>> WITH A FULL MOON SHINING
BRIGHTLY OVERHEAD, YOU ARE
LOOKING LIVE ON WALLOPS VIRGINIA
WHERE ANTERES ROCKET STANDS
FULLY FUELED 133-FEET TALL READY
TO LAUNCH 31 MINUTES FROM NOW TO
SEND THE UNPILOTED CYGNUS TO
ORBIT ON THE THREE-DAY JOURNEY
TO DELIVER FOUR TONS OF SUPPLY
AND EXPERIMENTS TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
FOLLOWING THE LAST MINUTE SCRUB
LAST NIGHT'S INITIAL LAUNCH
ATTEMPT, TONIGHT'S LIFTOFF IS
SET FOR 8:16 AND 14 SECONDS P.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
9:16:14P.M. EASTERN TIME.
AT THE START OF A FIVE-MINUTE
LAUNCH WINDOW.
THE WEATHER FOR TONIGHT'S LAUNCH
JUST COULDN'T BE BETTER.
IT IS ABC LAY PRISTINE AND AT
WALLOPS ISLAND A FEW CLOUDS AT
4500FEET.
WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT
FOUR KNOTS, TEMPERATURE OF
48DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
EVERYTHING IS GREEN ACROSS THE
BOARD.
THERE'S THE TARGET FOR THE
ARTEMIS PROGRAM COMING UP FOR
NASA WITH SITES SET ON THAT
DESTINATION LAND THE FIRST WOMAN
THE NEXT MAN ON THE SURFACE OF
THE MOON IN 2024.
GOOD EVENING FROM MISSION
CONTROL IN HOUSTON.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM HERE AT THE
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS HERE ARE
WATCHING OVER THE STATION AS
THEY DO 24-7, 365 TENDING TO THE
SYSTEMS AND THE THREE
CREWMEMBERS COMPRESSING THE
EXPEDITION 63 CREW.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THEM IN A
MOMENT.
BACK UP AT THE WALLOPS FLIGHT
FACILITY NORTHROP GRUMMAN
ENGINEERS ARE MONITORING FROM
THE RANGE CONTROL CENTER AND
WILL BE IN CONTROL OF THE NINE
MINUTE CLIMB TO ORBIT FOR THE
TWO STAGE ANTARES ROCKET FROM
LIFTOFF TO THE POINT WHERE THE
CYGNUS RESUPPLY CRAFT SEPARATES
FROM THE SECOND STAGE AND JUST
COMPLETED A POLL OVER ALL THE
ENGINEERING POSITIONS JUST A
MOMENT OR TWO AGO AND EVERYONE
IS GO FOR LAUNCH.
IN DULLES, VIRGINIA, MORE TEAM
OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN ENGINEERS
ARE ON DUTY AS WELL READY TO
TAKE OVER THE FLIGHT OF CYGNUS
AFTER SPACECRAFT SEPARATION
UNDER MISSION DIRECTOR.
THEY WILL BE FOLLOWING ALL THE
MANEUVERS DURING THE THREE-DAY
STROKE THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
BACK HERE IN MISSION CONTROL IN
HOUSTON.
THE ORBIT THREE TEAM OF FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS IS ON DUTY WITH THE
STATION CREW MEMBERS WELL INTO
THE SLEEP PERIOD FOR THE NIGHT
AS WELL AS THE CASE LAST NIGHT
FLIGHT DIRECTOR T.J. IS BACK IN
CHARGE PRESIDING OVER THE ORBIT
THREE TEAM THIS EVENING
123-4678.
>> EXCUSE ME.
CYGNUS' LAUNCH WAS ORIGINALLY
SCHEDULED FOR THIS PAST TUESDAY
NIGHT BUT A FORECAST OF
INCLIMATE WEATHER PUSHED THE
INITIAL LAUNCH ATTEMPT TO LAST
NIGHT.
AND WITH THE WEATHER FINALLY
COOPERATING LAST NIGHT, THE
COUNTDOWN REACHED THE 2:42nd
MARCH BEFORE THE LAUNCH WAS
SCRUBBED AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT
THAT IN A MOMENT.
AT THE PRESENT TIME, SITTING AT
T MINUS 28 MINUTES AND COUNTING.
NO ISSUES BEING WORKED BY THE
LAUNCH CONTROL TEAM AT WALLOPS.
AS WE MENTIONED LAST NIGHT,
EACH LAUNCH OF THE CYGNUS CARGO
CRAFT CARRIES WITH IT A
TRADITION FROM NORTHROP GRUMMAN
AFTER A NOTED SPACE EXPLORER WHO
CONTRIBUTED TO HUMAN SPACE
EXPLORATION.
THE CYGNUS BEING LAUNCHED
TONIGHT IS BEING NAMED FOR NASA
ASTRONAUT WHO IS FIRST ON THE
STS 7 MISSION ONBOARD COLUMBIA
IN 1987 AND THE ILL-FATED 107
MISSION ABOARD COLUMBIA IN 2003
SHE AND HER SIX CREWMATES LOST
THEIR LIVES DURING RE-ENTRY.
KALPANA, THE SOUTH ASIAN DECENT,
BEING HONORED ON THIS MISSION OF
CYGNUS NOW THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
THEY ANTARES ROCKET BEING
LAUNCHED TONIGHT TWO-STAGE
ROCKET THAT WILL FOLLOW THE
PRELIMINARY ORBIT TO BEGIN THE
CHASE TO REACH THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION IN THE WEE HOURS
MONDAY MORNING.
BUT BEFORE WE LOOK AHEAD, LET'S
LOOK BACK 24 HOURS TO LAST
NIGHT'S POSTPONEMENT AND WITH US
THIS EVENING, BY PHONE, TO
DISCUSS ALL THE DOMES RETURNING
TO TONIGHT WITH US IS CHRISTINA,
THE NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEM
ENGINEERING PROGRAM MANAGER.
CHRISTINA, THANKS FOR JOINING US
ONCE AGAIN THIS EVENING.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM GLAD TO BE BACK ON THE NASA
TV VIEWERS TO SEE SUCCESSFUL
ANTERES LAUNCH AND TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GREAT
TONIGHT, BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO
ALL OF THAT, WALK US THROUGH
LAST NIGHT'S SCRUB.
WHAT WAS THE CAUSE?
HOW DID NORTHROP GRUMMAN REMEDY
THE ISSUE?
BROUGHT US TO THE LAUNCH
STATEMENT?
>> NO PROBLEM, ROB.
SO LAST NIGHT, DURING THE
COUNTDOWN, THE COMPUTER AT T
MINUS 2:49.
WHEN IT RECEIVED AN OFF NOMINAL
READING THE GROUND SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT.
THE TEAM TRACKED THE AUTOMATED
ABORT TO SOFTWARE ISSUE AND IT
WAS REVOLVED.
NONETHELESS, LAUNCH SCRUBBED
FOREGROUND SYSTEMS AND ISSUES
OCCUR AS THE MISSION SUCCESS AND
THE SAFETY OF OUR TEAM AND
PUBLIC BEFORE ALL OTHER
CONSIDERATIONS.
AS YOU SEE FROM THE NUMEROUS
SCRUBS THIS PAST WEEK, INCLUDING
DEAL 4 AND FALCON 9 DUE TO
WEATHER AND GROUND SYSTEM FAULTS
EACH AND EVERY COUNTDOWN WILL
NOT RESULT IN LAUNCH ATTEMPT
WHICH IS PART OF THE LAUNCH
BUSINESS.
OUR TEAM IS TRYING TO RESPOND TO
SCRUB LAUNCH ATTEMPTS TO
MAINTAIN IN A SAFE CONDITION AND
WE QUICKLY INVESTIGATE THE ROOT
CAUSE OF THE ISSUES AND MAINTAIN
READINESS TO LAUNCH EARLIER THE
NEXT DAY.
I WANT TO SAY WHAT A GREAT WORK
GREAT TEAM WORK IT WAS BY THE
LAUNCH TEAM LAST NIGHT AND THIS
MORNING TO QUICKLY RESPOND TO
THE LAUNCH ATTEMPT AND PUT US
BACK IN POSITION TO LAUNCH AGAIN
LESS THAN 24 HOURS LATER.
WE ARE A GO FOR TONIGHT SO WE
ARE EXCITED.
CHRISTINA, THIS ANTARES ROCKET
HAS BECOME A WORKHORSE FOR
NORTHROP GRUMMAN HOW ROBUST,
THIS IS IMPORTANT?
HOW IMPORTANT IS TODAY'S LAUNCH
AS WE HEAD TO A BUSY PERIOD
ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL
OUTPOST?
>> SO, THANK YOU, IT WAS
DESIGNATED AS MISSION CENTRAL
MISSION BY NASA DURING THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND OUR TEAM
HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON BEING READY
ON TIME DESPITE THE RESTRICTIONS
AND LITIGATIONS PUT IN PLACE BY
THE ANTARES LAUNCH SYSTEM AND
THE VIRGINIA SPACE LAUNCHPAD.
WE ARE ABOUT TO BE USED AS VERY
ROBUST WHICH HAS 7 CONSECUTIVE
SUCCESSFUL AND CARRIES SITES
THAT ENABLED SUCCESS THAN THE
ISS AND ANTARES IS THE 230
WORKFORCE AND WE'RE CARRYING
WITH NEARLY 8,000POUNDS OF
CARGO TONIGHT.
NORTHROP GRUMMAN IS PROUD OF THE
CONTRIBUTION IN SUPPLYING
CRITICAL RESEARCH AND CARGO CREW
ON THE SPACE STATION AND FOR ME,
PERSONALLY, AS NATIVE AMERICAN,
FROM THE NAVAJO NATION, I AM
TRULY HONORED TO BE A PART OF
THE HUMAN EXPLORATION PROGRAM
AND HOPE TO INSPIRE OTHERS TO
REACH FOR THE STARS WHEN GETTING
RESULTS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CHRISTINA OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN
WITH US THIS EVENING BY PHONE.
THE COUNTDOWN LAUNCH NOW STANDS
AT 2 MINUS 23:14 AND COUNTING.
AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH AT
6:14:00P.M. CENTRAL TIME,
9:16:14P.M. EASTERN.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
AND THE THREE RESIDENTS WILL BE
FLYING 258 STATUTE MILES OVER
THE SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN.
AND ANTARES AND CYGNUS WILL ARC
TO THE SOUTHEAST FROM WALLOPS TO
START THE RENDEZVOUS IN A SERIES
OF PREPROGRAMMED ENGINE FIRINGS
THAT WILL LEAD TO ARRIVAL AT THE
INTERNATIONAL STATION AND THE
ROBOTIC CAPTURE MONDAY MORNING
THE STATION COMMANDER OF NASA
BACKED UP THE RUSSIAN COSMONAUT
IVAN WAGNER FROM COSMONAUT IN
THE CUPOLA MONITORING CYGNUS'
SYSTEM DURING THE FINAL APPROACH
WITH CASSIDY USING THE CANADARM2
ROBOTIC ARM TO REACH OUT AND
GRAPPLE THE NORTHROP GRUMMAN
RESUPPLY VEHICLE AT THAT POINT,
HE WILL TURN THE ROBOTIC CHORES
OVER TO A TEAM TO GROUND
CONTROLLERS HERE IN HOUSTON WHO
WILL MANEUVER CYGNUS NOW
INSTALLATION POSITION AND
INSTALLED AND BOLTED INTO PLACE
ON THE EARTH-FACING SIDE OF THE
UNITY MODULE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR
A STAY OF ABOUT TWO MONTHS THE
CYGNUS SCHEDULED TO DEPART THE
STATION IN MID-DECEMBER FOR A
WEEK FREE FLIGHT IN WHICH
ADDITION EXPERTS WILL BE
CONDUCTED.
>> COPY.
ONBOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION CASSIDY VAGNER AND
RUSSIAN COSMONAUT ANATOLY
IVANISHIN ARE ASLEEP AT THIS
HOUR LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AWAY
ON THE ORBITAL OUTPOST AND
SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO EARTH ON
THE EVENING OF OCTOBER21st
U.S. TIME WHICH WILL BE THE
MORNING OF OCTOBER22nd ON
THE STEP OF KAZAKHSTAN FOR
PARACHUTE-ASSISTED LANDING IN
THE SOYUZ MS-16 SPACECRAFT THAT
WILL COME EIGHT DAYS AFTER THE
ARRIVAL OF THE NEXT TRIO
RESIDENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION, KATE RUBINS,
SERGEY, AND SERGEY MOVE IN FINAL
TRAINING NOW AT THE BAIKONUR FOR
THEIR LAUNCH ON OCTOBER4th
IN THE SOYUZ MS17 SPACECRAFT.
INSIDE OF 21 MINUTES UNTIL
LAUNCH.
EVERYTHING CONTINUES TO PROCEED
ON TRACK AND ON TIME FOR LIFTOFF
AT1:14P.M. EASTERN TIME.
THE RECENT PROFILE FOR ANTARES
AND CYGNUS FOLLOWING LIFTOFF
CALLS FOR MAIN ENGINE OUT ON THE
FIRST STAGE OF THE ANTARES
ROCKET ABOUT THREE MINUTES AND
18 SECONDS AFTER LUNCH FOLLOWED
SIX SECONDS LATER BY THE
SEPARATION OF THE FIRST STATION.
SOME 30 SECONDS LATER THE FARING
WHICH ENCAPSULATES THE RESUPPLY
VEHICLE WILL ALSO SEPARATE
EXPOSING CYGNUS DURING THE
UPHILL RIDE TO ITS PRELIMINARY
ORBIT.
STAGE TWO IGNITION ON THE
ANTARES ROCKET SCHEDULED AT THE
4:07 INTO THE FLIGHT AND IT WILL
BURN FOR 2:44 SECONDS UNTIL
STAGE TWO BURNOUT OCCURS PUTTING
CYGNUS THE INITIAL ORBIT WITH
THE CYGNUS VEHICLE ITSELF
SEPARATING THE SECOND STAGE OF
ANTARES AT THE 6:09 INTO THE
FLIGHT.
THE ULTRAFLEX SOLAR ARRAYS ON
CYGNUS SCHEDULED TO BE DEPLOYED
ABOUT 2:08 INTO THE MISSION AND
WE WILL NOT BE ON THE AIR LIVE
DURING THAT ACTIVITY.
IT IS ABOUT A 30-MINUTE
PROCEDURE.
WE WILL; HOWEVER, PROVIDE UPDATE
ON THE WEB ON NASA.GOV AND THE
STATION BLOG SITE WHEN SOLAR
ARRAY DEPLOY IS COMPLETED LATER
THIS EVENING.
CYGNUS AGAIN WILL ARRIVE IN THE
WEE HOURS MONDAY MORNING AT THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
ARRIVING ALONG THE INTERSECTION
CALLED THE R BAR AND THE RADIO
VECTOR WHICH IS IMAGINARY LINE
DRAWN BETWEEN THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AND THE EARTH.
AT THE CYGNUS WILL ARRIVE ABOUT
400FEET DIRECTLY BELOW THE
STATION AND INCH WORM THE WAY UP
TO THE POINT WHERE CASSIDY WILL
USE THE ROBOTIC ARM TO REACH OUT
AND GRAPPLE THE RESUPPLY CRAFT.
THE CAPTURE OF CYGNUS IS
SCHEDULED RIGHT NOW AT 4:20A.M.
CENTRAL TIME AND 5:20A.M.
EASTERN TIME ON MONDAY MORNING.
>> 10386 WILL BE REQUIRED.
>> COPY THAT.
LC, ACTUAL F1 N LEVEL IS 10 OF
10.
>> COPY 10 OF 10.
381.
F N LEVEL.
STAND BY.
>> AS WE APPROACH THE 17 MINUTE
MARK AND THE COUNTDOWN.
LOADING IS COMPLETE.
YOU SEE THE VENTING AT THE STAGE
AREA OF THE TWO STAGE AND FOR
ROCKETING CONTINUES TO BE GREEN
ACROSS THE BOARD AT WALLOPS.
THE WEATHER IS PERFECT.
EVERYTHING ALL SET FOR ANTARES
TO BEGIN THE FLIGHT TO DELIVER
THE CYGNUS RESUPPLY STREAK FROM
THE PRELIMINARY ORBIT.
>> COPY.
NOT REQUIRED.
CHECK 382 AND STEP 338.
CONSIDER FOR NO ADJUSTMENT TO
FUEL LEVEL.
>> COUNTDOWN 1.
>> CMD.
GO FOR STEP 385.
YOU CAN TRANSFER CYGNUS NOW
LAUNCH MODE.
>> T MINUS IN 16 MINUTES AND
COUNTING THE RANGE CONTROL
CENTER ENGINEERS FOR NORTHROP
GRUMMAN THAT THE FUEL LOADING
FOR THE ANTARES ROCKET AT THE
PROPER LEVEL INTO STABLE
REPLENISH NOW AND JUST
ADJUSTMENT FOR FUEL REQUIRED
THIS EVENING AND CYGNUS IS ABOUT
TO GO ON INTER A POWER.
TONIGHT'S LAUNCH KICKS OFF A
VERY BUSY PERIOD OF ACTIVITY OF
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
AGAIN, LAUNCH TONIGHT RESULTS IN
CYGNUS ARRIVING AT THE STATION
IN THE WEE HOURS MONDAY MORNING
THAT WILL BE IN A COUPLE OF
WEEKS BY A SOYUZ CREW ROTATION
AS WE MENTIONED WITH KATE RUBINS
OF NASA AND TWO RUSSIAN
CREWMATES SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH
OCTOBER1 FROM THE BAIKONUR
COSMODROME IN KAZAKHSTAN FOR A
THREE-HOUR FAST TRACK JOURNEY TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
THAT WILL KICKOFF AN EIGHT DAY
HANDOVER WITH CHRIS CASSIDY AND
HIS TWO RUSSIAN CREW MATES
ANATOLY IVANISHIN AND IVAN
VAGNER IN THE HOMESTRETCH OF THE
SIX AND A HALF MONTH.
MISSION TO THE STATION AND WILL
BE RETURNING TO EARTH ON THE
NIGHT OF OCTOBER21st U.S.
TIME.
AND RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF THAT,
ON OCTOBER31st, ON THE
20th-- FINAL COUNTDOWN IN
JUSTS ABOUT TWO MINUTES.
>> ON THE 20th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE LAUNCH OF EXPEDITION 1
BILL SHEPHERD YURI AND SERGEY ON
OCTOBER31st THE CREW ONE
MISSION IS SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH
ABOARD A SPACEX FALCON ROCKET.
THE RESILIENCE CREW DRAGON
SPACECRAFT WITH MIKE HOPKINS
SHANNON WALKER ONBOARD AND
SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE AT THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ON
THIS NOVEMBER FIRST.
T MINUS 14 MINUTES AND COUNTING.
>> WE'LL WAIT FOR YOUR CALL ON
387.
>> 387 COMPLETE.
>> HERE IN THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION FLIGHT CONTROL
ROOM.
THE TIME GO HAS BEEN PASSED ON
TO FLIGHT DIRECTOR BY THE CYGNUS
MISSION DIRECTOR IN DULLES OF
THE ANTARES AND THE CYGNUS A GO
FOR LAUNCH.
AT THIS HOUR THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION FLYING 258MILES
OVER THE SOUTH ATLANTIC ABOUT TO
SWING JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE
CONTINENT OF AFRICA.
AGAIN AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH
AT16:14:00P.M. CENTRAL TIME
THE STATION AND THE THREE
RESIDENTS WHO ASLEEP AT THIS
HOUR WILL BE FLYING OVER THE
SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN.
>> PROCEED WITH THE FINAL
COUNTDOWN.
>> GO.
>> RSO IS A GO.
>> TD.
>> TD IS GO.
MES I 1 IS GO.
TC.
>> TC IS GO.
>> ACE.
>> ACE IS GO.
COPY THAT.
NORTHROP GRUMMAN WE ARE GOOD TO
PROCEED TO COUNTDOWN.
BE ADVISED STEP 389 IS NOT
REQUIRED FOR TODAY'S OPERATION.
STOP 390 WILL NOT BE REQUIRED
FOR TODAY'S OPERATION.
>> COMING T MINUS 11 MINUTE MARK
THE FINAL POLL OF LAUNCH
CONDUCTED AT THE RANGE CONTROL
CENTER AT THE WALLOPS FLIGHT
FACILITY IN VIRGINIA AS ANTARES
IS SET TO BEGIN THE JOURNEY OF
NINE MINUTES IN DURATION TO
DELIVER THE CYGNUS RESUPPLY
CRAFT FROM THE PRELIMINARY
ORBIT.
PASSING T MINUS IN 11 MINUTES.
COMING UP ON THE T MINUS THE
WEATHER IS PERFECT.
EVERYTHING IS ALL SET TO BEGIN
THE JOURNEY OF CYGNUS TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
T MINUS IN 10 MINUTES?
>> NO ISSUES BEING WORKED IN THE
RANGE CONTROL CENTER AT WALLOPS
LINE, VIRGINIA, OR AT DULLES,
VIRGINIA, THE CYGNUS SPACECRAFT
TEAM FOR NORTHROP GRUMMAN
MONITORING CYGNUS' SYSTEMS READY
TO TAKE OVER AT THE TIME OF
SPACECRAFT SEPARATION JUST OVER
NINE MINUTES AFTER LUNCH.
>> ONE STEP 391.
>> INTERNAL POWER ON.
>> COPY.
CHECK 361.
CHECK 362.
AND LAUNCH CAN BE ADVISED.
STEP 363 WILL NOT BE REQUIRED
FOR TODAY'S OPERATION.
>> ONCE CYGNUS ARRIVES AT THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IN
THE WEE HOURS MONDAY MORNING AND
GRAPPLED, AND THEN INSTALLED AND
BOLTED INTO PLACE, THE SERIES OF
LEAK CHECKS AT THE BERTHING
INTERFACE BETWEEN CYGNUS AND THE
UNITY MODULE WILL BE CONDUCTED
BY NASA ASTRONAUT AND STATION
COMMANDER CHRIS CASSIDY MAKING
SURE THAT WE HAVE A TIGHT SEAL
BETWEEN THE CYGNUS AND THE
STATION BEFORE HE BEGINS THE
PROCESS OF OPENING THE HATCH TO
CYGNUS AND THE START OF THE
UNLOADING THE MOST TIME CRITICAL
EXPERIMENT AND SUPPLIES THAT ARE
BEING BROUGHT UP ON THE CYGNUS
RESUPPLY VEHICLE.
>> COMING UP ON THE 7:00 MARK
UNTIL LAUNCH.
PASSING THROUGH SEVEN MINUTES
UNTIL LAUNCH.
>> COPY ALL.
>> T MINUS SIX MINUTES COUNTING
NORTHROP GRUMMAN PREPARING TO
PROVIDE FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS DOWN
THE EASTERN SEABOARD.
EVERYTHING IS GO FOR LAUNCH.
ADVICE STEP 399 NOT REQUIRED FOR
TODAY'S OPERATION.
COMING UP ON THE T MY US IN 5
MINUTE MARK.
T MINUS FIVE MINUTES TRANSFER
AVIONICS.
>> AVIONICS INTERNAL POWER ON.
STANDBY FOR COMPLETION.
EXTERNAL POWER OFF.
NOMINAL.
OPEN.
OPEN AND SCREENED.
COPY.
>> ALL ON COMMAND SEND.
NASA TV REPORT RANGE.
>> RANGE IS GREEN.
>> T MINUS 4 MINUTES AND COUNTS.
EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER.
NO ISSUES BEING WORKED A THE
RANGE CONTROL CENTER IN WALLOPS.
>> PHASE THREE LIMITS WILL BE
ACTIVE AT T MINUS THREE MINUTES.
>> T MINUS THREE MINUTE
COUNTING.
>> START.
>> COPY.
VERIFY READY.
>> STEP 414.
SWITCH.
>> COPY.
14.
COMING ON IN THIS T MINUS 2
MINUTE MARK.
ANTARES SYSTEM IN EXCELLENT
SHAPE.
NO ISSUES.
>> T MINUS 2MENS ON MY MARK.
>> 90 SECONDS UNTIL LAUNCH.
T MINUS ONE MINUTE.
T MINUS 50 SECONDS AND COUNTING.
T MINUS 30 SECONDS.
MARK.
>> T MINUS 15 SECONDS.
>> T MINUS 10.
>> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
>> ENGINES START AND LIFTOFF.
THE SS TAKES FLIGHT SIGHTS SET
ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
>> PITCH AND ROLL PROGRAM ARE
IN.
END GINS ARE STEADY AND NOMINAL.
100%.
ENGINES ARE STEADY AND NOMINAL.
100%.
ALTITUDE 20,000FEET.
>> ONE MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT.
EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD ON
ANTARES.
[APPLAUSE]
PASSING THROUGH MASK Q.
>> ANTARES PASS THROUGH THE AREA
OF MAXIMUM DYNAMIC PRESSURE.
50,000.
NOMINAL.
ALL VEHICLES ARE NOMINAL.
COMING UP IN THE TWO MINUTES
INTO THE FLIGHT.
EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD.
>> JUST PASSING 100,000.
NOMINAL.
VEHICLE SUBSTANCE NOMINAL.
ENGINES REMAIN AT 100%.
ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
VEHICLE SUB SYSTEMS NOMINAL.
GOOD REPORTS FROM THE RANGE
CONTROL CENTER AT WHAT LOPS.
THROTTLE DOWNS THE PRECURSOR TO
MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF OF THE FIRST
STATION.
COMING OWN THE THREE MINUTE
MARKING INTO THE FLIGHT.
ENGINE IS AT 55%.
>> STAND BY FOR MAIN ENGINE
CUTOFF ON THE FIRST STAGE.
MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF.
STAGE ONE SEPARATION CONDITION
FIRMED FROM THE RANGE CONTROL
CENTER AND ANTARES FLYING
STRAIGHT AND TRUE.
PROPER CONDITIONS FOR STAGE
IGNITION ARE ACHIEVED.
CYGNUS NOW EXPOSED TO THE
ATMOSPHERE AS IT CONTINUES ITS
TREK UPHILL TO THE PRELIMINARY
ORBIT.
>> STAGE TWO IGNITION.
THIS WILL BE A 2:40 SECOND BURN
OF THE SECOND STAGE ENGINE.
NOMINAL.
VEHICLE SUBSTANCE NOMINAL.
140-KILOMETERS.
COMING UP NOW ON THE FIVE MINUTE
MARK INTO THE FLIGHT.
ALL SYSTEMS CONTINUE NOMINAL.
ALTITUDE 150-KILOMETERS.
>> THE SECOND STAGE BURN.
IT IS SCHEDULED AT ABOUT THE
6:51 SECOND MARK INTO THE
FLIGHT.
ALTITUDE 170-KILOMETERS.
ROUGHLY ONE MINUTE TO STAGE TWO
BURNOUT.
ALTITUDE 182-KILOMETERS.
ALL SYSTEMS NOMINAL.
ROUGHLY 30 SECONDS FROM STAGE
TWO BURNOUT.
6:40 INTO THE FLIGHT STANDING BY
FOR STAGE TWO BURNOUT.
STAGE TWO BURNOUT.
CYGNUS REACHED THE PRELIMINARY
ORBITAL INSERTION.
ANTARES WILL COAST FOR ROUGHLY
100 SECONDS PRIOR TO PAYLOAD
SEPARATION.
>> AND AS YOU HEARD, THE NEXT
MAJOR EVENT WILL BE CYGNUS'
SEPARATION FROM THE SECOND
STAGE.
>> NOMINAL.
CYGNUS HAS BEGUN ITS JOURNEY TO
HE REACH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
ALL VEHICLES NOMINAL.
ALTITUDE AT 191KILOMETERS
ROUGHLY ONE MINUTE TO PAYLOAD
SEPARATION.
LIFTOFF OCCURRED RIGHT ON THE
DIME AT 81:00 6:14:00P.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
91:00 6:10 P.M. EASTERN TIME.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
AND THE THREE CREW MEMBERS WHO
ARE ASLEEP AT THIS HOUR
APPROACHING THE SOUTHWEST COAST
OF AUSTRALIA.
ALTITUDE REMAINS 162-KILOMETERS
ROUGHLY 30 SECONDS TO PAYLOAD
SEPARATION.
ALL SYSTEMS NOMINAL.
>> AT THE TIME OF CRYING
NATION'S END ACCEPT FASHION THE
SECOND STAGE, THE OPERATIONS
WILL MOVE TO DULLES, VIRGINIA,
BE A THE CYGNUS FLIGHT CONTROL
ROOM UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
MISSION DIRECTOR ZACK DWYER.
A SPACECRAFT SEPARATION
CONFIRMED.
WELL ON THE WAY TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
ACE OUT.
ALL RIGHT.
GREAT JOB CALLING IT OUT.
AND GREAT JOB TO BE THE NORTHROP
GRUMMAN AND NASA WALLOPS AND
EVERYBODY ELSE, MARS, ON GETTING
THIS MISSION OFF IN DIFFICULT
TIMES.
OK.
LAUNCH TEAM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND
PROCEED NOW WITH THE POST LAUNCH
CHECKLIST.
PROP ONE.
EXCUSE ME, 425 HAS ALREADY
STARTED.
PROP COUNTDOWN ONE.
COPY THAT.
WE'LL CHECK COMPLETE.
STEP 420 AND LET ME KNOW WHEN
YOU PROVIDED THE ANTARES STATE
TO CYGNUS.
LC.
SUBMISSION WORK.
>> OK.
COPY.
LC.
GO AHEAD.
LD.
>> LC THIS IS LD AND THANK THE
LAUNCH TIME TEAM FOR OUTSTANDING
EFFORT.
WAY TO GO, TEAM, MARS, NASA, THE
ANTARES LAUNCH TEAM.
THANKS, EVERYBODY, GREAT JOB.
CARRY ON LC.
>> THANK YOU, LD.
>> THIS IS MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON.
CYGNUS NOW SAFELY IN ORBIT ON
TROUT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
A PERFECT LAUNCH FROM THE
WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY IN
VIRGINIA ON THE LINE WITH US
RIGHT NOW IS THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION'S DEPUTY PROGRAM
MANAGER KENNY TODD.
KENNY, GOOD EVENING.
THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY.
>> HI, ROB, ARE GREAT ONE TO,
THANK.
>> WELL, CYGNUS NOW SAFELY ON
TROUT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION AFTER THAT LAUNCH SCRUB
LAST NIGHT.
CARRYING SOME FOUR TONS OF
SUPPLIES AND EXPERIMENTS
INCLUDING A COUPLE OF NITROGEN
TANKS, GIVE US SORT OF THE BIG
PICTURE ON WHAT IS ONBOARD
CYGNUS, WHY THE NITROGEN TANKS
ARE IMPORTANT, AND SOME OF THE
OTHER HIGHLIGHT BARS THIS THE
SUPPLY RUN WILL MEAN FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL COMPLEX.
>> YEAH.
YOU BET, ROB.
FIRST OF ALL, LET ME OFFER MY
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE
NORTHROP GRUMMAN TEAM IT WAS
SPECTACULAR LAUNCH I DON'T THINK
YOU CAN GET TIRED OF WATCHING
THE NIGHT LAUNCHES AS YOU SAID
YESTERDAY, CREATING THE
ARTIFICIAL DAWN FOR A FEW
MINUTES JUST GORGEOUS.
JUST GORGEOUS.
THE ENTIRE LAUNCH TEAM AT THE
WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY THEY DO
A GREAT JOB AT LAUNCHING THE
VEHICLES.
YEAH.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT HAVING
CYGNUS OFF THE PAD ON THE WAY
COMING TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AND WITH
8,000POUNDS OF CARGO OF WHICH
OVER A THIRD OF IT IS REALLY
REALLY COMMITTED TO THE SCIENCE
AND UTILIZATION OF THE SPACE
STATION AND REALLY TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF THIS, OF THIS LOW
EARTH ORBIT ASSET WHERE HE CAN
DO SOME THINGS IN MICROGRAVITY
THAT QUITE FRANKLY WE CANNOT DO
ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE PLANET.
SO IT IS, IT IS WE ARE ALWAYS
EXCITED TO HAVE NEW, NEW PEOPLE
COMING TO STATION AND REALLY
TRYING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF
THINGS THAT THEY CAN LEARN AND
IN THIS ENVIRONMENT
SO YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, ABOUT
THE NITROGEN TANKS AND WE WERE A
LITTLE AND THOUSANDS GET THAT
FLIGHT OFF THE GROUND BECAUSE OF
THE FACT THAT IT HAS POSITION ON
NITROGEN ONBOARD AS MOST PEOPLE
WHO FOLLOW STATION ON BASIS MAY
HAVE HEARD AND WE HAVE BEEN
DOING A WITH PESKY LITTLE
ATMOSPHERE LEAK ONBOARD THE
STATION FOR THE BETTER PART OF
THREE OR FOUR MONTHS NOW AND THE
STATION IN GENERAL ALWAYS LEAKS
A LITTLE BIT, BUT OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL MONTHS, WE HAVE SEEN
INCREASE IN THAT WHICH ANY TIME
YOU ARE DEALING WITH A LEAK ON A
PRESSURIZED SPACECRAFT, YOU
CERTAINLY WANT TO KNOW WHERE IT
IS AND YOU CERTAINLY WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH
CONSUMABLES ONBOARD TO TO FEED
THAT LEAK UNTIL YOU FIND IT AND
THAT IS KIND OF WHERE WE FIND
OURSELVES RIGHT NOW IS WE ARE
WORKING THROUGH SEVERAL
DIFFERENT TROUBLE SHOOTING
EFFORTS TO TRY TO LOCATE THIS
LEAK BUT GETTING THESE THANKS
ONBOARD CERTAINLY AGAIN HELPS UP
P UP THE CONSUMES THEN NITROGEN
AREA AND GIVES AS YOU LITTLE BIT
MORE RUNWAY AS WE TRY SORT
THROUGH THIS ISSUE.
A KEN HI THE CYGNUS VEHICLE
ARRIVES THAT HE STATION PREDAWN
ON-DAY.
THIS KICKS OFF A VERY BUSY
PERIOD FOR THE STATION AND THE
CREW.
IF YOU WOULD, GIVE AS YOU LITTLE
SNAPSHOT OF THE AIR TRAFFIC
CONTROL PATTERN OVER THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS WITH CREWS AND
VEHICLES COMING AND GOING.
>> YOU BET, ROB.
WELL, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, WE
WERE AROUND THE SAME TIMEFRAME.
YOU REMEMBER DURING A PRESS
CONFERENCE AND CALLS LAST YEAR
AROUND THE SAME TIME.
THE SEASON OF EVA'S BECAUSE WE
WERE GETTING READY TO SWAP OUT
BATTERY THANKS WAS COMING WITH A
HUGE SERIES ALONG WITH FIXING
THE MAGNETIC SPECK FLOATER AND
THEN AGAIN, ANOTHER LARGE
NUMBER.
THIS YEAR WE FIND OURSELVES
REALLY WITH JUST A SEASON OF
VISITING VEHICLES AND IT STARTS
TODAY WITH THE LAUNCH OF THIS
CYGNUS SPACECRAFT AND WE'LL GET
IT ONBOARD HEREUPON DAY MORNING
THEN, THEN, THEN, ON THE
14th OF OCTOBER, WE'LL SEE
OUR NEXT SOYUZ SPACECRAFT OUR
NEXT CREW COME THROUGH THE SPACE
STATION THAN PARTICULAR
SPACECRAFT WILL PER FARM TWO
ORBIT RENDEZVOUS ON THE WAY
THOUGH SPACE STATION WHICH HAS
NOT BEEN DONE BEFORE WITH A
SPACECRAFT SO WE'RE PRETTY
EXCITED TO, TO SO SEE WORK AND
AGAIN IT WILL BE AMAZING WHEN
YOU THINK ABOUT A CREW LAUNCHING
THE GROUND HERE IN ROUGHLY THREE
HOURS LATER BEING ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STAY.
WE ARE EXCITED COMING ON
OCTOBER16th THEN A WEEK
LATER ON THE 21st CHRIS
CASSIDY AND HIS TWO RUSSIAN CREW
MATES WILL RETURN TO EARTH AND
AFTER THEIR SIX MONTH
APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTH STAY
ONBOARD ONBOARD THE STATION AND,
KATE RUBINS WHO WILL SUCCEED
CHRIS AS BEING THE HANDLER OF
THE USOS SEGMENT WILL HAVE ABOUT
A LITTLE OVER AWEEK BEFORE WE
SEE THE LAUNCH OF THE NEXT
COMMERCIAL CREW VEHICLE WHICH
WILL BE RETURNED TO CREW ONE
COMING INTO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION WITH ADDITIONAL
4USOS CREWMEMBERS AND SO, KATE
WILL BE BY HERSELF FAR SHORT
PERIOD OF TAME AND HAS BEEN
THERE BEFORE AND SHE UNDERSTANDS
SPACE STATION VERY WELL AND
EXCELLENT CREW MEMBER WHEN SHE
WAS ONBOARD SEVERAL YEARS AGO SO
WE LOO R LOOKING FORWARD TO
GETTING HER BACK ON AND THE CREW
SIZE WILLIAM ONBOARD FROM 3 TO
37 ABOUT A WEEK AFTER SHE GETS
TO ORBIT.
1:00 ONCE WE GET THE CREW BACK
UP TO 7 WE HAVE ABOUT A
THREE-WEEK HIATUS WHERE WE WON
BE DEALING WITH ARRIVING
VEHICLES BUT SHORTLY AFTER THAT,
PROBABLY SOMEWHERE AROUND
NOVEMBER22nd WE SEE THE
LAUNCH OF SPACEX 21 WHICH IS A
CARGO VEHICLE THAT AND THEN,
AGAIN, BRINGING ANOTHER SEVERAL
THOUSAND BOUNDS OF MOSTLY
SCIENCE AND UTILIZATION THE
SPACE STATION SO THIS CREW IS
REALLY BUSY THROUGHOUT THIS FULL
SEASON AND LEADING UP TO
BASICALLY THE END OF THE YEAR.
>> AND KENNY, FINALLY, BEFORE
THAT HAPPENS, WE ARE JUST WEEKS
AWAY FROM A COVETED ANNIVERSARY
ON NOVEMBER SECOND, THAT BOOING
THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE
PEPPER EFFECT HUMAN PRESS ON
THOSE STATION IN THE COURSE OF
HISTORY, IN YOUR MIND, HOW
SIGNIFICANT IS THAT MILESTONE IN
HUMAN EXPLORATION.
WHAT HAS IT MEANT FOR THE
STATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERSHIP?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, ROB, YOU
KNOW, FOR THOSE OF US THAT GO
AROUND AND TALK AROUND AND YOU
KNOW, TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE
BUSINESS AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES
IT COMES CAN AS A SHOCK WHEN WE
TELL THEM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY
THE YOUNGER GENERATION, THAT YOU
KNOW, FOR YOUR ENTIRE LIFE, YOU
KNOW, YOU HAVE NOT KNOWN A TIME
WHEN THERE HAS NOT BEEN SOMEONE
LIVING OFF THE PLANET AND, AND
IN SOME WAYS, THEY KNOW THAT.
THEY DON'T SEE A WORLD THAT IS
ANY DIFFERENT FOR THOSE OF US
THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND A NUMBER
OF YEARS, YOU KNOW, GOING TO
ORBIT, WAS SUCH AN AMAZING FEAT
YEARS AGO TOON THINK WE HAVE
BEEN LIVING THERE FOR THE LAST
20 YEARS, NOW HE, ALMOST
INCOMPREHENSIBLE THE THING THAT
REALLY STRIKES ME, ROB, AND
ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAD
INTERNATIONAL CREWS LIVING IN
ORBIT FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS IS
LOOKING DOESN'T AT THEATER AND
SEEING WHAT ALL HAS TRANSPIRED
TON THE EARTH IN THAT TIMEFRAME
WITH DISASTERS AND CONFLICTS
WALK SESS AND FAILURE AND THINGS
THAT HAVE GONE ON AROUND OUR
PLANET AND THEN IN THE MIDST OF
THAT, AS INTERNATIONAL SPART MER
NIP PARTNERSHIP WE KNOW
BOUNDARIES AND EVERY CREW MEMBER
THAT LAUNCHES ALMOST WILL COME
BACK AND TELL YOU WHEN SOMEBODY
ASKS YOU WHAT SEE.
YOU DON'T SEE BOUNDARIES.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING OVER THE
LAST 20 YEARS THINK REALLY HITS
HOME FOR ME AS THE FACT THAT
EVEN EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON
HERE AS WE CIRCLE AROUND THIS
SON EVERY YEAR WE CONTINUE AS A
PARTNERSHIP TO WORK TOGETHER AND
DO AMAZING THINGS AND PROBABLY
ONE OF THE MOST MARCH HARSHEST
ENVIRONMENTS KNOWN TO HUMANS.
H.
>> KENNY ENGINEERS SUCH AS
YOURSELF ALWAYS SAY THAT SPACE
IS HARD WHICH IT IS IN NORTHROP
GRUMMAN MADE IT LOOK EASY AND
CYGNUS ON THE WAY TOW
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
KENNY TODD THE DEPUTY ISS
PROGRAM MANAGER JOINING US
TONIGHT.
THANKS VERY MUCH, KENNY.
APPRECIATE.
>> HAPPY TO BE WITH YOU.
TAKE KAY CARE.
THANK YOU.
>> BACK HERE IN MISSION CONTROL,
THE FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM WILL BE
WORK THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE
WEEKEND IN CONCERT WITH FLOOR
DROP GRUM MACHINE'S CYGNUS
ENGINEERS AND THE CYGNUS CONTROL
CENTER IN DULLES, VIRGINIA
MONITORING ALL OF THE MANEUVERS
THAT LIE AHEAD FOR THE CSSKALPAN
FOR THE APPROACH FOR THE CAPTURE
SCHEDULED AT 4 CHON 20:00A.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
5:20A.M. EASTERN TIME ON MONDAY
MORNING.
THE FIRST MAJOR ENGINE BURNS ARE
SCHEDULED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
TO INCREASE CYGNUS' ALTITUDE TO
MATCH THAT OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AND THE CORRUPT
PHASING TO BRING TO IT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ON
MONDAY MORNING PREDAWN.
THIS IS MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON
TO RECAP THE NORTHROP GRUMMAN
ANTARES ROCKET LIFTED OFF ON
TIME FROM THE WALLOPS FLIGHT
FACILITY IN VIRGINIA.
THE LAUNCHPAD 08 AT THE
MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL SPACE
SPORT AT 81:00 6:14:00P.M.
91:00 6:14:00P.M. ANY TIME THIS
EVENING.
IT WASES A PERFECT RIDE TO ORBIT
SENDING THE CYGNUS RESUPPLY
VEHICLE TO ITS PRELIMINARY ORBIT
ON ROUTE TO THE THREE DAY RONDE
VIEW THERE WILL RESULT IN CYGNUS
ARRIVING AT THE INTERNATIONAL
PACE STATION EARLY MONDAY
MORNING.
PROGRAMMING ON MONDAY
OCTOBER5th LABS LIKE THIS:
WE'LL START OFF RENDEZVOUS AND
CAPTURE COVERAGE FOR CYGNUS AT
2:45A.M. ANY TIME.
3:45 EASTERN TIME ON NASA
TELEVISION.
CHRIS CASSIDY THE STATION
COMMANDER AND NASA ASTRONAUT
WILL USE THE ROBOTIC ARM TO
REACH OUT AND CAPTURE CYGNUS AT
4:20A.M. 5:20A.M. EASTERN
TIME.
WE THEN WILL TAKE A PAUSE AND
COME BACK A COUPLE OF HOURS
LATER FOR INSTALLATION COVERAGE
WHERE CYGNUS WILL BE TURNED OVER
THIS ROBOTIC GROUND CONTROLLERS
HERE IN HOUSTON TO INSTALL AND
BOLT CRYING NEWS PLACE ON THE
EARTH FACING PORT OF THE UNITY
MODULE OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION WITH THE
INSTALLATION COVERAGE BEGINNING
AT 6:30 A.M. CENTRAL TIME.
7:30A.M. EASTERN TIME ON MONDAY
MORNING.
SO WITH THAT WE'LL WRAP UP OUR
COVERAGE.
COMING UP A MOMENT OR TWO FROM
NOW WILL BE LAWN REPLAYS OF
TONIGHT'S LIFTOFF OF THE ANTARES
ROCKET FROM WALLOPS TO SEND
CYGNUS INTO ITS PRELIMINARY
ORBIT.
FOR ALL OF US HERE IN MISSION
CONTROL IN HOUSTON.
HAVE A SAFE WEEKEND.
WE'LL SEE YOU ONCE AGAIN ON
MONDAY MORNING.
THIS IS MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.