1 00:00:00,770 --> 00:00:03,940 Joshua Santora, NASA Communications: Yes, I am with Tim Dunn again, and now we can say 2 00:00:03,940 --> 00:00:05,030 “we did it.” 3 00:00:05,030 --> 00:00:06,030 Tim Dunn, NASA Launch Manager: We did it. 4 00:00:06,030 --> 00:00:07,030 We did it. 5 00:00:07,030 --> 00:00:08,030 Y’all did it. 6 00:00:08,030 --> 00:00:09,030 Absolutely. 7 00:00:09,030 --> 00:00:11,260 So I’m just here getting to share the good news, but you guys are doing the hard work, 8 00:00:11,260 --> 00:00:14,860 so Tim, congratulations to you again and your team and the ULA team and everyone else here 9 00:00:14,860 --> 00:00:17,260 — ESA — and just a phenomenal effort. 10 00:00:17,260 --> 00:00:18,260 Excellent. 11 00:00:18,260 --> 00:00:25,240 No, I just got off the net with our spacecraft mission director, Cesar Garcia, and, as you 12 00:00:25,240 --> 00:00:30,300 can imagine, he gave me the final two milestones — that the solar arrays were completely 13 00:00:30,300 --> 00:00:36,410 deployed, as well as the spacecraft acquiring the Sun, the solar arrays acquiring the Sun, 14 00:00:36,410 --> 00:00:40,750 and power positive, meaning generating good power on the vehicle. 15 00:00:40,750 --> 00:00:45,280 The vehicle is healthy, completely healthy, and on its way to the Sun now. 16 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:46,280 Awesome. 17 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:48,780 Really good news, uh, now I can celebrate. 18 00:00:48,780 --> 00:00:49,940 There you go. 19 00:00:49,940 --> 00:00:50,940 Awesome. 20 00:00:50,940 --> 00:00:53,320 Do, do you all celebrate collectively or do you just go home and take a nap? 21 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:55,290 Is that celebration for you guys? 22 00:00:55,290 --> 00:01:00,989 Given the hour of day, we’ll probably celebrate a little bit tonight, go home — we’ve 23 00:01:00,989 --> 00:01:04,699 got a few celebrations planned for tomorrow during the day. 24 00:01:04,699 --> 00:01:05,699 Good. 25 00:01:05,699 --> 00:01:08,119 Yeah, so practically speaking, on kind of the business side of things, what happens 26 00:01:08,119 --> 00:01:10,439 for LSP after a launch? 27 00:01:10,439 --> 00:01:13,310 Are you all just … you’re done and you’re kinda … you’re done? 28 00:01:13,310 --> 00:01:16,039 Or is there more work to do for Solar Orbiter? 29 00:01:16,039 --> 00:01:20,770 Well, for Solar Orbiter, we obviously have to review all of the data from the rocket. 30 00:01:20,770 --> 00:01:24,619 So that’s a process that takes, uh, on the order of a few weeks. 31 00:01:24,619 --> 00:01:26,999 Uh, maybe a month, a month-and-a-half. 32 00:01:26,999 --> 00:01:32,109 Because what we want to do is we want to look at every piece, every parameter, every little 33 00:01:32,109 --> 00:01:38,170 bit of data that happened tonight and in flight, during the countdown and flight, analyze it, 34 00:01:38,170 --> 00:01:41,439 see if there is anything that the data is telling us; we’re all a bunch of engineers 35 00:01:41,439 --> 00:01:46,599 — we want to scrutinize the data — and then apply that and look at that if we see 36 00:01:46,599 --> 00:01:50,560 something a little funny, uh, address it before we have our next launch. 37 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:55,310 And certainly, if we, the LSP team, find something in data, we would obviously share that with 38 00:01:55,310 --> 00:01:56,959 United Launch Alliance. 39 00:01:56,959 --> 00:02:02,849 And likewise, they provide us a lot of very detailed data, so uh, getting ready for Mars 40 00:02:02,849 --> 00:02:07,069 2020 — you spoke to Omar just a bit ago — we’re gonna be really excited about 41 00:02:07,069 --> 00:02:10,780 flying on this magnificent rocket one more time this year. 42 00:02:10,780 --> 00:02:17,470 So, the Atlas V is just incredible, love flying on it, uh, the United Launch 43 00:02:17,470 --> 00:02:19,170 Alliance team is amazing. 44 00:02:19,170 --> 00:02:26,360 … I would like to say, uh, the Launch Services Program team, my team, uh, it’s, it’s 45 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:27,360 incredible. 46 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:33,070 Thank you for all of your dedication for many years to make what happened happen tonight, 47 00:02:33,070 --> 00:02:37,280 working right alongside United Launch Alliance and your colleagues there. 48 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:42,650 And then we all worked alongside our colleagues here at the Eastern Range with the 45th Space 49 00:02:42,650 --> 00:02:43,650 Wing. 50 00:02:43,650 --> 00:02:49,210 And then, I can’t end my comments without thanking our spacecraft customer. 51 00:02:49,210 --> 00:02:53,710 And in this case it’s the European Space Agency, with their Airbus contractor, who 52 00:02:53,710 --> 00:02:54,870 built the spacecraft. 53 00:02:54,870 --> 00:03:01,010 Uh, just a joy to work with those guys, uh, and international collaboration 10-plus years 54 00:03:01,010 --> 00:03:06,880 in the making; I know you guys have been talking about that all night, but a lot of challenges. 55 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:10,980 But I tell you what, when a team is focused on mission success, that’s the universal 56 00:03:10,980 --> 00:03:12,870 language that we all speak. 57 00:03:12,870 --> 00:03:15,590 And here we are able to celebrate that. 58 00:03:15,590 --> 00:03:21,260 Yeah, and I wish we could somehow share something more specific with people to kind of let them 59 00:03:21,260 --> 00:03:23,550 understand what it means to thank that many teams. 60 00:03:23,550 --> 00:03:28,380 The fact that there’s all those teams, and all the people on that doing their part of 61 00:03:28,380 --> 00:03:32,260 the piece, the piece of the puzzle to bring it all together to make this beautiful picture 62 00:03:32,260 --> 00:03:35,720 of a spacecraft, in-flight, on the way to the Sun, happen. 63 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:38,500 So, um, Tim, congratulations to you and your team. 64 00:03:38,500 --> 00:03:39,500 Thank you, Joshua. 65 00:03:39,500 --> 00:03:41,590 I appreciate your service; I appreciate everyone’s hard work and effort. 66 00:03:41,590 --> 00:03:42,590 Oh, you’re welcome. 67 00:03:42,590 --> 00:03:43,630 Again, rocketry is a team sport. 68 00:03:43,630 --> 00:03:44,630 Absolutely. 69 00:03:44,630 --> 00:03:45,630 Spaceflight is a team sport. 70 00:03:45,630 --> 00:03:47,120 And we’ve got some of the best around. 71 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:48,120 No doubt. 72 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:49,120 All right. 73 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:50,120 Thank you so much, Joshua. 74 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:51,120 Tim, I’ll let you go celebrate. 75 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:52,120 All right. 76 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:53,120 Have a good night. 77 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:54,120 Thank you.