1 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:02,300 good afternoon and welcome back to 2 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:03,810 nasa's wallops flight facility in 3 00:00:07,519 --> 00:00:05,250 Wallops Island Virginia and NASA public 4 00:00:09,589 --> 00:00:07,529 affairs officer Trent perrotto we're 5 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:09,599 here for the second of two pre-launch 6 00:00:12,730 --> 00:00:11,370 briefings looking ahead to the orbital 7 00:00:15,289 --> 00:00:12,740 one mission which is launching tomorrow 8 00:00:17,689 --> 00:00:15,299 wednesday january eight the 132 p.m. 9 00:00:19,070 --> 00:00:17,699 from right here at Wallops you heard in 10 00:00:20,090 --> 00:00:19,080 previous hour a little bit about the 11 00:00:21,290 --> 00:00:20,100 science that's headed to the 12 00:00:23,090 --> 00:00:21,300 international space station aboard 13 00:00:24,740 --> 00:00:23,100 orbital one so now we'll look ahead to 14 00:00:27,259 --> 00:00:24,750 the launch itself here a little bit 15 00:00:29,450 --> 00:00:27,269 about the readiness of both the station 16 00:00:31,730 --> 00:00:29,460 and the and the rocket and the range and 17 00:00:33,319 --> 00:00:31,740 hopefully get a positive weather report 18 00:00:36,380 --> 00:00:33,329 again you can find out more information 19 00:00:38,450 --> 00:00:36,390 about the orbital one mission at wwc gov 20 00:00:40,220 --> 00:00:38,460 / station we have a number of 21 00:00:41,420 --> 00:00:40,230 distinguished guests joining us today if 22 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:41,430 you have any questions for them you're 23 00:00:45,260 --> 00:00:44,010 watching online ah NASA TV or streaming 24 00:00:48,529 --> 00:00:45,270 video you can ask us your questions 25 00:00:51,319 --> 00:00:48,539 using the hashtag ask NASA on Twitter 26 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:51,329 and Google Plus each of our presenters 27 00:00:54,709 --> 00:00:53,250 will give a some brief remarks and will 28 00:00:56,930 --> 00:00:54,719 follow with question and answer here in 29 00:00:58,849 --> 00:00:56,940 the audience and on the phone line here 30 00:01:01,069 --> 00:00:58,859 at Wallops I have to my left Frank 31 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:01,079 Culbertson orbital sciences executive 32 00:01:06,230 --> 00:01:03,930 vice president next time next to Frank 33 00:01:08,060 --> 00:01:06,240 is Mike Kingston senior vice president 34 00:01:11,810 --> 00:01:08,070 and Antares program director of orbital 35 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:11,820 sciences and we have Sarah dharti the 36 00:01:15,740 --> 00:01:14,250 Wallops test director but first we'll 37 00:01:16,999 --> 00:01:15,750 begin at the Johnson Space Center in 38 00:01:18,710 --> 00:01:17,009 Houston where we're joined by the 39 00:01:24,300 --> 00:01:18,720 International Space Station deputy 40 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:28,030 see you got me if thanks trenton good 41 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:30,770 afternoon as most you know we had plan 42 00:01:36,070 --> 00:01:34,250 to be here for the Cygnus launch in the 43 00:01:38,070 --> 00:01:36,080 mid December time period but we had some 44 00:01:40,540 --> 00:01:38,080 issues on board with our external 45 00:01:43,510 --> 00:01:40,550 thermal control system that needed to be 46 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:43,520 addressed and so we conducted a couple 47 00:01:48,070 --> 00:01:45,410 of EVs from mid-december through 48 00:01:51,010 --> 00:01:48,080 Christmas Eve and took care of those 49 00:01:52,990 --> 00:01:51,020 thermal control issues and we really 50 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:53,000 appreciate orbital standing down and 51 00:01:57,340 --> 00:01:55,130 that mid December time period so we 52 00:01:59,260 --> 00:01:57,350 could work through that we then had to 53 00:02:02,950 --> 00:01:59,270 come over come the high beta pass which 54 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:02,960 we came out of justice just this week 55 00:02:07,150 --> 00:02:05,090 actually today and so that basically 56 00:02:10,750 --> 00:02:07,160 opened up the window for us for the 57 00:02:12,820 --> 00:02:10,760 launch of Cygnus found the tui VA's we 58 00:02:15,070 --> 00:02:12,830 needed to do a lot of reintegration work 59 00:02:16,390 --> 00:02:15,080 with our interface heat exchangers to 60 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:16,400 get our thermal loads back up the 61 00:02:20,770 --> 00:02:18,290 capability to reintegrate the Columbus 62 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:20,780 module the gem module and get our full 63 00:02:26,170 --> 00:02:23,330 research capacity back up in order that 64 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:26,180 was all successfully done following the 65 00:02:30,580 --> 00:02:28,130 rnr of the pump that took about two or 66 00:02:32,199 --> 00:02:30,590 three days to integrate the system back 67 00:02:33,790 --> 00:02:32,209 to normal and we've been in that state 68 00:02:35,979 --> 00:02:33,800 sense and like I said we came through 69 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:35,989 the high beta pass and everything looks 70 00:02:41,410 --> 00:02:38,810 good we did leave our old pump on the 71 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:41,420 MSS system and so in a subsequent EBA we 72 00:02:46,060 --> 00:02:43,610 have to go back out relocate that old 73 00:02:48,010 --> 00:02:46,070 pump over to an ELC and in the meantime 74 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:48,020 our engineers and we'll figure out a way 75 00:02:53,850 --> 00:02:51,290 to potentially treat that old pump as a 76 00:02:57,370 --> 00:02:53,860 future spare we're looking at ways to 77 00:02:59,050 --> 00:02:57,380 potentially add external valving to it 78 00:03:00,670 --> 00:02:59,060 to get away from that flow control away 79 00:03:03,130 --> 00:03:00,680 from that flow control valve issue that 80 00:03:07,180 --> 00:03:03,140 we what we had that gave us the initial 81 00:03:09,340 --> 00:03:07,190 problem we conducted our ISS mission 82 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:09,350 readiness review yesterday at the IMM 83 00:03:15,460 --> 00:03:12,410 tea I'm glad to say we have met all of 84 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:15,470 our launch commit criteria so so from an 85 00:03:19,990 --> 00:03:17,570 ISS standpoint we're good to go we did 86 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:20,000 our proximity checkouts we've got the 87 00:03:25,270 --> 00:03:23,090 SSR engine and a couple more onboard 88 00:03:28,290 --> 00:03:25,280 training with our crew members that will 89 00:03:30,940 --> 00:03:28,300 take place between now and capture day 90 00:03:32,530 --> 00:03:30,950 and so we'll get that into the timeline 91 00:03:35,050 --> 00:03:32,540 and then we also plan to give our crew a 92 00:03:37,059 --> 00:03:35,060 couple days off between now and 93 00:03:39,490 --> 00:03:37,069 and the critical activity of capturing 94 00:03:41,770 --> 00:03:39,500 and bursting of the Cygnus to note to 95 00:03:44,380 --> 00:03:41,780 nadir so our window will open up 96 00:03:46,510 --> 00:03:44,390 tomorrow and I'm sure Frank will talk a 97 00:03:48,970 --> 00:03:46,520 lot more about the processing that's 98 00:03:52,509 --> 00:03:48,980 going on at the hip and at the pad as 99 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:52,519 well as a weather report we are really 100 00:03:58,030 --> 00:03:54,650 looking forward to this first orbital 101 00:04:01,509 --> 00:03:58,040 cargo mission we're curing about 1,500 102 00:04:03,580 --> 00:04:01,519 kilograms of carville full load we made 103 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:03,590 no restrictions on what we placed on the 104 00:04:08,470 --> 00:04:05,690 manifest if it was a critical need we 105 00:04:10,210 --> 00:04:08,480 put it on there we've got four or five 106 00:04:12,100 --> 00:04:10,220 hundred kilograms of research flying and 107 00:04:13,809 --> 00:04:12,110 so we're ready to get on with this 108 00:04:18,280 --> 00:04:13,819 mission looking forward to tomorrow 109 00:04:20,289 --> 00:04:18,290 afternoon and following that we're kind 110 00:04:21,969 --> 00:04:20,299 of we're passionate ourselves to hit our 111 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:21,979 stride with all of our new commercial 112 00:04:27,610 --> 00:04:24,530 cargo vehicles in the 2014 time period 113 00:04:30,310 --> 00:04:27,620 we've got about five or six slated for 114 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:30,320 this year or one will be the first we'll 115 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:32,450 get into some SpaceX and basically kind 116 00:04:35,650 --> 00:04:33,770 of alternate back and forth between 117 00:04:37,300 --> 00:04:35,660 orbitals and SpaceX throughout the year 118 00:04:39,340 --> 00:04:37,310 and so we're really looking to hit our 119 00:04:42,250 --> 00:04:39,350 stride in 2014 to meet our up mess up 120 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:42,260 mast needs as far as a little bit of 121 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:45,770 look ahead on the ISS as you know the 122 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:47,090 Russians had a little bit of trouble 123 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:50,330 with their EBA that they did after after 124 00:04:54,610 --> 00:04:52,210 Christmas they had some issues 125 00:04:56,890 --> 00:04:54,620 integrating a couple of their telescopes 126 00:04:59,790 --> 00:04:56,900 on to their segment they brought those 127 00:05:02,050 --> 00:04:59,800 telescopes back in and just as a 128 00:05:04,659 --> 00:05:02,060 information we're in discussions with 129 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:04,669 them as far as a carrying out a second 130 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:08,090 dva to put those back in place pry it 131 00:05:12,730 --> 00:05:10,970 the tail end of january and i think 132 00:05:15,490 --> 00:05:12,740 we're targeting around the january 27 133 00:05:18,219 --> 00:05:15,500 time period we have 52 p that will 134 00:05:22,629 --> 00:05:18,229 undock on februari second with in 54 p 135 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:22,639 arriving on februari fifth following 136 00:05:26,980 --> 00:05:24,410 that we'll have our space x 3 mission 137 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:26,990 which is still slated for februari 22nd 138 00:05:31,570 --> 00:05:29,330 space second spacex had a very 139 00:05:33,820 --> 00:05:31,580 successful one dot one falcon one dot 140 00:05:36,490 --> 00:05:33,830 one launched yesterday which paved the 141 00:05:38,620 --> 00:05:36,500 way for for the februari 22nd mission so 142 00:05:40,629 --> 00:05:38,630 we're really looking forward to that so 143 00:05:43,149 --> 00:05:40,639 to recap we're really excited about the 144 00:05:44,770 --> 00:05:43,159 orb 1 launch tomorrow and we're ready to 145 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:44,780 go we're ready to capture it on Sunday 146 00:05:48,460 --> 00:05:47,330 and so with that I'll turn it back over 147 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:48,470 to Trent 148 00:05:52,780 --> 00:05:51,290 Frank thank you very much Dan yet let's 149 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:52,790 start with the Frank Culbertson here at 150 00:05:56,950 --> 00:05:55,130 Wallace thank you very much and good 151 00:06:00,640 --> 00:05:56,960 afternoon to everybody and welcome to 152 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:00,650 Wallops as you know we were at the pad 153 00:06:04,420 --> 00:06:02,810 in December a lot of us were actually on 154 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:04,430 our way to Wallops when the decision was 155 00:06:09,280 --> 00:06:07,130 made to conduct the EVs rather than 156 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:09,290 continuing with the processing for the 157 00:06:13,510 --> 00:06:11,330 launch I congratulate nests on the 158 00:06:16,330 --> 00:06:13,520 success of those EVs the crew did a 159 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:16,340 great job of replacing the pump very 160 00:06:19,840 --> 00:06:17,690 efficiently and quicker than they 161 00:06:21,820 --> 00:06:19,850 thought but it's always a tough job to 162 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:21,830 replace something that big so we were 163 00:06:25,510 --> 00:06:24,050 happy to see that completed it did give 164 00:06:28,180 --> 00:06:25,520 everybody a chance to take a little bit 165 00:06:29,980 --> 00:06:28,190 of time off over the holidays and now 166 00:06:32,530 --> 00:06:29,990 we're back here again and out on the pad 167 00:06:34,660 --> 00:06:32,540 and getting ready to go this is going to 168 00:06:36,550 --> 00:06:34,670 be a big week for Space Flight in the US 169 00:06:39,970 --> 00:06:36,560 and I congratulate SpaceX on their 170 00:06:41,830 --> 00:06:39,980 successful launch yesterday and that's a 171 00:06:43,770 --> 00:06:41,840 big deal to be launching so many in one 172 00:06:45,909 --> 00:06:43,780 week December was a very busy month 173 00:06:47,260 --> 00:06:45,919 January's going to be busy and I think 174 00:06:49,780 --> 00:06:47,270 you're going to see that the United 175 00:06:51,340 --> 00:06:49,790 States is going to continue to build up 176 00:06:54,060 --> 00:06:51,350 our launch rate and build up our 177 00:06:56,650 --> 00:06:54,070 capabilities to carry payloads 178 00:06:59,710 --> 00:06:56,660 commercial satellites and eventually 179 00:07:02,350 --> 00:06:59,720 humans into orbit so keep an eye on 180 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:02,360 what's going on because you all probably 181 00:07:05,409 --> 00:07:03,770 will want to be a part of it someday 182 00:07:08,580 --> 00:07:05,419 particularly the students that are 183 00:07:11,170 --> 00:07:08,590 watching this will be the first of three 184 00:07:15,070 --> 00:07:11,180 contracted cargo delivery missions for 185 00:07:17,350 --> 00:07:15,080 us this year we plan to also launched 186 00:07:20,620 --> 00:07:17,360 one in May and another in October at the 187 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:20,630 schedule holes and in the at the end of 188 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:22,210 the year we will have delivered 189 00:07:28,540 --> 00:07:26,210 approximately 50 500 kilograms of cargo 190 00:07:31,150 --> 00:07:28,550 to the space station commercially this 191 00:07:34,210 --> 00:07:31,160 mission is going to carry 1461 kilograms 192 00:07:36,550 --> 00:07:34,220 not quite a full load but pretty close a 193 00:07:38,740 --> 00:07:36,560 lot of it was late load science as Dan 194 00:07:40,300 --> 00:07:38,750 said experiments and you've been 195 00:07:43,030 --> 00:07:40,310 learning about those earlier today many 196 00:07:44,890 --> 00:07:43,040 of you in the audience here and I can't 197 00:07:46,810 --> 00:07:44,900 emphasize enough the importance of 198 00:07:49,450 --> 00:07:46,820 carrying the research to the space 199 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:49,460 station and continuing to develop that 200 00:07:53,260 --> 00:07:52,370 facility as a as a laboratory and as a 201 00:07:54,370 --> 00:07:53,270 now 202 00:07:56,740 --> 00:07:54,380 hosts in which we can conduct 203 00:07:59,860 --> 00:07:56,750 experiments research and learn more and 204 00:08:01,330 --> 00:07:59,870 more about living in space it also as we 205 00:08:03,700 --> 00:08:01,340 develop its capabilities will be a 206 00:08:06,010 --> 00:08:03,710 stepping stone at least figuratively if 207 00:08:09,310 --> 00:08:06,020 not literally to the rest of the solar 208 00:08:10,630 --> 00:08:09,320 system we're on a tight schedule Mike 209 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:10,640 will tell you in a moment where we are 210 00:08:14,740 --> 00:08:13,250 in the processing and we've got a little 211 00:08:17,740 --> 00:08:14,750 bit of margin left in the schedule but 212 00:08:19,330 --> 00:08:17,750 not a lot and we intend to continue to 213 00:08:20,650 --> 00:08:19,340 work through the night and bring the 214 00:08:23,710 --> 00:08:20,660 team in in the morning to begin the 215 00:08:25,330 --> 00:08:23,720 countdown processing and launch it 132 216 00:08:28,420 --> 00:08:25,340 tomorrow afternoon we've got only a 217 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:28,430 five-minute window so it's going to be a 218 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:30,170 countdown that's going to have to go 219 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:33,530 very smoothly for us after launch we 220 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:35,930 will rendezvous in about approximately 221 00:08:40,450 --> 00:08:38,530 three days two-and-a-half to three days 222 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:40,460 well actually if we launched tomorrow 223 00:08:44,710 --> 00:08:42,890 it'll be three and a half days and if we 224 00:08:46,210 --> 00:08:44,720 launch on Thursday it'll be two and a 225 00:08:47,590 --> 00:08:46,220 half days so either way we're going to 226 00:08:51,670 --> 00:08:47,600 arrive at the station on the twelfth of 227 00:08:55,270 --> 00:08:51,680 January and deliver the cargo to the 228 00:08:57,190 --> 00:08:55,280 crew our fate our rendezvous date 229 00:08:59,650 --> 00:08:57,200 depends on the phasing and where the 230 00:09:01,480 --> 00:08:59,660 station is when we launched and and how 231 00:09:04,090 --> 00:09:01,490 much we have to make make up ground as 232 00:09:06,100 --> 00:09:04,100 we as we catch up with them so it varies 233 00:09:07,560 --> 00:09:06,110 a little bit day to day but we're trying 234 00:09:09,790 --> 00:09:07,570 to reduce the time as much as possible 235 00:09:14,470 --> 00:09:09,800 before arrival so that the science 236 00:09:15,970 --> 00:09:14,480 arrives as fresh as possible I want to 237 00:09:20,100 --> 00:09:15,980 emphasize before I hand it over to Mike 238 00:09:22,510 --> 00:09:20,110 again the importance of what we're doing 239 00:09:25,810 --> 00:09:22,520 David Thompson and all of us at orbital 240 00:09:29,620 --> 00:09:25,820 believe in developing the capability to 241 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:29,630 fly payloads spacecraft and rockets into 242 00:09:33,580 --> 00:09:32,090 space on a commercial basis we support 243 00:09:35,230 --> 00:09:33,590 government customers private customers 244 00:09:36,700 --> 00:09:35,240 and now we're supporting the 245 00:09:39,910 --> 00:09:36,710 International Space Station and it's 246 00:09:41,740 --> 00:09:39,920 research and we continue we tend to 247 00:09:43,930 --> 00:09:41,750 continue growing that business as do 248 00:09:45,940 --> 00:09:43,940 other companies but that what that means 249 00:09:48,100 --> 00:09:45,950 is that science will be more readily 250 00:09:49,900 --> 00:09:48,110 accessible to people on earth because 251 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:49,910 they can participate in what's going on 252 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:52,370 in in space it also means the space 253 00:09:56,140 --> 00:09:53,810 station will continue to grow in 254 00:09:58,030 --> 00:09:56,150 relevance and in productivity which will 255 00:10:00,100 --> 00:09:58,040 allow us to have a future for human 256 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:00,110 spaceflight in this country and a future 257 00:10:03,199 --> 00:10:01,730 for our children to go into space to 258 00:10:05,179 --> 00:10:03,209 explore 259 00:10:06,859 --> 00:10:05,189 if we keep the space station going we 260 00:10:10,579 --> 00:10:06,869 will have that future so it's important 261 00:10:12,259 --> 00:10:10,589 that we do that Space Flight is hard it 262 00:10:13,790 --> 00:10:12,269 will never really be easy until we have 263 00:10:15,079 --> 00:10:13,800 some new technology that allows us to 264 00:10:17,299 --> 00:10:15,089 levitate off the surface of the earth 265 00:10:20,419 --> 00:10:17,309 and I hear they're working on that but 266 00:10:22,460 --> 00:10:20,429 we don't have it at any rate every 267 00:10:25,819 --> 00:10:22,470 countdown we do is difficult and it's 268 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:25,829 mike will did it run out of time no as 269 00:10:30,230 --> 00:10:27,689 Michael will point out we've been 270 00:10:31,910 --> 00:10:30,240 dealing with challenges here spaceflight 271 00:10:35,090 --> 00:10:31,920 requires a lot of energy a lot of people 272 00:10:36,919 --> 00:10:35,100 a complexity and and a lot of dedication 273 00:10:38,509 --> 00:10:36,929 and that's what you see here is the 274 00:10:40,790 --> 00:10:38,519 dedication of these teams here at 275 00:10:43,549 --> 00:10:40,800 Wallops at the launch pad and at orbital 276 00:10:45,739 --> 00:10:43,559 to continue conducting spaceflight on a 277 00:10:48,139 --> 00:10:45,749 commercial basis and carry cargo to the 278 00:10:49,790 --> 00:10:48,149 International Space Station persistence 279 00:10:51,669 --> 00:10:49,800 is what really makes a difference in 280 00:10:54,290 --> 00:10:51,679 this so with that I want to introduce 281 00:10:57,290 --> 00:10:54,300 Mike Kingston who is a program manager 282 00:10:59,900 --> 00:10:57,300 for our entire East program very proud 283 00:11:01,759 --> 00:10:59,910 of what Mike has done successful test 284 00:11:03,650 --> 00:11:01,769 flight last year a successful demo 285 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:03,660 mission and he's leading a great team 286 00:11:08,269 --> 00:11:05,730 who worked really hard through a very 287 00:11:11,809 --> 00:11:08,279 cold night last night to continue the 288 00:11:14,449 --> 00:11:11,819 processing so Mike all right thanks I 289 00:11:16,069 --> 00:11:14,459 think I have a few photos to show that 290 00:11:19,489 --> 00:11:16,079 will kind of talk you through some of 291 00:11:21,259 --> 00:11:19,499 the major milestones that got us to the 292 00:11:24,079 --> 00:11:21,269 point we're at today getting ready for a 293 00:11:26,780 --> 00:11:24,089 launch tomorrow so if we can bring up 294 00:11:29,059 --> 00:11:26,790 the photos now the first one is a shot 295 00:11:32,030 --> 00:11:29,069 now you'll see the Cygnus spacecraft in 296 00:11:33,499 --> 00:11:32,040 the foreground of our in the foreground 297 00:11:36,019 --> 00:11:33,509 of our horizontal integration facility 298 00:11:37,609 --> 00:11:36,029 over on the island here Wallops in the 299 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:37,619 background you'll see the a fully 300 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:40,410 assembled Antares rocket being lifted 301 00:11:46,100 --> 00:11:43,410 off of its production dollies and over 302 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:46,110 over on the right to the transporter 303 00:11:50,269 --> 00:11:48,689 erector launchers strong back which is 304 00:11:53,150 --> 00:11:50,279 the big white structure you see that's 305 00:11:56,090 --> 00:11:53,160 used to erect the launch vehicle on the 306 00:11:58,579 --> 00:11:56,100 launch pad this photo was obviously 307 00:12:00,289 --> 00:11:58,589 taken you know back in the early 308 00:12:01,820 --> 00:12:00,299 December time frame before the first 309 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:01,830 roll out in 310 00:12:09,050 --> 00:12:06,570 in mid December we get the next one this 311 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:09,060 is a shot of the the sickness mate 312 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:11,810 operation the sickness is rotated from 313 00:12:19,070 --> 00:12:15,210 from its vertical position that you saw 314 00:12:20,690 --> 00:12:19,080 the previous slide to a horizontal on a 315 00:12:22,430 --> 00:12:20,700 mating fixture and then rolled up to the 316 00:12:25,820 --> 00:12:22,440 front of the Antares rocket and our 317 00:12:30,530 --> 00:12:25,830 teams they're attaching it to the to the 318 00:12:33,560 --> 00:12:30,540 second stage of Antares on to the next 319 00:12:35,870 --> 00:12:33,570 one this is a this is a photo after that 320 00:12:37,970 --> 00:12:35,880 mate and a little a couple of test 321 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:37,980 operations we go into the final cardo 322 00:12:44,090 --> 00:12:41,130 load that's the team up on the up on the 323 00:12:46,730 --> 00:12:44,100 stand there loading the final cargo bags 324 00:12:50,150 --> 00:12:46,740 into the Cygnus spacecraft after which 325 00:12:56,300 --> 00:12:50,160 we button button the pressurized cargo 326 00:12:58,370 --> 00:12:56,310 module up for for flight the next after 327 00:13:01,400 --> 00:12:58,380 that we slide the fairing over the top 328 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:01,410 and encapsulate the payload and that's 329 00:13:05,810 --> 00:13:03,450 really the final major step we 330 00:13:09,140 --> 00:13:05,820 accomplished prior to roll out to the 331 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:09,150 pad it takes to the next one this is a 332 00:13:13,790 --> 00:13:11,490 photo of that rollout operation this was 333 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:13,800 actually the first roll out in December 334 00:13:18,500 --> 00:13:16,410 you can see it's at night that was a 335 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:18,510 three o'clock in the morning on December 336 00:13:24,380 --> 00:13:21,810 17th and you'll see the Antares rocket 337 00:13:27,470 --> 00:13:24,390 on the transporter erector on its way to 338 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:27,480 the pad the portable air-conditioning 339 00:13:32,090 --> 00:13:29,850 unit behind it to keeping everything 340 00:13:37,250 --> 00:13:32,100 condition nice and cozy and all of the 341 00:13:40,940 --> 00:13:37,260 all the payload base then the next one 342 00:13:44,090 --> 00:13:40,950 is finally the erection of the the 343 00:13:47,390 --> 00:13:44,100 rocket up onto the pad so you know where 344 00:13:48,950 --> 00:13:47,400 we are now we actually went through that 345 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:48,960 operation back in December as I've 346 00:13:53,090 --> 00:13:51,330 already mentioned before we we stood 347 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:53,100 down for the repairs on the space 348 00:13:59,240 --> 00:13:57,450 station we were prepared to do that to 349 00:14:00,860 --> 00:13:59,250 roll it back out Saturday we ended up 350 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:00,870 having to push that off a day to work a 351 00:14:06,380 --> 00:14:03,890 problem with the hydraulic system on the 352 00:14:09,500 --> 00:14:06,390 on the erection on the erector out of 353 00:14:10,790 --> 00:14:09,510 the pad got to roll out sunday around 354 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:10,800 four o'clock in the afternoon 355 00:14:16,519 --> 00:14:14,010 and the team has been out there 24 24 356 00:14:18,019 --> 00:14:16,529 hours around the clock since getting the 357 00:14:21,259 --> 00:14:18,029 rocket connected to the pad all the 358 00:14:22,759 --> 00:14:21,269 commodity lines installed the thrust 359 00:14:26,570 --> 00:14:22,769 vector control system checked out 360 00:14:28,730 --> 00:14:26,580 through a very cold night last night and 361 00:14:32,300 --> 00:14:28,740 then end of the day with the final 362 00:14:34,579 --> 00:14:32,310 combined systems testing and the final 363 00:14:37,009 --> 00:14:34,589 closeouts and ready reading the the 364 00:14:39,079 --> 00:14:37,019 rocker for launch so pending you know 365 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:39,089 the successful completion of our clothes 366 00:14:43,130 --> 00:14:41,250 out activities today will be ready to go 367 00:14:46,430 --> 00:14:43,140 for launch tomorrow morning or tomorrow 368 00:14:49,130 --> 00:14:46,440 I guess it's 132 so tomorrow afternoon 369 00:14:51,199 --> 00:14:49,140 the team will be in early like we were 370 00:14:54,740 --> 00:14:51,209 on station around 5-530 in the morning 371 00:14:57,259 --> 00:14:54,750 to to get ready for a launch just after 372 00:15:01,610 --> 00:14:57,269 lunch time and with that handed over to 373 00:15:04,100 --> 00:15:01,620 sara's here thank you so the Wallops 374 00:15:06,949 --> 00:15:04,110 launch range here is responsible for 375 00:15:09,590 --> 00:15:06,959 ensuring a safe flight of the vehicle 376 00:15:12,350 --> 00:15:09,600 and a clear path for the Antares to 377 00:15:15,740 --> 00:15:12,360 launch through and so earlier today we 378 00:15:17,930 --> 00:15:15,750 had a launch readiness review now our 379 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:17,940 final review before we proceed into 380 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:20,610 those launch operations if you go to my 381 00:15:26,510 --> 00:15:23,690 first graphic here I'll talk about our 382 00:15:31,130 --> 00:15:26,520 Wallops launch range support so we have 383 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:31,140 a host of radars and telemetry antennas 384 00:15:36,170 --> 00:15:34,290 and command antennas as well as many 385 00:15:39,050 --> 00:15:36,180 other types of instrumentation that will 386 00:15:41,690 --> 00:15:39,060 be supporting the launch here locally at 387 00:15:45,340 --> 00:15:41,700 Wallops and then also at our downrange 388 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:45,350 site in Bermuda all of those 389 00:15:53,449 --> 00:15:49,050 instrumentation pieces have been tested 390 00:15:56,420 --> 00:15:53,459 verified configured and validated ready 391 00:16:03,050 --> 00:15:56,430 for to support the launch operation 392 00:16:05,510 --> 00:16:03,060 tomorrow afternoon my next item that I 393 00:16:09,019 --> 00:16:05,520 wanted to talk about is the safe flight 394 00:16:13,639 --> 00:16:09,029 that I mentioned earlier we have also 395 00:16:18,019 --> 00:16:13,649 worked with the FAA with the US Navy 396 00:16:20,150 --> 00:16:18,029 fake capes and the US Coast Guard to put 397 00:16:23,210 --> 00:16:20,160 out our notices to Airmen and notice to 398 00:16:25,999 --> 00:16:23,220 Mariners for the launch operations 399 00:16:28,819 --> 00:16:26,009 tomorrow and throughout the week if we 400 00:16:30,980 --> 00:16:28,829 need that to ensure that the ocean space 401 00:16:34,759 --> 00:16:30,990 and air space is clear for launch 402 00:16:37,780 --> 00:16:34,769 operations my next graphic moving into 403 00:16:40,850 --> 00:16:37,790 the weather which I think everyone is 404 00:16:46,249 --> 00:16:40,860 patiently waiting to see so this is our 405 00:16:48,499 --> 00:16:46,259 weather forecast for tomorrow currently 406 00:16:50,900 --> 00:16:48,509 at launch time we're predicting that be 407 00:16:54,829 --> 00:16:50,910 mostly sunny the winds will kind of be 408 00:16:57,579 --> 00:16:54,839 out of the Southwest very light for us 409 00:17:00,889 --> 00:16:57,589 being right off the Atlantic Ocean here 410 00:17:05,029 --> 00:17:00,899 temperature still very chilly in the low 411 00:17:06,860 --> 00:17:05,039 30s and with all of that our probability 412 00:17:09,289 --> 00:17:06,870 of a favorable launch conditions 413 00:17:11,299 --> 00:17:09,299 tomorrow are up at ninety-five percent 414 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:11,309 so tomorrow looks like a very good 415 00:17:18,919 --> 00:17:14,250 weather day for our launch operations 416 00:17:21,710 --> 00:17:18,929 here and are my last graphic that I have 417 00:17:24,769 --> 00:17:21,720 will just show with the nice weather 418 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:24,779 conditions and with the size of this 419 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:28,890 rocket the visibility of it during the 420 00:17:34,340 --> 00:17:31,770 day tomorrow so you can see viewers all 421 00:17:36,860 --> 00:17:34,350 along the east coast there will have a 422 00:17:40,370 --> 00:17:36,870 chance to catch a glimpse of it in the 423 00:17:43,399 --> 00:17:40,380 sky when we do launch tomorrow in the 424 00:17:46,549 --> 00:17:43,409 early afternoon and with that I'll turn 425 00:17:48,230 --> 00:17:46,559 it back over to sir ok let's take 426 00:17:49,279 --> 00:17:48,240 questions we'll start here in the 427 00:17:50,779 --> 00:17:49,289 audience and we'll go to the phone lines 428 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:50,789 reminder if you're watching from home 429 00:17:53,220 --> 00:17:52,210 you can use the hashtag 430 00:17:55,730 --> 00:17:53,230 ask NASA and we'll get to as many 431 00:18:01,710 --> 00:17:55,740 questions as we can let's start here 432 00:18:03,870 --> 00:18:01,720 Doug moni team got Doug moni TMC at two 433 00:18:07,610 --> 00:18:03,880 questions for Frank number one how many 434 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:07,620 do-overs does NASA get for for pausing a 435 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:10,090 particular launched under contract it's 436 00:18:13,860 --> 00:18:11,890 got to cost you some money to roll back 437 00:18:16,350 --> 00:18:13,870 the rock it back and forth each time 438 00:18:18,690 --> 00:18:16,360 well how much money do we give to NASA 439 00:18:20,549 --> 00:18:18,700 did you say no no how many times all 440 00:18:23,730 --> 00:18:20,559 right how many how many times within the 441 00:18:26,639 --> 00:18:23,740 contract does NASA get a do-over or a 442 00:18:28,529 --> 00:18:26,649 pause or stop because that's not 443 00:18:31,169 --> 00:18:28,539 specified in the contract it's a fixed 444 00:18:34,889 --> 00:18:31,179 price contract and so if we incur 445 00:18:36,330 --> 00:18:34,899 additional costs due to NASA changing 446 00:18:37,980 --> 00:18:36,340 requirements or changing schedule 447 00:18:39,810 --> 00:18:37,990 whatever then we would go back and 448 00:18:43,649 --> 00:18:39,820 negotiate with them what the who would 449 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:43,659 bear that cost but it's not set a 450 00:18:48,590 --> 00:18:45,730 specific number of times in the contract 451 00:18:51,060 --> 00:18:48,600 the second question can you contrast 452 00:18:52,649 --> 00:18:51,070 cold weather we're having here with some 453 00:18:55,230 --> 00:18:52,659 of the other launch sites around the 454 00:18:56,610 --> 00:18:55,240 world i mean florida might not be too 455 00:18:58,560 --> 00:18:56,620 happy with this type of weather but it 456 00:19:02,970 --> 00:18:58,570 bakken or they're probably laughing at 457 00:19:04,620 --> 00:19:02,980 us because it's too warm well you said 458 00:19:07,529 --> 00:19:04,630 it i canno it gets even colder than this 459 00:19:09,389 --> 00:19:07,539 and they still launch Florida hasn't 460 00:19:11,639 --> 00:19:09,399 launched very often in cold weather and 461 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:11,649 it hasn't always gone well so they're 462 00:19:16,139 --> 00:19:13,690 used to the temperate and hot 463 00:19:18,049 --> 00:19:16,149 temperatures for launching down there we 464 00:19:21,930 --> 00:19:18,059 designed the rocket to operate down to 465 00:19:23,340 --> 00:19:21,940 at least 20 degrees Fahrenheit and so we 466 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:23,350 feel comfortable that we can operate in 467 00:19:28,649 --> 00:19:26,010 these conditions the extended 468 00:19:29,909 --> 00:19:28,659 sub-freezing temperatures or something 469 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:29,919 we look at very carefully to make sure 470 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:31,690 we understand what the impact of that is 471 00:19:35,909 --> 00:19:33,490 and so will we will look at the 472 00:19:37,230 --> 00:19:35,919 temperature profile over the 48 hours 473 00:19:39,210 --> 00:19:37,240 leading up to launch to make sure we're 474 00:19:41,490 --> 00:19:39,220 comfortable from an analysis standpoint 475 00:19:42,810 --> 00:19:41,500 with with proceeding but so far 476 00:19:45,149 --> 00:19:42,820 everything looks good was like do you 477 00:19:47,789 --> 00:19:45,159 want to add to that no I you know I 478 00:19:50,399 --> 00:19:47,799 think the the cold temperatures and the 479 00:19:51,539 --> 00:19:50,409 extended cold temperatures you know 480 00:19:55,110 --> 00:19:51,549 definitely present some unique 481 00:19:56,850 --> 00:19:55,120 challenges to us as far as controlling 482 00:20:00,120 --> 00:19:56,860 the temperatures of critical components 483 00:20:02,250 --> 00:20:00,130 but you'll note that the fairing the the 484 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:02,260 aft Bay the entertained a were all the 485 00:20:06,810 --> 00:20:04,690 the critical components those are all 486 00:20:09,090 --> 00:20:06,820 conditioned it's really a challenge of 487 00:20:11,340 --> 00:20:09,100 making sure the the air conditioning 488 00:20:13,799 --> 00:20:11,350 systems can keep up with the weather and 489 00:20:15,210 --> 00:20:13,809 keep those components that they're you 490 00:20:18,090 --> 00:20:15,220 know temperatures there within their 491 00:20:19,470 --> 00:20:18,100 qualified design constraints so so far 492 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:19,480 you know for the most part that's gone 493 00:20:24,510 --> 00:20:21,010 well we're looking at a couple of things 494 00:20:26,490 --> 00:20:24,520 over the course of today but expecting 495 00:20:28,350 --> 00:20:26,500 good results from that and you know 496 00:20:30,419 --> 00:20:28,360 actually tomorrow will be a little the 497 00:20:33,029 --> 00:20:30,429 less challenging day than today was and 498 00:20:35,070 --> 00:20:33,039 if you know if it things go the way 499 00:20:36,930 --> 00:20:35,080 they're predicted to go we're feeling 500 00:20:38,940 --> 00:20:36,940 pretty good that we've got we've got 501 00:20:40,799 --> 00:20:38,950 control of the situation the other 502 00:20:44,129 --> 00:20:40,809 aspect we made a lot of attention to was 503 00:20:45,930 --> 00:20:44,139 crew safety ground crew safety and last 504 00:20:47,549 --> 00:20:45,940 night they had pretty high winds and 505 00:20:50,220 --> 00:20:47,559 very low temperatures so wind chill was 506 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:50,230 a was a factor and so we had to make 507 00:20:53,789 --> 00:20:52,570 sure that people really did Willie were 508 00:20:57,210 --> 00:20:53,799 prepared to operate in those conditions 509 00:20:58,590 --> 00:20:57,220 and that we kept him warm and that we 510 00:21:00,690 --> 00:20:58,600 didn't push him to a pace that was 511 00:21:07,970 --> 00:21:00,700 unrealistic or unreasonable in those 512 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:13,210 i Ken Kramer Universe Today question for 513 00:21:19,940 --> 00:21:18,210 Frank and I'm and probably Mike as you 514 00:21:22,430 --> 00:21:19,950 mentioned it's been a big week for Space 515 00:21:25,010 --> 00:21:22,440 Flight SpaceX just launched yesterday 516 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:25,020 and there you're one of your biggest 517 00:21:31,190 --> 00:21:28,410 competitors and I wonder do you do you 518 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:31,200 think you can compete with them on price 519 00:21:37,789 --> 00:21:33,450 are you going to be upgrading the 520 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:37,799 Antares rocket in any way because you 521 00:21:41,690 --> 00:21:39,330 must be feeling a lot of heat from them 522 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:41,700 and are you you were looking to get I 523 00:21:46,789 --> 00:21:44,850 know new customers when we talked at the 524 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:46,799 September launch and give us an update 525 00:21:51,530 --> 00:21:50,010 on that Thanks sure yes I of course they 526 00:21:53,120 --> 00:21:51,540 are one of the competitors and they've 527 00:21:56,750 --> 00:21:53,130 been very successful in the last couple 528 00:21:58,700 --> 00:21:56,760 of years in developing new versions of 529 00:22:01,010 --> 00:21:58,710 their rocket we also working on new 530 00:22:03,770 --> 00:22:01,020 versions of our rocket and in fact by 531 00:22:05,270 --> 00:22:03,780 the fourth CRS mission we will have an 532 00:22:08,150 --> 00:22:05,280 upgraded version that will fly more 533 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:08,160 payload we're also looking at long range 534 00:22:12,590 --> 00:22:10,530 of what the configuration of the of the 535 00:22:14,060 --> 00:22:12,600 Antares will be both of an engine 536 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:14,070 standpoint and from upper stage 537 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:16,250 standpoint so we've got plans in work 538 00:22:20,060 --> 00:22:18,570 that it's not appropriate for me to talk 539 00:22:21,919 --> 00:22:20,070 too much about them but we certainly 540 00:22:23,750 --> 00:22:21,929 looking at that and we are negotiating 541 00:22:27,140 --> 00:22:23,760 with people for other payloads besides 542 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:27,150 the Cygnus spacecraft and identify more 543 00:22:33,500 --> 00:22:29,850 than just cargo a lot of Wallops here so 544 00:22:35,630 --> 00:22:33,510 we do have big plans for it and as I 545 00:22:38,419 --> 00:22:35,640 said SpaceX can should be congratulated 546 00:22:39,620 --> 00:22:38,429 on their on their launch another reason 547 00:22:41,030 --> 00:22:39,630 we were actually happy about that is 548 00:22:44,060 --> 00:22:41,040 because we built the space craft that 549 00:22:46,820 --> 00:22:44,070 flew on that the thaicom six and so we 550 00:22:48,860 --> 00:22:46,830 were very happy to see that that 551 00:22:51,590 --> 00:22:48,870 delivered to space and is performing 552 00:22:54,490 --> 00:22:51,600 very well orbital has a broad portfolio 553 00:22:57,169 --> 00:22:54,500 of business not just the launch 554 00:22:58,760 --> 00:22:57,179 operations that we conduct we built a 555 00:23:02,360 --> 00:22:58,770 lot of spacecraft with build national 556 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:02,370 security systems and and we have lots of 557 00:23:09,790 --> 00:23:07,010 big plans for the future Terry 558 00:23:11,500 --> 00:23:09,800 thank you talk malik with the space calm 559 00:23:15,610 --> 00:23:11,510 and i have a question from like you 560 00:23:18,940 --> 00:23:15,620 mentioned the frigid temperatures at the 561 00:23:21,220 --> 00:23:18,950 pad and i'm wondering has you know has 562 00:23:22,570 --> 00:23:21,230 that cold made you kind of scale down 563 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:22,580 the number of folks you have out there 564 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:24,650 do they all go out there with you know 565 00:23:27,430 --> 00:23:25,970 hot chocolate and marshmallow something 566 00:23:29,980 --> 00:23:27,440 like that you know how have you been 567 00:23:32,110 --> 00:23:29,990 keeping them warm to keep to maintain 568 00:23:33,490 --> 00:23:32,120 the focus you need for launch given the 569 00:23:35,050 --> 00:23:33,500 last couple ones where we're going to do 570 00:23:37,360 --> 00:23:35,060 a more temperate time no marshmallows 571 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:37,370 before you get yeah yeah keep keep the 572 00:23:42,310 --> 00:23:40,490 marshmallows off the pad you know it's 573 00:23:44,290 --> 00:23:42,320 it's you know it's frank said it's it's 574 00:23:45,700 --> 00:23:44,300 a combination of things you know we 575 00:23:47,170 --> 00:23:45,710 definitely are making sure they're 576 00:23:49,150 --> 00:23:47,180 outfitted with the right with the right 577 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:49,160 clothes you know for example last night 578 00:23:54,190 --> 00:23:52,490 we had a we had a truck close by running 579 00:23:56,290 --> 00:23:54,200 with the heater going to make sure that 580 00:23:57,640 --> 00:23:56,300 the guys you know they weren't required 581 00:23:59,050 --> 00:23:57,650 to be out on the pad one hundred percent 582 00:24:00,810 --> 00:23:59,060 of the time so when they weren't there 583 00:24:02,740 --> 00:24:00,820 they were in a nice warm environment 584 00:24:05,740 --> 00:24:02,750 we're also making sure we're doing 585 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:05,750 frequent you know crew shifts so that we 586 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:09,050 can keep people cycling in and out of 587 00:24:12,850 --> 00:24:11,450 the cold and staying warm so you know 588 00:24:14,860 --> 00:24:12,860 i'd say it's presented a logistical 589 00:24:17,860 --> 00:24:14,870 challenge but but you know we've been 590 00:24:19,780 --> 00:24:17,870 able to successfully work through it you 591 00:24:22,030 --> 00:24:19,790 know and I've you know personally was 592 00:24:23,980 --> 00:24:22,040 was out there yesterday and you know the 593 00:24:26,350 --> 00:24:23,990 team was in good spirits and I think we 594 00:24:29,350 --> 00:24:26,360 were we were successful in keeping 595 00:24:32,170 --> 00:24:29,360 everybody warm and safe and no frostbite 596 00:24:34,780 --> 00:24:32,180 and you know we we did a team did a 597 00:24:39,010 --> 00:24:34,790 really good job managing that managing 598 00:24:45,460 --> 00:24:39,020 that particular challenge okay let's 599 00:24:49,779 --> 00:24:47,200 first question comes from twitter user 600 00:24:51,370 --> 00:24:49,789 tyler Waldrop how large of a window do 601 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:51,380 you have before you have to recycle the 602 00:24:56,500 --> 00:24:53,210 payload timewise if you have to cancel 603 00:25:00,100 --> 00:24:56,510 tomorrow if we have to cancel tomorrow 604 00:25:03,250 --> 00:25:00,110 we can probably go two more times with a 605 00:25:05,529 --> 00:25:03,260 good chance of preserving most of the 606 00:25:07,570 --> 00:25:05,539 science if not all of it if we go beyond 607 00:25:10,180 --> 00:25:07,580 that we would have to talk to NASA about 608 00:25:11,649 --> 00:25:10,190 whether it was more critical to roll 609 00:25:13,450 --> 00:25:11,659 back and replace the payloads which 610 00:25:16,500 --> 00:25:13,460 would take a couple of weeks probably or 611 00:25:19,690 --> 00:25:16,510 whether we would just preclude 612 00:25:21,730 --> 00:25:19,700 conducting some of the experiments when 613 00:25:24,850 --> 00:25:21,740 we can we can launch quite a bit later 614 00:25:27,010 --> 00:25:24,860 than this week from an operation 615 00:25:30,399 --> 00:25:27,020 standpoint and the spacecraft can loiter 616 00:25:32,380 --> 00:25:30,409 for a long time before we have to have 617 00:25:34,990 --> 00:25:32,390 to rendezvous with the station but the 618 00:25:39,070 --> 00:25:35,000 science experiments are what are driving 619 00:25:41,529 --> 00:25:39,080 our schedule right now next question 620 00:25:43,779 --> 00:25:41,539 comes from twitter user marsha smith why 621 00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:43,789 do frigid temps require a launch delay 622 00:25:47,549 --> 00:25:45,710 what specifically is affected and what 623 00:25:52,690 --> 00:25:47,559 is the temperature threshold for launch 624 00:25:54,220 --> 00:25:52,700 hi Marcia the temperatures affect a 625 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:54,230 number of pieces of equipment and I'll 626 00:25:58,779 --> 00:25:55,610 let Mike get a little more specific 627 00:26:00,460 --> 00:25:58,789 about that but we have to pay a lot of 628 00:26:03,549 --> 00:26:00,470 attention to precipitation in 629 00:26:05,409 --> 00:26:03,559 conjunction with the low temperatures if 630 00:26:07,180 --> 00:26:05,419 we have ice form around any of the 631 00:26:10,810 --> 00:26:07,190 structure we have to worry about whether 632 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:10,820 it's getting into crevices or interfaces 633 00:26:15,970 --> 00:26:12,770 and causing expansion or whether it's 634 00:26:18,100 --> 00:26:15,980 going to cause a debris problem on the 635 00:26:20,110 --> 00:26:18,110 pad when we ignite the rocket or cause 636 00:26:21,850 --> 00:26:20,120 hazardous operations for the people that 637 00:26:23,289 --> 00:26:21,860 are trying to work around the rocket and 638 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:23,299 Mike I'm sure wants to elaborate on 639 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:25,610 there why just maybe just a little bit 640 00:26:30,730 --> 00:26:28,970 you know we we have we have design 641 00:26:32,830 --> 00:26:30,740 constraints pretty much for every 642 00:26:33,850 --> 00:26:32,840 component on on the vehicle that you 643 00:26:37,090 --> 00:26:33,860 know based on where it's been designed 644 00:26:38,230 --> 00:26:37,100 analyzed and tested to operate as I 645 00:26:39,820 --> 00:26:38,240 mentioned previously we've got 646 00:26:42,310 --> 00:26:39,830 environmental control systems that 647 00:26:45,220 --> 00:26:42,320 control the temperatures inside the the 648 00:26:47,670 --> 00:26:45,230 critical cavities inside the rocket and 649 00:26:49,620 --> 00:26:47,680 we've got instrumentation all over 650 00:26:51,810 --> 00:26:49,630 that allow us to you know see where 651 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:51,820 those temperatures are relative to you 652 00:26:56,700 --> 00:26:53,530 know where those launch constraints are 653 00:26:59,280 --> 00:26:56,710 so you know the to the specific question 654 00:27:01,740 --> 00:26:59,290 I think the most critical and we're 655 00:27:03,930 --> 00:27:01,750 monitoring is is a 20 degree ambient 656 00:27:06,300 --> 00:27:03,940 constraint that we've got that's based 657 00:27:08,700 --> 00:27:06,310 on some of our you know fairing 658 00:27:10,050 --> 00:27:08,710 separation components and again it's 659 00:27:12,120 --> 00:27:10,060 based on where those components were 660 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:12,130 designed and tested there are other 661 00:27:16,230 --> 00:27:14,410 constraints that are you know less about 662 00:27:19,230 --> 00:27:16,240 the ambien environment and more about 663 00:27:21,150 --> 00:27:19,240 how our environmental control systems 664 00:27:23,130 --> 00:27:21,160 are controlling the internal environment 665 00:27:26,300 --> 00:27:23,140 inside the fairing but there's a lot of 666 00:27:29,430 --> 00:27:26,310 them and we're looking at all of them 667 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:29,440 Robert hi Robert gremlin with 668 00:27:33,660 --> 00:27:31,450 collectspace.com with a question for 669 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:33,670 Frank I know you've named the spacecraft 670 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:36,850 for Gordon Fullerton is his family here 671 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:39,010 for the launch and can you talk a little 672 00:27:45,090 --> 00:27:42,850 bit about why the why honor him in this 673 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:45,100 way yeah thanks for asking that Robert I 674 00:27:50,220 --> 00:27:47,610 should have mentioned that in my remarks 675 00:27:52,830 --> 00:27:50,230 we did mention earlier press conference 676 00:27:54,900 --> 00:27:52,840 but yes this one in the tradition we 677 00:27:57,960 --> 00:27:54,910 established with the first demo mission 678 00:28:00,090 --> 00:27:57,970 has been named in honor of see Gordon 679 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:00,100 Fullerton gordo as many of us know him 680 00:28:07,260 --> 00:28:03,570 who passed away within the last year 681 00:28:10,830 --> 00:28:07,270 gordo was a longtime astronaut flew in 682 00:28:13,110 --> 00:28:10,840 space three times and also was a test 683 00:28:15,570 --> 00:28:13,120 pilot at Dryden and one of his tasks 684 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:15,580 there was to fly the b-52 and dropped a 685 00:28:21,300 --> 00:28:19,210 variety of launch vehicles and and test 686 00:28:24,540 --> 00:28:21,310 vehicles off of the pylon on the bottom 687 00:28:26,730 --> 00:28:24,550 of that the Pegasus rocket was knit was 688 00:28:29,820 --> 00:28:26,740 orbitals first commercial venture into 689 00:28:32,940 --> 00:28:29,830 launching payloads into space and it was 690 00:28:35,820 --> 00:28:32,950 deployed from the b-52 and the and the 691 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:35,830 pilot for that that mission was Gordo 692 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:39,370 and so it's and many of our missions and 693 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:41,170 so we had a long time long-term 694 00:28:45,730 --> 00:28:43,970 relationship with with with Gordon 695 00:28:48,310 --> 00:28:45,740 and he was very important to the company 696 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:48,320 of many people knew him well so we knew 697 00:28:54,550 --> 00:28:52,250 him and Marie Gordo was actually very 698 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:54,560 happy when we transitioned from the b-52 699 00:28:58,930 --> 00:28:56,810 to the l-1011 because they didn't have 700 00:29:02,020 --> 00:28:58,940 to fly the heavy he could fly f-18 chase 701 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:02,030 plane have a lot more fun and he was a 702 00:29:09,610 --> 00:29:05,210 great pilot we had his family visit us 703 00:29:12,460 --> 00:29:09,620 last November and exchanged a number of 704 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:12,470 items with them and also had gave them a 705 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:14,450 chance to see what orbital does and why 706 00:29:20,070 --> 00:29:18,770 we were honoring or their Gordo and they 707 00:29:21,790 --> 00:29:20,080 are not able to be here today 708 00:29:24,580 --> 00:29:21,800 unfortunately but I know that they're 709 00:29:26,350 --> 00:29:24,590 watching and I want to send my best 710 00:29:29,590 --> 00:29:26,360 wishes to them and tell them we're going 711 00:29:34,810 --> 00:29:29,600 to take very good care of the SS see 712 00:29:36,970 --> 00:29:34,820 Gordon Fullerton so while we do a quick 713 00:29:42,130 --> 00:29:36,980 check for phone questions do we have 714 00:29:44,710 --> 00:29:42,140 anything else from social media Twitter 715 00:29:46,900 --> 00:29:44,720 user a queue astronomy asks will the 716 00:29:49,690 --> 00:29:46,910 current s1 radiation storm in Flare 717 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:49,700 activity around sunspot 1944 calls 718 00:29:58,830 --> 00:29:54,170 issues for the launch tomorrow I don't 719 00:30:04,690 --> 00:30:03,160 either we we do monitor that we do 720 00:30:06,610 --> 00:30:04,700 monitor solar weather is one of our 721 00:30:08,590 --> 00:30:06,620 constraints and at this point we're not 722 00:30:11,500 --> 00:30:08,600 seeing anything that's violating our our 723 00:30:13,030 --> 00:30:11,510 launch criteria dr. dan Hartman in 724 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:13,040 Houston can probably asked answer that 725 00:30:22,450 --> 00:30:18,370 better for us ISS monitors at tight as 726 00:30:25,300 --> 00:30:22,460 yeah we monitor that almost out we get 727 00:30:28,150 --> 00:30:25,310 we get reports in fact it was part of 728 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:28,160 our go no-go criteria yesterday at our 729 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:30,770 I'm and T radiation looks good right now 730 00:30:37,210 --> 00:30:32,930 so so far we're not tracking any 731 00:30:39,700 --> 00:30:37,220 problems with that kara was expecting a 732 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:39,710 polar vortex question again so just 733 00:30:43,290 --> 00:30:42,050 never know is you're going to get any 734 00:30:49,860 --> 00:30:43,300 other questions here in the audience 735 00:30:54,530 --> 00:30:52,320 I just want to follow up on exactly what 736 00:30:57,270 --> 00:30:54,540 the scrub turnaround conditions are 737 00:30:58,890 --> 00:30:57,280 could you launch the next day I think it 738 00:31:01,350 --> 00:30:58,900 depends somewhat on how close you get 739 00:31:05,340 --> 00:31:01,360 down to them yeah countdown I think in 740 00:31:08,370 --> 00:31:05,350 in to keep it simple if we were to scrub 741 00:31:10,500 --> 00:31:08,380 any time before t minus 10 minutes we 742 00:31:13,710 --> 00:31:10,510 should have an ability to turn around in 743 00:31:15,990 --> 00:31:13,720 24 hours inside of ten minutes it can 744 00:31:18,900 --> 00:31:16,000 get dicey depending on how much of 745 00:31:20,940 --> 00:31:18,910 certain commodities we consume but you 746 00:31:23,250 --> 00:31:20,950 know we have tankers on the standby and 747 00:31:25,140 --> 00:31:23,260 there's still opportunity for 24 hour 748 00:31:28,110 --> 00:31:25,150 turnaround it's just you know it becomes 749 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:28,120 dependent on actual events and what it 750 00:31:32,070 --> 00:31:30,250 takes to D tank and what happens in that 751 00:31:34,230 --> 00:31:32,080 process as to whether we can actually 752 00:31:35,820 --> 00:31:34,240 get there not but before t minus 10 753 00:31:37,020 --> 00:31:35,830 minutes we have every expectation that 754 00:31:44,690 --> 00:31:37,030 we'd be able to turn around the next day 755 00:31:49,610 --> 00:31:47,250 thank you a talk malik again from space 756 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:49,620 com for I think I'm follow-up for Frank 757 00:31:53,550 --> 00:31:52,210 last month as we were leading up to this 758 00:31:55,620 --> 00:31:53,560 launch I had a chance to speak with 759 00:31:57,660 --> 00:31:55,630 British Tokyo on the space station he 760 00:32:00,150 --> 00:31:57,670 mentioned he was really looking forward 761 00:32:01,650 --> 00:32:00,160 to the arrival of sickness because on 762 00:32:03,180 --> 00:32:01,660 top of all the great science and stuff 763 00:32:04,950 --> 00:32:03,190 it was going to have some clothes and 764 00:32:06,300 --> 00:32:04,960 some goodies and maybe even some 765 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:06,310 Christmas presents on board I'm 766 00:32:12,170 --> 00:32:09,970 wondering if the orbital crew or you've 767 00:32:14,580 --> 00:32:12,180 had any any instruction from NASA to 768 00:32:17,490 --> 00:32:14,590 refresh those presents of those extra 769 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:17,500 things new year's stuff on board for 770 00:32:23,540 --> 00:32:19,930 this flight Thanks well we haven't 771 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:26,430 now there are some some surprises for 772 00:32:29,580 --> 00:32:28,090 the crew on board and we have a few 773 00:32:31,350 --> 00:32:29,590 traditional things and then NASA s 774 00:32:33,390 --> 00:32:31,360 actually had us load some fresh fruit 775 00:32:36,690 --> 00:32:33,400 farm in this last late load which 776 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:36,700 they'll much appreciate I'm sure but but 777 00:32:40,530 --> 00:32:38,050 we didn't change out too much of the 778 00:32:44,850 --> 00:32:40,540 special things we think they'll enjoy 779 00:32:49,980 --> 00:32:44,860 them anyway hey I just got a tweet this 780 00:32:52,310 --> 00:32:49,990 is from at Elvis in space and he asked 781 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:52,320 can you tell us a little bit more about 782 00:32:57,800 --> 00:32:55,210 the journey of sickness from the launch 783 00:33:00,180 --> 00:32:57,810 pad to the International Space Station 784 00:33:01,470 --> 00:33:00,190 Elvis is in charge of our operation some 785 00:33:05,890 --> 00:33:01,480 a little bit disturbed that he's asking 786 00:33:12,140 --> 00:33:09,400 but we do have a video that I think will 787 00:33:14,690 --> 00:33:12,150 show a little bit about our trip to 788 00:33:16,460 --> 00:33:14,700 space and if we could roll that if I 789 00:33:21,700 --> 00:33:16,470 didn't catch you too much by surprise I 790 00:33:27,140 --> 00:33:24,289 mark your mouth 5-inch accountant friend 791 00:33:29,930 --> 00:33:27,150 is green factory mba de this is the 792 00:33:32,780 --> 00:33:29,940 video from our demolition go and oreo 793 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:32,790 sickness it was quite an exciting time 794 00:33:38,510 --> 00:33:35,490 to get this close and see the countdown 795 00:33:41,330 --> 00:33:38,520 go so smoothly the end is ignited he 796 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:41,340 lifted off the pad majestically at same 797 00:33:46,610 --> 00:33:44,610 time thompson center at the GTA das and 798 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:46,620 accelerate slowly at first but then 799 00:33:51,799 --> 00:33:49,530 eventually gaining on us to me a great 800 00:33:53,150 --> 00:33:51,809 user in the rocket cam as we depart of 801 00:33:55,430 --> 00:33:53,160 the Eastern Shore of Virginia you can 802 00:33:59,590 --> 00:33:55,440 see Wallops Island beneath us there and 803 00:34:01,820 --> 00:33:59,600 the other lost facilities that are there 804 00:34:04,909 --> 00:34:01,830 it was a very smooth ride for sickness 805 00:34:08,060 --> 00:34:04,919 and went pretty much right on the money 806 00:34:13,070 --> 00:34:08,070 and entire vehicle did exactly what we 807 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:13,080 expected it to during burns for about 808 00:34:19,159 --> 00:34:15,210 four minutes three on the first day on 809 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:19,169 the first stage and then during its into 810 00:34:24,139 --> 00:34:21,810 the flight and then another five minutes 811 00:34:27,220 --> 00:34:24,149 I think again about stage two before 812 00:34:29,899 --> 00:34:27,230 they get to pay load delivered launch 813 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:29,909 and the end once we were in orbit we 814 00:34:35,510 --> 00:34:33,450 went through a number of tell with a few 815 00:34:38,210 --> 00:34:35,520 challenges actually and then had to wait 816 00:34:40,879 --> 00:34:38,220 for the Soyuz to to talk before we could 817 00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:40,889 approach but once we did it was a rock 818 00:34:44,629 --> 00:34:42,210 solid 819 00:34:46,730 --> 00:34:44,639 up the arm bar as we approach the 820 00:34:51,500 --> 00:34:46,740 station and the crewmen air-to-ground 821 00:34:53,659 --> 00:34:51,510 was the hour GNC team is Frank tomorrow 822 00:34:58,370 --> 00:34:53,669 in the back guy with his touchdown dance 823 00:35:00,650 --> 00:34:58,380 and the team was very excited to to 824 00:35:04,849 --> 00:35:00,660 seasickness finally grappled and now 825 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:04,859 it's NASA's problem as somebody said but 826 00:35:08,690 --> 00:35:07,410 NASA the crew did a great job of Luca 827 00:35:12,020 --> 00:35:08,700 and the folks did a great job of 828 00:35:13,339 --> 00:35:12,030 attaching it to the node to they really 829 00:35:15,620 --> 00:35:13,349 wanted to get in that do it the first 830 00:35:17,329 --> 00:35:15,630 day but finally the second day we NASA 831 00:35:19,130 --> 00:35:17,339 let him open the hatch and they were 832 00:35:22,250 --> 00:35:19,140 able to get inside and see the cargo and 833 00:35:23,780 --> 00:35:22,260 the few little gifts that we had and the 834 00:35:26,109 --> 00:35:23,790 chocolate of course which is a big 835 00:35:29,690 --> 00:35:26,119 favorite that we had provided for them 836 00:35:32,740 --> 00:35:29,700 that's a picture of our team that worked 837 00:35:34,579 --> 00:35:32,750 on the sickness the development 838 00:35:37,339 --> 00:35:34,589 integration and test and their 839 00:35:38,599 --> 00:35:37,349 signatures that flew in space and we may 840 00:35:40,460 --> 00:35:38,609 get that back down here on earth someday 841 00:35:44,510 --> 00:35:40,470 and display it in the company we hope it 842 00:35:47,870 --> 00:35:44,520 comes back after 23 days I think it was 843 00:35:50,450 --> 00:35:47,880 on orbit we on we're on birthed and 844 00:35:53,060 --> 00:35:50,460 released from the space station and the 845 00:35:55,339 --> 00:35:53,070 next day re-entered the atmosphere above 846 00:35:57,589 --> 00:35:55,349 the Pacific just north of New Zealand 847 00:36:00,290 --> 00:35:57,599 and burned up on re-entry and disposed 848 00:36:02,900 --> 00:36:00,300 of the cargo as we were supposed to so a 849 00:36:05,660 --> 00:36:02,910 very successful mission and very proud 850 00:36:07,220 --> 00:36:05,670 of what the team has done we expect 851 00:36:09,620 --> 00:36:07,230 something similar this time we could be 852 00:36:11,780 --> 00:36:09,630 on orbit anywhere between 30 and 45 days 853 00:36:14,270 --> 00:36:11,790 this time depending on the schedule but 854 00:36:15,829 --> 00:36:14,280 they know we know that the crew and the 855 00:36:18,020 --> 00:36:15,839 program want to fill it up with as much 856 00:36:18,990 --> 00:36:18,030 disposal cargo as they can so we're 857 00:36:22,770 --> 00:36:19,000 prepared to 858 00:36:26,150 --> 00:36:22,780 do that any other questions I don't mean 859 00:36:28,110 --> 00:36:26,160 to take over your job please please 860 00:36:29,670 --> 00:36:28,120 sounds like that'll do that's a perfect 861 00:36:30,810 --> 00:36:29,680 note to end on a look ahead to so many 862 00:36:32,670 --> 00:36:30,820 things we can expect with launch 863 00:36:35,220 --> 00:36:32,680 tomorrow and the operations that will 864 00:36:36,810 --> 00:36:35,230 take us through a Sunday birthing of the 865 00:36:37,950 --> 00:36:36,820 orbital one mission again you can find 866 00:36:42,990 --> 00:36:37,960 out more information to follow the 867 00:36:44,940 --> 00:36:43,000 mission at wwsd gov / station please 868 00:36:53,180 --> 00:36:44,950 help me thank our panelists for their