1 00:00:50,166 --> 00:00:57,841 [♪♪♪] 2 00:00:57,841 --> 00:01:00,877 >> YOU ARE LOOKING AT A LIVE 3 00:01:00,877 --> 00:01:07,517 VIEW OF AN ATLAS 5 ROCKET AT THE 4 00:01:07,517 --> 00:01:17,360 CAPE CANAVERAL LAUNCH PAD. 5 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:19,429 WE WILL STUDY THE SUN FOR THE 6 00:01:19,429 --> 00:01:21,531 FIRST TIME IN HISTORY AND 7 00:01:21,531 --> 00:01:24,934 CAPTURE IMAGES OF ITS POLES. 8 00:01:24,934 --> 00:01:27,170 I'M JOSHUA SANTORA, THANK YOU 9 00:01:27,170 --> 00:01:28,705 FOR JOINING US. 10 00:01:28,705 --> 00:01:30,406 THE CLOCK IS TICKING AND WE ARE 11 00:01:30,406 --> 00:01:32,675 ABOUT 32 MINUTES FROM OUR 12 00:01:32,675 --> 00:01:33,676 PLANNED LIFTOFF. 13 00:01:33,676 --> 00:01:36,679 WE WILL BE BRINGING YOU TEAM 14 00:01:36,679 --> 00:01:41,151 COVERAGE OF THE LAUNCH. 15 00:01:41,151 --> 00:01:46,256 FROM THE CAPE CANAVERAL AIR 16 00:01:46,256 --> 00:01:49,092 FORCE STATION, AND THE ATLAS 17 00:01:49,092 --> 00:01:51,427 SPACE FLIGHT OPERATION CENTER. 18 00:01:51,427 --> 00:01:54,564 WE WILL HAVE IN-DEPTH 19 00:01:54,564 --> 00:01:56,332 INTERVIEWS, WEATHER TRACKING, 20 00:01:56,332 --> 00:01:59,602 AND EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW 21 00:01:59,602 --> 00:02:02,572 ABOUT SOLAR ORBITER. 22 00:02:02,572 --> 00:02:12,315 OUR LIFTOFF IS 11:03 EASTERN 23 00:02:12,315 --> 00:02:14,417 TIME, JUST A SHORT TIME FROM 24 00:02:14,417 --> 00:02:14,818 NOW. 25 00:02:14,818 --> 00:02:21,524 AVENUE LIFTOFF, SOLAR ORBITER 26 00:02:21,524 --> 00:02:23,693 WILL BE TRAVELING AT 27,000 27 00:02:23,693 --> 00:02:25,862 MILES PER HOUR. 28 00:02:25,862 --> 00:02:26,596 HERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT YOU 29 00:02:26,596 --> 00:02:28,031 NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS GROUND 30 00:02:28,031 --> 00:02:29,232 BREAKING MISSION. 31 00:02:29,232 --> 00:02:33,736 >> THE ATLAS FIVE ROCKET FOR 32 00:02:33,736 --> 00:02:37,106 THIS MISSION IS IN A 411 33 00:02:37,106 --> 00:02:46,649 CONFIGURATION, SENDING THE -- IT 34 00:02:46,649 --> 00:02:53,690 TO A HIGH ORBIT. 35 00:02:53,690 --> 00:02:56,426 AFTER LIFTOFF, IT WILL TAKE JUST 36 00:02:56,426 --> 00:02:58,928 UNDER TWO YEARS TO REACH ITS 37 00:02:58,928 --> 00:03:00,964 ORBIT FOR A SEVEN-YEAR PLANNED 38 00:03:00,964 --> 00:03:01,297 MISSION. 39 00:03:01,297 --> 00:03:02,966 >> FOR NOW, LET'S CHECK IN ON 40 00:03:02,966 --> 00:03:05,902 THE ROCKET AND THE WEATHER 41 00:03:05,902 --> 00:03:06,803 STATUS. 42 00:03:06,803 --> 00:03:09,873 DARRELL, MICK, HOW ARE THINGS 43 00:03:09,873 --> 00:03:11,541 LOOKING FOR LAUNCH TONIGHT? 44 00:03:11,541 --> 00:03:15,044 >> WELCOME INTO HANGAR A.E. 45 00:03:15,044 --> 00:03:18,414 WHERE WE'VE GOT LAUNCH TEAMS 46 00:03:18,414 --> 00:03:19,349 MAKING THE COUNT. 47 00:03:19,349 --> 00:03:20,884 WE'RE JUST A FEW SECONDS AWAY 48 00:03:20,884 --> 00:03:24,821 FROM GETTING AN UPDATE FROM 49 00:03:24,821 --> 00:03:25,521 JESSICA WILLIAMS, WHO'S THE 50 00:03:25,521 --> 00:03:27,357 WEATHER OFFICER FOR THE 45th 51 00:03:27,357 --> 00:03:28,057 SPACE WING. 52 00:03:28,057 --> 00:03:31,361 SO FAR, THE WEATHER HAS BEEN 53 00:03:31,361 --> 00:03:33,229 GOOD THROUGHOUT THE COUNT, BUT 54 00:03:33,229 --> 00:03:34,931 AS SHE GETS READY TO COUNT DOWN 55 00:03:34,931 --> 00:03:37,667 THIS UPDATE, WE'RE HOPING FOR 56 00:03:37,667 --> 00:03:38,101 GOOD NEWS. 57 00:03:38,101 --> 00:03:39,535 >> YEAH. 58 00:03:39,535 --> 00:03:42,372 WE'RE HOPING JESSICA DELIVERS A 59 00:03:42,372 --> 00:03:44,207 GREAT WEATHER BRIEF. 60 00:03:44,207 --> 00:03:46,476 WE'RE HOPING SHE DELIVERS A GOOD 61 00:03:46,476 --> 00:03:46,776 BRIEF. 62 00:03:46,776 --> 00:03:47,210 >> ALL RIGHT. 63 00:03:47,210 --> 00:03:53,750 LET'S LISTEN IN. 64 00:03:53,750 --> 00:03:56,753 >> STAND BY FOR THE WEATHER 65 00:03:56,753 --> 00:03:57,086 BRIEF. 66 00:03:57,086 --> 00:03:57,587 >> STANDING BY. 67 00:03:57,587 --> 00:04:00,890 >> THIS IS THE R.C. ON WEATHER 68 00:04:00,890 --> 00:04:01,291 CONFERENCE. 69 00:04:01,291 --> 00:04:07,363 INDICATE EIGHT, READY TO 70 00:04:07,363 --> 00:04:07,697 PROCEED. 71 00:04:07,697 --> 00:04:09,666 L.D. 72 00:04:09,666 --> 00:04:13,202 >> L.D. 73 00:04:13,202 --> 00:04:13,569 >> N.L.M. 74 00:04:13,569 --> 00:04:13,970 >> N.L.M. 75 00:04:13,970 --> 00:04:15,571 >> AFLD. 76 00:04:15,571 --> 00:04:18,141 >> AFLD. 77 00:04:18,141 --> 00:04:18,708 >> PLEASE PROCEED. 78 00:04:18,708 --> 00:04:22,211 >> LOOKING AT YOUR SATELLITE 79 00:04:22,211 --> 00:04:23,379 IMAGE, NOTHING OF CONCERN. 80 00:04:23,379 --> 00:04:25,181 NOTHING ON RADAR, NOT EXPECTING 81 00:04:25,181 --> 00:04:27,050 ANY PRECIPITATION. 82 00:04:27,050 --> 00:04:31,020 OUR WIND SPEEDS HAVE MAXED OUT, 83 00:04:31,020 --> 00:04:35,024 PEAKS TO 22 KNOTS OVER THE LAST 84 00:04:35,024 --> 00:04:35,325 HOUR. 85 00:04:35,325 --> 00:04:38,227 OUR MAIN WIND DIRECTION IS FROM 86 00:04:38,227 --> 00:04:41,497 100. 87 00:04:41,497 --> 00:04:45,201 WE'RE GOOD ON ALL T.C.s. 88 00:04:45,201 --> 00:04:50,740 LESS THAN 10% P.O.V. FOR CROWN 89 00:04:50,740 --> 00:04:51,040 WINDS. 90 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:55,545 TEMPERATURES 68° FAHRENHEIT, AND 91 00:04:55,545 --> 00:04:56,946 EXPECTED TO REMAIN SO THROUGH 92 00:04:56,946 --> 00:04:58,047 THE COUNT. 93 00:04:58,047 --> 00:04:59,449 CONCLUDES THE WEATHER BRIEF. 94 00:04:59,449 --> 00:05:02,752 >> AND THERE YOU HEARD IT. 95 00:05:02,752 --> 00:05:05,922 THAT WAS JESSICA WILLIAMS, THE 96 00:05:05,922 --> 00:05:12,695 LAUNCH OFFICER FOR THE 45th 97 00:05:12,695 --> 00:05:13,029 WEATHER. 98 00:05:13,029 --> 00:05:17,633 SHE MENTIONED THERE WAS A 99 00:05:17,633 --> 00:05:18,901 22-KNOT WIND THAT WAS SUSTAINED. 100 00:05:18,901 --> 00:05:20,803 THAT CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE 101 00:05:20,803 --> 00:05:22,672 ROCKET, BUT THERE'S YOUR 102 00:05:22,672 --> 00:05:25,074 FORECAST UP ON YOUR SCREEN NOW. 103 00:05:25,074 --> 00:05:27,710 THE WINDS, 20 KNOTS, OBSERVED AT 104 00:05:27,710 --> 00:05:29,645 22 KNOTS JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO. 105 00:05:29,645 --> 00:05:33,416 THE TEMPERATURE 68°, AND ONLY A 106 00:05:33,416 --> 00:05:34,384 10% VIOLATION. 107 00:05:34,384 --> 00:05:38,087 BUT MICK, THOSE WINDS COULD BE A 108 00:05:38,087 --> 00:05:38,421 FACTOR. 109 00:05:38,421 --> 00:05:39,622 >> YEAH. 110 00:05:39,622 --> 00:05:42,091 LOOKING AT WINDS HERE AT SLIP 111 00:05:42,091 --> 00:05:44,727 41, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE 112 00:05:44,727 --> 00:05:46,129 EVERYTHING IS GOOD, THAT 113 00:05:46,129 --> 00:05:47,797 EVERYTHING IS IN GOOD SHAPE. 114 00:05:47,797 --> 00:05:56,973 REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR A 10 % 115 00:05:56,973 --> 00:05:57,507 P.O.V. TONIGHT. 116 00:05:57,507 --> 00:06:02,445 >> THERE IT IS, THE ATLAS FIVE 117 00:06:02,445 --> 00:06:04,447 IN ITS VERTICAL INTEGRATION 118 00:06:04,447 --> 00:06:04,814 FACILITY. 119 00:06:04,814 --> 00:06:07,250 NOT FAR FROM THE PAD, BUT WE 120 00:06:07,250 --> 00:06:11,621 WERE THERE THE DAY IT MOVED OUT, 121 00:06:11,621 --> 00:06:15,358 SATURDAY, AS THE ATLAS FIVE, 122 00:06:15,358 --> 00:06:16,559 190-FOOT TALL ROCKET WENT BY. 123 00:06:16,559 --> 00:06:17,994 >> 58 METERS. 124 00:06:17,994 --> 00:06:21,364 >> 58 METERS FOR OUR EUROPEAN 125 00:06:21,364 --> 00:06:21,731 FRIENDS. 126 00:06:21,731 --> 00:06:30,073 >> MICK HAS BEEN DOING THE 127 00:06:30,073 --> 00:06:33,176 METRICS, CONVERTING IT FOR OUR 128 00:06:33,176 --> 00:06:34,243 EUROPEAN FRIENDS. 129 00:06:34,243 --> 00:06:36,646 >> I HAD A GREAT TIME WITH YOU 130 00:06:36,646 --> 00:06:38,815 ON THE ROLLOUT SHOW YESTERDAY, 131 00:06:38,815 --> 00:06:41,217 SEE THE ATLAS GET READY FOR THE 132 00:06:41,217 --> 00:06:41,484 PAD. 133 00:06:41,484 --> 00:06:44,120 IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR A 134 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:45,154 ROLLOUT YESTERDAY AND EXCITING 135 00:06:45,154 --> 00:06:47,356 TO WATCH THAT 411 GO THERE. 136 00:06:47,356 --> 00:06:49,092 >> IT WAS AND WE'LL FIND OUT 137 00:06:49,092 --> 00:06:51,527 MORE ABOUT THIS ROCKET AND ITS 138 00:06:51,527 --> 00:06:53,463 UNIQUE CONFIGURATION ON THE BAD. 139 00:06:53,463 --> 00:06:54,931 BUT YOU CAN SEE IT THERE. 140 00:06:54,931 --> 00:06:56,833 EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD. 141 00:06:56,833 --> 00:06:59,469 WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE 142 00:06:59,469 --> 00:07:00,136 COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE 143 00:07:00,136 --> 00:07:03,072 LAUNCH PADS, BUT NOW, WE'RE 144 00:07:03,072 --> 00:07:05,408 GOING TO SEND IT BACK TO YOU, 145 00:07:05,408 --> 00:07:05,741 JOSHUA. 146 00:07:05,741 --> 00:07:07,410 >> WE WANT TO BRING YOU ANOTHER 147 00:07:07,410 --> 00:07:08,311 UPDATE THIS AFTERNOON. 148 00:07:08,311 --> 00:07:11,180 FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE SPACE 149 00:07:11,180 --> 00:07:13,950 ENTHUSIASTS, YOU WILL KNOW THAT 150 00:07:13,950 --> 00:07:21,891 WE PLANNED TO LAUNCH AN ANTERES 151 00:07:21,891 --> 00:07:24,193 ROCKET, BUT NASA HAS PUSHED IT 152 00:07:24,193 --> 00:07:31,701 TO NO EARLIER THAN FEBRUARY 14 153 00:07:31,701 --> 00:07:33,870 AT 905. 154 00:07:33,870 --> 00:07:37,106 BE SURE TO TUNE IN IN JUST A FEW 155 00:07:37,106 --> 00:07:37,406 DAYS. 156 00:07:37,406 --> 00:07:39,575 WE ARE GOING TO SEND YOU OVER 157 00:07:39,575 --> 00:07:45,882 NOW TO UNDERSTAND THE INCREDIBLE 158 00:07:45,882 --> 00:07:47,049 PARTNERSHIP HAPPENING BETWEEN 159 00:07:47,049 --> 00:07:50,319 ESA AND NASA. 160 00:07:50,319 --> 00:07:56,359 >> I AM JOINED BY NASA'S SCIENCE 161 00:07:56,359 --> 00:08:01,797 MISSION DIRECTORATE, AND THE 162 00:08:01,797 --> 00:08:03,099 DIRECTOR OF SCIENCE. 163 00:08:03,099 --> 00:08:04,600 SO GENTLEMEN, TELL US MORE ABOUT 164 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:05,535 THE COLLABORATION. 165 00:08:05,535 --> 00:08:06,035 >> OKAY. 166 00:08:06,035 --> 00:08:10,873 BOTH AGENCIES HAVE AN IMPRESSIVE 167 00:08:10,873 --> 00:08:12,775 SUITE OF MISSIONS OUT THERE IN 168 00:08:12,775 --> 00:08:16,979 THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND FOR 169 00:08:16,979 --> 00:08:18,214 ASTROPHYSICS, BUT MANY PROJECTS 170 00:08:18,214 --> 00:08:19,248 ARE DONE IN COLLABORATION. 171 00:08:19,248 --> 00:08:21,651 WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE SUN, 172 00:08:21,651 --> 00:08:24,654 THERE HAVE BEEN TWO MISSIONS. 173 00:08:24,654 --> 00:08:30,593 ULYSSES SOHO, WHICH WE'VE DONE 174 00:08:30,593 --> 00:08:34,830 20 YEARS AGO, AND THIS ONE. 175 00:08:34,830 --> 00:08:37,133 >> AND NASA'S PROJECTS ARE 176 00:08:37,133 --> 00:08:38,167 COLLABORATIONS, AND SO WE'RE 177 00:08:38,167 --> 00:08:40,369 USED TO IT. 178 00:08:40,369 --> 00:08:44,373 WHAT HAPPENS IS THE SCIENCE 179 00:08:44,373 --> 00:08:48,878 COMMUNITY WORKS TOGETHER AS ONE. 180 00:08:48,878 --> 00:08:50,446 WHEN WE DO, IT'S AN 181 00:08:50,446 --> 00:08:52,081 INTERNATIONAL LOCKING OF ARMS. 182 00:08:52,081 --> 00:08:54,050 IT'S NOT EASY, BECAUSE IT'S 183 00:08:54,050 --> 00:08:56,052 DIFFERENT CULTURES, BUT WE LEARN 184 00:08:56,052 --> 00:08:57,253 TO DO IT. 185 00:08:57,253 --> 00:08:59,522 MOST SPACE INSTRUMENTS ARE DONE 186 00:08:59,522 --> 00:09:00,990 IN EUROPE. 187 00:09:00,990 --> 00:09:02,792 COUPLE SENSOR INSTRUMENTS, ONE 188 00:09:02,792 --> 00:09:04,694 FULL HEAD DONE HERE IN THE U.S., 189 00:09:04,694 --> 00:09:07,463 AND OF COURSE WE'RE SO PROUD TO 190 00:09:07,463 --> 00:09:08,831 LAUNCH IT HERE IN THE UNITED 191 00:09:08,831 --> 00:09:09,198 STATES. 192 00:09:09,198 --> 00:09:14,237 >> AND GUNTER, SOLAR ACTIVITIES 193 00:09:14,237 --> 00:09:16,739 ARE GOING TO MONITOR THE SUN. 194 00:09:16,739 --> 00:09:18,507 WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT TO 195 00:09:18,507 --> 00:09:19,675 NASA'S ACTIVITY PLANS? 196 00:09:19,675 --> 00:09:22,612 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, THE SUN GIVES 197 00:09:22,612 --> 00:09:25,147 US LIVE, BUT IT POSES DANGERS. 198 00:09:25,147 --> 00:09:28,451 IT'S A STRONG, UNKNOWN HIDDEN 199 00:09:28,451 --> 00:09:30,386 FORCE, THE MAGNETIC FIELD. 200 00:09:30,386 --> 00:09:35,691 THE MAGNETIC FIELD CAN CREATE 201 00:09:35,691 --> 00:09:36,459 EXPLOSIONS THAT CREATE MAGNETIC 202 00:09:36,459 --> 00:09:38,527 STORMS THAT CAN AFFECT THE LIFE 203 00:09:38,527 --> 00:09:41,264 OUT THERE, AFFECT OF LIFE OF 204 00:09:41,264 --> 00:09:42,498 ASTRONAUTS, SO TO UNDERSTAND THE 205 00:09:42,498 --> 00:09:44,467 SUN IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE FOR 206 00:09:44,467 --> 00:09:46,302 ALL OF US AND THEREFORE FOR THE 207 00:09:46,302 --> 00:09:46,802 SPACE AGENCIES. 208 00:09:46,802 --> 00:09:49,238 >> SO WE'RE GOING TO LEARN A 209 00:09:49,238 --> 00:09:49,505 LOT. 210 00:09:49,505 --> 00:09:51,540 NOW THOMAS, YOU HAD AN EARLY 211 00:09:51,540 --> 00:09:53,276 TOUCH ON THIS PROJECT. 212 00:09:53,276 --> 00:09:54,844 CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT 213 00:09:54,844 --> 00:09:55,811 ABOUT THAT? 214 00:09:55,811 --> 00:09:56,312 >> YEAH. 215 00:09:56,312 --> 00:09:58,347 OF ALL THE MISSIONS THAT WE'RE 216 00:09:58,347 --> 00:10:01,083 WORKING ON, OVER 100, AS SCIENCE 217 00:10:01,083 --> 00:10:02,184 DIRECTOR, THIS IS ONE THAT I 218 00:10:02,184 --> 00:10:04,287 USED TO WORK ON WHEN I WAS A LOT 219 00:10:04,287 --> 00:10:04,654 YOUNGER. 220 00:10:04,654 --> 00:10:07,623 YOU KNOW, IT WAS OVER A DOZEN 221 00:10:07,623 --> 00:10:07,990 YEARS AGO. 222 00:10:07,990 --> 00:10:09,492 I WAS PART OF THE SCIENCE AND 223 00:10:09,492 --> 00:10:11,694 TECHNOLOGY DEFINITION TEAM, AN 224 00:10:11,694 --> 00:10:12,728 INTERNATIONAL TEAM THAT CAME UP 225 00:10:12,728 --> 00:10:15,298 WITH THIS DESIGN, AND ACTUALLY, 226 00:10:15,298 --> 00:10:16,999 IT WAS PART OF THE MISSION TEAM, 227 00:10:16,999 --> 00:10:17,266 TOO. 228 00:10:17,266 --> 00:10:19,235 BECAUSE I, ALONG WITH THE TEAM 229 00:10:19,235 --> 00:10:21,003 CAME UP WITH A SENSOR THAT IS 230 00:10:21,003 --> 00:10:23,105 NOW SITTING ON TOP OF THIS 231 00:10:23,105 --> 00:10:23,439 ROCKET. 232 00:10:23,439 --> 00:10:24,307 HOW EXCITING IS THAT? 233 00:10:24,307 --> 00:10:26,042 >> YOU'RE SUPER EXCITED. 234 00:10:26,042 --> 00:10:26,409 >> YEAH. 235 00:10:26,409 --> 00:10:31,447 >> WELL, JOSHUA, THE 236 00:10:31,447 --> 00:10:34,116 COLLABORATORS HAVE GOTTEN ATLAS 237 00:10:34,116 --> 00:10:35,618 READY, SO LET'S GET BACK TO 238 00:10:35,618 --> 00:10:35,985 LAUNCH. 239 00:10:35,985 --> 00:10:37,453 >> WE'RE GOING TO HEAD OUT NOW 240 00:10:37,453 --> 00:10:38,821 TO THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER 241 00:10:38,821 --> 00:10:41,157 PRESS SITE, WHERE NASA EDGES 242 00:10:41,157 --> 00:10:45,328 BLAIR ALLEN HAS MORE ON NASA'S 243 00:10:45,328 --> 00:10:46,595 HELIO PHYSICS EFFORTS. 244 00:10:46,595 --> 00:10:49,265 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOSHUA. 245 00:10:49,265 --> 00:10:51,901 JOINING US NOW IS NICKY FOX, AND 246 00:10:51,901 --> 00:10:56,272 NICKY, I'M SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU 247 00:10:56,272 --> 00:10:57,907 ON THE SHOW. 248 00:10:57,907 --> 00:11:01,577 NASA EDGES, WE'RE SO EXCITED 249 00:11:01,577 --> 00:11:03,145 ABOUT HELIO PHYSICS. 250 00:11:03,145 --> 00:11:07,483 I'M WONDERING, FROM A SOLAR 251 00:11:07,483 --> 00:11:09,685 ORBITER SANDPOINT, HOW CAN -- 252 00:11:09,685 --> 00:11:11,454 STANDPOINT, HOW CAN BOTH 253 00:11:11,454 --> 00:11:13,823 AGENCIES BENEFIT FROM THIS 254 00:11:13,823 --> 00:11:14,223 PARTNERSHIP? 255 00:11:14,223 --> 00:11:16,459 >> WELL, I COME FROM EUROPE, SO 256 00:11:16,459 --> 00:11:19,729 I'M PARTICULARLY HAPPY TO SEE AN 257 00:11:19,729 --> 00:11:23,499 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP. 258 00:11:23,499 --> 00:11:24,700 ESA-NASA LAUNCHING, IT IS A 259 00:11:24,700 --> 00:11:26,569 WONDERFUL TIME, AND WE CANNOT 260 00:11:26,569 --> 00:11:29,805 WAIT TO WELCOME SOLAR ORBITER UP 261 00:11:29,805 --> 00:11:32,641 TO THE FLEET. 262 00:11:32,641 --> 00:11:36,045 I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE 263 00:11:36,045 --> 00:11:38,180 PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PARKER SOLAR 264 00:11:38,180 --> 00:11:40,583 FLEET AND SOLAR ORBITER. 265 00:11:40,583 --> 00:11:42,618 PARKER EXPLORING A REGION WE'VE 266 00:11:42,618 --> 00:11:49,258 NEVER BEEN TO, SOLAR ORBITER 267 00:11:49,258 --> 00:11:51,060 IMAGING, MONITORING THE POLES OF 268 00:11:51,060 --> 00:11:53,396 A STAR FOR THE FIRST TIME. 269 00:11:53,396 --> 00:11:54,497 JUST INCREDIBLE. 270 00:11:54,497 --> 00:11:57,900 >> THERE'S THAT CROSSOVER SIDE 271 00:11:57,900 --> 00:12:00,803 WHERE THEY'LL LOOK AT THE SAME 272 00:12:00,803 --> 00:12:02,671 AREA AT ONE POINT. 273 00:12:02,671 --> 00:12:03,239 TELL US ABOUT THAT. 274 00:12:03,239 --> 00:12:06,142 >> THERE ARE MANY TIMES THEY'LL 275 00:12:06,142 --> 00:12:06,942 LOOK AT THE SAME AREA. 276 00:12:06,942 --> 00:12:08,277 WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT AREAS 277 00:12:08,277 --> 00:12:10,413 OF THE SUN, AND THAT'S JUST AS 278 00:12:10,413 --> 00:12:10,780 EXCITING. 279 00:12:10,780 --> 00:12:15,418 THE BEGINNING OF THE SOLAR 280 00:12:15,418 --> 00:12:17,520 ORBITER MISSION, SHE'LL STILL BE 281 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:23,426 IN THAT ELLIPTICAL PLANE, SO 282 00:12:23,426 --> 00:12:28,230 WILL PARKER ORBITER. 283 00:12:28,230 --> 00:12:30,966 AND THEN, AS SHE MOVED OUT OF 284 00:12:30,966 --> 00:12:39,008 THE ECLIPTIC, YES, THE ORBITER 285 00:12:39,008 --> 00:12:41,377 GIVING SOLAR VIEWS. 286 00:12:41,377 --> 00:12:42,945 IT'S JUST FABULOUS. 287 00:12:42,945 --> 00:12:44,280 >> I'M SO EXCITED. 288 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:47,683 WE'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF 289 00:12:47,683 --> 00:12:51,754 IMAGES, AND IT'S FABULOUS, BUT 290 00:12:51,754 --> 00:12:54,256 WE'VE GOT TO GET IT BACK TO 291 00:12:54,256 --> 00:12:54,590 JOSHUA. 292 00:12:54,590 --> 00:12:58,260 >> THE WORK OF ORBITER IS A 293 00:12:58,260 --> 00:12:59,895 PARTNERSHIP EFFORT, BUT IT'S NOT 294 00:12:59,895 --> 00:13:03,299 THE FIRST TIME WE'VE MONITORED 295 00:13:03,299 --> 00:13:04,099 THE SUN. 296 00:13:04,099 --> 00:13:07,403 >> THREE, TWO, ONE. 297 00:13:07,403 --> 00:13:11,707 LIFTOFF OF THE MIGHTY DELTA FOUR 298 00:13:11,707 --> 00:13:13,676 ROCKET WITH THE SOLAR PROBE. 299 00:13:13,676 --> 00:13:15,344 >> YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS, SEEN 300 00:13:15,344 --> 00:13:18,414 HERE IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS 301 00:13:18,414 --> 00:13:20,182 AUGUST 12, 2018. 302 00:13:20,182 --> 00:13:24,019 THE MISSIONS ARE COMPLIMENTARY, 303 00:13:24,019 --> 00:13:29,859 FOCUSED ON STUDYING DIFFERENT 304 00:13:29,859 --> 00:13:31,026 AFFECTS OF THE SUN. 305 00:13:31,026 --> 00:13:34,396 JUST AS WITH PARKER, THE SOLAR 306 00:13:34,396 --> 00:13:36,832 ORBITER MISSION THERE WE SEE 307 00:13:36,832 --> 00:13:43,272 POISED TO FLY TONIGHT HAS BEEN 308 00:13:43,272 --> 00:13:45,941 LAUNCHED HERE BY SOLAR SERVICES 309 00:13:45,941 --> 00:13:47,443 PROGRAM, OR S.S.P. 310 00:13:47,443 --> 00:13:48,944 THEY ENSURE THAT MISSIONS GET 311 00:13:48,944 --> 00:13:51,213 OFF THE GROUND AND ON THEIR WAY 312 00:13:51,213 --> 00:14:04,026 TO THE CORRECT CELESTIAL 313 00:14:04,026 --> 00:14:04,426 DESTINATION. 314 00:14:04,426 --> 00:14:05,661 LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS 315 00:14:05,661 --> 00:14:46,402 YEAR'S FLIGHT MANIFEST. 316 00:14:46,402 --> 00:14:46,869 [♪♪♪] 317 00:14:46,869 --> 00:14:47,436 [♪♪♪] 318 00:15:02,885 --> 00:15:03,118 . 319 00:15:03,118 --> 00:15:05,554 >> LOTS OF GREAT SCIENCE AHEAD 320 00:15:05,554 --> 00:15:07,089 FOR L.S.P. THIS YEAR. 321 00:15:07,089 --> 00:15:09,525 DARRELL AND MICK, OVER TO YOU 322 00:15:09,525 --> 00:15:12,428 FOR A LAUNCH COUNT DOWN UPDATE. 323 00:15:12,428 --> 00:15:14,296 >> THANKS, JOSHUA. 324 00:15:14,296 --> 00:15:16,432 WE JUST ENTERED THE PLANNED 325 00:15:16,432 --> 00:15:17,399 FOUR-MINUTE HOLD. 326 00:15:17,399 --> 00:15:19,535 THIS IS A 15-MINUTE PERIOD OF 327 00:15:19,535 --> 00:15:20,436 TIME WHERE THEY HOLD UP 328 00:15:20,436 --> 00:15:23,606 EVERYTHING AND MAKE SOME 329 00:15:23,606 --> 00:15:24,340 EVALUATIONS AT THIS POINT IN 330 00:15:24,340 --> 00:15:24,640 TIME. 331 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:25,174 >> THAT'S CORRECT. 332 00:15:25,174 --> 00:15:26,375 THE TEAM WILL USE THIS 15 333 00:15:26,375 --> 00:15:28,344 MINUTES TO TAKE A LAST LOOK AT 334 00:15:28,344 --> 00:15:30,613 ALL THEIR SYSTEMS, MAKE SURE 335 00:15:30,613 --> 00:15:31,880 EVERYTHING'S GOOD, EVERYTHING'S 336 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:34,216 READY TO GO, VERIFY ALL THEIR 337 00:15:34,216 --> 00:15:37,519 RED LINE LIMITS AND OPERATIONAL 338 00:15:37,519 --> 00:15:39,188 LIMITS, AND THAT THEY'RE DOWN 339 00:15:39,188 --> 00:15:40,389 FOR THE COUNT. 340 00:15:40,389 --> 00:15:41,924 THIS IS THE LAST TIME FOR THIS 341 00:15:41,924 --> 00:15:42,224 HOLD. 342 00:15:42,224 --> 00:15:46,128 SO FAR, WE'RE NOT WORKING ANY 343 00:15:46,128 --> 00:15:48,397 ISSUES, AND CHIEF SERVICES 344 00:15:48,397 --> 00:15:52,501 ENGINEER PULLED HIS TEAM, AND 345 00:15:52,501 --> 00:15:57,039 THEY'RE READY TO GET OUT OF THE 346 00:15:57,039 --> 00:15:57,640 COUNT AFTER THIS HOLD. 347 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:00,509 >> IN THE CAMERA VIEW THAT WE'RE 348 00:16:00,509 --> 00:16:05,881 SHOWING YOU, YOU CAN SEE THE 349 00:16:05,881 --> 00:16:07,082 CONDENSATION VIEW. 350 00:16:07,082 --> 00:16:10,152 JUST WHERE IT LINES UP WITH THE 351 00:16:10,152 --> 00:16:15,124 U, L, AND A, THAT IS ALL ICE, 352 00:16:15,124 --> 00:16:22,631 CHILLED DOWN TO WHERE 353 00:16:22,631 --> 00:16:24,633 IT'S - 184° CELSIUS. 354 00:16:24,633 --> 00:16:27,836 HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN 355 00:16:27,836 --> 00:16:29,938 INTERESTING ROCKET BECAUSE IT IS 356 00:16:29,938 --> 00:16:34,510 CONFIGURED IN A VERY UNIQUE WAY. 357 00:16:34,510 --> 00:16:35,077 TELL US ABOUT THAT. 358 00:16:35,077 --> 00:16:35,411 >> YEAH. 359 00:16:35,411 --> 00:16:38,080 THE VEHICLE WE'RE FLYING THIS 360 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:41,450 EVEN IS A -- EVENING IS A UNIQUE 361 00:16:41,450 --> 00:16:43,752 CONFIGURATION BECAUSE WE'RE 362 00:16:43,752 --> 00:16:45,754 FLYING ONE BOOSTER ROCKET. 363 00:16:45,754 --> 00:16:48,057 THIS CONFIGURATION HAS FLOWN 364 00:16:48,057 --> 00:16:53,062 FIVE TIMES, INCLUDING NASA'S 365 00:16:53,062 --> 00:16:55,898 OSIRIS REX MISSION. 366 00:16:55,898 --> 00:16:58,534 OUR FIRST STAGE OR BOOSTER IS 367 00:16:58,534 --> 00:17:00,703 POWERED BY RU-180 ENGINE. 368 00:17:00,703 --> 00:17:09,044 IT BURNS R.P.-1 OR LIQUID 369 00:17:09,044 --> 00:17:09,845 NITROGEN. 370 00:17:09,845 --> 00:17:13,015 THE R.P.-1 HELPS DELIVER THE 371 00:17:13,015 --> 00:17:16,652 THRUST WE NEED, ABOUT 160,000 372 00:17:16,652 --> 00:17:19,521 POUNDS OR 1.2 MILLION POUNDS 373 00:17:19,521 --> 00:17:24,026 WITH THE SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER -- 374 00:17:24,026 --> 00:17:26,528 THAT'S 1.2 NEWTONS, IN CASE 375 00:17:26,528 --> 00:17:27,029 YOU'RE WONDERING. 376 00:17:27,029 --> 00:17:27,496 >> THANK YOU. 377 00:17:27,496 --> 00:17:35,037 >> WE MOVE UP TO THE 378 00:17:35,037 --> 00:17:42,244 CENTAUR R.L.-10 ENGINE. 379 00:17:42,244 --> 00:17:46,548 IT'S A CRYOGENIC ENGINE. 380 00:17:46,548 --> 00:17:49,118 IT PRODUCES ABOUT 22,000 POUNDS 381 00:17:49,118 --> 00:17:54,022 OF THRUST OR 99.2 KILO-NEWTONS. 382 00:17:54,022 --> 00:17:56,425 >> I WAS HOPING YOU HAD THAT 383 00:17:56,425 --> 00:17:57,259 METRIC CONVERSION. 384 00:17:57,259 --> 00:17:58,594 >> UNIQUE CONFIGURATION THAT 385 00:17:58,594 --> 00:18:00,596 WE'RE HAPPY TO FLY TONIGHT. 386 00:18:00,596 --> 00:18:01,430 >> ALL RIGHT. 387 00:18:01,430 --> 00:18:08,170 THANK YOU, MICK, AND TO THIS 388 00:18:08,170 --> 00:18:09,838 POINT, THE COUNT HAS GONE 389 00:18:09,838 --> 00:18:10,639 THROUGH SMOOTH. 390 00:18:10,639 --> 00:18:12,174 WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO JOSHUA IN 391 00:18:12,174 --> 00:18:16,011 THE STUDIO AND CONTINUE TO 392 00:18:16,011 --> 00:18:16,378 MONITOR. 393 00:18:16,378 --> 00:18:21,016 >> THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. 394 00:18:21,016 --> 00:18:21,750 HOPEFULLY, SMOOTH THINGS AHEAD. 395 00:18:21,750 --> 00:18:23,652 HERE'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN 396 00:18:23,652 --> 00:18:29,958 THROUGH LAUNCH AFTER SPACECRAFT 397 00:18:29,958 --> 00:18:30,359 SEPARATION. 398 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:32,528 >> AND LIFTOFF OF THE UNITED 399 00:18:32,528 --> 00:18:37,766 LAUNCH ALLIANCE ATLAS FIVE 400 00:18:37,766 --> 00:18:38,100 ROCKET. 401 00:18:38,100 --> 00:18:41,637 >> AT IGNITION, IT GENERATES 402 00:18:41,637 --> 00:18:44,139 MORE THAN 1.5 NEWTONS OF THRUST 403 00:18:44,139 --> 00:18:54,116 TO LIFT IT TO A HYPERBOLIC 404 00:18:54,116 --> 00:18:54,783 TRAJECTORY. 405 00:18:54,783 --> 00:18:58,353 THE ATLAS FIVE REACHED MACH 1, 406 00:18:58,353 --> 00:19:02,024 THE SPEED OF SOUND, AT 58 407 00:19:02,024 --> 00:19:02,357 SECONDS. 408 00:19:02,357 --> 00:19:13,468 THE SINGLE S.R.B. IS JETTISONNED 409 00:19:13,468 --> 00:19:16,705 AT 2:03. 410 00:19:16,705 --> 00:19:19,541 THE VEHICLE NOW WEIGHS LESS THAN 411 00:19:19,541 --> 00:19:24,012 14% OF WHAT IT DID AT LIFTOFF. 412 00:19:24,012 --> 00:19:25,714 TEN SECONDS LATER, THE FIRST 413 00:19:25,714 --> 00:19:31,353 BURN OF THE CENTAUR MAIN ENGINE 414 00:19:31,353 --> 00:19:32,387 BEGINS. 415 00:19:32,387 --> 00:19:36,225 APPROACHING PAY LOAD FERRY 416 00:19:36,225 --> 00:19:39,962 JETTISON, IT'S TRAVELING AT MORE 417 00:19:39,962 --> 00:19:45,367 THAN 17,700 MILES PER HOUR. 418 00:19:45,367 --> 00:19:52,808 AT 4:27, THE PAY LOAD FERRING IS 419 00:19:52,808 --> 00:19:53,208 JETTISONNED. 420 00:19:53,208 --> 00:19:58,013 IT NOW WEIGHS LESS THAN 7% OF 421 00:19:58,013 --> 00:20:02,317 WHAT IT AT LIFTOFF. 422 00:20:02,317 --> 00:20:05,187 NEXT, THE MISSION ENTERS A COAST 423 00:20:05,187 --> 00:20:06,455 PHASE IN PREPARATION FOR THE 424 00:20:06,455 --> 00:20:09,324 SECOND BURN. 425 00:20:09,324 --> 00:20:11,593 BECAUSE THIS TARGETED EARTH 426 00:20:11,593 --> 00:20:16,999 ESCAPE TRAJECTORY VARIES BY DAY, 427 00:20:16,999 --> 00:20:20,135 THE ROCKET WILL ADJUST TO 428 00:20:20,135 --> 00:20:22,304 COMPENSATE FOR THIS. 429 00:20:22,304 --> 00:20:24,740 NEARLY SEVEN MINUTES LATER, 430 00:20:24,740 --> 00:20:27,709 FINAL CUTOFF OF THE CENTAUR MAIN 431 00:20:27,709 --> 00:20:29,811 ENGINE OCCURS. 432 00:20:29,811 --> 00:20:39,588 AT 52:47, CENTAUR RELEASES THE 433 00:20:39,588 --> 00:20:42,391 ORBITER TO BEGIN ITS NEARLY 434 00:20:42,391 --> 00:20:44,960 TWO-YEAR JOURNEY TO THE SUN. 435 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,263 IT WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW 436 00:20:48,263 --> 00:20:57,773 THE SUN CONTROLS THE HELIO 437 00:20:57,773 --> 00:20:58,106 SPHERE. 438 00:20:58,106 --> 00:20:59,975 >> FOR THOSE OF YOU JUST JOINING 439 00:20:59,975 --> 00:21:03,345 US, WELCOME TO TEAM COVERAGE OF 440 00:21:03,345 --> 00:21:07,616 THE LAUNCH OF THE SOLAR ORBITER 441 00:21:07,616 --> 00:21:11,987 MISSION, DESTINED FOR 442 00:21:11,987 --> 00:21:15,324 UNPRECEDENTED VIEWS OF OUR SUN, 443 00:21:15,324 --> 00:21:16,024 A STAR. 444 00:21:16,024 --> 00:21:17,893 >> THE ATLAS FIVE ROCKET FOR 445 00:21:17,893 --> 00:21:20,662 THIS MISSION IS IN A 411 446 00:21:20,662 --> 00:21:22,965 CONFIGURATION, SENDING SOLAR 447 00:21:22,965 --> 00:21:35,744 ORBITER TO A HIGH LATITUDE 448 00:21:35,744 --> 00:21:37,479 ORBIT, ENABLING VIEWS OF THE 449 00:21:37,479 --> 00:21:39,014 SUN'S POLES. 450 00:21:39,014 --> 00:21:42,017 AFTER LIFTOFF, IT WILL TAKE JUST 451 00:21:42,017 --> 00:21:44,119 UNDER TWO YEARS TO REACH ITS 452 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:46,655 OPERATIONAL ORBIT FOR A 453 00:21:46,655 --> 00:21:47,356 SEVEN-YEAR PLANNED MISSION. 454 00:21:47,356 --> 00:21:51,126 >> WE DO HAVE A TWO-HOUR LAUNCH 455 00:21:51,126 --> 00:21:52,494 WINDOW, BUT LAUNCH IS STILL 456 00:21:52,494 --> 00:22:01,536 SCHEDULED FOR 11:03 P.M. EASTERN 457 00:22:01,536 --> 00:22:03,005 TIME, AND THERE, YOU SEE THE 458 00:22:03,005 --> 00:22:04,573 ROCKET ON SCREEN. 459 00:22:04,573 --> 00:22:05,707 THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL 460 00:22:05,707 --> 00:22:06,575 COLLABORATIVE MISSION BETWEEN 461 00:22:06,575 --> 00:22:08,143 THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY AND 462 00:22:08,143 --> 00:22:08,510 NASA. 463 00:22:08,510 --> 00:22:11,847 THE SPACECRAFT HAS BEEN 464 00:22:11,847 --> 00:22:14,683 DEVELOPED BY AIRBUS DEFENSE AND 465 00:22:14,683 --> 00:22:17,019 SPACE. 466 00:22:17,019 --> 00:22:17,753 ENGINEERING AND TEST CENTER IN 467 00:22:17,753 --> 00:22:19,488 THE NETHERLANDS IS MANAGING THE 468 00:22:19,488 --> 00:22:21,623 EFFORT, AND THE OPERATIONS SPACE 469 00:22:21,623 --> 00:22:24,860 CENTER IN GERMANY WILL OPERATE 470 00:22:24,860 --> 00:22:33,769 SOLAR ORBITER'S FLIGHT AFTER 471 00:22:33,769 --> 00:22:36,772 LAUNCH. 472 00:22:36,772 --> 00:22:38,974 IT WILL EXPERIENCE SUN LIGHT 13 473 00:22:38,974 --> 00:22:40,709 TIMES MORE INTENSE THAN WE 474 00:22:40,709 --> 00:22:42,811 EXPERIENCE HERE ON EARTH, AND IT 475 00:22:42,811 --> 00:22:48,884 IS EQUIPPED WITH A HEAT SHIELD 476 00:22:48,884 --> 00:22:53,221 CAPABLE OF ABSORBING HEAT OF 477 00:22:53,221 --> 00:22:59,661 900° FAHRENHEIT OR 500° CELSIUS. 478 00:22:59,661 --> 00:23:01,897 ONE PHENOMENON TO BE EXPLORED IS 479 00:23:01,897 --> 00:23:04,566 THAT THE SUN GOES THROUGH AN 11 480 00:23:04,566 --> 00:23:07,235 YEAR CYCLE THAT INVOLVES 481 00:23:07,235 --> 00:23:09,871 EMERGING AND VANISHING SUN 482 00:23:09,871 --> 00:23:13,542 SPOTS, AS WELL AS A SHIFT OF ITS 483 00:23:13,542 --> 00:23:15,377 ENTIRE MAGNETIC FIELD. 484 00:23:15,377 --> 00:23:17,979 THE MISSION TENDS TO ANSWER SOME 485 00:23:17,979 --> 00:23:20,916 CAUSE AND EFFECT QUESTIONS SUCH 486 00:23:20,916 --> 00:23:25,687 AS HOW DO THE ENERGYIC PARTICLES 487 00:23:25,687 --> 00:23:28,190 ORIGINATE THAT LEAD TO SUPREME 488 00:23:28,190 --> 00:23:29,391 SPACE WEATHER? 489 00:23:29,391 --> 00:23:31,626 THE ANSWERS CANNOT ONLY HAVE AN 490 00:23:31,626 --> 00:23:33,595 IMPACT ON OUR DAILY LIVES AND 491 00:23:33,595 --> 00:23:36,865 THE ELECTRONICS WE DRAW ON, BUT 492 00:23:36,865 --> 00:23:40,168 AN IMPACT ON OUR FUTURE SPACE 493 00:23:40,168 --> 00:23:42,704 MISSIONS AS WE HEAD TO THE MOON, 494 00:23:42,704 --> 00:23:47,409 MARS, AND BEYOND. 495 00:23:47,409 --> 00:23:49,244 LET'S HEAD BACK TO DARRELL AND 496 00:23:49,244 --> 00:23:51,246 MICK FOR MORE ON THE COUNT. 497 00:23:51,246 --> 00:23:52,981 >> THANK YOU, JOSHUA. 498 00:23:52,981 --> 00:23:59,554 WE ARE CURRENTLY IN A HOLD, 499 00:23:59,554 --> 00:24:04,326 T-MINUS FOUR MINUTES AND 500 00:24:04,326 --> 00:24:05,026 HOLDING. 501 00:24:05,026 --> 00:24:07,562 >> EVERYTHING IS GOOD. 502 00:24:07,562 --> 00:24:09,598 U.L.A. LAUNCH CONDUCTOR SCOTT 503 00:24:09,598 --> 00:24:11,700 BARNEY IS GIVING HIS BRIEFING TO 504 00:24:11,700 --> 00:24:13,268 HIS TEAM OF WHAT'S GOING TO 505 00:24:13,268 --> 00:24:16,037 HAPPEN AS THEY GET READY TO PICK 506 00:24:16,037 --> 00:24:20,275 UP THE POLE AT T-MINUS FOUR 507 00:24:20,275 --> 00:24:22,744 MINUTES AND COUNTING, BUT AS WE 508 00:24:22,744 --> 00:24:24,980 SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE IS THE 509 00:24:24,980 --> 00:24:27,282 TEAM AND THE MISSION DIRECTOR 510 00:24:27,282 --> 00:24:30,952 CENTER AT A.E., WHICH HAS OUR 511 00:24:30,952 --> 00:24:32,154 ESA FOLKS UP FRONT. 512 00:24:32,154 --> 00:24:34,856 >> AND JUST A FEW MILES AWAY IS 513 00:24:34,856 --> 00:24:39,261 THE OPERATIONS CENTER, WHERE THE 514 00:24:39,261 --> 00:24:40,395 U.L.A. LAUNCH TIME IS GOING 515 00:24:40,395 --> 00:24:41,363 THROUGH THEIR COUNT. 516 00:24:41,363 --> 00:24:44,966 AND IN DENVER, WE HAVE A TEAM 517 00:24:44,966 --> 00:24:46,034 OUT THERE, AS WELL. 518 00:24:46,034 --> 00:24:50,372 THE DENVER OPERATIONS SUPPORT 519 00:24:50,372 --> 00:24:52,407 CENTER IN DENVER, COLORADO. 520 00:24:52,407 --> 00:24:57,112 AND WE HAVE OPERATIONS TEAMS IN 521 00:24:57,112 --> 00:24:57,479 GERMANY. 522 00:24:57,479 --> 00:25:02,584 >> WE HAVE ESA TEAMS SUPPORTING 523 00:25:02,584 --> 00:25:03,652 FROM GERMANY, WHERE THEY WILL 524 00:25:03,652 --> 00:25:07,189 CONTROL THE SPACECRAFT AFTER IT 525 00:25:07,189 --> 00:25:07,856 SEPARATES THIS EVENING. 526 00:25:07,856 --> 00:25:10,091 >> WE'VE HAD SOME FUN TALKING 527 00:25:10,091 --> 00:25:11,059 ABOUT THE CONVERSIONS BETWEEN 528 00:25:11,059 --> 00:25:12,861 STANDARD AND METRIC, BUT WE WERE 529 00:25:12,861 --> 00:25:16,198 TALKING EARLIER, MICK. 530 00:25:16,198 --> 00:25:17,766 THAT ACTUALLY -- THAT PLAYED A 531 00:25:17,766 --> 00:25:23,305 ROLE IN WORKING WITH THIS 532 00:25:23,305 --> 00:25:24,039 INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION 533 00:25:24,039 --> 00:25:26,208 BECAUSE MUCH OF WHAT WE DO HERE 534 00:25:26,208 --> 00:25:29,277 IS STANDARD, AND OVERSEAS IS 535 00:25:29,277 --> 00:25:31,279 METRICS, SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT 536 00:25:31,279 --> 00:25:34,115 OF CONVERSION THAT'S GONE ON 537 00:25:34,115 --> 00:25:34,449 BETWEEN? 538 00:25:34,449 --> 00:25:35,050 >> YEAH. 539 00:25:35,050 --> 00:25:37,352 IT'S BEEN FUN WORKING WITH OUR 540 00:25:37,352 --> 00:25:38,286 INTERNATIONAL TEAM. 541 00:25:38,286 --> 00:25:39,788 THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PROBLEMS 542 00:25:39,788 --> 00:25:42,090 WITH CONVERSIONS AND 543 00:25:42,090 --> 00:25:43,892 COMMUNICATION, BUT THAT IS KEY, 544 00:25:43,892 --> 00:25:45,093 COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE 545 00:25:45,093 --> 00:25:45,427 TEAMS. 546 00:25:45,427 --> 00:25:49,064 ALL OF US HAVE DONE VERY WELL, 547 00:25:49,064 --> 00:25:53,602 AND AS TIM DUNN PUT IT, WE ALL 548 00:25:53,602 --> 00:25:54,636 SPEAK THE INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE 549 00:25:54,636 --> 00:25:58,006 OF MISSION SUCCESS, AND THAT'S 550 00:25:58,006 --> 00:26:00,308 WHAT'S GOTTEN US HERE THIS 551 00:26:00,308 --> 00:26:00,642 EVENING. 552 00:26:00,642 --> 00:26:02,944 WORKING WITH OUR INTERNATIONAL 553 00:26:02,944 --> 00:26:05,880 PARTNERS HAS BEEN FUN, AND WE'RE 554 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,416 EXCITED TO SEE THIS ATLAS FIVE 555 00:26:08,416 --> 00:26:13,822 GET ON ITS WAY AND GET US SOME 556 00:26:13,822 --> 00:26:14,189 SCIENCE. 557 00:26:14,189 --> 00:26:15,390 >> WE LOOK AT THE SHOT ON THE 558 00:26:15,390 --> 00:26:18,426 GROUND AS THE WATER CONDENSES 559 00:26:18,426 --> 00:26:21,396 AROUND THE SUPER COOLED LIQUID 560 00:26:21,396 --> 00:26:21,763 OXYGEN. 561 00:26:21,763 --> 00:26:23,431 IN JUST A FEW SECONDS, WE ARE 562 00:26:23,431 --> 00:26:26,368 GOING TO GET A STATUS PULL FROM 563 00:26:26,368 --> 00:26:28,036 LAUNCH DIRECTOR SCOTT BARNEY OF 564 00:26:28,036 --> 00:26:35,677 U.L.A., AND HE'S GOING TO GIVE 565 00:26:35,677 --> 00:26:36,344 THAT, BEFORE A FINAL CHECK 566 00:26:36,344 --> 00:26:37,078 BEFORE WE BEGIN TO RESUME THE 567 00:26:37,078 --> 00:26:37,379 COUNT. 568 00:26:37,379 --> 00:26:38,513 LET'S LISTEN IN AS SCOTT 569 00:26:38,513 --> 00:26:40,915 CONDUCTED THAT POLL AT UNITED 570 00:26:40,915 --> 00:26:41,449 LAUNCH ALLIANCE. 571 00:26:41,449 --> 00:26:46,655 >> ATLAS SYSTEMS, PROPULSION. 572 00:26:46,655 --> 00:26:46,921 GO. 573 00:26:46,921 --> 00:26:49,758 >> HYDRAULIC. 574 00:26:49,758 --> 00:26:50,091 >> GO. 575 00:26:50,091 --> 00:26:59,601 >> PNEUMATICS. 576 00:26:59,601 --> 00:26:59,868 GO. 577 00:26:59,868 --> 00:27:00,168 WATER. 578 00:27:00,168 --> 00:27:01,036 GO. 579 00:27:01,036 --> 00:27:01,503 L.H. 2. 580 00:27:01,503 --> 00:27:01,803 GO. 581 00:27:01,803 --> 00:27:06,808 >> 582 00:27:06,808 --> 00:27:07,175 >> GROUND. 583 00:27:07,175 --> 00:27:07,542 FACILITY. 584 00:27:07,542 --> 00:27:07,809 GO. 585 00:27:07,809 --> 00:27:08,143 RFFTS. 586 00:27:08,143 --> 00:27:08,476 >> GO. 587 00:27:08,476 --> 00:27:09,044 >> FLIGHT CONTROL. 588 00:27:09,044 --> 00:27:10,378 >> GO. 589 00:27:10,378 --> 00:27:10,712 G.C.Q. 590 00:27:10,712 --> 00:27:13,481 >> GO. 591 00:27:13,481 --> 00:27:14,082 >> OPERATIONS SUPPORT. 592 00:27:14,082 --> 00:27:14,416 >> GO. 593 00:27:14,416 --> 00:27:14,783 >> COM. 594 00:27:14,783 --> 00:27:16,051 >> UMBILICALS. 595 00:27:16,051 --> 00:27:17,652 >> GO. 596 00:27:17,652 --> 00:27:18,019 >> E.C.S. 597 00:27:18,019 --> 00:27:18,353 >> GO. 598 00:27:18,353 --> 00:27:21,156 >> RED LINE MONITOR. 599 00:27:21,156 --> 00:27:21,589 >> QUALITY. 600 00:27:21,589 --> 00:27:22,557 >> GO. 601 00:27:22,557 --> 00:27:24,092 >> OP SAFETY MEASURE. 602 00:27:24,092 --> 00:27:30,198 >> U.L.A. SAFETY OFFICER. 603 00:27:30,198 --> 00:27:31,933 >> GO. 604 00:27:31,933 --> 00:27:32,901 RANGE COORDINATOR. 605 00:27:32,901 --> 00:27:33,702 >> CLEAR TO PROCEED. 606 00:27:33,702 --> 00:27:34,536 >> LAUNCH DIRECTOR. 607 00:27:34,536 --> 00:27:37,405 >> YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO 608 00:27:37,405 --> 00:27:37,739 LAUNCH. 609 00:27:37,739 --> 00:27:50,051 >> A.L.C. VERIFIED IS SET FOR 610 00:27:50,051 --> 00:27:52,220 2303. 611 00:27:52,220 --> 00:27:54,589 >> AND WE ARE CONFIRMED TO GO TO 612 00:27:54,589 --> 00:27:58,059 LAUNCH AT 11:03. 613 00:27:58,059 --> 00:28:00,729 WE JUST GOT THE CONFIRMATION 614 00:28:00,729 --> 00:28:03,331 FROM BARNEY. 615 00:28:03,331 --> 00:28:04,799 >> IT'S AWESOME TO HEAR THERE'S 616 00:28:04,799 --> 00:28:07,635 A GO FROM THE TEAM. 617 00:28:07,635 --> 00:28:12,240 TARGETING AN 11:03 P.M. EASTERN 618 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:13,875 TIME LIFTOFF. 619 00:28:13,875 --> 00:28:15,910 I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I 620 00:28:15,910 --> 00:28:18,546 AM TO HEAR THAT POLL. 621 00:28:18,546 --> 00:28:21,116 >> AND NOW, THEY'RE CONFIGURING 622 00:28:21,116 --> 00:28:26,187 THE SPACECRAFT TO GO OFF LAND 623 00:28:26,187 --> 00:28:27,789 POWER AND PREPARE FOR LAUNCH 624 00:28:27,789 --> 00:28:28,123 POWER. 625 00:28:28,123 --> 00:28:30,525 >> THEY'RE PREPARING THE SOLAR 626 00:28:30,525 --> 00:28:32,327 ORBITER TO GET READY. 627 00:28:32,327 --> 00:28:35,263 WE JUST HEARD THAT SPACECRAFT IS 628 00:28:35,263 --> 00:28:36,197 ON INTERNAL POWER. 629 00:28:36,197 --> 00:28:38,666 EVERYTHING IS READY TO GO, SO 630 00:28:38,666 --> 00:28:40,301 WE'VE HEARD FROM THE SPACECRAFT 631 00:28:40,301 --> 00:28:42,003 AND LAUNCH VEHICLE THAT 632 00:28:42,003 --> 00:28:45,774 EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD TO GET 633 00:28:45,774 --> 00:28:50,111 SOLAR ORBITER OFF THE GROUND. 634 00:28:50,111 --> 00:28:50,779 THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING TO 635 00:28:50,779 --> 00:28:51,079 HEAR. 636 00:28:51,079 --> 00:28:53,615 >> AND NOW TIM DUNN, NASA'S 637 00:28:53,615 --> 00:28:54,949 LAUNCH DIRECTOR WILL BE LOOKING 638 00:28:54,949 --> 00:28:56,785 AT HIS TEAM AND CONDUCT HIS 639 00:28:56,785 --> 00:28:57,419 PORTION OF THE BUSINESS. 640 00:28:57,419 --> 00:28:59,454 >> YES. 641 00:28:59,454 --> 00:29:05,827 HE'LL CHECK IN WITH HIS NASA 642 00:29:05,827 --> 00:29:08,663 ENGINEER AND L.S.P. AND MAKE 643 00:29:08,663 --> 00:29:10,131 SURE THAT THEY'RE READY TO 644 00:29:10,131 --> 00:29:12,167 PROCEED FORWARD, SO WE'LL HEAR 645 00:29:12,167 --> 00:29:12,700 HOW THINGS GO. 646 00:29:12,700 --> 00:29:14,202 >> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT IF YOU 647 00:29:14,202 --> 00:29:17,439 ARE IN THE AREA AND READY TO 648 00:29:17,439 --> 00:29:18,940 WATCH THIS ROCKET LAUNCH, IT'S 649 00:29:18,940 --> 00:29:27,982 GOING TO BE A BEAUTY. 650 00:29:27,982 --> 00:29:30,518 THIS SPOT RIGHT HERE IS OUR 651 00:29:30,518 --> 00:29:32,120 BANANA CREEK VIEWING AREA. 652 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:35,223 WE'VE GOT A COUPLE HUNDRED 653 00:29:35,223 --> 00:29:39,661 PEOPLE OUT THERE, PROBABLY A 654 00:29:39,661 --> 00:29:42,363 THOUSAND ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. 655 00:29:42,363 --> 00:29:45,300 LET'S COUNT IT DOWN, THREE, TWO, 656 00:29:45,300 --> 00:29:47,902 AND ONE, AND HAVE RESUMED OUR 657 00:29:47,902 --> 00:29:50,338 COUNT DOWN. 658 00:29:50,338 --> 00:30:10,425 WE ARE 3:53 AWAY FROM LIFTOFF. 659 00:30:10,425 --> 00:30:12,026 . 660 00:30:12,026 --> 00:30:12,794 >> AND THIS IS -- YOU MENTIONED 661 00:30:12,794 --> 00:30:14,395 THIS EARLIER ABOUT THE 662 00:30:14,395 --> 00:30:17,065 CONFIGURATION WITH THAT ONE 663 00:30:17,065 --> 00:30:19,367 SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER ON THE 664 00:30:19,367 --> 00:30:19,667 SIDE. 665 00:30:19,667 --> 00:30:22,470 SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE ASKED, HOW 666 00:30:22,470 --> 00:30:25,840 DOES THAT WORK WITH THE BOOSTER 667 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:26,808 ON THE ONE SIDE OF THE ROCKET? 668 00:30:26,808 --> 00:30:28,943 DOESN'T THAT KIND OF PUSH IT 669 00:30:28,943 --> 00:30:29,777 OVER? 670 00:30:29,777 --> 00:30:34,782 >> YEAH, BUT THE R.D.-180 HAS A 671 00:30:34,782 --> 00:30:38,853 LOT OF CONTROL LEFT THAT IT CAN 672 00:30:38,853 --> 00:30:43,424 OFFSET THAT ONE SOLID ON THE 411 673 00:30:43,424 --> 00:30:43,758 VEHICLE. 674 00:30:43,758 --> 00:30:47,128 THE 411 IS A GREAT VEHICLE TO 675 00:30:47,128 --> 00:30:49,330 PROVIDE A GREAT RIDE FOR 676 00:30:49,330 --> 00:30:51,099 TONIGHT'S MISSION AS IT HAS FOR 677 00:30:51,099 --> 00:30:52,233 MISSIONS IN THE PAST. 678 00:30:52,233 --> 00:30:54,469 IT MAKES SURE THAT THE MISSION 679 00:30:54,469 --> 00:30:59,107 GETS OFF THE PAD AND HEADS TO 680 00:30:59,107 --> 00:30:59,807 SPACE LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO. 681 00:30:59,807 --> 00:31:04,579 >> 2:45 AS WE GET DOWN TO THE 682 00:31:04,579 --> 00:31:05,747 FINAL COUNT. 683 00:31:05,747 --> 00:31:07,849 TEAMS ARE IN A FINAL FLURRY OF 684 00:31:07,849 --> 00:31:11,352 ACTIVITY, TALKING TO VARIOUS 685 00:31:11,352 --> 00:31:12,120 TEAM MEMBERS BEFORE THIS LAUNCH 686 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:12,987 TAKES OFF. 687 00:31:12,987 --> 00:31:14,923 IT'S AN EXCITING TIME BEFORE WE 688 00:31:14,923 --> 00:31:16,558 GET DOWN TO THE FINAL FEW 689 00:31:16,558 --> 00:31:16,891 MINUTES. 690 00:31:16,891 --> 00:31:17,892 TALK ABOUT THE TEAMS AND THE 691 00:31:17,892 --> 00:31:19,193 ACTIVITY THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT 692 00:31:19,193 --> 00:31:19,494 NOW. 693 00:31:19,494 --> 00:31:19,861 >> YEAH. 694 00:31:19,861 --> 00:31:21,229 IT TAKES A LOT OF CONTROL 695 00:31:21,229 --> 00:31:23,998 BETWEEN THE TEAMS, MAKE SURE 696 00:31:23,998 --> 00:31:26,234 THEY'RE ALL TALKING TOGETHER. 697 00:31:26,234 --> 00:31:27,635 THEY'RE ACTUALLY PREPARING THE 698 00:31:27,635 --> 00:31:30,905 TANKS, GETTING TO FLIGHT 699 00:31:30,905 --> 00:31:32,740 PRESSURES, GETTING ALL THE 700 00:31:32,740 --> 00:31:38,446 VALVES IN THE RIGHT POSITION, 701 00:31:38,446 --> 00:31:41,783 AND TOPPING OFF THE AVIATION 702 00:31:41,783 --> 00:31:56,764 TANKS FOR CENTAUR BOOSTER. 703 00:31:56,764 --> 00:32:00,034 >> VERY GOOD, AND THE COUNT NOW 704 00:32:00,034 --> 00:32:01,469 GOING UNDER 1:40. 705 00:32:01,469 --> 00:32:04,105 LET'S LISTEN IN AS THE ACTIVITY 706 00:32:04,105 --> 00:32:04,872 BEGINS TO PICK UP ON THE COUNT 707 00:32:04,872 --> 00:32:05,173 DOWN NET. 708 00:32:19,187 --> 00:32:19,420 . 709 00:32:19,420 --> 00:32:23,524 >> OUR FRIENDS AT THE UNITED 710 00:32:23,524 --> 00:32:24,425 SPACE FORCE WILL FOLLOW. 711 00:32:24,425 --> 00:32:28,129 >> F.D.R. HAS STARTED, 1:15. 712 00:32:28,129 --> 00:32:34,902 >> 1:10. 713 00:32:34,902 --> 00:32:38,272 >> LOCKING THE VENT VALVES WILL 714 00:32:38,272 --> 00:32:40,375 BRING THE BOOSTER AND TANKS UP 715 00:32:40,375 --> 00:32:43,211 TO FLIGHT PRESSURE, GETTING 716 00:32:43,211 --> 00:32:44,212 EVERYTHING READY FOR LAUNCH THIS 717 00:32:44,212 --> 00:32:44,545 EVENING. 718 00:32:44,545 --> 00:32:45,480 WE JUST HEARD FROM THE RANGE 719 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:46,748 OFFICER THAT THE RANGE IS GREEN 720 00:32:46,748 --> 00:32:48,282 AND READY TO MOVE FORWARD. 721 00:32:48,282 --> 00:32:50,418 >> THE RANGE IS GREEN, THAT IS A 722 00:32:50,418 --> 00:32:52,720 BEST STEP MOVING FORWARD. 723 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:53,521 EVERYTHING'S CLEAR. 724 00:32:53,521 --> 00:32:54,856 BASICALLY MEANS THAT THERE'S 725 00:32:54,856 --> 00:32:56,858 NO -- NOTHING TO EXCEED LAUNCH, 726 00:32:56,858 --> 00:32:58,826 NOTHING OUT THERE IN THE WATER, 727 00:32:58,826 --> 00:33:09,971 NOTHING OUT THERE IN THE AIR. 728 00:33:09,971 --> 00:33:13,441 >> T-MINUS 30 SECONDS AS WE 729 00:33:13,441 --> 00:33:16,277 COUNT DOWN TO THE LAUNCH OF THE 730 00:33:16,277 --> 00:33:18,846 ATLAS FIVE ROCKET. 731 00:33:18,846 --> 00:33:19,313 >> 25 SECONDS. 732 00:33:19,313 --> 00:33:20,281 >> GO, PLEASE. 733 00:33:20,281 --> 00:33:22,016 >> GO SOLAR ORBITER. 734 00:33:22,016 --> 00:33:26,621 >> THERE, YOU HEARD THE FINAL 735 00:33:26,621 --> 00:33:29,624 SPACE CHECK FOR CENTAUR AND 736 00:33:29,624 --> 00:33:34,295 BOOSTER SPACECRAFT. 737 00:33:34,295 --> 00:33:36,230 THERE WE GO. 738 00:33:36,230 --> 00:33:40,501 T-MINUS TEN, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, 739 00:33:40,501 --> 00:33:41,202 SIX, FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, 740 00:33:41,202 --> 00:33:41,969 ONE, ZERO. 741 00:33:41,969 --> 00:33:45,773 AND LIFTOFF OF OUR SOLAR 742 00:33:45,773 --> 00:33:47,141 ORBITER, AN INTERNATIONAL 743 00:33:47,141 --> 00:33:48,576 COLLABORATION TO GIVE US NEW 744 00:33:48,576 --> 00:33:49,944 IMAGES AND A BETTER 745 00:33:49,944 --> 00:33:50,678 UNDERSTANDING OF OUR LIFE-GIVING 746 00:33:50,678 --> 00:33:50,912 STAR. 747 00:33:58,786 --> 00:33:59,787 >> AFTER 15 SECONDS. 748 00:33:59,787 --> 00:34:03,991 >> NOW, YOU HEAR THE VOICE OF 749 00:34:03,991 --> 00:34:05,259 U.L.A.'S LAUNCH COMMENTATOR. 750 00:34:05,259 --> 00:34:08,129 >> NOW 25 SECONDS INTO FLIGHT. 751 00:34:08,129 --> 00:34:10,398 CHAMBER PRESSURE ON THE S.R.B. 752 00:34:10,398 --> 00:34:11,199 LOOKS GOOD. 753 00:34:11,199 --> 00:34:15,436 ENGINEERING PARAMETERS ON THE 754 00:34:15,436 --> 00:34:17,271 R.D.-80 ALSO LOOK GOOD. 755 00:34:17,271 --> 00:34:20,108 35 SECONDS IN, VEHICLE IS 756 00:34:20,108 --> 00:34:23,277 COMPLETING THE PITCH-OVER 757 00:34:23,277 --> 00:34:23,644 MANEUVER. 758 00:34:23,644 --> 00:34:25,113 NOW 41 SECONDS INTO FLIGHT. 759 00:34:25,113 --> 00:34:26,781 >> 45 SECONDS INTO FLIGHT, 760 00:34:26,781 --> 00:34:28,583 EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD. 761 00:34:28,583 --> 00:34:33,154 >> WE HEARD THAT THE R.D.-180 762 00:34:33,154 --> 00:34:35,790 ENGINE IS THROTTLING DOWN. 763 00:34:35,790 --> 00:34:37,825 GOING TO PULL THOSE ENGINES DOWN 764 00:34:37,825 --> 00:34:46,267 FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT. 765 00:34:46,267 --> 00:34:49,370 >> FLIGHT ENGINE IS NOW SUPER 766 00:34:49,370 --> 00:34:49,704 SONIC. 767 00:34:49,704 --> 00:34:51,906 VEHICLE'S NOW PASSING THROUGH 768 00:34:51,906 --> 00:34:54,809 MAX-X, MAXIMUM DYNAMIC PRESSURE. 769 00:34:54,809 --> 00:34:57,912 >> MAXIMUM DYNAMIC PRESSURE IS 770 00:34:57,912 --> 00:34:59,180 THE HIGHEST PRESSURE ON THE 771 00:34:59,180 --> 00:35:04,585 ROCKET BECAUSE IT'S REACHED THE 772 00:35:04,585 --> 00:35:09,423 HIGHEST RESISTANCE FROM EARTH'S 773 00:35:09,423 --> 00:35:09,824 ATMOSPHERE. 774 00:35:09,824 --> 00:35:14,562 MATE IT THROUGH, AND THEY'RE 775 00:35:14,562 --> 00:35:15,096 THROTTLING BACK UP. 776 00:35:15,096 --> 00:35:18,166 >> AND WE HAVE BURNOUT ON THE 777 00:35:18,166 --> 00:35:22,970 SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER. 778 00:35:22,970 --> 00:35:26,440 >> THEY'RE GOING TO LET THAT GO 779 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:29,544 AT 2:47. 780 00:35:29,544 --> 00:35:32,413 >> ALL SPEEDS AND INJECTOR 781 00:35:32,413 --> 00:35:33,247 PRESSURES LOOK GOOD. 782 00:35:33,247 --> 00:35:34,415 >> ALL RIGHT. 783 00:35:34,415 --> 00:35:38,085 STAND BY NOW FOR BOOSTER 784 00:35:38,085 --> 00:35:38,452 JETTISON. 785 00:35:38,452 --> 00:35:41,155 >> AND COMING INTO TWO MINUTES 786 00:35:41,155 --> 00:35:43,491 INTO FLIGHT, THE ATLAS VEHICLE 787 00:35:43,491 --> 00:35:46,761 IS NOW JUST ONE HALF OF ITS 788 00:35:46,761 --> 00:35:54,068 LIFTOFF WEIGHT. 789 00:35:54,068 --> 00:35:55,870 R.D.-180 CONTINUES TO LOOK GOOD. 790 00:35:55,870 --> 00:35:59,006 AND STANDING BY FOR S.R.V. 791 00:35:59,006 --> 00:35:59,640 JETTISON SHORTLY. 792 00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:01,042 >> AND LOOK TO YOUR SCREEN, 793 00:36:01,042 --> 00:36:01,909 YOU'LL SEE IT. 794 00:36:01,909 --> 00:36:05,479 THERE IT GOES. 795 00:36:05,479 --> 00:36:10,051 >> ATLAS FIVE HAS GONE TO 796 00:36:10,051 --> 00:36:14,322 Q-ALPHA CLOSED LIMITED STEERING. 797 00:36:14,322 --> 00:36:15,656 VEHICLE BODY WEIGHTS LOOK GOOD. 798 00:36:15,656 --> 00:36:30,004 NOW 2:35 INTO FLIGHT. 799 00:36:30,004 --> 00:36:32,773 >> IN THE SECOND STAGE, R.C.M. 800 00:36:32,773 --> 00:36:34,308 PRESS STAGE IS NOW OPEN. 801 00:36:34,308 --> 00:36:35,810 SYSTEMS NOW PRESSURIZING TO 802 00:36:35,810 --> 00:36:37,411 FLIGHT LEVELS. 803 00:36:37,411 --> 00:36:39,847 >> FLYING AT OVER 5,000 MILES 804 00:36:39,847 --> 00:36:40,214 PER HOUR. 805 00:36:40,214 --> 00:36:44,385 >> NOW THREE MINUTES INTO 806 00:36:44,385 --> 00:36:46,854 FLIGHT. 807 00:36:46,854 --> 00:36:50,691 APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE TO 808 00:36:50,691 --> 00:36:50,992 BECO. 809 00:36:50,992 --> 00:36:53,828 PUMP SPEEDS AND INJECTOR 810 00:36:53,828 --> 00:36:57,398 PRESSURES LOOK GOOD. 811 00:36:57,398 --> 00:36:58,132 3:15 IN. 812 00:36:58,132 --> 00:36:59,500 >> ALL RIGHT. 813 00:36:59,500 --> 00:37:02,203 ABOUT TO CUT THAT BOOSTER. 814 00:37:02,203 --> 00:37:10,845 >> VEHICLE BODY RATES LOOK 815 00:37:10,845 --> 00:37:11,178 STABLE. 816 00:37:11,178 --> 00:37:17,251 >> NOW 3:30 IN, RD-180 NOW 817 00:37:17,251 --> 00:37:18,753 THROTTLING TO MAINTAIN A 818 00:37:18,753 --> 00:37:30,564 CONSTANT 3-G ACCELERATION. 819 00:37:30,564 --> 00:37:37,238 AND WE'VE BEGUN BOOST PHASE 820 00:37:37,238 --> 00:37:38,039 CHILL DOWN. 821 00:37:38,039 --> 00:37:39,674 CHILL DOWN PHASE HAS ENDED. 822 00:37:39,674 --> 00:37:41,909 STANDING BY FOR BECO. 823 00:37:41,909 --> 00:37:47,882 AND WE HAVE BECO, BOOSTER ENGINE 824 00:37:47,882 --> 00:37:48,382 CUTOFF. 825 00:37:48,382 --> 00:37:52,353 AND WE HAVE GOOD INDICATION OF 826 00:37:52,353 --> 00:37:53,154 ATLAS-CENTAUR SEPARATION. 827 00:37:53,154 --> 00:37:56,824 WE HAVE PRESTART ON THE R.L.-10, 828 00:37:56,824 --> 00:37:59,026 STANDING BY FOR IGNITION. 829 00:37:59,026 --> 00:38:03,864 >> NEXT MAJOR MILESTONE IS THE 830 00:38:03,864 --> 00:38:04,198 FERRING. 831 00:38:04,198 --> 00:38:07,268 >> BODY RATES LOOK GOOD. 832 00:38:07,268 --> 00:38:11,138 AND WE HAVE GOOD INDICATION OF 833 00:38:11,138 --> 00:38:14,175 PAY LOAD FERRING JETTISON. 834 00:38:14,175 --> 00:38:15,743 THIS FIRST BURN OF TODAY'S 835 00:38:15,743 --> 00:38:16,477 MISSION WILL LAST APPROXIMATELY 836 00:38:16,477 --> 00:38:25,319 EIGHT MINUTES. 837 00:38:25,319 --> 00:38:27,488 AND THE R.C.S. SYSTEM IS NOW 838 00:38:27,488 --> 00:38:29,523 PERFORMING THE INITIAL FIRINGS 839 00:38:29,523 --> 00:38:33,961 TO WARM UP THE R.C.S. CATALYST 840 00:38:33,961 --> 00:38:34,228 BED. 841 00:38:34,228 --> 00:38:39,066 JUST IN RESPONSE LOOKS GOOD. 842 00:38:39,066 --> 00:38:42,770 AND THE CENTAUR IS NOW 100 MILE 843 00:38:42,770 --> 00:38:46,273 IN ALTITUDE, 450 MILES DOWN 844 00:38:46,273 --> 00:38:49,343 RANGE DISTANCE, TRAVELING AT 845 00:38:49,343 --> 00:38:51,178 11,800 MILES PER HOUR. 846 00:38:51,178 --> 00:38:51,712 5:10 INTO FLIGHT. 847 00:38:51,712 --> 00:38:54,415 >> YOU'RE LISTENING TO THE VOICE 848 00:38:54,415 --> 00:39:05,059 OF PATRICK MOORE, U.L.A.s LAUNCH 849 00:39:05,059 --> 00:39:05,593 COMMENTATOR. 850 00:39:05,593 --> 00:39:09,463 CENTAUR PROPELLING UTILIZATION 851 00:39:09,463 --> 00:39:11,932 HAS GONE TO CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL. 852 00:39:11,932 --> 00:39:16,537 >> FLIGHT IS LOOKING VERY GOOD 853 00:39:16,537 --> 00:39:18,039 AT THIS POINT. 854 00:39:18,039 --> 00:39:25,479 AND R.C.S. IS NOW PERFORMING 855 00:39:25,479 --> 00:39:30,551 INTERNAL FIRING FOR INTERNAL 856 00:39:30,551 --> 00:39:31,352 RESPONSE OF THE SYSTEM. 857 00:39:31,352 --> 00:39:34,055 EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD, AND 858 00:39:34,055 --> 00:39:35,489 INITIAL REVIEW OF BOOSTER 859 00:39:35,489 --> 00:39:37,491 PERFORMANCE SHOWED BOOSTER 860 00:39:37,491 --> 00:39:38,192 PERFORMED CLOSE TO PREFLIGHT 861 00:39:38,192 --> 00:39:38,526 PREDICTIONS. 862 00:39:49,270 --> 00:39:54,141 >> SO THE NEXT MAJOR MILESTONE 863 00:39:54,141 --> 00:39:55,643 BEEN THE CENTAUR FIRST MAJOR 864 00:39:55,643 --> 00:39:57,745 ENGINE CUTOFF, AND WE'VE GOT 865 00:39:57,745 --> 00:40:01,015 FIVE OR SIX MINUTES BEFORE THAT. 866 00:40:01,015 --> 00:40:05,352 LET'S BRING NICK WOLTMAN IN. 867 00:40:05,352 --> 00:40:06,454 EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD. 868 00:40:06,454 --> 00:40:09,390 WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THAT FROM 869 00:40:09,390 --> 00:40:09,690 HERE? 870 00:40:09,690 --> 00:40:10,257 >> YEAH. 871 00:40:10,257 --> 00:40:15,830 HEAR ALL THE MARKET EVENTS, AND 872 00:40:15,830 --> 00:40:16,564 SEEMS THAT FIRST STAGE PERFORMED 873 00:40:16,564 --> 00:40:20,201 REALLY NOMINAL TO GET THROUGH 874 00:40:20,201 --> 00:40:23,270 THE FIRST STAGE AND GET CENTAUR 875 00:40:23,270 --> 00:40:24,105 ON ITS WAY. 876 00:40:24,105 --> 00:40:26,540 >> CENTAUR PERFORMING A THRUST 877 00:40:26,540 --> 00:40:29,577 OF ABOUT 22,000 POUNDS AND 878 00:40:29,577 --> 00:40:29,910 FLYING. 879 00:40:29,910 --> 00:40:36,417 AND WHAT, MICK, HAS BEEN 880 00:40:36,417 --> 00:40:39,286 DESCRIBED TO ME AS A VERY EXACT 881 00:40:39,286 --> 00:40:39,620 ORBIT. 882 00:40:39,620 --> 00:40:42,923 IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT, 883 00:40:42,923 --> 00:40:46,193 BUT IT DOES HAVE TO BE WITH 884 00:40:46,193 --> 00:40:46,594 PRECISION. 885 00:40:46,594 --> 00:40:49,130 >> IT WILL GET CENTAUR INTO A 886 00:40:49,130 --> 00:40:50,798 SEMI CIRCULAR ORBIT AS WE GO 887 00:40:50,798 --> 00:40:52,533 AROUND THE EARTH, AND WE WILL 888 00:40:52,533 --> 00:40:54,468 GET READY FOR OUR MAIN ENGINE 889 00:40:54,468 --> 00:40:56,303 START NUMBER TWO, AND THAT WILL 890 00:40:56,303 --> 00:41:00,674 GET US ONTO OUR TRANSFER 891 00:41:00,674 --> 00:41:04,211 TRAJECTORY ORBIT OR TRANSFER 892 00:41:04,211 --> 00:41:06,480 TRAJECTORY TO GET US HEADED TO 893 00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:06,847 THE SUN. 894 00:41:06,847 --> 00:41:10,117 >> AND IT'S A LOT OF POWER 895 00:41:10,117 --> 00:41:13,220 THAT'S NEEDED IN ORDER TO GET 896 00:41:13,220 --> 00:41:14,788 THIS THING GOING BECAUSE SHE'S 897 00:41:14,788 --> 00:41:16,790 GOING OFF INTO THE DEEPER PART 898 00:41:16,790 --> 00:41:20,861 OF SPACE, HEADED TO THE SUN. 899 00:41:20,861 --> 00:41:27,968 WE'RE GETTING A REPORT OF GOOD 900 00:41:27,968 --> 00:41:29,270 PERFORMANCE, SO FAR, AND THAT'S 901 00:41:29,270 --> 00:41:30,070 GOOD NEWS. 902 00:41:30,070 --> 00:41:33,541 THE TEAM HERE, MICK TALKED ABOUT 903 00:41:33,541 --> 00:41:35,075 THE REACTION OF THE LAUNCH TEAM. 904 00:41:35,075 --> 00:41:37,044 WE HEARD A LITTLE BIT OF A 905 00:41:37,044 --> 00:41:37,645 CELEBRATION BEHIND US. 906 00:41:37,645 --> 00:41:38,012 >> YEAH. 907 00:41:38,012 --> 00:41:40,948 THE TEAM DOESN'T GET TOO EXCITED 908 00:41:40,948 --> 00:41:44,618 AROUND HERE, BUT IT IS A MARK 909 00:41:44,618 --> 00:41:45,252 EVENT. 910 00:41:45,252 --> 00:41:47,288 GETTING MAIN ENGINE START IS 911 00:41:47,288 --> 00:41:50,357 IMPORTANT, AS YOU MENTIONED, 912 00:41:50,357 --> 00:41:52,159 CENTAUR ON ITS WAY. 913 00:41:52,159 --> 00:41:54,995 THE R.L.-10 ENGINE PERFORMING 914 00:41:54,995 --> 00:41:55,529 VERY WELL. 915 00:41:55,529 --> 00:41:58,666 BUT THE TEAM IS CONTINUING TO 916 00:41:58,666 --> 00:41:59,900 LOOK AT THE DATA, FOLLOWING THE 917 00:41:59,900 --> 00:42:02,536 CENTAUR IN FLIGHT ON REAL-TIME 918 00:42:02,536 --> 00:42:02,836 DATA. 919 00:42:02,836 --> 00:42:07,575 THE BOOSTER TEAM IS LOOKING AT 920 00:42:07,575 --> 00:42:10,778 AFTER FIRST STAGE DATA TO MAKE 921 00:42:10,778 --> 00:42:11,979 SURE EVERYTHING WENT WELL. 922 00:42:11,979 --> 00:42:14,181 THINGS ARE PERFORMING VERY WELL 923 00:42:14,181 --> 00:42:15,683 FOR THIS FLIGHT FOR SOLAR 924 00:42:15,683 --> 00:42:16,250 ORBITER ON ITS WAY. 925 00:42:16,250 --> 00:42:17,918 >> THAT'S GOOD NEWS, CERTAINLY 926 00:42:17,918 --> 00:42:20,087 FOR OUR EUROPEAN PARTNERS, WHO 927 00:42:20,087 --> 00:42:21,922 ARE COLLABORATING IN THIS 928 00:42:21,922 --> 00:42:22,256 EFFORT. 929 00:42:22,256 --> 00:42:23,757 THE SOLAR ORBITER PLANS TO 930 00:42:23,757 --> 00:42:25,159 UNLOCK QUITE A FEW MYSTERIES OF 931 00:42:25,159 --> 00:42:27,361 THE SUN, AS WE HAVE LEARNED IN 932 00:42:27,361 --> 00:42:31,131 THE WEEKS ROLLING UP TO THIS. 933 00:42:31,131 --> 00:42:31,865 THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TIME AND 934 00:42:31,865 --> 00:42:34,301 EFFORT THAT THE TEAMS HAVE PUT 935 00:42:34,301 --> 00:42:35,970 INTO BUILDING THIS SPACECRAFT 936 00:42:35,970 --> 00:42:37,605 AND OF COURSE PREPARING FOR 937 00:42:37,605 --> 00:42:38,138 LAUNCH. 938 00:42:38,138 --> 00:42:40,274 MANY YEARS IN THE MAKING. 939 00:42:40,274 --> 00:42:41,742 AS WE LISTEN IN NOW, WE ARE 940 00:42:41,742 --> 00:42:46,213 GETTING A LITTLE MORE OF AN 941 00:42:46,213 --> 00:42:46,547 UPDATE. 942 00:42:46,547 --> 00:42:50,751 SO FAR, CONTINUES TO HAVE GOOD 943 00:42:50,751 --> 00:42:51,085 FLIGHT. 944 00:42:51,085 --> 00:42:54,021 THIS ORBIT, YOU WERE TALKING A 945 00:42:54,021 --> 00:42:55,155 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS TRANSFER 946 00:42:55,155 --> 00:42:55,589 ORBIT. 947 00:42:55,589 --> 00:42:58,325 IT'S USING A PLANETARY ASSIST TO 948 00:42:58,325 --> 00:43:01,095 GET TO ITS LOCATION ULTIMATELY, 949 00:43:01,095 --> 00:43:01,395 RIGHT? 950 00:43:01,395 --> 00:43:02,463 >> ULTIMATELY. 951 00:43:02,463 --> 00:43:07,201 ONCE WE GET INTO OUR ORBIT AND 952 00:43:07,201 --> 00:43:08,836 SOLAR ORBITER IS ON ITS WAY TO 953 00:43:08,836 --> 00:43:12,806 THE SUN, EVENTUALLY, THEY'LL USE 954 00:43:12,806 --> 00:43:22,683 THE ASSIST OF VENUS TO MAINTAIN 955 00:43:22,683 --> 00:43:25,019 THE TRAJECTORY AND KEEP GOING. 956 00:43:25,019 --> 00:43:27,788 AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, 957 00:43:27,788 --> 00:43:29,657 CENTAUR PERFORMING VERY WELL ON 958 00:43:29,657 --> 00:43:30,991 THE FIRST BURN, AND THE TEAMS 959 00:43:30,991 --> 00:43:32,526 ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT DATA 960 00:43:32,526 --> 00:43:33,727 AND HOW IT'S PERFORMING. 961 00:43:33,727 --> 00:43:35,663 AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAPPY TO BE 962 00:43:35,663 --> 00:43:37,564 AT THIS POINT IN THE FLIGHT, BUT 963 00:43:37,564 --> 00:43:40,567 AS YOU SAID, IMPORTANT TO OUR 964 00:43:40,567 --> 00:43:42,102 ESA FRIENDS AND SOLAR ORBITER 965 00:43:42,102 --> 00:43:43,003 AND NASA. 966 00:43:43,003 --> 00:43:45,506 WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO 967 00:43:45,506 --> 00:43:46,840 BEFORE PAY LOAD SEPARATION. 968 00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:48,142 MISSION IS GOING WELL SO FAR, 969 00:43:48,142 --> 00:43:50,544 AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW 970 00:43:50,544 --> 00:43:52,680 THIS AND SEE HOW CENTAUR 971 00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:57,818 PERFORMS TO GET OUR PAY LOAD 972 00:43:57,818 --> 00:43:59,219 DEPLOYED SUCCESSFULLY. 973 00:43:59,219 --> 00:44:02,156 >> THIS IS A VERY TENSE TIME, 974 00:44:02,156 --> 00:44:04,158 BUT NO NEED TO WORRY BECAUSE AT 975 00:44:04,158 --> 00:44:07,094 THIS POINT, CENTAUR HAS TAKEN 976 00:44:07,094 --> 00:44:12,066 HER TO THE SPOT THAT SHE NEEDS 977 00:44:12,066 --> 00:44:13,400 TO GO. 978 00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:15,369 THE CENTAUR, WE WERE TALKING 979 00:44:15,369 --> 00:44:16,737 ABOUT IT EARLIER. 980 00:44:16,737 --> 00:44:18,439 IT'S THE LAST OF ITS KIND THAT 981 00:44:18,439 --> 00:44:20,274 IS IN FLIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S 982 00:44:20,274 --> 00:44:21,508 GETTING SOME UPGRADES. 983 00:44:21,508 --> 00:44:23,811 IT'S PERFORMING GREAT, BUT WHAT 984 00:44:23,811 --> 00:44:24,778 KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS IS IT 985 00:44:24,778 --> 00:44:25,112 GETTING? 986 00:44:25,112 --> 00:44:26,113 >> YEAH. 987 00:44:26,113 --> 00:44:28,882 I WOULD SAY NOT CENTAUR MAINLY, 988 00:44:28,882 --> 00:44:31,819 BUT THE R.L.-10, THE ENGINE. 989 00:44:31,819 --> 00:44:36,256 IT'S THE LAST SINGLE VERSION OF 990 00:44:36,256 --> 00:44:37,891 R.L.-10 THAT WE'LL FLY. 991 00:44:37,891 --> 00:44:41,528 ALL VEHICLES FROM THIS POINT OUT 992 00:44:41,528 --> 00:44:44,498 WILL FLY R.L.C. 993 00:44:44,498 --> 00:44:47,968 HOWEVER, R.L.-10 WILL BE USED 994 00:44:47,968 --> 00:44:51,505 FOR HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT TO GET 995 00:44:51,505 --> 00:44:52,973 ASTRONAUTS BACK TO THE MOON AND 996 00:44:52,973 --> 00:44:54,975 THEN ONTO MARS. 997 00:44:54,975 --> 00:45:00,914 SO R.L.-10-4-A WILL STILL BE 998 00:45:00,914 --> 00:45:09,323 USED, BUT IN A SINGLE 999 00:45:09,323 --> 00:45:11,024 CONFIGURATION. 1000 00:45:11,024 --> 00:45:13,394 >> AND THAT DUAL ENGINE HAS TO 1001 00:45:13,394 --> 00:45:14,762 PROVIDE A LOT OF POWER WHEN IT 1002 00:45:14,762 --> 00:45:17,765 COMES TO, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE 1003 00:45:17,765 --> 00:45:19,199 ASTRONAUTS, WHO ARE GOING TO BE 1004 00:45:19,199 --> 00:45:22,703 GOING BACK UP TO THE 1005 00:45:22,703 --> 00:45:23,537 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FROM 1006 00:45:23,537 --> 00:45:24,938 AMERICAN SOIL ONCE BOEING GETS 1007 00:45:24,938 --> 00:45:27,941 THE GO-AHEAD TO FLY THAT DUAL 1008 00:45:27,941 --> 00:45:28,275 ENGINE. 1009 00:45:28,275 --> 00:45:29,410 THAT POWER IS NEEDED BECAUSE 1010 00:45:29,410 --> 00:45:32,980 IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT HEAVIER. 1011 00:45:32,980 --> 00:45:34,815 >> A LOT HEAVIER AND MORE POWER 1012 00:45:34,815 --> 00:45:36,350 AND ENERGY FROM THE CENTAUR. 1013 00:45:36,350 --> 00:45:39,720 WE ALSO HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, 1014 00:45:39,720 --> 00:45:42,389 DUAL-ENGINE SET UP FOR 1015 00:45:42,389 --> 00:45:43,490 REDUNDANCY AND CONTROLLABILITY 1016 00:45:43,490 --> 00:45:43,824 THERE. 1017 00:45:43,824 --> 00:45:49,329 >> WE'RE GOING TO GET AN UPDATE 1018 00:45:49,329 --> 00:45:54,735 IN JUST A MOMENT FROM U.L.A. 1019 00:45:54,735 --> 00:45:56,336 SCOTT MESSER. 1020 00:45:56,336 --> 00:45:58,806 YOU'RE LOOKING AT A GRAPHICAL 1021 00:45:58,806 --> 00:46:00,040 REPRESENTATION OF WHAT WE'RE 1022 00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:01,108 EXPECTING THE FLIGHT TO LOOK 1023 00:46:01,108 --> 00:46:03,844 LIKE, AND EVERYTHING IS LOOKING 1024 00:46:03,844 --> 00:46:04,411 GOOD AT THIS POINT. 1025 00:46:04,411 --> 00:46:05,779 >> AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE JUST 1026 00:46:05,779 --> 00:46:08,916 HEARD, WE'VE GOT MAIN ENGINE 1027 00:46:08,916 --> 00:46:11,618 CUTOFF, SO CENTAUR HAS SHUTDOWN 1028 00:46:11,618 --> 00:46:13,854 ITS ENGINE FOR THE FIRST FIRING. 1029 00:46:13,854 --> 00:46:14,922 THINGS LOOK GOOD. 1030 00:46:14,922 --> 00:46:17,124 BODY RATES HAVE DAMPED OUT, AND 1031 00:46:17,124 --> 00:46:18,358 EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD FOR THIS 1032 00:46:18,358 --> 00:46:21,528 MISSION SO FAR. 1033 00:46:21,528 --> 00:46:24,264 AS WE GET READY TO GO, CENTAUR 1034 00:46:24,264 --> 00:46:25,966 WILL CONTINUE BY ROLLING AND 1035 00:46:25,966 --> 00:46:29,203 TURNING TO THE POSITION IT NEEDS 1036 00:46:29,203 --> 00:46:34,875 TO GET READY FOR STAGE TWO, THE 1037 00:46:34,875 --> 00:46:39,279 TRANSFER OR ORBIT TRAJECTORY 1038 00:46:39,279 --> 00:46:40,681 THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. 1039 00:46:40,681 --> 00:46:42,316 THIS FLIGHT PERIOD THAT WE'LL BE 1040 00:46:42,316 --> 00:46:44,218 IN WILL BE ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO 1041 00:46:44,218 --> 00:46:45,319 GET INTO POSITION BEFORE WE HAVE 1042 00:46:45,319 --> 00:46:48,622 TO FIRE UP THE CENTAUR ENGINE 1043 00:46:48,622 --> 00:46:49,556 AGAIN. 1044 00:46:49,556 --> 00:46:51,525 THAT'LL BE ABOUT 38, 39 MINUTES 1045 00:46:51,525 --> 00:46:54,294 INTO THE MISSION THAT WE WILL DO 1046 00:46:54,294 --> 00:46:56,063 THAT, AND IT WILL FIRE FOR 1047 00:46:56,063 --> 00:47:01,168 ROUGHLY SIX MINUTES TO GET INTO 1048 00:47:01,168 --> 00:47:03,504 THAT TRANSFER ORBIT. 1049 00:47:03,504 --> 00:47:06,340 CENTAUR PERFORMING VERY WELL. 1050 00:47:06,340 --> 00:47:07,608 ATLAS, CENTAUR, AND SOLAR 1051 00:47:07,608 --> 00:47:08,842 ORBITER ARE ON ITS WAY. 1052 00:47:08,842 --> 00:47:09,676 >> THIS IS WHAT YOU WOULD 1053 00:47:09,676 --> 00:47:12,980 DESCRIBE AS A BIT OF A COAST 1054 00:47:12,980 --> 00:47:13,313 PHASE. 1055 00:47:13,313 --> 00:47:14,615 >> COAST PHASE RUNNING VERY 1056 00:47:14,615 --> 00:47:16,783 WELL, AND DOING SOME MANEUVERS 1057 00:47:16,783 --> 00:47:18,151 IN THIS COAST PHASE. 1058 00:47:18,151 --> 00:47:22,356 >> AND SO WHILE WE MONITORING 1059 00:47:22,356 --> 00:47:23,557 COASTING OF THE CENTAUR STAGE, 1060 00:47:23,557 --> 00:47:25,726 WE WILL ALSO BE MONITORING THE 1061 00:47:25,726 --> 00:47:27,561 LAUNCH TEAMS TO LET YOU KNOW 1062 00:47:27,561 --> 00:47:28,762 WHEN THEY FIRE THOSE ENGINES 1063 00:47:28,762 --> 00:47:29,463 BACK UP. 1064 00:47:29,463 --> 00:47:31,532 IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE GOING TO 1065 00:47:31,532 --> 00:47:34,334 SEND IT BACK TO JOSHUA, WHO IS 1066 00:47:34,334 --> 00:47:35,769 JOINED BY SCOTT MESSER. 1067 00:47:35,769 --> 00:47:38,272 >> HEY, A LOT MORE AHEAD, BUT WE 1068 00:47:38,272 --> 00:47:40,107 APPRECIATE YOU WALKING US 1069 00:47:40,107 --> 00:47:43,343 THROUGH THOSE FIRST DYNAMIC 1070 00:47:43,343 --> 00:47:45,145 MINUTES OF FLIGHT. 1071 00:47:45,145 --> 00:47:49,383 I'M HERE WITH SCOTT MESSER, THE 1072 00:47:49,383 --> 00:47:53,620 DIRECTOR OF FLIGHT MISSIONS. 1073 00:47:53,620 --> 00:47:57,357 SO THE BOOSTER HAS FIRED, THE 1074 00:47:57,357 --> 00:47:59,826 ROCKET IS ON HER WAY. 1075 00:47:59,826 --> 00:48:00,928 WHAT'S IT LIKE? 1076 00:48:00,928 --> 00:48:03,664 >> ONE OF THE QUIETEST COUNT 1077 00:48:03,664 --> 00:48:05,566 DOWNS I'VE EVER BEEN THROUGH. 1078 00:48:05,566 --> 00:48:07,834 >> INDEED. 1079 00:48:07,834 --> 00:48:08,635 >> EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD SO FAR. 1080 00:48:08,635 --> 00:48:12,072 ALL THE DATA THAT WE'RE GETTING 1081 00:48:12,072 --> 00:48:14,408 BACK IS LOOKING REALLY POSITIVE. 1082 00:48:14,408 --> 00:48:18,378 >> WE'VE STOLEN YOU AWAY AND THE 1083 00:48:18,378 --> 00:48:22,683 JOB IS STILL HAPPENING, BUT HOW 1084 00:48:22,683 --> 00:48:24,318 ARE YOU FEELING? 1085 00:48:24,318 --> 00:48:25,919 >> BEGINNING OF THE WINDOW, AND 1086 00:48:25,919 --> 00:48:27,087 EVERYTHING LOOKING GREAT. 1087 00:48:27,087 --> 00:48:28,889 I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED AND 1088 00:48:28,889 --> 00:48:31,158 THRILLED TO BE MEETING CUSTOMER 1089 00:48:31,158 --> 00:48:31,592 REQUIREMENTS. 1090 00:48:31,592 --> 00:48:31,959 >> YEAH. 1091 00:48:31,959 --> 00:48:33,527 I MEAN, THAT'S THE NAME OF THE 1092 00:48:33,527 --> 00:48:35,929 GAME, RIGHT? 1093 00:48:35,929 --> 00:48:36,663 >> IT CERTAINLY IS. 1094 00:48:36,663 --> 00:48:39,399 >> SO WHAT'S LEFT AHEAD FOR US? 1095 00:48:39,399 --> 00:48:43,670 THE U.L.A. PORTION OF THE DAY IS 1096 00:48:43,670 --> 00:48:44,838 NOT DONE YET. 1097 00:48:44,838 --> 00:48:46,506 SO WHAT'S STILL TO COME? 1098 00:48:46,506 --> 00:48:49,109 >> WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A 1099 00:48:49,109 --> 00:48:50,577 30-MINUTE COAST. 1100 00:48:50,577 --> 00:48:55,382 THE SECOND STAGE WILL START 1101 00:48:55,382 --> 00:48:58,919 AGAIN, SHORT, TWO-COAST, AND 1102 00:48:58,919 --> 00:49:02,522 THEN SEPARATION AT ABOUT 11:55. 1103 00:49:02,522 --> 00:49:07,060 >> 11:55, IS THAT A TYPICAL 1104 00:49:07,060 --> 00:49:07,427 TIMELINE? 1105 00:49:07,427 --> 00:49:09,529 BECAUSE IN TYPICAL FLIGHTS, THE 1106 00:49:09,529 --> 00:49:12,899 BOOSTER IS ONLY USED FOR TEN OR 1107 00:49:12,899 --> 00:49:14,668 15 MINUTES OR SO, BUT IN THIS 1108 00:49:14,668 --> 00:49:16,903 FLIGHT, THE BOOSTER IS USED FOR 1109 00:49:16,903 --> 00:49:17,504 AN HOUR. 1110 00:49:17,504 --> 00:49:18,639 IS THAT TYPICAL? 1111 00:49:18,639 --> 00:49:20,073 >> YEAH. 1112 00:49:20,073 --> 00:49:22,576 I THINK BOOSTERS ARE USED FOR 1113 00:49:22,576 --> 00:49:26,013 ABOUT AN HOUR, SO IN MOST NASA 1114 00:49:26,013 --> 00:49:27,814 MISSIONS, THAT'S ON AVERAGE. 1115 00:49:27,814 --> 00:49:29,349 >> OKAY. 1116 00:49:29,349 --> 00:49:32,486 WE WANT EVERYTHING TO LOOK 1117 00:49:32,486 --> 00:49:36,223 GREAT, BUT LOOKING AHEAD, WHAT'S 1118 00:49:36,223 --> 00:49:36,823 THE FUTURE FOR U.L.A.? 1119 00:49:36,823 --> 00:49:38,558 >> WELL, THIS IS THE FIRST 1120 00:49:38,558 --> 00:49:42,329 MISSION OF THE YEAR FOR U.L.A. 1121 00:49:42,329 --> 00:49:45,032 137th SUCCESSFUL MISSION SO FAR, 1122 00:49:45,032 --> 00:49:46,500 SO WE'VE GOT SEVERAL OTHER 1123 00:49:46,500 --> 00:49:47,834 MISSIONS FOR NASA COMING DOWN 1124 00:49:47,834 --> 00:49:48,935 THE LINE. 1125 00:49:48,935 --> 00:49:54,107 WE'VE GOT A MARS MISSION IN JULY 1126 00:49:54,107 --> 00:49:55,108 OF THIS YEAR. 1127 00:49:55,108 --> 00:49:56,443 >> MARS 2020. 1128 00:49:56,443 --> 00:49:58,779 >> YEAH, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A 1129 00:49:58,779 --> 00:50:00,113 BIG YEAR FOR U.L.A. 1130 00:50:00,113 --> 00:50:01,181 >> AWESOME. 1131 00:50:01,181 --> 00:50:03,784 AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN JUST A TEENY 1132 00:50:03,784 --> 00:50:06,820 BIT MORE OF YOUR ROLE? 1133 00:50:06,820 --> 00:50:08,889 IS THAT -- YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF 1134 00:50:08,889 --> 00:50:10,223 NASA MISSIONS. 1135 00:50:10,223 --> 00:50:10,824 IS THAT TRUE? 1136 00:50:10,824 --> 00:50:11,692 >> THAT'S TRUE. 1137 00:50:11,692 --> 00:50:14,795 I WORK WITH ALL THE NASA SCIENCE 1138 00:50:14,795 --> 00:50:16,396 MISSIONS, SO SOLAR ORBITER, MARS 1139 00:50:16,396 --> 00:50:18,265 2020 COMING UP HERE, AND IT'S 1140 00:50:18,265 --> 00:50:20,300 OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL 1141 00:50:20,300 --> 00:50:21,635 THE SPACECRAFT REQUIREMENTS ARE 1142 00:50:21,635 --> 00:50:21,902 MET. 1143 00:50:21,902 --> 00:50:24,738 WE INTEGRATE WITH THE SPACECRAFT 1144 00:50:24,738 --> 00:50:25,839 CLOSELY FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND 1145 00:50:25,839 --> 00:50:28,408 MAKE SURE THAT THE ROCKET 1146 00:50:28,408 --> 00:50:29,910 PROVIDES ALL THE NECESSARY 1147 00:50:29,910 --> 00:50:31,945 REQUIREMENTS THE SPACECRAFT ASKS 1148 00:50:31,945 --> 00:50:32,245 FOR. 1149 00:50:32,245 --> 00:50:32,646 >> GREAT. 1150 00:50:32,646 --> 00:50:35,415 WELL SCOTT, WE APPRECIATE YOU, 1151 00:50:35,415 --> 00:50:37,851 APPRECIATE UNITED LAUNCH 1152 00:50:37,851 --> 00:50:39,352 ALLIANCE AND EVERYTHING TO 1153 00:50:39,352 --> 00:50:40,454 UNLOCK THE SECRETS OF THE SUN 1154 00:50:40,454 --> 00:50:43,190 AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ALONG 1155 00:50:43,190 --> 00:50:43,557 WITH THAT. 1156 00:50:43,557 --> 00:50:46,426 WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU GET BACK 1157 00:50:46,426 --> 00:50:48,628 TO MONITORING THE REST OF THE 1158 00:50:48,628 --> 00:50:51,131 FLIGHT, AND I'M GOING TO SEND 1159 00:50:51,131 --> 00:50:56,036 YOU BACK OUT TO BLAIR WITH 1160 00:50:56,036 --> 00:50:57,104 SPECIAL GUESTS WITH HIM. 1161 00:50:57,104 --> 00:50:58,438 >> YEAH. 1162 00:50:58,438 --> 00:51:03,143 I'M HERE WITH HOLLY MUELLER AND 1163 00:51:03,143 --> 00:51:03,910 DANIEL GILBERT. 1164 00:51:03,910 --> 00:51:05,979 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE 1165 00:51:05,979 --> 00:51:06,947 LAUNCH, HOLLY? 1166 00:51:06,947 --> 00:51:09,015 >> WOW, FLOORED. 1167 00:51:09,015 --> 00:51:10,751 I GOT TO SHARE IT WITH MY 1168 00:51:10,751 --> 00:51:14,387 HUSBAND AND DAUGHTERS AND WITH 1169 00:51:14,387 --> 00:51:16,957 MY PARTNER IN CRIME. 1170 00:51:16,957 --> 00:51:20,460 >> NOT CRIME, BUT ON THE GOOD 1171 00:51:20,460 --> 00:51:20,794 SCIENCE. 1172 00:51:20,794 --> 00:51:21,228 GOOD SCIENCE. 1173 00:51:21,228 --> 00:51:21,628 >> RIGHT. 1174 00:51:21,628 --> 00:51:22,596 >> AND DANIEL, WHAT ABOUT YOU? 1175 00:51:22,596 --> 00:51:25,232 >> IT'S PICTURE PERFECT, AND 1176 00:51:25,232 --> 00:51:26,666 SUDDENLY, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE 1177 00:51:26,666 --> 00:51:30,370 CONNECTED TO THE ENTIRE SOLAR 1178 00:51:30,370 --> 00:51:30,704 SYSTEM. 1179 00:51:30,704 --> 00:51:32,439 YOU'RE CONNECTED TO SOMETHING 1180 00:51:32,439 --> 00:51:36,510 THAT WILL BE CLOSE TO THE SUN 1181 00:51:36,510 --> 00:51:37,043 AND OUT IN SPACE. 1182 00:51:37,043 --> 00:51:38,478 >> YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WERE 1183 00:51:38,478 --> 00:51:40,046 STARVING SCIENTISTS, JUST 1184 00:51:40,046 --> 00:51:41,414 GETTING OUT OF SCHOOL, DID YOU 1185 00:51:41,414 --> 00:51:44,384 EVER THINK YOU WOULD BE HERE AT 1186 00:51:44,384 --> 00:51:46,353 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, NOT JUST 1187 00:51:46,353 --> 00:51:48,522 WATCHING A ROCKET LAUNCH, BUT 1188 00:51:48,522 --> 00:51:50,090 HEARING A MISSION AND SPACECRAFT 1189 00:51:50,090 --> 00:51:52,025 THAT'S SO NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR 1190 00:51:52,025 --> 00:51:52,325 HEART? 1191 00:51:52,325 --> 00:51:53,293 HOLLY, HOW ABOUT YOU? 1192 00:51:53,293 --> 00:51:55,629 >> I COULD NOT HAVE EVEN 1193 00:51:55,629 --> 00:51:56,163 IMAGINED THIS. 1194 00:51:56,163 --> 00:51:58,632 EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN IN SOLAR 1195 00:51:58,632 --> 00:52:00,734 PHYSICS TO THIS, I NEVER THOUGHT 1196 00:52:00,734 --> 00:52:02,736 I WOULD WITNESS SOMETHING COME 1197 00:52:02,736 --> 00:52:04,738 TO FRUITION LIKE THIS AND 1198 00:52:04,738 --> 00:52:06,039 ACTUALLY LAUNCH. 1199 00:52:06,039 --> 00:52:08,508 ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. 1200 00:52:08,508 --> 00:52:09,042 >> DANIEL? 1201 00:52:09,042 --> 00:52:10,610 >> SAME THING FOR ME. 1202 00:52:10,610 --> 00:52:12,913 I MET HOLLY ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO 1203 00:52:12,913 --> 00:52:15,582 AT A Ph.D. SCHOOL, AND I 1204 00:52:15,582 --> 00:52:18,185 IMMEDIATELY KNEW THIS LADY WOULD 1205 00:52:18,185 --> 00:52:19,119 GO VERY FAR. 1206 00:52:19,119 --> 00:52:20,754 I WOULD NOT HAVE EXPECTED TO GO 1207 00:52:20,754 --> 00:52:22,789 ALONG WITH HER AT THIS POINT, 1208 00:52:22,789 --> 00:52:26,326 AND SO NOW, AFTER MANY YEARS OF 1209 00:52:26,326 --> 00:52:29,329 HARD WORK AND SET BACKS, WE'VE 1210 00:52:29,329 --> 00:52:31,298 NOW REALLY MADE IT ON OUR 1211 00:52:31,298 --> 00:52:32,899 JOURNEY, AND THAT'S A BIG THING 1212 00:52:32,899 --> 00:52:33,266 FOR ME. 1213 00:52:33,266 --> 00:52:35,402 >> AND THAT'S GREAT, TOO, 1214 00:52:35,402 --> 00:52:36,536 BECAUSE THIS WHOLE WEEK, LEADING 1215 00:52:36,536 --> 00:52:38,772 UP TO THE LAUNCH AND ALL THE 1216 00:52:38,772 --> 00:52:42,075 STUFF WE'VE DONE LEADING UP TO 1217 00:52:42,075 --> 00:52:42,809 THE LAUNCH IN TERMS OF PREPARING 1218 00:52:42,809 --> 00:52:44,477 FOR THE SHOW, WE'VE BEEN HEARING 1219 00:52:44,477 --> 00:52:46,479 THE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP 1220 00:52:46,479 --> 00:52:49,583 AND OUR FRIENDS AT ESA, AND 1221 00:52:49,583 --> 00:52:50,650 SEEING YOU GUYS HERE. 1222 00:52:50,650 --> 00:52:53,253 TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 1223 00:52:53,253 --> 00:52:54,588 RELATIONSHIP AND WORKING 1224 00:52:54,588 --> 00:52:56,857 TOGETHER ON THE MISSION. 1225 00:52:56,857 --> 00:52:57,190 >> YEAH. 1226 00:52:57,190 --> 00:52:57,657 IT'S FANTASTIC. 1227 00:52:57,657 --> 00:52:59,125 I COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER 1228 00:52:59,125 --> 00:53:00,594 PROJECT SCIENTIST TEAM. 1229 00:53:00,594 --> 00:53:03,797 IT'S A CHALLENGING TEAM HAVING 1230 00:53:03,797 --> 00:53:05,465 AN INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP, SO 1231 00:53:05,465 --> 00:53:08,735 WE -- ESPECIALLY DANIEL HAS HAD 1232 00:53:08,735 --> 00:53:10,904 TO WORK HARD AT MAKING THAT ALL 1233 00:53:10,904 --> 00:53:11,204 WORK. 1234 00:53:11,204 --> 00:53:14,507 TEN STUMT TEAMS, IT'S JUST AN 1235 00:53:14,507 --> 00:53:15,609 AMAZING PARTNERSHIP. 1236 00:53:15,609 --> 00:53:17,644 >> AND I WAS LUCKY THAT I HAD 1237 00:53:17,644 --> 00:53:26,953 THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THE 1238 00:53:26,953 --> 00:53:28,955 SOHOMISSION BEFORE, SO I COULD 1239 00:53:28,955 --> 00:53:30,757 REALLY FORM PERSONAL BONDS WITH 1240 00:53:30,757 --> 00:53:32,726 PEOPLE THAT I STILL WORK WITH 1241 00:53:32,726 --> 00:53:33,059 TODAY. 1242 00:53:33,059 --> 00:53:35,929 >> I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. 1243 00:53:35,929 --> 00:53:37,163 BECAUSE AS AN OBSERVER TO 1244 00:53:37,163 --> 00:53:39,466 THIS -- I'M ON THE LIBERAL ARTS 1245 00:53:39,466 --> 00:53:41,434 SIDE, IT'S IMPRESSIVE TO SEE 1246 00:53:41,434 --> 00:53:42,736 THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE 1247 00:53:42,736 --> 00:53:45,472 SEPARATED BY MILES AND MILES OR 1248 00:53:45,472 --> 00:53:47,007 KILOMETERS IN SOME CASES, IN THE 1249 00:53:47,007 --> 00:53:49,075 SCIENCE COMMUNITY, THE 1250 00:53:49,075 --> 00:53:50,644 BOUNDARIES SORT OF DISAPPEAR, 1251 00:53:50,644 --> 00:53:52,712 YOU HAVE THE SAME OBJECTIVES AND 1252 00:53:52,712 --> 00:53:54,915 IT'S GOT TO BE A REALLY GREAT 1253 00:53:54,915 --> 00:53:58,285 FEELING TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN 1254 00:53:58,285 --> 00:53:59,052 TRUST AND WORK WITH PEOPLE OF 1255 00:53:59,052 --> 00:54:00,553 DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS TO GET 1256 00:54:00,553 --> 00:54:01,121 SUCH IMPORTANT DATA. 1257 00:54:01,121 --> 00:54:03,156 >> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT. 1258 00:54:03,156 --> 00:54:04,524 WE HAVE ONE COMMON GOAL AND THAT 1259 00:54:04,524 --> 00:54:06,092 IS TO GET THE GOOD SCIENCE OUT 1260 00:54:06,092 --> 00:54:08,595 OF THIS MISSION, AND I THINK 1261 00:54:08,595 --> 00:54:11,131 WE'RE GOING TO SUCCEED. 1262 00:54:11,131 --> 00:54:13,300 >> YEAH, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT 1263 00:54:13,300 --> 00:54:16,002 I TRY TO POINT OUT TO STUDENTS 1264 00:54:16,002 --> 00:54:20,173 AND YOUNGER CHILDREN. 1265 00:54:20,173 --> 00:54:22,442 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU'RE 1266 00:54:22,442 --> 00:54:24,477 FROM, PARTICULARLY IF YOU HAVE A 1267 00:54:24,477 --> 00:54:26,713 GOOD COLLABORATION OF COUNTRIES 1268 00:54:26,713 --> 00:54:28,381 ON THE INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL, IT 1269 00:54:28,381 --> 00:54:30,216 DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU COME 1270 00:54:30,216 --> 00:54:30,517 FROM. 1271 00:54:30,517 --> 00:54:32,752 >> OH, THAT'S GREAT. 1272 00:54:32,752 --> 00:54:36,289 THANKS, GUYS. 1273 00:54:36,289 --> 00:54:39,225 CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE, AND WE'LL 1274 00:54:39,225 --> 00:54:43,897 GO BACK TO JOSHUA ON THE ASOT. 1275 00:54:43,897 --> 00:54:45,732 >> WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SEND 1276 00:54:45,732 --> 00:54:48,034 YOU BACK OUT NOW TO LAURA, WHO 1277 00:54:48,034 --> 00:54:49,369 HAS CAUGHT UP WITH ANOTHER ONE 1278 00:54:49,369 --> 00:54:52,038 OF THOSE SPECIAL PEOPLE WORKING 1279 00:54:52,038 --> 00:54:52,739 BEHIND THE SCENES FOR YEARS 1280 00:54:52,739 --> 00:54:54,874 LEADING UP TO THESE MISSIONS. 1281 00:54:54,874 --> 00:54:55,475 LAURA, TAKE IT AWAY. 1282 00:54:55,475 --> 00:54:58,178 >> THANK YOU, JOSHUA. 1283 00:54:58,178 --> 00:55:05,185 I'M JOINED BY ANA PACROS, AND 1284 00:55:05,185 --> 00:55:06,820 SHE IS SOLAR ORBITER'S PAY LOAD 1285 00:55:06,820 --> 00:55:07,187 MANAGER. 1286 00:55:07,187 --> 00:55:09,055 ANA, WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THAT 1287 00:55:09,055 --> 00:55:09,389 LAUNCH? 1288 00:55:09,389 --> 00:55:13,126 >> WELL, IT WAS A RANGE OF 1289 00:55:13,126 --> 00:55:13,493 EMOTIONS. 1290 00:55:13,493 --> 00:55:16,529 I WAS A BIT ANXIOUS, YOU KNOW, 1291 00:55:16,529 --> 00:55:19,165 TO SEE IS EVERYTHING GOING TO GO 1292 00:55:19,165 --> 00:55:19,466 WELL? 1293 00:55:19,466 --> 00:55:21,901 IS THE SIGNAL GOING TO BE 1294 00:55:21,901 --> 00:55:23,470 ACQUIRED IN A FEW MOMENTS? 1295 00:55:23,470 --> 00:55:25,572 >> SO ANA, I KNOW YOU'RE AN 1296 00:55:25,572 --> 00:55:28,742 ENGINEER, BUT TELL US A LITTLE 1297 00:55:28,742 --> 00:55:33,013 BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE PAY LOAD 1298 00:55:33,013 --> 00:55:34,014 MANAGER'S RESPONSIBILITIES ARE. 1299 00:55:34,014 --> 00:55:38,218 >> AS PAY LOAD MANAGER, I'M 1300 00:55:38,218 --> 00:55:41,254 RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THE 1301 00:55:41,254 --> 00:55:42,188 SPACECRAFT IS COMPLIANT FOR WHAT 1302 00:55:42,188 --> 00:55:44,090 THE INSTRUMENTS WANT TO DO, AND 1303 00:55:44,090 --> 00:55:46,159 MAKING SURE THE INSTRUMENTS ARE 1304 00:55:46,159 --> 00:55:48,461 READY TO BE INTEGRATED ON THE 1305 00:55:48,461 --> 00:55:50,530 SPACECRAFT, AND ALSO CHASING 1306 00:55:50,530 --> 00:55:55,435 THEM FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. 1307 00:55:55,435 --> 00:55:59,706 IT WAS A BIG JOB FOR MY TEAM TO 1308 00:55:59,706 --> 00:56:03,209 TAKE CARE OF THE TEN INSTRUMENTS 1309 00:56:03,209 --> 00:56:04,377 ON THIS MISSION. 1310 00:56:04,377 --> 00:56:05,311 IT'S LIKE TEN DIFFERENT 1311 00:56:05,311 --> 00:56:06,613 CHILDREN, AND ALL OF THEM HAVE 1312 00:56:06,613 --> 00:56:09,716 DIFFERENT NEEDS, SO SOMETIMES IT 1313 00:56:09,716 --> 00:56:11,885 WAS A BIT OF A PROMISE TO MAKE 1314 00:56:11,885 --> 00:56:13,887 SURE THEY COULD ALL FIT ON BOARD 1315 00:56:13,887 --> 00:56:16,790 AND LIVE TOGETHER ON THIS 1316 00:56:16,790 --> 00:56:17,123 MISSION. 1317 00:56:17,123 --> 00:56:19,159 THE POINT OF THE SOLAR ORBITER 1318 00:56:19,159 --> 00:56:21,161 IS TO MAKE THE COMPROMISE 1319 00:56:21,161 --> 00:56:23,663 BETWEEN SCIENCE AND REMOTE 1320 00:56:23,663 --> 00:56:25,832 SENSING OBSERVATIONS, SO WE HAD 1321 00:56:25,832 --> 00:56:28,968 TO MAKE THEM FIT TOGETHER TO 1322 00:56:28,968 --> 00:56:29,569 TAKE THEIR MEASUREMENTS 1323 00:56:29,569 --> 00:56:29,936 TOGETHER. 1324 00:56:29,936 --> 00:56:31,438 >> SO THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY, SO 1325 00:56:31,438 --> 00:56:33,106 WHAT'S NEXT FOR YOU? 1326 00:56:33,106 --> 00:56:35,275 >> SO WE ARE GOING TO ACQUIRE 1327 00:56:35,275 --> 00:56:36,409 THE FIRST SIGNAL AND WE ARE 1328 00:56:36,409 --> 00:56:39,879 GOING TO START DEPLOYING ALL OUR 1329 00:56:39,879 --> 00:56:41,147 ANTENNAS, THE BOOM, AND AFTER 1330 00:56:41,147 --> 00:56:43,149 THAT, WE HAVE TO CHECK TO MAKE 1331 00:56:43,149 --> 00:56:45,585 SURE ALL THE INSTRUMENTS ARE 1332 00:56:45,585 --> 00:56:48,655 WORKING AS EXPECTED. 1333 00:56:48,655 --> 00:56:50,557 THIS IS CALLED THE COMMISSIONING 1334 00:56:50,557 --> 00:56:53,660 PHASE, AND IT LASTS ABOUT THREE 1335 00:56:53,660 --> 00:56:53,993 MONTHS. 1336 00:56:53,993 --> 00:56:57,764 WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THE FIRST 1337 00:56:57,764 --> 00:56:59,365 MEASUREMENTS ALREADY TO MAKE 1338 00:56:59,365 --> 00:57:01,734 SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS WORKING 1339 00:57:01,734 --> 00:57:02,035 FINE. 1340 00:57:02,035 --> 00:57:03,803 BUT IN JUNE, WE DECLARE IT A 1341 00:57:03,803 --> 00:57:05,939 MISSION, AND EVERYTHING CAN GO 1342 00:57:05,939 --> 00:57:07,107 UNDERWAY WITH THE CRUISE PHASE 1343 00:57:07,107 --> 00:57:07,774 AND THE SCIENCE PHASE. 1344 00:57:07,774 --> 00:57:08,708 >> ALL RIGHT. 1345 00:57:08,708 --> 00:57:10,677 JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK TO 1346 00:57:10,677 --> 00:57:12,445 DO, BUT JOSHUA, YOU CAN SEE 1347 00:57:12,445 --> 00:57:14,247 AFTER A LOT OF YEARS OF HARD 1348 00:57:14,247 --> 00:57:16,883 WORK, YOU CELEBRATE BY COMING 1349 00:57:16,883 --> 00:57:19,219 ALL THE WAY TO FLORIDA, TO 1350 00:57:19,219 --> 00:57:21,688 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, TO WATCH A 1351 00:57:21,688 --> 00:57:22,155 ROCKET LAUNCH. 1352 00:57:22,155 --> 00:57:24,657 >> WE APPRECIATE THAT ENERGY AND 1353 00:57:24,657 --> 00:57:25,925 ENTHUSIASM AND EXCITEMENT FROM 1354 00:57:25,925 --> 00:57:27,127 PEOPLE LIKE ANA JUST BECAUSE 1355 00:57:27,127 --> 00:57:31,197 THAT HELPS US BE ALL THE MORE 1356 00:57:31,197 --> 00:57:36,302 EXCITED TO SEE THEM SUCCEED AND 1357 00:57:36,302 --> 00:57:38,738 PEOPLE LIKE THEM SUCCEED IN THIS 1358 00:57:38,738 --> 00:57:41,174 INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION. 1359 00:57:41,174 --> 00:57:42,442 AND WE'RE GOING TO SEND IT BACK 1360 00:57:42,442 --> 00:57:52,385 TO DARRELL AND MICK FOR MORE. 1361 00:57:52,385 --> 00:57:54,420 >> WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE WAYS 1362 00:57:54,420 --> 00:57:57,624 TO GO TO GET SEPARATION, BUT SO 1363 00:57:57,624 --> 00:57:58,925 FAR, IT'S BEEN A GREAT LAUNCH. 1364 00:57:58,925 --> 00:58:01,728 VERY QUIET AND VERY EXCITED FOR 1365 00:58:01,728 --> 00:58:02,028 THIS. 1366 00:58:02,028 --> 00:58:03,663 AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT'S BEEN 1367 00:58:03,663 --> 00:58:04,397 VERY NOMINAL. 1368 00:58:04,397 --> 00:58:09,502 >> IT ALL STARTED AT 11:03 1369 00:58:09,502 --> 00:58:11,371 EASTERN, 00, RIGHT ON TIME. 1370 00:58:11,371 --> 00:58:13,606 >> I DON'T HAVE A CONVERSION FOR 1371 00:58:13,606 --> 00:58:13,907 THAT. 1372 00:58:13,907 --> 00:58:15,508 >> YOU LET ME DOWN. 1373 00:58:15,508 --> 00:58:16,009 WHAT HAPPENED? 1374 00:58:16,009 --> 00:58:19,279 >> NO, IT WAS RIGHT DOWN AT 1375 00:58:19,279 --> 00:58:22,081 11:03 LIFTOFF. 1376 00:58:22,081 --> 00:58:25,318 THE NASA AND ESA TEAMS DID A 1377 00:58:25,318 --> 00:58:29,222 WONDERFUL JOB OF GETTING THIS 1378 00:58:29,222 --> 00:58:29,756 LIFTED OFF TODAY. 1379 00:58:29,756 --> 00:58:32,492 >> TRUST ME, THE SPACECRAFT TEAM 1380 00:58:32,492 --> 00:58:36,496 AT THIS POINT IS STILL VERY 1381 00:58:36,496 --> 00:58:37,297 MUCH, VERY FOCUSED ON THE 1382 00:58:37,297 --> 00:58:39,465 TELEMETRY THAT'S COMING IN FROM 1383 00:58:39,465 --> 00:58:39,999 THE SPACECRAFT. 1384 00:58:39,999 --> 00:58:40,900 >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 1385 00:58:40,900 --> 00:58:42,101 THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT. 1386 00:58:42,101 --> 00:58:45,371 THE U.L.A. AND NASA SPACE TEAMS 1387 00:58:45,371 --> 00:58:48,775 ARE LOOKING AT THE TELEMETRY AND 1388 00:58:48,775 --> 00:58:51,110 MAKING SURE THINGS ARE READY TO 1389 00:58:51,110 --> 00:58:51,377 GO. 1390 00:58:51,377 --> 00:58:55,648 ALL SYSTEMS ARE LOOKING NOMINAL 1391 00:58:55,648 --> 00:58:57,984 WITH THE R.C.S. THRUSTERS AND 1392 00:58:57,984 --> 00:59:00,620 THE PROPELLANT SETTLING BACK 1393 00:59:00,620 --> 00:59:02,889 INTO THE TANKS TO GET US BACK 1394 00:59:02,889 --> 00:59:04,791 ONTO THE TRANSFER TRAJECTORY. 1395 00:59:04,791 --> 00:59:06,292 >> TALK US THROUGH THE NEXT 1396 00:59:06,292 --> 00:59:07,594 STEPS THAT ARE COMING. 1397 00:59:07,594 --> 00:59:10,597 WE'VE GOT KIND OF A LITTLE BIT 1398 00:59:10,597 --> 00:59:13,766 OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 1399 00:59:13,766 --> 00:59:18,037 THE CENTAUR SECOND MAIN ENGINE 1400 00:59:18,037 --> 00:59:20,173 WILL START AND FIRE FOR A PERIOD 1401 00:59:20,173 --> 00:59:20,540 OF TIME. 1402 00:59:20,540 --> 00:59:21,774 TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 1403 00:59:21,774 --> 00:59:24,110 IT'S LIT AND THEN CUTOFF AGAIN. 1404 00:59:24,110 --> 00:59:26,613 >> CENTAUR IS IN ITS COAST PHASE 1405 00:59:26,613 --> 00:59:29,082 AND SEMI CIRCULAR ORBIT, THE 1406 00:59:29,082 --> 00:59:30,950 PARKING ORBIT TO GET US STARTED. 1407 00:59:30,950 --> 00:59:32,352 AS WE GET INTO COAST, THE 1408 00:59:32,352 --> 00:59:39,993 VEHICLE IS PERFORMING A FEW 1409 00:59:39,993 --> 00:59:41,861 MANEUVERS, MAKING SURE THAT THE 1410 00:59:41,861 --> 00:59:45,431 LIQUID HYDROGEN IS SETTLED BACK 1411 00:59:45,431 --> 00:59:47,500 IN THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK FOR 1412 00:59:47,500 --> 00:59:48,568 ANOTHER START. 1413 00:59:48,568 --> 00:59:50,770 THAT'S ONE THING ABOUT THE 1414 00:59:50,770 --> 00:59:56,476 R.L.-10, IS YOU CAN DO MULTIPLE 1415 00:59:56,476 --> 00:59:56,809 STARTS. 1416 00:59:56,809 --> 01:00:00,113 IN THIS NEXT START, THEY WILL 1417 01:00:00,113 --> 01:00:01,814 FIRE THE ENGINES FOR SEVEN 1418 01:00:01,814 --> 01:00:07,954 MINUTES TO GET US INTO THAT 1419 01:00:07,954 --> 01:00:11,457 TRANSFER ORBIT TO HEAD ON 1420 01:00:11,457 --> 01:00:13,226 TOWARDS THE SUN AND START ITS 1421 01:00:13,226 --> 01:00:15,128 SCIENCE MISSION. 1422 01:00:15,128 --> 01:00:16,496 THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ORBIT TO 1423 01:00:16,496 --> 01:00:18,231 MAKE SURE WE GET ON TOWARDS THE 1424 01:00:18,231 --> 01:00:18,531 SUN. 1425 01:00:18,531 --> 01:00:20,233 >> WE CAN SEE IN THIS ANIMATION 1426 01:00:20,233 --> 01:00:22,835 THAT THERE'S SETTLE LITTLE 1427 01:00:22,835 --> 01:00:23,336 FIRINGS THERE. 1428 01:00:23,336 --> 01:00:23,770 >> YEAH. 1429 01:00:23,770 --> 01:00:26,039 THAT'S THE R.C.S. THRUSTERS 1430 01:00:26,039 --> 01:00:31,010 SETTLING THE VEHICLE AND GETTING 1431 01:00:31,010 --> 01:00:34,347 READY FOR THAT MAIN ENGINE 1432 01:00:34,347 --> 01:00:34,747 START, TOO. 1433 01:00:34,747 --> 01:00:38,484 >> WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO ASOT, 1434 01:00:38,484 --> 01:00:40,987 JOSHUA, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO 1435 01:00:40,987 --> 01:00:43,356 MONITOR BETWEEN THE LAUNCH TEAMS 1436 01:00:43,356 --> 01:00:44,991 AND CENTRAL ROCKET IN COAST 1437 01:00:44,991 --> 01:00:45,325 PHASE. 1438 01:00:45,325 --> 01:00:46,092 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GUYS. 1439 01:00:46,092 --> 01:00:47,226 WE ARE EXCITED. 1440 01:00:47,226 --> 01:00:49,896 AND AS SOLAR ORBITER CONTINUES 1441 01:00:49,896 --> 01:00:51,597 PRESSING ONTO SEPARATION, LET'S 1442 01:00:51,597 --> 01:00:53,032 TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S AHEAD FOR 1443 01:00:53,032 --> 01:00:53,466 THIS MITOEXPLORER. 1444 01:00:57,036 --> 01:00:57,503 -- MIGHTY EXPLORER. 1445 01:01:27,333 --> 01:01:28,000 PLANETS ARE 1446 01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:31,070 AND CIRCLING THE SUN, AND SO WE 1447 01:01:31,070 --> 01:01:34,107 ALREADY HAVE SOME VELOCITY ONE 1448 01:01:34,107 --> 01:01:34,640 WAY. 1449 01:01:34,640 --> 01:01:40,346 IF WE WANT TO MOVE OUTSIDE THE 1450 01:01:40,346 --> 01:01:41,748 ECLIPTIC, WE HAVE TO MOVE 1451 01:01:41,748 --> 01:01:42,749 OUTSIDE THE PLANE. 1452 01:01:42,749 --> 01:01:44,717 >> THE ONLY OTHER SATELLITE TO 1453 01:01:44,717 --> 01:01:57,563 FLY OVER THE POLES WAS ULYSSES, 1454 01:01:57,563 --> 01:01:58,297 BUT SOLAR ORBITER WILL BE THE 1455 01:01:58,297 --> 01:02:03,102 FIRST TO CAPTURE PHOTOGRAPHS OF 1456 01:02:03,102 --> 01:02:04,070 THIS PORTION. 1457 01:02:04,070 --> 01:02:07,306 EVERY 11 YEARS, THE SUN'S 1458 01:02:07,306 --> 01:02:09,008 MAGNETIC FIELD FLIPS. 1459 01:02:09,008 --> 01:02:11,744 NORTH BECOMES SOUTH, AND VICE 1460 01:02:11,744 --> 01:02:12,078 VERSA. 1461 01:02:12,078 --> 01:02:15,415 THIS HAS DIRECT EFFECTS ON 1462 01:02:15,415 --> 01:02:15,715 EARTH. 1463 01:02:15,715 --> 01:02:20,186 BEFORE THE POLES FLIP, SOLAR 1464 01:02:20,186 --> 01:02:24,023 ACTIVITY REACHES ITS PEAK. 1465 01:02:24,023 --> 01:02:28,895 >> WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A GOOD 1466 01:02:28,895 --> 01:02:29,929 UNDERSTANDING OF THE GLOBAL 1467 01:02:29,929 --> 01:02:30,430 SOLAR BEHAVIOR. 1468 01:02:30,430 --> 01:02:31,697 >> ANOTHER ONE OF THE MISSION'S 1469 01:02:31,697 --> 01:02:41,874 GOALS IS TO MONITOR HOW THESE HE 1470 01:02:41,874 --> 01:02:49,715 -- ERUPTIONS AND SOLAR 1471 01:02:49,715 --> 01:02:50,416 EXPLOSIONS AFFECT SPACE. 1472 01:02:50,416 --> 01:02:53,453 >> SOLAR ORBITER WILL GIVE US A 1473 01:02:53,453 --> 01:02:55,521 COMPREHENSIVE FULL VIEW OF THE 1474 01:02:55,521 --> 01:02:58,458 ENTIRE SUN AND HOW THE SUN IS 1475 01:02:58,458 --> 01:03:01,961 IMPACTING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE 1476 01:03:01,961 --> 01:03:02,495 SOLAR SYSTEM. 1477 01:03:02,495 --> 01:03:06,732 >> SOLAR ORBITER WILL BE CLOSER 1478 01:03:06,732 --> 01:03:08,034 TO THE SUN THAN MERCURY, AT A 1479 01:03:08,034 --> 01:03:10,336 MERE DISTANCE OF 26 MILLION 1480 01:03:10,336 --> 01:03:15,274 MILES AWAY, THE IDEAL DISTANCE 1481 01:03:15,274 --> 01:03:19,612 TO GET A GREAT LOOK AT THE SUN 1482 01:03:19,612 --> 01:03:21,881 AND PHOTOGRAPH ITS SURFACE. 1483 01:03:21,881 --> 01:03:30,923 A LARGE TITANIUM SHIELD PROTECTS 1484 01:03:30,923 --> 01:03:32,525 THE INSTRUMENTS. 1485 01:03:32,525 --> 01:03:34,760 OTHER INSTRUMENTS WILL DIRECTLY 1486 01:03:34,760 --> 01:03:36,329 MEASURE SOLAR MATERIAL FROM 1487 01:03:36,329 --> 01:03:38,064 BEHIND THE SHADOW OF THE SHIELD. 1488 01:03:38,064 --> 01:03:39,365 ALL OF THESE OBSERVATIONS WILL 1489 01:03:39,365 --> 01:03:41,667 TELL US MORE ABOUT THE SUN THAN 1490 01:03:41,667 --> 01:03:43,236 WE'VE EVER KNOWN BEFORE, AND BY 1491 01:03:43,236 --> 01:03:44,971 THE END OF THE SEVEN-YEAR 1492 01:03:44,971 --> 01:03:47,006 MISSION, WE WILL HAVE SEEN OUR 1493 01:03:47,006 --> 01:03:49,141 STAR IN A COMPLETELY NEW WAY. 1494 01:03:49,141 --> 01:03:53,379 >> OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE SUN 1495 01:03:53,379 --> 01:03:54,580 WILL CHANGE DRAMATICALLY. 1496 01:03:54,580 --> 01:03:56,816 I WILL SAY THAT WE ARE LIVING IN 1497 01:03:56,816 --> 01:04:12,999 A REVOLUTIONARY MOMENT IN OUR 1498 01:04:12,999 --> 01:04:13,332 FIELD. 1499 01:04:13,332 --> 01:04:15,468 >> SO WE'LL GET BACK TO SOLAR 1500 01:04:15,468 --> 01:04:17,370 ORBITER IN JUST A MINUTE, BUT 1501 01:04:17,370 --> 01:04:20,406 RIGHT NOW I'M JOINED BY KENNEDY 1502 01:04:20,406 --> 01:04:24,010 SPACE CENTER DIRECTOR, SECOND 1503 01:04:24,010 --> 01:04:25,044 LONGEST RUNNING CENTER DIRECTOR 1504 01:04:25,044 --> 01:04:30,816 NOW, COMING UP ON THE FIRST IN 1505 01:04:30,816 --> 01:04:38,591 NOT TOO LONG, BOB CABANA. 1506 01:04:38,591 --> 01:04:40,960 SO I KNOW THAT YOU LOVE TO SEE 1507 01:04:40,960 --> 01:04:43,396 THE BIG PICTURE AND TALK ABOUT 1508 01:04:43,396 --> 01:04:45,164 THE BIG PICTURE WHEN IT COMES TO 1509 01:04:45,164 --> 01:04:48,000 THE WORK THAT NASA AND KENNEDY 1510 01:04:48,000 --> 01:04:49,368 SPACE CENTER IS DOING. 1511 01:04:49,368 --> 01:04:51,270 HOW IS THIS A PART OF OUR 1512 01:04:51,270 --> 01:04:51,771 UNIVERSE? 1513 01:04:51,771 --> 01:04:52,405 >> ABSOLUTELY. 1514 01:04:52,405 --> 01:04:53,573 SO SOLAR ORBITER IS ON ITS WAY 1515 01:04:53,573 --> 01:04:56,442 TO STUDY THE SUN, RIGHT? 1516 01:04:56,442 --> 01:04:58,544 AND ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE 1517 01:04:58,544 --> 01:05:00,479 HAVE IS SENDING ASTRONAUTS 1518 01:05:00,479 --> 01:05:01,781 BEYOND OUR HOME PLANET. 1519 01:05:01,781 --> 01:05:04,083 SO WITH ARTEMIS, WE'RE GOING 1520 01:05:04,083 --> 01:05:06,285 BACK TO THE MOON, AND THE 1521 01:05:06,285 --> 01:05:09,155 ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO GO ONTO 1522 01:05:09,155 --> 01:05:09,555 MARS, RIGHT? 1523 01:05:09,555 --> 01:05:10,923 AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE 1524 01:05:10,923 --> 01:05:12,358 SUN AND ENVIRONMENT BEYOND OUR 1525 01:05:12,358 --> 01:05:15,227 HOME PLANET IN ORDER TO PROTECT 1526 01:05:15,227 --> 01:05:17,663 ASTRONAUTS FROM THAT 1527 01:05:17,663 --> 01:05:19,565 ULTRAVIOLENT RADIATION, FROM ALL 1528 01:05:19,565 --> 01:05:20,900 THAT'S GOING ON IN SPACE. 1529 01:05:20,900 --> 01:05:22,435 I THINK THIS IS GREAT. 1530 01:05:22,435 --> 01:05:25,037 WHAT WE HAVE IS A COMBINATION OF 1531 01:05:25,037 --> 01:05:27,306 SCIENCE AND OUR EXPLORATION 1532 01:05:27,306 --> 01:05:28,975 PROGRAMS WORKING TOGETHER SO WE 1533 01:05:28,975 --> 01:05:29,375 UNDERSTAND. 1534 01:05:29,375 --> 01:05:31,544 RIGHT NOW AT KENNEDY, I'M 1535 01:05:31,544 --> 01:05:35,615 FOCUSED ON TWO THINGS. 1536 01:05:35,615 --> 01:05:37,283 FIRST OFF, I WANT TO SEE 1537 01:05:37,283 --> 01:05:38,918 COMMERCIAL CREW FLIGHTS. 1538 01:05:38,918 --> 01:05:47,827 I WANT TO SEE U.S. PEOPLE WITH 1539 01:05:47,827 --> 01:05:49,662 U.S. PARTNERS IN A FLIGHT 1540 01:05:49,662 --> 01:05:49,996 PROGRAM. 1541 01:05:49,996 --> 01:05:53,432 AND THEN, THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM. 1542 01:05:53,432 --> 01:05:54,800 KENNEDY IS GOING TO BE READY 1543 01:05:54,800 --> 01:05:58,938 WHEN IT ARRIVES. 1544 01:05:58,938 --> 01:06:05,177 THE CORE PHASE IS AT STENNIS 1545 01:06:05,177 --> 01:06:05,611 RIGHT NOW. 1546 01:06:05,611 --> 01:06:06,946 THEY'RE GOING TO REALLY DOCUMENT 1547 01:06:06,946 --> 01:06:08,047 THE ROCKET BEFORE THEY SHIP IT 1548 01:06:08,047 --> 01:06:10,750 TO US FOR PROCESSING HERE. 1549 01:06:10,750 --> 01:06:17,657 THE ORION SPACECRAFT, THE 1550 01:06:17,657 --> 01:06:18,758 LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACECRAFT, IT 1551 01:06:18,758 --> 01:06:23,329 UP IN OHIO, AND IT'S GOING TO BE 1552 01:06:23,329 --> 01:06:23,996 BACK HERE AROUND APRIL TIME 1553 01:06:23,996 --> 01:06:25,231 FRAME, AND THEN IT'LL BE READY 1554 01:06:25,231 --> 01:06:25,965 FOR PROCESSING. 1555 01:06:25,965 --> 01:06:27,733 SO WE'RE GOING TO GET A 1556 01:06:27,733 --> 01:06:29,068 SPACECRAFT HERE, AND THEN, THE 1557 01:06:29,068 --> 01:06:30,202 CORE STAGE. 1558 01:06:30,202 --> 01:06:32,004 WE'VE ALREADY GOT SOLID ROCKET 1559 01:06:32,004 --> 01:06:34,140 MOTOR SEGMENTS ARRIVING, AND 1560 01:06:34,140 --> 01:06:36,742 WE'RE GOING TO SEND ORION ON A 1561 01:06:36,742 --> 01:06:37,910 TEST WITHOUT A CREW IN AND 1562 01:06:37,910 --> 01:06:39,378 AROUND THE MOON -- THEY'RE NOT 1563 01:06:39,378 --> 01:06:40,279 GOING TO LAND. 1564 01:06:40,279 --> 01:06:41,981 IT'S JUST GOING TO BE WITHOUT 1565 01:06:41,981 --> 01:06:42,948 CREW. 1566 01:06:42,948 --> 01:06:45,718 WE'RE GOING TO REDOCUMENT THE 1567 01:06:45,718 --> 01:06:48,254 SPACECRAFT, HOW IT OPERATES, AND 1568 01:06:48,254 --> 01:06:51,757 MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE SO THAT WE 1569 01:06:51,757 --> 01:06:54,960 CAN RELAUNCH ASTRONAUTS TO THE 1570 01:06:54,960 --> 01:06:57,296 MOON, AND THE FIRST MAN AND THE 1571 01:06:57,296 --> 01:06:59,665 WOMAN BACK ON THE MOON BY 2024. 1572 01:06:59,665 --> 01:07:01,667 THAT'S A HUGE CHALLENGE THAT 1573 01:07:01,667 --> 01:07:06,505 WE'VE BEEN GIVEN BY THE 1574 01:07:06,505 --> 01:07:08,307 PRESIDENT, WE ARE GOING TO DO 1575 01:07:08,307 --> 01:07:14,146 OUR BEST TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 1576 01:07:14,146 --> 01:07:15,848 >> AND A NICE LITTLE BUMP UP IN 1577 01:07:15,848 --> 01:07:19,985 THE BUDGET BY THE PRESIDENT. 1578 01:07:19,985 --> 01:07:20,486 SUPER HELPFUL. 1579 01:07:20,486 --> 01:07:22,121 >> I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. 1580 01:07:22,121 --> 01:07:26,158 WE'VE GOT THE MONEY, NOW WE NEED 1581 01:07:26,158 --> 01:07:26,592 TO GO DO IT. 1582 01:07:26,592 --> 01:07:27,727 >> AND SOLAR ORBITER, AGAIN, 1583 01:07:27,727 --> 01:07:32,665 GIVING US THAT UNDERSTANDING OF 1584 01:07:32,665 --> 01:07:35,968 THE WORLD BEYOND THE VAN ALLEN 1585 01:07:35,968 --> 01:07:36,268 BELT. 1586 01:07:36,268 --> 01:07:41,974 ANYTHING ELSE COMING UP? 1587 01:07:41,974 --> 01:07:45,010 MARS 2020. 1588 01:07:45,010 --> 01:07:50,883 >> MARS 2020 SHIPS TO US FROM 1589 01:07:50,883 --> 01:07:51,417 J.P.L. 1590 01:07:51,417 --> 01:07:52,151 IT WAS EXCITING. 1591 01:07:52,151 --> 01:07:54,487 I GOT TO SEE IT WHEN IT WAS IN 1592 01:07:54,487 --> 01:07:56,155 THE pH S. AND EVERYTHING, AND 1593 01:07:56,155 --> 01:07:59,058 THEN, I WENT TO J.P.L. WHEN IT 1594 01:07:59,058 --> 01:08:00,126 LANDED. 1595 01:08:00,126 --> 01:08:01,494 IT'S ANOTHER ROVER THE SAME SIZE 1596 01:08:01,494 --> 01:08:03,195 AS CURIOSITY THAT WE'RE PUTTING 1597 01:08:03,195 --> 01:08:05,498 DOWN ON THE SURFACE OF MARS. 1598 01:08:05,498 --> 01:08:12,471 I THOUGHT IT'S NO BIG DEAL. 1599 01:08:12,471 --> 01:08:13,506 IT IS ALL DELAYED, ALL AUTO 1600 01:08:13,506 --> 01:08:15,875 MATED -- THEY'RE SEEING IT EIGHT 1601 01:08:15,875 --> 01:08:17,009 MINUTES AFTER IT HAPPENED. 1602 01:08:17,009 --> 01:08:18,477 IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING 1603 01:08:18,477 --> 01:08:20,279 THINGS I'VE EVER DONE. 1604 01:08:20,279 --> 01:08:21,814 IT WAS SO COOL, GETTING THE 1605 01:08:21,814 --> 01:08:22,882 REPORTS BACK AND WATCHING IT, 1606 01:08:22,882 --> 01:08:24,950 AND THEN, TO SEE THAT ROVER ON 1607 01:08:24,950 --> 01:08:25,251 MARS. 1608 01:08:25,251 --> 01:08:28,954 >> WE'VE GOT SOME AMAZING DATA 1609 01:08:28,954 --> 01:08:29,255 BACK. 1610 01:08:29,255 --> 01:08:31,791 >> ROVERS, THEY'RE THE 1611 01:08:31,791 --> 01:08:35,361 PRECURSORS TO SENDING HUMANS, 1612 01:08:35,361 --> 01:08:35,895 BUT THAT'S THE GOAL. 1613 01:08:35,895 --> 01:08:37,997 IN THE 2030s, HAVING HUMANS ON 1614 01:08:37,997 --> 01:08:40,900 THE SURFACE OF MARS. 1615 01:08:40,900 --> 01:08:41,934 I CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT. 1616 01:08:41,934 --> 01:08:44,737 >> OBVIOUSLY, THIS ROVER IS THE 1617 01:08:44,737 --> 01:08:46,705 SAME SIZE, BUT NOT PLANNED 1618 01:08:46,705 --> 01:08:47,606 INSTRUMENTS. 1619 01:08:47,606 --> 01:08:53,112 WE ALSO HAVE A HELICOPTER ON 1620 01:08:53,112 --> 01:08:54,346 BOARD, SUPER EXCITING. 1621 01:08:54,346 --> 01:08:56,782 >> I'M GOING TO LET YOU GET BACK 1622 01:08:56,782 --> 01:08:57,817 TO WORK. 1623 01:08:57,817 --> 01:09:00,853 LET'S GET BACK TO BLAIR. 1624 01:09:00,853 --> 01:09:05,558 >> YEAH, I LOVE THOSE GUYS OUT 1625 01:09:05,558 --> 01:09:07,159 THERE. 1626 01:09:07,159 --> 01:09:08,294 >> SAY HI. 1627 01:09:08,294 --> 01:09:08,794 >> HEY, BLAIR. 1628 01:09:08,794 --> 01:09:11,230 >> WITH BOB, YOU GET SEVEN 1629 01:09:11,230 --> 01:09:14,934 MINUTES OF PURE, UNADULTERATED 1630 01:09:14,934 --> 01:09:15,334 ENTHUSIASM. 1631 01:09:15,334 --> 01:09:16,468 BUT WE'RE ALSO EXCITED ABOUT 1632 01:09:16,468 --> 01:09:17,937 SOLAR ORBITER, AND BEFORE THE 1633 01:09:17,937 --> 01:09:21,273 LAUNCH, I HAD A CHANCE TO SIT 1634 01:09:21,273 --> 01:09:25,945 DOWN WITH CESAR GARCIA, THE 1635 01:09:25,945 --> 01:09:38,490 PROJECT MANAGER FOR SOLAR 1636 01:09:38,490 --> 01:09:39,258 ORBITER. 1637 01:09:39,258 --> 01:09:40,926 CESAR, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING 1638 01:09:40,926 --> 01:09:41,227 HERE. 1639 01:09:41,227 --> 01:09:43,028 >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. 1640 01:09:43,028 --> 01:09:46,198 >> TELL US ABOUT THE MISSION OF 1641 01:09:46,198 --> 01:09:46,665 SOLAR ORBITER? 1642 01:09:46,665 --> 01:09:49,168 >> SOLAR ORBITER, AS THE NAME 1643 01:09:49,168 --> 01:09:50,736 SHOWS, IT WILL BE A MISSION THAT 1644 01:09:50,736 --> 01:09:53,105 WE ORBIT AROUND THE SUN IN WAYS 1645 01:09:53,105 --> 01:09:54,740 WHICH WE HAVE NOT DONE BEFORE. 1646 01:09:54,740 --> 01:09:56,842 WE WILL BE DIFFERENT IN THAT WE 1647 01:09:56,842 --> 01:09:58,944 WILL BE RELATIVELY CLOSE TO THE 1648 01:09:58,944 --> 01:10:02,882 SUN, AND WE WILL CHANGE THE 1649 01:10:02,882 --> 01:10:07,720 ORBITAL PLANES, AND WE CAN 1650 01:10:07,720 --> 01:10:10,022 INSPECT THE SURFACE OF THE SUN, 1651 01:10:10,022 --> 01:10:12,925 AND THE HELIO SPHERE, AND 1652 01:10:12,925 --> 01:10:14,226 FINALLY, THEY WILL INVESTIGATE 1653 01:10:14,226 --> 01:10:17,997 THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE THIS 1654 01:10:17,997 --> 01:10:23,035 11-YEAR CYCLE AND WHAT DRIVES OR 1655 01:10:23,035 --> 01:10:26,171 SOLAR ABILITY. 1656 01:10:26,171 --> 01:10:30,709 >> SOME OF THE ORBITS ARE GOING 1657 01:10:30,709 --> 01:10:32,912 TO BE CAPTURING IMAGES. 1658 01:10:32,912 --> 01:10:35,447 WHAT ARE THOSE IMAGES GOING TO 1659 01:10:35,447 --> 01:10:37,249 BE LIKE? 1660 01:10:37,249 --> 01:10:40,920 >> THEY DON'T TAKE WHAT WE CALL 1661 01:10:40,920 --> 01:10:42,621 WIDE FLIGHT PICTURES. 1662 01:10:42,621 --> 01:10:45,157 WE TRY TO TAKE THEM IN A SMALL 1663 01:10:45,157 --> 01:10:49,995 FREQUENCY BAND, AND THEN WE 1664 01:10:49,995 --> 01:10:52,798 COMBINE THEM TO PROVIDE WIDE 1665 01:10:52,798 --> 01:10:55,100 BAND IMAGES. 1666 01:10:55,100 --> 01:10:58,103 WE TAKE PICTURES IN THE 1667 01:10:58,103 --> 01:10:59,171 ULTRAVIOLENT SPECTRUM AND ALSO 1668 01:10:59,171 --> 01:11:02,241 TO THE X-RAYS, SO THE VARIOUS 1669 01:11:02,241 --> 01:11:03,709 INSTRUMENTS WILL DETECT THESE 1670 01:11:03,709 --> 01:11:06,712 IMAGES IN VARIOUS WAYS, AND THEY 1671 01:11:06,712 --> 01:11:10,082 COMBINE VARIOUS PICTURES LINE 1672 01:11:10,082 --> 01:11:11,317 THE ONES WE HAVE -- LIKE THE 1673 01:11:11,317 --> 01:11:13,852 ONES WE HAVE IN THE BACKGROUND 1674 01:11:13,852 --> 01:11:14,153 HERE. 1675 01:11:14,153 --> 01:11:17,156 THE SECOND THING IS THE VARIOUS 1676 01:11:17,156 --> 01:11:22,995 INSTRUMENTS, THEY HAVE VARIOUS 1677 01:11:22,995 --> 01:11:29,201 ANGLES OF VIEW, AND THEY WILL BE 1678 01:11:29,201 --> 01:11:34,573 ABLE TO LOOK AT VARIOUS VIEWS OF 1679 01:11:34,573 --> 01:11:36,408 THE SUN. 1680 01:11:36,408 --> 01:11:39,912 WHEN ONE INSTRUMENT DID HE 1681 01:11:39,912 --> 01:11:41,580 HE -- 1682 01:11:41,580 --> 01:11:45,751 DETECTS AN ANGLE OF INTEREST, IT 1683 01:11:45,751 --> 01:11:47,786 WILL SEND A SIGNAL TO OTHER 1684 01:11:47,786 --> 01:11:50,255 INSTRUMENTS TO CAPTURE MORE OF 1685 01:11:50,255 --> 01:11:50,522 IT. 1686 01:11:50,522 --> 01:11:56,695 IF IT CHANGES TO SOLAR MATERIAL 1687 01:11:56,695 --> 01:11:59,231 OR SOLAR PARTICLES, THEN, THE 1688 01:11:59,231 --> 01:12:02,034 INSTRUMENTS WILL REACT AND BE 1689 01:12:02,034 --> 01:12:03,535 ABLE TO SENSE THAT PARTICULAR 1690 01:12:03,535 --> 01:12:05,337 FEATURE. 1691 01:12:05,337 --> 01:12:06,939 SO THINGS THAT HAPPEN ON THE 1692 01:12:06,939 --> 01:12:08,707 SURFACE OF THE SUN AND THEN 1693 01:12:08,707 --> 01:12:09,708 LATER AT THE LOCATION OF THE 1694 01:12:09,708 --> 01:12:13,645 SPACECRAFT IS ONE OF THE UNIQUE 1695 01:12:13,645 --> 01:12:14,346 FEATURES OF SOLAR ORBITER. 1696 01:12:14,346 --> 01:12:16,315 >> THERE ARE A LOT OF IMPORTANT 1697 01:12:16,315 --> 01:12:17,349 FEATURES ON THE SPACECRAFT. 1698 01:12:17,349 --> 01:12:20,986 IF THE SCIENTISTS SEE SOMETHING 1699 01:12:20,986 --> 01:12:24,156 UNIQUE DURING AN OBSERVATION, DO 1700 01:12:24,156 --> 01:12:25,824 THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO READAPT 1701 01:12:25,824 --> 01:12:28,060 AND ORIENT AND TAKE A LOOK AT 1702 01:12:28,060 --> 01:12:28,761 THAT EVENT? 1703 01:12:28,761 --> 01:12:29,728 >> YEAH. 1704 01:12:29,728 --> 01:12:31,663 THEY WANT TO TAKE THE 1705 01:12:31,663 --> 01:12:32,965 OPPORTUNITIES OF COURSE, AND 1706 01:12:32,965 --> 01:12:35,501 THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS OF DOING 1707 01:12:35,501 --> 01:12:35,801 THAT. 1708 01:12:35,801 --> 01:12:38,237 ONE OF THOSE WAYS IS WITH A 1709 01:12:38,237 --> 01:12:42,441 SHORT-TERM PLAN AS OPPOSED TO A 1710 01:12:42,441 --> 01:12:44,209 LONG-TERM PLAN. 1711 01:12:44,209 --> 01:12:45,677 LONG-TERM PLAN IS THEY PLAN 1712 01:12:45,677 --> 01:12:48,180 EVERY OPERATION SIX MONTHS IN 1713 01:12:48,180 --> 01:12:48,547 ADVANCE. 1714 01:12:48,547 --> 01:12:52,851 HOWEVER, EVERY 24 HOURS IF THEY 1715 01:12:52,851 --> 01:12:55,287 SEE A UNIQUE FEATURE OR 1716 01:12:55,287 --> 01:12:56,055 DIFFERENT SIGNAL OR FEATURE 1717 01:12:56,055 --> 01:12:57,489 COMING FROM THE GROUND, THEN, 1718 01:12:57,489 --> 01:12:58,624 THEY CAN ADJUST WHAT THE 1719 01:12:58,624 --> 01:13:00,359 INSTRUMENTS WILL BE DOING ON THE 1720 01:13:00,359 --> 01:13:00,959 NEXT OBSERVATION DAY. 1721 01:13:00,959 --> 01:13:04,063 >> WELL, IT MUST FEEL VERY GOOD 1722 01:13:04,063 --> 01:13:05,064 NOW BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS HERE 1723 01:13:05,064 --> 01:13:06,565 ON THE SPACECRAFT, AND GOING TO 1724 01:13:06,565 --> 01:13:08,901 BE READY TO GO AND GOING TO BE A 1725 01:13:08,901 --> 01:13:10,235 GOOD SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT. 1726 01:13:10,235 --> 01:13:10,903 >> I THINK SO. 1727 01:13:10,903 --> 01:13:13,272 I THINK OVERALL, WHEN YOU 1728 01:13:13,272 --> 01:13:14,606 DEVELOP A SPACE MISSION, THERE 1729 01:13:14,606 --> 01:13:16,608 ARE ALWAYS MANY CHALLENGES. 1730 01:13:16,608 --> 01:13:18,310 THERE ARE MOMENTS THAT YOU DON'T 1731 01:13:18,310 --> 01:13:20,946 REALLY KNOW THERE IS A TECHNICAL 1732 01:13:20,946 --> 01:13:21,713 SOLUTION FOR THE MOMENTS YOU'RE 1733 01:13:21,713 --> 01:13:22,047 FACING. 1734 01:13:22,047 --> 01:13:25,184 IT TAKES TIME, EFFORT, TEAM 1735 01:13:25,184 --> 01:13:25,551 WORK. 1736 01:13:25,551 --> 01:13:31,290 AND NOW ONCE YOU MOVE TO THE 1737 01:13:31,290 --> 01:13:35,994 LAUNCH STAGE, IT'S LIKE AN ARMY. 1738 01:13:35,994 --> 01:13:37,496 DIFFERENT ARMYS, SOMETIMES 1739 01:13:37,496 --> 01:13:40,065 PEOPLE YOU NEVER MET, BUT YOU 1740 01:13:40,065 --> 01:13:42,401 WORKED ON THE SAME PROJECT FOR 1741 01:13:42,401 --> 01:13:42,701 YEARS. 1742 01:13:42,701 --> 01:13:47,139 I THINK IT'S A REAL SENSE OF 1743 01:13:47,139 --> 01:13:47,739 ACCOMPLISHMENT, YEAH. 1744 01:13:47,739 --> 01:13:50,008 >> WELL, AND HERE WE HAVE IT, A 1745 01:13:50,008 --> 01:13:52,377 SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH, AND THAT TEAM 1746 01:13:52,377 --> 01:13:54,980 THAT CESAR MENTIONED IS VERY 1747 01:13:54,980 --> 01:13:56,248 PROUD AND EXCITED AT THIS TIME. 1748 01:13:56,248 --> 01:13:58,083 AND WE JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE 1749 01:13:58,083 --> 01:14:01,086 THEM, AND BACK TO YOU, JOSHUA. 1750 01:14:01,086 --> 01:14:01,620 TAKE IT AWAY. 1751 01:14:01,620 --> 01:14:03,522 >> HEY THANKS, BLAIR. 1752 01:14:03,522 --> 01:14:05,624 YEAH, OBVIOUSLY, THAT 1753 01:14:05,624 --> 01:14:06,925 INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION IS A 1754 01:14:06,925 --> 01:14:08,026 THEME RUNNING THROUGHOUT THIS 1755 01:14:08,026 --> 01:14:09,628 PROGRAM AND THIS MISSION. 1756 01:14:09,628 --> 01:14:11,830 WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE THEM ON 1757 01:14:11,830 --> 01:14:12,698 BOARD. 1758 01:14:12,698 --> 01:14:17,703 WE DID WANT TO CYCLE BACK AND 1759 01:14:17,703 --> 01:14:32,784 ANNOUNCE THAT THERE WAS A 1760 01:14:32,784 --> 01:14:34,453 NORTHRUP-GRUMMAN LAUNCH THAT WAS 1761 01:14:34,453 --> 01:14:38,457 SCHEDULED, AND IT WAS SCRAPPED 1762 01:14:38,457 --> 01:14:41,493 BECAUSE OF SOME UNUSUAL 1763 01:14:41,493 --> 01:14:41,960 READINGS. 1764 01:14:41,960 --> 01:14:45,264 THE ROCKET AND SPACECRAFT REMAIN 1765 01:14:45,264 --> 01:14:45,831 HEALTHY. 1766 01:14:45,831 --> 01:14:47,900 A LAUNCH ON THURSDAY WOULD 1767 01:14:47,900 --> 01:14:51,570 RESULT IN A CAPTURE OF CYGNUS ON 1768 01:14:51,570 --> 01:14:52,137 FEBRUARY 15. 1769 01:14:52,137 --> 01:14:55,073 WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU BACK 1770 01:14:55,073 --> 01:14:56,742 OVER NOW TO MICK AND DARRELL 1771 01:14:56,742 --> 01:14:58,977 WHO'S GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH 1772 01:14:58,977 --> 01:15:00,245 SPACECRAFT SEPARATION. 1773 01:15:00,245 --> 01:15:01,813 THAT'S NOT QUITE THE END OF THE 1774 01:15:01,813 --> 01:15:04,783 MISSION TODAY, BUT ANOTHER HUGE 1775 01:15:04,783 --> 01:15:05,150 MILESTONE. 1776 01:15:05,150 --> 01:15:05,617 TAKE IT AWAY. 1777 01:15:05,617 --> 01:15:06,685 >> THANKS, JOSHUA. 1778 01:15:06,685 --> 01:15:10,489 IT'S A BIG MOMENT THAT EVERYBODY 1779 01:15:10,489 --> 01:15:12,724 IS ANTICIPATING AT THIS PORTION 1780 01:15:12,724 --> 01:15:17,396 OF THE MISSION. 1781 01:15:17,396 --> 01:15:19,665 >> AND I WILL TELL YOU, IT'S 1782 01:15:19,665 --> 01:15:20,899 EXCITING EVERY TIME WE LAUNCH. 1783 01:15:20,899 --> 01:15:22,534 THE NEXT MISSION IS THE MOST 1784 01:15:22,534 --> 01:15:24,870 IMPORTANT, AND TONIGHT, IT WAS 1785 01:15:24,870 --> 01:15:26,104 GREAT TO SEE SOLAR ORBITER GET 1786 01:15:26,104 --> 01:15:27,873 OFF THE GROUND, AND WE STILL 1787 01:15:27,873 --> 01:15:29,875 HAVE SOME THINGS TO DO TO MAKE 1788 01:15:29,875 --> 01:15:31,677 SURE IT'S MISSION SUCCESS. 1789 01:15:31,677 --> 01:15:34,646 BUT WE'RE MOVING ALONG, AND 1790 01:15:34,646 --> 01:15:38,817 CENTAUR IS IN ITS PHASES OF 1791 01:15:38,817 --> 01:15:40,419 SETTLING PROPONENTS, SO THINGS 1792 01:15:40,419 --> 01:15:41,587 ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. 1793 01:15:41,587 --> 01:15:43,322 >> AND HE'S NOT JUST SAYING 1794 01:15:43,322 --> 01:15:45,958 THAT, FOLKS. 1795 01:15:45,958 --> 01:15:48,961 I LITERALLY GOT TO WATCH HIM GET 1796 01:15:48,961 --> 01:15:59,938 A LITTLE GID -- GIDDY. 1797 01:15:59,938 --> 01:16:02,441 YOU CAN SEE IN THIS GRAPHICAL 1798 01:16:02,441 --> 01:16:03,775 REPRESENTATION THAT THERE ARE 1799 01:16:03,775 --> 01:16:05,110 THRUSTERS THAT ARE BEING FIRED 1800 01:16:05,110 --> 01:16:07,112 FROM TIME TO TIME TO SETTLE THAT 1801 01:16:07,112 --> 01:16:09,014 FUEL INSIDE -- INSIDE OF THE 1802 01:16:09,014 --> 01:16:10,549 CENTAUR, AND THAT WILL ALLOW IT 1803 01:16:10,549 --> 01:16:11,383 TO RESTART. 1804 01:16:11,383 --> 01:16:13,552 IT'S REALLY ONE OF THE KEYS TO 1805 01:16:13,552 --> 01:16:16,021 THIS VEHICLE. 1806 01:16:16,021 --> 01:16:17,589 AND THIS VEHICLE, IN FACT, IS 1807 01:16:17,589 --> 01:16:18,624 PRETTY RELIABLE. 1808 01:16:18,624 --> 01:16:20,459 IT'S GOTTEN REALLY GOOD AT DOING 1809 01:16:20,459 --> 01:16:20,759 THIS. 1810 01:16:20,759 --> 01:16:24,730 IT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE 1811 01:16:24,730 --> 01:16:25,063 1960'S. 1812 01:16:25,063 --> 01:16:25,864 >> YEAH. 1813 01:16:25,864 --> 01:16:27,165 CENTAUR WAS DESIGNED FOR 1814 01:16:27,165 --> 01:16:28,433 MULTIPLE STARTS AND MISSIONS 1815 01:16:28,433 --> 01:16:30,602 LIKE THIS, SO IT'S A VERY 1816 01:16:30,602 --> 01:16:32,437 RELIABLE VEHICLE TO GET THAT 1817 01:16:32,437 --> 01:16:32,704 WAY. 1818 01:16:32,704 --> 01:16:35,274 WE'RE SEEING THAT WE HAVE 1819 01:16:35,274 --> 01:16:36,441 PRECHILL NOW ON THE ENGINE, SO 1820 01:16:36,441 --> 01:16:38,844 THAT MEANS THAT THE ENGINE IS 1821 01:16:38,844 --> 01:16:40,279 CHILLING DOWN AND GETTING READY 1822 01:16:40,279 --> 01:16:42,114 FOR FUELS TO GET THROUGH AND 1823 01:16:42,114 --> 01:16:42,781 START-UP IGNITION. 1824 01:16:42,781 --> 01:16:46,685 THE IGNITERS WOULD FIRE, AND WE 1825 01:16:46,685 --> 01:16:48,186 WOULD GET MESS TWO. 1826 01:16:48,186 --> 01:16:51,189 WE SHOULD BE GETTING THAT CALL, 1827 01:16:51,189 --> 01:16:53,325 FOR MAIN ENGINE START SHORTLY. 1828 01:16:53,325 --> 01:16:55,927 >> WE JUST HEARD THAT WE HAVE 1829 01:16:55,927 --> 01:16:57,963 FULL THRUST AND MAIN ENGINE HAS 1830 01:16:57,963 --> 01:16:59,464 STARTED, AND BODY RATES LOOK 1831 01:16:59,464 --> 01:17:03,568 GOOD FOR THIS SEVEN-MINUTE BURN 1832 01:17:03,568 --> 01:17:04,202 OF THE CENTAUR ENGINE. 1833 01:17:04,202 --> 01:17:06,972 >> THIS IS A KEY BURN, AS IT 1834 01:17:06,972 --> 01:17:11,443 REFIRES THAT ENGINE AND STARTS 1835 01:17:11,443 --> 01:17:14,246 TO GET INTO THAT TRANSFER ORBIT, 1836 01:17:14,246 --> 01:17:14,846 RIGHT? 1837 01:17:14,846 --> 01:17:16,481 IT'S PARTIALLY GONE AROUND THE 1838 01:17:16,481 --> 01:17:20,686 EARTH, AND NOW IT NEEDS TO GET 1839 01:17:20,686 --> 01:17:21,286 ONTO ITS DESTINATION. 1840 01:17:21,286 --> 01:17:21,620 >> YEAH. 1841 01:17:21,620 --> 01:17:22,487 IT'S GOING TO FIRE AND GET US 1842 01:17:22,487 --> 01:17:25,023 INTO THAT TRANSFER TRAJECTORY TO 1843 01:17:25,023 --> 01:17:26,158 GET SOLAR ORBITER ON ITS WAY TO 1844 01:17:26,158 --> 01:17:28,193 THE SUN, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT 1845 01:17:28,193 --> 01:17:29,795 FOR US. 1846 01:17:29,795 --> 01:17:31,630 SO ONCE THIS BURN HAPPENS, WE 1847 01:17:31,630 --> 01:17:34,132 GET THROUGH THIS SUCCESSFUL 1848 01:17:34,132 --> 01:17:35,133 SEVEN-MINUTE BURN, WE'LL BE 1849 01:17:35,133 --> 01:17:37,102 COMING UP ON SPACECRAFT 1850 01:17:37,102 --> 01:17:38,570 SEPARATION, WHICH WILL BE 1851 01:17:38,570 --> 01:17:40,605 ANOTHER MAJOR MILESTONE FOR US. 1852 01:17:40,605 --> 01:17:42,140 HOWEVER, WE WILL NOT BE 1853 01:17:42,140 --> 01:17:43,342 CELEBRATING QUITE YET. 1854 01:17:43,342 --> 01:17:44,343 SOLAR ORBITER HAS TO GET MOVING 1855 01:17:44,343 --> 01:17:47,179 ON ITS WAY, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE 1856 01:17:47,179 --> 01:17:49,815 SURE WE ACQUIRE SIGNAL FROM THE 1857 01:17:49,815 --> 01:17:50,749 SATELLITE, WHICH WILL HAPPEN 1858 01:17:50,749 --> 01:17:51,850 ABOUT FOUR MINUTES FROM 1859 01:17:51,850 --> 01:17:53,185 SEPARATION, SO THAT'LL BE A 1860 01:17:53,185 --> 01:17:56,021 MAJOR MILESTONE FOR THE 1861 01:17:56,021 --> 01:17:57,756 SPACECRAFT CREW AND THE LAUNCH 1862 01:17:57,756 --> 01:17:59,958 TEAM, BUT THIS MILESTONE OF MAIN 1863 01:17:59,958 --> 01:18:01,493 ENGINE START AND BURN -- SECOND 1864 01:18:01,493 --> 01:18:03,995 BURN THAT WE REFER TO IS A MAJOR 1865 01:18:03,995 --> 01:18:04,796 STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 1866 01:18:04,796 --> 01:18:08,066 >> AND OF COURSE, THIS IS KIND 1867 01:18:08,066 --> 01:18:09,701 OF THE SAFE PERIOD OF THIS 1868 01:18:09,701 --> 01:18:11,470 ENTIRE LAUNCH AND MISSION. 1869 01:18:11,470 --> 01:18:13,238 THE TOUGHEST PART IS GETTING IT 1870 01:18:13,238 --> 01:18:14,072 OFF THE GROUND. 1871 01:18:14,072 --> 01:18:17,642 GO BACK TO 11:03 P.M. EASTERN 1872 01:18:17,642 --> 01:18:19,411 TIME, WHEN IT LIFTED OFF. 1873 01:18:19,411 --> 01:18:21,279 YOU KNOW, THAT IS A -- THAT IS A 1874 01:18:21,279 --> 01:18:24,116 BIG MOMENT TO SEE THAT THING 1875 01:18:24,116 --> 01:18:27,719 COMING OFF THE PAD, RIDING A 1876 01:18:27,719 --> 01:18:29,221 CONTROLLED EXPLOSION INTO SPACE. 1877 01:18:29,221 --> 01:18:30,422 >> YEAH. 1878 01:18:30,422 --> 01:18:35,761 THEY MAKE IT LOOK EASY. 1879 01:18:35,761 --> 01:18:37,162 AS WE HEARD FROM SCOTT MESSER, 1880 01:18:37,162 --> 01:18:40,766 THIS IS THE QUIETEST COUNT DOWN 1881 01:18:40,766 --> 01:18:43,368 HE'S HEARD IN A WHILE, AND 1882 01:18:43,368 --> 01:18:44,836 THAT'S CREDIT TO THE 1883 01:18:44,836 --> 01:18:51,843 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS, NASA, 1884 01:18:51,843 --> 01:18:54,413 ESA, U.L.A., ALL THE PARTNERS 1885 01:18:54,413 --> 01:18:56,982 WORKING TO MAKE SURE THE CRAFT 1886 01:18:56,982 --> 01:18:58,049 GOT OFF ON TIME. 1887 01:18:58,049 --> 01:18:59,818 THAT'S ALWAYS EXCITING TO ME TO 1888 01:18:59,818 --> 01:19:00,552 WATCH THAT. 1889 01:19:00,552 --> 01:19:04,189 EVERY LAUNCH IS JUST AMAZING TO 1890 01:19:04,189 --> 01:19:05,757 SEE THAT FIRE AND LIFTOFF. 1891 01:19:05,757 --> 01:19:11,196 >> WE'VE BEEN FLYING FOR ABOUT 1892 01:19:11,196 --> 01:19:12,330 45.5 MINUTES TO THIS POINT IN 1893 01:19:12,330 --> 01:19:14,266 TIME, AND U.L.A. MANAGERS HAVE 1894 01:19:14,266 --> 01:19:16,668 BEEN WORKING THIS LAUNCH FOR 1895 01:19:16,668 --> 01:19:18,904 THAT ENTIRE TIME. 1896 01:19:18,904 --> 01:19:20,872 AND AS MICK SAID, THEY ARE 1897 01:19:20,872 --> 01:19:23,308 CONTINUING TO BE VERY DILIGENT 1898 01:19:23,308 --> 01:19:25,844 IN TRACKING THE TELEMETRY AND 1899 01:19:25,844 --> 01:19:27,412 TRACKING THE FLIGHT OF THE 1900 01:19:27,412 --> 01:19:28,447 CENTAUR, UPPER STAGE. 1901 01:19:28,447 --> 01:19:30,916 IT IS IN THE MIDST OF A 1902 01:19:30,916 --> 01:19:31,583 SEVEN-MINUTE BURN. 1903 01:19:31,583 --> 01:19:35,153 A FEW MINUTES LEFT IN THAT ONE 1904 01:19:35,153 --> 01:19:38,990 AS IT POSITIONS ITSELF TO GET 1905 01:19:38,990 --> 01:19:41,393 INTO THAT PROPER ORBIT. 1906 01:19:41,393 --> 01:19:43,762 IT IS GOING TO USE A GRAVITY 1907 01:19:43,762 --> 01:19:46,698 ASSIST EVENTUALLY, MUCH LATER 1908 01:19:46,698 --> 01:19:47,799 DOWN THE ROAD, BUT THAT IS PART 1909 01:19:47,799 --> 01:19:48,900 OF THE DEAL IN ORDER TO GET THIS 1910 01:19:48,900 --> 01:19:53,104 THING CLOSE TO THE SUN SO IT CAN 1911 01:19:53,104 --> 01:19:54,072 START GATHERING ITS DATA. 1912 01:19:54,072 --> 01:19:56,475 IT'S GOT A LOT OF INTERESTING 1913 01:19:56,475 --> 01:19:57,442 INSTRUMENTS ON BOARD. 1914 01:19:57,442 --> 01:19:58,710 IN PARTICULAR, ONE OF THE THINGS 1915 01:19:58,710 --> 01:20:01,913 THAT I FIND -- ONE OF THE 1916 01:20:01,913 --> 01:20:04,983 ASPECTS OF THE SPACECRAFT THAT I 1917 01:20:04,983 --> 01:20:06,485 FIND IS INTERESTING IS THE 1918 01:20:06,485 --> 01:20:09,120 ABILITY TO OPEN UP LITTLE PORTS 1919 01:20:09,120 --> 01:20:10,288 ON ITS HEAT SHIELD. 1920 01:20:10,288 --> 01:20:12,257 IT'S GOING TO GET SO CLOSE TO 1921 01:20:12,257 --> 01:20:15,494 THE SUN, IT'S GOING TO POINT ITS 1922 01:20:15,494 --> 01:20:18,396 HEAT SHIELD TO THE SUN, BUT IT'S 1923 01:20:18,396 --> 01:20:20,332 GOING TO OPEN LITTLE PORTS IN 1924 01:20:20,332 --> 01:20:22,801 THE SHIELD TO ALLOW ITS 1925 01:20:22,801 --> 01:20:23,735 INSTRUMENTS TO COME THROUGH. 1926 01:20:23,735 --> 01:20:24,436 >> YEAH. 1927 01:20:24,436 --> 01:20:28,073 THE HEAT SHIELD IS A SPECIFIC 1928 01:20:28,073 --> 01:20:28,840 PART OF THIS SPACECRAFT THAT'S 1929 01:20:28,840 --> 01:20:29,207 REQUIRED. 1930 01:20:29,207 --> 01:20:30,842 AS YOU SAID, IT GETS REALLY 1931 01:20:30,842 --> 01:20:34,079 CLOSE TO THE SUN. 1932 01:20:34,079 --> 01:20:37,482 A COUPLE MILLION MILES, WHICH IS 1933 01:20:37,482 --> 01:20:40,218 REALLY CLOSE FOR A SPACECRAFT. 1934 01:20:40,218 --> 01:20:44,256 BUT THOSE APERTURES GET OPENED 1935 01:20:44,256 --> 01:20:46,224 AT TIMES AND CLOSED TO HELP 1936 01:20:46,224 --> 01:20:48,226 PROTECT THE INSTRUMENT. 1937 01:20:48,226 --> 01:20:51,463 THE SATELLITE RIDES AROUND THE 1938 01:20:51,463 --> 01:20:55,800 SUN WITH THAT HEAT SHIELD 1939 01:20:55,800 --> 01:20:56,968 POINTED AT THE SUN AT ALL TIMES. 1940 01:20:56,968 --> 01:20:59,304 ANOTHER THING THAT I LIKED WAS 1941 01:20:59,304 --> 01:21:10,482 THE SOLAR PANELS COME OUT. 1942 01:21:10,482 --> 01:21:13,518 THESE, BECAUSE WE'RE SO CLOSE TO 1943 01:21:13,518 --> 01:21:15,253 THE SUN, THEY -- THE TEAM 1944 01:21:15,253 --> 01:21:18,290 ACTUALLY HAS TO TURN THESE SOLAR 1945 01:21:18,290 --> 01:21:21,259 PANELS ALMOST AT 78° TO KEEP 1946 01:21:21,259 --> 01:21:23,628 THEM FROM GETTING TOO HOT, AND, 1947 01:21:23,628 --> 01:21:24,729 YOU KNOW, COLLECTING. 1948 01:21:24,729 --> 01:21:29,501 BUT THEY HAVE -- AS IAN WALTERS 1949 01:21:29,501 --> 01:21:31,369 FROM AIRBUS WHO DESIGNED THIS 1950 01:21:31,369 --> 01:21:34,673 SPACECRAFT SAID, WE DO NOT HAVE 1951 01:21:34,673 --> 01:21:38,310 A PROBLEM WITH POWER ON THE 1952 01:21:38,310 --> 01:21:41,279 SOLAR PANEL, WE HAVE A PROBLEM 1953 01:21:41,279 --> 01:21:41,680 WITH HEAT. 1954 01:21:41,680 --> 01:21:42,047 >> HEAT. 1955 01:21:42,047 --> 01:21:44,549 >> THAT'S WHAT I FOUND 1956 01:21:44,549 --> 01:21:44,983 INTERESTING. 1957 01:21:44,983 --> 01:21:47,185 >> JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 1958 01:21:47,185 --> 01:21:52,757 TWO MINUTES FROM THE UPPER STAGE 1959 01:21:52,757 --> 01:21:55,627 AS IT GETS READY TO TRANSFER 1960 01:21:55,627 --> 01:22:00,799 INTO THE UPPER ORBIT AND LOOKING 1961 01:22:00,799 --> 01:22:06,471 FOR THE SEPARATION OF THE 1962 01:22:06,471 --> 01:22:08,974 SPACECRAFT WHICH IS COMING UP A 1963 01:22:08,974 --> 01:22:11,676 FEW MINUTES AFTER THAT, A SIGNAL 1964 01:22:11,676 --> 01:22:13,812 ACQUISITION. 1965 01:22:13,812 --> 01:22:17,248 IT TELLS THE PEOPLE I'M HERE AND 1966 01:22:17,248 --> 01:22:19,284 I'M HEADING IN THE RIGHT 1967 01:22:19,284 --> 01:22:19,684 DIRECTION. 1968 01:22:19,684 --> 01:22:20,051 >> YEAH. 1969 01:22:20,051 --> 01:22:22,554 THE TEAM KNOWS THE SPACECRAFT IS 1970 01:22:22,554 --> 01:22:25,457 WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, AND 1971 01:22:25,457 --> 01:22:27,359 THE CENTAUR HAS DELIVERED IT ON 1972 01:22:27,359 --> 01:22:28,693 THE RIGHT ORBIT. 1973 01:22:28,693 --> 01:22:30,495 WE'VE HAD TWO BURNS. 1974 01:22:30,495 --> 01:22:33,098 THIS IS THE SECOND BURN, AND THE 1975 01:22:33,098 --> 01:22:37,936 SECOND BURN OF THE CENTAUR WILL 1976 01:22:37,936 --> 01:22:39,704 PUT IT IN THAT TRANSFER 1977 01:22:39,704 --> 01:22:40,338 TRAJECTORY. 1978 01:22:40,338 --> 01:22:43,642 SO ACQUISITION SIGNAL IS 1979 01:22:43,642 --> 01:22:44,309 IMPORTANT. 1980 01:22:44,309 --> 01:22:46,511 WE'RE STILL GETTING THERE. 1981 01:22:46,511 --> 01:22:48,980 49 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT, AND 1982 01:22:48,980 --> 01:22:51,850 CENTAUR PRESSURES ON THE ENGINE 1983 01:22:51,850 --> 01:22:53,618 LOOK GOOD. 1984 01:22:53,618 --> 01:22:55,487 R.C.S. THRUSTERS CONTINUE TO 1985 01:22:55,487 --> 01:22:58,289 KEEP CENTAUR WHERE IT NEEDS TO 1986 01:22:58,289 --> 01:22:58,556 BE. 1987 01:22:58,556 --> 01:23:01,693 >> LITTLE LESS THAN A MINUTE 1988 01:23:01,693 --> 01:23:03,528 UNTIL MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF. 1989 01:23:03,528 --> 01:23:05,964 YOU CAN SEE THAT CENTAUR 1990 01:23:05,964 --> 01:23:07,632 CONTINUES TO FLY WITH SOLAR 1991 01:23:07,632 --> 01:23:09,234 ORBITER AT THE VERY FRONT OF IT. 1992 01:23:09,234 --> 01:23:13,471 THAT R.L.-10 FIRING BEHIND IT AS 1993 01:23:13,471 --> 01:23:14,172 IT GOES. 1994 01:23:14,172 --> 01:23:16,875 AND JUST ABOUT 20 SECONDS UNTIL 1995 01:23:16,875 --> 01:23:19,477 WE SEE THAT ENGINE CUTOFF AND GO 1996 01:23:19,477 --> 01:23:21,246 INTO THAT NEXT COAST PHASE, SO 1997 01:23:21,246 --> 01:23:24,949 LET'S WATCH NOW AND LISTEN IN AS 1998 01:23:24,949 --> 01:23:29,487 THEY GET CLOSE TO THAT MOMENT. 1999 01:23:29,487 --> 01:23:33,425 THIS IS THE CENTAUR'S SECOND 2000 01:23:33,425 --> 01:23:33,892 MAJOR CUTOFF. 2001 01:23:33,892 --> 01:23:37,262 >> CENTAUR CONTINUES TO PERFORM 2002 01:23:37,262 --> 01:23:39,230 NOMINALLY, AND STANDING BY HERE 2003 01:23:39,230 --> 01:23:49,274 FOR MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF. 2004 01:23:49,274 --> 01:23:54,379 >> AND WE HAVE MECO. 2005 01:23:54,379 --> 01:23:55,880 >> MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF. 2006 01:23:55,880 --> 01:23:57,182 THE SECOND BURN HAS PERFORMED, 2007 01:23:57,182 --> 01:23:59,617 SO NOW, WE'RE ABOUT THREE 2008 01:23:59,617 --> 01:24:01,553 MINUTES AWAY FROM SPACECRAFT 2009 01:24:01,553 --> 01:24:03,154 SEPARATION, THE NEXT BIG 2010 01:24:03,154 --> 01:24:03,521 MILESTONE. 2011 01:24:03,521 --> 01:24:04,823 SO I CAN TELL YOU THE LAUNCH 2012 01:24:04,823 --> 01:24:07,125 TEAM IS VERY HAPPY WITH THE WAY 2013 01:24:07,125 --> 01:24:08,626 THAT CENTAUR PERFORMED, AND 2014 01:24:08,626 --> 01:24:11,696 LOOKING AT THE DATA, CENTAUR 2015 01:24:11,696 --> 01:24:14,432 PERFORMED VERY WELL WITH THE 2016 01:24:14,432 --> 01:24:16,234 SOLAR ORBITER, GETTING IT ONTO 2017 01:24:16,234 --> 01:24:17,969 THE TRAJECTORY. 2018 01:24:17,969 --> 01:24:21,306 >> IF WE CAN TAKE A SHOT OF THE 2019 01:24:21,306 --> 01:24:22,273 MISSION DIRECTOR CENTER HERE, WE 2020 01:24:22,273 --> 01:24:24,509 HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A 2021 01:24:24,509 --> 01:24:26,478 CELEBRATION AFTER THE CUTOFF. 2022 01:24:26,478 --> 01:24:29,414 I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE SPACE 2023 01:24:29,414 --> 01:24:30,048 TEAM THAT WAS CHEERING. 2024 01:24:30,048 --> 01:24:32,383 >> I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A 2025 01:24:32,383 --> 01:24:32,951 LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. 2026 01:24:32,951 --> 01:24:34,686 >> LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. 2027 01:24:34,686 --> 01:24:37,856 >> BECAUSE CENTAUR PERFORMED 2028 01:24:37,856 --> 01:24:39,090 VERY WELL, LOOKING AT THE DATA 2029 01:24:39,090 --> 01:24:39,390 HERE. 2030 01:24:39,390 --> 01:24:44,562 >> A LOT OF PRIDE, AND 2031 01:24:44,562 --> 01:24:45,296 DESERVEDLY SO. 2032 01:24:45,296 --> 01:24:48,433 TALK ABOUT HOW WHAT THE CENTAUR 2033 01:24:48,433 --> 01:24:49,834 IS DOING AS IT PREPARES FOR THIS 2034 01:24:49,834 --> 01:24:50,368 SEPARATION EVENT. 2035 01:24:50,368 --> 01:24:52,070 >> YEAH. 2036 01:24:52,070 --> 01:24:53,271 CENTAUR'S MANEUVERING INTO 2037 01:24:53,271 --> 01:24:56,307 POSITION, GETTING READY TO 2038 01:24:56,307 --> 01:24:58,343 SEPARATE SPACECRAFT ON THE 2039 01:24:58,343 --> 01:25:00,512 TRAJECTORY THAT IT NEEDS TO HEAD 2040 01:25:00,512 --> 01:25:02,614 OFF INTO THIS TRANSFER 2041 01:25:02,614 --> 01:25:08,219 TRAJECTORY, SO THE R.C.S. 2042 01:25:08,219 --> 01:25:10,822 THRUSTERS ARE MOVING IT AROUND, 2043 01:25:10,822 --> 01:25:12,924 AND IT'S MOVING SOLAR ORBITER 2044 01:25:12,924 --> 01:25:14,259 ONTO ITS TRANSFER TRAJECTORY. 2045 01:25:14,259 --> 01:25:17,061 >> AND YOU CAN SEE IN THAT 2046 01:25:17,061 --> 01:25:18,062 REPRESENTATION HOW IT IS 2047 01:25:18,062 --> 01:25:20,999 MANEUVERING TO GET INTO THAT 2048 01:25:20,999 --> 01:25:23,501 POSITION, JUST A FEW SECONDS 2049 01:25:23,501 --> 01:25:25,370 AWAY FROM THAT SEPARATION NOW. 2050 01:25:25,370 --> 01:25:31,576 IN FACT, JUST LESS THAN A 2051 01:25:31,576 --> 01:25:31,910 MINUTE. 2052 01:25:31,910 --> 01:25:33,978 THE CENTAUR CONTINUES TO PERFORM 2053 01:25:33,978 --> 01:25:35,647 WELL, AND IT IS POSITIONING 2054 01:25:35,647 --> 01:25:38,917 ITSELF AT THIS VERY MOMENT. 2055 01:25:38,917 --> 01:25:42,353 WHAT'S THE -- MICK, WHAT'S THE 2056 01:25:42,353 --> 01:25:44,222 ACTUAL MECHANICAL PROCEDURE THAT 2057 01:25:44,222 --> 01:25:46,991 TAKES PLACE IN ORDER FOR THIS 2058 01:25:46,991 --> 01:25:48,193 SPACECRAFT TO SEPARATE FROM THE 2059 01:25:48,193 --> 01:25:48,593 CENTAUR? 2060 01:25:48,593 --> 01:25:52,063 >> WELL, FIRST THING, AS WE 2061 01:25:52,063 --> 01:25:55,099 SAID, MAIN ENGINE START, MAIN 2062 01:25:55,099 --> 01:26:00,772 ENGINE CUTOFF ON THAT SECOND 2063 01:26:00,772 --> 01:26:02,273 FIRE WAS VERY IMPORTANT. 2064 01:26:02,273 --> 01:26:04,876 THE R.C.S. CONTINUES TO FIRE TO 2065 01:26:04,876 --> 01:26:07,879 SETTLE OUT THE BODY RATES AND 2066 01:26:07,879 --> 01:26:08,580 THE CENTAUR TO GET IT INTO 2067 01:26:08,580 --> 01:26:12,750 POSITION AND A STABLE MODE TO 2068 01:26:12,750 --> 01:26:16,921 SEPARATE THIS SPACECRAFT. 2069 01:26:16,921 --> 01:26:24,963 SO IT KEEPS FIRING TO STABLIZE 2070 01:26:24,963 --> 01:26:25,230 IT. 2071 01:26:25,230 --> 01:26:26,698 WE WANT TO NULL ALL THE BODY 2072 01:26:26,698 --> 01:26:29,300 RATES OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 2073 01:26:29,300 --> 01:26:31,169 GET GOOD BODY SEPARATION AND TIP 2074 01:26:31,169 --> 01:26:31,469 OFF. 2075 01:26:31,469 --> 01:26:34,372 >> JUST A FEW SECONDS AWAY FROM 2076 01:26:34,372 --> 01:26:35,173 SEPARATION. 2077 01:26:35,173 --> 01:26:38,343 YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE CELEBRATIONS 2078 01:26:38,343 --> 01:26:39,944 AT MISSION CONTROL AND AT 2079 01:26:39,944 --> 01:26:41,613 VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE 2080 01:26:41,613 --> 01:26:41,946 COUNTRY. 2081 01:26:41,946 --> 01:26:43,448 GOOD INDICATION OF SEPARATION. 2082 01:26:43,448 --> 01:26:45,316 THAT IS A HUGE MILESTONE FOR THE 2083 01:26:45,316 --> 01:26:47,585 SOLAR ORBITER TEAM. 2084 01:26:47,585 --> 01:26:49,087 DARRELL, AS YOU SEE IN THE ASOT 2085 01:26:49,087 --> 01:26:50,688 THERE, THEY ARE CELEBRATING. 2086 01:26:50,688 --> 01:26:52,657 >> AND THEY WERE CELEBRATING 2087 01:26:52,657 --> 01:26:53,558 HERE IN THE MISSION DIRECTOR 2088 01:26:53,558 --> 01:26:54,392 CENTER, AS WELL. 2089 01:26:54,392 --> 01:26:57,595 YOU CAN SEE SOME HUGS AND 2090 01:26:57,595 --> 01:26:58,897 HANDSHAKES GOING AROUND. 2091 01:26:58,897 --> 01:27:00,798 THIS IS A BIG MISSION FOR 2092 01:27:00,798 --> 01:27:02,500 U.L.A., ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE 2093 01:27:02,500 --> 01:27:03,601 COLLABORATION THAT TOOK PLACE. 2094 01:27:03,601 --> 01:27:09,941 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 22 2095 01:27:09,941 --> 01:27:11,109 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES THAT WERE 2096 01:27:11,109 --> 01:27:12,677 INVOLVED IN THIS SPACECRAFT, THE 2097 01:27:12,677 --> 01:27:13,144 SOLAR ORBITER. 2098 01:27:13,144 --> 01:27:15,680 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DECADE OR 2099 01:27:15,680 --> 01:27:19,517 MORE IN THE PLANNING. 2100 01:27:19,517 --> 01:27:21,486 SO CERTAINLY UNITED LAUNCH 2101 01:27:21,486 --> 01:27:24,055 ALLIANCE HAS A LOT TO BE HAPPY 2102 01:27:24,055 --> 01:27:25,890 ABOUT AS THEY CELEBRATE JUST A 2103 01:27:25,890 --> 01:27:27,358 COUPLE OF MILES FROM US THERE. 2104 01:27:27,358 --> 01:27:29,060 FOLKS STANDING UP FROM THEIR 2105 01:27:29,060 --> 01:27:31,262 CONSOLES, I BELIEVE THAT'S TIM 2106 01:27:31,262 --> 01:27:35,033 DUNN IN THE CORNER THERE, NASA'S 2107 01:27:35,033 --> 01:27:37,168 LAUNCH DIRECTOR, AND GIVING SOME 2108 01:27:37,168 --> 01:27:39,938 GOOD HANDSHAKES ALL-AROUND FOR 2109 01:27:39,938 --> 01:27:41,906 THEIR HARD WORK THIS EVENING, 2110 01:27:41,906 --> 01:27:42,807 LATE IN THE EVENING. 2111 01:27:42,807 --> 01:27:43,274 >> YEAH. 2112 01:27:43,274 --> 01:27:44,976 THE LAUNCH TEAM IS VERY HAPPY. 2113 01:27:44,976 --> 01:27:46,778 I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE DATA 2114 01:27:46,778 --> 01:27:49,814 FOR CENTAUR, AND IT LOOKS LIKE 2115 01:27:49,814 --> 01:27:52,083 CENTAUR PERFORMED VERY WELL, 2116 01:27:52,083 --> 01:27:54,185 WELL WITHIN OUR PREFLIGHT 2117 01:27:54,185 --> 01:27:55,119 PREDICTIONS TO GET SOLAR ORBITER 2118 01:27:55,119 --> 01:27:56,955 WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE. 2119 01:27:56,955 --> 01:28:00,224 AS YOU JUST SAW, A SUCCESSFUL 2120 01:28:00,224 --> 01:28:00,625 SEPARATION. 2121 01:28:00,625 --> 01:28:02,560 NOW WE'RE JUST WAITING TO HEAR 2122 01:28:02,560 --> 01:28:04,662 FROM OUR SPACECRAFT TEAM, 2123 01:28:04,662 --> 01:28:07,131 HOPEFULLY TWO MINUTES FROM NOW 2124 01:28:07,131 --> 01:28:08,633 THAT WE WILL GET ACQUISITION OF 2125 01:28:08,633 --> 01:28:09,867 SIGNAL AND MAKE SURE THAT 2126 01:28:09,867 --> 01:28:11,436 EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL WITH 2127 01:28:11,436 --> 01:28:15,340 THE SOLAR ORBITER SPACECRAFT. 2128 01:28:15,340 --> 01:28:18,810 SO THE MISSION IS SUCCESSFUL SO 2129 01:28:18,810 --> 01:28:20,511 FAR, BUT WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE 2130 01:28:20,511 --> 01:28:23,381 BIT MORE TO GET THROUGH TO GET 2131 01:28:23,381 --> 01:28:24,782 SOLAR ORBITER ON ITS WAY. 2132 01:28:24,782 --> 01:28:25,717 >> LITTLE BIT MORE AFTER 2133 01:28:25,717 --> 01:28:26,517 SEPARATION. 2134 01:28:26,517 --> 01:28:29,087 WE KNOW THAT THE SPACECRAFT TEAM 2135 01:28:29,087 --> 01:28:31,723 IS BEHIND US HERE IN THE MISSION 2136 01:28:31,723 --> 01:28:32,991 DIRECTOR'S CENTER. 2137 01:28:32,991 --> 01:28:35,360 THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY CALM AND 2138 01:28:35,360 --> 01:28:37,462 COLLECTED THROUGHOUT THEIR WORK, 2139 01:28:37,462 --> 01:28:38,029 AND YOU KNOW THAT. 2140 01:28:38,029 --> 01:28:39,397 >> YEAH. 2141 01:28:39,397 --> 01:28:40,965 THE SPACECRAFT TEAM, AND YOU'RE 2142 01:28:40,965 --> 01:28:42,667 GOING TO TALK TO THEM A LITTLE 2143 01:28:42,667 --> 01:28:45,403 BIT LATER, FROM THAT ASPECT. 2144 01:28:45,403 --> 01:28:47,472 YOU CAN SEE HERE THE DENVER OPS 2145 01:28:47,472 --> 01:28:54,746 CENTER IN DENVER, COLORADO, AND 2146 01:28:54,746 --> 01:28:55,813 THE U.L.A. TEAM IS STILL LOOKING 2147 01:28:55,813 --> 01:29:01,986 AT LAUNCH DATA. 2148 01:29:01,986 --> 01:29:03,521 AGAIN, A VERY EXCITING MOMENT. 2149 01:29:03,521 --> 01:29:04,956 I'M VERY EXCITED THAT WE ARE 2150 01:29:04,956 --> 01:29:08,059 HERE, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GET 2151 01:29:08,059 --> 01:29:08,793 ACQUISITION FOR THAT. 2152 01:29:08,793 --> 01:29:10,528 SO THINGS ARE GOING WELL WITH 2153 01:29:10,528 --> 01:29:13,498 THE TEAMS AND AS WE PROCEED 2154 01:29:13,498 --> 01:29:13,831 FORWARD. 2155 01:29:13,831 --> 01:29:16,467 >> SO NOW, THE CENTAUR HAS 2156 01:29:16,467 --> 01:29:18,836 SEPARATED AWAY, AND THERE'S A 2157 01:29:18,836 --> 01:29:19,804 LITTLE BIT OF BUSINESS THAT 2158 01:29:19,804 --> 01:29:22,673 ACTUALLY HAS TO DO AS IT LEAVES 2159 01:29:22,673 --> 01:29:23,307 THE SPACECRAFT. 2160 01:29:23,307 --> 01:29:23,674 >> YEAH. 2161 01:29:23,674 --> 01:29:26,577 NOW AS THE SPACECRAFT HAS LEFT, 2162 01:29:26,577 --> 01:29:28,679 CENTAUR HAS TO PERFORM A COUPLE 2163 01:29:28,679 --> 01:29:31,182 OF MANEUVERS TO GET OUT OF THE 2164 01:29:31,182 --> 01:29:34,352 WAY AND MAKE SURE IT'S DONE WITH 2165 01:29:34,352 --> 01:29:34,919 ITS MISSION. 2166 01:29:34,919 --> 01:29:38,122 SO IT'S GOING TO FIRE ITS 2167 01:29:38,122 --> 01:29:41,159 THRUSTERS A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO 2168 01:29:41,159 --> 01:29:42,093 MAKE SURE IT'S WELL AWAY FROM 2169 01:29:42,093 --> 01:29:43,061 SOLAR ORBITER AS WE CONTINUE 2170 01:29:43,061 --> 01:29:45,263 WITH THE MISSION AND WAIT FOR 2171 01:29:45,263 --> 01:29:46,097 ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL. 2172 01:29:46,097 --> 01:29:48,566 AS YOU SEE THERE ON YOUR SCREEN, 2173 01:29:48,566 --> 01:29:55,473 THAT'S A PICTURE OF THE MISSION 2174 01:29:55,473 --> 01:29:58,876 DIRECTOR CENTER AT ESA. 2175 01:29:58,876 --> 01:30:01,145 LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING AND 2176 01:30:01,145 --> 01:30:03,114 HEARING THAT FROM THEM, AND HOW 2177 01:30:03,114 --> 01:30:04,282 EXCITED THEY ARE TO MAKE SURE 2178 01:30:04,282 --> 01:30:05,683 THAT SOLAR ORBITER ARE OUT 2179 01:30:05,683 --> 01:30:08,486 THERE, DOING ITS THING. 2180 01:30:08,486 --> 01:30:14,559 >> JUST A FEW MINUTES AWAY. 2181 01:30:14,559 --> 01:30:16,527 ONCE THE CONFIRMATION COMES IN 2182 01:30:16,527 --> 01:30:19,864 THAT THE SPACECRAFT HAS INDEED 2183 01:30:19,864 --> 01:30:21,365 SENT ITS SIGNAL AND THEY VERIFY 2184 01:30:21,365 --> 01:30:23,901 THAT IT IS IN THE PLACE THAT IT 2185 01:30:23,901 --> 01:30:26,104 IS EXPECTED, YOU CAN PROBABLY 2186 01:30:26,104 --> 01:30:30,074 EXPECT TO SEE A GREAT AMOUNT OF 2187 01:30:30,074 --> 01:30:31,109 RELIEF AND CELEBRATION FROM THAT 2188 01:30:31,109 --> 01:30:35,379 FRONT ROW HERE AT THE MISSION 2189 01:30:35,379 --> 01:30:39,117 DIRECTOR'S CENTER AT THE CAPE 2190 01:30:39,117 --> 01:30:40,351 CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION. 2191 01:30:40,351 --> 01:30:43,554 OF COURSE WE'RE IN THE BROADCAST 2192 01:30:43,554 --> 01:30:45,123 BOOTH IN THE UPPER RIGHT. 2193 01:30:45,123 --> 01:30:47,024 >> WE'RE LOOKING AT DATA, TOO, 2194 01:30:47,024 --> 01:30:50,428 AND WE'RE WAITING TO SEE THAT. 2195 01:30:50,428 --> 01:30:51,896 HOPEFULLY, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR 2196 01:30:51,896 --> 01:30:54,832 THAT WE GET ACQUISITION FROM 2197 01:30:54,832 --> 01:30:56,501 SIGNALS FROM THE SPACECRAFT, BUT 2198 01:30:56,501 --> 01:30:58,736 WE'LL CONTINUE TO WAIT AND HEAR 2199 01:30:58,736 --> 01:31:01,873 THAT FROM THE -- FROM OUR ESA 2200 01:31:01,873 --> 01:31:02,240 FRIENDS. 2201 01:31:02,240 --> 01:31:04,108 SO WITH THAT, I THINK WE ARE 2202 01:31:04,108 --> 01:31:06,377 READY TO THROW IT BACK OVER TO 2203 01:31:06,377 --> 01:31:09,147 JOSHUA IN THE ASOT WHO'S WITH MY 2204 01:31:09,147 --> 01:31:10,848 GOOD FRIEND AND WHO'S EXCITED 2205 01:31:10,848 --> 01:31:12,750 ABOUT THIS LAUNCH, MY FAVORITE 2206 01:31:12,750 --> 01:31:15,620 NASA LAUNCH MANAGER, MR. TIM 2207 01:31:15,620 --> 01:31:15,953 DUNN. 2208 01:31:15,953 --> 01:31:16,721 >> CAN'T DO MUCH BETTER 2209 01:31:16,721 --> 01:31:19,390 INTRODUCTION THAN THAT. 2210 01:31:19,390 --> 01:31:19,924 TAKE IT AWAY, JOSH. 2211 01:31:19,924 --> 01:31:22,226 >> IS HE SAYING THAT BECAUSE 2212 01:31:22,226 --> 01:31:23,361 OMAR IS NOT HERE? 2213 01:31:23,361 --> 01:31:24,896 >> ONLY BECAUSE OMAR IS NOT 2214 01:31:24,896 --> 01:31:25,196 HERE. 2215 01:31:25,196 --> 01:31:28,366 >> YOU KNOW, MICK, OMAR IS IN 2216 01:31:28,366 --> 01:31:28,933 THE NEXT ROOM. 2217 01:31:28,933 --> 01:31:32,503 >> NASA LAUNCH MANAGER TIM DUNN 2218 01:31:32,503 --> 01:31:33,037 IS HERE. 2219 01:31:33,037 --> 01:31:35,806 WE KEEP SAYING THIS, THAT WE'RE 2220 01:31:35,806 --> 01:31:37,241 NOT DONE, BUT WE'RE CLOSE. 2221 01:31:37,241 --> 01:31:38,776 WE KEEP GETTING THERE. 2222 01:31:38,776 --> 01:31:41,612 >> WE KEEP GETTING THERE. 2223 01:31:41,612 --> 01:31:44,815 >> SO TELL US ABOUT THE FLIGHT. 2224 01:31:44,815 --> 01:31:45,283 HOW DID WE DO? 2225 01:31:45,283 --> 01:31:47,752 >> WE'RE DOING WELL SO FAR. 2226 01:31:47,752 --> 01:31:50,521 I'M A LITTLE TAMPED DOWN ON MY 2227 01:31:50,521 --> 01:31:52,290 ENTHUSIASM, BECAUSE WE HAVE A 2228 01:31:52,290 --> 01:31:56,227 FEW MORE THINGS TO GO ON THE 2229 01:31:56,227 --> 01:31:58,229 SPACECRAFT, BUT OBVIOUSLY, 2230 01:31:58,229 --> 01:32:00,831 EVERYTHING WENT WELL. 2231 01:32:00,831 --> 01:32:05,703 GORGEOUS WEATHER, RANGE 2232 01:32:05,703 --> 01:32:06,103 LIMITATION. 2233 01:32:06,103 --> 01:32:07,972 THE U.L.A. TEAM, I CAN'T SAY 2234 01:32:07,972 --> 01:32:09,674 ENOUGH ABOUT THE U.L.A. TEAM, 2235 01:32:09,674 --> 01:32:12,043 HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO PROCESS AND 2236 01:32:12,043 --> 01:32:13,211 PREPARE THIS ROCKET. 2237 01:32:13,211 --> 01:32:14,612 GREAT COUNT DOWN, BEAUTIFUL 2238 01:32:14,612 --> 01:32:16,847 NIGHT HERE ON THE SPACE COAST. 2239 01:32:16,847 --> 01:32:20,451 I HOPE FOLKS LOCALLY, YOU 2240 01:32:20,451 --> 01:32:21,018 ENJOYED IT. 2241 01:32:21,018 --> 01:32:25,056 I HOPE FOLKS ON NASA T.V., YOU 2242 01:32:25,056 --> 01:32:29,694 SHOWED THEM SOME GREAT SHOTS. 2243 01:32:29,694 --> 01:32:33,798 WE FELT SOME RUMBLES HERE IN THE 2244 01:32:33,798 --> 01:32:34,098 ASOT. 2245 01:32:34,098 --> 01:32:35,633 NOTHING LIKE A GREAT LAUNCH. 2246 01:32:35,633 --> 01:32:39,804 NOW WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR A FEW 2247 01:32:39,804 --> 01:32:45,776 LOCK EVENTS AND WE'RE EXCITED TO 2248 01:32:45,776 --> 01:32:47,878 SHARE THE WHOLE STORY. 2249 01:32:47,878 --> 01:32:50,514 >> IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT, 2250 01:32:50,514 --> 01:32:51,616 CLEAR SKIES, SO IF YOU WERE 2251 01:32:51,616 --> 01:32:52,984 OUTSIDE, YOU WERE TREATED TO A 2252 01:32:52,984 --> 01:32:53,718 BEAUTIFUL LAUNCH. 2253 01:32:53,718 --> 01:32:54,919 YOU COULD SEE THAT THING GO 2254 01:32:54,919 --> 01:32:57,722 ALMOST TO THE HORIZON. 2255 01:32:57,722 --> 01:32:58,055 >> YEAH. 2256 01:32:58,055 --> 01:32:58,422 GORGEOUS. 2257 01:32:58,422 --> 01:32:59,290 >> TIM, I APPRECIATE YOU 2258 01:32:59,290 --> 01:33:00,324 STOPPING BY. 2259 01:33:00,324 --> 01:33:01,359 I DON'T WANT TO KEEP YOU TOO 2260 01:33:01,359 --> 01:33:04,829 LONG BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU'RE 2261 01:33:04,829 --> 01:33:06,497 STILL FOCUSED. 2262 01:33:06,497 --> 01:33:07,098 >> ALL RIGHT. 2263 01:33:07,098 --> 01:33:08,266 LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU 2264 01:33:08,266 --> 01:33:12,036 IN A FEW MINUTES. 2265 01:33:12,036 --> 01:33:15,673 >> IF THIS IS NOT SUPER EXCITED, 2266 01:33:15,673 --> 01:33:16,507 CAN'T WAIT TO SEE SUPER EXCITED 2267 01:33:16,507 --> 01:33:16,807 TIM. 2268 01:33:16,807 --> 01:33:20,044 >> WE WANT TO LOOK AT ONE OF THE 2269 01:33:20,044 --> 01:33:23,514 GREATEST MYSTERIES OF THE SUN, 2270 01:33:23,514 --> 01:33:26,384 AND THAT'S IN THE CORONA, IT'S 2271 01:33:26,384 --> 01:33:28,219 ACTUALLY MILLIONS OF DEGREES 2272 01:33:28,219 --> 01:33:32,123 HOTTER THAN THE SURFACE OF THE 2273 01:33:32,123 --> 01:33:32,423 SUN. 2274 01:33:32,423 --> 01:33:36,127 >> THE SUN'S CORONA IS THE 2275 01:33:36,127 --> 01:33:38,796 HOTTEST PART OF THE SUN, BUT IT 2276 01:33:38,796 --> 01:33:40,298 DOESN'T BEHAVE AS YOU WOULD 2277 01:33:40,298 --> 01:33:43,167 EXPECT. 2278 01:33:43,167 --> 01:33:45,469 IT'S APPROXIMATELY 27 MILLION 2279 01:33:45,469 --> 01:33:47,538 DEGREES, AND IT'S DENSER THAN 2280 01:33:47,538 --> 01:33:47,838 GOLD. 2281 01:33:47,838 --> 01:33:50,408 SOMETHING HAPPENS, HOWEVER, WHEN 2282 01:33:50,408 --> 01:33:56,480 YOU REACH THE OUTERMOST LAYER. 2283 01:33:56,480 --> 01:34:14,498 THE -- CORONA IS USUALLY HARD TO 2284 01:34:14,498 --> 01:34:15,032 SEE. 2285 01:34:15,032 --> 01:34:18,169 IT'S TOO DIM TO BE SEEN NEXT TO 2286 01:34:18,169 --> 01:34:22,106 THE SUN'S BRIGHT BODY, BUT IT 2287 01:34:22,106 --> 01:34:26,077 CAN BE SEEN WHEN THE MOON BLOCKS 2288 01:34:26,077 --> 01:34:30,314 THE SUN DURING A LUNAR SOLAR 2289 01:34:30,314 --> 01:34:30,648 ECLIPSE. 2290 01:34:30,648 --> 01:34:33,250 IN THE EARLY 1800s, INSTRUMENTS 2291 01:34:33,250 --> 01:34:40,458 NAMED SPECTROSCOPES WERE 2292 01:34:40,458 --> 01:34:45,730 INVENTED TO IDENTIFY ITEMS THAT 2293 01:34:45,730 --> 01:34:53,804 ARE HEATED. 2294 01:34:53,804 --> 01:34:55,172 WHILE SUN LIGHT CONTAINS EVERY 2295 01:34:55,172 --> 01:35:00,678 WAVE LENGTH, SCIENTISTS 2296 01:35:00,678 --> 01:35:01,879 DISCOVERED EVERY COMPOUND 2297 01:35:01,879 --> 01:35:04,181 CONTAINS DIFFERENT WAVE LENGTHS, 2298 01:35:04,181 --> 01:35:09,353 AND IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE 2299 01:35:09,353 --> 01:35:10,421 ASTRONOMMISTS STARTED EXTRACTING 2300 01:35:10,421 --> 01:35:19,630 LIGHT FROM DIFFERENT OBJECTS. 2301 01:35:19,630 --> 01:35:20,531 IN 1869, TWO SCIENTISTS DECIDED 2302 01:35:20,531 --> 01:35:25,703 TO POINT A SPECTROSCOPE AT THE 2303 01:35:25,703 --> 01:35:27,838 SUN DURING A SOLAR ECLIPSE. 2304 01:35:27,838 --> 01:35:30,207 THEY FOUND A BRIGHT LINE THAT 2305 01:35:30,207 --> 01:35:32,343 DID NOT RELATE TO ANY ELEMENT ON 2306 01:35:32,343 --> 01:35:32,643 EARTH. 2307 01:35:32,643 --> 01:35:36,680 FOR A SHORT TIME, SCIENTISTS 2308 01:35:36,680 --> 01:35:50,995 NAMED IT CORONIUM. 2309 01:35:50,995 --> 01:35:55,699 THE GREEN LINE SHOWS THE ION HAS 2310 01:35:55,699 --> 01:36:02,907 BEEN STRIPPED OF 13 OF ITS 26 2311 01:36:02,907 --> 01:36:04,175 ELECTRONS, INDICATING THAT THE 2312 01:36:04,175 --> 01:36:07,111 CORONA NEEDED TO BE HOTTER BY 2313 01:36:07,111 --> 01:36:12,983 MILLIONS OF DEGREES. 2314 01:36:12,983 --> 01:36:14,118 ONE THEORY SUGGESTS THAT SMALL 2315 01:36:14,118 --> 01:36:16,053 WAVES IN THE SUN'S SURFACE 2316 01:36:16,053 --> 01:36:18,322 PUSHING PARTICLES AND HEAT INTO 2317 01:36:18,322 --> 01:36:23,060 THE ATMOSPHERE, A BIT HOW OCEAN 2318 01:36:23,060 --> 01:36:24,361 WAVES PUSH SURFACE. 2319 01:36:24,361 --> 01:36:25,963 ANOTHER SUGGESTS THAT BOMB LIKE 2320 01:36:25,963 --> 01:36:28,466 EXPLOSIONS FROM THE SUN'S 2321 01:36:28,466 --> 01:36:29,733 MAGNETIC FIELD CREATE HEAT. 2322 01:36:29,733 --> 01:36:31,669 MANY SCIENTISTS FEEL IT MAY BE A 2323 01:36:31,669 --> 01:36:33,337 MIX OF BOTH. 2324 01:36:33,337 --> 01:36:38,142 WE'VE STUDIED THE CORONA FROM 2325 01:36:38,142 --> 01:36:42,446 EARTH DURING MANY OF ECLIPSES, 2326 01:36:42,446 --> 01:36:45,316 BUT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND IT, WE 2327 01:36:45,316 --> 01:36:46,083 HAVE TO STUDY IT FROM THE REGION 2328 01:36:46,083 --> 01:36:46,350 ITSELF. 2329 01:36:54,692 --> 01:36:57,895 >> WE JUST HEARD GREAT NEWS. 2330 01:36:57,895 --> 01:36:59,763 THE SIGNAL CQUISITION HAS BEEN 2331 01:36:59,763 --> 01:37:00,564 CONFIRMED, SO ANOTHER CHECK ON 2332 01:37:00,564 --> 01:37:02,433 THE LIST OF THINGS THAT NEED TO 2333 01:37:02,433 --> 01:37:05,236 GO RIGHT TODAY, SO THAT LIST IS 2334 01:37:05,236 --> 01:37:06,370 COMING TOGETHER VERY 2335 01:37:06,370 --> 01:37:06,770 BEAUTIFULLY. 2336 01:37:06,770 --> 01:37:08,305 WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU OUT TO 2337 01:37:08,305 --> 01:37:11,976 NASA EDGES FRANKLIN FITZGERALD 2338 01:37:11,976 --> 01:37:21,018 TO TAKE A LOOK AND TALK TO A 2339 01:37:21,018 --> 01:37:44,208 SOLAR ASTROPHYCYSIST. 2340 01:37:44,208 --> 01:37:46,577 >> NOW, I KNOW YOU ARE VERY 2341 01:37:46,577 --> 01:37:49,580 INTERESTED IN GETTING TO THE 2342 01:37:49,580 --> 01:37:51,348 SCIENCE OF SOLAR ORBITER. 2343 01:37:51,348 --> 01:37:54,018 TELL ME ABOUT WHAT YOU MOST ARE 2344 01:37:54,018 --> 01:37:56,120 LOOKING FORWARD TO? 2345 01:37:56,120 --> 01:37:59,423 >> WELL, I MEAN, ONE OF THE MOST 2346 01:37:59,423 --> 01:38:01,992 OBVIOUS THINGS THAT COMES TO 2347 01:38:01,992 --> 01:38:05,262 MIND IS THE UNIQUE VIEW OF THE 2348 01:38:05,262 --> 01:38:05,629 POLES. 2349 01:38:05,629 --> 01:38:07,831 WE HAVE NEVER IMAGED THE POLES 2350 01:38:07,831 --> 01:38:11,902 OF THE SUN. 2351 01:38:11,902 --> 01:38:16,507 WE'VE NEVER GATHERED DETAILED 2352 01:38:16,507 --> 01:38:17,441 MAGNETIC OBSERVATIONS OF THE 2353 01:38:17,441 --> 01:38:19,476 POLES DIRECTLY, AND THAT'S A 2354 01:38:19,476 --> 01:38:20,578 REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THING 2355 01:38:20,578 --> 01:38:22,279 FOR UNDERSTANDING THE SUN'S 2356 01:38:22,279 --> 01:38:24,982 ACTIVITY CYCLE, AND SO THAT IS 2357 01:38:24,982 --> 01:38:26,884 REALLY, REALLY CRITICAL BECAUSE 2358 01:38:26,884 --> 01:38:29,720 THAT'S WHAT THE SUN'S MAGNETIC 2359 01:38:29,720 --> 01:38:31,455 ACTIVITY DRIVES SPACE WEATHER. 2360 01:38:31,455 --> 01:38:34,291 AND SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A 2361 01:38:34,291 --> 01:38:37,628 GAME CHANGER WITH THESE KIND OF 2362 01:38:37,628 --> 01:38:38,429 OBSERVATIONS FROM SOLAR ORBITER. 2363 01:38:38,429 --> 01:38:41,498 >> NOW, YOU GOT A COUPLE YEARS 2364 01:38:41,498 --> 01:38:43,133 UNTIL YOU START GATHERING DATA 2365 01:38:43,133 --> 01:38:47,905 FROM SOLAR ORBITER, BUT YOU DO 2366 01:38:47,905 --> 01:38:50,207 HAVE A RECENT SOLAR MISSION 2367 01:38:50,207 --> 01:38:51,442 WHERE YOU'VE BEEN RECEIVING 2368 01:38:51,442 --> 01:38:54,345 DATA, AND THAT'S PARKER SOLAR 2369 01:38:54,345 --> 01:38:54,645 PROBE. 2370 01:38:54,645 --> 01:38:56,747 CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE FOR 2371 01:38:56,747 --> 01:38:57,047 THAT? 2372 01:38:57,047 --> 01:38:58,482 >> YEAH. 2373 01:38:58,482 --> 01:39:00,517 PARKER SOLAR PROBE HAS ALREADY 2374 01:39:00,517 --> 01:39:02,319 BEEN AROUND THE SUN THREE TIMES. 2375 01:39:02,319 --> 01:39:05,923 IT'S GOING TO MAKE 24 ORBITS, 2376 01:39:05,923 --> 01:39:09,693 AND EVERY TIME IT PASSES VENUS, 2377 01:39:09,693 --> 01:39:11,729 IT WILL GET A LITTLE CLOSER AND 2378 01:39:11,729 --> 01:39:12,062 CLOSER. 2379 01:39:12,062 --> 01:39:13,864 BUT THEY'VE ALREADY BROUGHT BACK 2380 01:39:13,864 --> 01:39:14,865 DATA. 2381 01:39:14,865 --> 01:39:15,799 THEY'VE ALREADY BROUGHT BACK 2382 01:39:15,799 --> 01:39:17,468 TONS OF DATA AND HAVE GATHERED 2383 01:39:17,468 --> 01:39:19,436 AN AMAZING NUMBER OF QUESTIONS 2384 01:39:19,436 --> 01:39:20,738 THAT THEY HADN'T EXPECTED. 2385 01:39:20,738 --> 01:39:23,574 YOU KNOW, THEY'VE MADE AMAZING 2386 01:39:23,574 --> 01:39:25,476 DISCOVERIES ALREADY. 2387 01:39:25,476 --> 01:39:32,383 THEY HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN TO THE 2388 01:39:32,383 --> 01:39:34,151 FINAL GOAL, AND WE HAVE A NEW 2389 01:39:34,151 --> 01:39:35,653 UNDERSTANDING OF THE TURBULENCE, 2390 01:39:35,653 --> 01:39:37,321 SORT OF THE REGION WHERE THE 2391 01:39:37,321 --> 01:39:39,790 SOLAR WIND BECOMES TURBULENT, 2392 01:39:39,790 --> 01:39:44,294 WHERE THE SOLAR WIND SORT OF 2393 01:39:44,294 --> 01:39:44,662 RELAXES. 2394 01:39:44,662 --> 01:39:46,397 WE'VE FOUND OUT THAT THE FIELD 2395 01:39:46,397 --> 01:39:49,900 THAT COME AWAY FROM THE SUN 2396 01:39:49,900 --> 01:39:52,603 ACTUALLY DO THESE CRAZY 180 2397 01:39:52,603 --> 01:39:53,604 TURNS BACK. 2398 01:39:53,604 --> 01:39:57,608 WE CALL THOSE SWITCHBACKS. 2399 01:39:57,608 --> 01:39:59,877 AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE 2400 01:39:59,877 --> 01:40:01,578 SCIENTISTS HAVE EVEN DISCOVERED 2401 01:40:01,578 --> 01:40:03,514 SOMETHING NONSOLAR. 2402 01:40:03,514 --> 01:40:09,453 THEY'VE SEEN SOME OF THE DUST 2403 01:40:09,453 --> 01:40:12,322 TRAILS THAT ARE WHAT CAUSE 2404 01:40:12,322 --> 01:40:14,324 METEOR SHOWERS HERE ON EARTH, 2405 01:40:14,324 --> 01:40:16,660 AND ASTEROIDS. 2406 01:40:16,660 --> 01:40:18,896 THEY'RE SO DIFFICULT TO FIND 2407 01:40:18,896 --> 01:40:20,964 BECAUSE SO CLOSE TO THE SUN IS 2408 01:40:20,964 --> 01:40:23,801 SO BRIGHT. 2409 01:40:23,801 --> 01:40:27,271 BUT WE'VE USED REALLY SENSITIVE 2410 01:40:27,271 --> 01:40:34,745 CAMERAS ON THE SIDE TO GET THAT. 2411 01:40:34,745 --> 01:40:38,282 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS DOES 2412 01:40:38,282 --> 01:40:40,818 IS IT LEADS TO MORE QUESTIONS 2413 01:40:40,818 --> 01:40:41,418 THAN ANSWERS. 2414 01:40:41,418 --> 01:40:43,053 >> ONE MORE QUESTION. 2415 01:40:43,053 --> 01:40:44,788 IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY OVERLAP 2416 01:40:44,788 --> 01:40:47,357 BETWEEN THE TYPE OF DISCOVERIES 2417 01:40:47,357 --> 01:40:48,292 YOU MAKE BETWEEN SOLAR ORBITER 2418 01:40:48,292 --> 01:40:49,493 AND PARKER? 2419 01:40:49,493 --> 01:40:50,661 >> OH, ABSOLUTELY. 2420 01:40:50,661 --> 01:40:52,963 THESE ARE REALLY TWO 2421 01:40:52,963 --> 01:40:54,098 COMPLEMENTARY MISSIONS BECAUSE 2422 01:40:54,098 --> 01:40:55,699 SOLAR ORBITER IS GOING TO GET 2423 01:40:55,699 --> 01:40:57,334 REALLY, REALLY CLOSE AND GIVE US 2424 01:40:57,334 --> 01:40:58,936 A LOT OF DETAIL OF WHAT'S 2425 01:40:58,936 --> 01:41:01,271 HAPPENING IN THE REGIONS WHERE 2426 01:41:01,271 --> 01:41:02,873 WE THINK SOLAR WIND HAS 2427 01:41:02,873 --> 01:41:07,077 ACCELERATED AWAY FROM THE SUN, 2428 01:41:07,077 --> 01:41:12,282 WHERE WE THINK ENERGETIC 2429 01:41:12,282 --> 01:41:14,351 PARTICLES ARE AWAY FROM THE SUN. 2430 01:41:14,351 --> 01:41:16,019 BUT SOLAR ORBITER IS GOING TO BE 2431 01:41:16,019 --> 01:41:17,955 SLIGHTLY FURTHER OUT AND GIVE US 2432 01:41:17,955 --> 01:41:20,224 MORE DETAILS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING 2433 01:41:20,224 --> 01:41:21,692 IN THESE TRANSITION REGIONS AS 2434 01:41:21,692 --> 01:41:23,460 THINGS ARE MOVING OUT, AS WELL 2435 01:41:23,460 --> 01:41:25,395 AS THIS PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, 2436 01:41:25,395 --> 01:41:32,136 OUT OF THE PLANE OF THE SOLAR 2437 01:41:32,136 --> 01:41:32,469 SYSTEM. 2438 01:41:32,469 --> 01:41:35,038 AND SO HAVING ALL OF THESE 2439 01:41:35,038 --> 01:41:36,406 MISSIONS SO CLOSE, EVEN THOUGH 2440 01:41:36,406 --> 01:41:38,442 SOLAR ORBITER IS NOT AS CLOSE AS 2441 01:41:38,442 --> 01:41:40,577 PARKER SOLAR PROBE, IT'S STILL 2442 01:41:40,577 --> 01:41:41,845 IN AN UNKNOWN AREA. 2443 01:41:41,845 --> 01:41:43,914 IT'S STILL IN A REGION WHICH 2444 01:41:43,914 --> 01:41:46,016 WE'VE BARELY SAMPLED. 2445 01:41:46,016 --> 01:41:49,520 IT'S CLOSER THAN WE'VE BEEN 2446 01:41:49,520 --> 01:41:50,521 BEFORE, NOT INCLUDING SOLAR 2447 01:41:50,521 --> 01:41:53,023 ORBITER, IT'S CLOSER THAN WE'VE 2448 01:41:53,023 --> 01:41:53,891 EVER BEEN BEFORE. 2449 01:41:53,891 --> 01:41:57,327 SO BOTH OF THESE ARE SAMPLING A 2450 01:41:57,327 --> 01:42:01,265 REALLY UNIQUE AREA AND AN 2451 01:42:01,265 --> 01:42:02,065 IMPORTANT AREA IN THE SUN, AND 2452 01:42:02,065 --> 01:42:05,402 DATA IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO 2453 01:42:05,402 --> 01:42:05,836 SURPRISE US. 2454 01:42:05,836 --> 01:42:07,604 >> ALEX, IT'S GREAT HAVING YOU 2455 01:42:07,604 --> 01:42:08,739 ON THE SHOW. 2456 01:42:08,739 --> 01:42:10,507 GREAT SEEING YOU AGAIN, AND WE 2457 01:42:10,507 --> 01:42:12,109 LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING MORE 2458 01:42:12,109 --> 01:42:17,781 DATA FROM THE PARKER SOLAR PROBE 2459 01:42:17,781 --> 01:42:18,382 AND THE SOLAR ORBITER. 2460 01:42:18,382 --> 01:42:18,849 >> THANK YOU. 2461 01:42:18,849 --> 01:42:21,552 >> JOSHUA, BACK TO YOU. 2462 01:42:21,552 --> 01:42:27,157 >> I'M JOINED NOW BY OMAR BAEZ 2463 01:42:27,157 --> 01:42:34,164 WHO IS THE NASA PROJECT MANAGER. 2464 01:42:34,164 --> 01:42:36,233 -- MANAGER ASSISTANT. 2465 01:42:36,233 --> 01:42:40,003 YOU AND TIM FLIP-FLOPPED FOR 2466 01:42:40,003 --> 01:42:42,406 THIS MISSION. 2467 01:42:42,406 --> 01:42:44,708 YOU ARE THE ASSISTANT, AND TIM 2468 01:42:44,708 --> 01:42:47,477 IS THE MANAGER. 2469 01:42:47,477 --> 01:42:51,248 WHAT ARE YOUR NEXT MISSIONS 2470 01:42:51,248 --> 01:42:51,615 COMING UP? 2471 01:42:51,615 --> 01:42:54,551 >> THE ARTEMIS IS NEXT. 2472 01:42:54,551 --> 01:42:56,720 PARTS OF IT HAVE ARRIVED, AND 2473 01:42:56,720 --> 01:42:57,955 WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 2474 01:42:57,955 --> 01:42:58,455 THAT. 2475 01:42:58,455 --> 01:43:00,290 THAT'S GOING TO GO ON AN ATLAS 2476 01:43:00,290 --> 01:43:03,093 WITH A COUPLE MORE SOLID ROCKET 2477 01:43:03,093 --> 01:43:05,596 MOTORS THAN THIS ONE HERE TO GET 2478 01:43:05,596 --> 01:43:08,332 IT OUT TO MARS FOR ITS 2479 01:43:08,332 --> 01:43:09,299 SEVEN-MONTH VOYAGE. 2480 01:43:09,299 --> 01:43:14,638 WE PLAN TO LAUNCH THAT ON JULY 2481 01:43:14,638 --> 01:43:19,977 17 AND LAND ON MARS ON FEBRUARY 2482 01:43:19,977 --> 01:43:24,248 18, 2021. 2483 01:43:24,248 --> 01:43:29,419 REALLY EXCITING MISSION WHEN WE 2484 01:43:29,419 --> 01:43:33,991 SEE THIS HELICOPTER AS ITS PAY 2485 01:43:33,991 --> 01:43:34,291 LOAD. 2486 01:43:34,291 --> 01:43:35,759 A LOT OF STUFF THAT THE PUBLIC'S 2487 01:43:35,759 --> 01:43:36,827 GOING TO REALLY LOVE. 2488 01:43:36,827 --> 01:43:43,834 THE MISSION'S OUT THERE TO CACHE 2489 01:43:43,834 --> 01:43:46,203 SOME SAMPLES AND GET THE 2490 01:43:46,203 --> 01:43:47,337 CONTINUITY GOING, AND WE'RE 2491 01:43:47,337 --> 01:43:50,941 SUPER EXCITED TO DO THAT THIS 2492 01:43:50,941 --> 01:43:51,275 SUMMER. 2493 01:43:51,275 --> 01:43:51,842 >> THAT'S GREAT. 2494 01:43:51,842 --> 01:43:53,143 SO YOU ARE THE DIRECTOR -- 2495 01:43:53,143 --> 01:43:55,479 >> I AM THE DIRECTOR FOR THE 2496 01:43:55,479 --> 01:43:56,380 MARS 2020 MISSION. 2497 01:43:56,380 --> 01:43:57,414 >> THAT'S WONDERFUL. 2498 01:43:57,414 --> 01:43:59,116 TELL US ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP 2499 01:43:59,116 --> 01:44:01,084 THAT YOU AND TIM HAVE ON LAUNCH 2500 01:44:01,084 --> 01:44:01,418 DAY. 2501 01:44:01,418 --> 01:44:04,288 OBVIOUSLY, ONE OF YOU IS THE 2502 01:44:04,288 --> 01:44:10,494 LAUNCH MANAGER, AND ONE OF YOU 2503 01:44:10,494 --> 01:44:11,228 IS THE ASSISTANT LAUNCH MANAGER. 2504 01:44:11,228 --> 01:44:11,828 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 2505 01:44:11,828 --> 01:44:15,866 >> WE'RE COMPLETELY 2506 01:44:15,866 --> 01:44:16,333 INTERCHANGEABLE. 2507 01:44:16,333 --> 01:44:21,104 IF WE GET REALLY BUSY, THE OTHER 2508 01:44:21,104 --> 01:44:23,006 CAN TAKE THE MAIN LOAD OFF THE 2509 01:44:23,006 --> 01:44:23,740 PRIMARY GUY. 2510 01:44:23,740 --> 01:44:25,075 THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I CAN 2511 01:44:25,075 --> 01:44:25,342 DO. 2512 01:44:25,342 --> 01:44:28,278 IF HE'S TIME CRUNCHED, I CAN 2513 01:44:28,278 --> 01:44:29,479 HELP HIM OUT WITH. 2514 01:44:29,479 --> 01:44:31,581 LIKEWISE, IF HE'S -- STUFF 2515 01:44:31,581 --> 01:44:31,949 HAPPENS. 2516 01:44:31,949 --> 01:44:34,751 YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM, 2517 01:44:34,751 --> 01:44:35,285 YOU HAVE TO EAT. 2518 01:44:35,285 --> 01:44:38,789 >> SURE, SURE, THE PRACTICAL 2519 01:44:38,789 --> 01:44:39,122 THINGS. 2520 01:44:39,122 --> 01:44:40,057 >> YOU HAVE TO STEP IN. 2521 01:44:40,057 --> 01:44:42,993 >> I THINK IT'S KEY TO HONE IN 2522 01:44:42,993 --> 01:44:46,663 ONTO IT'S PRACTICAL. 2523 01:44:46,663 --> 01:44:47,831 THERE'S ONE PERSON IN CHARGE, 2524 01:44:47,831 --> 01:44:51,268 BUT YOU ALL CARRY THAT TOGETHER. 2525 01:44:51,268 --> 01:44:51,802 >> CORRECT. 2526 01:44:51,802 --> 01:44:54,404 >> SO WHAT'S COMING UP FOR THE 2527 01:44:54,404 --> 01:44:55,005 MARS 2020? 2528 01:44:55,005 --> 01:44:57,607 I THINK WE'RE COMING UP ON 20 2529 01:44:57,607 --> 01:44:59,443 YEARS OF EXISTENCE, SO WHAT'S 2530 01:44:59,443 --> 01:45:00,978 COMING UP FOR THE LAUNCH 2531 01:45:00,978 --> 01:45:01,545 SERVICES PROGRAM? 2532 01:45:01,545 --> 01:45:03,347 >> I'VE BEEN WITH THE LAUNCH 2533 01:45:03,347 --> 01:45:04,581 SERVICES PROGRAM FOR THE 20 2534 01:45:04,581 --> 01:45:06,049 YEARS AND A COUPLE OF YEARS 2535 01:45:06,049 --> 01:45:10,354 BEFORE THAT, WHEN WE WERE THE 2536 01:45:10,354 --> 01:45:11,488 PREDECESSOR ORGANIZATION, AND 2537 01:45:11,488 --> 01:45:15,492 WE'VE ASSAULTED ALL THE PLANETS, 2538 01:45:15,492 --> 01:45:15,826 AND -- 2539 01:45:15,826 --> 01:45:18,395 >> IN A VERY RESEARCH-ORIENTED 2540 01:45:18,395 --> 01:45:18,695 WAY. 2541 01:45:18,695 --> 01:45:20,564 >> ABSOLUTELY. 2542 01:45:20,564 --> 01:45:23,166 AND IT'S PHENOMENAL TO THINK 2543 01:45:23,166 --> 01:45:25,469 BACK, AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS 2544 01:45:25,469 --> 01:45:27,337 VERITINELY, A VERY SMALL PORTION 2545 01:45:27,337 --> 01:45:29,706 OF THE AGENCY, WE WEREN'T EVEN 2546 01:45:29,706 --> 01:45:35,779 NOTICED, WERE ABLE TO REACH OUT 2547 01:45:35,779 --> 01:45:38,415 TO THE VARIOUS PLANETARY BODIES 2548 01:45:38,415 --> 01:45:38,982 AROUND US. 2549 01:45:38,982 --> 01:45:40,884 AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE, AND 2550 01:45:40,884 --> 01:45:43,020 WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE DOING 2551 01:45:43,020 --> 01:45:43,320 THAT. 2552 01:45:43,320 --> 01:45:45,989 AND AS BOB SAID EARLIER, THESE 2553 01:45:45,989 --> 01:45:49,226 MISSIONS ARE PRECURSOR TO THE 2554 01:45:49,226 --> 01:45:51,695 HUMANS GOING OUT BEYOND EARTH'S 2555 01:45:51,695 --> 01:45:53,430 ORBIT, AND WE REALLY LOOK 2556 01:45:53,430 --> 01:45:55,399 FORWARD TO DOING ALL THE PREWORK 2557 01:45:55,399 --> 01:46:09,880 THAT WE CAN WITH AUTO MATETION 2558 01:46:09,880 --> 01:46:10,614 BEFORE THE HUMAN GETS OUT THERE. 2559 01:46:10,614 --> 01:46:12,282 >> DOES THIS EVER GET OLD? 2560 01:46:12,282 --> 01:46:13,784 >> NO. 2561 01:46:13,784 --> 01:46:15,052 I'M MOST FORTUNATE IN THE JOB 2562 01:46:15,052 --> 01:46:15,986 THAT I DO. 2563 01:46:15,986 --> 01:46:18,188 I REALLY LOVE IT. 2564 01:46:18,188 --> 01:46:19,489 SOMEDAY, THERE WILL BE A SUNSET 2565 01:46:19,489 --> 01:46:20,490 FOR ME. 2566 01:46:20,490 --> 01:46:23,026 JUST THIS PRIOR WEEK, I BECAME 2567 01:46:23,026 --> 01:46:29,533 ELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT. 2568 01:46:29,533 --> 01:46:30,167 >> OH. 2569 01:46:30,167 --> 01:46:31,902 >> -- UH-OH. 2570 01:46:31,902 --> 01:46:33,837 >> NOT THAT I'M GOING, BUT I 2571 01:46:33,837 --> 01:46:35,539 INTEND TO STICK AROUND FOR 2572 01:46:35,539 --> 01:46:36,239 ANOTHER FEW YEARS. 2573 01:46:36,239 --> 01:46:39,376 >> DO YOU HAVE YOUR EYES ON 2574 01:46:39,376 --> 01:46:39,810 ANYTHING? 2575 01:46:39,810 --> 01:46:41,645 WHAT'S BETTER THAN A LAUNCH 2576 01:46:41,645 --> 01:46:42,012 DIRECTOR? 2577 01:46:42,012 --> 01:46:43,914 >> I CAN'T THINK OF IT, EXCEPT 2578 01:46:43,914 --> 01:46:47,117 BEING RETIRED AND HAVING A 2579 01:46:47,117 --> 01:46:47,717 MARGARITA SOMEWHERE. 2580 01:46:47,717 --> 01:46:52,222 >> WITH THAT, I WILL LET YOU GET 2581 01:46:52,222 --> 01:46:53,990 BACK TO SUPPORT TIM AS WE CLOSE 2582 01:46:53,990 --> 01:46:56,760 OUT THIS MISSION, CLOSE OUT THIS 2583 01:46:56,760 --> 01:46:57,394 LAUNCH ACTIVITY OF TODAY. 2584 01:46:57,394 --> 01:46:57,761 >> OKAY. 2585 01:46:57,761 --> 01:46:58,962 >> THANKS SO MUCH, OMAR. 2586 01:46:58,962 --> 01:47:01,498 WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE YOU NOW 2587 01:47:01,498 --> 01:47:02,999 WITH THIS VIDEO WE SHOWED 2588 01:47:02,999 --> 01:47:03,366 EARLIER. 2589 01:47:03,366 --> 01:47:04,968 THIS IS A PREVIEW OF THE L.S.P. 2590 01:47:04,968 --> 01:47:05,602 MISSIONS FOR THIS YEAR, 2020. 2591 01:49:08,758 --> 01:49:11,695 >> WE'RE JUST WAITING TO HEAR 2592 01:49:11,695 --> 01:49:13,697 FROM THEM IF SOLAR RAY 2593 01:49:13,697 --> 01:49:17,534 DEPLOYMENT AND THAT THEY'RE 2594 01:49:17,534 --> 01:49:18,201 GETTING GOOD SUN SIGNALS. 2595 01:49:18,201 --> 01:49:21,137 >> ABOUT 1:15 AGO, WE LAUNCHED 2596 01:49:21,137 --> 01:49:23,873 HERE FROM THE CAPE CANAVERAL AIR 2597 01:49:23,873 --> 01:49:26,943 FORCE STATION ON AN ATLAS FIVE 2598 01:49:26,943 --> 01:49:28,311 ROCKET BOUND FOR THE SUN. 2599 01:49:28,311 --> 01:49:30,880 THE SOLAR ORBITER SPACECRAFT ON 2600 01:49:30,880 --> 01:49:32,082 TOP. 2601 01:49:32,082 --> 01:49:33,350 IT WAS A GOOD FLIGHT INITIALLY 2602 01:49:33,350 --> 01:49:35,585 OFF THE GROUND, AND NOW WE'RE 2603 01:49:35,585 --> 01:49:36,987 GETTING SOME CELEBRATION HERE AT 2604 01:49:36,987 --> 01:49:39,322 THE M.D.C., GETTING MORE 2605 01:49:39,322 --> 01:49:43,727 INFORMATION ON THAT SOLAR ARRAY 2606 01:49:43,727 --> 01:49:44,127 DEPLOYMENT. 2607 01:49:44,127 --> 01:49:46,997 AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, IT JUST 2608 01:49:46,997 --> 01:49:48,765 ERUPTED IN APPLAUSE ON THE FRONT 2609 01:49:48,765 --> 01:49:49,065 ROW. 2610 01:49:49,065 --> 01:49:51,401 THAT IS THE SPACECRAFT TEAM, ALL 2611 01:49:51,401 --> 01:49:53,370 FROM OVERSEAS. 2612 01:49:53,370 --> 01:49:55,138 THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY AND 2613 01:49:55,138 --> 01:49:59,809 THEIR PARTNER WITH AIRBUS 2614 01:49:59,809 --> 01:50:00,644 DEFENSE AND SPACE, THEY HAVE 2615 01:50:00,644 --> 01:50:01,044 CELEBRATED. 2616 01:50:01,044 --> 01:50:01,411 >> YEAH. 2617 01:50:01,411 --> 01:50:04,914 WE'VE SEEN THE CELEBRATION HERE 2618 01:50:04,914 --> 01:50:05,849 IN THE M.D.C. 2619 01:50:05,849 --> 01:50:08,018 HAVEN'T CONFIRMED WHETHER SOLAR 2620 01:50:08,018 --> 01:50:09,986 ARAISE WERE DEPLOYED, BUT I'M 2621 01:50:09,986 --> 01:50:13,690 GOING TO ASSUME BASED ON THEIR 2622 01:50:13,690 --> 01:50:14,424 CELEBRATION THAT SOMETHING IN 2623 01:50:14,424 --> 01:50:16,660 THE SEQUENCE HAPPENED THE WAY IT 2624 01:50:16,660 --> 01:50:17,460 WAS SUPPOSED TO. 2625 01:50:17,460 --> 01:50:19,496 BASED ON THAT, I WOULD SAY THAT 2626 01:50:19,496 --> 01:50:20,897 THINGS ARE GOING VERY WELL FOR 2627 01:50:20,897 --> 01:50:23,700 SOLAR ORBITER, AND WE'LL JUST 2628 01:50:23,700 --> 01:50:24,801 WAIT FOR THAT CONFIRMATION, 2629 01:50:24,801 --> 01:50:27,270 VERBAL CONFIRMATION, THAT SOLAR 2630 01:50:27,270 --> 01:50:29,606 ARRAYS WERE JUST DEPLOYED. 2631 01:50:29,606 --> 01:50:32,342 IT'S BEEN AN EXCITING NIGHT WITH 2632 01:50:32,342 --> 01:50:34,978 THE LIFTOFF OF THE SOLAR ORBITER 2633 01:50:34,978 --> 01:50:42,585 ON THE ATLAS FIVE VEHICLE. 2634 01:50:42,585 --> 01:50:44,421 >> IT'S A GOOD MOMENT IN TIME 2635 01:50:44,421 --> 01:50:46,022 FOR THIS MISSION WHICH HAS BEEN 2636 01:50:46,022 --> 01:50:50,727 GOING FOR 1:17 AS WE APPROACH 2637 01:50:50,727 --> 01:50:54,964 JUST 20 MINUTES AFTER 12:00 2638 01:50:54,964 --> 01:50:57,434 MIDNIGHT ON THE EAST COAST. 2639 01:50:57,434 --> 01:50:58,802 THERE WAS A MOMENT, WE CAN'T 2640 01:50:58,802 --> 01:51:00,603 SHOW IT YET, BUT WE SAW IT ON 2641 01:51:00,603 --> 01:51:03,907 OUR SCREENS, THAT WE SAW THE 2642 01:51:03,907 --> 01:51:05,442 REPLAY OF A SPACECRAFT 2643 01:51:05,442 --> 01:51:07,310 SEPARATION EVENT. 2644 01:51:07,310 --> 01:51:08,812 OF COURSE, THERE WAS SEPARATION, 2645 01:51:08,812 --> 01:51:10,814 BUT TO SEE THAT VISUALLY, IT 2646 01:51:10,814 --> 01:51:11,381 LOOKED REALLY GOOD. 2647 01:51:11,381 --> 01:51:11,748 >> YEAH. 2648 01:51:11,748 --> 01:51:14,384 THE TEAM HAD A CAMERA ON BOARD. 2649 01:51:14,384 --> 01:51:18,588 UNFORTUNATELY, BASED ON THE 2650 01:51:18,588 --> 01:51:23,660 FLIGHT AND ORBIT THAT WE WERE 2651 01:51:23,660 --> 01:51:25,161 PUTTING SOLAR ORBITER INTO, WE 2652 01:51:25,161 --> 01:51:26,963 COULD NOT AIR THAT. 2653 01:51:26,963 --> 01:51:28,231 BUT THEY'RE VERIFYING THAT VIDEO 2654 01:51:28,231 --> 01:51:29,866 AND MAKING SURE IT'S ALL GOOD, 2655 01:51:29,866 --> 01:51:33,036 SO I'M SURE IN THE DAYS TO COME, 2656 01:51:33,036 --> 01:51:35,405 YOU WILL SEE SOME LIVE VIDEO OF 2657 01:51:35,405 --> 01:51:36,239 SOLAR ORBITER'S SEPARATION FROM 2658 01:51:36,239 --> 01:51:38,408 THE ATLAS FIVE, BUT IT'S ALWAYS 2659 01:51:38,408 --> 01:51:40,043 GOOD TO GET THAT CONFIRMATION 2660 01:51:40,043 --> 01:51:43,446 FROM THE SPACECRAFT AND FROM THE 2661 01:51:43,446 --> 01:51:44,681 TEAM, THAT EVERYTHING'S GOING 2662 01:51:44,681 --> 01:51:44,981 WELL. 2663 01:51:44,981 --> 01:51:46,683 AS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN THERE, 2664 01:51:46,683 --> 01:51:49,285 WE HAVE LIVE COVERAGE FROM THE 2665 01:51:49,285 --> 01:51:52,222 M.D.C. HERE AT A.E. ON THE 2666 01:51:52,222 --> 01:51:52,722 RIGHT-HAND SIDE. 2667 01:51:52,722 --> 01:51:57,227 AND ON THE LEFT, WE HAVE A LIVE 2668 01:51:57,227 --> 01:52:00,897 SHOT OF THE ESOC IN GERMANY, 2669 01:52:00,897 --> 01:52:02,599 FROM THE GERMANY TEAM. 2670 01:52:02,599 --> 01:52:08,138 SO WE HOPE THAT ALL IS 2671 01:52:08,138 --> 01:52:11,541 PROGRESSING FORWARD FOR SOLAR 2672 01:52:11,541 --> 01:52:15,245 ARRAY DEPLOYMENT ON SOLAR 2673 01:52:15,245 --> 01:52:15,578 ORBITER. 2674 01:52:15,578 --> 01:52:17,147 >> THAT IS A LIVE VIEW OF THE 2675 01:52:17,147 --> 01:52:19,449 CONTROL TEAM THERE, AND THE 2676 01:52:19,449 --> 01:52:20,817 OPERATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING 2677 01:52:20,817 --> 01:52:21,351 ON THERE. 2678 01:52:21,351 --> 01:52:24,220 THOSE PEOPLE, VERY EXCITED 2679 01:52:24,220 --> 01:52:27,223 BECAUSE THERE ARE 22 DIFFERENT 2680 01:52:27,223 --> 01:52:28,658 COUNTRIES THAT ALL CAME TOGETHER 2681 01:52:28,658 --> 01:52:31,361 IN ORDER TO MAKE SOLAR ORBITER 2682 01:52:31,361 --> 01:52:33,430 HAPPEN, AND THAT CONTROL ROOM 2683 01:52:33,430 --> 01:52:34,497 WAS PART OF THE LAUNCH TODAY, 2684 01:52:34,497 --> 01:52:36,966 AND WE'RE GETTING A LIVE PEEK IN 2685 01:52:36,966 --> 01:52:38,802 TO HOW THEY DO THINGS OVERSEAS. 2686 01:52:38,802 --> 01:52:39,269 >> YEAH. 2687 01:52:39,269 --> 01:52:40,570 AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A VERY 2688 01:52:40,570 --> 01:52:43,106 IMPORTANT PART OF THIS MISSION. 2689 01:52:43,106 --> 01:52:45,642 THE ESOC IS WHERE THE TEAM -- 2690 01:52:45,642 --> 01:52:48,144 THE E.S.A. TEAM, AS YOU STATED, 2691 01:52:48,144 --> 01:52:49,379 IT CONTROLLING SOLAR ORBITER 2692 01:52:49,379 --> 01:52:52,382 RIGHT NOW, AND PERFORMING THEIR 2693 01:52:52,382 --> 01:52:54,217 SEQUENCES TO GET THOSE SOLAR 2694 01:52:54,217 --> 01:52:56,152 ARRAYS DEPLOYED AND IN POSITION. 2695 01:52:56,152 --> 01:52:58,388 THAT TEAM IS MONITORING THE 2696 01:52:58,388 --> 01:53:00,723 SPACECRAFT VERY CLOSELY. 2697 01:53:00,723 --> 01:53:03,426 THEY'RE RELYING THAT STATUS BACK 2698 01:53:03,426 --> 01:53:11,801 TO CESAR GARCIA HERE IN THE 2699 01:53:11,801 --> 01:53:12,168 M.D.C. 2700 01:53:12,168 --> 01:53:14,437 THAT TEAM IS MAKING SURE THAT 2701 01:53:14,437 --> 01:53:15,939 SOLAR ORBITER IS PERFORMING WELL 2702 01:53:15,939 --> 01:53:17,740 AND DOING WHAT THEY HAVE TO 2703 01:53:17,740 --> 01:53:19,876 ACCOMPLISH TO GET THE SOLAR 2704 01:53:19,876 --> 01:53:20,777 ARRAYS OUT. 2705 01:53:20,777 --> 01:53:23,913 SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR 2706 01:53:23,913 --> 01:53:24,814 THAT SITUATION. 2707 01:53:24,814 --> 01:53:27,851 >> AS WE AWAIT SOLAR DEPLOY, 2708 01:53:27,851 --> 01:53:29,586 SOLAR ARRAY DEPLOYMENT, 2709 01:53:29,586 --> 01:53:30,620 CERTAINLY THEY HAVE A LOT OF 2710 01:53:30,620 --> 01:53:33,122 WORK TO DO IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE 2711 01:53:33,122 --> 01:53:35,425 IT WILL BE SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE 2712 01:53:35,425 --> 01:53:37,393 SOLAR ORBITER IS IN POSITION TO 2713 01:53:37,393 --> 01:53:38,995 START GATHERING DATA AND DOING 2714 01:53:38,995 --> 01:53:41,464 ITS SCIENCE ON THE SUN. 2715 01:53:41,464 --> 01:53:43,233 SO THAT OPERATION CENTER IN 2716 01:53:43,233 --> 01:53:44,534 GERMANY THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT 2717 01:53:44,534 --> 01:53:46,269 ON THE LEFT, THEY'VE GOT A LOT 2718 01:53:46,269 --> 01:53:47,670 OF WORK AHEAD OF THEM. 2719 01:53:47,670 --> 01:53:49,372 >> OH, ABSOLUTELY, AND JUST IN 2720 01:53:49,372 --> 01:53:53,009 THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, THEY HAVE A 2721 01:53:53,009 --> 01:53:54,344 LOT OF CHECKOUT THAT THEY WANT 2722 01:53:54,344 --> 01:53:55,745 TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT 2723 01:53:55,745 --> 01:53:57,113 EVERYTHING IS SMOOTH AND WORKING 2724 01:53:57,113 --> 01:53:59,449 ON THE ATLAS FIVE TONIGHT. 2725 01:53:59,449 --> 01:54:01,417 THEY WANT TO DOUBLE-CHECK AND 2726 01:54:01,417 --> 01:54:05,321 TRIPLE CHECK ALL THAT STUFF 2727 01:54:05,321 --> 01:54:08,157 BEFORE THEY HEAD ON THEIR WAY. 2728 01:54:08,157 --> 01:54:11,094 CHECK OUT THOSE LITTLE APERTURES 2729 01:54:11,094 --> 01:54:16,366 ON THE HEAT SHIELD THAT YOU 2730 01:54:16,366 --> 01:54:16,666 LIKE. 2731 01:54:16,666 --> 01:54:18,368 >> ON THE HEAT SHIELD. 2732 01:54:18,368 --> 01:54:20,236 >> THE TEAM WILL BE DOING A LOT 2733 01:54:20,236 --> 01:54:23,339 OF CHECKOUT ON THE SATELLITE IN 2734 01:54:23,339 --> 01:54:25,842 THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND COMING 2735 01:54:25,842 --> 01:54:29,345 YEAR TO MAKE SURE IT'S READY FOR 2736 01:54:29,345 --> 01:54:29,979 THAT. 2737 01:54:29,979 --> 01:54:36,152 THEY'LL GET INTO THEIR GRAVITY 2738 01:54:36,152 --> 01:54:39,522 ASSIST AROUND MERCURY AND VENUS. 2739 01:54:39,522 --> 01:54:43,927 THE TEAM WILL BE WORKING HARD 2740 01:54:43,927 --> 01:54:46,229 OUT OF THAT ESOC. 2741 01:54:46,229 --> 01:54:48,231 >> FROM OUR PRELAUNCH BRIEFING, 2742 01:54:48,231 --> 01:54:52,101 WE HEARD FROM CESAR GARCIA, 2743 01:54:52,101 --> 01:54:53,369 THERE WERE 800 PEOPLE THAT HAD 2744 01:54:53,369 --> 01:54:57,206 COME OVER FROM EUROPE TO BE 2745 01:54:57,206 --> 01:55:01,210 HERE, NOT ONLY TO MONITOR THE 2746 01:55:01,210 --> 01:55:03,746 LAUNCH -- THEY ARE IN THE FRONT 2747 01:55:03,746 --> 01:55:06,583 ROW OF THE MISSION DIRECTOR'S 2748 01:55:06,583 --> 01:55:08,851 CENTER, BUT JUST AS TO WITNESS 2749 01:55:08,851 --> 01:55:10,587 THE LAUNCH, TO ALSO SUPPORT IT 2750 01:55:10,587 --> 01:55:12,789 IN MANY WAYS. 2751 01:55:12,789 --> 01:55:16,459 AND WE ALSO JUST HEARD AN 2752 01:55:16,459 --> 01:55:17,093 ERUPTION OF APPLAUSE. 2753 01:55:17,093 --> 01:55:18,795 >> WE SEE THEM APPLAUDING IN THE 2754 01:55:18,795 --> 01:55:20,096 MISSION DIRECTOR'S CENTER. 2755 01:55:20,096 --> 01:55:22,432 HAVEN'T HEARD WHAT THAT'S FOR 2756 01:55:22,432 --> 01:55:26,069 YET, BUT WE'RE ASSUMING THAT'S 2757 01:55:26,069 --> 01:55:28,771 PHASE TWO OF THE SOLAR ARRAY 2758 01:55:28,771 --> 01:55:29,706 DEPLOYMENT. 2759 01:55:29,706 --> 01:55:32,742 THERE'S SEVERAL STEPS FOR THAT 2760 01:55:32,742 --> 01:55:34,243 TO HAPPEN, SO WE'LL HOPEFULLY 2761 01:55:34,243 --> 01:55:37,246 HEAR THAT SOON FROM CESAR 2762 01:55:37,246 --> 01:55:41,618 GARCIA, AND THINGS WILL BE 2763 01:55:41,618 --> 01:55:44,053 MOVING FORWARD. 2764 01:55:44,053 --> 01:55:46,189 SO I'M HEARING NOW FROM CESAR 2765 01:55:46,189 --> 01:55:56,265 THAT SOLAR ARRAYS ARE DEPLOYED, 2766 01:55:56,265 --> 01:55:58,201 AND THEY'RE POSITIVE CONFIRMED, 2767 01:55:58,201 --> 01:55:59,602 SO GO CESAR. 2768 01:55:59,602 --> 01:56:01,571 >> WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO HIM IN 2769 01:56:01,571 --> 01:56:04,974 JUST A FEW MINUTES WHEN CESAR 2770 01:56:04,974 --> 01:56:07,377 GARCIA MAKES HIS WAY OVER TO THE 2771 01:56:07,377 --> 01:56:08,478 BROADCAST BOOTH. 2772 01:56:08,478 --> 01:56:10,780 THAT WAS A PRETTY EXCITED REPORT 2773 01:56:10,780 --> 01:56:12,482 THAT HE JUST GAVE, AND GOT A 2774 01:56:12,482 --> 01:56:15,952 CONGRATULATIONS FROM TEAM AT 2775 01:56:15,952 --> 01:56:18,588 NASA LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM. 2776 01:56:18,588 --> 01:56:23,960 >> AS YOU SEE HIM ON THE M.D.C., 2777 01:56:23,960 --> 01:56:25,194 THESE FOLKS DESERVE IT. 2778 01:56:25,194 --> 01:56:28,398 THEY SENT A LOT OF YEARS ON THE 2779 01:56:28,398 --> 01:56:29,832 SOLAR ORBITER. 2780 01:56:29,832 --> 01:56:31,401 THAT'S A HUGE THING. 2781 01:56:31,401 --> 01:56:34,671 THEY'LL GET STARTED, AND THEY'RE 2782 01:56:34,671 --> 01:56:35,838 HAPPY, BUT THEY WILL GET STARTED 2783 01:56:35,838 --> 01:56:40,009 IN THE ESOC AND GET THINGS 2784 01:56:40,009 --> 01:56:40,643 CHECKED OUT. 2785 01:56:40,643 --> 01:56:42,812 AS YOU HEARD FROM OMAR EARLIER, 2786 01:56:42,812 --> 01:56:44,580 THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING FOR 2787 01:56:44,580 --> 01:56:46,349 US AT THE LAUNCH SERVICES 2788 01:56:46,349 --> 01:56:46,949 PROGRAM. 2789 01:56:46,949 --> 01:56:49,652 WE'VE GOT MARS 2020 COMING UP 2790 01:56:49,652 --> 01:56:51,721 NEXT, WHICH IS ANOTHER ATLAS 2791 01:56:51,721 --> 01:56:54,257 FIVE WITH A FEW MORE SOLIDS THAN 2792 01:56:54,257 --> 01:56:57,026 WE HAD TONIGHT, BUT THINGS ARE 2793 01:56:57,026 --> 01:56:57,760 GOING GREAT FOR SOLAR ORBITER. 2794 01:56:57,760 --> 01:56:59,529 SO DARRELL, I'D LIKE TO SAY 2795 01:56:59,529 --> 01:57:00,897 THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON THE SHOW 2796 01:57:00,897 --> 01:57:01,397 TONIGHT. 2797 01:57:01,397 --> 01:57:02,432 IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING 2798 01:57:02,432 --> 01:57:04,500 WITH YOU AND FOLLOWING THIS 2799 01:57:04,500 --> 01:57:04,834 MISSION. 2800 01:57:04,834 --> 01:57:08,337 AS USUAL, YOU DID A GREAT JOB, 2801 01:57:08,337 --> 01:57:09,872 AND THANKS FOR HAVING ME. 2802 01:57:09,872 --> 01:57:15,678 >> WELL, THANK YOU, MICK. 2803 01:57:15,678 --> 01:57:17,080 THANKS FOR YOUR EXPERTISE. 2804 01:57:17,080 --> 01:57:19,315 YOU HAVE BEEN A WEALTH OF 2805 01:57:19,315 --> 01:57:21,150 KNOWLEDGE DURING THIS MISSION. 2806 01:57:21,150 --> 01:57:22,852 IT'S NICE TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO 2807 01:57:22,852 --> 01:57:24,854 NOT ONLY KNOWS THE ROCKET, BUT 2808 01:57:24,854 --> 01:57:27,523 KNOWS IT WELL. 2809 01:57:27,523 --> 01:57:29,425 YOU WERE GIVING US INSIGHT NOT 2810 01:57:29,425 --> 01:57:36,499 ONLY INTO THE FLIGHT, BUT FLIGHT 2811 01:57:36,499 --> 01:57:36,899 CONVERSIONS. 2812 01:57:36,899 --> 01:57:39,302 WATCHING YOU PECK AWAY AT YOUR 2813 01:57:39,302 --> 01:57:41,537 CALCULATOR TO GET THE FIGURES 2814 01:57:41,537 --> 01:57:42,004 WRITTEN DOWN. 2815 01:57:42,004 --> 01:57:46,409 >> THAT'S GOING TO WRAP IT UP 2816 01:57:46,409 --> 01:57:49,045 FOR US AT THE MISSION DIRECTOR'S 2817 01:57:49,045 --> 01:57:49,412 CENTER. 2818 01:57:49,412 --> 01:57:51,414 LET'S SEND IT BACK TO JOSHUA AND 2819 01:57:51,414 --> 01:57:53,583 TIM DUNN. 2820 01:57:53,583 --> 01:57:56,018 >> THANK YOU. 2821 01:57:56,018 --> 01:58:00,256 NOW, WE CAN SAY WE DID IT. 2822 01:58:00,256 --> 01:58:03,326 TIM, CONGRATS TO YOU AND YOUR 2823 01:58:03,326 --> 01:58:06,329 TEAM AND EVERYONE HERE AT ESA. 2824 01:58:06,329 --> 01:58:06,929 PHENOMENAL EFFORT. 2825 01:58:06,929 --> 01:58:09,799 >> JUST GOT OFF THE NET WITH OUR 2826 01:58:09,799 --> 01:58:11,334 SPACECRAFT MISSION DIRECTOR, 2827 01:58:11,334 --> 01:58:13,269 CESAR GARCIA, AND AS YOU CAN 2828 01:58:13,269 --> 01:58:15,471 IMAGINE, HE GAVE ME THE FINAL 2829 01:58:15,471 --> 01:58:18,374 TWO MILESTONES THAT THE SOLAR 2830 01:58:18,374 --> 01:58:19,909 ARRAYS WERE COMPLETELY DEPLOYED 2831 01:58:19,909 --> 01:58:27,350 AS WELL AS THE SOLAR ARRAYS 2832 01:58:27,350 --> 01:58:28,117 ACQUIRING THE SUN. 2833 01:58:28,117 --> 01:58:29,919 THE VEHICLE'S HEALTHY, 2834 01:58:29,919 --> 01:58:31,754 COMPLETELY HEALTHY AND ON ITS 2835 01:58:31,754 --> 01:58:32,955 WAY TO THE SUN NOW. 2836 01:58:32,955 --> 01:58:33,689 >> AWESOME. 2837 01:58:33,689 --> 01:58:35,424 >> REALLY GOOD NEWS. 2838 01:58:35,424 --> 01:58:36,826 NOW I CAN CELEBRATE. 2839 01:58:36,826 --> 01:58:37,794 >> AWESOME. 2840 01:58:37,794 --> 01:58:39,562 DO YOU ALL CELEBRATE 2841 01:58:39,562 --> 01:58:41,697 COLLECTIVELY OR DO YOU JUST GO 2842 01:58:41,697 --> 01:58:42,832 HOME AND TAKE A NAP? 2843 01:58:42,832 --> 01:58:44,567 >> I THINK GIVEN THE HOUR OF 2844 01:58:44,567 --> 01:58:46,435 DAY, WE'LL PROBABLY CELEBRATE A 2845 01:58:46,435 --> 01:58:49,972 LITTLE BIT TONIGHT, GO HOME, 2846 01:58:49,972 --> 01:58:50,840 WE'VE GOT A FEW CELEBRATIONS 2847 01:58:50,840 --> 01:58:52,675 PLANNED FOR TOMORROW DURING THE 2848 01:58:52,675 --> 01:58:52,975 DAY. 2849 01:58:52,975 --> 01:58:53,442 >> YEAH. 2850 01:58:53,442 --> 01:58:56,479 SO PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, ON THE 2851 01:58:56,479 --> 01:58:58,414 BUSINESS SIDE OF DAYS, WHAT 2852 01:58:58,414 --> 01:59:02,084 HAPPENS FOR L.S.L. AFTER THE 2853 01:59:02,084 --> 01:59:02,418 LAUNCH? 2854 01:59:02,418 --> 01:59:03,686 YOU'RE DONE OR IS THERE MORE 2855 01:59:03,686 --> 01:59:04,720 WORK FOR SOLAR ORBITER? 2856 01:59:04,720 --> 01:59:06,022 >> WELL, FOR SOLAR ORBITER, WE 2857 01:59:06,022 --> 01:59:07,390 HAVE TO REVIEW ALL OF THE DATA 2858 01:59:07,390 --> 01:59:12,328 FOR THE ROCKET, SO THAT'S A 2859 01:59:12,328 --> 01:59:17,466 PROCESS THAT TAKES MAYBE ON THE 2860 01:59:17,466 --> 01:59:24,540 PROCESS OF A MONTH, A MONTH AND 2861 01:59:24,540 --> 01:59:24,874 A HALF. 2862 01:59:24,874 --> 01:59:25,608 WE WANT TO LOOK AT EVERY LITTLE 2863 01:59:25,608 --> 01:59:26,375 BIT OF DATA THAT HAPPENED DURING 2864 01:59:26,375 --> 01:59:27,743 THE FLIGHT, ON THE FLIGHT. 2865 01:59:27,743 --> 01:59:29,478 EVERYTHING THAT THE DATA IS 2866 01:59:29,478 --> 01:59:32,181 TELLING US, WE'RE ALL A BUNCH OF 2867 01:59:32,181 --> 01:59:32,582 ENGINEERS. 2868 01:59:32,582 --> 01:59:34,617 WE WANT TO SCRUTINIZE THE DATA, 2869 01:59:34,617 --> 01:59:36,752 AND IF WE SEE SOMETHING A LITTLE 2870 01:59:36,752 --> 01:59:38,487 FUNNY, ADDRESS IT BEFORE WE HAVE 2871 01:59:38,487 --> 01:59:40,590 OUR NEXT LAUNCH. 2872 01:59:40,590 --> 01:59:49,332 AND CERTAINLY, IF WE WERE TO SEE 2873 01:59:49,332 --> 01:59:52,869 SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WE WOULD 2874 01:59:52,869 --> 01:59:55,872 LET THE U.L.A. TEAM KNOW. 2875 01:59:55,872 --> 01:59:58,441 WE'RE GOING TO BE FLYING THIS 2876 01:59:58,441 --> 01:59:59,575 MAGNIFICENT ROCKET ONE MORE TIME 2877 01:59:59,575 --> 02:00:03,312 THIS YEAR. 2878 02:00:03,312 --> 02:00:06,015 THE ATLAS FIVE IS JUST 2879 02:00:06,015 --> 02:00:06,415 INCREDIBLE. 2880 02:00:06,415 --> 02:00:08,351 I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, THE 2881 02:00:08,351 --> 02:00:17,927 LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM TEAM, MY 2882 02:00:17,927 --> 02:00:21,097 TEAM, IT'S INCREDIBLE. 2883 02:00:21,097 --> 02:00:23,966 THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO WORKING 2884 02:00:23,966 --> 02:00:26,636 RIGHT ALONGSIDE US, MAKING IT 2885 02:00:26,636 --> 02:00:27,837 HAPPEN TONIGHT. 2886 02:00:27,837 --> 02:00:34,977 AND THEN WE WORKED ALONGSIDE OUR 2887 02:00:34,977 --> 02:00:35,778 COLLEAGUES AT THE 45th EASTERN 2888 02:00:35,778 --> 02:00:37,914 SPACE WING. 2889 02:00:37,914 --> 02:00:41,083 AND I CAN'T LEAVE WITHOUT 2890 02:00:41,083 --> 02:00:42,752 THANKING OUR SPACE CONTRACTOR, 2891 02:00:42,752 --> 02:00:49,625 THE E.S.A. 2892 02:00:49,625 --> 02:00:50,893 INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION, 2893 02:00:50,893 --> 02:00:52,461 TEN-PLUS YEARS IN THE MAKING. 2894 02:00:52,461 --> 02:00:54,463 A LOT OF CHALLENGES, BUT I'LL 2895 02:00:54,463 --> 02:00:56,666 TELL YOU WHAT, WHEN A TEAM IS 2896 02:00:56,666 --> 02:00:58,534 FOCUSED ON MISSION SUCCESS, 2897 02:00:58,534 --> 02:00:59,335 THAT'S A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE THAT 2898 02:00:59,335 --> 02:01:01,737 WE ALL SPEAK, AND HERE WE ARE, 2899 02:01:01,737 --> 02:01:03,205 ALL ABLE TO CELEBRATE THAT. 2900 02:01:03,205 --> 02:01:05,274 >> AND I WISH WE COULD SHARE 2901 02:01:05,274 --> 02:01:06,275 SOMETHING MORE SPECIFIC WITH 2902 02:01:06,275 --> 02:01:07,343 PEOPLE TO KIND OF LET THEM 2903 02:01:07,343 --> 02:01:08,744 UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO 2904 02:01:08,744 --> 02:01:10,079 THANK THAT MANY TEAMS. 2905 02:01:10,079 --> 02:01:11,981 THE FACT THAT THERE'S ALL THOSE 2906 02:01:11,981 --> 02:01:14,517 TEAMS, AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE ON 2907 02:01:14,517 --> 02:01:16,052 THAT, DOING THEIR PART OF THE 2908 02:01:16,052 --> 02:01:19,255 PIECE OF THE PUZZLE TO BRING IT 2909 02:01:19,255 --> 02:01:19,922 ALL TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS 2910 02:01:19,922 --> 02:01:21,524 BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF A 2911 02:01:21,524 --> 02:01:23,059 SPACECRAFT IN FLIGHT ON THE WAY 2912 02:01:23,059 --> 02:01:25,428 TO THE SUN HAPPEN. 2913 02:01:25,428 --> 02:01:25,895 >> ABSOLUTELY. 2914 02:01:25,895 --> 02:01:29,565 >> TIM, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR 2915 02:01:29,565 --> 02:01:29,865 TEAM. 2916 02:01:29,865 --> 02:01:31,467 APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S WORK AND 2917 02:01:31,467 --> 02:01:31,968 EFFORT. 2918 02:01:31,968 --> 02:01:34,603 IT'S A TEAM SPORT. 2919 02:01:34,603 --> 02:01:38,641 SPACE FLIGHT IS A TEAM SPORT. 2920 02:01:38,641 --> 02:01:41,844 TIM, I'LL LET YOU GO, AND WE'RE 2921 02:01:41,844 --> 02:01:45,281 GOING TO GO BACK OVER TO CESAR 2922 02:01:45,281 --> 02:01:46,782 IN HANGAR A.E. 2923 02:01:46,782 --> 02:01:48,884 >> WE ARE HERE WITH CESAR 2924 02:01:48,884 --> 02:01:53,255 GARCIA, THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR 2925 02:01:53,255 --> 02:01:53,689 SOLAR ORBITER. 2926 02:01:53,689 --> 02:01:54,824 THANK YOU FOR COMING OVER TO 2927 02:01:54,824 --> 02:01:55,558 TALK WITH US. 2928 02:01:55,558 --> 02:01:57,126 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2929 02:01:57,126 --> 02:01:57,660 VERY GOOD MOMENT. 2930 02:01:57,660 --> 02:01:59,061 >> TELL ME ABOUT THE MOMENT JUST 2931 02:01:59,061 --> 02:02:00,730 A FEW MINUTES AGO WHEN YOU MADE 2932 02:02:00,730 --> 02:02:01,697 THE ANNOUNCEMENT? 2933 02:02:01,697 --> 02:02:05,067 >> YEAH. 2934 02:02:05,067 --> 02:02:05,801 THERE'S SO MUCH A BIT OF TENSION 2935 02:02:05,801 --> 02:02:06,969 BEFORE YOU GET THE SIGNAL, AND 2936 02:02:06,969 --> 02:02:09,038 WE GOT THE SIGNAL FROM THE 2937 02:02:09,038 --> 02:02:10,439 SPACECRAFT PRETTY QUICKLY, AND 2938 02:02:10,439 --> 02:02:11,374 THAT'S A GOOD SIGN. 2939 02:02:11,374 --> 02:02:14,076 AND THEN, WE HAD TO POINT TO THE 2940 02:02:14,076 --> 02:02:18,180 SUN AND DEPLOY THE SOLAR ARRAYS. 2941 02:02:18,180 --> 02:02:19,148 THEN, THERE WAS DEPLOYMENT OF 2942 02:02:19,148 --> 02:02:22,184 THE ANTENNAS, AND A LITTLE BIT 2943 02:02:22,184 --> 02:02:25,021 LONGER FOR THE INFORMATION TO 2944 02:02:25,021 --> 02:02:30,826 RECEIVE, SO WE WERE A LITTLE BIT 2945 02:02:30,826 --> 02:02:31,127 TENSE. 2946 02:02:31,127 --> 02:02:34,730 AND THEN, THERE WAS 2947 02:02:34,730 --> 02:02:36,732 CONFIRMATION, SO THE WATER'S 2948 02:02:36,732 --> 02:02:38,234 CALM AND THEN IT'S THE MOMENT 2949 02:02:38,234 --> 02:02:40,169 THAT YOU GET EXTREMELY HAPPY AND 2950 02:02:40,169 --> 02:02:43,472 START HUGGING SO MANY PEOPLE 2951 02:02:43,472 --> 02:02:43,806 AROUND. 2952 02:02:43,806 --> 02:02:44,540 THIS IS THE MOMENT THAT YOU'VE 2953 02:02:44,540 --> 02:02:47,476 WAITED AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF 2954 02:02:47,476 --> 02:02:47,777 WORK. 2955 02:02:47,777 --> 02:02:48,444 GO SOLAR ORBITER. 2956 02:02:48,444 --> 02:02:50,913 IT'S A FANTASTIC MOMENT AND 2957 02:02:50,913 --> 02:02:55,351 SOMETHING UNIQUE, IF I MAY SAY. 2958 02:02:55,351 --> 02:02:56,585 >> YOU MAY, AND IT WAS CAPPED BY 2959 02:02:56,585 --> 02:02:58,554 CELEBRATION. 2960 02:02:58,554 --> 02:02:59,922 SAW YOU HUGGING PEOPLE IN THE 2961 02:02:59,922 --> 02:03:02,124 ROOM, GIVING HANDSHAKES. 2962 02:03:02,124 --> 02:03:06,595 GOING BACK TO 11:03 P.M., FROM 2963 02:03:06,595 --> 02:03:09,832 THE LAUNCH HERE AT CANAVERAL AIR 2964 02:03:09,832 --> 02:03:12,134 FORCE STATION, WHAT WAS THAT 2965 02:03:12,134 --> 02:03:14,103 LIKE FOR YOU HERE INSIDE THE 2966 02:03:14,103 --> 02:03:15,037 MISSION DIRECTOR CENTER? 2967 02:03:15,037 --> 02:03:21,177 >> WELL, I HAVE TO SAY I 2968 02:03:21,177 --> 02:03:24,613 ABANDONED MY POST. 2969 02:03:24,613 --> 02:03:27,083 I ACTUALLY PICKED UP THE PHONE 2970 02:03:27,083 --> 02:03:31,487 AND CALLED OUR COLLEAGUES IN 2971 02:03:31,487 --> 02:03:33,589 ESOC SO I COULD HAVE PERMANENT 2972 02:03:33,589 --> 02:03:34,723 CONTACT WITH THEM ON THE PHONE, 2973 02:03:34,723 --> 02:03:37,026 AND I RUSHED OUT TO SEE THE 2974 02:03:37,026 --> 02:03:39,095 LAUNCH. 2975 02:03:39,095 --> 02:03:41,764 IT'S A FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE. 2976 02:03:41,764 --> 02:03:45,067 AND THEN, LIKE, 15 SECONDS 2977 02:03:45,067 --> 02:03:48,204 LATER, STARTED NOT HEARING, BUT 2978 02:03:48,204 --> 02:03:48,704 FEELING THE ROAR. 2979 02:03:48,704 --> 02:03:50,339 AND THEN, YOU SEE ALL THE 2980 02:03:50,339 --> 02:03:52,475 DREAMS, THE EXPECTATIONS, GOING 2981 02:03:52,475 --> 02:03:53,876 UP IN THE SKY. 2982 02:03:53,876 --> 02:03:55,544 IT WAS A VERY CLEAR SKY. 2983 02:03:55,544 --> 02:03:58,447 WE COULD SEE IT MANY SECONDS 2984 02:03:58,447 --> 02:03:59,548 GOING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST. 2985 02:03:59,548 --> 02:04:00,049 I DON'T KNOW. 2986 02:04:00,049 --> 02:04:01,717 IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME TO 2987 02:04:01,717 --> 02:04:05,321 DESCRIBE IT BUT IT'S LIKE WELL, 2988 02:04:05,321 --> 02:04:05,855 WE'RE UNSTOPPABLE. 2989 02:04:05,855 --> 02:04:07,523 >> I LOVE THAT YOU ACTUALLY GOT 2990 02:04:07,523 --> 02:04:13,963 UP, GOT ON THE PHONE SO THAT YOU 2991 02:04:13,963 --> 02:04:14,663 COULD STAY CONNECTED AND GOT 2992 02:04:14,663 --> 02:04:17,867 OUTSIDE TO SEE A LAUNCH. 2993 02:04:17,867 --> 02:04:19,869 PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND EVEN 2994 02:04:19,869 --> 02:04:20,870 THOUGH WHAT TRAVEL FROM 2995 02:04:20,870 --> 02:04:23,005 DISTANCES TO WATCH IT, IT'S A 2996 02:04:23,005 --> 02:04:23,639 VERY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE. 2997 02:04:23,639 --> 02:04:24,106 >> YEAH. 2998 02:04:24,106 --> 02:04:26,142 WE'VE BEEN HERE A FEW MONTHS. 2999 02:04:26,142 --> 02:04:27,376 WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE SOME 3000 02:04:27,376 --> 02:04:30,146 OTHER LAUNCHES BEFORE, BUT 3001 02:04:30,146 --> 02:04:32,148 NOTHING COMPARES TO ACTUALLY 3002 02:04:32,148 --> 02:04:33,082 SEEING YOURS. 3003 02:04:33,082 --> 02:04:34,316 >> YOUR SPACECRAFT. 3004 02:04:34,316 --> 02:04:35,451 >> WHEN YOUR SPACECRAFT IS GOING 3005 02:04:35,451 --> 02:04:37,253 UP, AND AS I SAID, THE DREAMS 3006 02:04:37,253 --> 02:04:39,388 AND THE EXPECTATIONS OF SO MANY 3007 02:04:39,388 --> 02:04:41,457 PEOPLE GOING UP WITH THE ROCKET 3008 02:04:41,457 --> 02:04:44,527 AND WITH THE SPACECRAFT IN THIS 3009 02:04:44,527 --> 02:04:44,827 CASE. 3010 02:04:44,827 --> 02:04:45,227 >> RIGHT. 3011 02:04:45,227 --> 02:04:46,495 >> AND IT WAS FANTASTIC TO SEE 3012 02:04:46,495 --> 02:04:50,533 IT UP, AND IT WAS INTERESTING TO 3013 02:04:50,533 --> 02:04:55,404 SEE THE TRAJECTORY, THE COASTING 3014 02:04:55,404 --> 02:04:57,306 TIME, AND THE SEPARATION, AND 3015 02:04:57,306 --> 02:04:58,641 THEN, WHEN THEY START GETTING 3016 02:04:58,641 --> 02:05:01,377 THE GOOD SIGNS THAT THE 3017 02:05:01,377 --> 02:05:06,782 SEPARATION WAS ADEQUATE, THE 3018 02:05:06,782 --> 02:05:07,483 TRAJECTORY WAS ADEQUATE, AND 3019 02:05:07,483 --> 02:05:08,384 NOW, WE HAVE POWER ON THE 3020 02:05:08,384 --> 02:05:08,817 SPACECRAFT. 3021 02:05:08,817 --> 02:05:10,819 NOW, THE SPACECRAFT IS POINTED 3022 02:05:10,819 --> 02:05:13,923 TO THE SUN, AND IT'S STARTING 3023 02:05:13,923 --> 02:05:17,626 THE NEXT PHASE WHERE WE'LL START 3024 02:05:17,626 --> 02:05:19,828 USING DEPLOYABLES AND SYSTEMS. 3025 02:05:19,828 --> 02:05:22,464 >> YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK 3026 02:05:22,464 --> 02:05:24,800 AHEAD OF YOU, NO DOUBT. 3027 02:05:24,800 --> 02:05:29,772 TOUGH PART IS OVER, BUT A COUPLE 3028 02:05:29,772 --> 02:05:31,941 YEARS BEFORE THE SCIENCE STARTS, 3029 02:05:31,941 --> 02:05:32,241 RIGHT? 3030 02:05:32,241 --> 02:05:35,911 >> WELL, THE FIRST FEW DAYS 3031 02:05:35,911 --> 02:05:37,313 WHERE WE DO THE BASIC DEPLOYMENT 3032 02:05:37,313 --> 02:05:39,348 AND THE BASIC TESTS. 3033 02:05:39,348 --> 02:05:43,552 THEN IN FEBRUARY, WE WILL DO A 3034 02:05:43,552 --> 02:05:47,656 COMPLETE CHECKUP OF ALL THE 3035 02:05:47,656 --> 02:05:47,990 SYSTEMS. 3036 02:05:47,990 --> 02:05:50,826 WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE 3037 02:05:50,826 --> 02:05:54,530 SYSTEMS ARE COMPLETELY 3038 02:05:54,530 --> 02:05:55,564 OPERATIONAL AND CAN SWITCH TO 3039 02:05:55,564 --> 02:05:57,466 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, AND WE WILL 3040 02:05:57,466 --> 02:05:59,568 EXPECT TO FINALIZE THIS TESTING 3041 02:05:59,568 --> 02:06:02,605 THE END OF JUNE. 3042 02:06:02,605 --> 02:06:03,305 SOME INSTRUMENTS WILL START 3043 02:06:03,305 --> 02:06:08,177 MEASURING IMMEDIATELY, BUT SOME 3044 02:06:08,177 --> 02:06:11,647 INSTRUMENTS WILL WAIT A BIT 3045 02:06:11,647 --> 02:06:11,981 LONGER. 3046 02:06:11,981 --> 02:06:14,683 BUT YEAH, IN SEVERAL MONTHS, WE 3047 02:06:14,683 --> 02:06:17,486 WILL BE ABLE TO START TAKING 3048 02:06:17,486 --> 02:06:17,786 DATA. 3049 02:06:17,786 --> 02:06:20,022 >> WELL, THAT'S EXCITING. 3050 02:06:20,022 --> 02:06:20,656 >> YEAH. 3051 02:06:20,656 --> 02:06:24,426 WE ALWAYS SAY WE WANT TO WAIT 3052 02:06:24,426 --> 02:06:32,401 FOR 1.5 YEARS UNTIL THE 3053 02:06:32,401 --> 02:06:33,369 PERIHELIOS GETS CLOSER, BUT I 3054 02:06:33,369 --> 02:06:37,273 THINK WE WILL NOT WAIT TO TAKE 3055 02:06:37,273 --> 02:06:37,573 DATA. 3056 02:06:37,573 --> 02:06:41,176 >> FIRE UP THOSE INSTRUMENTS AT 3057 02:06:41,176 --> 02:06:46,081 THE SUN, GET THEM FIRING UP. 3058 02:06:46,081 --> 02:06:46,548 >> ABSOLUTELY. 3059 02:06:46,548 --> 02:06:48,050 >> YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE HERE, 3060 02:06:48,050 --> 02:06:50,953 AND I BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT SOME 3061 02:06:50,953 --> 02:06:51,287 TATTOO. 3062 02:06:51,287 --> 02:06:51,954 >> OH, YEAH. 3063 02:06:51,954 --> 02:06:54,356 >> THAT'S A SOLAR ORBITER 3064 02:06:54,356 --> 02:06:56,692 TEMPORARY TATTOO. 3065 02:06:56,692 --> 02:06:59,228 >> IT'S A TEMPORARY TATTOO, AND 3066 02:06:59,228 --> 02:07:01,797 I THINK I WILL WEAR IT WITH 3067 02:07:01,797 --> 02:07:02,131 PRIDE. 3068 02:07:02,131 --> 02:07:04,033 >> DON'T WASH IT OFF FOR A LONG 3069 02:07:04,033 --> 02:07:04,333 TIME. 3070 02:07:04,333 --> 02:07:07,002 >> I THINK I MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE 3071 02:07:07,002 --> 02:07:09,805 A SHOWER ONE OF THESE DAYS. 3072 02:07:09,805 --> 02:07:13,776 >> WELL, CERTAINLY, YOUR IMPRINT 3073 02:07:13,776 --> 02:07:16,378 WILL LAST ALONG ON THESE 3074 02:07:16,378 --> 02:07:19,114 SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITIES. 3075 02:07:19,114 --> 02:07:19,448 >> YEAH. 3076 02:07:19,448 --> 02:07:20,382 I THINK THE PURPOSE OF THIS 3077 02:07:20,382 --> 02:07:22,484 MISSION IS THE PURPOSE OF 3078 02:07:22,484 --> 02:07:25,254 MISSIONS BEFORE US, AND IT'S THE 3079 02:07:25,254 --> 02:07:26,488 PURPOSE OF GROUND 3080 02:07:26,488 --> 02:07:29,425 INSTRUMENTATION, WHICH IS ALSO 3081 02:07:29,425 --> 02:07:30,025 INVESTIGATING THE SUN. 3082 02:07:30,025 --> 02:07:32,361 AND I THINK IT'S A GROWING 3083 02:07:32,361 --> 02:07:32,828 COMMUNITY. 3084 02:07:32,828 --> 02:07:35,464 SPACE WEATHER IS GROWING VERY 3085 02:07:35,464 --> 02:07:36,298 STRONG. 3086 02:07:36,298 --> 02:07:38,667 WE WILL NEED TO UNDERSTAND OUR 3087 02:07:38,667 --> 02:07:40,502 SUN BETTER TO SUPPORT OUR 3088 02:07:40,502 --> 02:07:41,837 INFRASTRUCTURE BUT ALSO SO WE 3089 02:07:41,837 --> 02:07:45,641 CAN MOVE DEEPER INTO THE SOLAR 3090 02:07:45,641 --> 02:07:45,974 SYSTEM. 3091 02:07:45,974 --> 02:07:52,114 >> CESAR GARCIA, PROJECT MANAGER 3092 02:07:52,114 --> 02:07:54,249 FOR THE PROJECT TONIGHT. 3093 02:07:54,249 --> 02:07:55,117 ALL RIGHT. 3094 02:07:55,117 --> 02:07:57,586 JOSHUA, WE'LL THROW IT BACK TO 3095 02:07:57,586 --> 02:07:59,154 YOU AT ASOT. 3096 02:07:59,154 --> 02:08:02,391 >> EVERYBODY, WHAT A PHENOMENAL 3097 02:08:02,391 --> 02:08:02,691 SHOW. 3098 02:08:02,691 --> 02:08:05,861 THIS IS GOING TO CONCLUDE OUR 3099 02:08:05,861 --> 02:08:09,064 LIVE COVERAGE OF SOLAR ORBITER, 3100 02:08:09,064 --> 02:08:10,466 DESTINED TO PROVIDE MORE 3101 02:08:10,466 --> 02:08:12,501 INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SOLAR 3102 02:08:12,501 --> 02:08:13,102 COMMUNITY. 3103 02:08:13,102 --> 02:08:18,207 FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT 3104 02:08:18,207 --> 02:08:18,574 NASA.GOV. 3105 02:08:18,574 --> 02:08:20,109 THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO WORKED 3106 02:08:20,109 --> 02:08:21,577 DILIGENTLY BEHIND THE SCENES TO 3107 02:08:21,577 --> 02:08:23,212 MAKE THIS BROADCAST HAPPEN. 3108 02:08:23,212 --> 02:08:25,881 WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU. 3109 02:08:25,881 --> 02:08:28,150 I'M JOSHUA SANTORA. 3110 02:08:28,150 --> 02:08:30,986 FROM ALL OF US HERE AT NASA AND 3111 02:08:30,986 --> 02:08:32,087 THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, THANK 3112 02:08:32,087 --> 02:08:34,156 YOU FOR JOINING US. 3113 02:08:34,156 --> 02:08:36,558 HAVE A GOOD MORNING. 3114 02:08:36,558 --> 02:08:37,292 REMEMBER, EVEN THE SKY ISN'T THE 3115 02:08:37,292 --> 02:08:37,526 LIMIT. 3116 02:08:39,228 --> 02:08:39,395 ROCKET 3117 02:08:39,395 --> 02:08:39,862 >> 25 SECONDS. 3118 02:08:39,862 --> 02:08:40,863 >> GO, . PLEASE. 3119 02:08:40,863 --> 02:08:42,564 >> GO SOLAR ORBITER. 3120 02:08:42,564 --> 02:08:46,935 >> THERE, YOU HEARD THE FINAL 3121 02:08:47,069 --> 02:08:47,169 3122 02:08:47,169 --> 02:08:50,172 SPACE CHECK FOR CENTAUR AND 3123 02:08:50,172 --> 02:08:54,843 BOOSTER SPACECRAFT. 3124 02:08:54,843 --> 02:08:56,779 THERE WE GO. 3125 02:08:56,779 --> 02:09:01,049 T-MINUS TEN, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, 3126 02:09:01,049 --> 02:09:01,750 SIX, FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, 3127 02:09:01,750 --> 02:09:02,518 ONE, ZERO. 3128 02:09:02,518 --> 02:09:06,321 AND LIFTOFF OF OUR SOLAR 3129 02:09:06,321 --> 02:09:07,689 ORBITER, AN INTERNATIONAL 3130 02:09:07,689 --> 02:09:09,124 COLLABORATION TO GIVE US NEW 3131 02:09:09,124 --> 02:09:10,492 IMAGES AND A BETTER 3132 02:09:10,492 --> 02:09:11,226 UNDERSTANDING OF OUR LIFE-GIVING 3133 02:09:11,226 --> 02:09:11,460 STAR. 3134 02:09:19,334 --> 02:09:20,335 >> AFTER 15 SECONDS. 3135 02:09:20,335 --> 02:09:24,540 >> NOW, YOU HEAR THE VOICE OF 3136 02:09:24,540 --> 02:09:25,808 U.L.A.'S LAUNCH COMMENTATOR. 3137 02:09:25,808 --> 02:09:28,677 >> NOW 25 SECONDS INTO FLIGHT. 3138 02:09:28,677 --> 02:09:30,946 CHAMBER PRESSURE ON THE S.R.B. 3139 02:09:30,946 --> 02:09:31,747 LOOKS GOOD. 3140 02:09:31,747 --> 02:09:37,136 ENGINEERING