>> GOOEVENING AND WELCOME TOLL COVERA OF BOEING FLIGHT TEST. I AM BRANDIEAN. >> STARLINER SAFELY DEPARTE THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND ON THE WAY TO BACK TO EARTH. STARLINER IS MAKING THE RETURN AUTONOMOUSLY TONIGHT WITHOUT NASA ASTRONAUTS BUTCH WILMORE AND SUNI WILLIAMS AFTER A DECISION TO RETURN WITHOUT CREW WAS MADE LAST WEEK. BUT THE TEAM HERE IN MSION CONTROL WILL BE WATCHING OVER STARLINER OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF AS THE SPACECRAFT FIRES THE END GNS TO DROP BACK AND MAKE THE WAY DOWN FOR A LANDING IN NEW MEXICO AT 11:00 P.M. CENTRAL ORIDNIGHT EASTERN. THE TEAM HERE IS LEAD TONIGHT BY FLIGHT DIRECTOR RICK WITH WEATHER ASSISTANCE FROM MIKE LAY MERES. HE IS JUNCTIONER SEVEN MINUTES A WAY FROM POLLING THE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS IN THE ROOM ON T READINESS FOR STAR LUNIER TO PERFORM THE DEORBIT BURN ON THE LANDING FLOWN. >> EM AS I FLORIDA, HOUSTON, NEW NEXT HAVE BEEN MONITORING THE SPACECRAFT MOSTLY UNDOCKED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AT 5:04 WHILE TRY FLYING 260 LES OVER CENTRALHINA. >> NASA ASTRONAUTS BUTCH WILMORE AND SUNI WILLIAMS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IN JUNE AS PARTED OF THE BOEING CREWED FLIGHT TEST LIFTED OFF WITH THE UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE. ATLAS V ROCKET FROM CPLEX 3 FROM FLORIDA. THEY ARRVED AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ON JUNE 6th. DURING THAT JUNE 6th RENDEZVOUS, NAS EXPERIENCED ISSUES WITH THE STARLINER REACTION CONTROL THRUSTERS AS THE SPACECRAFT APPROACHED THE SPACE STATION. NCE THEN, ENGINEERING TEAMS COMPLETED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK COLLECTING, REVIEWING DATA CONDUCTING FLIGHT AND GROUND TESTING HOSTING SPENT REVIEWS AND DEVELING VARIOUS RETURN CONTINGENCY PLANS. UNCERTAINTY AND LACK OF EXPERT CONCURRENCE DID NOT MOOT THE SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE REPORTERS FOR HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT THUS PROMPTING THE DECISION TO RETURN BOEING STARLINER SPACECRAFT TO EARTH WITH BUTCH WILMOREND SUNI WLIAMS ONBOARD. UNCREWED CONTINUING TO GATHER TEST DATA WHILE ALSO NOT ACCEPTING ADDITIONAL RISKS FOR THE CREW. WILMORE AND WILLIAMS MEANWHILE FORM ARELY J THE EXPEDITION 71-72 ARE YOU AND REMAIN CONDUCTING SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS AND HELPING WITH MANTENCE THROUGH FEBRUARY 2024 AND FLY HOME ABOARD A DRAGON SPACECRAFT WITH TWO OTHER CREWMEMBERS ASSIGNED TOO THE AGENCY SPACEX CREW MISSION THAT IS NASA ASTRONAUTS NICK HAGUE AND ROSCOSMOS COSMONAUT ALEXANDER. ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON, THE HATCHES WERE CLOSED BETWEEN STARLINER AND THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. EARLIER TODAY AT 5:0 CENTRAL EY RELEASED STAINER ALLOWING TO IT SEPARATE TO BEGIN MOVING A I WAY INTO PLACE FOR THE JOURNEY HOME. YOU CAN SEE THAT VIDEO FROM EARLIER TODAY PLAYING HERE. >> WE SAW A BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY OF STARLINER THRUSTERS THERE. BUTCH WILMORE AND SUNIIAMS ALSO HAD SOME WORDS TO SAY FOR THE TEAM ON THE FROWN AS THE STARLINER WAS MAKING THE WAY AWAYLE FROM THE SPACE STATION. >> STATION, HOUSTON, SPACE TO GROUND FOR STARLINER UNDOCK STATUS. GO AHEAD. WE ARE WITH YOU. HI, SUNI, THE STARLINER AND ISS FLIGHT CONTROL TEAMS HAVE POLLED GO FOR UNDOCK AT TIME. THE EXPECTED UOCK TM IS 20:04. >> OK. COPY. 22:04. HEY, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING AT THE FLIGHT CONTROL ROSTER AND LIKE, WOW, IT IS THE ALL STAR TEAM. OUFIES, IT ISIME BRING CALYPSO HOME. YOU HAVE GOT THIS. WE HAVE YOUR BACKS. YOU HAVE GOT THIS. BRING HER BACK TO EARTH. GOOD LUCK. >> SUNI AND BUTCH, THIS IS CLO WHERE I, JUST ON BEHALF THE ENTIRE TEAM, I KNOW WE THANK YOU FOR THE ENDLE SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE ENJOYED EVERY TRAINING EVENT AND ERY MEETING. WE REMEMBER EVERY SETBACK AND EVERY REVELATION WITH. THE TEAMS ON THE GROUND HAVE WORKED COUNTLESS HOURS OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, MOBS AND FOR A GROUP OF US, YEARS TO BRING CALYPSO BACK. WE READY TO DO THAT TOD. WE, YOU THE BEST OF LUCK. SUNI, I WILL MAKE SURE THE RIGHT PEOPLE HAVE YOUR COMING HOME PHONE TO PLY ON SPACE TO GROUND WHEN IT TIME TO COME HOME. GOOD LUCK AND THANK YOU. >> WONDERFUL COMMENT. WE APPRECIATE THAT. WE AGREE. MANY YEARS OF GREAT ENJOYMENT SENDING TOGETHER, PLAYING TOGETHER, BEING INVOLVED WITH EACH OTHER'S LIVES IT HAS BEEN SPECIAL. BRING IT HOME. >> COPY. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. >> THAT AGAIN WAS CONVERSATION RECORDED EARLIER TODAY BETWEEN ASTRONAUTS SUNI WILLIAMS AND BUTCH WILMORE TALKING TO THE STARLINER FLIGHT DIRECTOR A THE TIME OF UNDOCKING CHLOE. SINCE THAT UNDOCKING WHEN STARLINER AND THE SPACE STATION WERE FLYING 260 MILES ABOVE CENTRAL CHINA. STARLINER INCREASING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN IT AND THE SPACE STATION EURING IT WILL BE ABLE TO GET INTO PLACE TO PERFORM 10:07 P.M. DEORBIT BURN. NOW IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES WHILE IT HAS BEEN MOVING AWAY. THE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS HERE ON THE GROUND TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM AL FEW TESTS OF STARLINER'S THRUSTERS, DURIN THE TT, THE CREW MOD 8S 12 SMALL REACTION CONTROL SYSTEM TRYSTERS WHEN THE JETS DIDN'T FIR AND REACTION THRUSTERS ON THE CREW MODULE ARE USED TO STEER STARLINER AS IT MAKES THE E SERVE MODULE HAS BEEN JETTISONEDECAUSE THE 12 ARE DIVIDED TO TWO. ARLINER AUTOSES ONE STREAM DURING NORMAL OPERATIONS AND MEANS A LIGHT SLOS. IT SHOULDN'T KEEP STARLINER FROM GETTING THROUGH REE LANDING AS EXPECTED. AH. STAR PLAN OTHER HAS PLENTY WH THIS PART OF THE PROP SYSTEM ON THE CAPSULES, SO NO IMPACT TO THE BEE OR DITH BURN OR RE-ENTRY AND NOT REQUIRED FOR FLIGHT ROLES, THE TEAM ALSO TESTED 10 OF THE 28 REACTION CONTROL SYTS IN THE SERVICE MODULE AFTER UNDOCKING A THEY ALL PERFORMED AS EXPECD. >> AND, YOARE ON THE GROUND, THE TEAM JUST GAVE THE GO OFFICIALLY TO RICK, TODAY'S FLIGHT DIRECTOR, MEANING THAT TONIGHT'S LANDING OF STARLINER ON. THAT AGAIN IS SCHEDULED TO HAPPENOUCHDOWN AT 11:00 P.M. CENTRAL TIME OR MIDNIGHT EASTERN TIME. ONCE AGAIN FLYING DIRECTOR HAS GOT AND GO FOR THE STARLINER DEORBIT BURN FROM ALL THE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS WATCHING OVER THE SPACECRAFT RETURN TONIGHT. WE ARE OFFICIALLY ON FOR STARLINER'S RETURN TO EARTH AT0R MIDNIGHT EASTERN. DEBIT BURN AT 10:17 P.M. CENTRAL TIME IS NOW JUST 17 MINUTES A WAY. 59 SECOND FIRING OF FOUR STARLINER ORBITAL MANURING HRUSTERS ON THE STARLINER SERVI MODULE. AND JOINING US LIVE FRO STARLINER'S LANDING ZONE WITH WHITE SANDS AT WHITE SANDS SPACE HARBOR IN NEW MEXICO ARE COLLEAGUES LEAH CHESHIRE AND BOEING'S JOSH BARRETT. HOW IS IT GOING IF. >> THANK YOU, PRAN DI. IT IS GOING WELL OUT HERE. WE ARE OUT HERE IN WHITE SANDS THE WEATHER ABOUT 75 PRIEST TO DEGREES AND VERY LIGHT WINDS APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES PER HOUR AND THIS LOOKS LIKE POE CONTINUATION LAY PICTURE FROM EARLIER TODAY, IT IS QUITE DARK OUT HERE AT THIS POINT. WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF THE STARS. WE ARE LINED UP IN THE CONVOY TTING READY TO ROLL. >> TAT IS RIGHT. SO I HAVE BEEN OUT HERE FOR THE STARLINER'S PREVIOUS LANDINGS THE FIRST ONE WAS VERY COLD. THE SECOND ONE WAS QUITE WARM AND THIS ONE FEELS JUSTS ABOUT RIGHT. WE ARE FOLLOWING WITH TWO COMMAND VEHICLES, WE HAVE GOT THE MLCC OR THE MOBILE LANDING CONTROL CENTER, THEY ARE TIED IN MISSION CONTROL IN HOUSTON WITH THE PEOPLE YOU ARE SEEING ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW. WE ALSO HAVE THE MDTV, THAT IS KNOWATA AND TRACKING VEHICLE. ON TOP OF THAT. I HASES SUITE OFPTICS ON TOP. THERE IS INFRARED CAMERA. TWO VISIBLE CAMERAS. ONE OF THEM WITH A TELESCOPIC FOCUS SO THE FIRST THINGS WE ARE SEEING STARLINER FLER THE LANDING ZONE AND YOU SHOULD BE SEEING THOSE ON YOUR SCRNS AS WELL ANDS A FEW MORE SHE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT AND ON STARLINER AS WELL. YEAH. ESPECIALLY THE PLANE TOOK OFF A FEW HOURS AGO AS WE WEREND HEADED OUT HERE. WE ARRIVED AT 6 P.M. LOCAL ME WHICH IS LOW MOUNTAINIM AND SINCE THEN GETTING READY LINI UP DOING COMMUNICATION CHECK BETWEEN THE VARIOUS TEAM AND GETTING READY TO DRY OUT ONCE STARLINER COMES DOWN SO IT IS A TEA OF WHITE AND SOME SAND OUT HERE AND TEAMS ARE CONTINUING TO JUST PREPARE AS SOON AS WE GET IO THAT DEORBIT BURN SO THEY ARE ACTUALLY IN A HUDDLE RIGHT NOW TALKING THROUGH SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS FOR TONIGHT AND IF HING READY TO JOHN US HERE AS WE AWAIT TO SEE THE DEORBIT BURN. >> SO WITH THAT RIGHT NOW, WE E GOING TO TUR IT BACK OVER TO YOU BRANDI AND LAURE WE ARE GOING TO STI AROUND THOUGH AN CANNOT WAIT TO SEE STARLINER COMING STRAIGHT ACROSS THE STI SKY THANK YOU. THANKS SO MUCH. WE ARE HOPING TO GET SOME GOOD VIEWS FROM WHERE YOU ARE AT LATER TODAY. NOW ONCE WEAKE THE FINAL BURN OUT OF ORBIT TODAY IT WILL TAKE 4500S FOR STARLINER TO REACH DESTINATION. AGAIN WHITE SANDS SPACE HARBOR IN NEW MEXICO WHERE WE SPOKE WIOOINGS FROM STARLINER IS FLYING WITH THE SOLAR ARRAYS POINTED TO YOU WAD THE SUN AND RECHARGING TH INTERNAL BATTERIES TO COOP THE SYSTEMS POWERED THROUGH LANDING AND DEORBITTAL MANEUVERING OR ALTITUDE WILL FIRE FOR A MINUTE TO CON DOING THE DEORBIT BURN AND SLOWS IT DONE FROM ORBITAL VELOCITIES AND ALLOWS TO IT START FALLING BACK TO EARTH IN A HEADOWN POSITION. ON THE END OF THE DEORBIT RETURN, STARLINER ANGELS ITSELF FOR RE-ENTRY. DEORBIT BURN IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES WE ARE K TA TAKING OFF TONIGHT TO FIFE YOU THE FULL REDOWN. IT IS SCHEDULED FOR 10:17 P.M. CENTRAL. WE GOT THE FO FOR THAT A FEW MINUTES AGO AND GOING TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE SIM OPERATION OF THE CREW MODULE AT 10:20 P.M. D E ON ON ITS OWN. AT 10:45 P.M. STAR LEARN WILL BEGIN TO FILL THE EFFECTS AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE ASSENT IN JUN AND FEW MINUTES LATER AROUND 10:47 THOUGH HEAT WILL BECOME SO IN TENSE THE PLASMA WILL BEGIN TO FORM AROUND THPACE CRAFT CAUSING A BLACKOUT FOR FOUR AND A HALF MINUTES ONCE STARLINER CLEARS, THINGS WILL BEGIN TO HAPPEN QUARTERBACKING? I. YEAH. SO THEN UP NEXT AT 10:56 WHEN STARLINER IS .3 MILES ABOVE EARTH, THE SPACECRAFT WILL BE DONE WITH THE FORWA HEAT SHIELD AT THE TOP OFHE CAPSULE. THEY HELPED PROTECT IT AND JETTISON IT TO MAKE WAY FOR THE PARACHUTES STORED UNDER NETH AND THEN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, THOSEP. FIRST WITH THE TMALLER PARACHUTESHAT ARE MEANT T TAKE THE EDGE OFF STARLINER SPEED. THEY OPEN UP IN STAGES OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT 28 SECONDS AND THEN AT 10:57 P.M. WHEN STARLINER IS SIX MILES UP,HE PARACTES ARE RELEASED AND THREE MAIN PARACHUTE CHUTES ARE DEPLOY AND OPEN IN STAGES OVER 16 SECONDS BUT THEY STAY WITH THE SPACECRAFT ALL THE WAY UNTIL TOUCH JUN AT 11:00 P.M. CENTRAL. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CAPSULE TO MAKE WAY FOR THE SIX LANDING AIRBAGS HIDDEN UNDERNEATH IT AND THOSE WILL CUSHION THE VEHICLEAT COMMITTEE'S DESERT. >> IT ISROBABLY WORTH MENTIONING THAT WE DO NOT HAVE INDIVIDUAL GROW STAR LOON FIR THINK BACK TO JUAN ON THE ACCEPT AND JOURNEY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ITS NOTO SEND VIDEO DOWN WHEN IT IS NOT CONNECTED SO WE WON BE GETTING IN FLIGHT VIEWS BUT WE HAVE SEVERALAMERAS AT THE LANDING SITE AS WELL AS AIRCRAFT IN THE AREA WE ARE HOPING TO GET VIEWS FROM BUT IT IS GOING TO BE DARK OUT IN THE DESERT AT NIGHT SO THEY MAY BE INFD O BLACK AND WHITE VIEWS BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME GOOD CAMERAL VIEWS TO SHOW YOU. >> AND WE ARE TAKING A LIVE LOOK NOW FROM THEND LAG SITE BUT THE SHOT IS QUITE DRK AT THE MOMENT. YOU CAN SEE A FEW LIGHTS BLKING THERE. HOPEFULLY AS WE GET CLOSE FOR THE UP FROM AS STARLINER GETS CLOSER DOWN, WE WILL ARE SOME BETTER SHOTS. >> THE LANDING AND RECOVERY TEAMS HAVE BEEN OUT IN THE DESERT PREPARING FOR THE SPACECRAFT'S RETURN FOR SEVERAL DA, THEY HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH THEM TO CATCH UP ON SOME O THE PPS THAT VE BEEN TAKING PLACE. THEY RAN THROUGH A FULL MISSION DRESS REHEARSAL WHERE THEY PRACTICED THE LANDING AND RECOVERY OPERATION WITH THE DIFFERENT GROUPS AND FITNESSES THEN ALSO KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE WINDS DIRECTION TO STAB THE BEST RECOVERY ZONE AT WHITE SANDS AND SET UP WEATHER BALLOONSO CHECK THE WIND SPEEDS. CHECKING VEHICLES OUT THERE AND THE TEAM HAS BEEN CALIBRATING THOSE AND AGAIN, WE DON'T EX PEB ANY VIEWS FROM STAR LOON OWNER THE DAY DOW AND HOPING TO GETTED ABOUT ONES AS WELL AS RCRAFT IN THE AA AND FLON HAVE THE WB57 GETTING VIEWS WHILE IT IS ABOUT 1,000 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND UNTIL THE PARACHUTES DEPLOY THEN 6,000 FEET, WE HOPE TO SEE VIEWS IN THE AREA. >> AND TH IS ACTUALLY CURRENT VIEW OF THE CESSNA AS IT MAKES THIS HE WAY TO THE LANDING SITE AND WHITE SANDS SPACE HARBOR IN NEW MEXICO. AND A SHOT THERE ONE OF THE GROUND CAMPS ARE ON SITE AGAIN, IT IS DARK THERE, WE ARE HOPING TO SEE SOME FOOD VIEWS. GOOD NEW VIEWS THEN THE LAST FEW HOURS THE TEAMS THERE ON THE GROUND HAVE BEEN AT THE HOLDING WHERE ARE LOADING UP T VEHICLEDOING LAST MINUTE CHECK AND MAKING SHORE ALL THEMENT IS READY TO GO THEN SHORTLY BEGIN MOVING INTO PLACE TO WATCH STARLINER MAKE THE FINAL APPROACH THEN ONCE STARLINER LANDS, TEAMS WILL MOVE CLOSER IN STRATEGIC WAY AND FIRST STOP AT THE 500-FOOT MARK AWAYRE THE SPACECRAFT AND THENOVE IN CLOSER TO THE 150-FOOT MARK WHILE GROUND TEAMS SAFE THE VEHICLE. >> THAT FIRST TEAM ON SITE WITH THE STARLINER WOULD BE THE GOLD TEAM. THEY START RECOVERY OPERATIONS BY HAVING ANIFF TEST WHERE THEY USE SENSORS TO CHECK THE PROPENTS THAT STARLINER USES THEN WEARING PROTECTIVE GEAR TO PREVENT EXPOSURE TO PROPEL LENT, IT IS USED AS PROPELLANT AND TURNS IN A VAPOR IT CAN TOXIC. AER THE TEST, THEY WILL NOTIFY THE REST OF THE CONVOY WHEN IT IS STIVE APPROACH THEN GOING TO CHECK THE WINDS TMAKE SURE THE ENTIRE LANDING AND RECOVERY TEAM IS STAGED UP RANGE FROM THE DIRECTION THE WIND IS BLOWING FOR ADDED PROTECTION. NU EVERYONE O THERE IS PART OF A DIFFERENT COLOREAM AND THAT COLOR SOT IS OBS IS WHERE WHO DOES WHAT. SO THE NEXT STEPS THE CYCLE VER TEAM AND THE FIRST JOB IS TO GROUND THE SPACECRAFT. STARLINER WILL BE POWERED DOWN BUT THERE COULD BE SOME RESIDUAL ELECTRICITY SO BEFORE ANYONE CAN TOUCH I THEY WILL GROUND IT AND DISCHARGE IT. >> TEAMS ON THE GROUNDS ARE WERE ARE EVERYTHING THAT IS IN GETTING INTO GOOD CONFIG FOR THE DEORBIT BORN ICH IS NOW SIX AND A HALF MUTES AWAY. GOING ON WITH WHAT WE WERE SAY, WE WILL HAVE THE BLUE TEAM DOCUMENTING THE DOCUMENTS EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON AT THELANDING SITE. THESE ARE PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM BOTH BOEING AND NASA WHO HAVE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS CAMERAS. AGAIN, HERE IS CURRENT VIEW OF THSE TEAMS ALL READY TO DEPLOY AT LANDING. >> YEAH. S THAT THE HOLDING SITE BREEZE MENTIONING. THEN, OF COURSE, YOU CAN SEE THE GROU.AINS THERE IN THE BACK THBLACK AND WHITEIEW. ANDHE GREEN TEAM HOOKS UP THE TRAILERS TO ARLINER TO GET COOLING ON IT BUT THE FIRST JOB IS TO PUT UP ENVIRONMENTAL END CLOSURE ON THE SPACECRAFT AND LOOKS LIKE THE BIG INFLATABLE AND WRAPS AROUND THE VEHICLE TO GET COOL AIR AROUND IT AND MAKE SURE THE CRITICAL SYSTEMS DON'T OVERHEAT THENHE RED TEAM OPENS THE HATCH, THAT IS MOSTLY BOEING FIRE RESCUE, THEY WILL BACKUP THE MOBILE ACCESS PLATFORM TO STARLINER HATCH GIVING THE TEAM ACCESS. >> AND STARLINER WILL BE BRINGING BACK MORE THAN 900 POUNDS OF CARGO INCLUDING A NITROGEN OXYGEN RECHARGE SYSTEM OR WHAT WE CALL TANK, THAT NASA WILL SERVICE AND REPHIL FOR FUTURE SPACE STATION NEEDS.E TEO BEFORE STARLINER HEADS BACK TO FLORIDA. JUST OVER FIVE MINUTES TO FO NU UNTIL TONIGHT'S 10:16 P.M. CENTRAL TIME DEORBIT BURN. THE TEAM ON THE DOWN FROM S STARLINER HAS GOTN INTOTHE RIGHT ATTITUDE. THE RIGHT WAY POINTING FOR THAT BURN SO EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD. WE ARE ON TRACK FOR LANDING AT 11:00 P.M. CENTRAL. MIDNIGHT EASTERN. >> WITH FOUR MINUTES LEFT TO GO FOR THE DEORBIT BURN, WE'LL CHECK IN WITH LEAH CHESHIRE AND JOSH PAR REIPT. >> THANKS, PRAN DI. YEAH. WE ARE OUT HERE WAITING IN THE CONVOY AREA AND MOST OF THEM A IS TAKING PART IN A SAFETY BRIEFING NOW AS WE PREP TO WATCH THE REENTRY. LOOK YOU MENTIONED, IT IS DARKO. JOSHND PRI ABLE TO TAKE IN THE BEAUTIFUL SIG OF THE MILKY WAY, IT I SO DARK SO ONCE THE CAPSULE STARTS TO REENTER THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. WE EXPECT TO HAVE HAVE A PRETTYD VIEW OF THE STREAK AS THE PLASME ITSELF. >> THAT ITS RIGHT INNOCENT WE SHOULD BE SEEING IT COME OVER THE SOUTHWEST HORIZON THROUGH THE SADDLE OF THE MOUNTAINS THAT ARE JUST OVERLOOKING THE MON TAIN RANGE HERE. AND REMEMBERING BACK TO OFT1 THE VIEW WE SHOULD BE HAVING HERE WE HEAR THE SONIC BOOMS AS WELL AFTER WEIND OF THE PLASMAS AND THEN PRETTY QUICKLY AFTERWARD, IT IS PRETTY REMARKABLE HOW QUICKLY IT DOES END UP OVER OUR HEADS AND SEE THE FLASHES FROM THE MORTARS WHICH DEPLOY THOSE FOUR HEAT SELD PARACHUTES WHICH TE THE HEAT SHIELD OFF THEN WE START HEARING THOSE, SPREAD THOSE AND THE PARACHUTES START TO TEE PLOY AND THEN, IT IS KIND OF SLOW MOTION FROM THERE AS IT DRIFTS DOWN. >> WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF MOVEMENT AS TEAMS HAVE JUST COMPLETED THAT SAFETY BRIEFING RE, SO THEY ARE NOW ALL WELCOME TO JOIN US AT THE CONVOY SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE A FEW MINUTES A WAY FROM DID HE ORBIT BURN SOON WITH THAT, WE TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU IN HOUSTON. >> WE ARE JUST OVER TWO MINUTES A WAY FROMHE DRBIT BURN AT THISOINT AND STAINER HAS MOVED WELL AWAY FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE SPACE STATION. AHEAD OF IT AS WELL. WE HAD A MUM BEFORE HE SMALLER BURNS TO ENSURE THAT STARLINERS WITH AT A SAFEISTANCE AWAY BEFORE IT PERFORM THE DEORBIT BURN AND BRING ITOU OUT OF ORBIT ON THE JOURNEY BACK TO EARTH. >> THE FLIGHT DIRECTOR RICK AND HIS TEAM EXPECTS STARLINER'S ORBITAL MANEUVER ATTITUDE THRUSTERS TO FIRE AROUND0:17 CENTRAL TIME PUSHING T SPACECRAFT OUT O THE ORBITAL FLIGHPATH AND ON TON THE JOURNEY HOME. THE DEORBIT BURN WILL SET US UP FO A TOUCHDOWN TIME OF 11:00 P.M. CENTRAL OR 10:00 P.M. MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME OUT THERE IN WHITE SANDSNEW MEXICO. WINT IS THERE. CONTROL TEAMS IN HOUSTON WILL GIN POWERING OFFHE SOLAR ARRAYS AS THE SPACECRAFT NOW HAS ENOUGH POWER TO GET HOME AND SUBLIMATORS WILL BE TAKING OVER COOLING. THEY USE WATER TO COOL THE CABIN. IN THE CORRECT ATTUDE FOR PERFORMING THE DEORBIT BURNND THE SERVICE MODULE ANDREW CAPSULE ARE STILL ATTACHED TO EACH OTHER. FOUR OF THE SERVICE MODULES 12 AFT FACING ORBITAL MANEUVERING CONTROL END GNS ARE POWERING THE DEORBIT BURN ALLOWING THEM TO SEPARATE SAFELY. >> AND THOSE ENGINES ARE EACH 1500 POUND THRUSTE MEANING THIS BURNILL TAKE ABOUT THOUSAND BOUND POUNDS OF THRUST SLOWING STAR LUNE REMEMBER THE CURRENT ORBITAL VELOCITY AND BRINGING IT BACK TO ETHER'S ATMOSPHERE FOR THE SMOOTH G. THE SCS THRUSTERS ASSIST HERE IN HOLDINGTARLINER DURING THE TEST FLIGHT, OUR TEAMS RAN ROUGHLY 1 MILLIOCOMPUTER MODELS SIMULATIONS, SHOWING ALL THE DIFFERENT THRUSTER COMBINATIONS POSSIBLE FOR A SAFE RETURN TO EARTH TODAY. >> JUST 20 SECONDS NOW. THE LAST 59ECONDS THENGAIN, FIRING THOSE ORBITAL MANEUVERING ALTITUDE CONTROL THRUSTERS. FOUR THRUSTERS ON STARLINER SERVICE MODULE ARE NOW FIRING. SLOWING STARLINER DOWN AS CAPSULE BEGINS THE JOURNEY BACK TO EARTH AND TAKE 59 SECONDS TO COMPLETE. WE ARE HEARING ALL GOOD FIRING WELL SO FAR. YOU CAN SEE THE REPRESENTATION OFHE THRUSTERS FIRING. STARLINER IS MAINTAINING THE ATTITUDE AND HAS THE LARGE THRUSTERS ARE FIRING SMALLER REACTION CONTROL SYSTEM THRUSTERS ARE ALSO WORKING KEEPING THE SPACECRAFT IN THE CORRECT POSITION FOR THE BURN. >> STILL LOOKING GOOD. >> WE DID SEE THE BURN CUTOFF SUCCESS PLY. THE TEAMS REPORTING A GOOD BURN. THE STARLINER IS ON THE WAY TO NEW MEXICO. THE PLANNED TOUCHDOWN AT 11:00 P.M. CENTRAL, MIDNIGHT EASTERN TIME. NEXT UP ON THE TO-DO LIST IS THE SEPARATION OF THE SERVICE MODULE. IT WILL BE DISPOSED OF OVER THE PAPA CIVIC OCEAN LEA THE UNCREWED CRUDE MODULE TO CARRY ALONE. THE SERVICE MODULE HAS SPENT THE FLIGHT PROTECTING THE HEAT SHIELD JETTYING IT UNCOVERS THE CRITICAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ALLOWING TO IT SHELTER THE SPACECRAFT AS IT BEGINS TRAVELING BACK THROUGH THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE THEM THE CREW MODEL WILL THEN MA THE FINAL ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THE HEAT SHIELD IS EXALY THE RHT ANGLE TOROVIDE THE PROTEION AND THOSE FINE-TUNED ADAMANTS ARE REALLY A STRONG CAPABILITY OF STARLINER'S GUIDANCE, AND A HALF FASHION, CONTROL SYSTEM. IN FACT, ON THE TWO PREVIOUS FLIGHTS, STARLINER MADE BULLS EYE LANDING THANKSO THAT SYSTEM. >> STARLINER'S MEUVERING INTO POSITION FOR THAT JETTISON AT IS TIME. THE TEAM ON THE GROUND REPORTING STARLINER IN A GOOD ATTITUDE SUPRTING THE SERVICE MODULE SEPARATION. >> AND THE SERVICE MODULE HAS JUST JETTISONED, SEPARATED AND IS NOW FALLING AWAY. IT WILL BURN UP DURING REENTRY OVER THE REMOTE PART OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. AND STARLINER WIL CONTINU ON THE PATH TO NEW MEXICO FOR THEND LAKING AND RECOVERY TEAM IS WAITING FOR TOUCHDOWN. STARLINER IS NOW ANG LIG ITSELF AND THE HEAT SHIELD FOR REENTRY. AND ENTRY INTERFACE IS COMING UP IN TEN MINUTES THAT IS THE HOTTEST PART OF THE RE-ENTRYPROT SHIELD REACHING ABOUT THOUSAND DEGREES PROTECT STARLINER FROM OSE HEAT LOADS THE SPACECRAFT HAS WHAT IS CALLED ABLATIVE HEAT SHIELD. THE OUTER SERVICE OF THAT SHIELD HEATS UP TO A GAS WHICH THEN CARRIES THE HEAT AWAY FROM THE CREW MODULE THROUGH CONVECTION. AND OUR TEAM CALLS THIS PROCESS A GAME OF THREES BECAUSE DURING ENTRY INTERFACE THE HEAT SHIELD WILL HANDLE THOSE TEMPERATURES OF 3,000 PRIEST TO DEGREES BUT IT WILL CONVERT THAT HEAT TO ABOUT 300 DEGREES WITH ONLY THREE INCHES. THEN BECAUSE OF THIS PRON DURING THIS HOTTEST PART OF RE-ENTRY, INSIDE OF THE SPECRAFT REMAINS AT ABOUT ROO TEMPERATURE. WHEN STARLINER RETURNS FROM THE LAST TWO FLIGHTS THE CAN SUL LANDED WITH TRO BLACK STRIPES THIS HE SIDES THEN INDICATING THE HEAT SHIELD WAS OH PLATED AS INTEND SOD WE DO EK SEE THAT AGAIN TODAY AND THE TEAM NSIDERS THA A BIT OF A BADGE OF HON. ONCE GAIN DID SEE STARLINER PERFORM THE DEORBIT BURN ONSOMETIME AT 10:17 P.M. CENTRAL TIME AND QUICKLY TURNED AROUND AND JETTISONED THE SERVICE MODULE NOW IT HAS PERFORMED THE DUTY OVER THE COURSE OF THE MISSION. WE ARE STILL ABOUT 20 MINUTES A WAY FROM INTERFACE BUT THINGS WITH IL STA READY TO HAPPEN QUICKLY AFTER THAT. FOUR MINUTE AFTER WE GO TO THE IN TRY. THE HEAT FROM STARLINER WILL BECOME SO INTENSE THAT THE PLASMAS WILL BEGIN TO FORM AROUND THE SPACECRAFT CAUSING A BLACKOUT WITH STARLINER FOR ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF MINUTES. AFTER THIS WE SEE STARLINER JETTON THE FORWARD HEAT SHIELD PROTECTING THE PARACHUTES THEN STARLINER IS AROUND 30,000 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND THE SPACECRAFT PARACHUTE SEQUENCE WILL BEGIN. TWO PARACHUTES WILL START SLOWING SRLINER DOWN AND THEN DEMUCH AND THREE MAIN PARACHUTES WILL DEPLOY AND INFLATE. AT ABOUT 3,000 FEET OFF THE GROUND. THE SPACE HEAT SHIELD EXPOSING THE AIRBAGS THEN TOUCHDOWN THOSE AIRBAGS ABSORB T INFORMATION FORCE O LANDINGUSHIONING THE SPACECRAFT FOR AOFT SAFE RETURN TO EART STARLIR IS 216 MILES ABOVE THE SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN THAT IS JUST PAST THE SOUTHERNMOST PORTION OF THIS FINAL ORBIT COMING AROUND THE SOUTHERN COASTING OF AUSTRALIA NOW AND BEGIN MAKING THE WAY NORTH WARD TOWARD THE WESCOAST OF FOR THAT LANDING AT 11:00 P.M. CENTRAL TIME, MIDNIGHT EASTERN TIME AT WHITE SANDS SPACE HARBOR IN NEW MEXICO. AGAIN, AD THE DEORBIT BURN THAT TOOK PLACE AS PLANNED A AT 10:, 59-SECOND BURN THAT CHANNELED THE STARLINER SPEED BY ABOUT 200 MES PER HOUR. 130 METERS PER SECOND. THAT MADE WAY FOR THE SERVICE MODUL SEPARATION THEN THE NEXT MILESTONE WE'LL BE WATCHING FOR IS THE IN TRY INTERFACE AT 10:45. ILL ABOUT 10 MINUTES AWAY. A LIVE VIEW HERE OF THE RECOVERY FORCES STAGED NAR THE LANDING SITE READY TO MOVE ONCE STARLINER TOUCHES DOWN. WE ARE KICKING OFF MILESTONES AS EXPECTED FOR THE 11:00 P.M. CENTRAL MIDNIGHT EAERN OR 10:00 P.M. MOUNTAIN TIME TOUCHDOWN TODAY IN NEW MEXICO. GAIN STARLINER PERFORMED THE DEORBIT BURN ABOUT 12 MINUTING A. THE THRUSTERS PERFORMED NOMINALLY. AND THE FLIGHT HOME IS GOING SMOOTH. WE ARE STILL 14 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE NEXT MILESTONE, I THINK I SAID EARLIER, THAT WE WERE TEN MINUTES AWAY. THAT WAS A MISTAKE BUT ABOUT 16 MINUTES FROM NOWELL'S EXPERIENCING THE ATMOSPHERE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE STARLINER LAUNCHED AND SINCE WE DO HAVE A LITTLE TIME, WE'LL CHECK BACK WIN THE LANDING TEAM, LEE AND,WHO, HOW ARE THINGS GOING OUT THERE? >> THANKS PURCHASE PRAN DI. YEAH. THAT WAS GREAT VIEW OF THE LANDING CONVOY ALL LINEDP. I WAS JUST WATCHING THE GOLD TEAM MEMBERS GETTING SUITED UP AS YOU MENTIONEDIER. THAT IS THE FIRST TEAM TO COME IN AND IN PECT THE VEHICLE AND LOOK FOR DANGEROUS FUMES BEFORE THE REST OF THE TEAMS GET THE GO TO ME IN TO APPROACH THE CAPSULE. IT IS A WAITING GAM RIGHT NOW AS WERE STILL WAITING TO SPOT STAR LOONER FROM THE SOUTHWEST SO ALO OF US ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CONVOY RIGHT NOW AND KEEPING OR EYES ON THE SKIES. YEAH. THAT IS RIGHT. WE GOT ABOUT THREE DOZEN VEHICLES ALL LED UP A THREE ROWS WAITING TO GET THAT TOUCHDOWN SIAL, GAIN, GOING THERE THE CONVOY LTS THAT YOU WENT THROUGH ALREADY, SO WELL BEHIND THAT GOLD TEAM AFTER STARLINER DECLARED, THE SILVER TEAM MOVES IN AND THEYO THE ELECTRICAL GROUNDING SO ALSO STABILIZE THE VEHICLE JUST IN CASE THE ABAGS START DEPTING TO MAKE SUREHE HATCH HAS A GOOD STABLE ORIENTATION FOR THE RED TEAM TO COME IN AND THE ONES WITH THE HATCH ORIENTATION AND THEN, ONCE THEED TEAM ESTABLISHES HATCH ACCESS, ACTUALLY, THE SVER TEAM HAS A FUN JOB TONIGHT IN THE DARKHEY ARE GOING TO GO START LOOKING FOR THE PIECES THAT CAME OFF OF STAR LINE THE HEAT SHIELDS SOME OF THOSE LIDS FROM THOSE PARACHUTE MORTARS AND THEN, AFTER THAT, AFTER RED TEAM H CCE, THEN NASH SASS MASS ISS PROGRAM FOLKS ARE GOING TO COME IN FROM THE CARGO I SPECS. AGAIN WE ARE EXPECTING TO START SEEING STARLINER COME IN ACROSS THE HORIZON ALONG WHEN IT BEGIN THEN UNTIL THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU A HIT FROM THE LANDING SITE AND THE LATEST THAT WE HAV GOING ON HERE, SO WE'LL TOSS IT BACK OVER TO YOU IN MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON. >> THANK YOU SO, LIAN JOSHMENT WE ARE WATCHING FOR THAT INTERFACE AS WELL. WE ARE NOW 12 MINUTES AWAY. STARLINER CONTINUING TO MAKE FOOD PRAGUE SES FOR THE THE DEORBIT BURN. PROGRESS FOUL THE DE. AGAIN LOOKING AT THE LANDING AND RECOVERY TEAM SET U AT THE HOLDING ZONE AT WHI SANDS. JOSH ANDEE ARE EMBEDDED WITH THAT CONVOY AND THEY WILL MAKE A STRATEGIC MOVE TOWARD THE PACE CRAFT AFTER TOUCHDOWN FOR STOPPING A THE 500 FT MARK AND GET A GO TO MOVE FORWARD AND ONCE THE VOOKS CONSIDERED SAFE THEY WILL MOVE IN. >> THE DEORBIT BURN COMPLETE AND THE SERVICE MODULE SEPARATED THE SPACECRAFT'S HEAT SHIELD IS NOW EXPOSED AND A FEW MINUTES LATER THE STARLINER WILL EXPERIENCE EXPECTED BLACKOUT IN COMMUNICATIONS THAT WILL LAST FOUR AND A HALF MINUTE AND 11 MINUTES BEFORE LANDING STARLINER JETTISONS EXPOSING THE PARACHUTE SYSTEM THEN TWO WILL DEPLY AND INCREASING DRAG AND SIGNIFICANTLY SLOWING DOWN STARLINER AND THEN, THREE PILOT PARACHUTES WILL PULL OUT THE MAIN CHUTES ALLOWING SPACECRAFT TO CONTINUE THE SLOW AND STEADY DECENT FOR ANOTHER 8,000 FEET TOWARD THE LANDING ZONE. >> AND ONCE THE MAI PARACHUTES ARE FULLY INFLATED STARLINER'S BUCKET HANDLE RELEASES AND WHAT THAT DOES IS BASICALLY LEVELS OUT THE SPACECRAFT AHEAD OF TOUCHDOWN. BASE HEA SHIELD THAT PROTECTED STARLINER THROUGH RE-ETRY WILL SEPARATE AT 3,000 FEET UNCOVERING THE LANDING AIRBAGS THOSE AIRBAGS OF COURSE WILL FILL WITH NITROGEN ALLOWING FOR STAR LUNIER TO LAND SOFTLY UNSAFELY THERE IN THE SAND. >> LESS THAN TEN MINUTES TO GO NOW BEFORE WE GET TO THAT ENTRY INTERFACE POINT AND NOW JUST 24.5 MINUTES A I WAY FROM THE LANDING AT WHITE SANDS SPACE HARBOR. EVERYTHING IS PRETTY QUIET IN THE ROOM WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN THINGS ARE CONTINUING TO GO SMOOTHLY AS STARLINEREGIN MAKING THE WAY BACK TO EARTH. >> YOU ARE TAKING A LOOK THERE AT FLIGHT DIR ROCKER ON THE LEFT PEAK WITHING MIKE LAY MERN THE RIGHT. MIKE IS WTHER FLIGHT DIRECTOR AND TAG TEAMING THIS OPERATION. >> THE TEAM HAS BEEN KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON WEATHERER AT THELANDING SITE BUT EVERYTHING LOOKS PRETTY GOOD FOR TONIGHT'S TOUCHDOWN. YEAH. ABOU79 DEGREES FAHREEIT OUT THERE. THEY REPORTED 1MILES VISIBILITY. THE WINDS ARE WITHIN THE LIMIT SO WE ARE LOOKING GOOD FOR A COMING UP ABOUT 11:00 P.M. CENTRAL TIME. >> SEVEN MINUTES TO GO NOW UNTIL INTERFACE AND THAT INTENSE HEATING WILL START ABOUT TWO MINUTES AFTER WE DO BEGIN THE INTERFACE, THAT WILL LAST FOUR AND A HALF MINUTES DURING WHICH TIME IN A BLACKOUT. STARLINER IS CURRENTLY ABOUT 130 MILES, 149 MILES RATHER ABOVE THE PAPA SICKF OCEAN HEADING NORWARD TOWARD THE WESTERN COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. AND THAT IS TOUCHDOWN IN NEW MEXICO. >> WOE ARE TAKING A LOOK THERE AT THE LANDING TRAJECTORY. THERE ON THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THE LINE THAT CROSS OVER THE BAJA PENINSULA AND THE TRACK THE STARLINER WILL TAKE AS IT MAKES THE WAY IN AS IT GETS CLOSER TO THE GROUND PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA MIGHT GET A BRIGHT SHOT OF STARLINER COMING THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE AND LANDING THERE IN WHITE SADSS NEW MEXICO. U CAN ALSO SEE IN THE CENTER OF THE EVENT, THE TO DO LIST BASICALLY BEFORE WE DO GET TO LANDING AND THE SERVICE MODULE SEPARATIONS HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN BECAUSE THAT ONE IS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE AND THE NEXT UP IS THE IN TRY INTERFACE A FIVE MINUTES AWAY FROM NOW. ERS IN THIS HE ROOM ARE PROSECUTING ARE REPORTINGOOD ATTITUDE COMING UP AGAINN JUST UNDER FIVE MINUTES. TWO AND A HALF MINUTES LEFT BEFORE STARLINER BEGINS TO FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE AGAIN. EVERYTHING CONTINUING TO GO SMOOTHLY. FLIGHT CONTROLLERS HERE IN THE ROOM ARE QUIET AS THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH THEIR STEPS BUT ALL GOING WELL SOL FAR. STARLINER IN POSITION TO B EXPERIENCING THAT HEAT FROM RE-ENTRY NOW LESS TN 100 MILES POF THE EARTH AND HEADING TOWARD THE BAJA PENINSULA. WITH ARE FLYING OVER THAT BEFORE LANDING IN NEW MEXICO. JUST 17 MINUTESES T GO UNTIL LANDIN. AGAIN TWO MINUTES AFTER ENTRY INTERFACE STARTS WE WILL BEGIN SEEING THE HEATING REALLY GET INTENSE AND GO INTO A FOUR AND A HALF MINUTE BLACKOUTS. THE TEAM HERE ON THE DOWN FROM REPORTING IN TRY INTERFACE HAS BEN. WE ARE SEEING GOODANGE. THE TEAM IS GETTING READY TO VE OUT TO THE LDING SITE HERE. A LITTLE BETTER IDEA FROM TS VIEW OF EXACTLY HOW DARK IT IS THROUGHOUT WITH ALL THE LIGHTS OF THE VEHICLE SHINING. A MIND A HALF BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE BLACKOUT PERIOD FOR STARLINER. AND 14.5 MINUTES UNTIL WE LAND IN WHITE SANDS, NEW MEXICO. >> THE STARLINER ENTERS AT 17 TIMES THE SPEED OF SOUND WHICH COULD CREATE A SONIC BOOK FOREFEEL BEES LIVING IN THE AREA AND THEN SLOWED DOWN BY PARACHUTES TO A SPEED SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU MIGHT EXPERIENCE WHILE GOING DOWN AN ELEVATEDDOR INSIDE OF A HIGH-RISE BUILDING. THE VEHICLE COMES TO A SAFE COMFORTABLE STOP A LANDING. >> 3 SECONDS NOW UNTIL T BLACKOUTERIOD BEGINS DUE TO THE COMPRESSION OF FRICTION OF THEIR. MOLECULES GENERATE AT HOT PLASMA THAT CAUSES THE RED ORANGE GLOW YOU SEE AGAIN POST FLIGHT IMAGERY ON SPACECRAFT. IT WILL HPEN. CAUSES EXPECTED COMMUNICATION DROPOUT THAT WILL LAST FOUR AND A HALF MUTES AS THE VEHICLE GOES THROUGH A TIME WHEN PLACE INTERFERES WITH THE SATELLITE SIGNAL. WE PECK THAT TO END AROUND 10:52 P.M. CENTRAL. >> THIS IS THE TIME I MENTIONED EARLIEWHERE THE STARLINER AND THE PAST TWOS FLIGHTS HAS GOTTEN THAT BLACK MARK ALONG THE SIDES OF IT AND THAT JUST REALLY PROVES TO THE TEAM THAT THE ABLATIVE HEAT SHIELD OR THE ABLAVE MATERIAL AROUND STARLINER IS DOING ITS JOB AND THE HEAT SHIELD IS PUSHING THAT PLASMA AWAY. >> THE BLACKOUT TIME WILL LAST FOUR AND A HALF MINUTES. WE GOT THREE AND A HALF LEFT OF HE. WE WILL BE WATCHING FOR INCLUDE FORWARD HEAT SHID JETTISON AT 10:56 WHEN STARLINER IS ABOUT 4.3 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH. VERY SOON AFTER THAT, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY CHUTES DEPLY AND THOSE GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF INITWDOWN TO THELE BEFORE REALLY LARGE MAIN PARACHUTES TEE PLOY. THAT HAPPENS WHEN THE STA LEARN IS TWO AND A HALF MILES ABOVE THE EARTH. THIS IS A LE VIEW FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO GET A VIEW OF STARLINER'S TRACK AS IT COMES IN AND WE ARE NOW LESS THAN TEN MINUTES AWAY FROM LANDING AT WHITE SANDS SPACE HARBOR SCHEDULED FOR 11:00 P.M. CENTRAL. ALSO, GETTING REPORTS THAT T WB57 IS ABLE TO SEE STARLINER NOW AS IT BEGINS COMING IN FOR THE LANDING. WE STILL GOT JUST ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT TO FO BEFORE STARLINER T OF THE BLACKOUT PERIOD. THIS IS A VIEW FROM ONE OF NASA'SIRCRAFT THAT IST THE LANDING SITE HAS BEEN, BEEN STAGED AND READY TO PICK STARLINER OR PICK UP THE VIEW OF STARLINER AS IT COMES IN THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW. >> AND SOME IN THIS VIDEO 16,000 FEET. >> THAT SHOULD CONTINUE TO GIVE US A VIEW UNTIL THE PARACHUTES TEE PLY AND THEN WE HOPE TO PICK IT UP WITH THE CRESS NA THAT IS ALSO IN THE AREA. >> WE ARE OUT OF THE BLACKOUT PERIOD AND EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD STARLINER REMAINING NOMINAL AS SHE RO EA >> AGAIN A VIEW FROM THE WB57. ACROSS THE SKY AS SHE RETURNS TO WHITE SANDS, NEW MEXICO. WE E THREE MINUTES A TRAY THE FORWARD HEAT SHIELD JETTYING. THAT IS THE NEXT MILESTONE WE ARE LOOKING FOR. STARLINER IS 27 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH AND THEEAM REPORTING THEY HAVE SEEN IT IN. WE HAVE A HALEY LO REPORTED FROM THEM REMOTELY. WE HAVE A TALLYHO FROM THEM REPORTED REMOTELY. >> THEY ARE SEEING STAR LUNIER FROM THE GROUND THERE IN NEW MEXICO. THE VIEW COMING FROM THE CRESS NA IN THE AREA PICKING UP STARLINER NOW FROM THE LOWER ALTITUDEBOUT 6,000 FEETBOVE WHERE ITS ABOUT 16 THOUGHT FEEL UP. WE ARE NOW JUST SIX MINUTES 22 SECONDS AWAY FROM LANDING. A COUPLE MINUTES WAY FROM THE FORWAR HEAT SHIELD JETTISON WILLILL BRING ON THE PARACHUTE DEPLY FOLLOWED BY THE MAIN PARACHUTES. AND THE STROBE LIGHTS ON STARNER ARE NOW ON. STARLINER IS NOW OVER THE LANDING SITE AND THE STROBE LUNIER WILL HELP THE TEAMS ACTUALLY TRACK STAR LINE OWNER THE GROUND BASS IT IS VERY DARK OUT THERE. NO 12 MILES ABOVE THE LANDING SITE A JUST FIVE MINES AWAY FROM LANDING. >> WATCHING NOW FOR THE FORWARD HEAT SHIELD JETTISON THAT IS COMING UP MAKING WAY FOR THE PARACHUTE TEE PLOYMENT. PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT. >> ALL RIGHT. THAT ACTION YOU SEEING ON THE SCREEN, FORWARD HEAT SHIELD OUT. >> REALLY INTIEW O THIS. MING DROWN THE WB52457 SEES THE TWO PARACHUTES NOW TEE PLOWED. THEY SLOWED THE VEHICLE DOWN INITIALLY UNTIL IT GETS TO A SAFE SPEED FOR THE ENORMOUS MAIN PARACHUTES TO FOLLOW. >> ABOUT FOUR MINUTES TO GO UNTIL TOUCHDOWN. >> NOW BACKK TO A VIEW FROM THE CRESS NA AIRCRAFT FROM THE VICINITY OF THE LANDING SITE AGAIN THIS IS VIEW LOWER FROM THE WB57 WE WERE SEEING. >> THE NEXT THING WE SEE HERE ARE THE THREE MAIN PARACHUTES COME OUT. EVERYTHING WILL HAPPEN PRETTY QUICKFULLY THAT POINT ON. AFTER THOSE MAINS ARE OUT WE'LL SEE THE BOTTOM HEATHIELD THAT HAS BEEN FOLK STARLINER THROUGH THE JOURNEY THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE COME OFF. THAT MAKES WAY FOR THE LANDING AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY. >> THE MAIN PARACHUTESNHE SCREEN. WE SEE THREE OUT. >> THE RECOVERY TEAMS REPORT THAT THEY HEARD BMS. AS THOSE CE OUT, THREE GOOD MAINS FULLY OPEN THERE. >> YOU CAN SEE STARLINER AND A SLIGHT TILT SO WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE ROTATION HANDLE MOVE ANL OUT STARLINER, THAT IS THREE GOOD PARACHUTES LOOKING GREAT. >> JUST A LITTLE OVER TWO MINUTES UNTIL THE EXPECTED LANDING TIME AND WE HEARD THE ROTATIONAL HANDLE HAS BEEN RELEASED SO YOU CAN SEE THAT TILT EVENED OUT. NEXT UP IS THE HEAT SHIELD JETTISON. >> THERE IT GOES. NICE TO SEE THAT. YOU CAN SEE THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED THERE ON THE SCREEN. THOSE R A BAGS ARE NILLED WITH NITROGEN AS THEY GUIDE STAR LEARN SAFELY BACK TO THE DESERT FLOOR. JUST A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT AS THE STARLINER MAKES THE WAY TO THE SANDS OF NEW MEXICO. >> AND FGHT CONTROLLERS CONFIRMING S GOOD AIRBAGS. >> THE VIEW COMING TO TRUSS THE CRESS NA. WE GOT ABOUT JUST ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT TO GO UNTIL THE EXPECTED TOUCHDOWN. WE ARE WG FOR THAE FOR YOU. >> JUST ABOUT 15 SECONDS AWAY FROM EXPECTED TOUCHDOWN. >> SING THE GROUNDHERE ON THE SCREEN AS WE GET CLOSER. >> TOUDOWN STARLENE ISACK ON EARTH. THAT LANDING COMING AT 11:01 AND 35 SECOND CENTRAL TIME. 10:01 MOUNTAIN TIME. THE U.S. ARMY' MISSILE RANGE IN NEW MEXICO THE LANDINGS AND RECOVERY TEAMS WILL WAIT BEFORE MAKING THE WAY TO THE SPACECRAFT. >> ONE OF THE CHANGES REQUIREDDED WITH NO CREW ONBOARD IS THAT THE TEAM HERN THE FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM WILL BE THE ONES TO COMMAND THE PARACHUTE TO BE CUT AWAY SO THE WIND DOESN'T PULL THE CAPSULE ALONG BUT, THAT IS NO PROBLEM FOR THEM SO NOW WITH STAR LEARN DOWN THEY CAN BEGIN WORKING ON SOME OF THE POST LANDING TO DO ITE. AGAIN, WE SAW STARLINER TOUCHDOWN AT 11:01 P.M. CENTRAL TIME AND THAT IS ONE MINUTE AFTER MIDNIGHT EASTERN TIME OR 10:01 P.M. CENTRAL TIME AT THE LANDING SITE IN NEW MEXICO. >> THIS IS A VIEW FROM THE CRESS NAS STILL WATCHING THE DRONES SLOWLY MAKE THE OWN WAY DOWN. THOSE OF COURSE ARE THE PARACHUTE THAT'S PROTHAT PROCEEDED THE MAIN PARACHUTES, FIRST SLOWING STARLINER DOWN BEFORE THE LARGE PARACHUTES OPENED. JUST A FLAWLESS AND BEAUTIFUL DREN OF STARLINER TODAY. YOU EVEN HEARD SOME CHEERS AND CLAPPING IN THE BACKGROUND. >> THIS AGAIN AS THE PARACHUTES STILL MAKING THE W TO THE GROUND AFTER STARLINER HAS TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE MAIN PARACHUTES TOUCHDOWN CAME AT 11:01 P.M. CENTRAL TIME. THE TEAM HERE IN MISSION CONTROL WILL BE WORKING SOME POST LANDING STEPS NOW. >> THE VIEW HERE OF STAINER AT THE LANDING SITE IN WHITE SANDS SPACE HARBOR LANDING RECOVERY TEAMS WILL BEGIN MAKING THE WAY OUT TO THEM TO BEGIN RECOVERING THE SPACECRAFT. THE TEAM HE IN MISSION CONTROL IS POLLINGIGHT NOW TOLL SEE IF EVERYBO IS READY TO POWER OFF THE VEHICLE. THAT AGAIN IS A STEP AT THE FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM IS TAKING OVER WITH THE WITH THE LACK OF CREW ONBOARD. THEY WILL BE TRANSITIONING THE CONTROL OF THE SPACECRAFT TO THE IN LAG AND RECOVERY TEAM. IT IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE IN THE SHOT BUT THERE IS A STROBE LIGHT ONTAR LINERHAT LL HELP THE TEAMS FOLLOW IT OUT THERE. >> AND THE RECOVERY TEAM IS ON THE MOVE BUT I THINK LEAH CHESHIRE AND JOSH BARRETT MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE US ONE LAST UPDATE. CAN YOU HEAR US? >> GREAT LANDING OF CALYPSO. >> OBVIOUSLY, WE DID VE REALLY A GREAT SHOW. WE WERE LE TO SEE THE CAMERAS YOU WERE WATCHING FROM THE CRESS NA CENTER THIS INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. >> LEAH. CAN I INTERRUPT YOU? >> YES. CONCUR. >> IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING DAY. >> WE WERE HEARING ABOUT SPA TO GROUND THERE. BUT I THEY THEY CONCLUDED AND WE'LL E IF WE CAN GET A RECORDING OF THAT FOR FOLKS LISTENING AT HOME. GO AHEAD WITH THE UPDATE. >> WAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. YEAH. MCCH HER RICK WANTE TO OFFER HE HAS ONE MORE HR HERE. >> HIS BIRTHDAY HERE. YEAH THAT IS WHAT COUNTEDS. THAT IS WHAT COUNTS. EAH. IT WAS A GOOD LANDING. PRETTY AWESOME. >> YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST. YOU ARE THE BEST. >> THANK YOU. >> SUNIIAMS THERE OFFERING SLIGHTLY EARLY HAPPY BIRTHY TO FLIGHT DIRECTOR RICK. HE WILL BE CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY ON SEPTEMBER 7th BUT TECHNICALLY IN HOUSTON, WE ARE STILL LESS THAN AN HOUR AWAY FROM THAT. THEY ARE OF COURSE ALR SEPTEMBER 7th IN AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACETATION. WILL YOU BUT WHETHER OR NOT, IF YOU ARE STILL WITH US IN. WE'LL STILL TAKE THAT UPDATE IF YOU CAN GIVE IT TO YOU. >> YEAH. AS I WAS SAYING WE GOT TO SEE THE CAPSULE COMING UP OVER THE MON TAN INTERESTS THE SOUTHWEST AND WE WERE ALL STILL STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE CONY TO WATCH THAT HAPPEN BUT THE MOST UNEXPECTED PART IS WHEN I CAN HEAR THE MAIN PARACHUTES BEING DEPLOYED AND IT WAS SAFE AND A LITTLE BIT OF A RUMBLE BUT THAT STROBE LIGHT HELPED US IDENTIFY STARLINER AS IT WAS DESEDGE THEN REFLECT A LITTLE BIT TOHE PARACHUTES SO W HAD DECEN VW AST WAS COMING DOWN UNITED NATIONS THE CHUTES NOW WE ARE ACTUALLY ON THE DRIVE OUT AND WE CAN SEE THE STROBE LIGHT AND GIVING AS YOU GREAT DIRECTION AS WE HEAD TO THE CAPSULE. >> YEAH. THAT IS RIGHT. WE ARE ACTUALLY MAKING OUR WAY DOWN THEORMER SPACE SHUTTLE RUNWAY LITERALLY DRIVING DN THE MIDD OF IT. STARLINER IS A LITTLE BIT TOWARD THE SOUTHERN END SO WE SEE THAT STROBE KIND OF IN THE DISTANCE THERE. AND BUT WE WILL MAKE OUR WAY TO TEAM WILL MOVE IN AND BEGIND THEIR ASSESSMENTS THE ONCE THEY DECLARETHAT OPERATIONS CAN BEGIN, THE RECOVERY OPS WILL GET UNDERWAY. >> AND WITH THAT, I THINK, WE WERE GOING TO TOSS IT BACK TO YOU BRANDI ANDREN IF YOU DON'T HEAR IT TONIGHT, I WANTED SAY THANK FOR LETTING U BE A PART OF THE PRAD CAST TO GIVE PERSPECTIVE OF THE HARD-WORKING GROUND TEAMS NAS AND BOEING OUT HERE AT WHITE SANS IN NEW MEXICO. WITH THAT, SENG IT BACK OVER TO MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.THANALS. IT IS GREAT TOT SEE STARLINER HOME AND I ENVY YOU THE UPCLOSE VIEW BUT WE APPRECIATE THE UPTATES. I DO, TOO. STARLINER. >> STARLINER HAS RETURNED SAFELY WELL DONE TON THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR COMPLETINTHE MISSION WITH THE SUCCESSLNDOCKING DEORBIT AND LANNG. STARLINER HAS ONCE AGAIN PROVEN HERSELF A SAFE RIDE TO FRAND SPACE. ON BEHALF THE ENTIRE BOEING TEAM, WELCOME HOME, CALYPSO. >> AND WITH THAT, WE WILL ALSO WRAP UP RAGE TONHT. WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TOTAY TUNED FOR OUR 12:30 A.M. POST LANDING NEWS CONFERENCE, THAT IS 12:30 A.M. CEN TRAM TIME A LITTLE LESS THAN HOUR AND A HALF FROM NOW WRE GIVING THE FINAL THOUGHTS ON THE ACTIVES OF THE NIGHT BUT STLINER IS HOME, AGAIN, THEND LAG CAME AT 11:01 P.M. CENTRAL TIME. WITH THAT, WE WILL SIGN OFF. THANKS SO MUCH FOR FOLLOWING ALONG WITH US. THIS IS MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.