1 00:00:17,510 --> 00:00:16,230 hey i'm andy freeberg from goddard space 2 00:00:19,269 --> 00:00:17,520 flight center and we're down here at 3 00:00:21,189 --> 00:00:19,279 kennedy getting ready for the lro l 4 00:00:22,710 --> 00:00:21,199 cross launch because it's such an 5 00:00:25,109 --> 00:00:22,720 exciting time we wanted to go behind the 6 00:00:30,310 --> 00:00:25,119 scenes talk to the scientists and learn 7 00:00:34,310 --> 00:00:32,150 we're finally here at the cape 8 00:00:36,630 --> 00:00:34,320 and we're ready to launch we have two 9 00:00:38,549 --> 00:00:36,640 spacecraft we have lunar reconnaissance 10 00:00:40,549 --> 00:00:38,559 orbiter and the lunar crater 11 00:00:43,910 --> 00:00:40,559 observation and sensing satellite that's 12 00:00:46,229 --> 00:00:43,920 a mouthful so we call it l-cross and lro 13 00:00:48,549 --> 00:00:46,239 and we're ready the two spacecraft are 14 00:00:50,389 --> 00:00:48,559 stacked on top of each other inside the 15 00:00:52,470 --> 00:00:50,399 fairing on top of the rocket 16 00:00:54,229 --> 00:00:52,480 the rocket's ready to roll out and we're 17 00:00:55,910 --> 00:00:54,239 ready to go back to the moon we're very 18 00:00:58,549 --> 00:00:55,920 excited to be 19 00:01:03,910 --> 00:00:58,559 really nasa and our nation's first step 20 00:01:08,149 --> 00:01:06,149 so the moon is only two days away and 21 00:01:09,830 --> 00:01:08,159 it's the perfect place where we can 22 00:01:13,109 --> 00:01:09,840 learn how to live and work on other 23 00:01:16,149 --> 00:01:13,119 planets in a safe and economical way we 24 00:01:19,270 --> 00:01:16,159 as a race as humankind we were born to 25 00:01:21,749 --> 00:01:19,280 explore it's in our hearts and this 26 00:01:23,590 --> 00:01:21,759 these missions are preparing us to be 27 00:01:25,830 --> 00:01:23,600 able to do what we were born to do to 28 00:01:28,550 --> 00:01:25,840 explore to push our boundaries to go out 29 00:01:29,910 --> 00:01:28,560 beyond the fence in our backyard and