00:02 made here at the Kennedy Space Center
00:04 and I don't know if you can see but
00:06 we've got people actually moving out of
00:08 the buildings moving down towards that
00:11 countdown clock which is now saying one
00:14 minute thirty seconds
00:16 this is absolutely nail-biting and
00:19 everybody just wants to get a glimpse of
00:20 this I've never experienced a rocket
00:22 launch before I don't know what to
00:24 expect but already we're getting some
00:27 semblance of cheering and I can tell you
00:29 that driving into the center this
00:31 morning there were people lined up
00:33 either side of the road but not killers
00:35 trained on this spot waiting to see what
00:39 will happen whether or not they can
00:41 actually take off after that nail-biting
00:44 disappointment on Wednesday where it was
00:46 just 17 minutes towards launch and they
00:49 had to call it off because of an excess
00:51 of electricity in the air
00:52 ie thunderstorms which have been
00:54 incredibly dangerous
00:55 we've got no weather problems right now
00:58 but don't forget this is an incredibly
01:00 small window of opportunity we're
01:03 talking barely a minute for this rocket
01:06 to take off so everything just depends
01:09 on the next 36 seconds and counting and
01:13 what those two astronauts must be
01:14 thinking I don't know we know they've
01:17 trained for this they're incredibly calm
01:18 they were calm when they had to leave
01:20 the spaceship just on Wednesday they
01:24 were very philosophical about it but
01:26 we're now down to 19 seconds and I think
01:30 we should just watch and wait what
01:32 happens because the countdown is now
01:34 well underway Falcon 9 isn't start up
01:40 dragon is in countdown FPS is armed for
01:44 launch
01:52 and nine eight seven six five four three
01:59 two one zero ignition let's table back
02:09 got beat spotted dog so rise not a new
02:18 era of American space flight they've
02:20 bought the Vulcan abominations of a new
02:21 generation continuing the dream twenty
02:24 seconds into flight state what
02:26 propulsion is nominal
02:33 t plus 30 seconds into this historic
02:36 mission flying crew are poor dragon and
02:40 Falcon - look at him go
02:42 Falcon power to ultra nominal
02:47 and 1d throttle down we're throttling
02:50 down to get ready for the period of
02:52 maximum dynamic pressure we're in the
02:55 throttle bucket
03:00 reports say all systems are go
03:06 vehicle is supersonic
03:09 we've exceeded Mach 1 on the Falcon 9
03:14 and 1d throttle up
03:19 we're throttling back up the full powers
03:21 we're through max Q copy 1 Bravo and we
03:28 heard that one Bravo call out that's
03:30 just the second abort zone that they're
03:32 in they'll continue to be on this until
03:34 the first age has done its job and they
03:36 switch over to the second at this point
03:38 Bob & Doug pulling about 2.3 G's 2.3
03:41 times the Earth's gravity already
03:44 flirting at over 1,500 miles per hour
03:48 we've heard the call out for EM back
03:50 engine chill that's giving the impact
03:52 engine ready to light that'll come in
03:53 about 244 in the flight right now
03:57 everything continuing to look good next
03:59 major event coming up is going to be the
04:02 triple we'll have main engine cutoff of
04:05 the nine first stage engines stage
04:07 separation and then ignition of the
04:10 second stage engine to continue to carry
04:12 astronauts into orbit coming up in about
04:19 20 second m1d throttle down we heard
04:28 we're throttling down the merlin engines
04:29 on the first stage
04:38 and we have Miko because about that
04:42 Falcons stage separation confirmed
04:45 [Applause]
04:49 [Music]
04:51 in fact ignition alright we have stage
05:01 separation confirm the first age
05:02 beginning its flight back the second
05:05 stage being powered by that single
05:06 merlin 1d vacuum engine has ignited and
05:09 is that Bob and Doug into orbit so
05:13 they're gonna continue under the power
05:15 of this second stage propulsion is
05:17 nominal which will cut off at Seco or
05:20 second engine cutoff at about 8 minutes
05:22 and 44 seconds into today's flight so a
05:25 little over 5 minutes to go still on
05:26 this second stage you're hear the call
05:29 out to alpha so they're now in the
05:31 longest abort zone that carries them all
05:33 the way from about North Carolina up the
05:35 eastern seaboard almost to Canada things
05:39 looking good though
05:39 getting good call-outs nominal for
05:41 propulsion on that second stage Bob and
05:45 doe continuing to make their way into
05:46 orbit
05:53 dragon SpaceX nominal trajectory that
05:58 question of signal Bermuda Bank dragon
06:01 nominal trajectory all right here in
06:07 nominal trajectories the dragon pointed
06:09 in the right direction continuing to
06:10 make their flight uphill hurt
06:12 acquisition of signal no Bermuda that's
06:14 one of the other ground stations that
06:15 they're using to get telemetry and data
06:17 back from this space to propulsion is
06:19 phenomenal
06:40 well there were grins all round when we
06:43 watched that launch let's so speak to
06:47 Jane O'Brien who had the view from the
06:50 ground Jane described what it was like
06:53 that was incredible I have never seen
06:57 anything like it I mean the suspense the
06:59 build-up and then to actually see hear
07:01 and feel it take off my whole body was
07:04 vibrating with the sound absolutely
07:07 incredible you could actually feel it
07:09 through your entire skeleton it was
07:11 extraordinary and then to see that
07:13 bright light just suddenly exploding and
07:17 moving upwards I really have never seen
07:19 anything like it what an incredible
07:21 privilege and for those two men on board
07:23 what a privilege for them and for SpaceX
07:26 and for NASA to be able to pull this
07:28 thing off in spite of all the weather
07:31 problems that they've had I think this
07:33 is it's just absolutely tremendous a day
07:35 in history for America and the world
07:37 Laura forchick and Libby Jackson are
07:41 still with us Laura it has to be said as
07:43 much as it's exciting there's a moment
07:46 of anxiety too isn't there for everyone
07:48 watching this oh absolutely I've seen
07:52 several shuttle launches in person and
07:54 even from a distance you are cheering
07:56 them on and both praying and hoping the
07:59 best for them that nothing goes wrong
08:01 and at this point it just looks amazing
08:03 and of course you never know what could
08:05 happen in the future during a mission
08:06 something could still go wrong but from
08:08 this end it looks beautiful it does and
08:11 Libby you never tire do you of seeing
08:13 the Earth from that perspective never
08:17 indeed I've been looking at the pictures
08:19 and it's it's amazing what patan
08:21 technology allows us to see with these
08:23 rocket launches I've been watching them
08:24 for many years we're going to see in a
08:27 little while the landing of the first
08:29 stage back in Florida and and you can
08:32 see the pictures of it see coming earth
08:34 coming back to Mordor it's all beautiful
08:37 but there are still about four or five
08:39 minutes till till they reach orbit and
08:41 this is that until they get there until
08:43 they're safely in orbit and on their way
08:45 to the International Space Station which
08:46 I'm still just watching everything very
08:48 closely so we sort of keep seeing if it
08:52 all keeps going okay bye
08:54 think that um President Trump is
08:56 speaking we might be able to listen in
08:58 we knew that he was heading down to
08:59 Florida let's see if we can hear him
09:03 real talent real genius nobody does it
09:06 like us so it's great to have this whole
09:09 program back and it's just the beginning
09:11 it's just the beginning we have many
09:14 more things to come it's a lot of jobs
09:16 it's a lot of Technology you know we
09:18 have space for us now and thank you very
09:21 much for being here
09:22 general we appreciate a good number one
09:26 one of the things we've done is created
09:28 the space force first program and if you
09:31 look I guess it's 74 years now was 72
09:34 and now at 74 and time flies but since
09:37 the Air Force so we have a major branch
09:40 of the military Joint Chiefs of Staff
09:42 everything full full honors
09:45 it's called the space force we did that
09:47 during the Trump administration Mike
09:50 Pence was so helpful everybody here was
09:52 helpful frankly he needed lots of votes
09:54 and we got him and really it wasn't that
09:56 hard once we started explaining what
09:58 it's all about but space will be one of
10:01 the most important things we've ever
10:03 done I think so I think space will be
10:05 one of the most important I put it up
10:06 there with 280 federal judges two
10:09 Supreme Court judges I think space will
10:11 be one of the most important things
10:13 we've ever done very proud president
10:27 Trump fair and claiming it for the
10:29 Americans of course but Laura this is
10:32 very much a cooperation between a whole
10:35 range of people and nations
10:39 international effort going forward with
10:42 not only International Space Station
10:44 which is already international but also
10:45 Artemus and of course space force has
10:48 nothing to do with with NASA or this
10:50 current mission but SpaceX being a
10:53 commercial company they intend to launch
10:55 commercial astronauts as well as private
10:57 astronauts from other countries and the
10:58 next mission they have a Japanese
11:00 astronaut on board to launch with the
11:02 RAF with the Americans to the
11:03 International Space Station maybe just
11:06 how
11:07 new and different is this particular
11:11 spaceship design because things have
11:13 moved on a bit since the last one thirty
11:16 nine years ago my last brand new human
11:20 spacecraft we saw head into space with
11:22 the space shuttle that was designed back
11:24 in this at the end of the 60s and mostly
11:26 through the 70s so this really is brand
11:28 new it looks like something out of a
11:30 sci-fi movie and I do think SpaceX have
11:33 had one eye on that but absolutely
11:34 everything has been designed to function
11:36 and safety first from the 3d printed
11:39 helmets through touch screens I'm in the
11:42 module brand-new spacesuits everything's
11:44 new and everything's being put through
11:47 its paces today it is a demonstration
11:48 flight check it aloud to make sure it
11:51 works well so far it looks good but it
11:54 really is a new era of space travel but
11:57 of course they still get too practical
11:59 have to practice don't they Laura and
12:01 Manuel flying actually take control of
12:03 this as Olivia said they both flown
12:10 twice before and although there is the
12:13 lab that's automated there's also a lot
12:15 for the astronauts to do both on launch
12:16 and of course with docking coming up in
12:19 17 18 hours and then of course coming
12:23 back there's there's always plenty for
12:25 astronauts to do yeah 19 hours of flight
12:28 lots to do onboard but they also need to
12:31 get some rest let's watch the launch
12:33 again
12:51 so rise not a new era of American space
12:54 flight before the weapon of emotions of
12:57 a new generation continuing the dream 20
13:00 seconds into flight stage 1 propulsion
13:02 is nominal
13:08 three plus 30 seconds into this historic
13:11 mission flying crew up or dragon at
13:15 Falcon 9's look at him girl
13:18 Falcon pyrometry nominal
13:21 [Music]
13:23 and 1d throttle down we're throttling
13:26 down to get ready for the period of
13:27 maximum dynamic pressure we're in the
13:31 throttle bucket
13:36 reports say all systems are go see the
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