>> THIS IS MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON.
GOOD MORNING.
TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 24, 2019, AND
RIGHT NOW YOU'RE GETTING A LIVE
LOOK OF THE LAUNCH COMPLEX
SITTING ON THE PAD OF CITE 2 OF
THE LAUNCH COMPLEX IS THE H2
TRANSFER VEHICLE CALLED HTV-8
SITTING ON TOP OF AN H2B ROCKET.
THE LAUNCH COMPLEX IS IN
TANEGASHIMA, A SOUTHERN ISLAND
JUST SOUTH OF THE MAIN ISLAND OF
JAPAN AND THE SOUTHERN ISLAND.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE COUNTING DOWN TO
A LAUNCH AT 11:05 A.M.
CENTRAL TIME IS SEPTEMBER 24TH.
1:05 A.M. JAPAN TIME OVER IN
TANEGASHIMA.
HERE'S A LIVE VIEW OF THE ROCKET
OF THE HTV-8.
INSIDE OF HTV-8 IS 4 TONS OF
SUPPLIES, CARGO, FOOD AND
EXPERIMENTS.
AGAIN, WE'RE TRACKING -- WE'RE
COUNTING DOWN TO A LAUNCH AT
11:05 A.M. CENTRAL TIME.
OVER AT THE TAKESAKI
RANGE CONTROL CENTER THE
YOSHINOBU PERSONNEL LOOKING
AFTER THE LAUNCH OF THE ROCKET
TRACKING DOWN FOR THE COUNTDOWN.
HERE IN MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON,
GOOD REPORTS SO FAR AS WE'RE
COUNTING DOWN TO THAT LAUNCH.
THIS IS THE LIVE VIEW FROM
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON IN
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM NOW LEAD BY
FLIGHT DIRECTOR GREG WHITNEY.
VISITING VEHICLE OFFICERS IN THE
ROOM COMMUNICATING WITH HTV
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS OVER IN
TSUKUBA, JAPAN.
TANEGASHIMA TOWARDS THE CENTER
HTV FLIGHT CONTROLLERS WILL SEE
THROUGH THE VEHICLE'S TRAJECTORY
TO MEET UP WITH THE ULTIMATE
DESTINATION INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION CONTROLLED FROM THIS
VIEW RIGHT HERE.
AGAIN, EVERYTHING ON TRACK FOR
THAT LAUNCH ON TIME 11:05 A.M.
CENTRAL TIME AND 1:05 OUT AT THE
PAD AT THE YOSHINOBU COMPLEX.
THE HTV WILL BE CARRYING THE 4
TON SPACECRAFT AND ABOUT 15-
MINUTE ASCENT BEFORE THE HTV IS
SEPARATED FROM THE ROCKET.
YOU CAN SEE THE 4 STRAP-ON
BOOSTERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
ROCKET THAT WILL HELP WITH THE
INITIAL LIFT.
THOSE SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS WILL
BURN FOR NEARLY 2 MINUTES.
1:54 SECONDS BEFORE THEY'RE
SEPARATED IN THAT CORE STAGE
THAT CONTAINS LIQUID FUEL AND
LIQUID HYDROGEN AND LIQUID
OXYGEN WILL BURN FOR 5 MINUTES
AND 47 SECONDS TOTAL SINCE THE
FIRST STAGE OF THE VEHICLE'S
TRAVEL TO LOWER EARTH ORBIT.
YOU CAN SEE SORT OF EXPLODED
VIEW HERE THAT FIRST STAGE BURNS
FOR THE FIRST 5 MINUTES, 47
SECONDS.
YOU CAN SEE THE PAYLOAD FAIRING
AT THE VERY TOP THAT WILL
SEPARATE IN ABOUT 3:40 AND HTV
WILL CONTINUE TO BURN AFTER THAT
FIRST STAGE SEPARATES FOR
ANOTHER 8 MINUTES.
AGAIN, IN ABOUT 4 TONS OF CARGO
INSIDE OF THE WHITE STORK.
THE NAME OF THE H2 TRANSFER
VEHICLE THAT WILL BE LAUNCHING
HERE IN JUST UNDER 30 MINUTES.
YOU CAN SEE THE EXPLODED VIEW OF
THE HTV HERE INSIDE THE PRESSURE
LIED LOGISTICS CARRIER IS ABOUT
OVER 5,000 POUNDS OF GAR GO AND
UNPRESSURIZED SEGMENT IS JUST
OVER 3,000 POUNDS OF THE LITHIUM
ION BATTERIES AND ADAPTER PLATES
THAT ILL WITH BE PART OF A
SERIES OF UPGRADES TO REPLACE
LITHIUM -- THE AGING NICKEL
HYDROGEN ON THE OUTSIDE AND
STORE THE POWER PROVIDED THE
SOLAR ARRAYS AND BE REPLACED
WITH THE NEWER LITHIUM ION
BATTERIES.
YOU CAN SEE THE EXPOSED PALLET
IS ACCESSIBLE ONCE HTV IS DOCKED
AND ACCESSIBLE ROBOT
PARTICULARLY TOWARDS THE TOP OF
THIS VIEW YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT
GRAPPLE FIXTURE IS WHERE THE
ROBOTIC ARM WILL ACTUALLY PULL
THE PALLET AND THAT LITHIUM
BATTERY OUT FROM THE PRESSURIZED
LOGISTICS MODULE.
THE AVIONICS AND MODULE WILL
CARRY IT THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT
AND ON THE CARRIER TOWER WILL BE
PROVIDED BY THE SOLAR ARRAYS YOU
CAN SEE THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE.
THAT WILL PROVIDE POWER
THROUGHOUT ITS FLIGHT OVER THE
NEXT 4 DAYS.
UNTIL IT RENDEZVOUS THIS
SATURDAY EARLY IN THE MORNING
CENTRAL TIME.
AGAIN, THOSE LITHIUM ION
BATTERIES WILL BE A KEY
COMPONENT TO UPGRADING THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THERE ARE 6 LITHIUM ION
BATTERIES INSIDE OF THAT PALLET
IN THE UNPRESSURIZED PORTION OF
THE H2 TRANSFER VEHICLE.
AGAIN, ONCE IT IS DOCKED TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
WE'RE LOOKING FOR IT TO BERTH IT
TO THE NADIR PART OF THE HARMONY
MODULE.
YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS
CONFIGURATION WHAT IT LOOK LIKE
SOON.
HTV-8 ON THE BOTTOM.
THE ROBOTIC ARM WILL BE ABLE TO
PULL OUT THE PAL LET WITH THE
LITHIUM ION BATTERIES AND
ADAPTER PLATES FROM THE
UNPRESSURIZED PORTION OF THE
VEHICLE.
THERE ILL WITH BE SORT OF A
HANDOFF MANEUVER WITH THE
JAPANESE ROBOTIC ARM THAT YOU
CAN SEE TOWARDS THE FORWARD END
OF THE SCREEN AND THE FORWARD
END OF THE STATION ON THE
EXPOSED FACILITY OUTSIDE OF THE
JAPANESE EXPERIMENT MODULE.
THERE WILL BE A HAND OFF WHERE
THE ROBOTIC ARM WILL HAND OFF TO
THAT EXPOSED PALLET ROBOTIC ARM
AND THEN THE ARM 2 WILL MAKE ITS
WAY TO THE EXPERIMENT WHERE YOU
CAN SEE IT IN THIS VIEW AND PULL
OVER THOSE LITHIUM ION BATTERIES
AND THE PALLET BECAUSE THE
LITHIUM ION BATTERS AND ADAPTER
PLATES ARE TO BE REPLACING THE
FAR PORT SIDE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FROM
THIS VIEW THE VERY FAR RIGHT.
THERE WILL BE A SERIES OF
SPACEWALKS NEXT MONTH TO
COMPLETE THE INSTALLATION OF
THAT WORK.
SOME OF THE WORK WILL BE DONE
ROBOT PARTICULARLY TO CONFIGURE
THE WORK SITE FOR THE ASTRONAUTS
THAT WILL BE PERFORMING THE SWAP
OVER A SERIES OF SPACEWALKS,
AGAIN, LATER NEXT MONTH,
OCTOBER.
ON THE INSIDE OF THE HTV ABOUT 4
TONS OF CARGO TOTAL BUT INSIDE
IS PLENTY OF EXPERIMENTS AND PRO
VISIONS FOR THE CREW.
THOSE WILL BE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH
THE NADIR PORT OF THE MODULE
WHERE ASTRONAUTS WILL BE ABLE TO
ENTER THE VEHICLE AND GET SOME
OF THE GOODS FROM THE
INSIDE.
GETTING ANOTHER VIEW.
THIS IS AGAIN LIVE FROM SITE OF
THE YOSHINOBU LAUNCH COMPLEX.
THE H2B VEHICLE AND THE HTV
CARGO VEHICLE ON THE VERY TOP.
AGAIN, EVERYTHING'S TRACKING FOR
A LAUNCH ON TIME AT 11:05
SPECIFICALLY 11:05:05 A.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
THIS ILL WITH BE PUT UP WITH THE
PROPER PHASING TO CATCH WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION THIS
SATURDAY OVER ITS FLIGHT OVER
THESE NEXT FEW DAYS TO MOVE
SLOWLY AND INCREMENTALLY CLOSER
TO THE ORBITING LABORATORY 250
MILES ABOVE THE EARTH.
SPACE STATION ON THIS MAP
LOCATED AT THE SOUTHERN
SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF CHILE ON
THE NORTHEASTERN TRACK AT THE
TIME OF LAUNCH THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION WILL BE FLYING
RIGHT OVER THE DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF CONGO OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL AFRICA AND AGAIN THIS
WILL PUT IT IN THAT RIGHT
PHASING SO THAT THE HTV WILL BE
LAWN OFFING IN THE FAR SEAT ON
THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS OF JAPAN
WILL BE ABLE TO MEET UP WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR
A RENDEZVOUS SATURDAY MORNING.
11:05:00 A.M. CENTRAL TIME IS AN
INSTANTANEOUS LAUNCH WINDOW
LAUNCHING FROM THE TANEGASHIMA
SPACE CENTER.
THAT'S THE PART OF THAT LAUNCH
COMPLEX WILL BE MONITORING THE
LAUNCH.
YOU CAN SEE HERE'S THE ISLAND OF
TANEGASHIMA ON THE SOUTHERN END
OF THAT ISLAND.
THE ENTIRE TANEGASHIMA SPACE
CENTER WITH AND THE H2B LAUNCH
VEHICLE AND THE HTV-8 ON TOP OF
THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE
LAUNCH COMPLEX A FEW MILES AWAY.
HERE'S MORE DETAILED OF THE
LAUNCH COMPLEX.
WE'RE LIFTING OFF FROM LAUNCH
PAD 2 TODAY.
NOW THIS LAUNCH ITSELF HAS BEEN
RESCHEDULED TO TODAY,
SEPTEMBER 24TH U.S. TIME
THERE'S ORIGINALLY SCHEDULE
ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO ON
SEPTEMBER 10TH U.S. TIME AND
SEPTEMBER 11TH JAPAN TIME BUT
WAS SCRUBBED TO THE FIRE AT THE
EXIT HOLD DURING THE COUNTDOWN
OPERATION.
THOUGH CONFIRMED THERE IS A HIGH
POSSIBILITY THAT THE FIRE WOULD
SPREAD THAT WAS DRIPPING FROM
THE ENGINE.
THEY HAVE TAKEN CORRECTIVE
MEASURES AND ENSURED THAT WE'LL
HAVE A NORMAL COUNTDOWN FOR
TODAY.
AGAIN EVERYTHING'S ON TRACK AND
NASA INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS ALL
ON TRACK FOR THE HTV-8 VEHICLE
TO MEET UP WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
AGAIN, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
LAUNCH IN JUST ABOUT 21 MINUTES.
NOW AGAIN AFTER THAT
INVESTIGATION AND ENSURING THAT
THE HTV VEHICLE WAS READY FOR
LAUNCH TODAY EVERYTHING WAS ON
TRACK.
THE EXPERIMENTS INSIDE WERE NOT
UNLOADED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO
TIME SENSITIVE BIOLOGICAL
EXPERIMENTS INSIDE.
EARLIER THIS WEEK THE HTV
VEHICLE WAS ROLLED TO THE PAD.
YOU CAN SEE THAT VIDEO GOING
OVER TO CITE 2 SITTING WHERE
IT'S SITTING NOW JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT JAPAN TIME.
THOSE 4 STRAP-ON BOOSTERS WILL
HELP WITH THE INITIAL LIFT OF
THE VEHICLE FOR THE FIRST TWO
MINUTES OF THE FLIGHT BEFORE
THERE ARE SEPARATED AND THE
LIQUID OF THE FUEL OF THE FIRST
STAGE CONTINUES TO BURN FOR AN
ADDITIONAL ALMOST 4 MINUTES.
NOW AGAIN, HTV VEHICLE ITSELF
SEPARATED INTO SEVERAL PORTIONS
INCLUDING A PRESSURIZED
COMPARTMENT THAT'S ACCESSIBLE
FROM THE CREW AND THAT CAN BE
ACCESSED FROM THE OUTSIDE AND
GRAB THAT PALLET WITH LITHIUM
ION BATTERIES AND ADAPTIVE
PLATES ATTACHED.
ON THE INSIDE OF THE PRESSURIZED
LOGISTICS CARRIER AGAIN ARE JUST
ABOUT 5,000 POUNDS OF GOODS,
INCLUDING EXPERIMENTS, FOOD AND
SUPPLIES AND HARDWARE.
SOME OF THE EXPERIMENTS INCLUDE
AN EXTENSION TO THE CELL BIOLOGY
EXPERIMENT FACILITY.
THIS ONE IS CALLED CBEF.
THE PORTION THAT'S IN THE HTV IS
THE CBEF-11 AN EXTENSION TO THE
HARDWARE THAT INVESTIGATES
BIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS AND
INCLUDED A CENTRIFUGE TO HAVE
VARIABLE GRAVITY.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
BEING THE ONLY PLACE WHERE YOU
HAVE THIS VARIABLE GRAVITY ALL
THE WAY DOWN TO THE MICROGRAVITY
ENVIRONMENT.
THERE'S ALSO AN EXPERIMENT
CALLED SOLISS.
THIS IS A SMALL OPTICAL
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT WILL
BE TESTING A DIFFERENT FORM OF
COMMUNICATIONS AND COOLING THAT
IS PROVIDED BY AN EFU ADAPTER.
THIS ILL WITH BE A DEMONSTRATION
FOR FUTURE TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN
BE USED FOR BROADBAND AND DATA
COMMUNICATION IN SPACE.
THERE'S EXPERIMENTS --
BIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS AS WELL
AS HARDWARE AND COMMUNICATIONS
AND ANOTHER EXPERIMENT CALLED
HOURGLASS WILL BE INVESTIGATING
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GRAVITY
AND THE BEHAVIOR OF GRANULE
MATERIAL THAT COVERS THE SURFACE
OF PLANETS AND PLANETARY LIKE
BODIES.
IT'S ARMED WITH AN HIGH
DEFINITION CAMERA THAT WILL
RECORD VIDEO AT 30 FRAMES PER
SECOND AND SEE HOW THESE
DIFFERENT MATERIALS MOVE IN THE
MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT.
>> FOR THOSE OF YOU JUST JOINING
YOU'RE GIVING THE LIVE VIEW OF
THE YOSHINOBU COMPLEX SITTING AT
CITE 2 IS THE HTV LAUNCH VEHICLE
AND ON TOP HTV-8 AS THE H2
TRANSFER VEHICLE.
WE'RE COUNTING DOWN TO A LAUNCH
IN JUST ABOUT 16 MINUTES.
11:05:05 A.M. CENTRAL TIME
TODAY.
AT THE LAUNCH COMPLEX THE
WEATHER ITSELF LOOKING GOOD.
AGAIN, EVERYTHING ON TRACK FOR A
LAUNCH ON TIME AT 11:05 CENTRAL.
1:05 JAPAN TIME OUT AT THE
LAUNCH COMPLEX.
IT'S ABOUT 73 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
PARTLY CLOUDY, JUST SHY OF 23
DEGREES CENTIGRADE.
A NICE COOLER AFTERNOON AND
CLEAR SKIES FOR THE LAUNCH
TODAY.
AGAIN, AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH,
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
WILL BE FLYING RIGHT OVER THE
MIDDLE OF AFRICA.
NOW JUST EAST OFF THE COAST OF
SOUTH AMERICA, JUST AT THE
SOUTHERN BORDER OF BRAZIL,
MAKING ITS WAY IN THE NORTHERN
EASTERN TRACKING TOWARD THE
AFRICAN CONTINENT.
HTV AND THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION WILL BE IN THE PROPER
PHASING.
AND HTV WILL MEET THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION THIS
SATURDAY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A CAPTURE TIME
ON SATURDAY ABOUT 6:15 A.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
NOW THE LAUNCH OF HTV TODAY ON
SEPTEMBER 24TH COMES ONE DAY
BEFORE THE LAUNCH A NEW CREW TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
CURRENTLY, 6 CREW MEMBERS ABOARD
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
BUT BY THE TIME HTV ARRIVES THIS
SATURDAY, THERE WILL BE 9 CREW
MEMBERS ABOARD.
HERE'S THE CURRENT CREW AS WE
SEE THEM ON BOARD TODAY
SEPTEMBER 24TH.
FROM THE TOP LEFT WE HAVE
COMMANDER OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION ALEXEY OVCHININ,
GOING CLOCKWISE, WE HAVE NICK
HAGUE OF NASA.
LUCA PARMITANO OF THE EUROPEAN
SPACE AGENCY, ALEXANDER
SKVORTSOV OF ROSCOSMOS, ANDREW
MORGAN OF NASA AND CHRISTINA
KOCH.
SHE'LL BE LEADING AS IT
APPROACHES INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
LAUNCHING TOMORROW ABOARD THE
SOYUZ VEHICLE ON MS-15 WILL BE 3
NEW CREW MEMBERS.
THEY INCLUDE NASA'S JESSICA
MEIR,
ALEX SKVORTSOV OF ROSCOSMOS AND
HAZZAA ALI ALMANSOORI OF THE
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.
THE 3 CREW MEMBERS WILL BE
LAUNCHING TOMORROW MORNING
CENTRAL TIME.
YOU CAN TUNE IN TO THE NASA TV
TO SEE THEIR LAUNCH FROM THE
COSMODROME.
THEY'LL RENDEZVOUS QUICKLY AND
DO A 4 ORBIT RENDEZVOUS TO CATCH
UP WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION AND DOCK TO THE RUSSIAN
SIDE LATER THE EVENING.
THE DOCKING SCHEDULED AT 2:45
CENTRAL TIME.
9 CREW MEMBERS ABOARD.
YOU CAN SEE AT THE AFT END OF
THIS STATION WILL BE JOINING THE
6 CREW MEMBERS TO MAKE 9 TOTAL
AND THEY'LL DO AN 8-DAY
HANDOVER.
SECTION A, NICK HAGUE AND HA SAN
WILL ABOARD ON OCTOBER 3RD.
AND MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN TO THE
STEPS THERE ILL WITH BE 9 CREW
MEMBERS ON BOARD OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WHEN
THEY ARRIVE WITH CHRISTINA KOCH
TO GRAB THE 4 TONS OF CARGO.
3 CREW MEMBERS WILL DEPART ON
OCTOBER 3RD AND EXPEDITION 61
WILL TAKE OVER AT THE TIME OF
EXPEDITION CRY AND HERE'S CREW.
WE HAVE NASA ANDREW MORGAN
ALEXANDER OF ROSCOSMOS AND THE
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY AND THEN
JOINING HERE TOMORROW WILL BE
ALEX AND JESSICA MEIR AND TO
ROUND IT OUT THE CREW HER LONG
DURATION STAY ALMOST 11 MONTHS
LONG WILL BE CHRISTINA KOCH.
9 MINUTES TO LAUNCH AT THIS
TIME.
HTV-8 ON TOP OF THE H22B VEHICLE
THAT'S LIFTING UP FROM YOSHINOBU
LAUNCH COMPLEX OF TANEGASHIMA.
NOW JUST 8 MINUTES TO LAUNCH.
COUNTING DOWN TO 11:05 A.M.
CENTRAL AND 1:05,
SEPTEMBER 25TH, JAPAN TIME FOR
THE LAUNCH.
AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT 15 TIMES FROM
THE TIME OF LIFTOFF THAT THE
TIME THAT THE H2 VEHICLE IS
SEPARATED.
GOING THROUGH THE FLIGHT
SEQUENCE AFTER LIFTOFF CAN THE
SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS AND THAT
FIRST STAGE CONTAIN A LIQUID
FUEL WILL BURN FOR 1 MINUTE AND
54 SECONDS UNTIL SOLID ROCKET
BOOSTERS THEMSELVES BURN OUT.
THEY'LL JETTISON IN PAIRS.
DIVIDED BY SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS
A AND B AND SEPARATE 3 SECONDS
APART FROM EACH OTHER.
AND THEN TWO MINUTES AND 7
SECONDS INTO THE FLIGHT THAT
SECOND PAIR WILL JETTISON AS
THAT FIRST STAGE CONTINUES TO
CARRY THE HTV UP IN ORBIT.
THE FIRST STAGE WILL BURN 5
MINUTES AND 47 SECONDS AND WHEN
THE VEHICLE IS AT A FAIR ENOUGH
ALTITUDE ABOUT 3 MINUTES AND 40
SECONDS THE FAIRING ITSELF WILL
JETTISON AND REVEAL IT
UNDERNEATH.
HERE'S NICE COUNTDOWN OF THE
FLIGHT SEQUENCE.
AGAIN, 5 MINUTES AND 47 SECONDS
IS WHEN THE FIRST STAGE WILL CUT
OFF.
THEY'LL ENTER A SHORT COAST OF
PERIOD OF ABOUT 7 SECONDS BEFORE
THAT FIRST STAGE SEPARATES FROM
THE VEHICLE.
THE SECOND STAGE IGNITES JUST
AFTER 6 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT.
AND CARRIES IT FOR ANOTHER 8
MINUTES AND 19 SECONDS.
NOW AFTER THE SECOND STAGE CUTS
OFF, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SHORT
COAST PERIOD.
BEFORE THAT SECOND STAGE
PHYSICALLY SEPARATES FROM THE
HTV VEHICLE.
AND THAT SEPARATION OCCURRING
JUST ABOUT 15 MINUTES AFTER
LIFTOFF.
ONCE THE HTV IS IN GOOD ORBIT
WE'LL CONFIRM THE SOLAR PANELS
THAT ARE ALONG THE OUTSIDE OF
THE VEHICLE ARE RECEIVING GOOD
POWER AND THEN HTV CONTROL OVER
IN TSUKUBA, JAPAN WILL TAKE OVER
THE FLIGHT OF THE VEHICLE FOR
THE NEXT FEW DAYS UNTIL ITS
RENDEZVOUS TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION THIS SATURDAY
MORNING.
NOW 11:00 A.M. CENTRAL TIME AND
1:00 A.M. OUT AT THE PAD AND 5
MINUTES UNTIL LAUNCH.
A NICE PAN OF THE VEHICLE THAT
FAIRING UP AT THE TOP, WHITE
FAIRING UNDERNEATH THE HTV-8
VEHICLE AND THE 4 TONS OF CARGO
INSIDE.
3,000 POUNDS OF LITHIUM ICON
BATTERIES AND ASSOCIATED ADAPTER
PLATES ON THE PALLET THAT WILL
BE RETRIEVED FROM THE OUTSIDE
AND REST OF THE INSIDE WILL BE
RETRIEVED BY THE CREW.
THIS INCLUDES MANY EXPERIMENTS
AS WELL AS SOME HARDWARE, TOOLS
AND FOOD.
SOME OF THE TOOLS INSIDE INCLUDE
SPECIAL SPACEWALKING TOOLS THAT
WILL BE USED FOR THE ALPHA
MAGNETIC SPECTROMETER REPAIR.
THAT WILL BE SCHEDULED LATER IN
EXPEDITION 61.
THOSE TWO ARE ESPECIALLY
DESIGNED TO WORK WITH A DELICATE
PIECE OF HARDWARE.
THERE'S ALSO OXYGEN AND NITROGEN
TANKS, SOME SPECIALIZED HARDWARE
FOR THE WATER RECOVERY SYSTEM.
AS WELL AS THE TREADMILL.
AGAIN IN THE PRESSURIZED
COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE ABOUT
5,000 POUNDS OF CARGO.
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON
FOLLOWING ALONG FROM THE
MILESTONES PROVIDED BY THE HTV
CONTROL AND TAKESAKI RANGE
CONTROL OVER AT THE TANEGASHIMA
SPACE CENTER THAT IS OVER SEEING
THE LAUNCH EVERYTHING STILL ON
TRACK FOR LAUNCH JUST 3 MINUTES
FROM NOW.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
PASSING OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
NOW CROSSING OVER INTO THE
COUNTRY OF -- THE CONTINENT OF
AFRICA.
THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE
COUNTRY OF LIBERIA.
IT'S ON THE NORTHEASTERN TRACK
AND LOCATED OVER AFRICA AT THE
TIME OF LAUNCH, LAUNCH BEING
OVER THE EAST AT ONE OF THE
SOUTHERN ISLANDS OF JAPAN.
YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THIS MAP.
EVERYTHING STILL ON TRACK FROM
HERE IN MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON
AND OUT OF THE RANGE CONTROL
CENTER AND HTV CONTROL.
LESS THAN TWO MINUTES TO LAUNCH.
1 MINUTE UNTIL LAUNCH.
EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD SO FAR.
30 SECONDS TO LAUNCH.
AGAIN THE SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS
AND THAT CORE STAGE THE FIRST
STAGE CONTAINING LIQUID FUEL
WILL CARRY THE ROCKET THROUGH
THE FIRST.
1:54 OF ITS LAUNCH.
EVERYTHING STILL ON TRACK.
10 SECONDS TO LAUNCH.
GETTING A GOOD VIEW OF THE
ENGINE UNDERNEATH AND NOW
IGNITING.
ZERO AND LIFTOFF.
THE HTV-8 AND ROCKET CARING ITS
WAY.
4 TONS OF CARGO TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT SKY OVER
SOUTHERN JAPAN, EVERYTHING
LOOKING GOOD THROUGH THE FLIGHT
SO FAR.
THE 4 STRAP ON SOLID ROCKET
BOOSTER WILL CARRY THE VEHICLE
THROUGH THE FIRST 1 MINUTE AND
54 SECONDS OF THE LAUNCH.
NOW 1 MINUTE INTO THE FLIGHT.
20 MORE SECONDS BEFORE THOSE
SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS BURN OUT.
EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD SO FAR.
VEHICLE ITSELF HEADING TOWARDS
THE SOUTHEAST AGAIN TO MEET UP
WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
SEE THE SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS
BEGINNING TO BURN OUT.
WE SHOULD SEE THEM SEPARATE IN
PAIRS.
COMING UP HERE IN JUST A FEW
SECONDS.
THERE'S THE FIRST PAIR OF SOLID
ROCKET BOOSTERS SEPARATING.
AND THE SECOND PAIR.
THE CORE STAGE WILL CONTINUE TO
BURN UNTIL 5 MINUTES AND 47
SECONDS INTO THE FLIGHT BURNING
LIQUID FUEL AND LIQUID HYDROGEN
AND LIQUID OXYGEN.
GOOD CONFIRMATION OF BOOSTER
SEPARATION.
2 MINUTES AND 47 SECONDS INTO
THE FLIGHT.
3 MINUTES LEFT OF THIS FIRST
STAGE.
3 MINUTES, 47 SECONDS INTO THE
FLIGHT, EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD
SO FAR.
THAT FIRST STAGE WILL CONTINUE
TO BURN FOR ANOTHER 2 MINUTES.
4 MINUTES AND 47 SECONDS INTO
THE FLIGHT.
ONE MINUTE LEFT OF THIS STAGE.
EVERYTHING CONTINUES TO BE ON
TRACK THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT OF
THE HTV TODAY.
AND THE H2B ROCKET PERFORMING
NOMINALLY.
AGAIN, 5 MINUTES AND 47 SECONDS
INTO THE FLIGHT WILL BE THE
CUTOFF OF THAT FIRST STAGE.
IT WILL ENTER INTO A 7 SECOND
COAST PERIOD BEFORE THE FIRST
AND SECOND STAGE SEPARATES.
ANOTHER 7 SECONDS UNTIL THE
SECOND STAGE IS IGNITED.
EVERYTHING CONTINUING TO BE ON
TRACK.
5 MINUTES, 27 SECONDS INTO THE
FLIGHT.
20 MORE SECONDS OF THE FIRST
STAGE BURNING.
SWITCHING TO ANIMATION RIGHT
AFTER THE BURNOUT OF THE FIRST
STAGE.
AND CONFIRMATION THAT THAT FIRST
STAGE DID SUCCESSFULLY CUT OFF.
SECOND STAGE BURNING NOW.
FIRST AND SECOND STAGES
SEPARATED.
THIS SECOND STAGE WILL BURN FOR
WELL OVER 8 MINUTES, 8 MINUTES
19 SECONDS.
IT WILL BE JUST OVER 15 MINUTES
UNTIL THE HTV ITSELF IS INSERTED
INTO A GOOD ORBIT.
COMING UP ON 7 MINUTES INTO THE
FLIGHT, EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD
SO FAR.
8 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT.
HTV CONTINUING ON A NOMINAL
TRACK HEADING TOWARDS THE
SOUTHEAST TO THE RIGHT PHASING
TO MEET UP WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WHICH IS JUST ABOUT TO CROSS
OVER INTO AN ORBITAL NIGHT TIME
AS IT CROSSES OVER THE
MEDITERRANEAN SEA TOWARDS THE
WESTERN COAST OF GREECE.
THE HTV HEADING OVER THE
SOUTHEASTERLY COURSE OVER THE
PACIFIC OCEAN TO GET INTO A GOOD
ORBIT.
AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT 15 MINUTES
FROM THE TIME OF LIFTOFF TO THE
TIME OF ORBITAL INSERTION AND
THE HTV SEPARATES FROM THE
LAUNCH VEHICLE.
10 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THAT
SECOND STAGE CONTINUING TO BURN
AS EXPECTED.
EVERYTHING ON TRACK AND AS THE
HTV MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH ITS
ASCEND MILESTONES.
ONLY A FEW MILESTONES LEFT.
THAT SECOND STAGE BURNS FOR WELL
OVER 8 MINUTES TOTAL.
WE'RE NOW 10 MINUTES INTO THE
FLIGHT.
WE CAN EXPECT THE CUTOFF ABOUT
14 MINUTES AND 20 SECONDS INTO
THE FLIGHT.
IT WILL ENTER INTO A SHORT COAST
PERIOD.
THAT COAST LASTING JUST ABOUT 51
SECONDS BEFORE THERE'S PHYSICAL
SEPARATION BETWEEN THE HTV AND
THE SECOND STAGE OF THE HTV
ROCKET.
11 MINUTES 30 SECONDS INTO THE
FLIGHT.
HTV-8 AND THE SECOND STABLE OF
THE VEHICLE PERFORMING
NOMINALLY.
LESS THAN 3 MINUTES UNTIL THE
SECOND STAGE CUTS OFF AND THE
VEHICLE ENTERS A SHORT COAST
PERIOD.
AGAIN, THE PHASING HERE GETS IT
INTO AN ORBIT TO CATCH UP WITH
THE ULTIMATE DESTINATION OF
HTV-8 AND THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION WHERE IT WILL
ARRIVE ON SATURDAY MORNING AND
SCHEDULED FOR 6:15 A.M. CENTRAL
TIME.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
CROSSING OVER INTO AN ORBITAL
NIGHT TIME JUST NORTH OF THE
BLACK SEA OVER THE SOUTHERN
BORDER OF UKRAINE.
13 MINUTES 20 SECONDS INTO THE
FLIGHT.
EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD SO FAR
FOR THAT SECOND STAGE.
EXPECT A CUTOFF JUST UNDER A
MINUTE FROM NOW.
AGAIN, AFTER THAT CUTOFF IT WILL
ENTER INTO A SHORT COAST PERIOD.
BEFORE THE PHYSICAL SEPARATION
BETWEEN THE HTV AND THE SECOND
STAGE.
14 MINUTES, 10 SECONDS INTO THE
FLIGHT.
SHOULD EXPECT CUTOFF HERE IN
JUST A FEW SECONDS.
THE SECOND STAGE HAS CUT OFF
JUST WAITING FOR PHYSICAL
CONFIRMATION BETWEEN HTV AND THE
SECOND STAGE.
CONFIRMATION OF SEPARATION.
GETTING A LOOK AT HTV CONTROL
OVER IN TSUKUBA, JAPAN. A GOOD
FLIGHT OF THE VEHICLE LOOKING
BACK AT THE LAUNCH PAD WHERE THE
HTV ROCKET TOOK OFF JUST 15
MINUTES AGO.
HTV MISSION CONTROL OVER IN
TSUKUBA, JAPAN WILL TAKE OVER
THE FLIGHT FROM HERE NOW THAT
THE HTV HAS SEPARATED FROM THE
LAUNCH VEHICLE.
THERE'S HTV CONTROL OVER IN
TSUKUBA, JAPAN.
JUST RECENTLY WE SAW THE LAUNCH
CONTROL CENTER THAT'S THE
TAKESAKI RANGE CENTER OVER IN
TANEGASHIMA.
THE HTV CONTROL CENTER IN
TSUKUBA, JAPAN, JUST NORTHEAST
OF TOKYO.
THESE TEAMS HERE WILL SEE THE
FLIGHT THAT WILL SEE THE
RENDEZVOUS WITH THE STATION
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
NOW THAT HTV HAS PHYSICALLY
SEPARATED JUST WAITING FOR
CONFIRMATION THE VEHICLE IS
DRAWING POWER AFTER SEPARATION.
MISSION CONTROL WILL TAKE OVER
FROM THERE.
AGAIN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE HTV
CONTROL ROOM OVER IN TSUKUBA,
JAPAN.
THESE TEAMS WILL OVERSEE THE
FLIGHT OF HTV ON ITS ROUTE IN
LOWER EARTH ORBIT TO CATCH UP
WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
AGAIN, THE HTV MISSION CONTROL
CENTER OVER IN TSUKUBA, JAPAN.
THAT'S JUST NORTHEAST OF THE
MAJOR CITY OF TOKYO, THE CENTER
ISLAND.
RECEIVE CONFIRMATION THAT THE
HTV IS IN A GOOD ORBITAL
INSERTION AND DRAWING POWER FROM
THE SOLAR ARRAYS AND ON ITS WAY
TO MEET UP WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IN
JUST A FEW DAYS.
A SHORT RECAP OF TODAY'S
ACTIVITIES LAUNCHING ON TIME AT
11:05:05 A.M. CENTRAL TIME.
NOMINAL ASCENT OVER 15 MINUTES
BEFORE IT WAS SEPARATED AND
ENTERED INTO ORBIT.
TEAM IS HERE AT THE HTV MISSION
CONTROL CENTER IN TSUKUBA,
JAPAN, WILL OVERSEE THE FLIGHT
OF HTV.
AS IT MAKES ITS WAY AROUND THE
EARTH NOW OVER THE SOUTH PACIFIC
OCEAN EAST OFF THE COAST OF
AUSTRALIA AFTER ENTERING INTO
ORBIT.
IT WILL CONTINUE TO ORBIT THE
EARTH THE NEXT FEW DAYS UNTIL IT
RENDEZVOUSES WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AT
6:15 A.M. CENTRAL TIME ON
SATURDAY SCHEDULED TIME,
SEPTEMBER 28TH.
IT WILL BE CHRISTINA KOCH AT THE
CONTROL OF THE ARM TO PHYSICALLY
THE HTV AS IT MAKES ITS WAY
FLYING IN TANDEM WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
ROBOTICS WILL TAKE OVER AFTER
THAT TO INSTALL IT.
BEFORE THAT HAPPENS THERE WILL
BE 3 NEW CREW MEMBERS LAUNCHING
AND ARRIVING ABOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION A
COLORADO TOTAL OF 9 CREW MEMBERS
ABOARD THE SPACE SHUTTLE BEFORE
THEY ARRIVE ON SATURDAY.
BE SURE TO TUNE IN TO THE LAUNCH
OF JESSICA MEIR, OLEG SKRIPOCHKA
AND HAZZAA ALI ALMANSOORI
TOMORROW MORNING.
WE'LL START OUR COVERAGE AT
8:00 A.M. CENTRAL TIME FOR THE
LAUNCH AT 8:57 CENTRAL.
THEY'LL BE LAUNCHING FROM THE
COSMODROME IN KAZAKHSTAN.
MAKE A 4 ORBIT RENDEZVOUS TO
DOCK IN THE AFTERNOON U.S. TIME.
WE'LL START OUR COVERAGE THEN AT
2:00 P.M. AND LOOKING FOR A
2:45 P.M. DOCKING AND THEN WE'LL
START THE WELCOME CEREMONY AND
HATCH OPENING AT 4:00 P.M.
CENTRAL TIME WHERE THE 3 CREW
MEMBERS ABOARD THE SOYUZ AND THE
TEAM WILL BE GREETED BY THE 6
CREW MEMBERS CURRENTLY PART OF
EXPEDITION 60.
MAKE SURE YOU SEE THE COMPLETION
OF HTV'S ARRIVAL TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
WE'LL START OUR COVERAGE JUST
BEFORE 5:00 A.M. CENTRAL TIME:
AGAIN, LOOKING AT A CAPTURE TIME
AT 6:15 A.M.
GREAT INSERTION OF HTV INTO
ORBIT.
TEAMS IN HTV'S MISSION CONTROL
IN TSUKUBA TAKING OVER ARE FROM
HERE WORKING CLOSELY WITH
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IN
HOUSTON, TEXAS WHERE HTV WILL
JOIN ITS ULTIMATE DESTINATION
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
UNTIL THEN THIS IS MISSION