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you're looking at the historic b test

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complex at nasa's stennis space center

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where we're about to do a second green

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run hot fire test firing up the core

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stage of our new space launch system

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good afternoon i'm lee d'angelo

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this stage we're testing today will be

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part of the rocket which will soon

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launch from nasa's kennedy space center

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on the artemis 1 mission

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that launch will send an uncrewed orion

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spacecraft beyond the moon and back to

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it's the first flight of the artemis

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program which will return american

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astronauts to the moon and pave the way

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for exploration of mars

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the space launch system will be the most

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powerful rocket in the world and is the

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only rocket that can send the orion

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now we first tested this core stage on

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that marked a major milestone firing all

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first time for about a minute

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nasa and boeing decided to do a second

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teams have been working hard to get to

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this point and the test countdown

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actually started a couple of days ago

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here to update us on where things stand

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is nasa public affairs officer catherine

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hamilton and headquarters green run

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manager bill robel in one of our test

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control centers here catherine

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thanks lee we're inside a secondary test

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we're listening in to provide you

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updates as the team progresses through

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their steps for this operation we

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believe we're within about 45 minutes of

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the team actually started two days ago

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and they checked out all the systems

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that they had tested on previous tests

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earlier this morning they conducted a go

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i have bill robel here with me to tell

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us a little bit more bill can you tell

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yeah sure will so

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at this point we've been in uh kind of

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replenish mold mode for both the liquid

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we've got at this point 540 000 gallons

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of liquid hydrogen on board and another

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and what's important about all of this

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down at kennedy space center where not

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only do they have these things to worry

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about but then they've also got to do

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extraneous things that they have to do

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here and the difference right at kennedy

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test window and we believe we're within

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thanks catherine and bill and we will

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now if you are just joining us welcome

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we're live at nasa's stennis space

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center in mississippi and we're

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following the second green run hot fire

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test of the space launch system rockets

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all of the plumbing that work together

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the green in green run refers to new

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untested rocket hardware so this is a

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comprehensive series of tests of all the

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super heavy lift rocket and provides the

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four rs-25 engines this rocket provides

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sound and an altitude of more than 100

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miles in just over 8 minutes offering

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mass than any rocket built today under

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configuration the core stage towering

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hydrogen and 196 000 gallons of liquid

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stage's components one by one and taking

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it through the series of tests that make

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up the green run over the past year

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today's test will take us from extreme

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the hubble space telescope servicing

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artemis 1 will lift off from launch pad

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39b at nasa's kennedy space center in

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florida with 8.8 million pounds of

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thrust provided by the most powerful

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rocket in the world our space launch

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system rocket or sls the uncrewed flight

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will be the first integrated test of sls

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our new orion spacecraft and exploration

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ground systems at kennedy

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artemis one will send orion beyond the

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moon 280 000 miles from earth farther

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than any human spacecraft has ever flown

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this is not nasa doing this this is the

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united states of america doing this this

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program the artemis program and there

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are companies all across our country

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that have a part in it so there is kind

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of this wave of excitement being

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generated just by saying we're going

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back to the moon

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after the upper stage of the rocket

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separates from orion the upper stage

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will deploy small satellites over

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several days to perform science

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experiments and technology

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demonstrations

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orion will make its multi-day outbound

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trip to the moon propelled by a service

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module provided by the european space

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agency

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engineers will test orion's systems on

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the way to the moon then orion will fly

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about 60 miles above the lunar surface

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using the moon's gravity and engines on

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the surface module to enter a lunar

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orbit

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after about a month and a total distance

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of over a million miles orion will

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return home faster and hotter than any

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spacecraft has before a primary goal of

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artemis 1 ensure orion safely returns to

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earth before we fly with humans when we

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do we'll build our capability for

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sustainable lunar exploration preparing

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us for missions farther into the solar

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initially what we'd like to do is start

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establishing a presence on the moon so

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we're going to establish going back

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there on a regular basis and then we'll

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end up setting up gateway and we would

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launch to the gateway and from gateway

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we are there for you know weeks months

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on end and there we're gonna be able to

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test out all the hardware and the

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habitats and the hatches and the suits

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and the rovers that'll allow us to prove

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the moon will lead the way to mars and

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we should be there you know within the

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next couple decades

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just amazing

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and now we are going to hand things over

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to catherine and bill again in the

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control center

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catherine thanks lee we are in the

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secondary test control

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and uh outside the control room here

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listening in so that we can provide you

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updates uh bill can you give us an

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update on how things are progressing

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yeah so they're uh in the process now of

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uh going through the final checks are

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everything's really nicely

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going really great today so uh

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everything's right on schedule nominal

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they're trying to do this thing what

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they call right now is jump the clock

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which is trying to work it a little bit

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ahead so they're in the process of

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resetting the clock and making sure that

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when they get to that 10 minute point

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that it doesn't continue to count down

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because that's that's where they have to

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go that pole well ahead of that so

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they're working on setting that stuff up

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right now

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all right

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so we'll continue to stand by and listen

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and provide updates and as we mentioned

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earlier the team previously conducted a

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hot fire test in january the engines did

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shut down earlier than planned during

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that test but the january 16th test

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successfully completed several

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operations for the first time

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they were able to transition to the

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automated launch sequence

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operated by the core stage flight

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computer and the green run test software

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they completed the terminal countdown

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sequence that is like the launch

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countdown

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they also pressurized the tanks and

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delivered the propellant to the engines

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and demonstrated the performance of the

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core stage as main propulsion system

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firing the engines at 109 power and they

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operated the thrust vector control

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system that steers the engines

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so it's a smooth countdown so far today

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and we'll keep standing by we'll take a

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pause for here for a moment and we'll

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[Applause]

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the b1 b2 test stand that you're seeing

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there

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is a dual position vertical firing

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facility with the b1

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side equipped for single engine tests

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and the b2 side designed for

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rocket stages

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the stand is anchored to the ground with

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144 feet of steel and concrete

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we talked a little bit about the history

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of the rs25 engines and the b2 stand

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which is where the sls core stage is

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secured now also has quite a bit of

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history

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it was used in the 1960s to test saturn

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v rocket stages that carried humans to

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the moon during the apollo program

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and the space shuttle main propulsion

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test article consisting of

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an external tank and three main engines

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linked together with a simulated shuttle

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orbiter was also tested on the v2 stand

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the b2 stand has been modified to test

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the sls core stage for the artemis

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program that will return humans to the

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moon

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with a new steel superstructure added

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for testing the sls core stage the stand

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is now almost 350 feet high

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ranking it as one of the tallest

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for a little bit more about the rs25

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engines

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size of a compact car if the engine were

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turned on its side

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standing up they are each 14 feet tall

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and eight feet in diameter

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they each weigh about eight thousand

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pounds

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the rs-25 is designed to operate in

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extreme temperatures from negative

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423 degrees fahrenheit to

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6000 degrees fahrenheit and as we

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mentioned today's test will go from

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extreme cold to extreme hot

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when the hot gases exit the rs-25s

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nozzle

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they travel at 13 times the speed of

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sound which is fast enough to travel

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from los angeles to new york city in

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about 15 minutes

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the core stage itself stands 212 feet

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tall

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and at a diameter of 27.6 feet and

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weighs about 2.3 million pounds when

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so the next major milestone coming up

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will be the pull for the terminal count

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it's the last 10 minutes of the

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countdown

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bill can you tell us a little bit about

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what we can expect to hear during the

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terminal count

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yeah so

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just ahead of terminal account we'll

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hopefully get that call they'll do a

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poll

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which is all the members of the team

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basically getting their go for going

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into that terminal account sequencer and

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then once we actually get into it

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there's at least 500 different events

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that take place in that last 10 minutes

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so i'll not uh go through each one of

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those

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with you but i there are some uh pretty

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good ones i think that highlight you

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know kind of what what the major ones

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should be or are

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we've got

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and then we've also got

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to

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operations which is where they'll

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pressurize the hydrogen tank

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it'll start doing that on its own as

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well

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initiate ground helium spin start supply

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to the cappus so initially when the

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kappas come up they'll be running off of

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uh

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the engines when they when they come up

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as part of the place a little bit about

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what the capos are yeah so that's

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the core stage auxiliary power units

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they're variants of the uh ones that

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were flown on shuttle the difference is

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is that where those were hydrazine

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powered uh these are basically runoff

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inert gas

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and then into hydrogen off of the

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engines when they get into the plus

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count

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so it's it's basically the

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it's basically a turbine system

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that uh spins a uh

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a pump and that pump then in turn uh

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pressurizes the uh

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the oil in that system and through a

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series of valves and commands they could

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then go ahead and actuate the actuators

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that are mounted to each of the engines

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after that we'll get into

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the liquid oxygen terminate uh and

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liquid oxygen replenish will stop that

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operation

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um

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and then

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we'll go into caffu starts and that's

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where each one of this those

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core stage auxiliary power units will be

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powered up and that takes you know on

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the order of about 30 seconds to bring

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each one of those units up they're done

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individually

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and then they they

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basically move into

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transitioning until the lox tank

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pressurization operations

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they do a tvc

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gimbal profile on helium so that's

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actually

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something different that you won't see

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in the plus count in other words we do a

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lot of actuation of the tvc system in

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that but we don't move it as far because

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of the limits we've got in the stand for

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how hard

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are you moving it relative to having you

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know the

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the engines burning at that time so in

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the pre-count we'll basically get the

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full movement the full gimbal full

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displacement and then uh once they get

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into the plus count they will not do

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that but they'll do some other things

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um and then uh after after that's

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complete

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uh they'll basically

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um bring the actuators into their null

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basically they'll go ahead and make sure

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the engines are ready to go ahead and

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start

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they will then

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transition the core stage to internal

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power

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uh they they do have what they've

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redundant inertial navigation unit

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they've got a gyrocompass alignment that

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they'll that they'll finish up

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and uh that's when we get into the next

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big sequence which is the go for the

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automated launch sequencer and that'll

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start roughly at 33 seconds

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so that's that's uh that's kind of the

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big steps to take place up to that point

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and um what's what what happens once we

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00:29:43,190 --> 00:29:40,960
get into that als is that if we have to

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recycle and that's a that's a big deal

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it's probably not something we can

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00:29:50,630 --> 00:29:48,799
recover from that easily on on day of um

562
00:29:53,190 --> 00:29:50,640
but ahead of that we can basically

563
00:29:54,389 --> 00:29:53,200
recycle back to the 10 minute mark

564
00:29:56,470 --> 00:29:54,399
uh and then

565
00:29:57,909 --> 00:29:56,480
it would take us probably an hour to to

566
00:29:59,750 --> 00:29:57,919
get back into position where we could go

567
00:30:02,789 --> 00:29:59,760
through it again but that that's kind of

568
00:30:05,590 --> 00:30:04,310
thank you so it sounds like the majority

569
00:30:07,510 --> 00:30:05,600
of the calls are actually going to come

570
00:30:08,549 --> 00:30:07,520
in the last five minutes of the terminal

571
00:30:10,230 --> 00:30:08,559
count

572
00:30:11,269 --> 00:30:10,240
um

573
00:30:13,269 --> 00:30:11,279
and so

574
00:30:15,590 --> 00:30:13,279
we're waiting to hear when we are ready

575
00:30:17,430 --> 00:30:15,600
for the the poll for the go no go into

576
00:30:18,950 --> 00:30:17,440
the terminal count

577
00:30:20,310 --> 00:30:18,960
so we'll stand by for a little bit here

578
00:38:28,710 --> 00:30:20,320
and then we'll come back when we have

579
00:38:33,750 --> 00:38:30,630
for the artemis one launch there will be

580
00:38:35,190 --> 00:38:33,760
a built-in hold before the go no go pull

581
00:38:37,270 --> 00:38:35,200
to go into the terminal count with the

582
00:38:39,670 --> 00:38:37,280
last 10 minutes of the countdown this

583
00:38:41,349 --> 00:38:39,680
isn't quite the same but it is similar

584
00:38:43,510 --> 00:38:41,359
the team takes a look at the data from

585
00:38:44,870 --> 00:38:43,520
the vehicle and the facility and ensures

586
00:38:47,109 --> 00:38:44,880
that everything looks good before

587
00:38:48,550 --> 00:38:47,119
proceeding into the terminal count

588
00:38:50,790 --> 00:38:48,560
so we're just a little more than 10

589
00:38:52,470 --> 00:38:50,800
minutes away from our t0 time now to

590
00:38:54,470 --> 00:38:52,480
fire up the engines

591
00:38:56,310 --> 00:38:54,480
and when those engines fire up the team

592
00:38:58,550 --> 00:38:56,320
is looking to get at least four minutes

593
00:39:00,550 --> 00:38:58,560
of data to support the test objectives

594
00:39:02,870 --> 00:39:00,560
needed to confirm that sls is ready to

595
00:39:04,870 --> 00:39:02,880
launch artemis missions from there they

596
00:39:06,390 --> 00:39:04,880
will continue to let the engines fire

597
00:39:07,990 --> 00:39:06,400
and to burn through all of the fuel in

598
00:39:09,990 --> 00:39:08,000
the tanks and possibly pick up

599
00:39:11,750 --> 00:39:10,000
additional data for some secondary test

600
00:39:13,109 --> 00:39:11,760
objectives

601
00:39:14,950 --> 00:39:13,119
during launch and ascent for artemis

602
00:39:16,710 --> 00:39:14,960
missions we expect the engines to fire

603
00:39:18,950 --> 00:39:16,720
for about eight minutes to drain the

604
00:39:20,790 --> 00:39:18,960
tanks of the propellant before what is

605
00:39:21,990 --> 00:39:20,800
uh called the main engine cutoff or

606
00:39:23,190 --> 00:39:22,000
mikko

607
00:39:24,630 --> 00:39:23,200
so

608
00:39:28,470 --> 00:39:24,640
bill tell us a little bit about what we

609
00:39:30,390 --> 00:39:28,480
can expect after hot fire starts

610
00:39:32,950 --> 00:39:30,400
okay so uh the other thing i'd say is

611
00:39:34,230 --> 00:39:32,960
i'm also listening in so we if we get to

612
00:39:36,230 --> 00:39:34,240
the point where they're gonna call for

613
00:39:38,550 --> 00:39:36,240
the poll i'll just tell you to pick it

614
00:39:40,790 --> 00:39:38,560
up at that point but so where i left off

615
00:39:43,270 --> 00:39:40,800
was with als start so that's roughly 30

616
00:39:44,950 --> 00:39:43,280
seconds before they actually start we

617
00:39:46,390 --> 00:39:44,960
would then bring on the hydrogen burn

618
00:39:48,150 --> 00:39:46,400
off igniters

619
00:39:49,670 --> 00:39:48,160
which are basically a series of flares

620
00:39:52,230 --> 00:39:49,680
that are built into the stand to pick up

621
00:39:54,069 --> 00:39:52,240
any residual hydrogen and basically

622
00:39:56,390 --> 00:39:54,079
dissipate all that

623
00:39:57,430 --> 00:39:56,400
they'll finish with the uh renew

624
00:39:59,990 --> 00:39:57,440
redundant

625
00:40:02,550 --> 00:40:00,000
alignment navigation mode

626
00:40:04,550 --> 00:40:02,560
um and then basically they go into at

627
00:40:08,150 --> 00:40:04,560
roughly six minutes

628
00:40:10,950 --> 00:40:08,160
they'll do the rs25 starts and those uh

629
00:40:12,550 --> 00:40:10,960
they bring up one at a time and uh

630
00:40:15,510 --> 00:40:12,560
roughly it's at

631
00:40:17,430 --> 00:40:15,520
five six seconds they'll start that at

632
00:40:19,670 --> 00:40:17,440
five six one second they'll be up and

633
00:40:22,230 --> 00:40:19,680
running at 100

634
00:40:25,589 --> 00:40:22,240
and uh

635
00:40:29,670 --> 00:40:25,599
with that i think we're getting ready to

636
00:40:32,150 --> 00:40:31,510
but um

637
00:40:36,829 --> 00:40:32,160
as

638
00:40:40,150 --> 00:40:36,839
of it we'll hear the

639
00:40:41,990 --> 00:40:40,160
uh basically the the the engines will

640
00:40:43,510 --> 00:40:42,000
come to 109

641
00:40:46,550 --> 00:40:43,520
thrust level

642
00:40:48,710 --> 00:40:46,560
and then we'll go into the first

643
00:40:50,950 --> 00:40:48,720
poll at

644
00:40:53,030 --> 00:40:50,960
the gimbal profile so i think what we

645
00:40:55,510 --> 00:40:53,040
should do at this point is switch over

646
00:41:01,910 --> 00:40:55,520
if we can pick that part of it up all

647
00:41:06,550 --> 00:41:04,390
correct uh time pack as the seat puncher

648
00:41:09,589 --> 00:41:06,560
steps through there reminder to

649
00:41:11,670 --> 00:41:09,599
everybody we after we get past 557 and

650
00:41:13,990 --> 00:41:11,680
after we terminate lh2

651
00:41:16,230 --> 00:41:14,000
system securing we only have two minutes

652
00:41:17,829 --> 00:41:16,240
35 seconds at full time before we have

653
00:41:19,589 --> 00:41:17,839
to recycle back

654
00:41:21,510 --> 00:41:19,599
also another reminder to everybody when

655
00:41:24,069 --> 00:41:21,520
we do the switch to internal power we

656
00:41:25,030 --> 00:41:24,079
will get the christmas tree effect on

657
00:41:27,190 --> 00:41:25,040
the uh

658
00:41:29,349 --> 00:41:27,200
avionics screen so that is

659
00:41:31,510 --> 00:41:29,359
normal that is to be

660
00:41:32,950 --> 00:41:31,520
expected so just remind everybody that

661
00:41:40,309 --> 00:41:32,960
we look at that christmas tree effect

662
00:41:43,670 --> 00:41:41,349
all right

663
00:41:44,790 --> 00:41:43,680
right sequencer on your

664
00:41:46,309 --> 00:41:44,800
on your command let's go ahead and

665
00:41:49,670 --> 00:41:46,319
initiate the terminal count sequencer

666
00:41:50,790 --> 00:41:49,680
for sub step alpha and record uct utc

667
00:41:58,550 --> 00:41:50,800
time please

668
00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:02,870
okay kecount has resolved

669
00:42:09,589 --> 00:42:05,589
and give us a utc real quick please

670
00:42:12,870 --> 00:42:11,589
copy zero seven seven twenty twenty

671
00:42:56,790 --> 00:42:12,880
seven twelve

672
00:42:56,800 --> 00:43:07,430
see my assignments

673
00:43:11,270 --> 00:43:09,030
all right it sounds like we actually

674
00:43:12,950 --> 00:43:11,280
missed the poll so we are in the

675
00:43:14,630 --> 00:43:12,960
terminal count sequence now and we are

676
00:43:56,710 --> 00:43:14,640
standing by and listening as they

677
00:43:56,720 --> 00:44:56,470
he might say man

678
00:45:00,630 --> 00:44:59,030
t-minus seven minutes

679
00:45:21,270 --> 00:45:00,640
let's place your reporters into

680
00:45:56,870 --> 00:45:24,470
and we're about six and a half minutes

681
00:46:56,630 --> 00:45:58,950
and t my six minutes starting lh2

682
00:47:28,870 --> 00:46:59,030
t minus five minutes initiating tvc spin

683
00:47:34,069 --> 00:47:31,270
yeah so so at this point uh they

684
00:47:35,910 --> 00:47:34,079
basically initiated uh kappu start

685
00:47:38,549 --> 00:47:35,920
uh and and basically those will be

686
00:47:39,990 --> 00:47:38,559
coming up on helium they'll go into a

687
00:47:42,150 --> 00:47:40,000
what we call the wiggle test which is

688
00:47:44,630 --> 00:47:42,160
where they'll gamble the engines

689
00:47:47,349 --> 00:47:44,640
um and then so so that's uh

690
00:47:49,270 --> 00:47:47,359
basically coming up here in uh

691
00:47:52,870 --> 00:47:49,280
just a couple of minutes

692
00:47:54,790 --> 00:47:52,880
uh on the on the plus side of of that

693
00:47:56,470 --> 00:47:54,800
uh you know once we get into the engine

694
00:47:57,910 --> 00:47:56,480
starts um

695
00:48:01,109 --> 00:47:57,920
t minus four minutes

696
00:48:02,870 --> 00:48:01,119
start starting l02 securing okay so l2

697
00:48:04,870 --> 00:48:02,880
is being secured now so that they're

698
00:48:08,710 --> 00:48:04,880
getting they're really moving forward in

699
00:48:08,720 --> 00:48:16,230
still roughly at t minus

700
00:48:16,240 --> 00:48:18,710
three minutes

701
00:48:22,950 --> 00:48:21,349
and so with that we should be seeing the

702
00:48:25,910 --> 00:48:22,960
um

703
00:48:30,630 --> 00:48:25,920
tvc gimbal profile here in about uh half

704
00:48:36,150 --> 00:48:33,670
basically at this point they've got uh

705
00:48:38,309 --> 00:48:36,160
the water system all turned on you can

706
00:48:40,790 --> 00:48:38,319
go see that in some of the views

707
00:48:42,230 --> 00:48:40,800
and that'll basically take care of uh

708
00:48:44,230 --> 00:48:42,240
not only the heat coming off of the

709
00:48:45,589 --> 00:48:44,240
engines but also dampen uh the

710
00:48:49,670 --> 00:48:45,599
tremendous amount of noise that will be

711
00:48:53,990 --> 00:48:51,670
as mentioned earlier hydrogen burn-off

712
00:48:56,309 --> 00:48:54,000
igniters uh will come on

713
00:48:58,069 --> 00:48:56,319
at about 12 seconds

714
00:48:59,910 --> 00:48:58,079
uh t-minus three minutes starting with

715
00:49:01,750 --> 00:48:59,920
psn4

716
00:49:04,470 --> 00:49:01,760
the uh

717
00:49:05,589 --> 00:49:04,480
navigation mode uh will be complete at

718
00:49:07,670 --> 00:49:05,599
about 10

719
00:49:08,790 --> 00:49:07,680
t minus 10 seconds

720
00:49:11,190 --> 00:49:08,800
and then

721
00:49:12,790 --> 00:49:11,200
basically the enable command for als at

722
00:49:14,870 --> 00:49:12,800
9.2 seconds

723
00:49:16,470 --> 00:49:14,880
and then we go into engine start roughly

724
00:49:18,230 --> 00:49:16,480
at six seconds

725
00:49:19,670 --> 00:49:18,240
those uh take about five seconds to come

726
00:49:21,109 --> 00:49:19,680
off the full operating

727
00:49:23,109 --> 00:49:21,119
uh pressures

728
00:49:25,190 --> 00:49:23,119
and uh basically at that point the stage

729
00:49:27,190 --> 00:49:25,200
controller we go for launch

730
00:49:28,390 --> 00:49:27,200
or go for test in this case at two

731
00:49:31,829 --> 00:49:28,400
seconds

732
00:49:36,549 --> 00:49:31,839
and um basically we go forward into our

733
00:49:39,109 --> 00:49:37,589
all right

734
00:49:56,470 --> 00:49:39,119
we're coming up on twitter again we'll

735
00:49:56,480 --> 00:50:00,790
two minus two minutes

736
00:50:04,230 --> 00:50:02,309
so a call was they just announced that

737
00:50:06,470 --> 00:50:04,240
t-minus two minutes uh which is

738
00:50:08,390 --> 00:50:06,480
basically they have finished uh the

739
00:50:09,829 --> 00:50:08,400
gimbal test with the actuators and

740
00:50:11,750 --> 00:50:09,839
they're bringing them back into the null

741
00:50:13,589 --> 00:50:11,760
position

742
00:50:16,069 --> 00:50:13,599
and then basically at this point they

743
00:50:20,470 --> 00:50:16,079
basically are getting ready for powering

744
00:50:24,470 --> 00:50:23,510
again core stage transitions to internal

745
00:50:26,710 --> 00:50:24,480
power

746
00:50:28,069 --> 00:50:26,720
at roughly a minute and 30 seconds out t

747
00:50:30,549 --> 00:50:28,079
minus one thirty switching internal

748
00:50:38,069 --> 00:50:32,950
and then uh if renewed our compass

749
00:50:44,950 --> 00:50:40,549
and then we'll have to go for uh als and

750
00:50:44,960 --> 00:50:57,190
that t-minus 33 seconds

751
00:51:18,230 --> 00:50:58,710
t minus one minute following personnel

752
00:51:26,870 --> 00:51:19,910
basically the water system has come on

753
00:51:30,950 --> 00:51:29,510
all right you might think we're an als

754
00:51:33,910 --> 00:51:30,960
and you just got the

755
00:51:35,910 --> 00:51:33,920
the official start of als

756
00:51:38,870 --> 00:51:35,920
next up is the hydrogen burn-off

757
00:51:46,950 --> 00:51:38,880
igniters come on at 12 seconds before

758
00:51:46,960 --> 00:52:03,030
is on go for engine start h-boys

759
00:52:03,040 --> 00:52:57,990
in control

760
00:53:25,109 --> 00:53:00,150
for 60 seconds starting cbc profile

761
00:53:25,119 --> 00:53:42,069
okay first time we've got a fire

762
00:53:42,079 --> 00:53:58,069
i can't pull it off

763
00:53:58,079 --> 00:54:03,220
remember

764
00:54:03,230 --> 00:54:30,309
[Music]

765
00:55:47,829 --> 00:55:29,589
a

766
00:55:47,839 --> 00:56:06,020
you

767
00:56:06,030 --> 00:56:27,510
[Music]

768
00:56:27,520 --> 00:56:37,750
profile

769
00:56:37,760 --> 00:56:58,150
16.

770
00:56:58,160 --> 00:57:31,829
keep watching

771
00:57:58,150 --> 00:57:33,510
we're just over five and a half minutes

772
00:57:58,160 --> 00:58:11,430
six minutes

773
00:58:11,440 --> 00:58:32,549
16.

774
00:58:32,559 --> 00:58:48,829
thank you

775
00:59:26,950 --> 00:58:51,030
violations we're coming up on seven

776
00:59:57,670 --> 00:59:28,789
and two plus seven thirty seconds our

777
00:59:57,680 --> 01:00:16,069
people hate man available

778
01:00:21,510 --> 01:00:17,349
all right

779
01:00:25,349 --> 01:00:21,520
rea i can ever rea on channel 16.

780
01:00:29,630 --> 01:00:27,510
ra on channel 16

781
01:00:32,630 --> 01:00:29,640
engine

782
01:00:35,750 --> 01:00:32,640
foreign shutdown standby correct correct

783
01:00:38,150 --> 01:00:35,760
personnel that takes us to page 656 all

784
01:00:43,190 --> 01:00:38,160
personnel go to page 656 to start the

785
01:00:47,030 --> 01:00:44,789
all right

786
01:00:48,470 --> 01:00:47,040
personnel um bill as you said earlier as

787
01:00:50,230 --> 01:00:48,480
we talked about earlier the team was

788
01:00:52,470 --> 01:00:50,240
hoping to get at least four minutes of

789
01:00:57,430 --> 01:00:52,480
data

790
01:00:57,440 --> 01:01:13,589
um

791
01:01:18,470 --> 01:01:15,829
all right they are proceeding with the

792
01:01:19,829 --> 01:01:18,480
their shutdown procedures now as we said

793
01:01:21,589 --> 01:01:19,839
earlier the team was hoping to get at

794
01:01:23,349 --> 01:01:21,599
least four minutes of data and they did

795
01:01:25,270 --> 01:01:23,359
get more than ten then eight minutes

796
01:01:27,030 --> 01:01:25,280
excuse me so they should have gotten

797
01:01:28,789 --> 01:01:27,040
what they need the team will obviously

798
01:01:31,270 --> 01:01:28,799
need to look at that data but based on

799
01:01:32,789 --> 01:01:31,280
what we've seen uh bill tell us more

800
01:01:35,910 --> 01:01:32,799
about what would it look like to you

801
01:01:37,589 --> 01:01:35,920
yeah so they uh clearly got the

802
01:01:39,190 --> 01:01:37,599
full duration that they were after which

803
01:01:40,950 --> 01:01:39,200
is really great news and i think you

804
01:01:42,630 --> 01:01:40,960
heard the applause they had you know the

805
01:01:44,789 --> 01:01:42,640
commander shut down which is exactly

806
01:01:47,750 --> 01:01:44,799
what they were looking for they had no

807
01:01:49,750 --> 01:01:47,760
tcc violations uh test commit criteria

808
01:01:51,829 --> 01:01:49,760
violations that would have prompted an

809
01:01:54,069 --> 01:01:51,839
early shutdown so that was really good

810
01:01:55,510 --> 01:01:54,079
news um you know clearly there's a lot

811
01:01:58,069 --> 01:01:55,520
of data now that's going to have to be

812
01:01:59,670 --> 01:01:58,079
analyzed the engineers got to see

813
01:02:02,069 --> 01:01:59,680
what worked what didn't or what needs to

814
01:02:04,950 --> 01:02:02,079
be tweaked and what doesn't but that

815
01:02:07,190 --> 01:02:04,960
said i think the applause says a lot

816
01:02:08,549 --> 01:02:07,200
about how the team feels

817
01:02:09,190 --> 01:02:08,559
you know that they got through the test

818
01:02:14,710 --> 01:02:09,200
and

819
01:02:19,349 --> 01:02:17,109
yeah so um

820
01:02:21,589 --> 01:02:19,359
there was some uh you know observed uh

821
01:02:24,069 --> 01:02:21,599
burning on the aft end uh one of the

822
01:02:25,990 --> 01:02:24,079
things that boeing had done uh pri after

823
01:02:28,630 --> 01:02:26,000
the last test was to apply

824
01:02:30,710 --> 01:02:28,640
uh a lot of extra cork to the aft end

825
01:02:32,470 --> 01:02:30,720
because we're we aren't gonna

826
01:02:34,630 --> 01:02:32,480
we didn't unfortunately with this test

827
01:02:36,950 --> 01:02:34,640
right we're not flying through uh the

828
01:02:38,230 --> 01:02:36,960
thin air as you as we ascend

829
01:02:39,349 --> 01:02:38,240
and so we knew we were going to have

830
01:02:41,190 --> 01:02:39,359
more of that and that was one of the

831
01:02:43,910 --> 01:02:41,200
reasons why they added that they also

832
01:02:45,670 --> 01:02:43,920
put a tape covering over the top of that

833
01:02:47,589 --> 01:02:45,680
we knew that you know if the tape gets

834
01:02:49,190 --> 01:02:47,599
hot enough that adhesive layer below the

835
01:02:51,430 --> 01:02:49,200
tape surface is going to start burning

836
01:02:53,349 --> 01:02:51,440
him so we clearly saw a lot of that

837
01:02:54,950 --> 01:02:53,359
but there was nothing that prompted a

838
01:02:57,510 --> 01:02:54,960
shutdown early which was which was

839
01:02:59,270 --> 01:02:57,520
really good news

840
01:03:01,190 --> 01:02:59,280
great thank you bill i think that's all

841
01:03:02,470 --> 01:03:01,200
the updates that we'll have for you here

842
01:03:04,069 --> 01:03:02,480
as the team proceeds through their

843
01:03:08,150 --> 01:03:04,079
shutdown procedures so we'll turn it

844
01:03:11,670 --> 01:03:10,549
thank you catherine congratulations to

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the team

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so as the engineers gather the data from

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today we look ahead to the next steps

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this core stage will be refurbished and

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sent by barge to our kennedy space

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center in florida

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there it will be stacked in the iconic

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vehicle assembly building with other

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elements of the sls rocket including the

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twin solid rocket boosters which our

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teams are have already begun stacking on

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the mobile launcher

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the core stage and boosters will then be

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stacked with the upper stage and the

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orion spacecraft

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all of this work putting us on track to

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roll out to launch pad 39b for a liftoff

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later this year on artemis one

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we've got several other firsts on the

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horizon

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this year the first of our commercial

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lunar payload services or clips missions

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begin with two companies delivering

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instruments to the lunar surface

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the golf cart sized viper rover will

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search for water at the moon's south

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pole and a small cubesat called capstone

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will head to the moon scouting the orbit

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to be used on later human missions

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meanwhile the hardware for the next two

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artemis missions which will carry

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astronauts to the moon is coming

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together the orion spacecraft for

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artemis ii is down at kennedy undergoing

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assembly and the spacecraft for artemis

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iii as well as the rockets for artemis

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two and three are also being

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manufactured right now at mishu

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so that wraps it up for us here today

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after a major milestone on america's

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return of astronauts to the lunar

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surface a successful test of the core

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stage of the space launch system rocket

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up next we'll be replaying the test and

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we will have a post-test briefing in

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about two hours here on nasa television

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we invite you to follow all of our

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progress online at nasa.gov artemis

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program or join the conversation online

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with at nasa artemis and at nasa

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underscore sls

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panel personnel we've got engine

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starting for the plus account one

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to monitor your system and grass is in

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second starting profile

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i can't pull it off

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remember

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[Music]

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m

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[Applause]

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three and a half minutes

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okay

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people

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we're just over five and a half minutes

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people six minutes

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15.

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thank you

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we're coming up on seven minutes of

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and two plus seven minutes thirty

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all right so we're just over eight

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minutes into the plus count

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rea on channel 16.

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all right

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shut down standby

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68 and 1972 america launched nine human

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missions to the moon six of which