nineteen hour ride up to station and we made it just a few minutes before that they were able to dock a few minutes ahead of schedule we were tracking them to still take about another ten minutes I've been able to step through all of their burns about 16 minutes ahead of schedule and get us where we are now if you missed it just a few moments ago that initial docking coming at 7:16 a.m. Pacific 1016 a.m. over on the east coast of the United States and they were 262 statute miles flying together
over the northern border of China and Mongolia so really exciting we're just waiting for this docking complete to be confirmed who expecting to hear some words obviously from the crew onboard and all the excited teams down here we're just waiting for this moment and then it's time to start getting dragon integrated into the station there will be an umbilical that will get mated and that'll allow dragon to flow data and power into the station systems and then it'll be over to the crew all right a
nd they did a quick so the motion control system onboard station now back under those control moment gyros so hand it over from the Russian thrusters and dragon now given the go to drive those hooks we have to do that changeover of attitude control before we drive those hooks as the Russian thrusters a little bit more dynamic in their control of attitude and if you had a thruster firing while you were starting to drive those hooks that could miss a line so going over to the smoother control mome
nt gyros on the US side now controlling the attitude onboard the station and those hooks those 12 hooks on Dragon about to start driving I'm out dragon and ISS attached just flying off the east coast of China just underneath Japan attached to each other we we recently passed over to the orbital night so or on the currently the dark side of the world actually we're lucky enough to to see the soft capture happen just as we were crossing over the Terminator line and if you're wondering what you're
looking at this is one of the cameras on the very outboard part of the Japanese experiment module looking back in towards the very front part of node 2 where dragon is currently docked we are in an orbital nighttime that's why everything is so dark but you're looking at dragon it's it is horizontal to the ground so the hatch part is right where that green light pretty much is and you can see the nose cone still illuminated above it and it is currently attached to an international docking adaptor
on the International Space Station and inside that capsule are Bob banking and Doug early force astronauts to fly on a private Willy developed a vehicle up to the International Space Station but test pilots got it got to do some fun tests today have a few more steps before they can actually get aboard and ingress to the International Space Station that's what we were heard over the the big loop that transition which allows us to then proceed with hard capture and we're seeing the first set of h
ooks so the first six out of the twelve are now closed six more to go and there are twelve of those along the ring and that helps us ensure that we have an airtight seal is vacuum around them right now so we want to make sure where we're keeping all of that valuable life support in the vehicle now the combined ISS dragon vehicle meanwhile inside the capsule Bob and Doug also standing by for this hard capture to complete and once we have that docking complete call they'll be able to start steppin
g through a number of procedures to get them ready to move into the International Space Station they'll get the go-ahead to doff or get out of their suits and then they'll have some activities on the dragon side to prepare for the hatch opening Chris Cassidy will mainly be working on the station side to pressurize the vestibule so as Schiff has talked about the the space between the the Dragon capsule and the space station was exposed to vacuum and even after this tight seals occurred we'll stil
l be at vacuum inside so we'll actually open up a valve to supply air from the station side into that space between the dragon and station hatchways and they'll get it up to the same ambient pressure that we'll have inside of dragon and on the station itself they'll wait for it to thermally balance out make sure we don't have any temperature swings as we're bringing it up from vacuum so probably from a very cold temperature up to about the 72 degrees that they have in their cabin temperature onb
oard the station and then we'll get the hatches open capture complete standby for docking completion yeah and that hard captures complete so that's confirmation of those 12 latches to create that airtight seal now that's complete the umbilicals from the station side while full interface with the dragon vehicle umbilicals and that'll provide power and communications through space station directly to dragon pretty much the whole way up dragons been using a combination of batteries and its solar ce
lls pointed at the Sun to make sure that it has enough electrical power for the journey up and we're just standing by now for that umbilical to get mated and that's gonna again as shippers just thing start the power and data transfer between Dragon and the space station they've been transmitting data through RF radio frequency on the way uphill and during the final approach this will give a hard mate basically a wired LAN connection between the Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Stati
on itself and then also being able to draw power from the station systems using those great big solar arrays that are used to generate all the electricity for systems onboard the station and the soft capture system has been stowed we see the umbilical starting to deploy about 40% of the way so far going pretty quickly should just take a couple more seconds until we're all the way connected and then we should be getting that docking complete call-out from the core here in Mission Control SpaceX a
nd Hawthorne standing by dragon SpaceX docking sequence is complete next dragon recopy docking complete society that it's been a real honor to be just a small part of this 90 year endeavor since the last time the United States space ship has docked with the International Space Station we have to congratulate the men and women of the SpaceX at Hawthorne McGregor and at Kennedy Space Center their incredible efforts over the last several years to make this possible to not go overstated it's also li
ke to thank Kathy leaders and her team of the Commercial Crew program of NASA an outstanding job by everyone I said like the bank to be men and women of the National Aeronautics and Space Agency this is an incredible time to be at NASA three new vehicles to be flown continuing mission in low-earth orbit and then to the Moon and Mars we thank you again and congratulate you dragon arriving crew of expedition 63 is honored to welcome dragon in the Commercial Crew program - welcome aboard the Intern
ational Space Station Bob and Doug glad to have you as part of the - well done happy thank you Chris thank you Chris endeavour this is Houston Bob and Doug welcome to the International Space Station after your spectacular rendezvous and docking of the first crew dragon vehicle for the first time since the retirement of the space shuttle you've completed a historic ride to the ISS and have opened up a new chapter in human space exploration on behalf of the flight control teams here in Houston and
in Hawthorne California enter our SpaceX colleagues Bravo on a magnificent moment in spaceflight history and on the start of a new journey that it's changed the face of space travel in this new era of space transportation Bob and Doug good luck and we look forward to working with you on board try again SpaceX Ramada thank you Bob and Doug we here at SpaceX are honored to have been part of assuring in this new era of human spaceflight on behalf of the SpaceX and NASA partnership congratulations
on a phenomenal accomplishment and welcome to the International Space Station well thank you Anna we appreciate all the good works and everyone thinking us but it truly was a magnificent effort by the entire team the SpaceX team the NASA team and a team across America who was able to pull this off and bring human spaceflight again to our shouldn't thank you for everything happy to be aboard and Dragon SpaceX with that ground will be enabling a heartline power and comm connection shortly you are
go to dr. suits per procedure for decimal 0 1 2 we will be configuring your video to go external shortly and we have one request for Bob suit doffing when you're ready to copy we copy ah go ahead for Bob to during your approach suit leak check we noticed Bob's suit pass with a lower psi D than his previous vehicle and ONC checks we still had plenty of margin to support you in a depress but in order to rule out potential hardware issues when Bob is doffing after he opens his structural zipper che
ck all three bladder zipper heads to see if any are partially closed it is possible that if the head is backed off slightly that the white tooth is partially visible or a small gap can be seen between the end of the zipper head and the gasket end please report observations happy bobble take a close look at his zippers when he docks and he'll get off him first so we'll let you know as soon as we get something there if we see something great thank you so much Wow so now dragon has completed its do
cking sequence there's a number of checks that that was an absolutely historic moment and in spite of that the ground teams getting right back to business talking about the suit performance I'm trying to turn the cameras off first forget about of their suits absolutely so spacecraft is now docked they've got several tasks that they're gonna need to be able to do while we're waiting for those tasks to happen we're actually going to take a short break but it's in case you just missed it that drago
n spacecraft is now docked to the International Space Station docked at 7:16 a.m. local time Bob and Doug are at the space station yeah they're there it was just under a 19-hour journey from their launch to their docking so pretty much right on what we were expecting they got there a little bit early today which is nice as they were able to get through all those burns but that I mean they're docked it's it's gonna be a little while they have to do that vestibule pressurization and then they'll h
ave to do some leak checks I got on drag into ground for I've got both special zip zippers on my gloves lowered and I do see white feet visible on both sides looks like a full bite too I'll give you an update once I get to the copy white teeth on both sides and we'll await your next status so the crew right now just going through some checks of their gloves they're about to get out of their suits that'll be the first step for the crew on board dragon for the crew on board station Chris Cassidy i
s gonna start getting that vestibule pressurized and then they're gonna do leak checks so they're gonna be actually taking atmosphere from station putting it into that vestibule and then once we get all the leak checks done things are thermally stabilized it'll be time for hatch opening and we'll be able to see Bob and Doug get into the space station for the first time from on board the Dragon spacecraft and again for Doug this is the exact port he was at almost nine years ago when he was on the
very last space shuttle mission and now he's commanding the first commercial vehicle to dock with the International Space Station I think that's gonna do it for us in Hawthorne we're gonna give you into the very capable hands of Gary Jordan to take you through the rest of the hatch opening we're gonna be watching from here and following along we can't wait to see these crew members onboard the International Space Station thank you for everybody who tuned in we hope you enjoyed the launch we hop
e you enjoyed the ride uphill we really hope you were with us every single moment from suit up until now so you've been up for over 24 hours but it's been an incredible experience for us to see these guys get onboard the International Space Station to watch drag and go through the paces to be lofted into orbit on Falcon 9 something we've been waiting for for years seeing it come to fruition I'm still grappling with was an honor doing this with you today yeah absolutely Dan you know the Dragon co
pied make Vanna okay I can't step on the crew that's evolved yeah but you know it there are some really great words there from all the flight control teams about how this was a joint partnership between NASA and SpaceX I think everyone is over the moon here it's base x4 for this Bob Doug have got to be excited and and now back back to business to get the vestibule ready to go and then get them onboard the station so again thank you for following us please please continue to watch as Gary takes o
ver for the hatch opening portion and keep following our social media for for more updates on what's happening with edge open Thank You Shiva thank you dan what an incredible flight for a bobbin Doug lifting off just yesterday and now in space attached to the International Space Station some kind words all over after docking at 9:16 a.m. Central and a hard mate just 11 minutes later we're still not done here we're going to take you through the pressurization sequence and eventually hatch opening
of the International Space Station clear excellent good comm checks we still have a lot of work to do here we're going to pressurize the vestibule and eventually get an SpaceX dragon with an update from Bob it looks like white tooth on the leg zipper as well we'll take a close look if we can see anything else that might have resulted in that lower leak check pressure top II really appreciate the report thank you team's behind me we'll be configuring the dragon and the International Space Statio
n to welcome Bob and Doug aboard first of course the International Space Station attitude control control moment gyros really holding the dragon in place through the hard capture sequence we'll start enabling those thrusters and pressurizing the vestibule it'll take about an hour until we're able to get the hatch open the teams here at Mission Control Houston orbit two led by flight director Zeb Scoville will be taking us through that process aboard the International Space Station commander Chri
s Cassidy standing by in node two right in front of that is the pressurized mating adapter he recently opened up the hatch to introduce some of this station air and mix it get a nice mix in there avoiding some co2 pockets that hatch you see just beyond Chris Cassidy there is normally closed he was able to open it a little bit earlier today mix some of that cabin air and I get rid of those co2 pockets make sure it's all clean and ready for Bob and Doug he closed it shortly after just to make sure
no fat or foreign objects anything were to float in there that would inhibit any hatch opening process today one of the process one of the next milestones for Chris Cassidy will be to open up that hatch he's got some cameras you see placed within that node we'll get some good views of the hatch opening and welcoming Bob and Doug here in just about an hour a big moment in history today May 31st 2020 just on the other side of that hatch Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley have successfully arrived at the
International Space Station so a couple of milestones to get through before we can open up that hatch it's going to take some time first pressurizing the vestibule in between the station and Dragon will bring that up to pressure it's gonna take some time for that pressure to stabilize of course that's the temperature within that vestibule it causes a little bit of Swing so we'll just wait for that to pressurize but to stabilize before opening up that hatch here at Mission Control Houston flight
directors EBSCO ville welcoming the director of the NASA Johnson Space Center Mark Guyer all of a few other VIPs here in the room to welcome Bob and Doug once they get through that hatch now again this repressurization and hatch opening process is going to take some time you see now we're gonna have some intermittent losses with the communication from the international space station you're saying now the International Space Station flight control room led by flight director Zeb Scoville just a
handover of some of those audio and visual communications we'll be regaining those shortly might lose them intermittently throughout the repressurization process but if the teams here will be monitoring all of the procedures again pressurizing that vestibule and eventually getting to that hatch opening from right to left they're seated you see flight directors EBSCO ville it was he who was leading the teams for both the launch of Bob and Doug over at the Cape he was leading the teams here in Mis
sion Control Houston you just saw the Johnson Space Center director Mark Guyer walk off to the side seated next to Zeb Scoville Joshua kucik he is one of the members of the most recent class of astronauts the class of 2017 Canadian Space Agency astronaut went through candidate training and officially became an astronaut just recently again a few milestones to get through to that hatch opening first the International Space Station attitude control has been successfully switched from control momen
t gyros only control enabling some of the thrusters on the International Space Station we also just received word that dragon is successfully receiving power and there you have it dragon is successfully receiving power from the International Space Station and dragon copies on dragging the ground that the Power has been established just let us know when we should make a hard line contract thank you for those of you just joining us you are getting a live look at NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy comman
der of the International Space Station doing some of the prep work to open up the hatch and get ready to welcome Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley aboard the International Space Station they launched successfully yesterday at 2:22 p.m. Central time 322 p.m. Eastern and docked successfully with a contact and captured just a little bit ago at 9:16 a.m. Central time 1016 Eastern now some of the milestones to get that hatch open have already taken place first attitude control for some of the docking seque
nce for the initial contact and capture attitude control was on Russian thrusters that was moved to control moment gyros for hard mate making sure that everything lined up and we got those ready to hook indicators green before driving those hooks the attitude control has since been switched to enable some thrusters on the International Space Station we did get confirmation of good power being delivered from ISS to the Internet to the dragon next will be to test some hard line communication betwe
en dragon and the International Space Station dragon and station dragon and station it's Houston calling on the big loop we're prepared and getting ready to transition the column system to hardline now which time we're going to do a couple column checks we just want to make sure everybody's on board with that and aware so dragon first maybe let me know if you hear this and if you're go with that plan Houston I never on the big loop we had you loud and clear use the station copies in concurs okay
and Evelyn station we have loud and clear and is right now we are putting it in work now for transition and calm system to hardline and we'll call you back for voice checks momentarily this is Mission Control Houston the voice you just heard was Capcom Joshua poot Rick from here in Mission Control Houston were laying through the big loop that's integrated communications with Dragon and the international space station just taking us through those procedures until we get to hatch opening now ther
e's an umbilical connection with a dragon connecting dragon to the International Space Station we did get good confirmation that power is flowing from the international space station to Dragon next we'll be proceeding with some of the communications checks the big loop established on the c2v2 common communications for visiting vehicle through some of the last legs of the rendezvous and docking of dragon to the international space station we'll switch that over to hard line communications testing
that out here shortly we're gonna get some good views of station today you see Chris castor you working inside no - just on the other side is the hatch that hatch is separating between the International Space Station and the pressurized mating a tap adapter one more hatch to go after that that hatch opens up to the dragon hatch with Bob bankin and Doug Hurley on the other side just surrounding Chris Cassidy from this view you can see a series of cameras we're gonna get some great views from nod
e 2 there on the left a couple of high-definition cameras on the right a 360 VR camera part of an initiative to engage viewers and provide views that from the International Space Station that have never been seen before we'll get to see some of those 360 degree views later after they're configured and stitched on the ground now being recorded during this historic moment today may 31st 2020 okay feminists we're on the same page those steps in the execution notes are all that's needed be alert you
're getting a live look at Chris Cassidy aboard the International Space Station just in front of him is that 360 degree camera he's got cameras situated all over no two pointing right towards that hatch on the other side we'll be welcoming Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley after pressurization of the vestibule and will be start beginning hatch opening after that shall we copy MF open Chris another handover of communication from the tracking and data relay satellites providing video and audio communica
tion from the international space station now integrated with the dragon dragon power still looking towards some of those hard line communication checks again we'll lose communication intermittently as the international space station flies 269 statute miles regaining some of that video from International Space Station Chris Cassidy given the go to open that node to forward hatch again he opened it a little bit earlier today to allow some of the station air to mix into the pressurized mating adap
ter there it is now again it's there's a few more hatches to open until we are able to welcome Bob and Doug aboard the International Space Station you're looking through the hatch into the pressurized mating adapter there's another hatch down there through the pressurized mating adapter that opens up to the International docking adaptor 0 0 on dp/dt and the no 2 ford hatch is open and course we copy note to forward arch open now we can kill you go for the next yellow activity that's your 1515 ac
tivity it's step 2 in to decimal 1 0 to crew dragon eyes this arrival through hatch opening basically you're going to cycle to a pass equalization valve and dragon SpaceX on dragon de ground if desired reference procedure for decimal four zero zero to monitor astral pressurization and copies for smoke picnics dragon on dragon to Gratton for 4.01 - we've completed up to section five and we've got a timer started for one hour hobby completed through section five and your suits are drying and you h
ave started a timer for one hour with that do we have your permission to come back on board give you a get you back on board we copy we are go to come back on board and with that you are go to perform sections one through three of four decimal four hundred we do recommend deferring your step 2.1 for the waste system flush until closer to hatch opening in section 3 as you are performing your inventory please collect all your food and water bottle trash and consolidate it into the two trash bags w
ithin their common bags in location 18 you will transfer the plastic bags containing this trash to ISS for disposal during a scheduled activity after ISS ingress and due note that you are welcome to defer this inventory until after you your meal that is scheduled her right about now okay Anna if you could give us five minutes before you come back on board we do have some clothing config to complete understand we've got to go for sections 1 2 & 3 of 4 dot 400 and we will consolidate our trash int
o the bags provided in location 18 and we'll defer the doctor weight configuration section 2a for dot 400 until it gets closer to hatch opening station recopy one five zero seven we don't hurt her ready thanks this is Mission Control Houston you're listening to crews onboard the International Space Station and Dragon prepare for opening the hatch you're saying Chris Cassidy aboard the International Space Station already opened the hatch to the pressurized mating adapter just below that hatch way
you see at the center of the screen here on the other side of the hatch is the hatch way to the International docking adaptor on the other side of that the recently docked crew Dragon vestibule pressurization is underway this will equalize the pressure between dragon and the International Space Station once it does come up to pressurization it will take some time to equalize that pressure because of the temperature difference in the vestibule just take some time to stabilize its Houston calling
you on hardline now for a voice check how do you read endeavour Houston calling spaced around to via hide line now for voice chat dear reader then we'll check out leaders counting 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 2 4 1 2 5 patience mr. going to an station Houston on to Anatoly we hear you loud and clear we're gonna swap a couple minor things here and try dragging again we're still trying to get Thomas dragons down by 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 2 4 1 2 5 and station Houston on to everybody we'll just stand by for a
few minutes we're gonna try to raise dragon by another me instantly and [Music] endeavour its houston : on dragging the ground 1 we're trying to reach you by a hard line just not sure if you're if you're receiving it or not let us know at your convenience and Houston from endeavour we're hearing quite a bit of go on the other loop that appears to be connected it's unintelligible but we do have you loud and clear on the dragon to ground an endeavour Houston on dragon ground thanks for that very
helpful we'll take a look and we have you loud and clear I'm driving the ground as well so we're gonna we're going to continue to work it and try to give you a call back in the next few minutes on hardline never copies thanks this is Mission Control Houston working through the steps to pressurize the vestibule we did have confirmation that vestibule pressurization was underway we do have power flowing from the International Space Station to Dragon after it docked for a contact and capture at 9:1
6 a.m. Central Time 10:16 a.m. Eastern just earlier this morning a few other milestones to reach we need a good audio communication hard-lined through the umbilical where dragon is currently docked on the other side of that hatch providing now power just making sure those hard-line communications are intact working through that as we count down towards the milestones of opening that hatch space dragon on dragging the ground go ahead yeah in that section one of four dot 400 the tablet state of ch
arge are 66 for Doug's and 32 for mine copies six six for Doug three two for Bob and do we have your permission to come back on board this video now yeah go ahead and come on board we just may have to take it down at some point as you might imagine but to come on board station you stood on three four Chris your convenience but just an update on the comm status so go ahead run down some minor issues trying to get a headline established so we're working not here and we're going to be reattempt in
the context as soon as we think we're going a heads-up on that and then we're getting the stuff just get a heads I was going to pass along to do the tear down from steps three and four in the approach monitoring but I just saw it go gray so have you done that already just one second which one is that maybe a fat fingers are wrong Chrissy yeah no it's it's subtle so it's in the execution note for dragon approach monitoring as we were monitoring dragon earlier in the day and down in the execution
note or the teardown steps I'm here in the cupola right now I'll take care it's not great but in momentarily will be sounds good and I'm also hitting on that that we have done on the ground steps one through four so it's just five and six left free and that teardown procedure copy that i shun three steps five and six are completing the traitor copy Chris thanks for that and just about to hit the button and reattempt the hardline checks with dragon ok cubby endeavour and Houston calling by a hard
-line voice Jack how do you read Sega and station standby endeavour this is a call for endeavour by a hard-line voice check how do you read Houston endeavour completely unreadable it's skipping pretty badly remember it's Houston on Dragon is on we heard you loud and clear understand we're still broke and we're working at thanks for patience we got Josh that's exactly the case Thanks Jennifer moisture how to read me conscience 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 2 4 1 2 5 and station on two for Anatole Anatole w
e're hearing you loud and clear in Houston we seem to have an issue still with com2 dragons so or just have you stand by I'll let you know and are ready to retry thanks for your patience mr. Rajan please fix dragon on dragon to ground for a timeline checkup yeah you know we're managing the collection of the used water bottles and other items as well as our meal and just looking to understand a little bit better how closely were to hatch opening or another timeline milestone we're kind of running
to the end of the tablet here with a meal 5 that started about I don't know 25 minutes ago or so and so I just wanting to understand how much time we've got in front of us in dragon SpaceX we estimate we are about an hour to Dragon hatch opening copy that Anna thanks for those words it just helps us manage getting things done and looks like you guys are on board welcome aboard I guess the integrated space station now huh indeed thank you so much we're excited to be here another Houston calling
overhead line for a voice check how do you read us now you seen or station from endeavor I'm not sure the location of that last call but still quite a bit of a skipping and unreadable an endeavour Houston loud and clear on dragging aground we heard your response we're in the same situation we're hearing you you're not hearing us we have one more troubleshooting item that we're going to put in work now and so we'll give that a try and then maybe call it for the day well let you know endeavour cop
ies thanks Houston never endeavour Houston calling by heid line for a final voice Jeff do you have us now he's been draggin on the big loop that was an improvement but it's still completely unreadable and endeavour Houston on dragon to ground one we were still hearing you five-by-five understand it was slightly improved and were you able to read me at all or is it is it unuseful yeah it was a slight improvement but it's still unintelligible almost every word that there was maybe one word that yo
u could have sort of figured out but that was about it okay thank you for the feedback first time obviously and we think we're running into some interference issues but we'll continue to take a look sweet happy Thanks this is Mission Control Houston if you're tuning into our coverage you're getting a live look at the International Space Station flight control room hearing a lot of communications from the international space station both from the space station side over space to ground NASA astro
naut Chris Cassidy International Space Station commander setting up for the hatch opening you can see a series of cameras scattered around ready to capture the best views of Bob and Doug coming through that hatch we did get confirmation just shortly that we did have good pressurization of the vestibule it'll be about 10 minutes to perform a series of leak checks again that pressure needs to stabilize the thermal conditions make it swing just a little bit so just waiting for that to stabilize bef
ore those leak checks are finalized that underway within the next 10 minutes we do have communications settled in the hard-line connection between International Space Station and Dragon you can see from the inside of Dragon now the crew doffed or took off their suits just getting a few things packed up before they eventually open up the hatch after that pressurization is equalized between space station and Dragon endeavour Houston calling for a voice jackal typical if we free transition back to
our app so back to our app huh tiaras he's been dragging on them Houston track on a big loop with that check for us informative endeavour Houston we transition back to RF because we still have the interference over hard line so we're back on earth now and just want to make sure we add you we've got you loud and clear on RM loud and clear as well we're just going to leave it here for now thank you here's a live look from inside the crew dragon you're seeing Bob Behnken and Hurley just preparing t
he inside of dragon they have doffed or taken off their suits the pressurization between space station and Dragon is complete they just need to perform some leak checks make sure that pressure is stable before they actually open the hatch team is working together on the ground International Space Station flight control room and the flight control room in Hawthorne to get that big loop communication configured so everyone can hear each other through this process figured out a workaround using RF
connection this is Mission Control Houston if you're just joining us you're getting a look inside the crew dragon that was Bob Jenkins seated on the right side the pilot seat toward the Joint Operations mission commander seat for demo two he and Doug Hurley the commander of the spacecraft just preparing the inside putting away some trash they just doff their suits and right now just waiting for the pressure to equalize between the International Space Station and Bob and Doug just two hatches rea
lly separating them from the inside of the orbiting complex aboard International Space Station commander Chris Cassidy has been outfitting node2 it's the first node once you cross over some of the hatch ways there it is you can see some of the cameras positions around to capture the crew coming in to the International Space Station much of that work completed at this point really at this point is waiting for good leak checks between station and dragon station I'm still supposed to pass through f
or Chris and the ISIS experience I don't three hey Chris were nothing good connection between the SSC 25 in the camera we're coming up on a handover a little bit of the C 25 there's no 25 copy spacex dragon on dragon to ground for inventory I am here and ready to copy okay Anna we'll start with the location 9 from bag 203 removed three water bottles pop these three bottles removed from bag to 0-3 should read back from location we removed from each bag 207 oh so six water bottles in total and Dra
gons SpaceX you were pretty broken on that call but I think I copied three bottles from each egg to 0-7 and to 0-8 is that correct that is a good read back Hanna for location 11 one dinner from bag three one seven one breakfast from bag three one five and one lunch from bag three one six there are several pop you one dinners from three one three one five one month's are interested but they're all everything I it was taken has been sent down that's a good read back and location twelve one dinner
from bag three two one one breakfast from bag three one nine and one lunch from bag three two zero I pop you one dinner from 3-2-1 one breakfast from a319 one lunch from three one zero and I am I correct to conclude all of this includes your consumption from the lunch that you just completed that's correct Anna we've finished eating and the lunch we just completed it's a good complete list of what I've read down to you so far the only thing we have remaining is the flush of the waste system here
and we'll do that with a water bottle and report when we do that a little bit later puppy that sounds like a perfect plan thank you so much okay with that that's the extent of our inventory all else is per the packing plant copy all else from her the packing plan this is Mission Control Houston you've seen Chris Cassidy International Space Station commander do much of the set up but he does have two crew members on board both Russian cosmonauts next to him right now is a von Wagner rookie space
flier that was on the same Soyuz spacecraft that Chris Cassidy launched on from the Baikonur cosmodrome just a little more than a month ago also on board is russian cosmonaut anatoly ivanishin this is Mission Control Houston we are coming up on almost two hours since the crew dragon made contact and was captured by the at the International Space Station's Forward international docking adaptor that happened at 9:16 a.m. Central 10:16 a.m. Eastern still working through some of those milestones eq
ualizing the pressure between Dragon and International Space Station verifying some of the communications and of course you see Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley inside continuing to prepare the inside of their vessel before they make their way inside the orbiting complex SpaceX dragon on dragon the ground mind taking back cameras down for just a few minutes here you will put that in work and let you know when it's done this is Mission Control Houston you heard the call from Bob Behnken Joint Operatio
ns mission commander of the demo2 mission taking down some of those video feeds we're still waiting for some of those milestones to pass before actually opening the hatch the dragon crew continuing to get themselves ready before opening the hatch Chris Cassidy on the other side just preparing some of the camera views making sure everything said they're done even a little bit ahead of time we do have confirmation that there is a good data connection path between dragon and the International Space
Station some of those checks underway next coming up on two hours since docking at 9:16 a.m. central 1016 ma a.m. Eastern good connection between the SSD and the camera and we're just performing the calibration now we'll start the corn in shortly actually dragon SpaceX we have gone exterior with the cameras dragon toffee snakes this is Mission Control Houston again you're getting a look at the inside of the International Space Station that's a NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy commander of expeditio
n 63 continuing to get some of those cameras configured for hatch opening many milestones already passed after docking at 9:16 a.m. Central almost two hours ago at this point at the time of docking International Space Station was on Russian thrusters at the after contact and capture was moved over to control moment gyros stabilization and attitude control now back to its standard configuration of thrusters and control moment gyros after an umbilical connecting dragon to the International Space S
tation was established we did get confirmation of a good power flowing from the International Space Station to dragon dragon now relying on the station power we did get confirmation of of good data transmission and of course the teams here on the ground both here in Houston and in Hawthorne troubleshooting some of the communication to make sure that is ready to go prior to hatch opening pressurisation between International Space Station and Dragon brought up to the same pressure 14.7 the same we
would find here on earth leak checks are next to confirm that can the pressure state is stabilized between the two vehicles you see the hatch just on the other side of Chris Cassidy there that's the hatch to the pressurized mating adapter there's two more hatches once you go down that hatch way one is to the International docking adapter and the other is the hatch of Dragon itself may 6th Ragan with a couple of questions I am hearing ready to copy hey Anna we show about an hour and 11 minutes s
ince we started drying the suits just to let you know that and then the other thing is we can put four decimal four hundred section two and work if you think we have some time before we get the hatch open we copy you are go to stop during your suits and turn off that suit fan at this time let me get you words on that waste system flush will shut PSU fan off him in Dragon SpaceX we are about a half hour prior to hatch open so you are go to do that way system plush if that sounds good to you at th
is time okay we may give it a few minutes if it's going to be in 30 minutes until hatch opening we may want to use it just one more time so yeah we may hold off for another 10 minutes or so but let us know if anything changes otherwise we'll do it them totally reasonable sounds like a good plan thanks and dragon Houston on dragon to ground we're still working calm issues officials are gonna take down the big loop now we'll maintain you on drag on the ground we'll call you when we have hard line
back in by one second Chris dragon copy Houston thanks so much Chris service talking to dragon I'm just looking ahead at that at the PA own vent and I know it says videos through the note note 2 and space-to-ground - up and down it would only take me about one minute to change back over to the encoder and go do calm the normal way that we do PA all events if that's something that's preferred it really is super fast and I can go get you that way and that can say real quick if you need it later co
py Chris yeah copy thanks for that we'll offer it up don't let you know if we have want to want to go that way obviously not urgent or important just storing it out there station his John 3:4 Chris calm config good we just wanted to clarify from your last comments we show it as being in the standard config whereby you're going to be coming down over the camcorder HD mic and we'll be going up over spaced around too and that's what we're intending with did you maybe just we might have missed your
intent in your previous remarks as I would you out of mind I had like we do all other piano events we talk we hold the handheld microphone that is going through the clip-on mic transmitter to the clip off to the to the through the camera and then the audio comes down through the encoder that's how we typically do is peel events so I could go back to that config if you need super fast or if you want to do it this way where where we're talking on spacing on - that's fine - I don't care just throwi
ng it out there because it's a different Ellington we normally bpa elements summer and just to be clear well when the configure it now is the note2 camera is not connected to the encoder as as you probably know so so how I would do is just plug the cable back into the encoder and switch back over to the nominal no.2 camcorder and Chris that that is clear the camera needs to be plugged into the encoder so what you're saying is what we need we don't know where it where it got swapped up but the ca
mera should definitely be plugged in to the encoder and audio is coming down via that encoder okay so yeah we'll just use it on the I guess what I was thinking is going back to one without a battery and not be dependent on the battery and going back over to the nominal cable which includes power I just get a little leery about what you're relying on these batteries capi we have photo TV online so we're talking to them on the phone right now so my one station used on three four Chris microphone a
nd the freefloat camera both connected to the encoder does that clear it up well you want the free flow camera and will use the handheld microphone through the ATU selfie oh no no problem I think we're just for time i'm not communicating no pun intended but i think we're a good config now and we won't i won't swap over to the to the nominal note to camera [Music] using a microphone they should do so through Christmas if you're still there we think we still have it backwards I see you look yeah I
see in the video now so we still have kale on the line sorry for the confusion but I think this much is clear this morning we moved cameras that we swapped the cameras that were connected to the encoder what we want now we're getting video from the free folk camera through the encoder so that's good we're seeing it right now what we need just relaying here is your lapel mic that has to go through that new freefloat camera so that your mic runs connects to the free-flow camera and then that audi
o comes down through the encoder so that makes sense that's how that's the config it's in right now and that's all perfect the only benefit I guess I didn't initially make it clears is if I switch back to the normal cable in the normal camera we're not dependent on battery power on the camera I just imported that throughout this whole event we're gonna also my battery's gonna go out I'd go back to the normal face next dragon on dragging the ground report complete with 4.01 - that's it - this rep
o camera doesn't meet with a quarantine all the way into the Dragon which I could don't think we could do with the other cable so what my thought was after we doing all of the ingress stuff and we switch gears to appeal ceremony where we're standing right by the hatch we could have actual power to the camera but it's really no big deal what I'll do is I'll just I've got a couple batteries on standby and I'll just make sure there's a fresh battery right before we start the PA over okay Chris so i
t took so long but I'm up 100% with you and copy 100% on the battery concern the word we're gonna hear is we would like to run it in the configure that it's in right now now we copy all on the battery config great idea to have a few spares nearby but we think it's going to last throughout the whole event okay and station Houston on three four Chris with that out of the way you have a go when able for your 1615 activity 16 15 that's your go for steps three and four into decimal 102 crew dragon IS
S arrival okay 16 15 activity in work endeavour Houston calling on hard line for a voice check endeavour Houston calling by a hard line for voice check I haven't clear how much hey endeavour Houston we have you loud and clear on headline great news all congrats sounds like we got it at least somewhat sorted out it's American we think we might have found it interference between c2v2 in the hard-line system but we're going to a case fake keep it here for now and proceed down the timeline never cop
ies Houston on three hey can you back me up on the big PVD well they were checking station Houston on to Chris TBD t is good you're very continue this is Mission Control Houston you're looking at the inside of the International Space Station what you were hearing before were just some of the audio and video checks just making sure that everything synced up so that we get the best views and the best audio possible for when Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley come through that hatch we're working towards
a hatch opening now you can see Chris Cassidy down the pressurized mating adapter that hatch will open up to the International docking adaptor on the other side is the dragon hatch Cassidy working through those procedures after pressure equalization was complete now expecting around the order of 10 to 15 minutes maybe and so we finally get that hatch open so we'll stand by keep those views coming from the inside of the International Space Station to welcome Bob and Doug aboard this is Mission Co
ntrol Houston you're looking at the live view of the inside of the International Space Station flight control room a team here orbit two team led by flight director Scoville is working through the intricate process of making sure everything is ready to hope open the hatch and welcome Bob Megan and Doug Hurley aboard the International Space Station it's been a journey so far to get to this point more than two hours ago made contact and capture with the International Space Station was the dragon v
ehicle the crew Dragon vehicle with Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley aboard 9:16 a.m. central 10:16 a.m. Eastern two for one two five here and then give you go to come back on for in dragons basics you're pretty broken in that previous call stations because I'm still I don't see driven think you're being summoned by the Russian crew and Dragon SpaceX I was told to proceed with you can you please repeat your last yeah and I just wanted to double-check with you to make sure you had copied our last and
that we were still good on that estimated timer that you gave us for 30 minutes looks like we've got about 10 minutes left we'd like to pick up in section 2 4 . 400 second this is Mission Control Houston Chris Cassidy opens the hatch to the International docking adaptor 11:37 a.m. Central time station and dragon flying together 267 statute miles over the South Pacific this is a view from the camera at the forward end of dragon dragon and the a pass hat was just opened again 11:37 a.m. central th
e hatch to the International docking adapter was open you see Chris Cassidy there poking his head in that's the camera at the forward end of the dragon now only one hatch separating Bob Behnken Doug Hurley from Chris Cassidy who you're seeing here from those dragon views expected time to open that hatch is about 20 minutes from now will report that time to you and expect to do a welcome ceremony at 12:15 a.m. Central Time 1:15 p.m. Eastern and a welcome Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley aboard the Int
ernational Space Station as part as the expedition 63 crew will get to hear some words from them and have some VIPs here in Mission Control Houston to provide words to the teams that oversaw the entire mission and the crew aboard the International Space Station we copy open no condensation thanks dragon SpaceX on dragon to ground contact like in the ground how us a little choppy how me you are loud and clear we'll put section 2 of 4 decimal 400 in work we copy all thank you and please give anato
ly a halt on the group okay we'll call Anatoly on the big loop and I'd also like to report two bottles of water consumed from location 9 bag 2:04 [Applause] location 9 bag 2:04 and to confirm that was for the waste system flush one for the waste system Chris Cassidy removing that removing that target from the a pass hatch docking interface on the big loop for Anatole from endeavour they're gonna same voice check how do we be counting 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 2 4 1 2 5 totally endeavor has you loud an
d clear now copy copy system and they have you out of there did you get your voice they're gonna somehow dreaming adding clear okay Susan don't know what your system and all players from Houston that completes the contract thank you this is Mission Control Houston those comm checks within the international space station between the dragon crew chris cassidy and on the other side of the international space station the russian segment russian cosmonaut anatoly ivanishin completing those voice chec
ks you can see cassidy continuing to outfit the hatches clearing the space and providing some padding and removing that docking target from the a pass hatch so I copy that the waste system flushes in work and two more bags were consumed from location nine bag 204 and that includes the water used for the waste system flushes that all correct I'm back Joe for one of which bob is in the process of consuming and the other will be for the waste flush that is correct perfect thanks for clarifying and
secondly do we have your permission to come back on board with video- we're going to need about two minutes we're just wrapping up ops here right now copy two more minutes we will await your confirmation thank you still getting views from the infrared camera that's located right at the center of the dragon hatch looking at Chris Cassidy International Space Station commander outfitting that hatch getting ready for Bob and Doug to arrive you're hearing communications over dragging the ground that
was about banking and Doug Hurley on the other side of that hatch inside the crew track dragon vehicle finishing up their operations on the inside for that hatch opening expected in about 10 to 15 minutes again it's been a process to get to this point just about two and a half hours ago docking to the International Space Station was Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley aboard the first American commercial American vehicle to dock to the International Space Station with crew aboard again we're expecting a
bout 10 to 15 minutes to open up that hatch one more hatch separating Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley from the inside of the International Space Station still looking at Cassidy doing some of the prep work for that hatch we'll get some great views that Cassidy set up over the past few hours to capture this historic moment today be sure to stay tuned in at 12:15 p.m. Central Time 1:15 p.m. Eastern we'll start a welcome ceremony officially welcomed welcoming Bob Megan and Doug Hurley aboard the Intern
ational Space Station to join the expedition 63 crew spacex dragon on dragging the ground go ahead Anna you're clear to come on board copy clear to come on board and thanks for your patience with the come we are in an orientation that's creating some blockage to receive your common drug around yeah we figured that was it no problem that's part of the deal Chris Cassidy giving a wave eagerly await awaiting Bob and Doug to come aboard just behind them you see anatoly ivanishin and yvonne wagner ru
ssian cosmonauts of expedition 63 standing by will be able to come aboard dragon here in a sec get some views from the crew dragon we're in a short handover of those communications from the international space station video and audio should be regaining them momentarily and the totally even ition and the foreground there cuz kasi continuing the prep work for opening up the hatch there again the pressurized mating adapter hatch you see there in the foreground is open the a pass hatch to the inter
national docking that there is open just one more and that's the hatch of Dragon the crew Dragon vehicle sensation space-to-ground to station is ready for dragon hatch Equalization station Houston copies dragon call ready when you're when you're able Houston dragon go ahead and dragon Houston just looking to confirm that you're ready for hatch Equalization we are ready as long as SpaceX is ready okay station and endeavor stand by for Equalization we're putting it in work expected equalization ti
me for minutes station copies never copies this is Mission Control Houston we're continuing to equalize the pressure of that last hatch behind that hatch is Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley aboard the crew Dragon spacecraft we are moments away from opening the hatch and welcome welcoming them aboard the International Space Station this is Mission Control Houston if you're just tuning in we are standing by for confirmation of the hatch opening between the International Space Station and the crew Drago
n there's the hatch to the crude dragon seeing Doug Hurley through the glass on the other side and there's Bob Behnken still equalizing that pressure between crew drag in an International Space Station just moments away dragon SpaceX on big loop you are go for hatch opening per the decal followed by the remaining actions in your procedure four decimal four zero zero I can copies go for a hatch opening and remaining steps and four decimal four zero zero and with that the hatch is open 12:02 p.m.
Central Time 102 p.m. Eastern Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley open the hatch to the International Space Station after launching from American soil on a US vehicle for the first time in nine years the first time ever for a commercially built spacecraft if you're just tuning in the hatches are open between dragon and the International Space Station International Space Station commander Chris Cassidy now talking with Doug Hurley and Bob bank and aboard the crew Dragon spacecraft that hatch open at 12:0
2 p.m. central 102 p.m. Eastern SpaceX dragon on the big loopy hatches open in five decimal five four decimal four zero zero how company my coffee hatch is open great to hear Thanks and SpaceX Dragon and five decimal nine we're going to exit out a four decimal four zero zero and transition to two decimal one zero two crew dragon is s arrival through the hatch opening I copy with that I understand you are complete with four decimal four zero zero and will follow along with you as you transition t
o the ISS procedure this is Mission Control Houston the crew of demo 2 just performing a few closeout duties the hatches are open they were open 12:02 p.m. Central Time we're moments away from the dragon crew abort demo - - to enter the International Space Station it'll be the first time that Americans will enter the International Space Station on a rocket launched from US soil built by an American company the first time ever americans will enter from a commercially built spacecraft you're not s
upposed to run to Chris when you're a bi were just looking for a quick voice check on the mic the station's best friend to go ahead Chris we were hoping we could voice check the mic just before starting the Pio event a copy that you stand and drag in on the big loop and six points step six point one of two decimal 1:02 imv ducts installation is complete go for IM beat an activation hissing copies go for imv fan activation that's in work if you're just tuning in you're getting a live look station
Houston on to two things Chris we did hear you over the PA o side of things that was a good voice check we might ask you for one more and then for the dragon crew you also have a go for six decimal three that's opening the location to three and checking for debris again copies six three and work if you're just tuning in you're getting a live look on the left of your screen as a look inside the crew Dragon on the demo - mission on the right the International Space Station bacon ready for six poi
nt four and section for the Lyle instructions head station we copy dragon crew you are go at 6.4 in work this is Mission Control Houston you're getting a live look at the inside of the International Space Station losing video communication from the international space station it will only be momentary we'll have those views back to see Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley enter the International Space Station when they do it would be the first time that humans will enter through this hatch for the first
time in nine years I dragon so we had to get had to load the procedure from my iPod and hand it into them so that's what took a little longer we copy Christmas station Houston on two for Chris one convenient PL requests an additional voice check through the mic I think us we're not here in un MCC we are currently getting it through to PA oh just Emma they're Spiros working to come reconfigure I'll call you if we're ready for another check Houston and SpaceX endeavour in six decimal five lyle car
tridges field in installed base of copies station used to known to for Chris we wanted you to confirm that the mic is in channel one it needs to be in channel one I thought here is that it could have been bumped over to two because we see a try and we're still not here in the NMCC who are working on thinkers nothing in MCC we see a trying at the word here is that as long as that is in channel one any problems past that point are on our n so we're looking into it we'll be right back to you statio
n Houston we're ready for another voice check through the mic station used to rehab you loud and clear through the mic thank you spacex dragon on the big loop in seven decimal one space x here okay Anna in seven decimal one it appears that the AV the inner Bravo is open as well as the PPR V I so valve I copy that a V V inner Bravo appears to be open as well as PP r VI so valve to close if you're good with that call yes we are good with that call and appreciate the status thank you this is Missio
n Control Houston if you're just tuning in hatches were open at 12:02 p.m. Central Time we are moments away from Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley entering the International Space Station again this is Mission Control Houston moments away from Bob and Doug entering the International Space Station shortly after they enter that we will conduct a welcome ceremony there will be VIPs here in Mission Control Houston figure one visually now we are in 8 decimal 3 for both SpaceX and Houston dragon arrival con
figuration is complete SpaceX copies all valves appear closed visually now and arrival configuration complete excellent to hear Houston copies and with that endeavour welcome to the International Space Station please come aboard never copies with pleasure we'll be there in a second we have Bob Behnken from SpaceX demo2 mission entering the International Space Station followed by Beverly in station Euston we see yeah and it's a great looking photograph so thanks for that's down by one we'll call
you when we're ready for the event the next few seconds got a whole bunch of very happy and grateful people making their way into MCC right now demo2 crew now aboard the International Space Station they entered at 12:22 p.m. Central Time the station at the time was 262 statute miles over tech minused and crew all gathered in front of the cameras at the node to forward end of the International Space Station just behind them as the hatch way to the crew Dragon on its demo - mission we're standing
by for a welcome ceremony will have VIPs here in Mission Control Houston ready to greet the crew and station we're just about instantly at station it's Houston on space-to-ground to confirm that you are ready for the event using this station we are ready for the event copy that and serve administrator bright and sir and welcome to MCC please call station for a voice check station this is the NASA Administrator can you hear me we hear you loud and clear sir welcome to the space station thank you
Chris it's good to see you and welcome to Bob and Doug I I will tell you the whole world saw this mission and we are so so proud of everything you have done for our country and in fact to inspire the world we sure appreciate that sir it's obviously been our honor to be just a small part of this we have to give credit to SpaceX the Commercial Crew program and of course NASA it's great to get the United States back in the crewed launch business and we're just really glad to be on board this magnif
icent complexed some VIPs with us here and I'm sure they have some questions that they'd like to ask you but I have one of my own before I turn it over and I just wanted to find out if you guys got any sleep on your way up there the last I'd say I got 19 hours did you guys get any sleep yeah I think a lot of folks in Hawthorne we're asking the same question sir but we did get probably a good seven hours or so opportunity for sleep and I did succeed at sleep and I did as well so the first night i
s always a little bit of a challenge but the dragon was a slick vehicle and we had good airflow and so we had a excellent excellent evening and just excited to be back in low-earth orbit again today is senator Ted Cruz and of course he's a huge advocate of America's space program and he's been you know somebody who has helped us so much as we transition from one administration to the next administration and the reason missions like this can have success is because of continuity of purpose and Se
nator Ted Cruz was a leader on a bill called the American the NASA transition Authorization Act and because of that we have had a lot of political support and we're very grateful for his leadership senator Cruz would you like to say a few words well congratulations gentlemen the eyes of the world are upon you and everyone is proud of you all of the America is watching you and today yesterday we're looking at a decade since we've had American astronauts launched on an American ship from American
soil and I can tell you i sat with my wife and kids in our living room watching on TV yesterday and I suspect we did what just about everyone watching did including both of you we just held our breath as it took off and we're glad to see it landed safely the thing is doc it flew just like it was supposed to it was a we had a couple opportunities to take it out for a spin so to speak once after we got into orbit last night and again today about 20 minutes before we docked and my compliments to th
e folks back at Hawthorne and SpaceX for how well it flew it is exactly like the simulator and we couldn't be happier about the performance of the vehicle well while we're on board the space station of course with the new spacecraft we do hope to put her through our paces and so the good ship endeavour is going to get a lot of a check out over the next week or two here and hopefully we'll be able to declare her operational and Doug and I will be able to take some burden off of Chris and his crew
mates Ivan an end totally so that we can keep the space station operating at its up peak possibilities so we're looking forward to contributing any way that we can and like I said trying to keep space station esperan active as possible as a country we're in the midst of a tough week we're seeing protests we're seeing a lot of anger we're seeing violence and I have to say this launch and y'all docking is a powerful inspiration of what we can do when we come together a power of unity the power of
people what would you tell them in terms of what we can do when we can come together you know that's a great question nine years ago just about exactly nine years ago we docked with Atlantis sts-135 the last flight of the space shuttle program a thirty year program and folks at SpaceX folks at NASA the Commercial Crew program put their heads together and worked diligently year after year making sacrifices working hard and then nine years later American launch capability was restored and this is
just one one effort that we can show for the ages in this dark time that we've had over the past several months to kind of inspire especially the young people in the United States to to reach for these lofty goals and work hard and look what you can accomplish here that represents the Johnson Space Center and of course it's my good friend from the House of Representatives dr. Brian bobbin and I want to be clear he also was a big part of the NASA transition Authorization Act which gave us the con
tinuity of purpose to make this happen today so gentlemen here is dr. Brian bobbin from the state of Texas thank you so great to be with you guys that I was at the launch yesterday I just want to say a huge congratulations and you know there was a thunderstorm that blew in about 30 minutes or 45 minutes or so before liftoff and it was in doubt there for a minute but it was a just an enormous achievement I just want to say thank you for you guys really appreciate what you're doing for America and
the crew that's already been up there Chris and your your two fellow Russians what I want to give you a great big thank you as well I have a son who is a Navy SEAL and I want to thank you for your service there too Chris and also I would like to just see what what what I know you said that the the the craft the Dragon handled very well I want to see how it compares with with the space shuttle if one of you would address that I would appreciate it well thank you sir it certainly has been a long
endeavor for for us and our our name ship namesake space craft we're proud to have her on board the International Space Station after all that the teams around the country and across America have done to get us here today as far as a comparison with the Space Shuttle both Doug and I took a few minutes while we were accomplishing the approach and docking to in our spare time talk a little bit about it we were surprised a little bit at how smooth things were off the pad the space shuttle is a pret
ty rough ride heading into orbit with the solid rocket boosters and our expectation was as we continued with the flight in the second stage that things would basically get a lot smoother than the Space Shuttle did but Dragon was a huffing and puffing all the way into orbit and we were definitely driving or riding a dragon all the way up and so was not quite the same ride the smooth ride as the Space Shuttle was up Tamiko a little bit less G's but a little bit more alive is probably the best way
I would describe it anything else Doug sorry I apologize for actually using the term amiko it's a little bit confusing between the space shuttle and the Dragon vehicle so it's a main engine cutoff is what Miko stands for those happened at different times in flight for the two vehicles for the space shuttle that was when you were all the way in orbit for Dragon that was just a little bit after two minutes and then we had the single engine cutoff for second stage when we achieved orbit so that tim
e under the single engine under dragon with one engine was more of an experience than the the shuttle was for that five minutes or so that we were under that under yeah that's that's pretty cool hopefully they enjoyed the launch I know for parents it can probably be pretty nerve-wracking for them to experience a launch this was their third so I'm glad everything went okay and hopefully it was a good show we haven't obviously heard or seen any video yet but we're looking forward to seeing seeing
the launch replayed sometime I can assure you there was a great show it was one of the one of the treats of my lifetime I to say it many many other folks that were sitting there looking all across the country and even the wall and I can tell you senator Cruz said we've gone through some really really rough times over the last few days and to have that successful launch you know the public-private partnership between NASA and SpaceX and you guys being so well trained and having it go off without
a hitch was a tremendous blessing for our country and I can't tell you how many emails and communications I've gotten from people that who were so disturbed by what with what's been going on transpiring around the country to have the great news and the wonderful liftoff and everything going without a hitch so I just want to say God bless both of you thank you so very much bless the rest of you folks up there as well we thank our Russian partners and thank you Chris we're all in our prayers and w
e're looking forward to seeing you you successfully complete your mission and back on safely on earth god bless thank you very much and just so you guys are aware the show was in fact spectacular the ratings on NASA TV beat everyone else all of them and that includes just so everybody is aware the whole world saw this it trended number one on Twitter it was the the number one thing talked about on social media in general this was this was an amazing moment and it represents a transition in how w
e do spaceflight from the United States of America NASA is not going to purchase own and operate rockets and capsules the way we used to we're going to partner with commercial industry for access to low-earth orbit and those partnerships are going to enable our providers to get customers that are not NASA and drive down our cost and we're going to have numerous providers that are competing on cost and innovation and safety and we're going to have more access to low-earth orbit than ever before a
nd this business model now that it's been proven on on commercial resupply of the International Space Station now Commercial Crew to the International Space Station this model is going to apply and I know senator Cruz has this near and dear to him when we go to the moon and of course when we go to the moon it's going to be done because of the great people here at the Johnson Space Center and so many other centers across the United States of America but when we go to the moon we're going to land
on the surface of the Moon with commercial Landers and of course we're very proud of the commercial lunar payload services program being managed right here out of the Johnson Space Center as well so that we can take small payloads to the surface of the moon and all of this is leading up to an amazing day where we have humans living and working for long periods of time on the surface of the Moon but doing it with a purpose and that purpose of course is to go to Mars humanity is going to explore m
ore and be able to go further than ever before because of the public-private partnerships we all know that if the government is creating the demand and the government is creating the supply we will always be limited but when we have partners that are interested in exploring commercially and doing the things that are necessary you know to get capital investment then we're all going to end up better so I want to just say the whole world saw this this is a new era in human spaceflight and we are so
grateful for the service of not just our two astronauts that embarked on this mission but the hundred thousand plus people that participate in it in this mission everything from the suppliers to the main contractors to the NASA team the SpaceX team what an amazing day for for our country and in fact for the world I'm going to turn it over for a second to my deputy Jim more hard who's been a great deputy at NASA gentlemen congratulations you know Jim's mentioned going to the moon and yesterday a
nd today one you've inspired the Artemus generation which is our next generation and that's what this is about it's really bringing the children that we've got in our grandchildren forward so they'll be the ones that are going into deep space this is the dawn of a new era and we just thank you for being at the beginning of it thank you so much it was absolutely our pleasure but it's just a huge team effort across the board from SpaceX to NASA that made this all happen we were just the lucky guys
that got to fly the rocket yesterday I have a question for Cassidy you know decided to be about three days late you got to work them over time I presume now to get them caught up on all the activities that they missed out on any plans for him well the day they missed out on was a good one for them to skip there was Saturday housecleaning and and I but I took care of it for them we'll catch up next next weekend but in all seriousness we've got a few things to take care of tonight make sure we're
all safe and we know the plan in case something bad happens and then we're looking forward to some operational stuff later in the month maybe we'll get outside do some spacewalks and our efforts in these coming weeks will we'll be in that effort so we're all super excited to have two more crewmates to the expedition 63 team the Johnson Space Center is led by Mark Guyer going to turn it over to mark for a few comments thank you Jim and it's great to see all of you there good to see you Bob and D
oug I know we we talked a few days ago you look a little taller then I remember you and but I also want to say how much I want to thank Anatole and Iman and of course Chris for what you guys have been doing since you all arrived and I know there's been a ton to do and you've been really busy and I appreciate that so I also like this visual of our international partnership we have had a tremendous partnership with Ross cosmos and we will continue to do so and but I do it is nice to see crew arriv
e from this side of the space station so that was pretty cool after 9 years I did have one question for Chris though what might you do to ensure that Baba Doug's stay longer do you have any strategy there well we'll slow down the rate of which I'm eating food and maybe we can stretch out our consumables a little bit but that's a great question we'll have to come up with some conniving scheme here in the next few days all right thank you thank you guys look forward to greeting the three of you ev
entually back in Ellington after your work is complete thank you has an amazing deputy vanessa wash if you'd like to come and say a few words thank you hi guys you look really good I just want to say on behalf of everybody here we just want to thank you it was an amazing launch and we loved seeing the docking you guys all look really good just thank you for all that you're doing and we can't wait for you two to return but not too soon Station wants you to get a lot of work done so looking forwar
d to all of that but thank you god bless Thank You Vanessa we appreciate that Steve Jurek who is the associate administrator for the agency for people who don't know what that is that of course is the chief operating officer of the agency but he also ran the point readiness review for this mission he did a really an amazing job and and I can't say enough about his leadership at the agency Steve if you'd like to say a few words ask a few questions yes it is just great to see you all on the statio
n I can't tell you how I was my adrenaline shut down when you guys open the hatch I've just been on edge ever since ever since yesterday and the weather clear I can't tell you how great it's been to to see you on station it has been a team effort I felt like the last two years I've kind of been part of the team working through issues you know and I've spent a heck of a year and a half without demo1 and then flight abort test and working to issues like parachutes and the extinct system and I just
could not be more proud of the team for forgetting to this point it's amazing Anna and you obviously been part of that I really efficient you all showing up in Washington DC at our reviews and because it's the last thing we do it does ruses look at you all because you guys are the risk takers and make sure you're okay with where we aren't where we're headed so I really really appreciated really appreciate your active participation that and I could not be more like I said more proud of the team
and congratulations it is awesome to see you guys well thank you sir we're just proud to be a part of the team that got to bring a space flight back to the Florida coast I appreciated the comment earlier that it was nice to see a vehicle come to the forward portion of the space station but I'll tell you what that's the only way Doug and I know how to do it so thanks the team for providing it to happen our way we we appreciate that well Bob and Doug just so just so you're aware I'm gift being giv
en the rap thing no Doug Doug did you have something to say before we wrap it up here no sir we're just happy to be here and Chris is gonna put us to work and hopefully we will fit in and not mess too many things up I have no doubt that you guys are going to do amazing work I just want you to know that the president came to the launch and the vice president came to the launch about half the cabinet was at the launch we had members of Congress and members of the Senate from both sides of the aisl
e and this was an amazing moment of unity for the nation it was an amazing moment for the whole world to look up in the midst of the corona virus pandemic and some other challenges we were able to have this very very special moment where we could all look at the future and say that things are going to be brighter tomorrow than they are today and you and the NASA team and the SpaceX team gave us that opportunity and for that we are so so grateful I would also be remiss as the NASA Administrator i
f I didn't promote what comes next and of course this is the beginning we are now launching to low-earth orbit again but we will soon be going to the moon we will going to the moon sustainably with commercial partners and international partners we're going to use the resources at the moon to learn how to live and work for long periods of time ultimately we're going to take all of that knowledge and we're going to go to Mars and of course this time when we go to the moon we go with a very diverse
highly qualified astronaut corps that includes women which is why we call the program Artemis named after the twin sister of Apollo and she in greek mythology was the goddess of the moon this is the beginning there is so so so much more to come and i'm glad that our representatives of the Johnson Space Center are here because we're going to be asking them to fund this project and and what an amazing day that you guys have given us so thank you thank you thank you for not just me and the people
here but from the United States of America and people all around the world I'm more popular on Twitter than I've ever been and it's because of you guys thank you to the crew on the internet all is using thank you very much yeah so you just hold your position for a few minutes as of course of a number of photos we'd like to take and then a quick note for those down here in the room to senator Cruz congressman babban administered or bridenstine director Geyer and all of our distinguished visitors
thank you for your participation in today's historic event and thank you for the leadership that has enabled it station this is Houston ACR thank you that concludes our event as we count down to 20 continuous years of humans living and working on the inner you
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Congratulations! What a great achievement for all at Space X. Very impressed with the team work of all involved. The new welding work looked so impressive in flight during the entry into orbit. WOW!!!! Also, Is anyone thinking of making grippy space socks?
Special Congratulations to both Bob and Doug!!!!
I'm thinking his(Elon Musk) stock value just went through the roof... Literally.
2:39:50 Exact moment of hatch opening
When you have visitors at the door but take 2 and a half hours to open the door...
Congratulations! I hope you keep on learning about the life around us as we go through hard times.
This was such an amazing event to watch alway loved Space and seeing these types of things!!
3:02:46 I am from Turkmenistan! Congrats!
The Reebok logo finally makes it into outerspace.
Unparalleled Parralell !!
“Phenomenal👍Thank you for sharing !👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I am grateful the mission was rescheduled for Saturday/Sunday; more people could view the space launch. Thank you. We sure hope everyone is safe and sound. Remains that way. Now for peaceful days ahead.
Elon Musk the hope of mankind. I am a youtube-r from China and I look up to Elon.
Yay!!! Congratulations to all for their work in making this happen!
Wish I was up there . Looking down at the chaos happening And not in it. Goodluck to them
This will be a good time to fire up the grill ice up some cold "soda water" and sit outside and stay up all night staring at the night sky..maybe dust off an old telescope and see if you can see the ISS....just saying.....Congratulations to the SpaceX Dragon crew...that launch was fantastic!!! 🇺🇸
🥳✌CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
something that's not depressing coming out of USA for a change :)
Congratulations! Keep it up.
Why is the audio quality from space better than that from the ground? It looks like they are using a phone. Couldn't they use a proper mic?