00:00around the second stage
00:04we should now be able to see that strong backward track just a couple of degrees
00:08away from the launch vehicle upon liftoff it will move back even further in order
00:14to clear the way for Falcon 9 looks like we can start to see that movement now
00:22the structure is what is utilized to horizontally integrate the vehicles
00:27while still in the hangar as well as transport them horizontally to the
00:31launch pad and then raise them to their vertical launch position
00:42and we've got the strong back is now you see a little bounce there is it stops
00:47stage one lock load is complete and right on time stage one locks load is
00:52complete we're down to just loading a liquid oxygen on the second stage that
00:56will wrap up just after T minus two minutes which point we'll have the
01:01million pounds propellant on board Falcon 9 ready to fly we can see the vehicle
01:07continuing to vent some of that gaseous or the liquid oxygen that has now vaporized
01:13dragon is in terminal count and is on internal power
01:21we can have a live view there of the spacex team here at headquarters in mission control on the left
01:27hand side as well as the axiom team from their own mission control as well on the right
01:39dragon spacex for weather looks like the system has cleared and we're looking like we're go for
01:45launch for weather all right we've heard a good news information to the dragon copy we're letting
01:53them know that appears the weather is going to avoid the area
02:00that is great news indeed just waiting now for the call out liquid oxygen load complete on the second
02:10stage stage two locks load is complete dragon is in auto idle
02:23ground gas close out to expect loud venting
02:32at venting we're now bleeding off excess pressure in the strong back that's what's
02:38giving that large white plume as cold gas meets the warm Florida air and condenses the moisture
02:46air coming up on one minute where the flight computers will take over the sequence let's
02:51listen in to the launch of Falcon 9 with dragon the axiom 2 crew
03:00fts is armed falcon 9 is in startup and is now controlling dragon is in countdown
03:15spacex dragon spacex go for launch dragon copy go for launch
03:28t minus 30 seconds
03:42t minus 15
03:48t minus 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 engine's full power
04:00and lift off falcon 9 go action
04:06copy one alpha together we expand what is possible in low earth orbit add astra and godspeed 8x2
04:41copy one of the
04:44Stage one throttle down.
04:46Powered telemetry nominal.
04:48We're into the throttle bucket as the first stage is throttle down power on the Merlin engines in preparation for
04:53Max-Q.
05:00Falcon 9 is supersonic.
05:03Pass through then the speed of sound as we're getting great views from the first stage camera looking back at
05:09Kennedy Space Center, Complex 39A.
05:11Stage one throttle up.
05:13Max-Q.
05:16We're out of the throttle bucket.
05:17Stage one Bravo.
05:20Copy, one Bravo.
05:21We're at full power and that call at one Bravo, that's another one of those abort modes.
05:25As we get higher and faster, the logic for Dragon, should a contingency occur, changes from stage to stage.
05:32Impact chill is underway.
05:34Chill announcement says we're getting the turbo pump on the second stage engine cooled down
05:39in preparation for its light up coming up in just another minute from now.
05:52Again, great views looking back.
05:54And you can see the contrail as we left 39A and the shadow of the contrail against the cloud deck
06:02around Florida.
06:04Now we're coming up three big sequences and a view live of the crew inside Dragon.
06:11They're getting ready.
06:12We're going to get three events here.
06:14Main engine cut off.
06:15Stage one throttle down.
06:17And then we're going to light the second stage engine.
06:19We've heard the throttle down in preparation for stage separation.
06:28Nico?
06:302 Alpha.
06:32Stage separation confirmed.
06:34Copy.
06:352 Alpha.
06:38Impact ignition.
06:41Stage one boost back start up.
06:45All right, stage separation.
06:47We've lit the second stage engine.
06:49The first stage is into the boost back burn.
06:51working its way back towards Cape Canaveral.
06:59He's on the left side that's the first stage engines running as we come back to
07:03the launch site or the landing site. Second stage engine nozzle is visible on
07:08the right side as we're powering the Axiom 2 crew into low earth orbit on the
07:13way to the International Space Station.
07:23Waiting for call-out that the boost back burn is complete.
07:30Stage one boost back shut down. Right on time first stage completed the first of
07:36three burns heading back to the landing site. Second stage continuing on power
07:41and on trajectory. Acquisition signal Bermuda.
07:48Head northeast the Bermuda ground station.
07:51Correct. SpaceX trajectory nominal.
07:54Bermuda is listening in to the vehicle now.
07:56Copy nominal trajectory.
07:58And the crew hears the call out of a nominal trajectory.
08:02So four minutes into flight everything continuing to go well. First stage heading
08:06back and there's the crew on the second stage getting the ride into orbit to the
08:11space station.
08:25And if you go, give us the journey to the vehicle now.
08:26And that's what we're going to do.
08:27So do you know, you just want to move on in a little bit the way.
08:27The vehicle, you know, you're going to start on the vehicle,
08:41And you know, it's going to come up the vehicle to have the vehicle this
08:41way that I'm going to put in the vehicle.
08:41And you can run exactly right away.
08:45Coming up we're waiting for the next trajectory call out from the guidance
08:49officer. Dragon SpaceX trajectory nominal. Ah love to hear those words a nominal
08:54trajectory for Dragon. Copy nominal trajectory. Maybe even a little bit of
08:59excitement in the cruise voice. And Peggy Whitson calling back down hearing that
09:04call out from GNC of a nominal trajectory.
09:08Left side of the screen you can see the first stage. It's now beginning to orient
09:13itself so that the engines are pointed down towards the land as we will be
09:17descending towards landing zone one in Cape Canaveral. The four titanium grid
09:22fins have all deployed. They'll help guide the first stage through once
09:28we get into the atmosphere following the entry burn which will be coming up here
09:34in another couple of minutes. The right hand side the second stage with the
09:39Dragon capsule on top. Heading up the eastern seaboard of the US. We've just
09:44heard the call out of Boston. That's the New Hampshire tracking station has picked
09:49up the signal. Dragon SpaceX trajectory nominal.
09:54NC continuing to make those call outs that we want to hear. Everything
09:58continuing to look good. And the crew echoing them right back down.
10:06Good counts with the crew. We've been able to bring some live video shots from
10:10inside the capsule as they're headed to space.
10:15And there's another view of the crew.
10:21Stage one entry burn startup. And there we heard that the startup burn for that stage
10:27one booster. You can see it there on the left hand side of your screen has now begun.
10:33Stage one entry burn shut down.
10:36And conclusion of that entry burn. That burn helps to slow the vehicle down as it reenters
10:42the Earth's atmosphere. The first stage sees high drag which scrubs roughly 70% of the velocity
10:49by the time that that landing. Dragon SpaceX trajectory nominal.
10:53Love to hear that call out. Everything.
10:56Nominal trajectory.
10:58Beautiful view of planet Earth coming to us from the second stage views on the right hand side.
11:04Left hand side our first view of the Space Coast once again.
11:08This booster is attempting a landing at LZ1.
11:11Stage one transonic.
11:14The booster is now traveling near the speed of sound.
11:19Live view coming to you from one of our tracking cameras.
11:24We can see the grid fins actuating to help steer the booster down.
11:29Stage one landing burn.
11:31Stage two FDS has saved.
11:36Standing by to...
11:37Stage one landing leg deploy.
11:41Okay.
11:42Okay.
11:47Stage one landing confirmed.
11:50You can see that first stage has landed back at LZ1.
11:55This is the first time that we have performed a land landing on a crew mission.
12:03Coming up next will be second engine cutoff or CECO.
12:09And that's where after that engine cuts off, the second stage will coast for a few minutes
12:14until Dragon is commanded to separate.
12:17Stage two is in terminal guidance.
12:22We're expecting CECO to occur in about 20 seconds.
12:33Shannon.
12:35Copy, Shannon.
12:37Commander Peggy Woodson continuing to call out the abort modes.
12:50CECO.
12:53All right.
12:54On time shutdown of that second engine.
12:58Also confirming that the launch escape system is now disarmed.
13:02Dragon SpaceX nominal orbit insertion.
13:05All right.
13:06And there's that call out.
13:07We can confirm good orbital insertion.
13:10Copy.
13:10Nominal insertion.
13:12Dragon SpaceX launch escape system disarmed.
13:17We can see the crew playing with their harnesses.
13:21Now that they are in zero G, which I think we just got a view of our zero G stuffy.
13:34Clearly the crew is having fun already.
13:38Right after liftoff, I think we heard a laugh coming from Commander Peggy Woodson, which being
13:45a NASA legend and one of the most decorated astronauts of all time, it's amazing to hear
13:51that even a space veteran as she still has fun at liftoff.
14:06The next event that we have coming up at just around T plus 12 minutes is dragon separation.
14:13That's where the dragon spacecraft and trunk, so collectively referred to as the dragon spacecraft,
14:19will separate from the second stage.
14:25Acquisition.
14:27After that separation, we will begin to deploy the nose cone, which exposes the forward bulkhead
14:36thrusters as well as the forward hatch.
14:41That forward hatch is what the capsule utilizes to autonomously dock to the International Space
14:47Station.
14:57Good luck, Godspeed, and enjoy the ride.
