1 00:00:04,470 --> 00:00:03,110 i'm nasa kennedy's annie meyer and this 2 00:00:10,230 --> 00:00:04,480 is kennedy countdown 3 00:00:12,150 --> 00:00:10,240 [Music] 4 00:00:14,629 --> 00:00:12,160 scientists at nasa's kennedy space 5 00:00:16,470 --> 00:00:14,639 center in florida are evaluating data 6 00:00:19,349 --> 00:00:16,480 from the orbital syngas commodity 7 00:00:21,910 --> 00:00:19,359 augmentation reactor or oscar which 8 00:00:24,230 --> 00:00:21,920 launched on blue origin's 17th new 9 00:00:26,470 --> 00:00:24,240 shepard mission from west texas 10 00:00:28,790 --> 00:00:26,480 oscar evaluates technology to convert 11 00:00:31,269 --> 00:00:28,800 trash and human waste generated during 12 00:00:34,310 --> 00:00:31,279 space flight into useful gases such as 13 00:00:35,910 --> 00:00:34,320 carbon dioxide hydrogen and methane 14 00:00:38,150 --> 00:00:35,920 launching with oscar was an 15 00:00:40,310 --> 00:00:38,160 electrostatic regolith study from the 16 00:00:42,830 --> 00:00:40,320 university of central florida and 17 00:00:44,950 --> 00:00:42,840 supported by researchers at kennedy the 18 00:00:48,069 --> 00:00:44,960 electrostatic regolith interaction 19 00:00:50,950 --> 00:00:48,079 experiment or erie was designed to study 20 00:00:53,430 --> 00:00:50,960 charged dust behavior in microgravity 21 00:00:55,430 --> 00:00:53,440 both the oscar and erie demonstrations 22 00:00:58,470 --> 00:00:55,440 were launched as part of nasa's flight 23 00:01:00,470 --> 00:00:58,480 opportunities program 24 00:01:02,709 --> 00:01:00,480 teams at kennedy have completed the 25 00:01:04,549 --> 00:01:02,719 launch abort system assembly for the 26 00:01:06,789 --> 00:01:04,559 orion spacecraft 27 00:01:08,950 --> 00:01:06,799 the last of the four protective panels 28 00:01:11,510 --> 00:01:08,960 of the ogi fairings was installed at the 29 00:01:13,429 --> 00:01:11,520 florida spaceport this week the task 30 00:01:15,830 --> 00:01:13,439 represents a major milestone for the 31 00:01:17,350 --> 00:01:15,840 agency's artemis-1 launch scheduled for 32 00:01:18,950 --> 00:01:17,360 later this year 33 00:01:21,510 --> 00:01:18,960 the lightweight fairings will shield the 34 00:01:23,830 --> 00:01:21,520 crew module from severe vibrations and 35 00:01:26,070 --> 00:01:23,840 sounds during launch the launch abort 36 00:01:27,749 --> 00:01:26,080 system is intended to protect astronauts 37 00:01:29,590 --> 00:01:27,759 on future missions 38 00:01:31,910 --> 00:01:29,600 in the unlikely event of an emergency 39 00:01:33,910 --> 00:01:31,920 during liftoff or ascent the system will 40 00:01:36,310 --> 00:01:33,920 pull the spacecraft away from a failing 41 00:01:38,550 --> 00:01:36,320 rocket 42 00:01:41,350 --> 00:01:38,560 to keep up with kennedy check us out on