SpaceX launches Polaris Dawn astronauts to attempt world's first privately-funded spacewalk mission

5 4 3 2 1 and copy one alpha vehicle ping down range [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] 5 4 3 2 1 copy one alpha vehicle pitching down range stage one propulsion is nominal two minutes into flight everything continues to look good we'll have in half a minute three major activities shut down of the nine Merlin 1D engines stage separation and an ignition of the second stage engine Throttle Down we're holding a constant acceleration now for the crew just below 4 Gs see we're coming up 70 kilomet preparing for Mo main engine cut off two alpha stage separation confirmed copy two [Applause] alpha as you can tell by the cheers behind us and The View views on your screen the first stage booster now on its way to attempt landing on just read the instructions and next up will be sea one and that is second stage engine cut off one and that'll be on the second stage that mvac engine on your right hand screen will shut down and allow the vehicle with dragon attached to coast and back shut down there's that shut down and the landing burn on the first stage should be starting up here momentarily and there it is landing burn has begun for Dragon SpaceX nominal orbit insertion Dragon SpaceX launch Escape system disarmed C at Space X and we show the and a lot of events happening right there but you can see that the stage one vehicle has touch down on just read the instructions a very excited crowd there here in Hawthorne we've also confirmed and back engine shut down and orbital insertion of the second stage with the crew on board yeah honestly a pretty impressive crowd uh for 2:30 in the morning here we can see the crew enjoying their first taste of microgravity there on the left hand side of your screen now that the mvac engine has shut down uh they are able to uh just kind of float free we might catch a glimpse of the zerog indicator I'm not can't quite tell if they've oh looks like it's in the uh upper right hand corner it'll uh come back into view here looks like our first clear view of planet Earth there our first of many for this Mission I believe this view here is yep it's of the trunk we can see it separating from the second stage a gorgeous view we can see that Polaris separation confirmed 4 3 2 1 and copy one alpha vehicle fishing down range stage one propulsion is nominal two minutes into flight everything continues to look good we'll have in half a minute three major activities shutdown of the nine Merlin 1D engines stage separation thrott down and an ignition of the second stage engine Throttle Down we're holding a constant acceleration now for the crew just below 4 G's see we're coming up 70 kilometers preparing for Mo main engine cut off to Alpha stage separation confirmed [Music]

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