>> YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE AT
LAUNCHPAD 39A.
AT THE TOP IS A LUNAR LANDER
BUILD BY I KNEWTIVE MACHINES
WITH NASA PAYLOADS ONBOARD.
HELLO AND WELL YOM EVERYONE TO
THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN
FLORIDA.
I AM NASA'S MEGAN CRUZ.
AFTER THE TEAM WAVED OFF A
LAUNCH ATTEMPT YESTERDAY.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST
A FEW MINUTES, BUT FOR TODAY, WE
ARE A GO FOR LAUNCH.
IF EVERYTHING GOES ACCORDING TO
PLANNED, THAT LANDER WILL
COMPLETE THE JOURNEY EIGHT DAYS
FROM NOW WITH A LANDING AT
24-KILOMETER WIDE CRATER ON THE
SHADOWY SOUTH SIDE OF THE MOON.
I NEWTIVE MACHINES BUILD AND
DEVELOPED THE LUNAR LANDER THAT
WILL CARRY, AMONG OTHER THINGS,
SIX NASA PAYLOADS TO THE MOON.
WE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THOSE
INSTRUMENTS AND MUCH MORE
THROUGHOUT THE BROADCAST, BUT
FIRST, LET'S LEARN A LITTLE MORE
ABOUT THE MOON-BOUND SPACECRAFT
IT IS AUTONOMOUS LUNAR LANDER
INCLUDING THIS SOLAR PANELS, IT
IS 4.3 METERS TALL INCLUDING THE
LANDING GEAR IT IS 4.6 METERS
WIDE.
THE LANNER WAGS APPROXIMATELY
675-KILOGRAMS AND IS CAPABLE OF
DELIVERING ABOUT 130-KILOGRAMS
OF PAYLOAD THOUGH SURFACE OF THE
IN INTO.
MOST OF THAT SPACECRAFT WEIGHT
IS FUEL.
IT USES A LIQUID METHANE AND
LIQUID OXYGEN MAIN ENGINE THAT
CAN THROTTLE DOWN TO PERFORM THE
FINAL DECENT TO THE LUNAR
SURFACE IN ONE CONTINUOUS BURN.
NOW INTUITIVE IS FUNDED BY THE
COMMERCIAL PAYLOAD SERVICES
INITIATIVE WHICH ALLOWS
ACQUISITION OF LUNAR DELIVERY
SERVICES FROM AMERICAN COMPANIES
FOR PAYLOADS THAT ADVANCE
SIRENS, EXPLORE RIGS AND THE
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE
MOON.
NOW, THE LIQUID METHANE HAD TO
BE LOADED SHORTLY BEFORE LAUNCH,
SO SPACEX DEVELOPED A NEW WAY TO
FUEL THE SPACECRAFT WHILE IT WAS
ON THE PAD.
JOINING ME NOW LIVE IS JESSE
ANDERSON IN HAWTHORNE,
CALIFORNIA, AND JESSE, THE TEAM
DECIDED TO POSTPONE'S
YESTERDAY'S LAUNCH ATTEMPT JUST
BEFORE THE METHANE LOADING WAS
SET TO BEGIN.
>> YES.
WE STOOD DOWN FROM YESTERDAY'S
LAUNCH ATTEMPT DUE TO OFF
NOMINAL METHANE TEMPERATURES
PRIOR PRIOR TO STEPPING INTO
METHANE LOAD.
THE TEAMS HAVE REVIEWED THE DATA
AND STARTED FUELING PREPARATIONS
EARLIER TODAY TO ALLOW THE TEM
TEARS BETTER ALIGN TO WHAT WE
SAW DURING THE WET DRESS
REHEARSAL EARLIER IN THE WEEK.
AT 2:20 MINUTES, METHANE FUELING
BEGAN AND COMPLETED JUST BEFORE
THE LIVE COVERAGE STARTED AND WE
ARE NOW READY TO GIVE LAUNCH
ANOTHER SHOT THIS EVENING.
SPACEX IS EXCITED TO PARTNER
WITH NASA AS PART OF THE
COMMERCIAL LOUNAR PAYLOAD
SERVICES INITIATIVE AND TODAY WE
ARE THRILLED TO SUPPORT THE
FIRST U.S. LUNAR LANDING SINCE
THE APOLLO PROGRAM ENDED MORE
THAN 50 YEARS AGO.
THIS MISSION MARKS THE 16th
OF THE YEAR AND THE SECOND IN
THE LAST EIGHT HOURS.
EARLIER THIS WEEK, OUR TEAM
CAPTURED THIS PHOTO OF FALCON 9
IN IM-1 WITH THE MOON BEYOND AND
THIS IS A GREAT IMAGE WITH THE
VEHICLE'S DESTINATION IN THE
SITES AND A WONDERFUL
CELEBRATION OF THE LUNAR NEW
YEAR.
2024 IS THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON
WHICH IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE
LUCKIEST ANIMALS IN THE CHINESE
ZODIAC.
THIS IS FITTING AS THE OWN
DRAGON SPACECRAFT HAS COMPLETED
40 MISSION TRANSPORTING CAR GE
TO AND FROM THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION INCLUDING AXIOM 3
WHICH INCLUDE EARLIER THIS MONTH
AND CREW-7 WHICH IS CURRENTLY
DOCKED TO THE STATION WITH
NASA'S CREW 8 MISSION AROUND THE
CORNER.
WE ARE ON TRACK TO LAUNCH 50
PEOPLE TO ORBIT ACROSS ALL THE
MESSINGS SINCE 2020.
AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, SPACEX
WAS FOUNDED WITH THE GOAL OF
MAKING LIFE MULTI-PLANETARY AND
WE GET ONE STEP CLOSER TO
BECOMING A REALITY TO SUPPORT
OUR GROWING MANIFEST, WE MADE
NEW UPBRAIDS TO SPACE LAUNCH
COMPLEX 40 WHICH YOU CAN SEE
THERE WITH A BRAND-NEW CREW ARM.
THESE UPDATES, WITH THESE
UPDATES WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO
HAVING TWO LAUNCHPADS CAPABLE OF
SUPPORTING HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT
MISSIONS.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING
ADVANCE THE YOU TURE OF HUMAN
SPACE FLIGHT.
CHECK OUT SPACEX FLIGHT.COM TO
LEARN MORE.
IN ADDITION TO FLYING PEOPLE,
SPACEX ALSO ENABLES RESEARCHERS
THE OPPORTUNITY TO FLY CRITICAL
SCIENCE TO ORBIT ON THE DRAGON
SPACECRAFT WHICH CARRIED OVER
1,000 RESEARCH EXPERIMENTS AND
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION SINCE 2012.
RESEARCHES CAN SUBMIT AND
EXPLORE CURRENT RESEARCH
OPPORTUNITIES AT
SPACEX.COM/HUMAN
SPACEFLIGHT/RESEARCH.
ENABLING RESEARCH IN SPACE PAVES
THE WAY TO MAKE LIFE
MULTI-PLANETARY.
IN TODAY'S MISSION FURTHERS THAT
GOAL BY PROVIDING IN SIGHT HAS
THE LOONAR SURFACE ENVIRONMENT
THE ABILITY TO TEST TECHNOLOGY
TO BETTER ENABLE TO LAND SAFELY
ON THE MOON.
FOR NOW, LET'S GET FAMILIAR WITH
THE ROCKET THAT YOU SEE THERE ON
THE SCREEN.
FALCON 9.
>> WE ARE A GO FOR LAUNCH.
>> SOME GOOD CALL-OUTS THERE.
GOOD FOR PROPELLANT LOADING.
FALCON 9 IS A TWO-STAGE ROCKET,
AND THE FIRST ORBITAL CLASS
ROCKET CAPABLE OF REFLIGHT SINCE
TAKE FLIGHT IN 2010 OUR FALCON 9
ROCKET HAS MADE 297 FLIGHTS AND
DELIVERED ALL SORTS OF PAYLOADS
TO ORBIT.
THIS IS THE 18th FLIGHT OF
THE FIRST STAGE BOOSTER
SUPPORTING THIS MISSION.
FALCON 9 IS EVENTUALLY TWO
ROCKETS IN ONE OF THEM THE FIRST
STAGE WHICH IS THOUGH TALLEST
PORTION OF THE VEHICLE PROVIDES
1.7348 POUNDS OF THRUST THANKS
TO THE ENGINES NAMED AFTER THE
FALCON FROM "STAR WARS" THE
NUMBER 9 POWER FALCON 90'S FIRST
STAGE AND YOU CAN SEE, THOSE ON
THE SCREEN, THIS IS A TOGETHER
TOW OF TODAY'S FALCON 9 GETTING
READY TO AREOUT TO THE PAD
EARLIER THIS WEEK.
THESE ARE THE NINE ENGINES THAT
WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING
THE HEAVY LIFTING TODAY AND
GETTING TO ORBITAL VELOCITY.
SO THERE ARE NINE ENGINES ON
THE FIRST TAGE.
THERE ARE ACTUALLY TEN ENGINES
ON THE VEHICLE AS A WHOLE.
THE SECOND STAGE HAS A SLIGHTLY
MODIFIED ENGINE ON IT CALLED THE
MERLIN VACUUM OR THE M VAC
ENGINE.
THIS ENGINE HAS LARGER NOZZLE
WHICH ALLOWS THE SECOND STAGE TO
FORM MOVE EFFICIENTLY.
THE FIRST STAGE GETS US OUT INTO
PACE.
THE SECOND STAGE TAKES THE PAY
THROWED THE TARGET DROP-OFF
ORBIT THE LARGE BARREL STRUCTURE
WITH THE POINTED NOSE IS THE
PAYLOAD FARRING AND COME
COMPOSED OF TWO HALVES MADE UP
THAT COME TOGETHER PROTECT THE
PAYLOAD UNTIL WE ARE IN THE
VACUUM OF SPACE.
SPEAKING OF THE PAYLOAD, THE
NOVEMBER VA C LUNAR LANNER
AREEFED AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
IN DECEMBER.
SINCE THEN TEAMS HAVE BEEN
INTEGRATING THE SPACECRAFT
SECOND STAGE IN PREP RIGS FOR
LAUNCH.
AS MEGAN MENTIONED EARLIER
DURING THIS MISSION, SPACEX
PROVED NEW HARDWARE THAT ENABLED
FUELING OF THE IM-1 LANDER ON
THE PAD WITH CRYOGENIC METHANE
AND OXYGEN STARTING TWO AND A
HALF HOURS BEFORE LAUNCH.
THIS IS A FIRST FOR SPACEX.
SPACEX TEAMS MODIFIED LAUNCH
COMPLEX 39A'S PAD AND
TRANSPORTER ERECTOR INSTALLING
THE NEW METHANE TANK, PROPELLANT
LINES AND TWO CONTROL SKIDS ON
EITHER SIDE OF THE TOP OF THE
TRANSPORTER ERECTOR FROM THERE
THE NEW LINES PASSED THROUGH A
NEW STAGE 2 QUICK DISCONNECT
THAT ATTACHES TO ANOTHER SET OF
QUICK DISCONNECTS LEADING TO THE
IM-1 LANDER HEAT EXCHANGERS
IDENTIFY THE METHANE AS THEY
FLOW FROM THEIR STORAGE TAPPS
TOWARD THE LAND.
THIS ALLOWS THE CRYOGENICS TO
REMAIN BELOW THE RESPECTIVE
BOILING POINTS DURING THE
COUNTDOWN AND ELIMINATE THE NEED
TO TOP OFF THE PROPELLANT WHILE
FALCON 9 REPORTS FOR LAUNCH.
>> THEY WILL PROVE THE COUNT.
FOR URGENT ISSUES AFFECTING THE
SAFETY OF THE OPERATION,
OPERATOR WILL REQUIRE HOLD HOLD
AND PROCEED THE LUNCH ABORT.
AT T MINUS 10 SECONDS HANDS OFF
ON REMAINING THE REMAINDER OF
THE COUNT.
JUST PAUSING THERE FOR THE
FUELING SYSTEM.
AND SO FAR, IT CONTINUES TO BE A
SMOOTH COUNTDOWN AND WE ARE
LOOKING GOOD FOR ON-TIME
LIFTOFF.
MEANTIME, EATS CHECK WIN JOSH
MARSHALL AT THE INTUITIVE
MACHINES.
HOW IS IT GOING, JOSH?
>> IT IS GOING WELL, JESSE.
THANKS.
WELCOME TO THE BROADCAST BOOTH
AT INTUITIVE MACHINES MISSION
OPERATION CENTER IN HOUSTON,
TEXAS.
THIS ROOM IS WROUGHT SITED OF
WHAT WE CALLED NOVA CONTROLLED.
NOVA CONTROL BEING THE NERVE
CENTER OF THE ENTIRE LUNAR
PROGRAM.
RIGHT NOW, FLIGHT CONTROLLERS
ARE MAKING THE PREFLIGHT CHECKS
AND HONER TOKING THE LUNAR
LANDING FUELING PROCESS ON THE
PAD.
TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT THE NOVA
CONTROL.
IN ARE 12 CONSULT POSITION IN A
CIRCULAR DESIGN.
UNIQUE SHAPE WAS NOT
COINCIDENCE.
WE WANTED TO CREATE ENVIRONMENT
THAT FOLKS CAN MAKE DECISION.
THE DESIGN ALSO PULLED SOME
INSPIRATION FROM THE "STAR TREK"
USS ENTERPRISE BRIDGE.
STARTING NOW, WE HAVE THREE
PRIMARY FLIGHT CONTROLLERS TEAMS
WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO
MONITOR, COMMAND, CONTROL OUR
LUNAR LANDER DURING THE SOUTH
POLE REG BON.
HERE IS A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW WE
WILL GET THERE.
THE IM-1 MISSION IS SENDING NASA
PAYLOADS TO THE LUNAR SOUTH POLE
REGION ON UNCREWED ROBOTIC MOVE
VA C CLASS LUNAR LANDER CALLED
ODYSSEUS.
THE LUNAR LANDER IS A MINIATURE
SCALE.
>> REPORTER: THE IM-1 FLIGHT
PATH NEARS THE HISTORICAL
ACHIEVEMENTS OF APOLLO 2
STARTING ON A DIRECT SHOT AT THE
MOON.
>> THAT TRAJECTORY IS LIKE
THROWING A FASTBALL THAT ISING
TO HIT THE MOON SIX OR SEVEN
DAYS LATER LIKE OUTFIELDER.
THE FIRST FOUR DAYS ARE
DEDICATED TO FLIGHT CONTROLLERS
IN HOUSTON FIRING THE LANER'S 3D
PRINTED LIQUID OXYGEN ENAMINE TO
MAKE SMALL COURSE ADJUSTMENTS TO
HIT THE ORBIT TARGET AROUND THE
MOON.
THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM IS CALLED
THE B.
>> THE THING ABOUT THE B, THE
BACK BOARD OF A BASKETBALL.
YOU BASICALLY KNOW WHEN YOU
SHOOT HOOPS IF YOU CAN GET THE
BASKET BAM IN THE SQUARE ON THE
BACK BOARD, IT IS GOING TO GO
IN.
THE B PLAIN IS VERY MUCH THE
SAME THING.
>> WITH THE B PLAIN ON TARGET,
ODYSSEUS IS PREPPED FOR THE
MON'S FAR SIDE.
THIS CRITICAL BURN MANEUVER IS
COMPLETED IN THE BLIND AND THE
MOON BLOCKING DIRECT
COMMUNICATION BACK TO NOVA
CONTROL IN HOUSTON.
>> ONCE WE GET AROUND THE MOON,
WE HAVE ON THE DAY SIDE OF THE
MOON, THE SUN HEATING FROM ONE
SIDE AND REFLECTED INFRARED
LIGHT WARMING US ON THE OTHER
AND PLUNGE INTO NIGHT AND NOW
COLD ON BOTH SIDES.
IT IS TOUGH.
ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE LANDING.
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS COMMAND
DECENT OOI.
THE MAIN ENGINE FIRING TO SLOW
THE SPACECRAFT SO THE ALTITUDE
DROPS FROM 100 KILOMETERS TO
10-KILO EFFORTS ABOVE.
AFTER ODYSSEUS COAST FOR AN
HOUR.
>> THEN WE REACH A POINT CALLED
TOWER DECENT INITIATION.
THE GUIDANCE SYSTEM ONBOARD
MAKES DECISION TO ACTIVATE THE
MAIN ENGINE.
>> CAMERAS AND LASERS ARE
FEEDING INFORMATION TO THE
LANNER'S NAVIGATION ALGORITHMS
WHICH PROVIDES GUIDANCE, AND A
HALF PASSION, CONTROL WITH THE
SAFE SITE IDENTIFIED.
ODYSSEUS ENTERS A THREE METER
PER SECOND DOWN TO ONE MET FOR
THE LUNAR'S S SURFACE NOW THE
LANDER IS USING A UNIT WHICH IS
SIMILAR TO HUMAN INNER EAR THAT
SENSES ROTATION AND
ACCELERATION.
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS RESPECT A 15
SECOND DELAY BEFORE CONFIRMING
THE ULTIMATE MILESTONE SOFTLY
LANDING ON THE SURFACE OF THE
MOON.
>> I CAN TELL YOU FROM DOING THE
SIMULATIONS THAT IS THE LONGEST
15 SECONDS YOU WILL EXPERIENCE
AS YOU WAIT FOR THE FINAL LIGHT
TO TURN GROWN TO INDICATE YOU
LANDED ON THE MOON.
THAT OVERVIEW OF THE IM-1
MISSION WAS PROVIDED BY DR. TIM
CRANE WHO IS THE MISSION
DIRECTOR ON THE BLUE TEAM WHICH
IS SCHEDULED FOR LANDING
OPERATIONS.
RIGHT NOW, FORMER NASA ASTRONAUT
AND INTUITIVE MACHINE VICE
PRESIDENT JK FINISHERS IN THE
MISSION DIRECTOR SEAT.
HIS TEAM IS GEARING UP FOR
LAUNCH FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
WHERE MEGAN IS STANDING BY WITH
MORE ON NASA'S ROLE ON THE IM-1
MISSION.
MEG ANN IN.
>> THANK YOU, JOSH.
HEARD US MISSION CLIPS TO THE
PAYLOAD SERVICES I FISHTIVE.
WHAT THIS IS NEW INITIATIVE.
NASA IS TEAMING UP WITH SEVERAL
AMERICAN COMPANIESES TO DELIVER
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO THE
LOUNAR SURFACE AND STREAMLAND
THE SCIENCE IN STUDYING THE MOON
BUT ALSO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE
RISKS AND REWARDS BEFORE HUMAN
MISSIONS TO THE LOUNAR SURFACE
AND BEYOND.
LUNAR SURFACE AND PEE BEYOND.
>> OUR MOON.
IT SEEMS SO CLOSE IN THE NIGHT
SKY.
BUT GETTING THERE IS REALLY
HARD.
BUT WHAT IF THERE WASSWA TOY
CHANGE THAT.
ONLY A FEW NATIONS HAVE
SUCCESSFULLY LANDED ON THE MOON.
AS NASA SENDS ASTRONAUTS BACK TO
THE LUNAR SUR PACE, THIS TIME TO
STAY, WE WILL NEED TO SEND
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
INSTRUMENTS AHEAD OF TIME TO LAY
THE FOUNDATION FOR HUMAN
EXPLORATION.
TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, NASA IS
HELPING ESTABLISH A COMMERCIAL
LUNAR ECONOMY FOR THE FIRST TIME
EVER, THERE WILL BE COMMERCIAL
DELIVERY SERVICES TO THE MOON.
WE ARE ENABLING AMERICAN
COMPANIES TO SEND OUR PAYLOADS
TO THE LOUNAR SURFACE FOR US.
THESE DELIVERY SERVICES WILL
EXPAND THE CAPABILITIES FOR
EXPLORATION, RADICALLY
INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF SCIENCE
WE CAN ACHIEVE.
THIS HIGH RISK HIGH REWARD
INITIATIVE WILL INVEST IN AND
LEVERAGE THE ENTREPRENEURIAL
SPIRIT OF AMERICAN INNOVATION TO
LAUNCH ARE MA MARKETPLACE
ADVANCING EXPLORATION FOR ALL OF
US.
WITH THIS NEVER BEFORE SEEN
STREAMLINE ACCESS TO.
IT'S THE MOON, WE WILL BE ABLE
TO MAKE NOVEL MEASUREMENTS AND
DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY THAT
SCIENTISTS HAVE LONG WANTED TO
DO ON THE LUNAR SURFACE.
AND AS THIS NEW INDUSTRY
MATURES, THIS COMMERCIAL
DELIVERY SERVICE FOR NASA AND
OTHER CUSTOMERS COOKS PANED
BEYOND THE MOON TO OTHER
DESTINATIONS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
AND WE CAN LEARN TO LIVEN ON
ANOTHER WORLD BECAUSE WE ARE
EXPLORERS.
>> IN 2019 NASA AWARD INTUITIVE
MACHINES THE FIRST OF THREE
MISSION TASK ORDERS TO DELIVER
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY THIS THE
MOON.
SO OVER THE FOLLOWING FOUR YEAR,
I TUTIVE MACHINES HAVE BUILT AN
ENTIRE SPACE PROGRAM TO SUPPORT
THE ECLIPSE MISSIONS.
THE COMPANY COMPLETED THE LUNAR
LANNER AT THE HOUSTON SPACE PORT
DOWN THE STREET FROM NASA'S
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
JOINING ME ON THE SET NOW IS
STEVE.
HE IS THE CEO OF I TUTIVE
MACHINES AND FORMER DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF JOHNSON'S SPACE
CENTER.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
SO GOOD MORNING, PLING ANN.
LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THE CLOCK.
WE ARE 28 MINUTES FROM LAUNCH.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
>> ECSTATIC TO BE HERE.
SUCH HISTORIC MOMENT AS WE GET
READY TO LIGHT THE ENGINES.
ALL SYSTEMS ARE GONE GO.
THE TANKS ON THE LANNER ARE
LOADED.
WE ARE JUST WAITING NOR LAST 28
MINUTES TO LIGHT THE CANNONS.
WHY DID YOU START A COMPANY TO
COMMERCIALLY BUILD AND FLY LUNAR
LANNERS?
WELL, WE STARTED THE COMPANY
JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AT THE
TIME, NASA WAS THINKING ABOUT A
CAPABILITY-DRIVEN FRAMEWORK.
NO REAL DESTINATION.
SO I DECIDED TO RETIRE EARLY TO
THINK ABOUT A BUSINESS WHERE I
COULD APPLY HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT EX
PER TOES AND ENGINEERING TO
SOLVING THE PROBLEMS AROUND THE
WORLD IN OIL AND GAS AND ENERGY,
MEDICINE AND AEROSPACE.
SO IN 2018 WHEN THE NATIONAL
SECURITY COUNCIL CAME UP WITH
ONE WHICH WAS TO SAY THAT THE
MOON IS NOW OF TRA TEENIC
INTERESTS, WE TURNED OUR WHOLE
COMPANY TOWARD ATTEMPTING TO
LISTENED ON THE MOON TO RETURN
TO THE UNITED STATES TO THE MOON
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 52 YEARS.
>> SA K TOKING ABOUT THE LANNER
OBS RY, YOUR FELLOW CO-FOUNDER
DR. TIM CRANE MENTIONED THE CORE
GROUP WORKED ON PROJECT AND WE
HAVE VIDEO TO SHOW FOLKS NOW.
I REMEMBER THAT EXPERIMENTAL
PROTOTYPE AND THE PROPULSION
TESTS WERE COMPLETED HERE AT KSC
SO HOW DID IT FORM?
>> WELL, IT WAS ASTER RESTIAL
TEST BED THAT WAS OF LIQUID
OXYGEN LIQUID METHANE LANDER
THAT WE FLEW 37 TIMES AND WE
LEARNED ABOUT HOW THE IGNITE AND
TO FLY LIQUID METHANE ENGINE AND
THAT CORE TECHNOLOGIES THE CORE
TECHNOLOGY OF THE LANDER.
IN ADOINGS THE AUTONOMOUS
LANDING ONBOARD WHILE IT WAS
OLDER TECHNOLOGY.
THOSE ALGORITHMS ARE THE SAME
KIND OF ALGORITHMS WE USE FOR
AVOIDANCE WHICH IS WITH WHAT WE
DO ON THE MOON TO LISTENED ON
THE PLACE AS ROCKY AS THE SOUTH
POLE AND SO WE USED THAT
TECHNOLOGY ALSO WHICH IS
DERIVATIVE OF WHAT AS? PRODUCED
BUT WE HADEN THE KNOW HOW AS WE
STARTED THE COMPANY.
SO YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
LANDING.
THERE HAVE ABOUT BEEN A NUMBER
OF ATTEMPTS TO LISTEN ON THE
MOON RECENTLY BUY COMPANIES AND
OTHER COUNTRIES ROUGHLY HALF HAS
SUCCEEDED HALF HAS FAILED SORE
WHAT HAS THE COMPANY DONE TO IN
CRAGS THE CHANCES EVER LANDING
ON THE MOON.
WELL, HE THINK, FIRST AND
FOREMOST, YOU HAVE TO BE HUMBLE
ABOUT IT.
YOU HAVE TO LEARN FROM AND STAND
ON ON THE SHOALS OF THOSE WHO
HAVE GONE BEFORE.
SO WE LOOKED REALLY HARD AT
EVERY MISSION THAT HAS GONE TO
THE MOON.
WE LOOKED FOR WHAT MISTAKES OR
THINGS IN THEIR DESIGN THAT
CAUSED THEIR ERRORS AND DID
THOSE MISTAKES OR DID THOSE
DESIGNS DEFICIENCIES ARE THEY IN
OUR LANNER IN SO WE LEARNED FROM
OTHERS, AND SO WE APPRECIATE
EVERYONE WHO TROYED TO GO
BEFORE.
BUT IN ADDITION, WE BRING THINGS
TOGETHER QUICKLY.
WE BRING HARD WHICH ARE AND
SOFTWARE TOGETHER IN EARLY
STAGES OF THE DEVELOPMENT
TESTING ANTES OFTEN THEN PUT
THEM ON MULTIPLE TEST BEDS ANTES
TEST TEST TEST LOOK WE FLOY.
THAT IS THE KEY TO K SES.
THAT IS WHAT I THINK WE DID.
WE LEARNED FROM HUMAN
SPACEFLIGHT END IF I NEARING TO
TAKE THE BEST OF WHAT WEED AND
WHAT WE WERE DOING THEN
STREAMLINE IT TO BE AGILE AND
EFFICIENT AND WE WERE WORKING ON
A FIXED PRICED BUDGET SO
ESSENTIAL WE INNOVATED THEN I
THINK OVERCONSTRAINED BUDGET AND
OVERCONSTRAINED SCHEDULE THEN
INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING THING
LIKE LANDING ON THE MOON, FORCED
US TO IN KNOW RATE.
THAT IS THE KEY.
>> THANKS.
APPRECIATE.
GOOD LUCK TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.
ONCE THE NOVA-C LANDER GETS TO
THE MOON THERE ARE SIX
INSTRUMENTS CRONE BOARD TO PLAY
KEY ROLE IN STUDYING THE LUNAR
SURFACE THE FIRST ONE IS THIS.
IT IS A LIGHTWEIGHT LASER
RETROREFLECTOR ARRAY OR LLRA.
THIS PASSIVE OPTICAL INSTRUMENT
IS COLLECTION OF 8 AS YOU CAN
SEE HERE HALF INCH REFLECTORS OR
MIRRORS USED FOR MEASURING
DISTANCE TO THE PLAN IS AFTER
NOVA-C LANDS OB THE MOON
SPACECRAFT FLYING NEAR NOVA-C'S
LOUNAR LOCATION CAN CAST A LASER
TOWARD THE SURFACE AND THESE
RETROREFLECTORS WILL BOUNCE THE
LIGHT BACK TO APPROACHING CRAFT
THAT REFLECTIVE LASER LIGHTS
WILL HELP DETERMINE HOW CLOSE
THE SPACECRAFTS ARE TO THE LUNAR
SURFACE ENSURING A SMOOTHER
LANDING SO SIMILAR TO REVERSING
THE CONSIDER AND WATCHING CRAM
TO LET YOU KNOW HOW CLOSE YOU
ARE TO OBJECT.
ALL RIGHT, SO, FOR MORE THAN,
UM, SO LET'S GO BACK NOW TO
HOUSTON, J JOSH MARSHALL IS
STANDING BY LIVE WITH AN UPDATE.
JORN, WHAT IS THE LATEST?
>> JOSH?
>> THANKS MEGAN.
IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US AT
HOME, WELCOME TO NOVA CONTROL IN
HOUSINGTON, TEXAS.
RIGHT NOW, FLIGHT CONTROLLERS
ARE MONITORING LAUNCHPAD
ACTIVITY AND STAYING IN
COMMUNICATION WITH SPACEX'S
LAUNCH CONTROL IN FLORIDA.
WITH ARE WE HAVE ANOTHER TEAM
WORKING SIDE BUY SIDE TO
MONITOR.
AFTER LAUNCH, FLIGHT CONTROLLERS
WORKING EACH OF NOVA CONTROL'S
12 POSITIONS WILL PROP FOR FIRST
CONTACT WITH THE NOVA-C CLASS
LUNAR LANDER THAT PROCESS WON'T
START UNTIL A SPRING FORCE
COMPETENTLY PUSHES THE LANNER
AWAY FROM THE LAUNCH VEHICLE'S
SECOND STABLE WHICH IS SCHEDULED
FOR 48 MINUTES AFTER LIFTOFF
AFTER SEPARATION OUR LANER'S
ORBIT IS CALLED TRANSLUNAR ORBIT
AND ENABLES TO REACH LOUN ARE
ORBIT IN A WEEK BUT REQUIRES A
LUNAR LANNER WE'RE CAPABLE
ENGINE.
NOVEMBER CC WAS TAKER MADE IN
SUPPORTING COMMERCIAL LUNAR
EXPLORE RIGS AND PILLAR OF
MACHINES OF THE LUNAR ACCESS
SURFACES THEN TOOK A DEEP DIVE
INTO WHAT MAKES NOVA-C QUALIFIED
FOR THE HISTORIC UNDERTALKING.
MOVE VA C WAS OUR VERSION OF THE
LIQUID OXYGEN LIQUID METHANE
LANDER AND WENT ABOUT.
>> INTUITIVE MACHINES IS 3D
PRINTED ENGINE TOOK THE FIRST
BREATH OF LIQUID METHANE AND
LIQUID OXYGEN IN 2018 ON
AIRSTRIP IN HE ELLINGTON
AIRPORT.
>> WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY
FOR A FACILITY WITH BLACK WALLS
AND WATER SUPPRESSION OR WATER
DELUGE SO WE HAD TO TEST OUTSIDE
IN THE ENVIRONMENT OF HOUSTON
WHERE THE TEMPERATURES IS ABOUT
100 DEGREES AND THE HUMIDITY IS
LOOK THE SAME.
WE ARE HAVING 18-HOUR DAY.
ROLLING OUT TO THE RUNWAY, IT
WAS BRUTAL.
BUT WE DID IT.
TO GET THE CRITICAL TEST ENGINE
DATA WE NEEDED TO BUILD OUR OWN
ENGINE.
>> DESIGNED MANUFACTURED AND
CONTROLLED IN SPACE BY INTUITIVE
MACHINES NOVA-C'S STRUCTURE IS
PRIMARILY CARBON COMPOSITE.
WOE NEEDED TO BUILD THE LIGHTEST
WEIGHT STRUCTURE WE COULD THAT
MEANT CORE WITH COMPOSITE FACE
SHEETS THEN COMPOSITE STRUTS
THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, LINERLESS
COMPOSITE PROPELLENT TANK.
>> BETWEEN THE END PIN, SOFTWARE
WHEREIN ELECTRONICS REQUIRED TO
BUILD A NOVA-C LUNAR LANDER IT
TOOK AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF
TOUCH LAB TO GET TO THE
LAUNCHPAD.
WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO CREATE A
CERTIFICATION COURSE FOR
TECHNICIANS.
WHERE THEY WOULD TAKE THE
CERTIFICATIONS, WE THEN WOULD
GIVE INTERNSHIP ANTES THEM OUT
IN THE WORKPLACE.
ANYONE THAT SHOWED THE HIRED IN
THE SPOT.
NEARLY ALL OF THE PAYLOADS ARE
MOUNTED TO THE EXTERIOR AND
INCLUDING SIX NASA PROVIDED
PAYLOADS THAT WILL HELPLY THE
FOUNDATION FOR ARTEMIS MISSIONS.
ARROW NOT CALL UNIVERSITY EAGLE
CAM DESIGN TOAD DEPLOY BEFORE
LANKING TO TAKE THIRD PERSON
PERSPECTIVE IMAGES THE
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
CAMERA'S SYSTEM POINTED AT EX AC
ANGLES THAT COULD CAPTURE IMAGES
OF THE MILKY WAY FROM THE LOUNAR
SURFACE.
A DATA CENTER TECHNOLOGY BY LOAN
STAR DATA HOLDINGS AND INFINITY,
COLUMBIA SUPPORTS WEAR
INSULATION USED IN THE OUTDOOR
PRODUCTS WILL HELP PROTECT IN
SPACE.
IT HAS BRILLIANT IDEAS IF CAN
HELP FACILITATE THOSE STARTUPS,
TO HELP BUILD THE ECONOMY, I
THINK THAT RAISES ALL, AND I
THINK, AS SERVING AS THE
TRANSPORTATION LEG TO THE MOON,
WE ARE HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE
THOSE KIND OF COMPANIES.
>> THE IM-1 LANDING SUIT IS
CALLED A THAT IS NAMEDDED AFTER
17 CENTURY CHARLES MALIPERT AND
MADE OF MATERIAL SIMILAR TO THE
MATERIAL STUDIED DURING THE
APOLLO 16 WHICH WAS ALSO
LAUNCHED FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX 39A
WHERE WE HAVE MORE FROM LEG ANN.
MEGAN.
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, YOSH.
NOT FAR FROM THE LANDING SITES
THE REGION THAT IS ONE OF THE 13
CANDIDATE REGIONS BEING
CONSIDERED OR THE ARTEMIS 3
LANDING.
OK.
SO A SECOND NASA INSTRUMENT
ABOARD THE NOVA-C LANNER HE IS
THE RADIO FREQUENCY MASS JUDGE
OR RFMG.
THE INSTRUMENT IS EVENTUALLY A
FUEL FADGE TO ESTIMATE THE
AMOUNT OF ROW PELL ANT IN
SPACECRAFT TANKS IN SPECIFICALLY
A LOW GRAVITY SPACE ENVIRONMENT
SO DURING THE MISSION, RFMG WILL
ESTIMATE THE AMOUNT OF PROPEL
ANDS IN THE TANKS.
ONCE PROVEN, RFMG WOULD
DEMONSTRATE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE
ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS OF A FUEL
TANK'S FUEL LEVEL WITHOUT
REQUIRING A THRUST TO PROVIDE A
FORCE UPON THE FUEL IN ORDER TO
MEASURE IT AS CURRENT TECHNOLOGY
DOES.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN
50 YEARS ASTRONAUTS INCLUDING
THE FIRST WOMAN THE PERSON OF
COLOR WILL TRAVEL TO THE MOON AS
PART OF NASA'S ARTEMIS PROGRAM.
TO GET THERE SPACEX AND NASA
TEAMED UP TO DEVELOP THE HUMAN
LANDING SYSTEM.
HERE IS A CLOSER LOOK AT THE
ARTEMIS MOON MINUTE.
WITH ARTEMIS 3 PLANNING TO
RETURN TIME! HUMANS TO THE MOON
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1972,
NASA AND THE COMMERCIAL PARTNERS
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE SYSTEMS
NEEDED TO LAND CREW SAFELY ON
THE LOUNAR SURFACE.
SPACEX WILL PROVIDE AND PRIT A
MOON LANDER FOR NASA'S ARTEMIS 3
MISSION CALLED STARSHIP HUMAN
LANDING SYSTEM OR HLS DURING
ARTEMIS 3 NASA'S SPACE LAUNCH
SYSTEM ROCKET WILL LAUNCH FOUR
ASTRONAUTS FOR THE MULTI DAYAN
NY TO LOUNAR ORBIT THE STAR SHIP
HLS POWERED BY SPACEX'S ENGINES
WILL LAUNCH ON UNCREWED TO
LOUNAR ORBIT TO PICK UP THE
CREW.
ONCE ONBOARD THE HLS, TWO
CREWMEMBERS WILL HEAD TO THE
SURFACE OF THE MOON WHERE THEY
WILL LIVE AND WORK FOR A WEEK
COLLECTING SAMPLES AND
PERFORMING SAIL SCIENCE
EXPERIMENTS ONCE THEY ARE DONE
THEY WILL GET BACK TO STARSHIP
TO THE ORBITING ORION AND RETURN
TORTE.
THAT'S THE ARTEMIS MOON MINUTE.
>> FORMER ON SPACEX'S STARSHIP
HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM LET'S GO
BACK TO JESSE ANDERSON LIVE AT
SPACEX HEAD QUARTS IN HAWTHORNE,
CALIFORNIA.
JESSE.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU, MEGAN.
DOWN AT TEXAS, WE ARE CONTINUING
TO BUILD, TEST, FLY STARSHIP THE
WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL LAUNCH
VEHICLE EVER DEVELOPED A FULLY
REUSABLE STARSHIP IS CAPABLE OF
CARRYING UP 150 METRIC TONS OF
ORBIT AND UP TO 100 PASSENGERS
WE COMPLETED TWO TEST FLIGHTS
LAST YEAR AND 2024 IS LINING UP
TO SEE EVEN MORE STAR SHIPS TAKE
FLIGHT.
WE ARE STILL IN THE TESTING
PHASE BUT MAJOR MILESTONES LIKE
FLYING OF FULL SYSTEM REUSE AND
ON ORBIT REFILLING KEY
PRIORITIES.
REFILLING ON ORBIT WILL ENABLE
THE TRANSPORT UP TO 100-TONS ALL
THE WAY TO MARS.
DOWN IN STAR BASE WHERE GEARING
UP FOR FLIGHT 3 OF STARSHIP, WE
HAVE A FULLY STACKED VEHICLE ON
THE PAD FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE
FLIGHT 2 IN NOVEMBER OF LAST
YEAR.
READY TO GO THROUGH PRELAUNCH
TESTING AND READY TO FLY.
WE ARE ALSO BUILDING A SECOND
STAR BASE LAUNCH TOWER TO
INCREASE THE FLIGHT
OPPORTUNITIES AND ALSO IN
TESTING OUR ENGINEERS ARE
PROVING OUT ALL SYSTEMS
NECESSARY TO MAKE A TRIP TO THE
MOON POSSIBLE SUCH AS
PROPULSION, LIFE SUPPORT, EVEN
THE ELEVATOR THAT YOU SEE HERE
WHICH WILL TAKE CREW AND CARGO
FROM THE STARSHIP HATCH OPENING
DOWN TON THE LUNAR SURFACE.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NASA'S
SPACEX STARSHIP HUMAN LANDING
SYSTEM OR HLS WILL PUT THE FIRST
ARTEMIS AS STROH NAUTS ON THE
MOON.
WE ARE PART OF THE GLOBAL TEAM
WHICH INCLUDES INTUITIVE
MACHINES THAT WILL FURTHER
EXPLORATION OF THE MOON UNDER
THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM.
SPACEX WILL PERFORM WITHIN
UNCREWED DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT
BEFORE THE ARTEMIS 3 MISSION
WHICH WILL BE THE FIRST HUMAN
SURFACE EXPEDITION SINCE 1972 SO
THAT SPACEX HAS BEEN HARD AT
WORK GETTING STARSHIP READY FOR
THE MOON MISSIONS THEN
ULTIMATELY MARS.
THERE IS SO MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD
TO AND IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE
THAT HUMANS ARE FINALLY GOING
BACK TO THE MOON AND EFFORTS OF
SPACEX AND INTUITIVE MACHINES
GETS TO PLY A VITAL ROLE IN THAT
FOR THOSE WHO JUST JOINED WE ARE
JUST ABOUT 15 MINUTES FROM
LAUNCH OF THE IM-1 MISSION LET'S
CHECK BACK IN WITH JOSH AT
INTUITIVE MACHINES.
YOSH?
JOSH?
>> THANKS, JESSE.
WE ARE UNT COG DOWN THE MINUTES
TO LAUNCH.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE INTUITIVE
MACHINES FIRING THE NOVA-C CLASS
LUNAR LANDING ENGINE A DY AFTER
LIFT OFF.
NOVA-C USES ENVIRONMENTALLY
FRIENDLY MIXTURE.
IT IS PROPULSION SYSTEM WITH
DEEP ROOTS TO NASA'S PROJECT.
IT WASES A PROTOTYPE LANDER
ENGINEERED AT JOHNSON SPACE
CENTER USED TO INTEGRATE
TECHNOLOGIES FOR FUTURE
SPACECRAFT THAT COULD LAND ON A
VARIETY OF DESTINATIONS IN THIS
HE SOLAR SYSTEM THE PROJECT
INTEGRATED THE AUTONOMOUS
LANDING AND HAZARD AVOIDANCE
TECHNOLOGY DESIGNED TO ENABLE TO
IDENTIFY DESCEND, AND A SAFE
LANDING SITE THAT IS RELATIVELY
FLAT AND FREE OF LARGE BOULDERS,
ROCKS AND CRATERS.
IN THE VIDEO ON THE SCREEN, YOU
CAN SEE THAT SIGNATURE BLUE FIRE
SYNONYMOUS WITH LIQUID OXYGEN
ENGINES THAT IS THE SAME FUEL
USED ON NOVA-C FROM DECEMBER OF
2013 TO DECEMBER 2014 COMPLETED
13 FLIGHT TESTS A THE NORTH END
OF THE KENNEDY SHUTTLE AND
LANDING FACILITY.
JOINING ME NOWS THE CHIEF
TECHNOLOGY OFFICER DR. TIM
CRANE.
TIM BEFORE STARTING THE IN MS
WITH THE FELLOW CO-FOUNDER STEVE
AND DR. CAM.
YOU WERE WORKING ON OTHER THINGS
AT JOHNSON PACE CENTER TO
INCLUDE PROJECT.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT
PROJECT AND HOW THAT TECHNOLOGY
LEAD TO US GETTING TO THE
LAUNCHPAD TODAY WITH YOUR
COMPANY INWELL, ONE THING I CAN
TELL YOU.
I GET CHILLS WATCHING THAT
FOOTAGE BECAUSE IT TAKES ME
BACK.
THIS IS A JOURNEY THAT CLEARLY
OUR TECHNOLOGY WAS BIG PART WE
BROUGHT FORWARD ALSO THE
AUTONOMOUS LANDING HAZARD
AVOIDANCE TASK A LOT OF THE
NAVIGATION THE WAY WE DO
SOFTWARE THE WHICH WE TEST OUR
SYSTEMS.
AND EVEN THE DISCIPLINE ABOUT
KNOWING WHEN SOME TECHNOLOGY
NEEDS TO WAIT FOR THE FUTURE
DATE SO WE CAN GET TO FLIGHT.
ALL OF THAT CAME ARE THE
EXPERIENCE.
YOU KNOW, JUST ABOUT A YEAR AGO,
YOU GOT TO SEE THOSE PROJECT
TANKS AGAIN BUT THIS TIME, THEY
WERE IN YOUR FACILITY YOU WERE
TESTING THEM WITH YOUR COMPANY.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT
SPEEDING UP INNOVATION THROUGH
NASA'S REIMBURSABLE SPACE ACT.
NASA IS A NATIONAL TREASURE IN
TERMS OF KNOWLEDGE AND
CAPABILITY IN SOME PLACES
EQUIPMENT AND WE HAD A SUPPLY
CHAIN ISSUE WITH AM OF THE TANKS
THEN NEEDED TO GET THE TEST RIG
UP AND RUNNING AND NEW THE TANKS
WERE IN SURPLUS AND REACHED OUT
TO MASS AND IF SILLTATED GETTING
THOSE TANKS TO US SO WE COULD
PROVED WITH TESTING F.
>> REAL QUICK WHILE WE HAVE YOU.
WHY LIQUID METHANE?
WELL THE NEAR TERM IT IS EASY TO
WORK WITH AND NONTOXIC.
IT IS VERY ROBUST TO CHANGING
CONDITIONS.
DONE THE ROAD, IT IS THE
EXPLORATION FUEL OF THE SOLAR
SYSTEM.
WE CAN MAKE IT ON MARS FOR
BRINGING SPACECRAFT BACK.
WE DON'T HAVE TA TALK ALL THE
FUEL WITH US.
I KNOW YOU ARE BURNING BACK TO
GET BACK TO MISSION CONTROL
WATCHING OUR TEAM YOU FOSTERED
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND
LISTENING TO THAT IM-1 MISSION
LOOP.
WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME
INDIANA THANKS FOR STOPPING IN.
>> THANKS, JOSH.
>> THE NOVA C LANDER FOR THE
IM-1 MISSIONS THE LUNAR NODE 1
AND A HALF IS GOING DEMONSTRATOR
CALLED LN1.
IT IS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU USE
GPS TO GET TO A TESS
DESTINATION.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW IT
WORKS AND WHAT IT WILL DO TO
HELP SUPPORT FUTURE SUR FATES
AND ORBITAL OPERATIONS.
>> LUNAR NODE 1 IS MEANT TO BE A
DEMONSTRATION OF HOW WE CAN USE
VARIOUS AND A HALF IS GOING
TECHNOLOGIES TO FIGURE IT WHERE
YOU ARE IN AROUND THE MOON.
>> I AM HOLDING IN MY HANDS THE
LUNAR NODE 1 MASS SIMULATOR WE
USE THIS BUILD TO TEST OUT AND
PUT ON THE TABLE THEN ALSO DO
FIT CHECKS WITH THE LANDER
ITSELF.
INSIDE OF THE PAYLOAD, WE HAVE
MULTIPLE ELECTRONIC BOARDS THAT
FIT WITHIN THE CHASSIS THAT IS
HALF HUMAN SIZE AND SEE THE
CONNECTORS HERE WHERE WE HAVE
AMUCH TAS UP UNDERNEATH THE TOP
RADIATOR TO THE TOP TOP THE
ANTENNA WHICH MOUNTS HERE THE
SAME SIZE AND BUILD AS THE
FLIGHT PAYLOAD AND JUST NOT
COVERED IN MLI OR THE OTHER
MATERIALS WITH YOU WILL SEE ON
THE FLIGHT BUILD ITSELF.
>> NETE.
>> JOINING ME NOW TO TALK ABOUT
THE ECLIPSE AND BENEFIT AND RISK
IS SANDRA O'CONNELLLY FOR NASA
SIRENS.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
GOOD MORNING, MEGAN.
SO TALK TO ME ABOUT THE KEY TAKE
AYEWAYS AS NASA MOVED FORWARD
WITH COMMERCIAL LUNAR VENDORS.
YEAH.
1:00 THE COMMERCIAL LUNAR
PAYLOAD SERVICES PROGRAM IS
SUPER IMPORTANT TO NATION SA AND
IS TRANSFORMING OUR METHOD OF
DOING BUSINESS THAT IS
LEVERAGING INDUSTRIES
EMEMORIALING CHANGES THAT ARE
ACTUALLY PROVIDING END TO END
SUR SERVICE FOR US.
WE CAN NOW PROCURE IT AND IT IS
NOT ONLY WE ARE NOT THE ONLY
CUSTOMER OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
OTHER GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS
AROUND THE WORLD ARE GOING TO
PROCURE THE SURFACE THEN THERE
IS RISK ASSOCIATED WITH IT
THOUGH.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT AS WE ARE
EVOLVING THOSE CAPABILITIES.
YEAH.
I WATTS GOING TO ASK YOU THAT.
BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE ARE RISKS.
>> GO GO FOR LAUNCH.
WE HEARD A CALL FOR THAT.
WHAT INVOLVEMENT DOES NASA HAVE
WHEN OUR COMMERCIAL PROVIDER ARE
ACCESS THE RISK? WHAT IS
IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS TOO IS
RECOGNIZING THAT INDUSTRY IS IN
THE LEAD AND PROVIDING THESE
SERVICES SO THEY ARE DECISION
MAKERS SO ULTIMATELY WHAT WILL
HAPPEN IS YOU KNOW, AS THEY ARE
MAKING THEIR DECISIONS, WE
OBVIOUSLY BRING A GREAT
EXPERIENCE ALONG WITH US.
WE WILL STAND SHOULDER TO SHORE
WITH THEM AND SUPPORT THEM
THROUGH THE LEGAL PROCESS AND
THE CONTRACTS AND ALL BUT BRING
TO BEAR WHAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT
THEM TO MAKE SURE THIS IS
SUCCESS.
>> SURE.
IT SEEMS LOOK AGAIN, YES WE ARE
FULLY COMMITTED TO THE ECLIPSE
INITIATIVE WHAT IS NASA SENDING
TO THE MON ON FUTURE ECLIPSE
FLIGHTS?
>> SO AGAIN.
SUPER EXCITING TIME FOR NASA.
YOU MAY OR MAY NOT REALIZE WE
HAVE 40 MANIFESTED PAYLOADS ON
THE ECLIPSE MISSION SO OVER THE
NEXT FEW YEARS THAT IS JUST FOR
THE NASA PAYLOAD.
RIGHT.
SO YOU GOT INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA
ATZ WELL.
BUT, BUT, FOCUSING ON INTUITIVE
MACHINES WHICH IS THE PURPOSE
FOR BOEING HERE TODAY.
WE ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE
EFFORTS HERE.
SO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER
PAY PAYLOAD THAT IS LAUNCHING
LATER THIS YEAR AND GOING TO BE
DELIVERING THE PRIME 16 DRILL
AND SPECTROMETER WHICH IS
ACTUALLY GOING TO SUPPORT THE
RESOURCE UTILIZATION IN SUPPORT
OF FUTURE HUMAN PRESENCE ON THE
MOON.
>> SANDRA, THANKS.
WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT
ECLIPSE CAN DO FOR NATION SA AND
HUMANITY WHAT WE PLAN TO DO WITH
THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM.
THANK YOU.
THANKS SO MUCH.
>> GO FALCON 9.
GO IM-1.
>> PERFECT.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S SEND IT BACK TO OUR
FRIENDS AT SPACEX IN A
HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA, AS THEY
WALK USING INTO THE FINAL
MOMENTS OF THE COUNTDOWN THEN I
WILL SEE YOU GUYS AFTER LAUNCH.
AWESOME, THANKS SO MUCH SHALL
MEGAN.
AT T MINUS JUST UNDER SEVEN AND
A HALF MINUTES ALL SYSTEMS ARE
CURRENTLY A GO FOR ON-TIME
LIFTOFF.
NEXT UP IN JUST ABOUT A COUPLE
OF MINUTES THE STRUCTURE NEXT TO
THE VEHICLE KNOWN AS THE
STRONGBACK WILL BEGIN TO RETRACT
AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE.
BUT WHILE WE WAIT FOR THAT,
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES
TO ACTUALLY GET TO ORBIT.
IN ORDER TO GET THE ROCKET AND
PAYLOAD INTO ANY ORBIT THE
ROCKET NOT ONLY HAS TO GO UP
REALLY FAST BUT ALSO HAS TO GO
SIDEWAYS THE ASCEND AS WE ASCEND
WE TILT THE ENGINES THEN THAT
TURNS THE ROCKET HORIZONTALLY.
TO HELP STREM STRAIGHT THIS
CONCEPT THE IMAGE OF A FIRING
THE FIRING CANNON FROM REALLY
HIGH MOUNTAIN IS WHAT YOU CAN
SEE THERE ON THE SCREEN.
THE CANNONBALL WILL ARC AND THEN
GOOD OLD GRAVITY WILL PULL IT
BACK DOWN TO EARTH AS YOU
INCREASE THE POWER THE
CANNONBALL WILL ARC AND LAND
FURTHER AWAY IF YOU CAN CONTINUE
TO INCREASE THE POWER THE
CANNONBALL WILL EN UP IN PREFAIL
AROUND THE EARTH AND GRAVITY IS
PULLING DOESN'T ON THE
CANNONBALL BUT GOING SO FAST.
RP1 IS COMPLETE.
THIS ARC THAT CONSTANTLY MISSES
THE EARTH IS CALLED AN ORBIT.
FALCON 9 EFFECTIVELY DOES THE
SAME THING AS THE CANNON IN THE
EXAMPLE AND PROVIDES ENOUGH
POWER AND HORIZONTAL VELOCITY TO
THE SECOND STAGE CARRYING THE
SPACECRAFT ENABLING THE
SPACECRAFT TO BE PLACE NOD ORBIT
AROUND THE EARTH.
NOW YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THIS
TODAY BY WATCHING THE
ORIENTATION OF FALCON 9 AFTER
LIFTOFF.
THE ROCKET WILL GO STRAIGHT UP
UNTIL T PLUS TEN SECONDS AT
WHICH POINT WE WILL BEGIN THE
SHIFT IN ORIENTATION AND THE
ENGINES SO THAT FALCON 9 CAN GO
HOR PLON ACTUALLY REALLY FAST SO
BE SURE TO LOOK OUT FOR THAT
AFTER LIFT OFF.
NOW AGAIN, AT T MINUS FIVE
MINUTES AND 38 SECONDS ALL 78
STRENGTHENINGS ARE A GO FOR
LIFTOFF.
THE STRONGBACK IS GOING TO BEGIN
RETRACTING AWAY SHORTLY IN
PREPARATION FOR THE RETRACTION
THE CLAMP ARMS WHICH ARE LOCATED
AROUND THE SECOND STAGE JUST
BELOW THE FARING WILL BEGIN TO
OPEN.
ONCE THOSE ARE FULLY OPEN THEN
THE TE OR THE STRONGBACK CAN
BEGIN TO RECLINE AWAY FROM
FALCON 9 ON THE SCREEN THOSE
CLAMP ARMS BELOW THE FAIRING
THERE.
NOW THE VEHICLE IS NEARLY FULLY
LOADED WITH PROPELLANT THEN DID
HEAR A CALL-OUT THAT STAGE ONE
IS STILL LOADING.
AND THERE IS A CALL-OUT WE ARE
BEGINNING THAT PROCESS FOR THAT
STRONGBACK RETRACTION.
PROPELLANT LOADING IS CONTINUING
ON THE VOK AND WILL COMPLETE AT
T MINUS 2 MINUTES THE RANGE IS
CURRENTLY GREEN AND READY TO
SUPPORT LIFTOFF.
AND IF FOR SOME REASON WE DON'T
LAUNCH TODAY WE HAVE A BACKUP
OPPORTUNITY ON FRIDAY FEBRUARY A
1:12 A.M. EASTERN TIME.
>> STRONGBACK RETRACT IN
PROGRESS.
GOOD CALL-OUTS THERE.
THE STRONGBACK RETRACTION IS NOW
IN PROGRESS.
AND IT WILL BE SLOW.
WOE SHOULD SEE THOSE CLAMP ARMS
BEGIN TO OPEN UP THERE.
THERE YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN
THE LAMP ARMS ARE NOW OPENING
UP.
AGAIN, ONCE THEY ARE PHYSICALLY
OPENED THAT WILL ALLOW THE
STRUCTURE NEXT TO THE VEHICLE TO
BEGIN TO RETRACK AWAY.
YOU SEE THAT BEGIN TO MOVE AWAY
VERY SLOW IN FLIGHT.
BUT AT THIS POINT IN THE
COUNTDOWN, BOTH THE FIRST AND
SECOND STAGES ARE NEARLY FULLY
LOADED WITH ONE MILLION POUNDS
OF KEROSENE FUEL AND LIQUID
OXYGEN AND THERE YOU CAN SEE ON
THE SCREEN THAT TE IS NOW MOVING
AWAY FROM FALCON 9.
FALCON USES TWO PROPENTS A
REFINED FORM OF KEROSENE OR
ROCKET PROPELLENT ONE AS A FUEL
OR LIQUID OXYGEN AS OXIDIZER.
NOW FIRE GENERALLY NEEDS THREE
AM THERES TO IGNITE THAT HEAT,
FUEL, OXIDIZING AGENT WHICH IS
OXYGEN THIS IS WHAT IS KNOWN THE
FIRE TRIANGLE IN OUR CASE THE
LIQUID OXYGEN IS CHILLED BELOW
THE BOILING POINT SO IT HAS MUCH
GROATER, MUCH GREATER AMOUNT OF
MASS PER VOLUME ALLOWING US TO
LOAD MORE OF IT TO THE VOK AND
IN ADDITION TO THE THE TWO
PROEHL ENDS WE USE THE ALUMINUM
AS IGNITION SOURCE.
THE COMBUSTION OF LIQUID OXYGEN
IS WHAT MAKE.
IT'S THE ROCKET GO BUT THE TABS
THAT SET THE MATCH TO THE ROW
PELL ENT MIX.
WE DID HEAR A CALL-OUT THAT
STAGE ONE LIQUID OXYGEN LOADING
IS COMPLETE.
COMING UP NEXT, IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF MINUTES AT T MINUS 60
SECONDS FALCON 9 WILL GO IN
START-UP THAT MEANS THE FLIGHT
COMPUTERS WILL HAVE TAKEN OVER
THE LAUNCH COUNT JUN AND JUST
INSIDE OF T MINUS 2 SECONDS
WE'LL LIGHT THE MERLIN 1D ENGINE
FORCE LIFT OFFTHE MACHINES
PAYLOAD CONTINUES TO BE HEALTHY
IN THE FALCON 9 TEAM ITS
TRACKING NO ISSUES ON THE
VEHICLE.
WE ARE CURRENTLY GREEN FOR
WEATHER AND THE RANGE IS READY
TO SUPPORT.
1:05 A.M. EASTERN TIME.
RIGHT ON TIME LIQUID OXYGEN
LOADING IS NOW COMPLETE THAT
CONCLUDES PROPELLANT LOADING ON
THE REEK THAT MEANS THAT FALCON
9 IS FULLY LOADED WITH ONE
MILLION POUNDS OF KEROSENE FUEL
AND LIQUID OXYGEN.
WEATHER IS 90 TURN CHANCE OF
GOOD WEATHER GOOD WEATHER FOR 0
AND WE ARE JUST ABOUT 30 SECONDS
A I WAY FROM FALCON 9 GOING TO
START UP.
NOW THAT PROPELLANT LOADING IS
COMPLETE WE ARE BEGINNING TO
VENT OUT THE LINES PROPELLENT
LOINS ON THAT TRANSPORTER
ERECTOR THERE SO YOU CAN SEE THE
WHITE CLOUDS AROUND THE VEHICLE.
STARTUP IS COMING UP HERE IN A
COUPLE OF SECONDS.
FALCON 9 IS IN START-UP.
>> GREAT CALL-OUT THAT MEANS
INTERNAL FLIGHT COMPUTERS HAVE
TAKEN OVER THE LAUNCH COUNTDOWN.
WE ARE NOW JUST WAITING THE
FINAL GO FROM THE LAUNCH
DIRECTOR.
LD GO FOR LAUNCH.
>> AND EXCELLENT CALL.
ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO FOR A LAUNCH
WITH THE INTUITIVE MACHINES
LUNAR PAYLOAD.
>> 30 SECONDS.
>> 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2,
1.
IGNITION.
LIFTOFF.
GO SPACEX.
GO IM-1.
>> VEHICLE PITCHING DOWN RANGE.
>> STAGE ONE PROPULSION IS
NOMINAL.
FALCON 9 HAS SUCCESSFULLY LIFTED
OFF FROM PAD 3 -9D A AT KENNEDY
PATES CENTER CARRYING THE IM-1
PAYLOAD.
NOW DURING ASSENT WE TILT THE
ENGINES THE TECHNICAL TERM AND
THAT TURNS THE ROCKET
HORIZONTALLY.
MOCK 1.
WE HAVE A FEW EVENTS COMING UP
IN QUICK SUCCESSION HERE THAT
WILL BE MIKO STAGE SEPARATION,
SS1 AND THE BOOSTBACK BURN
START-UP ON THE FIRST STAGE
VEHICLE.
MECO OR MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF IS
WHERE WE SHUT DOWN ALL NINE OF
THE END ENGINES ON THE FIRST
STAGE VEHICLE THAT HELPS SLOW
THE VEHICLE DOWN IN PREP REGS
FOR STAGE SEPARATION WHICH IS
WHERE THE FIRST AND SECOND STAGE
WILL SEPARATE AND THE FIRST
STAGE BOOSTER WILL BE DN THE
TRIP BACK TO EARTH AND THE
SECOND STAGE VEHICLE WILL IGNITE
THAT ENGINE WITH SECOND STAGE
ENGINE START-UP 1.
BACK TOWARD LAND.
STAGE SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
[APPLAUSE]
>> IGNITION.
>> BOOST BACK START-UP.
THERE WE SAW AND HEARD THOSE
CALL-OUTS FOR MECO STAGE
SEPARATION SCS1 AND THE BOOST
BACK BURN START-UP ON THE FIRST
STAGE.
SOME GREAT VIEWS THERE.
NOW THE FIRST STAGE IS CURRENTLY
PERFORMING THE BOOSTBACK BURN
WHERE WAILING NIGHT A FEW OF THE
IN GINS AND BRING TOWARD THE
LANDING SITE.
AND COMING UP HERE SHORTLY WILL
BE FARING SEPARATION.
AND EXCELLENT VIEW OF FARING
SEPARATION AND AMAZING VIEW OF
THE IM-1 PAYLOAD ATTACHED TO
FALCON 9 SECOND STAGE.
FARING DEPLOYMENT HAS BEEN
CONFIRMED.
WE WILL BE ATTEMPTING TO
RETRIEVE THE FARING ONCE THEY
FALL BACK TO EARTH WITH ROVER RY
VESSEL BOB.
RECOVERY RES SELL BOB.
>> BOTH VEHICLE ARE ON NOMINAL
TRAJECTORIES.
>> GOOD CALL-OUTS THERE.
THE FIRST STAGE TO PROP FOR
LANDING AT LANDING ZONE ONE AT
CAPE CANAVERAL.
AGAIN WE HAVE COMPLETED THE
BOOSTBACK BURN ON THE FIRST
STAGE THAT'S THE FIRST BURN OF
THREE.
THE NEXT BURPS COMING UP WILL BE
THE ENTRY BURN AND THE IN LAKING
BURN FOR THE FIRST STAGE
VEHICLE.
WE ARE AT T PLUS 4 MINUTES AND
17 TELEPHONESES INTO TODAY'S
MISSION.
I IM-1 IS SPACEX'S 4th
LAUNCH THIS YEAR.
THE LUNAR LANDER ONBOARD COULD
BE THE FIRST U.S. MOON LANDING
SINCE THE APOLLO PROGRAM ENDED
MORE THAN 50 YEARS AGO.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN IT IS
IGNITED THEN LOOKING FOR THE
FIRST OF TWO PLANNED M VAC BURNS
AROUND T PLUS 6 MINUTES SHOULD
SEE ON THE SCREEN THE FIRST
STAGES IN TRY BURN COMING UP ON
THAT FIRST STAGE VEHICLE.
THE SECOND OF THREE BURNS FOR IN
THE TRY BURN AND RELIGHT THREE
OF THE ENGINE STARTING WITH THE
CENTER FOLLOWED SHORTLY AREA OF
WARDS WITH THE E1 AND E5
ENGINES.
THAT HELPS US TO RECOVER TO
RERECOVER AND REUSE.
AGAIN WHAT YOU ARE SEEING ON THE
SCREEN IS A VIEW OF THE SECOND
STAGE.
THE POT TOM LEFT HAND OF THE
SCREEN THAT IS SHOWING THE STAGE
ONE TELEMETRY AND STAGE TWO ON
THE RIGHT HAND SCREEN.
WE ARE COMING UP ON THE ENTRY
BURN FOR THE FIRST STAGE VEHICLE
AND JUST ABOUT 20 SECONDS OR SO.
WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IN THIS HE
SCREEN ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IT
IS DARK THERE BUT THAT IS A VIEW
FROM THE FIRST STAGE AND THE
ENTRY BURN WE SHOULD SEE THAT
SCREEN LIGHT UP WITH ENGINES
REIGNITED.
THERE YOU CAN SEE THE ENTRY BURN
HAS PE GUN WITH ENGINES RELIT.
STAGE ONE.
EN ENTRY BURN SHUTDOWN.
VERY QUICK BURN THERE.
GREAT CALLOUTS ON NOMINAL TRA
LOOKRIES AS I MENTIONED THAT WAS
THE SECOND OF THREE BURNS
REQUIRED PO ARE THE BOSTER TO
RETURN BACK DOWN TO LAND.
THINK NEXT AND FINAL BURN WILL
BE THE LANDING BURN THAT IS IN
TER E9 ENGINE BURN AND THAT
HELPS BOTH OF YOU PULL DOWN IN
TIME FORND LAKING THAT IS COMING
UP IN JUST ABOUT 15 SECONDS OR
SO.
AND THERE IS ON THE LEFT HAND
SCREEN THE LANDING BURN HAS
BEGUN LET'S WATCH AS FALCON 9
WATCHES US AND TOUCHES DOWN FOR
LANDING.
AND AND GREAT VIEW THERE.
>> THAT IS -- THAT IS -- JUST
HAD CONFIRMATION.
>> NOMINAL ORBIT.
>> AND JUST HEARD 1 AS WELL AS
CONFIRMATION OF GOOD ORBIT FOR
OUR FALCON 9 SECOND STABLE
CARRYING THE IM-1 PAYLOAD.
NOW WITH THAT LANDING, THAT
MARKS SPACEX'S 273 READY
RECOVERY OF ORBITAL CLASS ROCKET
INCLUDING FIRST STAGE LANDINGS
FOR FALCON 9 AND FALCON HEAVY.
AND WITH CONFIRMATION OF GOOD
ORBIT, THE MISSION IS NOT OVER
YET.
COMING UP WE DO HAVE THE SECOND
BURN OF OUR M VAC ENGINE OR SES
ONBOARD THE SECOND STAGE AROUND
THE T PLUS 41 MINUTE MARK
FOLLOWED BY SPACECRAFT
SEPARATION UNTIL THEN WE SEND IT
OVER TO MEGAN AT KSC.
MELLING AND.
THANK YOU, JESSE.
WELCOME TO THE SPACE COAST OF
FLORIDA WHERE WE WITNESSED LIVE
THE LIFTOFF OF NOVA SEA LANNER.
SO YOU KNOW, WE SEE A LOT OF
LAUNCHES HERE FROM KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER BUT IT REALLY TRULY NEVER
GETS OLD SO LAUNCHED ON TOP OF A
SPACEX FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM
LAUNCHPAD 39A HERE AT KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER INTUITIVE MACHINES
AN AMERICAN COMPANY BASED IN
HOUSTON, TEXT FEX, DEVELOPED AND
BUILT THE LUNAR LANDER THAT IS
CARRYING SIX NASA PAYLOADS THEN
IF EVERYTHING GOES AS PLANNED IN
EIGHT DAYS THE NOVA SEA LANDER
ON THE SHADOWY SOUTH SIDE OF THE
MOON.
MAKE SURE YOU STAY WITH US OUR
BROAD CAST HERE ON NASA TV WILL
CONTINUE LOG THE ACQUISITION OF
SIGNAL WHICH IS EXPECTED TO
HAPPEN AROUND 1:55 A.M. EASTERN
TIME.
NOW BEFORE LAUNCH WE HIGHLIGHTED
THREE OF SIX NASA PAYLOADS CRONE
BOARD THE NOVA SEA LANNER THE
FOURTHS THE SOUTH PAYLOAD WHICH
STANDS FORSTER YO CAMERAS FOR
LUNAR PLUME SURFACE STUDIES THAT
INCLUDES FOUR CAMERAS AT THE
BASE OF THE LOUNAR LANNER THE
IMAGES WILL HELP SEE YOU
INTERESTS UNDERSTAND HOW
LANDINGS IMPACT THE LUNAR
SURFACE FOR THIS MISSION AND THE
FUTURE ONE.
AN ARRIVE SMALL CAMERAS THAT
WILL COLLECT IMAGERY DURING THE
DECENT AND LANDING OF THE
VEHICLE USING A TECHNIQUE WE CAN
USE THOSE IM MANS TO RECONSTRUCT
THE 3D SHAPE OF THE GROUND ADDS
LANDER COMES DOWN THE HOT ENGINE
PLUMES WILL INTERACT WITH THE
SR. FIS AND BEGIN REQUIRING
IMAGES BEFORE THE INTERACTION
BEGINS UNTIL AFTER THE VEHICLE
HAS LANDED ON THE SURFACE THIS
CAMERA WILL BE LOOKING AT THE
OVERALL CRATER FORMATION AND
EROSION OF THE GROUND DO YOU TO
THE ROCKET.
THE FINAL STEREO IMAGES WHICH
WILL BE STORED ON A SMALL
ONBOARD DATA STORAGE UNIT WILL
BE TRANSFERRED TO THE LANNER
THEN DOWN LINKED TO EARTH WHERE
WE CAN USE THEM TOLL RECON TRUCK
THE OVERALL SHAPE OF THE GROUND.
WE THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM WE PLAN
TO ESTABLISH A SUSTAINED LUNAR
EXPLORE RIGS AND TRY TO LAND
MULTIPLE PAYLOAD IN CLOSE PROX
AM I TO ONE NER AND CRITICAL
PART OF UNDERSTANDING AND
IMPROVING THE MODELS TO INFORM
THE FUTURE LANDINGS.
>> LET'S HEAD BACK TO HOUSTON
WHERE JOSH MARSHALL IS STANDING
BY LIVE AT INTUITIVE MACHINE
HEAD QUARTERS WITH UPDATE AND
VERY EXCITED AS WELL, JOSH.
>> THANKS MEGAN.
WITH EACH PASSING MINUTE WE ARE
CLOSER TO RECEIVING THE LANNER'S
DATA IN NOVA CONTROL RIGHT NOW
FLIGHT CONTROL EVERIES ARE
STANDING BY FOR LAUNCH VEHICLE
SEPARATION FOLLOWED BY
ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL WHERE THE
LANNER MAKES FIRST
COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT SENDING
FLIGHT DATA INTO NOVEMBER HAVE
CONTROL AND BRING YOU CLOSER TO
OUR MISSION OPERATION CENTER TO
EXPERIENCE A FEW TYPES OF
INFORMATION THAT FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS ARE LOOKING AT
DURING THE MISSION.
>> THIS PARTICULAR SCREEN IS
CALLED THE DEORBIT DECENT AND
AND LANDING OR DDL SCREEN THIS
SCREEN IS USES BY THE MISSION
AND LANDING SYSTEM EXPERTS THAT
IS USED PRIMARILY WHILE NOVA-C O
BITS THE MON AND LANDING AND TOP
RIGHT ENGINES ARE THE LUNAR TAKE
CALL VIEW THE LANDERS ON THE FAR
SIDE OF THE MOON, THE GREEN IS
ON THE NEAR SIDE THE LOON IS THE
TAIL WHERE NOVA-C IS WITH EACH
DOT REPRESENTING TEN MINUTES OF
ECLASPED TIME THE ACCELERATION
SENSED PORTION OF THE SCREEN
SHOW VALUES FROM NOVEMBER VA C'S
MEASUREMENT UNIT THIS IS USED A
LOY DURING BURN AND MORE ROBUST
WAY OF MEASURING OVER TIME WITH
THE ABILITY TO LOOK BACK AT WHAT
HAPPENED FOR SOME REASON FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS HAVE LOST DATA
FINALLY, THE COLUMN ON THE RIGHT
IS RECEIVED EDITED AND FAILED
GRAVE CHART FOR SHORT WHEN
ANTICIPATE OF THE LOONS ARE ON
TOP OF EACH OTHER THAT IS A GOOD
INDICATION THAT THE NAVIGATION
SYSTEM IS IN GOD HEALTH.
THAT IS BECAUSE EVERY
MEASUREMENT NOVA-C MAKES MUST BE
RECEIVED, ACCEPTED, EDITED OR
FAILED.
THE FAIL OARS IS POSEABLE
OUTLIER OF DID A TAT THAT THE
COMPUTER KNOWS IS BAD
INFORMATION.
COLLECTIVELY THE DDL SCREEN IS
ONE OF MANY DATA DISPLAYS THAT
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS ARE
MONITORING TO SUCCESSFULLY
NAVIGATE TO THE LUNAR SURFACE
AND NO SMALL FEET AND THE
TIRELESS ERT OF OUR ENTIRE
MACHINES TEAM HAS BROUGHT US TO
THIS MOMENT STANDING BY FOR
ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL IN
APPROXIMATELY 0 MINUTES UNTIL
THEN, WE WILL TOSS BACK TO MEGAN
WITH MORE ON THE CALL THAT
LENGTHS THAT LIE AHEAD M1
MISSION.
>> NOW WE HAVE BEEN HONEST ABOUT
IT.
YOU KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO
GET TOT THE MON AND HAVE NOT
DONE IT THE ECLIPSE ITS GOING TO
CHANGE THAT.
NASA AND AMERICAN COMPANY WHO
HAVE TEAMED UP TO EXPLORE THE
MOON KNOW A LOT OF RESEARCH
NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE THEY HEAD
BACK TO THE LUNAR SURFACE IN THE
IN THE REWARDS OUTWAILING THE
RISKS.
THE REWARDS OUTWEIGH THE RITZ K.
>> LANDING ON THE MOON IS HARD.
UNDER THIS ARTEMIS PROGRAM WE
ARE GOING TO BE SENDING HUMANS
TO THE MOON FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE APOLLO SO HUMANS WE WANT
TO GET UP AS MUCH SCIENCE
EXPLORE RIGS AND TECHNOLOGY
EXPERIMENTS AS POSSIBLE.
>> SO ECLIPSE STARTS
FACILITATING THE EARLY SEE YOU
CONDITIONS THE THINGS WE WANT TO
LEARN.
ECLIPSE STANDS FOR COMMERCIAL
LUNAR PAYLOAD SERVICES.
THE SERVICES PART IS THE KEY
ELEMENT.
ORDINARILY WHEN NASA DELIVERS A
PAY LED TO THE SURFACE OF THE
MOON THEY DO IT WITH COMMERCIAL
PARTNER BUT NASA CONTROLS THE
BUILDING OF THE VEHICLE NOW THE
SURFACE OF DELIVERY OF THE LUNAR
PAYLOADS TO THE SURFACE OF THE
MOON.
IT IS DELIVERY SURFACE THAT CAME
TO DELIVERY SERVICE YOU HAVE
HERE ON EARTH.
NASA WILL PROVIDE TA PAYLOADS TO
A COMMERCIAL COMPANY AND DECIDE
TO GET TO IT THE MACHINE AND
DEVELOP THE OWN LANDER THEN
MANAGUA THE ENTIRE END TO EN
MISSION THAT IS MEANT TO ROW
INDIVIDUAL AFFORDABLE RAPID
FREQUENT ACCESS TO LUNAR SURFACE
THROUGH AMERICAN COMPANIES.
>> WE ARE FUNDING DIFFERENT
COMPANIES WE HAVE COMMERCIALP
COMPANIES THAT ARE COMPETING TO
WIN TASK ORDERS TO DELIVER OUR
PAYLOADS TO THE SURFACE OF THE
MOON.
ONE OF THE GOALS WHEN WE STARTED
ECLIPSE IS TO HELP ESTABLISH A
LUNAR ECONOMY.
SOMEBODY HAS TO DO IT FIRST THEN
IT BECOMES AVAILABLE AND THEN
THEY ARE ABLE TO MAKE A MORE
AFFORDABLE.
SO THE LUNAR SURFACE IS THE NEXT
FRONTIER FOR COMMERCIAL
ENVIRONMENT.
BUT WE HAD TO TK AGE UPFRONT ALL
THE WAY THROUGH THE HIGHEST
LEVEL OF THE LEADERSHIP THAT
SOME OF THEM WILL FAIL AND THESE
MISSIONS MAY NOT BE AS
SUCCESSFUL.
WE HAVE ACCEPTED THE RISKS THAT
IS GOING THROUGH THE INNOVATIVE
APPROACH WITH THE COMMERCIAL
COMPANIES THAT THERE COULD BE
SOME FAILURES.
SOME OF THEM ARE NEW COMPANIES
NONE OF THEM HAVE LANDED ON THE
SURFACE OF THE MOON SO THEY ARE
GOING TO LEARN LESSONS.
WE GIVE OUR VENDORS LEARN.
>> THAT WILL HELP ULTIMATELY
SLIDE DOWN AS THE COMPANIES
LEARN OK WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO
ACTUALLY BUILD UP THE LUNAR
LANDER AND INTERGRIT PAYLOADS TO
GET TO THE LUNAR SURFACE AND
LAND SAFELY THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE
TOLL DEMONSTRATE THEY HAVE GOOD
TECHNICAL DEPTH AND THE ABILITY
TO DOE SO IN AND EXECUTE
MISSIONS WE ARE WILLING TO TAKE
MORE SHOTS AND NOT RITZ KING
HUMAN LIFE AND THE BIG PICTURE
WE ARE FLYING MISSIONS AT
ONE-TENTH OF A COST OF NASA
MISSION AND FAILED TWO OF THEM
WE GET EIGHT MISSIONS FOR THE
SAME PRICE.
EVEN WITH ONE OR TWO OR THREE
FAIL OARS THIS IS STILL VERY
ECONOMICAL PROPOSITION.
IT IS RISK POSTURE WHICH IS MORE
RISK TOLERANT THAN NASA IS
ACCUSTOMED TO AND NOT A SIN BELL
ONE THAT IS WILLING TO VET ON A
COIN TOSS EVERYONE IS DOING WHAT
THEY CAN TO HAVE THE SUCCESS
MISSION.
THE RISK TOLERANCE IS NOT BEING
RISKY AND THE REWARDS ARE LONG
TERM ABILITY TO GET PAYLOADS TO
THE MOON INEXPENSIVELY
FREQUENTLY AND RAPIDLY.
WE CAN THEN PUT MORE RESOURCE
OFS ON EVEN MORE SCIENCE EX FOR
POLICING AND TECHNOLOGY PAYLOADS
TO GET MORE RETURN OF INVESTMENT
WHEN WE GET THOUGH MOON.
ECLIPSE PROVIDES TREMENDOUS
BENEFIT ACROSS THE COMMUNITIES
SO A LOT WE LIKE TO LEARN TO
HELP HUMAN HABITATION AND
PREPARE US MISSION TO MARS AND
BEYOND.
THE MOON IS THE FIRST STEP.
FLYING ON COMMERCIAL MISSIONS
WILL MEAN COST SAVINGS.
WE HAVE JOE KEARNS HERE NOW THE
DEPUTY FOR EXPLORATION AND NASA
SCIENCE MISSION.
IT IS VERY GOOD MORNING JOEL WE
JUST SAW A LAUNCH.
BEAUTIFUL LAUNCH.
FANTASTIC.
FRET TO BE BACK HERE.
>> YEAH PERFECT.
HOW DOES NASA MAINTAIN OVERSIGHT
WHEN IT COMES TO THE ECLIPSE
VENDORS THIS I KNEW FOR US.
WELL, REMEMBER, WHAT WE ARE
DOING HERE IS NASA IS NOT DOING
THESE MISSIONS WE ARE ACTUALLY
BUYINGSAGE ON COMMERCIAL
COMPANIES FOR OUR CARGO SO WE
HAVE ESTABLISHED THIS GROUP OF
PRECERTIFIED 14 U.S. COMPANIES
THAT WE CAN ABOUT TO AND HAVE
THEM BID TO DO A MISSION FOR US
TO LAND AT A TERN PLACE OF THE
MOON, AND TO BRING OUR EXER EX
PERMENTS ONCE WE SELECT THE
COMPANY TO DO THAT WE ASSIGN
THEM NASA ENGINEER WHO IS
THEIRLIES ASON AND REPRESENT THE
PAYLOAD FOR THE COMPANY AND REP
ISN'T THE COMPANY BACK TO NASA
AS PART OF THAT WE GET A LOT OF
IN SIGHT INTO HOW THE COMPANY IS
GOING TO DO THEIR MISSION AND
TRY TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND
WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO MAKE THE
CARGO AND DATA AM COBACK FROM
THE MOON THEN WE CONTINUOUSLY
LEARN FROM THAT AND MAKE SURE
ALL 14 COMPANIES ARE CERTIFIED
TO BE ABLE TOLL DO THIS WORK.
>> SO VERY COULD LAB BRAVETIVE
EFFORT AND TALKING ABOUT
ACOMMERCIAL LUNAR ECONOMY THAT'S
THE END GEL SO HOW DOES THAT
SHAPE UP.
HOW DO WE GET THERE?
A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS
YOU KNOW, WENT YOU HEAR US
TALKING ABOUT PERFORMING A LUNAR
ECONOMY.
IN THE SHORT TERM, WHAT THAT
REALLY MEANS IS ENCOURAGING THE
COMPANIES TO GET OTHER NON-NASA
ORGANIZATIONS TO PAY THEM TO TO
BRING THEIR CAR GE TO THE MOON
BUT ACTUALLY A LOT BRODDER THAN
THAT JUST BUY OFFERING THESE
CONTRACTS AND INDUSTRY BY HAVING
THEM BUILD THEIR OWN MISSIONS WE
CAN TAKE A PART OF THE COMPANIES
ARE DEVELOPING THEIR OWN YOU
WOULD THINK AS A HIGH-TECH ECHO
SPHERE ON EARTH THAT IS PART OF
THE LUNAR XY OVER THE YEARS THEY
HAD TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO BUILD
THE LANNERS AND IN SOME CASES,
THE OTHER COMPANIES DO ADVANCE
HIGH-TECH LIKE ROCKET ENGINES OR
FUEL TANK OR SENSORS WHICH
DIDN'T EXIST FIVE OR SIX YEARS
AGO AND WE CAN SEE NOW TALKING
ABOUT SMALL PAYLOADS GOING TO
THE MOON FROM COMMERCIALS OR
HAVING SUPPLIER ON EARTH BUT
WITH THE GOAL IN THE LONG TERM,
IT IS FOR THE ECLIPSE COMPANIES
TO BE ABLE TO TAKE TO THE MOON
WORKER GOODS OR SURFACES OF
OTHER BIGGER COMPANIES WHO WANT
TO DO WORK IN SPACE.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE
AGENCY'S CONFIDENCE LAID OUT AN
AMBITIOUS VISION INTO YEAH.
WELL, WE THINK THE BENEFITS OF
HAVING THIS BE SUCCESSFUL WHERE
WE GO OUT TO COMPANIES AND IN
EFFECT WE PAY FOR A SURFACE TO
GET OUR THINGS TO THE MOON.
IT IS SO POSITIVE THAT WE REALLY
ARE COMMITTED TO EXERCISING THIS
MODEL AND SEEING HOW AMERICAN
BUSINESS DOES.
NOW NASA IS A LEARNING
ORGANIZATION SO EVERY ATTEMPT
THAT THE COMPANIES MAKE AND
LOOKING AT AND TRYING TO LEARN
FROM THAT AND SEE HOW WE ADJUST
THINGS TO GO FORWARD BUT REALLY
COMMITTED TO THE SUBPUBLIC
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND SERVICE
MODULE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE BEING HERE.
THANK YOU.
OK.
THE FIFTH NASA TECHNOLOGY WE
WANT TO DIVE DEEP NEAR STANDS
FOR RADIO WAVE OBSERVATIONS AT
THE LUNAR SURFACE OF THE PHOTO
ELECTRON SHEET.
THERE IS A QUIZ ON THAT LATER SO
I HOPE YOU TOOK THAT DOWN.
IT WILL USE FOUR ANTENNAS AND A
LOW FREQUENCY RADIO RECEIVER
SYSTEM TO DETERMINE HOW NEARBY
RADIO EMISSIONS FROM THE SUN,
ETHER AND OTHER PLANETS CAN
INTERACT OR INTERFERE WITH
SCIENCE CONDUCTED ON THE MOON.
THIS EXPERIMENT IS SOMETHING
THAT HAS NEVER OPINION DONE
BEFORE.
IT WILL PERFORM MANY TESTS
INCLUDING DETECTING SOLAR RADIO
BURSTS AND RADIO EMISSIONS FROM
WERE UP TER THEN DUST IMPACTING
THE SURFACE OF THE MOON.
IT COULD SERVE AS A BASELINE FOR
FUTURE RADIO OBSERVATORY ON THE
LOUNAR SURFACE.
>> LET'S GET ANOTHER UPDATE FROM
JOSH MARSHALL WHO IS STANDING BY
LIVE IN HOUSTON.
JOSH?
>> HI, MEGAN WHEN I ASKED THE
MISSION ABOUT WHAT I SHOULD
EXPECT FROM LAUNCH VEHICLE
SEPARATION ON UNTIL ABOUT AOS
AND THEY SAID, WELL, ALE BE
PATIENTLY WAITING AFTER FOUR
YEARS OF HARD WORK TO GET TO
THIS POINT, THIS MUST FEEL LIKE
AN ETERNITY LET'S TICK A LIVE
LOOK INTO NOVEMBER ARE A CONTROL
FOR SOME OF THE FOLKS WORKING
TODAY'S LUNCH AND ACQUISITION OF
SIGNAL SHIFT THEY HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THE IM-1 MISSION
SINCE BEFORE WE WERE AWARD THE
TASK ORDER IN 2019 EVEN FOLKS
THAT STARTED IN THE PAST COUPLE
OF YEARS OR MONTHS HAVE POURED
THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS INTO THE
MISSION.
IN FACT EVERY THURSDAY,
INTUITIVE MACHINES HOLDS A LUNCH
AND LEARN FOREFEEL BEES TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT THE COMPANY AND JUSTS
A FEW DAYS AGO ONE OF THE FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS HERE WAS DESCRIBING
TODAY'S EVENTS AND SAID THE
OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN LAN ON THE
MOON HAS BEEN A DREAM FOR HER
WHOLE LIFE.
EVERYONE AT INTUITIVE MACHINES
IS PART OF THIS BOUTFUL MISSION
INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY.
AND WHILE WE DO HAVE A MOMENT
JUST IN BETWEEN LAUNCH VEHICLE
SEPARATION WE WANT FOLKS AT HOME
TO KNOW THAT SAME SENTIMENT
ECHOES THROUGH EVERYONE AT
INTUITIVE MACHINES AND HUMBLED
BOY THE BREVITY OF THE MISSION
AND EMBOLDENED ABOUT HE
BOUNDLESS POSSIBILITIES THAT LIE
AHEAD STARTING WITH ACQUISITION
OF SIGNAL WHICH WE EXPECT TO HAP
HAPPEN AFTER A FEW MACHINE MS
FOR NOW OUR TEAM WILL CONTINUE
TO TOSS IT ABOUTK TO MORE DOOR
TO INTRODUCE ANOTHER IM-1
MISSION PAYLOAD.
MEGAN?
WELL, WELL SAID.
SO THE SIXTH AND FINAL PAYLOAD
HAS THREE TELESCOPE TO HELP THE
SPACECRAFT LAND SAFELY IN THE
PAST THEY HAD TO USE A
VIEWFINDER OR RELOY ON RADAR.
SO THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM HAS TAKEN
NASA BACKING TO THE MON AND
EVERYTHING THAT GOES THERE
INCLUDING THE INSTRUMENTS AND
PEOPLE MUST BE FLOWN THERE
SAFELY AND LANDED THERE
PRECISELY.
SO THE LAPPING PHASE OF THAT TAX
IS THE MOST CRITICAL ASPECTS OF
IT.
IT IS AN INSTRUMENT USED TO
ENABLE THAT.
IT USES LIGHTEN THE SAME THAT
SONAR USES SOUND SO WE HAVE
THREE TELESCOPES WHERE LIGHT
WOULD COME OUT OF THE TELL SOAP
IF THE MON'S SURFACE REFLECTED
BACK.
THESE TELESCOPES ARE MOUNTED ON
THE OUTSIDE OF A VEHICLE SO YOU
GET A CLEAR VIEW OF THE GROUND
AS IT IS COMING TO THE ALAPPING
IN THE APOLLO AREA LARGE RADARS
OR ASTRO UT NAS USING THEIR EYES
LOOKING OUT OF THE VIEWPOINT
WHERE USED TO HELP THE LANDER
VEHICLES.
IT IS GOING TO TAKE THE BURDEN
OFF THE CREW FOR MUCH MALLER
LOWER POW WHICH ARE AND MORE
ACCURATE INSTRUMENT.
>> THROUGHOUT THE BROADCAST WE
SHOWED YOU EACH OF THE SIX NASA
UPSTREAMS THAT ARE BOUND FOR THE
MOON TO TALK ABOUT THOSE IS NASA
PROJECT SCIENTISTS DEB BR.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
BOUTFUL LAUNCH.
>> BEAUTIFUL LAUNCH.
SO EXCITING.
SO NOW WE HAVE SIX PAYLOADS
BOUND FOR THE MOON.
THERE IS A COMMON THEME AMONG
THEM?
I WOULD SAY THERE ARE TWO THEMES
TO THE PAYLOADS ONBOARD
INTUITIVE MACHINES AND THE
LANDER.
THE FIRST IS DEMONSTRATING
TECHNOLOGY FOR END AND LING
FUTURE SPACECRAFT TO LAND MORE
PRECISE LOIN THE LUNAR SURFACE.
THE SECOND IS CHARACTERIZING THE
SURFACE OF THE LUNAR SOUTH POLAR
REGION WHICH IS EXTREMELY
CHALLENGING TO OPERATE IN AND
PREPARING US FOR SENDING HUMANS
TO THE LUNAR SURFACE IN ADVANCE
OF THE ARTEMIS MISSION SO
PRECISE THINGS THEY ARE BEING
SENT FOR TO STUDY.
SO YOU KNOW, IF THEY MAKE TO IT
THE MOON IN EIGHT DAYS WHAT
HAPPENS NEXT FOR EACH OF THEM?
>> SO, THE PAYLOADS WORK STARTS
BEFORE THEY GET TO THE MOON AND
MACHINES WHILE IT IS TRANSITING
TOWARD THE MOON WILL TURN ON THE
NASA PAYLOADS TO MAKE SURE THEY
SUR RIFE SHE LUNCH AND OPERATING
AS WE EX PEB THEN HEARD ABOUT
THE RADIO FREQUENCY JUDGE AND
WILL BE OPERATING THE ENTIRE
TIME ALL THE WAY TO THE MOON AND
DOWN THIS HE SURFACE TO MAKE
SURE THAT IT IS ONER TOKING AND
COLLECTING THE DATA IT NEEDS TO
ACHOO EF THE MISSION AND DURING
DECREANT YOU HEARD BE NAVIGATION
AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE PRAY
OPERATING DURING THE ASSENT AND
COLLECTING THE DID THE TA ONCE
ON THE MOON INTUITIVE MACHINES
WILL TAKE TURNS
COLLECTINGLOGICAL THEY ACHIEVE
THEIR MISSION.
HOW ARE THESE SELECTED?
>> EARLY ON IN THE ECLIPSE, HAS
SA TURNED TO OUR SCIENTISTS A
THE GNATS SA CENTERS TO IDENTIFY
SCIENCE PAYLOADS THAT WERE
RELATIVELY MATURE IN THE DOE
SCENES WE DID THAT BECAUSE WE
WANTED THE PAYLOAD TO BE READY
FOR WHEN THE LANDERS ARE READY
TO INTERGRIT TO THE LANNERS AND
DELIVER TO THE MOON.
SO THEN, NASA TURNED TO THE
VENDORS AND SAID, OK, YOU KICKED
FROM THE PRESELECTED LIST OF
NASA PAYLOADS WHICH ONE CAN YOU
SUCCESSIONFULLY INTERGRIT TO THE
LANNERS AND DELIVER TO THE
MOONS.
THEY CHOSE THE PAYLOADS THAT ARE
ON IT DELIVERY.
THANKS SO MUCH KAY IN NOT WAIT
TO SEE WHAT WE DISCOVER WITH THE
PAYLOADS.
ME TOO THANKS SO MUCH.
THANK YOU.
NOW WE ARE GOING TO STEP ASIDE
WHILE WE AWAIT THE NEXT
BIGAMYSTONE THE SECOND BURN OF
THE SECOND STAGE OF THE FALCON 9
ROCKET THEN AFTER THAT THE
SEPARATION OF INTUITIVE MACHINES
FROM THE SECOND STAGE WE ARE
EXPECTING THAT TO HAPPEN IN 20
MINUTES FROM NOW SO WE'LL SEE
YOU THEN.
>> WELCOME BACK TO KENNEDY PACE
CENTER WHERE WE ARE AWAITING THE
SECOND STAGE AND SEPARATION OF
MACHINES LANNER THIS COMES AFTER
A SUCCESSFUL LIFTOFF OF THE
FALCON 9 ROCKET WITH THE NOVA-C
LANNER AT 05:00 A.M. EASTERN
TIME INTUITIVE MACHINES AN
AMERICAN COMPANY BASED IN
HOUSTON, TEXAS TEXT, DEVELOPED
AND BUILT BUILD THE LOUNAR
LANNER THAT IS CARRYING SIX NASA
INSTRUMENTS IN OUGHT DAYS MARK
YOUR CALENDARS FEBRUARY 22
NOVA-C LANDER EXPECTED TO LAND
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE MOON.
LET'S GO LIVE TO HAWTHORNE,
CALIFORNIA, WHERE JESSE ANDERSON
IS LIVE AS WE AWAIT THE SECOND
BURN AND SPACECRAFT SEPARATION,
JESSE.
>> THANK YOU MEGAN.
WE ARE MINUTE AND A HALF AWAY.
NEXT COMING UP IS THE SECOND
STAGE ENAMINE START 2 AND WILL
BE FOLLOWED BY SEKO 2 WHICH IS
SECOND STAGE ENGINE CUTOFF.
THIS BURN WILL LAST ABOUT 53
SECONDS AND WILL HELP THE
VEHICLE TO MAKE IT TO THE FINAL
TARGETED DROP-OFF ORBIT THEN THE
VEHICLE WILL COAST FOR A FEW
MINUTES PRIOR TO SPACECRAFT
SEPARATION.
SO WE ARE GETTING VERY CLOSE AND
THIS IS GETTING VERY EXCITING
HERE AGAIN WE ARE JUST ABOUT A
MINUTE AWAY JUST UNDER A MINUTE
AWAY FROM THAT LAST BURN OF THIS
ENGINE HERE.
A R OK WHAT YOU ARE SEEING ON
THE SCREEN IS EX LEN VIEW FROM
THE SECOND STAGE LOOKING AT THE
M VAC ENGINE WITH THE AMAZING
VIEW OF EARTH IN THE BACKGROUND
THERE.
THE LAWN R LUNAR LANNER IS
ATTACHED AT THIS MOMENT.
AND AGAIN, SES AND SEKO 2 ARE
COMING UP HERE IN JUST ABOUT 15
SECONDS OR SO.
AND HOPING TO BE ABLE TO
CONTINUE THESE LIVE VIEWS HERE
SO WE CAN SEE SEKO 2.
AND THERE YOU CAN SEE WE HAD
SES1 AND THE M VAC ENGINE HAS
NOW RELIT.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUSTS ABOUT A 53
SECOND BURN SO JUST UNDER A
MINUTE.
SHUTDOWN OF THIS M VAC ENAMINE
COMING UP HERE IN JUST ABOUT TEN
SECONDS OR SO.
THERE YOU CAN SEE M VAC ENGINE.
>> THE M VAC ENGINE HAS SHUTDOWN
WE DID HEAR THAT CALL-OUT FOR A
CONFIRMATION OF GOOD ORBIT.
SO WITH CONFIRMATION OF A GOOD
ORBIT IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE ON
TRACK FOR SPACECRAFT SEPARATION
IN JUST A FEW MINUTES FROM NOW
JUST A LITTLE OVER FIVE MINUTES.
THAT HAS BORN A GREAT LAUNCH SO
FAR.
SPACEX DID BEGIN FUELING OF THE
IM-1 LANDER IN THIS HE PAD ABOUT
TWO AND A HALF ABOUT TWO HOURS
AND 90 MINUTES BEFORE LIFTOFF
AND WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT A
LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN THE WEB
CAST.
IT IS TOTSLY NEW PROCEDURE AND
NEW HARDWARE FOR SPACEX AND
ENABLED FUELING OF THE IM-1
LANDER ON THE PAD WHICH OXYGEN.
NOW TO DO THAT SPACEX TEAMS
MODIFIED THE LAUNCH COMPLEX 39A
PAD AND TRANSFER AND INSTALLING
A NEW LIQUID OXYGEN TANK AND
PROPELLENT LINES THEN TWO
CONTROL SKIDS ON THE TRANSPORTER
ERENTOR THEN FROM THERE THE NEW
LINES PASS THROUGH A NEW STAGE
QUICK DISCONNECT THAT ATTACHES
NEW PLUMBING THEN ANOTHER SET OF
QUICK DISCONNECTS THAT LEAD TO
THE IM-1 LANDER.
AND GIVEN THE LACK OF METHANE
USED ON THE FALCON PROGRAM,
FALCON TEAMS ACTUALLY LAND ON
THE EXPERTISE OF STARSHIP TEAMS
TO RAILROAD FOY THE HEALTH AND
STA STATUS OF THE LAN ARE FOR
OUR FUELING SYSTEM.
>> LANDER FOR OUR VIEW FUELING
SYSTEM.
NOW WHICH ARE FOUR MINUTES AWAY
AND AWAITING PACE CRAFT
SEPARATION OF THE IM-1 LUNAR
LANDER WHICH IS STILL CURRENTLY
ATTACHED TO FALCON 90'S SECOND
STAGE.
WE DID A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO
HAD A GOOD LAST AND FINAL BURN
OF THE M VAC ENGINE THE SEKO AND
NOW THE VEHICLE IS CONTINUING TO
COAST WITH THE SPACECRAFT
ATTACHED UNTIL IT REACHES THE
CORRECT TARGETED DROP-OFF ORBIT.
AND EVERYTHING HAS BEEN
PROCEEDING NOM NOMINALLY STAGE
SEPARATION OCCURRED TWO AND A
HALF MIN NOPES INTO FLIGHT
FOLLOWED BY THE SUCCESSFUL
LANDING OF OUR FALCON 90'S FIRST
STAGE BACK AT LANDING ZONE 1 OR
LZ1 AND THE 18th LANDING FOR
THE BOOSTER.
NOW FOR THOSE FOLLOWING ALONG
THIS BOOSTER HAS SUPPORTED GPS3
MISSION 3 AND 5A TRANSPORTER
INTELSAT AND G33 AND G34
TRANSFER TO 6 AND 12 STAR LINK
MISSIONS SO PRETTY IMPRESSIVE
AND VETERAN BOOSTER FOR TODAY'S
MISSION.
T PLUS 7:46 SECOND WE DID HAVE
SECOND ENGINE CUT JUF AND THAT
WAS THE FIRST BURN OF THE TWO
BURNS FOR THIS MISSION.
AND GOD ORBITAL THINK VEHICLE
WAS ABLE TO COAST AND FOR BIT
THERE AND THEN AGAIN A FEW
MINUTES AGO WE DID HAVE THE
SECOND BURN FOR THIS M VAC
ENGINE TWO BURNS REQUIRED TO
REACH THE TARGETED DROP-OFF
ORBIT FOR THIS IM-1 LANDER AND
NOW THE VEHICLE IS COASTING WITH
PAY LED ATTACHED THEN WE ARE
JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES AWAY
FROM SPACECRAFT SEPARATION.
I AM ONE COULD BECOME THE FIRST
U.S. LUNAR LANDER SINCE THE
LASTING LANDING IN 1972 ALMOST
50 YEARS AGO AND COULD BE THE
FIRST COMMERCIAL LANDER TO
SUCCEED IN REACHING THE MON'S
SURFACE.
AGAIN, WE ARE JUST ABOUT A
MINUTE AND A HALF JUST UNITED
NATIONS EAR MINUTE AND A HALF
AWAY FROM SPACECRAFT SEPARATION.
AND ON THE SCREEN, AS WE WAIT TO
GET SOME LIVE VIEWS, YOU CAN SEE
ON THE POT TOM RIGHT HAND SCREEN
THE SPEED AND ALTITUDE OF THE
STAGE TWO REEK CARRYING THE IM-1
SPACECRAFT AND THERE IS A LIVE
VIEW THERE AGAIN THIS IS THE
VIEW FROM THE SECOND STAGE
VEHICLE LOOKING AT THE M VAC
ENGINE THERE.
WE ARE AWOL AWAITING SPACECRAFT
SEPARATION HERE IN UNDER A
MINUTE FROM NOW.
AND NOW WE HAVE THIS LIVE
PERFECT TIMING AND THIS GREAT
LIVE VIEW OF THE IM-1 LANDER.
RIGHT BEFORE IT BEGINS THE
EIGHT-DAY JOURNEY TO THE MOON.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE VOW AND VERY
EXCITING WITH VERY SPACECRAFT
SEPARATION COMING UP HERE IN
JUST A FEW SECONDS.
WHAT INCREDIBLE SITE TO SEE THE
LOUNAR LANDER DRIFTING AWAY FROM
FALCON 90'S SECOND STAGE
CONFIRMING SPACECRAFT
SEPARATION.
FROM ALL OF US HERE AT SPACEX WE
ARE WISHING THE IM LAND EAR
GREAT FLIGHT AND SAFE TRAVELS
SPACEX IS HONORED TO BE A PART
OF NASA'S COMMERCIAL LUNAR
PAYLOAD SERVICES INITIATIVE TO
DELIVER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
TO THE LUNAR SURFACE AND THANK
NASA AND INTUITIVE MACHINES FOR
ENTRUSTING US WITH TODAY'S
HISTORIC MISSION TO THE MOON.
FOR.
IT'S THE FOLLOWING ALONG YOU
WILL KNOW THIS MISSION MARKS THE
4th OF THE YEAR AND SECOND
JUST TODAY.
CONGRATS TO THE SPACEX TEAM.
WE ARE JUST IN FEBRUARY AND WE
ALREADY LAUNCHED IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH NASA MISSIONS LIKE AXIOM 3
CYGNUS AND PACE.
AND WE ARE GEARING UP FOR THE
CREW 8 MISSION BEFORE THE END OF
THE MONTH.
CHECK OUT SPACEX.COM/LAUNCHES
FOR UP-TO-DATE MISSIONS AND
SCHEDULES AND BEFORE WE SIGN
OFF, LET'S GO BACK TO JOSH AT
INTUITIVE MACHINES.
JOSH?
>> WHAT AN INCREDIBLE INCREDIBLE
VIEW.
OUR FLIGHT CONTROLLERS INSIDE OF
NOVA CONTROL HEARD THAT
CONFIRMATION OF LAUNCH VEHICLE
SEPARATION.
THIS STARTS THE COUNTDOWN TO THE
LUNAR LANDER'S AUTONOMOUS
COMMISSIONING DOING DURING THE
MILESTONE THE LANNER IS GOING
THROUGH THE STEPS TO REQUIRED TO
POWER ON TO DETERMINE THE
POSITION RELATIVE TO THE SUN AND
CONTACT WITH FLIGHT CONTROLLERS
IN NOVA CONTROL.
IT IS AUTONOMOUS PROCESS THAT EK
TAS SEVERAL MINUTES AND THAT
TIME, WE WILL WALK YOU THROUGH
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN SPACE
APPROXIMATELY 223 COIL LE
MOTIERS OR 139-MILES FROM EARTH.
AT LAUNCH VEHICLE SEPARATION, A
SPRING FORCE GENTLY PUSHES
NOVA-C AWAY FROM THE LAUNCH
VAC'S SECOND STAGE.
WE JUST SAW THAT ALLOWING THE
LANNER TO DEPLY AND DRIFT AWAY
THOUGH MOON.
BREAK WIRES CONNECTED TO THE
LAUNCH VEHICLE LET THE LANNER
KNOW IT HAS DEPLOYED AND NOVA-C
STARTS INTERNAL TIMER TO
COUNTDOWN TO WHEN IT IS SAFE TO
TURN ON.
AFTER THE TIMER FINISHES
NOVA-C'S PRIMARY SYSTEMS ARE
EXPECTED TO AUTONOMOUSLY POWER
ON THAT INCLUDES GUIDANCE, AND A
HALF IS GOING AND CONTROL OR GNC
FOR SHORT AND AUTOMATED FLIGHT
MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE, RADIOS
SENSOR AND THERMAL CONTROL.
THE GNC SYSTEM POWERS ON THE
COLD GAS ROW ACTION CONTROL
SYSTEM TO STABILIZE THE
VEHICLE'S ATTITUDE.
BECAUSE IT AT THIS POINT THE
LANNER DOES NOT KNOW WHERE IT IS
POINTED BUT IT CAN STOP ANY SPIN
MOTION THIS IS MUCH LIKE A
PERSON SPINNING IN A CHAIR WITH
CLOSED EYES CAN STOP SPINNING
WITHOUT KNOWING WHICH WAY THEY
ARE POINTING WHEN THEY STOP
AFTER CONTROLLING THE SPIN
RATES, SPECIAL CAMERAS KNOWN AS
STAR TREKKERS MATCH IMAGES OF
THE DISTANT STAR FOALED AND
PROVIDE NOVA-C WITH ORIENTATION
THEN TAKES THE STAR TREK
MEASUREMENTS THEN PROCESS THEM
THROUGH THE FILTER TO CORRECT
THE ONBOARD ORIENTATION.
THE LANNER NOW HAS TWO CRITICAL
DALT TA POINTS AND ITS ATTITUDE
RELATIVE TO THE STAR FOALED AND
REFERENCE POSITION FROM THE
ESTIMATED LAUNCH VECTOR WITH
THESE DATA POINTS NOVA-C MAY
COME MAN THE REACTION CONTROL
SYSTEM TO MANEUVER THE LANNER'S
TOP SOLAR ARRAY TO THE SUN FOR
ILLUMINATION.
ALL OF THE STEPS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
AND WHEN AUTONOMOUS
COMMISSIONING IS COME LOTE THE
NOVEMBER VA 2:00 LANDER TURNS ON
THE COMMUNICATION RADIOS AND
MAKES CONTACT KNOWN AS
ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL OR OAS
MAKING THAT COMMUNICATIONS
CONNECTION INVOLVES SPACE.
IT TAKES CAREFUL CORD NATION HER
ON EARTH, TOO.
USING INTUITIVE MACHINES AS
LUNAR DATA NETWORK.
THE NETWORK WAS DESIGNED TO
SUPPORT THE ECLIPSE INITIATIVE
GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND OTHER
COMMERCIAL EFFORTS FOR
SPACECRAFT IN LUNAR SPACE WHICH
INCLUDES LOW EARTH ORBIT.
THE SECURE NETWORK IS MADE UP OF
NOVA CONTROL WHICH WE ARE
KEEPING OR EYES ON NOW AND
STRATEGICALLY PLACE GROUND
STATIONS SPREAD ACROSS THE GLOBE
THE GROUND STATIONS ARE EKED TO
PROVIDE NEAR CONTINUOUS
COMMUNICATIONS WITH DURING THE
ENTIRE IM-1 MISSION.
WITH THAT ENTIRE NETWORK
AVAILABLE OUR FLIGHT CONTROLLERS
RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNICATIONS
IN GROUND STATIONS WILL BE THE
FIRST PEOPLE IN NOVA CONTROL TO
START SEEING DATA FROM THE LUNAR
LANDER WHICH MEANS THE GROUND
STATION ASSIGNED TO THIS PART OF
THE MISSION HAS LOCKED ON TO
SIGNAL.
NOW FROM THE LANNER, TO NOVA
CONTROL ALL OF THESE IN KNOW
VAGUESES AND CAPABILITIES ARE
BEING PUT TO THE TEST RIGHT NOW.
AS WE PREPARE TO ENTER THE
NOMINAL ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL
WINDOW WITH NOVA-C.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE LISTENING INTO
THE MISSION AUDIO LOOP AND
LOOKING LIVE TO NOVA CONTROL.
>> DELIVER THE FILE.
OK, COP MY.
YOU ARE GOD TO PROCESS THE BACK
GROUND WILE WE WORK CONTACT.
OK I WILL WORK.
>> RIGHT NOW, WE ESTIMATE THAT
THE LUNAR LANDER IS TRAVELING
ABOUT TEN KILOMETERS PER SECOND
WHICH IS ABOUT 2600.
>> MAKE SURE COM IS HAPPY WITH
IT.
COM.
>> STANDING BY.
I DON'T SEE PACKETS OF UPDATING
IN COUNT.
I AM LOOKING IN THE WRONG POT.
I AM NOT SEEING ANYTHING
POPULATE IN AOS.
WE ARE STILL STANDING BY FOR THE
LUNAR LANDER IN PACE.
EXPECT THE CARRIER LOCK CALL TO
COME ARE THE GROUND OR GROUND
NETWORK STATIONS INSIDE OF NOVA
CONTROL THE FIRST COME MANNED
LUNAR MISSION SINCE APOLLO 17.
ALL RIGHT.
I SEE PACKETS.
AND I SEE.
>> ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
>> THERE WE HAVE IT.
WE HAVE PACKETS THAT IS McKALA
ON THE GROUND THERE.
COM I WANT YOUR REPORT.
>> UP LINK AND DOWN LINK.
WHAT DO WE GOT?
OK.
SO I AM SEEING PACKETS POPULATE
ON THE AOS SCREN AND THE PACKET
COUNTS AREA.
LOOKS LIKE TELEMETRY IS COMING
IN PRETTY WELL.
WE HAVE NOT STARTED UPLINK SO WE
DO NOT HAVE UPLINK LOCKS AT THIS
POINT BUT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE
SEEING MOST EVERYTHING THAT WE
WOULD EXPECT AS FAR AS.
THAT IS EXCELLENT CALL WE HAVE
RICHED A PIVOTAL MILESTONE AND
BRING IT BACK INTO THE BROADCAST
BOOTH AND CONGRATULATE THE TEAM
WORKING INSIDE OF NOVA CONTROL.
AS OUR NOVA-C LUNAR LANDER HAS
SUCCESSFULLY SEPARATED FROM THE
SECOND STAGE OF THE LAUNCH
VEHICLE AUTONOMOUSLY
COMMISSIONED AND MADE CONTACT
WITH NOVA CONTROL.
WHAT AN ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE
ENTIRE INTUITIVE MACHINES TEAM.
LET'S HONOR THIS MOMENTOUS
MOILSTONE AND PROP FOR THE
CHALLENGE AND TRIUMPHS THAT
AWAIT US ON THE LOUNAR JOURNEY
FROM MACHINES IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
THANK YOU FOR JOINING OUR
PORTION OF HE THIS IM-1 MISSION
BROADCAST WE'LL TOSS IT BACK
OVER TO MEGAN IN FLORIDA FOR
REACTION TO THE SUCCESSFUL
LAUNCH OF THE IM MISSION.
MEGAN.
>> YEAH FROM HERE IN NASA WE
WANT TO SAY CONGRATS TO JOSH AND
INTUITIVE MACHINES ANOTHER
SUCCESSFUL ORBITAL INSERTION OF
A COMMERCIAL LUNAR LANDER AND
HOPES ARE HIGH THAT U.S.
COMMERCIAL LUNAR LANDER WILL
MAKE IT TO THE MON AND JOINING
ME NOW TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND
THIS PROGRAM IS CHRIS AND HE IS
THE ECLIPSE PROGRAM MANAGER.
EXCITING TO SEE THIS UNFOLD IN
FRONT OF US.
>> YEAH THIS IS GREAT.
A GREAT LAUNCH.
REALLY CLEAR SKY WE CAN SITE UPP
TO THE MOON ON THE WAY.
>> THE MOON IN THE D
>> THAT IS GOING TO WRAP UP THE
SPACEX COVERAGE ON THE SPACEX
FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM PAD 39A
HERE.
AGAIN IF ALL GOES WELL, NOVA-C
EXPECTED TO LAND ON THE MOON
EIGHT DAYS FROM NOW SO MARK YOUR
CALENDARS ON FEBRUARY 22nd
THE FIRST U.S. LANDING ON THE
MOON SINCE 1972.
WE WILL OF COURSE BRING THAT YOU
COVERAGE LIVE RIGHT HERE ON AS?
TV.
UNTIL THEN, YOU CAN FIND OUT
MORE ABOUT THIS MISSION AND
OTHER NASA ECLIPSE LAUNCHES BOY
GOING TO THE LINK WE ARE ABOUT
TO SHE ON THE SCREEN HERE.
NASA. GOV/ECLIPSE.
WE'LL LEAVE YOU NOW WITH A
REPLAY OF TODAY'S LAUNCH FOR
EVERYONE HERE AT NASA INTUITIVE
MACHINES AND SPACEX.
I AM MEGAN CRUZ.
HAVE A GREAT MORNING.
>> 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2,
1.
IGNITION.
LIFTOFF.
GO SPACEX.
GO IM-1.
>> VEHICLE PITCHING DOWN RANGE.
>> STAGE ONE PROPULSION IS
NOMINAL.
FALCON 9 HAS SUCCESSFULLY LIFTED
OFF FROM PAD 39 AT KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER CARRYING THE IM-1
PAYLOAD.
NOW DURING ASSENT W