SpaceX Polaris Dawn Mission Splashdown LIVE

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 is heavy you wor I know preferred launch um over splash down but yeah um cuz you know we were in space for 3 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're 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 you can't affort coming back come back 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 and I'm like yeah I'm like green yellow and if I'd 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 drugs and then we go I had to rip off my iPad to hand it take a picture once we got off yeah because once we got off the four healthy Mains Jared 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 was 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're just kind of falling down I remember it sounded like a Summer Breeze outside and we were likeing one G 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 of we 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 S curves to the atmosphere and seeing the clouds move very dynamically see I'd love that that to me hearing the Draco firing and the you know it's like as we doing these giant S curves sound like 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 it's just amazing such a great experience but splash down was awesome because when we hit the water you just like we did it it was a very emotional moment more than 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 Dawn Cruz reactions uh when once they get back on Earth and share their experience with us uh now the polaron crew we are coming up to our anticipated loss of signal um this is the point in time in which the amount of plasma building up on the exterior of the vehicle becomes significant in that we are unable to um command the vehicle or receive Telemetry uh or communicate with the crew so this happens every time a Dragon capsule comes back through the Earth's atmosphere and we're anticipating about a 7-minute uh loss of signal for for today's re-entry um but it's 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 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're 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 4 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 called that out about 5 minutes ago um so we should be in that blackout period again it should last about 6 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 milph 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 m per 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 uh you can hear a bit a little bit of a crowd 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 Splashdown 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 normaliz 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 Tortugas yeah I love that celebrating our new splash down Zone welcoming the player Don crew home um and we are a little over halfway through that blackout period we are expecting to hopefully game coms back uh 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 csle 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 player Don crew coming back to Earth wow that is an amazing deal once again we we expect this uh blackout period to end in about a minute another view of the Dragon SpaceX com check has you lby player how SP loud and clear Jared expect automated shoot deployment incredible views incredible comms we have regained Communications with the polaron crew this is a drone circling the recovery vessel and little white dot I should start 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 5 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 at SpaceX we show the same in 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 90 seconds and as we heard in those comms 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 km once the drog 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 seat rotation now underway this helps put the crew in a uh more ergonomic position in anticipation of for Dr window copy 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 mph when they deploy down to about 119 mph when the main parachutes deploy there we can see that the Dr 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 stop that space X we show the same these drog 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 shot 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 hawor cheering on four names and descent rate nominal it's a beautiful sight to see that space actually show the same 1,000 Cy 1,000 beautiful sight to see those four healthy main parachutes so great now in about 2 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 are 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 the cop six you can see the difference in velocity this is a lot gentler than just a few minutes ago that dragon is coming back down to earth absolutely these main parachutes deploy at about 119 milph and help slow the Dragon capsule down to about 15 mph when it makes contact with the ocean can also see that that the capsule is now 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 Racing for splash down that will 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 place 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 Dragon Vehicles code one Cru code 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 on 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 we're stable one those fast boats carry cop stable 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 can see SpaceX on behalf of the entire team of SpaceX welcome home we have pulled go for Recovery Personnel to approach expect Personnel alongside in approximately 1 minute Happ dad SpaceX and uh flis 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 splashed down we'll try to retrieve those uh and another fast boo 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 at this light this uh night uh splash down tonight I'm pretty sure this is uh the first time we've had these views on our recovery webcast so it's pretty cool to see I love I love that we get this this view right here where we can see the the lights on inside Dragon capsule Through the Windows almost looks like the eyes of dragon yeah that's pretty cool so the fast boat that is closest to the Dragon capsule uh that is the crew that will begin yeah you can see with the stick there that is basically a hyper 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 sh 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 that 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 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 25 minutes until capsule lift standby for PMC copy that two five minutes for capsuled lift and glad all the checkouts are good all right great news there um letting us know and we can see that the crew m 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 Dragon SpaceX for PMC PMC standing for private medical conference so this is an opportunity to check in with we' like to try and do the PMC in 10 minutes 1 Z minutes looking for crew to be okay with that weight here 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 team's here on your screen scurrying oh there we our first view of the individual on top of the 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-trained all of these individuals are they we can see it in action here they they function as a a really strong unit together 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 Florida Keys uh they probably got some pretty clear water even though it is night time uh I would 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 night time would be a hard Mill daytime maybe Dragon SpaceX for PMC go SpaceX 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 C 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 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 oh just kidding fake quor 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 can't space 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 was 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 launch 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 splash 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 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 P there on top that's pretty cool so a helicopter is going to come once the crew is on board once the capsule's on board the crew's 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 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 in a bed yeah instead of floating around yeah 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 uh the recovery of the cup of the capsule is now underway this view is um of the recovery team in one of those fastboats we can see some of the recovery crew members working to uh place the straps in 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 uh 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 or ex 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 if they need to um and we actually you know again three 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 got 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 down 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 yeah 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 uh Sonic Boom back over Florida since the shuttle stop playing 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 an Neil being there to welcome us and I home Earthling never forget and I just I think about the fact that you know and Neil is got to greet us and now he's a Nas 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 have 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 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 and 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 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 4 Mission as they were mentioning and oh here this is uh 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 fastboat 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 or exuse 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 just an incredible view some great lights some clear water clear skies we got the moon yeah the 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 chicken SPX 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 circal moment again I I can't believe this is all happening on the same day that the inspiration for 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 boats 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 45° 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 efficient ly 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 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 cooled 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 uh yeah they're able to stay cool and hydrated and just hang out and uh 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 drone shot that we have uh first time we've had a view like this for our recovery operations and it's Dragon SpaceX com check dragon has your L clear lot clear forward link transition complete all right we can see the recovery team continuing to pull the Dragon capsule a little bit closer there's 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 that 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 uh basically put around the circumference 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 5 minutes well at this point 4 minutes until uh the capsule is lifted out of the water Dragon SpaceX brace for capsule lift there they go thanks for braing it's probably warm water Kate yeah you know what sea creatures love warm water too in my head they 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 freshwater 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 capsule 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 Cy b space standing by 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 space 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 your okay to come on board with cameras pry thanks drag and you're welcome aboard with the cams SpaceX 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 are 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 belts on yeah H the classic kid thumbs up yes I love it yep uh I've actually been following along with I've been following along with uh the procedures that they have on their tablets they 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 You' 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 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 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 uh basically opening that side hatch once again this will be the first time that the Polaris daon 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 test 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 and make sure that the crew is feeling good and ready to exit their seats for those of you that just had that have joined just recently uh the Dragon capsule carrying the polaron 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 uh 40 minutes later pretty quick operation 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 spraying down the capsule with some fresh water SpaceX standby for side hch opening and eress all right good news there copy that SpaceX 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 Distant part of the building I have a feeling that came from the dragon teams 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 four Smiling Faces in return piston 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 is now prepping the 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 egress 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 daon 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 5 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 to capture both with video and photo though 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 polaron 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 armrests so each armrest and footrest 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 the 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 Des 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 fivepoint 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 four yeah so Anna is now making her way with this assisted egress Mission specialist Anna Menan there she is fellow space yes so happy I love this so excited welcome back to Earth Anna we heard um Haley Areno 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 so much excit 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 money that we're going to 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 offex dragon this is the final call signning 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 egressing 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 um what what a day what a week what a week and now with our Polaris daon 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 piston 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 1,48 km 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 inhouse 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 will 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 polaron mission and have an incredible night