>> THAT WILL HELP US BETTER
UNDERSTAND AND PREDICT HOW SPACE
WEATHER COULD IMPACT US.
>> THE SUN IS A MASSIVE DYNAMIC
PLACE.
ITS IMPACT IS FELT ACROSS THE
SOLAR SYSTEM.
THREE NEW MISSIONS ARE GOING TO
HELP US UNDERSTAND OUR STAR LIKE
NEVER BEFORE.
IT WILL MONITOR THE SUN'S EFFECT
FROM UPCLOSE, OUT THE ENS OF THE
SOLAR SYSTEM.
>> WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE
GALAXY WAS CREATED.
>> EVERY TIME WE HAVE GONE
SOMEPLACE NEW, WE HAVE BEEN
SURPRISED.
>> WE EXPECT GREAT DISCOVERIES
THAT YOU CANNOT EVEN IN VISION
TODAY.
>> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO
THE SPACE COAST OF FLORIDA.
I AM NASA'S MEGAN CRUZ.
WE ARE COUNTING DOWN.
WE HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO
KNOW ABOUT EACH ONE.
BUT FIRST MY CO-HOST NASA
HELIOPHYSICIST, KELLY KORRECK.
GORGEOUS VIEW THERE.
THEN, ALSO THE LAUNCHPAD RIGHT
HERE.
WE ARE READY FOR LIFTOFF.
BUT KELLY, TELL EVERYONE WHAT
YOU DO AS A HELIOPHYSICIST.
>> I STUDY ALL THINGS SUN
ESPECIALLY THE SPACE WEATHER WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT AND ALL THE
EFFECTS IT HAS THROUGHOUT EARTH.
ALL THREE MISSIONS ARE GOING TO
HELP US STUDY OUR SUN, SO WE
HAVE NASA'S INTERSTELLAR
MAPPING, CARRUTHER'S OBSERVATORY
AND THE NOAAA SPACE WEATHER
FOLLOW JOHN LAGRANGE SWFLOL1
FROM LAUNCHPAD 39A HERE.
LET'S INTRODUCE TO YOU A TEAM OF
COMMENTATORS PAYING CLOSE THAT
IS DERROL NAIL, NORMAN PHELPS,
AND AMANDA YARESS FROM
HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA.
DERROL: THAT IS RIGHT.
HERE AT NASA, THANK YOU FOR
BEING IN THE BOOTH WITH US
TODAY.
HAPPY TO BE HERE.
WE ARE GLAD TO YOU HAVE.
OF COURSE, AMANDA YARESS IS IN
HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA, WITH
SPACEX.
WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH A
NUMBER OF POLES TODAY.
WE HEARD THEM GO.
THE IMAP POLL.
THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO SAY, HEY,
SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT.
THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE.
YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO POLLS
AS WELL.
>> YEAH.
SO SPACECRAFT POLL LOOKING GOOD.
THE ENGINEERING TEAM HERE
ACTUALLY DID A QUICK POLL AS
WELL TO SEE IF WE ARE READY TO
SEE THIS THE OTHER POLL, THE BIG
ONE, TALKING ABOUT PROP POLL, SO
SO FAR WE ARE LOOKING GOOD.
DERROL: AS WE GET TO THE PROP
LOAD POLL, THAT LOCKS IN RT0.
WE HAVE 7:30:50 A.M. EASTERN
TIME LAUNCH.
THIS TAKES INTO ACCOUNT, A
REPORT WHICH THEY DID WHICH
QUICKLY, WHAT IS THAT?
>> COLLISION LAUNCH AVOIDANCE
POLL.
WHAT THEY DO IS WHEN WE LAUNCH
WE DON'T RUN INTO SATELLITES UP
THERE IN ORBIT BECAUSE WE DON'T
WANT TO CREATE ANY DEBRIS.
THAT WOULD BE A BAD DAY.
WE ARE K MAAING SURE EVERYTHING
IS CLEAR AND IT WILL BE LAUNCH.
YAO ALL RIGHT.
GREAT UPDATE THERE.
LET'S TOSS IT OVER TO AMANDA.
AMANDA.
GOOD MORNING FROM THE WEST
COAST, DERROL AND NORMAN.
IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU BOTH.
I AM AMANDA YARESS HERE IN
HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA.
WE'LL BE WITH YOU THROUGH
TODAY'S COUNTDOWN TO LAUNCH ALL
THE WAY UP TO SPACECRAFT
SEPARATION.
T- 47 MINUTE MARK.
FALCON 9 IS TRACKING NO ISSUES.
PAYLOAD IS HEALTHY.
THEN FINAL CHECKOUT OF THE
FLIGHT TERMINATION SYSTEM WAS
PERFORMED AT T- 1:45.
COMING UP NEXT, WE EXPECT OUR
TEAM TO COMPLETE A TECHNICAL
READINESS POLL AT THE T- 36
MINUTE MARK TO PROCEED WITH
PROPELLENT LOAD AND LAUNCH.
WE ARE FORECASTING FAVORABLE
WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH A 10%
PROC OF VIOLATION.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE IN A
BIT, BUT FOR NOW, WE'LL SEND IT
OVER TO MEGAN, KELLY, AT KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER.
>> THANK YOU, BEFORE WE GO ANY
IF YOU ARE THE.
WE ARE ALSO BROADCASTING THIS
LAUNCH IN SPAN IN.
CAN YOU WATCH IT BY SCANNING
THIS QR CODE ON THE SCREEN OR
JOTTING DOWN THE ADDRESS YOU
ALSO SEE THERE.
NOW, KELLY, LET'S DEFINE KEY
TERMS THAT IS GOING TO HELP
EVERYONE WHY IMAP AND CAR
RUTHERS ARE SO IMPORTANT.
FIRST THE OUTER LAYER OF EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE.
SO WE'LL PULL UP A VIDEO SO YOU
CAN SEE WHAT WE ARE SAYING HERE.
THEN, THERE IS EARTH'S MAGNETIC
FIELD, THAT PROTECTS USES FROM
HARMFUL SOLAR RADIATION.
THEN FINALLY, THE HELIOSPHERE, A
VAST BULB CREATED BY THE SUN'S
SOLAR WIND, THAT SURROUNDS THE
ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM, KELLY.
>> YEAH.
THE HELI YOWS SPHERE IS VAST.
IT IS 9 BILLION MILES AWAY FROM
EARTH.
S THAT THE FIRST SHIELD FOR ALL
THE GALACTIC WIND AND THAT SPACE
WEATHER IT CAN CAUSE.
THEN WE HAVE SHIELD IN TERMS OF
THE FACT WE HAVE MAGNETIC SPHERE
THAT IS AROUND USES THAT
PROTECTS US FROM SPACE WEATHER.
ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PLACES,
SPACE WEATHER IS DIFFERENT.
WE NEED DIFFERENTABLES THIS IN
DIFFERENT PLACES.
>> IT IS UNDERSTANDING THE
DIFFERENT SHIELDS THAT PROTECT
FRUGS THE SPACE WEATHER.
>> EXACTLY.
>> OK.
GOT YOU.
AS YOU CAN SEE EVERYONE, KELLY
IS VERY, VERY SMART.
FEEL FREE TO ASK HER ANY
QUESTIONS BY USING THE HASHTAG
ASK NAS AND WE'LL TRY TO ANSWER
AS MANY AS WE CAN NOW.
NOW NASA IS ABOUT TO POLL THE
TEAMS TO SEE IF THEY ARE READY
TO BEGIN FUELING THE FALCON NOT
NOW.
LET'S SEN IT BACK TO DERROL,
AMANDA.
DERROL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
TELL BUS WHAT THIS POLL IS.
>> YEAH.
SO DR. GIBSON, OUR NASA LAUNCH
MAN FER.
HE WILL GO THROUGH EACH OF THE
DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES ON
CONSOLE, HE WILL TALK TO NASA
PROGRAM OFFICER, HE WILL TALK TO
THE OFFICE SO FORTH TO MAKE SURE
EVERYONE IS READY FOR USES TO
BEGIN LOADING.
ONCE HE GIVES THE NO GO NO GO,
THEN INTERNAL POLL AND WE'LL
PROCEED FROM THERE.
DERROL: WE GOT THAT AT T- 43
MINUTE SO WE ARE A 1:10 OUT FROM
THAT.
MEANWHILE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE
ON THE SCREEN, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL
MORNING HERE ON THE SPACE COAST,
SUNRISE IS AT 6:11 A.M. EASTERN
TIME.
OUR LAUNCH IS AT 7:30 AND SO WE
ARE CURRENTLY IN WAY TO RIGHT
NOW.
IT IS JUST BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE AS
WE GAZE AT OUR MISSION, RIGHT
THERE, INSIDE THE FARINGS, THREE
SPACECRAFT, WHICH TOOK LSP, THEY
PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THIS ONE
WHEN YOU HAVE THREE GOING THE
SAME PLACE.
>> YEAH.
A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THIS.
I WILL TIP MY HAT TO THE TEAM.
>> I WILL BE CONDUCTING THE
LAUNCH READINESS POLL.
BEFORE I GET NOT THE POLL.
WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE ONE OF THE
PILLARS OF THE LAUNCH SERVICE
PROGRAM,WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
HELPING TO GET TO WHERE IS
TODAY, MIKE CARNEY, THE LAST
LAUNCH, I WANTED TO ADD HIM AS
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE POLL
STARTING WITH CFA.
>> THANK YOU.
CFA IS GO.
>> GO.
SMA IS GO.
>> SMP.
>> TWO.
>> LSP.
>> LSP IS FO.
>> NASA IS READY FOR PROPELLENT
LOAD AND LAUNCH.
DERROL: ALL RIGHT.
THERE YOU HEARD IT.
A LITTLE EARLY WITH THE POLL.
WE ARE GOOD TO GO.
WE CAN START LOADING THAT
PROPELLENT.
>> WAY.
THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
ALL THE ANALYSIS, ALL THE
TECHNICAL WORK TA THE TEAM
WORKED SO HARD TO GET TO IS
COMING TO A HEAD HERE.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE TEAM
TO GET TO THIS POINT.
DERROL: ALL RIGHT.
VERY GOOD.
AS WE LOOK OUT AWAITING THE
BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE IN A LITTLE
BIT.
WE WILL ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO
LAUNCH.
LET'S SEND IT UP TO AMANDA.
AMANDA.
THANK YOU, DERROL ANORMAN.
THAT IS RIGHT.
BECOME THAT POLL WE ARE TRACKING
TOWARD THE START OF THE T- 35
MINUTE MARK.
IN THE MEANTIME, LET'S MEET OUR
LAUNCH VEHICLE.
THAT IS SPACEX'S FALCON 9 ON THE
SCREEN.
STIT IS TWO-STAGE ROCKET THAT IS
220 FEET TALL.
IT IS GETTING READY FOR LIFTOFF
IN UNDER 42 MINUTES FROM NOW.
FALCON COMPLETED THE 500th
MISSION OVERALL AND FLOWN MORE
THAN 100 MISS THIS YEAR ALONE.
AT LAUNCH, IT PRODUCES MORE THAN
1.7 MILLION POUNDS OF THRUST,
ROCKETS LIKE FALCON 9 DON'T USE
ALL OF THAT POWER JUST TO GO
STRAIGHT UP.
SO EARLY IN FLYING, FALCON 9
WILL PERFORM A GRAVITY TURN,
THAT IS A SMOOTH PITCH MANEUVER
THAT WILL TILT THE ROCKET
SIDEWAY AND BUILD OUT THE
HORIZONTALLAL VELOCITY.
YOU MAY HEAR IT CALLED OUT AS
THE VEHICLE PITCHING DOWN RANGE.
NOW ONCE THE FIRST STAGE BOOSTER
COMPLETES THE PORTION OF THE
MISSION, IT WILL SHUTDOWN AND
SEPARATE.
A STAGED ROCKET LIKE FALCON
SHEDS THAT BOOSTER, SO THAT
STAGE 2 AND THE PAYLOADS CAN
KEEP CLIMBING FASTER AND MORE
EFFICIENTLY.
AFTER TODAY'S STAGE SEPARATION,
THE BOOSTER WILL LAND ON THE
DRONESHIP JUST READ INSTRUCTS
WHICH IS CURRENTLY STATIONED IN
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
THIS PARTICULAR BOOSTER WILL BE
RETURNING TO EARTH THE SECOND
TIME FOLLOWING THE FIRST FLIGHT
EARLIER THIS YEAR IN JULY.
THE FOLLOWING STAGE SEPARATION,
THE SECOND STAGE WILL TAKEOVER.
THAT IS POWERED BIKE A SINGLE
MERLIN VACUUM ENGINE, KNOWN AS
THE MVAC FOR SHOOTER A
17-FOOT-WIDE CARBON COMPOSITE
SHUT THAT PROTECTS THE PAYLOAD
DURING THE UPHILL TRIP TO THE
ATMOSPHERE.
BOTH HALVES WILL SEPARATE,
PARACHUTE BACK TO EARTH.
IF RECOVERY GOES TO PLANNED,
THEY WILL BE PULLED FROM THREE
OCEAN.
BOTH OF TODAY'S FARINGS ARE
FLYING FOR THE FIRST TIME.
NOW BACK TO TODAY'S MISSION,
JUST OVER THE T- 40 MINUTE MARK.
EVERYTHING IS STILL ON TRACK FOR
LIFTOFF.
SO LET'S CHECK IN WITH MEGAN FOR
MORE ON TODAY'S MISSION.
MEGAN: ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, ALL.
LET'S START BY TALKING ABOUT
NASA'S IMAP THE SIZE OF A HOT
TUB AND WEIGHS A LITTLE LESS
THAN A COME BACK CAR AT NEARLY
2,000 POUNDS.
THERE ARE TEN SCIENCE
INSTRUMENTS ONBOARD AND THE
INSTRUMENTS WILL WORK TOGETHER
TO MAP THE HELIOSPHERE.
>> NASA'S INTERSTELLAR OR IMAP
WILL STUDY THE GIANT INVISIBLE
SHIELDS SURROUNDING THE SOLAR
SYSTEM CALLED THE HELIOSPHERE.
THE HELIOSPHERE HELPS MAKE LIFE
POSSIBLE ON EARTH BY PROTECT
USES FROM DANGEROUS COSMIC WAYS.
>> THE HELIOSPHERE IS OUR HOME
IN THE GALAXY.
IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
WE COULD NOT LIVE WITHOUT IT.
>> THE BOUNDARY OF THE
HELIOSPHERE LOCATED AROUND
11 BILLION-MILES FROM EARTH AT
THE CLOSEST POINT IS HARD TO
STUDY, BUT THAT IS CHANGING WITH
IMAP, AS A MODERN DAY
FOREVERRER, IMAP WILL FILL IN
THE BLANK STOPS AND HELP US
UNDERSTANDS WHAT IS HAPPENING
ACROSS THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
THE SPACE RAFT WILL BE STATIONED
AT LAGRANGE POINT 1, A LOCATION
APPROXIMATELY 1 MILLION-MILES
FROM EARTH TOWARD THE SUN.
FROM THAT VANTAGE POINT, IMAP
WILL STUDY OUR HELIOSPHERE AS
WELL AS MEASURE THE CONSTANT
STREAM OF PARTICLES COMING FROM
THE SUN THAT CAN ENDANGER
SPACECRAFTS AND ASTRONAUTS.
>> THAT CAB ALLOW US TO GIVE A
HALF-HOUR WARNING TO THE POWER
GRIDS SO THEY CAN TAKE PORTIONS
TO HELP PROTECT THEM FROM THE
DAMAGE.
>> THE ONLY PRECIPITATION I
GUESS WE GOT TO WORRY ABOUT PIS
WHAT COME INTERESTS THE SUN
BLASTING OUR WAY.
WE GOT A WHOLE TEAM OF
SUPER-DUPER SMART PEOPLE TO GIVE
US FAIR WARNING.
>> IMAP'S MEASUREMENTS WILL GIVE
A MORE COMPLETE LOOK AT THE
HELIOSPHERE THAN EVER BEFORE AND
HELP US BETTER PREPARE FOR
RADIATION THAT ARE HEADED TOWARD
EARTH.
THIS INFORMATION WILL BE
ESSENTIAL FOR THE FUTURE OF
HUMAN EXPLORATION AS ASTRONAUTS
VENTURE TO THE MOON, MARS AND
BEYOND.
>> SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT HOW SPACE WEATHER CAN
AFFECT THE ASTRONAUTS.
S THE HIGH ENERGY PARTICLES FROM
THE SUN.
YEAH.
ING THAT IS THE ISSUE YOU.
WHEN THEY ARE TELL HIGH DOSES
THEY CAN CAUSE RADIATION
SICKNESS AND LONG-TERM CANCER OR
EVEN ACUTE RADIATION SICKNESS
IF.
YEAH.
THAT IS SERIOUS.
I MEAN, WHAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW,
THESE MISSIONS THAT CAN GIVE
ADVANCED WARNING TO OUR
ASTRONAUTS THEN WHAT THEY CAN
DO?
>> THEY CAN DO A COUPLE OF
THINGS IN.
THEY CAN PLAN MISSIONS AROUND IT
ENAM THEY A CHANNEL DO THINGS
LIKE GO INTERIOR TO THE
SPACESHIP THAT HAS MORE
SHIELDING THE% CALLS.
IT IS PLANNING FOR WHAT WAYS WE
CAN WARN THEM BECAUSE THESE ARE
SO SERIOUS ISSUES WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT.
>> EXACTLY.
>> AND SO IMAP IS GOING TO MAKE
OBSERVATIONS FROM LAGRANGE POINT
1 ALONG WITH A CARRUTHERS, WHY
IS IT OPPORTUNITY LOCATION?
>> THIS IS A GREAT LOCATION
BECAUSE OF THE FACT IT HASES A
CLE
SO IS A PLACE WHERE SPACECRAFT
CAN IDLE OR USING LITTLE FUEL IN
ORDER TO BE ABLE TO STAY THERE,
SO IT IS ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THOSE
REASONS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THEY WILL APPROVE THE
COUNTDOWN.
>> FOR ANY ISSUE, OPERATOR SHALL
CALL HOLD HOLD HOLD ON THE
>> AND YOU JUST HEARD THERE
OPERATIONAL MISSION LOOPS.
FAIN, RETRY TO PAUSE FOR THOSE
SO YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE
COUNTDOWN.
AGAIN, JUST GOING THROUGH THE
MOTIONS TO GET US TO LIFTOFF
TODAY.
AND AT A CHECK OF THE CLOCK
TODAY T- 36 AND COUNTING UNTIL
LIFTOFF.
LET'S CHECK BACK WITH OUR TEAM
OF LAUNCH COMMENTATORS STARTING
WITH AMANDA.
AMANDA.
THANK YOU, MEGAN.
SO A FEW MINUTES AGO BE THIS THE
SPACEX TEAM DID POLL GO.
THAT IS A THE NEXT MILESTONE IN
THE LAUNCH COUNTDOWN.
YOU WILL HEAR THAT CALLED OUT AS
PROPELLENT LOAD HAVING STARTED
THAT WILL MARK BEGINNING OF THE
AUTOMATED PROSES SESS WHERE THE
ROCKET BEGINS TO LOAD THE PROPEL
LENS AND LIQUID OXYGEN.
THEM PROPEL LEN LOADING PROCESS
WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE FINAL
MINUTES AHEAD OF LIFTOFF.
ONCE FULLY LOADED FALCON 9 WILL
CARRY 1.1 MILLION POUNDS OF
PROPELLENT ACROSS BOTH THE FIRST
AND THE SECOND STAGES.
FALCON 90'S MERLIN ENGINES USE
LIQUID OXYGEN IN THE COMBUSTION
REACTION TO GENERATE THRUST AND
MOST ON EARTH ALSO USES OXYGEN
WHICH MAKES UP 21% OF THEORY
BREATH.
OF COURSE IN SPACE, THERE IS NO
ATMOSPHERE TO PROVIDE THAT
OXYGEN OR OTHER OXYGEN BARING
MOLECULES SO ROCKETS LIKE FALCON
NEED TO CARRY THEIR OWN.
IN THE LIQUID FORM, OXYGEN IS
CHILLED OVER 300 DEGREES BELOW
0.
>> THE LAUNCH SEQUENCE HAS
STARTED.
>> WITH THAT CONFIRMATION
PROPELLENT WILL BEGIN LOADING ON
TO FALCON.
WE INTENTIONALLY LOAD LATE INTO
THE COUNTDOWN.
THIS IS PART OF THE THERMAL
MANAGEMENT TRAGEDY FOR THE
CRYOGENIC FLUIDS.
IN ADDITION TO LIQUID OX FEN,
AND RP1, FALCON 9 WILL BE LOADED
WITH CRYOGENIC HELIUM.
AS THE TANKS EXTEND DURING
FLIGHT, THAT HELIUM WILL
MAINTAIN THE REQUIRED TANK TO
CONTINUE TON FEED THE ENGEN'S
NOMINAL FLOW RATE.
THE HELIUM WOMENNING CHILLED TO
REMAIN COMPATIBLE ON THE
VEHICLE.
THE LOADING OF CRYOHELIUM WILL
BEGIN IN A FEW MINUTES AROUND
THE T- 30 MINUTE MARK.
THE MERLIN 1D ENGINES ON THE
FIRST STAGE.
THE M VAC ENGINES USE THE SAME
PROPEL LENS, RP1 AND LIQUID
OXYGEN BUT EACH OPTIMIZED FOR
AGAIN UNTIL A FEW MINUTES BEFORE
LIFTOFF, CRYOHELIUM COMING UP
NEXT IN FOUR MINUTES, LET'S
CHECK BACK IN WITH DERROL AND
NORMAN FOR MORE ON TODAY'S
MISSION.
DERROL: ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN.
WE HEARD THE SPACE CRAFT TEAM
GIVE A BRIEF AS WELL.
WE HEARD THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR FOR
SPACEX GIVE THEIR BRIEF DURING
MEGAN'S AND KELLY'S PORTION.
JUST GIVING A BRIEF TO LET THE
TEAM KNOW, THEIR DIRECTION, HAS
BEEN MOVED FORWARD.
THE SPACECRAFT TEAM HAS SAY
SAID, LISTEN, IF YOU HAVE ANY
ISSUES FROM NOW UP UNTIL T- 45
LET ME KNOW, WE WILL CALL A
HOLD.
WE ARE EXPECTING NOTHING.
EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD.
>> YEAH.
A GOOD PLACE TO BE, RIGHT.
WORKING NO MAJOR ISSUES NOW.
EVERYTHING LOOKS NOMINAL.
FINGERS CROSSED IT WILL STAY
THAT WAY.
>> T0 LOCKED IN AT 6:30 50:00
A.M.
WE DO HAVE A 2-SECOND WINDOW BUT
NO MORE PAUSE NOW WE HAVE LOCKED
IN THAT.
>> THE FLIGHT DESIGN TEAM WORKED
TIRELESSLY TO EXTEND TO THE 20
SECONDS WE DO HAVE.
WE HAVE TIME TO CLEAR THAT ISSUE
HOPEFULLY GET OFF THE GROUND
TODAY WHICH WE WERE GOING TO DO.
WE ARE GOING TO LAUNCH TODAY.
I AM CONFIDENT.
DERROL: A QUICK NOTE ON THE POLL
WHERE DR. DENTON GIBSON GAVE
SHOUT OUT TO A GENTLEMEN WHO HE
WAS RETIRING AFTER 40 YEARS.
>> I STARTED HERE IN HIS GROUP,
SO HAVE SOME FUN, GREAT MEMORIES
OF MIKE KEARNY, GOD'S SPEED.
HE WILL BE MISSED.
DERROL: ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL BE TRACKING.
IN THE MEANTIME, ALL OF THE
ACTION AS IT HAPPENS AND
UNFOLDS, WE GOT THE IMAP TO IN
ATTORNEYAL POWER COMING UP AT T-
15 MINUTE.
FOR NOW BACK TO THE HOST GUEST.
MEGAN: THANK YOU, GUYS.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
NOAA'S' NEWEST SATELLITE.
ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF A WARNER
DRYER.
WHEN FULLY FUELED IT WEIGHS THE
SAME AS A LARGE GRAND PIANO.
THE FIRST NOAA SATELLITE
DESIGNED TO MONITOR SPACE
WEATHER 24-7 SERVING AS EARLY
WARNING BEACON FOR POTENTIALLY
DISRUPTIVE EVENTS.
>> MEET SWFO-L1 THE FIRST SPACE
WEATHER SPACE WEATHER
OBSERVATORY.
WHEN A SOLAR STORM ERUPT
INTERESTS THE STORM SWFO-L1
OBSERVES RIGHT AWAY AND SENDS
THE DATA BACKING TO THE SWFO
GROUND SEGMENT WELL THE SWFO
COMMAND AND CONTROL IN MARYLAND,
BUT SPOTTING A STORM IS ONE
THING, ACTUALLY MEASH MUIRING IT
CLOSE-UP IS ANOTHER.
IT IS THE DIF ROANS BETWEEN
TRACKING A GROWING HURRICANE ON
A RAR AND FLY THROUGH THE STORM
ON HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT.
SWFO-L1 DOES BOTH.
AFTER THE SPACECRAFT SPOTS A
STORM WITH THE CORONAGRAPH, IT
WATCHES THE APPROACHING WEATHER
AND WAITS.
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 18 AND 70
HOURS LATER, THE INCOMING STORM
PASSES OVER SWFO-L1 THEN THE
SPACECRAFT'S INSTRUMENT SWEEP
MEASURE.
IT'S THE SEVERITY AND SPEED AND
SENDS THAT DATA HOME, TOO.
GIVING NOAA EARLY WARNING
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 15 AND 60
MINUTES BEFORE THE STORM
ARRIVES.
NOAA'S SPACE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER IN COLORADO IS CONSTANTLY
ON THE ALERT USING ALL THE DATA
SWFO-L1 COLLECTS TO COMMUNICATE
WARNINGS TO INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES AND THE PUBLIC SO THEY
CAN TAKE ACTION BEFORE THE STORM
ARRIVES TO MINE MIZ ITS IMPACT.
TO MINIMIZE ITS IMPACT.
MEGAN: NOW YOU HEARD ABOUT
NOAAA SPACE WEATHER PREDICTION
SEN IN THAT VIDEO, HERE IS
NASA'S JOY NG WITH CLINTON
WALLACE.
>> CLINTON, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US TODAY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR A
LAUNCH.
YES.
ARE YOU EXCITED?
>> VERY EXCITED.
I CAN'T WAIT.
>> SO THE SPACE WEATHER
PREDICTION CENTER AT NOAA
MONITORS SPACE WEATHER 24 HOURS
A DAY.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHO RELIES ON
THAT INFORMATION?
>> WELL, JOE, YOU KNOW, TODAY,
WE ARE MORE VULNERABLE THAN WE
HAVE BEEN IN SPACE WEATHER
BECAUSE OF THE TECHNOLOGY WE
RELY ON AND THE ADVANCE
PRESIDENTS WE HAD.
SO EVERYTHING FROM POWER GRIDS
TO PEOPLE USING GPS, TO
AVIATION, EVEN OUR ASTRONAUTS
RELY ON SPACE WEATHER
INFORMATION.
>> AND CAN YOU TELL ME WHY EARLY
DETECTION OF THESE SOLAR STORMS
IS RITE CALL FOR US HERE ON THE
EARTH?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SO, THE SPACE WEATHER IT EFFECTS
SO MUCH TECHNOLOGY, SO WHEN
EARLY WARNINGS, WE ARE ABLE TO
MITIGATE A LOT OF THE IMPACTS TO
PROTECT OUR GRID INFRASTRUCTURE
AND PREVENT BLACKOUTS.
SATELLITES?
WELL, THEY COULD BE DRAGGED DOWN
BY SOLAR STORMS.
THEY COULD SHORTEN THEIR LIVES,
THEN IT COULD ALSO INCREASE THE
RISK OF COLLISION, SO GPS BE
WHERE OUR FARMER'S TODAY, NOW
RELY ON GPS MORE THAN THEY EVER
HAVE.
PILOTS FLYING AROUND THE GLOBE.
THEY ALSO RELY ON GPS AS WELL.
IN FACT, LAST YEAR, IN MAY, THEY
MAY OF 2024 WE HAVE THE LARGEST,
SOLAR STORM WE HAVE SEEN IN OVER
20 YEARS.
20 YEARS AGO, OUR FARMERS WERE
RELYING ON GPS THE WAY THEY DO
TODAY WITH SEN TY MOTIER AC RACE
SIT.
WE REALIZE ABOUT $1 BILLION OF
ECONOMIC IMPACT ALONE BECAUSE OF
THAT STORM.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CLINTON,
FOR JOINING US.
HAVE A WONDERFUL LAUNCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LOOKING SO MUCH FORWARD TO IT.
OK.
SO BACK TO YOU, MEG AND ANKLELY.
MEGAN: SPEAKING OF LAUNCH, 28
MINUTES UNTIL LIFTOFF.
TIME NOW FORCALLY TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTIONS.
SO WE'LL TAKE THE FIRST ONE NOW.
THIS IS FROM UNIVERSE COSMOS
4119.
WHAT IS THE MOST DANGEROUS SPACE
WEATHER PHENOMENON.
HOW CAN IT AFFECT NEARBY
CELESTIAL BODIES?
>> WELL, THE DIFFERENT
PHENOMENON EFFECT DIFFERENTLY.
THE MOST DANGEROUS TO ASTRONAUTS
IN SPACE ARE THE LARGE DOSES OF
END NER GETTIC PARTICLES THAT
CAN CAUSE THE LONG TERM EFFECTS
SUCH AS CANCER OR SHORT TERM
ACUTE EFFECTS SUCH AS DEATH
EARLY.
WE REALLY DO WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE PROTECTED FROM THOSE
THINGS INTHERE ARE OTHER DANGERS
LIKE CLINTON FERRED TO AS
SATELLITES THAT'S THE IMPACT OF
THE SPACE WEATHER ON THE EARTH,
AND DRAG SATELLITES DOWN, THAT
COST MONEY WHEN SATELLITES DON'T
LAST.
>> A WIDE ARRANGE OF IMPACTS FOR
SURE.
>> KING CALVIN ASKED HOW LONG IL
WILL IT TAKE FOR THE SPACECRAFT
TO REACH L1 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
THEY GET THERE.
>> IT WILL TAKE AROUND SIX
MONTHS TO GET THERE.
ACTUALLY 3! 5 MONTHS THEN ONCE
THEY GET THERE.
THEY WILL SPEND SOME TIME
ACTUALLY TURNING OUT, MAKING
SURE THEY WORK PROPERLY, THEY
ARE GETTING THE DATA BACK, THEY
UNDERSTANDS IT.
THEN IT IS AROUND SIX IN MOS TO
WHEN WE GET THE SCIENCE DATA.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS.
KEEP SENDING THEM ACROSS THE
SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS.
NOW SOME QUICK FACTS WITH THE
THIRD MISSION FLYING TODAY.
NASA'S CARRUTHERS OBSERVATORY US
THE SIZE OF A SMALL COUCH AND IS
AS HEAVY AS FULL SIZE REG
FROMRATOR THAT WILL STUDY THE
PLANET'S EXOFEAR AND STUDYING
THE OUTER LAY REMEMBER WILL HELP
US FORECAST SPACE WEATHER,
UNDERSTAND HOW ATMOSPHERES
CHANGE OVER TIME AND EVEN TRACE
HISTORY OF THE PLANET'S WATER.
>> THE GOALS OF THE CARRUTHERS
GEOCORONA OBSERVATORY ARE TO
STUDY THE NATURE AND ORIGIN OF
ETHER'S EXOSPHERE AND HOW IT
EVOLVES OVER TIME.
THE EXOSPHERE ITSELF IS THE
UPPERMOST LAYER OF THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE AS COMPRISED ALMOST
ENTIRELY OF ATON MAKE HYDROGEN,
THIS IS THE LIGHTEST CHEMICAL
SPECIES IN EXISTENCE, AND IT
FLOATS AWAY, EVENTUALLY
ESSENTIALLY, EVAPORATES, WHEN
THE SUNSHINES ON THE AT TOMS,
THEY ESSENTIALLY SKATER IT OFF
TO ALL DIRECTIONS, AND SO IT
GLOWS LIKE A BY GAN TICK HALO
AROUND THE EARTH.
THAT'S THE GEO CORE ROAN NAN
THAT FUZZY HALO OF LIGHTING THAT
IS GIVEN OFF BY THOSE AT TOMS.
>> MANY TIMES WE THINK OF THE
TRANSITION BETWEEN THE
ATMOSPHERE AND SPACE AS BEING
THIS VERY ABRUPT BOUNDARY WHERE
ONE ALTITUDE, YOU GOT
ATMOSPHERE.
THE NEXT ALTITUDE YOU HAVE
SPACE.
IN REALITY, THIS TRANSITION ISP
MORE GRADUAL, AND CAN EXTEND
OVER THOUSANDS OF KILOMETERS.
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE
EXOSPHERE, THE STRUCTURE OF THE
EXOSPHERE, AND HOW IT CHANGES
OVER TIME.
ALL OF THIS IN RESPONSE TO THE
INPUT FROM THE SUN.
>> AND WHAN YOU ARE SEEING NOW
IS A LIVE LOOK AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY SPACE
SCIENCE'S LAB MISSION OPERATION
CENTER.
THIS IS FOR CUR RUTHERS MISSION
MANAGERS ANXIOUSLY AWAIT LIFTOFF
AND MONITOR THE SPACECRAFT
THROUGHOUT ITS MISSION.
>> IT IS EARLY.
>> NOT YET.
>> THE ARE THERE.
THEY ARE TAKING A LITTLE BREAK.
WE'LL TICK A BREAK, TOO.
THERE THEY ARE OR WILL BE IN
THAT ROOM.
NOW THE CARRUTH REMEMBER'S
PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR IS HERE
WITH US.
THIS IS THE UNIVERSITY OF
ILLINOIS, IT IS REALLY GREAT TO
HAVE YOU HERE.
>> MY PLEASURE.
>> VERY EXCITED.
SO THE GEO CORONA, PART OF THE
EARTH'S EXOSPHERE THAT GLOWS.
WHY DOES IT PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE
IN HELPING US UNDERSTAND SPACE
WEATHER.
THE EXOSPHERE PLAYS A VITAL ROLE
INERT'S RECOVERY FROM THE STORMS
SO WHEN THEY HIT, THEY
ACCELERATE IONS AND CREATE THE
EXTREMELY EN NER GETTIC
PARTICLES THAT POSE THE DANGERS
THAT HAVE BEEN TACKEDDED ABOUT
WHEN THOSE PARTICLES COLLIDE
WITH THE HIGH DRO R HYDROGEN AT
TOM IT SLOWS THEM DOWN SO IT
WEAKENS THE CURRENTS THEN THEN
SPEED'S EARTH RECOVERY AND THE
MORE THERE ARE, THE FASTER THE
RECOVERY.
WHAT THE MISSION WILL MEASURE IS
EXACTLY THAT DENSITY, AND SO WE
CAN IMPROVE MEASUREMENTS OF
THOSE RECOVERY TIMESCALES.
>> OK.
YEAH.
SO WHAT WE ALERT ABOUT EARTH'S
HISTORY OF WATER THROUGH THE
CARRUTHER'S MISSION.
>> SO THE HYDROGEN AT TOMS THAT
POPULATE THIS REGION WERE
ORIGINALLY LIQUID WATER ON THE
SURFACE.
IT'S THE EARTH T. THAT WATER
EVAPORATED UP.
BECAME WATER VAPOR WHEN THE
SUNSHINES ON IT.
IT UNDERGOES CHEMICAL REAGOS AND
PRODUCES THE ATOMIC HYDROGEN AT
TOMSP WHEN A DROP OF WATER MAKES
IT TOT THAT ALTITUDE, AS
HYDROGEN GAS, EVENTUALLY WILL
ESCAPE INTO SPACE.
NOW THIS PROCESS IS SO SLOW AT
EARTH, BUT WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS
HOW IT MIGHT BE AFFECTED BY
EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD OR BY
SPACE WEATHER ITSELF.
AND SO BY LEARNING MORE ABOUT
HOW IT WORKS ON EARTH, IT CAN
ALSO HELP US UNDERSTAND MORE
ABOUT HOW IT HAPPENED ON ANXIOUS
MARS HOW MARS ONCE LOST ITS OWN
SURFACE WATER AND POTENTIALLY
HELP US IDENTIFY POPO
CONTINUATIONLY HABITABLE PLANETS
BEYOND THE SOLAR SYSTEM THAT CAN
RETAIN THEIR WATER, THEIR
SURFACE WATER AS LONG AS EARTH
HAS.
>> GOT IT.
THE MISSION WAS NAMED AFTER
AMERICAN PHYSICIST DR. GEORGE
CARRUTHERS.
TELL BUS HIM.
>> SO DR. CARRUTHERS RECENTLY,
AS SON AS HE GRADUATED FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, AND HE
INVENTED THE CAMERA, THAT TOOK
THE FIRST PICTURES OF EARTH'S
EXOFEAR.
DEPLOYED BUY APOLLO 16
ASTRONAUTS ON THE MOON, THAT IS
RIGHT.
AND HE, AND HE PLAYED SUCH A
ROLE IN THAT DEVELOPMENT, NOW,
THIS WAS REALLY SPECIAL CAMERA,
IT COULD ONLY TAKE PICTURES OF
ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, THEN THAT IS
THE EX AC SAME APPROACH WE ARE K
TAKING TO STUDY THE EXOSPHERE
OURSELVES.
>> SO INING THAT LEGACY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
LET'S SEE A LAUNCH TODAY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
NOW IMAP IS THE PRIMARY MISSION
OF THE THREE SATELLITES.
CRIST OFFICER FERNANDEZ HAS A
MESS AGE FOR THE IMAP TEAM.
>> NOW, I MAY NOT BE A
SCIENTIST, I AM MORE OF A FOOD
GUY, I KNOW ABOUT PASSION AND
GOALS.
A JOYFUL PASSIONATE MEXICANS WHO
POSITIVITY THINK INSPIRES THE
TEAMMATE TO REMEMBER THE PURE
LOVE.
IN THE SAME WAY, I BELIEVE THAT
WHAT YOU ARE DOING WITH IMAP IS
LIKE AIMING FOR THE BIGGEST GOAL
SO FROM ONE TEAM PLAYER TO
ANOTHER, CONGRATULATIONS ON IN
THE CREDIBLE MISSION.
KEEP INSPIRING THE WORLD.
KEEP REACHING FOR THE STARS, AND
REMEMBER, WHEN WE PLAY AS A
TEAM.
WE CAN ACHIEVE THE IMPOSSIBLE.
MEGAN: I LOVE THAT.
WHAT POWERFUL WORDS.
TEAM WORK DID MAKE THE DREAM
WORK HERE.
I MEAN, THIS IS SUCH A TEAM
EFFORT.
ALL THREE MISSIONS AND SO
INSPIRATIONAL TO HEAR HIM SEND
THOSE WELL WISHES.
WE APPRECIATE.
>> YEAH.
FOR THOSE WHO WATCH THE SHOW, I
THINK THE SUN IS LIFE.
THINK JOY'S NEXT GUEST WOULD
ALSO AUBREY.
JOY: I AM HERE WITH JOE
WESTLAKE WHO IS HELIOPHYSICS
DIVISION AT NASA.
THANKS FOR JOINING ME.
>> THANKS,Y.
REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE.
>> ARE YOU PEEKS IT FOR THE
LAUNCH?
>> OH MY GOSH.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING WE HAVE
THIS MORNING.
WHAT A GREAT DAY TO CELEBRATE
MASSAIIANS TO TO SEE ALL THE
GREAT WORK WE ARE DOING HERE.
AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.
ALL THREE MISSIONS TODAY ARE
PART OF HELL HELIOPHYSICS WHICH
US THE STUDY OF THE SUN AND
EFFECTS IN SPACE.
CAN TELL ME WHY IT IS IMPORTANT
TO STUDY THE SUN IN SPACE?
>> WELL, YOU THINK ABOUT THE SUN
EVERY DAY.
YOU SEE IT RISE AND SET.
WE DON'T THINK ABOUT HOW IT
AFFECTS OUR DAY DAY TO DAY LIVET
DID YOU KNOW IT AFFECTS
EVERYTHING FROM OUR GPS, TO OUR
CROPS, TO OUR POWER SYSTEMS ON
THE GROUND TO OUR COMMERCIAL I
HAVE A THESE SATELLITES AND
TECHNOLOGY WE RELY ON EVERY DAY.
RIGHT.
THE SPACE WEATHER, THE SUN,
ACTIVITY OF THE SUN IS SOMETHING
THAT REALLY IMPACTS OUR DAILY
TECH KNOW LOGICAL LIVES AND
THESE THREE MISSIONS ARE GOING
TO PROVIDE US INFORMATION TO
HELP US LIVE WITH THIS STAR.
JOY: AND NASA ALSO HAS A HUGE
FLEET OF SPACE CRAFT OUTSIDE ALL
ASPECTS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
HOW DOES IT CONNECT TO THE OTHER
MISSIONS?
>> WAY.
OUR ENTIRE FLEET IS MASSIVE
REACHING FROM THE CLOSESTS TO
THE SUN TO THE FURTHEST REACHES
OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM BECOME THE
VOYAGERS.
THE BEST CONNECTION WE HAVE
HERE, WE ARE ACTUALLY CONNECTING
FROM MOON TO THE MARS.
WE KNOW THIS INFORMATION TO BE
SAFE.
>> AND SO TODAY'S IS ONE
ROCKET WITH THREE MISSIONS.
CAN YOU QUICKLY SAY WHY IT IS
BEN SNIGS.
>> WELL, THINK OF IT AS THE
COSMIC CARPOOL, FLIGHT WE ARE
GOING TO THE SAME LOCATION.
WE ARE BREGGING THE THREE
SATELLITES ALONG TOGETHER.
AND WITH THAT, WE PROVIDE
IMMENSE BENEFIT TOT THE AMERICAN
TAXPAYER WHO IS PAYING FOR ONE
LAUNCH AND BRINGING THREE
SATELLITES ALONG.
REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, JOE, ENJOY
THE LAUNCH.
THANK YOU.
REALLY APPRECIATE.
>> THANKS.
SO NOW BEHIND US ON THE FALCON
ROCKET WITH FUELING RIGHT NOW,
SO LET'S HEAD BACK TO AMAN DAP
FROM SPACEX TO GET AN UPDATE.
AMANDA.
THANK YOU, WHERE I.
A QUICK CHECK OF THE CLOCK AT
UNDER T- 18 FOR THE NEXT
SMILETONE OF THE VEHICLE IS
COMING UP IN A MINUTE WHICH IS
THE START OF STAGE TWO LOADING.
WE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH THE
PROPELLENT LOAD PROCESS.
STAGE 1 IS ALREADY COMPLETE.
WE ARE ON TRACK.
NOW ALL THREE PAYLOADS TODAY ARE
PART OF A RIDE SHARE MISSION
HEADING TO LAGRANGE POINT 1 OR
L1.
L1 IS U HOOK FOR A COUPLE OF
REASONS.
THE SPACECRAFT CAN REMAIN AT
THIS POINT AND GRAVITATIONAL
BALANCE BETWEEN THE SUN AND THE
EARTH AND THAT MEANS THAT THE
PAYLOADS ONLY NEED TO CARRY A
MINIMAL AMOUNT OF FUEL TO REMAIN
IN CONTROL IN THAT REGION.
L1 OF COURSE ALSO OFFERS A CLEAR
VANTAGE POINT TO STUDY THE SUN,
SPACE WEATHER, EXOSPHERE, THAT
CAPABILITY IS CRITICAL FOR THE
SCIENCE ONBOARD TODAY.
RIDE SHARE MISSION FLIGHTS
TODAYED A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO
COST EFFECTIVELY LAUNCH MULTIPLE
UNIQUE SCIENTIFIC PAYLOADS AND
OVERALL INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF
SCIENCE WE SEN TO SPACE.
THE THREE SPACECRAFT ABOARD
INCLUDING IMAPS , SWFO-L1 THE
SPACECRAFT WERE INSTALLED IN A
TWO TIER PAYLOAD STACK
CONFIGURATION.
NOW THIS ALLOW FORCE THE SAFE
DEPLOYMENT OF EACH ONE.
THE FARING ITSELF ALSO UNDERWENT
A CUSTOM MULTI DOOR.
>> LOAD HAS STARTED.
THAT IS CONFIRMATION.
STAGE TWO IS NOW LOADING LIQUID
OXYGEN.
THE FARING UNDERWENT A CUSTOM
DOOR MODIFICATION THAT ENABLED
POST ACCESSES TO IMAP FOR
PRELAUNCH INSPECTIONS IN THE
HANGAR.
UNIQUE PROTOCOLS AND GROUND
SYSTEMS PREPARATIONS WERE ALSO
DEVELOPED TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS
OF TODAY'S MISSION FOR EXAMPLE,
EACH SPACECRAFT REQUIRED AN
ACTIVE NITROGEN OR PURGE LINE UP
UNTIL LAUNCH SO TWO NEW PURGE
SUPPLIES WERE DEVELOPED FOR THIS
MISSION.
HISTORICALLY ONLY A MAXIMUM OF
ONE PURGE LINE HAS BEEN USED FOR
PRELAUNCH PAYLOAD SUPPORT SO
THIS MISSION INCLUDED THREE.
ALSO, TO SUPPORT THE HEIGHTENED
CLEANLINESS REQUIREMENTS OF
TODAY'S SPACE RAFT, A MISSION
UNIQUE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED SOME OF THE
PAYLOADS UNDERWENT UNIQUE TREAMS
THIS INCLUDED SCREENING AND BOTH
THE IMAP AND SWFLL1 TO ACCOUNT
ANOTHER MAGNETIC SENSITIVITIES
THEN EVEN IFLY ON THE WEATHER
SIDE TO SPACECRAFT RETEST
LIGHTNING MONITORING PROCEDURES
WERE DEVELOPED BY THE MISSION
TEAMS SO ACROSS THE BOARD FROM
INSTALLATION AND INTEGRATION IN
THE PAYLOAD, NOW WE ARE WELL
INTO THE PROPEL LEN LOAD PROCESS
ON FALCON FOR TODAY'S LAUNCH.
NOW LET'S TALK BACK WITH MEG AND
FOR MORE DETAILS?
OOMPH MANAGING TODAY'S LAUNCH IS
NASA LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM IN
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
CARRUTHERS WILL PLAY A CRITICAL
ROLE IN PROTECTING OUR EXPLORERS
ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION AND THOSE LAUNCHING TO
THE MOON.
NASA ASTRONAUT REID WISEMAN,
VICTOR BLOW WE'RE SHALL
CHRISTINA KOCH AND JEREMY HANSEN
HAVE BEEN BUSY AT KENNEDY SPACE
SIN TER TRAINING WITH GROUND
SUPPORT TEAM FOR THE UPCOMING
MISSION AROUND THE MOON.
THE MAIN GOAL TO MAKE SURE
EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME PAGE
OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS THE
ASTRONAUTS SUITED UP, WALKED
OUT, TRAVELED THE NINE MILE
JOURNEY TO LAUNCHPAD 36B.
THEY ALSO SPENT A LOT OF TIME
TRAINING INSIDE THEIR FULLY
POWERED ORION SPACECRAFT GOING
THROUGH LAUNCH DAY AND SIMULATED
FLIGHT ACTIVITIES.
GET THIS?
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THE CREW
HAD EVER ENTERED THEIR
SPACECRAFT TOGETHER.
AND IN THE CASE OF AN UNLIKELY
EVEN OR EMERGENCY AT THE PAD
DURING THE COUNTDOWN TO LAUNCH,
THE CREW PRACTICED CLIMBING IN
AND OUT OF THE EMERGENCY EGRESS
BASKETS.
S TO WOULD CARRY THEM FROM THE
MOBILE LAUNCHER SAFELY TO THE
GROUND.
ALL OF THIS TRAINING HELPS THE
ARTEMIS 2 TEAMS PLAN AND
UNDERSTAND THE TIMING OF EVENTS
ON LAUNCH DAY.
THAT IS YOUR ARTEMIS MOON
MINUTE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
GNATS'S ARTEMIS PRA PROGRAM.
SCAN THE QR CODE ON THE SCREEN
OR VISIT NASA.GOV/ARTEMIS 2.
NOW IF YOU ARE JOINING US, WE
ARE 12 MINUTES AWAY FROM
LAUNCHING THREE SPACECRAFT TO
STUDY SPACE WEATHER HOW IT
IMPACTS US.
NASA'S INTERSTELLAR MAPPING OR
IMAP, CARRUTHERS OBSERVATORY AND
THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND
ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION SPACE
WEATHER FOLLOW JOHN LAGRANGE 1
OR SWFO-L1 NOW IMAPS THE PRIP
PRIMARY MISSION OF THE THREE
TODAY.
NOW LET'S TAKE A LINE LOOK NOW
INSIDE OF APL BECAUSE IMAP IS
INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF 27
DIFFERENT PARTNER ORGANIZATION
LED BY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY AND
INCLUDING APL THAT IS THE
APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY
THERE.
GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE THERE READY
TO GO.
YEAH.
THEY ARE ANXIOUSLY LOOKING AT
THINGS SUCH AS THE TEMPERATURES,
AND BASICALLY THE HEALTH AND
WELLNESS OF THE SATELLITE TO
MAKE SURE IT IS READY TO GO,
THEN REALLY ANXIOUSLY AWAITING
THAT ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL OR
THAT FIRST PHONE CALL HOME ONCE
IT GETS INTO ORBIT.
>> YEAH.
APL BUILD THE IMAP SPACECRAFT AS
WELL AS TEN INSTRUMENTS AMP
LAUNCH APL IS GOING TO OPERATE
IMAP.
NOW WE ARE GETTING GREAT
QUESTIONS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA SO
LET'S TEAK THE NEXT ONE HERE.
THIS IS APEX ASKING WHAT TYPES
OF PARTICLES ARE YOU DETECTING
WITH THESE MISSIONS?
AUTOS THESE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS.
GREY.
>> FOR THESE MISSIONS WE ARE
DETEGGING EVERYTHING FROM
ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT WHICH THE EYES
CANNOT SEE WELL IN THE
CARRUTHERS MISSION THEN A LITTLE
BIT OF IMAP TO THE ENERGETIC
PARTICLES WHICH IS ELECTRON, A
PROTON, AS WELL AS OTHER IONS
SUCH AS OXYGEN, HYDROGEN,
CARBON, THEN THAT HELPS US TELL
THINGS LIKE THE ELECTRONS ARE
THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY RUN
AHEADED TO THE SOLAR STORM, THEY
ARE NEAR THE PERIOD OF LIGHT,
THEY ARE WARNING THAT SOMETHING
ELSE IS COMING ALONG.
SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES WE ARE
MEASURING WITH THESE MISSIONS?
>> A LOT TAKE A LOOK.
THANK YOU AFAN FOR THOSE
QUESTIONS.
KEEP SENDING THEM ALONG.
#ASKNASA.
NOW IMAP WAS THE FIRST TO ARRIVE
HERE IN FLORIDA BEFORE LAUNCH.
ITS PARTS WERE UNBOXED THEN
PROCESSED AT THE DOME AND THE
CARRUTHERS BOTH ARRIVED THEN ALL
THREE WERE CONFIGURED TO FLY
TOGETHER.
AGAIN, AMAZING FEAT.
FINALLY LASTING WEEK, EVERYTHING
WAS END CAPS LACED INSIDE OF THE
PAYLOAD FARING THE TWO HALVES
WILL PROTECT THE SATELLITES
DURING LAUNCH, AGAIN, ALL THREE
SATELLITES HEADED TO LAGRANGE
POINT ONE, A LOCATION A MILLION
MILES FROM THE EARTH TO STUDY
SPACE WEATHER.
FROM HERE ON EARTH, OUR SUN
LOOKS STEADY AND UNCHANGING.
BUT CLOSE-UP, IT IS DYNAMIC
ACTIVE PLACE.
LOOPS OF SUPER HEATED PLASMA
FOLLOWED TANGLED MAGNETIC FIELDS
ACROSS THE SURFACE, WHILE A
STEADY STREAM OF ELECTRICALLY
CHARGED PARTICLES, THE SOLAR
WIND EXPANDS INTO SPACE IN ALL
DIRECTIONS.
AT TIMES, THERE WERE BURST OF
RADIATION CALLED SOLAR FLARES,
AND EXPLOSIONS OF PLASMA AND
MAGNETIC FIELDS CALLED CORE
ROANNAL MASS EJECTIONS SENDING
SOLAR STORMS OFF TO SPACE DUE TO
SOLAR WIND.
ON EARTH, WE LIVE IN THAT
CONSTANT STREAM OF SOLAR WIND,
PROTECTED BY ETHER'S MAGNETIC
FIELD.
BUT WHEN THE SUN SUDDENLY
UNLEARNS MASSIVE AMS OF ENERGY,
MATERIAL, OUR MAGNETIC FIELD CAN
GO HAYWIRE DURING WHAT IS CALLED
A GEOMAGNATIC STORM.
IN MAY OF 2024 THE BIGGEST
GEOMAGNATIC STORM IN OVER TWO
DOING AIDS HIT EARTH.
THE STORM SPREAD TO UNUSUALLY
LOW LATITUDES, DISRESULTING GPS
GUIDED TRACTORS AND ENFORCED
TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHTS TO
REROUTE.
STORMS LIKE THESE ARE WHAT NASA
AND NOAA CONSTANTLY MONITOR THE
SUN'S ACTIVITY.
INOAA PROVIDES REAL-TIME
MONITORING AND FORECASTS OF THE
GEOMAGNATIC STOMP AND OTHER
POTENTIALLY HAZE DOWD WHITE NASA
RESEARCH ADVANCES THE YUN
STEARING OF THE SUN'S BEHAVIOR
AND SUPPORTS RESEARCH COMPUTER
MODELS USED BY NOAA.
OUR COLLABORATION IS VITAL TO
BETTER PREP FOR SPACE WEATHER.
TOGETHER WE HELP PRETECH OUR
TECHNOLOGY ON EARTH, SATELLITES
IN SPACE, AND ASTRONAUTS AS THEY
HEAD TO THE MOON AND MARS.
>> KELLY WAS NINE MINUTE IS A
WAY FROM LAUNCH.
TELL US HOW MUCH THIS MOMENT
MEANS TO YOU, AND EVERYONE WHO
WORK ON ALL THREE MISSIONS?
RIGHT RIGHT.
I AM FILLED WITH SO MUCH GRAT
TUTED.
SO MUCH EXCITEMENT FOR THE
ENTIRE TEAM.
ALL THE TEAMS THAT REALLY WORKED
HERE, HERE AT KENNEDY, HERE AT
ALL THE DIFFERENT MISSION TEAMS,
AND AS WELL AS SPACE P.
WE ALL JUST PULLED TOGETHER,
PEOPLE ARE EXCITED AND CROSSING
MY FINGERS AND TOES HOPING FOR A
BEAUTIFUL LAUNCH VERY SOON.
AXE LOOT I.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY GOING TO BE A
BEAUTIFUL LAUNCH.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE PAD, THE
CLOUDS, THE SUNRISE IN THE
BACKGROUNDS SO LET US GET TO
LIFTOFF AND COUNTDOWN THE FINAL
MINUTES TO LAUNCH WITH NASA'S
DERROL NAIL HERE IN FLOOR DID
AND AMANDA YARESS WITH SPACEX IN
HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA.
>> NOW, LET'S DO IT.
WE ARE ALL READY TO GO.
WE ARE HERE INSIDE OF THE
MISSION DIRECTOR CENTER AT
HANGAR AE.
YOU SEE BEHIND US IN.
THIS IS WHERE ALL THE MANAGEMENT
FOR ALL THREE SPACECRAFT ARE
LOCATED AND IT IS HIGH LEVEL
AREA INSIDE OF THERE.
THEY WILL BE TRACKING EVERYTHING
THAT IS HAPPENING IN.
SO FAR, SO GOOD.
>> YEAH.
SO FAR, SO GOOD.
I MEAN, THEY ACTUALLY KIND OF
GAVE REALLY IMPORTANT CALL-OUT A
LITTLE EARLIER ABOUT GOING TO
INTERNAL POWER.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
IMPORTANCE OF THAT, RIGHT.
THAT MEANS OUR SPACECRAFT,
EVERYONE IS ON IN THEIR FINAL
LAUNCH CONFIGURATION.
SO SIMILAR TO IN THE MORNING,
YOU WANT TO UNPLUG THE CELL
PHONE FROM THE WALL AND DETAC3
CARRUTHERS IS THE LAUNCH
VEHICLES POWERED ON, SOME
POWERED OFF.
NOTHING NEW TO SEE HERE.
DERROL: IMAP IS ONE OF THE
STRICTEST CONTAMINATION MISSIONS
THAT LSP AND SPACE X HAVE
WORKED.
WE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT
FROM AMANDA AS WE HEAR THE END
GNS ARE BEING CHILLED ON THE
FIRST STAGE, THE ROCKET.
THAT IS BECAUSE THESE ARE VERY
SENSITIVE INSTRUMENTS.
>> CORRECT.
AND 1:00 WE ARE TRYING TO STUDY
SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO
REALLY LITERALLY REWRITE THE
TEXTBOOKS AM WE ARE TRYING TO
STUDY HOW THEY INTERACT WITH OUR
SOLAR ENVIRONMENT.
SO TO DO THAT, WE NEED REALLY
CLEAN IN STRIMENTS TO DO THAT.
SO THINK ABOUT IT LIKE THIS.
YOU ARE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD,
RIGHT.
IT IS A BIG TRUCK IN FRONT OF
YOU.
IT IS THROWING THE GOING TO BE A
ON THE WINDSHIELD, RIGHT?
COMPLETE THERE.
ACTUALLY SEE WHERE YOU ARE
GOING, RIGHT, ON THE ROAD.
YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THE
WINDSHIELD WIPE REMEMBERS CLEAN
SO WE RY R TRYING TO SEE.
WE NEED INSTRUMENT ON THE
SPACECRAFT EXTREMELY CLEAN AND
NOW GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR ON
CONTAMINATION TEAM TO MAKE THAT
HAPPEN.
DERROL: AMANDA, YOU ARE OUT
THERE TRACKING THE COUNT
DOWNFROM THE VANTAGE POINT IN
HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA.
>> WAY.
THAT IS RIGHT.
SO AS WE ENTER THE FINAL MINUTES
BEFORE LIFTOFF.
WEATHER IS STILL LOOKING GOOD.
WE ARE 10% PROCT OF VIOLATION.
WE HEARD A COUPLE OF KEY
CALL-OUTS FIRST UP ENGINE CHILL
HAS BEGUN ON THE FIRST STAGE.
THAT MEANS WE ARE PERFORMING A
PRIMING PROCESS.
SO BEFORE ANY PROPELLENT FROES
THE ENGINES WILL BE CHILLED DOWN
TO PREVENT BOILOFF WHEN THE
ULTRACOLD PROPEL LEN BEGINS TO
MOVE.
WE HEARD THAT RP1 LOAD I
COMPLETED FOR THE FIRST STAGE
BOOSTER SO WRAPPED UP THE FUEL
SIDE OF THE EQUATION AND LOADING
LIQUID OXYGEN ON TO BOTH STAGES
ONE AND TWO.
NOW RP1 AND LIQUID OXYGEN ROOM
THE PRIMARY PROPEL RENS FOR
FALCON 9 THOSE ARE LOADED
SEPARATELY TO THE VEHICLE AND
CHILLED BELOW 300 DEGREES
DEGREES BELOW 0.
PROPEL REN IS LOADED LATE TO THE
COUNTDOWN, ROW PELL RENS ARE
DENSER AND DENSER PROPEL LENS
MEAN ACHIEVING MORE PERFORMANCE
OUT OF THE SAME TANKS SO SEM PLY
PUT, THE COLDER I, THE MORE
MASS.
>> STRONGBACK RETRACT.
>> THAT IS A GREAT SIGN WE ARE
ON TRACK FOR ON-TIME LIFEOFF SO
IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY WE WILL
BEGIN TO SEE THE PROCESS OF
STRONGBACK OR TE RETRACTION.
NOW AT THIS TIME, EVERYTHING IS
ON TRACK.
WE ARE WORKING.
WE ARE GETTING CALL-OUTS FROM
NEXT THAT YOU CANNOT HEAR.
WE ARE LISTENING TO NOR MACHINE
AND I HAVE BOTH MONITORING?
AM WE ARE HEARING GOOD CALL-OUTS
SO FAR.
A YEAH.
SO FAR, SO GOOD.
WE ARE ON TRACK WITH THIS
LAUNCH.
YEAH.
>> STRONGBACK RETRACK HAS
STARTED.
DERROL: AS YOU CAN SEE WHERE
THERE, THE CLAM ARMS ON THE
STRONGBACK, THEY WILL START
PULLING OUT.
LET'S WATCH THAT.
IN THE MEANTIME, IMAP HAS
SWITCHED OFF THEIR RF
TRANSMITTER, THEY ARE NO LONGER
RECEIVING ANY DATA FROM THE IMAP
SPACECRAFT.
THAT IS INTENTIONAL.
THERE GO THE ARMS AS WE SEE THEM
OPEN UP.
WE GOT MORE.
>> STATUS CHECK.
>> THERE GOES THE OTHER.
THIS IS NASA'S GO FOR LAUNCH.
DERROL: CHECKING IN WITH NASA
LAUNCH MANAGER WHO GAVE THE GO
ANOTHER MILESTONE WORKING US
CLOSER TO LIFTOFF TODAY.
>> ALL THE WORK HAS COME TO THIS
MOMENT SO KUDOS TO THE TEAM FOR
THOSE POMS IN.
DERROL: GET READY FOR JOE
WESTLAKE'S WORDS OUR COSMIC
CARPOOL TAKING THREE SPACECRAFT
IMAP, SWFO-L1 AND CARRUTHERS ON
A JOURNEY.
>> COMING UP NEXT IN JUST A FEW
SECONDS WE ARE EXING THE
COMPLETION OF STAGE ONE LIQUID
OXYGEN LOADING.
YOU SEE THE CLAM ARMS.
>> LOAD L LOAD IS COMPLETE.
>> RIGHT ON TIME.
YOU AND SEE THE CLAMP ARMS ARE
FREE AND CLEAR OF STAGE TWO.
NOW LIQUID OXYGEN HAS WRAPPED UP
FOR THE FIRST STAGE WHICH COME
PRET COMPLETES PROMENT LOAD FOG
THE BOOSTER.
WE MENTIONED THE TANKS ARE
PRESSURIZED USING HELL LIMB.
THE HELIUM IS CHILL, TOO TOO, SO
IT STAYS COMPATIBLE ON THE
VEHICLE.
DURING FLIGHT, THAT
PRESSURIZATION WILL HELP TO
FORCE PROMENT NA THE ENGINES AS
THE THANKS AM TY.
LOOKING AHEAD A LITTLE BIT AT
THE T MINUS 60 SECOND MARK.
FALCON 9 WILL ENTER START WERE
UP.
AT THAT POINT, THE ROCKETS
ONBOARD FLIGHT COMPUTERS WILL
TAKEOVER.
FROM THERE ON OUT, THE COUNTDOWN
IS FULLY AUTONOMOUS INSIDE OF T-
2 CONTINUEDS THE ENGINES WILL
IGNITE ONCE THE FULL POWER,
FALCON 9 WILL LIFT OFF THE PAD
AND BEGIN THE CLAIM TO ORBIT.
FALCON VEHICLES ARE ACTUALLY
HELD DOWN UNTIL ALL SYSTEMS ARE
VERIFIED BEFORE BEING RELEASED
FOR LIFTOFF.
>> STAGE TWO LOAD IS COMPLETE.
DERROL: ALL RIGHT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, AS YOU LOOK AT
THIS ROCKET, YOU CAN SEE THAT
BURST OF LOCKS COMING OFF THE
SIDE, TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST
RECLEARING OUT THE LINE THERE.
NICE CLOUDS FORMED IN THAT SUPER
CHILLED LIQUID OXYGEN HITS THIS
WARM FLORIDA AIR, SO BEAUTIFUL
MORNING HERE ON THE SPACE COAST.
A LITTLE PAST SUNRISE.
THEY CLOSED THE GASES AT THE
LAUNCHPAD AS YOU CAN SEE THREE.
THE ROCKET IS SUPER COLD, SO OF
COURSE, IT IS CONDENSING THE
MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE, AND
GIVING OFF THOSE CLOUDS.
WE ARE GETTING READY TO LOCK IN
ON TERMINAL COUNT.
THAT IS RIGHT.
WE ARE APPROACHING THE ONE
MINUTE MARK AT WHICH FALCON 9
WILL ENTER START-UP.
>> FALCON.
A RIGHT ON TIME.
AT THIS POINT THE AUTONOMOUS
FLIGHT COMPUTERS ARE TAKEN OVER
THE LAUNCH COUNTDOWN.
STAGES ONE AND TWO WILL BEGIN
PRESSURIZING FOR LAUNCH.
LET'S LISTEN IN TON THE LAUNCH
DIRECTOR'S FINAL GO.
>> THE R LAUNCH DIRECTOR IS GO
FOR LAUNCH.
>> T- 30 SECONDS.
T- 15 SECONDS.
T- 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2,
1.
ENGINES FULL POWER.
AND LIFTOFF.
GO FALCON.
GO IMAP.
GO SWFO-L1 AND GO CARRUTHERS.
DERROL: AND WE ARE FLYING THREE
NEW MISSION ON A MILLION MILE
JOURNEY TO TRACK SPACE WEATHER.
GOOD LOOKING FLIGHT SO FAR.
OUR TRACKING CAMERAS GIVING A
GREAT SHOT AS THIS MISSION
CLIMBS INTO THE SKY.
WE'LL BE LOOKING NOW FOR THOSE
ENGINES TO THROTTLE DOWN AS WE
GO THROUGH MAX Q, THE TIME OF
MAXIMUM.
THAT IS RIGHT.
COMING UP IS MAX Q, THE MAXIMUM
AERODYAM MAKE PRESSURE, THE
LARGEST STRUCTURAL LOAD THE
VEHICLE WITH EXPERIENCE.
SLOWING IT DOWN.
>> FALCON LOAD IS SUPERSONIC.
>> THAT WILL HELP US RECOVER AND
REUSE THE FIRST STAGE.
FOLLOWINGMAX Q REWITH ABLE TO
NOT THE ENGINES BACK UP AS
ATMOSPHERIC DROPS.
MAX Q.
T PLUGS TWO MINUTES INTO FLIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE ALL NINE.
YOU CAN SEE THE EXHAUST FROM
FIVE OF THEM THERE.
BEAUTIFUL SHOT LOOKING BACK TO
THE EARTH.
I GOT A COUPLE OF QUICK
CALL-OUTS COMING UP.
WE WILL SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AT
2:20.
STAGE SET AT 2:32 THEN THE FIRST
BURN BEGINS AT 2:40.
HERE WE GO.
>> STAGE SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
>> AND THERE IT GOES.
>> ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HE VEN,
YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST STAGE
BOOSTER FALLING AWAY NOW.
ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THE SECOND
STAGE FLYING IMAP, SWFO-L1 AND
CARRUTHERS.
THIS FIRST BURN IS A KEY BURN.
>> CORRECT.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE GETTING OUR
SPACECRAFT HERE AND THEIR
OPTIMAL ORBIT TO START OFF WITH
BEFORE WE DO THE TRANSFER TO THE
HIGHER ORBIT.
>> SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
>> THERE GOES THE FARINGS AND
NOW YOU CAN SEE, ALL THREE
SPACECRAFT REVEALED.
NOW THE THREE SPACECRAFT, IMAP,
CARRUTHERS ARE NOW EXPOSED TO
THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT SO THESE
ARE NEW FARINGS THE SPACEX, OF
COURSE, GOING TO TEAM TOM
RETRIEVE THESE FARINGS ONCE THEY
FALL BACK TO EARTH.
THAT BEAUTIFUL DRONE SHIP ICYING
THERE IN THE ATLANTIC.
DERROL: WE SAW THE FARINGS
FALLING AWAY.
WE GOT A GOOD SHOT OF THEM
FALLING.
IN FACT AS YOU MENTIONED THEY
WILL BE RECOVERING THOSE, THE
BOOSTER WILL BE LANDING ON THE
DRONE SHIP.
THE REASON FOR THE DRONE SHIP IN
TODAY'S MISSION IS BECAUSE WE
NEED ALL THAT PERFORMANCE FROM
THE ROCK CAN HE.
>> THAT IS ACTUALLY CORRECT.
YES.
DESPITE THE FACT WE ALSO WERE
LAUNCHING, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
THE EARTH'S ROTATION, GIVE US A
LITTLE BIT MORE ENERGY.
>> NOMINAL TRAJECTORIES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO WE HEARD BOTH VEHICLES FLYING
NOMINAL.
THAT IS ACTUALLY EX LEN NEWS
THERE.
DESPITE WHAT I SAID BEFORE,
FLYING DUE EAST TO GIVE US A
LITTLE BIT MORE VELOCITY HERE AS
WE GUIDE INTO ORBIT SO WE CAN
CARRY A LITTLE MORE TO ORBIT.
WE DID NEED ALL THE PERFORMANCE
OF THE VEHICLE TO ACTUALLY GET
OUR PAYLOADS TO WHERE THEY NEED
TO GO TO DO THE GREAT SCIENCE.
ONE MORE QUICK CALL-OUT HERE ON
THE LEFT HERE.
YOU SEE THE FIRST TAGE THERE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT ARE ACTUALLY
DEPLOYED AND THOSE GUIDE THE
FIRST STAGE BACK THOUGH
DRONESHIP WHEN THAT DRONESHIP
FIRST STARTS ITS BOOSTBACK BURN.
AM EXCUSE ME, ONCE THE FIRST
STAGE.
DRONE SHIP DON'T CONVERT
ANYTHING.
>> YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME.
DERROL: WE ARE BURNING THAT
SECOND STAGE.
GOM AHEAD, AMANDA.
>> YEAH.
JUST NOTICING HERE IN THE GREAT
VIEWS OF THE FIRST STAGE, YOU
MAY SEE SOOT DURING THE UPCOMING
ENTRY BURN AND PRIOR TO LAUNCH
AS WELL.
SO DURING THE ENTRY BURN, THAT
WILL BE THE SECOND OF THREE
TOTAL BURNS, FALCON 9 WILL BE
DECELERATE BUYING REIGNITING
THREE OF THE MERLIN IN GENS ON
THE FIRST STAGE AND CAUSE THE
VEHICLE TO FLY THROUGH MER
LISTEN'S EXHAUSTION GASES OR THE
ROCKETS, THAT IS WHAT DEPOSIT.
IT'S THE LAYER OF SOOT ON THE
VAC'S SURFACE THAT COMES
INTERESTS THE CARBON BASED FUEL
THAT FALCON USES THEN BUILDS UP
A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE OUTSIDE
OF THE VEHICLE WHICH GIVES THE
FALCON FIRST STAGE FLEET THE
DIGS TINTIVE REUSED LOOK.
WE ARE LOOKING OUT FOR THE ENTRY
BURN COMING UP SHORTLY.
THE RECOVERY AND REUSE OF THE
FIRST STAGE IS WHAT ALLOWS US TO
REFLY THE MOST EXPENSIVE PARTS
OF THE LAUNCH VEHICLE, THAT
DRIVES DOWN THE COST OF GOING TO
SPACE.
THE COST OF LOWER GOVERNMENT AND
COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS CAN LAUNCH
MORE MISSIONS ESPECIALLY THE
FORMER RIDE SHARES LIKE TODAY
THAT HELPS ACCELERATE RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE TRIN BURN
IN UNDER20 SECONDS FROM NOW.
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FOLLOW ALONG
WITH THE MERLIN ENGINES
RELIGHTING ON THE FIRST STAGE.
WITH THE TELEMETRY ON THE BOTTOM
OF THE SCREEN.
>> THAT IS THE FIRST DAL.
S THAT THE CALL FOR THE FIRST
ENTRY BURN START-UP.
LACKING FOR ENTRY SHUTDOWN HERE
IN A FEW CONTINUEDS AND PROBABLY
LOOKING AT LANDING BURNS SHORTLY
THEREAFTER, SO STAY TUNED.
WILL BRING IT BACK DOWN TO FLY
AT THE END.
>> STAGE TWO IS IN TERMINAL
GUIDANCE.
JUST 30 MORE CONTINUEDS ON THE
STAGE TWO BURN.
THEN CUT ITOFF AND COAST FOR
QUITE AWHILE.
>> QUITE AWHILE.
YOU GET TO THE RIGHT STAGE TO
FIRE AGAIN TO PUT US IN THE
FINAL DESTINATION.
JUST ABOUT 50 MINUTORS SO.
>> STAGE TWO.
RAILROAD SO LOOKING FOR THAT CUT
JUF ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF
THE SCREEN.
>> STAGE ONE.
>> VIEWS ON THE LEFT WITH THE
BOOSTER COMING BACK.
SHOOT THROUGH THE CLOUDS.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
WE ARE RAPIDLY APPROACHING THE
LANDING BURN.
>> TRAILING THERE.
>> THIS LANDING BURN SCHEDULED
TO START IN JUST A FEW
CONTINUEDS.
THERE IT IS.
STARTING UP IN.
THIS WILL LAST ABOUT 25 SECONDS
THEN REDUCE THE REMAINING SPEED
OF THE VEH C1 O
WITH FOUR LANDING LEGS THAT WILL
DEPLOY FOR A VERTICAL TOUCHDOWN,
SO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT.
JUST PRIOR TO LANDING.
>> LANDING LEG DEPLOY.
THAT MARK.
IT'S THE SECOND LANDING FOR THIS
BOOSTER.
>> THAT NEVER GETS OLD.
NO DOUBT.
>> UP THERE IS IMAP, CARRUTHER,
SWFO-L1.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
PROGRESS DURING COAST PHASE, BUT
FOR NOW LET'S SEND IT BACK TO
THE HOST DESK WITH MEGAN
ANKLELY.
>> IF YOU ARE JUST JOININGS,
WELCOME TO NASA'S LIVE LAUNCH
COVERAGE OF THREE SCIENCE
MISSIONS.
NASA'S IN TER STELLAR OR IMAP,
NASA'S CARRUTHERS AND THE
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
ADMINISTRATION'S SPACE WEATHER
FOLLOW JOHN LAGRANGE 1 OR
SWFO-L1 THIS IS MEGAN CRUZ
ANKLELY CORE RICK.
>> SO EXCITEDDED TO SEE LAUNCH
TODAY.
IT IS A GREAT DIES HAVE A
LAUNCH.
>> WAND A BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE WE
HAD HERE.
MEAN, IT WAS REALLY FUN TO WAP.
ALSO, LIKE A CROWD OF PEOPLE
HERE BEHIND US.
WE JUST ALL HEARD THEM CHEERING,
CLAPPING.
YEAH.
THE FACT THAT YOU CAN FEEL IT
HERE.
THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT
ACTUALLY BEING HERE.
BEING ABLE TO FEEL THAT.
WE ARE TRYK TO TELL YOU.
THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIALS
ABOUT FEELING THE RUMBLE,
WATCHING IT GO UP AND KNOWING
THEY ARE ON THE WAY NOW.
YEAH.
IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE YOU
GUYS LESS THAN TEN MINUTES AGO A
SPACEX FALCON LAUNCHPAD AT 39A
HERE IN FLORIDA.
WAS AN INCREDIBLE LAUNCH.
YOU SAID IT THERE.
IT IS LIKE WE ARE WATCHING THE
HOPES AND DREAMS OF SO MANY
PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
THAT HAVE WORKED.
>> UNDERSTAND THAT SPACE WEATHER
THAT THE THREE WILL STUDY.
ALL RIGHT.
BECAUSE ALL THREE SPACECRAFT ARE
GAS GOING TO WORK TOGETHER TO
STUDY SPACE WEATHER.
WHAT IS SPACE WEATHER.
>> SO SPACE WEATHER ESTEE TECH
OF THE SUN ON EARTH AND ENTIRE
SOLAR SYSTEM THAT CAN G RANGE
FOR THINGS FROM CREATING
SATELLITE DRAG AND SHORTENING
SATELLITE LIFE TO EFFECTING OUR
GPS, AFFECTING THE POWER GRIDS
HER ON EARTH SO IT IS IMPORTANT
TO UNDERSTAND I, SO WE CAN
MITIGATE THOSE EFFECTS.
>> YEAH.
A YOU RECALL WIDE RANGING
S.W.A.T. OF EFFECTS WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT HERE.
BUT DOESN'T NASA AND NOAA STUDY
SPACE WEATHER TOGETHER.
WHAT MAKE.
IT'S THE THREE EMOTION YEAH.
WE DOZ STUDY SPACE WEATHER
TOGETHER.
THIS IS THE NEXT GENERATION.
THE SWFO-L1 ISP OPTIMIZED TO DO
THE SPACE WEATHER THAT WE KNOW
TODAY WE NEED.
SO THAT IS VERY SPECIFIED THEN,
THE NEXT TWO ARE THE NEXT
GENERATION OF SPACE WEATHER.
WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS WE NEED
WHEN THEY ARE ON THE MOON AND
MARS?
WE ARE LEARNING THAT THROUGH THE
, THROUGH THIS, THROUGH THE
CARRUTHERS AND IMAP MISSION.
>> GOT YOU.
WELL, KELLY, THANKS.
WHY DON'T WE BREAK DOWN EACH ONE
FOR THE VIEWERS NOW.
IMAPS THE PRIMARY MISSION OF THE
THREE THAT WILL STUDY THE GA ANT
INVISIBLE SHIELD SURROUNDING THE
ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM WHICH HELPS
MAKE LIFE POSSIBLE ON EARTH BY
PROTECTING US FROM DANGEROUS
COSMIC WAYS.
IMAP WILL SIMULTANEOUSLY STUDY
THE SUN'S ACTIVITY NEAR EARTH
AND ALSO CREATE THE MOST
DETAILED MAP EVER OF THE
BOUNDARY.
YES.
THAT GREAT BIG BOUNDARY THAT
9 BILLION MILES AWAYS THE FIRST
DEFENSE AGAINST THE SPACE
WEATHER THAT IS CREATED BY THE
GALAXY, THE GALACTIC COSMIC RAY.
>> GOT YOU.
THEN THERE IS SWFO-L1 THE FIRST
AND CONTINUOUS 24-7 DAT TAT
COLLECTS OF SPACE WEATHER AND AS
SOON AS IT MEASURES THE STRENGTH
AND SPEED OF INCOMING SOLAR
WINDS THAT ALERTS NOAA AND 15 TO
16 MINUTES BEFORE SOLAR WIND
CAUSE MAGNET IRK STORMS ON EARTH
AND CRUCIAL.
THOSE ARE CRUCIAL MINUTES WE CAN
DO THOSE MITIGATION STRATEGIES S
FROM POLL POWER GRIDS TO
ASTRONAUTS THEN THERE IS
CARRUTHERS THE FIRST EVER TO
CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR THE GEO
CORE ROAN NAP OR THE PART OF THE
ERT'S OUTER MOST LAY
EVERATMOSPHERE.
THAT TULIOS AND THIS WILL OFFER
UNIQUE IN SIGHTS INTO HOW SPACE
WEATHER AFFECTS THE PLANET AND
THE MISSION IS NAMED AFTER
GEORGE CAR RITHS WHO INVENTED
THE CAMERA THAT CAPTURED THE
FIRST EVER OF ETHER'S APOLLO 16
ASTRONAUTS PLACED THE CALM ARE
ON THE MOON BACK IN 1972 AND
STILL THERE TODAY.
IT CITIES TRIL TODAY.
WE ARE CARRYING THE LEGACY TO
UNDERSTAND THAT PART OF OUR
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE THAT IS SO
IMPORTANT AND AGAIN, MITIGATING
THOSE SPACE WEATHER EAR EFFECTS.
GOT YOU.
THANKS.
OUR BROADCAST TODAY WILL TAKE US
TO AROUND 9:00 A.M. EASTERN TIME
WHEN THE FALCON 9 SECOND STAGE
WILL DEPLOY ALL THREE SALT
LIGHTS INTO SPACE.
LET'S WELCOME BACK JOY NG WHO
WHICH IS CASEY SWAILS AND NICKY
FOX THE ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR
OF NASA.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME.
>> THANKTHANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
>> HOW IS LAUNCH FOR YOU GUYS?
>> IT WAS AMAZING.
I HAVE TO ADMIT.
I COMPLETELY CRIED.
I AM TRYING NOT TO DO.
AGAIN.
EVEN THE COUNTDOWN I GOT
EMOTIONAL ON THIS ONE.
THERE IS SO MUCH HELIOPHYSICS
AND GREAT NASA SCIENCE.
OUR MOM.
>> OH.
>> IT WAS FANTASTIC.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE AT
KENNEDY.
ABSOLUTELY.
SO NASA IS TAKING ASTRONAUTS
BACK TO THE MOON WITHIN THE
ARTEMIS MISSIONS.
CAN YOU TELL US HOW THE MISSIONS
TODAY WILL HELP GET US BACK TO
THE MOON, CASEY.
AWAY.
ABSOLUTELY.
SO YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO BACK
WITH ARTEMIS, RIGHT?
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE
SENDING THEM SAFELY AND IN ORDER
TO DO THAT WE HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND, UNDERSTAND SPACE
WEATHER SO WE THINK ABOUT
PACKING FOR A TRIP.
WHAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT
SOMEBODY ASKED YOU.
WHAT'S THE WEATHER.
WHAT ARE YOU PACKING SO WE HAVE
TO THINK ABOUT THAT UNDERSTAND K
SPACE WEATHER UNDERSTANDING THE
SUN BETTERNESS UNDERSTANDING
SOLAR FLARES, SOLAR STORMS,
RADIATION, HOW IT IMPACTS SA
SPACECRAFT, HOW THAT SPACECRAFT
INTERACTS WITH THE CREW, THAT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO WE ARE LAUNCHING ARTEMIS 2
NEXT YEAR.
WE ARE BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE
PRESENCE ON THE MOON.
THEN WE ARE GOING TO SEND
ASTRONAUTS TO MARS AND SO WHEN
WE LAND THOSE ASTRONAUTS ON THE
MOON, RAND THEM ON MARS, IT WILL
BE MISSIONS LIKE THIS, THAT HELP
CONTRIBUTE TO MAKING SURE THEY
GOT THERE SAFELY.
>> NOW, THAT IS VERY, VERY GOOD.
>> SO NIKKI, WHAT OTHER NASA
SCIENCE RESEARCH IS PAP
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW THAT WILL
HELP INFORM THE ARTEMIS
MISSIONS?
>> THERE IS SO MUCH.
MAIN, EVERY MISSION IN OUR FLEET
IS REALLY PLAYING THE PART IN
THE ARTEMIS MISSIONS.
SCIENCE ENABLES EXPLORATION,
EXPLORATION ENABLES SCIENCE.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT
ALL OF THE MISSIONS WE HAVE UP
THERE.
THESE ARE GOING TO, YOU KNOW,
GIVE US CUTTING EDGE THE NEWEST
MEASUREMENTS WE HAVE BEEN
MEASURING SPACE WEATHER FOR A
LONG TIME.
BUT THESE ARE JUST GOING TO BE
THE NEXT GENERATION.
THEN OF COURSE, A LITTLE BIT
LATER THIS YEAR, WE ARE
LAUNCHING HE IS CO PAID WHICH
WILL GO AND STUDY BASICALLY THE
WEATHER AND THE SPACE WEATHER AT
MARS SO WE REALLY, REALLY ARE
PLAYING OUR PART IN THE ARTEMIS
MISSION.
>> AND SO WITH ASTRONAUTS GOING
BACK TO THE MOON, HOW WILL THAT
BENEFIT US HERE ON EARTH CASEY?
>> YES.
SO YOU KNOW, ARTEMIS IS MORE
THAN EXPLORATION, RIGHT?
IT IS ABOUT INSPIRATION.
IT IS ABOUT NATIONAL PRIDE,
NATIONAL LEADERSHIP.
IT IS ABOUT ECONOMIC GROWTH, YOU
KNOW, FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT IS
SPENT AT NASA CONTRIBUTES TO
MULTIPLE DOLLARS IN ECONOMIC
OUTPUT.
IT IS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY
ADVANCEMENT.
AI, ROW BOLTICS, ADVANCED
MANUFACTURERRING THAT HE
LEADERSHIP THAT NASA DOES YOU
KNOW CONTRIBUTES ACROSS THE
WORLD.
AND SO, THAT IS REALLY WHAT
ARTEMIS IS GOING TO BRING BACK
TO EVERYONE HERE ON EARTH WHEN
WE GO.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
ME AND I AM SO GLAD THAT WE
COULD BE HERE FOR LAUNCH TODAY.
>> BEAUTIFUL LAUNCH.
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
GO I MAPMAP.
OOMS GO NASA.
THANK YOU, FALCON.
OK.
SO BACK TO YOU MEGAN ANKLELY.
>> GO GO GO GO.
THAT IS RIGHT, GUYS.
ALL RIGHT.
WE INVITED YOU TO SEND IN THE
QUESTIONS ABOUT TODAY'S LAUNCH
SO CAN RY IS READY FOR A FEW
MORE.
>> DEFINITELY, YEAH.
LOVE THE CURIOSITY.
KEEP THEM COMING.
>> REALLY GREAT QUESTIONS SO
FAR.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO BUILD
AND INTEGRATE THE SATELLITES TON
THE ROCKET?
>> YEAH.
THESE ALL TOOK A LONG TIME.
2017 WHEN THIS WAS INITIALLY
PROPOSED SO WE TOOK THAT TIME TO
ACTUALLY BUILD IT UP IN THEN YOU
GO THROUGH A DESIGN PHASE THEN A
BUILD, THEN YOU HAVE TO TEST IT
ONCE YOU BUILD EVERYTHING THEN
YOU ARE INTEGRATED TO THE
SPACECRAFT SO IT HAS TAKEN THIS
HE TIME FROM 201207 NOW SO THAT
IS AROUND EIGHT YEARS.
THAT IS IMAP SPECIFICALLY THEN
IN THAT PROCESS WE IDENTIFIED
THE RIDE SHARE SWFO-L1 AND
CARRUTHERS.
YEAH.
WITHIN THAT CARRUTHERS IS
SHORTER OF A TIMEFRAME IN TERMS
OF 21 WAS APPROXIMATELY THE TIME
WHEN IT WAS TURNED ON AND
STARTED ACTUALLY BUILDING BUT
BEFORE THAT, FOLKS HAVE BEEN
DESIGNING THESE, THINKING ABOUT
THEM FOR QUIT AWHILE.
WE HAVE THE NEXT QUESTION IN
MIND AND THAT NEXT GENERATION
AND ALWAYS NOW IN VATING HERE.
SO IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE TO
GET THOSE INTO PRINT AND METAL
THEN LAUNCHED ON BEAUTIFUL
LAUNCH TODAY.
THAT IS WHAT IS IMPRESSIVE ABOUT
SCIENTISTS ALWAYS BUYING THIS
THE NEXT CHALLENGE HOW THEY
COULD MEET UP.
>> OK.
WELL AGAIN, THANK FOR SEDGE US
THE QUESTIONS.
KEEP THEM COMING USING THE
#ASKNASA ACROSS THE SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORMS.
>> IT IS SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU
HERE.
>> SO HAPPY TO BE HERE.
I THINK MY HEART IS STILL RACE
K.
I KNOW.
>> IT WAS AMAZING.
I TEARED UP A LITTLE BIT.
>> I AM GLAD.
AGAIN, THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO
YOU GUYS.
GAIN, PART OF THE IMAP TEAM.
SO WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
THE SCIENCE BEHIND WHAT WE ARE
TRYING TO STUDY HERE WITH THE
SPACECRAFT.
DESCRIBING THE HELLLY YO SPHERE
AS A BULB RIGHT.
>> YEAH.
YOU CAN THINK OF THE HELL HI YO
SPHERE AS A BULB BEING INFLATED
BY THE SOLAR WINDS, AND
PARTICLES THAT IS ADMITTED BY
THE SUN, SO MAYBE WE CAN PRETENT
THE LITTLE GUY IS OUR SUN SHE
HAD HOMEWORK FOR ME AND ASKED ME
TO BRING PROPS.
I HAVE A BALOO IN SO THE PUMP IS
LIKE THE SUN.
>> WAY THE SUN.
THE MORE BEING INFLATED NOW THE
SOLAR WIND GETS WEAK, OUR
HELIOSPHERE IS BEING DEFLATED.
OK.
THE PRESSURE INSIDE AFFECTS THE
SHAPE, THE SIZE.
YEAH.
>> SO WHAT ABOUT THE OUTSIDE?
THOUGH.
WHAT IS THAT GOING INTO?
>> THE WHOLE IS FLYING THROUGH
OUR GALAXY AND WHAT WE CALL THE
STELLAR MEDIUM, GAS AND DUST
EXISTING POOH BETWEEN THE STARS
WHEN THE PRESSURE IS STRONG, THE
HELIOSPHERE CONTRACTS EVEN MORE.
EVEN MORE.
OK.
WHEN THE PRESSURE OF THAT IS
WEAK, IT ALLOWS THE HELIO SPHERE
TO BREATH AGAIN.
EXPAND.
THERE WE GO.
YEAH.
SO BASICALLY, WE ARE TAKING INTO
ACCOUNT, INTERNAL, EXTERIOR
FORCES THAT CHANGES THE SHAPE.
WHY THAT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW?
>> YEAH.
SO OUR HELIOSPHERE IS ACTUALLY A
SHIELD THAT PROTECTS USES FROM
HARSH GALACTIC RADIATION SO WE
DON'T KNOW WHETHER LIFE WOULD
EXIST NOW IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT
PROTECTIVE BULB RIGHT?
SO IT IS IMPORTANT AS WE GO AND
EXPLORE OTHER EXOPLANETS WE WANT
TO UNDERSTAND THE GALAXY.
>> YEAH.
EXACTLY.
GO IMAP.
RIGHT.
>> THANKS.
I APPRECIATE BEING HERE.
SO IMAP IS GOING TO START CO EK
WILLING DATA THREE AND A HALF
MONTHS AFTER LAUNCH FOR MORE ON
THAT, LET'S BRING BACK JOY WHO
WHICH IS DAVE AND IMAP'S
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR FROM
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY.
>> OF DAVE, HOW WAS LAUNCH IF.
>> IT IS SO EXCITING.
WE ARE ALL SO HAPPY.
THE WHOLE TEAM IS DELIGHTED.
>> SO, AS MEGAN SAID IS GOING TO
REACH LAGRANGE POINT 1 WHICH IS
ONE MILLION MILES FROM EARTH
AROUND JANUARY.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT IMAP TO BE
DOING AND SEEING AS IT TAKES
MEASUREMENTS IN JANUARY.
JUST INCREDIBLE SCIENCE AND
MEASURING THE SUN AND WHAT COMES
OUT FROM THE SUN, THE PARTICLES,
THE MAGNETIC FIELDS AND HELPING
PEOPLE, HELPING OUR WHOLE
COUNTRY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS
HAPPENING THAT IS COMING TOWARD
US FROM THE SUN AND LOOKING AT
THE OUTER PART OF THE
HELIOSPHERE THE BOUNDARY OF THE
SOLAR SYSTEM HOW THAT INTERFACES
WITH THE MEDIUM AROUND US.
>> ATZ YOU JUST MENTIONED, IMAP
IS GOING TO BE STUDYING THE EDGE
OF THE SAL ARE SYSTEM AS WELL AS
REAL-TIME SOLAR ACTIVITY COMING
OF OUR OF THE SURFACE OF THE
SUN.
SO WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT TO BUILD
A MISSION THAT COULD DO BOTH OF
THOSE THINGS?
>> SO, WE HAVE WORKED AT BOTH OF
THOSE PIECES BEFORE WITH OTHER
MISSIONS BUT ON DIFFERENT
SPACECRAFT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN
INTERCALIBRATED AND NOT ABLE TO
DO THE SCIENCE.
PUTTING IT TOGETHER ON ONE
SPACECRAFT ALLOWS US TO THE DO
THE COMPLETE SCIENCE AND
UNDERSTAND THE NEIGHBORHOOD THE
SUN.
>> AND SO AS THE PRINCIPLE
INVESTIGATOR OF IMAP, WHAT ARE
YOU MOST EXCITED FOR DISCOVERING
WITH THE NATION WELL, WHAT I AM
MOST EXCITED ABOUT ARE THE
THINGS I DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
I KNOW WHOING GO TO DO GREAT
SCIENCE GREAT NEW MEASUREMENTS
AND UNDERSTANDING BUT THE REALLY
EXCITING THING WHEN WE FLY NEW
INSTRUMENTS.
>> HOW DO YOU ANTICIPATE IMAP TO
BE WORKING WITH ALL THE OTHER
MISSIONS THAT NASA HASES INTO
YEAH.
IMAP WILL BE A CORNERSTONE FOR
ALL THE HELIOSPHERE COMMISSIONS
THERE IS A LOT OF GREAT SCIENCE
THAT COULD BE DONE BY COMPARING
DIFFERENT POSITIONS AND WE HOPE
TO BE THE LEAD OFFING THAT.
>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING ME.
I AM SO THRILLED THAT IMAP
LAUNCHED TODAY.
>> WE ARE, TOO.
THANKS SO MUCH.
>> OK.
AND SO, LET'S HEAD BACK TO MEGAN
ANKLELY.
AND KELLY.
>> MANAGING TODAY'S LAUNCH IS
BASED HERE.
IT ACTS AS BROKER TO MATCH
UNCREWED SPACE CRAFT LIKE THE
THREE TODAY.
WITH SUITABLE ROCKETS FOR
LAUNCH.
NASA'S DERROL NAIL SPOKE TO A
FLIGHT LOAD ANALYST ABOUT THE
CHALLENGES OF GETTING THREE
SPACECRAFT SAFELY INTO ORBIT?
DERROL: WE ARE HERE WE'RE
NATALIE WHO DID THE STRUCTURE
LOAD ANALYSIS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME SO
STRUCTURAL LOADS SOUNDS
COMPLICATED.
EXPLAIN WHY IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
US TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON
INSIDE OF THE ROCKET WITH
REGARDS TO THE STRUCTURES SO
WITH WE WE HAVE THE SPACECRAFT
WHICH HAS THE DELICATE COME
NONES THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNED
WITH THEIR SCIENCE IN MIND.
HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOT THAT
STRUCTURAL STRONG AND TAKING THE
SPACECRAFT AND PUTTING THEM ON
TOP OF THE FALCON WHICH HAS THE
ROCKET ENGINES THAT ARE GOING TO
BLAST IT FROM THE SURFACE OF THE
EARTH INTO ORBIT.
AND IT IS GOING TO ENDURE VERY
VIOLENT LAUNCH ENVIRONMENTS.
DERROL: A LOT OF SHAKE, RATTLE,
ROLL, HAPPENING IN SIDE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
INWHEN IT COMES TO A SPACECRAFT
AND A LAUNCH VEHICLE SYSTEM.
IT IS GOING TO BE MUCH MORE
COMPLEX.
I MAN GIN THE CENTRAL BEAM IS A
LAUNCH VEHICLE AND THE SPACE AND
FALCON 9 WE HAVE A MASS AT THE
TOP WHICH IS REPRESENTING IMAP.
LOOK AT HOW THAT SYSTEM IS BEING
EXCITED.
I AM NOT SHAKING THE BATION VERY
MUCH HERE YET LOOK AT HOW MUCH
IT IS ACTUALLY VIBRATING.
I AM ACTIVATING THE FIRST MODE
OF THIS SYSTEM.
DERROL: WE THINK OF THIS AS YOU
KNOW, SOMETHING THAT IS NOT GOOD
INSIDE OF A ROCKET IF PRIT TO
MOVE AROUND LIKE THAT IN THAT
CLAMSHELL.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SYSTEM OF
SPACECRAFT, SO WE HAVE IMAP AND
WE HAVE THE RIDE SHARE SWFO-L1
AND CARRUTHERS WHICH ARE HANGING
OUT UNDERNEATH THE IMAP.
DERROL: THAT IS RIGHT.
>> SO I ACTUALLY BROUGHT MY
SWFO-L1 AND CARRUTHER HASSER SO
WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS
GOING TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM.
DERROL: THESE ARE WOOD BLOCKS
BUT THEY GOT WAIT ON THEM.
THEY ARE GOOD ANALOG.
>> RIGHT.
WOE CAN ATTACH THEM HERE TO THIS
RIDE SHARE RING.
AND THAT IS GOING TO SIMULATE
THE ADDITION OF THE MASS AND
OVERALL STRUCTURE OF THOSE RIDE
SHARE SPACECRAFT.
ALL RIGHT.
SO YOU CAN ALREADY SEE HERE.
DERROL: OK.
THIS STATIC DEFLECTION IS
CHANGING BECAUSE WE ADDED MASS
TO THE SYSTEM AND NOT INTEREST
TOED IN THE STATIC SHAPE HERE.
WE ARE INTERESTED IN THE DYNAMIC
SHAPES.
SO AGAIN, IT IS SITTING OB THE
PAD.
ING READY FOR LIFTOFF.
THE IN GINS IGNITE.
AND LOOK AT HOW MUCH MORE IT IS
MOVING NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE
SHAPE THAT IT IS MOVING AT HAS
CHANGED.
SO LOOKING AT THE SPACECRAFT
HERE.
WE HAVE IMAP ON TOP OF A PAID
PAYLOAD ADAPTER THE RIDE SHARE
RING WHICH HAS SWFO-L1 OPPOSED
TO CAR RITHS ALL THREE ARE
FORMING ONE UNIQUE PAYLOAD
STACK.
ONE UNIQUE SYSTEM.
THROUGHOUT THE COUPLE LOAD
ANALYSIS, WE DERIVED THE LAUNCH
ENVIRONMENT THESE WOULD
EXPERIENCE DURING FLYING AND
MUCH LIKE I SHOOK THIS ROCKET
MODEL.
WE ALSO SHOOK THE SPACECRAFT
DURING VIBRATION TESTING TO MAKE
SURE THEY ARE RATED AND CAN SUR
RIFE THE VIBRATIONS THE SPACE
RAFT WILL SEE DURING LAUNCH.
IN THE END SHALL WE ARE FOUND
THROUGH TESTING THESE THREE ARE
READY TO GO AND THEY ARE GOOD
FOR LAUNCH.
DERROL: THANKS SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE THE TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> NOW THIS IS NOT THE FIRST
TIME NASA AND SPACE X ARE
WORKING TOGETHER TO SEND GREAT
SCIENCE INTO ORBIT.
FOR NOW THAT BACK TO AMAN DAY IN
HAW THOR.
HAWTHORNE.
>> THANKS MEGAN.
SINCE 2016 MASS'S LAUNCH SERVICE
PROGRAM HAS SPART PARTNERED WITH
SPACEX TO FLY THE AGENCY'S MOST
IMPORTANT SCIENCE MISSIONS
SPANNING EVERYTHING FROM EARTH
CLIMATE MONITORING TO
ASTROPHYSICS AND PLANETARY
DEFENSE.
IN 2016 WE LAUNCHED THE FIRST
MISSION JASON 3 WHICH WASES A
PAYLOAD TO MEASURE GLOBAL SEA
LEVEL RISE.
THE SUCCESS PAVED THE WAY FOR
TESTS IN 2019, A MISSION THAT
TRANSFORMED THE SEARCH FOR
PLANETS BY SCANNING NEARLY THE
ENTIRE SKY FOR NEW WORLDS IN
2020, MICHAEL CARRIED A RADAR
REFERENCE MISSION TO EXTEND THE
LEGACY OF SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
MEASUREMENTS CRITICAL TO
UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE AND
STUDY OF HIGHING, MEASURING.
A TUDE, THINGS THAT GO UP.
IN THIS CONTEXT, IT CARRIES A
SWEEP OF INSTRUMENTS WHICH
PROVIDE HIGH ACCURACY DATA
MONITORING OR SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
AND WAVE HEIGHT AND WIND SPEED
AS WELL AS MONITORING INLAND AND
WATER LEVELS AND ICE.
AND LSP ENTRUSTED FALCON WITH
DART THE FIRST EVER TEST OF
PLANETARY DEFENSE AND WENT ON TO
PROVE THAT HUMANITY COULD
INTENTIONALLY CHANGE THE ORBIT
OF ASTRO MOON LIT.
THAT SAME YEAR, OPENED A
BRAND-NEW WINDOW TO THE UNIVERSE
BY MEASURING THE POLARIZATION OF
X-RAYS FROM BLACK HOLES AND
NEUTRON STARS THE COLLABORATION
CONTINUED WITH SWAT IN 2022
WHICH IS DELIVERING DETAILED
GROBBAL MAPS OF RIVERS, LAKES,
THEN WITH PSYCHE IN 2023 A
DISCOVERY CLASS MISSION TO
EXPLORE THE METAL RICH ASTEROID
16 PSYCHE WILL REVEAL HOW.
>> WE'LL REVEAL HOW.
EUROPA CLIPPER MASS'S FLAG SHIP
MISSION TO EUROPA WAS SET TO
SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF LIFE BENEATH
THE ICY SHELL.
THEY ARE WORKING TO ADVANCE OUR
UNDUNDERSTANDING OF PLANKTON,
AEROSOLS, CLOUDS, ECOSYSTEM TO
STRENGTHEN SEVERE STORM AND
SPACE WEATHER MONITORING.
IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, FALCON
LAUNCHED THE SPHEREX MISSION TO
SURVEY THE ENTIRE SKY WITH
INFRARED LIGHT.
THAT LAUNCHED ALONGSIDE OF PUNCH
TO STUDY THE SUN'S YOU AT OUTER
ATMOSPHERE IN JULY, TRACERS
DELIVERED TWIN SATELLITES TO
INVESTIGATE MAGNETIC
RECONNECTION.
WE'LL TACKLE SOME OF THE BIGGEST
QUESTIONS IN SCIENCE, WHILE
GENERATING DOOZ TO HELP PROTECT
THE EARTH IN LESS THAN A DECADE
SPACEX BUILD A PROVEN TRACK WORD
WITH NASA'S LAUNCH SERVICE
PROGRAM ESTABLISHING FALCON AT
DEPENDABLE LAUNCH PLATTED FORM
FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING SCIENCE
OF OUR TIME.
THAT BRINGS US BACK TO TODAY'S
IMAP MISSION WHERE WE ARE JUST
UNDER AN HOUR FROM THE BEGINNING
OF SPACECRAFT DEPLOYMENT.
SO LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH
MEGAN.
MEGAN: YEAH.
TIME FOR MORE QUESTIONS FROM
SOCIAL MEDIA THE FIRST ONE IS --
WHAT NEW TECHNOLOGY IS BEING
USED ON THESE MISSIONS?
AUTOS THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
SO A LOT OF THESE MISSIONS HAVE
DEVELOPED NEW TECHNOLOGY IN
TERMS OF THE CAMERAS THAT THEY
USE IN TERMS OF LIKE THE CAMERA
IN CARRUTHERS ALTHOUGH IN
DR. GEORGE CARRUTHERS BUILD
AMAZING AND THERE HAS BEEN A
COUPLE OF ADVANCEMENTS SINCE
1972.
YEAH.
SO BUT, THERE HAS BEEN UPDATES
THERE.
ALL OF THE DETECTORS HAVE BEEN
YOU A KNOW UPDATED AND ALL THE
NEW INSTRUMENTS ON IMAP ARE
IMPROVEMENTS UPON THE OLD, THE
OLDER VERSIONS OF THESE.
SO FOR SSWFLL1 IT IS UPGRATED
BUT NOT TOO FAR OFF BUS AGAIN WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE THE
SAME, WE HAVE CONSIST TY SY AND
SIMILAR.
>> YEAH.
THAT MAKES SENSE.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE
STILL.
EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE
ADVANCEMENTS LIKE COMPARING
APPLES TOP A PELLS.
>> KEEP IT THE SAME.
>> SAME FRUIT.
>> GOT IT.
NOW THIS NEXT QUESTION IS CHILE
MAPLE.
HOW LONG WILL MAPPING THE
HELIOSPHERE TAKE AND CONTRIBUTE
TO SAFEGUARDING EARTH?
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
TO MAP THE HELIOSPHERE, IT WILL
TAKE AWHILE BECAUSE THE
SPACECRAFT TAKES TURNS AND
BASICALLY GETS A LITTLE BITS OF
THE SKY EVERY TIME IT TURNS TO
MAKE THAT FULL ROTATION AS IT
ROTATES WITH THE EARTH TAKES A
FULL YEAR TO GET ONE OF THOSE
MAPS.
SO THAT IS GREAT BECAUSE WE HAVE
A TWO-YEAR MISSION.
HOWEVER, IT ALSO HAS THE EYE
ALERT SYSTEM ON IMAP.
WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO FEED US
DATA BASICALLY INSTANTANEOUSLY
WITHIN 90 MINUTES TO GET DATA
ABOUT SPACE WEATHER THAT WHICH
BE BACK SO THE LONG TERM SPACE
WEATHER, THE GALACTIC SPACE
WEATHER WILL TAKE THAT YEAR AND
GET STARTED IN SIX MONTHS ONCE
IT IS FULLY COMMISSIONED?
AMOUNT OF WOW.
THANKS SO MUCH.
>> AS KELLY SAID, REALLY, REALLY
GREAT QUESTIONS.
KEEP THEM COMING.
YOU HAVE TIME.
AGAIN USING THE #ASKNASA ON OUR
SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS.
>> NOW, ALL THREE SPACECRAFTS
IMAPS, CARRUTHERS WILL MONITOR
SPACE WEATHER FROM LA GRANGE .1
THAT IS ABOUT A MILLION.
CONNECTING THE TWO, WHY HERE,
KELLY.
>> SPECIFICALLY THERES AT THE L1
POINT IS THE PALANCE BETWEEN THE
GRFATIONAL PULLBACK TO THE EARTH
AND GRAVITATIONAL FOUL THE SUN
THAT ALLOWS THEM TOLL HAVE HAVE
RELATIVELY LITTLE FUEL AND STAY
THERE FOR AIL WHICH AND GIVES
THEM A DIRECT VIEW IF YOU ARE
AROUND EARTH, SOMETIMES EARTH
GETS IN THE WAY.
SOMETIMES THE MOON GETS IN THE
WAY SO YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE
CONTINUOUS VIEWING ANGELS SO ON
THE LINE TO SAVE FUEL AND THE
DIRECT TO THE SUN AND TO BE IN
FRONT OF THIS HE EARTH SO WE
HAVE THE 30 TO 0 MINUTE
WARNINGS.
YEAH.
THIS IS A RIDE SHARE MISSION.
WE IDENTIFIED THREE THAT WERE
GOING TO WANT TO GO THERE ANY
WAY.
THE MIGHT AS WELL FLY TOGETHER.
YEAH.
AGAIN, THE COSMIC CARPOOL.
IT IS GOING IN ONE DIRECTION.
EVERYBODY GET ON.
LET'S STOP THERE.
>> THAT IS AMAZING.
ALL THREE WILL CONTINUE THE
IMPORTANT WORK OF SPACE WEATHER
SATELLITES ALREADY AT LAGRANGE
.1 BUT OPERATING WELL BEE WHERE
ON THEIR INTENDED VIVE SPANS
THEN TALKING ABOUT THIS A LITTLE
BIT AGO BECAUSE OF THE SOCIAL
QUESTIONS THEN YOU KNOW, SOHO
LAUNCHED IN 190 AND ONLY
SUPPOSED TO RUN FOR THREE YEARS
BUT IT CONTINUES TO COLLECT
DATA.
THEN ACE LAUNCHED IN 1990 AND
LIKE SOHO, FAR EXCEEDING THE
FIVE-YEAR LIFE SPAN AND DISCOVER
DISCOVER WHICH WAS DESIGNED TO
OPERATE FOR FIVE YEAR, YET THAT
LAUNCHED TEN YEARS AGO, KELLY.
YEAH.
ALL OF THESE SPACECRAFT HAVE
BEEN DOING AN AMAZING JOB AT
UNDERSTANDING EARTH SPACE
WEATHER AND STARTING AS MORE
SCIENCE DRIVEN THAT INQUIRY AND
SO WE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT
SPACE WEATHER FROM 16, THE 16
90'S UNTIL NOW.
SO WE IMMEDIATE REALLY THAT
UPGRADE.
THOUGH NEXT GENERATION.
WHAT WORKS FOR US.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW?
MAYBE A QUICKER CADENCE OR A
LITTLE LESS CADENCE TO GET THE
INFORMATION DOWN TO PROTECT
EVERYTHING FROM OUR ASTRONAUTS
TO THE PILOTS AND OUR FARMERS.
YEAH.
WHAT IF I FIND IMPRESS OF A
GAIN.
NASA AND NOAA HAVE BEEN STUDYING
SPACE WEATHER TOGETHER FOR MORE
THAN 50 YEARS SO ALSO'S GO BACK
TO JOY, ACTUALLY.
NOW WITH DEPUTY SECRETARY OF
COMMERCE.
A WELL, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
JOINING ME.
>> OH GOOD TO BE BACK AGAIN.
FOR ANOTHER LAUNCH.
>> HOW WAS THAT LAUNCH FOR YOU?
>> WELL, I MEAN, IT WAS, IT WAS
PER FEG.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ALL THE
SCIENTIST AND ENGINEERS WHO HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON ALL THREE
MISSIONS FOR A VERY LONG PERIOD
OF TIME, THIS IS IS COMBINATION
OF SCIENCE ASH AND EFFORT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SO CAN YOU TELL ME HOW DO NASA
AND NOAA WORK TOGETHER WHEN
LOOKING AT SPACE WEATHER?
>> SO, OVERALL, THE SPACE, NOAA
HAS A GUY AND SET OF SATELLITES
LOOKING AT ALL SORTINGS OF
DIFFERENT WEATHER EARN LEO, GEO,
OBVIOUSLY DEALING WITH
HURRICANES BUT WHEN IT COMES TO
SPACE WEATHER, OBVIOUSLY, IT IS
MUCH, MUCH BIGGER NEWER ISSUE
WITH TECHNOLOGY, SPACE,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, 5G, 6G
COMING UP, GPS, AND FOR US TO BE
ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE FROM
SCIENCE NOW TO TAKING A LOOK AT
HELI YOWS PHYSICS TO BEING ABLE
TO SEE WHAT COULD AFFECT OUR
TECHNOLOGY AND BE ABLE TO BE
REACT TO THAT IS VERY, VERY
IMPORTANT.
THAT IS WHAT THIS MISSION IS
ABOUT.
>> AND HOW HAS STUDYING SPACE
WEATHER FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS
BENEFITED US HER ON EARTH?
>> SO, SO THE BASIC DISCOVERY OF
HELIO-PHYSICS AND SOME OF SOME E
OTHER MISSIONS, IMAP IN
PARTICULAR IS DOING RIGHT NOW.
IT HAS LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR
US TO UNITED NATIONS YEAR STAN
THE RAREAS ISSUES, AND MAGNETIC
STORMS, YOU KNOW, COMING OFF OF
THE SUN.
AND HAS ALLOWED US TO BE ABLE TO
BUILD A SENSING DEVICE FOR WHAT
IS APPLIED APPLICATIONS RIGHT?
FOR APPLIED ISSUES, AND THAT IS
WHEN OUR SATELLITE IS, BE THAT
IS ON THIS PACKAGE HERE TODAY.
>> HAVE THERE BEEN ANY MEMORABLE
PREDICTIONS THAT HELPED MITIGATE
THE EFFECTS OF SPACE?
>> THERE WAS THREE-DAY STORM
PERIOD OF THE SUN.
WE HAD EXISTING ASSET ASSETS TO
BE ABLE TO MAP THAT.
WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT GIVING
NOTIFICATIONS LIKE WE DO WITH
HURRICANES WITH NOAA BUT IN THE
CASE, SPACE TORM, YOU KNOW,
COMING FROM THE SUN.
WE WERE ABLE TO HELP YOU KNOW,
VARIOUS DIFFERENT
TECHNOLOGIES,URESES TO TAKE
PRECAUTIONS.
STILL CAUSED IMPACT ON EARTH AND
SO, THAT IS WHY HAVING NEXT
GENERATION AND OUR EFFORTS FOR
OUR SPACE WEATHER CENTER OF
COMMUNICATING THIS DATA WE ARE
WILL BE GETTING TO BROADER
NUMBER OF PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO HELP MOVE THAT
FORWARD AND PREVENT ISSUES FROM
SOLAR STORMS.
>> YES.
SO IT IS A VERY EXCITING TIME
FOR FORECAST AND FOR SCIENCE.
SO THANK YOU, PAUL, THANKS FOR
JOINING ME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I AM FLAD WE HAD A WONDERFUL
LAUNCH TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> OK.
SO LET'S HEAD BACK TO MEG AND
KELLY.
MEGAN: THANKS, BOTH.
I HAS BEEN 40 MINUTES SINCE
LAUNCH HERE AND CHECK BACK IN
WITH DERROL AND NORMAN.
DERROL: ALL RIGHT.
WE ARE COASTING AND DOING A GOOD
JOB OF COASTING AS WE CONTINUE
TO CLIMB.
WE ARE GOING HIGHER AND HIGHER
AND HIGHER.
THIS IS A VERY HIGHLY ELLIPTICAL
ORBIT THAT WE ARE GOING INTO
MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE ORBIT
FOR LOW EARTH.
WE GOT TO GET OUT TO ONE MILLION
MILES SO WE ARE GETTING HIGH IN
THIS ORBIT.
YEAH.
CORRECT.
FOR USES TO GO TO L1 AS IF WE
HAVE TO DO ESCAPE.
ALTHOUGH NOT QUITE.
C3 IS STILL NEGATIVE.
WE ARE NOT QUITE AS NEGATIVE.
YEAH.
ENERGY EARTH'S GRAVITY.
RIGHT.
IT IS NOT QUITE POSITIVE WHICH
MEANS WE WOULD NEED AS THIS TO
ACTUALLY BE, TO LEAVE EARTH'S
GRAVITY FIELD.
BUT WE ARE CLOSE, RIGHT.
SO WE NEED ORBIT TO ACHIEVE
THAT.
THE OTHER THING I WILL MENTION,
TOO.
YOU SAY WE ARE COASTING.
YOU ARE NOT DOING ANY WORK NOW.
THAT IS NOT TRUE.
WE ARE ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW, DOING
A VERY OPTIMIZED FLIGHT RIGHT
NOW.
WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WHICH
FLY THE SECOND STAGE AT THE
RIGHT TIME SO WE CAN TRANSFER
FROM OUR AMOUNT TUDE WE ARE NOW
TO THE HIGHER AT THE POINT WE
SEPARATE THE SPACECRAFT SO IT
CAN GO TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO.
DERROL: I AM STILL WORKING.
YOU ARE, TOO.
>> STILL WORK.
A YEAH.
DERROL: STILL WORK.
BUT COASTING.
THANKTHANK YOU FOR POINTING THA.
WE ALSO WILL BE SUN FACING.
>> CORRECT.
DERROL: THAT IS IMPORTANT AT THE
TIME.
>> CORRECT.
SO THE IDEA THERE FOR SUN FACING
AND WE ARE ACTUAL RY DOING
DOUBLE DUTY THERE AND THANK I A
FOP THE FOR THE SERVICE.
>> IN FACT BECAUSE OF THAT
SHADING CARRUTHERS NEEDED THEIR
OWN WARMTH RIGHT.
SOME MATTERS BECAUSE THEY CANNOT
SEE THE SUN.
RIGHT.
CORRECT.
A FEAR AT SOME POINT GIVEN THAT
CARRUTH REMEMBERS IS NOT ON THE
LINE THEY HAD.
THE ROCKET FUEL, FREEZING LINES
IS BAD.
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS YOUR FUEL.
>> SO WHETHER THAT WOULD BE
LIQUID COMING OUT AND HEATERS ON
THOSE LINES TO MAKE SURE THAT
DID NOT HAPPEN.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE US,
WE'LL BE GETTING READY TO DO A
SECOND BURN OF THE SECOND STAGE
WHICH I WILL BE DEGET INTO AND
SET IT UP FO THE SEPARATION OF
ALL THREE SPACECRAFTS SO WE HOPE
THAT YOU WILL IN HALF-HOUR.
MEANTIME OVER TO MEGAN AND
KELLY.
>> YES, MEGAN AND KELLY HERE.
IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL.
YES AS THEY SAID.
THE SECOND STAGE IS GOING TO
COST FOR ANOTHER HALF-HOUR.
SO IT IS TIME FOR THE TEAM TO
TAKE A LITTLE BREAK BUT AGAIN,
WE'LL BE BACK 8:40 A.M. EASTERN
TIME TO CONTINUE WITH LIVE
COVERAGE OF IMAP'S SWIVEL L1 AND
CARRUTH REMEMBERS JOURNEY TO LA
GRANGE.
8:40.
SETTLE AN ALARM.
SEE YOU THEN.
SET AN ALARM.
SEE YOU THEN.
♪ ♪
♪
♪ ♪
♪
>> THIS IS NASA HELIOPHYSICS
KELLY CLARK.
HI EVERYONE.
WE ARE BACK FROM A SHORT BREAK
TO CONTINUE LIVE COVERAGE OF
THREE NEW SPACE WEATHER MISSIONS
THAT ARE HEADED ABOUT A MILLION
MILES FROM EARTH INTERSTELLAR
MAPPING, OR IMAP, NASA'S
CARRUTHERS AND THE NATIONAL
OCEANIC ADMINISTRATION SPACE
WEATHER FOLLOW-ON LAGRANGE 1 OR
SWFO-L1.
IF YOU MISSED IT.
CHECK IT OUT OUT NOW.
T- 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, ,
1.
ENGINES FULL POWER.
AND LIFTOFF.
GO FALCON.
GO IMAP.
GO SWFO-L1 AND GO CARRUTHERS.
U WERE EXCITED DURING LAUNCH.
YEAH.
SO MUCH EXCITEMENT THERE
WATCHING IT GO OFF.
IT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL ROCKET.
THEN YOU START TO FEEL IT.
JUST TO THINK, AGAIN, ALL OF
THOSE HOPES AND DREAMS GOING ON
THE MILLION MILE JOURNEY TODAY.
>> YEAH.
WHAT IS NEXT FOR THE JOURNEY
INLET'S BRING BACK OUR NASA'S
DERROL NAIL AND NORMAN PHELPS
AND AMANDA YARES FROM SPACEX
HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA.
DERROL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
MEGAN AND KELLY.
WE ARE HERE AGAIN INSIDE OF
HANGAR AE WHERE WE GOT OLD
MISSION MANAGERS WHO HAVE GOTTEN
TOGETHER TO WATCH SOME REALLY
BIG MOMENTS AND ONE OF THEM IS
THE SECOND BURN COMING UP AT T
PLUS 112:21:08 WE GOT, WE GOT
ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MINUTES
BEFORE WE GET TO THAT.
BILLION A MINUTE AND A HALF.
YOU KNOW, AS WE GET READY FOR
THIS BURN.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, WE ARE
NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TOLL SEE
THIS BURN.
THERE IS A REASON WHY.
WE ARE GOING TO BE IN THE TY
DRIS NETWORK NOT THE SPACEX
GROUND STATION NETWORK.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT IS GOING
ONEN THERE INTO YEAH.
THISSATION OUT AGE.
WE KNEW WE WOULD NOT HAVE GROUND
STATION COVERAGE FOR THIS
PORTION OF THE FLIGHT.
BUT I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT WE DO,
RATING?
THIS IS WHAT WE PLAN THESE
THINGS OUT.
WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE
TELEMETRY WE HAVE GOING FORWARD
SO WE CAN LOOK AT IT LATER.
THIS IS ALWAYS PLANNED, SO NO
ISSUES HERE.
>> IN FACT, TY DRIS WILL BE ABLE
TO GET DATA IN REAL TIME, RIGHT.
SO THEY CAN SEE THE DATA, WE
WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE THE VIDEO.
>> CORRECT.
NO VIDEO.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET THE DATA.
>> GET THE VIDEO LATER.
>> YEAH.
LATER.
YOU ARE RIGHT.
YEAH.
RIGHT.
>> THE OTHER THING THAT IS
INTERESTING ABOUT THIS BURN, IT
IS A SHORT BURN.
IT IS A MINUTE IN ROUGHLY, YOU
KNOW, A COUPLE OF SECONDS OR SO.
BUT BOY, THIS THING GETS UP AND
GOES IN THAT SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME.
YEAH.
THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT
BURN AS I MENTIONED EARLIER.
THIS IS A BURN WHERE WE ARE TALK
TRIT THE LOWER ALTITUDE TO A
HIGHER ALTITUDE.
SO VERY, VERY IMPORTANT BURN.
IT IS SHORT BUT MIGHTY.
THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
WHICH WE NEED TO GET ONE MILLION
MILES AWAY TO THE L1 POINT YOU
ARE TALKING ABOUT.
LET'S LISTEN IN FOR THE
CALL-OUTS ON THE BURNS.
>> THERE YOU HEARD IT.
WE HAVE THE SECOND STAGE KICKING
IN.
>> YEAH, THAT IS RIGHT.
THE SECOND STAGE AGAIN.
WE SAW THE GREAT VIEW OF THAT
DURING THE FIRST BURN.
JUST ABOUT A MINUTE LONG HERE.
YOU MAY HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT M
VAC ENGINE IS EQUIPPED WITH A
WIDER, TALLER NOZZLE COMPARED TO
THE ENGINE ON THOSE FALCON FIRST
STAGE.
THAT IS ONE PART OF WHAT MAKES
THE ENGINE UNIQUELY OPTIMIZED TO
PERFORM IN THE VAC A COUPLE OF
SPACE.
ALTHOUGH, WE CANNOT SEE IT.
WE DO HAVE THE TELEMETRY THERE
THERE ON THE SCREEN OF THE
ENGINE FIRINGS.
IT.
IT'S THE LAST BURN PRIOR TO
PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENTS IN JUST A
FEW MINUTES AFTER.
>> NOW WE SHOULD HAVE SHUTDOWN
SHORTLY OF THE M VAC ENGINE.
THIS IS GENERATING AROUND
22,00500 POUNDS OF THRUST M VAC
ENGINE.
THIS IS THE FIRST STAGE ENGINES
EACH ACHIEVE ON 190,000 POUNDS
OF THRUST DURING ASCENT AND
DESCREN THEN WE HAVE THE
SHUTDOWN OF THE M VAC ENGINE
ENGINE.
SO WITH THAT, THE SECOND STAGE
WILL CONTINUE TO COAST FOR JUST
ABOUT TEN MINUTES THEN WE'LL
BEGAN THE PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENTS.
IN THE MEANTIME, LET'S CHECK
BACK IN WITH MEGAN AND KELLY.
>> THANK YOU, DERROL, NORMAN,
AMANDA.
AS WE AWAIT SEPARATION EVENTS ,
KELLY, WHAT IS SPACE WEATHER
THIS ISEAS IT SO IMPORTANT TO
HAVE THEM STUDYING IT?
>> SO SPACE WEATHER IS EFFECTS
OF THE SUN ON EARTH AND ENTIRE
SOLAR SYSTEM AND EFFECTS OUR
TECHNOLOGY.
IT CAN BRING BEAUTIFUL THINGS
LOOK THE AURORA AND EFFECTS
PRECISION, AGRICULTURE, GPS,
AVIATION, NOT FLYING OVER THE
POLLS AS WELL AS ASTRONAUTS IN
DANGER SOMETIMES WHEN THE END
NER GETSIC PARTICLES ARE COMING
TOWARD THEM.
>> LET'S START WITH IMAP.
♪ NASA'S INTERSTELLATE PROBE
MISSION OR IMAP WILL STUDY THE
GIANT INVISIBLE SHIELD
SURROUNDING THE SOLAR SYSTEM
CALLED THE HELIOSPHERE.
THE HELIOSPHERE HELPS MAKE
POOHSABLE ON EARTH BY PROTECT US
COMING ACROSS THE GALAXY.
THE HELIOSPHERE IS OUR HOME IN
THE GALAXY.
IT IS IMPORTANT AND WE COULD NOT
LIVE WITHOUT.
>> I THE BOUNDARY OF THE
HELIOSPHERE LOCATED AROUND
11 BILLION MILES FROM EARTH AT
THE CLOSEST POINT IS HARD TO
STUDY.
BUT THAT IS CHANGING WITH IMAP
AS MODERN DAY PHOTOGRAPHER, IMAP
WILL FILL ON THE BLANK SPOTS ON
THE MAP OF THE HELIOSPHERE AND
HELP US UNDERSTAND FUNDAMENTAL
PROCESS HAPPENING ACROSS THE
SOLAR SYSTEM.
THE SPACECRAFT WILL BE STATIONED
AT LAGRANGE POINT 1 A LOCATION
APPROXIMATELY ONE MILLION MILES
FROM EARTH TOUR WARD THE SUN.
FROM THAT VANTAGE POINT, IMAP
WILL STUDY OUR HELIOSPHERE AS
WELL AS MEASURE THE CONSTANT
STREAM OF PARTICLES COMING FROM
THE SUN THAT CAN ENDANGER
SPACECRAFTS AND ASTRONAUTS.
>> THAT ALLOW USES TO GIVE A
HALF-HOUR WARNING TO ASTRO GNATS
ON THE SPACE STATION TO THE
POWER GRIDS SO THEY CAN TAKE
PRECAUTIONS TO HELP PROTECT THEM
FROM THE DAMAGE THAT MIGHT
HAPPEN FROM SPACE WEATHER IN.
THE ONLY PRECIPITATION, I GUESS,
WE GOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT WILL
GIVE A COMPLETE LOOK THAN EVER
BEFORE.
I WILL ALSO HELP US BETSER
PREPARE FOR DANGEROUS SOLAR
PARTICLES AND RADIATION THAT ARE
HEADED TOWARD EARTH.
THIS ENVELOPES WILL BE ESSENTIAL
FOR THE FUTURE OF HUMAN HUMAN
EXPLORATION AS ASTRONAUTS VEIN
VENTURE TO THE MOON, MARS AND
BEYOND.
>> NASA AND NOAA HAVE BEEN
MONITORING THE SUN AND EFFECTS
THROUGH SPACE FOR MORE THAN 50
YEARS.
SWIF FAUX L1 WILL BE THE FIRST
EVER SATELLITE DEDICATED TO
MONITORING SPACE WEATHER 24-7.
>> MEET SWFO-L1 NOAA'S FIRST
PURPOSE BUILD SPACE WEATHER
OBSERVATORY.
WHEN A SOLAR STORM ERUPT
INTERESTS THE SUN, SWFO-L1
CORONA GRAPH SENDS THE DATA BACK
TO THE GROUND SEGMENT, A NETWORK
OF ANTENNA STATIONS ALL OVER THE
WORLD WITH THE COMMAND AND
CONTROL IN MARRY LAND, BUT
SPOTTING A STORM IS ONE THING,
ACTUALLY MEASURING IT CLOSE-UP
IS ANOTHER.
IT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
TRACKING A GROWING HURRICANE ON
RADAR, FLYING THROUGH THE STORM
ON HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT.
SWFO-L1 DOES BOTH.
AFTER THE SPACECRAFT SPOTS A
STORM WELL THE CORONA GRAPH, IT
WATCHES THE APPROACHING WEATHER
AND WAITS.
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 18 AND 70
HOURS LATER, THE INCOMING STORM
PASSES OVER SWIF FAUX L1, THEN
THE SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENT SWEEP
MEASURES THE STORM'S SEVERITY
AND SPEED AND SENDS THAT DATA
HOME, TOO.
GIVING NOAA EARLY WARNING
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 15 AND 60
MINUTES BEFORE THE STORM ARRIVES
AT EARTH.
NOAA'S SPACE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER IN COLORADO IS CONSTANTLY
ON THE ALERT.
USING ALL THE DATA SWIF FO L
1:00 COLLECTS TO INDUSTRY,
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND THE
PUBLIC, SO THEY CAN TAKE ACTION
BEFORE THE STORM ARRIVES TO
MINIMIZE THE IMPACT.
>> THE OTHER IS NASA'S
CARRUTHERS THAT WILL GIVE US
UNIQUE IN SIGHTS INTO HOW SPACE
WEATHER AFFECTS OUR PLANETS BY
MONITORING EARTH'S AXE PIS.
THE GOALS OF THE CARRUTHERS
GEOCORONA OBSERVATORY ARE TO
STUDY THE NATURE AND THE ORIGIN
OF EARTH'S SPHERE AND HOW IT
EVOLVES OVER TIME.
>> THE SPHERE ITSELF IS THE
UPPER MOST LAYER OF THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE AS COMPRISED ALMOST
ENTIRELY OF ATOMIC HYDROGEN,
THIS
THIS IS THE LIGHTEST CHEMICAL
SPECIES IN EXISTENCE AND IT
FLOATS AWAY, EVAPORATES OFF THE
TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
WHEN THE SUNSHINES ON THESE AT
TOM, THEY EVENTUALLY SCATTER IT
OFF INTO ALL DIRECTIONS AND SO,
IT GLOWS LIKE A GIGANTIC HALO
AROUND THE EARTH SO THAT IS CALL
THE GEOCORONA THE FUZZY HALO OF
LIGHT THAT IS GIVING OFF.
>> MANY TIMES WE THINK OF THE
TRANSITION BETWEEN THE
ATMOSPHERE AND SPACE AS BEING
THIS VERY ABRUPT BOUNDARY WHERE
ONE ALTITUDE, YOU HAVE GOT
ATMOSPHERE.
>> THE NEXT ALTITUDE YOU HAVE
SPACE.
IN REALITY, THIS TRANSITION IS
MUCH MORE GRADUAL AND CAN EXTEND
OVER THOUSANDS OF KILOMETERS.
BY IMAGING THE GEOCORONA, WE CAN
ACTUALLY ANSWER FUNDAMENTAL
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE
EXOSPHERE, THE STRUCTURE OF THE
EXOSPHERE, AND HOW IT CHANGES
OVER TIME, AND ALL OF THIS IN
RESPONSE TO THE INPUT FROM THE
SUN.
>> WE ASKED YOU TO SEN US YOUR
QUESTIONS.
THANKS SOTHANKS SO MUCH FOR SENE
END.
LET'S ANSWER ONE NOW.
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
IT ON DOES SOUND LIKE THERE IS A
LOT THERE.
YET AT THE SAME TIME, SPACE IS
VERY BIG.
IT IS NOWHERE NEAR AS CROWDED AS
LOW EARTH ORBIT BECAUSE IT IS
DIFFICULT TO GET THAT TO MAKE
THE ONE MILLION MILE TRIP.
THE WIDE ORBIT LIKE 60 TO
100,000-KILOMETERS SO THIS IS
NOT, THEY ARE VERY SPREAD OUT
THEY HAVE COORDINATED AND MAKE
SURE THEY DON'T BLOCK EACH
OTHER.
>> OK.
PERFECT.
THANKS SO MUCH L1 LA GRANGE .1
THE LOCATION FOR ALL THE
SATELLITE FOR THEM TO DO THEIR
SCIENCE.
ALL RIGHT.
SO WE PROMISED YOU OUR BROADCAST
WOULD TEAK YOU ALL THE WAY
THROUGH THREE SATELLITES?
AM WE ARE MINUTES A I WAY FROM
THOSE EVENTS HAPPENING LIVE.
SO LET'S BRING BACK IN LAUNCH
COMMENTATORS DAR ROLL, NORMAN
AND AMANDA.
DERROL: RIGHT.
WE ARE HERE.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
BIG MOMENT.
THE SEPARATION OF THE FIRST OF
THREE SPACECRAFT ONBOARD THIS
SECOND STAGE FOR THE FALCON.
THAT IS IMAP SPACECRAFT, SWFO-L1
AND CARRUTHERS.
THEY ARE GOING TO GO IN THAT
ORDER.
THERE IS A REASON WHY.
>> YEAH.
UNTIL WE GET TO SPACECRAFT
SEPARATION, UNTIL WE GET TO SIG
MALL, OUR MUGS IS NOT REALLY
SUCCESSFUL.
THESE ARE BIG HE VEINS THAT ARE
COMING UP.
BUT YES, SO IMAP ACTUALLIES THE
PRIMARY HERE.
SO IMAP IS FIRST DIP ON THE
SEPARATION THAT HAS TO MAKE SURE
THERE IS ENOUGH COMMODITIES.
THERE IS ENOUGH ONBOARD THINGS
TO MEET REQUIREMENTS SO IMAP IS
ON THE FIRST SEPARATION.
DERROL: WE ARE LOOKING FOR FOR
THAT IN JUST ABOUT A MINUTE.
IT SHOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE
BECAUSE AS BEFORE IT SEPARATES,
THE SECOND STAGE IS PLANNED TO
SPIN UP TO 4RPM, 4 REVOLUTIONS
PER MINUTE.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR IMAP TO
BE SPUN UP BY THE SECOND STAGE.
A CORRECT.
EVEN BEFORE IT SPINS UP TOP THE
24-DEGREE OR FOUR REVOLUTIONS
PER MINUTE AND GOING TO GO TO
THE EARTH A BIT BEFORE IT GETS
TO DO THAT.
THAT IS ANOTHER CHALLENGE FOR
THE MISSION, THAT TEACH
DIFFERENT RIDE SHARES BOTH HAVE
DIFFERENT ORIENTATIONS ACTUALLY
TO BE DEPLOYED AT.
YOU ACCOUNT FOR ALL THE OTHER
REQUIREPS YOU ALSO ACCOUNT FOR
WHICH WAY THEY WANT TO BE
POINTED WHEN THEY ARE RAINED.
SO ANSWER THE QUESTION, YEAH, IT
WILL GO TO THE IMAP ALTITUDE.
WE WILL SPIN UP THE SECOND STAGE
TO 4RPM.
RIGHT?
THEN WE ARE GOING TO DEPLOY.
THEN AFTER WE DEPLOY IMAP, THE
SPACECRAFT, EXCUSE ME, THE
LAUNCH PEOPLE IS GOING TO ARREST
AT FOUR DEGREES FOR RPM THEN IT
IS GOING TO GO TO SWFO-L1 AND
THEN DEPLOY AND THEN AGAIN, IT
IS GOING TO SLEW A DIFFERENT
DIRECTION TO THE CARRUTHERS
PREFERRED ROTATION AND THEN
DEPLOY CARRUTHERS SO THAT IS THE
SEQUENCE THERE.
DERROL: A DELL CALL IT DANCE
INDEED.
SO WE WANT TO HOPEFULLY HAVE A
PICTURE OF THIS.
IT WILL BE CERTAINLY NICE.
WE ARE NOT GUARANTEED?
AM WE NEED TO REMEMBER WHERE WE
ARE IN TRACK.
OH, THERE WE DO WE DO HAVE A
CAMERA.
THAT IS THE BACK SIDE.
SO THAT IS GOOD.
HOPING TO HAVE A LIVE VIEW ABOUT
WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE IF
WE ARE ABLE TO PULL IN THAT
SIGNAL.
>> YEAH.
THAT IS SPECTACULAR IMAGE WHEN
WE GET THAT IMAGE.
>> THAT IS A PRETTY COOL IMAGE
THERE.
>> IMAP DEPLOYED CONFIRMED.
DERROL: THERE WE TWO.
IMAP HAS SEPARATED BEGINNING THE
MISSION TO MAP THE SOLAR
FRONTIER AND REVEAL HOW THE SUN
SHAPES OUR SPACE ENVIRONMENT.
>> GO IMAP.
DERROL: YOU SPIN ME RIGHT
AROUND.
THAT IS A GREET VIEW.
>> IT IS A GREAT VIEW.
THE PRIMARY REASON WE NEED TO
STABILIZE, TOO, BESIDES THE
ANGLE AND OTHER REASONS , RIGHT?
IT GIVES US SPIN.
WE GET THE FULL 360-DEGREE VIEW
OF THE MEDIUM IT IS TRYING TO
STUDY SO VERY, VERY IMPORTANT
FROM.
DERROL: THE SECOND STAGE HAS
ALREADY ARRESTED THAT SPIN OR
STOPPED THE SPIN.
>> CORRECT.
DERROL: BECAUSE THE OTHER TWO
SPACECRAFT DO NOT NEED TO BE
SPINNING BUT IMAP IS ON THE WAY
WITH THAT EVERY IMPORTANT SPIN.
NOW WE GOT A COUPLE OF OTHER
MILESTONES HAPPENING M.
WE SHOULD GET ACQUISITION OF
SIGNAL BECOME WE HAVE A LIVE
CAMERA AT THE LOCATION WHERE WE
EXPECT TO SEE A BIG CELEBRATION,
THIS WILL BE THE IMAP MISSION
OPERATION CENTER AT JOHNS
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED
PHYSICS LABORATORY.
THEIR TEAM THERE IS LOOKING NOW
FOR THE ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL
AND THERE THEY ARE.
WE HEARD EARLIER, THEY HAD A
LOCK ON SIGNAL FOR THE SECOND
STAGE IN HAWAII.
SO THE EXPECTATION IS THAT WE
SHOULD GET THAT AOS PRETTY
QUICKLY.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE VIEW OF
THE SWFO-L1 AND CARRUTHERS.
IMAP IS CURRENTLY RUNNING
AUTONOMOUS SEQUENCE, SO IT IS
SPRING LOADED, AS SOON AS IT
CAME OFF THE SPACECRAFT, IT
STARTED RUNNING AN OPERATION.
SO WE HAVE THE COMMANDS PRELLOYD
LOADED IN THERE SO THEY ARE
GOING THROUGH THE HEALTH CHECKS
AND ALSO TRYING TO DIAL OR PHONE
HOME IN ET LANDS SO WE ARE
WAITING FOR THE ACQUISITION
SIGNAL WHICH IS VERY, VERY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE
THE SPACECRAFT FORT FATALLY, WE
DON'T HAVE ACQUISITION OF SIG
MEL.
SHE IS THE SPACECRAFT OPERATIONS
MANAGER.
>> THEY DID RECEIVE ACQUISITION
OF SIGNAL.
GO IMAP.
THAT IS EXCELLENT NEWS.
THAT CAME FAST BECAUSE THEY HAD
THAT LOCK ON HAWAII THEY HAVE
TWO GROUND STATIONS FROM THE
DEEP SPACE NETWORK IN CALIFORNIA
SO THEY LOCKED IN ACQUISITION OF
SIGNAL.
THAT TELLS THEM THAT IMAP, SO
FAR, IS THERE, AND RIGHT WHERE
THEY EX PE.
>> EXACTLY.
THEY KNEW WHERE TO LOOK IN THE
SKY, THEY WERE PRIMED AND READY
TO TALK TO THE SPACECRAFT WHEN
IT WAS READY.
I LOVE PHYSICS.
I LOVE THEY WORK.
IT IS GREAT STUFF.
>> BEAUTIFUL THING TO WATCH LIVE
AS WELL.
>> IT IS BEAUTIFUL THING TO
WATCH AS WELL.
I AGRA HE.
>> SO THE NEXT MAJOR MILESTONE
WOULD BE THE SEPARATION OF
SWFO-L1 ON THE STACK THAT IS
SCHEDULED FOR T PLUS 1:30 SO WE
ARE JUST ABOUT A COUPLE OF
MINUTES AWAY FROM THAT ONE.
CORRECT.
AS YOU COMMENTED BEFORE, WE
ALREADY ARRESTED THE SPIN RATE.
THIS IS NOT STABILIZED SO IT IS
GOOD NEWS AS WELL.
THE SEPARATION OF SWFO-L1.
>> YES.
ABSOLUTELY.
WE HAVE HAD SOME OUTSTANDING
VIEWS THIS MORNING.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE IMAP TEAM
ON THE SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENT AND
ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL, A HUGE
MILESTONES, THE CULMINATION OF
SO MUCH WORK TO GET TO THIS
POINT.
LOOKING AHEAD, WE DO HAVE TWO
MORE DEPLOYMENTS, NEXT WILL BE
SWFO-L1 AND FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY
CARRUTHERS.
AS A REMINDER, SWIF FAUX L1 IS
THE NATIONAL OAKIC
ADMINISTRATION SATELLITE, THAT
WILL BE MONITORING SPACE WEATHER
24-7.
IT WILL EVENTUALLY ACT AS EARLY
WARNING BEACON FOR POTENTIALLY
DISRUPTIVE SPACE WEATHER EVENTS
THAT IS CRITICAL BECAUSE THOUGH
COULD IMPACT BOTH COMMUNICATION
FOR ASTRONAUTS IN ORBIT, ALSO,
US HERE ON EARTH.
WE ARE EXPECTING THE NEXT
DEPLOYMENT IN JUST OVER A MINUTE
FROM NOW.
YOU SAW DURING THE IMAP
DEPLOYMENT, WE REQUIRED A SPIN
OF 24 DEGREES PER SECOND.
THAT IS ACTUALLY THE FASTEST
SPIN DEPLOY WE HAVE SUPPORTED ON
FALCON 9 TO DATE.
OF COURSE, THAT IS NOT REQUIRED
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIDE SHARE
PAYLOADS.
YOU CAN SEE SOME GREAT VIEWS OF
STAGE TWO AS WELL.
IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, WE
DID HAVE ON-TIME LIFTOFF THIS
MORNING AT 6:30 A.M. EASTERN
TIME, CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORTS
ARE FORCE STATION.
DURING THE FLIGHT WE ACHIEVED
SUCCESSFUL STAGE SEPARATION AND
RELANDING OF THE FIRST STAGE
BOOSTER AND COMPLETED TWO BURNS
ON THE SECOND STAGE TO GET TO
THIS POINT.
AND WE DEPLOYED THE FIRST OF
THREE PAYLOADS, THAT IS IMAP,
THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY
DEPLOYED.
SWFO-L1 AND CARRUTHERERS WILL
FOE LOW.
NOW FOR THE CARRUTHERS PAYLOAD,
THIS IS GEEZ YO CORONAL IMAGER
AND BE ABLE TO DETECT
FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTER RACE TEXT
OF THE OUTER MOST LAYER OF THE
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
WE REZ LISTENING IN FOR THE
DEPLOYMENT SWFO-L1.
WE ARE LISTENING IN.
>> SWFO-L1 DEPLOY CONFIRMED.
>> BEAUTIFUL SEPARATION AND
SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENT OF THE
SWFO-L1 PAYLOAD.
WE ARE NOT DONE YET.
WE DO HAVE ONE MORE PAYLOAD
COMING UP.
THAT IS NASA'S CURRETHERS
GEOCORONA OBSERVATORY.
WE ALREADY RECEIVED THAT
ACQUISITION OF SIGNALLE FROM THE
I MAP PAYLOAD.
NOW AS A REMINDER -- WE ARE
ALREADY HADED THAT FOR IMAP.
THAT IS A CRITICAL MILESTONE FOR
THE PAYLOADS.
IS THE FIRST COMMUNICATIONS FROM
THE PAYLOAD TO THE GROUND
STATIONS ON EARTH.
IT IS NORMAL FOR SPACECRAFT TO
TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO COMPLETE A
START-UP, AND COMMISSIONING
SEQUENCE ACQUIRING THAT
SPACECRAFT SIGNAL HERE ON EARTH
IS LIKE HALVING THE OUTGOING
CALL ANSWERED THAT HELPS CONFIRM
THE SYSTEM STATUS AND HELP, SO
IT IS GREAT NEWS WE ALREADY
RECEIVEDDED THAT FOR IMAP AND
THE ALS WILL COME AT A LATER
TIME.
SO RIGHT NOW, WE ARE JUST
WAITING THE DEPLOYMENT OF
CARRUTHERS.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
WE WANT TO LET THE AUDIENCE
KNOW.
IF YOU WANT TO CATCH UP ON THE
AOS FOR SWFO-L1, WE GOT A CODE
THAT YOU CAN SCAN WITH YOUR
PHONE ON YOUR SCREEN.
YOU CAN FIND OUT WHEN THEY GET
THE ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL.
AGAIN THAT IS ACQUISITION OF
ANYTHING SIGNAL FOR NASA AND
NOAA'S SWFO-L1.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE COMING
UP ON CARRUTHERS SEPARATION.
THAT ONE SCHEDULED TO HAPPEN IN
THREE AND A HALF MINUTES AT T
PLUS 1 COLOR 36.
THERATION SHOT OF CARRUTHERS.
THERE IS A SHOT OF CARRUTHERS.
THE LAST, BUT NOT THE LEAST, OF
THE SPACECRAFT.
NOW THEY GET SOME SUNLIGHT ON
THEM, WHICH IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
THEM TO HAVE SOME HEATING.
>> CORRECT.
YEAH.
IT DOES REDUCE THE STRAIN.
STRAIN IS THE WRONG WORD.
IT DOES REDUCE THE NEED AS MUCH
FOR THE LAUNCH VEHICLES TO KEEP
THEIR MINDS OPEN AT THIS POINT.
SO THE SUN IS A GOOD THING.
DERROL: IT IS.
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE LINES
YOU WANT TO KEEP THOSE WARM
BECAUSE THAT IS THE FUEL.
YOU WANT TO STAY FLUID.
WE DON'T WANT IT TO TURN SOLID
ON US.
IT IS BAD.
DERROL: AGAIN IF YOU WANT TO
TRACK SWFO-L1'S ROG DEGREES
TOWARD ACQUISITION SIGNAL.
WE GOT A QR CODE FOR YOU TO
SCAN.
THERE YOU SEE IT.
JUST GRAB THAT IMAGE.
YOU CAN TRACK NOAA AS THEY SEEK
TO ACQUIRE THE SIGNAL FOR SWIF
LOW L1.
SWFO-L1.
THE THIRD SPACECRAFT TO
SEPARATION.
SO FAR GREAT SEPARATION FOR THE
FIRST TWO, IMAP AND SWFO-L1.
CAR RITHS DIFFERENT IN THAT IT
WAS NOT POWERED UP BEFORE
LAUNCH.
IT IS GOING TO POWER UP AFTER IT
COMES OF OUR THE ROCKET.
>> CORE REG.
THAT WAS ALWAYS PLANNED FOR THIS
MISSION, SO THE TEAM THERE AT
BRKLY WHICH IS GOING TO BE
TAKING CONTROL OF THE SAT LATE
AFTER SEPARATION, THEY ALREADY
PRACTICED THIS PROCEDURE.
THEY ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING
DOWN THE TEE AND PERFORM THE
HEALTH CHECKS TO MAKE SURE
EVERYTHING IS OPTIMAL AND
EVERYTHING BEING DONE DERECENTLY
IN ORDER.
THE TEAM THAT WILL BE
CONTROLLING CARRUTHERS IS OUT IN
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
BERKELEY.
FROM THE CARRUTHERS MISSION
OPERATION CENTER AND THERE YOU
CAN SITE ON THE SCREEN.
THERE IS A DOZEN PEOPLE THERE.
YOU HAVE SPACECRAFT EX PER AND
SYSTEM ENGINEERS READY TO DO
THEIR PART AT THE SPACE SCIENCES
LAB, WHICH IS, BY THE WAY,
PERCHED HIGH ATOP OF THE HILLS
ON THE CAMPUS THERE.
THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND 20 YEARS
BUT THEY HAVE THE BEST VIEWS
OVERLOOKING SAN FRANCISCO BAY.
>> YEAH.
BEAUTIFUL VIEW.
>> YOU CAN SEE IT.
A BEAUTIFUL VIEW.
DERROL: PHENOMENAL.
>> THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE.
RIGHT NOW, THE EYES ARE FOCUSED
ON BIG SCREENS IN FRONT OF THEM.
THEY ARE OFF THE SCREEN, BUT
THEY ARE LOOKING AT ALL THE DATA
, LOOKING TO SEE THAT SIGN
OF LIFE THAT CARRUTHERS HAS
ACQUIRED SIGNAL.
FIRST, THOUGH, HOPING TO HAVE
THAT CAMERA VIEW, TO WATCH
CARRUTHERS COME OFF THE TOP OF
THIS STACK OR THE SIDE OF THE
STACK I SHOULD SAY.
BUT IT WILL POSITION THE SECOND
STAGE, THAT IS, THE SECOND STAGE
IS PUTTING THEM IN POSITION TO
RELEASE.
>> CORRECT.
RIGHT.
SO THELE A, EVERYONE OF THESE
SPACECRAFT HAS HAD A DIFFERENT
ORIENTATION THEY HAD TO BE
DEPLOYED AS.
THE LAUNCH VEHICLE IS SLEWED
THROUGH THE CORRECT ORIENTATION
FOR THE CARRUTHERS TO BE
DEPLOYED.
SO MISSION ACCOMPLISHED THERE ON
THAT FRONT.
DERROL: THERE YOU HAVE THE
SECOND STAGE AIMING AT THE SUN.
THEY ARE MOVING QUICK AWAY ARE
THE EARTH.
WE ARE GOING 27,000-KILOMETERS
PER HOUR, SO THE DISTANCE THAT
HAS BEEN PUT BETWEEN IMAP AND
SWIF FAUX L1 IS SIGNIFICANT.
WE ARE AT ALTITUDE OF ROUGHLY
5,000-KILOMETERS?
CORRECT.
IF YOU RECALL.
YOU ARE LOOKING THERE ON THE
BOTTOM RIGHT SCREEN.
WE DEPLOYED SWIF FAUX L
L13800-KILOMETERS SO AS WE ARE
ON THE ESCAPE THAT I WAS
MENTIONING EARLIER.
WE ARE SEEING THE ALTITUDE
STEADILY INCREASE AS WE MOVE TO
THE CARRUTHERS SPACECRAFT ALSO
BEING DEPLOYED.
>> CARRUTHERS SEPARATION.
>> AWESOME.
THERE WE GO.
>> THAT IS COOL.
CARRUTHERS SEPARATED.
BEGINNING ITS MISSION TO CAPTURE
THE FAINT UL TRAL VIOLET GLOW OF
EARTH'S OUTER ATMOSPHERE.
ALL THREE RELEASED.
>> YEAH CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL
THREE TEAMS.
THIS IS A BIG DAY FOR ALL OF
THEM.
ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
SPACEX TEAMS WHO WORKED
TIRELESSLY TO WORK TO GET THE
MISSIONS OF OUR THE GROUND.
DERROL: THE TEAM FOR CARRUTHERS
NOW GOING TO BE VERY ANXIOUS AS
THEY LOOK FOR THEIR ACQUISITION
OF SIGNAL.
THE SPACECRAFT HAS TO TURN ON
AND RUN A NUMBER OF A NUMBER OF
ITEMS BUT I BELIEVE, BASED ON
THE REACTION, IN THE ROOM, THEY
MAY HAVE GOTTEN IT PRETTY WICK.
>> THEY MAY HAVE.
>> LET'S LISTEN.
OFFICIALLY, WE HAVE NOT HEARD IT
YET ON OUR NETS.
SO WE MAY HAVE BEEN SEEING THE
REACTION FOR THE SPACECRAFT
SEPARATION.
>> SO YEAH.
A BIG DEAL.
>> EXCELLENT NEWS.
CONGRATULATIONS.
VO WE JUST HEARD CONFIRMATION
FROM NASA LAUNCH MANAGER GIBSON
WAS GIVEN CONFIRMATION THAT
ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL HAS
HAPPENED FOR SWFO-L1.
>> A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT THERE.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING WAS
PUT INTO A GOOD ORBIT, A GREAT
JOB BY THE SECOND STAGE OF THE
FALCON, AMANDA.
AMANDA: YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
IT THATS BEEN SO EXCITING TO SEE
THE SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENT OF
IMAP, SWIF FAUX L1 AND
CARRUTHERS AND THE ACQUISITION
OF SIGNAL FOR IMAP AND L1 WITH
THE SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENTS WE
WILL BE SIGNING OFF OF THE
LAUNCH COVERAGE FROM SPACEX IN
HAWTHORNE.
YOU CAN FOLLOW NASA ON-LINE TO
STAY UP TO TATE ON THE THREE
MISSION PAYLOADS ABOARD FALCON 9
TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE, FOR
TUNING IN.
IT HAS BEEN SO GREAT TO JOHN YOU
DAR ROLL ANORMAN.
WITH THAT, WE'LL HAND IT BACK TO
YOU.
DERROL: ALL RIGHT.
THANKS VERY.
GREAT JOB, AMANDA.
WE WILL, YOU KNOW, SAY
CONGRATULATIONS, NOT ONLY TO ALL
THREE SPACECRAFT TEAMS, BUT ALSO
TO LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM FOR,
YOU KNOW, THEIR IN SIGHT,
HELPING MANAGE THE SPACECRAFT
AND LAUNCH VEHICLE GETTING THEM
TO THE PAD.
>> YEAH.
THIS WAS, THIS WAS JOURNEY,
RIGHT?
THIS IS A JOURNEY THAT HAD A
HAPPY ENDING, SO I AM THANKFUL
WE GOT TO THIS POINT.
I AM THANKFUL TO ALL OF YOU BEE
HIDE THIS MISSION.
GREAT EFFORT ALL THE WAY AROUND.
ROB: WANT TO THANK YOU, NORMAN,
FOR SITTING IN THIS HOT SEAT
RIGHT HERE.
>> I WAS FUN.
DERROL: WAS IT?
>> IT WAS FUN.
IT WAS FUN.
YAO YEAH.
>> IT WAS FUN.
DERROL: CAN WE EXPECT YOU BACK
SOMETIME?
>> TALK TO MY MANAGEMENT.
WE'LL SEE.
SEE WHAT THEY SAY.
DERROL: WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE
IT.
YOU HELPED GIVE US GREAT
INCISION, KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT
IS HAPPENING.
THAT HELPS THE NO AUDIOENCE
UNDER STAN THE IMPORTANCE OF
WHAT WE ARE DOING.
SINCERELY OUR THANKS TO YOU
NORMAN FOR MAKING OUR BROADCAST
SPECIAL.
>> HAPPY TO BE HERE.
I WAS FUN.
DERROL: ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO MEGAN AND
KELLY.
>> SPEAKING OF NASA'S LAUNCH
SERVICES PROGRAM HERE IS TIM
DUNN SENIOR LAUNCH DIRECTOR.
TIM, CONGRATULATIONS?
MENT WE SAW LIVE THREE
SPACECRAFT DEPLOY AND THAT WAS
ALL MANAGED BY YOU GUYS.
>> , THANKS, MEGAN.
VERY THRILLING DAY FOR LAUNCH
SERVICES PROGRAM.
>> YEAH.
>> FOR THE AGENCY.
>> YEAH.
>> WHAT A GREAT DAZE FOR NASA.
WHAT A GREAT DAY FOR NASA.
I WANT TO SAY FOR A MOMENTEN IN
THIS THE EXCITEMENT FOR THE TEAM
COME PINED WITH THE PARTNERS WE
LOVE LAUNCHING SPACECRAFT FROM
HEADQUARTERS IN.
WE LOVE OUR APL PARTNERS, WITH
IMAP, THE RIDE SHARES, THE
SWFO-L1 AND CAR RITHS, JUST AS
TERRIFIC TEAM TOWING OVER THE
PAST MANY YEARS.
IT THATS BEEN LIKE --
>> IT HAS BEEN LIKE MANY YEARS.
THE LAUNCH TEAM IS ABSOLUTELY
THRILLED.
I DO WANT TO PAUSE AND GIVE A
HUGE THANKS TO THE SPACE LAUNCH
DELTA IV 5 OF SPACE FORCE.
>> YES ABSOLUTELY.
>> WE DON'T DO ANYTHING HERE ON
THE EASTERN RANGE WITHOUT THE
SPACE FORCE.
>> SO THANK YOU SLD46 AND ALL
THE MANY PARTNERS.
WHAT A HUGE TEAM IT TAKES TO DO
MISSION SUCCESS LIKE WE SAW
TODAY.
A YEAH.
IT IS NOT LIKE I AM GOING TO
TAKE THE CAR WITH ME.
THERE IS A LOT THAT GOES INTO
PACKING EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE PART OF
THE SPACE WEATHER ENTERPRISE
WITH ALL GOING OUT THERE INHOW
DOES THAT FEEL?
>> IT FEELS SPECIAL.
AT LSP, WE DO GET TO LAUNCH
SEVERAL VARIETIES OF SCIENCE
SPACECRAFT.
>> SURE.
WE DO LIKE SOME THAT WE HAVE
REPEAT CUSTOMERS AND OUR NOAA
CUSTOMERS IN.
WE LOVE WORKING WITH THOSE GUYS.
ANYTHING THAT DEALS WITH SPACE
WEATHER, IT TOUCHES ALL OF OUR
LIVES.
>> EXACTLY.
>> WE LOVE SUPPORTING THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, THERE IS
ONE SPECIAL WORD THAT I WOULD
LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, THE UNIQUE
TEAM MEMBER FROM LSP.
MR. MICHAEL CARNEY.
MIKE CARNEY HAS LED THE FLIGHT
ANALYSIS DIVISION AT LSP, SINCE
LSP WAS A PROGRAM 27 YEARS AGO.
>> WOW.
>> TODAY WAS THE LAST LAUNCH
BEFORE HE RETIRES NEXT WEEK.
LSP LOVES YOU.
WE WISH YOU THE BEST IN THE NEXT
CHAPTER.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MIKE.
TIM FOR ACKNOWLEDGING HIM
BECAUSE, WE ARE, A LOT OF HARD
WORK GOES INTO WHAT YOU DO.
SO WHAT IS NEXT?
WHAT IS NEXT FOR LS?
SOD IMMEDIATELY, WHAT IS NEXT
FOR US IS ON OUR FULL IN SIGHT
MISSION CONTRA