♪♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪♪
>> LIFTOFF CLOCK HAS STARTED.
>> ROGER 0J.
I FEEL FINE.
♪♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪♪
>> THE EAGLE HAS LANDED.
>> ROGER TRANQUILITY WE COP YOU
ON THE GROUND.
>> NEW POSSIBILITIES ARE OPENING
UP FOR SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION
BETWEEN INDUSTRIES.
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>> LIFTOFF.
LIFTOFF.
AMERICAN HAS RETURNED TO SPACE
AS DISCOVERY CLEARS THE TOWER.
>> DISCOVER, GO WITH THROTTLE
UP.
>> IS TAUPE TO DEPLOY.
NICE TO BE IN ORBIT.
WE HAVE FOLLOWED IN THEIR
FOOTSTEPS.
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>> YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE AT
UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE ATLAS
5 ROCKET ON THE LAUNCH PAT AT
SPACE LAUNCH COMPLEX 40 UP WITH
WHERE WE ARE LESS TAN AN HOUR
AWARE FROM BOEING'S STAR LINER
TO THE I WANT NATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
WELCOME TO THE KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER HERE IN FLORIDA, IT'S A
HUMID DAY, HOT DAY.
IT'S A WONDERFUL DAY, WE ARE
LAUNCHING A ROCKET AND WE HAVE
COVERAGE FOR YOU LIVE COVERAGE
OF BOEING'S STARLINER ORBITAL
FLIGHT TEST 2.
I AM JERRY WITH NASA.
>> AND I AM WITH BOEING HEWN
INDICATIONS, BOEING WORKED
THROUGHOUT THE DAY TO GET
STARLINER READY FOR LAUNCH
COMPLEX 41 WHICH IS A FEW MILES
AWAY FROM US.
THE INSTANTANEOUS LAUNCH WINDOW
IS SCHEDULED FOR 6:54 P.M.
EASTERN TIME.
>> THIS IS AN UNCREWED MISSION
THAT WILL TEST THE STARLINER
SPACECRAFT AND ATLAS V ROCKET
BEGINNING WITH LAUNCH AND GOING
TO DOCKING AND UNDOCKING AND
THEN, OF COURSE, A RETURN TO
EARTH.
>> THIS TEST FLIGHT WITH PROVIDE
VALUABLE DATA FOR REGULAR
FLIGHTS WITH ASTRONAUTS.
TO AND FROM THE SPACE STATION.
>> THE NASA ASTRONAUTS ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
WELL TAKE TO THEM.
THIS IS THE ROLL OUT TWO RAIL
CARS PULLING THE CONVOY AND THE
NOBLE LAUNCH PLATFORM ALONG WITH
THE ROCKET AND STARLINER
SPACECRAFT FROM THE VERTICAL
INTEGRATION FACILITY IT OUT TO
THE LAUNCH PAD.
WHAT A JOURNEY, IT TAKES 20
MINUTES TO TRAVEL THAT 1/3 OF A
MILE.
THE ATLAS V ROCKET THERE, WHAT A
GREAT SHOT STANDING 172 FEET
TALL OR ABOUT 52-METER ANDS
WEIGHS 979,000 POUNDS OR 444,00.
THAT'S A HEAVY ROCKET.
FAST FORWARD TO TODAY YOU CAN
SEE THERE FROM THE LIVE SHOT IN
PREPARATION FOR LAUNCH, BOTH
STAGE OF THE ATLAS V ROCKET WERE
FUELED UP WITH PROPELLANT AND
THAT HAPPENED JUST A FEW HOURS
AGO.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM SOME OF
OUR VIEWS PROVIDEED FROM OUR
LAUNCH CAMERAS, IT IS A
BEAUTIFUL DAY OUT.
WE HAVE A LOW CLOUD DECK IN THE
AREA.
SOME CLOUDS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED.
WE'LL TALK TO OUR WEATHER
OFFICER ABOUT THAT IN JUST A
BIT.
>> AND EARLIER TODAY, ANOTHER
IMPORTANT SEA LAUNCH MILESTONE
COMPLETED BOEING'S GROUND CREWS
INSIDE THE WHITE ROOM CLOSED THE
HATCH TO STARLINER, ALTHOUGH
THERE IS NO CREW FLYING ON THE
SECOND TEST FLIGHT THE BOEING
CLOSE-OUT CREW IS WORKING AS IF
THERE IS, NOW LET'S CHECK IN
WITH LAUNCH WEATHER OFFICER
BRIAN, WITH THE 45TH SPACE WING.
>> BRIAN, WE HAVE CLOUDS THAT
MOVED IN OVER THE AREA EARLIER
TODAY THE CLOUDS WERE NOT THERE
WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LOOKING
GOOD.
BUT THEN WE START TODAY SEE SOME
CLOUD COVERING AND I CAN SEE IN
THE BACKGROUND THERE THAT YOU
ARE TRACKING THAT.
>> YES, DARROL, YOU ARE RIGHT
AND ACTUALLY THE HIGH CLOUDS
THAT MOVED IN, YOU ARE SEEING
THAT FILTERED SUNSHINE BEHIND
YOU RIGHT NOW.
THOSE ACTUALLY REALLY HELP FOR
OUR LAUNCH CONDITION TODAY, AND
LET ME EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE
BIT.
WE HAD THIS HIGH UPPER LEVEL
CLOUD DECK, ZERO STRATUS CLOUDS
THAT ARE MOVING IN TO THE AREA.
AND THAT ACTUALLY LIMITED THE
AMOUNT OF SURFACE HEAT THAT GO
WE GOT THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND
THAT'S HOW THE ATMOSPHERE HEATS
UP, IT'S ALMOST LICK A
BOILERPLATE FROM THE BOTTOM, SO
THE SURFACE HEATS AND THAT HELPS
BUBBLE UP SOME OF THOSE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WE SEE SO
OFTEN HERE IN FLORIDA IN THE
SUMMERTIME.
BUT AS I MENTIONED THE CLOUDS
HELP LIMIT THE MING AND A LOT
LESS SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
COVERAGE THAN WE WOULD HAVE
OTHERWISE SEEN THROUGHOUT TODAY.
IF YOU LOOK A LITTLE BIT FARTHER
SOUTH, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THERE
WAS LESS OF THOSE UPPER LEVEL
CLOUDS WITH MORE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING.
LEADING TO GOOD LAUNCH
CONDITIONS TODAY MY COLLEAGUE
WILL JUST BRIEFED THE TEAM ON
ITS ONE-HOUR WEATHER BRIEF THAT
THE PROBABILITY OF GO IS NOW
90%.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE LAUNCH
FORECAST, A 90% CHANCE OF GO.
THE CURRENT WEATHER STATUS IS
GO.
AND A 90% CHANCE THAT WE REMAIN
GO THROUGHOUT THE COUNT AND IN
TO T0.
OVERALL CONDITIONS ARE LOOKING
GOOD.
ALL THE WEATHER RULES ARE BOTH
FOR NATURAL AND TRIGGER LIGHTING
AND EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD
AS WE HEAD CLOSER TO T-0.
>> THAT'S A GREAT UPDATE.
WE'LL CHECK IN WITH YOU LATER
FOR THEIR L-MINUTE US 30
BRIEFING BY WILL TO THE LAUNCH
TEAM.
THERE IS A DISTANT SHOT OF THE
LAUNCH BAD, SLICK 41 AS THEY
CALL IT.
WE ARE L MIND US 48 MINUTES AND
COUNTING.
A FEW MILES FROM SUS OUR TEAM OF
COMMENTATOR AT THE ATLAS SPACE
FLIGHT OPERATION CENTER, HIS HE
ENING IN TO THE LAUNCH
OPERATIONS, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
DYLAN RICE, LAUNCH DIRECTOR
HIMSELF FOR UNITED LAUNCH
ALLIANCE, RECENTLY OVERSAW THE
GOES-IT.
LAUNCH AND LAUREN SEA ARE
SEABROOK THE NEWER EFFORT MEMBER
OF THE BROADCAST, WELCOME TO YOU
BOTH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DARROL,
DYLAN AND I ARE COMING TO YOU
FROM THE HEART OF UL A's
OPERATIONS WHERE WE ARE REALLY
JUST TUCKED IN THE MIDDLE OF
EVERYTHING GOING ON WE ARE
SURROUNDED ON ALL SIDES BY THE
MEN AND WELL, EVENING THAT'S
PREPPING THE ROCKET.
IF YOU LOOK BEHIND US, YOU CAN
SEE US ABOVE ALL THE ACTION
THAT'S HAPPENING DOWN BELOW AND
YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING ON
THE SIDES HERE AS WELL.
GILLAN WHITE DON'T YOU GUFF US
AN UPDATE.
>> ATLAS V IS FUELED AND READY
TO GO.
IT WAS CONNECTED TO THE PROPEL
SANTA STORAGE FARMS AND ALL THE
OTHER ACTIVITIES.
WE POWERED THE ROCKET AND BEGAN
THE FILE CHECKED OF OUR SYSTEM.
IS WRAPPED UP AROUND MOON AND WE
STARTED CRYOGENIC TAKING JUST
BEFORE ONE P.M. IT TAKES UNDER
TWO HOURS TO COMPLETE AND WENT
VERY, VERY SMOOTHLY TODAY.
FOR NOW THE VEHICLE REMAINS IN
STABLE TOPPING AND THE PRELAUNCH
TECHS IS COMPLETED.
ONCE THAT IS WRAPPED UP THE TEAM
WILL CLEAR THE PAD.
THE SECOND FLIGHT OF THE N22
CONFIGURATION.
THE 103rd LAWN.
FROM 6041 AND 100th LAUNCH FOR
ULA OVERALL.
UNIQUELY CAPABLE OF PROVIDING
ALL THE PERFORM AFTERNOONS
REQUIRED FOR STAR LINER'S
MISSION.
>> LET'S LOOK AT VIDEO
RERECORDED ABOUT AN HOUR AGO
FROM OUR WHITE ROOM.
THIS IS WHEN OUR PAT TEAM WAS
WRAPPING UP PRELAUNCH
PROCEDURES, LIKE I SAID, IT
WRAPPED UP ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.
BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
YOU'LL SEE ON YOUR SCREEN HAVE
BEEN HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE
AFTERNOON.
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THINGS LIKE
MAKING SURE THE SWITCHES INSIDE
THE SPACECRAFT WERE ALL IN THE
PROPER POSITION.
THEY REMOVED GROUND SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT THAT WAS NO LONGER
NEEDED FOR STAR LINER.
AND THEY HAVE INSURED THAT ALL
OF THE AIR DUCTS WERE NOT
BLOCKED.
THEY ALSO ARMED THE LAUNCH ABORT
SYSTEMS SWITCH INSIDE THE
SPACECRAFT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THE CREW WILL
DO IN THE FUTURE BUT BECAUSE, OF
COURSE, WE HAVE NO CREW ON BOARD
TODAY, THE PAD TEAM TOOK CARE OF
THAT FOR US.
THEY ALSO CHECKED TO SEE IF THE
GRAVITY INDICATOR WAS CON SIRMD.
AND IT WAS.
THEY PURPOSED THE CABIN TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE HUMIDITY WHAT TESS
RIGHT LEVEL.
ONCE THE HATCH WAS CLOSED THEY
CHECKED FOR LEAKS BY
PRESSURIZING IT.
AND DO THIS BY PUSHING AIR IN TO
THE COP SPIN HOLDING THE
PRESSURE FOR 10 MINUTES, IT'S
LIKE UP FLIGHTING A BALLOON.
IF YOU THINK IF YOU WERE PUSHING
AIR NOT BALLOON AND HOLDING IT
IF THERE WERE ANY HOLES IN THAT
BALLOON YOU WOULD YOU WOULD
NOTICE IT WAS LEAKING AND IT
WOULD BE OBVIOUS.
THE TELEMETRY LET'S US KNOW IF
THERE ARE ANY LEAKS AND WE KNOW
THAT WE ARE SAFE TO PLY.
AND SO ONCE THEY CHECKED THE
INTEGRITY OF THE HATCH SEAL THEY
RELEASED THAT AIR AND NORMALIZED
THE PRESSURE.
AND EVERYTHING SO FAR HAS GONE
REALLY SMOOTHLY.
THE ENTIRE PAD TEAM IS CALLED
THE BLUE TEAM, IT'S MAILED UP OF
FIVE PEOPLE FROM BOEING AND
THREE FROM YOU FELT LA.
THEY WORK TOGETHER BUT HAVE A
LOT OF DIFFERENT
RESPONSIBILITIES WHAT ARE SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT THE ULA PAD
TEAM MEMBERS DO.
>> WELL, THE ULA TEAMS MEMBERS
MANAGE THE CREW ACCESS TOWER
SYSTEM, PERFORMING SAFETY CHECKS
OF THE TOWER AND CONFIGURING THE
WHITE ROOM PRIOR TO THE TEAM
LEAVING THE PAT.
PART THAT HAVE CONGRESS FIGURE
RAISE WILL BE RETRACTING THE
STARLINER ACCESS FLANK AND
RAISING THE ENVIRONMENT SEAL FOR
LAUNCH.
ONCE THAT'S DONE THEY CLEAR THE
PAD AND HEAD BACK TO THE FALL
BACK AREA TO WATCH THE LAUNCH.
>> WE WATCHED A SPECIAL MOMENT
OF THE TEAM COMING TOGETHER TO
FINISH THEIR CLOSEOUT PROCEDURES
THEY WERE ARM IN ARM AND HAD A
FINAL MOMENT WITH THE SPACECRAFT
IT WAS A SPECIAL MOMENT I ACTUAL
SURE IT WAS SPECIAL FOR PEOPLE.
DARROL AND DEE, BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LAUREN,
IT WILL BE GREAT TO SEE THE PAD
TEAM HELPING THE ASTRONAUTS GETT
ABOARD THE SPACECRAFT SOON.
AFTER LAUNCH OF TARP LINER THERE
ARE SEVERAL MOMENTS TO LOOK FOR.
TAKE A LOOK.
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>> ASCENT BEGINS AT T-MINUTE
ZERO LYFT OFF AND BEGINNING OF
THE MISSION.
SHORTLY AFTERWARDS AT T-PLUS 12
SECONDS THE ROCKET ROLLS LINING
UP STARLINER WITH THE TARGET
ORBIT AND YOU THING THE
ASTRONAUTS IN A HEADS UP
POSITION.
MAX Q STARTS AND THIS IS A
CRITICAL TIME WHEN THE
ATMOSPHERE FORCES REACH THEIR
HEIGHTS.
NEXT AT ABOUT PLUS ONE MINUTE 35
SECONDS THE TWO SOLID ROCKET
BOOSTERS RUN OUT OF FUEL AND
BURN OUT.
AND ABOUT A MINUTE LATER THEY
SEPARATE FROM THE BOOSTER.
THE ATLAS BOOSTER ENGINE
CONTINUE TO BURN FOR ALMOST TWO
MINUTES, AT APPROXIMATELY PLUS
430.
BOOSTER ENGINE CUT OFF.
ABOUT FIVE SECONDS LATER, THE
BOOSTER SEPARATES, AND SO DOES
THE ASCENT COVER ON TOP OF
STARLINER.
AT AROUND FOUR MINUTES 45
SECONDS, THE SENATOR UPPER STAGE
IGNITES, CONTINUING THE PUSH TO
ORBITAL SPEEDS.
IN A LITTLE AFTER FAVE MINUTES,
STARLINER IS FREE OF THE
ATMOSPHERE AND DOESN'T NEED
ADDITIONAL ARROW DYNAMIC SUPPORT
AND THE ARROW SPHERE IS NET
SONNED.
AFTER A LONG 6-PLUS MINUTE PUSH
FROM SENATOR, MAIN ENGINE CUT
OFF OR MIKKO HAPPENS AROUND 12
MINUTES AFTER LIFTOFF.
WHEN IT SUCCESSFULLY DECEMBER
RATES FROM FROM SENATOR UL A's
JOB IS DONE, BUT STARLINER IS
NOT IN ORBIT QUEST AFTER A SIX
TYPE-MINUTE COAST.
STAR LINER I GO NOTES FOUR OF
ITS ORBITAL MANEUVERING AND
ATTITUDE CONTROL EVENING UPS FOR
THE INSERTION BURN AND THE 31
MINUTES AFTER LIFTOFF, THE
ASCENT PROFILE IS COMPLETE.
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>> CONTROLLING STARLINER'S
FLIGHT TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION ARE THE TEAMS AT
MISSION CONTROL IN HOUSTON,.
>> LET'S CHEEK IN WITH THE
LAUNCH COMMENTATE LUEDERS WE'LL
HEAR IMMEDIATELY AFTER LIFTOFF.
NASA'S BRANDY DEAN AND BOEING'S
FROM THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, DARROL AND
DEE AND WELCOME TO MISSION
CONTROL HOUSTON.
GOOD EVENING.
JOSH AND I HAVE BEEN LISTENING
IN ON THE TEAM'S PREPARATIONS
ALL DAY NOW.
THEY ARE CONTROLLED TODAY BY A
TEAM WHO HAS BEEN HERE SINCE
1:00 P.M. CENTRAL TIME,
LISTENING IN AND MAKING SURE
EVERYTHING IS SET FOR TODAY'S
LAUNCH.
THEY ARE DIRECTED BY FLIGHT
DIRECTOR MIKE LAMMERS IS
ASSISTED BY FLIGHT DIRECTOR RICK
WHO IS HELPING HIM KEEP' EYE ON
THE WEATHER AND ANY CONSTRAINTS
THAT MAY POSE TO US PARTICULARLY
DOWN RANGE ATTA BOARD SITES AS
AN ADDED BONUS MATTHEW DOMINIC
IS SITTING ALONGSIDE TWO.
YOU WON'T HEAR HIM SPEAK TO THIS
SPACECRAFT TODAY BUT BUILDING
THE EXPERIENCE FOR THE NEXT
FLIGHT WHEN WE HAVE CREW ON
BOARD TO TALK TO.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, NOW, AS SOME OF
YOU FOLLOWING THE MISSION ARE
AWARE THAT ROSE I THE ROCK TEAR
OUR ANTHROPOMETRIC TEST DEVICE
IS SITTING IN THE COMMANDER'S
SEAT RIGHT NOW IN STARLINER.
NOW, SHE WON'T BE DOING ANY
PILOTING OF HER ON SHE WILL GET
LAT OF HELP FROM STAR LINE'S
AUTOMATED SOFTWARE AND HOPEFULLY
MINIMAL HELP FROM THE TEAM IN
THE CONTROL ROOM ON THE GROUND
IF ALL IS GOING WELL BUT THE
TEAM HAS COMMANDED THE VEHICLE
SINCE ABOUT L-MINUS THREE HOURS
SO JUST OVER TWO HOURS AGO THEY
TOOK CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.
HERE IN THE CONTROL ROOM BEHIND
US WE HAVE CONSOLE OPERATORS
MONITORING ALL THEIR SYSTEM,
IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE GMC AND
PROPULSION OPERATORS TEAM REALLY
SEEMS TO BE IN GOOD SPIRITS IT'S
BEEN A RELATIVELY CLEAN COUNT
DOWN SO FAR IT'S BEEN QUIET AND
REAR LOOKING FORWARD TO LAUNCH.
>> EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD AS WE
COUNTDOWN TO TODAY'S 5:54 P.M.
CENTRAL LAUNCH TIME.
6:54 EASTERN AND THAT IS JUST
ABOUT 39 MINUTES AWAY NOW, BUT,
OF COURSE, STARLINER WILL BE
DOCKING AT THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION SO WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE SPACE STATION IS
READY TO HOST US, THAT MEANS
THAT JUST DOWN THE HALL WE HAVE
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM WATCHING
OVER THEIR SYSTEMS AND VERIFYING
THAT THEY ARE READY OF THE WE'LL
TOSS IT DOWN THERE NOW TO GARY
JORDAN WHO HAS BEEN WATCHING
OVER WITH THEM.
>> THANK YOU, BRANDY AND JOSH
JUST DOWN THE HALL HERE IN
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.
THE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS ARE
LOOKING AT THE DESTINATION OF
THE STARLINER THE INTERNATIONAL
THE SPACE STATION, LED BY
ANTHONY, AND THEY CANNING OUT
THE STATION SYSTEMS TO GET READY
FOR A GO FOR LAUNCH AND MAKING
SURE THAT STATION ITSELF IS
READY TO RECEIVE STARLINER.
WE'LL BE WATCHING TODAY'S LAUNCH
CLOSELY IN THIS ROOM, BUT REALLY
WE'LL KICK IN TO GEAR TOMORROW
WHEN WE SET UP FOR JOINT
OPERATIONS WITH THE TEAM'S DOWN
THE HALL WHERE BRANDY AND JOSH
ARE CONTROLLING THE BOEING
STARLINER.
SHORTLY AFTER LAUNCH AND
THROUGHOUT TONIGHT STAR LINERS
WILL CATCH UP WITH THE ORBITING
LAB WE'LL SWEET A SERIES OF
DEMONSTRATIONS TO TEST
STORYLINE'S CAPABILITIES ALONG
THE WAY UNTIL DOCKING. ABOUT 24
HOURS AFTER LAUNCH.
IN THE MEANTIME, THE COMPETITION
67 CREW IS IN A SLEEP PERIOD,
GETTING SOME REST BEFORE
SUPPORTING A DOCKING LATE AT
NIGHT GREENWICH MEANTIME
TOMORROW.
THOUGH WE DID HEAR THAT THE CREW
REQUESTED TO WATCH THE LAUNCH
THROUGH THE BROADCAST.
SO EVERYBODY SAY HI TO THE CREW
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT WE HAVE NASA
AS FRO NOT BOB HYNES, EUROPEAN
SAMANTHA, OF ROSCOSMOS, DENISE,
AND SERGEI.
ROUNDING OUT THE CREW WITH NASA
ASTRONAUTS, JESSICA WATT KIN AND
CLINCH AGAIN, LINDGREN AND HEINZ
WILL BE MONITORING THE APPROACH
AND TO BEING TOMORROW.
AND FORMERLY WELCOME TO THE
STARLINER TO THE STATION.
THE SPACE STATION FLIGHT CONTROL
TEAMS ARE GETTING READY TO GIVE
THEIR GLOW FOR LAUNCH IN THE
MEANTIME BACK TO THE SACKS WITH
DEE AND MEGAN OVER AT THE
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
>> HEAR TO TALK ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF THIS DAY, IS
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER DIRECTOR
JANET PETRO, AND SHE'S WITH
NASA'S MEGAN CRUZ.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS IS JANET PETRO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
>> TURK MEGAN.
THIS IS ABOUT CERTIFYING
BOEING'S STAR LINER CAPSULE, CAN
YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS?
>> THAT'S RIGHT, THIS ORBITAL
TEST FLIGHT IS GOING TONIGHT
LAUNCHING FROM HERE.
DOCK WITH THIS INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
UNDOCKING AND LAND IN THIS
WESTERN HEM CITY THIS THE AN
UNCREWED TEST FLIGHT ALLOWING US
TO CERTIFICATE THE VEHICLE SO
THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO PUT OUR
CREW ON IT FOR ANOTHER TEST
FLIGHT AND THEN THAT WILL LEAD
TO SERVICES WITH THE BOEING
STARLINER WHERE WE CAN PURCHASE
THEM.
>> RIGHT.
SO THEN ONCE IT'S CERTIFIED THAT
MEANS WE HAVE A SECOND PROVIDER.
HOW WILL THAT HELP NASA'S
COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM GROW?
>> WHEN WE STARTED OUT THIS
PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS
WANTED TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE
PROVIDER.
SO HAVING A SECOND PROVIDER THAT
WE CAN PURCHASE A COMMERCIAL
SERVICE FROM TO TRANSPORT OUR
ASTRONAUTS TO AND FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
GIVES US A RELIABILITY, REDONE
TANS I THAT WE NEED AND WANT
WITHIN OUR COMMERCIAL CREW
PROGRAM.
AND THAT ALLOWS TO US DO EVEN
MORE RESEARCH ON THE I WANT
NATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT THAT
WE'LL NEED AS WE CONTINUE OUR
EXPLORATION MISSION FURTHER OUT
IN TO DEEP SPACE BACK TO THE
MOON AND ON NO TO MARS.
>> SOUND LIKE A SECOND PROVIDER
WILL MEAN MORE LAUNCHES HERE ON
THE SPACE COAST.
HOW HAS KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
BEEN HANDLING THIS EVER-GROWING
ROLE AS A MULTIUSER SPACE
FLIGHT?
>> IT'S INTERESTING I FOUND A
PAMPHLET IN MY DAD'S BELONGINGS
THAT SHOWED THAT AS EARLY IN
1970 KENNEDY WAS KNOWN AS
AMERICA'S SPACE SUPPORT ABOUT 10
YEARS AGO FOLLOWING THE
RETIREMENT OF THE SPACE SHUT.
WE EMBARKED ON A TRANSFORM
TIGERS A MULTIUSER SPACE PORT
WHAT YOU SEE HERE TODAY IS A
RESULT OF THAT TRANSFORMATION
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
WE HAVE AN
AWFUL LOT OF
WE ARE A VERY, VERY BUSY SPACE
PORT AND ARE VERY PROUD OF IT.
WE HAVE 250 AGREEMENTS, CLOSE TO
ONE -- 250 PARTNERSHIPS AND 100
SEPARATE AGREEMENTS OUT HERE
TODAY.
ONE OF THE FIRST ASSETS OF
FACILITIES.
IS THE VERY ONE THAT THE
STARLINER WAS BEING BUILT IN
TODAY.
SO THE C3PF THAT THE STARLINER
WAS MANUFACTURED AND TESTED IN
TODAY.
THAT WOMEN LAUNCH ON THIS TEST
FLIGHT STARTED MORE THAN 10
YEARS AGO WITH THAT USED TO BE
THE ORBITER PROCESSES FACILITY
OR OPF3 AS WE KNEW IT.
>> I LOVE WHEN THINGS COME FULL
CIRCLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, JANET.
>> YOU ARE WELCOME.
THANK YOU, MEGAN.
>> BACK TO YOU, GUYS, THANK YOU,
MEGAN AND JANET.
GREAT HISTORY ON THE BOEING FOR
SILT HERE AT KENNEDY.
TIME TO FIND OUT HOW THE COUNT
DAWN TO THE LAUNCH OF THE FLIGHT
TEST TWO IS GOING, L-MINUS 34
MINUTES AND COUNTING.
SO LET'S GET BACK TO THE ATLAS
SPACE FLIGHT OPERATION CENTER
WITH LAUREN AND DILLAN.
>> DARRYL FROM, WHERE I AM
STANDING RIGHT HERE I CAN TURN
AROUND AND SEE NASA AS CO NOT
SUNNY WILL COMES WORKING ON
CONSOLE WITH HER COLLEAGUES AND
SHE'S HERE BUS THERE IS NO GREW
ON BOARD TODAY.
WE ARE TACK AGO I HEAVY LOAD
WITH.
ROSE I THE ROCK TEAR IS BACK AS
YOU HEARD JOSH MENTION EARLIER,
OF COURSE, SHE SORT OF STOLE THE
SHOW LAST TILE.
BUT WHAT IS REALLY AMAZING IS WE
WERE ABLE WE GAINED SO MUCH
INFORMATION FROM THE CENSORS ON
HER.
TO THE OTHER SEATS IN THE
SPACECRAFT THAT WAY WE HAVE A
BETTER IDEA OF HOW OTHER
PASSENGERS WILL RIDE ON
STARLINER.
HAVING HER IN THE COMMANDER'S
SEAT HELPS MAINTAIN THE CENTER
OF GRAVITY DURING THE MISSION.
AND YOU CAN SEE SHE'S VERY LONG
THE OFT2 MISSION PATCH AND THE
CLASSIC RED BANDANNA WITH WHITE
POKE DOTS HER WAS AUTOGRAPHED BY
ONE OF THE ORIGINAL ROSE I THE
RIVETERS, MAY CRYER SHE WROTE TO
HER, TO THE MOON AND THE STARS,
OUR ROSE I NAMED AFTER THAT ROSE
I, OF COURSE, AND THEY ARE
BOTH -- THEY BOTH EMBODY
INSPIRATION, STRENGTH, HOPE, AND
DETERMINATION.
A FAMOUS WORLD WAR II ICON AND
BOEING FACTORY WORKER WHO HELPED
BUILD PLANES AT JUST 17 YEARS
ONLY ROSE I THE RIVETER
RECRUITED SCORES OF WOMEN TO
ENTER THE WORKFORCE IN RECORD
NUMBERS.
TODAY BOEING CONTINUE ITS RICH
HISTORY OF RECRUITING,
SUPPORTING AND DEVELOPING WOMEN.
I CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST TO THAT.
AND AS OF LAST YEAR WOMEN MADE
UP MORE 24% OF THE WORKFORCE.
NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF
THE OTHER CARGO GOING UP.
ALSO TAKING NASA CRAW.
AND WE WILL BE BRING BACK ABOUT
600 POUNDS AND TAKING
COMMEMORATIVE ITEMS FROM MANY
ORGANIZATIONS THAT PLAY A ROLE
IN THE DEVELOPMENT.
INCLUDING SEVERAL AMERICAN
FLAGS, MISSION PATCHES, AND
OTHER NEEK ITEMS MAKING THE TRIP
TO ORBIT AND BIFF GEM THAT CAN
TO 14 HISTORICBLY BLACK COLLEGES
AND UNIVERSITIES THROUGHOUT THE
U.S. ASSOCIATION COOL FOR
SOMEONE TO HAVE SOMETHING
TANGIBLE TO SAY THIS WAS ONCE IN
SPACE.
OUR TEAMS ARE ACTIVATING THE
SERVICE MODULE PROPULSION SYSTEM
FOR LAUNCH SOFT OF LIKE PRIMING
YOUR ENGINES MAKING SURE IT'S
RED OWE TO GO FOR BOTH NOMINAL
AND ABORT SITUATIONS, DILL AM
DILLANHOUR ARE THINGS THEY ROCK.
>> THEY ARE GOING WELL.
THE BLUE TEAM IS CLEARING THE
TOWER AND PAD AND FINAL
RECOMMEND OPERATIONS FOR LAUNCH
ARE UNDERWAY AS WE PREPARE THE
VEHICLE'S PROPULSION HYDRAULIC
SIS FOAMS FLY.
THE AVIONICS TEAM IS TAKING THE
WIND DATA.
AND LOWERING THAT IN TO THE
FLIGHT.
THAT HELPS STARLINER THROUGH THE
WINDS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE
ATMOSPHERE, AND ALSO WE'LL HEAR
SHORTLY COM CHECKS BETWEEN THE
LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER, MISSION
CONTROL AND HOUSTON, AND THE
BMCC AT KENNEDY SPACE EXPERTS
AND THERE FOR CREWED MISSIONS
THE ASTRONAUTS PARTICIPATE THAT
COM CHECK AS WELL.
ONCE THAT'S DONE THE CREW ACCESS
ARM WILL BE RETRACTED AND THE
CREW WILL DO THE FINAL POLLING
FOR LAUNCH.
>> A LOT OF THINGS THAT ULA AND
BOEING ARE DOING AS PRACTICE FOR
CREWED LAUNCH.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO IT TODAY
BUT IT'S A GOOD TIME TO PRACTICE
FOR THE NEXT FLIGHT.
DARROL AND DEE BACK OVER TO YOU.
>> WE'LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU
BOTH IN A BIT.
TODAY IS BOEING'S THIRD TEST OF
THE STAR LINER CAPSULE.
IN NOVEMBER 20 NEED, BOEING
COMPLETED A PAD ABORT TEST THAT
DEMONSTRATED THE SPACECRAFT'S
ABILITY TO KEEP ASTRONAUTS SAFE
IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF AN
EMERGENCY ON THE PAD OR DURING
FLIGHT.
A MONTH LATER STAR LINER
LAUNCHED ON THE FIRST ORBITAL
FLIGHT TEST OR OF IT.
T IT GOT IN TO ORDER BIT AND
RETURNED FROM SPACE BUT DID NOTE
PROPER ALIGNMENT TO RENDEZVOUS.
THAT LEADS US IN TO TODAY.
>> IT COMES AFTER MONTHS OF
DILIGENT TESTING WORK BY THE
BOEING TEAM.
THIS WAS NECESSARY WHEN IT DID
NOT OPEN AS DESIGN DURING
PRELAUNCH SYSTEMS CHECKS LAST
YEAR.
HERE IS CLOSER LOOK AT OUR
JOURNEY IN PREPARATION FOR TAD'S
FLIGHT.
MURDER.
>> THREE, TWO, ONE AND LIFTOFF.
THE RISE OF STARLINER THE NEW
ERA IN SPACE FLIGHT.
>> RIGHT THERE AGAIN READY TO
LAUNCH AND EXCITED FOR IT.
>> I WALK AROUND AND SEE
EVERYBODY, THEY HAVE THEIR
"A"-GAME ON.
>> IT'S TAKEN A VILLAGE TO GET
TO WHERE WE ARE REALLY.
ON OUR DAY OF LAUNCH FOR THE
FIRST ATTEMPT OFF.
ST2 WE WERE GOING THROUGH OUR
NOMINAL DAY OF LAUNCH
PROCEDURES.
NOMINAL CHECK OUTS AND WE FOUND
THAT WE HAD VALVES THAT WERE NOT
FUNKING PROPERLY.
>> LAST YEAR'S LAUNCH ATTEMPT
WAS SCRUBBED BECAUSE WE COULD
NOT SATISFY LAUNCH CRITERIA IN
ORDER FOR US TO HAVE A SAFE
MISSION.
>> THE TEAM LOOKED AT THE DATA
AND SAID WE ARE NOT COMFORTABLE
WITH FLYING.
>> WE HAVE TO FAIL TO SUCCEED.
FAILURE WILL HAPPEN, BUT AS LONG
AS YOU LEARN.
>> THERE'S REASON YOU WANT TO BE
AN ENGINEER AND TECH NIPS IS TO
IS OFF THOSE PROBLEMS AS THEY
COME UP.
AND WE CAREFULLY TOOK A STEP
BACK, TROUBLE SHOT THE PROBLEM
AND GOT TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT THE FAILURE WAS.
WE PUT MITIGATION IN PLACE, AND
WE HAVE PROVEN THAT THAT
MITIGATION WORKS AND TESTED THE
VALVES SEVERAL TIMES IN
PREPARATION FOR THIS FLIGHT.
>> SO FOR THIS FLIGHT, WE ARE
FLYING WITH A BRAND-NEW SERVICE
MODULE, ENTIRELY NEW INVOLVES
AND FLYING WITH AN INTEGRATED
DIRECT PURGE SOMETIMES, WHICH IS
GOING TO KEEP OUR VALVES NICE
AND DRY.
AND PREVENT THAT CORROSION FROM
FORMING.
>> WE ENDED UP WITH A HIGHER
QUALITY PRODUCT IN THE END WHICH
IS FANTASTIC AND WE HAVE LEARNED
A LOT FROM IT.
>> WE REALLY TOOK OUR TIME TO
GET IT RIGHT.
BECAUSE ULTIMATELY OUR GOAL IS
TO FLY ASTRONAUTS SAFELY TO AND
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION AND SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT.
>> PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY
PASSIONATE ABOUT THE WORK THAT
THEY DO, THEY UNDERSTAND THE
IMPORTANCE OF EVERY LITTLE STEP
THAT THEY TAKE.
AND IT CONTRIBUTES TO MAKING
THIS VEHICLE THE SAFEST AND OF
HIGHEST QUALITY.
>> IT'S HUGE, REALLY TO HAVE A
SECOND CREW TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM.
WE REALLY WANT IT, THAT'S THE
GOAL OF THE COMMERCIAL CREW
PROGRAM.
>> EVERY DECISION THAT WE MAKE,
WE DEFINITELY HAVE THE
ASTRONAUTS' SAFETY IN MIND.
>> IT'S NOT ONLY THE ASTRONAUTS
THAT ARE PLYING IT, BUT THE
PEOPLE WORKING AROUND THE
SPACECRAFT.
OUR GOAL TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.
>> KNOWING, AGAIN, THAT OUR
FRIEND ARE GOING UP THERE AND
THEY ARE GOING TAKE THIS AWESOME
RIGHT TO SPACE AND COME BACK
HOME AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO
DELIVER THEM BACK TO THEIR
FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, SAFE AND
SOUND, IT'S PRETTY SPECIAL.
IT REALLY IS.
>> I AM VERY EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT,
YES, BECAUSE IT'S JUSTIFY BEEN A
PASSION OF MINE FOR A LONG TIME.
>> FIRST LAUNCH PROVED THAT WE
COULD MEAT TWO OF THE
OBJECTIVES, ONE WAS GETTING
SUCCESSFULLY IN TO ORBIT, AND
TWO WAS LANDING THE VEHICLE
SAFELY.
THIS MISSION IS ALL ABOUT WITH
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN
BETWEEN.
>> WE'LL LAUNCH, IT WILL GO
GREAT.
>> GO BOEING.
THAT'S MY LAST THOUGHTS, TWO
WORDS, GO BOEING.
♪♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪♪
>> HERE IS A LIVE LOOK INSIDE
THE BOEING MISSION CONTROL
CENTER.
WHERE THE LAUNCH TEAM IS WORKING
AND MONITORING PREFER LAUNCH
OPERATIONS AND AN LONG WITH NASA
ASTRONAUTS.
>> TWO NASA ASTRONAUTS ON
CONSOLE WITH THIS LAUNCH TEAM
TODAY THEY ARE COMMANDER BARRY
BUTCH WILL MORE AND MISSION
SPECIALIST MIKE FINK, JOINING US
LIVE FROM A ROOM IMMEDIATELY
NEXT DOOR TO THE BMCC.
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO PULL
THEM TOO FAR AWAY FROM THEIR
CONSOLES THANK YOU, GUIDES, BOTH
FOR TAKING THE TIME.
BUTCH AND MIKE, OVEN SOME OF THE
LAST PEOPLE TO LOOK AND HE SIGN
I HAD THAT SPACECRAFT.
WE HAVE A PICTURE OF YOU LOOKING
IN TELL WHAT IS YOU DID AND WHAT
YOU SAW AND HOW YOU ARE FEELING?
>> YES, STAR LINER LOOKS GREAT.
MYSELF AND OUR OTHER ASTRONAUT,
SUNNY WILLIAMS, ALONG WITH THE
BOEING TEAM STAYED UP LATE LAST
NIGHT.
GETTING THE CAPSULE READY.
WE PERFORMED COM CHECKS BACK AND
FORTH TO THE MISSION CONTROL
CENTER IN HOUSTON, TO THE BOEING
MISSION CONTROL SENT HERE IN
FLORIDA AT KSC.
AND WE DID IT THROUGH THE
TEDRIS, A TRACKING AND DATA
RELAY SATELLITE THAT WE USE FOR
COMMUNICATIONS SO EVERYTHING
LOOKED REALLY GOOD.
WE SET UP THE SWITCHES, ROSY
DOESN'T MOVE SO MUCH SO WE SET
THEM UP FOR HER AND WE MADE SURE
THE COCKPIT WAS READY FOR
LAUNCH.
>> I DIDN'T GO BECAUSE ROSY TOOK
MY SPOT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> WELL, SHE IS ANTHROPOMETRIC
NOT ANIMATRONIC, RIGHT?
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> WE DID GIVE HER A HIGH FIVE
ON THE WAY OUT.
>> YOU DID?
>> YES.
>> WE PUSH HER ALL THE BEST.
SHE'S GOING TO GET SOME GREAT
DATA FOR US TOOK, ESPECIALLY FOR
THE LAUNCH LOADS AND THE LANDING
LOADS.
SO THAT WE KNOW THAT IT'S GOING
TO BE GREAT FOR HUMANS TO GO
FLY.
>> WE HAVE A QUESTION FOR MIKE
NOW, WHY DOES NASA NEED TWO
COMMERCIAL CREW PROVIDERS?
>> WE CAN'T KEEP ALL OF OUR EGGS
IN ONE BASKET.
AND SOME OF THE WORDS THAT WE
HAVE BEEN SAYING IN THE PAST
COUPLE OF DAYS IS DISSIMILAR
REDUNDANCY.
WE HAVE ANOTHER WAY TO GO UP
BESIDES THE SPACEX AND THE CREW
DRAGON AND IT'S DISSIMILAR, WE
ARE NOT USE THE SAME ROCKET OR
THE SAM CAPSULES SO IF SOMETHING
IS WRONG WITH ONE WE HAVE A
CHANCE TO CONTINUE OUR
CONTINUOUS HUMAN PRESENCE ABOARD
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
AND IT ALLOWS NASA TO NOT WORRY
ABOUT THE LAUNCHES AND SPACE
STATION FLIGHT SO WE CAN GOING
GO TO THE MOON AND BEYOND.
>> HOW DOES AN UNCREWED TEST
FLIGHT WHICH IS AUTO PIE HURT,
AS YOU KNOW, PREPARE FOR YOU
YOUR FLIGHT TEST WHERE YOU WILL
BE DOING SOME OF THE MANUAL
FLYING OF STARLINER.
>> I TELL YOU, IT IS UNCREWED
AND WE ARE VERY JEALOUS ABOUT
THAT.
BECAUSE THIS IS HUMAN SPACE
FLIGHT AFTER ALL, RIGHT?
THIS IS A NORMAL PROGRESSION.
THIS IS A TEST EVOLUTION.
EXPERIMENT THE, AND
DEVELOPMENTAL SPACE FLIGHT TEST.
AS YOU GO THROUGH AND TEST ON
THE GROUND ON THE GROUND.
ALL THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS IN THE
SIMULATOR.
TESTING HARDWARE, SOFTWARE.
WE'LL GO THROUGH THE PROCESSES,
LAUNCH, DOCK, FLY AROUND, RETURN
TO EARTH AND ENTER LAND DESCENTS
LANDING AND ALL OF THAT.
WE ENTER FROM ALL OF THOSE
PROCESSES THAT ARE BENEFICIAL.
BECAUSE WE HAVE FLIGHT TEST
OBJECTIVES TO CERTIFICATE THIS
SPACECRAFT THAT WE'LL BE DOING
WHAT WE HAVE THE CREWED MISSION
IN HOPEFULLY SIX MONTHS OR SO,
WE'LL GET THERE EVENTUALLY BUT
WE HAVE TO GET THIS DONE FIRST
TO MAKE SURE WE ARE IN LINE FOR
THAT CREWED MISSION.
>> HOW DOES THE JOINS LOW EARTH
ORBIT HELP WITH MISSIONS TO DEEP
SPACE?
>> I WAS LUCKY WHEN I CAME HERE
IN 1996 WE DIDN'T HAVE A SPACE
STATION YET.
WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION WE HAVE LEARNED THOUSAND
LIVE IN ORBIT.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WE HAVE
WORKED ON TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS
LIFE SUPPORT AND OTHER THINGS.
AND KEEP PEOPLE LIVING IN SPOUSE
IF A LONG TIME THAT WILL HELP
GOING TO MOON, MARS AND OTHER
PLACES WE KNOW THOUSAND LIVE IN
SPACE NOT JUST VISIT LIKE IN
OTHER PARTS OF PROGRAM.
IT'S A NATURAL PROGRESSION.
>> VERY GOOD.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU GUYS WERE
BOTH OUT THERE AT THE PAD AND WE
HAVE PROOF OF IT.
THERE YOU ARE IN FRONT OF THE
ROCKET.
THAT'S A NICE SHOT.
>> I THINK, BUTCH, YOU ARE A
LITTLE TALLER.
>> A LITTLE BIT.
>> WE WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR
BEING WITH US, APPRECIATE YOUR
TIME AND LET YOU GET BACK ON
CONSOLE.
>> OUT STANDING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, GO STARLINER.
>> THE 45TH SPACE WING WRAPPED
UP A WEATHER BRIEFING WITH THE
LAUNCH TEAM LET'S BRING BACK IN
WEATHER OFFICER BRIAN TO TALK
ABOUT WHAT WAS DISCUSSED.
BRIAN, WILL GAVE THAT BRIEFING,
YOUR FELLOW LAUNCH WEATHER
OFFICER, ANY UPDATES THERE.
>> YES, HE DID, WEATHER CONTINUE
TO LOOK REALLY GOOD.
WE JUST HEARD THAT BRIEF FROM MY
COLLEAGUE WILL.
THE LEAD LAUNCH WEATHER OFFICER
ON THIS MISSION AND WEALTH ARE
CONTINUE TO LOOK VERY FAVORABLE
AS WE HEAD CLOSER AND CLOSER TO
T-0.
A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT LOOK
EARLY, SATELLITE, TAKE A LIVE
LOOK AT THE RADAR, THERE IS
COMPLEX 41.
AND A 10 NAUTICAL MILE RING
AROUND THE PAD THAT WE ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT IN MATERIALS OF
WEATHER THE ONE FEATURE THAT
YOU'LL NOTICE HERE THIS SQUIGGLY
LINE THAT'S THE LEADING EDGE OF
THE SEA BREEZE PUSHING IN AND
CAN BE A TRIGGER FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORM IN THE SUMMER LIME
AND LATE SPRING AS WE ARE IN
RIGHT NOW.
NOTICE REALLY NOTHING GOING ON
ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA AND
THAT'S ALL THANKS TO THOSE HIGH
UPPER LEVEL CIRRUS CLOUDS
LIMITING THE STABILITY IN THE
ATMOSPHERE, WE REMAIN GO FOR
WEATHER AND A 90% PROBABILITY OF
REMAINING GO AS WE HEAD IN TO
THE T-ON.
BACK TO YOU.
>> FANTASTIC UPDATE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH OF COURSE.
NOW GETTING DOWN TO MONEY TIME.
>> I KNOW.
THE LAUNCH CONDUCTOR IS TALKING
TO HIS TEAM AND WE WANT TO CARRY
THAT MOMENT LIVE FOR YOU.
LET'S GO BACK OVER TO LAUREN AND
DARROL AT THIS ATLAS SPACE
FLIGHT OPERATION CENTER.
>> YEAH, DEE, WE ARE WAITING TO
HEAR THE SPACE CLASS PULL AS
WELL AS THE LAUNCH VEHICLE PULL
THAT WILL BE COMING UP SHORTLY.
IN THE MEANTIME I WANT TO TELL
YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE PREPS
GOING ON, WITH OUR TEAM OVER THE
LAST MONTH.
OUR TEAM HAS BEEN CYCLING
THROUGH STARLINER'S AISLES
LAYING VALVES EVERY FEW DAYS
SINCE IT WAS FUELED UP ABOUT 20
DAYS AGO.
AND THAT HAS CONTINUED WHILE THE
SPACECRAFT HAS BEEN OUT AT THE
LAUNCH COMPLEX.
JUST A FEW HOURS AGO THEY ALSO
CYCLED THROUGH ONE LAST TIME.
MEANING THEY MADE SURE EACH
INVOLVE OPENED AND CLOSED WITH
MONTH PROBLEM. AND EVERYTHING
WENT WELL AND WE ARE READY TO
FLY.
AND THEY ALSO JUST A FEW MINUTES
AGO WERE ABLE TO OPEN THE VALVES
AND THOSE WILL REMAIN OPEN
THROUGH LAUNCH.
SO WE ARE GOOD TO GO ON ALL OF
THAT.
OUR TEAMS HAVE WORKED AS WELL ON
THE MISSIONY LAPSE TIMER SINCE
OST1 TO UP SURE THAT IT OPERATES
NOMINALLY TODAY AND DURING
FUTURE FLIGHTS, BEFORE WE CAME
ON THE AIR THE SPACE VEHICLE WAS
SINK NICED WITH THE MISSION TIME
AT L-MENUS THREE HOURS, THAT
WILL BE DONE AGAIN DURING THE
TERMINAL COUNT AND THE FLY
DIRECTOR VERIFIES THAT ONCE WE
GET IN TO ASCENTS.
WE ARE EXPECTING THE READINESS
POLL.
LET'S TAKE A LIVE LOOK IN THE
MISSION CONTROL CENTER.
IT'S A SHORT POLL.
WE'LL HEAR THE SPACECRAFT LAUNCH
CONDUCTOR LEWIS ATCHISON POLL
PEOPLE INSIDE THAT ROOM AND IN
CHARM OF THE PROPULSION.
AND POWER AND MANY OTHER
SUBSYSTEMS.
WE WILL HEAR THREE CALLS.
ONE OF THOSE CALLS WILL COME
FROM THE MISSION SUPPORT ROOM
MANAGER, OR THE MSR.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE AFTER LAUNCH,
THIS ROOM TURNS IN TO MISSION
SUPPORT.
THERE ARE THERE IS TO HAVE THAT
BACK OF THEIR THREEGZ IN
HOUSTON.
WE WILL HEAR FROM THE SPACE TEST
CONDUCTOR WHO MONITORS THE POWER
SYSTEMS AND THE THIRD CALL COMES
FROM THE FLIGHT DIRECTOR OVER IN
MISSION CONTROL.
SO WE ARE EXPECTING THAT POLL TO
HAPPEN SOON HERE.
AND I THINK WE'LL STAY QUIET FOR
A MOMENT AND LISTEN IN FOR THAT
POLL.
>> AT THIS TIME WE'LL CONDUCT
OUR CST100 POLL FOR TERMINATE
COUNT.
REPORT READINESS, MSR MANAGER.
>> MSR ON READY.
>> STC.
>> OPEN.
CT IS READY.
>> FLIGHT.
>> FLIGHT IS GO.
>> CS IT.
100 IS PROCEEDING.
ALL MORTON TOURS, REPORT ANY
VIOLATIONS TO YOUR OPERATIONS
LEAD.
SMD, SLICK, LAUNCH OPS.
>> SMD.
THE MANAGEMENT POLL FOR LAUNCH
WILL BE CONDUCTED AT MINUS EIGHT
MINUTES.
>> SMD COPIES.
>> WE ARE GOOD FOR THAT.
DARROL CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE GO
FOR LAUNCH POLL WE ARE WAITING
FOR.
>> ONCE THAT POLLING IS DONE THE
NEXT BIG POLL WILL BE AT L-MINUS
EIGHT MINUTES IS THE MISSION
MANAGEMENT TEAM POLL CONDUCTED
NEXT DOOR TO US AND THE MISSION
DIRECTOR CENTER AND THAT WILL BE
ULA LAUNCH DIRECTOR LOU
COLLECTING THOSE FROM THE
SPACECRAFT DIRECTOR AND DIRECT
ARE OF LAUNCH FOR FINAL
PERMISSION TO LAUNCH TO DOUG AT
THE END OF THE STATUS COUNT
CHECK.
>> DARROL, WE ARE JUST ABOUT 17
MINUTES AWAY FROM LAUNCH.
WE WILL NOW FAR OVER TO OUR
COLLEAGUES JOSH AND BRANDY IN
HOUSTON.
>> THANKS, LAUREN.
I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE SAID THE
WORD POLL A LOT JUST NOW BECAUSE
IT'S THIS POINT IN THE COUNT
DOWN WITH POLLS HAMMER, FLIGHT
DIRECTOR POLLED HIS TEAM BEFORE
HE REPORTED IN TO OUR SPACECRAFT
LAUNCH CONDUCT LEWIS ATCHISON
BACK IN THE BMCC.
I CAN'T BUT SMILE.
WE ARE ALL GO HERE IT'S VERY
QUIET IN MISSION CONTROL.
FROM HERE ON OUT, CONSOLE
OPERATORS WILL BE MONITORING
WHAT'S KNOWN AS THEIR LAUNCH
COMMIT CRITERIA OR LCCs AND
THEIR FLIGHT RULES, NOW, THOSE
ARE VERY LONG, VERY INVOLVED
DOCUMENTS THAT BASICALLY JUST
LIST THE PARAMETERS THAT THE
SPACECRAFT AND THE ROCKET HAVE
TO BE IN TO GO TO FLIGHT.
THAT IS INCLUDING BOTH REDONE TO
WANT AND PRIME HAVE I SYSTEMS,
WE WANT EVERYTHING WORKING
BEFORE WE GO FLY TODAY AND RIGHT
NOW EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE
WORKING.
SO WE ARE IN A GOOD COUNT
DOWNTOWN RIGHT NOW.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
A FEW MORE MILESTONES TO GET
THROUGH BEFORE LAUNCH ONE IN THE
NEXT MINUTE OR SO IS THE
SWITCHING OF STARLINER FROM
EXTERNAL TO INTERNAL POWER.
THAT POINT THE SPACECRAFT WILL
BE ON BATTERY POWER FROM THERE
OUT.
FOR THE MOST PART WE ARE JUST
WAITING AND WATCHING FOR LAUNCH
NOW 15 MAINS WAY, BACK TO
FLORIDA FOR NOW BUT WE'LL BE
BACK WITH YOU STARTING AT
LIFTOFF SO STAY TUNED, DARROL.
>> ALL RIGHT, BRANDY AND JOSH,
THANK YOU, WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.
JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ON THAT
IS NASA'S DEPUTY AHEAD MINUTE
STRAIGHT EVERY AND SPACE SHUTTLE
ASTRONAUT PAM MEL ROY.
SHE'S WITH ME.
>> YEAH, DARROL, OF COURSE, PAM
MEL ROW THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE.
>> I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE, THIS
IS A GREAT DAY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
YOU FLEW ON THREE SHUTTLE
MISSIONS TELL YOU, LIKE YOU
DON'T KNOW.
ALSO HELPED BUILD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WITH
THAT IN MIND, HOW DOES IT FEEL
TO BE HERE TODAY AS NASA WORKS
TO CERTIFICATE A SECOND PROVIDER
MEANING MORE TRIPS HOPEFULLY TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> THIS IS A GREAT MOMENT, YOU
KNOW, WHEN WE BUILT THE SPACE
STATION WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE
AMAZING SCIENCE THAT WE COULD DO
AND THE INNOVATION, NOW HAVING
ANOTHER WAY TO GET THERE GIVES
US MORE RESILIENCE AND ALLOWS US
TO DO MORE SCIENCE AND I THINK
AS A FORMER SHUTTLE ASTRONAUT,
AT A TIME WHEN THERE WERE ONLY
TWO HUMAN SPACECRAFT THAT WERE
AVAILABLE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD,
AND NOW WE HAVE MORE AND THAT
MEANS MORE PEOPLE CAN GO TO
SPACE.
AND THE UP OVATION IS EXCITING
TO TALK ABOUT?
>> I LOVE IT YOU LIGHT UP
TALKING ABOUT IT.
>> IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
WE HOPE TO QUESTION OUT TO THE
SOLAR SYSTEM WITH HUMANS TO DO
SCIENCE AND EXPLORE, AND THOSE
ARE REALLY LONG TRIPS.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND
HOW TO LIVE AND OPERATE IN
SPACE.
THE SPACE STATION IS PROVIDING
CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES WE ARE
TESTING TO GO TO THE MOON, MARS
AND EVEN BEYOND.
WE FOUND HAVING A LABA LAOS MORE
INNOVATION.
THE SHUTTLE FLEW 10 DAYS AT A
TIME.
NOW WE HAVE MORE PAYLOADS, MORE
EXPERIENCES.
WE ARE COMMERCIAL COMPANIES ON
THE SPACE STATION.
>> AFTER A FORMER TEST PILOT AND
SPACE SHUTTLE PILOT.
HOW ARE THE AS KNOW FAUST
FEELING WATCHING THIS.
>> WELL FORK TEST PILOTS IN GOD
WE TRUST, EVERYONE ELSE BRINGS
DATA.
WHAT YOU SEE AS A TEST PILOT IS
THE FASCINATION, THE FASCINATION
OF HOW WILL EVERYTHING WORK.
WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IS THAT THE
ENGINEERS DO THEIR BEST, BUT
THERE IS ALWAYS THINGS THAT
HAPPEN THAT YOU DON'T EXPECT.
AND SO REALLY THAT'S WHAT THE
CREW IS LOOKING FOR.
LAGGING FOR WHAT WORKED WHAT
NEED TO OPTION TO WORK ON.
AS A TEST EVERY IT'S A GREAT
MOMENT TO SEE IT COME TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
PAM, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU I AM THRILLED TO BE
HEAR.
>> BACK TO YOU GUYS.
>> AT THIS VERY MUCH, WE ARE
L-MINUS 12 1/2 MINUTES, STAR
LINER IS READY TO GO.
WE JUST HEARD THAT THE LAUNCH
TEAM SAYING IT'S GREAT DAY.
A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO FLY STAR
LINER.
>> WE ARE ANTICIPATING IT.
>> A LOT OF ANTICIPATION OUT
HERE FOR THIS ONE, ULA AND
BOEING FINISHING UP THEIR
PREPARATIONS FOR LAUNCH K SO WE
WANTED TO GIVE YOU ONE OTHER
NOTE.
ONCE STARLINER LAUNCHES THE ISS
ITS DESTINATION WILL BE FLYING
257 STATUTE MILES OVER THE NORTH
ATLANTIC.
>> NOW, LET'S HEAD TO THE ATLAS
SPACE FLIGHT OPERATION CENTER
WHERE LAUREN AND DARROL WILL
TELL US WHAT THOSE TEAMS ARE
DOING.
AND THEN THEY WILL COUNT US DOWN
TO LIFTOFF.
>> HEY, DEE, STAR LINER IS ABOUT
READY TO SWITCH OVER TO INTERNAL
POWER.
SO WE ARE WAITING FOR THAT.
AND THEN ALSO WE ARE GOING TO
START SEEING THAT CREW ACCESS
ARM START TO RETRACT BACK AND WE
WILL SEE IT MOVE QUITE SLOWLY
TODAY.
BUT DILLAN, IF IT NEEDED TO IN
CASE OF AN EMERGENCY IT, COULD
REALLY GET OUT OF THERE PRETTY
QUICKLY.
>> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, LAUREN
AND I JUST HEARD THE COMMAND
GIVEN TO START THE ARM
RETRACTION, BUT THAT CREW ACCESS
ARMEO STATES 120 DEGREES BACK TO
THE CREW ACCESS TOWER, TAKES
JUST UNDER TWO MINUTES TO DO,
BUT IT CAN BE REDEPLOYED IN
152ND IN THE EVENT OF AN
EMERGENCY WITH NO CREW ABOARD WE
WENT SEE ANYTHING LIKE THAT
TODAY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
AFTER THE LIFTOFF DILLAN WILL DO
THE FLIGHT DIE MANIC AND GOES
THEN BRAND AND I JOSH WILL
CONTINUE COMMENTARY THROUGH
HOUSTON THROUGH THE ORBITAL
INSERTION BURN.
>> WE WILL HAVE LIVE TELEMETRY
FEATING BACK THAT WILL PROVIDE
WITH US A REAL TIME LOOK AT A
SPACECRAFT MODEL THAT WE WILL BE
ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING WHEN
VIDEO IS NOT POSSIBLE.
AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE DYNAMIC
PHASES OF FLIGHT.
WE ARE COMING UP ON L-MINUS 10
AND WAITING TO HEAR THE NEXT
CALL WHICH WILL BE TO VERIFY
THAT STAR LINER IS ON INTERNAL
POWER AND WE ARE GOING TO LISTEN
IN TO THE LOOPS FOR JUST A FEW
SECONDS.
>> L-MINUS FIVE MINUTES.
>> ON EXTERNAL POWER.
>> AND STAR LINER IS NOW ON
INTERNAL POWER.
>> TODAY IS AN INSTANTANEOUS
LAUNCH WINDOW, YOU MAY BE
SOMETIMES USED TO SEEING THE
TIME OF LAUNCH CAN SHIFT A BIT.
BUT NOT FOR US TODAY.
WE HAVE A LAUNCH WINDOW, THAT WE
HAVE TO GO RIGHT ON THE DOT.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE WAIT TO
LAUNCH UNTIL THE ORBITAL PASS
FOR THE ISS ALIGNS UP WITH THE
SPACE AND CENTRAL FLORIDA.
AND ONCE WE GET UP IN TO ORBIT,
STARLINER ESSENTIALLY PLAYS A
GAME OF CATCH UP WITH THE SPACE
STATION.
IT JUST WORKS TO CATCH RIGHT UP
TO IT AND EVENTUALLY REACHES THE
SAME SPEED OF MORE THAN
17,500 MILES AN HOUR.
>> WE ARE NEAR A MINUTE AND THE
ARM IS STOWED AND READY FOR
LAUNCH.
>> EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD.
AND THE SILENCE IS GOLDEN AT THE
MOMENT.
>> WE ARE ABOUT 38 SECONDS NOW
AWAY FROM THE MISSION MANAGEMENT
POLL THAT I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER.
AND THAT WILL BE TO TERMINOLOGY
COUNT STATUS CHECK COMING UP AT.
[SPEAKING AT THE SAME TIME]
>> FLIGHT ORDINANCE CONFIGURED
FOR LAUNCH.
>> VERIFIED.
>> AND STARLINER'S ORDINANCE IS
CONFIGURE TODAY LAUNCH NOW.
THAT BASICALLY MEANS THAT THE
DEVICES THAT INITIATE OUR
SEPARATION EVENTS ARE READY TO
SUPPORT BOTH NOMINAL AND
CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS.
THAT HAPPENED OR COULD HAPPEN
DURING THE ASCENT PROFILE.
>> L-MINUS EIGHT MINUTES.
>> WE ARE EIGHT MINUTES TO
LAUNCH.
>> WE DID HEAR ON ONE OF THE
OTHER LOOPS THAT --
[SPEAKING AT THE SAME TIME]
>> LC ARM CONTROL.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> FIRST STEP 260.
CREW ACCESS ARM STOWED FOR
LAUNCH.
>> ROGER.
>> AND THAT CALL INDICATE THAT
THIS ARM IS NOW STOWED AND READY
FOR LAUNCH.
>> ALL STEPS ARE COMPLETE PRIOR
TO THE STATUS CHECK.
>> WE'LL LISTEN IN NOW TO CHIEF
LAUNCH CONDUCTOR DOUG HOLLAND
HIS TEAM COMING ENOUGH 102ND.
>> L-MINUS SEVEN MINUTES.
>> STATUS CLERK TO PROCEED WITH
TERMINAL COUNT.
ATLAS PROPULSION.
>> GO.
>> HYDRAULICS.
>> GO.
>> NEW FAMILIAR I CAN.
>> GO.
>> LL2.
>> GO.
>> WATER.
>> GO.
>> SENATOR SYSTEM, PROPULSION.
>> GO.
>> PNEUMATIC.
>> GO.
>> LO2.
>> GO.
>> LA2.
>> GO.
>> GAS.
>> GO.
>> ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AIRBORNE.
>> GO.
>> GROUND.
>> GO.
>> FACILITY.
>> GO.
>> R FSTS.
>> GO.
>> FLIGHT CONTROL.
>> GO.
>> D.C. TWO.
>> GO.
>> OLYMPICS SUPPORT.
>> GO.
>> COM.
>> UMBILICAL.
>> GO.
>> ARM STROLL.
>> GO.
>> RED LINE MONITOR.
>> GO.
>> QUALITY.
>> GO.
>> SAFETY MANAGER.
>> GO.
>> SAFETY OFFICERS.
>> GO.
VEHICLE SYSTEM ENGINEER.
>> GO.
ANOMALY CHIEF.
>> GO.
>> RANKING COORDINATOR.
>> CLEAR TO PROCEED.
>> FLIGHT DIRECTOR.
>> HOUSTON FLIGHT IS GO.
>> LAUNCH DIRECTOR.
>> YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO
LAUNCH.
>> PROCEEDING WITH THE COUNT.
ALC, VERIFY T-0 ASSESS.
47 ZULU.
>> VERIFIED.
>> SIX MINUTES.
>> LAUREN YOU HEARD IT THERE,
GOES ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE
BOARD, THE CLOCKS ARE SET AND
READY TO PICK UP THE COUNT ON
TIME.
FOR A LIFTOFF HERE IN JUST UNDER
SIX MINUTES.
LAUREN, I WILL JUST TELL THAT
YOU WE ARE EXECUTE A STATIC
CHECK MANY TIMES, WE HAVE POLL
TODAY LAUNCHES TO THE SUN, MOON,
MARS, JUPITER, PLUTO, ALL
MANNERS OF EARTH ORBITS.
EVERY MISSION AND EVERY COUNT
DOWN IS UNIQUE AND EXCITING BUT
THE HUNT LA TEAM IS ABSOLUTELY
THRILLED TO PUT MIGHTY ATLAS
BACK IN SERVE FACE HUMAN SAYS
FLIGHT.
>> I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THE
AS TREE THOUGHTS HAVE TOLD ME,
THEY FEEL SO CONFIDENT ABOUT
EVENTUALLY RIDING ON TOP OF AN
ATLAS V ROCKET BECAUSE IT'S BEEN
ALL OVER THE SOLAR SYSTEM, IT'S
PRETTY AMAZING.
>> IT'S AN AMAZING MACHINE.
>> WE ARE HEAR STAR LANER IS
READY FOR LAUNCH IN A FEW
SECONDS.
>> LC FLIGHT, STARLINER
CONFIGURE TODAY TERMINAL COUNT.
>> ROGER.
>> THERE YOU GO.
STAR LINER IS NOW CONFIGURE
TODAY TERMINAL COUNT.
>> L-9, 4:45.
>> ALL STEPS ARE COMPLETE PRIOR
TO TERMINAL COUNT.
>> WITH THAT CALL THE COMPUTERS
ARE TAKING OVERCOMING UP IN JUST
ABOUT 30 SECONDS.
>> L-MINUS 40:30.
>> JUST A BEAUTIFUL SHOT THERE.
>> ON MY MARK THE TIME WILL BE
T-MIND US FOUR MINUTES AND
COUNTING.
THREE, TWO, ONE.
MARK.
>> 3:55.
>> GROUND ENABLED.
>> GROUND SYSTEM ORDINANCE HAS
BEEN ENABLED.
>> 330.
HYDRAULICS AT FLIGHT PRESSURE.
>> STEERING SYSTEM PRESSURIZED
FOR FLIGHT.
>> THREE MINUTES.
>> THREE MINUTES UNTIL LAUNCH.
>> LO2 TOPPING.
>> RISING AT PLUS --
PRESSURIZING ATLAS TANKS.
>> TOPPING OF --
>> COMPLETED AND PROPELLANT.
[SPEAKING AT THE SAME TIME]
>> TWO MINUTES.
>> 1:59.
>> VEHICLE EN TURN.
>> 1:55.
>> SEQUENCE START.
>> 1:50.
>> SECURING SENATOR L H2.
>> SECURES SENATOR LL2.
>> SENATOR RIDE GENERAL AND
OBJECTION KNOWN FLIGHT LEVEL AND
TOPPING TERMINATED.
>> 1:40.
>> LAUNCH ENABLED.
>> 1:37.
>> FTS ARM.
>> 1:20.
>> OCU IS ACTUALED.
>> FCS COUNT STARTED.
EDS ASCENT.
>> EDS ARMED AND READY MEANS THE
EMERGENCY DETECTION SYSTEM IS
NOW ARMED.
>> ONE MINUTE.
>> BASICALLY JUST MEANS.
[SPEAKING AT THE SAME TIME]
>> IT WILL INNING THE SYSTEM TO
STAR LINER AND FIRE
AUTOMATICALLY.
[SPEAKING AT THE SAME TIME]
>> PUSH ITSELF FAR UP AND AWAY
FROM THE ROCKET.
WE ARE TALKING A MILE UP AND A
MILE OUT IN JUST A MATTER OF
SECONDS.
CERTAINLY DON'T EXPECT TO SEE
THAT TODAY.
>> 40.
>> ATLAS FLIGHT PRESS.
>> 30.
>> 30 SECONDS.
>> SENATOR AT FLIGHT PRESS.
>> PRESSURIZE TODAY FLIGHT.
>> 25.
>> STATUS CHECK.
>> GO ATLAS.
>> GO SENATOR.
>> GO STARLINER.
>> ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO FOR
LIFTOFF.
>> GO STARLINER.
>> 10, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX,
FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE.
AND LIFTOFF.
STARLINER IS HEADED BACK TO
SPACE ON THE SHOULDER OF ATLAS
POWERED BAY A WORKFORCE
DEDICATED TO ITS SUCCESSFUL.
>> ATLAS ROLL PROGRAM.
[SPEAKING AT THE SAME TIME]
>> MAINTAIN.
[SPEAKING AT THE SAME TIME]
>> THE CREW ON BOARD TODAY.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST PLANNED NO
RATTLE DOWN FOR ATLAS IN
PREPARATION FOR MAX Q.
>> MAX Q, MAXIMUM DYNAMIC
PRESSURE ON THE VEHICLE.
>> RIGHT NOW ATMOSPHERE FORCES
ARE THE HIGHEST THAT STAR LINER
WILL FACE DURING THE UPHILL
CLIMB.
>> MOCK ONE, THEY ARE NOW
SUPERSONIC.
>> NOW THROTTLING UP.
>> IN 20 SECONDS THE BOOST ARE
WILL RUN OUT OF FUEL AND BURDEN
OF PROOF OUT.
>> WE ARE BURN OUT.
STARTING BACK UP TO FULL THRUST.
>> NOW THAT WE HAVE PASSED THE
SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER BURN OUT
YOU'LL SEE THEM SEPARATE FROM
THE VEHICLE LITTLE.
>> ATLAS V NOW WEIGHS HALF OF
WHAT IT DID AT LAUNCH.
BURNING PROPEL AIN'T AT
200000 POUNDS PER SECOND.
WE HAVE INDICATION OF SRP
JETTISON.
>> ATLANTA CONTINUE TO ASCEND.
[SPEAKING AT THE SAME TIME]
>> SEA LEVEL.
>> THROTTLING DOWN SLIGHTLY AS
EXPECTED.
ENGINE RESPONSE LOOKS GOOD.
>> TEAMS HERE ON THE GROUND
CONFIRMING STARLINER HAS A GOOD
TRAJECTORY.
WE ARE NOW TWO MINUTES AND 55
SECONDS IN TO TODAY'S FLIGHT.
FLYING AT AN ALTITUDE OF
56 KILOMETERS.
>> OUR NEXT THROTTLE DOWN WILL
BE TO CONTROL ACCELERATION
FORCES.
LIMIT FORCES ON THE CREW.
TO BELOW 4Gs, THAT IS SAFE FOR
ANNEX TENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
>> ONE MINUTE REMAINING IN THIS
BURN.
ONE MINUTE.
NOW THROTTLING TO MAINTAIN 3.5G
ACCELERATION ON THE VEHICLE.
>> STAR LINE IRRELEVANT FLYING
OFF THE EAST COAST AT AN
ALTITUDE OF 80 KILOMETERS NOW
BEING MOVING AT A RATE OF
1,187 MILES PER HOUR.
>> JUST PASSING NORTH CAROLINA,
VIRGINIA OFF THE NORTHEASTERN
SEABOARD.
THOSE OF YOU WATCH AGO LONG THE
COASTLINE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO
SEE THIS LAUNCH.
>> AND WE HAVE BECO.
BOOSTER ENGINE CUT OFF.
>> WE HAVE SUCCESSFUL
STATEMENTING.
PRESTART ON THE RL10s.
>> WEARYING MISSION ON BOTH
RL10s.
CENTAUR NOW CLOSED STEERING.
>> JUST PAST SEVERAL MILESTONES,
TEAMS ON THE GROUND ROOMING THAT
ALL ARE LOOKING GOOD.
THE JETTISON THERE.
[SPEAKING AT THE SAME TIME]
>> AT THE STOP OF STAR LINE
IRRELEVANT PROTECTING THE
DUCTING EQUIPMENT DURING ASCENT.
>> NOW THE STARLINER AND CENTAUR
ARE FREE OF THE ATMOSPHERE, WELL
IN TO THE VACUUM OF SPACE, THAT
ARROW SKIRT HAS BEEN JETTISONED.
>> NOW SIX MINUTES IN THE
LAUNCH.
STARLINER CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE
UP THE NORTH AMERICAN COAST,
EVERYTHING GOING SMOOTHLY SO
FAR.
STARLINER AND ACCEPT TAR GOING
THROUGH THE MILES STONES RIGHT
ON TRACK.
INCLUDING THE AIR SO SQUIRT
JETTISON THE NEXT STATUS CALL WE
ARE LOOKING FOR, THE NEXT ONE TO
WATCH OUT FOR IS THE MAIN ENGINE
CUT OFF WHEN STARLINER WILL BE
OFFICIALLY IN SPACE.
>> WE HEARD A REPORT THAT WE HAD
OVER PERFORMANCE ON THE BOOSTER.
THAT'S A GOOD THING, CENTAUR IS
MORE THAN CAPABLE OF ADJUST ON
THIS FLY IN ITS CLOSED LOOP
PERFORMANCE.
>> CENTAUR PRESSURES ARE STABLE.
CENTAUR LOOKS GOOD.
>> FLIGHT CONTROL TEAMS ARE ALSO
MONITORING THE PERFORMANCE OF
THE STARLINER.
THE SUBLIMATER IS WHAT IS USED
TO CONTROL CABIN TEMPERATURES
GOING UP TO SPACE AND COMING
HOME.
NORMALLY WE USE THE RADIATE ORS
ON THE SERVICE MODULE.
BUT THOSE ARE NOT POWERED UP
UNTIL WE GET IN TO ARE ORBIT.
>> WE HEARD CONFIRMATION THAT
ST. JOHN'S ABORT ZONE IS OPEN.
WE PRESELECT THESE SPLASH DOWN
ZONES IN THE CASE OF ANY NEED
AHEAD BOARDS.
THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE THE --
OFF THE COAST OF ST. JOHN'S NOVA
SCOTIA.
WE JUST HEARD THE FLIGHT
DYNAMICS OFFICER REPORT
EVERYTHING IS PRETTY GOOD.
>> FLIGHT CONTROLLERS HERE IN
MISSION CONTROL CONFIRMING THAT
THE MAIN ENGINE CUT OFF TIME IS
LOOKING STABLE.
IT'S GOING TO BE 11 MINUTES AND
52ND IN TO THE FLIGHT.
WE ARE NOW EIGHT MINUTES AND 50
SECONDS IN.
SO THAT'S STILL ABOUT THREE
MINUTES TO GO UNTIL WE HIT THAT
MILESTONE.
>> NOW UP WITH OF THE NEXT CALLS
THIS WE'LL HERE IS THAT THE
SHANNON ABORT ZONE WILL BE OPEN.
NOW YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREENS
THAT STAR LINER IS MAKING IT'S
WAY UP THE NORTH AMERICAN COAST
GOING IN TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN,
NORTHERN ATLANTIC OCEAN.
PREPLAN OUR FLIGHT TRAJECTORIES
SO WE WOULD NOT ABOARD A CREW IN
TO THE MIDDLE OF THE ON OR ABOUT
END, THEY WOULD BE NEAR ENOUGH
TO LAND FOR A QUICK AND SPEEDY
RECOVERY.
WE ARE STILL IN THE ST. JONNA
BOARD ZONE EXPECT TO HEAR THE
SHANNON OPEN CALL COMING.
>> AND WE JUST HEARD THAT CALL.
SHANNON NOW OPEN SO STARLINER
COULD POTENTIALLY MAKE THAT
ABOARD LANDING IF NEEDED NO
REASON TO THINK THAT IT WILL BE,
CURRENTLY 153 KILOMETERS ABOVE
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND THAT'S
ABOUT 95 MILES.
>> 60 SECONDS TO BECO.
>> 11 MINUTES IN TO TODAY'S
FLIGHT.
CENTAUR AND STAR LAINER ARE
PASSING MOCK 23.
MOCK 23.3 AND COUNTING.
ALTITUDE OF JUST UNDER
150 KILOMETERS.
>> MAKE OWE'S MAIN ENGINE CUT
OFF RL10s ARE SCHEDULE TO CUT
DOWN.
THOSE COMING UP IN 11 MINUTES
AND 52ND, ABOUT FIVE SECONDS
AWAY NOW.
>> AND WE HAVE MECO ONE.
>> CENTAUR ENGINES CUT OFF.
>> RIGHT ON TIME STAR LINER IS
IN SPACE BUT NOT DONE WITH THE
ASCENT MILESTONES.
NEXT MILESTONE IS LAUNCH VEHICLE
SEPARATION WHEN STARLINER
SEPARATES AND FLIES ON ITS OWN.
EVEN AFTER THAT HAPPENS WE HAVE
IF I HAVE FINE MINUTES IN HIM
THE FINAL MILESTONE.
THE LOW POINT OF THE ORBIT OUT
OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE SO
STICK WITH US, WE ARE NOT DONE
YET.
NOW 12:30 IN TO THE FLIGHT.
>> WE JUST HEARD OUR ATLAS CAN
SOLE POSITION REPORT A
SPACECRAFT SEPARATION.
FOR 14:50 AFTER LAUNCH.
>> STILL ABOUT TWO MINUTES AWAY.
>> RIGHT NOW, ULA TEAMS ARE
CONFIRMING THAT CENTAUR IS IN A
GOOD CONFIGURATION FOR
SEPARATION, MAKING SURE THAT ALL
OF THE PRESSURES IN THE TANKS
ARE STABLE AND IT WILL BE ABLE
TO CONDUCT A PROPER DISPOSAL
BURN LATER.
FLIGHT CONTROL TEAMS HERE IN THE
ROOM ARE MOVING TO THEIR
INSERTION CHECK LISTS.
>> 60 SECONDS TO SPACE ASCENT.
ZIP TAR HAS ACHIEVED ITS
SEPARATION ATTITUDE.
>> JUST UNDER A MINUTE NOW TO GO
UNTIL THE LAUNCH VEHICLE
SEPARATION.
THE TEAM HERE ON THE GROUND
REPORTING THAT STARLINER AND
CENTAUR ARE BOTH READY FOR IT.
IN THE RIGHT ORIENTATION AND ON
A STABLE TRAJECTORY.
>> 30 SECONDS UNTIL SEPARATION.
>> CENTAUR IS HOLDING ATTITUDE
FOR STARLINER SEPARATION.
10 SECONDS TO SEPARATION.
>> AND WE HAVE CONFIRMATION OF
STARLINER SEPARATION.
>> AND STARLINER IS FLYING ALONE
ON ITS WAY TO ORBIT.
CONFIRM GOOD LV SEPARATION.
THANKS ULA FOR A SMOOTH RIDE TO
SPACE AND THANK YOU DILLAN FOR
YOUR HELP ON THAT COMMENTARY.
>> THAT MILESTONE BEHIND US THE
NEXT ONE WE ARE WATCHING FOR IS
THE ORBITAL INVERSION BURN, THAT
WILL RAISE THE PERIGEE OR THE
LOW POINT AT OF THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE PUTTING IT IN SPACE
FOR ITS FULL ORBIT.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE TO
REACH.
IT WILL BE EYE 45-SECOND BURN,
IT WILL CHANGE STARLINER'S
VELOCITY ABOUT 100 MILES PER
HOUR.
COMING UP AT THE 31-MINUTE MARK
IN TODAY'S ORBIT WE ARE NOW JUST
UNDER 16 MINUTES IN TO TODAY'S
FLIGHT.
SO STILL ABOUT 15 MINUTES TO GO
FOR THAT.
>> THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS ARE WORKING
ON RIGHT NOW.
TRANSITIONING STARLINER FROM THE
LAUNCH MODE OVER TO ITS ORBIT
MODE.
THAT INCLUDES POWERING UP THINGS
LIKE ANTENNAS, HEATERS, AND THE
RADIATE LUEDERS THAT I MENTIONED
EARLIER.
WE HAVE GOOD TARGETING FOR
ORBITAL UP SERGES AND A GOOD EBT
PARK TIMER.
STARLINER MAKING I WANT A WAY
OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC, OTHER
THINGS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
THEY ARE POWERING DOWN WHAT'S
CALLED DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT
SUPREME TAKE, WE HAVE EXTRA
CENSORSES ON FOR DECEMBER STRIKE
FLIGHTS, WE HAVE MORE OF THEM ON
DURING POWERED ASCENT BUT WE
DON'T NEED THEM RIGHT NOW SO
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS ARE POWERING
THEM DOWN.
OTHER THINGS THAT ARE POWERING
ON INCLUDE THOSE PROPULSION LINE
HEATERS WHEN IN THE VACUUM OF
SPACE AND EARTH SHADOW IT GETS
QUITE COLD UNDER NUG ANYTHING
TWO PISTONS DEGREES, SO WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE THE PROPULSION
LINES DON'T BREEZE AND THE
RADIATORS ARE THE LITTLE SMALL
SILVER DISKS YOU MIGHT BE ABLE
TO SEE ON THE SIDE OF THE
SERVICE MODULE IF YOU REMEMBER
YOUR HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS, THE
ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET RID OF HEAT
IN A VACUUM IS THROUGH
RADIATION.
AND SO THAT SUBLIMATER WILL BE
POWERING DOWN AND THE RATE WRITE
LUEDERS WILL TAKE CARE OF THE
REST OF THE HEAT MANAGEMENT
UNTIL WE GET READY TO COME HOME.
SOME THINGS THAT ALSO MIGHT BE
SEEING ON THE SCREEN ARE SOME
RCS JET ACTIVATIONS.
THOSE ARE JUST HELPING THE
TARGET FOR THAT ORBITAL
INVERSION BURN.
AT ABOUT L-PLUS 23 THE TEAM WILL
TRANSITION STARLINER IN TO WHAT
WHAT IS CALLED FINE POINTING
MODE OR THRUST ALIGN MODE THOSE
JETS YOU SEE FIRING WILL HOLD A
VERY SPECIFIC ATTITUDE WHICH IS
EXACTLY THE ATTITUDE THAT WE
NEED FOR THAT ORBITAL INVERSION
BURN AS BRANDI MENTIONED
EARLIER, WE WANT THAT 85 METERS
PER SECOND OF DELTA-VEST TO BE
GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THE COLORS YOU ARE SEEING YOUR
SCREEN --
>> RIGHT.
THE COLORS YOU ARE SEEING ON THE
SCREEN ARE INDICATING STAR
LINER'S TRACK RIGHT NOW.
STAR LINER IS CURRENTLY COMING
UP ON THE COAST OF EUROPE AND IS
ABOUT 100 -- 224 MILES -- EXCUSE
ME, 139 MILES, 224 KILOMETERS
ABOVE THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AS IT
MAKES ITS WAY UP TO THE TOP MOST
THIRD -- OR HIGHEST PART OF THIS
ORBIT.
IT WILL BE HEADING SOUTHEAST
OVER EUROPE AND A LITTLE BIT OF
AFRICA IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES
AS IT BEGINS ITS JOURNEY TO
START CATCHING UP WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
AND, AGAIN, ONE OF THE MAJOR
MILESTONES COMING UP IN
PREPARATION FOR THAT IS THE
ORBITAL INVERSION BURN.
COMING UP AT 31-MINUTE MARK IN
TO TODAY'S FLIGHT NOW JUST OVER
19 MINUTES IN.
>> CONFIRMATION WE STILL HAVE A
GOOD LINK COMMAND CONNECTION.
>> GETTING A LOOK AT A NUMBER OF
TEAMS WHO HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING
TODAY'S LAUNCH ALL ACROSS THE
U.S. IN PARTICULAR HERE IN
HOUSTON.
IF YOU HEAR OF THE FLIGHT
DIRECTOR MIKE LAMMERS AND CRICK
ARE RICK WHO HAS BEEN ASSISTING
HIM.
PARTICULARLY WITH THE WEATHER
OBSERVATIONS AND EARLIER YOU SAW
SEVERAL TEAMS MONTH HAVE BEEN
SUPPORTING FROM THE LAUNCH SITE
IN FLORIDA.
NOW 21 MINUTES IN TO TODAY'S
FLIGHT.
THAT'S JUST ABOUT 10 MINUTES
AWAY FROM THAT ORBITAL INSERTION
BURN THAT WE ARE WATCHING FORM
COMPING UP AT 31 MINUTES IN TO
THE FLIGHT.
>> WE ARE ABOUT A MINUTE AWAY
MAKING SURE STAR LINER IS
POINTED EXACTLY AT THE RIGHT
ATTITUDE.
FOR THAT ORBITAL INVERSE BURN
GOING TO HOLD THAT ATTITUDE.
>> THIS OTHERWISE VERY QUIET FOR
THE FLIGHT CONTROL.
AS LAUREN SAID EARLIER, SILENCE
IS GOLDEN.
>> GUIDANCE NAVIGATION CONTROL
OFFICER CONFIRMED THAT STAR
LINER IS MOVING TOWARDS THAT
O.I. ATTITUDE AND WILL BEGIN
HOLDING FOR ORBITAL INVERSION.
>> WITH THAT WE'LL TAKE A MINUTE
TO PAUSE AND TOSS IT BACK TO
LAUREN IN FLORIDA WHO I BELIEVE
HAS A SPECIAL GUEST THERE TO
TALK WITH BEFORE THEY WRAP UP
THEIR COVERAGE FOR THE DAY.
LOHR GLEN THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
BRANDY.
JOINING ME HOW IS NASA ASTRONAUT
SUNNY WILLIAMS.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANKING GREAT TO BE HERE
TODAY.
>> I KNOW YOU HAVE FOLLOWED
ALONG I COULD SEE NEW THE MOMENT
OF LIFTOFF YOU HAD YOUR GAME
FACE GOING ON.
WHAT WAS GOING ON FOR YOU?
>> IT'S AMAZING I WAS THINKING
ABOUT ALL OF THE TEAMS ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY WHO ARE SUPPORTING
THIS, OF COURSE HERE IN FLOOR
BUT BACK IN HOUSTON AND DENVER
IT'S A HUGE TEAM TO GET THIS OFF
THE GROUND AND GET STARLINER IN
TO FLIGHT.
SO AT THE MOMENT OF LIFTOFF I
HAVE TO ADMIT I WAS THINKING
ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE SIT
INSIDE OF THERE.
A UNABASHED TO JUST IMAGINE WHAT
WILL BE LIKE FOR THE NEXT LAUNCH
WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE RIDING IN
STARLINER IN THIS ATLAS V BEING
A HUMAN RATED ROCKET IS AWESOME.
>> THE GUYS SAID EARLIER THAT
THEY WERE JEALOUS ABOUT ROSY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> A FEW MONTHS AGO WE TALKED
ABOUT HOW MUCH CONDENSE YOU HAVE
IN THE ATLANTA V ROCKET WHAT
MADE YOU STAY.
>> WE HAVE BEEN HERE WATCHING A
COUPLE OF LAUNCHES FOR THE ONLY
FOR STARLINER THE OFT THE FIRST
TIME AROUND AND OTHER PAYLOADS
THAT WENT OUT ATLAS V.
THEY ARE EXPENSIVE I I TOLD MY
MOM AT ONE POINT IN TIME IF THEY
ARE PUTTING THAT EXPENSIVE
PAYLOAD ON TOP THAT HAVE ROCKET
I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW THE TEAM, I HAVE BEEN
HERE, TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHO HAVE WORKED ON ROCKET BOTH
HERE AND DECATUR OF COURSE,
DENVER.
I BELIEVE THE ENGINEER OR AT
LEAST TRIED TO END THE
ENGINEERING GOING IN TO THAT
COMPLEX MACHINE.
THEY ARE A-PLUS PEOPLE DOING
SUCH A GREAT JOB.
THEIR HEARTS ARE WITH US AND
READY TO LAUNCH HUMANS IN TO
SPACE.
>> WE ARE WAITING FOR THAT
ORBITAL INVERSION BURN IT IS A
VERY SUPPORT MILESTONE FOR STAR
LINER.
WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR HERE?
>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THAT BURN GOES OFF WITHOUT A
FLAW.
WE GET CIRCULARIZED AROUND THE
PLANET AND THEN ALL TAKE A DEEP
BREATH AND LET THE SPACECRAFT
FLY FOR A BIT AND GET READY FOR
THE RENDEZVOUS PROFILE FOR THE
ISS.
I THINK THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE
ARE WAITING FOR JUST TO MAKE
SURE THAT IT WILL HAPPEN
CORRECTLY, WHICH ALL INDICATIONS
ARE GREAT THAT THE SPACECRAFT IS
WORKING WELL.
>> SUNNY I SEE YOU AT THE OFFICE
AND THE GUYS AT THE OFFICE QUITE
OFTEN YOU HAVE WORKED CLOSELY
WITH THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR
HANDS ON THIS SPACECRAFT DAY IN
AND OUT.
WHAT DOES THAT RELATIONSHIP MEAN
TO YOU?
>> IT'S HUGE.
LIKE I MENTIONED, DURING THE
DAYS LEADING UP TO THIS.
I REALLY WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT
THE TEAMS.
ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT THEY
HAVE GONE IN TO GETTING THE
SITUATION CRAFT READY TO GO AS
WELL AS GETTING THE ROCKET READY
TO GO.
ULA HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK
LEADING UP TO THIS AFTER THE
LAST ATTEMPT AND THIS
RELATIONSHIP IS SO KEY, I LIKE I
WANT TO STAY COMMITTED TO THEM
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET TO THE
FINISH LINE WITH GETTING PEOPLE
TO THE INNING NATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
>> SO AS SOON AS YOU GUYS FINISH
UP TONIGHT WHERE ARE YOU GOING
NEXT IN.
>> HOUSTON.
MISSION CONTROL IN HOUSTON HAS
THE SPACECRAFT AND WE WANT TO
WATCH THE RENDEZVOUS PROFILE.
WE ARE SITTING IN THE SHOES
OF -- OR IN THE SEAT OF ROSY,
WONDERING WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE
AND WHAT THE SPACECRAFT IS GOING
TO SEE.
HOW IT WILL ACT AND WE'LL BE
RIGHT THERE FOLLOWING ALONG, SO
IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING 20
POWER HOURS.
I AM RACE BACK TONIGHT TO BE IN
MISSION CONTROL IN SOME CAPACITY
JUST LIKE HERE WATCHING THE WON
RON DAY FEW PROFILE.
WHAT KIND OF TRAINING DO YOU
HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND WORKING
ON WITH STAR LINER.
>> THIS MINUTES WILL PROVE --
WE'LL LEARN STUFF.
WE'LL TAKE THE LESSONED LEARNED
AND APPLY IT.
WE HAVE TEST READY TO GO THE
CREW VALIDATION TEST COMING THIS
UP SUMMER WHERE THE THREE OF US
WILL BE IN THE SPACECRAFT IN THE
SUITS, IN THE SEATS.
CHECKING OUT YOU THE ENVIRONMENT
CONTROL SYSTEM THE ERGONOMICKED
MAKING SURE WE FIT AND ARE READY
TO GO.
WORKING WITH THE SOFTWARE FOLKS
LOOKING AT ALL THE DISPLAYS MAKE
SURE THAT THEY TELL US THE RIGHT
INFORMATION AND WE UNDERSTAND IT
CORRECTLY AND WE CAN WORK WITH
MISSION CONTROL.
OF COURSE THERE IS TRAINING.
WE HAVE HAD TRAINING WITH THEM
BUT LEADING UP TO THIS THEY HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON AN UNCREWED
VERSION AND NOW, YOU KNOW, US
LITTLE PAIN IN THE NECK WILL BE
SITTING IN THERE TALKING BACK TO
THEM WE'LL WORK THROUGH ALL OF
THAT CHOREOGRAPHY OF HOW WE WORK
TOGETHER IN THE SPACECRAFT.
>> SUNNY YOUR TIME IS VALUABLE I
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US
HERE I KNOW YOU NEED TO GET BACK
DOWN TO THE CONSOLE AND
FOLLOWING FOLLOW ALONG SO THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE AND WE ARE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
ALONG THE LOOPS HERE AND WHAT
IT'S FOR THE ORBITAL INVERSION
BURN WHEN STARLINER WILL BE UP
IN ORBIT HANGING OUT UNTIL WE
ARE READY TO START THE
RENDEZVOUS PROCESS AND DOCKING
TOMORROW SO FOR NOW THAT'S ALL
FROM US IN FLORIDA AND WE GET
BACH TO BRANDI AND JOSH IN
HOUSTON.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, LAUREN, GREAT
TO HEAR FROM SUNNY, TWO MINUTES
AWAY FROM THE ORBITAL INVERSION
BURN, THAT WILL BE A 45-SECOND
BURN.
IT'S GOING TO RAISE THE PAIR GEE
OF -- OR THE LOW POINT OF
STARLINER'S ORBIT OUT ATMOSPHERE
AND GET IT IN TO A STABLE OR
IT'S AFTER THAT WE'LL CHECK OUT
THE CRITICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR
COMB'S DOCKING.
>> A MINUTE AND A HALF UNTIL THE
ORBITAL BIT.
STAR LINER IS IN THE BURN
ATTITUDE.
YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN EARLY THE
NOSE OF STARLINER MIGHT HAVE
BEEN POINTED DOWN TOWARDS THE
EARTH.
THAT'S ACTUALLY THE ATTITUDE IT
NEEDS TO BE BECAUSE AS IT ORBITS
AROUND THE EARTH.
IT WILL NO LONGER BE POINTING AT
EARTH IT WILL BE POINTING AT
THAT SPECIFIC POINT IN SPACE
THAT THE ORBITAL INVERSION BURN
WILL SEND US TO.
AND ONCE AGAIN A LOT OF THRUSTER
ACTIVITY.
WE WANT THOSE 4AFT EVENING INS,
400 POUNDS OF PRESSURE EACH
PUSHING IN EXACTLY THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
>> ORBITAL MANEUVER AND ATTITUDE
CONTROL.
THEY ARE GOING TO FIRE FOR 45
SECONDS FOR THIS BURN.
CHANGING STARLINER'S VELOCITY BY
85 METERS PER SECOND OR
190 MILES PER HOUR.
30 SECONDS TO GO NOW UNTIL THAT
BURN IGNITES.
>> ORBITAL INVERSION BURN START
IN FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE.
AGAIN, THIS BURN WILL LAST FOR
45 SECONDS.
TEAMS ON THE GROUND REPORTING
FOUR GOOD ORBITAL MANEUVERING
AND ATTITUDE CONTROL THRUST
LUEDERS.
>> NOW THE COLORS YOU ARE SEEING
ON THOSE JETS, YOU WERE SEEING
ON THOSE JETS, THEY INDICATE
WHICH INTEGRATED PROPULSION
CONTROLLER THOSE JETS ARE MAPPED
TO.
WE HAVE 3IPCs INTEGRATED
PROPULSION CONTROLLERS.
OI CUT OFF IN FIVE, FOUR, THREE,
TWO, ONE.
AND WE HAVE O.I. CUT OFF.
AND -- AND WE HAVE CONFIRMATION
FROM FLIGHT DIRECTOR MIKE
LAMMERS, WE HAVE A GOOD ORBITAL
INSERTION BURN, STARLINER IS IN
A STABLE, CIRCULAR ORBIT ON ITS
WAY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
NOW, THIS WAS A BIG HERD TOLL
GET THROUGH EARLY ON.
WE HAVE A FEW DEMOS TO GO ON OUR
WAY TO THE ISS.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, HOPEFULLY A
VERY GOOD DOCKING, BUT SO FAR
TODAY, GOOD LAUNCH, GREAT
PERFORMANCE, ATLAS GAVE US A BIT
OF A MORE PUSH THAN NEEDED BUT
CENTAUR WAS ABLE TO ADJUST
ACCORDINGLY, PLACE STARLINER
EXACTLY WHERE WE NEEDED IT.
AND WE HAVE CONFIRMATION OF A
GOOD O.I. BURN, ONCE AGAIN
STARLINER IN ORBIT HEADING TO
THE ISS.
>> MAJOR MILESTONE TO GET BEHIND
US BUT JUST THE BEGIN, WE HAVE A
NUMBER OF DEMONSTRATIONS NOW
THAT STARLINER HAS TO GO THROUGH
AHEAD OF ITS I WANT FASHION INTE
STATION A RARELY OF THE THOSE
BEGIN RIGHT WAY A CHECK OUT OF
THE VISION BASED ELECTRICAL
TRACKING RELAY THEY MAKE
MEASUREMENTS THAT STARLINER USES
FOR NAVIGATION THEY HAVE TWO AND
EACH CONTAINS FOUR SENSORS A
CHOLERA OF A NARROW VIEW, ONE
WITH A PRIDE VIEW AND INFRARED
CAMERA AND A LAY DAR UNIT THAT
USES RADAR TO DETECT RANGE.
>> JUST A COUPLE OF MORE THINGS
THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH ON THAT
YOU ARE ORBITAL INVERSION CHECK
LIST.
CON FIRM ACTION GOD RATE 80 OR
ACTIVATION, THEY ARE NOW IN
CONTROL AND CONTROLLING THE
THERMAL ENVIRONMENT INSIDE THE
CABIN.
>> GOING BACK A LITTLE BIT.
JUST TO HELP YOU GUYS LEARN A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT STARLINER GOING
BACK TO THE IP Cs THAT BLUE,
GREEN, AND RED, THE PROPULSION
CONTROLLER EACH OF THE THRUST
LUEDERS ARE MAPPED TO.
IF YOU THINK OF THE FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS LIKE THE BRAIN OF
STAR LINER THE IPCs ARE LIKE
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM TRANSLATING
THOSE COMMANDS IN TO MOVEMENT.
SO WE'LL SEE THE TEAM CONTINUE
TO EXERCISE THOSE.
THOUGHT THE FLIGHT.
NEXT UP ARE A COUPLE OF DEMOS I
THINK FOR NOW, WOMEN WRAP UP
HERE IN HOUSTON.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, WITH THAT LAST
MILESTONE, SAFELY BEHIND US
WE'LL SAY GOODBYE FOR THE NIGHT
STARLINER TEAM HERE IN MISSION
CONTROL WILL BE MONITORING
CONTINUALLY, AS STARLINER MAKES
ITS WAY TOWARDS THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
RIGHT NOW STAR LINER IS ABOUT
118 MILES ABOVE THE COAST OF
AFRICA.
HEADING TOWARDS THE INDIAN ON OR
ABOUT END.
AND WITH THAT SINCE THE NEXT
DESTINATION FOR STARLINER IS
GOING TO BE THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION WE'LL GET AN
UPDATE FROM GARY JORDAN DOWN THE
HALL IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION FLIGHT ROLE ROOM.
THAT'S IT FOR YOUR AND I FOR THE
NIGHT.
IT WAS A GREAT LAUNCH AND WE ARE
EXCITED TO SEE STAR LINE ORE ITS
WAY, GARY.
>> HEY, THANKS, BRANDY AND JOSH,
IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE STARLINER
IN A GOOD ORBIT AND HEAD FOR
THIS I WANT NATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
TEAMS WILL WILL MONITOR THE
STARLINER.
IN THAT TIME IT PERFORMS
ACTIVATION AND CHECKOUTS A FEW
EARLY DEMONSTRATIONS OF ITS
THRUST LUEDERS, GUIDANCE
NAVIGATION AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT
AS WELL AS ITS COMMUNICATION
ADVERTISE DECEMBERS AS IT
EXECUTES A SERIES OF BURNS TO
GRADUALLY RAISE ITSY ALTITUDE
AND GET CLOSER TO THE STATION.
TOMORROW BE SURE TO TUNE IN FOR
OUR COVERAGE OF THE APPROACH AND
DOCKING PHASE WHEN WE GET INSIDE
THE APPROACH ELLIPSOID OR ABOUT
A TWO-KILOMETER MARKER FROM THE
STATION, WE'LL SEE A FEW
CRITICAL DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE
STARLINNER TO VERIFY SOME OF THE
SPACECRAFT'S CAPABILITIES TO
KEEP ASTRONAUTS SAFE.
WE'LL SEE STATION ASTRONAUTS
COMMAND A HOLD OF THE STAR LINER
AND PER REMEMBER A RETREAT
MANEUVER IN THE APPROACH
CORRIDOR.
AFTER TODAY'S SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH
WE ARE TARGET TO GO START OUR
COVERAGE OF STARLINER'S APPROACH
TO THE STATION AT 3:30 P.M.
EASTERN TIME TOMORROW FOR A
DOCKING SCHEDULED FOR 7:10 P.M.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
CREW IS EXPECTED TO HOST A
WELCOME CEREMONY OF THE
SPACECRAFT TO THE STATION THE
FOLLOWING DAY ASK.
WE MAY GET SOME PEEKS INSIDE THE
STARLINER.
IT WILL BE A BUSY WEEK HERE IN
HOUSTON DURING THAT DOCK PHASE
OF STARLINER AND THERE IS A LOT
TO DO.
IN MOON TIME THAT DOES IT FOR
HERE FROM MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON WITH THAT BACK TO DARROL
AND DEE OVER AT THE KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER.
>> THANKS, GARY.
LALLED I CAN TO THANKS THE
LAUNCH AND FLIGHT TEAMS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY TROY MAKE THIS IS
DAY POSSIBLE.
ABOUTS AS YOU HAVE HEARD ME WE
KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY
CRITICAL MILESTONES, ONCE DOCKED
THE STARLINER WILL GO A NUMBER
OF CHECKOUTS BATTER
TRANSFERRING.
AFTERNOON HOPE AND CLOSE, AND
CARGO TRANSFER AND YOU'LL OF
THESE DEMONSTRATIONS WILL
PROVIDE THE DATA NEEDED TO BRING
BOEING CLOSER TO HAVING THE
PRIVILEGE I BELIEVE OF CARRYING
ASTROS THOUGHTS TO AND FROM THE
SPACE STATION.
>> AND NASA ASTRONAUTS ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT MUCH THE
DOCKING THAT YOU MENTIONED,
SCHEDULED FOR A LITTLE BIT LESS
THAN 24 HOURS FROM NOW, AT
7:10 P.M. EASTERN TIME.
AND WHILE WE ARE TALKING
SCHEDULES, MAKE SURE THAT YOU
STAY TUNED FOR A POST LAUNCH
NEWS CONFERENCE AT 9:00 P.M.
EASTERN TIME ON OUR WEBSITE
NASA.GOV/LIVE AND NASA AND
BOEING AND U L.A. LEADERSHIP
WILL BE ON HAND TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OFT2 TEST
FLIGHT UP UNTIL THIS POINTS AND
TIME UNTIL THEN AND AFTERWARDS
YOU CAN FIND UPDATES AT
NASA.GOV/COMMERCIALCREW ALL ONE
WORLD AND YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON
CRITTER ON THE RESPECT SIDE AT
COMMERCIAL CREW.
>> WE LEAVE YOU NOW WITH ANOTHER
LOOK AT THE LAUNCH OF ORBITAL
FLIGHT TEST NUMBER TWO.
>> BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT I HAVE
TO COMPLIMENT THAT JACKET.
IT'S A NICE JACKET.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> IT LOOKS GOOD.
KEEP YOUR EYE ON IT.
SOMEBODY MIGHT BURGLE IT FROM
YOU.
FOR DEE RUSSELL, BOEING, ULA AND
ALL OF US HERE AT THE NASA
KENNEDY AND JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
I AM DARROL, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT
AND REMEMBER TO KEEP LOOKING UP.
>> 10, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX,
FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE.
AND LIFTOFF.
STARLINER IS HEADED BACK TO
SPACE ON THE SHOULDERS OF ATLAS
POWERED BAY A WORKFORCE
DEDICATED TO ITS SUCCESS.
>> WE HAVE CONFIRMATION OF A
GOOD EPIC TIME ORE STARLINER.