>> YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE ON CAPE
CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION.
IN ABOUT 7 MINUTES THE SPACEX
FALCON 9 WILL LAUNCH PACE TO
HELP MONITOR THE PLANETS AND THE
CHANGING CLIMATE.
HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US ON THIS EARLY MORNING FROM
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA.
I AM NASA'S JASMINE HOPKINS AND
WE ARE COUNTING DOWN TO LAUNCH
PACE, THE PLANKTON CLOUD OCEAN
ECOSYSTEM AND JOINING US TODAY
IS LAURA NASA'S PROGRAM
SCIENTIST FOR THE CHEMISTRY
PROGRAM.
THAT IS A MOUTHFUL.
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT IS HONOR TO BE HERE WITH ALL
OF YOU NEAR AND FAR AND WITNESS
HISTORY IN THE MAKE AND THE
THIRD TIME IS A CHARM.
YES.
THIRD TIME IS THE CHARM.
THAT IS RIGHT, LAURAMENT THE
THIRD LAUNCH ATTEMPT FOR PASS
AFTER THE FIRST TWO WERE
POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER
CONDITIONS EARLIER THIS WEEK BUT
WEATHER IS LOOKING MUCH BETTER
TODAY.
WE ARE 95% A GO.
LAUNCH IS SET FOR 1:33 AND 36
SECONDS EASTERN TIME.
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE FOR
LAUNCH?
>> IT FEELS UNBELIEVABLE.
WE HAVE BEEN WAITING AND HOUSLEY
ALL WEEK FOR PACE TO LUNCH AND
IT IS REALLY GOING TO BE AMAZING
LAUNCH.
NIGHT LAUNCHES ARE JUST
INCREDIBLE, BUT THIS ONE IS
GOING TO BE UNBELIEVABLE BECAUSE
IT IS PACE.
IT ITS GOING TO BE GREAT ON TV,
BUT FEELING THE EXCITE AM HERE
AND JUST LIBBING THIS TOGETHER
IS AMAZING.
RIGHT.
YOU CAN FEEL THE RUMBLE ON THE
GROUND, ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF,
BUT YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A
LONG TIME.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING
FOR DECADES, RIGHTING?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
PACE HAS BORN AROUND FOR A
COUPLE OF DECADES THE CONCEPT OF
PACE AND BUILDING PACE AND GOING
TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE WAY WE LOOK
AT THE OCEAN ATMOSPHERE TOGETHER
AND HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW THE
SYSTEMS ARE CHANGING THIS IS
REALLY IMPORTANT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
NASA HAS A STRONG COMMITMENT
WITH EARTH'S OBSERVATION.
>> RIGHT.
I WANT TO ASK, WHAT ARE YOU MOST
LOOKING FORWARD TO HE.
>> ING FROM SPACE THAT.
>> I AM MOST EXCITED ABOUT WHAT
I DON'T KNOW IS GOING TO COME
OUT OF PASSION.
SUCH A REVOLUTIONARY SATELLITE
WITH GROUND BREAK INSTRUMENTS
AND THOSE DATA ARE GOING TO HELP
US UNDERSTAND HOW THEATER'S
SYSTEM IS INTRACONNECT AND ALL
OF YOU WHO ARE USING THESE DATA
ARE GOING TO GIVE US AMAZING
APPLICATIONS WE HAVE NOT THOUGHT
ABOUT SO EXTREMELY EXCITEK TO
LIVING THIS WITH YOU.
>> RIGHT.
WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE
PUBLIC WILL DO AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ANSWERING
MY QUESTIONS, LAURA.
FOR THOSE WATCHING ONLINE.
YOU CAN ALSO ASK LAURA YOUR
QUESTIONS.
SEND THEM IN USING #ASKNASA
ACROSS THE SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORMS TO BE ANSWERED LIVE
DURING TODAY'S PROGRAM.
WE ARE NOW 10 MINUS 45 MINUTES
UNTIL LIFTOFF OF PACE.
LET'S TICK A CLOSER LOOK AT THE
PASS SATELLITE.
A MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF 3:47:48 AND
FAVE FEET LONG FIVE FEET HIGH
AND THE SIZE OF A LARGE SUV AND
WILL TAKE 12 AND A HALF MINUTES
TO ENTER ORBIT OF 420 MILES THEN
ORBIT THE EARTH EVERY 98.3
MINUTES SO THE SAME TIME IT
TEAKS TO YOU WATCH A MOVIE.
PACE WILL
MISBEHALFING AND THIS IS GOING
TO HELP US THEN BETTER
UNDERSTAND THE DISTRIBUTION OF
HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS AND PREDICT
WHERE THEY MAY OCCUR.
RIGHT.
PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE
TINY PARTICLES THESE
PHYTOPLANKTON SO HE SAYS WHAT
KIND OF DATA DOES THE
PHYTOPLANKTON ON THE SURFACE
GIVE?
>> SO BASICALLY, LIKE WHAT WE
ARE LOOKING AT.
AGAIN, THE VERY PARTICULAR LIGHT
SIGNAL.
THOUGH COLOR WHAT IS WE ARE
LOOKING FOR AND WE ARE GOING TO
LISTENER MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE
SHARE THIS MORNING WITH YOU.
>> EXACTLY.
YEAH.
A LOT MORE TO LEARN ABOUT THE
TINY PHYTOPLANKTON THAT LIVE IN
THE OCEAN SO CLEARLY, THERE IS A
LOT TO UNPACK AND A LOT TO KNOW
ABOUT THE PACE MISSION.
WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE CONTINUE
TO SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS USING
#ASKNASA.
BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH TO
LEARN ABOUT PACE.
LAURA AND I WON'T BE THE ONLY
ONCE YOU HEAR FROM TODAY.
WE HAVE NES SA'S MEGAN CRUZ
STANDING BOY AT NEARBY LAUNCH
LOCATION TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE
KEY PEOPLE BEHIND THIS MISSION.
BUT FIRST LET'S CHECK WIN LAUNCH
COMMENTATOR AT HANGAR AE.
>> THANKS VERY MUCH, JS MIN AND
LAURA.
I AM DARRYL NAIL JOINED BY NICK,
A GUY WHO HAS 30 YEARS PLUS
EXPERIENCE IN THE ROCKET
INDUSTRY SO WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE
YOUR EXPERTISE HERE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER.
IT WITHS A BIG DEAL.
IT CANCELED A COUPLE OF LAUNCH
ATTEMPTS FOR THE FIRST TWO
CALENDAR DAYS WE HAD.
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CAME OVER
THE STATE.
LOTS OF WIND.
TOO THIGH GO.
IN THE END, ON THE THIRD DAY,
WELL, WE HAD NEARLY PERFECT
CONDITIONS.
WE ARE MORE THAN 95%.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, IT HAS
BEEN 90 PLUS PERCENT POSSIBILITY
OF VIOLATION DUE TOW THE
WEATHER, BUT AS YOU SAID, IT IS
CLEAR TONIGHT.
THE WEATHER LOOKS BRETT.
THE LAUNCH WEATHER OFFICER
BRIEFED AS YOU FEW MINUTES AGO
AND EVERYTHING IS PERFECT FOR A
LAUNCH EARLY THIS MORNING.
>> THERE IS A LOOK AT THE ROCKET
AND THE SPACECRAFT ON SPACE
LAUNCH COMPLEX 40 OUT THERE AT
THE SPACE, SPACE LAUNCH COMPLEX,
WELL, 40.
A SLICK 40 AS THEY LIKE TO CALL
IT.
YOU WILL SEE THE SPACECRAFT AT
THE TOP OF THE ROCKET.
THE BOOSTER IS REUSED.
WE WILL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE
INTO THAT LATER ON.
WE ARE GETTING READY TO FLOW
PROPELLANT INTO THE ROCKET.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE
CONDENSATION FROM THE TANK FARM
FOR THE LIQUID OXYGEN KIND OF
BLOWING AROUND THERE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROPELLANTS IN
THERE YET AND ABOUT TO GO.
YOU MENTIONED THE WEATHER AND IN
FACT THEY DROPPED THE WEATHER
BRIEF THEY DO SHORTLY BEFORE
GOING WITH THE PROPELLANT SO IT
IS THAT GOOD OUT THERE, FOLKS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TRAJECTORY.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN 60
YEARS WE ARE GETTING A CAPE
POLAR TRAJECTORY AND GOING OUT
OF MISSION WITH NASA.
>> YEAH.
ABSOLUTELY.
WE ARING ABOUT TO BE TALKING
THIS TRA YEK RY WHICH IS U NOKE
AND GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THAT
LATER FROM ONE OF THE ANALYSTS
BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.
NORMALLY WEE LAUNCH OUT OF
VANDENBERG BUT TONIGHT IS THE
CAPE.
>> LET'S LISTEN TO THAT POLL.
>> WE DID HEAR THE POLL.
SOL THAT WAS GOOD TO FO.
WE EXPECT THAT THESE POLLS WILL
GET A GO AS WEATHER IS GROWN
ACROSS THE BOARD, AND WE HAVE
ALREADY CHECKED WITH THE
SPACECRAFT TEAM, THEY ARE GOD TO
GO AS WELL.
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
NASS' LAUNCH MANAGER TOLD THE
NATION SA TEAM AND THE
SPACECRAFT TEAM JUST BEFORE T
MINUS 44 MINUTES AND THINGS
LOOKED PEAT THERE.
TEAM REPORTED GO ACROSS THE
BOARD GETTING READY TO LOAD
PROPELLANTS AS WE GET READY TO
START SO T MO US IN 5 IN 3
MINUTES WE GET READY TO START
RP1 MOVING.
>> SPACEX HAS NUMBER OF POLLS
THAT THEY DO AS WELL.
WELL.
>> ALL OF THIS COUNTING DOWN TO
PROPELLENT LOAD WHICH HAPPENS AT
T MINUS 35 AND COUNTING.
>> YEAH.
CORRECT.
AS WE GET READY TO GO.
THE TEAM IS LOOKING AT
EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE IT IS
CHECKING THINGS LOG TO THE
PROCEDURE.
MAKING SURE THE VEHICLE IS READY
AND THESE POLLS THAT WE HAVE
THROUGH THE EVENING, OR EARLY
THIS MORNING, VERIFIED THAT ALL
THE SYSTEMS ARE READY AND AS WE
SAID.
WE HEARD THE POLL FROM NASA
EARLIER AND SPACEX WILL CONTINUE
MOVING FORWARD GETTING READY FOR
PROPELLANT LOAD.
THIS IS UNIQUE TRAJECTORY AS WE
MENTIONED.
PACE IS FLYING TODAY.
THE FIRST TABLE OVER 60 YEARS
NASA IS FLYING A POLAR ORBIT
FROM THE SPACE COAST OF FLORIDA.
>> I AM JOINED BY FLIGHT DESIGN
ANALYSTS JIMMY SMITH WITH LAUNCH
SERVICE PROGRAM.
YOU DID THE FLIGHT TRAJECTORY
FOR THE PACE MISSION.
TELL ME, IT IS UNIQUE.
WE ARE LAUNCHING INITIALLY EAST,
THEN HEADING SOUTH.
WHY IS THAT INTO YEAH.
SO PACE IS GOING TO A SUN
SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT WAYS NEAR
POLAR ORBIT AT 98.1-DEGREE
INCLINATION, SO WE HAVE TO
LAUNCH EAST, THEN DOG LEG TO THE
RIGHT TO MAKE IT TO OUR
INCLINATION TARGET.
NOW WE GET THIS THIS ORGET
PRETTY FAST.
ONLY 16 MINUTES THEN SEPARATING
OFF THE ROCKET.
YEAH.
WE ARE DIRECT AND WE HAVE ONE
LONG BURN.
7 MINUTE BURN OF THE UPPER STAGE
TO GET US TO THE DESIRED ORBIT.
>> A STEEP CLIMB ON THE WAY.
YES.
SO BY THE TIME THE UPPER STAGE
OF THE VEHICLE GETS TO THE WEST
PALM AREA WE ARE AT 180 MILES UP
BY THE TIME IT CROSSES OVER TO
THE HOMESTEAD CUBE ABOUT AREA
AND BEE RON THE ALTITUDE.
>> MOST LAUNCHERS KNOW AS THE
ROCKET TAKES OFF EAST.
YOU LOSE SIGHT OF IT.
THIS IS GOING SOUTH.
WILL PEOPLE ALONG THE COAST OF
FLORIDA BE ABLE TO SEE.
YEAH.
SO ESPECIALLY PEOPLE ALONG THE
PACE COAST WILL HAVE TREMENDOUS
VIEW OF THE ROCKET'S ASCENT TO
START HEADING SOUTH AND THEN,
ALSO, THE RETURN TO LAUNCH SITE
OF THE BOOSTER AND PEOPLE AS FAR
SOUTH AS WEST PALM SHOULD GET A
GOOD VIEW.
YOU HAVE NOT SEEN A BOOSTER COME
BACK BE A PRETTY COOL SHOW.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR EXPLAINING
THAT FOR US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BACK HIT TO PAD THERE ON THE
FALCON 9 ROCKET STANDING READY
FOR ROTATIONAL PELL ENT LOAD IN
JUST ABOUT 30 SECONDS FROM NOW.
>> WE HEARD SPACEX LAUNCH
DIRECTOR CHARLIE MEYER GIVE
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE TEAM GETTING
READY FOR PROPELLANT ENT LOAD.
AS HE GAVE THE INSTRUCTIONS,
EVERYBODY LOOKED LIKE THEY ARE
READIED TO GO SO WE START IN TEN
SECONDS.
>> LAUNCH STARTED.
>> THERE IS THE CALL.
HE THEY ARE NOW FLOWING RP1
WHICH IS REFINED TYPE OF
KEROSENE, ROCKET FUEL INTO THE
FIRST STAGE OF THE FALCON 9
ROCKET, SO IT BEGINS.
WE WILL BE TRACKING THE ROW PELL
ENT LOAD AS WE GO.
LET'S TAKE QUICK LOOK AT THE
WEATHER GRAPHIC FOR THE
CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW.
WE WILL SHOW YOU THAT BEFORE WE
PEEL OUT OF HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE WINDS 15 TO
20 MILES PER HOUR OUT OF THE
NORTH.
TEMPERATURE A COOL 59 DEGREES.
AND OUR PERCENT GO, GREATER THAN
95%.
THE ONLY CONCERN IS A POSSIBLE
CUMULUS CLOUD THAT COULD COME
OVER TOP, BUT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
THAT IS IN THE OFFERING TODAY.
A FANTASTIC FORECAST FOR LAUNCH.
WITH THAT, WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO
JASMIN AND LAURA IN THE STUDIO.
>> THANK YOU.
MORE THAN 95% PO.
THAT IS GREAT TO SEE.
ADDS WE HEARD THE CALL-OUTS FOR
LOADING LIQUID OXYGEN, WE'LL
PAUSE THROUGHOUT TODAY'S
BROADCAST FOR THOSE OPERATIONAL
UPDATES, SO YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG
WITH THE ACTION.
LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH MEGAN
CRUZ WHO IS STANDING BY WITH THE
PACE SCIENCE PROJECT.
MEG ANN IN.
>> THE SPACE CENTER WITH MING
NOW IS JEREMY.
HE IS AS JASMIN SAID, THE PACE
PROJECT SCIENTIST.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> HOW ARE YOU FEELING BEING
SNEER EXHAUSTED.
>> EXHILARATED.
>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?
>> I DO KNOW WHAT IT TIME IT IS.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE.
TALK TO ME HOW IMPORTANT THE
OCEANS WHICH ARE BEAUTIFULLY
DEPICTED.
>> THANK YOU FOR APPRECIATES
THAT.
OCEANS ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT,
THEY PRODUCE THE FOOD WE EAT AND
THE OXYGEN WE BREATH BUT ALSO
REGULATE CLI MIT AND WEATHER AND
PROVIDE COMPOUNDS USING
MEDICINES AND PROVIDE THROUGH
THE ECONOMY THROUGH JOBS AND
RECREATION.
WE KNOW THEY ARE CHANGING WITH
THE WARMING CLIMATE BUT SO MUCH
LEFT WE HAVE TO DISCOVERS AND TO
STUDY AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT
ARE HAPPENING ON DAILY SCALES
THAT AFFECT OUR EVERY DAY LIVES
TO GENERATIONAL SCALES THAT
EFFECT THE WALL TY OF THE LIVES
OF THE CHILDREN.
>> OK.
WHAT WILL PACE REVEAL TO US
ABOUT THE OCEANS WE DON'T
ALREADY KNOW?
IT IS REASON FOR BEING, THE
STUDY OF THIS AMAZING
MICROSCOPIC MOSTLY INVISIBLE
LIVABLE OCEAN.
THEY OPERATE LIKE LAND PLANTS
BUT THE BEAUTIFUL TEENY ALGAE
AND CONVERT CARBON DIOXIDED THAT
PROVIDES THE BASE OF THE FOOD
CHIN AND SOMETIMES THAT GETS
SEQUESTERED ARE STOWED IN THE
OCEAN.
THE REASON WE CARE ABOUT THEM
BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY ARENG KAG.
THERE ARE BENEFICIAL ONES WHERE.
THERE ARE HARMFUL ONES THAT
CONTAMINATE DRINKING WATER BUT
THE OCEAN IS BIG, SO WE NEED THE
VANTAGE POINT OF SPACE TO STUDY
THEM.
>> PERFECT.
>> TODAY, WE ARE GREAT AT SAYING
I SEE FY TOW PLANKTON.
>> I LOVE THAT.
WE ARE NOT ONLY FOLK SNG ON THE
OCEAN.
PACE IS LOOKING AT THEATER'S
ATMOSPHERE.
EXACTLY.
THEY ARE SUPER INTRACONNECTED.
YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND ONE
WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE OTHER.
PACE WILL PROVIDE THE DIRECT
MEASUREMENTS OF CLOUDS WHICH ARE
ANYTHING THAT RANGE FROM POLLEN,
SEA SPRAY, ROLL CANTIC ASH.
YOU CARE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THEY
FORM ON SHORT SCALES AND LONG
SCALES YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND
HOW CLOUDS AND THESE TINY
AEROSOLS ARE WARMING AND
COOLING.
>> I LOVE THAT.
WE ARE GOING SO FAR UP AND THE
VANTAGE POINT OF SPACES TO SEE A
BIT OF THINGS THAT REALLY HELP
US UNDERSTANDS OUR BOX.
RIGHT.
YOU HEARD ME RIGHT FROM00 MILES
ABOVE EARTH WE'LL SEE THE
MICROSCOPIC OCEAN AND
ATMOSPHERE.
>> I DO KNOW YOU ARE TIRED BUT
GREAT TO STAY UP TO SEE THE
LAUNCH.
>> IT WAS WORTH.
>> I AWESOME.
THANKS SOME OF.
>> I APPRECIATE BOEING HERE.
>> APPRECIATE IT, TOO.
BANG TO YOU.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
SO JUST HEARD, ONCE PACE IS IN
ORBIT ABOVE THE EARTH IT WILL
HELP US OBSERVE PLANKTON.
LET'S TICK A CLOSER LOOK AT THE
HOW THE SMALL LIFE STORM FORMS
ARE HAVING A BIG IMPACT ON THE
PLANET.
♪ ♪
♪ PLANKTON GENERALLY DOESN'T
REALLY MEAN LIKE A GROUP THINGS.
YOU KNOW, WE THINK ABOUT MAMMALS
THEN PLANTS.
PRANKTON ARE NOT THAT.
PLANKTON MEANS WONDERER IN
BROKE.
THESE ARE JUST OCEANIC ORGANISMS
THAT ARE IN THE OCEAN CURRENTS.
ITS NONTRADITIONAL WAIVE
THINKING ABOUT BIOLOGY IN A
SENSE.
PLANKTON, WE CAN DEFINE
TRADITIONALLY IN PLANKTON
SOMETHING THAT IS ANIMAL LIKE
AND SOMETHING THAT IS MORE PLANT
LIKE.
PHOTO SYNTHESIS.
TO TAKE CARBON INORGANIC FORM,
CAPTURE THE SUNLIGHT, THEN PLO
DUES CARBOHYDRATES OR SUGARS, TO
NOW ARE CARRYING THAT SUN ENERGY
AND PUSH TO IT THE FOOD SYSTEM
OF THE OCEAN.
WHILE THEY REDOING THIS, THEY
PRODUCE THE OXYGEN SO, INHALE
OXYGEN, EXHALE.
SO THAT IS WHY THEY ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT.
THAT IS ARE WE LOVE THEM SO MUCH
AND REALLY CRUCIAL FOR THE WHOLE
LIFE ON THE EARTH.
PHYTOPLANKTON, THERE IS 10,000.
WHY IS THERE SO MUCH DY
REMEMBERS TY IN SOMETHING SO
TINE?
I.
>> SCIENCE FICTION HORROR COMES
TOGETHER.
IT IS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL.
SO THE CHANGES OF THE COLOR OF
THE OCEAN THE PRESENCE OF THE
PHYTOPLANKTON ARE MINIATURE WE
CANNOT SEE WITH IT THE EYES BUT
IF WE HAVE SENSITIVE INSTRUMENTS
SUCH AS OCEAN COLOR ON PACE WE
ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
DIFFERENTIATE NOT ONLY BECAUSE
IT IS SENSITIVE TO THE INTENSITY
BUT ALSO SENSITIVE TO THE
COLORS.
HAVING THIS HIGH VIEW WHICH IS
HIGH SENSITIVITY IS GOING TO
ALLOW ME TO DIFFERENTIATE MUCH,
MUCH MORE OF THE PHYTOPLANKTON
BECAUSE EACH GROUP HAS THE OWN
OPTICAL PATTERN.
IT IS OPTICAL FINGERPRINT.
WE ARE HOPING THAT PACE IS GOING
TO BE ABLE TO REALLY FOCUS ON
SPECIFIC SPECIES OF INTEREST
SUCH AS THE HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM
SPECIES OR SPECIES THAT ARE
BENEFICIAL FOR THE GROWTH OF THE
CERTAIN ORGANISMS SO THIS IS A
FUNCTION OF THE TECHNICAL
ABILITY THAT PACE HAS BUT ALSO,
IT IS A FUNCTION OF OUR
CAPABILITIES TO UNDERSTAND THE
LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS.
JOININGS NOW LIVE IN PERSON TO
TALK ABOUT PHYTOPLANKTON IS NASA
OCEAN GRAPH IR.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> OF COURSE.
WE ARE EXCITED TO YOU HAVE.
ADDS YOU KNOW THE SPACE COAST OF
FLORIDA SITS ON THE ATLANTIC
OCEAN, SO YOU TOOK A FIELD TRIP
DOWN THE WATER TO GET A
PHYTOPLANKTON SAMPLE.
CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH WHAT YOU
DID INTO DEFINITELY.
TOGETHER WITH MY COLLEAGUE, WE
WENT CLOSE BIHERE ON THE DOCK ON
THE KENNEDY SIDE AND DEPLOYED
PLANKTON NET.
PLANKTON NET IS SOMETHING WE USE
TO SEE WHAT IS IN THE OCEAN.
LOOK YOU KNOW, SEE WITH A
MICROSCOPE.
SO IMAGINE THE PLANKTON IS
BOEING ON A BUTTERFLY NET FAR
PLANKTON BUT THE HOLES ARE SO
TINY YOUR HAIR CANNOT PASS
THROUGH IT AND ALLOWS TO CAPTURE
EVERYTHING IN THE WATER,
PHYTOPLANKTON, ALL THE PLANKTONS
AND SOMETIMES OTHER THINGS WILL
FALL TRILLION THE ATMOSPHERE SO
WE COLLECTED A A LOT THAT DAY
BECAUSE THIS AREA IS REALLY,
REALLY FILLED WITH
PHYTOPLANKTON.
YEAH.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE DO TO KIND
OF LIKE SEE WHAT IS IN THE OCEAN
AND LOOK FROM THE SKY.
>> AWESOME.
YOU WENT AND COLLECTED THIS
SAMPLE OF FOY TOW PLANKTON FOR
US.
HERE IT IS.
THIS CANNOT BE SWEEN THE NAKED
EYE BUT YOU HAVE A MICROSCOPE
AND GOING TO TEACH LAURA AND I
HOW TO OBSERVE, RIGHT?
YES.
ONCE WE COLLECT THE SAMPLE WE
WILL USE THE TRADITIONAL TOOLS
TO OBSERVE THEM.
WILL TAKE A LITTLE DROPLET OF
THIS WATER WE HAVE COLLECTED AND
SHOW YOU THE BEAUTY AND DROPLET
OF WATER.
SAW AWESOME.
PRETTY SIMPLE.
YOU ABOUT THERE.
YOU PICK UP WATER.
YOU PUT IN THE MICROSCOPE SLIDE.
PUT IN THIS INSIDE.
I WILL SLIDE IT UNDER.
WE WILL SEE WHAT WE ARE GOING TO
SEE.
I DON'T KNOW.
SOME MAGIC MAYBE.
SOME PARTY PEOPLE.
YEAH.
OK.
WOW.
OK.
VERY NICE.
OK.
OH, WOW.
OK.
WHAT YOU SEEING HERE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THIS LINE, IT IS
CALLED, THERE IS ACTUALLY FOUR
TO FIVE TOGETHER AND DOCKED
INSIDE THESE THAT THEY HAVE
WHICH IS THE GREEN COLOR THAT
ALLOWS US TO SEE FROM SPACE.
USUALLY, I WOULD EXPECTS RUNNERS
RUNNING AROUND HERE WHICH ARE
SOMETIMES ANIMALS SOMETIMES
PLANTS AND THEY CAN DO BOTH
THINGS BUT THESE GUYS IN THE
CENTER ARE FASCINATING PAUSE
THESE ARE THE TYPE THAT LIVE IN
A GLASS SHELL AND REALLY, REALLY
GOOD.
>> WAY.
REALLY FASCINATING.
THAT IS FASCINATING.
OUR AUDIENCE THROUGHOUT HAVE A
GREAT YOU HAVE ON THE SCENE.
WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL VIEW, TOO.
ADDS WE ARE LOOKING INTO IN THE
JAR YOU SEE DIRT OR SOMETHING AT
THE POT TOM THERE.
IT ACTUALLY HAS COLOR RIGHT.
WHERE DOES THAT COLOR FOR THE FY
TOWPLAN! PLANKTON COME FROM.
WELL, IT IS.
EACH PHYTOPLANKTON HAS DIFFERENT
SIZE, DIFFERENT SHAPE AND
DIFFERENT BIGMENTS AND SETS
ASIDE FROM ONE ANOTHER AND LIKE
A FINGERPRINT WHERE PACE IS
CRITICAL BECAUSE BEING ABLE TO
SEE THE ENTIRE SECTION ARE THE U
STRO THE NEAR INFRARED AT A FIND
RESOLUTION IS GOING TO BE ABLE
TO HELP US PICK OUT WHAT KIND OF
PIECE SYES ARE IN DIFFERENT
TYPES OF WATER AND WHAT IS THE
COMMUNITY COMPOSITION WHICH IS
CRITICAL FOR A NUMBER OF FUNKS
THAT OUR OCEAN PERFORMS FOR US.
RIGHT.
IN THE PAST YOU CAN SEE.
WE CAN IDENTIFY WHAT IS IN THE
WATER SO WHAT DOES OCEAN COLOR
TELL US ABOUT THE OCEAN HEALTH
IVANNA?
THAT ASPIRATE QUESTION.
BY THE WAY, OH, WOW.
LOOK.
WE SWIM AROUND.
OK.
SO YOU KNOW, AGAIN, OCEAN LIBS
IN THERE AND IN PHYTOPLANKTON IS
THE MARINE FOOD WEB SO DIRECTLY
CONNECTED TO EVERYTHING WE CARE
ABOUT IN THE OCEAN EVEN LIKE
MICROPHONE BUT FISHERIES WE
DEPEND ON.
THE BIGGEST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE
SERVICE THAT OCEAN DOES, THIS
CARBON CONTROL.
CONTROL OF THE CARBON IN THE
OCEAN.
THESE LITTLE GUYS I AM SHOWING
HERE, THESE ARE CRUCIAL BECAUSE
THEY ARE VERY GOOD IN TALKING
THIS CARBON FROM THE SURFACE OF
TAKING DOWN TO DEEP TO THE
OCEAN, REMOVING IT FROM THE
CONTACTING WITH THE ATMOSHPHERE,
THEREFORE, ALLOWING THE CARBON
TO FLOW AND IN A SENSE
CONTROLLING THE CLIMATE.
RIGHT.
SEEING THE EARTH'S ECOSYSTEM
COMING TOGETHER.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT.
WE APPRECIATE.
NOW CHECK BACK IN WITH MEGAN
CRUZ WHO IS STANDING BY FROM ONE
OF THE KEY SCIENTIST FROM
GODDARD.
MEGAN.
>> YEAH.
WELCOME BACK HERE TO KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER.
AM WITH CHRISTA PETERS, SHE IS
THE DIRECTOR AT NASA'S GODDARD
SPACEFLIGHT CENTER.
GREAT TOT YOU HAVE HERE.
WHAT A GREAT MIGHT FOR A LAUNCH.
>> YES.
THANKS.
WE ARE EXCITED.
TALK TO US ABOUT HOW PACE FITS
INTO THE GOAL OF SCIENCE
RESEARCH SNOOP YEAH.
SO PACE IS GOING TO BE A PART OF
THE AMAZING EARTH SCIENCE FLEET.
IT IS GOING TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE
UNDERSTANDING OF THE OCEAN, SO
WE ARE GOING TO USE OUR RECENTLY
LAUNCHED SATELLITE THE SURFACE
WATER AND OCEAN TOP GRAPHY
MISSION WHICH TELLS BUS THE
HEIGHT.
THEN PACE WILL TELL US ABOUT THE
BOY LOCAL GY OF THE OCEAN SO
COME BYING THE TWO TOGETHER WILL
GIVE US UNPRECEDENTED
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE OCEANS
WORK AND THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR
UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE AND
HOW THE EARTH AS A SYSTEM WILL
RESPOND THROUGH THE CARBON
CYCLE, AS WELL AS THE WATER
CYCLE TO CHANGES.
>> YEAH.
REALLY GREAT SCIENCE BOEING DEN
ON THIS MISSION BUT THEN HOW DO
PEOPLE EVERY DAY PEOPLE.
HOW ARE THEY AFFECTED BY WHAT WE
LEARN THROUGH SAYS NO SO PACE
REALLY WILL IMPACT THREE KEY
APPLICATION AREAS SO THE FIRST
IS FISHERIES THE SECOND IS WATER
QUALITY.
THE THIRD IS AIR QUALITY.
FISHERIES ARE SO IMPORTANT
BECAUSE WE EAT FISH AND ENJOY IT
AND THE BASE OF THE FOOD CHAIN
COMES FROM THE PHYTOPLANKTON AND
ALGAE THAT PACE WILL HELP US
UNDER STAND IN ADDITION, THOUGH.
THERE ARE HARMFUL ALGAE THAT CAN
AFFECT THE WATER WALL TY WE ARE
IN FLORIDA WHERE THE BEACHGOERS
MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO TO A BEACH
BECAUSE IT IS CLOSED SO
UNDERSTANDING THOSE TYPES OF NOT
SO GOOD ALGAE WILL HELP US, YOU
KNOW, IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO
PREDICT THAT THEN FINALLY AIR
QUALITY, RIGHT.
WHEN WILDFIRES HAPPEN THE DUST
AND THE SMOKE TRANSPORTS DOWN
WIND SO THE AEROSOL MEASUREMENTS
FROM PACE WILL HELP US KNOW
WHERE IT IS.
HOW MUCH IS THERE THEN HOW MUCH
MIGHT IMPACT DOWN STREAM PEOPLE.
>> REALLY QUICK, WHAT IS NEXT
AFTER PACE, YOU KNOW, PACE SETS
US UP FOR GREAT SCIENCE IN THE
FUTURE.
SO THE TECHNOLOGY IN SCIENCE
FROM PACE WILL FEED TO THE NEXT
INITIATIVE WHICH IS THEATER'S
SYSTEM OBSERVATORY BEING ABLE TO
USE THOSE TECHNOLOGIES FROM
AEROSOL AND CLOUDS UNDERSTANDING
THEATER AS A SYSTEM WILL HELP US
PREDICT THE FUTURE THEN HELP
CLIMATE AND THE EARTH'S SYSTEM
WILL REACT.
SO.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
I CAN FEEL YOUR EXCITEMENT.
I APPRECIATE YOU BOEING HERE.
THANKS SO MUCH.
GO PACE.
BACK TO YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NOW LAURA AND I HAVE PICTURES TO
SHOW YOU.
ONE WITH EIGHT STRANDS TO DEM
STREET THE CURRENT VIEW OF OCEAN
COLOR WITH SATELLITES BUT ONE
WITH 128 TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE
ARE GOING TO GO WITH PACE AND
ITS INSTRUMENT SO LET'S TALK
ABOUT THIS.
HOW ARE WE GOINGING THIS TO THIY
REVOLUTIONARY ENTRIMENT THAT
ALLOWED US TO SEE HOW DIE NAME K
THE OCEAN IS.
AND OCEANS, THE COLORS WAS KIND
OF WHAT WE CALL AN INSTRUMENT
BASICALLY WE HAVE A FEW COLORS
YOU CAN SEE WHAT WAS IN THE
WATER SO DIDN'T HELP US
DIFFERENTIATE ALL THE WONDERFUL
POSEYS OF PHYTOPLANKTON WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT AND WHILE WE ARE
BEEN ADDING BANDS TO THE
INSTRUMENTS WE HAVE NOT HAD
ANYTHING LIKE PACE WHICH IS
HYPERSPECK TRILLION AND ALLOWS
US TO SEE THE TRUE COLOR OF THE
OCEAN AND PACE IS NOT WONDERFUL
BECAUSE OF THIS BUT CONTINUES
THE LONG HERITAGE OF OVER 35
YEAR OF UNINTERRUPTED
MEASUREMENTS THAT WE HAVE HAD
WHICH IS CRITICAL TO UNRAVEL THE
TRENDS WE HAVE.
RIGHT.
THERE IS A LOT OF DATA GOING ON
HERE.
WE ARE HEARING CALLOUTS AS WELL.
WE HEARD STAGE TWO WAS COMPLETE.
THERE IS A LOT TO UNPACK HERE
WITH THE PACE MISSION.
SO YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING THE
128 CRAYONS TO WHAT IS IMPORTANT
THAT IS THE OCEAN CONNECTS US
ALL AND ONLY FITTING THE PACE
TEAM HAS MEMBERS FROM AROUND THE
GLOBE AND SOME CHILDREN OF THE
PACE TEAM MEMBERS SENT IN WELL
WISHES FOR TODAY'S LAUNCH.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
>> WE LOVE PACE.
YEAH.
>> SPACE.
>> WE LOVE PACE.
PACE.
>> THAT VIDEO WAS PRECIOUS.
IT WARMED OUR HEARTS HERE.
THAT WAS PROJECT NEAR AND DEAR
TO YOUR HEART, RIGHT.
>> IT WAS.
WE RECEIVED OVER 40EN TRIES FROM
32 COUNTRIES AND THE ONE THING
THAT I HEARD EVERY PARENT TELL
ME WHEN THEY WERE DOING THIS IS
HOW MUCH FUN THEY HAD WITH THEIR
KIDS PUTTING THIS VIDEO
TOGETHER.
THAT MEANS A LOT TO US.
BECAUSE OFTENTIMES OUR WORK IS
VERY TIME-CONSUMING.
IT CAN BE A LOT.
WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THIS
IF IT WASN'T PAUSE WE HAD THE
SUPPORT OF OUR FAMILIES.
AND THE WORK THAT WE DO SO FOR
EXAMPLE THE PACE MISSION IS
REALLY DONE SO WE COULD HAVE A
BETTER PLANET FOR OUR CHILDREN
AND THEIR CHILDREN SO THIS
REALLY MEANT A LOT TO ALL OF US
ON THE PACE PROJECT.
>> IT REALLY DID.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JUST HAVING
THOSE AND REALLY SWEET.
I KNOW YOU ARE HERE AS WELL.
AND SO THIS REALLY IS A FAMILY
AFFAIR.
IT IS.
AND YOU CAN WATCH THE ENTIRE
VIDEO WITH ALL THE IN TRIES ON
THE PACE WEBSITE.
AWESOME T. THAT IS SO NICE TO
SEE.
THANKS FOR THAT.
OBVIOUSLY KEEPING THE PLANET
HEALTHY IS IMPORTANT FOR THE
NEXT GENERATION AND THE OFFICE
OF STEM END GIG AM WE HAVE A NEW
WAY TO TEACH THEM ABOUT EARTH
AND CLIMATE SCIENCE IT IS CALLED
EARTHRIZE A MONTHLY NEWS LETTER
THAT PROVIDES EDUCATORS AND
LEARNERS WITH FOCUSED
COLLECTION.
OF EARTH SCIENCE RESORES YOU CAN
SCAN NU TO REGISTER AND LEARN
MORE.
>> ALL RIGHT WE ARE 16 MINUTES
COUNTING FOR LUNCH TO UNCOVER A
SEA OF DATA.
WHERE WE ARE TODAY, THINK OF THE
BOX OF EIGHT CRAYONS AND YOU CAN
DO A LOT OF AMAZING THINGS WITH
THAT.
SO THE INFORMATION CONTENT FOR
ANY SINGULAR INSTRUMENT ON PACE
IS WAY MORE THAN WE ARE USED TO.
OCIS THE BOX OF 90 OR 128
CRAYONS SO SUDDEN WILLING THE
TOOLS YOU HAVE AT THE FINGERTIPS
WILL FILL THE GAPS OF COLOR WE
CAN WANT.
THIS OBSERVATORY IS GOING TO
PROVIDE GLOBAL COVERAGE EVERY
DAY.
THERE IS ANOTHER SCALE OF THIS
TOTAL VOLUME THAT IS REALLY,
REALLY INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF
INFORMATION WE HAVE TO WORK
WITH.
>> I KNOW THE ATMOSPHERE IS
CHANGING.
WE KNOW CARBON DOW OXIDE LEVELS
HAVE INCREASED WE KNOW IT WARMED
OUR ATMOSPHERE CIRCULATION
PATTERNS ARE CHANGING.
PLACES ARE WARMER THAN THEY USED
TO BE.
THE DEEPER DIVE WE TAKE INTO THE
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LAND OCEAN
AND ATMOSPHERE THE MORE WE
REALIZE WE DON'T KNOW AND WE
NODE TO LEARN.
NASA IS PREPARING TO TAKE THAT
DEEPER DIVE WITH THE PLANKTON,
AEROSOL, CLOUD, OCEAN ECOSYSTEM
MISSION OR PACE.
THE EXCHANGE OF CARBON BETWEEN
THE OCEANS LAN AND ATMOSPHERE,
THE IMPACTS OF ATMOSPHERIC
PARTICLES ON PHYTOPLANKTON THE
CHANGES THE COMMUNITIES ARE
EXPERIENCING IN A WARMER EARTH,
REDUCING THE UNCERTAINTY OF A
RESOLES IN SCIENTIFIC CLIMATE
MODELS.
PACE WILL UNDERSTAND AND HOW
THESE SYSTEMS ARE AFFECTED IN A
CHANGING CLIMATE.
♪ THE COLOR OF THE OCEANS CAN
TELL US A LOT ABOUT OUR CHANGING
EARTH SYSTEMS.
AND SO PACE CARRY.
IT'S THE OCEAN COLOR INSTRUMENT
OR OCI TO CONTINUOUSLY MEASURE
THE INTERACTION OF SUNLIGHT WITH
SUBSTANCES IN SEAWATER SUCH AS
THE GREEN PIGMENT CHLOROPHYLL A.
WE ARE VERY GOOD TODAY AT SAYING
THERE IS A LOT OF GROWN MEANING
THERE ARE A LOT OF PLANTS OR WE
WANT TOP GO WITH OCI.
WHAT KIND OF PLAN IS ACTUALLY
THERE SO BOY LOOKING AT MORE
COLOR YOU CAN START GETTING THE
SUTTIES OF THIS PREEN VERSUS
THIS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SHADE OF
GREEN THEN RELATE THAT TO THE
COMPOSITION OF WHAT YOU WITH
LOOKING AT.
PASS' OTHER TWO ARE MULTI ANGLE
AND ONE HYPERSPECK TRILLION AND
THE OTHER HOOPER AND YOU GO LAR.
TOGETHER THEY WILL TAKE ON THE
TINY AIRBORNE PARTICLES AND
CLOUDS BOTH OF WHICH CHANGE HOW
SUNLIGHT INTERACTS THE DATA FROM
PACE WILL HELP REVEAL COMPLEX
REPPS THAT CONNECT THE
ATMOSPHERE, OCEAN AND LAND IN
WAYS THAT HELP EXPLAIN CHANGES
WE SEE IN OUR OWN LIVES.
AND IN WAYS THAT IMPACT
GENERATIONS TO COME.
>> THE DATA TAT FROM PACE COULD
BE USED TO INFORM INDUSTRY AND
POLICY PLAQUERS TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THAT LET'S BRING BACK
NASA'S MEGAN CRUDS WHO IS
STANDING BY WITH ONE OF THE LEAD
SCIENTIST.
MEGAN.
I AM HERE NOW WITH NICK CAN I
FOX THE ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR
FOR THE SCIENCE MISSION.
SHE IS COLD AND CAME FROM
UPSTAIR AND IT IS WINDY.
IT IS PRETTY COLD.
YEAH.
THE WEATHER IS STILL GOOD FOR
LUNCH SO THAT IS GOOD.
TELL ME HOW PACE IS ANOTHER
IMPORTANT ASSET FOR NASA.
PACE IS YET ANOTHER JEWEL IN THE
SCIENCE FLOAT SO 20 SCIENCE
MISSIONS THAT ARE WORKING
TOGETHER TO STUDY ALL DIFFERENT
AMOUNTS OF CLI MIT AND PACE IS
JOINING THAT AMAZING FLEET WITH
THE KIND OF UNIQUE CAPABILITY OF
LOOKING NOT JUST AT THE HEALTH
OF OUR OCEANS AND ALL OF THAT
BUT ALSO AT THE HEALTH OF THE
AIR WE BREATH.
YEAH.
HOW IS IT THAT THE SMALL LITTLE
THINGS IN THE OCEAN, THE
ATMOSPHERE BE THIS THE FIGHT TOW
PLANK HOW ARE THOSE KEY FOR US
TO UNDERSTAND CLIMATE COMMON?
PHYTOPLANKTON ARE HALF OF THE
SIZE OF A HUMAN HAIR THEY ARE
TINY BUT THEY ACTUALLY TAKE 50%.
ACTUALLY THEY PRODUCE 50% OF OUR
OXYGEN AND TAKE CARBON DIOXIDE
OUT OF THE AIR AND LIKE A PLANT
AND CARBON DIOXIDE SUNLIGHT,
NUTRIENTS THEY GRE AND TAKE THE
CARBON DIOXIDE AND PRODUCE
OXYGEN THEN THE BOTTOM OF THE
FOOD CHAIN SO LIKE A SUPER FOOD
AS WELL.
ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF
PHYTOPLANKTON ALL SHAPES, ALL
SIZES PLAYING THEIR PART IN
OCEAN HEALTH THIS THEN AEROSOLS
WHY IS THAT KEY NOW?
BECAUSE AEROSOLS IS ONE OF THE
LEAST UNDERSTOOD IN THE CLIMATE
PUZZLE AND SO, WITH AGAIN, WITH
THE PACE, WE ARE LOOKING NOT
JUST AT THE OCEAN BUT ALSO AT
THE AIR THAT WE BREATH AND YOU
KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT THE
WILDFIRES THAT WE HAD IN CAN DID
AND IT CAME ALL OVER THE U.S.
DOWN TO WASHINGTON EVEN FURTHER
ALL THROUGH THE MIDWEST.
SMOKE AND POLLUTION DON'T FOLLOW
BOUNDARIES.
THEY DON'T FOLLOW BORDERS.
WE ALL BREATH THE SAME AIR.
I IS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING EACH OF
THE ELEMENTS OF CLOI MATE
ALTOGETHER AND GO PACE.
SINT IT WONDERFUL?
>> IT IS WONDERFUL.
THE DATA FROM PACE WILL BE
SHARED FROM THE PUBLIC.
YEAH.
THAT IS THE FAVORITE PARTS.
BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF
DATA THEY TAKE IS SO IMPORTANT.
IT IS ABOUT GETTING THIS
CRITICAL DATA AND THIS SORT
CUTTING EDGE SCIENCE WITH THE
FIRST OF A KIND OBSERVATIONS WE
MAKE WITH THE NASA SPACECRAFT
GETTING TO IT THE HANDS OF
PEOPLE THAT NEED IT.
PEOPLE THAT MAKE DECISIONS ARE
STAKEHOLDERS THAT LOOK AFTER US
AS A COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THE
DRINKING WATER IS SAFE AND MAKE
SURE THE AIR WE BREATH IS SAFE.
AND, AND THEN YOU KNOW, ALSO, TO
OUR FRIENDS THAT YOU KNOW, OUR
FARMERS OR FISHERS AND EVERYBODY
THAT REALLY NEEDS THIS CRITICAL
DATA AND SO, SO, YOU KNOW, GET
IT OUT MAKING IT USABLE AC SENSE
MAKING IT EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND
ALSO, YOU KNOW, GETTING NIGHT
THE EARTH INFORMATION CENTER.
WHICH YOU CAN SEE AT EARTH.
GOV.
WOW.
TO SUM UP EVERYTHING YOU SAID.
GO PACE.
GO FALCON.
GO PACE.
PLEASE GO PACE.
THANKS.
I AM GLAD YOU CAN COME DOWN AND
HERE AND WARM UP FOR A LITTLE
BIT.
NOW WE WILL GO BACK OUTSIDE TO
SEE A LAUNCH.
BACK TO YOU JASMIN.
SO THANKS SO MUCH, MEGGEN AN
NIKKI.
NASA'S ARTEMIS MISSIONS TO THE
MOON COULD HELP UNDER STAN
THEATER'S OCEAN.
TO LEARN HOW HERE'S THE ARTEMIS
MOON MINUTE.
ING SERVING THEATER'S SPACE.
IN THE HARSHNESS OF SPACE
MEASUREMENTS FROM ORBIT CAN
DRIFT INACCURATE SY AND
UNPACKING THE WALL TY OF
SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS OF EARTH.
SO WE TURN TO THE MOON FOR HELP.
USING LUNAR SAMPLES TO DEVELOP
THE SON CONCEPT OF CALIBRATION
WHICH USES THE MOON AS A BUNCH!
BENCH MAC FOR FIND TINING THE
ACCURACY.
NA SASS' ARTEMIS MISSION COULD
PROVIDE NEW DATA FURTHER IMPROVE
THE ACCURACY FOR SATELLITES.
NASA'S PACE MISSION WILL TAKE
REGULAR MEASUREMENTS OF THE MOON
TO MAKE SURE THE INSTRUMENTS
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ACCURATE
DATA NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND HOW
THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN
ARE CLANGING.
THAT IS A LOOK AT YOUR ARTEMIS
MOON MINUTE.
>> LAURA, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
LUNAR CALIBRATION WE MENTIONED
HOW OFTEN WILL PACE TAKE THE
MEASUREMENTS OF THE MOON.
PACE IS LOOKING AT THE MOON BASE
TO EVERY MONTH.
AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO REALIZE,
THAT WE HAVE BEEN USING LUNAR
CALL BRIGGS FOR A LONG TIME.
ALL OF THESE TOP OF THE ART
SENSORS WE HAVE USED TO LOOK AT
THE OCEAN SO FAR HAVE LOOKED AT
THE MOON.
THE MOON IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO
HAVE THAT HIGH QUALITY DATA THAT
IS COMING FROM OUR SENSORS.
>> NOW LET'S NEAT TO SEE WE ARE
USING THE MON TO GET A BETTER
VIEW OF EARTH SO THANKS VERY
MUCH LAURA.
ALL RIGHT.
SO NOW WE ARE EIGHT MINUTES AND
COUNTING FROM LIFTOFF SO LET'S
TAKE A LOOK BACK AT DARRELL TO
WALK US THROUGH THE FINAL
MOMENTS OF THE COUNT JUNT AND
LIFT WHERE YOU.
THIS TAKE IT AWAY.
THANKS VERY MUCH JASMIN AND
LAURA.
WE ARE BACK IN HANGAR EA ARE WE
HAVE BEEN MONITORING THE PROPEL
AND TANKS.
WE GOT ONE OUT OF FOUR DOWN.
THREE GO.
THAT IS WITHIN THE TANK ON THE
STAGE TWO.
>> THEN OF COURSE, WE GOT THE
LOCKS BOTH STAGE ONE AND STAGE
TWO STILL FILLING UP NOW.
YEAH.
STAGE ONE IS ALMOST COL LET.
TEAM IS CONTINUING TO FILL THE
COMMODITIES IN THERE TO GET
READY FOR ENGINE CHILL AND
PREPARATION FOR LAUNCH THIS
MORNING BUT SO FAR THINGS ARE
GOING REALLY WELL.
THERE YOU.
>> THE FALCON 959 THE PAG SLICK
40 AS THE PROPELLANTS ARE
FLOWING IN THAT IS SUPER CHILLED
LIQUID OXYGEN CONDENSING THE
WARM FLORIDA AIR WHICH IS NOT AS
WARM AS IT NORMALLIES A BEEN AT
59 DEGREES SO IT IS STILL HUMID
AND SEE IT CONDENSING THE AIR
AND THE BOOSTER THOUGH.
THIS IS A YOUNG BOOSTER OVERALL
FOR SPACEX.
ONLY THREE PREVIOUS FLIGHTS WE
HAVE A GRAPHIC TO ILLUSTRATE THE
LAUNCHES AT THIS ROCKET HAS
ACCOMPLISHED THEN THERE YOU SEE
IT BEGIN WITH CREW-7 BACK IN
AUGUST OF 2024 FOLLOWED BOY
ANOTHER TRIP TOP THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WITH
CRS-29 THEN FINALLY STAR LINK
634 SO IT HAD HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT
MISSION.
IT WENT TOT THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
IT DID A STAR LINK.
HERE IS NUMBER 4 WITH PACE.
YEAH.
WE ARE PEEKS ITED TO BE THE
FOURTH FLIGHT ON THE BOSTER
LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM ACTUALLY
SUPPORTED OUR COMMERCIAL CREW
PROGRAM OR OUR SISTER PROGRAM ON
THE CREW-7 MISSION AND LOOKED AT
THE BOOSTER THEN DID HARDWARE
REVIEWS FOR THEM.
SO WE GOT STARTED.
WE KNOW A LOT OF HISTORY ABOUT
THIS BOOSTER AS THINGS MOVE
FORWARD.
THERE WE JUST HEARD THE CALL-OUT
FOR ENGINE CHILL STARTING
FORGETTING THINGS READY FOR
LAUNCH THIS MORNING AS WE HAVE
THE RP1 IN LOCKS AND FILLING UP
THE TANKS.
>> YEAH.
THOSE TANKS ARE MOSTLY FULL AS
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE ROCKET
HERE FROM A DISTANCE.
GETTING READY TO COMPLETE THAT
IN FACT WE SHOULD HEAR A
CALL-OUT IN 30 SECONDS AT THE
STAGE ONE RP LOAD IS COMPLETE
THEN WE START MOVING THROUGH A
NUMBER OF MILESTONES WHERE WE
GET THAT ROCKET READY TO BE ON
ITS OWN.
YEAH.
ABSOLUTELY.
THE TEAM WILL FINISH THAT UP
THEN THEY WILL START THEIR
SEQUENCING TO GET READY FOR THE
FLIGHT COMPUTERS.
>> RP1 LOAD IS COMPLETE.
THERE WE HEARD THE LOAD
CALL-OUT.
AS I WAS SAYING THE FLIGHT
COMPUTER THEN WILL TAKE OVER AS
THE SEQUENCING THE VEHICLE TO
GETTED FOR LAUNCH.
AND AS IT SENDS ON THE WAY ON
THE 98-DEGREENCALLY NATION THAT
YOU AND YUMMY TALKED ABOUT.
IT IS STEEP INCLINATION THAT
WILL GET UP TO SPACE IN A HURRY.
A CAPE POLAR ORBIT, WHICH HAS
NOT HAPPENED FROM NASA FOR THIS
LOCATION, IN 60 YEARS.
IT IS AN EXCITING TIME SEE
ROCKET FLYING TO THE SOUTH GOING
OVER FLORIDA AND CUBA.
>> YEAH.
SO HEADING SOUTH.
THEN MAKING DOG LEG TO GET INTO
THE POLAR ORBIT.
NORMALLY WE WOULD DO THESE FROM
VAN DEN AIR FORCE BASE OUT IN
CALIFORNIA, BUT, BUT, DUE TO THE
PERFORMANCE AND THINGS THAT WE
HAVE ON HERE ON THE EASTERN
RANGE WITH THIS FALCON 9 WE CAN
DO THIS CAPE POLAR ORBIT OUT OF
HERE AND SO VERY EXCITED TO SEE
THAT HAPPEN AFTER 60 YEARS.
A NUMBER OF MILESTONES COMING UP
HERE SHORTLY IN JUST A FEW M R
SECONDS WE WILL RETRACT THE
STRONGBACK THAT IS HOLING THE
ROCKET IN PLACE.
THAT YOU CAN SEE OUT THERE ON
THED A THEN ALSO GOING TO GET
THE SPACECRAFT ON INTERNAL POWER
ANTES DIRECTOR AND HER TEAM
GETTING READY.
ALSO HEARD FROM THE LAUNCH
MANAGER AND SMD FOR THE
SPACECRAFT THEY ARE ON ETERNAL
POWER AND CONFIGURED FOR LAUNCH
SO THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG HERE.
YOU GET DOWN TO T0.
>> RETRACT STARTED AND LIFTOFF
PACE THIS MORNING.
>> IT WILL GO FURTHER ONCE THE
ROCKET LIVES OFF.
>> WE ARE WAITING FOR CHECKOUT.
>> THIS IS MLM ON COUNTDOWN.
>> PACE IS GO FOR LAUNCH.
>> COPY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
MLM GIVING THE GO FOR LAUNCH FOR
THE NASA TEAM THE SPACECRAFT
TEAM AND LAUNCH SERVICES
PROGRAM.
>> SPACEX NOW PROCEEDING
FORWARD.
THINGS PROGRESSING.
THAT IS GOOD TO HEAR.
EVERYBODY IS READY TO GO.
WE SHOULD BE COMING UP ON
COMPLETE HERE IN 15 SECONDS FOR
STAGE 1 ON ANOTHER MINUTE FOR
STAGE TWO.
BUT AS WE ARE LOOKING AT THE
DATA HERE IN FRONT OF US HERE IN
HANGAR AE THINGS ARE PROGRESSING
WELL.
THE TEAM IS PERFORMING ADMIRABLY
THIS MORNING GETTING THIS
VEHICLE READY FOR LIFTOFF AT
1:33:36.
>> FINAL.
>> LOCKS LOAD IS COMPLETE.
THERE YOU GO.
STAGE ONE READY WE ARE WAITING
TO FINALIZE LOCKS LOAD ON STAGE
TWO AND CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD
AND THEN WE WILL GET INTO SOME
OF THAT FLIGHT SEQUENCING AND
GETTING THE AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT
TERMINATION SYSTEM READY TO GO
THEN THE FINAL GO AT 45 SECONDS
FROM SPACEX BEFORE THEY TURN THE
VOK OVER TO THE FLIGHT COMPUTER.
ONCE THEY GET DOWN TO 45 SECONDS
THERE IS NO MORE HOLDING THE
LAUNCH ON THE COUNT OF THE
SPACECRAFT AND COMMITTED AT THIS
POINT.
>> YES.
ABSOLUTELY HAVING ALL OF THIS
COLD LOCKS IN ON THE FIRST STAGE
AND THE SECOND STAGE COMMITS US
TO THIS TIME AND THINGS ARE
LOOKING GOOD.
THERE WAS SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT TO
THE T0, IT WAS 1:33:32 BUT
SLIPPED 4 SECONDS.
REAL QUICKLY, WHY IS THAT?
>> STAGE TWO.
LOCKS LOAD IS COMPLETE.
WE HEAR STAGE TWO COMPLETE SO
THAT IS A FOD SIGN SO THE
COLLISION AVIDDANCE ANALYSIS
THAT WE NEEDED TO DO TO MAKE
SURE WE DON'T HIT SOMETHING THAT
IS IN SPACE ALREADY AS WE LIFT
OFF IN AND AACCEPT THIS MORNING
AND THE ORIGINAL TIME WAS THAT
PUT US AT THE 133:31:06 THINGS
WERE ABLE TO ADJUST QUICKLY FOR
THE 4 CONTINUEDS THEN GET READY
FOR LAUNCH THIS MORNING.
>> THE LARGE CLOUD THAT IS
VENTING OFF OF THE LIQUID OXYGEN
IN THE LINE THAT RUNS UP TO THE
SECOND STAGE.
PROCEEDING NOW T MINUS 1 AND
COUNTING UNTIL LIFTOFF OF PACE
AND THE FALCON 9 ROCKET.
FALCON IS IN START UP.
>> WE HEAR FALCON IS STARTUP
CONFIGURING AL THE SYSTEMS AND
BOEING COP FIGURED.
SPACEX LAUNCH DIRECTOR GO FOR
LAUNCH.
THERE'S THE BIG MOMENT.
T MINUS 40 SECONDS AND COUNTING.
GOING OUTSIDE TO WATCH THIS
LAUNCH.
ALL SYSTEMS ARE A GO GETTING
DOWN TO THE FINAL SECONDS.
15 SECONDS.
>> T MO US IN 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5,
4, 3, 2, 1.
BOOSTER IGNITION.
FULL POWER ENGINES AND LIFTOFF
OF THE FALCON 9 AND PACE.
HELPING KEEP PACES WITH THE EVER
CHANGING OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERE.
>> STAGE ONE PROPULSION IS
NOMINAL.
ALL NINE MERLIN EN GUNS LIT UP
AND ROARING 1.7 MILLION POUNDS
OF THRUST.
CAMBER PRESSURE ON THE TELEMETRY
AND EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD HERE.
ENGINES PERFORMING REWELL.
THAT IS GREAT NEWS.
POWER AND TELEMETRY NOMINAL.
MAKES A STEEP CLIMB INTO THE
ORBIT.
RIDE TWO MINUTE HIMSELFS ON THE
FIRST STAGE.
A VIEW FROM THE ROCKET-CAM ARE
A.
VEHICLE IS SUPERSONIC.
THERE WE HEAR FALCON COMING UP
ON THE OCEAN LAUNCH.
>> MAXQ.
>> PASSED THROUGH MAXB.
THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO PERFORM
FOMLY ALL NINE ENGINES FIRING.
MVAC ENGINE CHILL HAS STARTED.
STARTED TO CHILL THE SECOND
STAGE ENGINE TO GET THAT READY
AND A LITTLE BIT OF LOCKS IN
THERE SO IT DOESN'T GET THERMAL
SHOCK ONCE THEY LIGHT IT UP.
A VIEW THERE LOOKING DOWN THE
FIRST STAGE BOOSTER.
GETTING READY TO CUT OFF THE
ENGINE AND SEPARATE WE'LL HAVE A
NUMBER OF MILESTONES ALL
HAPPENING QUICKLY.
AND RAPID SUCCESSION.
>> WE ARE TEN SECONDS FROM
ENGINE CUT JUF AND STAGE TWO
IGNITION.
CUTOFF AND STAGE TWO IGNITION.
STAGE SEPARATION CONFIRMED IN.
THERE IT GOES THE FIRST STAGE OF
THE ROCKET.
THE SECONDING STAGE NOW LIGHTING
UP.
>> STAGE ONE BOOSTBACK START UP.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE FLOW OF THE
FIRST STAGE AS IT FALLS AWAY.
LANDING SPREN ONE THIS MORNING
AND THAT IS THE GREAT AS STAGE
TWO CONTINUES TO PERFORM GETTING
THAT STAGE BACK HERE WE'LL BE
EXCITING.
IF YOU ARE HERE ON THE SPACE
COAST AND WATCHING.
GET READY FOR A DOUBLE THUNDER
CLAP AT JUST ABOUT T PLUS 7 TO 8
MINUTES.
DOUBLE SONIC BOOMS OF THE FIRST
STAGE BOOSTER BREAKING THE SOUND
BARRIER AS IT RETURNS TO EARTH.
>> STAGE ONE BOOST BACK
SHUTDOWN.
>> SO NOW THE FIRST STAGE HAS
POSITIONED ITSELF.
ON A RETURN TRAJECTORY BACK HERE
TO LANDING ZONE 1 WHICH IS ONLY
A MILE OR SO FROM OUR LOCATION
AT HANGAR AE AND WE GET QUITE
THE CLUNKER CLAP.
ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR THE LANDING
ZONE BACK HERE WHEN WE REASON
THE HANGAR.
WE REABOUT TEN SECONDS AWAY FROM
JETTISON FARING OF THE PAYLOAD
FARING EXPOSING PACE TO THE
ATMOSPHERE.
>> THIS IS A BIG MOMENT FOR THE
SPACECRAFT TEAM.
>> SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
LOOKING INSIDE.
THERE PO THE FARINGS REVEALING
THAT PACE SPACECRAFT TO THE
ELEMENTS.
NOW PACE WILL SEEK TO GET A
SIGNAL ON THE SATELLITE.
FOR OUR FIRST ACQUISITION OF
SIGNAL.
>> YEAH.
THIS WILL BE A DOWN LINK OF A
LOW LEVEL SIGNAL ON THE NETWORK
UTILIZING THE TELEMETRY NETWORK
TO VERIFY THAT PACE IS
TRANSMITTER IS ON AND THEN THEY
WILL CONTINUE MONITORING THE
SPACECRAFT UNTIL SEPARATION AND
THEN BE ABLE TO GET THEIR DATA
ONCE THEY GET POWER POSITIVE
THAT WE WILL SEE LATER.
>> I THINK IN THAT MOMENT YOU
JUST DESCRIBE THE TIME PERIOD
THAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED THEN
ONLY BE MONITORED DATA COMING
FROM THE PACE SATELLITE THEY
WILL NOT BE SENDING ANY COMMANDS
IN.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
NOTHING UNTIL THE SPACECRAFT
SEPARATES FROM FRESH THE STAGE
TWO, SPACECRAFT TEAM WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE HEALTH
OF THE SPACECRAFT USING THE
NETWORK AND, AND LOOKING AT THE
TELEMETRY EVERYTHING SO FOR ON
THE SECOND STAGE IS PERFORMING
VERY WELL.
LOOKS GOOD ON THE TRA YEK RY.
TRAJECTORY.
IT LOOKS GOOD ON OUR TRAJECTORY.
THEY MADE A CALL.
SOMEBODY CALLED ASO.
NOBODY ANSWERED.
THERE IS A SHOT ARE THE FIRST
STAGE BOSTER AS WE ARE COMING
BACK DOWN THE CAPE.
YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHTS OF THE
SPACE COAST.
IT IS A PRETTY SHOT.
>> I LOVE THAT SHOT.
KIND OF SEE IN THE COAST OF
FLORIDA AM COBACK INTO VIEW.
>> TWO MORE BURNS LEFT.
>> STAGE ONE ENTRY BURN START
UP.
THAT'S THE FIRST ONE THE IN TRY
BURN FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS YOU
CAN SEE IT LIGHTING UP NOW.
FINS ARE OUT TO GIVE IT A
PRECISION LANDING GUIDING THE
FIRST STAGE BOOSTER BACK TO
LANDING ZONE ONE.
SPLIT SCREEN NOW.
WE DID HAVE IT.
>> THERE IS A SHOT OF THE
BOOSTER COMING BACK DOWN FROM
THE GROUND.
STAGE ONE ENTRY BURN SHUTDOWN.
>> STAGE ONE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
INCOMES THE FIRST STAGE BOOSTER.
SECOND STAGE CONTINUING ON
NOMINAL TRAJECTORY.
YOU CAN SEE US IN THERE
SOMEWHERE.
>> I LOVE THAT VIEW AT NIGHT,
TOO.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WE IT WILL BE
REALLY IS NO TO SEE THAT AS IT
GETS CLOSE FOR THE COAST OF
FLOOR DID AS WE COUPLE ON THE
LANDING ZONE ONE, STAGE TWO
CONTINUES TO PERFORM NOMINALLY.
>> GREAT TRAJECTORY FOR STAGE
TWO.
AS SPACECRAFT CONTINUES TO LOOK
VERY WELL FOR THIS PLIGHT.
STAGE ONE LANDING BURN.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THERE GOES THE LANDING BURN.
JUST A FEW SECONDS WE HAVE A
BOOSTER ON THE GROUND.
A LOOK WERE THE GROUND.
WE HEAR THE THUNDER HERE AT
HANGAR AE.
>> DOUBLE CLAPS.
>> LANDING LEG DEPLOY.
>> HERE SHE COMES.
>> STAGE ONE LANDING CONFIRMED.
ANOTHER PINPOINT LANDING.
BY THE FIRST STAGE BOOSTER
FLIGHT NUMBER FOUR FOR THE FIRST
STAGE IN THE BOOKS SECOND STAGE
CONTINUING TO BURN ON 7.5 MINUTE
DIRECT INJECT INTO ORBIT.
THIS IL WITH BE A QUICK RIDE.
>> VERY QUICK.
CONTINUES TO PERFORM VERY WELL.
WE ARE LOOKING NOR CONTINUE TO
CONTINUE FIRING AND WE WILL GET
SECOND STAGE CUTOFF AROUND T MUS
10 MINUTES BUT THINGS LOOK VERY
WELL ON THE TELEMETRY.
VEHICLE IS PERFORMING VERY WELL.
THE IMPACT IS NOMINAL.
THE SECOND STAGE ON CAPE
TRAJECTORY.
IT HAS NOT BEEN DONE IN THE PAST
60 YEARS.
SPACEX, THOUGH, HAS DONE IT 11
TIMES THIS WOULD BE THE
12th.
T PLUS NINE MINUTES.
ON THE COUNT.
JUST ABOUT THREE MINUTES LEFT
ACTUALLY CHECK THAT.
JUST A MINUTE LEFT ON THE STAGE
TWO BURN.
THERE WILL ONLY BE ONE STAGE TWO
BURN.
>> AS YUMMY EXPLAINED TO US.
THIS IS DIRECT'
STANDING BY FOR STAGE TWO
CUTOFF.
KNOWN AS SEKO1.
WE HAVE THAT IN A FEW SECONDS.
SHUTDOWN.
>> ALL RIGHT THERE YOU HAVE IT.
WE'LL COAST FOR A FEW MINUTES.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE FORWARD
FACING CAMERA.
SO WE CAN SEE THE PACE
SPACECRAFT WHICH IS BEING
MONITORED BY THE SPACECRAFT
TEAM.
THE ENGINE NOZZLE ON STAGE TWO
YOKING A BIT FROM A SEVEN AND A
HALF MINUTE BURN.
>> TELEMETRY ON STAGE TWO LOOKS
NOMINAL FOR THE FLIGHT.
LOOKS LIKE A VERY GOOD STAGE TWO
PERFORMANCE SO FAR.
JUST ABOUT ONE MINUTE AWAY.
THIS IS A BIG MOMENT FOR THE
PACE PACE CRAFT TEAM.
THERE YOU SEE PACE NOW.
>> I LOVE THAT CRAM VIEW FROM
THE FRONT OF THE STAGE TWO
LOOKING AT THE PACE SPACECRAFT.
IN A SPARK SPACE NOW.
THINGS ARE LOOKING WELL.
I LOVE TO SEE THAT CAMERAL VIEW.
DARK INDEED AS THEY LAUNCHED
INTO AN ORBITAL ECLIPSE.
SO PACE HAS NO SUNLIGHT ON IT AS
YOU CAN SEE.
SO THE HOPE IS ONCE THEY GET THE
SOLAR ARRAYS DEPLOYED, CRITICAL
MOMENT.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO
GET POWER ON IT.
THERE GOES PACE.
>> PAYLOAD SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
FLYING FREE.
GOT APPLAUSE HERE AT THE MISSION
DIRECTOR CENTER AT HANGAR AE.
>> IT LOOKS LAKE GOOD SEPARATION
VEHICLE.
PRETTY STABLE.
>> LAUNCH VEHICLE PERFORMED VERY
WELL TODAY AND GLAD TO SEE PACE
SEPARATED WE GAT FEW MORE
MILESTONES THAT THE TEAM WILL BE
WORKING ON TO GET PACE TO POWER
POSITIVE.
>> HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE THIS
VIEW FAR BIT LONGER YOU CAN SEE
STACKED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE
SCREEN.
THE THREE LOONS THOSE ARE THE
SOLAR ARRAYS THAT IS A THREE
PANEL ARRAY.
ONCE THE GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION
CONTROL SYSTEM SENSES THAT IT
HAS GOT THE RATES THE SPACECRAFT
IS STABLE AND WILL START TO
DEPLOY THE SOLAR ARRAYS.
IT WILL BE DONE AUTONOMOUSLY.
IT IS DARK OUT THERE SO STARTING
TO LOSE OUR VIEW.
THEY LOOK ANXIOUSLY AT THEIR
MONITORS.
SOLAR ARRAYS EXPECTED TO TAKE A
FEW MINUTES TO DEPLOY IF IT
HOLDS TO THE MILESTONE.
SO WE JUST GOT WORD THAT THEY
HAVE CONFIRMATION THE SOLAR
ARRAY DEPLOY HAS BEGUN.
AGAIN, SOLAR ARRAY DEPLOY HAS PE
GUN FOR THE SPACECRAFT.
IT IS A THREE-PANEL ARRAY.
CRITICAL MILESTONE.
WHAT GOES HAND-IN-HAND WITH THAT
IS FOR THE GNC THE GUIDANCE
NAVIGATION CONTROL TO GET THAT
SPACECRAFT AND THAT SOLAR ARRAY
SUN POINTING CAN'T DO IT YET BUS
THERE IS NO SUN AND CURRENT
STATE.
WE GOT A GOOD RIGHT RIDE INTO
SPACE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR HERE AND THE SPACE THE
PACE SPACECRAFT TEAM BUT IN THE
MEANTIME, WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO
JASMIN AND LAURA.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
A BEAUTIFUL LAUNCH FOLLOWED BY A
SMOOTH RIDE INTO SPACE SO FAR
FOR PACE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> IT WAS STUNNING AND SO
RELIEVED EVERYBODY IN THE PACE
TEAM HAS BEEN CHEERING ALL OF
THE NASA HAVE BEEN CHEERING AS
ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN CHEERING SO
IT IS, IT IS A GREAT DAWN FOR
PACE AND OCEAN ATMOSPHERIC
SIRENS.
S.
THAT IS A GREAT WAY TO PUT.
YOU ARE WATCHINGS THAT NASA'S
OFFICIAL COVERAGE OF THE PACE
LAUNCH THE PLANKTON AEROSOL
CLOUD OCEAN ECOSYSTEM.
IT LIFTED OFF ABOUT 16 MINUTES
AGO ABOARD A SPACEX FALCON 9
ROCKET FROM HERE ON FLORIDA'S
SPACE COAST.
NOW PACE IS ON THE WAY TO ORBIT
AND AGE TO COLLECT DATA ON
PARTICLES IN THE OCEAN AS WELL
AS THE AIR.
LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW
THOSE ARE CONNECTED.
>> BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2019 AND
MARCH 2020 WILDFIRES KILLED
BILLIONS OF ANIMALS AND DEST
MATED MORE THAN 2 MILLION.
SOME THOUSANDS OF KILOMETERS
AWAY IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN,
MASSIVE ALGAE BLOOMS COVERED A
SURFACE LARGER THAN THE AREA
ITSELF.
JUST HOW ARE THESE WILDFIRES AND
OCEAN BLOOMS CONNECTED?
TO UNTANGLE ALTHA WE LOOK TO THE
CARBON CYCLE THE CARBON CYCLE IS
THE FLOW OF CARBON BETWEEN
RESERVOIRS IN THE AT HE IS
OFFICER SHALL LANDS AND OCEAN.
IF WE LOCK TOT THE OCEAN
RESERVOIR, CARBON DIOXIDE IS
ALSO OB OSHED BY FY TOW PLANKTON
MICROSCOPIC ORGANISMS THAT
CONVERT WATER AND SUNLIGHT TO
SUGAR AND OXYGEN THROUGH PHOTOS
SIN THIS IS CARBON DIOXIDE
RELEASED THO THE ATMOSPHERE
BECOMES AVAILABLE FOR AQUATIC
PHOTO SIN THIS SIS AND REQUIRES
NEW REYENS SUCH AS NITROGEN AND
IRON WITHOUT THE RIGHT
PROPORTIONS OF THESE PHOTO SIN
THIST DOESN'T HAPPEN WHICH CAN
BE SEEN IN THE IRON LEM MITTED
PARTS OF THE OCEAN SUCH AS FAR
OFFSHORE OF AUSTRALIA.
AEROSOLS RELEASED BOY FIRES
HOWEVER CONTAIN CAR BEEN AS WELL
AS OTHERS ESSENTIAL FOR BLANK
GROWTH LIKE IRON WHEN THESE ARE
DEPOSITED ON THE OCEAN'S SURFACE
THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.
THIS IRON FROM THE WILDFIRES IS
NOW THOUGHT TO HAVE STIMULATED
THE MASSIVE SOUTHERN OCEAN FY
TOW PLANKTON BLOOMS BLOOMS OF
SUCH MAGNITUDE THEY CONVERTED
EQUIVALENT VOLUME RELEASED BOY
THE FIRES INTO CARBOHYDRATES AND
CELLULAR MATERIAL.
>> WITHIN STREWMENT LIKE OCI YOU
ARE MEASURING THE FULL EM
SPECTRUM OF COLOR ALL THE COLORS
YOU CAN I AGENT WE CAN START THE
SPECIE THEN DIFFERENT
COMMUNITIES THAT EXIST.
THE DATA TAT FROM PACE WILL HELP
DEFINE THOSE COME PHYSICIANS
ALLOWING FOR CLEARER CONNECTIONS
BETWEEN THE RESERVOIRS OF THE
CARBON CYCLE THESE FIRES EMITTED
A HUGE AMOUNT OF CAR BEEN AND
OTHER AEROSOLS INTO THE
ATMOSPHERE.
THOSE AEROSOLS CONTAINED
ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS THOUGHT TO
HAVE TIMLATED THE RAPID GROWTH
OF PHYTOPLANKTON IN THE SOUTHERN
OCEAN AND THESE KINDS CAN HAVE
BIG IMPACTS.
IT ISLE IMPORTANT TO KNOW ARE
THE CARBON IS GOING AND THE FOOD
SOURCE IS GOING AND IMPORTANT
NOT JUST CLIMATE STUDIES BUT
FOOD SECURITY.
WITH DATA FROM PACE WE'LL GET A
CLEARER PICTURE OF CAR BEEN AS
IT LINKS LAND USE AND FIRES AND
MARINE COMMUNITIES AND
ULTIMATELY IMPROVES THE DATA
THAT WE PUT INTO CLIMATE MODELS.
>> MASSAI WRIN TISTS ARE HARD AT
WORK USING DATA LIKE WHAT THEY
GET FROM PACE TO BETTER
UNDERSTANDS CLIMATE CHANGE AND
MEGAN CRUZ IS STANDING BOY WITH
THE EXPERTS RIGHT NOW.
>> MEGAN?
>> I AM THIS IS KATE CALVIN AND
NASA'S CHIEF SCIENTISTS AND THED
A VOICE FOR THE AGENCY WHAT A
BEAUTIFUL LAUNCH WE SAW.
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL SO EXCITED TO
SEIZE THIS MISSION GO AND START
TO SEN DATA TAT SOON.
YEAH.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.
PACE IS GOING TOED ARANCE THE
UNDERSTANDING OF THEth'S
CLIMATE HOW IT IS CHANGING
RIGHT.
YEAH.
ABSOLUTELY SO WE ARE SEEING
INCREASE IN WARMING THE LAST TEN
YEARS HAS BEEN THE WARMEST SINCE
MODERN RECORD KEEPING BEGUN AND
INCLUDING CARBON DIOXIDE.
PACE IS GOING TO GIVE US A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT
EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE OCEAN AND
ATMOSPHERE AND TELL US A LOT
MORE CALLED AEROSOL THAT CAN
REFLECT OR AFFECT CLOUD
FORMATION ALL OF WHICH IS
IMPORTANT FOR CLOI MATE SO WE
ARE GOING TO LISTEN A LOT HOW
CAN WE USE THAT DATA TAT TO TURN
IT INTO HOW WE ADDRESS CLIMATE
CHANGE.
THE MORE WE UNDERSTAND ABOUT
CLOI MATE THE BETTER WE CAN
PREDICT AND TAKE THAT AND USE
THAT TO HELP BETTER PLAN AND
THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE WORKING
ON THROUGHOUT NASA TO HELP
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS
HAPPENING WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT
WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE TO
MAKE SHOWER THEY HAVE THAT
INFORMATION READY AT THE
FINGERTIPS AND THAT PACE GOING
TO HELP.
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS PACE HE
IS NOT THE ONLY EARTH OBSERVING
SAT LOIT OUT HERE AND WORK WITH
ONE THAT LAUNCHED ALSO YEAR AND
A LITTLE BIT OVER A YEAR AGO
THAT IS REALLY GOING TO HELP US
GET A BETTER YUN ENDER STAKING
OF THE OCEAN.
YEAH.
NASA HAS MORE THAN TWO DOZEN
SATELLITES AND IN STREWMENTS IN
ORBIT DESIGNED TO MEASURE
SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND SEE
THINGS LIKE CARBON DIOXIDE,
CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION OR
OCEANS SO YOU MENTIONED THOUGH
SATELLITE FROM A LITTLE OVER A
YEAR AGO CALLED S.W.A.T. OR
SURFACE AND WATER OCEAN TOP
GRAPHY AND PHYSICS OF THE OCEAN
SO HOW THE WATER MOVES THE
HEIGHT OF THE SEAS HOW IT MAKE
MIXES AND WHAT PACE IS GOING TO
DO IS TELL US WHAT IS LIVING IN
THAT WITHER AND BOTH REALLY
IMPORTANT PAUSE THEY ABSORB ALO
OF HET AND CARBON AND HELP US
BETTER UNDERSTANDS THAT.
REALLY QUICK WHAT WOULD SAY TO
THE TEAM NOW AS THEY ARE ABOUT
TO EMBARK ON A WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITY TO LISTENER SO MUCH
FOR THE EARTH THIS IS AN
EXCITING TIME A GREAT MISSION
AND TAKING AWHILE TO GET HERE
AND WE LAUNCHED AND START TO
HAVE DATA AND GOING TO GIVE US
INFORMATION ABOUT CLIMATE, AIR
QUALITY, WATER QUALITY, HARMFUL
ALGAL BLOOMS AND IT IS GREAT TO
BE HERE.
THAT IS EXCITING AS WELL.
ALL THE DATA TAIL BE WITH
AVAILABLE.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HEARING
WAITING FOR POWER POSITIVE SO
LET'S TAKE IT BACK TO THEM SO
THEY WALK US THROUGH.
>> VERY MUCH MEGAN.
>> AND THE SPACECRAFT SEPARATE
NOW COMES THE BIG MOMENT GETTING
THAT CONFIRMATION THE SOLAR
ARRAYS HAVE DEPLOYED AND
CATCHING SUN AND WE HAVE A
LITTLE WAYS TO GET THERE.
YEAH.
ABSOLUTELY THE TEAM IS HAPPY TO
SEE DEPLOYMENT ON THE SECOND
STABLE AND KNOW THE NEXT
MILESTONE FOR THEM IS THAT POWER
POSITIVE.
>> ALL RIGHT THERE YOU SEE LOOK
INSIDE OF THE MISSION DIRECTOR
CENTER.
THE TEAMS WAIT FOR THAT
TELEMETRY TO COME IN FROM THE
PACE OBSERVATORY.
WHICH IS FLYING FREE NOW.
T PLUS 20 AND COUNTING.
PACE LAUNCHED INTO ORBITAL
ECLIPSE.
AND SO ONCE THE SOLAR ARRAYS ARE
PRESUMABLY DEPLOYED AND IT COMES
OUT OF THE ECLIPSE, SPACECRAFT
WILL AUTOMATICALLY ORIENT ITSELF
TOWARD THE SUN AND THAT IS WHEN
THE TEAM WILL BE ABLE TO SEE
THAT POWER FLOWING THROUGH THE
SOLAR PANELS AT A RATE THAT
WOULD TELL THEM THAT IT IS SUN
POINTING AND IT IS IN THE RIGHT
PLACE.
>> SUN POINT AND CHARGING THAT
BATTERY BACK UP THEY HAVE BEEN
ON ETERNAL POWER USING THAT
BATTERY POWER FOR FLIGHT SO THAT
SOLAR PANEL WILL HELP THEM GET
THE VEHICLE CHARGED BACK UP AND
CONTINUE THEIR MISSION.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
THOSE PAT RYES ARE KEY, MICK AS
WE LEARN THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM
THIS PACE SPACECRAFT ORBITS THE
EARTH EVERY 98 MINUTES AND AS IT
DOES SO WHEN IT GOES IN FROM THE
SUNNY SIDE TO THE ECLIPSE SIDE,
THOSE BATTERIES HELP POWER IT
THROUGH THE DARK PHASE.
SO CHARGING THOSE BATTERIES ARE
KEY TO PACE CARRYING OUT THE
MISSION.
IF ARE JUST JOINING US WE HAD
SUCCESSFUL LIFTOFF AT
1:33:30 A.M. EASTERN TIME.
FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX 40 HERE AT
THE CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE
STATION.
WE RODE THE FIRST STAGE OF THE
FALCON 9 ROCKET FOR SEVERAL
MINUTES BEFORE IT SEPARATED AND
CAME BACK DOWN TO LZ1 AFTER 7
MINUTES.
STAGE TWO OF THE ROCKET THEN
FLEW PACE FOR 7.5 MINUTES.
ULTIMATELY SEPARATING AROUND
12.5 MINUTES AFTER LIFTOFF.
AND WE WATCHED PACE WENT ON ITS
OWN INTO SPACE.
SEPARATE INTERESTED THAT STAGE
TWO.
IN THE MIDst OF ECLIPSE, SO
IT WAS QUICK GOOD BYE.
YOU SAW IT ABOUT OFF INTO THE
DARKNESS OF SPACE.
>> YEAH.
I WILL TELL YOU THE PICTURES
FROM STAGE TWO WERE INCREDIBLE
NOT ONLY WATCHING PACE SEPARATE
FROM STAGE TWO BUT JUST
CONTINUING ON ITS WAY TO PERFORM
THIS EXCITING MISSION THAT WE
HEARD ALL ABOUT THIS MORNING.
BUT THAT VIDEO JUST YOU KNOW, IT
WAS EXCITING TO WATCH THAT AND
BE A PART OF THIS AND I KNOW THE
PACE TEAM IS AND SHOUTLY
AWAITING THE POWER POSITIVE
INFORMATION, BUT YOU KNOW, WE
GOT PACE WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE ON
THE WAY SO IT IS A GREAT START
TO THE LAUNCH THIS MORNING.
>> JIM IS HERE ON HAND AND THERE
IN THE CONTROL ROM SEE IM IN THE
SECOND ROW IN THE MIDDLE THE
FOURTH FROM THE RIGHT.
ALL ALONG THE FIRST ROW.
THE TEAMS FROM THE GOODARD
SPACEFLIGHT CENTER.
THEY HAVE A TEAM BACK AT GODDARD
THAT IS IS ON-LINE AS WELL.
MISSION OPERATION CENTER.
THAT IS WHERE THE SPACECRAFT
WILL BE COMMISSIONED.
AND I IS ALSO WHERE THEY ARE
SENDING COMMANDS AND RECEIVING
TELEMETRY AT THIS VERY MOMENT.
I SPECK TO PACE TEST DIRECTOR
AND RELAYED TO THE, THAT THIS IS
THESE ARE TENSE MOMENTS.
YOU KNOW?
AS THE TEAM WATCHES AND WAITS TO
GET THAT CONFIRMATION THAT THE
SUN IS SHINING ON THE SOLAR
ARRAYS AND ORIENTED IN THE
CORRECT DIRECTION.
ONCE THEY GET THAT CONFIRMATION,
I AM SURE WE WILL SEE A REACTION
FROM THE TEAM.
ACCORDING TO THE MILESTONES WE
ARE AT THE POINT UNWHICH THE
GOOD ARD SPACEFLIGHT TEAM CAN
COMMAND THE SPACECRAFT.
AFTER WAITING FOR A PERIOD OF
TIME AS IT CAME OFF THE SECOND
STAGE.
THAT IS SO THEY DON'T GET
ANYTHING MIXED UP WITH THE
SECOND STAGE OF THE ROCKET AS IT
IS GOING TO A DISPOSAL BURN AND
SPACECRAFT IS GOING ON THO THE
ORBIT.
GOING ON INTO ITS ORBIT.
T PLUS 29 MINUTES AND COUNTING.
WE ARE NOW INTO THE MOMENT WHERE
WE WOULD EXPECT THE MILESTONE OF
POWER POSITIVE TO HAPPEN BUT WE
ALSO KNOW AND HAVE BEEN TOLD BY
THE GODDARD TEAM THAT CAN TAKE A
LITTLE LONGER.
>> I KNOW AS THE SPACECRAFT TEAM
IS WAITING FOR THIS INFORMATION,
THE LAUNCH VEHICLE TEAM HAS BEEN
DOING A QUICK LOOK ON HOW STAGE
ONE AND STAGE TWO PERFORM TODAY
AND SO FAR EVERYTHING IS
REPORTING IN AS PERFECTLY
PERFORMED LAUNCH VEHICLE TODAY
AS WE SAW IN THE VIDEO
SPACECRAFT STEP FALCON 9
DELIVERED PACE WHERE IT NEEDED
TO BE SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS ON
THE QUICK LOOK OVER THE LAUNCH
VEHICLE.
I KNOW PACE TEAM IS EXCITED TO
BE WHERE THIS E ARE WAITING FOR
THE POWER POSITIVE CONFIRMATION.
>> GREAT REPORT OUT THERE.
AS PACE WAS DELIVERED TO ORBIT
674-KILOMETERS ABOUT 400 MILES
ABOVE THE EARTH'S SURFACE.
PACE HAS TEN YEARS OF FUEL
ONBOARD.
TO DO ITS OBSERVATIONS AND
REPORT BACK THE SCIENTIFIC DATA.
WHICH YOU NEVER KNOW WITH THE
SATELLITES THEY CAN GO A LOT
LONGER JUST DEPENDS ON HOW THEY
USE THEIR FUEL IN THE COURSE OF
THE NEXT TEN YEARS SCIENTISTS
ALWAYS WANT MORE DATA.
MANY TIMES THEY ARE REWARDED
WITH THAT ON SPACECRAFT EXCEEDS
EXPECTATIONS.
AS OFTEN THEY DO.
AGAIN IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US
WE ARE AWAITING CONFIRMATION OF
A MILESTONE CALLED POWER
POSITIVE.
THAT MILESTONE MEANS THAT THE
PACE PACE CRAFT HAS ORIENTED
ITSELF INTO THOUGH SUN AND
DEPLOYED THE SOLAR ARRAYS FULLY
SO THAT IT IS GETTING POWER ON
ALL THREE PANELS SO IT CAN
CHARGE THE BATTERIES AND BEGIN
TURNING ON THE SCIENTIFIC
INSTRUMENTS.
T PLUS 32 MINUTES AND COUNTING.
PACE SPACECRAFT DIMENSIONS OR
THREAMINE METERS A WITH A OF
1439-KILO GRAT GRAHAMS HAZE A
THREE PANEL SOLAR ARRAY.
THAT SOLAR ARRAY IS A CRITICAL
FINAL MILESTONE WILL ALLOW THE
TEAM THATTIC TO TA DEEP BREATH
AND OF COURSE CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE TELEMETRY TREND.
YOU CAN SEE THE APPLAUSES THERE
IN THE MISSION DIRECTOR CENTER.
HAPPY TO REPORT THEY HAVE POWER
POSITIVE ON THE PACE SPACECRAFT.
AGAIN, THE FINAL MILESTONE POWER
POSITIVE ON THE SOLAR ARRAYS ON
THE PACE SPACECRAFT THAT IS
GREAT NEWS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PACE
TEAM.
>> AXE WILLINGLY.
>> IT IS A BIG MOMENT.
SUCCESSFUL MISSION.
THERE WE GO EXCELLENT NEWS
SPACECRAFT IS HAPPY AND WE SAW
CLAPPING THINGS WERE GOING
GREAT.
PACE IS ON THE WAY.
POWER POSITIVE THAT IS A
SUCCESSFUL MISSION FOR PACE.
JUST TO RECAP WE LAUNCHED A
1:33:36 A.M. EASTERN TIME FROM
THE SPACE COAST HERE.
SPACE LAUNCH COMPLEX 40.
RODE THE FALCON 9 FOR 7.5
MINUTES.
THEN GOT INTO SPACE.
WE WATCHED PACE SEPARATE 16
MINUTES AFTER THAT.
THEN T PLUS 33 MINUTES ROUGHLY
WE GOT CONFIRMATION THAT NOT
ONLY THE SOLAR ARRAYS DEPLOYED
BUT ALSO PACE HAD AIMED ITSELF
TOWARD THE SUN ONCE THE
SPACECRAFT CAME OUT OF ORBITAL
ECLIPSE WHICH IS A BIG MOMENT.
VERY BIG MOMENT.
VERY EXCOOL ITING TO YOU KNOW
NOT ONLY GET PACE ON THE WHICH
TO HAVE THE LAUNCH VEHICLE
PERFORM THE WAIT IS DID AND
BRING THE BOSTER BACK TO LANDING
FLOWN ONE.
I TOLD YOU THIS BEFORE THIS
NEVER GETS OLD FOR ME I LOVE
THIS AND A I AM SO EX COULD IT
FOD NOT ONLY THE LAUNCH VEHICLE
TEAM BUT FOR THE PACE SPACECRAFT
TEAM VERY EXCITED TO SEE THEM ON
THE WAY TO GET READY FOR THIS
EXCITED MISSION.
JOB WELL DONE BY ALL TODAY AND
CERTAINLY NOW THE PACE TEAM CAN
REST EASY BUT THEY ARE STILL
WORKING THE OW WE'RE TEAM WILL
STAY ON FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF
ORBITS WHICH IS ANOTHER THREE
HOURS TO MAKE SURE THEY SEE THE
POWER DATA IS TRENDING IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION OF COURSE
COMMISSIONING OF THE PACE
SATELLITE WILL TAKE ANOTHER 60
DAYS BEFORE THEY CAN START
GETTING IN SOME OF THAT
IANTIVEIC DATA BUT THIS LAUNCH
OF COURSE THE FIRST LAUNCH FOR
NASA'S LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM
BUT IT IS AS I UNDERSTANDS THE
LAST LAUNCH FOR A SPECIAL MEMBER
OF THE TEAM.
ABSOLUTELY.
IS A FIRST FOR 2024 BUT THE LAST
LAUNCH FOR AMANDA.
THIS MARKS AN VEINER ARE A AND
CONCLUSION OF REMARKABLE
JOURNEY.
AMAN DASH WHERE I WANT TO SAY
ARE AMAZING.
YOUR LEADERSHIP TRANSCENDS THE
POUND DRIS OF SERVICES PROGRAM
AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
RESONATING ACROSS THE ENTIRE
COMMUNITY.
EVEN WITH YOUR EXTRAORDINARY
ACHIEVEMENTS YOU REMAIN
REMARKABLY HUMBLE EN YOUR ROLE
AND ALWAYS CHALLENGE US TO
STRIVE FOR SUCCESS OVER THE PAST
14 YEARS YOU HAVE STEERED THE
LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM ABOUT
UNWAVERING DEDICATION AND
MAXIMIZING MISSION SUCCESS AND
CONTRIBUTING SIGNIFICANTLY TO
THE EVOLUTION OF THE SPACE
INDUSTRY AND YOUR MEN STORESHIP
THE FRIENDSHIP AND COMPASSIONATE
LEADERSHIP STYLE HAVE BEEN THE
DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE TEAM.
IT IS NO SURPRISE YOU STAND AS
AWARD WINNER AND YOUR ABSENCE
WILL BE FELT AS YOUR FAMILY, WE
GATHER THIS MORNING ON THIS YOUR
FINAL MISSION TO SAY, SEE YOU
LATER, WHILE WE WILL MISS YOU
DEARLY WE HOP YOU REL.
>> THE PROFOUND IMPACT HAD ON US
THE COLLECTIVE ACHIEVEMENTS THE
SHARED MEMORIES AND THE SPIRIT
OF EX LICENSE YOU INSTILLED
WITHIN US ARE THE TESTAMENT TO
THE REMARKABLE LEADERSHIP AS YOU
EMBARK ON THE NEW CHAPTER OF
YOUR LIFE KNOW THE INFLUENCE
EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE
BOUNDARIES YOU ARE NOT REZ
TIRING.
YOU ARE PASSING THE TORCH THE
NEXT GENERATION OF DREAMERS
INNOVATORS AND EXPLORER.
IT'S THE LEGACY YOU LEAVE BEHIND
IS NOT MERE LYNN THE MISSIONS
ACCOMPLISHED BUT IN THE HOOVES
YOU HAVE TOUCHED AND IN IR
RATION YOU IGNITED.
GOD SPEED.
THANK YOU FOR THIS EXTRA OR NARD
RAILROAD JOURNEY.
>> GREAT WORDS THERE.
CERTAINLY WELL-DESERVED.
AMANDA, AWARD WINNER.
YES YES.
ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONORS HERE
AT NASA FROM ALL OF US AT NASA
WE WISH AMANDA WELL IN HER
RETIREMENT THAT WILL DO IT FOR
US HERE AT HANGAR AE THE
SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF THE PACE
SPACECRAFT AND SOLAR ARRAY
DEPLOYMENT GREAT SUCCESS BY ALL
INVOLVED TODAY.
NOW WE'LL SEN IT BACK TO JASMIN
AND LAURA TO WRAPP THE SHOW.
GO PACE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
GO PACE FOR SURE.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR TAKING US
THROUGH SOLAR ARRAY DEPLOYMENT.
NOW WE ARE BACK WITH YET ANOTHER
MEMBER OF THE LAUNCH SERVICES
TEAM.
KENGTON GIBSON FROM LSP.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
OF COURSE WE ARE HAPPY TO YOU
HAVE.
TODAY THIS WAS THE FIRST LAUNCH
IN THE NEW REL AS ASSIST AND OR
BACKUP.
HOW DID THINGS GO.
OH, THE LUNCH WENT WELL ONE OF
THE CLEANEST I HAVE SEEN THE
LAUNCH VEHICLE PERFORMED
PHENOMENALLY AND WE SEPARATED
THE SPACECRAFT ON TIME AS
PREDICTED AND AS YOU JUST SAW WE
GOT POWER POSITIVE SO THE
MISSION WENT FLAWLESS.
>> GREAT.
>> AND THAT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY
OF COURSE.
BUT TELL US WHAT ARE THE
LAUNCHES DOES LSP HAVE LANKED
FOR THIS YEAR THIS THE OTHER
THING IS THE END OF APRIL AND
THAT WILL BE IN THE FALCON HEAVY
AND THEN, THEN LATER ON THIS
REMEMBER, WE HAVE EUROPA CLIPPER
WHICH WE ARE GOING TO JUPITER
WHICH IS ANOTHER FALCON HEAVY
AND TWO LINES UP THIS YEAR.
GREAT.
ONE OF THE NICE THINGS TO SEE.
WE DID SEE THAT BEAUTIFUL
TRIBUTE TO PROGRAM MANAGER AND
AMAN DAP SO, DENTON ANYTHING YOU
WANT TO SAY TO THE REST OF THE
TEAM THAT, WOOED ON SAYS NO
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO
THE SPACEX FOR GIVING US
EXCELLENT RIDE TO SPACE.
AND ALL THE HARD WORK AND
DEDICATION WENT INTO THIS FROM
THE LSP TEAM AS WELL AS THE
GUARDED TEAMS DID AMAZING JOB TO
MAKE SURE THIS WAS SUCCESSFULP
THEN, ALSO, THE COLLEAGUES AT
SPACE FORCE WHO YOU KNOW, HELPED
US OUT WHEN WE HAD CHALLENGES OF
WEATHER THAT GAVE US A GOOD
REPORT FROM THAT AND HELP HELPED
US OUT ON A THE DAY OF LUNCHP
THEN TO AMANDA I WOULD LIKE TO
SAY YOU WILL BE MISSED.
SHE HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD MENTOR
TO A LOT OF US AND TO ME
PERSONALLY.
SHE HAS BEEN AMAZING LEADER FOR
LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM SO THANK
YOU TO THE COMBINED LS GODDARD
SPACEX SPACE FORCE TEAM AND I
KNOW EVERYBODY WILL MISS AMANDA
FOR SURE.
YEAH.
IT IS A COULD LAB BRTIVE EFFORT
BETWEEN ALL OF YOU VERY WELL
SAID.
WITH ITS A BOUTFUL LIKE YOU SAID
ALMOST FLAWLESS LAUNCH CAMPAIGN
TODAY F. SO GREAT JOB FOR THE
LSP TEAM AND FOR THE VIEWERS IF
YOU MISSED THAT LAUNCH EARLIER
IN THIS MORNING YOU ARE WELCOMED
TO WATCH THAT AGAIN AND THEN WEE
HAVE A REPLAY FOR YOU AGAIN
RIGHT NOW.
>> T MINUS 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4,
3, 2, 1.
BOOSTER IGNITION.
FULL POWER ENGINES AND LIFTOFF
OF THE FALCON 9 AND PACE.
HELPING KEEP PACE WITH THE EVER
CHANGING OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERE.
>> STAGE ONE PROPULSION IS
NOMINAL.
ALL NINE MERLIN ENGINES LIT UP
AND ROARING 1.7 MILLION POUNDS
OF THRUST.
CHAMBER PRESSURE ON THE
TELEMETRY AND EVERYTHING LOOKED
GOOD HERE.
ENGINES PERFORMING VERY WELL.
THAT IS GREAT NEWS.
POWER AND TELEMETRY NOMINAL.
MAKES A STEEP CLIMB INTO THE
ORBIT.
RIDE TWO MINUTES INTO THE FIRST
STAGE.
A VIEW FROM THE ROCKET-CAMERA.
VEHICLE IS SUPERSONIC.
THERE WE HEAR FALCON COMING UP
ON THE OCEAN LAUNCH.
>> MAXQ.
>> PASSED THROUGH MAXB.
THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO PERFORM
NOMINALLY ALL NINE ENGINES
FIRING.
RECEIPTS' TAKE ONE FINAL LOOK
WITH SOCIAL QUESTIONS FOR OUR
OCEAN EXPERT.
THANK YOU AGAIN TO THOSE THAT
HAVE BEEN SENDING THOSE IN.
SO OUR FIRST QUESTION COMES FROM
HUGE XO ON X.
THEY ASKED WHAT IS NASA GOING TO
DO WITH THE INFORMATION GATHERED
BY PACE?
>> GREAT QUESTION.
NATION SA RECEIVED THE DATA IT
IS OUR BE WHERE TO DISTRIBUTE
THOSE DATA ANAS SASS HAS VERY,
VERY ROBUST OPEN SCIENCE POLICY.
MEANING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE
COLLECT THROUGH THE SATELLITES
OR THE FIELD CAMPAIGNS IS OPEN
AND AVAILABLE TOLL THE PUBLIC.
AND SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
FIRST FLIGHT FOR PACE IN THE
MIDDLE OF MARCH IN THIS WHEN THE
DATA IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE
BUT TRULY PACE AND PACE'S DATA
IS MEANT TO HELP THE PUBLIC TO
HELP ANYONE ANY CITIZEN
DECISION-MAKERS ALIKE MAKE
REREALLY SMART DECISIONS ABOUT
ANYTHING IMPORTANT TO THEM.
RIGHT IT IS NICE TO SEE DATA
FROM PACE IS GOING TO HELP THE
PUBLIC SO THE NEXT QUESTION
COMES FROM 305 ON X THEY ASKED
HOW WILL THED DYES HELP WITH
CORAL REEFS.
THAT IS EXCELLENT QUESTION.
THE DATA FROM PACE AS WE HAVE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT REALLY WAS
THE OCEAN.
THAT TELLS YOU WHAT COLOR IS THE
OCEAN AND WE TALKED ABOUT FY TOW
PLANK TONKTON AND NOT TALKED
ABOUT OTHER THINGS THAT
SUSPENDED IN THE OCEAN SO CORAL
REEFS DEPEND ON CLEAR WATER
ANDUNDER STAKING WHAT KIND OF
VARIATIONS WE HAVE WITH RESPECT
TO WATER QUALITY OR THE WATER IS
GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT CONDITIONS ARE
IMPACTING NEGATIVELY CORAL REEFS
AND WHICH ONE ARE BENEFITING
GREAT THANKS SO MUCH.
>> WE DO HAVE ONE FINAL QUESTION
THAT COMES FROM MANGO ALLEY
ELLIE ON TWITCH.
THEY ASKED HOW LONG IS THIS
MISSION?
HOW LONG BEFORE THE RESULTS ARE
SHARED?
ODD THAT IS ALSO AN EXCELLENT
QUESTION.
PACE'S MISSION IS THREE YEARS
THAT IS PRIMARY MISSION AS YOU
HEARD FROM THE BROADCAST HAS TEN
YEARS OF FUEL WHICH HOPE FLIES
ME