all right so as I said welcome to
Johnson Space Center Houston
um and the Callisto operations Suite
um the Callisto payload is a technology
demonstration between Lockheed Martin
Amazon Alexa uh Cisco WebEx by Cisco and
of course NASA and the intent of this
technology demonstration is to discover
test and learn how this commercial
technology might one day benefit
astronauts on future crewed missions so a
couple things that I would say number
one it's a test everything might not go
flawlessly and that's okay because every
time we do this it gives us another
opportunity to learn and also as I said
we've got a whole support crew you've
met a lot of them already who are
helping to ensure that we're running
smoothly for our virtual crew experience
you may hear them talking in my ear
don't let it distract you hopefully it
won't it won't distract me
um and are the way that we'll run uh
this experience is as an astronaut's Day
in the Life okay so from the time you
wake up until the time you go to bed
we'll uh we'll run our mission that way
for you today Mary are you ready and
this is how you'd normally run it every
day yep same
okay so why would you like to see some
views from the spacecraft I would I
really would I really would too Rich
could you bring us up the views from the
uh the external views from the camera
wow actually so I'm not even gonna
assume can you describe for us what
we're looking at yeah
you can see the moon there in the
background being very small on the right
that's from two days ago and that's
actually Earth just above the solar array
away with with sun reflecting off the solar array wing
so the Red Dot is the red dot is part of the exposure from the camera
oh got it okay wow
is that cool that is really something so
that was taken in the last 24 hours
do you have live like right there wow
it's funny that you ask why don't you
ask Rich if he could show us the live
shots from uh from Orion could we please
see the live shots
so this is this is happening now right
now so what you are looking at
um is cab three and cab four cameras
on the left this is a close-up of the
Callisto payload and on the right this
camera is showing you the view from the
astronaut seat
and you can see that on the left there
that's Commander Moonikin Campos and so
that is a mannequin uh Jeannie talked
about this earlier they're testing
radiation suits conducting different
kinds of experiments uh on Moonikin up
there in flight and if you can also see
do you see that little orange uh shape
below the payload right that's a Snoopy
doll okay
um because they have sent a Snoopy into
space on I think Jeannie every mission
um Snoopy is the astronauts award so
it's the Snoopy award and said there's one
that goes up on I believe every mission
that it represents the astronauts will
present them back to
individuals that work in the space
program that's a way to say thank you
for the work that they've done to
protect them and that cool share their
messages
so now you have a dummy
and then the next one you will have
a real astronaut
so Artemis Artemis one which we're doing
now is uncrewed Right Artemis 2 will be
crewed and orbit the Moon and the
intention for Artemis three is to be
crewed and land on the moon and that is
where we intend to put the first woman
and first person of color on the moon
that's pretty exciting so when two goes
around you're going to have Alexa up
there also don't know yet we'll see we
don't know uh what we're focused on
right now is this test and this
demonstration and understanding how
might this
um intelligent assistant help astronauts
on future crewed missions so that's what
you're here to help us test today are
you ready ready okay so as I mentioned
we're going to run this like a day in
the life the first thing that you would
do in when you wake up in the morning is
you would want to test the vehicle and
make sure everything is running
accordingly and so we're going to have
you fill out your status report and the
first thing on the status report is to
do the battery status right right you
kind of want to make sure we've got
enough power so that is our battery
screen looking at that could you tell me
how much battery we have left
well
not really
no and guess what neither could I could
you know why because neither you nor I
have been through any of the training
that's required of an astronaut to be
able to read a rich data intensive
screen like this so one of the things
we're testing as part of Callisto is
also optimized displays Brian could you
bring up the optimized display
sure
so we're going to test new displays and
the idea is that with these new new
displays we can test easier ways not
just for the crew to get the information
that they need but also for mission
control or for general population right
we have a lot of space enthusiasts back
on Earth who might want to follow along
much easier way to get the data so
looking at this screen are you able to
tell how much battery we have left well
it says you know external and battery
charge so yep and what is the battery
charge
is it
92.9 yes ma'am very good
so but an astronaut would know exactly
how much he he he's required to have mhm
okay
and so now what we're going to test is
rather than using a display we're going
to use our intelligent assistant Alexa
to capture data gotcha
Okay so
um let's see actually you know what I'll
do first we talked about our mission
clock and the clock counts up in days
then hours minutes and seconds looking
at this can you tell how long Artemis 1
has been on Mission
bottom right
which one is it 23 hours 23 days
twenty three days yeah
12. yep
and 26.
yeah so Splashdown is on Sunday it's a
26 day Mission and we're nearing we're
nearing the end
okay so now we're going to use our
intelligent assistant uh Voice Assistant
Alexa to complete our
um status report let's see here okay so
the first question as I said I'm just
going to pull this up for you
and this is what you will read
go ahead Alexa how far from Earth are
you
I didn't oh there's the green Alexa how
far from Earth are you
currently Orion's 175 586 miles away
from Earth and 211 506 miles away from
the Moon
so your voice just traveled from Mission
Control Houston
up to
the Orion spacecraft at a distance of
175 000 miles away
pretty cool right yes it is and in order
to get this communication we're using
the deep space Network and the deep
space network is a collection of
satellites all around the world and
that's to ensure that as the Earth
rotates during the day we always have
the ability to communicate with vehicles
in space and every deep space
communication including Neil Armstrong
one small step for man one giant leap
for mankind went over the deep space
Network and so did your voice just now
cool right yes it is okay so let's
continue our status check
um
and here we go
Alexa how far is Orion going how fast oh
let's try it no that's okay let's let's
just okay let's try it again
Alexa how fast is Orion going Alexa how far is Orion going
Alexa how fast is Orion going
Orion's current relative velocity to
Earth Is 2020 miles per hour the maximum
speed Orion will travel during the
mission is 24 700 miles per hour
upon Earth entry
that's pretty crazy right it is but I
made a mistake and she picked it up she
understood anyway that's pretty cool
yeah so right now the ship is traveling
2 000 miles an hour just over and just
to put it into perspective a commercial
jet goes about 500 miles an hour
pretty crazy huh
okay so let's keep going with our
vehicle status check
um and why don't we ask this
Alexa
how can I hear you if there is no air in
space
no
Alexa how can I hear you if there is no
air in space
space is a vacuum so it generally
doesn't carry sound waves like air does
here on Earth however Orion contains an
internal atmosphere that will allow
sound to travel
so I think one thing that's important to
note is that the technology on Alexa on
board is using something we call local
voice control and what that allows Alexa
to do is process that process these
commands locally on that device because
if you see the delay of your voice going
up to space and then coming back down
you can imagine if you're an astronaut
working on Mission and you ask what's
the cabin pressure or how much oxygen in
is there you don't want to wait for a 5
to 10 second trip each way you want the
answer that you need right there
and so you can also Imagine
if you're an astronaut and you're busy
working on experiments or you have those
gloves on and or you're busy taking
notes now you have the ability to get
the information that you need with the
power of your voice right right makes
much faster
so okay and so now we have completed our
our vehicle status check for the day and
now we're going to test another
capability which is the ability to use
video conferencing capabilities to
communicate between the spacecraft and
Mission Control would you like to place
a call to the Orion spacecraft oh I
would okay here we go
and so you can imagine while we're
waiting for this to connect
um the time it takes just to have your
voice travel imagine when you are using
video and voice images
it was a significant engineering
challenge that Cisco WebEx by Cisco had
to solve for to be able to get high
resolution images and video from Earth
to the spacecraft and I see the call
initiated
okay so they're telling me that we need
to redo the call
oh okay
here we go
there we are
there you are yeah there we are oh my
gosh Mary look can you see so these are
the windows I am actually can you my
picture is actually up there yes you you
you that is your image in space and look
at this view right now the way they've
uh the ship has just turned so that's
the sun see that bright light shining in
the window the whole rest of mission
we've been looking at the darkness of
space
and now we're getting this the view of
the sun coming in the window that's very
cool that is
and so you can imagine for an astronaut
you're away on Mission it's a long time
it can be lonely and now you have the
ability to communicate with family or
loved ones back on Earth if you were on
Mission have you ever wanted to go to
space I had but that was when I was much
younger and look here you are now and
here I am right
um if you were on Mission who would you
be calling back home and what would you
be saying
probably my daughter
my princess I only have one princess
princess how are you
I love it oh my gosh you can see again
the Sun
shining over the
payload oh it's pretty incredible
about this I want to capture a picture
of this moment so that you've got it
okay please
I'm gonna do one just this way first
so it's you and I just smile up there
hold on if there's a little delay
okay and then I'm just gonna spin around
and get one this way so that I can see
you
actually in space
okay
you see the delay with you yeah because
obviously right so imagine they have to
take these large photos and video files
and it's like taking 10 lanes of traffic
and condensing it to a single bike lane
that was the engineering challenge that
they had to solve for
um but we've been able to test this
technology and how it might again help
astronauts on Mission stay connected to
loved ones back on Earth
fantastic we're going to actually now
test another part of the capability part
of the Callisto payload is to test the
white board over here so we're going to
actually walk over
and do two things
okay so one thing that we've been able
to do is
messages here at Mission Control are
able to be transmitted up into the
spacecraft so you can imagine if you're
trying to share notes or diagrams or
images
and what we're going to do right now
though Mary is we are going to have you
sign the virtual logbook for all of our
crew members so you are going to
commemorate your experience as a virtual
crew member for Artemis so hang on one
sec I'm just going to pick the biggest
pen and let's do a bright color so what
what would you like well green is my
favorite well green it's going to be
then and so we'll have you sign and date
uh
today is the ninth
right
yes and look so it's a little hard to
see because there's so much light in the
cabin and you're actually seeing a
reflection but can you see your that's
your signature in space wow
nice right
okay
thank you come on back let's sit down so
you have had a pretty full day you've
gotten to test a lot of the various
systems and commands
um so the last thing I'm actually going
to have you do uh is put Alexa to bed
for the night so
um the utterance let me just see if I
can get to it quickly
whoops sorry I went too fast okay are
you ready yes Alexa go to sleep mood
that's wrong let's see what happens
that's wrong
yes
Alexa go to sleep mood
starting sleep sequence but it should
have been sleep mode Alexa but she
understood you
a little ambient music but in making a
mistake and saying something
who would correct it if one of the
astronauts made a mistake with the
command who corrects that uh I'm not
sure if there would need to be
correction or they might just try the
utterance again okay right and say Alexa
Alexa stop and
so this is mood sleep yeah so they give
you a little ambient music to try and
help an astronaut go to sleep
what'd you think great
so what I would love to do now
um is uh introduce you to the engineers
in the back room who have been working
tires tirelessly throughout the mission
to make sure all this technology
interoperates and works together okay do
you mind if I take you back there oh
absolutely awesome
okay
all right
so welcome to Johnson Space Center
Houston uh in the Callisto operations
Suite where today we are testing
Callisto which is a technology
demonstration between Lockheed Martin
the Amazon Alexa WebEx by Cisco and of
course NASA and the intent of this
demonstration is to learn how this
commercial technology might one day help
astronauts on future crewed missions okay
it is a test things might not be perfect
that's okay every time we do this is
another chance to learn of course
um I'm wearing a headset so that all the
support team that I just introduced you
to may be talking to me in my ear
letting me know how things are running
if you hear any of that don't get
distracted I'll guide you through the
process and for the experiment today we
are running this like a day in the life
of an astronaut and so
um you know from the time you wake up
until the time you go to bed we are
going to challenge you as a virtual crew
member of Artemis one are you ready yes
I am ready okay you very much and so one
of the first things that you would do as
an astronaut when you wake up
um is to do your vehicle status check
obviously you want to be sure everything
is functioning with the vehicle
um and so astronauts could check
optimize displays to get the information
that they need but Callisto what we're
trying to test is well what if they
could leverage their intelligent voice
assistant who is drawing that
information from the same systems to
give them that information perhaps
faster or in an easier way right just
hands-free do it with the power of your
voice so the first thing that we're
going to have you
test is Mission elapsed time so are you
ready yes I am
Alexa what is the mission elapsed time
okay I think we so don't lean in just
stay where you are Alexa what is the mission elapsed time
so you can feel it's really hot yeah the
current mission elapsed time is 23 days, 12 hours, 54 minutes and 43 seconds
okay almost done three more days until
Splashdown right
okay so the next thing that we need to
test uh capture for your vehicle status
report are some Telemetry questions okay
so the next one is um how far away from
Earth are you okay Alexa how far from
Earth are we away from
Alexa how far
from Earth are we away from
yeah I don't think she recorded it
um and so what we'll say um how far away
from Earth are you okay okay ready
Alexa how far away from Earth are you
currently Orion is 174
658 miles away from Earth and two
hundred twelve thousand one 171 miles
away from the Moon
so you notice how there's a
little delay right right because your
voice has to travel from here in Mission
Control 174
000 miles away to the Orion spacecraft I
still think yeah but I still think that
that's pretty quick for I mean
considering how far away from it it's
been pretty yeah it's pretty impressive
and what we're using to do that
communication is the deep space Network
okay the deep space network is a
collection of satellites or satellite
dishes around the world
um and that's so that as the Earth
rotates uh we always have the ability to
communicate to vehicles in in deep space
uh and so the same communication Network
the DSN that did the famous one small
step for man yeah one giant leap for mankind
your voice Matthew just traveled over
that same Communications Network it was
pretty cool right yeah
okay so let's keep going and we're
completing our uh vehicle status check
okay um and the next thing you want to
understand is how fast Orion is going
okay
hey Alexa how fast is Orion going right
now
let's see hey Alexa how fast is Orion
going right now no it doesn't look like
that one got because um so I would say
um just soften your voice just a little
bit um
yeah not hey um just Alexa okay okay
ready
Alexa how fast is Orion going right now
Orion's current velocity relative to Earth is 2038 miles per hour the maximum speed
Orion will travel during the mission is
24 700 miles per hour upon
Earth entry
cool right yeah that one the cut out no
and it and it got it okay okay so uh
next one and I think this was a question
maybe you had asked for is why why
should we explore space okay
Alexa why should we explore space
exploration is critical to human
progress and prosperity it helps to
address fundamental questions about our
place in the universe and the history of
our solar system we expand technology
create new Industries and help to foster
a peaceful connection with other nations
as we embark on this exciting Journey
with NASA
that's very interesting
so the next thing that we're going to
test is the ability to make a video call
to the spacecraft okay so just as we
were testing the ability to use Alexa
um to be able to get the information you
need with the power of your voice
because the status yeah well because
astronauts are very busy right they and
you know maybe they're in the middle of
an experiment maybe they are taking
notes or they have big gloves on and so
you could see how just being able to
command and get the information you need
with the power of your voice it's
efficient would right exactly it might
make you might make you more more
efficient and more effective I see okay
the next part of the test is to test
video collaboration technology so that
you can understand you know you're away
from your family you're out on Mission
maybe it's a little lonely but now you
have the ability to make a video call
okay
um into the spacecraft so shall we do it
okay make a video call yes I'm gonna I'm
gonna hit the button we're going to call
Orion
so while that's connecting the engineers
at WebEx by Cisco had to solve a pretty
tough technical engineering challenge
which is how do I take large video and
audio files imagine taking something
that is like on 10 lanes of traffic and
squishing it into a single bike Lane
right that's the equivalent challenge
they had to solve for
and
it looks like our call is connecting
and on the screen uh above us is you and
I in space
it's just amazing
hello
that's pretty amazing I'm gonna grab a
picture of this because I am quite sure
you and your dad you know people want to
see it
yeah that's been your sign peace sign
yep exactly that's what we need in the
world I love it so would that be your
message if you were on board Orion and
had to send a message back down to the
Earth yeah what would you be saying well
um we need peace in the world
um like love everyone in the world
no I love it very good and then uh if
you were on Mission and you had the
ability to make video calls okay back uh
to home
um through Mission Control who would you
be calling
I would be calling my sister Isabel
um she
she's probably like my I would say not
only my sister but my best friend she is
such a nice
um girl who I feel like she's been so
responsible she she has to go through
like my experience with you know
becoming blind when she was only 11
and I feel you know she deserves the
best I really think that
as a younger sister having to deal with
all that she's been so mature and yeah
she really studies so hard and yeah I
hope I wish the best for her that's
amazing you said Isabel yeah Isabel
um well I think you just gave Isabelle
an amazing shout out yeah from Orion 170
000 miles away yeah back here to Earth
she deserves it that's pretty that's
pretty great awesome so then the next
thing as we have continued as we
continue through our technology
demonstration
some of the other really common use
cases for
um for Alexa
if you think about you know millions of
customers are using Alexa to control
connected devices in their home billions
of command
commands for smart lights yeah smart
thermostats smart doorbells smart
vacuums whatever
um and so we wanted to test what would
happen if we allowed astronauts on
future crewed missions to have access to
some of this you know same technology
that we enjoy here at home of course I
have an idea yeah so
um Alexa has the ability to change the
lights on board the spacecraft oh you
have your color ready to go so you are
gonna you are going to give the command
to set the lights in and you choose the
color okay
Alexa set the lights to Green
uh guys I don't think that
um command went through do we have to
repeat
okay let's do it one more time okay yeah
sure Alexa set the light color to Green
I didn't see that one go either um
looking for a different color I don't
think it's the color no it's not the
color it's that the command I can see
that the the audio is not transmitted
wait there was the green that was like a
big delay
but the light ring did not fire that
time
shall we try it one more time
okay let's try it one more time
third time will be the charm Matthew
exactly let's go Alexa set the light
color to Green
Alexa set the light color to Green
okay
all right
and you have just set the cabin lights
to Green it's a little challenging to
see right now because of the way this um
that the spacecraft is oriented there's
a lot of light pouring in from the Sun
so the cabin is among the brightest that
I have seen it yet on Mission but you
can see there is a green glow
below our uh below the video of you and
I and the payload you can see all the
lights are green so maybe like when
they're sleeping you know they could
turn the lights off too you can do that
and how about we do how about we save
that for the end yes you're jumping
ahead Matthew
okay so yeah
um how about you know as we continue our
tests you may be a little need a down
time and you want to
um a little humor to keep your mood
lifted how about you ask for a science
joke I was gonna ask all right okay well
you can do that too ready yeah
Alexa tell me a joke about science
you asked for music
we got music instead of a joke
[Music]
I actually like that better
[Alexa Space Rap playing]
cool it's somewhat of a joke and it's music that's
exactly right a little bit of a humorous
song I like that so Matthew you have
done our vehicle status check you have
tested the video calling capability you
have tested some of our smart home use
cases music and lights the final thing
to do as your day is a virtual crew
member is to go to sleep mode okay you
ready yep yes I am okay Alexa go to
sleep mode
starting sleep sequence
all the lights in the cabin go off
and we have some soothing music
that is pretty now I'm going to use that
for my Alexa too
there you go yeah okay
it's so cool good all right so Brian I
think you want to come get some stills
so rhonel
welcome to the Callisto operations suite
at Johnson Space Center Houston
thank you I appreciate it we are um here
today to test the Callisto technology
the Callisto payload which is a
technology demonstration between
Lockheed Martin Amazon Alexa WebEx by
Cisco and of course NASA and the intent
of this experiment is to test how
commercial technology might one day
benefit astronaut on astronauts on
future crewed missions so I'm going to
emphasize the fact that it's a
demonstration it's a test it might not
all work perfectly that's okay we try
again every time we do this gives us
another opportunity to learn and improve
it that's exactly right and so the way
that we're going to run the day is as a
virtual crew experience for you a day in
the life of an astronaut so astronaut's
one thing I learned have really
scheduled existences so that is our
timeline of what we are going to do
today I will walk you through it don't
worry
um but the first thing that we would we
would do do is actually a vehicle check
right you you are on board and the first
thing you need to do make sure is like
uh is everything going all the systems
going well um but actually before we
even get into the test I'm jumping ahead
um would you like to see the views from
space no question all right Rich can you
bring up the external cameras
so rich these were taken in the last 24
hours yeah
pretty so last 24 hours
the one on the right is the is our
Wild
it's crazy right
just think like
not quite real time would you like to
see a live feed yes of course okay can
uh Rich can we switch to the live view
all right okay so inside yeah so what
you see um this is Cab camera cab three
and cab four uh on the left what you're
seeing is a close-up of the Callisto
payload
and on the right this is the view from
one of the astronauts seats okay and you
can see Commander Moonikin Campos which
Jeannie talked about earlier they're
testing the radiation suit on the
mannequin
um again just another part of the
experiment being run on the Artemis One
mission yeah for the future two and
three and so I'll just point out do you
see how bright it is yes the way this
spaceship is oriented right now we're
actually getting a lot of light from the
sun coming in it's actually some of the
brightest I've seen the cabin for the
entire Mission oh wow okay cool good
timing yeah so
um okay so this is our view and we are
going to test the first thing that you
would want to do when you wake up as an
astronaut is understand hey how much
power do we have so what you see on the
left there is actually a battery display
if you looked at that could you tell me
how much battery the spacecraft has
not at all I see a lot of green which I
would assume is good but I'm not sure
rhonel I had the exact I said green is
good right
um one of the things they're also
testing uh as part of the Callisto
payload is optimized displays of course
you and I can't read this because we
haven't had all the Intensive training
that an astronaut has
um uh Brian could I have you bring up
the optimized display
okay so they've been testing optimized
displays that would make it a little bit
easier not just for the astronauts to uh
to use but also maybe in mission control
or general population because we have a
ton of space enthusiasts who might want
to be following along so now if I asked
you how much battery we have could you
tell me definitely we're at about 95
percent
yes excellent and could you tell me
um what is our current velocity
oh wow 2056 miles an hour
so in addition to testing these
optimized displays that make it easier
to get information the other thing that
we're testing is the ability to get this
same Telemetry data using our
intelligent assistant Alexa so now for
the next portion of the um
standard vehicle status check we are
going to use voice commands so all right
so uh the first thing that we are going
to have you ask is right there ready
Alexa
how much oxygen do we have left
Alexa how much oxygen do we have left
okay so they are saying maybe falsetto a
little bit
you have such a beautiful baritone bring that up
just a little okay let's try that one
again
Alexa
how much oxygen do we have left
and Alexa
how much oxygen do we have left
I didn't see the blue light ring go I'm
not sure
it doesn't look like it went
okay you might have to go even even
higher
ready let's try again
Alexa
how much oxygen do we have left
Alexa how much oxygen
do we have left
since Artemis one is an uncrewed Mission
the vehicle is not flying with oxygen
reserves on board however the crew cabin
is filled prior to launch with oxygen
and nitrogen and percentages similar to
the atmosphere on Earth 21 percent oxygen 78 percent
nitrogen the crew cabin currently has 11.6
pounds oxygen and 37.5 pounds nitrogen
okay that was cool Sean is telling me
that the challenge with the deep voices
is because
yeah why doesn't our chief engineer explain
it so it's this ambient noise that we're
hearing right so what you're hearing is the coolant loops running on the spacecraft and the frequency range of the
coolants overlaps the lower vocal range and so
that is causing a little bit of
interference I thought it was just
because I'm so manly yeah that too
that too
okay so let's keep going with our
Telemetry checks okay here's the next
one
Alexa
how fast is Orion going Alexa how fast is Orion going
Orion's current relative velocity to Earth is 2058 miles
per hour the maximum speed Orion will
travel during the mission is 24 700
miles per hour upon Earth entry
yeah so to put that into perspective an
average commercial get jet goes about
500 miles an hour yeah so a couple
things one
um Alexa is processing these commands on
board using a technology we call local
voice control which means the commands
are processed locally there on device
you can see if you were an astronaut on
Mission maybe you've got gloves on maybe
you're busy doing an experiment you want
the ability to be hands-free and to get
the information you need with the power
of your voice but you don't want to wait
for the time delay that it would take
for the command to go from the
spacecraft back down to earth and then
back up you would want it processed
locally so that's the same technology
that Alexa uses for offline experiences
here on the ground like in Alexa Auto so
you're driving in an area that has maybe
bad you know connectivity or um you
would still want Alexa to do what you
want it to do to be entertained and be
productive this is the same technology
that makes that work so it's localized
instead of connecting to things correct
now what I will say though is also your
voice is traveling to space on to the
spacecraft on the deep space Network so
the deep space network is a collection
of satellite dishes all around the earth
and that's so that no matter where the
Earth is in rotation we have the ability
ability to communicate with spacecraft
while they are on Mission so I think one
of the most cool things about this is it
is the same communication Network that
has been used for every Mission ever so
the same communication Network that did
one small step for man one giant leap
for mankind
you my friend your voice is traveling
over that same deep space Network wow to
take your voice onto Orion
uh 173 000 miles from Earth and do we
know how long it takes to connect like
for my voice to actually reach yeah so
right now the delay is about five to six
seconds which is actually pretty good it
can be as high as maybe 10 seconds and
that really depends on the position of
the spacecraft which dish which dish
we're using
that's wild great right so let's keep
going so you've got a very full day
um
uh we're going to do another Telemetry
question
Alexa
how far away from Earth are you
Currently, Orion is 173 451 miles away from Earth and 213 018
miles away from the Moon
so you want to put this into perspective
we earlier you and I got to go Tour by
the International Space Station so the
International Space Station is about 250
miles above Earth Artemis one has been I
think uh I think the longest distance is
240
000
oh thank you Sean 276
000 miles away crazy right it's hard to
Fathom the distance right yeah you do
watch this stuff on movies and TV and to
make it look so easy like you were
saying earlier you just look so casual
but it's really incredible so are you
ready to test the next piece of the
technology demonstration let's keep
going which is we are going to place a
video call to space
okay we are going to so casually said yes we
are going to call Orion so you can
imagine you're an astronaut on Mission
it would be pretty nice if you had the
ability to make a video call and stay
connected uh with your friends and loved
ones
um and so I see the call connecting
there we should see the call connecting
see oh looks like it may be going
through
Rhonel there you are in space
again it's
it's a concept that's hard to grasp like
I'm there's a picture of me in space
right next to Kelly we look great
they are a little delay hold on it'll
show up in just a sec
all right I know I gotta get a picture
of it so that way we can we can capture
it
fantastic
so this is very cool if you were on
Mission who would you be calling from
space oh definitely first and foremost
you call your friends because you have
to show them I'm in space and you're not
I love it so you got to kind of show off
like hey you gotta Flex a little bit
like all right here I am no question and
what would your message be
uh get your game up that's it you know
you gotta Reach for the Stars literally
I'm up here well
yeah you've done it
so uh we'll leave the call running I
would actually like to keep going
through the test right now I know that
you had some questions you wanted to ask
Alexa
um so why don't we uh see if we can
power through some of these other
commands of course
Alexa
when did we last land on the Moon
Alexa
when did we last land on the moon yeah
pick it up
did it not
I did not see the blue ring
okay let's try it one more time
Alexa
when did we last land on the Moon
you might have to go even higher oh I'm
so sorry helium
okay here we go
Alexa
when did we last land on the Moon
There have been six total manned mission to the Moon the last of which Departed the moon in
1972 there were also several unmanned
missions to the Moon from 1976 and 2013.
all right how about we this is one of
the most common use cases for Alexa
right people are and I know you and I
have talked about this you're using
connected devices to control your
environment as well one of the most fun
use cases is music do you want to ask
Alexa to play some tunes for us let's
see what she had all right
Alexa
play music
Alexa
you gotta go higher
okay all right
Alexa play music
I have this vision of you like Alexa
but it worked here's a song I think you
might like three
[Alexa Space Rap playing]
that was actually pretty good yeah it's
just clever right okay so we're winding
down we've got time for just two more
things okay I am going to have you end
us on a on a high note here are you
ready oh let's get it okay
Alexa
party mode
I'm cracking
turning on celebration lighting that's cool
that's cool that's great okay so the
last thing that we need to do you have
had a very full day as an astronaut
you've completed your status check you
have tested the video capabilities
you've tested some of the connected
smart device capabilities
you have gotten to control the lighting
on a spacecraft 173
000 miles away
the last thing to do is to actually
um we're gonna jump ahead go to sleep
Alexa
go to sleep mode
okay we'll try one more time you gotta
do your affect now okay
Alexa
go to sleep mode
starting sleep sequence
so it's so bright in the cabin you
actually can't really tell but you have
just shut off all the lights
and now we have some soothing music to
help our astronauts potentially go to sleep
that's exactly right yes Rhonel
great job virtual crew member experience
check call to space check
you can see yourself on board Orion
check we can Flex
yeah this has been amazing and I have to
commend the entire team from Mission
Control to everyone in here just the
hard work that's gone into this this is
this is great fantastic
get some quick still shots with Brian
while we have him and then I'd like to
introduce you to the engineers and I
know these guys have more payload stuff
to do so
so I might just have to turn around
right there okay