1 00:00:09,309 --> 00:00:10,910 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 2 00:00:10,910 --> 00:00:12,145 I'M FROM NASA OFFICE OF 3 00:00:12,145 --> 00:00:13,513 COMMUNICATIONS. 4 00:00:13,513 --> 00:00:14,748 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR 5 00:00:14,748 --> 00:00:16,516 TODAY'S PRELAUNCH NEWS 6 00:00:16,516 --> 00:00:28,895 CONFERENCE FOR NORTHROP GRUMMAN. 7 00:00:28,895 --> 00:00:30,363 IT'S TARGETED FOR LIFTOFF ON 8 00:00:30,363 --> 00:00:32,198 TUESDAY AUGUST 10 FROM THE 9 00:00:32,198 --> 00:00:38,605 MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL PAD 0A ON 10 00:00:38,605 --> 00:00:40,273 WALLACE ISLAND. 11 00:00:40,273 --> 00:00:41,641 FIVE MINUTE LAUNCH WINDOW WILL 12 00:00:41,641 --> 00:00:44,911 OPEN AT APPROXIMATELY 5:56 P.M. 13 00:00:44,911 --> 00:00:49,149 EASTERN TIME. 14 00:00:49,149 --> 00:00:50,550 NORTHROP GRUMMAN IS SCHEDULED TO 15 00:00:50,550 --> 00:00:54,187 DELIVER 8200 POUNDS OF CARGO. 16 00:00:54,187 --> 00:00:55,855 INCLUDING CRITICAL SUPPLIES TO 17 00:00:55,855 --> 00:00:58,925 SUPPORT DOZENS OF MORE THAN 250 18 00:00:58,925 --> 00:01:01,728 SCIENCE AND RESEARCH 19 00:01:01,728 --> 00:01:02,796 INVESTIGATION THAT WILL OCCUR 20 00:01:02,796 --> 00:01:05,065 DURING EXPEDITION 65. 21 00:01:05,065 --> 00:01:06,900 HERE TO SPEAK WITH US TODAY 22 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:12,272 ABOUT TOMORROW'S LAUNCH ARE THE 23 00:01:12,272 --> 00:01:14,507 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 24 00:01:14,507 --> 00:01:18,778 PROGRAM MANAGER, CHIEF 25 00:01:18,778 --> 00:01:19,813 SCIENTISTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL 26 00:01:19,813 --> 00:01:24,284 SPACE STATION PROGRAM, VICE 27 00:01:24,284 --> 00:01:25,652 PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER 28 00:01:25,652 --> 00:01:28,555 FOR TACTICAL SPACE SYSTEM AT 29 00:01:28,555 --> 00:01:33,093 NORTHROP GRUMMAN, DIRECTOR SPACE 30 00:01:33,093 --> 00:01:34,727 LAUNCH PROGRAM AT NORTHROP 31 00:01:34,727 --> 00:01:42,001 GRUMMAN. 32 00:01:42,001 --> 00:01:43,203 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 33 00:01:43,203 --> 00:01:44,404 OUR SPEAKERS WILL PROVIDE 34 00:01:44,404 --> 00:01:46,573 OPENING REMARKS THEN WE'LL MOVE 35 00:01:46,573 --> 00:01:47,740 TO QUESTIONS. 36 00:01:47,740 --> 00:02:00,220 YOU CAN USE THE HASH TASH ASK 37 00:02:00,220 --> 00:02:06,493 NASA. 38 00:02:06,493 --> 00:02:09,095 >> THANK YOU, STEPHANIE. 39 00:02:09,095 --> 00:02:10,997 WELCOME AGAIN TO TODAY'S PRESS 40 00:02:10,997 --> 00:02:11,631 BRIEF. 41 00:02:11,631 --> 00:02:13,800 THERE'S AN A LOT OF WORK THAT'S 42 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,269 BEEN DONE BY A LOT OF PEOPLE. 43 00:02:16,269 --> 00:02:17,504 I WANT TO THANK THE NORTHROP 44 00:02:17,504 --> 00:02:23,543 GRUMMAN TEAM, NASA WALLOP TEAM. 45 00:02:23,543 --> 00:02:25,145 LAUNCHING A ROCKET A DIFFICULT 46 00:02:25,145 --> 00:02:26,112 TASK. 47 00:02:26,112 --> 00:02:27,280 THESE GUYS DO IT IN AN 48 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:28,748 OUTSTANDING WAY, JUST A HUGE 49 00:02:28,748 --> 00:02:30,183 THANKS TO THEM. 50 00:02:30,183 --> 00:02:31,251 THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF 51 00:02:31,251 --> 00:02:32,619 MEETINGS AND PREPARATION FOR 52 00:02:32,619 --> 00:02:34,420 THIS MISSION. 53 00:02:34,420 --> 00:02:35,388 WITH CONCLUSION OF THE LAUNCH 54 00:02:35,388 --> 00:02:37,624 READINESS REVIEW EARLIER TODAY, 55 00:02:37,624 --> 00:02:38,791 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 56 00:02:38,791 --> 00:02:41,394 IS READY FOR THIS MISSION. 57 00:02:41,394 --> 00:02:42,862 AS STEPHANIE SAID, THE LAUNCH 58 00:02:42,862 --> 00:02:46,132 TIME IS JUST BEFORE 6:00 P.M. 59 00:02:46,132 --> 00:02:48,368 EASTERN TIME TOMORROW. 60 00:02:48,368 --> 00:02:51,204 THAT SETS UP CAPTURE EARLY 61 00:02:51,204 --> 00:02:52,839 THURSDAY MORNING. 62 00:02:52,839 --> 00:02:54,674 APPROXIMATELY 6:00 A.M. JUST 63 00:02:54,674 --> 00:02:56,843 AFTER 6:00 A.M. EASTERN TIME 64 00:02:56,843 --> 00:02:58,178 THURSDAY MORNING. 65 00:02:58,178 --> 00:02:59,546 WE'LL HAVE SOME ACTIVITIES AND 66 00:02:59,546 --> 00:03:00,880 THEN WE'LL HAVE THE BIRTHING OF 67 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,416 THE VEHICLE WHERE HE ATTACH THE 68 00:03:03,416 --> 00:03:04,751 CYGNUS TO THE INTERNATIONAL 69 00:03:04,751 --> 00:03:06,252 SPACE STATION. 70 00:03:06,252 --> 00:03:08,821 THEN HATCH OPENING LITTLE LATER. 71 00:03:08,821 --> 00:03:10,190 GOOD TIMING ESTIMATE IS ABOUT 72 00:03:10,190 --> 00:03:12,292 EIGHT HOURS FROM THE TIME OF 73 00:03:12,292 --> 00:03:13,893 CAPTURE UNTIL THE HATCH IS OPEN 74 00:03:13,893 --> 00:03:16,362 BY THE CREW. 75 00:03:16,362 --> 00:03:17,830 WE'RE EXCITED FOR THIS MISSION. 76 00:03:17,830 --> 00:03:19,499 WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE CREW, 77 00:03:19,499 --> 00:03:23,269 GIVING THEM NORMAL UPDATES AND 78 00:03:23,269 --> 00:03:25,004 MULTIPLE UPDATES AS WE PREPARE 79 00:03:25,004 --> 00:03:28,341 AND MOVE CLOSER TO THE LAUNCH. 80 00:03:28,341 --> 00:03:29,175 THEY ARE READY TO GO AND 81 00:03:29,175 --> 00:03:31,711 EXCITED. 82 00:03:31,711 --> 00:03:35,248 CARRIED 82-POUND OF CAR -- 83 00:03:35,248 --> 00:03:37,917 8200 POUNDS OF CARGO TO THE 84 00:03:37,917 --> 00:03:39,452 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 85 00:03:39,452 --> 00:03:40,620 THE VEHICLE WILL STAY FOR 86 00:03:40,620 --> 00:03:42,121 APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS 87 00:03:42,121 --> 00:03:42,922 ATTACHED TO THE INTERNATIONAL 88 00:03:42,922 --> 00:03:47,293 SPACE STATION. 89 00:03:47,293 --> 00:03:48,361 MISSIONS ARE CRITICAL TO OUR 90 00:03:48,361 --> 00:03:49,696 SUCCESS. 91 00:03:49,696 --> 00:03:51,731 WE'RE A PROUD PARTNER, WE'RE 92 00:03:51,731 --> 00:03:53,266 PROUD TO BE PARTNERING WITH THE 93 00:03:53,266 --> 00:03:55,134 NORTHROP GRUMMAN TEAM. 94 00:03:55,134 --> 00:03:56,970 WE'RE ABLE TO USE THE SEVEN CREW 95 00:03:56,970 --> 00:03:59,005 MEMBERS ON BOARD IN ORDER TO USE 96 00:03:59,005 --> 00:04:00,940 THEM TO MAXIMIZE UTILIZATION OF 97 00:04:00,940 --> 00:04:04,077 RESEARCH WE DO, TO MAXIMIZE 98 00:04:04,077 --> 00:04:05,478 COMMERCIALIZATION AND MAXIMIZE 99 00:04:05,478 --> 00:04:07,914 THE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT WE DO 100 00:04:07,914 --> 00:04:09,015 ON BOARD INTERNATIONAL SPACE 101 00:04:09,015 --> 00:04:11,718 STATION TO SUPPORT OUR 102 00:04:11,718 --> 00:04:13,720 EXPLORATION EFFORTS. 103 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:14,787 HUGE THANKS TO THE TEAM. 104 00:04:14,787 --> 00:04:15,989 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO AN 105 00:04:15,989 --> 00:04:17,490 AWESOME LAUNCH TOMORROW. 106 00:04:17,490 --> 00:04:20,793 I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE 107 00:04:20,793 --> 00:04:21,561 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 108 00:04:21,561 --> 00:04:22,996 CHIEF SCIENTISTS. 109 00:04:22,996 --> 00:04:26,499 THANK YOU. 110 00:04:26,499 --> 00:04:27,600 >> THANK YOU, JOEL. 111 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,335 IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE TODAY. 112 00:04:29,335 --> 00:04:31,571 FIRST OFF I WANT TO WISH HAPPY 113 00:04:31,571 --> 00:04:33,106 MOUNTAIN DAY TO OUR CREW MEMBERS 114 00:04:33,106 --> 00:04:35,174 ON BOARD FOR GETTING NEEDED 115 00:04:35,174 --> 00:04:36,876 BREAK FROM THEIR ACTIVITY IN 116 00:04:36,876 --> 00:04:40,880 PREPARATION FOR THIS LAUNCH. 117 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,016 WHY DO WE DO RESEARCH ON THE 118 00:04:43,016 --> 00:04:44,517 ISS? 119 00:04:44,517 --> 00:04:49,522 THE MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT OF 120 00:04:49,522 --> 00:04:51,791 ISS IS FOR BIOLOGICAL AND 121 00:04:51,791 --> 00:04:53,393 PHYSICAL SCIENCES. 122 00:04:53,393 --> 00:04:54,894 IT'S THERE TO HELP US DO 123 00:04:54,894 --> 00:04:56,296 EXPLORATION RELATED TECHNOLOGY 124 00:04:56,296 --> 00:04:57,463 DEVELOPMENT. 125 00:04:57,463 --> 00:05:00,466 IT HELPS US DO RESEARCH THAT 126 00:05:00,466 --> 00:05:02,168 REALLY IS MEANT TO BENEFIT 127 00:05:02,168 --> 00:05:04,570 PEOPLE HERE ON EARTH BY USING 128 00:05:04,570 --> 00:05:05,972 THAT UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE 129 00:05:05,972 --> 00:05:07,740 HAVE ON BOARD. 130 00:05:07,740 --> 00:05:08,808 FINALLY, IT'S A GREAT 131 00:05:08,808 --> 00:05:12,178 OPPORTUNITY TO CONDUCT SOME STEM 132 00:05:12,178 --> 00:05:13,279 EXPERIMENT AND INTERNATIONAL 133 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:15,281 COLLABORATION. 134 00:05:15,281 --> 00:05:16,282 WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT A NUMBER 135 00:05:16,282 --> 00:05:19,152 OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS IN THE 136 00:05:19,152 --> 00:05:21,087 NEXT FEW MINUTES. 137 00:05:21,087 --> 00:05:22,822 FIRST UP, TWO INVESTIGATIONS 138 00:05:22,822 --> 00:05:25,625 THAT ARE LOOKING AT HUMUSLY 139 00:05:25,625 --> 00:05:32,732 CELLS -- HUMAN MUSCLE CELLS. 140 00:05:32,732 --> 00:05:43,876 INVESTIGATORS FROM THE PALO ALTO 141 00:05:43,876 --> 00:05:45,445 VETERANS INSTITUTION RESEARCH 142 00:05:45,445 --> 00:05:48,147 ARE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT 143 00:05:48,147 --> 00:05:50,883 HUMAN MUSCLE CELLS, MUSCLE 144 00:05:50,883 --> 00:05:54,354 TISSUE, ENGINEERED ON ORBIT AND 145 00:05:54,354 --> 00:05:56,089 WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL BE A GOOD 146 00:05:56,089 --> 00:06:00,093 MODEL TO TEST AND TEST TREATMENT 147 00:06:00,093 --> 00:06:04,163 FOR IT. 148 00:06:04,163 --> 00:06:05,565 THESE INVESTIGATORS ARE FLYING 149 00:06:05,565 --> 00:06:08,067 AN INVESTIGATION CALLED CARDINAL 150 00:06:08,067 --> 00:06:09,035 MUSCLE. 151 00:06:09,035 --> 00:06:13,673 I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME SLIDES. 152 00:06:13,673 --> 00:06:15,041 THE CARDINAL MUSCLE 153 00:06:15,041 --> 00:06:18,044 INVESTIGATION IS GOING TO LOOK 154 00:06:18,044 --> 00:06:21,047 AT MUSCLE TISSUE GROWN IN 155 00:06:21,047 --> 00:06:23,483 SCAFFOLD ON ORBIT. 156 00:06:23,483 --> 00:06:25,518 THEN LOOK AT IT UNDER VARIOUS 157 00:06:25,518 --> 00:06:27,153 TREATMENTS. 158 00:06:27,153 --> 00:06:28,254 FIRST TO IDENTIFY WHETHER OR NOT 159 00:06:28,254 --> 00:06:31,023 THE MUSCLE GROWN IN SPACE IS A 160 00:06:31,023 --> 00:06:34,227 GOOD MODEL FOR TESTING VARIOUS 161 00:06:34,227 --> 00:06:35,995 DRUGS AND TREATMENTS HERE ON 162 00:06:35,995 --> 00:06:36,562 EARTH. 163 00:06:36,562 --> 00:06:40,533 DO WE HAVE THE SLIDES? 164 00:06:40,533 --> 00:06:45,972 LOOKS LIKE WE'RE HAVING 165 00:06:45,972 --> 00:06:48,174 TECHNICAL DIFFICULT WITH THE 166 00:06:48,174 --> 00:06:49,375 SLIDE. 167 00:06:49,375 --> 00:06:50,343 THE OBJECTIVE IS TO UNDERSTAND 168 00:06:50,343 --> 00:06:55,081 WHETHER THE DEGENERATIVE MUSCLE 169 00:06:55,081 --> 00:06:58,050 LOSS WE SAW IN CREW MEMBERS IS A 170 00:06:58,050 --> 00:07:00,953 GOOD MODEL FOR DISEASE THAT 171 00:07:00,953 --> 00:07:02,688 TAKES MANY YEARS TO DEVELOP HERE 172 00:07:02,688 --> 00:07:03,656 ON EARTH. 173 00:07:03,656 --> 00:07:05,358 THIS CAN ALLOW FOR ACCELERATED 174 00:07:05,358 --> 00:07:10,229 TESTING IN THE MICROGRAVITY 175 00:07:10,229 --> 00:07:12,064 ENVIRONMENT. 176 00:07:12,064 --> 00:07:14,767 THE NEXT INVESTIGATION IS FLOWN 177 00:07:14,767 --> 00:07:17,637 BY ONE OUR INTERNATIONAL 178 00:07:17,637 --> 00:07:19,038 PARTNERS. 179 00:07:19,038 --> 00:07:20,873 JAXA IS FLYING THE RESEARCH. 180 00:07:20,873 --> 00:07:22,608 THAT IS LOOKING AT MUSCLE CELLS 181 00:07:22,608 --> 00:07:25,812 AND TWO TREATMENT. 182 00:07:25,812 --> 00:07:30,917 ONE ATROPHY INHIBITOR CALLED C14 183 00:07:30,917 --> 00:07:34,320 AND THEN ANOTHER CALLED 184 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:39,192 CELESTEROL THIS A MUSCLE GROWTH 185 00:07:39,192 --> 00:07:40,026 ACCELERATOR. 186 00:07:40,026 --> 00:07:42,595 THEY WILL BE APPLIED TO MUSCLE 187 00:07:42,595 --> 00:07:44,430 CELLS TO SEE IF THEY HAVE AN 188 00:07:44,430 --> 00:07:45,264 EFFECT. 189 00:07:45,264 --> 00:07:49,836 THIS COULD BE A REAL BOOM FOR 190 00:07:49,836 --> 00:07:56,876 OUR ASTRONAUTS. 191 00:07:56,876 --> 00:08:00,112 WE CAN COMBAT LOT OF THE MUSCLE 192 00:08:00,112 --> 00:08:03,816 DEGRADATION WE SEE. 193 00:08:03,816 --> 00:08:05,151 THESE TREATMENTS IF DEVELOPED 194 00:08:05,151 --> 00:08:06,953 AND PROVEN SUCCESSFUL, WOULD BE 195 00:08:06,953 --> 00:08:09,055 ABLE TO HELP US CUT BACK SOME OF 196 00:08:09,055 --> 00:08:10,656 THAT OVERALL TIME THAT WE 197 00:08:10,656 --> 00:08:15,361 DEDICATE TO EXERCISE ON BOARD. 198 00:08:15,361 --> 00:08:16,562 NEXT UP WE HAVE AN INVESTIGATION 199 00:08:16,562 --> 00:08:18,464 CALLED BLOB. 200 00:08:18,464 --> 00:08:20,199 BLOB COMES TO US FROM 201 00:08:20,199 --> 00:08:28,107 COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE FRENCH 202 00:08:28,107 --> 00:08:31,544 BASED AGENCY AND ESA. 203 00:08:31,544 --> 00:08:33,779 THEY ARE FLYING THE BLOB 204 00:08:33,779 --> 00:08:34,847 ORGANISM. 205 00:08:34,847 --> 00:08:46,092 THIS ORGANISM IS RELATED TO THE 206 00:08:46,092 --> 00:08:48,561 AMOEBAS HERE ON EARTH. 207 00:08:48,561 --> 00:08:52,932 IT'S DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH 208 00:08:52,932 --> 00:08:54,534 STEM SCHOOL CHILDREN THROUGHOUT 209 00:08:54,534 --> 00:09:01,807 FRANCE AND THE EUROPEAN UNION. 210 00:09:01,807 --> 00:09:03,743 THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT BEHAVIOR 211 00:09:03,743 --> 00:09:12,518 IN MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT. 212 00:09:12,518 --> 00:09:15,521 NEXT UP WE'LL TALK ABOUT SLOW 213 00:09:15,521 --> 00:09:22,895 BOILING AND CONDENSE. 214 00:09:22,895 --> 00:09:25,231 IT'S BEING FLOWN OUT OF THE 215 00:09:25,231 --> 00:09:27,166 GLENN RESEARCH CENTER. 216 00:09:27,166 --> 00:09:29,001 WILL BE USED TO CONDUCT RESEARCH 217 00:09:29,001 --> 00:09:33,940 INTO TWO PHASE BOILING AND 218 00:09:33,940 --> 00:09:37,443 CONDENSATION ON ORBIT. 219 00:09:37,443 --> 00:09:38,611 THIS RESEARCH IS IMPORTANT FOR 220 00:09:38,611 --> 00:09:40,346 US TO UNDERSTAND THESE PROCESSES 221 00:09:40,346 --> 00:09:52,558 IN THE MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT. 222 00:09:52,558 --> 00:09:54,026 THESE CAN ALLOW US TO EXPLORE 223 00:09:54,026 --> 00:09:58,898 NEW PROPULSION TECHNOLOGIES AND 224 00:09:58,898 --> 00:10:03,135 ALSO OUR HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM 225 00:10:03,135 --> 00:10:04,937 MAKING THEM EFFICIENT ENOUGH TO 226 00:10:04,937 --> 00:10:10,109 OPERATE BOTH IN GRAVITY AND IN 227 00:10:10,109 --> 00:10:12,078 ULTRA GRAVITY SITUATION. 228 00:10:12,078 --> 00:10:13,346 TODAY WE'LL I-TEAM OF TALK ABOUT 229 00:10:13,346 --> 00:10:16,415 THE RED WIRE PRINT 230 00:10:16,415 --> 00:10:17,183 INVESTIGATION. 231 00:10:17,183 --> 00:10:19,018 THIS INVESTIGATION IS REACH 232 00:10:19,018 --> 00:10:23,823 BEING TO LOOK INTO THE 233 00:10:23,823 --> 00:10:25,825 CAPABILITY TO PRINT STRUCTURES 234 00:10:25,825 --> 00:10:27,393 AND MATERIALS USING A 3D 235 00:10:27,393 --> 00:10:32,031 PRINTERS THAT USES A LUNAR 236 00:10:32,031 --> 00:10:33,833 MATERIAL THAT'S A MATERIAL THAT 237 00:10:33,833 --> 00:10:37,236 PROXIMATES WHAT THE LUNAR 238 00:10:37,236 --> 00:10:40,439 REGULARS IS. 239 00:10:40,439 --> 00:10:42,408 IT'S PRINTED ON ORBIT USING TWO 240 00:10:42,408 --> 00:10:43,476 DIFFERENT BINDERS. 241 00:10:43,476 --> 00:10:45,378 ONE IS A LOW TEMPERATURE BINDERS 242 00:10:45,378 --> 00:10:47,113 THAT ALLOW US TO LOOK AT THE 243 00:10:47,113 --> 00:10:49,582 PROCESS IN MODERATE TEMPERATURE 244 00:10:49,582 --> 00:10:53,019 AREAS OF THE LUNAR SURFACE AND 245 00:10:53,019 --> 00:10:54,754 ANOTHER THAT IS A HIGH 246 00:10:54,754 --> 00:10:56,822 TEMPERATURE BINDER THAT ALLOW US 247 00:10:56,822 --> 00:11:00,993 TO LOOK AT THESE TERM -- 248 00:11:00,993 --> 00:11:04,063 MATERIALED PRINTED FOR THE LUNAR 249 00:11:04,063 --> 00:11:05,631 SOLAR DAY. 250 00:11:05,631 --> 00:11:06,799 THE INVESTIGATION IS ONE OF THE 251 00:11:06,799 --> 00:11:08,167 FIRST WHERE WE'RE PRINTING THESE 252 00:11:08,167 --> 00:11:13,506 IN MICROGRAVITY TO UNDERSTAND 253 00:11:13,506 --> 00:11:16,475 THE STRENGTH AND STRUCTURES. 254 00:11:16,475 --> 00:11:17,343 WE HEARD ABOUT A NUMBER OF 255 00:11:17,343 --> 00:11:19,178 INVESTIGATIONS ALREADY, GREAT 256 00:11:19,178 --> 00:11:20,713 AMAZING RESEARCH THAT'S FLYING 257 00:11:20,713 --> 00:11:22,181 TO THE SPACE STATION ON THE 258 00:11:22,181 --> 00:11:23,582 CYGNUS. 259 00:11:23,582 --> 00:11:25,317 FOR MORE ABOUT THE CYGNUS 260 00:11:25,317 --> 00:11:26,752 VEHICLE ITSELF AND HOW WE'RE 261 00:11:26,752 --> 00:11:28,721 GETTING THAT RESEARCH THERE, 262 00:11:28,721 --> 00:11:33,359 I'LL TURN IT OVER TO FRANK 263 00:11:33,359 --> 00:11:36,062 DAMARO. 264 00:11:36,062 --> 00:11:36,829 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 265 00:11:36,829 --> 00:11:39,131 ON BEHALF OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN, 266 00:11:39,131 --> 00:11:40,533 LIKE TO ADD A WELCOME TO 267 00:11:40,533 --> 00:11:42,068 EVERYONE WATCHING FOR THE PRESS 268 00:11:42,068 --> 00:11:46,505 BRIEFING FOR NG16 MISSION. 269 00:11:46,505 --> 00:11:48,474 THE MISSION WILL BE OUR 16th 270 00:11:48,474 --> 00:11:49,141 MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL 271 00:11:49,141 --> 00:11:50,643 SPACE STATION. 272 00:11:50,643 --> 00:11:51,944 RIGHT NOW, ALL THINGS LOOK 273 00:11:51,944 --> 00:11:52,611 GREAT. 274 00:11:52,611 --> 00:11:54,547 WE'RE A GO FOR LAUNCH AT 275 00:11:54,547 --> 00:11:59,985 5:56 P.M. EASTERN TIME TOMORROW. 276 00:11:59,985 --> 00:12:00,753 WE'RE START TO DELIVER 277 00:12:00,753 --> 00:12:03,622 8200 POUNDS OF SCIENCE 278 00:12:03,622 --> 00:12:04,256 EXPERIMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL 279 00:12:04,256 --> 00:12:05,324 SPACE STATION. 280 00:12:05,324 --> 00:12:06,992 THAT'S THE HEAVIEST CARGO 281 00:12:06,992 --> 00:12:09,395 DELIVERY ROAD THAT ENTIRE CYGNUS 282 00:12:09,395 --> 00:12:10,663 HAD TO DATE. 283 00:12:10,663 --> 00:12:12,498 WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 284 00:12:12,498 --> 00:12:13,933 IF WE LAUNCH TOMORROW, WE'RE DUE 285 00:12:13,933 --> 00:12:16,669 TO ARRIVE AT THE ISS VERY EARLY, 286 00:12:16,669 --> 00:12:20,873 THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 12th. 287 00:12:20,873 --> 00:12:22,708 WITH UP TO SEVEN ASTRONAUTS IN 288 00:12:22,708 --> 00:12:24,710 THE FUTURE MAY BE MORE. 289 00:12:24,710 --> 00:12:26,746 ON THE STATION AT ANY GIVEN 290 00:12:26,746 --> 00:12:27,279 TIME. 291 00:12:27,279 --> 00:12:34,019 AS WE COUNT DOWN TO LAUNCH 292 00:12:34,019 --> 00:12:35,554 TOMORROW, I LIKE TO SHARE A 293 00:12:35,554 --> 00:12:40,726 VIDEO THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE 294 00:12:40,726 --> 00:12:42,728 JOURNEY ON THEIR WAY TO LAUNCH 295 00:12:42,728 --> 00:12:45,631 WITH FOOTAGE FROM PREVIOUS 296 00:12:45,631 --> 00:12:46,866 MISSIONS. 297 00:12:46,866 --> 00:13:43,522 [VIDEO] 298 00:13:43,522 --> 00:14:32,838 ♪ 299 00:14:32,838 --> 00:15:30,329 ♪ 300 00:15:30,329 --> 00:15:31,063 >> GREAT VIDEO. 301 00:15:31,063 --> 00:15:32,831 THANK YOU FOR THAT. 302 00:15:32,831 --> 00:15:33,966 WE CONTINUE STOB EXTREMELY PROUD 303 00:15:33,966 --> 00:15:35,701 OF OUR TEAMS FOR THE INCREDIBLE 304 00:15:35,701 --> 00:15:37,169 AMOUNT OF WORK THEY DO TO GET 305 00:15:37,169 --> 00:15:38,704 READY FOR THESE MISSIONS. 306 00:15:38,704 --> 00:15:41,907 ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS NASA, AS 307 00:15:41,907 --> 00:15:44,710 WELL AS VIRGINIA SPACE. 308 00:15:44,710 --> 00:15:45,611 EACH MISSION TELLS A DIFFERENT 309 00:15:45,611 --> 00:15:47,746 STORY AND COMES WITH ITS OWN 310 00:15:47,746 --> 00:15:49,014 UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES. 311 00:15:49,014 --> 00:15:50,816 WE LEARN LESSONS THAT MAKES THE 312 00:15:50,816 --> 00:15:52,952 NEXT MISSION MORE SUCCESSFUL. 313 00:15:52,952 --> 00:15:55,354 WE CONTINUE TO LEARN AS WE GO 314 00:15:55,354 --> 00:15:56,722 WITH THESE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL 315 00:15:56,722 --> 00:15:57,790 MISSIONS. 316 00:15:57,790 --> 00:15:59,825 ON THE CYGNUS SIDE, WE CONTINUE 317 00:15:59,825 --> 00:16:01,961 TO UPGRADE CYGNUS OVER THE YEARS 318 00:16:01,961 --> 00:16:03,996 TO BECOME MORE THAN JUST A 319 00:16:03,996 --> 00:16:07,032 SPACECRAFT BUT TO BE MORE OF 320 00:16:07,032 --> 00:16:08,667 SIDELINES LABORATORY. 321 00:16:08,667 --> 00:16:10,602 THESE ASPECTS OF CYGNUS ALLOW US 322 00:16:10,602 --> 00:16:13,472 TO DELIVER PRESSURIZED CARGO AND 323 00:16:13,472 --> 00:16:15,341 UNPRESSURIZED AND STAY ON THE 324 00:16:15,341 --> 00:16:17,042 STATION FOR A LONG PERIOD OF 325 00:16:17,042 --> 00:16:18,811 TIME TO BECOME PART OF THE ISS 326 00:16:18,811 --> 00:16:21,380 FOR THREE MONTHS OR MONTH. 327 00:16:21,380 --> 00:16:22,548 CYGNUS WILL UNDERGO A FINAL LOAD 328 00:16:22,548 --> 00:16:24,984 OF CARGO AT THE 24-HOUR MARK 329 00:16:24,984 --> 00:16:27,486 RIGHT BEFORE LIFTOFF. 330 00:16:27,486 --> 00:16:29,822 THAT CAPABILITIES ALLOW THE 331 00:16:29,822 --> 00:16:31,657 PAYLOADS TO GET LOADED ON THE 332 00:16:31,657 --> 00:16:32,992 SPACECRAFT AS LATE AS POSSIBLE 333 00:16:32,992 --> 00:16:34,727 SO WE CAN SHORTEN THE TIME FRAME 334 00:16:34,727 --> 00:16:36,395 FROM DELIVERY TO US TO DELIVERY 335 00:16:36,395 --> 00:16:36,929 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 336 00:16:36,929 --> 00:16:38,597 STATION. 337 00:16:38,597 --> 00:16:39,765 WE ALSO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT 338 00:16:39,765 --> 00:16:41,333 NASA'S EFFORTS WITH THE 339 00:16:41,333 --> 00:16:42,201 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS 340 00:16:42,201 --> 00:16:45,571 ESPECIALLY WITH THE JAPANESE 341 00:16:45,571 --> 00:16:47,239 SPACE STATION, JAXA. 342 00:16:47,239 --> 00:16:49,108 WE HAVE TWO EXPERIMENTS FLYING 343 00:16:49,108 --> 00:16:50,609 ON CYGNUS. 344 00:16:50,609 --> 00:16:52,745 WE HOSTED THOSE EXPERIMENTS IN 345 00:16:52,745 --> 00:16:54,480 THE PREPARATION FOR THOSE AT THE 346 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:55,914 EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL 347 00:16:55,914 --> 00:16:58,851 IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. 348 00:16:58,851 --> 00:17:00,686 IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE TO 349 00:17:00,686 --> 00:17:03,756 WORK WITH JAXA ON COORDINATING 350 00:17:03,756 --> 00:17:05,791 THESE MISSIONS AROUND THE WORLD. 351 00:17:05,791 --> 00:17:06,992 WE'LL BE FLYING A SECONDARY 352 00:17:06,992 --> 00:17:09,161 PAYLOAD CALLED PURPLE OR 353 00:17:09,161 --> 00:17:12,965 PROTOTYPE INFRARED PAYLOAD WHERE 354 00:17:12,965 --> 00:17:16,168 TEAMS FROM NORTHROP GRUMMAN WITH 355 00:17:16,168 --> 00:17:20,806 THE AGENCY. 356 00:17:20,806 --> 00:17:22,374 WE'LL COLLECT INFRARED DATA THAT 357 00:17:22,374 --> 00:17:23,642 WILL HELP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF 358 00:17:23,642 --> 00:17:25,044 ALGORITHMS FOR THE NEXT 359 00:17:25,044 --> 00:17:27,780 GENERATION OF SATELLITE TRACKING 360 00:17:27,780 --> 00:17:28,447 CAPABILITY. 361 00:17:28,447 --> 00:17:29,882 THE DATA FROM PURPLE WILL BE 362 00:17:29,882 --> 00:17:32,251 ABLE TO SHAPE STUDIES THAT 363 00:17:32,251 --> 00:17:32,918 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND 364 00:17:32,918 --> 00:17:34,353 UNIVERSITIES STUDYING 365 00:17:34,353 --> 00:17:36,288 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AS 366 00:17:36,288 --> 00:17:38,057 TECHNOLOGY CAN BE USED TO STUDY 367 00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:40,059 VOLCANOES AND FOREST FIRES. 368 00:17:40,059 --> 00:17:44,530 IN THE PURPLE CONTRACT ALLOWS 369 00:17:44,530 --> 00:17:47,499 DEMONSTRATE NORTHROP GRUMMAN 370 00:17:47,499 --> 00:17:48,367 CAPABILITIES. 371 00:17:48,367 --> 00:17:50,102 FINALLY, IT'S BECOME A COMPANY 372 00:17:50,102 --> 00:17:51,804 TRADITION TO NAME EACH CYGNUS 373 00:17:51,804 --> 00:17:53,906 AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL WHO PLAYED A 374 00:17:53,906 --> 00:17:56,341 SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN HUMAN SPACE 375 00:17:56,341 --> 00:17:57,076 FLIGHT. 376 00:17:57,076 --> 00:17:58,177 WE ARE HONORED TO NAME THIS 377 00:17:58,177 --> 00:18:01,680 MISSION IN HONOR OF ELLIS, THE 378 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:03,048 FIRST MAKINGS AMERICAN ASTRONAUT 379 00:18:03,048 --> 00:18:05,284 TO REACH SPACE. 380 00:18:05,284 --> 00:18:07,252 ELLISON WAS SELECTED TO BECOME A 381 00:18:07,252 --> 00:18:09,455 NASA ASTRONAUT AFTER A LONG AND 382 00:18:09,455 --> 00:18:10,823 SUCCESSFUL CAREER AS A TEST 383 00:18:10,823 --> 00:18:13,125 PILOT FOR THE AIR FORCE. 384 00:18:13,125 --> 00:18:14,593 HE FLEW HIS FIRST MISSION TO 385 00:18:14,593 --> 00:18:19,298 SPACE IN 1985 AND IN 1986, 386 00:18:19,298 --> 00:18:21,834 ELLISON AND HIS CREW TRAGICALLY 387 00:18:21,834 --> 00:18:24,636 LOST THEIR LIVES TO THE SPACE 388 00:18:24,636 --> 00:18:26,572 SHUTTLE CHALLENGER. 389 00:18:26,572 --> 00:18:28,574 ELLISON WAS BORN IN HAWAII AND 390 00:18:28,574 --> 00:18:29,775 DREAMED ABOUT FLYING TO THE 391 00:18:29,775 --> 00:18:32,077 STARS. 392 00:18:32,077 --> 00:18:33,479 HE WAS AN INSPIRATION FOR 393 00:18:33,479 --> 00:18:35,314 ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND FOR 394 00:18:35,314 --> 00:18:37,249 MULTIPLE GENERATIONS TO EXPLORE 395 00:18:37,249 --> 00:18:38,617 NEW HORIZONS. 396 00:18:38,617 --> 00:18:41,120 HE ONCE SAID EVERY GENERATION 397 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:43,789 HAS THE OBLIGATION TO FREE MEN'S 398 00:18:43,789 --> 00:18:45,724 MIND FOR A LOOK AT NEW WORLD. 399 00:18:45,724 --> 00:18:46,959 TO LOOK OUT FROM A HIGHER 400 00:18:46,959 --> 00:18:48,694 PLATEAU THAN THE LAST 401 00:18:48,694 --> 00:18:49,328 GENERATION. 402 00:18:49,328 --> 00:18:51,897 YOU CAN FIND THESE WORDS OF 403 00:18:51,897 --> 00:18:54,600 WISDOM ON THE LAST PAGE OF U.S. 404 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:55,767 PASSPORTS. 405 00:18:55,767 --> 00:18:58,003 ENCOURAGE FOR ALL OF US TO DREAM 406 00:18:58,003 --> 00:18:58,504 BIG. 407 00:18:58,504 --> 00:19:08,714 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO EXECUTING 408 00:19:08,714 --> 00:19:11,650 OUR SWEET 16 MISSION TOMORROW IN 409 00:19:11,650 --> 00:19:13,252 SUPPORT OF NASA AS WE CONTINUE 410 00:19:13,252 --> 00:19:16,155 THE JOURNEY IN HUMAN SPACE 411 00:19:16,155 --> 00:19:22,594 EXPLORATION. 412 00:19:22,594 --> 00:19:23,929 >> THANK YOU, FRANK. 413 00:19:23,929 --> 00:19:25,097 I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TO TALK 414 00:19:25,097 --> 00:19:28,567 ABOUT ANOTHER ANTARES CYGNUS 415 00:19:28,567 --> 00:19:29,568 LAUNCH HERE. 416 00:19:29,568 --> 00:19:31,670 I LIKE TO THANK OUR INTEGRATION 417 00:19:31,670 --> 00:19:39,344 TEAM HERE AT WALLOPS. 418 00:19:39,344 --> 00:19:40,812 THEY WORK HARD GETTING THESE 419 00:19:40,812 --> 00:19:42,381 ROCKETS READY FOR LAUNCH. 420 00:19:42,381 --> 00:19:46,285 I LIKE TO THANK THEM. 421 00:19:46,285 --> 00:19:47,486 I LIKE TO THANK OUR ENGINEERS 422 00:19:47,486 --> 00:19:50,689 WHO COME IN FROM ARIZONA AND 423 00:19:50,689 --> 00:19:52,624 VIRGINIA AND WHO SIT ON CONSUL 424 00:19:52,624 --> 00:19:54,826 AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS 425 00:19:54,826 --> 00:19:56,595 READY AND THE ROCKET IS WORKING 426 00:19:56,595 --> 00:19:58,764 WELL AND READY FOR LAUNCH. 427 00:19:58,764 --> 00:20:00,332 I LIKE TO THANK THE VIRGINIA 428 00:20:00,332 --> 00:20:02,401 SPACE TEAM THAT MAINTAINS AND 429 00:20:02,401 --> 00:20:04,036 GETS IT READY FOR US AND 430 00:20:04,036 --> 00:20:05,938 OPERATES IT AND MAKE SURE WE'RE 431 00:20:05,938 --> 00:20:10,108 READY TO PROCEED SPREED. 432 00:20:10,108 --> 00:20:18,650 I'LL JUST QUICKLY RECAP RECENT 433 00:20:18,650 --> 00:20:19,518 EVENT. 434 00:20:19,518 --> 00:20:20,786 LAST THURSDAY, WE HAD OUR 435 00:20:20,786 --> 00:20:23,589 MISSION DRESS REHEARSAL. 436 00:20:23,589 --> 00:20:25,023 WE EXERCISED THE COMMUNICATION 437 00:20:25,023 --> 00:20:26,725 TASK AND EXERCISED THE TIME AND 438 00:20:26,725 --> 00:20:28,327 THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS ON 439 00:20:28,327 --> 00:20:30,829 FRIDAY, WE ROLLED ANTARES CYGNUS 440 00:20:30,829 --> 00:20:33,632 OUT TO LAUNCH PAD AND RESTATED 441 00:20:33,632 --> 00:20:35,500 VERTICAL. 442 00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:36,969 ON SATURDAY, WE DID OUR COMBINE 443 00:20:36,969 --> 00:20:38,904 SYSTEMS TEST WHICH IS A TEST OF 444 00:20:38,904 --> 00:20:40,272 ALL THE INTERFACES BETWEEN THE 445 00:20:40,272 --> 00:20:42,140 ROCKET, THE SPACECRAFT AND THE 446 00:20:42,140 --> 00:20:45,644 RANGE AND SPACEPORT. 447 00:20:45,644 --> 00:20:46,178 THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL. 448 00:20:46,178 --> 00:20:47,980 WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE MOST OF 449 00:20:47,980 --> 00:20:48,447 SUNDAY OFF. 450 00:20:48,447 --> 00:20:55,220 SUNDAY ENDED UP BEING A REST DAY 451 00:20:55,220 --> 00:20:56,288 FOR OUR TEAM. 452 00:20:56,288 --> 00:20:58,457 THAT BRINGS US TO TODAY. 453 00:20:58,457 --> 00:20:59,524 WE COMPLETED THE LAUNCH 454 00:20:59,524 --> 00:21:02,594 READINESS REVIEW THIS TOMORROW. 455 00:21:02,594 --> 00:21:04,162 WE HAVE NO LEANS TO LAUNCH. 456 00:21:04,162 --> 00:21:05,430 THAT'S GOOD NEWS. 457 00:21:05,430 --> 00:21:06,398 THE WEATHER REPORT LOOKS 458 00:21:06,398 --> 00:21:07,799 FAVORABLE FOR TOMORROW. 459 00:21:07,799 --> 00:21:09,001 I THINK BRITTANY WILL GET MORE 460 00:21:09,001 --> 00:21:10,769 INTO THAT. 461 00:21:10,769 --> 00:21:11,837 JUST WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN 462 00:21:11,837 --> 00:21:14,172 LATER TODAY, WE GOT THE L MINUS 463 00:21:14,172 --> 00:21:17,442 24 HOUR CARGO LOAD THAT WILL 464 00:21:17,442 --> 00:21:20,279 HAPPEN AT 5:56 P.M. 465 00:21:20,279 --> 00:21:21,613 AFTER THAT CYGNUS WILL CLOSE UP 466 00:21:21,613 --> 00:21:25,417 THE HATCH AND PUT THE TOP BACK 467 00:21:25,417 --> 00:21:25,917 ON. 468 00:21:25,917 --> 00:21:27,419 WE'LL BE READY TO RESTATE UP TO 469 00:21:27,419 --> 00:21:28,820 VERTICAL AROUND 5:00 A.M. 470 00:21:28,820 --> 00:21:30,422 TOMORROW MORNING. 471 00:21:30,422 --> 00:21:32,090 WE'LL DO FINAL ARMING AND BE 472 00:21:32,090 --> 00:21:34,593 READY TO START THE COUNTDOWN 473 00:21:34,593 --> 00:21:36,962 FIVE HOURS BEFORE LIFTOFF. 474 00:21:36,962 --> 00:21:38,997 ABOUT 12:56 P.M. WHEN WE'LL OPEN 475 00:21:38,997 --> 00:21:42,034 THE CHECKLIST AND START COUNTING 476 00:21:42,034 --> 00:21:44,002 DOWN. 477 00:21:44,002 --> 00:21:55,247 ABOUT ONE -- WE IGNITE THE TWO 478 00:21:55,247 --> 00:21:57,182 MAIN ENGINES ON THE FIRST STAGE 479 00:21:57,182 --> 00:21:59,017 AT L MINUS 0. 480 00:21:59,017 --> 00:22:00,852 WE DO A HEALTH CHECK AT 481 00:22:00,852 --> 00:22:02,354 INTERMEDIATE POWER SET. 482 00:22:02,354 --> 00:22:04,890 WHEN WE PASS THAT HEALTH CHECK, 483 00:22:04,890 --> 00:22:06,992 WE THROTTLE UP TO 100%. 484 00:22:06,992 --> 00:22:12,931 WE WILL RELEASE THE HOLE DOWN 485 00:22:12,931 --> 00:22:15,467 CLAMPS AT THE BASE OF THE 486 00:22:15,467 --> 00:22:16,134 ROCKET. 487 00:22:16,134 --> 00:22:18,704 ABOUT 2.7 SECONDS, WE'LL HAVE 488 00:22:18,704 --> 00:22:20,605 LIFTOFF. 489 00:22:20,605 --> 00:22:22,240 FIRST STAGE BURNS FOR 200 490 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:23,675 SECONDS. 491 00:22:23,675 --> 00:22:25,711 AFTER WHICH WE HAVE A 50 SERVICE 492 00:22:25,711 --> 00:22:27,546 SECOND COAST PERIOD DURING WHICH 493 00:22:27,546 --> 00:22:29,681 WE SEPARATE THE FIRST STAGE. 494 00:22:29,681 --> 00:22:30,749 SECOND STAGE WILL IGNITE AND 495 00:22:30,749 --> 00:22:34,119 BURN FOR ABOUT 2.5 MINUTES WHICH 496 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:35,654 WERE IN ORBIT. 497 00:22:35,654 --> 00:22:39,458 WE DO A SETTLING PERIOD AND 498 00:22:39,458 --> 00:22:40,425 SEPARATE CYGNUS. 499 00:22:40,425 --> 00:22:42,160 THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 500 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:43,395 LOOK FORWARD TO A GOOD LAUNCH 501 00:22:43,395 --> 00:22:44,029 TOMORROW. 502 00:22:44,029 --> 00:22:45,297 NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER TO 503 00:22:45,297 --> 00:22:50,335 BRITTANY McKINLEY. 504 00:22:50,335 --> 00:22:53,939 >> THANKS, KIRK. 505 00:22:53,939 --> 00:22:54,806 GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 506 00:22:54,806 --> 00:22:56,375 WE ARE PROUD TO PARTNER WITH 507 00:22:56,375 --> 00:23:01,646 NASA'S ISS OFFICE TO DELIVER 508 00:23:01,646 --> 00:23:03,482 THIS CARGO STATION. 509 00:23:03,482 --> 00:23:07,753 ALL OF OUR RANGE TESTING IS 510 00:23:07,753 --> 00:23:13,725 COMPLETE, CONFIGURATIONS HAS 511 00:23:13,725 --> 00:23:15,660 BEEN LOCKED IN. 512 00:23:15,660 --> 00:23:17,129 WE HAVE ANOTHER TEAM THAT'S BEEN 513 00:23:17,129 --> 00:23:20,198 DEPLOYED TO OUR BERMUDA TRACKING 514 00:23:20,198 --> 00:23:20,766 STATION. 515 00:23:20,766 --> 00:23:22,601 THEY SPENT THE PAST TWO WEEKS 516 00:23:22,601 --> 00:23:24,970 BRINGING UP THE SYSTEMS AND 517 00:23:24,970 --> 00:23:29,341 RUNNING END TEST WITH US HERE AT 518 00:23:29,341 --> 00:23:30,208 WALLOPS. 519 00:23:30,208 --> 00:23:31,376 I WANT TO SEND OUT A THANK YOU 520 00:23:31,376 --> 00:23:33,111 TO LOCAL COMMUNITY FOR ALL THEIR 521 00:23:33,111 --> 00:23:35,213 SUPPORT ON THESE MISSIONS. 522 00:23:35,213 --> 00:23:36,448 IT'S VITAL MAKING SURE THE 523 00:23:36,448 --> 00:23:38,049 LAUNCH TEAM COME IN AND ALL THE 524 00:23:38,049 --> 00:23:40,552 VISITORS HAVE A SAFE AND 525 00:23:40,552 --> 00:23:41,720 ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE. 526 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:42,821 THANK YOU. 527 00:23:42,821 --> 00:23:44,489 NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE ALL 528 00:23:44,489 --> 00:23:46,024 IMPORTANT WEATHER REPORT. 529 00:23:46,024 --> 00:23:47,926 I DO HAVE GOOD NEWS FOR YOU ON 530 00:23:47,926 --> 00:23:48,627 THAT FRONT. 531 00:23:48,627 --> 00:23:54,032 FOR TOMORROW, WE'RE ONLY 532 00:23:54,032 --> 00:23:56,301 TRACKING ONE ITEM OF CONCERN. 533 00:23:56,301 --> 00:23:59,871 THAT'S OUR CUMULUS CLOUD AND OUR 534 00:23:59,871 --> 00:24:00,972 PROHIBIT. 535 00:24:00,972 --> 00:24:02,541 VIOLATION TO LAUNCH IS ONLY AT 536 00:24:02,541 --> 00:24:03,508 20%. 537 00:24:03,508 --> 00:24:04,443 THAT'S GREAT NEWS. 538 00:24:04,443 --> 00:24:06,278 WE KEEPING AN EYE ON THOSE. 539 00:24:06,278 --> 00:24:07,479 THE BETTER WAY TO PHRASE IT, WE 540 00:24:07,479 --> 00:24:09,381 HAVE 80% CHANCE OF LAUNCH 541 00:24:09,381 --> 00:24:10,081 TOMORROW. 542 00:24:10,081 --> 00:24:11,817 IF FOR ANY REASON, WE NEED TO 543 00:24:11,817 --> 00:24:14,186 RELAY ON OUR BACKUP DAYS, AGAIN, 544 00:24:14,186 --> 00:24:16,154 GOOD WEATHER FOR THIS WEEK. 545 00:24:16,154 --> 00:24:20,258 TRACKING SOME CLOUDS AND WORST 546 00:24:20,258 --> 00:24:22,194 CASE IS GETTING US UP TO 30% 547 00:24:22,194 --> 00:24:23,595 P.O.B. 548 00:24:23,595 --> 00:24:24,596 LOOKING GOOD. 549 00:24:24,596 --> 00:24:26,998 IN CLOSING, THE WALLOPS RANGE IS 550 00:24:26,998 --> 00:24:28,633 GREEN. 551 00:24:28,633 --> 00:24:30,602 WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A 552 00:24:30,602 --> 00:24:32,237 BEAUTIFUL LAUNCH TUESDAY 553 00:24:32,237 --> 00:24:33,505 EVENING. 554 00:24:33,505 --> 00:24:37,275 THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING ALONG. 555 00:24:37,275 --> 00:24:38,510 >> GREAT, THANK YOU, BRITTANY 556 00:24:38,510 --> 00:24:40,078 AND ALL OF OUR OTHER EXPERTS AND 557 00:24:40,078 --> 00:24:41,546 SPEAKERS TODAY. 558 00:24:41,546 --> 00:24:42,514 NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE 559 00:24:42,514 --> 00:24:44,216 QUESTION AND ANSWER PORTION OF 560 00:24:44,216 --> 00:24:45,484 OUR BRIEFING TODAY. 561 00:24:45,484 --> 00:24:50,021 AS A REMINDER, YOU CAN SEND US 562 00:24:50,021 --> 00:25:06,037 YOUR QUESTIONS USING #ASK NASA. 563 00:25:06,037 --> 00:25:08,406 FIRST QUESTION, WHAT LEVEL OF 564 00:25:08,406 --> 00:25:10,809 INSIGHT DOES NASA HAVE INTO THE 565 00:25:10,809 --> 00:25:13,979 RUSSIAN INVENTION OF THE MLM 566 00:25:13,979 --> 00:25:16,982 AFTER ITS JULY 29th DOCKING. 567 00:25:16,982 --> 00:25:18,016 WHEN IS THAT INVESTIGATION 568 00:25:18,016 --> 00:25:21,887 EXPECTED TO CONCLUDE? 569 00:25:21,887 --> 00:25:22,787 >> THANK YOU. 570 00:25:22,787 --> 00:25:24,022 WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR RUSSIAN 571 00:25:24,022 --> 00:25:25,357 COLLEAGUES. 572 00:25:25,357 --> 00:25:26,591 AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE TALK TO 573 00:25:26,591 --> 00:25:29,694 THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS. 574 00:25:29,694 --> 00:25:30,896 MULTIPLE TIMES DURING THE WEEK, 575 00:25:30,896 --> 00:25:32,964 WE HAVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN 576 00:25:32,964 --> 00:25:34,432 THE FLIGHT CONTROL AND THE 577 00:25:34,432 --> 00:25:36,101 FLIGHT CONTROL CENTER. 578 00:25:36,101 --> 00:25:37,402 BETWEEN THE MISSION MANAGEMENT 579 00:25:37,402 --> 00:25:41,239 TEAM AND HER RUSSIAN COLLEAGUE. 580 00:25:41,239 --> 00:25:44,209 THE RUSSIANS ARE IN THE PROCESS 581 00:25:44,209 --> 00:25:46,411 OF DEFINING HOW THEY'RE GOING TO 582 00:25:46,411 --> 00:25:47,479 MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS 583 00:25:47,479 --> 00:25:48,780 COMMISSION. 584 00:25:48,780 --> 00:25:50,482 WE HAVE A TEAM THAT I PUT 585 00:25:50,482 --> 00:25:52,083 TOGETHER ON THE U.S. SIDE THAT 586 00:25:52,083 --> 00:25:54,119 WILL DO A SIMILAR THING. 587 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,021 AS FAR AS TIME LINE, PROBABLY 588 00:25:56,021 --> 00:25:57,856 JUST LITTLE TOO EARLY TO TELL 589 00:25:57,856 --> 00:25:58,523 THAT. 590 00:25:58,523 --> 00:25:59,691 WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO LAY 591 00:25:59,691 --> 00:26:00,859 THAT OUT. 592 00:26:00,859 --> 00:26:02,727 I WOULD SAY PROBABLY IN THE NEXT 593 00:26:02,727 --> 00:26:04,663 COUPLE OF WEEKS OR SO, WE'LL 594 00:26:04,663 --> 00:26:10,001 HAVE A TIMELINE THEN I CAN 595 00:26:10,001 --> 00:26:11,469 PROBABLY BETTER ANSWER THAT 596 00:26:11,469 --> 00:26:12,103 QUESTION. 597 00:26:12,103 --> 00:26:13,471 >> ANOTHER QUESTION FROM SOCIAL 598 00:26:13,471 --> 00:26:15,040 MEDIA. 599 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:15,974 THIS IS MICHELLE FROM TWITTER 600 00:26:15,974 --> 00:26:18,043 ASKS, WHY DOES THE LARGER DOOR 601 00:26:18,043 --> 00:26:20,045 USED FOR CARGO DELIVERIES 602 00:26:20,045 --> 00:26:23,248 REQUIRE BIRTHING WITH THE CANADA 603 00:26:23,248 --> 00:26:27,586 ARM AND NOT AUTOMATIC DOCKING? 604 00:26:27,586 --> 00:26:28,653 >> I'LL TAKE THAT ONE. 605 00:26:28,653 --> 00:26:33,224 THE WAY IT WAS SET UP, THE 606 00:26:33,224 --> 00:26:35,760 DOCKING, AS YOU SAID, IS A 607 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,863 SMALLER DIAMETER HATCH. 608 00:26:38,863 --> 00:26:40,498 THE BIRTHING ALLOW US TO BRING 609 00:26:40,498 --> 00:26:44,069 LARGER TYPE OF PAYLOADS BOTH 610 00:26:44,069 --> 00:26:45,904 REPLACEMENT UNITS FOR OUR 611 00:26:45,904 --> 00:26:47,572 SYSTEMS HARDWARE AS WELL AS 612 00:26:47,572 --> 00:26:49,674 SCIENCE HARDWARE IN AND OUT. 613 00:26:49,674 --> 00:26:51,509 IT'S JUST DIFFERENT CAPABILITY 614 00:26:51,509 --> 00:26:52,510 WE HAVE. 615 00:26:52,510 --> 00:26:54,212 WE HAVE TWO BIRTHING PORTS AND 616 00:26:54,212 --> 00:26:55,680 TWO DOCKING PORTS. 617 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:57,515 WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EITHER 618 00:26:57,515 --> 00:26:59,751 BIRTHING OR DOCKING VEHICLE. 619 00:26:59,751 --> 00:27:01,920 THE BIRTHING VEHICLES COME UP ON 620 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:02,721 CREW. 621 00:27:02,721 --> 00:27:04,756 SO IS OUR CREW VEHICLES ARE 622 00:27:04,756 --> 00:27:13,665 COMING UP AS DOCKING VEHICLES. 623 00:27:13,665 --> 00:27:14,899 >> THANK YOU. 624 00:27:14,899 --> 00:27:23,108 THIS QUESTION IS FROM KIRK 625 00:27:23,108 --> 00:27:24,476 EVERLY. 626 00:27:24,476 --> 00:27:28,213 WHAT THE STATUS OF LAUNCH. 627 00:27:28,213 --> 00:27:30,649 CAN ANTARES COMPETE AGAINST 628 00:27:30,649 --> 00:27:32,550 EFFORTS TO DEVELOP VEHICLES WITH 629 00:27:32,550 --> 00:27:39,758 SIMILAR PAYLOAD CAPABILITIES? 630 00:27:39,758 --> 00:27:41,092 >> WE ARE CONTINUING TO PURSUE 631 00:27:41,092 --> 00:27:45,363 SALES OF ANTARES FOR NONZERO 632 00:27:45,363 --> 00:27:46,131 MISSIONS. 633 00:27:46,131 --> 00:27:47,198 WE'RE TALKING TO SOME OTHER 634 00:27:47,198 --> 00:27:48,833 CUSTOMERS AS WELL. 635 00:27:48,833 --> 00:27:51,302 WE THINK WE HAVE SOME REAL 636 00:27:51,302 --> 00:27:52,537 CAPABILITY. 637 00:27:52,537 --> 00:27:53,605 THIS VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY 638 00:27:53,605 --> 00:27:54,939 RELIABLE. 639 00:27:54,939 --> 00:27:56,274 WE'RE ABLE TO LAUNCH ON THE DATE 640 00:27:56,274 --> 00:27:58,143 THAT WE PLAN TO LAUNCH. 641 00:27:58,143 --> 00:27:59,611 WE GOT A GREAT TRACK RECORD. 642 00:27:59,611 --> 00:28:00,612 I THINK THINGS ARE GOING VERY 643 00:28:00,612 --> 00:28:01,613 WELL. 644 00:28:01,613 --> 00:28:02,580 WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN MAKE 645 00:28:02,580 --> 00:28:04,849 SOME SALES AND WE'RE GOING AFTER 646 00:28:04,849 --> 00:28:07,752 OTHER MISSIONS. 647 00:28:07,752 --> 00:28:11,556 NEW ENTRANCE, EVERYTHING LOOKS 648 00:28:11,556 --> 00:28:14,893 VERY ROSY ON PAPER. 649 00:28:14,893 --> 00:28:17,962 BY THE TIME NEW ENTRANCE GETS 650 00:28:17,962 --> 00:28:19,564 LAUNCHED, WE'LL SEE WHERE THEY 651 00:28:19,564 --> 00:28:20,465 END UP. 652 00:28:20,465 --> 00:28:22,267 IT'S A DIFFICULT BUSINESS. 653 00:28:22,267 --> 00:28:25,704 WE DON'T MINIMIZE THAT OR TACK 654 00:28:25,704 --> 00:28:28,139 IT FOR GRANTED AS ALL. 655 00:28:28,139 --> 00:28:29,407 WE CONTINUE TO MARKET THE 656 00:28:29,407 --> 00:28:30,108 VEHICLE. 657 00:28:30,108 --> 00:28:32,143 WE THINK THERE'S SOME REAL 658 00:28:32,143 --> 00:28:35,914 CAPABILITY THAT CAN BE 659 00:28:35,914 --> 00:28:37,816 ATTRACTIVE TO OTHER USERS. 660 00:28:37,816 --> 00:28:39,551 >> WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM 661 00:28:39,551 --> 00:28:47,926 SOCIAL MEDIA ASKING, -- WE HAVE 662 00:28:47,926 --> 00:28:50,695 A VIEWING VISIBILITY MAP 663 00:28:50,695 --> 00:28:54,833 AVAILABLE ON NASA.GOV/NORTHROP 664 00:28:54,833 --> 00:28:56,568 GRUMMAN. 665 00:28:56,568 --> 00:28:57,602 WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT 666 00:28:57,602 --> 00:28:59,337 THOSE MAPS. 667 00:28:59,337 --> 00:29:01,706 THE WALLOP VISITOR CENTER 668 00:29:01,706 --> 00:29:03,341 GROUNDS ARE CLOSED FOR GUEST 669 00:29:03,341 --> 00:29:05,009 VIEWING THIS TIME BECAUSE OF THE 670 00:29:05,009 --> 00:29:07,746 RISE IN COVID CASES. 671 00:29:07,746 --> 00:29:09,447 WE WANT TO ENSURE EVERYBODY 672 00:29:09,447 --> 00:29:11,950 STAYS SAFE. 673 00:29:11,950 --> 00:29:13,985 WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN US BY 674 00:29:13,985 --> 00:29:17,388 VIEWING ONLINE, NASA TV COVERAGE 675 00:29:17,388 --> 00:29:20,759 WILL BEGIN 5:30 P.M. EASTERN 676 00:29:20,759 --> 00:29:23,328 TIME TOMORROW. 677 00:29:23,328 --> 00:29:24,562 NEXT QUESTION IS A SCIENCE 678 00:29:24,562 --> 00:29:25,263 QUESTION. 679 00:29:25,263 --> 00:29:28,533 WE'LL GO TO DR. CASTELLO. 680 00:29:28,533 --> 00:29:31,136 ELIZABETH RAIN HAS A QUESTION 681 00:29:31,136 --> 00:29:36,508 ABOUT THE FOUR BED SCRUBBER. 682 00:29:36,508 --> 00:29:38,810 HOW DO YOU SEE THIS TECHNOLOGY 683 00:29:38,810 --> 00:29:41,112 IMPROVING THE CO2 REMOVAL SYSTEM 684 00:29:41,112 --> 00:29:44,382 IN FUTURE SPACECRAFT? 685 00:29:44,382 --> 00:29:46,551 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 686 00:29:46,551 --> 00:29:49,020 IT'S ABSOLUTELY THE DESIGN 687 00:29:49,020 --> 00:29:52,323 OBJECTIVE OF THIS HARDWARE. 688 00:29:52,323 --> 00:29:55,593 TO GET IT ON PLACE ON ORBIT TO 689 00:29:55,593 --> 00:29:59,798 TEST SMALLER MORE COMPACT MEANS 690 00:29:59,798 --> 00:30:01,099 SCRUBBING THE CARBON DIOXIDE 691 00:30:01,099 --> 00:30:02,300 FROM THE ATMOSPHERE. 692 00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:03,034 ALSO INVESTING IN THAT 693 00:30:03,034 --> 00:30:05,003 RELIABILITY, MAKING SURE THAT IT 694 00:30:05,003 --> 00:30:08,873 CAN RUN AUTONOMOUSLY FOR OUR 695 00:30:08,873 --> 00:30:10,008 FUTURE EXPLORATION CLASS 696 00:30:10,008 --> 00:30:11,009 MISSIONS. 697 00:30:11,009 --> 00:30:13,678 WHICH MAY TAKE UP TO A YEAR EACH 698 00:30:13,678 --> 00:30:15,914 WAY JUST TO GET THE CREW TO THE 699 00:30:15,914 --> 00:30:20,485 SURFACE LAUNCH. 700 00:30:20,485 --> 00:30:21,653 >> WE HAVE ANOTHER SCIENCE 701 00:30:21,653 --> 00:30:24,389 QUESTION FOR DR. CASTELLO. 702 00:30:24,389 --> 00:30:25,523 HOW ARE YOU USING A SPACE 703 00:30:25,523 --> 00:30:26,991 STATION FOR RESEARCH OR 704 00:30:26,991 --> 00:30:28,459 TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION TO 705 00:30:28,459 --> 00:30:31,796 PREPARE FOR NASA'S ARTEMIS 706 00:30:31,796 --> 00:30:34,833 MISSION TO THE MOON? 707 00:30:34,833 --> 00:30:37,335 >> AGAIN, THAT TIES DIRECTLY 708 00:30:37,335 --> 00:30:41,339 INTO SOME OF THE INVESTIGATIONS, 709 00:30:41,339 --> 00:30:42,407 TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION 710 00:30:42,407 --> 00:30:44,209 ADVANCEMENT THAT WE'RE DOING FOR 711 00:30:44,209 --> 00:30:48,046 THOSE SYSTEMS. 712 00:30:48,046 --> 00:30:50,515 THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL LIFE 713 00:30:50,515 --> 00:30:52,684 SUPPORT SYSTEM ON SPACE STATION, 714 00:30:52,684 --> 00:30:55,253 HAVE DONE US GREAT OVER THE PAST 715 00:30:55,253 --> 00:30:56,421 YEARS. 716 00:30:56,421 --> 00:30:57,722 NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO 717 00:30:57,722 --> 00:31:00,058 MAKE THEM MORE COMPACT, MORE 718 00:31:00,058 --> 00:31:03,027 RELIABLE TO INSTALL IN THOSE 719 00:31:03,027 --> 00:31:06,764 INSTANT LOCATIONS. 720 00:31:06,764 --> 00:31:07,699 THEY'RE THAT'S INSTALLATION IN A 721 00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:12,270 LUNAR GATEWAY OUTPOST OR IN A 722 00:31:12,270 --> 00:31:14,072 MARS TRANSPORT VEHICLE. 723 00:31:14,072 --> 00:31:14,939 WE'RE LOOKING AT ADVANCING THE 724 00:31:14,939 --> 00:31:18,109 TECHNOLOGIES FOR THIS FROM LOWER 725 00:31:18,109 --> 00:31:20,078 TECHNOLOGY LEVELS TO HIGHER. 726 00:31:20,078 --> 00:31:22,881 AS WE BUILD THOSE SYSTEMS UP, 727 00:31:22,881 --> 00:31:26,317 WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO FURTHER IN 728 00:31:26,317 --> 00:31:27,819 OUR EXPLORATION OF THE SOLAR 729 00:31:27,819 --> 00:31:28,686 SYSTEM. 730 00:31:28,686 --> 00:31:29,787 ADDITIONALLY LOT OF THE SCIENCE 731 00:31:29,787 --> 00:31:31,823 YOU HEARD RELATES TO HUMAN 732 00:31:31,823 --> 00:31:33,925 RESEARCH ON BOARD SPACE STATION. 733 00:31:33,925 --> 00:31:38,529 WE KNOW MICROGRAVITY EXPOSURE 734 00:31:38,529 --> 00:31:40,365 ASPECTS THE HUMAN BODY IN 735 00:31:40,365 --> 00:31:41,799 DIFFERENT WAYS. 736 00:31:41,799 --> 00:31:43,902 WE'RE WORKING TO REDUCE THE RISK 737 00:31:43,902 --> 00:31:45,770 TO OUR CREW MEMBERS AS WE 738 00:31:45,770 --> 00:31:50,575 EXPLORE DOUBT THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 739 00:31:50,575 --> 00:31:51,876 >> THANK YOU. 740 00:31:51,876 --> 00:31:55,546 OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM 741 00:31:55,546 --> 00:31:56,247 SOCIAL MEDIA. 742 00:31:56,247 --> 00:31:57,749 FRANK, CAN YOU PROVIDE A 743 00:31:57,749 --> 00:31:59,550 COMPARISON TO ALLOW US TO KNOW 744 00:31:59,550 --> 00:32:03,821 HOW MUCH CARGO CYGNUS ACTUALLY 745 00:32:03,821 --> 00:32:11,696 CARRIES UP? 746 00:32:11,696 --> 00:32:13,097 >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 747 00:32:13,097 --> 00:32:14,766 GOOD WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT. 748 00:32:14,766 --> 00:32:17,068 IT'S PROBABLY LIKE A SMALL 749 00:32:17,068 --> 00:32:18,736 U-HAUL BOX TRUCK. 750 00:32:18,736 --> 00:32:19,804 IT'S PROBABLY GOOD WAY TO THINK 751 00:32:19,804 --> 00:32:21,639 ABOUT IT. 752 00:32:21,639 --> 00:32:23,474 THE AMOUNT OF CARGO THAT WE CAN 753 00:32:23,474 --> 00:32:26,277 FIT IN CYGNUS AVERAGE DENSITY 754 00:32:26,277 --> 00:32:28,212 THAT WE GET FROM THE NASA CARGO 755 00:32:28,212 --> 00:32:32,317 TEAM IS ABOUT 8200 POUNDS OF 756 00:32:32,317 --> 00:32:33,952 CARGO. 757 00:32:33,952 --> 00:32:36,154 IT IS A LOT OF PRESSURIZED CARGO 758 00:32:36,154 --> 00:32:36,921 IN THERE. 759 00:32:36,921 --> 00:32:39,724 IF YOU THINK ABOUT A MOVING 760 00:32:39,724 --> 00:32:41,492 TRUCK, THAT'S HOW MUCH CARGO WE 761 00:32:41,492 --> 00:32:43,995 CAN FIT IN THERE. 762 00:32:43,995 --> 00:32:45,029 THE OTHER THING WE HAVE TO KEEP 763 00:32:45,029 --> 00:32:48,232 IN MIND, WITHIN THE CARGO MODEL, 764 00:32:48,232 --> 00:32:49,901 WE HAVE THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE TO 765 00:32:49,901 --> 00:32:51,903 HOLD THE CARGO IN PLACE. 766 00:32:51,903 --> 00:32:54,939 WE ALSO HAVE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL 767 00:32:54,939 --> 00:32:56,641 CONTROLS TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL 768 00:32:56,641 --> 00:32:58,309 THE TEMPERATURE AND THE PRESSURE 769 00:32:58,309 --> 00:33:02,347 WITHIN THE CARGO MODULE SO WE 770 00:33:02,347 --> 00:33:03,915 CAN PROVIDE A PRESSURIZED SPACE 771 00:33:03,915 --> 00:33:05,383 WHEN WE ATTACHED TO THE SPACE 772 00:33:05,383 --> 00:33:06,150 STATION. 773 00:33:06,150 --> 00:33:08,186 WE NEED TO PROVIDE THE RIGHT 774 00:33:08,186 --> 00:33:09,187 ENVIRONMENT FOR THE SCIENCE 775 00:33:09,187 --> 00:33:11,122 PAYLOADS THAT FLY UP THERE. 776 00:33:11,122 --> 00:33:12,790 IT'S LIKE A MOVING TRUCK WITH 777 00:33:12,790 --> 00:33:18,830 SOME REALLY HIGH-END CONTROLS. 778 00:33:18,830 --> 00:33:20,264 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. 779 00:33:20,264 --> 00:33:23,301 NEXT QUESTION IS FOR BRITTANY. 780 00:33:23,301 --> 00:33:25,503 IT'S A RARE SUMMER LAUNCH. 781 00:33:25,503 --> 00:33:28,106 HOW HAVE YOU GOT A GOTTEN WORD 782 00:33:28,106 --> 00:33:31,709 OUT TO PEOPLE TO ENSURE -- 783 00:33:31,709 --> 00:33:34,712 [INDISCERNIBLE] 784 00:33:34,712 --> 00:33:36,280 >> IN THE WEEKS LEADING UP TO 785 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:39,751 LAUNCH, WE ISSUE OUT NOTE CARDS 786 00:33:39,751 --> 00:33:41,886 AND NOTE CAMS OR NOTICE TO 787 00:33:41,886 --> 00:33:43,788 MARINERS AND NOTICE TO AIRMEN. 788 00:33:43,788 --> 00:33:45,356 THAT COMES OUT OF OUR TEST 789 00:33:45,356 --> 00:33:46,924 DIRECTOR'S OFFICE. 790 00:33:46,924 --> 00:33:48,226 IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE A 791 00:33:48,226 --> 00:33:49,627 REALLY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP 792 00:33:49,627 --> 00:33:51,162 IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY BETWEEN 793 00:33:51,162 --> 00:33:54,766 THE TEST DIRECTORS AND SURVEY 794 00:33:54,766 --> 00:33:57,168 LAUNCH COORDINATION OFFICER. 795 00:33:57,168 --> 00:33:59,037 WE RELY ON COMMUNITY 796 00:33:59,037 --> 00:34:00,438 RELATIONSHIPS TO GET THE WORD 797 00:34:00,438 --> 00:34:01,806 OUT AND BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER 798 00:34:01,806 --> 00:34:06,010 TO HELP US GET THE LAUNCH OFF. 799 00:34:06,010 --> 00:34:07,845 WITH ANTARES, IT'S ONLY A FIVE 800 00:34:07,845 --> 00:34:09,013 MINUTE WINDOW. 801 00:34:09,013 --> 00:34:10,148 WE HAVE TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME 802 00:34:10,148 --> 00:34:13,051 TRYING TO CLEAR THE HAZARD AREA 803 00:34:13,051 --> 00:34:17,321 OR UPRANGE HAZARD AREA, IT CAN 804 00:34:17,321 --> 00:34:21,325 BE PROBLEMATIC. 805 00:34:21,325 --> 00:34:23,461 >> THANK YOU. 806 00:34:23,461 --> 00:34:25,563 WE LOOK FORWARD TO EVERYBODY 807 00:34:25,563 --> 00:34:26,831 HAVING A GOOD LAUNCH FOR THOSE 808 00:34:26,831 --> 00:34:28,599 OF YOU VIEWING, HELPING US 809 00:34:28,599 --> 00:34:30,802 GETTING THE WORD OUT TO STAY OUT 810 00:34:30,802 --> 00:34:32,703 OF THE BOX SO WE CAN HAVE A GOOD 811 00:34:32,703 --> 00:34:33,404 LAUNCH. 812 00:34:33,404 --> 00:34:35,406 RELATED QUESTION THIS ONE FOR 813 00:34:35,406 --> 00:34:36,274 KIRK. 814 00:34:36,274 --> 00:34:38,309 IF WE DON'T LAUNCH TOMORROW, 815 00:34:38,309 --> 00:34:39,710 WHAT ARE OUR FUTURE LAUNCH 816 00:34:39,710 --> 00:34:44,449 OPPORTUNITIES? 817 00:34:44,449 --> 00:34:46,117 >> TOMORROW IS PRIMARY DAY. 818 00:34:46,117 --> 00:34:48,152 THE DAY AFTER IS A VIABLE LAUNCH 819 00:34:48,152 --> 00:34:49,754 DAY. 820 00:34:49,754 --> 00:34:51,022 THE LAUNCH OPPORTUNITY IS ABOUT 821 00:34:51,022 --> 00:34:54,525 23.5 MINUTES EARLIER ON 822 00:34:54,525 --> 00:34:55,793 WEDNESDAY. 823 00:34:55,793 --> 00:34:57,628 THE WINDS LOOK PRETTY GOOD. 824 00:34:57,628 --> 00:35:02,366 YOU SAW ON BRITTANY'S SLIDE. 825 00:35:02,366 --> 00:35:04,135 WEDNESDAY LOOKS VERY GOOD AS A 826 00:35:04,135 --> 00:35:04,902 LAUNCH DAY. 827 00:35:04,902 --> 00:35:06,637 WE'RE ABLE TO STAND DOWN FROM A 828 00:35:06,637 --> 00:35:08,739 LAUNCH ON TUESDAY AND BE READY 829 00:35:08,739 --> 00:35:10,508 TO LAUNCH AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. 830 00:35:10,508 --> 00:35:12,810 AFTER THAT, THURSDAY, WE WOULD 831 00:35:12,810 --> 00:35:15,346 PROBABLY STAND DOWN AND GIVE 832 00:35:15,346 --> 00:35:16,914 NASA AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFRESH 833 00:35:16,914 --> 00:35:17,882 THE CARGO. 834 00:35:17,882 --> 00:35:19,016 THEY NEED TO DO THAT. 835 00:35:19,016 --> 00:35:21,919 THEN WE'LL BE BACK FOR ANOTHER 836 00:35:21,919 --> 00:35:23,287 ONE ON FRIDAY. 837 00:35:23,287 --> 00:35:24,622 EACH DAY WE WOULD HAVE A LAUNCH 838 00:35:24,622 --> 00:35:27,091 TIME GOING ABOUT 23.5 MINUTES 839 00:35:27,091 --> 00:35:31,429 EARLIER AS THAT ORBIT PLANE GOES 840 00:35:31,429 --> 00:35:43,808 AROUND THE EARTH. 841 00:35:43,808 --> 00:35:45,543 >> THANKS TO THAT. 842 00:35:45,543 --> 00:35:47,011 I THINK THE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR 843 00:35:47,011 --> 00:35:50,515 JOEL COMES FROM TWITTER. 844 00:35:50,515 --> 00:35:53,684 WILL AN ISS REBOOT BE PERFORMED 845 00:35:53,684 --> 00:35:57,755 THIS MISSION WITH THE CYGNUS? 846 00:35:57,755 --> 00:35:58,923 >> WE'RE PLANNING TO DO A 847 00:35:58,923 --> 00:36:02,894 REBOOTH ON THE NEXT MISSION. 848 00:36:02,894 --> 00:36:04,562 WE WON'T BE DOING ONE ON THIS 849 00:36:04,562 --> 00:36:05,530 MISSION. 850 00:36:05,530 --> 00:36:06,164 WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR NORTHROP 851 00:36:06,164 --> 00:36:10,968 GRUMMAN PARTNERS TO REBOOST. 852 00:36:10,968 --> 00:36:13,304 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. 853 00:36:13,304 --> 00:36:14,839 PROBABLY THE NEXT QUESTION IS 854 00:36:14,839 --> 00:36:18,176 FOR DR. CASTELLO. 855 00:36:18,176 --> 00:36:19,810 WHY DO SOME OF THE EXPERIMENTS 856 00:36:19,810 --> 00:36:22,413 THAT ARE SENT UP ON CYGNUS ALSO 857 00:36:22,413 --> 00:36:24,815 GO BACK INTO CYGNUS TO BURN UP 858 00:36:24,815 --> 00:36:32,123 AND REENTRY? 859 00:36:32,123 --> 00:36:34,926 >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 860 00:36:34,926 --> 00:36:36,127 APPARENTLY I THINK YOU'RE 861 00:36:36,127 --> 00:36:38,429 REFERENCING THE CREPE 862 00:36:38,429 --> 00:36:38,996 INVESTIGATION. 863 00:36:38,996 --> 00:36:41,232 IN THIS CASE, THE KENTUCKY 864 00:36:41,232 --> 00:36:43,901 REENTRY PROBE INVESTIGATION IS 865 00:36:43,901 --> 00:36:47,171 ACTUALLY LOOKING AT MATERIALS IT 866 00:36:47,171 --> 00:36:50,274 IN HOW WELL THEY DO ON SMALL 867 00:36:50,274 --> 00:36:53,010 CAPSULES THAT ARE STORED WITHIN 868 00:36:53,010 --> 00:36:54,979 THE CYGNUS VEHICLE AND THEN AS 869 00:36:54,979 --> 00:36:57,148 THE CYGNUS VEHICLE BURNS UP ON 870 00:36:57,148 --> 00:36:59,250 REENTRY, THEY ARE RELEASED INTO 871 00:36:59,250 --> 00:37:01,118 THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. 872 00:37:01,118 --> 00:37:02,353 WE CAN COLLECT DATA ON 873 00:37:02,353 --> 00:37:05,122 ORBITTABLE REENTRY SPEED 874 00:37:05,122 --> 00:37:06,657 PERFORMANCE OF THESE NEW HEAT 875 00:37:06,657 --> 00:37:07,792 SHIELD MATERIALS. 876 00:37:07,792 --> 00:37:10,528 THAT'S THE CREPE INVESTIGATION 877 00:37:10,528 --> 00:37:15,566 FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY. 878 00:37:15,566 --> 00:37:16,234 >> GREAT. 879 00:37:16,234 --> 00:37:17,501 PEOPLE CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION 880 00:37:17,501 --> 00:37:19,470 ABOUT ALL OF THE SCIENCE 881 00:37:19,470 --> 00:37:22,240 INVESTIGATIONS AT 882 00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:28,679 NASA.ORG/NORTHROP GRUMMAN. 883 00:37:28,679 --> 00:37:37,788 THE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR FRANK 884 00:37:37,788 --> 00:37:41,092 DIMRAR ON YOU TALKED ABOUT THE 885 00:37:41,092 --> 00:37:42,827 ENHANCEMENTS YOU MADE FOR 886 00:37:42,827 --> 00:37:43,661 CYGNUS. 887 00:37:43,661 --> 00:37:44,929 WHAT OTHER CAPABILITIES ARE ARE 888 00:37:44,929 --> 00:37:47,164 YOU EXPERIMENTING WITH DOWN THE 889 00:37:47,164 --> 00:37:50,601 ROAD FOR CYGNUS? 890 00:37:50,601 --> 00:37:52,503 >> THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION. 891 00:37:52,503 --> 00:37:53,871 FIRST THING IS SOMETHING JOEL 892 00:37:53,871 --> 00:37:55,539 JUST MENTIONED A BIT AGO. 893 00:37:55,539 --> 00:38:03,848 17 WILL BE ADDING MORE 894 00:38:03,848 --> 00:38:05,349 CAPABILITY THAT GETS USE TO 895 00:38:05,349 --> 00:38:07,752 RAISE THE ORBIT CYGNUS TO MEET 896 00:38:07,752 --> 00:38:11,255 UP WITH THE ISS. 897 00:38:11,255 --> 00:38:13,691 FUTURE MISSIONS THEY'LL HAVE THE 898 00:38:13,691 --> 00:38:16,460 CAPABILITY TO REBOOT THE ISS 899 00:38:16,460 --> 00:38:17,728 WHILE WE'RE ATTACHED TO THE 900 00:38:17,728 --> 00:38:18,763 SPACE STATION. 901 00:38:18,763 --> 00:38:22,300 THAT ENHANCEMENT IS FIXED IN HOW 902 00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:25,403 IT'S POINTED. 903 00:38:25,403 --> 00:38:28,673 THEN ONCE IN ORBIT, THAT'S THE 904 00:38:28,673 --> 00:38:30,341 DIRECTION IT'S FIXED IN. 905 00:38:30,341 --> 00:38:45,056 THE SPACE STATION HAS TO USE 906 00:38:45,056 --> 00:38:48,459 LESS FUEL TO CORRECT SURFACES 907 00:38:48,459 --> 00:38:50,928 THAT SIGNAL MIGHT CAUSE AND MORE 908 00:38:50,928 --> 00:38:53,497 ENERGY GOES INTO REBOOSTING THE 909 00:38:53,497 --> 00:38:56,500 STATION AND LESS INTO ATTITUDE 910 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:58,602 CONTROL MANEUVERS. 911 00:38:58,602 --> 00:38:59,904 OTHER THINGS ARE THINGS WE'VE 912 00:38:59,904 --> 00:39:01,839 SHOWN BEFORE WHERE THE ABILITY 913 00:39:01,839 --> 00:39:03,541 TO STAY ON THE STATION LONGER 914 00:39:03,541 --> 00:39:04,175 PERIODS OF TIME. 915 00:39:04,175 --> 00:39:20,758 WE'RE LEARNING ON CYGNUS TO 916 00:39:20,758 --> 00:39:22,960 SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF OTHER 917 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:25,329 MODULES THAT WE'RE PUTTING 918 00:39:25,329 --> 00:39:28,666 FURTHER OUT INTO SPACE LIKE THE 919 00:39:28,666 --> 00:39:30,801 HALO MODULE. 920 00:39:30,801 --> 00:39:33,070 THE MORE TIMES WE FLY CYGNUS THE 921 00:39:33,070 --> 00:39:34,238 MORE WE LEARN ABOUT THE 922 00:39:34,238 --> 00:39:35,673 CAPABILITIES AND THE MORE 923 00:39:35,673 --> 00:39:37,808 CONFIDENCE WE GET IN IT. 924 00:39:37,808 --> 00:39:40,344 WE CONTINUE TO ADD NEW 925 00:39:40,344 --> 00:39:41,479 CAPABILITIES FOR MISSIONS IN THE 926 00:39:41,479 --> 00:39:42,113 FUTURE. 927 00:39:42,113 --> 00:39:42,980 WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT TO 928 00:39:42,980 --> 00:39:45,683 MAKE SURE CYGNUS IS FLEXIBLE AND 929 00:39:45,683 --> 00:39:48,786 USEABLE FOR NASA AS POSSIBLE. 930 00:39:48,786 --> 00:39:50,321 >> GREAT, THANKS. 931 00:39:50,321 --> 00:39:53,824 THIS IS A RELATED QUESTION OF 932 00:39:53,824 --> 00:39:56,127 DAVID CURLY OF THE DISCOVERY 933 00:39:56,127 --> 00:39:57,228 CHANNEL. 934 00:39:57,228 --> 00:39:58,095 NASA TALKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE 935 00:39:58,095 --> 00:40:00,297 OF SPACE TRUCKING CARGO FLIGHTS 936 00:40:00,297 --> 00:40:02,133 TO THE MOON AND BEYOND. 937 00:40:02,133 --> 00:40:03,234 CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE IMPORTANCE 938 00:40:03,234 --> 00:40:05,102 AND SIZE OF THIS BUSINESS IN THE 939 00:40:05,102 --> 00:40:11,075 FUTURE? 940 00:40:11,075 --> 00:40:13,677 >> THERE'S A PROGRAM OUT THERE 941 00:40:13,677 --> 00:40:15,713 CALLED GATEWAY LOGISTICS PROGRAM 942 00:40:15,713 --> 00:40:17,014 WITH NASA. 943 00:40:17,014 --> 00:40:18,516 SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO FOR THE 944 00:40:18,516 --> 00:40:21,652 ISS WHEN WE DELIVER CARGO TO THE 945 00:40:21,652 --> 00:40:24,155 ISS. 946 00:40:24,155 --> 00:40:25,723 NASA IS GOING TO NEED CARGO 947 00:40:25,723 --> 00:40:27,224 DELIVERY AND SCIENCE AND 948 00:40:27,224 --> 00:40:29,393 SUPPLIES DELIVERED OUT TO THE 949 00:40:29,393 --> 00:40:31,095 AREAS AROUND THE MINE AND TO THE 950 00:40:31,095 --> 00:40:32,263 GATEWAY. 951 00:40:32,263 --> 00:40:36,133 THAT IS AS NASA EXPANDS ON OUR 952 00:40:36,133 --> 00:40:38,569 MOVE TOWARDS THE MOON EVENTUALLY 953 00:40:38,569 --> 00:40:41,405 FORWARDS MARS, THOSE LOGISTICS 954 00:40:41,405 --> 00:40:43,707 SERVICES WILL BECOME CRITICAL. 955 00:40:43,707 --> 00:40:45,843 WE THINK THE CYGNUS VEHICLE HAS 956 00:40:45,843 --> 00:40:48,145 A LOT OF BUILDING BLOCKS NOT 957 00:40:48,145 --> 00:40:49,313 ONLY FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE AROUND 958 00:40:49,313 --> 00:40:52,016 THE MOON BUT FOR CYGNUS FLIGHT 959 00:40:52,016 --> 00:40:53,184 VEHICLE TO PROVIDE THOSE 960 00:40:53,184 --> 00:40:56,086 LOGISTICS AND CARGO DELIVERIES 961 00:40:56,086 --> 00:40:57,655 OUT TO THE MOON. 962 00:40:57,655 --> 00:41:01,325 LIKE WE TO NOW, ISS JUST FURTHER 963 00:41:01,325 --> 00:41:03,060 OUT. 964 00:41:03,060 --> 00:41:04,462 AS LONG AS NASA IS PUSHED 965 00:41:04,462 --> 00:41:06,363 TOWARDS HAVING PEOPLE LIVING AN 966 00:41:06,363 --> 00:41:08,899 WORKING AROUND THE MOON, THOSE 967 00:41:08,899 --> 00:41:10,835 LOGISTICS WILL BECOME MORE AND 968 00:41:10,835 --> 00:41:12,169 MORE IMPORTANT. 969 00:41:12,169 --> 00:41:15,306 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 970 00:41:15,306 --> 00:41:17,908 CREW HAS ENOUGH SUPPLIES TO LAST 971 00:41:17,908 --> 00:41:19,910 FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME THAN 972 00:41:19,910 --> 00:41:21,679 THEY DO ON THE ISS. 973 00:41:21,679 --> 00:41:23,047 IT'S A CRITICAL TIME ON THE 974 00:41:23,047 --> 00:41:29,420 ARTEMIS AND BEYOND. 975 00:41:29,420 --> 00:41:32,756 >> ONE MORE. 976 00:41:32,756 --> 00:41:34,225 SOMEBODY WANTED TO CATCH THE 977 00:41:34,225 --> 00:41:36,060 NAME AGAIN OF THE SLIME THAT IS 978 00:41:36,060 --> 00:41:40,130 GOING TO BE PART OF THE 979 00:41:40,130 --> 00:41:42,733 INVESTIGATION. 980 00:41:42,733 --> 00:41:48,372 >> AGAIN, 981 00:41:48,372 --> 00:41:50,107 [INDISCERNIBLE] 982 00:41:50,107 --> 00:41:54,011 >> I WANTED TO TONGUE TIE YOU. 983 00:41:54,011 --> 00:41:55,913 I THINK OUR LAST QUESTION, THIS 984 00:41:55,913 --> 00:42:01,385 ONE GOES TO KIRK EVERLY. 985 00:42:01,385 --> 00:42:03,821 HAVE YOU MADE ADJUSTMENTS FOR 986 00:42:03,821 --> 00:42:05,656 COVID IN YOUR LAUNCH 987 00:42:05,656 --> 00:42:07,124 PREPARATION? 988 00:42:07,124 --> 00:42:08,859 >> GREAT QUESTION. 989 00:42:08,859 --> 00:42:10,928 FIRST OF ALL, THE NUMBER ONE 990 00:42:10,928 --> 00:42:11,996 PRIORITY HERE IN NORTHROP 991 00:42:11,996 --> 00:42:14,365 GRUMMAN IS THE SAFETY OF OUR 992 00:42:14,365 --> 00:42:16,901 WORKFORCE IN OUR CONTRACTORS AND 993 00:42:16,901 --> 00:42:23,173 ASSOCIATED PARTNERS THAT HAVE TO 994 00:42:23,173 --> 00:42:24,542 HELP US GET READY. 995 00:42:24,542 --> 00:42:25,976 WE HAVE SOME STRICT PROTOCOLS TO 996 00:42:25,976 --> 00:42:27,912 BE PUT IN PLACE. 997 00:42:27,912 --> 00:42:32,116 THESE INVOLVE PERSONAL 998 00:42:32,116 --> 00:42:33,484 PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT THAT OUR 999 00:42:33,484 --> 00:42:34,718 EMPLOYEE THE WEAR. 1000 00:42:34,718 --> 00:42:35,619 WE HAVE GONE THROUGH AN 1001 00:42:35,619 --> 00:42:37,254 OPERATIONS REVIEW TO LOOK FOR 1002 00:42:37,254 --> 00:42:40,224 HOW TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE AS MANY 1003 00:42:40,224 --> 00:42:40,925 OF THEM AS WE CAN. 1004 00:42:40,925 --> 00:42:45,729 FOR THOSE THAT CAN'T BE SOCIALLY 1005 00:42:45,729 --> 00:42:47,765 DISTANCE, HOW WE PROTECT OUR 1006 00:42:47,765 --> 00:42:48,966 WORSE FORCE THROUGH ADDITIONAL 1007 00:42:48,966 --> 00:42:49,600 PPE. 1008 00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:50,901 THAT HAS HELPED US GET THROUGH 1009 00:42:50,901 --> 00:42:52,503 THE PAST YEAR. 1010 00:42:52,503 --> 00:42:55,539 WE'VE DONE TWO LAUNCHES, NG14 1011 00:42:55,539 --> 00:42:57,474 AND 15 WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. 1012 00:42:57,474 --> 00:42:58,442 BOTH OF THEM SUCCESSFUL. 1013 00:42:58,442 --> 00:43:02,313 WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP OUR 1014 00:43:02,313 --> 00:43:04,114 WORKFORCE SAFE AND HEALTHY 1015 00:43:04,114 --> 00:43:06,483 THROUGHOUT. 1016 00:43:06,483 --> 00:43:08,252 THEN, COMING UP TO LAUNCH DAY, 1017 00:43:08,252 --> 00:43:12,790 WHEN GO ON CONSUL, WE SPACE OUT 1018 00:43:12,790 --> 00:43:16,093 OUR CONSUL TEAM MEMBERS MORE 1019 00:43:16,093 --> 00:43:17,661 THAN IN THE PAST. 1020 00:43:17,661 --> 00:43:18,862 WE'RE KEEPING THOSE PRACTICES. 1021 00:43:18,862 --> 00:43:20,364 WE KNOW THAT CASE COUNT IS BACK 1022 00:43:20,364 --> 00:43:21,131 UP. 1023 00:43:21,131 --> 00:43:21,966 THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. 1024 00:43:21,966 --> 00:43:24,335 WE'RE READY TO GO AND REPEAT 1025 00:43:24,335 --> 00:43:26,236 THOSE SAME PROTOCOLS WE PUT IN 1026 00:43:26,236 --> 00:43:28,172 PLACE LAST TWO MISSIONS FOR THIS 1027 00:43:28,172 --> 00:43:29,173 MISSION. 1028 00:43:29,173 --> 00:43:30,507 WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN KEEP 1029 00:43:30,507 --> 00:43:32,943 OUR WORKFORCE SAFE BY FOLLOWING 1030 00:43:32,943 --> 00:43:36,513 THOSE PRACTICES. 1031 00:43:36,513 --> 00:43:38,949 >> GREAT. 1032 00:43:38,949 --> 00:43:42,052 WE GOT ONE LAST QUESTION, 1033 00:43:42,052 --> 00:43:44,722 BREAKING QUESTION. 1034 00:43:44,722 --> 00:43:46,490 THIS COMES FROM BEN EVANS ON 1035 00:43:46,490 --> 00:43:48,993 TWITTER WHO ASK WHERE IN THE 1036 00:43:48,993 --> 00:43:50,427 SPACE STATION WILL THE 1037 00:43:50,427 --> 00:43:52,396 MODIFICATION KIT BE STORED AFTER 1038 00:43:52,396 --> 00:43:53,831 ITS ARRIVAL? 1039 00:43:53,831 --> 00:43:56,934 WHY IS IT BEING INSTALLED SO 1040 00:43:56,934 --> 00:44:00,204 EARLY WHEN THE SOLAR ARRAY WON'T 1041 00:44:00,204 --> 00:44:02,373 ARRIVE UNTIL NEXT YEAR? 1042 00:44:02,373 --> 00:44:05,275 >> GOOD QUESTION. 1043 00:44:05,275 --> 00:44:06,377 WE CAN FIND OUT AND GET BACK TO 1044 00:44:06,377 --> 00:44:07,044 YOU. 1045 00:44:07,044 --> 00:44:08,779 THE REASON WE WANT TO INSTALL 1046 00:44:08,779 --> 00:44:12,049 IT, WE WANT TO GIVE STUFF -- 1047 00:44:12,049 --> 00:44:13,717 ONCE YOU HAVE IT ON ORBIT, YOU 1048 00:44:13,717 --> 00:44:16,620 WANT TO GET IT INSTALLED AND 1049 00:44:16,620 --> 00:44:18,255 WORKING AND SET UP AS QUICKLY AS 1050 00:44:18,255 --> 00:44:19,690 YOU CAN IN CASE YOU RUN INTO 1051 00:44:19,690 --> 00:44:20,591 PROBLEMS. 1052 00:44:20,591 --> 00:44:22,192 THERE'S NOT A NEED. WE DON'T 1053 00:44:22,192 --> 00:44:24,028 GET IT DONE THIS MONTH. 1054 00:44:24,028 --> 00:44:25,195 WE'LL FIND ANOTHER TIME TO GET 1055 00:44:25,195 --> 00:44:26,263 IT DONE. 1056 00:44:26,263 --> 00:44:29,099 YOU WANT TO GET THEM DONE AND 1057 00:44:29,099 --> 00:44:37,941 MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS WORKING. 1058 00:44:37,941 --> 00:44:39,610 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1059 00:44:39,610 --> 00:44:41,045 THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE 1060 00:44:41,045 --> 00:44:43,947 FOR TODAY. 1061 00:44:43,947 --> 00:44:49,953 THANK YOU TO OUR PANELISTS. 1062 00:44:49,953 --> 00:44:58,762 FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY 1063 00:44:58,762 --> 00:45:00,731 PRELAUNCH SCHEDULE TO TALK ABOUT 1064 00:45:00,731 --> 00:45:02,032 THIS IMPORTANT MISSION. 1065 00:45:02,032 --> 00:45:03,033 THANK YOU TO THE MEDIA AND OUR 1066 00:45:03,033 --> 00:45:04,435 VIEWERS FOR YOUR INTEREST IN 1067 00:45:04,435 --> 00:45:07,037 THIS MISSION AND THE IMPORTANT 1068 00:45:07,037 --> 00:45:08,372 SCIENCE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 1069 00:45:08,372 --> 00:45:09,873 DEMONSTRATION THAT IT WILL 1070 00:45:09,873 --> 00:45:11,875 ENABLE ABOARD THE MICROGRAVITY 1071 00:45:11,875 --> 00:45:13,143 LABORATORY. 1072 00:45:13,143 --> 00:45:17,781 AS A REMINDER, WE'LL BE BE 1073 00:45:17,781 --> 00:45:19,249 CLOSED FOR GUEST VIEWING. 1074 00:45:19,249 --> 00:45:20,484 WE WANT TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE 1075 00:45:20,484 --> 00:45:22,619 AND PROTECTED FROM THE COVID 1076 00:45:22,619 --> 00:45:24,054 DELTA VARIANT. 1077 00:45:24,054 --> 00:45:26,190 NASA DOES HAVE A VIRTUAL GUEST 1078 00:45:26,190 --> 00:45:27,891 LAUNCH PROGRAM. 1079 00:45:27,891 --> 00:45:28,859 WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO PARTICIPATE 1080 00:45:28,859 --> 00:45:31,395 IN THAT AND OF COURSE, STAY 1081 00:45:31,395 --> 00:45:39,303 TUNED TO NASA.ORG/NORTHROP 1082 00:45:39,303 --> 00:45:40,571 GRUMMAN FOR LAUNCH. 1083 00:45:40,571 --> 00:45:51,281 FOR LIFTOFF AT 5:56 P.M. EASTERN 1084 00:45:51,281 --> 00:45:51,949 TIME. 1085 00:45:51,949 --> 00:45:52,933 GO ANTARES, GO CYGNUS, GO