ARE DESIGNED TO BE REUSABLE, WE WANT TO PROTECT THE THRUSTERS AND THE HATCH BECAUSE THAT’S THE HATCH WHERE THEY EXIT AND ENTER THE CAPSULE. ONCE WE HAVE THE NOSE CONE LOCKED IN IN PLACE, WE THEN — WE BEGIN TO ENTER THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE. >> FIRST UP, TIMING, YOUR TIMELINE, ONE MINUTE OR LESS ARE OUR GROUND ESTIMATES. COPY. >> COPY. IPAD AND WITHIN A MINUTE. >> EVEN BETTER, THE ONBOARD COUNTDOWN IN YOUR TIMELINE SHOULD BE IN A FEW SECONDS. THE VEHICLE ENDEAVOR IS LOOKING GREAT FOR ENTRY. THE READY CALM CHECK EARLIER WE CONSIDER TEMPORARY AND WE’RE NOT TRACKING ANY SYSTEM ISSUES. COPY. >> ENDEAVOR IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND GOOD TIME FOR THE CLT. >> OKAY. AS FAR AS RECOVERY GOES, GO NAVIGATOR IS JUST ABOUT — JUST ABOUT IN POSITION AND WITHIN A FEW KILOMETRES AND THEY’RE AIRBORNE RECOVERY TEAM IS GO AT THIS TIME.

>> COPY. >> ONE QUICK, RECOVERY HAS ARRIVED AND THEY’RE ON STATION. IN ADDITION TO THE WEATHER, I’M LOOKING AT THE WEATHER NOW. AND THE WATER VIDEO FROM GO NAVIGATOR. IT LOOKS LIKE GLASS, IT IS AWESOME. THE LATEST SPLASHDOWN FORECAST IS WIND AT 2.5 KNOTS. IN A SIX SECOND PERIOD. COPY. >> COPY. >> THERE WE HEARD THE DEORBIT BRIEFING, THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THE CORE HERE — >> THAT’S ALL WE GOT FOR THE BURN BRIEF.

WE’LL TALK TO YOU SHORTLY BEFORE THE BURN SEQUENCE STARTS. >> COPY. >> CORRECTION THERE, WE’LL GO NO GO FOR YOU NEXT SHORTLY. THAT WILL BE THE NEXT STEP. >> AS I WAS SAYING, THE BURN BRIEFING THERE, MAKING SURE EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME PAGE, AND BOB AND DOUG’S PRIMARY ROLE DURING REENTRY IS TO MONITOR TIMING AND DATA AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THEIR ONBOARD TIMERS ARE BASICALLY THE MOST RECENT SIMULATIONS THAT WE GENERATED HERE AND — AND IN MISSION CONTROL.

THAT’S WHAT THAT WAS, JUST MAKING SURE THAT — THAT THEIR SEQUENCE OF EVENTS WAS LYING UP WITH — WITH WHAT WE’RE SEEING DOWN HERE IN MISSION CONTROL. WE HEARD THE RECOVERY VESSEL, GO NAVIGATOR IS IN POSITION. IT IS READY AND WAITING FOR — FOR SPLASHDOWN, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IT WILL OCCUR AT 11:48 A.M. PACIFIC AND 18:88 UNIVERSAL. I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU DAN, BUT AS WE’RE STEPPING INTO THESE CHECKS AND WE DID LEAK CHECK AND WE DONE A COUPLE OF COM CHECKS AND WE’RE TALKING ABOUT DEORBIT BURN, WE’RE GETTING THERE.

>> STARTING TO FEEL ALERT. WAKENED BACK UP. TIME TO BRING THESE GUYS HOME. HERE IN THE CORE CALL-UP THE WATER LOOKS LIKE GLASS. THAT’S EXACTLY THE TYPE OF THING WE WANT TO HEAR. THE WIND HAS PICKED UP A TINY BIT. 2.25 KNOTS AND 2.6, UNDER 2.6 MILES AN HOUR. WELL WITHIN OUR MARGINS FOR WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR FOR ACCEPTABLE SPLASHDOWN WEATHER. IN BEHIND US AND IN MISSION CONTROL, THE TEAMS ARE DOING A FINAL GO NO GO. THAT SHOULD WRAP UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MINUTES. WE CALL THAT UP TO THE CREW MEMBERS WHEN WE GET THE GO TO DO THE DEORBIT BURN. WE’LL DO ALL THE OTHERS PRIOR TO THAT AND GET READY FOR DEORBIT BURN. THE NEXT HOUR IS WHERE THINGS START TO HAPPEN. BUT WE DO HAVE A — A COUPLE OF MOMENTS NOW TO GET GINNED BY A SPECIAL GUEST. SPACEX IS GOING FOR THE BURN AND THE BURN HAS BEEN ENABLED. THAT’S A GREAT CALL TO HEAR.

TIME TO GO FOR DEORBIT BURN. WE’RE COUNTING DOWN. IT IS JUST UNDER AN HOUR FROM NOW AND STARTING THE 11 1/2 MINUTE BURN. WE’RE GO FOR DEORBIT AND RETURN OF BOB AND DOUG. WE’RE GOING TO SEND IT OVER TO THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER REAL QUICK, WHERE COURTNEY BEASLEY IS STANDING BY IN HOUSTON ALONG WITH NASA ADMINISTRATOR ALSO THERE IN HOUSTON. >> THANKS, DAN. YES, JOINING ME IN STUDIO HERE AT THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IS NASA ADMINISTRATOR, JIM BRYDENSTEIN. HOW IS THIS MISSION PASSING THE WAY FOR THE FUTURE? >> IT IS A GREAT QUESTION. IT REALLY IS ESTABLISHING THE BUSINESS MODEL FOR THE FUTURE. YOU CAN SEE TODAY I’M WEARING MY ARDMAN SHIRT. WHEN WE GO TO THE MOON WE’LL GO WITH PARTNERS. NASA’S GOAL, WE DON’T WANT TO PURCHASE AND OWN THE HARDWARE THE WAY WE USED TO.

WE WANT TO BE ONE CUSTOMER OF MANY CUSTOMERS IN A MARKETPLACE AND WE WANT NUMEROUS PROVIDERS THAT ARE COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER ON COST AND INNOVATION AND SAFETY AND — AND REALLY CREATE THIS VIRTUOUS CYCLE — OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CAPABILITY. THAT’S — THAT’S WHAT — THAT’S WHAT TODAY’S RETURN IS GOING TO REPRESENT. THIS IS THE NEXT ERA IN HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT. NASA GETS TO BE A GOOD CUSTOMER. WE DON’T WANT TO BE THE ONLY ONES WITH HUMANS OPERATING IN SPACE.

>> AND BOB AND DOUG WERE CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS AND HOW ARE THE EFFORTS BACK HERE ON EARTH? AND OTHER DISEASES, AND THESE ARE CAPABILITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US BECAUSE OF THE RESOURCE THAT IS MICROGRAVITY. BUT, YOU KNOW, AS ADVANCED MATERIALS, VERY PRISTINE FIBEROPTIC CABLES, THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE THINK THAT THERE IS A MARKETPLACE FOR THE FUTURE. SO, LOOK, RIGHT NOW WE ARE DOING COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. AS OF TODAY, WHEN BOB AND DOUG COME HOME SAFELY, WE WILL BE DOING COMMERCIAL CREW TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. THE NEXT BIG THING IS WE NEED COMMERCIAL SPACE STATIONS THEMSELVES THINK IN ORDER TO CREATE MARKET FOR COMMERCIAL SPACE STATIONS WE HAVE TO HAVE TRANSFORMATION CAPABILITIES THAT COME FROM MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT. AND THAT’S REALLY WHAT WE ARE DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW. >> AND AS YOU KNOW A BIG DAY FOR NASA TODAY.

BOW HOW ABOUT A BIG WEEK, THIS WEEK ALONE WE LAUNCHED MARS 2020 ARTEMIS ONE’S STAGE ONE ADAPTOR DELIVERED TO KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AND NOW THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CREWED MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE AGENCY AT THIS POINT? >> MAKE NO MISTAKE, NASA’S BULLET IS THE HIGHEST IT’S EVER BEEN IN NOMINAL DOLLARS AND IT’S, YOU KNOW, $2,020,000,000,000. THE BUDGET REQUEST THAT PRESIDENT TROUBLE P GAVE US BEFORE THE HOUSE AND SENATE RIGHT NOW IS $25.2 BILLION. IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT STEPPING, YOU KNOW, CAPABILITIES LIKE COMMERCIAL CREW, COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY. SO IT’S THE UNITED STATES CAN STAY THE PREEMINENT SPACE-FAIRING NATION. IT’S WHY WE CREATED THE ART MISS PROGRAM TO GO TO THE MOON SUSTAINABLY WITH COMMERCIAL PARTNERS AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS TO USE THE RESOURCE OF THE MOON TO LIVE AND WORK FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. AS YOU MENTIONED ON THURSDAY, WE LAUNCHED ANOTHER MARS MISSION, THE MOST SOPHISTICATED ROBOT NASA HAS EVER DEVELOPED IS ON ITS WAY TO MARS WE ARE WILL PURE WE CAN TURN THE ATMOSPHERE OF MARS IN TO PURE OXYGEN, WE ARE LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF ANCIENT LIFE ON MARS.

LITTLE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MICROBIAL LIFE, BUT LIFE NONETHELESS. AND THIS IS REALLY A BRIGHT MOMENT FOR NASA. I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THOUGH, WE NEED SUPPORT FROM OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT $25.2 BILLION BUDGET THAT WE HAVE REQUESTED. AND SO I AM WORKING WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND SENATORS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE EVERY DAY TO GO DOWN HALL AS CROSS THE COUNTRY RIM WE ARE IN GREAT SHAPE. BUT IN ORDER TO STAY NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD, WE ARE GOING TO NEED THE RESOURCES THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS REQUESTED. >> JIM, THANKS JOINING US TODAY, SUCH AN EXCITING DAY. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, JUST MOMENTS AGO BOTH SPACEX AND NASA ARE A GO TO DEORBIT BURN, SO WITH THAT WE SEND IT BACK TO KATE AND DAN GOT LATEST. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COURTNEY. GREAT TO HEAR FROM THE ADMINISTRATOR. AND WE ARE IN IT NOW. WE ARE IN THE FINAL STRETCH. THIS IS WHAT I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. IT FEELS GREAT TO BE HERE.

>> YEAH, IT CERTAINLY DOES. IN THE NEXT PHASE OF THE MISSION, DRAGON HAS A SERIES OF STEPS TO COMPLETE BEFORE RETURNING BOB AND DOUG HOME. AS YOU HAVE HEARD US TALK ABOUT SO FAR THIS MORNING, DRAGON WILL MANEUVER TO THE CORRECT ATTITUDE AND JETTISON ITS TRUNK, WHICH IS THE CYLINDRICAL UNPRESSURIZED PART OF THE ASSEMBLY. WE NEED TO EXPOSE THE HEAT SHIELD IN ORDER TO PREPARE THE CAPSULE FOR ATMOSPHERIC REENTRY. SO WE WILL — OH, THERE WE GOT A NICE VIEW OF BOB AND DOUG IN THEIR SUITS, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE SEEN THEM IN THEIR SUITS AND IN THEIR CHAIR THIS IS MORNING, SO THERE THEY ARE TAPPING AWAY PREPARING TO INITIATE THE DEORBIT SEQUENCE.

LET’S TALK — I AM SORRY GO AHEAD. >> IN THE LEAD UP IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES WE HEARD GET GOOD SUIT LEAK CHECKS. KATE DESCRIBED ONCE THEY ARE COMPLETE THEY DON’T KEEP THE SUITS PRESSURIZED THEY’LL HAVE COOL AIR RUNNING THROUGH THEIR SUITS AND CABIN AND GETTING READY FOR THE RIDE. >> WHENEVER THEY DO REENTER THE ATMOSPHERE THE EXTERNAL TEMPERATURE REACHES ABOUT 3,500 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. THE INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF THE CANE, HOWEVER, STAYS AROUND 85 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO KEEP IT COOL AND COMFORTABLE FOR BOB AND DOUG AS THEY ARE RETURNING LITTLE LIKE DAN JUST SAID, THERE WILL BE SOME COOL AIR FLOWING THROUGH THEIR SUITS.

THE CABIN ITSELF WILL ALSO BE PURGED WITH COOLER AIR AS WELL. ASSISTING IN MAKING SURE THAT THE TEMPERATURE STAYS TEMPERATE INSIDE THE CAPSULE. >> AND, MIND, WE ARE JUST 42 MINUTES AND 50 SECONDS AWAY FROM THINGS REALLY KICKING UP. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE WHEN WE REALLY START TO DO THAT FIRST MANEUVER TO GET READY TO JETTISON THE TRUNK. AND THEN WE’LL DO THAT CLAW AND TRUNK SEPARATION AND THEN IT’S TIME FOR JUST KIND OF THAT FINAL FIRING OF THOSE ENGINES THAT REALLY JUST THAT DOWNHILL RIDE.

>> YEAH, THOSE FORWARD BULKHEAD THRUSTERS, THERE ARE FOUR OF THEM. FORM OF THOSE THRUSTERS, THEY ARE AT THE TOP OF THE CAPSULE. NEAR THE NOSE CONE. THOSE ALREADY UTILIZED TO PERFORM THE DEORBIT BURN. THIS BURN IS WHAT WILL ESSENTIALLY GIVE DRAGON ITS FINAL TRAJECTORY BACK HOME. THIS IS THE LAST BURN THAT THE CAPSULE WILL PERFORM IF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG SINCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, YOU KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF BURNS COMPLETED THERE DEORBIT BURN WILL BE THE FINAL ONE, LASTING ABOUT 11 1/2 MINUTES AFTER THAT BURN COMPLETES, WE NO LONGER NEED TO UTILIZE THOSE DRACO THRUSTERS AND WE WANT TO PROTECT THE FORWARD HATCH UP THERE SO WE CLOSE THE NOSE CONE AND LOCK IT UP.

WE ARE EXPECTING THAT EVENT TO HAPPEN AT 11:11 A.M. PACIFIC. ABOUT 10 — EXCUSE ME, 20 MINUTES — 25 MINUTES — WOW, MEANT THE MATH ON AIR IS HARD THINK 25 MINUTES AFTER THAT, THE CAPSULE WILL BE REENTERING THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE LIKE I MENTIONED APPROACHING 3,500 DEGREES. AND THAT’S BECAUSE. >> WE ARE IN THAT HEAT OF REENTRY, AND SO THAT’S WHERE THINGS REALLY HEAT UP FOR BOB AND DOUG ON THEIR REENTRY AND THAT’S WHERE WE’LL HAVE THAT COMS BLACKOUT AND WE HAVE A TWITTER QUESTION THAT’S GERMANE TO THIS RIGHT NOW. WHERE STEPHEN ASKED DURING THE BLOCKOUT WILL YOU NOT BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH BOB AND DOUG BUT TRACK THEM? AND IT’S KIND OF A MIX. WE WON’T BE ABLE TO TALK TO BOB AND DOUG, WE WON’T BE ABLE TO SEND OR RECEIVE ANY DATA FROM THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT.

SO WE WON’T HAVE BASICALLY TELEMETRY-DRIVEN TRACKING, BUT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO BE. AS THEIR ORBITS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CALCULATED. WE HAVE HAD THIS ORBIT CALCULATED SINCE YESTERDAY CERTAINLY. GOTTEN FINE-TUNED AS WE HAVE DONE THOSE BURNS LITTLE WE’LL KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE EVEN THOUGH WE COULDN’T COMMUNICATE DURING THAT TIME. >> EXACTLY. EVEN THOUGH WE WON’T BE ABLE TO SEND OR RECEIVE SIGNALS OR COMMANDS OR TELEMETRY. DRAGON IS DESIGNED TO BE FULLY AUTONOMOUS AT THAT POINT IT IS DRIVING ITSELF ANYWAY. NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. BOB AND DOUG’S PRIMARY FUNCTION TO MONITOR THE TELEMETRY ON THE SCREENS AND STAY COMFY. >> AND ONCE THEY ARE THROUGH THAT REALLY THAT INITIAL ENTRY, WE’LL HAVE THAT PART CALLED ENTRY INTERFACE WHICH WE EXPLAINED IS WHEN THE CAPSULE IS EXPERIENCING AERODYNAMICS FLYING AROUND THE VACUUM OF SPACE NO, ERRORS, NO LIFT, DRUG, STUFF LIKE THAT ON THE CAPSULE. WHERE THEY HIT THE ATMOSPHERE AND AFFECTING THE CAPSULE AND WILL CONTINUE TO USE ITS THRUSTERS ON THE SERVICE SECTION TO GUIDE IT BACK HOME.

>> EXACTLY. SPEAKING OF GUIDING IT BACK HOME, HERE COME THE PARACHUTES AT 11:44 A.M. PA SIX, OR 18:44 UNIVERSAL TIME, WE ARE GOING TO BE DELAYING THE PARACHUTES. DROAG CHUTES ARE UTILIZED FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. AUTOMOBILE TO STABILIZE IT. IT WILL EXPERIENCE THE PRESSURES SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CAPSULE IS WELL AND STABLE BEFORE WE DEPLOY THE MAIN PARACHUTES. THOSE MAIN CHUTES WILL BE DEPLOYING AT 11:45 A.M. AND FOUR OF THEM. IT MIGHT LOOK FUNNY AT FIRST BUT WE ASSURE YOU THEY ARE WORKING IF IT TAKES A COUPLE OF SECONDS FOR THE AIR TO CATCH IN THEM AND FULLY EXPAND TO THEIR LARGE, ROUNDER SHAPE. IT ONLY TAKES 3 1/2 MINUTES FOR BOB AND DOUG TO SPLASH DOWN, THAT WILL BE OCCURRING AT 11:48 A.M. PA SIX, 18:48 UNIVERSAL. OUR SPLASH DOWN LOW INDICATION IS OFF THE WHITE SOX IT WERE COAST OF FLORIDA, WE ARE AIMING FOR A LOCATION NEAR PENSACOLA.

OUR RECOVERY VESSEL GO NAVIGATOR IS CURRENTLY IN LOCATION READY AND WAITING FOR SPLASH DOWN, THEY WILL WAIT THREE NOT CALL MILES AWAY FROM THE SPLASH DOWN POINT. >> WE GOT THE CALL THEY ARE ON STATION, WE GOT THE CALL THAT THE NASA WV57 AIRPLANE IS IN THE AIR. AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN A COUPLE OF BRIEF SPURTS OF VIDEO. THAT’S THE AIRBORNE ASPECT. THE HIGH ALTITUDE RESEARCH PLANE THAT NASA FLIES IT’S OUTFITTED WITH A NUMBER OF IMAGING CAMERAS THE MAIN ONE WE’LL SEE IS AN INFRARED ONE IF YOU WATCHED THE DEMO ONE SPLASH DOWN WHICH I AM SURE YOU ALL DID.

YOU WERE ABLE TO SEE THAT FIRST AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A GLIMPSE OF THAT WB57 CAMERA. WOMAN GET THERE BACK IF WE ACQUIRE IT THE SAME TIME. WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THE CAPSULE IN THAT ATMOSPHERIC REENTRY. JUST A REALLY BRIGHT LIGHT THAT LIT UP THE SKY AND THAT WAS THE FIRST VIEW WE GOT OF DRAGON. WE’LL USE THAT TO SEE DURING THE ENTRY AND THEN THE INITIAL PARACHUTE DEPLOYS AND THEN WE’LL HAVE A COUPLE MORE AS EXPERTS ON THE GROUND OR ON THE WATER ON THE BOAT. THAT WILL GET A COUPLE OF MORE VIEWS OF DRAGON AS IT DELIVERS BOB AND DOUG SAFELY TO THE OCEAN. >> SO AS YOU CAN HEAR ALL THE HE CAN SITE LITTLE WILL BE HAPPENING IN PRETTY RAPID SUCCESSION. WE CAN SEE CLOSEST TO THE CAMERA WE HAVE DOUG HURLEY, HE IS THE PILOT OR COMMANDER FOR THIS PARTICULAR MISSION AND NOW ON THE CAMERA TO THE TRY, IS NAS ASTRONAUT BOB. AND WE ARE VERY FONDLY LOOKING FOREWARD TO BRINGING OUR SPACE DADS HOME THIS MORNING. IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WILL BE HAPPENING IN AN HOUR AND A HALF.

AGAIN TARGETING SPLASH DOWN FOR 11:48 A.M., SPA SPECIFIC, 1848 UNIVERSAL TIME. BUT LIKE WE MENTIONED BEFORE. THE ACTION BEGINS AT THE CLAW SEPARATION MILESTONE SLATED FOR 10:51 A.M. PACIFIC IN ABOUT 38 MINUTES FROM NOW. SO, AGAIN, WE ARE CONTINUING TO TAKE QUESTIONS THIS MOPING THROUGH TWITTER USING THE #ASKNASA. OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES TO US FROM F1 FANATIC, DO THE ASTRONAUTS NEED TO HAVE FACE MASKS DOWN DURING REENTRY? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. VERY ASTUTE OBSERVATION THAT THOSE VISORS ARE IN THE UPWARD POSITION, RIGHT NOW THE SUITS ARE UNPRESSURIZED AND BOB AND DOUG ARE BREATHING THE NORMAL CABIN AIR. THOSE FACE MASKS, THE VISORS AS WE REFER TO THEM, DO NEED TO BE LOWERED AND LOCKED DURING THE REENTRY PERIOD. WE NEED THE SPACE SUIT TO BE FULLY ENCLOSED DURING THE MORE DYNAMIC ELEMENT OF OPERATS AND CERTAINLY THE REENTRY PERIOD IS ONE OF THEM. SO WE’LL ACTUALLY AT ONE POINT DURING THE DEORBIT BURN PREPARATION PHASE, WE WILL ACTUALLY HEAR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GROUND STATION, FROM GROUND HERE MISSION CONTROL HEADQUARTERS AT SPACEX TO BOB AND DOUG JUST TO CONFIRM AND DOUBLE CHECK THOSE VISORS ARE IN PLACE WHERE THEY SHOULD BE. OUR NEXT COMES TO US FROM PHILIP.

WHERE EXACTLY ARE THE PARACHUTES STORED BEFORE DEPLOYMENT? >> THEY ARE STORED ON — IN TWO SEPARATE COMPARTMENTS ON THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT. ON THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE THAT HAS A DEPLOYABLE PANEL. THE DROGUE PARACHUTES ARE STORED IN THE UPPER PART THE UPPER BULKHEAD DEPLOYED BY TWO DROGUE MOTORS — OR MORTARS, PYROTECHNICS FIRED TO DEPLOY THE DROGUE PARACHUTES, FURTHER DOWN THE PANEL, KIND OF AT THE BASE OF THE SPACECRAFT IS WHERE THE FOUR MAIN PARACHUTES ARE STORED THEY GET DRAWN OUT BY THE DROGUE SHOOTS, THEY ARE REDUNDANT SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THE FIRST SET OF MORTARS DON’T FIRE YOU HAVE BACKUPS TO GET THE CHUTES DEPLOYED. WHERE ONCE ON BOTH THE DROGUE PARACHUTES AND THE MAIN PARACHUTES, SO ONE OUT OF TWO DROGUES AND 3 OUT OF FOUR MAINS IS WHAT THE VEHICLE IS RATED AND TESTED TO.

SPACEX HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TESTING EVEN WITHIN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS IN THE LEADUP TO THE MISSION. OBVIOUSLY A CRITICAL PART. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY METICULOUSLY PACKED AND DOCUMENTED BEFORE THE START OF ANY MISSION. AND NASA A SITTING SPACEX AS WE HAVE SOME EXPERTS INVOLVED IN PARACHUTE MISSIONS FOR DECADES. THEY ARE STORED UNDER DEPLOYABLE PANELS AND WE’LL SEE THEM FIRE OPEN AS THE PARACHUTES COME OUT AND DEPLOY THE DIFFERENT ALTITUDES. >> THOSE PANELS ARE LOCATED ABOVE AND BELOW THE SIDE HATCH PAM. SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE DRAGON CAPSULE, THE ANCHOR POINT FOR THOSE PAIR SUITS INSURE THAT THE SIDE HATCH WILL EFFECTIVELY BE AS FAR AWAY FROM THE OCEAN SURFACE AS POSSIBLE. INSURING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS OF HE OFEGRESSING BOB AND DOUG AND THE CAP OTHER SEWELL AS A HOLM GREAT QUESTION. >> WHAT ARE THE TABLETS NO ON THEIR LEGS USED FOR WHAT DEVICES ARE THEY? >> THEY ARE USING iPADS ON BOARD. THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY USER MANUALS THEY ARE ABLE TO DIAL UP PROCEDURES AND CHECK LIST THEY LOOK FOR.

THEY ARE ABLE TO VELCRO THEM TO THEIR SUITS. JUST LIKE THE MAIN DISPLAYS THEY ARE TOUCH SCREEN AND THEY HAVE THE TOUCH SCREEN ENABLED GLOVES IN THEIR SUITS. ET CETERA JUST ANOTHER INFORMATION SOURCE. DRAGON DOESN’T HAVE THE BIG PAPER MANUALS THAT WE WERE USED TO TO THE SHUTTLE ERA JUST STREAMLINING EVERYTHING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. >> LIKE WE MENTIONED BEFORE THIS IS A DEMONSTRATION MISSION, BOB AND DOUG’S NOBODY IS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS WORK AS IT SHOULD BEING. A LOT OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS GOING TO BE MONITORING, NOT SIMPLY, PAYING ATTENTION CAN BE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS A LOT GOING ON DYNAMICALLY AROUND YOU, IS STAYING FOCUSED CAN BE TOUGH. IT’S NOT AN EASY JOB, THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THE DATA AND TELEMETRY ON SCREENS. DEBRIEFING ON LAND, IT’S SIMPLY WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN REALITY THAT YOU WERE NOT EXPECTING OR DIFFERED FROM WHAT YOU WERE INSTRUCTED WOULD OCCUR.

MAKING SURE THAT IN THE FUTURE FULLY OPERATIONAL MISSIONS THAT WE HAVE, STARTING WITH CREW ONE, LAUNCHING LATER THIS YEAR, THAT THOSE CREWS ARE FULLY PREPARED AND THAT WE MAKE THOSE ESSENTIALLY THOSE INSTRUCTION MANUALS THAT THEY DO HAVE ACCESS TO AS PERFECT AS POSSIBLE. BECAUSE IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE HAVE CORRECT INFORMATION. AND THAT THE CREW IS INFORMED AND AWARE OF ALL OF THE OPERATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY MAY NOT — THEY ARE NOT THE ONES NECESSARILY COMMANDING BECAUSE THE VEHICLE AUTONOMOUS, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THEY DO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.

>> ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT QUESTION, COMES FROM SAM. WANTED TO KNOW IF BOB AND DOUG CAN LISTEN TO SPACEX WEBCAST WHEN THEY ARE IN THE DRAGON CAPSULE? I HOPE SO IT’S NOT LIKE THEY HAVE TOO MUCH ELSE ON THEIR MIND. >> RIGHT. >> NO, THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO LISTEN TO US, BUT ONE FUN FACT THAT ALWAYS KIND OF MAKES US GEEK OUT A LITTLE BIT, IS THE CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD THE SPACE STATION WILL USUALLY GET NASA TV PUMPED UP TO THEN ANY TIME THEIR CREWMATES ARE LAUNCHING OR LANDING THINK SO THEY ARE ABLE TO WATCH THEIR FRIEND AND CREWMATES, SO CHRIS, IF YOU ARE WATCHING, HI.

>> GREAT QUESTION. ANOTHER QUESTION, DOES THE RAG UNCAPSULE HAVE WINDOWS WHERE THEY CAN LOOK UTE? >> ABSOLUTELY. ONE OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES THAT DOUG HAS POSTED WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PICTURES WE POSTED WAS A SHOT OF WHAT HE COULD SEE OUTSIDE OF CREW DRAGON’S WINDOWS. IT CERTAINLY WILL PRACTICE HE DESCRIBED VISUAL CONVERSATION THAT REENTRY IS HAPPENING. THEY’LL SEE THE ENERGY THAT’S BEING — THAT’S BEING EXPELLED DURING THE REENTRY PERIOD. SOME OF THE PIECES OF THE MATERIAL AS THEY HEAT UP AND ARE DESIGNED TO FLICKER AWAY. THEY’LL SEE THAT FROM THE WINDOWS THEMSELVES IT WILL BE FIGHT THE FIREWORKS SHOW.

>> OUR NEXT ONE FROM JOE. DOES THE DRAGON CAPSULE HAVE NETFLIX? ANOTHER IMPORTANT QUESTION. >> YEAH. THE ANSWER TO THAT IS NO. AS AS OUR VIEWS HERE CYCLING THROUGH — AS OUR VIE CYCLE THROUGH WE CAN SEE WHAT THEY SCREENS LOOK LIKE. THERE WE GO. IN THE CENTER SCREEN WE HAVE THE GROUND TRACKING MAP AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ACTUALLY MIGHT BE HARD TO MAKE OUT, BUT DRAGON IS ACTUALLY IN — CROSSING OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.

NOW APPROACHING WHAT LOOKS LIKE ENGLAND AND IRELAND. SO IT WILL BE CROSSING IN TO EUROPE SOON. ALSO ON THE SCREENS TO THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT OF THAT GROUND TRACK SCREEN WERE THEIR TELEMETRY SCREENS, THOSE WILL BE THE INTERFACE THAT THEY USE DURING THE — DURING THE DEORBIT BURN AND THAT’S WHAT THEY’LL USE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD AND PERFORMING NOMINALLY. >> YEAH, THE CENTER SCREEN THAT YOU JUST SAW, THAT’S ESSENTIALLY THE SAME MAP THAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THROUGHOUT OUR COVERAGE HERE TODAY. THEY ARE LOOKING AT A LOT SAME DATA THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GIVE YOU GUYS DOWN HERE ON THE GROUND JUST WHERE ARE THEY OVER THE EARTH? IT CAN BE DISORIENTING TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AND FIGURE IT OUT QUICKLY.

BUT THEY ARE ABLE TO SEE HOW FAR ALONG THEIR ORBIT THEY ARE. WHERE THOSE MILESTONES ARE COMING UP. SO THEY CAN JUST, AGAIN, THEY ARE IN A MONITOR MODE AND READY, LOCKED AND LOAD TODAY JUMP INCH IF REQUIRED. OUR NEXT QUESTION SEVEN-YEAR-OLD IAN WANTS KNOW WHY IS THE DRAGON CAPSULE CONE SHAPED? FOR A VERY SPECIFIC REASON, AND IT’S WHY A LOT OF — A LOT OF SPACECRAFT ARE IN A CAPSULE SHAPE WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO REALLY FIGURE OUT THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO REENTER THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE, BOTH FROM HANDLING THE TRAJECTORY, WITHOUT HAVING WINGS LIKE A SPACE SHUTTLE, YOU STARTING DID HE EVER, WHEN THEY WERE FIRST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEST SHAPE A SPACECRAFT, TO EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY REENTER THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE IN THE SAFEST CONFIGURATION, WHERE THEY LANDED ON WAS A CONE SHAPE.

ON A CAPSULE SHAPE, THERE WERE INITIAL DRAWINGS THAT YOU COULD FIND ALL MANNER OF SPACECRAFT IN WIND TUNNELS BUT ALL THE WAY BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS OF SPACE FLIGHT IN THE MERCURY AND THE VERY EARLY DAYS, THEY WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT THE AM CAPSULE SHAPE IS THE MOST APPRECIATE IT DISSIPATED HEAT THE BEST AND EASY TO CONTROL AND THE SAFEST OPTION. AND PHYSICS HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE THE ’60s AT LEAST NOT A GREAT DEAL. SO THAT’S WHY YOU SEE A LOT OF CAPSULE SHAPED SPACECRAFT AND IT’S JUST FOR REENTERING AN ATMOSPHERE.

GOOD QUESTION. THERE ON YOUR SCREEN AGAIN WE HAVE LIVE SHOTS COMING FROM DRAGON ENDEAVOR AS IT IS MAKING ITS WAY BACK TOWARDSth. WE ARE IN APPROACHING THE FINAL STEPS OF THE DAY OF THE MISSION IN FACT. AND AT 11:48 APP PA SIX, 18:18 A.M. — OR P.M., EXCUSE ME. UNIVERSAL, WE’LL HAVE THE SPLASH DOWN OF DRAGON ENDEAVOR. RIGHT NOW BOB AND DOUG ARE CYCLING THROUGH, PREPARING FOR WHAT WE CALL DEORBIT TURN INITIATION. THE DEORBIT BURN IS WHAT WILL PLACE DRAGON ON ITS SPECIFIC — ON ITS FINAL TRAJECTORY TO A SPECIFIC LANDING LOCATION. THAT LOCATION HAS — WAS — THERE WERE SEVEN POSSIBLE ONES. WE DETERMINED THE BEST ONE FOR TODAY’S REENTRY TO BE OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA NEAR PENSACOLA. THE RECOVERY VESSEL GO NAVIGATE OR IS IN PLACE, READY AND WAITING. AND SEEMS LIKE BOB AND DOUG ARE PRETTY COMFORTABLE THERE. THEY ARE IN THEIR SPACE SUITS, THE LEAK CHECK HAS BEEN PERFORMED AND WE GOT THE CALL OUT THAT IT WAS NOMINAL. SO EVERYTHING GOOD THERE. RIGHT NOW THESE VISORS ARE IN THE UP POSITION. THEY WILL BE CLOSED AND LOCKED IN THE DYNAMIC PORTION UPCOMING. IN A FEW MINUTES.

CHECKING MY TIMELINE HERE. >> WE ARE JUST ABOUT 24:20 FROM THINGS REALLY PICKING UP. THAT’S WHAT WELL START TO GET IN TO THE ATTITUDE TO SEPARATE THE TRUNK. AND JUST ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES AFTER THAT, IS WHEN WE’LL START THE DEORBIT BURN. AND, AGAIN, THAT WILL BE THE LONGEST BURN OF DRAGON’S RETURN JOURNEY. THE LATEST TIMELINE WE GOT HA IT LASTING FOR ABOUT 11 MINUTES AND 22 SECONDS. IT WILL BE THE LAST FIRING OF THE FORWARD BULKHEAD THRUSTERS, THE FOUR DRACOS AT THE TOP OF DRAGON THAT WILL BE COVERED UP EVENTUALLY BY THE NOSE CONE FOLLOWING THE DEORBIT BURN, AS WE SAID BEFORE THAT DEORBIT BURN COMMITS THEM TO COMING HOME WHICH THAT HAPPENS THAT CAPSULE IS REENTERING THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE PUTTING THEM ON A COLLISION CAN COURSE WITH PLANET EARTH, LINING UP THEIR ORBIT TO INTERSECT WITH THE SPLASH DOWN POINT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.

>> AND WHILE WE HAVE JUST A FEW MORE MINUTES UNTIL WE GET TO THAT. WE STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS COMING IN. AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE ONE, JUMP OVER ON TWITTER AND USE THE #ASK NASA. THIS ONE COMES FROM SCARE OF SURVIVOR. DOES DRAGON LOSE RADIO CONTACT WITH SATELLITE OR GROUND STATIONS DURING REENTRY? AND THE ANSWER IS REALLY EVERYTHING. AS THAT PLASMA BUILDS UP AROUND THE SPACECRAFT IT ESSENTIALLY PREVENTSES SIGNALS BEING SENT OR TRANSMITTED OR RECEIVED BY DRAGON’S AN ARTEMYEV BE 10 A’S ANTENNAS IT’S BOTH SATSLIGHT ANT CAN’T COMMUNICATE WITH. BUT IT CONTINUE FLYING ITSELF.

WE KNOW WHAT ITS ORBIT IS PLOTTED OUT TO BE WE KNOW WHERE IT IS AND KNOW THE EXPECTED TIME OF THAT COM BLACKOUT ABOUT SIX MINUTES. IT DOES LOSE CONTACT WITH EVERYTHING, WE WON’T BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM BOB AND DOUG UNTIL THEY ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE THAT HAVE BLACKOUT AND THEN WE’LL REESTABLISH COMMUNICATION WITH DRAGON. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE FROM NETTY WANT TO GO KNOW HOW MANY SEATS ARE IN DRAGON? >> SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, THERE ARE ACTUALLY — I GUESS ONE IS HIPPED, THERE ARE ACTUALLY FOUR CHAIRS THERE AVAILABLE.

WE WILL BE UTILIZING ALL FOUR SEATS ON THE CREW ONE MISSION. LAUNCHING LATER THIS YEAR. CURRENTLY TARGETED FOR SEPTEMBER. RIGHT NOW, BOB AND DOUG ARE ONLY OCCUPYING TWO OF THEM, AS THIS IS A DEMONSTRATION MISSION OF SO, YEAH, WE WILL BE UTILIZING ALL FOUR OF THOSE SEATS IN FUTURE MISSIONS, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE IT WAS ON THE LAUNCH PORTION OF THE MISSION, ONE OF THOSE SEATS WAS OCCUPIED BY TREMOR, WHO IF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG IS THE SEQUINNED DINOSAUR THAT WAS VOTED ON BY THE TWO SONS FROM BOB AND DOUG AS WHAT SHOULD BE THE 0G INDICATOR, SO TREMOR WAS STRAPPED IN TO A SEAT DURING ASCENT AND WHEN THEY GOT THE OKAY TO RELEASE HIM, HE STARTED FLOATING IN TO THE CAPSULE AND, YOU KNOW, GAVE US ITS SEQUINNED GLORY THERE IN — ON THE EDGE OF SPACE.

>> ALL RIGHT. WELL, AGAIN, JUST ANOTHER TIME HAKAS WE ARE COMING UP ON THESE. WE ARE JUST A LITTLE OVER 20 MINUTES FROM THE START OF ALL OF OUR DEORBIT BURN SEQUENCING STARRING. WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT TO REALLY PICK UP AT ABOUT PEN 10:48 AS WE’LL START GETTING IN TO THE ATTITUDE FOR TRUNK SEPARATION. AND THEN WE START BASICALLY EXECUTING A BUNCH OF STEPS THAT ARE GOING TO COMMIT BOB AND DOUG TO THE REENTRY.

>> WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE IT WILL BE QUITE A JOURNEY. WITH RESPECT TO THE DEORBIT BURN BOB AND DOUG WILL REMAIN IN HAIR SEATS AND STRAP ED IN FOR THE ENTIRE DURING RAISE, IN FACT, THEY WON’T BE EXITING THE SEATS UNTIL THEY ARE BEING — UNTIL THEY ARE ABLE TO EGRESS OR EXIT THE CAPSULE AFTER IT HAS SPLASH DOWN AND COVERED OUT OCEAN AND SAFETY RESTING IN THE NEST OF THE RECOVERY VESSEL. ALONG THAT NOTE, OUR NEXT TWITTER QUESTION IS FROM BRETT, THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE ORIENTATION OF THE ASTRONAUTS WHEN SEATED. AS IN DO THEY FACE THE FRONT OR THE TOP OF TH CAPSULE AND DO THEY FIND IT COMFORTABLE. GREAT QUESTION THERE. IN THE VIEWS WE HAD A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO, THEY WERE, I GUESS WHAT WE WOULD CALL IN THE RECLINED POSITION, THEY WERE FACING TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE CAPSULE. DURING THE LAUNCH PORTION, WHENEVER THEY WERE ACTUALLY GETTING IN TO THE CAPSULE, BACK IN LATE MAY, THE SEATS WERE ACTUATED IN THE DOWN POSITION, WHERE THEY WERE FACING TOWARDS THE HATCH.

THE ANGLE OF DIFFERENT IS ABOUT 40 DEGREES BETWEEN THE TWO POSITIONS. THEY ACTUATE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WHENEVER THERE ARE — WHENEVER THERE ARE Gs BEING EXPERIENCED, THAT IT IS IN THE MOST COMFORTABLE AND SAFELY ERGONOMIC WAY POSSIBLY. THAT’S WHERE SEAT OR ACTION SITUATION COMES IN HANDS I, ALSO IT HELPS THEM TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE CAPSULE. IT’S A LITTLE TRICKIER WHENEVER THE SEATS ARE IN THE UP POSITION OR WHEN THEY ARE RECLINED FACING UPWARD TOWARD THE TOP OF THE CAPSULE. AS FOR COMFORT LEVEL, I HAVE HEARD THEY FINE IT COMFORTABLE. >> THE SEATS ARE CUSTOM FIT TODAY EACH ASTRONAUT DESTINED TO BE FLYING IT.

WHENEVER A CREW MEMBER IS ASSIGNED TO A MISSION THEY WILL BE ASSIGNED A SEAT SPECIFICALLY. SO THERE WILL BE NO MID FLIGHT FIRE DRILLS WHERE EVERYONE SWITCHES SEATS EVERYONE HAS A DESIGNATED SEAT. THEY ARE SHAME I SMALL, MEDIUM, AND LARGE AND THE ARMRESTS ARE CUSTOMIZABLE DEPENDING ON HOW LONG THE CREW MEMBER’S FOREARM IS LITTLE SO WE HAVE TAKEN MANY STEPS FOR COMFORT AND STYLE. THE SPACE SUITS ARE SIMILARLY CUSTOM FIT TODAY EACH INDIVIDUAL CREW MEMBER. WITH THE COMBINATION OF THE CUSTOM FIT OF THE SUIT, AS WELL AS THE CUSTOM FIT OF THE SEATS, WE HAVE AIMED TO MAKE IT AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE IN THE EVEN OF SOME SORT OF SITUATION WE NEED TO WAIT AN ACTIVITY FOR UP TO 24 HOURS, EVEN IF YOU ARE HIGHLY DRAINED IT’S A LONG TIME, MAKING SURE THEY ARE AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE WHILE IN THE CABIN WAS HIGH PRIORITY.

>> OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM RICHARD. THIS DEALS WITH KIND OF HYGIENE ON THE SPACE STATION, JUST CURIOUS HOW THE ASTRONAUTS THAT HAVE BEEN ON STATION A WHILE HOW DO THEY STAY CLEAN CUT I KNOW THERE IS NOT A BARBER DO THEY CUT THEIR HAIR, DO THEY SHOWER, DO LAUNDRY, HOW DO THEY DO IT? THEY HAVE TO CUT THEIR OWN HAIR. AND EVEN CURRENT COMMANDER CHRIS CASSIDY WHO IS STILL ON BOARD FAMOUSLY SHAVED HIS HEAD ONCE AS HIS FELLOW CREW MATE LUCA WAS ABOUT TO ARRIVE ON SPACE STATION JUST SO HE HAD SOME BALD COUPLE OF THEY HAVE TRIMMERS ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION THAT HAVE A VACUUM TOO MUCH TODAY THEM SO THEY ARE NOT JUST GETTING HAIR JUST ALL THROUGHOUT THE CABIN AS LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, HAIR WOULD JUST TEND TO FLOAT AROUND AND GET CAUGHT IN THE DRAFTS OF THE AIR CIRCULATION ON BOARD, SO THEY USE BASICALLY VACUUM CUTTERS IN ORDER TO GIVE THEMSELVES HAIRCUTS.

THAT’S HOW THEY ARE ABLE DO IT. NO PROFESSIONAL STYLIST UP THERE. AND STAY LESS SHAGGY. >> QUICK TIME CHECK, WE JUST PAST 10:30. IT’S 10:32 IN CALIFORNIA. WE ARE LESS THAN 20 MINUTES AWAY FROM OUR FIRST EVENT HERE ON OUR LIST AS BOB AND DOUG BEGIN TO CHECK OFF, CONTINUE TO CHECK OFF THE BOXES OF THEIR RETURN HOME. FIRST WE HAVE THE INITIATION OF TRUNK JETTISON, THAT MEANS THAT WE WILL NEED TO UNLATCH THE CLAW FROM THE TRUNK. THAT IS THE MECHANISM THAT HOLDS AND CONNECTS THE TRUNK TO THE CAPSULE, DELIVERS FLUID, TELEMETRY, POWER, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. WE NEED TO EXPOSE THE TRUNK IN ORDER FOR THE CAPSULE TO DEORBIT.

SO WE WILL JETTISON THE TRUNK. AND THEN WE WILL BEGIN A DEORBIT BURN A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER THAT DEORBIT BURN IS SLATED TO BEGIN AT 10:56 A.M. PACIFIC. 1856 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME. IN JUST UNDER 23 MINUTES EXPECT THAT TO START. ONCE AGAIN IF YOU ARE JOINING US, WE HAVE LIVE VIEWS INSIDE THE DRAGON ENDEAVOR CAPSULE. BOB AND DOUG IN THEIR SEATS AS THEY ARE MAKING FINAL PREPARATIONS AND DOING FINAL REVIEWS AS WE GET READY TO INITIATE THE DEORBIT SEQUENCE. CLOSER TO THE CAMERA IS DOUG HURLEY AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE CAMERA IS ASTRONAUT BOB BEHNKEN. THESE ARE TWO INCREDIBLY — INCREDIBLY WONDERFUL HUMANS. WE AFFECTIONATELY CALL THEM OUR SPACE DADS HERE AT SPACEX. IT’S BEEN SUCH AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO FLY THEM, OF COURSE, DOUG HURLEY WAS ACTUALLY THE PILOT OF THE FINAL SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION S IT. TS135 BACK IN 2011. HONESTLY WHEN I HEARD THAT HE WAS ASSIGN TODAY THIS MISSION I CRIED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, JUST TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN THE PILOT OF THAT FINAL MISSION TO THE SPACE STATION IN THIS CAPACITY WAS — IS SO COOL.

I HAVE LOVED FOLLOWING THIS MISSION SINCE THE MOMENT THAT WE STARTED TRAINING FOR IT HERE IN HAWTHORNE. >> WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE READY. THEY HAVE DONE ALL OF THEIR SUIT CHECKOUTS EVERYTHING TO GET TO THIS POINT. ONCE WE BEGIN THESE EVENTS THEY ARE GOING TO KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE, AGAIN, CREW IS ALWAYS IN THE LOOP TO STEP IN. BUT DRAGON GOING TO BE EXECUTING ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT MANEUVERS, SEPARATION EVENT AUTOMATICALLY, VIA A PREPROGRAMMED TIMELINE. WE ARE CONTINUING TO COUNTDOWN, WE’LL HAVE OUR FIRST MANEUVER IN A LITTLE UNDER 13 MINUTES. WE ARE A LITTLE OVER 15 MINUTES FROM THE CLAW SEPARATION. THAT CLAW CONNECTING THE SERVICE MODULE TO THE DRAGON CAPSULE IT HE FEEL IS. A SERIES OF QUIC DISCONNECTS WILL CUT OFF FLUID PATH AND DATA BETWEEN TWO THE TWO A FEW SECONDS AFTER THAT THE TRUNK WILL SEPARATE AND THEY’LL BE JUST LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES AWAY FROM THAT DEORBIT BURN. DEORBIT BURN EXPECTED TO LAST 11 MINUTES AND 22 SECONDS. >> OF COURSE DURING REENTRY, BOB AND DOUG WILL BE EXPERIENCING A COUPLE OF Gs, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THEM TO FEEL ABOUT 4Gs DURING REENTRY.

THIS WILL BE MAIL NICK A LITTLE DILL FOR THEM TO MOVE THEIR ARMS ARMED, NOT IMPOSSIBLE. BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY ARE DID GO RIGHT NOW IS REVIEWING ALL OF THE EVENT DETAILS FOR SLASH DOWN. MAKING SURE THAT — I HAVE SAID THERE BEFORE, THEY HAVE REHEARSED THIS BOTH VIA — THEY HAVE REHEARSED THE SEQUENCE OF EVENT IN PERSON WITH THE RECOVERY TEAM AS WELL AS THROUGH SIMULATIONS HERE AT MICHIGAN CONTROL — OR AT SPACEX HEAD QUARTERS IN HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA. BECAUSE IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO MAYBE FLIP THROUGH TO THE EXACT PART OF THE PROCEDURE THEY MIGHT WANT TO REVIEW DURING THE ACTUAL REENTRY EVENT ITSELF, THEY ARE — THEY ARE REVIEWING THOSE NOW IN PREPARATION FOR THAT SLASH DUNE — OR FOR THE REENTRY SEQUENCE.

>> WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION IT’S PRETTY COOL. IS IT QUIET OR DOES IT SOUND LIKE AN AIRPLANE. IT DOESN’T SOUND LIKE AN ANE AT LEAST NOT NOW AS THEY ARE FLYING THROUGH THE VACUUM OF SPACE THERE NO, SIR RUSHING OF AIR, GET THAT ONCE THEY ARE FURTHER DOWN DURING THEIR DESCENT AND THEY CAN HEAR WHAT THE DRACO THRUSTERS FIRE. ONE OF THE COOL THINGS THEY HAVE DONE TO TRAIN CREW SPACEXs HAD A NUMBER OF MICROPHONES SPACED THROUGHOUT THE CABIN DURING DEMO ONE AND THEY RECORDED WHAT IS SOUNDED LIKE INSIDE THROUGH ALL OF THE MAJOR BURNS, THE LAUNCH, THE DESCENT AND LANDING EVERYTHING.

AND I TRAINER, UPSTAIRS HERE AT HAWTHORNE, AT SPACEX HEAD QUARTERS. THEY HAVE SPEAKERS SET UP AS THEY ARE DOING SIMULATIONS OR PRACTICE RUNS THEY ARE ABLE TO HEAR WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE, THAT’S WHAT BOB POINTED OUT DOES THIS SOUND LIKE I WAS EXPECTING IT TO. DOES LOOK LIKE, IS THAT A LIGHT I AM SUPPOSED TO SEE. ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT FOR THEM IS LIKE REFLECTION BY THE TIME THEY HAVE TRAINED IT THIS MUCH. ALL RIGHT, WELL, AT THIS MOMENT, WE ARE LESS THAN 10 MEMBERS AWAY FROM THIS SEQUENCE STARTING. WE ARE NINE MINUTES AWAY, IN FACT. AND FIRST WE’LL SEE THAT MANEUVER. WHERE WE’LL GET IN TO THE PROPER ATTITUDE OR POINT DRAGON IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR THE CLAW AND TRUNK SEPARATION.

WE’LL DO A 90-DEGREE YAW MANEUVER TURNING DRAGON SIDEWAYS TO MAKE SURE THE TRUNK GOES OUT IN A WAY NOT COMING OUT IN FRONT OF OR BEHIND THE CAPSULE. ESSENTIALLY REENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE WITH THE CAPSULE. WE’LL AVOID THAT. AND THEN DRAGON WILL POSITION ITSELF FOR THE DEORBIT BURN IT, WILL POINT THOSE FORWARD BULKHEAD THRUSTERS IN TO THE DIRECTION THAT IT’S CURRENTLY TRAVELING. THIS IS CALLED A RETRO GRADE MANEUVER AND IT’S DONE SPECIFICALLY TO — WE’LL SLOW THE CAPSULE DOWN, BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, WE ARE CHANGING THE PAIR I DIDN’T OR THE LOWEST POINT OF THE CAPSULE’S ORBIT.

PUTTING IT UP ON AN INTERSECTION POINT IN THE SPOT IN THE GULF WHERE WE ARE COMING HOME. EIGHT MINUTES, KATE. >> WE ARE GETTING CLOSE. >> DRAGON SPACEX FOR DEORBIT SEQUENCE. >> GO AHEAD. >> ALL RIGHT, DOUG, WE ARE FIVE MINUTES OUT FROM DEORBIT SEQUENCE START. IN ADDITION, JUST WANTED TO INFORM YOU WE ARE EXPECTING SOME RATTY COM DOUG DEDRUNK DREW TO ORIENTATION. >> OKAY, COPY, 445 LEFT FOR THE SLEW. AND THEN RATTY C OM DOUG THE CLAW SEPARATION. >> GOOD READ BACK, DOUG. >> OKAY, WE ARE ALMOST FOUR MINUTES AWAY. FROM THE STARTING. >> YEAH, WE JUST HEARD THE CALL OUT THERE, CONFIRMATION FROM SPACEX CORE DOWN HERE AT MISSION CONTROL TO CREW DRAGON NOW UNDER FIVE, AT THE TIME OF THE CALL FIVE MINUTES WAY FROM DEORBIT SEQUENCE START. LIKE WE HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE, DEORBIT SEQUENCE WILL INVOLVE SEPARATING FROM THE TRUNK AND PERFORMING THE DEORBIT BURN.

AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED ON YOUR — THE GROUND TRACKING MAP THAT WE HAVE BEEN SHOWING YOU BEFORE, BOB AND DOUG WERE IN THEIR LAST ORBIT AROUND EARTH. I CAN’T REMEMBER WHAT THE NUMBER WAS, BUT YOU QUOTED EARLIER, DAN, BUT THEY HAVE DONE THOUSANDS OF ORBITS AROUND EARTH DURING THEIR 2-MONTH DURATION ON STATION. IT’S EXCITING THE LINE THAT WE SEE ON THE DRAW JECT ARE YOU MAP IS NO LONGER FULLY AROUND IT, THEY ARE COMING HOME. >> WE ARE NOT SEEING TWO LINES SHOWING WHAT THEIR NEXT ORBIT WILL BE THEY ARE ON THEIR FINAL ORBIT OF PLANET EARTH AND THIS IS THEIR 1,024TH ORBIT AROUND OUR PLANET SINCE THEY LAUNCHED BACK IN MAY EARLIER THIS YEAR. WE ARE COUNTING DONE UNDER THREE MINUTES AWAY FROM THE FIRST MANEUVER AND IT WILL BE A SLEW, AS YOU HEARD DOUG RADIO DOWN, AND THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WE ARE CHANGE THE ATTITUDE, USING THE DRACO THRUSTERS TO ESSENTIALLY SPIN DRAGON ABOUT 90 DEGREES TO THE SIDE.

SO QUESTION JETTISON THAT TRUNK. AND THAT WILL BE DONE IN TUESDAY TWO STAGES, THE CLAW SEPARATION AND THEN THE TRUNK SEPARATION. 2:32 AND COUNTING. THIS IS WHERE THINGS REALLY PICK UP. THIS IS WHERE WE COMMIT TO COMING HOME AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE IN KIND OF THE FINAL STAGES OF BOB AND DOUG’S TRIP IN OUTER SPOUSE AND PRETTY SOON WE’LL BE SEEING THEM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. >> THEY ARE STAYING COMFORTABLE AND IN THE VEHICLE.

BOB AND DUG ARE PREPARING. IT’S ISOLATING THE THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEM LOOPS FROM THE RADIATOR. IT HELPS KEEP THEM COOL THE EXTERNAL TEMPERATURE REACH 3,00E THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEM KEEPS THEM COOL. ALSO DRAGON IS INITIATING THE SEPARATION OF THE CLAW MECHANISM TURN NATING THE DATA, POWER AND FLUID CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE CAPSULE AND THE TRUNK. RIGHT NOW THE E IS PREPARING TO EXECUTE THAT AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING EXECUTION OF CLAW SEPARATION IN 3 MINUTES AND 35 SECONDS. WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 10 HOURS I THINK AT THIS POINT. THE WEBCAST AS A WHOLE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR LESS THAN 24 HOURS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN THE FINAL MOMENTS HERE AS DRAGON IS BEGINNING ITS JOURNEY HOME TO BRING BOB AND DOUG BACK TO EARTH. >> THIS IS THE MOMENT THAT DRAGON IS IN A POSITION TO START COMING HOME. THE RECOVERY TEAM IS ALREADY ON STATION, THEY HAVE BEEN FOR A WHILE OUT THERE OFF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA.

WE ARE LESS THAN A MINUTE FROM STARTING ALL OF THESE CAREFULLY CHOREOGRAPHED SEQUENCES TO ACCEPT THAT I SPLIT DRAGON IN HALF. GET RID OF THE TRUNK SO WE HAVE THE CAPSULE, POINT THE HEAT SHIELD BACK DOWN TOWARDS EARTH FOLLOWING THE DEORBIT BURN. AND THEN WE BRING THEM HOME. WE ARE JUST ABOUT 30 SECONDS AWAY NOW FROM MANEUVERING DRAG TOWN GET READY TO GET RID OF THAT CLAW FIRST. THEN CLAW SEPARATION, A 35-SECOND DIFFERENCE — OR 35-SECOND JUMP FROM SEPARATING THE CLAW TO SEPARATING THE TRUNK AND WE’LL KEEP OUR EYES ON THE GROUND TRACK FOR YOU AND MAKE SURE WE GET AN EXACT LOCATION OF WHEN THESE SEPARATION EVENT ARE OCCURRING.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR BOTH THE CLAW AND THE TRUNK TO SEPARATE CLEANLY. AND THEN IT WILL BE LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES UNTIL WE DO THE DEORBIT BURN. >> AND AFTER THAT, IT WILL — >> DRAGON SPACEX, DEORBIT SEQUENCE START. >> ALL RIGHT. >> GREAT NEWS. >> COPY. >> ALL RIGHT, SO THE DRACO THRUSTERS ON DRAGON STARTING TO FIRE. NOW MOVING ITS WAY OVER TO THE TRUNK JETTISON ATTITUDE. WISHED BE ABOUT TWO MINUTES AWAY FROM THE CLAW SEPARATION. >> FOR THOSE OF YOU JUST TUNING IN, YOU ARE JUST IN TIME AT THIS POINT IN THE MISSION WE ARE NOW BEGINNING TO EXECUTE THE FINAL STEPS OF DRAGON ENDEAVORS RETURN TO EARTH. RIGHT NOW WE ARE PERFORMING THE CLAW SEPARATION SLEW, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS DRAGON IS MANEUVERING ITSELF IN TO POSITION IN TO THE PROPER ATTITUDE IN ORDER TO SEPARATE THE DRAGON TRUNK AND THAT WILL BE INITIATED FIRST BY SEPARATE OF THE CLAW. THE CLAW IS THE MECHANISM THAT ATTACHES THE TRUNK AND THE CAPSULE TOGETHER. THE CLAW IS WHAT DELIVERS POWER AND TELEMETRY AND FLUIDS. AND WE NEED TO EXPOSE THE HEAT SHIELD RIGHT NOW THE TRUNK IS BLOCKING THAT.

SO WE WILL JETTISON THE TRUNK. AND WE WILL THEN HAVE — ALLOW US TO MANEUVER IN TO THE PROPER ATTITUDE TO PERFORM THE DEORBIT BURN. WHICH DRAGON PERFORM A NUMBER SO FAR OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING AND THIS WILL BE THE FINAL VEHICLE HAS TO PERFORM FOR THIS MISSION. SOYUZ WE HEARD CONFIRM ACTION DRAGON IS IN THE PROPER POSITION AND WE ARE STANDING BY FOR TRUNK SEPARATION. >> AND WE JUST HEARD CONFIRMATION. CONFIRMATION OF CLAW SEPARATION. >> AND WITH THE CLAW SEPARATED WE ARE NOW STANDING BY FOR THE TRUNK SEPARATION IN LESS THAN 30 SECONDS. 10 SECONDS UNTIL TRUNK SEPARATION. >> WE JUST HEARD CONFIRMATION OF TRUNK SEPARATION.

>> THE TRUNK SEPARATION COMING AT 10:52 A.M. PACIFIC. WITH DRAGON FLYING OVER THE INDIAN OCEAN JUST OFF TO THE WEST OF AUSTRALIA. >> DRAGON SPACEX WE SHOW NOMINAL TRUNK JETTISON. >> OH, YEAH, WE FELT IT. >> ALL RIGHT. SO THE CREW GOT THE CALL. NOMINAL TRUNK SEPARATION WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE LONGING FOR. NEXT UP IS THE DEORBIT BURN. AGAIN, THIS IS THE LONGEST BURN OF THEIR TRIP HOME. THIS IS THE LONGEST FIRING OF THOSE THRUSTERS AND THE LAST TIME WE ARE USING THOSE FORWARD BULKHEAD THRUSTERS. >> EXACTLY. THOSE FORWARD BULKHEAD THRUSTERS LIKE JIM SAID, THAT’S WHAT WE ARE USE TO GO PERFORM THE DEORBIT BURN, ONCE WE DO THAT — THAT WILL LAST FOR 11 1/2 MINUTES, ONCE THAT IS COMPLETED, WE DON’T NEED TO USE THOSE THRUSTERS ANYMORE, SO WE WILL CLOSE AND LOCK THE NE CONE IN PREPARATION FOR REENTRY.

>> SO WE ARE UNDER 3 1/2 MINUTES FROM THE START OF THE DEORBIT BURN. AGAIN, OUR SEQUENCE OF EVENT HAS STARTED. WE ARE ABLE TO SEPARATE THAT CLAW AT 10:51 A.M. PACIFIC. 17:51 G.M. IT. OR UNIVERSAL TIME. AT THE 52:00 A MINUTE LATER THE TRUNK SEPARATING WHILE DRAGON IS FLYING OFF TO THE WEST OF AUSTRALIA. SO CRAW SEPARATED TRUNK SEPARATED NEXT UP DEORBIT BURN. >> RIGHT NOW, DRAGON IS LUNNING EXCLUSIVELY ON BATTERY POWER NOW THAT THE TRUNK IS SEPARATED ALSO RIGHT NOW. TELEMETRY IS LOOKING REALLY GOOD FOR THE VEHICLE. THE NIGH TOX SYSTEM IS PRIME TODAY CABIN AND SUIT COOLING AND THE SHEET SHIELD IS EXPOSED AND READY FOR ATMOSPHERIC REENTRY.

I THE THAT NIGH TOX SYSTEMS WHICH IS THE AIR THAT WE BREATHE EVERY DAY DOWN HERE ON EARTH THE NITROGENS-OXYGEN COMBINATION MIXTURE IT’S THE SAME THING YOU GET IN A SCUBA TANK IF YOU ARE A SCUBA DIVER. THE SALES TESTIMONY IS USED TO COOL THE CABIN AND SUIT TO KEEP THE RUE COMFORTABLE DURING THE REENTRY PHASE, THEY WILL HAVE COLD AIR FLOWING THROUGH THE THROUGH THAT YOU ARE SUITS AND THE CABIN ITSELF. A COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURE THERE INSIDE THE CAPSULE. THE NEXT EVENT IS THE DEORBIT BURN WE EXPECT THAT TO COMMENCE IN 1:40. >> ACCORDING TO THE GROUND TRACKING MAP THERE, DRAGON IS APPROACHING THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF AUSTRALIA. >> WE ARE LESS THAN A MINUTE — >> WE ARE EXCITED. >> JINX. >> WE ARE INSIDE A MINUTE TO DEORBIT BURN. ONE MORE TIME. THIS IS THE LONG ONE. THIS IS EXPECTED TO LAST 11 MINUTES 22 SECONDS.

THIS IS THAT BURN THAT COMMITS THE DRAGON TO REENTER IN TO THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE AND YOU CAN GET A SENSE OF JUST HOW FAR THEY ARE GOING TO GO. BY TIME THEY FIRE THIS BURN, THEY ARE GOING TO BE OFF TO THE SOUTHWEST OF AUSTRALIA AND THIS WILL REALIGN THEIR ORBIT TO INTERSECT WITH THEIR POINT OFF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA WHERE THEY ARE SPLASHING DOWN. >> THIS IS THE MOMENT WHERE DRAGON IS FULLY COMMITTED TO THE REENTRY POINT. AGAIN, WE ARE AIMING FOR JUST OFF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. OUR RECOVERY SHIP GO NAVIGATOR IS READY AND WAITING TO BEGIN THE RECOVERY PROCESS RIGHT AFTER SPLASH DOWN OCCURS. IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, WE ARE NOW IN THE FINAL STEPS OF THE DEORBIT SEQUENCE. THE DEORBIT BURN WILL BE STARTING HERE IN JUST A COUPLE OF SECOND.

>> WE JUST HEARD CONFIRMATION DEORBIT BURN HAS BEGUN, COMING AT 10:56 A.M. PACIFIC. THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT JUST OFF THE SOUTH WESTERN COAST OF AUSTRALIA. HERE WELLING. 11 MORE MINUTES TO GO. >> I AM READY. I AM SURE IT’S SAFE TO SAY THAT BOB AND DOUG ARE READY. THEY HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS OVER THE LAST FEW WEEK, WHILE THEY WERE ON STATION. AND JUST THE EXCITEMENT AND THE ENTHUSIASM FOR THE MISSION IS PALPABLE. JUST THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO FLY THI THESE TWO INCREDIBLE HUMANS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND BACK IS SUCH AN HONOR AND WE ARE JUST REALLY EXCITED TO GET OUR SPACE DADS HOME SAFELY. AND BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THIS DEORBIT BURN THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN, IT WILL LAST 11 MINUTES AND 22 SECONDS. >> A LITTLE MORE THAN 1:10 IN COUNTING. WE HAVE ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO GO. JUST HEARD A CALL THE PROPULSION SYSTEM PERFORMING NORMALLY, THAT’S THE WORD WE WANT TO HEAR, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO HEAR. JUST UNDER 10 MINUTES TO GO LEFT IN THE BURN. >> AND ALL WITHIN THE LAST AT THE POINT MINUTES.

AGAIN, IT SEEPED LIKE WE HAD SLOW PROGRESS OF EVENTS ALL MORNING AND THEN, BOOM, LAST 10 MINUTES WE HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS HAPPENING. DRAGON MANEUVERED ITSELF IN TO THE APPROPRIATE POSITION TO JETTISON ITS TRUNK AND IT DID SO SUCCESSFULLY, NOMINALLY. AND THEN IT INITIATED THE DEORBIT BURN A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO. LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS DEORBIT BURN IS THE LAST TIME THE FOUR FORWARD DRACO THRUSTERS WILL FIRE. FORWARD MEANING AT THE TOP OF THE CAPSULE.

DRAGON ENDEAVOR HAS NOT YET ENTERED EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE WILL YOU BUSCH THIS DEORBIT BURN IS WHAT WILL LINE THE VEHICLE UP AND PUT ON ITS FINAL THAT TRAJEY TO THE LANDING SITE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. WE ARE NOT SEEING IT RIGHT NOW, BUT BOB AND DOUG ARE USE THEIR SCREENS TO KEEP TABS ON THE BURN DURATION, DRACO THRUSTERS FIRINGS AND AJECTORY DETAILS SUCH AS ENTRY ANGLES, CAPSULE PERIGEE AND HOW MUCH DISTANCE IS REMAINING UNTIL THAT DEORBIT BURN TERMINATES. SO DRAGON IS FLYING ITSELF. SO ALL THEY REALLY HAVE TO DO IS STAY STRAPPED IN THEIR SEATS AND KEEP TABS ON THINGS. >> WHILE THIS BURN IS COMPLETING AGAIN, WE ARE JUST A FEW MINUTES IN TO IT LASTS 11:22. WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE EVENTS COMING UP AFTERWARD, IN THE — LET ME CHECK MY TIMELINE HERE REAL QUICK. IN 40 — JUST UNDER 44 MINUTES, WE WILL HAVE THE INITIAL PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT. SO THAT IS ESSENTIAL SALE WHEN WE WILL BE DEPLOYING THE DROGUE PARACHUTES, THE SMALL PARACHUTES DESIGNED TO FURTHER SLOW DOWN THE CAPSULE AT IT IS REENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE AS WELL SASS STABILIZING IT AND THEN THE DROGUE PARACHUTES TARGETED FOR 18:44 UNIVERSAL.

AND THEN A COUPLE OF MINUTES AFTER THAT, WE WILL HAVE SPLASH DOWN. AGAIN, THAT’S ALL IN JUST UNDER 45, 44 MINUTES. RIGHT KNEW WE ARE PERFORMING THE DEORBIT BURN. >> WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER SEVEN MINUTES LEFT IN THIS BURN. AND THE ONLY PERFORMANCE CALL WE HAVE GOTTEN SO FAR IS EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD WITH PROPULSION SYSTEM ON DRAGON. ONCE THIS BURNS COMPLETES WE WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES ABOUT THREE MINUTES TO CATCH OUR BREATH BEFORE THINGS PICK RIGHT BACK UP. AND WE GET THE NOSE CONE CLOSED. AND THEN THERE WILL BE A BIT MORE OF A GAP AND AT THAT POINT, THEY WILL MANEUVER DRAGON TO ITS ENTRY ATTITUDE, ESSENTIALLY HEAT SHIELD POINTED DOWN AND IN TO THE LINE OF VELOCITY. AND THAT HEAT SHIELD PROTECTING THEM FROM THE HEAT OF REENTRY. TEMPERATURES GETTING UP TO ABOUT 3500 DEGREES. ON THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT. EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD, WE ARE FIVE MINUTES IN TO THE DEORBIT BURN. STARTED RIGHT AT 10:56 A.M. PACIFIC TIME. 17:56:56 G.M. T DRAGON FLYING 260 STATUTE MILES OFF THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF AUSTRALIA. >> SO RIGHT NOW DURING THIS BURN THE — WE JUST HEARD A CALL THAT WE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH THE BURN AND EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GREAT.

EVERYTHING PERFORMING NOMINALLY. DURING THIS BURN RIGHT NOW, BOB AND DOUG ARE CURRENTLY MONITORING THE DEORBIT TOOL, WHICH LIKE I SAID EARLIER, CAPTURES THING LIKE THE PAIR PERIGEE, REENTRY, — OR HOW MUCH DISTANCE REMAINS BEFORE THE BURN ITSELF IS TERMINATE THEY ARE THE ALSO MONITORING THE TERMINATION. AND DRACO THRUSTERS ON FORWARD BULKHEAD OF THE CAPSULE. YOU CAN SEE WHAT BOB AND DOUG ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW. THAT IS — THAT COOL ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT OF THE CENTER SCREEN IS THE DEORBIT — THAT IS THE DEORBIT MONITORING TOOL.

>> JUST PAST SEVEN MINUTES IN TO THE BURN, A LITTLE OVER FOUR MINUTES REMAINING. EVERYTHING IS STILL LOOKING GOOD WITH DRAGON SHIPPEN DID HE EVER’S DEORBIT BURN TO COMMIT IT TO COMING HOME. EVERYTHING CONTINUING TO BE ON TRACK FOR OUR SPLASH DOWN. AGAIN, OUR SPLASH DOWNTIME RIGHT AT 11:48 AND 24 SECONDS PACIFIC. WAS THE CALCULATED TIME. IT WILL BE TYPICAL FOR A COUPLE OF SECOND FROM EITHER SIDE. BUT THAT TIME IS 1848 G.M.

IT. OR UNIVERSAL. BUT WE ARE ALREADY THROUGH HAVE YOU A REALLY MAJOR STEPS TO INITIATE THIS REENTRY. THE CLAW SEPARATED, TRUNK GONE, THE DEBORE ORBIT BURN HAS BEGUN AND MORE THAN HALF A WAY THROUGH A LITTLE UNDER 3 1/2 MINUTES REMAINING. >> THERE ON YOUR SCREEN SAY SHOT OF OUR MISSION CONTROL SPACEX HEAD QUARTERS IN HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA. WHERE THE MISSION LEADERS ARE MONITORING DRAGON’S PROGRESS, AND CONTINUE TO WATCH THE PROPULSION DATA AND ALL THE GNC DATA MAKING SURE THATVERYTHING LOOK HEALTHY AND NOMINAL.

>> JUST ABOUT 2:30 UNTIL THE END OF THIS BURN. WE’LL LISTEN TO THE CALL OUT UP TO THE CREW ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BURN. AND THEN THEY’LL START MOVING IN TO THE NEXT STEPS. AGAIN, WE’LL GET ABOUT A 3-MINUTE BREATHER BEFORE THE NEXT MAJOR MILESTONE COMES UP WHEN WE GET READY TO CLOSE THE NOSE TONE. THAT PROTECTING THE DOCKING RING GUIDANCE AND A HALF NATION AND CONTROL CENSORS AND ALSO THESE FOUR FORWARD BULKHEAD THRUSTERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY PERFORMING THE DEORBIT BURN. DURING THE ACTUAL REENTRY PROCESS, SO WE ARE AT JUST UNDER TWO MINUTES FROM THE CONCLUSION OF THE DEORBIT BURN. >> AGAIN, DRAGON IS COMMITTED TO ITS SPLASH DOWN POINT.

THERE IS NO GOING BACK. >> YEAH. WE ALREADY HAVE THE RECOVERY TEAM READY AND ON STAND BY, THEY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOMETIME NOW. 90 SECONDS LEFT IN THE BURN, WEATHER LOOKING GREAT AT THE SPLASH DOWN S OFF PENSACO WINDS JUST AROUND 2 1/2 MILES PER HOUR. SEA BEING DESCRIBED AS LIKE GLASS BY THE CORE HERE IN HAWTHORNE RADIOING UP TO THE CREW. GETTING FANTASTIC WEATHER FOR THIS FIRST CREWED SPLASH DOWN OF DRAGON. WE ARE ONE MINUTE AWAY FROM THE END OF DEORBIT BURN.

>> AGAIN, THIS BURN IS PLACING KRKIC DRAGON ON ITS FINAL TRAJECTORY TO THE LANDING SITE OFF OF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA IN THE GULF OF MEXICO OR RECOVERY VESSEL DONATED GATOR AND THE RECOVERY TEAM ARE READY ANITING TO SEE BOB AND DOUG COME BACK THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE. LIKE W SAI THE DEORBIT DURING THIS DEORBIT URN THEYRENOT ACTUALLY REENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE JUST YET. THAT O’T HAPPEN FORBOT ANOTHER HALF HOUR OR S. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY JUST LIING UP DRAGN ON THE RIGHT COURSE TO THAT SPLASH DOWN IE. >> STILL IN AN ATTITUDE OF 254 STATE MILESVER PLANET EARTH WE ARE COMING UP N10 SECONDS FROM T EN OF THE BURN SO WE’LL STAND BY AND WAIT FOR THEN PERFORMANCE. >> DRAGON, SPACEX DEORBIT COMPLETE. PERFORMANCE NOMINAL. NOSE CONE CLOSURE INITIATED. >> NOMINAL BURN, NOSE CONE [ INAUDIBLE ] >> ALL RIGHT. DEORBIT BURN COMPLETE. WE HEARD THE CALL NOMINAL BURN, BOB AND DOUG ARE ON THEIR WAY BACK HOME.

THIS BURN COMMITS THEM TO REENTERING THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE, WHEW, ALL WE HAVE LEFT NOW IS TO WAIT. THAT WAS REALLY ONE OF THE LAST MAJOR MOMENTS BEFORE THEY START REENTERING THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE, WE’LL HAVE THE NOSE CONE CLOSURE COMING UP NEXT. THAT SHOULD BE COMING IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES, AS WE HAD ABOUT A 3-MINUTE SPAN BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE DEORBIT AND THAT MOMENT. >> THE NOSE CONE IS ACTUALLY CURRENTLY IN THE CLOSING PROCESS. SO IT DOESN’T JUST SNAP SHUT. IT DOES SLOWLY CLOSE AND LOCK. SO RIGHT NOW THAT NOSE CONE IS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING BACK IN TO THE CLOSED POSITION. AND WE WILL HEAR THE CALL OUT FOR WHENEVER IT HAS FULLY CLOSED. AND WHENEVER THE LATCHES HAVE SECURED. >> SEEING DATA, LOOKS LIKE IT’S ABOUT HALFWAY THERE. IT’S OPEN MORE THAN 90 DEGREES THE EXACT COUNT WAS 110 DEGREES. OPENING RANGE. OR RANGE OF MOTION FOR THE NOSE CONE.

LITTLE MORE THAN HALFWAY TO GETTING THE NOSE CONE CLOSED. >> I HAVE JUST HEARD THAT WE HAVE A VISUAL ON NOSE CONE CLOSURE. SO TAKE A MINUTE FOR THE HOOKS TO CLOSE IN. THE THEY CLOSE IN A SERIES. SO THE FIRST SERIES WILL CLOSE AND THEN THE SECOND WILL FOLLOW. AND THAT WILL TAKE ABOUT A MINUTE TO COMPLETE. >> WELL, AS WE JUST WAIT FOR THE FINISH TO THAT NOSE CONE CLOSURE, WE’LL HAVE A BIT OF TIME AGAIN. WE’LL HAVE 20 MINUTES — WELL, A ETTLE OVER 21 FROM NOW UNTIL WE REALLY START REENTERING THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE, EXPECT THAT GO IN 21 MINUTES. RIGHT AROUND THAT TIME WE’LL LOOK FOR THE BLACKOUT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT. WE HAVE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE CALL RATTY COM AT THIS POINT. SO YOU’LL HEAR KIND OF SPORADIC INTERRUPTIONS IN THE AUDIO TRANSMISSIONS JUST BECAUSE OF HOW DRAGON WAS ORIENTED FOR THE — THE TRUNK JETTISON AND FOR THE ACTUAL DEORBIT BURN.

BUT THAT BLACKOUT PERIOD WILL BE DUE TO THE LAS PLAYS MARTHA BUILDS UP AROUND THE CAPSULE INTERFERING WITH THE ANTENNAS SENDING OR RECEIVING DATA. >> I HAVE HEARD THE CALL OUT THAT THE FIRST SET OF HOOKS FOR NOSE TONE CLOSURE ARE IN MOTION. THIS WILL COMPLETE IN TWO SETS. THE FIRST SET IS NOW IN MOTION. SO REALLY GOOD NEWS TO HEAR THAT. EVERYTHING LINING GOOD SO FAR. LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE. IN THE BACKGROUND DRAGON HAS INHIBITED THE FORWARD BULKHEAD DRACO THRUSTERS THAT WE JUST USED TO COMPLETE THE DEORBIT BURN, THIS IS TO INNING SURE IT’S SAFE TO LATCH THE NOSE CONE SHUT FOR REENTRY.

ALSO THE VEHICLE HAS INITIATED THE NITROX PURGE, IT’S WHAT WE BREATHE. NITROGEN AND OXYGEN IT’S BEING PURPOSED IN TO THE SYSTEM AND IS COOLED LITTLE ALLOWING THAT COOL AIR TO CIRCULATE AROUND THE CABIN BUT ALSO INSIDE OF BOB AND DOUG’S SUITS BEING HELPING TO KEEP THEM COOL AND COMFORTABLE DURING REENTRY. WHICH WILL BE COME UP IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. WE ARE CURRENTLY TRACKING 23 MINUTES AND 20 SECONDS UNTIL ENTRY BEGINS.

>> IN CASE YOU ARE JUST JOINING US AT THIS POINT. THE NOSE CONE HAS CLOSED. THE FORWARD THRUSTERS, HAVE BEEN DISABLED. AND WE ARE LATCHING THE NOSE CONE. CURRENTLY UNDERWAY WITH THE FIRST SET OF HOOKS. THE FIRST OF TWO SETS. WE JUST HAD CONFIRMATION THE FIRST SET OF HOOKS IS CLOSED. SO NOW THE SECOND SET WILL BEGIN TO CLOSE AS WELL. >> AS WE MENTIONED AFTER THIS NOSE CONE FULLY CLOSED, WE’LL HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO CATCH OUR BREATH AGAIN. ABOUT 20 MINUTES OR JUST UNDER 20 MINUTES UNTIL DRAGON WILL START TO MANEUVER ITSELF TO THE ENTRY ATTITUDE. ESSENTIALLY POINTING THE HEAT SHIELD IN THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. AS IT’S GOING TO BE LEADING THE WAY THROUGH THEIR HE REENTRY THROUGH THE EARTH’S HAD THE@PLUS FEAR, WE’LL LOOK TO RUN IN TO THAT COMMUNICATIONS BLACKOUT AT ABOUT 36 MINUTES AFTER THE HOUR.

EXPECT THAT GO TO LAST FOR ABOUT SIX MINUTES. AND THEN WE’LL GET THAT BACK SHORTLY BEFORE WE DEPLOY THE DROGUE PARACHUTES, FOLLOWED JUST LESS THAN A MINUTE LATER BY THE MAIN PARACHUTES. AND BY THAT POINT HOPEFULLY WE SHOULD HAVE SOME VIEWS OF DRAGON REENTERING THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE AND PARACHUTE TO GO A SPLASH DOWN IN THE GULF. >> THERE IN THE FRONT ROW OF MISSION CONTROL NET CENTER YOU CAN SEE CEO ELON MUSK AND OUR PRESIDENT GLEN SITTING SIDE BY SIDE AT THE CENTER CONSOLES.

IN ADDITION TO THOSE TWO, THE ROOM IS FILLED WITH DRAGON OPERATORS AND MISSION LEADERS. WHO ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THE HEALTH AND TELEMETRY OF THE CREW AND THE CAPSULE. RIGHT NOW NOSE TONE CLOSURE IS UNDER WAY. THE FIRST OF TWO SETS OF HOOK LATCHING HAS COMPLETED. AND WE JUST A CALL THAT THE NOSE — >> NOSE CONE IS SECURE FOR ENTRY. >> COPY, WE SEE IT ON BOARD. >> GREAT CONFIRMATION THERE FROM MISSION CONTROL HERE UP TO DRAGON ENDEAVOR, BOB AND DOUG HAVE CONFIRMED TO ON THEIR DAYS PLAYS THAT THE NOSE CONE HAS CLOSED NOMINALLY AND IT IS SECURE FOR ENTRY. >> ALL RIGHT, SO THAT NOSE CONE CLOSED COMPLETION. A LOT OF TONGUE TWISTERS COMING WITH DRAGON STILL FLYING OVER THE SOUTH PACIFIC.

IT IS ON ITS WAY HOME. WE ARE GOING TO GRADUALLY START TO SEE ITS ALTITUDE DIP. ALREADY ONLY TWO — 207 MILES OVER THE EARTH’S SURFACE. 260 WHEN IT WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN OFF THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF AUSTRALIA. WHEN IT FIRED ITS ENGINES FOR THAT DEORBIT BURN. SO IT’S ALTITUDE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DROP. ONCE IT GETS TO 100 KILOMETRES IN ALTITUDE OR 62 MILES, IT’S GOING TO BEGIN WHAT’S KNOWN ASSENTS ARE YOU INTERFACE AND THAT’S HAD IT BEGINS TO START TO FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE, ONCE AGAIN BEING EXPERIENCING LIFT AND DRAG AS IT IS NO LONG NEVER THAT NEAR VACUUM ENVIRONMENT IN LOWER EARTH ORBIT. >> WE ARE STEPPING IN TO THE SECOND HALF. OF ENTRY. DRAG SUN NOW BEGINNING TO FLUSH NITROX IN TO THE CABIN AND CONTINUING TO TOP IT OFF. IN BOB AND DOUG’S SUIT AS WELL.

THIS IS COOL AIR, ESSENTIALLY FLOWING THROUGH THE CABIN AND THE SUITS THIS, ALLOWS THEM AND THE CABIN ITSELF TO REMAIN COMFORT ARM DURING REENTRY WHILE THE EXTERNAL TEMPERATURES REACH 3500 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, DRAGON’S ORIENTATION IS SUCH THAT THE HEAT SHIELD IS POINTING FORWARD, IF YOU WILL, LEADING THE CAPSULE TOWARD THE LANDING SITE. IF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS YOU KNOW THAT WEATHER HATS BEEN A BIG TICKET ITEM FOR US. THE RECOVERY TEAM HAS BEEN BUSY OVER THE LAST WEEK WORKING TO DETERMINE THE SELECTION OF A LANDING SITE. IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE OPTIONS FOR SPACE STATION DEPARTURES, THE TEAM IDENTIFIED A TOTAL OF SEVEN POSSIBLE SPLASH DOWN LOW INDICATIONS. IN TOURED MEET NASA’S TIMELINE REQUIREMENTS FOR CREW RECOVERY, THEY POTENTIAL SPLASH DOWN LOW INDICATIONS HAVE TO BE CLOSE TO A PORT AND THEY HAVE TO BE CLOSE TO MEDICAL FACILITIES.

SO WITH ALL OF THAT IN MIND, YOU ADD THE EVER EVOLVING WEATHER CONDITIONS OF FLORIDA, BUT ALSO THAT TROPICA STORM Y SIGH A THAT WAS MOVING THROUGH, AND IT’S EASY TO SEE HOW DETERMINE THAT GO SLANTING SITE IS QUITE A COMPLEX PROCESS. SINCE DRAGON IS CAPABLE OF SPLASH DO YOU THINK ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FLORIDA PAN HANDLE WE HAVE TWO VESSEL READY TO SUPPORT. ONE WE ARE USING GO NAVIGATOR AND THE OTHER LOCATED OFF THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA, ABLE TO SERVICE LANDING SITES IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, THAT ONE IS GO SEARCHER. ENTER SPLASHING DOWN IN THE GULF OF MEXICO JUST OFF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. THAT GO NAVIGATOR IS IN PLACE AND READY AND WAITING FOR BOB DID DOUG. THE WB57 PLANE IF IT HAS NOT TAKEN OFF ALREADY I AM SURE IT WILL BE SOON. >> IT’S IN THE AIR. >> OKAY, GREAT.

THAT’S WHAT WILL PROVIDE OUR FIRST VIEWS OF DRAGON DURING REENTRY WE GET A THERMAL CAM OFF THAT AIRPLANE ALLOWING US TO SEE THE CAPSULE AS IT IS REENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE IF YOU TUNED IN FOR OUR DEMO ONE BROADCAST, IT WAS BASICALLY A BIG BALL OF LIGHT COMING AT US. WE’LL ALSO HAVE CAMERAS ON BOARD THE RECOVERY VESSEL, SO AS DRAGON GETS CLOSER WE — AND IS DEPLOYING THE PARACHUTES, WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE HOPEFULLY SOME REALLY CLEAR FOOTAGE OF THAT ALL OCCURRING AS WELL. >> DRAGON’S ATTITUDE CONTINUING TO DIP,. >> Announcer: NOW 174 MILES OVER PLANET EVERYTHING, UNDER 11 1/2 MINUTES FROM WHERE WE EXPECT TO HIT ENTRY INTERFACE, THAT’S WHERE DRAGON WILL REALLY START FEELING THE EFFECTS OF BEING IN A DEFENSIVE ATMOSPHERE.

AND THEN WE ARE STILL TRACK THAT GO BLACKOUT TO COME RIGHT AROUND THAT SAME TIME. WE ARE UNDER 27 MINUTES AWAY FROM SPLASH DOWN, UNDER 27 MINUTES AWAY FROM BOB EXAMINE DOUG BEING ON PLANET EARTH FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MAY 30th. >> TO PUT EVERYTHING IN PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, THE DRAGON CAPSULE DEPARTED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SEVERAL HOURS AGO. BUT ACCORDING TO WHAT DAN J SAID, IT’S ESSENTIALLY HALFWAY HOME JUST BASED ON ALTITUDE ALONE THINK SO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IS ABOUT 250 MILES ABOVE EARTH’S SURFACE. I THINK RIGHT NOW IT’S BETWEEN 250 AND 300. RIGHT NOW IT’S 263 MILES ABOVE EARTH’S SURFACE.

SO BASED ON THAT TELEMETRY THAT DAN JUST READ OFF IS FROM AN ALTITUDE STANDPOINT. DRAGON IS HALFWAY HOME. AND YET THAT SECOND HALF IS GOING TO BE COVERED IN THE NEXT 27 ISH MINUTES WHILE WE WAIT FOR SPLASH DOWN AND RECOVERY VERSUS THE SEVERAL HOURS THAT WE HAVE BEEN COVERING SINCE YESTERDAY. >> YEAH. >> YEAH. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE ITS SPEED DROP AS IT’S DROPPING OUT OF ORBIT, STARTING TO HIT THE ATMOSPHERE, STARTING TO SLOW FROM THE EVENINGS OF THAT FRICTION. GENERATING THE HEAT ON THE HEAT SHIELD. BUILDING UP THE PLASMA EVENTUALLY AROUND THE SPACECRAFT. THE SPEED WILL CONTINUE TO DROP. IT’S ALREADY BELOW 17,000 MILES AN HOUR AND IT WILL DROP TO HE SHAME I A TERMINAL VELOCITY OF 350 MILES AN HOUR RIGHT AS THOSE DROGUE CHUTES DEPLOY AND THOSE WILL POP OUT WHEN CENSORS ON THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT BOTH GPS AND PRESSURE SENATORS TELL THE SPACECRAFT IT’S AT THE RIGHT ALTITUDE AND THEY WILL AUTOMATICALLY DEPLOY. THE DROGUES COMING OUT OF THE TOP SECTION OF THE SPACECRAFT.

USING TWO MORTARS, PYROTECHNICS ESSENTIALLY, TO DEPLOY THOSE TO DO THE INITIAL SLOWING AND STABILIZING OF THE DRAGON CAPSULE. >> THEN AFTER THAT THE MAIN PARACHUTES WILL POP OUT AND FURTHER DECELERATE IT TO 119 MILES PER HOUR. AND THEN THAT WILL CONTINUE TO DECELERATE AND BY THE TIME THAT THE CAPSULE IS SPLASHING DOWN IN THE 2K3WU68 OF MEXICO, IT’S ONLY GOING 15, 16 MILES PER HOUR.

SO SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN SPEED THERE. OVER JUST THE COURSE OF A COUPLE OF MINUTES. THAT,, OF COURSE, IS A COMFORTABLE SPEED THE WAY THE ASTRONAUTS DESCRIBED IT PREVIOUSLY WITH OTHER TYPES OF MISSIONS LANDING DOWN, DOING LAND LANDINGS OF ABOUT THE SAME RATE THEY SAID IT FEELS LIKE YOU ARE IN A MINOR FENDER BENDER. >> YEAH, YOU ARE RUNNING IN TO SOMETHING. YOU’LL FEEL IT. BUT THEY DO A LOT OF WORK WITH THE SEATS AND THE RESTRAINTS WITH THESE CREW MEMBERS JUST TO MAKE SURE WHILE IT MAY BE A FENDER BENDER, YOU’VE GOT MOURN A SEE BELT HOLDING YOU IN. THIS THEY ARE SECURE IN THEIR SEATS AND SEAT BELTS AND WILL STAY THERE EVEN AFTER THIS TOUCHES DOWN, WE’LL HAVE COMMUNICATION IT WILL STAY POWERED ON, PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANTLY THE AIR-CONDITIONING WILL CONTINUE TO WORK.

NOW IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES THAN THEY HAVE SEEN FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. THE AND WE’LL STILL BE ABLE TO TALK TO THEM FROM HERE IN HAWTHORNE AND THE RECOVERY TEAMS WILL BE ABLE TO AS WELL. >> YEAH. >> ONE OF THE THINGS WE MIGHT SEE THEM DO DEPENDING ON SEA SOMETIMES AND EVERYTHING THEY TOUCHDOWN AND THE CREW THEMSELVES, THEY’LL HAVE DEMONSTRATION TASKS CARRY OUT. THEY HAVE A SATELLITE PHONE IN THE CAPSULE THAT HAS ITS OWN SATELLITE ANTENNA INTEGRATED IN TO DRAGON. WE MIGHT HEAR THEM DO A TEST CALL ON THAT TO THE TEAMS HERE WE WON’T BE ABLE TO HEAR IT, YOU WILL HEAR THE GO TO DO IT OVER THE DRAG TOWN GROUND AUDIO THAT WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING THE EN ENTIRE TIME. WE HAVE DEMONSTRATIONS STILL TO DO. AGAIN, THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT TO PROVE OUT THE SYMPTOMS, TO BRING CREW MEMBERS FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER TO THE SPACE STATION AND RETURN THEM SAFELY TO EARTH.

WE HAVE HAD SO FAR A FLAWLESS RIDE DOWNHILL AND COMPLETED THE DEBURN, DRAGON IS CONTINUING TO DROP DOWN. IT’S RIGHT NOW AT THE AT 132 MILES. OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN, WE’LL SEE ITS GROUND TRACK CROSS OVER CENTRAL AMERICA, OUT OVER THE GULF. IN THAT SPLASH DOWN IN THE GULF JUST OFF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA. >> DRAGON SPACEX FOR ENTRY BRIEF. >> GO AHEAD. >> OKAY, DOUG, WE HAVE NO UPDATE TO TIMING BECAUSE THE BURN WENT GREAT AND YOUR VEHICLE IS STILL LOOKING REALLY GOOD FOR ENTRY. NO HEALTH ISSUES AT THIS TIME. >> OKAY, DRAGON COPY, THANK YOU. >> IN ADDITION, THE RECOVERY TEAM IS GO AND THE WEATHER IS STILL GREAT.

WINDS ARE AT TWO KNOTS AND WAVES ABOUT ONE FOOT FROM THE SHIP. THEY ARE REPORTING VERY CALM. COPY. >> COPY, GOOD WEATHER AT THE LANDING AREA, THANK YOU. >> OKAY, AND LAST PIECE IS THAT WE DO EXPECT SOME ADDITIONAL RATTY COM DURING ENTRY PREP DUE TO VEHICLE ATTITUDE. SO IF YOU CAN GET US YOUR ENTRY CHECK REPORT A LITTLE PRIOR TO ENTRY PREP TWO, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. >> COPY.

WILL DO. >> OKAY, THANKS, DOUG. >> WE HAD A BIT OF A BRIEFING TO MISSION CONTROL AND BOB AND DOUG UP IN CREW ENDEAVOR. JUST CONFIRMING WITH THEM THAT THE DEORBIT BURN WAS GREAT AND THAT THE TIMING ON THEIR PADS DOESN’T NEED TO BE UPDATED. WE ARE ABLE TO UP LOAD NEW TRAJECTORY CALCULATIONS INCLUDING TIMES THAT REMAIN LIVE DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, HOW THE BURN GOES AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THOSE DON’T NEED TO BE UPDATED.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THEY DO REMAIN ACCURATE. BECAUSE BOB AND DOUG, THEIR PRIMARY MISSION RIGHT NOW IS TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE VEHICLE STATUS AND TELEMETRY AND DATA BEING PRESENTED TO THEM ON THEIR TOUCH — ON THEIR TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAYS IN FRONT OF TELL. AND SO DURING THE MORE DYNAMIC EVENTS, THEY CERTAINLY WANT TO BE AWARE WHEN THINGS LIKE PARACHUTE DEPLOY WILL BE HAPPENING AND WHEN SPLASH DOWN IS EXPECTED.

SO MAKING SURE THAT THE TIMELINE OF EVENTS, THE SEQUENCING, IS ACCURATE IS CERTAINLY IMPORTANT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO STAY AWARE AND UPDATED OF UPCOMING EVENTS. >> JUST ANOTHER QUICK POSITION CHECK. DRAGON STILL OUT OVER THE CENTRAL PACIFIC. DOWN TO ABOUT 108 MILES IN ALTITUDE. WE ARE EXPECTING THAT ENTRY INTERFACE TO COME UP IN THE NEXT FOUR MINUTES OR SO. AGAIN, THAT POINT DRAGON SHOULD BE IN AND OUT RIGHT AROUND 62 STATUTE MILES OR ABOUT 100 KILOMETERS AND THAT’S WHEN IT REALLY STARTS TO FEEL THE EVENINGS OF THE ATMOSPHERE, STARTS TO EXPERIENCE THE — A LIFT IN DRAG. AND ANOTHER ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS IT’S BEEN FREE-FORM WHILE FLYING IN THE NEAR VACUUM OF LOWER EARTH ORBIT. CONTINUE TO BE DROP IN ATTITUDE. STILL LOOKING FOR AN ON TIME SPLASH DOWN. SHOULD JUST BE ABOUT 19 MINUTES FROM NOW. JUST A REMINDER WE HAVE THAT BLACKOUT PERIOD COMING. AS THEY CONTINUE TO DIP IN THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE, AND GET LOWER AND LOWER, THE ATMOSPHERE GETS THICKER AND THICKER AND WILL GENERATE MORE AND MORE HEAT.

EVENTUALLY HEATING UP THE OUTSIDE THE DRAGON TO 3500 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND AS IT HITS THAT PEAK HEATING IT WILL ALSO BE FORMING A PLASMA AROUND THE SPACECRAFT SO WE DO EXPECT TO LOSE COM FOR ABOUT SIX MINUTES. >> SPACEX DRAGON CREW ENTRY PREPS ARE COMPLETE. >> SPACEX COPIES ENTRY PREP COMPLETE. THANK YOU. >> THE CALL FROM SPACECRAFT COMMANDER DOUG HURLEY, ENTRY PREPS ARE COMPLETE.

THEY ARE ON BOARD, THURMAN TOURING, THEY ARE READY TO COME HOME. >> AS OF RIGHT NOW ENTRY PREP SHOULD HAVE CONCLUDE THE TEAM PREPARATION OF THE FLIGHT SUIT WE HAVE A QUESTION EARLIER FROM SOCIAL MEDIA IF THE VISORS ARE UP DOOR OWN THEY SHOULD BE DOWN NOW AT THIS POINT AS PAR OF THE ENTRY PREP CHECK. AND THAT LAST BRIEFING WE HEARD THAT THE WEATHER IS LOOKING GOOD. IN A PREVIOUSLY REPORT THE PHRASING WAS IF LOOKS LIKE GLASS AND THAT IS CERTAINLY IDEAL FOR A WATER SPLASH DOWN.

THAT BEING SAID, THE RECOVERY TIMELINE, YOU KNOW, BOB AND DOUG SHOULD BE OUT OF THE CAPSULE WITHIN AN HOUR AFTER SPLASH DOWN, GOOD TO HEAR THE WE ARE IS GOOD AND BLEW SKIES AND A COUPLE OF WHITE PUFFY CLOUDS AS WE GOT VIEWS FROM OUR RECOVERY VESSEL GO NAVIGATE EVERYBODY GLAD TOO HEAR THAT CONDITIONS ARE SUSTAINING AND THAT WHIPS ALSO ARE LOOKING REALLY GOOD. 2 TO 2 1/2 MILES AN HOUR, REALLY GOOD. >> WE THREADED THE NEEDLE ONCE AGAIN ALMOST LIKE ON LAUNCH WITH THE WEATHER TODAY. THE UPPER LIMITS FOR WIND IS 10 MILES AN HOUR. >> WE ARE WELL BELOW THAT THRESHOLD FOR HEY SPLASH DOWN TODAY. DRAGON 82 MILES IN ALTITUDE, CONTINUING TO DIP DOWN WE ARE EXPECTING THE HE WANT ARE YOU PHASE TO START SOON WHERE THE VEHICLE ITSELF HEATS UP, IT WILL CONTINUE TO USE ITS DRAW CO THRUSTERS TO MAINTAIN ATTITUDE AS IT CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE AND WE’LL HAVE THAT COM BLACKOUT IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES AS WELL.

JUST HEARD THE CABIN PURGE HAS STARTED AGAIN, THIS IS WHEN THEY ARE GOING FLUSH THE CABIN OF DRAGON WITH COOLED AIR. THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO DO A SUIT PURGE. RUNNING COOLED NITROX THROUGH THE SUITS FOR BOB EXAMINE DOUG TO KEEP THINGS AT A COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURE FOR THEM. AS THE CAPSULE GOES THROUGH THE REENTRY AND STARTS TO HEAT UP. AND LIKE WE SAID WE ARE ANTICIPATE A BRIEF BLACKOUT PERIOD WHERE WE ARE UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CAPSULE. THAT’S — WE ARE EXPECT THAT TO START IN EXACTLY THREE MINUTES. THAT WILL LAST FOR SIX MINUTES TOTAL. AND DURING THAT TIME, WE WILL BE UNABLE TO COMMAND THE VEHICLE. OR RECEIVE TELEMETRY. THAT BEING SAID, DRAG SUN DESIGNED TO BE FULLY AUTONOMOUS, SO IT’S DRIVING ITSELF AERODYNAMIC FORCES. THIS IS ALL WHEN A LOT OF THAT FRICTION WILL BEGIN TO BUILD UP. AND RAISE THE HE CAN TERM TEMPERATURES. >> DRAGON SPACEX WE SHOW TWO MINUTES UNTIL PREDICTED COM BLACKOUT. WE’LL SEE ON YOU THE OTHER SIDE AT 1842. SO FOR THESE NEXT SIX MINUTES, WE ARE ALREADY LESS THAN 60 MILES IN ALTITUDE. AND THIS IS WHEN THE CAPSULE IS REALLY HEATING UP DURING THAT REENTRY, REACHING TEMPERATURES OF AROUND 3500 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

AS, AGAIN, YOU ARE ESSENTIALLY HITTING THE ATMOSPHERE AT MORE THAN 17,000 MILES AN HOUR AND THE FRICTION BUILDING UP THAT PLASMA AROUND THE SPACECRAFT, THAT’S WHAT WILL PREVENT US FROM TALKING TO BOB AND DOUG OR GETTING DATA BACK FROM THE SPACECRAFT FOR THE NEXT SIX MISSION, FLIGHT COMPUTERS ARE IN CONTROL, THOUGH, IT’S GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN ITS APPROPRIATE TRAJECTORY AND ATTITUDE. HAVING ATTITUDE DETERMINATION DEVICES ON BOARD THE CAPSULE, NOT RELIANT ON COMMUNICATIONS WITH SATELLITES AND IT’S GOING TO CONTINUE DRAGON DOWN THE DIRECT PATH FOR THIS SPLASH DOWN OFF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA. SO WE ARE IN THAT BLACKOUT PERIOD. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAND BY.

UNTIL WE GET THEM ON THE OTHER SIDE. >> ALL RIGHT, JUST ABOUT TWO MINUTES AFTER WE GET ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL, AOS BACK WITH DRAGON, WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR THOSE PARACHUTES AND WE SHOULD BE GETTING VIEWS FROM A COUPLE OF OUR ASSETS AT THE LANDING ZONE INCLUDING OUR WB57 HIGH ALTITUDE RESEARCH PLANE WHICH WILL BE RELYING ON DRAGON’S TELEMETRY TO LOCK ONTO IT IN THE SKY. AND GIVE US A VIEW OF THE CAPSULE DURING THE FINAL STAGES OF REENTRY, WE’L BE LOOK FOR THIS DROARG DEPLOYS, TWO DROGUE CHUTES THAT COME OUT WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING ABOUT 350 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 18,000 FEET. COMING OUT AND DOCK INITIAL SLOWING AND STABILIZATION OF THE SPACECRAFT AND LESS THAN A MINUTE LATER THEIL DETACH AND THE FOUR MAIN CHUTES DEPLOY. YOU’LL SEE THEM COME OUT AND LOOK CLOSED UP INITIALLY AND DO WHAT IS KNOWN AS RECEIVING.

OPENING UP AND REALLY TWO DIFFERENT STAGES. JUST TO MINIMIZE THE IMMEDIATE LOADS ON THE PARACHUTES THEMSELVES. THOSE MAIN PARACHUTES COME OUT AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 6500 FEET. WITH DRAGON ALREADY SLOWED DOWN TO 119 MILES AN HOUR AND THEY DO THE REST OF THE SLOWING, THE WHOLE WAY DOWN UNTIL WE SPLASH DOWN IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. WE CAN BE 10 MINUTES AWAY. FROM SPLASH DOWN. >> RIGHT NOW WE ARE GETTING OUR CAMERAS ON THE WB57 AIRPLANE, IN THE AREA. GETTING THOSE CAMERAS READY TO GIVE US OUR FIRST GLIMPSE. >> WE SHOULD STILL HAVE BEEN THREE MINUTES LEFT, A LITTLE LESS THAN THREE MINUTES UNTIL WE ANTICIPATE REACQUIRING OUR SIGNAL. AND OUR CONNECTION WITH BOB AND DOUG IN THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT. >> IN YOU ARE JUST TUNING IN WE ARE IN A BLACKOUT PERIOD THAT WE WERE EXPECTING. IT BLACKOUT PERIOD LASTS A TOTAL OF SIX MINUTES WE ARE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THERE NOW. AT THE MOMENT, DRAGON IS REENTERING THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE AND DUE TO THE PLASMA BUILDING OUT EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE, WE ARE UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE OR SEND COMMANDS. BUT DRAGON IS FULLY ON TOP MAYS, IT’S DURING ITS — STEERING ITSELF.

AND RIGHT NOW BOB AND DOUG ARE FLYING HOME. >> DRAGON SPACEX COM CHECK. >> WE ARE STILL INSIDE THAT ANTICIPATED BLACKOUT WINDOW IT, DOES LOOK LIKE WE ARE GETTING MAYBE SOME SPORADIC DATA STARTING TO PEEK THROUGH. THAT’S WHY YOU HEARD THAT COMMUNICATIONS CHECK WITH THE SPACECRAFT. >> DRAGON SPACEX COM CHECK. >> WE HEAR YOU CLOUD AND CLEAR, WE ARE ABOUT [ INAUDIBLE ] Gs. >> COPY, WE HAVE YOU FIVE BY FIVE ALSO WELL, DOUG, LOOKING GOOD AND YOU CAN EXPECTS AN AUTOMATED CHUTE DEPLOYMENT. >> COPY. [ INAUDIBLE ] CHUTE TO DEPLOY. >> REALLY GOOD NEWS WE HAVE COME OUT OF THE BLACKOUT PERIOD AND REESTABLISHED COMMUNICATION WITH DRAGON ENDEAVOR WITH NASA ASTRO NODS BOB BEHNKEN AND DOUG HURLEY ON BOARD. >> WE WERE ABLE TO REACQUIRE THE COMMUNICATION A LITTLE EARLIER THAN EXPECTED. AND NOW WE ARE JUST WAITING, WE SHOULD JUST BE ABOUT 2 1/2 MINUTES AWAY FROM THAT INITIAL DROGUE CHUTE DEPLOY. >> 2 MINUTES AND 26 SECONDS. >> AGPS HAS CONVERGES.

>> COPY THAT. >> YOU MAY HAVE HEARD EARLIER THAT BOB AND DOUG DOUG ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING 3.5Gs. NOT TOO BAD. THAT’S ABOUT WHAT THEY PULLED DURING THE A SCENT PHASE. JUST LIKE A MILD ROLLER COASTER. THE VEHICLE IS NOW OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. IT IS APPROACHING THE LANDING ZONE. OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA NEAR PENSACOLA AND & THERE WE HAVE OUR FIRST SHOT! >> THERE IT IS. THE FIRST VIEW FROM THE WB57 AIRPLANE. IT IS DIPPING IN AND OUT A LITTLE BIT. IT’S GOING TO BE AN INFRARED CAMERA SHOWING US DRAGON REENTERING. WE HAVE THAT COM BACK WITH BOB AND DOUG, YOU HEARD AGPS IS CONVERGING. DRAGON HAS 3GPS UNITS THAT IT USES. ACTUALLY IN THE PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT PROCESS. AS IT HELPS ALONG WITH THE PRESSURE CENSORS REALLY GIVE A SOLID ALTITUDE TO THE FLIGHT COMPUTERS ON WHEN THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO DEPLOY. WE ARE STANDING BY FOR THE DROGUE CHUTE DEPLOYMENT, WE ARE UNDER FIVE MINUTES AWAY FROM SPLASH DOWN.

>> PASSING 15 KILOMETERS, BRACE FOR DROGUE WINDOW. >> WE ARE BRAISED. >> JUST ABOUT 14 KILOMETRES IN ANOTHER TUESDAY. 8.4 MILES CONTINUING TO DESCENT. >> THERE ON YOUR SCREEN WE HAVE A SHOT OF THE CAPSULE AS IT IS PREPARING TO DEPLOY THE INITIAL PARACHUTES, THE DROGUE PARACHUTE. AGAIN, THESE PARACHUTES HELP SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN. EVEN FURTHER, AND HELP STABILIZE IN PREPARATION FOR MAIN CHUTE DEPLOYMENT. RIGHT ABOUT NOW THE CAPSULE IS GOING ABOUT 400 MILES PER HOUR. DID HE CELEBRATING QUICKLY. >> AND STANDING BY FOR DROGUE DEPLOYS. >> VISUAL TWO DROGUES OUT. >> THERE ON THE SCREEN WE HAVE VISUAL CONFIRMATION OF THE TWO DROGUE DEPLOYMENT. >> 2 OF 2 THE DROGUES NOW OUT THEY WILL DO THEIR SLOWING AND STABILIZING OF THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT. THEY SHOULD BE DETACHING IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. AND THEN WE’LL SEE FOUR PARACHUTES, THE MAIN PARACHUTES DEPLOYED. DRAGON UNDER DROGUES. >> DROGUE DESCENT RATE NOMINAL.

>> THE EXPECTED DECENT RATE. THE EXPECTED VELOCITY OUT OF THE DROGUES NOMINAL. RIGHT AT AROUND 150 MILES AN HOUR AND DROPPING. YOU CAN SEE THE DROGUE’S NOW DETACH. >> AND THERE WE HAVE CONFIRMATION OF DEPLOYMENT OF THE FOUR MAIN PARACHUTES. >> WE ARE VISUAL ON FOUR CHUTES OUT. >> WE ARE VISUAL. FOUR MAIN PARACHUTES DEPLOYED. >> SO AT THIS POINT THE MAIN PARACHUTES HAVE DEPLOYED. THEY ARE INFLATING AS YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, CONTINUING TO SLOW DRAGON DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY. WE ARE ANTICIPATING SPLASH DOWN IN JUST UNDER TWO MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS. >> WE ARE ALREADY SLOWED THE VEHICLE DOWN TO ABOUT 16 MILES AN HOUR. IT’S ALREADY LESS THAN A KILOMETER IN ALTITUDE. >> MAIN CHUTE DESCENT RATE NOMINAL. PASSING 3700 METERS. — THROUGH 700 METERS.

>> SO AT THIS POINT DRAGON HAS SAVED ALL PROPULSION SYSTEMS ON BOARD. >> 600 METERS. >> 600 METERS. >> AND WE ARE 600 METERS ABOVE THE GULF OF MEXICO. >> SHOULD BE APPROXIMATELY A MINUTE 30 FROM SPLASH DOWN. >> MISSION CONTROL TEAM HERE IN HAWTHORNE HAS REPORTED THE PRECISE LANDING COORDINATES TO THE RECOVERY TEAM. THEY ARE STANDING BY, READY TO GO GET OUR SPACE DADS. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] >> WE HAVE JUST PASSED ABOUT 30. ONE MINUTE UNTIL SPLASH DOWN. >> 200 METERS. >> WE ARE BRACED FOR SPLASH DOWN. >> COPY, BRACE FOR SPLASH DOWN. >> SO THERE WE HEARD BOB AND DOUG REPORTED THAT THEY ARE BRACING FOR SPLASH DOWN. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE GULF OF MEXICO HERE AND THE SHOT JUST MOMENTARILY. AS WE ARE NOW JUST ABOUT 20 METERS OFF THE OCEAN.

>> SPLASH DOWN. [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >> AS YOU CAN SEE, ON YOUR SCREEN, WE HAVE VISUAL CONFIRMATION FOR SPLASH DOWN. >> COPY REEL WE SEE SPLASH DOWN AND MAINS CUT. >> DRAGON ENDEAVOR HAS RETURNED HOME. AND NASA ASTRONAUTS BOB AND DOUG — >> ON BEHALF OF THE SPACEX AND NASA TEAMS WELCOME BACK TO PLANET EARTH AND THANKS FOR FLYING SPACEX.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> IT WAS TRULY OUR HONOR AND PRIVILEGE. CONGRATS TO EVERYBODY AT SPACEX. ALL GOOD. AND WE ARE IN TO SECTION FOUR DECIMAL 800. >> THANKS FOR THOSE WORDS, DOUG, AND WE COPY THAT YOU ARE IN TO FOUR DEZ NATURAL 800. >> GREAT NEWS ALL AROUND THERE. OUR SPACE DADS ARE BACK ON EARTH. AFTER A 19-HOUR RETURN JOURNEY FROM SPACE. DRAGON ENDEAVOR HAS SPACED SPLASH DOWN IN THE GULF OF MEXICO JUST OFF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA. AND ON YOUR SCREEN THERE, YOU CAN SEE OUR TWO FAST BOATS AND THEY ARE INDEED FAST. RACING OUT TO GREET DRAGON ENDEAVOR AS IT SITS THERE. THE FIRST — WE CAN SEE A FEW INSIDE THE CAPSULE. BOB AND DOUG LOOKING GOOD. ALTHOUGH THE COMMUNICATION WAS A LITTLE CHOPPY WE DID HEAR — >> SPACEX ENDERLE THREE DEZ KNOWLEDGE ONE WE SHOW OURSELVES IN STABLE ONE. >> AND SPACEX COPIES FOR VEHICLE ASSESSMENT, STEP 3.1 STABLE ONE.

GOOD NEWS. >> THEIR UP RIGHT IN THE WATER, STABLE TWO ALSO ANOTHER POTENTIAL WHERE IT COULD BE ON ITSY SIDE OR UPSIDE DOWN BUT DRAGON HAS A WATER BALANCE AT SYSTEM TO KEEP IT UP RIGHT WHERE IT’S ABLE TO PUMP SEA WATER IN TO THE BLATTERS IN THE SERVICE SECTION OF THE CAPSULES BUT THEY ARE UP RIGHT WE CAN SEAT THE THEY TOUCHED DOWN, CAME RIGHT ON TIME. AT 11:48 A.M. PACIFIC. 18:48 BOB AND DOUG IN THE WATER THE RECOVERY OPS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN, WE CAN SEE THE FAST BOATS STARTING TO MOVE IN.

WE ARE STILL MAINTAIN THE GOOD COMMUNICATION BACK WITH BOB AND DOUG AND THE TEAM HERE IN HAWTHORNE. WE WERE BEING GETTING THE GO FOR MOVE N BEGINNING HYPER AND WRANGLE UP THE MAYOR PARACHUTES, WE CAN SEE BOB AND DOUG INSIDE THE KANSAS SEWELL BACK ON PLANET EARTH. >> THE FAST BOATS PERFORM A SNIFFER TEST TO MAKE SURE THE AIR AROUND THE VEHICLE DOESN’T HAVE ANY TOXIN FUELS FROM THE HYPER GOAL I CAN PROPELLANTS ON BOARD. ONCE WE GET THE ALL CLEAR FROM THERE.

THE WATER RECOVERY LEAD GIVES THE GO THE FIRST FAST BOAT WILL APPROACH THE CAPSULE. HOPEFULLY GIVE A WAVE TO BOB AND DUG THROUGH THE WINDOW. ONE OF THE TEAM MEMBERED WILL ACTUALLY CLIMB ON TOP OF CREW DRAGON AND BEGIN TO PLACE THE RIGGING EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO HOIST DRAGON OUT OF THE WATER. >> STILL GETTING A VIEW FROM THE W, THE AIRPLANE FLYING OVERHEAD. IT GAVE US THOSE GREAT VIEWS, REALLY OUR FIRST VIEWS OF BOB AND DOUG REENTER THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE FROM UP ABOVE.

YOU CAN SEE THE FOUR PARACHUTES IN THE WATER. WE HEARD THOSE WERE CUT AUTOMATICALLY. AS EXPECTED BY DRAGON. SO FOR NOW, THE CREW JUST STANDING BY. AGAIN THEY STAY IN THEIR SUITS IN THEIR SEATS, WE ARE WAITING FOR ALL THESE INITIAL CHECKS. >> DRAGON SPACEX COM CHECK. >> CLOUD CLEAR. HOW ABOUT US? >> LOUD AND CLEAR AS WELL. JUST WANTED TO VERIFY QUICK COM RECONFIGURE VAGUE. THANK YOU. >> SO WHAT JUST HAPPENED THERE IS A RECONFIGURE — >> IF YOU CAN JUST RELAY YOUR STATUS OF THE FAST BOATS AND RECOVERY AS YOU GET THEM. , WE WOULD APPRECIATE. >> YOU BET, ABSOLUTELY. DOUG. WILL DO. >> WHAT JUST HAPPENED THERE, YOU HEAR COMS RECONFIGURATION, LOOPING BOB AND DOUG’S COMMUNICATION IN TO THE LAUNCH — OR IN TO THE RECOVERY TEAM. SO THAT IF — THEY CAN HEAR FEEDBACK FROM BOB AND DOUG DIRECTLY AS WELL. NOW, WE TALKED ABOUT — >> SPACEX ENDEAVOR YOU CAN LET BEN AND JAMES KNOW WE ARE DOING GOOD SO FAR.

>> OKAY, WE’LL LET THE FLIGHT DOCS KNOW YOU ARE FEELING GOOD SO FAR. THATCH FOR THE UPDATE. >> GOOD NEWS TO HEAR THAT THEY ARE FEELING GOOD. AND THEY CAN LET THE FLIGHT SURGEONS KNOW THAT ALL IS WELL INSIDE DRAGON ENDEAVOR. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE ONE OF THE FOLKS ON LOCATION THERE WITH THE RECOVERY FORCES, NASA’S BRANDY DEAN, SHE’S BEEN — SHE’S JOINING US BY SATELLITE PHONE. WHAT IS IT LIKE THERE IN THE WATER IN WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO WATCH THEM SPLASH DOWN? >> STAND BY ON THE CONSOLE. [ INAUDIBLE ] >> OKAY, SPACEX COPY, WE’LL BE READY FOR THAT IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES, WE SHOULD HAVE THE GO FOR YOU IN JUST A MOMENT. PLEASE STAND BY. >> I CAN HEAR YOU BUT THERE IS A — >> THERE IN THE CENTER OF YOUR SCREEN, DRAGON CAPSULE AWAITING FOR THE FAST BOATS TO APPROACH. AND BEGIN THE RIGGING PROCESS.

AND THERE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN WE CAN SEE THE SECOND FAST BOAT COME IN TO VIEW. >> DRAGON SPACEX, WE ARE GO FOR RECOVERY PERSONNEL TO APPROACH. EXPECT PERSONNEL ASIDE — ALONGSIDE IN JUST UNDER A MINUTE. >> THANK YOU, COPY. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, SO THEY ARE STARTING TO MOVE IN. THE FIRST ONE GOES IN AND MINNESOTA SNIFFS AROUND THE CAPSULE FOR ANY TRACES OF HYPERGOLIC. THE SECOND ONE ROUND UP THE PARACHUTES WHICH WE ARE GETTING COOL RUSE HAVE THE TW. B57 STILL FLYING OVERHEAD LOOK DOWN, YOU CAN SEE THE PARACHUTES IN THE WATER AND THE SECOND BOAT STAR TO GATHER THEM UP. WALL TRY ONE MORE TIME REAL QUIBBLE. WE HAVE NASA’S BRANDY DEAN WITH THE RECOVERY FORCES IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO WATCH THE DRAGON COME DOWN UNDER PAIR CHUTE. PARACHUTES. >> IT WAS AMAZING, A BEAUTIFUL, GORGEOUS DAY, I WISH EVERYBODY COULD HAVE NIGH VIEW. >> WATER IS CALM THE BEST WEATHER WE COULD ASK FOR LITTLE AND WE HEARD THE SONIC BOOPS AS IT MADE [ INAUDIBLE ]-AS THE PARASITES WERE DEPLOYED EXCITING FOR EVERYBODY GATHERED HERE.

>> THAT’S INCREDIBLE. WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FROM PEOPLE IF YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR THE SONIC BOOM AND WE WERE NOT SURE LITTLE SO I AM READ ARE REALLY GOOD YOU JUSTIFIED ANSWERED THAT FOR US. WE TALKED SO MUCH ABOUT THE WEATHER. IT LOOKS GREAT. WHAT WAS IT LIKE ON THE WAY OUT THERE JUST CLEAR SKIES AND SEAS THE WHOLE WAY? >> AIM NO SURE IF YOU CAN HEAR ME RIGHT NOW. I THINK YOU ARE ASKING ABOUT THE WEATHER WHETHER IT WAS CLEAR SKIES JUST A CIRCLE OF CLOUDS ALONG THE HORIZON VERY LOW, BUT WE WERE TIME SEE THE CHUTES FAR ABOVE AND FOLLOW IT WALL THE WAIT UNTIL IT SPLASH DOWN.

>> WE ARE NOT GETTING ANY VIEWS ON THE BOAT, SO WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITY IS TAKING PLACE, SWING HE HAD FAST BOATS APPROACHING THE CAPSULE. WHAT IS EVERYBODY DOING ON THE BOAT TO JUST KIND OF GET EVERYTHING READY? >> THE BOAT IS MAKING ITS WAY TO THE CAPSULE. I CAN’T SEE IT WITH MY — [ INAUDIBLE ] WE ARE GETTING CLOSER SERVE STANDING BY AND HOLDING READY POSITIONS FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW.

[ INAUDIBLE ] WORKING ON THEIR OWN ACTIVITIES. >> ALL RIGHT, COPY THAT. WELL, WE ARE GOING TO KEEP WATCHING FROM HERE. THANKS FOR CALLING IN. AND THANKS FOR BEING OUT THERE WITH EVERYBODY AND GETTING US THE GREAT VIEWS, IT’S INCREDIBLE. THANKS WE TAUPE TO GET YOU BACK IN PORT SOON AND WE’LL TALK TO YOU BACK IN HOUSTON. >> THANK YOU. >> THERE ON YOUR SCREEN OH, CAMERA VIEW CHANGE, THAT IS A VIEW FROM GO NAVIGATOR THE RECOVERY VELOCITY. THE TWO FAST BOATS OUT THERE. GETTING TO — GETTING READY TO BASICALLY — EXCUSE ME. INSTALL THE RIGGING EQUIPMENT REQUIRED TO HOIST DRAGON OUT WATER. ONE — THE OTHER FAST BOAT IS COLLECTING THE HAIR PARACHUTES FROM THE WATER. TO BRING THEM BACK ON BOARD WITH US. WE SHOULD SEE ONE OF THE TEAM MEMBERS CRAWL UP ON TO THE SIDE OF THE CAPSULE IN ORDER TO INSTALL THAT — INSTALL THE RIGGING LIKE I MENTIONED.

THAT PARTICULAR TEAM MEMBER IS HIGHLY EXPERIENCED AND HIGHLY TRAINED. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. CLIMB ON THE GROUND TOP OF AN ODDLY-SHAPED THING IN, YOU KNOW, THE OCEAN, COULD BE A LITTLE TRICKY. SO THIS PERSON HAS UNDERGONE A LOT — HOURS AND HOURS OF TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION IN ORDER TO PERFORM THIS VERY IMPORTANT TASK. THERE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN SCREEN WE CAN SEE THE SECOND FAST BOAT APPROACHING. OF COURSE BOTH OF THESE BOATS NEEDED TO WAIT FOR THEIR CUE FROM THE WATER RECOVERY LEAD IN ORDER TO APPROACH DRAGON AFTER SPLASH DOWN.

AGAIN, THAT WAS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE NOT ANY TOXIC VAPORS IN THE AIR AND NOW THAT THEY GOT THE ALL CLEAR, WE DO SEE THEM BEGINNING TO WORK ON AND AROUND THE DRAGON CAPSULE. OF COURSE THOUGH THE CAMERA IS SHAKY THAT WATER LOOKS SUPER, SUPER DUPER SMOOTH. ALMOST LIKE CLASS, WHICH IS CERTAINLY IDEAL FOR A WATER RECOVERY LIKE TODAY. >> YEAH, GOT A REMEMBER THIS IS A VIEW FROM THE MAIN RECOVERY VESSEL WHICH WAS STILL A FEW MILES AWAY FROM THE SPLASH DOWN. >> DRAGON SPACEX WE ARE SHAPER GOAL I CAN SWEEPS AND NOMINAL. RIGGER IS ON BOARD THE VEHICLE ABOUT 25 MINUTES UNTIL CAPSULE LIFT. >> COPY THAT. YEP, WE SEE THEM WALKING OUTSIDE AND GOOD NEWS. CHUTES, THEY HAVE THEM ATTACHED. AND TWO OF THE FOUR MAIN HAVE EYES ON THE OTHER TWO. THEIR RESPONSIBILITY GETTING TOGETHER. THE MAIN DETECTED AT SPLASHDOWN. ALL OF THAT HAPPENING RIGHT FOR THE TIMELINE.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT THE HARD WIRE BUTTON THAT BOB AND DOUG HAVE ON THEIR SEATS AND IN THEIR CONTROL DISPLAYS AND CUTTING THE MAIN CHUTES IS ONE OF THE BUTTONS IN THE EVENT THEY WEREN’T, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD THE ABILITY TO DO SO. IF THE WINDS WERE STRONGER AND THEY CAUGHT THE PARACHUTES IT COULD CERTAINLY CREATE A CONDITION WHERE THE CAPSULE COULD BE MOVED UNINTENTIONALLY BY THOSE DRAGGING PARACHUTES. DEFINITELY WANT TO AVOID THAT. THAT’S ONE OF THE FEW BUTTONS HARD WIRED IN THE CABIN FOR THE CREW. AGAIN, NOW, WE’RE EXPECTING 20 MINUTES FOR THE — FOR THE MAIN RECOVERY VESSEL TO GO NAVIGATOR TO REACH DRAGON.

BY THAT POINT THE RIGGING WILL BE FIXED AND THEY USE AT FRAME LIFT ON THE BACK AND THE END OF DRAGON UP OUT OF THE WATER. THEY GOT THEM CLIMBING AROUND AND GETTING THAT FIXED. STILL DOING GOOD FROM ALL OF THEIR REPORTS AND WE’RE GOING TO SEE THE VESSEL CONTINUE TO CLOSE IN. IT IS 1.3 NAUTICAL MILES STILL AWAY. YOU SEE THINGS SHARPEN UP AS IT DOES DRAW UP CLOSER. >> ONE THING I DIDN’T GET TO MENTION AS THE SEQUENCE WAS HAPPENING, EVERYTHING WAS GOING SO QUICKLY, JUST BEFORE THE DROVE DEPLOYMENT, THE SEATS ROTATED TO 25 DEGREES AND IF YOU THINK OF BOB AND DOUG WHILE THEY WERE STILL ON ORBIT AND DURING THE ORBIT BURN AND DEPARTURE BURNS, THEY WERE LAYING CLOSER TO ON THEIR BACKS AND THEY WERE ESSENTIALLY LOOKING UP AT THE TAP.

THEY WERE AT THE TOP OF THE NOSE CONE. NOW THE SEATS WOULD BE ROTATED AND THEY’RE IN MORE UPRIGHT POSITION AND THAT’S DONE TO INSURE THAT THE LOAD IS EXPERIENCED FROM LANDING ARE — DOESN’T HURT THEM. SO AT THIS POINT, THEY’RE NOT LAYING ON THEIR BACKS IN THE OCEAN, THEY’RE SEATED UPRIGHT WHICH WOULD ALLOW THEM TO HAVE A BETTER VIEW OF THE TEAM WORKING TO — TO INSTALL THE RIGGING EQUIPMENT. AT THIS POINT WE’RE AT ABOUT 22 MINUTES UNTIL DRAGON WILL BE LIFTED ON TO THE RECOVERY VESSEL. BOB AND DOUG ARE STILL STRAPPED INTO THEIR SEATS, LIKE AN AIRPLANE. THEY SAY, DO NOT UNBUCKLE YOUR SEATBELT UNTIL THE CAPTAIN DETERMINES IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. THEY’LL REMAIN IN THEIR SEATS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE RECOVERY PROCESS. ESSENTIALLY UNTIL IT IS TIME TO GET THEM OUT. LIKE I SAID, WE’RE EXPECTING TO LIFT DRAGON ON TO THE GO NAVIGATOR RECOVERY SHIP IN ABOUT 21 MINUTES. THEN IN 28 MINUTES, WE WILL BE OPENING THAT HATCH AND BEGINNING CREW EGRESS ALSO KNOWN AS EXIT.

>> WE DID HEAR THE RIGGING IS PRETTY MUCH COMPLETE. RIGHT AS THEY ARRIVE THERE AT THE CASTLE, THE MAIN RECOVERY VESSEL WILL GET IT UP OUT OF THE WATER. NOW THE RECOVERY VESSEL, GO NAVIGATOR IS GETTING CLOSER TO DRAGON. DRAGON POSITION OFF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, WE’RE ABLE TO SEE IT IN MORE DETAIL. IT IS CERTAINLY NO LONGER A — A BRIGHT SHADE OF LIGHT. LIKE WE SAID THE EXTERNAL TEMPERATURES WERE REACHING UP TO 3500 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, SO THE THERMAL PROTECTIVE SYSTEM, THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM, ENABLED DRAGON TO RETURN WHILE KEEPING THE INTERNAL TEMPORARY TEMPERATE. YOU’RE SEEING A FEW MORE BOATS THAN EXPECTED. THE TEAM IS WORKING WITH A FEW PRIVATE VESSELS IN THE AREA MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET OUT OF THERE.

NOW WE SEE ONE OF THE SPACEXs MOVING IN. SO WE’RE BEING ADVISED THAT THE RECOVERY TEAM IS RADIOING OUT TO THE VESSELS IN THE WATER NEAR CREW DRAGON FOR VACATE THE AREA SO WE’RE ABLE TO EXTRACT BOB AND DOUG SAFELY ALSO FOR THE FOLKS IN THE AREA, NOT JUST BOB AND DOUG. >> THIS IS A DYNAMIC OPERATIONS. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DO, IS ESSENTIALLY THERE’S IN THE POISONOUS FUMES THAT COULD ENDANGER THEM. TO TRY TO GET THEM AWAY SO THEY CAN RECOVER THE CAPSULE AND GET BOB AND DOUG ON DECK. WE CAN SEE THEM. THEY’RE GETTING CLOSER. WE EXPECT TEN MINUTES BEFORE THEY SHOULD BE IN POSITION. THE RIGGING HAS BEEN AFFIXED ON THE DRAGON CAPSULE AND THEY’LL USE THE LIFT TO GET DRAGON UP AND OUT OF THE WATER. >> RECOVERY VESSEL, GO NAVIGATOR IS GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO DRAGON ENDEAVOR AS IT AWAITS ITS RECOVERY — OR — OR AS IT AWAITS TO BE HOISTED OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND LANDED OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA NEAR PENSACOLA.

MAYBE NEXT TIME WE SHOULD ANNOUNCE OUR LANDING ZONE. THERE WE GOT A SHOT FROM THE PLANE. LOOKS LIKE THAT AREA CLEARED OUT SIGNIFICANTLY. THAT’S GOOD TO SEE. WE’RE ALSO HEARING THAT ALL OF THE PARACHUTES HAVE BOWIES ON THEM. ALSO GOOD NEWS AS THE RECOVERY PROCESS CONTINUES, FOR SPACEX DEMO TWO. DRAGON, SPACEX. GO AHEAD, MIKE. >> WE’RE ABOUT TO RECONFIGURE THE LINK. THAT SHOULD HAPPEN SHORTLY. >> CALL BACK. GET DATA BACK. >> WILL DO. SO AS THE MAIN VESSEL GETS CLOSER, IT IS GOING TO BACK UP. THE DRAGON CAPSULE STILL IN THE WATER. WE SHOULD START HOISTING OPERATIONS IN THE NEXT TEN TO 15 MINUTES. IT WILL BE A QUICK LIFT OUT OF THE WATER AND INTO THE DRAGON NET AND THEN THEY MOVE IT UNDERNEATH THE HELIPAD AND INTO THE CREW RECOVERY AREA AND THEY HAVE A PLATFORM AND OPEN THE HATCH.

THEY OPEN THE HATCH AND THAT WILL BE THE FIRST ONE THROUGHOUT DOOR AND ABLE TO DO A QUICK CHECK-IN ON THEIR STATUS AND HE AND THE OTHER MEDICAL DOCTORS AND FLIGHT SURGEONS AND TECHNICIANS WILL BEGIN TO HELP THEM OUT OF THE CAPSULE. >> EARLIER AFTER SPLASHDOWN WE HEARD A REPORT THAT THEY WERE FEELING GOOD AFTER REENTRY. THAT WOULD RELATE TO THE FLIGHT SURGEON. GREAT NEWS TO HEAR. THIS IS A VIEW COMING FROM THE WB57 PLANE AS IT IS CIRCLING THE AREA. WE CAN SEE DRAGON AWAITING TO BE PULLED OUT OF THE WATER. AGAIN, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT LIFT TO BEGIN IN JUST UNDER 15 MINUTES. WE’RE APPROACHING 14 MINUTES HERE. AND THEN IN 21 MINUTES WE WILL HAVE AN OPEN HATCH. >> YOU COULD SEE THE MAIN RECOVERY VESSEL IN THE TOP RIGHT.

THAT’S THE HELIPAD WITH THE BIG SPACEX ON TOP. AND BACKING UP TOWARDS THE CAPSULE. >> NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH ONE OF OUR LANDING JUNCTIONS. THERE’S A LIVE VIEW OF — OF DRAGON, OF DRAGON FLOATING IN WATER THERE IN THE BACKGROUND ALONG WITH MANY ONLOOKERS. FROM A SAFER DISTANCE AT THIS POINT. THIS IS A LIVE SHOT COMING FROM GO NAVIGATOR. OUR PRIMARY RECOVERY VESSEL HERE. IT IS CREW DRAGON IS ACCOMPANIED BY THE FAST BOATS THAT ARE HELPING TO BRING IT IN CLOSER. AND THERE YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE OF THE RECOVERY TEAM MEMBERS ON THE DECK AND ALSO BEHIND THEM, THE FIRST GOOD VIEW OF THE NEST. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE NEST IN THE BACKGROUND THERE. DRAGON WILL BE HOISTED USING THE HYDRAULIC LIFT OUT OF THE WATER INTO THE NEST. THAT NEST WILL BE PULLED TOWARDS THE CAMERA, TOWARDS THOSE INDIVIDUALS ON THE UPPER DECK THERE. >> THAT’S COM CHECK. >> CLEAR. >> LOUD AND CLEAR AS WELL. LOOKS LIKE THE BOAT IS ONE LENGTH AWAY, FIVE TO TEN METERS BACKING UP TO YOU.

>> COPY THAT AND THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD NEWS THERE. WE’RE GETTING READY TO SEE DRAGON LIFTED OUT OF THE WATER AND INTO THE RECOVERY NEST. THAT NEST WILL BE PULLED TOWARDS THE CAMERA, TOWARD THE UPPER DECK. THAT’S WHERE THE STRETCHERS WILL BE WAITING TO ASSIST THEM IN THE MEDICAL BASE AFTER CAPSULE EGRESS.

>> ALREADY BEEN — ALREADY BEEN 25 MINUTES SINCE THEY SPLASHED DOWN. WE WAITED FOR THE LIFTING OPERATIONS TO START IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. WE’RE ON THE TIMELINE. THAT’S A COMMON THING SO FAR TODAY. THIS IS GETTING IN POSITION AND START MOVING OUT WITH THE ADDITIONAL RIGGING TO AFFIX TO THE DRAGON CAPSULE WHERE THEY USE AN A-FRAME TO PULL OUT OF THE WATER. WE CAN SEE THE NEST AT THE BOTTOM, THAT CIRCULAR OBJECT. >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE’RE RECOVERING A CAPSULE WITH CREW MEMBERS ONBOARD. >> WE GOT A COUPLE OF LINES CONNECTED AND RIGGING IS IN PROGRESS. >> ALL RIGHT. JUST UPDATING THE CREW THAT THEY MIGHT FEEL SOME — SOME MOMENTUM AS THE LINES, AS A COUPLE OF THE RIGGING LINES ARE ATTACHED.

THERE WE CAN ACTUALLY. THERE’S A GOOD SHOT OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS — WHO IS PLACING THAT RIGGING EQUIPMENT, AGAIN THAT’S SOMEONE HIGHLY SPECIALIZED AND WELL TRAINED FOR THESE OPERATIONS. AS I WAS SAYING, THE RECOVERY TEAM HAS REHEARSED AND PRACTICED THIS WITH BOB AND DOUG THEMSELVES ACTUALLY IN A TEST CAPSULE PRACTICING THE EGRESS AS WELL AS THEY HAVE RECOVERED THEIR — THEY HAVE PRACTICED THE RECOVERY PROCESS MANY TIMES AND ACTUALLY THROUGH THOSE PRACTICES, THEY HAVE EFFECTIVELY CUT THE RECOVERY PERIOD IN HALF FROM THE — FROM THE INITIAL DATA ONE MISSION.

IT IS NICE TO SEE THAT THE PROCESS ITSELF AFTER BEING REHEARSED AND CAREFULLY CHOREOGRAPHED IS — IS GOING SUPER EFFICIENTLY. AGAIN SAFETY IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. SO MAKING SURE THAT ONLY — ONLY PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN ACTIVE RECOVERY OPERATIONS ARE PRESENT ON THE DECK. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD US MENTION BEFORE THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 40 PEOPLE ONBOARD TODAY. WE DON’T WANT ANYONE IN DANGER OR TO FALL OVERBOARD. THAT GUY ESSENTIALLY JUMPED. SPEAKING OF FALLING OVERBOARD. >> SO THE CREW WAS JUST TOLD IN ABOUT 30 — IN THE NEXT 30 SECONDS THEY HAVE THE LINE TO FIX AND THEY WILL LIFT THE CAPSULE UP OUT OF THE WATER. AT THIS POINT, THE BASE WE’RE GETTING WITH DRAGON IS ACTUALLY BEING ROUTED THROUGH THE BOAT ITSELF AT THIS POINT. THERE WE CAN SEE THE LIFT. DRAGON IS OUT OF THE WATER. >> YEAH. >> A-FRAME IS GOING TO SWING IT BACK.

DOWN RIGHT FOR THE NEST AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. WE’RE GETTING A BETTER SHOT OF THE POINTS IN WHICH DRAGON IS TETHERED TO THE LIFT, INSURING IT ISN’T SWINGING FREELY. THERE WE CAN SEE DRAGON BEING CAREFULLY SET DOWN INTO THE RECOVERY NEST ON TOP OF GO NAVIGATOR. >> DRAGON SPACEX, WELCOME ABOARD THE RECOVERY VESSEL. THE PERSONNEL COMPLETING FINAL CHECKS AND PREPARING TO TRANSFER YOU TO THE EGRESS PLATFORM. >> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO MONTHS NASA ASTRONAUTS ARE ON SOME SORT OF GROUND. CAN’T CALL IT SOLID BECAUSE IT IS A SHIP, HOWEVER, IT IS — IT IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY’RE NOT IN SPACE ON A ROCKET OR BOBBING IN THE OCEAN.

>> NOW THEY’RE IN THE NEST, THEY’LL TRANSLATE IT FORWARD AND DRAGON IS GOING TO MOVE INTO THE HANGAR SECTION BLOAT HELIPAD AND BACK TO THE RECOVERY PLATFORM WE SAW A BIT EARLIER. AT THAT POINT THE — THE SPACECRAFT TECHNICIANS WILL WORK TO OPEN UP THE HATCH AND IT IS A MANUAL PROCESS. A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ATTACHMENTS YOU HAVE TO ENGAGE BEFORE THE HATCH CAN BE OPENED.

THEY’LL GET IT OPENED AND THEN SPACEX WILL BE THE FIRST ONE THROUGH THE HATCHWAY TO CHECK ON BOB AND DOUG AND GET A HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND SEE IF THEY’RE READY TO MOVE AND WE’LL ASSIST THEM OUT OF THE CAPSULE AND INTO THE MEDICAL FACILITY ON THE BOAT. AT THIS POINT THE RECOVERY TEAM IS DOING FINAL SECURING OF THE CAPSULE IN PREPARATION FOR — FOR ACTUALLY MOVE THE RECOVERY NEST IN TO — CLOSER TO THE INTERIOR OF THE SHIP. IT WILL ACTUALLY BE IN A LITTLE BIT OF A COVERED DECK THERE. WE SAW THE CAMERA VIEW EARLIER LOOKING STRAIGHT OUT FROM THE CENTER OF THE BOAT. ONCE DRAGON IS SECURED IN THE NEST, THE NEST WILL BE TRANSLATED FORWARD AND CLOSER TO THE RECOVERY — EXCUSE ME, CLOSER TO THE POSITION IN WHICH WE’RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY OPEN THE HATCH.

SO WHILE DRAGON IS ONBOARD SAFELY, WE’RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT JUST YET. >> THEY’RE WORKING TO — TO DETACH SOME OF THOSE LINES THAT WERE USED TO HOIST IT USING THE A-FRAME AND WE HEARD THAT THEY SHOULD BE DONE WITH THAT IN A MOMENT AND THEN WE’LL START THE TRANSLATION. RIGHT NOW WE CAN SEE THE TEAM RELEASING THOSE SECURING LINES THAT WERE USED DURING THE — THE LIFT OF THE CAPSULE FROM THE WATER AND INTO THE NEST.

SO THEY’RE RELEASING THOSE SECURING LINES FROM THE SIDES, MAKING SURE IT IS SECURE FROM THE BOTTOM. THERE WE SEE DRAGON MOVING FORWARD. >> LOOK AT THAT. SMOOTH AS A TESLA, I WOULD SAY. IT IS INTERESTED TO SEE THE SCORCHING MARKS NOW THAT WE GET A NICE UP CLOSE DETAIL SHOT OF DRAGON. >> STANDING BY FOR THE GO FOR FIVE HATCH OPEN. >> THAT ROUNDED SQUARE THERE IN THE CENTER OF THE CAPSULE IS THAT SIDE HATCH AND ON EITHER SIDE ARE THOSE OVAL WINDOWS. >> DRAGON SPACEX STAND BY FOR SIDE HATCH OPENING AND EGRESS. >> CREW GOT THE CALL. WE’RE GO FOR HATCH OPEN. >> IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE HATCH, YOU SEE THE AREA THAT THEY’RE WORKING. AND THAT’S WHERE THE CHUTES DEPLOYED FROM.

THE CIRCLES FROM EITHER SIDE WHERE THE MORTARS WERE. THE MAIN PARACHUTES NOW HIDDEN BY THE PLATFORM UNDERNEATH THE SIDE HATCH. THE CREW IS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE SIDE HATCH. WE CAN SEE THAT GO NAVIGATOR IS IN TRANSIT. IT IS MAKING ITS WAY BACK TO THE PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATION. BOB AND DOUG WILL GET A RIDE FROM THE RECOVERY VESSEL VIA HELICOPTER. WE’RE PREPARING TO OPEN THE SIDE HATCH AND ONCE THAT IS DONE — ONCE THAT IS DONE, THE FLIGHT SURGEON WILL POP HIS HEAD IN, DO AN INITIAL CHECK, SEE HOW BOB AND DOUG ARE DOING. >> AND DRAGON SPACEX ARE GOING TO POINT TO SOME POTENTIAL HITS NEAR THE SIDE HATCH. >> WE’RE STANDING BY. THEY’RE STILL CONTINUING AND CHECKING FOR VAPORS. THOSE NDOs AND NITROGEN DIOXIDE, PRIMARILY CAN GET DETECTED IN THE AIR FROM THE BURNING OF FUEL. THEY’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO JUST INSPECT AROUND THE CAPSULE AND MAKE SURE IT IS SAFE FOR THE CREW AND SAFE FOR THE RECOVERY EXPERT BEFORE THEY GET THE HATCH OPEN. WE’RE MOVING ALONG THE SIDELINE SINCE THEY SPLASHED DOWN AT 11:48 A.M.

PACIFIC. SO THEY’RE PAUSING THE OPERATIONS FOR A MOMENT AND DOING AIR SAMPLING AROUND THE SYSTEM. WE STILL HAVE [INDISCERNIBLE] FROM THE VEHICLE. FLIGHT CONTROLLER HERE IN HAWTHORN ABLE TO MONITOR TANK PRESSURE AND NOT SEEING ANY ISSUES AT THE MOMENT. AGAIN JUST A SHORT PAUSE IN THE OPERATIONS AND AGAIN, THEY’RE SNIFFING AROUND THE CAPSULE AND MAKING SURE WE DON’T HAVE ANY READINGS THAT MIGHT INDICATE A FUEL LEAK OR ANYTHING AROUND THE VEHICLE.

THEY DETECTED NDOs FROM NITROGEN DIOXIDE WHICH ARISING FROM THE BURNING OF FUEL. THEY’RE CONTINUING TO DO AIR READINGS BEFORE THEY PROCEED WITH THE HATCH OPENING. UPDATE, WE’RE STILL INVESTIGATING, LOOKS LIKE WE’LL SET UP A SERVICE SECTION AND WE’RE WORKING ON AN ETA FOR YOU. IF YOU’RE JUST JOINING US, NASA ASTRONAUT BOB AND DOUG HAVE SAFELY RETURNED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND THEY MADE ONTIME SPLASHDOWN OFF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA AT 11:48 A.M. PACIFIC. 18:48 UNIVERSAL TIME AND THEY’RE HOISTED ON THE RECOVERY VESSEL GO NAVIGATOR.

NOW THE TEAM IS — IS JUST COMPLETING — THEY DID INITIA CHECK IN AND FOUND THAT THERE MAY BE SOME VAPORS WHICH WE CERTAINLY DON’T WANT TO BE AROUND WHEN WE HAVE — WE HAVE BOB AND DOUG COMING OUT OF THE CAPSULE. SO THE TEAM IS WORKING TO — TO PURGE THE SERVICE SECTION IN PREPARATION FOR — FOR CREW EGRESS. A LITTLE COMMENTARY ON THE HATCHES THAT WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

WHILE DRAGON’S TOP HATCH IS USED TO CONNECT TO THE SPACE STATION, THAT’S LOCATED UNDER THE NOSE CONE THAT IS CURRENTLY HIDDEN THERE AT THE TOP OF THE CAPSULE. BEFORE, THIS HATCH IS WHAT IS UTILIZED FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS, BOTH ON THE LAUNCHPAD AS WELL AS COMING UP HERE ON THE RECOVERY VESSEL. WHEN THE INTERNATIONAL — WHEN — WHEN THE CAPSULE IS DOCKED TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, THEY WILL USE THE FORWARD HATCH TO — TO EXIT AND ENTER THE CAPSULE. SOMETHING TO NOTE THAT ONCE THE SIDE HATCH IS OPENED, IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT BOB AND DOUG HAVE GOTTEN A BREATH OF FRESH AIR.

IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY’VE BEEN ABLE TO DO SO IN TWO MONTHS SINCE THEY BOARDED THE FALCON NINE AT THE START OF THE MISSION BACK ON MAY 30th. >> THEN ONTIME SPLASHDOWN, THEY RETURN WITH 54 DAYS IN SPACE ON THIS MISSION, A FEW MINUTES SHY OF THAT. SO I KNOW THEY’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. IN A LITTLE MORE OF STABLE CONDITION NOW THAT THEY’RE ON THE BOAT AND NOT IN THE WATER. THE TEAM IS CONTINUING TO STEP THROUGH AND THEY’RE REPORTING THEY’RE SEEING ALL THE VAPOR LEVELS HAVE BEEN DROPPING AND THAT’S — THAT’S DRAGON SPACEX.

WE SHOW LEVELS ARE DECLINING AND CONTINUING WITH PURGE. IN ADDITION, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE’RE NOT SEEING ANY — ANY LEAK INDICATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THESE ARE SMALL LEVELS BUT WE NEED TO DO THE PURGE AT THIS TIME. >> MIKE, WE WERE WONDERING IF YOU SAW ANY CASES OF LEAKS OR PRESSURE. SOUNDS LIKE IT IS PART OF THE DEAL. >> THAT IS GOOD, DOUG. WE’RE CONTINUING TO GET A VIEW DOWN AT THE HATCH OF THE CAPSULE. THEY’RE DETECTING SMALL TRACES OF A COUPLE OF THE HYPERDOLS. NITROGEN DIOXIDE. THEY’RE AT LOW LEVELS. OBVIOUSLY NOT — NOT AT VERY HARMFUL LEVEL AS WE HAVE PEOPLE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE CAPSULE. THEY’RE GOING THROUGH WITH A PURGE AND NOT SEEING ANY INDICATIONS OF A LEAK IN THE SERVICE SECTION OF DRAGON. THAT’S WHERE PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FUEL TANKS WITH THE HYPERDOLS ARE LOCATED INSIDE THE CAPSULE. WE’RE JUST ABOUT 44 MINUTES POST-SPLASHDOWN. STILL AHEAD OF THE TIMELINE AS WE WEREN’T EXPECTING TO GET THE HATCH OPEN UNTIL SHORTLY BEFORE 60 MINUTES AND WOULD BRING BOB AND DOUG OUT.

THIS — THIS — THIS — THIS SPACEX, ANOTHER UPDATE. THIRD SECTION PURGE SHOULD BEGIN IN FIVE MINUTES. WE’RE SHOWING NCO AND 2X OF EXPOSURE LIMITS AND WE HOPE ONCE WE START THE PURGE IT WILL DROP DOWN FOR US. >> THANKS. I’M GOING TO HAVE TO CORRECT MYSELF. IT IS NTO AND THAT’S USED FOR POWERING THOSE DISRUPTERS.

SO AGAIN THE SPACEX ENGINEERS DETECTING LEVELS OF NTO, NITROGEN TETRA OXIDE. AND LEVELS HIGHER THAN THEY WOULD LIKE. THEY’RE ESSENTIALLY DOING A PURGE TO HELP DISSIPATE VAPORS AND WHERE THE FUEL TANKS RESIDE IN THE CAPSULE AND WE EXPECT THAT IN THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES OR SO. WE’RE STILL EXPECTING THE CREW OUT INSIDE AN HOUR AND STILL ON THE TIMELINE OR A FEW MINUTES AHEAD AND WE SHOULD BE SEEING BOB AND DOUG. ONCE WE SEE THOSE LEVELS CONTINUE TO DROP AROUND THE CAPSULE, THEY’LL BEGIN TO STEP THROUGH THE HATCH OPENING PROCESS ONCE AGAIN.

WE’RE GETTING READY TO PURGE THE SECTION, AND THE LINGERING FUMES THAT THEY’RE DETECTING GETS FLUSHED OUT. THE SERVICE SECTION IS NOT THE INTERIOR CABIN WHERE BOB AND DOUG ARE. IT IS ACTUALLY THE PART OF THE CAPSULE THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE PLACE WHERE BOB AND DOUG ARE AND IS EXTERNAL TO THE CABIN. INSIDE THE CAPSULE ITSELF. YOU CAN THINK OF IT AS THE SPACE BETWEEN THE EXTERIOR OF THE DRAGON CAPSULE AND THE INTERIOR SPACE.

>> THE AIR PRESSURE ESSENTIALLY. >> YES. BOB AND DOUG ARE FINE, THEY’RE BREATHING MAKES IT — THEY’VE BEEN GETTING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DURATION OF — OF — OF TODAY’S OPERATION BUT IT WILL BE ESSENTIALLY THE AREA BELOW THEIR CABIN COMPLETELY SEALED OFF FROM THE SERVICE SECTION. THE SERVICE SECTION IS WHERE TELLMETRY AND THE LINGERING FUMES ARE SWEPT AWAY. >> THEY HAD DETECTED HIGHER LEVELS THAN THEY WANT TO SEE OF NITROGEN TETRA OXIDE.

ONE OF THE FUELS THAT USED DRAGON AND THE OTHER ONE BEING HYDROZION. THOSE FUELS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THROWN TOGETHER, EVEN WITHOUT IGNITION SOURCE WILL REACT AND THAT MAKES HYPERZINE FUELS IN ON ORBIT SYSTEMS IN SPACECRAFT. WE’RE STANDING BY. >> AS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, THERE’S ONE CREW MEMBER THAT HAS KIND OF WHAT LOOKS LIKE A — >> DON’T HAVE HUGE UPDATE. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE PURGE IS STILL IN THE WORKS. WE’LL TRY TO GET YOU OUT OF THERE SHORTLY. >> AS I WAS SAYING, TWO INDIVIDUALS ON THE SCREEN, ONE WITH A FACE MASK AND WHAT FELT LIKE A SCUBA TANK AND CLEAN BREATHING AIR. THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER CREW MEMBER WITH THE SAME PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT OR PPE THAT WILL COME ON DECK HERE. THAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT, THERE WE GO. THAT’S THE KIND OF EQUIPMENT THAT IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO PERFORM THE PURGE. AGAIN THE NTO IS THE FUMES FROM THAT ARE TOXIC AND OF COURSE WE WANT TO KEEP ALL CREW MEMBERS SAFE AS WE PREPARE THE — THE SIDE HATCH FOR OPENING IN ORDER TO LET — >> LOOKS LIKE LIMITS ARE DROPPING AND GETTING PRETTY GOOD.

WE’RE STILL CONTINUING WITH THE PURGE JUST TO BE EXTRA SURE. >> OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD, MIKE, THANK YOU. WE JUST HEARD THE CALL AND THE LIMITS ARE CONTINUING TO DROP ON THE — ON THE — ON THE NTO, THAT NITROGEN TETRA OXIDE. SO THEY’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THOSE. DOING A PURGE AND FLUSHING THE AIR AROUND THE SERVICE SECTION WHERE THE TANKS FOR THOSE HYPERGOLIC FUELS ARE. THEY’RE NOT IN THE PRESSURE SECTION. AND BOB AND DOUG, THEIR ATMOSPHERE IS OUTSIDE THE VESSEL AND STILL INSIDE THE SHELL OF THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT.

WE’RE JUST ABOUT 52 MINUTES POST-SPLASHDOWN. WE’RE JUST WAITING FOR THEM TO GET GOOD READINGS ON THE LEVELS OF ANY VAPORS AROUND THE CAPSULE AND WE’LL BE ABLE TO STEP BACK IN TO THE HATCH OPENING. WE DID HEAR CONFIRMATION THAT THEY HAVEN’T SEEN ANY INDICATION OF LEAKS FROM THE DRAGON CAPSULE. SPACEX, WE’RE GOING TO PURGE FOR ONE MORE MINUTE. THERE WE GO. SHOULD BE ONE MORE MINUTE. THEN IF LEVELS HAVE DROPPED SUFFICIENTLY, WE’LL BE ABLE TO STEP BACK IN TO THE HATCH OPENING PROCESS. >> BOB AND DOUG WILL GET ASSISTANCE FROM THE RECOVERY TEAMS WHILE EXITING DRAGON ENDEAVOR. THIS IS THE SAME PROCESS FOR ANY RETURNING LONG DURATION CREW MEMBERS AS RETURNING TO A GRAVITY RICH ENVIRONMENT CAN WREAK HAVOC FOR THE SYSTEM WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING BALANCE AND MOTION AND YOU HEARD US SAY MULTIPLE TIMES EARLIER SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN THIS OPERATION. SO YOU WILL SEE BOTH BOB AND DOUG HELPED OUT OF THE CAPSULE. AND ASSISTED JUST A FEW FEET OVER TO THE — TO THE MEDICAL QUARTERS ONBOARD THE BOAT.

>> IF YOU EVER WATCHED CREWS RETURN ON IT, IT IS A SIMILAR PROCESS WHERE THEY’RE CARRIED OUT OF THE CAPSULE AND PLACED DOWN INTO A WAITING CHAIR WHERE THEY USUALLY GET INITIAL MEDICAL CHECKS OUT THERE IN THE FIELD BEFORE THEY’RE CARRIED TO — TO INFLATED MEDICAL TENT. WE DON’T HAVE A TENT, WE HAVE QUARTERS AND THEY’RE A LOT CLOSER. THEY’LL JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF FEET TO GO FROM THE CAPSULE AND INTO THE MEDICAL QUARTERS.

FROM THERE THEY GET CHECKOUT FROM THE FLIGHT SURGEONS ON THE BOAT AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING BOTH BEFOREHAND AND THE PREFLIGHT DATA TAKES AND OFFERING THEM SUPPORT AND IN THE LEADUP TO LAUNCH AND THE ENTIRE TIME WHILE ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND THEY’RE RIGHT HERE WITH THE FRONT LINE WITH THE RECOVERY TEAM READY TO WELCOME THEM HOME. SO IT HAS BEEN ABOUT A MINUTE SINCE WE HEARD THE LAST CALL TO THE CREW. WE SHOULD BE JUST ABOUT DONE WITH THE PURGE. WE’RE GOING TO STAND BY AND HOPEFULLY WE’LL RESUME THE HATCH OPENING OPERATIONS IN JUST A MOMENT. DRAGON SPACEX UPDATE. WE SEE THREE PARTS PER BILLION OF MMH AND THEY’RE ASKING YOU DESTOW AND TAKE A SAMPLE INSIDE THE CABIN. [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> IT WILL BE DETECTORS TWO AND THREE IN LOCATION 14. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> THANKS DOUG. SO WE JUST GOT THE CALL OUT OF THE CURRENT READINGS. THE NCO AND THE MONO ETHYL HIDE GENE AND PARTS PER BILLION AND WE HEARD NEIL THE MEDICAL AUTHORITY ON THE BOAT ASKING THE CREW TO TAKE OUT SOME — SOME — SOME AIR DETECTORS THAT THEY HAVE INSIDE WITH THEM, JUST TO DO QUICK SAMPLING INSIDE THE CABIN ITSELF.

SO AGAIN, WE SAID BEFORE, WE’LL CONTINUE TO SAY IT THROUGHOUT, SAFETY IS A TOP PRIORITY WITH THIS OPERATION, SO THE TEAMS ARE GOING TO BE VERY METHODICAL AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS IN A GOOD AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT, NOT ONLY FOR THE CREW THEMSELVES, BUT ALSO FOR RECOVERY FORCES. FOR NOW, BOB AND DOUG STILL INSIDE OF CREW DRAGON. WE’RE JUST 58 MINUTES POST-LANDING. SPACEX DRAGON. >> GO AHEAD. >> NRQ DETECTOR TWO AND READS 0.0. THERE’S THREE THAT ALSO READS 0.0 FOR MMH. >> OKAY. 0.0 FOR DETECTORS 2 AND 3 AND MMH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND EARLY REPORTING ZEROS ACROSS THE BOARD, NO TRACES OF EITHER THE NCO OR THE MMH. TARGET SPACEX FOR A DATA UPDATE. OKAY. CURRENTLY OUR EXPOSURE LIMITS ARE BELOW LIMITS BUT THE PURGE IS DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB. WE SAW NTO GO DOWN TO 1.5 IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES.

WE THINK WE CAN LET THE PURGE RUN FOR A LITTLE LONGER. WE WANT TO SEE IF YOU’RE OKAY CONTINUING WITH THE PURGE AND KNOCK OFF. >> WE’RE FINE HANGING OUT, MIKE. NO PROBLEM HERE. >> THANKS FOR THAT WE KEEP WORKING THE PURGE AND THANKS FOR THAT. >> LET’S KEEP IT LIKE THIS, NO REASON TO RUSH. >> SPACECRAFT COMMANDER DOUG HURLEY REPORTING THE CREW IS STILL DOING WELL IN DRAGON. THEY’RE GOOD TO CONTINUE TO HANG OUT AND MEDICAL AUTHORITY THERE RECOMMENDING AS LONG AS THE CREW IS OKAY AND STILL DOING WELL INSIDE DRAGON WE’LL JUST CONTINUE WITH THE PURGE TRYING TO GUESS THOSE TRACE READINGS OF VAPORS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ZERO. WE WANT TO KEEP THE ASTRONAUTS SAFE AND ALL OF THE RECOVERY ENGINEERS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND THEY’RE ON THE SCENE AS WELL.

THEY WILL CONTINUE THE PURGE AND DISPELLED AREA AROUND THE SERVICE SECTION OF THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT SO THIS IS — THIS IS REALLY AN AREA OF FUEL TANKS OUTSIDE OF THE PRESSURE VESSEL. SO WHERE BOB AND DOUG ARE INSIDE THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT, THEY DID QUICK READINGS INSIDE THE CABIN AND HAD ZEROS ACROSS THE BOARD. THEY’RE CONTINUING TO LET THESE LEVELS DISSIPATE AND BRING IT DOWN TO ZERO AND WE’LL RESUME HATCH OPERATIONS. WE’RE A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR NOW, AN HOUR AND TWO MINUTES POSTSPLASHDOWN. >> GOOD TO HEAR BOB AND DOUG REPORT THEY’RE GOOD HANGING OUT. THEY’RE FEELING ALL RIGHT. THEY’RE PRETTY COMFORTABLE STAYING INSIDE FOR A COUPLE MORE MINUTES. >> THEY WERE DOING THEIR BEST PRIOR TO LEAVING AND SEA SICKNESS.

IT IS GOOD TO HEAR THEY’RE DOING WELL INSIDE THE DRAGON CAPSULE. >> DRAGON, SPACEX, WE’RE SEEING GOOD INDICATIONS FOR THE PURGE AND LOOKING FOR ZERO INDICATIONS, IF YOU LIKE TO SPEED THINGS UP, PLEASE LET US KNOW. >> WE’RE GOOD. KEEP DOING WHAT YOU’RE DOING WORKING WITH THE POD. >> THANKS, DOUG. ALL RIGHT. WE’LL SETTLE IN AT LEAST ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES WHILE THEY CONTINUE TO — TO DISPERSE ANY TRACE REMNANTS OF THE FUEL AROUND THE SERVICE SECTION OF DRAGON BEFORE WE ONCE AGAIN STEP INTO THE HATCH OPENING.

WE’RE GOING IT STAY WITH YOU UNTIL BOB AND DOUG ARE OUT OF THE CAPSULE AND INTO THEIR MEDICAL QUARTERS. >> AT THIS POINT BOB AND DOUG ARE STILL STRAPPED INTO THEIR SEATS. THOSE SEATS HAVE ACWAITED AWAY FROM THE POSITION WHERE I GUESS AN ORIENTATION THAT YOU SEE THE CAPSULE NOW DURING THEIR DEPARTURE PHASE EARLIER THIS MORNING AND YESTERDAY.

THE ORIENTATION OF THE SEATS WERE SUCH THAT — THIS ESSENTIALLY BOB AND DOUG WOULD HAVE BEEN LAYING ON THEIR BACKS IN THE ORIENTATION WHERE WE SEE DRAGON NOW. CURRENTLY THE SEATS HAVE ACWAITED UPWARD SLIGHTLY. SO THEY ARE NOT — NOT COMPLETELY UPRIGHT, BUT THEY’RE RECLINED A BIT, NICE AND COMFY THERE. THEY’RE ABLE TO — TO SEE IN AND OUT OF THOSE WINDOWS THAT WE SEE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SIDE HATCH. >> THEN ONCE THEY’RE ABLE TO FINISH THE RELEASE, THE EGRESS PROCESS AND GETTING BOB AND DOUG OUT OF THE CAPSULE AND THEY’RE IN THE MEDICAL AREA, THEY LOOK TO BRING IN THE HELICOPTER AS — AS BOTH BOB AND DOUG WILL BE FLOWN BACK TO PENSACOLA WITH THE HELICOPTER AND GETTING THEM TO THE SHORE IN A MATTER OF MINUTES WHERE A PLANE IS STANDING BY TO THEN LOAD THEM UP AND BRING THEM HOME TO THE AIRFIELD AT THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN HOUSTON.

>> DRAGON, SPACEX, TRENDING WELL. WE’RE EXPECTING A READING IN TWO MINUTES. WE’RE LOOKING HOPEFULLY TO EGRESS YOU SHORTLY. >> SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. IN LIGHT OF ONE OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTIONS WE WERE ASKED EARLIER, SOMEONE ASKED IF BOB AND DOUG HAVE NETFLIX AVAILABLE ON THEIR HEAD SETS IN THE CAPSULE AND THEY — THEY’VE BEEN PRETTY BUSY THROUGHOUT THIS MISSION MONITORING DATA AND CHECKING FOR TIMING. NOW WOULD BE THE TIME THAT THEY WANT SOMETHING TO WATCH.

AT THIS POINT THE ONLY JOB LEFT TO DO IS GET OUT OF THE CAPSULE. >> HAS TO BE A FEELING OF JUST SUCCESS FOR THOSE TWO. TAKING THE FIRST FLIGHT IN A BRAND NEW SPACECRAFT, WE KNEW AS TEST PILOT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS KIND OF THEIR BREAD AND BUTTER WHEN THEY WERE IN THE MILITARY AND DEFINITELY SOMETHING THEY LOOKED FOR A CHANCE FOR ONCE THEY BECAME ASTRONAUTS. REALLY A PRETTY FLAWLESS FLIGHT FOR DRAGON, OBVIOUSLY WE’LL HAVE ALL OF THE — ALL OF THE POST-FLIGHT REVIEW COMING UP IN THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS AS WE — WE CONTINUE TO — TO ASSESS ALL OF THE DATA THAT WE RECEIVED THROUGHOUT THE MISSION AND ANY DATA STILL RECORDED LOCALLY WHILE DRIVING AND SPEND THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS GOING THROUGH AND ASSESSING THE MISSION AND WORKING THROUGH THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS AND WE’RE ALREADY TARGETING THE FIRST OPERATIONAL FLIGHT CURRENTLY PEGGED FOR NO EARLIER THANE SEPTEMBER.

DRAGON SPACEX, PURGING IN ONE MINUTE AT 19:57. >> RIGHT. WITH THEM STOPPING THE PURGE IN ABOUT A MINUTE. THAT MEANS THE LEVELS HAVE GONE DOWN TO WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR. THEN WE BEGIN TO STEP BACK INTO THE HATCH OPENING PROCESS AND THEN BE ABLE TO GET BOB AND DOUG EGRESSING OR MOVING OUT OF THE DRAGON CAPSULE. THEY’VE BEEN IN THERE FOR A LITTLE MORE THAN 19 HOURS SINCE THEY DEPARTED THE SPACE STATION ON SATURDAY. THEY HAD A SLEEP PERIOD, EIGHT HOURS OF REST ON THE CAPSULE ON THE WAY HOME. THEY’VE BEEN UP SINCE EARLIER THIS MORNING AND THAT WAIT COMING AT 4:40 A.M. PACIFIC, A LITTLE MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS AGO. AND DRAGON, THE PURGE IS COMPLETE AND WE CAN PROCEED WITH HATCH OPENING. >> GOOD NEWS.

>> THAT’S GOOD NEWS, INDEED. CONFIRMATION THAT THE PURGE IS COMPLETE AND NEAR GOING TO DO ONE MORE TEST TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE FUMES OF CONCERN ARE AWAY AND THAT IT IS SAFE TO OPEN THE SIDE HATCH AND RETRIEVE BOB AND DOUG. ONCE THAT SIDE HATCH IS OPEN OUR FLIGHT SURGEON WILL BE THE FIRST TO SAY HELLO, GET A QUICK MEDICAL CHECK-UP, BUT BASED ON THE REPORTS THAT THEY’VE BEEN — THAT THE CREW HAVE BEEN — HAVE BEEN GIVING US ALONG THE WAY, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY’RE DOING GREAT, THEY’RE FEELING GOOD AND THEY’RE PRETTY COMFORTABLE INSIDE OF CREW DRAGON. DRAGON SPACEX, WE SHOW BEING BELOW LIMITS AND PROCEEDING WITH HATCH OPENING. >> OKAY. GREAT NEWS. THANKS. >> ALL RIGHT. SO THERE’S THE GREEN LIGHT WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR. AND IN FACT THE GREEN LIGHT WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR — FOR MONTHS AT THIS POINT, THIS IS OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO SAY HELLO TO BOB AND DOUG OUR FAVORITE SPACE DADS AS THEY ARE NOW ABOUT TO — TO — TO EGRESS OR EXIT FROM DRAGON CREW ENDEAVOR.

THE CULMINATION OF WHAT IS ABOUT A 19-HOUR JOURNEY HOME, ALL STARTING YESTERDAY. AS THEY DEPARTED THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. IT WILL BE MANUALLY OPENED AND FLIGHT SURGEON WILL SAY HELLO AND MAKE SURE THEY’RE DOING ALL RIGHT. AND THEN PROCEED TO ASSIST THEM WITH EXITING THE CAPSULE. WE SEE THE HATCH IS NOW OPEN. HATCH BEING OPENED AT 12:59 P.M. PACIFIC PM THE HATCH IS OPEN. >> RIGHT NOW THEY’RE GOING TO PUT A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IN THERE THAT — THAT BASICALLY SMOOTHS OFF THE EDGES AND MAKES SURE THAT — THAT IT IS A COMFORTABLE EXIT FROM THE DRAGON CAPSULE, JUST A LITTLE PIECE OF STRUCTURE THERE TO INSURE THAT THE HATCH WILL REMAIN OPEN AND THAT ANY SHARP EDGES AROUND THAT SIDE HATCH ARE PROTECTED. BLUE SUIT THERE, ONE OF NASA’S SURGEONS, DR. STEVEN HART. AND THEN THE HATCH OPEN AT 12:59 P.M. PACIFIC AND 19:59 UNIVERSAL TIME OR GMT. ONCE AGAIN THE SPACEX RECOVERY TEAM IS NOW ASSISTING NASA ASTRONAUTS BOB AND DOUG TO EXIT THE SPACECRAFT. WE HAVE THE HATCH OPEN ABOUT TWO MINUTES AGO.

WE’VE PAUSED FOR A LITTLE WHILE AS THEY DETECTED TRACE AMOUNTS OF — OF SOME OF THE HYPERGOLIC FUELS. WE EXECUTED A SERIES OF PURGES AND ONCE THOSE WERE DOWN BACK IN ACCEPTABLE LIMITS WE WERE ABLE TO THEN START WITH THE EGRESS. >> THERE WE SEE A STRUCTURE ON DECK. THIS IS NORMAL, PART OF THE STANDARD RECOVERY PROCEDURE. IT IS SIMPLY TO INSURE BOB AND DOUG REMAIN SAFE. READJUSTING TO GRAVITY CAN BE CHALLENGING. DIZZINESS CAN OCCUR. THE STRETCHER WILL BE USED TO — AS STANDARD PROCEDURE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ASTRONAUTS MAKE IT OVER TO THE MEDICAL TENT AS EASILY AND COMFORTABLY AS POSSIBLE. >> AS WE DISCUSSED THE REINTRODUCTION TO — TO GRAVITY FROM MICRO GRAVITY CAN BE A BIT JARRING FOR OUR VESTIBULAR SYSTEM AND THEY’RE UNDER WAY.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE’RE UNDERTAKING ANY POSSIBLE PRECAUTION TO INSURE THEIR ARRIVAL IS SAFE AND FREE FROM ANY INJURY NOW THAT THEY’RE HOME. THEY’RE WORKING TO GET A FEW ITEMS FROM THE SEATS OUT OF THE WAY FIRST BEFORE THEY BEGIN EXTRACTING OUR CREW MEMBERS. THEY WILL COME OUT ONE AT A TIME. AS WE SAW DURING THE ASSENT PORTION OF THE MISSION, THERE’S ENOUGH ROOM INSIDE THE CAPSULE FOR THEM TO DO A BACK FLIP IN MICRO GRAVITY.

HOWEVER, CONSIDERING THERE’S A COUPLE OF FOLKS IN THERE FROM THE RECOVERY. >> GOT YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. >> COM CHECK THERE BETWEEN DRAGON. >> THE PLT, I WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR BRINGING US HOME SAFE BEFORE WE — I DISEMBARK. I’M SURE DOUG WILL HAVE GOOD WORDS FOR YOU GUYS AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR DOING THE MOST DIFFICULT PART AND THE IMPORTANT PARTS IN THE SPACEFLIGHT AND GET US INTO ORBIT AND HOME SAFELY. THANK YOU AGAIN. >> THANK YOU, BOB FOR THE AWESOME WORDS. IT IS ABSOLUTELY BEEN AN HONOR AND PLEASURE TO WORK FROM YOU FROM THE ENTIRE TEAM, AWESOME. >> YOU HEARD HIM. WE’RE WAITING FOR THEM TO GET OUT OF THE CREW DRAGON SPACECRAFT. [MUSIC].