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Foster not chief astronaut. We will first start with our nasa administrator Jim Bridenstine. Nasa,t a great day for what a great day for spacex and the United States of america. It has been nine years since we have launched american astronauts from american soil and we have done it again. I want to be clear the mission is not yet over. We are at the beginning, but so far, everything has performed very, very well, and we are excited about the fact that bob and doug, our american heroes are safely in orbit and on the way to the International Space station. Congratulations to nasa team. Congratulations for the leaders who have been on the nasa side leading our commercial crew program all along, and you and your team have done an absolutely marvelous job. Of course, elon musk and your team in spacex, this launch represents the best of everything that america has to offer. Showso will it also the process, to my nasa administrator who got the program off the ground when there was not a lot o
About and doug during a down a fling the crew dragon from this is Mission Control, houston. Moments away from bob and doug entering the International Space station. Shortly after they enter, we will conduct a welcome ceremony. There will be vips here. We are in a. 3 8. 3 for both spacex and houston. Copies. X all valves appear closed visually now. Excellent to hear. Houston copies. With that, endeavor welcome to the International Space station. Please come aboard. Endeavor copies with pleasure. We will be there in the second. Second in a second. We have bamba bob behnken from spacex demo two mission entering the International Space hurley. Followed by doug station houston. We see you. A greatlooking photograph. Stand by. They will call you when we are ready for the event in the next few seconds. Bunch of a whole happy and grateful people making their way into mcc right now. Demo two crew now aboard the International Space station. They entered at 12 22 p. M. Central time. They are 262
Thank you for joining us for this post docking news briefing of the nasa spacex demo two mission. Hurleynken and douglas arrived at the International Space station aboard the crew dragon. We will hear more from nasa leadership talk more about the mission. Administratornasa jim bridenstine, mark geyer, isse fitch, kenny todd from , the International Space Station Program director, and shall linger in and shall longer and and an astronaut. Up, our nasa administrator james bridenstine. I want to say congratulations to the nasa team and to the spacex team, and it really congratulations to the United States of america. This has been an amazing two days. We are still at the beginning. We have a mission in front of us and we need to make sure we bring bob and doug home safely. Launchingbout american astronauts for the first time on a brandnew rocket, this has been done four times in the history of the United States. Apollo, spacei, shuttle, and now crew dragon. So actually five times. This ha
Falcon 9 is in startup. Dragon is in countdown. Fts is arm for launch. [ cheering ] under a minute now, the fts, the flight termination system has been armed. Dragon, spacex, go for launch. Spacex, dragon, were go for launch. Lets light this candle. T minus 30 seconds. Stage one tanks pressing for flight. T minus 15 seconds. Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. Zero. Ignition. Lift of the falcon 9 and crew dragon go nasa, go spacex, godspeed bob and doug [ cheering ] america has launched. So rise as new era of American Space flight and ambitions of the new generation continuing the dream. [ cheering and applause ] 20 seconds into flight stage one propulsion is nominal. [ engine roaring ] 30 seconds into this historic mission. Flying crew on board dragon and falcon 9 and look at em go falcon power nominal. M1d throttle down. Were throttling down to get ready for the period of maximum dynamic pressure. Were in the throttle rocket. Reports say all systems are go. Veh