SpaceX Launches Crew for NASA on Retiring Dragon Capsule

321. Ignition and liftoff. Go, Falcon! Go! Dragon and go! Crew 13. Laptop 13. Carried by Dragon race to the International Space Station. Copy one. Alpha company two. Pressure. All nine Merlin engines on the first stage at maximum thrust of £1.7 million. We heard a good call that propulsion is nominal. Or as expected, the spacecraft will also begin to pitch downrange, meaning it's turning a slightly horizontally from what you saw at liftoff to help build speed. T plus 40s T plus 40s into crew 13 S mission on Titan one. Throttle down a dragon and Falcon nine. And we did hear that call out for stage one. Throttle down. That is in preparation for Max Q coming up here in a few seconds. excuse. And there's that call for Max-Q. That's the largest structural load that the vehicle sees on ascent. And the crew and Falcon nine at us on it. Stage one. Throttle it. After one. Bravo. That could be one. Bravo. That call coming from inside the spacecraft. One Bravo. Meaning we are in the second and final abort mode for the first stage, but we are continuing to get good performance. The crew is pulling over two G's you can see in the bottom right of screen. And chill is how we perform the engine show for the first stage before liftoff. Very similar for the second stage. And then we'll have Meco or main engine cutoff, where the nine engines on the first stage will cut off ahead of the first and second stage, just separating from one another. Then that single Merlin vacuum engine on the second stage will ignite and continue to carry crew 13 to orbit while the first stage begins its journey back to Earth. Stage one throttle down. The nine Merlin 1D engines are beginning to throttle down and standing by for a mico or main engine cut off, and we will have a few events coming back to back. As Liam mentioned. Niko stage separation, the impact starting up on the second stage, as well as the boost back burn for the first stage, making his way back to Earth. Main engine cut off stage two. Upper stage separation. Copy two Alpha flight. And recognition. And obvious confirmation not only verbally, but also visually. That's the first stage. Uh, that's floating away from Dragon. That impact engine. The second stage engine has ignited, continuing to carry crew 13 toward the International Space Station.