1 00:00:04,150 --> 00:00:03,350 i'm nasa kennedy's amanda stevenson and 2 00:00:07,829 --> 00:00:04,160 i'm outside 3 00:00:09,910 --> 00:00:07,839 ksc taking you inside ksc 4 00:00:11,669 --> 00:00:09,920 the astronauts that will fly on nasa's 5 00:00:13,749 --> 00:00:11,679 spacex crew 1 mission to the 6 00:00:14,390 --> 00:00:13,759 international space station are now in 7 00:00:16,150 --> 00:00:14,400 florida 8 00:00:18,790 --> 00:00:16,160 undergoing final preparations for 9 00:00:20,790 --> 00:00:18,800 liftoff the crew of four departed from 10 00:00:22,150 --> 00:00:20,800 ellington field near johnson space 11 00:00:23,830 --> 00:00:22,160 center in houston 12 00:00:25,990 --> 00:00:23,840 and touched down at kennedy space 13 00:00:29,189 --> 00:00:26,000 center's launch and landing facility 14 00:00:30,390 --> 00:00:29,199 on sunday november 8th nasa astronauts 15 00:00:33,030 --> 00:00:30,400 michael hopkins 16 00:00:33,830 --> 00:00:33,040 victor glover and shannon walker along 17 00:00:37,270 --> 00:00:33,840 with japan 18 00:00:39,990 --> 00:00:37,280 aerospace exploration agency or jaxa 19 00:00:40,549 --> 00:00:40,000 astronaut suichi naguchi were greeted by 20 00:00:42,830 --> 00:00:40,559 nasa 21 00:00:45,750 --> 00:00:42,840 and jackson leadership during a welcome 22 00:00:47,670 --> 00:00:45,760 ceremony this will be spacex's first 23 00:00:49,830 --> 00:00:47,680 regular long duration flight to the 24 00:00:51,590 --> 00:00:49,840 space station as part of nasa's 25 00:00:53,350 --> 00:00:51,600 commercial crew program 26 00:00:55,189 --> 00:00:53,360 teams continue to trek toward the 27 00:00:57,270 --> 00:00:55,199 artemis one launch next year 28 00:00:58,790 --> 00:00:57,280 and most recently have finished 29 00:01:00,950 --> 00:00:58,800 installing orion's three 30 00:01:03,110 --> 00:01:00,960 spacecraft adapter jettison fairing 31 00:01:04,950 --> 00:01:03,120 panels surrounding the spacecraft's 32 00:01:07,030 --> 00:01:04,960 european service module 33 00:01:08,310 --> 00:01:07,040 the fairing panels will protect it from 34 00:01:11,429 --> 00:01:08,320 extreme heat 35 00:01:13,750 --> 00:01:11,439 wind and acoustics as orion is propelled 36 00:01:14,550 --> 00:01:13,760 out of earth's atmosphere atop nasa's 37 00:01:18,149 --> 00:01:14,560 space launch 38 00:01:20,469 --> 00:01:18,159 system rocket or sls using a series of 39 00:01:22,550 --> 00:01:20,479 firings the jettison panels will then 40 00:01:25,270 --> 00:01:22,560 separate from the service module 41 00:01:27,350 --> 00:01:25,280 allowing the solar array wings to unfurl 42 00:01:29,749 --> 00:01:27,360 and provide the energy and power 43 00:01:30,870 --> 00:01:29,759 necessary to send orion on its journey 44 00:01:33,030 --> 00:01:30,880 around the moon 45 00:01:34,469 --> 00:01:33,040 the first in a series of increasingly 46 00:01:37,910 --> 00:01:34,479 complex missions 47 00:01:39,109 --> 00:01:37,920 artemis 1 will test sls and orion as an 48 00:01:41,749 --> 00:01:39,119 integrated system 49 00:01:43,190 --> 00:01:41,759 ahead of crude flights to the moon for 50 00:01:45,190 --> 00:01:43,200 more inside ksc 51 00:01:46,310 --> 00:01:45,200 check us out on social media and at