>> THIS IS MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING AND GOOD AFTERNOON.
YOU'RE GETTING A LIVE LOOK FROM
THE INTERNATIONAL LOOKING DOWN
AT THE HTV TRANSFER VEHICLE,
KOUNOTORI 8, LOADED WITH TRASH
AND OLD NICKEL-HYDROGEN
BATTERIES, READY TO DEPART THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
RIGHT NOW, THE SPACE STATION,
262 STATUE MILES JUST SOUTH OF
JAPAN.
IN ABOUT 11 MINUTES, WE SHOULD
EXPECT A SUNRISE, STARTING A
NINE-MINUTE COUNT DOWN UNTIL A
12:20 RELEASE OF KOUNOTORI THIS
AFTERNOON.
TEAMS LOOKING AFTER THE HTV ARE
HERE IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM.
FLIGHT TEAMS OF ORBIT TWO ARE
LOOKING AFTER THEIR RELEASE OF
THE HTV TODAY, AS WELL AS FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS IN JAPAN THAT ARE
LOOKING AFTER THE HTV ITSELF.
LEADING THE FLIGHT CREW THIS
AFTERNOON IS ROYCE RENFREW, PART
OF THE STAFF THAT OCCUPIES THIS
ROOM 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS
A WEEK.
BEHIND HIM, ALEX.
YOU'LL BE HEARING HIM CONVERSING
WITH THE ASTRONAUTS CONTROLLING
THE ROBOTIC ARM.
TWO PEOPLE WILL BE GUIDING THE
TWO ASTRONAUTS THAT ARE READY IN
THE CUPOLA WORK STATION THAT
WILL RELEASE THE KOUNOTORI IN
ABOUT 20 MINUTES.
AGAIN, WORKING WITH THE FLIGHT
CONTROL TEAMS OVER IN JAPAN OF
THE HTV FLIGHT CONTROL ROOMS.
HERE, THE TEAMS ARE LOOKING
AFTER THE VEHICLE ITSELF, THE
KOUNOTORI 8.
THERE'S AE SERIES OF BURNS THAT
WILL TAKE IT AWAY FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
AWAY FROM WHAT WE CALL THE
CONDITIONAL ELLIPSOID.
FROM THERE, IT WILL BURN UP OVER
THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE IN AN ORBITAL
NIGHT TIME, THE KOUNOTORI ON THE
ROBOTIC ARM.
THERE'S CHRISTINA KOCH OF 61.
SHE'S
SHE'S AT THE CONTROLS OF THE
CUPOLA IN THE WORK STATION OF
THE CANADARM2.
AND JESSICA MEIR, WHO WILL BE
BACKING UP CHRISTINA AS THEY
UNDERGO THE RELEASE OF THE
KOUNOTORI AT 12:20 TODAY.
THE TWO ASTRONAUTS WILL BE
SWAPPING POSITIONS ON MONDAY TO
CAPTURE A NEW VEHICLE THAT'S
LAUNCHING TOMORROW.
THE TWO ASTRONAUTS ARE WORKING
AT A WORK STATION INSIDE THE
CUPOLA WORK SPACE STATION.
THIS IS
ON THE BOTTOM LINE, YOU CAN SEE
A VALUE THAT WILL BE THE
APPROXIMATE RANGE IN METERS AND
THE RATE AT WHICH IT'LL BE
DEPARTING THE STATION.
IT'LL BE A SLOW STATION, BUT
ONCE IT'S RELEASED, IT'LL BE A
SLOW BURN TO GET IT OUT OF THE
KEEP-OUT SPHERE THAT MARKS THE
RANGE THAT CHRISTINA COOK AND
JESSICA MEIR HAVE THE ABILITY TO
ISSUE AN ABORT IF NECESSARY.
ONCE THEY'RE THERE, THE NEXT
APPROACH IS ABOUT A KILOMETER
AWAY CALLED THE APPROACH
ELLIPSOID.
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS WORKING AT
2:00 A.M. SATURDAY MORNING JAPAN
TIME WILL OVERSEE THE FLIGHT OF
HTV UNTIL IT'S DEORBITED IN
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE SATURDAY
NIGHT.
>> PREPARE FOR RELEASE PER STEP
FOUR --
>> TODAY, WE'LL BE ENDING THE
34-DAY STAY OF KOUNOTORI ABOARD
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
IT WAS LAUNCHED SEPTEMBER
EARLIER THIS YEAR, SEPTEMBER 24
FROM THE TANAGASHIMA SPACE
CENTER.
THIS IS A CLIP OF THAT LAUNCH
JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO.
IT LIFTED OFF WITH A LITTLE BIT
MORE THAN FOUR TONS OF CARGO ON
BOARD.
IT BEGAN ITS ASCENT ABOUT 12
MINUTES UNTIL IT FINALLY
SEPARATED INTO A GOOD ORBIT.
FROM THERE, IT TOOK ABOUT FOUR
DAYS UNTIL IT WAS CAPTURED ON
SATURDAY MORNING U.S. TIME
SEPTEMBER 28 AT ABOUT 6:15 A.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
THE A.C.V. DELIVERED, AGAIN,
ABOUT FOUR TONS OF CARGO.
THIS INCLUDED A LOT OF SCIENCE,
BUT ALSO SIX NEW LITHIUM ION
BATTERIES WITH PLATES IN THE
CARGO SECTION OF KOUNOTORI.
THE ARM EXTRACTED THOSE
BATTERIES AND WAS MANEUVERED
OVER TO THE PORT SIDE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION TO
CONTINUE A SERIES OF UPGRADES
FOR THE GBATTERIES ON THE SPACE
STATION.
THREE OF THOSE LITHIUM ION
BATTERIES WERE INSTALLED ON THE
SPACE STATION.
THOSE THREE REPLACED SIX
NICKEL-HYDROGEN BATTERIES.
AGAIN, THERE'S ADAPTER PLATES TO
MAKE THOSE WORK.
THOUGH ALL OF THE BATTERIES WERE
WORKING --
>> YEAH, WE HEARD THAT LUKE HAD
SET A TIMER FOR 1715.
IF HE CAN JUST CALL US DOWN WHEN
HE HOPS OFF AT 1715 JUST TO LET
US KNOW HE'S OFF, THAT WOULD BE
GREAT.
>> OKAY.
THANKS.
>> AGAIN, ALEX, THE CAPCOM HERE
IN MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON
TALKING WITH CHRISTINA KOCH AND
JESSICA MEIR IN THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
CUPOLA WORK STATION.
EVERYTHING ON TRACK SO FAR FOR
THE RELEASE.
THOSE TEAMS WILL BE
COMMUNICATING.
THE VISITING TEAM LEADER WILL BE
T.J. CASTLEBERRY, OVERSEEING THE
FLIGHT OF KOUNOTORI.
NOW AGAIN, THOSE -- THE PALLET
THAT CONTAINS THE
NICKEL-HYDROGEN BATTERIES, THAT
WAS INSTALLED LATE SEPTEMBER.
THAT PALLET ITSELF WAS THE
PALLET ACTUALLY OF HTV 7.
AGAIN, THOSE LITHIUM ION
BATTERIES ARE PART OF A SERIES
OF UPGRADES, SO THE LITHIUM ION
BATTERIES THAT WERE DELIVERED
WITH THIS PALLET WERE APPED UP
ON A DIFFER CHANNEL OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THAT RIGHT THERE, YOU'RE SEEING
LOADED WITH THE OLD
NICKEL-HYDROGEN BATTERIES, READY
FOR DISPOSAL IN THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE.
THE PALLET THAT THE HTV BROUGHT
UP IS STILL ON THE SPACE STATION
WITH THREE LITHIUM ION BATTERIES
ON IT.
THOSE ALL THREE OF THOSE LITHIUM
ION BATTERIES WERE FUNCTIONING
PROPERLY, THERE WAS A DOWNSTREAM
ISSUE WITH THE BATTERY
CHARGE-DISCHARGE UNIT.
THIS IS PART OF THE ELECTRONICS
ASSEMBLY THAT ROUTES POWER DOWN
FROM THE BATTERIES TO THE MANY
COMPONENTS AND EXPERIMENTS ON
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
JESSICA MEIR AND CHRISTINA KOCH
WENT OUTSIDE THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION WENT OUTSIDE
MAKING SURE THAT THAT WAS
FUNCTIONING TO ITS FULL
POTENTIAL, SWAPPING OUT THE
BATTERY DISCHARGE UNIT.
THAT WAS THE FIRST ALL-FEMALE
S.C.A. CONDUCTED AT THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
NOW JUST ABOUT A MINUTE FROM
SUNRISE FOR THE GO-NO GO.
WE'RE NOW A GO AS THE SUNRISES,
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
AND KOUNOTORI 8, 264 STATUE
MILES OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC
OCEAN.
>> AGAIN, HTV 8 CARRIED MORE
THAN FOUR TONS OF CARGO UP TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THOSE
BATTERIES.
VERY IMPORTANT SERIES OF
UPGRADES FOR THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION, BUT OF COURSE
MANY OTHER THINGS ON THE
PRESSURIZED SIDE, INCLUDING A
LOT OF EXPERIMENTS AND HARDWARE
FOR EXPERIMENTS.
ONE SUCH EXPERIMENT WAS THE CELL
BIOLOGY FACILITY.
HERE'S SOME RECORDED FOOTAGE OF
ASTRONAUT ANDREW MORGAN
CURRENTLY ABOARD THE SPACE
STATION GETTING READY TO INSTALL
THAT NEW HARDWARE THE CBEV-L.
IT'S BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES THAT GO
INSIDE -- IT'S A CENTRIFUGE
FACILITY.
THERE'S SOME VARIABLE G
CAPABILITY THAT GOES INSIDE OF
THAT FACILITY.
OF COURSE YOU HAVE THE
MICROGRAVITY OF THE SPACE
STATION.
ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE PARTS
OF HAVING THIS LABORATORY UP IN
SPACE, BUT THAT CENTRIFUGE
ALLOWS FOR VARIABLE GRAVITY SO
YOU CAN TEST THE MICROGRAVITY
1-G AND THE VARIATIONS IN
BETWEEN.
THIS WAS JUST ONE OF THE MANY
EXPERIMENTS THAT THE H.T.V.
CARRIED UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AS WELL AS THOSE
BATTERIES.
IT'S BEEN FASTENED TO THE
HARMONY MODULE, NOW COMPLETING
ITS JOURNEY.
THE ROBOTICS OFFICERS AND FLIGHT
CONTROL HERE IN MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON UNBERTHED THAT AFTER THE
ASTRONAUTS CLOSED THE HATCH
EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND THAT WAS
ABOUT 9:00 A.M. CENTRAL TIME
THIS MORNING.
ABOUT 45 MINUTES LATER, IT WAS
MANEUVERED INTO THE POSITION BY
THE ROBOT PARTICULAR ARM THAT
YOU SEE HERE.
THERE'S SNARES THAT ARE HOLDING
THE H.T.V. IN PLACE AT THE END
OF THE ROBOTIC ARM.
IT WILL BE CHRISTINA KOCH,
ASSISTED BY JESSICA MEIR, THAT
WILL ENGINEER THE RELEASE, AND
THERE WILL BE A SERIES OF BURNS
TO RELEASE IT AWAY FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THESE ARE CALLED INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION DEPARTURE BURNS.
THE FIRST ONE IS ABOUT TWO
SECONDS TO GIVE IT AN INITIAL
DRIFT AWAY FROM THE STATION, AND
THEN, THERE'S ABOUT A 12-SECOND
BURN.
THAT'S WHEN CHRISTINA KOCH AND
JESSICA MEIR ARE ABLE TO ISSUE
AN ABORT COMMAND, IF NECESSARY,
AND THEN, IT WILL CARRY IT ABOUT
A KILOMETER AWAY FROM THE SPACE
STATION SO THAT SPACE STATION
CONTROL IN JAPAN CAN TAKE OVER
CONTROL OF THE SPACECRAFT.
THERE'S A SMALL WINDOW THAT THE
ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD THE SPACE
STATION HAVE TO RELEASE THE
H.T.V.
THAT WINDOW OPENS UP AT 12:20
P.M. CENTRAL TIME.
THAT'S ABOUT FOUR MINUTES FROM
NOW.
THIS IS A LIVE CAMERA AT THE
CUCKOO VIEW.
THIS IS A LIVE LOOK THAT
CHRISTINA KOCH AND JESSICA MEIR
ARE GETTING.
THEY'RE READY TO RELEASE H.T.V.
EVERYTHING IS GO FROM THE FLIGHT
CONTROL PERSPECTIVE.
JUST WAITING FOR 12:20.
THAT'S THE ON-LINE WINDOW THAT
WE'RE LOOKING FOR RELEASE OF
H.T.V. TODAY.
NOW IN AN ORBITAL DAYTIME WITHIN
THAT WINDOW -- OR SOON
APPROACHING THAT WINDOW WHERE WE
CAN RELEASE THE H.T.V.
SPACE STATION NOW 262 STATUE
MILES IN AN ORBITAL DAYTIME
POSITION, APPROACHING THE WEST
COAST OF CALIFORNIA.
NOW HANDING OVER THAT SATELLITE
COMMUNICATION, THIS IS EXPECTED
AS WE HAND OVER FROM TDRIS
SATELLITES JUST ABOUT 23,000
MILES AWAY FROM THE SPACE
STATION BUT PROVIDE THE VIDEO
AND AUDIO COMMUNICATION.
THIS IS A PREDICTED HANDOVER.
WE SHOULD BE REGAINING THAT
COMMUNICATION SHORTLY.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE TRACKING
RELEASE OF H.T.V. IN JUST A
LITTLE MORE THAN A MINUTE FROM
NOW.
ONCE IT'S RELEASED, IT'LL BE
ABOUT 40 MINUTES UNTIL IT'S
OUTSIDE OF THE APPROACH
ELLIPSOID.
PLEASE BE SENDING IN YOUR
QUESTIONS, USING THE
HASHTAG #ASKNASA DURING THAT
TIME.
WE'LL BE TRYING TO ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS, AS MANY AS WE CAN,
DURING THAT TIME.
TEAMS HERE, TWO TEAM BEING LED
BY TEAM DIRECTOR ROYCE RENFREW.
FLIGHT TEAMS IN JAPAN, 2:20 A.M.
SATURDAY MORNING JAPAN TIME,
OVER THAT WAY.
STANDING BY FOR RELEASE.
>> AND WE HAVE A RELEASE, 12:21
P.M. CENTRAL TIME.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLYING 261 STATUE MILES OVER THE
PACIFIC OCEAN JUST OFF THE WEST
COAST OF CALIFORNIA.
A GREAT SPACE STATION.
THE ARM ABOUT A METER AWAY,
BACKING AWAY.
THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA COMING
INTO VIEW AS THE ARM BACKS AWAY
AFTER A SUCCESSFUL 12:21 P.M.
CENTRAL TIME RELEASE.
>> H.T.V. RETREAT COMMANDED AND
TIMER
TIMER STARTED.
>> COPY.
>> YOU HEARD THAT CONFIRMATION
FROM JESSICA MEIR, THE RELEASE
COMMAND SENT.
THE ARM ABOUT FOUR METERS AWAY.
NOW FIVE METERS AWAY.
>> YOU SEE FROM THE WORK
STATION, A LITTLE MORE THAN 14
METERS AWAY, H.T.V. FLYING FREE.
STILL HOLDING STEADY, READY FOR
THAT COMMAND WHERE THAT FIRST
BURN WILL TAKE IT AWAY FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> STATION HOUSTON FOR H.T.V.,
SAFETY NET ENABLED.
>> COPY SAFETY NET.
>> AGAIN, A GREAT RELEASE OF
H.T.V. AT 12:21 CENTRAL TIME
H.T.V. MOVING SLOWLY AWAY,
ALMOST 21 METERS AWAY FROM THE
SPACECRAFT.
H.T.V. ABOUT EIGHT METERS AWAY
FROM THE STATION, COUNTING DOWN
FOR THAT FIRST BURN FLYING 258
STATUE MILES OVER MEXICO.
>> STATION HOUSTON FOR H.T.V.,
I.D.N. MANEUVER ONE LOADED.
MONITOR FOR STEP TWO.
>> COPY.
WE'RE MONITORING FOR STEP TWO.
>> THAT I.D.M.-ONE REFERENCED IS
THE TWO-SECOND BURN NOW
STARTING.
AND I.D.M.-ONE COMPLETE.
THAT'S THE FIRST OF TWO BURNS TO
GET IT OUT OF THE KEEPOUT
SPHERE.
H.T.V. ABOUT 20 METERS AWAY FROM
THE SPACE STATION.
THE SPACE STATION BURN'S TO,
AGAIN, GET OUT OF THE KEEPOUT
SPHERE ARE SEPARATED BY ABOUT
TEN MINUTES.
THE FIRST ONE, ABOUT A
TWO-SECOND BURN.
THE NEXT ONE, A LITTLE BIT
LONGER, ABOUT 12 SECONDS.
>> COPY.
WE HAVE VERIFIED ALL IN STEP
THREE.
>> COPY.
>> AGAIN, THAT FIRST DEPARTURE
BURN COMPLETE.
THE SECOND ONE COMING UP ABOUT
TEN MINUTES FROM NOW, ABOUT 12
SECONDS LONG.
H.T.V. SPACE STATION ABOUT 40
MINUTES AWAY.
AS WE WAIT THIS 40-MINUTE
PROCEDURE TO GET OUTSIDE THE
APPROACH ELLIPSOID.
>> RENEE ASKS, WHAT'S THE STATUS
ON THE BATTERY REPLACEMENT
SPACEWALKS?
ARE THEY POSTPONED?
>> SO THE PALLET ON THE H.T.V.
IS ACTUALLY THE PALLET FROM
H.T.V. SEVEN.
IT'S FULL OF NICKEL R-HYDROGEN
BATTERIES.
THE PALLET THAT H.T.V. BROUGHT
UP IS STILL ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
THREE OF THE LITHIUM ION
BATTERIES THAT THE PALLET
BROUGHT UP ARE INSTALLED ONTO
THE 2-B POWER CHANNEL.
THE NEXT ONE TO TACKLE IS THE
4-B POWER CHANNEL.
ALL THOSE ARE UP AND RUNNING
THANKS TO THE WORK DONE ON THE
LAST SPACEWALK, THE FIRST
ALL-FEMALE SPACEWALK IN HISTORY
TO MAKE SURE THAT BATTERY ARRAY
IS OPERATIONAL.
>> THERE WERE A FEW MORE
SPACEWALKS PLANNED TO COMPLETE
THE 4-B CHANNEL, BUT THERE ARE A
FEW MORE SPACE CHECKS PLANNED.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE
TURNED INTO NASA T.V., YOU MAY
HAVE HEARD THE BRIEFING SO FAR
OF THE MANY EXPERIMENTS ON THE
NORTHRUP GRUMMOND'S CYGNUS
VEHICLE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE
LATER THIS YEAR TO REPAIR THE
ALPHA SPECTROMETER.
CYGNUS WILL BE CARRYING ABOUT
8200 POUNDS OF CARGO TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
MEANWHILE, WE'RE TRACKING THE
KOUNOTORI 8 TO GET AWAY FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, THE
KEEPOUT SPHERE.
AGAIN, THERE'S ONE MORE BURN TO
GET AWAY FROM THE KEEPOUT
SPHERE.
KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS
USING THE HASHTAG #ASKNASA.
>> AGAIN.
KOUNOTORI 8 WAS RELEASED AT
12:20 P.M. CENTRAL TIME FROM THE
CANADARM2.
THAT'S CHRISTINA KOCH AND
JESSICA MEIR AT THE CONTROLS,
NOW MONITORING ITS DEPARTURE
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
TRACKING THAT, IT IS ABOUT 40
METERS AWAY FROM THE SPACE
STATION NOW, TRAVELING PRETTY
SLOWLY THROUGH THE INITIAL
DEPARTURE.
IT'LL SPEED UP AS IT GETS AWAY
FROM THE SPACE STATION.
BUT RIGHT NOW, A LITTLE LESS
THAN .1 METERS PERFECT.
-- PER SECOND.
WE'RE TRACKING THE DEPARTURE OF
TUNE
KOUNOTORI 8 RIGHT NOW,
APPROACHING 50 METERS AWAY FROM
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, IT'LL
INITIATE THE SECOND BURN, THAT
12-SECOND BURN.
YOU'LL SEE THE KOUNOTORI MOVING
FASTER AWAY FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
NOW MOVING AT THE GLACIAL SPEED
OF ABOUT .1 METER PER SECOND.
AGAIN, THAT SECOND BURN COMING
UP VERY SOON.
>> STATION HOUSTON FOR H.T.V.,
I.D.M. MANEUVER LOADED.
MONITOR FOR STEP FOUR.
>> MONITOR FOR STEP FOUR AND
HAVE VERIFIED PARAMETERS.
>> COPY.
>> CAPCOM FLIGHT CONTROL IN THE
CONTROL -- HOUSTON FLIGHT
CONTROL IN THE CONTROL ROOM
MONITORING THE TWO ASTRONAUTS ON
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
CHRISTINA KOCH AND JESSICA MEIR.
THE SECOND BURN IS COMING UP
VERY SOON.
H.T.V. READY FOR THAT COMMAND.
THAT'S ABOUT A 12-SECOND BURN,
AND THAT'LL GET H.T.V. MOVING A
LITTLE FASTER AND OUTSIDE THAT
KEEPOUT SPHERE.
ALMOST 70 METERS AWAY FROM THE
SPACE STATION, KOUNOTORI,
HUGGING PERU ON ITS SOUTHWESTERN
FLIGHT, MOVING OVER THE ANDES
MOUNTAINS AS WE AWAIT THAT
SECOND DEPARTURE BURN.
KOUNOTORI 80 METERS AWAY, FLYING
IN A SOUTHEASTERLY COAST COURSE
DOWN THE WESTERN COAST OF SOUTH
AMERICA FOLLOWING THE ANDES
MOUNTAINS.
GOOD REPORT OF THAT SECOND BURN
COMPLETING.
>> STATION HOUSTON, ON
SPACE-TO-GROUND TWO FOR H.T.V.
I.D.M. COMPLETE FOR STAGE TWO.
THE 24-HOUR SAFETY TRAJECTORY
HAS BEEN CONFIRMED.
>> OKAY.
CONFIRMED.
WE'RE MONITORING STEP FIVE AND
HAVE ALREADY VERIFIED ALL
CONDITIONS.
>> COPY THAT.
>> GOOD REPORTS HERE FROM ALEX
IN MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.
THAT SECOND BURN HAS BEEN
COMPLETED.
THAT WAS A 12-SECOND BURN.
THAT WILL GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT
EXTRA BOOST, A LITTLE BIT EXTRA
SPEED TO GET IT OUT OF THE
KEEPOUT SPHERE.
YOU CAN SEE IT ABOUT 109 METERS
AWAY FROM THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AT THIS POINT.
114 METERS AWAY.
YOU CAN SEE THAT RATE INCREASING
JUST A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT
MORE THAN .2 METERS PER SECOND
HEADING TOWARD THAT KEEPOUT
SPHERE.
WE HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE
SPHERE.
WHAT IS THE ZONE AND HOW BIG IS
IT?
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS HAVE SOFTWARE
THAT DRAW A 200 METER SORT OF
ELLIPTICAL SPHERE AROUND THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THAT'S ABOUT WHERE JESSICA MEIR
AND CHRISTINA KOCH HAVE THE
ABILITY TO SEND AN ABORT COMMAND
FROM THEIR COMMAND INSIDE THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> COPY, MONITORING STEP SIX.
AND WE SEE PASSIVE.
>> COPY.
>> AND YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE
ALREADY GETTING THROUGH THOSE
MILESTONES FOR THAT ABORT
COMMAND AS THE H.T.V. CONTINUES
TO MOVE SUCCESSFULLY THROUGH THE
TIMELINE, ABOUT .26 METERS
AWAY -- THAT'S THE RATE THAT
IT'S MOVING AWAY FROM THE SPACE
STATION.
NOW 135 METERS.
BUT THAT KEEPOUT SPHERE JUST HAS
THE ABILITY FOR THOSE TWO
ASTRONAUTS TO ABORT IF THEY SEE
ANYTHING WRONG.
THEY HAVE THE BEST VANTAGE OF
THE H.T.V. FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THEY'RE IN THE CUPOLA, WITH
SEVEN WINDOWS, AS THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLIES OVER THE COAST OF CHILE IN
THE ANDES MOUNTAINS.
JUST A FEW METERS AWAY FROM THE
KEEPOUT SPHERE, H.T.V. TRACKING
ABOUT 170 METERS AWAY.
AGAIN, IT'S 200 METERS AT THE
EDGE OF THE KEEPOUT SPHERE.
WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM VANCE.
IN THE REENTRY, WILL IT
COMPLETELY BURN UP?
>> YES.
IT'LL MAKE ITS FLIGHT AROUND THE
EARTH A LITTLE LONGER AND MAKE A
SERIES OF THREE ORBIT BURNS
STARTING ON SATURDAY MORNING
U.S. TIME ENDING LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT THAT WILL TAKE IT INTO
EARLY MORNING SUNDAY JAPAN TIME.
THAT WILL TAKE IT INTO ORBIT
JUST OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
>> STATION HOUSTON FOR H.T.V.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> YES.
YOU GUYS HAVE A GO IN STEP
SEVEN, AND WE ARE COMPLETE.
>> OKAY.
COPY.
GO FOR STEP SEVEN IN 1.420.
>> COPY.
>> EVERYTHING'S IN PLACE.
>> SOUNDS GOOD READ.
ALEX WITH THE TWO ASTRONAUTS
MONITORING THE H.T.V.'S
DEPARTURE.
THE NEXT STOP IS A VERY LONG
BURN TO TAKE IT OUT FROM THE
KEEPOUT SPHERE, ABOUT 70
SECONDS.
IT WILL SPEED UP FROM .4 METERS
PER SECOND TO A LITTLE MORE THAN
1.2 METERS PER SECOND.
>> STATION HOUSTON FOR H.T.V.
H.T.V. HAS EXITED THE 200-METER
KEEPOUT SPHERE.
>> COPY THAT, ALEX, AND WE
WANTED TO SEND OUR
CONGRATULATIONS TO JAXA AND ALL
THE TEAMS TODAY.
IT WAS OUR HONOR TO HAVE
KOUNOTORI ON BOARD.
>> AND WE THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL
YOUR HARD TIME WITH THE ENTIRE
HTV-8 MISSION.
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
>> SOME CONGRATULATATORY WORDS
FROM CHRISTINA KOCH AND HOUSTON,
AS THEY APPROACH THE ELLIPSOID.
>> KOUNOTORI, 330 METERS AWAY
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
A GOOD REPORT OF THAT LONG BURN,
THAT DEPARTURE BURN, THAT'S
ABOUT 70 SECONDS LONG.
EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD.
THE RANGE RATE, AT THE RATE AT
WHICH H.T.V. KOUNOTORI IS
DEPARTING IS STARTING TO GET UP
A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE NOW NEARING .7 METERS PER
SECOND.
THAT INCREASE IN VELOCITY WILL
TAKE IT AWAY FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
TOWARDS THE APPROACH ELLIPSOID.
THIS IS ANOTHER SPHERE DRAWN
AROUND THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
ONCE IT CROSSES THAT APPROACH
ELLIPSOID, JOINT OPERATIONS FOR
H.T.V. FLIGHT CONTROLLERS AND
THE INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS WILL CEASE.
THE FLIGHT OF KOUNOTORI WILL BE
HANDED OVER TO H.T.V.
THAT'LL CARRY IT THROUGH THE
REST OF ITS JOURNEY UNTIL IT'S
DEORBITED OVER THE EARTH IN THE
PACIFIC OCEAN.
A GOOD FLIGHT OF KOUNOTORI SO
FAR, 387 METERS AWAY, FLYING 262
STATUE MILES OVER THE PACIFIC
OCEAN, EAST OFF THE COAST OF
ARGENTINA.
KOUNOTORI FLYING 590 METERS AWAY
FROM THE SPACE STATION NOW.
AGAIN, WE'RE HEADING TOWARDS
1,000.
THAT'LL PUT IT A KILOMETER AWAY
AND APPROACH THE JOINT ELLIPSOID
AND CEASE JOINT OPERATIONS AND
PUT IT IN THE HANDS OF THE
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS IN JAPAN.
AGAIN, THAT LAST DEPARTURE BURN
ONCE IT CROSSED THE KEEPOUT
SPHERE NOW AT ABOUT 1.4 METERS
PER SECOND, HEADING TOWARDS THAT
APPROACH ELLIPSOID ABOUT A
KILOMETER AWAY.
H.T.V. CONTINUING TO DEPART AT
PLANNED, 740 METERS AWAY FROM
THE SPACE STATION AND COUNTING.
IT'S HEADING TOWARDS THAT
APPROACH ELLIPSOID THAT'LL END
THE JOINT OPERATIONS BETWEEN THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
H.T.V. FLIGHT CONTROL.
H.T.V. FLIGHT CONTROL IN JAPAN
WILL TAKE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE
AND TAKE OVER THE BURN.
WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT
THE DEORBIT.
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE H.T.V. TO
REENTER THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
AND BURN OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN?
THIS IS THE LAST ORBIT.
ONCE IT APPROACHES THE
ELLIPSOID, ABOUT 1,000 METERS
AWAY, IT'LL CONTINUE TO FLY
AROUND THE EARTH FOR JUST ABOUT
ANOTHER 1.5 DAYS.
THE NEXT DEPARTURE BURN WILL
HAPPEN ABOUT 1:30 P.M. CENTRAL
TIME TODAY.
THEY'LL HAVE A CONTROLLED FLIGHT
CONTINUING TO ORBIT THE EARTH
UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
THERE'S, AGAIN, THREE DEPARTURE
BURN THAT START AT 3:00 TOMORROW
AFTERNOON U.S. TIME, NOVEMBER 2.
THOSE BURNS ARE SPREAD OUT OVER
A FEW HOURS, SO THAT LAST BURN
EXPECTED SOMETIME SATURDAY NIGHT
U.S. TIME.
THAT'LL PUT IT SUNDAY MORNING
JAPAN TIME, AGAIN, THE CONTROL
OF THAT BY H.T.V. CONTROL.
KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS
USING THE HASHTAG #ASKNASA.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO TRACK
KOUNOTORI 8 DEPARTING THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AT
12:20 P.M. CENTRAL TIME UNDER
THE CONTROL OF CHRISTINA KOCH
AND JESSICA MEIR.
KOUNOTORI 980 METERS AWAY FROM
THE SPACE STATION.
WE'LL WAIT FOR CONFIRMATION THAT
IT CROSSES THE ELLIPSOID.
>> STATION HOUSTON FOR H.T.V.
H.T.V. HAS EXITED THE APPROACH
ELLIPSOID.
>> HOUSTON, COPY.
>> AND WITH THAT CONFIRMATION
THAT H.T.V. HAS EXITED THE
APPROACH ELLIPSOID, JOINT
CONTROLS HAVE CEASED.
FLIGHT CONTROL JAPAN WILL TAKE
OVER CONTROL UNTIL IT ENDS ITS
ORBIT SATURDAY NIGHT.
THAT'LL WRAP UP OUR COVERAGE OF
H.T.V.'S DEPARTURE, A SUCCESSFUL
DEPARTURE FOR THE JAPANESE CARGO
CRAFT THAT COMPLETED 34 DAYS
BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
THAT WILL DEPART THE SPACE
STATION AND TAKE TRASH AWAY FROM
THE SPACE STATION, BUT THERE'S
MORE COMING TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
THAT'S ON THE 34th ANNIVERSARY
OF CONTINUOUS HABITATION OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
AT 8:30 A.M. CENTRAL TIME
TOMORROW MORNING ON THE 19th
ANNIVERSARY OF CONTINUOUS
HABITATION WHEN BILL SHEPHERD
AND THE CREW OF EXPEDITION ONE
ENTERED THE HATCH TO BEGIN THE
HABITATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION, YOU CAN WATCH
THAT LAUNCH.
THAT LAUNCH 8:59 A.M. CENTRAL,
9:59 EASTERN.
ON MONDAY, YOU CAN SEE THE
NORTHRUP GRUMMOND'S CYGNUS
CAPTURED BY CHRISTINA KOCH AND
JESSICA MEIR SWAPPING POSITIONS.
THAT COVERAGE TO START AT 1:45
A.M. CENTRAL TIME, 2:45 A.M.
EASTERN.
TUNE IN TO ALL THE COVERAGE FOR
N.G.-12, NORTHRUP GRUMMOND'S
CAPTURE.