El vuelo de Katy Perry al espacio: del despegue a la vuelta a la Tierra

Diario As

Imágenes de la cantante Katy Perry, quien este lunes se ha convertido en la primera cantante en volar al espacio con Blue Origin.

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00:00Es la capacidad de contar la historia de esto en su propia manera, la manera que Gail can go en TV y talk about it,

00:07Amanda can go and continue to advocate for women broadly about it,

00:13la manera que Katie can sing about it, etc., la manera que Carrie Ann can produce films about it.

00:17That is what is so special about this crew en particular.

00:21And that is what's so special about this new era of spaceflight.

00:25This is not NASA. This is not governments. It's not the U.S., China or Russia.

00:31This is the commercial era. These are private companies.

00:34And this is Blue Origin sending the first all-female crew into space since 1963.

00:40And this is all going to happen so fast in just a few minutes, about 10 or 11 minutes from launch to landing.

00:47And don't worry, guys, I did the math.

00:49In case you're wondering, total duration of this mission is just about three Katy Perry firework songs.

00:57So play that song three times. That's how long this mission is going to be.

01:01Fantastic. Well, so at T-minus three minutes to go until our 31st launch of New Shepard, our 11th human spaceflight.

01:09Just to tell you what's coming up here, at T-minus two minutes, we send the show over to the vehicle.

01:16It goes into autonomous mode.

01:18Command engine controller ready to start.

01:20We have our team, of course, in mission control that have their eyes glued to the screen there.

01:27There you go, mission control, quiet and intense.

01:30There's one of our crew members, Seven's capsule communicator, Laura Stiles.

01:34She is communicating in the ear of our capsule, in the ears of our astronauts.

01:40But what we're going to see in the last two minutes, you'll see the fins at the base of the rocket gimbal or just move back and forth.

01:47We want to make sure they've got free range.

01:49At the base there, you see the nozzle, the engine peeking out.

01:52The engine as well is going to gimbal, going to move both in conjunction together.

01:58Those two systems guide the rocket.

02:03And when you are out there at this moment, this rocket feels like it is alive.

02:08It feels like it is a living, breathing, missing thing, right?

02:14And there's the gantry pulling back from the rocket.

02:16T-minus two minutes and counting.

02:22Transition to onboard hydraulic pump.

02:27And this right here is the moment that they've been training for.

02:33Two days, becoming a crew, becoming a team.

02:39After you go through an experience like this, it's more than a team.

02:44It's almost like a family.

02:45You are so tight to go through something as intense as this.

02:48Executing aft fin, built-in test.

02:50And everything looking really good, Arianne.

02:55So far from this control, everything is clean and green for this launch.

03:00T-minus one minute to go here.

03:02Engine thrust, vector control, built-in test in work.

03:15Vehicle is now on internal power.

03:17So in a moment here, we'll see those, what they call the bit checks, the built-in test checks.

03:25As you mentioned, Kristen, inside the capsule, you know, as you said, this is like a bridled beast.

03:32This thing wants to take off.

03:34Switch to onboard helium.

03:36Here we go.

03:37Good luck and godspeed, ladies.

03:41We're cheering you on from Canada.

03:42Let's launch this rocket.

03:43Termination system is armed.

03:46T-minus 22 seconds and counting.

03:54T-minus 10.

03:597, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, command engine start, 2, 1, ignition.

04:18Liftoff.

04:21New Shepard has cleared the tower.

04:296,000 feet climbing.

04:54Again, throttle down for Q limiting.

04:56Engine response looks good.

05:14Max Q, maximum dynamic pressure.

05:19Mach 1, vehicle is supersonic.

05:21Engine back up to full throttle.

05:26Supersonic, we have passed through max Q, maximum dynamic pressure.

05:31That's when the vehicle, the stresses between the atmosphere and the speed are at the maximum.

05:36So to punch through that is so important.

05:39You see the BA-3 engines.

05:41It's firing beautifully.

05:43You see the stream of steam behind it.

05:46Those ladies right now are having an incredible view on their way to space.

05:54Passing through 80,000 feet, 1,300 miles per hour.

05:59You're going to peak at about 2,300 miles an hour over Mach 3, three times the speed of sound.

06:06Shortly coming up, we'll have MECO main engine cut off.

06:14We will turn off the engine, but the two craft, the capsule and the booster, will continue their ascent to space.

06:23Stand by, MECO.

06:24Stand by, MECO.

06:25Stand by, MECO.

06:26Stand by, MECO.

06:34Stand by, MECO.

06:35Stand by, MECO.

06:36Stand by, MECO.

06:37Stand by, MECO.

06:37The main engine is turned off.

06:39We're now going to separate the capsule from the booster.

06:41And at that point, Kristen, that's when all six astronauts are going to start to feel the weightlessness.

06:47And shortly thereafter, we're going to let them unbuckle.

06:50And that right there is the most critical milestone of this whole ascent.

07:00Oprah watching her best friend go to space.

07:02And booster takes a lot of time.

07:12And booster takes a lot of time.

07:30Y booster, touchdown, welcome home, New Shepard.

07:40Picture perfect landing right there.

07:41Picture perfect landing.

07:43Right on target.

07:44You see that dust kind of creates this dramatic cloud

07:48that reveals the beautiful rocket that has just taken these ladies up to space and back.

07:53And I love the echo across the mountains.

07:56Is that what I was hearing there?

07:57That's what you were hearing.

07:58You hear the sonic boom.

08:00Then you hear the engine relight.

08:02And all of that reverberates in this big, beautiful valley in West Texas.

08:14All right, shortly here we're waiting to see the drogue parachutes deploy from the crew capsule.

08:19Those are like the guide parachutes.

08:21There we go, the drogue parachutes.

08:23Just free-falling right there until those drogues came out.

08:26And then next will be the main parachutes that get pulled out.

08:35You hear that screaming inside the capsule?

08:38And all three parachutes reefing, and they will slowly inflate.

08:46Slowing the capsule to a nice, smooth 10, 15 miles an hour.

08:51They are cruising back home.

08:54Three good parachutes.

08:57And I tell you, Kristen, from having gone through all of the simulations,

09:06I have gone through all of the training.

09:09They put you in the capsule that simulates all of this, including the sounds.

09:12And when you hear the mortars of the parachutes pop out, that is the best moment in flight.

09:18Because I know Blue Origin does everything they can to make this as safe as possible.

09:24As safe as possible.

09:25And you'll have an impeccable safety record.

09:27But it still has to feel really good when you know that you're coming back to Earth

09:31with those parachutes fully deployed.

09:34And we can see the capsule just over our shoulder here going to be landing north and east of the launch pad,

09:51coming down softly and beautifully.

09:55500 feet.

09:56And you will see a puff of smoke when it touches down.

10:07A puff of dust.

10:08That's normal.

10:09A puff of dust, last milliseconds.

10:12Air cushion that will kick up the dust.

10:15It's a very soft, soft landing despite the sporty perception.

10:19There it is.

10:20There it is.

10:27Nice.

10:31Touchdown.

10:32Congratulations.

10:34And welcome back to Earth.

10:39Status check.

10:41Double shot.

10:45Kristen, just some incredible images there.

10:49The capsule.

10:50Welcome back.

10:51Well, nice.

10:53Let's wait for just a moment here.

10:55Make sure they're doing health checks in.

11:00Beautiful.

11:10Yes, and as you heard it there, everybody seemed to be just as ecstatic to be back here, back on Earth.

11:18Everybody appears to be fine.

11:21Beautiful shot there of the capsule down in the desert.

11:24As we were just saying, it looks like a tough landing, but it is an air cushion in the last milliseconds that just makes it even softer.

11:34I will also note the parachutes landed very close to the capsule.

11:39That's just an indication that there's not very much wind out here today.

11:43A beautiful day for a launch and landing.

11:46A beautiful day to add six more names to the roster of astronauts that have been over the Karman line into space.

11:54I will have to go there, okay.

12:08Katie!

12:08Thank you!

12:09Woo!

12:10Woo!

12:10Mwah!

12:11Jusky!

12:12Gracias.

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