1 00:00:00,133 --> 00:00:02,135 >> THIS IS MISSION CONTROL 2 00:00:02,135 --> 00:00:02,435 HOUSTON. 3 00:00:02,435 --> 00:00:03,103 GOOD MORNING. 4 00:00:03,103 --> 00:00:06,139 TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 24, 2019, AND 5 00:00:06,139 --> 00:00:08,241 RIGHT NOW YOU'RE GETTING A LIVE 6 00:00:08,241 --> 00:00:11,144 LOOK OF THE LAUNCH COMPLEX 7 00:00:11,144 --> 00:00:13,480 SITTING ON THE PAD OF CITE 2 OF 8 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:17,250 THE LAUNCH COMPLEX IS THE H2 9 00:00:17,250 --> 00:00:21,121 TRANSFER VEHICLE CALLED HTV-8 10 00:00:21,121 --> 00:00:27,594 SITTING ON TOP OF AN H2B ROCKET. 11 00:00:27,594 --> 00:00:31,097 THE LAUNCH COMPLEX IS IN 12 00:00:31,097 --> 00:00:32,899 TANEGASHIMA, A SOUTHERN ISLAND 13 00:00:32,899 --> 00:00:35,468 JUST SOUTH OF THE MAIN ISLAND OF 14 00:00:35,468 --> 00:00:40,073 JAPAN AND THE SOUTHERN ISLAND. 15 00:00:40,073 --> 00:00:41,708 RIGHT NOW WE'RE COUNTING DOWN TO 16 00:00:41,708 --> 00:00:44,344 A LAUNCH AT 11:05 A.M. 17 00:00:44,344 --> 00:00:48,314 CENTRAL TIME IS SEPTEMBER 24TH. 18 00:00:48,314 --> 00:00:52,152 1:05 A.M. JAPAN TIME OVER IN 19 00:00:52,152 --> 00:02:31,084 TANEGASHIMA. 20 00:02:31,084 --> 00:02:39,859 HERE'S A LIVE VIEW OF THE ROCKET 21 00:02:39,859 --> 00:02:41,394 OF THE HTV-8. 22 00:02:41,394 --> 00:02:44,631 INSIDE OF HTV-8 IS 4 TONS OF 23 00:02:44,631 --> 00:02:46,599 SUPPLIES, CARGO, FOOD AND 24 00:02:46,599 --> 00:02:48,234 EXPERIMENTS. 25 00:02:48,234 --> 00:02:50,703 AGAIN, WE'RE TRACKING -- WE'RE 26 00:02:50,703 --> 00:02:52,405 COUNTING DOWN TO A LAUNCH AT 27 00:02:52,405 --> 00:03:06,052 11:05 A.M. CENTRAL TIME. 28 00:03:06,052 --> 00:03:09,822 OVER AT THE TAKESAKI 29 00:03:09,822 --> 00:03:13,192 RANGE CONTROL CENTER THE 30 00:03:13,192 --> 00:03:14,327 YOSHINOBU PERSONNEL LOOKING 31 00:03:14,327 --> 00:03:16,129 AFTER THE LAUNCH OF THE ROCKET 32 00:03:16,129 --> 00:03:17,397 TRACKING DOWN FOR THE COUNTDOWN. 33 00:03:17,397 --> 00:03:19,332 HERE IN MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON, 34 00:03:19,332 --> 00:03:21,100 GOOD REPORTS SO FAR AS WE'RE 35 00:03:21,100 --> 00:03:23,970 COUNTING DOWN TO THAT LAUNCH. 36 00:03:23,970 --> 00:03:25,505 THIS IS THE LIVE VIEW FROM 37 00:03:25,505 --> 00:03:27,774 MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON IN 38 00:03:27,774 --> 00:03:28,641 HOUSTON, TEXAS. 39 00:03:28,641 --> 00:03:30,843 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 40 00:03:30,843 --> 00:03:32,979 FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM NOW LEAD BY 41 00:03:32,979 --> 00:03:40,420 FLIGHT DIRECTOR GREG WHITNEY. 42 00:03:40,420 --> 00:03:41,487 VISITING VEHICLE OFFICERS IN THE 43 00:03:41,487 --> 00:03:44,857 ROOM COMMUNICATING WITH HTV 44 00:03:44,857 --> 00:03:47,293 FLIGHT CONTROLLERS OVER IN 45 00:03:47,293 --> 00:03:50,463 TSUKUBA, JAPAN. 46 00:03:50,463 --> 00:03:54,100 TANEGASHIMA TOWARDS THE CENTER 47 00:03:54,100 --> 00:03:59,172 HTV FLIGHT CONTROLLERS WILL SEE 48 00:03:59,172 --> 00:04:00,707 THROUGH THE VEHICLE'S TRAJECTORY 49 00:04:00,707 --> 00:04:03,476 TO MEET UP WITH THE ULTIMATE 50 00:04:03,476 --> 00:04:05,345 DESTINATION INTERNATIONAL SPACE 51 00:04:05,345 --> 00:04:06,646 STATION CONTROLLED FROM THIS 52 00:04:06,646 --> 00:04:23,630 VIEW RIGHT HERE. 53 00:04:23,630 --> 00:04:25,131 AGAIN, EVERYTHING ON TRACK FOR 54 00:04:25,131 --> 00:04:29,569 THAT LAUNCH ON TIME 11:05 A.M. 55 00:04:29,569 --> 00:04:38,011 CENTRAL TIME AND 1:05 OUT AT THE 56 00:04:38,011 --> 00:04:41,781 PAD AT THE YOSHINOBU COMPLEX. 57 00:04:41,781 --> 00:04:45,852 THE HTV WILL BE CARRYING THE 4 58 00:04:45,852 --> 00:04:47,453 TON SPACECRAFT AND ABOUT 15- 59 00:04:47,453 --> 00:04:50,957 MINUTE ASCENT BEFORE THE HTV IS 60 00:04:50,957 --> 00:04:54,761 SEPARATED FROM THE ROCKET. 61 00:04:54,761 --> 00:04:57,697 YOU CAN SEE THE 4 STRAP-ON 62 00:04:57,697 --> 00:04:58,498 BOOSTERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE 63 00:04:58,498 --> 00:05:00,066 ROCKET THAT WILL HELP WITH THE 64 00:05:00,066 --> 00:05:02,669 INITIAL LIFT. 65 00:05:02,669 --> 00:05:05,638 THOSE SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS WILL 66 00:05:05,638 --> 00:05:07,340 BURN FOR NEARLY 2 MINUTES. 67 00:05:07,340 --> 00:05:09,142 1:54 SECONDS BEFORE THEY'RE 68 00:05:09,142 --> 00:05:10,443 SEPARATED IN THAT CORE STAGE 69 00:05:10,443 --> 00:05:13,346 THAT CONTAINS LIQUID FUEL AND 70 00:05:13,346 --> 00:05:16,549 LIQUID HYDROGEN AND LIQUID 71 00:05:16,549 --> 00:05:18,017 OXYGEN WILL BURN FOR 5 MINUTES 72 00:05:18,017 --> 00:05:20,153 AND 47 SECONDS TOTAL SINCE THE 73 00:05:20,153 --> 00:05:22,455 FIRST STAGE OF THE VEHICLE'S 74 00:05:22,455 --> 00:05:24,857 TRAVEL TO LOWER EARTH ORBIT. 75 00:05:24,857 --> 00:05:26,526 YOU CAN SEE SORT OF EXPLODED 76 00:05:26,526 --> 00:05:28,161 VIEW HERE THAT FIRST STAGE BURNS 77 00:05:28,161 --> 00:05:30,163 FOR THE FIRST 5 MINUTES, 47 78 00:05:30,163 --> 00:05:32,732 SECONDS. 79 00:05:32,732 --> 00:05:34,167 YOU CAN SEE THE PAYLOAD FAIRING 80 00:05:34,167 --> 00:05:35,735 AT THE VERY TOP THAT WILL 81 00:05:35,735 --> 00:05:43,509 SEPARATE IN ABOUT 3:40 AND HTV 82 00:05:43,509 --> 00:05:44,744 WILL CONTINUE TO BURN AFTER THAT 83 00:05:44,744 --> 00:05:46,079 FIRST STAGE SEPARATES FOR 84 00:05:46,079 --> 00:06:08,000 ANOTHER 8 MINUTES. 85 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:12,071 AGAIN, IN ABOUT 4 TONS OF CARGO 86 00:06:12,071 --> 00:06:13,806 INSIDE OF THE WHITE STORK. 87 00:06:13,806 --> 00:06:17,810 THE NAME OF THE H2 TRANSFER 88 00:06:17,810 --> 00:06:19,112 VEHICLE THAT WILL BE LAUNCHING 89 00:06:19,112 --> 00:06:20,913 HERE IN JUST UNDER 30 MINUTES. 90 00:06:20,913 --> 00:06:23,616 YOU CAN SEE THE EXPLODED VIEW OF 91 00:06:23,616 --> 00:06:25,084 THE HTV HERE INSIDE THE PRESSURE 92 00:06:25,084 --> 00:06:28,955 LIED LOGISTICS CARRIER IS ABOUT 93 00:06:28,955 --> 00:06:32,925 OVER 5,000 POUNDS OF GAR GO AND 94 00:06:32,925 --> 00:06:34,060 UNPRESSURIZED SEGMENT IS JUST 95 00:06:34,060 --> 00:06:38,431 OVER 3,000 POUNDS OF THE LITHIUM 96 00:06:38,431 --> 00:06:40,867 ION BATTERIES AND ADAPTER PLATES 97 00:06:40,867 --> 00:06:41,901 THAT ILL WITH BE PART OF A 98 00:06:41,901 --> 00:06:46,005 SERIES OF UPGRADES TO REPLACE 99 00:06:46,005 --> 00:06:50,276 LITHIUM -- THE AGING NICKEL 100 00:06:50,276 --> 00:06:51,577 HYDROGEN ON THE OUTSIDE AND 101 00:06:51,577 --> 00:06:53,646 STORE THE POWER PROVIDED THE 102 00:06:53,646 --> 00:06:55,114 SOLAR ARRAYS AND BE REPLACED 103 00:06:55,114 --> 00:06:58,117 WITH THE NEWER LITHIUM ION 104 00:06:58,117 --> 00:06:59,352 BATTERIES. 105 00:06:59,352 --> 00:07:01,988 YOU CAN SEE THE EXPOSED PALLET 106 00:07:01,988 --> 00:07:05,391 IS ACCESSIBLE ONCE HTV IS DOCKED 107 00:07:05,391 --> 00:07:07,059 AND ACCESSIBLE ROBOT 108 00:07:07,059 --> 00:07:08,094 PARTICULARLY TOWARDS THE TOP OF 109 00:07:08,094 --> 00:07:09,929 THIS VIEW YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT 110 00:07:09,929 --> 00:07:11,631 GRAPPLE FIXTURE IS WHERE THE 111 00:07:11,631 --> 00:07:13,132 ROBOTIC ARM WILL ACTUALLY PULL 112 00:07:13,132 --> 00:07:16,102 THE PALLET AND THAT LITHIUM 113 00:07:16,102 --> 00:07:18,571 BATTERY OUT FROM THE PRESSURIZED 114 00:07:18,571 --> 00:07:19,405 LOGISTICS MODULE. 115 00:07:19,405 --> 00:07:23,609 THE AVIONICS AND MODULE WILL 116 00:07:23,609 --> 00:07:25,311 CARRY IT THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT 117 00:07:25,311 --> 00:07:27,146 AND ON THE CARRIER TOWER WILL BE 118 00:07:27,146 --> 00:07:29,415 PROVIDED BY THE SOLAR ARRAYS YOU 119 00:07:29,415 --> 00:07:32,852 CAN SEE THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. 120 00:07:32,852 --> 00:07:34,220 THAT WILL PROVIDE POWER 121 00:07:34,220 --> 00:07:35,288 THROUGHOUT ITS FLIGHT OVER THE 122 00:07:35,288 --> 00:07:36,522 NEXT 4 DAYS. 123 00:07:36,522 --> 00:07:38,124 UNTIL IT RENDEZVOUS THIS 124 00:07:38,124 --> 00:07:39,392 SATURDAY EARLY IN THE MORNING 125 00:07:39,392 --> 00:07:44,864 CENTRAL TIME. 126 00:07:44,864 --> 00:07:47,266 AGAIN, THOSE LITHIUM ION 127 00:07:47,266 --> 00:07:48,634 BATTERIES WILL BE A KEY 128 00:07:48,634 --> 00:07:50,636 COMPONENT TO UPGRADING THE 129 00:07:50,636 --> 00:07:51,270 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 130 00:07:51,270 --> 00:07:54,207 THERE ARE 6 LITHIUM ION 131 00:07:54,207 --> 00:07:55,508 BATTERIES INSIDE OF THAT PALLET 132 00:07:55,508 --> 00:07:57,844 IN THE UNPRESSURIZED PORTION OF 133 00:07:57,844 --> 00:08:00,413 THE H2 TRANSFER VEHICLE. 134 00:08:00,413 --> 00:08:02,515 AGAIN, ONCE IT IS DOCKED TO THE 135 00:08:02,515 --> 00:08:03,182 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 136 00:08:03,182 --> 00:08:06,219 WE'RE LOOKING FOR IT TO BERTH IT 137 00:08:06,219 --> 00:08:09,288 TO THE NADIR PART OF THE HARMONY 138 00:08:09,288 --> 00:08:09,589 MODULE. 139 00:08:09,589 --> 00:08:10,790 YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS 140 00:08:10,790 --> 00:08:11,991 CONFIGURATION WHAT IT LOOK LIKE 141 00:08:11,991 --> 00:08:16,896 SOON. 142 00:08:16,896 --> 00:08:18,898 HTV-8 ON THE BOTTOM. 143 00:08:18,898 --> 00:08:20,466 THE ROBOTIC ARM WILL BE ABLE TO 144 00:08:20,466 --> 00:08:22,568 PULL OUT THE PAL LET WITH THE 145 00:08:22,568 --> 00:08:24,604 LITHIUM ION BATTERIES AND 146 00:08:24,604 --> 00:08:26,372 ADAPTER PLATES FROM THE 147 00:08:26,372 --> 00:08:27,073 UNPRESSURIZED PORTION OF THE 148 00:08:27,073 --> 00:08:29,108 VEHICLE. 149 00:08:29,108 --> 00:08:29,976 THERE ILL WITH BE SORT OF A 150 00:08:29,976 --> 00:08:31,677 HANDOFF MANEUVER WITH THE 151 00:08:31,677 --> 00:08:33,079 JAPANESE ROBOTIC ARM THAT YOU 152 00:08:33,079 --> 00:08:34,714 CAN SEE TOWARDS THE FORWARD END 153 00:08:34,714 --> 00:08:36,349 OF THE SCREEN AND THE FORWARD 154 00:08:36,349 --> 00:08:38,517 END OF THE STATION ON THE 155 00:08:38,517 --> 00:08:40,853 EXPOSED FACILITY OUTSIDE OF THE 156 00:08:40,853 --> 00:08:45,758 JAPANESE EXPERIMENT MODULE. 157 00:08:45,758 --> 00:08:47,693 THERE WILL BE A HAND OFF WHERE 158 00:08:47,693 --> 00:08:49,896 THE ROBOTIC ARM WILL HAND OFF TO 159 00:08:49,896 --> 00:08:52,899 THAT EXPOSED PALLET ROBOTIC ARM 160 00:08:52,899 --> 00:08:56,335 AND THEN THE ARM 2 WILL MAKE ITS 161 00:08:56,335 --> 00:08:59,071 WAY TO THE EXPERIMENT WHERE YOU 162 00:08:59,071 --> 00:09:00,539 CAN SEE IT IN THIS VIEW AND PULL 163 00:09:00,539 --> 00:09:02,842 OVER THOSE LITHIUM ION BATTERIES 164 00:09:02,842 --> 00:09:04,443 AND THE PALLET BECAUSE THE 165 00:09:04,443 --> 00:09:07,046 LITHIUM ION BATTERS AND ADAPTER 166 00:09:07,046 --> 00:09:08,481 PLATES ARE TO BE REPLACING THE 167 00:09:08,481 --> 00:09:11,017 FAR PORT SIDE OF THE 168 00:09:11,017 --> 00:09:11,717 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FROM 169 00:09:11,717 --> 00:09:16,322 THIS VIEW THE VERY FAR RIGHT. 170 00:09:16,322 --> 00:09:18,190 THERE WILL BE A SERIES OF 171 00:09:18,190 --> 00:09:20,059 SPACEWALKS NEXT MONTH TO 172 00:09:20,059 --> 00:09:21,394 COMPLETE THE INSTALLATION OF 173 00:09:21,394 --> 00:09:22,528 THAT WORK. 174 00:09:22,528 --> 00:09:25,564 SOME OF THE WORK WILL BE DONE 175 00:09:25,564 --> 00:09:27,400 ROBOT PARTICULARLY TO CONFIGURE 176 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,269 THE WORK SITE FOR THE ASTRONAUTS 177 00:09:30,269 --> 00:09:32,271 THAT WILL BE PERFORMING THE SWAP 178 00:09:32,271 --> 00:09:34,607 OVER A SERIES OF SPACEWALKS, 179 00:09:34,607 --> 00:09:37,043 AGAIN, LATER NEXT MONTH, 180 00:09:37,043 --> 00:09:42,982 OCTOBER. 181 00:09:42,982 --> 00:09:46,919 ON THE INSIDE OF THE HTV ABOUT 4 182 00:09:46,919 --> 00:09:49,689 TONS OF CARGO TOTAL BUT INSIDE 183 00:09:49,689 --> 00:09:53,359 IS PLENTY OF EXPERIMENTS AND PRO 184 00:09:53,359 --> 00:09:54,427 VISIONS FOR THE CREW. 185 00:09:54,427 --> 00:09:55,861 THOSE WILL BE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH 186 00:09:55,861 --> 00:10:01,600 THE NADIR PORT OF THE MODULE 187 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:07,340 WHERE ASTRONAUTS WILL BE ABLE TO 188 00:10:07,340 --> 00:10:08,741 ENTER THE VEHICLE AND GET SOME 189 00:10:08,741 --> 00:10:11,077 OF THE GOODS FROM THE 190 00:10:11,077 --> 00:10:17,850 INSIDE. 191 00:10:17,850 --> 00:10:19,318 GETTING ANOTHER VIEW. 192 00:10:19,318 --> 00:10:22,989 THIS IS AGAIN LIVE FROM SITE OF 193 00:10:22,989 --> 00:10:25,424 THE YOSHINOBU LAUNCH COMPLEX. 194 00:10:25,424 --> 00:10:30,396 THE H2B VEHICLE AND THE HTV 195 00:10:30,396 --> 00:10:33,099 CARGO VEHICLE ON THE VERY TOP. 196 00:10:33,099 --> 00:10:35,067 AGAIN, EVERYTHING'S TRACKING FOR 197 00:10:35,067 --> 00:10:38,204 A LAUNCH ON TIME AT 11:05 198 00:10:38,204 --> 00:10:46,579 SPECIFICALLY 11:05:05 A.M. 199 00:10:46,579 --> 00:10:47,079 CENTRAL TIME. 200 00:10:47,079 --> 00:10:48,714 THIS ILL WITH BE PUT UP WITH THE 201 00:10:48,714 --> 00:10:50,750 PROPER PHASING TO CATCH WITH THE 202 00:10:50,750 --> 00:10:51,450 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION THIS 203 00:10:51,450 --> 00:10:53,119 SATURDAY OVER ITS FLIGHT OVER 204 00:10:53,119 --> 00:10:55,321 THESE NEXT FEW DAYS TO MOVE 205 00:10:55,321 --> 00:10:57,957 SLOWLY AND INCREMENTALLY CLOSER 206 00:10:57,957 --> 00:11:01,127 TO THE ORBITING LABORATORY 250 207 00:11:01,127 --> 00:11:02,762 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH. 208 00:11:02,762 --> 00:11:04,497 SPACE STATION ON THIS MAP 209 00:11:04,497 --> 00:11:07,033 LOCATED AT THE SOUTHERN 210 00:11:07,033 --> 00:11:09,935 SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF CHILE ON 211 00:11:09,935 --> 00:11:12,271 THE NORTHEASTERN TRACK AT THE 212 00:11:12,271 --> 00:11:13,939 TIME OF LAUNCH THE INTERNATIONAL 213 00:11:13,939 --> 00:11:15,207 SPACE STATION WILL BE FLYING 214 00:11:15,207 --> 00:11:16,742 RIGHT OVER THE DEMOCRATIC 215 00:11:16,742 --> 00:11:19,078 REPUBLIC OF CONGO OVER SOUTH 216 00:11:19,078 --> 00:11:20,279 CENTRAL AFRICA AND AGAIN THIS 217 00:11:20,279 --> 00:11:21,881 WILL PUT IT IN THAT RIGHT 218 00:11:21,881 --> 00:11:26,185 PHASING SO THAT THE HTV WILL BE 219 00:11:26,185 --> 00:11:27,686 LAWN OFFING IN THE FAR SEAT ON 220 00:11:27,686 --> 00:11:29,355 THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS OF JAPAN 221 00:11:29,355 --> 00:11:32,091 WILL BE ABLE TO MEET UP WITH THE 222 00:11:32,091 --> 00:11:34,393 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR 223 00:11:34,393 --> 00:11:41,901 A RENDEZVOUS SATURDAY MORNING. 224 00:11:41,901 --> 00:11:45,905 11:05:00 A.M. CENTRAL TIME IS AN 225 00:11:45,905 --> 00:11:50,776 INSTANTANEOUS LAUNCH WINDOW 226 00:11:50,776 --> 00:11:52,912 LAUNCHING FROM THE TANEGASHIMA 227 00:11:52,912 --> 00:11:53,579 SPACE CENTER. 228 00:11:53,579 --> 00:11:55,414 THAT'S THE PART OF THAT LAUNCH 229 00:11:55,414 --> 00:11:57,216 COMPLEX WILL BE MONITORING THE 230 00:11:57,216 --> 00:11:58,818 LAUNCH. 231 00:11:58,818 --> 00:12:01,187 YOU CAN SEE HERE'S THE ISLAND OF 232 00:12:01,187 --> 00:12:02,588 TANEGASHIMA ON THE SOUTHERN END 233 00:12:02,588 --> 00:12:05,524 OF THAT ISLAND. 234 00:12:05,524 --> 00:12:07,326 THE ENTIRE TANEGASHIMA SPACE 235 00:12:07,326 --> 00:12:15,234 CENTER WITH AND THE H2B LAUNCH 236 00:12:15,234 --> 00:12:18,571 VEHICLE AND THE HTV-8 ON TOP OF 237 00:12:18,571 --> 00:12:20,072 THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE 238 00:12:20,072 --> 00:12:26,112 LAUNCH COMPLEX A FEW MILES AWAY. 239 00:12:26,112 --> 00:12:27,680 HERE'S MORE DETAILED OF THE 240 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:28,814 LAUNCH COMPLEX. 241 00:12:28,814 --> 00:12:30,382 WE'RE LIFTING OFF FROM LAUNCH 242 00:12:30,382 --> 00:12:37,756 PAD 2 TODAY. 243 00:12:37,756 --> 00:12:40,793 NOW THIS LAUNCH ITSELF HAS BEEN 244 00:12:40,793 --> 00:12:42,828 RESCHEDULED TO TODAY, 245 00:12:42,828 --> 00:12:44,797 SEPTEMBER 24TH U.S. TIME 246 00:12:44,797 --> 00:12:45,898 THERE'S ORIGINALLY SCHEDULE 247 00:12:45,898 --> 00:12:47,700 ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO ON 248 00:12:47,700 --> 00:12:50,236 SEPTEMBER 10TH U.S. TIME AND 249 00:12:50,236 --> 00:12:52,638 SEPTEMBER 11TH JAPAN TIME BUT 250 00:12:52,638 --> 00:12:54,840 WAS SCRUBBED TO THE FIRE AT THE 251 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:56,709 EXIT HOLD DURING THE COUNTDOWN 252 00:12:56,709 --> 00:13:02,348 OPERATION. 253 00:13:02,348 --> 00:13:07,386 THOUGH CONFIRMED THERE IS A HIGH 254 00:13:07,386 --> 00:13:08,821 POSSIBILITY THAT THE FIRE WOULD 255 00:13:08,821 --> 00:13:11,624 SPREAD THAT WAS DRIPPING FROM 256 00:13:11,624 --> 00:13:15,494 THE ENGINE. 257 00:13:15,494 --> 00:13:17,196 THEY HAVE TAKEN CORRECTIVE 258 00:13:17,196 --> 00:13:18,164 MEASURES AND ENSURED THAT WE'LL 259 00:13:18,164 --> 00:13:19,732 HAVE A NORMAL COUNTDOWN FOR 260 00:13:19,732 --> 00:13:20,065 TODAY. 261 00:13:20,065 --> 00:13:22,101 AGAIN EVERYTHING'S ON TRACK AND 262 00:13:22,101 --> 00:13:23,569 NASA INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS ALL 263 00:13:23,569 --> 00:13:26,172 ON TRACK FOR THE HTV-8 VEHICLE 264 00:13:26,172 --> 00:13:27,606 TO MEET UP WITH THE 265 00:13:27,606 --> 00:13:28,440 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 266 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:29,909 AGAIN, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT 267 00:13:29,909 --> 00:13:50,596 LAUNCH IN JUST ABOUT 21 MINUTES. 268 00:14:04,276 --> 00:14:05,211 NOW AGAIN AFTER THAT 269 00:14:05,211 --> 00:14:08,280 INVESTIGATION AND ENSURING THAT 270 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:11,750 THE HTV VEHICLE WAS READY FOR 271 00:14:11,750 --> 00:14:13,419 LAUNCH TODAY EVERYTHING WAS ON 272 00:14:13,419 --> 00:14:13,819 TRACK. 273 00:14:13,819 --> 00:14:16,155 THE EXPERIMENTS INSIDE WERE NOT 274 00:14:16,155 --> 00:14:17,489 UNLOADED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO 275 00:14:17,489 --> 00:14:19,658 TIME SENSITIVE BIOLOGICAL 276 00:14:19,658 --> 00:14:23,395 EXPERIMENTS INSIDE. 277 00:14:23,395 --> 00:14:28,133 EARLIER THIS WEEK THE HTV 278 00:14:28,133 --> 00:14:29,368 VEHICLE WAS ROLLED TO THE PAD. 279 00:14:29,368 --> 00:14:30,569 YOU CAN SEE THAT VIDEO GOING 280 00:14:30,569 --> 00:14:35,007 OVER TO CITE 2 SITTING WHERE 281 00:14:35,007 --> 00:14:37,209 IT'S SITTING NOW JUST AFTER 282 00:14:37,209 --> 00:14:54,560 MIDNIGHT JAPAN TIME. 283 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,662 THOSE 4 STRAP-ON BOOSTERS WILL 284 00:14:56,662 --> 00:14:58,631 HELP WITH THE INITIAL LIFT OF 285 00:14:58,631 --> 00:14:59,999 THE VEHICLE FOR THE FIRST TWO 286 00:14:59,999 --> 00:15:01,066 MINUTES OF THE FLIGHT BEFORE 287 00:15:01,066 --> 00:15:02,334 THERE ARE SEPARATED AND THE 288 00:15:02,334 --> 00:15:03,869 LIQUID OF THE FUEL OF THE FIRST 289 00:15:03,869 --> 00:15:05,337 STAGE CONTINUES TO BURN FOR AN 290 00:15:05,337 --> 00:15:46,245 ADDITIONAL ALMOST 4 MINUTES. 291 00:15:46,245 --> 00:15:48,981 NOW AGAIN, HTV VEHICLE ITSELF 292 00:15:48,981 --> 00:15:51,050 SEPARATED INTO SEVERAL PORTIONS 293 00:15:51,050 --> 00:15:54,520 INCLUDING A PRESSURIZED 294 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:59,358 COMPARTMENT THAT'S ACCESSIBLE 295 00:15:59,358 --> 00:16:00,993 FROM THE CREW AND THAT CAN BE 296 00:16:00,993 --> 00:16:02,094 ACCESSED FROM THE OUTSIDE AND 297 00:16:02,094 --> 00:16:04,897 GRAB THAT PALLET WITH LITHIUM 298 00:16:04,897 --> 00:16:06,899 ION BATTERIES AND ADAPTIVE 299 00:16:06,899 --> 00:16:07,700 PLATES ATTACHED. 300 00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:09,501 ON THE INSIDE OF THE PRESSURIZED 301 00:16:09,501 --> 00:16:11,236 LOGISTICS CARRIER AGAIN ARE JUST 302 00:16:11,236 --> 00:16:15,074 ABOUT 5,000 POUNDS OF GOODS, 303 00:16:15,074 --> 00:16:17,543 INCLUDING EXPERIMENTS, FOOD AND 304 00:16:17,543 --> 00:16:20,713 SUPPLIES AND HARDWARE. 305 00:16:20,713 --> 00:16:22,548 SOME OF THE EXPERIMENTS INCLUDE 306 00:16:22,548 --> 00:16:25,517 AN EXTENSION TO THE CELL BIOLOGY 307 00:16:25,517 --> 00:16:26,552 EXPERIMENT FACILITY. 308 00:16:26,552 --> 00:16:32,925 THIS ONE IS CALLED CBEF. 309 00:16:32,925 --> 00:16:35,561 THE PORTION THAT'S IN THE HTV IS 310 00:16:35,561 --> 00:16:39,865 THE CBEF-11 AN EXTENSION TO THE 311 00:16:39,865 --> 00:16:41,266 HARDWARE THAT INVESTIGATES 312 00:16:41,266 --> 00:16:42,501 BIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS AND 313 00:16:42,501 --> 00:16:45,904 INCLUDED A CENTRIFUGE TO HAVE 314 00:16:45,904 --> 00:16:47,139 VARIABLE GRAVITY. 315 00:16:47,139 --> 00:16:48,307 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 316 00:16:48,307 --> 00:16:49,675 BEING THE ONLY PLACE WHERE YOU 317 00:16:49,675 --> 00:16:51,977 HAVE THIS VARIABLE GRAVITY ALL 318 00:16:51,977 --> 00:16:54,079 THE WAY DOWN TO THE MICROGRAVITY 319 00:16:54,079 --> 00:16:58,784 ENVIRONMENT. 320 00:16:58,784 --> 00:16:59,952 THERE'S ALSO AN EXPERIMENT 321 00:16:59,952 --> 00:17:03,322 CALLED SOLISS. 322 00:17:03,322 --> 00:17:05,257 THIS IS A SMALL OPTICAL 323 00:17:05,257 --> 00:17:06,291 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT WILL 324 00:17:06,291 --> 00:17:09,461 BE TESTING A DIFFERENT FORM OF 325 00:17:09,461 --> 00:17:11,397 COMMUNICATIONS AND COOLING THAT 326 00:17:11,397 --> 00:17:17,936 IS PROVIDED BY AN EFU ADAPTER. 327 00:17:17,936 --> 00:17:18,937 THIS ILL WITH BE A DEMONSTRATION 328 00:17:18,937 --> 00:17:21,440 FOR FUTURE TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN 329 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:23,742 BE USED FOR BROADBAND AND DATA 330 00:17:23,742 --> 00:17:31,083 COMMUNICATION IN SPACE. 331 00:17:31,083 --> 00:17:33,886 THERE'S EXPERIMENTS -- 332 00:17:33,886 --> 00:17:36,121 BIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS AS WELL 333 00:17:36,121 --> 00:17:36,822 AS HARDWARE AND COMMUNICATIONS 334 00:17:36,822 --> 00:17:38,157 AND ANOTHER EXPERIMENT CALLED 335 00:17:38,157 --> 00:17:40,659 HOURGLASS WILL BE INVESTIGATING 336 00:17:40,659 --> 00:17:42,694 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GRAVITY 337 00:17:42,694 --> 00:17:45,697 AND THE BEHAVIOR OF GRANULE 338 00:17:45,697 --> 00:17:47,599 MATERIAL THAT COVERS THE SURFACE 339 00:17:47,599 --> 00:17:51,703 OF PLANETS AND PLANETARY LIKE 340 00:17:51,703 --> 00:17:53,071 BODIES. 341 00:17:53,071 --> 00:17:54,973 IT'S ARMED WITH AN HIGH 342 00:17:54,973 --> 00:17:56,442 DEFINITION CAMERA THAT WILL 343 00:17:56,442 --> 00:17:59,578 RECORD VIDEO AT 30 FRAMES PER 344 00:17:59,578 --> 00:18:00,846 SECOND AND SEE HOW THESE 345 00:18:00,846 --> 00:18:03,816 DIFFERENT MATERIALS MOVE IN THE 346 00:18:03,816 --> 00:18:18,697 MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT. 347 00:18:18,697 --> 00:18:22,100 >> FOR THOSE OF YOU JUST JOINING 348 00:18:22,100 --> 00:18:24,336 YOU'RE GIVING THE LIVE VIEW OF 349 00:18:24,336 --> 00:18:25,737 THE YOSHINOBU COMPLEX SITTING AT 350 00:18:25,737 --> 00:18:28,207 CITE 2 IS THE HTV LAUNCH VEHICLE 351 00:18:28,207 --> 00:18:31,710 AND ON TOP HTV-8 AS THE H2 352 00:18:31,710 --> 00:18:34,580 TRANSFER VEHICLE. 353 00:18:34,580 --> 00:18:36,048 WE'RE COUNTING DOWN TO A LAUNCH 354 00:18:36,048 --> 00:18:39,017 IN JUST ABOUT 16 MINUTES. 355 00:18:39,017 --> 00:18:42,087 11:05:05 A.M. CENTRAL TIME 356 00:18:42,087 --> 00:20:05,170 TODAY. 357 00:20:05,170 --> 00:20:06,505 AT THE LAUNCH COMPLEX THE 358 00:20:06,505 --> 00:20:07,839 WEATHER ITSELF LOOKING GOOD. 359 00:20:07,839 --> 00:20:09,641 AGAIN, EVERYTHING ON TRACK FOR A 360 00:20:09,641 --> 00:20:13,178 LAUNCH ON TIME AT 11:05 CENTRAL. 361 00:20:13,178 --> 00:20:16,481 1:05 JAPAN TIME OUT AT THE 362 00:20:16,481 --> 00:20:17,516 LAUNCH COMPLEX. 363 00:20:17,516 --> 00:20:23,322 IT'S ABOUT 73 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT 364 00:20:23,322 --> 00:20:26,491 PARTLY CLOUDY, JUST SHY OF 23 365 00:20:26,491 --> 00:20:29,127 DEGREES CENTIGRADE. 366 00:20:29,127 --> 00:20:30,495 A NICE COOLER AFTERNOON AND 367 00:20:30,495 --> 00:20:31,730 CLEAR SKIES FOR THE LAUNCH 368 00:20:31,730 --> 00:20:33,966 TODAY. 369 00:20:33,966 --> 00:20:36,301 AGAIN, AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH, 370 00:20:36,301 --> 00:20:39,237 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 371 00:20:39,237 --> 00:20:40,906 WILL BE FLYING RIGHT OVER THE 372 00:20:40,906 --> 00:20:42,975 MIDDLE OF AFRICA. 373 00:20:42,975 --> 00:20:46,144 NOW JUST EAST OFF THE COAST OF 374 00:20:46,144 --> 00:20:49,014 SOUTH AMERICA, JUST AT THE 375 00:20:49,014 --> 00:20:50,916 SOUTHERN BORDER OF BRAZIL, 376 00:20:50,916 --> 00:20:52,484 MAKING ITS WAY IN THE NORTHERN 377 00:20:52,484 --> 00:20:54,219 EASTERN TRACKING TOWARD THE 378 00:20:54,219 --> 00:20:56,888 AFRICAN CONTINENT. 379 00:20:56,888 --> 00:20:58,890 HTV AND THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 380 00:20:58,890 --> 00:20:59,958 STATION WILL BE IN THE PROPER 381 00:20:59,958 --> 00:21:01,393 PHASING. 382 00:21:01,393 --> 00:21:03,328 AND HTV WILL MEET THE 383 00:21:03,328 --> 00:21:04,196 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION THIS 384 00:21:04,196 --> 00:21:08,767 SATURDAY. 385 00:21:08,767 --> 00:21:10,936 WE'RE LOOKING AT A CAPTURE TIME 386 00:21:10,936 --> 00:21:13,672 ON SATURDAY ABOUT 6:15 A.M. 387 00:21:13,672 --> 00:21:53,078 CENTRAL TIME. 388 00:21:53,078 --> 00:21:55,781 NOW THE LAUNCH OF HTV TODAY ON 389 00:21:55,781 --> 00:21:57,516 SEPTEMBER 24TH COMES ONE DAY 390 00:21:57,516 --> 00:21:59,317 BEFORE THE LAUNCH A NEW CREW TO 391 00:21:59,317 --> 00:22:00,218 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 392 00:22:00,218 --> 00:22:03,155 CURRENTLY, 6 CREW MEMBERS ABOARD 393 00:22:03,155 --> 00:22:04,122 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 394 00:22:04,122 --> 00:22:07,459 BUT BY THE TIME HTV ARRIVES THIS 395 00:22:07,459 --> 00:22:09,127 SATURDAY, THERE WILL BE 9 CREW 396 00:22:09,127 --> 00:22:10,462 MEMBERS ABOARD. 397 00:22:10,462 --> 00:22:11,930 HERE'S THE CURRENT CREW AS WE 398 00:22:11,930 --> 00:22:14,166 SEE THEM ON BOARD TODAY 399 00:22:14,166 --> 00:22:15,067 SEPTEMBER 24TH. 400 00:22:15,067 --> 00:22:16,435 FROM THE TOP LEFT WE HAVE 401 00:22:16,435 --> 00:22:17,502 COMMANDER OF THE INTERNATIONAL 402 00:22:17,502 --> 00:22:20,105 SPACE STATION ALEXEY OVCHININ, 403 00:22:20,105 --> 00:22:21,673 GOING CLOCKWISE, WE HAVE NICK 404 00:22:21,673 --> 00:22:24,409 HAGUE OF NASA. 405 00:22:24,409 --> 00:22:25,711 LUCA PARMITANO OF THE EUROPEAN 406 00:22:25,711 --> 00:22:27,012 SPACE AGENCY, ALEXANDER 407 00:22:27,012 --> 00:22:30,382 SKVORTSOV OF ROSCOSMOS, ANDREW 408 00:22:30,382 --> 00:22:47,265 MORGAN OF NASA AND CHRISTINA 409 00:22:47,265 --> 00:22:48,934 KOCH. 410 00:22:48,934 --> 00:22:53,171 SHE'LL BE LEADING AS IT 411 00:22:53,171 --> 00:22:53,872 APPROACHES INTERNATIONAL SPACE 412 00:22:53,872 --> 00:22:54,606 STATION. 413 00:22:54,606 --> 00:22:57,142 LAUNCHING TOMORROW ABOARD THE 414 00:22:57,142 --> 00:23:00,112 SOYUZ VEHICLE ON MS-15 WILL BE 3 415 00:23:00,112 --> 00:23:02,814 NEW CREW MEMBERS. 416 00:23:02,814 --> 00:23:04,750 THEY INCLUDE NASA'S JESSICA 417 00:23:04,750 --> 00:23:05,884 MEIR, 418 00:23:05,884 --> 00:23:09,020 ALEX SKVORTSOV OF ROSCOSMOS AND 419 00:23:09,020 --> 00:23:11,123 HAZZAA ALI ALMANSOORI OF THE 420 00:23:11,123 --> 00:23:17,496 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. 421 00:23:17,496 --> 00:23:19,464 THE 3 CREW MEMBERS WILL BE 422 00:23:19,464 --> 00:23:20,699 LAUNCHING TOMORROW MORNING 423 00:23:20,699 --> 00:23:21,299 CENTRAL TIME. 424 00:23:21,299 --> 00:23:23,335 YOU CAN TUNE IN TO THE NASA TV 425 00:23:23,335 --> 00:23:28,907 TO SEE THEIR LAUNCH FROM THE 426 00:23:28,907 --> 00:23:29,441 COSMODROME. 427 00:23:29,441 --> 00:23:31,977 THEY'LL RENDEZVOUS QUICKLY AND 428 00:23:31,977 --> 00:23:35,413 DO A 4 ORBIT RENDEZVOUS TO CATCH 429 00:23:35,413 --> 00:23:38,483 UP WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 430 00:23:38,483 --> 00:23:41,987 STATION AND DOCK TO THE RUSSIAN 431 00:23:41,987 --> 00:23:43,421 SIDE LATER THE EVENING. 432 00:23:43,421 --> 00:23:46,158 THE DOCKING SCHEDULED AT 2:45 433 00:23:46,158 --> 00:23:46,792 CENTRAL TIME. 434 00:23:46,792 --> 00:23:49,294 9 CREW MEMBERS ABOARD. 435 00:23:49,294 --> 00:23:53,398 YOU CAN SEE AT THE AFT END OF 436 00:23:53,398 --> 00:23:54,566 THIS STATION WILL BE JOINING THE 437 00:23:54,566 --> 00:23:57,235 6 CREW MEMBERS TO MAKE 9 TOTAL 438 00:23:57,235 --> 00:23:59,371 AND THEY'LL DO AN 8-DAY 439 00:23:59,371 --> 00:24:03,308 HANDOVER. 440 00:24:03,308 --> 00:24:06,778 SECTION A, NICK HAGUE AND HA SAN 441 00:24:06,778 --> 00:24:12,484 WILL ABOARD ON OCTOBER 3RD. 442 00:24:12,484 --> 00:24:17,255 AND MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN TO THE 443 00:24:17,255 --> 00:24:29,067 STEPS THERE ILL WITH BE 9 CREW 444 00:24:29,067 --> 00:24:30,502 MEMBERS ON BOARD OF THE 445 00:24:30,502 --> 00:24:32,204 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WHEN 446 00:24:32,204 --> 00:24:36,007 THEY ARRIVE WITH CHRISTINA KOCH 447 00:24:36,007 --> 00:24:40,412 TO GRAB THE 4 TONS OF CARGO. 448 00:24:40,412 --> 00:24:42,681 3 CREW MEMBERS WILL DEPART ON 449 00:24:42,681 --> 00:24:45,116 OCTOBER 3RD AND EXPEDITION 61 450 00:24:45,116 --> 00:24:48,019 WILL TAKE OVER AT THE TIME OF 451 00:24:48,019 --> 00:24:50,121 EXPEDITION CRY AND HERE'S CREW. 452 00:24:50,121 --> 00:24:53,091 WE HAVE NASA ANDREW MORGAN 453 00:24:53,091 --> 00:24:56,695 ALEXANDER OF ROSCOSMOS AND THE 454 00:24:56,695 --> 00:24:59,030 EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY AND THEN 455 00:24:59,030 --> 00:25:00,599 JOINING HERE TOMORROW WILL BE 456 00:25:00,599 --> 00:25:05,203 ALEX AND JESSICA MEIR AND TO 457 00:25:05,203 --> 00:25:09,274 ROUND IT OUT THE CREW HER LONG 458 00:25:09,274 --> 00:25:12,911 DURATION STAY ALMOST 11 MONTHS 459 00:25:12,911 --> 00:26:01,192 LONG WILL BE CHRISTINA KOCH. 460 00:26:01,426 --> 00:26:02,994 9 MINUTES TO LAUNCH AT THIS 461 00:26:02,994 --> 00:26:04,129 TIME. 462 00:26:04,129 --> 00:26:07,265 HTV-8 ON TOP OF THE H22B VEHICLE 463 00:26:07,265 --> 00:26:10,135 THAT'S LIFTING UP FROM YOSHINOBU 464 00:26:10,135 --> 00:26:58,984 LAUNCH COMPLEX OF TANEGASHIMA. 465 00:26:58,984 --> 00:27:03,188 NOW JUST 8 MINUTES TO LAUNCH. 466 00:27:03,188 --> 00:27:06,124 COUNTING DOWN TO 11:05 A.M. 467 00:27:06,124 --> 00:27:12,097 CENTRAL AND 1:05, 468 00:27:12,097 --> 00:27:13,098 SEPTEMBER 25TH, JAPAN TIME FOR 469 00:27:13,098 --> 00:27:17,669 THE LAUNCH. 470 00:27:17,669 --> 00:27:20,305 AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT 15 TIMES FROM 471 00:27:20,305 --> 00:27:21,573 THE TIME OF LIFTOFF THAT THE 472 00:27:21,573 --> 00:27:26,277 TIME THAT THE H2 VEHICLE IS 473 00:27:26,277 --> 00:27:26,611 SEPARATED. 474 00:27:26,611 --> 00:27:27,746 GOING THROUGH THE FLIGHT 475 00:27:27,746 --> 00:27:29,080 SEQUENCE AFTER LIFTOFF CAN THE 476 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:30,882 SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS AND THAT 477 00:27:30,882 --> 00:27:32,751 FIRST STAGE CONTAIN A LIQUID 478 00:27:32,751 --> 00:27:35,353 FUEL WILL BURN FOR 1 MINUTE AND 479 00:27:35,353 --> 00:27:39,057 54 SECONDS UNTIL SOLID ROCKET 480 00:27:39,057 --> 00:27:41,059 BOOSTERS THEMSELVES BURN OUT. 481 00:27:41,059 --> 00:27:48,066 THEY'LL JETTISON IN PAIRS. 482 00:27:48,066 --> 00:27:50,902 DIVIDED BY SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS 483 00:27:50,902 --> 00:27:54,706 A AND B AND SEPARATE 3 SECONDS 484 00:27:54,706 --> 00:27:55,707 APART FROM EACH OTHER. 485 00:27:55,707 --> 00:27:57,675 AND THEN TWO MINUTES AND 7 486 00:27:57,675 --> 00:27:58,510 SECONDS INTO THE FLIGHT THAT 487 00:27:58,510 --> 00:28:01,212 SECOND PAIR WILL JETTISON AS 488 00:28:01,212 --> 00:28:03,948 THAT FIRST STAGE CONTINUES TO 489 00:28:03,948 --> 00:28:08,186 CARRY THE HTV UP IN ORBIT. 490 00:28:08,186 --> 00:28:09,654 THE FIRST STAGE WILL BURN 5 491 00:28:09,654 --> 00:28:11,523 MINUTES AND 47 SECONDS AND WHEN 492 00:28:11,523 --> 00:28:13,958 THE VEHICLE IS AT A FAIR ENOUGH 493 00:28:13,958 --> 00:28:17,162 ALTITUDE ABOUT 3 MINUTES AND 40 494 00:28:17,162 --> 00:28:21,599 SECONDS THE FAIRING ITSELF WILL 495 00:28:21,599 --> 00:28:23,568 JETTISON AND REVEAL IT 496 00:28:23,568 --> 00:28:24,135 UNDERNEATH. 497 00:28:24,135 --> 00:28:26,071 HERE'S NICE COUNTDOWN OF THE 498 00:28:26,071 --> 00:28:26,938 FLIGHT SEQUENCE. 499 00:28:26,938 --> 00:28:29,441 AGAIN, 5 MINUTES AND 47 SECONDS 500 00:28:29,441 --> 00:28:31,242 IS WHEN THE FIRST STAGE WILL CUT 501 00:28:31,242 --> 00:28:32,944 OFF. 502 00:28:32,944 --> 00:28:34,913 THEY'LL ENTER A SHORT COAST OF 503 00:28:34,913 --> 00:28:36,614 PERIOD OF ABOUT 7 SECONDS BEFORE 504 00:28:36,614 --> 00:28:38,416 THAT FIRST STAGE SEPARATES FROM 505 00:28:38,416 --> 00:28:41,186 THE VEHICLE. 506 00:28:41,186 --> 00:28:43,221 THE SECOND STAGE IGNITES JUST 507 00:28:43,221 --> 00:28:46,825 AFTER 6 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT. 508 00:28:46,825 --> 00:28:49,094 AND CARRIES IT FOR ANOTHER 8 509 00:28:49,094 --> 00:28:54,799 MINUTES AND 19 SECONDS. 510 00:28:54,799 --> 00:28:56,201 NOW AFTER THE SECOND STAGE CUTS 511 00:28:56,201 --> 00:28:59,604 OFF, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SHORT 512 00:28:59,604 --> 00:29:01,039 COAST PERIOD. 513 00:29:01,039 --> 00:29:03,208 BEFORE THAT SECOND STAGE 514 00:29:03,208 --> 00:29:04,843 PHYSICALLY SEPARATES FROM THE 515 00:29:04,843 --> 00:29:08,847 HTV VEHICLE. 516 00:29:08,847 --> 00:29:10,281 AND THAT SEPARATION OCCURRING 517 00:29:10,281 --> 00:29:12,784 JUST ABOUT 15 MINUTES AFTER 518 00:29:12,784 --> 00:29:19,524 LIFTOFF. 519 00:29:19,524 --> 00:29:21,993 ONCE THE HTV IS IN GOOD ORBIT 520 00:29:21,993 --> 00:29:23,795 WE'LL CONFIRM THE SOLAR PANELS 521 00:29:23,795 --> 00:29:26,331 THAT ARE ALONG THE OUTSIDE OF 522 00:29:26,331 --> 00:29:27,932 THE VEHICLE ARE RECEIVING GOOD 523 00:29:27,932 --> 00:29:31,503 POWER AND THEN HTV CONTROL OVER 524 00:29:31,503 --> 00:29:33,738 IN TSUKUBA, JAPAN WILL TAKE OVER 525 00:29:33,738 --> 00:29:34,873 THE FLIGHT OF THE VEHICLE FOR 526 00:29:34,873 --> 00:29:38,109 THE NEXT FEW DAYS UNTIL ITS 527 00:29:38,109 --> 00:29:38,943 RENDEZVOUS TO THE INTERNATIONAL 528 00:29:38,943 --> 00:29:39,611 SPACE STATION THIS SATURDAY 529 00:29:39,611 --> 00:29:50,121 MORNING. 530 00:29:50,121 --> 00:29:53,258 NOW 11:00 A.M. CENTRAL TIME AND 531 00:29:53,258 --> 00:29:54,759 1:00 A.M. OUT AT THE PAD AND 5 532 00:29:54,759 --> 00:30:17,315 MINUTES UNTIL LAUNCH. 533 00:30:17,315 --> 00:30:19,651 A NICE PAN OF THE VEHICLE THAT 534 00:30:19,651 --> 00:30:22,187 FAIRING UP AT THE TOP, WHITE 535 00:30:22,187 --> 00:30:24,222 FAIRING UNDERNEATH THE HTV-8 536 00:30:24,222 --> 00:30:26,057 VEHICLE AND THE 4 TONS OF CARGO 537 00:30:26,057 --> 00:30:27,525 INSIDE. 538 00:30:27,525 --> 00:30:30,728 3,000 POUNDS OF LITHIUM ICON 539 00:30:30,728 --> 00:30:32,597 BATTERIES AND ASSOCIATED ADAPTER 540 00:30:32,597 --> 00:30:33,898 PLATES ON THE PALLET THAT WILL 541 00:30:33,898 --> 00:30:36,367 BE RETRIEVED FROM THE OUTSIDE 542 00:30:36,367 --> 00:30:38,870 AND REST OF THE INSIDE WILL BE 543 00:30:38,870 --> 00:30:39,604 RETRIEVED BY THE CREW. 544 00:30:39,604 --> 00:30:41,039 THIS INCLUDES MANY EXPERIMENTS 545 00:30:41,039 --> 00:30:43,641 AS WELL AS SOME HARDWARE, TOOLS 546 00:30:43,641 --> 00:30:47,712 AND FOOD. 547 00:30:47,712 --> 00:30:49,714 SOME OF THE TOOLS INSIDE INCLUDE 548 00:30:49,714 --> 00:30:51,716 SPECIAL SPACEWALKING TOOLS THAT 549 00:30:51,716 --> 00:30:55,019 WILL BE USED FOR THE ALPHA 550 00:30:55,019 --> 00:30:57,922 MAGNETIC SPECTROMETER REPAIR. 551 00:30:57,922 --> 00:31:03,328 THAT WILL BE SCHEDULED LATER IN 552 00:31:03,328 --> 00:31:04,195 EXPEDITION 61. 553 00:31:04,195 --> 00:31:06,698 THOSE TWO ARE ESPECIALLY 554 00:31:06,698 --> 00:31:08,733 DESIGNED TO WORK WITH A DELICATE 555 00:31:08,733 --> 00:31:11,035 PIECE OF HARDWARE. 556 00:31:11,035 --> 00:31:15,440 THERE'S ALSO OXYGEN AND NITROGEN 557 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:17,542 TANKS, SOME SPECIALIZED HARDWARE 558 00:31:17,542 --> 00:31:21,012 FOR THE WATER RECOVERY SYSTEM. 559 00:31:21,012 --> 00:31:28,920 AS WELL AS THE TREADMILL. 560 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:30,555 AGAIN IN THE PRESSURIZED 561 00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:31,656 COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE ABOUT 562 00:31:31,656 --> 00:31:37,495 5,000 POUNDS OF CARGO. 563 00:31:37,495 --> 00:31:38,863 MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON 564 00:31:38,863 --> 00:31:41,899 FOLLOWING ALONG FROM THE 565 00:31:41,899 --> 00:31:45,370 MILESTONES PROVIDED BY THE HTV 566 00:31:45,370 --> 00:31:46,804 CONTROL AND TAKESAKI RANGE 567 00:31:46,804 --> 00:31:48,973 CONTROL OVER AT THE TANEGASHIMA 568 00:31:48,973 --> 00:31:50,408 SPACE CENTER THAT IS OVER SEEING 569 00:31:50,408 --> 00:31:52,310 THE LAUNCH EVERYTHING STILL ON 570 00:31:52,310 --> 00:31:55,647 TRACK FOR LAUNCH JUST 3 MINUTES 571 00:31:55,647 --> 00:32:10,895 FROM NOW. 572 00:32:10,895 --> 00:32:14,165 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 573 00:32:14,165 --> 00:32:16,200 PASSING OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN 574 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,403 NOW CROSSING OVER INTO THE 575 00:32:18,403 --> 00:32:21,339 COUNTRY OF -- THE CONTINENT OF 576 00:32:21,339 --> 00:32:22,273 AFRICA. 577 00:32:22,273 --> 00:32:23,574 THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE 578 00:32:23,574 --> 00:32:28,546 COUNTRY OF LIBERIA. 579 00:32:28,546 --> 00:32:30,014 IT'S ON THE NORTHEASTERN TRACK 580 00:32:30,014 --> 00:32:31,582 AND LOCATED OVER AFRICA AT THE 581 00:32:31,582 --> 00:32:33,351 TIME OF LAUNCH, LAUNCH BEING 582 00:32:33,351 --> 00:32:35,653 OVER THE EAST AT ONE OF THE 583 00:32:35,653 --> 00:32:37,088 SOUTHERN ISLANDS OF JAPAN. 584 00:32:37,088 --> 00:32:56,574 YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THIS MAP. 585 00:32:56,574 --> 00:32:57,809 EVERYTHING STILL ON TRACK FROM 586 00:32:57,809 --> 00:32:59,911 HERE IN MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON 587 00:32:59,911 --> 00:33:01,612 AND OUT OF THE RANGE CONTROL 588 00:33:01,612 --> 00:33:03,081 CENTER AND HTV CONTROL. 589 00:33:03,081 --> 00:33:57,101 LESS THAN TWO MINUTES TO LAUNCH. 590 00:33:57,101 --> 00:33:59,704 1 MINUTE UNTIL LAUNCH. 591 00:33:59,704 --> 00:34:24,929 EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD SO FAR. 592 00:34:24,929 --> 00:34:26,063 30 SECONDS TO LAUNCH. 593 00:34:26,063 --> 00:34:28,366 AGAIN THE SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS 594 00:34:28,366 --> 00:34:30,067 AND THAT CORE STAGE THE FIRST 595 00:34:30,067 --> 00:34:32,870 STAGE CONTAINING LIQUID FUEL 596 00:34:32,870 --> 00:34:34,906 WILL CARRY THE ROCKET THROUGH 597 00:34:34,906 --> 00:34:35,506 THE FIRST. 598 00:34:35,506 --> 00:34:44,015 1:54 OF ITS LAUNCH. 599 00:34:44,015 --> 00:34:44,949 EVERYTHING STILL ON TRACK. 600 00:34:44,949 --> 00:34:46,751 10 SECONDS TO LAUNCH. 601 00:34:46,751 --> 00:34:48,219 GETTING A GOOD VIEW OF THE 602 00:34:48,219 --> 00:34:49,654 ENGINE UNDERNEATH AND NOW 603 00:34:49,654 --> 00:35:02,767 IGNITING. 604 00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:03,801 ZERO AND LIFTOFF. 605 00:35:03,801 --> 00:35:06,871 THE HTV-8 AND ROCKET CARING ITS 606 00:35:06,871 --> 00:35:07,839 WAY. 607 00:35:07,839 --> 00:35:10,007 4 TONS OF CARGO TO THE 608 00:35:10,007 --> 00:35:18,316 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 609 00:35:18,316 --> 00:35:20,051 LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT SKY OVER 610 00:35:20,051 --> 00:35:21,719 SOUTHERN JAPAN, EVERYTHING 611 00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:22,920 LOOKING GOOD THROUGH THE FLIGHT 612 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:27,625 SO FAR. 613 00:35:27,625 --> 00:35:31,095 THE 4 STRAP ON SOLID ROCKET 614 00:35:31,095 --> 00:35:32,997 BOOSTER WILL CARRY THE VEHICLE 615 00:35:32,997 --> 00:35:34,432 THROUGH THE FIRST 1 MINUTE AND 616 00:35:34,432 --> 00:35:56,754 54 SECONDS OF THE LAUNCH. 617 00:35:56,754 --> 00:36:29,587 NOW 1 MINUTE INTO THE FLIGHT. 618 00:36:29,587 --> 00:36:30,988 20 MORE SECONDS BEFORE THOSE 619 00:36:30,988 --> 00:36:33,691 SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS BURN OUT. 620 00:36:33,691 --> 00:36:35,960 EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD SO FAR. 621 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:37,962 VEHICLE ITSELF HEADING TOWARDS 622 00:36:37,962 --> 00:36:41,265 THE SOUTHEAST AGAIN TO MEET UP 623 00:36:41,265 --> 00:36:44,602 WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 624 00:36:44,602 --> 00:36:52,376 STATION. 625 00:36:52,376 --> 00:36:54,812 SEE THE SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS 626 00:36:54,812 --> 00:36:56,314 BEGINNING TO BURN OUT. 627 00:36:56,314 --> 00:36:58,082 WE SHOULD SEE THEM SEPARATE IN 628 00:36:58,082 --> 00:36:59,317 PAIRS. 629 00:36:59,317 --> 00:37:00,751 COMING UP HERE IN JUST A FEW 630 00:37:00,751 --> 00:37:09,226 SECONDS. 631 00:37:09,226 --> 00:37:11,262 THERE'S THE FIRST PAIR OF SOLID 632 00:37:11,262 --> 00:37:15,499 ROCKET BOOSTERS SEPARATING. 633 00:37:15,499 --> 00:37:22,506 AND THE SECOND PAIR. 634 00:37:22,506 --> 00:37:24,008 THE CORE STAGE WILL CONTINUE TO 635 00:37:24,008 --> 00:37:26,010 BURN UNTIL 5 MINUTES AND 47 636 00:37:26,010 --> 00:37:28,179 SECONDS INTO THE FLIGHT BURNING 637 00:37:28,179 --> 00:37:30,715 LIQUID FUEL AND LIQUID HYDROGEN 638 00:37:30,715 --> 00:37:39,123 AND LIQUID OXYGEN. 639 00:37:39,123 --> 00:37:40,958 GOOD CONFIRMATION OF BOOSTER 640 00:37:40,958 --> 00:37:41,459 SEPARATION. 641 00:37:41,459 --> 00:37:42,927 2 MINUTES AND 47 SECONDS INTO 642 00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:43,661 THE FLIGHT. 643 00:37:43,661 --> 00:37:45,262 3 MINUTES LEFT OF THIS FIRST 644 00:37:45,262 --> 00:38:40,751 STAGE. 645 00:38:40,751 --> 00:38:42,887 3 MINUTES, 47 SECONDS INTO THE 646 00:38:42,887 --> 00:38:44,355 FLIGHT, EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD 647 00:38:44,355 --> 00:38:45,489 SO FAR. 648 00:38:45,489 --> 00:38:47,258 THAT FIRST STAGE WILL CONTINUE 649 00:38:47,258 --> 00:39:41,612 TO BURN FOR ANOTHER 2 MINUTES. 650 00:39:41,612 --> 00:39:42,780 4 MINUTES AND 47 SECONDS INTO 651 00:39:42,780 --> 00:39:43,914 THE FLIGHT. 652 00:39:43,914 --> 00:39:46,350 ONE MINUTE LEFT OF THIS STAGE. 653 00:39:46,350 --> 00:39:47,885 EVERYTHING CONTINUES TO BE ON 654 00:39:47,885 --> 00:39:49,820 TRACK THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT OF 655 00:39:49,820 --> 00:39:52,289 THE HTV TODAY. 656 00:39:52,289 --> 00:39:55,659 AND THE H2B ROCKET PERFORMING 657 00:39:55,659 --> 00:39:56,794 NOMINALLY. 658 00:39:56,794 --> 00:39:58,429 AGAIN, 5 MINUTES AND 47 SECONDS 659 00:39:58,429 --> 00:40:00,131 INTO THE FLIGHT WILL BE THE 660 00:40:00,131 --> 00:40:02,133 CUTOFF OF THAT FIRST STAGE. 661 00:40:02,133 --> 00:40:04,869 IT WILL ENTER INTO A 7 SECOND 662 00:40:04,869 --> 00:40:07,171 COAST PERIOD BEFORE THE FIRST 663 00:40:07,171 --> 00:40:11,108 AND SECOND STAGE SEPARATES. 664 00:40:11,108 --> 00:40:12,543 ANOTHER 7 SECONDS UNTIL THE 665 00:40:12,543 --> 00:40:17,148 SECOND STAGE IS IGNITED. 666 00:40:17,148 --> 00:40:18,282 EVERYTHING CONTINUING TO BE ON 667 00:40:18,282 --> 00:40:18,616 TRACK. 668 00:40:18,616 --> 00:40:20,451 5 MINUTES, 27 SECONDS INTO THE 669 00:40:20,451 --> 00:40:21,085 FLIGHT. 670 00:40:21,085 --> 00:40:22,920 20 MORE SECONDS OF THE FIRST 671 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:50,114 STAGE BURNING. 672 00:40:50,114 --> 00:40:50,915 SWITCHING TO ANIMATION RIGHT 673 00:40:50,915 --> 00:40:52,049 AFTER THE BURNOUT OF THE FIRST 674 00:40:52,049 --> 00:41:21,579 STAGE. 675 00:41:21,579 --> 00:41:23,214 AND CONFIRMATION THAT THAT FIRST 676 00:41:23,214 --> 00:41:24,949 STAGE DID SUCCESSFULLY CUT OFF. 677 00:41:24,949 --> 00:41:27,985 SECOND STAGE BURNING NOW. 678 00:41:27,985 --> 00:41:30,487 FIRST AND SECOND STAGES 679 00:41:30,487 --> 00:41:32,156 SEPARATED. 680 00:41:32,156 --> 00:41:34,658 THIS SECOND STAGE WILL BURN FOR 681 00:41:34,658 --> 00:41:38,495 WELL OVER 8 MINUTES, 8 MINUTES 682 00:41:38,495 --> 00:41:42,199 19 SECONDS. 683 00:41:42,199 --> 00:41:44,101 IT WILL BE JUST OVER 15 MINUTES 684 00:41:44,101 --> 00:41:46,904 UNTIL THE HTV ITSELF IS INSERTED 685 00:41:46,904 --> 00:41:49,640 INTO A GOOD ORBIT. 686 00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:51,575 COMING UP ON 7 MINUTES INTO THE 687 00:41:51,575 --> 00:41:52,910 FLIGHT, EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD 688 00:41:52,910 --> 00:42:54,571 SO FAR. 689 00:42:54,571 --> 00:42:56,040 8 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT. 690 00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:58,042 HTV CONTINUING ON A NOMINAL 691 00:42:58,042 --> 00:42:59,610 TRACK HEADING TOWARDS THE 692 00:42:59,610 --> 00:43:01,512 SOUTHEAST TO THE RIGHT PHASING 693 00:43:01,512 --> 00:43:03,013 TO MEET UP WITH THE 694 00:43:03,013 --> 00:43:04,148 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 695 00:43:04,148 --> 00:43:05,883 WHICH IS JUST ABOUT TO CROSS 696 00:43:05,883 --> 00:43:09,353 OVER INTO AN ORBITAL NIGHT TIME 697 00:43:09,353 --> 00:43:11,021 AS IT CROSSES OVER THE 698 00:43:11,021 --> 00:43:12,923 MEDITERRANEAN SEA TOWARDS THE 699 00:43:12,923 --> 00:43:14,625 WESTERN COAST OF GREECE. 700 00:43:14,625 --> 00:43:16,961 THE HTV HEADING OVER THE 701 00:43:16,961 --> 00:43:17,761 SOUTHEASTERLY COURSE OVER THE 702 00:43:17,761 --> 00:43:19,630 PACIFIC OCEAN TO GET INTO A GOOD 703 00:43:19,630 --> 00:43:21,332 ORBIT. 704 00:43:21,332 --> 00:43:23,000 AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT 15 MINUTES 705 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:24,435 FROM THE TIME OF LIFTOFF TO THE 706 00:43:24,435 --> 00:43:28,472 TIME OF ORBITAL INSERTION AND 707 00:43:28,472 --> 00:43:35,512 THE HTV SEPARATES FROM THE 708 00:43:35,512 --> 00:44:55,159 LAUNCH VEHICLE. 709 00:44:55,159 --> 00:44:56,226 10 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THAT 710 00:44:56,226 --> 00:44:58,462 SECOND STAGE CONTINUING TO BURN 711 00:44:58,462 --> 00:44:59,530 AS EXPECTED. 712 00:44:59,530 --> 00:45:01,799 EVERYTHING ON TRACK AND AS THE 713 00:45:01,799 --> 00:45:05,335 HTV MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH ITS 714 00:45:05,335 --> 00:45:08,539 ASCEND MILESTONES. 715 00:45:08,539 --> 00:45:10,140 ONLY A FEW MILESTONES LEFT. 716 00:45:10,140 --> 00:45:11,775 THAT SECOND STAGE BURNS FOR WELL 717 00:45:11,775 --> 00:45:12,743 OVER 8 MINUTES TOTAL. 718 00:45:12,743 --> 00:45:13,977 WE'RE NOW 10 MINUTES INTO THE 719 00:45:13,977 --> 00:45:14,344 FLIGHT. 720 00:45:14,344 --> 00:45:16,013 WE CAN EXPECT THE CUTOFF ABOUT 721 00:45:16,013 --> 00:45:17,481 14 MINUTES AND 20 SECONDS INTO 722 00:45:17,481 --> 00:45:20,050 THE FLIGHT. 723 00:45:20,050 --> 00:45:22,820 IT WILL ENTER INTO A SHORT COAST 724 00:45:22,820 --> 00:45:24,388 PERIOD. 725 00:45:24,388 --> 00:45:26,990 THAT COAST LASTING JUST ABOUT 51 726 00:45:26,990 --> 00:45:29,359 SECONDS BEFORE THERE'S PHYSICAL 727 00:45:29,359 --> 00:45:31,762 SEPARATION BETWEEN THE HTV AND 728 00:45:31,762 --> 00:45:34,398 THE SECOND STAGE OF THE HTV 729 00:45:34,398 --> 00:46:25,883 ROCKET. 730 00:46:25,883 --> 00:46:27,251 11 MINUTES 30 SECONDS INTO THE 731 00:46:27,251 --> 00:46:30,554 FLIGHT. 732 00:46:30,554 --> 00:46:31,555 HTV-8 AND THE SECOND STABLE OF 733 00:46:31,555 --> 00:46:33,857 THE VEHICLE PERFORMING 734 00:46:33,857 --> 00:46:36,527 NOMINALLY. 735 00:46:36,527 --> 00:46:38,762 LESS THAN 3 MINUTES UNTIL THE 736 00:46:38,762 --> 00:46:40,564 SECOND STAGE CUTS OFF AND THE 737 00:46:40,564 --> 00:46:42,199 VEHICLE ENTERS A SHORT COAST 738 00:46:42,199 --> 00:46:56,113 PERIOD. 739 00:46:56,113 --> 00:46:57,548 AGAIN, THE PHASING HERE GETS IT 740 00:46:57,548 --> 00:46:59,183 INTO AN ORBIT TO CATCH UP WITH 741 00:46:59,183 --> 00:47:03,153 THE ULTIMATE DESTINATION OF 742 00:47:03,153 --> 00:47:04,521 HTV-8 AND THE INTERNATIONAL 743 00:47:04,521 --> 00:47:05,756 SPACE STATION WHERE IT WILL 744 00:47:05,756 --> 00:47:07,624 ARRIVE ON SATURDAY MORNING AND 745 00:47:07,624 --> 00:47:11,228 SCHEDULED FOR 6:15 A.M. CENTRAL 746 00:47:11,228 --> 00:47:11,528 TIME. 747 00:47:11,528 --> 00:47:12,229 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 748 00:47:12,229 --> 00:47:13,931 CROSSING OVER INTO AN ORBITAL 749 00:47:13,931 --> 00:47:15,432 NIGHT TIME JUST NORTH OF THE 750 00:47:15,432 --> 00:47:18,168 BLACK SEA OVER THE SOUTHERN 751 00:47:18,168 --> 00:48:15,459 BORDER OF UKRAINE. 752 00:48:15,459 --> 00:48:16,860 13 MINUTES 20 SECONDS INTO THE 753 00:48:16,860 --> 00:48:17,995 FLIGHT. 754 00:48:17,995 --> 00:48:19,496 EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD SO FAR 755 00:48:19,496 --> 00:48:21,131 FOR THAT SECOND STAGE. 756 00:48:21,131 --> 00:48:23,400 EXPECT A CUTOFF JUST UNDER A 757 00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:24,801 MINUTE FROM NOW. 758 00:48:24,801 --> 00:48:26,603 AGAIN, AFTER THAT CUTOFF IT WILL 759 00:48:26,603 --> 00:48:29,406 ENTER INTO A SHORT COAST PERIOD. 760 00:48:29,406 --> 00:48:30,607 BEFORE THE PHYSICAL SEPARATION 761 00:48:30,607 --> 00:48:32,676 BETWEEN THE HTV AND THE SECOND 762 00:48:32,676 --> 00:49:05,275 STAGE. 763 00:49:05,275 --> 00:49:07,110 14 MINUTES, 10 SECONDS INTO THE 764 00:49:07,110 --> 00:49:09,646 FLIGHT. 765 00:49:09,646 --> 00:49:11,748 SHOULD EXPECT CUTOFF HERE IN 766 00:49:11,748 --> 00:49:43,780 JUST A FEW SECONDS. 767 00:49:43,780 --> 00:49:45,415 THE SECOND STAGE HAS CUT OFF 768 00:49:45,415 --> 00:49:48,485 JUST WAITING FOR PHYSICAL 769 00:49:48,485 --> 00:49:50,520 CONFIRMATION BETWEEN HTV AND THE 770 00:49:50,520 --> 00:50:13,477 SECOND STAGE. 771 00:50:13,477 --> 00:50:19,082 CONFIRMATION OF SEPARATION. 772 00:50:19,082 --> 00:50:20,884 GETTING A LOOK AT HTV CONTROL 773 00:50:20,884 --> 00:50:24,254 OVER IN TSUKUBA, JAPAN. A GOOD 774 00:50:24,254 --> 00:50:27,090 FLIGHT OF THE VEHICLE LOOKING 775 00:50:27,090 --> 00:50:31,862 BACK AT THE LAUNCH PAD WHERE THE 776 00:50:31,862 --> 00:50:34,331 HTV ROCKET TOOK OFF JUST 15 777 00:50:34,331 --> 00:50:46,810 MINUTES AGO. 778 00:50:46,810 --> 00:50:48,545 HTV MISSION CONTROL OVER IN 779 00:50:48,545 --> 00:50:50,914 TSUKUBA, JAPAN WILL TAKE OVER 780 00:50:50,914 --> 00:50:52,082 THE FLIGHT FROM HERE NOW THAT 781 00:50:52,082 --> 00:50:55,819 THE HTV HAS SEPARATED FROM THE 782 00:50:55,819 --> 00:51:01,825 LAUNCH VEHICLE. 783 00:51:01,825 --> 00:51:05,495 THERE'S HTV CONTROL OVER IN 784 00:51:05,495 --> 00:51:06,530 TSUKUBA, JAPAN. 785 00:51:06,530 --> 00:51:09,533 JUST RECENTLY WE SAW THE LAUNCH 786 00:51:09,533 --> 00:51:10,667 CONTROL CENTER THAT'S THE 787 00:51:10,667 --> 00:51:14,037 TAKESAKI RANGE CENTER OVER IN 788 00:51:14,037 --> 00:51:14,404 TANEGASHIMA. 789 00:51:14,404 --> 00:51:16,807 THE HTV CONTROL CENTER IN 790 00:51:16,807 --> 00:51:18,642 TSUKUBA, JAPAN, JUST NORTHEAST 791 00:51:18,642 --> 00:51:28,218 OF TOKYO. 792 00:51:28,218 --> 00:51:30,587 THESE TEAMS HERE WILL SEE THE 793 00:51:30,587 --> 00:51:33,590 FLIGHT THAT WILL SEE THE 794 00:51:33,590 --> 00:51:34,591 RENDEZVOUS WITH THE STATION 795 00:51:34,591 --> 00:51:43,800 EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. 796 00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:45,602 NOW THAT HTV HAS PHYSICALLY 797 00:51:45,602 --> 00:51:47,370 SEPARATED JUST WAITING FOR 798 00:51:47,370 --> 00:51:49,105 CONFIRMATION THE VEHICLE IS 799 00:51:49,105 --> 00:51:53,143 DRAWING POWER AFTER SEPARATION. 800 00:51:53,143 --> 00:51:54,010 MISSION CONTROL WILL TAKE OVER 801 00:51:54,010 --> 00:52:59,309 FROM THERE. 802 00:52:59,309 --> 00:53:01,711 AGAIN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE HTV 803 00:53:01,711 --> 00:53:03,613 CONTROL ROOM OVER IN TSUKUBA, 804 00:53:03,613 --> 00:53:05,282 JAPAN. 805 00:53:05,282 --> 00:53:06,917 THESE TEAMS WILL OVERSEE THE 806 00:53:06,917 --> 00:53:09,786 FLIGHT OF HTV ON ITS ROUTE IN 807 00:53:09,786 --> 00:53:11,988 LOWER EARTH ORBIT TO CATCH UP 808 00:53:11,988 --> 00:53:12,722 WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 809 00:53:12,722 --> 00:54:56,393 STATION. 810 00:54:56,393 --> 00:54:58,395 AGAIN, THE HTV MISSION CONTROL 811 00:54:58,395 --> 00:55:02,298 CENTER OVER IN TSUKUBA, JAPAN. 812 00:55:02,298 --> 00:55:05,001 THAT'S JUST NORTHEAST OF THE 813 00:55:05,001 --> 00:55:07,070 MAJOR CITY OF TOKYO, THE CENTER 814 00:55:07,070 --> 00:56:20,210 ISLAND. 815 00:56:20,210 --> 00:56:22,011 RECEIVE CONFIRMATION THAT THE 816 00:56:22,011 --> 00:56:26,282 HTV IS IN A GOOD ORBITAL 817 00:56:26,282 --> 00:56:27,550 INSERTION AND DRAWING POWER FROM 818 00:56:27,550 --> 00:56:30,286 THE SOLAR ARRAYS AND ON ITS WAY 819 00:56:30,286 --> 00:56:31,254 TO MEET UP WITH THE 820 00:56:31,254 --> 00:56:32,722 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IN 821 00:56:32,722 --> 00:56:35,258 JUST A FEW DAYS. 822 00:56:35,258 --> 00:56:37,293 A SHORT RECAP OF TODAY'S 823 00:56:37,293 --> 00:56:38,995 ACTIVITIES LAUNCHING ON TIME AT 824 00:56:38,995 --> 00:56:45,268 11:05:05 A.M. CENTRAL TIME. 825 00:56:45,268 --> 00:56:47,036 NOMINAL ASCENT OVER 15 MINUTES 826 00:56:47,036 --> 00:56:48,404 BEFORE IT WAS SEPARATED AND 827 00:56:48,404 --> 00:56:51,074 ENTERED INTO ORBIT. 828 00:56:51,074 --> 00:56:53,810 TEAM IS HERE AT THE HTV MISSION 829 00:56:53,810 --> 00:56:55,478 CONTROL CENTER IN TSUKUBA, 830 00:56:55,478 --> 00:56:57,180 JAPAN, WILL OVERSEE THE FLIGHT 831 00:56:57,180 --> 00:56:59,249 OF HTV. 832 00:56:59,249 --> 00:57:01,951 AS IT MAKES ITS WAY AROUND THE 833 00:57:01,951 --> 00:57:05,488 EARTH NOW OVER THE SOUTH PACIFIC 834 00:57:05,488 --> 00:57:08,391 OCEAN EAST OFF THE COAST OF 835 00:57:08,391 --> 00:57:09,893 AUSTRALIA AFTER ENTERING INTO 836 00:57:09,893 --> 00:57:10,894 ORBIT. 837 00:57:10,894 --> 00:57:12,228 IT WILL CONTINUE TO ORBIT THE 838 00:57:12,228 --> 00:57:14,798 EARTH THE NEXT FEW DAYS UNTIL IT 839 00:57:14,798 --> 00:57:15,865 RENDEZVOUSES WITH THE 840 00:57:15,865 --> 00:57:17,433 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AT 841 00:57:17,433 --> 00:57:21,471 6:15 A.M. CENTRAL TIME ON 842 00:57:21,471 --> 00:57:25,141 SATURDAY SCHEDULED TIME, 843 00:57:25,141 --> 00:57:26,242 SEPTEMBER 28TH. 844 00:57:26,242 --> 00:57:29,479 IT WILL BE CHRISTINA KOCH AT THE 845 00:57:29,479 --> 00:57:31,881 CONTROL OF THE ARM TO PHYSICALLY 846 00:57:31,881 --> 00:57:36,853 THE HTV AS IT MAKES ITS WAY 847 00:57:36,853 --> 00:57:39,422 FLYING IN TANDEM WITH THE 848 00:57:39,422 --> 00:57:41,224 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND 849 00:57:41,224 --> 00:57:42,892 ROBOTICS WILL TAKE OVER AFTER 850 00:57:42,892 --> 00:57:46,696 THAT TO INSTALL IT. 851 00:57:46,696 --> 00:57:47,797 BEFORE THAT HAPPENS THERE WILL 852 00:57:47,797 --> 00:57:49,732 BE 3 NEW CREW MEMBERS LAUNCHING 853 00:57:49,732 --> 00:57:51,434 AND ARRIVING ABOARD THE 854 00:57:51,434 --> 00:57:52,368 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION A 855 00:57:52,368 --> 00:57:54,103 COLORADO TOTAL OF 9 CREW MEMBERS 856 00:57:54,103 --> 00:57:57,674 ABOARD THE SPACE SHUTTLE BEFORE 857 00:57:57,674 --> 00:57:58,842 THEY ARRIVE ON SATURDAY. 858 00:57:58,842 --> 00:58:01,377 BE SURE TO TUNE IN TO THE LAUNCH 859 00:58:01,377 --> 00:58:03,880 OF JESSICA MEIR, OLEG SKRIPOCHKA 860 00:58:03,880 --> 00:58:05,815 AND HAZZAA ALI ALMANSOORI 861 00:58:05,815 --> 00:58:06,382 TOMORROW MORNING. 862 00:58:06,382 --> 00:58:08,117 WE'LL START OUR COVERAGE AT 863 00:58:08,117 --> 00:58:09,319 8:00 A.M. CENTRAL TIME FOR THE 864 00:58:09,319 --> 00:58:12,188 LAUNCH AT 8:57 CENTRAL. 865 00:58:12,188 --> 00:58:14,157 THEY'LL BE LAUNCHING FROM THE 866 00:58:14,157 --> 00:58:16,059 COSMODROME IN KAZAKHSTAN. 867 00:58:16,059 --> 00:58:18,628 MAKE A 4 ORBIT RENDEZVOUS TO 868 00:58:18,628 --> 00:58:22,198 DOCK IN THE AFTERNOON U.S. TIME. 869 00:58:22,198 --> 00:58:24,300 WE'LL START OUR COVERAGE THEN AT 870 00:58:24,300 --> 00:58:25,168 2:00 P.M. AND LOOKING FOR A 871 00:58:25,168 --> 00:58:28,171 2:45 P.M. DOCKING AND THEN WE'LL 872 00:58:28,171 --> 00:58:30,373 START THE WELCOME CEREMONY AND 873 00:58:30,373 --> 00:58:33,176 HATCH OPENING AT 4:00 P.M. 874 00:58:33,176 --> 00:58:35,211 CENTRAL TIME WHERE THE 3 CREW 875 00:58:35,211 --> 00:58:37,780 MEMBERS ABOARD THE SOYUZ AND THE 876 00:58:37,780 --> 00:58:39,148 TEAM WILL BE GREETED BY THE 6 877 00:58:39,148 --> 00:58:45,855 CREW MEMBERS CURRENTLY PART OF 878 00:58:45,855 --> 00:58:46,689 EXPEDITION 60. 879 00:58:46,689 --> 00:58:48,858 MAKE SURE YOU SEE THE COMPLETION 880 00:58:48,858 --> 00:58:54,063 OF HTV'S ARRIVAL TO THE 881 00:58:54,063 --> 00:58:54,764 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND 882 00:58:54,764 --> 00:58:55,899 WE'LL START OUR COVERAGE JUST 883 00:58:55,899 --> 00:58:57,967 BEFORE 5:00 A.M. CENTRAL TIME: 884 00:58:57,967 --> 00:59:00,536 AGAIN, LOOKING AT A CAPTURE TIME 885 00:59:00,536 --> 00:59:04,340 AT 6:15 A.M. 886 00:59:04,340 --> 00:59:08,745 GREAT INSERTION OF HTV INTO 887 00:59:08,745 --> 00:59:09,078 ORBIT. 888 00:59:09,078 --> 00:59:11,981 TEAMS IN HTV'S MISSION CONTROL 889 00:59:11,981 --> 00:59:14,317 IN TSUKUBA TAKING OVER ARE FROM 890 00:59:14,317 --> 00:59:18,121 HERE WORKING CLOSELY WITH 891 00:59:18,121 --> 00:59:19,122 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IN 892 00:59:19,122 --> 00:59:21,457 HOUSTON, TEXAS WHERE HTV WILL 893 00:59:21,457 --> 00:59:23,126 JOIN ITS ULTIMATE DESTINATION 894 00:59:23,126 --> 00:59:24,460 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 895 00:59:24,460 --> 00:59:25,461 UNTIL THEN THIS IS MISSION