SpaceX capsule with world’s first all-civilian crew lands off Florida’s coast

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 sheet deploy copy spaces we show this game 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 uh we've got visuals of it and we're expecting um drogue shoots deploy to deploy and then the main shoots shortly after that here in a couple of minutes again a lot of excitement before inspiration for cruise return uh waiting on dro should deploy that happens at about eighteen thousand dragon brace for drug window goddamn spacex we're bracing on re-entry the team is experiencing uh about three to five g's um we heard some words to to have them brace for a drogue deploy they will feel the difference in speed when the shoots do deploy and that was what the via core mentioned there that's such a cool shot of dragon uh coming back down to earth but it looks very fast in this camera view here 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 mains forces 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 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 can 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 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 uh excuse me a splashdown off the coast of florida in the atlantic ocean copy 600. copy 400. 200 we're bracing we copy 200. ah spacex 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 thanks so much spacex it was a heck of a ride for us it's 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 what 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 we do have a couple of events uh that need to happen first before we can start to uh 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 we also heard that 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 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 before the crew can get out of the capsule so they will be strapped into their seats remain strapped into their seats throughout the this and these operations until uh basically until hatch open uh once we have the dragon capsule on board the recovery vessel uh so we do have some events uh coming up next uh the um fast boats will be approaching the dragon capsule uh they'll be doing some inspections to make sure that it is safe before we begin operations uh 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 clamp requesting permission to come aboard via display cam permission granted come aboard spacex now what you're seeing on your screen is the recovery team approaching dragon again they will be uh 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 to bring the vehicle onto the recovery vessel and i think on the left hand screen that is someone on a jet ski helping to pull some of those shoots out of the water they did automatically detach from dragon once they once the vehicle splashed down 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 splash 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 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 in 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 and again this is standard procedure we do have um some crew 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 um 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 um instead of the recline 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 climbing up on the dragon capsule to attach some hardware so that way dragon can be lifted and hoisted out of the water using our main recovery ship ghost searcher which will be approaching the vehicle in a few minutes here so that hardware is important 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 now you can see um 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 will be 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 uh what you're seeing on your right hand screen our 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 and on your left hand screen is the live view inside of dragon of the crew 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 again this this mission was all for 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 backflips 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 in the same simulations and same manuals that uh you know um dragon uh previous dragon crew members uh were trained in and they got together threw together this amazing mission again um you know providing fundraising capabilities for st children's research hospital um they they gave us a live on-orbit event yesterday um and uh 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 they were out there for three days um that's quite a bit of time of being out in microgravity in a spacecraft so i'm really excited to hear what their experiences are really like um 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 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 um we had a phenomenal day in terms of weather uh wednesday during ascent and um 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 because it's not you know choppy the recovery team can get in there do their jobs without worrying about any other um external factors yeah that's extremely important safety is number one here at spacex so we always want to make sure um that we're keeping uh these events during uh an environment that is safe and weather plays a very big factor into that um 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 uh installing all of the equipment needed to lift dragon out of the water uh in a few minutes and we should see another boat approach the dragon capsule and that will be where um we essentially hook it up to a crane on the back of the boat lift it up out of the water and on to 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 pika material is doing its job and absorbing the brunt of that um of that heat but uh there's a side hatch i mean that's that's where the crew is to egress out of that side hatch was sealed three days ago and it hasn't been open since and so um you know typically uh uh you know missions with crew go to 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 in a few minutes here right now we're currently performing recovery operations we have a crew there 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 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 um so we do want to make sure that the crew is okay there will be a team there helping them 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 isaacman 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 um by helicopter and be rejoined by their friends and family so so 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 uh 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 uh 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 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 um 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 st jude children's research hospital we've got some great news that we've raised up to 177 million dollars so far um how incredible to do such a uh inspiring mission like this as well as raise 157 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 ghost 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 go 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 uh uh to hoist 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 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 um just great great weather all around for this mission so we just saw the crew tossing a line um to the other 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 um 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 check on them when the hatch opens will be a medical officer to ensure that they 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 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 for this particular role 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 uh 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 ah 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 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 so it's functioning as designed and dragon is now on the recovery vessel dragon's almost a little bit of a mix of a rocket spacecraft and a little bit of a boat it does everything you need it too 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 aboard the um uh 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 gonna see earth for the first time uh since three days ago well they've seen earth they've seen earth but from space they'll see earth from earth now become earthlings again what you heard was some comms just letting the crew know that they will be translating the um dragon on the nest um and reorienting it into a position on ghost searcher uh so that it is in a good stable position for them to open the hatch so while dragon's top hatch 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 uh on september 15th if 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 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 uh 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 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 things are moving quite quickly we splash 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 uh 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 uh to dr scion's right is chris sombroski the mission specialist and to um jared isaacman's left is uh haley arsenault the uh 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 jared's calling it yeah what a crew for this mission just such incredible individuals raising money for st 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 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 going to be a very very exciting time um all the signs that they've done all that data is is going to be available essentially to the public and so you know all the experiments that they've done is is definitely going to benefit a larger populace than just this specific mission right and so far this mission has raised up to 157 million dollars for saint 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 there you can see the side hatch is now officially open and some exciting waves from the crew now they are putting on uh 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 make sure everything is good before the crew can exit the capsule but this is certainly very very exciting again that hatch has been closed and sealed for three days this is the first time it's opened since we lifted off wednesday uh september 15th and we have some fist pumps from jared i'm sure the entire crew is super excited could see them waving lots of excitement from the crew as they're getting ready to egress the dragon spacecraft so 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 even now 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 more exciting this is such a great shot 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 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 they have not felt the gravity of their own body in three days um so this is very standard procedure 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 yeah that is a good thing to note that 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 back side of her spacex spacesuit helmet 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 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 there she is excited as ever dr cyan oh i love it love it destroy 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 specialists again with a smile all over his face super excited ready to go yeah there we go 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 he is commander jared isaacman of the inspiration for crew so excited handshakes and hugs all around now they will be uh doing a 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 back home on earth um and getting checked out by our medical team we're going to 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 uh 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

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Length: 55min 36sec (3336 seconds)

Published: Sat Sep 18 2021