LIFTOFF! SpaceX Polaris Dawn Launch

t - 15 t - 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ignition andal copy one alpha vehicle pitching down range sa one for p is [Applause] [Music] nominal t plus 35 seconds into the Polaris on Mission flying crew on board dragon and Falcon 9 to new heights power and Telemetry nominal and we're throttling down in preparation for Max [Music] Q next call out be the vehicle supers Sonic and air on the left side gotpic thumbs up from the pilot on the left side there Max Q we're throttle back up to power one Bravo and we heard the call out one Bravo One Bravo that just tells the crew what would happen uh should they need to initiate anything but right now everybody making nominal call outs on Falcon 9 nice views from the ground camera and nice view from inside dragon and back chill is underway that announcement lets us know we've begun the final chill of the second stage engine in preparation for its activity coming up at about t plus 2 minutes and 40 seconds two minutes into flight everything continues to look good we'll have in half a minute three major activities shutdown of the 9 Merlin 1dm engines stage separation Throttle 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 see we're coming up 70 km preparing for Mo main engine cut off two alpha stage separation confirmed [Applause] [Applause] cop as you can tell by the cheers behind us and the views on your screen the first stage booster now on its way to attempt landing on just read the instructions second stage there on the right hand side your screen you can see that the first stage has not yet reached its apogee you can see the altitude there lots of thumbs up there excuse me from Pilot Scott kid potit now three and a half minutes into the Polaris daon Mission first stage continuing to make its way up up up to its apy we'll see that altitude begin to slow down Dragon SpaceX trajectory nominal great news there indicating Dragon copy that the second stage trajectory is looking good now the grid fins have deployed on the first stage if we get first stage views we might be able to see the Florida coast in the background oh there right there yeah we sure can once again the our drone ship is attempting to land on U excuse me our booster is attempting to land on our drone ship just read the instructions the next event coming up will be the entry burn taking place around t plus 7 and A2 minutes this burn will utilize three of the engines on the first stage that helps to slow the booster down as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere Dragon SpaceX trajectory nominal Dragon copies following the entry burn we will see the landing burn and that'll be around t+ 9 minutes that one will be just a single engine burn and that will bring the booster down for a soft landing on our drone ship around the same time as that we expect to see Dragon um be we expect to see Dragon be injected into orbit everything continuing to look good for second stage there on the right hand side of your screen beautiful glow with that mvac engine nozzle we can see the crew settling trajectory nominal TR copy crew seems pretty comfortable there at t plus 6 minutes they're at about Four G's and everything looks good first stage continuing its descent back down to planet Earth we can see the crew remain with their visors down in the locked position that'll remain that way until they are in orbit everything continuing to look great with the second stage uh engine burn there as well as the Dragon SpaceX trajectory nominal drag copies we about 30 seconds away from the first stage entry burn this is the first of two Burns that the first stage will perform the designed to help reduce the amount of drag experienced by the first stage stage two FTS has saved all right standing by for entry burn begin on the first stage there on the left hand side of your screen and right on time you can see on your left hand screen that the entry burn has begun there's three engines lit on that first stage vehicle and this is about a 29 second burn and helps slow the vehicle down as it's re-entering the Earth's atmosphere there you can see that the engines have now shut down on that first stage that concludes the entry burn and the cool part about this uh with the stage one vehicle returning back to Earth is we get to fully utilize the atmosphere the atmosphere actually stage two is in terminal Guidance the atmosphere actually scrubs about 70% of the Velocity uh on the vehicle so we use that entry bur to help slow the vehicle down then we utilize the atmosphere uh and the drag from the atmosphere to slow the vehicle down and then we do have one single burn for the land copy Shannon and next up will be sea 1 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 shut down and 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 Cy at SpaceX and we show the scene and a lot of events happening right there but you can see that the stage one vehicle has touchdown I'll just read the instructions a very excited crowd there here in Hawthorne we've also confirmed enac engine shutdown 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 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 Zerg indicator I'm not can't quite tell if they've oh it looks like it's in the uh upper right hand corner it'll uh come back into view here once again they will keep their visors on until given the okay by uh core here on the ground at this point in time the dragon and the dragon trunk remain attached to the second stage second stage is basically safing itself um in preparation for uh the separation from the dragon trunk of course the trunk will remain attached to the Dragon capsule all the way up until the point in which we begin re-entry operations the trunk is what will help provide power to the Dragon capsule while it is on orbit using its solar arrays looks like our first clear view of planet Earth there are first of many for this mission and the next event coming up will be um the separation of the dragon from the second stage 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 [Applause] [Applause] Polaris Dawn flying free into the sunrise we're now at t+ 13 minutes and 5 Seconds into the mission next maor major event will be nose cone deploy Dragon SpaceX today you embark on a journey not just for yourselves but for all Humanity each of you has trained tirelessly and prepared rigorously for this moment some will we reach higher in the space than ever before as you gaze towards the North Star remember that your courage lights the path for future explorers We Trust in your skills your bravery and your teamwork to carry out the mission that lies ahead know that the entire team back here is with you every step watching supporting and cheering you on as you walk into space we are sending you hugs from the ground godspeed FL ston crew may you make history and come home safely now word from our c dragon CE welcome to orbit the Falcon team is honored to have helped you start your incredible journey we hope you enjoyed the ride the whole SpaceX family is looking up to you God speed and good luck LD CE uh message received we appreciate the kind words we wouldn't be on this journey without all 14,000 of you back at uh at SpaceX and everyone else cheering us on we appreciate it and we're going to get to work now