Page 4 - Human Crew News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Mission is going to look like. >> well, this is a test flight. we stress it, we test it, we would do things to this particular mission that we wouldn't do with a crew. the number one objective is we want to know that that heat shield is going to work on the fiery heat of re-entry. it is coming in hot, it is coming in fast, 32 times the speed of sound, mach 32, 5,000 degrees fahrenheit. we have to know that that heat shield works. >> yeah. >> that's the primary objective. we're doing 42 days. the part of the spacecraft's only rated to 21 days. so you see how we are stressing it in order to push...

Important to have redundancies when it comes to space travel. you never want to have your eggs all in one basket, jim. >> as they always say, space is hard. rachel crane, thanks so much. joining me now to discuss, someone who knows better than anyone perhaps, nasa administrator bill nelson joining us from nasa headquarters here in washington. good to have you, sir. >> thanks, jim. rachel did a great job, by the way, summarizing everything. >> thank you. let me ask if you have an update. do you believe this will in any way, the thruster dish -- it is still on its way to the iss. but does the th...

>> thauj for joining us live from west texas. so far a nominal flight for the second human crew so exciting. two have sent captain kirk himself william shatner to space. i can't wait to hear his commentary upon return the others. a big shoutout to those tuning in from down under. they are coming back home. the booster, of course, is going to beat the capsule back home. it is more aero dynamically spaced. what we're going to see coming up shortly is at the top of the rocket we have the ring fin, the -- there's some what we call the pie fins that extend from the ring fin as well as the drag brak...

>> thank you again everybody from joining us live from west texas. so far a phenomenal flight for our second human crew. so exciting, jackie, to have sent captain kirk himself, william shatner, to space. i cannot wait to hear his commentary upon return as well as our two customers, chris boshuizen from australia as well as glen devries and our very own audrey powers. they're coming back home. the booster is going to beat the capsule back home. it is more aerodynamically shaped, of course, at the base of the capsule. it's less aerodynamic. what we're going to see coming up shortly is at the top...

>> thanks for joining us live from west texas. a phenomenal flight for the second human crew. soexciting to send captain kirk himself william shatner to space. i can't wait to hear his commence upon return and our 2 customers chris from australia. to all of the fans from down under a big shout out and our very own audrey powers. coming back home. the booster is going to beat the capsule back home. it's shaped with a blunt end. what we will see coming up shortly is at the top of the rocket we have the ring fin. there are the pie pins that extend and the drag brace.