>> GOOD MORNING.
A LIVE VIEW OF THE CYGNUS CARGO
CRAFT ON NORTHROP GRUMMAN'S 12
RESUPPLY MISSION AS IT
APPROACHES THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION FOR A CAPTURE AND
BERTHING THIS MORNING, NOVEMBER
4.
I'M NASA'S LEAH TRESHAR, AND I'M
HERE IN THE MISSION CONTROL ROOM
AT JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN
HOUSTON, TEXAS, WHERE TEAMS
TODAY ARE MONITORING THE ARRIVAL
OF CYGNUS AND EVERYTHING GOING
ON ON BOARD THE SPACE STATION.
LEAD FLIGHT DIRECTOR FOR THE
CYGNUS MISSION IS RICK LA BROAD,
AND MEGAN LEVINS IS THE CAPCOM
COMMUNICATOR, WHO IS
COMMUNICATING WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> ALL OF THE CONTROL CENTERS
ARE STANDING BY.
SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS FOR US, BUT WE HAVE
NOTHING FOR YOU THIS MORNING.
>> WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS FOR THE PODS OR THE
OUTER CENTERS.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE A REQUEST
FOR HOUSTON, AND THIS COMES FROM
ME.
THIS MORNING, WE ARE IMPACTED BY
JESSICA'S E-MAIL, AND THIS HAS
BEEN A VERY, VERY CONTINUOUS
INSTANCE.
SO AT ONE POINT, I THINK I WOULD
LIKE HOUSTON TO ROLL EVERYBODY
BACK UNTIL WE HAVE THE NEW
SYSTEM OR THE 90 DAY
NOTIFICATION SO THAT EVERYBODY
CAN LOOK AT THEIR E-MAIL AND NOT
BE IMPACTED OPERATIONALLY AND
LET US KNOW WHEN YOU CAN DO
THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> WE COPY ALL, LUCA.
WE'LL LOOK INTO IT.
>> AS I MENTIONED, CAPSULE
COMMUNICATOR MEGAN LEVINS
DISCUSSING WITH THE CREW ON
BOARD ALL THE PROCEDURES FOR
CYGNUS' ARRIVAL.
CYGNUS IS SCHEDULED TO BE
CAPTURED AT 3:00 A.M. LOCAL
TIME.
THIS IS THE NORTHROP GRUMMAN
MISSION CONTROL CENTER IN
DULLES, VIRGINIA WHERE THEY ARE
MONITORING EVERYTHING ON CYGNUS
AND ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH
NASA MISSION CONTROL.
CYGNUS CONTINUES TO MAKE ITS
APPROACH TOWARDS THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
IT RECENTLY CROSSED THE APPROACH
ELLIPSOID, AND UPON CROSSING
THAT, JOINT COMMUNICATIONS BEGAN
BETWEEN NORTHROP GRUMMAN AND
NASA.
THE CYGNUS IS NOW AT THE 400
METER POINT.
IT HAS SEVERAL CHECK TO SEE GO
THROUGH BEFORE WE SEE THE
GRAPPLE BY THE CANADARM2.
CYGNUS WILL CROSS THE KEEPOUT
SPHERE, JUST AN INVISIBLE LINE
AROUND THE SPACE STATION AT 200
METERS.
EVENTUALLY, IT WILL REACH
ANOTHER 30-METER HOLD POINT.
TEAMS WILL RUN A CHECK ON CYGNUS
SYSTEMS, WORKING WITH THE TEAMS
ON NORTHROP GRUMMAN'S MISSION
CONTROL CENTER, AND ONCE
EVERYTHING IS DETERMINED TO BE
ON TRACK, NORTHROP GRUMMAN WILL
GIVE THEIR GO, AND CYGNUS WILL
DEPART THE 30-METER HOLD POINT.
AFTER DEPARTING THE 30-METER
HOLD POINT, CYGNUS WILL MOVE TO
ABOUT 10 TO 12 METERS AWAY FROM
THE STATION.
THAT'S THE CAPTURE POINT, AT
WHICH THE CANADARM2 WILL BE USED
TO REACH OUT AND GRAPPLE THE
SPACECRAFT.
AFTER CAPTURE THIS MORNING, THE
CONTROLS WILL BE TURNED OVER TO
TEAMS ON THE GROUND, THE
ROBOTICS CONTROLLER, AND HE WILL
USE THE CANADARM2 TO ALIGN THE
CRAFT AND BERTH IT WITH THE
STATION'S UNITY MODULE.
>> CURRENTLY BOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL STATION ARE
ALEXANDER MORGAN, EUROPEAN SPACE
AGENCY LUCA PARMITANO, AND
ANDREA MORGAN, JESSICA MEIR, AND
CHRISTINA KOCH.
AND THIS MORNING, KOCH AND MEIR
BOTH HAVE SPECIAL ROLES IN THE
ARRIVAL OF CYGNUS.
MEIR WILL BE THE PRIMARY
CONTROLLER OF THE SPACE STATION.
SHE'LL TAKE HER STATION AT THE
WINDOW OF THE STATION TO REACH
OUT AND GRAPPLE THE SPACE
STATION BEFOREHANDING THE
CONTROL BACK OVER TO TEAMS ON
THE GROUND.
SHE IS BACKED UP BY NASA
ASTRONAUT CHRISTINA KOCH, AND
ALEXANDER MORGAN WILL MONITOR
THE BACK UP STAGE OF THE
RENDEZVOUS.
>> THIS IS A LIVE VIEW FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
WHICH IS CURRENTLY FLYING 267
STATUTE MILES SOUTH OF AUSTRALIA
IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.
IT'S TAKEN CYGNUS ABOUT TWO DAYS
TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU
SEE IT NOW.
IT LAUNCHED ON TIME AT 8:59 A.M.
CENTRAL TIME, 9:59 A.M. EASTERN
ON NOVEMBER 2, 2019, CARRYING
OVER FOUR TONS OF CARGO TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
YOU CAN SEE CYGNUS LIFTING OFF
ON THE ANTARES ROCKET AT NASA'S
WALLOPS FACILITY IN WALLOPS
ISLAND, VIRGINIA.
AND AFTER THE FIRST STAGE
BURNING FOR 3:18, WE SWITCHED
OVER TO THE STAGE TWO MOTOR.
EVENTUALLY, CYGNUS MAKING AN
8:49 ASCENT INTO ORBIT.
SOLAR ARRAYS UNFURLED AND BEGAN
COLLECTING POWER ABOUT TWO HOURS
AFTER LAUNCH ON SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 2.
THE CYGNUS LAUNCH FOLLOWS THE
KOUNOTORI ENTERED THE ATMOSPHERE
AND BURNED UP DURING REENTRY.
IT ALSO MARKED THE 19
ANNIVERSARY OF CONTINUOUS
HABITATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION IN OUTER SPACE.
>> TEAMS ON THE GROUND ARE
EXPECTING CYGNUS TO ARRIVE AT
THE 250 METER HOLD POINT IN
ABOUT 4:30 NOW.
YOU CAN SEE THE COLORS CHANGING
IN THE CLOUDS NOW BELOW CYGNUS,
AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
TERMINATOR LINE BETWEEN SPACE
AND EARTH, THE SPACE STATION
MAKING ABOUT 16 ORBITS OF EARTH
EVERY DAY.
>> NORTHROP GRUMMAN CYGNUS
CATCHING THE GLINT OF THE SUN AS
IT ENTERS ORBITAL NIGHT TIME
OVER NEW ZEALAND ABOUT 250
METERS AWAY AS IT MAKES ITS WAY
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION THIS MORNING.
THINGS STILL MOVING SMOOTHLY
THIS MORNING.
IT'S ABOUT AN HOUR UNTIL CYGNUS
REACHES THAT CAPTURE POINT OF 10
TO 15 METERS FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, SO
WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR AN ON
TIME CAPTURE AT ABOUT 3:10 A.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
>> ALL CYGNUS VEHICLES ARE NAMED
AFTER THOSE WHO HAVE MADE
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO
SPACE FLIGHT BUT HAVE SINCE
PASSED AWAY, AND THIS VEHICLE IS
NAMED AFTER THE LATE APOLLO AND
SKYLAB ASTRONAUT WHO DIED IN
2018 AT THE AGE OF 86, AND THAT
IS ALLEN BIEHN.
BIEHN AND DICK GORDON FLEW TO
THE MOON IN THE APOLLO 12
MISSION.
THEY LANDED AT THE MOON ON THE
OCEAN OF STORMS ON NOVEMBER 15,
1969.
FOUR YEARS LATER, BIEHN
COMMANDED THE SECOND CREW TO
SKYLAB MISSION, SKYLAB THREE,
WHICH LAUNCHED ON JULY 28, 1973.
HE AND HIS CREW SPENT 59 DAYS IN
SPACE AMONG AMERICA'S FIRST
SPACE STATION.
THE NORTHROP GRUMMAN CYGNUS
NAMED AFTER BIEHN ON ITS WAY TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> CYGNUS HAS NOW REACHED THE
250-METER HOLD POINT WHERE IT
WILL STAY FOR SOME CHECKS HERE
ON THE GROUND AND EVENTUALLY
PROCEED THROUGH THE 250 METER
KEEPOUT SPHERE BEFORE CONTINUING
ITS ASCENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
>> AS CYGNUS CONTINUES TO HOLD
AT THE 250-METER HOLD POINT,
CREWS WILL BEGIN A GO-NO GO POLL
SHORTLY TO CONFIRM THAT CYGNUS
IS READY TO PROCEED ITS ASCENT
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION WHICH IS CURRENTLY 263
STATUTE MILES OVER THE PACIFIC
OCEAN.
>> HOUSTON STATION ON TWO IN
STEP TWO OF 1.1.02.
THE SIGNAL ON THE L.E.D. STATUS
IS AS EXPECTED.
PRIOR RANGE 251.98 IN BLOCK
BRAVO.
FIRST OFF, THE LIGHT IS IN THE
CORRIDOR.
THE OUTLINE MATCHES THE UNIT
SIZE.
THE CIRCLE IS OFFSET FROM THE
CENTER BY ONE WIDTH STAR BOARD.
IN S-1 LOWER OUTBOARD,
EVERYTHING IS THE SAME EXCEPT
THE LIGHT IS OFFSET BY THE
CIRCLE BY FOUR TO FIVE WIDTHS
VEHICLE PORT AND ONE VEHICLE
LENGTH FORWARD.
>> COPY.
ALL NOMINAL.
>> NASA ASTRONAUTS JESSICA MEIR
AND CHRISTINA KOCH ARE AT THE
WORK STATION INSIDE THE CUPOLA.
THEY WILL USE THE CANADARM2 TO
GRAPPLE THE CYGNUS ONCE IT'S 10
TO 12 METERS AWAY FROM THE SPACE
STATION.
CURRENTLY, CYGNUS CONTINUES TO
HOLD WHILE THE TEAM PERFORMS
CHECKS FROM THE GROUND.
>> STATION HOUSTON ON SPACE TO
GROUND TWO.
EXPECT APPROACH TO RESUME
SHORTLY AND STAND BY FOR THE
CYGNUS P.C.S. COMMAND CHECKOUT.
>> HOUSTON COPY.
>> AS YOU HEARD CAPCOM, MEGAN
LEVINS RELAYING TO THE SPACE
STATION, CYGNUS HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO PROCEED FROM THE 250-METER
HOLD POINT TO THE SPACE STATION.
>> STATION HOUSTON ON TWO FOR
CYGNUS.
CYGNUS HAS RESUMED APPROACHED.
GO FOR STEP THREE IN APPROACH IN
1.02.
>> COPY.
STEP THREE FOR APPROACH IN 1.02.
>> THINGS CONTINUE TO PROCEED
SMOOTHLY THIS MORNING FOR
CYGNUS, WHICH IS CARRYING OVER
8,200 POUNDS FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, THE
HEAVIEST CARGO FOR A TRANSPORT
YET.
>> COPY.
WE SEE A GOOD ARM.
>> GO FOR CYGNUS P.C.S. COMMAND
ARM CHECK OUT.
GO FOR STEP FOUR IN 1.1.02.
>> COPY.
>> THAT CYGNUS OVER FOUR-TON PAY
LOAD INCLUDING OVER 1,000 POUNDS
OF CREW SUPPLIES, INCLUDING
SUPPLIES AND HARDWARE, REACHING
OVER 4,200 POUNDS.
INCLUDING HARDWARE FOR THE ALPHA
SPECTROMETER SPACEWALKS COMING
UP THIS MONTH.
31 POUNDS OF COMPUTER RESOURCES.
>> -- CREW NOW HAS AUTHORITY TO
ISSUE ABORT IF NO NCCH, AND THE
LIGHT IS OUTSIDE THE CORRIDOR.
>> HOUSTON COPY.
>> AND THAT CALL COMING FROM THE
CAPSULE TO THE COUNTRY,
CONFIRMING THAT THE CYGNUS HAS
CROSSED THE 250-METER KEEPOUT
SPHERE AROUND THE SPACE STATION
FLYING 250 STATUTE MILES ABOVE
THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
>> STATION HOUSTON ON TWO FOR
CYGNUS.
WE TAKE A BLOCK BRAVO WHEN
YOU'RE READY.
>> HOUSTON COPY.
IN WORKS.
>> CYGNUS IS NOW UNDER 150
METERS AWAY FROM THE SPACE
STATION.
THIS IS THE VIEW OF THE ROBOTICS
WORK STATION INSIDE THE CUPOLA
MODULE WHERE INSIDE JESSICA MEIR
WILL GUIDE THE CANADARM2 TO IT
ONCE IT'S 10 TO 12 METERS AWAY
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
SHE'S JOINED BY NASA ASTRONAUT
CHRISTINA KOCH WHO WILL MONITOR
THE FINAL APPROACH.
AFTER THE CAPTURE, CONTROLS WILL
BE TURNED OVER TO ROBOTICS
ENGINEERS ON THE GROUND.
THEY'LL USE THE CANADARM TO
REPOSITION CYGNUS, BRING IT UP
TO THE SPACE STATION AND DOCK IT
WITH THE LIBERTY MODULE WHERE IT
WILL REMAIN DOCKED UNTIL NEXT
.
>> CYGNUS STILL IN AN ORBITAL
NIGHT TIME, BUT NOW WITHIN A
100-METER RANGE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
COMING UP ABOVE EAST OF MEXICO.
>> CYGNUS IS NOW INSIDE 80
METERS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION WHICH IS FLYING
262 STATUTE MILES OVER ARIZONA.
IF YOU'RE ON TWITTER THIS
MORNING, WE WILL BE TAKING YOUR
QUESTIONS WITH THE
HASHTAG #ASKNASA, AND THE FIRST
THIS MORNING ASKING IF WE CAN
SEE THE SPACE STATION FROM EARTH
WITHOUT A TELESCOPE.
THE SPACE STATION IS THE THIRD
BRIGHTEST OBJECT IN THE NIGHT
SKY WHICH MAKES IT EASY TO FIND
IT WITHOUT A TELESCOPE.
YOU CAN DO SO BY VISITING
WWW.SPOTTHESTATION.ORG FOR
INFORMATION ON WHEN THE SPACE
STATION IS VISITING YOUR AREA
AND WHEN TO LOOK UP.
>> CYGNUS IS 65 METERS AWAY FROM
THE SPACE STATION, AND AS
NORTHROP GRUMMAN 12 CYGNUS
APPROACHES THE UNITY MODULE FOR
GRAPPLE AND BERTHING, THIS IS
NOT THE FIRST SPACECRAFT.
ANOTHER IS STILL ORBITING FOR
TESTING AND WILL RETURN TO EARTH
ON DECEMBER 11.
>> AS CYGNUS CONTINUES TO
APPROACH THE 30-METER HOLD
POINT, ITS NEXT STEP, WE HAVE
ANOTHER #ASKNASA, COMING FROM
JUNIOR CRAFT, WONDERING IF THIS
CRAFT WILL DO ANOTHER EXTENDED
MISSION.
IT'S SCHEDULED TO DEPART ORBIT
ON DECEMBER 20, BUT IT HAS A FEW
OTHER THINGS TO COMPLETE BEFORE
BURNING UP IN EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE.
>> WE ARE IN A SHORT SATELLITE
HANDOVER PERIOD.
THESE ARE TRACKED BY THE TEAMS
HERE ON THE GROUND.
AND WE WILL REGAIN
COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE SPACE
STATION VERY SHORTLY.
>> CYGNUS IS APPROACHING THE
30-METER HOLD POINT.
TEAMS WILL RUN A CHECK ON CYGNUS
SYSTEMS BOTH HERE AT MISSION
CONTROL AND AT CONTROL CENTER IN
DULLES, VIRGINIA.
>> STATION HOUSTON ON SPACE TO
GROUND TWO, CONFIRM HOLD ON STEP
SIX AND PROCEED IN 1.1.02.
>> COPY.
>> AS YOU HEARD, CAPCOM MEGAN
LEVINS TALKING WITH THE SPACE
STATION AS YOU CAN SEE HERE,
THEY'RE IN THE ROBOTICS PART OF
THE SPACE STATION.
THIS HOLD IS THE LAST PART
BEFORE CYGNUS WILL PROCEED TO
THE CAPTURE POINT, AT WHICH
POINT CANADARM2 WILL BE USED TO
CAPTURE CYGNUS.
>> IN THIS VIEW OF THE ROBOTICS
STATION INSIDE THE CUPOLA,
JESSICA MEIR IS MANEUVERING THE
ARM SO WHEN IT GETS TO THE HOLD
POINT, CYGNUS WILL BE READY FOR
CAPTURE.
>> CYGNUS STILL AT THE 30-METER
HOLD POINT AS THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION IS FLYING 262
STATUTE MILES OVER THE NORTH
ATLANTIC OCEAN.
YOU CAN SEE THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION HAS CROSSED OVER
INTO AN ORBITAL DAYTIME, FLYING
OVER 17,000 MILES PER HOUR.
>> HOUSTON STATION ON TWO, CREW
IS READY FOR CYGNUS PROCEED TO
THE CAPTURE POINT.
>> HOUSTON COPY.
>> CYGNUS IS READY TO PROCEED TO
THE CAPTURE POINT.
EXPECT APPROACH TO RESUME
SHORTLY.
>> HOUSTON COPY.
>> NOW FLYING 260 STATUTE MILES
OVER MOROCCO, LOOKING DOWN ON
CYGNUS, WHICH HAS DEPARTED THE
30-METER HOLD POINT.
WE'LL SEE CYGNUS MOVE MUCH MORE
SLOWLY THAN IT WAS EARLIER TODAY
UP TO THE CAPTURE POINT ABOUT 10
TO 12 METERS AWAY FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> THIS ASCENTION FROM THE HOLD
POINT TO THE CAPTURE POINT TAKES
ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
THESE ARE VERY DELIBERATE
MOVEMENTS AS REQUIRED WHEN
APPROACHING THE SPACE STATION TO
ENSURE A SAFE APPROACH.
>> CYGNUS AND THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION FLYING OVER
ALGERIA, AND CYGNUS IS SCHEDULED
TO REACH THE CAPTURE POINT WITH
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
IN ABOUT 6:45.
>> HOUSTON STATION ON TWO WITH A
BLOCK BRAVO.
IN BOTH VIEWS, T-1 LOWER OUT
BOARD AND E-1 LOWER OUT BOARD,
THE VEHICLE IS NOT AWAY FROM THE
OUTBOARD NOR OFF FROM THE
CENTER.
>> COPY.
ALL NOMINAL.
>> CYGNUS NOW 20 METERS AWAY
FROM THE SPACE STATION AND JUST
A FEW MINUTES AWAY FROM REACHING
THE CAPTURE POINT.
ONCE CYGNUS REACHES THAT 10 TO
12 METERS AWAY FROM THE SPACE
STATION, JESSICA MEIR AND
CHRISTINA KOCH ABOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IN
THE CUPOLA MODULE WILL USE THE
CANADARM2 TO GRAPPLE THE
SPACECRAFT.
WE'LL SEE THE CAPTURE AFFIRMED
ONCE THERE'S A SERIES OF LOCKS
AND LATCHES ENGAGED ON THE
CANADARM2.
>> STATION HOUSTON TWO FOR
CYGNUS.
CONFIRM HOLD FOR STEP EIGHT IN
1.102.
>> CYGNUS IS NOW HOLDING ABOUT
12 METERS AWAY FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AT
ITS CAPTURE POINT.
>> HOUSTON STATION, CAPTURE
CONDITIONS CONFIRMED.
CREW IS READY FOR CYGNUS
CAPTURE.
>> ANOTHER SHORTHANDOVER OF THE
TRACKING DATA AND RELAY
SATELLITE SYSTEMS.
>> HOUSTON STATION ON TWO.
CAPTURE CONDITIONS CONFIRMED.
CREW IS READY FOR CYGNUS
CAPTURE.
>> COPY ALL.
STAND BY FOR CAPTURE.
JUST A REMINDER, NO EXERCISE
CONSTRAINT IS FOR THIS PERIOD
UNTIL AFTER CAPTURE.
>> COPY, AND WE CONFIRM WE ARE
MEETING THAT CONSTRAINT.
>> THANKS FOR THE CHECK.
>> TEAMS HERE ON THE GROUND ARE
MAKING THEIR FINAL PULL FOR GO
OR NO GO FOR CAPTURE.
>> STATION HOUSTON ON TWO FOR
CYGNUS.
YOU ARE GO FOR CYGNUS CAPTURE
SEQUENCE.
BEGIN MONITORING THE BACK AWAY
TWO CARD.
>> STATION COPY.
>> THE STATION JUST RECEIVED THE
GO AHEAD LIGHT TO PROCEED TO
CAPTURE CYGNUS.
YOU'LL SEE IT MOVE VERY SLOWLY
TOWARD THE SPACECRAFT.
CAPTURE WILL BE CONFIRMED ONCE A
SERIES OF SNARES HAVE BEEN
CLOSED.
>> THE ROBOTIC ARM IS NOW IN
MOTION.
ARM FOUR METERS AWAY FROM
CYGNUS.
FROM THIS VIEW, YOU CAN SEE THE
ARM SLOWLY APPROACHING THAT
GRAPPLING FIXTURE ON CYGNUS.
CANADARM2 NOW 4.5 METERS AWAY
FROM THE VEHICLE.
ARM NOW 1.5 METER.
ARM IS NOW ONE METER.
THE ARM IS NOW OVER THE PIN.
ALIGNMENT LOOKING GOOD.
AND THE SNARES HAVE CLOSED AND
CYGNUS CAPTURE HAS BEEN
CONFIRMED AS IT WAS FLYING OVER
MADAGASCAR AT 3:10 CENTRAL TIME,
4:10 EASTERN TIME THIS MORNING.
AND THE FINAL LATCHES THAT
ATTACH THE CANADARM TO CYGNUS
HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
>> CYGNUS CAPTURE COMPLETE.
GO FOR CYGNUS HOSE CAPTURE
RECONFIGURATION.
>> COPY ALL.
GOOD CAPTURE.
>> HOUSTON, THIS NORTHROP
GRUMMAN CYGNUS SPACECRAFT IS
NAMED AFTER ALAN BEAN, THE
FOURTH HUMAN TO WALK ON THE
MOON.
IN JUST DAYS, IT'LL BE THE 50th
ANNIVERSARY OF HIS WALK ON THE
MOON.
THIS SERVES AS A HARBINGER OF
THE FUTURE WITH NASA'S PLAN TO
RETURN TO THE MOON WITH THE
ARTEMIS MISSIONS.
>> COPY AND WELCOME TO THE
I.S.S.
>> AND SOME WORDS FROM NASA
ASTRONAUT JESSICA MEIR WELCOMING
THE CRAFT TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
>> THIS MORNING AS THE SPACE
STATION WAS FLYING OVER
MADAGASCAR, CYGNUS, AS YOU SEE
AT THE END OF THE CANADARM2 WAS
CAPTURED AT 3:10 A.M. CENTRAL
TIME, 4:10 A.M. EASTERN TIME BY
NASA ASTRONAUTS JESSICA MEIR AND
CHRISTINA KOCH.
THEY WILL USE THE ARM TO BRING
THE CRAFT UP TO THE UTILITY
MODULE.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK AS
SOME OF THAT OCCURS AND WE'LL BE
BACK LIVE AT 5:00 A.M. CENTRAL
TIME.
IN THE MEANTIME, THAT CONCLUDES
OUR COVERAGE OF THE NORTHROP
GRUMMAN CYGNUS COMPLETED
SUCCESSFULLY AT 3:10 A.M.
CENTRAL TIME, 4:10 A.M. EASTERN
TIME.
JOIN US AT 5:00 A.M. EASTERN FOR
MORE LIVE COVERAGE.
UNTIL THEN, THIS IS MISSION
CONTROL HOUSTON.