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
Looks like we have got him out. We have got him seated. There we go. Another thumbs up. [applause] following the flash dap splashdown, nasa and others held a news conference. This is just under one hour. Hello and welcome to our post press conference. Returning to american soil. Dougastronauts bob and traveling 27. 1s million miles an orbiting earth over 1024 times. As of today, our crew is home. Splashing down 45 years and nine days after the last american splashed down on earth. Our two favorite space dads splashed down on the coast of pensacola thus concluding our first lunch America Mission first lunch America Mission. It marks the first return of american spacecraft from the International Space station. To discuss the mission and talk about launch america are our brief first. First, nasa administrator jim bridenstine. President and ceo of spacex. Steve stich, commercial program manager. The International Space Station Program manager and the entire crew of spacex crew one. Mike ho
Dragon visible in this view from one of the japanese cameras. [no audio] again, we are inside the undocking sequence now, good umbilical retraction and we are driving the first set of hooks. First set of hooks open and nominal. Nominal hooks on the first set. The first six hooks have completed their driving first set down, the second set is now driving and we are committed to undock. [no audio] seeing good motion on the second set of hooks, continuing to drive. This is the final set of hooks, there are six of them holding dragon into place now. Afterwards, we will conduct two undocking burns to physically separate dragon. [no audio] dragon spacex, all hooks open and nominal. All hooks open. Dragon departing. Dragon spacex separation confirmed. Physical separation, 4 35 pacific. Thrusters looking good, coming down to a nominal departure burn zero coming up shortly. [no audio] dragon spacex depart zero complete. Complete. You heard depart burn zero complete, dragon moving slightly faster
Again, the first set of hooks driving the navigation lights. Dragon visible in this view from one of the japanese cameras. [no audio] again, we are inside the undocking sequence now, good umbilical retraction and we are driving the first set of hooks. First set of hooks open and nominal. Nominal hooks on the first set. The first six hooks have completed their driving first set down, the second set is now driving and we are committed to undock. [no audio] seeing good motion on the second set of hooks, continuing to drive. This is the final set of hooks, there are six of them holding dragon into place now. Afterwards, we will conduct two undocking burns to physically separate dragon. [no audio] dragon spacex, all hooks open and nominal. All hooks open. Dragon departing. Dragon spacex separation confirmed. Physical separation, 4 35 pacific. Thrusters looking good, coming down to a nominal departure burn zero coming up shortly. [no audio] dragon spacex depart zero complete. Complete. You h
To earth courtesy of nasa tv. Nasasng to you from Johnson Space center. Bob behnken and doug hurley spent nine weeks aboard the International Space station traveling 27. 1 million miles an orbiting earth over 1024 times. As of today, our crew is home. 45 years and nine days after the last american splashed down on earth. Our two favorite space dads splashed down on the coast of pensacola thus concluding our first lunch America Mission first lunch America Mission. It marks the first return of american spacecraft from the International Space station. To discuss the mission and talk are ourunch america brief first. First, nasa administrator Jim Bridenstine. President and ceo of spacex. Steve stich, commercial program manager. The International Space Station Program manager and the entire crew of spacex crew one. Mike hopkins, victor glover, Shayna Walker who are quarantined together and speaking to us today. We will start with opening remarks and take questions from reporters who have dia