1 00:00:46,463 --> 00:01:19,596 ♪. 2 00:01:19,596 --> 00:01:22,599 >> TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO THE 3 00:01:22,599 --> 00:01:22,966 MOON. 4 00:01:22,966 --> 00:01:24,400 AND THIS SpaceX FALCON 9 5 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:26,202 ROCKET IS TAKING US THERE. 6 00:01:26,202 --> 00:01:29,205 ON BOARD IS A LUNAR LANDER 7 00:01:29,205 --> 00:01:33,510 BUILT BY INTUITIVE MACHINES. 8 00:01:33,510 --> 00:01:34,177 CARRYING SCIENCE AND 9 00:01:34,177 --> 00:01:35,345 TECHNOLOGY INVESTIGATIONS FROM 10 00:01:35,345 --> 00:01:37,247 NASA'S LUNAR PAYLOAD SERVICES 11 00:01:37,247 --> 00:01:37,680 INITIATIVE. 12 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:38,448 THIS WILL HELP PAVE THE WAY 13 00:01:38,448 --> 00:01:40,283 FOR HUMANITY TO LIVE AND WORK 14 00:01:40,283 --> 00:01:41,818 AT MOON. 15 00:01:41,818 --> 00:01:42,685 HELLO, AND WELCOME EVERYONE TO 16 00:01:42,685 --> 00:01:44,420 THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN 17 00:01:44,420 --> 00:01:44,788 FLORIDA. 18 00:01:44,788 --> 00:01:47,056 I'M NASA'S TA HERA ALLEN AND 19 00:01:47,056 --> 00:01:48,925 THIS IS JOSH MARSHALL, THE 20 00:01:48,925 --> 00:01:49,859 COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR 21 00:01:49,859 --> 00:01:50,560 INTUITIVE MACHINES. 22 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,630 JOSH, IT IS SO GREAT TO HAVE 23 00:01:53,630 --> 00:01:54,130 YOU HERE TODAY. 24 00:01:54,130 --> 00:01:54,664 >> WHEW. 25 00:01:54,664 --> 00:01:57,000 >> IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK, AND 26 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,701 WHAT A DIFFERENCE ONE YEAR CAN 27 00:01:58,701 --> 00:01:59,002 MAKE. 28 00:01:59,002 --> 00:02:00,670 WE'RE BACK OUT ON THE LAUNCH 29 00:02:00,670 --> 00:02:02,272 PAD WITH ANOTHER LUNAR LANDER 30 00:02:02,272 --> 00:02:04,474 AND MATURING COMMERCIAL SPACE 31 00:02:04,474 --> 00:02:05,275 PROGRAM THAT'S READY TO 32 00:02:05,275 --> 00:02:07,143 SUPPORT COMMERCIAL PARTNERS, 33 00:02:07,143 --> 00:02:07,811 AND, OF COURSE, NASA. 34 00:02:07,811 --> 00:02:10,547 >> WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE 35 00:02:10,547 --> 00:02:11,414 BACK ON THE LAUNCH PAD WITH 36 00:02:11,414 --> 00:02:12,182 YOU. 37 00:02:12,182 --> 00:02:13,550 LIFTOFF OF INTUITIVE MACHINES 38 00:02:13,550 --> 00:02:18,421 MOON LANDER IS SCHEDULED FOR 39 00:02:18,421 --> 00:02:19,422 7:16:30 EASTERN TIME. 40 00:02:19,422 --> 00:02:20,723 EVERYTHING IS A GO FOR LAUNCH. 41 00:02:20,723 --> 00:02:24,294 IF ALL GOES AS PLANNED, THAT 42 00:02:24,294 --> 00:02:25,762 LANDER WILL COMPLETE ITS 43 00:02:25,762 --> 00:02:30,266 JOURNEY ABOUT EIGHT DAYS FROM 44 00:02:30,266 --> 00:02:31,634 NOW AT MONS MOUTON, 100 MILES 45 00:02:31,634 --> 00:02:33,403 FROM THE LUNAR SOUTH POLE AND 46 00:02:33,403 --> 00:02:34,637 THE FARTHEST ATTEMPT FOR A 47 00:02:34,637 --> 00:02:35,772 LUNAR LANDING. 48 00:02:35,772 --> 00:02:39,843 ONE OF THE GOALS IS TO GAIN 49 00:02:39,843 --> 00:02:44,614 INSIGHTS INTO SOIL 50 00:02:44,614 --> 00:02:46,549 CHARACTERISTICS AND, OH, MY 51 00:02:46,549 --> 00:02:51,154 GOODNESS FOR INTUITIVE 52 00:02:51,154 --> 00:02:51,554 MACHINES. 53 00:02:51,554 --> 00:02:54,157 >> I'LL TRY TO SUM IT UP FOR 54 00:02:54,157 --> 00:02:54,858 YOU, WE STARTED THIS MANTRA, 55 00:02:54,858 --> 00:02:55,625 IF PEOPLE SEE YOUR EXCELLENCE 56 00:02:55,625 --> 00:02:56,292 AND THAT YOU DO THE THINGS 57 00:02:56,292 --> 00:02:57,026 THAT YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO 58 00:02:57,026 --> 00:02:57,861 DO, EXCEED THOSE EXPECTATIONS 59 00:02:57,861 --> 00:02:59,495 AND AFTER OUR FIRST MISSION, 60 00:02:59,495 --> 00:03:01,464 WE HAVE ROOM TO GROW, AND THIS 61 00:03:01,464 --> 00:03:02,999 MOMENT IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY 62 00:03:02,999 --> 00:03:05,301 TO PUSH THAT BAR FORWARD, GET 63 00:03:05,301 --> 00:03:06,936 HARDWARE TO SPACE AND SHOW 64 00:03:06,936 --> 00:03:08,438 PEOPLE WHAT INTUITIVE MACHINES 65 00:03:08,438 --> 00:03:09,505 IS CAPABLE OF. 66 00:03:09,505 --> 00:03:11,708 >> YOU ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED SO 67 00:03:11,708 --> 00:03:13,109 MUCH, SO GOOD LUCK TONIGHT. 68 00:03:13,109 --> 00:03:16,045 THERE ARE MORE THAN A DOZEN 69 00:03:16,045 --> 00:03:16,880 NASA AND COMMERCIAL 70 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:17,947 INSTRUMENTS HEADED TO THE MOON 71 00:03:17,947 --> 00:03:18,314 TONIGHT. 72 00:03:18,314 --> 00:03:19,282 WE'RE GOING TO WALK YOU 73 00:03:19,282 --> 00:03:20,817 THROUGH THEM OVER THE NEXT 74 00:03:20,817 --> 00:03:21,885 HOUR AND A HALF. 75 00:03:21,885 --> 00:03:23,286 FIRST, JOSH, TELL US ABOUT 76 00:03:23,286 --> 00:03:25,021 YOUR SPACECRAFT, WE HAVE A 77 00:03:25,021 --> 00:03:26,656 REPLICA OF HER RIGHT HERE, 78 00:03:26,656 --> 00:03:28,658 THAT'S SENDING ALL THIS NEW 79 00:03:28,658 --> 00:03:29,292 TECHNOLOGY TO THE MOON. 80 00:03:29,292 --> 00:03:30,260 >> FIRST OFF, WE LOVE HER AND 81 00:03:30,260 --> 00:03:32,328 HER NAME IS ATHENA, INCLUDING 82 00:03:32,328 --> 00:03:36,165 HER SOLAR PANELS, JUST OVER 14 83 00:03:36,165 --> 00:03:37,000 FEET TALL WITH THE LANDING 84 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,168 GEAR, JUST SHY OF 15 FEET 85 00:03:39,168 --> 00:03:41,271 WIDE, THE LENGTH OF A STANDARD 86 00:03:41,271 --> 00:03:42,939 CAR PARKING SPOT. 87 00:03:42,939 --> 00:03:47,176 THE LUNAR LANDER WEIGHS 1500 88 00:03:47,176 --> 00:03:48,611 POUNDS AND CAPABLE OF 89 00:03:48,611 --> 00:03:50,580 DELIVERING 220 POUNDS OF 90 00:03:50,580 --> 00:03:52,382 PAYLOAD TO THE LUNAR SURFACE. 91 00:03:52,382 --> 00:03:53,149 >> THAT IS A LOT OF SCIENCE. 92 00:03:53,149 --> 00:03:54,617 WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING 93 00:03:54,617 --> 00:03:55,385 COMMERCIAL INSTRUMENTS ON 94 00:03:55,385 --> 00:03:58,454 BOARD THE LANDER, CAN YOU WALK 95 00:03:58,454 --> 00:03:59,289 US THROUGH SOME OF THE 96 00:03:59,289 --> 00:04:00,957 PAYLOADS ON ATHENA? 97 00:04:00,957 --> 00:04:02,258 >> ABSOLUTELY. 98 00:04:02,258 --> 00:04:06,829 WE HAVE LUNAR OUTPOST MATT 99 00:04:06,829 --> 00:04:09,032 ROVER, NOKIA ON THIS SIDE AND 100 00:04:09,032 --> 00:04:12,068 IF YOU PIVOT BACK, LOAN STAR 101 00:04:12,068 --> 00:04:13,636 DATA HOLDINGS DATA CENTER 102 00:04:13,636 --> 00:04:13,937 HERE. 103 00:04:13,937 --> 00:04:15,872 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF 104 00:04:15,872 --> 00:04:18,441 THE PAYLOADS THAT HELPED SOLVE 105 00:04:18,441 --> 00:04:24,314 ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF IM-1, 106 00:04:24,314 --> 00:04:26,683 REGULATING THE THERMAL, WE 107 00:04:26,683 --> 00:04:29,252 BROUGHT IN THIS TOMORROW, 108 00:04:29,252 --> 00:04:31,854 CALLED OMNI SHADE SUN 109 00:04:31,854 --> 00:04:33,456 DEFLECTOR AND REGULATES 110 00:04:33,456 --> 00:04:36,893 EXTREME HEAT AND EXTREME COLD 111 00:04:36,893 --> 00:04:37,660 THAT THE LANDER EXPERIENCES ON 112 00:04:37,660 --> 00:04:38,494 THE SOLAR ARRAY. 113 00:04:38,494 --> 00:04:40,563 >> WOW, THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 114 00:04:40,563 --> 00:04:42,699 SO ALL THE COMMERCIAL PAYLOADS 115 00:04:42,699 --> 00:04:44,300 THAT YOU'VE BEEN POINTING OUT, 116 00:04:44,300 --> 00:04:46,769 THEY'RE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE 117 00:04:46,769 --> 00:04:47,103 LANDER. 118 00:04:47,103 --> 00:04:49,005 AS I UNDERSTAND IT, ATHENA'S 119 00:04:49,005 --> 00:04:50,473 FUEL TANKS ARE ON THE INSIDE 120 00:04:50,473 --> 00:04:51,541 OF THE STRUCTURE. 121 00:04:51,541 --> 00:04:53,042 >> YOU GOT IT RIGHT. 122 00:04:53,042 --> 00:04:54,410 WHAT THAT REQUIRES IS 123 00:04:54,410 --> 00:04:55,678 EXTREMELY COLD FUEL TO BE 124 00:04:55,678 --> 00:04:57,080 LOADED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. 125 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:59,615 THAT FUELING PROCESS STARTED 126 00:04:59,615 --> 00:05:00,350 ABOUT THREE HOURS BEFORE 127 00:05:00,350 --> 00:05:02,385 LAUNCH AND FUELING STOPS JUST 128 00:05:02,385 --> 00:05:03,686 BEFORE LIFTOFF. 129 00:05:03,686 --> 00:05:05,755 >> WHAT IS REALLY COOL, TO 130 00:05:05,755 --> 00:05:08,257 MEET THE REQUIREMENTS, SpaceX 131 00:05:08,257 --> 00:05:09,025 DEVELOPED A WAY TO FUEL THE 132 00:05:09,025 --> 00:05:10,893 LANDER ALREADY ATTACHED TO THE 133 00:05:10,893 --> 00:05:12,628 ROCKET AND ON THE PAD. 134 00:05:12,628 --> 00:05:16,599 NOW, LET'S HEAD ON OVER TO 135 00:05:16,599 --> 00:05:19,769 SpaceX AND MISSION CONTROL IN 136 00:05:19,769 --> 00:05:20,436 HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA. 137 00:05:20,436 --> 00:05:28,745 >> THANKS, TAHIRA, I'M FALCON 138 00:05:28,745 --> 00:05:30,079 PRINCIPAL INTEGRATION ENGINEER 139 00:05:30,079 --> 00:05:32,348 AT SPACICS. 140 00:05:32,348 --> 00:05:35,618 >> IM-2 MARKS 24th MISSION OF 141 00:05:35,618 --> 00:05:38,354 THE YEAR AFTER BUSY 2024 WHERE 142 00:05:38,354 --> 00:05:41,591 WE LAUNCHED 134 RECORD 143 00:05:41,591 --> 00:05:43,526 BREAKING MISSIONS, IM-1 IS THE 144 00:05:43,526 --> 00:05:46,062 FIRST COMMERCIAL LUNAR LANDER 145 00:05:46,062 --> 00:05:48,297 TO LAND ON THE MOON AND THE 146 00:05:48,297 --> 00:05:49,966 BLUE GHOST 1 MISSION JUST LAST 147 00:05:49,966 --> 00:05:50,299 MONTH. 148 00:05:50,299 --> 00:05:52,201 WE'RE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH 149 00:05:52,201 --> 00:05:56,539 NASA AS PART OF THE COMMERCIAL 150 00:05:56,539 --> 00:05:58,474 LUNAR PAYLOAD SERVICES 151 00:05:58,474 --> 00:05:59,575 INITIATIVE WHICH YOU WILL HEAR 152 00:05:59,575 --> 00:06:02,045 US REFER TO AS CLPS. 153 00:06:02,045 --> 00:06:03,513 >> SpaceX WAS PLANNED WITH THE 154 00:06:03,513 --> 00:06:05,648 GOAL OF PLANETARY AND TODAY'S 155 00:06:05,648 --> 00:06:07,750 MISSION FURTHERS THAT GOAL BY 156 00:06:07,750 --> 00:06:08,751 HELPING SCIENTISTS LEARN MORE 157 00:06:08,751 --> 00:06:10,153 ABOUT THE RESOURCES ON THE 158 00:06:10,153 --> 00:06:10,453 MOON. 159 00:06:10,453 --> 00:06:11,754 WE'LL HAVE MORE ON SpaceX'S 160 00:06:11,754 --> 00:06:13,189 PART IN BUILDING OUR FUTURE IN 161 00:06:13,189 --> 00:06:15,825 SPACE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. 162 00:06:15,825 --> 00:06:17,693 >> WE'RE CURRENTLY AT T-MINUS 163 00:06:17,693 --> 00:06:20,329 JUST UNDER 41 MINUTES FROM 164 00:06:20,329 --> 00:06:20,696 LIFTOFF. 165 00:06:20,696 --> 00:06:24,934 WHILE THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES, 166 00:06:24,934 --> 00:06:26,402 LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO MEET 167 00:06:26,402 --> 00:06:29,038 THE FALCON 9 TAKING IM-2 TO 168 00:06:29,038 --> 00:06:30,440 SPACE TODAY. 169 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:33,543 >> ON THE SCREEN, YOU SEE 170 00:06:33,543 --> 00:06:36,512 FALCON 9 ON LAUNCH SPACE 39A 171 00:06:36,512 --> 00:06:37,947 THE FIRST ORBITAL CLASS ROCKET 172 00:06:37,947 --> 00:06:39,682 CAPABLE OF REFLIGHT. 173 00:06:39,682 --> 00:06:42,051 FIRST STAGE, THE TALLEST 174 00:06:42,051 --> 00:06:43,519 PORTION OF THE VEHICLE MARKED 175 00:06:43,519 --> 00:06:45,788 ON THE SCREEN PROVIDES 1.7 176 00:06:45,788 --> 00:06:47,423 MILLION POUNDS OF THRUST 177 00:06:47,423 --> 00:06:49,892 THANKS TO 9 MERLIN 1B ENGINES. 178 00:06:49,892 --> 00:06:51,360 >> THAT'S RIGHT, AND NEAR THE 179 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:53,062 TOP OF THE SECOND STAGE 180 00:06:53,062 --> 00:06:55,865 POWERED BY THE MERLIN VACUUM 181 00:06:55,865 --> 00:06:58,234 ENGINE OR M-VAC, WHILE THIS IS 182 00:06:58,234 --> 00:06:59,702 SIMILAR TO THE MERLIN 1D ON 183 00:06:59,702 --> 00:07:02,638 THE FIRST STAGE, THIS HAS A 184 00:07:02,638 --> 00:07:05,441 LARGE NOZZLE WHICH ALLOWS IT 185 00:07:05,441 --> 00:07:06,242 TO PERFORM MORE EFFICIENTLY IN 186 00:07:06,242 --> 00:07:07,610 THE VACUUM OF SPACE. 187 00:07:07,610 --> 00:07:10,980 FIRST STAGE GETS US OUT OF THE 188 00:07:10,980 --> 00:07:11,781 EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE INTO SPACE 189 00:07:11,781 --> 00:07:13,483 AND THE SECOND STAGE TAKES THE 190 00:07:13,483 --> 00:07:16,953 PAY LED TO TARGETED DROP-OFF 191 00:07:16,953 --> 00:07:17,320 LOCATION. 192 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:18,721 THE LARGE BARREL STRUCTURE 193 00:07:18,721 --> 00:07:20,456 WITH THE POINTED NOSE AT THE 194 00:07:20,456 --> 00:07:23,126 TOP OF THE VEHICLE IS THE 195 00:07:23,126 --> 00:07:24,694 PAYLOAD FERRING AND COMPOSED 196 00:07:24,694 --> 00:07:27,130 OF TWO HALVES MADE OF 197 00:07:27,130 --> 00:07:28,231 COMPOSITE MATERIAL THAT COME 198 00:07:28,231 --> 00:07:29,232 TOGETHER TO PROTECT THE 199 00:07:29,232 --> 00:07:32,034 PAYLOAD UNTIL WE'RE IN THE 200 00:07:32,034 --> 00:07:33,736 VACUUM OF SPACE. 201 00:07:33,736 --> 00:07:35,371 >> NOW THE INTUITIVE MACHINES 202 00:07:35,371 --> 00:07:36,973 LANDERS NEED TO BE FIELDED ON 203 00:07:36,973 --> 00:07:41,110 THE PAD WITH CRYOGENIC METHANE 204 00:07:41,110 --> 00:07:43,112 AND OXYGEN STARTING 2 1/2 205 00:07:43,112 --> 00:07:44,981 HOURS BEFORE LAUNCH. 206 00:07:44,981 --> 00:07:46,816 AHEAD OF THE IM-1 LAUNCH LAST 207 00:07:46,816 --> 00:07:51,521 YEAR, SpaceX TEAMS HAD TO 208 00:07:51,521 --> 00:07:54,157 MODIFY 39A, WE INSTALLED 209 00:07:54,157 --> 00:07:56,893 LIQUID OXYGEN AND METHANE 210 00:07:56,893 --> 00:07:58,628 TANKS, PUT PROPELLANT LINES IN 211 00:07:58,628 --> 00:08:00,596 AND PUT MORE OF THIS TO 212 00:08:00,596 --> 00:08:02,365 SUPPORT THE INTUITIVE MACHINES 213 00:08:02,365 --> 00:08:02,832 MISSIONS. 214 00:08:02,832 --> 00:08:05,835 ATHENA, TODAY'S LANDER, WENT 215 00:08:05,835 --> 00:08:08,771 THROUGH THE SAME LATE LOAD OF 216 00:08:08,771 --> 00:08:10,439 PROPELLANT, WE HAVE FINISHED 217 00:08:10,439 --> 00:08:13,209 UP PROPELLANT LOADING. 218 00:08:13,209 --> 00:08:14,610 METHANE ISN'T TYPICALLY USED 219 00:08:14,610 --> 00:08:17,013 IN THE FALCON PROGRAM SO THEY 220 00:08:17,013 --> 00:08:19,849 HAD TO LEAN ON THE EXPERTISE 221 00:08:19,849 --> 00:08:21,651 OF STARSHIP TEAMS TO VERIFY 222 00:08:21,651 --> 00:08:27,423 THE HEALTH AND STATUS OF THE 223 00:08:27,423 --> 00:08:28,090 LANDER AND FUELING SYSTEM. 224 00:08:28,090 --> 00:08:28,858 >> AND SPEAKING OF ATHENA, THE 225 00:08:28,858 --> 00:08:29,692 LANDER ARRIVED IN FLORIDA IN 226 00:08:29,692 --> 00:08:30,793 JANUARY, AND SINCE THEN TEAMS 227 00:08:30,793 --> 00:08:34,730 HAVE BEEN INTEGRATING THE 228 00:08:34,730 --> 00:08:36,232 SPACECRAFT TO FALCON 9 IN 229 00:08:36,232 --> 00:08:37,366 SECOND STAGE IN PREPARATION 230 00:08:37,366 --> 00:08:39,435 FOR A LAUNCH. 231 00:08:39,435 --> 00:08:40,102 CONTINUES TO A SMOOTH 232 00:08:40,102 --> 00:08:41,370 COUNTDOWN TODAY AND THE SpaceX 233 00:08:41,370 --> 00:08:43,706 TEAM WILL BEGIN PROPELLANT 234 00:08:43,706 --> 00:08:45,775 LOADING AT T-MINUS 35 MINUTES. 235 00:08:45,775 --> 00:08:49,212 WE'RE LOOKING GOOD FOR ON-TIME 236 00:08:49,212 --> 00:08:53,716 LIFTOFF AND CHECK IN WITH 237 00:08:53,716 --> 00:08:54,951 TAHIRA AND JOSH AT KENNEDY. 238 00:08:54,951 --> 00:08:56,852 >> AS WE MENTIONED, THERE ARE 239 00:08:56,852 --> 00:08:58,154 MORE THAN A DOZEN INSTRUMENTS 240 00:08:58,154 --> 00:08:59,488 ON BOARD ATHENA. 241 00:08:59,488 --> 00:09:00,690 >> WE'RE GOING TO WALK YOU 242 00:09:00,690 --> 00:09:02,124 THROUGH THEM TO SHOW HOW THEY 243 00:09:02,124 --> 00:09:04,427 INFORM HOW ASTRONAUTS LIVE AND 244 00:09:04,427 --> 00:09:06,162 WORK ON THE LUNAR SURFACE IN 245 00:09:06,162 --> 00:09:06,696 THE FUTURE. 246 00:09:06,696 --> 00:09:08,297 >> LET'S JUMP INTO THE NASA 247 00:09:08,297 --> 00:09:10,933 TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS. 248 00:09:10,933 --> 00:09:13,736 WE HAVE THE PRIME-1 SUITE, 249 00:09:13,736 --> 00:09:16,639 POLAR RESOURCES ICE MINING 250 00:09:16,639 --> 00:09:19,175 EXPERIMENTS, IT CONSISTS OF 251 00:09:19,175 --> 00:09:24,814 THE TRIDENT DRILL HERE AND THE 252 00:09:24,814 --> 00:09:31,254 MASS SPECTROMETER, AND JOINING 253 00:09:31,254 --> 00:09:32,922 US IS JACKIE QUINN, THANK YOU 254 00:09:32,922 --> 00:09:33,422 FOR JOINING US. 255 00:09:33,422 --> 00:09:34,390 >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. 256 00:09:34,390 --> 00:09:36,192 >> LET'S START WITH THE 257 00:09:36,192 --> 00:09:38,361 INSTRUMENT HERE, THE TRIDENT 258 00:09:38,361 --> 00:09:38,794 DRILL. 259 00:09:38,794 --> 00:09:41,264 CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH HOW 260 00:09:41,264 --> 00:09:41,731 THIS WORKS? 261 00:09:41,731 --> 00:09:43,799 >> THIS IS A LIFE-SIZED 262 00:09:43,799 --> 00:09:45,134 RENDITION OF THE TRIDENT 263 00:09:45,134 --> 00:09:46,902 DRILL, THE EXACT SIZE WE'RE 264 00:09:46,902 --> 00:09:51,073 GOING TO SEND TO THE LUNAR 265 00:09:51,073 --> 00:09:51,440 SURFACE. 266 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:52,775 >> IT'S BIG. 267 00:09:52,775 --> 00:09:54,377 >> DESIGNED AND BUILT BY HONEY 268 00:09:54,377 --> 00:09:56,812 BEE ROBOTICS AND HAS THE 269 00:09:56,812 --> 00:09:57,780 ABILITY TO SAMPLE DOWN TO A 270 00:09:57,780 --> 00:10:03,719 METER DEPTH, THREE FEET, AND 271 00:10:03,719 --> 00:10:04,353 GOES DOWN IN FOUR INCH 272 00:10:04,353 --> 00:10:05,021 SECTIONS AND GO DOWN FOUR 273 00:10:05,021 --> 00:10:06,789 INCHES, COLLECT THE LUNAR 274 00:10:06,789 --> 00:10:08,391 REGULITH, THE FLUTES OF THE 275 00:10:08,391 --> 00:10:10,926 DRILL, DEPOSIT ON THE SURFACE 276 00:10:10,926 --> 00:10:13,596 AND GOES DOWN ANOTHER 4" AND 277 00:10:13,596 --> 00:10:14,830 DEPOSITS SEQUENTIALLY UNTIL IT 278 00:10:14,830 --> 00:10:16,232 REACHES TERMINAL DEPTH. 279 00:10:16,232 --> 00:10:17,633 ONE OF THE COOL THINGS ABOUT 280 00:10:17,633 --> 00:10:19,602 THE TRIDENT DRILL IT HAS A 281 00:10:19,602 --> 00:10:21,270 TEMPERATURE SENSOR IN THE TIP 282 00:10:21,270 --> 00:10:22,138 OF THE DRILL. 283 00:10:22,138 --> 00:10:23,839 AS WE'RE GOING DOWN, WE'LL 284 00:10:23,839 --> 00:10:25,274 TAKE TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS 285 00:10:25,274 --> 00:10:27,910 AT DIFFERENT DEPTHS ALONG THE 286 00:10:27,910 --> 00:10:31,047 WAY, SO WE'LL GET THE FIRST 287 00:10:31,047 --> 00:10:36,852 THERMAL IN-SITU READINGS, IT'S 288 00:10:36,852 --> 00:10:39,388 FIRST ROBOTIC DRILL IN THE 289 00:10:39,388 --> 00:10:44,560 LUNAR SOUTH POLE. 290 00:10:44,560 --> 00:10:46,262 VERY COOL. 291 00:10:46,262 --> 00:10:49,265 >> T-MINUS 10 SECONDS, 292 00:10:49,265 --> 00:10:50,800 AUTOMATED FOR THE REMAINDER OF 293 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:51,200 THE COUNT. 294 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:54,837 >> JACKIE, PAIRED WITH TRIDENT 295 00:10:54,837 --> 00:10:56,772 IS THE MASS SPECTROMETER, THE 296 00:10:56,772 --> 00:10:57,807 SECOND PART OF PRIME-1. 297 00:10:57,807 --> 00:11:01,277 HOW ARE WE ABLE TO USE THE 298 00:11:01,277 --> 00:11:05,181 DRILL IN CONCERT WITH THE MASS 299 00:11:05,181 --> 00:11:05,648 SPECTROMETER. 300 00:11:05,648 --> 00:11:08,250 >> THIS IS M-SOLO. 301 00:11:08,250 --> 00:11:11,053 M-SOLO IS COMMERCIALLY 302 00:11:11,053 --> 00:11:13,622 AVAILABLE MASS SPECTROMETER 303 00:11:13,622 --> 00:11:16,292 BUILT BY INFO CON, WHICH THEY 304 00:11:16,292 --> 00:11:18,227 USE FOR THE HARSH ENVIRONMENT 305 00:11:18,227 --> 00:11:18,761 OF SPACE. 306 00:11:18,761 --> 00:11:20,963 THE M-SOLO WORKS IN TANDEM 307 00:11:20,963 --> 00:11:22,098 WITH TRIDENT. 308 00:11:22,098 --> 00:11:23,666 WHEN TRIDENT BRINGS UP THE 309 00:11:23,666 --> 00:11:26,669 SOIL AND DEPOSITS IT ON THE 310 00:11:26,669 --> 00:11:28,838 SURFACE, IT GIVES ENOUGH 311 00:11:28,838 --> 00:11:30,339 ENERGY THAT THE FROZEN GAS 312 00:11:30,339 --> 00:11:32,942 MOLECULES ARE SITTING, 313 00:11:32,942 --> 00:11:34,643 RESIDING ON THE GRAINS OF THE 314 00:11:34,643 --> 00:11:36,479 SOIL, ACTUALLY SUBLIMATE INTO 315 00:11:36,479 --> 00:11:38,547 THE VACUUM OF SPACE. 316 00:11:38,547 --> 00:11:41,050 WHEN THAT HAPPENS THE MASS 317 00:11:41,050 --> 00:11:42,218 SPECTROMETER IS ABLE TO TELL 318 00:11:42,218 --> 00:11:44,320 US WHICH SPECIFIC GASES WE'RE 319 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:46,722 SEEING AND WHAT QUANTITY IS 320 00:11:46,722 --> 00:11:47,089 THERE? 321 00:11:47,089 --> 00:11:48,357 >> AND SO JACKIE, REAL QUICK, 322 00:11:48,357 --> 00:11:51,894 CAN YOU GIVE US THE BIG 323 00:11:51,894 --> 00:11:52,828 PICTURE? 324 00:11:52,828 --> 00:11:54,563 WHAT DOES PRIME-1 SUITE 325 00:11:54,563 --> 00:11:56,132 CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL GOAL 326 00:11:56,132 --> 00:11:57,266 OF LONG-TERM HUMAN PRESENCE OF 327 00:11:57,266 --> 00:11:58,200 THE MOON? 328 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:00,436 >> SO RIGHT NOW, I WOULD SAY 329 00:12:00,436 --> 00:12:02,772 WE'RE FAIRLY TETHERED TO EARTH 330 00:12:02,772 --> 00:12:04,540 AS HUMAN EXPLORERS, AND WE 331 00:12:04,540 --> 00:12:08,110 WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A 332 00:12:08,110 --> 00:12:09,478 SUSTAINED PRESENCE ON THE 333 00:12:09,478 --> 00:12:12,915 MOON, ON MARS, ON ANY 334 00:12:12,915 --> 00:12:13,649 CELESTIAL BODY. 335 00:12:13,649 --> 00:12:15,518 WE NEED TO LIVE OFF THE LAND, 336 00:12:15,518 --> 00:12:17,853 IF WE LOOK AT EXPLORERS, LEWIS 337 00:12:17,853 --> 00:12:19,422 AND CLARK THAT WENT FROM 338 00:12:19,422 --> 00:12:21,323 MISSOURI TO THE PACIFIC, THEY 339 00:12:21,323 --> 00:12:22,258 WERE ABLE TO DO IT BECAUSE 340 00:12:22,258 --> 00:12:24,627 THEY LIVED OFF THE LAND, THEY 341 00:12:24,627 --> 00:12:27,363 GATHERED THE FOOD AND 342 00:12:27,363 --> 00:12:29,532 VEGETABLES, HUNTED, DRANK 343 00:12:29,532 --> 00:12:29,865 WATER. 344 00:12:29,865 --> 00:12:32,902 WE AS EXPLORERS OF SPACE, NEED 345 00:12:32,902 --> 00:12:33,702 TO LIVE OFF THE LAND AS WELL. 346 00:12:33,702 --> 00:12:35,504 WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET THE 347 00:12:35,504 --> 00:12:36,939 WATER IF IT'S THERE AND 348 00:12:36,939 --> 00:12:38,441 HARNESS IT FOR CREATING FUEL 349 00:12:38,441 --> 00:12:39,742 AND OXYGEN. 350 00:12:39,742 --> 00:12:42,445 THAT'S WHAT PRIME-1 WILL DO, 351 00:12:42,445 --> 00:12:43,779 GIVE US THE FIRST KEY 352 00:12:43,779 --> 00:12:46,015 ENGINEERING COMPONENTS AND 353 00:12:46,015 --> 00:12:47,283 ALLOW US TO DESIGN FUTURE 354 00:12:47,283 --> 00:12:47,650 SYSTEMS. 355 00:12:47,650 --> 00:12:49,351 >> THAT IS SO EXCITING, 356 00:12:49,351 --> 00:12:50,519 JACKIE. 357 00:12:50,519 --> 00:12:51,187 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 358 00:12:51,187 --> 00:12:52,321 >> APPRECIATE BEING HERE. 359 00:12:52,321 --> 00:12:53,322 GO PRIME-1. 360 00:12:53,322 --> 00:12:57,827 >> SOUNDS LIKE WE GOT A CALL 361 00:12:57,827 --> 00:13:00,696 OUT THAT PROPELLANT LOADING IS 362 00:13:00,696 --> 00:13:01,096 UNDERWAY. 363 00:13:01,096 --> 00:13:02,131 THAT IS GREAT TO HEAR. 364 00:13:02,131 --> 00:13:06,869 ALSO ABOARD ATHENA IS THE 365 00:13:06,869 --> 00:13:09,004 LASER REFLECTOR, YOU CAN THINK 366 00:13:09,004 --> 00:13:10,606 OF THEM AS MIRRORS DESIGNED TO 367 00:13:10,606 --> 00:13:14,109 USE REFLECTIVE LIGHT FROM 368 00:13:14,109 --> 00:13:18,380 ORBITING SPACECRAFT LASER TO 369 00:13:18,380 --> 00:13:19,348 LANDERS BETTER ON THE SURFACE. 370 00:13:19,348 --> 00:13:21,684 >> IT HAS BEEN USED SINCE THE 371 00:13:21,684 --> 00:13:22,218 APOLLO ERA. 372 00:13:22,218 --> 00:13:24,019 >> AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING 373 00:13:24,019 --> 00:13:26,922 FORWARD TO A NEW ERA OF LUNAR 374 00:13:26,922 --> 00:13:30,025 EXPLORATION WITH NASA'S 375 00:13:30,025 --> 00:13:33,028 COMMERCIAL PAYLOAD SERVICES 376 00:13:33,028 --> 00:13:33,462 INITIATIVE. 377 00:13:33,462 --> 00:13:36,599 HERE'S WHY WE'RE TEAMING UP 378 00:13:36,599 --> 00:13:37,800 WITH AMERICAN COMPANIES TO 379 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,101 DEVELOP THE LUNAR SURFACE. 380 00:13:39,101 --> 00:13:41,570 >> OUR MOON, IT SEEMS SO CLOSE 381 00:13:41,570 --> 00:13:45,074 IN THE NIGHT SKY, BUT GETTING 382 00:13:45,074 --> 00:13:47,743 THERE IS REALLY HARD, BUT WHAT 383 00:13:47,743 --> 00:13:49,478 IF THERE WAS A WAY TO CHANGE 384 00:13:49,478 --> 00:13:49,778 THAT? 385 00:13:49,778 --> 00:13:51,680 ONLY A FEW NATIONS HAVE 386 00:13:51,680 --> 00:13:55,417 SUCCESSFULLY LANDED ON THE 387 00:13:55,417 --> 00:13:55,718 MOON. 388 00:13:55,718 --> 00:13:57,319 AS NASA ASTRONAUTS HEAD BACK 389 00:13:57,319 --> 00:13:59,121 TO THE LUNAR SURFACE TO STAY, 390 00:13:59,121 --> 00:14:00,756 WE WILL NEED TO SEND SCIENCE 391 00:14:00,756 --> 00:14:02,658 AND TECHNOLOGY INSTRUMENTS 392 00:14:02,658 --> 00:14:05,261 AHEAD OF TIME TO LATE 393 00:14:05,261 --> 00:14:06,495 FOUNDATION FOR HUMAN 394 00:14:06,495 --> 00:14:06,929 EXPLORATION. 395 00:14:06,929 --> 00:14:09,498 TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, NASA IS 396 00:14:09,498 --> 00:14:11,901 HELPING ESTABLISH A COMMERCIAL 397 00:14:11,901 --> 00:14:12,735 LUNAR ECONOMY FOR THE FIRST 398 00:14:12,735 --> 00:14:14,537 TIME EVER, THERE WILL BE 399 00:14:14,537 --> 00:14:16,605 COMMERCIAL DELIVERY SERVICES 400 00:14:16,605 --> 00:14:17,640 TO THE MOON. 401 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:19,475 WE ARE ENABLING AMERICAN 402 00:14:19,475 --> 00:14:21,710 COMPANIES TO SEND OUR PAYLOADS 403 00:14:21,710 --> 00:14:22,678 TO THE LUNAR SURFACE FOR US. 404 00:14:22,678 --> 00:14:24,346 THESE DELIVERY SERVICES WILL 405 00:14:24,346 --> 00:14:28,417 EXPAND OUR CAPABILITIES FOR 406 00:14:28,417 --> 00:14:29,785 EXPLORATION, RADICALLY 407 00:14:29,785 --> 00:14:31,987 INCREASING THE AMOUNT SCIENCE 408 00:14:31,987 --> 00:14:33,322 WE ACHIEVE. 409 00:14:33,322 --> 00:14:38,394 THIS HIGH-RISK, HIGH-REWARD 410 00:14:38,394 --> 00:14:39,695 INNOVATION WILL LAUNCH A 411 00:14:39,695 --> 00:14:42,031 COMMERCIAL LUNAR MARKETPLACE, 412 00:14:42,031 --> 00:14:43,933 ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY AND 413 00:14:43,933 --> 00:14:46,068 EXPLORATION FOR ALL OF US. 414 00:14:46,068 --> 00:14:48,170 WITH THIS NEVER BEFORE SEEN 415 00:14:48,170 --> 00:14:49,638 STREAMLINED ACCESS TO THE 416 00:14:49,638 --> 00:14:51,907 MOON, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE 417 00:14:51,907 --> 00:14:53,909 NOVEL MEASUREMENTS AND DEVELOP 418 00:14:53,909 --> 00:14:54,843 TECHNOLOGIES THAT SCIENTISTS 419 00:14:54,843 --> 00:14:57,846 HAVE LONG WANTED TO DO ON THE 420 00:14:57,846 --> 00:14:59,515 LUNAR SURFACE, AND AS THIS NEW 421 00:14:59,515 --> 00:15:02,251 INDUSTRY MATURES, THIS 422 00:15:02,251 --> 00:15:02,985 COMMERCIAL DELIVERY SERVICE 423 00:15:02,985 --> 00:15:04,787 FOR NASA AND OTHER CUSTOMERS 424 00:15:04,787 --> 00:15:06,589 COULD EXPAND BEYOND THE MOON 425 00:15:06,589 --> 00:15:08,657 TO OTHER DESTINATIONS IN OUR 426 00:15:08,657 --> 00:15:11,527 SOLAR SYSTEM, AND WE CAN LEARN 427 00:15:11,527 --> 00:15:13,095 TO LIVE ON ANOTHER WORLD 428 00:15:13,095 --> 00:15:19,401 BECAUSE WE ARE EXPLORERS. 429 00:15:19,401 --> 00:15:21,337 >> JOSH, ONE THING I THINK IS 430 00:15:21,337 --> 00:15:23,372 SUPER COOL ABOUT TONIGHT'S 431 00:15:23,372 --> 00:15:25,207 DELIVERY LED BY INTUITIVE 432 00:15:25,207 --> 00:15:27,943 MACHINES IS THAT IT'S 433 00:15:27,943 --> 00:15:28,711 CONTROLLED FROM YOUR MISSION 434 00:15:28,711 --> 00:15:29,078 CONTROL. 435 00:15:29,078 --> 00:15:31,313 IT IS A SUPER UNIQUE SETUP. 436 00:15:31,313 --> 00:15:31,814 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 437 00:15:31,814 --> 00:15:34,850 LET'S TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT NOVA 438 00:15:34,850 --> 00:15:35,784 CONTROL, THE NERVE CENTER OF 439 00:15:35,784 --> 00:15:37,052 OUR ENTIRE PROGRAM AT 440 00:15:37,052 --> 00:15:38,187 INTUITIVE MACHINES. 441 00:15:38,187 --> 00:15:39,388 STARTING NOW, WE HAVE THREE 442 00:15:39,388 --> 00:15:40,623 PRIMARY FLIGHT CONTROLLER 443 00:15:40,623 --> 00:15:43,525 TEAMS WORKING 24/7 TO MONITOR, 444 00:15:43,525 --> 00:15:45,427 COMMAND AND CONTROL OUR LUNAR 445 00:15:45,427 --> 00:15:47,129 LANDER DURING JOURNEY TO THE 446 00:15:47,129 --> 00:15:48,731 MOON AND ATHENA'S MISSION TO 447 00:15:48,731 --> 00:15:50,065 THE LUNAR SURFACE. 448 00:15:50,065 --> 00:15:53,268 HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK HOW 449 00:15:53,268 --> 00:15:54,937 ATHENA MAY ACCOMPLISH HER 450 00:15:54,937 --> 00:15:55,337 MISSION? 451 00:15:55,337 --> 00:15:57,206 >> ATHENA'S MISSION MAY 452 00:15:57,206 --> 00:15:59,642 PROVIDE THE WISDOM REQUIRED TO 453 00:15:59,642 --> 00:16:00,843 DEFINE HOW WILL HUMANITY LIVE 454 00:16:00,843 --> 00:16:03,012 AND WORK ON THE MOON? 455 00:16:03,012 --> 00:16:04,279 >> THESE KIND OF QUESTIONS 456 00:16:04,279 --> 00:16:05,514 WHERE WE GO FROM BEING 457 00:16:05,514 --> 00:16:07,216 OBSERVERS OF THE MOON TO 458 00:16:07,216 --> 00:16:08,751 BUILDERS ON THE MOON, THIS IS 459 00:16:08,751 --> 00:16:11,286 A FIRST STEP TO ANSWER THOSE 460 00:16:11,286 --> 00:16:12,621 KINDS OF QUESTIONS. 461 00:16:12,621 --> 00:16:15,457 >> HER ROUTE TO UNLOCKING THE 462 00:16:15,457 --> 00:16:17,893 MOON'S SECRETS FOLLOWS THE 463 00:16:17,893 --> 00:16:20,029 SAME PATH AS AN OLD FRIEND. 464 00:16:20,029 --> 00:16:21,397 >> SEPARATION CONFIRMED. 465 00:16:21,397 --> 00:16:22,464 >> Reporter: SMALL ENGINE 466 00:16:22,464 --> 00:16:26,735 FIRINGS REFINE ATHENA'S 467 00:16:26,735 --> 00:16:28,570 TRAJECTORY BEFORE APPROACHING 468 00:16:28,570 --> 00:16:28,904 ORBIT. 469 00:16:28,904 --> 00:16:32,908 >> IT'S ABOUT A 900-METER PER 470 00:16:32,908 --> 00:16:33,976 SECOND MANEUVER, IT'S A BIG 471 00:16:33,976 --> 00:16:34,309 BURN. 472 00:16:34,309 --> 00:16:36,178 >> Reporter: IN ORBIT, ATHENA 473 00:16:36,178 --> 00:16:41,917 CHECKS ON PAYLOADS INCLUDING 474 00:16:41,917 --> 00:16:43,452 LONE STAR'S DATA CENTER. 475 00:16:43,452 --> 00:16:45,320 >> WE'RE GOING IN ORBIT, DOING 476 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:46,989 THE THINGS DO YOU WITH 477 00:16:46,989 --> 00:16:48,157 SATELLITES, THIS IS SIMILAR TO 478 00:16:48,157 --> 00:16:52,795 WHAT WE DO WITH ORBIT AND COM 479 00:16:52,795 --> 00:16:53,495 SATELLITES STARTING WITH 480 00:16:53,495 --> 00:16:54,697 ENGINE 3. 481 00:16:54,697 --> 00:16:56,298 >> IT SENDS ATHENA INTO LOWER 482 00:16:56,298 --> 00:16:59,468 ORBIT TO PREPARE FOR A FINAL 483 00:16:59,468 --> 00:17:00,402 600-SECOND BURN MANEUVER TO 484 00:17:00,402 --> 00:17:01,870 THE SURFACE. 485 00:17:01,870 --> 00:17:03,372 >> IT'S A NICE RIDE. 486 00:17:03,372 --> 00:17:06,141 THE ENGINE PROVIDE ACE STEADY 487 00:17:06,141 --> 00:17:09,178 LEVEL OF THRUST, IT DOES PICK 488 00:17:09,178 --> 00:17:10,512 UP AS WE DEPLETE FUEL, BUT WE 489 00:17:10,512 --> 00:17:10,946 CONTROL IT. 490 00:17:10,946 --> 00:17:14,550 >> FINALLY ATHENA'S MISSION 491 00:17:14,550 --> 00:17:15,784 DELIVERING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY 492 00:17:15,784 --> 00:17:17,052 AND SERVICES THAT MAY ENABLE 493 00:17:17,052 --> 00:17:18,754 HUMANITY TO LIVE, WORK AND 494 00:17:18,754 --> 00:17:26,128 EXPLORE DEEPER INTO THE SOLAR 495 00:17:26,128 --> 00:17:26,462 SYSTEM. 496 00:17:26,462 --> 00:17:27,196 >> IT'S DEFINITELY A GREAT 497 00:17:27,196 --> 00:17:27,496 FEAT. 498 00:17:27,496 --> 00:17:27,863 [ CHEERS ] 499 00:17:27,863 --> 00:17:28,530 >> ONCE YOU ARE THERE, YOU 500 00:17:28,530 --> 00:17:29,198 WANT TO EXPAND FROM THE 501 00:17:29,198 --> 00:17:30,165 LANDING SPOT AND LOOK AT 502 00:17:30,165 --> 00:17:31,200 DIFFERENT THINGS. 503 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:35,204 >> FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN DAYS 504 00:17:35,204 --> 00:17:37,906 ATHENA IS DEPLOYING A ROVER, 505 00:17:37,906 --> 00:17:40,109 SEND A ROCKET-FUELED DRONE 506 00:17:40,109 --> 00:17:43,078 INTO A CRATER AND CONNECT THE 507 00:17:43,078 --> 00:17:46,648 SPACECRAFT USING NOKIA'S 508 00:17:46,648 --> 00:17:48,584 4G/LTE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. 509 00:17:48,584 --> 00:17:52,221 >> WE HAVE PEOPLE TO BUILD, 510 00:17:52,221 --> 00:17:53,555 OPERATE AND FLY SPACE 511 00:17:53,555 --> 00:17:54,056 EQUIPMENT. 512 00:17:54,056 --> 00:17:56,959 IT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE HEAR. 513 00:17:56,959 --> 00:17:57,459 IT'S WHO WE ARE. 514 00:17:57,459 --> 00:17:58,927 >> IN ADDITION TO ATHENA, 515 00:17:58,927 --> 00:18:00,262 INTUITIVE MACHINES AND NASA 516 00:18:00,262 --> 00:18:03,599 DEVELOPED A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND 517 00:18:03,599 --> 00:18:04,366 TECHNOLOGY CALLED THE MICRO 518 00:18:04,366 --> 00:18:05,968 NOVA HOPPER FOR IM-2. 519 00:18:05,968 --> 00:18:09,404 WE'RE JOINED BY TRENT MARTIN, 520 00:18:09,404 --> 00:18:10,539 SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF SPACE 521 00:18:10,539 --> 00:18:12,107 SYSTEMS AT INTUITIVE MACHINES 522 00:18:12,107 --> 00:18:13,876 TO TALK ABOUT THE HOPPER. 523 00:18:13,876 --> 00:18:14,409 TRENT, WELCOME. 524 00:18:14,409 --> 00:18:16,845 I HEAR OVER AT INTUITIVE 525 00:18:16,845 --> 00:18:19,848 MACHINES, YOU ALL CALL THE 526 00:18:19,848 --> 00:18:22,217 MICRO NOVA THE GRACE HOPPER. 527 00:18:22,217 --> 00:18:24,620 >> OUR PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE 528 00:18:24,620 --> 00:18:26,822 HOPPER NAMED IT AFTER GRACE 529 00:18:26,822 --> 00:18:29,992 HOPPER, A PIONEER IN SOFTWARE 530 00:18:29,992 --> 00:18:30,459 PROGRAMMING. 531 00:18:30,459 --> 00:18:31,794 >> WHAT SUCH A FITTING NAME 532 00:18:31,794 --> 00:18:33,228 FOR ANOTHER PIONEERING 533 00:18:33,228 --> 00:18:33,695 TECHNOLOGY. 534 00:18:33,695 --> 00:18:36,031 HOPPER HAD BIG SUPPORT FROM 535 00:18:36,031 --> 00:18:37,733 NASA'S SPACE TECHNOLOGY 536 00:18:37,733 --> 00:18:39,434 MISSION DIRECTORATE THROUGH A 537 00:18:39,434 --> 00:18:41,069 TIPPING POINT AWARD. 538 00:18:41,069 --> 00:18:42,571 YOU CAN EXPLAIN WHY THAT IS? 539 00:18:42,571 --> 00:18:44,173 WHAT IS IT ABOUT GRACE THAT 540 00:18:44,173 --> 00:18:45,808 HAS EVERYBODY SO EXCITED? 541 00:18:45,808 --> 00:18:47,509 >> WE HAVE DECIDED WE WERE 542 00:18:47,509 --> 00:18:48,210 LOOKING FOR TECHNOLOGY THAT 543 00:18:48,210 --> 00:18:50,045 COULD BE UTILIZED TO GO TO 544 00:18:50,045 --> 00:18:51,713 EXTREME LOCATIONS ON THE MOON. 545 00:18:51,713 --> 00:18:53,248 IN PARTICULAR, PLACES THAT 546 00:18:53,248 --> 00:18:54,149 ROVERS COULDN'T GO. 547 00:18:54,149 --> 00:18:56,819 WE SETTLED ON THE HOPPER AND 548 00:18:56,819 --> 00:18:57,553 STARTED WORKING THROUGH THE 549 00:18:57,553 --> 00:18:59,154 HOPPER THROUGH THE TIPPING 550 00:18:59,154 --> 00:19:00,355 POINT OPPORTUNITY, WE'RE ABLE 551 00:19:00,355 --> 00:19:02,758 TO FUND THAT, FLY IT TO THE 552 00:19:02,758 --> 00:19:05,060 MOON AND PROVE OUT THIS 553 00:19:05,060 --> 00:19:06,461 TECHNOLOGY, THAT WE CAN GO 554 00:19:06,461 --> 00:19:09,798 INTO PITS OR PERMANENTLY 555 00:19:09,798 --> 00:19:12,801 SHADOWED REGIONS OR LAVA TUBES 556 00:19:12,801 --> 00:19:13,402 ON THE MOON. 557 00:19:13,402 --> 00:19:15,337 >> WOW. 558 00:19:15,337 --> 00:19:17,973 >> ONCE SHE'S IN THE LAVA 559 00:19:17,973 --> 00:19:21,810 TUBES OR PITS, WHAT DO YOU 560 00:19:21,810 --> 00:19:25,948 HAVE ON BOARD TO CONDUCT THE 561 00:19:25,948 --> 00:19:27,082 SCIENCE ON THAT? 562 00:19:27,082 --> 00:19:27,916 >> WE HAVE THREE PAYLOADS, A 563 00:19:27,916 --> 00:19:29,418 CAMERA SYSTEM, THROUGH 564 00:19:29,418 --> 00:19:31,286 PARTNERSHIP WITH GERMAN SPACE 565 00:19:31,286 --> 00:19:33,388 AGENCY, WE ADDED A TEMPERATURE 566 00:19:33,388 --> 00:19:37,092 SENSOR, A PIROMETER TO SENSE 567 00:19:37,092 --> 00:19:38,927 THE TEMPERATURE IN A 568 00:19:38,927 --> 00:19:41,697 PERMANENTLY SHADOWED REGION 569 00:19:41,697 --> 00:19:44,499 AND WORKING WITH A HUNGARIAN 570 00:19:44,499 --> 00:19:46,435 COMPANY CALLED PULI SPACE, WE 571 00:19:46,435 --> 00:19:48,470 CAN TELL IF THERE IS WATER 572 00:19:48,470 --> 00:19:50,272 INSIDE THE PSR. 573 00:19:50,272 --> 00:19:52,241 >> YOU TALK ABOUT THE HOPPER 574 00:19:52,241 --> 00:19:54,877 GOING IN THE LAVA TUBES, DOES 575 00:19:54,877 --> 00:19:57,079 SHE HAVE TO HOP BACK OUT TO 576 00:19:57,079 --> 00:19:58,247 TRANSMIT THE DATA? 577 00:19:58,247 --> 00:19:59,848 >> WE BELIEVE SHE'S GOING TO 578 00:19:59,848 --> 00:20:01,083 POP BACK OUT. 579 00:20:01,083 --> 00:20:03,385 HOWEVER, PARTNERING WITH 580 00:20:03,385 --> 00:20:05,787 NOKIA, WE PUT A NOKIA ANTENNA 581 00:20:05,787 --> 00:20:07,089 ON TOP OF HOPPER, WE BELIEVE 582 00:20:07,089 --> 00:20:09,157 THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO 583 00:20:09,157 --> 00:20:11,426 COMMUNICATE OUTSIDE OF THAT 584 00:20:11,426 --> 00:20:13,829 PSR WE'RE FLYING INTO BY 585 00:20:13,829 --> 00:20:14,563 BOUNCING THE SIGNALS OFF OF 586 00:20:14,563 --> 00:20:17,199 THE WALLS OF THE CRATER. 587 00:20:17,199 --> 00:20:18,967 WE'LL FIND OUT. 588 00:20:18,967 --> 00:20:20,636 THAT'S PART OF THE EXPERIMENT. 589 00:20:20,636 --> 00:20:23,005 >> HOW FAR AWAY IS THE CRATER 590 00:20:23,005 --> 00:20:23,605 AND HOW MANY HOPS? 591 00:20:23,605 --> 00:20:25,274 >> FIVE HOPS. 592 00:20:25,274 --> 00:20:26,742 ONE TO GET US OFF OF THE 593 00:20:26,742 --> 00:20:29,011 LANDER AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT 594 00:20:29,011 --> 00:20:33,615 HOPS TO PROVE WE CAN FLY 595 00:20:33,615 --> 00:20:34,449 PARABOLICALLY, STEADY LEVEL 596 00:20:34,449 --> 00:20:36,885 FLIGHT INTO THE PSR AND WAIT A 597 00:20:36,885 --> 00:20:38,420 PERIOD OF TIME AND FLY BACK 598 00:20:38,420 --> 00:20:40,222 OUT OF PSR, WE'LL BE 700 599 00:20:40,222 --> 00:20:41,657 METERS AWAY FROM THE LANDER BY 600 00:20:41,657 --> 00:20:42,925 THE TIME WE'RE FINISHED. 601 00:20:42,925 --> 00:20:45,127 >> IT IS SO EXCITING HEARING 602 00:20:45,127 --> 00:20:46,862 ABOUT THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE 603 00:20:46,862 --> 00:20:48,530 LUNAR TECHNOLOGY GOING TO THE 604 00:20:48,530 --> 00:20:50,899 MOON, AND TRENT, WE WISH GRACE 605 00:20:50,899 --> 00:20:52,901 SAFE TRAVELS INTO THE HISTORY 606 00:20:52,901 --> 00:20:53,268 BOOKS. 607 00:20:53,268 --> 00:20:54,403 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 608 00:20:54,403 --> 00:20:54,836 >> THANK YOU. 609 00:20:54,836 --> 00:21:00,309 LET'S HEAD BACK TO SpaceX IN 610 00:21:00,309 --> 00:21:01,109 HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA WHERE 611 00:21:01,109 --> 00:21:04,146 THEY ARE STANDING BY LIVE 612 00:21:04,146 --> 00:21:05,113 RIGHT NOW. 613 00:21:05,113 --> 00:21:07,215 >> THANKS, TAHIRA, EVERYTHING 614 00:21:07,215 --> 00:21:10,352 IS GO FOR LAUNCH AS WE 615 00:21:10,352 --> 00:21:12,020 COUNTDOWN TO LIFTOFF IN 26 616 00:21:12,020 --> 00:21:13,689 MINUTES FROM NOW. 617 00:21:13,689 --> 00:21:14,690 NOW NOT ONLY IS THE FALCON 618 00:21:14,690 --> 00:21:16,658 FAMILY OF VEHICLES SUPPORTING 619 00:21:16,658 --> 00:21:18,627 NASA'S LUNAR EFFORTS THROUGH 620 00:21:18,627 --> 00:21:20,429 CLPS, BUT WE'RE WORKING 621 00:21:20,429 --> 00:21:22,097 DIRECTLY WITH COMPANIES TO 622 00:21:22,097 --> 00:21:23,332 SUPPORT A GROWING COMMERCIAL 623 00:21:23,332 --> 00:21:25,000 INDUSTRY, THAT'S UNLOCKING 624 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,769 SPACE FOR BOTH COMMERCIAL AND 625 00:21:27,769 --> 00:21:28,370 GOVERNMENT CUSTOMERS. 626 00:21:28,370 --> 00:21:29,171 >> YEP, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY 627 00:21:29,171 --> 00:21:29,538 RIGHT. 628 00:21:29,538 --> 00:21:31,673 AND FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, 629 00:21:31,673 --> 00:21:33,709 FALCON 9 SUPPORTED 45 MISSIONS 630 00:21:33,709 --> 00:21:35,277 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 631 00:21:35,277 --> 00:21:37,045 STATION WITH OUR DRAGON 632 00:21:37,045 --> 00:21:38,413 SPACECRAFT, STARTING WITH OUR 633 00:21:38,413 --> 00:21:40,148 FIRST CARGO RESUPPLY MISSION 634 00:21:40,148 --> 00:21:42,250 AND RETURNING HUMAN 635 00:21:42,250 --> 00:21:43,819 SPACEFLIGHT CAPABILITIES TO 636 00:21:43,819 --> 00:21:44,586 THE U.S., AND EVEN HELPING 637 00:21:44,586 --> 00:21:46,855 LAUNCH TWO ADDITIONAL CARGO 638 00:21:46,855 --> 00:21:48,557 MISSIONS WITH NORTHRUP GRUMMAN 639 00:21:48,557 --> 00:21:48,890 CIGNAS. 640 00:21:48,890 --> 00:21:50,592 ALL OF THE MISSIONS HAVE 641 00:21:50,592 --> 00:21:55,430 ENABLED SCIENCE AND RESEARCH 642 00:21:55,430 --> 00:21:56,365 TO BE CONDUCTED ON THE 643 00:21:56,365 --> 00:21:57,099 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 644 00:21:57,099 --> 00:21:59,368 >> YEP. 645 00:21:59,368 --> 00:22:02,270 LOT OF WORK FROM LOW-EARTH 646 00:22:02,270 --> 00:22:02,604 ORBIT. 647 00:22:02,604 --> 00:22:04,473 SINCE 2022, SpaceX SUPPORTED 648 00:22:04,473 --> 00:22:06,174 THE NEXT GENERATION OF 649 00:22:06,174 --> 00:22:07,843 COMMERCIAL SPACE EXPLORATION. 650 00:22:07,843 --> 00:22:10,178 WE'VE DONE THE LAUNCH OF THREE 651 00:22:10,178 --> 00:22:11,680 PRIVATE ASTRONAUT MISSIONS TO 652 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:12,280 THE SPACE STATION IN 653 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:13,482 PARTNERSHIP WITH AXIOM SPACE. 654 00:22:13,482 --> 00:22:15,517 IN THE NEAR FUTURE, AXIOM 655 00:22:15,517 --> 00:22:18,320 PLANS TO ATTACH A MODULE TO 656 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:19,588 THE ISS. 657 00:22:19,588 --> 00:22:22,090 THAT WILL EVENTUALLY DETACH 658 00:22:22,090 --> 00:22:23,625 AND FORM AN INDEPENDENT 659 00:22:23,625 --> 00:22:23,992 STATION. 660 00:22:23,992 --> 00:22:25,761 ONE OF MANY COMMERCIAL SPACE 661 00:22:25,761 --> 00:22:28,530 STATIONS THAT WILL COME ONLINE 662 00:22:28,530 --> 00:22:30,732 SOON AS WELL AS AFTER THE 663 00:22:30,732 --> 00:22:31,500 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 664 00:22:31,500 --> 00:22:33,335 EXITS SERVICE AT THE END OF 665 00:22:33,335 --> 00:22:36,238 ITS OPERATIONAL LIFE. 666 00:22:36,238 --> 00:22:38,540 >> THAT'S RIGHT, JOHN, WHEN 667 00:22:38,540 --> 00:22:39,875 READY, SpaceX WILL HELP 668 00:22:39,875 --> 00:22:41,243 DEORBIT THE SPACE STATION, 669 00:22:41,243 --> 00:22:43,812 NASA AWARDED SpaceX A CONTRACT 670 00:22:43,812 --> 00:22:47,449 FOR THE USDV, A MODIFIED 671 00:22:47,449 --> 00:22:49,985 DRAGON DESIGNED TO GUIDE THE 672 00:22:49,985 --> 00:22:52,087 ISS THROUGH CONTROLLED 673 00:22:52,087 --> 00:22:52,988 RE-ENTRY INTO EARTH'S 674 00:22:52,988 --> 00:22:53,422 ATMOSPHERE. 675 00:22:53,422 --> 00:22:55,657 THIS WILL BE A PIVOTAL MOMENT 676 00:22:55,657 --> 00:22:57,893 IN SPACEFLIGHT HISTORY AS THE 677 00:22:57,893 --> 00:22:59,227 SPACE STATION DEPARTS ORBIT 678 00:22:59,227 --> 00:23:01,296 AND HANDS OFF THE BATON FOR 679 00:23:01,296 --> 00:23:03,799 FUTURE PRIVATE MISSIONS LIKE 680 00:23:03,799 --> 00:23:06,435 THOSE FROM AXIOM OR VAST 681 00:23:06,435 --> 00:23:07,469 WORKING ON DEVELOPING SPACE 682 00:23:07,469 --> 00:23:08,970 STATIONS THAT LAUNCH DIRECTLY 683 00:23:08,970 --> 00:23:09,371 INTO ORBIT. 684 00:23:09,371 --> 00:23:12,307 YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE SCREEN 685 00:23:12,307 --> 00:23:12,908 RIGHT NOW. 686 00:23:12,908 --> 00:23:15,444 >> SpaceX'S DRIVE TO UNLOCK 687 00:23:15,444 --> 00:23:18,947 SPACE DOES NOT END THERE. 688 00:23:18,947 --> 00:23:21,883 IN 2021, SpaceX LAUNCHED 689 00:23:21,883 --> 00:23:23,952 INSPIRATION 4 ON A THREE-DAY 690 00:23:23,952 --> 00:23:25,520 JOURNEY AROUND THE EARTH. 691 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:27,956 IT WAS THE FIRST ALL-CIVILIAN 692 00:23:27,956 --> 00:23:29,991 MISSION TO SPACE, AND MISSIONS 693 00:23:29,991 --> 00:23:32,594 LIKE INSPIRATION 4 THAT YOU 694 00:23:32,594 --> 00:23:33,962 CAN SEE HERE. 695 00:23:33,962 --> 00:23:37,165 POLARIS DAWN AND THE UPCOMING 696 00:23:37,165 --> 00:23:38,400 MISSION ALLOW COMMERCIAL 697 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:39,134 ASTRONAUTS TO CONDUCT RESEARCH 698 00:23:39,134 --> 00:23:41,703 AND OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE 699 00:23:41,703 --> 00:23:43,572 MICROGRAVITY OF OUTER SPACE AS 700 00:23:43,572 --> 00:23:44,739 WELL AS DEMONSTRATE NEW 701 00:23:44,739 --> 00:23:47,476 TECHNOLOGIES WHILE ORBITING 702 00:23:47,476 --> 00:23:48,043 THE EARTH. 703 00:23:48,043 --> 00:23:50,579 NOW AS SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL, 704 00:23:50,579 --> 00:23:54,116 LAST YEAR THE POLARIS DAWN 705 00:23:54,116 --> 00:23:55,917 REACHED THE HIGHEST ALTITUDE 706 00:23:55,917 --> 00:23:57,886 EVER IN EARTH ORBIT SINCE THE 707 00:23:57,886 --> 00:23:58,653 APOLLO PROGRAM. 708 00:23:58,653 --> 00:24:01,056 THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST 709 00:24:01,056 --> 00:24:03,525 EVER EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY, 710 00:24:03,525 --> 00:24:06,695 AN EVA WHERE THEY STOOD UP IN 711 00:24:06,695 --> 00:24:07,929 DRAGON WEARING 712 00:24:07,929 --> 00:24:11,466 SpaceX-DEVELOPED EVA SUITS AND 713 00:24:11,466 --> 00:24:12,801 CONDUCTED 36 RESEARCH STUDIES 714 00:24:12,801 --> 00:24:14,736 AND EXPERIMENTS DESIGNED TO 715 00:24:14,736 --> 00:24:15,971 ADVANCE BOTH HUMAN HEALTH ON 716 00:24:15,971 --> 00:24:19,808 EARTH AND DURING LONG-DURATION 717 00:24:19,808 --> 00:24:20,308 SPACEFLIGHTS. 718 00:24:20,308 --> 00:24:21,943 THERE'S A NICE VIEW OF THE TOP 719 00:24:21,943 --> 00:24:26,615 OF DRAGON WHERE THEY CONDUCTED 720 00:24:26,615 --> 00:24:28,683 THE MISSION IN THE EVA SUITS. 721 00:24:28,683 --> 00:24:30,385 >> ALL OF THE MISSIONS 722 00:24:30,385 --> 00:24:32,787 INCLUDING THE IM-2 MISSION ARE 723 00:24:32,787 --> 00:24:33,955 SETTING THE STAGE FOR FUTURE 724 00:24:33,955 --> 00:24:35,524 MISSIONS TO THE MOON, MARS AND 725 00:24:35,524 --> 00:24:38,960 BEYOND AND, OF COURSE, SpaceX 726 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:43,999 CONTINUES TO LAUNCH NASA'S 727 00:24:43,999 --> 00:24:46,635 PROGRAM WITH SPHERE X AND 728 00:24:46,635 --> 00:24:48,403 LAUNCH SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH IN 729 00:24:48,403 --> 00:24:49,771 A FEW DAYS. 730 00:24:49,771 --> 00:24:51,940 BACK TO TODAY'S MISSION, LET'S 731 00:24:51,940 --> 00:24:55,043 CHECK BACK IN WITH TAHIRA AND 732 00:24:55,043 --> 00:24:56,077 JOSH. 733 00:24:56,077 --> 00:24:57,579 >> WE ARE AT ABOUT T-MINUS 22 734 00:24:57,579 --> 00:24:58,980 MINUTES FROM LIFTOFF TONIGHT. 735 00:24:58,980 --> 00:25:00,582 JOSH, IF ALL GOES AS PLANNED, 736 00:25:00,582 --> 00:25:03,218 THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND LUNAR 737 00:25:03,218 --> 00:25:04,719 LANDING FOR INTUITIVE 738 00:25:04,719 --> 00:25:05,086 MACHINES. 739 00:25:05,086 --> 00:25:06,221 THAT HAS TO FEEL GOOD. 740 00:25:06,221 --> 00:25:08,356 >> IT DOES, IT DOES. 741 00:25:08,356 --> 00:25:10,458 JUST LAST YEAR, WE BECAME THE 742 00:25:10,458 --> 00:25:11,927 FIRST COMMERCIAL COMPANY TO 743 00:25:11,927 --> 00:25:12,961 LAND AND OPERATE ON THE 744 00:25:12,961 --> 00:25:13,795 SURFACE OF THE MOON. 745 00:25:13,795 --> 00:25:15,931 DESPITE HARDER THAN EXPECTED 746 00:25:15,931 --> 00:25:19,701 LANDING CAUSED BY LASER 747 00:25:19,701 --> 00:25:20,468 ALTIMETER MISHAP. 748 00:25:20,468 --> 00:25:23,438 >> WHAT DID THE TEAM DO TO 749 00:25:23,438 --> 00:25:25,707 ASSESS IM-1 AND MAKE 750 00:25:25,707 --> 00:25:26,441 MODIFICATIONS FOR THE SECOND 751 00:25:26,441 --> 00:25:28,710 MISSION WITH ATHENA? 752 00:25:28,710 --> 00:25:30,979 >> AFTER IM-1 EVERY TEAM MET 753 00:25:30,979 --> 00:25:35,684 AND REVIEWED EVERY MINUTE OF 754 00:25:35,684 --> 00:25:36,585 THE MISSION. 755 00:25:36,585 --> 00:25:38,453 WE HAVE TAKEN EXTRA STEPS TO 756 00:25:38,453 --> 00:25:43,458 ENSURE ATHENA'S LASER 757 00:25:43,458 --> 00:25:44,492 ALTIMETER IS ROCK 'N' ROLL 758 00:25:44,492 --> 00:25:44,826 READY. 759 00:25:44,826 --> 00:25:45,594 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 760 00:25:45,594 --> 00:25:46,995 LANDING SITE. 761 00:25:46,995 --> 00:25:49,764 THE LANDING FOR IM-2 IS MONS 762 00:25:49,764 --> 00:25:52,234 MOUTON, NAMED AFTER THE 763 00:25:52,234 --> 00:25:54,236 AWARD-WINNING NASA 764 00:25:54,236 --> 00:25:58,206 MATHEMATICIAN MELBA MOUTON WHO 765 00:25:58,206 --> 00:25:58,974 CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESSFUL 766 00:25:58,974 --> 00:26:04,012 APOLLO 11 LANDING. 767 00:26:04,012 --> 00:26:04,813 MONS MOUTON IS ABOUT 100 MILES 768 00:26:04,813 --> 00:26:05,480 FROM THE LUNAR SOUTH POLE 769 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:06,648 CLIMBING NEARLY 20,000 FEET 770 00:26:06,648 --> 00:26:08,049 HIGH, ABOUT THE HEIGHT OF 771 00:26:08,049 --> 00:26:09,918 MOUNT McKINLEY IN NORTH 772 00:26:09,918 --> 00:26:10,318 AMERICA. 773 00:26:10,318 --> 00:26:12,587 THIS IS ALSO ABOUT THE SIZE OF 774 00:26:12,587 --> 00:26:13,722 DELAWARE STRETCHING 2700 775 00:26:13,722 --> 00:26:16,658 SQUARE MILES AND WILL BE THE 776 00:26:16,658 --> 00:26:17,892 SOUTHERN MOST LUNAR LANDING 777 00:26:17,892 --> 00:26:19,094 EVER ATTEMPTED. 778 00:26:19,094 --> 00:26:20,629 JOSH, CAN YOU BREAK DOWN WHAT 779 00:26:20,629 --> 00:26:22,097 ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 780 00:26:22,097 --> 00:26:24,199 THE IM-1 LANDING SITE FROM THE 781 00:26:24,199 --> 00:26:25,934 FIRST LUNAR LANDING AND THE 782 00:26:25,934 --> 00:26:27,869 IM-2 SITE FOR ATHENA TONIGHT? 783 00:26:27,869 --> 00:26:30,639 >> BOTH OF THE SITES ARE LUNAR 784 00:26:30,639 --> 00:26:31,940 HIGHLAND AREAS, SIMILAR WHEN 785 00:26:31,940 --> 00:26:33,642 IT COMES TO. 786 00:26:33,642 --> 00:26:35,310 THAT THE IM-2 SITE IS TWICE AS 787 00:26:35,310 --> 00:26:37,712 CLOSE TO THE SOUTH POLE THAN 788 00:26:37,712 --> 00:26:38,313 FIRST MISSION. 789 00:26:38,313 --> 00:26:41,216 >> WHY WAS MONS MOUTON CHOSEN? 790 00:26:41,216 --> 00:26:42,183 ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT YOU 791 00:26:42,183 --> 00:26:44,219 USED TO NARROW THIS DOWN FOR 792 00:26:44,219 --> 00:26:44,586 IM-2? 793 00:26:44,586 --> 00:26:45,553 >> A GREAT QUESTION. 794 00:26:45,553 --> 00:26:47,989 I ASKED OUR SCIENTISTS, AS WE 795 00:26:47,989 --> 00:26:50,392 MOVE CLOSER TO THE SOUTH POLE 796 00:26:50,392 --> 00:26:51,593 COMBINING EARTH AND SUN 797 00:26:51,593 --> 00:26:53,328 VISIBILITY BECOMES MORE 798 00:26:53,328 --> 00:26:53,762 CHALLENGING. 799 00:26:53,762 --> 00:26:56,665 WE CHOSE MONS MOUTON BECAUSE 800 00:26:56,665 --> 00:26:59,167 THE SUN AND EARTH VISIBILITY 801 00:26:59,167 --> 00:27:01,202 ENABLES A LONGER SURFACE 802 00:27:01,202 --> 00:27:01,803 MISSION TO COMPLETE 803 00:27:01,803 --> 00:27:03,705 OPERATIONAL GOALS, IT ALSO HAS 804 00:27:03,705 --> 00:27:06,808 A CRATER CLOSE BY WE'RE 805 00:27:06,808 --> 00:27:07,575 TARGETING FOR GRACE TO EXPLORE 806 00:27:07,575 --> 00:27:08,476 CALLED CRATER H. 807 00:27:08,476 --> 00:27:10,278 WE'LL HAVE TO THINK OF A 808 00:27:10,278 --> 00:27:12,280 BETTER NAME FOR THE NEXT ROUND 809 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:14,616 OF EXPLORERS THAT DROP BY. 810 00:27:14,616 --> 00:27:15,450 >> ABSOLUTELY, JOSH. 811 00:27:15,450 --> 00:27:17,419 SO FUNNY. 812 00:27:17,419 --> 00:27:19,020 AND THE EXPLORERS COULD BE 813 00:27:19,020 --> 00:27:20,055 ARTEMIS ASTRONAUTS. 814 00:27:20,055 --> 00:27:22,023 MONS MOUTON AREA IS ALSO ONE 815 00:27:22,023 --> 00:27:24,526 OF THE POTENTIAL LANDING 816 00:27:24,526 --> 00:27:26,061 LOCATIONS FOR THE ARTEMIS 3 817 00:27:26,061 --> 00:27:27,329 MISSION, A REGION NO OTHER 818 00:27:27,329 --> 00:27:28,663 CREWED MISSION HAS EVER LANDED 819 00:27:28,663 --> 00:27:29,731 OR EXPLORED BEFORE. 820 00:27:29,731 --> 00:27:31,833 HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT TYPE 821 00:27:31,833 --> 00:27:33,635 OF PREPARATION THAT GOES INTO 822 00:27:33,635 --> 00:27:35,103 RETURNING FROM THE LUNAR 823 00:27:35,103 --> 00:27:37,806 SURFACE IN OUR ARTEMIS MOON 824 00:27:37,806 --> 00:27:42,811 MINUTE. 825 00:27:42,811 --> 00:27:44,913 >> HEY EVERYONE, I'M NASA 826 00:27:44,913 --> 00:27:49,484 ASTRONAUT CHRISTINA COOK, CREW 827 00:27:49,484 --> 00:27:51,286 MEMBER FOR THE ARTEMIS II 828 00:27:51,286 --> 00:27:51,853 SESSION. 829 00:27:51,853 --> 00:27:53,955 I'M HERE WHERE THE ORION 830 00:27:53,955 --> 00:27:55,357 SPACECRAFT IS CLOSELY 831 00:27:55,357 --> 00:27:56,791 MONITORED FOR MISSION CONTROL 832 00:27:56,791 --> 00:27:57,759 DURING FLIGHT. 833 00:27:57,759 --> 00:27:59,127 TEAMS ARE GEARING UP FOR 834 00:27:59,127 --> 00:28:00,195 ANOTHER IMPORTANT EXERCISE OFF 835 00:28:00,195 --> 00:28:04,466 THE COAST OF SAN DIEGO, 836 00:28:04,466 --> 00:28:05,300 CALIFORNIA. 837 00:28:05,300 --> 00:28:08,370 UNDERWAY RECOVERY TEST 12, OR 838 00:28:08,370 --> 00:28:10,472 AS WE CALL IT URT12 IS THE 839 00:28:10,472 --> 00:28:12,173 THIRD IN A SERIES OF TESTS TO 840 00:28:12,173 --> 00:28:14,843 MAKE SURE TEAMS ARE PREPARED 841 00:28:14,843 --> 00:28:16,511 TO SAFELY RECOVER MYSELF, 842 00:28:16,511 --> 00:28:18,813 VICTOR GLOVER, JEREMY HANSON 843 00:28:18,813 --> 00:28:21,783 AND THE ORION SPACECRAFT, A 844 00:28:21,783 --> 00:28:23,718 MIX OF NASA AND STAND-IN 845 00:28:23,718 --> 00:28:25,220 ASTRONAUTS WILL BE INSIDE AND 846 00:28:25,220 --> 00:28:26,688 NAVY DIVERS WILL PRACTICE 847 00:28:26,688 --> 00:28:28,256 GETTING THEM OUT OF THE 848 00:28:28,256 --> 00:28:30,258 CAPSULE INTO HELICOPTERS, 849 00:28:30,258 --> 00:28:31,359 WHICH WILL FLY THEM TO A 850 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:32,660 NEARBY NAVAL SHIP. 851 00:28:32,660 --> 00:28:34,329 TEAMS SPEND THE WEEK RUNNING 852 00:28:34,329 --> 00:28:35,997 THROUGH DIFFERENT SCENARIOS 853 00:28:35,997 --> 00:28:37,599 INCLUDING A DAYTIME OR 854 00:28:37,599 --> 00:28:39,401 NIGHTTIME SPLASHDOWN. 855 00:28:39,401 --> 00:28:41,569 THAT'S YOUR ARTEMIS MOON 856 00:28:41,569 --> 00:28:44,572 MINUTE. 857 00:28:44,572 --> 00:28:47,609 >> FOR ALL ARTEMIS UPDATES AND 858 00:28:47,609 --> 00:28:50,211 INFO ON THE ARTEMIS II 859 00:28:50,211 --> 00:28:51,980 MISSION, SCAN THE QR CODE ON 860 00:28:51,980 --> 00:29:02,056 THE SCREEN OR VISIT 861 00:29:02,056 --> 00:29:02,824 NASA.GOV/MISSION/ARTEMIS/II. 862 00:29:02,824 --> 00:29:08,263 LET'S GO BACK TO SpaceX IN 863 00:29:08,263 --> 00:29:09,264 HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA. 864 00:29:09,264 --> 00:29:13,001 >> THANKS, TAHIRA. 865 00:29:13,001 --> 00:29:16,805 FALCON 9 IS THE FIRST ORBITAL 866 00:29:16,805 --> 00:29:18,239 CLASS ROCKET FOR REFLIGHT AND 867 00:29:18,239 --> 00:29:19,908 THIS WILL BE THE FIRST BOOSTER 868 00:29:19,908 --> 00:29:22,277 SUPPORTING THE MISSION. 869 00:29:22,277 --> 00:29:24,679 FALCON 9 AND FALCON HEAVY HAVE 870 00:29:24,679 --> 00:29:27,849 COMPLETED 450 LAUNCHES AND 380 871 00:29:27,849 --> 00:29:28,249 REFLIGHTS. 872 00:29:28,249 --> 00:29:30,885 >> HARD TO KEEP FLIGHT OF THE 873 00:29:30,885 --> 00:29:31,319 SCORECARD. 874 00:29:31,319 --> 00:29:32,687 AND TODAY, THIS BOOSTER WILL 875 00:29:32,687 --> 00:29:35,290 BE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON OUR 876 00:29:35,290 --> 00:29:38,026 DRONE SHIP A SHORTFALL OF 877 00:29:38,026 --> 00:29:38,526 GRAVITAS. 878 00:29:38,526 --> 00:29:40,228 THIS WOULD BE THE 100th 879 00:29:40,228 --> 00:29:41,796 BOOSTER LANDING ON THAT DRONE 880 00:29:41,796 --> 00:29:42,730 SHIP ALONE. 881 00:29:42,730 --> 00:29:44,332 >> THAT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE 882 00:29:44,332 --> 00:29:46,334 AND RAPID REUSABILITY 883 00:29:46,334 --> 00:29:47,836 DRAMATICALLY REDUCES LAUNCH 884 00:29:47,836 --> 00:29:50,205 COSTS WHICH HELPS REDUCE 885 00:29:50,205 --> 00:29:53,842 LAUNCH FREQUENCY AND AWIDE 886 00:29:53,842 --> 00:29:54,509 ARRAY OF GOVERNMENT AND 887 00:29:54,509 --> 00:29:56,478 COMMERCIAL SCIENTIFIC 888 00:29:56,478 --> 00:29:57,178 OPPORTUNITIES IN SPACE LIKE 889 00:29:57,178 --> 00:29:57,545 THIS ONE. 890 00:29:57,545 --> 00:29:59,614 >> LOWERING THE COST OF ACCESS 891 00:29:59,614 --> 00:30:03,284 TO SPACE IS HELPING TAKE 892 00:30:03,284 --> 00:30:09,424 HUMANITY'S NEXT STEPS INTO THE 893 00:30:09,424 --> 00:30:11,025 LOW-EARTH ORBIT SYSTEM, WHEN 894 00:30:11,025 --> 00:30:16,865 THE COSTS ARE LOWER, 895 00:30:16,865 --> 00:30:17,565 GOVERNMENT AND COMMERCIAL 896 00:30:17,565 --> 00:30:18,233 CUSTOMERS CAN LAUNCH MORE 897 00:30:18,233 --> 00:30:18,800 MISSIONS WHICH HELPS 898 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:19,467 ACCELERATE DEVELOPMENT. 899 00:30:19,467 --> 00:30:20,602 IT HELPS COMMERCIAL SATELLITE 900 00:30:20,602 --> 00:30:21,970 AND PRIVATE RESEARCH CUSTOMERS 901 00:30:21,970 --> 00:30:23,304 AFFORD TO LAUNCH MORE PROJECTS 902 00:30:23,304 --> 00:30:25,607 TO SPACE AND THAT HELPS 903 00:30:25,607 --> 00:30:27,442 STIMULATE INNOVATION HERE ON 904 00:30:27,442 --> 00:30:28,643 EARTH. 905 00:30:28,643 --> 00:30:29,177 >> ABSOLUTELY. 906 00:30:29,177 --> 00:30:31,246 AND MISSIONS LIKE SpaceX'S 907 00:30:31,246 --> 00:30:33,314 TRANSPORTER AND BANDWAGON RIDE 908 00:30:33,314 --> 00:30:35,450 SHARE PROGRAMS MAKE ACCESS TO 909 00:30:35,450 --> 00:30:37,151 SPACE MORE AFFORDABLE BY 910 00:30:37,151 --> 00:30:38,853 SHARING THE COSTS OF A LAUNCH 911 00:30:38,853 --> 00:30:40,088 ACROSS MANY CUSTOMERS. 912 00:30:40,088 --> 00:30:42,924 >> ALL OF THIS IS TO SAY 913 00:30:42,924 --> 00:30:47,362 REUSABILITY IS THAT KEY 914 00:30:47,362 --> 00:30:51,966 INNOVATION THAT'S MAKING SPACE 915 00:30:51,966 --> 00:30:53,468 ACCESSIBLE AS A WHOLE. 916 00:30:53,468 --> 00:30:55,503 WE ARE RIGHT ON TIME BUT LET'S 917 00:30:55,503 --> 00:30:56,971 TALK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND 918 00:30:56,971 --> 00:30:59,140 INNOVATION AND HEAD BACK TO 919 00:30:59,140 --> 00:31:02,243 TAHIRA AND JOSH AT KENNEDY 920 00:31:02,243 --> 00:31:02,677 SPACE CENTER. 921 00:31:02,677 --> 00:31:03,945 >> THANKS, JOHN. 922 00:31:03,945 --> 00:31:05,280 MANY OF THE TECHNOLOGY 923 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,582 DEMONSTRATIONS ON BOARD ATHENA 924 00:31:07,582 --> 00:31:09,350 LIKE PRIME-1 AND THE GRACE 925 00:31:09,350 --> 00:31:10,618 HOPPER WE HEARD ABOUT WERE 926 00:31:10,618 --> 00:31:13,021 DRIVEN BY NASA'S SPACE 927 00:31:13,021 --> 00:31:14,556 TECHNOLOGY MISSION 928 00:31:14,556 --> 00:31:15,023 DIRECTORATE. 929 00:31:15,023 --> 00:31:17,959 SOME ARE NASA-SUPPORTED 930 00:31:17,959 --> 00:31:18,826 EXPERIMENTS DEVELOPED BY 931 00:31:18,826 --> 00:31:19,827 PRIVATE COMPANIES. 932 00:31:19,827 --> 00:31:20,828 WE ALSO CALL THESE TIPPING 933 00:31:20,828 --> 00:31:21,829 POINT AWARDS. 934 00:31:21,829 --> 00:31:23,765 THE INVESTMENTS ARE VALUABLE, 935 00:31:23,765 --> 00:31:25,133 STIMULATING THE LUNAR ECONOMY 936 00:31:25,133 --> 00:31:27,569 AS ACTIVITY INCREASES ON AND 937 00:31:27,569 --> 00:31:28,770 AROUND THE MOON. 938 00:31:28,770 --> 00:31:31,105 NOW TO TALK ABOUT THESE 939 00:31:31,105 --> 00:31:33,908 PROGRAMS -- THESE PAYLOADS AND 940 00:31:33,908 --> 00:31:35,643 AWARDS, JOINED BY THE DEPUTY 941 00:31:35,643 --> 00:31:38,246 PROGRAM MANAGER FOR TECHNICAL 942 00:31:38,246 --> 00:31:40,748 INTEGRATION OF NASA'S 943 00:31:40,748 --> 00:31:41,716 GAME-CHANGING DEVELOPMENT 944 00:31:41,716 --> 00:31:42,283 PROGRAM. 945 00:31:42,283 --> 00:31:42,850 MARK, WELCOME. 946 00:31:42,850 --> 00:31:44,285 >> EXCITING NIGHT. 947 00:31:44,285 --> 00:31:45,887 >> CAN YOU FIRST EXPLAIN WHAT 948 00:31:45,887 --> 00:31:47,789 IS TIPPING POINT, AND WHAT 949 00:31:47,789 --> 00:31:49,891 DOES IT MEAN TO NASA AND OUR 950 00:31:49,891 --> 00:31:50,959 PARTNERS? 951 00:31:50,959 --> 00:31:51,926 >> A TIPPING POINT PROJECT IS 952 00:31:51,926 --> 00:31:53,661 A TRUE COLLABORATION AND 953 00:31:53,661 --> 00:31:54,662 PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN NASA AND 954 00:31:54,662 --> 00:31:57,265 INDUSTRY PARTNER. 955 00:31:57,265 --> 00:31:59,133 SEEKING COMMERCIALLY-LED NEW 956 00:31:59,133 --> 00:32:01,235 SPACE TECHNOLOGIES THAT SHOW 957 00:32:01,235 --> 00:32:02,704 PROMISE FOR THE BENEFIT OF 958 00:32:02,704 --> 00:32:04,505 COMMERCIAL MISSIONS AND FOR 959 00:32:04,505 --> 00:32:06,975 NASA AND SO ESSENTIALLY BOTH 960 00:32:06,975 --> 00:32:08,276 NASA AND THE COMMERCIAL 961 00:32:08,276 --> 00:32:10,244 PARTNER HAVE IDENTIFIED A NEW 962 00:32:10,244 --> 00:32:11,579 TECHNOLOGY THAT IS READY TO BE 963 00:32:11,579 --> 00:32:14,682 MATURED AND TESTED AND INFUSED 964 00:32:14,682 --> 00:32:16,417 IN THE COMMERCIAL MARKET, SO 965 00:32:16,417 --> 00:32:17,852 NASA AND THE COMMERCIAL 966 00:32:17,852 --> 00:32:19,520 PARTNER, THEY PUT IN MONEY, 967 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:21,623 PUT IN RESOURCES, EXPERTISE, 968 00:32:21,623 --> 00:32:23,858 TEST FACILITIES, PUT THE PLAN 969 00:32:23,858 --> 00:32:28,029 TOGETHER, MATURE THE 970 00:32:28,029 --> 00:32:28,863 TECHNOLOGY, THEY TEST IT SO IN 971 00:32:28,863 --> 00:32:31,099 THIS CASE, SEND IT TO THE 972 00:32:31,099 --> 00:32:32,834 MOON, PROVE OUT THE TECHNOLOGY 973 00:32:32,834 --> 00:32:34,969 AND INFUSE IT INTO THE 974 00:32:34,969 --> 00:32:36,804 COMMERCIAL MARKET FOR A FUTURE 975 00:32:36,804 --> 00:32:38,406 MISSION THAT THE COMMERCIAL 976 00:32:38,406 --> 00:32:41,242 WORLD BENEFITS FROM AND NASA 977 00:32:41,242 --> 00:32:41,743 BENEFITS FROM. 978 00:32:41,743 --> 00:32:43,645 >> THERE ARE TWO TIPPING 979 00:32:43,645 --> 00:32:44,946 POINTS, WE HEARD ABOUT ONE, 980 00:32:44,946 --> 00:32:46,614 THE GRACE HOPPER. 981 00:32:46,614 --> 00:32:49,484 CAN YOU EXPAND HOW THIS MIGHT 982 00:32:49,484 --> 00:32:51,619 REVOLUTIONIZE SPACE 983 00:32:51,619 --> 00:32:52,086 EXPLORATION? 984 00:32:52,086 --> 00:32:53,588 >> YEAH, SO THE WORD 985 00:32:53,588 --> 00:32:55,023 REVOLUTIONIZE IS PERFECT FOR 986 00:32:55,023 --> 00:32:56,324 THIS MISSION. 987 00:32:56,324 --> 00:32:59,127 IN THE PAST, ALMOST 988 00:32:59,127 --> 00:33:00,995 EXCLUSIVELY PLANETARY 989 00:33:00,995 --> 00:33:02,163 EXPLORATION HAS BEEN DONE WITH 990 00:33:02,163 --> 00:33:03,231 WHEELED ROVERS. 991 00:33:03,231 --> 00:33:05,233 THAT IS GREAT, INCREDIBLY 992 00:33:05,233 --> 00:33:06,868 RELIABLE, THEY DO THE MISSIONS 993 00:33:06,868 --> 00:33:08,302 WELL AND BENEFIT GREATLY FROM 994 00:33:08,302 --> 00:33:09,270 THEM. 995 00:33:09,270 --> 00:33:10,004 WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT IN 996 00:33:10,004 --> 00:33:10,938 THE SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS 997 00:33:10,938 --> 00:33:13,241 PARTICULARLY ON THE MOON WHERE 998 00:33:13,241 --> 00:33:14,409 WE NEED TO GET INTO THE HARD 999 00:33:14,409 --> 00:33:15,343 TO REACH PLACES. 1000 00:33:15,343 --> 00:33:16,711 WE WANT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM 1001 00:33:16,711 --> 00:33:19,547 OF A CRATER, PERMANENTLY 1002 00:33:19,547 --> 00:33:22,150 SHADOWED REGIONS WHERE WE 1003 00:33:22,150 --> 00:33:22,950 BELIEVE THAT WATER, RESOURCES 1004 00:33:22,950 --> 00:33:24,752 AND OTHER VOLATILES ARE THERE 1005 00:33:24,752 --> 00:33:26,287 THAT WE CAN EXTRACT AND USE. 1006 00:33:26,287 --> 00:33:28,556 A WHEELED ROVER WOULD BE 1007 00:33:28,556 --> 00:33:30,491 IMPRACTICAL TO THINK THAT YOU 1008 00:33:30,491 --> 00:33:32,293 CAN GET DOWN THE STEEP SLOPES, 1009 00:33:32,293 --> 00:33:34,729 OVER THE CLIFF EDGES AND BACK 1010 00:33:34,729 --> 00:33:35,129 UP, RIGHT? 1011 00:33:35,129 --> 00:33:36,864 SO THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE 1012 00:33:36,864 --> 00:33:38,266 HOPPER THAT CAN COME UP, OVER, 1013 00:33:38,266 --> 00:33:40,601 SET DOWN NICELY, DO THE 1014 00:33:40,601 --> 00:33:43,137 SCIENCE AND SAFELY GET OUT OF 1015 00:33:43,137 --> 00:33:44,605 THERE REALLY CHANGES THE GAME 1016 00:33:44,605 --> 00:33:47,608 ON WHERE WE CAN GO AND DO 1017 00:33:47,608 --> 00:33:51,012 SCIENCE ON PLANETARY BODIES. 1018 00:33:51,012 --> 00:33:52,947 IT IS NOT ONLY APPLICABLE TO 1019 00:33:52,947 --> 00:33:55,750 THE MOON, IT REACHES TO MARS 1020 00:33:55,750 --> 00:33:59,153 AND BEYOND. 1021 00:33:59,153 --> 00:33:59,854 >> CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT 1022 00:33:59,854 --> 00:34:00,688 TIPPING POINT INITIATIVES WITH 1023 00:34:00,688 --> 00:34:05,326 NOKIA THAT HOPES TO DEPLOY THE 1024 00:34:05,326 --> 00:34:06,027 FIRST WIRELESS CELLULAR 1025 00:34:06,027 --> 00:34:06,594 NETWORK ON THE MOON. 1026 00:34:06,594 --> 00:34:08,129 >> THIS IS WHAT MAKES PEOPLE 1027 00:34:08,129 --> 00:34:09,063 LIGHT UP. 1028 00:34:09,063 --> 00:34:12,066 NOKIA HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB 1029 00:34:12,066 --> 00:34:14,969 OF TAKING THEIR TERRESTRIAL 1030 00:34:14,969 --> 00:34:16,370 TELECOM 4G NETWORKS THAT 1031 00:34:16,370 --> 00:34:17,705 CONNECT BILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND 1032 00:34:17,705 --> 00:34:19,507 DEVICES EVERY SINGLE DAY AND 1033 00:34:19,507 --> 00:34:21,075 PACKAGING IT FOR SPACE AND USE 1034 00:34:21,075 --> 00:34:23,377 IT ON FUTURE ARTEMIS MISSIONS 1035 00:34:23,377 --> 00:34:24,512 AND FUTURE HUMAN SUSTAINED 1036 00:34:24,512 --> 00:34:28,116 PRESENCE ON THE MOON AND MARS 1037 00:34:28,116 --> 00:34:33,688 AND BEYOND, AND SO TO GET A 4G 1038 00:34:33,688 --> 00:34:34,989 NETWORK AND GET THE HIGH-SPEED 1039 00:34:34,989 --> 00:34:37,592 DATA, VOICE AND DATA COMAND 1040 00:34:37,592 --> 00:34:39,093 HAVE THE INTERNET CONNECTING 1041 00:34:39,093 --> 00:34:40,895 YOUR DEVICES IS AN IMPORTANT 1042 00:34:40,895 --> 00:34:43,231 PART OF MEETING COMMUNICATION 1043 00:34:43,231 --> 00:34:44,465 REQUIREMENTS FOR HUMAN 1044 00:34:44,465 --> 00:34:44,832 MISSIONS. 1045 00:34:44,832 --> 00:34:46,701 SO THIS DEMONSTRATION IS GOING 1046 00:34:46,701 --> 00:34:48,536 TO TEACH THEM A LOT ABOUT WHAT 1047 00:34:48,536 --> 00:34:50,505 THEY NEED TO DO TO COLLECT 1048 00:34:50,505 --> 00:34:51,906 THAT DATA. 1049 00:34:51,906 --> 00:34:53,574 THE ENVIRONMENT IS OBVIOUSLY 1050 00:34:53,574 --> 00:34:54,442 VERY DIFFERENT. 1051 00:34:54,442 --> 00:34:55,676 YOU'RE IN A VACUUM 1052 00:34:55,676 --> 00:34:57,512 ENVIRONMENT, THE TEMPERATURES 1053 00:34:57,512 --> 00:34:58,012 ARE DIFFERENT. 1054 00:34:58,012 --> 00:34:59,714 THE WAY THE NETWORK RESPONDS 1055 00:34:59,714 --> 00:35:00,948 WILL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT ON 1056 00:35:00,948 --> 00:35:03,317 THE MOON THAN HERE, SO THEY 1057 00:35:03,317 --> 00:35:06,387 NEED TO COLLECT THE DAT TO 1058 00:35:06,387 --> 00:35:07,488 OPTIMIZE THEIR SYSTEMS AND BE 1059 00:35:07,488 --> 00:35:09,590 READY TO DEPLOY ON A HUMAN 1060 00:35:09,590 --> 00:35:09,957 MISSION. 1061 00:35:09,957 --> 00:35:11,492 >> I THINK REVOLUTIONIZE WAS 1062 00:35:11,492 --> 00:35:14,762 THE RIGHT WORD FOR THE TWO 1063 00:35:14,762 --> 00:35:15,129 PAYLOADS. 1064 00:35:15,129 --> 00:35:16,030 THIS IS INCREDIBLE. 1065 00:35:16,030 --> 00:35:16,898 >> ABSOLUTELY. 1066 00:35:16,898 --> 00:35:19,300 >> JOSH, SO HOW IS THIS 1067 00:35:19,300 --> 00:35:21,702 INTEGRATED TO THE ATHENA 1068 00:35:21,702 --> 00:35:22,136 SPACECRAFT? 1069 00:35:22,136 --> 00:35:23,738 >> WELL, NOKIA'S NETWORK IN A 1070 00:35:23,738 --> 00:35:26,140 BOX IS MOUNTED HIGH ON 1071 00:35:26,140 --> 00:35:28,342 ATHENA'S CLOSEOUT PANELS AND 1072 00:35:28,342 --> 00:35:31,979 HAS TWO ANTENNAS ON ATHENA AND 1073 00:35:31,979 --> 00:35:34,882 CONNECTS BOTH OF THE VEHICLES 1074 00:35:34,882 --> 00:35:35,683 EXPLORING THE MOON'S SURFACE. 1075 00:35:35,683 --> 00:35:37,485 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOSH, 1076 00:35:37,485 --> 00:35:39,187 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARK. 1077 00:35:39,187 --> 00:35:40,421 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 1078 00:35:40,421 --> 00:35:41,322 WHEN THINGS GET BUSIER ON AND 1079 00:35:41,322 --> 00:35:42,690 AROUND THE MOON AND MARS, 1080 00:35:42,690 --> 00:35:44,292 ASTRONAUTS AND ROBOTS NEED A 1081 00:35:44,292 --> 00:35:45,493 WAY TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH 1082 00:35:45,493 --> 00:35:46,360 EITHER OTHER. 1083 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,196 HERE'S A DEEPER LOOK HOW THE 1084 00:35:48,196 --> 00:35:49,197 NOKIA TIPPING POINT WILL 1085 00:35:49,197 --> 00:35:50,631 PROVIDE A COMMUNICATIONS 1086 00:35:50,631 --> 00:35:54,235 NETWORK TO HELP PREPARE US FOR 1087 00:35:54,235 --> 00:35:54,702 THAT FUTURE. 1088 00:35:54,702 --> 00:35:56,871 >> ON EARTH, A CELLULAR 1089 00:35:56,871 --> 00:35:59,340 NETWORK HAS MANY COMPONENTS. 1090 00:35:59,340 --> 00:36:00,875 BAY STATIONS. 1091 00:36:00,875 --> 00:36:01,943 RADIO UNITS. 1092 00:36:01,943 --> 00:36:03,311 A CORE NETWORK THAT MANAGES 1093 00:36:03,311 --> 00:36:05,046 THE CONNECTION BETWEEN USERS 1094 00:36:05,046 --> 00:36:06,848 AND THE NETWORK. 1095 00:36:06,848 --> 00:36:08,382 NOKIA'S TECHNOLOGY MINIATURIZE 1096 00:36:08,382 --> 00:36:10,251 AND SAID INTEGRATES ALL OF THE 1097 00:36:10,251 --> 00:36:13,254 COMPONENTS INTO A SINGLE 1098 00:36:13,254 --> 00:36:15,289 NETWORK IN A BOX. 1099 00:36:15,289 --> 00:36:18,259 >> THIS IS NOKIA LAB NETWORK 1100 00:36:18,259 --> 00:36:19,627 IN A BOX THAT YOU CAN HOLD IN 1101 00:36:19,627 --> 00:36:21,729 YOUR HANDS. 1102 00:36:21,729 --> 00:36:23,431 CONTAINS EVERY SINGLE 1103 00:36:23,431 --> 00:36:26,300 COMPONENT THAT MAKES UP A 1104 00:36:26,300 --> 00:36:29,070 4G/LTE NETWORK, WE CAN INSTALL 1105 00:36:29,070 --> 00:36:31,505 IT INTO THE INTUITIVE MACHINES 1106 00:36:31,505 --> 00:36:33,274 NOVA-C LANDER ALONG WITH 1107 00:36:33,274 --> 00:36:36,844 SPECIALLY DESIGNED ANTENNAS. 1108 00:36:36,844 --> 00:36:39,247 EVERY GRAM THAT WE SEND TO THE 1109 00:36:39,247 --> 00:36:39,714 MOON MATTERS. 1110 00:36:39,714 --> 00:36:41,983 WELCOME BACK. 1111 00:36:41,983 --> 00:36:44,018 THE SYSTEM HAS ENOUGH TO 1112 00:36:44,018 --> 00:36:45,686 RECOVER AND HEAL ITSELF. 1113 00:36:45,686 --> 00:36:47,088 WE OVERHAUL THE SYSTEM 1114 00:36:47,088 --> 00:36:49,223 SOFTWARE TO MINIMIZE THE 1115 00:36:49,223 --> 00:36:51,859 IMPACT OF IONIZING RADIATION 1116 00:36:51,859 --> 00:36:53,461 THAT WOULD CAUSE SENSITIVE 1117 00:36:53,461 --> 00:36:54,462 ELECTRONICS TO MALFUNCTION. 1118 00:36:54,462 --> 00:36:55,763 >> THE NETWORK LINKS DIRECTLY 1119 00:36:55,763 --> 00:36:58,799 TO DEVICES IN THE LUNAR 1120 00:36:58,799 --> 00:37:00,635 OUTPOST MAP ROVER AND MICRO 1121 00:37:00,635 --> 00:37:02,036 NOVA HOPPER. 1122 00:37:02,036 --> 00:37:04,005 FOR THE MISSION TO SUCCEED, 1123 00:37:04,005 --> 00:37:06,641 THIS NETWORK MUST BE FULLY 1124 00:37:06,641 --> 00:37:07,041 AUTONOMOUS. 1125 00:37:07,041 --> 00:37:10,177 IT MUST DEPLOY AND CONFIGURE 1126 00:37:10,177 --> 00:37:11,979 ITSELF ONCE ON THE LUNAR 1127 00:37:11,979 --> 00:37:12,346 SURFACE. 1128 00:37:12,346 --> 00:37:14,548 AS THE LUNAR ROVER GOES ABOUT 1129 00:37:14,548 --> 00:37:17,018 CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS AND THE 1130 00:37:17,018 --> 00:37:19,153 HOPPER IS DEEP WITHIN A 1131 00:37:19,153 --> 00:37:21,689 CRATER, THE NETWORK MUST MAKE 1132 00:37:21,689 --> 00:37:24,158 ADJUSTMENTS TO MAINTAIN 1133 00:37:24,158 --> 00:37:24,659 CONNECTIVITY. 1134 00:37:24,659 --> 00:37:26,260 >> THERE WILL BE NO HUMAN 1135 00:37:26,260 --> 00:37:28,396 TECHNICIAN TO TWEAK OR REPAIR 1136 00:37:28,396 --> 00:37:30,031 THE NETWORK IF SOMETHING GOES 1137 00:37:30,031 --> 00:37:30,631 WRONG. 1138 00:37:30,631 --> 00:37:32,667 ACHIEVING THAT LEVEL OF 1139 00:37:32,667 --> 00:37:35,403 AUTONOMY WAS A MONUMENTAL TASK 1140 00:37:35,403 --> 00:37:38,673 TO UNDERTAKE. 1141 00:37:38,673 --> 00:37:40,841 NOKIA PLANS TO TEST THE FIRST 1142 00:37:40,841 --> 00:37:41,809 CELLULAR NETWORK ON THE MOON. 1143 00:37:41,809 --> 00:37:46,113 SUCCESS WILL HAVE IMPLICATIONS 1144 00:37:46,113 --> 00:37:47,915 FAR BEYOND THIS IMPORTANT 1145 00:37:47,915 --> 00:37:48,282 MISSION. 1146 00:37:48,282 --> 00:37:49,784 >> WHILE NOKIA'S LUNAR NETWORK 1147 00:37:49,784 --> 00:37:51,419 TECHNOLOGY WILL BE THE FIRST 1148 00:37:51,419 --> 00:37:53,254 DEPLOYED ON IM-2 MISSION, IT'S 1149 00:37:53,254 --> 00:37:56,190 ALSO BEING ADAPTED FOR ARTEMIS 1150 00:37:56,190 --> 00:37:56,424 3. 1151 00:37:56,424 --> 00:37:56,924 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 1152 00:37:56,924 --> 00:37:58,759 THESE HIGH-SPEED CAPABILITIES 1153 00:37:58,759 --> 00:38:02,763 WILL BE INCORPORATED TO THE 1154 00:38:02,763 --> 00:38:07,368 AXIOM AXE SPACE SUITS ENABLING 1155 00:38:07,368 --> 00:38:09,236 CONNECTIVITY ON THE LUNAR 1156 00:38:09,236 --> 00:38:10,404 SURFACE. 1157 00:38:10,404 --> 00:38:11,906 YOU CAN THINK OF IT IS A CELL 1158 00:38:11,906 --> 00:38:13,941 PHONE NETWORK BUT ON THE MOON. 1159 00:38:13,941 --> 00:38:16,477 CLPS AND TIPPING POINTS ARE 1160 00:38:16,477 --> 00:38:17,845 HELPING ADVANCED HUMANITIES 1161 00:38:17,845 --> 00:38:19,547 REACH INTO THE SOLAR SYSTEM 1162 00:38:19,547 --> 00:38:23,784 AND SHAPE OUR COUNTRY'S 1163 00:38:23,784 --> 00:38:25,920 APPROACH TO EXPLORATION FOR 1164 00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:26,787 FUTURE PARTNERSHIPS. 1165 00:38:26,787 --> 00:38:29,757 >> THEY ARE TAKING THE MISSION 1166 00:38:29,757 --> 00:38:31,492 TO THE MOON UNDER THE 1167 00:38:31,492 --> 00:38:35,229 COMMERCIAL LUNAR PAYLOAD 1168 00:38:35,229 --> 00:38:36,897 SERVICES OR CLPS AS WE LIKE TO 1169 00:38:36,897 --> 00:38:37,565 CALL IT IN THE BUSINESS, 1170 00:38:37,565 --> 00:38:37,932 RIGHT? 1171 00:38:37,932 --> 00:38:38,432 >> EXACTLY JOSH. 1172 00:38:38,432 --> 00:38:39,900 AND UNDER CLPS, NASA ASKED 1173 00:38:39,900 --> 00:38:41,068 INTUITIVE MACHINES TO PROVIDE 1174 00:38:41,068 --> 00:38:42,603 LUNAR DELIVERY SERVICES THAT 1175 00:38:42,603 --> 00:38:44,405 ADVANCE CAPABILITIES FOR 1176 00:38:44,405 --> 00:38:45,806 SCIENCE, EXPLORATION AND 1177 00:38:45,806 --> 00:38:47,875 COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE 1178 00:38:47,875 --> 00:38:48,175 MOON. 1179 00:38:48,175 --> 00:38:51,012 >> IT'S THROUGH CLPS AND NASA 1180 00:38:51,012 --> 00:38:53,114 SELECTED INTUITIVE MACHINES TO 1181 00:38:53,114 --> 00:38:56,517 DELIVER PRIME-1 DRILL SUITE 1182 00:38:56,517 --> 00:39:00,121 AND RETROARRAY TO THE MOON. 1183 00:39:00,121 --> 00:39:04,892 AND THE DYMON YAOKI ROVER AND 1184 00:39:04,892 --> 00:39:06,260 PULI SYSTEMS TO MAKE IT A 1185 00:39:06,260 --> 00:39:08,029 REALITY AND BY COLLABORATING 1186 00:39:08,029 --> 00:39:09,530 WITH NASA AND LEVERAGING CLPS 1187 00:39:09,530 --> 00:39:12,366 AS A SPRINGBOARD, WE DEVELOPED 1188 00:39:12,366 --> 00:39:14,702 SERVICES FOR DELIVERY, DATA 1189 00:39:14,702 --> 00:39:16,203 AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT 1190 00:39:16,203 --> 00:39:17,405 COMMERCIALLY DEVELOP THE MOON 1191 00:39:17,405 --> 00:39:19,440 NOT JUST FOR US OR NASA BUT 1192 00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:19,907 FOR ALL. 1193 00:39:19,907 --> 00:39:20,775 >> ABSOLUTELY. 1194 00:39:20,775 --> 00:39:23,644 IT'S AN EXCITING TIME, JOSH. 1195 00:39:23,644 --> 00:39:25,346 TONIGHT IS ALSO THE THIRD CLPS 1196 00:39:25,346 --> 00:39:27,248 DELIVERY LAUNCHED ON A SpaceX 1197 00:39:27,248 --> 00:39:29,617 FALCON 9 ROCKET. 1198 00:39:29,617 --> 00:39:31,285 LET'S SEND IT BACK TO SpaceX 1199 00:39:31,285 --> 00:39:34,655 IN HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA AS 1200 00:39:34,655 --> 00:39:38,059 THEY WALK US THROUGH THE FINAL 1201 00:39:38,059 --> 00:39:39,226 MOMENTS OF THE COUNTDOWN. 1202 00:39:39,226 --> 00:39:42,029 WE WILL SEE YOU AFTER LAUNCH. 1203 00:39:42,029 --> 00:39:44,398 >> AS WE MENTIONED AT THE TOP 1204 00:39:44,398 --> 00:39:47,701 OF THE PROGRAM, FALCON 9 IS 1205 00:39:47,701 --> 00:39:49,236 ENABLING THE LAUNCHES TO THE 1206 00:39:49,236 --> 00:39:51,806 MOON INCLUDING THE IM-1, BLUE 1207 00:39:51,806 --> 00:39:54,575 GHOST AND RESILIENCE AND 1208 00:39:54,575 --> 00:39:57,545 TONIGHT'S IM-2 MISSION. 1209 00:39:57,545 --> 00:39:58,612 BEYOND THE PRIMARY PAYLOADS, 1210 00:39:58,612 --> 00:40:01,715 RIDE SHARES LIKE THE THREE 1211 00:40:01,715 --> 00:40:02,750 ADDITIONAL PAYLOADS YOU CAN 1212 00:40:02,750 --> 00:40:06,187 SEE -- YOU CAN'T SEE HERE BUT 1213 00:40:06,187 --> 00:40:08,222 IT'S BELOW THE LANDER, RIDE 1214 00:40:08,222 --> 00:40:10,191 SHARES WILL HELP TO BUILD THE 1215 00:40:10,191 --> 00:40:11,325 LUNAR ECONOMY. 1216 00:40:11,325 --> 00:40:13,160 ALL THE MISSION ARE SOMETHING 1217 00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:15,996 THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TALK 1218 00:40:15,996 --> 00:40:16,330 ABOUT. 1219 00:40:16,330 --> 00:40:17,965 >> THANKS. 1220 00:40:17,965 --> 00:40:19,467 YEAH, ALL OF THE MISSIONS ARE 1221 00:40:19,467 --> 00:40:20,634 DEVELOPING OUR FUTURE IN SPACE 1222 00:40:20,634 --> 00:40:22,937 AND HELPING TO SUPPORT 1223 00:40:22,937 --> 00:40:24,305 SUSTAINED HUMAN AND ROBOTIC 1224 00:40:24,305 --> 00:40:26,107 ACTIVITY INCLUDING SCIENTIFIC 1225 00:40:26,107 --> 00:40:30,711 RESEARCH, RESOURCE EXTRACTION 1226 00:40:30,711 --> 00:40:31,245 AND INFRASTRUCTURE 1227 00:40:31,245 --> 00:40:31,679 DEVELOPMENT. 1228 00:40:31,679 --> 00:40:34,115 NOW, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE 1229 00:40:34,115 --> 00:40:35,816 SOME OF TODAY'S RIDE SHARE 1230 00:40:35,816 --> 00:40:36,851 PAYLOADS ON THE STACK THERE 1231 00:40:36,851 --> 00:40:42,123 JUST BELOW THE ATHENA LANDER. 1232 00:40:42,123 --> 00:40:46,160 >> NASA'S LUNAR TRAILBLAZER IS 1233 00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:47,595 HITCHING A RIDE TODAY. 1234 00:40:47,595 --> 00:40:50,464 WE'LL LEARN MORE LATER IN THE 1235 00:40:50,464 --> 00:40:53,167 WEBCAST AS WELL AS ASTROFORGE, 1236 00:40:53,167 --> 00:40:55,936 AN ASTEROID MINING COMPANY 1237 00:40:55,936 --> 00:40:59,740 FLYING A SPACECRAFT HEADED 1238 00:40:59,740 --> 00:41:04,345 TOWARDS THE NEAR EARTHASTEROID 1239 00:41:04,345 --> 00:41:06,614 2022 OB-5. 1240 00:41:06,614 --> 00:41:09,817 AND EPIC AEROSPACES TRANSFER 1241 00:41:09,817 --> 00:41:11,452 VEHICLE, KNOWN AS A SPACE TUG, 1242 00:41:11,452 --> 00:41:14,088 A VEHICLE THAT WORKS IN SPACE 1243 00:41:14,088 --> 00:41:17,391 TO HELP PAYLOADS NOVDESIRED 1244 00:41:17,391 --> 00:41:19,360 ALTITUDES AND WE'LL LEARN MORE 1245 00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:20,694 ABOUT THESE IN JUST A BIT. 1246 00:41:20,694 --> 00:41:21,762 >> THESE SYSTEMS ARE PAVING 1247 00:41:21,762 --> 00:41:23,931 THE WAY FOR OUR SUSTAINED 1248 00:41:23,931 --> 00:41:26,167 PRESENCE BOTH IN SPACE AND ON 1249 00:41:26,167 --> 00:41:28,269 THE MOON AS WE DELIVER 1250 00:41:28,269 --> 00:41:29,737 LANDERS, CREWS, SATELLITES AND 1251 00:41:29,737 --> 00:41:31,172 ROVERS IN THE NEXT FEW YEAR, 1252 00:41:31,172 --> 00:41:33,140 BUILDING UP THE MOON'S 1253 00:41:33,140 --> 00:41:36,977 EQUIVALENT OF LOW-EARTH ORBIT 1254 00:41:36,977 --> 00:41:39,480 KNOWN AS LOWER LUNAR ORBIT, 1255 00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:41,482 THE STAGING POINT FOR FUTURE 1256 00:41:41,482 --> 00:41:44,385 MISSIONS, PROVIDING PLATFORMS 1257 00:41:44,385 --> 00:41:45,719 FOR SCIENCE AND RESEARCH. 1258 00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:47,922 >> AND IN THE NEAR FUTURE, 1259 00:41:47,922 --> 00:41:49,356 REUSABILITY WILL EXTEND ALL 1260 00:41:49,356 --> 00:41:51,192 THE WAY TO THE MOON WITH 1261 00:41:51,192 --> 00:41:53,527 REUSABLE LANDERS FLYING THEIR 1262 00:41:53,527 --> 00:41:54,695 FIRST MISSIONS. 1263 00:41:54,695 --> 00:41:56,463 FREQUENT, LOW COST WATCHES 1264 00:41:56,463 --> 00:42:02,937 FROM THE MOON WILL EVENTUALLY 1265 00:42:02,937 --> 00:42:03,704 ALLOW FOR METALES AND HELIUM 3 1266 00:42:03,704 --> 00:42:05,940 WHICH CAN HELP SUPPORT FUTURE 1267 00:42:05,940 --> 00:42:08,409 DEEP SPACE MISSION TO SXHARS 1268 00:42:08,409 --> 00:42:08,776 BEYOND. 1269 00:42:08,776 --> 00:42:12,079 WE'RE COMING UP AT T-MINUS 5 1270 00:42:12,079 --> 00:42:12,813 MINUTES, TURN OUR ATTENTION 1271 00:42:12,813 --> 00:42:14,381 FALCON 9 TO SPACECRAFT. 1272 00:42:14,381 --> 00:42:17,484 ALL SYSTEMS ARE A GO FOR 1273 00:42:17,484 --> 00:42:20,554 ON-TIME LIFTOFF. 1274 00:42:20,554 --> 00:42:22,156 WE HEARD THE CALLOFF, THE 1275 00:42:22,156 --> 00:42:25,059 TANKS ARE PRESSUREIZING, A 1276 00:42:25,059 --> 00:42:26,760 STRONG BACK RETRACK. 1277 00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:28,963 THE STRUCTURE YOU SEE ON THE 1278 00:42:28,963 --> 00:42:30,464 SCREEN RIGHT BEHIND THE FALCON 1279 00:42:30,464 --> 00:42:30,798 9. 1280 00:42:30,798 --> 00:42:33,367 YOU'RE LOOKING AT PAYLOAD 1281 00:42:33,367 --> 00:42:35,603 FERRING INSIDE WHICH ATHENA, 1282 00:42:35,603 --> 00:42:37,238 THE LUNAR LANDER AND THREE 1283 00:42:37,238 --> 00:42:40,040 RIDE SHARES ARE LOCATED. 1284 00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:40,774 WE'VE HAD THE TRANSITION TO 1285 00:42:40,774 --> 00:42:42,476 INTERNAL POWER FOR THE 1286 00:42:42,476 --> 00:42:43,210 SPACECRAFT, THAT HAPPENED 1287 00:42:43,210 --> 00:42:44,612 SEVERAL MINUTES AGO. 1288 00:42:44,612 --> 00:42:48,148 ALSO WE WERE TALKING, WE HEARD 1289 00:42:48,148 --> 00:42:50,651 SOME OF THE -- STRONGBACK 1290 00:42:50,651 --> 00:42:51,252 RETRACK AGAIN TO RUN. 1291 00:42:51,252 --> 00:42:52,820 WE HAVE FINISHED LOADING FUEL 1292 00:42:52,820 --> 00:42:54,455 ON THE FIRST STAGE. 1293 00:42:54,455 --> 00:42:55,923 WE ARE LOADING LIQUID OXYGEN 1294 00:42:55,923 --> 00:42:57,925 ON THE SECOND STAGE. 1295 00:42:57,925 --> 00:42:58,726 WE'RE ON TIME. 1296 00:42:58,726 --> 00:43:00,294 NOT WORKING SIGNIFICANT 1297 00:43:00,294 --> 00:43:00,661 ISSUES. 1298 00:43:00,661 --> 00:43:03,430 BUT WE'RE WAITING TO SEE RIGHT 1299 00:43:03,430 --> 00:43:05,699 NOW THE TWO CLAMP ARMS FROM 1300 00:43:05,699 --> 00:43:07,601 THE STRONGBACK BEGIN TO OPEN 1301 00:43:07,601 --> 00:43:07,868 UP. 1302 00:43:07,868 --> 00:43:10,838 WE SEE IT NOW. 1303 00:43:10,838 --> 00:43:11,972 TAKES ABOUT 16 SECONDS TO 1304 00:43:11,972 --> 00:43:12,773 RETRACT. 1305 00:43:12,773 --> 00:43:18,012 FOLLOWING THAT, WE WILL THEN 1306 00:43:18,012 --> 00:43:19,046 BEGIN TO DECLINE THE 1307 00:43:19,046 --> 00:43:20,681 STRONGBACK AWAY FROM THE 1308 00:43:20,681 --> 00:43:21,081 FALCON 9. 1309 00:43:21,081 --> 00:43:22,850 >> THE CLAMP ARMS ARE OPENING 1310 00:43:22,850 --> 00:43:24,184 AS WE SPEAK. 1311 00:43:24,184 --> 00:43:26,387 VEHICLE IS NEARLY FULLY LOADED 1312 00:43:26,387 --> 00:43:27,755 WITH PROPELLANT AND COMPLETE 1313 00:43:27,755 --> 00:43:30,991 AT THE T-MINUS 2 MINUTE MARK. 1314 00:43:30,991 --> 00:43:31,859 IT IS GREEN AND READY TO 1315 00:43:31,859 --> 00:43:33,294 SUPPORT THE LAUNCH, AND IF FOR 1316 00:43:33,294 --> 00:43:34,962 ANY REASON WE DO NOT LAUNCH 1317 00:43:34,962 --> 00:43:36,797 TODAY, WE HAVE A BACKUP 1318 00:43:36,797 --> 00:43:39,633 OPPORTUNITY TOMORROW AT 7:11 1319 00:43:39,633 --> 00:43:40,267 P.M. EASTERN TIME. 1320 00:43:40,267 --> 00:43:41,802 >> AT THIS POINT IN THE 1321 00:43:41,802 --> 00:43:43,070 COUNTDOWN, THE FIRST AND 1322 00:43:43,070 --> 00:43:45,105 SECOND STAGES ARE NEARLY FULLY 1323 00:43:45,105 --> 00:43:46,907 LOADED WITH ONE MILLION POUNDS 1324 00:43:46,907 --> 00:43:49,376 OF KEROSENE FUEL AND LIQUID 1325 00:43:49,376 --> 00:43:50,344 OXYGEN. 1326 00:43:50,344 --> 00:43:54,181 FALCON 9 USES REFINED FORM OF 1327 00:43:54,181 --> 00:43:57,618 KEROSENE CALLED RP1 OR ROCKET 1328 00:43:57,618 --> 00:44:03,924 PROPELLANT 1 AND LOX OR LIQUID 1329 00:44:03,924 --> 00:44:04,258 OXYGEN. 1330 00:44:04,258 --> 00:44:06,460 IT NEEDS HEAT, FUEL AND 1331 00:44:06,460 --> 00:44:16,103 OXIDIZING AGENT, IN THIS CASE, 1332 00:44:16,103 --> 00:44:16,437 OXYGEN. 1333 00:44:16,437 --> 00:44:18,238 THAT'S THE FIRING TRIANGLE. 1334 00:44:18,238 --> 00:44:18,939 THE LIQUID OXYGEN IS CHILLED 1335 00:44:18,939 --> 00:44:19,673 WELL BELOW BOILING POINT, THAT 1336 00:44:19,673 --> 00:44:20,341 MAKES IT DENSER AND WE CAN 1337 00:44:20,341 --> 00:44:20,974 LOAD MORE OF IT INTO THE 1338 00:44:20,974 --> 00:44:21,308 ROCKET. 1339 00:44:21,308 --> 00:44:22,076 >> YEP, AND THE THIRD PART OF 1340 00:44:22,076 --> 00:44:25,579 THAT FIRE TRIANGLE IS A 1341 00:44:25,579 --> 00:44:29,783 CHEMICAL KNOWN AS TRIETHEL 1342 00:44:29,783 --> 00:44:31,985 ALUMINUM AND TRIETHIL BORING. 1343 00:44:31,985 --> 00:44:35,422 THERE IS THE CALLOUT FOR STAGE 1344 00:44:35,422 --> 00:44:37,658 LOCK-LOAD COMPLETE AND MAKES 1345 00:44:37,658 --> 00:44:41,428 THE ROCKET GO AND THE MIXTURE 1346 00:44:41,428 --> 00:44:44,231 SETS THE MATCH TO THE 1347 00:44:44,231 --> 00:44:44,665 DEVELOPMENT. 1348 00:44:44,665 --> 00:44:45,399 >> IN ADDITION TO FINISH LOX 1349 00:44:45,399 --> 00:44:46,200 LOADING ON SECOND STAGE IN 1350 00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:49,670 ABOUT 30 MINUTES, ANOTHER 1351 00:44:49,670 --> 00:44:54,908 MAJOR EVENT AT T-MINUS 50 1352 00:44:54,908 --> 00:44:58,812 SECONDS THAT IS AUTONOMOUS 1353 00:44:58,812 --> 00:44:59,213 START-UP. 1354 00:44:59,213 --> 00:45:00,614 THEY WILL TAKE OVER THE 1355 00:45:00,614 --> 00:45:02,082 COUNTDOWN, LIGHT THE MERLIN 1, 1356 00:45:02,082 --> 00:45:03,917 THE ENGINES FOR LIFTOFF AND 1357 00:45:03,917 --> 00:45:06,854 COMING UP ON T-MINUS 2 1358 00:45:06,854 --> 00:45:08,088 MINUTES, THE INTUITIVE 1359 00:45:08,088 --> 00:45:10,324 MACHINES PAYLOAD IS HEALTHY 1360 00:45:10,324 --> 00:45:14,962 AND THE FALCON 9 TEAM IS 1361 00:45:14,962 --> 00:45:18,665 TRACKING NO ISSUES ON THE 1362 00:45:18,665 --> 00:45:18,999 ROCKET. 1363 00:45:18,999 --> 00:45:19,900 >> CURRENTLY THE WEATHER IS 1364 00:45:19,900 --> 00:45:23,771 GREEN AND READY TO SUPPORT A 1365 00:45:23,771 --> 00:45:27,674 T-0 AT 7:17 P.M. 1366 00:45:27,674 --> 00:45:30,744 >> WE HEARD THE CALLOUT, JUST 1367 00:45:30,744 --> 00:45:34,148 INSIDE T-MINUS 2 MINUTES. 1368 00:45:34,148 --> 00:45:36,784 YOU CAN HEAR IT IN THE 1369 00:45:36,784 --> 00:45:38,919 BACKGROUND, ENTHUSIASM, 1370 00:45:38,919 --> 00:45:39,620 EVERYBODY IS GETTING READY FOR 1371 00:45:39,620 --> 00:45:40,254 A LAUNCH TO THE MOON. 1372 00:45:40,254 --> 00:45:44,491 NEXT MAJOR EVENT COMING UP 1373 00:45:44,491 --> 00:45:44,925 RIGHT NOW. 1374 00:45:44,925 --> 00:45:46,160 >> GROUND GAS BLOWS OUT. 1375 00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:48,662 >> THAT MEANS THE STRONGBACK 1376 00:45:48,662 --> 00:45:51,265 INSIDE THE FALCON 9, DRAINING 1377 00:45:51,265 --> 00:45:52,466 PROPELLANT FROM THE GROUND 1378 00:45:52,466 --> 00:45:54,802 LINES, VENTING GAS OVERBOARD, 1379 00:45:54,802 --> 00:45:57,037 THAT WILL CREATE WHAT'S 1380 00:45:57,037 --> 00:46:00,040 TYPICALLY A LARGE WHITE PLUME 1381 00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:01,942 OFF THE STRONGBACK. 1382 00:46:01,942 --> 00:46:04,244 THE COLD OXYGEN MIXES WITH THE 1383 00:46:04,244 --> 00:46:06,046 WARM FLORIDA AIR AND YOU GET A 1384 00:46:06,046 --> 00:46:07,948 LARGE WHITE CLOUD, AND YOU CAN 1385 00:46:07,948 --> 00:46:09,249 SEE IT STREAMING AWAY. 1386 00:46:09,249 --> 00:46:13,086 WAITING FOR THE CALLOUT FOR 1387 00:46:13,086 --> 00:46:13,487 START-UP. 1388 00:46:13,487 --> 00:46:15,022 >> FALCON 9, START-UP. 1389 00:46:15,022 --> 00:46:16,723 >> YOU SEE AND HEAR IT, WE'RE 1390 00:46:16,723 --> 00:46:18,592 IN START-UP, EVERYTHING LOOKS 1391 00:46:18,592 --> 00:46:20,027 GOOD, WE GET THE GO FOR 1392 00:46:20,027 --> 00:46:23,330 LAUNCH, AND WITH THAT, LET'S 1393 00:46:23,330 --> 00:46:24,131 PAUSE FOR A MINUTE AND LISTEN 1394 00:46:24,131 --> 00:46:28,101 TO THAT GO. 1395 00:46:28,101 --> 00:46:28,335 . 1396 00:46:28,335 --> 00:46:29,102 >> GO FOR LAUNCH. 1397 00:46:29,102 --> 00:46:30,270 >> RIGHT ON TIME. 1398 00:46:30,270 --> 00:46:31,138 ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR THAT 1399 00:46:31,138 --> 00:46:34,741 CALLOUT. 1400 00:46:44,051 --> 00:46:45,586 T-MINUS 30 SECONDS AND 1401 00:46:45,586 --> 00:46:46,920 COUNTING. 1402 00:46:46,920 --> 00:46:49,857 ALL SYSTEM GO FOR LAUNCH WITH 1403 00:46:49,857 --> 00:46:50,524 INTUITIVE MACHINES LUNAR 1404 00:46:50,524 --> 00:46:57,431 PAYLOAD. 1405 00:46:57,431 --> 00:46:57,664 . 1406 00:46:57,664 --> 00:47:04,238 >> T-MINUS 15. 1407 00:47:04,238 --> 00:47:11,078 T-MINUS 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 1408 00:47:11,078 --> 00:47:11,979 3, 2, 1. 1409 00:47:11,979 --> 00:47:14,047 IGNITION AND LIFTOFF. 1410 00:47:14,047 --> 00:47:17,284 GO FALCON. 1411 00:47:17,284 --> 00:47:17,885 GO INTUITIVE MACHINES. 1412 00:47:17,885 --> 00:47:21,788 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1413 00:47:21,788 --> 00:47:22,022 . 1414 00:47:22,022 --> 00:47:27,294 >> FOLDS PITCHING DOWNRANGE. 1415 00:47:45,546 --> 00:47:45,779 . 1416 00:47:45,779 --> 00:47:48,682 >> FALCON 9 CARRYING IM-2'S 1417 00:47:48,682 --> 00:47:52,286 LUNAR LANDER ATHENA 1418 00:47:52,286 --> 00:47:53,921 SUCCESSFULLY OFF PAD 39A. 1419 00:47:53,921 --> 00:47:55,289 WE'RE HEADING TO THE MOON. 1420 00:47:55,289 --> 00:47:58,425 THAT'S A SMALL TILT OF THE 1421 00:47:58,425 --> 00:47:58,792 VEHICLE. 1422 00:47:58,792 --> 00:48:00,794 WE'RE STILL GOING STRAIGHT UP, 1423 00:48:00,794 --> 00:48:03,030 BUT NOW WE'RE ALSO SLOWLY 1424 00:48:03,030 --> 00:48:04,798 HEADING HORIZONTAL. 1425 00:48:04,798 --> 00:48:06,667 >> YOU HEARD THE CALLOUT FOR 1426 00:48:06,667 --> 00:48:08,735 NOMINAL AND ONCE WE REACH 1427 00:48:08,735 --> 00:48:10,571 ORBITAL ATTITUDE, GOING 1428 00:48:10,571 --> 00:48:11,939 HORIZONTAL TO THE EARTH, THE 1429 00:48:11,939 --> 00:48:13,974 ROCKET NEEDS TO GO 17,000 1430 00:48:13,974 --> 00:48:14,308 MILES. 1431 00:48:14,308 --> 00:48:15,108 >> SUPERSONIC. 1432 00:48:15,108 --> 00:48:16,109 >> HORIZONTALLY. 1433 00:48:16,109 --> 00:48:19,079 YOU HEARD THAT CALLOUT, WE ARE 1434 00:48:19,079 --> 00:48:20,847 SUPERSONIC AND IN JUST A FEW 1435 00:48:20,847 --> 00:48:23,917 MOMENTS, WE'LL PASS THROUGH 1436 00:48:23,917 --> 00:48:29,590 MAX QUEUE OR MAXIMUM 1437 00:48:29,590 --> 00:48:30,958 AERODYNAMIC PRESSURE. 1438 00:48:30,958 --> 00:48:32,092 >> MAX Q. 1439 00:48:32,092 --> 00:48:36,096 >> WE'RE THROUGH MAX Q AND THE 1440 00:48:36,096 --> 00:48:38,098 MERLIN 1B ENTRANCE IN FULL 1441 00:48:38,098 --> 00:48:40,400 POWER. 1442 00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:44,638 NEXT CALLOUT SHOULD BE M-VAC 1443 00:48:44,638 --> 00:48:45,072 CHILL. 1444 00:48:45,072 --> 00:48:46,006 CONTINUING TO LOOK GOOD AS THE 1445 00:48:46,006 --> 00:48:49,409 FIRST STAGED HADS OUT OVER THE 1446 00:48:49,409 --> 00:48:51,678 ATLANTIC OCEAN. 1447 00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:02,122 TRAJECTORY LOOKING GOOD ON 1448 00:49:02,122 --> 00:49:04,257 FALCON 9. 1449 00:49:04,257 --> 00:49:07,060 NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FEW 1450 00:49:07,060 --> 00:49:09,763 EVENTS COMING UP IN QUICK 1451 00:49:09,763 --> 00:49:11,331 SUCCESSION, WE START WITH MAIN 1452 00:49:11,331 --> 00:49:13,133 ENGINE CUTOFF, THE POINT 1453 00:49:13,133 --> 00:49:15,502 DURING THE FLIGHT WHERE WE 1454 00:49:15,502 --> 00:49:22,776 SHUT DOWN THE MERLIN 1 AND 1455 00:49:22,776 --> 00:49:23,977 STAGE SEPARATION, AND SECOND 1456 00:49:23,977 --> 00:49:25,712 STAGE START NUMBER ONE. 1457 00:49:25,712 --> 00:49:29,683 >> AND SHORTLY AFTER MICO 1458 00:49:29,683 --> 00:49:31,418 STAGE ONE AND TWO WILL HEAD 1459 00:49:31,418 --> 00:49:33,587 DOWN TO EARTH WHILE THE SECOND 1460 00:49:33,587 --> 00:49:34,621 STAGE ENGINE STARTS FOR THE 1461 00:49:34,621 --> 00:49:41,128 FIRST TIME KNOWN AS SES-1, THE 1462 00:49:41,128 --> 00:49:44,297 SINGLE EARLY ENGINE WILL LIGHT 1463 00:49:44,297 --> 00:49:44,598 UP. 1464 00:49:44,598 --> 00:49:50,270 YOU'LL HEAR IT IN JUST A FEW 1465 00:49:50,270 --> 00:49:50,637 SECONDS. 1466 00:49:50,637 --> 00:49:59,046 >> STAGE SEPARATION CONFIRMED. 1467 00:49:59,046 --> 00:50:03,583 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1468 00:50:03,583 --> 00:50:04,885 >> M-VAC IGNITION. 1469 00:50:04,885 --> 00:50:06,853 >> CALLOUTS OF THREE GOOD 1470 00:50:06,853 --> 00:50:08,288 EVENTS, YOU HEARD IT AND 1471 00:50:08,288 --> 00:50:14,227 SHOULD HAVE SEEN IS T ON THE 1472 00:50:14,227 --> 00:50:14,628 LIVE CAST. 1473 00:50:14,628 --> 00:50:15,595 THE FIRST STAGE IS NOT 1474 00:50:15,595 --> 00:50:17,497 POWERED, IT SHUT DOWN, GREAT 1475 00:50:17,497 --> 00:50:19,332 VIEWS FROM THE SECOND STAGE 1476 00:50:19,332 --> 00:50:20,901 CAMERAS AS WE JUST HAD SUNSET 1477 00:50:20,901 --> 00:50:24,337 A LITTLE WHILE AGO AT KENNEDY 1478 00:50:24,337 --> 00:50:24,771 SPACE CENTER. 1479 00:50:24,771 --> 00:50:27,007 THE FIRST STAGE IS NOW 1480 00:50:27,007 --> 00:50:28,075 COASTING TO APOGEE. 1481 00:50:28,075 --> 00:50:29,676 THAT'S THE VIEW ON THE LEFT 1482 00:50:29,676 --> 00:50:29,976 SIDE. 1483 00:50:29,976 --> 00:50:32,546 WE'RE SLOWLY TURNING USING 1484 00:50:32,546 --> 00:50:33,947 COLD GAS THRUSTERS RETURNING 1485 00:50:33,947 --> 00:50:36,516 TO ORIENT THE ENGINES IN THE 1486 00:50:36,516 --> 00:50:37,117 DIRECTION OF FLIGHT. 1487 00:50:37,117 --> 00:50:38,118 ALSO YOU MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO 1488 00:50:38,118 --> 00:50:40,954 MAKE OUT IN A LITTLE BIT OF 1489 00:50:40,954 --> 00:50:43,457 THE LIGHT THE TITANIUM GRID 1490 00:50:43,457 --> 00:50:47,861 FIN DEPLOYMENT IS UNDER WAY, 1491 00:50:47,861 --> 00:50:53,700 AND HERE COMES FERRING 1492 00:50:53,700 --> 00:50:54,101 SEPARATION. 1493 00:50:54,101 --> 00:50:54,501 [APPLAUSE] 1494 00:50:54,501 --> 00:50:55,669 >> AND A BEAUTIFUL VIEW! 1495 00:50:55,669 --> 00:50:59,473 LOOKING AT ATHENA AND THE RIDE 1496 00:50:59,473 --> 00:51:01,508 SHARES ON TOP OF THE SECOND 1497 00:51:01,508 --> 00:51:02,876 STAGE STACK. 1498 00:51:02,876 --> 00:51:07,114 SO IT HAD GOOD SEPARATION. 1499 00:51:07,114 --> 00:51:07,781 TRAJECTORY IS NOMINAL. 1500 00:51:07,781 --> 00:51:10,250 FIRST STAGE IS LOOKING GOOD AS 1501 00:51:10,250 --> 00:51:12,252 IT COMES TO APOGEE, SECOND 1502 00:51:12,252 --> 00:51:14,654 STAGE UNDER POWER, EVERYTHING 1503 00:51:14,654 --> 00:51:15,622 CONTINUING TO LOOK GOOD RIGHT 1504 00:51:15,622 --> 00:51:16,690 NOW ON THE MISSION. 1505 00:51:16,690 --> 00:51:19,760 >> YEAH, WE'RE JUST OVER 1506 00:51:19,760 --> 00:51:21,728 T-PLUS 4 MINUTES INTO TODAY'S 1507 00:51:21,728 --> 00:51:22,429 MISSION. 1508 00:51:22,429 --> 00:51:24,631 IM-2 IS SpaceX'S 24th LAUNCH 1509 00:51:24,631 --> 00:51:26,967 THIS YEAR AND WE'RE IN THE 1510 00:51:26,967 --> 00:51:30,804 FIRST OF TWO PLANNED M-VAC 1511 00:51:30,804 --> 00:51:32,339 BURNS AROUND THE T-PLUS 6 1512 00:51:32,339 --> 00:51:34,474 MINUTE MARK, YOU SHOULD SEE 1513 00:51:34,474 --> 00:51:36,610 THE FIRST STAGE'S ENTRY BURN 1514 00:51:36,610 --> 00:51:38,779 MAKING ITS WAY DOWN TO EARTH 1515 00:51:38,779 --> 00:51:42,449 AND FOR THE ENTRY BURN, IT 1516 00:51:42,449 --> 00:51:44,417 WILL BE THREE OF THE ENGINES 1517 00:51:44,417 --> 00:51:45,252 STARTING WITH THE CENTER 1518 00:51:45,252 --> 00:51:47,721 ENGINE FOLLOWED BY THE ENGINES 1519 00:51:47,721 --> 00:51:48,455 NEXT TO IT WHICH WILL SLOW 1520 00:51:48,455 --> 00:51:50,090 DOWN THE VEHICLE AS IT PASSES 1521 00:51:50,090 --> 00:51:51,558 BACK INTO THE EARTH'S 1522 00:51:51,558 --> 00:51:51,992 ATMOSPHERE. 1523 00:51:51,992 --> 00:51:53,727 WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN THE FIRST 1524 00:51:53,727 --> 00:51:55,428 STAGE TO REDUCE RE-ENTRY 1525 00:51:55,428 --> 00:51:57,430 FORCES WHICH WILL HELP US 1526 00:51:57,430 --> 00:51:59,399 RECOVER AND USE THE FIRST 1527 00:51:59,399 --> 00:52:02,269 STAGE, AND YOU CAN FOLLOW 1528 00:52:02,269 --> 00:52:03,336 ALONG ON THE SCREEN TO THE 1529 00:52:03,336 --> 00:52:05,572 BOTTOM LEFT AND RIGHT OF THE 1530 00:52:05,572 --> 00:52:08,408 SCREEN FOR STAGE 1 AND STAGE 2 1531 00:52:08,408 --> 00:52:09,543 SPEEDS AND ALTITUDES. 1532 00:52:09,543 --> 00:52:11,545 >> YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED ON THE 1533 00:52:11,545 --> 00:52:13,747 LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, FIRST 1534 00:52:13,747 --> 00:52:16,149 STAGE ALTITUDE HAS BEGUN 1535 00:52:16,149 --> 00:52:16,516 DROPPING. 1536 00:52:16,516 --> 00:52:19,753 WE REACHED APOGEE AND HEADING 1537 00:52:19,753 --> 00:52:23,323 BACK DOWN TO THE ATLANTIC 1538 00:52:23,323 --> 00:52:23,657 OCEAN. 1539 00:52:23,657 --> 00:52:24,991 WE'LL USE THE ENTRY BURN, 1540 00:52:24,991 --> 00:52:28,128 WE'RE FIRING THREE MERLIN 1541 00:52:28,128 --> 00:52:29,930 ENGINES TO DECELERATE FALCON 9 1542 00:52:29,930 --> 00:52:31,798 BUT STILL MOVING RAPIDLY, AND 1543 00:52:31,798 --> 00:52:34,000 THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE THE 1544 00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:36,136 VEHICLE TO FLY THROUGH THE 1545 00:52:36,136 --> 00:52:42,275 MERLIN EXHAUST GASES ON THE 1546 00:52:42,275 --> 00:52:43,777 ROCKET'S PLUME, THAT SOOT 1547 00:52:43,777 --> 00:52:46,713 COMES FROM THE CARBON BASED 1548 00:52:46,713 --> 00:52:48,682 FIELD THE FALCON 9 USES. 1549 00:52:48,682 --> 00:52:50,417 IT TOOK ALMOST TWO MINUTES 1550 00:52:50,417 --> 00:52:52,586 SINCE SEPARATION TO GET UP TO 1551 00:52:52,586 --> 00:52:54,788 APOGEE, GOING TO TAKE THE 1552 00:52:54,788 --> 00:52:56,523 ROCKET JUST AS LONG TO BRING 1553 00:52:56,523 --> 00:52:59,125 THE ROCKET BACK DOWN FOR THE 1554 00:52:59,125 --> 00:53:01,428 ENTRY BURN COMING UP IN JUST 1555 00:53:01,428 --> 00:53:11,071 ABOUT 20 SECONDS OR SO. 1556 00:53:11,071 --> 00:53:13,440 NOW AS A REMINDER, THE FIRST 1557 00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:14,774 STAGE SUPPORTING THE MISSION 1558 00:53:14,774 --> 00:53:20,747 IS PERFORMING ENTRY BURN FOR 1559 00:53:20,747 --> 00:53:21,281 THE NINTH TIME. 1560 00:53:21,281 --> 00:53:22,015 FALCON 9 IS THE FIRST ORBITAL 1561 00:53:22,015 --> 00:53:22,515 REUSABLE ROCKET. 1562 00:53:22,515 --> 00:53:23,316 THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S 1563 00:53:23,316 --> 00:53:25,952 THE REUSABILITY THAT ALLOWS 1564 00:53:25,952 --> 00:53:27,554 SpaceX TO FLY THE MOVE 1565 00:53:27,554 --> 00:53:29,356 EXPENSIVE PARTS OF THE ROCKET, 1566 00:53:29,356 --> 00:53:33,827 THAT DRIVES DOWN COST TO SPACE 1567 00:53:33,827 --> 00:53:34,160 ACCESS. 1568 00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:35,362 >> STAGE 1 IS SAVED. 1569 00:53:35,362 --> 00:53:37,898 >> THERE'S THE CALLOUT FOR 1570 00:53:37,898 --> 00:53:40,567 ENTRY BURN STARTOUT, A 1571 00:53:40,567 --> 00:53:42,135 30-SECOND BURN. 1572 00:53:42,135 --> 00:53:42,969 SLOWING THE FIRST STAGE DOWN 1573 00:53:42,969 --> 00:53:52,445 AS IT RE-ENTERS THE EARTH'S 1574 00:53:52,445 --> 00:53:57,050 ATMOSPHERE. 1575 00:53:57,050 --> 00:53:58,818 >> STAGE 1 ENTRY BURN 1576 00:53:58,818 --> 00:53:59,853 SHUTDOWN. 1577 00:53:59,853 --> 00:54:01,288 >> YOU CAN SEE THE END OF THE 1578 00:54:01,288 --> 00:54:03,089 ENTRY BURN ON THE FIRST STAGE, 1579 00:54:03,089 --> 00:54:04,925 AND ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE 1580 00:54:04,925 --> 00:54:06,126 THE SECOND STAGE STILL IN THE 1581 00:54:06,126 --> 00:54:09,829 FIRST OF TWO PLANNED BURNS 1582 00:54:09,829 --> 00:54:11,898 CARRYING THE INTUITIVE 1583 00:54:11,898 --> 00:54:12,866 MACHINES-2 PAYLOAD TO THE 1584 00:54:12,866 --> 00:54:13,166 MOON. 1585 00:54:13,166 --> 00:54:15,468 COMING UP NEXT, WE WILL SHUT 1586 00:54:15,468 --> 00:54:17,737 DOWN OUR M-VAC ENGINE ON THE 1587 00:54:17,737 --> 00:54:18,905 SECOND STAGE FOLLOWED QUICKLY 1588 00:54:18,905 --> 00:54:22,742 BY THE LANDING BURN ON THE 1589 00:54:22,742 --> 00:54:24,444 FIRST STAGE, THE SECOND ENGINE 1590 00:54:24,444 --> 00:54:26,379 CUTOFF OF THE FIRST BURN WILL 1591 00:54:26,379 --> 00:54:29,849 BE IN JUST ABOUT 30 SECONDS AT 1592 00:54:29,849 --> 00:54:34,187 THE T-PLUS 30 SECONDS AND 46 1593 00:54:34,187 --> 00:54:35,388 SECOND MARK. 1594 00:54:35,388 --> 00:54:36,122 >> STAGE 2 IS IN TERMINAL 1595 00:54:36,122 --> 00:54:40,093 GUIDANCE. 1596 00:54:40,093 --> 00:54:41,428 >> YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR BOTTOM 1597 00:54:41,428 --> 00:54:43,863 RIGHT, THE SPEED OF THE SECOND 1598 00:54:43,863 --> 00:54:48,401 STAGE ACCELERATING AS WE ARE 1599 00:54:48,401 --> 00:54:50,770 IN THAT PHASE. 1600 00:54:50,770 --> 00:54:55,875 >> STAGE 1 TRANS-SONIC. 1601 00:54:55,875 --> 00:55:04,084 >> STAGE 2FTS IS SAVED. 1602 00:55:15,662 --> 00:55:18,298 >> M-VAC SHUTDOWN, SHOULD BE 1603 00:55:18,298 --> 00:55:19,766 GETTING CONFIRMATION OF A GOOD 1604 00:55:19,766 --> 00:55:23,570 ORBIT -- THERE IS THAT STAGE 1 1605 00:55:23,570 --> 00:55:25,038 BURN, AND THAT CONFIRMATION OF 1606 00:55:25,038 --> 00:55:28,174 A GOOD ORBIT ON STAGE 2. 1607 00:55:28,174 --> 00:55:30,377 LET'S WATCH STAGE 1 COME BACK 1608 00:55:30,377 --> 00:55:35,582 HOME. 1609 00:55:35,582 --> 00:55:41,788 >> LAND AND LOAD DEPLOY. 1610 00:55:41,788 --> 00:55:45,091 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1611 00:55:45,091 --> 00:55:46,359 >> STAGE 1 CONFIRMED. 1612 00:55:46,359 --> 00:55:49,262 >> AWESOME VIEWS OF THAT FIRST 1613 00:55:49,262 --> 00:55:50,930 STAGE LANDING. 1614 00:55:50,930 --> 00:55:51,931 THERE YOU HAVE IT. 1615 00:55:51,931 --> 00:55:55,869 THAT WAS THE 413th RECOVERY OF 1616 00:55:55,869 --> 00:55:57,237 THE ORBITAL CLASS ROCKET 1617 00:55:57,237 --> 00:55:59,572 INCLUDING FIRST STAGE LANDINGS 1618 00:55:59,572 --> 00:56:02,475 FOR FALCON 9 AND HEAVY. 1619 00:56:02,475 --> 00:56:03,576 >> FIRST STAGE IS BACK ON THE 1620 00:56:03,576 --> 00:56:04,411 DRONE SHIP. 1621 00:56:04,411 --> 00:56:05,011 BEAUTIFUL MISSION. 1622 00:56:05,011 --> 00:56:08,915 SECOND STAGE IS IN THE PARKING 1623 00:56:08,915 --> 00:56:10,116 ORBIT, AND OUR LOW-EARTH 1624 00:56:10,116 --> 00:56:10,450 ORBIT. 1625 00:56:10,450 --> 00:56:12,152 THE MISSION DOES CONTINUE IN 1626 00:56:12,152 --> 00:56:13,286 SPACE WITH STAGE 2. 1627 00:56:13,286 --> 00:56:15,522 COMING UP NEXT, WE HAVE THE 1628 00:56:15,522 --> 00:56:17,624 SECOND BURN OF OUR M-VAC 1629 00:56:17,624 --> 00:56:17,957 ENGINE. 1630 00:56:17,957 --> 00:56:22,295 WE CALL THAT SDS2, THAT WILL 1631 00:56:22,295 --> 00:56:25,231 BE THE SECOND STAGE BURN 1632 00:56:25,231 --> 00:56:27,767 AROUND THE T-PLUS 36 1/2 1633 00:56:27,767 --> 00:56:29,235 MINUTE MARK AND FOLLOW THAT 1634 00:56:29,235 --> 00:56:30,070 WITH SPACECRAFT SEPARATION. 1635 00:56:30,070 --> 00:56:32,639 UNTIL THEN, WE SENT YOU BACK 1636 00:56:32,639 --> 00:56:36,543 TO TAHIRA AND JOSH AT KENNEDY 1637 00:56:36,543 --> 00:56:36,976 SPACE CENTER. 1638 00:56:36,976 --> 00:56:42,849 >> THANK YOU, JOHN AND YEO 1639 00:56:42,849 --> 00:56:43,116 MAE. 1640 00:56:43,116 --> 00:56:44,017 WELCOME TO THE SPACE COAST OF 1641 00:56:44,017 --> 00:56:45,552 FLORIDA, WHERE WE WITNESSED 1642 00:56:45,552 --> 00:56:49,889 THE BEAUTIFUL LIFTOFF OF THE 1643 00:56:49,889 --> 00:56:50,790 MOON BOUND INTUITIVE 1644 00:56:50,790 --> 00:56:53,393 MACHINES-2 NAMED ATHENA. 1645 00:56:53,393 --> 00:56:55,395 FROM LAUNCH PAD 39A AT KENNEDY 1646 00:56:55,395 --> 00:56:55,862 SPACE CENTER. 1647 00:56:55,862 --> 00:56:57,030 >> INTUITIVE MACHINES IS AN 1648 00:56:57,030 --> 00:56:59,032 AMERICAN COMPANY BASED IN 1649 00:56:59,032 --> 00:56:59,766 HOUSTON, TEXAS. 1650 00:56:59,766 --> 00:57:01,601 WE DEVELOPED AND BUILT A 1651 00:57:01,601 --> 00:57:02,802 COMPLETE SPACE PROGRAM AROUND 1652 00:57:02,802 --> 00:57:05,438 OUR LUNAR LANDER CARRYING 1653 00:57:05,438 --> 00:57:06,506 AMONG OTHER THINGS SEVERAL 1654 00:57:06,506 --> 00:57:08,041 MASSIVE PAYLOADS AND IF 1655 00:57:08,041 --> 00:57:10,443 EVERYTHING GOES AS PLANNED, IN 1656 00:57:10,443 --> 00:57:12,779 EIGHT DAYS, ATHENA IS EXPECTED 1657 00:57:12,779 --> 00:57:15,215 TO LAND AT MONS MOUTON REGION, 1658 00:57:15,215 --> 00:57:17,717 100 MILES FROM THE LUNAR SOUTH 1659 00:57:17,717 --> 00:57:18,017 POLE. 1660 00:57:18,017 --> 00:57:19,285 >> MAKE SURE YOU STAY WITH US 1661 00:57:19,285 --> 00:57:19,652 TONIGHT. 1662 00:57:19,652 --> 00:57:20,987 OUR BROADCAST ON NASA+ WILL 1663 00:57:20,987 --> 00:57:23,022 CONTINUE THROUGH ATHENA'S 1664 00:57:23,022 --> 00:57:25,625 ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL, WHICH 1665 00:57:25,625 --> 00:57:26,359 IS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN JUST 1666 00:57:26,359 --> 00:57:27,427 AFTER 8:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME. 1667 00:57:27,427 --> 00:57:29,329 JOSH, BESIDE ATHENA CALLING 1668 00:57:29,329 --> 00:57:31,364 HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME, ARE 1669 00:57:31,364 --> 00:57:34,567 THERE ANY OTHER BIG MILESTONES 1670 00:57:34,567 --> 00:57:35,301 THAT YOUR TEAM IS MONITORING 1671 00:57:35,301 --> 00:57:38,004 AND WAITING TO HAPPEN RIGHT 1672 00:57:38,004 --> 00:57:38,338 NOW? 1673 00:57:38,338 --> 00:57:39,939 >> IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER, 1674 00:57:39,939 --> 00:57:43,476 ATHENA MAKING THE FIRST CALL 1675 00:57:43,476 --> 00:57:46,412 HOME ISN'T AN EASY FEAT, 1676 00:57:46,412 --> 00:57:48,481 GETTING INTO MAX POWER 1677 00:57:48,481 --> 00:57:48,882 ATTITUDE. 1678 00:57:48,882 --> 00:57:50,016 THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS 1679 00:57:50,016 --> 00:57:51,284 FLIGHT CONTROLLERS CONFIRM 1680 00:57:51,284 --> 00:57:52,785 AFTER WE HEAR FROM ATHENA FOR 1681 00:57:52,785 --> 00:57:54,187 THE FIRST TIME. 1682 00:57:54,187 --> 00:57:56,456 CHECKING THAT, TOP DECK SOLAR 1683 00:57:56,456 --> 00:57:58,057 ARRAY IS LOCKED IN POINTING 1684 00:57:58,057 --> 00:57:59,692 RIGHT AT SUN, AND TO HEAR ONE 1685 00:57:59,692 --> 00:58:01,361 OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE 1686 00:58:01,361 --> 00:58:03,429 MISSION IS WHILE ATHENA IS 1687 00:58:03,429 --> 00:58:04,497 EXPECTED TO CALL BACK TO 1688 00:58:04,497 --> 00:58:06,799 MISSION CONTROL THERE'S MORE 1689 00:58:06,799 --> 00:58:09,169 ACTION, ADDITIONAL PAYLOAD 1690 00:58:09,169 --> 00:58:10,103 DEPLOYMENTS FROM THE SECOND 1691 00:58:10,103 --> 00:58:10,970 ROCKET STAGE. 1692 00:58:10,970 --> 00:58:13,006 >> I AM SUPER EXCITED ABOUT 1693 00:58:13,006 --> 00:58:13,373 THAT. 1694 00:58:13,373 --> 00:58:14,908 I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN 1695 00:58:14,908 --> 00:58:17,177 MULTIPLE RIDE SHARE PAYLOADS 1696 00:58:17,177 --> 00:58:17,644 RELEASE. 1697 00:58:17,644 --> 00:58:19,279 THEY ARE CALLED RIDE SHARES. 1698 00:58:19,279 --> 00:58:22,348 WHILE THEY AREN'T HITCHING A 1699 00:58:22,348 --> 00:58:24,617 RIDE, THEY ARE ON THE SAME 1700 00:58:24,617 --> 00:58:24,951 ROCKET. 1701 00:58:24,951 --> 00:58:26,653 THEY HAVE THREE OF THEM, 1702 00:58:26,653 --> 00:58:28,454 INCLUDING THE TRAILBLAZER, IT 1703 00:58:28,454 --> 00:58:30,056 IS THE ONLY NASA SCIENCE 1704 00:58:30,056 --> 00:58:31,658 INVESTIGATION ON THIS MISSION 1705 00:58:31,658 --> 00:58:33,526 THAT WILL NOT LAND ON THE 1706 00:58:33,526 --> 00:58:34,594 MOON. 1707 00:58:34,594 --> 00:58:35,828 ONCE IT DEPLOYS IT WILL ORBIT 1708 00:58:35,828 --> 00:58:37,330 ABOUT 60 MILES FROM THE 1709 00:58:37,330 --> 00:58:38,464 SURFACE TO HELP SCIENTISTS 1710 00:58:38,464 --> 00:58:39,832 BETTER UNDERSTAND THE LUNAR 1711 00:58:39,832 --> 00:58:41,434 WATER CYCLE. 1712 00:58:41,434 --> 00:58:43,102 IT WILL ALSO INFORM FUTURE 1713 00:58:43,102 --> 00:58:45,004 HUMAN MISSIONS AS TO WHERE 1714 00:58:45,004 --> 00:58:47,073 SUPPLIES OF WATER MAY BE FOUND 1715 00:58:47,073 --> 00:58:50,610 AND EXTRACTED AS A RESOURCE. 1716 00:58:50,610 --> 00:58:53,379 THE MISSION IS MANAGED BY JPL 1717 00:58:53,379 --> 00:58:55,748 AND MISSIONS ARE LED OUT OF 1718 00:58:55,748 --> 00:58:56,983 CALTECH UNIVERSITY. 1719 00:58:56,983 --> 00:59:00,853 WE'RE JOINED BY DR. RACHEL 1720 00:59:00,853 --> 00:59:05,491 KLIMA, LUNAR TRAILBLAZER 1721 00:59:05,491 --> 00:59:06,526 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR. 1722 00:59:06,526 --> 00:59:08,261 WHAT A LAUNCH TONIGHT. 1723 00:59:08,261 --> 00:59:08,861 >> OH, MY GOSH. 1724 00:59:08,861 --> 00:59:11,364 >> WERE YOU ABLE TO WITNESS 1725 00:59:11,364 --> 00:59:11,664 IT? 1726 00:59:11,664 --> 00:59:13,132 >> YES, I WAS. 1727 00:59:13,132 --> 00:59:15,235 MY MIND IS BLOWN, NOT JUST 1728 00:59:15,235 --> 00:59:16,436 BECAUSE THE LAUNCH IS SO 1729 00:59:16,436 --> 00:59:18,805 BEAUTIFUL, BUT TO HAVE WORKED 1730 00:59:18,805 --> 00:59:20,907 ON SOMETHING FOR SO LONG AND 1731 00:59:20,907 --> 00:59:22,375 SEE IT GO -- LIKE I DON'T KNOW 1732 00:59:22,375 --> 00:59:23,576 HOW THIS IS MY LIFE. 1733 00:59:23,576 --> 00:59:25,111 >> CONGRATULATIONS. 1734 00:59:25,111 --> 00:59:26,312 CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE GOAL 1735 00:59:26,312 --> 00:59:28,414 OF THE LUNAR TRAILBLAZER 1736 00:59:28,414 --> 00:59:28,815 MISSION? 1737 00:59:28,815 --> 00:59:29,649 >> SURE. 1738 00:59:29,649 --> 00:59:32,418 SO LUNAR TRAILBLAZER, WE 1739 00:59:32,418 --> 00:59:34,320 PROPOSED IT IN 2018 TO FOLLOW 1740 00:59:34,320 --> 00:59:35,688 UP ON THE OBSERVATIONS MADE 1741 00:59:35,688 --> 00:59:37,657 ALMOST ABOUT A DECADE BEFORE 1742 00:59:37,657 --> 00:59:39,359 THAT OF WATER ON THE SURFACE 1743 00:59:39,359 --> 00:59:40,727 OF THE MOON, ACROSS THE ENTIRE 1744 00:59:40,727 --> 00:59:43,963 SURFACE OF THE MOON. 1745 00:59:43,963 --> 00:59:45,131 WE'RE GOING BACK TO 1746 00:59:45,131 --> 00:59:46,966 ENFORCEMENT STUDY, THE 1747 00:59:46,966 --> 00:59:48,234 ABUNDANCE THE DISTRIBUTION OF 1748 00:59:48,234 --> 00:59:50,136 THE WATER AND TO UNDERSTAND IF 1749 00:59:50,136 --> 00:59:53,273 WATER MIGRATES ACROSS THE 1750 00:59:53,273 --> 00:59:54,240 LUNAR SURFACE TO LEARN ABOUT 1751 00:59:54,240 --> 00:59:55,808 THE WATER CYCLE. 1752 00:59:55,808 --> 00:59:57,277 >> TELL US ABOUT THE 1753 00:59:57,277 --> 00:59:58,378 INSTRUMENTS ON BOARD TO HELP 1754 00:59:58,378 --> 01:00:00,179 YOU ACHIEVE THE MISSION? 1755 01:00:00,179 --> 01:00:01,614 >> WE HAVE TWO STATE OF THE 1756 01:00:01,614 --> 01:00:03,216 ART INSTRUMENTS. 1757 01:00:03,216 --> 01:00:07,520 ONE CALLED THE HIGH-RESOLUTION 1758 01:00:07,520 --> 01:00:11,724 VOLATILE MINERAL MAPPING -- 1759 01:00:11,724 --> 01:00:14,427 MINERAL MOON MAPPER. 1760 01:00:14,427 --> 01:00:19,198 I'M A LITTLE EXCITED, AND THAT 1761 01:00:19,198 --> 01:00:20,566 STUDIES THE NEAR INFRARED 1762 01:00:20,566 --> 01:00:21,501 REFLECTED LIGHT FROM THE SUN. 1763 01:00:21,501 --> 01:00:23,069 THE SUN SHINES THE LIGHT TO 1764 01:00:23,069 --> 01:00:24,570 THE LUNAR SURFACE AND THE 1765 01:00:24,570 --> 01:00:26,673 LIGHT REFLECTED BACK OFF 1766 01:00:26,673 --> 01:00:28,241 CARRIES WITH IT LIKE A 1767 01:00:28,241 --> 01:00:29,776 SPECTRAL FINGERPRINT OF WHERE 1768 01:00:29,776 --> 01:00:31,644 WATER AND MINERALS ARE ON THE 1769 01:00:31,644 --> 01:00:32,445 LUNAR SURFACE. 1770 01:00:32,445 --> 01:00:34,447 WE'LL BE MEASURING THOUGH, AND 1771 01:00:34,447 --> 01:00:36,349 RIDING ALONG WITH THAT IS THE 1772 01:00:36,349 --> 01:00:38,685 LUNAR THERMAL MAPPER OUT OF 1773 01:00:38,685 --> 01:00:40,320 OXFORD UNIVERSITY IN THE 1774 01:00:40,320 --> 01:00:41,954 UNITED KINGDOM. 1775 01:00:41,954 --> 01:00:43,656 IT'S AN INTERNATIONAL 1776 01:00:43,656 --> 01:00:45,224 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE U.K., AND 1777 01:00:45,224 --> 01:00:46,693 THEY'RE MEASURING THE 1778 01:00:46,693 --> 01:00:47,960 TEMPERATURE OF THE LUNAR 1779 01:00:47,960 --> 01:00:49,395 SURFACE AT THE SAME TIME THAT 1780 01:00:49,395 --> 01:00:52,699 WE'RE MEASURING THE SPECT RAL 1781 01:00:52,699 --> 01:00:53,800 SIGNATURE AND UNDERSTANDING 1782 01:00:53,800 --> 01:00:54,367 WHERE THE WATER IS. 1783 01:00:54,367 --> 01:00:56,869 >> RACHEL, YOU CAN TELL US THE 1784 01:00:56,869 --> 01:00:58,338 WORK THAT LUNAR TRAILBLAZER IS 1785 01:00:58,338 --> 01:01:00,073 INTENDING TO DO, LAY THE 1786 01:01:00,073 --> 01:01:01,607 GROUNDWORK FOR WHAT WE WANT TO 1787 01:01:01,607 --> 01:01:03,176 DO WITH OUR ARTEMIS? 1788 01:01:03,176 --> 01:01:05,745 >> WE HAVE HINTS OF WATER ON 1789 01:01:05,745 --> 01:01:07,480 THE LUNAR SURFACE IN THE 1790 01:01:07,480 --> 01:01:09,482 PERMANENTLY SHADOW THE REGIONS 1791 01:01:09,482 --> 01:01:10,550 ON THE MOON AND THE LUNAR 1792 01:01:10,550 --> 01:01:11,651 SURFACE, IF WE WANT TO GO 1793 01:01:11,651 --> 01:01:13,953 THERE WITH ARTEMIS, IF WE WANT 1794 01:01:13,953 --> 01:01:16,356 TO LIVE OFF THE LAND, USE THE 1795 01:01:16,356 --> 01:01:19,425 WATER THAT'S THERE, WE NEED TO 1796 01:01:19,425 --> 01:01:21,427 UNDERSTAND WHERE IT IS, HOW 1797 01:01:21,427 --> 01:01:23,029 MUCH WATER IS THERE, SO LUNAR 1798 01:01:23,029 --> 01:01:24,364 TRAILBLAZER WILL BE ABLE TO 1799 01:01:24,364 --> 01:01:26,999 MAP WHETHER THERE'S ICE IN THE 1800 01:01:26,999 --> 01:01:28,735 PERMANENTLY SHADOWED REGIONS 1801 01:01:28,735 --> 01:01:30,370 AND THAT THING TO. 1802 01:01:30,370 --> 01:01:32,205 PICK LANDING SITES AND SEE 1803 01:01:32,205 --> 01:01:33,339 WHERE WE WANT TO BE. 1804 01:01:33,339 --> 01:01:34,774 >> WHAT AN EXCITING FUTURE. 1805 01:01:34,774 --> 01:01:36,242 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, 1806 01:01:36,242 --> 01:01:36,576 RACHEL. 1807 01:01:36,576 --> 01:01:38,478 >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. 1808 01:01:38,478 --> 01:01:40,313 >> JOSH, I UNDERSTAND THERE 1809 01:01:40,313 --> 01:01:43,349 ARE A FEW OTHER COMMERCIAL 1810 01:01:43,349 --> 01:01:45,284 RIDE SHARE PAYLOADS THAT LUNAR 1811 01:01:45,284 --> 01:01:48,254 TRAILBLAZER WILL DEPLOY FROM 1812 01:01:48,254 --> 01:01:49,822 THE ROCKET AFTER ATHENA? 1813 01:01:49,822 --> 01:01:52,592 >> ATHENA SEPARATES AND THE 1814 01:01:52,592 --> 01:01:54,794 THREE RIDE SHARE PAYLOADS 1815 01:01:54,794 --> 01:01:55,361 DEPLOY. 1816 01:01:55,361 --> 01:01:57,864 THIS HAS CONDENSED TIME LINE, 1817 01:01:57,864 --> 01:01:58,865 WE EXPECT THE PAYLOADS TO 1818 01:01:58,865 --> 01:02:00,299 SEPARATE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES 1819 01:02:00,299 --> 01:02:01,667 AFTER ATHENA. 1820 01:02:01,667 --> 01:02:03,469 >> EVEN THE ANIMATION, THIS IS 1821 01:02:03,469 --> 01:02:05,004 GORGEOUS, THIS IS GOING TO BE 1822 01:02:05,004 --> 01:02:06,572 A SPECTACULAR VIEW. 1823 01:02:06,572 --> 01:02:08,775 SO CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH, 1824 01:02:08,775 --> 01:02:11,144 WHAT EXACTLY IS DEPLOYING 1825 01:02:11,144 --> 01:02:11,511 HERE? 1826 01:02:11,511 --> 01:02:13,446 >> WHAT YOU'RE WATCHING ALL OF 1827 01:02:13,446 --> 01:02:17,116 THE RIDE SHARE DEPLOYMENTS, 1828 01:02:17,116 --> 01:02:18,217 ASTROFORGE USING THE MISSION 1829 01:02:18,217 --> 01:02:19,652 TO TARGET ASTEROID, THAT IS 1830 01:02:19,652 --> 01:02:21,254 OUT OF THIS WORLD, AND 1831 01:02:21,254 --> 01:02:25,458 DEPLOYMENT OF EPIC AEROSPACE'S 1832 01:02:25,458 --> 01:02:27,894 PAYLOAD CALLED CHIMERA 1833 01:02:27,894 --> 01:02:29,862 INTENDED TO DEPLOY MULTIPLE 1834 01:02:29,862 --> 01:02:31,764 PAYLOADS AFTER SEPARATION. 1835 01:02:31,764 --> 01:02:36,569 >> IS THERE A SPECIAL REASON 1836 01:02:36,569 --> 01:02:38,371 THE RIDE SHARES JOINED LUNAR 1837 01:02:38,371 --> 01:02:39,872 CLPS RIDE SHARE MISSIONS? 1838 01:02:39,872 --> 01:02:41,941 >> TAKES TRAJECTORY TO THE 1839 01:02:41,941 --> 01:02:44,877 MOON, A TRANSLUNAR ORBIT, LIKE 1840 01:02:44,877 --> 01:02:46,446 THROWING A FASTBALL AT THE 1841 01:02:46,446 --> 01:02:46,746 MOON. 1842 01:02:46,746 --> 01:02:49,615 IT ALLOWS ATHENA TO GET THERE 1843 01:02:49,615 --> 01:02:51,250 IN EIGHT DAYS BUT FOR RIDE 1844 01:02:51,250 --> 01:02:52,952 SHARES, AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET 1845 01:02:52,952 --> 01:02:55,087 PLACES LIKE THE MOON OR DEEP 1846 01:02:55,087 --> 01:02:56,823 SPACE ASTEROID LIKE 1847 01:02:56,823 --> 01:02:59,459 ASTROFORGE, AN OPPORTUNITY TO 1848 01:02:59,459 --> 01:03:01,727 SEND OUR FUTURE LUNAR DATA 1849 01:03:01,727 --> 01:03:03,996 RELAY SATELLITES STARTING WITH 1850 01:03:03,996 --> 01:03:05,832 IM-3, WHICH IS CARRYING OUR 1851 01:03:05,832 --> 01:03:10,670 CLPS PAYLOADS FROM NASA. 1852 01:03:10,670 --> 01:03:12,438 >> THAT'S RIGHT, AND IM-3 WILL 1853 01:03:12,438 --> 01:03:14,540 BE INTUITIVE MACHINES THIRD 1854 01:03:14,540 --> 01:03:16,042 DELIVERY LUNAR MISSION AS PART 1855 01:03:16,042 --> 01:03:17,844 OF CLPS WHERE NASA AND 1856 01:03:17,844 --> 01:03:19,111 AMERICAN COMPANIES HAVE TEAMED 1857 01:03:19,111 --> 01:03:20,646 UP TO EXPLORE THE MOON. 1858 01:03:20,646 --> 01:03:22,381 NOW A LOT OF RESEARCH NEEDS TO 1859 01:03:22,381 --> 01:03:23,549 HAPPEN BEFORE HUMANITY CAN 1860 01:03:23,549 --> 01:03:25,485 LIVE AND WORK ON THE LUNAR 1861 01:03:25,485 --> 01:03:27,920 SURFACE, AND THE CLPS MISSIONS 1862 01:03:27,920 --> 01:03:30,223 ARE LIKE STEPPING STONES 1863 01:03:30,223 --> 01:03:30,823 TOWARDS CREATING THE 1864 01:03:30,823 --> 01:03:31,357 SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. 1865 01:03:31,357 --> 01:03:34,460 IN THE END, THE REWARDS 1866 01:03:34,460 --> 01:03:36,596 OUTWEIGH THE RISKS. 1867 01:03:36,596 --> 01:03:38,664 >> LANDING ON THE MOON IS 1868 01:03:38,664 --> 01:03:38,965 HARD. 1869 01:03:38,965 --> 01:03:39,866 WE'RE GOING BACK. 1870 01:03:39,866 --> 01:03:41,300 UNDER THIS ARTEMIS PROGRAM, 1871 01:03:41,300 --> 01:03:43,135 WE'RE SENDING HUMANS TO THE 1872 01:03:43,135 --> 01:03:46,305 MOON FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1873 01:03:46,305 --> 01:03:46,639 APOLLO. 1874 01:03:46,639 --> 01:03:48,074 SO AHEAD OF HUMANS, WE WANT TO 1875 01:03:48,074 --> 01:03:51,010 GET UP AS MUCH SCIENCE, 1876 01:03:51,010 --> 01:03:53,446 EXPLORATION AND TECHNOLOGY 1877 01:03:53,446 --> 01:03:54,113 EXPERIMENTS AS POSSIBLE. 1878 01:03:54,113 --> 01:03:55,882 >> SO CLPS STARTS FACILITATING 1879 01:03:55,882 --> 01:03:58,784 THE EARLY SCIENCE, THE THINGS 1880 01:03:58,784 --> 01:04:01,120 WE LEARN BEFORE WE SEND 1881 01:04:01,120 --> 01:04:01,454 HUMANS. 1882 01:04:01,454 --> 01:04:04,357 CLPS STANDS FOR COMMERCIAL 1883 01:04:04,357 --> 01:04:05,157 LUNAR PAYLOAD SERVICES, CLPS. 1884 01:04:05,157 --> 01:04:06,826 >> WHEN NASA DELIVERS A 1885 01:04:06,826 --> 01:04:08,728 PAYLOAD TO THE SURFACE OF THE 1886 01:04:08,728 --> 01:04:09,428 MOON, THEY DO IT WITH 1887 01:04:09,428 --> 01:04:11,864 COMMERCIAL PARTNER BUT NASA 1888 01:04:11,864 --> 01:04:13,266 CONTROLS THE BUILDING OF THE 1889 01:04:13,266 --> 01:04:13,633 VEHICLE. 1890 01:04:13,633 --> 01:04:16,836 NOW THE SERVICE AND DELIVERY 1891 01:04:16,836 --> 01:04:17,603 OF LUNAR PAYLOADS TO THE MOON. 1892 01:04:17,603 --> 01:04:20,172 >> IT IS A DELIVERY SERVICE 1893 01:04:20,172 --> 01:04:21,974 AKIN TO A DELIVERY SERVICE 1894 01:04:21,974 --> 01:04:22,909 HERE ON EARTH. 1895 01:04:22,909 --> 01:04:24,610 >> Reporter: NASA WILL PROVIDE 1896 01:04:24,610 --> 01:04:26,212 PAYLOADS TO A COMMERCIAL 1897 01:04:26,212 --> 01:04:27,113 COMPANY. 1898 01:04:27,113 --> 01:04:31,684 THEY DECIDE HOW GET IT TO THE 1899 01:04:31,684 --> 01:04:31,984 MOON. 1900 01:04:31,984 --> 01:04:33,586 THEY DECIDE THE END TO END 1901 01:04:33,586 --> 01:04:33,953 MISSION. 1902 01:04:33,953 --> 01:04:36,355 >> AFFORDABLE, RAPID, FREQUENT 1903 01:04:36,355 --> 01:04:38,090 ACCESS TO LUNAR SURFACE 1904 01:04:38,090 --> 01:04:39,392 THROUGH AMERICAN COMPANIES. 1905 01:04:39,392 --> 01:04:41,928 >> WE'RE FUNDING DIFFERENT 1906 01:04:41,928 --> 01:04:42,328 COMPANIES. 1907 01:04:42,328 --> 01:04:43,329 >> WE HAVE COMMERCIAL 1908 01:04:43,329 --> 01:04:44,463 COMPANIES COMPETING TO WIN 1909 01:04:44,463 --> 01:04:45,798 TASK ORDERS TO DELIVER 1910 01:04:45,798 --> 01:04:46,999 PAYLOADS TO THE SURFACE OF THE 1911 01:04:46,999 --> 01:04:47,300 MOON. 1912 01:04:47,300 --> 01:04:48,768 >> ONE OF THE GOALS WHEN WE 1913 01:04:48,768 --> 01:04:50,536 STARTED CLPS IS TO ESTABLISH A 1914 01:04:50,536 --> 01:04:51,137 LUNAR ECONOMY. 1915 01:04:51,137 --> 01:04:52,705 >> SOMEBODY HAS TO DO IT 1916 01:04:52,705 --> 01:04:55,942 FIRST, BECOMES COMMERCIALLY 1917 01:04:55,942 --> 01:04:57,243 AVAILABLE AND ABLE TO CRANK 1918 01:04:57,243 --> 01:04:59,912 THEM UP AND MAKE THEM MORE 1919 01:04:59,912 --> 01:05:00,313 AFFORDABLE. 1920 01:05:00,313 --> 01:05:02,481 THE LUNAR SURFACE IS THE NEXT 1921 01:05:02,481 --> 01:05:03,482 FRONTIER FOR COMMERCIAL 1922 01:05:03,482 --> 01:05:03,883 ENVIRONMENT. 1923 01:05:03,883 --> 01:05:09,755 >> THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE 1924 01:05:09,755 --> 01:05:10,523 LEADERSHIP THAT SOME OF THEM 1925 01:05:10,523 --> 01:05:10,923 WILL FAIL. 1926 01:05:10,923 --> 01:05:11,591 THE MISSIONS MAY NOT BE AS 1927 01:05:11,591 --> 01:05:12,592 SUCCESSFUL AS TRADITIONAL NASA 1928 01:05:12,592 --> 01:05:12,959 MISSION. 1929 01:05:12,959 --> 01:05:14,393 >> WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THE RISK 1930 01:05:14,393 --> 01:05:15,861 THAT GOING THROUGH THE 1931 01:05:15,861 --> 01:05:17,763 INNOVATIVE APPROACH WITH THE 1932 01:05:17,763 --> 01:05:19,298 COMPANIES THAT THERE COULD BE 1933 01:05:19,298 --> 01:05:20,433 FAILURES. 1934 01:05:20,433 --> 01:05:21,100 SOME OF THEM ARE NEW 1935 01:05:21,100 --> 01:05:21,500 COMPANIES. 1936 01:05:21,500 --> 01:05:22,902 NONE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY LANDED 1937 01:05:22,902 --> 01:05:24,870 ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON SO 1938 01:05:24,870 --> 01:05:26,806 THEY'RE GOING TO LEARN 1939 01:05:26,806 --> 01:05:27,173 LESSONS. 1940 01:05:27,173 --> 01:05:29,508 >> WE GIVE VENDORS -- 1941 01:05:29,508 --> 01:05:31,243 >> THAT WILL HELP BUY DOWN OUR 1942 01:05:31,243 --> 01:05:32,612 RISK AS THE COMPANIES LEARN 1943 01:05:32,612 --> 01:05:34,380 WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BUILD UP 1944 01:05:34,380 --> 01:05:38,250 THE LUNAR LANDER, INTEGRATE 1945 01:05:38,250 --> 01:05:39,385 PAYLOADS, GET TO THE LUNAR 1946 01:05:39,385 --> 01:05:42,088 SURFACE AND LAND SAFELY? 1947 01:05:42,088 --> 01:05:43,956 >> THEY HAVE VERY, VERY GOOD 1948 01:05:43,956 --> 01:05:45,625 TECHNICAL DATA, WE'RE WILLING 1949 01:05:45,625 --> 01:05:48,127 TO TAKE MORE SHOTS ON GOAL. 1950 01:05:48,127 --> 01:05:50,896 WE'RE NOT RISKING HUMAN LIFE, 1951 01:05:50,896 --> 01:05:53,265 AND IF WE'RE FLYING MISSIONS 1952 01:05:53,265 --> 01:05:55,768 ONE TENTH THE COST OF A NASA 1953 01:05:55,768 --> 01:05:57,937 MISSION AND FAIL TWO OF THEM, 1954 01:05:57,937 --> 01:05:59,171 WE GET EIGHT MISSIONS FOR THE 1955 01:05:59,171 --> 01:05:59,872 SAME PRICE. 1956 01:05:59,872 --> 01:06:04,243 >> WITH ONE OR TWO FAILURES, 1957 01:06:04,243 --> 01:06:07,079 THIS IS AN ECONOMIC MISSION. 1958 01:06:07,079 --> 01:06:08,381 IT IS MORE RISK TOLERANT THAN 1959 01:06:08,381 --> 01:06:11,117 NASA IS ACCUSTOMED TO. 1960 01:06:11,117 --> 01:06:12,685 EVERY ONE OF THESE IS DOING 1961 01:06:12,685 --> 01:06:15,988 WHAT THEY CAN TO HAVE A MOST 1962 01:06:15,988 --> 01:06:16,722 SUCCESSFUL MISSION POSSIBLE, 1963 01:06:16,722 --> 01:06:17,857 BUT THE IMPORTANT THING TO 1964 01:06:17,857 --> 01:06:20,993 REALIZE IS RISK TOLERANT DOES 1965 01:06:20,993 --> 01:06:22,595 NOT MEAN RISKY AND THE REWARDS 1966 01:06:22,595 --> 01:06:25,131 ARE LONG-TERM ABILITY TO GET 1967 01:06:25,131 --> 01:06:26,032 PAYLOADS TO THE MOON 1968 01:06:26,032 --> 01:06:28,567 INEXPENSIVELY FREQUENTLY AND 1969 01:06:28,567 --> 01:06:28,934 RAPIDLY. 1970 01:06:28,934 --> 01:06:30,836 >> WE WANT SCIENCE TO PUT OUR 1971 01:06:30,836 --> 01:06:32,304 RESOURCES ON EVEN MORE 1972 01:06:32,304 --> 01:06:33,339 SCIENCE, EXPLORATION AND 1973 01:06:33,339 --> 01:06:34,507 TECHNOLOGY PAYLOADS AND GET 1974 01:06:34,507 --> 01:06:36,442 MORE RETURN ON INVESTMENT WHEN 1975 01:06:36,442 --> 01:06:38,811 WE GET TO THE MOON. 1976 01:06:38,811 --> 01:06:41,480 >> CLPS PROVIDES TREMENDOUS 1977 01:06:41,480 --> 01:06:42,281 BENEFIT ACROSS THE SCIENTIFIC 1978 01:06:42,281 --> 01:06:42,948 AND ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES. 1979 01:06:42,948 --> 01:06:44,984 >> THERE'S A LOT TO LEARN 1980 01:06:44,984 --> 01:06:45,951 ABOUT HUMAN HABITATION AND 1981 01:06:45,951 --> 01:06:50,056 PREPARE US FOR MISSIONS TO THE 1982 01:06:50,056 --> 01:06:51,257 MOON, MARS AND BEYOND. 1983 01:06:51,257 --> 01:06:53,059 >> THE MOON IS THE FIRST STEP. 1984 01:06:53,059 --> 01:06:55,961 >> JOINING ME ARE DR. NICKY 1985 01:06:55,961 --> 01:07:00,399 FOX AND DR. JOEL KEARNS, THE 1986 01:07:00,399 --> 01:07:03,002 DEPUTY ASSOCIATED 1987 01:07:03,002 --> 01:07:05,671 ADMINISTRATOR FOR EXPLORATION. 1988 01:07:05,671 --> 01:07:07,306 NICKY, JOEL, WHAT A LAUNCH 1989 01:07:07,306 --> 01:07:07,673 TONIGHT. 1990 01:07:07,673 --> 01:07:08,374 >> IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. 1991 01:07:08,374 --> 01:07:09,775 >> DOES IT EVER GET OLD? 1992 01:07:09,775 --> 01:07:11,944 >> NO. 1993 01:07:11,944 --> 01:07:12,411 NEVER, NEVER. 1994 01:07:12,411 --> 01:07:12,678 NO. 1995 01:07:12,678 --> 01:07:13,979 >> PARTICULARLY WHEN NASA 1996 01:07:13,979 --> 01:07:14,747 SCIENCE IS GOING TO THE MOON 1997 01:07:14,747 --> 01:07:15,081 ON IT. 1998 01:07:15,081 --> 01:07:16,482 >> I KNOW, RIGHT? 1999 01:07:16,482 --> 01:07:18,684 MORE THAN JUST A LAUNCH. 2000 01:07:18,684 --> 01:07:19,785 THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE. 2001 01:07:19,785 --> 01:07:21,721 TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE, 2002 01:07:21,721 --> 01:07:25,524 NICKY, YOU ARE PASSIONATE HOW 2003 01:07:25,524 --> 01:07:27,727 SCIENCE CAN ENABLE 2004 01:07:27,727 --> 01:07:28,227 EXPLORATION. 2005 01:07:28,227 --> 01:07:29,662 YOU CAN TALK ABOUT HOW THE 2006 01:07:29,662 --> 01:07:30,730 SCIENCE AND INVESTIGATIONS 2007 01:07:30,730 --> 01:07:33,265 GOING UP TONIGHT ENABLE 2008 01:07:33,265 --> 01:07:34,767 HUMANITY HAVING THIS LONG-TERM 2009 01:07:34,767 --> 01:07:35,401 PRESENCE AT THE MOON? 2010 01:07:35,401 --> 01:07:40,706 >> YEAH, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY 2011 01:07:40,706 --> 01:07:42,775 SCIENCE ENABLES EXPLORATION 2012 01:07:42,775 --> 01:07:46,212 BUT EXPLORATION ENABLES 2013 01:07:46,212 --> 01:07:46,545 SKIEBS. 2014 01:07:46,545 --> 01:07:48,280 THAT'S WHY WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT 2015 01:07:48,280 --> 01:07:48,981 THE PARTNERSHIP. 2016 01:07:48,981 --> 01:07:51,183 NASA SCIENCE DOES GREAT 2017 01:07:51,183 --> 01:07:53,285 SCIENCE IN THE UNIVERSE FROM 2018 01:07:53,285 --> 01:07:54,220 THE CENTER OF THE SUN TO THE 2019 01:07:54,220 --> 01:07:56,055 EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE, WE'RE 2020 01:07:56,055 --> 01:07:57,690 DOING FANTASTIC SCIENCE. 2021 01:07:57,690 --> 01:08:00,092 THE COOL THING IS REALLY 2022 01:08:00,092 --> 01:08:02,461 ENABLING HUMANITY TO TAKE NEXT 2023 01:08:02,461 --> 01:08:02,795 STEPS. 2024 01:08:02,795 --> 01:08:04,063 AS WE RETURN TO THE MOON, 2025 01:08:04,063 --> 01:08:06,165 WE'RE NOT JUST RETURNING TO 2026 01:08:06,165 --> 01:08:06,966 THE MOON FOR A SHORT TRIP. 2027 01:08:06,966 --> 01:08:08,200 WE'RE RETURNING TO STAY, AND 2028 01:08:08,200 --> 01:08:10,536 THE MOON LIGHTS OUR WAY TO 2029 01:08:10,536 --> 01:08:11,904 MARS, SO ALL OF THE 2030 01:08:11,904 --> 01:08:13,472 EXPERIMENTS WE HAVE THAT WE'RE 2031 01:08:13,472 --> 01:08:15,474 PUTTING ON CLPS ARE JUST THERE 2032 01:08:15,474 --> 01:08:18,010 TO ENABLE US TO DO THE NEXT 2033 01:08:18,010 --> 01:08:19,011 GREAT THINGS FOR HUMANITY. 2034 01:08:19,011 --> 01:08:21,113 >> SO, JOEL, AS PART OF CLPS, 2035 01:08:21,113 --> 01:08:23,482 IT IS REALLY TO TEAM UP WITH 2036 01:08:23,482 --> 01:08:24,483 AMERICAN COMPANIES TO HELP 2037 01:08:24,483 --> 01:08:27,253 ADVANCE THE CAPABILITIES OF 2038 01:08:27,253 --> 01:08:28,521 THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF 2039 01:08:28,521 --> 01:08:29,889 THE MOON. 2040 01:08:29,889 --> 01:08:31,590 YOU CAN EXPLAIN HOW THE CLPS 2041 01:08:31,590 --> 01:08:33,325 INITIATIVE AND THE FLIGHTS ARE 2042 01:08:33,325 --> 01:08:34,727 ADVANCING WHAT WE WANT TO DO 2043 01:08:34,727 --> 01:08:36,295 WITH ARTEMIS? 2044 01:08:36,295 --> 01:08:37,763 >> EVERY ONE OF THE CLPS 2045 01:08:37,763 --> 01:08:39,765 FLIGHTS LIKE THE IM-2 MISSION 2046 01:08:39,765 --> 01:08:41,300 IS ADVANCING BOTH SCIENCE AND 2047 01:08:41,300 --> 01:08:42,802 TECHNOLOGY THAT WE WILL NEED 2048 01:08:42,802 --> 01:08:44,737 TO MOVE HUMANS OUT FURTHER 2049 01:08:44,737 --> 01:08:48,073 INTO THE SOLAR SYSTEM BUT 2050 01:08:48,073 --> 01:08:48,741 ANSWER REALLY LONG-TERM 2051 01:08:48,741 --> 01:08:49,375 SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS, 2052 01:08:49,375 --> 01:08:50,376 QUESTIONS WE'VE HAD FOR 2053 01:08:50,376 --> 01:08:52,812 DECADES, SINCE APOLLO, AND 2054 01:08:52,812 --> 01:08:54,013 WE'RE DOING THIS A VERY 2055 01:08:54,013 --> 01:08:55,681 DIFFERENT WAY THAN APOLLO. 2056 01:08:55,681 --> 01:08:57,616 IN APOLLO, A NATIONAL EFFORT 2057 01:08:57,616 --> 01:08:59,685 THAT WAS DONE BY NASA WITH 2058 01:08:59,685 --> 01:09:01,453 MAJOR INDUSTRY AT THE TIME. 2059 01:09:01,453 --> 01:09:03,589 HERE WE'RE PARTNERING WITH 2060 01:09:03,589 --> 01:09:04,390 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS BUT 2061 01:09:04,390 --> 01:09:05,825 ALSO AS YOU SAID, WITH 2062 01:09:05,825 --> 01:09:07,493 COMMERCIAL FIRMS IN THE U.S., 2063 01:09:07,493 --> 01:09:09,962 AND THE WAY WE IMPLEMENT CLPS 2064 01:09:09,962 --> 01:09:11,463 TO CARRY OUT SCIENCE AND 2065 01:09:11,463 --> 01:09:14,200 TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES, WE GET 2066 01:09:14,200 --> 01:09:15,568 AS A SERVICE FROM U.S. 2067 01:09:15,568 --> 01:09:17,069 INDUSTRY THE ABILITY TO BRING 2068 01:09:17,069 --> 01:09:18,804 THINGS TO THE MOON AND GET 2069 01:09:18,804 --> 01:09:19,238 DATA BACK. 2070 01:09:19,238 --> 01:09:21,707 THIS NOT ONLY ALLOWS US TO DO 2071 01:09:21,707 --> 01:09:23,042 THIS FASTER AND LESS 2072 01:09:23,042 --> 01:09:24,276 EXPENSIVELY BUT BUILDS 2073 01:09:24,276 --> 01:09:25,778 CAPABILITY AND INDUSTRY TO 2074 01:09:25,778 --> 01:09:27,847 TAKE THINGS TO THE MOON, NOT 2075 01:09:27,847 --> 01:09:30,716 JUST FOR NASA BUT ALL ARTEMIS 2076 01:09:30,716 --> 01:09:33,052 ACCORD SIGNATORIES AND ALLIES 2077 01:09:33,052 --> 01:09:34,420 AROUND THE WORLD IT. 2078 01:09:34,420 --> 01:09:36,188 STARTS WITH ROBOTIC LANDERS, 2079 01:09:36,188 --> 01:09:39,325 GOES TO ORBITERS AND OTHER 2080 01:09:39,325 --> 01:09:40,860 SMALL SPACECRAFT, AND WE'RE 2081 01:09:40,860 --> 01:09:41,460 DOING PUBLIC-PRIVATE 2082 01:09:41,460 --> 01:09:42,361 PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE BIG HUMAN 2083 01:09:42,361 --> 01:09:43,729 LANDERS AND THE SPACE SUITS. 2084 01:09:43,729 --> 01:09:45,898 IT'S THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE 2085 01:09:45,898 --> 01:09:47,466 FOR THE MOON AND MARS. 2086 01:09:47,466 --> 01:09:48,033 >> ABSOLUTELY. 2087 01:09:48,033 --> 01:09:49,935 VERY QUICKLY, THIS IS A HARD 2088 01:09:49,935 --> 01:09:51,270 QUESTION, WHAT ARE YOU BOTH 2089 01:09:51,270 --> 01:09:53,172 LOOKING FORWARD TO MOST IN 2090 01:09:53,172 --> 01:09:55,674 THIS NEW ERA OF LUNAR 2091 01:09:55,674 --> 01:09:56,375 EXPLANATION, JOEL? 2092 01:09:56,375 --> 01:09:57,843 >> WE'RE GOING TO GO TO PLACES 2093 01:09:57,843 --> 01:09:59,378 ON THE MOON TO GET READY FOR 2094 01:09:59,378 --> 01:10:01,013 MARS AND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS 2095 01:10:01,013 --> 01:10:02,715 ABOUT THE MOON THAT NO ONE HAS 2096 01:10:02,715 --> 01:10:05,317 VISITED BEFORE, SO FOR 2097 01:10:05,317 --> 01:10:06,919 EXAMPLE, IM-2, ON THIS MISSION 2098 01:10:06,919 --> 01:10:09,922 WILL GO THE FURTHEST CLOSEST 2099 01:10:09,922 --> 01:10:11,557 TO THE SOUTH POLE THAN ANYONE 2100 01:10:11,557 --> 01:10:14,593 HAS BEEN, AND WE KNOW WE WANT 2101 01:10:14,593 --> 01:10:15,794 TO SEND ARTEMIS ASTRONAUTS TO 2102 01:10:15,794 --> 01:10:16,762 THE SOUTH POLE. 2103 01:10:16,762 --> 01:10:18,530 WE WILL GET INFORMATION WHAT 2104 01:10:18,530 --> 01:10:20,032 IS THE SOUTH POLE REALLY LIKE 2105 01:10:20,032 --> 01:10:23,836 AS WE ANSWER THE SCIENTIFIC 2106 01:10:23,836 --> 01:10:24,236 QUESTIONS. 2107 01:10:24,236 --> 01:10:24,670 >> NICKY? 2108 01:10:24,670 --> 01:10:26,405 >> ALL OF THE NASA MISSIONS 2109 01:10:26,405 --> 01:10:27,206 ARE INTERCONNECTED. 2110 01:10:27,206 --> 01:10:29,775 PRETTY IS EXCITING THING IS 2111 01:10:29,775 --> 01:10:31,644 NOT ONLY MACHINES GOVERNORING 2112 01:10:31,644 --> 01:10:33,846 TO LAND BUT LUNAR TRAILBLAZER 2113 01:10:33,846 --> 01:10:35,948 LOOKING FOR VOLATILES, REALLY 2114 01:10:35,948 --> 01:10:38,584 FANTASTIC, NASA SCIENCE DOING 2115 01:10:38,584 --> 01:10:41,020 AMAZING THINGS ALL THROUGH OUR 2116 01:10:41,020 --> 01:10:42,588 UNIVERSE FROM JUST EVERYWHERE 2117 01:10:42,588 --> 01:10:46,125 WE GO, INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE 2118 01:10:46,125 --> 01:10:46,492 SCIENCE. 2119 01:10:46,492 --> 01:10:47,593 SO REALLY EXCITED TO CONTINUE 2120 01:10:47,593 --> 01:10:50,562 TO INSPIRE THE WORLD AND LEAD 2121 01:10:50,562 --> 01:10:54,633 THE NATION IN SCIENCE 2122 01:10:54,633 --> 01:10:55,067 EXPLORATION. 2123 01:10:55,067 --> 01:10:56,435 >> ABSOLUTELY. 2124 01:10:56,435 --> 01:10:57,803 THANK YOU, BOTH SO MUCH FOR 2125 01:10:57,803 --> 01:10:58,237 JOINING US. 2126 01:10:58,237 --> 01:10:58,671 >> THANK YOU. 2127 01:10:58,671 --> 01:11:01,040 >> AS PART OF CLPS, INTUITIVE 2128 01:11:01,040 --> 01:11:02,341 MACHINES IS CONTINUING TO ADD 2129 01:11:02,341 --> 01:11:03,575 COMMERCIAL LUNAR SERVICES. 2130 01:11:03,575 --> 01:11:06,045 IT ENABLES DELIVERY, DATA 2131 01:11:06,045 --> 01:11:06,946 TRANSMISSION AND 2132 01:11:06,946 --> 01:11:09,214 INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE 2133 01:11:09,214 --> 01:11:13,619 ARTEMIS CAMPAIGN AND THE 2134 01:11:13,619 --> 01:11:15,888 COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE 2135 01:11:15,888 --> 01:11:16,188 MOON. 2136 01:11:16,188 --> 01:11:18,424 >> 2024 REDEFINED INTUITIVE 2137 01:11:18,424 --> 01:11:20,459 MACHINES, BECOMING THE FIRST 2138 01:11:20,459 --> 01:11:22,594 COMMERCIAL COMPANY TO LAND AND 2139 01:11:22,594 --> 01:11:25,497 OPERATE ON THE SURFACE OF THE 2140 01:11:25,497 --> 01:11:25,798 MOON. 2141 01:11:25,798 --> 01:11:28,667 >> HOUSTON, THEY ARE HOME. 2142 01:11:28,667 --> 01:11:29,768 >> Reporter: AND DATA 2143 01:11:29,768 --> 01:11:31,370 TRANSMISSION AND 2144 01:11:31,370 --> 01:11:32,471 INFRASTRUCTURE. 2145 01:11:32,471 --> 01:11:34,039 >> WHEN WE JUMPED OFF ON THE 2146 01:11:34,039 --> 01:11:35,908 CLPS INITIATIVE AND PIVOTED 2147 01:11:35,908 --> 01:11:37,443 THE COMPANY TOWARDS THE MOON, 2148 01:11:37,443 --> 01:11:39,478 IT PUSHED THE BOUNDARIES WHAT 2149 01:11:39,478 --> 01:11:40,546 COULD BE POSSIBLE. 2150 01:11:40,546 --> 01:11:42,047 WE THOUGHT UNCONVENTIONALLY. 2151 01:11:42,047 --> 01:11:43,916 >> LAST FALL WE CONTINUED 2152 01:11:43,916 --> 01:11:45,751 DEVELOPMENT OF THE LUNAR 2153 01:11:45,751 --> 01:11:47,486 TERRAIN VEHICLE WITH NASA 2154 01:11:47,486 --> 01:11:48,721 ASTRONAUT TESTING AT JOHNSON 2155 01:11:48,721 --> 01:11:51,490 SPACE CENTER, ALONG WITH A 2156 01:11:51,490 --> 01:11:53,692 METEOR CRATER TRIAL RUN IN 2157 01:11:53,692 --> 01:11:55,060 WINSLOW, ARIZONA TO SUPPORT 2158 01:11:55,060 --> 01:11:56,762 MOON RACER AND OTHER HEAVY 2159 01:11:56,762 --> 01:11:58,697 CARGO, THE COMPANY COMPLETED 2160 01:11:58,697 --> 01:12:00,132 SEVERAL MILESTONES IN 2161 01:12:00,132 --> 01:12:02,835 DELIVERING CARGO LANDER THE 2162 01:12:02,835 --> 01:12:03,168 NOVA-D. 2163 01:12:03,168 --> 01:12:04,636 >> WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IS 2164 01:12:04,636 --> 01:12:06,205 PROVIDE A LOGISTIC SUPPLY 2165 01:12:06,205 --> 01:12:07,206 CAMPAIGN TO THE MOON. 2166 01:12:07,206 --> 01:12:09,441 >> WHILE 2025 STARTS WITH 2167 01:12:09,441 --> 01:12:11,510 ANOTHER LUNAR LIFTOFF, 2168 01:12:11,510 --> 01:12:11,977 DEVELOPMENT. 2169 01:12:11,977 --> 01:12:15,314 FIRST DATA RELAY CONSTELLATION 2170 01:12:15,314 --> 01:12:16,715 CAPABLE OF 4K VIDEO 2171 01:12:16,715 --> 01:12:18,584 TRANSMISSION IS UNDER WAY TO 2172 01:12:18,584 --> 01:12:20,753 SUPPORT ARTEMIS MISSIONS TO 2173 01:12:20,753 --> 01:12:21,520 THE MOON. 2174 01:12:21,520 --> 01:12:25,991 >> WE PLAN ON DEPLOYING DATA 2175 01:12:25,991 --> 01:12:26,992 RELAY SATELLITES AND 2176 01:12:26,992 --> 01:12:29,428 CAPABILITY FOR ARTEMIS AND 2177 01:12:29,428 --> 01:12:30,896 ALLOW FOR MORE ROBUST 2178 01:12:30,896 --> 01:12:31,997 COMMUNICATION FOR THE SURFACE. 2179 01:12:31,997 --> 01:12:33,532 >> EACH MISSION IS BUILDING 2180 01:12:33,532 --> 01:12:35,534 THE FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE 2181 01:12:35,534 --> 01:12:37,603 PRESENCE ON THE MOON AND A 2182 01:12:37,603 --> 01:12:42,841 FOOT HOLD TOWARD THE NEXT STEP 2183 01:12:42,841 --> 01:12:44,309 INTO THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 2184 01:12:44,309 --> 01:12:47,279 >>> WE'RE GOING TO STEP ASIDE 2185 01:12:47,279 --> 01:12:48,847 WHILE WE WAIT OUR NEXT 2186 01:12:48,847 --> 01:12:52,918 MILESTONES, THE SECOND BURN OF 2187 01:12:52,918 --> 01:12:55,721 THE SECOND STAGE OF THE FALCON 2188 01:12:55,721 --> 01:13:00,959 9 LANDER AND SEPARATION OF THE 2189 01:13:00,959 --> 01:13:01,360 PAYLOADS. 2190 01:13:01,360 --> 01:13:02,161 WE'LL SEE YOU THEN. 2191 01:16:43,782 --> 01:18:57,983 ♪ 2192 01:18:57,983 --> 01:18:58,183 ♪ 2193 01:18:58,550 --> 01:19:42,861 ♪ 2194 01:19:44,129 --> 01:20:49,728 ♪. 2195 01:20:49,728 --> 01:20:50,896 >> WELCOME TO KENNEDY SPACE 2196 01:20:50,896 --> 01:20:52,898 CENTER, WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY 2197 01:20:52,898 --> 01:20:54,733 AWAITING THE SECOND BURN OF 2198 01:20:54,733 --> 01:20:57,269 THE FALCON 9 SECOND STAGE AND 2199 01:20:57,269 --> 01:20:58,036 SEPARATION OF INTUITIVE 2200 01:20:58,036 --> 01:21:00,205 MACHINES LUNAR LANDER, AFTER A 2201 01:21:00,205 --> 01:21:01,773 SUCCESSFUL LIFTOFF OF THE 2202 01:21:01,773 --> 01:21:03,708 FALCON 9 ROCKET WITH THE 2203 01:21:03,708 --> 01:21:05,343 INTUITIVE MACHINES LUNAR 2204 01:21:05,343 --> 01:21:10,549 LANDER NAMED ATHENA AT 7:16:30 2205 01:21:10,549 --> 01:21:10,916 TONIGHT. 2206 01:21:10,916 --> 01:21:12,851 >> INTUITIVE MACHINES EXPECTS 2207 01:21:12,851 --> 01:21:14,986 ATHENA TO DELIVER CARGO TO 2208 01:21:14,986 --> 01:21:17,155 MONS MOUTON REGION OF THE 2209 01:21:17,155 --> 01:21:19,457 MOON, THE SOUTHERN MOST LUNAR 2210 01:21:19,457 --> 01:21:21,126 ATTEMPT IN AMERICAN HISTORY, 2211 01:21:21,126 --> 01:21:23,828 BUT THE LUNAR HAS TO SEPARATE 2212 01:21:23,828 --> 01:21:24,996 FROM THE LAUNCH VEHICLE SECOND 2213 01:21:24,996 --> 01:21:25,330 STAGE. 2214 01:21:25,330 --> 01:21:28,500 >> LET'S GO BACK LIVE TO 2215 01:21:28,500 --> 01:21:29,935 SpaceX IN HAWTHORNE, 2216 01:21:29,935 --> 01:21:30,669 CALIFORNIA WHERE THEY ARE 2217 01:21:30,669 --> 01:21:32,571 STAND BUYING TO AWAIT THE 2218 01:21:32,571 --> 01:21:37,342 SECOND BURN AND SPACECRAFT 2219 01:21:37,342 --> 01:21:37,742 SEPARATION. 2220 01:21:37,742 --> 01:21:38,877 JOHN? 2221 01:21:38,877 --> 01:21:40,679 YEO MAE? 2222 01:21:40,679 --> 01:21:43,148 >> THANKS, TAHIRA, WE ARE A 2223 01:21:43,148 --> 01:21:48,853 COUPLE SECONDS AWAY FROM M-VAC 2224 01:21:48,853 --> 01:21:51,022 ENGINE AND THE SECOND BURN 2225 01:21:51,022 --> 01:21:52,924 WILL LAST JUST OVER 60 SECONDS 2226 01:21:52,924 --> 01:21:54,926 AND YOU CAN WATCH THE VELOCITY 2227 01:21:54,926 --> 01:21:57,629 INCREASE ON THE DISPLAY ON 2228 01:21:57,629 --> 01:21:58,096 YOUR SCREEN. 2229 01:21:58,096 --> 01:22:00,932 >> RIGHT THERE, WE SAW A 2230 01:22:00,932 --> 01:22:03,134 LITTLE SOLID OXYGEN DRIFTING 2231 01:22:03,134 --> 01:22:04,135 OFF. 2232 01:22:04,135 --> 01:22:05,070 WE'RE PURGING EVERYTHING, 2233 01:22:05,070 --> 01:22:06,504 GETTING THE ENGINE READY TO 2234 01:22:06,504 --> 01:22:14,379 RELIGHT, CHILLING IT IN, SAME 2235 01:22:14,379 --> 01:22:15,113 TIME USING A LITTLE COLD GAS 2236 01:22:15,113 --> 01:22:15,847 THRUSTER TO PUSH ALL THE 2237 01:22:15,847 --> 01:22:16,548 PROPELLANT DOWN TO THE BOTTOM 2238 01:22:16,548 --> 01:22:17,315 OF THE TANK, RIGHT OVER THE 2239 01:22:17,315 --> 01:22:18,083 INLET OF THE TURBO PUMP. 2240 01:22:18,083 --> 01:22:19,751 SO WE'RE READY TO PULL IT IN 2241 01:22:19,751 --> 01:22:23,088 WHEN WE SPIN THE ENGINE FROM 2242 01:22:23,088 --> 01:22:24,322 BURN NUMBER TWO. 2243 01:22:24,322 --> 01:22:28,360 >> WE USE NITROGEN TO PERFORM 2244 01:22:28,360 --> 01:22:29,794 THE MANEUVERS. 2245 01:22:29,794 --> 01:22:34,899 >> YES. 2246 01:22:34,899 --> 01:22:35,634 WE CAN'T SEE THE THRUSTERS 2247 01:22:35,634 --> 01:22:37,769 THAT JOHN MENTIONED, THEY'RE 2248 01:22:37,769 --> 01:22:38,503 ON THE RIGHT ON THE MAIN 2249 01:22:38,503 --> 01:22:41,706 SECOND STAGE, AND WE HAVE THE 2250 01:22:41,706 --> 01:22:43,775 M-VAC ENGINE VIEW HERE, YOU 2251 01:22:43,775 --> 01:22:46,544 CAN SEE THE ENGINE CHILL 2252 01:22:46,544 --> 01:22:51,082 PROCESS HAPPENING. 2253 01:22:51,082 --> 01:22:53,351 YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE PAYLOADS 2254 01:22:53,351 --> 01:22:54,986 ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE 2255 01:22:54,986 --> 01:22:55,320 SCREEN. 2256 01:22:55,320 --> 01:22:57,155 >> THERE'S A NICE VIEW. 2257 01:22:57,155 --> 01:22:58,490 WE'VE GOT A SECOND PAYLOAD 2258 01:22:58,490 --> 01:22:59,524 CAMERA ON THE FLIGHT, AND 2259 01:22:59,524 --> 01:23:01,192 LOOKING RIGHT UP AT THE 2260 01:23:01,192 --> 01:23:04,596 BUSINESS END OF ATHENA WITH 2261 01:23:04,596 --> 01:23:05,830 THE LARGE NOZZLE. 2262 01:23:05,830 --> 01:23:07,832 >> REALLY COOL VIEWS. 2263 01:23:07,832 --> 01:23:11,102 I LOVE HOW ATHENA LOOKS LIKE A 2264 01:23:11,102 --> 01:23:18,443 STAR WHEN IT FLOATS AWAY. 2265 01:23:18,443 --> 01:23:21,446 AGAIN, WE'RE COMING UP ON THE 2266 01:23:21,446 --> 01:23:23,648 SECOND ENGINE START-UP 2 IN 2267 01:23:23,648 --> 01:23:25,183 JUST A FEW SECONDS HERE. 2268 01:23:25,183 --> 01:23:32,457 THIS WILL BE ABOUT A 60-SECOND 2269 01:23:32,457 --> 01:23:41,299 BURN. 2270 01:23:41,299 --> 01:23:42,600 >> AND IGNITION. 2271 01:23:42,600 --> 01:23:49,340 >> THAT'S THE CALLOUT FOR 2272 01:23:49,340 --> 01:24:02,721 M-VAC IGNITION. 2273 01:24:02,721 --> 01:24:05,523 ALWAYS COOL TO SEE THE M-VAC 2274 01:24:05,523 --> 01:24:10,695 NOZZLE START GLOWING IN THE 2275 01:24:10,695 --> 01:24:12,931 MIDDLE OF THE BURN. 2276 01:24:12,931 --> 01:24:16,534 WE'RE ABOUT 30 SECONDS INTO 2277 01:24:16,534 --> 01:24:19,237 OUR 60-SECOND PLANNED BURN ON 2278 01:24:19,237 --> 01:24:21,372 THE SECOND STAGE CARRYING 2279 01:24:21,372 --> 01:24:23,708 ATHENA AND THE RIDESHARE 2280 01:24:23,708 --> 01:24:44,095 PAYLOADS TO THE MOON. 2281 01:24:44,095 --> 01:24:46,030 >> M-VAC SHUTDOWN. 2282 01:24:46,030 --> 01:24:47,532 >> THERE IS THE CALLOUT OF THE 2283 01:24:47,532 --> 01:24:49,167 M-VAC SHUTDOWN. 2284 01:24:49,167 --> 01:24:50,568 COMPLETED THE SECOND BURN OF 2285 01:24:50,568 --> 01:24:53,972 THE SECOND STAGE, JUST WAITING 2286 01:24:53,972 --> 01:24:55,440 ON CONFIRMATION -- THERE IS 2287 01:24:55,440 --> 01:24:56,641 THE CONFIRMATION FOR A GOOD 2288 01:24:56,641 --> 01:24:58,543 ORBIT, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE 2289 01:24:58,543 --> 01:24:59,611 ARE ON TRACK FOR SPACECRAFT 2290 01:24:59,611 --> 01:25:00,278 SEPARATION IN JUST A FEW 2291 01:25:00,278 --> 01:25:05,617 MINUTES. 2292 01:25:05,617 --> 01:25:08,620 >> IT'S BEEN A GREAT LAUNCH SO 2293 01:25:08,620 --> 01:25:08,920 FAR. 2294 01:25:08,920 --> 01:25:10,355 COMING UP 38 MINUTES SINCE WE 2295 01:25:10,355 --> 01:25:12,090 HAD LIFTOFF AND WAITING FOR 2296 01:25:12,090 --> 01:25:14,826 THE IM-2 LANDER TO SEPARATE 2297 01:25:14,826 --> 01:25:16,327 FROM FALCON 9 SECOND STAGE. 2298 01:25:16,327 --> 01:25:18,129 A LITTLE RECAP WHILE WE'RE 2299 01:25:18,129 --> 01:25:19,731 WAITING FOR THAT IN A LITTLE 2300 01:25:19,731 --> 01:25:22,433 UNDER SIX MINUTES FROM NOW. 2301 01:25:22,433 --> 01:25:24,669 WE HAVE AN ON-TIME LIFTOFF 2302 01:25:24,669 --> 01:25:28,106 SHORTLY BEFORE 7:16 EASTERN 2303 01:25:28,106 --> 01:25:28,840 STANDARD TIME FROM LAUNCH 2304 01:25:28,840 --> 01:25:29,841 COMPLEX 39A AT KENNEDY SPACE 2305 01:25:29,841 --> 01:25:30,875 CENTER. 2306 01:25:30,875 --> 01:25:32,110 EVERYTHING HAS PROCEEDED 2307 01:25:32,110 --> 01:25:34,546 NOMINALLY 2 1/2 MINUTES INTO 2308 01:25:34,546 --> 01:25:35,814 FLIGHT, GOT STAGE SEPARATION. 2309 01:25:35,814 --> 01:25:38,116 WE SAW THE SUCCESSFUL LANDING 2310 01:25:38,116 --> 01:25:42,954 OF FALCON 9'S FIRST STAGE A 2311 01:25:42,954 --> 01:25:45,023 SHORTFALL OF GRAVITAS AND MADE 2312 01:25:45,023 --> 01:25:48,793 THE LINETH LANDING FOR THE 2313 01:25:48,793 --> 01:25:49,661 FIRST STAKE. 2314 01:25:49,661 --> 01:25:53,097 T-PLUS 47 MINUTES WE HAD 2315 01:25:53,097 --> 01:25:56,034 SUCCESSFUL STAGE SECA1 AND 2316 01:25:56,034 --> 01:25:58,002 GOOD PARKING ORBIT INSERTION. 2317 01:25:58,002 --> 01:26:00,505 THAT WAS THE FIRST OF THE TWO 2318 01:26:00,505 --> 01:26:01,606 STAGES OF THE SECOND BURN 2319 01:26:01,606 --> 01:26:04,509 ENGINE AND WE ALSO ARE IN A 2320 01:26:04,509 --> 01:26:07,445 GOOD TRANSFER ORBIT RIGHT NOW. 2321 01:26:07,445 --> 01:26:09,147 PAY ATTENTION ON THE BOTTOM 2322 01:26:09,147 --> 01:26:15,753 RIGHT TO THE ALTIMETER, WE 2323 01:26:15,753 --> 01:26:16,588 DIDN'T CHANGE MUCH AT BURN, 2324 01:26:16,588 --> 01:26:17,989 NOW THE VEHICLE IS COASTING AT 2325 01:26:17,989 --> 01:26:20,191 THIS POINT IN TIME. 2326 01:26:20,191 --> 01:26:21,893 PAYLOADS ARE STILL ATTACHED AS 2327 01:26:21,893 --> 01:26:24,128 WE'RE COUNTING DOWN TOWARDS 2328 01:26:24,128 --> 01:26:27,765 THE SEPARATION OF THE ATHENA 2329 01:26:27,765 --> 01:26:28,199 LANDER. 2330 01:26:28,199 --> 01:26:30,602 CURRENTLY THE SECOND STAGE IS 2331 01:26:30,602 --> 01:26:32,770 IN A COAST PHASE, AS I 2332 01:26:32,770 --> 01:26:33,171 MENTIONED. 2333 01:26:33,171 --> 01:26:36,241 WE'RE ESSENTIALLY MAKING SURE 2334 01:26:36,241 --> 01:26:40,345 EVERYTHING IS QUIESCENT ON THE 2335 01:26:40,345 --> 01:26:40,678 STAGE. 2336 01:26:40,678 --> 01:26:42,213 WE'RE VENTING DOWN PRESSURES. 2337 01:26:42,213 --> 01:26:44,749 WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT 2338 01:26:44,749 --> 01:26:47,819 OVERBOARD VENTS ARE DONE SO 2339 01:26:47,819 --> 01:26:49,087 NOTHING FOR EXAMPLE BURPS 2340 01:26:49,087 --> 01:26:50,521 DURING FLIGHT. 2341 01:26:50,521 --> 01:26:55,126 WE WANT ATHENA, WHEN WE SEND 2342 01:26:55,126 --> 01:26:58,563 THE SEPARATION COMMAND TO MOVE 2343 01:26:58,563 --> 01:27:04,235 AWAY AND NOT HAVE JOSTLING IF 2344 01:27:04,235 --> 01:27:06,337 SECOND STAGE INADVERTENTLY 2345 01:27:06,337 --> 01:27:07,572 VENTS AT THAT TIME. 2346 01:27:07,572 --> 01:27:09,374 COMING UP, UNDER FOUR MINUTES 2347 01:27:09,374 --> 01:27:10,608 TO SEPARATION, AND WE'RE 2348 01:27:10,608 --> 01:27:12,377 GETTING GREAT VIEWS OF THE 2349 01:27:12,377 --> 01:27:15,013 SECOND STAGE AS IT PREPARES TO 2350 01:27:15,013 --> 01:27:16,848 SEPARATE THE IM-2 LANDER TO 2351 01:27:16,848 --> 01:27:19,484 BEGIN EIGHT-DAY JOURNEY TO THE 2352 01:27:19,484 --> 01:27:21,819 MOON. 2353 01:27:21,819 --> 01:27:22,687 AND OF COURSE, GIVEN THE WAY 2354 01:27:22,687 --> 01:27:24,322 SPACECRAFT WANT TO BE ORIENTED 2355 01:27:24,322 --> 01:27:25,790 TO THE SUN, FOR EXAMPLE, MAKE 2356 01:27:25,790 --> 01:27:27,992 SURE WHEN THEY SEPARATE, THEY 2357 01:27:27,992 --> 01:27:30,762 GET POWER ONTO SOLAR CELLS, IF 2358 01:27:30,762 --> 01:27:33,731 YOU'RE WONDERING WHY WE HAVE A 2359 01:27:33,731 --> 01:27:38,002 CAMERA POINTED RIGHT AT SUN, 2360 01:27:38,002 --> 01:27:38,670 THAT'S TO MAKE SURE THE 2361 01:27:38,670 --> 01:27:39,737 SPACECRAFT GETS NICE AND WARM, 2362 01:27:39,737 --> 01:27:42,040 GETS POWER AND EVERYTHING 2363 01:27:42,040 --> 01:27:42,874 LOOKS GOOD. 2364 01:27:42,874 --> 01:27:44,842 WE TALKED ABOUT THE EIGHT-DAY 2365 01:27:44,842 --> 01:27:46,411 JOURNEY TO THE MOON, THE 2366 01:27:46,411 --> 01:27:49,547 ATHENA LANDER IS CARRYING 2367 01:27:49,547 --> 01:27:50,381 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2368 01:27:50,381 --> 01:27:51,149 INVESTIGATIONS FROM CLPS THAT 2369 01:27:51,149 --> 01:27:52,483 WILL HELP PAVE THE WAY FOR 2370 01:27:52,483 --> 01:27:54,352 HUMANS TO LIVE AND WORK AT THE 2371 01:27:54,352 --> 01:27:54,786 MOON. 2372 01:27:54,786 --> 01:27:56,621 AT TODAY'S MISSION IS THE 2373 01:27:56,621 --> 01:27:58,923 SECOND CLPS MISSION FOR 2374 01:27:58,923 --> 01:27:59,991 INTUITIVE MACHINES. 2375 01:27:59,991 --> 01:28:04,062 NOW WE'RE WAITING RIGHT NOW, 2376 01:28:04,062 --> 01:28:05,663 SEPARATION COMING UP A LITTLE 2377 01:28:05,663 --> 01:28:07,565 UNDER THREE MINUTES. 2378 01:28:07,565 --> 01:28:09,600 GETTING MORE VIEWS. 2379 01:28:09,600 --> 01:28:11,069 THE FLIGHT COMPUTER IS CYCLING 2380 01:28:11,069 --> 01:28:13,304 BETWEEN THE VARIOUS STAGES OF 2381 01:28:13,304 --> 01:28:14,238 STAGE 2. 2382 01:28:14,238 --> 01:28:16,574 GOT A VIEW OF THE NOZZLE, THAT 2383 01:28:16,574 --> 01:28:18,443 WILL MAKE A LARGE MANEUVER AS 2384 01:28:18,443 --> 01:28:20,445 THEY GET TO THE MOON, BUT 2385 01:28:20,445 --> 01:28:22,046 RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS QUIET 2386 01:28:22,046 --> 01:28:24,048 ON THE LUNAR LANDER. 2387 01:28:24,048 --> 01:28:25,717 THERE'S A VIEW OF THE NOZZLE 2388 01:28:25,717 --> 01:28:27,318 EXTENSION ONE SIDE, HERE'S THE 2389 01:28:27,318 --> 01:28:29,721 OTHER CAMERA AT THE BACK END 2390 01:28:29,721 --> 01:28:30,955 OF THE SECOND STAGE. 2391 01:28:30,955 --> 01:28:33,624 THE SILVER BLANKET THAT YOU 2392 01:28:33,624 --> 01:28:35,626 SEE IS MULTILAYER INSULATION. 2393 01:28:35,626 --> 01:28:36,961 WE PUT THAT OVER THE BACK END, 2394 01:28:36,961 --> 01:28:39,564 THAT KEEPS THE VALVES 2395 01:28:39,564 --> 01:28:42,066 UNDERNEATH AND THE ELECTRONICS 2396 01:28:42,066 --> 01:28:43,901 WARM AND COOL. 2397 01:28:43,901 --> 01:28:45,770 WARM FROM THE CHILL OF 2398 01:28:45,770 --> 01:28:46,637 DARKNESS AND THE VACUUM OF 2399 01:28:46,637 --> 01:28:48,740 SPACE AND ALSO HELPS INSULATE 2400 01:28:48,740 --> 01:28:51,209 IT FROM THE HOT RADIATIVE 2401 01:28:51,209 --> 01:28:54,746 PLUME WHEN WE FIRE THE SECOND 2402 01:28:54,746 --> 01:28:55,380 STAGE ENGINE. 2403 01:28:55,380 --> 01:28:59,217 >> THAT'S SOME COOL VIEWS OF 2404 01:28:59,217 --> 01:29:00,785 THE SUNRISE COMING UP FROM THE 2405 01:29:00,785 --> 01:29:02,320 EARTH'S HORIZON OVER THERE 2406 01:29:02,320 --> 01:29:04,322 WHICH IS VERY COOL, VERY COOL 2407 01:29:04,322 --> 01:29:15,299 TO SEE. 2408 01:29:15,299 --> 01:29:20,271 >> 42 MINUTES, EVERYTHING 2409 01:29:20,271 --> 01:29:21,205 CONTINUES TO BE NOMINAL ON THE 2410 01:29:21,205 --> 01:29:39,857 SECOND STAGE. 2411 01:29:39,857 --> 01:29:41,592 NOW JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA 2412 01:29:41,592 --> 01:29:44,195 WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WHERE WE'RE 2413 01:29:44,195 --> 01:29:44,962 GOING, IN ABOUT ONE MINUTE, 2414 01:29:44,962 --> 01:29:46,864 WE'RE GOING TO GET DEPLOYMENT 2415 01:29:46,864 --> 01:29:48,699 OF INTUITIVE MACHINES-2 LUNAR 2416 01:29:48,699 --> 01:29:50,368 LANDER, NAMED ATHENA. 2417 01:29:50,368 --> 01:29:52,537 WE HAD LAUNCH, WE GOT INTO 2418 01:29:52,537 --> 01:29:54,072 ORBIT WITH THE FIRST BURN OF 2419 01:29:54,072 --> 01:29:55,640 THE ENGINE YOU SEE ON THE 2420 01:29:55,640 --> 01:29:56,007 SCREEN. 2421 01:29:56,007 --> 01:29:57,475 WE JUST FINISHED THE SECOND 2422 01:29:57,475 --> 01:29:59,310 BURN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AGO, 2423 01:29:59,310 --> 01:30:03,414 AND WE'RE IN A COAST FACE ON 2424 01:30:03,414 --> 01:30:04,949 STAGE 2 MAKING SURE EVERYTHING 2425 01:30:04,949 --> 01:30:06,484 ON THE STAGE IS QUIET, DO 2426 01:30:06,484 --> 01:30:08,820 FINAL VENTS AND MAKE SURE THE 2427 01:30:08,820 --> 01:30:10,621 STAGE IS STABLE, NOT MOVING 2428 01:30:10,621 --> 01:30:11,923 AROUND, AND WE'LL SEE 2429 01:30:11,923 --> 01:30:12,423 DEPLOYMENT. 2430 01:30:12,423 --> 01:30:13,724 IT WILL BE INTERESTING. 2431 01:30:13,724 --> 01:30:15,293 NOT SURE WHICH CAMERA VIEWS WE 2432 01:30:15,293 --> 01:30:16,861 GET AT DEPLOYMENT. 2433 01:30:16,861 --> 01:30:19,764 ONCE WE DO THE DEPLOYMENT, WE 2434 01:30:19,764 --> 01:30:22,033 START ANOTHER SEQUENCE THAT 2435 01:30:22,033 --> 01:30:23,000 TAKES 3 MINUTES AND 50 SECONDS 2436 01:30:23,000 --> 01:30:24,836 AND GET TO THE RIDESHARE 2437 01:30:24,836 --> 01:30:25,303 DEPLOYMENT. 2438 01:30:25,303 --> 01:30:27,305 WE'LL HAVE ONE AND THEN EVERY 2439 01:30:27,305 --> 01:30:29,173 20 SECONDS AND 20 SECONDS 2440 01:30:29,173 --> 01:30:30,041 AFTER THAT. 2441 01:30:30,041 --> 01:30:32,743 RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST COUNTING 2442 01:30:32,743 --> 01:30:35,179 DOWN, WAITING FOR DEPLOYMENT. 2443 01:30:35,179 --> 01:30:36,114 LET'S LISTEN INTO THE 2444 01:30:36,114 --> 01:30:40,251 COUNTDOWN NOW. 2445 01:31:59,530 --> 01:32:00,531 WE HAVE INTUITIVE MACHINES 2446 01:32:00,531 --> 01:32:02,567 NOVA CONTROL IN HOUSTON, TEXAS 2447 01:32:02,567 --> 01:32:03,668 WAITING FOR ACQUISITION OF 2448 01:32:03,668 --> 01:32:06,237 SIGNAL, ATHENA'S FIRST CALL 2449 01:32:06,237 --> 01:32:09,140 HOME, WHILE ALSO MONITORING 2450 01:32:09,140 --> 01:32:09,473 SpaceX. 2451 01:32:09,473 --> 01:32:11,943 >> CAN YOU CALL OUT WHEN WE 2452 01:32:11,943 --> 01:32:13,144 SHOULD HAVE BOOTED? 2453 01:32:13,144 --> 01:32:15,713 IF WE GET CLOSE, GIVE US A 2454 01:32:15,713 --> 01:32:16,047 CALL. 2455 01:32:16,047 --> 01:32:17,048 >> THAT'S INTUITIVE MACHINES 2456 01:32:17,048 --> 01:32:19,483 MISSION CONTROL CONFIRMING 2457 01:32:19,483 --> 01:32:20,785 ATHENA SEPARATION CONFIRMED, 2458 01:32:20,785 --> 01:32:23,154 AND WHILE WE STAND BY AND KEEP 2459 01:32:23,154 --> 01:32:24,622 RUNNING THIS CLOCK FOR ABOUT 2460 01:32:24,622 --> 01:32:27,892 FIVE MINUTES AFTER LAUNCH 2461 01:32:27,892 --> 01:32:30,561 VEHICLE SEPARATION, THAT'S 2462 01:32:30,561 --> 01:32:32,930 WHEN WE EXPECT THE FIRST CALL 2463 01:32:32,930 --> 01:32:34,632 HOME, UNTIL THEN WE'LL BE 2464 01:32:34,632 --> 01:32:37,335 CALLING OUT THE RIDESHARE 2465 01:32:37,335 --> 01:32:37,802 DEPLOYMENTS. 2466 01:32:37,802 --> 01:32:39,804 >> STAND BY AND FOCUS ON 2467 01:32:39,804 --> 01:32:40,204 SINGAPORE. 2468 01:32:40,204 --> 01:32:42,039 >> ONSCREEN LOOKING AT 2469 01:32:42,039 --> 01:32:42,773 INTUITIVE MACHINES NOVA 2470 01:32:42,773 --> 01:32:44,275 CONTROL ON THE LEFT, AND 2471 01:32:44,275 --> 01:32:46,611 LOOKING AT THE SECOND STAGE 2472 01:32:46,611 --> 01:32:48,879 VIEWS ON THE RIGHT WITH 2473 01:32:48,879 --> 01:32:51,249 SpaceX, TAHIRA. 2474 01:32:51,249 --> 01:32:52,650 >> GORGEOUS VIEWS, LOOK AT 2475 01:32:52,650 --> 01:32:53,918 THAT EARTH, THAT'S US. 2476 01:32:53,918 --> 01:32:55,519 >> ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. 2477 01:32:55,519 --> 01:32:56,354 A LOT OF THINGS ARE HAPPENING 2478 01:32:56,354 --> 01:32:57,622 RIGHT NOW. 2479 01:32:57,622 --> 01:32:59,590 DYNAMIC SITUATION WHERE ATHENA 2480 01:32:59,590 --> 01:33:01,659 IS PREPARING TO MAKE THE FIRST 2481 01:33:01,659 --> 01:33:02,293 CALL HOME. 2482 01:33:02,293 --> 01:33:03,894 WE'RE COUNTING OUT THE TIME 2483 01:33:03,894 --> 01:33:06,731 THAT SINCE ATHENA HAS 2484 01:33:06,731 --> 01:33:07,999 SEPARATED BECAUSE AT LAUNCH 2485 01:33:07,999 --> 01:33:10,401 VEHICLE SEPARATION, ATHENA 2486 01:33:10,401 --> 01:33:11,469 STARTS TO COUNT DOWN WHEN SHE 2487 01:33:11,469 --> 01:33:12,837 CAN POWER ON. 2488 01:33:12,837 --> 01:33:17,108 >> EARLIEST TIME FOR TRANSMIT, 2489 01:33:17,108 --> 01:33:18,876 WE'RE AT 1:55. 2490 01:33:18,876 --> 01:33:21,245 >> ALL RIGHT, 1:55. 2491 01:33:21,245 --> 01:33:22,780 LET'S LISTEN INTO THE LOOPS 2492 01:33:22,780 --> 01:33:24,682 HERE AS WE LISTEN TO INTUITIVE 2493 01:33:24,682 --> 01:33:25,616 MACHINES MISSION CONTROL. 2494 01:33:25,616 --> 01:33:27,485 >> GIVE US ANYTHING YOU GOT 2495 01:33:27,485 --> 01:33:28,753 FROM THE GROUND STATION. 2496 01:33:28,753 --> 01:33:30,955 >> AS WELL AS SpaceX IN HAUTH 2497 01:33:30,955 --> 01:33:32,823 OWN WAITING FOR RIDESHARE 2498 01:33:32,823 --> 01:33:36,560 DEPLOYMENTS. 2499 01:33:36,560 --> 01:33:37,995 LET'S LISTEN IN HERE. 2500 01:33:37,995 --> 01:33:45,169 >> HERE WE GO. 2501 01:33:45,169 --> 01:33:46,704 THOSE CALL US HEARD ARE THE 2502 01:33:46,704 --> 01:33:48,072 GROUND AT STATIONS THAT YOU'RE 2503 01:33:48,072 --> 01:33:51,208 LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW INSIDE OF 2504 01:33:51,208 --> 01:33:52,543 NOVA CONTROL WAITING FOR 2505 01:33:52,543 --> 01:33:54,512 GROUND STATIONS ON EARTH TO 2506 01:33:54,512 --> 01:33:56,080 ACQUIRE ATHENA'S SIGNAL. 2507 01:33:56,080 --> 01:33:57,448 WE'RE STANDING BY IN HOUSTON 2508 01:33:57,448 --> 01:34:00,718 FOR ATHENA MAKING FIRST CALL 2509 01:34:00,718 --> 01:34:03,954 HOME WAITING FOR THE THREE 2510 01:34:03,954 --> 01:34:05,723 RIDESHARE DEPLOYMENTS WEEK 2511 01:34:05,723 --> 01:34:07,425 EXPECT ALL THESE THINGS TO 2512 01:34:07,425 --> 01:34:10,661 HAPPEN SIMULTANEOUSLY. 2513 01:34:10,661 --> 01:34:12,763 >> AND JOSH RIGHT NOW FROM 2514 01:34:12,763 --> 01:34:13,964 HAWTHORNE, SHOULD BE 30 2515 01:34:13,964 --> 01:34:16,667 SECONDS AWAY FROM STARTING 2516 01:34:16,667 --> 01:34:18,869 THAT SEQUENCE OF RIDESHARE 2517 01:34:18,869 --> 01:34:19,203 DEPLOY. 2518 01:34:19,203 --> 01:34:23,741 FIRST UP SHOULD BE ASTROFORGES 2519 01:34:23,741 --> 01:34:26,143 ODIN, 20 SECONDS AFTER THAT 2520 01:34:26,143 --> 01:34:28,813 LUNAR TRAILBLAZER AND AFTER 2521 01:34:28,813 --> 01:34:44,528 THAT, EPIC'S CHIMERA. 2522 01:35:01,612 --> 01:35:03,180 >> ODIN DEPLOYED AS YOU HEARD 2523 01:35:03,180 --> 01:35:04,248 OVER THE NET. 2524 01:35:04,248 --> 01:35:06,317 >> LUNAR TRAILBLAZER, 2525 01:35:06,317 --> 01:35:07,418 SEPARATION CONFIRMED. 2526 01:35:07,418 --> 01:35:15,659 >> LUNAR TRAILBLAZER AWAY. 2527 01:35:15,659 --> 01:35:17,461 >> WE HEARD THE CALLOUT AND 2528 01:35:17,461 --> 01:35:21,165 THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT WHEN THE 2529 01:35:21,165 --> 01:35:22,533 TRAILBLAZER SEPARATED, WAIT 2530 01:35:22,533 --> 01:35:26,437 ANOTHER 10 SECONDS AND IT WILL 2531 01:35:26,437 --> 01:35:29,373 BE CHIMERA. 2532 01:35:29,373 --> 01:35:30,341 >> SEPARATION CONFIRMED. 2533 01:35:30,341 --> 01:35:35,179 >> ALL SPACECRAFT ARE 2534 01:35:35,179 --> 01:35:35,579 SEPARATED. 2535 01:35:35,579 --> 01:35:40,418 >> FOUR MINUTES 15 SECONDS. 2536 01:35:40,418 --> 01:35:42,319 >> ALL RIGHT. 2537 01:35:42,319 --> 01:35:46,957 >> NOW JOSH, TAHIRA, FALCON 9 2538 01:35:46,957 --> 01:35:48,492 SECOND STAGE RECEIVED 2539 01:35:48,492 --> 01:35:49,994 COMMANDS, EVERYTHING IS 2540 01:35:49,994 --> 01:35:51,362 SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYED. 2541 01:35:51,362 --> 01:35:52,897 NOW WE'RE WAITING ON WORD FROM 2542 01:35:52,897 --> 01:35:54,732 YOU ALL ON ACQUISITION OF 2543 01:35:54,732 --> 01:35:56,934 SIGNAL FROM ATHENA. 2544 01:35:56,934 --> 01:35:59,403 >> THANKS A LOT. 2545 01:35:59,403 --> 01:36:00,671 LISTENING TO INTUITIVE 2546 01:36:00,671 --> 01:36:01,338 MACHINES. 2547 01:36:01,338 --> 01:36:03,707 19:09 FOR WINDOW OF VISIBILITY 2548 01:36:03,707 --> 01:36:05,142 TO OPEN FOR THE FIRST STATION. 2549 01:36:05,142 --> 01:36:08,412 >> THAT'S FLIGHT CONTROLLERS 2550 01:36:08,412 --> 01:36:09,613 WAITING FOR THE WINDOW TO 2551 01:36:09,613 --> 01:36:11,615 LISTEN IN FOR ATHENA TO MAKE 2552 01:36:11,615 --> 01:36:12,716 THE CALL HOME. 2553 01:36:12,716 --> 01:36:13,851 JUST ABOUT INSIDE OF THAT 2554 01:36:13,851 --> 01:36:18,722 EXPECTED WINDOW FOR HER TO 2555 01:36:18,722 --> 01:36:24,328 MAKE THE FIRST CALL. 2556 01:36:24,328 --> 01:36:25,863 WE EXPECT -- 2557 01:36:25,863 --> 01:36:27,097 >> STANDING BY FOR CONNECTION 2558 01:36:27,097 --> 01:36:37,508 WITH ATHENA, IS THAT CORRECT? 2559 01:36:37,508 --> 01:36:39,076 >> THAT'S CORRECT. 2560 01:36:39,076 --> 01:36:40,377 >> WE'RE GETTING SOME 2561 01:36:40,377 --> 01:36:42,179 INFORMATION, WE'RE WAITING FOR 2562 01:36:42,179 --> 01:36:43,180 VISIBILITY AT OUR FIRST GROUND 2563 01:36:43,180 --> 01:36:44,915 STATION TO HEAR. 2564 01:36:44,915 --> 01:36:46,250 THOSE ARE THE LARGE RADIO 2565 01:36:46,250 --> 01:36:47,785 ASTRONOMY DISHES ON EARTH THAT 2566 01:36:47,785 --> 01:36:48,819 ARE NEEDED TO MAKE THAT 2567 01:36:48,819 --> 01:36:51,722 CONNECTION TO ATHENA OUT IN 2568 01:36:51,722 --> 01:36:52,089 SPACE. 2569 01:36:52,089 --> 01:36:53,624 WHAT SHE'S DOING IS 2570 01:36:53,624 --> 01:36:55,493 AUTONOMOUSLY COMMISSIONING, 2571 01:36:55,493 --> 01:36:56,861 TURNING ON HER POWER SYSTEMS, 2572 01:36:56,861 --> 01:36:59,196 GETTING INTO MAX POWER 2573 01:36:59,196 --> 01:37:00,564 ATTITUDE, POINTING THE TOP 2574 01:37:00,564 --> 01:37:02,199 DECK SOLAR ARRAY RIGHT AT THE 2575 01:37:02,199 --> 01:37:03,734 SUN, GETTING GOOD POWER COMING 2576 01:37:03,734 --> 01:37:06,036 THROUGH AND GETTING A LITTLE 2577 01:37:06,036 --> 01:37:07,171 BIT OF INFORMATION HERE THAT 2578 01:37:07,171 --> 01:37:08,472 THE VISIBILITY OF THE FIRST 2579 01:37:08,472 --> 01:37:09,373 STATION, THE FIRST GROUND 2580 01:37:09,373 --> 01:37:12,276 STATION TO MAKE THE CONNECTION 2581 01:37:12,276 --> 01:37:16,413 WITH ATHENA, 19:09, IN THE 2582 01:37:16,413 --> 01:37:19,283 NEXT COUPLE MINUTES, MISSION 2583 01:37:19,283 --> 01:37:21,819 CONTROL STANDING BY FOR THE 2584 01:37:21,819 --> 01:37:22,253 OPPORTUNITY. 2585 01:37:22,253 --> 01:37:24,655 WE'RE NOT GOING TO HEAR THE 2586 01:37:24,655 --> 01:37:25,356 CONFIRMATION UNTIL GROUND 2587 01:37:25,356 --> 01:37:31,195 STATION IS READY TO RECEIVE 2588 01:37:31,195 --> 01:37:33,264 THAT SIGNAL. 2589 01:37:33,264 --> 01:37:37,368 >> 19:09 FOR VISIBILITY? 2590 01:37:37,368 --> 01:37:37,902 >> THAT'S CORRECT. 2591 01:37:37,902 --> 01:37:39,870 >> THAT'S 19:09, TALKING IN 2592 01:37:39,870 --> 01:37:41,005 CENTRAL TIME. 2593 01:37:41,005 --> 01:37:43,140 SO THAT'S 8:07 HERE ON THE 2594 01:37:43,140 --> 01:37:45,376 EAST COAST, IF YOU ARE A 2595 01:37:45,376 --> 01:37:47,611 COUPLE MINUTES AWAY, FLIGHT 2596 01:37:47,611 --> 01:37:49,480 CONTROLLERS WATCHING SCREENS 2597 01:37:49,480 --> 01:37:50,080 WAITING TO MAKE FIRST 2598 01:37:50,080 --> 01:37:52,349 CONNECTION WITH ATHENA WHILE 2599 01:37:52,349 --> 01:37:53,984 SHE'S BEEN AUTONOMOUSLY 2600 01:37:53,984 --> 01:37:55,019 COMMISSIONING HERSELF IN 2601 01:37:55,019 --> 01:37:55,352 SPACE. 2602 01:37:55,352 --> 01:37:57,454 THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE MAX 2603 01:37:57,454 --> 01:38:00,558 POWER ATTITUDE, GETTING RADIO 2604 01:38:00,558 --> 01:38:03,994 PAIRS ON ALL WHILE MOVING 2605 01:38:03,994 --> 01:38:04,962 24,000 MILES. 2606 01:38:04,962 --> 01:38:06,196 >> DOING A LOT. 2607 01:38:06,196 --> 01:38:07,831 WHAT HAPPENS IF ATHENA EXCEEDS 2608 01:38:07,831 --> 01:38:08,532 THAT TIME WINDOW? 2609 01:38:08,532 --> 01:38:11,101 >> IF ATHENA EXCEEDS THAT TIME 2610 01:38:11,101 --> 01:38:12,670 WINDOW, IT'S OKAY. 2611 01:38:12,670 --> 01:38:14,338 SHE'S PROGRAMMED TO SWAP 2612 01:38:14,338 --> 01:38:15,673 RADIOS AND ANTENNA PAIRS TO 2613 01:38:15,673 --> 01:38:18,275 GET IN A BETTER CONFIGURATION 2614 01:38:18,275 --> 01:38:19,743 TO MAKE FIRST CONTACT WITH 2615 01:38:19,743 --> 01:38:21,979 FLIGHT CONTROLLERS. 2616 01:38:21,979 --> 01:38:23,414 ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE 2617 01:38:23,414 --> 01:38:25,783 SCREEN, THAT'S NOVA CONTROL IN 2618 01:38:25,783 --> 01:38:32,423 HOUSTON, TEXAS. 2619 01:38:44,468 --> 01:38:44,702 . 2620 01:38:44,702 --> 01:38:48,172 >> 7 MINUTES 25 SECONDS PAST 2621 01:38:48,172 --> 01:38:48,472 SET. 2622 01:38:48,472 --> 01:38:53,477 >> THAT'S 7 MINUTES AND 25 2623 01:38:53,477 --> 01:38:55,145 SECONDS SINCE WE HEARD. 2624 01:38:55,145 --> 01:38:56,347 >> SHOULD BE GETTING A CALL 2625 01:38:56,347 --> 01:38:59,049 SHORTLY TO CONNECT. 2626 01:38:59,049 --> 01:39:00,851 >> THAT'S A GOOD CALL FROM 2627 01:39:00,851 --> 01:39:02,786 ACTIVITY DIRECTOR, THAT'S JOHN 2628 01:39:02,786 --> 01:39:03,754 GRAVES WAITING FOR GROUND 2629 01:39:03,754 --> 01:39:06,056 STATION TO CONNECT TO ATHENA, 2630 01:39:06,056 --> 01:39:08,859 AS WE CONTINUE TO WATCH VIDEO 2631 01:39:08,859 --> 01:39:10,260 FROM THE SECOND STAGE, THAT'S 2632 01:39:10,260 --> 01:39:13,330 SpaceX ON THE RIGHT AND 2633 01:39:13,330 --> 01:39:14,999 INTUITIVE MACHINES ON THE 2634 01:39:14,999 --> 01:39:17,301 LEFT. 2635 01:39:17,301 --> 01:39:20,371 WE'LL SEE WHAT TIME DO WE HAVE 2636 01:39:20,371 --> 01:39:20,904 HERE? 2637 01:39:20,904 --> 01:39:22,506 ABOUT 8:08 P.M. EASTERN 2638 01:39:22,506 --> 01:39:22,940 STANDARD. 2639 01:39:22,940 --> 01:39:24,341 WE'RE STANDING BY FOR THE 2640 01:39:24,341 --> 01:39:25,976 GROUND STATIONS ON EARTH TO 2641 01:39:25,976 --> 01:39:27,344 RECEIVE THE SIGNAL THAT WE 2642 01:39:27,344 --> 01:39:29,313 EXPECT ATHENA IS READY AND 2643 01:39:29,313 --> 01:39:31,181 ALREADY MAKING THAT CALL BACK 2644 01:39:31,181 --> 01:39:34,418 TO THAT AUTONOMOUS 2645 01:39:34,418 --> 01:39:35,552 COMMISSIONING PROCESS. 2646 01:39:35,552 --> 01:39:37,054 IF WE DON'T MAKE THE 2647 01:39:37,054 --> 01:39:39,156 CONNECTION, IT'S GOING TO BE 2648 01:39:39,156 --> 01:39:39,590 ALL RIGHT. 2649 01:39:39,590 --> 01:39:42,326 >> IT'S OKAY. 2650 01:39:42,326 --> 01:39:54,972 OKAY GOOD. 2651 01:39:54,972 --> 01:39:55,205 . 2652 01:39:55,205 --> 01:39:58,142 >> WE HEARD A CALL FROM 2653 01:39:58,142 --> 01:39:59,843 MISSION CONTROL TALKING ABOUT 2654 01:39:59,843 --> 01:40:04,048 A COMFITTER HALFWAY THROUGH 2655 01:40:04,048 --> 01:40:06,116 THE CYCLE. 2656 01:40:06,116 --> 01:40:07,551 WHAT ARE WE SEEING? 2657 01:40:07,551 --> 01:40:17,327 NOT GET ANYTHING FEEDBACK? 2658 01:40:25,469 --> 01:40:26,603 WORKING THAT ONE, VISIBILITY 2659 01:40:26,603 --> 01:40:32,910 IS OPEN FOR OKINAWA. 2660 01:40:32,910 --> 01:40:33,911 >> 1:29. 2661 01:40:33,911 --> 01:40:35,379 >> WE'RE LISTENING INTO WHEN 2662 01:40:35,379 --> 01:40:37,181 THE GROUND STATIONS WILL HAVE 2663 01:40:37,181 --> 01:40:41,585 COVERAGE TO CONNECT WITH 2664 01:40:41,585 --> 01:40:42,519 ATHENA IN SPACE. 2665 01:40:42,519 --> 01:40:45,055 >> WHAT ABOUT DSS34? 2666 01:40:45,055 --> 01:40:48,759 >> LET'S TOSS IT BACK TO JOHN 2667 01:40:48,759 --> 01:40:50,060 IN HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA. 2668 01:40:50,060 --> 01:40:54,732 >> WE ARE 9 MINUTES 30 SECONDS 2669 01:40:54,732 --> 01:40:58,035 PAST THAT. 2670 01:40:58,035 --> 01:41:01,772 >> THANKS, JOSH. 2671 01:41:01,772 --> 01:41:04,208 NOW WE'RE HEARING COMS IN THE 2672 01:41:04,208 --> 01:41:05,042 BACKGROUND RIGHT NOW. 2673 01:41:05,042 --> 01:41:08,011 NOW FOR THOSE OF YOU FOLLOWING 2674 01:41:08,011 --> 01:41:09,146 ALONG, YOU'LL KNOW THAT THIS 2675 01:41:09,146 --> 01:41:11,381 MISSION MARKS OUR 24th LAUNCH 2676 01:41:11,381 --> 01:41:14,852 OF THE YEAR, AND WE'RE GEARING 2677 01:41:14,852 --> 01:41:19,923 UP FOR THE SPHERE-X AND PUNCH 2678 01:41:19,923 --> 01:41:21,058 MISSION LAUNCHING FROM 2679 01:41:21,058 --> 01:41:24,228 VANDENBERG AIRBASE AND NASA'S 2680 01:41:24,228 --> 01:41:24,995 MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL 2681 01:41:24,995 --> 01:41:28,165 SPACE STATION. 2682 01:41:28,165 --> 01:41:30,234 >> CAN ALWAYS FOLLOW ALONG AT 2683 01:41:30,234 --> 01:41:32,503 SpaceX.COM LAUNCHES FOR 2684 01:41:32,503 --> 01:41:33,737 UP-TO-DATE MISSIONS AND 2685 01:41:33,737 --> 01:41:35,038 SCHEDULES, AND BEFORE WE SIGN 2686 01:41:35,038 --> 01:41:37,608 OFF HERE AT SpaceX, LET'S GO 2687 01:41:37,608 --> 01:41:41,678 BACK TO TAHIRA AND JOSH AT 2688 01:41:41,678 --> 01:41:42,045 KENNEDY. 2689 01:41:42,045 --> 01:41:46,316 >> THANKS A LOT, JOHN AND YEO 2690 01:41:46,316 --> 01:41:46,650 MAE. 2691 01:41:46,650 --> 01:41:50,621 >> THINK WE CAN DO THAT AND 2692 01:41:50,621 --> 01:41:52,289 GET AT LEAST THAT, THAT WOULD 2693 01:41:52,289 --> 01:41:52,689 BE GREAT. 2694 01:41:52,689 --> 01:41:56,059 >> WE HAVE EXCEEDED NOMINAL 2695 01:41:56,059 --> 01:41:57,995 ACQUISITION SINGLE TIMING, 2696 01:41:57,995 --> 01:41:58,729 USING THE NEW SET OF 2697 01:41:58,729 --> 01:41:59,930 PROCEDURES THAT WILL CONTINUE 2698 01:41:59,930 --> 01:42:02,499 OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MINUTES. 2699 01:42:02,499 --> 01:42:03,500 WORKING TO CONFIRM OUR 2700 01:42:03,500 --> 01:42:05,536 COMMUNICATIONS CONFIGURATION 2701 01:42:05,536 --> 01:42:07,504 IS CORRECT THAT THE FLOWN 2702 01:42:07,504 --> 01:42:09,406 TRAJECTORY MATCHES THE 2703 01:42:09,406 --> 01:42:10,073 EXPECTATIONS AND GROUND 2704 01:42:10,073 --> 01:42:11,441 STATION DISH IS USING THE 2705 01:42:11,441 --> 01:42:14,011 RIGHT TRAJECTORY, THAT'S BEEN 2706 01:42:14,011 --> 01:42:17,981 A LOT OF TIMING AND THINGS WE 2707 01:42:17,981 --> 01:42:20,017 HEARD IN CHATTER IN MISSION 2708 01:42:20,017 --> 01:42:20,384 CONTROL. 2709 01:42:20,384 --> 01:42:22,052 >> WE ARE WATCHING FLIGHT 2710 01:42:22,052 --> 01:42:23,954 CONTROLLERS IN NOVA CONTROL 2711 01:42:23,954 --> 01:42:25,556 WORKING TO CONFIRM WHERE 2712 01:42:25,556 --> 01:42:26,790 NOVA-C SEPARATED FROM THE 2713 01:42:26,790 --> 01:42:28,425 LAUNCH VEHICLE AND MATCHING 2714 01:42:28,425 --> 01:42:29,960 THAT DATA TO THE GROUND 2715 01:42:29,960 --> 01:42:31,261 STATIONS DISH WORKING TO 2716 01:42:31,261 --> 01:42:32,396 ACQUIRE THE LANDER SIGNAL. 2717 01:42:32,396 --> 01:42:34,131 >> THE TEAM IS EXPECTED TO 2718 01:42:34,131 --> 01:42:35,399 CONTINUE THIS PROCESS FOR 2719 01:42:35,399 --> 01:42:39,870 SEVERAL MINUTES UNTIL ATHENA'S 2720 01:42:39,870 --> 01:42:41,705 AUTONOMOUS PROCEDURES CALL OUT 2721 01:42:41,705 --> 01:42:42,873 A NEW PROCESS. 2722 01:42:42,873 --> 01:42:45,108 WE HEARD THEM CALL OUT SEVERAL 2723 01:42:45,108 --> 01:42:46,710 TIMES THE TIME TO COMMUNICATE 2724 01:42:46,710 --> 01:42:47,511 BACK TO EARTH. 2725 01:42:47,511 --> 01:42:50,214 THIS INCLUDES CYCLING ATHENA'S 2726 01:42:50,214 --> 01:42:52,349 POWER SYSTEM, SWITCHING RADIOS 2727 01:42:52,349 --> 01:42:53,984 AND SWAPPING ANTENNAS TO SETS 2728 01:42:53,984 --> 01:42:56,653 THAT HAVE NOT BEEN USED YET, 2729 01:42:56,653 --> 01:42:57,521 ALL AT THE SAME TIME WORKING 2730 01:42:57,521 --> 01:42:59,590 WITH SpaceX TO CONFIRM A GOOD 2731 01:42:59,590 --> 01:43:00,891 VEHICLE LAUNCH SEPARATION, 2732 01:43:00,891 --> 01:43:05,395 THAT MEANS A GOOD TRANSLUNAR 2733 01:43:05,395 --> 01:43:05,729 ORBIT. 2734 01:43:05,729 --> 01:43:10,133 >> TIME TO CONFIGURE THE DSN 2735 01:43:10,133 --> 01:43:10,601 CONNECTION? 2736 01:43:10,601 --> 01:43:12,035 >> YOU SHOULD BE ON NOW. 2737 01:43:12,035 --> 01:43:13,370 >> OKAY GROUND NET. 2738 01:43:13,370 --> 01:43:14,838 >> THAT'S GROUND NET TRYING TO 2739 01:43:14,838 --> 01:43:16,273 WORK THE GROUND STATIONS ON 2740 01:43:16,273 --> 01:43:17,307 EARTH TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION 2741 01:43:17,307 --> 01:43:19,877 WITH ATHENA, BUT RIGHT NOW WE 2742 01:43:19,877 --> 01:43:21,411 KNOW THAT ATHENA. 2743 01:43:21,411 --> 01:43:26,984 >> JUST PASSING 12 MINUTES AND 2744 01:43:26,984 --> 01:43:27,317 SET. 2745 01:43:27,317 --> 01:43:29,253 WE HAVE 4 1/2 MINUTES. 2746 01:43:29,253 --> 01:43:30,387 >> THREE MINUTES. 2747 01:43:30,387 --> 01:43:30,921 LET'S MOVE. 2748 01:43:30,921 --> 01:43:33,957 >> WE KNOW ATHENA IS ON A 2749 01:43:33,957 --> 01:43:35,192 FASTBALL SHOT TOWARDS THE 2750 01:43:35,192 --> 01:43:36,693 MOON, THAT'S THE TRANSLUNAR 2751 01:43:36,693 --> 01:43:40,664 ORBIT, GIVES US A LOT OF 2752 01:43:40,664 --> 01:43:41,965 FLEXIBILITY WITHIN OUR FLIGHT 2753 01:43:41,965 --> 01:43:43,834 PATH, AND THERE'S MORE CALLS 2754 01:43:43,834 --> 01:43:44,835 WORKING WITH THE GROUND 2755 01:43:44,835 --> 01:43:46,803 STATIONS ENABLING THE GROUND 2756 01:43:46,803 --> 01:43:48,071 STATIONS TO MAKE THE CALLS AND 2757 01:43:48,071 --> 01:43:52,042 MAKE THAT CONNECTION WITH 2758 01:43:52,042 --> 01:43:58,715 ATHENA. 2759 01:43:58,715 --> 01:43:59,283 >> ALL RIGHT. 2760 01:43:59,283 --> 01:44:01,084 >> WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO 2761 01:44:01,084 --> 01:44:02,452 MONITOR PROGRESS INSIDE OF 2762 01:44:02,452 --> 01:44:02,986 NOVA CONTROL. 2763 01:44:02,986 --> 01:44:11,328 >> I HAVE COMMAND ACTIVE FOR 2764 01:44:11,328 --> 01:44:28,245 DSS-34. 2765 01:44:28,245 --> 01:44:30,347 >> SO AS WE CONTINUE TO 2766 01:44:30,347 --> 01:44:31,782 MONITOR PROGRESS INSIDE OF 2767 01:44:31,782 --> 01:44:32,449 NOVA CONTROL. 2768 01:44:32,449 --> 01:44:36,019 WE'LL PAUSE TO LISTEN TO WHAT 2769 01:44:36,019 --> 01:44:38,121 FOLKS ARE SAYING IN MISSION 2770 01:44:38,121 --> 01:44:39,456 CONTROL. 2771 01:44:39,456 --> 01:44:40,724 LET'S RECAP WHAT HAPPENED FROM 2772 01:44:40,724 --> 01:44:43,694 LAUNCH COMPLEX 39A AT NASA'S 2773 01:44:43,694 --> 01:44:44,328 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 2774 01:44:44,328 --> 01:44:47,531 WE SAW LIFTOFF AROUND 7:17 2775 01:44:47,531 --> 01:44:49,199 P.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME AND 2776 01:44:49,199 --> 01:44:52,202 SAW A REALLY GOOD SHOT THERE. 2777 01:44:52,202 --> 01:44:52,803 >> BEAUTIFUL. 2778 01:44:52,803 --> 01:44:55,272 >> DSS-34B. 2779 01:44:55,272 --> 01:44:58,709 >> I BELIEVE DSS-34B IS 2780 01:44:58,709 --> 01:45:01,511 ANOTHER GROUND STATION WITHIN 2781 01:45:01,511 --> 01:45:02,980 THE DEEP SPACE NETWORK. 2782 01:45:02,980 --> 01:45:10,253 >> ALL RIGHT, WE GETTING 2783 01:45:10,253 --> 01:45:10,654 UPDATES? 2784 01:45:10,654 --> 01:45:13,023 >> ALL RIGHT, THAT'S A KEY 2785 01:45:13,023 --> 01:45:17,995 WORD, WE'RE RECEIVING DATA 2786 01:45:17,995 --> 01:45:21,431 BACKETS DOWN FROM ATHENA. 2787 01:45:21,431 --> 01:45:24,001 WE SAW THE GREAT SHOT ON A 2788 01:45:24,001 --> 01:45:25,869 DRONE SHIP AND SECOND STAGE 2789 01:45:25,869 --> 01:45:28,638 START-UP, 36 1/2 MINUTES AFTER 2790 01:45:28,638 --> 01:45:28,972 LAUNCH. 2791 01:45:28,972 --> 01:45:31,408 WE SAW ATHENA AT LAUNCH 2792 01:45:31,408 --> 01:45:31,942 VEHICLE SEPARATE. 2793 01:45:31,942 --> 01:45:35,245 >> WHAT DO WE DO TO GET THE 2794 01:45:35,245 --> 01:45:35,645 PACKETS? 2795 01:45:35,645 --> 01:45:38,482 >> I'M NOT SURE, WE SHOULD BE 2796 01:45:38,482 --> 01:45:39,850 SEEING THEM, THOUGH. 2797 01:45:39,850 --> 01:45:40,884 ALL RIGHT. 2798 01:45:40,884 --> 01:45:53,597 STANDING BY FOR DATA PACKETS. 2799 01:45:53,597 --> 01:45:54,865 EVERYONE GLUED TO THEIR 2800 01:45:54,865 --> 01:45:56,700 SCREENS HERE. 2801 01:45:56,700 --> 01:45:57,300 WE HAD LAUNCH VEHICLE 2802 01:45:57,300 --> 01:46:00,570 SEPARATION WITH ATHENA SHY OF 2803 01:46:00,570 --> 01:46:03,673 43 MINUTES AFTER LAUNCH. 2804 01:46:03,673 --> 01:46:04,708 NOMINAL ACQUISITION SIGNAL 2805 01:46:04,708 --> 01:46:06,043 ABOUT FIVE TO SEVEN MINUTES, 2806 01:46:06,043 --> 01:46:07,110 WE EXCEEDED THAT TIME. 2807 01:46:07,110 --> 01:46:09,079 WE TOUCHED ON THAT AUTONOMOUS 2808 01:46:09,079 --> 01:46:10,847 PROCESS OF WHAT ATHENA IS 2809 01:46:10,847 --> 01:46:13,417 DOING, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S MORE 2810 01:46:13,417 --> 01:46:15,419 OF A MANUAL PROCESS INSIDE OF 2811 01:46:15,419 --> 01:46:16,319 MISSION CONTROL AS THOSE 2812 01:46:16,319 --> 01:46:18,588 FLIGHT CONTROLLERS ARE WORKING 2813 01:46:18,588 --> 01:46:20,157 TO CONFIGURE THE GROUND 2814 01:46:20,157 --> 01:46:21,491 STATION RECOGNIZE THAT 2815 01:46:21,491 --> 01:46:22,192 REQUIRED TO MAKE THAT CALL. 2816 01:46:22,192 --> 01:46:26,797 IT'S POSSIBLE THAT ATHENA IS 2817 01:46:26,797 --> 01:46:29,699 POWERED ON. 2818 01:46:29,699 --> 01:46:32,702 >> T-NOCK IS WORKING FOR 2819 01:46:32,702 --> 01:46:35,238 ANYTHING WORKING ON DSS 2820 01:46:35,238 --> 01:46:35,639 PACKETS. 2821 01:46:35,639 --> 01:46:37,340 >> WE MENTIONED A FEW 2822 01:46:37,340 --> 01:46:41,978 DIFFERENT GROUND STATIONS 2823 01:46:41,978 --> 01:46:42,946 TONIGHT, IF THEY GET THE 2824 01:46:42,946 --> 01:46:44,347 SIGNAL FROM ANY OF THEM, DOES 2825 01:46:44,347 --> 01:46:45,715 THAT WORK? 2826 01:46:45,715 --> 01:46:48,351 >> SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE 2827 01:46:48,351 --> 01:46:49,586 SWITCHING ON GROUND STATIONS, 2828 01:46:49,586 --> 01:46:50,654 THEY'RE WORKING TO GET THE 2829 01:46:50,654 --> 01:46:52,456 SIGNAL FROM ATHENA, COMING 2830 01:46:52,456 --> 01:46:54,191 FROM GROUND NET. 2831 01:46:54,191 --> 01:46:56,793 AND YOU CAN SEE FOLKS WORKING 2832 01:46:56,793 --> 01:46:58,161 INSIDE MISSION CONTROL TRYING 2833 01:46:58,161 --> 01:46:59,963 TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM INSIDE 2834 01:46:59,963 --> 01:47:01,231 CIRCULAR CONTROL ROOM ALLOWING 2835 01:47:01,231 --> 01:47:04,534 FOLKS TO WHEEL AROUND AND GET 2836 01:47:04,534 --> 01:47:09,372 THE INFORMATION THEY NEED. 2837 01:47:09,372 --> 01:47:11,608 >> FM, WE'RE EXPECTING ABOUT A 2838 01:47:11,608 --> 01:47:16,680 MINUTE FOR THE POWER CYCLE AND 2839 01:47:16,680 --> 01:47:17,647 ANOTHER 15. 2840 01:47:17,647 --> 01:47:19,382 SAME ANTENNA CONFIG. 2841 01:47:19,382 --> 01:47:22,018 >> 30 SECONDS TO THE POWER 2842 01:47:22,018 --> 01:47:23,320 CYCLE IS WHAT I GOT. 2843 01:47:23,320 --> 01:47:29,459 >> CALL IT OUT, WE'LL START 2844 01:47:29,459 --> 01:47:29,860 ALTIMETER. 2845 01:47:29,860 --> 01:47:33,029 >> WE'RE WORK THE AUTONOMOUS 2846 01:47:33,029 --> 01:47:34,030 PROCESS WITH ATHENA. 2847 01:47:34,030 --> 01:47:36,800 >> IS THAT WHAT YOU HAVE? 2848 01:47:36,800 --> 01:47:39,769 >> I'M NOW AT 16:17 RIGHT NOW. 2849 01:47:39,769 --> 01:47:47,811 >> OKAY, GOT IT. 2850 01:47:47,811 --> 01:47:48,044 . 2851 01:47:48,044 --> 01:47:49,312 >> GIVE US CAUSE ON THE MAIN 2852 01:47:49,312 --> 01:47:49,679 LOOP. 2853 01:47:49,679 --> 01:47:50,881 YOU ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT 2854 01:47:50,881 --> 01:47:51,481 PERSON IN THE ROOM. 2855 01:47:51,481 --> 01:47:53,316 EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING IS 2856 01:47:53,316 --> 01:47:53,683 CRITICAL. 2857 01:47:53,683 --> 01:47:55,418 CALL IT ON THE LOOP, 2858 01:47:55,418 --> 01:47:55,952 EVERYTHING YOU SEE. 2859 01:47:55,952 --> 01:47:57,454 >> ALL RIGHT AS WE HIT THE 2860 01:47:57,454 --> 01:48:00,223 REPOWERING PROCESS, IT'S GOING 2861 01:48:00,223 --> 01:48:01,291 TO START SEVERAL LONG TERMS. 2862 01:48:01,291 --> 01:48:03,326 >> EVERYTHING GOES ON THE MAIN 2863 01:48:03,326 --> 01:48:03,627 LOOP. 2864 01:48:03,627 --> 01:48:05,462 >> IT WILL GIVE ATHENA TIME TO 2865 01:48:05,462 --> 01:48:07,030 CONFIGURE HER SYSTEMS IF 2866 01:48:07,030 --> 01:48:12,235 THAT'S WHAT'S REQUIRED, ALSO 2867 01:48:12,235 --> 01:48:14,504 TIME GAPS IN BETWEEN WHEN WE 2868 01:48:14,504 --> 01:48:22,679 CAN CONFIGURE THESE GROUND 2869 01:48:22,679 --> 01:48:23,046 STATIONS. 2870 01:48:23,046 --> 01:48:24,381 >> LONGER PERIODS WHEN WE'RE 2871 01:48:24,381 --> 01:48:27,384 WAITING FOR AUTONOMOUS 2872 01:48:27,384 --> 01:48:27,784 PROCESSES. 2873 01:48:27,784 --> 01:48:32,022 >> WAITING FOR PACKETS. 2874 01:48:32,022 --> 01:48:36,326 >> CARRIER LOCKS BUT NO 2875 01:48:36,326 --> 01:48:36,726 TELEMETRY. 2876 01:48:36,726 --> 01:48:39,696 >> NO TELEMETRY? 2877 01:48:39,696 --> 01:48:40,230 >> COPY. 2878 01:48:40,230 --> 01:48:42,866 >> THAT'S A GOOD SIGN, WE'RE 2879 01:48:42,866 --> 01:48:44,234 HEARING CARRIER LOCK. 2880 01:48:44,234 --> 01:48:50,473 THAT'S ONE OF THE STEPS ON THE 2881 01:48:50,473 --> 01:48:50,974 LUNAR MISSION. 2882 01:48:50,974 --> 01:48:57,747 >> I NEED TO BORROW SOMEBODY'S 2883 01:48:57,747 --> 01:48:58,081 PHONE. 2884 01:48:58,081 --> 01:48:59,349 >> WE ARE SHOWING PACKETS. 2885 01:48:59,349 --> 01:49:01,751 >> WE ARE SHOWING PACKETS. 2886 01:49:01,751 --> 01:49:02,452 ALL RIGHT. 2887 01:49:02,452 --> 01:49:03,453 >> EVERYBODY WAKE UP. 2888 01:49:03,453 --> 01:49:05,789 >> GOT TO KEEP YOU ON YOUR 2889 01:49:05,789 --> 01:49:06,323 TOES, ALL RIGHT. 2890 01:49:06,323 --> 01:49:09,859 WE'RE GOING TO START ATHENA 2891 01:49:09,859 --> 01:49:10,827 HERE. 2892 01:49:10,827 --> 01:49:11,461 THAT IS A GREAT CALL. 2893 01:49:11,461 --> 01:49:12,162 AN ACTIVE SITUATION WHERE 2894 01:49:12,162 --> 01:49:13,730 WE'RE SWITCHING GROUND 2895 01:49:13,730 --> 01:49:14,431 STATIONS IN ORDER TO MAKE 2896 01:49:14,431 --> 01:49:15,799 CONTACT WITH ATHENA. 2897 01:49:15,799 --> 01:49:18,034 KEPT US ON OUR TOES. 2898 01:49:18,034 --> 01:49:19,135 I FEEL FLUSH ON THE FACE, 2899 01:49:19,135 --> 01:49:22,672 GETTING THE DATA PACKETS, THE 2900 01:49:22,672 --> 01:49:23,506 CONFIRMATION FROM MISSION 2901 01:49:23,506 --> 01:49:23,873 CONTROL. 2902 01:49:23,873 --> 01:49:25,875 BEST NEWS I HEARD ALL NIGHT. 2903 01:49:25,875 --> 01:49:27,744 I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING WAS 2904 01:49:27,744 --> 01:49:29,412 GOING TO TOP WATCHING THE 2905 01:49:29,412 --> 01:49:32,015 LAUNCH, TAHIRA. 2906 01:49:32,015 --> 01:49:32,649 JARED: 2907 01:49:32,649 --> 01:49:35,385 >> CAN WE BREATHE EASY NOW? 2908 01:49:35,385 --> 01:49:37,187 >> WE CAN, WORKING THE PACKETS 2909 01:49:37,187 --> 01:49:39,990 AND PROVIDING UPDATES ON OUR 2910 01:49:39,990 --> 01:49:41,491 PAGE AS WELL AS ON OUR X 2911 01:49:41,491 --> 01:49:43,727 ACCOUNT AS THEY CONTINUE TO 2912 01:49:43,727 --> 01:49:47,998 WORK THIS CHALLENGE, BUT WHAT 2913 01:49:47,998 --> 01:49:49,799 AN ACTION-PACKED MOMENT, 2914 01:49:49,799 --> 01:49:51,501 RIDESHARE DEPLOYMENTS AND 2915 01:49:51,501 --> 01:49:53,270 ATHENA'S FIRST CALL HOME TO 2916 01:49:53,270 --> 01:49:54,804 LET US KNOW SHE IS READY FOR 2917 01:49:54,804 --> 01:49:58,875 HER LUNAR JOURNEY AND THIS IS 2918 01:49:58,875 --> 01:50:00,877 CHALLENGES AND ATHENA'S SIGNAL 2919 01:50:00,877 --> 01:50:03,546 AND GETTING PACKETS AND MAYBE 2920 01:50:03,546 --> 01:50:05,415 HAVING MORE CHALLENGES, THOSE 2921 01:50:05,415 --> 01:50:07,350 ARE THE MILESTONE LANDING AND 2922 01:50:07,350 --> 01:50:08,585 OPERATING ON THE LUNAR 2923 01:50:08,585 --> 01:50:09,519 SURFACE. 2924 01:50:09,519 --> 01:50:11,288 >> LIKE YOU SAID, WHAT AN 2925 01:50:11,288 --> 01:50:13,123 ACTION-PACKED MOMENT. 2926 01:50:13,123 --> 01:50:15,358 SO GLAD TO GET THAT CALLOUT. 2927 01:50:15,358 --> 01:50:16,159 JOSH, YOU CAN TELL US WHAT IS 2928 01:50:16,159 --> 01:50:17,827 NEXT FOR ATHENA? 2929 01:50:17,827 --> 01:50:20,230 CAN YOU GIVE US DETAILS ON 2930 01:50:20,230 --> 01:50:21,064 LUNAR LANDING? 2931 01:50:21,064 --> 01:50:22,832 >> WITH TODAY'S LAUNCH, WE 2932 01:50:22,832 --> 01:50:24,968 EXPECT ATHENA TO LAND EIGHT 2933 01:50:24,968 --> 01:50:29,873 DAYS FROM NOW ON MARCH 6. 2934 01:50:29,873 --> 01:50:30,607 AFTER VEHICLE CHECKOUTS WE 2935 01:50:30,607 --> 01:50:31,308 HOPE TO SEND ATHENA SELFIES 2936 01:50:31,308 --> 01:50:32,108 WITH EARTH IN THE BACKGROUND 2937 01:50:32,108 --> 01:50:34,177 AND CAPTURE NEW IMAGES ALONG 2938 01:50:34,177 --> 01:50:34,611 HER JOURNEY. 2939 01:50:34,611 --> 01:50:35,445 OVER THE FIRST FIVE DAYS EN 2940 01:50:35,445 --> 01:50:37,347 ROUTE TO THE MOON, PERFORM 2941 01:50:37,347 --> 01:50:38,948 MULTIPLE SMALL ENGINE FIRINGS 2942 01:50:38,948 --> 01:50:41,551 TO HONE IN TRAJECTORY TO THE 2943 01:50:41,551 --> 01:50:43,520 MOON BEFORE ORBITING TO LUNAR 2944 01:50:43,520 --> 01:50:45,588 ORBIT INSERTION, AN 11 MINUTE 2945 01:50:45,588 --> 01:50:47,557 BURN TO GET CAPTURED INTO 2946 01:50:47,557 --> 01:50:49,025 LUNAR ORBIT. 2947 01:50:49,025 --> 01:50:51,194 WE EXPECT TO SEND ANOTHER 2948 01:50:51,194 --> 01:50:54,764 BATCH OF LUNAR SELFIES BACK TO 2949 01:50:54,764 --> 01:50:55,098 EARTH. 2950 01:50:55,098 --> 01:50:55,665 >> RIGHT? 2951 01:50:55,665 --> 01:50:57,934 >> AND ON MARCH 6, LUNCHTIME 2952 01:50:57,934 --> 01:50:59,936 EASTERN, WE EXPECT ATHENA TO 2953 01:50:59,936 --> 01:51:01,638 MAKE A LANDING ATTEMPT AND TO 2954 01:51:01,638 --> 01:51:03,673 SPEND TEN DAYS CONDUCTING 2955 01:51:03,673 --> 01:51:05,508 LUNAR SURFACE OPERATIONS. 2956 01:51:05,508 --> 01:51:07,610 >> BEST OF LUCK, JOSH. 2957 01:51:07,610 --> 01:51:10,380 THAT'S GOING TO WRAP UP NASA 2958 01:51:10,380 --> 01:51:12,716 INTUITIVE MACHINES AND SpaceX 2959 01:51:12,716 --> 01:51:16,486 COVERAGE OF THE LAUNCH OF 2960 01:51:16,486 --> 01:51:18,355 INTUITIVE MACHINES-2 LUNAR 2961 01:51:18,355 --> 01:51:20,857 LANDER ATHENA FROM LAUNCH PAD 2962 01:51:20,857 --> 01:51:21,725 39A AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 2963 01:51:21,725 --> 01:51:24,461 >> IF ALL GOES WELL, ATHENA IS 2964 01:51:24,461 --> 01:51:25,261 EXPECTED TO LAND ON THE MOON 2965 01:51:25,261 --> 01:51:27,797 EIGHT DAYS FROM NOW, ON MARCH 2966 01:51:27,797 --> 01:51:28,031 6. 2967 01:51:28,031 --> 01:51:28,832 >> WE'LL BRING YOU THE 2968 01:51:28,832 --> 01:51:30,667 COVERAGE LIVE ON NASA+. 2969 01:51:30,667 --> 01:51:33,269 UNTIL THEN, YOU CAN FIND OUT 2970 01:51:33,269 --> 01:51:35,238 MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS 2971 01:51:35,238 --> 01:51:36,806 COMMISSION IS OTHER NASA CLPS 2972 01:51:36,806 --> 01:51:38,842 LAUNCHES BY SCANNING THE QR 2973 01:51:38,842 --> 01:51:43,580 CODE ON THE SCREEN OR VISITING 2974 01:51:43,580 --> 01:51:44,981 NASA.GOV/CLPS. 2975 01:51:44,981 --> 01:51:45,648 WE WILL LEAVE YOU WITH A 2976 01:51:45,648 --> 01:51:46,649 REPLAY OF TONIGHT'S LAUNCH. 2977 01:51:46,649 --> 01:51:48,952 FROM EVERYONE AT NASA, JOSH 2978 01:51:48,952 --> 01:51:49,552 NATIONAL AND INTUITIVE 2979 01:51:49,552 --> 01:51:50,920 MACHINES AND SpaceX, I'M 2980 01:51:50,920 --> 01:51:52,589 TAHIRA ALLEN, HAVE A GREAT 2981 01:51:52,589 --> 01:51:57,327 NIGHT. 2982 01:52:03,500 --> 01:52:06,469 T-MINUS 15, T-MINUS 10, 9, 8, 2983 01:52:06,469 --> 01:52:11,808 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 2984 01:52:11,808 --> 01:52:13,743 IGNITION AND LIFTOFF. 2985 01:52:13,743 --> 01:52:14,878 GO FALCON. 2986 01:52:14,878 --> 01:52:15,512 GO INTUITIVE MACHINES. 2987 01:52:15,512 --> 01:52:21,985 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 2988 01:52:21,985 --> 01:52:22,218 . 2989 01:52:22,218 --> 01:52:28,391 >> FOLDS PITCHING DOWNRANGE. 2990 01:52:28,391 --> 01:52:31,528 >> NOMINAL.