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this United launch Alliance Atlas 5

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rocket lifts off from Vandenberg space

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force base with this one launch we have

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two missions today the primary one is to

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deliver jpss-2 into orbit which is the

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newest polar orbiting weather satellite

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the secondary mission is called lofted

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which will demonstrate an Innovative

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inflatable heat shield

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hello and welcome to Vandenberg space

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force base in California I'm NASA's

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Megan Cruz coming to you live from the

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nerve center for all launch vehicle and

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spacecraft processing at Vandenberg I'm

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sitting just a few feet away from NASA's

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Mission director Center and launch

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vehicle data centers where teams are

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working on today's launch managing the

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launch is NASA's launch Services Program

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or LSP today's 36-minute launch window

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opens at 1 25 a.m Pacific Time now we've

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got a whole lot planned for you over the

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next three hours you're going to see

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that Atlas V rocket launch live also

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live reports from NASA's Angelique

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herring in Virginia who's with the

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lofted team at Langley Research Center

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and we of course have our talented team

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of commentators who will walk us through

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every important Milestone today and

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right now that's going to be NASA's

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Daryl nail and Mick Waltman guys NASA

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and Ula called off the launch last week

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right because a battery needed replacing

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that's right that's right maybe it had

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to do with the flight termination system

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the rocket today and that battery has

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been swapped out some work that happened

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over the past weekend Daryl nail with

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NASA Mick Wolfman engineer with launch

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Services Program here to count you down

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through this liftoff of jpss2 and lofted

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and so far this countdown which began

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seven hours ago Mick things are looking

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good they cleared the pad at slick three

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space launch compacts three complex

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three you see the atlas 5 rocket on the

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pad venting off that liquid oxygen they

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fueled up Atlas V and Centaur and tested

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that flight termination system it's all

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good including that new flight

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termination system battery that was

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replaced causing that nine-day launch

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tracking now regarding uh the liquid

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Daryl the teams came on station early as

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you said and they've been working

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through these things the FTS battery we

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replaced that with a new battery and

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that's going well today the issue the

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team's working right now is as they're

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the ground they are still able to

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the vehicle but the team is talking

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count so it did push the rollback of the

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mobile service Tower rolling back from

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the atlas V rocket a beautiful sight

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today Mick for the last Atlas 5 2 launch

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space launch complex 3 41st Atlas in

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this 401 configuration which I know

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100th Mission getting ready to launch

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unique mission today dropping off the

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now once in orbit jpss2 will join two

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administrations or noaa's joint polar

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satellites travel back and forth between

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the North and South Poles while the

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Earth twice a day giving us timely and

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Vandenberg space Force Base is one could

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argue one of the most valuable single

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once in orbit 512 miles above our heads

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its data will save lives Safeguard

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property and read the vital pulse of the

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jpss2 will join a fleet of other Vital

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first two in its series

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covering the entire planet twice a day

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showing lights from cities highways

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commissioned and operated by NOAA and

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satellites represents the latest in a

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contributions jpss satellites make to

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their daily lives but that data is with

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them every day in every single weather

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forecasts just as the system did for

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Hurricane Ian which made landfall in

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now let's go over the specs of the soon

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here to California for launch in just

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now NASA's Jasmine Hopkins got to speak

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a successful launch today will Mark the

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flown weather satellites telescopes Mars

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three two one zero

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liftoff of the mighty Delta IV heavy

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rocket with NASA's Parker solar probe

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rocket launch is anything but boring I

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mean it's exciting no matter how many

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times I've seen it it never gets old

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when you talk about launch it never gets

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old right each mission that we work is

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different each day that we are

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supporting these missions is different

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so it never gets old and liftoff is

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something about witnessing just the

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sheer impressiveness just the power of

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what it takes to pull a spacecraft out

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of the gravity well of Earth that we

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live in and to send it out of Earth's

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orbit on its way to the Moon Mars the

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sun asteroids even out of our solar

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system I'll never Tire of watching that

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it never gets old it really never gets

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old seeing rocket launches never gets

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old it never gets old you always are

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thinking about what's the next one

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what's the next one I can do

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this was my childhood dream this is what

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I dreamed of doing and you get to be a

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part of something that's so much bigger

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than yourself and to me that was the

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best thing that my childhood self could

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and to celebrate lsp's 100th Mission

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we'll learn more about the program and

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meet more of its team throughout this

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broadcast

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okay we are now 26 minutes and Counting

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from liftoff of an atlas V rocket for

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two missions today let's go back to

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NASA's Daryl nail and Mick Waltman who

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have the latest weather forecast for

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launch yeah that's right Megan we're

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actually listening right now to the

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weather brief being given at uh L minus

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26 minutes and 30 seconds so it's

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running a little bit late but we know

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that the launch weather officer has put

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the launch weather at more than 90

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percent go that's a great sign yeah

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great sign launch weather officer is

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telling us from the space force that

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everything looks green tonight uh all

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the weather is great the front that we

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had the last couple days has moved

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through as you can see in the picture

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clear skies this evening perfect

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temperature out there for the atlas 5

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Mission you can see a clear black Sky of

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course not really if there were clouds

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you wouldn't see them but we can tell

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you that at the moment there's not a

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whole lot out there and take a look at

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the satellite Loop to explain there it

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is we are on the central California

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coast launching from Vandenberg you can

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see a system to the far right that's

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gone past us that brought a lot of rain

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but it's exiting bringing us clear

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conditions launch weather officer

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Zachary zones says that we could still

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see some lingering moisture and

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instability but it's very low chance in

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fact his forecast says we are more than

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90 percent go for launch weather tonight

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with the only concern for cumulus clouds

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and temperature you can see right now we

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are about 44 degrees outside that

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greater than 90 percent go winds are 7

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to 12 miles per hour out of the North

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and that rain on the ground is actually

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keeping us a little warmer so that's a

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great forecast for today yeah absolutely

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Daryl I couldn't ask for better weather

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to get jps's too and lofted on its way

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this morning as for the backup day

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Captain zonas says we are down only a

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smidge to a full 90 percent for Launch

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settling over the area and causing a

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weakening of the Winds and more stable

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conditions now in about six minutes said

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L minus 19 you'll see the t-clock go

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into a built-in hole old and we'll talk

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a little bit about that but we are T

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minus 24 minutes and Counting until

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liftoff let's send it back to Megan

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thank you both so once Noah's jpss2

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reaches orbit and we confirm a signal

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our Focus will shift to lofted which

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stands for low earth orbit flight test

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of an inflatable decelerator I stress

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the word inflatable because current heat

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shields are rigid made of materials like

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Ceramics or metals that means the size

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of the heat shield is constrained by the

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size of the Rocket taking it up but a

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flexible design can be folded up taking

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up less room during launch and then

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inflating into a larger Shield when it's

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time to land meaning more room for

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experiments equipment and people for

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future farther trips like the Artemis

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missions

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NASA is demonstrating inflatable heat

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shield technology that could help land

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humans on Mars this technology is

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hitching a ride with noaa's Earth

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observing satellite jpss2 on a United

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launch Alliance Atlas 5. once in orbit

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the satellite separates and the payload

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adapter canister surrounding lofted

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jettisons about 90 minutes after liftoff

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the lofted technology demonstration

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begins with the inflation of the

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AeroShell

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the upper stage of the rocket reorients

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and positions lofted for entry into

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Earth's atmosphere

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the re-entry vehicle spins and separates

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from the upper stage

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during re-entry sensors and cameras

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collect data a beacon transmits

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real-time data every 20 seconds

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throughout the mission

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several minutes into descent an

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ejectable data recorder releases

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about two hours after launch a parachute

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deploys and lofted splashes down in the

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ocean off the coast of Hawaii a team

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from NASA and Ula recover the data

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recorder and AeroShell this test will

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help inform entry descent and Landing

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Technologies for future human

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now before arriving at Vandenberg the

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heat shield under one's environmental

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testing at NASA's Langley Research

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Center in Hampton Virginia to make sure

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it was flight ready NASA's Angelique

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caring is at Langley with what

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researchers hope to learn this morning

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good morning Megan I'm here outside of

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the flight Mission support center where

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we've got some members of the Langley

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lofted team here and they're going to be

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taking in data from today's exciting

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demonstration now all the data that they

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take in today is actually going to help

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them to develop the hi-ad technology

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even further high ad standing for

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Hypersonic inflatable aerodynamic

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decelerator essentially an inflatable

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heat shield and this inflatable heat

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shield technology could help us to not

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only travel farther bringing more things

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with us as we continue to explore outer

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space but also to do so more sustainably

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which is incredibly exciting now for

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today's demonstration once the re-entry

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vehicle actually powers on we'll have a

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beacon on board that will be relaying

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data to us every 20 seconds now that

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data the health and Telemetry data along

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with the real-time location data will be

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monitored right here at the flight

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Mission support center additionally

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we'll be getting some imagery and other

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data coming in from the many different

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cameras and sensors on board so make

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sure you stay tuned in for all those

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update States and so much more back over

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to you Megan

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now today is dedicated to two very

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special people we have a picture of

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their names engraved on the rocket there

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you see Bernard cutter and Mark Levesque

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cutter was a Ula engineer who had a

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special interest in inflatable heat

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shields he was an advocate for a lower

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cost access to space and the

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technologies that could make that a

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reality cutter took interest in NASA's

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heat shield technology which could

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enable the safe return of Vulcan rocket

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engines as part of ula's reuse program

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as well as land's large payloads on Mars

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but sadly cutter passed away in August

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2020 before getting to see the

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inflatable technology in use

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we also have Mark Levesque he was an

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aerospace engineer and launch conductor

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for Missions launching on Delta II Delta

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IV and Atlas 5 Rockets after an early

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retirement from Ula Levesque worked on

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special projects for NASA's launch

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Services Program after a long battle

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with cancer Levesque passed away last

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year we're going to talk more about both

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men's contributions to space exploration

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Now tracking and understanding climate

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change is a big priority for NASA so

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joining me now is Dr Thomas zerbukin

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associate administrator of NASA science

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Mission directorate good morning to you

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Dr Z hey good morning glad to have you

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here you know I want to talk to you

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about NASA and Noah um you know they've

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been monitoring our planet together for

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more than six decades you know what do

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you think about this partnership well

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it's one of the most productive

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Partnerships in the U.S Garmin and

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frankly worldwide we've built the

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spacecraft we've worked together and

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we've also built models we've done

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science that we then turn over to to

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know our partners who are using it each

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and every day to help our citizens and

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Beyond yeah and specifically looking

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into climate change like we were talking

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about you know what are the effects of

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our climate changing so drastically and

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how are we as NASA trying to address

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that so climate change is a hugely

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personal thing for all of us we may not

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notice it every day but it's affecting

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our lives in a direct fashion some of

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the changes are slow you know three like

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this much is the water level around the

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uh the world going up each year you know

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three four millimeters and so forth but

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there's also really drastic changes

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which are more stars more fires that

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really are affecting our property and

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our affecting lives and I think both of

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these really matter the abundance of

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these events but also the slower changes

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and tracking it helps us to address it

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so so that's why we do the things like

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this with Noah I do also want to talk

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about that after jpss2 launches NASA

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will test this new inflatable heat

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shield if all goes well how could this

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technology revolutionize space travel oh

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we're I'm really psyched about this of

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course you know we at the science

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machine director have inhabited Mars

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with robots for 20 years and we're there

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right now with a land or a rower you

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know it's fine companion Ingenuity but

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we want to go there with humans first of

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all with Artemis to the moon and then to

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Mars but to land on Mars we need new

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technology and it's this lofted

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technology that we believe is absolutely

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essential for us to do that so so it's a

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huge stop in my mind that you'd step in

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the direction of human exploration of

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Mars I have a you're going to be glued

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to the screen watching the flight test

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today that's right I'd like to teleport

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to Hawaii to see it coming now we'll

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take me with you if you do that thank

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you Dr Z I appreciate your time

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appreciate it thanks and after jpss2 uh

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uh comes other satellites and we'll talk

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to you more about that but jvss2 comes a

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decade after the first one launched in

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the series so let's take a look at how

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that satellite has helped us over the

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foreign

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[Music]

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Suite of instruments took to the skies

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aboard the first of a series of polar

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orbiting weather satellites known as The

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Joint polar satellite system this is the

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story of a satellite that led the way

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it has measured storms fires volcanoes

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and oceans changing the way we view the

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Earth

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improving our weather forecasts and

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carrying on critical long-term

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measurements of our planet for three two

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main engine start one zero and liftoff

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on October 28th 2011 the Sumi NPP

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satellite lifted off on a Delta II

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rocket from Vandenberg California

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named after Werner Sumi who invented the

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first spin scan camera to observe

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weather from space

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satellite marked the beginning of

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another New Era The Joint polar

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satellite system a mission to provide

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valuable weather and environmental data

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into the 2030s

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and during the last decade Sumi NPP has

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become well known for its Blue Marble

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images and also its Day Night band which

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show us power outages after storms and

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human activities at night such as

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highways sea travel and natural gas

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flares

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continuing observations begun by

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satellites like NASA's Terra aqua and

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aura it allows for a number of products

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that help people on the ground

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data allows us to map wildfires track

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the movement of wildfire smoke and then

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measure the air quality as that smoke

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moves through an area

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measure the insides of hurricanes and

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reveal the structure and intensity of a

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storm and the ocean's surface

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temperature that fuels it

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track the health of major crops

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worldwide by showing how they're

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impacted by weather and temperature

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and measure emissions from volcanoes

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that help determine air quality and

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visibility for Pilots

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over the last 10 years NPP data has

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increased our understanding of major

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events the Australian Bushfire

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Saharan dust storms across the Atlantic

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and Emissions decreases from the global

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pandemic

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The Joint polar satellite system's next

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satellite launched six years later in

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2017. and its sister satellites will

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launch over the next decade continuing

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these kinds of vital measurements in the

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years to come

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[Music]

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and those two remaining sister

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satellites will be nearly identical to

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jpss2 jpss 3 will launch in 2027 jpss4

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in 2032.

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okay we're now 14 minutes 27 seconds to

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lift off let's head back over to Daryl

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and Mick as they await the NASA launch

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manager poll that's right Megan we are

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here at the mission director's Center

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listening into the loops and the teams

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discussing a number of things we've got

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that poll coming up at L minus 13

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minutes currently that's about a minute

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and 10 minutes away there you can see

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the Ula launch Team

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and uh NASA launch manager Omar Baez who

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is in the second row a second person

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from the left uh you can see him on the

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phone there he is the one who will be

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conducting the poll that will be

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listening into uh Mick quickly we know

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that the teams have been discussing a

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matter regarding Centaur locks what can

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you tell us about that and where do we

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stand yeah so the team's been discussing

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uh a valve issue they've had they've

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been uh following all evening and

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thought they had under control and now

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they're continuing to look at that as

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they as they move forward

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NASA launch manager Omar Baez is talking

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with the Ula launch director Paul Aragon

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about the go forward plan the

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engineering teams are looking at all the

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data and trying to assess where we are

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as we get ready uh or get close to 100

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percent uh fill and Topping of the atlas

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and Centaur tanks of liquid oxygen so

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the team is still working in that as

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we're in this built-in hold and they

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continue to assess where they're going

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gonna delay the L minus 13. poll and

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work through the uh finishing the

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topping of the logs tank here and make

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sure

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we target a correct t-zero it it looks

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like we've uh blown through the first

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green block

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and the initial Target would be that 949

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UTC but let us work through that through

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this uh these final steps here before we

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re-establish

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and uh and I'll come back with a

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good Target for the uh final Pole

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so Daryl there we heard uh launch

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director or launch manager Omar Baez

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talking about them working through it

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and targeting a new t0 that they're

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going to negotiate uh and we'll see how

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that goes as we head into this uh

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topping of locks

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so indeed we have a 36 minute window for

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the launch today and so the team looking

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at the possibility of using some of that

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window uh Mick and real quickly we do

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know there's a cola at the fourth minute

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that they're going to be aware of if

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they do go into this window yes we heard

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Omar say he would be targeting his first

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attempt would be 129 that's because the

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minute at 128 is unavailable to us due

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to a possible Cola avoidance of another

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satellite so they would start with 129

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and then work down from there all right

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thank you Mick and we'll be tracking the

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countdown as we go as well as monitoring

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any changes to the countdown and the t0

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but for now we'll send it back to Megan

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thank you for that update Daryl and Mick

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NASA's launch Services program helps

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launch the satellites which NOAA will

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then operate NASA's Jasmine Hopkins

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shows us how NOAA continues its Legacy

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joining us now is Dr Michael Morgan

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assistant Secretary of Commerce for

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environmental observation and prediction

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from NOAA thank you so much for joining

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us Dr Morgan thank you very much Jasmine

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great we are so happy to have you here

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so you have been working uh for Noah in

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a very large role can you tell us about

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the NOAA and NASA partnership why is

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that so important that partnership is

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important because NOAA maintains an

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observational portfolio that's

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authoritative and the analyzes and

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predictions that we do are important but

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in order for us to achieve this our

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mission we work closely with NASA in

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partnering to develop and build our

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satellites and help launch them and also

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NASA helps us with our ground stations

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as well to track the satellites

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additionally separate from our

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observational portfolio our Global model

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shares the same dynamical core as NASA's

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oh wow and you've been working pretty

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closely with those different models I

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understand that you've been tracking

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things with ground and radar so how does

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00:29:45,769 --> 00:29:43,559
the information from NOAA help us across

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the board from policy making to

728
00:29:50,990 --> 00:29:48,000
different prices and things well with

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00:29:52,190 --> 00:29:51,000
this particular satellite jpss2 the data

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is going to be important for

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understanding the temperature and

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moisture structure of the atmosphere the

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viers instrument that's on this

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particular satellite which stands for

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Visible infrared Imaging radiometer is

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going to allow us to look at Ocean color

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which is important for identifying

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harmful algal blooms for severe weather

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forecasting for short to medium range

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forecasting these observations are

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imperative for us to have in order to

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have a high class prediction right and I

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also understand that JPS has two like

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the other weather satellites from NOAA

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really help us understand climate change

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and they've been doing that for decades

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so what is jpss2 adding to that well

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jpss2 adds it really maintains a

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continuity of our observations of the

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ozone in the upper troposphere lower

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Stratosphere that's important for the

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radiation protecting us from the harmful

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ultraviolet radiation which can reach

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the surface so by accurately measuring

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the ozone quantities as well as clouds

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we can improve our forecast of UV at the

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surface the long climate record that's

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maintained by these satellites both for

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temperature and water vapor help to

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build a long extensive climate record

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which we can then validate with our

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as a kid I got excited about NASA by

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watching the launches of the Apollo

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Mission and it was great just prior to

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launch having an opportunity to walk by

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the spacecraft and see both the NOAA

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logo as well as the NASA logo on these

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machines on these sorry on this rocket

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right and it just really was just

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incredible but the partnership the work

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that's been done by NASA and by the

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contractors and by folks within NOAA to

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make this a reality I think it's just

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incredible and I really thank them for

775
00:31:39,889 --> 00:31:38,460
that right exactly it's great to see

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this partner ship working together for

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launch Dr Morgan thank you so much for

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00:31:45,350 --> 00:31:43,500
joining us today thank you of course

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00:31:48,529 --> 00:31:45,360
back to you

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as we've said after jpss2 we will test a

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new inflatable heat shield so that we

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could one day go to the surface of Mars

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00:31:59,330 --> 00:31:57,120
and lofted that heat shield will help us

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do that but before that we're returning

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to the Moon in just six days NASA will

786
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attempt to launch this rocket and

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spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center

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you're watching video from when teams

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rolled it all the to the launch pad last

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week the Artemis one flight test will be

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the first of increasingly complex

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missions to eventually return humans to

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the lunar surface the last time humans

794
00:32:25,669 --> 00:32:22,860
stepped foot on the moon was 50 years

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ago scan the QR code on your screen to

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learn more about the upcoming launch

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attempt on November 16th so just six

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days from now and what's planned for our

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we're going to check back in with Daryl

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and Mick now they had an update for us a

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couple of Min of minutes ago that the

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launch manager poll was delayed let's go

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back to them to see if they have any

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updates for us guys yeah thank you Megan

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we are currently at L minus seven

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minutes and Counting and expecting a

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poll from the launch conductor here in

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just a few seconds let's listen in

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now we heard some discussion on the

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loops Mick we know that the NASA launch

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manager poll which was at L minus 13

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minutes was delayed by a launch manager

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Omar Baez we're currently weighting the

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L minus 7 poll but we know they've been

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working some things yeah working that

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through this locks issue which now they

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00:33:38,269 --> 00:33:36,000
have resolved and have a plan forward to

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do some manual monitoring and some work

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for topping of the atlas lox tank and

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the Centaur locks tank and I believe

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what we will be waiting on at this point

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Daryl is NASA the launch manager Omar

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00:33:54,470 --> 00:33:52,080
Baez and launch director Paul Aragon to

824
00:33:58,549 --> 00:33:54,480
come up with a new t0 time we are

825
00:34:01,009 --> 00:33:58,559
definitely off of our 1 25 a.m uh launch

826
00:34:03,950 --> 00:34:01,019
attempt as you heard Omar say earlier we

827
00:34:04,850 --> 00:34:03,960
would look at 129 am would be the first

828
00:34:07,009 --> 00:34:04,860
one

829
00:34:08,329 --> 00:34:07,019
um but based on some of the discussions

830
00:34:10,490 --> 00:34:08,339
we heard I think we're going to be

831
00:34:13,210 --> 00:34:10,500
looking a little farther in there as

832
00:34:16,250 --> 00:34:13,220
they negotiate this time for a possible

833
00:34:18,050 --> 00:34:16,260
136 which would change some of the polls

834
00:34:20,329 --> 00:34:18,060
that we are working

835
00:34:22,730 --> 00:34:20,339
that's right and so as you mentioned

836
00:34:25,970 --> 00:34:22,740
looking for that new t0 we will continue

837
00:34:29,030 --> 00:34:25,980
to see the clock count down but uh just

838
00:34:32,530 --> 00:34:29,040
again I think what Mick said we will be

839
00:34:36,230 --> 00:34:32,540
looking for a new t0

840
00:34:39,710 --> 00:34:36,240
currently we have a 35 minute window

841
00:34:43,609 --> 00:34:39,720
with which to work and the launch Team

842
00:34:46,730 --> 00:34:43,619
then corresponds to a 30-minute hold

843
00:34:48,649 --> 00:34:46,740
which they can do at L minus four

844
00:34:51,109 --> 00:34:48,659
minutes where they sync up with the T

845
00:34:53,990 --> 00:34:51,119
clock talk a little bit about what we're

846
00:34:56,389 --> 00:34:54,000
seeing in terms of how that works the L

847
00:34:58,670 --> 00:34:56,399
clock just 60 seconds away from sync it

848
00:35:01,010 --> 00:34:58,680
up to that T minus four minutes where

849
00:35:02,990 --> 00:35:01,020
they can hold for a bit of time till

850
00:35:04,250 --> 00:35:03,000
they get this new t0 worked on yeah so

851
00:35:06,410 --> 00:35:04,260
throughout the count we have these

852
00:35:08,810 --> 00:35:06,420
built-in holes tonight's worth 30 minute

853
00:35:10,730 --> 00:35:08,820
holds just prior to cryogenic tanking at

854
00:35:13,609 --> 00:35:10,740
T minus two hours and then of course as

855
00:35:15,770 --> 00:35:13,619
you just mentioned the uh 30 minute hold

856
00:35:17,990 --> 00:35:15,780
prior to the T minus four and Counting

857
00:35:19,849 --> 00:35:18,000
and that we worked out on the L clock

858
00:35:23,569 --> 00:35:19,859
which is a clock that continues to count

859
00:35:26,750 --> 00:35:23,579
down through the count and the T time is

860
00:35:29,450 --> 00:35:26,760
the clock for liftoff as we get to off

861
00:35:31,730 --> 00:35:29,460
and as we said the clocks sync up at T

862
00:35:33,650 --> 00:35:31,740
minus four time and pick up the count

863
00:35:35,870 --> 00:35:33,660
there but as we can hear on the loops

864
00:35:38,810 --> 00:35:35,880
the team is definitely working to go

865
00:35:40,069 --> 00:35:38,820
ahead and try to figure out that new t0

866
00:35:42,349 --> 00:35:40,079
and where they're going to bring the

867
00:35:45,530 --> 00:35:42,359
clocks together

868
00:35:47,510 --> 00:35:45,540
now let's listen into the launches

869
00:35:49,849 --> 00:35:47,520
uh Roger probably because they're doing

870
00:35:52,550 --> 00:35:49,859
uh Pogo charge so

871
00:35:56,030 --> 00:35:52,560
after that locks one LC

872
00:35:58,910 --> 00:35:56,040
go yeah are you active with uh Atlas

873
00:36:00,349 --> 00:35:58,920
solo2 topping we're still trying to get

874
00:36:01,790 --> 00:36:00,359
the film drain valve open with the line

875
00:36:25,370 --> 00:36:01,800
chilled we haven't entered Pogo yet

876
00:36:29,390 --> 00:36:27,109
so we just heard uh some of the

877
00:36:36,050 --> 00:36:29,400
communications from the launch director

878
00:36:40,190 --> 00:36:38,390
yeah Daryl and what we've seen is the

879
00:36:41,930 --> 00:36:40,200
clocks have actually stopped at T minus

880
00:36:43,970 --> 00:36:41,940
four which means we're still in a T

881
00:36:46,790 --> 00:36:43,980
minus four and holding time and we're

882
00:36:48,950 --> 00:36:46,800
eating up part of that 36 minute window

883
00:36:51,950 --> 00:36:48,960
that we talked about in the window

884
00:36:54,349 --> 00:36:51,960
remaining is about 35 minutes now uh in

885
00:36:56,930 --> 00:36:54,359
in our uh tonight's launch uh

886
00:36:59,329 --> 00:36:56,940
availability and they'll continue to

887
00:37:02,150 --> 00:36:59,339
burn through that availability as they

888
00:37:04,490 --> 00:37:02,160
work through this prop uh problem and

889
00:37:05,870 --> 00:37:04,500
then they'll figure out the new t0 and

890
00:37:11,450 --> 00:37:05,880
clock

891
00:37:15,109 --> 00:37:11,460
previous t0 was 1 25 a.m Pacific time

892
00:37:17,450 --> 00:37:15,119
4 25 a.m Eastern Time

893
00:37:33,490 --> 00:37:17,460
for the launch of the jpss2

894
00:37:39,710 --> 00:37:36,770
so so yes we were listening through here

895
00:37:42,190 --> 00:37:39,720
as the team continues to work this issue

896
00:37:45,410 --> 00:37:42,200
with the topping they're at

897
00:37:47,390 --> 00:37:45,420
99.995 percent uh doing some Pogo

898
00:37:49,310 --> 00:37:47,400
charging on the first stage that's the

899
00:37:51,530 --> 00:37:49,320
topping just to be clear the topping of

900
00:37:53,690 --> 00:37:51,540
the locks on the Centaur equal oxygen

901
00:37:55,130 --> 00:37:53,700
tank correct Centaur locks and so we're

902
00:37:57,050 --> 00:37:55,140
doing some Pogo charging to get ready

903
00:38:00,170 --> 00:37:57,060
for liftoff which takes away a little

904
00:38:02,030 --> 00:38:00,180
bit of locks and so once that's done

905
00:38:04,150 --> 00:38:02,040
they'll start their slow fill again to

906
00:38:07,849 --> 00:38:04,160
get back to that 100 percent

907
00:38:09,950 --> 00:38:07,859
and I do know that we've heard NASA

908
00:38:12,170 --> 00:38:09,960
launch manager Omar Baez talking to the

909
00:38:15,410 --> 00:38:12,180
team spacecraft team engineering team

910
00:38:19,130 --> 00:38:15,420
and the Ula team looking for targeting a

911
00:38:21,890 --> 00:38:19,140
new t0 a little uh later this morning we

912
00:38:23,630 --> 00:38:21,900
have not heard the official t0 time so

913
00:38:25,790 --> 00:38:23,640
we're still counting down through that

914
00:38:29,270 --> 00:38:25,800
window that remains where we have about

915
00:38:32,750 --> 00:38:29,280
33 minutes left in that 36 minute window

916
00:38:35,150 --> 00:38:32,760
of availability today so we sit at T

917
00:38:37,370 --> 00:38:35,160
minus for and holding while the team

918
00:38:40,490 --> 00:38:37,380
continues this and and it's just so

919
00:38:43,609 --> 00:38:40,500
people understand this is a process the

920
00:38:46,250 --> 00:38:43,619
team has procedures in place and they

921
00:38:48,530 --> 00:38:46,260
are following them to the T and one of

922
00:38:49,730 --> 00:38:48,540
the low priority things is to re-sync

923
00:38:52,250 --> 00:38:49,740
the clocks right now as they work

924
00:38:54,109 --> 00:38:52,260
through this issue on the rocket so once

925
00:38:55,849 --> 00:38:54,119
they work through that then the team

926
00:38:58,130 --> 00:38:55,859
will come back around and sync the

927
00:38:59,930 --> 00:38:58,140
clocks back up and figure out where

928
00:39:02,329 --> 00:38:59,940
they're going from there but we have

929
00:39:04,670 --> 00:39:02,339
this T minus four hold in place for this

930
00:39:06,470 --> 00:39:04,680
reason to be able to work things and of

931
00:39:08,810 --> 00:39:06,480
course as we just continue working

932
00:39:11,810 --> 00:39:08,820
through the time that availability in

933
00:39:14,030 --> 00:39:11,820
the window just dwindles down so ever so

934
00:39:16,970 --> 00:39:14,040
slightly and you're looking live inside

935
00:39:19,910 --> 00:39:16,980
the launch room at the United launch

936
00:39:22,370 --> 00:39:19,920
Alliance Headquarters here at Vandenberg

937
00:39:25,550 --> 00:39:22,380
space Force Base

938
00:39:29,210 --> 00:39:25,560
as they currently uh as Mick said

939
00:39:31,430 --> 00:39:29,220
working through the Centaur locks issue

940
00:39:34,849 --> 00:39:31,440
and we have heard them discuss the

941
00:39:37,370 --> 00:39:34,859
possibility of a new t0

942
00:39:40,670 --> 00:39:37,380
24 minutes off the original they're

943
00:39:43,790 --> 00:39:40,680
looking at the area of 1 49 a.m Pacific

944
00:39:45,730 --> 00:39:43,800
Time 4 49 a.m eastern time but they have

945
00:39:47,990 --> 00:39:45,740
not locked that in because as you said

946
00:39:51,109 --> 00:39:48,000
locking in the time isn't the priority

947
00:39:52,910 --> 00:39:51,119
currently working the matter at hand is

948
00:39:54,349 --> 00:39:52,920
yes we want to make sure the rocket is

949
00:39:56,150 --> 00:39:54,359
safe we want to make sure the spacecraft

950
00:39:58,730 --> 00:39:56,160
is safe we want to make sure

951
00:40:01,490 --> 00:39:58,740
everything's ready for launch and if we

952
00:40:02,990 --> 00:40:01,500
need to do something then we will work

953
00:40:04,790 --> 00:40:03,000
that so we'll use up as much of the

954
00:40:06,829 --> 00:40:04,800
window as we can as we continue to work

955
00:40:08,510 --> 00:40:06,839
this issue and then the team will make

956
00:40:11,329 --> 00:40:08,520
have to make a decision as we get down

957
00:40:14,329 --> 00:40:11,339
in those short Strokes of the remaining

958
00:40:17,089 --> 00:40:14,339
time but as you and I are listening to

959
00:40:18,710 --> 00:40:17,099
some of the engineering discussion the

960
00:40:21,109 --> 00:40:18,720
team is definitely following their

961
00:40:23,990 --> 00:40:21,119
procedures methodically going through

962
00:40:26,450 --> 00:40:24,000
some troubleshooting And discussing path

963
00:40:28,490 --> 00:40:26,460
forward so the team is doing exactly

964
00:40:30,589 --> 00:40:28,500
what they are training to do and make

965
00:40:32,270 --> 00:40:30,599
sure that the rocket and spacecraft are

966
00:40:35,630 --> 00:40:32,280
are still safe before going to lift off

967
00:40:38,210 --> 00:40:35,640
this morning be advised we are back into

968
00:40:42,349 --> 00:40:38,220
topping and we are picking up with the

969
00:40:46,430 --> 00:40:44,089
so there we heard we talked about Pogo

970
00:40:49,730 --> 00:40:46,440
charge earlier we heard the team uh just

971
00:40:52,370 --> 00:40:49,740
talking finally uh I have an expedited

972
00:40:54,530 --> 00:40:52,380
I'll brief for you go ahead okay so the

973
00:40:58,190 --> 00:40:54,540
team uh struggled but we did get the uh

974
00:40:59,390 --> 00:40:58,200
uh booster locks tank into topping uh we

975
00:41:04,190 --> 00:40:59,400
have reviewed the terminal count

976
00:41:06,710 --> 00:41:04,200
sequencing and uh have no uh different

977
00:41:09,349 --> 00:41:06,720
actions to take because of our condition

978
00:41:11,390 --> 00:41:09,359
with the 401 valve our recommendation is

979
00:41:14,089 --> 00:41:11,400
proceed as is the terminal count

980
00:41:16,490 --> 00:41:14,099
Roger

981
00:41:18,410 --> 00:41:16,500
well good news there yeah proceeding

982
00:41:20,890 --> 00:41:18,420
into terminal count they've gotten the

983
00:41:23,390 --> 00:41:20,900
issue with the booster locks a result

984
00:41:25,910 --> 00:41:23,400
yeah and that was great news to hear

985
00:41:28,130 --> 00:41:25,920
from anomaly Chief Dave McFarland from

986
00:41:29,210 --> 00:41:28,140
uh United launch Alliance to hear that

987
00:41:32,630 --> 00:41:29,220
they've resolved that and they've got

988
00:41:36,050 --> 00:41:32,640
into topping and um that they'll get

989
00:41:40,609 --> 00:41:38,690
see on one that's rlm go ahead

990
00:41:53,950 --> 00:41:40,619
booster locks is back within the band

991
00:41:58,730 --> 00:41:56,810
so Daryl yeah as we get ready to go now

992
00:42:02,030 --> 00:41:58,740
that they've resolved that we'll see

993
00:42:04,730 --> 00:42:02,040
what Omar Baez does with the t zero time

994
00:42:07,370 --> 00:42:04,740
and as he gets ready for uh polling and

995
00:42:09,710 --> 00:42:07,380
working uh that t-zero time and announce

996
00:42:12,650 --> 00:42:09,720
that though we'll reset the clocks to be

997
00:42:15,109 --> 00:42:12,660
able to sync up and move into terminal

998
00:42:18,410 --> 00:42:15,119
count as we heard uh anomaly Chief Dave

999
00:42:23,510 --> 00:42:18,420
McFarland recommendation to continue

1000
00:42:28,910 --> 00:42:26,630
so a little more time for the last Atlas

1001
00:42:31,609 --> 00:42:28,920
5 to launch from the West Coast here in

1002
00:42:31,619 --> 00:42:38,030
LC box one

1003
00:42:46,130 --> 00:42:39,650
LC last one

1004
00:42:49,670 --> 00:42:47,870
go ahead box one

1005
00:42:52,490 --> 00:42:49,680
Alice Ella two at play level

1006
00:42:55,130 --> 00:42:52,500
Roger so that's great news to hear that

1007
00:42:58,430 --> 00:42:55,140
the booster Atlas locks is at flight

1008
00:43:01,550 --> 00:42:58,440
level and they continue their topping of

1009
00:43:03,410 --> 00:43:01,560
that locks in the tank and so we'll

1010
00:43:05,690 --> 00:43:03,420
continue to move through the procedure

1011
00:43:08,510 --> 00:43:05,700
make sure locks is filled completely in

1012
00:43:11,690 --> 00:43:08,520
the atlas and the Centaur vehicle to

1013
00:43:13,370 --> 00:43:11,700
then get ready for a new t0 this morning

1014
00:43:15,770 --> 00:43:13,380
we are still counting down through the

1015
00:43:17,329 --> 00:43:15,780
window remaining Daryl we have about 28

1016
00:43:20,390 --> 00:43:17,339
minutes left in our window this morning

1017
00:43:21,829 --> 00:43:20,400
so the team I'm very happy to hear the

1018
00:43:24,589 --> 00:43:21,839
team is continuing to follow their

1019
00:43:26,750 --> 00:43:24,599
process of procedures work through all

1020
00:43:29,809 --> 00:43:26,760
the things they need to work through and

1021
00:43:32,150 --> 00:43:29,819
get us to a safe launch this morning

1022
00:43:34,370 --> 00:43:32,160
and we want to underscore the importance

1023
00:43:37,370 --> 00:43:34,380
of what was just said there with regards

1024
00:43:39,589 --> 00:43:37,380
to that flight level for the booster

1025
00:43:40,849 --> 00:43:39,599
that was a little bit of a sticking

1026
00:43:42,710 --> 00:43:40,859
point they were trying to get past and

1027
00:43:44,390 --> 00:43:42,720
that uh that's a great sign yeah as

1028
00:43:45,530 --> 00:43:44,400
anomaly Chief Dave McFarland mentioned

1029
00:43:47,809 --> 00:43:45,540
they were having some trouble with the

1030
00:43:49,730 --> 00:43:47,819
booster locks uh tank and getting ready

1031
00:43:51,890 --> 00:43:49,740
for topping they got that resolved and

1032
00:43:54,230 --> 00:43:51,900
have moved forward so absolutely it's a

1033
00:43:56,630 --> 00:43:54,240
great sign to hear that and uh as we

1034
00:43:58,910 --> 00:43:56,640
move into uh finalizing uh Centaur

1035
00:44:01,550 --> 00:43:58,920
topping and get everything ready for

1036
00:44:05,089 --> 00:44:01,560
flight levels and so we await the NASA

1037
00:44:08,750 --> 00:44:05,099
launch manager poll Omar Baez in his

1038
00:44:11,030 --> 00:44:08,760
last mission as NASA launch manager for

1039
00:44:12,710 --> 00:44:11,040
the launch Services Program

1040
00:44:16,250 --> 00:44:12,720
getting a little extra time in the seat

1041
00:44:20,030 --> 00:44:16,260
himself yeah Omar Omar did announce his

1042
00:44:22,670 --> 00:44:20,040
retirement uh uh for later in 2023 or

1043
00:44:26,030 --> 00:44:22,680
early 2023 so as you said his last

1044
00:44:30,109 --> 00:44:26,040
mission is LS uh NASA launch manager

1045
00:44:32,210 --> 00:44:30,119
here on the jpss2 mission and uh having

1046
00:44:35,450 --> 00:44:32,220
a little excitement yeah here in the

1047
00:44:50,930 --> 00:44:35,460
last few minutes of this launch of an

1048
00:44:56,930 --> 00:44:53,690
and so uh Omar indicated that he would

1049
00:44:58,970 --> 00:44:56,940
like to conduct his launch manager poll

1050
00:45:00,650 --> 00:44:58,980
when that is ready to go of course we'll

1051
00:45:02,870 --> 00:45:00,660
bring that to you

1052
00:45:05,089 --> 00:45:02,880
live as it's happening we're listening

1053
00:45:06,410 --> 00:45:05,099
in for an indication of when that might

1054
00:45:09,589 --> 00:45:06,420
start

1055
00:45:41,089 --> 00:45:09,599
at the same time they're also working on

1056
00:45:48,349 --> 00:45:43,670
as we look live at the atlas 5 all 19

1057
00:45:53,510 --> 00:45:50,809
at space launch complex 3 here at

1058
00:45:55,069 --> 00:45:53,520
Vandenberg space force a historic pad

1059
00:45:56,809 --> 00:45:55,079
here

1060
00:45:58,190 --> 00:45:56,819
yeah Daryl we talked about the 401

1061
00:45:59,930 --> 00:45:58,200
configuration earlier as the team

1062
00:46:01,430 --> 00:45:59,940
continues to work these things uh

1063
00:46:03,290 --> 00:46:01,440
interesting as we look at the rocket

1064
00:46:07,309 --> 00:46:03,300
here you will see the four meter fairing

1065
00:46:09,550 --> 00:46:07,319
on top uh it is the last four meter

1066
00:46:12,230 --> 00:46:09,560
fairing also for the atlas 5 program

1067
00:46:15,410 --> 00:46:12,240
built in Harlingen Texas hand painted

1068
00:46:18,230 --> 00:46:15,420
with the logos on board it is the EPF

1069
00:46:21,290 --> 00:46:18,240
the extended payload fairing uh that

1070
00:46:24,890 --> 00:46:21,300
Atlas offers in this configuration and

1071
00:46:27,710 --> 00:46:24,900
the reason we had to do that was J2 is

1072
00:46:29,870 --> 00:46:27,720
is the size of J2 and the height as

1073
00:46:31,609 --> 00:46:29,880
Megan pointed out earlier but we also

1074
00:46:34,430 --> 00:46:31,619
have that lofted mission that sits

1075
00:46:36,410 --> 00:46:34,440
underneath on a inside some canister

1076
00:46:38,329 --> 00:46:36,420
spacers so to be able to accommodate

1077
00:46:40,730 --> 00:46:38,339
both of those we needed this extended

1078
00:46:43,190 --> 00:46:40,740
Fairing and you know for me to see this

1079
00:46:45,109 --> 00:46:43,200
last uh four meter fairing launch from

1080
00:46:47,450 --> 00:46:45,119
space launch complex 3 is another

1081
00:46:50,270 --> 00:46:47,460
historic moment along with this last

1082
00:46:52,430 --> 00:46:50,280
Atlas five out of Vandenberg so just

1083
00:46:55,730 --> 00:46:52,440
another unique thing there you see great

1084
00:46:58,309 --> 00:46:55,740
shot logo yeah great shot of that

1085
00:47:01,849 --> 00:46:58,319
hand-painted logos of the jpss2 NOAA

1086
00:47:04,790 --> 00:47:01,859
NASA and lofted uh if it was it was

1087
00:47:07,130 --> 00:47:04,800
pretty cool to watch that being done by

1088
00:47:11,470 --> 00:47:07,140
the artist who's been doing them for the

1089
00:47:14,030 --> 00:47:11,480
last 25 years and so another great

1090
00:47:15,770 --> 00:47:14,040
historic moment for the atlas 5 program

1091
00:47:17,470 --> 00:47:15,780
it really is interesting as you look at

1092
00:47:20,750 --> 00:47:17,480
that four meter fairing to think about

1093
00:47:24,290 --> 00:47:20,760
how it actually has two vehicles in

1094
00:47:26,930 --> 00:47:24,300
there the spacecraft jpss2 which is at

1095
00:47:29,750 --> 00:47:26,940
the very top of that fairing inside if

1096
00:47:32,270 --> 00:47:29,760
you can Envision and then below it is

1097
00:47:36,950 --> 00:47:32,280
lofted contained in a payload launch

1098
00:47:38,990 --> 00:47:36,960
adapter and compressed all the way down

1099
00:47:41,510 --> 00:47:39,000
deflated I believe is what it's I say

1100
00:47:44,530 --> 00:47:41,520
inflated deflated deflated yeah that's

1101
00:47:47,809 --> 00:47:44,540
what's important one it will inflate yes

1102
00:47:52,250 --> 00:47:47,819
likely to coordinate a new t0 of zero

1103
00:47:56,450 --> 00:47:52,260
nine four nine zero zero you look

1104
00:47:59,089 --> 00:47:56,460
Roger rclc on one Roger please

1105
00:48:03,410 --> 00:47:59,099
coordinate a new t0 of zero nine colon

1106
00:48:06,650 --> 00:48:03,420
49 Zulu Roger and work and ALC

1107
00:48:09,890 --> 00:48:06,660
Elsie ALC Roger please set the countdown

1108
00:48:13,069 --> 00:48:09,900
clock for a new t0 of zero nine colon 49

1109
00:48:17,930 --> 00:48:13,079
Zulu zero nine four nine Roger so we got

1110
00:48:21,170 --> 00:48:17,940
a new t0 at 1 49 a.m Pacific time

1111
00:48:23,690 --> 00:48:21,180
4 49 a.m eastern time as you just heard

1112
00:48:26,990 --> 00:48:23,700
it called out by launch conductor Doug

1113
00:48:28,609 --> 00:48:27,000
Lebo and that's a great sign we're gonna

1114
00:48:31,490 --> 00:48:28,619
eat into the window a little bit but

1115
00:48:33,109 --> 00:48:31,500
we've got a new t0 yeah absolutely we've

1116
00:48:35,630 --> 00:48:33,119
we've eaten all right we've used that

1117
00:48:38,089 --> 00:48:35,640
part of that window remaining yes

1118
00:48:40,910 --> 00:48:38,099
obviously t-0 set for zero nine four

1119
00:48:42,770 --> 00:48:40,920
nine zero zero Roger which gives us

1120
00:48:45,230 --> 00:48:42,780
about 12 minutes left in the window if

1121
00:48:47,750 --> 00:48:45,240
we need it uh and we're now in the T

1122
00:48:51,050 --> 00:48:47,760
minus four hold uh with about 11 minutes

1123
00:48:53,390 --> 00:48:51,060
left in the hold so we're at uh L minus

1124
00:48:55,069 --> 00:48:53,400
15 minutes Daryl coming up so we should

1125
00:48:58,790 --> 00:48:55,079
be picking things back up with our

1126
00:49:03,470 --> 00:48:58,800
normal uh procedures 13 minutes

1127
00:49:07,609 --> 00:49:05,390
and so we'd be looking for that NASA

1128
00:49:10,910 --> 00:49:07,619
launch manager poll at L minus 13

1129
00:49:17,569 --> 00:49:10,920
minutes by Omar Baez and then we would

1130
00:49:23,870 --> 00:49:19,849
again if you're just joining us this is

1131
00:49:26,450 --> 00:49:23,880
the launch of jpss2 and lofted on an

1132
00:49:28,849 --> 00:49:26,460
atlas 5 rocket

1133
00:49:31,370 --> 00:49:28,859
off the western coast of California here

1134
00:49:32,950 --> 00:49:31,380
at the Vandenberg space Force Base

1135
00:49:35,809 --> 00:49:32,960
we've had a delay in our launch

1136
00:49:39,530 --> 00:49:35,819
originally scheduled for 1 25 a.m

1137
00:49:41,750 --> 00:49:39,540
Pacific time for 40 4 25 a.m Eastern

1138
00:49:44,510 --> 00:49:41,760
Time

1139
00:49:48,829 --> 00:49:44,520
we've got a 24-minute delay our new t0

1140
00:49:49,910 --> 00:49:48,839
149 a.m Pacific Time 4 49 a.m Eastern

1141
00:49:52,309 --> 00:49:49,920
Time

1142
00:49:55,069 --> 00:49:52,319
the atlas 5 sitting on the launch pad at

1143
00:49:57,650 --> 00:49:55,079
space launch complex three

1144
00:49:59,870 --> 00:49:57,660
a historic launch complex Mick I know

1145
00:50:01,730 --> 00:49:59,880
you know it well and this will be the

1146
00:50:03,650 --> 00:50:01,740
last Atlas 5 that will lift off from

1147
00:50:07,010 --> 00:50:03,660
this pad before this pad gets

1148
00:50:09,650 --> 00:50:07,020
reconfigured for ula's Next Generation

1149
00:50:11,150 --> 00:50:09,660
rocket the Vulcan yeah Vulcan Centaur

1150
00:50:13,309 --> 00:50:11,160
will be the next and the team will start

1151
00:50:15,770 --> 00:50:13,319
making mods for that you know just like

1152
00:50:19,130 --> 00:50:15,780
we did back in 1999 when we mounted this

1153
00:50:22,309 --> 00:50:19,140
pad to go from original Atlas ICBM

1154
00:50:24,710 --> 00:50:22,319
Rockets to the atlas 2as part of the

1155
00:50:27,410 --> 00:50:24,720
atlas family and then extended the

1156
00:50:29,690 --> 00:50:27,420
mobile service tower for Atlas 5 as we

1157
00:50:33,170 --> 00:50:29,700
get ready to launch today so another

1158
00:50:35,150 --> 00:50:33,180
great performance by Atlas 5 here on the

1159
00:50:36,890 --> 00:50:35,160
West Coast for all the missions that

1160
00:50:39,890 --> 00:50:36,900
they have launched and we look forward

1161
00:50:43,190 --> 00:50:39,900
to closing out this part of the space

1162
00:50:47,030 --> 00:50:43,200
launch complex 3's historic history as

1163
00:50:50,210 --> 00:50:47,040
we get ready to hear from Omar Baez or

1164
00:50:52,849 --> 00:50:50,220
NASA launch manager on his nlm poll

1165
00:50:55,430 --> 00:50:52,859
yeah let's listen in now to uh

1166
00:50:59,950 --> 00:50:55,440
our nlm net as we call it the NASA

1167
00:51:10,370 --> 00:51:04,190
with our final launch poll NASA CE

1168
00:51:12,829 --> 00:51:10,380
NASA ce's goal SMA SMA is go SMD SMD is

1169
00:51:18,349 --> 00:51:12,839
go NASA Mission manager

1170
00:51:21,890 --> 00:51:18,359
that's what Mr managers go LSP LSPs go

1171
00:51:28,490 --> 00:51:24,950
so there we heard Daryl uh Omar Baez

1172
00:51:30,290 --> 00:51:28,500
complete the NASA poll getting ready to

1173
00:51:31,609 --> 00:51:30,300
go into terminal count and Omar then

1174
00:51:34,670 --> 00:51:31,619
will report out as part of the launch

1175
00:51:36,170 --> 00:51:34,680
conductor's poll at L minus seven uh and

1176
00:51:39,049 --> 00:51:36,180
it was just great to hear everybody

1177
00:51:41,210 --> 00:51:39,059
giving a go here that really makes me

1178
00:51:45,589 --> 00:51:41,220
feel good about the teamwork tonight

1179
00:51:47,569 --> 00:51:45,599
between the space force Ula NASA jpss2

1180
00:51:49,910 --> 00:51:47,579
and lofted all the teams working

1181
00:51:52,670 --> 00:51:49,920
together you know they have this issue

1182
00:51:54,710 --> 00:51:52,680
that delayed our our t0 a little bit but

1183
00:51:56,870 --> 00:51:54,720
they worked through it they got there we

1184
00:52:00,950 --> 00:51:56,880
reset the clock we're now targeting a 1

1185
00:52:03,170 --> 00:52:00,960
49 a.m Pacific Time liftoff and just

1186
00:52:04,910 --> 00:52:03,180
just hearing those goes gives me

1187
00:52:06,950 --> 00:52:04,920
confidence that you know we've worked

1188
00:52:11,870 --> 00:52:06,960
through these things and we can get J2

1189
00:52:17,690 --> 00:52:14,870
and from the shot there you can see the

1190
00:52:20,329 --> 00:52:17,700
liquid oxygen that's being vented off by

1191
00:52:21,890 --> 00:52:20,339
control LC

1192
00:52:24,530 --> 00:52:21,900
go ahead

1193
00:52:29,450 --> 00:52:24,540
perform long-term time verification

1194
00:52:32,990 --> 00:52:31,309
venting off the locks for the first

1195
00:52:34,670 --> 00:52:33,000
stage in the lower part the middle part

1196
00:52:37,309 --> 00:52:34,680
of your screen

1197
00:52:40,309 --> 00:52:37,319
and then the venting of the centaur

1198
00:52:40,319 --> 00:52:44,329
Atlas is fully Tanked

1199
00:52:44,339 --> 00:52:49,549
foreign

1200
00:52:55,730 --> 00:52:52,130
go ahead the range has approved our new

1201
00:52:58,430 --> 00:52:55,740
t0 of zero nine four nine zero Roger

1202
00:53:01,609 --> 00:52:58,440
that's great news uh range of course has

1203
00:53:04,309 --> 00:53:01,619
to coordinate the launch time and uh of

1204
00:53:07,069 --> 00:53:04,319
course the 30th space Wing here on

1205
00:53:08,930 --> 00:53:07,079
Vandenberg is responsible Roger for the

1206
00:53:12,470 --> 00:53:08,940
public safety of everyone around this

1207
00:53:14,829 --> 00:53:12,480
rocket and they also keep track of uh

1208
00:53:17,870 --> 00:53:14,839
everything that's in the airspace

1209
00:53:21,410 --> 00:53:17,880
downrange of this launch area so it's

1210
00:53:23,270 --> 00:53:21,420
really important and necessary to get

1211
00:53:25,069 --> 00:53:23,280
signed off from the range before you go

1212
00:53:26,329 --> 00:53:25,079
ahead with your new t0 yeah absolutely

1213
00:53:28,430 --> 00:53:26,339
we want to coordinate that with the

1214
00:53:31,370 --> 00:53:28,440
space force as you said personnel safety

1215
00:53:33,170 --> 00:53:31,380
here locally uh Personnel safety in the

1216
00:53:35,750 --> 00:53:33,180
airspace as we get ready to launch this

1217
00:53:39,170 --> 00:53:35,760
rocket and of course Personnel safety on

1218
00:53:42,950 --> 00:53:39,180
the water also as we head downrange uh

1219
00:53:44,630 --> 00:53:42,960
from southerly trajectory leaving the

1220
00:53:48,109 --> 00:53:44,640
East uh the west coast of California

1221
00:53:50,870 --> 00:53:48,119
here so very important to get uh space

1222
00:53:53,210 --> 00:53:50,880
force concurs which is why working as

1223
00:53:55,069 --> 00:53:53,220
teams together is a really good thing

1224
00:53:57,650 --> 00:53:55,079
glad to see that we're getting there

1225
00:53:59,690 --> 00:53:57,660
there as we head down into the count L

1226
00:54:01,849 --> 00:53:59,700
minus 10 minutes

1227
00:54:04,190 --> 00:54:01,859
you heard the L minus 10 minute call 10

1228
00:54:07,069 --> 00:54:04,200
minutes until liftoff

1229
00:54:11,510 --> 00:54:07,079
of JPS 2.

1230
00:54:13,309 --> 00:54:11,520
and lofted on an atlas V rocket

1231
00:54:15,589 --> 00:54:13,319
is the LC on one with the terminal count

1232
00:54:17,329 --> 00:54:15,599
briefing if a condition exceeds a launch

1233
00:54:19,609 --> 00:54:17,339
constraint anytime after the terminal

1234
00:54:21,430 --> 00:54:19,619
count status check the Observer shall

1235
00:54:23,750 --> 00:54:21,440
announce hold hold hold on channel one

1236
00:54:27,349 --> 00:54:23,760
identify their station and briefly State

1237
00:54:33,109 --> 00:54:29,870
FTS verify the hold fire switch is in

1238
00:54:35,510 --> 00:54:33,119
the proceed position ready to proceed

1239
00:54:36,950 --> 00:54:35,520
rlm verify Redline Monitor and event

1240
00:54:38,510 --> 00:54:36,960
table are in the correct configuration

1241
00:54:40,309 --> 00:54:38,520
for terminal Cal

1242
00:54:52,790 --> 00:54:40,319
verify

1243
00:54:56,809 --> 00:54:54,530
so there we heard launch conductor Doug

1244
00:54:59,089 --> 00:54:56,819
Lebo verifying that everything with his

1245
00:55:02,690 --> 00:54:59,099
team is in configuration as he gets

1246
00:55:05,329 --> 00:55:02,700
ready to head into the launch conductors

1247
00:55:07,370 --> 00:55:05,339
terminal count poll at L minus seven and

1248
00:55:10,670 --> 00:55:07,380
explaining to the team that if they see

1249
00:55:12,829 --> 00:55:10,680
anything that is anomalous or out of

1250
00:55:14,809 --> 00:55:12,839
family in the terminal count at T minus

1251
00:55:17,450 --> 00:55:14,819
foreign counting that they are to call a

1252
00:55:21,109 --> 00:55:17,460
hold hold hold hold and stop to count so

1253
00:55:23,089 --> 00:55:21,119
making sure all teams are ready and

1254
00:55:25,130 --> 00:55:23,099
understand their responsibility as we

1255
00:55:27,290 --> 00:55:25,140
get ready to pick up terminal count

1256
00:55:30,770 --> 00:55:27,300
we expect that in just about 90 seconds

1257
00:55:34,430 --> 00:55:30,780
from now as you look on at the atlas 5

1258
00:55:37,370 --> 00:55:34,440
rocket in the 401 configuration the most

1259
00:55:40,730 --> 00:55:37,380
flown configuration that's been the

1260
00:55:43,849 --> 00:55:40,740
Workhorse of the atlas V Fleet uh rocket

1261
00:55:46,490 --> 00:55:43,859
that uh McMuffin knows well it stands at

1262
00:55:48,470 --> 00:55:46,500
191 feet tall

1263
00:55:50,809 --> 00:55:48,480
and weighs 750

1264
00:55:54,470 --> 00:55:50,819
000 pounds at launch

1265
00:55:58,210 --> 00:55:54,480
it'll throw down 860 000 pounds of

1266
00:56:00,650 --> 00:55:58,220
thrust at liftoff

1267
00:56:04,790 --> 00:56:00,660
you said this is the most flown it is

1268
00:56:08,089 --> 00:56:04,800
the 41st uh 401 configuration flown by

1269
00:56:10,910 --> 00:56:08,099
Ula and this is the 97th okay that gives

1270
00:56:12,589 --> 00:56:10,920
you a pretty good idea of how many 401s

1271
00:56:15,109 --> 00:56:12,599
have flown as you said it has been the

1272
00:56:16,670 --> 00:56:15,119
Workhorse for not only NASA but other

1273
00:56:18,770 --> 00:56:16,680
commercial entities also that have

1274
00:56:21,290 --> 00:56:18,780
launched satellites so very proud that

1275
00:56:24,890 --> 00:56:21,300
uoa has this vehicle

1276
00:56:30,049 --> 00:56:24,900
a lot of science missions over the years

1277
00:56:34,490 --> 00:56:32,569
also the first uh Insight sorry the

1278
00:56:36,470 --> 00:56:34,500
first interplanetary launch from right

1279
00:56:38,750 --> 00:56:36,480
here on the West Coast yeah insight and

1280
00:56:41,690 --> 00:56:38,760
one of my favorites launched in 2006 on

1281
00:56:45,650 --> 00:56:41,700
an ls5 uh Pluto New Horizons heading out

1282
00:56:48,470 --> 00:56:45,660
to the uh planet Pluto uh as I still

1283
00:56:50,150 --> 00:56:48,480
believe yeah that's it that's right

1284
00:56:56,510 --> 00:56:50,160
let's stand by

1285
00:57:01,309 --> 00:56:59,329
minus seven minutes

1286
00:57:04,010 --> 00:57:01,319
status check to proceed with terminal

1287
00:57:09,710 --> 00:57:04,020
count Atlas systems propulsion go

1288
00:57:14,650 --> 00:57:09,720
Hydraulics go pneumatics go lo2

1289
00:57:17,990 --> 00:57:14,660
go water go Center systems propulsion go

1290
00:57:23,089 --> 00:57:18,000
pneumatics go lo2

1291
00:57:25,250 --> 00:57:23,099
go lh2 go how's gas go electrical

1292
00:57:31,490 --> 00:57:25,260
systems airborne

1293
00:57:34,549 --> 00:57:31,500
ground go facility go rffts go flight

1294
00:57:39,530 --> 00:57:34,559
control go gcq

1295
00:57:44,870 --> 00:57:39,540
so pop support go calm go

1296
00:57:46,609 --> 00:57:44,880
umbilicals go ECS go Redline monitor go

1297
00:57:49,790 --> 00:57:46,619
quality

1298
00:57:52,609 --> 00:57:49,800
so op safety Manager Go

1299
00:57:57,109 --> 00:57:52,619
Ula safety officer go vehicle system

1300
00:58:00,290 --> 00:57:57,119
engineer go anomaly Chief go range

1301
00:58:02,150 --> 00:58:00,300
coordinator go LDA

1302
00:58:05,030 --> 00:58:02,160
they clear a lot

1303
00:58:07,730 --> 00:58:05,040
nlm NASA's go

1304
00:58:08,630 --> 00:58:07,740
launch director you have permission to

1305
00:58:10,910 --> 00:58:08,640
Launch

1306
00:58:14,809 --> 00:58:10,920
proceeding with the count

1307
00:58:17,510 --> 00:58:14,819
ALC verify t0 is set for zero nine colon

1308
00:58:19,130 --> 00:58:17,520
49 Zulu verified

1309
00:58:21,770 --> 00:58:19,140
that's the poll we wanted to hear and

1310
00:58:24,470 --> 00:58:21,780
the result uh goes across the board we

1311
00:58:26,569 --> 00:58:24,480
are green across the board

1312
00:58:29,089 --> 00:58:26,579
um that's a good good configuration to

1313
00:58:30,890 --> 00:58:29,099
be in and a good poll

1314
00:58:33,650 --> 00:58:30,900
in 30 seconds

1315
00:58:34,790 --> 00:58:33,660
yes NSC verify spacecraft is configured

1316
00:58:37,069 --> 00:58:34,800
for launch

1317
00:58:38,569 --> 00:58:37,079
this is Tennessee spacecraft is

1318
00:58:40,670 --> 00:58:38,579
configured for launch

1319
00:58:43,069 --> 00:58:40,680
so that's another great uh right there

1320
00:58:44,990 --> 00:58:43,079
uh poll to hear from the NSC NASA

1321
00:58:47,329 --> 00:58:45,000
spacecraft are complete prior to the

1322
00:58:49,370 --> 00:58:47,339
terminal count that the spacecraft is

1323
00:58:51,829 --> 00:58:49,380
configured for launch uh getting ready

1324
00:58:53,809 --> 00:58:51,839
to uh proceed into terminal count at T

1325
00:58:56,569 --> 00:58:53,819
minus four when the L clock and the T

1326
00:58:59,930 --> 00:58:56,579
clock sync up so uh very happy to get to

1327
00:59:01,549 --> 00:58:59,940
this point very uh very excited that the

1328
00:59:03,470 --> 00:59:01,559
team was able to work through their

1329
00:59:06,230 --> 00:59:03,480
issues the this morning or this evening

1330
00:59:08,210 --> 00:59:06,240
and into the morning and uh get us to

1331
00:59:10,430 --> 00:59:08,220
this point Daryl this is uh what it's

1332
00:59:13,190 --> 00:59:10,440
all about teamwork and getting a rocket

1333
00:59:15,890 --> 00:59:13,200
launched with the important payload for

1334
00:59:18,289 --> 00:59:15,900
the United States and the world in

1335
00:59:20,569 --> 00:59:18,299
weather Observatory and making sure that

1336
00:59:22,309 --> 00:59:20,579
we're doing it safely and having a

1337
00:59:25,190 --> 00:59:22,319
mission success this morning this

1338
00:59:29,210 --> 00:59:25,200
mission to go into a low earth orbit

1339
00:59:30,890 --> 00:59:29,220
that is Sun synchronous and polar in its

1340
00:59:34,010 --> 00:59:30,900
direction

1341
00:59:39,049 --> 00:59:36,770
and the same orbit as the first jpss

1342
00:59:40,130 --> 00:59:39,059
which is now NOAA 20 and they will be

1343
00:59:41,930 --> 00:59:40,140
circling

1344
00:59:44,030 --> 00:59:41,940
our planet

1345
00:59:46,789 --> 00:59:44,040
Gathering that weather or data that is

1346
00:59:48,410 --> 00:59:46,799
so critical to forecasting severe

1347
00:59:50,030 --> 00:59:48,420
weather

1348
00:59:52,430 --> 00:59:50,040
we're just a few seconds away from

1349
00:59:54,650 --> 00:59:52,440
resuming on my mark the time will be T

1350
00:59:55,730 --> 00:59:54,660
minus four minutes and Counting

1351
00:59:56,809 --> 00:59:55,740
three

1352
01:00:00,289 --> 00:59:56,819
two

1353
01:00:08,990 --> 01:00:02,809
and there we go we are out of the hold

1354
01:00:13,370 --> 01:00:11,270
so from T4 minutes T minus four minutes

1355
01:00:15,890 --> 01:00:13,380
until launch you'll be listening to the

1356
01:00:18,289 --> 01:00:15,900
Ula team perform those final steps in

1357
01:00:20,690 --> 01:00:18,299
the countdown procedure

1358
01:00:22,490 --> 01:00:20,700
yeah as we hear the team they just uh uh

1359
01:00:25,069 --> 01:00:22,500
got the ground pyros ready for the

1360
01:00:27,890 --> 01:00:25,079
liftoff hold down bolts we'll hear them

1361
01:00:29,510 --> 01:00:27,900
bringing up the command sequencers and a

1362
01:00:31,370 --> 01:00:29,520
few other things including that flight

1363
01:00:33,710 --> 01:00:31,380
termination system that we talked about

1364
01:00:36,349 --> 01:00:33,720
replacing that battery earlier

1365
01:00:39,530 --> 01:00:36,359
and we just hear that Hydraulics are at

1366
01:00:44,210 --> 01:00:42,049
should be hearing a call out uh soon

1367
01:00:46,490 --> 01:00:44,220
that Atlas and Centaur are at flight

1368
01:00:48,410 --> 01:00:46,500
pressure is also what we call step three

1369
01:00:51,829 --> 01:00:48,420
pressures which means the vent valves

1370
01:00:54,170 --> 01:00:51,839
are closed uh stopping the venting of

1371
01:00:56,569 --> 01:00:54,180
liquid oxygen and starting to build up

1372
01:01:00,710 --> 01:00:56,579
pressure inside the liquid oxygen tanks

1373
01:01:03,470 --> 01:01:00,720
three minutes getting ready for launch

1374
01:01:06,309 --> 01:01:03,480
also transferring the atlas and Center

1375
01:01:12,589 --> 01:01:10,609
there you hear the flight pressure 50.

1376
01:01:14,329 --> 01:01:12,599
now looking to transfer that power yes

1377
01:01:19,430 --> 01:01:14,339
internal

1378
01:01:25,069 --> 01:01:22,549
coming up in just about

1379
01:01:26,990 --> 01:01:25,079
30 seconds the team will command the

1380
01:01:29,089 --> 01:01:27,000
launch sequencer to start

1381
01:01:30,170 --> 01:01:29,099
I'll be followed shortly by securing the

1382
01:01:33,109 --> 01:01:30,180
centaur

1383
01:01:36,049 --> 01:01:33,119
liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen

1384
01:01:38,270 --> 01:01:36,059
topping activity

1385
01:01:39,530 --> 01:01:38,280
then just a few seconds after that the

1386
01:01:44,390 --> 01:01:39,540
team will command the flight control

1387
01:01:49,130 --> 01:01:44,400
system to launch enable and arm

1388
01:01:49,140 --> 01:01:55,789
swapped out a battery

1389
01:01:58,910 --> 01:01:57,349
folks here at the hangar getting ready

1390
01:02:00,530 --> 01:01:58,920
to go outside

1391
01:02:04,730 --> 01:02:00,540
159

1392
01:02:07,069 --> 01:02:04,740
T minus two minutes until liftoff 155

1393
01:02:08,870 --> 01:02:07,079
launch sequence are starting

1394
01:02:12,170 --> 01:02:08,880
there we heard the launcher you talked

1395
01:02:15,849 --> 01:02:12,180
about securing centaur lh2 securing

1396
01:02:19,849 --> 01:02:18,109
Centaur locks and hydrogen have been

1397
01:02:23,690 --> 01:02:19,859
secured 140.

1398
01:02:28,370 --> 01:02:23,700
allowing them to build up pressure 137.

1399
01:02:31,370 --> 01:02:29,510
there's the army of the flight

1400
01:02:37,970 --> 01:02:31,380
termination system

1401
01:02:41,210 --> 01:02:39,470
120.

1402
01:02:42,829 --> 01:02:41,220
excitement building here at the

1403
01:02:46,490 --> 01:02:42,839
Vandenberg space force base in

1404
01:02:50,450 --> 01:02:48,470
we see here shortly that the Centaur

1405
01:02:51,650 --> 01:02:50,460
vehicle is that flight verification Bell

1406
01:02:55,130 --> 01:02:51,660
block

1407
01:03:00,770 --> 01:02:57,829
pressures on their way to flight levels

1408
01:03:03,010 --> 01:03:00,780
Rock report range status Rock range is

1409
01:03:06,890 --> 01:03:03,020
green

1410
01:03:08,809 --> 01:03:06,900
to move forward

1411
01:03:11,510 --> 01:03:08,819
if you're just joining us we are just

1412
01:03:13,970 --> 01:03:11,520
seconds away 50 to be exact

1413
01:03:15,589 --> 01:03:13,980
from launching jpss2 a new weather

1414
01:03:17,750 --> 01:03:15,599
Observatory that will track storms

1415
01:03:19,910 --> 01:03:17,760
across the globe as it orbits the planet

1416
01:03:21,950 --> 01:03:19,920
40 seconds

1417
01:03:24,049 --> 01:03:21,960
stable at step three

1418
01:03:25,730 --> 01:03:24,059
it will also launch Lofton a technology

1419
01:03:27,530 --> 01:03:25,740
demonstrator developing new way to

1420
01:03:32,990 --> 01:03:27,540
safely bring large payloads through the

1421
01:03:40,309 --> 01:03:36,470
25 seconds status check go Atlas go

1422
01:03:42,260 --> 01:03:40,319
Centaur go jpss2 there we go Daryl ready

1423
01:03:45,349 --> 01:03:42,270
for launch this morning

1424
01:03:47,569 --> 01:03:45,359
[Music]

1425
01:03:49,250 --> 01:03:47,579
on a clear night in California here we

1426
01:03:55,190 --> 01:03:49,260
go

1427
01:04:02,390 --> 01:03:55,200
T-minus ten nine eight seven six five

1428
01:04:08,089 --> 01:04:04,490
and lift up

1429
01:04:10,970 --> 01:04:08,099
liftoff of the atlas five carrying jpss2

1430
01:04:13,549 --> 01:04:10,980
and Lofton a new weather Observatory for

1431
01:04:18,490 --> 01:04:13,559
our planet and a test for Planetary

1432
01:04:23,329 --> 01:04:21,710
Omar bias say lsp-100 on its way also

1433
01:04:25,309 --> 01:04:23,339
we're very happy for this 100th Mission

1434
01:04:27,530 --> 01:04:25,319
the launch Services Program let's listen

1435
01:04:29,289 --> 01:04:27,540
in as Jesse Gonzalez coming up on 30

1436
01:04:32,690 --> 01:04:29,299
seconds

1437
01:04:43,970 --> 01:04:32,700
two miles downrange

1438
01:04:47,270 --> 01:04:45,950
and passing 45 seconds for the flight

1439
01:04:55,930 --> 01:04:47,280
continuing to see good operating

1440
01:05:06,829 --> 01:04:59,270
is ending its role maneuver and vehicle

1441
01:05:16,970 --> 01:05:08,150
thank you

1442
01:05:21,470 --> 01:05:19,010
and passing through 80 Seconds into

1443
01:05:23,210 --> 01:05:21,480
flight The Mach 1 Atlas 5 is now

1444
01:05:25,490 --> 01:05:23,220
supersonic

1445
01:05:28,849 --> 01:05:25,500
that's 700 Vehicles now passing through

1446
01:05:31,210 --> 01:05:28,859
Max Q maximum Dynamic pressure 769 miles

1447
01:05:37,309 --> 01:05:31,220
per hour 120

1448
01:05:41,510 --> 01:05:39,530
going through the area of Maximum

1449
01:05:42,890 --> 01:05:41,520
Dynamic pressure on the vehicle passing

1450
01:05:45,349 --> 01:05:42,900
100 seconds into flight saying the

1451
01:05:47,270 --> 01:05:45,359
rd-180 throttle back as expected

1452
01:05:48,829 --> 01:05:47,280
engine response continues to look good

1453
01:05:50,390 --> 01:05:48,839
and vehicle body rates continue to look

1454
01:05:53,750 --> 01:05:50,400
good at this time

1455
01:05:55,849 --> 01:05:53,760
throttling down just a little bit

1456
01:05:57,890 --> 01:05:55,859
to reduce stress two minutes into flight

1457
01:06:00,109 --> 01:05:57,900
the vehicle is now 12 miles in altitude

1458
01:06:19,190 --> 01:06:00,119
uh seven miles downrange traveling at

1459
01:06:23,289 --> 01:06:21,770
and passing 140 seconds into flight the

1460
01:06:25,490 --> 01:06:23,299
vehicle has gone to closed loop control

1461
01:06:27,650 --> 01:06:25,500
continuing to see stable body rates

1462
01:06:29,450 --> 01:06:27,660
throughout the Boost phase

1463
01:06:31,430 --> 01:06:29,460
so the rocket was flying in a trajectory

1464
01:06:33,410 --> 01:06:31,440
that's programmed in but now closed loop

1465
01:06:35,569 --> 01:06:33,420
is taking positional feedback from the

1466
01:06:37,370 --> 01:06:35,579
rocket sensors to get it into the proper

1467
01:06:38,809 --> 01:06:37,380
line for trajectory

1468
01:06:41,630 --> 01:06:38,819
it's going to maintain that Ascent line

1469
01:06:45,529 --> 01:06:41,640
beautiful shot there on board RCS is now

1470
01:06:45,539 --> 01:06:50,809
a shot from our infrared camera

1471
01:06:54,950 --> 01:06:52,609
and the reaction control system has

1472
01:06:58,069 --> 01:06:54,960
reached flight levels

1473
01:07:00,109 --> 01:06:58,079
system response looks good vehicle body

1474
01:07:01,670 --> 01:07:00,119
rates continue to look good as well I'm

1475
01:07:08,630 --> 01:07:01,680
seeing good response out of the rd-180

1476
01:07:13,069 --> 01:07:10,490
got to start cooling down that Centaur

1477
01:07:15,109 --> 01:07:13,079
engine in the second stage prepare for

1478
01:07:16,910 --> 01:07:15,119
its super chill propellant to flow

1479
01:07:18,770 --> 01:07:16,920
through the booster about three minutes

1480
01:07:21,710 --> 01:07:18,780
and 15 seconds into flight vehicle is

1481
01:07:24,230 --> 01:07:21,720
now 53 miles in altitude uh 67 miles

1482
01:07:43,430 --> 01:07:24,240
downrange traveling at 5 800 miles per

1483
01:07:47,170 --> 01:07:45,589
and now seeing the rd-180 throttle back

1484
01:07:50,270 --> 01:07:47,180
to maintain a

1485
01:07:54,710 --> 01:07:50,280
5.0 G acceleration limit

1486
01:07:59,150 --> 01:07:56,930
we're just seconds away now from booster

1487
01:08:01,069 --> 01:07:59,160
engine cutoff and we did see a good

1488
01:08:05,029 --> 01:08:01,079
response on the Centaur systems as a

1489
01:08:05,039 --> 01:08:10,430
and we have Biko booster engine cutoff

1490
01:08:10,440 --> 01:08:15,410
and we have successful stage separation

1491
01:08:15,420 --> 01:08:22,789
with Stage Separation on the rl10

1492
01:08:28,490 --> 01:08:25,669
and we have ignition for the first burn

1493
01:08:30,289 --> 01:08:28,500
RL 10 start parameters look good

1494
01:08:34,849 --> 01:08:30,299
and we have good indication of payload

1495
01:08:38,749 --> 01:08:37,249
saw a shot of that booster floating off

1496
01:08:40,189 --> 01:08:38,759
into space there you can actually see

1497
01:08:42,410 --> 01:08:40,199
the four meter fairing going by there

1498
01:08:44,150 --> 01:08:42,420
too on the video that's a great thing

1499
01:08:46,130 --> 01:08:44,160
looking at the Telemetry data rd180

1500
01:08:48,530 --> 01:08:46,140
performed very well on the first stage

1501
01:08:50,930 --> 01:08:48,540
separation was clean payload fairings

1502
01:08:53,390 --> 01:08:50,940
you can see on the infrared video there

1503
01:08:55,550 --> 01:08:53,400
on the screen the booster falling away

1504
01:08:57,769 --> 01:08:55,560
and the ferent two little fairings uh

1505
01:08:59,689 --> 01:08:57,779
start pre-start coming up on five

1506
01:09:01,430 --> 01:08:59,699
minutes into flight this first burn will

1507
01:09:03,610 --> 01:09:01,440
be about 13 minutes in duration the

1508
01:09:06,709 --> 01:09:03,620
first of three Burns for today's Mission

1509
01:09:09,829 --> 01:09:06,719
continuing to see stable rl-10 chamber

1510
01:09:12,769 --> 01:09:09,839
pressures at the beginning of the burn

1511
01:09:16,669 --> 01:09:12,779
sand also seeing a stable body rates

1512
01:09:19,070 --> 01:09:16,679
following uh payload fairing jettison

1513
01:09:21,829 --> 01:09:19,080
Carlton's performing very well pre-start

1514
01:09:24,050 --> 01:09:21,839
was good ignition came out very well as

1515
01:09:26,749 --> 01:09:24,060
we saw in the video and as the Centaur

1516
01:09:28,729 --> 01:09:26,759
continues to burn normally uh body rates

1517
01:09:32,090 --> 01:09:28,739
on the vehicle look very good with

1518
01:09:35,150 --> 01:09:32,100
payload fairing gone JPS is too exposed

1519
01:09:37,130 --> 01:09:35,160
to the environments of space

1520
01:09:38,570 --> 01:09:37,140
warm to the motor Catalyst vet for

1521
01:09:41,150 --> 01:09:38,580
operation

1522
01:09:43,689 --> 01:09:41,160
explain quickly what a body rate is so

1523
01:09:47,510 --> 01:09:43,699
the body rates the attitude of Centaur

1524
01:09:49,610 --> 01:09:47,520
as the vehicle is moving through space

1525
01:09:52,130 --> 01:09:49,620
we're trying to keep everything as

1526
01:09:54,770 --> 01:09:52,140
stable as possible so we have an XY and

1527
01:09:56,350 --> 01:09:54,780
a z body rate on the Centaur in the

1528
01:10:00,229 --> 01:09:56,360
flight computer and the RCs system

1529
01:10:03,229 --> 01:10:00,239
continue to maintain that as we move

1530
01:10:06,410 --> 01:10:03,239
through to get ready for separation

1531
01:10:09,169 --> 01:10:06,420
and now we're moving to ula's real-time

1532
01:10:12,410 --> 01:10:09,179
animation flight the vehicle is now 250

1533
01:10:17,930 --> 01:10:12,420
miles in altitude 430 miles downrange

1534
01:10:24,890 --> 01:10:19,850
The Innovation is informed by real-time

1535
01:10:30,649 --> 01:10:27,050
as we watch the rl-10 burn and the

1536
01:10:40,729 --> 01:10:34,010
at the top of the vehicle is

1537
01:10:46,130 --> 01:10:43,370
and there you're looking at the RL rl10

1538
01:10:47,810 --> 01:10:46,140
as it continues its burn and coming up

1539
01:10:49,310 --> 01:10:47,820
on seven minutes into flight uh

1540
01:10:51,770 --> 01:10:49,320
continuing to see stable performance

1541
01:10:54,950 --> 01:10:51,780
across all Centaur systems stable tank

1542
01:10:58,729 --> 01:10:54,960
pressures good performance at a pu and

1543
01:11:01,310 --> 01:10:58,739
some minor roll adjustments as a centaur

1544
01:11:03,110 --> 01:11:01,320
optimizes the Telemetry link

1545
01:11:04,370 --> 01:11:03,120
Centaur with plenty of performance to

1546
01:11:05,990 --> 01:11:04,380
get there plenty of performance and

1547
01:11:08,750 --> 01:11:06,000
everything's looking great as we heard

1548
01:11:10,610 --> 01:11:08,760
uh Jesse say everything is performing

1549
01:11:12,290 --> 01:11:10,620
not only as we get ready to continue

1550
01:11:13,970 --> 01:11:12,300
this burn for separation we're going to

1551
01:11:15,590 --> 01:11:13,980
keep watching the data and listening to

1552
01:11:18,470 --> 01:11:15,600
the launch team as we track the

1553
01:11:20,090 --> 01:11:18,480
performance of the Centaur getting jpss2

1554
01:11:23,689 --> 01:11:20,100
into orbit but in the meantime let's

1555
01:11:27,229 --> 01:11:25,550
if you're just joining us I'm NASA's

1556
01:11:29,209 --> 01:11:27,239
Megan Cruz bringing you live launch

1557
01:11:30,830 --> 01:11:29,219
coverage from Vandenberg space Force

1558
01:11:33,649 --> 01:11:30,840
Base along the Central Coast of

1559
01:11:37,010 --> 01:11:33,659
California just about 7 Minutes 34

1560
01:11:39,410 --> 01:11:37,020
seconds ago we watched as a United Atlas

1561
01:11:42,830 --> 01:11:39,420
United launch Alliance Atlas V rocket

1562
01:11:44,990 --> 01:11:42,840
lifted off at 1 49 a.m Pacific time and

1563
01:11:47,750 --> 01:11:45,000
it was a spectacular site what a clear

1564
01:11:50,090 --> 01:11:47,760
night no clouds in sight that rocket

1565
01:11:51,830 --> 01:11:50,100
just lit up the dark sky it's flying two

1566
01:11:54,890 --> 01:11:51,840
important missions today the primary one

1567
01:11:56,810 --> 01:11:54,900
is to send jpss2 into orbit it's the

1568
01:11:59,510 --> 01:11:56,820
National Oceanic and Atmospheric

1569
01:12:01,850 --> 01:11:59,520
administration's newest joint polar

1570
01:12:03,890 --> 01:12:01,860
weather satellite the secondary mission

1571
01:12:06,169 --> 01:12:03,900
is called lofted which will demonstrate

1572
01:12:08,750 --> 01:12:06,179
a new type of heat shield that inflates

1573
01:12:10,370 --> 01:12:08,760
for atmospheric re-entry we're going to

1574
01:12:14,630 --> 01:12:10,380
stay with you live for every important

1575
01:12:18,649 --> 01:12:16,970
NASA's primary launch site is Kennedy

1576
01:12:20,870 --> 01:12:18,659
Space Center in Florida but we lifted

1577
01:12:23,570 --> 01:12:20,880
off from California this morning because

1578
01:12:25,610 --> 01:12:23,580
of the Rockets flight path by launching

1579
01:12:27,490 --> 01:12:25,620
on the west coast teams kept the rocket

1580
01:12:30,169 --> 01:12:27,500
from flying over land

1581
01:12:32,390 --> 01:12:30,179
jpss2 is a polar orbiting satellite

1582
01:12:35,270 --> 01:12:32,400
which will circle the Earth pole to pole

1583
01:12:38,030 --> 01:12:35,280
14 times a day as the Earth rotates

1584
01:12:40,850 --> 01:12:38,040
underneath it it will pass over every

1585
01:12:43,370 --> 01:12:40,860
single spot on our planet at least twice

1586
01:12:44,870 --> 01:12:43,380
a day collecting valuable weather and

1587
01:12:48,169 --> 01:12:44,880
climate data

1588
01:12:50,510 --> 01:12:48,179
once operational jpss2 will be renamed

1589
01:12:52,490 --> 01:12:50,520
NOAA 21 and when you open the Weather

1590
01:12:55,610 --> 01:12:52,500
app on your smartphone you'll be using

1591
01:12:57,350 --> 01:12:55,620
NOAA 21 data NASA's Jasmine Hopkins

1592
01:12:59,810 --> 01:12:57,360
joins us with how the National Weather

1593
01:13:03,649 --> 01:12:59,820
Service uses the satellites to keep you

1594
01:13:07,610 --> 01:13:05,689
joining us now is Jim yo from the

1595
01:13:09,410 --> 01:13:07,620
National Weather Service thanks so much

1596
01:13:11,750 --> 01:13:09,420
for being here Jim a pleasure to be here

1597
01:13:13,970 --> 01:13:11,760
to talk about jpss2 and how the weather

1598
01:13:15,890 --> 01:13:13,980
service is going to use data from it to

1599
01:13:17,689 --> 01:13:15,900
get the best possible forecast for the

1600
01:13:19,310 --> 01:13:17,699
nation absolutely and speaking of that

1601
01:13:20,990 --> 01:13:19,320
forecast most of us check the weather

1602
01:13:23,209 --> 01:13:21,000
before we even leave the house in the

1603
01:13:26,209 --> 01:13:23,219
morning so what are the applications of

1604
01:13:29,630 --> 01:13:26,219
jpss2 data well the Weather Service will

1605
01:13:32,450 --> 01:13:29,640
use jpss2 data as the basis for making

1606
01:13:35,750 --> 01:13:32,460
numerical weather prediction models run

1607
01:13:37,189 --> 01:13:35,760
for forecast of three to seven days but

1608
01:13:42,169 --> 01:13:37,199
we'll also use those data for making

1609
01:13:44,510 --> 01:13:42,179
seasonal to season forecast and to

1610
01:13:46,310 --> 01:13:44,520
monitor long-term trends for climate

1611
01:13:47,689 --> 01:13:46,320
science right and that's great to see

1612
01:13:49,669 --> 01:13:47,699
that it can help us from day to day and

1613
01:13:51,410 --> 01:13:49,679
also long term as well right it's very

1614
01:13:53,209 --> 01:13:51,420
versatile absolutely and speaking of

1615
01:13:55,370 --> 01:13:53,219
versatile I know that NOAA has provided

1616
01:13:58,550 --> 01:13:55,380
a huge Suite of different satellites

1617
01:13:59,810 --> 01:13:58,560
from jpss to goes as well how does the

1618
01:14:02,149 --> 01:13:59,820
National Weather Service use them all

1619
01:14:04,010 --> 01:14:02,159
together we use data from the different

1620
01:14:08,030 --> 01:14:04,020
satellite systems in the weather service

1621
01:14:10,310 --> 01:14:08,040
in complementary fashion so jpss 2 by

1622
01:14:13,130 --> 01:14:10,320
being a polar satellite will collect

1623
01:14:14,750 --> 01:14:13,140
data around the world every spot twice a

1624
01:14:16,430 --> 01:14:14,760
day and that's really important for

1625
01:14:18,649 --> 01:14:16,440
making a longer term forecast because

1626
01:14:20,930 --> 01:14:18,659
today's weather here typically starts

1627
01:14:22,970 --> 01:14:20,940
somewhere else several days earlier now

1628
01:14:24,890 --> 01:14:22,980
hurricane started off the coast of

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01:14:26,390 --> 01:14:24,900
Africa moved to the East Coast or we

1630
01:14:28,790 --> 01:14:26,400
look in the west coast here in

1631
01:14:30,709 --> 01:14:28,800
California and you might see up the

1632
01:14:33,290 --> 01:14:30,719
so-called Pineapple Express storm that

1633
01:14:36,350 --> 01:14:33,300
comes you know with uh strong rains from

1634
01:14:38,750 --> 01:14:36,360
the Pacific that are precipitated uh in

1635
01:14:41,630 --> 01:14:38,760
in California and other places on the

1636
01:14:44,030 --> 01:14:41,640
coast so we use those to get that

1637
01:14:45,830 --> 01:14:44,040
long-term forecast but then we use goes

1638
01:14:48,050 --> 01:14:45,840
which are like Sentinels on each Coast

1639
01:14:50,149 --> 01:14:48,060
to provide that fine scale up-to-date

1640
01:14:51,470 --> 01:14:50,159
adjustment in our forecast right that's

1641
01:14:52,970 --> 01:14:51,480
great to see how they work together and

1642
01:14:55,610 --> 01:14:52,980
understand that it's not just local it

1643
01:14:57,410 --> 01:14:55,620
is global weather systems which is huge

1644
01:14:59,870 --> 01:14:57,420
So speaking of that I know that we're

1645
01:15:01,370 --> 01:14:59,880
all very eager to get the jpss2 data in

1646
01:15:03,410 --> 01:15:01,380
our hands how soon will it be available

1647
01:15:05,390 --> 01:15:03,420
to the end user well the end users will

1648
01:15:07,970 --> 01:15:05,400
start to see it in forecast in a matter

1649
01:15:09,830 --> 01:15:07,980
of months typically what happens is the

1650
01:15:11,570 --> 01:15:09,840
instruments on on the JP on a new

1651
01:15:13,610 --> 01:15:11,580
satellite will be turned on one by one

1652
01:15:15,110 --> 01:15:13,620
and then they'll be checked out to make

1653
01:15:16,790 --> 01:15:15,120
sure that the instruments are performing

1654
01:15:18,229 --> 01:15:16,800
as expected that the data what we think

1655
01:15:20,689 --> 01:15:18,239
they are we'll compare them to the JPS

1656
01:15:22,070 --> 01:15:20,699
S1 data for example and then they'll go

1657
01:15:24,110 --> 01:15:22,080
into the numerical weather prediction

1658
01:15:27,290 --> 01:15:24,120
models and so we'll have a seamless

1659
01:15:28,669 --> 01:15:27,300
transition from one jpss satellite to

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01:15:30,110 --> 01:15:28,679
the next one right well we're looking

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01:15:32,270 --> 01:15:30,120
forward

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01:15:33,590 --> 01:15:32,280
that's very exciting Jim yo thank you so

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01:15:36,470 --> 01:15:33,600
much for joining us my pleasure to be

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01:15:38,630 --> 01:15:36,480
with you today absolutely back to you

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01:15:40,550 --> 01:15:38,640
today's launch marked the second this

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01:15:42,890 --> 01:15:40,560
year made possible because of the NASA

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01:15:45,530 --> 01:15:42,900
NOAA partnership Jim and Jasmine

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01:15:47,270 --> 01:15:45,540
actually just mentioned it goes T lifted

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01:15:50,930 --> 01:15:47,280
off from the Kennedy Space Center back

1670
01:15:53,390 --> 01:15:50,940
in March now renamed goes 18 it keeps

1671
01:15:56,750 --> 01:15:53,400
continuous watch over the Western U.S

1672
01:16:00,530 --> 01:15:56,760
Mexico Central America and the Pacific

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01:16:02,330 --> 01:16:00,540
Ocean as a geostationary satellite that

1674
01:16:04,790 --> 01:16:02,340
means it rotates with the Earth

1675
01:16:08,330 --> 01:16:04,800
remaining in a fixed position in the sky

1676
01:16:10,970 --> 01:16:08,340
unlike jpss2 which again will fly pole

1677
01:16:13,490 --> 01:16:10,980
to pole having constellations of both

1678
01:16:15,229 --> 01:16:13,500
kinds of satellites gives Noah a

1679
01:16:17,470 --> 01:16:15,239
complete picture of our Earth's weather

1680
01:16:20,030 --> 01:16:17,480
and climate

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01:16:22,250 --> 01:16:20,040
jpss2 is the third in the latest series

1682
01:16:24,950 --> 01:16:22,260
of advanced polar orbiting satellites

1683
01:16:26,930 --> 01:16:24,960
and boy they travel fast it only takes

1684
01:16:29,030 --> 01:16:26,940
90 minutes for them to go from the North

1685
01:16:31,189 --> 01:16:29,040
Pole to the South Pole and back up to

1686
01:16:33,770 --> 01:16:31,199
the North Pole again and every time a

1687
01:16:36,410 --> 01:16:33,780
satellite flies over a pole it transmits

1688
01:16:37,790 --> 01:16:36,420
data to two primary ground stations so

1689
01:16:40,669 --> 01:16:37,800
you don't have to wait long for a

1690
01:16:43,430 --> 01:16:40,679
weather forecast one station is near the

1691
01:16:45,530 --> 01:16:43,440
North Pole on Norway's remote small barg

1692
01:16:48,290 --> 01:16:45,540
Islands you see right there the other is

1693
01:16:49,970 --> 01:16:48,300
at a station in Antarctica antennas at

1694
01:16:51,729 --> 01:16:49,980
each ground station collect data from

1695
01:16:54,350 --> 01:16:51,739
the satellites as they pass over

1696
01:16:56,750 --> 01:16:54,360
receivers capture the data which is then

1697
01:17:00,729 --> 01:16:56,760
fed into computer models and then to you

1698
01:17:04,729 --> 01:17:03,169
jpss2 will do more than warn you of

1699
01:17:06,770 --> 01:17:04,739
severe weather and help you to plan what

1700
01:17:09,410 --> 01:17:06,780
you wear each day NASA's Jasmine Hopkins

1701
01:17:11,750 --> 01:17:09,420
is back again to show us how the data it

1702
01:17:14,990 --> 01:17:11,760
collects can also be used to forecast

1703
01:17:18,950 --> 01:17:15,000
crop yields and how much you pay at the

1704
01:17:23,330 --> 01:17:21,410
joining us now is Irene Parker Deputy

1705
01:17:26,030 --> 01:17:23,340
assistant administrator systems for

1706
01:17:28,250 --> 01:17:26,040
nezdas now Irene what does Mazda stand

1707
01:17:30,169 --> 01:17:28,260
for ernestes is noaa's National

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01:17:32,990 --> 01:17:30,179
Environmental satellite information

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01:17:35,090 --> 01:17:33,000
service and basically what it does is

1710
01:17:37,130 --> 01:17:35,100
providing satellite and observational

1711
01:17:39,770 --> 01:17:37,140
data for the nation specifically for

1712
01:17:42,590 --> 01:17:39,780
weather and climate wow okay a big title

1713
01:17:44,870 --> 01:17:42,600
you've got a pretty big job then so tell

1714
01:17:46,310 --> 01:17:44,880
me we understand that jpss and other

1715
01:17:48,470 --> 01:17:46,320
satellites like that can help predict

1716
01:17:50,930 --> 01:17:48,480
the weather but they can also help us

1717
01:17:53,149 --> 01:17:50,940
understand Rising prices at the grocery

1718
01:17:55,010 --> 01:17:53,159
store how does that work oh yeah it

1719
01:17:56,570 --> 01:17:55,020
people don't realize how much this

1720
01:17:58,729 --> 01:17:56,580
information from this satellite actually

1721
01:18:00,110 --> 01:17:58,739
affects their day-to-day lives so for

1722
01:18:02,330 --> 01:18:00,120
folks like you and I going to the

1723
01:18:04,310 --> 01:18:02,340
grocery store and you see those costs of

1724
01:18:06,649 --> 01:18:04,320
that apple or that banana that

1725
01:18:09,169 --> 01:18:06,659
information is really coming from and

1726
01:18:11,990 --> 01:18:09,179
being supported by our jpss2 satellite

1727
01:18:14,030 --> 01:18:12,000
systems so the data that the jpss2

1728
01:18:16,130 --> 01:18:14,040
instruments collect they're allowing

1729
01:18:18,709 --> 01:18:16,140
scientists to predict droughts and it

1730
01:18:20,810 --> 01:18:18,719
also tracks the greenness of crops and

1731
01:18:23,030 --> 01:18:20,820
that information goes into a product

1732
01:18:25,850 --> 01:18:23,040
called the vegetation Health index and

1733
01:18:27,709 --> 01:18:25,860
that helps people determine how much

1734
01:18:29,990 --> 01:18:27,719
food supply the Harvest is going to

1735
01:18:31,790 --> 01:18:30,000
actually produce that year and based off

1736
01:18:35,270 --> 01:18:31,800
of that that determines what that price

1737
01:18:36,830 --> 01:18:35,280
of that Apple that lettuce Etc is

1738
01:18:38,750 --> 01:18:36,840
actually costing us at the grocery store

1739
01:18:40,850 --> 01:18:38,760
wow so it's really helping us in that

1740
01:18:42,290 --> 01:18:40,860
day-to-day life it is they're also

1741
01:18:44,689 --> 01:18:42,300
helping us better understand our

1742
01:18:45,950 --> 01:18:44,699
changing climate how is that working so

1743
01:18:48,169 --> 01:18:45,960
the way it's helping us what they're

1744
01:18:50,870 --> 01:18:48,179
changing of our climate is that it is

1745
01:18:53,390 --> 01:18:50,880
providing us continuous data records for

1746
01:18:56,149 --> 01:18:53,400
the past 40 years so NOAA has been

1747
01:18:58,910 --> 01:18:56,159
basically operating polar satellite

1748
01:19:01,130 --> 01:18:58,920
since the 1980s so what's really key is

1749
01:19:03,229 --> 01:19:01,140
that we continue these observations and

1750
01:19:05,870 --> 01:19:03,239
the jpss2 satellite is going to continue

1751
01:19:08,209 --> 01:19:05,880
these key observations to be able to

1752
01:19:10,550 --> 01:19:08,219
monitor the climate change so basically

1753
01:19:13,390 --> 01:19:10,560
it's tracking data such as changes in

1754
01:19:16,669 --> 01:19:13,400
our temperature sea ice

1755
01:19:18,649 --> 01:19:16,679
clouds it's cracking ocean color

1756
01:19:20,930 --> 01:19:18,659
information and all that information is

1757
01:19:23,930 --> 01:19:20,940
being used by scientists to determine

1758
01:19:25,430 --> 01:19:23,940
how the climate is evolving and what it

1759
01:19:27,950 --> 01:19:25,440
really is also doing is it's actually

1760
01:19:30,050 --> 01:19:27,960
even taking information above the Arctic

1761
01:19:32,209 --> 01:19:30,060
and it's able to see how the Arctic is

1762
01:19:34,189 --> 01:19:32,219
changing so you can measure how the

1763
01:19:36,590 --> 01:19:34,199
change in the sea ice has been happening

1764
01:19:38,930 --> 01:19:36,600
over the years and that really helps the

1765
01:19:40,390 --> 01:19:38,940
scientists and the community to see how

1766
01:19:42,410 --> 01:19:40,400
climate is changing around the world

1767
01:19:43,850 --> 01:19:42,420
Irene that is awesome a lot of great

1768
01:19:45,410 --> 01:19:43,860
data that we're getting from these thank

1769
01:19:46,490 --> 01:19:45,420
you so much for joining us today no

1770
01:19:49,430 --> 01:19:46,500
problem thank you for having me

1771
01:19:51,590 --> 01:19:49,440
absolutely back to you

1772
01:19:53,990 --> 01:19:51,600
we're now just moments away from Main

1773
01:19:55,430 --> 01:19:54,000
engine cutoff let's go back out to Daryl

1774
01:19:56,810 --> 01:19:55,440
they've been monitoring the launch Team

1775
01:19:58,610 --> 01:19:56,820
for us

1776
01:19:59,810 --> 01:19:58,620
that's right Megan uh thank you back

1777
01:20:01,729 --> 01:19:59,820
here at the mission director Center

1778
01:20:03,290 --> 01:20:01,739
joined by Mick woltman engineer with

1779
01:20:05,510 --> 01:20:03,300
launch Services Program I'm Daryl nail

1780
01:20:08,930 --> 01:20:05,520
as you mentioned and we are tracking the

1781
01:20:10,910 --> 01:20:08,940
JT jpss2 a little over a minute

1782
01:20:12,229 --> 01:20:10,920
remaining in the burn uh continuing to

1783
01:20:15,050 --> 01:20:12,239
see very good performance out of the

1784
01:20:16,310 --> 01:20:15,060
rl-10 that's a good sign rl-10 Bernie

1785
01:20:18,890 --> 01:20:16,320
Wellington continuing to see very stable

1786
01:20:21,110 --> 01:20:18,900
Centaur body rates yep very stable

1787
01:20:23,930 --> 01:20:21,120
flight for centaur through this whole

1788
01:20:26,209 --> 01:20:23,940
burn uh it's about 12 minutes 51 seconds

1789
01:20:27,950 --> 01:20:26,219
roughly somewhere in there as we get

1790
01:20:30,830 --> 01:20:27,960
ready to come up on Main engine cut off

1791
01:20:33,770 --> 01:20:30,840
one for this uh first burn as we get

1792
01:20:36,169 --> 01:20:33,780
ready for uh jpss2 separation Daryl so

1793
01:20:39,350 --> 01:20:36,179
we've been watching the Telemetry live

1794
01:20:42,410 --> 01:20:39,360
here on the animation from Ula through

1795
01:20:44,270 --> 01:20:42,420
their SDK things look really well

1796
01:20:46,669 --> 01:20:44,280
yeah the burn expected to last right

1797
01:20:50,030 --> 01:20:46,679
around 13 minutes

1798
01:20:51,470 --> 01:20:50,040
putting jpss2 the joint polar satellite

1799
01:20:55,130 --> 01:20:51,480
system too

1800
01:20:57,229 --> 01:20:55,140
into its proper polar Sun synchronous

1801
01:20:59,570 --> 01:20:57,239
orbit

1802
01:21:02,510 --> 01:20:59,580
you're looking at animation reflecting

1803
01:21:05,990 --> 01:21:02,520
real-time Telemetry just now T minus 20

1804
01:21:13,370 --> 01:21:06,000
seconds until that burn is finished

1805
01:21:13,380 --> 01:21:18,110
it also had Miko one main engine cut off

1806
01:21:20,689 --> 01:21:19,610
you can see that reflected in the

1807
01:21:22,250 --> 01:21:20,699
animation

1808
01:21:24,050 --> 01:21:22,260
we saw a little bit of movement by the

1809
01:21:27,169 --> 01:21:24,060
reaction control system which is also

1810
01:21:29,689 --> 01:21:27,179
reflected here and now seeing the RCs

1811
01:21:31,729 --> 01:21:29,699
system fire at 100 settling

1812
01:21:33,370 --> 01:21:31,739
yeah so what the Centaur is doing now is

1813
01:21:36,169 --> 01:21:33,380
trying to settle down

1814
01:21:37,790 --> 01:21:36,179
propellants inside the tank yep as we

1815
01:21:41,570 --> 01:21:37,800
get ready to finish up this burn and get

1816
01:21:44,149 --> 01:21:41,580
ready for uh J2 separation about 11

1817
01:21:46,149 --> 01:21:44,159
minutes from now uh as uh everything

1818
01:21:48,290 --> 01:21:46,159
gets uh ready to go and they start

1819
01:21:50,270 --> 01:21:48,300
powering up all the systems on the

1820
01:21:52,490 --> 01:21:50,280
spacecraft making sure it's all ready to

1821
01:21:54,830 --> 01:21:52,500
go prior to initiating a separation

1822
01:21:57,709 --> 01:21:54,840
Coast for a little over 10 minutes prior

1823
01:21:59,750 --> 01:21:57,719
to JPS F2 separation all right so that

1824
01:22:02,810 --> 01:21:59,760
direct inject uh just a few minutes away

1825
01:22:05,030 --> 01:22:02,820
we're going to monitor the progress and

1826
01:22:06,890 --> 01:22:05,040
continue to do so in the meantime let's

1827
01:22:09,770 --> 01:22:06,900
send it back to me

1828
01:22:11,930 --> 01:22:09,780
after jpss2 coverage is complete we will

1829
01:22:13,669 --> 01:22:11,940
shift our Focus to lofted the low earth

1830
01:22:15,890 --> 01:22:13,679
orbit flight test of an inflatable

1831
01:22:17,810 --> 01:22:15,900
decelerator basically a new heat shield

1832
01:22:19,310 --> 01:22:17,820
we will have live commentary of that

1833
01:22:21,410 --> 01:22:19,320
demonstration right here on our

1834
01:22:23,270 --> 01:22:21,420
broadcast but right now here with me is

1835
01:22:26,390 --> 01:22:23,280
Tanya laughinghouse she is the program

1836
01:22:28,130 --> 01:22:26,400
manager for technology demonstrations at

1837
01:22:30,530 --> 01:22:28,140
Nasa good morning to you Tanya I gotta

1838
01:22:34,610 --> 01:22:30,540
ask you why is this new inflatable heat

1839
01:22:40,189 --> 01:22:37,550
well lofted is essentially a test flight

1840
01:22:41,930 --> 01:22:40,199
of an inflatable heat shield and all

1841
01:22:44,510 --> 01:22:41,940
prior flight tests of this technology

1842
01:22:46,970 --> 01:22:44,520
have been suborbital so that means they

1843
01:22:49,310 --> 01:22:46,980
go up and then they come back down well

1844
01:22:51,590 --> 01:22:49,320
today's test will actually be orbital so

1845
01:22:54,350 --> 01:22:51,600
we'll do a full orbit around the Earth

1846
01:22:56,510 --> 01:22:54,360
and come back and once it does that the

1847
01:22:58,610 --> 01:22:56,520
energy is going to be so much greater

1848
01:23:01,790 --> 01:22:58,620
and so we're really excited to see how

1849
01:23:03,770 --> 01:23:01,800
it performs at orbital velocities and

1850
01:23:05,689 --> 01:23:03,780
how could this technology be a game

1851
01:23:09,729 --> 01:23:05,699
changer for future missions into deep

1852
01:23:14,750 --> 01:23:12,709
well absolutely so when we're trying to

1853
01:23:18,169 --> 01:23:14,760
land a spacecraft into the thin

1854
01:23:20,270 --> 01:23:18,179
atmosphere of a planet like Mars we need

1855
01:23:23,030 --> 01:23:20,280
a really big heat shield in order to

1856
01:23:24,890 --> 01:23:23,040
slow it down safely and previous heat

1857
01:23:27,050 --> 01:23:24,900
shield diameters have typically been

1858
01:23:29,209 --> 01:23:27,060
limited to the size of the of the vessel

1859
01:23:31,130 --> 01:23:29,219
that it's launching in and so what's so

1860
01:23:33,530 --> 01:23:31,140
great about lofted is that its heat

1861
01:23:36,649 --> 01:23:33,540
shield is pliable so you're able to fold

1862
01:23:38,930 --> 01:23:36,659
it in compact it varied tight into the

1863
01:23:41,330 --> 01:23:38,940
spacecraft and so that means you have

1864
01:23:43,189 --> 01:23:41,340
additional room for other high mass

1865
01:23:46,810 --> 01:23:43,199
items that are needed for crude Mission

1866
01:23:51,410 --> 01:23:46,820
to Mars items like oxygen sensors like

1867
01:23:53,270 --> 01:23:51,420
entry Vehicles habitats Rovers Etc so I

1868
01:23:54,649 --> 01:23:53,280
see the space applications but you and I

1869
01:23:57,590 --> 01:23:54,659
were also talking about this earlier

1870
01:24:01,990 --> 01:23:57,600
that there are Earth applications for

1871
01:24:07,310 --> 01:24:05,390
absolutely so in NASA space Tech we love

1872
01:24:10,790 --> 01:24:07,320
to say that technology drives

1873
01:24:13,490 --> 01:24:10,800
exploration but another huge objective

1874
01:24:16,070 --> 01:24:13,500
for space tech programs like technology

1875
01:24:18,590 --> 01:24:16,080
demonstration admissions program that I

1876
01:24:20,990 --> 01:24:18,600
manage is that they are directly aligned

1877
01:24:22,970 --> 01:24:21,000
with NASA's strategic objective to

1878
01:24:25,550 --> 01:24:22,980
develop technologies that improve the

1879
01:24:27,470 --> 01:24:25,560
quality of life here on Earth and a

1880
01:24:31,850 --> 01:24:27,480
prime example of that Megan to your

1881
01:24:33,709 --> 01:24:31,860
question is the spin-off Tech from the

1882
01:24:36,290 --> 01:24:33,719
heat shield materials the materials that

1883
01:24:38,450 --> 01:24:36,300
we make the heat shields NASA and the

1884
01:24:41,390 --> 01:24:38,460
U.S department of Agriculture developed

1885
01:24:43,729 --> 01:24:41,400
a prototype to improve a fire shelter

1886
01:24:46,250 --> 01:24:43,739
that protects firefighters and it's made

1887
01:24:48,470 --> 01:24:46,260
from the actual materials that come from

1888
01:24:50,090 --> 01:24:48,480
lofted Tanya thank you so much I love

1889
01:24:51,830 --> 01:24:50,100
when we can draw those parallels again

1890
01:24:53,630 --> 01:24:51,840
how we could use things in space but

1891
01:24:56,149 --> 01:24:53,640
also the same technology here on Earth

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01:24:58,669 --> 01:24:56,159
so thank you so much for that

1893
01:25:01,550 --> 01:24:58,679
and at the top of this broadcast we told

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01:25:03,709 --> 01:25:01,560
you today's launch was lsp's 100th

1895
01:25:05,030 --> 01:25:03,719
Mission as we mark this Milestone team

1896
01:25:08,890 --> 01:25:05,040
members look back at some of the

1897
01:25:25,910 --> 01:25:10,590
School status

1898
01:25:30,169 --> 01:25:28,610
and my first mission I worked was the

1899
01:25:32,570 --> 01:25:30,179
demonstration of autonomous Rendezvous

1900
01:25:34,729 --> 01:25:32,580
technology basically it was

1901
01:25:38,390 --> 01:25:34,739
demonstrating the technology of

1902
01:25:40,550 --> 01:25:38,400
autonomously docking to a spacecraft in

1903
01:25:42,770 --> 01:25:40,560
space at the time I didn't really

1904
01:25:45,290 --> 01:25:42,780
understand or know what that technology

1905
01:25:47,390 --> 01:25:45,300
was being useful but now that technology

1906
01:25:49,430 --> 01:25:47,400
has been heavily used today my first

1907
01:25:50,990 --> 01:25:49,440
assignment was Lucy as a backup

1908
01:25:53,810 --> 01:25:51,000
integration engineer

1909
01:25:55,370 --> 01:25:53,820
I felt overwhelmed at first but I

1910
01:25:58,250 --> 01:25:55,380
started to realize I had the full

1911
01:26:00,050 --> 01:25:58,260
support of my management team I had all

1912
01:26:03,410 --> 01:26:00,060
their years of experience that I could

1913
01:26:05,750 --> 01:26:03,420
count on as sort of standing behind me

1914
01:26:07,910 --> 01:26:05,760
we hit our Mark we launched on the first

1915
01:26:09,350 --> 01:26:07,920
second of our planetary window that

1916
01:26:10,610 --> 01:26:09,360
we've been targeting for over three

1917
01:26:13,910 --> 01:26:10,620
years

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01:26:16,729 --> 01:26:13,920
Sojourner was my very first ever since

1919
01:26:20,450 --> 01:26:16,739
that mission I've been a part of every

1920
01:26:24,590 --> 01:26:20,460
other Rover that has landed on Mars

1921
01:26:27,350 --> 01:26:24,600
spirit and opportunity I was also the

1922
01:26:30,770 --> 01:26:27,360
launch director for MSL

1923
01:26:33,050 --> 01:26:30,780
and curiosity so those are always

1924
01:26:34,669 --> 01:26:33,060
something that I could look back and say

1925
01:26:38,870 --> 01:26:34,679
wow

1926
01:26:42,229 --> 01:26:38,880
I was fortunate enough to be in a right

1927
01:26:45,290 --> 01:26:42,239
job to be able to do this and do my

1928
01:26:48,290 --> 01:26:45,300
little part to make that happen

1929
01:26:50,330 --> 01:26:48,300
after a experiencing my very first LSP

1930
01:26:52,610 --> 01:26:50,340
Mission I think is when reality hit me

1931
01:26:55,129 --> 01:26:52,620
that I get to be a part of this

1932
01:26:57,649 --> 01:26:55,139
incredible team that's making history

1933
01:27:01,189 --> 01:26:57,659
really and is helping all of humanity

1934
01:27:05,330 --> 01:27:02,990
the heat shield test we'll see later

1935
01:27:07,129 --> 01:27:05,340
today is led by NASA's Langley Research

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01:27:08,689 --> 01:27:07,139
Center in Hampton Virginia let's head

1937
01:27:10,250 --> 01:27:08,699
back over there with NASA's Angelique

1938
01:27:11,689 --> 01:27:10,260
Herring who's with the lofted team

1939
01:27:17,050 --> 01:27:11,699
Angelique tell me what are they

1940
01:27:22,129 --> 01:27:20,270
hey Megan over here the team is waiting

1941
01:27:24,229 --> 01:27:22,139
for the re-entry vehicle to actually

1942
01:27:25,790 --> 01:27:24,239
power on that will in a lot of ways Mark

1943
01:27:28,070 --> 01:27:25,800
the beginning of today's lofted

1944
01:27:30,229 --> 01:27:28,080
demonstration after the re-entry vehicle

1945
01:27:31,669 --> 01:27:30,239
powers on it'll be time for the heat

1946
01:27:33,709 --> 01:27:31,679
shield to actually start to inflate

1947
01:27:36,169 --> 01:27:33,719
during that time it'll go from its

1948
01:27:37,790 --> 01:27:36,179
stowed size to the full six meter size

1949
01:27:40,669 --> 01:27:37,800
in the 10 minutes or so that it'll take

1950
01:27:42,590 --> 01:27:40,679
to inflate and that will be a really

1951
01:27:44,870 --> 01:27:42,600
exciting time after that there will be

1952
01:27:47,510 --> 01:27:44,880
separation and then the real-time Beacon

1953
01:27:49,310 --> 01:27:47,520
will turn on transmitting the data that

1954
01:27:51,770 --> 01:27:49,320
the team will be monitoring here at the

1955
01:27:53,390 --> 01:27:51,780
flight Mission support center now the

1956
01:27:55,910 --> 01:27:53,400
team here a lot of the members have

1957
01:27:58,070 --> 01:27:55,920
actually been working on lofted for over

1958
01:27:59,750 --> 01:27:58,080
10 years since it started right here at

1959
01:28:01,490 --> 01:27:59,760
Nasa Langley Research Center and that

1960
01:28:04,310 --> 01:28:01,500
might be why they are particularly

1961
01:28:06,709 --> 01:28:04,320
excited to you know explore today and

1962
01:28:08,810 --> 01:28:06,719
see just what the hi-add technology can

1963
01:28:10,850 --> 01:28:08,820
do and what lofted can show us about

1964
01:28:13,189 --> 01:28:10,860
that technology for right now though

1965
01:28:14,930 --> 01:28:13,199
we're going to be waiting anxiously for

1966
01:28:16,790 --> 01:28:14,940
the official start of the lofted

1967
01:28:18,709 --> 01:28:16,800
demonstration with the turning on of the

1968
01:28:20,390 --> 01:28:18,719
Rand entry vehicle and that real-time

1969
01:28:22,070 --> 01:28:20,400
Beacon with that we're going to head

1970
01:28:23,629 --> 01:28:22,080
back over to you

1971
01:28:26,510 --> 01:28:23,639
but before Aloft did we must

1972
01:28:28,610 --> 01:28:26,520
successfully deploy jpss into space JPS

1973
01:28:30,649 --> 01:28:28,620
weather satellites are considered the

1974
01:28:32,810 --> 01:28:30,659
backbone of noaa's global observing

1975
01:28:38,090 --> 01:28:32,820
system NASA's Jasmine Hopkins spoke with

1976
01:28:43,010 --> 01:28:40,370
joining us now is Jim Gleason project

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01:28:45,110 --> 01:28:43,020
scientist for the jpss flight project

1978
01:28:47,030 --> 01:28:45,120
thanks so much for being here Jim thank

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01:28:49,129 --> 01:28:47,040
you Jasmine glad to be here of course

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01:28:51,169 --> 01:28:49,139
we're glad to have you so you work for

1981
01:28:54,590 --> 01:28:51,179
Goddard space flight center in Maryland

1982
01:28:57,350 --> 01:28:54,600
can you tell me what does Goddard do for

1983
01:28:59,209 --> 01:28:57,360
jpss and other weather satellites well

1984
01:29:02,030 --> 01:28:59,219
NASA and NOAA have had a 50-year

1985
01:29:04,250 --> 01:29:02,040
partnership in launching weather

1986
01:29:05,689 --> 01:29:04,260
satellites for the nation and Goddard

1987
01:29:07,970 --> 01:29:05,699
space flight center is where those

1988
01:29:10,729 --> 01:29:07,980
satellites are built for NOAA we get

1989
01:29:12,470 --> 01:29:10,739
together with NOAA they decide what they

1990
01:29:15,169 --> 01:29:12,480
want what they want their satellites to

1991
01:29:17,149 --> 01:29:15,179
do and we at Goddard we build them we

1992
01:29:19,310 --> 01:29:17,159
launch them check them out and turn them

1993
01:29:21,350 --> 01:29:19,320
over once they're all running properly

1994
01:29:22,729 --> 01:29:21,360
that is awesome a great partnership and

1995
01:29:24,350 --> 01:29:22,739
then it comes all the way over here to

1996
01:29:26,390 --> 01:29:24,360
Vandenberg space force base in

1997
01:29:28,430 --> 01:29:26,400
California for launch that's exactly so

1998
01:29:31,010 --> 01:29:28,440
we're at the at the tail end of the

1999
01:29:32,750 --> 01:29:31,020
process for jpss2 we'll have a

2000
01:29:35,810 --> 01:29:32,760
successful launch and checkout and then

2001
01:29:37,910 --> 01:29:35,820
the jpss2 data will be joining all the

2002
01:29:39,950 --> 01:29:37,920
rest of the Polar satellite and other

2003
01:29:41,629 --> 01:29:39,960
satellites in the NOAA system to make

2004
01:29:43,550 --> 01:29:41,639
the products and forecasts that everyone

2005
01:29:45,770 --> 01:29:43,560
depends on exactly and just as you

2006
01:29:48,709 --> 01:29:45,780
mentioned that that satellite system a

2007
01:29:50,990 --> 01:29:48,719
GPS S2 has four very complex instruments

2008
01:29:53,330 --> 01:29:51,000
on it can you tell me your role and your

2009
01:29:55,669 --> 01:29:53,340
focus on those well each of the four

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01:29:57,830 --> 01:29:55,679
instruments does something special for

2011
01:29:59,750 --> 01:29:57,840
NOAA they're they're incredibly complex

2012
01:30:01,070 --> 01:29:59,760
they measure the temperature of the

2013
01:30:05,030 --> 01:30:01,080
atmosphere they measure the temperature

2014
01:30:06,850 --> 01:30:05,040
of the surface of the ocean various look

2015
01:30:09,770 --> 01:30:06,860
at how how green the vegetation is

2016
01:30:12,050 --> 01:30:09,780
aerosol smoke complicated instruments

2017
01:30:13,850 --> 01:30:12,060
are are hard to build they have many

2018
01:30:16,610 --> 01:30:13,860
requirements and it's my job to make

2019
01:30:18,350 --> 01:30:16,620
sure that the instruments perform to

2020
01:30:20,030 --> 01:30:18,360
what no one needs so they can make the

2021
01:30:21,229 --> 01:30:20,040
products and services right that's a

2022
01:30:23,270 --> 01:30:21,239
pretty important job that making sure

2023
01:30:25,430 --> 01:30:23,280
that they all work correctly and some of

2024
01:30:27,649 --> 01:30:25,440
these complex instruments have also been

2025
01:30:29,149 --> 01:30:27,659
on previous satellites in the system so

2026
01:30:31,070 --> 01:30:29,159
why is it important that the data is

2027
01:30:33,530 --> 01:30:31,080
consistent well there's there's two

2028
01:30:37,550 --> 01:30:33,540
kinds of consistency there's the the

2029
01:30:39,470 --> 01:30:37,560
consistency of JPS S1 and JPS S2 and

2030
01:30:41,629 --> 01:30:39,480
hopefully three and four so that the

2031
01:30:42,649 --> 01:30:41,639
forecasters have a kind of data that

2032
01:30:45,649 --> 01:30:42,659
they're used to and they don't have to

2033
01:30:47,689 --> 01:30:45,659
change their weather models too much to

2034
01:30:49,610 --> 01:30:47,699
adjust for the new data they like a

2035
01:30:52,729 --> 01:30:49,620
consistent product

2036
01:30:55,310 --> 01:30:52,739
from a long-term perspective we we have

2037
01:30:57,770 --> 01:30:55,320
invested in in Satellite data to measure

2038
01:31:00,169 --> 01:30:57,780
the Earth for four decades and by

2039
01:31:02,570 --> 01:31:00,179
putting those satellite data's

2040
01:31:04,129 --> 01:31:02,580
data records together over the decades

2041
01:31:06,350 --> 01:31:04,139
we can understand if there's any change

2042
01:31:09,830 --> 01:31:06,360
so we are connecting data from the post

2043
01:31:12,709 --> 01:31:09,840
satellites in the in the 70s to the jpss

2044
01:31:14,450 --> 01:31:12,719
satellites in the 20 20s wow that is

2045
01:31:16,550 --> 01:31:14,460
awesome very consistent data over

2046
01:31:18,350 --> 01:31:16,560
decades decades yeah absolutely Jim

2047
01:31:20,330 --> 01:31:18,360
Gleason thank you so much for joining us

2048
01:31:22,910 --> 01:31:20,340
back to you

2049
01:31:24,709 --> 01:31:22,920
okay we're now minutes away from jpss to

2050
01:31:26,629 --> 01:31:24,719
separation let's head back on over to

2051
01:31:29,689 --> 01:31:26,639
you know who Daryl and Mick all right

2052
01:31:32,450 --> 01:31:29,699
thank you Megan yes we are here awaiting

2053
01:31:35,930 --> 01:31:32,460
the separation of jpss2 just seconds

2054
01:31:37,490 --> 01:31:35,940
away uh Mick this is the big moment yes

2055
01:31:40,610 --> 01:31:37,500
what we've been waiting for right to get

2056
01:31:43,310 --> 01:31:40,620
this primary mission jps's 2 separated

2057
01:31:46,370 --> 01:31:43,320
and on its way uh to uh participate with

2058
01:31:48,590 --> 01:31:46,380
J-1 and NPP and delivering weather

2059
01:31:52,010 --> 01:31:48,600
satellite weather data for us so

2060
01:31:53,750 --> 01:31:52,020
exciting here as we get ready for this

2061
01:31:55,910 --> 01:31:53,760
separation of interviews up shortly

2062
01:31:58,189 --> 01:31:55,920
continuing to see uh stable performance

2063
01:32:00,169 --> 01:31:58,199
across all Centaur systems

2064
01:32:13,910 --> 01:32:00,179
we're expecting that separation in just

2065
01:32:18,830 --> 01:32:15,709
and we've had good indication of

2066
01:32:20,810 --> 01:32:18,840
separation of the jpss2 spacecraft and

2067
01:32:23,750 --> 01:32:20,820
there you have it

2068
01:32:25,910 --> 01:32:23,760
separation of jpss2

2069
01:32:27,590 --> 01:32:25,920
and Centaur is now completing its uh

2070
01:32:31,189 --> 01:32:27,600
collision avoidance maneuver following

2071
01:32:36,229 --> 01:32:34,070
and you saw the folks there and the

2072
01:32:42,890 --> 01:32:36,239
Ula launch control room with a round of

2073
01:32:46,550 --> 01:32:44,689
and seeing the Centaur body rates

2074
01:32:50,870 --> 01:32:46,560
stabilized following the turn to the

2075
01:32:58,090 --> 01:32:53,270
NASA launch manager Omar Baez getting

2076
01:33:02,689 --> 01:33:00,470
jpss2 project manager Andre duress

2077
01:33:05,030 --> 01:33:02,699
they're congratulating Omar and I know

2078
01:33:08,750 --> 01:33:05,040
Andre's very happy as long as well as

2079
01:33:11,810 --> 01:33:08,760
the jpss team to have uh J2 separated

2080
01:33:14,209 --> 01:33:11,820
and on its way as we heard Centaur

2081
01:33:16,669 --> 01:33:14,219
performed a sea cam maneuver this is a

2082
01:33:19,610 --> 01:33:16,679
maneuver to make sure that Centaur is

2083
01:33:21,770 --> 01:33:19,620
out of the way as it gets ready to

2084
01:33:24,350 --> 01:33:21,780
restart its engines for the next phase

2085
01:33:28,129 --> 01:33:24,360
of this mission for lofted that we don't

2086
01:33:30,910 --> 01:33:28,139
hit into the J2 satellite so things are

2087
01:33:35,450 --> 01:33:30,920
going well with the mission so far and

2088
01:33:46,450 --> 01:33:35,460
settling and RCS continues to work on

2089
01:33:56,270 --> 01:33:49,010
Mission managers are Sean Daly there at

2090
01:34:02,510 --> 01:34:00,649
years of hard work paying off now Meg

2091
01:34:05,629 --> 01:34:02,520
a lot of these folks have spent a lot of

2092
01:34:09,830 --> 01:34:05,639
time working J2 to get it to this point

2093
01:34:11,990 --> 01:34:09,840
and working through stuff for I think 30

2094
01:34:13,729 --> 01:34:12,000
minutes into flight continuing to see uh

2095
01:34:16,070 --> 01:34:13,739
stable body rates out of Centaur

2096
01:34:19,250 --> 01:34:16,080
centaurwell Coast for approximately

2097
01:34:21,290 --> 01:34:19,260
another 15 minutes prior to Mez 2.

2098
01:34:26,090 --> 01:34:21,300
uh continuing to see a good performance

2099
01:34:26,100 --> 01:34:31,250
I am very stable body rates as well

2100
01:34:36,169 --> 01:34:33,590
and as you look at this animation of

2101
01:34:38,330 --> 01:34:36,179
Centaur there's still

2102
01:34:41,149 --> 01:34:38,340
a vehicle attached to it that's lofted

2103
01:34:43,910 --> 01:34:41,159
encased at the end the far left end of

2104
01:34:48,410 --> 01:34:43,920
the vehicle lofted inside of a payload

2105
01:34:50,149 --> 01:34:48,420
adapter that once held jpss2 it's now

2106
01:34:52,010 --> 01:34:50,159
been released

2107
01:34:53,930 --> 01:34:52,020
and this is the second part of the

2108
01:34:56,090 --> 01:34:53,940
flight the primary Mission now

2109
01:34:57,950 --> 01:34:56,100
accomplished

2110
01:35:01,070 --> 01:34:57,960
we're looking for that acquisition of

2111
01:35:08,930 --> 01:35:05,330
from kpss2 but uh

2112
01:35:11,450 --> 01:35:08,940
also transitioning now to the lofted

2113
01:35:13,910 --> 01:35:11,460
tech demonstration

2114
01:35:16,910 --> 01:35:13,920
yeah absolutely Daryl uh as the team is

2115
01:35:18,590 --> 01:35:16,920
continuing its uh slow playback of some

2116
01:35:21,290 --> 01:35:18,600
of the data from through the tdrs

2117
01:35:24,530 --> 01:35:21,300
network for that video that we hope to

2118
01:35:26,510 --> 01:35:24,540
see uh a little later the team is also

2119
01:35:29,510 --> 01:35:26,520
waiting to hear about acquisition signal

2120
01:35:32,209 --> 01:35:29,520
of jpss2 making sure that it's power

2121
01:35:36,050 --> 01:35:32,219
positive and getting ready to perform

2122
01:35:36,830 --> 01:35:36,060
its tasks with Solar Ray deployment and

2123
01:35:39,649 --> 01:35:36,840
um

2124
01:35:42,830 --> 01:35:39,659
powering up some of the other systems as

2125
01:35:44,169 --> 01:35:42,840
they get ready to bring jpss2 completely

2126
01:35:48,050 --> 01:35:44,179
online

2127
01:35:53,209 --> 01:35:50,990
and while uh the mood is

2128
01:35:55,310 --> 01:35:53,219
celebratory here at the mission

2129
01:35:57,110 --> 01:35:55,320
directors Center in Vandenberg

2130
01:35:59,510 --> 01:35:57,120
California for a lot of the folks here

2131
01:36:02,450 --> 01:35:59,520
and the team here are thoughts and

2132
01:36:04,430 --> 01:36:02,460
prayers are with our family loved ones

2133
01:36:08,330 --> 01:36:04,440
and friends who are back home in Florida

2134
01:36:10,910 --> 01:36:08,340
as hurricane Nicole made landfall

2135
01:36:12,890 --> 01:36:10,920
now just about 30 minutes ago in Vero

2136
01:36:14,870 --> 01:36:12,900
Beach according to reports

2137
01:36:16,850 --> 01:36:14,880
it's weakened now to a tropical storm

2138
01:36:19,490 --> 01:36:16,860
but of course that's just 60 miles south

2139
01:36:22,370 --> 01:36:19,500
of our base camp at the Kennedy Space

2140
01:36:24,770 --> 01:36:22,380
Center in Florida and so as I know

2141
01:36:28,310 --> 01:36:24,780
you've been texting your wife and I have

2142
01:36:29,870 --> 01:36:28,320
mine uh getting updates about the action

2143
01:36:32,090 --> 01:36:29,880
of the storm there and how that's

2144
01:36:34,430 --> 01:36:32,100
impacting the area we've got some strong

2145
01:36:36,050 --> 01:36:34,440
winds that our home center is currently

2146
01:36:37,910 --> 01:36:36,060
experiencing

2147
01:36:39,530 --> 01:36:37,920
um that's something certainly uh on our

2148
01:36:41,209 --> 01:36:39,540
hearts and Minds yeah definitely

2149
01:36:42,649 --> 01:36:41,219
thinking about it uh Daryl but you know

2150
01:36:44,209 --> 01:36:42,659
I also sit here and think about the fact

2151
01:36:47,570 --> 01:36:44,219
that we just launched a weather

2152
01:36:48,950 --> 01:36:47,580
satellite another one and I'm very

2153
01:36:51,470 --> 01:36:48,960
thankful for the weather satellites we

2154
01:36:54,050 --> 01:36:51,480
have up there already in the JPS S1

2155
01:36:55,689 --> 01:36:54,060
series and the go series that work

2156
01:36:59,090 --> 01:36:55,699
together in conjunction with each other

2157
01:37:01,370 --> 01:36:59,100
to determine our weather data and bring

2158
01:37:03,709 --> 01:37:01,380
forecasters most accurate data they can

2159
01:37:05,149 --> 01:37:03,719
for situations just like this that we're

2160
01:37:08,510 --> 01:37:05,159
experiencing over in Kennedy Space

2161
01:37:10,850 --> 01:37:08,520
Center in Florida so ironic or very

2162
01:37:12,530 --> 01:37:10,860
heartwarming to know that we just added

2163
01:37:15,470 --> 01:37:12,540
another satellite to this constellation

2164
01:37:20,030 --> 01:37:15,480
to help the nation well said Mick

2165
01:37:22,970 --> 01:37:20,040
certainly jpss2 that's its wheelhouse

2166
01:37:24,770 --> 01:37:22,980
and severe weather absolutely all right

2167
01:37:26,689 --> 01:37:24,780
we're going to keep monitoring situation

2168
01:37:28,510 --> 01:37:26,699
we're going to be uh looking for that

2169
01:37:30,950 --> 01:37:28,520
next burn 33 minutes into flight

2170
01:37:31,970 --> 01:37:30,960
continuing to see stable body rates out

2171
01:37:34,370 --> 01:37:31,980
of Centaur

2172
01:37:35,930 --> 01:37:34,380
um we have seen the RCs system go to 100

2173
01:37:37,790 --> 01:37:35,940
settling

2174
01:37:39,590 --> 01:37:37,800
good report out there from Centaur we'll

2175
01:37:41,629 --> 01:37:39,600
keep monitoring it but for now we'll

2176
01:37:43,970 --> 01:37:41,639
throw it back to Megan

2177
01:37:46,850 --> 01:37:43,980
and to celebrate the launch of jpss2

2178
01:37:49,370 --> 01:37:46,860
NOAA asked for photos of the places you

2179
01:37:52,070 --> 01:37:49,380
love places the satellite will protect

2180
01:37:53,930 --> 01:37:52,080
by observing the earth atmosphere and

2181
01:38:01,100 --> 01:37:53,940
erosions

2182
01:38:01,110 --> 01:38:33,189
[Music]

2183
01:38:52,790 --> 01:38:37,070
damn well the rights

2184
01:38:52,800 --> 01:38:57,150
still resides

2185
01:38:57,160 --> 01:39:01,430
[Music]

2186
01:39:01,440 --> 01:39:04,660
Hong Kong

2187
01:39:04,670 --> 01:39:13,629
[Music]

2188
01:39:18,410 --> 01:39:16,310
just give me your bad self

2189
01:39:19,790 --> 01:39:18,420
to see the rest of that video and all of

2190
01:39:23,510 --> 01:39:19,800
the pictures you shared with us because

2191
01:39:24,950 --> 01:39:23,520
we got a ton just uh take a look at the

2192
01:39:27,590 --> 01:39:24,960
screen there we're gonna put up a QR

2193
01:39:29,570 --> 01:39:27,600
code you can scan that QR code to to see

2194
01:39:31,070 --> 01:39:29,580
the rest of the pictures it's really

2195
01:39:33,830 --> 01:39:31,080
worth the watch and again as a reminder

2196
01:39:36,890 --> 01:39:33,840
of how beautiful our planet is and why

2197
01:39:39,470 --> 01:39:36,900
it's worth protecting real quick here's

2198
01:39:41,450 --> 01:39:39,480
my picture of a place I love I took this

2199
01:39:42,950 --> 01:39:41,460
photo about three years ago now in the

2200
01:39:45,770 --> 01:39:42,960
Philippines which is where my family is

2201
01:39:47,390 --> 01:39:45,780
from I just love the vibrant blues and

2202
01:39:49,970 --> 01:39:47,400
greens of that photo but I really chose

2203
01:39:52,250 --> 01:39:49,980
this picture to hammer home how weather

2204
01:39:54,709 --> 01:39:52,260
satellites help us all the time because

2205
01:39:57,410 --> 01:39:54,719
while I was on that trip a volcano

2206
01:40:00,470 --> 01:39:57,420
erupted Airline officials used weather

2207
01:40:03,530 --> 01:40:00,480
satellite data to track the amount of

2208
01:40:07,070 --> 01:40:03,540
volcanic ash in the sky to let us know

2209
01:40:09,229 --> 01:40:07,080
when it was clear enough to fly home

2210
01:40:10,490 --> 01:40:09,239
now let's head back over to Daryl and

2211
01:40:12,350 --> 01:40:10,500
Mick again as they've been saying we're

2212
01:40:14,510 --> 01:40:12,360
still waiting a confirmation of

2213
01:40:16,669 --> 01:40:14,520
acquisition of signal so let's see what

2214
01:40:19,189 --> 01:40:16,679
we have now Megan we have confirmation

2215
01:40:21,770 --> 01:40:19,199
of that acquisition of signal we can

2216
01:40:25,370 --> 01:40:21,780
report out to you so uh good news there

2217
01:40:28,370 --> 01:40:25,380
the jpss2 weather satellite now

2218
01:40:30,110 --> 01:40:28,380
communicating with ground stations and

2219
01:40:31,490 --> 01:40:30,120
yet another thing to celebrate with

2220
01:40:34,070 --> 01:40:31,500
regards to this weather satellite

2221
01:40:36,910 --> 01:40:34,080
absolutely Solar Ray deploy uh confirmed

2222
01:40:40,490 --> 01:40:36,920
so the satellite is looking very healthy

2223
01:40:43,310 --> 01:40:40,500
jpsst 2 team is very happy with this so

2224
01:40:46,850 --> 01:40:43,320
uh very happy to hear from Omar Baez our

2225
01:40:48,770 --> 01:40:46,860
launch manager that we did acquire the

2226
01:40:52,450 --> 01:40:48,780
jpss2 satellite and everything's going

2227
01:40:56,209 --> 01:40:52,460
well and now we're awaiting some imagery

2228
01:40:58,990 --> 01:40:56,219
some video from Centaur of that moment

2229
01:41:02,270 --> 01:40:59,000
of separation for the jpss2 satellite

2230
01:41:03,770 --> 01:41:02,280
looking forward to seeing that but in

2231
01:41:05,270 --> 01:41:03,780
the meantime I want to point your

2232
01:41:09,050 --> 01:41:05,280
attention to the animation that we're

2233
01:41:12,410 --> 01:41:09,060
looking at that's the centaur are facing

2234
01:41:13,970 --> 01:41:12,420
in a downward position with lofted aimed

2235
01:41:16,250 --> 01:41:13,980
in that direction and there's a good

2236
01:41:18,229 --> 01:41:16,260
reason for that Mick yeah as we get

2237
01:41:21,290 --> 01:41:18,239
ready for this next burn this next burn

2238
01:41:24,169 --> 01:41:21,300
will take Centaur and lofted into a into

2239
01:41:25,729 --> 01:41:24,179
a lower altitude which will then begin

2240
01:41:28,189 --> 01:41:25,739
the operations for the lofted

2241
01:41:30,229 --> 01:41:28,199
demonstration Mission as they get ready

2242
01:41:33,350 --> 01:41:30,239
to do their work and then have them

2243
01:41:34,790 --> 01:41:33,360
separate and then do their re-entry here

2244
01:41:37,729 --> 01:41:34,800
into Earth and we're going to hear a lot

2245
01:41:39,530 --> 01:41:37,739
more about that later but excited about

2246
01:41:41,570 --> 01:41:39,540
the lofted mission and the things that

2247
01:41:43,729 --> 01:41:41,580
it is going to demonstrate for us for

2248
01:41:46,370 --> 01:41:43,739
future missions to Mars and possible

2249
01:41:50,629 --> 01:41:46,380
Hardware recovery for Rockets absolutely

2250
01:41:54,050 --> 01:41:50,639
and we are flying t plus 37 minutes and

2251
01:41:56,689 --> 01:41:54,060
50 seconds into our flight

2252
01:41:59,330 --> 01:41:56,699
it's been a good one launching at 1 49

2253
01:42:02,390 --> 01:41:59,340
a.m Pacific time

2254
01:42:06,109 --> 01:42:02,400
4 49 a.m Eastern Time

2255
01:42:08,330 --> 01:42:06,119
awaiting now some imagery downlinked

2256
01:42:10,970 --> 01:42:08,340
from the centaur

2257
01:42:13,729 --> 01:42:10,980
that shows the moment of separation for

2258
01:42:16,729 --> 01:42:13,739
jpss2

2259
01:42:18,530 --> 01:42:16,739
The Joint polar satellite system

2260
01:42:20,209 --> 01:42:18,540
that's going to provide advancements to

2261
01:42:22,490 --> 01:42:20,219
improve the accuracy of our weather

2262
01:42:24,590 --> 01:42:22,500
forecasts something we certainly

2263
01:42:26,090 --> 01:42:24,600
appreciate now

2264
01:42:29,090 --> 01:42:26,100
more than ever

2265
01:42:43,310 --> 01:42:29,100
with a stone with a storm tropical storm

2266
01:42:43,320 --> 01:42:55,609
again we have

2267
01:43:02,570 --> 01:42:57,970
we had successful separation of the

2268
01:43:06,530 --> 01:43:04,430
and minutes later

2269
01:43:15,530 --> 01:43:06,540
got acquisition of signal from the

2270
01:43:26,390 --> 01:43:19,310
the atlas 5 401 rocket delivering that

2271
01:43:34,189 --> 01:43:29,149
what's been described as a nominal

2272
01:43:38,330 --> 01:43:36,470
and coming up on 40 minutes into flight

2273
01:43:40,430 --> 01:43:38,340
about six minutes remaining in the coast

2274
01:43:44,330 --> 01:43:40,440
continuing to see good performance from

2275
01:43:46,790 --> 01:43:44,340
RCs a very stable Centaur body rates

2276
01:43:52,729 --> 01:43:46,800
near null and a very stable battery

2277
01:43:56,689 --> 01:43:54,410
we talked about a number of dedications

2278
01:43:57,410 --> 01:43:56,699
uh making the pre-launch portion of the

2279
01:43:59,270 --> 01:43:57,420
show

2280
01:44:01,250 --> 01:43:59,280
I want to revisit one of those and

2281
01:44:03,890 --> 01:44:01,260
that's uh the dedication to Mark

2282
01:44:05,629 --> 01:44:03,900
Levesque in 2007

2283
01:44:07,550 --> 01:44:05,639
Mark accepted a position with United

2284
01:44:08,270 --> 01:44:07,560
launch Alliance at Vandenberg Air Force

2285
01:44:10,370 --> 01:44:08,280
Base

2286
01:44:13,250 --> 01:44:10,380
where he worked as a test conductor an

2287
01:44:15,590 --> 01:44:13,260
anomaly chief and achieved his lifelong

2288
01:44:17,450 --> 01:44:15,600
dream by rising to the position of

2289
01:44:21,950 --> 01:44:17,460
launch conductor for Missions launching

2290
01:44:24,590 --> 01:44:21,960
on Delta II Delta IV and Atlas V Rockets

2291
01:44:27,530 --> 01:44:24,600
Levesque retired early but was diagnosed

2292
01:44:29,810 --> 01:44:27,540
with cancer in 2018 and passed away

2293
01:44:32,270 --> 01:44:29,820
three years later

2294
01:44:34,609 --> 01:44:32,280
make I know you knew Mark well

2295
01:44:36,290 --> 01:44:34,619
worked for him worked with him for a

2296
01:44:38,149 --> 01:44:36,300
number of years

2297
01:44:42,350 --> 01:44:38,159
it's nice to have this Mission dedicated

2298
01:44:43,910 --> 01:44:42,360
to him yeah the team NASA LSP team and

2299
01:44:45,709 --> 01:44:43,920
the United launch Alliance team are very

2300
01:44:48,410 --> 01:44:45,719
happy to have Mark's name on this rocket

2301
01:44:50,570 --> 01:44:48,420
he was a incredible engineer uh

2302
01:44:52,850 --> 01:44:50,580
incredible Mentor incredible friend to a

2303
01:44:55,370 --> 01:44:52,860
lot of us Mark is one of the smartest

2304
01:44:57,350 --> 01:44:55,380
guys I knew on the launch ladder logic

2305
01:44:59,689 --> 01:44:57,360
in the electrical systems here at space

2306
01:45:01,850 --> 01:44:59,699
launch complex 3. I had the privilege of

2307
01:45:05,330 --> 01:45:01,860
working for Mark in 1999 when we

2308
01:45:08,030 --> 01:45:05,340
launched ac-141 off of this pad and for

2309
01:45:10,970 --> 01:45:08,040
several missions later not only as a

2310
01:45:14,330 --> 01:45:10,980
NASA employee but a Ula employee and his

2311
01:45:16,010 --> 01:45:14,340
dedication to space and to continuing

2312
01:45:18,890 --> 01:45:16,020
that education to others was just

2313
01:45:21,229 --> 01:45:18,900
amazing Mark was an amazing guy and he

2314
01:45:24,229 --> 01:45:21,239
will be missed by all of his teammates

2315
01:45:27,050 --> 01:45:24,239
and his wife was here to watch the

2316
01:45:28,370 --> 01:45:27,060
moment here sitting in the uh VIP

2317
01:45:32,750 --> 01:45:28,380
section

2318
01:45:36,590 --> 01:45:34,250
in the meantime we'll continue to

2319
01:45:37,609 --> 01:45:36,600
monitor the progress of uh Centaur and

2320
01:45:39,229 --> 01:45:37,619
lofted

2321
01:45:40,970 --> 01:45:39,239
I'll send it back to Megan at the host

2322
01:45:42,950 --> 01:45:40,980
desk

2323
01:45:45,590 --> 01:45:42,960
and Mark Levesque was one of two

2324
01:45:47,689 --> 01:45:45,600
dedications today let's meet the man who

2325
01:45:51,500 --> 01:45:47,699
today's heat shield flight test is

2326
01:45:56,570 --> 01:45:53,169
[Music]

2327
01:45:58,729 --> 01:45:56,580
one of the reasons that I became really

2328
01:46:00,890 --> 01:45:58,739
excited about space this was even before

2329
01:46:03,709 --> 01:46:00,900
high school back in the early up

2330
01:46:05,450 --> 01:46:03,719
holidays the first Apollo Landing I was

2331
01:46:07,729 --> 01:46:05,460
watching that I was all of three years

2332
01:46:09,830 --> 01:46:07,739
old with my mom and she was trying to

2333
01:46:12,890 --> 01:46:09,840
explain to me how these were the first

2334
01:46:16,250 --> 01:46:12,900
people to ever set foot on the Moon

2335
01:46:18,290 --> 01:46:16,260
I asked her in my young wisdom if she

2336
01:46:20,149 --> 01:46:18,300
had ever been to the Moon

2337
01:46:22,729 --> 01:46:20,159
she tried to explain well these are the

2338
01:46:24,169 --> 01:46:22,739
first no I haven't been there so I

2339
01:46:26,090 --> 01:46:24,179
promised her at that point that I would

2340
01:46:28,790 --> 01:46:26,100
someday take her to the Moon

2341
01:46:31,550 --> 01:46:28,800
doing my best to keep my promise

2342
01:46:33,649 --> 01:46:31,560
he called excitedly to tell me about

2343
01:46:36,109 --> 01:46:33,659
Ula having been awarded four of the six

2344
01:46:39,590 --> 01:46:36,119
flights in the next page of lunar

2345
01:46:41,570 --> 01:46:39,600
exploration and said Mom I'm a step

2346
01:46:43,129 --> 01:46:41,580
closer to fulfilling my promise to you

2347
01:46:45,770 --> 01:46:43,139
as a four-year-old

2348
01:46:47,689 --> 01:46:45,780
and that was just five days before he

2349
01:46:49,430 --> 01:46:47,699
passed away

2350
01:46:50,990 --> 01:46:49,440
I like to think that perhaps he's

2351
01:46:53,689 --> 01:46:51,000
wandering the Moon

2352
01:46:56,390 --> 01:46:53,699
Bernard was our chief rocket scientist

2353
01:46:58,850 --> 01:46:56,400
and he was absolutely instrumental in

2354
01:47:01,669 --> 01:46:58,860
all of our future Technologies Bernard

2355
01:47:03,590 --> 01:47:01,679
is just a wonderful person and energetic

2356
01:47:05,570 --> 01:47:03,600
he was the energy in the room and the

2357
01:47:08,149 --> 01:47:05,580
full of ideas for me it was just

2358
01:47:09,770 --> 01:47:08,159
inspirational being around him he didn't

2359
01:47:11,810 --> 01:47:09,780
seem to think he could do most anything

2360
01:47:13,970 --> 01:47:11,820
you know and he'd come in a room and

2361
01:47:16,189 --> 01:47:13,980
he'd convince others of that

2362
01:47:18,590 --> 01:47:16,199
he was just a genius he was such a

2363
01:47:20,149 --> 01:47:18,600
brilliant guy and so creative well

2364
01:47:22,790 --> 01:47:20,159
Bernard cutter really was the driving

2365
01:47:24,830 --> 01:47:22,800
force behind a lofted mission he dreamed

2366
01:47:27,410 --> 01:47:24,840
up how this Mission could work with NASA

2367
01:47:29,209 --> 01:47:27,420
lofted is really cool it's an inflatable

2368
01:47:31,370 --> 01:47:29,219
heat shield so we can deflate it and

2369
01:47:33,350 --> 01:47:31,380
fold it up but then inflates into a

2370
01:47:35,149 --> 01:47:33,360
primary structure that will slow down a

2371
01:47:37,070 --> 01:47:35,159
payload as it re-enters and ultimately

2372
01:47:40,490 --> 01:47:37,080
this technology has kind of helped Ula

2373
01:47:42,290 --> 01:47:40,500
reuse engines and help NASA land on Mars

2374
01:47:43,850 --> 01:47:42,300
in the future well Bernard really

2375
01:47:46,189 --> 01:47:43,860
brought all this together without

2376
01:47:49,129 --> 01:47:46,199
Bernard cutter this Mission really could

2377
01:47:51,410 --> 01:47:49,139
not have happened NASA and magnet launch

2378
01:47:53,870 --> 01:47:51,420
Alliance are dedicating the low earth

2379
01:47:56,270 --> 01:47:53,880
orbit flight test of an inflatable

2380
01:47:59,149 --> 01:47:56,280
decelerator or the Loft admission in

2381
01:48:01,310 --> 01:47:59,159
honor Bernard cutter

2382
01:48:03,350 --> 01:48:01,320
it's quite an honor to have Bernard's

2383
01:48:05,209 --> 01:48:03,360
name on this Mission and part of it is

2384
01:48:07,250 --> 01:48:05,219
because of his enthusiasm about this

2385
01:48:09,410 --> 01:48:07,260
Mission but I really think it's bigger

2386
01:48:11,510 --> 01:48:09,420
than that it's his enthusiasm and his

2387
01:48:13,189 --> 01:48:11,520
influence across the whole industry he

2388
01:48:16,189 --> 01:48:13,199
was somebody who's always envisioning

2389
01:48:19,189 --> 01:48:16,199
ways to get humans into outer space we

2390
01:48:22,370 --> 01:48:19,199
can see how one person with vision hard

2391
01:48:24,350 --> 01:48:22,380
work and just enthusiasm can make a huge

2392
01:48:25,790 --> 01:48:24,360
difference his legacy is in the ideas

2393
01:48:27,470 --> 01:48:25,800
that he's been planting for the last

2394
01:48:30,290 --> 01:48:27,480
decade and will get developed for the

2395
01:48:33,370 --> 01:48:30,300
next 20 30 years Bernard planted all

2396
01:48:39,050 --> 01:48:36,290
what touching tributes to both Bernard

2397
01:48:41,149 --> 01:48:39,060
and Mark I know it means a lot to their

2398
01:48:43,250 --> 01:48:41,159
family and friends to be able to

2399
01:48:45,109 --> 01:48:43,260
remember and honor them today

2400
01:48:47,990 --> 01:48:45,119
let's head back over to Daryl and Mick

2401
01:48:49,669 --> 01:48:48,000
as we approach mes2 and Miko 2. yeah

2402
01:48:52,129 --> 01:48:49,679
that's right Megan Maine engine start

2403
01:48:54,950 --> 01:48:52,139
two we are awaiting uh that it's just a

2404
01:48:58,669 --> 01:48:54,960
few seconds away on the clock here 45

2405
01:49:01,070 --> 01:48:58,679
minutes and 41 seconds and currently uh

2406
01:49:03,770 --> 01:49:01,080
we're just uh Motor Performance uh

2407
01:49:05,870 --> 01:49:03,780
pre-burned sluice

2408
01:49:06,770 --> 01:49:05,880
just about 40 seconds away from that

2409
01:49:14,390 --> 01:49:06,780
burn

2410
01:49:16,850 --> 01:49:14,400
stage with fuel pre-third on the rl-10

2411
01:49:20,870 --> 01:49:16,860
lofted attached

2412
01:49:22,669 --> 01:49:20,880
it'll be 42.9 seconds a short burn

2413
01:49:24,229 --> 01:49:22,679
yeah we just need this short burn to get

2414
01:49:26,750 --> 01:49:24,239
to that lower altitude we start on the

2415
01:49:28,970 --> 01:49:26,760
rl10 and we hear that we have a

2416
01:49:38,450 --> 01:49:28,980
pre-start with locks

2417
01:49:44,030 --> 01:49:41,570
and we have main engine start too

2418
01:49:45,890 --> 01:49:44,040
okay now we're 10 operating parameters

2419
01:49:49,729 --> 01:49:45,900
are looking good stabilizing very

2420
01:49:54,410 --> 01:49:52,250
and since our body rates are stabilizing

2421
01:49:58,970 --> 01:49:54,420
nicely following the burn and we have

2422
01:50:03,410 --> 01:50:01,669
so just like that the burn is over

2423
01:50:04,970 --> 01:50:03,420
parameters look good for the second burn

2424
01:50:07,370 --> 01:50:04,980
as well

2425
01:50:09,050 --> 01:50:07,380
I just want to point out that this is a

2426
01:50:10,609 --> 01:50:09,060
unique view that we're looking at in

2427
01:50:12,590 --> 01:50:10,619
terms of an animation you don't often

2428
01:50:15,290 --> 01:50:12,600
see a second stage pointed down 100

2429
01:50:16,970 --> 01:50:15,300
that's correct and doing a burn that's

2430
01:50:18,890 --> 01:50:16,980
correct and in this case we're doing

2431
01:50:20,510 --> 01:50:18,900
that for a specific reason right so that

2432
01:50:22,729 --> 01:50:20,520
lofted can get in the position they need

2433
01:50:24,830 --> 01:50:22,739
to do their work and then get ready to

2434
01:50:27,950 --> 01:50:24,840
uh separate it we'll see that a little

2435
01:50:29,689 --> 01:50:27,960
bit later as they demonstrate that work

2436
01:50:32,870 --> 01:50:29,699
now let's take a look at some video that

2437
01:50:36,169 --> 01:50:32,880
we just downlinked a few moments ago

2438
01:50:41,629 --> 01:50:36,179
this was of a huge milestone the release

2439
01:50:45,109 --> 01:50:41,639
of jpss2 there it goes from the Centaur

2440
01:50:46,729 --> 01:50:45,119
upper stage off into space

2441
01:50:48,169 --> 01:50:46,739
and you can see in that picture right

2442
01:50:51,350 --> 01:50:48,179
there Daryl not only is day two

2443
01:50:53,570 --> 01:50:51,360
separating from the stack but that whole

2444
01:50:56,090 --> 01:50:53,580
stack of metal that we see that it

2445
01:50:59,030 --> 01:50:56,100
separated from lofted is inside that

2446
01:51:01,609 --> 01:50:59,040
those adapter cones and protected right

2447
01:51:05,149 --> 01:51:01,619
now and that's a beautiful sight to see

2448
01:51:07,189 --> 01:51:05,159
Jay to move away from from the Centaur

2449
01:51:09,350 --> 01:51:07,199
as we get ready for this next portion of

2450
01:51:13,010 --> 01:51:09,360
this Mission with lofted and there you

2451
01:51:16,129 --> 01:51:13,020
see Centaur in its deorbit burn

2452
01:51:18,649 --> 01:51:16,139
to get to the right trajectory to

2453
01:51:20,450 --> 01:51:18,659
drop off lofted which is at the bottom

2454
01:51:24,229 --> 01:51:20,460
end of the centaur

2455
01:51:26,209 --> 01:51:24,239
and its payload launch adapter

2456
01:51:28,790 --> 01:51:26,219
when that's released and the cover comes

2457
01:51:33,290 --> 01:51:30,470
and seeing the Centaur body rate

2458
01:51:34,609 --> 01:51:33,300
stabilizes as it reaches the PTC roll

2459
01:51:36,709 --> 01:51:34,619
rate

2460
01:51:39,109 --> 01:51:36,719
we'll get some inflation with the very

2461
01:51:41,149 --> 01:51:39,119
good performance of RCs

2462
01:51:44,629 --> 01:51:41,159
and very stable tank pressures and

2463
01:51:50,169 --> 01:51:47,810
yeah so as we see this Daryl Centaur is

2464
01:51:54,290 --> 01:51:50,179
moving into position to get ready for uh

2465
01:51:56,510 --> 01:51:54,300
lofted's work and separation and then as

2466
01:51:59,870 --> 01:51:56,520
you mentioned uh once lofted separates

2467
01:52:03,290 --> 01:51:59,880
uh Centaur will do a third burn getting

2468
01:52:05,870 --> 01:52:03,300
ready for a d orbit and we'll continue

2469
01:52:08,030 --> 01:52:05,880
the mission that way as lofted then

2470
01:52:10,550 --> 01:52:08,040
heads into the atmosphere and

2471
01:52:13,910 --> 01:52:10,560
demonstrates its technology for

2472
01:52:16,189 --> 01:52:13,920
Splashdown later this morning we have

2473
01:52:20,570 --> 01:52:16,199
confirmation that indeed the solar

2474
01:52:23,629 --> 01:52:20,580
arrays for jpss2 have been deployed

2475
01:52:28,609 --> 01:52:23,639
another great milestone reached with the

2476
01:52:32,390 --> 01:52:30,470
besides a little bit of a launch delay

2477
01:52:34,129 --> 01:52:32,400
at the beginning everything's going

2478
01:52:37,010 --> 01:52:34,139
really well yeah everything going

2479
01:52:40,669 --> 01:52:37,020
nominal everything's going great for

2480
01:52:43,189 --> 01:52:40,679
this Mission and um uh things are

2481
01:52:45,770 --> 01:52:43,199
looking good for the J2 satellite as we

2482
01:52:48,770 --> 01:52:45,780
said acquisition signal solar raid

2483
01:52:51,050 --> 01:52:48,780
deployment the team is very happy things

2484
01:53:09,850 --> 01:52:51,060
are looking really well for the J2

2485
01:53:15,590 --> 01:53:13,070
and so now with uh and coming up on the

2486
01:53:17,270 --> 01:53:15,600
Centaur in position initial review for

2487
01:53:19,609 --> 01:53:17,280
that third burn we want to indicating

2488
01:53:21,290 --> 01:53:19,619
we're uh say goodbye and thank you to

2489
01:53:23,689 --> 01:53:21,300
Mick Wolfman launch Services Program

2490
01:53:26,090 --> 01:53:23,699
engineer for riding shotgun and uh

2491
01:53:27,890 --> 01:53:26,100
giving us your Insight and commentary uh

2492
01:53:29,570 --> 01:53:27,900
you spent a lot of time with Atlas five

2493
01:53:31,970 --> 01:53:29,580
you know it well and uh you were able to

2494
01:53:33,350 --> 01:53:31,980
walk us through uh the early issue and

2495
01:53:34,790 --> 01:53:33,360
uh we really appreciate it yeah

2496
01:53:36,649 --> 01:53:34,800
appreciate it Daryl it's always fun to

2497
01:53:38,689 --> 01:53:36,659
be with you guys uh talking at launch

2498
01:53:41,330 --> 01:53:38,699
especially this last Atlas five from

2499
01:53:43,430 --> 01:53:41,340
slick 3 has a special place for me uh

2500
01:53:44,750 --> 01:53:43,440
having started my career here and uh I

2501
01:53:46,850 --> 01:53:44,760
always enjoy doing commentary with you

2502
01:53:48,890 --> 01:53:46,860
my friend so thanks a lot and enjoy the

2503
01:53:50,810 --> 01:53:48,900
rest of the mission same here Mick and I

2504
01:53:52,910 --> 01:53:50,820
appreciate the words and thank you again

2505
01:53:55,490 --> 01:53:52,920
and so with that we'll send it back to

2506
01:53:58,010 --> 01:53:55,500
Megan and continue tracking the Centaur

2507
01:53:59,209 --> 01:53:58,020
and Lofton I love having Mick on the

2508
01:54:01,070 --> 01:53:59,219
broadcast it's always good to have him

2509
01:54:01,930 --> 01:54:01,080
you Daryl you're okay sometimes I like

2510
01:54:04,370 --> 01:54:01,940
you

2511
01:54:05,990 --> 01:54:04,380
well as we weight lofted here's a closer

2512
01:54:09,350 --> 01:54:06,000
look at the new inflatable heat shield

2513
01:54:11,629 --> 01:54:09,360
by the Numbers it weighs 2 400 pounds

2514
01:54:14,510 --> 01:54:11,639
and that's about the same size as an

2515
01:54:16,609 --> 01:54:14,520
adult male crocodile it's about 20 feet

2516
01:54:19,129 --> 01:54:16,619
across that's the size of one shipping

2517
01:54:23,510 --> 01:54:19,139
container it is made up of inflatable

2518
01:54:26,209 --> 01:54:23,520
rings 15 times stronger than steel and

2519
01:54:31,010 --> 01:54:26,219
can withstand temperatures in excess of

2520
01:54:32,209 --> 01:54:31,020
2 900 degrees Fahrenheit that is hot and

2521
01:54:34,669 --> 01:54:32,219
as Mick and Daryl have been talking

2522
01:54:37,790 --> 01:54:34,679
about today was the last Atlas 5 rocket

2523
01:54:42,229 --> 01:54:37,800
launch from the West Coast as Ula gets

2524
01:54:46,129 --> 01:54:42,239
closer to launching Vulcan Rockets from

2525
01:54:48,530 --> 01:54:46,139
here in 2023. Atlas 5 has been America's

2526
01:54:50,330 --> 01:54:48,540
longest servicing active rocket and part

2527
01:54:53,090 --> 01:54:50,340
of the launch Services Program for more

2528
01:54:55,129 --> 01:54:53,100
than a decade as we mark 100 launches

2529
01:54:56,629 --> 01:54:55,139
with LSP here's how the team describes

2530
01:54:59,240 --> 01:54:56,639
working together through all those

2531
01:55:09,040 --> 01:54:59,250
successful missions

2532
01:55:13,930 --> 01:55:09,050
[Music]

2533
01:55:18,410 --> 01:55:16,550
it's been said many times I'm not the

2534
01:55:20,810 --> 01:55:18,420
first won't be the last but we really

2535
01:55:23,689 --> 01:55:20,820
consider LSP to be a family

2536
01:55:26,030 --> 01:55:23,699
and by being kind of small and flexible

2537
01:55:29,629 --> 01:55:26,040
and agile we really have grown

2538
01:55:32,209 --> 01:55:29,639
incredibly tight over the uh now 24

2539
01:55:35,629 --> 01:55:32,219
years that we've been a program working

2540
01:55:38,330 --> 01:55:35,639
with LSP is working with family it's not

2541
01:55:40,669 --> 01:55:38,340
even like family is family there's a lot

2542
01:55:42,530 --> 01:55:40,679
of stress and the jobs that we have we

2543
01:55:43,970 --> 01:55:42,540
are trying to make sure that a

2544
01:55:46,490 --> 01:55:43,980
spacecraft gets launched successfully

2545
01:55:47,689 --> 01:55:46,500
where it needs to go for people who have

2546
01:55:49,970 --> 01:55:47,699
worked on it you know their whole

2547
01:55:51,709 --> 01:55:49,980
lifetimes and so that's a lot of

2548
01:55:53,570 --> 01:55:51,719
pressure on the people in the

2549
01:55:55,430 --> 01:55:53,580
organization and so when you accomplish

2550
01:55:58,129 --> 01:55:55,440
that launch you know you've done it

2551
01:56:00,109 --> 01:55:58,139
together as a team and so we all come

2552
01:56:01,970 --> 01:56:00,119
together like a family to solve the

2553
01:56:03,649 --> 01:56:01,980
problems and to get the mission done and

2554
01:56:07,250 --> 01:56:03,659
we're all working to achieve the same

2555
01:56:08,930 --> 01:56:07,260
goal the one thing I love about it is we

2556
01:56:11,270 --> 01:56:08,940
make each other better

2557
01:56:14,330 --> 01:56:11,280
it's not just about the launch day but

2558
01:56:17,149 --> 01:56:14,340
the little things that we do all day

2559
01:56:21,050 --> 01:56:17,159
every day that make the workplace

2560
01:56:23,990 --> 01:56:21,060
enjoyable I actually got hired on during

2561
01:56:26,270 --> 01:56:24,000
the pandemic and even though I was not

2562
01:56:28,189 --> 01:56:26,280
meeting people like I normally would I

2563
01:56:30,890 --> 01:56:28,199
got to experience that family atmosphere

2564
01:56:32,629 --> 01:56:30,900
even virtually and so I think it's

2565
01:56:35,330 --> 01:56:32,639
something that really it's it's woven

2566
01:56:38,330 --> 01:56:35,340
throughout the fabric of the program

2567
01:56:41,149 --> 01:56:38,340
and so there's a culture within LSP

2568
01:56:42,649 --> 01:56:41,159
where people don't have to look behind

2569
01:56:44,209 --> 01:56:42,659
their back afraid that someone's going

2570
01:56:47,030 --> 01:56:44,219
to step on their back to get to where

2571
01:56:49,370 --> 01:56:47,040
they want to go but instead

2572
01:56:51,590 --> 01:56:49,380
there are people who have your back and

2573
01:56:53,570 --> 01:56:51,600
are pushing you forward so that you can

2574
01:56:55,430 --> 01:56:53,580
be successful and so the program can be

2575
01:56:57,530 --> 01:56:55,440
successful and so that's where that

2576
01:57:00,050 --> 01:56:57,540
family atmosphere comes from it's talked

2577
01:57:01,729 --> 01:57:00,060
about but it's not just a saying it's a

2578
01:57:05,209 --> 01:57:01,739
lifestyle and so it's really cool to be

2579
01:57:09,470 --> 01:57:07,669
often project has managed and funded by

2580
01:57:11,090 --> 01:57:09,480
NASA's space technology Mission

2581
01:57:13,129 --> 01:57:11,100
directorate I got to speak with

2582
01:57:15,649 --> 01:57:13,139
technology demonstrations director Trudy

2583
01:57:19,729 --> 01:57:17,330
so Trudy tell me about the space

2584
01:57:21,410 --> 01:57:19,739
technology Mission directorate and why

2585
01:57:23,689 --> 01:57:21,420
testing an inflatable heat shield was so

2586
01:57:26,330 --> 01:57:23,699
important to you guys so so Megan in

2587
01:57:28,970 --> 01:57:26,340
space technology we say often technology

2588
01:57:31,669 --> 01:57:28,980
drives exploration and we don't just say

2589
01:57:33,589 --> 01:57:31,679
that because it's a fun motto or a cute

2590
01:57:36,169 --> 01:57:33,599
catchphrase we really say it because we

2591
01:57:38,030 --> 01:57:36,179
mean it we are looking to invest in

2592
01:57:39,649 --> 01:57:38,040
technologies that will enable future

2593
01:57:41,990 --> 01:57:39,659
missions we have a lot of planning on

2594
01:57:44,209 --> 01:57:42,000
the books right now and the Moon to Mars

2595
01:57:46,430 --> 01:57:44,219
objectives for Missions that are really

2596
01:57:50,689 --> 01:57:46,440
just in you know on paper at this point

2597
01:57:52,070 --> 01:57:50,699
but without missions like Loft did we're

2598
01:57:54,709 --> 01:57:52,080
not going to get there we need these are

2599
01:57:56,209 --> 01:57:54,719
enabling Technologies so at a broad

2600
01:57:58,910 --> 01:57:56,219
level we're looking to enable those

2601
01:58:01,729 --> 01:57:58,920
future missions that that we need to get

2602
01:58:03,589 --> 01:58:01,739
done but then in a more basic sense

2603
01:58:05,030 --> 01:58:03,599
we're looking just to see does the

2604
01:58:06,709 --> 01:58:05,040
technology work it's the first time

2605
01:58:08,330 --> 01:58:06,719
we're putting it together at six meters

2606
01:58:09,649 --> 01:58:08,340
which is about 20 feet

2607
01:58:11,510 --> 01:58:09,659
um we're gonna you know put it through

2608
01:58:13,310 --> 01:58:11,520
through atmosphere this case the Earth's

2609
01:58:15,589 --> 01:58:13,320
atmosphere and Technology demonstrations

2610
01:58:18,169 --> 01:58:15,599
we put everything we can together at a

2611
01:58:19,850 --> 01:58:18,179
system level we test as much as we

2612
01:58:21,290 --> 01:58:19,860
possibly can on the ground but at some

2613
01:58:22,550 --> 01:58:21,300
point you have to put it in the

2614
01:58:24,890 --> 01:58:22,560
environment in which it's supposed to

2615
01:58:26,390 --> 01:58:24,900
operate and so when this gets

2616
01:58:27,709 --> 01:58:26,400
demonstrated you could think of the

2617
01:58:29,870 --> 01:58:27,719
Earth's atmosphere as our giant test

2618
01:58:31,430 --> 01:58:29,880
chamber to be able to do that yeah so

2619
01:58:33,169 --> 01:58:31,440
let's talk a little bit more about those

2620
01:58:36,050 --> 01:58:33,179
future missions that this could enable

2621
01:58:37,970 --> 01:58:36,060
how could NASA use this technology for

2622
01:58:41,810 --> 01:58:37,980
us to do things that we have yet to

2623
01:58:43,129 --> 01:58:41,820
imagine sure so this technology is in

2624
01:58:46,010 --> 01:58:43,139
the category of what we call entry

2625
01:58:49,129 --> 01:58:46,020
descent Landing it'll enable us to land

2626
01:58:52,010 --> 01:58:49,139
larger payloads than ever before

2627
01:58:54,830 --> 01:58:52,020
um and and so for example you need an

2628
01:58:56,930 --> 01:58:54,840
atmosphere so so missions to Mars uh

2629
01:58:59,390 --> 01:58:56,940
Venus Titan the the largest moon of

2630
01:59:01,070 --> 01:58:59,400
Saturn become possibilities for us but

2631
01:59:03,050 --> 01:59:01,080
much larger payloads we could actually

2632
01:59:04,850 --> 01:59:03,060
land at higher elevations for example on

2633
01:59:05,750 --> 01:59:04,860
Mars than before with our robotic

2634
01:59:07,430 --> 01:59:05,760
missions

2635
01:59:09,950 --> 01:59:07,440
um because it can decelerate faster so

2636
01:59:11,450 --> 01:59:09,960
it opens up a whole host of

2637
01:59:13,250 --> 01:59:11,460
possibilities for us okay so

2638
01:59:15,169 --> 01:59:13,260
possibilities for NASA what about our

2639
01:59:16,609 --> 01:59:15,179
our commercial companies that we often

2640
01:59:18,109 --> 01:59:16,619
work with yeah so I'll just mention

2641
01:59:20,450 --> 01:59:18,119
we've enjoyed a lot of really great

2642
01:59:21,890 --> 01:59:20,460
Partnerships on lofted and I know you

2643
01:59:26,089 --> 01:59:21,900
have other people that you're talking to

2644
01:59:27,290 --> 01:59:26,099
about that but you know jpss2 NOAA our

2645
01:59:29,030 --> 01:59:27,300
science Mission Front Mission

2646
01:59:30,350 --> 01:59:29,040
directorate friends have all been really

2647
01:59:32,270 --> 01:59:30,360
great with this collaboration with us

2648
01:59:35,390 --> 01:59:32,280
but most especially United launch

2649
01:59:37,010 --> 01:59:35,400
Alliance so Ula recognized that this

2650
01:59:39,290 --> 01:59:37,020
technology that we were working on could

2651
01:59:42,709 --> 01:59:39,300
benefit them and so they approached us

2652
01:59:44,450 --> 01:59:42,719
and they want to use it uh to bring back

2653
01:59:46,910 --> 01:59:44,460
the first stage engines for their Vulcan

2654
01:59:48,950 --> 01:59:46,920
rocket if they can do that once they

2655
01:59:50,689 --> 01:59:48,960
successfully do that that lowers the

2656
01:59:52,010 --> 01:59:50,699
cost of access to space it lowers the

2657
01:59:54,709 --> 01:59:52,020
cost of their launch vehicle which then

2658
01:59:56,330 --> 01:59:54,719
we can per we can purchase other

2659
01:59:58,250 --> 01:59:56,340
government organizations who purchase

2660
02:00:00,410 --> 01:59:58,260
launch of vehicle services can do the

2661
02:00:03,589 --> 02:00:00,420
same thing so it becomes a win for them

2662
02:00:05,030 --> 02:00:03,599
a win for us and frankly in technology

2663
02:00:06,649 --> 02:00:05,040
demonstrations we love it when a plan

2664
02:00:07,970 --> 02:00:06,659
like that comes together and it

2665
02:00:09,350 --> 02:00:07,980
certainly has in this case oh yeah

2666
02:00:10,490 --> 02:00:09,360
nothing better than a win-win situation

2667
02:00:11,750 --> 02:00:10,500
that's right that's right and that's

2668
02:00:14,330 --> 02:00:11,760
what's happened here Trudy thank you so

2669
02:00:16,490 --> 02:00:14,340
much thanks Megan nice to be here

2670
02:00:19,189 --> 02:00:16,500
heat shields have evolved over time

2671
02:00:21,109 --> 02:00:19,199
earlier spacecrafts had one time use

2672
02:00:23,629 --> 02:00:21,119
heat shields that charred from the

2673
02:00:25,490 --> 02:00:23,639
intense heat of re-entry space shuttles

2674
02:00:27,410 --> 02:00:25,500
were protected by heat resistant tiles

2675
02:00:29,270 --> 02:00:27,420
which could be reused if they weren't

2676
02:00:31,370 --> 02:00:29,280
damaged and now this morning's flight

2677
02:00:33,010 --> 02:00:31,380
test will demonstrate a flexible heat

2678
02:00:40,970 --> 02:00:33,020
shield that could as Trudy said

2679
02:00:44,930 --> 02:00:43,430
before a Cutting Edge technology like an

2680
02:00:47,089 --> 02:00:44,940
inflatable heat shield can be flight

2681
02:00:49,070 --> 02:00:47,099
tested a lot of work goes into building

2682
02:00:51,470 --> 02:00:49,080
assembling and testing all of the

2683
02:00:53,390 --> 02:00:51,480
components here's how low earth orbit

2684
02:00:56,270 --> 02:00:53,400
flight test of an inflatable decelerator

2685
02:00:58,430 --> 02:00:56,280
or lofted was readied for launch

2686
02:01:00,709 --> 02:00:58,440
the inflatable structure made up of Tori

2687
02:01:02,689 --> 02:01:00,719
or rings was built and put through

2688
02:01:04,729 --> 02:01:02,699
static load testing to ensure its

2689
02:01:07,189 --> 02:01:04,739
structural integrity

2690
02:01:08,990 --> 02:01:07,199
a payload adapter separation system was

2691
02:01:10,910 --> 02:01:09,000
developed and tested using air bearings

2692
02:01:13,189 --> 02:01:10,920
on a flat floor

2693
02:01:16,370 --> 02:01:13,199
like an air hockey table to simulate a

2694
02:01:17,990 --> 02:01:16,380
space-like environment at launch lofted

2695
02:01:20,450 --> 02:01:18,000
is packed inside the payload adapter

2696
02:01:23,149 --> 02:01:20,460
used to connect jpss2 to the rocket

2697
02:01:24,890 --> 02:01:23,159
after jpss2 separates the payload

2698
02:01:28,129 --> 02:01:24,900
adapter separation system will jettison

2699
02:01:32,930 --> 02:01:30,470
the inflation system designed to slowly

2700
02:01:34,790 --> 02:01:32,940
expand the AeroShell was tested using an

2701
02:01:36,530 --> 02:01:34,800
inflatable simulator that uses the same

2702
02:01:38,810 --> 02:01:36,540
amount of air as the flight Arrow shell

2703
02:01:40,729 --> 02:01:38,820
each inflation test was run as the

2704
02:01:42,290 --> 02:01:40,739
system would operate in flight this

2705
02:01:44,270 --> 02:01:42,300
procedure ensured the inflation system

2706
02:01:47,689 --> 02:01:44,280
will respond as intended during routine

2707
02:01:49,310 --> 02:01:47,699
operations and potential anomalies

2708
02:01:51,530 --> 02:01:49,320
the air show was integrated with the

2709
02:01:53,450 --> 02:01:51,540
rest of the re-entry vehicle the vehicle

2710
02:01:55,129 --> 02:01:53,460
is comprised of several stacked segments

2711
02:01:57,290 --> 02:01:55,139
that link the inflatable structure to

2712
02:01:59,689 --> 02:01:57,300
the inflation system flight Electronics

2713
02:02:00,950 --> 02:01:59,699
ejectable data recorder and parachute

2714
02:02:03,229 --> 02:02:00,960
system

2715
02:02:04,729 --> 02:02:03,239
a matchmate test verified that all the

2716
02:02:06,649 --> 02:02:04,739
hardware from both NASA and United

2717
02:02:09,050 --> 02:02:06,659
launch Alliance fit together and align

2718
02:02:12,370 --> 02:02:09,060
properly this also served as a rehearsal

2719
02:02:14,390 --> 02:02:12,380
for the final integration procedures

2720
02:02:16,310 --> 02:02:14,400
electromagnetic compatibility testing

2721
02:02:17,990 --> 02:02:16,320
ensures the spacecraft does not emit

2722
02:02:19,550 --> 02:02:18,000
radio frequencies that could interfere

2723
02:02:20,510 --> 02:02:19,560
with anything on the integrated launch

2724
02:02:22,609 --> 02:02:20,520
vehicle

2725
02:02:24,290 --> 02:02:22,619
and that lofted won't be harmed by any

2726
02:02:26,570 --> 02:02:24,300
electromagnetic radiation it may

2727
02:02:28,550 --> 02:02:26,580
experience during launch

2728
02:02:30,770 --> 02:02:28,560
a complete system test was conducted

2729
02:02:33,229 --> 02:02:30,780
inside a 60-foot vacuum sphere that can

2730
02:02:34,850 --> 02:02:33,239
simulate a space-like environment a full

2731
02:02:36,950 --> 02:02:34,860
test of the flight sequence was run

2732
02:02:39,470 --> 02:02:36,960
under vacuum exactly as it will execute

2733
02:02:41,450 --> 02:02:39,480
during the flight demonstration

2734
02:02:43,010 --> 02:02:41,460
once the inflatable AeroShell was

2735
02:02:44,870 --> 02:02:43,020
repacked its weight and center of

2736
02:02:46,550 --> 02:02:44,880
gravity were measured determining these

2737
02:02:48,410 --> 02:02:46,560
characteristics is important to ensure

2738
02:02:49,970 --> 02:02:48,420
the spacecraft will perform as expected

2739
02:02:52,310 --> 02:02:49,980
during flight

2740
02:02:54,050 --> 02:02:52,320
lofted also has an ejectable data module

2741
02:02:55,609 --> 02:02:54,060
that provides a redundant source of data

2742
02:02:57,950 --> 02:02:55,619
from the sensors and cameras on board

2743
02:02:59,629 --> 02:02:57,960
the EDM has undergone many functional

2744
02:03:01,430 --> 02:02:59,639
tests as well as a series of practice

2745
02:03:03,350 --> 02:03:01,440
recoveries

2746
02:03:05,689 --> 02:03:03,360
with lofted in its launch configuration

2747
02:03:07,310 --> 02:03:05,699
it was vibration tested to ensure no

2748
02:03:08,920 --> 02:03:07,320
damage will occur during the intense

2749
02:03:10,490 --> 02:03:08,930
launch and re-entry process

2750
02:03:12,830 --> 02:03:10,500
[Music]

2751
02:03:14,270 --> 02:03:12,840
lofted underwent one final test to

2752
02:03:16,129 --> 02:03:14,280
ensure it was fully functional before

2753
02:03:17,990 --> 02:03:16,139
being packed and shipped to Vandenberg

2754
02:03:19,230 --> 02:03:18,000
space force base its final destination

2755
02:03:24,649 --> 02:03:19,240
for launch

2756
02:03:28,310 --> 02:03:26,450
a lot of hard work definitely went into

2757
02:03:30,050 --> 02:03:28,320
this flight test and before this flight

2758
02:03:31,910 --> 02:03:30,060
test heat shields could only be as big

2759
02:03:33,830 --> 02:03:31,920
as the size of the launch vehicle but as

2760
02:03:36,709 --> 02:03:33,840
you just heard that might not be the

2761
02:03:38,510 --> 02:03:36,719
case anymore NASA's Angelique Herring is

2762
02:03:45,290 --> 02:03:38,520
live at Langley with an expert on the

2763
02:03:49,970 --> 02:03:47,750
yes I'm here outside of flight Mission

2764
02:03:51,470 --> 02:03:49,980
support center with Stephen Tobin the

2765
02:03:53,870 --> 02:03:51,480
lead thermal engineer from The Loft

2766
02:03:55,370 --> 02:03:53,880
demonstration Stephen it's so great to

2767
02:03:57,530 --> 02:03:55,380
have you here this morning good morning

2768
02:03:59,089 --> 02:03:57,540
Anjali thanks for checking in absolutely

2769
02:04:01,010 --> 02:03:59,099
so Steve and I know that we're still a

2770
02:04:03,709 --> 02:04:01,020
few minutes away from three entry

2771
02:04:05,149 --> 02:04:03,719
vehicle actually turning on what is the

2772
02:04:07,370 --> 02:04:05,159
team going to be doing here at flight

2773
02:04:08,870 --> 02:04:07,380
Mission support after that moment

2774
02:04:10,790 --> 02:04:08,880
so we're going to be on our consoles

2775
02:04:13,189 --> 02:04:10,800
looking at sensor data that's coming

2776
02:04:16,790 --> 02:04:13,199
down transmitted from lofted near real

2777
02:04:19,070 --> 02:04:16,800
time we have all kinds of sensors all

2778
02:04:20,689 --> 02:04:19,080
over the lofted AeroShell and many of

2779
02:04:22,250 --> 02:04:20,699
them are temperature sensors that are

2780
02:04:24,950 --> 02:04:22,260
embedded within the layers of the

2781
02:04:26,629 --> 02:04:24,960
thermal protection system we also have

2782
02:04:28,430 --> 02:04:26,639
heat rate and pressure sensors on the

2783
02:04:31,189 --> 02:04:28,440
nose of the vehicle so I'm going to be

2784
02:04:33,589 --> 02:04:31,199
looking at a critical subset of that

2785
02:04:36,109 --> 02:04:33,599
sensor data and Reporting out to the

2786
02:04:37,850 --> 02:04:36,119
team on the thermal response of the

2787
02:04:39,950 --> 02:04:37,860
AeroShell and also comparing to our

2788
02:04:41,570 --> 02:04:39,960
thermal models predictions that'll be

2789
02:04:43,669 --> 02:04:41,580
incredibly exciting there's a lot of

2790
02:04:46,129 --> 02:04:43,679
data going on there how are you going to

2791
02:04:48,410 --> 02:04:46,139
use that in order to determine the

2792
02:04:50,750 --> 02:04:48,420
success of today's demonstration

2793
02:04:52,970 --> 02:04:50,760
well I'm going to be looking in

2794
02:04:55,550 --> 02:04:52,980
particular at the temperature sensor

2795
02:04:57,290 --> 02:04:55,560
data in between the flexible thermal

2796
02:04:58,970 --> 02:04:57,300
protection system and the inflatable

2797
02:05:01,910 --> 02:04:58,980
structure so we call that the interface

2798
02:05:03,169 --> 02:05:01,920
and if it's okay I can show you a sample

2799
02:05:05,810 --> 02:05:03,179
of the flexible thermal protection

2800
02:05:06,830 --> 02:05:05,820
system absolutely just to run you

2801
02:05:08,990 --> 02:05:06,840
through the layers and give you an idea

2802
02:05:11,450 --> 02:05:09,000
of what I'm looking at but this is the

2803
02:05:13,550 --> 02:05:11,460
actual half inch of material that is

2804
02:05:15,950 --> 02:05:13,560
protecting the inflatable structure from

2805
02:05:17,770 --> 02:05:15,960
the heat of reentry this is a sample of

2806
02:05:21,010 --> 02:05:17,780
the inflatable structure skin

2807
02:05:24,290 --> 02:05:21,020
so first of all we have a very strong

2808
02:05:26,689 --> 02:05:24,300
ceramic woven ceramic outer fabric that

2809
02:05:28,669 --> 02:05:26,699
protects the softer underlying

2810
02:05:32,510 --> 02:05:28,679
insulation layers from direct

2811
02:05:33,290 --> 02:05:32,520
aerodynamic Heating and Shear forces and

2812
02:05:36,649 --> 02:05:33,300
then

2813
02:05:39,169 --> 02:05:36,659
we have a carbonaceous and polymer fiber

2814
02:05:41,689 --> 02:05:39,179
insulation stack and that's that softer

2815
02:05:44,990 --> 02:05:41,699
insulation that really resists the heat

2816
02:05:46,370 --> 02:05:45,000
soak back through the layers and to the

2817
02:05:48,709 --> 02:05:46,380
inflatable structure

2818
02:05:52,430 --> 02:05:48,719
and then finally we have our impermeable

2819
02:05:55,129 --> 02:05:52,440
gas barrier and this is uh preventing

2820
02:05:57,229 --> 02:05:55,139
hot gas from flowing through those

2821
02:05:59,330 --> 02:05:57,239
porous insulators and directly impinging

2822
02:06:01,070 --> 02:05:59,340
onto the inflatable structure and this

2823
02:06:02,570 --> 02:06:01,080
interface between the gas barrier and

2824
02:06:03,770 --> 02:06:02,580
the inflatable structure is really the

2825
02:06:06,010 --> 02:06:03,780
most critical thermally because it's

2826
02:06:08,209 --> 02:06:06,020
where it'll reach a maximum temperature

2827
02:06:10,250 --> 02:06:08,219
on the inflatable structure so I'm going

2828
02:06:12,050 --> 02:06:10,260
to be looking at the sensor data here at

2829
02:06:14,209 --> 02:06:12,060
this interface and looking to see where

2830
02:06:16,729 --> 02:06:14,219
it Peaks up and then starts to Trend

2831
02:06:18,649 --> 02:06:16,739
down once we see that and we also see

2832
02:06:21,050 --> 02:06:18,659
that the inflatable structure is holding

2833
02:06:23,270 --> 02:06:21,060
pressure anomaly then that is the

2834
02:06:25,910 --> 02:06:23,280
indication we need to see that the

2835
02:06:27,950 --> 02:06:25,920
lofted RV re-entry vehicle has indeed

2836
02:06:29,990 --> 02:06:27,960
survived the extreme Heating and

2837
02:06:32,089 --> 02:06:30,000
structural loading of re-entry and what

2838
02:06:33,649 --> 02:06:32,099
an exciting moment that'll be can't wait

2839
02:06:35,030 --> 02:06:33,659
with that we'll head back over to you

2840
02:06:37,189 --> 02:06:35,040
Megan

2841
02:06:40,010 --> 02:06:37,199
nearly five minutes away from testing

2842
02:06:42,350 --> 02:06:40,020
NASA's new inflatable heat shield Daryl

2843
02:06:44,270 --> 02:06:42,360
nail is now joined by NASA engineer Sean

2844
02:06:46,370 --> 02:06:44,280
Hancock to provide live commentary about

2845
02:06:48,290 --> 02:06:46,380
this portion of today yeah thank you

2846
02:06:50,810 --> 02:06:48,300
very much Megan and we welcome in as you

2847
02:06:53,870 --> 02:06:50,820
mentioned Sean Hancock the uh payload

2848
02:06:55,790 --> 02:06:53,880
adapter uh lost a payload adapter lead

2849
02:06:58,250 --> 02:06:55,800
engineer we appreciate you being here

2850
02:07:01,430 --> 02:06:58,260
sharing your expertise with us you'll be

2851
02:07:04,729 --> 02:07:01,440
here for the duration of the lofted tech

2852
02:07:07,490 --> 02:07:04,739
demonstration and this is an exciting

2853
02:07:09,229 --> 02:07:07,500
Mission yeah this is a this is a first

2854
02:07:12,109 --> 02:07:09,239
of its kind it's the first orbital

2855
02:07:14,689 --> 02:07:12,119
flight for uh for a hiad so we're super

2856
02:07:17,450 --> 02:07:14,699
excited we're uh we're really glad to be

2857
02:07:19,910 --> 02:07:17,460
in space we are looking right now for

2858
02:07:23,990 --> 02:07:19,920
the third burn uh Sean the main engine

2859
02:07:26,270 --> 02:07:24,000
start number three uh for uh the Centaur

2860
02:07:29,149 --> 02:07:26,280
which is going to put that lofted return

2861
02:07:32,270 --> 02:07:29,159
vehicle in the proper orientation there

2862
02:07:34,970 --> 02:07:32,280
we see a graphical animation that's

2863
02:07:38,089 --> 02:07:34,980
based on real-time data coming from UL

2864
02:07:40,729 --> 02:07:38,099
LA's Telemetry stream that shows us the

2865
02:07:42,169 --> 02:07:40,739
orientation currently of Centaur and

2866
02:07:44,209 --> 02:07:42,179
we're going to have a quick about a

2867
02:07:47,450 --> 02:07:44,219
minute remaining in the coast prior to

2868
02:07:50,390 --> 02:07:47,460
burn three yeah so the centaur

2869
02:07:52,370 --> 02:07:50,400
continuing to see very stable Centaur uh

2870
02:07:53,689 --> 02:07:52,380
body rates near null and preparation for

2871
02:07:55,790 --> 02:07:53,699
the burn

2872
02:07:57,830 --> 02:07:55,800
and good performance across all other

2873
02:07:59,570 --> 02:07:57,840
Centaur systems as well

2874
02:08:01,129 --> 02:07:59,580
yeah go ahead Sean okay yeah so the

2875
02:08:02,870 --> 02:08:01,139
Centaur is going to turn main engine

2876
02:08:04,910 --> 02:08:02,880
forward it's going to conduct a very

2877
02:08:06,430 --> 02:08:04,920
short burn that's going to slow the

2878
02:08:08,990 --> 02:08:06,440
Centaur and the spacecraft down

2879
02:08:11,390 --> 02:08:09,000
sufficiently and that will allow us to

2880
02:08:12,770 --> 02:08:11,400
be on a trajectory where we re-enter

2881
02:08:14,330 --> 02:08:12,780
Earth's atmosphere and we'll start our

2882
02:08:16,550 --> 02:08:14,340
start our mission

2883
02:08:18,350 --> 02:08:16,560
and we are just a little more than a

2884
02:08:20,870 --> 02:08:18,360
minute away from Main engine start

2885
02:08:21,890 --> 02:08:20,880
number three this will be a very brief

2886
02:08:25,310 --> 02:08:21,900
burn

2887
02:08:28,430 --> 02:08:25,320
approximately 17 seconds yeah pu Motor

2888
02:08:30,770 --> 02:08:28,440
Performance uh pre-burns lose again

2889
02:08:34,430 --> 02:08:30,780
you can see lofted it is contained

2890
02:08:36,169 --> 02:08:34,440
within Sean your payload adapter at the

2891
02:08:37,490 --> 02:08:36,179
end of the rocket represented in the

2892
02:08:38,629 --> 02:08:37,500
animation

2893
02:08:40,910 --> 02:08:38,639
um

2894
02:08:45,950 --> 02:08:40,920
again getting Centaur into that third

2895
02:08:47,930 --> 02:08:45,960
third will help de-orbit uh the payload

2896
02:08:50,270 --> 02:08:47,940
and the centaur

2897
02:08:53,270 --> 02:08:50,280
and this is uh kicking off what is a

2898
02:08:54,470 --> 02:08:53,280
really exciting Mission John Lawson

2899
02:08:56,750 --> 02:08:54,480
stands for

2900
02:09:00,109 --> 02:08:56,760
low earth orbit flight test of an

2901
02:09:02,510 --> 02:09:00,119
inflatable decelerator

2902
02:09:04,550 --> 02:09:02,520
yeah so the uh the lofted payload we

2903
02:09:06,350 --> 02:09:04,560
we're residing inside the payload

2904
02:09:07,850 --> 02:09:06,360
adapter and we're going to conduct this

2905
02:09:10,129 --> 02:09:07,860
reorbit burn

2906
02:09:12,350 --> 02:09:10,139
right now there we go there's the main

2907
02:09:14,990 --> 02:09:12,360
engine has come up to a very stable

2908
02:09:17,030 --> 02:09:15,000
operating pressures

2909
02:09:21,350 --> 02:09:17,040
that de-orbit burn just a few seconds

2910
02:09:21,360 --> 02:09:26,030
and standing by for Mikko shortly

2911
02:09:29,930 --> 02:09:27,830
let's finish your thought in a second

2912
02:09:34,669 --> 02:09:29,940
Sean as we finish off this burn oh I'm

2913
02:09:41,570 --> 02:09:37,250
and Arlington shut down parameters look

2914
02:09:47,149 --> 02:09:43,250
all right main engine cut off for that

2915
02:09:49,189 --> 02:09:47,159
third burn uh successful third burn

2916
02:09:52,070 --> 02:09:49,199
testing this entire body rates respond

2917
02:09:54,229 --> 02:09:52,080
is it reorients itself for the payload

2918
02:09:56,629 --> 02:09:54,239
adapter jettison attitude

2919
02:09:58,370 --> 02:09:56,639
and he mentioned the payload adapter I

2920
02:10:00,589 --> 02:09:58,380
want to talk really quick about it

2921
02:10:02,209 --> 02:10:00,599
that's your area of expertise Sean and

2922
02:10:05,030 --> 02:10:02,219
uh we have a couple pictures to help

2923
02:10:06,589 --> 02:10:05,040
explain uh that adapter that we see in

2924
02:10:08,689 --> 02:10:06,599
the animation

2925
02:10:10,310 --> 02:10:08,699
um you take lofted

2926
02:10:13,609 --> 02:10:10,320
and you

2927
02:10:16,550 --> 02:10:13,619
basically pack it extremely tightly into

2928
02:10:19,729 --> 02:10:16,560
that payload adapter here it is fully

2929
02:10:23,109 --> 02:10:19,739
inflated right you can get the scale of

2930
02:10:26,510 --> 02:10:23,119
this six meter AeroShell

2931
02:10:29,470 --> 02:10:26,520
underneath uh you know on top of the the

2932
02:10:32,570 --> 02:10:29,480
text that you see there but when you

2933
02:10:34,609 --> 02:10:32,580
deflate it and put it into that adapter

2934
02:10:36,770 --> 02:10:34,619
here's what it looks like let's take a

2935
02:10:38,089 --> 02:10:36,780
look now there's your payload adapter

2936
02:10:40,310 --> 02:10:38,099
this is the part that you've worked on

2937
02:10:43,910 --> 02:10:40,320
you're the lead engineer for going over

2938
02:10:46,669 --> 02:10:43,920
top of lofted completely compressed into

2939
02:10:48,890 --> 02:10:46,679
its size for flight

2940
02:10:51,890 --> 02:10:48,900
yeah so just to put some numbers to it

2941
02:10:54,050 --> 02:10:51,900
the the fully inflated AeroShell is 20

2942
02:10:56,510 --> 02:10:54,060
feet in diameter uh when we get it

2943
02:10:58,609 --> 02:10:56,520
packed and stowed for launch we're down

2944
02:11:00,830 --> 02:10:58,619
to 52 inches or just slightly above four

2945
02:11:04,129 --> 02:11:00,840
feet in diameter and the AeroShell

2946
02:11:06,169 --> 02:11:04,139
itself is only about 18 inches tall and

2947
02:11:07,910 --> 02:11:06,179
we we're down in a little very small

2948
02:11:10,070 --> 02:11:07,920
package that allows us to fit inside

2949
02:11:12,410 --> 02:11:10,080
that payload adapter directly below

2950
02:11:14,330 --> 02:11:12,420
jpss2 now that adapter going to jettison

2951
02:11:16,370 --> 02:11:14,340
here in just about a minute but I want

2952
02:11:18,770 --> 02:11:16,380
to just show you this this is the jps2

2953
02:11:20,570 --> 02:11:18,780
JPS S2 satellite that went on top of

2954
02:11:24,050 --> 02:11:20,580
your payload adapter which it was

2955
02:11:27,470 --> 02:11:24,060
critical to have that in order to uh

2956
02:11:30,229 --> 02:11:27,480
get jpss2 the primary spacecraft on this

2957
02:11:32,030 --> 02:11:30,239
mission in its proper orbit and then

2958
02:11:34,669 --> 02:11:32,040
allow you guys to do your Tech

2959
02:11:36,410 --> 02:11:34,679
demonstration all right we've got uh our

2960
02:11:38,870 --> 02:11:36,420
assistant launch manager for launch

2961
02:11:40,790 --> 02:11:38,880
Services Program Tim Tim Dunn standing

2962
02:11:42,950 --> 02:11:40,800
by with Megan with some comments about

2963
02:11:46,250 --> 02:11:42,960
the completion of the jpss2 mission

2964
02:11:49,189 --> 02:11:46,260
Megan yeah so let's talk with Tim Dunn

2965
02:11:50,930 --> 02:11:49,199
here uh the LSP launch director Tim Dunn

2966
02:11:52,970 --> 02:11:50,940
who assisted uh with the launch today

2967
02:11:55,310 --> 02:11:52,980
you know you we confirmed acquisition of

2968
02:11:57,109 --> 02:11:55,320
signal so that marks the 100th

2969
02:11:58,790 --> 02:11:57,119
successful mission of LSP how are you

2970
02:12:01,490 --> 02:11:58,800
feeling about that oh I'm feeling great

2971
02:12:04,310 --> 02:12:01,500
and Megan the team is feeling just

2972
02:12:07,430 --> 02:12:04,320
ecstatic great we have our 100th launch

2973
02:12:09,770 --> 02:12:07,440
under our belt uh successful not to

2974
02:12:12,649 --> 02:12:09,780
mention we did confirm solar array

2975
02:12:14,990 --> 02:12:12,659
deployment and we are already acquiring

2976
02:12:18,109 --> 02:12:15,000
the Sun and we're power positive on the

2977
02:12:20,089 --> 02:12:18,119
spacecraft so jpss2 is off to a great

2978
02:12:22,910 --> 02:12:20,099
start that's fantastic I want to know

2979
02:12:26,450 --> 02:12:22,920
how Omar Baez is feeling you know he has

2980
02:12:29,209 --> 02:12:26,460
been with LSP for 24 years he's about to

2981
02:12:31,430 --> 02:12:29,219
retire this was his last mission as the

2982
02:12:33,470 --> 02:12:31,440
the NASA launch manager right that is

2983
02:12:36,589 --> 02:12:33,480
correct yeah I backed Omar up on this

2984
02:12:39,709 --> 02:12:36,599
one and he went out in style uh with the

2985
02:12:42,589 --> 02:12:39,719
primary Mission uh and uh he's just he's

2986
02:12:44,990 --> 02:12:42,599
feeling great uh I leaned over to him

2987
02:12:46,250 --> 02:12:45,000
before I left console and I said Omar is

2988
02:12:49,609 --> 02:12:46,260
there anything you would like to tell

2989
02:12:53,330 --> 02:12:49,619
the NASA community and he just had the

2990
02:12:55,609 --> 02:12:53,340
biggest grin on his face uh so Omar's

2991
02:12:59,330 --> 02:12:55,619
done just amazing work here's some great

2992
02:13:01,550 --> 02:12:59,340
pictures of oh uh and I've been able to

2993
02:13:05,629 --> 02:13:01,560
work with him for the last 12 and a half

2994
02:13:10,310 --> 02:13:05,639
years and he's just amazing uh he knows

2995
02:13:12,410 --> 02:13:10,320
so much about what we do in LSP to mold

2996
02:13:15,109 --> 02:13:12,420
the launch Team and get us ready for

2997
02:13:17,209 --> 02:13:15,119
today days just like today and launching

2998
02:13:19,609 --> 02:13:17,219
these rockets and putting these very

2999
02:13:21,649 --> 02:13:19,619
critical spacecraft on orbit yeah you

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02:13:23,390 --> 02:13:21,659
know we do such important work here to

3001
02:13:26,149 --> 02:13:23,400
advance a lot of science so of course we

3002
02:13:28,010 --> 02:13:26,159
just saw JPS SS2 putting that into orbit

3003
02:13:31,189 --> 02:13:28,020
now we're about to transition into

3004
02:13:33,830 --> 02:13:31,199
lofted LSP has a role in that

3005
02:13:36,470 --> 02:13:33,840
so what we would call lofted a ride

3006
02:13:39,589 --> 02:13:36,480
share to the primary payload of jpss2

3007
02:13:42,050 --> 02:13:39,599
and our integration team was

3008
02:13:45,709 --> 02:13:42,060
instrumental in making sure all of the

3009
02:13:49,310 --> 02:13:45,719
launch requirements uh were satisfied to

3010
02:13:52,069 --> 02:13:49,320
safely integrate lofted alongside jpss2

3011
02:13:54,709 --> 02:13:52,079
making sure that we took care of J2

3012
02:13:56,810 --> 02:13:54,719
because it was the primary payload but

3013
02:13:59,390 --> 02:13:56,820
we also wanted to ensure that lofted

3014
02:14:01,490 --> 02:13:59,400
would have every

3015
02:14:03,290 --> 02:14:01,500
ounce of mission assurance that we could

3016
02:14:06,410 --> 02:14:03,300
provide to it and we're really looking

3017
02:14:08,390 --> 02:14:06,420
forward to the end of the mission with

3018
02:14:09,950 --> 02:14:08,400
lofted separation that's going to be

3019
02:14:13,069 --> 02:14:09,960
really exciting and real quick what's

3020
02:14:16,030 --> 02:14:13,079
next for LSP so what's next is the SWAT

3021
02:14:18,229 --> 02:14:16,040
Mission surface water ocean topography

3022
02:14:20,510 --> 02:14:18,239
really exciting International

3023
02:14:22,609 --> 02:14:20,520
collaboration Mission with the French

3024
02:14:25,790 --> 02:14:22,619
it's going to happen right here from

3025
02:14:28,609 --> 02:14:25,800
Vandenberg December 12th on a Falcon 9

3026
02:14:30,410 --> 02:14:28,619
rocket with our launch provider SpaceX

3027
02:14:32,089 --> 02:14:30,420
so we're very much looking forward to

3028
02:14:33,470 --> 02:14:32,099
that one that sounds Tim thank you so

3029
02:14:35,330 --> 02:14:33,480
much and I'll see you at SWAT all right

3030
02:14:37,250 --> 02:14:35,340
sounds good all right let's go back out

3031
02:14:39,470 --> 02:14:37,260
to Daryl and Sean for more updates on

3032
02:14:40,850 --> 02:14:39,480
lofted thank you very much back here at

3033
02:14:42,589 --> 02:14:40,860
the mission director Center we've had a

3034
02:14:45,350 --> 02:14:42,599
number of Milestones that have passed

3035
02:14:47,149 --> 02:14:45,360
through uh the lofted uh series of

3036
02:14:49,069 --> 02:14:47,159
events and a couple of them we want to

3037
02:14:51,950 --> 02:14:49,079
name those out or that payload adapter

3038
02:14:54,530 --> 02:14:51,960
it's been jettisoned uh the cover has

3039
02:14:57,589 --> 02:14:54,540
been released and Sean that image there

3040
02:14:59,990 --> 02:14:57,599
shows us that lofted has been inflated

3041
02:15:02,750 --> 02:15:00,000
yeah so the payload adapter separates

3042
02:15:05,030 --> 02:15:02,760
that releases uh some pyro inhibits that

3043
02:15:07,310 --> 02:15:05,040
allows us to remove a restraint cover

3044
02:15:08,870 --> 02:15:07,320
over the stowed AeroShell and then a

3045
02:15:11,390 --> 02:15:08,880
minute later we start inflating

3046
02:15:13,850 --> 02:15:11,400
inflating the AeroShell and we're into

3047
02:15:17,629 --> 02:15:13,860
the inflation sequence we'll start with

3048
02:15:20,870 --> 02:15:17,639
a soft start that slowly flows air or

3049
02:15:22,790 --> 02:15:20,880
nitrogen into the into the AeroShell and

3050
02:15:25,189 --> 02:15:22,800
then move full open and start a fast

3051
02:15:27,890 --> 02:15:25,199
inflation here's a data screen that will

3052
02:15:31,550 --> 02:15:27,900
be tracking John that will uh allow us

3053
02:15:33,890 --> 02:15:31,560
to see the Milestones as they pass uh of

3054
02:15:38,330 --> 02:15:33,900
course the lofted is going to be sending

3055
02:15:41,629 --> 02:15:38,340
data sometimes sporadically to the crew

3056
02:15:44,149 --> 02:15:41,639
on the ground and uh that in turn is

3057
02:15:47,149 --> 02:15:44,159
translated into this screen that you see

3058
02:15:50,149 --> 02:15:47,159
here where we have an expected Milestone

3059
02:15:52,069 --> 02:15:50,159
and then a detected Milestone talk a

3060
02:15:54,890 --> 02:15:52,079
little bit about that yeah correct so

3061
02:15:56,990 --> 02:15:54,900
the this screen here has uh all the

3062
02:15:59,209 --> 02:15:57,000
major Milestones a lot of the major

3063
02:16:02,450 --> 02:15:59,219
milestones we don't have any way of

3064
02:16:04,970 --> 02:16:02,460
verify verifying with data from from the

3065
02:16:07,010 --> 02:16:04,980
vehicle so they're they're just marked

3066
02:16:09,290 --> 02:16:07,020
as expected based on the time elapsed in

3067
02:16:11,689 --> 02:16:09,300
the mission uh the ones that show up as

3068
02:16:14,390 --> 02:16:11,699
green we actually have data that comes

3069
02:16:15,950 --> 02:16:14,400
back from the from the uh spacecraft

3070
02:16:17,149 --> 02:16:15,960
that tells us that this event has

3071
02:16:19,010 --> 02:16:17,159
occurred

3072
02:16:22,310 --> 02:16:19,020
and while we have a couple minutes we're

3073
02:16:23,870 --> 02:16:22,320
waiting for the next uh Milestone the

3074
02:16:26,870 --> 02:16:23,880
one that we're expecting and that's the

3075
02:16:29,330 --> 02:16:26,880
spin up of lofted this will be where

3076
02:16:31,910 --> 02:16:29,340
Centaur will start uh

3077
02:16:36,830 --> 02:16:31,920
spinning start rolling over to get that

3078
02:16:40,070 --> 02:16:36,840
uh that lofted uh return vehicle to get

3079
02:16:43,009 --> 02:16:40,080
uh stabilized correct yeah so when once

3080
02:16:45,709 --> 02:16:43,019
we get up to uh about three or four PSI

3081
02:16:48,169 --> 02:16:45,719
we call that a maneuvering stiffness uh

3082
02:16:50,389 --> 02:16:48,179
the the inflatable behaves more like a

3083
02:16:53,270 --> 02:16:50,399
rigid body and the Centaur can spin us

3084
02:16:55,669 --> 02:16:53,280
up to around 3 RPM and that will provide

3085
02:16:57,770 --> 02:16:55,679
us with a gyroscopic rigidity so that

3086
02:17:00,110 --> 02:16:57,780
when we're on our ballistic our re-entry

3087
02:17:02,990 --> 02:17:00,120
trajectory we're we're a stable vehicle

3088
02:17:04,429 --> 02:17:03,000
absolutely separation shortly and while

3089
02:17:07,250 --> 02:17:04,439
we have a moment we want to call for a

3090
02:17:09,589 --> 02:17:07,260
photo just a a light moment for your

3091
02:17:11,690 --> 02:17:09,599
team Sean

3092
02:17:14,929 --> 02:17:11,700
this happened out at space launch

3093
02:17:19,250 --> 02:17:14,939
complex 3 earlier this evening

3094
02:17:23,209 --> 02:17:19,260
yes there's a lofted engineer RJ Bodkin

3095
02:17:27,830 --> 02:17:25,610
to Jenny shook

3096
02:17:30,410 --> 02:17:27,840
and they did this just before launch

3097
02:17:32,570 --> 02:17:30,420
today uh certainly something that the

3098
02:17:36,230 --> 02:17:32,580
lofta team must be really happy about

3099
02:17:38,389 --> 02:17:36,240
and certainly uh you know RJ is as well

3100
02:17:41,049 --> 02:17:38,399
oh yeah we're absolutely ecstatic for

3101
02:17:43,310 --> 02:17:41,059
both uh RJ and Jen

3102
02:17:45,349 --> 02:17:43,320
there was a lot of effort that went into

3103
02:17:47,270 --> 02:17:45,359
planning that and making that possible

3104
02:17:50,030 --> 02:17:47,280
and we're very very excited to see that

3105
02:17:52,730 --> 02:17:50,040
RJ was able to um to propose today at

3106
02:17:55,730 --> 02:17:52,740
the pad and it's so it's a big day for

3107
02:17:59,150 --> 02:17:55,740
him uh in addition to to The Loft

3108
02:18:03,190 --> 02:17:59,160
admission and and we're very uh very

3109
02:18:07,030 --> 02:18:03,200
thankful to have been part of that

3110
02:18:09,950 --> 02:18:07,040
and love RJ and Jen been together since

3111
02:18:11,990 --> 02:18:09,960
2019. congratulations to both of them

3112
02:18:14,870 --> 02:18:12,000
and to the lofted team but we continue

3113
02:18:16,549 --> 02:18:14,880
now with our technology demonstration

3114
02:18:18,770 --> 02:18:16,559
here

3115
02:18:20,750 --> 02:18:18,780
right now you're starting to see the

3116
02:18:24,589 --> 02:18:20,760
Centaur role that's that role we were

3117
02:18:26,810 --> 02:18:24,599
talking about spinning up lofted

3118
02:18:30,049 --> 02:18:26,820
standing by for lofted separation in a

3119
02:18:35,690 --> 02:18:32,030
and then less than 60 seconds that

3120
02:18:40,849 --> 02:18:37,910
these Milestones by the way were hoping

3121
02:18:44,750 --> 02:18:40,859
to have a video downlink

3122
02:18:47,150 --> 02:18:44,760
just about 15 minutes from now

3123
02:18:49,370 --> 02:18:47,160
we'll be able to see

3124
02:18:51,770 --> 02:18:49,380
what the camera on board Centaur

3125
02:19:11,990 --> 02:18:51,780
recorded as lofted was spun up and

3126
02:19:16,790 --> 02:19:15,169
and we have successful indication of a

3127
02:19:20,570 --> 02:19:16,800
separation of the lofted re-entry

3128
02:19:23,870 --> 02:19:20,580
vehicle and there it goes lofteds

3129
02:19:25,730 --> 02:19:23,880
on its way back down to earth Sean so

3130
02:19:28,250 --> 02:19:25,740
we're free flying now and this is great

3131
02:19:31,190 --> 02:19:28,260
news because now that we're separate uh

3132
02:19:32,629 --> 02:19:31,200
the lofted vehicle turns on a uh a

3133
02:19:34,190 --> 02:19:32,639
real-time Beacon and we'll start

3134
02:19:36,230 --> 02:19:34,200
transmitting data so we'll be able to

3135
02:19:38,690 --> 02:19:36,240
confirm uh some of these images that

3136
02:19:39,889 --> 02:19:38,700
we're seeing on the computer model we

3137
02:19:41,810 --> 02:19:39,899
got a little bit of time before that

3138
02:19:43,129 --> 02:19:41,820
happens before lofted really starts

3139
02:19:44,870 --> 02:19:43,139
moving through the atmosphere and coming

3140
02:19:47,929 --> 02:19:44,880
back down to earth so in the meantime

3141
02:19:50,510 --> 02:19:47,939
we're going to throw it back to make it

3142
02:19:52,010 --> 02:19:50,520
great news good to see during re-entry

3143
02:19:56,330 --> 02:19:52,020
the heat shield will be going faster

3144
02:19:58,310 --> 02:19:56,340
than 22 200 miles per hour then Earth's

3145
02:20:00,770 --> 02:19:58,320
atmosphere will start slowing it down

3146
02:20:04,070 --> 02:20:00,780
significantly it will experience a peak

3147
02:20:05,810 --> 02:20:04,080
deceleration of nine G's we asked the

3148
02:20:08,450 --> 02:20:05,820
NASA expert about the different ways we

3149
02:20:10,969 --> 02:20:08,460
can slow spacecraft down

3150
02:20:12,650 --> 02:20:10,979
while there are primarily two methods of

3151
02:20:14,389 --> 02:20:12,660
thought for House Pace craft slowdown

3152
02:20:15,889 --> 02:20:14,399
and you really have to ask yourself are

3153
02:20:18,110 --> 02:20:15,899
we Landing in an area that has an

3154
02:20:20,630 --> 02:20:18,120
atmosphere if not you definitely want to

3155
02:20:22,969 --> 02:20:20,640
go with retro propulsion where you use

3156
02:20:24,770 --> 02:20:22,979
retro thrusters pointed down at the

3157
02:20:26,929 --> 02:20:24,780
surface of the planet to slow yourself

3158
02:20:28,790 --> 02:20:26,939
down as you're coming in if you do have

3159
02:20:30,349 --> 02:20:28,800
an atmosphere it makes it a lot easier

3160
02:20:32,929 --> 02:20:30,359
as the atmosphere acts as kind of a

3161
02:20:35,090 --> 02:20:32,939
giant break as you slow down so you have

3162
02:20:36,950 --> 02:20:35,100
your missions like Apollo that used

3163
02:20:38,570 --> 02:20:36,960
retro propulsion when we went to the

3164
02:20:40,670 --> 02:20:38,580
moon when you're able to use the

3165
02:20:42,469 --> 02:20:40,680
atmosphere you have your heat shield on

3166
02:20:44,210 --> 02:20:42,479
the blunt end of your spacecraft coming

3167
02:20:46,070 --> 02:20:44,220
into the atmosphere and then the

3168
02:20:47,450 --> 02:20:46,080
parachutes will come out and slow you

3169
02:20:49,070 --> 02:20:47,460
down the rest of the way to provide that

3170
02:20:51,349 --> 02:20:49,080
safe landing

3171
02:20:53,150 --> 02:20:51,359
here at Nasa we're constantly developing

3172
02:20:55,849 --> 02:20:53,160
new technologies to help with that entry

3173
02:20:57,530 --> 02:20:55,859
descent and Landing or edl some of the

3174
02:20:59,750 --> 02:20:57,540
trick in entering atmosphere is when you

3175
02:21:01,370 --> 02:20:59,760
do have it but it's really thin one of

3176
02:21:03,710 --> 02:21:01,380
the Technologies NASA is developing to

3177
02:21:06,889 --> 02:21:03,720
handle those is called Hyatt Hypersonic

3178
02:21:09,530 --> 02:21:06,899
inflatable aerodynamic decelerator the

3179
02:21:11,270 --> 02:21:09,540
hiat can come as a heat shield much like

3180
02:21:12,710 --> 02:21:11,280
the blunt body heat shields of those

3181
02:21:15,050 --> 02:21:12,720
older missions that were made out of

3182
02:21:18,110 --> 02:21:15,060
Ceramics or metals and were very hard

3183
02:21:20,389 --> 02:21:18,120
however hiat is a flexible woven system

3184
02:21:21,830 --> 02:21:20,399
that compacts really really small so

3185
02:21:24,110 --> 02:21:21,840
you're able to actually get a very small

3186
02:21:26,450 --> 02:21:24,120
heat shield inside your rocket diameter

3187
02:21:28,130 --> 02:21:26,460
with hiad when the fairing comes off the

3188
02:21:30,230 --> 02:21:28,140
heat shield can then inflate and expand

3189
02:21:32,210 --> 02:21:30,240
to a diameter much larger than your

3190
02:21:34,010 --> 02:21:32,220
rocket therefore you're able to bring in

3191
02:21:34,849 --> 02:21:34,020
a much larger payload than you were

3192
02:21:37,250 --> 02:21:34,859
before

3193
02:21:39,050 --> 02:21:37,260
so how does spacecraft slow down you

3194
02:21:41,030 --> 02:21:39,060
have retro propulsion you've got your

3195
02:21:42,650 --> 02:21:41,040
rigid Arrow shells and parachutes and

3196
02:21:45,950 --> 02:21:42,660
coming soon we've got these inflatable

3197
02:21:50,150 --> 02:21:47,929
that's free flying back to Earth as we

3198
02:21:52,610 --> 02:21:50,160
speak now lofted is a unique mission for

3199
02:21:55,309 --> 02:21:52,620
NASA's launch Services Program NASA's

3200
02:21:59,330 --> 02:21:55,319
Jasmine Hopkins found out why with NASA

3201
02:22:00,830 --> 02:21:59,340
trajectory and analyst Callie Burke

3202
02:22:03,830 --> 02:22:00,840
thank you so much for joining us today

3203
02:22:06,050 --> 02:22:03,840
Cali you are a flight design analyst for

3204
02:22:08,630 --> 02:22:06,060
NASA's launch Services Program a big

3205
02:22:11,210 --> 02:22:08,640
title for a big job so tell me what is

3206
02:22:13,490 --> 02:22:11,220
so unique about this Mission so we have

3207
02:22:15,410 --> 02:22:13,500
the jpss2 mission separate and then the

3208
02:22:16,670 --> 02:22:15,420
Centaur flashes down in the ocean so

3209
02:22:18,650 --> 02:22:16,680
that it doesn't stay up in space as

3210
02:22:20,630 --> 02:22:18,660
herbal debris but it's not going there

3211
02:22:22,010 --> 02:22:20,640
alone it's going to have another payload

3212
02:22:24,530 --> 02:22:22,020
that after the engine does its last

3213
02:22:26,809 --> 02:22:24,540
firing it's coming down it's going to

3214
02:22:28,490 --> 02:22:26,819
collect aeroscience data on the way down

3215
02:22:30,290 --> 02:22:28,500
so Centaur is going to be joined and

3216
02:22:32,570 --> 02:22:30,300
when it splashes down that is awesome so

3217
02:22:34,910 --> 02:22:32,580
two missions in one basically that is

3218
02:22:37,250 --> 02:22:34,920
really cool so can you tell me how did

3219
02:22:38,809 --> 02:22:37,260
you design the trajectory for lofted to

3220
02:22:40,070 --> 02:22:38,819
make sure it's ride to space was safe

3221
02:22:41,270 --> 02:22:40,080
another team member and I started

3222
02:22:43,910 --> 02:22:41,280
working this about five and a half years

3223
02:22:46,250 --> 02:22:43,920
ago and we had him design an early

3224
02:22:48,889 --> 02:22:46,260
analysis trajectory model because we

3225
02:22:50,809 --> 02:22:48,899
knew that the jpss2 was on the atlas 541

3226
02:22:53,090 --> 02:22:50,819
and there'd be extra fuel left over so

3227
02:22:55,309 --> 02:22:53,100
we could have another payload so as we

3228
02:22:57,530 --> 02:22:55,319
were looking at ones lofta came to us

3229
02:22:58,790 --> 02:22:57,540
about four years ago and so we were

3230
02:23:00,410 --> 02:22:58,800
doing some modeling for them to make

3231
02:23:02,929 --> 02:23:00,420
sure that okay we can bring the Centaur

3232
02:23:04,190 --> 02:23:02,939
down in places that are safe for it way

3233
02:23:06,770 --> 02:23:04,200
to consider you know where it might

3234
02:23:08,690 --> 02:23:06,780
slash down and when so that they could

3235
02:23:10,130 --> 02:23:08,700
retrieve parts of lofted so they can get

3236
02:23:11,570 --> 02:23:10,140
the data back and then also we really

3237
02:23:13,250 --> 02:23:11,580
had to make sure that as we looked at it

3238
02:23:14,330 --> 02:23:13,260
it could get the speed and angle it was

3239
02:23:16,190 --> 02:23:14,340
looking for as it went through the

3240
02:23:18,429 --> 02:23:16,200
atmosphere collecting its data so that's

3241
02:23:21,230 --> 02:23:18,439
early work we did Ula has done the final

3242
02:23:22,370 --> 02:23:21,240
introductory design but we also assisted

3243
02:23:24,530 --> 02:23:22,380
on this Mission

3244
02:23:25,849 --> 02:23:24,540
um you know we're advisory on it so we

3245
02:23:27,590 --> 02:23:25,859
assisted with the integration effort

3246
02:23:29,330 --> 02:23:27,600
basically bringing lsp's rocket

3247
02:23:30,410 --> 02:23:29,340
expertise to having the spacecraft

3248
02:23:32,389 --> 02:23:30,420
customer in the launch vehicle

3249
02:23:34,309 --> 02:23:32,399
contractor come together make sure they

3250
02:23:36,170 --> 02:23:34,319
understand the rocket capabilities what

3251
02:23:38,090 --> 02:23:36,180
data they can get and just have a

3252
02:23:39,530 --> 02:23:38,100
successful mission that is fantastic and

3253
02:23:42,110 --> 02:23:39,540
you've worked with the launch Services

3254
02:23:43,730 --> 02:23:42,120
Program for a few years so how are you

3255
02:23:45,710 --> 02:23:43,740
feeling are you excited about Lofton to

3256
02:23:46,849 --> 02:23:45,720
see how it works oh yeah I love um you

3257
02:23:48,770 --> 02:23:46,859
know it's bringing something new for me

3258
02:23:50,150 --> 02:23:48,780
a different experience that it's going

3259
02:23:52,309 --> 02:23:50,160
to be you know doing a technology

3260
02:23:54,830 --> 02:23:52,319
demonstration as a re-enter so that's

3261
02:23:56,510 --> 02:23:54,840
quite different and then also I'm

3262
02:23:58,969 --> 02:23:56,520
working on currently my third Mars

3263
02:24:01,250 --> 02:23:58,979
Landing Mission and this technology you

3264
02:24:02,510 --> 02:24:01,260
know if we get good data from it could

3265
02:24:04,370 --> 02:24:02,520
develop into something that we could use

3266
02:24:06,349 --> 02:24:04,380
for future Mars line emissions to even

3267
02:24:08,929 --> 02:24:06,359
bring greater mass down to the surface

3268
02:24:10,490 --> 02:24:08,939
of Mars that is awesome so Kelly what is

3269
02:24:13,490 --> 02:24:10,500
your role on launch day where will you

3270
02:24:16,010 --> 02:24:13,500
be I will be here we're in the launch uh

3271
02:24:18,349 --> 02:24:16,020
launch vehicle data center uh two and

3272
02:24:20,809 --> 02:24:18,359
Hangar AE so I'll be sitting down as

3273
02:24:22,910 --> 02:24:20,819
NASA flight Dynamics so my job is once

3274
02:24:24,410 --> 02:24:22,920
the rocket actually takes off and it's

3275
02:24:26,630 --> 02:24:24,420
fine to make sure that it's on the right

3276
02:24:28,429 --> 02:24:26,640
course tracking it and that we're going

3277
02:24:30,110 --> 02:24:28,439
to get jpss to deliver to the right

3278
02:24:31,849 --> 02:24:30,120
place in the right time and let

3279
02:24:33,469 --> 02:24:31,859
everybody know you know yes that's where

3280
02:24:34,610 --> 02:24:33,479
it's supposed to be yeah that's awesome

3281
02:24:36,110 --> 02:24:34,620
we definitely want to hear that Kelly

3282
02:24:37,730 --> 02:24:36,120
thank you so much for joining us today

3283
02:24:39,349 --> 02:24:37,740
back to you

3284
02:24:41,630 --> 02:24:39,359
Cali was great she really explained

3285
02:24:43,790 --> 02:24:41,640
again why this is so unique you know

3286
02:24:46,429 --> 02:24:43,800
usually after acquisition of signal for

3287
02:24:49,370 --> 02:24:46,439
the spacecraft that is uh end of mission

3288
02:24:51,110 --> 02:24:49,380
for uh our partners over at the launch

3289
02:24:52,730 --> 02:24:51,120
Services Program but now they are

3290
02:24:54,830 --> 02:24:52,740
actually helping to bring something back

3291
02:24:57,170 --> 02:24:54,840
down and that is uh the lofted

3292
02:24:58,550 --> 02:24:57,180
demonstration so uh we've been talking

3293
02:24:59,809 --> 02:24:58,560
about this throughout the show you know

3294
02:25:01,910 --> 02:24:59,819
this flight test could have many

3295
02:25:03,770 --> 02:25:01,920
applications for NASA moving forward so

3296
02:25:05,870 --> 02:25:03,780
to talk more about that I spoke with

3297
02:25:07,429 --> 02:25:05,880
Michelle monk NASA's acting Chief

3298
02:25:09,530 --> 02:25:07,439
Architect with the space technology

3299
02:25:11,570 --> 02:25:09,540
mission directorate

3300
02:25:12,650 --> 02:25:11,580
so Michelle tell me about your role in

3301
02:25:15,110 --> 02:25:12,660
lofted

3302
02:25:17,630 --> 02:25:15,120
well I'm the entry descent and Landing

3303
02:25:19,429 --> 02:25:17,640
systems capability lead for NASA and so

3304
02:25:22,070 --> 02:25:19,439
I work for the space technology Mission

3305
02:25:24,889 --> 02:25:22,080
directorate and I guide all of our

3306
02:25:28,070 --> 02:25:24,899
technology investments in entry descent

3307
02:25:30,469 --> 02:25:28,080
and Landing so I'm constantly looking at

3308
02:25:32,690 --> 02:25:30,479
the missions of the future and what NASA

3309
02:25:35,929 --> 02:25:32,700
is trying to accomplish with both

3310
02:25:38,150 --> 02:25:35,939
science and human exploration and what

3311
02:25:40,190 --> 02:25:38,160
we're going to need to to accomplish

3312
02:25:42,469 --> 02:25:40,200
those missions yeah why is it so

3313
02:25:44,330 --> 02:25:42,479
important to keep advancing those entry

3314
02:25:46,309 --> 02:25:44,340
descents and Landing Technologies like

3315
02:25:48,530 --> 02:25:46,319
this inflatable heat shield well we're

3316
02:25:50,809 --> 02:25:48,540
constantly wanting to do more aggressive

3317
02:25:53,389 --> 02:25:50,819
science missions the scientists want to

3318
02:25:56,210 --> 02:25:53,399
go to exact spots on planetary surfaces

3319
02:25:59,170 --> 02:25:56,220
we want to take more instruments we want

3320
02:26:01,550 --> 02:25:59,180
to send people to Mars someday and so

3321
02:26:03,710 --> 02:26:01,560
advancing those Technologies and making

3322
02:26:06,349 --> 02:26:03,720
steady progress is really really

3323
02:26:08,929 --> 02:26:06,359
important to where we want to go as a as

3324
02:26:11,630 --> 02:26:08,939
an agency and as a society what about

3325
02:26:13,250 --> 02:26:11,640
you personally what what are you most uh

3326
02:26:16,330 --> 02:26:13,260
looking forward to when comes to

3327
02:26:19,670 --> 02:26:16,340
possibly using this technology

3328
02:26:22,370 --> 02:26:19,680
lofted is such a key milestone in our

3329
02:26:25,190 --> 02:26:22,380
progression of the Hypersonic inflatable

3330
02:26:26,990 --> 02:26:25,200
aerodynamic decelerator technology you

3331
02:26:29,330 --> 02:26:27,000
know we've done ground tests and then

3332
02:26:31,309 --> 02:26:29,340
we've flown at the three meter scale we

3333
02:26:33,770 --> 02:26:31,319
did more ground test and now we're going

3334
02:26:36,170 --> 02:26:33,780
to fly at the six meter scale and so

3335
02:26:38,090 --> 02:26:36,180
this is really a key step in the

3336
02:26:40,429 --> 02:26:38,100
progression to a human Mars mission

3337
02:26:43,309 --> 02:26:40,439
which I've been working on since I got

3338
02:26:45,469 --> 02:26:43,319
to the agency a very long time ago and

3339
02:26:47,870 --> 02:26:45,479
so that's really the Holy Grail we want

3340
02:26:51,290 --> 02:26:47,880
to make humans and interplanetary

3341
02:26:54,170 --> 02:26:51,300
species and the hiat is the perfect

3342
02:26:56,030 --> 02:26:54,180
technology to help us do that yeah and

3343
02:26:58,010 --> 02:26:56,040
humans on on the moon is is something

3344
02:27:00,230 --> 02:26:58,020
yes to look forward to but also a lot of

3345
02:27:01,910 --> 02:27:00,240
science experiments are going to be

3346
02:27:05,150 --> 02:27:01,920
facilitated because of a mission like

3347
02:27:08,389 --> 02:27:05,160
that right oh absolutely the scientists

3348
02:27:10,969 --> 02:27:08,399
are really wanting to go where the water

3349
02:27:13,490 --> 02:27:10,979
is but they want to go to new places too

3350
02:27:16,429 --> 02:27:13,500
like the highlands and an inflatable

3351
02:27:18,830 --> 02:27:16,439
decelerator with its larger size really

3352
02:27:22,130 --> 02:27:18,840
enables us to land at higher altitudes

3353
02:27:23,030 --> 02:27:22,140
on Mars than we've ever landed before so

3354
02:27:24,830 --> 02:27:23,040
this is really going to help us

3355
02:27:26,750 --> 02:27:24,840
accomplish a lot that's exciting

3356
02:27:28,849 --> 02:27:26,760
absolutely Michelle thank you so much

3357
02:27:30,170 --> 02:27:28,859
thank you

3358
02:27:32,389 --> 02:27:30,180
and now let's talk to somebody else

3359
02:27:35,030 --> 02:27:32,399
who's also with NASA's space technology

3360
02:27:36,770 --> 02:27:35,040
Mission directorate again which is

3361
02:27:39,830 --> 02:27:36,780
managing today's flight test we're

3362
02:27:42,650 --> 02:27:39,840
talking to somebody who's been at the

3363
02:27:44,150 --> 02:27:42,660
Forefront of that helped create that

3364
02:27:46,370 --> 02:27:44,160
mission directorate and that it's that's

3365
02:27:49,550 --> 02:27:46,380
its Deputy Administrator so let's go on

3366
02:27:52,309 --> 02:27:49,560
over to Anjali caring at Langley where

3367
02:27:57,530 --> 02:27:52,319
she got to watch this historic test so

3368
02:28:03,230 --> 02:28:00,349
good morning Megan yes I'm here with Dr

3369
02:28:05,510 --> 02:28:03,240
prasand Desai Dr Desai

3370
02:28:07,610 --> 02:28:05,520
I know that you got your start right

3371
02:28:09,889 --> 02:28:07,620
here at Nasa Langley it's foundational

3372
02:28:11,809 --> 02:28:09,899
for you and in a lot of ways it's been

3373
02:28:14,990 --> 02:28:11,819
foundational for the high ad technology

3374
02:28:17,750 --> 02:28:15,000
as well what do you think makes

3375
02:28:19,670 --> 02:28:17,760
Langley a place that should be

3376
02:28:22,010 --> 02:28:19,680
continuing to develop this high-end

3377
02:28:23,929 --> 02:28:22,020
technology I think um you know it goes

3378
02:28:25,490 --> 02:28:23,939
back to Langley's long history uh when

3379
02:28:27,770 --> 02:28:25,500
it was first even NACA a lot of the

3380
02:28:29,690 --> 02:28:27,780
aerodynamic work that was done kind of

3381
02:28:33,130 --> 02:28:29,700
leveraged into the space program

3382
02:28:35,469 --> 02:28:33,140
when we started sending spacecraft into

3383
02:28:37,969 --> 02:28:35,479
other planets and stuff so the first

3384
02:28:40,130 --> 02:28:37,979
Landings on another planet the Viking

3385
02:28:42,950 --> 02:28:40,140
Landings land NASA Langley LED that

3386
02:28:44,690 --> 02:28:42,960
activity and so that expertise since

3387
02:28:46,670 --> 02:28:44,700
then and then all the subsequent

3388
02:28:48,830 --> 02:28:46,680
Landings that we've done on Mars with

3389
02:28:50,690 --> 02:28:48,840
the Rovers or even back at Earth Langley

3390
02:28:52,610 --> 02:28:50,700
has been integral to the entry descent

3391
02:28:55,070 --> 02:28:52,620
Landing activities for those missions

3392
02:28:57,650 --> 02:28:55,080
including the shuttle of flights as well

3393
02:29:01,010 --> 02:28:57,660
and so that expertise over that history

3394
02:29:02,690 --> 02:29:01,020
is what we're leveraging for this new

3395
02:29:05,389 --> 02:29:02,700
technology all those other Technologies

3396
02:29:07,250 --> 02:29:05,399
were based on a rigid AeroShell

3397
02:29:10,190 --> 02:29:07,260
um we know that that limits what we can

3398
02:29:12,230 --> 02:29:10,200
launch by the faring volume of a launch

3399
02:29:14,929 --> 02:29:12,240
vehicle and so we're going to this

3400
02:29:17,630 --> 02:29:14,939
inflatable approach to be able to create

3401
02:29:20,150 --> 02:29:17,640
a much larger drag device so that we can

3402
02:29:22,309 --> 02:29:20,160
land heavier payloads uh for wherever it

3403
02:29:23,570 --> 02:29:22,319
is be it on Mars or even here back on

3404
02:29:25,490 --> 02:29:23,580
Earth

3405
02:29:27,290 --> 02:29:25,500
very exciting and obviously there are a

3406
02:29:29,210 --> 02:29:27,300
lot of possibilities speaking of

3407
02:29:31,610 --> 02:29:29,220
possibilities I know that you've

3408
02:29:33,590 --> 02:29:31,620
actually had a lot of experience with

3409
02:29:35,929 --> 02:29:33,600
possibilities on Mars and Mars research

3410
02:29:38,990 --> 02:29:35,939
stuff like the Phoenix Lander and the

3411
02:29:41,090 --> 02:29:39,000
exploration Rover can you tell me what

3412
02:29:43,190 --> 02:29:41,100
kind of exciting new research you hope

3413
02:29:45,830 --> 02:29:43,200
that this Haya technology can enable us

3414
02:29:48,230 --> 02:29:45,840
to do maybe far away in places like Mars

3415
02:29:50,450 --> 02:29:48,240
but also closer to home right and so

3416
02:29:52,610 --> 02:29:50,460
what we're trying to do is enable

3417
02:29:54,770 --> 02:29:52,620
greater capability to land higher

3418
02:29:56,630 --> 02:29:54,780
payload masses for the robotic missions

3419
02:29:58,190 --> 02:29:56,640
we've done with Rovers you know right

3420
02:30:00,230 --> 02:29:58,200
now our capability is about one metric

3421
02:30:01,610 --> 02:30:00,240
ton one and a half but when we want to

3422
02:30:03,410 --> 02:30:01,620
send humans to Mars we need to land

3423
02:30:06,469 --> 02:30:03,420
about 20 metric tons we don't know how

3424
02:30:09,530 --> 02:30:06,479
to do that and the limits of uh the

3425
02:30:11,450 --> 02:30:09,540
launch volume of a launch rocket limits

3426
02:30:14,270 --> 02:30:11,460
rigid air shell and so this inflatable

3427
02:30:16,370 --> 02:30:14,280
technology is a great application to try

3428
02:30:18,530 --> 02:30:16,380
for being able to land those type of

3429
02:30:20,290 --> 02:30:18,540
payloads even when you go further into

3430
02:30:23,510 --> 02:30:20,300
the solar system when you go to the

3431
02:30:25,670 --> 02:30:23,520
moons of the outer planets they have

3432
02:30:28,190 --> 02:30:25,680
sphere and being able to descend through

3433
02:30:29,450 --> 02:30:28,200
those we need to be able to land higher

3434
02:30:31,610 --> 02:30:29,460
enough masses so this inflatable

3435
02:30:33,710 --> 02:30:31,620
technology now that's on the far term

3436
02:30:35,270 --> 02:30:33,720
end of aspect of it but on the near-term

3437
02:30:37,010 --> 02:30:35,280
applications this is why we have the

3438
02:30:39,170 --> 02:30:37,020
partnership with Ula you know they're

3439
02:30:41,030 --> 02:30:39,180
looking to enable this technology to

3440
02:30:42,830 --> 02:30:41,040
help them on their Vulcan rocket to be

3441
02:30:45,530 --> 02:30:42,840
able to make it used right now right

3442
02:30:47,630 --> 02:30:45,540
over the next coming years and then in a

3443
02:30:50,929 --> 02:30:47,640
few in in the midterm we want to be able

3444
02:30:52,969 --> 02:30:50,939
to land even payloads from low earth

3445
02:30:54,710 --> 02:30:52,979
orbit or even back from the Moon as we

3446
02:30:56,870 --> 02:30:54,720
sustain longer presence on the surface

3447
02:30:58,550 --> 02:30:56,880
and that is incredibly exciting so much

3448
02:31:01,070 --> 02:30:58,560
to look forward to in the future thank

3449
02:31:03,770 --> 02:31:01,080
you so much for talking with us Dr Desai

3450
02:31:05,929 --> 02:31:03,780
and with that back over to you Megan

3451
02:31:07,370 --> 02:31:05,939
thank you both So the plan is for the

3452
02:31:09,830 --> 02:31:07,380
heat shield to splash down in the

3453
02:31:13,190 --> 02:31:09,840
Pacific Ocean about 500 Miles off the

3454
02:31:15,710 --> 02:31:13,200
coast of Hawaii that's where Kahana 2 is

3455
02:31:18,050 --> 02:31:15,720
waiting right now we shot this video of

3456
02:31:20,690 --> 02:31:18,060
the 220 foot long recovery vessel before

3457
02:31:23,450 --> 02:31:20,700
it left Honolulu two and a half days ago

3458
02:31:26,389 --> 02:31:23,460
on board or both NASA and the Ula

3459
02:31:28,610 --> 02:31:26,399
Personnel they will use a 14-ton knuckle

3460
02:31:30,710 --> 02:31:28,620
boom crane to pull the heat shield out

3461
02:31:33,530 --> 02:31:30,720
of the water the team will also retrieve

3462
02:31:35,270 --> 02:31:33,540
a data recorder that that ejected from

3463
02:31:37,550 --> 02:31:35,280
the re-entry vehicle just before

3464
02:31:39,349 --> 02:31:37,560
Splashdown

3465
02:31:41,270 --> 02:31:39,359
earlier I spoke with the United launch

3466
02:31:43,670 --> 02:31:41,280
Alliance Chief rocket scientist John

3467
02:31:46,910 --> 02:31:43,680
Reed we spoke about ula's role in this

3468
02:31:50,870 --> 02:31:49,250
so John why has Ula partnered with NASA

3469
02:31:53,690 --> 02:31:50,880
to test this new inflatable heat shield

3470
02:31:55,490 --> 02:31:53,700
so Ula is a merchant supplier is very

3471
02:31:57,469 --> 02:31:55,500
interested in having Partnerships and

3472
02:31:59,450 --> 02:31:57,479
moving Technologies forward

3473
02:32:02,210 --> 02:31:59,460
Bernard cutter who this launch was

3474
02:32:04,670 --> 02:32:02,220
dedicated to really set up this

3475
02:32:06,050 --> 02:32:04,680
partnership back a number of years ago

3476
02:32:08,630 --> 02:32:06,060
and I came on the scene a little over

3477
02:32:10,670 --> 02:32:08,640
five years ago what we were looking for

3478
02:32:12,889 --> 02:32:10,680
in this relationship was really to work

3479
02:32:15,110 --> 02:32:12,899
together to move Technologies forward so

3480
02:32:17,570 --> 02:32:15,120
NASA was looking for a ride to go do

3481
02:32:19,849 --> 02:32:17,580
this demonstration Mission we were able

3482
02:32:21,469 --> 02:32:19,859
to bring jpss along since we were going

3483
02:32:23,630 --> 02:32:21,479
to be launching that payload and had the

3484
02:32:26,270 --> 02:32:23,640
margin to go do this mission

3485
02:32:28,910 --> 02:32:26,280
then our interest was really in growing

3486
02:32:31,309 --> 02:32:28,920
beyond the size of this high ad to be

3487
02:32:33,050 --> 02:32:31,319
able to do engine reuse and NASA wanted

3488
02:32:36,050 --> 02:32:33,060
to go beyond what we would need for

3489
02:32:37,730 --> 02:32:36,060
reuse to be able to do Mars large masses

3490
02:32:39,349 --> 02:32:37,740
down to the Martian surface sure I'm

3491
02:32:42,590 --> 02:32:39,359
hearing the word reuse a lot why is

3492
02:32:45,889 --> 02:32:42,600
reuse so important so launch access is

3493
02:32:47,510 --> 02:32:45,899
all about dollars per kilogram really we

3494
02:32:49,250 --> 02:32:47,520
wanted to have a reuse system that

3495
02:32:50,990 --> 02:32:49,260
worked with the rocket that we have

3496
02:32:53,090 --> 02:32:51,000
developed to try and bring costs down

3497
02:32:55,250 --> 02:32:53,100
further and why don't we take a look at

3498
02:32:57,410 --> 02:32:55,260
this video of how we're going to apply

3499
02:32:59,150 --> 02:32:57,420
the high-end technology

3500
02:33:01,550 --> 02:32:59,160
really it's interesting to note that

3501
02:33:03,469 --> 02:33:01,560
Rockets used to be one payload would fly

3502
02:33:05,630 --> 02:33:03,479
on one rocket now it's many payloads

3503
02:33:07,309 --> 02:33:05,640
flying at a time and so it's that's why

3504
02:33:09,590 --> 02:33:07,319
it's all about the dollars per kilogram

3505
02:33:11,690 --> 02:33:09,600
so we've designed this in a way where

3506
02:33:13,730 --> 02:33:11,700
you can fly at Expendable mode or

3507
02:33:15,469 --> 02:33:13,740
reusable mode and you can't tell the

3508
02:33:17,809 --> 02:33:15,479
difference so once the payload flies

3509
02:33:20,870 --> 02:33:17,819
away on Centaur then we'll separate the

3510
02:33:22,790 --> 02:33:20,880
thrust structure which is two-thirds of

3511
02:33:24,710 --> 02:33:22,800
the cost of the booster

3512
02:33:26,870 --> 02:33:24,720
that higher that you can see in there

3513
02:33:28,490 --> 02:33:26,880
then inflates as we're coming back down

3514
02:33:30,290 --> 02:33:28,500
towards the atmosphere the heat shield

3515
02:33:32,990 --> 02:33:30,300
is pulled taut by that inflation

3516
02:33:35,210 --> 02:33:33,000
structure and so then that slows us

3517
02:33:37,010 --> 02:33:35,220
through the atmosphere once we get down

3518
02:33:39,290 --> 02:33:37,020
to terminal velocity we'll be low enough

3519
02:33:40,969 --> 02:33:39,300
that we can inflate parachutes to lower

3520
02:33:43,849 --> 02:33:40,979
ourselves gently down to the ocean

3521
02:33:46,490 --> 02:33:43,859
surface so what advantages are there to

3522
02:33:48,590 --> 02:33:46,500
lower costs so the big Advantage for

3523
02:33:50,389 --> 02:33:48,600
lower cost is it enables lots of

3524
02:33:52,849 --> 02:33:50,399
different missions in space lots of

3525
02:33:54,530 --> 02:33:52,859
applications in space development of

3526
02:33:55,849 --> 02:33:54,540
products that we can't make here on

3527
02:33:57,830 --> 02:33:55,859
Earth and the ability to cost

3528
02:33:59,870 --> 02:33:57,840
effectively bring them back so it's

3529
02:34:01,370 --> 02:33:59,880
really expanding the use of space for

3530
02:34:08,210 --> 02:34:01,380
all Humanity yeah so it's going to

3531
02:34:12,889 --> 02:34:10,309
so this new foldable customizable

3532
02:34:15,110 --> 02:34:12,899
Innovative heat shield could change how

3533
02:34:17,389 --> 02:34:15,120
we explore our universe here's how one

3534
02:34:20,510 --> 02:34:17,399
of NASA's mechanical engineers describes

3535
02:34:25,309 --> 02:34:23,389
I'm Angie Emmett and I'm helping to test

3536
02:34:27,770 --> 02:34:25,319
technologies that will one day send

3537
02:34:30,410 --> 02:34:27,780
humans to Mars I work for lofted which

3538
02:34:32,929 --> 02:34:30,420
is a low earth orbit flight test of the

3539
02:34:35,030 --> 02:34:32,939
inflatable decelerator behind me you can

3540
02:34:37,250 --> 02:34:35,040
see the AeroShell the great thing about

3541
02:34:39,889 --> 02:34:37,260
an inflatable AeroShell is that you can

3542
02:34:41,990 --> 02:34:39,899
pack it up very tight you can see that

3543
02:34:44,210 --> 02:34:42,000
it fits well within that fairing volume

3544
02:34:46,550 --> 02:34:44,220
and now we're starting to take the

3545
02:34:49,010 --> 02:34:46,560
nitrogen back out of it so that we can

3546
02:34:51,110 --> 02:34:49,020
move on to packing the AeroShell and

3547
02:34:53,210 --> 02:34:51,120
then when it comes time to enter an

3548
02:34:55,130 --> 02:34:53,220
atmosphere you can inflate it and

3549
02:34:57,889 --> 02:34:55,140
suddenly you have this large surface

3550
02:35:00,770 --> 02:34:57,899
area so that you can decelerate through

3551
02:35:03,050 --> 02:35:00,780
anywhere with an atmosphere during covid

3552
02:35:05,270 --> 02:35:03,060
when I could not come to work we were

3553
02:35:08,150 --> 02:35:05,280
able to go to the end of our block and

3554
02:35:10,849 --> 02:35:08,160
there is a beautiful view of the NASA

3555
02:35:13,130 --> 02:35:10,859
Langley Gantry which was used for the

3556
02:35:16,250 --> 02:35:13,140
Apollo missions it's been used more

3557
02:35:18,230 --> 02:35:16,260
recently for drop tests and we can go

3558
02:35:21,770 --> 02:35:18,240
out and just look at that beautiful

3559
02:35:24,349 --> 02:35:21,780
iconic view I think really what inspires

3560
02:35:26,150 --> 02:35:24,359
me I love being able to go from the

3561
02:35:27,650 --> 02:35:26,160
concept to be able to see this

3562
02:35:29,990 --> 02:35:27,660
technology come to life and to be able

3563
02:35:32,809 --> 02:35:30,000
to prove it out because this is what's

3564
02:35:35,290 --> 02:35:32,819
going to help get human Smarties in the

3565
02:35:40,610 --> 02:35:38,389
we are awaiting the re-entry of the

3566
02:35:43,070 --> 02:35:40,620
inflatable heat shield into our Earth's

3567
02:35:45,590 --> 02:35:43,080
atmosphere to inflate it you need a lot

3568
02:35:49,190 --> 02:35:45,600
of gas and the lofted team tested that

3569
02:35:51,710 --> 02:35:49,200
process before it took flight today

3570
02:35:53,389 --> 02:35:51,720
it's a six meter heat shield and once it

3571
02:35:55,550 --> 02:35:53,399
re-enters this atmosphere it'll actually

3572
02:35:57,830 --> 02:35:55,560
be the largest blunt body object to

3573
02:35:59,990 --> 02:35:57,840
re-enter Earth's atmosphere to inflate

3574
02:36:01,969 --> 02:36:00,000
the hiad for where we want it to

3575
02:36:03,830 --> 02:36:01,979
re-enter to maintain kind of your

3576
02:36:05,450 --> 02:36:03,840
stability as you re-enter through

3577
02:36:07,429 --> 02:36:05,460
Earth's atmosphere you have to carry a

3578
02:36:08,690 --> 02:36:07,439
lot of gas to make that happen so we

3579
02:36:10,790 --> 02:36:08,700
actually have two tanks that have been

3580
02:36:13,370 --> 02:36:10,800
provided by the United launch Alliance

3581
02:36:15,469 --> 02:36:13,380
who has a space act with NASA to perform

3582
02:36:17,090 --> 02:36:15,479
this Mission their partners with us in

3583
02:36:18,770 --> 02:36:17,100
this and they've provided three tanks

3584
02:36:21,050 --> 02:36:18,780
and so we're testing one of the three as

3585
02:36:22,730 --> 02:36:21,060
our kind of qualification tank so right

3586
02:36:24,770 --> 02:36:22,740
now we're doing a blow down test of the

3587
02:36:26,750 --> 02:36:24,780
tank so we'll fill it to that 3000 psi

3588
02:36:28,790 --> 02:36:26,760
and let it vent to atmosphere and we'll

3589
02:36:31,429 --> 02:36:28,800
take measurements all along the vent

3590
02:36:32,929 --> 02:36:31,439
path and within the tank itself to see

3591
02:36:34,670 --> 02:36:32,939
the gas temperature to see what it's

3592
02:36:36,530 --> 02:36:34,680
looking like so then we use that

3593
02:36:38,450 --> 02:36:36,540
information and data to correlate our

3594
02:36:40,429 --> 02:36:38,460
models to get a better idea of how it's

3595
02:36:43,150 --> 02:36:40,439
going to respond in flight and the cool

3596
02:36:45,830 --> 02:36:43,160
thing about hi ad is that it is actually

3597
02:36:46,969 --> 02:36:45,840
on the new Cutting Edge cusp of

3598
02:36:49,190 --> 02:36:46,979
technology for heat shield so

3599
02:36:51,349 --> 02:36:49,200
traditionally heat shields are made with

3600
02:36:53,090 --> 02:36:51,359
metallics or Ceramics and they can only

3601
02:36:54,950 --> 02:36:53,100
be they're pretty firm so if your rocket

3602
02:36:57,110 --> 02:36:54,960
is about this big in diameter your heat

3603
02:36:59,510 --> 02:36:57,120
shield can also only be that same size

3604
02:37:00,950 --> 02:36:59,520
so Lofts it is interesting because it

3605
02:37:03,349 --> 02:37:00,960
actually can compact to a much much

3606
02:37:04,790 --> 02:37:03,359
smaller size and then inflate to much

3607
02:37:07,429 --> 02:37:04,800
larger than anything you would see

3608
02:37:09,950 --> 02:37:07,439
traditionally and this helps us in the

3609
02:37:12,170 --> 02:37:09,960
form of drag for example if we're going

3610
02:37:14,090 --> 02:37:12,180
to Mars the atmosphere is very very thin

3611
02:37:15,830 --> 02:37:14,100
and so we want to create more drag as

3612
02:37:19,070 --> 02:37:15,840
we're coming in so so the larger heat

3613
02:37:21,889 --> 02:37:19,080
shield enables that technology

3614
02:37:23,510 --> 02:37:21,899
time to go back to Daryl and Sean I know

3615
02:37:25,250 --> 02:37:23,520
that we were expecting some new videos

3616
02:37:27,230 --> 02:37:25,260
of the test right guys

3617
02:37:28,730 --> 02:37:27,240
that's right Megan we are uh here inside

3618
02:37:30,650 --> 02:37:28,740
the mission directors Center at

3619
02:37:34,070 --> 02:37:30,660
Vandenberg space Force Base monitoring

3620
02:37:36,349 --> 02:37:34,080
the progress of lofted as it returns to

3621
02:37:38,090 --> 02:37:36,359
earth and uh so far so good we've seen

3622
02:37:40,070 --> 02:37:38,100
some imagery we're going to show you

3623
02:37:42,770 --> 02:37:40,080
that in just a minute but let's get

3624
02:37:45,230 --> 02:37:42,780
everybody caught up on where we are Ula

3625
02:37:48,010 --> 02:37:45,240
completed their part of the mission with

3626
02:37:51,710 --> 02:37:48,020
the Centaur and the atlas five they got

3627
02:37:54,410 --> 02:37:51,720
jpss2 and the proper orbit and then they

3628
02:37:57,349 --> 02:37:54,420
steered lofted after de-orbiting from

3629
02:38:00,410 --> 02:37:57,359
the JP SS2 orbit coming down a little

3630
02:38:02,809 --> 02:38:00,420
bit and then releasing lofted separating

3631
02:38:05,570 --> 02:38:02,819
from the Centaur and we were able to see

3632
02:38:09,410 --> 02:38:05,580
and Visually confirm that we had full

3633
02:38:12,410 --> 02:38:09,420
inflation of the the return vehicle as

3634
02:38:15,530 --> 02:38:12,420
well as good separation yeah so we've

3635
02:38:17,690 --> 02:38:15,540
seen the videos uh so far everything is

3636
02:38:20,030 --> 02:38:17,700
working just as as we hoped it would

3637
02:38:24,110 --> 02:38:20,040
we've payloaded good payload adapter

3638
02:38:26,389 --> 02:38:24,120
separation good inflation good spin up

3639
02:38:29,510 --> 02:38:26,399
and then we saw the the Centaur release

3640
02:38:31,610 --> 02:38:29,520
the lofted spacecraft and it is Falling

3641
02:38:34,790 --> 02:38:31,620
Towards Earth right now it's impressive

3642
02:38:39,050 --> 02:38:34,800
I know that this is the first time that

3643
02:38:42,349 --> 02:38:39,060
this this technology has been taken into

3644
02:38:44,389 --> 02:38:42,359
orbit in space and then returned so I

3645
02:38:47,690 --> 02:38:44,399
know that there's a lot of anticipation

3646
02:38:49,849 --> 02:38:47,700
and uh you know uh maybe some some

3647
02:38:53,510 --> 02:38:49,859
anxious feelings about the return

3648
02:38:55,190 --> 02:38:53,520
yes we were very uh well there there was

3649
02:38:57,650 --> 02:38:55,200
some discussion and within the group

3650
02:38:59,630 --> 02:38:57,660
about what how it would inflate because

3651
02:39:03,050 --> 02:38:59,640
uh We've we've never seen this inflate

3652
02:39:05,210 --> 02:39:03,060
uh in an orbital sense and so we were

3653
02:39:06,770 --> 02:39:05,220
very happy to see that it inflated and

3654
02:39:09,349 --> 02:39:06,780
there were no snags or anything this was

3655
02:39:11,389 --> 02:39:09,359
one of the highest risks uh parts of the

3656
02:39:14,030 --> 02:39:11,399
mission exactly and there we see the

3657
02:39:17,330 --> 02:39:14,040
replay of the moment of Separation The

3658
02:39:19,610 --> 02:39:17,340
lofted Return vehicle coming off of the

3659
02:39:22,670 --> 02:39:19,620
Centaur heading back towards the Earth

3660
02:39:25,849 --> 02:39:22,680
this is not a view you often see Centaur

3661
02:39:28,849 --> 02:39:25,859
coming to a standstill after putting

3662
02:39:30,650 --> 02:39:28,859
lofted back and there it is falling back

3663
02:39:32,570 --> 02:39:30,660
to Earth

3664
02:39:35,210 --> 02:39:32,580
yeah so we're falling towards Earth

3665
02:39:38,150 --> 02:39:35,220
we're gonna start accelerating

3666
02:39:40,849 --> 02:39:38,160
um and then we'll uh we'll enter Earth

3667
02:39:43,309 --> 02:39:40,859
atmosphere around Mach 25 and then

3668
02:39:45,770 --> 02:39:43,319
continue uh accelerating until we hit

3669
02:39:47,750 --> 02:39:45,780
the atmosphere uh sufficiently uh to

3670
02:39:50,030 --> 02:39:47,760
begin slowing us down as an engineer

3671
02:39:52,370 --> 02:39:50,040
Sean when you look at that that looks

3672
02:39:55,309 --> 02:39:52,380
like lofted when it was fully inflated

3673
02:39:59,150 --> 02:39:55,319
on the ground we don't see any snags it

3674
02:40:01,190 --> 02:39:59,160
looks like completely uh a complete in

3675
02:40:02,990 --> 02:40:01,200
uh inflation yeah it looks absolutely

3676
02:40:05,210 --> 02:40:03,000
perfect I don't think we could have

3677
02:40:07,610 --> 02:40:05,220
hoped for anything anything better than

3678
02:40:11,510 --> 02:40:07,620
that and of course lofted inflated with

3679
02:40:13,550 --> 02:40:11,520
compressed nitrogen gas

3680
02:40:16,130 --> 02:40:13,560
big moment for the team there and we

3681
02:40:18,889 --> 02:40:16,140
know that uh certainly there's got to be

3682
02:40:21,290 --> 02:40:18,899
uh some some very proud Engineers right

3683
02:40:22,849 --> 02:40:21,300
now in the lofta team to see that uh the

3684
02:40:25,670 --> 02:40:22,859
initial part of this operation is

3685
02:40:27,650 --> 02:40:25,680
confirmed uh to be on its way absolutely

3686
02:40:29,570 --> 02:40:27,660
well we're very excited

3687
02:40:32,030 --> 02:40:29,580
all right we'll continue to monitor the

3688
02:40:33,710 --> 02:40:32,040
progress of Lofton as she falls back to

3689
02:40:35,809 --> 02:40:33,720
Earth in the meantime let's send it back

3690
02:40:37,790 --> 02:40:35,819
to Megan really cool to see that video

3691
02:40:41,690 --> 02:40:37,800
not just animations again that real

3692
02:40:44,090 --> 02:40:41,700
video of a significant part in this test

3693
02:40:45,950 --> 02:40:44,100
demonstration today so NASA has long

3694
02:40:47,990 --> 02:40:45,960
time been a technological leader let's

3695
02:40:49,969 --> 02:40:48,000
go back to Langley Research Center in

3696
02:40:55,250 --> 02:40:49,979
Virginia where Angela caring is with the

3697
02:41:00,469 --> 02:40:58,010
thanks so much Megan I'm here with Rohan

3698
02:41:02,330 --> 02:41:00,479
Deshmukh the flight mechanics lead for

3699
02:41:03,530 --> 02:41:02,340
the Loft demonstration Rohan good

3700
02:41:06,050 --> 02:41:03,540
morning it's so great to have you here

3701
02:41:07,610 --> 02:41:06,060
with us good morning now Rohan I know

3702
02:41:10,190 --> 02:41:07,620
that you've been mapping the trajectory

3703
02:41:11,809 --> 02:41:10,200
of the lofted re-entry vehicle from its

3704
02:41:14,929 --> 02:41:11,819
separation from the rocket all the way

3705
02:41:16,730 --> 02:41:14,939
to its eventual re-entrance into Earth's

3706
02:41:18,889 --> 02:41:16,740
atmosphere so can you tell me a bit

3707
02:41:21,230 --> 02:41:18,899
about how that data is going to help the

3708
02:41:23,389 --> 02:41:21,240
recovery team to find the re-entry

3709
02:41:25,849 --> 02:41:23,399
vehicle yeah so we have a recovery team

3710
02:41:28,670 --> 02:41:25,859
on a boat off the coast of Hawaii and

3711
02:41:30,770 --> 02:41:28,680
they're ready to recover the lofted

3712
02:41:32,330 --> 02:41:30,780
vehicle and the data recorder so by

3713
02:41:34,969 --> 02:41:32,340
being able to simulate our trajectory

3714
02:41:36,710 --> 02:41:34,979
with the latest data we get we're able

3715
02:41:38,210 --> 02:41:36,720
to basically improve our Splashdown

3716
02:41:40,429 --> 02:41:38,220
Point predictions and then relay that

3717
02:41:41,809 --> 02:41:40,439
over to the recovery team so that they

3718
02:41:42,830 --> 02:41:41,819
can it can help with their recovery

3719
02:41:44,630 --> 02:41:42,840
efforts

3720
02:41:46,429 --> 02:41:44,640
that'll be really great I know that

3721
02:41:48,730 --> 02:41:46,439
recovering the vehicle is going to get

3722
02:41:51,290 --> 02:41:48,740
us back a lot of really exciting data

3723
02:41:54,230 --> 02:41:51,300
what piece of that data are you most

3724
02:41:56,450 --> 02:41:54,240
excited to see yeah so as as a person

3725
02:41:58,610 --> 02:41:56,460
who works on flight mechanics I'm

3726
02:42:00,349 --> 02:41:58,620
definitely biased to getting the GPS

3727
02:42:02,450 --> 02:42:00,359
data so we can reconstruct the

3728
02:42:04,309 --> 02:42:02,460
trajectory see how well it flew and then

3729
02:42:07,130 --> 02:42:04,319
compare that against our simulation

3730
02:42:08,690 --> 02:42:07,140
models so we can you know kind of see uh

3731
02:42:10,610 --> 02:42:08,700
is there a simulation did we hit the

3732
02:42:12,590 --> 02:42:10,620
bullseye or do we need to you know kind

3733
02:42:14,389 --> 02:42:12,600
of improve upon it but yeah definitely

3734
02:42:15,950 --> 02:42:14,399
looking for that GPS data it'll

3735
02:42:17,630 --> 02:42:15,960
definitely be a thrill to get back all

3736
02:42:19,610 --> 02:42:17,640
of that data start crunching those

3737
02:42:22,849 --> 02:42:19,620
numbers and for now we're going to send

3738
02:42:25,969 --> 02:42:22,859
it back over to you thanks Rohan

3739
02:42:29,030 --> 02:42:25,979
lofted in jpss2 were both payloads on

3740
02:42:31,309 --> 02:42:29,040
today's 100th LSP launch recently

3741
02:42:36,620 --> 02:42:31,319
another LSP Mission launched the world's

3742
02:42:41,970 --> 02:42:40,500
[Music]

3743
02:42:43,990 --> 02:42:41,980
[Applause]

3744
02:42:47,270 --> 02:42:44,000
[Music]

3745
02:42:50,330 --> 02:42:47,280
on NASA's first planetary defense test

3746
02:42:52,610 --> 02:42:50,340
to intentionally crash into an asteroid

3747
02:42:54,290 --> 02:42:52,620
in my time during LSP the most

3748
02:42:56,030 --> 02:42:54,300
significant demonstration of technology

3749
02:42:57,950 --> 02:42:56,040
that I've seen has to be the dart

3750
02:43:00,950 --> 02:42:57,960
Mission the double asteroid redirect

3751
02:43:05,570 --> 02:43:03,590
essentially we launched a spacecraft it

3752
02:43:08,150 --> 02:43:05,580
traveled over 6 million miles to an

3753
02:43:09,889 --> 02:43:08,160
asteroid and it crashed into it this was

3754
02:43:11,630 --> 02:43:09,899
Mankind's first attempt to prove that

3755
02:43:13,429 --> 02:43:11,640
we're smarter than the dinosaurs the

3756
02:43:15,050 --> 02:43:13,439
dinosaurs had a horrible Space Program

3757
02:43:16,730 --> 02:43:15,060
they had no way to protect themselves

3758
02:43:19,070 --> 02:43:16,740
against an asteroid coming in to wipe

3759
02:43:21,349 --> 02:43:19,080
them out first of all this type of stuff

3760
02:43:23,150 --> 02:43:21,359
you see in a movie so just starting from

3761
02:43:24,950 --> 02:43:23,160
that I think that's really unique and

3762
02:43:26,510 --> 02:43:24,960
really cool that it's not actually a

3763
02:43:28,849 --> 02:43:26,520
movie we're doing this in real life like

3764
02:43:30,349 --> 02:43:28,859
we do this for work my favorite Mission

3765
02:43:33,469 --> 02:43:30,359
even though that's a difficult question

3766
02:43:35,330 --> 02:43:33,479
to answer has to be the mer missions the

3767
02:43:38,230 --> 02:43:35,340
Mars explosion Rovers that spirit and

3768
02:43:40,429 --> 02:43:38,240
opportunity we launched those in 2003.

3769
02:43:41,929 --> 02:43:40,439
that happened to be a mission that I

3770
02:43:44,030 --> 02:43:41,939
worked from beginning to end as a

3771
02:43:46,309 --> 02:43:44,040
mission manager I got to meet really

3772
02:43:48,590 --> 02:43:46,319
exciting people I got to meet the

3773
02:43:51,530 --> 02:43:48,600
scientists involved I still have friends

3774
02:43:53,750 --> 02:43:51,540
that I made back then from JPL and

3775
02:43:55,550 --> 02:43:53,760
headquarters and overall I think it's

3776
02:43:57,230 --> 02:43:55,560
the one that always stays in the back of

3777
02:43:59,809 --> 02:43:57,240
my mind as my favorite mission

3778
02:44:02,450 --> 02:43:59,819
so I think I would pick the new Star

3779
02:44:05,510 --> 02:44:02,460
Mission it was launched out of kwajalein

3780
02:44:07,429 --> 02:44:05,520
I had never been in that part of the

3781
02:44:09,110 --> 02:44:07,439
world before and by the time you get

3782
02:44:11,330 --> 02:44:09,120
there and you're set up with the whole

3783
02:44:13,670 --> 02:44:11,340
team you're very Consolidated and you're

3784
02:44:15,950 --> 02:44:13,680
very slimmed down to just the absolute

3785
02:44:18,410 --> 02:44:15,960
necessary functions to support the

3786
02:44:20,330 --> 02:44:18,420
mission didn't have the connection back

3787
02:44:22,429 --> 02:44:20,340
to the mainland that you would normally

3788
02:44:24,349 --> 02:44:22,439
have and so you all had to get together

3789
02:44:27,290 --> 02:44:24,359
and work all the problems together you

3790
02:44:28,670 --> 02:44:27,300
had no cars you had to ride bicycles so

3791
02:44:29,750 --> 02:44:28,680
there were all kinds of not just the

3792
02:44:31,730 --> 02:44:29,760
challenges with the mission but

3793
02:44:34,070 --> 02:44:31,740
challenges with the living environment

3794
02:44:36,370 --> 02:44:34,080
and what you had to do so that one is

3795
02:44:38,450 --> 02:44:36,380
pretty memorable to me

3796
02:44:41,090 --> 02:44:38,460
less than 10 minutes away from

3797
02:44:43,429 --> 02:44:41,100
atmospheric re-entry the Moment of Truth

3798
02:44:45,110 --> 02:44:43,439
for this Innovative heat shield Daryl

3799
02:44:47,030 --> 02:44:45,120
nail and Sean Hancock are live here at

3800
02:44:49,490 --> 02:44:47,040
Vandenberg and will walk us all the way

3801
02:44:50,750 --> 02:44:49,500
through splash down off the coast of

3802
02:44:53,090 --> 02:44:50,760
Hawaii

3803
02:44:55,429 --> 02:44:53,100
thank you Megan and it's been exciting

3804
02:44:58,130 --> 02:44:55,439
so far as we've been uh watching the

3805
02:45:01,429 --> 02:44:58,140
replays of lofted separating from the

3806
02:45:03,469 --> 02:45:01,439
Centaur upper stage and falling back to

3807
02:45:06,650 --> 02:45:03,479
Earth we've seen a number of amazing

3808
02:45:08,650 --> 02:45:06,660
Milestones reached as you look now at

3809
02:45:11,389 --> 02:45:08,660
software that is tracking those

3810
02:45:14,270 --> 02:45:11,399
Milestones you can see that we are

3811
02:45:18,230 --> 02:45:14,280
currently uh

3812
02:45:20,750 --> 02:45:18,240
past the separation point and the beacon

3813
02:45:24,469 --> 02:45:20,760
has begun transmitting I'm with Sean

3814
02:45:26,690 --> 02:45:24,479
Hancock engineer with lofted and you're

3815
02:45:29,450 --> 02:45:26,700
looking right here at the release of the

3816
02:45:32,929 --> 02:45:29,460
cover and inflation of Lofton

3817
02:45:35,770 --> 02:45:32,939
yes that's a beautiful sight uh you know

3818
02:45:38,330 --> 02:45:35,780
this is this was one of the the the the

3819
02:45:40,790 --> 02:45:38,340
worrisome parts of the mission that we

3820
02:45:42,770 --> 02:45:40,800
would have an issue inflating uh and

3821
02:45:45,410 --> 02:45:42,780
wouldn't inflate but that was a perfect

3822
02:45:49,190 --> 02:45:45,420
inflation you can see that we're fully

3823
02:45:52,790 --> 02:45:49,200
inflated the shape is exactly what what

3824
02:45:55,550 --> 02:45:52,800
we expected and I'm very excited a lot

3825
02:45:58,490 --> 02:45:55,560
of straps that you see in there later in

3826
02:46:00,830 --> 02:45:58,500
that video it actually kind of

3827
02:46:03,710 --> 02:46:00,840
fully inflated right it was a bit of a

3828
02:46:07,670 --> 02:46:03,720
partial inflation yeah

3829
02:46:09,290 --> 02:46:07,680
like when you're I liken it to inflating

3830
02:46:10,730 --> 02:46:09,300
an inflatable mattress it's the only

3831
02:46:12,170 --> 02:46:10,740
thing I can kind of liken it to you get

3832
02:46:13,849 --> 02:46:12,180
it partially going and maybe there might

3833
02:46:16,190 --> 02:46:13,859
be a kink in some something somewhere

3834
02:46:18,710 --> 02:46:16,200
and then poof out it went the rest of

3835
02:46:20,870 --> 02:46:18,720
the way to full inflation yeah so uh

3836
02:46:22,730 --> 02:46:20,880
when when the bag cutter is released

3837
02:46:26,330 --> 02:46:22,740
there's a little bit of extra air left

3838
02:46:30,950 --> 02:46:26,340
or nitrogen left inside the inside the

3839
02:46:32,690 --> 02:46:30,960
uh inflatable and so uh with no uh no as

3840
02:46:35,090 --> 02:46:32,700
a vacuum in space no pressure to keep

3841
02:46:37,190 --> 02:46:35,100
that uh keep that compacted anymore it

3842
02:46:38,750 --> 02:46:37,200
just Puffs Puffs out and then we start

3843
02:46:40,490 --> 02:46:38,760
flowing the air and then it just

3844
02:46:42,290 --> 02:46:40,500
immediately takes shape and there it is

3845
02:46:44,990 --> 02:46:42,300
you just saw the moment of separation

3846
02:46:47,270 --> 02:46:45,000
from the Centaur upper stage and it is

3847
02:46:49,969 --> 02:46:47,280
fully inflated here just like Sean was

3848
02:46:53,270 --> 02:46:49,979
talking about and you can see the straps

3849
02:46:57,410 --> 02:46:53,280
that combine and hold all those toroids

3850
02:46:59,870 --> 02:46:57,420
the donut uh you know cylindrical uh

3851
02:47:01,490 --> 02:46:59,880
inflatable part of the heat shield holds

3852
02:47:03,650 --> 02:47:01,500
them all together you can see them tight

3853
02:47:05,570 --> 02:47:03,660
and I'm not an engineer Sean but as you

3854
02:47:07,490 --> 02:47:05,580
you looked at it that looked like that

3855
02:47:09,110 --> 02:47:07,500
was in good shape to return to Earth it

3856
02:47:12,410 --> 02:47:09,120
looked it looked perfect

3857
02:47:15,290 --> 02:47:12,420
as it comes down it is a six meter wide

3858
02:47:16,510 --> 02:47:15,300
AeroShell and so the reason for that

3859
02:47:19,130 --> 02:47:16,520
quite large

3860
02:47:21,530 --> 02:47:19,140
is to catch a lot of the atmosphere

3861
02:47:25,510 --> 02:47:21,540
which it is getting ready to do right

3862
02:47:28,010 --> 02:47:25,520
now right and slow down to a substantial

3863
02:47:31,610 --> 02:47:28,020
scrub off a substantial amount of speed

3864
02:47:33,290 --> 02:47:31,620
take on heat of large art objects that

3865
02:47:34,790 --> 02:47:33,300
are coming back I thought it was

3866
02:47:36,650 --> 02:47:34,800
interesting you know you you made the

3867
02:47:39,530 --> 02:47:36,660
comment and it was quite appropriate

3868
02:47:42,349 --> 02:47:39,540
when we were off air we've got a moon

3869
02:47:47,450 --> 02:47:42,359
launch coming up right on November 16th

3870
02:47:49,429 --> 02:47:47,460
Wednesday at 104 a.m Eastern Time 404

3871
02:47:52,190 --> 02:47:49,439
a.m Pacific time we're going to launch

3872
02:47:54,770 --> 02:47:52,200
the space launch system and Orion to the

3873
02:47:57,290 --> 02:47:54,780
moon but the technology that we just saw

3874
02:47:59,809 --> 02:47:57,300
released in that video

3875
02:48:03,410 --> 02:47:59,819
that's going to help us get stuff back

3876
02:48:07,370 --> 02:48:03,420
from the Moon absolutely uh the uh

3877
02:48:12,110 --> 02:48:07,380
the high-end technology will serve as as

3878
02:48:15,349 --> 02:48:12,120
a technology to deliver uh payloads back

3879
02:48:18,410 --> 02:48:15,359
from CIS lunar space so uh back from the

3880
02:48:20,990 --> 02:48:18,420
Moon into Earth's atmosphere where we

3881
02:48:23,330 --> 02:48:21,000
can either put it put it in a low earth

3882
02:48:25,490 --> 02:48:23,340
orbit or or even bring it back down to

3883
02:48:27,410 --> 02:48:25,500
the surface so it's really the the

3884
02:48:29,050 --> 02:48:27,420
second part of the story for the for the

3885
02:48:32,090 --> 02:48:29,060
Artemis um

3886
02:48:34,610 --> 02:48:32,100
absolutely and and we're watching this

3887
02:48:37,550 --> 02:48:34,620
technology being developed at this very

3888
02:48:40,130 --> 02:48:37,560
moment as Engineers are learning and

3889
02:48:43,190 --> 02:48:40,140
looking to gather data from the latest

3890
02:48:44,929 --> 02:48:43,200
iteration of their AeroShell and you're

3891
02:48:46,130 --> 02:48:44,939
looking at the team at the Langley

3892
02:48:48,349 --> 02:48:46,140
Research Center

3893
02:48:51,530 --> 02:48:48,359
in Hampton Virginia

3894
02:48:54,250 --> 02:48:51,540
as they await the data to come in

3895
02:48:56,750 --> 02:48:54,260
yeah don't they look very excited

3896
02:48:58,670 --> 02:48:56,760
they look focused I know they've been

3897
02:49:02,270 --> 02:48:58,680
working uh they've been working super

3898
02:49:04,490 --> 02:49:02,280
hard and so um yeah I'm sure there are

3899
02:49:06,349 --> 02:49:04,500
eagerly anticipating receiving some data

3900
02:49:08,510 --> 02:49:06,359
from from our spacecraft let's talk

3901
02:49:11,450 --> 02:49:08,520
about that just a little bit Sean the

3902
02:49:13,250 --> 02:49:11,460
data that is being transmitted from the

3903
02:49:17,690 --> 02:49:13,260
lofted return vehicle

3904
02:49:19,969 --> 02:49:17,700
it is sent from a beacon yes and it uh

3905
02:49:24,110 --> 02:49:19,979
first of all has some basic data like

3906
02:49:26,870 --> 02:49:24,120
position location but also some uh a

3907
02:49:29,809 --> 02:49:26,880
little bit more robust data that comes

3908
02:49:31,969 --> 02:49:29,819
through the Iridium satellite system and

3909
02:49:34,250 --> 02:49:31,979
then into this particular program that

3910
02:49:36,410 --> 02:49:34,260
we're looking at now which is uh marking

3911
02:49:41,389 --> 02:49:36,420
us through the milestones and there it

3912
02:49:43,969 --> 02:49:41,399
is uh another page from that software

3913
02:49:46,610 --> 02:49:43,979
we haven't gotten data yet but there's a

3914
02:49:49,670 --> 02:49:46,620
reason for that that Beacon is not

3915
02:49:51,170 --> 02:49:49,680
exactly it's hard to lock on as it's

3916
02:49:54,950 --> 02:49:51,180
kind of tumbling back down to the Earth

3917
02:49:57,230 --> 02:49:54,960
correct yeah so the the we the real-time

3918
02:49:59,030 --> 02:49:57,240
Beacon is sending a very minimal data

3919
02:50:01,849 --> 02:49:59,040
set so that we can track the progress of

3920
02:50:03,770 --> 02:50:01,859
the spacecraft uh through the flight uh

3921
02:50:05,990 --> 02:50:03,780
if it sends that data through the

3922
02:50:08,809 --> 02:50:06,000
Iridium satellite Network and that

3923
02:50:11,270 --> 02:50:08,819
requires a line of sight from an antenna

3924
02:50:13,790 --> 02:50:11,280
on the back portion of our our vehicle

3925
02:50:16,610 --> 02:50:13,800
up to the satellite and then it has to

3926
02:50:18,469 --> 02:50:16,620
have a 30 signal strength and then we

3927
02:50:20,830 --> 02:50:18,479
have to remember we've already seen that

3928
02:50:23,690 --> 02:50:20,840
our spacecraft is rotating at three

3929
02:50:26,349 --> 02:50:23,700
revolutions per minute and there's a bit

3930
02:50:29,690 --> 02:50:26,359
of a wobble uh or it's called mutation

3931
02:50:33,170 --> 02:50:29,700
associated with with with our flight and

3932
02:50:34,849 --> 02:50:33,180
so it's fully expected that uh you know

3933
02:50:36,950 --> 02:50:34,859
we will have limp we we could have

3934
02:50:39,889 --> 02:50:36,960
limited data through the real-time

3935
02:50:42,410 --> 02:50:39,899
Beacon and we're okay with that

3936
02:50:44,990 --> 02:50:42,420
we're okay with that because we are

3937
02:50:47,330 --> 02:50:45,000
recording uh the full scope of data and

3938
02:50:50,090 --> 02:50:47,340
the video on two data recorders that

3939
02:50:51,830 --> 02:50:50,100
reside within the in the vehicle one of

3940
02:50:54,170 --> 02:50:51,840
those is an ejectable data recorder and

3941
02:50:56,570 --> 02:50:54,180
it will be ejected uh from from the

3942
02:50:58,790 --> 02:50:56,580
vehicle after uh work we're through with

3943
02:51:01,370 --> 02:50:58,800
the experiment and it looks like we just

3944
02:51:04,429 --> 02:51:01,380
got the word for go for the re-entry

3945
02:51:07,969 --> 02:51:04,439
interface yes so I just heard uh we're

3946
02:51:11,450 --> 02:51:07,979
at re-entry interface so uh re-entry

3947
02:51:14,630 --> 02:51:11,460
interface has defined 125 kilometers or

3948
02:51:16,670 --> 02:51:14,640
410 000 feet and this is the point where

3949
02:51:21,170 --> 02:51:16,680
we start to experience the effects of

3950
02:51:22,790 --> 02:51:21,180
Earth's atmosphere so the TPS on the

3951
02:51:25,849 --> 02:51:22,800
AeroShell is going to start heating up

3952
02:51:27,710 --> 02:51:25,859
from this point on we're not quite deep

3953
02:51:30,170 --> 02:51:27,720
enough into Earth's atmosphere yet the

3954
02:51:31,490 --> 02:51:30,180
the the density is sufficient to slow us

3955
02:51:32,929 --> 02:51:31,500
down so we're going to continue

3956
02:51:35,630 --> 02:51:32,939
accelerating

3957
02:51:37,910 --> 02:51:35,640
we're going to accelerate up to around

3958
02:51:39,950 --> 02:51:37,920
Mach 29 at that point the Earth's

3959
02:51:42,349 --> 02:51:39,960
atmosphere will be dense enough that it

3960
02:51:45,290 --> 02:51:42,359
will start to slow us down and we expect

3961
02:51:48,230 --> 02:51:45,300
that lofted is about 78 miles above the

3962
02:51:50,330 --> 02:51:48,240
Earth's surface coming down and just

3963
02:51:52,250 --> 02:51:50,340
starting to heat up

3964
02:51:55,070 --> 02:51:52,260
um we just got a call out that we would

3965
02:51:58,070 --> 02:51:55,080
expect at this point in time that we've

3966
02:51:59,870 --> 02:51:58,080
reached about 10 percent of peak heating

3967
02:52:02,929 --> 02:51:59,880
yeah so that means that we're starting

3968
02:52:04,969 --> 02:52:02,939
our uh our temperature pulse so we have

3969
02:52:06,710 --> 02:52:04,979
two two pulses that we're planning to

3970
02:52:10,130 --> 02:52:06,720
experience a heat pulse where the

3971
02:52:12,050 --> 02:52:10,140
temperature on the on the air show goes

3972
02:52:14,210 --> 02:52:12,060
up rapidly and then falls back down

3973
02:52:16,910 --> 02:52:14,220
again and then there's a pressure pulse

3974
02:52:18,889 --> 02:52:16,920
where the dynamic pressure from from the

3975
02:52:20,990 --> 02:52:18,899
velocity and through the atmosphere uh

3976
02:52:23,630 --> 02:52:21,000
creates a load on on the surface of the

3977
02:52:29,690 --> 02:52:27,650
we have been flying for an hour and 47

3978
02:52:48,769 --> 02:52:29,700
minutes that started us off with the

3979
02:52:54,769 --> 02:52:52,309
we're awaiting that first packet of data

3980
02:52:58,130 --> 02:52:54,779
we didn't get it early on when we

3981
02:53:00,650 --> 02:52:58,140
expected it Sean so still awaiting right

3982
02:53:02,870 --> 02:53:00,660
for that first packet correct yeah we're

3983
02:53:09,530 --> 02:53:02,880
still awaiting the the first uh first

3984
02:53:16,309 --> 02:53:12,170
and we just got word that the

3985
02:53:18,410 --> 02:53:16,319
um the recovery ship the Kahana II

3986
02:53:22,429 --> 02:53:18,420
is in place

3987
02:53:25,190 --> 02:53:22,439
and we are expecting that at this moment

3988
02:53:27,830 --> 02:53:25,200
we reached Peak heating on the lofted

3989
02:53:29,750 --> 02:53:27,840
return vehicle

3990
02:53:32,090 --> 02:53:29,760
now we don't have the data confirmation

3991
02:53:35,389 --> 02:53:32,100
it's important to point out

3992
02:53:37,309 --> 02:53:35,399
but in the timeline of events

3993
02:53:40,490 --> 02:53:37,319
were expected that we've reached Max Q

3994
02:53:43,610 --> 02:53:40,500
the maximum Dynamic pressure on the

3995
02:53:45,230 --> 02:53:43,620
return vehicle okay so yeah we've uh so

3996
02:53:47,450 --> 02:53:45,240
we've passed through Peak heating at

3997
02:53:49,309 --> 02:53:47,460
this point at least predicted Peak

3998
02:53:51,309 --> 02:53:49,319
heating because as you as you mentioned

3999
02:53:53,929 --> 02:53:51,319
we don't have data to confirm that yet

4000
02:53:56,510 --> 02:53:53,939
but that's the point at which the

4001
02:53:58,790 --> 02:53:56,520
vehicle has

4002
02:54:02,030 --> 02:53:58,800
has maximized

4003
02:54:04,790 --> 02:54:02,040
um the rate at which it converts uh its

4004
02:54:06,590 --> 02:54:04,800
velocity into thermal energy and we

4005
02:54:08,929 --> 02:54:06,600
expect a maximum heat rate of about 40

4006
02:54:12,050 --> 02:54:08,939
watts per centimeter squared and then

4007
02:54:14,630 --> 02:54:12,060
after we hit the max heat rate we expect

4008
02:54:17,210 --> 02:54:14,640
the temperature to continue to rise for

4009
02:54:20,170 --> 02:54:17,220
about another 17 seconds on the surface

4010
02:54:23,090 --> 02:54:20,180
of the of the AeroShell

4011
02:54:26,450 --> 02:54:23,100
and hit somewhere around 2600 degrees

4012
02:54:28,429 --> 02:54:26,460
Celsius and then I just heard an

4013
02:54:31,910 --> 02:54:28,439
announcement that were were through Max

4014
02:54:33,769 --> 02:54:31,920
Q as well and that's our maximum

4015
02:54:37,309 --> 02:54:33,779
deceleration so we're at we're

4016
02:54:40,250 --> 02:54:37,319
experiencing 9 G's and we've slowed from

4017
02:54:45,590 --> 02:54:40,260
Mach 29 all the way down to uh to mach

4018
02:54:45,600 --> 02:54:53,690
we are currently one hour and 50 minutes

4019
02:54:58,190 --> 02:54:55,790
into the mission and we are tracking

4020
02:55:01,010 --> 02:54:58,200
lofted's return

4021
02:55:03,889 --> 02:55:01,020
the return vehicle

4022
02:55:13,429 --> 02:55:06,110
lofted stands for low earth orbit flight

4023
02:55:13,439 --> 02:55:19,370
at this moment we would have uh expected

4024
02:55:26,750 --> 02:55:21,590
that we're back down to 10 of peak

4025
02:55:30,530 --> 02:55:29,210
and just now reached the Milestone of

4026
02:55:33,590 --> 02:55:30,540
predicted

4027
02:55:35,510 --> 02:55:33,600
end of heat pulse

4028
02:55:38,150 --> 02:55:35,520
so this is the end of the significant

4029
02:55:40,790 --> 02:55:38,160
hearing it has gone through

4030
02:55:42,410 --> 02:55:40,800
the atmosphere we just got an rtb

4031
02:55:47,269 --> 02:55:42,420
package and really heated up and just

4032
02:55:51,170 --> 02:55:49,070
Sean's dialed in with the software there

4033
02:55:57,110 --> 02:55:51,180
you can see some uh Engineers pretty

4034
02:55:57,120 --> 02:56:06,889
oh yeah we're we're in business

4035
02:56:10,849 --> 02:56:08,690
yeah so at this point we're really

4036
02:56:12,650 --> 02:56:10,859
through the hard part of the mission

4037
02:56:13,849 --> 02:56:12,660
um we've we've gone through the heat the

4038
02:56:16,670 --> 02:56:13,859
heat pulse we've gone through the

4039
02:56:19,849 --> 02:56:16,680
pressure pulse and uh you know we're

4040
02:56:22,490 --> 02:56:19,859
we're just slowing down

4041
02:56:30,050 --> 02:56:22,500
um until we uh until we go to the

4042
02:56:30,060 --> 02:56:34,370
okay so that

4043
02:56:34,380 --> 02:56:40,550
that

4044
02:56:40,560 --> 02:56:44,630
we just got the call out

4045
02:56:50,809 --> 02:56:47,210
that they predicted the end of the

4046
02:56:53,690 --> 02:56:50,819
experiment So Below Mach 1. so that

4047
02:56:55,370 --> 02:56:53,700
um that packet that we received from the

4048
02:56:57,650 --> 02:56:55,380
real-time Beacon we got confirmation

4049
02:56:59,990 --> 02:56:57,660
that the arrow shell restraint cover cut

4050
02:57:01,070 --> 02:57:00,000
which we obviously we saw

4051
02:57:09,050 --> 02:57:01,080
um

4052
02:57:14,030 --> 02:57:09,060
so that's that's a plus we we have uh

4053
02:57:18,889 --> 02:57:16,969
we have separation of the the spacecraft

4054
02:57:20,450 --> 02:57:18,899
and we've already begun venting our

4055
02:57:23,030 --> 02:57:20,460
tanks which

4056
02:57:24,889 --> 02:57:23,040
um were that prepares us for a splash

4057
02:57:27,170 --> 02:57:24,899
down into the into the ocean we vent the

4058
02:57:29,210 --> 02:57:27,180
tanks to get rid of the excess nitrogen

4059
02:57:32,750 --> 02:57:29,220
that are in the tanks that makes it safe

4060
02:57:36,590 --> 02:57:32,760
for the recovery ship to approach great

4061
02:57:39,889 --> 02:57:36,600
news Sean as lofted has confirmed with

4062
02:57:45,530 --> 02:57:42,650
it was a successful separation inflation

4063
02:57:50,750 --> 02:57:45,540
return

4064
02:57:55,730 --> 02:57:53,570
we're going to get some parachutes out

4065
02:57:57,710 --> 02:57:55,740
and we're getting more Pat we're getting

4066
02:58:00,590 --> 02:57:57,720
more real-time Beacon

4067
02:58:04,610 --> 02:58:00,600
um data now we've we're we're up to uh

4068
02:58:06,590 --> 02:58:04,620
seven seven uh Transmissions

4069
02:58:09,050 --> 02:58:06,600
so this is very exciting that's

4070
02:58:11,090 --> 02:58:09,060
excellent news Sean seven packets I know

4071
02:58:13,190 --> 02:58:11,100
you were concerned about amount of data

4072
02:58:16,010 --> 02:58:13,200
that was going to come in uh that right

4073
02:58:18,889 --> 02:58:16,020
there that's that's fantastic

4074
02:58:20,809 --> 02:58:18,899
yes got some smiling Engineers there you

4075
02:58:26,570 --> 02:58:20,819
can see the folks back at Langley are

4076
02:58:31,849 --> 02:58:28,969
well that's got to be a lot better than

4077
02:58:33,469 --> 02:58:31,859
uh than what was expected oh yeah I

4078
02:58:36,110 --> 02:58:33,479
think I think we're checking all the

4079
02:58:38,330 --> 02:58:36,120
boxes here today I think um

4080
02:58:41,030 --> 02:58:38,340
you know everything everything seems to

4081
02:58:43,190 --> 02:58:41,040
be working exactly as as we hoped it

4082
02:58:48,110 --> 02:58:46,190
and so what what is the the latest and

4083
02:58:50,870 --> 02:58:48,120
the last data packet uh telling you as

4084
02:58:53,510 --> 02:58:50,880
you look through the Software System

4085
02:58:58,370 --> 02:58:56,090
so I just heard that our toroid

4086
02:59:02,090 --> 02:58:58,380
pressures are nominal that means that

4087
02:59:07,190 --> 02:59:02,100
our our vehicle is

4088
02:59:11,990 --> 02:59:09,650
the pressures that

4089
02:59:14,030 --> 02:59:12,000
the pressures and uh that we expected

4090
02:59:15,349 --> 02:59:14,040
and that also means that the

4091
02:59:18,050 --> 02:59:15,359
temperatures are in the range that we

4092
02:59:20,630 --> 02:59:18,060
expected as well so and now we're

4093
02:59:23,690 --> 02:59:20,640
expecting the ejection of the data

4094
02:59:26,450 --> 02:59:23,700
module Sean and this is one of the key

4095
02:59:28,309 --> 02:59:26,460
components if anything you want the data

4096
02:59:30,769 --> 02:59:28,319
from what happened absolutely the whole

4097
02:59:34,010 --> 02:59:30,779
point of the the flight experiment is to

4098
02:59:35,870 --> 02:59:34,020
get the data we have a real-time Beacon

4099
02:59:37,910 --> 02:59:35,880
that is sending very limited data during

4100
02:59:39,469 --> 02:59:37,920
the flight that we can check just on a

4101
02:59:41,210 --> 02:59:39,479
performance of this vehicle and then

4102
02:59:43,670 --> 02:59:41,220
aboard the vehicle we have two data

4103
02:59:46,730 --> 02:59:43,680
recorders internal data recorder and an

4104
02:59:50,630 --> 02:59:46,740
ejectable data recorder that record the

4105
02:59:53,290 --> 02:59:50,640
full Suite of of scientific data a video

4106
02:59:56,450 --> 02:59:53,300
uh Health Data for the for the vehicles

4107
02:59:59,030 --> 02:59:56,460
and the ejectable data recorder when we

4108
03:00:02,690 --> 02:59:59,040
get around fifty thousand feet it's

4109
03:00:06,349 --> 03:00:02,700
ejected out into the water it's it's a

4110
03:00:08,870 --> 03:00:06,359
yellow foam ball about the size of a

4111
03:00:12,429 --> 03:00:08,880
softball weighs about a third of a pound

4112
03:00:15,650 --> 03:00:12,439
and and once it's ejected it will

4113
03:00:19,429 --> 03:00:15,660
transmit via the Iridium Network that we

4114
03:00:20,590 --> 03:00:19,439
use for the rtb the real-time Beacon it

4115
03:00:24,590 --> 03:00:20,600
also

4116
03:00:26,570 --> 03:00:24,600
transmits via a long-range radio what we

4117
03:00:30,050 --> 03:00:26,580
call Laura which is a line of sight

4118
03:00:33,110 --> 03:00:30,060
transmission and it it uh

4119
03:00:35,170 --> 03:00:33,120
it transmits its GPS position so that we

4120
03:00:37,969 --> 03:00:35,180
can we can locate it and go pick it up

4121
03:00:41,450 --> 03:00:37,979
and it's designed to survive the

4122
03:00:45,110 --> 03:00:41,460
Splashdown and continue transmitting

4123
03:00:46,990 --> 03:00:45,120
that GPS data for up to or even more

4124
03:00:52,190 --> 03:00:47,000
than 30 days

4125
03:00:58,250 --> 03:00:55,370
now we've got a ship in the area several

4126
03:01:00,830 --> 03:00:58,260
hundred miles off the coast of uh Hawaii

4127
03:01:05,389 --> 03:01:00,840
in the Pacific Ocean

4128
03:01:11,389 --> 03:01:05,399
where lofted is expected to splash down

4129
03:01:15,769 --> 03:01:13,490
and we understand that a Chase plane

4130
03:01:17,690 --> 03:01:15,779
that the team has up in the area

4131
03:01:23,450 --> 03:01:17,700
was able to get successful data

4132
03:01:27,950 --> 03:01:25,849
we're currently searching the skies with

4133
03:01:29,870 --> 03:01:27,960
an infrared camera mounted on

4134
03:01:32,570 --> 03:01:29,880
the Kahana II

4135
03:01:34,610 --> 03:01:32,580
oh and I get note that the EDR packets

4136
03:01:36,950 --> 03:01:34,620
have been received so we know that we uh

4137
03:01:38,990 --> 03:01:36,960
we're getting GPS data from the from the

4138
03:01:40,370 --> 03:01:39,000
ejectable data recorder as well great

4139
03:01:42,710 --> 03:01:40,380
news

4140
03:01:44,809 --> 03:01:42,720
means you should be able to find exactly

4141
03:01:48,650 --> 03:01:44,819
where that EDR is floating out there in

4142
03:01:50,570 --> 03:01:48,660
the Pacific Ocean and go pick it up yes

4143
03:01:52,490 --> 03:01:50,580
and that will be the job of the Kahana 2

4144
03:01:54,590 --> 03:01:52,500
as well it will first though get the

4145
03:01:57,410 --> 03:01:54,600
return vehicle on board

4146
03:02:00,530 --> 03:01:57,420
and then we'll work on getting the

4147
03:02:03,110 --> 03:02:00,540
electronic data recorded

4148
03:02:05,030 --> 03:02:03,120
yeah we've prioritized recovery of the

4149
03:02:07,570 --> 03:02:05,040
spacecraft first just because there's a

4150
03:02:10,490 --> 03:02:07,580
concern that it will uh eventually sink

4151
03:02:13,849 --> 03:02:10,500
and the the ejectable data recorder is

4152
03:02:20,990 --> 03:02:15,530
we're now trying to pay attention to

4153
03:02:26,870 --> 03:02:24,230
checking our data tracking software

4154
03:02:29,510 --> 03:02:26,880
and it looks like that's been uh that is

4155
03:02:33,889 --> 03:02:29,520
expected that is now we're awaiting a

4156
03:02:41,450 --> 03:02:36,710
so lofted would have deployed its

4157
03:02:46,250 --> 03:02:43,190
but again

4158
03:02:48,830 --> 03:02:46,260
waiting for the data as lofted Engineers

4159
03:02:52,130 --> 03:02:48,840
look on anxiously

4160
03:03:00,070 --> 03:02:52,140
focus on their monitors

4161
03:03:05,510 --> 03:03:03,830
so what do you see Sean I'm just

4162
03:03:09,230 --> 03:03:05,520
checking the

4163
03:03:15,530 --> 03:03:12,610
it looks like we're approaching uh

4164
03:03:19,450 --> 03:03:15,540
data recorder the data recorder should

4165
03:03:25,370 --> 03:03:22,670
and our re-entry vehicle is approaching

4166
03:03:27,769 --> 03:03:25,380
10 000 feet

4167
03:03:31,090 --> 03:03:29,330
second stage of the return of this

4168
03:03:34,070 --> 03:03:31,100
vehicle not necessarily part of the

4169
03:03:35,929 --> 03:03:34,080
technology demonstration but in order to

4170
03:03:39,710 --> 03:03:35,939
get it you needed to throw some shoots

4171
03:03:41,690 --> 03:03:39,720
out slow it down and be able to recover

4172
03:03:45,170 --> 03:03:41,700
it slow it down get it into the water

4173
03:03:47,330 --> 03:03:45,180
and as you were describing be able to

4174
03:03:49,550 --> 03:03:47,340
grab it with the Kahana 2 which has a

4175
03:03:52,670 --> 03:03:49,560
crane on the back of the boat

4176
03:03:54,590 --> 03:03:52,680
that is able to articulate over and

4177
03:03:58,790 --> 03:03:54,600
capture that vehicle there you can see

4178
03:04:00,349 --> 03:03:58,800
we've now had a uh an expected uh We've

4179
03:04:03,170 --> 03:04:00,359
mentioned that the expected parachute

4180
03:04:05,690 --> 03:04:03,180
deployment hoping for a green on that

4181
03:04:06,950 --> 03:04:05,700
dot to the far lower right hand corner

4182
03:04:09,410 --> 03:04:06,960
of your screen

4183
03:04:12,290 --> 03:04:09,420
if we get green there then we've got

4184
03:04:15,349 --> 03:04:12,300
confirmation that that parachute is out

4185
03:04:18,349 --> 03:04:15,359
so as the as the re-entry vehicle hits

4186
03:04:20,510 --> 03:04:18,359
the water there is a salt water

4187
03:04:22,070 --> 03:04:20,520
activated device on the parachute that

4188
03:04:23,450 --> 03:04:22,080
will cut the parachute loose from the

4189
03:04:27,050 --> 03:04:23,460
re-entry vehicle so that it doesn't

4190
03:04:29,630 --> 03:04:27,060
become entangled we also have on the

4191
03:04:32,690 --> 03:04:29,640
re-entry vehicle we have some recovery

4192
03:04:35,870 --> 03:04:32,700
AIDS those include flashing strobe

4193
03:04:37,969 --> 03:04:35,880
lights and mirrors that will reflect

4194
03:04:39,889 --> 03:04:37,979
light so that it's easy to see the

4195
03:04:42,769 --> 03:04:39,899
vehicle from from the boat either as

4196
03:04:44,570 --> 03:04:42,779
it's falling or or when it's in the

4197
03:04:47,450 --> 03:04:44,580
water

4198
03:04:49,429 --> 03:04:47,460
in the instance that the the spacecraft

4199
03:04:54,889 --> 03:04:49,439
hits the water

4200
03:04:57,590 --> 03:04:54,899
up upside down either due to the Sea

4201
03:04:59,690 --> 03:04:57,600
State or the winds just blow it up

4202
03:05:02,570 --> 03:04:59,700
um upside down we have a sonar Pinger

4203
03:05:05,090 --> 03:05:02,580
aboard the spacecraft too and we have a

4204
03:05:07,429 --> 03:05:05,100
sonar receiver aboard the Kahana too so

4205
03:05:09,769 --> 03:05:07,439
we can track it that way as well

4206
03:05:12,650 --> 03:05:09,779
got all the instruments covered in order

4207
03:05:19,490 --> 03:05:12,660
to track down both the return vehicle

4208
03:05:22,610 --> 03:05:20,150
um

4209
03:05:24,010 --> 03:05:22,620
I will note that our recovery ship does

4210
03:05:26,690 --> 03:05:24,020
have

4211
03:05:30,469 --> 03:05:26,700
balloons weather balloons in the air

4212
03:05:33,110 --> 03:05:30,479
with relays for the Laura line line of

4213
03:05:38,929 --> 03:05:33,120
sight long-range radio system

4214
03:05:44,330 --> 03:05:41,630
oh good oh good I heard that uh another

4215
03:05:46,309 --> 03:05:44,340
uh packet of data came in yes so that's

4216
03:05:48,950 --> 03:05:46,319
the Locator Beacon packet that's telling

4217
03:05:51,530 --> 03:05:48,960
us the GPS coordinates on the on the on

4218
03:05:52,790 --> 03:05:51,540
the um on the re-entry vehicle so we

4219
03:05:54,950 --> 03:05:52,800
know the location of the re-entry

4220
03:05:57,230 --> 03:05:54,960
vehicle and so just to summarize we've

4221
03:06:00,410 --> 03:05:57,240
got the location of the re-entry vehicle

4222
03:06:02,750 --> 03:06:00,420
and that of the electronic data recorder

4223
03:06:06,050 --> 03:06:02,760
both are down in the Pacific Ocean

4224
03:06:09,230 --> 03:06:06,060
several hundred miles away

4225
03:06:10,790 --> 03:06:09,240
from the coast of Hawaii

4226
03:06:15,950 --> 03:06:10,800
and you're looking on your screen there

4227
03:06:22,010 --> 03:06:19,670
yes inside that box would be the dots

4228
03:06:24,349 --> 03:06:22,020
and to your left

4229
03:06:26,210 --> 03:06:24,359
looking like that might be Hawaii yes

4230
03:06:27,410 --> 03:06:26,220
yes we're off the just off the coast of

4231
03:06:29,510 --> 03:06:27,420
Hawaii

4232
03:06:32,090 --> 03:06:29,520
so what are we looking at now Sean looks

4233
03:06:34,010 --> 03:06:32,100
like we got a couple data points there

4234
03:06:37,610 --> 03:06:34,020
um so there's going to be a data point

4235
03:06:41,150 --> 03:06:37,620
for the Locator Beacon which identifies

4236
03:06:44,030 --> 03:06:41,160
the position of the of the spacecraft in

4237
03:06:46,730 --> 03:06:44,040
the water and in another dot that will

4238
03:06:49,849 --> 03:06:46,740
represent the location of the kahanatu

4239
03:06:52,610 --> 03:06:49,859
ship and then the lines that you see

4240
03:06:54,830 --> 03:06:52,620
there represent the uh Landing the

4241
03:06:56,809 --> 03:06:54,840
ellipse the predicted Landing location

4242
03:06:59,030 --> 03:06:56,819
of the spacecraft and it looks like it's

4243
03:07:01,670 --> 03:06:59,040
very close to the to the center of that

4244
03:07:03,710 --> 03:07:01,680
project predicted Landing ellipse so

4245
03:07:05,650 --> 03:07:03,720
that's that's great I mean this is this

4246
03:07:08,330 --> 03:07:05,660
I think

4247
03:07:10,070 --> 03:07:08,340
we've we've had a completely successful

4248
03:07:17,150 --> 03:07:10,080
uh

4249
03:07:19,910 --> 03:07:17,160
ejectable data recorder

4250
03:07:21,769 --> 03:07:19,920
engineers at Langley Research Center and

4251
03:07:23,750 --> 03:07:21,779
Hampton Virginia

4252
03:07:25,309 --> 03:07:23,760
looking over their shoulder as they

4253
03:07:28,010 --> 03:07:25,319
study the data coming in on their

4254
03:07:28,020 --> 03:07:30,889
we're currently

4255
03:07:34,790 --> 03:07:33,410
monitoring a live camera on the Kahana

4256
03:07:51,830 --> 03:07:34,800
2.

4257
03:07:55,790 --> 03:07:53,330
so far

4258
03:07:58,429 --> 03:07:55,800
at this point I just got a note from

4259
03:08:01,269 --> 03:07:58,439
somebody aboard the uh the Kahana too

4260
03:08:05,990 --> 03:08:01,279
that they saw it Fly overhead

4261
03:08:09,889 --> 03:08:07,610
that must have been pretty exciting they

4262
03:08:11,090 --> 03:08:09,899
got a notification I just saw a little

4263
03:08:14,150 --> 03:08:11,100
while ago

4264
03:08:16,370 --> 03:08:14,160
saying that they there was

4265
03:08:24,050 --> 03:08:16,380
activity in their area over top of the

4266
03:08:24,060 --> 03:08:28,010
there's some high seas out there

4267
03:08:28,020 --> 03:08:56,650
foreign

4268
03:09:03,110 --> 03:08:59,570
and you're looking now live

4269
03:09:06,110 --> 03:09:03,120
at the camera on the Kahana 2 that is

4270
03:09:08,330 --> 03:09:06,120
scanning the skies for lofted but you

4271
03:09:10,910 --> 03:09:08,340
made a statement just a couple minutes

4272
03:09:12,290 --> 03:09:10,920
ago Sean we do expect

4273
03:09:14,389 --> 03:09:12,300
that both

4274
03:09:16,969 --> 03:09:14,399
the lofted

4275
03:09:19,490 --> 03:09:16,979
uh inflatable decelerator is in the

4276
03:09:22,910 --> 03:09:19,500
ocean along with that electronic data

4277
03:09:25,010 --> 03:09:22,920
recorder where we have received uh data

4278
03:09:27,590 --> 03:09:25,020
back from both the Locator Beacon aboard

4279
03:09:30,349 --> 03:09:27,600
the spacecraft and the ejectable data

4280
03:09:32,330 --> 03:09:30,359
module that was ejected and we've got

4281
03:09:35,750 --> 03:09:32,340
GPS coordinates on both of those that's

4282
03:09:41,269 --> 03:09:38,210
and so our camera is looking for both of

4283
03:09:43,309 --> 03:09:41,279
those in the water now

4284
03:09:47,389 --> 03:09:43,319
you can see the Seas out there in the

4285
03:09:55,490 --> 03:09:49,790
they're bouncing we got a report from

4286
03:09:58,370 --> 03:09:57,469
it was a bit of a rough ride to get out

4287
03:10:02,150 --> 03:09:58,380
there

4288
03:10:04,849 --> 03:10:02,160
searching searching the water for the

4289
03:10:08,750 --> 03:10:04,859
return vehicle as Sean mentioned they

4290
03:10:10,490 --> 03:10:08,760
have data they know where both

4291
03:10:12,590 --> 03:10:10,500
the decelerator

4292
03:10:14,210 --> 03:10:12,600
the inflatable decelerator is and they

4293
03:10:16,730 --> 03:10:14,220
know where that Electro electronic data

4294
03:10:18,349 --> 03:10:16,740
recorder is as well and so as they

4295
03:10:19,490 --> 03:10:18,359
continue to scan the ocean we want to

4296
03:10:21,590 --> 03:10:19,500
take a look

4297
03:10:24,769 --> 03:10:21,600
at a very pivotal moment in this entire

4298
03:10:26,929 --> 03:10:24,779
Mission Sean and that was a uh

4299
03:10:28,790 --> 03:10:26,939
an advancement in the technology that we

4300
03:10:32,750 --> 03:10:28,800
hadn't seen up until this point in time

4301
03:10:35,630 --> 03:10:32,760
and that is the release of lofted

4302
03:10:37,610 --> 03:10:35,640
from space and there it is this is a

4303
03:10:40,370 --> 03:10:37,620
replay

4304
03:10:43,010 --> 03:10:40,380
of the lofted return vehicle the

4305
03:10:45,710 --> 03:10:43,020
inflatable decelerator separating from

4306
03:10:48,650 --> 03:10:45,720
the Centaur upper stage falling back

4307
03:10:49,790 --> 03:10:48,660
down to planet Earth a little bit uh

4308
03:10:54,469 --> 03:10:49,800
looks like Somewhere over the Middle

4309
03:10:59,290 --> 03:10:56,150
yeah that's the that's the inflated

4310
03:11:03,170 --> 03:10:59,300
spacecraft again uh

4311
03:11:05,210 --> 03:11:03,180
the AeroShell looks exactly uh exactly

4312
03:11:08,570 --> 03:11:05,220
like we hoped it would I mean you you

4313
03:11:11,510 --> 03:11:08,580
commented uh to me off the air that it

4314
03:11:14,090 --> 03:11:11,520
looks like it would on the ground

4315
03:11:16,070 --> 03:11:14,100
exactly

4316
03:11:18,349 --> 03:11:16,080
and as we look at it it's important to

4317
03:11:20,690 --> 03:11:18,359
point out as we've just been saying that

4318
03:11:23,150 --> 03:11:20,700
we have both lofted

4319
03:11:25,610 --> 03:11:23,160
and the electronic data recorder which

4320
03:11:28,490 --> 03:11:25,620
was ejected from the inflatable

4321
03:11:30,849 --> 03:11:28,500
decelerator before it splashed down both

4322
03:11:34,190 --> 03:11:30,859
are now down in the water

4323
03:11:36,769 --> 03:11:34,200
transmitting GPS location

4324
03:11:40,130 --> 03:11:36,779
so that the recovery ship ula's Kahana

4325
03:11:42,830 --> 03:11:40,140
II can track both them down both of them

4326
03:11:46,070 --> 03:11:42,840
down and pluck them out of the water and

4327
03:11:47,389 --> 03:11:46,080
inside both the return vehicle and the

4328
03:11:51,710 --> 03:11:47,399
data recorder

4329
03:11:54,469 --> 03:11:51,720
is valuable data to the lofted team

4330
03:11:56,330 --> 03:11:54,479
and I'll just note that I did get a note

4331
03:11:57,610 --> 03:11:56,340
from the recovery ship they have

4332
03:12:00,410 --> 03:11:57,620
received

4333
03:12:02,389 --> 03:12:00,420
the GPS data from the ejectable data

4334
03:12:04,490 --> 03:12:02,399
recorder the Locator Beacon and the

4335
03:12:06,590 --> 03:12:04,500
real-time Beacon and they're currently

4336
03:12:09,110 --> 03:12:06,600
plotting a course to the Locator Beacon

4337
03:12:10,969 --> 03:12:09,120
which is aboard the spacecraft to avoid

4338
03:12:13,130 --> 03:12:10,979
the ejectable data recorders so that

4339
03:12:15,110 --> 03:12:13,140
they don't accidentally run over it and

4340
03:12:17,870 --> 03:12:15,120
there was a priority given right on

4341
03:12:20,450 --> 03:12:17,880
which one to pick up yes yes absolutely

4342
03:12:23,330 --> 03:12:20,460
again the priority is to get the

4343
03:12:25,790 --> 03:12:23,340
spacecraft first because there is a risk

4344
03:12:29,590 --> 03:12:25,800
that it could sink and we would like to

4345
03:12:33,170 --> 03:12:29,600
recover it if at all possible and then

4346
03:12:35,510 --> 03:12:33,180
once the the spacecraft is is recovered

4347
03:12:38,210 --> 03:12:35,520
then proceed to the ejectable data

4348
03:12:39,950 --> 03:12:38,220
recorder which is designed to float and

4349
03:12:42,590 --> 03:12:39,960
can continue transmitting its position

4350
03:12:44,809 --> 03:12:42,600
for 30 days

4351
03:12:47,269 --> 03:12:44,819
as we look at the data screen that the

4352
03:12:49,969 --> 03:12:47,279
engineers are looking at you can see the

4353
03:12:53,030 --> 03:12:49,979
plots on the left

4354
03:13:08,150 --> 03:12:53,040
and what those colors represent on the

4355
03:13:12,710 --> 03:13:10,670
real quickly

4356
03:13:15,469 --> 03:13:12,720
Sean they are they have adjusted it to a

4357
03:13:17,210 --> 03:13:15,479
100 mile range okay what are those

4358
03:13:20,630 --> 03:13:17,220
tracking uh lines that we're seeing on

4359
03:13:24,370 --> 03:13:20,640
the left yeah so the so the the straight

4360
03:13:27,050 --> 03:13:24,380
lines again are the landing ellipse

4361
03:13:29,510 --> 03:13:27,060
the outline of the land Landing ellipse

4362
03:13:32,389 --> 03:13:29,520
where we predicted the spacecraft would

4363
03:13:36,110 --> 03:13:32,399
land uh the dots represent the different

4364
03:13:38,690 --> 03:13:36,120
uh beacons so the pink dot is the

4365
03:13:40,730 --> 03:13:38,700
ejectable data recorder there's a gray

4366
03:13:44,450 --> 03:13:40,740
dot that represents our ship we

4367
03:13:45,710 --> 03:13:44,460
purposely kept it out of the way of the

4368
03:13:47,269 --> 03:13:45,720
landing spacecraft because we didn't

4369
03:13:49,790 --> 03:13:47,279
want the spacecraft to accidentally land

4370
03:13:51,469 --> 03:13:49,800
on the on the ship and then there's a

4371
03:13:53,750 --> 03:13:51,479
Green Dot that represents the locate

4372
03:13:55,490 --> 03:13:53,760
Locator Beacon which is the spacecraft

4373
03:13:57,410 --> 03:13:55,500
yeah and they're tightly populated

4374
03:13:59,330 --> 03:13:57,420
inside of that expected landing area

4375
03:14:01,969 --> 03:13:59,340
which is great news take a look at this

4376
03:14:07,969 --> 03:14:05,870
this is live video from the Kahana 2.

4377
03:14:09,830 --> 03:14:07,979
as our camera seeks to focus you can

4378
03:14:12,710 --> 03:14:09,840
make out what appears to be

4379
03:14:14,330 --> 03:14:12,720
a parachute

4380
03:14:16,730 --> 03:14:14,340
and a return vehicle

4381
03:14:19,190 --> 03:14:16,740
and we lost the focus on it we'll

4382
03:14:20,450 --> 03:14:19,200
stay with this shot and see and kind of

4383
03:14:22,790 --> 03:14:20,460
see it

4384
03:14:27,410 --> 03:14:22,800
if it clears up

4385
03:14:31,190 --> 03:14:29,750
and I guess from what we expected I'm a

4386
03:14:33,769 --> 03:14:31,200
little surprised to still see it up in

4387
03:14:35,510 --> 03:14:33,779
the air Sean well I I don't think this

4388
03:14:39,650 --> 03:14:35,520
is live video I think this is replay

4389
03:14:41,269 --> 03:14:39,660
yeah I think this is a recorded video

4390
03:14:43,630 --> 03:14:41,279
oh yeah it could be a delay in the

4391
03:14:46,610 --> 03:14:43,640
signal but they definitely see the the

4392
03:14:49,550 --> 03:14:46,620
airshell uh and it's bright because it's

4393
03:14:50,690 --> 03:14:49,560
warm and then the parachute uh up above

4394
03:14:53,809 --> 03:14:50,700
it

4395
03:14:55,490 --> 03:14:53,819
the red hot bottom of the accelerator

4396
03:14:58,070 --> 03:14:55,500
the decelerator rather the inflatable

4397
03:15:00,290 --> 03:14:58,080
decelerator

4398
03:15:02,809 --> 03:15:00,300
and above it the

4399
03:15:07,010 --> 03:15:02,819
parachute fully deployed

4400
03:15:09,650 --> 03:15:07,020
and I have um the the recovery vessel

4401
03:15:11,809 --> 03:15:09,660
has the vehicle under Chute on video

4402
03:15:14,570 --> 03:15:11,819
Dead Ahead so apparently this this could

4403
03:15:19,670 --> 03:15:14,580
be live so this is live video that still

4404
03:15:31,090 --> 03:15:21,230
well this is a big moment we're going to

4405
03:15:35,630 --> 03:15:33,170
if you're just joining us you're

4406
03:15:37,130 --> 03:15:35,640
watching live video from the middle of

4407
03:15:39,889 --> 03:15:37,140
the Pacific Ocean just a couple of

4408
03:15:41,330 --> 03:15:39,899
hundred miles away from Hawaii we have a

4409
03:15:43,910 --> 03:15:41,340
GPS camera

4410
03:15:45,349 --> 03:15:43,920
tracking the return of the lofted return

4411
03:15:48,349 --> 03:15:45,359
vehicle

4412
03:15:51,590 --> 03:15:48,359
from outer space this is a technology

4413
03:15:52,429 --> 03:15:51,600
demonstration to show that we can bring

4414
03:15:54,769 --> 03:15:52,439
back

4415
03:15:56,870 --> 03:15:54,779
a lot of stuff to Earth and we can also

4416
03:15:59,590 --> 03:15:56,880
go out and explore planets

4417
03:16:03,410 --> 03:15:59,600
with a technology called an inflatable

4418
03:16:05,090 --> 03:16:03,420
decelerator an AeroShell that is uh able

4419
03:16:07,190 --> 03:16:05,100
to decelerate

4420
03:16:09,349 --> 03:16:07,200
big things coming back into the

4421
03:16:10,849 --> 03:16:09,359
atmosphere

4422
03:16:11,870 --> 03:16:10,859
yeah

4423
03:16:15,530 --> 03:16:11,880
um

4424
03:16:19,070 --> 03:16:15,540
I think we've demonstrated uh that the

4425
03:16:22,849 --> 03:16:19,080
hiad will work at a from an orbital

4426
03:16:25,090 --> 03:16:22,859
velocity very high energies and that

4427
03:16:28,990 --> 03:16:25,100
gives us the capability of return

4428
03:16:32,990 --> 03:16:29,000
very large masses or um

4429
03:16:42,670 --> 03:16:33,000
uh land land on planets with very thin

4430
03:16:48,650 --> 03:16:45,889
this infrared camera

4431
03:16:50,510 --> 03:16:48,660
glowing at the bottom where lofted took

4432
03:16:53,090 --> 03:16:50,520
on so much heat as it came back in

4433
03:16:55,070 --> 03:16:53,100
through the atmosphere and since it's

4434
03:16:56,990 --> 03:16:55,080
elliptical in nature Sean here's why

4435
03:17:01,190 --> 03:16:57,000
we're about to splash down there it goes

4436
03:17:06,290 --> 03:17:03,469
and you can see the parachute now

4437
03:17:10,550 --> 03:17:06,300
collapsing no longer suspending lofted

4438
03:17:10,560 --> 03:17:15,230
clearly this is also Beyond the Horizon

4439
03:17:19,849 --> 03:17:17,809
at least it appears to be because lofted

4440
03:17:21,349 --> 03:17:19,859
has now disappeared

4441
03:17:28,370 --> 03:17:21,359
it looks like the parachute will do so

4442
03:17:34,550 --> 03:17:31,429
and you know if we have this shot Sean

4443
03:17:36,170 --> 03:17:34,560
the Kahana II is not too far away from

4444
03:17:38,510 --> 03:17:36,180
getting the return vehicle it is not

4445
03:17:41,450 --> 03:17:38,520
they they commented that they are

4446
03:17:45,410 --> 03:17:41,460
they're watching it descend so

4447
03:17:47,090 --> 03:17:45,420
um you know that gives us a great uh

4448
03:17:50,450 --> 03:17:47,100
optimism that we'll be able to get to

4449
03:17:52,670 --> 03:17:50,460
the the vehicle uh before before it

4450
03:17:54,590 --> 03:17:52,680
sinks and there you can see that uh

4451
03:17:55,610 --> 03:17:54,600
optimism reflected in the room there at

4452
03:17:58,070 --> 03:17:55,620
the Langley Research Center

4453
03:17:59,330 --> 03:17:58,080
congratulations to the Lofton Engineers

4454
03:18:01,670 --> 03:17:59,340
who are

4455
03:18:04,190 --> 03:18:01,680
giving the congratulatory handshakes and

4456
03:18:08,630 --> 03:18:04,200
high fives all around the room

4457
03:18:13,670 --> 03:18:08,640
many years of work research testing

4458
03:18:19,550 --> 03:18:17,210
it's a small team the lofta team is

4459
03:18:23,210 --> 03:18:19,560
a lot of hard-working engineers

4460
03:18:26,150 --> 03:18:23,220
it is a very small team and it was a a

4461
03:18:30,050 --> 03:18:26,160
very uh trying time because we built a

4462
03:18:33,050 --> 03:18:30,060
spacecraft during the pandemic and so it

4463
03:18:35,389 --> 03:18:33,060
made it really difficult to uh you know

4464
03:18:36,830 --> 03:18:35,399
we obviously we we dealt with the same

4465
03:18:38,570 --> 03:18:36,840
obstacles that everybody had to deal

4466
03:18:41,809 --> 03:18:38,580
with during the pandemic not being able

4467
03:18:44,389 --> 03:18:41,819
to go to work and resource issues

4468
03:18:46,429 --> 03:18:44,399
getting supplies and and and such and

4469
03:18:48,050 --> 03:18:46,439
still maintaining the schedule so that

4470
03:18:51,410 --> 03:18:48,060
we could have a spacecraft ready to fly

4471
03:18:54,250 --> 03:18:51,420
when when jpss2 was ready to fly and and

4472
03:18:57,830 --> 03:18:54,260
this this is absolutely the

4473
03:19:00,110 --> 03:18:57,840
we couldn't hope for for

4474
03:19:01,969 --> 03:19:00,120
a better outcome

4475
03:19:04,250 --> 03:19:01,979
and there are the champagne bottles

4476
03:19:05,870 --> 03:19:04,260
getting opened up well we don't know if

4477
03:19:07,490 --> 03:19:05,880
they're champagne but there's some kind

4478
03:19:15,349 --> 03:19:07,500
of bubbly at Langley they're probably

4479
03:19:21,290 --> 03:19:18,469
now Sean we've got a member of the crew

4480
03:19:23,690 --> 03:19:21,300
that is on the Kahana too

4481
03:19:25,070 --> 03:19:23,700
we've got a live connection established

4482
03:19:27,650 --> 03:19:25,080
with him in addition to that video that

4483
03:19:30,110 --> 03:19:27,660
we just saw lofty come down into the

4484
03:19:32,630 --> 03:19:30,120
Pacific Ocean under a parachute

4485
03:19:34,969 --> 03:19:32,640
and so now let's go out to Megan who is

4486
03:19:37,070 --> 03:19:34,979
uh in communication with that member uh

4487
03:19:39,590 --> 03:19:37,080
on board the Kana too Megan

4488
03:19:41,690 --> 03:19:39,600
wow this is just amazing I'm so glad we

4489
03:19:44,150 --> 03:19:41,700
got that live footage that was amazing

4490
03:19:46,730 --> 03:19:44,160
to see as we said the heat shield coming

4491
03:19:49,070 --> 03:19:46,740
down parachutes bringing it down softly

4492
03:19:51,530 --> 03:19:49,080
into the Pacific Ocean and waiting

4493
03:19:53,510 --> 03:19:51,540
nearby is the Kahana too that's the

4494
03:19:55,790 --> 03:19:53,520
recovery vessel that's going to get not

4495
03:19:57,830 --> 03:19:55,800
only the heat shield but also the data

4496
03:20:00,410 --> 03:19:57,840
recorder that was ejected so let's go

4497
03:20:02,929 --> 03:20:00,420
there where we have Greg Swanson he's

4498
03:20:05,929 --> 03:20:02,939
the lofted instrumentation lead and he's

4499
03:20:07,610 --> 03:20:05,939
on the boat right now Greg set the stage

4500
03:20:09,170 --> 03:20:07,620
for us where are you what's happening

4501
03:20:12,590 --> 03:20:09,180
did you see with your own eyes

4502
03:20:17,030 --> 03:20:15,710
oh man yeah no it was super exciting uh

4503
03:20:19,190 --> 03:20:17,040
everybody's

4504
03:20:20,750 --> 03:20:19,200
lots of high fives even some low fives I

4505
03:20:23,929 --> 03:20:20,760
think we saw Steve he's dance a jig

4506
03:20:25,490 --> 03:20:23,939
everybody is really excited right now um

4507
03:20:26,809 --> 03:20:25,500
I didn't get to watch the splashdam

4508
03:20:29,090 --> 03:20:26,819
because I was waiting on the phone but

4509
03:20:30,950 --> 03:20:29,100
uh yeah a lot of excitement once we saw

4510
03:20:32,570 --> 03:20:30,960
that video of it deployed and uh

4511
03:20:34,849 --> 03:20:32,580
released successfully and then of course

4512
03:20:36,530 --> 03:20:34,859
getting the data packets after the entry

4513
03:20:38,090 --> 03:20:36,540
pulse because we knew that meant it

4514
03:20:40,190 --> 03:20:38,100
survived and of course and then the

4515
03:20:42,110 --> 03:20:40,200
video of it actually coming in and

4516
03:20:44,570 --> 03:20:42,120
splashing down and so yeah we're about

4517
03:20:46,730 --> 03:20:44,580
500 Miles off the coast of Hawaii and uh

4518
03:20:48,110 --> 03:20:46,740
we're headed towards towards the RV it

4519
03:20:50,570 --> 03:20:48,120
should take about 45 minutes to get

4520
03:20:52,370 --> 03:20:50,580
there right now oh my gosh so here's

4521
03:20:54,290 --> 03:20:52,380
video of the boat we can tell this is

4522
03:20:56,269 --> 03:20:54,300
camera a camera that's that's showing

4523
03:20:58,910 --> 03:20:56,279
the back part of the boat you are on the

4524
03:21:00,530 --> 03:20:58,920
boat I'm going to apologize so sorry

4525
03:21:02,210 --> 03:21:00,540
that you didn't get to see the splashed

4526
03:21:04,370 --> 03:21:02,220
out because you were on the phone with

4527
03:21:06,050 --> 03:21:04,380
us uh but we really do appreciate you

4528
03:21:08,510 --> 03:21:06,060
taking the time to talk to us and kind

4529
03:21:10,010 --> 03:21:08,520
of uh telling us what's next so so I

4530
03:21:12,349 --> 03:21:10,020
know that there's the heat shield and

4531
03:21:14,269 --> 03:21:12,359
there's also the data recorder what what

4532
03:21:16,490 --> 03:21:14,279
happens next in terms of the recovery

4533
03:21:18,710 --> 03:21:16,500
mission

4534
03:21:20,690 --> 03:21:18,720
yeah so uh Sean touched on this briefly

4535
03:21:23,090 --> 03:21:20,700
already but uh you know we're gonna go

4536
03:21:24,469 --> 03:21:23,100
after the RV first the re-entry vehicle

4537
03:21:26,510 --> 03:21:24,479
because that's not really designed to

4538
03:21:28,070 --> 03:21:26,520
vote um so we have a minimal time to go

4539
03:21:30,050 --> 03:21:28,080
get that and recover it

4540
03:21:32,510 --> 03:21:30,060
and once we have that recovered we'll uh

4541
03:21:34,550 --> 03:21:32,520
go after the ejectable data recorder um

4542
03:21:36,050 --> 03:21:34,560
so that is designed to flow and uh ping

4543
03:21:37,849 --> 03:21:36,060
for up to 30 days so we have some time

4544
03:21:39,530 --> 03:21:37,859
to grab that one but our main focus

4545
03:21:41,389 --> 03:21:39,540
right now is trying to get to the RV and

4546
03:21:44,090 --> 03:21:41,399
get it on the boat I know you have the

4547
03:21:46,010 --> 03:21:44,100
GPS coordinates for both where where are

4548
03:21:47,750 --> 03:21:46,020
you in relation to those coordinates and

4549
03:21:51,950 --> 03:21:47,760
and how quickly do you think you'd be

4550
03:21:57,290 --> 03:21:54,590
yeah um I think we're about I think I

4551
03:21:58,730 --> 03:21:57,300
heard about five miles

4552
03:22:00,050 --> 03:21:58,740
um five miles away so it's gonna be

4553
03:22:01,910 --> 03:22:00,060
about four to five minutes to get to

4554
03:22:03,110 --> 03:22:01,920
there um it looks like I think we were

4555
03:22:04,849 --> 03:22:03,120
actually able to see in the video that

4556
03:22:06,230 --> 03:22:04,859
it's landed nose down which is great we

4557
03:22:07,849 --> 03:22:06,240
don't have to worry about it being

4558
03:22:09,410 --> 03:22:07,859
turtled and having to deal with that to

4559
03:22:11,330 --> 03:22:09,420
get out of the water so

4560
03:22:12,590 --> 03:22:11,340
unless these are actually uh cooperating

4561
03:22:14,809 --> 03:22:12,600
pretty well we should be able to put in

4562
03:22:17,630 --> 03:22:14,819
the seven meter boat uh a couple of us

4563
03:22:19,790 --> 03:22:17,640
will go up on that and get the uh rvl

4564
03:22:22,010 --> 03:22:19,800
prepped and ready to be lifted onto the

4565
03:22:23,870 --> 03:22:22,020
boat and I know you can't see it but but

4566
03:22:25,550 --> 03:22:23,880
right now viewers are watching the live

4567
03:22:27,950 --> 03:22:25,560
video again that we were able to record

4568
03:22:30,769 --> 03:22:27,960
this is a replay of that live video that

4569
03:22:32,570 --> 03:22:30,779
we were able to put up and we can see uh

4570
03:22:35,389 --> 03:22:32,580
the heat shield being brought down again

4571
03:22:36,830 --> 03:22:35,399
softly uh by parachutes that were

4572
03:22:38,929 --> 03:22:36,840
deployed

4573
03:22:40,670 --> 03:22:38,939
um I know we talked about this a lot you

4574
03:22:43,190 --> 03:22:40,680
know obviously we wanted to see a

4575
03:22:46,429 --> 03:22:43,200
successful inflation separation and

4576
03:22:48,950 --> 03:22:46,439
return but really the success is that

4577
03:22:51,590 --> 03:22:48,960
initial data that you guys were able to

4578
03:22:54,170 --> 03:22:51,600
uh take away from this test talk to us

4579
03:22:57,349 --> 03:22:54,180
again about the significance of this

4580
03:23:03,530 --> 03:22:59,809
yeah I mean this is

4581
03:23:05,990 --> 03:23:03,540
spoken about a lot so very first orbital

4582
03:23:07,969 --> 03:23:06,000
of the technology or other tests have

4583
03:23:09,469 --> 03:23:07,979
been several so this is and it's also a

4584
03:23:11,330 --> 03:23:09,479
much bigger scale this is a six meter

4585
03:23:12,769 --> 03:23:11,340
air shell compared to the three meters

4586
03:23:15,170 --> 03:23:12,779
that we've tested some orbitally in the

4587
03:23:17,510 --> 03:23:15,180
past so kind of a couple big steps there

4588
03:23:21,170 --> 03:23:17,520
and uh in testing and so

4589
03:23:22,670 --> 03:23:21,180
um yeah this is a great uh great

4590
03:23:23,990 --> 03:23:22,680
opportunity to get flight data to see

4591
03:23:25,250 --> 03:23:24,000
how it actually performed we know it

4592
03:23:27,710 --> 03:23:25,260
performed well enough to make it down

4593
03:23:29,510 --> 03:23:27,720
which is great um but the actual data

4594
03:23:31,370 --> 03:23:29,520
that's on board will tell us how well it

4595
03:23:33,769 --> 03:23:31,380
performed during entry and we'll be able

4596
03:23:35,870 --> 03:23:33,779
to you know not only refine our analysis

4597
03:23:37,969 --> 03:23:35,880
tools but also probably improve some of

4598
03:23:39,590 --> 03:23:37,979
our fabrication techniques of these

4599
03:23:40,849 --> 03:23:39,600
inflatable heat shields and last

4600
03:23:42,769 --> 03:23:40,859
question Greg I mean how do you feel

4601
03:23:45,229 --> 03:23:42,779
again I I heard you say that people were

4602
03:23:47,030 --> 03:23:45,239
giving high fives and dancing jigs how

4603
03:23:49,969 --> 03:23:47,040
do you feel personally being on this

4604
03:23:52,370 --> 03:23:49,979
boat uh you know about to play such a

4605
03:23:55,030 --> 03:23:52,380
pivotal role uh in testing this new

4606
03:23:59,349 --> 03:23:57,349
oh man I mean first of all I feel

4607
03:24:01,790 --> 03:23:59,359
relieved

4608
03:24:03,170 --> 03:24:01,800
you know there's a lot of nerves I've

4609
03:24:04,309 --> 03:24:03,180
been working on this for over a decade

4610
03:24:05,990 --> 03:24:04,319
there's a lot of people on the board

4611
03:24:06,950 --> 03:24:06,000
right now that worked on it longer than

4612
03:24:09,110 --> 03:24:06,960
that

4613
03:24:10,250 --> 03:24:09,120
um yeah everybody's just relieved and

4614
03:24:12,410 --> 03:24:10,260
excited

4615
03:24:14,389 --> 03:24:12,420
um and I'm feel lucky to have this

4616
03:24:15,950 --> 03:24:14,399
opportunity to be out here to to go get

4617
03:24:17,929 --> 03:24:15,960
it Greg thank you so much

4618
03:24:20,269 --> 03:24:17,939
congratulations to you and your team and

4619
03:24:21,590 --> 03:24:20,279
good luck with the recovery mission that

4620
03:24:23,809 --> 03:24:21,600
I know you guys are going to do great

4621
03:24:26,090 --> 03:24:23,819
with let's head on over to Langley now

4622
03:24:27,710 --> 03:24:26,100
where the lofted team I'm sure must be

4623
03:24:30,050 --> 03:24:27,720
celebrating right now the moment years

4624
03:24:33,110 --> 03:24:30,060
in the making again as Greg talked about

4625
03:24:35,090 --> 03:24:33,120
uh hard work and dedication of a lot of

4626
03:24:36,590 --> 03:24:35,100
people so Angelique take it away tell us

4627
03:24:41,870 --> 03:24:36,600
everybody's reactions through that

4628
03:24:47,690 --> 03:24:44,870
I mean Megan you're absolutely right the

4629
03:24:50,450 --> 03:24:47,700
entire flight Mission support center was

4630
03:24:52,130 --> 03:24:50,460
just I I've never seen bigger Smiles I

4631
03:24:54,170 --> 03:24:52,140
think is probably the best way to kind

4632
03:24:56,690 --> 03:24:54,180
of sum up the emotion that was going on

4633
03:24:58,610 --> 03:24:56,700
both as data started to come in and once

4634
03:25:00,950 --> 03:24:58,620
we the re-entry vehicle made it to

4635
03:25:04,250 --> 03:25:00,960
Splashdown it was incredible there were

4636
03:25:07,190 --> 03:25:04,260
handshakes Smiles out to here and I you

4637
03:25:09,590 --> 03:25:07,200
can just see the pride that the the team

4638
03:25:11,510 --> 03:25:09,600
is feeling right now so while we have

4639
03:25:13,910 --> 03:25:11,520
them in here right next to me I actually

4640
03:25:16,070 --> 03:25:13,920
have the associate administrator of the

4641
03:25:18,229 --> 03:25:16,080
space technology Mission directorate Jim

4642
03:25:19,550 --> 03:25:18,239
reuter Jim it's so great to have you

4643
03:25:21,349 --> 03:25:19,560
here and to share this moment this is

4644
03:25:23,809 --> 03:25:21,359
incredible it's great to be here

4645
03:25:25,849 --> 03:25:23,819
Angelique oh it's so exciting I Can't

4646
03:25:27,469 --> 03:25:25,859
Describe enough how it's great to see

4647
03:25:29,690 --> 03:25:27,479
this and Jim I know that this is a

4648
03:25:31,190 --> 03:25:29,700
really big deal for your organization in

4649
03:25:33,710 --> 03:25:31,200
particular can you tell me how you're

4650
03:25:36,530 --> 03:25:33,720
feeling in that context yeah it sure

4651
03:25:37,969 --> 03:25:36,540
sure is um our responsibility is to do

4652
03:25:39,469 --> 03:25:37,979
the cross-cutting transformative

4653
03:25:42,290 --> 03:25:39,479
Technologies to take us to new

4654
03:25:44,150 --> 03:25:42,300
adventures and stuff and there's and one

4655
03:25:45,889 --> 03:25:44,160
of which is of course bringing humans to

4656
03:25:47,690 --> 03:25:45,899
Mars this is one of the most critical

4657
03:25:49,969 --> 03:25:47,700
technologies that we're establishing

4658
03:25:51,530 --> 03:25:49,979
right now and we've with this Mission by

4659
03:25:54,050 --> 03:25:51,540
all accounts we've established that

4660
03:25:56,690 --> 03:25:54,060
first successful orbital launch and

4661
03:25:58,610 --> 03:25:56,700
recovery and so it's just it's just a

4662
03:26:00,170 --> 03:25:58,620
critical part of what we're doing and

4663
03:26:01,969 --> 03:26:00,180
earlier we talked a bit about the

4664
03:26:04,550 --> 03:26:01,979
different potential uses for this

4665
03:26:06,050 --> 03:26:04,560
technology how soon would we be able to

4666
03:26:08,630 --> 03:26:06,060
start you know putting this into use

4667
03:26:10,969 --> 03:26:08,640
yeah it'll sort of depend naturally on

4668
03:26:12,710 --> 03:26:10,979
where the Investments and and stuff the

4669
03:26:15,349 --> 03:26:12,720
first practical use is probably on

4670
03:26:17,809 --> 03:26:15,359
returning large cargo and Rocket engines

4671
03:26:19,670 --> 03:26:17,819
from space that's one that probably in

4672
03:26:21,769 --> 03:26:19,680
the next few years or so that we'll be

4673
03:26:23,330 --> 03:26:21,779
seeing and then along the way we'll be

4674
03:26:25,969 --> 03:26:23,340
doing more demonstrations that get us to

4675
03:26:28,190 --> 03:26:25,979
Mars and of the many different

4676
03:26:29,570 --> 03:26:28,200
applications of this technology which

4677
03:26:32,690 --> 03:26:29,580
one would you say you're the most

4678
03:26:34,790 --> 03:26:32,700
excited about well you know I will start

4679
03:26:36,170 --> 03:26:34,800
by saying I really get excited about

4680
03:26:38,210 --> 03:26:36,180
things where we have a partnership

4681
03:26:40,190 --> 03:26:38,220
between and and have multiple uses for

4682
03:26:41,929 --> 03:26:40,200
the same technology and and really

4683
03:26:44,090 --> 03:26:41,939
especially when it's a commercial and

4684
03:26:47,389 --> 03:26:44,100
the NASA use but

4685
03:26:49,670 --> 03:26:47,399
I I can't I can't lie there's no better

4686
03:26:53,630 --> 03:26:49,680
coolness Factor than than Landing humans

4687
03:26:55,309 --> 03:26:53,640
on Mars or taking or enabling Landing in

4688
03:26:56,809 --> 03:26:55,319
the highlands and stuff of Mars and so

4689
03:26:59,450 --> 03:26:56,819
it just doesn't get better than that

4690
03:27:01,370 --> 03:26:59,460
absolutely from here to Mars

4691
03:27:02,990 --> 03:27:01,380
well it's been so great having you here

4692
03:27:05,210 --> 03:27:03,000
thank you so much for taking some time

4693
03:27:06,229 --> 03:27:05,220
to share in this moment with us all and

4694
03:27:08,389 --> 03:27:06,239
with that we're going to send it back

4695
03:27:09,410 --> 03:27:08,399
over to you Megan thanks Angelique and

4696
03:27:11,210 --> 03:27:09,420
I'm actually going to send it back out

4697
03:27:13,610 --> 03:27:11,220
to Daryl and Sean I hear that they have

4698
03:27:16,309 --> 03:27:13,620
more to report uh about this uh this

4699
03:27:19,250 --> 03:27:16,319
test it sounds like the recovery vehicle

4700
03:27:21,710 --> 03:27:19,260
or sorry the heat shield is only a few

4701
03:27:23,630 --> 03:27:21,720
miles away from the recovery vessel yes

4702
03:27:25,370 --> 03:27:23,640
that's right Megan it really worked out

4703
03:27:27,410 --> 03:27:25,380
Sean and I were just talking about that

4704
03:27:29,750 --> 03:27:27,420
earlier you know when it came down into

4705
03:27:32,750 --> 03:27:29,760
the water the data suggested that they

4706
03:27:35,990 --> 03:27:32,760
were only five miles away between the

4707
03:27:39,290 --> 03:27:36,000
Kahana II and the landing location of

4708
03:27:42,410 --> 03:27:39,300
the lofted return vehicle that was a lot

4709
03:27:44,750 --> 03:27:42,420
closer than we expected it to be yes uh

4710
03:27:47,630 --> 03:27:44,760
we didn't we we expected to be a little

4711
03:27:50,030 --> 03:27:47,640
bit of a ride for the boat to get to the

4712
03:27:52,610 --> 03:27:50,040
to the vehicle to recover it um and some

4713
03:27:55,070 --> 03:27:52,620
of that was just uh deliberate so that

4714
03:27:57,469 --> 03:27:55,080
we wouldn't risk uh the vehicle coming

4715
03:28:00,050 --> 03:27:57,479
down on the boat so this seems to work

4716
03:28:02,389 --> 03:28:00,060
out very well in our favor

4717
03:28:05,809 --> 03:28:02,399
um the the spacecraft landed so closely

4718
03:28:09,889 --> 03:28:05,819
to the boat and now the Ula Kahana II is

4719
03:28:12,050 --> 03:28:09,899
steaming towards the uh return vehicle

4720
03:28:14,389 --> 03:28:12,060
the inflatable decelerator which is down

4721
03:28:17,929 --> 03:28:14,399
in the water we tracked it with an

4722
03:28:21,110 --> 03:28:17,939
infrared camera aboard the Kahana II as

4723
03:28:24,590 --> 03:28:21,120
it came down just over the horizon

4724
03:28:28,969 --> 03:28:27,050
to a soft Landing

4725
03:28:31,490 --> 03:28:28,979
and that's critical for the lofta team

4726
03:28:34,130 --> 03:28:31,500
which wants to gather the data

4727
03:28:36,710 --> 03:28:34,140
that is inside that returned vehicle and

4728
03:28:39,050 --> 03:28:36,720
I heard Greg say who's aboard the ship

4729
03:28:41,389 --> 03:28:39,060
that it landed nose down and that's a

4730
03:28:44,210 --> 03:28:41,399
good thing yes definitely a good thing

4731
03:28:47,330 --> 03:28:44,220
uh you know we when we'd plan for the

4732
03:28:49,790 --> 03:28:47,340
recovery we looked at multiple scenarios

4733
03:28:52,790 --> 03:28:49,800
um nose down is is obviously optimal

4734
03:28:54,889 --> 03:28:52,800
because the parachute harnesses are uh

4735
03:28:56,510 --> 03:28:54,899
are on the the back side of the

4736
03:28:59,090 --> 03:28:56,520
spacecraft and that's how we plan on

4737
03:29:00,070 --> 03:28:59,100
lifting it aboard the aboard the Kahana

4738
03:29:04,070 --> 03:29:00,080
too

4739
03:29:08,090 --> 03:29:04,080
also we looked at scenarios where it uh

4740
03:29:10,610 --> 03:29:08,100
it lands upside down so so nose up

4741
03:29:13,070 --> 03:29:10,620
um and we that would require additional

4742
03:29:14,929 --> 03:29:13,080
lifts to get it flipped over so that we

4743
03:29:18,170 --> 03:29:14,939
could get it onto the boat and put it in

4744
03:29:21,290 --> 03:29:18,180
the stand nose down again other concerns

4745
03:29:24,530 --> 03:29:21,300
that we have uh are water getting into

4746
03:29:26,870 --> 03:29:24,540
the uh the the inflatable uh because

4747
03:29:27,670 --> 03:29:26,880
it's it's in the water it's basically a

4748
03:29:30,410 --> 03:29:27,680
bowl

4749
03:29:33,710 --> 03:29:30,420
we did some analysis that said as long

4750
03:29:37,490 --> 03:29:33,720
as uh the the AeroShell has 15 percent

4751
03:29:38,870 --> 03:29:37,500
of its uh volume filled with nitrogen it

4752
03:29:41,570 --> 03:29:38,880
will float

4753
03:29:43,429 --> 03:29:41,580
um so we're very confident based on that

4754
03:29:45,889 --> 03:29:43,439
Landing that we saw in the video that

4755
03:29:48,769 --> 03:29:45,899
that uh you know it should be in good

4756
03:29:51,410 --> 03:29:48,779
shape uh you saw the video of the of the

4757
03:29:53,510 --> 03:29:51,420
Kahana too we have some uh some buoys

4758
03:29:55,849 --> 03:29:53,520
aboard inflatable buoys to attached to

4759
03:29:57,590 --> 03:29:55,859
the spacecraft if it looks like it's in

4760
03:29:59,630 --> 03:29:57,600
danger of sinking so we can we can

4761
03:30:02,750 --> 03:29:59,640
attach those and that will give us time

4762
03:30:04,190 --> 03:30:02,760
to uh to recover the uh the the

4763
03:30:07,010 --> 03:30:04,200
spacecraft

4764
03:30:08,570 --> 03:30:07,020
and as you're looking uh live

4765
03:30:10,010 --> 03:30:08,580
I want to let you know that the folks

4766
03:30:12,110 --> 03:30:10,020
inside the room that those are the

4767
03:30:14,870 --> 03:30:12,120
lofted engineers

4768
03:30:18,830 --> 03:30:14,880
who have just celebrated

4769
03:30:20,870 --> 03:30:18,840
a successful technology demonstration

4770
03:30:23,269 --> 03:30:20,880
of their low earth orbital flight test

4771
03:30:24,889 --> 03:30:23,279
of an inflatable decelerator

4772
03:30:27,790 --> 03:30:24,899
or lofted

4773
03:30:29,809 --> 03:30:27,800
and they just got some words from

4774
03:30:31,490 --> 03:30:29,819
associate administrator for space

4775
03:30:33,650 --> 03:30:31,500
technology Mission directorate Jim

4776
03:30:37,550 --> 03:30:33,660
reuter and now

4777
03:30:39,110 --> 03:30:37,560
some cheers cups in hand

4778
03:30:40,429 --> 03:30:39,120
bottles of

4779
03:30:43,030 --> 03:30:40,439
well

4780
03:30:47,030 --> 03:30:43,040
sparkling something

4781
03:30:53,990 --> 03:30:47,040
and uh now they're celebrating their

4782
03:31:00,050 --> 03:30:57,290
for a mission that had

4783
03:31:02,030 --> 03:31:00,060
such a great deal of uncertainty brand

4784
03:31:04,849 --> 03:31:02,040
new technology being tested coming back

4785
03:31:07,250 --> 03:31:04,859
from space for the very first time

4786
03:31:09,229 --> 03:31:07,260
I can only imagine how rewarding it is

4787
03:31:11,510 --> 03:31:09,239
for you and for those

4788
03:31:14,330 --> 03:31:11,520
folks that we see in the room yeah so

4789
03:31:17,210 --> 03:31:14,340
this is and worse we're a space

4790
03:31:20,809 --> 03:31:17,220
um technology demonstration Mission so

4791
03:31:23,510 --> 03:31:20,819
it's very high risk very high reward so

4792
03:31:25,550 --> 03:31:23,520
you know there's a lot of concern that

4793
03:31:27,469 --> 03:31:25,560
something won't work and and maybe the

4794
03:31:28,670 --> 03:31:27,479
mission mission doesn't go as planned

4795
03:31:30,710 --> 03:31:28,680
but

4796
03:31:32,929 --> 03:31:30,720
um just from what we've seen here it

4797
03:31:36,769 --> 03:31:32,939
looks like everything went as as well as

4798
03:31:59,769 --> 03:31:36,779
we could have hoped and a very high

4799
03:32:05,030 --> 03:32:02,090
and right now

4800
03:32:07,429 --> 03:32:05,040
uh the lofty team getting some words

4801
03:32:10,910 --> 03:32:07,439
from a member of the team that you know

4802
03:32:12,650 --> 03:32:10,920
well yes uh Ron mersky is the uh he's

4803
03:32:14,809 --> 03:32:12,660
the head of the atmospheric flight and

4804
03:32:16,550 --> 03:32:14,819
entry systems Branch so that's the

4805
03:32:18,530 --> 03:32:16,560
branch specifically that deals with the

4806
03:32:20,870 --> 03:32:18,540
entry descent and Landing

4807
03:32:22,729 --> 03:32:20,880
um and it's the premiere I'd say it's

4808
03:32:25,130 --> 03:32:22,739
the premier group within all of NASA for

4809
03:32:27,710 --> 03:32:25,140
for planetary entry descent and Landing

4810
03:32:31,610 --> 03:32:27,720
well he looks awfully proud of his team

4811
03:32:36,530 --> 03:32:34,490
and with cups in hand they are ready to

4812
03:32:39,229 --> 03:32:36,540
celebrate and these

4813
03:32:42,650 --> 03:32:39,239
early morning hours out there in uh

4814
03:32:47,450 --> 03:32:42,660
Hampton Virginia where it is currently

4815
03:32:50,210 --> 03:32:47,460
7 17 a.m Eastern Time 4 17

4816
03:32:53,030 --> 03:32:50,220
a.m Pacific time here on the West Coast

4817
03:32:54,590 --> 03:32:53,040
where we launched lofted just about two

4818
03:32:57,410 --> 03:32:54,600
and a half hours ago

4819
03:33:00,710 --> 03:32:57,420
successful liftoff of the atlas V rocket

4820
03:33:02,690 --> 03:33:00,720
carrying jpss2 a weather observation

4821
03:33:05,929 --> 03:33:02,700
satellite

4822
03:33:08,150 --> 03:33:05,939
that uh separated about a half hour

4823
03:33:12,050 --> 03:33:08,160
after liftoff

4824
03:33:15,710 --> 03:33:12,060
and then an hour and a half after that

4825
03:33:18,469 --> 03:33:15,720
we had the successful completion

4826
03:33:22,610 --> 03:33:18,479
of the lofted mission

4827
03:33:28,610 --> 03:33:25,490
oh it looks like we have a video from

4828
03:33:30,530 --> 03:33:28,620
the ship of the RV on the water although

4829
03:33:32,210 --> 03:33:30,540
it I'm having technical difficulties

4830
03:33:34,309 --> 03:33:32,220
getting it

4831
03:33:37,190 --> 03:33:34,319
we've got a number of cameras on the

4832
03:33:40,309 --> 03:33:37,200
ship and uh one is a gimbal

4833
03:33:41,929 --> 03:33:40,319
and uh another is fixed on the boat

4834
03:33:45,769 --> 03:33:41,939
we're going to bring you live imagery

4835
03:33:48,110 --> 03:33:45,779
right now we plan on trying to bring you

4836
03:33:51,050 --> 03:33:48,120
the recovery

4837
03:33:53,269 --> 03:33:51,060
of the lofted vehicle as uh the lofta

4838
03:33:55,190 --> 03:33:53,279
team in Virginia goes Bottoms Up

4839
03:33:57,769 --> 03:33:55,200
in celebration of the completion of

4840
03:34:02,750 --> 03:34:00,290
let's listen into Angelique caring who

4841
03:34:05,170 --> 03:34:02,760
is uh interviewing one of the members of

4842
03:34:08,330 --> 03:34:05,180
the lofta team

4843
03:34:10,309 --> 03:34:08,340
coming down and that that's what we're

4844
03:34:14,030 --> 03:34:10,319
doing this for really that technology

4845
03:34:16,490 --> 03:34:14,040
and then seeing it work so well that

4846
03:34:18,349 --> 03:34:16,500
it's coming down in one piece you know

4847
03:34:20,630 --> 03:34:18,359
uh splashing down in the Pacific Ocean

4848
03:34:22,370 --> 03:34:20,640
just like how we had designed and it

4849
03:34:24,710 --> 03:34:22,380
turns out the recovery boat is very

4850
03:34:26,510 --> 03:34:24,720
close by too uh based on the predictions

4851
03:34:28,370 --> 03:34:26,520
we had done before so

4852
03:34:29,990 --> 03:34:28,380
um it is an amazing feeling I can't wait

4853
03:34:32,450 --> 03:34:30,000
to go back in and celebrate with my team

4854
03:34:34,550 --> 03:34:32,460
absolutely and I know I mean obviously

4855
03:34:36,170 --> 03:34:34,560
getting that actual camera footage was

4856
03:34:37,969 --> 03:34:36,180
really exciting but can you tell me a

4857
03:34:39,950 --> 03:34:37,979
bit about how it felt to get those first

4858
03:34:41,690 --> 03:34:39,960
bits of data actually coming in that's

4859
03:34:43,550 --> 03:34:41,700
right so um I'm not the thermal system

4860
03:34:46,330 --> 03:34:43,560
lead but I saw the thermal system lead

4861
03:34:49,250 --> 03:34:46,340
analyze the temperature data and it was

4862
03:34:51,050 --> 03:34:49,260
nominal data we saw where the latitude

4863
03:34:53,389 --> 03:34:51,060
longitude was happening so based on that

4864
03:34:55,429 --> 03:34:53,399
we kind of know how the actual

4865
03:34:56,870 --> 03:34:55,439
experiment went they were nominal they

4866
03:34:59,090 --> 03:34:56,880
were right where we were expecting it to

4867
03:35:01,729 --> 03:34:59,100
be so you know as an engineer you really

4868
03:35:03,590 --> 03:35:01,739
love the word nominal and it just has

4869
03:35:05,990 --> 03:35:03,600
been that kind of day so far I'm really

4870
03:35:08,210 --> 03:35:06,000
excited for the layperson some what does

4871
03:35:11,389 --> 03:35:08,220
nominal mean nominal means that when we

4872
03:35:13,610 --> 03:35:11,399
make prediction we want we expect it to

4873
03:35:16,010 --> 03:35:13,620
be somewhere and then we expect maybe it

4874
03:35:18,050 --> 03:35:16,020
can be off by a little bit but if you're

4875
03:35:19,670 --> 03:35:18,060
right in the middle that's nominal and

4876
03:35:22,790 --> 03:35:19,680
that's what it looks like we're doing so

4877
03:35:24,530 --> 03:35:22,800
far that is incredibly exciting as that

4878
03:35:28,130 --> 03:35:24,540
data comes in what will you and the team

4879
03:35:30,590 --> 03:35:28,140
be doing well um from my team um part of

4880
03:35:33,050 --> 03:35:30,600
the trajectory uh Team so we will be

4881
03:35:35,450 --> 03:35:33,060
looking at the data sets that we got

4882
03:35:38,690 --> 03:35:35,460
while we were coming down and also on

4883
03:35:40,190 --> 03:35:38,700
the recovery device and we'll be using

4884
03:35:41,929 --> 03:35:40,200
that information to figure out how well

4885
03:35:43,729 --> 03:35:41,939
we did in our pre-flight predictions

4886
03:35:45,650 --> 03:35:43,739
there will be other people in the team

4887
03:35:47,929 --> 03:35:45,660
that will be taking that data and seeing

4888
03:35:49,729 --> 03:35:47,939
how well their models did so that we can

4889
03:35:52,010 --> 03:35:49,739
predict hi-hat performance for other

4890
03:35:54,950 --> 03:35:52,020
flights and maybe to a Mars mission one

4891
03:35:56,929 --> 03:35:54,960
day how incredibly exciting well

4892
03:35:58,729 --> 03:35:56,939
congratulations I know that you're

4893
03:36:00,410 --> 03:35:58,739
probably very anxious to get back in

4894
03:36:02,630 --> 03:36:00,420
there absolutely team thank you so much

4895
03:36:04,010 --> 03:36:02,640
for stepping out to talk with us thanks

4896
03:36:08,750 --> 03:36:04,020
for having me appreciate congratulations

4897
03:36:08,760 --> 03:36:13,190
maybe wait

4898
03:36:19,070 --> 03:36:15,290
thank you Angelique

4899
03:36:22,309 --> 03:36:19,080
that was an interview with Dr Sam Duda

4900
03:36:26,090 --> 03:36:22,319
who planned out the trajectory for this

4901
03:36:31,250 --> 03:36:29,389
yeah um so just listening to Psalm um

4902
03:36:34,130 --> 03:36:31,260
you know he's he's in the room at

4903
03:36:36,349 --> 03:36:34,140
Langley and watching watching all the

4904
03:36:38,269 --> 03:36:36,359
data come back and and he's the term

4905
03:36:41,210 --> 03:36:38,279
nominal and that's great because that

4906
03:36:43,130 --> 03:36:41,220
means uh that the vehicle performed the

4907
03:36:45,469 --> 03:36:43,140
way that we expected it to and the way

4908
03:36:47,389 --> 03:36:45,479
that the models um predicted it would so

4909
03:36:49,370 --> 03:36:47,399
uh that's great and I think right now

4910
03:36:51,950 --> 03:36:49,380
we're looking at video of the spacecraft

4911
03:36:54,530 --> 03:36:51,960
floating in the water

4912
03:36:56,929 --> 03:36:54,540
um and that is something I did not

4913
03:36:59,090 --> 03:36:56,939
expect to see uh especially this close

4914
03:37:01,070 --> 03:36:59,100
to the recovery ship and that's that's

4915
03:37:04,190 --> 03:37:01,080
uh

4916
03:37:06,170 --> 03:37:04,200
very exciting amazing live imagery

4917
03:37:08,330 --> 03:37:06,180
coming in right now

4918
03:37:11,389 --> 03:37:08,340
from the Pacific Ocean just a couple of

4919
03:37:14,269 --> 03:37:11,399
hundred miles off the coast of Hawaii

4920
03:37:17,389 --> 03:37:14,279
you're looking at the lofted re-entry

4921
03:37:20,510 --> 03:37:17,399
vehicle in the water and it appears Sean

4922
03:37:24,290 --> 03:37:20,520
to still be fully inflated it absolutely

4923
03:37:25,670 --> 03:37:24,300
does appear to be holding its its uh its

4924
03:37:28,610 --> 03:37:25,680
shape I mean it hasn't been in the water

4925
03:37:32,330 --> 03:37:28,620
that long and I I did mention

4926
03:37:35,389 --> 03:37:32,340
um you know we it's designed so that we

4927
03:37:38,570 --> 03:37:35,399
vent all the excess gas in the in the

4928
03:37:41,389 --> 03:37:38,580
tanks but we keep the volume of air

4929
03:37:44,210 --> 03:37:41,399
inside the uh the inflatable to provide

4930
03:37:48,050 --> 03:37:44,220
buoyancy and it looks like the landing

4931
03:37:50,030 --> 03:37:48,060
was soft enough that it didn't it didn't

4932
03:37:51,950 --> 03:37:50,040
cause any tears or anything and that

4933
03:37:55,429 --> 03:37:51,960
it's still maintaining its shape very

4934
03:37:57,950 --> 03:37:55,439
well I do see it bobbing up and down so

4935
03:38:01,190 --> 03:37:57,960
hopefully we don't get a lot of water

4936
03:38:04,370 --> 03:38:01,200
inside of it but the recovery vessel is

4937
03:38:08,210 --> 03:38:04,380
very near to it so this is very positive

4938
03:38:13,190 --> 03:38:10,130
and as you mentioned it's this bowl

4939
03:38:15,349 --> 03:38:13,200
shaped so it could take on some water

4940
03:38:17,929 --> 03:38:15,359
um but if it's fully inflated would you

4941
03:38:22,250 --> 03:38:17,939
expect that it might still float yes so

4942
03:38:24,650 --> 03:38:22,260
uh we did we did analysis early on uh in

4943
03:38:27,769 --> 03:38:24,660
in planning the mission and that

4944
03:38:30,469 --> 03:38:27,779
analysis showed that uh 15 of the

4945
03:38:33,170 --> 03:38:30,479
AeroShell volume uh if it was filled

4946
03:38:34,790 --> 03:38:33,180
with nitrogen still then the vehicle

4947
03:38:35,630 --> 03:38:34,800
would float

4948
03:38:38,330 --> 03:38:35,640
um

4949
03:38:40,690 --> 03:38:38,340
we have factored in the potential that

4950
03:38:43,610 --> 03:38:40,700
the spacecraft gets water in it

4951
03:38:47,269 --> 03:38:43,620
especially in that bowl area for the

4952
03:38:49,790 --> 03:38:47,279
lifts and so we have some some scenarios

4953
03:38:52,190 --> 03:38:49,800
where we would uh if it's got water in

4954
03:38:54,410 --> 03:38:52,200
it we would lift it up and dump that

4955
03:38:57,410 --> 03:38:54,420
water out before we lifted it onto the

4956
03:39:00,110 --> 03:38:57,420
boat just to reduce the weight of the of

4957
03:39:03,229 --> 03:39:00,120
the load on the crane

4958
03:39:05,330 --> 03:39:03,239
uh and uh I don't I don't recall if we

4959
03:39:07,010 --> 03:39:05,340
discussed this or not but uh you know

4960
03:39:10,370 --> 03:39:07,020
when the when the spacecraft hits the

4961
03:39:12,229 --> 03:39:10,380
water uh the parachute Cuts away and you

4962
03:39:14,450 --> 03:39:12,239
you can obviously see this the parachute

4963
03:39:16,429 --> 03:39:14,460
uh has cut away so the spacecraft can't

4964
03:39:18,229 --> 03:39:16,439
get entangled in it there are four

4965
03:39:19,670 --> 03:39:18,239
risers coming off the back of the

4966
03:39:21,950 --> 03:39:19,680
spacecraft that go to the parachute

4967
03:39:25,070 --> 03:39:21,960
there are 20-foot risers uh each one of

4968
03:39:28,969 --> 03:39:25,080
those risers has a four inch uh loop in

4969
03:39:32,030 --> 03:39:28,979
it and lifting it I ideally could be as

4970
03:39:33,830 --> 03:39:32,040
simple as putting those four Loops over

4971
03:39:35,990 --> 03:39:33,840
the hook of the crane and just lifting

4972
03:39:38,990 --> 03:39:36,000
it straight up and onto the deck

4973
03:39:41,330 --> 03:39:39,000
well that would be a continuation of

4974
03:39:43,670 --> 03:39:41,340
just the nominal mission that we've seen

4975
03:39:46,910 --> 03:39:43,680
so far from the very start of this which

4976
03:39:49,969 --> 03:39:46,920
uh has uh done nothing but uh cause uh

4977
03:39:53,389 --> 03:39:49,979
Elation and uh Pride for the law of the

4978
03:39:56,150 --> 03:39:53,399
team as we look live at the lofted uh

4979
03:39:57,530 --> 03:39:56,160
return vehicle in the water in the

4980
03:40:00,469 --> 03:39:57,540
Pacific Ocean

4981
03:40:02,150 --> 03:40:00,479
we're getting imagery from the Kahan the

4982
03:40:04,550 --> 03:40:02,160
uh Kahana II

4983
03:40:06,229 --> 03:40:04,560
this is United launch alliance's uh

4984
03:40:08,050 --> 03:40:06,239
vehicle of course they're partners with

4985
03:40:11,389 --> 03:40:08,060
this mission

4986
03:40:13,550 --> 03:40:11,399
launching lofted into space after the

4987
03:40:17,030 --> 03:40:13,560
primary mission jpss2 was accomplished

4988
03:40:19,190 --> 03:40:17,040
and then dropping off lofted to come

4989
03:40:21,530 --> 03:40:19,200
back into the Earth to prove out a

4990
03:40:24,410 --> 03:40:21,540
technology demonstration that you can

4991
03:40:26,269 --> 03:40:24,420
come back with a large AeroShell

4992
03:40:28,610 --> 03:40:26,279
back to Earth

4993
03:40:31,130 --> 03:40:28,620
and safely splashed down as it just has

4994
03:40:33,410 --> 03:40:31,140
right there as we're watching it in the

4995
03:40:34,910 --> 03:40:33,420
Pacific Ocean

4996
03:40:38,210 --> 03:40:34,920
now you mentioned something that I

4997
03:40:41,090 --> 03:40:38,220
thought was uh interesting the

4998
03:40:42,889 --> 03:40:41,100
the team on board the boat is going to

4999
03:40:45,290 --> 03:40:42,899
make a decision on whether or not to go

5000
03:40:48,110 --> 03:40:45,300
pick this up so kind of talk me through

5001
03:40:50,929 --> 03:40:48,120
what that decision-making process is yes

5002
03:40:54,290 --> 03:40:50,939
so there was some discussion early on

5003
03:40:58,309 --> 03:40:54,300
um you know Hawaii is three hours behind

5004
03:41:00,410 --> 03:40:58,319
us so it's it's still dark there and we

5005
03:41:03,410 --> 03:41:00,420
discussed whether we wanted to pick the

5006
03:41:04,550 --> 03:41:03,420
spacecraft up at night for safety

5007
03:41:06,170 --> 03:41:04,560
concerns

5008
03:41:07,690 --> 03:41:06,180
um we we all agreed that that will be

5009
03:41:12,130 --> 03:41:07,700
the captain's decision

5010
03:41:19,309 --> 03:41:15,950
so I'm we're waiting to see waiting to

5011
03:41:22,190 --> 03:41:19,319
uh see see what happens now we do have

5012
03:41:25,070 --> 03:41:22,200
if they do decide to wait until daylight

5013
03:41:28,250 --> 03:41:25,080
to pick pick the spacecraft up we do

5014
03:41:30,349 --> 03:41:28,260
have inflatable buoys to attach to it to

5015
03:41:33,170 --> 03:41:30,359
keep it floating while we while we wait

5016
03:41:34,969 --> 03:41:33,180
but again it's the captain's decision so

5017
03:41:37,610 --> 03:41:34,979
we will again it's the captain's

5018
03:41:40,190 --> 03:41:37,620
decision so we will wait and see what

5019
03:41:42,889 --> 03:41:40,200
what what happens and we're in contact

5020
03:41:45,830 --> 03:41:42,899
with a member of the crew the recovery

5021
03:41:47,809 --> 03:41:45,840
team that's on board the recovery vessel

5022
03:41:50,870 --> 03:41:47,819
and so we uh we'll hope to get some

5023
03:41:53,570 --> 03:41:50,880
information from uh that person to find

5024
03:41:56,269 --> 03:41:53,580
out if uh indeed they are going to make

5025
03:41:58,969 --> 03:41:56,279
the recovery this evening or as you said

5026
03:42:01,010 --> 03:41:58,979
wait until uh first light and they can

5027
03:42:02,750 --> 03:42:01,020
have a better look at it what we do know

5028
03:42:04,670 --> 03:42:02,760
as you mentioned they will be able to

5029
03:42:07,309 --> 03:42:04,680
secure it with buoy so you're saying

5030
03:42:10,190 --> 03:42:07,319
they can get they will get close enough

5031
03:42:13,250 --> 03:42:10,200
to get those buoys on it before uh

5032
03:42:17,769 --> 03:42:13,260
daylight yeah so we we actually have

5033
03:42:20,450 --> 03:42:17,779
um aboard the boat we have boat hooks

5034
03:42:23,389 --> 03:42:20,460
extendable boat hooks that we can pull

5035
03:42:27,050 --> 03:42:23,399
right up against the the vehicle and use

5036
03:42:31,309 --> 03:42:27,060
those boat hooks to to access the the

5037
03:42:36,349 --> 03:42:31,319
lanyard the um the lines on the back for

5038
03:42:36,359 --> 03:42:39,910
foreign

5039
03:42:45,410 --> 03:42:42,590
let's take a break for a moment and uh

5040
03:42:48,170 --> 03:42:45,420
talk to another member of the successful

5041
03:42:50,450 --> 03:42:48,180
lofta team out in Langley Virginia

5042
03:42:56,570 --> 03:42:50,460
Hampton Virginia at the Langley Research

5043
03:43:01,790 --> 03:42:59,330
yes I am here with Ron mersky the branch

5044
03:43:05,809 --> 03:43:01,800
head of the atmospheric flights and

5045
03:43:08,389 --> 03:43:05,819
entry systems Branch Branch quite a

5046
03:43:11,090 --> 03:43:08,399
mouthful it is a mouthful now Ron can

5047
03:43:13,190 --> 03:43:11,100
you tell me I speaking of mouthful you

5048
03:43:15,889 --> 03:43:13,200
had one of the widest Smiles in the

5049
03:43:17,809 --> 03:43:15,899
entire room as as the data was coming in

5050
03:43:19,670 --> 03:43:17,819
also as we were getting to splash down

5051
03:43:22,010 --> 03:43:19,680
can you tell me what you were feeling

5052
03:43:24,410 --> 03:43:22,020
and how you're feeling right now oh yeah

5053
03:43:26,690 --> 03:43:24,420
just incredible this has been many years

5054
03:43:29,510 --> 03:43:26,700
the team that we've had here has been

5055
03:43:33,050 --> 03:43:29,520
struggling very hard had a lot of a lot

5056
03:43:36,110 --> 03:43:33,060
of issues to overcome and did it just

5057
03:43:38,269 --> 03:43:36,120
brilliantly and so just very proud of

5058
03:43:41,690 --> 03:43:38,279
the folks and just being associated with

5059
03:43:44,090 --> 03:43:41,700
them absolutely absolutely and for you

5060
03:43:46,250 --> 03:43:44,100
in particular what data are you looking

5061
03:43:49,130 --> 03:43:46,260
forward to getting back from this from

5062
03:43:53,389 --> 03:43:49,140
this demonstration today well the

5063
03:43:55,910 --> 03:43:53,399
laughter is the applicability of new

5064
03:43:59,690 --> 03:43:55,920
technologies that we're developing we're

5065
03:44:03,070 --> 03:43:59,700
looking at the inflatable structures the

5066
03:44:06,469 --> 03:44:03,080
flexible thermal Protection Systems and

5067
03:44:08,450 --> 03:44:06,479
really looking to see that these new

5068
03:44:10,370 --> 03:44:08,460
types of technologies have performed and

5069
03:44:13,250 --> 03:44:10,380
it's looking like they really did and

5070
03:44:14,710 --> 03:44:13,260
did it in a in a very good way and so

5071
03:44:17,510 --> 03:44:14,720
now we're looking towards the future

5072
03:44:19,250 --> 03:44:17,520
speaking of the future I know that we

5073
03:44:21,830 --> 03:44:19,260
would need something larger if we were

5074
03:44:23,929 --> 03:44:21,840
going to land on Mars so I'm assuming

5075
03:44:25,790 --> 03:44:23,939
that that's somewhere down the way but

5076
03:44:27,590 --> 03:44:25,800
also what are we looking forward to in

5077
03:44:30,710 --> 03:44:27,600
the future and how is this test going to

5078
03:44:33,590 --> 03:44:30,720
help us to get there so you know this

5079
03:44:36,590 --> 03:44:33,600
test here does a number of things first

5080
03:44:39,290 --> 03:44:36,600
of all for that larger Mars mission that

5081
03:44:41,690 --> 03:44:39,300
you talked about we do need to have a

5082
03:44:44,030 --> 03:44:41,700
number of steps along what we call our

5083
03:44:46,550 --> 03:44:44,040
road map to get to the point that we can

5084
03:44:48,590 --> 03:44:46,560
land humans on Mars This is the step to

5085
03:44:50,690 --> 03:44:48,600
get us to the six meters now we've got

5086
03:44:52,910 --> 03:44:50,700
to look to making larger and larger

5087
03:44:55,070 --> 03:44:52,920
hi-hats which are part of what we call

5088
03:44:57,309 --> 03:44:55,080
the mission architecture for landing on

5089
03:45:00,349 --> 03:44:57,319
Mars in the future but in the near term

5090
03:45:02,990 --> 03:45:00,359
there's a few things that we can do here

5091
03:45:04,090 --> 03:45:03,000
currently we're working with commercial

5092
03:45:06,050 --> 03:45:04,100
sector

5093
03:45:08,389 --> 03:45:06,060
companies and looking at different

5094
03:45:10,870 --> 03:45:08,399
applications coming back from CIS lunar

5095
03:45:13,429 --> 03:45:10,880
space with Hardware

5096
03:45:17,590 --> 03:45:13,439
bringing it around the orbit of the

5097
03:45:20,030 --> 03:45:17,600
earth then also this opens up

5098
03:45:23,870 --> 03:45:20,040
possibilities for other future NASA

5099
03:45:27,950 --> 03:45:23,880
missions situations where there might be

5100
03:45:30,530 --> 03:45:27,960
Mass problems on different missions then

5101
03:45:32,990 --> 03:45:30,540
we can reduce those issues with the hiad

5102
03:45:34,969 --> 03:45:33,000
so now we talked far into the future

5103
03:45:36,830 --> 03:45:34,979
like Mars we talked nearer into the

5104
03:45:39,110 --> 03:45:36,840
future like maybe doing down Mass

5105
03:45:41,450 --> 03:45:39,120
missions but in the near future in the

5106
03:45:43,969 --> 03:45:41,460
coming weeks what is the data collection

5107
03:45:45,650 --> 03:45:43,979
and datum I guess uh you know monitoring

5108
03:45:49,790 --> 03:45:45,660
going to look like in these coming weeks

5109
03:45:51,769 --> 03:45:49,800
well um I think you saw that there was

5110
03:45:54,830 --> 03:45:51,779
an ejectable data recorder that came out

5111
03:45:57,530 --> 03:45:54,840
we will have to recover that and look at

5112
03:46:00,370 --> 03:45:57,540
the data that we received through the

5113
03:46:03,229 --> 03:46:00,380
entry trajectory and

5114
03:46:06,349 --> 03:46:03,239
hopefully it gives us the information

5115
03:46:08,090 --> 03:46:06,359
that we want that it was nominal it

5116
03:46:09,769 --> 03:46:08,100
looks like everything was good and so

5117
03:46:11,450 --> 03:46:09,779
it's all very exciting right now it is

5118
03:46:13,070 --> 03:46:11,460
incred incredibly exciting thank you so

5119
03:46:14,870 --> 03:46:13,080
much Ron for stepping out and sharing

5120
03:46:16,010 --> 03:46:14,880
some of that excitement with us with

5121
03:46:17,750 --> 03:46:16,020
that I'm going to send it back over to

5122
03:46:21,050 --> 03:46:17,760
you

5123
03:46:23,929 --> 03:46:21,060
back here at the mission director Center

5124
03:46:26,929 --> 03:46:23,939
tracking the approach of the recovery

5125
03:46:28,130 --> 03:46:26,939
ship to the lofted inflatable

5126
03:46:30,410 --> 03:46:28,140
decelerator

5127
03:46:34,130 --> 03:46:30,420
and we're getting closer Sean we're with

5128
03:46:37,070 --> 03:46:34,140
Sean Hancock Hancock engineer lead

5129
03:46:38,030 --> 03:46:37,080
engineer for the uh the pla the payload

5130
03:46:40,849 --> 03:46:38,040
adapter

5131
03:46:44,030 --> 03:46:40,859
who's been sitting with us for the past

5132
03:46:46,729 --> 03:46:44,040
hour and a half as we have been tracking

5133
03:46:48,110 --> 03:46:46,739
the lofted technology demonstration and

5134
03:46:50,090 --> 03:46:48,120
uh looks like we're getting a little

5135
03:46:52,309 --> 03:46:50,100
closer it does look like we're getting

5136
03:46:55,790 --> 03:46:52,319
closer I was just sending uh sending a

5137
03:46:57,050 --> 03:46:55,800
note to the to the recovery ship asking

5138
03:46:58,309 --> 03:46:57,060
um how much longer they thought they

5139
03:47:01,130 --> 03:46:58,319
were going to be until they were there

5140
03:47:04,190 --> 03:47:01,140
but uh just looking at the video uh it's

5141
03:47:05,929 --> 03:47:04,200
getting much bigger in the picture I'm

5142
03:47:07,969 --> 03:47:05,939
amazed to see that parts of it are still

5143
03:47:10,250 --> 03:47:07,979
glowing

5144
03:47:12,050 --> 03:47:10,260
um yeah and you just got this

5145
03:47:14,269 --> 03:47:12,060
information from our lofted

5146
03:47:16,370 --> 03:47:14,279
communication team they said that uh

5147
03:47:18,650 --> 03:47:16,380
Loft had landed close to the recovery

5148
03:47:20,870 --> 03:47:18,660
ship and after assessing the situation

5149
03:47:23,210 --> 03:47:20,880
the crew on board the kahano 2

5150
03:47:27,590 --> 03:47:23,220
determined the conditions are favorable

5151
03:47:30,349 --> 03:47:27,600
to immediately begin recovery operations

5152
03:47:33,110 --> 03:47:30,359
and that of course will bring lofted on

5153
03:47:35,450 --> 03:47:33,120
board the ship and so indeed as we get

5154
03:47:38,150 --> 03:47:35,460
closer what we are witnessing live

5155
03:47:43,370 --> 03:47:38,160
is the recovery operation

5156
03:47:48,590 --> 03:47:45,830
so I I'll just say this is a scenario

5157
03:47:51,170 --> 03:47:48,600
that we never envisioned that everything

5158
03:47:53,330 --> 03:47:51,180
would work this well

5159
03:47:56,330 --> 03:47:53,340
um you know we we all thought at least

5160
03:47:59,870 --> 03:47:56,340
the best possible outcome is that we we

5161
03:48:02,269 --> 03:47:59,880
land in the water and maybe two or three

5162
03:48:04,490 --> 03:48:02,279
hours later we're at the at the vehicle

5163
03:48:07,490 --> 03:48:04,500
and able to recover it

5164
03:48:15,050 --> 03:48:07,500
um this is just beyond our wildest

5165
03:48:20,510 --> 03:48:17,510
and while it looks like

5166
03:48:22,969 --> 03:48:20,520
it doesn't appear that we're moving we

5167
03:48:25,790 --> 03:48:22,979
indeed are this ship is making progress

5168
03:48:28,790 --> 03:48:25,800
we started off Sean when Loft did

5169
03:48:31,729 --> 03:48:28,800
splashed down it was beyond the horizon

5170
03:48:33,590 --> 03:48:31,739
it disappeared behind the horizon line

5171
03:48:35,870 --> 03:48:33,600
out there in the Pacific Ocean and then

5172
03:48:39,229 --> 03:48:35,880
the parachute gently came down right

5173
03:48:40,729 --> 03:48:39,239
behind it but once we saw it on the

5174
03:48:43,550 --> 03:48:40,739
horizon we've been making steady

5175
03:48:46,309 --> 03:48:43,560
progress towards getting a little closer

5176
03:48:47,870 --> 03:48:46,319
and a little closer and now less than a

5177
03:48:50,150 --> 03:48:47,880
mile away it shouldn't be too long

5178
03:48:53,510 --> 03:48:50,160
before we've got it

5179
03:48:55,790 --> 03:48:53,520
right close up next to the boat yeah so

5180
03:48:57,590 --> 03:48:55,800
the boat the Kahana too is a is a fairly

5181
03:48:59,450 --> 03:48:57,600
slow boat I think it's top speed is

5182
03:49:02,929 --> 03:48:59,460
about 10 knots

5183
03:49:05,269 --> 03:49:02,939
um but but uh we're making really

5184
03:49:10,130 --> 03:49:05,279
really uh really good progress uh

5185
03:49:14,929 --> 03:49:12,170
and so what we're seeing Sean

5186
03:49:17,750 --> 03:49:14,939
um to describe to the audience is that

5187
03:49:21,590 --> 03:49:17,760
inflated Arrow shell is the lower wide

5188
03:49:24,349 --> 03:49:21,600
part in the lighter colored uh part of

5189
03:49:27,530 --> 03:49:24,359
um of lofted and in the center

5190
03:49:29,090 --> 03:49:27,540
is uh the vehicle kind of described the

5191
03:49:31,309 --> 03:49:29,100
two parts that we're seeing there yeah

5192
03:49:33,170 --> 03:49:31,319
so the the dark part in the middle is

5193
03:49:36,349 --> 03:49:33,180
the center body

5194
03:49:38,090 --> 03:49:36,359
um and we would expect it to be uh to be

5195
03:49:40,190 --> 03:49:38,100
cooler than the AeroShell because it's

5196
03:49:43,849 --> 03:49:40,200
in what we call the Wake

5197
03:49:46,969 --> 03:49:43,859
um and actually there uh there was a sub

5198
03:49:48,950 --> 03:49:46,979
experiment uh on this flight the part of

5199
03:49:53,330 --> 03:49:48,960
the the Foss the fiber optic sensing

5200
03:49:55,429 --> 03:49:53,340
system uh was was part of the uh a

5201
03:49:57,769 --> 03:49:55,439
technology demonstration Mission within

5202
03:50:00,170 --> 03:49:57,779
our technology demonstration system and

5203
03:50:03,950 --> 03:50:00,180
we had a fiber optic uh

5204
03:50:06,050 --> 03:50:03,960
um line along along the back of the the

5205
03:50:09,229 --> 03:50:06,060
rigid body to measure the temperature

5206
03:50:12,469 --> 03:50:09,239
distribution uh inside that's that area

5207
03:50:15,229 --> 03:50:12,479
we call the bowl and uh there's no real

5208
03:50:17,990 --> 03:50:15,239
good modeling or any data really of what

5209
03:50:19,809 --> 03:50:18,000
goes on back in that Lake area there's

5210
03:50:22,370 --> 03:50:19,819
you know it's predicted that there's

5211
03:50:23,690 --> 03:50:22,380
Vortex back there and probably not a lot

5212
03:50:25,130 --> 03:50:23,700
of heating but we don't really know how

5213
03:50:27,290 --> 03:50:25,140
to predict it

5214
03:50:29,330 --> 03:50:27,300
um so you know looking at the colors we

5215
03:50:31,309 --> 03:50:29,340
can generally infer that it's it's

5216
03:50:34,969 --> 03:50:31,319
fairly cool compared to the the

5217
03:50:36,469 --> 03:50:34,979
AeroShell but uh this this flight uh and

5218
03:50:38,210 --> 03:50:36,479
and the air shows obviously the the

5219
03:50:42,830 --> 03:50:38,220
mushroom shaped upside down mushroom

5220
03:50:45,530 --> 03:50:42,840
shaped um uh glowing uh shape that we're

5221
03:50:47,450 --> 03:50:45,540
looking at so this flight will uh you

5222
03:50:50,150 --> 03:50:47,460
know this flight will give us a new tool

5223
03:50:53,330 --> 03:50:50,160
to analyze analyze the temperature

5224
03:51:12,469 --> 03:50:53,340
distribution in in the um in the wake of

5225
03:51:12,479 --> 03:51:15,889
foreign

5226
03:51:20,090 --> 03:51:17,870
if you're just joining us we are

5227
03:51:22,790 --> 03:51:20,100
tracking

5228
03:51:25,130 --> 03:51:22,800
the recovery

5229
03:51:27,229 --> 03:51:25,140
of the return vehicle

5230
03:51:28,790 --> 03:51:27,239
from the lofted technology demonstration

5231
03:51:30,830 --> 03:51:28,800
it is in the center of your screen

5232
03:51:32,090 --> 03:51:30,840
floating out in the middle of the

5233
03:51:34,550 --> 03:51:32,100
Pacific Ocean

5234
03:51:37,729 --> 03:51:34,560
couple hundred miles away from the coast

5235
03:51:37,739 --> 03:51:42,530
a captain is steaming towards

5236
03:51:42,540 --> 03:52:28,910
lofted

5237
03:52:28,920 --> 03:52:34,070
and as we continue to get closer

5238
03:52:37,550 --> 03:52:36,290
I want to give you an update on the JP

5239
03:52:41,210 --> 03:52:37,560
SS2

5240
03:52:42,530 --> 03:52:41,220
satellite that was put into orbit

5241
03:52:45,830 --> 03:52:42,540
just about

5242
03:52:47,929 --> 03:52:45,840
two hours and 15 minutes ago

5243
03:52:50,210 --> 03:52:47,939
after the successful launch of the atlas

5244
03:52:56,210 --> 03:52:52,790
at this time we understand the team has

5245
03:52:58,130 --> 03:52:56,220
not yet received data to confirm jpss2

5246
03:53:00,530 --> 03:52:58,140
solar array deployment

5247
03:53:03,530 --> 03:53:00,540
now there may not be an issue

5248
03:53:07,250 --> 03:53:03,540
but the jpss2 team

5249
03:53:09,110 --> 03:53:07,260
NASA and Noah are monitoring closely the

5250
03:53:16,490 --> 03:53:09,120
Telemetry data

5251
03:53:20,210 --> 03:53:18,530
we'll certainly follow up with that you

5252
03:53:21,950 --> 03:53:20,220
can go to our blog

5253
03:53:23,950 --> 03:53:21,960
on jpss2

5254
03:53:28,010 --> 03:53:23,960
you see it at the bottom of your screen

5255
03:53:30,610 --> 03:53:28,020
blogs.nasa.gov forward slash jpss

5256
03:53:34,010 --> 03:53:30,620
hyphen two again

5257
03:53:40,550 --> 03:53:34,020
blogs.nasa.gov forward slash jpss hyphen

5258
03:53:45,769 --> 03:53:43,550
loft is starting to come into

5259
03:53:48,769 --> 03:53:45,779
coming to focus here Sean in the

5260
03:53:50,450 --> 03:53:48,779
bouncing waves of the Pacific Ocean yeah

5261
03:53:53,690 --> 03:53:50,460
it's getting so close you can actually

5262
03:53:56,030 --> 03:53:53,700
see the the straps uh on the whole

5263
03:53:58,490 --> 03:53:56,040
holding the TPS the catenaries on the

5264
03:54:01,790 --> 03:53:58,500
back of the TPS uh you can see our

5265
03:54:03,530 --> 03:54:01,800
cameras on the on the AFT side of the of

5266
03:54:05,750 --> 03:54:03,540
the spacecraft you can make out a lot of

5267
03:54:07,010 --> 03:54:05,760
detail

5268
03:54:08,690 --> 03:54:07,020
now

5269
03:54:12,830 --> 03:54:08,700
don't want to put you on the spot but I

5270
03:54:14,510 --> 03:54:12,840
am part of that lofted return vehicle is

5271
03:54:16,790 --> 03:54:14,520
glowing we know this is an infrared

5272
03:54:19,010 --> 03:54:16,800
camera so it's tracking heat signatures

5273
03:54:22,550 --> 03:54:19,020
what's your take on just your

5274
03:54:26,210 --> 03:54:22,560
observation on why that edge the left

5275
03:54:28,309 --> 03:54:26,220
part the left or the left side uh Edge

5276
03:54:32,689 --> 03:54:28,319
is glowing

5277
03:54:36,830 --> 03:54:32,699
um I'm not sure you know the vehicle is

5278
03:54:41,090 --> 03:54:36,840
you know it re-enters in a uh a a spin

5279
03:54:44,389 --> 03:54:41,100
so we're rotating at uh three row three

5280
03:54:47,090 --> 03:54:44,399
rotations per minute so you would think

5281
03:54:50,450 --> 03:54:47,100
that the uh you know we're gonna fly it

5282
03:54:53,809 --> 03:54:50,460
a bit of a pitch just because of the

5283
03:54:55,790 --> 03:54:53,819
because of the Mass properties of the of

5284
03:55:00,530 --> 03:54:55,800
the spacecraft so you would think that

5285
03:55:03,290 --> 03:55:00,540
the edges all the way around would be

5286
03:55:05,630 --> 03:55:03,300
um roughly the roughly the same

5287
03:55:08,090 --> 03:55:05,640
temperature so I'm not I'm not sure I

5288
03:55:10,610 --> 03:55:08,100
don't know that I could but again I'm

5289
03:55:12,290 --> 03:55:10,620
probably not the not the right person to

5290
03:55:14,630 --> 03:55:12,300
ask that question well this much we know

5291
03:55:17,330 --> 03:55:14,640
we know that uh

5292
03:55:19,189 --> 03:55:17,340
it's reflecting off the water and

5293
03:55:21,590 --> 03:55:19,199
there's a fair amount of moonlight out

5294
03:55:24,170 --> 03:55:21,600
we just passed a full moon just a few

5295
03:55:26,030 --> 03:55:24,180
days ago and so the team has the benefit

5296
03:55:27,170 --> 03:55:26,040
of having

5297
03:55:29,689 --> 03:55:27,180
um

5298
03:55:31,189 --> 03:55:29,699
a pretty pretty bright Moonlight out

5299
03:55:33,229 --> 03:55:31,199
there at the moment

5300
03:55:35,809 --> 03:55:33,239
they do and I'm looking at the video and

5301
03:55:38,510 --> 03:55:35,819
it looks like a 180 degrees opposite

5302
03:55:40,849 --> 03:55:38,520
from that one side to the other

5303
03:55:44,630 --> 03:55:40,859
the other Edge is also

5304
03:55:48,650 --> 03:55:44,640
also a glowing similarly

5305
03:55:58,130 --> 03:55:48,660
and as our camera recalibrates

5306
03:56:04,910 --> 03:56:01,550
you know as you look at this Sean

5307
03:56:07,250 --> 03:56:04,920
you know it's striking to me how nicely

5308
03:56:09,290 --> 03:56:07,260
it is floating

5309
03:56:11,570 --> 03:56:09,300
fully intact

5310
03:56:13,370 --> 03:56:11,580
still fully inflated

5311
03:56:15,830 --> 03:56:13,380
and this was a mission that I heard some

5312
03:56:17,630 --> 03:56:15,840
Engineers say hey look if we can just

5313
03:56:19,550 --> 03:56:17,640
get some partial data it doesn't

5314
03:56:22,910 --> 03:56:19,560
necessarily have to come down perfectly

5315
03:56:25,490 --> 03:56:22,920
like this we just want some data to be

5316
03:56:28,210 --> 03:56:25,500
able to advance this technology

5317
03:56:30,650 --> 03:56:28,220
and there it is sitting in the ocean

5318
03:56:32,809 --> 03:56:30,660
completely intact

5319
03:56:34,610 --> 03:56:32,819
it could have broken apart if any of

5320
03:56:37,490 --> 03:56:34,620
those straps would have hung up on some

5321
03:56:40,010 --> 03:56:37,500
part of the spacecraft or the upper

5322
03:56:41,450 --> 03:56:40,020
stage of the Centaur so many things that

5323
03:56:43,309 --> 03:56:41,460
needed to go right

5324
03:56:45,530 --> 03:56:43,319
and I know it's early

5325
03:56:47,689 --> 03:56:45,540
but just to see this

5326
03:56:48,889 --> 03:56:47,699
floating in the Pacific Ocean fully

5327
03:56:52,070 --> 03:56:48,899
intact that's

5328
03:56:54,710 --> 03:56:52,080
that's impressive it definitely is I

5329
03:56:57,710 --> 03:56:54,720
mean it looks like

5330
03:57:00,410 --> 03:56:57,720
it looks like it did uh you know during

5331
03:57:01,670 --> 03:57:00,420
ground testing before I mean you know

5332
03:57:04,550 --> 03:57:01,680
we're looking through an infrared camera

5333
03:57:08,210 --> 03:57:04,560
so it will probably look a little a

5334
03:57:11,330 --> 03:57:08,220
little uh Char uh when we get get to get

5335
03:57:13,130 --> 03:57:11,340
to see it uh in person but yeah it looks

5336
03:57:15,130 --> 03:57:13,140
wholly intact

5337
03:57:19,550 --> 03:57:15,140
um

5338
03:57:21,769 --> 03:57:19,560
I mean this is probably beyond what any

5339
03:57:23,630 --> 03:57:21,779
of us would have expected

5340
03:57:26,030 --> 03:57:23,640
um

5341
03:57:27,349 --> 03:57:26,040
was that charring that you're you you've

5342
03:57:29,210 --> 03:57:27,359
just described

5343
03:57:31,309 --> 03:57:29,220
that in and of itself will tell a story

5344
03:57:33,830 --> 03:57:31,319
right that in and of itself will will

5345
03:57:36,170 --> 03:57:33,840
tell you about its re-entry through the

5346
03:57:39,530 --> 03:57:36,180
Earth's atmosphere it should I mean the

5347
03:57:43,729 --> 03:57:39,540
data that we so we have uh thermocouples

5348
03:57:47,389 --> 03:57:43,739
uh and and heat flux gauges uh scatter

5349
03:57:48,950 --> 03:57:47,399
all about the the uh the thermal

5350
03:57:50,929 --> 03:57:48,960
protection system and at different

5351
03:57:52,550 --> 03:57:50,939
layers throughout the multi-layer

5352
03:57:55,910 --> 03:57:52,560
thermal protection system and different

5353
03:57:57,650 --> 03:57:55,920
layers throughout the the um the thermal

5354
03:57:59,630 --> 03:57:57,660
protection system so that should really

5355
03:58:02,210 --> 03:57:59,640
be able to provide us with the data that

5356
03:58:04,610 --> 03:58:02,220
we need to figure out what happened uh

5357
03:58:07,910 --> 03:58:04,620
during the during the re-entry uh

5358
03:58:09,110 --> 03:58:07,920
getting to see the getting to see the

5359
03:58:14,450 --> 03:58:09,120
the

5360
03:58:19,130 --> 03:58:14,460
charring and whatnot really will help us

5361
03:58:20,870 --> 03:58:19,140
uh see how the materials behave when

5362
03:58:22,729 --> 03:58:20,880
exposed to that environment so that's

5363
03:58:26,090 --> 03:58:22,739
really part of the value of getting

5364
03:58:28,309 --> 03:58:26,100
getting the the spacecraft back is you

5365
03:58:30,889 --> 03:58:28,319
know just being able to see physically

5366
03:58:32,150 --> 03:58:30,899
you know what happened to the to the

5367
03:58:33,889 --> 03:58:32,160
spacecraft because of the environment

5368
03:58:35,150 --> 03:58:33,899
that it was that was in and then the

5369
03:58:36,950 --> 03:58:35,160
instrumentation should be able to tell

5370
03:58:38,269 --> 03:58:36,960
us what the environment is if you're

5371
03:58:40,070 --> 03:58:38,279
just joining us we're taking a break

5372
03:58:42,110 --> 03:58:40,080
from our live imagery that we're

5373
03:58:43,370 --> 03:58:42,120
bringing you of the lofted uh

5374
03:58:45,769 --> 03:58:43,380
demonstration the technology

5375
03:58:49,010 --> 03:58:45,779
demonstration we've been tracking the

5376
03:58:52,550 --> 03:58:49,020
return of this vehicle from space the

5377
03:58:55,429 --> 03:58:52,560
first time uh that lofted has returned

5378
03:58:58,849 --> 03:58:55,439
from space and showing off its ability

5379
03:59:01,550 --> 03:58:58,859
to return slow down enough of the

5380
03:59:04,790 --> 03:59:01,560
atmosphere to bring back anything from a

5381
03:59:06,229 --> 03:59:04,800
rocket engine uh to a spacecraft to as

5382
03:59:08,750 --> 03:59:06,239
you mentioned earlier Sean something

5383
03:59:10,670 --> 03:59:08,760
that was built on the moon this is how

5384
03:59:14,510 --> 03:59:10,680
you would get it back something that

5385
03:59:16,849 --> 03:59:14,520
could be compacted down into uh the

5386
03:59:19,130 --> 03:59:16,859
space on top of a rocket but then when

5387
03:59:21,830 --> 03:59:19,140
it returns it could come out and expand

5388
03:59:24,290 --> 03:59:21,840
with enough ability and enough surface

5389
03:59:26,870 --> 03:59:24,300
area to slow down whatever it is that's

5390
03:59:29,750 --> 03:59:26,880
bringing back down safely onto the

5391
03:59:32,330 --> 03:59:29,760
surface of the Earth yeah and and really

5392
03:59:35,330 --> 03:59:32,340
uh you know aerodynamic decelerators are

5393
03:59:38,689 --> 03:59:35,340
the way to go uh when when you're uh

5394
03:59:41,689 --> 03:59:38,699
talking about uh atmospheric uh entry

5395
03:59:44,269 --> 03:59:41,699
you know Studies have shown that an

5396
03:59:46,429 --> 03:59:44,279
aerodynamic accelerate decelerator can

5397
03:59:48,309 --> 03:59:46,439
reduce the amount of mass that you have

5398
03:59:51,889 --> 03:59:48,319
to take up to low earth orbit by half

5399
03:59:54,349 --> 03:59:51,899
versus using a propulsive system so you

5400
03:59:57,290 --> 03:59:54,359
know this is a major step forward in uh

5401
04:00:00,590 --> 03:59:57,300
in technology weight is everything when

5402
04:00:03,010 --> 04:00:00,600
it comes to space flight so as you talk

5403
04:00:05,030 --> 04:00:03,020
about the mass uh and bringing it back

5404
04:00:07,370 --> 04:00:05,040
more mass

5405
04:00:10,610 --> 04:00:07,380
is much better and now we're looking

5406
04:00:12,590 --> 04:00:10,620
live wow

5407
04:00:16,610 --> 04:00:12,600
from the camera mounted to the back of

5408
04:00:21,349 --> 04:00:19,370
and it looks like Sean they are readying

5409
04:00:24,050 --> 04:00:21,359
the crane

5410
04:00:26,030 --> 04:00:24,060
yeah at the back of the boat yeah so you

5411
04:00:28,309 --> 04:00:26,040
can see on the back of the boat

5412
04:00:32,929 --> 04:00:28,319
um the they're they're hooking up the

5413
04:00:36,830 --> 04:00:32,939
crane uh right in the center of the the

5414
04:00:38,210 --> 04:00:36,840
boat uh there that's our stand that

5415
04:00:41,150 --> 04:00:38,220
we're going to set the spacecraft on

5416
04:00:43,610 --> 04:00:41,160
once we lift it up out of the water and

5417
04:00:45,889 --> 04:00:43,620
looks like they're getting ready to

5418
04:00:48,110 --> 04:00:45,899
put the crane over the side to try and

5419
04:00:51,830 --> 04:00:48,120
pick up the spacecraft yeah folks we are

5420
04:00:54,590 --> 04:00:51,840
bringing you live the recovery team

5421
04:00:56,990 --> 04:00:54,600
making an effort

5422
04:00:58,910 --> 04:00:57,000
to pluck lofted out of the Pacific Ocean

5423
04:01:22,130 --> 04:00:58,920
after returning

5424
04:01:27,349 --> 04:01:24,830
and Sean this operation it does take

5425
04:01:28,790 --> 04:01:27,359
some time so we would expect this crew

5426
04:01:30,650 --> 04:01:28,800
to be working at this it's not going to

5427
04:01:34,370 --> 04:01:30,660
be instantaneous they've got to be very

5428
04:01:36,710 --> 04:01:34,380
careful about bringing something uh out

5429
04:01:38,689 --> 04:01:36,720
of the water that presumably looks like

5430
04:01:40,370 --> 04:01:38,699
it's in about you know six to ten foot

5431
04:01:42,950 --> 04:01:40,380
Seas

5432
04:01:45,950 --> 04:01:42,960
yeah so we do have procedures uh that

5433
04:01:47,630 --> 04:01:45,960
are written and that generally adds to

5434
04:01:48,889 --> 04:01:47,640
the time because we want to you know we

5435
04:01:50,510 --> 04:01:48,899
want to be careful we don't want to do

5436
04:01:52,490 --> 04:01:50,520
anything that could risk the spacecraft

5437
04:01:54,650 --> 04:01:52,500
especially now

5438
04:01:56,750 --> 04:01:54,660
um so yeah I I fully expect that this

5439
04:01:58,610 --> 04:01:56,760
will take a little bit of uh time and

5440
04:02:01,010 --> 04:01:58,620
effort to get that out of the water and

5441
04:02:04,790 --> 04:02:01,020
onto the boat

5442
04:02:06,349 --> 04:02:04,800
and so let's review for the audience how

5443
04:02:09,530 --> 04:02:06,359
we got here

5444
04:02:11,929 --> 04:02:09,540
it all began with a launch at 1 49 a.m

5445
04:02:14,689 --> 04:02:11,939
Pacific time

5446
04:02:18,349 --> 04:02:14,699
with this and then about an hour later

5447
04:02:20,510 --> 04:02:18,359
this the separation of lofted the low

5448
04:02:23,090 --> 04:02:20,520
earth orbit flight test of an inflatable

5449
04:02:26,510 --> 04:02:23,100
decelerator this is a inflatable heat

5450
04:02:28,969 --> 04:02:26,520
shield it can compact down into the size

5451
04:02:31,490 --> 04:02:28,979
of the fairing on top of a rocket but

5452
04:02:33,290 --> 04:02:31,500
then expand as you see it here

5453
04:02:36,110 --> 04:02:33,300
rotating

5454
04:02:37,910 --> 04:02:36,120
as it falls back to Earth

5455
04:02:41,090 --> 04:02:37,920
to potentially one day bring back

5456
04:02:43,189 --> 04:02:41,100
spacecraft Hardware people

5457
04:02:45,050 --> 04:02:43,199
back to Earth that have come

5458
04:02:47,450 --> 04:02:45,060
from either another planet or the moon

5459
04:02:50,090 --> 04:02:47,460
and then this shot

5460
04:02:53,389 --> 04:02:50,100
the return of lofted under a parachute

5461
04:02:56,330 --> 04:02:53,399
the bottom glowing red hot

5462
04:02:59,990 --> 04:02:56,340
on the infrared camera after it returned

5463
04:03:02,210 --> 04:03:00,000
to the Searing heat of reentry 2 600

5464
04:03:04,670 --> 04:03:02,220
degrees Fahrenheit

5465
04:03:06,290 --> 04:03:04,680
marking a signature in the sky that we

5466
04:03:07,670 --> 04:03:06,300
were readily able to pick up with our

5467
04:03:10,429 --> 04:03:07,680
camera

5468
04:03:13,429 --> 04:03:10,439
as it fell gently down into the Pacific

5469
04:03:16,250 --> 04:03:13,439
Ocean the parachute then

5470
04:03:20,330 --> 04:03:16,260
falling delicately down

5471
04:03:22,729 --> 04:03:20,340
and now we have a fully inflated

5472
04:03:25,910 --> 04:03:22,739
lofted in the water

5473
04:03:28,010 --> 04:03:25,920
behind United launch Alliance Kahana II

5474
04:03:30,830 --> 04:03:28,020
as the crane in the back of that boat

5475
04:03:52,070 --> 04:03:30,840
now seeks to bring lofted

5476
04:03:57,110 --> 04:03:54,830
there's a light glowing just off the

5477
04:03:59,630 --> 04:03:57,120
back of the ship there Sean I know

5478
04:04:01,849 --> 04:03:59,640
that's that's our re-entry vehicle

5479
04:04:04,250 --> 04:04:01,859
and I think you can see the uh the

5480
04:04:06,170 --> 04:04:04,260
strobe lights uh finally from the from

5481
04:04:09,410 --> 04:04:06,180
the boat you can see the the flashing of

5482
04:04:11,450 --> 04:04:09,420
the strobe lights how about that and

5483
04:04:13,729 --> 04:04:11,460
that's this is no longer an infrared

5484
04:04:16,130 --> 04:04:13,739
camera we're actually just looking live

5485
04:04:18,650 --> 04:04:16,140
as we see it in our color camera

5486
04:04:20,330 --> 04:04:18,660
and uh now currently being blocked by

5487
04:04:22,429 --> 04:04:20,340
the camera it looks like that's the

5488
04:04:24,769 --> 04:04:22,439
strobe light right yes yes we have our

5489
04:04:26,389 --> 04:04:24,779
strobe lights and uh and reflective

5490
04:04:29,389 --> 04:04:26,399
mirrors on the back

5491
04:04:31,610 --> 04:04:29,399
uh to enable the VIS be able to visually

5492
04:04:33,710 --> 04:04:31,620
uh identify in the water so that makes

5493
04:04:47,389 --> 04:04:33,720
the strobe light brighter and easily

5494
04:04:52,670 --> 04:04:50,030
well Sean you can certainly see the glow

5495
04:04:55,729 --> 04:04:52,680
from the beacon also Illuminating now

5496
04:04:58,370 --> 04:04:55,739
the center of lofted

5497
04:05:00,710 --> 04:04:58,380
an impressive technology demonstration

5498
04:05:02,570 --> 04:05:00,720
you know the technology in and of itself

5499
04:05:05,330 --> 04:05:02,580
is already impressive the ability to go

5500
04:05:06,950 --> 04:05:05,340
to other planets Mars come back from the

5501
04:05:08,510 --> 04:05:06,960
Moon bring things that were built on the

5502
04:05:10,429 --> 04:05:08,520
moon back on Earth

5503
04:05:13,130 --> 04:05:10,439
um but to see it

5504
04:05:14,469 --> 04:05:13,140
happen so as you guys like to say

5505
04:05:17,809 --> 04:05:14,479
nominally

5506
04:05:19,910 --> 04:05:17,819
which means everything is as good as an

5507
04:05:21,950 --> 04:05:19,920
engineer could expect it to be

5508
04:05:24,830 --> 04:05:21,960
that must be just an incredibly proud

5509
04:05:28,070 --> 04:05:24,840
moment for you and the lofta team oh it

5510
04:05:31,370 --> 04:05:28,080
is it it is definitely a proud moment it

5511
04:05:33,710 --> 04:05:31,380
it's beyond uh expectations and um you

5512
04:05:36,590 --> 04:05:33,720
know we're we're so excited to

5513
04:05:39,110 --> 04:05:36,600
have been able to take part part in this

5514
04:05:40,670 --> 04:05:39,120
and just think of the you know all the

5515
04:05:42,950 --> 04:05:40,680
benefits that this is gonna this is

5516
04:05:46,070 --> 04:05:42,960
gonna lead to uh for future exploration

5517
04:05:47,630 --> 04:05:46,080
and we will continue to track uh what

5518
04:05:50,030 --> 04:05:47,640
happens out there in the Pacific Ocean

5519
04:05:52,070 --> 04:05:50,040
just a couple hundred miles off uh the

5520
04:05:55,010 --> 04:05:52,080
coast of Hawaii there'll be much more

5521
04:05:57,830 --> 04:05:55,020
tune into our our blogs that uh we

5522
04:05:59,269 --> 04:05:57,840
follow in social media online uh we'll

5523
04:06:02,689 --> 04:05:59,279
bring you all the imagery of the

5524
04:06:05,570 --> 04:06:02,699
recovery uh when we have that uh in hand

5525
04:06:07,070 --> 04:06:05,580
oh my God but for now Sean Hancock lost

5526
04:06:09,590 --> 04:06:07,080
an engineer want to thank you very much

5527
04:06:11,809 --> 04:06:09,600
for joining us it was a pleasure to be

5528
04:06:14,030 --> 04:06:11,819
beside you as we track this Mission from

5529
04:06:16,250 --> 04:06:14,040
uh outer space all the way to back home

5530
04:06:17,450 --> 04:06:16,260
here at the Pacific Ocean Daryl I really

5531
04:06:19,010 --> 04:06:17,460
want to thank you for the opportunity

5532
04:06:21,050 --> 04:06:19,020
I'll just stay right out of the gate I

5533
04:06:23,510 --> 04:06:21,060
was terrified of uh doing this before

5534
04:06:25,370 --> 04:06:23,520
before it started but this is this has

5535
04:06:27,170 --> 04:06:25,380
been a blast it's been you know one of

5536
04:06:30,110 --> 04:06:27,180
the the funnest things I've I've gotten

5537
04:06:32,450 --> 04:06:30,120
to do and and getting to see see this uh

5538
04:06:34,370 --> 04:06:32,460
successfully uh go through this Mission

5539
04:06:35,750 --> 04:06:34,380
and share it with with you and and then

5540
04:06:37,490 --> 04:06:35,760
the viewing public has been really

5541
04:06:39,229 --> 04:06:37,500
really great so thank you very much for

5542
04:06:40,610 --> 04:06:39,239
those words appreciate that Sean thank

5543
04:06:42,710 --> 04:06:40,620
you Megan we'll send it back to you

5544
04:06:44,150 --> 04:06:42,720
great job Daryl Sean thank you so much

5545
04:06:45,889 --> 04:06:44,160
for that if you're just joining us we

5546
04:06:48,769 --> 04:06:45,899
are actually wrapping up NASA's live

5547
04:06:50,510 --> 04:06:48,779
coverage of jpss2 and lofted which

5548
04:06:53,389 --> 04:06:50,520
launched from Vandenberg space Force

5549
04:06:55,729 --> 04:06:53,399
Base here in central California less

5550
04:06:57,769 --> 04:06:55,739
than three hours ago NASA and its

5551
04:06:59,809 --> 04:06:57,779
Partners accomplished a lot today let's

5552
04:07:02,389 --> 04:06:59,819
show you some video again uh this is

5553
04:07:04,610 --> 04:07:02,399
live video of the recovery ship that's

5554
04:07:06,469 --> 04:07:04,620
in the Pacific Ocean and off off the

5555
04:07:08,870 --> 04:07:06,479
coast of Hawaii you can see in the

5556
04:07:10,490 --> 04:07:08,880
distance there lights bobbing up and

5557
04:07:12,469 --> 04:07:10,500
down in the water that is the heat

5558
04:07:15,110 --> 04:07:12,479
shield that we tested today as part of

5559
04:07:17,689 --> 04:07:15,120
the lofted project and this recovery

5560
04:07:21,110 --> 04:07:17,699
vessel with NASA and Ula team members

5561
04:07:22,849 --> 04:07:21,120
they are so close uh to getting to that

5562
04:07:26,689 --> 04:07:22,859
heat shield and being able to bring it

5563
04:07:28,729 --> 04:07:26,699
aboard onto the ship to further analyze

5564
04:07:31,429 --> 04:07:28,739
it and then after that their their

5565
04:07:33,950 --> 04:07:31,439
mission isn't over then they recover a a

5566
04:07:35,330 --> 04:07:33,960
a a data recorder that was also ejected

5567
04:07:38,330 --> 04:07:35,340
they'll be able to get some more data

5568
04:07:42,349 --> 04:07:38,340
from that and then nine months more of

5569
04:07:43,910 --> 04:07:42,359
just seeing how successful this test was

5570
04:07:45,830 --> 04:07:43,920
and testing this new Innovative

5571
04:07:49,070 --> 04:07:45,840
technology that could really change the

5572
04:07:51,830 --> 04:07:49,080
way we explore our own Universe it

5573
04:07:54,290 --> 04:07:51,840
launched a board an atlas V rocket the

5574
04:07:59,150 --> 04:07:54,300
last Atlas five rocket to launch from

5575
04:08:01,610 --> 04:07:59,160
the West Coast it launched with uh jpss2

5576
04:08:03,189 --> 04:08:01,620
which is the newest polar orbiting

5577
04:08:06,590 --> 04:08:03,199
satellites

5578
04:08:09,290 --> 04:08:06,600
as part of a system that Noah will

5579
04:08:12,170 --> 04:08:09,300
manage we do want to give one update

5580
04:08:14,410 --> 04:08:12,180
though we uh the team is still waiting

5581
04:08:18,590 --> 04:08:14,420
to confirm whether or not

5582
04:08:19,610 --> 04:08:18,600
jpss2's solar array was deployed uh just

5583
04:08:21,349 --> 04:08:19,620
because they haven't been able to

5584
04:08:23,450 --> 04:08:21,359
confirm it doesn't mean there is an

5585
04:08:26,510 --> 04:08:23,460
issue but teams are monitoring that

5586
04:08:28,130 --> 04:08:26,520
closely as more Telemetry data becomes

5587
04:08:31,670 --> 04:08:28,140
available we did just want to mention

5588
04:08:34,010 --> 04:08:31,680
that if you do want to follow along with

5589
04:08:35,929 --> 04:08:34,020
that mission to see whether or not we're

5590
04:08:38,330 --> 04:08:35,939
able to confirm or when we are able to

5591
04:08:40,370 --> 04:08:38,340
confirm solar array deployment you can

5592
04:08:41,990 --> 04:08:40,380
head to these websites we are about to

5593
04:08:43,550 --> 04:08:42,000
pop up on the screen there on the right

5594
04:08:47,389 --> 04:08:43,560
side there that's where you can find out

5595
04:08:49,189 --> 04:08:47,399
more information about jpss2 and over

5596
04:08:51,170 --> 04:08:49,199
there on your right that's where you can

5597
04:08:53,570 --> 04:08:51,180
find out more about lofted

5598
04:08:55,309 --> 04:08:53,580
now if you enjoyed today's launch the

5599
04:08:57,229 --> 04:08:55,319
next one is just around the corner we

5600
04:09:00,889 --> 04:08:57,239
mean days away in the early morning

5601
04:09:03,290 --> 04:09:00,899
hours of November 16th NASA will attempt

5602
04:09:05,450 --> 04:09:03,300
to launch Artemis one our first step

5603
04:09:08,450 --> 04:09:05,460
towards sending astronauts back to the

5604
04:09:10,790 --> 04:09:08,460
Moon in nearly 50 years live coverage

5605
04:09:13,849 --> 04:09:10,800
will begin on NASA TV and it's YouTube

5606
04:09:17,510 --> 04:09:13,859
and streaming channels at 9 30 PM

5607
04:09:20,990 --> 04:09:17,520
Eastern Time on November 15th for a 104

5608
04:09:23,450 --> 04:09:21,000
10 30 p.m so sorry everyone 10 30 p.m

5609
04:09:26,450 --> 04:09:23,460
launch uh launch coverage begins on the

5610
04:09:29,750 --> 04:09:26,460
15th and then we will have hopefully

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launch at 104 a.m on the 16th so again I

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hope you can join us for that and thank

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[Music]

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thank you