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is now open. it so the hatch is now open. it just needs to be pushed and the vacuum of space will enter the capsule. the hatch is now unlatched. as mike talked about, you can see him — as mike talked about, you can see him getting his feet set. when you go out as ev one, mike jared, _ when you go out as ev one, mike jared, that— when you go out as ev one, mike jared, that is_ when you go out as ev one, mike jared, that is the _ when you go out as ev one, mike jared, that is the role _ when you go out as ev one, mike jared, that is the role for- when you go out as ev one, mike jared, that is the role for you - jared, that is the role for you to open— jared, that is the role for you to open that hatch. _ jared, that is the role for you to open that hatch. do - jared, that is the role for you to open that hatch.— jared, that is the role for you to open that hatch. do you have to open that hatch. do you have to draw straws? _ to open that hatch. do you have to draw straws? it's _ to open that hatch. do you have to draw straws? it's exciting. i
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to draw straws? it's exciting. for those _ to draw straws? it's exciting. for those of you that have recentlyjoined, as you can see, we have successfully de—pressurised the dragon capsule 20 psi. you can see that in the bottom left corner of your screen. 0ur four polaris dawn crewmembers have gone through the 02 flow and we can see commanderjared now standing by to open that top patch. the nose cone is open, it opened shortly after the crew got into orbit. target pressure reached. copy that. target pressure reached. copy that jared _ target pressure reached. copy that. jared now _ target pressure reached. copy that. jared now opening - target pressure reached. copyl that. jared now opening dragon resilience- _ resilience. the hatch will soon be open and
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ten three macro isaacson is about to make history. let's watch what happens. —— jared is about to make history. much more movement there on the forward hatch. it is supposed to be pretty exciting for ten three macro... we are going to have you repeat that operation. the we are going to have you repeat that operation.— that operation. the centre of the hatch — that operation. the centre of the hatch has _ that operation. the centre of the hatch has a _ that operation. the centre of the hatch has a window. - that operation. the centre of the hatch has a window. i- that operation. the centre of| the hatch has a window. i will cive it the hatch has a window. i will give it another _ the hatch has a window. i will give it another pull. - the hatch has a window. i will give it another pull. copy, - the hatch has a window. i will give it another pull. copy, we see it.
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looking out of that tiny window there, in the forward hatch, knowing he will have a much bigger window injust knowing he will have a much bigger window in just minutes. ev one will return to seat. again, one of the reasons we had _ again, one of the reasons we had jared _ again, one of the reasons we had jared do that is... we are watching _ had jared do that is... we are watching that _ had jared do that is... we are watching that hatch. - had jared do that is... we are watching that hatch. we - had jared do that is... we are watching that hatch. we will. watching that hatch. we will have — watching that hatch. we will have you _ watching that hatch. we will have you repeat _ watching that hatch. we will have you repeat the - watching that hatch. we will have you repeat the last - have you repeat the last operation _ operation. 50 - operation. so they. operation. | so they are operation. - so they are going to operation. —
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so they are going to be repeating that process, where you saw jared pull the hatchback. it is to equalise the pressure in the capsule. we thought he was going to go out at that moment, but they want to make sure that everything is absolutely right before they sent the first commercial astronauts out into space. let's go back to the feed and see what is happening. thea;t see what is happening. they 'ust see what is happening. they just gave — see what is happening. they just gave jared _ see what is happening. they just gave jared the - see what is happening. they just gave jared the go - see what is happening. they just gave jared the go to - see what is happening. they just gave jared the go to open the hatch manually. we went out of ground — the hatch manually. we went out of ground station reach, so we will get — of ground station reach, so we will get the views back. we will get the views back. we will get _ will get the views back. we will get the views back. we will get the views back shortly and hopefully we will see the hatch — and hopefully we will see the hatch opening. spacex copies, hatch open. that is fantastic _ spacex copies, hatch open. that is fantastic news. _
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spacex copies, hatch open. that is fantastic news. i'm _ spacex copies, hatch open. that is fantastic news. i'm looking - is fantastic news. i'm looking at the seals, _ is fantastic news. i'm looking at the seals, it's _ is fantastic news. i'm looking at the seals, it's looking - at the seals, it's looking pretty— at the seals, it's looking pretty good _ that seal you heard him talking about, — that seal you heard him talking about, it — that seal you heard him talking about, it is _ that seal you heard him talking about, it is such an important part— about, it is such an important part for— about, it is such an important part for the end of the eva so when — part for the end of the eva so when they close that hatch again. _ when they close that hatch again, you get... you get a good — again, you get... you get a good seal. _ good seal. cheering and applause i think we can take that as a good sign. you can see the hatch is open. the hatch is opened. wide open into space.
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if you just jumped in, if youjustjumped in, we if you justjumped in, we are 38 minutes into today's spacewalk and the hatch is open on dragon — spacewalk and the hatch is open on dragon was the first from a helmet— on dragon was the first from a helmet camera, looking out. e33 helmet camera, looking out. ev one is helmet camera, looking out. one is go to helmet camera, looking out. ev one is go to continue. that - one is go to continue. that structure _ one is go to continue. that structure you _ one is go to continue. that structure you see - one is go to continue. that structure you see there... | structure you see there... cheering and applause we are with you in the helmet camera. . . . we are with you in the helmet camera, . ., ., ., camera. once again, that structure _ camera. once again, that structure is _ camera. once again, that structure is the _ camera. once again, that. structure is the spacewalk. this is jared egress in through the hatch of resilience. these are the first views of the
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demonstration. he a single-handed mobility demonstration.— a single-handed mobility demonstration. , demonstration. he is emerging. u -, demonstration. he is emerging. up. down. _ demonstration. he is emerging. up. down. left _ demonstration. he is emerging. up, down, left and _ demonstration. he is emerging. up, down, left and right. - demonstration. he is emerging. up, down, left and right. hitchl up, down, leftand right. hitch and role are three, yaw is two. switching to left hand. up, down, left and up, down, leftand rightare three, may a two. pitch is a
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four, role is a two, yaw is a two. , ., ., , , two. these are the mobility checks that _ two. these are the mobility checks that he _ two. these are the mobility checks that he is _ two. these are the mobility i checks that he is performing. 5.3 checks that he is performing. 53 psl — checks that he is performing. 5.3 psi. nine celsius. stepping into vertical translation. we are going to use the horizontal bars.
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we are going to transition over to vertical. vertical and horizontal are equally workable, slightly favouring horizontal. iam going to do a match reach, at the top of the mobility aid. some incredible sights there of the first ever commercial spacewalk. we saw jared step out and see the view from his helmet of the beautiful earth, lit up. he said, beautiful
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world, the his first words. a moment of history that will be remembered in the history of space travel. he is testing his suit, his flexibility, how it is bearing up, and then he will be going back into the capsule, and then his colleague, sarah gillis, will be doing the same. let's go back to the live feed and carry on watching, live, this historic moment. iiiir�*s and carry on watching, live, this historic moment. 0% rh. co . this historic moment. 0% rh. cepy- complete _ this historic moment. 0% rh. copy. complete and - this historic moment. 0% rh. copy. complete and hard - copy. complete and hard readout. copy. complete and hard readout-— readout. hands-free demonstration. -
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recommended ingress time. back on live video _ recommended ingress time. back on live video from _ recommended ingress time. back on live video from the _ recommended ingress time. e—ca; on live video from the nose cone. copy that. i would say the hands—free demonstration is comparable to the trainer, in terms of the experience. so that was what they call a hands—free demonstration, where obviously he took his hands
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away and is moving his arms around, testing the flexibility of the suit. so even though he has this wonderful view of the earth and is making history, his mind is focused on doing the tests that are necessary to develop the next generation of spacesuit. let's listen into what he is saying.- spacesuit. let's listen into what he is saying. copy, test matrix three. _ what he is saying. copy, test matrix three. the _ what he is saying. copy, test matrix three. the top - what he is saying. copy, test matrix three. the top of - what he is saying. copy, test matrix three. the top of the | matrix three. the top of the mobility aid, we will get a quick check. mil mobility aid, we will get a quick check.— mobility aid, we will get a l quick check.- copy quick check. all good. copy that. seems _ quick check. all good. copy that. seems to _ quick check. all good. copy that. seems to be - quick check. all good. copy that. seems to be about i quick check. all good. copy| that. seems to be about the same, top of the mobility aid and then the mid wrong. we have about one minute until ev one — we have about one minute until ev one ingress.— ev one ingress. copy that, one
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minute. that is of you again from jared's helmet cam. i am checking _ jared's helmet cam. i am checking out _ jared's helmet cam. i am checking out the - jared's helmet cam. i am checking out the nose - jared's helmet cam. i am l checking out the nose cone right now... checking out the nose cone right now. . ._ right now... we can see a little bit _ right now... we can see a little bit of _ right now... we can see a little bit of the _ right now... we can see a little bit of the head - right now... we can see a little bit of the head set l little bit of the head set display, jared can see exactly how his body is doing admission control is taking valuable data to see how he performs and how his suit performs.
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we are seeing jared isaacson... his colleague sarah gillies... i think he is about to go back in shortly, that is right. and then he is going to be replaced by colleague sarah gillies, who has never been in space before and in herfirst time, this is the view from his helmet cam that we are seeing. an intriguing way of witnessing it, a point of view angle, with our back to the spacecraft shot. before anything else happens, he has got to strap himself back in and then we will shortly see his colleague sarah gillies loosen her straps. all of the other crew are at safely strapped in, you
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