>> GOOD AFTERNOON FROM THE ISS
FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM AT THE
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN HOUSTON,
TEXAS.
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS ON THE ORBIT
2 TEAM UNDER DIRECTION OF MARCUS
JUAREZ ARE WORKING WITH JAPANESE
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS ACROSS THE
GLOBE AT THE JAPANESE AEROSPACE
AGENCY OR JAXA IN ADVANCE OF THE
H2 TRANSFER VEHICLE OR THE
HTV-9.
CURRENTLY POSITIONED AT THE
STATION OF THE CANADARM2 HTV-9
IS READY TO BE RELEASED
COMPLETING THE THREE-MONTH STAY
AT THE COMPLEX.
THE SPACECRAFT LAUNCH FROM THE
SPACE CENTER IN JAPAN ON
MAY20th ARRIVING
MAY25th TO DELIVER ABOUT
FOUR TONS OF SUPPLIES AND
EXPERIMENTS TO THE ORBITAL
COMPLEX, INCLUDING A NEW
LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES THAT WERE
USED TO UPGRADE THE STATION'S
POWER SYSTEM.
THE NEW TECHNOLOGY BATTERIES
WERE INSTALLED THROUGH A SERIES
OF SPACEWALKS.
YOU ARE CURRENTLY SEEING A LIVE
VIEW OF THE WORK STATION IN THE
CUPOLA, WHERE EXPEDITION 63
COMMANDER, CHRIS CASSIDY, OF
NASA WILL BE STANDING BY TO
MONITOR THE SPACECRAFT'S
DEPARTURE.
EARLIER THIS MORNING, ROBOTIC
CONTROLLER SENT COMMANDS TO
UNBOLT THE HTV FROM THE
EARTH-FACING PORT OF THE HARMONY
MODULE, WHERE IT HAS RESIDED
SINCE THE ARRIVAL IN MAY AND
DETACH FROM HARMONY TO PLACE IT
IN THE CORRECT POSITION FOR THE
UPCOMING RELEASE AT 12:35P.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
TODAY YOU ARE WATCHING THE FINAL
ROBOTIC OPERATION HTV-9.
HTV OVER THE PAST 11 YEARS
SERVED AS UNPILOTED CARGO
TRANSPORTER BY H2B LAUNCH
VEHICLE.
IN TOTAL, THE NON-HTV SPACECRAFT
DELIVERED MORE THAN 40 TONS OF
FOOD, SUPPLIES AND NEW BATTERIES
TO CREWS LIVING AND WORKING ON
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
ONCE RELEASED, HTV-9 WILL
CONDUCT A SERIES OF DEPARTURE
BLENDS TO REMOVE IT FROM A SAFE
DISTANCE FROM THE STATION.
NASA'S CHRIS CASSIDY WILL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR FIRING A TRIGGER
ON THE CANADARM'S SECTOR OR THE
HAND TO RELEASE HTV AND SEND IT
ON ITS WAY.
HE WILL BE BACKED BY RUSSIAN
CREW MATE, IVAN VAGNER.
THROUGH THAT COMMAND SNARES ON
THE ARM LATCHING THE HAND OF THE
ROBOTIC ARM WILL OPEN AND WE
WILL BEGIN TO SEE SEPARATION OF
THE HTV FROM THE STATION.
THE SPACECRAFT WILL START TO
SLOWLY DRIFT AWAY AND
CONTROLLERS HERE WILL BEGIN TO
REACH UP THE ARM.
THIS VIEW OF THE WORK STATION
INSIDE OF THE CUPOLA IS CALLED
THE COOCOO AND PROVIDES
TELEMETRY ON THE VIEW THROUGHOUT
THE DEPARTURE.
ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE
THE VALVE THAT WILL BE THE
APPROXIMATE RANGE IN METERS AND
RATE IN WHICH IT IS DEPARTING
THE STATION.
THIS WILL BE A SLOW PROCESS, BUT
WHEN IT IS RELEASED, THERE WILL
BE A SERIES OF TWO BURNS TO GET
IT OUTSIDE OF THE KEEP-OUT
SPHERE TO THE NEXT MILESTONE,
THE APPROACH ELLIPSOID.
BEFORE TODAY'S DEPARTURE ISS
PROGRAM MANAGER SPENT A MOMENT
OFF OFFERING HIS THOUGHTS ABOUT
THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATION
OPERATIONS MADE BY HTV'S CARGO
CRAFT.
>> OVER THE PAST 11 YEARS, THE
HTV TRANSFER VEHICLE HAS
DELIVERED OVER 40 TONS OF CARGO
RESEARCHED HARDWARE AND
EQUIPMENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
MOST RECENTLY, THEY HAVE
DELIVERED LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES,
A NEW BATTERY, THAT WE'RE USING
TO UPGRADE THE POWER SYSTEM.
UPGRADE THE POWER SYSTEM ON A
WORLD-CLASS LABORATORY, THAT
BENEFITS NATIONS ACROSS THE
GLOBE.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE JAPAN ON
THE HTV MISSIONS ON THE NINE
MISSION OF THIS CURRENT
GENERATION VEHICLE.
NASA'S WORKING CLOSELY WITH JAXA
ON THE NEXT GENERATION VEHICLE,
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT
VEHICLE DELIVERING SUPPLIES TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
INCREASING INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION WITH JAPAN AS WE
CONTINUE EXPLORATION OF LOWER
EARTH ORBIT BACK TO THE MOON AND
TO MARS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> TODAY YOU ARE WATCHING THE
FINAL ROBOTIC OPERATION FOR
HTV-9 THE LAST OF ITS GENRE.
THE JAPANESE WORD FOR WHITE
STORK, FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS,
HTV VEHICLES HAVE SERVED AS
UNPILOTED CARLO TRANSPORTERS
LAUNCHED BY JAXA'S HTV LAUNCH
VEHICLE.
DELIVERED MORE THAN 40 TONS OF
FOOD, SUPPLIES AND NEW
LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES TO CREWS
LIVING AND WORKING ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
YOU ARE CURRENTLY SEEING A LIVE
VIEW OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM.
FLYING DIRECTOR MARCOS AND
CAPCOM NORISHIGE KANAI.
KANAI WAS PART OF THE EXPEDITION
54 AND 55 CREW.
THIS IS CURRENTLY A LIVE VIEW
FROM JAPAN, THE HTV FLIGHT
CONTROL ROOM.
HERE THEY ARE MONITORING THE
SPACECRAFT, THE HTV, AS IT
DEPARTS THE STATION.
EXPEDITION 63 COMMANDER, CHRIS
CASSIDY, OF NASA IS STANDING BY
AND MONITORING THE SPACECRAFT'S
DEPARTURE.
CASSIDY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
FIRING THE TRIGGER ON THE
CANADARM'S END EFFECTOR TO
RELEASE HTV AND SEND IT ON ITS
WAY.
THROUGH THAT COMMAND THE SNARES
ON THE ROBOTIC ARM'S LATCHING
END EFFECTOR, CURRENTLY THE VIEW
YOU SEE, EVENTUALLY THE HAND OF
THE ROBOTIC ARM, WILL OPEN AND
WILL BEGIN TO SEE SEPARATION OF
THE HTV FROM THE STATION.
THE SPACECRAFT WILL START TO
SLOWLY DRIFT AWAY AND
CONTROLLERS HERE WHICH WILL
BEGIN TO RETRACK THE ARM.
STANDING BY FOR RELEASE.
SNARES ARE OPEN.
A SUCCESSFUL 12:36P.M. CENTRAL
TIME RELEASE OFF OF QUEBEC,
CANADA.
CANADARM2 BACKS AWAY SLOWLY.
A SUCCESSFUL 12:36P.M. CENTRAL
TIME RELEASE OFF OF WESTERN
QUEBEC, CANADA.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MILESTONES
WE WILL SEE HTV-9 REACH THIS
AFTERNOON.
>> THE TIMER HAS BEEN STARTED.
>> HOUSTON, COPY.
HTV-9 WILL CONDUCTED A SERIES OF
DEPARTURE BURNS TO MOVE IT TO A
SAFE DISTANCE FROM THE STATION.
THE FIRST MILESTONE WILL BE TO
CROSS THE KEEP-OUT SPHERE, WHICH
IS IMAGINARY BOUNDARY AROUND THE
STATION WITH A 200-KILOMETER
RADIUS.
IT WILL KEEP HEADING AWAY FROM
THE STATION AND WILL STAND BY
UNTIL IT MAKES THE WAY OUT OF
THE APPROACH ELLIPSOID, A FINAL
MARKER THAT SIGNIFIES THE
VISITING VEHICLE'S FINAL
DEPARTURE OFF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
>> STATION, HOUSTON, HTV, SAFETY
NET ENABLED.
>> WE ARE ABOUT ONE MINUTE OUT
FROM THE FIRST BURN.
>> STATION HOUSTON, HTV, IDN1
MANEUVER LOADED.
STEP 2, 602.
>> COPY.
WE'RE IN STEP 2 OF 1.602.
FIRST DEPARTURE MANEUVER
UNDERWAY.
>> STATION HOUSTON, ON 2HTV,
MANEUVER, COMPLETE.
VERIFY FOR STEP 3 IN 1.602.
>> 1 COMPLETE.
VERIFYING STEP 3.
>> YOU JUST HEARD A BALL THE
IDM1.
THE FIRST OF TWO BURNS TO GET
OUT OF THE KEEP-OUT SPHERE.
THAT FIVE-SECOND BURN GOT US
CLOSER TO REACHING THE KEEP-OUT
SPHERE'S IMAGINARY LINE.
THE SECOND BURN IS ABOUT TEN
MINUTES LATER.
IT WILL BE ABOUT 14 SECONDS
LONG.
>> BLOCK COMPLETE.
NOMINAL.
>> HOUSTON.
COPY.
YOU ARE CURRENTLY SEEING A LIVE
VIEW OF THE COMPUTER SCREEN
ONBOARD THE SPACE STATION.
THIS VIEW OF THE WORK STATION
INSIDE OF THE CUPOLA IS CALLED
THE COOCOO AND PROVIDES
TELEMETRY TO THE HTV THROUGHOUT
THE DEPARTURE.
ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE
THE APPROXIMATE RANGE IN METERS
AND RATE AT WHICH IT IS
DEPARTING THE STATION.
WE ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT 30METERS
AWAY FROM THE ISS OR THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THIS WILL BE A SLOW PROCESS, BUT
ONCE IT IS-- BUT ONCE IT IS THE
KEEP-OUT SPHERE, THERE WILL BE
ANOTHER BURN TO GET IT OUTSIDE
OF THE KEEP-OUT SPHERE AND THAT
WILL BE HERE SHORTLY IN ABOUT
FOUR TO FIVE MINUTES.
AFTER THE SECOND DEPARTURE BURN,
IT WILL PICK UP SPEED TO GET OUT
OF THE KEEP-OUT SPHERE, THE
IMAGINARY BOUNDARY AROUND THE
STATION WITH A 200-KILOMETER
RADIUS.
AGAIN A QUICK RELEASE AT
12:36P.M. CENTRAL TIME.
HTV IS NOW IN RETREAT MODE,
APPROXIMATELY 39METERS AWAY
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
>> THIS WILL BE THE FINAL
DEPARTURE OF THE CARDINAL CRAFT,
NINE OF WHICH HAVE DELIVERED
MORE THAN 40 TONS OF SUPPLIES TO
SPACE STATION CREWS.
THE CARGO CRAFT HTVX WHICH IS
TARGETED FOR THE FIRST LAUNCH IN
2022.
>> STATION HOUSTON, HTVIDM2
MANEUVER.
LOADED.
1.602.
>> COPY.
WE SEE THAT.
STEP FOUR.
STEP 4.
>> THE SECOND BURN HAS BEEN
COMPLETED.
NOW THE SECOND DEPARTURE BURN
HAS BEEN COMPLETED, NINE WILL
PICK UP A LITTLE SPEED TO GET
OUT OF THE KEEP-OUT SPHERE.
YOU ARE CURRENTLY SEEING A LIVE
VIEW OF THE COMPUTER SCREEN
ONBOARD THE SPACE STATION .
THIS WORK STATION INSIDE OF THE
CUPOLA MODULE IS CALLED THE
COOCOO AND PROCEEDS TELEMETRY
THROUGH THE DEPARTURE.
ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT YOU CAN SEE
A VALUE.
THAT WILL BE THE APPROXIMATE
RANGE IN METERS AND RATE AT
WHICH IT IS DEPARTING THE
STATION.
>> STATION, HOUSTON, ON TWO.
COMPLETE.
VERIFIED IN 1.602.
PROJECT THREE CONFIRMED.
>> COPY, ALL.
STEP FIVE IS VERIFIED.
>> HOUSTON, COPY.
>> THE SECOND DEPARTURE BURN
COMPLETED CONFIRMED BY CAPCOM
NORISHIGE KANAI,
THE VETERAN SPACE FLIER.
STATION HOUSTON ON TWO.
HTV, VERIFIED STEPS SIX IN
1.602.
AFFIRMATIVE.
WE SEE PASSIVE.
STEP SIX IS VERIFIED.
HOUSTON, COPY.
134METERS AWAY FROM THE
STATION.
HTV WILL SHORTLY BE APPROACHING
THE KEEP-OUT SPHERE LINE.
>> STATION HOUSTON ON 2.
YOU ARE A GO FOR STEP 7 OF THE
PROCEDURE.
1.240.
>> STEP 7.
>> WE ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT TWO
MINUTES FROM EXITING THE
KEEP-OUT SPHERE.
>> WE HAVE EXITED THE KEEP-OUT
SPHERE.
WE HAVE EXITED THE KEEP-OUT
SPHERE.
>> STATION HOUSTON ON 2 FOR HTV.
HTV HAS EXITED THAT 200-METER
KEEP-OUT SPHERE.
THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT WORK WE
HAVE GOT.
ALL STEPS COMPLETE.
YOU ARE RELEASED.
>> OK, COPY THAT, HOUSTON.
IT HAS BEEN A REAL HONOR FOR
MEMBERS OF EXPEDITION 63 ANATOLY
IVAN, BOB, MYSELF TO WELCOME
HTV, CONDUCT OPERATIONS IN IT
AND NOW TO BE PART OF THE
DEPARTURE ON THE NINTH SPACESHIP
OF THE CLASS.
MUCH CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR
COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS AT JAXA.
TO EACH HIS OWN, HTV.
>> THANKS, CHRIS, FOR THE KIND
WORDS.
HTV IS A VAST JAPANESE CARGO
VEHICLE OF THE CITY.
THIS FINAL DEPARTURE IS
BEGINNING OF A CHAPTER FOR OUR
INTERNATIONAL PARTNER WHO IS
DEVELOPING NEXT GENERATION CARGO
VEHICLE.
HTV, THE CAPABILITY OF A NEW
VEHICLE, EXPAND OUR ACTIVITY IN
SPACE.
NOT ONLY ON ISS, BUT BEYOND LOW
EARTH ORBIT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HTV IN
THE NEAR FUTURE.
HTV.
[SPEAKING IN JAPANESE]
>> HERE IN MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON, CAPCOM NORISHIGE KANAI
GAVE THE FINAL WORDS FOR THE
HTV-9 VEHICLE.
NASA ASTRONAUT CHRIS CASSIDY
SHARED HIS FINAL THOUGHTS AND
CONGRATULATORY REMARKS ON THE
CREW, ON THE GROUND HERE, AND IN
JAPAN.
NOW RELEASE HTV-9 WILL DRIFT
FULLY AWAY FROM THE STATION.
WHERE IT WILL REACH A SAFE
DISTANCE AND ON THURSDAY,
AUGUST20th, A TIME DEORBIT
BURN WILL BE CONDUCTED TO SEND
HTV BACK TO THEY EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE WHERE IT WILL
HARMLESSLY BURN UP OVER THE
PACIFIC OCEAN.
AGAIN GREAT RELEASE AT
12:36P.M. CENTRAL TIME.
HTV IS NOW IN RETREAT MODE.
IT HAS MET A COUPLE OF
MILESTONES THIS AFTERNOON,
FIRST, THOSE TWO DEPARTURE BURNS
THAT ENABLED HTV TO CROSS THE
KEEP-OUT SPHERE WHICH IS
IMAGINARY BOUNDARY AROUND THE
STATION WITH A 200-KILOMETER
RADIUS AND KEEP HEADING AWAY
FROM THE STATION AND WILL STAND
BY UNTIL IT MAKES ITS WAY OUT OF
THIS APPROACH ELLIPSOID.
A FINAL MARKER OUT OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
ON THURSDAY, AUGUST20th, A
FINAL DEORBIT BURN WILL BE
CONDUCTED TO SEND HTV INTO A
FIERY DECENT INTO THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE WHERE IT WILL
HARMLESSLY BURN UP OUT OVER THE
PACIFIC OCEAN.
THIS IS NOT GOOD-BYE.
JAXA IS DEVELOPING A NEW CARGO
CRAFT THE HTVX WHICH COULD BE
LAUNCHED AS EARLY AS 2022 THAT
WILL CARRY EVEN MORE SUPPLIES TO
THE STATION THAN THE CURRENT
VERSION.
THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATION
DEPARTURE OF THE FIRST
GENERATION OF WHITE STORK CARGO
CRAFT AND NINE OF WHICH HAVE
DELIVERED MORE THAN 40 TONS OF
SUPPLIES TO SPACE STATION CREWS.
JAXA IS DEVELOPING A NEW CARGO
CRAFT THE HTVX IS TARGETED FOR
THE LAUNCH IN 2022.
11 YEARS AFTER THE LAUNCH OF THE
HTV CARGO VEHICLE, TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
THIS IS THE FINAL FLIGHT FOR
THIS GENERATION.
STATION, LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU
ARE READY FOR ASTRO B.
A GREAT RELEASE AT 12:36P.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
HTV IS IN RETREAT MODE AND
CURRENTLY DRIFTING AWAY THE
STATION.
THIS IS MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.