1 00:01:20,814 --> 00:01:22,315 ASSEMBLY BUILDING AT KENNEDY 2 00:01:22,315 --> 00:01:23,850 SPACE CENTER THIS IS LIVE 3 00:01:23,850 --> 00:01:26,286 COVERAGE OF THE FIRST ROLLOUT OF 4 00:01:26,286 --> 00:01:33,860 NASA'S MEGA ROCKET FOR ARTEMIS 5 00:01:33,860 --> 00:01:34,260 1. 6 00:01:34,260 --> 00:01:36,296 THROUGH ARTIST THE TRANSISTOR 7 00:01:36,296 --> 00:01:44,737 APOLLO WE ARE RETURNING TO THE 8 00:01:44,737 --> 00:01:45,538 MOON. 9 00:01:45,538 --> 00:01:47,707 IT'S A FIRST FLIGHT TEST OF EACH 10 00:01:47,707 --> 00:01:50,243 OF THE COMPONENTS AND UNITED 11 00:01:50,243 --> 00:01:52,212 TOGETHER THIS IS THE FIRST OF 12 00:01:52,212 --> 00:01:54,814 ARTEMIS'S ARROWS CAPABLE OF 13 00:01:54,814 --> 00:01:57,584 USHERING IN THE NEXT CHAPTER OF 14 00:01:57,584 --> 00:01:59,552 HUMAN LUNAR EXPLORATION. 15 00:01:59,552 --> 00:02:04,224 WITH EACH COMPONENT PLAYING ITS 16 00:02:04,224 --> 00:02:05,959 PART, WE THE PEOPLE OF THE 17 00:02:05,959 --> 00:02:07,694 ARTEMIS GENERATION ALL AROUND 18 00:02:07,694 --> 00:02:10,096 THIS BEAUTIFUL WORLD WILL BEAR 19 00:02:10,096 --> 00:02:15,502 WITNESS TO WHAT WE ARE CAPABLE 20 00:02:15,502 --> 00:02:16,436 OF. 21 00:02:16,436 --> 00:02:17,737 TOGETHER, WE ARE GOING BACK TO 22 00:02:17,737 --> 00:02:28,314 THE MOON. 23 00:02:28,314 --> 00:02:29,482 GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME INTO 24 00:02:29,482 --> 00:02:33,086 THE ICONIC VEHICLE ASSEMBLY 25 00:02:33,086 --> 00:02:35,255 BUILDING AT NASA'S KENNEDY SPACE 26 00:02:35,255 --> 00:02:37,056 CENTER IN FLORIDA. 27 00:02:37,056 --> 00:02:38,925 I'M MEGAN CRUZ ASK TODAY YOU'LL 28 00:02:38,925 --> 00:02:41,060 WITNESS HISTORY IN THE MAKING. 29 00:02:41,060 --> 00:02:42,395 THAT RIGHT THERE IS THE WORLD'S 30 00:02:42,395 --> 00:02:45,932 MOST POWERFUL ROCKET NASA'S 31 00:02:45,932 --> 00:02:48,902 SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM OR SLS AND 32 00:02:48,902 --> 00:02:50,537 ON TOP THE OH RYAN SPACECRAFT 33 00:02:50,537 --> 00:02:52,272 THAT RETURN US TO THE MOON. 34 00:02:52,272 --> 00:02:55,441 WE ARE REIGNITING OUR PASSION 35 00:02:55,441 --> 00:02:57,243 FOR DISCOVERY BY ROLLING THIS 36 00:02:57,243 --> 00:02:58,878 INTEGRATED SYSTEM OUT OF THE VAB 37 00:02:58,878 --> 00:03:01,414 FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. 38 00:03:01,414 --> 00:03:04,117 THAT ROLL STARTED JUST A FEW 39 00:03:04,117 --> 00:03:06,319 SECONDS AGO AND NOW BOTH SLS AND 40 00:03:06,319 --> 00:03:09,255 ORION ARE HEADED TO HISTORIC 41 00:03:09,255 --> 00:03:11,591 LAUNCH PAD 39B FOR A CRITICAL 42 00:03:11,591 --> 00:03:13,493 TEST THAT WILL HELP DETERMINE IF 43 00:03:13,493 --> 00:03:17,463 WE ARE READY FOR ARTEMIS 1. 44 00:03:17,463 --> 00:03:19,899 ARTEMIS 1 IS AN UNCREWED TEST 45 00:03:19,899 --> 00:03:22,235 FLIGHT OF SLS, ORION AND THE 46 00:03:22,235 --> 00:03:23,503 GROUND SYSTEMS HERE AT KENNEDY. 47 00:03:23,503 --> 00:03:26,005 IF ALL GOES HE WILL WITH, ORION 48 00:03:26,005 --> 00:03:28,741 WILL ORBIT THE MOON FARTHER THAN 49 00:03:28,741 --> 00:03:30,577 ANY OF THE APOLLO MISSIONS 50 00:03:30,577 --> 00:03:32,378 BEFORE US. 51 00:03:32,378 --> 00:03:33,980 ARTEMIS 2 WILL HAVE ASTRONAUTS 52 00:03:33,980 --> 00:03:37,116 ON BOARD WHEN IT ORBITS THE MOON 53 00:03:37,116 --> 00:03:39,252 AND THEN ARTEMIS 3 AND FUTURE 54 00:03:39,252 --> 00:03:41,554 MISSIONS WILL LAND THE FIRST 55 00:03:41,554 --> 00:03:46,025 WOMAN AND PERSON OF COLOR ON THE 56 00:03:46,025 --> 00:03:46,926 MOON'S SURFACE. 57 00:03:46,926 --> 00:03:48,127 LAST TIME THEY STEPPED FOOT ON 58 00:03:48,127 --> 00:03:50,263 THE MOON WAS 50 YEARS AGO FOR 59 00:03:50,263 --> 00:03:52,665 APOLLO 17 AND THAT WAS THE LAST 60 00:03:52,665 --> 00:03:54,701 TIME A MOON BOUND ROCKET LEFT 61 00:03:54,701 --> 00:03:58,805 THE VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING. 62 00:03:58,805 --> 00:04:00,707 CLOSE TO 10,000 PEOPLE HAVE 63 00:04:00,707 --> 00:04:02,675 GATHERED OUTSIDE OF THE VAB TO 64 00:04:02,675 --> 00:04:04,010 SEE TODAY'S ROLLOUT. 65 00:04:04,010 --> 00:04:05,178 LOOK AT THAT CROWD. 66 00:04:05,178 --> 00:04:06,779 SOUNDS LIKE AN EASY OPERATION 67 00:04:06,779 --> 00:04:09,816 ROLLOUT BUT IT'S NOT AS EASY AS 68 00:04:09,816 --> 00:04:10,450 IT MAY SEEM. 69 00:04:10,450 --> 00:04:11,884 TOGETHER THE ROCKET AND 70 00:04:11,884 --> 00:04:13,853 SPACECRAFT STAND TALLER THAN THE 71 00:04:13,853 --> 00:04:16,489 STATUE OF LIBERTY AS YOU CAN 72 00:04:16,489 --> 00:04:18,391 IMAGINE YOU'D NEED A PRETTY 73 00:04:18,391 --> 00:04:20,159 IMPRESSIVE MACHINE TO MOVE IT 74 00:04:20,159 --> 00:04:20,426 ALL. 75 00:04:20,426 --> 00:04:21,294 TAKE A LOOK THE YOUR SCREEN. 76 00:04:21,294 --> 00:04:25,698 WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT WE CALL THE 77 00:04:25,698 --> 00:04:26,065 CRAWLER. 78 00:04:26,065 --> 00:04:27,867 BECAUSE IT WILL SLOWLY AND 79 00:04:27,867 --> 00:04:29,802 CAREFULLY CRAWL SLS AND ORION 80 00:04:29,802 --> 00:04:33,339 THE 4 MILES TO THE LAUNCH PAD. 81 00:04:33,339 --> 00:04:40,280 IT'S THAT PIECE OF MACHINERY 82 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:41,414 CARING ALL THAT. 83 00:04:41,414 --> 00:04:43,249 ESTIMATED ARRIVE IS 4:30 A.M. 84 00:04:43,249 --> 00:04:45,218 TOMORROW MORNING. 85 00:04:45,218 --> 00:04:45,985 AGAIN, 11 HOURS FROM NOW. 86 00:04:45,985 --> 00:04:47,654 WE ARE TAKING THIS SLOW ASK 87 00:04:47,654 --> 00:04:47,954 EASY. 88 00:04:47,954 --> 00:04:49,856 WHETHER YOU'RE HERE IN PERSON OR 89 00:04:49,856 --> 00:04:51,357 VIRTUALLY, WE ARE SO GLAD TO 90 00:04:51,357 --> 00:04:57,330 HAVE YOU HERE CELEBRATE THIS 91 00:04:57,330 --> 00:04:58,197 HISTORIC MOMENT. 92 00:04:58,197 --> 00:05:02,502 WE'LL HAVE GRAMMY AWARD WINNER 93 00:05:02,502 --> 00:05:03,569 EDDIE VEDDER WITH A SONG. 94 00:05:03,569 --> 00:05:06,306 AND HEAR FROM NASA'S ADMINISTER 95 00:05:06,306 --> 00:05:09,342 BUT FIRST I'M EXCITED TO 96 00:05:09,342 --> 00:05:11,110 INTRODUCE THE UFT CENTRAL 97 00:05:11,110 --> 00:05:11,944 FLORIDA JANNA KNIGHT TOER AND 98 00:05:11,944 --> 00:05:18,518 FORM OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM. 99 00:05:23,289 --> 00:06:32,692 ♪ ♪ 100 00:06:32,692 --> 00:07:15,201 [APPLAUSE] 101 00:07:15,201 --> 00:07:17,804 RETURNING TO THE MOON IS A 102 00:07:17,804 --> 00:07:20,373 MULTINATIONAL AMBITION AND 103 00:07:20,373 --> 00:07:21,741 TIRELESS WORK OF MORE THAN 104 00:07:21,741 --> 00:07:22,942 70,000 PEOPLE ACROSS EVERY STATE 105 00:07:22,942 --> 00:07:24,544 OF OUR COUNTRY AND ALSO IS 106 00:07:24,544 --> 00:07:26,679 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AROUND THE 107 00:07:26,679 --> 00:07:27,480 WORLD. 108 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:29,215 SLS AND ORION PARTS WERE BROUGHT 109 00:07:29,215 --> 00:07:31,751 TO KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VIA 110 00:07:31,751 --> 00:07:33,519 TRAINS AND PLANES AND SHIPS AND 111 00:07:33,519 --> 00:07:39,192 VEHICLES FOR FINAL ASSEMBLY 112 00:07:39,192 --> 00:07:43,463 BEHIND ME. 113 00:07:43,463 --> 00:07:45,765 >> WE'RE AT KENNEDY SPACE 114 00:07:45,765 --> 00:07:46,098 CENTER. 115 00:07:46,098 --> 00:07:46,933 EVERY PIECE OF HARDWARE 116 00:07:46,933 --> 00:07:49,402 NECESSARY TO RETURN TO THE MOON 117 00:07:49,402 --> 00:08:07,920 IS NOW HERE. THEY ARE BEING 118 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:09,722 SAME MR. ED AND FUELLED FOR 119 00:08:09,722 --> 00:08:10,056 NIGHT. 120 00:08:10,056 --> 00:08:12,592 >> NEXT TIME THEY FIRE UP WE'LL 121 00:08:12,592 --> 00:08:14,794 BE AT THE LAUNCH AND PAD ON A 122 00:08:14,794 --> 00:08:22,768 FLIGHT TEST FOR THE ARTEMIS 1 123 00:08:22,768 --> 00:08:23,135 MISSION. 124 00:08:23,135 --> 00:08:25,204 >> IT'S BEEN A JOURNEY OF A 125 00:08:25,204 --> 00:08:26,506 THOUSAND MILES FROM FACTORY 126 00:08:26,506 --> 00:08:29,375 FLOORS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY 127 00:08:29,375 --> 00:08:38,751 AND AROUND THE WORLD TO HERE. 128 00:08:38,751 --> 00:08:42,455 AND NOW THE STAGE HAS BEEN SET. 129 00:08:42,455 --> 00:08:45,525 >> WE ARE SEEING ARTEMIS TAKE 130 00:08:45,525 --> 00:08:54,634 HER PLACE. 131 00:08:54,767 --> 00:08:56,602 >> THE FRAMEWORK TO SUPPORT THE 132 00:08:56,602 --> 00:08:57,904 ENORMITY OF THIS CAN'T BE 133 00:08:57,904 --> 00:09:01,774 MEASURED IN RENOVATIONS AND 134 00:09:01,774 --> 00:09:06,979 REHEARSALS ALONE. 135 00:09:06,979 --> 00:09:10,082 >> IT GOES MUCH DEEPER. 136 00:09:10,082 --> 00:09:25,731 >> WITH EACH SEGMENT BUILT THE 137 00:09:25,731 --> 00:09:28,668 MARGIN OF ANTICIPATION IS 138 00:09:28,668 --> 00:09:29,001 RISING. 139 00:09:29,001 --> 00:09:32,104 >> FOR IN ADDITION TO CERTIFYING 140 00:09:32,104 --> 00:09:42,715 WHAT TESTING HAS PRE VIEWED -- 141 00:09:45,051 --> 00:09:46,385 >> AND LIFTOFF. 142 00:09:46,385 --> 00:09:50,590 THE NEW ERA OF AMERICAN SPACE 143 00:09:50,590 --> 00:09:50,990 EXPLORATION. 144 00:09:50,990 --> 00:09:53,426 >> ARTEMIS WILL DEMONSTRATE A 145 00:09:53,426 --> 00:09:57,730 NEW TASK OF THIS GENERATION. 146 00:09:57,730 --> 00:09:59,498 >> ARTEMIS 1. 147 00:09:59,498 --> 00:10:02,535 >> UNCREWED TEST FLIGHT WILL BE 148 00:10:02,535 --> 00:10:04,203 A FINAL PROVING OF EVERY SYSTEM 149 00:10:04,203 --> 00:10:04,437 -- 150 00:10:04,437 --> 00:10:05,605 >> EVERY COMPONENT -- 151 00:10:05,605 --> 00:10:07,873 >> IN THE HARSHNESS OF SPACE -- 152 00:10:07,873 --> 00:10:09,175 >> A MISSION THAT WHEN 153 00:10:09,175 --> 00:10:10,810 SUCCESSFUL WILL OPEN THE DOOR 154 00:10:10,810 --> 00:10:13,179 FOR THE MOON WALKERS AND LUNAR 155 00:10:13,179 --> 00:10:14,447 EXPERIMENTS -- 156 00:10:14,447 --> 00:10:20,186 >> AND HOPES AND DREAMS. 157 00:10:20,186 --> 00:10:21,754 >> SHOULD WE ARE GOING. 158 00:10:31,564 --> 00:10:34,166 >> 8 MINUTES UNTIL ROLLOUT AND 159 00:10:34,166 --> 00:10:35,901 YOU CAN SEE THE CRAWLER TEAM 160 00:10:35,901 --> 00:10:41,207 WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET IT 161 00:10:41,207 --> 00:10:44,243 OUT OF THE ASSEMBLY BUILDING. 162 00:10:44,243 --> 00:10:47,046 JOHN IS HERE WHO OVERSEES THE 163 00:10:47,046 --> 00:10:49,448 CRAWLER TEAM WITH EGS HERE AT 164 00:10:49,448 --> 00:10:49,782 KENNEDY. 165 00:10:49,782 --> 00:10:50,916 THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO 166 00:10:50,916 --> 00:10:51,550 TALK WITH US. 167 00:10:51,550 --> 00:10:52,818 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 168 00:10:52,818 --> 00:10:53,185 WELCOME. 169 00:10:53,185 --> 00:10:55,488 >> THE CRAWLER HAS CROSSED THE 170 00:10:55,488 --> 00:10:56,889 THRESHOLD I JUST GOT WORD. 171 00:10:56,889 --> 00:10:58,090 HOW DOES THAT FEEL? 172 00:10:58,090 --> 00:11:00,059 I AM SO EXCITED. 173 00:11:00,059 --> 00:11:01,460 YOU SHOULD BE EXCITED. 174 00:11:01,460 --> 00:11:05,164 >> INSIDE I AM VERY EXCITED. 175 00:11:05,164 --> 00:11:06,866 >> THAT'S GREAT. 176 00:11:06,866 --> 00:11:07,633 WHERE ARE WE IN THE OPERATION? 177 00:11:07,633 --> 00:11:09,368 THERE WAS A DELAY. 178 00:11:09,368 --> 00:11:10,136 WALK US THROUGH SOME OF THAT. 179 00:11:10,136 --> 00:11:14,240 >> WE HAD A COUPLE OF LITTLE 180 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:18,844 DELAYS ON SOME OBSERVERS. 181 00:11:18,844 --> 00:11:20,546 WE MANY TO WATCH US SO WE DON'T 182 00:11:20,546 --> 00:11:21,113 HIT ANYTHING. 183 00:11:21,113 --> 00:11:23,616 AS YOU CAN SEE FROM ALL THE 184 00:11:23,616 --> 00:11:24,550 PLATFORMS SOMETIMES IT TAKES A 185 00:11:24,550 --> 00:11:26,786 WHILE FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO THOSE 186 00:11:26,786 --> 00:11:27,186 PLATFORMS. 187 00:11:27,186 --> 00:11:32,224 THAT HELD US UP AND IS 188 00:11:32,224 --> 00:11:33,059 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL WORK THAT 189 00:11:33,059 --> 00:11:34,660 WAS IN THE WAY ASK THAT WAS 190 00:11:34,660 --> 00:11:35,861 MOVED AND THEN WE LIFTED IT UP 191 00:11:35,861 --> 00:11:39,732 AND NOW WE'RE CRAWLING. 192 00:11:39,732 --> 00:11:41,634 I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 5:47 WHEN I 193 00:11:41,634 --> 00:11:42,902 GOT WORD WE WERE MOVING. 194 00:11:42,902 --> 00:11:44,070 >> LET'S LOOK AT THIS. 195 00:11:44,070 --> 00:11:46,639 YOU CAN SEE IT'S MOVED QUITE A 196 00:11:46,639 --> 00:11:46,939 BIT. 197 00:11:46,939 --> 00:11:49,075 HOW DO YOU FEEL KNOWING THAT 198 00:11:49,075 --> 00:11:50,209 YOU'RE A PART OF THIS TEAM THAT 199 00:11:50,209 --> 00:11:52,611 IS MAKING THIS HAPPEN AND 200 00:11:52,611 --> 00:11:55,181 RETURNING TO THE MINE? 201 00:11:55,181 --> 00:11:56,816 >> IT'S ALMOST INDESCRIBABLE. 202 00:11:56,816 --> 00:12:00,252 I WAITED A DECADE FOR THIS SINCE 203 00:12:00,252 --> 00:12:01,587 WE FIRST STARTED MODIFYING THIS 204 00:12:01,587 --> 00:12:03,322 CRAWLER AND GETTING READY FOR 205 00:12:03,322 --> 00:12:03,622 THIS. 206 00:12:03,622 --> 00:12:04,457 SO WE ARE READY. 207 00:12:04,457 --> 00:12:06,892 THIS IS SO EXCITING AND EVEN 208 00:12:06,892 --> 00:12:09,028 THOUGH IT'S BEEN A LONG RIDE OUT 209 00:12:09,028 --> 00:12:10,129 TO THE PAD I'M LOOKING FORWARD 210 00:12:10,129 --> 00:12:14,934 TO EVERY BIT OF IT. 211 00:12:14,934 --> 00:12:16,802 >> THIS CRAWLER WAS BUILT IN THE 212 00:12:16,802 --> 00:12:17,103 60'S 213 00:12:17,103 --> 00:12:18,604 >> YES, IT WAS AND THE FACT THAT 214 00:12:18,604 --> 00:12:20,172 WE'RE STILL USING THAT TODAY IS 215 00:12:20,172 --> 00:12:22,007 A TESTAMENT TO ALL THE PEOPLE 216 00:12:22,007 --> 00:12:25,678 THAT WORK ON IT, ALL THE PEOPLE 217 00:12:25,678 --> 00:12:28,581 THAT MAINTAIN AND LOTS OF 218 00:12:28,581 --> 00:12:31,250 EXPERIENCE AND LOTS OF TALENTED 219 00:12:31,250 --> 00:12:33,686 TECHNICIANS AND THAT'S THE 220 00:12:33,686 --> 00:12:35,287 REASON WE'RE STILL USING IT 221 00:12:35,287 --> 00:12:36,522 PIECE THAT'S 57 YEARS OLD. 222 00:12:36,522 --> 00:12:40,126 >> WE CAN SEE SOME OF THE VIDEO. 223 00:12:40,126 --> 00:12:41,127 THIS IS THE CRAWLER TOOK OUT 224 00:12:41,127 --> 00:12:42,762 SHUT AND MISSIONS AND APOLLO 225 00:12:42,762 --> 00:12:43,129 MISSIONS 226 00:12:43,129 --> 00:12:46,265 >> EVERY SINGLE MISSION. 227 00:12:46,265 --> 00:12:48,501 LAUNCH PADS 3 D.A. AND B, ALL 228 00:12:48,501 --> 00:12:59,311 THE APOLLO MISSIONS, IS SKYA. A 229 00:12:59,311 --> 00:13:02,047 APOLLO MISSIONS, IS SKY LAB ONLY 230 00:13:02,047 --> 00:13:04,250 WAY TO GET TO THE PAD. 231 00:13:04,250 --> 00:13:05,785 >> GIVES YOU GOOSEBUMPS 232 00:13:05,785 --> 00:13:08,320 >> IT'S GIVE ME STKPWAOUS BUMPS 233 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:08,587 TOO. 234 00:13:08,587 --> 00:13:10,156 >> YOU TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF 235 00:13:10,156 --> 00:13:11,991 MODIFICATIONS TO MAKE SURE WE 236 00:13:11,991 --> 00:13:13,392 COULD SUPPORT SLS AND ORION. 237 00:13:13,392 --> 00:13:15,795 >> SO, AT THE END OF SHUTTLE, 238 00:13:15,795 --> 00:13:17,797 THEY CAME TO US INSTEAD -- WE 239 00:13:17,797 --> 00:13:20,633 HAVE NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 240 00:13:20,633 --> 00:13:21,367 SLS PROGRAM. 241 00:13:21,367 --> 00:13:22,968 A BUNCH BUT THE BIGGEST ONE YOU 242 00:13:22,968 --> 00:13:24,837 HAVE TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE 243 00:13:24,837 --> 00:13:26,338 WEIGHT YOU CAN CARRY. 244 00:13:26,338 --> 00:13:27,907 SO THE ORIGINAL DESIGN WAS FOR 245 00:13:27,907 --> 00:13:28,607 12 MILLION POUNDS. 246 00:13:28,607 --> 00:13:31,043 SO THE WE DID A LOT OF 247 00:13:31,043 --> 00:13:34,914 MODIFICATIONS TO THE ROLLER 248 00:13:34,914 --> 00:13:39,685 BEARINGS AND TRUCKS AND BRAKES 249 00:13:39,685 --> 00:13:43,455 AND LEVELLING CYLINDERS SO WE 250 00:13:43,455 --> 00:13:45,791 CAN LIFT 18 MILLION POUNDS, 50% 251 00:13:45,791 --> 00:13:46,892 INCREASE OVER THE ORIGINAL 252 00:13:46,892 --> 00:13:47,226 DESIGN. 253 00:13:47,226 --> 00:13:48,294 >> YOU DID THAT AND YOU MADE 254 00:13:48,294 --> 00:13:49,061 THAT HAPPEN. 255 00:13:49,061 --> 00:13:50,930 I READ AN INTERESTING STAT THAT 256 00:13:50,930 --> 00:13:52,531 THE TOP OF THE CRAWLER, THE 257 00:13:52,531 --> 00:13:54,066 SURFACE IS SIZE OF A BASEBALL 258 00:13:54,066 --> 00:13:54,433 DIAMOND. 259 00:13:54,433 --> 00:13:56,735 THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE AND THE 260 00:13:56,735 --> 00:13:58,671 FACT THAT SOMEBODY IS DRIVING 261 00:13:58,671 --> 00:14:01,040 SOMETHING THAT SIZE IS RIGHT 262 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:01,307 NOW. 263 00:14:01,307 --> 00:14:03,475 >> THERE THAT COMES FROM THE 264 00:14:03,475 --> 00:14:05,211 BASES ON A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 265 00:14:05,211 --> 00:14:06,879 FIELD ARE 90 FEET APART. 266 00:14:06,879 --> 00:14:12,218 THE 4 LOCATIONS WHERE WE 267 00:14:12,218 --> 00:14:13,552 INTERSECT OR MATE WITH THE 268 00:14:13,552 --> 00:14:18,457 MOBILE LAUNCHER IS 90 FEET 269 00:14:18,457 --> 00:14:18,757 APART. 270 00:14:18,757 --> 00:14:23,229 IT'S 131 FEET BY 114 FEET AND 271 00:14:23,229 --> 00:14:23,929 WEIGHS 6.6 MILLION POUNDS. 272 00:14:23,929 --> 00:14:25,431 SO IT'S -- IN TALKING WITH THE 273 00:14:25,431 --> 00:14:27,433 DRIVERS IT'S LIKE I DRIVING A 274 00:14:27,433 --> 00:14:28,267 SUPER TANKER. 275 00:14:28,267 --> 00:14:30,269 IT US DIDN'T STOP FAST OR MOVE 276 00:14:30,269 --> 00:14:30,569 FAST. 277 00:14:30,569 --> 00:14:33,672 YOU HAVE TO THINK WAY AHEAD WHEN 278 00:14:33,672 --> 00:14:35,641 YOU MAKE TURNS AND EVERYTHING IS 279 00:14:35,641 --> 00:14:37,109 JUST -- WE NEED A LOT OF PEOPLE 280 00:14:37,109 --> 00:14:37,877 DO THAT. 281 00:14:37,877 --> 00:14:38,611 >> CHALLENGING. 282 00:14:38,611 --> 00:14:40,412 AND AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE 283 00:14:40,412 --> 00:14:42,014 MANY DIFFERENT JOBS TO MAKE SURE 284 00:14:42,014 --> 00:14:45,150 AN OPERATION LIKE THIS GOES 285 00:14:45,150 --> 00:14:46,118 ACCORDING TO PLAN. 286 00:14:46,118 --> 00:14:47,786 >> WE HAVE ENGINEERS MONITORING 287 00:14:47,786 --> 00:14:50,122 ALL THE SYSTEMS IN THE CONTROL 288 00:14:50,122 --> 00:14:50,422 ROOM. 289 00:14:50,422 --> 00:14:52,658 WE HAVE TECHNICIANS, ELECTRICAL 290 00:14:52,658 --> 00:14:53,959 TECHNICIANS AND MECHANICAL 291 00:14:53,959 --> 00:14:56,161 TECHNICIANS AND DIESEL 292 00:14:56,161 --> 00:14:58,464 TECHNICIANS AND MECHANICS AND 293 00:14:58,464 --> 00:14:59,965 LOGISTICS PERSONNEL IN CASE WE 294 00:14:59,965 --> 00:15:00,633 NEED PARTS. 295 00:15:00,633 --> 00:15:03,102 WE HAVE LOTS OF OBSERVERS 296 00:15:03,102 --> 00:15:04,403 EVERYWHERE BUT THE DRIVER CAN'T 297 00:15:04,403 --> 00:15:06,772 SEE EVERYTHING WHEN HE'S DRIVING 298 00:15:06,772 --> 00:15:08,440 SO WE NEED OTHER PEOPLE TO 299 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:12,111 FOLLOW US AND TELL US WE NEED TO 300 00:15:12,111 --> 00:15:19,852 START TURNING HERE AND SLOWING 301 00:15:19,852 --> 00:15:20,352 DOWN WHO THERE. 302 00:15:20,352 --> 00:15:21,253 EVERYBODY IS ON HEAD SETS AND 303 00:15:21,253 --> 00:15:21,921 THEY'RE ALL TALKING TO EACH 304 00:15:21,921 --> 00:15:22,221 OTHER. 305 00:15:22,221 --> 00:15:22,721 HUGE UNDERTAKING. 306 00:15:22,721 --> 00:15:23,155 >> ABSOLUTELY. 307 00:15:23,155 --> 00:15:23,889 OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO TAKE 308 00:15:23,889 --> 00:15:25,524 QUITE A BIT AND WE'RE LEARNING 309 00:15:25,524 --> 00:15:27,459 AS AN 11 HOUR JOURNEY BUT NOW 310 00:15:27,459 --> 00:15:30,062 THAT YOU EXPLAIN IT I UNDERSTAND 311 00:15:30,062 --> 00:15:32,231 WHY IT TAKES THAT LONG. 312 00:15:32,231 --> 00:15:33,332 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JOHN. 313 00:15:33,332 --> 00:15:34,700 CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT ON THE PAD. 314 00:15:34,700 --> 00:15:35,434 >> THANK YOU. 315 00:15:35,434 --> 00:15:39,438 >> THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM IS NAMED 316 00:15:39,438 --> 00:15:42,107 AFTER ARTEMIS OF GREEK 317 00:15:42,107 --> 00:15:42,541 METHODOLOGY. 318 00:15:42,541 --> 00:15:46,946 SHE WAS THE GODDESS OF THE MOON. 319 00:15:46,946 --> 00:15:48,914 IT WILL CREATE A PERMANENT 320 00:15:48,914 --> 00:15:51,050 PRESENCE ON THE MOON AND INSPIRE 321 00:15:51,050 --> 00:15:56,355 OUR NEXT GIANT LEAP TO MARS. 322 00:15:56,355 --> 00:15:59,825 >> WE ARE GOING. 323 00:15:59,825 --> 00:16:02,594 THE HISTORY OF THIS AGENCY IS 324 00:16:02,594 --> 00:16:05,831 MARKED WITH BROKEN BARRIERS ONCE 325 00:16:05,831 --> 00:16:11,603 VIEWED AS IMPOSSIBLE. 326 00:16:11,603 --> 00:16:12,338 WITH SCIENCE FICTION TURNED 327 00:16:12,338 --> 00:16:14,673 REALITY AND INNOVATION THAT SPUN 328 00:16:14,673 --> 00:16:17,876 INDUSTRIES ALL THEIR OWN AND 329 00:16:17,876 --> 00:16:20,179 WITH DEMONSTRATIONS OF PEACE FOR 330 00:16:20,179 --> 00:16:24,783 ALL HUMAN KIND. 331 00:16:24,783 --> 00:16:29,021 >> WE SOAR IN THE SKIES OF OWN 332 00:16:29,021 --> 00:16:29,355 PLANET. 333 00:16:29,355 --> 00:16:35,260 >> WE MAINTAIN A PRESENCE JUST 334 00:16:35,260 --> 00:16:42,634 OUTSIDE OF GRAVITY WE'RE GOING 335 00:16:42,634 --> 00:16:47,973 BACK TO THE MOON AND THIS IS 336 00:16:47,973 --> 00:16:49,975 WHY. 337 00:16:49,975 --> 00:16:50,743 IT HOLDS OPPORTUNITIES FOR US 338 00:16:50,743 --> 00:16:54,313 AND OUR DISCOVERIES ABOUT OUR 339 00:16:54,313 --> 00:16:56,448 HOME PLANET. 340 00:16:56,448 --> 00:16:57,750 >> THE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE THAT 341 00:16:57,750 --> 00:16:59,184 YOU GLEAN BY THE MOON IS 342 00:16:59,184 --> 00:17:00,085 INSPIRING GENERATION OF THOUGHT 343 00:17:00,085 --> 00:17:01,120 AND ACTION. 344 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:02,721 >> WITHOUT FAIL EVERY MAJOR 345 00:17:02,721 --> 00:17:06,125 PROGRAM INITIATIVE NASA HAS 346 00:17:06,125 --> 00:17:08,327 INVESTED IN HAS LEAD TO 347 00:17:08,327 --> 00:17:09,194 TECHNOLOGY AND CAPABILITY THAT 348 00:17:09,194 --> 00:17:10,796 SHAPED OUR CULTURE. 349 00:17:10,796 --> 00:17:14,533 >> THE ARTEMIS ERA WILL DEFINE 350 00:17:14,533 --> 00:17:16,502 OUR GENERATION AND IS THE ONES 351 00:17:16,502 --> 00:17:16,902 TO FOLLOW. 352 00:17:16,902 --> 00:17:18,504 >> THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS 353 00:17:18,504 --> 00:17:19,304 ASSOCIATED WITH GOING TO THE 354 00:17:19,304 --> 00:17:20,572 MOON TODAY ARE JUST THE 355 00:17:20,572 --> 00:17:22,841 BEGINNING OF A LUNAR ECONOMY 356 00:17:22,841 --> 00:17:24,843 THAT WILL SEE HUNDREDS OF 357 00:17:24,843 --> 00:17:26,245 THOUSANDS OF NEW JOBS DEVELOP 358 00:17:26,245 --> 00:17:31,316 AROUND THE WORLD. 359 00:17:31,316 --> 00:17:33,052 EXPLORATION OF A MOON IS A 360 00:17:33,052 --> 00:17:34,053 SHARED EFFORT. 361 00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:41,126 >> WOVEN TOGETHER BY A DESIRE 362 00:17:41,126 --> 00:17:41,727 FOR THE GREATER GOOD. 363 00:17:41,727 --> 00:17:42,728 >> WHY THE MOON? 364 00:17:42,728 --> 00:17:43,529 BECAUSE THE MISSIONS OF TOMORROW 365 00:17:43,529 --> 00:17:44,129 WILL BE PART OF THE 366 00:17:44,129 --> 00:17:45,230 ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF TODAY. 367 00:17:45,230 --> 00:17:47,232 >> BECAUSE THE AMBITION TO GO 368 00:17:47,232 --> 00:17:48,801 HAS ALREADY BEGUN. 369 00:17:48,801 --> 00:17:50,169 >> BECAUSE MARS IS CALLING. 370 00:17:50,169 --> 00:17:52,037 WE NEED TO LEARN WHAT IT TAKES 371 00:17:52,037 --> 00:17:54,773 TO ESTABLISH COMMUNITY ON 372 00:17:54,773 --> 00:17:55,240 ANOTHER SHORE. 373 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:57,509 SO LET'S GET CLOSE BEFORE 374 00:17:57,509 --> 00:17:58,544 PUSHING OUT. 375 00:17:58,544 --> 00:18:02,181 >> AND SO, WE GO TO THE MOON NOW 376 00:18:02,181 --> 00:18:05,584 NOT AS A SERIES OF ISOLATED 377 00:18:05,584 --> 00:18:07,986 MISSIONS, BUT TO BUILD A 378 00:18:07,986 --> 00:18:10,222 COMMUNITY ON AND AROUND THE MOON 379 00:18:10,222 --> 00:18:14,993 CAPABLE OF PROVING HOW TO LIVE 380 00:18:14,993 --> 00:18:20,466 ON OTHER WORLDS. 381 00:18:20,466 --> 00:18:35,781 >> FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS OF 382 00:18:35,781 --> 00:18:36,582 PEACEFUL EXPLORATION TO SEND A 383 00:18:36,582 --> 00:18:39,184 NEW GENERATION TO THE LUNAR 384 00:18:39,184 --> 00:18:39,651 SURFACE TO STAY. 385 00:18:39,651 --> 00:18:40,385 >> WE'LL ANCHOR OUR EFFORTS TO 386 00:18:40,385 --> 00:18:41,086 ESTABLISH ARTEMIS SPACE CAMP. 387 00:18:41,086 --> 00:18:41,820 THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR LONG 388 00:18:41,820 --> 00:18:42,554 TERM SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION OF 389 00:18:42,554 --> 00:18:43,055 THE LUNAR SURFACE. 390 00:18:43,055 --> 00:18:46,091 >> WE'LL ASSEMBLE A COMPLEX SHIP 391 00:18:46,091 --> 00:18:47,826 >> AND PERFECT IT. 392 00:18:47,826 --> 00:18:51,497 >> WE'LL LEARN HOW HUMANS CAN 393 00:18:51,497 --> 00:18:55,734 SURVIVE AND THRIVE IN PASCHALL 394 00:18:55,734 --> 00:19:01,540 GRAVITY ENVIRONMENT. 395 00:19:01,540 --> 00:19:07,846 >> WE'LL LEARN HOW TO FLY 396 00:19:07,846 --> 00:19:13,418 STARTING WITH DRINKABLE WATER. 397 00:19:13,418 --> 00:19:15,154 >> WE'LL ESTABLISH POWER PLANTS 398 00:19:15,154 --> 00:19:16,688 ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON 399 00:19:16,688 --> 00:19:22,194 CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING EFFORTS. 400 00:19:22,194 --> 00:19:24,997 >> AND WE'LL ENABLE COMMERCIAL 401 00:19:24,997 --> 00:19:26,231 AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS 402 00:19:26,231 --> 00:19:30,736 >> TO RESUPPLY AND REFUEL EACH 403 00:19:30,736 --> 00:19:31,103 OUTPOST. 404 00:19:31,103 --> 00:19:35,073 >> NONE OF THIS IS SIMPLE OR 405 00:19:35,073 --> 00:19:35,374 EASY. 406 00:19:35,374 --> 00:19:38,010 BUT NOTHING IN OUR HISTORY EVER 407 00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:38,510 HAS BEEN. 408 00:19:38,510 --> 00:19:45,517 >> WE GOT A BUNCH OF GUYS -- 409 00:19:45,517 --> 00:19:47,586 >> THIS KIND OF IS A NATURAL 410 00:19:47,586 --> 00:19:51,223 EXTENSION OF ALL WE LEARNED IN 411 00:19:51,223 --> 00:20:14,246 LOW EARTH ORBIT. 412 00:20:14,246 --> 00:20:20,085 WE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO TAKE 413 00:20:20,085 --> 00:20:28,327 THE NEXT STEP. 414 00:20:28,327 --> 00:20:29,828 EVERYONE TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR 415 00:20:29,828 --> 00:20:31,396 SCREEN RIGHT NOW. 416 00:20:31,396 --> 00:20:32,631 THAT RIGHT THERE IS SLS AND 417 00:20:32,631 --> 00:20:34,533 ORION AND IT IS OUTSIDE OF THE 418 00:20:34,533 --> 00:20:37,469 VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING FOR 419 00:20:37,469 --> 00:20:39,638 THE FIRST TIME EVER. 420 00:20:39,638 --> 00:20:47,012 IT IS GIVING ME GOOSEBUMPS 421 00:20:47,012 --> 00:20:47,646 SEEING IT POISED THERE. 422 00:20:47,646 --> 00:20:48,413 THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT AND 423 00:20:48,413 --> 00:20:48,814 BIG MOMENT. 424 00:20:48,814 --> 00:20:49,581 WE WILL REMEMBER THIS DAY FOR A 425 00:20:49,581 --> 00:20:50,315 VERY, VERY, VERY LONG TIME. 426 00:20:50,315 --> 00:20:51,316 AGAIN, THAT'S WIDE SHOT WE HAVE 427 00:20:51,316 --> 00:20:51,617 THERE. 428 00:20:51,617 --> 00:20:53,151 YOU CAN SEE IT OUTSIDE. 429 00:20:53,151 --> 00:20:55,354 AGAIN, THAT ICONIC VEHICLE 430 00:20:55,354 --> 00:20:57,522 ASSEMBLY BUILDING. 431 00:20:57,522 --> 00:20:58,690 WE HAVE SEEN APOLLO ROCKETS OUT 432 00:20:58,690 --> 00:21:00,325 OF THERE AND WE HAVE SEEN 433 00:21:00,325 --> 00:21:01,793 SHUTTLES COME OUT OF THERE AND 434 00:21:01,793 --> 00:21:04,329 NOW IT IS TIME FOR SLS AND 435 00:21:04,329 --> 00:21:05,163 ORION. 436 00:21:05,163 --> 00:21:06,865 CREWS ARE MOVING TO THE PAD 437 00:21:06,865 --> 00:21:08,967 TODAY FOR A CRITICAL TEST THAT 438 00:21:08,967 --> 00:21:11,136 WILL TAKE PLACE IN TWO WEEKS AND 439 00:21:11,136 --> 00:21:12,204 JOINING ME NOW TO TALK ABOUT 440 00:21:12,204 --> 00:21:13,438 THAT IS CLINT. 441 00:21:13,438 --> 00:21:14,773 HE'S THE SENIOR VEHICLE 442 00:21:14,773 --> 00:21:18,043 OPERATIONS MANAGER AND ALSO WITH 443 00:21:18,043 --> 00:21:18,877 NASA'S KENNEDY. 444 00:21:18,877 --> 00:21:20,445 WHAT AN EXCITING DAY. 445 00:21:20,445 --> 00:21:21,780 >> YOU CAN'T IMAGINE FOR THIS 446 00:21:21,780 --> 00:21:22,080 TEAM. 447 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,750 WE HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD 448 00:21:24,750 --> 00:21:26,718 OVER THE LAST 14 MONTHS TO GET 449 00:21:26,718 --> 00:21:27,786 TO THIS POINT. 450 00:21:27,786 --> 00:21:29,855 AND THE TEAM IS BEYOND EXCITED. 451 00:21:29,855 --> 00:21:32,157 WE'RE READY TO GET OUT TO THE 452 00:21:32,157 --> 00:21:32,724 PAD. 453 00:21:32,724 --> 00:21:34,826 21 MILLION POUNDS OF HARDWARE 454 00:21:34,826 --> 00:21:35,827 BETWEEN THE CRAWLER AND THE 455 00:21:35,827 --> 00:21:37,996 NOBLE LAUNCHER AND ARTEMIS 456 00:21:37,996 --> 00:21:38,830 HEADED OUT TO THE PAD SO WE'RE 457 00:21:38,830 --> 00:21:40,165 READY TO GO. 458 00:21:40,165 --> 00:21:40,465 THE 459 00:21:40,465 --> 00:21:41,333 >> THIS MUST MEAN SO MUCH TO 460 00:21:41,333 --> 00:21:42,834 YOUR TEAM. 461 00:21:42,834 --> 00:21:44,403 YOU GUYS ARE IN CHARGE OF 462 00:21:44,403 --> 00:21:44,803 EVERYTHING. 463 00:21:44,803 --> 00:21:45,137 RIGHT? 464 00:21:45,137 --> 00:21:48,140 TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT YOU DO. 465 00:21:48,140 --> 00:21:49,541 >> EXPLORATION GROUND STEMS IS 466 00:21:49,541 --> 00:21:51,376 ONE OF THE 3 SISTER PROGRAMS IS 467 00:21:51,376 --> 00:21:52,210 RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING US BACK 468 00:21:52,210 --> 00:21:53,378 TOO THE MOON. 469 00:21:53,378 --> 00:21:54,880 FROM OUR STANDPOINT WE ARE 470 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:56,214 RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF 471 00:21:56,214 --> 00:22:00,352 THE PAD, THE MOBILE LAUNCHER, 472 00:22:00,352 --> 00:22:02,154 THE CRAWLER AND DOING ALL THE 473 00:22:02,154 --> 00:22:03,288 FACILITIES AND THE GROUND 474 00:22:03,288 --> 00:22:05,023 SUPPORT EQUIPMENT THAT'S 475 00:22:05,023 --> 00:22:06,625 RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPORTING 476 00:22:06,625 --> 00:22:08,193 BUILD-UP AND TESTING OF THE 477 00:22:08,193 --> 00:22:08,527 ROCKET. 478 00:22:08,527 --> 00:22:10,329 WE DO THAT AND IN ADDITION TO 479 00:22:10,329 --> 00:22:14,499 THAT WE'RE RESPONSE BE A FOR 480 00:22:14,499 --> 00:22:15,233 OPERATIONS AND CHECK OUT AND 481 00:22:15,233 --> 00:22:17,202 LAUNCHING THE ROCKET AND ALSO 482 00:22:17,202 --> 00:22:19,004 RESPONSIBLE FOR RECOVERY OF THE 483 00:22:19,004 --> 00:22:20,639 CREW MODULE OUT IN THE PACIFIC 484 00:22:20,639 --> 00:22:21,373 AFTER SPLASHDOWN. 485 00:22:21,373 --> 00:22:23,108 >> SO THIS IS THE START OF A LOT 486 00:22:23,108 --> 00:22:24,509 THAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO. 487 00:22:24,509 --> 00:22:25,277 THAT'S WONDERFUL. 488 00:22:25,277 --> 00:22:27,179 AND YOU KNOW NOW THE ROCKET IS 489 00:22:27,179 --> 00:22:29,581 ON ITS WAY TO HISTORIC LAUNCH 490 00:22:29,581 --> 00:22:30,515 PAD 39B. 491 00:22:30,515 --> 00:22:32,617 A LOT OF RICH HISTORY THERE. 492 00:22:32,617 --> 00:22:37,122 >> ABSOLUTELY. 493 00:22:37,122 --> 00:22:37,989 39B WHERE APOLLO 10 AND 494 00:22:37,989 --> 00:22:39,725 PRECURSOR FOR APOLLO 11 THE 495 00:22:39,725 --> 00:22:42,094 FIRST MOON LANDING STARTED AND 3 496 00:22:42,094 --> 00:22:45,664 SKY LAWN AND OFS AND 51 SHUTTLE 497 00:22:45,664 --> 00:22:47,499 LAUNCHES AND A TEST LAUNCH SO A 498 00:22:47,499 --> 00:22:50,001 LOT HAS OCCURRED OUT THERE. 499 00:22:50,001 --> 00:22:52,003 >> IT'S HEAD OUT THERE FOR A WET 500 00:22:52,003 --> 00:22:53,071 DRESS REHEARSAL. 501 00:22:53,071 --> 00:22:56,942 >> IT'S A MAJOR TEST FOR US 502 00:22:56,942 --> 00:23:00,412 WHERE WE LOAD OVER 700,000 503 00:23:00,412 --> 00:23:22,601 GALLONS OF PER PEL ENCOUNTER. 504 00:23:22,601 --> 00:23:25,337 YOU THEY'LL COUNT BACK DOWN TO 505 00:23:25,337 --> 00:23:26,671 LESS THAN 10 SECONDS WHEN 506 00:23:26,671 --> 00:23:28,540 THEY'LL STOP AND THAT WILL BE 507 00:23:28,540 --> 00:23:30,008 THE END OF THE TEST. 508 00:23:30,008 --> 00:23:31,376 THEY'LL EVALUATE THE INFORMATION 509 00:23:31,376 --> 00:23:32,043 AND SEE HOW WE DID. 510 00:23:32,043 --> 00:23:35,414 >> YOU GUYS HAVE TO HAVE A 511 00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:38,183 SUCCESSFUL WET DRESS REHESS 512 00:23:38,183 --> 00:23:39,851 HERSL BEFORE WE CAN ANNOUNCE A 513 00:23:39,851 --> 00:23:41,052 DATE FOR ARTEMIS 1. 514 00:23:41,052 --> 00:23:43,822 >> THEY'LL SPEND A WEEK OR TWO 515 00:23:43,822 --> 00:23:46,024 EVALUATING DATA AND THEY'LL KNOW 516 00:23:46,024 --> 00:23:47,859 SOON WE'RE MEETING OUR 517 00:23:47,859 --> 00:23:49,795 OBJECTIVES BUT IT WILL TAKE 1-2 518 00:23:49,795 --> 00:23:51,463 WEEKS BEFORE THEY'LL BE READY TO 519 00:23:51,463 --> 00:23:52,898 SAY, HEY, THE TEST IS FULLY 520 00:23:52,898 --> 00:23:53,665 SUCCESSFUL AND WE'RE READY TO 521 00:23:53,665 --> 00:23:55,200 START THINKING ABOUT SETTING 522 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:55,700 LAUNCH DATE. 523 00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:57,803 >> OKAY. SO TODAY IS BIG DAY 524 00:23:57,803 --> 00:23:59,171 BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING TO THAT 525 00:23:59,171 --> 00:24:01,373 FINAL TEST THAT HOPEFULLY SOON 526 00:24:01,373 --> 00:24:03,341 WE'LL KNOW WHEN ARTEMIS 1 527 00:24:03,341 --> 00:24:03,708 LAUNCHES 528 00:24:03,708 --> 00:24:05,811 >> WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT AND 529 00:24:05,811 --> 00:24:07,579 AGAIN THIS IS THE NEXT BIG 530 00:24:07,579 --> 00:24:08,146 MILESTONE FOR US. 531 00:24:08,146 --> 00:24:09,114 >> GOOD LUCK WITH EVERYTHING AND 532 00:24:09,114 --> 00:24:10,549 GOOD LUCK WITH THE REST OF THE 533 00:24:10,549 --> 00:24:11,950 ROLLOUT AND I'M EXCITED. 534 00:24:11,950 --> 00:24:14,186 I KNOW YOU ARE TOO. 535 00:24:14,186 --> 00:24:15,287 >> I AM TOO. 536 00:24:15,287 --> 00:24:15,687 ABSOLUTELY. 537 00:24:15,687 --> 00:24:16,321 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 538 00:24:16,321 --> 00:24:16,888 I APPRECIATE IT. 539 00:24:16,888 --> 00:24:30,602 WE'RE NOW ABOUT 25 MINUTES INTO 540 00:24:30,602 --> 00:24:31,870 ROLLOUT. 541 00:24:31,870 --> 00:24:32,904 THAT'S THAT STRUCTURE HOLDING UP 542 00:24:32,904 --> 00:24:38,777 THE ROCKET AND THE CAPSULE. 543 00:24:38,777 --> 00:24:43,949 THE MOBILE IT'S GOING TO LEAVE 544 00:24:43,949 --> 00:24:46,151 THE INTEGRATED ROCKET ON THE PAD 545 00:24:46,151 --> 00:24:48,753 BECAUSE THE ML WILL SUPPLY SLS 546 00:24:48,753 --> 00:24:50,856 AND ORION WITH THINGS LIKE 547 00:24:50,856 --> 00:24:52,491 POWER, COMMUNICATIONS AND FUEL 548 00:24:52,491 --> 00:24:53,692 BEFORE LAUNCH. 549 00:24:53,692 --> 00:24:56,027 AND IS THEN SLS WILL LIFT OFF 550 00:24:56,027 --> 00:24:57,896 FROM THE ML. 551 00:24:57,896 --> 00:25:00,198 AND WHEN WE FLY CREW ON LATER 552 00:25:00,198 --> 00:25:01,867 ARTEMIS MISSIONS THEY'LL USE A 553 00:25:01,867 --> 00:25:03,201 WALKWAY CALLED THE CREW ACCESS 554 00:25:03,201 --> 00:25:06,538 ARM ON THE MOBILE LAUNCHER TO 555 00:25:06,538 --> 00:25:07,506 GET INTO ORION. 556 00:25:07,506 --> 00:25:08,773 NOW LIKE THE CRAWLER THERE, A 557 00:25:08,773 --> 00:25:10,742 LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ON THE MOBILE 558 00:25:10,742 --> 00:25:12,844 LAUNCHER RIGHT NOW AND ABOUT 65 559 00:25:12,844 --> 00:25:14,279 PEOPLE ALLOWED TO BE ON THERE 560 00:25:14,279 --> 00:25:15,780 DURING THIS OPERATION AND 561 00:25:15,780 --> 00:25:18,517 THEY'LL GO ON AND OFF AS NEEDED. 562 00:25:18,517 --> 00:25:20,418 PEOPLE LIKE ENGINEERS AND 563 00:25:20,418 --> 00:25:21,553 TECHNICIANS AND SAFETY PERSONNEL 564 00:25:21,553 --> 00:25:23,455 AND TWO ELEVATORS ON THE ML THIS 565 00:25:23,455 --> 00:25:24,656 IS REALLY INTERESTING, THEY'LL 566 00:25:24,656 --> 00:25:27,158 BE TURNED OFF FOR THIS OPERATION 567 00:25:27,158 --> 00:25:28,727 SO IF ANYONE NEEDS TO GO TO THE 568 00:25:28,727 --> 00:25:31,263 VERY TOP THERE, THAT IS GOING TO 569 00:25:31,263 --> 00:25:32,430 BE QUITE THE WALK. 570 00:25:32,430 --> 00:25:33,765 ALL RIGHT, HOW ABOUT WE CHECK 571 00:25:33,765 --> 00:25:35,333 BACK IN WITH THE CROWD OUTSIDE. 572 00:25:35,333 --> 00:25:38,003 WE HAD SOME RAIN YESTERDAY. 573 00:25:38,003 --> 00:25:39,905 BUT LUCKILY THE WEATHER TODAY IS 574 00:25:39,905 --> 00:25:40,272 GORGEOUS. 575 00:25:40,272 --> 00:25:42,607 DRY AND SUNNY AND BEAUTIFUL. 576 00:25:42,607 --> 00:25:44,242 SO MANY PEOPLE EXCITED TO 577 00:25:44,242 --> 00:25:46,111 WITNESS THIS HISTORIC ROLLOUT. 578 00:25:46,111 --> 00:25:48,813 AGAIN I'M TOLD NEARLY 10,000 579 00:25:48,813 --> 00:25:50,582 PEOPLE ARE OUT HERE. MANY OF 580 00:25:50,582 --> 00:25:52,284 THEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER 581 00:25:52,284 --> 00:25:55,854 EMPLOYEES WITH THEIR FAMILY AND 582 00:25:55,854 --> 00:25:56,187 FRIENDS. 583 00:25:56,187 --> 00:26:00,625 WRITE NOW THEY CAN SEE ALL OF 584 00:26:00,625 --> 00:26:01,793 SLS AND ORION AND ITS GLORY AND 585 00:26:01,793 --> 00:26:04,296 IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND IS FOR THOSE 586 00:26:04,296 --> 00:26:09,167 OUT HERE TODAY IT IS A VERY 587 00:26:09,167 --> 00:26:11,469 LUCKY AND BLESSED OPPORTUNITY TO 588 00:26:11,469 --> 00:26:12,637 SEE THIS. 589 00:26:12,637 --> 00:26:15,340 WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM JANET 590 00:26:15,340 --> 00:26:16,408 PETRO OUR KENNEDY SPACE CENTER 591 00:26:16,408 --> 00:26:17,242 DIRECTOR AND AFTER HER WE'LL 592 00:26:17,242 --> 00:26:19,978 HAVE NASA ADMINISTRATOR BILL 593 00:26:19,978 --> 00:26:20,312 NELSON. 594 00:26:20,312 --> 00:26:22,981 BUT FIRST ANOTHER SPECIAL 595 00:26:22,981 --> 00:26:25,550 MUSICAL PERFORMANCE THIS TIME 596 00:26:25,550 --> 00:26:26,351 RETURN TO THE MOON AN 0 HOMAGE 597 00:26:26,351 --> 00:26:29,154 TO ARTEMIS PERFORMED BY THE 598 00:26:29,154 --> 00:26:32,290 UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA'S 599 00:26:32,290 --> 00:26:33,325 SYMPHONIC BRASS AND PERCUSSION 600 00:26:33,325 --> 00:26:38,830 BAND. 601 00:30:47,879 --> 00:30:48,847 [APPLAUSE] 602 00:30:48,847 --> 00:30:51,549 >> WELL, GOOD EVENING, KENNEDY 603 00:30:51,549 --> 00:30:52,283 SPACE CENTER. 604 00:30:52,283 --> 00:30:54,219 THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US FOR 605 00:30:54,219 --> 00:30:57,188 THIS HISTORIC EVENT AND IS I 606 00:30:57,188 --> 00:30:58,823 THINK AN EMOTIONAL EVENT FOR A 607 00:30:58,823 --> 00:31:00,258 LOFT US OUT HERE TODAY. 608 00:31:00,258 --> 00:31:02,927 I'M SO HAPPY THAT SO MANY 609 00:31:02,927 --> 00:31:05,496 JOINING US TODAY WITH OUR 610 00:31:05,496 --> 00:31:07,866 WORKFORCE, OUR LOVED ONES ARE 611 00:31:07,866 --> 00:31:09,968 JOINING US OUT HERE TODAY AND SO 612 00:31:09,968 --> 00:31:11,336 MANY OF YOU MADE SO MANY 613 00:31:11,336 --> 00:31:13,438 SACRIFICES TO GET TO THIS 614 00:31:13,438 --> 00:31:14,005 MILESTONE. 615 00:31:14,005 --> 00:31:16,774 THIS YEAR KENNEDY SPACE CENTER 616 00:31:16,774 --> 00:31:19,444 CELEBRATES 60 YEARS SUPPORTING 617 00:31:19,444 --> 00:31:20,378 AMERICAN SPACE 3R578. 618 00:31:20,378 --> 00:31:23,047 AS WE TAKE SOME TIME TO REFLECT 619 00:31:23,047 --> 00:31:30,154 ON THE 6 DECADES OF SCIENCE AND 620 00:31:30,154 --> 00:31:31,289 EXPLORATION IT SEEMS FITTING 621 00:31:31,289 --> 00:31:33,458 THAT WE LOOK AHEAD OUR FIRST 622 00:31:33,458 --> 00:31:34,859 STEP TO RETURNING TO THE MOON. 623 00:31:34,859 --> 00:31:37,128 YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE VEHICLE 624 00:31:37,128 --> 00:31:38,429 THAT HAS CARRIED HUMANS BEYOND 625 00:31:38,429 --> 00:31:40,832 THE BOUNDS OF LOWER EARTH ORBIT 626 00:31:40,832 --> 00:31:44,535 HAS UNDERGONE INTEGRATION AND 627 00:31:44,535 --> 00:31:53,678 TESTING IN THAT VEHICLE ASSEMBLY 628 00:31:53,678 --> 00:31:55,446 BUILDING. 629 00:31:55,446 --> 00:31:57,181 AFTER YEARS OF METICULOUS 630 00:31:57,181 --> 00:31:59,884 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND 631 00:31:59,884 --> 00:32:00,919 TESTING SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM 632 00:32:00,919 --> 00:32:03,421 MATED WITH THE ORION SPATE CRAFT 633 00:32:03,421 --> 00:32:04,522 WILL CONTINUE THIS PROUD 634 00:32:04,522 --> 00:32:05,990 TRADITION LEAVING THE VAB AS YOU 635 00:32:05,990 --> 00:32:07,692 SEE IN FRONT OF YOU TO MAKE ITS 636 00:32:07,692 --> 00:32:10,762 WAY TO THE PAD FOR THE VERY 637 00:32:10,762 --> 00:32:11,763 FIRST TIME. 638 00:32:11,763 --> 00:32:13,631 JUST AS ALL PRIORITIZE ARE ON 639 00:32:13,631 --> 00:32:16,634 THE SLS TONIGHT AS IT MAKES ITS 640 00:32:16,634 --> 00:32:18,403 JOURNEY IN A FEW SHORT WEEKS ALL 641 00:32:18,403 --> 00:32:19,837 EYES WILL BE ON THE SKY AS IT 642 00:32:19,837 --> 00:32:22,540 ROCKS THE SPACE COAST AND TAKES 643 00:32:22,540 --> 00:32:24,142 ITS MAIDEN FLIGHT AROUND THE 644 00:32:24,142 --> 00:32:26,110 MOON AND IS THEN COMES BACK. 645 00:32:26,110 --> 00:32:27,946 YOU KNOW, 60 YEARS AGO KENNEDY 646 00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:29,447 SPACE CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED TO 647 00:32:29,447 --> 00:32:31,382 MEET THE CHALLENGE OF LANDING A 648 00:32:31,382 --> 00:32:33,084 MAN ON THE MOON AND RETURNING 649 00:32:33,084 --> 00:32:35,420 HIM SAFELY TO EARTH. 650 00:32:35,420 --> 00:32:37,689 THROUGH ARTEMIS WE WILL SEE THE 651 00:32:37,689 --> 00:32:40,124 FIRST WOMAN AND THE FIRST PERSON 652 00:32:40,124 --> 00:32:42,393 OF COLOR ON THE LUNAR SURFACE. 653 00:32:42,393 --> 00:32:44,262 WE'LL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THE 654 00:32:44,262 --> 00:32:46,631 SCIENCE NECESSARY FOR A LONG 655 00:32:46,631 --> 00:32:49,033 TERM HUMAN PRESENCE IN DEEP 656 00:32:49,033 --> 00:32:51,536 SKPAEUS UTILIZE THIS KNOWLEDGE 657 00:32:51,536 --> 00:32:53,071 TO PREPARE FOR FUTURE HUMAN 658 00:32:53,071 --> 00:32:54,272 MISSIONS TO MARS. 659 00:32:54,272 --> 00:32:56,474 TODAY WE HONOR THAT LEGACY. 660 00:32:56,474 --> 00:32:59,510 FOR THOSE WHO PAVE THE WAY 661 00:32:59,510 --> 00:33:01,946 BEFORE US AND AS WE BLAZE A NEW 662 00:33:01,946 --> 00:33:03,481 TRAIL AND CONTRIBUTE TO A NEW 663 00:33:03,481 --> 00:33:06,384 CHAPTER IN OUR HISTORY OF OUR 664 00:33:06,384 --> 00:33:08,419 NATION AND OF THIS AGENCY, IT'S 665 00:33:08,419 --> 00:33:10,621 NOW MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE YOU 666 00:33:10,621 --> 00:33:12,824 TONIGHT TO SOMEONE WHO HAS 667 00:33:12,824 --> 00:33:14,625 SERVED IN PUBLIC OFFICE FOR OVER 668 00:33:14,625 --> 00:33:16,961 4 DECADES FIRST IN THE STATE 669 00:33:16,961 --> 00:33:18,529 LEGISLATURE AND THEN AS A 670 00:33:18,529 --> 00:33:19,897 CONGRESSMAN AND THEN AS A STATE 671 00:33:19,897 --> 00:33:23,601 TREASURE AND ELECTED 3 TIMES TO 672 00:33:23,601 --> 00:33:25,236 THE UNITED STATES SENATE AND IS 673 00:33:25,236 --> 00:33:27,705 REPRESENTS MY HOME STATE OF 674 00:33:27,705 --> 00:33:30,675 FLORIDA FOR 18 YEARS AND IN 1986 675 00:33:30,675 --> 00:33:33,378 HE FLEW ON THE 24TH FLIGHT OF 676 00:33:33,378 --> 00:33:35,947 THE SPACE SHUTTLE WHERE HE 677 00:33:35,947 --> 00:33:44,489 SERVED AS A PAYLOAD SPECIALIST 678 00:33:44,489 --> 00:33:49,427 STS 61 ABOARD SPACE SHUTTLE 679 00:33:49,427 --> 00:33:53,564 COLUMN PIA. 680 00:33:53,564 --> 00:33:56,834 PLEASE HELP ME IN WELCOMING OUR 681 00:33:56,834 --> 00:34:02,874 NASA ADMINISTRATOR SENATOR BILL 682 00:34:02,874 --> 00:34:03,207 NELSON. 683 00:34:03,207 --> 00:34:03,908 [APPLAUSE] 684 00:34:03,908 --> 00:34:04,842 PUSH 685 00:34:04,842 --> 00:34:08,146 >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE 686 00:34:08,146 --> 00:34:14,152 WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL ROCKET 687 00:34:14,152 --> 00:34:26,564 EVER RIGHT HERE. AND THEN IT'S 688 00:34:26,564 --> 00:34:29,133 BACK TO THE MOON AND THEN ON TO 689 00:34:29,133 --> 00:34:29,634 MARS. 690 00:34:29,634 --> 00:34:31,836 LET'S HERE IT FOR THE MUSICIANS 691 00:34:31,836 --> 00:34:36,541 FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL 692 00:34:36,541 --> 00:34:36,874 FLORIDA. 693 00:34:36,874 --> 00:34:38,009 [APPLAUSE] 694 00:34:38,009 --> 00:34:41,512 I WANT TO GIVE SHUTOUT TO THE 695 00:34:41,512 --> 00:34:45,049 MORE THAN 2 DOZEN MEMBERS OF THE 696 00:34:45,049 --> 00:34:46,451 CRAWLER TRANSPORTER TEAM. 697 00:34:46,451 --> 00:34:50,721 THEY ARE TRANSPORTING SLS OUT TO 698 00:34:50,721 --> 00:34:53,791 THE LAUNCH PAD AND THE TEAM IS 699 00:34:53,791 --> 00:34:57,728 LEAD BY BOB MEYERS WHO IS AT THE 700 00:34:57,728 --> 00:35:01,499 WHEEL OF THE CRAWLER. 701 00:35:01,499 --> 00:35:03,634 ACROSS THE NATION OUR SACRED 702 00:35:03,634 --> 00:35:05,103 SIGHTS THAT CAPTURE THE SPIRIT 703 00:35:05,103 --> 00:35:09,373 OF AMERICAN'S CHARACTER AND ONE 704 00:35:09,373 --> 00:35:10,208 OF THOSE PLACES IS RIGHT HERE 705 00:35:10,208 --> 00:35:11,642 THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 706 00:35:11,642 --> 00:35:14,312 AT THESE LAUNCH PADS REMARKABLE 707 00:35:14,312 --> 00:35:17,782 INDIVIDUALS ACHIEVE UNTHINKABLE 708 00:35:17,782 --> 00:35:18,449 THINGS. 709 00:35:18,449 --> 00:35:21,085 60 YEARS AGO AN AMERICAN PIONEER 710 00:35:21,085 --> 00:35:24,989 PROPELLED UPWARDS TO THE HEAVENS 711 00:35:24,989 --> 00:35:29,427 FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX 14 AND THAT 712 00:35:29,427 --> 00:35:34,866 LEGENDARY EXPLORER IS JOHN 713 00:35:34,866 --> 00:35:35,166 GLENN. 714 00:35:35,166 --> 00:35:38,836 THAT SPACECRAFT FRIENDSHIP 7 715 00:35:38,836 --> 00:35:40,438 ORBITED THE EARTH 3 TIMES. 716 00:35:40,438 --> 00:35:43,808 AND THAT WAS THE DAY THAT 717 00:35:43,808 --> 00:35:47,145 AMERICA'S SPACE PROGRAM WENT 718 00:35:47,145 --> 00:35:48,246 FULL THROTTLE. 719 00:35:48,246 --> 00:35:50,982 IT GAVE WAY TO THE APOLLO 720 00:35:50,982 --> 00:35:51,749 GENERATION. 721 00:35:51,749 --> 00:35:53,918 THAT NOT ONLY LANDED THE FIRST 722 00:35:53,918 --> 00:35:55,920 HUMANS ON THE MOON, BUT PROVIDED 723 00:35:55,920 --> 00:36:00,024 THE SPARK THAT FUELS TODAY'S 724 00:36:00,024 --> 00:36:01,759 MULTIBILLION DOLLAR SATELLITE 725 00:36:01,759 --> 00:36:02,126 INDUSTRY. 726 00:36:02,126 --> 00:36:05,563 IT ENCOURAGED YOUNG VISIONARIES 727 00:36:05,563 --> 00:36:09,000 AND KICKED OFF A TECHNOLOGY 728 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:10,568 REVOLUTION, THE MODERN COMPUTING 729 00:36:10,568 --> 00:36:14,238 ERA IS ONE EXAMPLE. 730 00:36:14,238 --> 00:36:16,607 AND WE ARE VERY PRIVILEGED TO 731 00:36:16,607 --> 00:36:22,880 HAVE ONE OF THOSE APOLLO 732 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:24,115 ASTRONAUTS WITH US, GENERAL TOM 733 00:36:24,115 --> 00:36:27,084 STAFFORD, APOLLO 10. 734 00:36:27,084 --> 00:36:34,792 [APPLAUSE] 735 00:36:34,792 --> 00:36:37,061 >> TODAY A NEW GENERATION, NOT 736 00:36:37,061 --> 00:36:41,299 THE APOLLO GENERATION, BUT IT'S 737 00:36:41,299 --> 00:36:43,234 THE ARTEMIS GENERATION, IS 738 00:36:43,234 --> 00:36:45,570 PREPARING TO REACH NEW 739 00:36:45,570 --> 00:36:46,337 FRONTIERS. 740 00:36:46,337 --> 00:36:48,105 THIS GENERATION WILL RETURN 741 00:36:48,105 --> 00:36:51,142 ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON AND IS 742 00:36:51,142 --> 00:36:52,777 THIS TIME WE WILL LAND THE FIRST 743 00:36:52,777 --> 00:36:54,912 WOMAN AND THE FIRST PERSON OF 744 00:36:54,912 --> 00:36:57,615 COLOR ON THE SURFACE TO CONDUCT 745 00:36:57,615 --> 00:37:00,384 GROUND BREAKING SCIENCE. 746 00:37:00,384 --> 00:37:02,453 NASA'S ARTEMIS PROGRAM WILL PAVE 747 00:37:02,453 --> 00:37:06,457 THE WAY FOR HUMANITY'S GIANT 748 00:37:06,457 --> 00:37:08,025 LEAP. 749 00:37:08,025 --> 00:37:09,894 FUTURE MISSIONS TO MARS. 750 00:37:09,894 --> 00:37:12,263 THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT WE ARE IN 751 00:37:12,263 --> 00:37:17,768 A GOLDEN ERA OF HUMAN SPACE 752 00:37:17,768 --> 00:37:21,305 EXPLORATION, DISCOVERY AND IS 753 00:37:21,305 --> 00:37:22,707 INGENUITY IN SPACE. 754 00:37:22,707 --> 00:37:26,010 AND IT ALL BEGINS WITH ARTEMIS 755 00:37:26,010 --> 00:37:26,244 1. 756 00:37:26,244 --> 00:37:27,545 THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM IS THE 757 00:37:27,545 --> 00:37:30,915 ONLY ROCKET CAPABLE OF SENDING 758 00:37:30,915 --> 00:37:32,550 HUMANS INTO DEEP SPACE AND THE 759 00:37:32,550 --> 00:37:35,853 MOST POWERFUL ROCKET IN THE 760 00:37:35,853 --> 00:37:36,187 WORLD. 761 00:37:36,187 --> 00:37:38,623 AND DURING LIFTOFF IT WILL 762 00:37:38,623 --> 00:37:41,726 PRODUCE 8.8 MILLION POUNDS OF 763 00:37:41,726 --> 00:37:45,663 THRUST PROPELLING THE ORION 764 00:37:45,663 --> 00:37:50,601 SPACECRAFT ABOUT 240,000 MILES 765 00:37:50,601 --> 00:38:22,466 TO THE MOON. 766 00:38:22,466 --> 00:38:23,934 IT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT 767 00:38:23,934 --> 00:38:25,736 ALL OF YOU HERE TODAY. 768 00:38:25,736 --> 00:38:28,072 WE ARE JOINED BY THOUSANDS OF 769 00:38:28,072 --> 00:38:31,442 MEMBERS OF THE NASA FAMILY. 770 00:38:31,442 --> 00:38:34,745 IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU THAT WE ARE 771 00:38:34,745 --> 00:38:36,614 HERE TODAY. 772 00:38:36,614 --> 00:38:41,118 OUR WORKFORCE HAS BEEN A 773 00:38:41,118 --> 00:38:43,187 RELENTLESS SPIRIT. 774 00:38:43,187 --> 00:38:44,755 WE IMAGINE. 775 00:38:44,755 --> 00:38:45,289 WE BUILD. 776 00:38:45,289 --> 00:38:47,625 WE NEVER STOP PUSHING THE 777 00:38:47,625 --> 00:38:51,996 ENVELOPE OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE. 778 00:38:51,996 --> 00:38:58,135 I OFTEN SAY THAT AT NASA, THE 779 00:38:58,135 --> 00:38:59,937 IMPOSSIBLE IS MADE POSSIBLE. 780 00:38:59,937 --> 00:39:04,375 ARTEMIS 1 WILL DEMONSTRATE 781 00:39:04,375 --> 00:39:06,777 NASA'S COMMITMENT AND CAPACITY 782 00:39:06,777 --> 00:39:08,479 TO EXTEND HUMANITY'S PRESENCE ON 783 00:39:08,479 --> 00:39:09,580 THE MOON AND BEYOND. 784 00:39:09,580 --> 00:39:21,992 BUT THIS MISSION IS NOT JUST 785 00:39:21,992 --> 00:39:22,793 DOING THAT IT'S SHOWING THE 786 00:39:22,793 --> 00:39:33,003 MIGHT AND SUPPORTING THE UTS AND 787 00:39:33,003 --> 00:39:33,637 KHRAOEU KHRAOE /* /* 788 00:39:35,139 --> 00:39:36,807 ARTEMIS 1 IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF 789 00:39:36,807 --> 00:39:39,377 THE CON RIB PWAOUGSZ OF ALL 50 790 00:39:39,377 --> 00:39:40,411 STATES AND IT'S AN ECONOMIC 791 00:39:40,411 --> 00:39:41,178 ENGINE FOR AMERICA. 792 00:39:41,178 --> 00:39:46,450 IN 2019 ALONE IT GENERATED 793 00:39:46,450 --> 00:39:49,620 $14 BILLION AND SUPPORTED 70,000 794 00:39:49,620 --> 00:39:55,426 GOOD PAYING JOBS ACROSS THE 795 00:39:55,426 --> 00:39:55,760 COUNTRY. 796 00:39:55,760 --> 00:40:00,364 BUT TO LEAN IN THE 21ST CENTURY 797 00:40:00,364 --> 00:40:02,666 AMERICA MUST NOT GO ALONE. 798 00:40:02,666 --> 00:40:06,103 WE MUST ACCOMPLISH IT TOGETHER. 799 00:40:06,103 --> 00:40:08,305 ARTEMIS REPRESENTS GLOBAL 800 00:40:08,305 --> 00:40:10,274 AMBITIONS AND PARTICIPATION FROM 801 00:40:10,274 --> 00:40:12,443 5 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS. 802 00:40:12,443 --> 00:40:13,844 EUROPEAN SPACE ENERGY PROVIDES 803 00:40:13,844 --> 00:40:16,213 THE EUROPEAN MODULE, THE 804 00:40:16,213 --> 00:40:18,883 POWERHOUSE OF THE ORION 805 00:40:18,883 --> 00:40:21,919 SPACECRAFT THAT PROVIDES 806 00:40:21,919 --> 00:40:23,587 ELECTRICITY, PROPULSION AND 807 00:40:23,587 --> 00:40:29,427 THERMAL CONTROL, AIR AND WATER 808 00:40:29,427 --> 00:40:33,063 ORION IN SPACE. 809 00:40:33,063 --> 00:40:35,766 THIS IS FOR THE FUTURE ARTEMIS 810 00:40:35,766 --> 00:40:36,801 MISSIONS AS WELL. 811 00:40:36,801 --> 00:40:38,702 AND THAT HE JUST THE BEGINNING. 812 00:40:38,702 --> 00:40:43,407 THANKS TO THE INTERNATIONAL 813 00:40:43,407 --> 00:40:45,910 COLLABORATION, 3 SO-CALLED 814 00:40:45,910 --> 00:40:54,885 PASSENGERS WILL FLY ON ORION. 815 00:40:54,885 --> 00:40:59,490 ZOHAR AND HELGA ARE TWO FEMALE 816 00:40:59,490 --> 00:40:59,890 MANNEQUINS. 817 00:40:59,890 --> 00:41:02,993 THEIR JOBS ARE TO PROVIDE DATA 818 00:41:02,993 --> 00:41:06,197 ON RADIATION LEVELS DURING THE 819 00:41:06,197 --> 00:41:07,198 MISSION. 820 00:41:07,198 --> 00:41:10,167 THE THIRD PASSENGER KNOW IS A 821 00:41:10,167 --> 00:41:12,736 MALE MANNEQUIN WHOSE NAME WAS 822 00:41:12,736 --> 00:41:14,905 DECIDED BY MORE THAN 300,000 823 00:41:14,905 --> 00:41:19,977 PEOPLE IN A NAMING CONTEST AND 824 00:41:19,977 --> 00:41:30,187 HIS NAME IS COMMANDER MUINIKAN 825 00:41:30,187 --> 00:41:32,289 CAMPOS. 826 00:41:32,289 --> 00:41:37,394 NAMED AFTER ARTURO CAMPOS. 827 00:41:37,394 --> 00:41:39,196 THE AND A SURPRISE. 828 00:41:39,196 --> 00:41:43,501 SNOOPY AND HIS ORANGE SPACE SUIT 829 00:41:43,501 --> 00:41:44,869 WILL HITCH A RIDE. 830 00:41:44,869 --> 00:41:45,302 [APPLAUSE] 831 00:41:45,302 --> 00:41:46,871 >> WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF 832 00:41:46,871 --> 00:41:50,140 ADDITIONAL SPACE ON SLS TO 833 00:41:50,140 --> 00:41:53,344 LAUNCH SEVERAL CUBESATS IN 834 00:41:53,344 --> 00:41:54,945 COOPERATION WITH JAPAN'S 835 00:41:54,945 --> 00:41:57,448 AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY AND 836 00:41:57,448 --> 00:42:01,652 IS THE ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY. 837 00:42:01,652 --> 00:42:04,121 HUMANITIES DRIVE TO EXPLORE THE 838 00:42:04,121 --> 00:42:08,125 COSMOS IS NOT BOUND BY BORDER. 839 00:42:08,125 --> 00:42:11,395 DISCOVERY STRENGTHENS DIPLOMACY. 840 00:42:11,395 --> 00:42:14,064 THIS MISSION, THIS PROGRAM WILL 841 00:42:14,064 --> 00:42:16,534 BUILD A GLOBAL ALLIANCE THAT 842 00:42:16,534 --> 00:42:21,705 EXPLORES DEEP SPACE FOR THE 843 00:42:21,705 --> 01:00:12,792 BENEFIT OF ALL.