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this is mission control houston you're

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looking live at launch pad 0a at the

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mid-atlantic regional spaceport on

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wallops island virginia

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this view of northrop grumman's and

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harry's rocket poised on top of the pad

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towering 133 feet tall fully fueled

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ready to launch over 8 000 pounds of

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research fresh food technology

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demonstrations and supplies to the

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international space station

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this is northrop grumman's crs 17

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mission and liftoff is set for 11 40 and

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3 seconds am central time 12 40 and 3

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seconds pm eastern time at the start of

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the first stage is already loaded with

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its fuel to launch into space liquid

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oxygen and rp1 kerosene the second stage

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of antares is a solid rocket motor lc

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prep 2 hss asc is paused the weather

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conditions for today's launch are

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looking good it's currently 45 degrees

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and partly cloudy with winds at about 18

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teams all across the united states are

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supporting today's ng-17 launch

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at the wallops flight facility in

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wallops virginia which you see on your

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screen here northrop grumman engineers

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are monitoring today's countdown from

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the range control center copy that lead

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to you can resume

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they'll be counting down and walking us

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through the next 23 minutes until launch

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and they'll be in the control room from

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the point of liftoff to when the cygnus

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vehicle's second stage the complete

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steps through step 385

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just moments ago a poll was conducted of

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the engineering systems and everything

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also supporting today's cargo resupply

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mission is the team in dulles virginia

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here another team of northrop grumman

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engineers are standing by ready to take

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over the flight of cygnus after

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spacecraft separation occurs in mars

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tell i'll wait for your call back when

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the destination for cygnus following

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launch today and a two-day orbit is the

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teams in mission control houston are

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also monitoring the operations of the

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space station and watching today's

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roger that we'll check 389 the flight

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director during this orbit 2 shift is

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go ahead lc yeah provide status of cold

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yeah we're still monitoring lc uh we'll

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make a call between now and l minus 16

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the crew on board the international

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space station is enjoying their weekend

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with a day off involved with cleaning

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there are currently seven human beings

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living and working aboard the

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international space station as part of

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expedition 66.

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from left to right they are nasa

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astronaut raj achary and tom marshburn

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european space agency astronaut matthias

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maurer

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and piotr dubrov

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and nasa astronauts kayla barron and

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mandahai is in the midst of a

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record-breaking space flight in which he

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will become the american with the

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longest single space flight

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he's on his way to surpassing christina

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cook's 328-day mission which he'll break

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on march 3rd and on march 15th he'll

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break scott kelly's record of 340 days

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when vanda high returns to earth on

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march 30 30th he will have spent a

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we're t minus 20 minutes and counting

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until today's launch no issues being

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it is a tradition for each cygnus

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vehicle to be named after a significant

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space explorer who contributed to human

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today's cygnus being launched is named

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the ss piers sellers after late nasa

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astronaut and climate scientist pierre

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piers seller sellers began his career at

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nasa in 1982 and flew three times on the

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space shuttle aboard sts-112

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in total pierce sellers spent nearly 35

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and as an astronaut he helped build the

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course of six spacewalks totaling 41

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we're t minus 19 minutes and counting to

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today's launch no issues being worked by

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it joining us today is a special guest

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from northrop grumman to discuss today's

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christina halloma is the antares systems

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engineering program manager christina

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welcome

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thank you sandra i'm excited to be here

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and i just like to welcome all of you

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watching here in the united states and

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around the world to see a successful

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antares launch on sickness mission to

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we're getting a look at the pad now of

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the antares rocket christina can you

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tell us some of the milestones we can

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forward to ahead of today's launch

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yes so sandra there's still quite a few

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here right before we launch

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for example we are currently at the tail

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end of the propellant loading operations

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when that is complete the team will top

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off the propellant and do some fuel

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and then we'll do a final go no-go poll

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that will be completed to proceed

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to final countdown here before launch

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and commands the vehicle so the auto

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auto sequencer then goes through the

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final steps of prepping the vehicle for

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launch and will proceed through the

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but after liftoff our team will be

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monitoring also monitor some post launch

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milestones the first milestone will be

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and that'll happen for approximately 200

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and then once we get to the main engine

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cutoff we'll go into a short post right

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upper stack the stage two will ignite

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that puts cygnus real close to their

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everything is stable and then signals

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cygnus will then release its solar

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arrays and be on its way to the

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all in all from launch into significance

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it'll be fun to watch here uh post

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it sure will and christina this cygnus

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mission is unique and it has reboost

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capability can you discuss the cygnus

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reboost capability planned during this

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yes so sandra in addition to delivering

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more than the 8 000 pounds of critical

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cargo to the international to the

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astronauts living on the iss

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spacecraft will perform its first

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reboosting is a critical part of

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what happens is the earth's atmosphere

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causes a slight amount of drag causing

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the station orbit to decay over time so

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northrop grumman will perform the

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adjustment service while cygnus is

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actually birthed with the station

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so small precise nudges are required to

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place the iss back into its proper orbit

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and uh northrop grumman is very proud to

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offer the standard service to nasa

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thank you very much christina christina

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haloma with us today by phone and uh gnc

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go ahead lc yeah step 405 provide status

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now inside 15 minutes until launch

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everything continues to proceed on track

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for today's liftoff scheduled at 11 40

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lc core one on countdown one go ahead

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core one so i've got step 397 for you

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the board at wallops the weather is

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everything all set for antares to begin

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its flight to deliver the cygnus

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and launching will be coming up on our

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poll to proceed with final countdown a

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and cmd i'll wait for your call on step

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counting this is in launch mode and

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nominal copy that cmd we'll check 408

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okay uh launch team

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step 409 at this time i want to pull to

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proceed with final countdown gso

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gso go rsl rso is go

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prop lead properly disco

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standby one lc

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muf1 is go

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mars mars is go stage one let's go stage

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one is go cmd cmd is go ld

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ld is go

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north of government is proud to honor

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renowned nasa astronaut and

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climatologist pure sellers

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throughout his career peers make

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timeless contributions to earth and

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climate science and his research

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revolutionized the methods for utilizing

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satellite data and analytics to increase

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our understanding of earth's spiral

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sphere and changing climate

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with unbridled optimism dedication and

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passion for the future sustainability of

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our ecosystem peers relentlessly strive

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for the betterment of humankind

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it is therefore an honor to return his

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legacy to the international space

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station that he helped to construct as

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the ss pure sellers and northrop grumman

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are go for launch

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cabinet ng and we are going to proceed

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with final countdown check step 409

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and launch team will be coming up on

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engine evacuation in just a few seconds

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here

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and hashtag godspeed little noni

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and with that poll we are go for today's

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launch of an uncrewed northrop grumman

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cygnus cargo resupply vehicle named the

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ss piers sellers to head to the

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international space station

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evacuation started

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now under 11 minutes until today's

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following launch today cygnus will spend

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about two days catching up to the

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international space station cygnus is

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scheduled to be captured by the robotic

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arm of the space station in the wheat

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hours monday morning

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working out that operation will be nasa

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astronaut raja chari and nasa astronaut

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kayla baron will be backing him up from

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inside the cupola

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raj atari will use the canada arm 2 to

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reach out and grapple the cygnus vehicle

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lc mes1 step 411 vacuum verified

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cap that mes1 we can check steps 410 and

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411.

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at that point chari will turn over the

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robotic movements to a team of ground

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controllers here in houston who will

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maneuver cygnus into an installation

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position to be bolted into place on the

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earth-facing side of the unity module

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cygnus will remain at the space station

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until may where it will depart the space

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station

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and burn up harmlessly in the earth's

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our capture coverage is scheduled at 3

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35 a.m central time 4 45 a.m eastern

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apps one lc countdown one step 412 your

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acs vdm's internal power on

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ecs mediums enabled voltage nominal odm

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commands clear

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project electron we can check steps 412

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and 413.

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launch team be advised step 414 is not

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required

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now under nine minutes until today's

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and antares has been switched to

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internal power

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at about three minutes ahead of launch

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will be when the auto sequence handoff

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to terminal count occurs and the

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computers will take over for the final

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steps to get us to launch at the opening

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gn2 positioning initiated

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inside seven and a half minutes until

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today's launch you'll continue to hear

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some of these countdown milestones ahead

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and at the time of launch the

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international space station will be

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flying 261 statute miles over northern

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algeria just south of the mediterranean

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and passing t minus seven minutes

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ops 2lc step 417 you could

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initially initialize ground ordnance

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power supplies

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initialize

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lc public step 416 dcso activation

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copy lead copy ops 2.

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project electric check 416 417 and 48

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half bay ecs transfer to gn2 is

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confirmed for our stay outside control

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now coming up on the t minute

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p minus five minutes ops ii step 420

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initiate engine priming

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engine priming started

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ops one transfer avionics to internal

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power

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roger elect one check 422 in ops one

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open fts envy loop

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stlu and fts receiver indications are

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nominal roger elect two check 423 424 op

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send all arm command

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on my mark three two one mark all arm

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commands sent

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essays odms alarms

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chelsea priming verified cds

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range is green copy range green copy

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priming has been verified

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and launch team be advised phase 3

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dynamic limits will be active at t minus

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3 minutes t minus three minutes and

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thirty seconds until launch everything's

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fc commanded to flight mode

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t minus three minutes

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auto sequence start podium bus voltage

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is increasing less than three minutes

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until launch

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gnc one verify ready for nab mode

382
00:24:21,990 --> 00:24:18,400
lc gmc one we're now ready for nav and

383
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ops 2 step 435 switch to math

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nav telemetry verified

385
00:24:40,950 --> 00:24:36,480
copy that tnt1 check 436 and passing t

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coming up on the t minus 2 minute mark

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anterior systems in good shape there are

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t minus two minutes

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t minus 1 minute 30 seconds 90 seconds

390
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t-minus one minute

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less than one minute until today's

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launch at 40 seconds tanks will be

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k minus 30 seconds

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t minus 15 seconds

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t minus 10

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5

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4

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3

399
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2

400
00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:11,269
we have engine ignition

401
00:27:13,590 --> 00:27:12,310
and uh

402
00:27:15,190 --> 00:27:13,600
it launched vehicle from wireless flight

403
00:27:17,750 --> 00:27:15,200
facility

404
00:27:26,149 --> 00:27:17,760
this is at 100 thrust

405
00:27:31,029 --> 00:27:28,870
and we have liftoff of the ss piers

406
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sellers carrying over 8 000 pounds of

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cargo to the international space station

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00:27:40,500 --> 00:27:35,200
good performance on the first stage so

409
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[Music]

410
00:28:07,269 --> 00:28:02,559
iii

411
00:28:07,279 --> 00:28:11,830
electrical power is nominal

412
00:28:24,070 --> 00:28:13,430
everything continuing to look good on

413
00:28:26,870 --> 00:28:25,830
passing through max q attitude remains

414
00:28:28,389 --> 00:28:26,880
home

415
00:28:30,789 --> 00:28:28,399
the first stage is now passing through

416
00:28:33,269 --> 00:28:30,799
max q the area of maximum dynamic

417
00:28:34,870 --> 00:28:33,279
pressure on the rocket now 90 seconds

418
00:28:36,870 --> 00:28:34,880
into today's flight of the northrop

419
00:28:38,470 --> 00:28:36,880
grumman cygnus resupply cargo craft

420
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headed to the international space

421
00:28:52,789 --> 00:28:47,190
the ng-3 now open

422
00:28:59,269 --> 00:28:54,149
coming up on the two-minute mark of

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attitude remains nominal power is

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00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:19,110
7000 feet per second velocity

425
00:29:39,430 --> 00:29:32,389
attitude remains nominal

426
00:29:44,389 --> 00:29:41,110
continuing to get good reports from the

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range control center at wallops

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00:29:54,399 --> 00:29:58,070
power remains nominal

429
00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:02,630
beginning slow throttle down

430
00:30:07,750 --> 00:30:05,430
pressures remain normal

431
00:30:09,510 --> 00:30:07,760
now three minutes into today's flight

432
00:30:11,510 --> 00:30:09,520
throttle down will occur three minutes

433
00:30:14,549 --> 00:30:11,520
into the flight which means main engine

434
00:30:24,230 --> 00:30:14,559
cutoff will be coming soon

435
00:30:29,110 --> 00:30:27,029
and mikko we have miko or main engine

436
00:30:30,950 --> 00:30:29,120
cut off and terry's now entering a coast

437
00:30:33,029 --> 00:30:30,960
stage

438
00:30:35,350 --> 00:30:33,039
fairing separation will occur about 30

439
00:30:37,110 --> 00:30:35,360
seconds from now

440
00:30:40,710 --> 00:30:37,120
stage one delta v

441
00:30:44,230 --> 00:30:42,710
and as we lose sight of the vehicle

442
00:30:45,909 --> 00:30:44,240
switching to our animation there are

443
00:30:47,269 --> 00:30:45,919
some controlled firings of the inner

444
00:30:49,830 --> 00:30:47,279
stage of the rocket everything

445
00:30:53,990 --> 00:30:49,840
continuing to perform as expected stage

446
00:30:54,000 --> 00:31:02,870
the vehicle remains at nominal attitude

447
00:31:06,870 --> 00:31:04,789
you have fairing separation

448
00:31:08,470 --> 00:31:06,880
bearing separation confirms cygnus now

449
00:31:10,470 --> 00:31:08,480
exposed to the atmosphere as it

450
00:31:15,509 --> 00:31:10,480
continues its trek uphill to its

451
00:31:20,470 --> 00:31:17,909
stage two ignition stage 2 ignition

452
00:31:22,549 --> 00:31:20,480
confirmed stage 2 remains nominal stage

453
00:31:29,350 --> 00:31:22,559
2 is a solid rocket motor burn for about

454
00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:45,350
tvc is nominal and power's normal

455
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:49,750
tvc is nominal

456
00:32:13,110 --> 00:31:51,830
continuing to hear all good calls now

457
00:32:21,750 --> 00:32:15,350
stage stage 2 performance remains

458
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:32,389
100 seconds to burn out

459
00:32:32,399 --> 00:32:49,750
vehicle attitude remains nominal

460
00:32:49,760 --> 00:33:11,190
tvc power and attitude remain nominal

461
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:33,590
stage 2 remains nominal tvc is nominal

462
00:33:38,149 --> 00:33:36,310
stage two remains nominal

463
00:33:48,070 --> 00:33:38,159
stage two motor pressure started to tail

464
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:56,230
vehicle attitude remains normal

465
00:34:01,509 --> 00:33:59,350
and we have stage 2 burnout

466
00:34:03,110 --> 00:34:01,519
stage 2 burnout confirmed cygnus has

467
00:34:08,230 --> 00:34:03,120
reached the preliminary orbital

468
00:34:08,240 --> 00:34:12,149
the next major event will be sicknesses

469
00:34:15,750 --> 00:34:13,909
will be cygnus's separation from the

470
00:34:18,310 --> 00:34:15,760
second stage which will occur at about

471
00:34:19,909 --> 00:34:18,320
the eight minute 51 second mark

472
00:34:21,750 --> 00:34:19,919
interiors is an orbit and will close for

473
00:34:29,750 --> 00:34:21,760
roughly 100 seconds prior to payload

474
00:34:38,629 --> 00:34:31,990
everything still performing as expected

475
00:35:02,310 --> 00:34:39,909
vehicle power and attitude remain

476
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:22,710
antares remains nominal

477
00:35:45,510 --> 00:35:24,150
approximately 30 seconds to fail

478
00:35:45,520 --> 00:36:00,150
the latitude remains normal power normal

479
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:04,470
and we have payload separation

480
00:36:08,790 --> 00:36:06,710
spacecraft separation confirms cygnus

481
00:36:21,030 --> 00:36:08,800
now well on its way to the international

482
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:41,270
and stage two attitudes are normal

483
00:36:45,510 --> 00:36:43,030
you can see the excitement in the room

484
00:36:47,270 --> 00:36:45,520
there as some celebration celebratory

485
00:36:54,630 --> 00:36:47,280
fist bumps and high fives take place

486
00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:59,589
and prop 1lc countdown 1.

487
00:37:07,030 --> 00:37:01,670
i can't verify helium pulse purging is

488
00:37:13,270 --> 00:37:09,670
copy that and prop 2 can you verify

489
00:37:15,750 --> 00:37:13,280
hpgn2 supply line post launch purging

490
00:37:16,630 --> 00:37:15,760
lc prop 2 gn2

491
00:37:22,069 --> 00:37:16,640
line

492
00:37:27,510 --> 00:37:24,630
gnc one let me know when you've provided

493
00:37:30,550 --> 00:37:27,520
the state vector to cygnus and we'll

494
00:37:34,069 --> 00:37:30,560
look for confirmation from them

495
00:37:36,870 --> 00:37:34,079
uh lcg and c1 in work

496
00:37:39,030 --> 00:37:36,880
site control step 449 you can remove app

497
00:37:43,430 --> 00:37:39,040
bay gn2 flow and reconfigure ecs for

498
00:37:48,310 --> 00:37:46,550
ask bay gn2 flow is off ecs reconfigured

499
00:37:51,109 --> 00:37:48,320
for post fight

500
00:37:52,470 --> 00:37:51,119
we had a successful launch of the cygnus

501
00:37:55,589 --> 00:37:52,480
cargo vehicle

502
00:37:59,670 --> 00:37:55,599
launching at 11 40 a.m central time 12

503
00:38:02,390 --> 00:37:59,680
40 p.m eastern time today

504
00:38:04,390 --> 00:38:02,400
with it over 8 000 pounds of food fuel

505
00:38:06,150 --> 00:38:04,400
and supplies headed to the international

506
00:38:08,790 --> 00:38:06,160
space station

507
00:38:11,510 --> 00:38:08,800
arm enable rotated and arm indication no

508
00:38:12,950 --> 00:38:11,520
longer illuminated

509
00:38:15,270 --> 00:38:12,960
and i also want to disable your local

510
00:38:17,990 --> 00:38:15,280
launch enable button

511
00:38:19,589 --> 00:38:18,000
ops one launch enable removed and gso

512
00:38:21,670 --> 00:38:19,599
can you disable your local launch enable

513
00:38:23,270 --> 00:38:21,680
button

514
00:38:25,349 --> 00:38:23,280
and once cygnus arrives to the

515
00:38:27,829 --> 00:38:25,359
international space station in the early

516
00:38:31,349 --> 00:38:27,839
hours monday morning it will be grappled

517
00:38:33,190 --> 00:38:31,359
and installed and then bolted into place

518
00:38:35,349 --> 00:38:33,200
following that a series of leak checks

519
00:38:37,670 --> 00:38:35,359
at the birthing interface between cygnus

520
00:38:39,270 --> 00:38:37,680
and the unity module will be conducted

521
00:38:42,310 --> 00:38:39,280
to make sure that there's a tight seal

522
00:38:44,069 --> 00:38:42,320
between the cygnus and the station

523
00:38:46,390 --> 00:38:44,079
following that the process of hatch

524
00:38:48,950 --> 00:38:46,400
opening will begin

525
00:38:52,710 --> 00:38:48,960
ground lock external power off copy that

526
00:38:54,470 --> 00:38:52,720
and tl11 looks like we're lost this time

527
00:38:56,790 --> 00:38:54,480
pay for mlc

528
00:38:58,950 --> 00:38:56,800
okay tlm uh you can stop telemetry

529
00:39:01,750 --> 00:38:58,960
archiving at the tcom

530
00:39:03,670 --> 00:39:01,760
you can stop mcc telemetry display

531
00:39:06,390 --> 00:39:03,680
server distributor logging and you can

532
00:39:46,470 --> 00:39:06,400
stop the g2 telemetry recording

533
00:39:50,550 --> 00:39:48,230
and if you're just joining us the

534
00:39:52,470 --> 00:39:50,560
northrop grumman antares rocket lifted

535
00:39:55,750 --> 00:39:52,480
off on time from the wallops flight

536
00:39:58,390 --> 00:39:55,760
facility in virginia from launch pad 0a

537
00:40:01,510 --> 00:39:58,400
at the mid-atlantic regional spaceport

538
00:40:03,910 --> 00:40:01,520
at 11 40 a.m central time 12 40 p.m

539
00:40:05,829 --> 00:40:03,920
eastern time

540
00:40:07,829 --> 00:40:05,839
coming up in a few hours will be solar

541
00:40:09,670 --> 00:40:07,839
array deploy we won't be covering solar

542
00:40:11,910 --> 00:40:09,680
array deployment live on air but we will

543
00:40:15,990 --> 00:40:11,920
provide updates via our blog and social

544
00:40:19,589 --> 00:40:17,829
again it was a perfect ride to orbit

545
00:40:23,030 --> 00:40:19,599
cygnus now well on its way to the

546
00:40:25,270 --> 00:40:23,040
international space station with 8 300

547
00:40:43,430 --> 00:40:25,280
pounds of food fuel and supplies on

548
00:40:48,150 --> 00:40:45,990
this is mission control houston cygnus

549
00:40:50,390 --> 00:40:48,160
now safely in orbit heading to the

550
00:40:52,069 --> 00:40:50,400
international space station we had a

551
00:40:54,870 --> 00:40:52,079
smooth launch from the wallops flight

552
00:40:57,349 --> 00:40:54,880
facility in virginia and now joining us

553
00:41:00,309 --> 00:40:57,359
via phone is international space station

554
00:41:01,829 --> 00:41:00,319
operations manager dina contella dina

555
00:41:02,710 --> 00:41:01,839
welcome thanks so much for joining us

556
00:41:04,230 --> 00:41:02,720
today

557
00:41:09,589 --> 00:41:04,240
thank you for having me it's a beautiful

558
00:41:09,599 --> 00:41:39,589
how can you hear me

559
00:41:43,589 --> 00:41:41,430
thanks so much for joining us today dina

560
00:41:45,750 --> 00:41:43,599
now with a successful launch in cygnus

561
00:41:48,470 --> 00:41:45,760
on orbit what's ahead of the operation

562
00:41:49,990 --> 00:41:48,480
what's ahead for the operation teams

563
00:41:51,589 --> 00:41:50,000
well it was a beautiful launch how do

564
00:41:54,230 --> 00:41:51,599
you hear me

565
00:41:55,510 --> 00:41:54,240
i can hear you loud and clear great

566
00:41:58,150 --> 00:41:55,520
well um

567
00:42:00,309 --> 00:41:58,160
so ahead of the operations team there's

568
00:42:02,710 --> 00:42:00,319
as the cygnus will perform a rendezvous

569
00:42:05,109 --> 00:42:02,720
with iss and when it gets close enough

570
00:42:06,470 --> 00:42:05,119
on monday the crew will use the canadian

571
00:42:08,630 --> 00:42:06,480
robotic arm

572
00:42:10,309 --> 00:42:08,640
to grapple cygnus and then we'll attach

573
00:42:12,150 --> 00:42:10,319
it to iss

574
00:42:14,630 --> 00:42:12,160
and raja is primed to operate the arm

575
00:42:16,550 --> 00:42:14,640
with kayla backing him up

576
00:42:19,190 --> 00:42:16,560
and those joint operations are planned

577
00:42:21,109 --> 00:42:19,200
to start around 11 p.m

578
00:42:22,710 --> 00:42:21,119
sunday night in houston uh the joint

579
00:42:24,069 --> 00:42:22,720
operations being between iss and the

580
00:42:26,150 --> 00:42:24,079
northrop team

581
00:42:30,069 --> 00:42:26,160
and then that capture of the cygnus

582
00:42:32,710 --> 00:42:30,079
vehicle is targeted for around 3 35 a.m

583
00:42:34,870 --> 00:42:32,720
central time

584
00:42:37,430 --> 00:42:34,880
so after that capture the ground team

585
00:42:40,150 --> 00:42:37,440
will take over control the arm to birth

586
00:42:43,109 --> 00:42:40,160
sickness to the unity mater port

587
00:42:44,790 --> 00:42:43,119
and that's support that faces earth and

588
00:42:46,309 --> 00:42:44,800
we can expect the crew to be able to to

589
00:42:49,109 --> 00:42:46,319
get the hatch open that same day on

590
00:42:51,589 --> 00:42:49,119
monday and that'll be maybe around 11 20

591
00:42:53,589 --> 00:42:51,599
a.m houston time depending on how things

592
00:42:55,430 --> 00:42:53,599
are progressing uh with the onboard

593
00:42:57,349 --> 00:42:55,440
operations

594
00:42:59,750 --> 00:42:57,359
and the crew might be able to start some

595
00:43:01,190 --> 00:42:59,760
off cargo operations on monday

596
00:43:03,510 --> 00:43:01,200
but the bulk of the first critical

597
00:43:05,910 --> 00:43:03,520
transfers are expected to take place in

598
00:43:07,589 --> 00:43:05,920
earnest early starting on tuesday

599
00:43:10,790 --> 00:43:07,599
and then we're expecting to have cygnus

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00:43:11,910 --> 00:43:10,800
attached to iss until the end of may and

601
00:43:15,030 --> 00:43:11,920
we're really looking forward to having

602
00:43:16,790 --> 00:43:15,040
all this cargo get on board

603
00:43:18,790 --> 00:43:16,800
and dena can you tell us a little bit

604
00:43:21,349 --> 00:43:18,800
about just how important it is to have

605
00:43:23,349 --> 00:43:21,359
these regular cargo flights

606
00:43:24,870 --> 00:43:23,359
well as you can imagine these flights

607
00:43:26,390 --> 00:43:24,880
are critical for supplying the science

608
00:43:27,589 --> 00:43:26,400
investigations that make the

609
00:43:30,230 --> 00:43:27,599
international space station the

610
00:43:31,750 --> 00:43:30,240
incredible research facility that it is

611
00:43:33,510 --> 00:43:31,760
and of course the cargo flights also

612
00:43:35,750 --> 00:43:33,520
provide supplies for the crew and

613
00:43:38,309 --> 00:43:35,760
critical maintenance items and hardware

614
00:43:41,349 --> 00:43:38,319
to make the changes necessary to iss to

615
00:43:43,270 --> 00:43:41,359
support new science and so just some

616
00:43:45,430 --> 00:43:43,280
examples here on this particular flight

617
00:43:47,510 --> 00:43:45,440
of research that's coming up

618
00:43:49,349 --> 00:43:47,520
some examples include investigations

619
00:43:51,030 --> 00:43:49,359
looking at the effects of a drug on

620
00:43:53,270 --> 00:43:51,040
cancer cells

621
00:43:54,630 --> 00:43:53,280
we've got investigations on skin aging

622
00:43:57,510 --> 00:43:54,640
plant growth

623
00:43:59,750 --> 00:43:57,520
we're looking at new hydrogen sensors

624
00:44:01,829 --> 00:43:59,760
and and you know this science provides

625
00:44:03,750 --> 00:44:01,839
direct benefits to those on earth as

626
00:44:06,550 --> 00:44:03,760
well as for future human space flight

627
00:44:07,349 --> 00:44:06,560
crews and and future space flights

628
00:44:12,710 --> 00:44:07,359
so

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00:44:15,270 --> 00:44:12,720
modification kit that'll continue our

630
00:44:16,630 --> 00:44:15,280
work to upgrade the solar rays onboard

631
00:44:18,390 --> 00:44:16,640
iss

632
00:44:21,030 --> 00:44:18,400
and some other key items

633
00:44:22,470 --> 00:44:21,040
that will be needed for a new capability

634
00:44:24,150 --> 00:44:22,480
that we're excited about to dispose

635
00:44:25,750 --> 00:44:24,160
trash items through the nanoracks

636
00:44:27,270 --> 00:44:25,760
airlock to help with some of our

637
00:44:29,829 --> 00:44:27,280
logistics

638
00:44:31,589 --> 00:44:29,839
so and i just say regular cargo missions

639
00:44:34,309 --> 00:44:31,599
there's a lifeblood really of iss's

640
00:44:36,309 --> 00:44:34,319
supply chain to continue research and

641
00:44:40,470 --> 00:44:36,319
especially as we're continuing to extend

642
00:44:44,230 --> 00:44:42,309
thanks dina and is there anything in

643
00:44:45,990 --> 00:44:44,240
particular that is unique about this

644
00:44:47,670 --> 00:44:46,000
mission that you're most looking forward

645
00:44:50,950 --> 00:44:47,680
to

646
00:44:53,190 --> 00:44:50,960
well um yeah in fact this uh cygnus

647
00:44:55,990 --> 00:44:53,200
vehicle has been modified to provide a

648
00:44:57,510 --> 00:44:56,000
capability to reboost iss

649
00:44:59,910 --> 00:44:57,520
and so it just uses some of its

650
00:45:02,550 --> 00:44:59,920
propellant in the vehicle itself and

651
00:45:03,349 --> 00:45:02,560
we've done we've done a test prior to

652
00:45:07,670 --> 00:45:03,359
this

653
00:45:09,510 --> 00:45:07,680
real use of the capability to actually

654
00:45:11,829 --> 00:45:09,520
reboost the station

655
00:45:14,069 --> 00:45:11,839
and it gives us another way to do so in

656
00:45:16,069 --> 00:45:14,079
addition to the russian thrusters or the

657
00:45:18,230 --> 00:45:16,079
russian progress cargo spacecraft

658
00:45:21,910 --> 00:45:18,240
capabilities so it's great to be able to

659
00:45:26,069 --> 00:45:23,910
dina contella the international space

660
00:45:28,150 --> 00:45:26,079
station operations manager joining us

661
00:45:32,150 --> 00:45:28,160
today via phone thank you very much dina

662
00:45:34,069 --> 00:45:32,160
appreciate it all right thank you

663
00:45:36,790 --> 00:45:34,079
again we had a successful launch of

664
00:45:39,990 --> 00:45:36,800
northrop grumman's crs 17 mission on

665
00:45:55,990 --> 00:45:40,000
time today at 11 40 a.m central time 12

666
00:46:00,550 --> 00:45:58,230
to recap today's launch activities the

667
00:46:02,470 --> 00:46:00,560
northrop grumman antares rocket lifted

668
00:46:05,589 --> 00:46:02,480
off on time from the wallops flight

669
00:46:08,069 --> 00:46:05,599
facility in virginia from launch pad 0a

670
00:46:11,190 --> 00:46:08,079
at the mid-atlantic regional spaceport

671
00:46:13,510 --> 00:46:11,200
at 11 40 a.m central time 12 40 p.m

672
00:46:15,430 --> 00:46:13,520
eastern time

673
00:46:17,270 --> 00:46:15,440
coming up in a few hours will be solar

674
00:46:19,589 --> 00:46:17,280
array deployment we won't be covering

675
00:46:21,670 --> 00:46:19,599
solar array deployment live on air but

676
00:46:25,670 --> 00:46:21,680
we will provide updates via our blog and

677
00:46:29,829 --> 00:46:27,670
it was a very smooth ride to orbit

678
00:46:32,150 --> 00:46:29,839
sending the cygnus resupply vehicle to

679
00:46:34,390 --> 00:46:32,160
its preliminary orbit on route to a

680
00:46:36,309 --> 00:46:34,400
two-day rendezvous that will result in

681
00:46:38,710 --> 00:46:36,319
cygnus arriving to the international

682
00:46:40,950 --> 00:46:38,720
space station in the wheat hours monday

683
00:46:42,870 --> 00:46:40,960
morning

684
00:46:44,790 --> 00:46:42,880
we'll be covering the capture of cygnus

685
00:46:47,589 --> 00:46:44,800
and our coverage will begin at 2 a.m

686
00:46:49,190 --> 00:46:47,599
central time 3 a.m eastern time on nasa

687
00:46:51,109 --> 00:46:49,200
tv

688
00:46:53,109 --> 00:46:51,119
nasa astronaut rajatari will use the

689
00:46:57,190 --> 00:46:53,119
canada arm 2 to reach out and capture

690
00:46:59,430 --> 00:46:57,200
cygnus at 3 35 a.m central time 4 35 a.m

691
00:47:01,109 --> 00:46:59,440
eastern time

692
00:47:03,030 --> 00:47:01,119
we'll then take a little pause come back

693
00:47:04,950 --> 00:47:03,040
a couple of hours later for installation

694
00:47:07,270 --> 00:47:04,960
coverage where cygnus will be turned

695
00:47:09,190 --> 00:47:07,280
over to the robotic ground controllers

696
00:47:11,750 --> 00:47:09,200
here in houston to install and bolt

697
00:47:13,349 --> 00:47:11,760
cygnus into place on the earth-facing

698
00:47:16,870 --> 00:47:13,359
port of the unity module of the

699
00:47:21,829 --> 00:47:18,950
our installation coverage will begin at

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00:47:25,190 --> 00:47:21,839
5 am central time 6 a.m eastern time on

701
00:47:27,190 --> 00:47:25,200
monday morning

702
00:47:29,430 --> 00:47:27,200
with that we'll wrap up our coverage of

703
00:47:31,750 --> 00:47:29,440
today's liftoff of the antares rocket

704
00:47:34,230 --> 00:47:31,760
from wallops to send cygnus into its

705
00:47:35,990 --> 00:47:34,240
preliminary orbit from all of us in

706
00:47:37,910 --> 00:47:36,000
mission control houston have a great

707
00:47:40,150 --> 00:47:37,920
weekend and thanks so much for joining

708
00:47:45,420 --> 00:47:40,160
us today we'll see you again on monday