dragon was attached to international space station. an amazing amazing reminder, just how important it is, and how international the international space station is. words from soichi noguchi, the first international partner to fly aboard a commercial crew vehicle from the expiration agency. >> what an amazing, amazing journey this has been. i can't believe they are there now, officially docked to the space station. so excited to see them get out of their suits and eventually get on station. now that dragon has completed the docking sequence, the spacecraft must undergo a handful of checks before we will be able to open the hatch. the crew on board dragon will now get a chance to get out of their suits before moving into the hatch operations. which is why they are getting some privacy on dragon right now. >> that is right, we heard that call for external cameras. as we also heard, kate rubins got to go to take down the station she was monitoring the crew dragon arrival from. she is also getting things ready on the station side. to welcom

kate rubins is standing by on international space station, monitoring their approach. this should only take a proximately five minutes. not too long. their arrival at the international space station will be coming about 27.5 hours since there left off last night at 7:27 p.m. eastern time from kennedy space center aboard a falcon 9 rocket. >> we are now about 15 meters away. just about three minutes from docking. very slow, deliberate, study movements making its way to the international space station. we will be looking for soft capture first with the soft capture ring already extended. once we have soft capture, the ring will retract and bring us into heart capture that should take about 13 minutes for the entire process firmly securing us to the iss. >> we have good lighting and good visuals. >> good to hear. we see 10 meters as well. >> they are traveling 17,500 miles per hour over earth right now. 222 statute miles over the planet. a few moments ago, the crew had reached 10 meters away from the international space station. already halfway there from a waypoint two. >

are talking about four astronauts going to the international space station. the amount of research we can get given the complements on the international space station is good. when we have additional astronauts, a full complement of crew on the international space station, the amount of research will be transformational. it is critically important as we advance the human condition on earth, whether we talk about creating human tissue in the microgravity of space where it does not go flat like it does in the gravity well of earth. that human tissue is regenerative in nature and can be used for maybe save lives one day. these are the kind of technologies when we talk about industrialized bio medicines happening on the international space station right now that may relate to this pandemic, that may relate to the next pandemic, that may relate to people who have vascular degeneration. we are creating artificial eyeball onthe human the space station using advanced material. these are the kinds of things that are transformational for life on earth, and we believe it

launchedr today, nasa four astronauts aboard the spacex dragon capsule to the international space station. here is the launch. >> spacex this is resilience, roger go. >> go for launch and at 37 seconds the international space station flying over kennedy space center. [speaking at the same time] >> crew one for all. >> crew dragon poised to go catch it. 20 seconds until lift off. >> t-minus 15 seconds. >> 10, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. zero. ignition. lift off. >> and resilience rises. not evening gravity contains humanity when we explores at one for all. [ applause ] >> propulsion is nominal. >> that's what we want to hear. stage one propulsion is nominal. 30 seconds in to this historic mission flying crew on board dragon and falcon 9. stage one is preparing to throttle down. this is in nba preparation for max "q" which is maximum arrow dynamic pressure. >> stage one throttle down. >> there is the call out for that that rat think down. >> power and telemetry continue to be nominal for the vehicle, now traveling at 262 meters per second. >> falcon 9 is supersonic

the international space station program will take good care of the vehicle and her crew. finally we will go to -- >> it's an extremely exciting time in the space business right now. started.t wait to get we have had teams of nasa and spacex and other agencies through in many ways blood, sweat and tears over the years. that's what culminates in the hatch opening. teams.so proud of the the arrival of resilience marks the beginning of another first-time event. crewovernment commercial rotation and looking back at another first that happened almost exactly 10 years ago with the same team members involved, nasa and spacex showed accomplishment with the launch of the demo flight number one mission in summer of 2010. that showed the capability of falcon and dragon and the partnership and have since then have had 20 successful cargo flights of the iss which have landed. as joel mentioned, we are proud to be part of the 20 year anniversary which is this month. we are proud to follow in the footsteps of all the other 63 expeditions that came before this one. we are glad to join for

victor glover is the first black astronaut that will be making a long-duration stay on the international space stationall of these restaurants aastro planning to say for six months. there have many black astronauts who have traveled to space, but none of them have done a long-duration stay. victor glover will be making history today. another interesting little tidbit, wolf, is that there will be seven astronauts on board the international space station. but there's only six sleeping quarters. so mike hopkins, the commander of this "crew dragon," which they have nicknamed "resilience" in honor of the very -- the resilience that the team has had to show to get them to launch, he has drawn the short straw, so to speak, and the plan is to have him actually sleep in "crew dragon" until they have another sleeping quarter -- a proper sleeping quarters on board. as you pointed out, we're minutes away here. the crew access arm has been retracted. that means that the launch aboard escape system has been alarmed. "crew dragon" has a unique capability. it has an end-to-end abort capability which is something that

it's great to have crew dragon at the international space station tonight. just reminder you can tune back into nasa tv on wednesday morning to see the two russian members of the space station crew take the spacewalk. they will be going outside the module to do some work, preparing for the arrival of a new russian research module. coverage will begin at 7:30 a.m. central time and the spacewalk is expected to start at 8:30 a.m. you want to be back on wednesday for that and again thank you, and have a great night. >> listen to c-span's podcast, the weekly. we're talking about women in the recent elections with the center for american women and politics at rutgers university. what change this election cycle for women and wife. find c-span's the weekly where you get your podcasts. >> election officials in georgia save historic hand recount in the presidential race is on schedule. they have until noon tomorrow to complete the count of 5 million paper ballots. here's today's briefing. >> all right. so basically i want to start off by saying obviously the 2600 else

missions spacex has been commissioned by nasa to ferry these astronauts back and forth to the international space station. this is really officially the torch being handed to the commercial sector for these taxi rides, for lack of a better description, back and forth to the international space station so nasa can focus on the deeper space missions like getting us back to the moon and back to mars. >> it's such an exciting day. we'll continue to watch these imag images. we'll check back with you as we go. thank you so much. rachel crane for us at kennedy space center in florida. stay with us. you're watching cnn. ♪ alexa, tell roomba to vacuum in front of the couch. experience clean in a whole new way. now roomba offers you personalized cleaning suggestions and vacuums exactly where you need it. by getting to know you and your home, roomba makes cleaning easier than ever before. so say goodbye to cleaning and hello to clean. hey google, tell roomba to vacuum the dining room table. roomba and the irobot home app. only from irobot. that selling carsarvana, 100% online wouldn't work. but we went to work. bui

we hope you enjoy the journey of international space station. dragon, go nasa and thank you for riding the space. [speaking foreign language] >> from commercial program program team, mike, victor, shannon and soichi noguchi. go crew 1. >> go victor, shannon and siochi. >> this is mike here, we all worked tirelessly and now it's time to fly. we hope they enjoy ride. go dragon. [applause] >> this is amber jacobson at the nasa space communications and navigations program, we're all so excited for your launch. we'll be working hard down here making sure you stay connected with earth. stay safe and let's launch america. >> hi i'm i'm johnson space center in houston, texas. godspeed and good luck to mike, victor, san -- shannon and siochi. go crew 1! >> we love hearing from those team members. it was really great to get the jaxa team included in the messages. we are following the convoys out to launch pad 39a. we understand that the crew has ride out play list. we tried and tried, could not find out what that play list was. i think that's top secret.

we hope you enjoy the journey of international space station. dragon, go nasa and thank you for riding the space. [speaking foreign language] >> from commercial program program team, mike, victor, shannon and soichi noguchi. go crew 1. >> go victor, shannon and siochi. >> this is mike here, we all worked tirelessly and now it's time to fly. we hope they enjoy ride. go dragon. [applause] >> this is amber jacobson at the nasa space communications and navigations program, we're all so excited for your launch. we'll be working hard down here making sure you stay connected with earth. stay safe and let's launch america. >> hi i'm i'm johnson space center in houston, texas. godspeed and good luck to mike, victor, san -- shannon and siochi. go crew 1! >> we love hearing from those team members. it was really great to get the jaxa team included in the messages. we are following the convoys out to launch pad 39a. we understand that the crew has ride out play list. we tried and tried, could not find out what that play list was. i think that's top secret.

the japanese space agency astronaut soichi noguchi — will bring the number of crew on the international space stationsays this will triple the amount of microgravity research that can be done. there are over 250 experiments that take place on the international space station at any one time and they are in all sorts of different areas. a lot of the research that is done is involved in medicines and in helping to understand how the human body works. it's a truly international endeavour. and the countries coming together is what we need in human exploration. this group will spend about six months in space, looking back on earth as the crisis of the pandemic continues to unfold. and in a nod to a mission accomplished during this most turbulent of years, they've called their ship resilience. victoria gill, bbc news. former us president barack obama has told the bbc that america is more divided now than when he was in office. british historian david olusoga met him to discuss his long—awaited memoir a promised land — a reflection on the volatile racial divide in the us. the bbc‘s james landale has more. so

it is great to have crew dragon at the international space station. you can tune back in wednesday morning to see the two russian members of the crew take a spacewalk. they will be going outside the module to do some work preparing for the arrival of a new russian research module. coverage begins at 7:30 a.m. and the launch will be at 8:30 a.m. thank you and have a great night. >> coming up tuesday on c-span, the house meets at 10:00 a.m. eastern for general speeches followed by legislative business at noon. there are several bills on the agenda, including one to combat scams, and another that would make changes to the federal aviation administration's certification process for new airplane designs. on c-span two, the senate is back at 10:00 a.m. eastern to consider nominations, including judy shelton to be a member of the federal reserve's board of governors. c-span3, the on facebook and twitter ceos testify before the senate judiciary committee about company operations and possible regulation of social media content. that is followed later by a sena

our top stories: spacex's first operational crewed flight is hurtling towards the international space station after launching from cape canaveral. barack obama tells the bbc his successor, president trump, is partly responsible for polarisation in america today. us president—electjoe biden‘s staff say, the white house must allow the transition process to begin soon so they can focus on tackling coronavirus. president trump is still refusing to concede. and it's a magnificent seventh world title for lewis hamilton as he wins the turkish grand prix to become the most successful driver in the history of formula 1. hello and welcome. nasa, and its private launch provider spacex, have sent four astronauts on their way to the international space station. the falcon 9 rocket carrying a dragon capsule and its crew took off from the kennedy space centre in florida. this is only the second time the launch system has been used to transport people. our science correspondent victoria gill has more. three, two, one, ignition. a spectacular show and a spacex milestone. it rises. not even gravity can contain

our top stories: space x's first operational crewed flight, is hurtling towards the international space station after launching from cape canaveral. barack obama tells the bbc his successor, president trump, is partly responsible for polarisation in america today. some of that is attributable to our current president who actively fanned division because he felt it was good for his politics. us president—elect, joe biden‘s staff say, the white house must allow the transition process to begin soon — so they can focus on tackling coronavirus. president trump is still refusing to concede. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, is self—isolating at ten downing street — after meeting an mp who later tested positive for coronavirus. and, it's a magnificent seventh world title for lewis hamilton as he wins the turkish grand prix to become the most successful driver in the history of formula 1. a spacex capsule carrying four astronauts is hurtling towards the international space station, after successfully launching from nasa's kennedy space center in florida. the dragon capsule was powered by a huge

a four person crew is headed to the international space station for six months eared toff is scheduled for today, at 7:27 p.m. kyle: hello, everybody, and welcome from the kennedy space center in florida. i would like to welcome everyone to the traditional prelaunch news conference ahead of the falcon and crew 1 dragon launch to the iss. here to provide all the details are folks that were part of the review today and also have been part of the preparations that led up to this moment as an exciting day for everybody in nasa and spacex. an everyone tuning in today. let me introduce the panel, and i will let each one of them give you some words before we take questions. steve stich. he is the nasa manager for the commercial crew program here at kennedy. also joel montalbano, the nasa manager of the international space station program at johnson space center in houston. norm knight, the deputy manager of flight operations director at johnson. also joining us is benji reed, the senior director of human spaceflight programs at spacex. we are glad to have him with us. also, kirt costello, the

nasa and its private launch provider space x has sent four astronauts to the international space stationand its crew took off from the kennedy space center in florida. this is only the second time the launch system has been used to transport people. our science correspondent victoria gill has more. mission control: three, two, one, zero. ignition. a spectacular show and a space exploration milestone. and resilience rises! not even gravity contains humanity when we explore as one for all. the launch of this spacex dragon capsule, with its four crew, marks a new era — one in which the us space agency buys seats for its astronauts on a privately owned spacecraft. the space shuttle, retired almost a decade ago, was the last craft that was certified to fly nasa astronauts from american soil. but now, the agency will work in partnership with spacex, taking crew to and from the international space station. that's inside crew dragon right now. our crew—i crew now coasting in low earth orbits. sunday's launch is the culmination of years of design and testing but the demonstration flight back in m

at 37 seconds the international space station flying over kennedy space center. [speaking at the same time] >> crew one for all. >> crew dragon poised to go catch it. 20 seconds until lift off. >> t-minus 15 seconds. >> 10, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three,

propellant will be transporting victim tore glover, mike hopkins and two others to the international space stationair leak came up. there will be seven astronauts on board the international space station and there's only six sleeping quarters. mike hop inside can, the commander of "crew dragon," he drew the short straw, per se, and he will be sleeping in "crew dragon" for the six month stay. ana. >> this is so exciting. 7:27 is the launch time. rachel is going to be there. she's going to continue to walk us through detail by detail, every step of the process as we gear up. we know astronauts have been strapped into their seats for over an hour as they are preparing for this historic launch. rachel crane, thank you. again, we'll bring that launch to our viewers live. we'll be right back as we count down to this historic launch. stay with us. goodbye cleaning, hello clean. now, braava jet mops right where you need it with an adjustable precision jet spray and an advanced pad system. and offers personalized cleaning suggestions unique to your home. braava jet m6 and the irobot home app. only from iro

there's not only the maintenance of the international space station but usually there's up grades or modifications you get to make. and so hopefully i'll have an opportunity to do a space walk, so that's going out the door of the international space station and doing some work on the external portions of of the space station. things we can do in microgravity that you just can't do on earth, and then we'll see a lot of visiting vehicles that will bring up new cargo, supplies and science and welcome other spacecraft whether it be crew dragon, it will be a very exciting mission. >> nicole, real quick before we let you know what is your favorite part about this whole process? >> the favorite part i think is talking to folks like you and talking to kids in school and just seeing the glimmer in their eye and the excitement. when they used to maybe think about space travel as something you saw in the movies, but now they're realizing this is reality, this is what we're doing on daily basis. we have lived and operated onboard the space station for over 20 years. and so if kids are interested

of the nasa manager international space station program in houston. flightuty manager of operations director at johnson. also joining us is the senior director of human spaceflight programs at spacex. we are glad to have him with us. also, kurt costello, the nasa iss program chief scientist at johnson space center. and last but not least is arlena moses, the launch weather officer for our 45th weather squadron. i know everyone is looking forward to hearing from her as well. with that, i will turn it over to steve and let them take it from there. >> thank you. it is great to be here, following the launch readiness today. it has been eight busy few days. since we talked on tuesday, we have put the falcon nine vehicle through a static fire, an important test for us to check out the rocket, to make sure all the systems on the rocket were functioning as expected. we reviewed all of that date over the last few days, and the rocket looks really good. it was import for us to also do inspections after that. we swapped out a couple of engines on the vehicle and

also this year, celebrating 20 years of continuous human presence onboard the international space station. and during those 20 years, we set the standard for international cooperation and international operations, but we keep learning. we learn every day. and you know, nasa, with american industry has developed these special vehicles that allow us to bring more people to lower earth orbit. to the international space station, and allows more science on earth orbit and more commercial opportunities. so huge thanks for the commercial program and to spacex to getting us to where we are today. we're glad to be here and excited for the launch on sunday and looking forward to monday's docking and the long duration ink met. so with that, i'll turn it over to norm. >> thank you, joe, and as stated, the review today went very well. weeingo that. and stepping back to the cycle with just the journey leading up to this, and it was evident that the closed out work and the less work there was in the overall readiness level in the team for this vehicle. so it was very encouraging, an absolute focus on cr

the first fully operational spacex flight taking astronauts to the international space station has arrivedd working in space. the first 4— person capsule that has ever flown. hosting a fully automated light to space. they have now revealed to us the zero g indicator and looks like a little baby yoda. these four astronauts, along with their toy companion, the first to be sent on a mission to the international space station border commercial spacecraft. it's a milestone for nearly £2.5 billion deal that nasa signed with elon musk‘s aerospace company to test and fly the service. when the spacex dragon capsule arrived and successfully docked, that whole process was also automated. the astronauts on this blight, nasa's michael hopkins, victor glover and shannon walker will spend six months in space. in another history making moment, victor gloverjoined the space station to become its first african—american crewmember. there are now seven people living and working on the station, tripling its capacity to carry out scientific research in microgravity. when their mission is done in 2021, their mis

lift off to a new era — space x's first operational crewed flight to the international space station launches from cape canaveral. barack obama tells the bbc his successor, president trump, is partly responsible for polarisation in america today. some of that is attribute —— attributable to our current resident who actively fanned division because he felt it was good for his politics. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, is self—isolating at ten downing street — after meeting an mp who later tested positive for coronavirus. and, it's a magnificent seventh world title for lewis hamilton — as he wins the turkish grand prix — to become the most successful driver in the history of formula 1. hello and welcome. in the past hour, spacex has launched four astronauts on a flight to the international space station. it's nasa's first fully—fledged mission sending a crew into orbit aboard a privately owned spacecraft. the astronauts are travelling in a dragon capsule which was launched atop a falcon rocket. it's only the second time this system has been used to transport people into space.

i am going to take a listen to mission control. >> go for launch at 37 seconds, international space stationhe kennedy space center. crew dragon is poised to go catch it. 20 seconds till lift off. >> t-minus 15 seconds. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. zero. not even gravity containing humanity when we explore as one for all. >> that's the story we want to hear. 30 seconds into this historic mission flying crew on board dragon and falcon 9. stage 1. preparation for max cue. >> stage 1. call out for throttle down. we continue to be nominal for the vehicle now traveling at 262 meters per second. >> falcon 9, super sonic. the largest structural load. there is that call out that falcon has massed through. we just entered stage 1 bravo aboard mode. that's going to take them through the end of the first stage just before the second stage activate off the coast of north carolina. dragon and spacex traveling. >> similar to what we saw the merlin engine. coming up in just 30 seconds from now. we are half a minute away in a rapid succession. we'll get main engine cut-off. the engines will throw down and

spacex's first operational crewed flight to the international space station prepares for lift—off. a magnificent seventh world title for lewis hamilton — as he wins the turkish grand prix — to become the most successful driver in the history of formula one. former us president, barack obama, has told the bbc that america is more divided now, than when he was in office. british historian, david olusoga met him to discuss his long—awaited memoir, "a promised land", a reflection on the volatile racial divide in the us. the bbc‘s james landale has more. congratulations, mr president. the election of the united states‘s first black president was seen by many as a watershed moment that was a step to ending divisions that had scarred the us. barack obama now believes those divisions have deepened, not just of race but of inequality. we are very divided right now, certainly more than we were when i first ran for office in 2007 and more divided than we were four years ago when donald trump first won the presidency. some of that is attributable to our current president, who actively fanned d

continuous rotation of flights from ksc to the space station and clears a path, officials say, for future and further flights. but the first stop is the international space station late monday night jay gray, nbc news, kennedy space center >>> president-elect biden's coronavirus advisers are expected to meet with companies working on vaccines this week. on sunday morning president trump took a very brief step toward admitting matt tthat he t the 2020 election before recanting, quottweeting, quote,i won the election. >> reporter: the president's veneer of election denial cracked when these words jumped out, he won. a concession by tweet. building on this friday verbal slip. >> whatever happens, who knows who the administration will be i guess time will tell. >> reporter: seen as progress by arkansas republican governor asa hutchinson. >> good to actually see president trump tweet out that he won i think that's a start of an acknowledgement. >> reporter: but that was short lived. 92 minutes elapsed and the president blasted out this i concede nothing. we have a lodge way to go. long way to go a backtrack boosted by trump advisers. >> the president is

carley: astronauts make history as spacex's resilience capsule launches for the international space station>> three, two, one, zero. ignition, liftoff. jillian: the falcon 9 rocket taking off last night for the international space station. four astronauts will arrive tonight for a six month mission. vice president mike pence and second lady watched the rocket take off. pence later called it a tribute to the unrelenting vision of president trump. carley: in sports, dustin johnson finishing off a historic masters performance with a win on sunday. johnson's final score was the lowest to par in master's history. jillian: he got a consistent grakiss from hisgirlfriend befoa tear. his margin of victory was the largest since tiger woods at the '97 masters. afterwards, they do an interview right there and he was so choked up. i mean, i watched it. it was like a couple minutes long, at least two minutes long and he was like i'm sorry. carley: his brother is caddie as well. it was a family event. jillian: so emotional. still ahead, former president obama laughing off a question about president trump'

. >> nasa launch four astronauts aboard the space x dragon capsule to the international space station on sunday. afterwards, top officials at nasa and spacex held a news conference on how the launch went and what is ahead for the mission. >> thank you for joining us. moments ago at 7:27 p.m. nasa space x space x crew-1 mission blasted off from kennedy space center historic pad 39a with four astronauts. americans, mike hopkins, , victr glover, shannon walker and japanese astronaut soichi noguchi today we are joined to have a great group of people to talk about thehe crew-1 missionn this post conference and talk about them in historic elements of this historic launch. joining us today is nasa jim bridenstine, kathy, associate administrator for operations, at nasa headquarters. vice president and director general of jackson human spaceflight technology directorate, steve dixon administrator of the federal aviation administration, faa and president and chief operating officer of spacex.ar in a in a moment will through te opening remarks and then we will take questions from the's media. le

a private spaceship built and operated by spacex has docked at the international space station. uts from earth to the station. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill reports. let us know when your review is complete and you are ready for docking. dragon, spacex — soft capture confirmed. docking sequence is complete. welcome to the iss, resilience. the end of a 27—hour taxi ride to space. for the first time, four astronauts have arrived for their mission on the internation space station aboard a commercial spacecraft. nasa's michael hopkins, victor glover and shannon walker and the japanese space agency astronaut soichi noguchi will spend about six months living and working on the space station. i can't tell you how excited we were when that rocket lifted off the pad, and then the last 27 hours has gone really smooth actually. three, two, one, zero. ignition. sunday night's spacex launch marked a new era for nasa, one in which it buys seats for its astronauts from a private aerospace company. it's a move the us space agency says will save it billions of dollars that it can invest

demo to mission entering the international space station another private company axiom plans to attach a module to the i assess which would eventually break off and grow into the 1st commercial space station and as nations again look to the moon and onward to mars the experiences aboard the i assess over the past 20 years will prove invaluable preparing women and men for the more grueling journeys ahead usama glum. it's not just like a business trip to another city or country where you feel nostalgic but it's the absence of the earth itself it's difficult psychologically and the next generation who fly to mars need to confront this. it'll be even tougher for them because they won't even see the earth out of their windows we could at least see the years from our window it is the most audacious thing we've built so far proving almost anything is possible when we put our minds to it and are chapelle al-jazeera. by money and fight and with the headlines on al-jazeera donald trump and his democratic rival joe biden are making their final push for support in battleground states.

officials briefed reporters on the upcoming space x mission with a 4 crew heading to the international space station for six months. it is scheduled for sunday evening. >> well, hello, everybody, and welcome from the kennedy space center in florida. i would like to welcome everyone to the traditional pre launch news conference following today's launch readiness review ahead of the crew one falcon 9 and dragon flight to the international space station. here to provide all of the details are folks that were part of the review today. and also have been part of a lot of the preparations that have led up to this moment. it's an exciting day for everyone for nasa and spacex and hopefully everyone tuning in today. let me introduce the panel and i'll let them give you words before they take questions. steve, the program here at kennedy, and joel montbano, of johnson space center in houston, and norm knight, the deputy manager of flight operations director at johnson. also joining us is bengy reed, the senior director of human space programs and spacex, great to have him with us, and kurt costello, the nasa

and we hav >> the nasa space eggs is due to arrive at the international space station on monday. our coverage starts at 11:00 p.m. eastern when they dock with the iss. that is followed by an onboard welcoming ceremony and a post-docking news conference. , online aton c-span c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. nasa held a news conference .fter they launched ago the -- at 7:27 p.m. the nasa space shuttle atlantis crew 1 mission blasted off from historic pad 39a with four astronauts. americans mike hopkins, victor glover, shannon walker, and japanese astronaut soichi noguchi. we have a great group of people to talk about the crew 1 mission in this postlaunch press conference and talk about the many historic elements of this historic launch. joining us today is nasa administrator jim bridenside, kathy leader, nasa headquarters, vice president and director general of jaxa's human space flight technology directorat. steve dixson, administrator of the f.a.a., and gwenn, president and chief operating officer of spacex. in the moment we'll hear the opening remarks. and the

the astronauts on their way to the international space station. why this trip is like no other before. >>> good evening. thank you for joining us on this sunday. i'm tom llamas. we begin with alarming new evidence covid-19 is racing unchecked through many communities, as colder weather pushes people indoors and with the thanksgiving holiday rapidly approaching. disturbing new images from el paso, texas, show a system under siege. inmates helping transport the dead into refrigerated morgue trucks. as we come on the air, a record number of americans are now in the hospital receiving treatment for covid-19. nearly 70,000 patients coast to coast. in washington state, where the first covid death was reported in february, the governor has halted indoor dining and shuttered gyms. one of several cities and states with new restrictions. of course, the human toll, as the nation closes in on a quarter million lives lost. now averaging well over 1,000 deaths each day. trevor ault leads our coverage from here in new york city. >> reporter: tonight, haunting im

space stations. all of those resupply missions and commercial crew missions need a place to go. and if the international space station comes to the end of his life and we don't have commercial space stations, there's going to be a lot of rockets that aren't going to get launched. and i think it's important that we fund our efforts as an agency for those commercial space stations. we've put that in the budget requests in year's passed and it hasn't gotten funded. that's critically important for the country. china is building what they call the chinese international space station. they're working very hard to attract our international partners, which we have helped to build their capacity and now they're going to potentially take that to china. we're working to prevent that from happening. but at the same time, it's important for us to think about the architecture that we need. we need commercial resupply, commercial crew, commercial habitats. nasa needs to be a customer. but we need to change the paradigm like we've done for launch vehicles. we need to change the paradigm for habitation in space and then

. >>> four echelons above spacex rocket are getting ready to dock with the international space station. they became the first ever nasa crew to be sent into orbit on a full mission by spacex. now they are expected to dock about 8:00 tonight after the 27 hour journey. one of those astronauts, victor glover is from southern california. >> and as jeff newman reports, he is making history of his own. >> reporter: today, victor glover gave us a tour of the spacex crew dragon capsule during its rendezvous with the international space station. >> we enter resilience through this site hedge. >> reporter: he went on to kel paul before joining this historic mission. daniel walsh is glover's former engineering advisor. >> i'm just so pleased that victor could be on the crew. it really brings the u.s. back to space in a meaningful way. >> reporter: glover was also part of the cal poly resident team. last week, as he watched the spacex lunch with his wife. >> it brought tears to my eyes, both of us were immuno, wiping our eyes and just sort of joyful for victor to go through that. and only for that

celebrating 20 years of on theous human presence international space station. during those 20 years, we set the standard for international operations.and we keep learning. we learn every day. nasa with american industry has developed these commercial us to s that will allow bring more people to lower bring more people to the nternational space station and allow more commercial opportunities. add a huge thanks to the spacex to program, to get us where we are today, the international space station to be here.is glad we're excited for the launch on sunday and looking forward to docking and a long duration increment, with that, i'll turn it over to norm, thank you. >> thank you, joel. s was stated, the launch readiness review today went very well. we echo that and stepping back kind of reflected on demo two in the development cycle now cycle just tional with the journey leading up to l.r.r., it was really evident there was great improvement on the closed out the less open work there was and the overall readiness team for this vehicle. o it was very encouraging, an

four astronauts are on board the spacex rocket — on their way to the international space station. 0ur exploration milestone. and resilience rises. not even gravity contains humanity when we explore as one for all. the launch of this spacex dragon capsule with its four crew marks a new era, one in which the us space agency buys seats for its astronauts on privately—owned spacecraft. the space shuttle, retired almost a decade ago, was the last craft that was certified to fly nasa astronauts from american soil, but now the agency will work in partnership with spacex, taking crew to and from the international space station. that‘s inside crew dragon right now. 0ur crew—i crew now coasting in low earth orbits... sunday‘s launch is the culmination of years of design and testing, but the demonstration flight back in may was the test that the world was watching, as spacex successfully transported two astronauts to the space station and brought them home safely. the four people on this first fully operational flight, nasa astronauts michael hopkins, victor glover and shannon walker, and the ja

nasa has not had a home grown way of getting to the international space station and has paid russia over $4 billion on their spacecraft to get there. sunday's launch is so significant because it marks the true beginning of commercial flights to the international space station, something that ends our dependence on the russian's to ferry our astronauts to space. and nasa hopes the commercial flights will save the agency money and allow focus to focus on deep space missions like going back to the moon and putting boots on mars. kennedy space center. >>> we are keeping an eye on two separate storms impacting opposite sides of the world. hurricane vamco has cut a path of destruction across southeast asia over the past few days. it left at least 67 people dead in the philippines before making landfall sunday in vietnam. while it continues to weaken, there's still a threat of flooding and landslides. we're also watching hurricane iota just off the central american coast. the storm has been rapidly strengthening and is now a very dangerous category 4 hurricane. so, let's turn now to cnn's meteo

no problem for the crew on board the private space craft spacex — as it docked with the international space station i wanted to talk to you a little bit about the hatches. just about 2k hours ago, we entered resilience through this side hatch. the end of a 27 hour taxi ride to space. this is a view looking at dragon from station, from the node two forward port that dragon will be docking to today. for the first time, four astronauts to start their mission at the international space station aboard a commercial spacecraft. the entire trip on the spacex dragon capsule, including the millimetre perfect docking procedure, was fully automated. dragon spacex, capture confirm. it's a milestone in a nearly £2.5 billion deal that nasa has signed with elon musk‘s aerospace company to develop, test and fly an astronaut taxi service. the astronauts on this flight, nasa's michael hopkins, victor glover and shannon walker, and the japanese space agency astronaut, soichi noguchi, will spend six months in space. and in another history—making moment, victor gloverjoined the international space station to become its

as the dragon capsule in the international space station orbit, the private company space x. and u.s. government space agency nasa worked together for a decade for this fact and 2011 nasa began partnering with private firms to replace its discontinued space shuttle program. 33 u.s. astronaut kate rubens prepares the hatch to let her 4 new colleagues on board among them. u.s. astronaut, victor glover, the 1st african-american to work a full term on the space station i know social distancing here, but the new crew members were in quarantine for weeks in the run up to the flight because of the risk of corona virus infection. and so we are so excited to be here, we are humbled and we are excited to be a part of this great expedition. so we're looking forward to the next 6 months. can't wait to get started. but this mission is far from complete. do you own your space x.'s dragon capsule's will continue to ferry astronauts to and from the international space station since the demise of the space shuttle program. here as astronauts had been hitching rides on russian spacecraft in th