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>> roger. >> neil armstrong confirming both the engine separation and launch escape tower separation. downrange 270 miles, altitude 82 miles. >> stand by. >> okay. >> mark. capability. >> roger. >> houston, be advise td the visual is go today. >> this is houston, roger out. >> altitude is 100 miles. down range 883 miles. outboard engine cutoff. >> and ignition. >> mission confirmed. thrust is go, 11.
>> roger, we confirm. >> neil armstrong confirming the engine separation and launch escape tower separation. down range 270 miles, altitude 82 miles. >> stand by. >> the visual is go today. >> this is houston, roger out. >> altitude is 100 miles. down range 883 miles. outboard engine cutoff. >> and ignition. >> thrust is go.
Side boosters to begin to throttle down prior to boosting engine cutoff and separation, 2:30 into flight. trajectory looks good on the "falcon heavy." >> side boosters' landing legs are deployed. >> watch that landing. there we go, tom, we showed the landing, we showed them the takeoff. i could watch that over and over and over and over again. and you know what, it happened so easily that we're tempted to say that that stuff's easy. it's not. that is really, really hard. and today we just watched history. >> i think you're absolutely right, and i was just going to ask steve that same question,...
>> fallphone propulse -- propulsion is nominal. >> fall -- falcon 9 passing through the area of dynamic pressure. 1:45 seconds after liftoff. >> t-plus 110 seconds. altitude, 2400 kilometers. >> vehicle is flying down to nominal. main engine cutoff expected at 2:41. 2:15 seconds into night now.
Fills the environment right now for the families. she's doing great. >> commander kelly begins the mission, the entire crew begins the mission. i understand he left some gifts behind. >> he did. at the main engine cutoff, which is the major milestone where they've reached orbit and a lot of the potential for early problems is gone, scott kly, mark's brother, delivered a bouquet of red tulips to gabby and red roses to his daughters claire and claudia along with some notecards. it was sweet. >> one of the conversations with the congresswoman about her prognosis of returning to congress one day? ...