>> AND YOU ARE LOOK LIVE AT A
BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE HERE IN
FLORIDA ON THE EAST COAST AT
PORT CANAVERAL AS WE AWAIT THE
LAUNCH OF AS CENT ABORT 2.
THAT IS A LIVE SHOT OF LAUNCHPAD
46 IN FLORIDA AND IN JUST ABOUT
20 MINUTES A BOOSTER ROCKET WILL
LAUNCH A TEST VERSION OF ORION
SICK MILE MOOSE THE SKY TO TEST
THE LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEMS ABILITY
TO PULL THE OH RYAN CAPSULE TO
SAFETY IN THE EVENT OF AN
EMERGENCY.
HELLO AND WELCOME TO HANGAR IN
FLORIDA FOR OUR BROADCAST OF
ASCENT ABORT 2.
I AM DALE.
IT IS A GREAT MORNING.
WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US.
IT LOOKED LIKE A SUNRISE.
IT LOOKED LIKE A SUNSET.
>> IT IS BEAUTIFUL TODAY.
WE HAD GREAT WEATHER.
LOOK OUT AT THE PAD.
NASA IS HERE ALONG WITH SEVERAL
CONTRACTORS WHO WILL PERFORM
TODAY'S STRESS TEST OF THE
LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM.
NOW BEHIND ME YOU CAN SEE MAN HI
PEOPLE WHO ARE GATHERED HERE IN
THE MISSION DIRECTOR CENTER FOR
THE PAST FIVE AND A HALF NOURS.
YOU HAVE BEEN HERE DURING THE
ENTIRE TIME AND THE COUNT
STARTED AT SIX HOURS AND HAS
BEEN GOING DOWN.
WE ARE NOW SITTING AT 18 MINUTES
AND COUNTING.
YOUR TEAM HAS BEEN METHODICALLY,
DILIGENTLY PREPARING THE TEST
BOOSTER, THE FIRST STAGE OF THE
PEACEKEEPER MISSILE ALONG WITH
THE LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM.
WE'RE NOW IN THE FINAL STRETCH,
ASHLEY, I WANT TO ASK YOU.
HAS HAST THE TEAM WORKED WITH
ANY ISSUES FIVE AND A HALF HOURS
AGO.
>> THE COUNT HAS BEEN CLEAN THIS
MORNING.
THE FLIGHT TEST ARTICLE IS A GO.
THE RAGE IS GO.
THE WEATHER IS FO.
WE COULD NOT ASK FOR ANY BETTER
CONDITIONS TODAY SO WE ARE IN
GOOD SHAPE.
IN FACT WE HEARD FROM THE LAUNCH
WEATHER OFFICER IT HAD AM PROVED
FROM 20% NO GO TO 10% SO GREAT,
GREAT, GREAT WEATHER OUT THERE.
YOU CAN SEE JUST SOME CROWDS OFF
IN THE DISTANCE AS LOW LEVEL
CLOUDS RIGHT AROUND 25 TO
3,000 FEET SHOULDN'T BE AN
ISSUE.
NOW THIS TEST IS CRITICAL IN
GETTING TO THE MISSION TO LAND
THE FIRST WOMAN THE NEXT MAN ON
THE MOON.
WELL, LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
AT NOW AT THE OH RYE JOIN LAUNCH
ABORT SYSTEM WHICH IS
ESSENTIALLY A ROCKET ON TOP OF A
ROCKET AND A GRAPHIC HERE TO
SHOW YOU WHERE IT IS THE LAUNCH
ABORT SYSTEM IS ATOP THE ORION
CREW MODULE COMPRISED OF THREE
PROPELLANT ROCKET MOTORS.
THE FIRST IS THE ABORT MOTOR
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
400,000 POUNDS OF LOST TO PULL
ORION AWAY DURING ASCENT NEXT
THIS IS JETTISON MOTOR AWAY FROM
THE CREW MODULE ALLOWING THE
PARACHUTES TO DEPLOY AND THEN
FINALLY, AT THE VERY TOP IS THE
ATTITUDE CONTROL MOTOR WHICH WE
LABELED THERE AND IT STEERS THE
VEHICLE DURING ABORT AND
ENGINEERS OF COURSE WILL BE
WATCHING THIS ENTIRE TIME AND
COLLECT DATA BUT HOW THE SYSTEM
PERFORMS NOW WE HAVE A FEW
SECONDS HERE BEFORE WE GET TO A
FINAL READINESS POLL AND LISTEN
IN AS THE LAUNCH CONTUCKOR TAKES
THE READINESS BOL THE LAUNCH
TEAM.
LET'S LISTEN IN.
>> THE COUNTDOWN AND THE 16
MINUTES ANT COUNT.
THEY ARE HERE WITH A FINAL
LAUNCH READINESS POLL.
ALL STATIONS REPORT GO.
DLC.
>> PCC.
>> PCC IS GO.
>> DC.
>> DC IS GO.
>> MTM.
>> GO.
>> BMC.
>> TNC IS A GO.
>> ME.
>> ME IS GO.
>> CE.
CE IS GO.
>> PC IS GO.
GO.
NMC.
NMN IS GO.
MM?
>> ROCK.
>> ROCK IS GO.
>> NGIS.
>> NGIS IS A GO.
COPY THAT.
LVSM GO.
>> T?
TODAY'S FLIGHT TEST
CHARACTERIZES CRATE CALL
EMERGENCY CAPABILITIES AND
PAVING THE WAY FOR SAFE CREW TO
MISSION OS THE MOON AND BEYOND.
THE REEK, TEAM, TD ARE GO FOR
LAWN.
COPY THAT.
LD.
>> AND LD IS ALSO TWO FOR
LIFTOFF.
>> STANDING BY STEP 57.
APPROXIMATELY WE HEARD THE COUPE
AND YOU HEARD EVERYONE SAYING
THEY ARE GO FOR LAUNCH.
>> GOOD.
GREAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR LAUNCH WE WANT TO
POINT OUT.
THERE ARE NO PARACHUTES OR THE
ORION TEST ARTICLE THAT IS
INTENTIONAL.
EX LYNN THAT REALLY QUICK.
>> ARE ROBUST TEST PROGRAM AND
WE HAD 49 DROP TESTS AND
EXTENDSTIVE GROUND TEST PROGRAM
AND TWO END TO END TEST ON
EXPLORATION FLIGHT TEST ONE.
SINCE A2 WAS NOT A STRESS, THEY
DECIDED THEY WERE NOT NEEDED.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SOL THE ORION TEST ARTICLE WILL
FOOL THE OCEAN AND SINK AFTER
THE TEST IS COMPLETE, NOW THE
TEST OF THESE MOTORS IS A
HIGH-FLYING FAST-PACED TRIAL
WITHOUT ANY CREW ABORT AND AS
YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IT ALL
BEGINS WITH THE LAUNCH OF A TEST
BOOSTER THAT WILL SEN THE ABORT
SYSTEM AND THE ORION TEST
ARTICLES SIX MILES INTO THE SKY.
>> AT THE TOP IS THE LAUNCH
ABORT SYSTEM AND AT THE BOTTOM
IS THE ABORT TEST BOOSTER OF
SOLID ROCKET MOTOR ENCLOSED WITH
ARROW SHELL BUILT OUT TO THE
WIDTH OF THE CREW MODULE ABOVE
IT.
ENGINEERS WANTED TO TEST THE
ABORT SYSTEM WHILE IT IS
INFLIGHT SO THE SEUSSER WILL
PROPEL THE TEST TO A SPEED OVER
MOCK ONE.
ABOUT 800 MILES PER HOUR.
55 SECONDS AFTER LAUNCH IN
ALTITUDE OF 31,000 FEET, THE
ABORT SEQUENCE BEGINS WITH A
LIFT, THE ABORT MOTOR WILL PULL
AWAY ARE THE BOOSTER PROPELLING
IT MORE THAN TWO MILES IN JUST
15 SECONDS.
AT 43,000 PETE.
THE ATTITUDE CONTROL MOTOR AT
THE TOP WILL POSITION THE
CAPSULE TO PREPARE.
AT 44,000 FEET.
THE MOTOR FIGHTS.
AS THE TEST ARTICLE FALLS.
12 ELECTRONIC DATA RECORDERS
BACK UP THE TEST DATA MILLION
THEY ARE JETTISON FROM ORION AS
WILL BE RECOVERED BY BOTHITE
TRULY IS GOING TO BE EXCITING
TEST FLIGHT TO WATCH.
NOW ORION WIN ABLE HUMANS TO BY
MERE FURTHER INTO THE SOLAR
SYSTEM AND CONTINUE THE JOURNEY
MARS.
MARK, THE ORION PROGRAM MAN
EXAMINER, EXPLAINS WHY ORION IS
A KEY ELEMENT OF NASA'S PLAN TO
RETURN FOAM THE SURFACE OF THE
MOON BY 2024.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM MARK, MANAGER OF NASA'S
ORION HUMAN SPACECRAFT PROGRAM.
50 YEARS AGO, SPACE WAS
PREPARING TO LAUNCH
APPROXIMATELY LOW 11.
THE MISSION THAT TOOK PEOPLE
TOLL THE SURFACE OF THE MOON FOR
THE FIRST TIME.
TODAY, WE CONTINUED PROGRESS ON
OUR GENEROUS' HUMAN SPACE
EXPLORATION PROGRAM WELL A MAJOR
MILESTONE.
ORION IS A KEY ELEMENT OF THE
PLAN TO RETURN FOAM THE SURFACE
OF THE MOON BY 2024 AND TABBING
THIS PEOPLE THIS FAR IS MO EASY
TASK AND THE TEAM HAS
INCORPORATED MANY SAFETY
FEATURES INTO OUR DEA SIGN WHICH
PROTECT THE ASTRONAUTANCE
MINIMIZE RIGS DURING THEIR JURN
PI.
TODAY'S TEST WILL DEM RATE ONE
OF THOSE LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEMS.
THIS SYSTEM STROKES THE
ASTRONAUTS DURING THE FIRST PART
OF THE FLIGHT AND TODAY WE TEST
IT UPPER SOME OF THE MOST
DEMANDING CONDITIONS CAN ORION
WILL SEE.
WHILE WE'RE OUT HERE TODAY.
WE ALSO HAVE HARDWARE AND SOFT
WHICH ARE AND MANUFACTURING
ANTES AT FACTORY AND LABS AROUND
THE WORLD.
FOR EXAMPLE.
JUST A FEW MILES UP THE ROAD
HERE, HE IS THE ARMSTRONG
OPERATIONS CHECK OUTFACILITY.
THE ORION FINAL ASSEMBLY
FACTORY.
IF WE WALK TO THE BUILDINGED.
WE WOULD SEE BEEHIVE OF ACTIVITY
AS THE CREW MODULE SERVICE
MODULE ARE NEARING COMPLETION.
WE'RE ALSO WELL UNDERWAY WITH
MANUFACTURING OF THE 2 CREW
MODULE SERVICE MODULE BOTH HERE
IN THE U.S. AS WELL AS THE
FACTORIES IN EUROPE AND WE ARE
INITIATING PROCUREMENT FOR THE
THREE VEHICLE.
WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON.
WHILE WE'RE DOING ALL OF THIS,
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE PARTNERS
WERE THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM,
EXPLORATION GROUND SYSTEM,
GATEWAY PROGRAM AS THEY MAKE
SIMILAR PROGRESS ON THE FIRST
FLIGHT.
>> A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON
WITH ORION ROOTING POW.
THIS LOOK AT THE CROWD THERE ON
THE PIER OUT THERE AT PORT A MAV
RAL, PACKED THERE ON THE EDGE OF
IT.
EVERYBODY STANDING THERE LOOK
NORTHWARD TO WATCH THIS LAUNCH
HAPPEN.
IT CERTAINLY IS A LOT OF EXCITE
AM HERE ON FLORIDA'S SPACING
COAST AS WE GET READY FOR LAWN.
YOU CAN SEE THE SUN SHINING ON
ONE SIDE OF THE FLIGHT TEST
VEHICLE THERE ON THE PAD.
NOW THE NEXT TIME THE FULL
LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM FLIES,
ASTRONAUTS WILL BE ONBOARD.
TODAY'S TEST MAKES SURE IT
PERFORMS AS WE EXPECT IT TO
DURING THE CLIMB TO SPACE.
ASTRONAUT RANDY BRESNIK WILL
TELL US WHAT HE WILL BE WATCHING
FOR DURING THIS CRITICAL PLIGHT.
>> IT IS MAZING TO THINK ABOUT
FLYING ORION.
EVERY CURRENT ASTRO MOUT.
EVERY FUTURE ASTRONAUT IS
LOOKING AT ORION THE EFFORT TO
GO BACK TO THE MOON IN 2024.
THE EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO
FLAY ON OR LIIAN TO TAKE HUMANS
BEYOND AND TRANSFERS
250,000-MILES TO THE MOON IS
VERY EXCITING.
YOU THINK OF THE MOST DIE
PROBABLY SOME OF THE MOST
DIFFICULT, CAN BERROUS PARTS OF
THE MISSION ARE REALLY IN AND
OUT OF THE AT POS SPER HERE ON
EARTH.
SO THAT IS WHERE ORION IS GOING
TO BEFULLYING THATEAS THE LAUNCH
ABORT SYSTEM WE HAVE IS
IMPORTANT TO ALLOW US THE BACKUP
SYSTEM ENCASE THERE IS ANY
PROBLEM WITH THE LAUNCH.
SOL THE REAL PURPOSE OF THIS
TEST IS TO ROVE THE SYSTEM
WORKS, RIGHT?
AND WHY DOES IT NEED WORK?
BECAUSE YOU GOT THE WORLD'S
LARGEST ROCKET EVER MADE BY
HUMANS, THE SOS.
THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM AND FOR
THE VEHICLE THAT HAS A PROBLEM
THAT ROCKET AND EXPLOSION OR
SOME OTHER TYPE OF VEHICLE AND
THIS LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM IS
ASKED TO OUTRUN THE MOST
POWERFUL ROCKET AND THINK IT IS
UNIQUE.
IS THE MOST POWERFUL.
IT IS THE FASTEST ACCELERATING
EVER TESTED.
U GOT HAVE THE FASTEST MOTOR TO
GET THAT OFF THE TOP OF A ROCKET
WHICH IS THE MOST POWERFUL
ROCKET EVER BUILT.
WE ARE T MINUS 8 MINUTE COUNTS
EVERYONE AS WE GET READY FOR THE
LAUNCH OF ASCENT ABORT 2.
YOU CAN SEE THE MANY VIEWS WE
HAVE HERE.
NOW BEFORE TODAY'S IN-FLIGHT
ABORT.
THAT IS 2010 FROM FROM THE WHITE
SANDS MISSILE RANGE IN NEW
MEXICO.
WE'LL TAKE LOOK AT THAT VIDEO.
HERE IT IS.
TRACKER CAMERAS CAPTURED THE
ABORT FLYING PAST ONE MILLION
POUNDS OF THRUST TO ROW PELL THE
ORION CREW MODULE AWAY FROM THE
PAD.
THE MODULE REACHED A SPEED OF
445 MILES PER HOUR THEN A MAX OF
539 THEN YOU CAN SITE
REORIENTING THE CAPSULE GETTING
THE HEAT SHIELD FIRST BEFORE IT
RELEASED IT THEN IT CALL INNER
PARACHOOSE.
THE SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT TEST
LASTED A LITTLE OVER TWO MIN
MISAND THE PARACHUTES WERE
DEPLOYED BEFORE THE CREW MODULE
LANDED UP A MILE AWAY FROM THE
PAD.
THIS TIME, THOUGH, WE WILL HAVE
A BOOSTER, AND THE INTENT IS TO
FLY THAT BOOSTER AND THAT TEST
ARTICLE KELL TO MAXIMUM
AERODYNAMIC HORSES TO CHECK IT
AT TIME WHERE IT COULD REALLY
GET A FULL TEST OF WHAT IT WOULD
BE LIKE UNITED NATIONS THE MOST
STRESSFUL LOAD.
WE'RE LOOKING GOOD SO FAR FOR
THE COUNT, RIGHT?
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
>> JUST A FEW SECONDS NOW, WE
WILL HIT THE FINAL LAUNCH
AUTHORIZATION POLL WHICH IS
GOING TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.
LET'S LYNN.
>> REQUESTING FINAL
AUTHORIZATION FOR LAUNCH.
ALL STATIONS REPORT GO.
LD.
LD GO.
ROCK.
LDA ISSUED TO CLEAR TO LAUNCH.
>> CHECK 76.
GO.
>> SPREADING.
>> DCC AT THE POWER CONTROL SAFE
SWITCH.
VERIFY THE FOLLOWING.
>> GREEN.
>> CHECK 78.
>> ENABLE GROUND ORDINANCE.
>> GROUND ORDINANCE ENABLED.
>> CHECK 79.
>> VERIFY ENABLED.
>> ODM ENABLED.
>> CHECK.
>> 80PCC.
>> POWER IS GO.
>> CHECK 81.
>> GREAT.
>> AND SO WHAT WE'RE LISTENING
TO NOW IS THEY SWITCHED THE
VEHICLE FROM EXTERNAL TO
INTERNAL POWER AND GET THE
FLIGHT COMPUTER READY.
>> WE WILL LISTEN IN AS THEY GET
THE FLIGHT VEHICLE READY TO GO.
PCC SWITCH INTERNAL POWER ON.
INTERNAL POWER ON.
ON MY MARK.
3, 2, 1.
MARK.
INTERNAL POWER ON.
CHECK.
EXTERNAL POWER OFF.
EXTERNAL POWER IS OFF.
AUTO SEQUENCER START.
AUTO SEQUENCER ENABLED.
>> CHECK 84.
>> LC.
ALL ARE ON.
>> COPY THAT.
TC.
CHECK STEP 77 AND ALL STATIONS
WERE COMPLETE THROUGH STEP 84 OF
THE TIME LAUNCH CHECKLIST
STANDING BY AT T MINUS FOUR
MINUTES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THE COUNT SPREAD.
EVERYTHING IS BOOED TO GO.
WE'RE T MINUS FOUR MINUTES UNTIL
LAUNCH.
ASHLEY, LET'S TALK ABOUT ONCE WE
HIT T ZO O.
NEXT PECK TAGS FOR WHAT WILL GET
IN THE PLUS COUNT AS IT
QUESTIONS ABOUT UP.
>> SO DURING THE PLUS COUNT.
WE HEAR THE ARTICLE GADANCE MAV
DIGS AND CONTROL OPERATOR PULL
OUT KEY MILESTONES AND LISTEN
ANOTHER VEHICLE'S ALTITUDE,
SPEEDS, AND HE WILL CALL OUT
WHEN THE ABORT HAS OCCURRED AND
THE, THE PHASES OF THE APPORT,
WE WILL THE TEST CONCONDUCTOR
CAN OUT THE TELEMETRY AND THE HE
END OF THE FLIGHT TEST.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ALREADY.
THAT IS GOOD KNOW.
ALSO, ANOTHER EXPECTATION WE
WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW IS THERE
AGAIN, NOT GOING TO BE ANY
PARACHUTES ON THIS FLIGHT TEST
COMING OUT OF THE FLIGHT TEST
ARTICLE WHICH IS ORION AND IT IS
SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF IT.
THAT IS RIGHT.
AND SO ONCE ORION IS RELEASED
WERE THE LAS AND IT WILL COME
DOWN ALL THE WAY TO THE OCEAN
AND WE SHOULD NOT SEE ANY
PARACHUTES BECAUSE THAT IS NOT
PART OF THE TEST.
THAT IS RIGHT.
THE ONLY THING THAT WILL HAPPEN
IS IT WILL EJEK DATA RECORDERS
THAT ARE RECORDING DATA FOR THE
MISSION AS BACKUP TO THE
TELEMETRY.
>> IT IS INTERESTING THE TEST
ACTUALLY ENDS BEFORE ORION HITS
THE WATER.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
YEP.
OOP BECAUSE IT IS REALLY THE
DATA THAT THEY WANT.
THEY WANT TO SEE 900S SENSORS OR
SO ONBOARD THIS PARTICULAR
FLIGHT TEST ARTICLE THAT WE'LL
BE TAKING IN DATA AS YOU SAID,
TRANSMITTING IT IN REAL-TIME
THEN WRITING IT TO THE
ELECTRONIC DATA RECORDERS THEN
SENDING THEM OUT.
WE ARE GOING TO NOW GET BACK TO
THE COUNT, TWO MINUTES AND 16
SECONDS TO GO.
JUST, JUST A FEW MINUTE TRACE
NEXTth EXITING FLIGHT TEST
HERE ON THE SPACE COAST.
WE WILL LISTEN IN AS THE LAUNCH
CONDUCTOR CONTINUES TO WORK THIS
LAUNCH WITH THIS CREW.
THIS IS T MINUS 2 MINCE
COULDN'TING.
VERIFIED.
AUTO SEQUENCER STARTED.
>> AUTO SEQUENCER STARTED T MAY
US IN TWO MINUTE.
>> LIMIT CHECKS ARE GO.
>> CHECK 90 SET ARM ENABLE.
>> ARM ENABLED.
>> CHECK 91.
PCC.
1:00 GAS GENERATOR.
AD.
>> AD SWITCH ARMED.
>> CHECK 92.
TCC.
ARMED.
STAGE ONE IGNITION.
SNA.
>> SNA ARMED.
>> CHECK STEP 93.
STEP 4.
TV CONFIRMED LAUNCH TIME IS
RUNNING.
>> LAUNCH TIMER CLOCK IS RUNNING
IF.
CHECK 94.
START LCR.
>> DEWEY STARTED.
CHECK STEP 5.
>> MINUS ONE MINUTE AND
COUNTING.
T MINUS 45 SECONDS AND COUNTING.
STAGE SELECT ACTIVATED.
>> PROCEEDING.
>> COPY THAT.
>> GO FOR LAUNCH.
MINUS 25 SECONDS.
MINUS 20.
MINUS 15.
MINUS 10.
>> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 IGNITION.
AND THIS IS THE VLC LAUREN
VEHICLE IS CARRYING THE AA2
LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM FOR A FULL
STRESS TEST.
15,000 PETE.
15,000 FEET.
MOCK ONE.
>> IN ABOUT TEN SECONDS WE WILL
SEE THE ABORT.
ABORT I INITIATION.
>> DISCHARGE BOTH SIDES.
>> GOOD CONTROL.
SETTLING PHASE.
JETTISON.
[APPLAUSE]
DISCHARGE BOTH SIDES.
>> ENABLED.
THERE GOES THE LAS TUMBLING A
BIT.
ORION COMING DOWN.
>> LOOKING GOOD SO FAR.
>> MO PARACHUTES ON THIS TEST
PHASE SO ONCE THE VEHICLES NO
LONGER TRANSMITTING DATA, TC
WILL CALL TEST COMPLETE.
>> WE'RE LOOKING NOW AT THE
ORION.
WE ARE ABOUT TO GET EJECTION OF
THOSE EDR'S.
IT IS TUMBLING A LITTLE BIT.
THAT WAS EXPECTED.
NOW WE ARE WAITING CONFIRMATION
THE TEST IS COMPLETE.
AND IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE
TEST IS COMPLETE.
THERE YOU GO.
THERE IT IS.
WAS OFFICIAL WORD.
BEAUTIFUL SHOT THERE FROM PORT
CANAVERAL WHERE THE LAUNCH TOOK
OFF AND YOU HEAR THE LAUNCH
CONDUCTOR CONGRATULATING HIS
TEAM.
ASHLEY, BE WHAT DID YOU THINK
ABOUT THISES?
IT LOOKED GOOD FROM HER HERE
SHORE IT LOOKED BEAUTIFUL FROM
HERE.
THAT WAS EXCELLENT.
WE COULD NOT HAVE HOPED FOR
BETTER KIND OF A DAY.
IT IS JUST WONDERFUL.
>> HERE JUST BEHIND US, AS THE
TEST WAS BEGINNING AND THEN ONCE
THE LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM PULLED
AWAY SHALL YOU COULD START TO
HEAR EVERYONE CLAPPING AND
CHEERING HERE AT.
MUST BE A GOOD FEELING MOM YEAH.
ABC HATLY.
I MEAP, IT HAS BEEN A SUCH A
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON
THIS MISSION, JUST GOING TONE
ABLE THE ASTRONAUTS TO GO TO THE
MOON AND BEYOND AND TO BE HERE
TODAY AND TO BE ABLE TO SHARE IT
WITH THE PUBLIC WITH YOU.
IT IS JUST, IT IS WONDERFUL.
>> GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF
US AS WELL AND THERE YOU SEE THE
CROWD OUT THERE ON ON THE PEILR
THAT GATHERED TO WALK STARTING
SOME OF THEM TO MAKE THE WHICH
OFF.
THE JETTY PARK PEIR OVER THERE.
THAT IS A LONG.
IT LOOKS CONDENSED IN THIS SHOT
BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS
THERE THAT GATHERED TO WATCH
THIS AS I AM SURE MANY PEOPLE
DID UP LANG THE SPACE COAST.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS
HAPPENING NOW NEXT.
THE TEST DATA FROM THIS
PARTICULAR LAUNCH WAS BROAD
WASTE BY THE FLIGHT TEST ARTICLE
OUT TO VEERS THAT WERE COMING
IN, NOW YOU WILL GET THAT DID A
R THAT DATA AND LOOK AT IT.
IN CASE THE DATA DOESN'T COME
THROUGH, YOU HAVE A BACKUP
SYSTEM.
RIGHT.
IN CASE, WE HAD A BACKUP SYSTEM.
THE DATA ARE RECORDINGS ARE THE
LITTLE DEVICES THEY WOULD BE
EJECTED FROM THE CM AS WE TACKED
ABOUT.
THEY HAVE EVENTUALLY USB DRIVE
BUT RECORDED ALL THE DATA AND
THERE IS A GPS RECEIVER THAT IS
LETTING IT KNOW WHERE IT IS SO
IT COULD TELL US AND THE
RECOVERY BOAT, I AM HERE, COME
FIND ME.
IT IS, THEN, ALL PACKAGED IN
THIS FOAM WHICH IS THESE LITTLE
MICROBALLOONS IN EPOXY MIXTURE.
THEY HAVE IT WEIGHTED SO IT
KEEPS ANTENNA UP AND BRAD
CASTING MILLION WE CAN PK IT UP.
>> THERE IS 12 THAT CAME OUT.
12 IN TOTAL.
>> IN FACT, ON THE FRONT OF IT
IS TELEPHONE NUMBER ANY MAIL
ADDRESS JUST ENCASE WU WE'RE NOT
ABLE TO PECK THEM UP ABOUT THE
BEACON WILL BE TRANSMIT AND
BOATS OUT THERE THAT WILL BE
LOOKING FOR THESE TO PICK ALL 12
OF THEM UP.
IT IS POSSIBLE ONE MAY ELUDE THE
CREW OUT THERE.
IF IT DOES, YOU FIND IT, GIVE US
A CALL.
WE WITH A LIKE TO HAVE IT.
SO THAT IS A NEAT LITTLE BACKUP
SYSTEM THAT WAS PUT IN.
I THINK YOU WERE TELLING ME.
THERE IS A SHOTGUN.
SOMETHING EQUIVALENT OF A
SHOTGUN SHELL THAT SHOOTS IT
OUT.
THAT IS RIGHT.
WE GOT CONFIRMATION THOSE WERE
JEKED THE TEST ARTICLE AS IT WAS
FALLING BACK DOWN.
NOW THE WORK BEGINS TO GO AND
COLLECTING THOUGH.
AS FOR AS THE ORION CREW
CAPSULE, THE TEST ARTICLE IS
CONSIDERED Z WE LACK OUT A VIEW
OUT THERE EASTWARD INTO THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN.
THAT IMPACTED THE WATER AT
ROUGHLY 300 MILES PER HOUR.
AS WE MENTIONED AT TIMES THERE
WAS NO INTENT TO USE PARACHUTES
ON THIS PARTICULAR TEST ARTICLE
BECAUSE IT WAS INTENDED TO SINK.
HOW DID THEY MAKE IT SO IT WOULD
DO GO DOWN INSTEAD OF HAVING
PARTS FLOATING?
>> SO THE VEHICLE WILL BREAK UP
ON IMPACT.
PHYSICAL THERE ARE ANY CONCERNS
WITH ANY FLOATING DEBREA OR
PIECE HAS DO NOT SINK
IMMEDIATELY, THE VESSELS THAT
ARE OUT CO LEGGING THE DATA
RECORDERS WILL MAKE NOTE OF THAT
AND THEY WILL PICK THEM UP OR
OTHERS WILL PICK THEM UP.
BUT THEY ARE NOT A HAZARD.
THE CREWS ARE LIKELY TAKING OFF
FROM PORT CANAVERAL TO GO AND
PICK UP THE EDR'S THAT ARE OUT
IN THE WATER RIGHT NOW AND AS
SHE SAID, WITH THE ORION, IT WAS
INTENDED TO BREAK UP AN ALUMINUM
STRUCTURE.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
>> YOU WERE SHOWING ME
ENGINEERING DIE BRAMES THAT
SHOWS HOW IT BREAKS UP IN
PENSION INTENTION LANE IT GOES
STRAIGHT DOWN.
>> IT DOES.
YEAH.
IT DOES.
THERE IS NO HARM TO THE
ENVIRONMENT AND RESEARCHED THIS
AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT WOULD
NOT HAPPEN.
NOW, THAT THE FLIGHT TEST IS
COMPLETE, WE WILL HAVE A
BRIEFING TO GO OVER SOME OF THE
PRELIMINARY DATA THAT WAS
GATHERED DURING THIS FLIGHT TEST
AND THAT WILL BE GIVE BIN THE
NASA LAUNCH TEAMS.
WE EXPECTS MARK TO BE A PART OF
THAT.
WE ALSO EXPECT HIM TO COME BY
HERE AT THE BROADCAST BOTH AND
STOP BY AND TALK TO US ABOUT HIS
THOUGHTS ON THE COMPLETION OF
THE TEST AND HOW IT, HOW IT
PERFORMED THROUGH HIS EYES.
HE HE IS THE OVERALL PROGRAM
MANAGER FOR ORION WHICH AS HE
HAS SAID, AND IF YOU WERE
WATCHING EARLIER IN THE SHOW.
IT IS A BUSY TIME FOR ORION.
WE HAVE SEVERAL CAPSULES THAT
ARE GETTING READY FOR THE NEXT
FEW MISSIONS AND BEYOND.
SO THOSE ARE IN PREPARATION AND
THIS IS ANOTHER STEP TOWARD
GETTING US CLOSER TO THAT GOAL
OF LANDING THE FIRST WOMANED THE
NEXT MAN ON THE MOON.
AND SO, AS AS THIS CONTINUES, WE
WILL CONTINUE HERE WITH OUR
BROADCAST.
YOU ARE LOOKING EASTWARD OUT AT
LAUNCH COMPLEX 46.
AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL MORNING.
THE ORION TEAM CONDUCTED A
SUCCESSFUL TEST OF THEIR FLIGHT
ABORT SYSTEM AND THE LAUNCH
ABORT SYSTEM, WIN THE CASE OF A
THE EMERGENCY WITH THE ROCKET
COULD SUCCESSFULLY PULL ORION
OFF THE TOP OF THE MOST POWERFUL
ROCKET IN THE WORLD SLS.
THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IN
ORDER TO MOVE OFF OF THE TOP OF
THE MOST POWERFUL ROCKET IN THE
WORLD.
YOU GOT HAVE ONE POWERFUL LAUNCH
ABORT SYSTEM AND THAT IS
INDEED WHAT WAS TESTED TODAY AND
IT APPEARS THAT IT WAS A
SUCCESSFUL TEST AND TO CONFIRM
THAT, WE HAVE NOW, HERE AT
HANGAR AE IN THE STUDIO BOOTH,
MARK ORION PROGRAM MAN EXAMINER.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
CONGRATULATION ON THE SUCCESSFUL
TEST.
YEAH.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
YEAH.
EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING LOOKED
REALLY GOOD.
WE ARE OF COURSE JUST LOOKING AT
THE QUICK LOOK DATA BUT THE
ABORT MOTOR FIRED.
THE CONTROL MOTOR.
THE PRESSURES SAW IT MOVING
REORIENTATION ALL THE DATA WILL
LACK BAD SO TAKE AS YOU LITTLE
BIT WHILE BUT BY FIRST ACCOUNTS
WAITS A PERFECT TEST.
>> THAT IS AWESOME.
LET'S TAKE LOOK AT THE REPLAY
AND KIND OF TALK US THROUGH WHAT
YOU SAW AS YOU WERE SITTING ON
THE COUNCIL.
YOU HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 1:00 IN
THE MORNING AS THE ENTIRE TEAM
HAS DOING THE SK-HOUR PLUS
COUNTDOWN AND HERE HAVE IT.
THE FIRST THINGS THE WEATHER,
THE SKY, WE HAVE BEEN HERE AUM
COV WEEKS SITTING IN TRAINING
AND NEVER SEEN BLUE SKY SO THE
WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL TODAY.
THERE IS THE TEAM MOTOR KIBBLING
IN.
>> SMOOTH LIFTOFF.
>> VERY SMOOTH.
>> IF YOU WAKED THAT DOWN.
>> YEAH.
IT WOULDN'T HAVE GONE TOO FAST.
WE HAD TO ADD 100,000-POUNDS SO
THE BOOSTER TARGETS A CERTAIN
DYNAMIC PRESSURE AND CERTAIN
SPEED FOR US TO INITIATE ABORT
AND AGAIN THE DATA LOOKS LIKE
THEY HIT THE TARGET RIGHT ON.
IT WAS LITTLE BIT OVER 52
SECONDS OR SO AND SUPPOSED TO BE
55 AND WE'LL GET THE TATA AND
TELL US ONE.
THERE IS A CLOSE-UP SHOT AND
JUST ABOUT GETTING READY TO SEE
THE LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM PULL
ORION AWAY.
>> THE BIG MOTOR.
400,000 POUNDS OF THUS.
LIT IS.
4H00,000 POUNDS OF THRUST AND
NOW, YOU WILL START TO SEE THE
ATTITUDE CONTROL MOTOR AT THE
TOP IS GOING TO START TO PECH
THE VEHICLE OVER.
>> AS YOU LOOK AT THAT.
IT IS ORIONED AND THERE IT IS.
THAT HEAT SHIELD FORWARD.
>> YEAH.
EXACTLY.
WHEN THE JETTISON MOTOR FIRES
THE CREW MODULE DROPS OUT AND IS
POINTED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THAT WAS THE DATA POINT WHERE WE
WANTED TO SEE THE CONDITIONS IF
YOU WILL WHEN THE CREW MODULE
DROPPED OFF.
HERE IS THE CREW MODULE
DESCENDING LIKE WE PLANNED.
>> PER PKLY.
THEN YOU CAN SEE THE LAUNCH
ABORT SYSTEM TUMBLING A WAY OH
RYAN THE TEST ARTICLE KELL
STARTED COMING COUNT.
NO PARACHUTES HERE, MARK.
THERE IS A REASON FOR THAT.
>> YES.
WE SIMPLIFY THE TEST ARTICLE.
WE WANTED TO GET TEST DEN AS
EARLY AND QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE'LL USE THE RESULTS TODAY AND
PLANNING FOR THE FIRST HUMAN
FLIGHT SO WE WANTED TO GET THIS
TEST DONE QUICKLY.
WE SIMPLIFIED THE CREW MODULE
TEST ART KELL BAITS WAS BAWL THE
LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM TODAY.
>> AND IT FORMER PRETTY WELL.
>> BY ALL KEEP IT IT WAS
MAGNIFICENT.
>> DURING THAT POINT THE EVR'S
WERE EJEK SOD YOU GOT THE
PRELIMINARY DATA AND ABLE TO GO
OVERALL THE BROADCAST DATA THAT
WAS SENT TO YOU THEN YOU GOT THE
EVR'S AS BACK UP.
YEAH.
THE TEAM WILL DAIK A COUPLE OF
HOURS THIS MORNING AND GET A
QUICK LOOK AT DATA REPORT NUMBER
TWO THEN IT WILL TAKE A COUPLE
OF MONTHS TO GO THROUGH THE
DETAILED DATA AND LOOK AT
EVERYTHING ALL OF THE!
PRESSURES THE FLIGHT TRAJECTORY
AND THE INTERNAL MODE PERIMETERS
TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WORKED
AS EXPECTED.
>> NOW YOU HAVE MENTIONED THIS A
PEW TIMES BEFORE, WHERE DOES
THIS TEAK US?
ONCE YOU HAVE GOT THIS
SUCCESSFUL TEST UNDER YORE BELT.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOK TOKING WARD
NOW?
>> WE HAVE TEATAL -- BEFORE WE
FLY HUMAN MOTHERS FIRST TIME ON
ORION.
WE HAVE TOTAL OF FOUR FLIGHT
TESTS.
TWO LIKE TODAY.
WE ARE DONE TESTING THE ABORT
SYSTEM.
WE FLEW FLIGHT TEST ONE.
THE NEXT FLIGHT IS A LITTLE OVER
A YEAR WERE NOW WHICH WILL BE
THE ORION CREW MODULE RETURNING
TO THE MOON.
THAT WILL BE EX FATING.
THEN TWO WILL SET THE FIRST
WOMAN AND THE NEXT MAN ON THE
MOON.
>> YES.
YES.
REALLY GREAT GREAT STEP FORWARD
TODAY FOR THE TEAM.
>> CONRAT LATION AGAIN, MARK TO
YOU AND THE TEAM.
GREAT JOB.
I WAS FUN TO WATCH FOR ALL OF
HIRES.
BOTH IN THE HANGAR AE AS WELL AS
OUT THERE ALONG THE SPACE COAST
IN A AM SURE WENT JOYED SEEING
NOT ONLY THE SHOW BUT ALSO
KNOWING WITH ITS A SUCCESS.
THANKS.
THANKS TO THE ORION TEAM.
GREAT GREAT DAY TODAY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL.
THAT IS GOING TO CONCLUDE OUR
COVERAGE OF ASCENT ABORT 2.
FOR ALL OF US HERE AT NASA,
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH REPLAYS OF THE
FLIGHT TEST FROM A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT CAMERA ANGLES.
REMEMBER, KEEP LOOKING UP.
MINUS 20.
MINUS 15.
MINUS 1 HE.
MINUS 10.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
IGNITION.
THIS IS THE LAUNCH VEHICLE THAT
IS CARRYING THE AA2 LAUNCH BORT
SYSTEM FOR FULL STRESS TEST.
15,000 FEET.
MOCK ONE.
>> IN ABOUT TEN SECONDS, WE WILL
SEE THE ABORT.
ABORT INITIATION.
>> DISCHARGE BOTH SIDES.
>> GOOD CONTROL.
SETTLING PHASE.
JETTISON.
[APPLAUSE]
DISCHARGE BOTH SIDES.
>> GO FOR LAUNCH.
T MINUS 45 SECONDS AND COUNTING.
STAGE SELECT ACTIVATED.
>> PROCEEDING.
>> COPY THAT.
>> GO FOR LAUNCH.
MINUS 25 SECONDS.
MINUS 20.
MINUS 15.
MINUS 10.
>> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 IGNITION.
AND THIS IS THE VLC VEHICLE IS
CARRYING THE AA2 LAUNCH ABORT
SYSTEM FOR A FULL STRESS TEST.
15,000 FEET.
MOCK ONE.
>> IN ABOUT TEN SECONDS, WE WILL
SEE THE ABORT.
ABORT INITIATION.
>> DISCHARGE BOTH SIDES.
>> GOOD CONTROL.
SETTLING PHASE.
JETTISON.
[APPLAUSE]
DISCHARGE BOTH SIDES.
>> ENABLED.
>> GO FOR LAUNCH.
MINUS 25 SECONDS.
MINUS 20.
MINUS 15.
MINUS 10.
>> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 IGNITION.
AND THIS IS THE VLC VEHICLE IS
CARRYING THE AA2 LAUNCH ABORT
SYSTEM FOR A FULL STRESS TEST.
15,000 FEET.
MOCK ONE.
>> IN ABOUT TEN SECONDS, WE WILL
SEE THE ABORT.
ABORT INITIATION.
>> DISCHARGE BOTH SIDES.
>> GOOD CONTROL.
SETTLING PHASE.
JETTISON.
[APPLAUSE]
DISCHARGE BOTH SIDES.
>> MINUS ONE MINUTE AND
COUNTING.
T MINUS 45 SECONDS AND COUNTING.
STAGE SELECT ACTIVATED.
>> PROCEEDING.
>> COPY THAT.
>> GO FOR LAUNCH.
MINUS 25 SECONDS.
MINUS 20.
MINUS 15.
MINUS 10.
>> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 IGNITION.
AND THIS IS THE VLC VEHICLE IS
CARRYING THE AA2 LAUNCH ABORT
SYSTEM FOR A FULL STRESS TEST.
15,000 FEET.
MOCK ONE.