Inspiration4 | Splashdown

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roughly an hour later now each of these events involved short firings of dragon's draco thrusters to lower dragon's altitude in advance of re-entering the earth following these two burns the crew finished out a day of medical research calls with family and then turned in for their last night of sleep on dragon around 2 30 a.m pacific time now just before 1 p.m pacific time today the inspiration for crew donned their spacesuits and made their final cabin preparations before they begin the last series of operations prior to splashdown yeah we have a lot of events coming up today so let's walk through the dynamic activities ahead of us this afternoon uh coming up in a few minutes at 309 pm pacific time we have claw separation dragon has to move into the proper attitude or angle in order to separate the trunk so that they don't deorbit together the claw connects the trunk to the capsule it also delivers power telemetry and fluids so claw separation is the first step in separating that trunk uh trunk separation is next that happens around 3 12 p.m pacific time once the trunk is separated dragon is running entirely on battery power so if you're looking at the animation on the screen right now the trunk is the bottom half of the section of the the dragon vehicle the cylindrical portion that will detach and leave just the capsule returning back to earth a few minutes after trunk separation at 3 17 pm pacific time we'll have the beginning of the deorbit burn this is the last time that we'll use the forward bulkhead thrusters out and after that we'll close the nose cone and lock it in preparation for re-entry that dealer burn is expected to last for about 15 minutes and that is what will line up dragon for re-entry into earth's atmosphere as the cabin continues to increase in pr not in pressure in temperature a little bit there's nitrox that is used to cool the cabin and the suits to keep the the crew nice and comfortable the urban sequence start in five minutes you are now live and copy that spacex we show the same [Music] so what we heard was um the crew research crew operations and resource engineer also known as the core communicating to the crew on dragon we'll hear those throughout the uh cast today as dragon continues to um prepare for deorbit and eventual splashdown uh on earth but um so as we begin the de-orbit burn and dragon begins to make its way back to the earth's atmosphere we do pump nitrogen and oxygen um through the cabin to make sure that the astronauts are nice and cool and then we will close the nose cone um and this will cover the forward hatch thruster thrusters uh that we use in the de-orbit burn and it also protects the cupola during re-entry and then during re-entry we will have a known uh calm blackout period of time this is an expected loss of communications with dragon for about seven minutes as dragon passes back into the earth's atmosphere about seven minutes later we will regain that communication around 3 53 p.m pacific time although the timing is not exact a few minutes after we get communications back we're going to start to deploy our parachutes first up we have the drogue parachutes and onscreen right now is test footage of the drogue shoots and the main shoots testing the parachutes is to make sure that everything is good and we've these have gone through a numerous amounts of tests to make sure that they are safe for flight the drug shoots are two smaller parachutes that are designed to stabilize the dragon and slow it down before release of the main shoots which you just saw on screen those are the four orange and white larger parachutes that were further slowed down the spacecraft over the course of the three minute descent of the drogue and mains worked together to bring vehicle velocity down from 350 miles per hour to just 15 miles an hour at which point we have splashdown that's gonna that's expected to occur right at um 406 pm pacific time after we splash down we have about an hour before the recovery uh crew and recovery team um goes through their checklist of procedures before we can get the crew out of the capsule so we do have a very exciting day ahead of us now once it's time for our crew to de-orbit and splash back on earth they'll be heading to one of the targeted sites supported by spacex now all of these sites are located off the coast of florida either in the gulf of mexico or the atlantic ocean and spreading the support uh the supported sites across multiple locations helps to maximize the return opportunities for this mission and future crews lowering the chance that we'll have to wave off due to bad weather now since dragon is capable of splashdown on either side of the florida panhandle we have two identical and fully equipped recovery vessels ready to support one in the gulf of mexico and the other in the atlantic ocean and it looks like we also got a live view on board dragon with our inspiration for crew yes this is the over-the-shoulder view on the left-hand side that is the mission commander jared isaac man and to his right is the mission pilot dr cyan proctor so what they're interacting with are some lcd screens on dragon that gives them a ton of information about um the vehicle about the mission profile and they'll be tracking um the dragon vehicle all the way down to splashdown today yeah and dragon is flying autonomously but they will be following along with each dynamic event that happens um so that they are aware of every event that does happen as they they're going to feel a lot of um the things that are happening yeah so um they should we're expecting them to experience about three to five g's um on on re-entry and uh i believe is he watching a movie uh that is great um they're just relaxing very nice and comfortable inside dragon yeah looks like they're they're uh you know entertaining they're so entertaining themselves on their flight back home essentially yeah so that tablet um that's attached to uh chris ambrosky's thigh also provides them with a ton of checklists um for the throughout their duration of the mission it also provides them with some entertainment as well which uh chris is enjoying uh and i i would be remiss to mention that uh haley which who we got a brief um shot of she was sitting on the far right hand side next to the window of dragon haley arsenau is the medical officer and that will round out the inspiration for crew so in the lead-up today spacex selected primary and alternate splashdown locations off the coast of florida the selection process works with a lot of the orbit sequence starting cool so we got the call from the corps that the deorbit sequence is starting again we're going to be starting off with the um separation of the claw and then eventually the trunk uh so again you'll hear those um beeps throughout the cast today those are quindar tones and effectively effectively what those uh do is they help to clear the air to make sure that communication to and from uh the crew and ground are nice and clear so jesse and i will try we'll try to pause and make sure that you guys also are able to listen to that as well but i was mentioning the uh splashdown site so we have uh primary and alternate splashdown sites located off of the coast of florida the selection process works and it takes into a lot of um it takes into account a lot of different variables and um it it looks at whether it looks at um you know wave height wave period visibility as well yeah and you can see on your screen this is the primary uh landing site and look like the waters were pretty calm so that's pretty great uh today our primary landing site will get the crew back home with a splashdown at about pm pacific time today and for return we'll be looking at a number of weather items some of the obvious ones that we do take into account is that there's no rain or chance of lightning in the recovery zone both for the safety of the crew inside the capsule but also the recovery teams on the water we're also looking for wind speeds less than 15 feet per second or about 10 miles per hour relatively calm seas so that we can safely execute recovery operations which includes landing a helicopter on the recovery ship to fly jared haley cyan and chris back to florida yeah if you've been following along since wednesday we had mentioned that for this particular mission weather was of particular uh importance um uh the inspiration for crew did not go for an extended duration to the international space station they were orbiting the earth for the duration of their mission so we had to make sure that weather was good on ascent uh at liftoff and also for splashdown today but as jesse mentioned um looks like we have some pretty good visibility the waves are not choppy um and so things are looking great for an on-time splash down later on today and for these operations spacex closely coordinates with the united states coast guard to establish a safety zone to ensure public safety and for the safety of those involved in the recovery operations as well as the crew on board the returning spacecraft multiple notices are issued to the mariners in advance and during recovery operations and coast guard patrol boats are deployed to discourage boaters from entering the splashdown zones now we want to stress to the public the need to respect the safety zone recovering a spacecraft from the water is a hazardous operation and any other boats interfering increases risk to the astronauts in the capsule the teams working to recover them from the water and the safety of those that come too close so for the safety of our crew and for your safety we recommend that you sit back and watch as we'll be bringing you the best possible views of our astronauts homecoming dragon we definitely felt it so it looks like we had successful call separation again that um detaches the umbilical that routes power and fluids to from the trunk to dragon so now dragon has also separated its trunk successfully and so that does a couple of things for us when we re-enter and the parachutes deploy we want to make sure that there is as little mass as possible it gives the parachutes a bit easier time to decelerate the the vehicle the second thing it does is there are some heat some heat shields and some pica tiles that we'll talk about a little bit later on and their job is to protect the capsule and the crew from all of the heat that's being generated during re-entry jettisoning the the trunk exposes that heat tile and allows it to face forward during reentry yeah and again now the dragon capsule is on battery power um so the trunk typically provides uh power while they're in orbit um now that we no longer have the trunk it is working on battery power and it will have enough battery power um and then some to uh make its way back home to earth so up next we have the deorbit burn this is the last time that the forward dracos which are the four thrusters located at the top of the vehicle will ignite the deorbit burn will place dragon on a precise trajectory to return to the splashdown zone off the coast of florida and last about 15 minutes yeah and again uh this journey back home actually started yesterday with two phase burns uh those two phase burns uh as you may know the crew made their way all the way out to uh 575 kilometers away from earth i think the furthest they went was 590 kilometers um during their mission uh but the two phase the two phase burns yesterday did bring them back down to approximately 365 kilometers so after those phase burns this helps bring them just a little bit closer to earth and then today after we've now jettisoned the trunk we will have a deorbit burn which will set them on the trajectory back to the splashdown uh landing zone yeah so we are expecting that dior orbit burn to begin in about three minutes again it is going to last for about 15 minutes and as jesse mentioned that is sort of the final burn before dragon uh begins to reduce its altitude um get away from that orbital velocity of 17 500 miles an hour and start to make its way uh to its splashdown zone off the coast of florida very exciting day um and honestly for the crew a very exciting week if you've been following along um it hasn't even been a full week uh since they've started their dress rehearsals last sunday they lifted off and and got into orbit on wednesday and now just a few days later they're coming back home yeah and this has been such an incredible mission again this mission was to help fund raise money for saint jude their mission was to raise try and raise 200 million dollars for saint jude children's research hospital and again just such an incredible incredible mission with the first uh all civilian crew on board out in orbit into space um but also inspiring the world um with all their the the positions that they they selected for the seats for uh who should be on this mission um the seat of leadership the seat of prosperity the seat of generosity and the seat of hope so just the overall incredible uh last few days and now we're currently bringing the crew back home which is very very exciting yeah and they've been uh quite busy as all astronauts um uh are but i love that they were able to spend some time and and they gave us an on on-orbit update yesterday we saw chris play the ukulele we saw um haley do some somersaults in space i think uh dr cyan also showed us um the drawings um that she had done in space too which was phenomenal it's just so amazing and she's been inspired by their own launch so she showed us uh some drawings of that and just really cool to to see the crew up there they had a number of events as well they did a call with some saint jude patients while they were out in space live in space um and answering some out of the out of this world questions uh they also even got uh i heard they they got a phone call from tom cruise yes i saw that as well i wonder what their conversation was like um but uh i think it's quite interesting because we all know tom cruise from um top gun callsign maverick uh the crew themselves also got call signs because they were part of a lot of fighter jet training and exercises so i love that they were able to connect yeah that must be so exciting for them um also they they've been doing some auctions you know we've had some auctions uh since the mission began um and they did some uh of that promotion as well uh i i can't wait to get one of the zero g indicators um i think those sold out very very quickly um the space dog you might have seen it we might be able to get shots of it uh if we uh ever get um shots inside the cabin again but um yeah super cute and um also again represents a great cause uh i do wanna do a quick plug that if you are watching on youtube there is a donate now button on the right-hand side of your screen we fundraise a ton of money so far i think since wednesday we've raised an additional um 20 million dollars so we're at about 153 million dollars raised out of the total goal of 200 million dollars so um thank you to everyone that has already donated and if you can um donate in any way shape or form please do super appreciate it and again it's all for a great cause yeah such an incredible mission again um they also got the chance yesterday was friday they did get to to ring the closing bell at the new york stock exchange which is pretty awesome you can see them there you see how excited they are too yeah i think every time we've seen the crew um they've had smiles in their face even during a scent right we saw dr cyan just uh exuding excitement so this crew really is something else and i'm so glad that they got to experience the things that they experienced and and all the outreach that they've done so far is is quite amazing yeah and for the first all civilian crew these are some pretty incredible people if if you've been following along or if you you haven't seen it yet netflix and time have a documentary on the crew and on the mission gets lets you get to know the crew a lot more and get to see what training they're they're going through and this is an awesome live view from our selfie camera on the dragon looking at the dragon cupola and the sun looks amazing earth looks amazing that's amazing and and for the inspiration for crew to peek their head in there and get a first-person perspective through the brand new cupola oh gosh um that is uh fantastic and i think chris um has been very very busy taking photos um of the earth through the cupola and um you know just trying to make as much of his time and space as possible and give back uh to the community oh there he is and there he is with his camera we've heard he's been taking tons and tons of photos up there i can't wait to see um what photos they have there he is inside of the cupola yes as busy as ever and chris himself when he was younger was he used to stargaze on the rooftop of his high school and so uh now um he gets to earth gaze from space so we are getting confirmation that the deorbit burn has already begun we're well into it again it's going to last for about 15 minutes and end approximately at 3 32 p.m pacific time yeah and again in the last 10 minutes or so we've had a number of events during this deorbit sequence we had claw separation the claw is basically what attaches the dragon trunk to the capsule and and has umbilicals um between the two we've jettisoned uh the dragon trunk exposing the heat shields on the bottom of the capsule and now we are currently in progress of the deorbit burn which is going to basically deorbit the vehicle and get it on a trajectory on its way back home to earth yeah the deorbit burn uses the draco engines on dragon um there's 16 of them uh on the um forward uh uh sort of underneath the nose cone there are four there and um after we're done with this deorbit burn that's we're not going to need those four anymore so we'll close the hatch dragon also has another subset of engines known as the super dracos we're not using them as part of the splashdown they're super strong and they're really only reserved for the launch escape system during ascent or in case there was an emergency but we're just relying on the draco engines right now and what you're looking at on your screen is a loud view inside of dragon and on your left hand side is the commander of this mission jared isaacman on the right hand side was dr sein proctor the pilot for the mission and again awesome view uh from the outside looking at the cupola on the dragon and the four draco thrusters this is actually the location of where those four drago thrusters are and as andy mentioned once we do complete this deorbit burn it's only going to last about 15 minutes once we complete that we will begin uh to close the nose cone which will uh basically cover this top portion that you're seeing on the screen yeah i love this shot um if you pay close attention so the the team is suited up in their spacesuits the gloves themselves are actually conductive so they can still use the touchscreen interface with the monitors through the spacesuits and right now we have the visors up but the suits themselves the way they're created it's it's a one-piece suit and the helmets are actually 3d printed and customized for each of the crew members yeah and right now um jared cyan haley and chris are currently using their screens on their tabs and they're they're basically following along every one of these events um uh you know they are out in space and inside of this vehicle so when the thrusters do turn on they do feel that and they do hear um some of that from inside of the the cap so it doesn't exactly sound like uh what you would hear an engine sound like down here on earth but they do hear uh some of the clicking of the valves uh when the engines do start yeah so the inspiration for crew has been on orbit for about three days um we're expecting them to splash down uh in about 40 minutes actually and so um especially after we finish the deorbit burn things are really going to start to move we'll close the nose cone and then we're going to start the the dragon capsule is going to re-enter the earth's atmosphere we're going to go through that period of communications blackout for a couple of minutes and then the pair of shoes deploy and we're going to see them back here on earth in in just under 40 minutes yeah and this is a significant thing uh to mention there will be a blackout period for approximately seven minutes and that happens when the vehicle does enter back into the earth's atmosphere um outside of the dragon capsule will heat up to almost 3 500 degrees fahrenheit and what that will do is cause a layer of plasma around the vehicle which will prevent some calms um from from coming through but once they are through that period we should be able to regain those calms uh the core here in mission control hawthorne uh we'll do some comm checks to make sure that they have reestablished those comms between dragon so if you are just joining us uh we are part of the inspiration for mission uh for splashdown uh the team is uh targeted to uh splashdown off the coast of florida at approximately 406 pm pacific time right now we are in the middle of our deorbit burn so this is the final burn before um the dragon spacecraft uh really is on its final trajectory towards that targeted landing site we're just about 10 minutes into the burn meaning there's about five minutes left of that deorbit burn and right now you are looking at a live view inside of the dragon capsule of the crew uh watching and checking things on their display panels there again they are following along with all of the events so that they are aware of every expected event that is supposed to happen and again a awesome live view from the outside of our dragon capsule on the forward and looking at our amazing 120 kilometers dragon is committed we just heard some calms that dragon is committed what that means is that they are committed to return back to earth yes they are they are coming back which is super exciting so i should mention at this point dragon itself is an extremely intelligent vehicle it is largely autonomous and effectively flying itself so um it knows where it's at um it's position in space it knows where it's headed it has the ability to adjust its uh attitude or angle and trajectory as needed to make sure it is headed where it needs to head and so even through the communications blackout period again due to the temporary build-up of plasma that interferes with communications um even through that period uh the crew really just has to sit back and enjoy the flight because dragon um is smart enough to know where exactly it's gonna be yeah so much so that we saw them watching some movies just a few minutes ago five minutes you are hearing on the comms just some status updates of that uh do you orbit burn again this deorbit burn lasts about 15 minutes long and we're getting close to completion here and actually something to note if there are people watching live uh splashdown um they might actually get to hear the sonic boom uh as uh quickly as dragon reenters the earth's atmosphere and and is coming down you know they will be traveling faster than the the speed of sound so um you'll get a sonic boom um when they when they come back through yeah i think that the folks that um are nearby or live close enough to the coast they might even be able to see dragon it is a daytime splashdown uh which is super exciting um so yeah in in in in about 35 minutes we're expecting dragon capsule resilience uh flying for the second time and returning for the second time uh and the inspiration for crew members returned back to earth and uh splashed down into the coast uh off the coast of florida and again we we just heard a call out that we're probably about three minutes away from that dr bitburn completing but yeah andy it's been so exciting just this mission uh overall has been so incredible again the first all civilian crew to go to orbit um in and they're raising money for saint jude it's it's just been an incredible mission so far they've been out in space um you know talking to saint jude's patients raising money um doing some science experiments for us so that we can see you know what does does microgravity do to you know the regular person like 13 minutes yeah i think you bring up a good point that i don't think we've talked about yet is all the signs that they've done um we saw earlier in the week some experiments with some portable ultrasound devices there's experiment to study how fluid shifts and sort of the relevance of up and down in space that could potentially help contribute to motion sickness both in space and back here on earth but the the really cool thing in my opinion is all of the data all the data that they're going to gather that's going to be put in a repository and everyone has access to it essentially and so you typically don't get that with um normal missions but for inspiration for i think one of the hallmarks is they wanted to make sure that they were trying to further science as much as possible and further human space exploration yeah having that the access to that data available to literally the entire world only allows you to have you know as many people to utilize that research and and you know be able to do something with it we're just uh that call out was just a minute remaining in this deorbit burn very exciting so after the deorbit burn um again we won't need the draco thrusters in the forward bulkhead anymore and so we will be initiating the close of the nose cone oh here's a great animation the nose cone is the very very top you're going to see it latch open that's where the draco thrusters are at but after they're done firing we're actually going to be closing it and so if you're here since the beginning of this particular cast the bottom section of the capsule that's the trunk section the bottom half of that has already been jettisoned and right now the top portion the capsule that's where the crew is in and that is what is returning to earth and making it splash down off the coast of florida here termination burn stop nominal burn good targeting dragon do you ever burn complete performance nominal nose point closure is initiated spacex we show the same i believe that was chris confirming that he had a nominal burn everything seems to be going great and now again we've initiated the close sequence of the nose cone so in the background dragon is currently inhibiting those forward bulkhead draco thrusters that we had just used to complete the deorbit burn ensuring that it's safe to latch the nose clone nose cone shut for re-entry the vehicle also initiated the nitrox suit purge and this will help keep the crew cool and comfortable during re-entry which is coming up in about 20 minutes at this point the nosecone is closing and protecting the forward hatch for re-entry the crew is using the screens that we saw earlier to monitor the locking of nosecone which is done actually by a set of hooks yeah and again uh the nose cone doesn't just snap shut uh it does take a few minutes i think about four minutes or so uh to close um it is a very uh you know uh technically and structurally sound uh seal that needs to happen there so it needs to be very precise which is why it's a very slow mechanism to make sure that it's closed yes and we mentioned earlier as dragon is re-entering uh it's uh it's gonna form plasma and plasma is effectively superheated completely so that call out was uh for the slew being complete so the sue is effectively maneuvering and so uh we want to position dragon and orient it a certain way uh before it starts to re-enter the earth's atmosphere so that looks like it's going well but i mentioned a little bit about uh the the temperature buildup around the heat shield and dragon so we initiate a nitrox purge in both the cabin and the suits to keep the environment inside dragon nice and cool the suits themselves will automatically detect if temperatures go above 85 degrees fahrenheit and and if it does we'll just purge them with effectively air it's the same sort of air that you would see in a scuba tank and that keeps the astronauts nice and comfortable for their journey back to earth that's basically their own personal ac system and as we mentioned we are coming up on uh the blackout period which is about 10 minutes or so from now uh or 10 minutes after nose cone closure um and during that event uh the capsule the outs the exterior of the capsule will get to approximately 3 500 degrees fahrenheit so as andy mentioned it's extremely important to keep the cabin cool to keep the astronauts uh cool during this event but dragon was designed for this um so they they shouldn't have any problems with the 3 500 degrees fahrenheit yeah we've got some really cool material on the bottom um it's known as it's actually called pica 3.0 and its job is basically to deflect and um and take on all of that heat and make sure that we keep the capsule and crew nice and cool again for the re-entry uh if you're looking on screen right now uh there is a capsule dragon capsule in the background you can see at the very bottom the tiling of that peak of material that is a return to capsule so it's been through the earth's atmosphere it's taken on that 3 500 degrees fahrenheit heat and and that's what we expect the capsule today to also look like upon re-entry yeah and this is a flown dragon capsule so while the spacecraft is in orbit it's flying at about 17 500 miles per hour but as it comes back through the atmosphere we actually don't you know there's no brakes on uh on dragon aside from the heat shield um and so it that heat shield actually uh with the atmosphere helps to slow the vehicle down to about 350 miles per hour before the the droves even deploy yeah it's it's quite uh incredible to think about that um orbital velocity again 17 500 miles an hour uh being slowed down to just 350 miles an hour with just atmospheric drag alone um is is incredible and then and then from there we deploy the shoots and so most of the job thank you to earth's atmosphere for slowing down uh dragon most of it is done by the friction um up there so we are waiting on the next event which is um we're going to be waiting on confirmation that the nosecone has been closed and then we're going to be entering that blackout portion the back of the communications blackout period a few minutes later it is expected to last for about seven minutes and what i would expect to hear is um we heard those quindar tones those beeps uh from crew to uh to core and quartz crew um expect those to um start to um pop up again as we're coming out of that black up here we want to make sure that we re-establish communication with the crew yeah and actually before we go into the blackout period we should hear some comms as well um again the the core here in hawthorne mission control hawthorne communicates with the team make sure that they know which event is coming up next uh so that they know what to expect um and so we should be hearing uh some of that confirmation that they will be going into the blackout period as well as uh some confirmation and some calms when they uh so again we are currently just waiting for confirmation of nose cone closure um once we confirm that uh the next event after that will be the blackout period that we have mentioned um again that will last about seven minutes what you're seeing on your screen right now is mission control hawthorne here at spacex headquarters looks like you could see uh gwen shotwell sitting in the front row there uh watching as our first all-civilian crew the inspiration for crew returns back home to earth and the recovery team and the launch team did a great job looking at weather looking ahead because florida weather in the fall is it can be tricky but we got excellent weather um during liftoff on wednesday and um pretty darn good weather right now for splashdown as well yeah when we did get some live views of the the seas there it did look pretty calm which is exactly what we want we want to make sure that uh during recovery uh you know we have some some steady seas uh not just for the crew nose cone is secure for entry sounds like we got that confirmation of nosecone closure so as we begin the second half of entry dragon is now beginning to flush nitrox into the cabin and continuing to top off the inspiration for crews suits with cool air again this is what will allow the cabin temperature to remain comfortable while external temperatures can reach upwards of 3500 degrees fahrenheit again the heat shield is pointing forward that's the leading structure that is going to uh be heading into re-entry and that's going to be what leads the capsule to the landing site and again the exterior of the capsule will get to approximately 3 500 degrees fahrenheit but again dragon was designed for this dynamic event so there will be some cool air inside of the cabin it's environmentally controlled as well as through their suits they do have their personal air conditioning inside of their suits where they will get a flow of nitrox and as andy mentioned earlier there are sensors in the suits so they don't even have to think about if they're getting too hot or not the suits will just automatically keep the the environment controlled inside of their suits for them oh this is a great view of the suit uh first off looking super slick and super cool but it is essentially a mini spacecraft there's an umbilical from the leg portion that will hook up to dragon and that will route um communications and electronics as well as again routing the air needed to keep the suit pressurized in case of a depressurization event a depressurization event or if they need to be purged with cool air it can do that as well and some of the cool manufacturing features the helmet is 3d printed the material of the exterior of the suit is heat resistant as well as the gloves are uh designed uh they're conductive so that they're designed to be able to use them on the touch screen yeah and and again they're all custom made for each of the astronauts um the chairs themselves are also custom fitted there are a couple of different sizes and the armrests can be adjusted um for the astronauts preference and so um you know we we want to make sure again the the crew is as comfortable and as safe as possible for landing the the seats will actually recline up to its landing position and then um there is a five-point uh belt that will keep the astronauts in place to make sure that everything is nice and comfortable for the team and we have a dragon tracker and that's what you're seeing on your screen you can see that dragon is currently to the west of south america there and on their way you can kind of see their trajectory heading towards the coast of florida for their splashdown today so we are expecting to enter that um that blackout uh period in about two minutes here uh we should hear the um the core communicate uh to the team here in a couple of minutes um that we are again entering that blackout period and then we'll reestablish communication uh once we're through with that dragon spacex for entry brief jared you're looking good no delta is the timeline vehicle's nominal tracking no issues the developer burn is right down the middle with nominal landing site targeting no deltas on weather recovery and we're looking forward to having you home shortly and copy that spacex goodyear before goody orbit burns vehicles healthy recovery forces are there weather's looking good see you guys soon good repackage so we heard some awesome calls uh from the corps uh the d-rover burned looked good uh uh re-entry and weather all looked good um so everything you would want to hear for splashdown uh we got it and so things are looking great for splashdown in about 20 minutes here and so super exciting and things will start to get very very dynamic and a lot of events will happen over the next 20 minutes or so so at this point we are entering um here shortly a communications blackout period which lasts approximately seven minutes due to plasma formation around the spacecraft uh during this time no vehicle telemetry is received by mission control or the recovery team and no external communicate no external commanding of the vehicle or voice communication is possible as a reminder though dragon is designed to fly itself and continues to autonomously so dragon is designed to fly itself and continues to autonomously use its draco thrusters to orient itself during re-entry so during re-entry the vehicle we'll be slowing down from orbital velocity which is approximately 17 500 miles an hour all the way down to about 350 to 400 miles an hour before we deploy those shoots and we did hear a call out of 200 kilometers uh that is basically telling us that the dragon capsule is getting closer and closer to earth again they went all the way out to orbit uh at about 575 kilometers from earth i think the furthest they went was 590 kilometers but now they're on their way back home so they're approximately 200 kilometers at this moment and again today uh we are bringing the crew back home um we've begun uh several uh uh operations during this deorbit sequence uh but actually deorbit and return home began yesterday we did have a couple phase burns yesterday that brought the vehicle down to approximately 365 kilometers and now we're getting closer and closer to bringing bringing the crew back home it's getting really exciting over here um can't wait to see uh see them back on earth after their trip to orbit yeah so jesse mentioned yesterday we started some downhill phasing burns there were two of them to lower the altitude earlier today we saw we didn't see but we got confirmation of the drunk chatter the trunk jettison we completed our deorbit burn successfully and right now uh dragon is um going through its reentry phase and through its um blackout communications portion and shortly here we're gonna have splashdown um after our parachutes deploy and you know i can't believe this mission is um has has come and gone so quickly uh the crew has been again super busy and i do want to remind um all of our viewers that this inspiration for mission this inspiration for a crew it's it's all for a great cause we want to make sure that we further human space exploration we want to do a ton of science and we want to fundraise for saint jude children's research hospital the goal is 200 million dollars jared isaac man donated 100 million dollars himself and we're a little over halfway through the other 100 million dollars that we want to fundraise so if you're watching on youtube if you have a computer nearby you can go to inspiration4.com donate and support the cause there there's also a bunch of different things like auctions dragon spacex please verify crew entry preparations complete with tablets restraints visors and feet in cuphead spacex we're just waiting a little bit longer but we'll do it right now spacex dragon tablets are secure restraints are titan visors are down we are ready to come home we copy all dragon approximately four minutes 30 seconds until calm blackout we'll see another side at two three zero zero i'll talk to you at 2300. just under five minutes away from that blackout period so uh what you're seeing on your screen is the core the the crew operations and resources engineer communicating with the crew onboard dragon preparing for a re-entry back into the earth's atmosphere so they're closing their risers and making sure that their five-point harnesses are [Music] secure basically doing all their preparations for that reentry and again if you're just now joining us you are tuned into the inspiration for mission this is the first all civilian uh crew out to orbit and now they've been out there for for about three days and now making their way back um and the crew on board is jared isaacman who's the commander for the mission um he is the 38 year old ceo of ship four payments he has been a fighter pilot for many many years he's flown in over a hundred air shows and always does a a fundraiser or a charity event with every one of his air shows and he's doing the same thing with this mission which is pretty pretty incredible up next we have haley arsenau she's 29 years old and she is actually the youngest american to fly in space ever she's also the first away from its theaters by his attitude continuing to get great calls um haley is also the first in space with a prosthetic she is a pediatric cancer survivor and also a physician assistant at st ju children's research hospital the same place that saved her life when she was 10 years old we've got dr cyan proctor on board making her way back home with the crew she is the 51 year old mission pilot uh for this mission um she's from tempe arizona and she holds a seat of prosperity uh she actually was awarded this scene we got a two-minute call out for that expected uh blackout period uh but dr cyan proctor actually was awarded the seat for starting her own basically business uh for her artwork and her poetry but she's also an incredible human being she's an analog astronaut she's always wanted to go to space um almost became a nasa astronaut initial entry attitude complete and now uh she's on the crew and it was able to accomplish her dream and uh last but certainly not least is chris sambroski he's 42 he's a data engineer at lockheed martin and a united states air force veteran uh a space enthusiast through and through and uh you know i was watching the donkey series and um he's just a a fan a husband and father first and foremost and so those were our four crew members that are currently making their way back home uh back down to earth and um as part of the inspiration for mission i'm so excited to see uh see them come back home and i can't wait to hear their stories from being out in space again just first all civilian crew you know they're not professional astronauts i can't wait to hear their stories coming back from that yeah it looks like they've had a really fun time um i was watching the um interview uh with the saint jude uh st children uh yesterday and uh they were throwing eminem and with the microgravity just darting them down and trying to chase them down so uh they're they're obviously very very good friends and um uh you know work very very well together and we are entering this blackout we are entering this blackout period that we have mentioned again it is an expected period of time where the vehicle is re-entering back into the earth's atmosphere it generates a lot of heat about up to 3 500 degrees fahrenheit which causes a plasma layer to form around the vehicle so we do lose calms with the crew they've already done uh their pre-blackout period operations making sure that their visors are closed they're strapped in and they're ready to re-enter back into the earth's atmosphere and so we do expect to to regain comms about seven minutes after they've entered the blackout period so the view on your left is mission control in hawthorne spacex's headquarters uh you can see that we've got some folks gathering uh they're also very excited for inspiration for it to return back to earth um and so yeah we're all waiting uh we're actually about 20 25 minutes away from splashtown off the coast of florida again dragon even throughout this blackout period it can pilot itself essentially so uh again the crew just needs to make sure that um you know they're strapped in and enjoy the flight because dragon will take them to where they need to be yeah exactly and as we mentioned earlier you know they don't really have to do anything aside from follow along with each event that is happening so we did catch them earlier watching some movies on their flight back home but yeah they they're they they really don't need to do much as dragon is autonomous yes so after we splash down for those that are maybe watching for the first time or wondering um well how does dragon get out of the water um so dragon itself is uh designed to be waterproof any kilometer reality dude lost a calm startup blackout period so we're we just anticipated acquisition a signal in four minutes and 35 seconds so we just heard the call out that dragon is about 80 kilometers in altitude we're entering that uh communications blackout period now and uh we just got an update that it's expected to last about four and a half minutes so again we'll reestablish communications with the crew after this blackout period but we are entering the atmosphere at a very very very high velocity and when we start to [Music] get a lot of friction from the atmosphere and the space capsule we start to form that plasma and plasma tends to interfere with communication so um it's a temporary communications blackout and again we're gonna uh be uh be able to reconnect with them in about four minutes here and during this time no um no vehicle telemetry is received by mission control or the recovery team there's no external commanding of the vehicle or voice communication that is not possible at this time so as a reminder dragon is designed to fly itself and continues to fly autonomously using draco thrusters to orient itself during this re-entry during this re-entry uh the vehicle will be slowing down uh the orbital velocity from 17 500 miles per hour uh and the use of just the atmosphere will bring the vehicle down to about 350 miles per hour before we even deploy the drove shoots yeah um a few minutes after we get uh communications again we are expecting to deploy the sets of parachutes we have two sets the first again are drogue shoots they are there's two of them their job is to slow the vehicle down from about 350 miles an hour to about 120 miles an hour and those deploy um at around 18 000 feet shortly after that we'll deploy our main parachutes there's four of them those are larger circular orange and white shoots and their job is to slow the vehicle down from 120 miles an hour to about 15 miles an hour and then we'll make splash down off the coast of florida in the atlantic ocean so yeah dragon is again flying itself uh even the shoots that i had just mentioned about um there's sensors uh on dragon that detect altitude and pressure and they will determine when to fire those um parachutes and so pretty much everything on dragon is autonomous and again it's steering itself it's taking the inspiration for a crew where they need to go uh for their targeted splashdown again if you're just now joining us we're currently in progress of the blackout period what this is is basically the dragon spacecraft uh re-entering the earth's atmosphere it'll see temperatures external temperatures of about 3 500 degrees fahrenheit building a plasma layer around the vehicle preventing calms and communication with the dragon spacecraft it's expected to last about four and a half minutes we're a little over halfway through that right now so we should uh in a in a couple minutes here start hearing some calms from the core uh checking in to regain that communication with dragon [Applause] laughs uh what you are seeing is a view from our thermal camera uh seeing dragon coming back down to earth right there yeah this is amazing this is the first shot of the dragon cap so coming back uh as part of the inspiration for mission uh the crowd here is super excited seeing that for the first time as well um so yeah a couple minutes left of um the blackout period and we should be getting comms re-established with the crew here shortly so what you're seeing on your screen right now is on the left hand side that is mission control hawthorne dragon gps converged expect nominal altitude for drug shoot deploy copy that spacex we show the same and those comms confirm that we have regained comms with dragon and they're getting ready for drogue deploy here shortly yeah i love these tracking shots again that is dragon in the center of your screen we've got visuals of it and we're expecting drogue shoots deploy to deploy and then the main shoots shortly after that here in a couple of minutes uh [Applause] again a lot of excitement before inspiration for crews return uh waiting on dro should deploy that happens at about eighteen thousand dragon brace for drug window on reentry the team is experiencing about three to five g's we heard some words to to have them brace for a drogue deploy they will feel the difference in speed when the uh shoots do deploy and that was what the uh core mentioned there that's such a cool shot of dragon uh coming back down to earth it looks very fast uh in this camera view here [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] yeah this is really concept this is a great shot of dragging looking at the drug shoots a lot of communication going back and forth between the crew and ground station but the drogue's job is to slow the vehicle down from about 350 miles an hour to 120. we are expecting the main shoots for these to cut off and the main shoots to come shortly after this dragon these are full healthy names [Applause] and at 404 pm pacific time we do have confirmation that the main shoots have deployed and you can see that on your left-hand screen of a camera looking forward uh above the dragon capsule looking at those four main shoots one thousand copy one thousand the next event coming up now is a visual confirmation of splashdown you could see the dragon capsule on your right hand screen uh slowly coming down now we've talked about how fast the vehicle uh has been traveling um but they will be touching down approximately 15 miles per hour when they touch the uh atlantic ocean there you copy 800. now the the dragon one program had great success with the water landing with 20 successful splashdowns over the course of that program nine of which were carried out by flight proven dragon spacecraft and this is a great shot dragon continuing to descend back towards earth again targeting a landing excuse me a splashdown off the coast of florida in the atlantic ocean copy 600. copy 400. 200 we're bracing we copy 200. spacex [Applause] [Music] [Applause] inspiration for on behalf of spacex welcome home to planet earth your mission has shown the world that space is for all of us and that everyday people can make extraordinary impacts in the world around them thank you for sharing your leadership hope generosity and prosperity and congratulations on your incredible journey [Applause] thanks so much spacex it was a heck of a ride for us just getting started copy just getting started so welcome back inspiration for the dragon resilience capital has returned the crew has returned uh what a phenomenal phenomenal visual that we got um and i love that jared said we're just getting started right this is the beginning of their journey uh of the next steps to the new era in human space flight um and just you know wha what an incredible mission what an amazing um view watching them touch down and splash down into the atlantic ocean you could hear the crowd here so excited to welcome the crew back home yes so uh we do have a couple of events uh that need to happen first before we can start to get the crew out of the capsule so you can see some boats headed towards dragon um and uh you know the first job is to make sure that the area around dragon is safe to approach and then we'll go in there start rigging the dragon up to be able to hoist later on onto our main recovery vessel so uh we also heard that uh jared had given us the confirmation of stable one what that means is dragon has splashed down and is upright there's also a stable two dragon can actually be upside down or sideways um it is waterproof and has systems where it can pump seawater into some bladders to help keep it upright so um again stable one is the the best possible scenario that we can achieve and that's what we see on screen right now and just something to note um there are going to be a few operations that happen um before the crew can get out of the capsule so they will be strapped into their seats remain strapped into their seats um throughout the this and these operations until uh basically until hatch open uh once we have the dragon capsule on board the recovery vessel so we do have some events uh coming up next the fast boats will be approaching the dragon capsule they'll be doing some inspections to make sure that it is safe before we begin operations to lift dragon out of the water onto the recovery vessel dragon spacex is go for recovery personnel to approach expect personnel alongside in one minute and copy that spacex we're looking forward to seeing and dragging with that we request to come aboard via display clam requesting permission to come aboard via display cam permission granted come aboard spacex now what you're seeing on your screen is uh the recovery team approaching dragon again they will be starting to do some inspections uh they'll do some ordinance and hypergol checks just to make sure that the vehicle is safe before they begin rigging dragon uh to bring the vehicle onto the recovery vessel i think on the left-hand screen that is uh someone on a jet ski helping to pull some of those shoots out of the water um they did automatically detach from dragon once they once the vehicle splashed down um so now they are removing them from the water yeah it is super important that we cut those main parachutes we don't want any type of wind or even the water to pull or drag the dragon capsule but when we did see dragon's flash down we also saw really good visuals of the mains being cut as well there is built-in personnel that are going to go out there and collect those shoots as part of the recovery operation we are expecting about an hour from splashdown until we can get the crew outside of the capsule again we're going through a series of safety checks and some other operations to get uh dragon hoisted rigged up and lifted up onto the main recovery vessel before we can open that side hatch and get the crew out it was very very exciting i think the couple of seconds leading up to splashdown you could hear a pin drop here at hawthorne but as soon as we made contact with the water excitement erupted and it was just amazing again this is the inspiration for crew the first all-civilian mission to orbit with four incredible incredible uh crew on board and we now have an inside view on dragon as they are sitting on the ocean water uh waiting for the recovery operations looks like uh we got a selfie i think dr cyan has taken some post splash down pictures uh well deserved [Laughter] and again this is standard procedure we do have um some crew uh climbing on board dragon they're performing some inspections uh just making sure that the vehicle is safe prior to the next dragon spacex hypergol sweeps and norton's checks are nominal rigging is in progress approximately two five minutes until capsule lift standby for pmc some excitement from the crew on board and if you noticed the difference in view the camera actually has not moved but the seats um from what you've seen previously of this view the uh the astronauts are actually rotated a little bit more forward and that is for these return operations instead of the reclined back position so that's why the view looks a little bit different so on the right hand side um we do see the uh the rigger um climbing up on the dragon capsule to attach some hardware um so that way dragon can be lifted and hoisted out of the water using our uh main recovery ship go searcher which will be approaching the vehicle in a few minutes here so that hardware is important um and that's how we get dragon out we hoist it and we actually put it on what's called a nest and then we'll perform some more checkouts make sure everything is good before we open up that side hatch you can see one of the techs climbing on board crew is the crew the dragon capsules exterior they do train for this event they do go through a lot of training to make sure that they are qualified to perform these operations dragon spacex maybe public if you're just now joining us you are tuned into the inspiration for mission the all civilian crew has now returned back to earth what you're seeing on your right hand screen are recovery operations currently in progress the crew has already done their safety check to make sure that the vehicle was okay to approach and now they have begin some rigging operations they're installing some of the rigging hardware that they need to be able to lift the capsule out of the um out of the water onto the recovery vessel um and on your left-hand screen is the live view inside of dragon of the crew um and it's just been such an incredible mission so far like they lifted off on wednesday um expected to be in space for about three days they were able to perform some science experiments they were able to do some charity events talk to uh again this this mission was all for uh a fundraiser for st jude children's research hospital so they got to talk to some saint jude patients live while in space and doing back flips yeah and and to think that this crew really formed about six months ago and i we cannot stress that this is the first all civilian crew they their day job is not being an astronaut they were trained uh in the same simulations and same manuals that uh you know dragon previous dragon crew members uh were trained in and they got together through together this amazing mission again you know providing fundraising capabilities for saint jude children's research hospital they they gave us a live on orbit event yesterday and you know they spent a couple of days in space did some art did some photography did some somersaults and now uh they're back on earth and in a few minutes here they're gonna take a a fresh breath of fresh air from fresh breath of earth air for the first time in about three days it's very very exciting yeah i cannot wait uh to hear the stories that they have to tell us you know we did get some of those live events but uh they were out there for three days um [Music] that's quite a bit of time of being out in microgravity um in a spacecraft so i'm really excited to hear what their experiences are really like you know with the nasa crew missions we we typically get to hear you know some of their uh their thoughts of the dragon spacecraft um would love to hear uh more from you know just a a all civilian crew this time around not professional astronauts and i think it's it's uh as we see the sun setting on the right hand side the boats are equipped with um very strong lights to make sure that they can continue the operation in case the sun does go down but one thing i do want to reiterate is weather and how great that's been for us we we had a phenomenal day in terms of weather wednesday during ascent and on return you can look at the ocean now and it's it's not choppy there's no waves essentially um it's basically like pool water and so the dragon capsule is is there it's it's floating there now uh because it's not you know choppy the recovery team can get in there do their jobs without worrying about any other external factors yeah that's extremely important safety is number one here at spacex so we always want to make sure that we're keeping uh these events during uh an environment that is safe and and weather plays a very big factor into that and not just for the crew on board dragon but the the recovery team there uh which you've been currently seeing climbing on dragon you know installing the rigging they're on boats so it's really important to make sure that the weather conditions are accommodating to these operations yeah so we are expecting the team to finish installing all of the equipment needed to lift dragon out of the water in a few minutes and we should see another boat approach the dragon capsule and that will be where we essentially hook it up to a crane on the back of the boat lifted up out of the water and onto the recovery vessel the dragon vehicle is looking nice and toasty i think if we had daytime shots it would look essentially like a marshmallow again when it's re-entering the earth uh it um can get quite hot on the exterior and the pica material is doing its job and absorbing the brunt of that of that heat but uh there's a side hatch i mean that's that's where the crew is gonna egress out of that side hatch was sealed three days ago and it has been open since and so um you know typically uh uh you know missions with crew go to the international space station the crew will ingress and egress out of that top hatch that you see there but because we weren't going to the international space station for this mission we installed that super cool cupola and that hatch is going to stay closed but the team will be exiting out of the side hatch in a few minutes here so right now we're currently uh performing recovery operations we have a crew there um on one of the fast boats installing rigging onto the dragon capsule this will help them lift the dragon capsule onto the recovery vessel into the what we call the nest the dragon nest on board we'll reorient and locate the vehicle um on the recovery ship in a position where we can open the hatch and then have the crew step out for the first time since uh wednesday and when they open the hatch we will have a medical officer check on them first it's pretty standard procedure to make sure you know they have been out in space for three days so we do want to make sure that the crew is okay there will be a team there helping them um every bit of the way to make sure that they are okay as they walk to the medical room on the recovery vessel what you're seeing right now on your screen on the left hand side is a live view inside of dragon a view from the behind the displays on your left hand side there that is commander jared isaacmen and to his right is dr cyan proctor who was the pilot for this mission they're now back down on earth what an amazing homecoming day for this crew such an exciting mission so after landing to recap the events it took about 10 minutes for the recovery crew to complete their safety checks and then once they completed that the team began to prepare dragon to be lifted onto the recovery vessel as part of the preparation for this lift one member of the recovery team that we saw on screen climbed on top of the capsule so that way they can attach dragon's hoist rings and connect the lifting lines again we are estimating about an hour after splashdown until we are able to raise dragon up and out of the water onto the recovery boat and remove the crew from the spacecraft and then jesse just mentioned after medical checkouts the crew will return to the cape by helicopter and be rejoined by their friends and family if you're if you're just now joining us you are watching the inspiration for mission uh the inspiration for crew first all civilian crew to orbit is now back down on earth um and currently in progress of the recovery operations they're currently out uh in the atlantic ocean as the team is rigging up the capsule uh to get it ready to be lifted onto the recovery vessel and what you're seeing on your left-hand screen is a live view of the crew inside of the vehicle at the moment yeah we splashed down just a few minutes after 4 p.m pacific time we also had great visuals of the dragon spacecraft returning back to earth we saw some really great shots from the dragon vehicle looking upwards to the drogue chutes and the main parachutes um and then we you know had a nice soft water landing in the atlantic ocean and again we're waiting for the rigging equipment to be installed that way we can get the vehicle out of the water and then the crew out of the dragon resilience capsule rigging is complete approximately five minutes until capsule lift we have to have five minutes and we are back to inflate entertainment we copy inflate entertainment the crew is having a great time with in-flight entertainment so yeah it looks like they're all in great spirits uh we have a really cool shot on the right hand side of the screen that is the back of go searcher the main recovery vessel dragon is in the background as well as some other supporting recovery vessel ships as well yeah this is again pretty incredible to to see where we are today with this mission first all civilian crew and uh ironically it's so much like they just went and and flew on an airplane as they're watching movies waiting to uh you know deboard the the spacecraft and again this mission is a fundraiser for saint jude children's research hospital we've got some great news that we've raised up to 177 million dollars so far how incredible to do such a inspiring mission like this as well as raise a hundred and fifty seven million dollars for such an amazing cause yeah so in the last 90 minutes essentially we raised four million dollars uh keep it up everyone thank you so much um again it's going to a great cause and it's benefiting a lot of a lot of wonderful people again currently in progress our recovery operations so far they've already uh inspected the capsule for safety before installing some rigging hardware we got some comms that they will be ready for uh that that rigging is a rigging setup is complete and they will be lifting the vehicle in a few minutes here again this is go searcher and what you're seeing on your right hand screen um at the end of ghost searcher is the dragon nest it's basically the uh nest or stand that uh dragon will be lifted onto and set into we also heard some comms that uh the crew is in good spirits watching some entertainment uh while they wait to um while they wait to be lifted onto ghost searcher and for hatch opening so that they can egress the vehicle yeah they've been busy doing a lot of work for a lot of great causes so now that they're back on land we want to give them a very smooth experience they can just sit back relax we'll take care of everything else we can see that the gap between the go searcher boat and dragon is starting to close um we are expecting to hoist a dragon out of the water and again put it on that nest that you see on the bottom middle of your screen in a few minutes here and weather has been just great for us today actually through this whole mission um this is such a unique mission where we did have to ensure that weather upon liftoff as well as return would be well and not just the weather in the atmosphere but the the water where we are landing and you can see on your screen that it's very calm this makes it really a lot easier for the crew to perform the recovery operations just great great weather all around for this mission so we just saw the crew tossing a line to the other uh member of the recovery uh crew on the dragon capsule itself and so this last bit of distance we want to make sure that it is nice and controlled for the dragon vehicle to come on in and make its way up the recovery vessel and for safety purposes the crew does remain strapped into their seats throughout this this entire process uh as they uh are going to be lifted onto the boat and again they will have um the first person to check on them when the hatch opens will be a medical officer to ensure that they uh are safe and healthy before they start egressing the vehicle and that will be when they will be allowed to get out of their seats [Music] uh we've got a crew member on the dragon capsule at the moment and again they are helping with the rigging hoisting process to lift that dragon capsule onto the recovery vessel and again they have done several hours of training um for this particular role um so they are professionals dragon brace for capsule left you heard some comms uh they are getting ready to lift the dragon capsule you saw the last recovery a crew member hop off of the dragon capsule into the water and onto the fast boat there as they clear the way for lifting the dragon capsule and here comes dragon out of the water incredible dragon is being lifted onto the recovery of vessel into the dragon nest that is what you see them setting the vehicle down on right there you can see at the very bottom of dragon some water coming out again that's the ballast system that help helps keep dragon upright in the sea water or in the ocean um so it's functioning as designed uh and dragon is now on the recovery vessel dragon's almost a little bit of a mix of a rocket spacecraft uh and a little bit of a boat it does everything you needed to yeah exactly dragon welcome aboard the recovery vessel recovery personnel are completing final checks stand by for translation to egress platform in approximately one minute i see some fist pumps from dr cyan as the board the um the dragon capsule right now uh next event coming up after the the team does some safety checks is opening the side hatch that's gonna be very very exciting we're gonna see the crew for the first time and they're going to see earth for the first time since three days ago well they've seen earth they've seen earth but from space they'll see earth from earth now they'll become earthlings again now what you heard was some comms just letting the crew know that they will be translating the um dragon on the nest and reorienting it into a position on ghost searcher so that it is in a good stable position for them to open the hatch uh so while dragon's top hatch uh houses the cupola the astronauts will egress from dragon's side hatch that's what you see in the center of your screen pending capsule orientation from the water so before opening the hatch the spacecraft has to equalize the cabin pressure with the outside environment once the hatch is open that will be jared haley cyan and chris's first breath of fresh earth air since sporting falcon 9 at the start of their mission on september 15th you're just now joining us you are watching the inspiration for mission the inspiration for crew is back home on earth we have a lifted dragon with the crew onto the recovery vessel and currently in a minute or so they should be um translating the vehicle uh into a position where they can open the side hatch and then perform the next steps for egressing which will include a medical officer checking on them prior to that egress yeah and on the right hand side of the screen that's a live shot inside the capsule translation imminent there it is they are translating the vehicle to just under the uh helicopter pad on the vessel looks like they're starting to wash it down get it clean prepared for that hatch opening yeah this is essentially an egress or a platform for the crew members to exit dragon is quite large and the side hatch is quite a bit of ways up and so we don't we want to make sure that when we open the side hatch they can just comfortably get out and what they have there is a ladder as they prep for hatch opening there's a few things that they do have to do here for preparation before they open up that side hatch yeah things are moving quite quickly we splashed down about 40 minutes ago and now dragon is on the main recovery vessel on the right hand side of the screen that is again a live view inside of the capsule you can't see their faces but on the left hand side of that shot that's jared isaac man the mission commander to his right is dr cyan proctor the mission pilot to dr scion's right is chris sombroski the mission specialist and to um jared isaacman's left is haley arsenau the medical officer of the mission and i'm sure they're all excited to come back to earth um and uh probably still enjoying some in-flight entertainment after jared called it yeah what a crew for this mission just such incredible individuals um raising money for saint jude children's research hospital doing science science experiments while out in orbit um let alone just being the first all-civilian crew to go to orbit um it's it's just been so inspirational and i can't wait to see them egress the the vehicle uh shortly here yeah it's definitely to be a very very exciting time um yeah all the signs that they've done all that data is is going to be available essentially to the public and so you know of the experiments that they've done uh is is definitely going to benefit a larger populace than just the specific mission right and so far this mission has raised up to 157 million dollars for st jude's saint jude children's research hospital which is incredible that's going to save a lot of children's lives just just an incredible mission from start to finish here dragon stand by for side hatch opening and egress this will be our last call from you congratulations inspiration for crew signing off great calms [Applause] there you can see the side hatch is now officially open and some exciting waves from the crew now they are putting on some protection along the hatch door uh for while they egress the vehicle here so we have members of the recovery team inside the the capsule with the crew members they're doing some checkouts uh make sure everything is good before the crew can exit the capsule but this is certainly very very exciting uh again that hatch has been closed and sealed for three days this is the first time it's opened since we lifted off wednesday september 15th and we have some fist pumps from jared i'm sure the entire crew is super excited [Laughter] could see them waving lots of excitement from the crew as they're getting ready to egress the dragon spacecraft it looks like they are uh taking their tablets from each of the crew members in preparation for this egress now there is a procedure that they will go through um even now uh as they egress the vehicle it won't just be all of them getting out at once they will follow a procedure i believe they will be starting with egress of seat one if you're just now joining us you are tuned into the inspiration for all civilian mission to orbit with the inspiration for crew back home on earth getting ready to egress the dragon vehicle here shortly more exciting [Applause] how incredible some hearts love it okay that was the crew members of inspiration for as excited as ever uh they are back on earth on the recovery vessel just waiting to exit the dragon spacecraft some fist bumps going around [Laughter] again as the crew does begin their egress they will have a team that does uh help them as they egress or exit the vehicle as they have been out in microgravity for the last three days uh they have not felt the gravity of their own body in three days um so this is very standard procedure uh to have some support and help as they egress the vehicle right now looks like they are removing the foot rests at the bottom of their seats this will give them some space as they exit that is a good thing to note that um when we land we also recline the seats back down to make it a little bit easier for the astronauts and crew members to exit the vehicle and it looks like we have our first crew member haley arsenault egressing the vehicle she was sitting in seat one to the left she looks very excited even if we're just looking at the backside of her spacex spacesuit helmet [Applause] and there she is medical officer haley arsenault has now egressed the vehicle the first of the inspiration for crew and so very excited lots of waves thumbs up [Music] getting a little photo up and it looks like up next is dr cyan proctor this is very exciting for the crew to be exiting the capsule and finishing their inspiration for mission a mission that's done so much for folks around the world yes absolutely inspiring all the way around just an incredible mission with an incredible crew here comes dr cyan proctor [Applause] there she is excited as ever doctor cyan proctor oh i love it love it i know no problem at all looks like mission specialist chris sombroski is up next to egress the vehicle looks like some dancing there again there is crew there to help them egress to make sure that they do not damage um their suits or themselves on their way out and that is chris sombrosk again the mission specialist [Laughter] [Music] again with a smile all over his face super excited ready to go yeah there we go [Laughter] last but not least we have commander jared isaacman getting ready to egress the vehicle as well the final fourth inspiration for crew member of the first all-civilian crew mission to orbit and what a way to close it out he was really the um the person with the vision there he is [Applause] commander jared isaacman of the inspiration for crew so excited now they will be uh doing standard procedure going into the medical room on the recovery vessel and doing some medical checks make sure that the crew is safe and healthy and then they will hop on a helicopter and head back to florida yeah well uh now that jared haley cyan and chris are safely uh back home on earth um and getting checked out by our medical team we're gonna wrap up our live coverage of their historic return uh we started this day about two hours ago we had successful trunk separation we completed a deorbit burn closed the nose cone we got through that blackout period of communications both sets of shoots deployed awesome and the crews flashed down we hoisted them up and they have just exited the vehicle next up they will catch a helicopter ride back to shore where they will be rejoined by their families so welcome back to the inspiration for crew it has been an honor and a privilege to share their journey with all of you as we continue this new era in human space flight yes for updates uh check out our social media also be sure to donate to st jude there's a donation button if you're watching on youtube on the right hand side of your screen the netflix documentary is coming out with this fifth and final episode here shortly as well and that will conclude liftoff and splashdown return of the inspiration for mission again thank you to everyone that has joined us so far and thank you everyone for following along we'll see you next time [Music] [Applause] [Music] you

Channel: SpaceX

Views: 2,241,668

Rating: 4.9497948 out of 5

Keywords: SpaceX, Space, Musk, Mission, Inspiration4, Jared Isaacman, Hayley Arceneaux, Chris Sembroski, Sian Proctor, Dragon, Falcon 9, I4

Id: dpFKNNl47AM

Length: 122min 45sec (7365 seconds)

Published: Sat Sep 18 2021

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I got lucky, I opened the stream and they were 10 seconds away from hitting the water. I thought I was watching a recording until I saw “live” on the player. I’m super jealous of the crew. Perhaps one day space travel will be available to the masses.