It completes its trip to space with people on board for nasa. Joining me is the Nasa Public Affairs officer. It is great to be back here for this historic milestone moment and nasas commercial crew program. Expected toome is last roughly 19 hours. That includes four departure up with burn to line the landing location, and a final burn. The trip home also includes an eight hour sleep period where both crewmembers can get some rest before arrival gone are the tomorrow after a little more than two months in space. Dragon is targeted to splash down off the coast of pensacola florida pensacola, florida at 11 48 pacific time tomorrow followed either crew getting picked up. The Mission Began on may 30 at kennedypad 39a space center and sort of. After a successful launch, the astronauts enjoyed a 14 hour flight on dragon before they came to the International Space station. Bob and doug have been doing real work aboard the station. Captain completed spacewalks and theyve also taken spectacular
Dragon visible in this view from one of the japanese cameras. [no audio] again, we are inside the undocking sequence now, good umbilical retraction and we are driving the first set of hooks. First set of hooks open and nominal. Nominal hooks on the first set. The first six hooks have completed their driving first set down, the second set is now driving and we are committed to undock. [no audio] seeing good motion on the second set of hooks, continuing to drive. This is the final set of hooks, there are six of them holding dragon into place now. Afterwards, we will conduct two undocking burns to physically separate dragon. [no audio] dragon spacex, all hooks open and nominal. All hooks open. Dragon departing. Dragon spacex separation confirmed. Physical separation, 4 35 pacific. Thrusters looking good, coming down to a nominal departure burn zero coming up shortly. [no audio] dragon spacex depart zero complete. Complete. You heard depart burn zero complete, dragon moving slightly faster
Again, the first set of hooks driving the navigation lights. Dragon visible in this view from one of the japanese cameras. [no audio] again, we are inside the undocking sequence now, good umbilical retraction and we are driving the first set of hooks. First set of hooks open and nominal. Nominal hooks on the first set. The first six hooks have completed their driving first set down, the second set is now driving and we are committed to undock. [no audio] seeing good motion on the second set of hooks, continuing to drive. This is the final set of hooks, there are six of them holding dragon into place now. Afterwards, we will conduct two undocking burns to physically separate dragon. [no audio] dragon spacex, all hooks open and nominal. All hooks open. Dragon departing. Dragon spacex separation confirmed. Physical separation, 4 35 pacific. Thrusters looking good, coming down to a nominal departure burn zero coming up shortly. [no audio] dragon spacex depart zero complete. Complete. You h
Again, first set of folks driving to navigation light. The forward end of the dragon clearly visible from this view. Again, we are inside of the undocking sequence now. Good umbilical retraction. Dragon space x, first set of hooks open in nominal. The first six hooks have completed their driving first set down. Undock. Ow committed to seeing good motion on that second set of hooks. Continuing to drive. Folks, there of are six of them holding dragon into place now. Afterwards we will conduct two undocking to physically separate dragon. Dragon spacex nominal. Dragon, departing. Dragon spacex separation confirmed. Physical separation, 435. Thrusters looking good, counting down to a nominal departure coming up shortly. Dragon spacex, complete. Are visors up. And you heard part burn zero complete, moving slightly faster way from the International Space station. That, bob and doug have concluded their stay aboard the International Space station. The station and dragon are flying 267 statue m
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