>> GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON
BRINGING LIVE COVERAGE OF THE
BIRTHING OF CYGNUS TO THE UNITY
MODULE ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
THIS MORNING CYGNUS WAS CAPTURED
3:05 A.M. CENTRAL BY NASA DREW
MORGAN.
CONTROLS OF THE ROBOTIC ARM WERE
HANDED OVER TO TEAMS ON THE
GROUND WHO BROUGHT THE
SPACECRAFT CLOSER TO THE STATION
READY FOR CYGNUS BIRTHING WITH
THE COMMON BIRTHING MECHANISM ON
THE EARTH FACING SIDE OF THE
SPACE STATION UNITY MODULE.
CYGNUS IS MOMENTS AWAY FROM
BEING BOLTED INTO PLACE.
THERE ARE TWO STAGES THAT WILL
HAPPEN TODAY AS PART OF THE
BIRTHING PROCESS.
THE FIRST STAGE IS SERIES FOUR
LOCKS AND LATCHES.
THE SECOND STAGE IS A SERIES OF
16 BOLTS THAT WILL BE DRIVEN ALL
TO MAKE SURE CYGNUS IS SECURED
TO STATION BEFORE THE HATCH IS
OPENED TO UNLOAD THE CARGO LATER
TODAY.
ONCE CYGNUS IS ATTACHED TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, THE
CREW WILL ENTER THE VEHICLE
LATER TODAY TO BEGIN UNLOADING
NEARLY 7500 POUNDS OF CARGO FROM
CYGNUS.
CYGNUS IS READY FOR FIRST AND
SECOND STAGE BIRTHING TO BEGIN
SOON.
THIS IS A LIVE VIEW.
CYGNUS IS MOMENTS AWAY FROM
BEING BOLTED INTO PLACE.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
AND CYGNUS IS FLYING MILES ABOVE
THE OCEAN.
WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT THE
FIRST STAGE IS COMPLETE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO SECOND STAGE
CAPTURE.
THE ARM IS CONFIRMED LIMP WHICH
SETS UP THE SECOND STAGE
SHORTLY.
THE SECOND STAGE WILL BE THE
DRIVING OF 16 BOLTS TO SECURE
CYGNUS TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
THE 16 BOLTS ARE CURRENTLY
DRIVING AND ONCE THEY ARE
TIGHTEN AND COMPLETE THE BIRTH
TO THE CYGNUS INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION WILL BE COMPLETE.
JUST RECAP SO FAR, FIRST STAGE
CAPTURE WAS A SERIES OF FOUR
LOCKS AND LATCHES WHICH IS NOW
COMPLETE.
WE'RE NOW STANDING BY FOR SECOND
STAGE CAPTURE WHICH IS A SERIES
OF 16 BOLTS THAT ARE NOW BEING
DRIVEN.
STILL STANDING BY FOR THE 16
BOLTS TO BE DRIVEN WHICH WILL
FURTHER SECURE THE CYGNUS
SPACECRAFT TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
THOSE ARE STILL BEING DRIVEN.
ONCE THEY ARE TIGHTEN AND
COMPLETE THE BIRTHING OF CYGNUS
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION WILL BE COMPLETE.
>> GO AHEAD ON TWO.
>> WHETHER OR NOT STEP 1.1 --
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>> JESSICA, WE CAN CONFIRM 1.1.
IT'S GOOD IN PLACE.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> STATION ON TWO.
>> GO AHEAD, DREW.
>> IF THERE'S ANY POSSIBILITY
THAT THE CVS CAMERAS CAN BE
REMOVED EARLIER.
I'D BE HAPPY TO DO IT EARLY.
>> DREW, WE ARE GOING TO PUT
THEM SAFING IN PLACE.
WE'LL CALL YOU BACK WITH THE GO.
>> SOUNDS GREAT.
>> WE'RE STANDING BY FOR THOSE
16 BOLTS TO BE DRIVEN WHICH WILL
FURTHER SECURE THE CYGNUS
SPACECRAFT TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
ONCE THEY ARE DRIVEN AND
COMPLETE THE BIRTHING TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WILL
BE COMPLETE.
WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT SECOND
STAGE BIRTHING IS COMPLETE.
CYGNUS IS NOW FULLY ATTACHED TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
WHICH HAPPENED AT 5:16 A.M.
CENTRAL TIME AS INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AND CYGNUS WERE
FLYING SOUTH OF NEW ZEALAND.
>> STATION HOUSTON SPACE TO
GROUND TWO FOR TIMELINE.
>> FIRST THING IS CBMA BOLTS ARE
COMPLETE.
CYGNUS IS ATTACHED.
NO EXERCISE CONSTRAINT IS
COMPLETE.
OVERALL, WE'RE ABOUT AN HOUR
AHEAD ON THE TIMELINE.
THERE'S NO PRESSURE TO START
ANYTHING EARLY BUT IF YOU WANT
TO TAKE MIDDAY MEAL EARLY, WE
COULD START AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES
AND WITH THAT, THE CBS SAFING IS
COMPLETE.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND REMOVE THAT
CAMERA WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
>> STEVE, THANK YOU FOR THE
UPDATE.
COPY ALL.
I WILL DO THE CBCS AND WE'LL GET
BACK TO YOU TO SEE HOW WE'LL
CHANGE THE ATTACK ON WHETHER
WE'LL ATTACK ANYTHING EARLY.
>> SOUNDS GOOD.
>> THAT WILL CONCLUDE CYGNUS
JOURNEY TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION WHICH BEGAN ON
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 15th AT
2:21 P.M. CENTRAL.
WHEN IT LAUNCHED FROM PAD OA AT
NASA'S WALLOP FACILITY IN
VIRGINIA.
CYGNUS WAS CAPTURED THIS MORNING
AT 3:05 A.M. CENTRAL TIME BY
NASA ASTRONAUT ANDREW MORGAN AND
BACKED UP BY JESSICA MEIR.
FLYING 256 STATUTE MILES ABOVE
SOUTHEASTERN RUSSIA.
AFTER CAPTURE OF THE SPACECRAFT
CONTROLS OF THE ROBOTIC ARM WERE
HANDED OVER TO THE TEAM WHO
BROUGHT THE SPACECRAFT INTO THE
STATION AND READIED FOR BIRTHING
WHICH TOOK PLACE ON THE EARTH
FACING SIDE OF THE UNITY MODULE
ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION AT 5:16 A.M. CENTRAL
TIME FLYING SOUTH OF NEW
ZEALAND.
THE CREW WILL BEGIN UNLOADING
CONTENTS CONSISTING ABOUT
7500 POUNDS OF SCIENCE,
RESEARCH, CREWS SUPPLIES AND
VEHICLE HARDWARE.
CYGNUS WILL SPEND ABOUT THREE
MONTHS ATTACHED TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
UNTIL MAY 11th AND DEPART
STATION TO PERFORM SECONDARY
MISSION OBJECTIVES BEFORE IT
DISPOSES SEVERAL TONS OF TRASH
FROM THE STATION ON MAY 25th.
THIS CYGNUS SPACECRAFT FOR THIS
RESUPPLY MISSION WAS DEDICATED
TO U.S. AIR FORCE MAJOR ROBERT
LAWRENCE WHO WAS THE FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN ASTRONAUT
CELEBRITIED BY -- SELECTED BY
ANY PROGRAM DEMAND OR LABORATORY
PROGRAM IN JUNE 1967.
WITH THE ROBERT LAWRENCE
SUCCESSFULLY BIRTHED TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
THAT WILL WRAP UP OUR COVERAGE
THIS MORNING.