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>> YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE
HISTORIC COMPLEX AT NASA'S SPACE
CENTER WHERE WE ARE ABOUT TO DO
A SECOND GREEN RUN HOT-FIRE TEST
FIRING UP THE NEW SPACE LAUNCH
SYSTEM ROCKET.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
I AM LEAD THIS STAGE WE ARE
TESTING TODAY WOMEN BE PART OF
THE ROCKET WHICH WILL LAUNCH
FROM NASA'S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
ON THE ARTEMIS ONE MISSION THAT
LAUNCH WILL SEND UNCREWED ORION
SPACECRAFT BEYOND THE MOON AND
BACK TO EARTH.
IT IS THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE
ARTEMIS PROGRAM WHICH WILL
RETURN AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS TO
THE MOON AND PAVE THE WAY FOR
EXPLORATION OF MARS THE SPACE
LAUNCH SYSTEM WILL BE THE MOST
POWERFUL ROCKET IN THE WORLD AND
THE ONLY ROCKET THAT CAN SEND
THE OR RYAN SPACECRAFTS A STREET
YOUS A IN SUPPLIES SAFELY BEYOND
THE MOON IN ONE LAUNCH.
NOW WE FIRST TESTED THE CORE
STAGE ON JANUARY16th AND
THAT MARKS A MAJOR MILESTONE
FIRING ALL FOUR RS-25 ENGINES
TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR
ABOUT A MINUTE.
HOWEVER IT IS ENDED EARLIER THAN
PLANNED AND SO NASA AND BOEING
DECIDED TO DO A SECOND TEST AND
TEAMS HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO
GET TO THIS POINT AND THE TEST
COUNT DOWN ACTUALLY STARTED A
COWL OF DAYS AGO.
HERE TO UPDATE US ON WHERE
THINGS STAND IS NASA PUBLIC
AFFAIRS OFFICER AND HEADQUARTERS
GREEN RUN MANAGER IN THE TEST
CONTROL CENTERS HERE.
CAL ARE IN?
>> THANKS WE ARE INSIDE OF A
SECOND TEST COMPLEX OUTSIDE OF
THE CONTROL ROOM AND WE ARE
LEARNING IN TO PROVIDE US
UPDATES AS THE TEAM PROGRESSES
THROUGH THE OPERATIONS.
WE BELIEVE WE HAVE BEEN 5 MINCE
THE HOT FIRE AND THE TEAM
ACTUALLY STARTED TWO DAYS AGO
POWERING UP ON MARCH16th
AND THEY CHECKED OUT ALL THE
SYSTEMS THEY TESTED OUT EARLIER
THIS MORNING THEY CONDUCTED A
POLL TOLL PROCEED INTO THE TEST
AND I HAVE HERE WITH ME TO TELL
US A LITTLE BIT MORE AND CAN YOU
TELL US HOW THE OPERATIONS HAVE
PROGRESSED TODAY.
>> YEAH.
SURE WILL.
SO AT THIS POINT WE HAVE BEEN IN
KIND OF REPLENISH MODE FOR BOTH
OF THE LIQUID OXYGEN LIQUID
HYDROGEN AND WE GOT AT THIS
POINT 540,000-GALLONS ONBOARD
AND ANOTHER 200,000-GALLONS OF
LIQUID OXYGEN ONBOARD THEN THE
CONDITIONS PROCESS RIGHT NOW
WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO GET THAT
TEMPERATURE DOWN AS LOW AS WE
CAN AND GET IT WITHIN THE START
BOX AND WE ARE DOING THE SAME
THING ON THE ENGINE SIDE OF
THINGS AND THEN WHAT IS
IMPORTANT ABOUT ALL OF THIS IS
THAT YOU KNOW, THIS TIMELINE WE
ARE GOING THROUGH WILL HELPER
FORM THE OPERATIONS THAT WILL
TAKE PLACE AT KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER WHERE NOT ONLY THEY HAVE
THESE THINGS BUT GOT TO DO THE
THINGS WHERE THEY GETTING
ONBOARD AND TAKING CARE OF THE
OTHER THINGS THEY HAVE TO DO
DOWN THERE.
THE BATTERY CHARGING WE GOT THE
NAVIGATION UNIT WHICH IS
BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, MOUNTED UP
IN THE LOCKSDALE AREA AND
LOOKING TO SEE HOW IT BEHAVES
RELATIVE TO THE LOW TEMPERATURE
WE HAVE NOW AND SOP AT THIS
POINT, TOO.
THE TEAMS ARE BASICALLY LOOKING
AT THE DATA MAKING SURE THAT
THEIR SYSTEMS ARE WHERE THEY ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE AND READY TO GO
FOR SPREADS INTO THE TERMINAL
ACCOUNT.
>> THANKS, BILL.
CAN YOU TELL US A BIT HOW THE
TIMELINE IS DIFFERENT FOR TODAY
AND HAS BEEN FOR LAUNCH AND HOW
IT IS DETERMINING THE TIME OF
THE HOT FIRE DIFFERENT FROM
STUDYING.
AND WE RAIN PRETTY GOOD SPOT.
WE ARE TRYING TO AT THIS POINT
MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF
COMMODITIES WE GOT HERE IN THE
TEST FACILITY SO WE ARE PLAYING
A LITTLE BIT OF A GAME WHERE WE
GOT CREWS NOW THEY HAVE BEEN ON
FOR NUMBER OF HOURS, 12 HOURS
ROUGHLY, THEY WILL TIME OUT, WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T END
THE OPERATION IN HERE, SOB WE
ARE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THAT SO
IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING THAT
WITH THE NITROGEN, HELIUM,
LIQUID OXYGEN AND LIQUID
HYDROGEN AND THE BEAUTY IS WE
ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE TODAY AND
SO, AND SO WE DON'T HAVE A
DESTINATION AND OUR DESTINATION
IS RIGHT HERE AND SOP THE
DIFFERENCE AT KENNEDY THEY GOT,
YOU KNOW, THEY GOT MECHANICS AND
THEIR DESTINATION IS TO WHERE
THEY ARE GOING TO GO AND THEY
HAVE WORK TO BASICALLY ALL THE
DETAILS IN TO THEIR EXACT LAUNCH
WINDOW.
OUR LAUNCH WINDOW IS WHEN WE
START THE TEST AND THAT DOESN'T
MATTER TOO MUCH TODAY AND THEY
DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT A
REAL TIME HACK THEY HAVE TO HIT.
THEY WILL HAVE BUILT-IN INTO
THEIR PROCESS AND PROCEDURES
DOWN THERE AND THAT WILL INFORM
THEM HOW THEY MOVED THROUGH THE
NEXT STEPS.
WE ARE FORTUNATE WE DON'T HAVE
TO WORRY ABOUT THAT TODAY.
WE WILL PROVIDE UPDATES AND WE
DO KNOW THAT REMAINS IN THE TEST
WINDOW.
WE BELIEVE IN 45 MINUTES SO WE
WILL CONTINUE TO LISTEN IN HERE
AND I WILL TURN IT BACK TO LEE.
>> THANKS.
WE WILL BE LISTENING IN AND HEAD
BACK TO YOU IF DO YOU.
NOW IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US
ARE, WELCOME.
WE'RE LIVE AT NASA'S STENNIS
SPACE CENTER IN MISSISSIPPI AND
FOLLOWING THE SECOND GREEN RUN
HOT-FIRE TEST OF THE SPACE
LAUNCH SYSTEM ROCKET'S CORE
STAGE.
THE CORE STAGE IS THE CENTER
CORE OF THE ROCKET THAT INCLUDES
TWO PROPELLANT TANKS AND FOUR
RS-25 ENGINE MILES OF CABLES ALL
OF THE AVIONICS.
ELECTRONICS THE COMPUTERS AND
THE BRAINS OF THE ROCKET THAT
WORK TOGETHER TO LAUNCH THE
ROCKET DURING THE FIRST EIGHT
MINCE OF THE MISSION.
THE GREEN IN GREEN RUN REFERS TO
UNTESTED ROCKET HARDWARE.
THIS IS COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF
TESTS OF ALL THE CORE STAGE
HARDWARE FOR THE ROCKET TO
DEMONSTRATE IT IS READY FOR
LAUNCH CULMINATING WITH TODAY'S
HOT FIRE.
THE CORE STAGE WILL POWER EVERY
MISSION AND SO THIS TEST IS
IMPORTANT NOT JUST FOR ARTEMIS
ONE BUT FOR ALL FUTURE LAUNCHES
AS WELL.
THOSE RS-25 ENGINES ARE EXPECTED
TO FIRE UP SHORTLY HERE AT THE
STENNIS SPACE CENTER.
BEFORE THAT HAPPENS.
LET'S GET A CLOSER LOOK AT THE
SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM ROCKET.
>> SUPER HEAVY LIFT ROCKET AND
PROVIDES THE FOUNDATION FOR
HUMAN EXPLORATION AND SCIENTIFIC
MISSIONS TO THE MOON, MARS AND
BEYOND.
POWERED BY SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS
AND FOUR ENGINES THIS ROCKET
PROVIDES UNPRECEDENTED POWER AND
CAPABILITY, DESIGNED TO REACH 23
TIMES THE SPEED OF SOUND AND
ALTITUDE OF MORE THAN 100MILES
IN JUST OVER EIGHT MINUTES
OFFERING MORE ENERGY, VOLUME
CAPACITY, AND PAYLOAD MASS THAN
ANY ROCKET BUILT TODAY UNDER THE
LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM ORION THE
UPPER STAGE AND BETWEEN TWO
SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS IS THE
PART OF EVERY CONFIGURATION.
THE CORE STAGE.
POWERING 212FEET WITH DIAMETER
OF 27.6FEET.
AND STORING 537,000GALLONS OF
LIQUID HYDROGEN AND
10,096,000GALLONS OF LIQUID
OXYGEN.
THIS IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST CORE
STAGE EVER BUILT.
THE CORE STAGE FOR ART THE
MISSION ONE FIRES UP ANOTHER
FIRST TIME AS NASA'S HIS B2 TEST
BAND.
THE CORE STAGE WAS DESIGNED BY
NASA'S SLS PROGRAM AT THE
MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER IN
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, THEN BUILT
BAY LEAD CONTRACTOR BOEING USE
THE STATE-OF-THE-ART
MANUFACTURING JUST DOWN THE ROAD
AT NASA'S ASSEMBLY FACILITY I IN
MY HOMETOWN, NEW ORLEANS.
IT INCLUDES ENGINES MANUFACTURED
BY AEROJET ROCKETDYNE WITH
CONTRIBUTIONS WITH MORE THAN
1100 AND SMALL BUSINESS IN 44
STATE AND SHIPPED UP HERE UP TO
STENNIS ON THE BARGE IN JANUARY
OF LAST YEAR AND THEN INSTALLED
ON THE B2 TEST BAND WHERE YOU
ARE HERE TODAY.
ENGINEERS THEN BEGIN ACTIVATING
THE STAGES COMPONENTS ONE BY ONE
AND TAKE IT THROUGH THE SERIES
OF TESTS THAT MAKE UP THE GREEN
RUN OVER THE PAST YEAR.
EACH TEST BUILT UPON THE
PREVIOUS ONE AND ADDED A LITTLE
BIT MORE COMPLEXITY.
SO TODAY'S HOT FIRE BUILDS ON
THAT WORK FOR A FULL TEST OF THE
ENTIRE INTEGRATED SYSTEM THAT
WILL STIMULATE ALL PARTS OF THE
CORE STAGE WORKING TOGETHER
DURING LAUNCH.
TODAY'S TEST WILL TAKE US FROM
THE EXTREME COLD TO EXTREME HOT
INTO THE FUEL TANKS THEN FIRES
UP ENGINE TO DRAIN FROM THE TANK
TO STIMULATE LAUNCH NOW THE
HOTTEST PART OF THE TEST TODAY
AND 4RS AT THE BOTTOM THESE ARE
TODAY OF THE SHUTTLE PROGRAM
THESE FOUR ENGINES FLEW ON
ICONIC MISSIONS AND INCLUDING
HUBBLE WE WORKED WITH OUR
PARTNERS AT AEROJET ROCKETDYNE
TO UPGRADE THE 16 SHUTTLE MAIN
ENGINES WILL WHICH POWER THE
FIRST FOUR ARTEMIS FLIGHTS.
NOW BUILDING 24 NEW GINS USING
3D PRINTING AND ANOTHER
MANUFACTURING INNOVATION TO
REDUCE COSTS AND COMPLEXITY AND
MANUFACTURING TIME.
OF COURSE, ALL OF THIS WORK IS
BUILDING TOWARD THAT ARTEMIS ONE
LAUNCH FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
LATER THIS YEAR.
HERE IS A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT
MISSION AND HOW IT PAVES THE WAY
FOR FUTURE EXPLORATION BEYOND.
>> 3, 2, 1.
LIFTOFF.
ART THE MISS ONE WILL LIFTOFF IN
FLORIDA WITH 8.8MILLIONPOUNDS
OF THRUST PROVIDED BY THE ROCKET
IN THE WORLD THE SPACE LAUNCH
SYSTEM ROCKET AND SOS AND THE
NEW OR RYAN SPACECRAFT AND
EXPLORATION GROUND SYSTEM.
ARTEMIS ONE WILL SEN BEYOND THE
MOON 280,000-MILES FROM EARTH
FURTHER THAN EVEN HUMAN
SPACECRAFT HAS FLOWN THIS IS NOT
NASA DOING THIS IS THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA DOING THIS.
THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM AND THERE
ARE COMPANIES ACROSS OUR COUNTRY
THAT HAVE A PART IN IT SO THERE
IS KIND OF THIS WAY OF
EXCITEMENT BEING GENERATED BAY
SAYING WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE
MOON.
>> AFTER THE UPPER STAGE OF THE
ROCKET SEPARATED FROM ORION THE
UPPER STAGE WILL DEPLOY SMALL
SATELLITES OVER SEVERAL DAYS TO
PERFORM SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS AND
TECHNOLOGY AND ORION WILL MAKE
THE OUTBOUND TRIP TO THE MOON
PROPELLED BY THE SERVICE MODULE
PROVIDED BY THE SPACE AGENCY
ANTES THE SYSTEMS ON THE WAY
THOUGH MOON AND THEN ORION WILL
FLY ABOUT 60MILES ABOVE THE
LUNAR SURFACE USING THE MOON'S
GRAVITY TO ENTER LUNAR ORBIT.
AFTER ABOUT A MONTH AND TOTAL
DISTANCE OF OVER 1MILLIONMILES
ORION WILL RETURN HOME, FASTER
AND HOTTER THAN ANY SPACECRAFT
HAS BEFORE.
A PRIMARY GOAL OF ARTEMIS ONE
ENSURE SAFELY RETURNS TO EARTH
BEFORE WE FLY WITH HUMAN THEN
WHEN WE DO WE BUILD OUR CAPABLE
FOR LUNAR EXPLORATION PREPARING
US FOR MISSIONS IF YOU ARE HER
TO INTO THE SOLAR SYSTEM ♪
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♪ AND INITIALLY WHAT WE WOULD
LIKE TO DO IS FILM A PRESENCE IN
THE MOON SO WE'RE GOING TO GO
BACK THERE ON THE REGULAR BASIS
THEN WE WILL END UPSETTING UP
GATEWAY AND WE WOULD LAUNCH FROM
GATEWAY TO LAND ON THE SURFACE
OF THE MOON.
>> WE'RE THERE.
WEEKS, MONTHS ON EDGE AND THEN
WE WILL TEST OUT THE HARDWARE IN
THE HABITAT AND THE SUIT AND THE
ROVERS THAT ALLOW US TO PROVE
OUT THIS TECHNOLOGY THE MOON
WILL LEAD THE WAY TO MARS AND WE
SHOULD BE THERE WITHIN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DECADES.
THAT IS AMAZING.
THEN NOW WE ARE GOING TO HAND
THINGS OVER TO KATHERINE IN THE
CONTROL CENTER.
KATHERINE?
WE'RE IN THE SECONDARY TEST
CONTROL AND OUTSIDE OF THIS
CONTROL ROOM LISTENING IN SO WE
CAN PROVIDE YOU UPDATES AND CAN
YOU GIVE US UPDATE IN HOW THINGS
ARE PROGRESSING.
>> YEAH.
SO THEY REASON THE PROCESS OF
NOW OF GOING THROUGH THE FINAL
CHECKS AND EVERYTHING IS REALLY
NICELY GOING REALLY GREAT TODAY,
SO EVERYTHING IS RIGHT ON
SCHEDULE, PHENOMENAL, THEY ARE
TRYING TO DO THIS THING NOW,
JUMP THE CLOCK, WORK A LITTLE
BIT AHEAD, IN THE PROCESS OF
RESETTING THE CLOCK AND MAKING
SURE THEY GET TEN MINUTE POINT
IT DOESN'T CONTINUE TO COUNT
DOWN AND THEY HAVE TO GO AHEAD
OF THAT SO THEY ARE WORKING ON
GETTING THAT SET UP NOW.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO STAND BAY AND
LISTEN AND PROVIDE UPDATES AND
AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THE
TEAM PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED A
HOT-FIRE TEST IN JANUARY THE
ENGINE SHUT DOWN EARLIER THAN
PLANNED DURING THAT BUT THE
JANUARY16th HAS
SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED SEVERAL
OPERATIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THEY WERE ABLE TO TRANSITION TO
THE SEQUENCE AND OPERATED BY THE
FLIGHT COMPUTER AND THE TEST
WINDS AND COMPLETED THE TERMINAL
COUNTDOWN SEQUENCE LOOK THE
LAUNCH COUNTDOWN AND THE
PRESSURIZED THE TANK AND
DELIVERED THE PROPEL TENT THE
ENGINE AND DEMONSTRATE THE
PERFORMANCE OF THE CORE STAGE AS
THE MAIN PROPULSION SYSTEM
STARRING AT 109% AND THEY
OPERATED THE THRUST CONTROL
SYSTEM AND SO THE SMOOTH
COUNTDOWN SO FAR TODAY AND WE'LL
KEEP STANDING BY AND TAKE A
PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AND CHECK
BACK IN A FEW MINUTES.
>> WITH THE B1 SIDE FOR SINGLE
ENGINE TEST AND THE B2 SIDE
DESIGNED FOR ROCKET STAGES.
THE STANDARDS IN THINK GROUND
WERE 144 OF STEEL AND CONCRETE.
TELL US ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE
RS-25 ENGINES AND THE B2 STANDS
WHICH IS WHERE THE CORE STAGE IS
SECURED NOW AND HAS QUITE A BIT
OF HISTORY.
IT WAS USED IN 1960 TO TEST
ROCKET STAGES AND THAT CARRIED
HUMANS TO THE MOON AND THE SPACE
SHUTTLE PROPULSION ARTICLE KELL
CONSISTING OF EXTERNAL TANK AND
THREE MAIN ENGINES TOGETHER WITH
THE STIMULATED SHUTTLE ORBITER
WAS TESTED ON THE B2 STAND.
3:00 THE B2 STAND HAS BEEN
MODIFIED TO THE CORE STAGE AND
FOR THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM THAT
WILL RETURN HUMANS TO THE MOON
AND WITH A NEW SUPER STRUCTURE
FOR TESTING THE CORE STAGE AND
NOW ALMOST 350 FEEL THE HIGH AND
RANKING IT AS THINK TALLEST
STRUCTURES IN THE STATE OF
MISSISSIPPI.
>> FOR LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE
ENGINES EACH OF THE RS-25
ENGINES THE SIZE OF A CONTACT
CAR IF THE ENGINE WERE TO TURN
ON THE SIDE AND STANDING UP THEY
ARE 14FEET TALL AND EIGHT FEET
IN DIAMETER.
THEY EACH WEIGH ABOUT
8,000POUNDS AND THE RS 5 IS
DESIGNED TO OPERATE IN EXTREME
TEMPERATURES FROM NEGATIVE
423DEGREES FAHRENHEIT TO 6,000
GREEGREE FAHRENHEIT AND AS WE
MENTIONED TODAY'S TEST WILL GO
FROM EXTREME COLD TO EXTREME
HOT.
WHEN THE HOT LEEKS EXIT THE
NOZZLE AND THEY TRAVELED A 13
TIMES THE SPEED OF SOUND WHICH
IS FAST ENOUGH TO TRAVEL TO NEW
YORK CITY IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
THE CORE STAGE ITSELF STANDS
212FEET TALL AND DIAMETER OF
27.6FEET AND WEIGHS ABOUT
2.3MILLIONPOUNDS WHEN LOADED
WITH PROPELLANTS.
>> THE NEXT MAJOR MILESTONE, THE
LAST TEN MINUTE OF THE
COUNTDOWN, CAN YOU TELL US A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE CAN
EXPECT TO HEAR DURING THE
TERMINAL DISMOUNT YEAH.
SO JUST EVIDENCE THAT TERMINAL
COUNT WE HOPEFULLY GET THAT CALL
AND WHICH IS ALL THEIR MEMBERS
OF THE TEAM BASICALLY GET GOING
INTO THAT TERMINAL COUNT
SEQUENCE HERE THEN ONCE WE
ACTUALLY GET INTO IT AND AT
LEAST 500 DIFFERENT VEINS TO
TAKE PLACE IN THE LAST TEN
MINUTE IS SO AM GOING THROUGH
EACH ONE OF THOSE WITH YOU.
THERE ARE SOME PRETTY GOOD ONES
AND HIGHLIGHT YOU KNOW WHAT THE
MAJOR ONES SHOULD BE ARE.
WE GOT TERMINATE THE HYDROGEN
REPLENISH AND THEN, WE ALSO GOT
TO GO INTO THE HYDROGEN TANK
PRESSED OPERATIONS WHERE THEY
PRESSURIZE THE HYDROGEN TANK AND
START DOING THAT ON ITS OWN AS
WELL.
THEN INITIATE GROUND AND SPIN
SUPPLY TO THE CAP AND WHEN THEY
COME UP THEY WILL BE RUNNING OFF
OF OFF OF THE HELIUM SUPPLY AND
THEN IN THE STAND ANY THEN IT
WILL SWITCH OVER TO THE ENGINES
WHEN THEY COME UP.
>> CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THEY
ARE.
A YEAH.
SO THAT IS THE CORE STAGE OF THE
POWER UNITS.
THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WERE
FLOWN ON THE SHUT.
THE DIFFERENCE IS WHERE THOSE
WERE HYDROGEN POWERED AND RUN
OFF THE GAS AND THEN INTO
HYDROGEN OFF THE ENGINES WHEN WE
GET THE COUNT.
AND SOPS AND IT IS BASICALLY TUR
BEEN A SYSTEM THAT SPINS A PUMP
AND THAT PUMP THEN IN TURN
PRESSURIZES THE THE OIL AND THAT
SYSTEM AND THROUGH SERIES OF
VALVES AND COMMANDS AND THEY CAN
AC ATE THE ENGINE.
>> AND AFTER THAT, WE WILL GET
INTO LIQUID OXYGEN TO TERMINATE
AND STOP THAT OPERATION AND THEN
WE GOT INTO THE STARTS AND THAT
IS WHERE THE CORE STAGE POWERED
UP AND THAT TAKES ON THE ORDER
OF 30 SECONDS TO BRING EACH ONE
UP.
THEY ARE DONE INDIVIDUALLY AND
THEN LOCK PRESSURIZATION
OPERATION AND THEY DO A PROFILE
AND HELIUM SO THAT IS ACTUALLY
SOMETHING DIF REASON YOU WON'T
SEE IN THE PLUSH COUNT WE DO A
LOT OF ACATIONS OF THE SYSTEM IN
THAT BUT WE DON'T MOVE IT AS FAR
BECAUSE OF THE LIMITS WE HAVE
GOT IN THE STANDS FOR HOW HARD
YOU ARE MOVING IT REL TOUGH TO
HAVING EN GUNS THAT TIME IN THE
PRECOUNT YOU WILL GET THE FULL
MOVEMENT THE FULL DISPLAY AND
THEN, THEN ONCE WE GET TO THE
COUNT THEY WILL NOT DO THAT AND
DID SOME OTHER THINGS.
THEN AFTER THAT IS COME PLIGHT
AND BRING THE POSITIONS.
AND BASICALLY THEY WILL GO AAND
MAKE SURE THE ENGINES ARE GREAT
TO GO AHEAD AND START AND THEY
WILL THEN TRANSITION TO THE CORE
STAGE TO INTERNAL POWER AND THEY
DO HAVE REDUNDANT NAVIGATION
UNITS AND THEY GOT ALIGNMENT AND
THEY WILL FINISH UP AND THAT IS
WHEN WE GET TO THE NEXT BASIC
WHICH IS THE AUTOMATED LAUNCH
AND THAT WILL START ROUGHLY AT
33 SECONDS.
THAT IS THE BIG STEPS TO TAKE
PLACE AFTER THAT POINT.
AND WHAT HAPPENS ONCE WE GET
INTO THAT ALS IS IF YOU HAVE TO
RECYCLE THEN THAT IS A BIG DEAL
AND IT IS PROBABLY SOMETHING WE
CAN RECOVER FROM THAT ELSLY ON
DAY OF AND AEVIDENCE THAT WE CAN
BASICALLY RECYCLE TOLL THE TEN
MINUTE MARK THEN IT WILL TAKE US
PROBABLY AN HOUR OR TWO TO GET
BACK TO THE POSITION AND WE GO
THROUGH IT AGAIN.
THAT IS KIND OF HOW THE DAY
WOULD LOOK.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
SOUNDS LIKE MAJORITY OF THE
CALLS ARE GOING TO COME IN THE
LAST FIVE MINUTES OF THE COUNT.
SO WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR WHEN
WE ARE READY FOR THE GO NO GO.
AND ANOTHER UPDATE.
>> THE ART THE MISSION ONE
LAUNCH WILL BE BUILT IN TOLD GO
TO THE TERMINAL COUNT WITHIN THE
LASTING TEN MINUTES OF THE
COUNTDOWN.
THIS IS NOT QUITE THE SAME BUT
IT IS SIMILAR.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE STATUS ON THE
VOK AND THE FACILITY AND ENSURES
EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD BEFORE
PROCEEDING SO WE A LITTLE BIT
MORE TEN MINUTES WAY.
THE TEAM IS LOOKING TO GET AT
LEAST FOUR MINUTES AND NEEDED TO
COME FIRM IT IS READY TO LAUNCH
THE MISSION.
FROM THERE THE TANK AND POSSIBLY
PICK UP ADDITIONAL DATA FOR
SECONDARY TEST OBJECTIVES DURING
LAUNCH WE EXPECT TO FIRE FOR
EIGHT MINUTES TO DRAN THE TANKS
BEFORE WHAT IS CALLED THE MAIN
ENGINE CUTOFF AND SO THEY WILL
TELL US ABOUT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT
AFTER.
SO I WOULD SAY I AM IN THERE AND
IF WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE
THEY ARE GOING TO COME OFF AND
TELL TO YOU PICK IT UP A AT THIS
POINT AND SO WHERE I LEFT OFF
AND ROUGHLY 30 SECONDS BEFORE
THEY ACTUALLY START AND THEN
BRING ON THE BURN-OFF IGNITERS
THAT ARE BUILT IN TO PICK UP ANY
RESITEDDUAL HYDROGEN AND
DISSIPATE ALL OF THAT AND FINISH
THE RENEWED ALIGNMENT AND THEN
BASICALLY THEY GO INTO ROUGHLY
SIX MINUTES THEY DO THE 25
STARTS AND THEN THEY BRING UP
ONE AT TIME AND ROUGHLY SIX
SECONDS THEY WILL.
>> AND WITH THAT I THINK WE ARE
GETTING READY TO HEAR THEM GO AS
THEY BASICALLY SKIP THROUGH THAT
PART OF IT WE WILL HEAR AND
BASICALLY THE INTEREST 109%
THRUST LEVEL AND THEN GO TO THE
FIRST PROFILE AND WHAT WE SHOULD
DO AT THIS POINT IS SWITCH OVER
IF WE CAN WITH THAT PART OF IT
UP.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LET'S LISTEN IN.
REMINDERS EVERYBODY WE GET PAST
557 AND TOURNAMENT.
2:35 OF FULL-TIME BEFORE WE HAVE
TO RECYCLE BACK.
ALSO REMINDER TO EVERYBODY TO
SWITCH THE INTERNAL POWER ON THE
AVIONICS SO THAT IS NORMAL AND
THAT IS THE TO REMIND EVERYBODY
WE GET THAT CHRISTMAS TREE
EFFECT ONCE WE GET TO ETERNAL
POWER.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ALSO GAE AHEAD AND INITIAL FOR
THE TIME, PLEASE.
COPY.
AND GIVE IT TO US REAL QUICK.
PLEASE.
202712.
COPY 000.
COPY.
>> THIS IS ON CHANNEL 16.
REA AND REA, CHANNEL 16, SAFE
ENGINE AND CLOSED CHANNEL
SHUTDOWN AND THIS IS 656 AND ALL
PERSONNEL GO TO START THE
POST-FIRE SHUTDOWN, SECURING
SAFE OPERATIONS.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THE
TEAM WAS HOPING TO GET FOUR
MINUTES OF DATA AND WE'VE
THEY PROCEEDING WITH THEIR
SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES AND THE TEAM
WAS HOPING TO GET FOUR MINUTES
OF DATA AND THEY DID GET MORE
THAN EIGHT MINUTES AND THE TEAM
WILL OBVIOUSLY NEED TO LOOK AT
THAT DATA AND BASED ON WHAT
WE'VE SEEN, THEY'LL TELL US MORE
ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE TO
YOU.
>> SO THEY CLEARLY GOT THE FULL
DURATION THEY WERE AFTER, WHICH
IS GREAT NEWS AND I THINK YOU
HEARD THE APPLAUSE.
THE COMMAND IS SHUT DOWN AND
THEY HAD NO TCC VIOLATIONS.
CLEARLY, THERE'S A LOT OF DATA
TO BE ANALYZED AND THE ENGINEERS
HAVE TO SEE WHAT WORKED AND WHAT
NEEDS TO BE TWEAKED AND WHAT
DOESN'T AND THAT SAID, I THINK
THE APPLAUSE SAYS A LOT ABOUT
HOW THE TEAM FEELS, YOU KNOW,
THAT THEY GOT THROUGH THE TEST
AND IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD RIGHT
NOW.
YEAH, SO, THERE WAS SOME, YOU
KNOW, OBSERVED BURNING ON THE
END AND ONE OF THE THINGS BOEING
DID AFTER THE LAST TEST WAS TO
APPLY A LOT OF EXTRA CORE
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T,
UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THIS TEST,
WE'RE NOT FLYING THROUGH THE
THIN AIR AND WE KNEW WE WOULD
HAVE MORE OF THAT AND THAT IS
ONE OF THE REASONS AND THEY PUT
A TAPE COVERING OVER THE TOP OF
THAT AND WE KNEW IF THE TAPE
GETS HOT ENOUGH, BELIEVE THE
TAPE SURFACE WILL BURN AND WE
SAW A LOT OF THAT, BUT NOTHING
THAT PROMPTED THE SHUTDOWN
EARLY, WHICH WAS GOOD NEWS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU, BILL.
i THINK THAT'S ALL OF THE
UPDATES WE'LL HERE FOR YOU AS
THE TEAM PROCEEDS.
AND WE'LL GO BACK OVER TO LEE.
>> THANK YOU, CATHERINE AND
CONGRATULATIONS.
WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE NEXT STEPS
AND THIS COURSE STAGE WILL BE
REFURBISHED AND BE SENT TO THE
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER TO FLORIDA
AND THERE, IT WILL BE STAFFED
WITH OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE SLC
ROCKET, INCLUDING THE TWIN
BOOSTERS WHICH THE TEAM HAVE
BEGUN STACKING ON THE MOBILE
LAUNCHER AND THE CORE STAGE AND
BOOSTERS WILL BE STAFFED WITH
THE UPPER STAGE AND ORION
SPACECRAFT AND THIS IS PUTTING
ON TRACK TO ROLL OUT TO LAUNCH
PAD 39B FOR A LIFTOFF ON
ARTEMIS 1 AND THERE'S THE CLIP
MISSIONS BEGINNING WITH TWO
COMPANIES DELIVERING TO THE
LUNAR SURFACE AND THE GULF CART
SIZED VIPER ROVER SEARCHING FOR
WATER AT THE MOON SOUTH POLE AND
CAP STONE HEADING TO THE MOON,
SCOUTING THE ORBIT TO BE USED ON
LATER HUMAN MISSIONS AND
MEANWHILE, THE HARDWARE FOR THE
NEXT TWO MISSIONS CARRYING
ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON IS COMING
TOGETHER AND THE ORION
SPACECRAFT FOR ARTEMIS 2 IS
UNDERGOING ASSEMBLY AND 3 AS
WELL AS THE ROCKETS FOR 2 AND 3
ARE ALSO BEING MANUFACTURED
RIGHT NOW AT NISHU.
AND THAT WRAPS IT UP FOR US HERE
TODAY AFTER A MAJOR MILESTONE,
AND AMERICAN'S RETURN OF
ASTRONAUTS TO THE LUNAR SURFACE,
A SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM ROCKET.
UP NEXT, WE'LL BE REPLAYING THE
TEST AND A POST-TEST BRIEFING IN
TWO HOURS HERE ON NASA
TELEVISION AND FOLLOW OUR
PROGRESS ON NASS.GOV AND THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US AND GO
ARTEMIS!
>> WE HAVE ENGINE START AND ALL
PERSONNEL TAKE CONTROL.
>> DO YOU COPY THAT?
>> IT'S STARTING TO CUT CLOSE,
30 SECONDS.
>> WE'RE ABOUT THREE AND A HALF
MINUTES IN.
>> A MINUTE AND 30 SECONDS UNTIL
LIFT-OFF.
WE'RE FIVE AND A HALF MINUTES.
>> ABOUT SIX MINUTES.
WE'RE COMING UP ON SEVEN
MINUTES.
>> REA ON CHANNEL 16.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> REA, SAFE ENGINE SHUTDOWN,
PLEASE AND YOU'RE ON SAFE
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