>> THIS IS MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON, GOOD MORNING, YOU ARE
GETTING A LIVE LOOK AT THE HTV-9
VEHICLE AT THE END OF THE
STATION'S ROBOTIC ARM WHERE IT'S
BEING CURRENTLY MANEUVERED IN TO
ITS BERTHING POSITION.
IT WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE
INTERNATIONAL STATION STATION'S
HARMONY MODULE, THE MOM YOU
WOULD AT THE VERY FORWARD END OF
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
WHERE IT WILL REMAIN FOR AT
LEAST TWO MONTHS.
THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE ON
MEMORIAL DAY.
YOU ARE IN THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION FLIGHT CONTROL
ROOM.
TEAMS HAVE JUST HANDED OVER TO
THE ORBIT TWO SHIFTED TO.
LED BY FLIGHT DIRECTOR
[ INAUDIBLE ] FLIGHT DIRECTOR IS
LEADING TEAMS HERE THROUGH THE
BERTHING PROCESS AFTER JUST
BEING CAPTURED MORE THAN AN HOUR
AGO AT 7:13 A.M. CENTRAL TIME,
8:13 A.M. EASTERN, 9:13 P.M. IN
JAPAN.
HE HAS HE IS THE FLIGHT DIRECTOR
TALKING US THROUGH THE PROCESS,
TO HER RIGHT IS TRAVIS THE
FLIGHT COM.
YOU WILL HEAR HIS VOICE HERE
COMMUNICATING WITH THE CREW
ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
CURRENTLY ON BOARD IS ISS
COMMANDER INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION COMMANDER CHRIS CASSIDY,
WHO JUST AN HOUR AGO USED THE
STATION'S ROBOTIC ARM TO
MANEUVER IN FOR CAPTURING THE
HTV-9 VEHICLE FOR THE LAST TIME.
THIS HTV IS THE LAST OF ITS
GENERATION, THE NEXT GENERATION
OF HTV CARGO CRAFT CALLED THE
HTV X.
WILL BE IN A -- BE ABLE TO DOCK
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
THE INTERNATIONAL DOCKING
ADAPTORS ON THE FORWARD END.
SO EQUIPMENT ON THE HTV-9 IS
BEING USED TO TEST THE
CAPABILITIES THAT ARE TO BE SET
FORTH BY THE HTV X.
COMMUNE A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
SYSTEM ON THE HTV-9 IS CALLED
WILD.
DURING ITS APPROACH AND
RENDEZVOUS BEFORE CAPTURE THEY
WERE TESTING A WIFI
CONNECTION THROUGH SOME OF THE
EXTERNAL WIRELESS PORTS ON THE
OUTSIDE OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
HTV CURRENTLY LOADED WITH
FOUR TONS OF CARGO.
THIS INCLUDES ALMOST
5,000 POUNDS OF PRESSURIZED
CARING OH, INCLUDING SOME
EXPERIMENTS AND HARDWARE AS WELL
AS SOME RESUPPLY OF CONSUMABLES,
INCLUDING WATER AND NITROGEN AND
SOME FRESH FOOD.
IN THE MIDDLE THERE ISN'T
UNPRESSURIZED COMPARTMENT
CONTAINING A PALATE OF NEW
LITHIUM ION BATTERIES.
THERE ARE SIX LITHIUM ION
BATTERIES WITH SIX UPGRADES TO
COMPLETE THE BATTERIES ON THE
SPACE STATION.
THE SPACE STATION HAS EIGHT
POWER CHAMPIONS SIX FULLY
UPGRADED WITH BRAND-NEW LITHIUM
ICON BATTERIES OVER THE PAST
THREE YEARS, THE FINAL SET,
THESE SIX CARED BY HTV-9 WILL BE
ONCE INSTALLED TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
WILL BE REMOVED FROM HTV AND SET
UP FOR FUTURE SPACE WALKS TYPE
STALL THE FINAL SET OF LITHIUM
ION BATTERIES ON THE S6 TRUSS OF
THE SPACE STATION THE FACT
EFFORT STARBOARD TRUSS SEGMENT
THAT CONTAINS THE INTEGRATED
ELECTRONICS ASSEMBLY, SWAPPING
OUT SOME OF THE OLD NICKEL EYED
HYDE GENERAL BATTERIES FOR THE
NEW LITHIUM ION.
SPACE STATION AND HTV ARE JUST
UNDER 270 STATUTE MILES OVER THE
SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN THE ROBOTIC
ARM IS IN THE HOLD POSITION.
AT THE CONTROLS OF ROBOTICS
OFFICERS ON THE GROUND.
SOME OF THOSE INCREMENTAL MOVERS
TO GET IT IN POSITION ON THE
HARMONY MODULE, THIS IS THE
EARTH-FACING SIDE OF THE MODULE
AT THE FURTHER FORWARD PORT OF
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO HTV
COMPLETED ITS 5-DAY RENDEZVOUS
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION LAUNCHING ON MAY 20TH,
U.S. TIME.
12:31 P.M. CENTRAL TIME,
2:31 A.M. JAPAN TIME.
HTV-9 LIFTED OFF THE TOP OF AN
H2 B ROCKET FROM THE LAUNCH
COMPLEXION IN JAPAN.
ONE OF THE ISLANDS THAT IS SOUTH
OF JAPAN.
THE 12-TON VEHICLE CONTAINING
FOUR TONS OF CARGO MADE ITS
ASCENT THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE IN
TO HONOR BIT JUST NINE MINUTES
LATER.
SPENT THE LAST FIVE DAYS
CATCHING UP WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION JUST
THIS MORNING GOING RIGHT ON TIME
THROUGH THE PREDICTED SCHEDULE
OF RENDEZVOUSING WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
ASTRONAUT CHRIS CASSIDY INSIDE
THE SPACE STATION TOOK CONTROL
OF THE STATION'S ROBOTIC ARM,
ASSISTED BY IVAN VAGNER OF
ROSCOSMOS.
WAS ABLE TO HEAD IN A LITTLE BIT
EARLY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE FOR
CAPTURING THE HTV AND IT'S A
FOUR TONS OF CARGO AT 7:13 A.M.
CENTRAL TIME, 8:13 A.M. EASTERN.
AT THE TIME THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION WAS 260 STATUTE
MILES RIGHT OVER TANZANIA OF
AFRICA.
AFTER HTV WAS SUCCESSFULLY
CAPTURED WORST WERE SHARED BY
CASSIDY HIMSELF AS WELL HE'S
LESLEY RING OWE THE CAPCOM OF
THE ONE SHIFT IN MISSION ARE
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON AND ALSO
A REPRESENTATIVE OF JAXA WAS
STATIONED HERE IN MISSION
CONTROL HOUSTON.
THE FLIGHT CONTROL TEAMS IN
HOUSTON HAVE BEEN WORKING IN
TANDEM WITH THE FLIGHT SCROLLERS
OF SCUBA JAPAN OF HTV FLIGHT
CONTROL.
AFTER CASSIDY CAPTURED THE HTV,
RIGHT ON TIME, 7:13 A.M. CENTRAL
TIME, HE HANDED OVERCONTROL OF
THE STATION'S ROBOTIC ARM TO
ROBOTIC OFFICERS HERE ON THE
GROUND.
FROM THERE, THE ROBOTIC ARM
ABOARD STATION HAS BEEN
MANEUVERED REMOTELY BY
CONTROLLERS HERE ON THE GROUND
INCREMENTALLY TO ITS ANY
BERTHING POSITION ON THE NADER
PORT OF HARMONY.
WE ARE NOW A BREIF HAND OVER OF
COMMUNICATIONS GETTING THEM NOW
AS WE SPEAK THIS WILL HAPPEN
FROM TIME TO TIME THROUGHOUT OUR
COVERAGE, COMMUNICATIONS, VIDEO
AND AUDIO FROM THE SPACE STATION
COME BY WAY OF GEO SYNCHRONOUS
SATELLITES TRACKING IN DATA
RELAY SATELLITES.
THEY ARE POSITIONED AND GEO SINK
NEWS POINTS ACROSS THE GLOBE
HANDING OVER FROM SATELLITE TO
SATELLITE AS THE STATION AND HTV
FLY 17,500 MILES PER HOUR AROUND
THE EARTH EVERY 90 MINUTES.
ANOTHER HAND OVER OF THOSE
TRACKING AND DATA RELAY
SATELLITES AGAIN THAT WILL
HAPPEN INCREMENTALLY THROUGHOUT
TODAY'S COVERAGE OF THE
BERTHING, FINAL BERTHING OF HTV,
FUTURE GENERATIONS OF HTV CARGO
VEHICLES WILL DOCK TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION'S
INTERNATIONAL DOCKING ADAPTORS,
THERE ARE TWO OF THEM ON THE
FORWARD END OF THE SPACE
STATION.
AT THIS TIME THE ARM IS IN
MOTION, MAKING ANOTHER ONE OF
THOSE INCREMENTAL MOVEMENTS
TOWARDS ITS BERTH -- THE HTV'S
BERTHING POSITION AT THE NODE
TWO HARMONY MODULE THE
EARTH-FACING SIDE.
BERTHING TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF A
DIFFERENT COORDINATION FROM
DOCKING.
DOCKING CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED
AUTOMATICALLY.
ESSENTIAL A VEHICLE CAN FLY
RIGHT IN TO THE DOCKING
INTERFACE OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION, ATTACH ITSELF.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A FASTER
PROCESS.
BERTHING REQUIRES THE VEHICLE TO
HOVER AT A CAPTURE POSITION, FOR
THE CASE OF THIS VEHICLE HTV-9
WAS 9.2 METERS AWAY FROM THE
STATION TO BE CAPTURED BY THE
SPACE STATION'S ROBOTIC ARM.
IT'S THEN MANEUVERED IN TO A
PORT CALLED THE COMMON BERTHING
MECHANISM.
WHERE IT'S ATTACHED BY FOUR
LATCHES AND 16 BOLTS TO SECURE
IT TO IT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
THAT COMMON BERTHING MECHANISM
HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A WIDER
HATCH THAN THE DOCKING PORTS
HAVE.
SO BERTHING WAS ESPECIALLY
COMMON DURING THE EARLY PHASES
OF INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
ASSEMBLY WHEN LARGE RACKS HAD TO
BE BROUGHT THROUGH THESE COMMON
BERTHING MECHANISMS.
ARM IS CURRENTLY IN MOTION.
SLOWLY BUT SURELY MANEUVERING TO
THAT COMMON BERTHING MECHANISM,
SPACE STATION AND HTV FLYING TWO
UP 62 STATUTE MILES OVER THE
SOUTHERN ATLANTIC ON OR ABOUT
END.
ON A NORTHEASTERLY COURSE
HEADING TOWARDS THE WEST COAST
OF AFRICA.
>> THIS IS MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON AT THE END OF STATION'S
ROBOTIC ARM THIS -- THE GOLD
STRUCTURE YOU SEE AT THE END
THERE IS THE HTV-9.
THE ROBOTIC ARM IS CURRENTLY IN
MOTION.
THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST, IF
NOT THE LARGEST CARGO VEHICLE
THAT MAKES TRIPS TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
HTV-9 COMING IN AT JUST ABOUT
12 TONS TOTAL.
SLOW INCREMENTAL MOVEMENTS ARE
NECESSARY FOR THESE ROBOTIC
OPERATIONS.
THE ARM IS IN MOTION.
ONE OF SEVERAL INCREMENTAL
MOTIONS TO GET IT IN TO ITS
BERTHING POSITION.
RIGHT NOW THE SPACE STATION IS
FLYING 260 STATUTE MILES OVER
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
THERE IN THE DISTANCE YOU ARE
SEEING THE WEST COAST OF THE
AFRICAN COUNTRY OF GABON.
>> FROM THIS VIEW, YOU CAN SEE A
LITTLE BIT MORE CLEARLY SOME OF
THE VERY SUBTLE MOVEMENTS OF THE
ROBOTIC ARM.
TO MANEUVER THE HTV IN TO PLACE.
THIS VIEW COMING FROM THE COMING
BERTHING MECHANISM, THIS IS A
CAMERA FACING DOWN TOWARDS THE
WINDOW AT THE CENTER OF THE
HATCH.
A HATCH WHICH ASTRONAUT CHRIS
CASSIDY ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION WILL LATER OPEN TO
REVEAL THE NEARLY 5,000 POUNDS
OF PRESSURIZED CARGO INSIDE HTV.
ROBOTIC ARM WILL CONTINUE TO
MANEUVER HTV TO ESSENTIALLY LINE
UP WITH THE COMMON BERTHING
MECHANISM AND INCREMENTAL PUSH
CLOSER TOWARDS THE POSITION THAT
WILL TURN THE THINGS CALLED
READY TWO LATCH INDICATORS
GREEN.
THESE INDICATORS INDICATE THAT
HTV IS LINED UP AND THAT THE
LATCHES CAN BE DRIVEN TO HOLD
HTV IN MACE, THERE ARE FOUR
LATCHES AT THE END OF THIS
COMMON BERTHING MECHANISM THAT
WILL HOLD HTV IN PLACE AS WELL
AS 16 BOLDS.
>> FROM THIS VIEW YOU CAN GET A
GOOD LOOK AT THAT OPEN
COMPARTMENT TOWARDS THE CENTER
OF THE VEHICLE AND THE LEFT.
THE GAP THERE IS REVEALING THE
EXTERNAL PALATE.
THIS IS THE UNPRESSURIZED
PORTION OF HTV.
THAT PALATE CONTAINS SIX NEW
LITHIUM ICON BATTERIES AND
ASSOCIATED ADAPTOR PLATES.
THE PALATES MOUNTED ON THE
UNPRESSURIZED PORTION WHICH IS
OPEN AND EXPOSED TO THE VACUUM
OF SPACE ONCE HTV IS ATTACHED
AND OFFICIALLY BERTHED, ROBOTICS
OFFICERS WILL BE ABLE TO
MANEUVER THE STATION'S ARM AND A
SPACE MA ANYBODY LATER UNIT
CALLED DEXTER AT THE END OF THE
ROBOTIC ARM, DEXTER WILL PULL
OUT THE EXTERNAL PALATE
CONTAINING THE SIX NEW LITHIUM
ION BATTERIES AND GET IT STAGED
OVER ON THE STATION'S TRUSS.
SO THAT THEY CAN BE INSTALLED
LATER VIA SPACEWALKS.
THERE IS ALSO ANNEX CERTAINLY
PALATE CURRENTLY ON THE SPACE
STATION FULL OF OLD NICKEL
HYDROGEN BATTERIES FROM THE PORT
FIX TRUSS THAT WERE WRAPPED UP
EARLIER THIS YEAR IN JANUARY.
HTV CONTINUING TO MANEUVER IN TO
ITS BERTHING POSITION.
ROBOTICS OFFICERS LINING IT UP
RIGHT WITH THE BERTHING
MECHANISM, STATION AND HTV
FLYING AT 259 STATUTE MILES
RIGHT OVER THE SAHARA.
THIS AGAIN IS A VIEW OF THE
HATCH OF THE HTV FROM THE COMMON
BERTHING MECHANISM OF THE SPACE
STATION.
THAT COMMON BERTHING MECHANISM
WILL BE -- HAS A SERIES OF
HARDWARE TO OFFICIALLY MATE THE
HTV WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
>> THIS IS STATION ON TWO FOR
TIME LINE.
>> GO AHEAD, CHRIS.
>> WELCOME TO WORK.
CAN GUYS -- ARE YOU ABLE TO
ACCEPT ANY OF THOSE NEXT
ACTIVITIES, THE SERIES OF THINGS
AFTER MY MIDDAY MEAL ON THE
PLAN?
CAN YOU TAKE THEM NOW OR SHOULD
I JUST WAIT UNTIL THEY COME UP
ON THE TIME LINE?
>> ACTUALLY THE FIRST FOUR YOU
CAN DO NOW.
AND WHEN YOU GET TO THE DRAGON
TOOLS TEAR DOWN I HAVE AN
ADDITIONAL REQUEST FOR YOU.
>> OKAY.
DRAGON TOOLS TEAR DOWN THAT'S
THE FIRST ONE.
SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL SEND IT TO
ME NOW.
>> OKAY.
SO WHEN YOU GET THERE WHEN YOU
ARE DONE WITH THE DRAGON TOOLS
TEAR DOWN WE WOULD LIKE TO YOU
PLUG IN THE REM USB AND IT CAN
GO IN ANY USB EXCEPT THE BACK
LEFT.
>> COPY ALL.
>> AND I DO HAVE ONE QUICK GO
BACK FOR THE TIMELINE.
WE ARE NOT READY TO DEACTIVATE
THE LAB HD CAMCORDER YET.
>> OKAY, NO PROBLEM.
JUST MAYBE WHENEVER YOU ARE JUST
GIVE ME A RADIO CALL, THAT WOULD
BE GREAT.
>> WILL DO.
>> YOU ARE HEARING CHRIS CASSIDY
ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION GET THROUGH HIS WORKDAY.
STATION AND HTV FLY RIGHT OVER
EGYPT, YOU ARE SEEING THE NILE
RIVER BACK THERE IN THE
BACKGROUND.
THE EX-PERSONAL PALATE CONTAIN
THE NEW LITHIUM ION BATTERIES
COMING CLEAR IN TO VIEW THERE.
THAT WHITE BOX STRUCTURE TOWARDS
THE CENTER OF THE VEHICLE.
CASSIDY, YOU ARE HEARING HIM
WORK THROUGH HIS WORKDAY, HE HAS
SOME PREPARATIONS TO WORK
THROUGH THE PRESSURIZATION AND
LEAK CHECKING ONCE HTV HAS
BERTHED TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION, YOU ARE ALSO
HEARING HIM DO SOME REP WORK FOR
THE DEMO TWO LAUNCH.
JUST TWO DAYS FROM NOW, BOB
BEHNKEN AND DOUG HURLEY WILL
LIFT OFF FROM THE COAST OF THE
FLORIDA, THE FIRST TIME HUMANS
WILL LAUNCH FROM THE COAST OF
THE U.S. IN NINE YEARS.
OF COURSE HE HAS PREPARATIONS
FOR THE WELCOMING HIS TWO NASA
ASTRONAUT CREWMATES.
SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH ON THE
27TH, ARRIVE MAY 28TH, THIS
THURSDAY.
BUT, BEING, ONE OF THE ITEMS ON
CASSIDY'S TO DO LIST FOR THE
EARLY PARTS OF THIS WEEK WILL BE
OPENING UP THE HATCH OF THE HTV
AND REVEALING THE 5,000 POUNDS
OF PRESSURIZED CARGO THAT'S
INSIDE.
HTV FINISHING UP THIS ROBOTICS
MANEUVER TO LINE UP WITH THE
COMMON BERTHING MECHANISM NOW
HOLDING.
AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THE
INCREMENTAL STEPS FOR HTV TO
BERTH.
ONCE IT DOES BERTH IT WILL BE
BERTHED IN TWO STAGE.
SECOND STAGE WILL BE THE
OFFICIAL BERTHING WHEN ALL FOUR
LATCHES ARE DRIVEN AND 16 BOLTS
ARE IN PLACE.
>> WITH THAT GOOD CHECK OUT FROM
THAT HOLD POSITION, ARM IS NOW
MOVING ONCE AGAIN.
THIS MOVEMENT CLOSING IN ON THE
COMMON BERTHING MECHANISM,
YOU'LL SEE IT GET CLOSER TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AS
THE STATION FLIES 261 STATUTE
MILES WITH HTV AT THE END OF THE
ROBOTIC ARM RIGHT OVER SYRIA
ROBOTIC ARM IS IN MOTION PUSHING
HTV TO THE COMMON BERGING
MECHANISM.
IT WILL BE AN INNING CORRUPT THE
STEP.
IT WILL PAUSE A LITTLE BIT
BEFORE IT ACTUALLY GOES ALL THE
WAY TO TOUCH WITH THE COMMON
BERTHING MECHANISM AND TURN
THOSE READY TWO LATCH INDICATORS
GREEN.
>> STATION HOUSTON, SPACE TO
GROUND TWO FOR CHRIS.
YOU DO HAVE A GO TO DEACTIVATE
THE LAB CAMCORDER AT YOUR
CONVENIENCE.
AND JUST TO CONFIRM, WE DO NOT
HAVE A GO FOR THE NODE TWO CBCS
CAMERA YET.
>> COPY ALL.
>> YOU ARE SEEING HTV GET A
LITTLE CLOSER TO THE COMMON
BERTHING MECHANISM.
IN THE BACKGROUND THERE IS THE
CASPIAN SEAS.
THE STATION AND HTV FLYING 262
STATUTE MILES HEAD ON THE GROUND
A NORTHEASTERLY COURSE.
WILL SOON BE PASSING OVER
BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN.
IT WAS FROM BAIKONUR THAT JUST
LAST MONTH IT WAS CASSIDY, CHRIS
CASSIDY, NASA ASTRONAUT AS WELL
AS TWO ROSE COURSE KNOW NATS,
IVAN VAGNER ANATOLY IVANISHIN WE
WANT TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
ANOTHER HAND OVER OF VIDEO AND
AUDIO COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
AGAIN THIS WILL HAPPEN
INCREMENTALLY THROUGHOUT THE
DAY'S COVERAGE.
VIDEO AND AUDIO COMING VIA
GEOSYNCHRONOUS SATELLITES,
TRACKING AND RELAY SATELLITE
STATIONED 23,000 MILES AWAY FROM
EARTH.
BUT ACROSS THE EQUATOR.
AT THIS TIME THE ROBOTIC ARM HAS
FINISH ITS INCREMENTAL MOVEMENT,
NOW HOLDING.
ROBOTICS OFFICERS ON THE GROUND
WILL VERIFY ITS POSITION, MAKE
SURE IT'S GOOD TO GO BEFORE
PROCEEDING WITH THE NEXT SET OF
MOVEMENTS.
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION NOW
PLYING 262 STATUTE MILES RIGHT
OVER BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN.
>> HOUSTON STATION ON TWO.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> JUST WANT TO CONFIRM WE NO
LONGER HAVE A CUPOLA WINDOW TWO
CONSTRAINT.
I DON'T SEE IT IN THE CREW BAN,
I AM JUST DOUBLE CHECKING.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
THE CONSTRAINT NO LONGER
APPLIES.
>> COPY, THANKS.
>> YOU WERE JUST HEARING
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
COMMANDER CHRIS CASSIDY SPEAKING
WITH TRAVIS FITZGERALD WHO IS
THE CAP COM HERE IN COMMISSION
CONTROL HOUSTON DURING THE CON
DAY VIEW PHASE OF HTV'S FLIGHT
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION THERE ARE SEVERAL
CONSTRAINTS.
MAINLY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
THE CUPOLA IS A SEVEN-BUY WINDOW
ON THE SPACE STATION THAT LOOKS
RIGHT DOWN ON THE EARTH AND
PROVIDES A REALLY GOOD VIEW OF
ESPECIALLY EARTH OBSERVATION
RESEARCH STUNT, DURING VISITING
RENDEZVOUS OPERATIONS
TRADITIONALLY THESE WINDOWS ARE
CLOSED NOW THAT HTV HAS ARRIVED
AT THE SPACE STATION AT THE
HANDS OF THE ROBOTIC ARM SOME OF
THE CONSTRAINTS OF CLOSING THE
SHUTTERS TO THE WINDOWS HAVE NOW
BEEN LIFTED.
THE ORBIT TWO TEAM HERE IN
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON LED BY
THE FLIGHT DIRECTOR TAKING US
THROUGH THE OPERATIONS TO
MANEUVER HTV FOR BERTHING TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> WE ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER
FROM VIDEO FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION HERE
IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.
ONCE WE DO REGAIN THE VIDEO
YOU'LL SEE THE EARTH IN THE BACK
OF HTV.
START TO GET A LITTLE BIT
DARKER.
THE STATION IS HEADING TOWARDS
THE TERMINATOR LINE.
IN TO AN ORBITAL NIGHTTIME
PASSING OVER THE SOUTHERN BORDER
OF RUSSIA AND SOON OVER
MONGOLIA.
THIS IS MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON,
AGAIN YOU ARE GETTING A LIVE
VIEW OF THE INSIDE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM.
SHOULD BE REGAINING VIDEO FROM
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
SHORTLY.
IN THE MEANTIME, HTV IS LOADED
WITH ABOUT FOUR TONS OF CARGO.
ABOUT 5,000 POUNDS OF WHICH IS
PRESSURIZED CARGO CONTAINING
FOOD, CARGO, SUPPLIES, SOME
HARDWARE AND EXPERIMENTS.
AS WELL AS CONSUMABLE RESUPPLY.
INCLUDING WATER, NEW FRESHWATER
AND NITROGEN RESUPPLY TANKS.
SOME OF THE RESEARCH ON BOARD,
PARTICULARLY THE RESEARCH
SPONSORED BY THE JAPANESE
AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY, OR
JAXA, ONE SPECIALER EXPERIMENT
CALLED JAXA ELF.
STAND FOR ELECTROSTATIC
LEVITATION FURNACE.
THIS FACILITY IS ABLE TO SUSPEND
DIFFERENT TERMS IN SPACE AT THE
BENEFIT OF THE MICROGRAVITY
ENVIRONMENT AND EXPOSE IT TO
DIFFERENT THERMAL CONDITIONS.
SOME OF THE MATERIALS THAT ARE
BEING TESTED ON BOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
INCLUDE SOME MATERIALS THAT
COULD HELP WITH FUTURE SPACE
EXPLORATION INITIATIVES,
INCLUDING SOME TURBINE BLADE
MATERIALS, SPACECRAFT EXTERNAL
SHELL MATERIALS AND THE
GLASS-FORMING ALLOY.
NOW REGAINING SOME OF THAT VIDEO
FROM THE SPACE STATION, YOU CAN
ALREADY SEE AS THE SPACE STATION
FLIES OVER THE SOUTHERN BORDER
OF RUSSIA, WE ARE IN AN ORBITAL
NIGHTTIME NOW, WE'LL SOON -- THE
SUN WILL STOP ILLUMINATING THE
HTV AND INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION THAT ARE FLYING
250 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH.
>> STATION HOUSTON SPACE TO
GROUND TWO, WE ARE A LITTLE BIT
AHEAD ON THE TIMELINE, SO THE
NO-EXERCISE CONSTRAINT NOW
APPLIES.
SO NO EXERCISE RIGHT NOW,
PLEASE.
>> YOU JUST HEARD CAP C OFF.
M TRAVIS FITZGERALD NOTIFY THE
CREW OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION OF AN EXERCISE
CONSTRAINTS.
THERE ARE SEVERAL EXERCISE
EQUIPMENT FACILITIES ON BOARD
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
INCLUDING A HYDRAULIC PIECE OF
EQUIPMENT THAT SIMULATES WEIGHT
LIFTING.
THERE IS ALSO A TREADMILL AND A
STATIONARY BICYCLE.
SOME OF THESE PIECES OF
EQUIPMENT CAN CAUSE LITTLE BITS
OF VIBRATION THROUGHOUT THE
STATION.
SO TO KEEP A STEADY ATTITUDE
CONTROL THROUGHOUT THE DURATION
OF THE BERTHING PROCESS, THE
STATION WILL WITHHOLD ON ANY
EXERCISE UNTIL HTV IS OFFICIALLY
BERTHED TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
AT THIS POINT THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION HAS SWITCHED IT'S
ATTITUDE CONTROL DISABLING SOME
OF THE THRUSTERS ON THE U.S.
SIDE TO PREVENT ANY PLUMES FROM
INTERACTING WITH THE OUTSIDE OF
THE HTV.
MOTION IS RESUMING ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION'S
ROBOTIC ARM.
IT WILL BE SLOW AND INCREMENTAL
BUT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE HTV
GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO ITS
BERTHING PORT.
LINED UP RIGHT NOW DIRECTLY IN
FRONT OF THE NADER BERTHING
PORT.
THIS IS THE PORT ON THE VERY
FORWARD END OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION FACING TOWARDS THE
EARTH.
WE ARE STILL GETTING A LITTLE
ILLUMINATION FROM THE SUN, WE'LL
START TO SEE THAT GO AWAY.
AS THE STATION AND HTV HEADING
TOWARDS THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION
OF CHINA.
AND THE SUN BEGINS TO SET OVER
THE HORIZON.
FROM THIS VIEW A CAMERA,
POINTING RIGHT DOWN TOWARDS THE
CENTER OF THE COMMON BERTHING
MECHANISM, YOU CAN SEE THE HATCH
OF THE HTV, YOU CAN SEE THAT
VERY SLOW INCREMENTAL MOVEMENT.
>> HOUSTON STATION, FOR
PROCEDURE 2.005 CHECKING WITH
YOU ABOUT EMBEDDED RF THINGS.
EVEN INNING IS OFF.
>> YEAH, WE COPY, CHRIS.
THE RF I.D. READERS ARE OFF, YOU
MAY PROCEED TO 1.2.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE SUNLIGHT NO
LONGER ILLUMINATING THE HTV
HATCH.
SOME OF THE LIGHTS REFLECTING
OFF THE GLASS OF THE COMMON
BERTHING MECHANISM'S SMALL
CENTER WINDOW.
STILL GOOD MOVEMENT AND
ALIGNMENT FROM THE ROBOTIC ARM.
PUSHING HTV RIGHT IN TO PLACE.
THERE IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER
PAUSE BEFORE IT'S PUSHED IN FOR
ITS FINAL MOVEMENT.
AGAIN BERTHING IS A TWO-STAGE
PROCESS.
FIRST THE READY TO LATCH
INDICATORS WILL CURB GREEN AND
FOUR LATCHES WILL SECURE HTV IN
PLACE.
IT WILL BE OFFICIALLY BERTHED
ONCE ALL 16 BOLTS HAVE BEEN
DRIVEN FOR SECOND-STEAMING
BERTHING.
HTV NOW HOLDING FOR ONE OF THOSE
INCREMENTAL CHECKS.
>> THIS IS COMMISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON, HTV CURRENTLY BEING
HELD RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE
COMMON BERTHING MECHANISM.
ROBOTICS OFFICERS ON THE GROUND
CHECKING THE ALIGNMENT MAKING
SURE EVERYTHING IS OKAY BEFORE
THEY MAKE THAT FINAL PUSH.
>> AGAIN, HTV STILL HOLDING.
WAITING FOR CHECKS OF A GOOD
ALIGNMENT BEFORE MAKING THAT
FINAL PUSH TO MEET UP WITH THE
COMMON BERTHING MECHANISM AND
GET READY FOR READY TO LATCH
INDICATORS.
AT THIS TIME THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION FLYING 261 STATUTE
MILES, A FEW HUNDRED MILES EAST
OFF THE COAST OF TANEGASHIMA
WHERE JUST FIVE DAYS AGO HTV
LAUNCHED FROM THE LAUNCH
COMPLEX.
>> THE STATION'S ROBOTIC ARM NOW
PROCEEDING WITH THE FINAL
MOVEMENT TO LINE UP HTV WITH THE
READY TO LATCH INDICATORS.
THIS WILL BE THE FINAL ROBOTIC
MOVEMENT TO PUSH HTV IN TO PLACE
RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE COMMON
BERTHING MECHANISM FOR OFFICIAL
BERTHING TWO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
AGAIN, BERTHING HAPPENS IN
STAGES.
SO FIRST STAGE WILL BE WHEN
READY TO LATCH INDICATORS ARE
GREEN.
THEY'LL DRIVE FOUR LATCHES.
AND SECURE 16 BOLTS.
AND THAT WILL HOLD HTV IN PLACE
FOR AN OFFICIAL SECOND STAGE
BERTHING.
WHERE HTV WILL BE OFFICIALLY
MATE TODAY THE SPACE STATION IN
THE MEANTIME ROBOTIC ARM PUSHING
IN HTV FOR THE FINAL MANEUVER.
>> ROBOTIC ARM NOW HOLDING HTV.
WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION OF FOUR
GREEN READY TO LATCH INDICATORS.
>> AND WE HAVE CONFIRMATION OF
FOUR GREEN READY TO LATCH
INDICATORS.
COMMON BERTHING MECHANISM NOW
BEING CONFIGURED FOR FIRST STAGE
BERTHING.
AGAIN, WE NEED FOUR LATCHES AND
16 BOLTS DRIVEN TO COMPLETE
SECOND STAGE BETTERING.
>> THIS IS MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON IF YOU ARE JUST TUNING
IN YOU ARE LOOKING FROM INSIDE
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
POINTING DOWN TOWARDS THE HALF
OF THE HTV-9.
THE FINAL ROBOTIC MOVEMENT HAS
BEEN COMPLETED AND WE HAVE FOUR
READY TO LATCH INDICATORS AND
ARE PROCEEDING WITH FIRST STAGE
CAPTURE OR FIRST STAGE BERTHING
OF HTV TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
THERE ARE TWO STAGES, NEEDED TO
COMPLETE THE BERTHING OF HTV TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
BY THE END OF SECOND STATEMENT
WE'LL HAVE FOUR LATCHES AND 16
BOLTS SECURING HTV TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> STATION'S ROBOTIC ARM HAS
BEEN CONFIGURED TO GO LIMP
DURING THE BERTHING PROCESS.
THIS WILL ALLOW DURING THE
BERTHING PROCESS FOR THERE NOT
TO BE ANY UNNECESSARY TUGS ON
THE STATION'S ROBOTIC ARM.
WITH THE STATION'S ROBOTIC ARM
NOW LIMP, FIRST STAGE CAPTURE IS
COMPLETE.
NOW PROCEEDING TO SECOND STAGE.
AGAIN, SECOND STAGE MEANS FOUR
LATCHES AND 16 BOLTS.
>> STATION HOUSTON SPACE TO
GROUND TWO FOR STATUS.
>> CHRIS, JUST GIVING YOU A
HEADS UP, WE HAVE FIRST STAGE
CAPTURE OF THE C.B.M.
SO THEY ARE PROCEEDING THROUGH
C.B.M. OPS.
EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL SO FAR
AND ONE REQUEST TO YOU, WHICH
MULTIMETER DID YOU USE FOR THE
PRESSURIZATION, WAS IT KEPLER?
>> NO, HOGANS I THINK.
HOLD ON JUST A SECOND.
I GUESS I PUT THE CODE SERIAL
NUMBER BUT NOT THE MULTI MEETER.
IT'S CALLED HOIGANS.
>> OKAY, THAT WORKS FOR US.
THANKS.
>> YOU JUST HEARD CAP C OFF.
M HERE IN MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON TRAVIS FITZGERALD
CONFIRM TO THE CREW ABOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
COMMANDER CHRIS CASSIDY
RESPONDING POSITIVELY OF FIRST
STAGE CAPTURE.
NOW IN THE PROCESS OF SECOND
STAGE CAPTURE.
FOUR LATCHES NOW DRIVING NOW.
>> AGAIN, FIRST STAGE BERTHING
OF HTV TO INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION IS COMPLETE.
NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF SECOND
STAGE.
THOSE FOUR LATCHES DRIVING
INCREMENTALLY.
>> THIS IS MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON, AGAIN, FIRST STAGE
BERTHING COMPLETE.
SECOND STAGE UNDER WAY, FOUR
LATCHES BEING TERRIFIC
INCREMENTALLY.
NEXT IT WILL BE 16 BOLTS.
ONCE WE HAVE GOOD CONFIRMATION
OF FOUR GOOD LATCHES AND 16 GOOD
BOLTS, WE'LL HAVE AN OFFICIAL
BERTHING OF HTV TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> THIS IS MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON, WE HAVE FOUR GOOD
LATCHES.
NOW THE 16 BOLTS ARE DRIVING.
THAT WILL SECURE HTV TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
COMPLETE SECOND STATEMENT
CAPTURE.
>> AGAIN, SECOND STAGE CAPTURE
STILL UNDER WAY, THOSE 16 BOLTS
CONTINUING TO DRIVE.
THAT WILL BE THE LAST PART
BEFORE HTV IS OFFICIALLY BERTHED
TO THE SPACE STATION.
AND THIS TIME STATION AND HTV
FLYING 265 STATUTE MILES OVER
THE SOUTH PACIFIC ON OR ABOUT HE
WERE, STILL IN ORBITAL
NIGHTTIME.
THOUGH HTV STARTING TO TO BE
ILLUMINATED BY THE SUN, WE
SHOULD SEE A GOOD SUNRISE HERE
IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.
>> STATION HOUSTON SPACE TO
GROUND TWO FOR CVCS.
>> YEAH, CHRIS, ROBO IS DONE
WITH CVCS.
WE HAVE TURNED IT OFF AND YOU
ARE GO TO PICK UP IN YOUR CVCS
NODE TWO CAMERA REMOVAL ACTIVE.
>> GREAT WORK.
>> AND TO BE CLEAR, YOU HAVE A
GO IN STEP THREE DECIMAL ONE.
>> COPY.
>> AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE GOOD
CONFIRMATION ALL 16 BOLTS ARE
DRIVEN AND WE HAVE FOUR GOOD
LATCHES.
THIS WAS CONFIRMED AT 9:46 A.M.
CENTRAL TIME, 10:46 A.M.
EASTERN.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
AND THE HTV FLYING 267 STATUTE
MILES OVER THE SOUTH PACIFIC
OCEAN.
>> COPY ALL AND THE NODE TWO
VIDEO CAMERA PORT IS RETURNED TO
THE NORMAL CONFIG STEP 2.3.
>> WE COPY, THANKS, CHRIS.
>> AND THAT COMPLETES THE
JOURNEY OF THE HTV'S FLIGHT TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
NOW INSTALLED ON THE NADER SIDE
OF THE HARMONY MODULE, THIS IS
THE EARTH-FACING SIDE.
THAT WILL BE ITS HOME FOR THE
NEXT TWO MONTHS.
OFFICIAL BERTHING TIME WAS
9:46 A.M. CENTRAL TIME.
THE STATION WAS 267 STATUTE
MILES OVER THE SOUTH PACIFIC
OCEAN.
THIS COMES JUST AFTER CAPTURE
THIS MORNING.
CHRIS CASSIDY MANEUVERED THE
STATION'S ROBOTIC ARM FOR A
CAPTURE AT 7:13 A.M. CENTRAL,
8:13 A.M. EASTERN THE STATION AT
THE TIME WAS 260 STATUTE MILES
OVER TANZANIA IN AFRICA.
THIS COMES AFTER A 5-DAY TRIP
AFTER LIFTING OFF ON MAY 20TH,
YOUR HONOR TIME MAY 21ST JAPAN
TIME.
FROM TANEGASHIMA AT THE LAUNCH
COMPLEX.
WITH HTV'S INSTALLATION TWO THE
SPACE STATION COMPLETE, CASSIDY
WILL OVERSEE SOME OF THE
PRESSURIZATION CHECKS BEFORE
OPENING UP THE HATCH.
AND ACCESSING SOME OF THE
5,000 POUNDS OF PRESSURIZED
CARGO INSIDE.
HTV'S ARRIVAL COMES AT A
CRITICAL TIME FOR SPACE STATION
PRAISES DELIVERING NEW LITHIUM
ION BATTERIES AS WELL AS A
RESUPPLY OF CONSUMABLES, FOOD
AND RESEARCH EXPERIMENTS,
SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT.
THIS COMES JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE
THE LAUNCH OF HUMANS FROM
AMERICAN SOIL FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN NINE YEARS, MAKE SURE TO TUNE
IN TO THE LAUNCH OF DOUG HURLEY
AND BOB BEHNKEN FROM THE COAST
OF FLORIDA THE KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER LIFTING OFF A DRAGON --
CREW DRAGON VEHICLE ON TOP OF A
FALCON NINE ROCKET.
THE LAUNCH IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27TH.
TUNE IN FOR OUR BROAD DAFT AT
11:15 A.M. CENTRAL TIME,
12:15 P.M. EASTERN FOR A LAUNCH
AT 3:33 P.M. CENTRAL, 4:33 P.M.
EASTERN.
HTV'S FLIGHT NOW COMPLETE MAKE
SURE TO TUNE IN TO THE LAUNCH OF
HUGH HUMANS ONCE AGAIN FROM
AMERICAN SOIL FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN AMERICAN YEARS.