It completes its trip to space with people on board for nasa. Joining me is the Nasa Public Affairs officer. It is great to be back here for this historic milestone moment and nasas commercial crew program. Expected toome is last roughly 19 hours. That includes four departure up with burn to line the landing location, and a final burn. The trip home also includes an eight hour sleep period where both crewmembers can get some rest before arrival gone are the tomorrow after a little more than two months in space. Dragon is targeted to splash down off the coast of pensacola florida pensacola, florida at 11 48 pacific time tomorrow followed either crew getting picked up. The Mission Began on may 30 at kennedypad 39a space center and sort of. After a successful launch, the astronauts enjoyed a 14 hour flight on dragon before they came to the International Space station. Bob and doug have been doing real work aboard the station. Captain completed spacewalks and theyve also taken spectacular
As we bid farewell to to our to our two friends and colleagues, bob and doug, as they complete the journey of this amazing test mission. It was roughly two months ago when we were at this very hatch and greeted them aboard. We changed from a crew of three to five and executed two months of fantastic space station science and test walks that we are proud of. We are happy to have doug and bob be part of that. We are a little sad to see them go, but excited for what it means to our International Space program to add this capability back. Ng people before i hand the mic over to bob and doug, i want to make mention of this very special flag. History,ep space getting deeper, as this flag will return to earth with the spend agon guys and little bit of time on earth and very soon make a trip to the moon in short order. Doug, the flag is all yours. It has been a pleasure. Here you go. Doug thanks for this. This flag has spent some time up here on the order of nine years since we dropped it off.
Working from here in Mission Control houston with the japanese Mission Control room, making sure we get good views with those cameras. We will get a little pan as the dragon makes its way away from the International Space station. That first departure burn zero brings it faster away from the station. We will get a nice view from the japanese side of the International Space station. Right now the International Space station configured for undocking. We have those solar arrays in a locked position. Station houston on the big loop. Endeavors undock sequence start time is 28 minutes from now. You heard that from capcom in Mission Control houston. That start time is 4 30 p. M. Pacific. That is the ontime start time for the undocking sequence. Once that kicks off, that will be the initiation of the umbilical retraction, followed by 12 hooks keeping dragon attached to the International Space station. Those will be released six at a time. They are in two gangs. There are two undocking burns, m
Controlled from japan. Working from here in Mission Control houston with the japanese Mission Control room, making sure we get good views with those cameras. We will get a little pan as the dragon makes its way away from the International Space station. That first departure burn zero brings it faster away from the station. We will get a nice view from the japanese side of the International Space station. Right now the International Space station configured for undocking. We have those solar arrays in a locked position. Station houston on the big loop. Endeavors undock sequence start time is 28 minutes from now. You heard that from capcom in Mission Control houston. That start time is 4 30 p. M. Pacific. That is the ontime start time for the undocking sequence. Once that kicks off, that will be the initiation of the umbilical retraction, followed by 12 hooks keeping dragon attached to the International Space station. Those will be released six at a time. They are in two gangs. There are
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