>>> GOOD AFTERNOON FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM.
THIS IS MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON
BRINGING YOU LIVE COVERAGE
TODAY.
LAUNCH OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN
13th CARGO RESUPPLY MISSION TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE AT THE MID
ATLANTIC REGIONAL SPACEPORT OF
NASA'S WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY
IN VIRGINIA WHERE THE ANTARES
ROCKET SETS READY TO LAUNCH,
7500 POUNDS OF RESEARCH, CREW
SUPPLIES, AND HARDWARE TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THE LAUNCH ATTEMPT ON SUNDAY WAS
SCRUBBED DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH
GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AT THE
LAUNCH SITE.
AND FOLLOWING THE SCRUB SUNDAY
ANTARES WAS DRAINED OF ITS FUEL
AND ENGINEERS WORKED TO CORRECT
THE GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
THAT CAUSED THE SCRUB.
THEN ON THURSDAY IT WAS ROTATED
HORIZONTALLY TO FRESHEN TIME
CRITICAL PAYLOADS.
THE VEHICLE WAS THEN ROTATED
BACK INTO ITS VERTICAL POSITION
BUT THE LAUNCH ATTEMPT YESTERDAY
WAS SCRUBBED BEFORE FUELING
BEGAN DUE TO HIGH WINDS.
TODAY FUELING BEGAN ABOUT 45
MINUTES AGO AND NOW STANDS READY
TO SEND CYGNUS TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> WANT TO VERIFY.
>> THE WINDS ARE LOOKING MUCH
MORE FAVORABLE FOR LAUNCH WITH
TEMPERATURES AROUND 36 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT.
JOINING ME ON CONSOLE TODAY IS
CHAD DAVIS, NORTHROP GRUMMAN'S
HUMAN SYSTEMS INTEGRATION AND
OPERATIONS MANAGER.
CHAD, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE
MORE ABOUT WHAT CAUSED THE SCRUB
ON SUNDAY AND WHAT THE TEAMS DID
TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE?
>> SURE THING.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
BASICALLY, WHAT THE ANTARES YOU
CAN HAVE ON SUNDAY'S SCRUB, WE
EXPERIENCED A PHENOMENAL READING
WHICH TRIPPED A LIMIT SENSOR.
SO IN THE PRECAUTION AND PER THE
FLIGHT RULES, THEY WENT AHEAD
AND SCRUBBED THE LAUNCH SINCE WE
WERE THAT FAR INTO IN COUNTDOWN,
TO T-MINUS THREE MINUTES OR SO.
AND SINCE THAT TIME THE CREW OUT
THERE WITH THE ANTARES AS WELL
AS THE CYGNUS TEAM WORKED VERY
HARD TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT
EQUIPMENT, REPLACE IT, DO TO YOU
A-- TO MAKE SURE WE WERE GOOD
TO GO FOR TODAY'S ACTIVITIES.
ACTUALLY WE'RE GOOD TO GO FOR
YESTERDAY'S ACTIVITIES HAD THE
WINDS BEEN ON OUR SIDE.
AND AS PART OF THAT ALLOWED THE
OPPORTUNITY TO REFRESH THE CARGO
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BACK ON
SUNDAY ON THAT CAPABILITY.
>> SO WITH THOSE ISSUES NOW
BEHIND US, THE TEAMS AND THE
LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER AND
WALLOPS ISLAND, VIRGINIA, THOSE
TEAMS ARE MONITORING SYSTEMS ON
THE ANTARES ROCKET AND CYGNUS
SPACECRAFT TO MAKE SURE ALL
SYSTEMS ARE GO FOR LAUNCH TODAY.
TEAMS ARE REPORTING THAT ALL
SYSTEMS ARE IN GO FOR A LAUNCH.
CONTROLS OF THE VEHICLE WILL BE
HANDED OVER TO TEAMS AT NORTHROP
GRUMMAN'S MISSION CONTROL CENTER
IN DULLES, VIRGINIA.
TEAMS ARE BEING LED BY MISSION
DIRECTOR ZACH D.W.I.ER.
AGAIN-- DWYER.
AS SOON AS SIG MUST SEPARATES
FROM THE ROCKET, CONTROLS OF
THAT VEHICLE WILL BE HANDED OVER
TO THE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS IN
DALLASES.
AND BACK AT THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION FLIGHT CONTROL
ROOM, IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, FLIGHT
CONTROL TEAMS ARE BEING LED BY
FLIGHT DIRECTOR RON SPENCER.
TEAMS HERE ARE MONITORING
SYSTEMS ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION ENSURING ALL
SYSTEMS ARE A GO FOR CYGNUS
LAUNCH TODAY.
WORKING IN TANDEM WITH TEAMS IN
DULLES.
>> THREE, TWO, ONE, MARK.
>> AND I COPY THAT.
>> CYGNUS WILL ARRIVE TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
AFTER A THREE-DAY JOURNEY ON
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18th WHERE
IT WILL BE INSTALLED ON THE
UNITY MODULE'S EARTH-FACING
PORT.
NASA'S FLIGHT ENGINEER MORGAN
WILL GRAPPLE THE CYGNUS
SPACECRAFT.
ONCE THE ASTRONAUTS HAVE
CAPTURED THE VEHICLE, THEY'LL
TURN CONTROLS BACK OVER TO TEAMS
ON THE GROUND IN MISSION
CONTROL, HOUSTON, WHERE THE
OFFICER WILL USE THE CANADA ARM
2 TO REPOSITION THE SPACECRAFT
AND BRING IT TOWARD THE UNITY
MODULE TO INSTALL IT TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
CYGNUS WILL REMAIN ATTACHED
UNTIL MAY 11th WHEN IT WILL
DEPART THE ORBITING BEFORE
DISCLOSING OF SEVERAL TONS OF
TRASH DURING A FIERY RE-ENTRY
INTO THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE ON
MAY 25th.
JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, NORTHROP
GRUMMAN'S CYGNUS CARGO VEHICLE
FROM ITS 12th REPLY MISSION
DEPARTED THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION AFTER ITS 88-DAY STAY.
SO WHEN THE 13th RESUPPLY
MISSION LAUNCHES TODAY, NORTHROP
GRUMMAN WILL PERFORM A TWO-WEEK
PERIOD.
STILL JOINED ON CONSOLE TODAY BY
CHAD DAVIS, NORTHROP GRUMMAN'S
HUMAN SYSTEMS INTEGRATION AND
OPERATIONS MANAGER, CHAT, CAN
YOU EXPLAIN HOW NORTHROP GRUMMAN
TEAMS MANAGE TWO VEHICLES IN
FLIGHT AT ONCE?
>> YES.
WE HAD DEVELOPED THE CAPABILITY
BACK WHENEVER WE WERE-- WE KNEW
WE WERE GOING TO FLY THE NT11
VEHICLE FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD
OF TIME AND KNEW THAT WITH A
OVERLAP WITH THE NG12 MISSION.
SO THE TEAMS IN THE MISSION
OPERATIONS CENTER AS WELL AS OUR
GROUND SEGMENT FOLKS DEVELOPED
THE SOFTWARE NEEDED TO BE ABLE
TO CLEARLY IDENTIFY TWO SEPARATE
VEHICLES SO YOU KNEW WHICH
VEHICLE YOU WERE COMMANDING AND
FLYING.
AND WE WENT THROUGH MULTIPLE
SIMULATIONS TO VERIFY ALL THOSE
CAPABILITIES.
AND THEN WE GOT THE CHANCE AT
THE END OF THE NG11 MISSION TO
TEST IT OUT ON 12, WHICH NOW AT
THIS POINT IT'S SORT OF STANDARD
OPERATING PROCEDURE HOW WE DO IT
FROM THIS POINT GOING FORWARD
WITH FUTURE MISSIONS.
>> AND EACH CYGNUS SPRAIFT IS
NAMED AFTER INFLUENTIAL
INDIVIDUALS IN THE WORLD OF
SPACE FLIGHT AND THE SPACECRAFT
FOR THIS STAYS EXPLANATION
RESUPPLY MISSION IS DEDICATED TO
ROBERT LAWRENCE, WHO WAS THE
FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN ASTRONAUT
SELECTED BY ANY PROGRAMS,
SPECIFICALLY CHOSEN FOR THE
AIRFORCE'S MANNED ORBITAL
LABORATORY PROGRAM, IN JUNE OF
1967.
LAWRENCE DIED IN AN F-104 STAR
EXCITER ACCIDENT AT EDWARDS AIR
FORCE BASE SIX MONTHS LATER AT
THE AGE OF 32.
>> LC ELECTRIC 2, FTS IS SAFE.
CONFIGURATION VERIFIED.
>> SCATTERED CLOUDS FOR LAUNCH
AT THE REGIONAL SPACEPORT IN
VIRGINIA.
TEMPERATURES ABOUT 36 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT.
>> INTERNAL POWER ON.
FTSA EXTERNAL POWER OFF AND B
OFF I-RIG IS 195210.
>> GOING UP ON CYGNUS TODAY IS
ABOUT 7500 POUNDS OF RESEARCH,
CREW SUPPLIES, AND HARDWARE.
WITHIN THAT CARGO IS 1,570
POUNDS OF CREW SUPPLIES.
2,129 POUNDS OF SCIENCE
INVESTIGATIONS, 179 POUNDS OF
SPACEWALK EQUIPMENT.
3,501 POUNDS OF VEHICLE
HARDWARE, AND 66 POUNDS OF
COMPUTER RESOURCES.
>> ARM INDICATION RECEIVED.
FTS IS CURRENTLY INDICATING
SAFE.
>> SO VERIFY.
>> FTS ARM INDICATION.
>> COURTNEY, I'D LIKE TO ADD TO
THAT MANIFEST.
SOME FRESH FRUIT THAT WAS PART
OF THE CHANGEOVER AS THEY DID
THE REFRESH SO THE CREW WILL BE
GETTING SOME FRESH FRUIT AND
VEGETABLES.
I'M SURE THEY'LL BE EXCITED TO
SEE WHEN CYGNUS SHOWS UP.
>> COPY.
LCME.
>> NOW ABOUT 20 MINUTES 30
SECONDS FOR LAUNCH TODAY.
2:21 CENTRAL TIME, 321MP EASTERN
MILESTONES BEGAN ABOUT FOUR
HOURS AGO AND JUST ABOUT AN AN
HOUR AGO FUELING FOR THE FIRST
STAGE BEGAN.
THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VARIOUS
CHECKS BETWEEN FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS IN HOUSTON AND
DULLES TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING
IS ON TRACK FOR AN ON-TIME
LAUNCH TODAY.
STILL ON TRACK FOR THE LAUNCH
SET TO START AT 2:21P.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
3:21P.M. EASTERN.
>> WE HAVE A HOT MIC ON
COUNTDOWN ONE.
>> SOME UPCOMING MILESTONES,
ABOUT 12 MINUTES FROM LAUNCH,
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS WILL CONDUCT
A PULL TO PROCEED ARE THE FINAL
LAUNCH COUNTDOWN.
IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES FROM
LAUNCH THE VEHICLE WILL SWITCH
TO INTERNAL POWER.
THEN JUST ABOUT 3:30 BEFORE
LAUNCH, AUTO SEQUENCE HANDOFF
FOR TERMINAL COUNTDOWN WILL BE
INITIATED.
THAT WILL MARK THE TIME THE
COMPUTERS TAKE OVER FOR FINAL
MILESTONES BEFORE LAUNCH.
APPROACHING THE 25-MINUTE MARK
BEFORE LAUNCH.
>> AND LAUNCH TEAM LC COUNTDOWN
ONE.
CURRENTLY AT T-MINUS 25 MINUTES
AND COUNTING AND-- AND PROP2
ON THE PROCEED WITH STEP 367 AT
THIS TIME.
>> PROP2 COPIES.
LC PROMPT 2--
>> CONFIGURATE FOR FINAL
COUNTDOWN.
>> FINAL C PROP2821 OPEN.
>> ROGER THAT.
RP VALVE CONFIGURATION.
>> LC.
EHSRP CONFIGURED FOR FINAL
COUNTDOWN.
>> ROGER THAT.
PROP TEAM YOU CAN RESUME AND
RETURN TO AUTOMATIC CONTROL
MODE.
>> LC PROP2, HAS BEEN RESUMED.
OCCS IN AUTO CONTROL MODE.
>> COPY 2.
CHECK 370 AND 371 AND XNG1C ON
COUNTDOWN 1.
CAN YOU PROVIDE STATUS OF UPPER
LEVEL WINDS?
>> LC, UPPER LEVEL WINDS ARE GO.
>> COPY THAT.
WE'LL CHECK THROUGH 72.
>> OPS ONE, LC COUNTDOWN ONE.
STEP 373, YOU'RE GO TO ENABLE ME
ONE AND ME2 AND EHA BUSES.
>> LC APPS ONE IN WORK.
LC OPS BUSES ENABLED.
>> ROGER.
CHECK 373 COMPLETE.
>> SITE CONTROL LC COUNTDOWN 1.
>> SITE CONTROL, GO AHEAD.
>> LET'S PRESS FOR--
>> COPY THAT N WORK.
>> NOW JUST UNDER 22 MINUTES
AWAY FROM LIFT-OFF AND ALL
SYSTEMS ARE STILL ON TRACK FOR
AN ON-TIME LAUNCH TODAY.
>> AND LAUNCH TEAM BE ADVISED WE
ARE GOING TO BE WAIVING A
CONSTRAINT HERE.
WE'LL GET THAT BRIEFED OUT IN
JUST A MINUTE.
AT THIS TIME, I ACTUALLY WANT TO
GET A READINESS FOR
RECALIBRATION OF ENGINE
PRESSURE.
ENGINE PRESSURE SENSORS.
STEP 376.
MES1.
MES1 ON COUNTY 1.
>> MES COUNTDOWN 1.
>> I'D LIKE TO GET A RECAL.
ARE YOU READY FOR THAT?
>> WE'RE READY FOR THAT.
>> OPS 1 STEP 377.
RECALIBRATE ENGINE PRESSURE
SENSORS.
>> LCS1 AND WORK.
LS OPS 1 ENGINING PRESSURES
SENSORS RECALIBRATED AND READY
FOR FLIGHT.
>> OPS 1 LET'S PROCEED WITH STEP
371.
ACTIVATE ARM ENABLE.
>> ARM ENABLE ROTATED AND ARM
ROTATED.
>> AND RDM?
>> STAGE 1 CONTROLLER ODM ARMED.
>> AND SET YOUR STAGE 1
CONTROLLER EPPB REPS.
>> LC OPS 2.
STAGE 1.
>> 378, 379, 380 LAUNCH TEAM
WE'VE JUST PASSED OR T-MINUS
20-MINUTE MARK AND COUNTING.
WE ARE GOING TO BE BRIEFING OUT
A WAIVER HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.
I I BELIEVE WE HAVE OUR
MANAGEMENT CONCURRENCE AND
SYSTEM LC ON COUNTDOWN 1.
>> LC SYSTEM HERE.
>> GO TO COORDINATE FINAL
ADJUSTMENTS TO TARGET FARING AIR
TEMP.
IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND USE
ANOMALY 2 TO BEFORE THAT WITH
SITE CONTROL.
>> COPY.
COPY.
>> LC, THIS IS SITE CONTROL.
>> COPY THAT, SITE CONTROL.
>> TAIL LC COUNTDOWN 1.
>> LC TELL.
>> CAN YOU CONFIRM TAIL ARM FOR
RAPID RETRY?
>> TAIL IS ARMED FOR RAPID
RETRACT.
>> ROGER THAT.
WE'LL CHECK 375 COMPLETE.
>> LC SYSTEM COUNTDOWN 1.
>> GO AHEAD SYSTEM.
>> STEP 381 COMPLETE.
>> COPY THAT.
WE'LL CHECK 381 COMPLETE.
>> AND LAUNCH TEAM THAT DOES
COMPLETE ALL OF OUR STEPS IN OUR
LOADING OPERATIONS CURRENTLY AT
THE START OF OUR PROPELLANT
TOP-OFF.
>> AND LAUNCH TEAM, THIS IS LCA
COUNTDOWN 1.
BE ADVISED WE HAVE ENGINEERING
RECOMMENDATION.
AND LAUNCH DIRECTOR CONCURRENCE
TO WAIVE THE ENGINE PRE-BURNER
SURFACE TEMPERATURE CONSTRAINTS.
THOSE ARE CONSTRAINT.
Ds10.024.
AND 25 AND 26.
WE'LL BE WAIVING CONSTRAINT
I.D.s FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
COUNTDOWN.
>> NOW 17 MINUTES FROM LIFT-OFF
AND ALL SYSTEMS ARE STILL A GO
FOR AN ON-TIME LAUNCH TODAY AT
2:21P.M. CENTRAL TIME.
>> AND PROP LEAD, I'LL BE
WAITING FOR YOUR CALL ON STEP
382.
>> LC, WHICH IS PROP LEAD.
>> GO AHEAD, PROP LEAD.
>> YES, F1N LEVEL IS 11.
>> COPY THAT.
CORE 1 PROVIDE RECOMMENDATION TO
F1N LEVEL.
>> LC STANDBY.
>> CYGNUS-- EXCUSE ME, CMDLC
COUNTDOWN 1.
>> CMD.
>> GO TO TRANSFER CYGNUS TO
INTERNAL REPORT AND REPORT WHEN
COMPLETE.
>> IN WORK.
AND WHERE AT T-MINUS 15 MINUTES
AND COUNTING.
>> LC CORE 1 ON COUNTDOWN 1, NO
FUEL ADJUSTMENT IS REQUIRED.
>> COPY, CORE 1.
WE'LL CHECK STEP 383, PROP2,
CONFIGURE OCCS FOR NO ADJUSTMENT
TO FUEL LEVEL.
>> N WORK.
>> AND PROP LEAD PERFORM--
EXCUSE ME, STEP 385 WILL NOT BE
REQUIRED.
>> LC PROP2OCC CONFIGURED FOR
NO ADJUSTMENT TO FUEL LEVEL.
>> COPY THAT.
WE'LL CHECK 384 COMPLETE.
AND LAUNCH TEAM WORKOUT TWO
MINUTES AWAY FROM OUR FINAL
PULL.
RECEIVE WITH OUR FINAL COUNTDOWN
TODAY.
OPS 2, LC, COUNTDOWN 1.
>> GOOD GO AHEAD, LC.
>> LET'S INITIATE STEP 385.
VIP POSITION OVERRIDE.
>> OVERRIDE COMPLETE.
>> WE'LL CHECK 387 COMPLETE.
>> AGAIN, WE'RE STANDING BY NOW
FOR THE 12-MINUTE MARK BEFORE
LAUNCH, WHERE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS
WILL CONDUCT A PULL TO PROCEED
WITH THE FINAL LAUNCH COUNTDOWN.
>> ONE MINUTE FROM OUR FINAL
POLL.
TODAY WANT TO GIVE KUDOS OUT TO
OUR OPS 1 AND OPS 2 TEAM TODAY.
AND FRANZ, IT'S ALMOST TIME TO
SAY GOOD-BYE TO HANS.
AND CMDTF STATUS ON INTERNAL
POWER?
>> YES, WE'RE ON INTERN POWER
NOMINAL.
>> COPY THAT.
WE'LL CHECK 386.
>> OKAY, LAUNCH COUNTDOWN 1,
STEP 388.
HOLD TO PROCEED WITH FINAL
COUNTDOWN.
GSO?
>> GSO GO.
>> RSO.
>> RSO GO.
>> TD.
>> TD IS GO.
>> STAGE 1--
>> STAGE 1 TEAM IS GO.
>> MES 1.
>> IS GO.
>> GC?
>> GC IS GO.
>> ACE?
>> ACE IS GO.
>> MARS?
>> MARS IS GO.
>> CMD?
>> CMD IS GO.
>> LD?
>> LD IS GO.
>> AND NG?
>> IN HONOR OF MAJOR ROBERT
LAWRENCE WHOSE COURAGE AND
SACRIFICE IN NAME OF PLACE
EXPLORATION WILL INSPIRE
GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE FROM ALL
BACKGROUNDS TO REACH FOR THE
STARS, NORTHROP GRUMMAN IS GO.
>> I COPY THAT NG.
WE'LL GO TO PROCEED WITH FINAL
COUNTDOWN.
AND LAUNCH TEAM BE ADVISED STEP
389 WILL NOT BE REQUIRED AND
STEP 390 WILL NOT BE REQUIRED.
STEP 391 WILL NOT BE REQUIRED.
>> YOU JUST HEARD THE POLL TO
PROCEED WITH THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
TO LAUNCH AND ALL TEAMS ARE A
GO.
JUST UNDER 11 MINUTES NOW FROM
LAUNCH AND EVERYTHING IS STILL
PROCEEDING SMOOTHLY FOR AN
ON-TIME LAUNCH AT 2:21P.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
3:21P.M. EASTERN.
THE FIRST THEM THAT WILL OCCUR
IS THE STAGE 1 IGNITION AND
YOU'LL SEE LIFT-OFF JUST A FEW
SECONDS AFTER THAT AND THE TWO
MAIN ENGINES WILL BURN FOR
2:DWENTD 8 BEFORE CUTTING OFF
AND STAGE 1 WILL SEPARATE.
>> COUNTDOWN 1, WE'RE GOING TO
GO AHEAD AND PERFORM THE MAIN
ENGINE FIV OPENING CHECKLIST.
YOU'RE GO TO PROCEED ON STEPS
Q1, Q2, AND Q3.
>> AND OPS COPIES.
OPENING CDD, ON MY MARK.
3, 2, 1, MARK.
AND 20:1052.
>> COPY Q1.
>> THE INTERSTAGE ADAPTER THAT
CONNECTS THE FIRST AND SECOND
STAGES WILL SEPARATE AT 4:14
INTO FLIGHT BEFORE STAGE 2
IGNITION, WHICH IS A SOLID
ROCKET FUEL THAT WILL BURN FOR
2:43.
ONCE THE SECOND STAGE BURNS OUT,
WE'LL BE LISTENING FOR THE CALL
OF ORBITAL INSERTION AT 7:04
AFTER LAUNCH.
THE VEHICLE WILL COAST FOR 2
MINUTES BEFORE CYGNUS OPERATION
AT 9:04 AFTER LIFT-OFF.
AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH, THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WILL
BE FLY 258 STATUTE MILES OVER
THE WESTERN PACIFIC.
THEN SOLAR ARRAY DEPLOY IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR JUST ABOUT AN
HOUR AND 19 MINUTES AFTER
LAUNCH.
>> OPS LC COUNTDOWN 1.
>> GO AHEAD, LC.
>> LET'S KICK OFF STEP 392.
GO TO ENABLE.
>> LC OPS 1, INTERNAL POWER ON.
>> ACS, COMMANDS CLEAR.
>> COPY THAT.
WE'LL CHECK 392 AND 393.
WE HAVE A HOT MIC ON COUNTDOWN
1.
>> SO THIS IS THE OFFICIAL
COUNTDOWN.
>> LC, OPS 2, VRG ACTIVATED.
>> HE SAID--
>> COPIES OPS 2.
HOT MIC ON COUNTDOWN 1.
>> LC OPS TOO VCD CLOSED.
>> GM TWO CONDITIONING
INITIATED.
>> COPY THAT SITE CONTROL.
WE'LL CHECK 394 AND 23.
MES 1, REPORT 5 POSITION STATUS.
>> LC MES, FV5.
>> COPY THAT MES 1.
AND OPS DO GO FOR Q5.
DEACTIVATE.
>> VRT ACTIVATED.
>> COPY ALL.
THAT CLEATS OUR MAIN--
COMPLETES OUR MAIN ENGINE--
ENGINE CHECK.
>> WE TURNED IT OFF.
WE HUNG UP.
>> LC PROP LEAD VERIFIED.
>> COPY THAT.
INITIALIZE GROUND ORDINANCE
POWER SUPPLIES.
>> GROUND ORDINANCE INITIALIZED.
>> AND GROUND ORDINARY VERIFY IS
NOMINAL.
>> COPY THAT.
CHECK 396 AND 397.
>> LC SITE CONTROL FA TRANSFER
TO GN2 CONFIRMED.
>> ROGER THAT.
CHECK 398 AND STEP 399 IS NOT
REQUIRED FOR TODAY'S OPERATION.
AND RATCH TEAM, WE'RE AT T-MINUS
5 MINUTES AND COUNTING.
OPS 1, STEP 400.
GO TO TRANSFER AVIONICS TO
INTERNAL POWER.
>> POWER ON.
STAND BY FOR MANNED COMPLETION.
EXTERNAL POWER OFF.
>> AND LC, INTERNAL POWER IS
NOMINAL.
>> YOU CAN OPEN YOUR LOOP AND
VERIFY GREEN INDICATION.
>> LC OPS 1, OPEN AND GREEN.
>> LC ELECT 2, FTLU AND FTS
RECEIVER INDICATIONS ARE
NOMINAL.
>> ROGER THAT.
ELECT 2, OOPS 1, STEP 404, SEND
ALL ARMED COMMAND.
>> ALL ARMED COMMAND SENT.
>> LC, ALL ARMED.
>> COPY.
WE'RE AT T-MINUS 4 POINTS AND
COUNTING.
NASA TD, REPORT RANGE STATUS?
>> RANGE IS GREEN.
>> ROGER THAT, RANGE IS GREEN.
AND LAUNCH TEAM BE ADVISED STEP
407 WILL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR
TODAY'S OPERATION.
AND WE'RE PASSING T-MINUS 3:30.
PHASE 3 DYNAMIC LIMITS WILL BE
ACTIVE AT T-MINUS 3 MINUTES.
>> FC COMMAND INTO
FLIGHT MODE.
AUTO SEQUENCE START.
ODM BUS AND CURRENTS NOMINAL.
>> GNC1 READY FOR NAB OP.
>> LC OPS 2 SWITCH TO NAV.
>> LCGNC1.
VERIFIED.
>> GMC1, CHECK 415.
AND LAUNCH PASSING T-MINUS TWO
MINUTES.
AND T-MINUS 1:30.
MARK.
AND T-MINUS 1 MINUTE.
MARK.
>> 40 SECONDS UNTIL LIFT-OFF.
>> T-MINUS 30 SECONDS, MARK.
>> 20 SECONDS TO LIFT-OFF.
>> T-MINUS 10.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
WE HAVE IGNITION, START-UP.
LIFT-OFF ANTARES, NG13 MISSION.
ENGINES AT 100%.
ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
TBC IS NOMINAL.
CORE PRESSURES ARE NOMINAL.
ENGINE CHAMBER PRESSURES ARE
NOMINAL.
ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
POWER SUBSYSTEM NOMINAL.
ALTITUDE 10,000 FEET.
ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
CORE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE NOMINAL.
ENGINE AND TVC SYSTEMS NOMINAL.
VELOCITY 1100 FEET PER SECOND.
[CHEERING]
>> ATTITUDE CONTINUES NOMINAL.
MAX Q.
ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
POWER SUBSYSTEM CONTINUES
NOMINAL.
ALTITUDE, 50K FEET.
ENGINE STEADY.
100%.
CORE, BNG3 ACTIVATED.
ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
3,000 FEET PER SECOND.
ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
>> COMING UP ON 2 MINUTES INTO
THE FLIGHT, THEY'VE PASSED
MAXIMUM DYNAMIC PRESSURE ON THE
VEHICLE.
>> ENGINE AND TBC SYSTEM REMAINS
NOMINAL.
100,000 FEET ALTITUDE.
>> 2 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT.
>> CORE PRESSURE IS NOMINAL.
ENGINE STEADY, 100%.
>> A MINUTE AND A HALF TO GO IN
FIRST-STAGE PERFORMANCE.
>> ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
150K FEET ALTITUDE.
ENGINE STEADY.
PRESSURE'S NOMINAL.
8,000 FEET PER SECOND.
CORE PRESSURES ARE NOMINAL.
ENGINES AT 100%.
>> COMING UP ON THREE MINUTES
INTO FLIGHT.
>> LOW THROTTLE DOWN INITIATED.
MICCO MANEUVER INITIATED.
ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
ENGINE AT 55% AND NOMINAL.
14,000 FEET PER SECOND.
MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF.
>> MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF CONFIRMED.
STANDING BY FOR STAGE 1
SEPARATION.
>> UPPER ACS ENABLED.
SET 1 SET.
>> STAGE 1 SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
THE NEXT MILESTONE IS FARING
SEPARATION WHICH WILL COME IN
ABOUT 40 SECONDS.
>> ALTITUDE 100 KILOMETERS.
ROUGHLY 15 SECONDS TO STAGE2
IGNITION.
>> FARING SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
>> FARING SEPARATION.
>> FOUR MINUTES INTO FLIGHT.
INTERSTAGE SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
>> ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
STAGE 2 IGNITION.
>> AND STAGE 2 IGNITION AND
CONFIRMED.
THAT'S THE SOLID ROCKET FUEL
THAT WILL BURN FOR 3:43 SECONDS.
IT WILL COME 7:09 INTO FLIGHT.
>> STAGE 2 WILL BURN FOR ROUGHLY
TWO MORE MINUTES.
POWER SUBSYSTEM NOMINAL.
STAGE 2 ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
STAGE 2, PERFORMANCE NOMINAL.
POWER SUBSYSTEMS CONTINUE
NOMINAL.
FDS NOMINAL.
>> FDS.
T-BC NOMINAL.
ROUGHLY 100 SECONDS STILL STAGE
2 BURNOUT.
VEHICLE SYSTEMS NOMINAL.
TV C SYSTEM PERFORMANCE NOMINAL.
ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
ROUGHLY 1 MINUTE FOR STAGE2
BURNOUT.
SIX KILOMETERS PER SECOND
VELOCITY, 183 KILOMETERS
ATTITUDE.
HOT.
>> HOT MIC ON COUNTDOWN 1.
HOT MIC.
>> VEHICLE PERFORMANCE NOMINAL.
GOOD ATTITUDE, GOOD POWER
SUBSYSTEMS.
30 SECONDS TO STAGE 2 BURNOUT.
SYSTEM CONTINUES TO PERFORM
NOMINALLY, HEADING INTO BURNOUT.
STAGE 2 BURNOUT.
>> STAGE 2 BURNOUT CONFIRM.
CYGNUS IS NOW MOVING ABOUT
16,822 MILES PER HOUR.
>> ACS ENABLE.
BEGINNING MANEUVER TO ACQUIRE
PAYLOAD SEPARATION ATTITUDE.
POWER NOMINAL.
THE VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE TO
COAST UNTIL CONDITIONS ARE MET
FOR PAYLOAD SEPARATION.
>> CYGNUS SEPARATION WILL COME
ABOUT 9:04 INTO FLIGHT.
>> ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
ROUGHLY ONE MINUTE UNTIL PAYLOAD
SEPARATION.
ACS AND POWER SUBSYSTEMS
NOMINAL.
ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
ALTITUDE, 197 KILOMETERS.
30 SECONDS TO PAYLOAD
SEPARATION.
VEHICLE SUBSYSTEMS CONTINUE TO
OPERATE NOMINAL.
ROUGHLY 15 SECONDS TO PAYLOAD
SEPARATION.
WE HAVE PAYLOAD SEPARATION.
>> AND SPACECRAFT SEPARATION
CONFIRMED.
>> BEGINNING C CAM MANEUVER.
>> WHAT THE TEAMS DO ON THE
GROUND UNTIL CYGNUS ARRIVES TO
THE SPACE SPACE STATION.
>> FROM THIS POINT MOVING
FORWARD, THE TEAM AND MCC DULLES
THAT QUESTION SAW EARLIER, ZACH
GEIER, THE CURRENT MISSION
DIRECTOR, FOLLOWED BY PAUL
BROWARD, THE SECOND SHIFT
MISSION DIRECTOR, WILL BE MAKING
SURE ALL THE SYSTEMS ARE NOMINAL
GOING THROUGH, GETTING THE SOLAR
ARRAYS DEPLOYED, INITIALIZING
THE PROP SYSTEM, AND ESSENTIALLY
STARTING TO PLAY CATCH-UP WITH
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> LOOKING FORT TO CYGNUS
DEPARTURE ON MAY 11th.
>> ONCE WE DEPART THE ISS, WE
DEPLOY A BURN TO CLIMB UP TO A
HIGHER ALTITUDE AND THEY HAVE
BEEN DIFFERENT PAYLOADS ON
BOARD.
AND FOR THIS PARTICULAR MISSION,
WE HAVE THE THE SAPPHIRE OR THE
FIRE EXPERIMENT THAT WE TALKED
ABOUT ON SUNDAY PROVIDE--
EXPERIMENT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
ON SUNDAY AND WE'LL SET OFF THAT
EXPERIMENT TO MEASURE DIFFERENT
INTERACTIONS OF FIRE IN
MICROGRAVITY AND THAT WILL
OCCUR.
SO THOSE ARE TWO OF THE MAIN
ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO ALONG WITH
SOME OTHER-- WHAT WE CALL,
LESSONS LEARNED THAT WE GAIN
MORE AND MORE EXPERIENCE ON THE
VEHICLE.
>> ALL RIGHT, CHAD.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
AND HERE SHORTLY WE'LL BE
TALKING TO JOEL, INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION DEPUTY PROGRAM
MANAGER.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> NOW JOINING ME ON CONSOLE IS
JOEL, INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION DEPUTY PROGRAM MANAGER.
THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY.
>> MY PLEASURE.
IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.
AWESOME LAUNCH.
AWESOME LAUNCH TODAY.
>> CYGNUS IS IN ORBIT ENROUTE
TO THE STATION FOR YATES ARRIVAL
ON TUESDAY.
SO HOW IMPORTANT WAS TODAY'S
LAUNCH IN TERMS OF CONTINUING
RESUPPLY OF THE STATION AND THE
SCIENCE IT IS DELIVERING TO THE
CREW ON BOARD?
>> YOU KNOW, WE METICULOUSLY
PLAN EVERY ONE OF THE MISSIONS
GOING TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
AND TODAY'S MISSION IS NO
DIFFERENT.
WE HAVE HARDWARE ON BOARD THAT
WILL CONTINUE TO ROBUST SCIENCE
AND RESEARCH PROGRAM WE HAVE ON
BOARD THE SPACE STATION.
WE ALSO HAVE EQUIPMENT ON BOARD
THAT WILL CONTINUE THE
DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIALIZATION
OF ORBIT.
AND WE HAVE HARDWARE ON BOARD
THAT HELPS US IN EXPLORATION.
IT HELPS US BUY DOWN RISK FOR
THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM AS WE RETURN
TO THE MOON AND GO EVEN FURTHER.
>> AND THE NORTHROP GRUMMAN
FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM CONTINUES TO
BE BUSY MANAGING CYGNUS' LAUNCH
TODAY.
ITS JOURNEY TO THE STATION AND
THE PREVIOUS CYGNUS SERVING AS A
SCIENCE PLATFORM.
HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO
MULTI-TASK IN SUPPORT OF STATUS
OPERATIONS?
>> WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD
RELATIONSHIP WITH NORTHROP
GRUMMAN AND ALL OUR DOMESTIC
PARTNERS AND INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS AND IT'S A PARTNERSHIP.
WE WORK TOGETHER TO, ONE,
FULFILL THE NASA CONTRACT THAT
WE HAVE WITH THESE COMPANIES, AS
WELL AS TO HELP THEM MEET THEIR
COMPANY OBJECTIVES ON BOARD.
FOR ONE EXAMPLE IS THIS MISSION
WAS SCHEDULED ABOUT TWO MONTHS
FROM NOW AND NASA HAD THE NEED
TO MOVE IT UP.
WE WORKED WITH THE NORTHROP
GRUMMAN TEAM.
WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE IT AND UP
AND WHAT YOU SAW WAS AN AWESOME
LAUNCH AND AN EXAMPLE OF THE
WORK.
AND AN EXAMPLE OF THE GREAT
PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE.
>> NO TIME TO REST FOR THE SPACE
PROGRAM WITH SpaceX ALMOST TWO
WEEKS FROM ITS NEXT CARGO RUN TO
THE SPACE.
AS ALWAYS, HOW COMPLEX IS THE
NEXT TWO MONTHS FOR THE GLOBAL
PARTNERSHIP?
>> THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO
CELEBRATE 20 YEARS OF CONTINUING
HUMAN PRESENCE ON-BOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
AND ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS IS
THE NEXT TWO MONTHS ARE ALWAYS
BUSY.
FOLLOWING THIS LAUNCH TODAY,
WE'LL A BERTHINGY EARLY NEXT
WEEK.
IN MARCH WE'LL HAVE A CARGO
MISSION LAUNCHING TO
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
GOING APRIL WE'LL HAVE A SOYUZ
MISSION BRINGING THREE CREW
MEMBERS.
WE'LL HAVE A JAPANESE CARGO
MISSION BRINGING CRITICAL
BATTERIES TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION THAT WILL ALLOW US
TO CONTINUE OUR UPGRADE OF OUR
POWER SYSTEM.
IN ADDITION TO ALL THAT, WE'RE
WORKING WITH SpaceX AND BOEING
TO LAUNCH CREW MEMBERS FROM
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER THIS YEAR.
AND WE PLAN TO HAVE BOTH OF
THOSE MISSIONS VISITING THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
AND ON TOP OF ALL THAT, WE'LL
BE-- WE DO OUR DAILY JOB OF THE
RESEARCH AND SCIENCE WE DO ON
BOARD, THE EXPLORATION
OBJECTIVES I TALKED EARLIER, AS
WELL AS WORK TO COMMERCIAL LOWER
ORBIT.
SO JUST AN AWESOME TIME TO BE
WORKING ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AND THESE TWO
MONTHS AND THE FUTURE TWO MONTHS
ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE BUSY.
>> ALL RIGHT, JOEL.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AND
THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE ON
CONSOLE.
>> MY PLEASURE.
THANK YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE ELSE
ON A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH.
>>> JUST TO RECAP, CYGNUS LIFTED
OFF FROM NASA'S FLIGHT FACILITY
IN VIRGINIA AT THE REGIONAL
ATLANTIC SPACEPORT.
3:21P.M. EASTERN TO BEGIN ITS
JOURNEY TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
>> SO AGAIN, CYGNUS LIFTED OFF
FROM WALLOPS FACILITY PAD 0 A ON
TIME AT 2:21P.M. CENTRAL TIME,
3:21P.M. EASTERN ON ITS JOURNEY
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH, THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WAS
FLYING 258 STATUTE MILES OWNER
THE WESTERN PACIFIC, NORTHEAST
OF THE NORTHERN MARINA ISLANDS.
SOLAR ARRAY DEPLOY IS EXPECTED
TO OCCUR ABOUT AN HOUR AND 19
MINUTES AFTER LAUNCH, SO WITHIN
THE NEXT HOUR, IF ALL GOES AS
PLANNED, CYGNUS WILL COMPLETE
THE SOLAR ARRAY DEPLOYMENT WHICH
WILL TAKE ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND
ONCE THAT ACTIVITY IS COMPLETE,
WE'LL UPDATE THE STATION WEB
PAGE ON NASA.GOV.
WE HOPE YOU JOIN US BACK ON AIR
WHEN CYGNUS ARRIVES TO THE
STATION ON THE EARLY MORNING, ON
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18th.
NASA'S TELEVISION COVERAGE FOR
CYGNUS ARRIVE AND CAPTURE WILL
BEGIN AT 1:30A.M. CENTRAL,
2:30A.M. EASTERN TIME FOR A
CAPTURE AROUND 3:05A.M.
CENTRAL.
THEN WE'LL BE BACK ON 5:00A.M.
CENTRAL, 6:00:00A.M. EASTERN,
FOR COVERAGE.
WITH CYGNUS NOW SAFELY ON ITS
WAY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, TO DELIVER ABOUT 7500
POUNDS OF CARGO, THAT WILL WRAP
UP OUR COVERAGE FOR TODAY.