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oh my congratulations to the folks in Hawthorne that's really well very crisp it was a little sloppier and why just like we saw them but all the other actives as well as our closure and opening we're all just as perfect excellent to hear thank you that kind of kind of gives you an indication of sort of how the design process works you know Bob and Doug have had lots of opportunities to to test this out and sim it and give their feedback and pretty cool to hear that their simek's perience was very similar to what they saw actually on orbit just you I think he said 170 meters away from the station right now yeah we're just a hundred and seventy six and I I imagine as the spacecraft designer that's exactly what you want to hear is the way that I trained you in it I hear on the ground is exactly how it performed once you're there for the real thing so the second manual piloting test in the books Bob & Doug putting dragon through its paces now we're time to put it all to where we'd get to our end point we're ready to get dragon docked to the international space station big loop the ground will be resuming approach shortly we do plan to hold briefly at Waypoint to sow reminder that crew visors down is are not required until the ground is preparing to command the final approach thanks dragon we Kathy will hold at 3.2 for a pause and then we'll get our visors men and station hits Houston on the big loop as you've heard endeavour was resuming its approach to waypoint - Chris you can monitor now / step 2 that's step 2 in one decimal one zero for crew dragon approach and retrieve monitor be set to work pretty cool view of the International Space Station from Dragon this this would actually be overlaid or rather their controls would be overlaid on the displays on top of this view and we got a got to see some pretty cool views from behind actually there's others of you right there you can see the station on their displays visors up Doug in the left seat Bob in the right seat yes this moment dragon is gonna be resuming the approach as we heard them informing the crew they're gonna have that one final hold when they're just 20 meters away that's gonna be at waypoint 2 we're expecting it to be a brief hold while the teams all tagged up and do a final go to move in for docking getting a great look at the space station itself the docking port is right in the center of our screen you can see another spacecraft currently docked to the space station the Japanese HTV spacecraft currently docked to the earth-facing port one of those common berthing mechanisms also on note 2 so dragon will be the second vehicle to be docked to the harmony module once it makes its final approach and it's moving in right now again just to give you an idea of how quickly they're moving they're going at about three tenths of a meter per second right now and so if you're having any trouble with that docking simulator online remember to just slow things down a little bit and your chances will go up exponentially we just passed a hundred and forty meters away we'll get our live video come back with the space station momentarily as soon as we do we'll bring you back up there but for now Bob and Doug continuing to fly in there just a hundred and thirty five meters away in bought in step two steps three and fours complete cruise on the International Space Station is ready for your docking we copied a review of three and four complete International Space Station ready thank you expedition 63 commander Chris Cassidy given the report station is ready for docking yeah you can see the the trajectory of the spacecraft there are small Corrections that are happening so if the as we get closer and closer to station we're trying to stay within those two corridors which are shown coming out of the docking port that were going towards that little dot I think was the the 20 meter hold point so that's where we expect there to be the spacecraft holding right in front of the International docking adaptor there'll be a go/no-go Pole the ground teams have worked hard over the past probably years to come up with a set of what we call flight rules so those are those are technical constraints items that we look for that if any of those criteria were violated and we have a rule that we've predetermined gives us guidance to say whether we could approach or not so far our vehicle has been very healthy but technical ground teams will do their due diligence to make sure that it's still safe to approach at this moment that approach is continuing still moving in at about three tenths of a meter per second dragons coming up on just 100 meters away from the space station so the very top of there is the the nose cone on the spacecraft or we've got a cool view left side of your screen as the International Space Station right side of your screen is dragon we're inside 100 meters continuing to close again we're gonna have a short hold at 20 meters teams will just do a final check and then they'll give dragging the go we're expecting it to be pretty brief we should get to that whole point in just about four minutes moving at our current pace I think you can see a meatball and American flag on that on the spacecraft the the NASA logo of course the referred to as the meatball I think there was some spirited discussion about the meatball versus the worm during ascent and those are you can see those logos there they're all that structure on the the fairing structure is actually what the super great goes our our husband of course all those are deactivated now only used for launch escape during the ascent portion nose cone right at the top of the vehicle and you can see sort of the ceiling surface those four circular those four circular slots right underneath the nose cone within that red ring are the the forward bulkhead Draco's that's what we were using while we were conducting all those burns the five burns to get to this point right now we don't have we don't have a reason to use those we'll only be making small altitude Corrections with the with the service section Draco's you can see the service section actually pretty clearly here to the there's a black portion and a white portion sort of separated by a fin the black portion is solar panels solar cells that will charge dragons batteries and the bottom side are a white portion is actually a thermal radiator that's used to keep keep the spacecraft nice and cool of course the avionics and the cabin making sure that Bob and Doug are comfortable inside it's like we're getting a shadow cast we are just 60 meters away continuing to close in just about 40 meters to go until we're at that whole point should get there in just over two minutes meanwhile teams in Hawthorne and in Houston doing internal go no-go for docking but you're gonna get all the teams polled once everyone's go we'll be able to give dragon the final go-ahead for the vehicle to autonomously fly in and dock with the International Space Station should be coming up on waypoint to arrival in just about 1 minute 45 seconds at this point it'll be 20 meters away from that docking port the International docking adapter number 2 attached to pressurized mating adapter number two at the very forward end of the harmony module right there on the right around the the center you can see the forward hatch it's got a window in it you can see a couple of handles and there's some features that look sort of bronze ish those are the petals that we were talking about earlier as part of the soft capture system so pretty pretty wild to to see we're so close that we're getting shadows from the station on dragon Wow and we're getting these views of dragons approached from two cameras that are right next to that docking adaptor and the movements a little a little jarring at times the these cameras are being commanded by a person at the Cronus console in Mission Control Houston and they send some some very basic function commands to the camera which it then executes automatically and so they're continuing to follow dragon in so we do thank them for their diligence to give us these views of this historic moment as we are just less than 30 meters away from docking right above the NASA meatball logo you can see - excuse me three of the service section Draco thrusters that's right 12 and also the four of those clusters spread around the vehicle used for a lot of the attitude control in any small translational maneuvers like we just watched Bob and Doug execute with their second manual flight test and actually oriented in a way to where if you were to lose some of those thrusters you still have redundancy and control and those axes that's that's part of the reason why they're sort of at the angles that they are alright so we should be getting to Waypoint two right now so it looks like we do have that hold on big loop the ground is go for approach two we will be enabling the resume shortly as a reminder ensure your visors are closed prior to dragons departure from the Waypoint and once dragon is inside the crew hands off point to retreat and Branka are not permitted and for your awareness we have sunset in a little less than eight point five minutes I can cap these all on the big loop let's go production so Doug on on spacecraft confirming their go for docking I'm gonna put down their visors got some instructions there about the the crew hands off point that we had talked about earlier that's a point where we don't want the crew issuing any commands to the vehicle it's about just about two meters away from the docking adaptor I believe the number is about 1.7 meters station Houston on the big loop Houston and station are now go for docking Chris he can monitor first steps three and four three and four and one decimal 1 zero for crew dragon approach and retreat monitor I'll be steps three or four next dragon on the big loop our visors are down copy visors down with the crew confirming their visors down we should see the final approach resume copy inbound you copy and we're gonna be racing that sunset the approach has resumed dragon closing in we're inside 20 meters and yeah that crew hands off point should come up in about three minutes or so right before we get that final docking it comes about 20 seconds prior or just about two meters away from the station still and that's just the crew not issuing any abort commands at that point it would be too late and so any aborts would be executed automatically by Dragon itself so we're closing in at less than 1/10 of a meter per second at this point you can see that the surface section Draco's just doing all these very small minor attitude Corrections really the the autonomous docking system at work making sure that the the vestibule in the South capture system is lined up with ID a to the International docking adaptor you can see much more clearly there the hinge mechanism for the nose comb those four black circles are the forward bulkhead Draco's not to be used at this time and of course the petals of the soft capture system Wow dragon on the big loop or inside and meters we cannot make up the darkest docking target of beginning the outlines sweep up being concurred ten meters right we're less than ten meters away again we're closing at that rate of less than a tenth of a meter per second we should be just about 1 minute 45 seconds away from docking there is a center line camera right in that middle so that you can see where the Ford hatches and right in the middle of that there's a window and there's a center line camera that is aligned with the center of the vehicle and the center of the docking mechanism so that is is what the autonomous docking system is using to line up with that sort of a crosshatch cross target on the docking port again the Ford docking port on PMA 2 or the pressurized mating adapter we are just five meters away again we're racing that sunset dragon continues to close four meters to go the shadows of the space station on the vehicle yeah you can actually see the centreline camera pretty clearly they're sort of with the contrast of the Sun right now three meters to go two meters we're inside the hands off point the chop the crew hands off point one meter to go soft capture complete soft capture confirmed stand by for retraction and docking and we just heard it soft capture we have docking that coming at 7:16 a.m. Pacific time with the station and dragon flying 262 statute miles right over the border between northern China and Mongolia you saw a little bit of motion there of dragon that was that relative motion that the soft capture system is damping out once that motion is is clear then the soft capture system will be retract retracted and dragon will go for hard capture again if just now tuning in that soft capture that docking coming 716 a.m. Pacific 1016 a.m. over on the East Coast dragon and the International Space Station were flying 262 statute miles right over the border between northern China and Mongolia that's off capturing now going to retract it's one more step on the way to docking complete yeah and so the next step here is once once the soft capture ring is retracted there are 12 latches that we refer to as hard capture latches those are what will really create that pressure tight seal between the Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station so one self capture is complete and I believe we'll get that call from from our core here Anna then we'll get we'll get confirmation of the hard capture and the crew of course aboard have have this information on their displays so they'll also see indication of our capture complete and once those two steps are done then that's that's docking complete that's right where we're expecting to hear some words from everybody a pretty monumental moment I mean for Doug Hurley he's returning to where he last docked almost nine years ago on the very last space shuttle mission now commanding the very first commercial spacecraft to deliver astronauts to the International Space Station that's that's got to be cool for them they've mentioned quite a few times that they're best friends our favorite dads and spaces we've been calling them this is this has got to be really cool for them it's got to be really cool for their families too watching this it looks like we have another quick handover we'll get that video back shortly we're about 75% complete already with that retraction once that retraction is completed we'll keep an eye out for the 12 ready to hook indicators once those are ready those 12 hooks will begin to engage and that'll securely attach dragon to the International Space Station so right now the vehicle confirming that the soft captor system has is deployed correctly and is fully retracted and then once the soft capture system is fully retracted that'll set up the vehicle to to put in the hard capture pins there's 12 of those around the docking ring and that's what creates that airtight seal between the Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station the cat the volume between which we refer to as the vestibule is currently not pressurized of course it was just exposed to the vacuum of space until literally minutes ago about four minutes ago so just waiting for the vehicle to get that complete docking sequence is holding for mcs reconfiguration alright so we see those ready to hook indicators are lighting up green so we should be just about to step into those twelve folks beginning to engage to get that secure mate between dragon and the International docking adaptor on the space station Wow right now those two vehicles are flying together they are attached together it's it's been just under 19 hours since we lifted off we're actually at about 18 hours 58 minutes and 42 seconds so we promised about a 19 hour ride up to station and we made it just a few minutes before that they were able to dock a few minutes ahead of schedule we were tracking them to still take about in another 10 minutes I've been able to step through all of their burns about 16 minutes ahead of schedule and get us where we are now if you missed it just a few moments ago that initial docking coming at 7:16 a.m. Pacific 1016 a.m. over on the east coast of the United States and they were 262 statute miles flying together over the northern border of China and Mongolia so really exciting we're just waiting for this docking complete to be confirmed or expecting to hear some words obviously from the crew on board and all the excited teams down here we're just waiting for this moment and then it's time to start getting dragon integrated into the station there will be an umbilical that will get mated and that allow dragon to flow data and power into the station systems and then it will be over to the crew all right and they did a quick so the the motion control system on board station now back under those control moment gyros so hand it over from the Russian thrusters and Dragon now given the go to drive those hooks we have to do that changeover of attitude control before we drive those hooks as the Russian thrusters a little bit more dynamic in their control of attitude and if you had a thruster firing while you were starting to drive those hooks that couldn't miss a line so going over to the smoother control on the gyros on the US side now controlling the attitude onboard the station and those hooks and those twelve hooks on Dragon about to start driving right now dragon and is attached just flying off the east coast of of China just underneath Japan attached to each other we we recently passed over to the orbital night so we're on the currently the dark side of the world actually we're lucky enough to to see the soft capture happen just as we were crossing over the Terminator line and if you're wondering what you're looking at this is one of the cameras on the very outboard part of the Japanese experiment module looking back in towards the very front part of node 2 where dragon is currently docked we are in an orbital nighttime that's why everything is so dark but you're looking at dragon it is horizontal to the ground so the hatch part is right where that green light pretty much is you can see the nosecone still illuminated above it and it is currently attached to an international docking adapter on the International Space Station and inside that capsule are Bob Bank and and Doug early force astronauts to fly on a private Willy developed a vehicle up to the International Space Station test pilots got it got to do some fun tests today have a few more steps before they could actually get aboard and ingress to the International Space Station that's what we were heard over the the big loop that transition which allows us to then proceed with hard capture and we're seeing the first set of hooks so the first six out of the twelve are now closed six more to go and there are twelve of those along the ring and that helps us ensure that we have an airtight seal is vacuum around them right now so we want to make sure where we're keeping all of that valuable life support in the vehicle now the combined ISS this dragon vehicle meanwhile inside the castle Bob and Doug also standing by for this hard capture to complete and once we have that docking complete call they'll be able to start stepping through a number of procedures to get them ready to move into the international space station they'll get the go-ahead to doff or get out of their suits and then they'll have some activities on the dragon side to prepare for the hatch opening Chris Cassidy will mainly be working on the station side to pressurize the vestibule so as Schiff has talked about the the space between the the Dragon capsule and the space station was exposed to vacuum and even after this tight seal has occurred we'll still be at vacuum inside so we'll actually open up a valve to supply air from the station side into that space between the dragon and station hatchways and they'll get it up to the same ambient pressure that we'll have inside of dragon and on the station itself they'll wait for it to thermally balance out make sure we don't have any temperature swings as we're bringing it up from vacuum so probably from a very cold temperature up to about the about 72 degrees that they have in their cabin temperature onboard the station and then we'll get the hatches open basic hard caps are complete standby for docking completions yeah and that hard captors complete so that's confirmation of those 12 latches to create that airtight seal now that's complete the umbilicals from the station side well will interface with the dragon vehicle umbilical and that'll provide power and communications through space station directly to Dragon pretty much the whole way up dragon has been using a combination of batteries and it's solar cells pointed at the Sun to make sure that it has enough electrical power for the journey up and we're just standing by now for that umbilical to get mated and that's gonna again as shippers just thing start the power and data transfer between Dragon and the space station they've been transmitting data through RF radio frequency on the way uphill and during the final approach this will give a hard mate basically a wired LAN connection between the Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station itself and then also being able to draw power from the station systems using those great big solar arrays that are used to generate all the electricity for systems onboard the station and the soft capture system has been stowed we see the umbilical starting to deploy about 40% of the way so far going pretty quickly should just take a couple more seconds until we're all the way connected and then we should be getting that docking complete call-out from the core here in Mission Control SpaceX on Hawthorne standing by dragon SpaceX docking sequence is complete next dragon recopy docking complete society that it's been a real honor to be just a small part of the 90 year endeavor since the last time the United States space ship has docked with the International Space Station we have to congratulate the men and women of the SpaceX at Hawthorne McGregor and at Kennedy Space Center their incredible efforts over the last several years to make this possible to not go overstated it's also like to thank Kathy leaders and her team of the Commercial Crew program of NASA an outstanding job by everyone laughs I'd like to thank the men and women of the National Aeronautics and Space Agency this is an incredible time to be at NASA bringing vehicles to be flown continuing mission in low-earth orbit and then to the Moon and Mars thank you again and congratulations [Music] dragon arriving crew of expedition 63 is honored to welcome dragon in the Commercial Crew program - welcome aboard the International Space Station Bob and Doug glad to have you as part through well done fellas ooh oh happy thank you Chris thank you for it endeavour this is Houston Bob and Doug welcome to the International Space Station after your spectacular rendezvous and docking of the first crew dragon vehicle for the first time since the retirement of the space shuttle you've completed a historic ride to the ISS and have opened up a new chapter in human space exploration on behalf of the flight control teams here in Houston and in Hawthorne California and to our SpaceX colleagues Bravo on a magnificent moment in spaceflight history and on the start of a new journey that has changed the face of space travel in this new era of space transportation Bob and Doug good luck and we look forward to working with you on board dragon SpaceX thank you Bob and Doug we here at SpaceX are honored to have been part of assuring in this new era of human spaceflight on behalf of the SpaceX and NASA partnership congratulations on a phenomenal accomplishment and welcome to the International Space Station well thank you Anna we appreciate all the good work and everyone thinking us but it truly was a magnificent effort by the entire team the SpaceX team the NASA team and a team across America who was able to pull this off and bring human spaceflight again to our shouldn't thank you for everything happy to be aboard and Dragon SpaceX with that ground will be enabling a hard-line power and calm connection shortly you are go to doctor suits per procedure for decimal 0 1 2 we will be configuring your video to go external shortly and we have one request for about suit doffing when you're ready to copy during your approach suit week check we noticed Bob's suit cos with a lower psi D than his previous vehicle and O&C checks we still had plenty of margin to support you in a depress but in order to rule out potential hardware issues when Bob is doffing after he opens his structural zipper check all three bladder zipper heads to see if any are partially closed it is possible that if the head is backed off slightly that the white tooth is partially visible or a small gap can be seen between the end of the zipper head and the gasket end please report observations Cathy bobble thinkin close look at his zippers when he does and he'll get off him first so we'll let you know as soon as we see something there if we see something great thank you so much Wow so now dragon has completed its docking sequence there's a number of checks that was an absolutely historic moment and in spite of that the ground teams getting a right back to business talking about the suit performance director gotta turn the cameras off first forget about of their suits absolutely so spacecraft is now docked they've got several tasks that they're gonna need to be able to do while we're waiting for those tasks to happen we're actually going to take a short break but it's in case you just missed it the Dragon spacecraft is now docked to the International Space Station docked at 7:16 a.m. local time Bob and Doug are at the space station yeah they're there it was just under a 19 hour journey from their launch to their docking so pretty much right on what we were expecting they got there a little bit early today which is nice as they were able to get through all those burns but I mean they're darked it's it's gonna be a little while they have to do that vestibule pressurization and then they'll have to do some leak checks and on Dragon to ground for I've got both structural zippers on my gloves lowered and I do see white teeth visible on both sides looks like a cool white I'll give you an update once I get to the copy white teeth on both sides and we'll await your next status so the crew right now just going through some checks of their gloves they're about to get out of their suits that'll be the first step for the crew on board dragon for the crew onboard station Chris Cassidy is gonna start getting that vestibule pressurized and then they're gonna do leak checks so they're gonna be actually taking atmosphere from station putting it into that vestibule and then once we get all the leak checks done things are thermally stabilized it'll be time for hatch opening and we'll be able to see Bob and Doug get into the space station for the first time from on board the Dragon spacecraft and again for Doug Hurley this is the exact port he was at almost nine years ago when he was on the very last space shuttle mission and now he's commanding the first commercial vehicle to dock with the International Space Station I think that's gonna do it for us in Hawthorne we're gonna give you into the very capable hands of Gary Jordan to take you through the rest of the hatch opening we're gonna be watching from here and following along we can't wait to see these crew members onboard the International Space Station thank you for everybody who tuned in we hope you enjoyed the launch we hope you enjoyed the ride uphill we really hope you were with us every single moment from suit up until now so you've been up for over 24 hours but it's been an incredible experience for us to see these guys get onboard the International Space Station to watch drag and go through the paces to be lofted into orbit on Falcon 9 something we've been waiting for for years seeing it come to fruition I'm still grappling with doing this with you today yeah absolutely Dan you know they could have feedback Danna okay I can't step on the crew that's yeah but you know it there are some really great words there from all the flight control teams about how this was a joint partnership between NASA and SpaceX I think everyone is over the moon here at SpaceX for for this Bob and Doug have got to be excited and and now back back to business to get the vestibule ready to go and then get them onboard the station so again thank you for following us please please continue to watch as Gary takes over for the hatch opening portion and keep following our social media for more updates on what's happening with edge open Thank You Shiva thank you dan what an incredible flight for a bobbin Doug lifting off just yesterday and now in space attached to the International Space Station some kind words all over after docking at 9:16 a.m. Central and a hard mate just 11 minutes later we're still not done here we're going to take you through the pressurization sequence and eventually hatch opening of the International Space Station excellent good context we still have a lot of work to do here we're going to pressurize the vestibule and eventually get spacex dragon with an update from bob it looks like white tooth on the leg zipper as well we'll take a close look if we can see anything else that might have resulted in that lower leak check pressure copy really appreciate the report thank you team's behind me we'll be configuring the dragon and the international space station to welcome Bob and Doug aboard first of course the international space station attitude control control moment gyros really holding the dragon in place through the hard capture sequence we'll start enabling those thrusters and pressurizing the best fuel it'll take about an hour until we're able to get the hatch open the teams here in Mission Control Houston orbit two led by flight director Zeb Scoville will be taking us through that process aboard the International Space Station commander Chris Cassidy standing by in node two right in front of that is the pressurized mating adapter he recently opened up the hatch to introduce some of the station air and mix it get a nice mix in there avoiding some co2 pockets that hatch you see just beyond Chris Cassidy there is normally closed he was able to open it a little bit earlier today mix some of that cabin air and I get rid of those co2 pockets make sure it's all clean and ready for Bob and Doug he closed it shortly after just to make sure no fat or foreign objects anything were to float in there that would inhibit any hatch opening process today one of the process one of the next milestones for Chris Cassidy will be to open up that hatch he's got some cameras you see placed within that node we'll get some good views of the hatch opening and welcoming Bob and Doug here in just about an hour a big moment in history today May 31st 2020 just on the other side of that hatch Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley have successfully arrived at the International Space Station so a couple of milestones to get through before we can open up that hatch it's going to take some time first pressurizing the vestibule in between the station and dragon we'll bring that up to pressure it's gonna take some time for that pressure to stabilize of course that's the temperature within that vestibule it causes a little bit of Swing so we'll just wait for that to pressurize but to stabilize before opening up that hatch here at Mission Control Houston flight directors EBSCO ville welcoming the director of the NASA Johnson Space Center Mark Guyer all have a few other VIPs here in the room to welcome Bob and Doug once they get through that hatch now again this repressurization and hatch opening process is going to take some time you see now we're gonna have some intermittent losses with the communication from the international space station you're seeing now the International Space Station flight control room led by flight director Zeb Scoville just the handover of some of those audio and visual communications we'll be regaining those shortly might lose them intermittently throughout the repressurization process but the teams here will be monitoring all of the procedures again pressurizing that vestibule and eventually getting to that hatch opening from right to left they're seated you see flight directors EBSCO Valley was he who was leading the teams for both launch of Bob and Doug over at the Cape he was leading the team's here in Mission Control Houston you just saw the Johnson Space Center director mark Geyer walk off to the side seated next to Zeb Scoville Joshua kucik he is one of the members of the most recent class of astronauts the class of 2017 Canadian Space Agency astronaut went through candidate training and officially became an astronaut just recently again a few milestones to get through to that hatch opening first the International Space Station attitude control has been successfully switched from control moment gyros only control enabling some of the thrusters on the International Space Station we also just received the word that dragon is successfully receiving power and there you have it dragon is successfully receiving power from the International Space Station and dragon copies on dragging the ground that that power has been established just let us know when we should make a hard-line contract thank you for those of you just joining us you are getting a live look at NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy commander of the International Space Station doing some of the prep work to open up the hatch and get ready to welcome Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley aboard the International Space Station they launched successfully yesterday at 2:22 p.m. Central time 322 p.m. Eastern and docked successfully with a contact and captured just a little bit ago at 9:16 a.m. Central time 1016 Eastern now some of the milestones to get that hatch open and have already taken place first attitude control for some of the docking sequence for the initial contact and capture attitude control was on Russian thrusters that was moved to control moment gyros for hard mate making sure that everything lined up and we got those ready to hook indicators green before driving those hooks the attitude control has since been switched to enable some thrusters on the International Space Station we did get confirmation of good power being delivered from ISS to the internet to the dragon next will be to test some hard line communication between dragon and the International Space Station dragon and station dragon incision it's Houston calling on the big loop we're prepared and getting ready to transition the column system to hardline now which time we're going to do a couple column checks we just want to make sure everybody's on board with that and aware so dragon first maybe let me know if you hear this and if your go with that plan Houston I never on the big loop we had you loud and clear Houston station cop using clickers okay endeavour on station we have out and clear on RF right now we are putting it in work now so transitioning comm system to hardline and we'll call you back for voice checks momentarily this is Mission Control Houston the voice you just heard was Capcom Joshua COO trick from here in Mission Control Houston were laying through the big loop that's integrated communications with Dragon and the international space station just taking us through those procedures until we get to hatch opening now there's an umbilical connection with a dragon connecting dragon to the International Space Station we did get good confirmation that power is flowing from the International Space Station to Dragon next we'll be proceeding with some of the communications checks the big loop established on the c2v2 common communications for visiting vehicle through some of the last legs of the rendezvous and docking of Dragon to the International Space Station will switch that over to hard line communications testing that out here shortly we're gonna get some good views of station today you see Chris castor you working inside no - just on the other side is the hatch that hatch is separating between the International Space Station and the pressurized mating a tap adapter one more hatch to go after that that hatch opens up to the dragon hatch with Bob bankin and Doug Hurley on the other side just surrounding Chris Cassidy from this view you can see a series of cameras we're gonna get some great views from node 2 there on the left a couple of high-definition cameras on the right a 360 VR camera part of an initiative to engage viewers and provide views that from the International Space Station that have never been seen before we'll get to see some of those 360 degree views later after they're configured and stitched on the ground now being recorded during this historic moment today may 31st 2020 affirmative we are on the same page those steps in the execution note are all that's needed it worked you're getting a live look at Chris Cassidy aboard the International Space Station just in front of him is that 360 degree camera he's got a camera situated all over no two pointing right towards that hatch on the other side will be a welcoming Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley after pressurization of the vestibule and will be start beginning a hatch opening after that here we got the m10 opened Chris another handover of communication from the tracking and data relay satellites providing video and audio communication from the international space station now integrated with the dragon dragon power still looking towards some of those hard line communication checks again we'll lose communication intermittently as the international space station flies 269 statute miles [Music] regaining some of that video from International Space Station Chris Cassidy given the go to open that node to forward hatch again he opened it a little bit earlier today to allow some of the station air to mix into the pressurized mating adapter there it is now again it's there's a few more hatches to open until we are able to welcome Bob and Doug aboard the International Space Station you're looking through the hatch into the pressurized mating adapter there's another hatch down there through the pressurized mating adapter that opens up to the international docking adaptor there was zero zero on DP DT and then no two ford hatch is open and cuz we copy note to forward arch open now we concur you go for the next yellow activity that's your 1515 activity it's step two in two decimal 1:02 crew dragon eyes this arrival through hatch opening basically you're going to cycle to a pass equalization valve and dragon SpaceX on dragon de ground if desired reference procedure for decimal for zero zeros to monitor astral pressurization and copies for small picnics draggin on dragging the grass for 4.01 - we've completed up to section five and we've got a timer started for one hour lobby completed through section five and your suits are drying and you have started a timer for one hour with that do we have your permission to come back on board give you a get back on board we copy we are go to come back on board and with that you are go to perform sections one through three of four decimal four hundred we do recommend deferring your step 2.1 for the waste system flush until closer to hatch opening in section 3 as you are performing your inventory please collect all your food and water bottle trash and consolidate it into the two trash bags within their common bags in location 18 you will transfer the plastic bags containing this trash to ISS for disposal during a scheduled activity after ISS ingress and do note that you are welcome to defer this inventory until after you your meal is scheduled her right about now okay Anna if you could give us five minutes before you come back on board we do have some clothing config to complete understand we've got to go for sections 1 2 & 3 of 4 dot 400 and we will consolidate our trash into the bags provided in location 18 and will defer the waste configuration section 2 a 4 dot 400 until it gets closer to hatch opening stationary copy one 5:07 before coming on board hold it straight if we don't perform interest ready thanks Anna this is Mission Control Houston you're listening to crews onboard the International Space Station and Dragon prepare for opening the hatch you're saying Chris Cassidy aboard the International Space Station already opened the hatch to the pressurized mating adapter just below that hatch way you see at the center of the screen here on the other side of the hatch is the hatch way to the International docking adaptor on the other side of that the recently docked crew Dragon vestibule pressurization is underway this will equalize the pressure between dragon and the International Space Station once it does come up to pressurization it will take some time to equalize that pressure because of the temperature difference in the vestibule just take some time to stabilize its Houston calling you on hard line now for a voice check how do you read endeavour Houston calling spaced around to buy a hard line now for voice Jackie Rita is a moisture hot leaders counting one two one one two two one two three one two four one two five patience with the volatile and station used to not do Anatoly we hear you loud and clear we're going to swap a couple minor things here and try dragging again we're just still trying to get calm with dragons down by one leader counting 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 2 4 1 2 5 and station Houston on do everybody will just stand by for a few minutes we're going to try to raise dragon by another me instantly and endeavour it's houston : on dragging a ground one we're trying to reach you by a hard line just not sure if you're making if you're receiving it or not let us know at your convenience and Houston from endeavour we're hearing quite a bit of go on the other loop that appears to be connected it's unintelligible but we do have you loud and clear on the dragon ground and endeavour Houston on dragon aground thanks for that very helpful we'll take a look and we have you loud and clear I'm driving the ground as well so we're gonna we're going to continue to work it and try to give you a call back in the next few minutes on hardline never copy thanks this is Mission Control Houston working through the steps to pressurize the vestibule we did a confirmation that vestibule pressurization was underway we do have power flowing from the International Space Station to Dragon after it docked for a contact and captured 9:16 a.m. Central Time 1016 a.m. Eastern just earlier this morning a few other milestones to reach we need a good audio communication hard-lined through the umbilical where dragon is currently docked on the other side of that hatch providing now power just making sure those hard line communications are intact working through that as we count down towards the milestones of opening that hatch basics dragging on dragging the ground go ahead yeah in section 1 of 4 dot 400 the tablet state of charge our 66 for Doug's and 32 for mine copies 6 6 for Doug 3-2 for Bob and we have your permission to come back on board this video now go ahead and come on board we just may have to take it down at some point as you might imagine but to come on board sounds great station Houston on three four Chris your convenience but just an update on the comm status so go ahead tell we've running down some minor issues trying to get hardline established so we're working not here and we're going to be really tempting the context as soon as we think we're going a heads-up on that and then regarding the stuff just get a heads I was going to pass along to do the tear down from steps three and four on the approach monitoring but I just saw it go gray so have you done that already just one second which one is that maybe I fingers are wrong Chrissy yeah no it's it's subtle so it's in the execution note for Dragon approach monitoring as we were monitoring dragon earlier in the day and down in the execution note or the teardown steps I'm here in the cupola right now I'll take care of it it's not great but in momentarily we'll be so it's good and I'm also hearing on that that we have done on the ground steps one through four so it's just five and six look free and not tear down procedure copy that I shot three steps five and six are complete material copy Chris thanks for that and just about to hit the button and reattempt the hard line checks with dragon huh ok cubby endeavor endeavor it's Houston calling by a hard line voice Jack how do you read and station standby endeavour this is a call for endeavour by a hard-line voice check how do you read Houston endeavour completely unreadable it's skipping pretty badly and endeavor it's Houston on dragon aground we heard you all I loud and clear understand we're still broken we're working and thanks to the patience we got Josh that's exactly the case Thanks taking the same wish how did my conscience 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 2 4 1 2 5 and station on two for Anatole Anatole we're hearing you loud and clear in Houston we seem to have an issue still with com2 dragons so or just have you stand by I'll let you know one are ready to retry thanks for your patience okay cool no mr. Vong hey fix the dragon on dragon to ground for a timeline tag up go ahead yeah Anna we're managing the collection of the used water bottles and other items as well as our meal and just looking to understand a little bit better how closely were to a hatch opening or another timeline milestone we're kind of running to the end of the tablet here with a meal 5 that started about I don't know 25 minutes ago or so and so I just wanting to understand how much time we've got in front of us in Dragon SpaceX we estimate we are about an hour to dragon hatch opening copy that Anna thanks for those words it just helps us manage getting things done and looks like you guys are on board welcome aboard I guess the integrated space station now huh indeed thank you so much we're excited to be here endeavour Houston calling overhead line for a voice check how do you read us now you see nor station from endeavor I'm not sure the location of that last call but still quite a bit of a skipping and unreadable an endeavor it's Houston loud and clear on dragging the ground we heard your response we're in the same situation we're hearing you you're not hearing us we have one more troubleshooting item that we're going to put in work now and so we'll give that a try and then maybe call it for the day well let you know endeavour copies thanks Houston endeavor endeavour Houston calling by a hard line for a final voice Jeff do you have us now he's didn't dragon on the big loop that was a an improvement but it's still completely unreadable endeavour Houston on dragon to ground one we were still hearing you five-by-five understand it was slightly improved and were you able to read me at all or is it is it unuseful yeah it was a slight improvement but it's still unintelligible almost every word that there was maybe one word that you could have sort of figured out but that was about it okay thank you for the feedback first time obviously and we think we're running into some interference issues but we'll continue to take a look we copy Thanks this is Mission Control Houston if you're tuning into our coverage you're getting a live look at the International Space Station flight control room hearing a lot of communications from the international space station both from the space station side over space to ground NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy International Space Station commander setting up for the hatch opening you can see a series of cameras scattered around ready to capture the best views of Bob and Doug coming through that hatch we did get confirmation just shortly that we did have good pressurization of the vestibule it'll be about 10 minutes to perform a series of leak checks again that pressure needs to stabilize the thermal conditions make it swing just a little bit so just waiting for that to stabilize before those leak checks are finalized that underway within the next 10 minutes we do have communications settled in the hard-line connection between International Space Station and Dragon you can see from the inside of Dragon now the crew daf tour took off their suits just getting a few things packed up before they eventually open up the hatch after that pressurization is equalized between space station and Dragon endeavour Houston calling for a voice jackal typically pre-transition back to RF so back to our Hut ears he's been dragging on them Houston dressing a big loop was that for us yeah informative endeavour Houston we transitioned back to RF because we still had the interference over hardline so we're back on RF now and just want to make sure we add you we've got you loud and clear on Nora loud and clear as well we're just going to leave it here for now thank you here's a live look from inside the crew dragon you're seeing Bob Behnken and Hurley just preparing the inside of dragon they have doffed or taken off their suits the pressurization between space station and Dragon is complete they just need to perform some leak checks make sure that pressure is stable before they actually open the hatch team is working together on the ground International Space Station flight control room and the flight control room in Hawthorne to get that big loop communication configured so everyone can hear each other through this process figured out a workaround using RF connection this is Mission Control Houston if you're just joining us you're getting a look inside the crew dragon that was Bob banquette seated on the right side the pilot seat or the Joint Operations mission commander seat for demo two he and Doug Hurley the commander of the spacecraft just preparing the inside putting away some trash they just doff their suits and right now just waiting for the pressure to equalize between the International Space Station and Bob and Doug just two hatches really separating them from the inside of the orbiting complex aboard International Space Station commander Chris Cassidy has been outfitting node two it's the first node once you cross over some of the hatch ways there it is you can see some of the cameras positioned around to capture the crew coming in to the International Space Station much of that work completed at this point really at this point is waiting for good leak checks between station and Dragon patience little space to bounce through for Chris and the ISIS experience there are three hey Chris were not being good connection between SSC 25 in the camera we're coming up on a handover a reboot of the C 25 three five basics dragon on dragon to ground for inventory I am here and ready to copy okay Anna we'll start with a location nine from bag 203 removed three water bottles copy three bottles removed from bag to 0-3 good read back from location we removed from each bag 207 Oh so six water bottles in total and Dragons basics you were pretty broken on that call but I think I copied it three bottles from each egg to 0-7 and to 0-8 is that correct that is a good read back Hanna for location 11 one dinner from bag three one seven one breakfast from bag three one five and one lunch from bag three one six there are several copy1 dinners from the 31 of their own breakfast from three one five one lunch from one set interested but they're all everything like it was taken has been sent down that's a good read back and location twelve one dinner from back three two one one breakfast from bag three one nine and one lunch from back three two zero I copy one dinner from three two one one breakfast from a319 one lunch from three one zero am I correct to conclude all of this includes your consumption from the lunch that you just completed that's correct Anna we've finished eating and the lunch we just completed is a good complete list of what I've read down to you so far the only thing we have remaining is the flush of the waste system here and we'll do that with a water bottle and report when we do that a little bit later copy that sounds like a perfect plan thank you so much okay with that that's the extent of our inventory all else is per the packing plant copy all else from her the packing plan this is Mission Control Houston you've seen Chris Cassidy International Space Station commander do much of the set up but he does have two crew members on board both Russian cosmonauts next to him right now is a von Wagner rookie space flier that was on the same Soyuz spacecraft that Chris Cassidy launched on from the Baikonur cosmodrome just a little more than a month ago also on board is russian cosmonaut anatoly ivanishin this is Mission Control Houston we are coming up on almost two hours since the crew dragon made contact and was captured by the at the International Space Station's Forward international docking adaptor that happened at 9:16 a.m. Central 10:16 a.m. Eastern still working through some of those milestones equalizing the pressure between Dragon and International Space Station verifying some of the communications and of course you see Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley inside continuing to prepare the inside of their vessel before they make their way inside the orbiting complex SpaceX dragon on dragon the ground mind taking back cameras down for just a few minutes here you will put that in once and let you know one this is Mission Control Houston you heard the call from Bob Behnken Joint Operations mission commander of the demo2 mission taking down some of those video feeds we're still waiting for some of those milestones to pass before actually opening the hatch the dragon crew continuing to get themselves ready before opening the hatch Chris Cassidy on the other side just preparing some of the camera views making sure everything's set they're done even a little bit ahead of time we do have confirmation that there is a good data connection path between dragon and the International Space Station some of those checks underway next coming up on two hours since docking at 9:16 a.m. central 1016 mm a.m. Eastern we see a good connection between the SSD and the camera and we're just performing the calibration now we'll start recording shortly thanks dragon SpaceX we have gone exterior with the cameras dragon Kaffee stinks this is Mission Control Houston again you're getting a look at the inside of the International Space Station that's a NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy commander of expedition 63 continuing to get some of those cameras configured for hatch opening many milestones already passed after docking at 9:16 a.m. Central almost two hours ago at this point at the time of docking the International Space Station was on Russian thrusters at the after contact and capture was moved over to control moment gyros stabilisation and attitude control now back to its standard configuration of thrusters and control moment gyros after an umbilical connecting dragon to the International Space Station was established we did get confirmation of a good power flowing from the International Space Station to dragon dragon now relying on station power we did get confirmation of of good data transmission and of course the teams here on the ground both here in Houston and in Hawthorne troubleshooting some of the communication to make sure that is ready to go prior to hatch opening pressurisation between International Space Station and Dragon brought up to the same pressure 14.7 the same we would find here on earth leak checks are next to confirm the can the pressure state is stabilized between the two vehicles you see the hatch just on the other side of Chris Cassidy there that's the hatch to the pressurized mating adapter there's two more hatches once you go down that hatch way one is to the international docking adaptor and the other is the hatch of Dragon itself they sex dragon with a couple of questions I am here and ready to copy hey Anna we show about an hour and 11 minutes since we started drying the suits just to let you know that and then the other thing is we can put 4 decimal 400 section 2 and work if you think we have some time before we get the hatch open we copy you are go to stop drying your suits and turn off that suit fan at this time let me get you words on that waste system plush well shut the ESU fan off him in dragon SpaceX we are about a half hour prior to hatch open so you are go to do that way system flush if that sounds good to you at this time okay we may give it a few minutes if it's going to be 30 minutes until hatch opening we may want to use it just one more time so yeah we may hold off for another 10 minutes or so but let us know if anything changes otherwise we'll do it then totally reasonable sounds like a good plan Thanks and dragon Houston on dragon to ground we're still working calm issues she's going to take down the big loop now will maintain you on drag on the ground we'll call you when we have hard line back in one second Chris dragon copy Houston thanks go ahead Chris service talking to dragon I'm just looking ahead at that at the PA of nth and I know it says videos through the note note 2 and space-to-ground - up and down it would only take me about one minute to change back over to the encoder and go do calm the normal way that we do piao events if that's something that's preferred it really is super fast and I can go get it that way and that config real quick if you need it later copy Chris yeah copy thanks for that we'll offer it up don't let you know if we have want to want to go that way I mean obviously not urgent or important just starting out there station here on three for Chris Khan Khattak go ahead we just wanted to clarify from your last comments we show it as being in the standard config whereby you're going to be coming down over the camcorder HD mic and we'll be going up over spaced around - and that's what we're intending did you maybe just we might have missed your intent in your previous remarks as I would be out of mind I had like we do all other pa-o events we talk we hold the handheld microphone that is going through the clip on my transmitter to the clip on to the to the through the camera and then the audio comes down through the encoder that's how we typically do is peel events so I could go back to that config if you need super fast or if you want to do it this way where where we're talking on space you're going to that's fine too I don't care just throwing it out there because it's a different telling than we normally do PA elements so much and just to be clear well when the configure it now is the note2 camera is not connected to the encoder as as you probably know so so all I would do is just plug the cable back into the encoder and switch back over to the nominal no.2 camcorder and curse that that is clear the camera needs to be plugged into the encoder so it's what you're saying is what we need we don't know where it where it got swapped up but the camera should definitely be plugged in to the encoder and audio is coming down via that encoder okay so yeah we'll just use it on the I guess is what I was thinking is going back to one without a battery and not be dependent on the battery and going back over to the nominal cable which includes power I just get a little leery about luck relying on these batteries chappie we have photo TV online so we're talking to them on the phone right now so my station used on three four Chris microphone and the freefloat camera both connected to the encoder does that clear it up you want the free flow camera and will use the handheld microphone through the ATU help y'all not no problem I think we're just I'm not communicating no pun intended but I think we're a good config now and we won't I won't swap over to the to the nominal no to camera now my Chris they should do so through Christmas if you're still there we think we're we still have it backwards I see you look yeah I see in the video now so we still have kale on the line sorry for the confusion but I think this much is clear this morning we moved cameras that we swapped the cameras that were connected to the encoder what we want now we're getting video from the free folk camera through the encoder so that's good we're seeing it right now what we need just relaying here is your lapel mic that has to go through that new freefloat camera and so that your mic runs connects to the free-flow camera and then that audio comes down through the encoder so that makes sense that's how that's the configured sin right now that's all perfect the the only benefit I guess I didn't initially make it clears is if I switch back to the normal cable in the normal camera we're not dependent on a battery power on the camera I just am worried that throughout this whole event we're gonna also my battery's gonna go out I go back to the dog spacex dragon on dragging the ground for complete with four point zero one two to this repo camera all the way into the dragon which i didn't don't think we could do with the other cable so what up my thought was after we're doing all of the ingress stuff and we switch gears to appeal ceremony where we're standing right in front of hatch we could have actual power to the camera but it's really no big deal what I'll do is I'll just have got a couple batteries on standby and I'll just make sure there's a fresh battery right before we start that the aioli okay Chris so it took so long but I'm up 100% with you and copy 100% on the battery concerning the word we're getting here is we would like to run it in the configure that it's in right now now we copy on the better config great idea to have a few spares nearby but we think it's going to last throughout the whole event okay and station you spin on three for Chris with that out of the way you have a go when able for your 1615 activity 16:15 that's your go for steps three and four into decimal 102 crew dragon ISS arrival okay 16:15 activity in work endeavour Houston calling on hardline for a voice check endeavour Houston calling by a hard line for a voice check I wasn't clear how was hey endeavour Houston we have you loud and clear on hard line great news all congrats sounds like we got it at least somewhat sorted out a primary concur we think we might have found it interference between c2v2 in the hard-line system but we're going to a case they keep it here for now and proceed down the timeline never copies I used to numb three-hit can you back me up on that big PDT well we were checking station Houston on to Chris dp/dt is good you're going to continue this is Mission Control Houston you're looking at the inside of the International Space Station what you were hearing before were just some of the audio and video checks just making sure that everything synced up so that we give the best views and the best audio possible for when Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley come through that hatch we're working towards the hatch opening now you can see Chris Cassidy down the pressurized mating adapter that hatch will open up to the International docking adaptor on the other side is the dragon hatch Cassidy working through those procedures after pressure equalization was complete now expecting around the order of 10 to 15 minutes maybe and so we finally get that hatch open so we'll stand by keep those views coming from the inside of the International Space Station to welcome Bob and Doug aboard this is Mission Control Houston you're looking at the live view of the inside of the International Space Station flight control room a team here orbit two team led by flight director Scoville is working through the intricate process of making sure everything is ready to hope open the hatch and welcome Bob bacon and Doug Hurley aboard the International Space Station it's been a journey so far to get to this point more than two hours ago made contact and capture with the International Space Station was the dragon vehicle the crew Dragon vehicle with Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley aboard 9:16 a.m. central 10:16 a.m. Eastern - 104 105 here and then did he go to come back on for in dragon SpaceX you're pretty broken in that previous call stations because also I totally adore them think you're being summoned the Russian crew and Dragon SpaceX I was told to proceed with you can you please repeat your last yeah and I just wanted to double-check with you to make sure you had copied our last and that we were still good on that estimated timer that you gave us for 30 minutes looks like we've got about 10 minutes left we'd like to pick up in section 2 of 4 dot 400 second this is Mission Control Houston Chris Cassidy opens the hatch to the International docking adaptor 11:37 a.m. Central time station end dragon flying together 267 statute miles over the South Pacific this is a view from the camera at the forward end of dragon until dragon hatch open and the ape asshat who was just opened again 1137 a.m. central the hatch to the International docking adapter was open you see Chris Cassidy they're poking his head in that's the camera at the forward end of the dragon now only one hatch separating Bob Behnken Doug Hurley from Chris Cassidy who you're seeing here from those dragon views expected time to open that hatch is about 20 minutes from now will report that time to you and expect to do a welcome ceremony at 12:15 a.m. Central Time 1:15 p.m. Eastern that'll welcome Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley aboard the International Space Station as part as the expedition 63 crew will get to hear some words from them and have some VIPs here in Mission Control Houston to provide words to the teams that oversaw the entire mission and the crew aboard the International Space Station choking no condensation thanks dragon spacex on dug in the ground contact like in the ground how us a little choppy how me you are loud and clear we'll put section 2 of 4 decimal 400 can work we copy all thank you and please give Anatoly a halt on the gloop okay we'll call Anatoly on the big loop and I'd also like to report two bottles of water consumed from location nine bag 2:04 location nine bag 2:04 and to confirm that was for the waste system flush one for the waste system Chris Cassidy removing that removing that target from the a pass hatch docking interface on the big loop for Anatole from endeavour they're gonna same voice check how do we be counting 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 2 4 1 2 5 that's only endeavour has you loud and clear now copy copy system and they have all their do to hear your voice they're gonna somehow to hit me adding clear okay Susan turn off your system and all players from using that complete click on character thank you this is Mission Control Houston those comm checks within the international space station between the dragon crew chris cassidy and on the other side of the international space station the russian segment russian cosmonaut anatoly ivanishin completing those voice checks you can see cassidy continuing to outfit the hatch is clearing the space and providing some padding and removing that docking target from the a pass hatch so I copy that the waste system flushes in work and two more bags were consumed from location nine bag 204 and that includes the water used for the waste system flushes at all correct from bag 204 one of which bob is in the process of consuming and the other will be for the waste flush that is correct perfect thanks for clarifying and secondly do we have your permission to come back on board with video negative we're going to need about two minutes we're just wrapping up ops here right now copy two more minutes we will await your confirmation thank you still getting views from the infrared camera that's located right at the center of the dragon hatch looking at Chris Cassidy International Space Station commander outfitting that hatch getting ready for Bob and Doug to arrive you're hearing communications over dragging the ground that was a Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on the other side of that hatch inside the crew Dragon vehicle finishing up their operations on the inside for that hatch opening expected in about 10 to 15 minutes again it's been a process to get to this point just about two and a half hours ago docking to the International Space Station was Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley aboard the first American commercial American vehicle to dock to the International Space Station with crew aboard again we're expecting about 10 to 15 minutes to open up that hatch one more hatch separating Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley from the inside of the International Space Station still looking at Cassidy doing some of the prep work for that hatch we'll get some great views that Cassidy set up over the past few hours to capture this historic moment today be sure to stay tuned in at 12:15 p.m. Central Time 1:15 p.m. Eastern we'll start a welcome ceremony officially welcomed welcoming Bob Megan and Doug Hurley aboard the International Space Station to join the expedition 63 crew just basics dragon on dragging the ground go ahead Anna you're clear to come on work copy clear to come on board and thanks for your patience with the come we are at an orientation that's creating some blockage to receive your common target around yeah we figured that with it no problem that's part of the deal Chris Cassidy giving a wave eagerly await awaiting Bob and Doug to come aboard just behind them you see anatoly ivanishin and yvonne vogner russian cosmonauts of expedition 63 standing by will be able to come aboard dragon here in a second some views from the crew dragon we're in a short handover of those communications from the international space station video and audio should be regaining them momentarily anatoly ivanishin and the foreground there Chris Cassie continuing the prep work for opening up the hatch there again the pressurized mating adapter hatch you see there in the foreground is open the a pass hatch to the international docking that there is open just one more and that's the hatch of Dragon the crew dragon vehicle the sensation space-to-ground to station is ready for dragon hatch Equalization station Houston copies dragon call ready when you're when you're able Houston dragon go ahead and dragon houston just looking to confirm that you're ready for how to Equalization we are ready as long as SpaceX is ready okay station and endeavor stand by for Equalization we're putting it in work expected equalization time four minutes Beijing copies never counties this is Mission Control Houston we're continuing to equalize the pressure of that last hatch behind that hatch is Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley aboard the crew Dragon spacecraft we are moments away from opening the hatch and welcoming and welcoming them aboard the International Space Station this is Mission Control Houston if you're just tuning in we are standing by for confirmation of the hatch opening between the International Space Station and the crew Dragon - to the crew dragon seeing Doug Hurley through the glass on the other side and there's Bob Behnken still equalizing that pressure between crew dragon and International Space Station just moments away dragon SpaceX on big loop you are go for hatch opening per the decal followed by the remaining actions in your procedure four decimal four zero zero I can copy this go for a hatch opening and remaining steps and for decimals four zero zero and with that the hatch is open 12:02 p.m. Central Time 102 p.m. Eastern Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley opened the hatch to the International Space Station after launching from American soil on a u.s. vehicle for the first time in nine years the first time ever for a commercially built spacecraft if you're just tuning in the hatches are open between dragon and the International Space Station International Space Station commander Chris Cassidy now talking with Doug Hurley and Bob bank and aboard the crew Dragon spacecraft that hatch open at 12:02 p.m. central 102 p.m. Eastern they fix dragon on the piglet the hatches open in five decimal five four decimal four zero zero how counting my coffee hatch is open it's great to hear Thanks and SpaceX Dragon in five decimal nine we're going to exit out a four decimal four zero zero and transition to two decimal one zero two crew dragon is s arrival through the hatch opening I copy with that I understand you are complete with four decimal four zero zero and will follow along with you as you transition to the ISS procedure this is Mission Control Houston the crew of demo 2 just performing a few close out duties the hatches aren't open through our open 12:02 p.m. Central Time we're moments away from the dragon crew aboard demo 2 - to enter the International Space Station it'll be the first time that Americans will enter the International Space Station on a rocket launched from US soil built by an American company the first time ever Americans will enter from a commercially built spacecraft use it on space you're onto for Chris when you're able were just looking for a quick voice check on the mic the station's fish friend - go ahead Chris we're open we could voice check the mic just before starting the PA o of n okay copy that didn't dragon on the big loop and six points step six point one of two decimal 1 0 2 pi MV duct installation is complete go for IM beat an activation [Applause] missing copies go for iron be found activation that's in work if you're just tuning in you're getting a live look station Houston on to two things Chris we did hear you over the PA o side of things that was a good voice check we might ask you for one more and then for the dragon crew you also have a go for six decimal three that's opening the location to three and checking for debris dragon copies six three and works if you're just tuning in you're getting a live look on the left of your screen as a look inside the crew Dragon on the demo - mission on the right the International Space Station Bob bacon we are ready for six point four and section for the Lyle instructions head station we copy dragon crew you are go at 6.4 it works this is Mission Control Houston you're getting a live look at the inside of the International Space Station losing video communication from the international space station it will only be momentary we'll have those views back to see Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley enter the International Space Station when they do it would be the first time that humans will enter through this hatch for the first time in nine years I dragon so we had to get had to load the procedure from my iPod and handing into them so that's just a little longer we copy Christmas station Houston on to for Chris when convenient Piero requests an additional voice check through the mic I think Chris we're not here in un MCC we are currently getting it through the PA oh just endless this video is working to come we config I'll call you if we're ready for another check you've been in SpaceX endeavour in six decimal five Lyle cartridges filled in and stalled face of Cuddy's station Houston on two four Chris we wanted you to confirm that the mic is in channel one it needs to be in channel one a thought here is that it could have been bumped over there too of course we see a try and we're still not here in the NMCC who are working on and Chris nothing in MCC we see a trying the word here is that as long as that is in channel one any problems past that point are on our end so we're looking into it we'll be right back to you station Houston we're ready for another voice check through the mic station used to we have you loud and clear through the mic thank you SpaceX dragon on the big loop in seven decimal one space X here okay Anna in seven decimal one it appears that the ABV inner Bravo is open as well as the PTR VI so valve I papi that ABV inner Bravo appears to be open as well as PP r VI so valve a lot to close if you're given that call yes we are good with that call and appreciate the status thank you this is Mission Control Houston if you're just tuning in hatches were open at 12:02 p.m. Central Time we are moments away from Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley entering the International Space Station again this is Mission Control Houston moments away from Bob and Doug entering the International Space Station shortly after they entered the we will conduct a welcome ceremony there will be VIPs here in Mission Control Houston thicker one visually now we are in eight guests of all three for both SpaceX and Houston Dragon arrival configuration is complete SpaceX copies all valves appear closed visually now and arrival configuration complete excellent to hear Justin copies and with that endeavor welcome to the International Space Station please come aboard never copies with pleasure we'll be there in a second we have Bob Behnken from SpaceX demo2 mission entering the International Space Station followed by that early [Applause] and station Euston we see yeah and it's a great looking photograph so thanks for that's down by one we'll call you when we're ready for the event the next few seconds got a whole bunch of very happy and grateful people making their way into MCC right now demo2 crew now board the International Space Station they entered at 12:22 p.m. Central Time this station at the time was 262 statute miles overtook menaced and crew all gathered in front of the cameras at the node to forward end of the International Space Station just behind them as the hatch way to the crew Dragon on this demo - mission we're standing by for a welcome ceremony will have VIPs here in Mission Control Houston ready to greet the crew and station we're just about ready to start luck that station it's Houston on space-to-ground to confirm that you were ready for the event using this station we are ready for the event caveat and sir administrator Brighton Stein welcome to MCC please call station for a voice check station this is the NASA Administrator can you hear me we hear you loud and clear sir welcome to the space station thank you Chris it's good to see you and welcome to Bob and Doug I I will tell you the whole world saw this mission and we are so so proud of everything you have done for our country and in fact to inspire the world we sure appreciate that sir it's obviously been our honor to be just a small part of this we have to give credit to SpaceX the Commercial Crew program and of course NASA it's great to get the United States back in the crewed launch business and we're just really glad to be on board this magnificent complexed some VIPs with us here and I'm sure they have some questions that they'd like to ask you but I have one of my own before I turn it over and I just wanted to find out if you guys got any sleep on your way up there the last I'd say I get 19 hours did you guys get any sleep yeah I think a lot of folks in Hawthorne we're asking the same question sir but we did get probably a good seven hours or so opportunity for sleep and I did succeed at sleep and I did as well so the first night is always a little bit of a challenge but the dragon was a slick vehicle and we had good airflow and so we had a excellent excellent evening and just excited to be back in low-earth orbit again amazing well one of the people that is here with us today is Senator Ted Cruz and of course he's a huge advocate of America's space program and he's been you know somebody who has helped us so much as we transition from one administration to the next administration and the reason missions like this can have success is because of continuity of purpose and Senator Ted Cruz was a leader on a bill called the American the NASA transmission Authorization Act and because of that we have had a lot of political support and we're very grateful for his leadership senator Cruz would you like to say a few words well congratulations gentlemen the eyes of the world are upon you and everyone is proud of you all of the America is watching you and today and yesterday represents big big days we're looking at a decade since we've had American astronauts launched on an American ship from American soil and I can tell you I sat with my wife and kids in our living room watching on TV yesterday suspect we did what just about everyone watching did including both of you we just held our breath as it took off and we're glad to see you've landed safely we glad to see you docked and so let me ask you that dragon is an amazing vehicle how to handle it flew just like it was supposed to it was a we had a couple opportunities to take it out for a spin so to speak once after we got into orbit last night and again today about 20 minutes before we docked and my compliments to the folks back at Hawthorne and SpaceX for how well it flew it is exactly like the simulator and we couldn't be happier about the performance of the vehicle well while we're on board the space station of course with the new spacecraft we do hope to put her through our paces and so the good ship endeavour is going to get a lot of a check out over the next week or two here and hopefully we'll be able to declare her operational and Doug and I will be able to take some burden off of Chris and his crewmates Ivan and totally so that we can keep the space station operating at its F peak possibilities so we're looking forward to contributing any way that we can and like I said trying to keep space station as productive as possible as a country we're in the midst of a tough week we're seeing protests we're seeing a lot of anger we're seeing violence and I have to say this launch and y'all docking is a powerful inspiration of what we can do when we come together of the power of unity the power of ingenuity and and so I guess the last question I would ask you is since you have the opportunity to address and particular all the young people in America what would you tell them in terms of what we can do when we can come together you know that's a great question nine years ago just about exactly nine years ago we docked with Atlantis sts-135 the last flight of the space shuttle program a thirty year program and folks at SpaceX folks at NASA the Commercial Crew program put their heads together and worked diligently year after year making sacrifices working hard and then nine years later American launch capability was restored and this is just one one effort that we can show for the ages in this dark time that we've had over the past several months to kind of inspire especially the young people in the United States so to reach for these lofty goals and work hard and look what you can accomplish we have another very special guest here that represents the Johnson Space Center and of course it's my good friend from the House of Representatives dr. Brian bobbin and I want to be clear he also was a big part of the NASA transition Authorization Act which gave us the continuity of purpose to make this happen today so gentlemen here is dr. Brian bobbin from the state of Texas thank you great to be with you guys I was at the law yesterday I just want to say a huge congratulations and you know there was a thunderstorm that blew in about 30 minutes or 45 minutes or so before liftoff and it was in doubt there for a minute but it was an it just an enormous achievement I just want to say thank you for you guys really appreciate what you're doing for America and the crew that's already been up there Chris and your your two fellow Russians what I want to give you a great big thank you as well I have a son who is a Navy SEAL and I want to thank you for your service there too Chris and also I would like to just see what what what I know you've said that that the the the craft the Dragon handled very well I want to see how it compares with with the space shuttle if one of you would address that I would appreciate it well thank you sir it certainly has been a long endeavor for for us and our our name ship namesake space craft we're proud to have around board the international space station after all that the teams around the country and across America have done to get us here today as far as a comparison with the space shuttle both Doug and I took a few minutes while we were accomplishing the approach and docking to in our spare time talk a little bit about it we were surprised a little bit at how smooth things were off the pad the space shuttle is a pretty rough ride heading into orbit with the solid rocket boosters and our expectation was as we continued with the flight in the second stage that things would basically get a lot smoother than the Space Shuttle did but dragon was huffing and puffing all the way into orbit and we were definitely driving or riding a dragon all the way up and so it was not quite the same ride the smooth ride as the space shuttle was up Tamiko a little bit less geez but a little bit more alive is probably the best way I would describe it anything else Doug sorry I have to apologize for actually using the term of Miko it's a little bit confusing between the space shuttle and the dragon vehicle so it's a main engine cutoff is what Miko stands for those happened at different times in flight for the two vehicles for the space shuttle that was when you were all the way in orbit for dragon that was just a little bit after two minutes and then we had the single engine cutoff for second stage when we achieved orbit so that time under the single engine under dragon with one engine was more of an experience than the the shuttle was for that six and a half minutes or so that we were under that under that second stage motor I would just like to say in fact Deb did you have something you wanted to add there I met your mother and father yesterday they're great great folks they're very very proud of their son and that's that's pretty cool hopefully they and enjoyed the launch I know for parents it can probably be pretty nerve-wracking for them to experience a launch this was their third so I'm glad everything went okay and hopefully it was a good show we have it a via Slee heard or seen any video yet but we're looking forward to seeing seeing the launch replayed some time I can assure you there was a great show it was one of the one of the treats of my lifetime I won't have to say it any other folks that were sitting there looking all across the country and even the law and I can tell you senator Cruz said we've gone through some really really rough times over the last few days and to have that successful launch you know the public-private partnership between NASA and SpaceX and you guys being so well trained and having to go off without a hitch was a tremendous blessing for our country and I can't tell you how many emails and communications I've gotten from people that who were so disturbed by what was what's been going on transpiring around the country to have the great news and the wonderful liftoff and everything going without a hitch so I just want to say God bless both of you thank you so very much bless the rest of you folks up there as well we thank our Russian partners and thank you Chris we are all in our prayers and we're looking forward to seeing you you successfully complete your mission and back on safely on earth god bless thank you very much yeah and just so you guys are aware the show was in fact spectacular the ratings on NASA TV everyone else not just some of them all of them and that includes just so everybody is aware the whole world saw this it trended number one on Twitter it was the number one thing talked about on social media in general this was this was an amazing moment and it represents a transition in how we do spaceflight from the United States of America NASA is not going to purchase own and operate rockets and capsules the way we used to we're going to partner with commercial industry for access so Earth orbit and those partnerships are going to enable our providers to get customers that are not NASA and drive down our cost and we're going to have numerous providers that are competing on cost and innovation and safety and we're going to have more access to low-earth orbit than ever before and this business model now that it's been proven on on commercial resupply of the International Space Station now Commercial Crew to the International Space Station this model is going to apply and I know senator Cruz has this mere and dear to him when we go to the moon and of course when we go to the moon it's going to be done because of the great people here at the Johnson Space Center and so many other centers across the United States of America but when we go to the moon we're going to land on the surface of the Moon with commercial Landers and of course we're very proud of the commercial lunar payload services program being managed right here out of the Johnson Space Center as well so that we can take small payloads to the surface of the moon and all of this is leading up to an amazing day where we have humans living and working for long periods of time on the surface of the Moon but doing it with a purpose and that purpose of course is to go to Mars humanity is going to explore more and be able to go further than ever before because of the public-private partnerships we all know that if the government is creating the demand and the government is creating the supply we will always be limited but when we have partners that are interested in exploring commercially and doing the things that are necessary you know to get capital investment then we're all going to end up better so I want to just say the whole world saw this this is a new era in human spaceflight and we are so grateful for the service of not just our two astronauts that embarked on this mission but the hundred thousand plus people that participate in it in this mission everything from the suppliers to the main contractors to the NASA team the SpaceX team what an amazing day for for our country and in fact for the world I'm going to turn it over for a second to my deputy Jim Moore Hart who's been a great deputy at NASA gentlemen congratulations you know Jim's mentioned going to the moon and yesterday and today one you've inspired the Artemus generation which is our next generation and that's what this is about it's really bringing the children that we've got in our grandchildren forward so they'll be the ones that are going into deep space this is the dawn of a new era and we just thank you for being at the beginning of it thank you so much it was absolutely our pleasure but it's just a huge team effort across the board from SpaceX to NASA that made this all happen we were just the lucky guys that got to fly the rocket yesterday I have a question for Chris Cassidy you know our crew here decided to to to be about three days late you got to work on overtime I presume now to get them caught up on all the activities that they missed out on any plans for him well the day they missed out on was a good one for them to skip it was Saturday housecleaning and and I but I took care of it for them we'll catch up next next weekend but in all seriousness we've got a few things to take care of tonight make sure we're all safe and we know the plan in case something bad happens and then we're looking forward to some operational stuff later in the month maybe we'll get outside and do some spacewalks and our efforts in these coming weeks will we'll be in that effort so we're all super excited to have two more crewmates to the expedition 63 team the Johnson Space Center is led by Mark Guyer and I'm going to turn it over to mark for a few comments thank you Jim and it's great to see all of you there good to see you Bob and Doug I know we we a few days ago you look a little taller than I remember you and but I also want to say how much I want to thank Anatole and Iman and of course Chris for what you guys have been doing since you all arrived and I know there's been a ton to do and you've been really busy and I appreciate that so I also like this visual of their our international partnership we have had a tremendous partnership with Ross cosmos and we will continue to do so and but I do it is nice to see crew arrive from this side of the space station so that was pretty cool after 9 years I did have one question for Chris though what might you do to ensure that Bob and Doug's stay longer do you have any strategy there well we'll slow down on the rate of which I'm eating food and maybe we can stretch out our consumables a little bit but that's a great question we'll have to come up with some conniving scheme here in the next few days all right thank you thank you guys look forward to greeting the three of you eventually back in Ellington after your work is complete thank you and of course Mark Guyer has an amazing deputy Vanessa wash if you'd like to come and say a few words thank you hi guys you look really good I just want to say on behalf of everybody here we just want to thank you it was an amazing launch and we loved seeing the docking you guys all look really good just thank you for all that you're doing and we can't wait for you to return but not too soon Station wants you to get a lot of work done so looking forward to all of that but thank you and God bless Thank You Vanessa we appreciate that Steve Jersey who is the associate administrator for the agency for people who don't know what that is that of course is the chief operating officer of the agency but he also ran the Flight Readiness review for this mission he did a really an amazing job and and I can't say enough about his leadership at the agency Steve as you'd like to say if you were to ask a few questions hey guys it is just great to see you all on the stage I can't tell you how I was my adrenalin shut down when you guys open the hatch I've just been on edge ever since ever since yesterday and the weather cleared I can't tell you how great it's been to see you on station it has been a team effort I felt like the last two years I've kind of been part of the team working through issues you know and I spent a heck of a year and a half we got demo1 and and then flight abort test and working to issues like parachutes and the extinct system and I just could not be more proud of the team for forgetting to this point it's amazing and and you obviously we've been part of that I really efficient you all showing up in Washington DC at our reviews and because the last thing we do is those roses look at you all because you guys are the risk takers and make sure you're okay with where we aren't where we're headed so I really really appreciated that really appreciate your active participation Matt and I could not be more like said more proud of the team and congratulations awesome indeed guys well thank you sir we're just proud to be a part of the team that got to bring a space flight back to the Florida coast I appreciated the comment earlier that it was nice to see a vehicle come to the forward portion of the space station but I'll tell you what that's the only way Doug and I know how to do it so thanks the team for providing it to happen our way we we appreciate that well Bob and Doug just so just here where I'm gues being given the the wrap signal Doug Doug did you have something to say before we wrap it up here no sir we're just happy to be here and Chris is gonna put us to work and hopefully we will fit in and not mess too many things up I have no doubt that you guys are going to do amazing work I just want you to know the president came to the launch and the vice president came to the launch about half the cabinet was at the launch we had members of Congress and members of the Senate from both sides of the aisle and this was an amazing moment of unity for the nation it was an amazing moment for the whole world to look up in the midst of the corona virus pandemic and some other challenges we were able to have this very very special moment where we could all look at the future and say that things are going to be brighter tomorrow than they are today and you and the NASA team and the SpaceX team gave us that opportunity and for that we are so so grateful I would also be remiss as the NASA Administrator if I didn't promote what comes next and of course this is the beginning we are now launching to low-earth orbit again but we will soon be going to the moon we will going to the moon sustainably with commercial partners and international partners we're going to use the resources at the moon to learn how to live and work for long periods of time ultimately we're going to take all of that knowledge and we're going to go to Mars and of course this time when we go to the moon we go with a very diverse highly qualified astronaut corps that includes women which is why we call the program artemis named after the twin sister of Apollo and she in greek mythology was the goddess of the moon this is the beginning there is so so so much more to come and I'm glad that our representatives of the Johnson Space Center are here because we're going to be asking them to fund this project and and what an amazing day that you guys have given us so thank you thank you thank you for not just me and the people here but from the United States of America and people all around the world I'm more popular on Twitter than I've ever been and it's because of you guys thank you get a cool on the internet using thank you very much because we also you just hold your position for a few minutes is of course a number of photos we'd like to take and then a quick note for those down here in the room to senator Cruz congressman bobbin administered or Bryden Stein director Guyer and all of our distinguished visitors thank you for your participation in today's historic event and thank you for the leadership that has enabled it station this is Houston ACR thank you that concludes our event as we count down to 20 continuous years of humans living and working on the International Space Station

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