ASSEMBLY BUILDING AT KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER THIS IS LIVE
COVERAGE OF THE FIRST ROLLOUT OF
NASA'S MEGA ROCKET FOR ARTEMIS
1.
THROUGH ARTIST THE TRANSISTOR
APOLLO WE ARE RETURNING TO THE
MOON.
IT'S A FIRST FLIGHT TEST OF EACH
OF THE COMPONENTS AND UNITED
TOGETHER THIS IS THE FIRST OF
ARTEMIS'S ARROWS CAPABLE OF
USHERING IN THE NEXT CHAPTER OF
HUMAN LUNAR EXPLORATION.
WITH EACH COMPONENT PLAYING ITS
PART, WE THE PEOPLE OF THE
ARTEMIS GENERATION ALL AROUND
THIS BEAUTIFUL WORLD WILL BEAR
WITNESS TO WHAT WE ARE CAPABLE
OF.
TOGETHER, WE ARE GOING BACK TO
THE MOON.
GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME INTO
THE ICONIC VEHICLE ASSEMBLY
BUILDING AT NASA'S KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER IN FLORIDA.
I'M MEGAN CRUZ ASK TODAY YOU'LL
WITNESS HISTORY IN THE MAKING.
THAT RIGHT THERE IS THE WORLD'S
MOST POWERFUL ROCKET NASA'S
SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM OR SLS AND
ON TOP THE OH RYAN SPACECRAFT
THAT RETURN US TO THE MOON.
WE ARE REIGNITING OUR PASSION
FOR DISCOVERY BY ROLLING THIS
INTEGRATED SYSTEM OUT OF THE VAB
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.
THAT ROLL STARTED JUST A FEW
SECONDS AGO AND NOW BOTH SLS AND
ORION ARE HEADED TO HISTORIC
LAUNCH PAD 39B FOR A CRITICAL
TEST THAT WILL HELP DETERMINE IF
WE ARE READY FOR ARTEMIS 1.
ARTEMIS 1 IS AN UNCREWED TEST
FLIGHT OF SLS, ORION AND THE
GROUND SYSTEMS HERE AT KENNEDY.
IF ALL GOES HE WILL WITH, ORION
WILL ORBIT THE MOON FARTHER THAN
ANY OF THE APOLLO MISSIONS
BEFORE US.
ARTEMIS 2 WILL HAVE ASTRONAUTS
ON BOARD WHEN IT ORBITS THE MOON
AND THEN ARTEMIS 3 AND FUTURE
MISSIONS WILL LAND THE FIRST
WOMAN AND PERSON OF COLOR ON THE
MOON'S SURFACE.
LAST TIME THEY STEPPED FOOT ON
THE MOON WAS 50 YEARS AGO FOR
APOLLO 17 AND THAT WAS THE LAST
TIME A MOON BOUND ROCKET LEFT
THE VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING.
CLOSE TO 10,000 PEOPLE HAVE
GATHERED OUTSIDE OF THE VAB TO
SEE TODAY'S ROLLOUT.
LOOK AT THAT CROWD.
SOUNDS LIKE AN EASY OPERATION
ROLLOUT BUT IT'S NOT AS EASY AS
IT MAY SEEM.
TOGETHER THE ROCKET AND
SPACECRAFT STAND TALLER THAN THE
STATUE OF LIBERTY AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE YOU'D NEED A PRETTY
IMPRESSIVE MACHINE TO MOVE IT
ALL.
TAKE A LOOK THE YOUR SCREEN.
WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT WE CALL THE
CRAWLER.
BECAUSE IT WILL SLOWLY AND
CAREFULLY CRAWL SLS AND ORION
THE 4 MILES TO THE LAUNCH PAD.
IT'S THAT PIECE OF MACHINERY
CARING ALL THAT.
ESTIMATED ARRIVE IS 4:30 A.M.
TOMORROW MORNING.
AGAIN, 11 HOURS FROM NOW.
WE ARE TAKING THIS SLOW ASK
EASY.
WHETHER YOU'RE HERE IN PERSON OR
VIRTUALLY, WE ARE SO GLAD TO
HAVE YOU HERE CELEBRATE THIS
HISTORIC MOMENT.
WE'LL HAVE GRAMMY AWARD WINNER
EDDIE VEDDER WITH A SONG.
AND HEAR FROM NASA'S ADMINISTER
BUT FIRST I'M EXCITED TO
INTRODUCE THE UFT CENTRAL
FLORIDA JANNA KNIGHT TOER AND
FORM OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.
♪ ♪
[APPLAUSE]
RETURNING TO THE MOON IS A
MULTINATIONAL AMBITION AND
TIRELESS WORK OF MORE THAN
70,000 PEOPLE ACROSS EVERY STATE
OF OUR COUNTRY AND ALSO IS
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AROUND THE
WORLD.
SLS AND ORION PARTS WERE BROUGHT
TO KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VIA
TRAINS AND PLANES AND SHIPS AND
VEHICLES FOR FINAL ASSEMBLY
BEHIND ME.
>> WE'RE AT KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER.
EVERY PIECE OF HARDWARE
NECESSARY TO RETURN TO THE MOON
IS NOW HERE. THEY ARE BEING
SAME MR. ED AND FUELLED FOR
NIGHT.
>> NEXT TIME THEY FIRE UP WE'LL
BE AT THE LAUNCH AND PAD ON A
FLIGHT TEST FOR THE ARTEMIS 1
MISSION.
>> IT'S BEEN A JOURNEY OF A
THOUSAND MILES FROM FACTORY
FLOORS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND AROUND THE WORLD TO HERE.
AND NOW THE STAGE HAS BEEN SET.
>> WE ARE SEEING ARTEMIS TAKE
HER PLACE.
>> THE FRAMEWORK TO SUPPORT THE
ENORMITY OF THIS CAN'T BE
MEASURED IN RENOVATIONS AND
REHEARSALS ALONE.
>> IT GOES MUCH DEEPER.
>> WITH EACH SEGMENT BUILT THE
MARGIN OF ANTICIPATION IS
RISING.
>> FOR IN ADDITION TO CERTIFYING
WHAT TESTING HAS PRE VIEWED --
>> AND LIFTOFF.
THE NEW ERA OF AMERICAN SPACE
EXPLORATION.
>> ARTEMIS WILL DEMONSTRATE A
NEW TASK OF THIS GENERATION.
>> ARTEMIS 1.
>> UNCREWED TEST FLIGHT WILL BE
A FINAL PROVING OF EVERY SYSTEM
--
>> EVERY COMPONENT --
>> IN THE HARSHNESS OF SPACE --
>> A MISSION THAT WHEN
SUCCESSFUL WILL OPEN THE DOOR
FOR THE MOON WALKERS AND LUNAR
EXPERIMENTS --
>> AND HOPES AND DREAMS.
>> SHOULD WE ARE GOING.
>> 8 MINUTES UNTIL ROLLOUT AND
YOU CAN SEE THE CRAWLER TEAM
WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET IT
OUT OF THE ASSEMBLY BUILDING.
JOHN IS HERE WHO OVERSEES THE
CRAWLER TEAM WITH EGS HERE AT
KENNEDY.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO
TALK WITH US.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELCOME.
>> THE CRAWLER HAS CROSSED THE
THRESHOLD I JUST GOT WORD.
HOW DOES THAT FEEL?
I AM SO EXCITED.
YOU SHOULD BE EXCITED.
>> INSIDE I AM VERY EXCITED.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
WHERE ARE WE IN THE OPERATION?
THERE WAS A DELAY.
WALK US THROUGH SOME OF THAT.
>> WE HAD A COUPLE OF LITTLE
DELAYS ON SOME OBSERVERS.
WE MANY TO WATCH US SO WE DON'T
HIT ANYTHING.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM ALL THE
PLATFORMS SOMETIMES IT TAKES A
WHILE FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO THOSE
PLATFORMS.
THAT HELD US UP AND IS
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL WORK THAT
WAS IN THE WAY ASK THAT WAS
MOVED AND THEN WE LIFTED IT UP
AND NOW WE'RE CRAWLING.
I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 5:47 WHEN I
GOT WORD WE WERE MOVING.
>> LET'S LOOK AT THIS.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S MOVED QUITE A
BIT.
HOW DO YOU FEEL KNOWING THAT
YOU'RE A PART OF THIS TEAM THAT
IS MAKING THIS HAPPEN AND
RETURNING TO THE MINE?
>> IT'S ALMOST INDESCRIBABLE.
I WAITED A DECADE FOR THIS SINCE
WE FIRST STARTED MODIFYING THIS
CRAWLER AND GETTING READY FOR
THIS.
SO WE ARE READY.
THIS IS SO EXCITING AND EVEN
THOUGH IT'S BEEN A LONG RIDE OUT
TO THE PAD I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO EVERY BIT OF IT.
>> THIS CRAWLER WAS BUILT IN THE
60'S
>> YES, IT WAS AND THE FACT THAT
WE'RE STILL USING THAT TODAY IS
A TESTAMENT TO ALL THE PEOPLE
THAT WORK ON IT, ALL THE PEOPLE
THAT MAINTAIN AND LOTS OF
EXPERIENCE AND LOTS OF TALENTED
TECHNICIANS AND THAT'S THE
REASON WE'RE STILL USING IT
PIECE THAT'S 57 YEARS OLD.
>> WE CAN SEE SOME OF THE VIDEO.
THIS IS THE CRAWLER TOOK OUT
SHUT AND MISSIONS AND APOLLO
MISSIONS
>> EVERY SINGLE MISSION.
LAUNCH PADS 3 D.A. AND B, ALL
THE APOLLO MISSIONS, IS SKYA. A
APOLLO MISSIONS, IS SKY LAB ONLY
WAY TO GET TO THE PAD.
>> GIVES YOU GOOSEBUMPS
>> IT'S GIVE ME STKPWAOUS BUMPS
TOO.
>> YOU TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF
MODIFICATIONS TO MAKE SURE WE
COULD SUPPORT SLS AND ORION.
>> SO, AT THE END OF SHUTTLE,
THEY CAME TO US INSTEAD -- WE
HAVE NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
SLS PROGRAM.
A BUNCH BUT THE BIGGEST ONE YOU
HAVE TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE
WEIGHT YOU CAN CARRY.
SO THE ORIGINAL DESIGN WAS FOR
12 MILLION POUNDS.
SO THE WE DID A LOT OF
MODIFICATIONS TO THE ROLLER
BEARINGS AND TRUCKS AND BRAKES
AND LEVELLING CYLINDERS SO WE
CAN LIFT 18 MILLION POUNDS, 50%
INCREASE OVER THE ORIGINAL
DESIGN.
>> YOU DID THAT AND YOU MADE
THAT HAPPEN.
I READ AN INTERESTING STAT THAT
THE TOP OF THE CRAWLER, THE
SURFACE IS SIZE OF A BASEBALL
DIAMOND.
THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE AND THE
FACT THAT SOMEBODY IS DRIVING
SOMETHING THAT SIZE IS RIGHT
NOW.
>> THERE THAT COMES FROM THE
BASES ON A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
FIELD ARE 90 FEET APART.
THE 4 LOCATIONS WHERE WE
INTERSECT OR MATE WITH THE
MOBILE LAUNCHER IS 90 FEET
APART.
IT'S 131 FEET BY 114 FEET AND
WEIGHS 6.6 MILLION POUNDS.
SO IT'S -- IN TALKING WITH THE
DRIVERS IT'S LIKE I DRIVING A
SUPER TANKER.
IT US DIDN'T STOP FAST OR MOVE
FAST.
YOU HAVE TO THINK WAY AHEAD WHEN
YOU MAKE TURNS AND EVERYTHING IS
JUST -- WE NEED A LOT OF PEOPLE
DO THAT.
>> CHALLENGING.
AND AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
MANY DIFFERENT JOBS TO MAKE SURE
AN OPERATION LIKE THIS GOES
ACCORDING TO PLAN.
>> WE HAVE ENGINEERS MONITORING
ALL THE SYSTEMS IN THE CONTROL
ROOM.
WE HAVE TECHNICIANS, ELECTRICAL
TECHNICIANS AND MECHANICAL
TECHNICIANS AND DIESEL
TECHNICIANS AND MECHANICS AND
LOGISTICS PERSONNEL IN CASE WE
NEED PARTS.
WE HAVE LOTS OF OBSERVERS
EVERYWHERE BUT THE DRIVER CAN'T
SEE EVERYTHING WHEN HE'S DRIVING
SO WE NEED OTHER PEOPLE TO
FOLLOW US AND TELL US WE NEED TO
START TURNING HERE AND SLOWING
DOWN WHO THERE.
EVERYBODY IS ON HEAD SETS AND
THEY'RE ALL TALKING TO EACH
OTHER.
HUGE UNDERTAKING.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO TAKE
QUITE A BIT AND WE'RE LEARNING
AS AN 11 HOUR JOURNEY BUT NOW
THAT YOU EXPLAIN IT I UNDERSTAND
WHY IT TAKES THAT LONG.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JOHN.
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT ON THE PAD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM IS NAMED
AFTER ARTEMIS OF GREEK
METHODOLOGY.
SHE WAS THE GODDESS OF THE MOON.
IT WILL CREATE A PERMANENT
PRESENCE ON THE MOON AND INSPIRE
OUR NEXT GIANT LEAP TO MARS.
>> WE ARE GOING.
THE HISTORY OF THIS AGENCY IS
MARKED WITH BROKEN BARRIERS ONCE
VIEWED AS IMPOSSIBLE.
WITH SCIENCE FICTION TURNED
REALITY AND INNOVATION THAT SPUN
INDUSTRIES ALL THEIR OWN AND
WITH DEMONSTRATIONS OF PEACE FOR
ALL HUMAN KIND.
>> WE SOAR IN THE SKIES OF OWN
PLANET.
>> WE MAINTAIN A PRESENCE JUST
OUTSIDE OF GRAVITY WE'RE GOING
BACK TO THE MOON AND THIS IS
WHY.
IT HOLDS OPPORTUNITIES FOR US
AND OUR DISCOVERIES ABOUT OUR
HOME PLANET.
>> THE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE THAT
YOU GLEAN BY THE MOON IS
INSPIRING GENERATION OF THOUGHT
AND ACTION.
>> WITHOUT FAIL EVERY MAJOR
PROGRAM INITIATIVE NASA HAS
INVESTED IN HAS LEAD TO
TECHNOLOGY AND CAPABILITY THAT
SHAPED OUR CULTURE.
>> THE ARTEMIS ERA WILL DEFINE
OUR GENERATION AND IS THE ONES
TO FOLLOW.
>> THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS
ASSOCIATED WITH GOING TO THE
MOON TODAY ARE JUST THE
BEGINNING OF A LUNAR ECONOMY
THAT WILL SEE HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF NEW JOBS DEVELOP
AROUND THE WORLD.
EXPLORATION OF A MOON IS A
SHARED EFFORT.
>> WOVEN TOGETHER BY A DESIRE
FOR THE GREATER GOOD.
>> WHY THE MOON?
BECAUSE THE MISSIONS OF TOMORROW
WILL BE PART OF THE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF TODAY.
>> BECAUSE THE AMBITION TO GO
HAS ALREADY BEGUN.
>> BECAUSE MARS IS CALLING.
WE NEED TO LEARN WHAT IT TAKES
TO ESTABLISH COMMUNITY ON
ANOTHER SHORE.
SO LET'S GET CLOSE BEFORE
PUSHING OUT.
>> AND SO, WE GO TO THE MOON NOW
NOT AS A SERIES OF ISOLATED
MISSIONS, BUT TO BUILD A
COMMUNITY ON AND AROUND THE MOON
CAPABLE OF PROVING HOW TO LIVE
ON OTHER WORLDS.
>> FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS OF
PEACEFUL EXPLORATION TO SEND A
NEW GENERATION TO THE LUNAR
SURFACE TO STAY.
>> WE'LL ANCHOR OUR EFFORTS TO
ESTABLISH ARTEMIS SPACE CAMP.
THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR LONG
TERM SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION OF
THE LUNAR SURFACE.
>> WE'LL ASSEMBLE A COMPLEX SHIP
>> AND PERFECT IT.
>> WE'LL LEARN HOW HUMANS CAN
SURVIVE AND THRIVE IN PASCHALL
GRAVITY ENVIRONMENT.
>> WE'LL LEARN HOW TO FLY
STARTING WITH DRINKABLE WATER.
>> WE'LL ESTABLISH POWER PLANTS
ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON
CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING EFFORTS.
>> AND WE'LL ENABLE COMMERCIAL
AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
>> TO RESUPPLY AND REFUEL EACH
OUTPOST.
>> NONE OF THIS IS SIMPLE OR
EASY.
BUT NOTHING IN OUR HISTORY EVER
HAS BEEN.
>> WE GOT A BUNCH OF GUYS --
>> THIS KIND OF IS A NATURAL
EXTENSION OF ALL WE LEARNED IN
LOW EARTH ORBIT.
WE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO TAKE
THE NEXT STEP.
EVERYONE TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR
SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
THAT RIGHT THERE IS SLS AND
ORION AND IT IS OUTSIDE OF THE
VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING FOR
THE FIRST TIME EVER.
IT IS GIVING ME GOOSEBUMPS
SEEING IT POISED THERE.
THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT AND
BIG MOMENT.
WE WILL REMEMBER THIS DAY FOR A
VERY, VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
AGAIN, THAT'S WIDE SHOT WE HAVE
THERE.
YOU CAN SEE IT OUTSIDE.
AGAIN, THAT ICONIC VEHICLE
ASSEMBLY BUILDING.
WE HAVE SEEN APOLLO ROCKETS OUT
OF THERE AND WE HAVE SEEN
SHUTTLES COME OUT OF THERE AND
NOW IT IS TIME FOR SLS AND
ORION.
CREWS ARE MOVING TO THE PAD
TODAY FOR A CRITICAL TEST THAT
WILL TAKE PLACE IN TWO WEEKS AND
JOINING ME NOW TO TALK ABOUT
THAT IS CLINT.
HE'S THE SENIOR VEHICLE
OPERATIONS MANAGER AND ALSO WITH
NASA'S KENNEDY.
WHAT AN EXCITING DAY.
>> YOU CAN'T IMAGINE FOR THIS
TEAM.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD
OVER THE LAST 14 MONTHS TO GET
TO THIS POINT.
AND THE TEAM IS BEYOND EXCITED.
WE'RE READY TO GET OUT TO THE
PAD.
21 MILLION POUNDS OF HARDWARE
BETWEEN THE CRAWLER AND THE
NOBLE LAUNCHER AND ARTEMIS
HEADED OUT TO THE PAD SO WE'RE
READY TO GO.
THE
>> THIS MUST MEAN SO MUCH TO
YOUR TEAM.
YOU GUYS ARE IN CHARGE OF
EVERYTHING.
RIGHT?
TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT YOU DO.
>> EXPLORATION GROUND STEMS IS
ONE OF THE 3 SISTER PROGRAMS IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING US BACK
TOO THE MOON.
FROM OUR STANDPOINT WE ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF
THE PAD, THE MOBILE LAUNCHER,
THE CRAWLER AND DOING ALL THE
FACILITIES AND THE GROUND
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT THAT'S
RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPORTING
BUILD-UP AND TESTING OF THE
ROCKET.
WE DO THAT AND IN ADDITION TO
THAT WE'RE RESPONSE BE A FOR
OPERATIONS AND CHECK OUT AND
LAUNCHING THE ROCKET AND ALSO
RESPONSIBLE FOR RECOVERY OF THE
CREW MODULE OUT IN THE PACIFIC
AFTER SPLASHDOWN.
>> SO THIS IS THE START OF A LOT
THAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO.
THAT'S WONDERFUL.
AND YOU KNOW NOW THE ROCKET IS
ON ITS WAY TO HISTORIC LAUNCH
PAD 39B.
A LOT OF RICH HISTORY THERE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
39B WHERE APOLLO 10 AND
PRECURSOR FOR APOLLO 11 THE
FIRST MOON LANDING STARTED AND 3
SKY LAWN AND OFS AND 51 SHUTTLE
LAUNCHES AND A TEST LAUNCH SO A
LOT HAS OCCURRED OUT THERE.
>> IT'S HEAD OUT THERE FOR A WET
DRESS REHEARSAL.
>> IT'S A MAJOR TEST FOR US
WHERE WE LOAD OVER 700,000
GALLONS OF PER PEL ENCOUNTER.
YOU THEY'LL COUNT BACK DOWN TO
LESS THAN 10 SECONDS WHEN
THEY'LL STOP AND THAT WILL BE
THE END OF THE TEST.
THEY'LL EVALUATE THE INFORMATION
AND SEE HOW WE DID.
>> YOU GUYS HAVE TO HAVE A
SUCCESSFUL WET DRESS REHESS
HERSL BEFORE WE CAN ANNOUNCE A
DATE FOR ARTEMIS 1.
>> THEY'LL SPEND A WEEK OR TWO
EVALUATING DATA AND THEY'LL KNOW
SOON WE'RE MEETING OUR
OBJECTIVES BUT IT WILL TAKE 1-2
WEEKS BEFORE THEY'LL BE READY TO
SAY, HEY, THE TEST IS FULLY
SUCCESSFUL AND WE'RE READY TO
START THINKING ABOUT SETTING
LAUNCH DATE.
>> OKAY. SO TODAY IS BIG DAY
BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING TO THAT
FINAL TEST THAT HOPEFULLY SOON
WE'LL KNOW WHEN ARTEMIS 1
LAUNCHES
>> WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT AND
AGAIN THIS IS THE NEXT BIG
MILESTONE FOR US.
>> GOOD LUCK WITH EVERYTHING AND
GOOD LUCK WITH THE REST OF THE
ROLLOUT AND I'M EXCITED.
I KNOW YOU ARE TOO.
>> I AM TOO.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
WE'RE NOW ABOUT 25 MINUTES INTO
ROLLOUT.
THAT'S THAT STRUCTURE HOLDING UP
THE ROCKET AND THE CAPSULE.
THE MOBILE IT'S GOING TO LEAVE
THE INTEGRATED ROCKET ON THE PAD
BECAUSE THE ML WILL SUPPLY SLS
AND ORION WITH THINGS LIKE
POWER, COMMUNICATIONS AND FUEL
BEFORE LAUNCH.
AND IS THEN SLS WILL LIFT OFF
FROM THE ML.
AND WHEN WE FLY CREW ON LATER
ARTEMIS MISSIONS THEY'LL USE A
WALKWAY CALLED THE CREW ACCESS
ARM ON THE MOBILE LAUNCHER TO
GET INTO ORION.
NOW LIKE THE CRAWLER THERE, A
LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ON THE MOBILE
LAUNCHER RIGHT NOW AND ABOUT 65
PEOPLE ALLOWED TO BE ON THERE
DURING THIS OPERATION AND
THEY'LL GO ON AND OFF AS NEEDED.
PEOPLE LIKE ENGINEERS AND
TECHNICIANS AND SAFETY PERSONNEL
AND TWO ELEVATORS ON THE ML THIS
IS REALLY INTERESTING, THEY'LL
BE TURNED OFF FOR THIS OPERATION
SO IF ANYONE NEEDS TO GO TO THE
VERY TOP THERE, THAT IS GOING TO
BE QUITE THE WALK.
ALL RIGHT, HOW ABOUT WE CHECK
BACK IN WITH THE CROWD OUTSIDE.
WE HAD SOME RAIN YESTERDAY.
BUT LUCKILY THE WEATHER TODAY IS
GORGEOUS.
DRY AND SUNNY AND BEAUTIFUL.
SO MANY PEOPLE EXCITED TO
WITNESS THIS HISTORIC ROLLOUT.
AGAIN I'M TOLD NEARLY 10,000
PEOPLE ARE OUT HERE. MANY OF
THEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
EMPLOYEES WITH THEIR FAMILY AND
FRIENDS.
WRITE NOW THEY CAN SEE ALL OF
SLS AND ORION AND ITS GLORY AND
IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND IS FOR THOSE
OUT HERE TODAY IT IS A VERY
LUCKY AND BLESSED OPPORTUNITY TO
SEE THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM JANET
PETRO OUR KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
DIRECTOR AND AFTER HER WE'LL
HAVE NASA ADMINISTRATOR BILL
NELSON.
BUT FIRST ANOTHER SPECIAL
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE THIS TIME
RETURN TO THE MOON AN 0 HOMAGE
TO ARTEMIS PERFORMED BY THE
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA'S
SYMPHONIC BRASS AND PERCUSSION
BAND.
[APPLAUSE]
>> WELL, GOOD EVENING, KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER.
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US FOR
THIS HISTORIC EVENT AND IS I
THINK AN EMOTIONAL EVENT FOR A
LOFT US OUT HERE TODAY.
I'M SO HAPPY THAT SO MANY
JOINING US TODAY WITH OUR
WORKFORCE, OUR LOVED ONES ARE
JOINING US OUT HERE TODAY AND SO
MANY OF YOU MADE SO MANY
SACRIFICES TO GET TO THIS
MILESTONE.
THIS YEAR KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
CELEBRATES 60 YEARS SUPPORTING
AMERICAN SPACE 3R578.
AS WE TAKE SOME TIME TO REFLECT
ON THE 6 DECADES OF SCIENCE AND
EXPLORATION IT SEEMS FITTING
THAT WE LOOK AHEAD OUR FIRST
STEP TO RETURNING TO THE MOON.
YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE VEHICLE
THAT HAS CARRIED HUMANS BEYOND
THE BOUNDS OF LOWER EARTH ORBIT
HAS UNDERGONE INTEGRATION AND
TESTING IN THAT VEHICLE ASSEMBLY
BUILDING.
AFTER YEARS OF METICULOUS
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND
TESTING SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM
MATED WITH THE ORION SPATE CRAFT
WILL CONTINUE THIS PROUD
TRADITION LEAVING THE VAB AS YOU
SEE IN FRONT OF YOU TO MAKE ITS
WAY TO THE PAD FOR THE VERY
FIRST TIME.
JUST AS ALL PRIORITIZE ARE ON
THE SLS TONIGHT AS IT MAKES ITS
JOURNEY IN A FEW SHORT WEEKS ALL
EYES WILL BE ON THE SKY AS IT
ROCKS THE SPACE COAST AND TAKES
ITS MAIDEN FLIGHT AROUND THE
MOON AND IS THEN COMES BACK.
YOU KNOW, 60 YEARS AGO KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED TO
MEET THE CHALLENGE OF LANDING A
MAN ON THE MOON AND RETURNING
HIM SAFELY TO EARTH.
THROUGH ARTEMIS WE WILL SEE THE
FIRST WOMAN AND THE FIRST PERSON
OF COLOR ON THE LUNAR SURFACE.
WE'LL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THE
SCIENCE NECESSARY FOR A LONG
TERM HUMAN PRESENCE IN DEEP
SKPAEUS UTILIZE THIS KNOWLEDGE
TO PREPARE FOR FUTURE HUMAN
MISSIONS TO MARS.
TODAY WE HONOR THAT LEGACY.
FOR THOSE WHO PAVE THE WAY
BEFORE US AND AS WE BLAZE A NEW
TRAIL AND CONTRIBUTE TO A NEW
CHAPTER IN OUR HISTORY OF OUR
NATION AND OF THIS AGENCY, IT'S
NOW MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE YOU
TONIGHT TO SOMEONE WHO HAS
SERVED IN PUBLIC OFFICE FOR OVER
4 DECADES FIRST IN THE STATE
LEGISLATURE AND THEN AS A
CONGRESSMAN AND THEN AS A STATE
TREASURE AND ELECTED 3 TIMES TO
THE UNITED STATES SENATE AND IS
REPRESENTS MY HOME STATE OF
FLORIDA FOR 18 YEARS AND IN 1986
HE FLEW ON THE 24TH FLIGHT OF
THE SPACE SHUTTLE WHERE HE
SERVED AS A PAYLOAD SPECIALIST
STS 61 ABOARD SPACE SHUTTLE
COLUMN PIA.
PLEASE HELP ME IN WELCOMING OUR
NASA ADMINISTRATOR SENATOR BILL
NELSON.
[APPLAUSE]
PUSH
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE
WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL ROCKET
EVER RIGHT HERE. AND THEN IT'S
BACK TO THE MOON AND THEN ON TO
MARS.
LET'S HERE IT FOR THE MUSICIANS
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL
FLORIDA.
[APPLAUSE]
I WANT TO GIVE SHUTOUT TO THE
MORE THAN 2 DOZEN MEMBERS OF THE
CRAWLER TRANSPORTER TEAM.
THEY ARE TRANSPORTING SLS OUT TO
THE LAUNCH PAD AND THE TEAM IS
LEAD BY BOB MEYERS WHO IS AT THE
WHEEL OF THE CRAWLER.
ACROSS THE NATION OUR SACRED
SIGHTS THAT CAPTURE THE SPIRIT
OF AMERICAN'S CHARACTER AND ONE
OF THOSE PLACES IS RIGHT HERE
THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
AT THESE LAUNCH PADS REMARKABLE
INDIVIDUALS ACHIEVE UNTHINKABLE
THINGS.
60 YEARS AGO AN AMERICAN PIONEER
PROPELLED UPWARDS TO THE HEAVENS
FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX 14 AND THAT
LEGENDARY EXPLORER IS JOHN
GLENN.
THAT SPACECRAFT FRIENDSHIP 7
ORBITED THE EARTH 3 TIMES.
AND THAT WAS THE DAY THAT
AMERICA'S SPACE PROGRAM WENT
FULL THROTTLE.
IT GAVE WAY TO THE APOLLO
GENERATION.
THAT NOT ONLY LANDED THE FIRST
HUMANS ON THE MOON, BUT PROVIDED
THE SPARK THAT FUELS TODAY'S
MULTIBILLION DOLLAR SATELLITE
INDUSTRY.
IT ENCOURAGED YOUNG VISIONARIES
AND KICKED OFF A TECHNOLOGY
REVOLUTION, THE MODERN COMPUTING
ERA IS ONE EXAMPLE.
AND WE ARE VERY PRIVILEGED TO
HAVE ONE OF THOSE APOLLO
ASTRONAUTS WITH US, GENERAL TOM
STAFFORD, APOLLO 10.
[APPLAUSE]
>> TODAY A NEW GENERATION, NOT
THE APOLLO GENERATION, BUT IT'S
THE ARTEMIS GENERATION, IS
PREPARING TO REACH NEW
FRONTIERS.
THIS GENERATION WILL RETURN
ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON AND IS
THIS TIME WE WILL LAND THE FIRST
WOMAN AND THE FIRST PERSON OF
COLOR ON THE SURFACE TO CONDUCT
GROUND BREAKING SCIENCE.
NASA'S ARTEMIS PROGRAM WILL PAVE
THE WAY FOR HUMANITY'S GIANT
LEAP.
FUTURE MISSIONS TO MARS.
THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT WE ARE IN
A GOLDEN ERA OF HUMAN SPACE
EXPLORATION, DISCOVERY AND IS
INGENUITY IN SPACE.
AND IT ALL BEGINS WITH ARTEMIS
1.
THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM IS THE
ONLY ROCKET CAPABLE OF SENDING
HUMANS INTO DEEP SPACE AND THE
MOST POWERFUL ROCKET IN THE
WORLD.
AND DURING LIFTOFF IT WILL
PRODUCE 8.8 MILLION POUNDS OF
THRUST PROPELLING THE ORION
SPACECRAFT ABOUT 240,000 MILES
TO THE MOON.
IT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT
ALL OF YOU HERE TODAY.
WE ARE JOINED BY THOUSANDS OF
MEMBERS OF THE NASA FAMILY.
IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU THAT WE ARE
HERE TODAY.
OUR WORKFORCE HAS BEEN A
RELENTLESS SPIRIT.
WE IMAGINE.
WE BUILD.
WE NEVER STOP PUSHING THE
ENVELOPE OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE.
I OFTEN SAY THAT AT NASA, THE
IMPOSSIBLE IS MADE POSSIBLE.
ARTEMIS 1 WILL DEMONSTRATE
NASA'S COMMITMENT AND CAPACITY
TO EXTEND HUMANITY'S PRESENCE ON
THE MOON AND BEYOND.
BUT THIS MISSION IS NOT JUST
DOING THAT IT'S SHOWING THE
MIGHT AND SUPPORTING THE UTS AND
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ARTEMIS 1 IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF
THE CON RIB PWAOUGSZ OF ALL 50
STATES AND IT'S AN ECONOMIC
ENGINE FOR AMERICA.
IN 2019 ALONE IT GENERATED
$14 BILLION AND SUPPORTED 70,000
GOOD PAYING JOBS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
BUT TO LEAN IN THE 21ST CENTURY
AMERICA MUST NOT GO ALONE.
WE MUST ACCOMPLISH IT TOGETHER.
ARTEMIS REPRESENTS GLOBAL
AMBITIONS AND PARTICIPATION FROM
5 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS.
EUROPEAN SPACE ENERGY PROVIDES
THE EUROPEAN MODULE, THE
POWERHOUSE OF THE ORION
SPACECRAFT THAT PROVIDES
ELECTRICITY, PROPULSION AND
THERMAL CONTROL, AIR AND WATER
ORION IN SPACE.
THIS IS FOR THE FUTURE ARTEMIS
MISSIONS AS WELL.
AND THAT HE JUST THE BEGINNING.
THANKS TO THE INTERNATIONAL
COLLABORATION, 3 SO-CALLED
PASSENGERS WILL FLY ON ORION.
ZOHAR AND HELGA ARE TWO FEMALE
MANNEQUINS.
THEIR JOBS ARE TO PROVIDE DATA
ON RADIATION LEVELS DURING THE
MISSION.
THE THIRD PASSENGER KNOW IS A
MALE MANNEQUIN WHOSE NAME WAS
DECIDED BY MORE THAN 300,000
PEOPLE IN A NAMING CONTEST AND
HIS NAME IS COMMANDER MUINIKAN
CAMPOS.
NAMED AFTER ARTURO CAMPOS.
THE AND A SURPRISE.
SNOOPY AND HIS ORANGE SPACE SUIT
WILL HITCH A RIDE.
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>> WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
ADDITIONAL SPACE ON SLS TO
LAUNCH SEVERAL CUBESATS IN
COOPERATION WITH JAPAN'S
AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY AND
IS THE ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY.
HUMANITIES DRIVE TO EXPLORE THE
COSMOS IS NOT BOUND BY BORDER.
DISCOVERY STRENGTHENS DIPLOMACY.
THIS MISSION, THIS PROGRAM WILL
BUILD A GLOBAL ALLIANCE THAT
EXPLORES DEEP SPACE FOR THE
BENEFIT OF ALL.