Today we're preparing for the lunar flyby.
This is my personal favorite part of the mission, My name is Emily Kollin.
I'm a member of the Control Console
here in the Orion Mission Evaluation Room, or MER.
Our console is responsible
for controlling the attitude or orientation of the Orion spacecraft.
We're also responsible for the positioning of the solar array wings or SAWs.
Every day there are special activities that require some certain attitude
or configuration of the solar arrays to meet their objectives.
For example, we might need to point a certain antenna back at Earth, or point
a camera that's fixed to the exterior of the spacecraft at the moon.
I think the most exciting moment will be the lunar flyby.
Houston, thank you for putting the moon directly in window three.
It just took our breath away.
Orion's windows are pointed at the moon, so the crew will be in the windows
with their cameras, making their observations, taking lots of pictures.
We have reached the eclipse attitude,
meaning Orion is in the proper position to observe it.
Every day has been exciting so far.
They've all presented new and different challenges on our console.
I love being here, working with a team of world class engineers
to solve problems, and eventually we'll bring the crew home safely.