1 00:00:04,789 --> 00:00:02,550 hi i'm nasa kennedy's jason costa and 2 00:00:08,549 --> 00:00:04,799 i'm outside ksc taking you 3 00:00:10,629 --> 00:00:08,559 inside ksc the united launch alliance 4 00:00:12,390 --> 00:00:10,639 atlas v rocket that will launch boeing's 5 00:00:13,910 --> 00:00:12,400 first crude flight test to the 6 00:00:15,749 --> 00:00:13,920 international space station 7 00:00:17,349 --> 00:00:15,759 arrived at cape canaveral space force 8 00:00:19,670 --> 00:00:17,359 station earlier this week 9 00:00:20,950 --> 00:00:19,680 the rocket's first stage and dual engine 10 00:00:22,950 --> 00:00:20,960 centaur upper stage 11 00:00:24,630 --> 00:00:22,960 arrived from ula's manufacturing 12 00:00:27,109 --> 00:00:24,640 facility in alabama 13 00:00:27,670 --> 00:00:27,119 the atlas 5 will launch nasa astronauts 14 00:00:30,950 --> 00:00:27,680 barry 15 00:00:33,750 --> 00:00:30,960 butch wilmore mike fink and nicole mann 16 00:00:34,870 --> 00:00:33,760 aboard boeing's cst 100 starliner 17 00:00:36,790 --> 00:00:34,880 spacecraft 18 00:00:38,630 --> 00:00:36,800 they will dock with the space station as 19 00:00:39,670 --> 00:00:38,640 part of the agency's commercial crew 20 00:00:41,590 --> 00:00:39,680 program 21 00:00:43,110 --> 00:00:41,600 launch is targeted for later this year 22 00:00:45,430 --> 00:00:43,120 after successful completion of 23 00:00:47,990 --> 00:00:45,440 starliner's second uncrewed mission 24 00:00:50,150 --> 00:00:48,000 orbital flight test 2 that mission will 25 00:00:52,229 --> 00:00:50,160 launch on july 30th 26 00:00:54,630 --> 00:00:52,239 teams with nasa's exploration ground 27 00:00:56,709 --> 00:00:54,640 system and contractor jacobs integrated 28 00:00:59,189 --> 00:00:56,719 the launch vehicle stage adapter with a 29 00:01:00,709 --> 00:00:59,199 space launch system's massive core stage 30 00:01:03,590 --> 00:01:00,719 on the mobile launcher inside the 31 00:01:06,230 --> 00:01:03,600 vehicle assembly building on june 22nd 32 00:01:08,149 --> 00:01:06,240 during integration known as stacking the 33 00:01:09,670 --> 00:01:08,159 adapter was bolted to the forward skirt 34 00:01:12,310 --> 00:01:09,680 of the core stage 35 00:01:13,990 --> 00:01:12,320 next up the interim cryogenic propulsion 36 00:01:16,070 --> 00:01:14,000 stage will be attached to the stage 37 00:01:17,910 --> 00:01:16,080 adapter in preparation for the first 38 00:01:19,990 --> 00:01:17,920 flight of the rocket and the orion 39 00:01:21,749 --> 00:01:20,000 spacecraft during artemis one 40 00:01:23,990 --> 00:01:21,759 the propulsion stage will provide the 41 00:01:25,749 --> 00:01:24,000 orion spacecraft with a push needed for 42 00:01:27,670 --> 00:01:25,759 its flight around the moon 43 00:01:28,870 --> 00:01:27,680 the first in a series of increasingly 44 00:01:30,870 --> 00:01:28,880 complex missions 45 00:01:33,270 --> 00:01:30,880 artemis one will test the rocket in the 46 00:01:35,030 --> 00:01:33,280 orion spacecraft as an integrated system 47 00:01:37,030 --> 00:01:35,040 prior to crude flights in which 48 00:01:40,069 --> 00:01:37,040 nasa will land the first woman and first 49 00:01:42,469 --> 00:01:40,079 person of color on the moon for more