LIVE: SpaceX Polaris Dawn Mission Splashdown | Polaris Dawn Crew Return

[Music] [Music] [Music] good morning and Welcome to our live coverage of polar stwn Mission splash down of the North Coast of Dry Tortugas Florida in the Gulf Coast of Mexico we hope you all are doing fine and excited about the upcoming launch hello my name is dipto Mitra performing the commentary for today's Mission launch before moving to the mission details firstly on behalf of Astro yonda team we express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone for being a part of today's live stream we really appreciate you being here and to celebrate the conclusion of this iconic historic Mission big thanks to our amazing YouTube Community for being here today as we provide detailed coverage of space launches complete with extensive stats and thorough insights we are waiting for the Polaris Dawn flash down at approximately 3:36 a.m. eastern time 7:36 UTC which will mark the successful conclusion of the Polaris Dawn Mission having achieved many records during its Journey during their multi-day mission in orbit dragon and its crew reached 1, [Music] 148.16156210 Eva suits the crew also carried out around 36 research studies and experiments from 31 partner institution aimed at advancing human health both on Earth and during long duration space flight and the crew also tested Sterling's leer based Communication in space now let's have a quick recap of the mission from the start and updates we received during this five days of the mission Falcon 9 launch dragon and the crew from launch complex 39a at Nasa Kenedy Space Center in Florida to an elliptical orbit with an apoy of 1,200 km and a pry of 190 kilm on September 10th at 523 a.m. eastern time on your screen you can see a quick recap of the Snippets video Snippets we have for you to just have a nostalgic feeling of this mission right now we are seeing the crew ready for the transport to the Launchpad and we saw jar Isaac man showing a thumbs up and here we have some happy faces of the whole crew enged in the dragon spacecraft now here is an amazing view of the Falcon 9 having a lift off from launch complex 39a at nasas canedy Space Center in Florida with the crew aboard for the Polaris Dawn Mission another mesmerizing View now shortly after the lift off we saw the dragon getting separated from the second stage there also we got this amazing view of Earth in the background and dragon slowly departing from the second stage to its designated orbit so up to this much it was about the launch now shortly after the lift off the crew began a 2-day bre pre- breath protocol in preparation for their anticipated Space Walk on Thursday September 12th that is on the flight day three during this time dragon's pressure slowly lowers while oxygen level inside the cabin crew cabin increase helping Purge nitrogen from the crew's bloodstream this will help lower the risk of decompression sickness during all Space Walk operations during its first orbit Dragon reached an epoi of approximately 1,216 kilm making polar is Da the highest dragon mission flown to date on the flight day two after verification of a healthy vehicle Dragon Draco engines fired Dragon SpaceX for high apy to raise the spacecraft epoi to an altitude of 1, 14007 KM where Dragon remain for several orbits to be precise completing six orbits of the earth before Dragon performed a series of decent Burns lowering to a coasting elliptical orbit with an apoi of 738 km and a per of 190 kilom for the remainder of the mission including The Space Walk activities before preparing for the re-entry now this we saw the clip of the Draco both husters firing this was the view we got from the dragon onboard camera when the dragon was at 1, 14.7 km altitude Dragon you've soared to over 1,400 km and you're farther from Earth than any other person since the last Apollo Mission over 50 years ago cop that SpaceX uh we all look forward to our friends at the Artemis program to take us to even greater Heights well said dragon now the crew met with representatives of the fs of honor and organization providing educational scholarship to the spouses and childrens of the America's fallen and disabled military service on that flight day two evening Dan Rachel and kensley we're so excited to bring you along our Dragon capsule so we've been up here for uh just over 28 hours flying around and around the globe we're going about 8 km per second that's about 17,500 mph going around every 106 minutes it's pretty wild to see Earth from this altitude we're up at 1,400 kilm and why is that significant it's the highest anyone has ever been since 1972 when Apollo 17 went to the moon so it's a it's it's a beautiful uh opportunity for us to see Earth Mother Earth from this altitude and it's also pretty special because two of my crew members have uh set an altitude record for the furthest any females ever traveled from the planet Earth uh let me take a moment and introduce my crew I'm kid potit I'm the mission pilot for polaron to my right you got Sarah Gillis her call sign is Cooper she is a mission specialist she's also an engineer with SpaceX and then to my left you got our illustrious Commander two-time astronaut Jared rook isaacman and then to his left is Anna minut her call sign is Walker she is a mission specialist also a medical officer for this flight we are so honored to have this opportunity to talk to you guys uh you know it's um there's no greater than uh What uh you guys have done and what your spouses have have sacrificed uh for our freedom in our nation and we are forever grateful uh for that and and we just want to take a moment uh and and honor uh those sacrifices uh and try to carry on the Legacy uh of your spouses because it's it's so important what folds of honor is doing uh for these families um so it's just an honor for us to be here and and I'm going to pass it off to my crew to say a couple words well I'm just making it short so here the crew talked with this spouses and the family members other Americas fallen and disabled military service personals and following that day actually in that day only hi Sean hi everyone hi chains and Grace I am so excited to talk with all of you today and also get to read a book that's really special to me this book kiss is from space is a story that I wrote for you James and Graves to remind you that I love you and that I'm always thinking of you even when we're apart but I'm also excited for another reason and that is the fact that this book raises money for St JW Children's Research Hospital I co-authored this story with Carrie V and it is beautifully illustrated by Andy Harkness and all of our proceeds are going to benefit this hospital and the incredible work that they do so without further Ado let's read kisses from space gather around my sweet dragons your mama is back so on the flight day two Anna Menan read her book kisses from space to a group of St Jude patient and her family as well authored by her and later on followed by a question and answer session also Olympic gold medalist Sean Johnson East joined the crew via video transmission to host the book reading on the flight day three well just let me show you this slide we did got an amazing breathtaking view of sunset from the dragons onboard camera you can see that thin line of the Earth's atmosphere glowing there due to the sunset gorgeous views so now we came on the flight day three early Thursday morning we had the first ever commercial space walk uh who like I mentioned and also the world's first space walk from Dragon this took place at an elliptical orbit of altitude 300 excuse me 7 and 32.2 km above Earth in newly developed SpaceX Eva suit the 106 minute Space Walk officially began at 6:12 a.m. eastern time when suit pressurization started now just hear this clip verify your bers are [Music] closed yeah break breaking new ground with us new suit suits new operations for everything we're at about 4.5 we're going to see that tick down it's going to get down to just under one and it's not going to go all the way down um and then what we'll actually see is we've got a capability to open the hatch automatically we've got a motor in it uh but Jared's actually going to unlatch it and he's going to give it a little tug to kind of break the seal break this any of the kind of the stion in the hatch itself and that's going to kind to take the capsule down to its final vent before there is our first view of the forward hatch wide open to space that structure you see there is from under the display SpaceX copies we with you in your helmet cam once again this helmet cam what we that structure we see is the the space walker this is Jared now egressing through the forward hatch of dragon resilience are the first views of the first ever commercial spacewalk I'm at the bottom of the mobility progressing I have a feeling the crowd is about to go wild stay check back at home we all have a lot of work to do but from here birth Ser looks like a perfect world [Applause] I'm going to step into T Matrix One singlehanded Mobility demonstration Commander Jared Isaac now emerging test Matrix one watching from the nose cone up down left and right are threes pitch and roller three Y is a two in terms of the foot restraints SpaceX copies similarly with left right and up down a bit of a pitch but all are achievable and space ev1 we taking a quick look here at the Hat field what I can so the EA completed at 758 a.m. eastern time Mission Commander Isaac man opened the hatch and for the first time four astronauts were simultaneously exposed to the vacuum of space Isaac man and the mission specialist Sarah Gillis separately exited the spacecraft while Mission pilot kid btit and Mission specialist Anam Menon remained seated managing suit emilus and monitoring vital support system also the Telemetry on Dragon's display during the space work the crew conducted a cies of test that included suit Mobility test which will provide necessary data that will allow space EX Team to produce and scale for future long duration missions throughout the Eva we had stunning visuals as we saw by dragon's cameras and the SPAC suits helmet cameras on the flight day four the crew focused on science and research the crew also continued to test the de test and demonstrate the starlink abroad AB Dragon the crew recorded Mission specialist Sara Gill is playing Race theme by John Williams on the violin once completed the crew successfully sent the fires down to earth over Starling to help create this special music event named Harmony of resilience on the day five throughout the day the crew continued to test start link yesterday early morning using starling's optical links which uses space lasers the Polaris Dawn crew chatted with Jessica Jensen SpaceX vice president customer operations and integration and also with the SpaceX teams back on Earth for a 40 plus minute uninterrupted video call the crew also connected with the members of the Air Force as well the pleaser in the dragon's trunk and the partner styling satellites for the event maintained their laser links during 16 Draco thrusters firing during the 40 plus minute uninterrupted video call Dragon completed half an orbit over the Eastern cboard of the US cutting Southeast over the Atlantic Ocean and rounding the Cape of Good Hope later on the crew took some time to connect with their families and begin preparing dragon's cabin for re-entry and splash down and here we are waiting for their glorious return so all these were about the updates till now we got from them so right now we are nearing for the webcast to begin just one minute away meanwhile the crew also talked about the signs hello and welcome to the dragon spacecraft you are here with the Polaris Dawn crew my name is Anna men I am one of the mission Specialists and the medical officer for our mission this is kid potit he is our pilot Jared isaacman is our mission commander and Sarah Gillis is our mission specialist and we are so excited to talk to you today about some of the science and research we are doing on board here we have had a full complement of research an actionpack schedule for this Mission we've had about 40 science and research experiments that we have been tackling and and they span all sorts of genres and we're really excited to talk to you about a few of them today so to kick us off I will start telling you about some of the ones that I love so right here what you see this is a butterfly ultrasound device and it's really neat because it can work well guys it's time for the webcast to begin so I'm switching to the webcast e e e adding value to your viewing experience is our top priority here at Astro Yonder if you feel we achieved that please consider liking this video it really helps YouTube's algorithm bring in more space fans and and help others to find out this stream also consider subscribing to our Channel as we work hard to bring your stream packs with stat details and insights we would be super grateful for your support now the webcast has begin now sit back and enjoy the stream we hope that you will be enjoying the stream and we'll be giving our best to have you the best possible View experience good evening and welcome to spacex's Splashdown coverage of the Polaris Dawn Mission I'm Kate Ty senior quality systems engineering manager here at SpaceX and I'm Jesse Anderson a senior manufacturing engineering manager here at SpaceX in Hawthorne California tonight we are counting down to the return of our four polaron astronauts Jared isman Scott kid poti Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon the crew is wrapping up their Fifth and final day on orbit in preparation for splash down off the coast of Florida at 3:36 a.m. eastern time just about an hour from now the crews return to Earth actually began yesterday around 4:49 a.m. eastern time when they initiated their first downhill phase burn followed by the second downhill phase burn at about 6:25 a.m. eastern each of these events involved short firings of dragons Draco thrusters to lower dragon's altitude in advance of re-entering the Earth's atmosphere now following these two burns the crew finished out a day of research calls with family and dinner before they turned in for their last night of sleep on Dragon around 2:23 a.m. eastern 10 and that brings us to today just after midnight eastern time the crew da their space suits and made their final cabin preparations before they began the last series of operations prior to splash down uh it's been quite a trip uh let's take a look at the event still ahead of us tonight in order to return to Earth Dragon must first separate from its trunk excuse me the claw separation is the first step in trunk separation uh it it's basically the thing that connects the trunk to the capsule and delivers power Telemetry and fluids dragon has to move into the proper attitude or angle in order to separate the trunk so that they don't deorbit together now with the trun the trunks separated Dragon will be running entirely on battery power then next up will be the deorbit burn this will be the last time that we use the forward bulkhead thrusters located under the nose cone and after that we will close and lock the nose cone in preparation for re-entry now today the deorbit burn will last roughly 7 minutes and the deorbit burn is what will line Dragon up for re-entry into Earth's atmosphere nitrox is used to cool the cabin and the space suits to keep the crew comfortable during re-entry this is the same type of breathable gas sometimes used in In Scuba Diving uh next we'll have nose cone closure and that nose cone of course is what covers those forward hatch thrusters which we have which we use in the deorbit burn uh and also protects the portion that Port of the that portion of the spacecraft during re-entry now during re-entry we will have an expected loss of communication with dragon for about 7even minutes uh and that happens as Dragon passes back into the Earth's atmosphere we expect to regain communication around 3:30 a.m. eastern time although timing is not always exact now after we regain communication with dragon about 2 minutes will pass before the drug parachutes deploy these are the two smaller parachutes that are designed to stabilize dragon and slow it down before the release of the main parachutes less than a minute after the drog parachutes deploy we'll see the release of the four main parachutes these are the big orange white orange and white parachutes that further slow down the spacecraft over the course of 3 minutes the drugs and the mains will work together to bring the vehicle's velocity down from 350 M hour down to just about 15 miles hour and once it's time for our crew to deorbit and splash down back on planet Earth they'll be heading to one of seven targeted sites supported by SpaceX all of these are located Dragon SpaceX deorbit sequence start in 5 minutes we just heard that the D orbit sequence is about to begin uh that is the view that you're looking at now uh and that was just letting the crew know that they're going to begin the deorbit burn in five minutes it's always good to keep the crew informed of timeline so that they can expect those events uh now for Recovery all of the sites are for Recovery are located off the coast of Florida um basically either in the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean spreading the supported sites across multiple locations helps to maximize return opportunities for this Mission and for future Crews lowering the chance that we'll have to wave off due to bad weather now in a wave off scenario Dragon would remain in orbit until the next Landing attempt since dragon is capable of splash down on either side of the Florida Panhandle we have two identical and fully equipped recovery vessels uh ready recovery vessels ready to support one in the Gulf of Mexico and the other in the Atlantic Ocean SpaceX selected primary and Alternate splash down locations off the coast of Florida for tonight's splash down working with a lot of different variables including what Landing sites are available and have favorable weather dragon has the capability to execute a unique series of orbit lowering Maneuvers using its Draco thrusters to line up its ground track for each primary location and maintain the capability to change alternate sites in Free Flight as weather constraints dictate at certain Milestones during the mission the SpaceX team evaluates the forecasted weather conditions at the primary and Alternate Splashdown sites in order to determine if they are go or noo uh splash down for that splash down and recovery for return they will be looking at a number of weather items some of the obvious ones are no rain or no chance of lightning in the recovery zone both for the safety of not just the crew inside the capsule but also the the recovery teams out in the water they're also looking for wind speeds less than 15 ft per second or about 10 mil hour and can relatively and relatively calm seas so we can safely execute recovery operations which includes Landing a helicopter on the recovery ship to fly the crew back to Florida for these operations SpaceX closely coordinates with the United States Coast Guard to establish a safety zone to ensure public Public Safety and for safety of those involved in the recovery operations as well as the crew on board the returning spacecraft multiple notices are issued to Mariners in advance and during recovery operations and Coast Guard Patrol boats are deployed to discourage boter from entering the splash down zones now we want to stress to the public the need to respect the safety zone recovering a spacecraft from the water is a hazardous operation any other boats interfering increases risk to the astronauts in the capsule the team's working to rec recover them from the water and the safety of those that come too close so for the safety of the crew and your safety we recommend you sit back and watch as we'll be bringing you the best possible views of our astronauts coming home right here in the next phase of the mission dragon has a series of steps to complete before returning our crew home first dragon will jettison its trunk which is the cylindrical unpressurized part of the spacecraft the trunk is currently connected to the after or bottom section of the Dragon capsule where the heat shield is located so in order to expose that heat shield and get the vehicle ready for atmospheric entry will jet Us in the trunk from there the spacecraft will use its forward thrusters to perform a deorbit burn which will put dragon on a trajectory to return to Earth and our splash down location at Dr Tortugas off the Florida Keys this will burn this burn will last about 7 minutes once it starts and to prepare for these upcoming events Dragon SpaceX we do have a te Handover around claw and trunk sep so I'll make sure to formalize all calls after the teachers Handover this is in about 5 minutes yeah Cy thatx we're tracking and just some CS there from the ground to the crew to let them know that during the tedris Handover we will lose some communication so they're just uh informing them ahead of time and they'll make sure that they'll uh communicate the comms um after they gain Communications back with the crew so to prepare for these upcoming events right now the Dragon capsule is doing a couple of things autonomously one of these steps includes isolating the thermal control system fluid Loops from the radiator this system is what will help keep the internal temperature of dragon temperate for the orbit sequence start as we just heard the orbit sequence is started and great news the deorbit sequence has begun again this system is what will keep the internal temp the internal temperature of dragon temperate for the crew during re-entry dragon is also initiating separation of the claw mechanism which will terminate data power and fluid connections between the capsule and the trunk so that's a pretty exciting Milestone basically we have the trunk attached Dragon for the duration of the mission that provides power to the Dragon capsule and the crew um but once it's separated now they're they're going to be ready to come back home back down to earth yeah and all of these kind of while they are choreographed and spaced out they happen quite quickly so I'm sure that the crew on board Dragon you know they've been in orbit for 5 days now uh it's going to go by in a blink of an eye for them most likely and they'll be back here on planet Earth um now some uh information about Dragon for those who have not tuned into our Dragon missions previously um from the beginning SpaceX designed the spacecraft for human space flight uh while it can carry up to seven passengers right now it's only carrying four um and it is the first private spacecraft to take humans to the International Space Station in fact this exact capsule that that our Polaris Dawn crew is flying in first went to uh or its first mission was the crew One mission uh and it went to the International Space Station oh and look our first views of the crew uh this morning inside Dragon resilience um on your far left side of the screen is Mission specialist uh Anna uh Menan she is also the medical officer on board for this Mission uh to her left or our right is our pilot Scott kid potit to the right of kid is Jared isaacman he is the commander of the polaron mission and on the far right side at the other window seat is other Mission specialist Sarah Gillis uh both Anna and Sarah are our SpaceX co-workers and it's been such a joy to watch them experience space flight um through their eyes as uh SpaceX employees who in their uh day job have helped train other astronaut for their human space flight missions and so it's just so incredible to see Sarah and Anna now having their own uh space flight yeah I still can't believe it you know we got to see and talk to them this morning um and it was just so cool to see our space xers on the other side floating in space and I love the space hair that was probably my favorite part oh of course um so we are anticipating uh our Polaris Dawn crew to return and splash down um about 12:30 6 a.m. Pacific Time or 3:36 a.m. eastern time uh and they are splashing down off the coast of Florida uh and we're very much looking forward to getting them home uh I H have ordered a copy of Anna's book and I will definitely be asking her to sign it when she gets back oh I definitely ordered one as well SpaceX nominal trunk jison copy that SpaceX we share the same and F the same all right good news there uh we just heard that the trunk has uh been jettisoned or separated uh which is great news uh like we were saying before we had to basically uh unconnect with the trunk in order to expose the heat shield which is the um the the the most important thing when it comes to re-entering the Earth's atmosphere um and we're doing that trunk separation now so that the trunk and the capsule don't return together in um the same trajectory so uh good news there that the trunk is now jettisoned yeah exactly so that means that Telemetry is looking good the nitrox system is primed for cabin and souit Cooling and again the heat shield is exposed and ready for atmospheric rantry now Dragon will slew or what we call maneuver itself into the correct position to deorbit uh to do the deorbit burn here in just a few minutes now for the deorbit burn this is the last time that the forward Draco which are the four thrusters located on top of the vehicle will ignite the deorbit burn will place dragon on a precise trajectory to return to the splash down Zone off Dr Tortugas in the Florida Keys and will last about 7 minutes long Dr thas is a new Landing location for dragon that our teams activated in a couple weeks uh just prior to the Polaris daon missions launch earlier uh this is the first time that we will be returning drag to the dry toruga blast down site which is pretty exciting I was personally very excited to hear this because I did a uh presentation about uh druga National Park when I was in Middle School so um I know exactly where they were going when I heard the name full circle moment there indeed uh so we were talking a little bit about the different Burns that the Dragon capsule does in orb in order to uh deorbit and return to Earth safely um there are 16 Draco thrusters used to orient the spacecraft throughout the mission including apigee and parag Maneuvers um as well as orbit adjustments and attitude control for the deorbit burn uh that only fires four of the Draco thrusters on the perimeter of the nose cone uh basically located around the Skywalker that we saw in action during the Eva um and it was incredible to see that but it's those four Draco thrusters that we saw there um that are basically going to be doing all of the work for this deorbit burn uh each Draco Thruster is capable of generating 90 pounds of force in the vacuum of space uh and it's pretty cool uh to to see them in action we actually saw some video captured while they were doing some orbital adjustments uh earlier in the week posted to X that I just thought were so cool because you you also got to see some Earthly lights uh from the ground in the background as well oh yeah the views from this Mission were incredible we got to see a lot of things that we've never seen before especially with the the um Skywalker at the top of dragon um that's the same location as where those four Draco thrusters are but just a new Mobility Aid that they were able to use during The Space Walk just a lot of cool firsts on this Mission this week indeed it has been a long week that is for sure it seemed like every day there was action happening and we're super excited that um they're going to be coming back soon and share more of their experience with us when they're on the ground um once again this view is looking inside of dragon resilience it is making its excuse me making its way back to Earth um we can see some minor movements there with the straps uh and uh still floating around yeah so they're um they're making their their way back to Earth again they are going to be splashing down off the coast of Florida we anticipate that splash down around uh 3:36 a.m. eastern time uh there are a couple of events that are uh still coming up um we're going to close the nose cone um that will help protect the forward hatch during re-entry um and it also means that we will not be using the forward uh forward bulkhead Draco thrusters any longer um basically this deorbit burn is the last time that um those will be utilized yeah and we are expecting that deorbit burn any minute now um and again that's going to help put dragon on the trajectory towards the splash down Zone and again as a reminder they are still currently in space in orbit um and have not re-entered the Earth's atmosphere just yet that's what this deorbit burn is going to help them uh adjust to that trajectory and then they will perform the entry bur or entry of dragon back into Earth's atmosphere clearly Anna is savoring the last few minutes of her microgravity experience and that uh deorbit burn is in progress uh it's about a 7 minute burn once again this helps to put the Dragon capsule uh into the correct uh in into the correct uh trajectory uh for its Landing this deorbit burn is the last time that we use those four forward Draco thrusters uh for this Mission yeah and again dragon has not entered Earth's atmosphere just yet this deorbit burn is what lines the vehicle up and puts it on its final trajectory to The Landing site near drugas off the Florida Keys now right now the crew are using their screens to keep tabs on the burn duration Tri Thruster firings and trajectory details like entry angle capsule parag velocity and how much time remains until the deorbit deorbit burn termination that's uh because they they want to monitor this because they're they are going to hear a lot of different sounds with the burns going on so dragon is currently flying free itself and so all the crew has to do is stay strapped into their seats and keep an eye on things and there you can see the screen and some cool news uh stickers there great Scott I love that I love to see how they uh add their own personality like just right there in the middle that 1.21 gws obviously referring to Back to the Future um it is it is worth noting that uh drag excuse me that Jared has actually flown in this capsule in the commander seat once before as he was the commander of the inspiration 4 Mission just a quick note here these are those Draco thrusters at the forward bulkhead as well as the Skywalker Mobility Aid that we saw tested out during the extra vehicular activity or Eva it seems almost sad and heartbreaking to not see you know a person hanging out there uh those views were just so incredible that seeing an empty empty forward hatch just you know we we'll come back we'll come back we'll do it again um but what an incredible Space Walk we had earlier this week and just some cool views that we had there um from the nose cone looking uh back down on Earth and again as we mentioned the crew is using their displays just to monitor dragon is fully autonomous um so it's it's doing all these Maneuvers uh on its own um and the crew is just you know watching monitoring making sure they they know when uh the burn uh is going and when it's going to conclude and how much time is left um and we do just have a few more minutes again this deorbit burn they're currently in the deorbit burn and this burn should last just about uh 7 minutes and we're about halfway through at this point I love this view here um BEC so just for a little bit of frame of reference on the left side of the screen is Commander Jered isaacman and the right hand side of the screen is pilot Scott potit although he prefers to go by his call sign kid uh and I think that this is such a great view because it it it really gives you an idea of what they're looking at in addition to the tablets that they have strapped onto their legs you can see the procedures that they are following along with as well as the the display that illustrates which Draco are firing at what point now this deorbit burn is still underway I'm going to pull up the map real quick but it looks like that might be Australia yeah according to our Dragon tracker that is the West Coast of Australia so cool almost to see the difference uh if you watched you know earlier this week they made it over 1,400 km away from Earth they got a nice round view of the globe um and now you can see that they're much closer to Earth um with just a a very small SLI of slice of Earth that they could see in that view we can see the straps still floating now if you're uh curious as to where Dragon is you can of course follow Dragon yourself we have it on our website spacex.com slf follow- dragon and it shows you exactly where uh dragon is along its path oh and there's both and you can see how fast they will move as they will be splashing down off the coast of Florida um and they're just passing by Australia right now um we do expect splash down um to happen in about 30 minutes or so now that's a nice way to travel really fast I'd like to take one of these next time I go on an international flight definitely and just such great clear views this is this is a a nice treat for us to be able to see this and we do have just about a minute remaining in this burn again this will be the last burn for these Draco thrusters uh at the forward bulkhead and once this is complete then we can close the no nose cone um we do close the nose cone in preparation for re-entry um that helps allow us to reuse the capsule makes reusable a lot easier when you can open and close the nose cone uh previous uh dragon designs we did jettison the nose cone now we keep it attached so in preparation for entry we do close and lock that nose cone for those that have just recently tuned in we have successfully separated the trunk from the Dragon capsule uh and the oh these are just such amazing views Dragon SpaceX deic burn complete performance nominal nose con closure initiated we show the same and track confirmation there that we had a successful and nominal deorbit burn so we're now going to see the nose cone begin its closing uh process it takes a couple minutes for this to fully complete as the I think we can see some Shadows moving here which means that we're about to lose this gorgeous view this is an incredible View and uh as we mentioned earlier the vehicle is doing a slew so it is maneuvering um to Orient that heat shield a little bit more towards the Earth uh and that helps prepare us for re-entry and we can see that nose cone coming into view now there in the top left corner once it is all the way down um there will be some hooks that lock in to make sure that it is locked up as Jesse had said earlier once again we will not be using the forward bulkhead Draco thrusters anymore honestly this view is just so cool to see everything that's happening you still see Earth you've got Dragon maneuvering you've got the nose cone closing and you get to see the Skywalker Mobility Aid all in one we can see that nose cone coming down to its final position ever so slowly and ever so sadly slow and steady and again we close the nose cone in preparation for re-entry of the vehicle this helps keep the nose cone safe intact with the vehicle um again we are going to close this and lock this uh and this protects the top part of the vehicle as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere and we don't necessarily need it for Dragon but we do want to protect that Sky Walker uh during re-entry which we don't typically have or haven't had before on Dragon missions um so this nose con will actually keep that Skywalker Mobility Aid pretty safe as well indeed now while all this has been going on the vehicle has initiated the nitrox suit Purge this helps to keep our crew members cool and comfortable during re-entry which once again we expect that to occur uh here in a few minutes and about a half hour or a little bit less than a half hour the exterior of the vehicle will reach temperatures of about 3,500 de f height and the crew members remain comfortable really uh even though the outside is quite extreme um thanks to the environmental systems inside the Dragon capsule and the thermal protection system on the exterior of the capsule yeah it's pretty important to to keep them cool on the inside again we don't have the trunk of dragon anymore so it is on internal power but it's enough uh Power to keep everything cool inside the cabin because as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere it can get up to about 3,500 de F which is pretty hot um we've heard some of the the crew members that have flown on dragon that sometimes they can even see some of the Sparks through the window the plasma yeah um so all along for the basically the last day um the the Dragon capsule has been decreasing its altitude beginning with the first two phasing Burns that occurred on Friday um 100 kilometers in altitude uh will begin entry interface and at that point that's when the crew begin to feel the effects um of the Earth's atmosphere I just love these stickers here so great and again the crew is just monitoring they also have their tablets they have the displays um they can follow along with all the procedures that are happening um every single step of the way uh with everything that's happening with the burns with the nose cone uh closing inside of dragon they'll be able to hear some different sounds so being able to follow along with the procedures is really important so that they can uh connect the dots with the sound to the action that is happening outside of the capsule well right now we are awaiting for the confirmation of the nose cone closure meanwhile just some quick facts about the mission trying higher than any previous Dagon mission to date and reaching the highest Earth orbit ever flown while moving through portion of the Van Allen radiation belt at an orbital altitude of 1,400 km from old surface or more than three times higher than the international space station that was the highest altitude of any human space flight mission in more than a half century since the Apollo program now the Sarah Gilles and Isaac man's EVS seized several World Records the crew attempted the first ever commercial space walk that took place at an elliptical orbit of 7 32.2 km above Earth in newly developed SpaceX Eva suits three times higher than the ISS it was the highest Eva ever in Earth orbit smashing an altitude record of 850 Mi set by gini Gemini 11 astronauts Charles cornard and r Gardon in September 1966 now for Sarah aged 30 years and 256 days on the plan dat of the Eva Giles became the youngest human to space walk eclipsing first ever space walker Soviet Cosmonaut Alexi leonov who was 30 years 292 days old when he floated outside the vcot 2 capsule on 18th of March back in 1965 jointly with Menan Giles also flew to the highest altitude ever attained by a woman they made it more than double the 358 miles reached by astronauts Kathy Thorton text no con secure for entry we got the call out no con is secured right now so I was saying that they made it more than double the 358 miles reach by astronaut Kathy torton Nan secury and Megan MacArthur across three hble Space Telescope repair flights between 1993 and 200 excuse me 2009 also the crew for the first time tested laser based satellite communication using optical link between the dragon spacecraft and starlink satellites revolation the speed and quality of space communication so these were the some of the records being achieved by this Polaris Dawn mission on that same day orbiting Earth on board Dragon the Polaris Dawn crew talked with families and representatives of folds of honor an organization providing educational scholarships to spouses and children of America's fallen and disabled military service members and First Responders and just yesterday the crew connected with Air Force Cadets who helped trained them for a week of solo diving excuse me solo skydiving at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado yeah and it's been a pretty jam-packed week and those were just a couple of events that they you know did while they were on orbit but there's been so many um experiments so many records that they've been able to break they hit the highest apog since the Gemini 11 Mission almost 50 years ago uh they performed the first ever commercial Eva Space Walk they flew and utilized our newly designed Eva space suits which we designed inhouse here at SpaceX so just a lot of exciting stuff such a great Mission um pretty jam-packed and to get all of that in in just 5 days so I'm sure they're probably having a good time being able to relax right now as they come back down to earth yeah it has been an incredible week and while in orbit the Polaris Dawn crew hosted the first ever space to Earth Music Moment uh fellow SpaceX engineer and musician Sarah Gillis performed on a custom violin the primary Melody of Ray theme from Star Wars the Force awakens which of course was composed by the legendary John Williams Sarah was joined by youth mus musicians from around the world all students in the international Ela program excuse me program Starling satellites beamed Sarah's performance from Dragon down to Earth and here's how it turned out I'll just muted this portion of this live stream because it might be containing copyright tracks Gillis one of the Polaris on crew members as we travel around our beautiful planet Earth on this 5-day Mission we wanted to share this special music moment with you bringing together Global Talent this performance symbolizes unity and hope highlighting the resilience and potential of children everywhere here is Ray's Theme by John Williams brought to you from the Stars so I just first uh muted the stream volume because we are not authorized to have this music on our stream as it is a copyrighted track although later on you can have this even to watch on X on the handle of both Polaris as well as spasic they posted it one day ago would like to welcome David C thanks for tuning in I wish that also but U it didn't came to me earlier as I would have been made it on the screen in a corner but we will note it down and uh from the very next stream we will try to provide that data also right now you are watching on your screen Sarah G is performing from space and here on back on Earth from various countries musicians participating in the event called Harmony of resilience playing a track of John Williams named race team wish I could make you to hear that but it's a copyrighted music we can allow this on our stream e wow I have watched that so many times literally watched listen I have a background in music so watching this and seeing you know how music connects people all around the world and the fact that that is exactly what Sarah did with her violin connect multiple locations around the world brought them all together Orchestra this an amazing Symphony yeah um uh seeing her do her thing in space is incredible and the fact that um she pulled on her existing Music Experience many of us here um are musicians you know it makes us better engineers at least that's what I always thought about my um music uh education and it's just so cool to Sarah bring that to such a um a massive platform and in such a cool way yeah like I so impressed I literally I was speechless when I first watched it but I think I've watched it like six times by now for sure well we know that Sarah Gilles is a trained violinist but she began as an intern for SpaceX back in 2015 and worked on human in the loop testing of the Dragon spacecraft as we just saw G is performing from space and participating in the harmony of resilience event Gil has developed a curriculum curriculum a musicians guide to reaching for the starts that encourages students to reach for their dreams and discover the connections between music creativity and exploration while replying to David C on chat actually David distracts any musical tracks on the stream they actually give the YouTube streamers a CO Content ID claim it's not a copyright strike or something but it will be having a claim and it does had have effect on the performance of the video or the stream so we don't allow this it's not on our stream I guess on other streams also it will be like this because having a content claim YouTube claims that it will have no effect just your Revenue will be shared Although our channel is not yet monetized but actually it does affect the reach of the Stream So for that we made it to turn off and we apologize for that but we can't help it because you hit the atmosphere like a bullet you're traveling 17,500 mph or mock 25 and then um when you hit the atmosphere the capsule starts slowing down and as a result you get this G load that comes on you quickly and then it's sustained and and at the same time time the dragon's making these giant s turns um which is again dialing into its location but also slowing down the capsule and and for me I was just sitting there like this is fantastic you know that's what was going through my mind yeah and there's that rhythmic pulse of the Draco engines that are steering you and orienting the Dragon capsule in the right direction and that's all you hear until the parachutes deploy you see you see the light change Through the Windows because it is making those S turns and you don't hear the wind go by until you get to about 50 km up and that's when you start to hear the rush of the wind even though you start to feel those G's pretty early and uh what's really cool about it is that as soon as you hear that pop of the the pyro putting the Drone drug shoots out the Draco go silent and that is an eerie but calm feeling do you remember feeling that when the parach deployed all of a sudden the Draco just shut off and now we're just there not until you mentioned that I'm remember that I know but I just remember the feeling of relief of being like yes the drugs fired and then the you know and then the mains because Jared had his hands on the buttons in case something you know we needed it and that's it's a it's a dynamic interesting time of re-entry I'm not going to lie I was nervous for re-entry okay just you know launch I just you're so excited cuz you know8 n minutes I'm going to be in space but then re-entry was it was more intimidating for me and um and then it was also just it was more Dynamic it was more intense physically after You' had no days of zero gravity and then you start experiencing the G's again and then you're up to four and a half G's it's really intense you're just trying to breathe and um and when the parachutes come out it sounds like explosions it is the Pyro go yeah and then you're waiting and but it's such a relief you're really happy to hear those explosions you really are and um and I just remember when we started entering the atmosphere I could see like fire from the window and um and it was cool but um but whenever we we hit the water it was just it was just intense relief I think one of my favorite moments though is right before you know we're all strapped in and we're working our way to our descent and then that's when Jared was like well I want to give you guys something to look forward to so let me tell you about our splash down party once we get back give me a secret he kept it a secret and then and I I kept thinking you're telling us now as we're going into the most like Dynamic part of life but he just that's Jarett he's like let's calm down it's all good and and let's uh share some exciting news to look forward to some awesome words there from the inspiration 4 crew I should say the inspiration 4 crew that isn't currently on board the Polaris Dawn uh capsule so Jared also commanded the inspiration for crew um as well as our current Polaris Dawn Mission and in fact this capsule is the same one that the inspiration for crew flew in as well so that we we heard it from the experts uh re-entry is interesting yeah it was really cool to hear you know they different each one had a different Insight uh Haley was you know this was the more Dynamic portion that she was maybe a little bit more worried about and Chris talking about how like the Draco engines go silent just love hearing uh the thoughts uh from that experience yeah now very similar to the inspiration for crew the Polaris Dawn crew did a ton of research while they were on orbit um so many so many science and research per uh performed about 36 research studies and experiments from 31 partner institutions designed to advance both human health here on Earth during uh as well as in space during long duration space flight um there is a great opportunity for these individuals to um really bring another element of research to uh issues and and health concerns that we have here on Earth and and that's pretty great we have had a full complement of research an actionpack schedule for this Mission we've had about 40 science and research experiments that we have been tackling and they span all sorts of genas and we're really excited to talk to you about a few of them today so right here what you see this is a butterfly ultrasound device and it's really neat because it can work with like an iPhone or an iPad or just anything sort of like tablet device and so it's really portable and you can take it anywhere even to space so we've been using it for all a whole bunch of different experiments measuring um our different veins we've been measuring our bladder we've been measuring um our like kidneys and liver and a lot of different pieces of the body so it's been really interesting and we're excited to see what we learn from all the data this was created by the US Air Force Academy which is near and dear to my heart uh was assigned there many moons ago as one of the commanders of the cadetes and uh what these Cadets have created is a casing that holds uh different plants and we've been Imaging these plants on a daily basis to see what the impact of uh zero gravity is uh on this uh on this plant one of the big concerns is the the fluid shift up here at zero gravity we can really feel the effect as soon as we were on orbit and you can kind of see it in our faces um so one of the concerns with long duration space flight is to be able to triage in case of an emergency and one of the first basic steps is Airway assessment um so we volunteered to uh uh do some Imaging of our Airway we did it uh this experiment before flight during flight and then we'll do it postf flight and what this requires is us to uh numb up the nozal P nasal passage um and then insert this endoscopic camera all the way through the naal passage and and back of the throat to take these different images um and then postflight will'll be able to assess uh what what uh happened to the airway passage uh as that fluid shifts this is a tempest Pro uh also uh called our ambulance in a box so uh you know if you believe in uh spacex's vision of making life multiplanetary that we're going to have thousands of Starships in space someday tens of thousands of people were on Mars and we're exploring our solar system it's pretty cool but those are some pretty long Journeys and uh and hospitals aren't very close by so we have to be able to bring diagnostic tools uh into space with us and then be able to beam that information back home to the flight surgeons so just yesterday we hooked up uh all sorts of cables to this so blood pressure spo2 respiration uh EKG leads and basically we're able to capture a number of vital signs um and uh and test it out and then today we actually did a full-blown medical simulation of what what could be a very likely uh medical uh you know situation that could develop after an Eva and then was able to beam a lot of this information home via starlink to the flight surgeons in mission control so I really am excited about it because it's this kind of Technology that's going to be needed you know to kind of further humankind's Ambitions to uh explore Among the Stars we've been collecting data kind of every day looking at the changes in our vision over time and space we also have an experiment from C Boulder that we uh did shortly after arriving on orbit where you actually put a contact lens into your eye to CH monitor the pressure change over time and there's a picture of Jared he has the contact lens in his eye that's sending pressure data over 24 12 24 hours to a sensor um but he really looked like a rogue space pirate with his eye patch kind of covering it so he didn't have to have some vision changes from that lens but it was a it was quite a look up here for the face pirate so cool to see them talk about their different science science experiments and uh if you notice they were like letting go of some of the stuff that they were holding it just floating there chaos but in addition to their science experiments and research experiments that they did on September 12th while traveling in a 184 by 732 km orbit around the Earth the crew performed the first ever commercial spacewalk extra vehicular activities or Evas or activities performed by space suited astronauts outside of their spacecraft in orbit of the earth they are generally performed for service maintenance repair or replacement of space equipment yeah it was so incredible to see this live uh and see them going through and and testing going through their test Matrix for uh the suits um now and extra vehicular activity usually begins with depressurization of the airlock or space module and then ends with repressurization of that space module or airlock after crew member Ingress but because crew Dragon doesn't have an airlock the entire cabin was actually depressurized and all four astronauts on board participated in the spacewalk um it was Sarah Dragon our cabet are secure restraints are tightened and our visors are do SpaceX copies for crew entry prep all right good news there uh that was Jared letting us know that uh their tablets are secured and the visors are down which then creates that complete uh um uh system for the space suit uh for them to basically be ready for the more Dynamic parts of the re-entry phase um which is coming up soon we are um about 7 minutes away from the anticipated loss of signal um but getting back to the inred incredible Space Walk uh that Sarah and Jared um and kid and Anna uh performed it was actually Sarah and Jared that took turns actually exiting the spacecraft while kid and Anna supported from the inside uh overall The Space Walk lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes from the time that the cabin air was vented to when it was repressurized once again so it was incredible and um the first commercial spacewalk certainly a moment to remember um now some Dragon facts uh in terms of the Dragon capsule overall like I said earlier uh it's designed from the beginning uh to enable human space flight even though we started just with cargo space flight it can carry up to seven passengers but for today we've got four crew members on board and it is the first private spacecraft to take humans to the International Space Station it's also the first private spacecraft to take an all civilian crew to orbit uh and that was this exact Dragon capsule Dragon resilience that of course was the inspiration for Mission this dragon mission uh this Polaris Dawn track dragon mission flew further than any dragon to date and reached the highest Earth orbit ever flown with an apogee of 1, 148.16156210 being private astronaut missions and nine being NASA missions there were four we've had 42 visits to the International Space Station 25 missions utilizing a reown or a refurbished Dragon capsule including Polaris Dawn and like we mentioned earlier this is the exact same Dragon flown on the inspiration for Mission Dragon SpaceX 5 minutes until predicted come blackout see you on the other side Cy that six we track in the same talk to you soon and we just heard some calms from the core to the crew letting them know we're just about 5 minutes away from that blackout period um which is very very exciting that means that the crew is almost going to get through the portion of passing through the atmosphere um re-entering atmosphere coming back down to earth um and ironically today is actually the 3year anniversary 3 years ago today uh on September 15th 2021 uh the inspiration for Mission actually launched uh and so we got to hear some thoughts we don't get to hear the player Stone crew they haven't gone through this re-entry period so we got to hear some thoughts from the inspiration for crew on their thoughts of this re-entry period it's now time to come home we you've been floating in space for 3 days what did it feel like to you guys to all of a sudden experience a tenth of a g as we came back okay you said that liftoff was your favorite part coming back was actually mine I loved hitting the atmosphere and the Dynamics of it and having the the g-load you know come on quick and you're like okay you know gravity's heavy you I preferred lunch um over splash down but yeah I um because you know we were in space for three days and this is something I didn't think about um beforehand but whenever we started entering the atmosphere and started feeling the gravity again I remember saying out loud oh my gosh this is so intense how many G's are we at and Jared said 0.3 so we were at a third of Earth gravity and I was like how we're going to get to four and a half but you just you just get through it yeah just keep breathing right and then you just you just pray the parachutes will open and then whenever they do and then you hear from SpaceX four healthy Mains I remember screaming thank god well that's the most intense you know when they talk about the dragon being autonomous and stuff um you know on Ascend going up if the launch Escape system will probably catch an error before Jared and I could react you know we could do stuff but you've got that but coming back um coming back you can't you can't you know and but the most intense moment I think for the commander and the pilot is making sure that the drugs in the mains come out because we have a short window where we can manually fire them if they don't and and I just remember you know we're counting down and then I'm like yeah I'm like green yellow and if IID gotten to Red then that wouldn't have been good um but every time green happened the pyrro went and Jared and I were just like there's the drugs and then and we could see it on our monitor I don't know if you could but we're like oh yes strokes and then we go through I had to rip off my iPad to hand it to you so you take a picture once we got off yeah because once we got off the four healthy Mains J was like that's the best thing I've ever seen and I was like yes yeah and then it was like at that point it was so peaceful cuz cuz re-entry was very Dynamic it the g-forces were so intense it was more shaky than launch was and then when the parachutes deploy that they've lift you up and um shake you all around and then whenever after they're out then you just of falling down I remember it sounded like a Summer Breeze outside and we were like in 1G and uh just drifting down and then we hit the water we knew it it was well that was one thing too when you said you're looking at the screens you and I had a pretty good view of Haley sweet we could actually look out the windows at that point and I remember seeing that the Dragon capsule reorient and as it's making those SC curves to the atmosphere and seeing the clouds move very dynamically see I'd love that that to me hearing the Draco fire and the you know was like as we're doing these giant S curves yeah it's like ingrained in my memory and I'm like and I remember just being there and being like this is so cool you know and just the technology of what SpaceX has done and being able to you know have a a capsule that will dial itself in and and slow down your descent uh it's just amazing such a great experience but splash down was awesome because when we hit the water you're just like we did it it was a very emotional moment more than I expected I love what Dr Proctor said there we did it yeah I love I literally love seeing all the reactions because you know we don't get to you know experience these events with them um and every single one is very unique to each person's experience and I love that all three of them have just like a different view of how each event went yeah that it's um it's so great to be able to hear their reactions uh and I look forward to hearing the Polaris Don crew reactions uh when once they get back on Earth and share their experience with us uh now the Polaris Don crew we are coming up to our anticipated loss of signal excuse me for the interruption just want to thank all of you joining us live we are extremely grateful to you and we hope you guys are enjoying this historic event also we we are curious to know from you how you guys feel about the mission and now about the splash down so please let us know while enjoying the stream um a period in which we a couple minutes before it ends we'll hear the core call out uh the core being the crew oper operations and resources engineer uh and that person is the voice to the crew and they're sitting right there in that room on your screen that is Mission Control here at SpaceX in Hawthorne California uh and couple minutes before the uh blackout period ends we'll we'll start to hear the core uh hail the Dragon capsule because sometimes they get through it quicker and we're able to communicate uh earlier than anticipated so yeah it's an expected period where basically no vehicle Telemetry is received um by mission control or the recovery team uh and we unable to command the vehicle so um as as a reminder though the Dragon capsule is programmed to and designed to fly itself so uh as we heard from the inspiration for crew earlier uh it is a period of great anticipation but coming out on the other side is a is a moment of um a lot of Joy yeah it's super exciting um we are expected to be in the blackout period at this moment we did hear the call the core call that out about 5 minutes ago um so we should be in that blackout period again it should last about 6 7 minutes um and what's expected to come next is going to be once we get through that blackout period we will confirm we have uh comms with the crew once again um and then we will be expecting the drug parachutes to deploy again that helps slow the vehicle down they've been flying very fast in space at 17,500 mph those drugs are going to slow down the vehicle to about 350 mph and then the four main parachutes will deploy and slow the vehicle down as it's making its way back down to earth and should touch down at you know around 15 16 miles hour so these shoots are very very important to help keep the vehicle slowly um moving towards the Earth scrubbing that velocity uh as they've been moving very quickly um but they should have a very light touchdown back on Earth uh in the ocean you can hear a bit a little bit of a crowd here forming outside of Mission Control you can see there on your screen as uh some of our fellow employees are gathering in anticipation of the splash down it's always one of the best not one of the best place to stand um for these types of events although it is uh pretty late on a Saturday night so perhaps not the normal size crowd this is a you know this is a pretty good event for a Saturday night I think this is where I'd want to be so once again uh we are uh in the uh black period blackout period um anticipated loss of communications we do anticipate to regain those Communications around 12:30 a.m. uh Pacific Time or 3:30 a.m. eastern time just after that as Jesse was saying we'll uh see the drug parachutes deploy about 2 minutes uh after and then about 2 minutes after coming back from the blackout period we'll see those drugs deploy and then just a a minute later we'll see the main parachutes deploy so as as we said earlier this is a series of events that uh when you start it seems like oh man it's going to take a while but they do happen in Rapid succession uh and I just noticed there's a um a turtle inflatable down in front of Mission Control in celebration of our new Landing location uh at uh dry to guys yeah I love that celebrating our new splash down Zone welcoming the player ston crew home um and we are a little over halfway through that blackout period we are expecting to hopefully game coms back in about a couple minutes from now again and this you can see on your screen is the first ground view of the Dragon capsule making its way back entering the Earth's atmosphere I love this view uh it's a it's it's so fun to watch this I can only imagine what it would be like to watch it with our own eyes um this thermal view uh in particular is really cool because you can you can see the trail behind it oh that is so awesome there's four humans inside of that capsule right now now once again we are in the anticipated Communications blackout period um basically there is an envelope of ionized air around the spacecraft and it blocks radio signals from reaching Dragon so this basically plasma field around it prohibits us from commanding the vehicle or from communicating with the crew uh so this anticipated blackout period lasts about 7 minutes so uh we should be coming out of it here in about the next minute or so we will probably start to hear uh the SpaceX core begin to reach out to the Dragon capsule uh just trying to hail them or we might even hear from uh the polaron crew first that's an incredible view from the recovery ship uh stationed out in the water that is a sight to see for the people that are watching this live it's not a comet it is just the PlayOn crew coming back to Earth wow that is an amazing view once again we expect this uh blackout period to end in about a minute another view of the Dragon SpaceX com check I you loud and clear how many loud and clear Jared expect automated shoot deployment incredible views incredible coms we have regained Communications with the polaron crew this is a drone circling the recovery vessel and that little white dot I should sorry the big white dot on the right obviously the moon the little white dot there in the center of your screen is the dragon resilience vehicle making its way its final few kilometers back down to planet Earth after spending five days in orbit wow just some epic views tonight you can hear the crowd here in Hawthorne getting excited we've confirmed that we have comms with the crew Dragon SpaceX GPS converged expect nominal altitude for drug shoot deploy got that space show the same and tracking and the crew is still traveling very quickly right now as they're coming back through the Earth's atmosphere but as you heard the drug shoots should be deploying here shortly and that's going to slow them down significantly yeah we we expect those to deploy in about 9 90 seconds and as we heard in those coms it's triggered by GPS so the Dragon capsule using that um that that GPS will automatically know exactly when to deploy it and that happens around 40 kilm once the drove parachutes deploy about a minute after that we'll see the main parachutes and it's pretty incredible that we only uh we can see SE rotation now underway this helps put the crew in a uh more ergonomic position in anticipation of Dr window happy weon should see those shoots deploy here shortly and you can see the crew bracing as instructed for the change in velocity standing by for deployment of the drog parachutes these will help bring the vehicle down from about 350 mil hour when they deploy down to about 119 mph when the main parachutes deploy there we can see that the dro shoots have successfully deployed it's a great thermal image and that view is from the actual Basin where those drog parachutes are located Dragon SpaceX visual on two healthy drugs we the these Dr parachutes help to stabilize the Dragon capsule and get it into the right orientation before those main parachutes uh pop out as well as providing that initial deceleration this is such a great thermal shop of the the Dragon capsule you can see it turning a little bit with the drug parachutes and there are the four main shoots now deployed they'll slowly open up to their full uh deployment here in just a few seconds incredible views of the Polaris Dawn crew returning to Earth after 5 days in Earth's orbit the crowd here at Mission Control in Hawthorne cheering and R nominal it's a beautiful sight to see show the same 1000 Cy 1000 beautiful sight to see those four healthy main parachutes so great now in about two minutes we expect our splash down to occur and you may hear the crew in the core talking they're uh communicating about their altitude as they make their way back down to earth we should start yeah there it is so we should start to hear an our hearing uh our commander Jared isaacman call out the altitude as they descend to the ocean's surface we can see the Polaris Dawn crew nestled in their seats there on the left hand side of your screen as they anticipate their splash down C six and you can see the difference in velocity this is a lot gentler than just a few minutes ago the dragon is coming back down to earth absolutely these main parachutes deploy at about 119 miles per hour and help slow the Dragon capsule down to about 15 mph when it makes contact with the ocean can also see that the capsule is there the capsule is now stabilized it's no longer spinning like we saw it with the drug parachutes 200 we're bracing copy 200 embraced bracing for splash down that would be the final call we hear from Jared until contact with the ocean surface standing by for a splash down of the polaron crew and there you can see as you can see on your screen and by the cheers behind us the Polaris Dawn crew has successfully splashed down welcome back to planet Earth pois Dawn SpaceX recovery team now moving into to begin the process of strapping the Dragon capsule up with the necessary uh rigging in order to lift it onto the recovery vessel Dragon capsule appears to be in a pretty stable uh position after Cur one CR curve one space copies code one now the recovery teams have been ready and waiting about three nautical miles away so it's going to take them just about 30 minutes to make their way to Jared kid Sarah and Anna who are currently inside of the Dragon capsule that you see there on your screen back here home on Earth that call out that we heard earlier uh confirmation of what uh I had said a little bit prior to in terms of that stable configuration that code one call out um is the reflection of the crews reporting of that of that landing position we can see the Dragon capsule bobbing in the distance Like Jesse said the recovery team is a little ways away from the splash down location uh obviously to ensure their safety um as well as the safety of the polaron crew so it takes a little while for the large recovery vessel to make its way over to the Dragon capsule but there are a couple of fast boats that we will likely see coming to screen um sooner than later and those fast boats carry stable one those fast boats carry got one those fast boats carry the recovery team members that will scoop up the parachutes from the water excuse me as well as perform the initial safety checks to make sure that there are no hypergolic fuel Vapors or um uh any any basically potentially harmful Vapors remaining around the Dragon capsule following the deorbit sequence so we'll see a crew with some personal protective equipment uh on around the uh wearing that personal protective equipment around the capsule performing those safety checks before allowing anyone to get uh too close to the capsule yeah and I love that we have those fast boats you know instead of waiting for the recovery vessel to make it uh with crew members on board there we have the fast boats to get there while the recovery vessel is making its way towards the capsule and we can do all that work in advance and they are very fast as you SpaceX on behalf of the entire team of SpaceX welcome home we have pulled go for Recovery Personnel to approach except expect Personnel alongside in approximately 1 minute Happ that SpaceX and uh Lis stwn we are mission complete thanks for all the big help pulling this Mission together now we did see a jet ski pass by that jet ski has a couple uh recovery folks on board they've got the go to do those uh you know gas and hazardous checks to make sure that Dragon uh is safe for the recovery vessel to approach yeah and this view here is actually from a drone hovering near the Dragon capsule so it gives you a little bit better perspective of how close the fast boats are like I mentioned before some of them are uh scouring the water looking for the parachutes that were released after Dragon splash down we'll try to retrieve those uh and another fast boat will approach and begin those safety checks for any hypergolic Vapors uh and yeah we can see them getting oh there actually you can kind of see one of those parachutes there floating in the water to the right hand side and then the moon in the distance what a great view some great lighting from the Moon this light this uh night uh splash down tonight would like to request our moderators here not to delete any comments on the chat let people to express their feelings so request you not to delete any comments on the chat it's a privilege to have all the people joining us here and we do respect your opinion and Views so please share with us capsule uh that is the crew that will begin yeah you can see with the stick there that is basically a hypergolic um uh detection device uh and yeah they will attach to the Dragon capsule to get a little closer uh and we can see that they have respirators on this helps ensure that if there are any lingering Vapors that uh they will not be exposed to those now the recovery team just like the Polaris Dawn crew uh they perform quite a bit of training in order to be able to perform these activities safely in fact uh if for those of you that have never watched our recovery um shows before but there will actually be someone that jumps into the water and begins climbing on Dragon capsule in order to secure the straps that are necessary to lift the the Dragon capsule out of the water oh there's a cool shot there because you can actually see the Basin where the main parachutes were located that's where uh the the oh here's a thermal view now but yeah that lower larger Basin is where the main parachutes were located a Dragon capsule definitely looks toasty having come back through the Earth's atmosphere a little bit toasty there was a little hot coming back yeah and again right now the recovery team is ensuring the safety of the crew um making sure there's no hazardous gases around the vehicle they're pulling the shoots out of the water which is what that thing is below the Dragon capsule there on the bottom right hand side of your screen it is not a giant squid I love how there are lights on these boats uh maybe not there actually I take that back I don't think it's lights on the boats I think it's lights with some of um Dragon SpaceX hyper golf sweeps and unfired ordinance checks nominal rigging in progress approximately 2 five minutes until capsule lift stand by for PMC C that two five minutes for capsuled L and glad all the checkouts are good all right great news there um letting yes no and we can see that the crew members have uh basically taken off their respirators allows them to work a little bit more efficiently uh also heard that the crew will have their space X for PMC PMC standing for private medical conference so this is an opportunity to check in with I would like to try and do the PMC in 10 minutes one Z minutes looking for crew to be okay with that weight C good we'll call you if we need to pull it in but right now one Z minutes seems good copy all right so that PMC private medical conference that's just an opportunity for the crew to chat with the flight surgeon check in make sure everybody's feeling good so it sounds like the crew is on board to have that occur in 10 minutes meanwhile the recovery teams here on your screen scurrying oh there with our first view of the IND on top of the [Music] capsule uh yeah we I have said this in many Splashdown webcasts before not enough money in the world to convince me to do that job I have so much admiration and respect for the people that can uh just doing that in Dark Water would be terrifying to me and I love how efficient and well- Tred all of these individuals are they we can see it in action here they they function as a a really strong unit altogether um even in I mean these waters are pretty calm but you can see the capsule and the boats kind of moving around um and it's it's not like they're on land yeah and yeah Kate I mean at least they are in near the floor to Keys uh they probably got some pretty Clear Water even though it is nighttime uh I wouldn't mind you know jumping on top of the capsule trying to to rig up the Dragon capsule there looks like a pretty fun job actually yeah I think I nighttime would be a hard M daytime maybe Dragon SpaceX for PMC all right we're actually ready to do a PMC now so I'm going to be privatizing Dragon to ground you'll next hear from the ship surgeon so cool to see this happening live with the various recovery team members working to install the straps and the rigging that is necessary in order to uh in order to safely lift the Dragon capsule out of the water um I want to give a special shout out to the SpaceX weather team and the recovery team for unlocking this location and adding it to uh our our sites of availability for Dragon recovery opportunities and and options because um as we saw trying to launch this Mission um when we originally when we were OHP just kidding fake quindar um when we were trying to launch this weather was really problematic and it wasn't just the weather at the launch site which is what most dragon ground is no longer privatized yeah the the weather at the launch site is what most people think of um but when we have a shorter duration uh basically free flyer type Mission like this where the Dragon capsule is only in orbit for a few days not only do we have to look at the immediate weather around the launch site and the weather during the ascent abort uh phases like we always do but at the time of launch we also have to be really confident that there will be good weather in the at least a hand a couple of landing locations um available to us at the time of lunch and there that wasn't an option for any of our existing sites and the recovery team and the weather team worked really hard to identify this new location and just look how calm the waters are wow it was perfect for this flash down tonight and yeah Kate like for the last few weeks um weather you know in Florida is you know it's the hurricane season so it's a little bit tough um and like you said you know 5 days trying to make sure that weather is good from start to to finish is really really difficult with that type of weather there in Florida where typically you know other missions we've gone gone to the International Space Station where we can kind of wait out weather if we need to um for a mission like the free flyer like you said uh that's a little bit harder yeah we don't have as much cargo space to uh keep you know food and supplies um much longer than the planned duration of the mission obviously there's some um extra in there in case they did need to stay out in space but we got some some excellent weather for this and a big shout out to starlink we've got this view here brought to you by starlink and we're now seeing the recovery vessel getting closer and closer to the Dragon capsule uh this is where the Dragon capsule is going to be lifted out of the water onto this recovery vessel a great shot of the helicopter B on top that's pretty cool so a helicopter is going to come once the crew is on board once the capsule is on board the cruise on board um and has exited the Dragon capsule a helicopter is going to come land on the recovery vessel and actually fly the crew back to land that's a lot faster path than waiting on the recovery vessel to get back to land um and that's important to make sure that the crew is safe healthy and they can get into um hopefully get get some sleep maybe yeah um I did make a note that the crew um you know while they are on orbit everything is scheduled including their sleep periods uh and they actually had their wakeup call at 6:25 p.m. Pacific time uh or 9:25 p.m. eastern time so it's right now almost 1:00 a.m. Pacific time so yeah they've been awake for a while and they had quite quite quite a day honestly and I'm sure that they are most excited to see their families again and also probably pretty excited to get a good night's sleep and a bed instead of floating around now if you've recently joined us uh unfortunately you missed um quite a bit of action already but we still have a bit to go uh so far we as you can see have had a successful splash down of the Dragon capsule carrying the Polaris Dawn crew they splashed down about 12:36 a.m. Pacific time uh unfortunately I I uh was too excited and I didn't catch the exact splash down time but I think it was right around then um and that is now the recovery of the cup of the capsule is now underway this view is um of the recovery team in one of those fast boats we can see some of the recovery crew members working to uh place the straps and the rigging around the capsule that that will be used excuse me to lift the Dragon capsule out of the water and onto the recovery vessel and uh from there the crew members will will excuse me the recovery team members will open up the side hatch and uh that will be the first breath of fresh air that this crew has had since they lifted off uh let's see five days ago man this week has been such a blur I guess that was Monday night I I think but Monday night for us yes yeah okay thank you uh so yeah it's been it's been quite a few days and once that hatchet is open we will then bring each crew member out one at a time uh they will then head up to the medical deck and have uh an in-person checkout with the flight surgeon uh ex me the the flight surgeon that is on the ship so the ship surgeon and yeah from there they'll get to get on that helicopter that you mentioned yeah and the uh flight surgeon will be the first to greet the crew once that hatch is open um and they'll help the the recovery team um and crew will help them exit the Dragon capsule they need to um and we actually you know again 3 years ago today the inspiration 4 crew lifted off and did their three-day mission in space so we'll get to hear some of their thoughts on what that was like exiting the capsule for the first time coming back down to earth it was a really kind of a Bittersweet time like we knew we had just completed all these different milestones we had done all that research um and I know polaron they have so much more research they're going to get through but we had just gotten down into the water and now we're just sitting there waiting and waiting um to come out and then go on to the next thing right and how do we take this story how do we take this experience and share it with everybody that's been experiencing it with us which they were they were they were watching us the entire time which I think was amazing we we had so many people donate to St Jude uh during our flight uh that was one of the most incredible things to learn about yeah later that night after Splash on right when we found out we surpassed our $200 million fundraising goal I remember I just couldn't stop crying I was just so happy and I love the fact that you know our families heard the sonic boom of Us coming home it's like we announced here we come I'm glad they knew that was a good thing that's right um but my my brother you know Hayden is an airspace engineer he was like yeah he was so excited to hear that he knew exactly what it was and we were the first uh SpaceX crew to splash down in the Atlantic so we were the first crew to cause a sonic boom back over Florida since the shuttle stopped flying I know such a special moment you know and I just remember getting back onto the boat and you know the and then working on opening up the side hatch for the first time and anal being there to welcome us and I just home Earth I'll never forget that and I just I think about the fact that you know and Neil is got to greet us us and now he's a NASA astronaut and the fact that Anna gets to go and have that experience and during all of this she was with our families she was supporting them and um all of them were supporting our mission so Sarah was in Mission Control she was chatting with us for launch and in space and you know she had trained us to that point and then kid was one of the first faces that we saw back on Earth he had been there every step of the way and um with fried chicken with fried chicken I was I was ready for some Earth food when I got back I thought that was funny cuz you were like fried chicken I just remember you and you're kind of like hanging out of our mouths as we I there's this photo and um you know I'm still like getting used to gravity again which we had been there 3 days I didn't think it'd be such a Readjustment but I'm laying on the stretcher I've been eating fried chicken and it's all over me and I didn't even sit up I was like I don't care I'm so happy I remember an Neil coming in and being like you know to get help us get out of our our suit and well out of our seats and thinking I've got this I've got to be like you know this is going to be my my Phoenix Rising moment coming off of the spacecraft what were you thinking when you first got up on the land and well it was onto the boat and the camera's there and you're standing I I know I felt like I wanted to have a good show as well and but the problem I had was that the boat started rocking now all of a sudden I'm unsteady and so I look like this you know this kind of elephant who's learning how to walk for the first time but it yeah I was really excited to to be back and to go see everyone and share the story and I felt great I felt awesome and I looked at you guys coming out too and you were strutting your way on to the the next section and and then Jared of course followed behind me oh yeah Jared was last out he Jared always let us go first ladies first yep love hearing the inspiration for uh memories really of their own space flight Mission uh I I'm sure that the second time around for Jared will feel a little bit different he um you know had flown on the inspiration for Mission as they were mentioning and oh this is uh a cool view because we we can we can start to see how close the recovery vessel is to the Dragon capsule we still have the fast boat there working to install the uh straps that are required to lift the vehicle into that Nest that you see there on your screen so that arm will actually extend out over the water and that will is what will lift the Dragon capsule up and into that Nest there at the end that Nest will then translate to the forward end of the boat Exum me the recovery vessel and that's where we'll let them hang out while we open up the side hatch oh wow that is just an incredible view some great lights some clear water clear skies got the moon moon in the background and all brought to you by starlink I loved hearing that uh Haley's first thing coming out of the capsule was eating fried CH Dron SpaceX be advised transitioning forward link Comm will be unavailable for a little less than 5 minutes yeah getting some fried chicken Fresh Off The Dragon capsule um and also another cool full circle moment with anneal that is Anna men's husband uh was the flight surgeon that greeted the inspiration for crew which is really cool um and now Anna has completed her mission in space um just so cool to to see that full circle moment again I I can't believe this is all happening on the same day that the inspiration launched three years ago that's pretty cool yeah so we can we can start to see the recovery team getting closer to the Dragon capsule one of the fast Vats there in the background um as well as the capsule itself coming into view um this arm or excuse me this Arch rather that you see in a perfectly vertical position that will actually extend out to about 40 5° or so uh and it will happen quite quickly basically once all of the straps are in place and secure and tight the uh that arm will extend you can see uh a protective buoy there at the end of The Vessel to help make sure that nothing comes into contact with the Dragon capsule but once those straps are attached and that arm uh that that hydraulic Arch is extended out um the Dragon capsule will actually be lifted up and out of the water pretty efficiently and uh placed into that circular basket looking thing or what we we call it a nest uh and that is basically the The Landing point for the Dragon capsule you can see it has a a bit of a concave shape to help support the similarly concave shaped uh uh heat shield at the bottom of the Dragon capsule and once the Dragon capsule is in the Dragon Nest it will translate um and move forward towards the um front of the boat actually more towards the middle of the boat to a platform um as you probably can see on the Dragon capsule the hatch is about in the middle of the Dragon capsule um so there is a platform for when they open up that hatch that it is very easy to exit the capsule um to the platform now while we can't see the crew themselves they are remaining in their seats and strapped in with their safety harnesses but at this point in time they are they have opened up their visor excuse me as the dynamic portion of flight has concluded we do continue to flow some cool nitrox or nitrogen oxygen air mixture in through their suits to help keep them uh comfortable during this phase but they are also at this point in time allowed to retrieve uh their water bottles which had previously been stored for re-entry so yeah they're able to stay cool and hydrated and just hang out and and enjoy um the the last few minutes within their their their home for the last five days they've done a lot of great work this week so they get a little bit of time to relax and patiently wait as uh they wait for that hatch to open and get that first fresh breath of air again just some great views here this is the recovery vessel with the helipad on top of it again a helicopter is going to uh land on that pad there uh board the crew and take them back to land very quickly back to their families and friends that'll hopefully be there to to greet them back to Earth I love this Dr drone shot that we have uh first time we've had a view like this for our recovery operations and it's Dragon SpaceX comra Dron has your loud and clear loud and clear forward link transition complete all right we can see the recovery team continuing to pull the Dragon capsule a little bit closer there're still one individual there in the bucket where the main parachutes uh are stored during flight you can also see at the top of uh basically at the top of what is the side hatch there's another bucket and that's where the drog parachutes are located Dragon SpaceX riging complete approximately 5 minutes until capsule lift copy 5 minutes till capsule lift and again the core communicating to the crew as they can't see outside of the capsule so there's a lot of movements going on there's a lot of sounds that they're going to be hearing and there you can see the hydraulic lift mechanism lowering into position uh in preparation for lifting the Dragon capsule out of the water we'll see the recovery team individual who's there um placing those attachment straps uh onto the straps that he's already or um uh basically put around the circumference of of the Dragon capsule that individual will climb up a little bit higher on the capsule and then jump off into the dark water and oh here's a cool view uh from above the uh that helicopter pad uh that is where the helicopter will land and take the four crew members back to land so about five minutes well at this point four minutes until uh the capsule is lifted out of the Water Dragon SpaceX brace for capsule lift there they go it's probably warm water Kate yeah what sea creatures love warm water too in my head they're not going to hurt you we can see the Dragon capsule now coming out of the water our first view of that well-loved heat shield at the bottom of the Dragon resilience vehicle dragon now completely out of the water and will be lowered onto that cradle there once the Dragon capsule is lowered we will see the recovery team who are obviously out of the way for safety reasons at this point in time but once the capsule is um translated and secured we'll see them begin to hose it down with fresh water uh as we reuse these capsules um we want to try and minimize the effects of corrosion which of course happened due to saltwater so we will actually begin to see not only that Basin where the main parachutes were located uh that will get rinsed out as well as the the overall capsule the crew is now on the recovery vessel probably their first moment of a little bit more stability being back on Earth again what will happen next is once the Dragon capsule is fully seated in the nest uh and will remove all the rigging from the caps that will then translate that capsule and move it forward to a platform Dragon SpaceX welcome aboard the recovery vessel recovery Personnel are completing final checks standby for translation to the egress platform Happ that space anyway all right great news there and uh it looks like actually the estimation for Lift was uh uh we we completed it 2 minutes early so like I said it's a pretty efficient operation the recovery team not only have they performed this on numerous actual uh human SP space flight missions but also in in rehearsals and and training procedures of their own so it looks like the crew members that you see there um have dawned some PPE once again um these are respirators that help to ensure that if there are any lingering hypergolic uh fumes that they will not be exposed to it so they are actually installing plugs into uh the uh the basically the the the outlet of those Draco thrusters and Performing additional uh hypergolic sniffs to ensure that there are no residual fumes once they install all of the necessary Draco plugs they will continue uh with a final round of um detection checks and Dragon SpaceX looking for you're okay to come on board with cameras than Dragon you're welcome aboard with the Cs sped copies recovery team continuing with the installation of those safety plugs to help prevent any uh um fumes from the Draco thrusters our Draco engines utilize hypergolic propellants and those are toxic to humans of course and so we want to ensure the safety of our recovery team as well as the Polaris Dawn crew so we're going to close up those thrusters and perform some additional uh fume checks before allowing anyone to approach oh our first view inside the capsule post splash down got some happy faces visors up and then seat bels on yeah H the classic kid thumbs up yes I love it y I've actually been following along with I've been following along with uh the procedures that they have on their tablets there located on their legs and it's actually written into their procedure to remain seated and restrained just in case if uh anybody inside was feeling daring they are they are still required to uh keep all hands inside uh the ride at all times yeah that that is actually very important they have been out in space for five days uh they don't have gravity you know forcing their muscles um to be working the way that we utilize them here on Earth so it is important that when they do take their first steps that we have uh some of the crew and the medical team there to support them in case they need any help absolutely again it's only been five days uh the inspiration 4 crew did three days and uh they were able to pretty easily walk out uh of the capsule but we'll see how uh This Crew does back on gravity yeah everyone uh seems to be pretty calm and collected and just chilling out uh as they await for the Dragon capsule to be translated looks like that should be happening just in a NE in the next couple excuse me the next couple minutes um as the recovery team completes their uh safety installations and removing some uh harnessing connections uh that Nest that the Dragon capsule is in will move toward the forward end of The Vessel where there is basically in in the the central part of the of the vessel there is a a deck where SpaceX uh crew members are standing by and as Jesse said will be able to assist the astronauts if necessary to get out of um uh out of the capsule or or egress as we say in a cool view here just looking from behind the seats on your left hand side is Commander Jared isaacman and your right hand side is our pilot kid potit you can kind of get a feel for the difference in seat position uh in terms of the position that it's in now and the position that it the seats were in while the crew was still in Space the warning and the 1.21 gaws uh uh stickers were a little bit closer to us I I feel like so it kind of gives you a feel for the amount of rotation in those seats pretty cool to be able to see the same displays that the crew um utilizes while they were in Flight once again uh dragon resilience has been successful well first of all made a made an ontime splash down uh in the I guess this would be you know in considered in the Florida Keys down near uh at Dry Tortugas and they had a pretty quick recovery out of the water um they are now on the recovery vessel and standing by for the final preparations uh performed by the recovery team prior to to uh basically opening that side hatch once again this will be the first time that the Polaris Dawn crew will have fresh air it'll be fresh salty fishy air but fresh air nonetheless and there we can see the Dragon capsule now being moved toward the central part of the ship you can see there uh there are some SpaceX crew members also wearing respirators once again as we will perform the final hypergolic um safety uh sniffing te tests uh as I mentioned earlier beginning to spray the Dragon capsule down with fresh water to try and rinse that salt water off of the metallic components this is very exciting we're just a few minutes away there's still some more procedures that they have to go through in order to open that hatch but just a few minutes away from hatch opening again the first person that will meet them will be the flight surgeon who will enter the capsule uh make sure that the crew is feeling good and ready to exit their seats for those of you that just have that have joined just recently uh the Dragon capsule carrying the Polaris Dawn crew splashed down just 41 minutes ago at 12:36 a.m. Pacific Time 3:36 a.m. uh East Coast time and here we are um uh 40 minutes later pretty quick operations by the recovery teams in terms of getting over to where the capsule landed getting uh the parachutes out of the water and adhering the required straps and ultimately lifting the Dragon capsule up onto the recovery vessel as we just saw a few minutes ago right now the recovery team outside of the Dragon capsule like I said before spray down the capsule with some freshh Water Dragon SpaceX standby for side opening and eress all right good news there copy that we're standing by looks like those safety checks were quick and successful as everyone has doed their respirators and there you can see officially the hatch is open I just heard cheering from a part of the building I have a feeling that came from the dragon team at their computers that that was pretty cool that is the uh the flight surgeon doing initial uh medical checks making sure that everybody is feeling good I have a feeling by his smiling face he's getting getting four Smiling Faces in return PlayOn crew has now officially taken their first breath of earth air in the last five days we can see the recovery team in the background um basically putting up some protective uh fixtures around the the side hatch in order to ensure that as the crew egresses and uh and and and gets assisted as they come out of the capsule that they uh don't hurt the the the side hatch seals uh or themselves uh obviously want to protect the the individuals as well and super exciting we can see that the crew crew is now prepping the Dragon capsule for the crew ESS and there is you know they're going to be removing their harnesses um removing any equipment out of the way to enure that they are safe to step out of their seats and erress the Dragon capsule even the flight surgeon has to be assisted it's some tough maneuvering so we'll start to see the foot rests um the recovery team will come in and there is our Polaris on crew our first live view with the side hatch open fist pumps thumbs up I'm sure if we had audio there would be some cheers as well I'm sure the crew is so excited to be home mission complete like they said after five days of some historic Milestones that smiling face there in the side hatch taking pictures I'm sure that is John Krauss also known as snap uh he is the I believe the content director for the Polaris Dawn program I'm sure uh it's an exciting moment to be able ble to capture both with video and photo The Smiling Faces of the crew members now we can see some SpaceX crew members uh recovery team uh they'll come in they will start to remove the footrests at the bottoms of each seat that will help give a little bit more moving room uh or I should say area to uh for folks to get in and help the the our four poison astronauts get out a little bit easier there's a foot rest being removed there as Kate mentioned fun fact about those foot rests they are Uh custom sized for each astronaut uh as well as the arm armrests so each armrest and foot rest basically comes in like a small medium or large option and depending on excuse me the uh the foot length and the arm length of each individual they get their appropriate size for their body measurements yeah I mean that goes with the seats themselves the suits themselves are all customized to each individual astronaut and crew member um basically they get a customized version just for themselves for these missions now we can see that um pardon me the crew members are now able to undo their safety harnesses their their fiveo safety straps and uh I guess that would be the last step before before uh being able to get out now it seems as though the first person to come out will be Anna Menan who is on the far right side as we are looking at it she is in seat 4 yeah so Anna is now making her way with this assisted egress Mission specialist Anna Menon there she is fellow space yes so happy I love this so excited welcome back to Earth Anna we heard um Haley Arseno who was one of the mission Specialists and uh and she for the inspiration for Mission uh we heard her say that Jared um always let the ladies go first and so I have a feeling that Sarah might be the next one to egress here yep we can see her uh now getting out of her seat she and Anna had the two window seats SpaceX team assisting her to make sure that she doesn't hit the side hatch in any way [Music] so much excitement our second space xer to fly in space mission specialist Sarah Gillis back on Earth so cool to see her now egressing is our pilot kid potit I would bet good good money that we're GNA see some thumbs up once kid exits it's pretty cool to see that uh they are coming out standing up on their own two feet and walking off Dragon this is the final call sign up some dance moves that's pretty great I think that move should be added to the required choreography for human space flight missions you know we have the astronaut lean back when they approach their rocket on launch day the uh kid Shuffle I think should be the the next one for for post egress we heard Jared get one last call out on the loops before for aggressing himself and the final Polaris Dawn crew member egressing Dragon resilience Commander Jared isaacman our second frequent flyer in Dragon completing his second mission in space for a second I thought for for a second I thought he was saying goodbye to his spacecraft uh but it turns out he was saying goodbye to the people still in there assisting him with his egress so uh incredible to see uh what what a day what a week what a week and now with our polaron crew safely back home on Earth and getting checked out by our medical team what an incredible and exciting Mission this has been next up the crew will actually catch a helicopter flight back to shore where they will rejoin their families over the 5-day Mission plon set records and marked a few firsts that are critical to spacex's long-term plans for making Humanity a multiplanetary species after lifting off on Tuesday September 10th at 5:23 a.m. eastern time from launch complex 39a at the Kennedy Space Center Dragon climbed to an apy of just over 1, 148 kilometers flying further than any dragon to date and traveling further from Earth than any humans since the end of the Apollo program then on September 12th SpaceX teams and the Piston crew successfully conducted the first space walk from Dragon testing our new in-house developed Eva suits and procedures that will be critical for building bases and cities on the moon and Mars yeah and it was so cool to watch that the crew also performed a number of science and research experiments while in orbit including 36 research studies and experiments designed to advance both human health on Earth and during long duration long duration space flight and over the course of the mission the crew demonstrated star Link's power to transform the way we communicate with spacecraft and people in low earth orbit including that incredible Music Moment which uh I've watched many times and we'll continue to watch even more now our future in space is definitely bright and it's really exciting to think about where we will be in the not too distant future with all of that thank you so much for joining us tonight and all week as always be sure to check x.com SpaceX for updates I'm Kate Ty and I'm Jesse Anderson thank you to everyone for being with us this week for the polar daon Mission and have an incredible night so with that we will wrap up our coverage for now we are really grateful for all of to all of you for joining us live on this this historic moment of human space flight concluding with this splash down be sure to check out our social media handle on X for the latest happening aace industry and updates on upcoming launches we hope you enjoyed the stream and we appreciate everyone joining us for today's launch excuse me today's splash down I'm always wishing everyone a great week ahead tomorrow we will be streaming the Galileo l13 Mission from K canaval so don't forget to tune in thanks for watching this is Astro yandra live and me dipto signing off for now and we will see you next time [Music] [Music]