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I'm landing a man on the moon

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25 feet down to two

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feels good 20 feet

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dancing

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that contact

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[Applause]

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that push

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and then stop engine arm proceed command

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override off

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control I had old things Auto

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okay Houston the charger has landed

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Houston you can tell America that

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50 years ago today Apollo 17 Commander

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Gene cernan and lunar module pilot Jack

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Schmidt guided Challenger to a Pinpoint

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Landing on a Barren Rock strewn area of

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the Moon called Taurus litro a half

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century later NASA's newest moon

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Explorer the Orion spacecraft is

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barreling its way back home after

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circumnavigating the moon and Beyond in

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an elliptical distant retrograde orbit

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now less than two hours away from

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splashing down in the Pacific Ocean West

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of Baja California to complete its

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Shakedown mission that has opened a new

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era of deep space exploration

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good morning from the Artemis flight

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control room here at the Johnson Space

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Center in Houston and Mission Control

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where the entry team of flight

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controllers is on duty ready to bring

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Orion home to complete a 25 and a half

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day Mission as he was for the launch of

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Orion more than 25 days ago NASA flight

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director Judd frieling is leading the

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entry team here on the white flight

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the target for Orion is growing larger

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in the field of view Moment by moment

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this is a live view of the Earth from a

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distance of 15 000 Miles Away about

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three hours and 40 minutes ago Orion

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conducted the final major maneuver of

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its Mission a return trajectory

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correction burn of its thrusters to

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further fine-tune its path toward its

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Splashdown site in the Pacific we'll be

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heading out to the Pacific shortly for

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the first in a series of reports from

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the scene where Orion will be recovered

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after launching atop the space launch

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system more than 25 days ago and

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traversing some 1.4 million miles in its

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circuitous orbit past the moon and back

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the most critical phase of the Artemis

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One mission for Orion is at hand it is

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homecoming day so let's run down the

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Milestones you'll be hearing about and

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seeing over the next couple of hours

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next up for Orion will be the crew

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module's separation from the European

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service module that pyrotechnic

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separation is scheduled at 11 A.M

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central time just 20 minutes before

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atmosphere at an altitude of 3200

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statute miles now we had planned for

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raise maneuver a 16 second Thruster

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firing to orient itself with the proper

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angle for its plunge back into the

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atmosphere but the latest targeting for

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Orion from the flight Dynamics folks

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here in Mission Control indicates such a

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precise trajectory for the spacecraft it

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was determined that the raised maneuver

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was not required that could still change

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separation but at the moment the raised

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the major objective of this mission is

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to test the spacecraft's heat shield

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against the Searing heat of Entry where

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endured by returning space shuttles and

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what is called a skip entry dipping into

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atmosphere and dipping Back In Like A

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Flat Rock skimming across a pond this

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the vehicle's inertia and will provide

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data needed in the future to select

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entry when the buildup of heat generated

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plasma around Orion will block

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about 25 times the speed of sound the

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around 11 29 a.m central time for just

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under three minutes right after the skip

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about five minutes after we regain

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pre-programmed commands stored on board

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parachutes at the top of Orion to pull

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the forward Bay cover off of the crew

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module that will initiate the sequential

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in the Pacific the current Splashdown

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parachutes shortly the weather forecast

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at the Splashdown site west of Baja

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calling for scattered clouds at 1700

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feet winds peaking to about nine knots

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feet that is all within flight Rule

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limits and it should be a splendid day

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out in the Pacific aboard the prime

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recovery ship the USS Portland embedded

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with the Kennedy Space Center's

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exploration ground systems recovery team

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and the U.S Navy is my colleague from

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the Kennedy Space Center Daryl nail

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Daryl good morning to you and as they

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say in the Navy give us a sit rep on

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well good morning to you Rob and that's

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right we're live on the deck just

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outside the bridge here on the USS

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Portland with a fantastic view of the

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area of Splashdown I just spoke with the

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recovery team they say we are currently

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five miles away from the Splashdown

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location right here in the Pacific Ocean

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the location as you mentioned just off

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the coast of Baja Mexico we got the

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great weather report Seas as you

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mentioned four to five feet we're

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looking good there let me show you the

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bridge deck where we are currently

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positioned this is looking forward for

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the ship I talked to Captain John Ryan

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who says that he currently has the ship

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in a race track going around the

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location near where Splashdown is just

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upwind of it so that the debris that

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comes down that being the crew module

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and the parachutes the Ford Bay cover

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when it separates will be all downwind

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of us now preparations are already

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underway we can hear the helicopter

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engines running so we want to take you

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to a live view of the flight deck this

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is towards the back of the ship

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where just five minutes ago the Navy

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flight deck they will be involved in the

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operation the third to the right is a

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backup helicopter now one of the

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helicopters will use the Navy's infrared

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targeting system which will start

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looking for Orion an altitude of about

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50 000 feet should be able to quickly

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lock onto Orion's heat shield which

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should be still very hot after reaching

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re-entry the second helicopter will

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track the forward Bay cover a one

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thousand pound nine and a half foot wide

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Titanium cover on top of Orion which

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protects the parachutes during the heat

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of re-entry it is jettisoned to allow

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them to come out now NASA's plan going

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in was to recover it but they've made an

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adjustment due to the Seas and the

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limitations of a small boat crane needed

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to lift it out of the water

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both helicopters if you can see just to

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the left of that helicopter at the

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bottom of your screen

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have GSS cameras mounted to them these

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are ultra high def cameras to record 8K

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resolution video for engineering

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purposes now with those helicopters just

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minutes away from flying out let's take

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a look underneath this very Flight Deck

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you can see into the well deck and this

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is the multi-purpose capability of this

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vessel the USS Portland down on the well

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deck is where the Final Phase of

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recovery will happen two teams of Navy

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divers are preparing to launch the small

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boats you see them at the bottom of your

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screen just partially protruding there

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at the bottom those are inflatable boats

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pre-position themselves in the open sea

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to recover debris from The Descent

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operation and then of course secure the

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team will also take above water and

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underneath water photography of the heat

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shield before the crew module is moved

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this is for all engineering purposes so

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they can see it freshly returned from

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space once the divers have Orion

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stabilized with tow ropes you see that

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bright yellow structure right dead in

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the middle of your screen that is the

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cradle that the boats and the winch

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lines will pull into position and put it

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right down on top of that cradle they

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will flood that deck with water roughly

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about six feet and then with a careful

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choreography of winch line and uh lines

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being pulled and maintained by Sailors

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they'll put it in position for its ride

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back to San Diego now coming up we'll

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speak to one of the Navy divers who will

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be in the water helping in fact he's on

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deck standing by in just a few minutes

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he's ready to go into the water we'll

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get some words from him before uh he

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goes out on his assignment looking good

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on the ship right now Rob we'll send it

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thanks Daryl and again a live view from

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Orion as it continues its pinpoint

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Journey back uh towards its Splashdown

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site not far from where you are out on

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the Pacific we will be going back to

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Daryl nail on the USS Portland

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frequently during the course of today's

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coverage

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Orion is wrapping up as we said earlier

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a mission that will have spanned 1.4

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million miles having flown further away

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from Earth than any human rated

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spacecraft designed to return humans to

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Earth and of course the big test that's

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coming up the ultimate test of its heat

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shield that will repel temperatures that

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will build up around the base of Orion

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to about 5000 degrees Fahrenheit at Peak

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heating as Orion barrels back into the

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Earth's atmosphere it has been an

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incredibly successful mission for the

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Orion spacecraft we'll be talking to a

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variety of people about all that

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officials and managers and Engineers

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throughout the course of our coverage

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today but for the moment let's take a

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visual and interactive look at this

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Mission with NASA's Philip Hargrove who

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will use the moon board to explain it

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all

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yes Welcome To The Moon board here at

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the Apollo Saturn 5 center it's been a

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super exciting month since the Artemis 1

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launch so let's take a look back at

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everything that happened just a few

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miles away from where I'm standing right

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now now on November 16th at 1 47 a.m the

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SLS lifted off from launch pad 39b here

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at Kennedy Space Center and it put on an

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incredible show for everybody watching

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here from the space coast I can't even

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describe to you how amazing it was to

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watch that core stage those solid rocket

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boosters provide over 8 million pounds

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of thrust at liftoff now those uh

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boosters and the core stage got us going

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from zero to over 17 000 miles per hour

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in just about eight minutes and then

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once all that propellant was depleted

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the responsibility was passed on to the

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interim cryogenic propulsion stage now

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the first job of the icps was to perform

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a pairs you raise maneuver and this

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means that we're getting into a low

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earth circular orbit that allows us to

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deploy those solar panels start

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harvesting energy and do systems

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checkouts to make sure that we are ready

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for our journey

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and we stayed in that orbit for about 30

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minutes and then we did our trans lunar

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injection burn this is the primary

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responsibility of the icps because it

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gives us the energy to escape low earth

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orbit and commits us on a path out to

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the moon now once it completed that burn

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the icps separated from the Orion and it

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performed one final burn to completely

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leave the Earth Moon system and after

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doing that Orion was on its way out to

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the moon so it spent about four days

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heading out towards the moon and then we

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quickly dipped in about 60 miles above

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the surface of the Moon and did an

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outbound powered flyby now that powered

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flyby means that we're taking advantage

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of the speed we already have the gravity

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of the moon and the energy we get from

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the service modules engines in order to

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Target our orbit and the orbit that we

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were targeting is called a Dro or a

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distant retrograde orbit and what that

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means is that instead of moving

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counterclockwise relative to the Earth

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like the moon does naturally we are

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moving clockwise so we're going in this

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opposite direction that's what

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retrograde means and distant means that

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we we are going farther away than we

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have with any human spacecraft before

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we're orbiting about 38 000 miles above

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the surface of the Moon and this is a

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really convenient orbit because we're

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able to stay there without having to use

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a ton of fuel for station keeping and it

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also provides a safe efficient path back

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home when we're ready so this allowed us

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to learn how to operate in deep space

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one of the core tenants of this Mission

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and then once we were ready we started

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our trip back home so we performed one

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more powered flyby this time targeting

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our return where we lit up those engines

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as we dipped close to the surface of the

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Moon and then we began our return

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Transit which took about seven days and

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that leads us to today so next time

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we'll talk a bit more about what that

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return looks like and what our entry is

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actually going to look like but until

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then back to you

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Thank You Phillip and again uh a live

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view of Orion closing in on planet Earth

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now about 11 000 miles away from Earth

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as it continues a very very precise

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trajectory for a Splashdown that is

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scheduled at 11 39 and 42 seconds am

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central time this morning

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for Orion launched from the Kennedy

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Space Center occurred on November 16th

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on the world's most powerful rock at the

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space launch system the first outbound

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power to flyby of the moon was performed

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five days later on November 21st dipping

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to within about 81 miles of the lunar

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surface that placed Orion on a very

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precise trajectory for its ultimate goal

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that racetrack trajectory called the

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distant retrograde orbit that would

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allow Orion the time and the space

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environment needed to test its metal

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four days later Orion executed an engine

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firing to enter into that orbit and the

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next day Orion surpassed the record set

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during Apollo 13 52 years ago for the

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greatest distance ever traveled by a

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human rated spacecraft designed to

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return humans to the Earth

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on November 28th Orion reached its

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farthest distance from the earth some

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268 thousand miles before departing the

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distant retrograde Orbit on December 1st

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and this past Monday Orion conducted a

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three-minute 27 second engine firing

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behind the moon to whip around Earth's

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closest neighbor for the final leg of

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its flight passing to within 80 miles of

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the surface turning for home and it

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splashed down that is scheduled just one

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hour 21 minutes 44 seconds from now the

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initial mission of the Artemis one

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program was always designed to be a test

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flight ringing out all of the systems of

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the space launch system and the Orion

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spacecraft and for more than 25 days it

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did just that setting the stage for

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recruit aboard an Orion vehicle for a

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trip around the moon in two years

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so with that uh out in the Pacific where

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Orion will be splashing down not long

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from now we're going to go back here in

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a moment to Daryl nail who's standing by

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with uh one of the uh first uh persons

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that will actually be in the water to

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execute the recovery and the securing of

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that's right Rob and his name is Wayne

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Shearer and he is the Navy diver first

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class aboard boat number two he is the

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lead on one of the two small boats

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called cricks which are essentially

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small inflatable Navy boats he's just

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about 20 or so minutes away from getting

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into that boat thank you Wayne for

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coming up here making some time for us

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to tell us about the operation today so

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tell me exactly how your team goes about

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securing this spacecraft after it comes

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back from space splashes down the water

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just a few miles from us well sequence

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of events are going to go splash down

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wait two hours we're gonna do in a

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hazard analysis make sure there's no gas

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coming off of it I'm gonna come up take

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those pictures like you said earlier for

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those engineering purposes once that's

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done then we put the uh what's called a

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pony collar on it and then basically

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it's a sequence of events of pulling all

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those ropes out like you said earlier

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and pulling it into the well deck easy

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day easy day and we know that there's

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certainly going to be some challenges

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right C's are four to five foot uh

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currently which is within your limit

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let's take a look now underneath the

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well deck to the boats that are

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currently being prepared you're really

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literally going to be going down here

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and right to that boat after we've

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conclude our interview how will you

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manage the four to five foot Seas with a

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bobbing spacecraft and bobbing

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inflatable board a boat with your team

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well it's just another day in the park

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for us you know we've trained for the

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last year and a half for this uh we've

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been in Worst season this recovering

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anything uh under the water it's just

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different instead of recovering

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something from under the water we're

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gonna recover something that fell from

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the sky you can see on our screen those

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are the the tip edges of your two

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inflatable boats

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um I imagine you'll be positioned uh

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somewhere towards the front or back a

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musician toward the middle of the boat

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towards the middle of the boat and as

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you do this operation

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have you thought about just the

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um the importance of it reflecting that

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it is uh you who will be one of the

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first people to put your hands on a

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spacecraft that just came back from

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space I mean definitely this is probably

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every kid's Little Dream or every little

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kid's dream to be able to do uh exactly

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what I'm doing today you know and uh I

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think I can speak for the whole dive

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team that we're honored to be part of

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history and to be part of something so

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monumentous and just ready just ready

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and excited to go out and do this on a

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personal note that you and I were

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talking about how you got in to the Navy

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and and the dive team what was it that

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motivated you to become a Navy diver and

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then ultimately uh now that you're on

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this operation uh looking back at that

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choice

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well uh February 2003 from Leesville

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Louisiana and I heard a loud boom

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outside my window one morning and I ran

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outside and talked to my dad and a few

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hours later watching the news and

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unfortunately what we heard was the USS

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Columbia

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um break up so

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um you know it's not a not a great thing

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to hear but it kind of jump started my

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career of like hey what do I want to do

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and I wanted to be about be out there to

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help people and the Navy just kind of

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fell into my lap and you know 20 years

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later to be able to to be part of

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history of the first next thing we flow

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into space like that is absolutely a uh

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a dream come true for myself certainly a

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tragedy for NASA one that has created

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many Lessons Learned for our agency but

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we have around the world and briefly

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Wayne as you look out here to the

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Pacific Ocean where you will literally

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be in the water in just a few minutes

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will you be sharing any words with your

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team uh good luck be safe and let's be

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part of History all right we wish you

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the best Wayne thank you for taking the

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time and good luck out there thank you

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thanks Daryl it looks like a great day

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out in the Pacific uh west of Baja

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California where Orion is headed and you

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can't beat this view though the view of

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the Earth where Orion is headed uh tried

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and true on a pinpoint course for a

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Splashdown just one hour and 16 minutes

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from now

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after Orion enters the Earth's

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atmosphere at the conclusion of this 25

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and a half day Mission the spacecraft is

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going to rely on a very heavily tested

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parachute system to slow down its speed

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and allow for a very gentle Splashdown

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Cokey manchin the chief engineer of

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Orion's parachute assembly system now

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describes the process and the path to

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the certification of the parachute

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a series of 11 parachutes will be

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deployed in sequential fashion a very

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dramatic return to Earth lying ahead for

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the Orion spacecraft our design is

549
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almost exactly the Apollo design the the

550
00:25:01,070 --> 00:24:58,140
shape of the mains the shape of the

551
00:25:04,669 --> 00:25:01,080
drugs the only major difference is we

552
00:25:08,630 --> 00:25:04,679
are bigger Apollo weighed roughly 13 000

553
00:25:11,270 --> 00:25:08,640
13 500 pounds and we weigh 22 and change

554
00:25:13,190 --> 00:25:11,280
a thousand pounds and so our parachutes

555
00:25:14,870 --> 00:25:13,200
are larger because we have more energy

556
00:25:17,450 --> 00:25:14,880
to take out of the system and our

557
00:25:19,730 --> 00:25:17,460
parachutes are stronger

558
00:25:22,010 --> 00:25:19,740
so at a fundamental level all around

559
00:25:24,649 --> 00:25:22,020
parachutes are alike the Orion system

560
00:25:26,630 --> 00:25:24,659
has drug parachutes that initially

561
00:25:28,250 --> 00:25:26,640
decelerate the system and because

562
00:25:31,070 --> 00:25:28,260
they're deployed at a much higher

563
00:25:32,990 --> 00:25:31,080
velocity they're made of ribbons the

564
00:25:34,370 --> 00:25:33,000
ribbons can take the fluttering

565
00:25:36,710 --> 00:25:34,380
associated with high velocity

566
00:25:39,110 --> 00:25:36,720
deployments much better than a solid can

567
00:25:42,049 --> 00:25:39,120
if you can and once the system slows

568
00:25:44,029 --> 00:25:42,059
down it deploys domains domains are much

569
00:25:46,070 --> 00:25:44,039
closer to a Personnel shoot they're

570
00:25:48,110 --> 00:25:46,080
called ring sales the major difference

571
00:25:51,890 --> 00:25:48,120
would be that a Personnel shoot could be

572
00:25:55,549 --> 00:25:51,900
28 to 30 feet in diameter and a c pass

573
00:25:57,769 --> 00:25:55,559
main is 116 feet in diameter City Orion

574
00:26:00,649 --> 00:25:57,779
parachutes are what we refer to as

575
00:26:03,049 --> 00:26:00,659
hybrid parachutes the drag surfaces are

576
00:26:05,149 --> 00:26:03,059
nylon but then the structural grid how

577
00:26:07,010 --> 00:26:05,159
we take the drag on that nylon surface

578
00:26:10,549 --> 00:26:07,020
and transmit it down to the vehicle is

579
00:26:13,430 --> 00:26:10,559
made of Kevlar and Kevlar is quite a bit

580
00:26:15,529 --> 00:26:13,440
stronger and stiffer and it just

581
00:26:18,049 --> 00:26:15,539
completely different material than the

582
00:26:21,110 --> 00:26:18,059
drag surfaces are so to see pass system

583
00:26:23,269 --> 00:26:21,120
is designed to safely recover the crew

584
00:26:27,049 --> 00:26:23,279
with just two Mains deployed

585
00:26:28,789 --> 00:26:27,059
the problem with deploying the backup

586
00:26:30,470 --> 00:26:28,799
shoot after you deploy the first two

587
00:26:32,450 --> 00:26:30,480
shoots is you have to negotiate the

588
00:26:34,549 --> 00:26:32,460
shoot that's already out there so what

589
00:26:37,070 --> 00:26:34,559
we chose to do and what Apollo chose to

590
00:26:39,710 --> 00:26:37,080
do was to deploy the backup shoot with

591
00:26:42,529 --> 00:26:39,720
the main system itself and as a result

592
00:26:44,930 --> 00:26:42,539
we get a much softer Landing when all

593
00:26:47,870 --> 00:26:44,940
the parachutes work properly but both

594
00:26:51,590 --> 00:26:47,880
systems were designed to land both just

595
00:26:56,090 --> 00:26:53,690
when we did the pad abort test at White

596
00:26:58,250 --> 00:26:56,100
Sands I was quite scared but I wasn't

597
00:27:00,950 --> 00:26:58,260
scared for our system I was scared for

598
00:27:03,110 --> 00:27:00,960
the repositioning after the Rockets took

599
00:27:05,630 --> 00:27:03,120
off the capsule and repositioned it it

600
00:27:08,450 --> 00:27:05,640
was perfect that thing reoriented like

601
00:27:10,730 --> 00:27:08,460
it was on Rails and I I swear to you

602
00:27:12,470 --> 00:27:10,740
this this huge relief came over me when

603
00:27:14,810 --> 00:27:12,480
the cover came off because I thought wow

604
00:27:19,210 --> 00:27:14,820
we're not done but we're done I know my

605
00:27:19,220 --> 00:27:23,180
all right

606
00:27:32,110 --> 00:27:24,950
[Music]

607
00:27:37,490 --> 00:27:35,390
the view of the earth we're about 33

608
00:27:40,250 --> 00:27:37,500
minutes away from the first big

609
00:27:42,110 --> 00:27:40,260
milestone that will be the separation of

610
00:27:45,890 --> 00:27:42,120
the crew module and the service module

611
00:27:47,870 --> 00:27:45,900
uh signaling the beginning of Orion's

612
00:27:50,690 --> 00:27:47,880
entrance into the home stretch of its

613
00:27:53,810 --> 00:27:50,700
1.4 million mile Journey

614
00:27:56,510 --> 00:27:53,820
with us at this hour is the Deputy

615
00:27:59,450 --> 00:27:56,520
associate administrator for exploration

616
00:28:01,010 --> 00:27:59,460
systems Kathy Kerner Kathy thanks for

617
00:28:01,850 --> 00:28:01,020
joining us this morning it's great to

618
00:28:03,409 --> 00:28:01,860
see you

619
00:28:05,450 --> 00:28:03,419
glad to be here

620
00:28:07,130 --> 00:28:05,460
you know this is a little bit of deja vu

621
00:28:09,230 --> 00:28:07,140
for you you were a flight director in

622
00:28:12,110 --> 00:28:09,240
this room for a number of years your

623
00:28:13,610 --> 00:28:12,120
thoughts as Orion approaches the end of

624
00:28:15,289 --> 00:28:13,620
this Maiden flight

625
00:28:17,149 --> 00:28:15,299
yeah certainly a lot of history and

626
00:28:19,130 --> 00:28:17,159
human space flight has been made in this

627
00:28:21,110 --> 00:28:19,140
room and we're making some more today

628
00:28:23,149 --> 00:28:21,120
and really excited there's a lot of

629
00:28:25,190 --> 00:28:23,159
energy in the room and it's uh it's it's

630
00:28:27,110 --> 00:28:25,200
very familiar but it's also very

631
00:28:30,649 --> 00:28:27,120
different as we step into this next

632
00:28:32,750 --> 00:28:30,659
episode in human exploration

633
00:28:34,669 --> 00:28:32,760
you know the uh the mission had its

634
00:28:38,630 --> 00:28:34,679
trials and tribulations getting off the

635
00:28:41,450 --> 00:28:38,640
ground but once it did uh so far so good

636
00:28:44,630 --> 00:28:41,460
the mission has exceeded expectations in

637
00:28:48,289 --> 00:28:44,640
many areas uh of course the post-flight

638
00:28:49,730 --> 00:28:48,299
analysis is yet to come but from uh the

639
00:28:52,130 --> 00:28:49,740
top level the thousand foot level

640
00:28:53,450 --> 00:28:52,140
looking down at the mission uh what are

641
00:28:55,370 --> 00:28:53,460
your thoughts about what has been

642
00:28:57,590 --> 00:28:55,380
accomplished in setting the stage for a

643
00:28:59,930 --> 00:28:57,600
crude mission two years from now

644
00:29:01,370 --> 00:28:59,940
absolutely this has been a phenomenal

645
00:29:04,310 --> 00:29:01,380
Mission thus far if you asked me to

646
00:29:06,169 --> 00:29:04,320
grade it I'd give us an A plus I think

647
00:29:08,930 --> 00:29:06,179
that the work that has been performed

648
00:29:11,210 --> 00:29:08,940
both by the exploration ground systems

649
00:29:13,250 --> 00:29:11,220
team the SLS team and the Orion team has

650
00:29:15,830 --> 00:29:13,260
been fantastic we've been learning how

651
00:29:18,529 --> 00:29:15,840
the spacecraft operates we've been

652
00:29:20,389 --> 00:29:18,539
learning how to fly this amazing machine

653
00:29:22,850 --> 00:29:20,399
and it's gone so well that we've

654
00:29:25,430 --> 00:29:22,860
actually been able to add tests during

655
00:29:26,870 --> 00:29:25,440
the mission that help expand the the

656
00:29:28,610 --> 00:29:26,880
envelope that we're going to be able to

657
00:29:30,409 --> 00:29:28,620
use to operate the spacecraft once we

658
00:29:32,810 --> 00:29:30,419
have crew on board

659
00:29:34,850 --> 00:29:32,820
the major objective of the mission lies

660
00:29:36,529 --> 00:29:34,860
ahead that's the rigorous testing of the

661
00:29:37,450 --> 00:29:36,539
heat shield as we've just seen in our

662
00:29:39,950 --> 00:29:37,460
features

663
00:29:42,289 --> 00:29:39,960
5000 degrees Fahrenheit building up

664
00:29:43,909 --> 00:29:42,299
around the spacecraft twice as much as

665
00:29:46,789 --> 00:29:43,919
space shuttles endured when they

666
00:29:48,649 --> 00:29:46,799
re-enter the Earth's atmosphere uh how

667
00:29:51,289 --> 00:29:48,659
do you think it's all going to fare and

668
00:29:53,690 --> 00:29:51,299
what then needs to be done to analyze

669
00:29:55,850 --> 00:29:53,700
the performance of the heat shield in

670
00:29:58,190 --> 00:29:55,860
certifying that we are good to put a

671
00:30:01,370 --> 00:29:58,200
crew on board in a couple of years so

672
00:30:03,769 --> 00:30:01,380
this test this is the primary objective

673
00:30:05,630 --> 00:30:03,779
of this test mission but we've got a lot

674
00:30:07,010 --> 00:30:05,640
more object objectives that we need to

675
00:30:09,110 --> 00:30:07,020
accomplish between now and when we

676
00:30:11,450 --> 00:30:09,120
launch crew we have an environmental

677
00:30:13,549 --> 00:30:11,460
test that we need to conduct of the

678
00:30:15,289 --> 00:30:13,559
entire integrated spacecraft once we get

679
00:30:18,169 --> 00:30:15,299
the environmental and life support

680
00:30:19,789 --> 00:30:18,179
systems on board so this is just one of

681
00:30:22,070 --> 00:30:19,799
many tests that we have going forward

682
00:30:23,810 --> 00:30:22,080
and one of many analyzes that we need to

683
00:30:26,149 --> 00:30:23,820
do with all of the post flight data that

684
00:30:28,430 --> 00:30:26,159
we retrieve from the spacecraft

685
00:30:31,370 --> 00:30:28,440
we opened up the broadcast uh paying

686
00:30:33,889 --> 00:30:31,380
homage to Apollo 17 landing on the moon

687
00:30:35,750 --> 00:30:33,899
50 years ago today

688
00:30:38,029 --> 00:30:35,760
it's only coincidence that this happened

689
00:30:40,250 --> 00:30:38,039
but it seems very appropriate doesn't it

690
00:30:43,610 --> 00:30:40,260
it does it seems fitting that we would

691
00:30:45,649 --> 00:30:43,620
honor Apollo with the new Legacy of the

692
00:30:47,570 --> 00:30:45,659
Artemis generation and this Mission

693
00:30:49,610 --> 00:30:47,580
today

694
00:30:51,289 --> 00:30:49,620
thanks very much Kathy Kathy Kerner the

695
00:30:53,930 --> 00:30:51,299
deputy associate administrator for

696
00:30:55,970 --> 00:30:53,940
exploration systems and uh

697
00:30:57,590 --> 00:30:55,980
we're nearing the end of the home

698
00:31:07,990 --> 00:30:57,600
stretch here of this very first mission

699
00:31:14,510 --> 00:31:10,789
and as the Earth grows larger and larger

700
00:31:17,330 --> 00:31:14,520
in the field of view Orion continues its

701
00:31:20,090 --> 00:31:17,340
Trek back home with crew module service

702
00:31:22,789 --> 00:31:20,100
module separation just 30 minutes from

703
00:31:25,250 --> 00:31:22,799
now entry interface just 20 minutes

704
00:31:27,529 --> 00:31:25,260
after that in the meantime let's go back

705
00:31:30,289 --> 00:31:27,539
out to the Pacific the destination for

706
00:31:32,570 --> 00:31:30,299
Orion today where Daryl nail from the

707
00:31:34,130 --> 00:31:32,580
Kennedy Space Center again embedded with

708
00:31:36,830 --> 00:31:34,140
the exploration ground systems and

709
00:31:43,930 --> 00:31:36,840
Recovery teams is standing by with

710
00:31:48,529 --> 00:31:46,370
that's right Rob Shannon Walker Mass

711
00:31:51,049 --> 00:31:48,539
astronaut has been on board since we

712
00:31:52,430 --> 00:31:51,059
departed on Wednesday to come out to the

713
00:31:54,769 --> 00:31:52,440
site thank you for being here to take

714
00:31:56,870 --> 00:31:54,779
some time to talk to us amidst this

715
00:31:58,970 --> 00:31:56,880
important operation to recover the Orion

716
00:32:01,190 --> 00:31:58,980
crew module absolutely I am happy to be

717
00:32:04,070 --> 00:32:01,200
here so tell me a little bit about

718
00:32:09,350 --> 00:32:06,529
operations today yeah of course we do

719
00:32:11,510 --> 00:32:09,360
not have crew on this uh capsule but I

720
00:32:13,070 --> 00:32:11,520
am here because the next RMS flight will

721
00:32:15,110 --> 00:32:13,080
have crew on it and so we are starting

722
00:32:16,789 --> 00:32:15,120
the process of assessing how we're going

723
00:32:18,289 --> 00:32:16,799
to operate with crew how do we extract

724
00:32:20,450 --> 00:32:18,299
the crew from the capsule how do we get

725
00:32:21,950 --> 00:32:20,460
them to the ship safely how do we do all

726
00:32:24,169 --> 00:32:21,960
the medical tricks we want to do so

727
00:32:26,330 --> 00:32:24,179
we're starting the process of getting

728
00:32:28,490 --> 00:32:26,340
ready for the next starting position and

729
00:32:30,710 --> 00:32:28,500
with this capsule being recovered today

730
00:32:32,450 --> 00:32:30,720
it will be brought back I imagine that

731
00:32:35,450 --> 00:32:32,460
the astronauts will be very interested

732
00:32:38,149 --> 00:32:35,460
in the data that comes off of it this uh

733
00:32:39,830 --> 00:32:38,159
particular capsule has sensors all over

734
00:32:41,870 --> 00:32:39,840
it more than any future capsule will

735
00:32:44,510 --> 00:32:41,880
have yeah absolutely so this is going to

736
00:32:51,529 --> 00:32:44,520
tell us what we need to do change uh

737
00:32:55,190 --> 00:32:52,669
what you're hearing are some

738
00:32:57,649 --> 00:32:55,200
announcements from the ship pa uh

739
00:32:59,690 --> 00:32:57,659
informing the crew at what stage in the

740
00:33:02,210 --> 00:32:59,700
operation we're at I should mention that

741
00:33:04,730 --> 00:33:02,220
we just had helicopters the uh the

742
00:33:07,850 --> 00:33:04,740
mh-60s at the back of the flight deck

743
00:33:10,430 --> 00:33:07,860
just launched off and uh are in flight

744
00:33:13,009 --> 00:33:10,440
now to the recovery area they play an

745
00:33:15,230 --> 00:33:13,019
important role uh here

746
00:33:18,049 --> 00:33:15,240
um Shannon continuing Now with uh with

747
00:33:19,970 --> 00:33:18,059
our interview when you look at the

748
00:33:23,570 --> 00:33:19,980
operation as a whole they're currently

749
00:33:24,950 --> 00:33:23,580
trying to determine how the astronauts

750
00:33:26,750 --> 00:33:24,960
will be recovered that's not happening

751
00:33:29,149 --> 00:33:26,760
today that's right but that will have to

752
00:33:31,430 --> 00:33:29,159
be integrated into the operation do they

753
00:33:33,889 --> 00:33:31,440
come off immediately after the crew

754
00:33:35,450 --> 00:33:33,899
splashes down or there's an idea kicking

755
00:33:37,549 --> 00:33:35,460
around there to have them stay in the

756
00:33:39,710 --> 00:33:37,559
capsule and come to the back of the ship

757
00:33:41,450 --> 00:33:39,720
what are your thoughts on on both of

758
00:33:43,490 --> 00:33:41,460
those what are the pluses and minuses on

759
00:33:45,710 --> 00:33:43,500
those well certainly the plus of having

760
00:33:47,509 --> 00:33:45,720
the crew come off immediately is that

761
00:33:49,430 --> 00:33:47,519
the crew is not staying in the capsule

762
00:33:50,990 --> 00:33:49,440
for an extended period of time there'll

763
00:33:53,029 --> 00:33:51,000
be a time when we'll have to turn off

764
00:33:54,950 --> 00:33:53,039
the cooler in the capsule which would

765
00:33:56,570 --> 00:33:54,960
mean the crew will start getting very

766
00:33:59,210 --> 00:33:56,580
warm in their suits so it's better to

767
00:34:00,830 --> 00:33:59,220
get them off before that also you'll

768
00:34:02,210 --> 00:34:00,840
probably see later the operations in the

769
00:34:03,470 --> 00:34:02,220
well deck there are a lot of waves in

770
00:34:05,210 --> 00:34:03,480
there and it's probably not going to be

771
00:34:07,669 --> 00:34:05,220
a fun ride for the crew to be in there

772
00:34:09,770 --> 00:34:07,679
so uh you're right we're looking at it

773
00:34:11,930 --> 00:34:09,780
the actual uh let's see next summer

774
00:34:13,609 --> 00:34:11,940
we're going to have another test run

775
00:34:14,450 --> 00:34:13,619
we'll be out on the ship and we will be

776
00:34:16,190 --> 00:34:14,460
looking at all the different

777
00:34:18,530 --> 00:34:16,200
methodologies for getting crew off the

778
00:34:19,909 --> 00:34:18,540
capsule and uh may I ask what your

779
00:34:20,930 --> 00:34:19,919
particular favorite would be I mean I

780
00:34:22,790 --> 00:34:20,940
think you've already kind of indicated

781
00:34:25,129 --> 00:34:22,800
you're leaning more towards let's get

782
00:34:27,710 --> 00:34:25,139
off uh the ship off immediately yeah so

783
00:34:28,970 --> 00:34:27,720
I think we will uh probably now don't

784
00:34:32,149 --> 00:34:28,980
quote me on this but we'll probably

785
00:34:34,250 --> 00:34:32,159
extract the crew via helicopter from the

786
00:34:36,290 --> 00:34:34,260
capsule and helicopter them over to the

787
00:34:38,629 --> 00:34:36,300
ship and as an astronaut just briefly

788
00:34:41,329 --> 00:34:38,639
when you come back from space physically

789
00:34:43,730 --> 00:34:41,339
you're in a condition where

790
00:34:46,070 --> 00:34:43,740
um how would you describe it physically

791
00:34:48,589 --> 00:34:46,080
and mentally yeah so when we come back

792
00:34:50,570 --> 00:34:48,599
we we consider a crew deconditioned well

793
00:34:52,490 --> 00:34:50,580
on the space station for example we have

794
00:34:54,710 --> 00:34:52,500
lots of exercise eyes are really strong

795
00:34:57,050 --> 00:34:54,720
when we come back it is still a big

796
00:35:00,410 --> 00:34:57,060
adjustment to being in Earth's gravity

797
00:35:01,730 --> 00:35:00,420
again the lunar missions is kind of in

798
00:35:03,109 --> 00:35:01,740
the middle between what we did in the

799
00:35:05,150 --> 00:35:03,119
shuttle days and what we're doing on the

800
00:35:06,470 --> 00:35:05,160
space station so we don't know exactly

801
00:35:08,089 --> 00:35:06,480
how the crew is going to feel but

802
00:35:09,829 --> 00:35:08,099
they're going to be exhausted

803
00:35:11,030 --> 00:35:09,839
um and so their balance may be off a

804
00:35:12,890 --> 00:35:11,040
little bit so it's better just to get

805
00:35:15,470 --> 00:35:12,900
them out of the capsule as far as the

806
00:35:17,569 --> 00:35:15,480
mental side goes I found that when I am

807
00:35:20,870 --> 00:35:17,579
back on Earth it's just a huge sigh of

808
00:35:22,730 --> 00:35:20,880
relief in that somebody else is worrying

809
00:35:24,890 --> 00:35:22,740
all the details and I can just sit and

810
00:35:26,210 --> 00:35:24,900
relax a little bit well we appreciate

811
00:35:27,589 --> 00:35:26,220
you being here thank you for all the

812
00:35:28,910 --> 00:35:27,599
insight you're doing a great job of

813
00:35:31,550 --> 00:35:28,920
staying balanced so this is the four to

814
00:35:33,770 --> 00:35:31,560
five foot seas and going up and down

815
00:35:35,390 --> 00:35:33,780
right it is definitely a challenge thank

816
00:35:37,970 --> 00:35:35,400
you very much Shannon Rob will send it

817
00:35:41,089 --> 00:35:37,980
back to you in Houston

818
00:35:43,490 --> 00:35:41,099
thanks Daryl thank you Shannon and happy

819
00:35:45,109 --> 00:35:43,500
sailing out there as we continue to

820
00:35:45,770 --> 00:35:45,119
watch this scintillating view of the

821
00:35:48,230 --> 00:35:45,780
Earth

822
00:35:50,990 --> 00:35:48,240
as we are just one hour five minutes

823
00:35:53,210 --> 00:35:51,000
away from Splashdown now as Shannon

824
00:35:56,089 --> 00:35:53,220
Walker alluded to in that interview with

825
00:35:57,650 --> 00:35:56,099
Daryl nail on the USS Portland uh we're

826
00:36:01,370 --> 00:35:57,660
going to be on the air here for a couple

827
00:36:03,770 --> 00:36:01,380
of hours after Splashdown while a number

828
00:36:06,770 --> 00:36:03,780
of flight objectives and test objectives

829
00:36:08,510 --> 00:36:06,780
are being conducted data gathering on

830
00:36:11,810 --> 00:36:08,520
the Orion spacecraft but the whole

831
00:36:13,970 --> 00:36:11,820
recovery issue to get Orion into the

832
00:36:16,790 --> 00:36:13,980
well deck of the USS Portland is no

833
00:36:19,069 --> 00:36:16,800
small feat Melissa Jones who is the

834
00:36:20,690 --> 00:36:19,079
landing director and the recovery

835
00:36:24,290 --> 00:36:20,700
director from the Kennedy Space Center

836
00:36:25,849 --> 00:36:24,300
has worked tirelessly to choreograph all

837
00:36:28,609 --> 00:36:25,859
of the elements of that recovery

838
00:36:32,450 --> 00:36:28,619
operation let's take a look now at how

839
00:36:38,089 --> 00:36:35,030
today we are aboard the USS John P

840
00:36:41,329 --> 00:36:38,099
mirtha and behind me is a mock-up

841
00:36:43,490 --> 00:36:41,339
capsule of the Orion crew module and we

842
00:36:45,770 --> 00:36:43,500
are training the team to be ready to do

843
00:36:48,349 --> 00:36:45,780
Artemis 1 recovery operations

844
00:36:50,390 --> 00:36:48,359
my role is the NASA recovery director is

845
00:36:52,730 --> 00:36:50,400
to lead the interagency team that will

846
00:36:55,069 --> 00:36:52,740
recover the capsule ever since the

847
00:36:56,690 --> 00:36:55,079
Apollo program NASA and the Navy have

848
00:36:58,670 --> 00:36:56,700
worked together to recover NASA's

849
00:37:00,470 --> 00:36:58,680
capsules in the water

850
00:37:02,390 --> 00:37:00,480
so one of the huge benefits of working

851
00:37:04,310 --> 00:37:02,400
with the Navy is the fact that they're

852
00:37:06,650 --> 00:37:04,320
operational and we leverage their core

853
00:37:08,930 --> 00:37:06,660
competencies to bring the flight

854
00:37:11,690 --> 00:37:08,940
hardware and the crew back safely from

855
00:37:13,910 --> 00:37:11,700
the Moon on the Artemis One recovery day

856
00:37:16,130 --> 00:37:13,920
my job will be to direct the team

857
00:37:18,470 --> 00:37:16,140
through the integrated operation to

858
00:37:20,630 --> 00:37:18,480
recover the capsule the ship will get to

859
00:37:22,010 --> 00:37:20,640
the recovery location 24 hours before we

860
00:37:24,950 --> 00:37:22,020
will start launching weather balloons

861
00:37:26,870 --> 00:37:24,960
and that data will go back to Houston

862
00:37:29,150 --> 00:37:26,880
and will help inform where we splash

863
00:37:30,829 --> 00:37:29,160
down a couple hours before Splashdown

864
00:37:32,930 --> 00:37:30,839
the Navy launches small boats off of the

865
00:37:34,790 --> 00:37:32,940
knuckle boom Crane and helicopters will

866
00:37:36,710 --> 00:37:34,800
take off and they will do their circles

867
00:37:38,690 --> 00:37:36,720
in the air and they are waiting for the

868
00:37:41,930 --> 00:37:38,700
castle to re-enter so that they can get

869
00:37:44,329 --> 00:37:41,940
good data and photo imagery of the

870
00:37:45,950 --> 00:37:44,339
capsule on its way back to Earth once

871
00:37:47,810 --> 00:37:45,960
that is done and we splash down we will

872
00:37:49,970 --> 00:37:47,820
save the capsule approach the capsule

873
00:37:51,950 --> 00:37:49,980
attach lines to the capsule and recover

874
00:37:54,050 --> 00:37:51,960
it into the well deck of the ship

875
00:37:56,270 --> 00:37:54,060
Artemis 1 recovery operations will take

876
00:37:57,650 --> 00:37:56,280
about five hours to perform all of the

877
00:37:59,750 --> 00:37:57,660
work we need to do because we are

878
00:38:02,089 --> 00:37:59,760
gathering data so that we can fly crew

879
00:38:03,530 --> 00:38:02,099
mission on Artemis 2. when Artemis one

880
00:38:05,630 --> 00:38:03,540
slashes down it's going to be the

881
00:38:07,790 --> 00:38:05,640
culmination of all of the hard work that

882
00:38:11,150 --> 00:38:07,800
we've put in as a team it's going to be

883
00:38:13,069 --> 00:38:11,160
an amazing feeling hearing that we've

884
00:38:15,650 --> 00:38:13,079
met Earth's interface and that we can

885
00:38:18,650 --> 00:38:15,660
see three good main parachutes and when

886
00:38:24,370 --> 00:38:18,660
we hear Splashdown I'm gonna get

887
00:38:29,569 --> 00:38:27,170
and again that whole recovery operation

888
00:38:31,970 --> 00:38:29,579
will take several hours we are going to

889
00:38:35,690 --> 00:38:31,980
remain on the air for at least two hours

890
00:38:37,790 --> 00:38:35,700
or so after Splashdown uh so that we can

891
00:38:41,150 --> 00:38:37,800
bring you all the information regarding

892
00:38:43,310 --> 00:38:41,160
the initial safing of the vehicle and uh

893
00:38:45,050 --> 00:38:43,320
the test objectives that the flight

894
00:38:47,329 --> 00:38:45,060
control team here in Houston led by

895
00:38:50,630 --> 00:38:47,339
flight director Judd freeling will be

896
00:38:52,970 --> 00:38:50,640
absorbing uh all of that data mostly

897
00:38:55,130 --> 00:38:52,980
about the thermal conditions of the

898
00:38:58,970 --> 00:38:55,140
spacecraft which will have come through

899
00:39:01,790 --> 00:38:58,980
some 5000 degrees Fahrenheit in in entry

900
00:39:04,190 --> 00:39:01,800
and with us at this moment is the man

901
00:39:07,250 --> 00:39:04,200
who is going to be watching all of that

902
00:39:09,470 --> 00:39:07,260
very very carefully John kowal who's the

903
00:39:12,230 --> 00:39:09,480
Orion thermal protection system manager

904
00:39:15,109 --> 00:39:12,240
John your big moment is lying ahead here

905
00:39:16,550 --> 00:39:15,119
the uh the plunge back into the Earth's

906
00:39:19,490 --> 00:39:16,560
atmosphere This Is The Moment of Truth

907
00:39:21,410 --> 00:39:19,500
to test the heat shield what kind of

908
00:39:24,230 --> 00:39:21,420
thermal environment are you expecting

909
00:39:26,450 --> 00:39:24,240
for Orion as it makes its way into the

910
00:39:29,329 --> 00:39:26,460
Earth's atmosphere and then back through

911
00:39:32,150 --> 00:39:29,339
the atmosphere itself

912
00:39:34,069 --> 00:39:32,160
attention 5000 degrees on the ship but

913
00:39:36,890 --> 00:39:34,079
to back that up how do we get there so

914
00:39:38,990 --> 00:39:36,900
we that vehicle still has all that

915
00:39:42,170 --> 00:39:39,000
energy that's a launch rocket put into

916
00:39:44,710 --> 00:39:42,180
it during that first beautiful launch

917
00:39:47,450 --> 00:39:44,720
right so that gets converted into

918
00:39:49,910 --> 00:39:47,460
velocity so we're going at 25

919
00:39:52,190 --> 00:39:49,920
000 miles per hour which is how do you

920
00:39:55,730 --> 00:39:52,200
even fathom what that means it's seven

921
00:39:58,069 --> 00:39:55,740
miles per second wow so all that energy

922
00:40:00,109 --> 00:39:58,079
enough to power four thousand five

923
00:40:02,930 --> 00:40:00,119
thousand homes in a day

924
00:40:05,089 --> 00:40:02,940
we have to get rid of it and how do we

925
00:40:07,609 --> 00:40:05,099
do that with the vehicle comes slamming

926
00:40:09,050 --> 00:40:07,619
in to the atmosphere starts trying to

927
00:40:11,210 --> 00:40:09,060
push the air up

928
00:40:12,829 --> 00:40:11,220
out of the way that air is pushing back

929
00:40:15,290 --> 00:40:12,839
the pressures go up the temperatures go

930
00:40:17,630 --> 00:40:15,300
up you know we're talking

931
00:40:20,450 --> 00:40:17,640
you got better upwards of around 10 000

932
00:40:22,910 --> 00:40:20,460
degrees Fahrenheit in the flow field so

933
00:40:24,109 --> 00:40:22,920
that energy goes into the low field and

934
00:40:26,810 --> 00:40:24,119
then the flow field wants to give it

935
00:40:28,609 --> 00:40:26,820
back to the surface of the TPS so that's

936
00:40:30,530 --> 00:40:28,619
what the TPS is going to see or what the

937
00:40:32,390 --> 00:40:30,540
heat Shield's going to see and that's

938
00:40:34,790 --> 00:40:32,400
what pushes it up to 5000 degrees

939
00:40:37,910 --> 00:40:34,800
Fahrenheit

940
00:40:40,190 --> 00:40:37,920
what kind of testing was required

941
00:40:43,310 --> 00:40:40,200
throughout the course of uh the

942
00:40:46,010 --> 00:40:43,320
preparations for Orion to prepare the

943
00:40:48,230 --> 00:40:46,020
vehicle for launch that made you

944
00:40:50,569 --> 00:40:48,240
confident that it could withstand the

945
00:40:52,550 --> 00:40:50,579
rigors of this sort of environment

946
00:40:54,829 --> 00:40:52,560
yeah there's been a lot of testing I

947
00:40:57,230 --> 00:40:54,839
mean we've been at this for

948
00:41:00,410 --> 00:40:57,240
since since uh

949
00:41:01,670 --> 00:41:00,420
the end of the shuttle program if you

950
00:41:03,950 --> 00:41:01,680
think back to

951
00:41:05,750 --> 00:41:03,960
that system that was a reusable system

952
00:41:08,990 --> 00:41:05,760
we had kind of been out of the business

953
00:41:09,770 --> 00:41:09,000
of these ablation materials for quite a

954
00:41:12,890 --> 00:41:09,780
while

955
00:41:15,109 --> 00:41:12,900
sense of hollow so we had to

956
00:41:18,230 --> 00:41:15,119
train a whole new generation of

957
00:41:20,390 --> 00:41:18,240
Engineers on developing that type of

958
00:41:22,130 --> 00:41:20,400
system as well as getting the materials

959
00:41:24,950 --> 00:41:22,140
back so

960
00:41:26,750 --> 00:41:24,960
there was a lot of testing in in Arc

961
00:41:28,569 --> 00:41:26,760
Jets that's the primary way that you

962
00:41:31,550 --> 00:41:28,579
test these types of

963
00:41:34,190 --> 00:41:31,560
materials you can create these

964
00:41:36,109 --> 00:41:34,200
temperatures it's it's it's like a wind

965
00:41:37,790 --> 00:41:36,119
tunnel with a lightning bolt going down

966
00:41:40,970 --> 00:41:37,800
the center of it and that's how you you

967
00:41:43,970 --> 00:41:40,980
create this high temperature plasma and

968
00:41:45,650 --> 00:41:43,980
that gets impinged on to the test

969
00:41:48,710 --> 00:41:45,660
article so we do a lot of materials

970
00:41:51,609 --> 00:41:48,720
testing we've done

971
00:41:53,990 --> 00:41:51,619
quite a bit of of testing of the system

972
00:41:55,849 --> 00:41:54,000
you know where even though we're using

973
00:41:57,829 --> 00:41:55,859
the same material they have coat that

974
00:41:58,790 --> 00:41:57,839
they used in Apollo it's in a different

975
00:42:01,130 --> 00:41:58,800
form

976
00:42:03,710 --> 00:42:01,140
and so we made it into blocks those

977
00:42:05,450 --> 00:42:03,720
blocks have seams that have to be filled

978
00:42:07,790 --> 00:42:05,460
those seams are always one of the areas

979
00:42:09,589 --> 00:42:07,800
that you want to test the most is

980
00:42:11,930 --> 00:42:09,599
because that's where the problems happen

981
00:42:13,270 --> 00:42:11,940
and so we've done a lot of testing there

982
00:42:15,710 --> 00:42:13,280
in the thermal

983
00:42:18,890 --> 00:42:15,720
and also structurally we've had to do a

984
00:42:21,710 --> 00:42:18,900
lot of testing with to see how the

985
00:42:24,109 --> 00:42:21,720
abcoat blocks interact with the

986
00:42:27,410 --> 00:42:24,119
structure underneath and make sure that

987
00:42:29,990 --> 00:42:27,420
it's all going to hold up to those loads

988
00:42:32,210 --> 00:42:30,000
and John this is about 11 minutes or so

989
00:42:35,030 --> 00:42:32,220
from the time of Entry interface at an

990
00:42:36,890 --> 00:42:35,040
altitude of about 400 000 feet until we

991
00:42:38,329 --> 00:42:36,900
come out of that second blackout period

992
00:42:40,370 --> 00:42:38,339
so that's going to be a very interesting

993
00:42:42,349 --> 00:42:40,380
time on sort of a nail biting time if

994
00:42:44,690 --> 00:42:42,359
you will but after uh the vehicle

995
00:42:46,730 --> 00:42:44,700
splashes down and is back at the Kennedy

996
00:42:49,190 --> 00:42:46,740
Space Center in a few weeks for post

997
00:42:50,750 --> 00:42:49,200
flight analysis what are the sorts of

998
00:42:53,870 --> 00:42:50,760
things that you and your engineering

999
00:42:56,750 --> 00:42:53,880
team will be looking for to give it a

1000
00:42:58,370 --> 00:42:56,760
passing grade in preparation for putting

1001
00:43:00,349 --> 00:42:58,380
a crew on board a couple of years from

1002
00:43:02,329 --> 00:43:00,359
now yeah there's a couple things that we

1003
00:43:04,069 --> 00:43:02,339
look at I break it into two different

1004
00:43:05,569 --> 00:43:04,079
categories the first is the actual the

1005
00:43:08,690 --> 00:43:05,579
flight data we have instrumentation

1006
00:43:10,430 --> 00:43:08,700
embedded in the heat shield at a number

1007
00:43:12,230 --> 00:43:10,440
of locations so we get we measure

1008
00:43:15,770 --> 00:43:12,240
temperatures we measure heat rates we

1009
00:43:16,970 --> 00:43:15,780
measure pressures uh stresses all that

1010
00:43:19,069 --> 00:43:16,980
data

1011
00:43:21,230 --> 00:43:19,079
will tell us how the material actually

1012
00:43:24,290 --> 00:43:21,240
performed in that flight environment it

1013
00:43:26,150 --> 00:43:24,300
will also help us to inform our computer

1014
00:43:27,470 --> 00:43:26,160
modeling methods and that's another

1015
00:43:30,230 --> 00:43:27,480
thing that we need to make sure that

1016
00:43:32,329 --> 00:43:30,240
that it's performing how we thought it

1017
00:43:34,849 --> 00:43:32,339
was going to perform so that we can use

1018
00:43:37,010 --> 00:43:34,859
those models in the future you know to

1019
00:43:38,450 --> 00:43:37,020
predict for other missions now the other

1020
00:43:39,890 --> 00:43:38,460
thing we'll do is we'll be looking at

1021
00:43:41,470 --> 00:43:39,900
the hardware itself you know the

1022
00:43:45,410 --> 00:43:41,480
instrumentation you only get

1023
00:43:47,450 --> 00:43:45,420
measurements where you put that that

1024
00:43:49,190 --> 00:43:47,460
instrument of course right but looking

1025
00:43:51,890 --> 00:43:49,200
at the heat shield just looking at it

1026
00:43:53,569 --> 00:43:51,900
the big picture you get you can see you

1027
00:43:55,790 --> 00:43:53,579
can see the stream lines you can see how

1028
00:43:57,829 --> 00:43:55,800
the flow was going across the heat

1029
00:43:59,809 --> 00:43:57,839
shield uh you can see where boundary

1030
00:44:02,270 --> 00:43:59,819
layer transition may have occurred so

1031
00:44:04,069 --> 00:44:02,280
there's so much to just visually see and

1032
00:44:05,569 --> 00:44:04,079
then we'll be taking samples of the heat

1033
00:44:08,630 --> 00:44:05,579
shield we'll be taking that material out

1034
00:44:11,809 --> 00:44:08,640
and looking at how much head ablated

1035
00:44:14,510 --> 00:44:11,819
looking at the Char thickness

1036
00:44:16,069 --> 00:44:14,520
um they're the density gradients as you

1037
00:44:18,530 --> 00:44:16,079
go through as the material burned off

1038
00:44:20,690 --> 00:44:18,540
and comparing that to what our models

1039
00:44:22,430 --> 00:44:20,700
have predicted and again that'll that'll

1040
00:44:24,890 --> 00:44:22,440
help us to be able to validate and

1041
00:44:26,450 --> 00:44:24,900
correlate our models further

1042
00:44:28,730 --> 00:44:26,460
very good it's going to be a very

1043
00:44:31,250 --> 00:44:28,740
important time for the engineers of

1044
00:44:33,650 --> 00:44:31,260
course and uh we'll uh we'll see how

1045
00:44:36,109 --> 00:44:33,660
Orion fares here in the next hour or so

1046
00:44:37,790 --> 00:44:36,119
John Cowell Orion's thermal protection

1047
00:44:52,870 --> 00:44:37,800
system manager thanks very much for

1048
00:44:58,309 --> 00:44:55,849
now just 16 and a half minutes away from

1049
00:45:00,470 --> 00:44:58,319
the separation of the crew module from

1050
00:45:03,410 --> 00:45:00,480
the European service module that will

1051
00:45:06,470 --> 00:45:03,420
begin a triphammer series of events as

1052
00:45:08,630 --> 00:45:06,480
Orion begins the process of entering the

1053
00:45:11,990 --> 00:45:08,640
Earth's atmosphere entry interface just

1054
00:45:14,390 --> 00:45:12,000
36 minutes away so let's go back out to

1055
00:45:21,829 --> 00:45:14,400
the Pacific Ocean West of Baja where

1056
00:45:26,329 --> 00:45:24,230
that's right rob a quick update for you

1057
00:45:29,510 --> 00:45:26,339
on the out here in the Pacific Ocean

1058
00:45:31,550 --> 00:45:29,520
just off the coast of Mexico we have

1059
00:45:34,250 --> 00:45:31,560
these small boats the Navy small boats

1060
00:45:36,589 --> 00:45:34,260
all six boats are now in the water they

1061
00:45:38,569 --> 00:45:36,599
call them cricks these are Navy boats

1062
00:45:40,010 --> 00:45:38,579
that are inflatable uh highly

1063
00:45:42,470 --> 00:45:40,020
maneuverable these are the ones that

1064
00:45:45,050 --> 00:45:42,480
will actually put hands on the

1065
00:45:46,849 --> 00:45:45,060
spacecraft in order to secure it and

1066
00:45:48,710 --> 00:45:46,859
eventually get it tied to limes that

1067
00:45:50,809 --> 00:45:48,720
brings it to the back of the ship and

1068
00:45:52,430 --> 00:45:50,819
into the well deck I want to talk a

1069
00:45:54,290 --> 00:45:52,440
little bit about this location here

1070
00:45:56,329 --> 00:45:54,300
today this location in the Pacific we're

1071
00:45:58,609 --> 00:45:56,339
just about five miles away from the

1072
00:46:01,550 --> 00:45:58,619
Splashdown area this was actually the

1073
00:46:03,470 --> 00:46:01,560
backup location initially this was

1074
00:46:05,270 --> 00:46:03,480
supposed to happen off the coast of San

1075
00:46:07,970 --> 00:46:05,280
Diego California but the weather

1076
00:46:10,910 --> 00:46:07,980
forecast for that area calls for a cold

1077
00:46:13,849 --> 00:46:10,920
front that has moved in today bringing

1078
00:46:16,970 --> 00:46:13,859
with it 12 foot high seas and those Seas

1079
00:46:19,130 --> 00:46:16,980
would have been too high to perform this

1080
00:46:21,770 --> 00:46:19,140
operation too high for the small boats

1081
00:46:23,390 --> 00:46:21,780
for recovery so recovery director

1082
00:46:28,130 --> 00:46:23,400
Melissa Jones in the mission management

1083
00:46:30,829 --> 00:46:28,140
team made the decision to back up and go

1084
00:46:32,569 --> 00:46:30,839
to the backup location 300 miles south

1085
00:46:34,790 --> 00:46:32,579
of San Diego and that's where we find

1086
00:46:38,150 --> 00:46:34,800
ourselves today with excellent weather

1087
00:46:40,130 --> 00:46:38,160
in order to do this operation as you

1088
00:46:42,290 --> 00:46:40,140
look off into the sky we're awaiting the

1089
00:46:44,210 --> 00:46:42,300
second to last weather balloon release

1090
00:46:46,670 --> 00:46:44,220
that we will have for the day this

1091
00:46:48,890 --> 00:46:46,680
weather data critical to the operation

1092
00:46:51,530 --> 00:46:48,900
that is happening today especially when

1093
00:46:54,109 --> 00:46:51,540
it comes to The Landing point of the

1094
00:46:55,849 --> 00:46:54,119
crew module in the ocean as well as the

1095
00:46:58,609 --> 00:46:55,859
debris that goes with it that debris

1096
00:47:00,410 --> 00:46:58,619
happens during the separation of the

1097
00:47:02,089 --> 00:47:00,420
forward Bay cover which covers the

1098
00:47:04,250 --> 00:47:02,099
parachutes and then of course the

1099
00:47:06,170 --> 00:47:04,260
parachutes and their Hardware themselves

1100
00:47:07,490 --> 00:47:06,180
all of it together they take in the

1101
00:47:09,710 --> 00:47:07,500
winds and you can feel the winds are

1102
00:47:12,710 --> 00:47:09,720
picking up a little bit that wind data

1103
00:47:16,130 --> 00:47:12,720
will give us refined information and

1104
00:47:18,230 --> 00:47:16,140
data in order to calculate exactly the

1105
00:47:21,470 --> 00:47:18,240
landing spot now we're not alone out

1106
00:47:24,109 --> 00:47:21,480
here in the Pacific Ocean we do have a

1107
00:47:26,270 --> 00:47:24,119
friend is helping us today and I want to

1108
00:47:28,250 --> 00:47:26,280
take a shot now of a ship off in the

1109
00:47:31,730 --> 00:47:28,260
distance that has joined us for today's

1110
00:47:34,910 --> 00:47:31,740
operation and that is the USS Montgomery

1111
00:47:36,530 --> 00:47:34,920
that ship is uh just a few miles away as

1112
00:47:39,589 --> 00:47:36,540
you can see it there

1113
00:47:42,290 --> 00:47:39,599
the USS Montgomery is uh providing

1114
00:47:45,470 --> 00:47:42,300
Security today it is what the Navy calls

1115
00:47:48,770 --> 00:47:45,480
a littoral ship it specializes in close

1116
00:47:51,290 --> 00:47:48,780
to shore combat it's highly maneuverable

1117
00:47:53,210 --> 00:47:51,300
in that space today though it has a

1118
00:47:56,210 --> 00:47:53,220
peaceful Mission and that is to provide

1119
00:47:59,630 --> 00:47:56,220
security to this location during

1120
00:48:01,670 --> 00:47:59,640
Splashdown so for the public safety to

1121
00:48:05,270 --> 00:48:01,680
prevent boats from coming in and around

1122
00:48:08,990 --> 00:48:05,280
the area as well as provide additional

1123
00:48:11,510 --> 00:48:09,000
Eyes to the Sky in tracking Orion crew

1124
00:48:13,010 --> 00:48:11,520
module as it comes down you can see a

1125
00:48:15,470 --> 00:48:13,020
little bit of a bounce there and that's

1126
00:48:17,390 --> 00:48:15,480
caused by the Seas that we are currently

1127
00:48:20,450 --> 00:48:17,400
experiencing which are in the range of

1128
00:48:22,430 --> 00:48:20,460
four to five feet those Seas closely

1129
00:48:24,530 --> 00:48:22,440
tracked by our NASA team with a wave

1130
00:48:26,270 --> 00:48:24,540
management system they have wave

1131
00:48:28,790 --> 00:48:26,280
monitoring system rather they are

1132
00:48:31,250 --> 00:48:28,800
closely monitoring the Seas

1133
00:48:33,829 --> 00:48:31,260
for the moment where we bring the Orion

1134
00:48:36,109 --> 00:48:33,839
capsule into the well deck that is a

1135
00:48:37,430 --> 00:48:36,119
highly choreographed and very Dynamic

1136
00:48:39,109 --> 00:48:37,440
operation

1137
00:48:40,910 --> 00:48:39,119
with the Seas being what they are when

1138
00:48:43,849 --> 00:48:40,920
those waves come into the well deck it

1139
00:48:46,309 --> 00:48:43,859
can create a very Dynamic environment

1140
00:48:49,069 --> 00:48:46,319
with waves splashing back and forth

1141
00:48:51,829 --> 00:48:49,079
inside the well deck and uh teams on

1142
00:48:53,569 --> 00:48:51,839
ropes trying to stabilize Orion to get

1143
00:48:56,089 --> 00:48:53,579
it in just the right position here on

1144
00:48:57,050 --> 00:48:56,099
the ship to then allow the well deck to

1145
00:48:59,450 --> 00:48:57,060
drain out

1146
00:49:02,150 --> 00:48:59,460
have the Orion crew module put in place

1147
00:49:04,190 --> 00:49:02,160
for its ride back to San Diego

1148
00:49:06,410 --> 00:49:04,200
that's the latest from here on the USS

1149
00:49:10,010 --> 00:49:06,420
Portland out in the Pacific Ocean Rob

1150
00:49:15,530 --> 00:49:12,770
thank you very much Daryl we can report

1151
00:49:18,349 --> 00:49:15,540
uh that all of Orion's systems are

1152
00:49:21,230 --> 00:49:18,359
performing magnificently at this hour at

1153
00:49:23,690 --> 00:49:21,240
an altitude of just under 6 000 nautical

1154
00:49:26,690 --> 00:49:23,700
miles we did lock up on the tracking and

1155
00:49:28,910 --> 00:49:26,700
data relay satellite system so Orion's

1156
00:49:31,910 --> 00:49:28,920
Telemetry is now being processed through

1157
00:49:34,250 --> 00:49:31,920
the tdrs network this worked in concert

1158
00:49:36,710 --> 00:49:34,260
with the deep space Network throughout

1159
00:49:38,630 --> 00:49:36,720
the course of the mission and now that

1160
00:49:41,569 --> 00:49:38,640
we're on tedris the rest of the way

1161
00:49:43,190 --> 00:49:41,579
we'll be able to have real-time data

1162
00:49:45,950 --> 00:49:43,200
through our tracking the data relay

1163
00:49:47,870 --> 00:49:45,960
satellite system constellation with just

1164
00:49:50,210 --> 00:49:47,880
11 and a half minutes away from crew

1165
00:49:52,910 --> 00:49:50,220
module service module separation the

1166
00:49:56,030 --> 00:49:52,920
first a major Milestone on the road home

1167
00:49:58,370 --> 00:49:56,040
in this Final Phase of Orion's 25 and a

1168
00:50:00,589 --> 00:49:58,380
half day Mission so let's take a visual

1169
00:50:02,510 --> 00:50:00,599
and interactive look at what is coming

1170
00:50:05,030 --> 00:50:02,520
up for Orion's Journey back to Earth

1171
00:50:06,950 --> 00:50:05,040
let's go back to NASA's Phillip Hargrove

1172
00:50:09,589 --> 00:50:06,960
at the Moon board

1173
00:50:12,109 --> 00:50:09,599
thank you welcome back to the Moon board

1174
00:50:14,329 --> 00:50:12,119
so we're going to talk a bit about the

1175
00:50:16,609 --> 00:50:14,339
European service module and the Orion

1176
00:50:18,230 --> 00:50:16,619
crew module so as we know these two

1177
00:50:20,329 --> 00:50:18,240
systems have been working in tandem for

1178
00:50:22,370 --> 00:50:20,339
a really long time and that extends

1179
00:50:25,730 --> 00:50:22,380
Beyond just this Artemis one test flight

1180
00:50:27,530 --> 00:50:25,740
for the past 26 days so back in 2019 was

1181
00:50:30,470 --> 00:50:27,540
when they were first integrated and

1182
00:50:32,809 --> 00:50:30,480
pieced together in 2020 was when they

1183
00:50:34,490 --> 00:50:32,819
were fully assembled including the solar

1184
00:50:36,589 --> 00:50:34,500
panels and the protective fairings that

1185
00:50:38,510 --> 00:50:36,599
protected them during launch and then

1186
00:50:41,690 --> 00:50:38,520
they were finally attached to the launch

1187
00:50:44,630 --> 00:50:41,700
abort system and made it on top of SLS

1188
00:50:47,049 --> 00:50:44,640
in October of 2021 prior to of course

1189
00:50:51,170 --> 00:50:47,059
launch on November 16th

1190
00:50:53,210 --> 00:50:51,180
just 26 days ago so we know that one of

1191
00:50:55,190 --> 00:50:53,220
the primary test objectives of this

1192
00:50:57,349 --> 00:50:55,200
mission is to make sure that this heat

1193
00:50:59,390 --> 00:50:57,359
shield at the bottom of the crew module

1194
00:51:01,970 --> 00:50:59,400
is able to safely bring our astronauts

1195
00:51:04,130 --> 00:51:01,980
home from deep space now for reference

1196
00:51:05,809 --> 00:51:04,140
when we bring astronauts home from the

1197
00:51:08,390 --> 00:51:05,819
International Space Station they're

1198
00:51:11,809 --> 00:51:08,400
coming in at about 17 000 miles per hour

1199
00:51:13,670 --> 00:51:11,819
but today Orion is coming in at 25 000

1200
00:51:15,710 --> 00:51:13,680
miles per hour so we're coming in way

1201
00:51:17,690 --> 00:51:15,720
hotter way faster than we have done

1202
00:51:19,490 --> 00:51:17,700
before so we need some new heat shield

1203
00:51:21,710 --> 00:51:19,500
technology and we also need some

1204
00:51:23,510 --> 00:51:21,720
additional Hardware in order to to slow

1205
00:51:25,970 --> 00:51:23,520
us down and make that really happen so

1206
00:51:28,910 --> 00:51:25,980
let's talk about what that looks like so

1207
00:51:31,130 --> 00:51:28,920
this forward segment of the Orion crew

1208
00:51:33,410 --> 00:51:31,140
module is called the forward Bay cover

1209
00:51:36,049 --> 00:51:33,420
and this section is actually designed to

1210
00:51:37,790 --> 00:51:36,059
completely be pulled off by three

1211
00:51:39,770 --> 00:51:37,800
parachutes so we have three parachutes

1212
00:51:41,390 --> 00:51:39,780
that's gonna pull that off we have two

1213
00:51:43,910 --> 00:51:41,400
drove parachutes they're gonna come out

1214
00:51:45,589 --> 00:51:43,920
after that to slow us down a bit we have

1215
00:51:48,290 --> 00:51:45,599
three pilot parachutes they're gonna

1216
00:51:50,809 --> 00:51:48,300
pull our Mains out and then the stars of

1217
00:51:53,990 --> 00:51:50,819
the show are three main parachutes that

1218
00:51:56,329 --> 00:51:54,000
measure up to 116 feet in diameter each

1219
00:51:59,450 --> 00:51:56,339
so that gives us 11 parachutes that it

1220
00:52:00,650 --> 00:51:59,460
takes to get us safely back home so now

1221
00:52:02,690 --> 00:52:00,660
that we know a little bit about what

1222
00:52:04,970 --> 00:52:02,700
that Hardware looks like we can take a

1223
00:52:05,809 --> 00:52:04,980
look at what that Journey actually looks

1224
00:52:08,809 --> 00:52:05,819
like

1225
00:52:11,569 --> 00:52:08,819
so as we know we had a seven day return

1226
00:52:13,910 --> 00:52:11,579
Transit and as we approached the Earth

1227
00:52:15,349 --> 00:52:13,920
the service module and the crew module

1228
00:52:17,329 --> 00:52:15,359
was separated from another from one

1229
00:52:19,309 --> 00:52:17,339
another and the service module is going

1230
00:52:20,809 --> 00:52:19,319
to burn up in in the atmosphere above

1231
00:52:23,150 --> 00:52:20,819
the Pacific Ocean

1232
00:52:24,829 --> 00:52:23,160
as that happens the Orion crew module is

1233
00:52:27,530 --> 00:52:24,839
going to use its reaction control

1234
00:52:29,990 --> 00:52:27,540
thrusters to do a 180 flip and point

1235
00:52:32,329 --> 00:52:30,000
that heat shield towards the atmosphere

1236
00:52:34,670 --> 00:52:32,339
as we target re-entry so a really

1237
00:52:37,130 --> 00:52:34,680
important phase here is entry interface

1238
00:52:39,290 --> 00:52:37,140
this is at an altitude of about 400 000

1239
00:52:42,049 --> 00:52:39,300
feet and this is where we Define a lot

1240
00:52:44,210 --> 00:52:42,059
of our entry conditions such as the

1241
00:52:45,829 --> 00:52:44,220
flight path angle and the velocity now

1242
00:52:47,750 --> 00:52:45,839
this is really important because if you

1243
00:52:49,250 --> 00:52:47,760
come in at too shallow of an angle you

1244
00:52:51,109 --> 00:52:49,260
may bounce right off the atmosphere and

1245
00:52:52,849 --> 00:52:51,119
not even re-enter but if you come into

1246
00:52:55,069 --> 00:52:52,859
steeply you're going to experience

1247
00:52:57,049 --> 00:52:55,079
forces that are beyond the design of

1248
00:53:00,950 --> 00:52:57,059
your spacecraft so what we're going to

1249
00:53:02,990 --> 00:53:00,960
do today is actually tow the line and do

1250
00:53:04,910 --> 00:53:03,000
a nominal skip maneuver where we're

1251
00:53:07,190 --> 00:53:04,920
actually going to bounce off once that

1252
00:53:08,750 --> 00:53:07,200
allows us to have a steeper re-entry and

1253
00:53:10,130 --> 00:53:08,760
that actually increases the heating

1254
00:53:12,829 --> 00:53:10,140
allowing us to really test the

1255
00:53:15,829 --> 00:53:12,839
capability of that heat shield and we

1256
00:53:18,049 --> 00:53:15,839
will also be minimizing the G loading

1257
00:53:19,670 --> 00:53:18,059
which leads to a softer ride for the

1258
00:53:22,370 --> 00:53:19,680
moon again and in the future for our

1259
00:53:25,010 --> 00:53:22,380
Artemis astronauts now once we do that

1260
00:53:26,690 --> 00:53:25,020
the atmosphere is going to slow us down

1261
00:53:29,690 --> 00:53:26,700
pretty significantly but will still be

1262
00:53:32,030 --> 00:53:29,700
going over 300 miles per hour and then

1263
00:53:34,309 --> 00:53:32,040
we will slow down to 20 miles per hour

1264
00:53:37,069 --> 00:53:34,319
after that sequence of 11 parachute

1265
00:53:39,650 --> 00:53:37,079
deployments now once we splash down west

1266
00:53:41,690 --> 00:53:39,660
of California we will have these red

1267
00:53:43,670 --> 00:53:41,700
Inflatables that will make sure that no

1268
00:53:47,569 --> 00:53:43,680
matter what orientation we hit the water

1269
00:53:50,210 --> 00:53:47,579
at we will be right side up and then the

1270
00:53:52,069 --> 00:53:50,220
USS Portland is going to recover the

1271
00:53:54,829 --> 00:53:52,079
capsule and bring it back to the U.S

1272
00:53:57,349 --> 00:53:54,839
naval station in San Diego now there's a

1273
00:54:00,290 --> 00:53:57,359
really large team comprised of U.S Navy

1274
00:54:02,630 --> 00:54:00,300
Air Force NASA contractors who worked

1275
00:54:04,849 --> 00:54:02,640
really hard to prepare for today so I am

1276
00:54:06,230 --> 00:54:04,859
super excited to see them welcome Orion

1277
00:54:15,230 --> 00:54:06,240
home

1278
00:54:19,910 --> 00:54:17,690
thank you very much Philip we are coming

1279
00:54:23,270 --> 00:54:19,920
up on uh the critical stuff

1280
00:54:25,190 --> 00:54:23,280
leading up to Orion's return to Earth

1281
00:54:27,770 --> 00:54:25,200
and it's splashed down in the Pacific

1282
00:54:30,410 --> 00:54:27,780
just seven minutes away now from crew

1283
00:54:33,049 --> 00:54:30,420
module service module separation that

1284
00:54:34,790 --> 00:54:33,059
European service module has uh worked

1285
00:54:37,910 --> 00:54:34,800
like a champ throughout the course of

1286
00:54:40,309 --> 00:54:37,920
the mission the service module which of

1287
00:54:43,010 --> 00:54:40,319
course housed the solar arrays and all

1288
00:54:44,750 --> 00:54:43,020
of the other propulsive functioning for

1289
00:54:47,870 --> 00:54:44,760
Orion throughout the course of the

1290
00:54:50,510 --> 00:54:47,880
mission has been monitored in the

1291
00:54:53,690 --> 00:54:50,520
European service module control room in

1292
00:54:55,910 --> 00:54:53,700
nordvike in the Netherlands where that

1293
00:54:58,430 --> 00:54:55,920
team of flight controllers is eagerly

1294
00:55:00,650 --> 00:54:58,440
awaiting the completion of the service

1295
00:55:03,950 --> 00:55:00,660
modules work just a few minutes from now

1296
00:55:07,010 --> 00:55:03,960
when it will pyrotech pyrotechnically

1297
00:55:09,950 --> 00:55:07,020
separate from the crew module leaving

1298
00:55:13,069 --> 00:55:09,960
the crew module on its own entry

1299
00:55:16,790 --> 00:55:13,079
interface is scheduled just 26 minutes

1300
00:55:19,069 --> 00:55:16,800
from now we'll be receiving reports from

1301
00:55:20,569 --> 00:55:19,079
flight director Judd freeling and his

1302
00:55:23,450 --> 00:55:20,579
team of flight controller others

1303
00:55:25,849 --> 00:55:23,460
throughout Orion's dissent back into the

1304
00:55:28,490 --> 00:55:25,859
Earth's atmosphere and through all of

1305
00:55:30,410 --> 00:55:28,500
the parachute deployment sequence events

1306
00:55:33,829 --> 00:55:30,420
leading up to Splashdown that is

1307
00:55:38,329 --> 00:55:33,839
scheduled at 11 39 and 42 seconds am

1308
00:55:42,650 --> 00:55:38,339
Central Time 9 39 and 42 seconds a.m

1309
00:55:49,490 --> 00:55:46,430
one thing worth noting is once Orion

1310
00:55:53,270 --> 00:55:49,500
splashes down in the Pacific it will

1311
00:55:55,910 --> 00:55:53,280
stabilize in one of two positions either

1312
00:55:58,849 --> 00:55:55,920
pointed up which is called stable one or

1313
00:56:01,010 --> 00:55:58,859
pointed down in stable two the crew

1314
00:56:03,670 --> 00:56:01,020
module up writing system known as the

1315
00:56:06,410 --> 00:56:03,680
seam M the cmus

1316
00:56:08,750 --> 00:56:06,420
deploys a series of five bright orange

1317
00:56:11,450 --> 00:56:08,760
helium filled bags on the top of the

1318
00:56:13,790 --> 00:56:11,460
capsule that will either flip Orion

1319
00:56:16,910 --> 00:56:13,800
right side up or keep it right side up

1320
00:56:19,069 --> 00:56:16,920
and it's stable one position those five

1321
00:56:21,650 --> 00:56:19,079
bags are packed in hard containers and

1322
00:56:23,150 --> 00:56:21,660
installed Atop The Capsule inside the

1323
00:56:25,370 --> 00:56:23,160
structural gussets between the

1324
00:56:27,410 --> 00:56:25,380
parachutes and other equipment they're

1325
00:56:29,870 --> 00:56:27,420
inflated with helium gas that is stored

1326
00:56:32,390 --> 00:56:29,880
in pressure vessels located close by the

1327
00:56:35,930 --> 00:56:32,400
bags each bag has its own independent

1328
00:56:38,210 --> 00:56:35,940
inflation system the cmus or crew module

1329
00:56:40,730 --> 00:56:38,220
operating system initiates after landing

1330
00:56:43,730 --> 00:56:40,740
and opens up a valve for helium to flow

1331
00:56:47,450 --> 00:56:43,740
into those uprighting bags it is

1332
00:56:49,730 --> 00:56:47,460
considered at least operational that we

1333
00:56:51,829 --> 00:56:49,740
have four out of those five bags to

1334
00:56:54,589 --> 00:56:51,839
inflate to maintain a stable one

1335
00:56:58,490 --> 00:56:54,599
configuration for Orion uh to enable

1336
00:57:00,049 --> 00:56:58,500
Navy divers to approach the vehicle one

1337
00:57:02,569 --> 00:57:00,059
of the first things that they'll be

1338
00:57:05,450 --> 00:57:02,579
looking for is any leakage of toxic gas

1339
00:57:07,849 --> 00:57:05,460
or toxic fuel from the vehicle assuming

1340
00:57:10,010 --> 00:57:07,859
there isn't no such leak and that Orion

1341
00:57:12,589 --> 00:57:10,020
appears to be in good shape then they'll

1342
00:57:14,530 --> 00:57:12,599
begin the methodical process of

1343
00:57:18,710 --> 00:57:14,540
approaching the vehicle with other

1344
00:57:22,130 --> 00:57:18,720
personnel and other Navy assets in order

1345
00:57:24,770 --> 00:57:22,140
to begin the securing of Orion on the

1346
00:57:35,510 --> 00:57:24,780
ocean for its Towing back in the well

1347
00:57:40,190 --> 00:57:38,089
we're under four minutes now until the

1348
00:57:42,349 --> 00:57:40,200
crew module and service module separate

1349
00:57:44,930 --> 00:57:42,359
from one another we'll be standing by

1350
00:57:48,130 --> 00:57:44,940
for all of that

1351
00:57:51,589 --> 00:57:48,140
you can see uh in this Telemetry driven

1352
00:57:53,329 --> 00:57:51,599
animation that uh Orion is currently

1353
00:57:54,890 --> 00:57:53,339
traveling just under 17

1354
00:57:58,430 --> 00:57:54,900
000 miles an hour

1355
00:58:01,130 --> 00:57:58,440
just under 4 000 miles away from Earth

1356
00:58:03,049 --> 00:58:01,140
and a hefty 254

1357
00:58:05,690 --> 00:58:03,059
000 miles from the Moon which of course

1358
00:58:09,290 --> 00:58:05,700
was its Target in distant retrograde

1359
00:58:11,569 --> 00:58:09,300
orbit flying around the moon for its

1360
00:58:15,230 --> 00:58:11,579
outbound powered flyby at the beginning

1361
00:58:18,049 --> 00:58:15,240
of the mission to move to a distance of

1362
00:58:20,870 --> 00:58:18,059
some 268 thousand miles away from Earth

1363
00:58:22,790 --> 00:58:20,880
farther than any human rated spacecraft

1364
00:58:25,549 --> 00:58:22,800
designed to return to Earth had ever

1365
00:58:28,609 --> 00:58:25,559
been uh

1366
00:58:31,250 --> 00:58:28,619
designed to do surpassing the distance

1367
00:58:52,789 --> 00:58:31,260
record established 52 years ago during

1368
00:58:58,250 --> 00:58:55,549
here in Mission Control

1369
00:59:00,289 --> 00:58:58,260
the flight Dynamics folks and the

1370
00:59:03,710 --> 00:59:00,299
guidance navigation and control folks

1371
00:59:05,930 --> 00:59:03,720
have put up a graphic which is

1372
00:59:09,170 --> 00:59:05,940
essentially the ground track for Orion

1373
00:59:12,170 --> 00:59:09,180
as it uh will make its way across the

1374
00:59:15,109 --> 00:59:12,180
southern Indian Ocean uh passing the

1375
00:59:17,329 --> 00:59:15,119
northwest coast of Australia on route to

1376
00:59:19,970 --> 00:59:17,339
its ultimate trajectory that will carry

1377
00:59:22,190 --> 00:59:19,980
it across the Pacific it will be moving

1378
00:59:24,950 --> 00:59:22,200
from south to North across the Pacific

1379
00:59:28,430 --> 00:59:24,960
Ocean to the Splashdown Zone almost a

1380
00:59:30,770 --> 00:59:28,440
direct straight line towards the point

1381
00:59:34,370 --> 00:59:30,780
of Splashdown which will be west of Baja

1382
01:00:23,750 --> 00:59:37,069
now just under two minutes until crew

1383
01:00:28,430 --> 01:00:26,150
now just one minute away from crew

1384
01:00:30,589 --> 01:00:28,440
module service module separation

1385
01:00:33,349 --> 01:00:30,599
we'll be standing by for confirmation of

1386
01:00:35,390 --> 01:00:33,359
that from the uh

1387
01:00:57,069 --> 01:00:35,400
mechanical systems officer here at

1388
01:01:02,390 --> 01:01:00,049
30 seconds until separation this will

1389
01:01:14,750 --> 01:01:02,400
come at an altitude of 3200 statute

1390
01:01:14,760 --> 01:01:30,190
10 seconds until set

1391
01:01:39,970 --> 01:01:33,890
we have confirmation of separation

1392
01:01:46,430 --> 01:01:42,890
again the separation occurred right on

1393
01:01:48,349 --> 01:01:46,440
time at 11 A.M and 11 seconds Central

1394
01:01:51,410 --> 01:01:48,359
Time

1395
01:01:55,490 --> 01:01:51,420
with Orion 3200 statute miles away from

1396
01:02:48,710 --> 01:01:58,069
the service module the European service

1397
01:02:53,569 --> 01:02:51,470
so with Orion flying on its own we're

1398
01:02:56,390 --> 01:02:53,579
about 18 and a half minutes away now

1399
01:02:58,849 --> 01:02:56,400
from the point of entry interface

1400
01:03:01,490 --> 01:02:58,859
where Orion will be put through its

1401
01:03:03,109 --> 01:03:01,500
Paces this is where the heat shield will

1402
01:03:06,589 --> 01:03:03,119
begin to feel

1403
01:03:11,930 --> 01:03:09,410
Peak heating of 5000 degrees Fahrenheit

1404
01:03:14,270 --> 01:03:11,940
on the heat shield and the beginning of

1405
01:03:16,130 --> 01:03:14,280
two blackout periods where the plasma

1406
01:03:18,170 --> 01:03:16,140
around the vehicle will build up such

1407
01:03:20,450 --> 01:03:18,180
that it will block data and

1408
01:04:18,470 --> 01:03:20,460
Communications between mission control

1409
01:04:26,510 --> 01:04:22,010
Orion continues to fly smoothly on all

1410
01:05:00,130 --> 01:04:28,970
less than 17 minutes until entry

1411
01:05:06,289 --> 01:05:04,010
and the crew module raise burn that we

1412
01:05:09,289 --> 01:05:06,299
thought was not going to be needed is

1413
01:05:11,750 --> 01:05:09,299
being conducted just a basically a fine

1414
01:05:14,690 --> 01:05:11,760
tuning of the orientation of the angle a

1415
01:05:17,870 --> 01:05:14,700
16 second firing of the thrusters

1416
01:05:20,630 --> 01:05:17,880
Anna Goodburn reported 8.12 feet per

1417
01:05:24,530 --> 01:05:20,640
second in a change in velocity so the

1418
01:05:27,829 --> 01:05:24,540
raised burn was executed uh that will

1419
01:05:30,650 --> 01:05:27,839
further fine-tune Orion's path at the

1420
01:05:33,230 --> 01:05:30,660
proper Azimuth or orientation where the

1421
01:05:35,270 --> 01:05:33,240
heat shield is at its Optimum angle to

1422
01:05:37,069 --> 01:05:35,280
begin another the repulsion of the heat

1423
01:05:39,530 --> 01:05:37,079
that will build up around the heat

1424
01:05:41,750 --> 01:05:39,540
shield at the time that we begin entry

1425
01:05:43,789 --> 01:05:41,760
interface just about 15 and a half

1426
01:05:46,130 --> 01:05:43,799
minutes from now

1427
01:05:47,870 --> 01:05:46,140
so the crew module service module

1428
01:05:50,270 --> 01:05:47,880
separation went off as planned the

1429
01:05:55,150 --> 01:05:50,280
raised maneuver was executed at 1103 and

1430
01:06:01,130 --> 01:05:58,490
again the raised maneuver was executed

1431
01:06:03,950 --> 01:06:01,140
uh Orion now flying at the proper

1432
01:06:06,289 --> 01:06:03,960
orientation for entry interface into the

1433
01:06:09,770 --> 01:06:06,299
Earth's atmosphere entry interface is

1434
01:06:13,069 --> 01:06:09,780
scheduled at 11 20 and 14 seconds am

1435
01:06:15,109 --> 01:06:13,079
Central Time at an altitude of 400 000

1436
01:06:17,289 --> 01:06:15,119
feet at that point Orion will be

1437
01:06:20,809 --> 01:06:17,299
traveling 24

1438
01:06:37,329 --> 01:06:20,819
464 miles an hour with a range to splash

1439
01:06:41,630 --> 01:06:39,950
flight controllers reporting a solid

1440
01:06:43,130 --> 01:06:41,640
lock with the tracking and data relay

1441
01:06:45,349 --> 01:06:43,140
satellite system

1442
01:06:48,650 --> 01:06:45,359
receiving data that's being processed

1443
01:06:53,329 --> 01:06:51,529
just a reminder that after we pass into

1444
01:06:55,549 --> 01:06:53,339
the Earth's atmosphere

1445
01:06:57,289 --> 01:06:55,559
at the speed at which we're going and

1446
01:06:59,329 --> 01:06:57,299
with the temperatures expected to build

1447
01:07:01,789 --> 01:06:59,339
up very quickly for Peak heating around

1448
01:07:04,490 --> 01:07:01,799
the heat shield of Orion we will begin

1449
01:07:07,069 --> 01:07:04,500
the first of two blackout periods the

1450
01:07:10,190 --> 01:07:07,079
first of which is scheduled to begin at

1451
01:07:13,510 --> 01:07:10,200
11 20 and 16 seconds am Central Time and

1452
01:07:17,029 --> 01:07:13,520
will last about 4 minutes and 48 seconds

1453
01:07:20,029 --> 01:07:17,039
at that time entry guidance which has

1454
01:07:22,130 --> 01:07:20,039
been on stored on board a pre-programmed

1455
01:07:24,170 --> 01:07:22,140
commanding for Orion to continue to

1456
01:07:27,349 --> 01:07:24,180
point its way toward the Splashdown Zone

1457
01:07:31,089 --> 01:07:27,359
will take over the first blackout period

1458
01:07:33,829 --> 01:07:31,099
should end around 11 25 and 4 seconds

1459
01:07:36,230 --> 01:07:33,839
Central Time

1460
01:07:39,470 --> 01:07:36,240
that will set the stage for the skip

1461
01:07:42,950 --> 01:07:39,480
entry basically the maneuver that will

1462
01:07:44,750 --> 01:07:42,960
enable uh Orion to dip into the Earth's

1463
01:07:46,609 --> 01:07:44,760
atmosphere and Skip back out of the

1464
01:07:49,069 --> 01:07:46,619
Earth's atmosphere and dip back into the

1465
01:07:51,289 --> 01:07:49,079
Earth's atmosphere like a rock A Flat

1466
01:07:53,750 --> 01:07:51,299
Rock on a pond

1467
01:07:57,049 --> 01:07:53,760
that will continue to dissipate energy

1468
01:07:59,809 --> 01:07:57,059
and heat on the spacecraft

1469
01:08:02,270 --> 01:07:59,819
and is a maneuver that data will be

1470
01:08:04,849 --> 01:08:02,280
gathered for to try to bring in multiple

1471
01:08:05,930 --> 01:08:04,859
Splashdown sites for crude missions in

1472
01:08:08,089 --> 01:08:05,940
the future

1473
01:08:10,490 --> 01:08:08,099
the second of the two blackout periods

1474
01:08:12,890 --> 01:08:10,500
is scheduled to begin at 11 29 in three

1475
01:08:15,589 --> 01:08:12,900
seconds am central time and that will

1476
01:08:20,269 --> 01:08:15,599
last for about two minutes and 55-0

1477
01:08:22,070 --> 01:08:20,279
seconds till about 11 31 and change uh

1478
01:08:23,689 --> 01:08:22,080
that'll be the final blackout period

1479
01:08:26,630 --> 01:08:23,699
after which show we should lock up

1480
01:09:19,729 --> 01:08:26,640
solidly for the remaining eight minutes

1481
01:09:25,550 --> 01:09:21,950
this is Mission Control Houston 12

1482
01:09:28,130 --> 01:09:25,560
minutes away from entry interface

1483
01:09:30,050 --> 01:09:28,140
everything is going by the book so far

1484
01:09:32,390 --> 01:09:30,060
here in Mission Control very quiet on

1485
01:09:34,010 --> 01:09:32,400
the loops entry flight director Judd

1486
01:09:36,110 --> 01:09:34,020
frieling and his team of flight

1487
01:09:40,610 --> 01:09:36,120
controllers watching carefully over

1488
01:09:43,070 --> 01:09:40,620
their data as they oversee the arrival

1489
01:09:44,749 --> 01:09:43,080
of Orion for its Splashdown site west of

1490
01:10:29,990 --> 01:09:44,759
Baja California

1491
01:10:38,950 --> 01:10:32,570
less than 11 minutes now until entry

1492
01:10:45,530 --> 01:10:42,229
During the period of the two blackouts

1493
01:10:47,930 --> 01:10:45,540
and even after we are have emerged from

1494
01:10:50,149 --> 01:10:47,940
the second of the two blackouts Orion

1495
01:10:53,030 --> 01:10:50,159
through a series of pre-programmed

1496
01:10:55,610 --> 01:10:53,040
commands stored on board will conduct a

1497
01:10:57,470 --> 01:10:55,620
series of role reversals this is very

1498
01:11:00,470 --> 01:10:57,480
much like space shuttles conducted

1499
01:11:03,229 --> 01:11:00,480
during their entries back to Earth where

1500
01:11:05,990 --> 01:11:03,239
it will roll to the left and then back

1501
01:11:08,750 --> 01:11:06,000
to the right banking role reversals that

1502
01:11:11,390 --> 01:11:08,760
will bleed off excess energy excess

1503
01:11:13,310 --> 01:11:11,400
inertia and speed and control the

1504
01:11:17,090 --> 01:11:13,320
thermal characteristics of the vehicle

1505
01:11:21,709 --> 01:11:17,100
as it heads towards its subsonic point

1506
01:11:24,890 --> 01:11:21,719
where it will go under Mach 1 it will uh

1507
01:11:27,590 --> 01:11:24,900
go subsonic at about 11 34 and 55

1508
01:11:31,669 --> 01:11:27,600
seconds am Central Time some five

1509
01:11:36,770 --> 01:11:34,130
if everything goes as planned

1510
01:11:40,189 --> 01:11:36,780
Orion will reach an altitude of 40 000

1511
01:11:42,130 --> 01:11:40,199
feet at 11 35 a.m central time just

1512
01:11:45,770 --> 01:11:42,140
about a minute before forward Bay cover

1513
01:11:46,970 --> 01:11:45,780
shoot deploy Begins the series of 11

1514
01:11:48,709 --> 01:11:46,980
shoots

1515
01:11:55,149 --> 01:11:48,719
three that will pull the forward Bay

1516
01:12:00,590 --> 01:11:57,890
that'll be followed by the deployment of

1517
01:12:03,290 --> 01:12:00,600
the drug shoots and then the three large

1518
01:12:04,910 --> 01:12:03,300
main parachutes three orange and white

1519
01:12:08,030 --> 01:12:04,920
parachutes that'll be the moment we'll

1520
01:13:07,810 --> 01:12:10,130
Orion now 28 and a half minutes until

1521
01:13:13,970 --> 01:13:10,790
Orion is approaching uh

1522
01:13:16,370 --> 01:13:13,980
the northwest coast of Australia

1523
01:13:18,229 --> 01:13:16,380
27 and a half minutes until Splashdown

1524
01:13:21,169 --> 01:13:18,239
we're just eight minutes away from the

1525
01:13:24,050 --> 01:13:21,179
point at which Orion will dip into the

1526
01:13:27,410 --> 01:13:24,060
Earth's atmosphere and begin what

1527
01:13:29,450 --> 01:13:27,420
basically is a hellish entry where

1528
01:13:32,270 --> 01:13:29,460
temperatures around the spacecraft will

1529
01:13:35,030 --> 01:13:32,280
raise uh to about 5000 degrees

1530
01:13:51,709 --> 01:13:35,040
Fahrenheit that's half as hot as the

1531
01:13:56,750 --> 01:13:54,350
and correction Orion is actually

1532
01:14:00,290 --> 01:13:56,760
traveling over the South Pacific at the

1533
01:14:01,669 --> 01:14:00,300
moment moving from south to North

1534
01:14:03,890 --> 01:14:01,679
thank you

1535
01:14:44,050 --> 01:14:03,900
just uh seven and a half minutes until

1536
01:14:51,410 --> 01:14:48,050
and this view from a camera inside the

1537
01:14:54,229 --> 01:14:51,420
cabin of Orion this uh doesn't look like

1538
01:14:56,270 --> 01:14:54,239
much at the moment but it will soon when

1539
01:14:58,910 --> 01:14:56,280
it shows the forward Bay covered

1540
01:15:02,570 --> 01:14:58,920
jettisoning and the initiation of the

1541
01:15:04,610 --> 01:15:02,580
parachute deployment system

1542
01:15:38,330 --> 01:15:04,620
entry interface less than six and a half

1543
01:15:43,490 --> 01:15:40,430
just to recap

1544
01:15:45,169 --> 01:15:43,500
the crew module the Orion crew module

1545
01:15:47,810 --> 01:15:45,179
separated from the European service

1546
01:15:51,350 --> 01:15:47,820
module about 14 and a half minutes ago

1547
01:15:54,110 --> 01:15:51,360
right on target as it was planned and a

1548
01:15:57,229 --> 01:15:54,120
short raised maneuver a 16 second firing

1549
01:16:00,410 --> 01:15:57,239
of Orion's thrusters oriented the

1550
01:16:01,910 --> 01:16:00,420
vehicle raising it just a tad so that

1551
01:16:03,669 --> 01:16:01,920
its heat shield was at the proper

1552
01:16:07,189 --> 01:16:03,679
orientation of the direction of travel

1553
01:16:10,970 --> 01:16:07,199
to begin entry interface in about five

1554
01:16:13,689 --> 01:16:10,980
minutes at an altitude of 4 400 000 feet

1555
01:16:16,790 --> 01:16:13,699
above the Earth

1556
01:16:22,189 --> 01:16:16,800
Orion is making its way south to North

1557
01:16:39,350 --> 01:16:24,830
currently traveling at 23 000 miles an

1558
01:16:42,770 --> 01:16:41,149
we're about five minutes away from

1559
01:16:44,570 --> 01:16:42,780
entering the first of the two blackout

1560
01:17:14,830 --> 01:16:44,580
periods which will last about four

1561
01:17:20,930 --> 01:17:18,830
a journey that began with the power of

1562
01:17:23,149 --> 01:17:20,940
the launch of the space launch system 25

1563
01:17:26,810 --> 01:17:23,159
and a half days ago

1564
01:17:28,910 --> 01:17:26,820
about uh to reach its final minutes in

1565
01:17:30,830 --> 01:17:28,920
the Searing heat of re-entry where

1566
01:17:35,270 --> 01:17:30,840
temperatures around Orion will build up

1567
01:18:16,130 --> 01:17:37,250
just under four minutes until entry

1568
01:18:22,209 --> 01:18:20,209
once again at entry interface which we

1569
01:18:25,610 --> 01:18:22,219
will reach about three minutes from now

1570
01:18:28,550 --> 01:18:25,620
Orion will be at an altitude of 400 000

1571
01:18:31,010 --> 01:18:28,560
feet traveling just under 25

1572
01:18:41,229 --> 01:18:31,020
000 miles an hour with a range to splash

1573
01:18:45,410 --> 01:18:43,790
within seconds after a reaching entry

1574
01:18:48,470 --> 01:18:45,420
interface will begin the first of the

1575
01:18:50,030 --> 01:18:48,480
two blackout periods that will last just

1576
01:19:30,790 --> 01:18:50,040
under five minutes about four minutes

1577
01:19:36,229 --> 01:19:33,530
and here's uh the ground track of four

1578
01:19:38,930 --> 01:19:36,239
Orion as it passes uh well to the west

1579
01:19:41,630 --> 01:19:38,940
of South America

1580
01:19:43,850 --> 01:19:41,640
we're just a one minute 44 seconds away

1581
01:19:46,490 --> 01:19:43,860
from entry interface moving from south

1582
01:20:19,910 --> 01:19:46,500
to North to its Splashdown Target West

1583
01:20:30,430 --> 01:20:21,890
just one minute away from entry

1584
01:20:36,050 --> 01:20:33,470
and this view from the cabin camera

1585
01:20:39,169 --> 01:20:36,060
looking uh out of the upper hatch of

1586
01:20:41,870 --> 01:20:39,179
Orion you can see the limb of the Earth

1587
01:20:45,530 --> 01:20:41,880
we're going to be losing all of the data

1588
01:20:47,090 --> 01:20:45,540
here shortly once we enter into the

1589
01:21:17,229 --> 01:20:47,100
Earth's atmosphere and begin the first

1590
01:21:34,209 --> 01:21:19,729
standing by for entry interface and the

1591
01:21:43,970 --> 01:21:38,570
we are now in the entry phase

1592
01:21:49,729 --> 01:21:46,910
entry interface at 400 000 feet Orion

1593
01:21:57,590 --> 01:21:49,739
traveling just under 25 000 miles an

1594
01:22:02,810 --> 01:21:59,390
we've gone into the first blackout

1595
01:22:05,030 --> 01:22:02,820
period this is uh a visualization

1596
01:22:06,770 --> 01:22:05,040
based on what should be happening at the

1597
01:22:08,149 --> 01:22:06,780
moment where the temperatures around the

1598
01:22:10,189 --> 01:22:08,159
heat shield

1599
01:22:12,169 --> 01:22:10,199
are reaching about 5000 degrees

1600
01:22:18,610 --> 01:22:12,179
Fahrenheit This Is The Moment of Truth

1601
01:22:22,790 --> 01:22:20,870
we should be coming out of this first

1602
01:22:35,149 --> 01:22:22,800
blackout period just under four minutes

1603
01:22:41,450 --> 01:22:39,050
Orion should be traveling about 23 326

1604
01:22:49,310 --> 01:22:41,460
miles an hour at the moment

1605
01:22:53,689 --> 01:22:51,590
again this is a

1606
01:22:55,729 --> 01:22:53,699
visualization of what should be

1607
01:22:57,729 --> 01:22:55,739
happening with Orion at the moment

1608
01:23:00,350 --> 01:22:57,739
although we are in a blackout period

1609
01:23:02,870 --> 01:23:00,360
that should end about three minutes and

1610
01:23:05,630 --> 01:23:02,880
15 seconds from now

1611
01:23:07,610 --> 01:23:05,640
once we emerge from this first blackout

1612
01:23:08,870 --> 01:23:07,620
period we'll conduct the skip entry

1613
01:23:12,110 --> 01:23:08,880
maneuver

1614
01:23:15,950 --> 01:23:12,120
that will further dissipate Heat

1615
01:23:17,209 --> 01:23:15,960
and energy and begin a very very

1616
01:23:20,570 --> 01:23:17,219
dramatic

1617
01:23:48,470 --> 01:23:20,580
reduction in the velocity of Orion as it

1618
01:23:53,330 --> 01:23:50,689
clocks here and Mission Control showing

1619
01:23:55,550 --> 01:23:53,340
the sequence of events Yet to Come the

1620
01:23:58,490 --> 01:23:55,560
first blackout period to end about two

1621
01:24:01,370 --> 01:23:58,500
minutes and 18 seconds from now

1622
01:24:04,550 --> 01:24:01,380
the second of the two blackout periods

1623
01:24:05,630 --> 01:24:04,560
uh would begin about six minutes from

1624
01:24:08,810 --> 01:24:05,640
now

1625
01:24:10,970 --> 01:24:08,820
for about seven minutes followed by the

1626
01:24:14,330 --> 01:24:10,980
jettisoning of the forward Bay cover

1627
01:24:16,729 --> 01:24:14,340
that will begin the sequence of the

1628
01:24:19,729 --> 01:24:16,739
deployment of the parachutes

1629
01:24:22,250 --> 01:24:19,739
first a pair of drug shoots three pilot

1630
01:24:24,649 --> 01:24:22,260
parachutes that will then pull three

1631
01:24:27,470 --> 01:24:24,659
main parachutes

1632
01:24:29,810 --> 01:24:27,480
to begin the final moments of Orion's

1633
01:25:13,250 --> 01:24:29,820
descent back to its Splashdown in the

1634
01:25:21,370 --> 01:25:15,950
one minute to go until we come out of

1635
01:25:28,070 --> 01:25:24,350
when we emerge from this first blackout

1636
01:25:28,970 --> 01:25:28,080
period we'll be at an altitude of 274

1637
01:25:31,370 --> 01:25:28,980
000 feet

1638
01:25:33,530 --> 01:25:31,380
traveling just under 17

1639
01:26:09,610 --> 01:25:33,540
000 miles an hour with a range to splash

1640
01:27:12,350 --> 01:26:12,229
standing by for a re-acquisition of

1641
01:27:26,090 --> 01:27:15,770
and we have data from Orion Orion out of

1642
01:27:31,490 --> 01:27:29,030
flight Dynamics reports

1643
01:27:33,590 --> 01:27:31,500
that Orion is right on the money coming

1644
01:27:34,850 --> 01:27:33,600
right down the pike a good view out of

1645
01:27:37,610 --> 01:27:34,860
the uh

1646
01:27:48,610 --> 01:27:37,620
cabin camera looking out of the upper

1647
01:27:55,930 --> 01:27:51,110
we should be performing uh the skip

1648
01:28:06,290 --> 01:27:58,370
good Communications established with

1649
01:28:34,510 --> 01:28:08,149
the second blackout period to begin

1650
01:28:40,970 --> 01:28:38,510
Orion is at the apogee of the skip entry

1651
01:28:43,610 --> 01:28:40,980
maneuver beginning the second in a

1652
01:28:47,450 --> 01:28:43,620
series of role reversals again banking

1653
01:28:49,610 --> 01:28:47,460
Maneuvers to bleed off excess inertia

1654
01:29:01,689 --> 01:28:49,620
and to dissipate heat around the

1655
01:29:06,649 --> 01:29:04,430
the start of the second blackout period

1656
01:29:10,370 --> 01:29:06,659
about a minute and 13 seconds from now

1657
01:29:13,729 --> 01:29:10,380
will come at an altitude of 270 000 feet

1658
01:29:17,209 --> 01:29:13,739
with Orion traveling about 16 400 miles

1659
01:30:01,189 --> 01:29:17,219
an hour range to splash down less than a

1660
01:30:27,669 --> 01:30:03,350
coming up on the start of the second

1661
01:30:36,290 --> 01:30:30,530
we should be in that second blackout

1662
01:30:42,950 --> 01:30:40,370
Ryan approaching a velocity of 20 times

1663
01:30:45,050 --> 01:30:42,960
the speed of sound

1664
01:30:46,910 --> 01:30:45,060
if all goes as planned we should be out

1665
01:30:50,390 --> 01:30:46,920
of the blackout period with a solid lock

1666
01:31:56,570 --> 01:30:50,400
up on the vehicle

1667
01:32:02,470 --> 01:31:59,149
this is Mission Control Houston the

1668
01:32:04,610 --> 01:32:02,480
Airborne w you be 57

1669
01:32:07,669 --> 01:32:04,620
one of the

1670
01:32:10,430 --> 01:32:07,679
Airborne assets to track Orion's return

1671
01:32:14,149 --> 01:32:10,440
to Earth as visual acquisition of the

1672
01:32:18,770 --> 01:32:16,010
we should be coming out of this second

1673
01:32:30,669 --> 01:32:18,780
and final blackout about 30 seconds from

1674
01:32:36,050 --> 01:32:34,250
and hilo's flying off the deck of the

1675
01:32:38,390 --> 01:32:36,060
USS Portland now have a visual

1676
01:32:43,550 --> 01:32:38,400
acquisition of Orion as well

1677
01:32:47,270 --> 01:32:43,560
at an altitude of 174 000 feet traveling

1678
01:33:10,430 --> 01:32:47,280
12 600 miles an hour range to splash

1679
01:33:29,410 --> 01:33:13,129
this view on the deck of the USS

1680
01:33:33,649 --> 01:33:32,209
and there is a view out of the uh

1681
01:33:36,110 --> 01:33:33,659
cabin camera

1682
01:33:38,090 --> 01:33:36,120
of Orion as it continues a series of

1683
01:33:40,970 --> 01:33:38,100
role reversals we have data back from

1684
01:33:46,970 --> 01:33:44,750
flight Dynamics reports Orion straight

1685
01:33:48,709 --> 01:33:46,980
and narrow on a true course toward its

1686
01:33:50,930 --> 01:33:48,719
Splashdown site

1687
01:34:00,370 --> 01:33:50,940
forward Bay covered jettisoning less

1688
01:34:00,380 --> 01:34:15,050
150 000 feet off the ocean

1689
01:34:15,060 --> 01:34:53,169
well Ryan now traveling at mach 10

1690
01:34:53,179 --> 01:35:08,689
Orion's speed now down to Mach 6.

1691
01:35:23,950 --> 01:35:10,550
two minutes until forward big cover

1692
01:35:23,960 --> 01:35:46,370
Orion 100 000 feet now

1693
01:35:46,380 --> 01:36:25,910
the spacecraft about to go subsonic

1694
01:36:34,149 --> 01:36:28,250
45 seconds until forward Bay covered

1695
01:36:34,159 --> 01:36:49,490
Orion now at 50 000 feet

1696
01:37:19,189 --> 01:36:51,950
forward big covered jettisoning pyros

1697
01:37:19,199 --> 01:37:28,570
25 000 feet

1698
01:37:28,580 --> 01:37:58,129
troves have been deployed

1699
01:38:05,270 --> 01:38:01,189
took good drug shoots reported by the

1700
01:38:12,649 --> 01:38:08,570
the decent rate is right on the money

1701
01:38:15,470 --> 01:38:12,659
Orion's velocity now down to 282 miles

1702
01:38:18,890 --> 01:38:15,480
an hour range to splash down one and a

1703
01:38:18,900 --> 01:38:39,729
ten thousand feet now

1704
01:38:49,850 --> 01:38:43,189
and we're on mains

1705
01:38:49,860 --> 01:39:05,030
reefing in progress

1706
01:39:05,040 --> 01:39:15,729
three good main shoots for Orion

1707
01:39:26,270 --> 01:39:20,090
we have three fully inflated main shoots

1708
01:39:26,280 --> 01:40:05,169
perfect descent rate reported

1709
01:40:10,669 --> 01:40:08,330
and there it is high over the Pacific

1710
01:40:13,970 --> 01:40:10,679
America's new Ticket to Ride To the Moon

1711
01:40:32,629 --> 01:40:16,490
Orion under its shoots descending

1712
01:40:46,669 --> 01:40:34,970
Orion in the perfect orientation for

1713
01:40:46,679 --> 01:41:00,290
one thousand feet

1714
01:41:00,300 --> 01:41:15,550
good decent rate

1715
01:41:15,560 --> 01:41:32,530
500 feet

1716
01:41:38,870 --> 01:41:35,350
splash down

1717
01:41:40,910 --> 01:41:38,880
from Tranquility base to Taurus litro to

1718
01:41:42,830 --> 01:41:40,920
the Tranquil Waters of the Pacific the

1719
01:41:46,790 --> 01:41:42,840
latest chapter of NASA's Journey to the

1720
01:41:48,709 --> 01:41:46,800
moon comes to a close Orion back on

1721
01:41:52,310 --> 01:41:48,719
Earth

1722
01:42:02,270 --> 01:41:52,320
unofficial Splashdown time 11 40

1723
01:42:09,350 --> 01:42:05,810
at a mission elapsed time of 25 days 10

1724
01:42:12,109 --> 01:42:09,360
hours 54 minutes 50 seconds that's

1725
01:42:22,189 --> 01:42:12,119
unofficial splashing down

1726
01:42:29,330 --> 01:42:25,189
crew module up riding system now being

1727
01:42:29,340 --> 01:42:41,530
for the bags currently being inflated

1728
01:42:48,890 --> 01:42:44,510
and we have a report that Orion is

1729
01:43:00,430 --> 01:42:48,900
stable one upright the way it should be

1730
01:43:06,470 --> 01:43:03,770
once again Splashdown occurring at 11 40

1731
01:43:09,649 --> 01:43:06,480
a.m Central Time 9 40 a.m Pacific Time

1732
01:43:12,709 --> 01:43:09,659
west of Baja California after a textbook

1733
01:43:54,370 --> 01:43:12,719
entry for the Orion spacecraft bringing

1734
01:43:59,510 --> 01:43:57,530
Orion's recovery Beacon is on we have

1735
01:44:01,970 --> 01:43:59,520
confirmation that four out of the five

1736
01:44:04,310 --> 01:44:01,980
accrue module operating system bags have

1737
01:44:07,250 --> 01:44:04,320
fully inflated standing by for word on

1738
01:44:12,770 --> 01:44:10,310
but Orion is in great shape

1739
01:44:14,810 --> 01:44:12,780
stable one just in the orientation that

1740
01:45:02,930 --> 01:44:14,820
had been expected

1741
01:45:07,970 --> 01:45:05,270
this is Mission Control Houston once

1742
01:45:10,669 --> 01:45:07,980
again the Orion spacecraft

1743
01:45:15,770 --> 01:45:10,679
having completed a journey of 1.4

1744
01:45:20,930 --> 01:45:19,010
bobbing gently in the Pacific Ocean

1745
01:45:22,790 --> 01:45:20,940
four out of its five crew module

1746
01:45:24,649 --> 01:45:22,800
Uprising system bags have been deployed

1747
01:45:25,850 --> 01:45:24,659
we're standing by for word on the fifth

1748
01:45:28,430 --> 01:45:25,860
however

1749
01:45:30,709 --> 01:45:28,440
irrespectful of that it is in stable one

1750
01:45:35,149 --> 01:45:30,719
configuration in good shape according to

1751
01:45:39,770 --> 01:45:37,790
and we are now receiving word that all

1752
01:45:42,470 --> 01:45:39,780
five of the crew module operating system

1753
01:45:44,870 --> 01:45:42,480
bags are fully inflated so that's

1754
01:45:47,930 --> 01:45:44,880
exactly what we had hoped for

1755
01:47:48,229 --> 01:45:47,940
Orion uh safely bobbing up and down in

1756
01:47:54,590 --> 01:47:50,810
this is Mission Control Houston uh

1757
01:47:57,229 --> 01:47:54,600
you're looking at the Orion spacecraft

1758
01:48:00,890 --> 01:47:57,239
that splashed down about six and a half

1759
01:48:04,550 --> 01:48:00,900
minutes ago at 11 40 a.m Central Time 9

1760
01:48:09,649 --> 01:48:07,189
we are estimating that it splashed down

1761
01:48:11,330 --> 01:48:09,659
around five nautical miles away from the

1762
01:48:14,270 --> 01:48:11,340
USS Portland

1763
01:48:17,149 --> 01:48:14,280
the uh recovery ship

1764
01:48:20,570 --> 01:48:17,159
and Navy boats and divers will be

1765
01:48:23,689 --> 01:48:20,580
approaching the vehicle before long

1766
01:48:26,450 --> 01:48:23,699
the spacecraft is in what is called a

1767
01:48:30,530 --> 01:48:26,460
stable one configuration upright

1768
01:48:34,189 --> 01:48:30,540
just the way we had expected it to be

1769
01:48:37,010 --> 01:48:34,199
five uh perfectly inflated crew module

1770
01:48:40,310 --> 01:48:37,020
uprighting system bags maintaining a

1771
01:48:42,590 --> 01:48:40,320
nice gentle configuration for Orion

1772
01:48:51,229 --> 01:48:42,600
first of the Navy helicopters now

1773
01:48:56,330 --> 01:48:53,629
and here in Mission Control some of

1774
01:48:58,850 --> 01:48:56,340
Orion's systems no longer needed are

1775
01:49:00,950 --> 01:48:58,860
being powered down many of them will

1776
01:49:03,770 --> 01:49:00,960
stay powered up for the next two hours

1777
01:49:05,090 --> 01:49:03,780
while we conduct a series of test

1778
01:49:07,910 --> 01:49:05,100
objectives

1779
01:49:11,270 --> 01:49:07,920
to characterize the thermal conditioning

1780
01:49:14,450 --> 01:49:11,280
of the spacecraft that will be important

1781
01:49:17,030 --> 01:49:14,460
for future data for crude missions to

1782
01:49:19,609 --> 01:49:17,040
determine how long the crews can remain

1783
01:49:21,530 --> 01:49:19,619
comfortable inside a vehicle returning

1784
01:49:27,169 --> 01:49:21,540
from the Moon

1785
01:49:28,930 --> 01:49:27,179
we also will be conducting tests of the

1786
01:49:31,250 --> 01:49:28,940
Beacon and

1787
01:49:34,370 --> 01:49:31,260
sarsat system

1788
01:49:35,629 --> 01:49:34,380
for maintaining uh tracking of the

1789
01:49:38,390 --> 01:49:35,639
spacecraft

1790
01:49:41,209 --> 01:49:38,400
for Recovery forces that will be

1791
01:49:44,209 --> 01:49:41,219
approaching the spacecraft in the future

1792
01:49:46,070 --> 01:49:44,219
and uh coming up in the next hour and a

1793
01:49:48,950 --> 01:49:46,080
half will be the reactivation of an

1794
01:49:51,290 --> 01:49:48,960
ammonia boiler system that will provide

1795
01:49:54,770 --> 01:49:51,300
Cooling in the spacecraft as it will

1796
01:51:30,290 --> 01:49:54,780
Owen Crews return from their missions on

1797
01:51:35,330 --> 01:51:32,930
this is Mission Control Houston reports

1798
01:51:38,750 --> 01:51:35,340
from the USS Portland indicate that the

1799
01:51:40,970 --> 01:51:38,760
first of two Navy helicopters uh flying

1800
01:51:43,270 --> 01:51:40,980
in the vicinity of Orion which is about

1801
01:51:46,609 --> 01:51:43,280
five nautical miles away from the ship

1802
01:51:49,370 --> 01:51:46,619
indicate no damage to the spacecraft and

1803
01:51:53,709 --> 01:51:49,380
no hazardous fuel leaking from the

1804
01:51:57,470 --> 01:51:53,719
spacecraft good view of the helicopters

1805
01:51:59,450 --> 01:51:57,480
and the initial uh Navy boats that will

1806
01:52:00,770 --> 01:51:59,460
be approaching Orion a short time from

1807
01:52:03,410 --> 01:52:00,780
now

1808
01:52:07,910 --> 01:52:03,420
once again the Splashdown occurring at

1809
01:55:43,870 --> 01:52:07,920
11 40 a.m Central Time 9 40 a.m Pacific

1810
01:55:49,850 --> 01:55:47,750
this is Mission Control Houston Orion

1811
01:55:52,430 --> 01:55:49,860
in the Pacific Ocean

1812
01:55:55,209 --> 01:55:52,440
having splashed down at 11 40 a.m

1813
01:55:58,370 --> 01:55:55,219
Central Time 9 40 a.m Pacific time

1814
01:56:00,410 --> 01:55:58,380
around five nautical miles or so from

1815
01:56:02,990 --> 01:56:00,420
the USS Portland

1816
01:56:05,390 --> 01:56:03,000
textbook entry for the vehicle

1817
01:56:07,070 --> 01:56:05,400
on the USS Portland at this hour my

1818
01:56:08,450 --> 01:56:07,080
colleague Daryl Nell from the Kennedy

1819
01:56:10,609 --> 01:56:08,460
Space Center who's with the exploration

1820
01:56:13,669 --> 01:56:10,619
ground systems recovery team

1821
01:56:19,550 --> 01:56:13,679
Daryl uh how did it look to you it

1822
01:56:26,030 --> 01:56:22,010
I'd say that's a great description Rob

1823
01:56:28,189 --> 01:56:26,040
uh perfectly landed here in the Pacific

1824
01:56:31,030 --> 01:56:28,199
Ocean and that's been confirmed by the

1825
01:56:33,410 --> 01:56:31,040
operations manager that I just spoke to

1826
01:56:35,270 --> 01:56:33,420
watching it from the deck as an observer

1827
01:56:36,890 --> 01:56:35,280
we have you know as you can see some

1828
01:56:38,510 --> 01:56:36,900
broken clouds in the sky like right

1829
01:56:41,090 --> 01:56:38,520
around 3000 feet

1830
01:56:42,890 --> 01:56:41,100
but uh we saw those three full main

1831
01:56:45,229 --> 01:56:42,900
parachutes pop out

1832
01:56:46,070 --> 01:56:45,239
it was a beautiful sight probably just

1833
01:56:47,750 --> 01:56:46,080
about

1834
01:56:49,550 --> 01:56:47,760
you know several thousand feet in the

1835
01:56:50,750 --> 01:56:49,560
sky and then we watched that slow

1836
01:56:53,209 --> 01:56:50,760
descent

1837
01:56:54,290 --> 01:56:53,219
as the Orion crew module made its way

1838
01:56:58,129 --> 01:56:54,300
down

1839
01:57:00,649 --> 01:56:58,139
uh to the Pacific Ocean saw the splash

1840
01:57:03,109 --> 01:57:00,659
and then uh of course the assets aboard

1841
01:57:05,510 --> 01:57:03,119
the USS Portland here immediately

1842
01:57:09,050 --> 01:57:05,520
started making their way towards the

1843
01:57:13,430 --> 01:57:09,060
Splashdown site and as you see live now

1844
01:57:15,470 --> 01:57:13,440
they uh they are close to being

1845
01:57:17,209 --> 01:57:15,480
next to the capsule now the helicopters

1846
01:57:19,669 --> 01:57:17,219
that you see flying there those are

1847
01:57:21,589 --> 01:57:19,679
inmates image 60s

1848
01:57:23,030 --> 01:57:21,599
we have two of them in the air and they

1849
01:57:25,910 --> 01:57:23,040
are right now

1850
01:57:27,770 --> 01:57:25,920
Gathering high quality high definition

1851
01:57:31,070 --> 01:57:27,780
imagery

1852
01:57:32,770 --> 01:57:31,080
of the capsule in the water

1853
01:57:35,390 --> 01:57:32,780
there's a spotter aboard we have

1854
01:57:37,370 --> 01:57:35,400
photographers as well

1855
01:57:38,990 --> 01:57:37,380
the doors are completely open on both

1856
01:57:40,669 --> 01:57:39,000
sides of the helicopters and so you can

1857
01:57:44,870 --> 01:57:40,679
see them flying

1858
01:57:47,750 --> 01:57:44,880
a circular track around the Splashdown

1859
01:57:51,709 --> 01:57:47,760
location they have marked if you can see

1860
01:57:53,149 --> 01:57:51,719
it you can see what looks like smoke

1861
01:57:55,250 --> 01:57:53,159
um coming off

1862
01:57:56,030 --> 01:57:55,260
a location just to the left there that

1863
01:57:59,270 --> 01:57:56,040
is

1864
01:58:01,850 --> 01:57:59,280
the boats having marked location where

1865
01:58:03,649 --> 01:58:01,860
some of the debris has come down the

1866
01:58:06,470 --> 01:58:03,659
debris that was part of the separation

1867
01:58:07,669 --> 01:58:06,480
event the part of the parachutes opening

1868
01:58:10,010 --> 01:58:07,679
event

1869
01:58:13,129 --> 01:58:10,020
so you have

1870
01:58:15,350 --> 01:58:13,139
the Sabo as well as the lid from the

1871
01:58:17,510 --> 01:58:15,360
parachutes all of that is being tracked

1872
01:58:19,910 --> 01:58:17,520
by the Sasquatch team

1873
01:58:20,810 --> 01:58:19,920
and the Navy boats are marking that with

1874
01:58:25,669 --> 01:58:20,820
uh

1875
01:58:30,770 --> 01:58:28,790
all of that Hardware the team wants to

1876
01:58:32,570 --> 01:58:30,780
recover because there's valuable

1877
01:58:35,089 --> 01:58:32,580
information in data

1878
01:58:37,129 --> 01:58:35,099
in it

1879
01:58:40,129 --> 01:58:37,139
the helicopters will be out

1880
01:58:41,270 --> 01:58:40,139
for another 20 minutes Gathering imagery

1881
01:58:42,770 --> 01:58:41,280
you can see

1882
01:58:44,810 --> 01:58:42,780
one of them

1883
01:58:46,970 --> 01:58:44,820
getting very close

1884
01:58:50,089 --> 01:58:46,980
to the crew module

1885
01:58:53,450 --> 01:58:50,099
there is an GSS camera

1886
01:58:59,570 --> 01:58:53,460
ultra high definition 8K

1887
01:58:59,580 --> 01:59:03,950
we are currently on course

1888
01:59:09,169 --> 01:59:06,169
to go right by the Splashdown location

1889
01:59:12,770 --> 01:59:09,179
so we are right about three and a half

1890
01:59:17,870 --> 01:59:14,570
we are going to a point that's going to

1891
01:59:19,550 --> 01:59:17,880
be one mile out that's our next Waypoint

1892
01:59:23,089 --> 01:59:19,560
one mile out from the Splashdown

1893
01:59:28,850 --> 01:59:25,370
one of the things we're waiting for is

1894
01:59:31,189 --> 01:59:28,860
for ammonia boil off and that's why the

1895
01:59:32,870 --> 01:59:31,199
Navy boats are not yet next to the

1896
01:59:36,410 --> 01:59:32,880
capsule will still

1897
01:59:39,589 --> 01:59:36,420
going to wait that out the amount of

1898
01:59:41,390 --> 01:59:39,599
time that that's going to take is uh

1899
01:59:45,050 --> 01:59:41,400
has not been determined they have

1900
01:59:48,050 --> 01:59:45,060
allowed for as much as two hours

1901
01:59:50,750 --> 01:59:48,060
the ammonia on the capsule is used for

1902
01:59:52,970 --> 01:59:50,760
cooling purposes to keep the cabin cool

1903
01:59:55,370 --> 01:59:52,980
for crew of course there's no crew in

1904
01:59:58,070 --> 01:59:55,380
this capsule but uh

1905
02:00:00,770 --> 01:59:58,080
for future missions it will certainly be

1906
02:00:02,330 --> 02:00:00,780
an important part of keeping the

1907
02:00:03,770 --> 02:00:02,340
astronauts

1908
02:00:06,410 --> 02:00:03,780
cool

1909
02:00:09,490 --> 02:00:06,420
during the heat of re-entry but for now

1910
02:00:12,890 --> 02:00:09,500
they're going to vent off that ammonia

1911
02:00:14,629 --> 02:00:12,900
and as they do that it's not quite safe

1912
02:00:19,750 --> 02:00:14,639
to get close to the capsule with the

1913
02:00:25,490 --> 02:00:23,510
so of course we'll keep our eyes

1914
02:00:28,010 --> 02:00:25,500
fixed to the location

1915
02:00:31,189 --> 02:00:28,020
our cameras as well

1916
02:00:33,470 --> 02:00:31,199
USS Portland's uh standing by for our

1917
02:00:35,870 --> 02:00:33,480
next Waypoint one mile from

1918
02:00:37,669 --> 02:00:35,880
the Splashdown site

1919
02:00:40,250 --> 02:00:37,679
and then once the completion of the

1920
02:00:43,129 --> 02:00:40,260
ammonia boil off the Navy boats will be

1921
02:00:48,770 --> 02:00:45,770
spectacular site from out here Rob toss

1922
02:00:52,729 --> 02:00:50,750
thanks Daryl uh back here in mission

1923
02:00:55,550 --> 02:00:52,739
control of the entry flight director

1924
02:00:58,070 --> 02:00:55,560
Judd freiling on the left to his left

1925
02:01:00,229 --> 02:00:58,080
flight director Rick henfling

1926
02:01:02,570 --> 02:01:00,239
and with me on Console here probably

1927
02:01:04,609 --> 02:01:02,580
none more important than the NASA

1928
02:01:09,290 --> 02:01:04,619
administrator Bill Nelson Senator thank

1929
02:01:15,649 --> 02:01:12,950
Rob I'm overwhelmed uh you know I'd say

1930
02:01:17,510 --> 02:01:15,659
it's good to see you but this is uh an

1931
02:01:20,089 --> 02:01:17,520
extraordinary day

1932
02:01:22,970 --> 02:01:20,099
I remember years ago when I saw you

1933
02:01:25,970 --> 02:01:22,980
return on Columbia from your mission

1934
02:01:28,070 --> 02:01:25,980
into space and it all conjures up a

1935
02:01:30,189 --> 02:01:28,080
tremendous amount of memories

1936
02:01:33,109 --> 02:01:30,199
Orion back on Earth having

1937
02:01:36,189 --> 02:01:33,119
circumnavigated the moon having survived

1938
02:01:39,649 --> 02:01:36,199
a critical test of its heat shield

1939
02:01:41,870 --> 02:01:39,659
you I think you have to be hesitant to

1940
02:01:44,930 --> 02:01:41,880
celebrate and throw confetti a little

1941
02:01:47,270 --> 02:01:44,940
bit too early but uh it certainly uh is

1942
02:01:50,629 --> 02:01:47,280
an important achievement is it not

1943
02:01:54,010 --> 02:01:50,639
uh it's historic because we are now

1944
02:01:57,229 --> 02:01:54,020
going back into space into deep space

1945
02:02:01,189 --> 02:01:57,239
with a new generation

1946
02:02:04,430 --> 02:02:01,199
uh Kennedy uh just uh stunned everybody

1947
02:02:06,530 --> 02:02:04,440
with the Apollo generation and said that

1948
02:02:09,109 --> 02:02:06,540
we were going to achieve what we thought

1949
02:02:11,750 --> 02:02:09,119
was impossible

1950
02:02:14,629 --> 02:02:11,760
uh and did that in a short period of

1951
02:02:18,290 --> 02:02:14,639
time and uh many things have happened

1952
02:02:20,510 --> 02:02:18,300
since but we knew we were going back

1953
02:02:25,310 --> 02:02:20,520
but we knew we were going back to the

1954
02:02:27,410 --> 02:02:25,320
Moon just to continue to explore outward

1955
02:02:31,970 --> 02:02:27,420
into the cosmos

1956
02:02:37,129 --> 02:02:31,980
and so that's why this is a defining day

1957
02:02:40,030 --> 02:02:37,139
uh it is one that marks new technology a

1958
02:02:45,169 --> 02:02:40,040
whole new breed of astronaut

1959
02:02:49,550 --> 02:02:45,179
uh a a vision for the future that

1960
02:02:52,129 --> 02:02:49,560
captures the DNA of particularly

1961
02:02:56,510 --> 02:02:52,139
Americans although we do this as an

1962
02:03:00,589 --> 02:02:56,520
international Venture and that DNA is we

1963
02:03:03,470 --> 02:03:00,599
are adventurers we are explorers

1964
02:03:06,609 --> 02:03:03,480
we always have a frontier

1965
02:03:10,669 --> 02:03:06,619
and that Frontier is now to continue

1966
02:03:12,830 --> 02:03:10,679
exploring the heavens

1967
02:03:14,450 --> 02:03:12,840
we had to wait a while for Artemis to

1968
02:03:17,270 --> 02:03:14,460
finally get to the point where the space

1969
02:03:19,910 --> 02:03:17,280
launch system uh got us underway back on

1970
02:03:21,950 --> 02:03:19,920
November 16th but once it did these

1971
02:03:24,290 --> 02:03:21,960
engineers and the other members of the

1972
02:03:26,030 --> 02:03:24,300
teams front room back room

1973
02:03:27,770 --> 02:03:26,040
they've been pretty giddy over the

1974
02:03:29,930 --> 02:03:27,780
amount of data that they've required and

1975
02:03:31,970 --> 02:03:29,940
how this vehicle appears to have

1976
02:03:33,350 --> 02:03:31,980
exceeded its expectations and its

1977
02:03:37,729 --> 02:03:33,360
performance

1978
02:03:40,609 --> 02:03:37,739
the whole vehicle uh the rocket uh the

1979
02:03:46,209 --> 02:03:40,619
European participation in the support

1980
02:03:49,729 --> 02:03:46,219
module uh the uh spacecraft itself Orion

1981
02:03:53,810 --> 02:03:49,739
performing so well that they added a lot

1982
02:03:56,390 --> 02:03:53,820
of tests and uh lo and behold we're

1983
02:04:00,109 --> 02:03:56,400
going to be uh we're going to be up to

1984
02:04:02,689 --> 02:04:00,119
our years in data thankfully and of

1985
02:04:06,470 --> 02:04:02,699
course today the the two main things

1986
02:04:08,030 --> 02:04:06,480
that had to happen was that uh that heat

1987
02:04:11,030 --> 02:04:08,040
shield had to work and it did

1988
02:04:14,089 --> 02:04:11,040
beautifully where they can skip off the

1989
02:04:16,490 --> 02:04:14,099
atmosphere and bleed that speed down

1990
02:04:17,990 --> 02:04:16,500
from 25

1991
02:04:21,770 --> 02:04:18,000
000 miles an hour

1992
02:04:24,229 --> 02:04:21,780
and uh and then uh the parachutes had to

1993
02:04:26,270 --> 02:04:24,239
work and they did it as well

1994
02:04:28,430 --> 02:04:26,280
you know the engineering the design of

1995
02:04:30,589 --> 02:04:28,440
this Mission all the work that will go

1996
02:04:33,229 --> 02:04:30,599
into the next flight when a crew is on

1997
02:04:35,330 --> 02:04:33,239
board right to orbit the Moon uh what

1998
02:04:38,209 --> 02:04:35,340
does this say about NASA and the

1999
02:04:41,149 --> 02:04:38,219
international partner cooperation and

2000
02:04:43,790 --> 02:04:41,159
the partnership that ultimately takes us

2001
02:04:46,030 --> 02:04:43,800
not only to the moon but beyond

2002
02:04:49,750 --> 02:04:46,040
well it says a lot about our country

2003
02:04:53,570 --> 02:04:49,760
because we don't do it secretively

2004
02:04:57,830 --> 02:04:53,580
we do it openly and we do it with our

2005
02:04:58,850 --> 02:04:57,840
friends and we invite all peoples of the

2006
02:05:02,570 --> 02:04:58,860
Earth

2007
02:05:05,689 --> 02:05:02,580
uh and uh we are doing it also with

2008
02:05:09,010 --> 02:05:05,699
commercial partners because when we go

2009
02:05:12,770 --> 02:05:09,020
into orbit uh on Apollo 3

2010
02:05:16,430 --> 02:05:12,780
we are going to Rendezvous and Doc with

2011
02:05:19,129 --> 02:05:16,440
a in this case SpaceX Lander

2012
02:05:21,770 --> 02:05:19,139
and the crew will go down to the surface

2013
02:05:24,470 --> 02:05:21,780
and and then we have another competition

2014
02:05:26,510 --> 02:05:24,480
going on now for another Lander so that

2015
02:05:30,109 --> 02:05:26,520
we will have two Landers

2016
02:05:32,990 --> 02:05:30,119
uh and again this is the the program of

2017
02:05:38,089 --> 02:05:33,000
going back to the Moon to learn to live

2018
02:05:41,570 --> 02:05:38,099
to invent to create in order to explore

2019
02:05:47,510 --> 02:05:44,990
50 years ago today Gene cernan Jack

2020
02:05:49,129 --> 02:05:47,520
Schmidt landed their lunar module

2021
02:05:51,950 --> 02:05:49,139
Challenger

2022
02:05:54,470 --> 02:05:51,960
on Taurus litro the final lunar Landing

2023
02:05:56,149 --> 02:05:54,480
it only seems fitting half a century

2024
02:05:58,310 --> 02:05:56,159
later to the day

2025
02:06:02,330 --> 02:05:58,320
Orion back home

2026
02:06:06,050 --> 02:06:02,340
and uh what a what a fitting opportunity

2027
02:06:08,589 --> 02:06:06,060
that I had last night to sit with Jack

2028
02:06:11,870 --> 02:06:08,599
Schmidt at the astronaut dinner

2029
02:06:15,890 --> 02:06:11,880
and uh to talk to him about those

2030
02:06:18,109 --> 02:06:15,900
experiences uh 50 years it's a long time

2031
02:06:20,209 --> 02:06:18,119
but look what we have done in the

2032
02:06:21,950 --> 02:06:20,219
meantime the space shuttle we built the

2033
02:06:25,129 --> 02:06:21,960
International Space Station we brought

2034
02:06:27,950 --> 02:06:25,139
in commercial Partners we now go to and

2035
02:06:32,149 --> 02:06:27,960
from regularly the International Space

2036
02:06:35,030 --> 02:06:32,159
Station with cargo and crew and here we

2037
02:06:37,790 --> 02:06:35,040
go we've got Scouts going to the Moon

2038
02:06:40,189 --> 02:06:37,800
that are commercial Scouts that land

2039
02:06:43,010 --> 02:06:40,199
that take NASA instruments and

2040
02:06:46,910 --> 02:06:43,020
scientific instruments in preparing us

2041
02:06:49,490 --> 02:06:46,920
for The Landings of our astronauts and

2042
02:06:51,290 --> 02:06:49,500
so it's it's a new day A New Day Has

2043
02:06:54,890 --> 02:06:51,300
dawned

2044
02:06:56,209 --> 02:06:54,900
um an Artemis generation is taking us

2045
02:07:00,709 --> 02:06:56,219
there

2046
02:07:02,689 --> 02:07:00,719
and uh Orion continues uh to await the

2047
02:07:04,850 --> 02:07:02,699
arrival of the USS Portland which

2048
02:07:07,189 --> 02:07:04,860
shouldn't be very much longer from now

2049
02:07:09,169 --> 02:07:07,199
and uh some flight test objectives that

2050
02:07:10,910 --> 02:07:09,179
will be uh taking place over the next

2051
02:07:12,770 --> 02:07:10,920
couple of hours before we here in

2052
02:07:15,470 --> 02:07:12,780
Houston hand the vehicle over to the

2053
02:07:17,209 --> 02:07:15,480
Kennedy Space Center recovery team NASA

2054
02:07:19,310 --> 02:07:17,219
administrator Bill Nelson pleasure to

2055
02:07:20,330 --> 02:07:19,320
see you today and thank you so much for

2056
02:08:13,990 --> 02:07:20,340
being with us

2057
02:08:20,030 --> 02:08:16,669
this is Mission Control Houston 26

2058
02:08:22,310 --> 02:08:20,040
minutes after the return of Orion from

2059
02:08:24,530 --> 02:08:22,320
its circumnavigation of the Moon and a

2060
02:08:26,629 --> 02:08:24,540
splash down in the Pacific a bull's-eye

2061
02:08:29,030 --> 02:08:26,639
Splashdown just about five nautical

2062
02:08:33,470 --> 02:08:29,040
miles away from the USS Portland as had

2063
02:08:35,330 --> 02:08:33,480
been land the Portland about to arrive

2064
02:08:37,609 --> 02:08:35,340
near the spacecraft as you heard from

2065
02:08:39,830 --> 02:08:37,619
Daryl nail who at this moment is

2066
02:08:41,330 --> 02:08:39,840
standing by on the Portland with the

2067
02:08:47,450 --> 02:08:41,340
woman in charge of the recovery

2068
02:08:51,649 --> 02:08:49,070
thank you rob that's right Melissa Jones

2069
02:08:54,050 --> 02:08:51,659
the recovery director just uh came from

2070
02:08:56,229 --> 02:08:54,060
outside the ship's control center where

2071
02:08:59,209 --> 02:08:56,239
she was monitoring and of course

2072
02:09:01,370 --> 02:08:59,219
managing her team in the midst of this

2073
02:09:03,290 --> 02:09:01,380
recovery so Melissa thank you for being

2074
02:09:06,169 --> 02:09:03,300
here thank you for having me it's an

2075
02:09:08,870 --> 02:09:06,179
exciting day what a day it is right we

2076
02:09:11,330 --> 02:09:08,880
just had Splashdown and want to ask you

2077
02:09:13,729 --> 02:09:11,340
first of all operationally where do we

2078
02:09:15,530 --> 02:09:13,739
stand and what do we have to go

2079
02:09:17,629 --> 02:09:15,540
uh so we had a picture perfect

2080
02:09:19,250 --> 02:09:17,639
Splashdown and at this time we're

2081
02:09:21,050 --> 02:09:19,260
Gathering data

2082
02:09:22,850 --> 02:09:21,060
um with the CM powered up we'll get some

2083
02:09:24,589 --> 02:09:22,860
flight test objective data on thermal

2084
02:09:26,089 --> 02:09:24,599
conditioning

2085
02:09:27,709 --> 02:09:26,099
um and do we're doing some signal data

2086
02:09:29,990 --> 02:09:27,719
with the Tribune beacons making sure

2087
02:09:31,790 --> 02:09:30,000
that we can see the beacons on the

2088
02:09:33,649 --> 02:09:31,800
capsules and on the astronaut suits to

2089
02:09:35,270 --> 02:09:33,659
prepare for Artemis too

2090
02:09:36,950 --> 02:09:35,280
um and once that that is complete the

2091
02:09:38,209 --> 02:09:36,960
vehicle will be powered down by the

2092
02:09:40,490 --> 02:09:38,219
Mission Control Center and they'll hand

2093
02:09:43,430 --> 02:09:40,500
that over officially to us here locally

2094
02:09:45,709 --> 02:09:43,440
in the Pacific and then we will approach

2095
02:09:47,149 --> 02:09:45,719
the capsule and attach some lines to it

2096
02:09:49,490 --> 02:09:47,159
and pull it into the back of the well

2097
02:09:51,709 --> 02:09:49,500
deck and that's a delicate mission right

2098
02:09:54,290 --> 02:09:51,719
uh because you will be attaching lines

2099
02:09:56,689 --> 02:09:54,300
and through the use of Navy boats and

2100
02:09:59,510 --> 02:09:56,699
then also a winch inside the well deck

2101
02:10:01,310 --> 02:09:59,520
and Navy sailors on the lines attached

2102
02:10:02,930 --> 02:10:01,320
to it as well it seems like a very

2103
02:10:04,550 --> 02:10:02,940
delicate operation especially getting in

2104
02:10:06,589 --> 02:10:04,560
the well deck where waves will be

2105
02:10:08,810 --> 02:10:06,599
sloshing around and we've got already

2106
02:10:10,910 --> 02:10:08,820
four to five foot Seas out here in the

2107
02:10:13,609 --> 02:10:10,920
Pacific correct so it is a delicate

2108
02:10:15,050 --> 02:10:13,619
balance to try to control the capsule in

2109
02:10:18,050 --> 02:10:15,060
the well Deck with all the water that we

2110
02:10:19,790 --> 02:10:18,060
have in there and to softly land it on

2111
02:10:21,229 --> 02:10:19,800
the Cradle so that we can capture as

2112
02:10:24,290 --> 02:10:21,239
much data from the heat shield as

2113
02:10:26,149 --> 02:10:24,300
possible now as the capsule was coming

2114
02:10:33,890 --> 02:10:26,159
down just briefly tell me your reaction

2115
02:10:37,490 --> 02:10:35,629
aking this mission for a while and we've

2116
02:10:39,709 --> 02:10:37,500
done a ton of training and every time

2117
02:10:41,570 --> 02:10:39,719
you do training with a mock-up capsule

2118
02:10:44,089 --> 02:10:41,580
you don't have any of that you don't

2119
02:10:45,470 --> 02:10:44,099
have parachutes you don't you know hear

2120
02:10:47,030 --> 02:10:45,480
it coming back to the atmosphere the

2121
02:10:50,270 --> 02:10:47,040
Sonic booms and all that kind of stuff

2122
02:10:51,709 --> 02:10:50,280
and today that actually happened uh it's

2123
02:10:53,930 --> 02:10:51,719
just amazing

2124
02:10:56,149 --> 02:10:53,940
and your team it's worth noting has been

2125
02:10:58,970 --> 02:10:56,159
out here a long time from the moment of

2126
02:11:01,310 --> 02:10:58,980
launch you were on Console ready to

2127
02:11:03,709 --> 02:11:01,320
support if something off nominal

2128
02:11:06,109 --> 02:11:03,719
happened unusual you're going to be able

2129
02:11:07,910 --> 02:11:06,119
to recover that capsule wherever it was

2130
02:11:09,470 --> 02:11:07,920
needed to recover so you were working

2131
02:11:12,770 --> 02:11:09,480
that and then stayed through

2132
02:11:14,330 --> 02:11:12,780
Thanksgiving all the way to now so it's

2133
02:11:15,950 --> 02:11:14,340
been a long road it has been yeah

2134
02:11:18,290 --> 02:11:15,960
several of us supported launch and then

2135
02:11:20,149 --> 02:11:18,300
we deployed out here about 23 days

2136
02:11:22,729 --> 02:11:20,159
before and we're out here for

2137
02:11:24,709 --> 02:11:22,739
Thanksgiving as a team so it we have

2138
02:11:25,850 --> 02:11:24,719
been waiting for this and preparing for

2139
02:11:27,109 --> 02:11:25,860
it for a while

2140
02:11:29,089 --> 02:11:27,119
and it looks like you're doing a great

2141
02:11:30,890 --> 02:11:29,099
job so far good luck the rest of the way

2142
02:11:32,330 --> 02:11:30,900
Melissa Jones and thank you for joining

2143
02:11:39,910 --> 02:11:32,340
us thank you very much thanks for having

2144
02:11:46,550 --> 02:11:43,189
thank you Daryl we'll be back to you on

2145
02:11:48,830 --> 02:11:46,560
the USS Portland here shortly as uh the

2146
02:11:50,570 --> 02:11:48,840
post Splashdown activities and the

2147
02:11:52,790 --> 02:11:50,580
recovery operations

2148
02:11:54,649 --> 02:11:52,800
will continue as mentioned earlier it

2149
02:11:57,709 --> 02:11:54,659
will take about two hours from the time

2150
02:11:59,330 --> 02:11:57,719
of Splashdown until the time that uh

2151
02:12:01,609 --> 02:11:59,340
flight director Judd frieling and his

2152
02:12:04,310 --> 02:12:01,619
team of Entry flight controllers here

2153
02:12:06,609 --> 02:12:04,320
will hand the vehicle over to the

2154
02:12:10,010 --> 02:12:06,619
exploration ground system recovery team

2155
02:12:12,290 --> 02:12:10,020
that will work over the next several

2156
02:12:15,050 --> 02:12:12,300
hours to bring the Orion into the well

2157
02:12:18,350 --> 02:12:15,060
deck of the USS Portland

2158
02:12:21,470 --> 02:12:18,360
with me a familiar face Bob Cabana

2159
02:12:23,870 --> 02:12:21,480
NASA's associate administrator Bob

2160
02:12:26,510 --> 02:12:23,880
it's great to see you here and with

2161
02:12:28,390 --> 02:12:26,520
Orion back on Earth another Milestone

2162
02:12:31,250 --> 02:12:28,400
accomplished on the road back to putting

2163
02:12:33,589 --> 02:12:31,260
Americans on the surface of the Moon in

2164
02:12:36,770 --> 02:12:33,599
terms of the criticality of what we've

2165
02:12:40,490 --> 02:12:36,780
seen over the past four weeks your

2166
02:12:43,189 --> 02:12:40,500
thoughts on how this Mission evolved and

2167
02:12:45,410 --> 02:12:43,199
now the stepping stone that would put a

2168
02:12:48,589 --> 02:12:45,420
crew on board a couple of years from now

2169
02:12:50,810 --> 02:12:48,599
our rabbit's been absolutely critical to

2170
02:12:53,689 --> 02:12:50,820
get this Mission off safely this test

2171
02:12:56,089 --> 02:12:53,699
flight is what we need in order to prove

2172
02:12:57,530 --> 02:12:56,099
this vehicle so that we can fly with a

2173
02:12:59,209 --> 02:12:57,540
crew and that's the next step and I

2174
02:13:03,229 --> 02:12:59,219
can't wait

2175
02:13:04,970 --> 02:13:03,239
um you know the launch first uh yeah I

2176
02:13:06,229 --> 02:13:04,980
was uh on the roof of the launch control

2177
02:13:07,850 --> 02:13:06,239
center I went up there with the

2178
02:13:09,350 --> 02:13:07,860
administrator and Deputy Administrator

2179
02:13:11,990 --> 02:13:09,360
when we came out of the T-minus 10

2180
02:13:14,149 --> 02:13:12,000
minute hold and it was phenomenal it was

2181
02:13:16,910 --> 02:13:14,159
absolutely amazing the rocket performed

2182
02:13:19,609 --> 02:13:16,920
flawlessly and I haven't been that happy

2183
02:13:22,910 --> 02:13:19,619
in a long time after we came down off

2184
02:13:25,250 --> 02:13:22,920
the roof and then to see the mission go

2185
02:13:27,229 --> 02:13:25,260
as well as it did the shots that we got

2186
02:13:29,810 --> 02:13:27,239
from the vehicle that one from 40 000

2187
02:13:32,209 --> 02:13:29,820
miles away where you saw the the moon

2188
02:13:34,310 --> 02:13:32,219
with the Earth in the background and

2189
02:13:36,530 --> 02:13:34,320
then this morning I mean we've learned

2190
02:13:38,569 --> 02:13:36,540
how to operate this vehicle a few minor

2191
02:13:41,330 --> 02:13:38,579
glitches along the way but it is

2192
02:13:43,310 --> 02:13:41,340
performed uh flawlessly and we're

2193
02:13:45,950 --> 02:13:43,320
learning how to work with it operate it

2194
02:13:47,450 --> 02:13:45,960
and that's what this JSC team does it is

2195
02:13:50,450 --> 02:13:47,460
so great to be back here in Mission

2196
02:13:53,270 --> 02:13:50,460
Control to be with the Ops Team I'm so

2197
02:13:55,129 --> 02:13:53,280
proud of these guys amazing but if you

2198
02:13:57,169 --> 02:13:55,139
were watching this morning I love the

2199
02:13:59,750 --> 02:13:57,179
video I don't know if it was on NASA TV

2200
02:14:01,189 --> 02:13:59,760
or not but the moon just kept I mean the

2201
02:14:03,229 --> 02:14:01,199
Earth just kept getting bigger and

2202
02:14:06,530 --> 02:14:03,239
bigger it was really hauling as it came

2203
02:14:08,149 --> 02:14:06,540
in and the preciseness with which they

2204
02:14:11,089 --> 02:14:08,159
were able to bring it down and seeing

2205
02:14:14,089 --> 02:14:11,099
the shoots come out and it's just I I'm

2206
02:14:18,950 --> 02:14:14,099
so proud of this team the Orion team the

2207
02:14:22,550 --> 02:14:18,960
entire SLS Artemis team the folks here

2208
02:14:24,530 --> 02:14:22,560
at JSC it's just been amazing now my

2209
02:14:26,930 --> 02:14:24,540
only I wish Gene cernan were still alive

2210
02:14:28,850 --> 02:14:26,940
you know here we are on the 50th

2211
02:14:30,589 --> 02:14:28,860
anniversary and Gene was such a

2212
02:14:32,450 --> 02:14:30,599
proponent of getting us back to the Moon

2213
02:14:33,950 --> 02:14:32,460
I wish I wish you were alive to have

2214
02:14:35,089 --> 02:14:33,960
seen this Mission it would have meant a

2215
02:14:37,370 --> 02:14:35,099
lot to them

2216
02:14:38,930 --> 02:14:37,380
I don't want to date you but I think 24

2217
02:14:41,330 --> 02:14:38,940
years ago

2218
02:14:43,370 --> 02:14:41,340
right this at this moment in time you

2219
02:14:47,990 --> 02:14:43,380
were building a space station I believe

2220
02:14:50,450 --> 02:14:48,000
with your crew on sts-88 uh we had so

2221
02:14:53,149 --> 02:14:50,460
many dramatic jaw-dropping images during

2222
02:14:57,229 --> 02:14:53,159
the course of this flight what for you

2223
02:15:02,569 --> 02:14:59,629
oh I I don't I'm not sure I can pick one

2224
02:15:04,850 --> 02:15:02,579
obviously the launch the team has worked

2225
02:15:08,390 --> 02:15:04,860
so hard uh to get to the point where we

2226
02:15:11,270 --> 02:15:08,400
successfully launched this rocket

2227
02:15:13,550 --> 02:15:11,280
um I think the successful Burns along

2228
02:15:16,189 --> 02:15:13,560
the way to actually get that go for the

2229
02:15:17,589 --> 02:15:16,199
tli burn and do it and be on our way to

2230
02:15:20,750 --> 02:15:17,599
the Moon again

2231
02:15:24,169 --> 02:15:20,760
absolutely awesome I think the pictures

2232
02:15:26,569 --> 02:15:24,179
that we saw but the Splashdown how can

2233
02:15:28,370 --> 02:15:26,579
you not I mean this was really emotional

2234
02:15:31,669 --> 02:15:28,380
going around and congratulating folks

2235
02:15:34,250 --> 02:15:31,679
for what we did so I uh it's hard to

2236
02:15:35,750 --> 02:15:34,260
pick just one I think what has meant the

2237
02:15:38,390 --> 02:15:35,760
most to me

2238
02:15:40,850 --> 02:15:38,400
more than just watching the mission more

2239
02:15:43,970 --> 02:15:40,860
than the mission highlights is being

2240
02:15:45,410 --> 02:15:43,980
with the teams at the Kennedy Space

2241
02:15:47,689 --> 02:15:45,420
Center at the Marshall space flight

2242
02:15:49,729 --> 02:15:47,699
center here at the Johnson Space Center

2243
02:15:52,490 --> 02:15:49,739
and just being able to go up and talk to

2244
02:15:54,350 --> 02:15:52,500
them and thank them for all their hard

2245
02:15:57,350 --> 02:15:54,360
work that got us to where we are I think

2246
02:16:00,770 --> 02:15:57,360
I just it means a lot to me

2247
02:16:02,930 --> 02:16:00,780
and Bob uh final question the The Next

2248
02:16:05,629 --> 02:16:02,940
Step Artemis 2 putting a crew on a

2249
02:16:07,370 --> 02:16:05,639
vehicle to orbit the Moon it's going to

2250
02:16:09,109 --> 02:16:07,380
be a complicated Mission it's a long

2251
02:16:12,530 --> 02:16:09,119
road it seems like a long time from now

2252
02:16:15,830 --> 02:16:12,540
but based on what we've just witnessed

2253
02:16:18,890 --> 02:16:15,840
and based on what we believe will be the

2254
02:16:21,050 --> 02:16:18,900
ultimate data flow out of this Mission

2255
02:16:22,970 --> 02:16:21,060
it doesn't seem that far away it doesn't

2256
02:16:25,129 --> 02:16:22,980
it is not that far away it's going to

2257
02:16:26,930 --> 02:16:25,139
mean a lot when we get the crew assigned

2258
02:16:29,629 --> 02:16:26,940
and we see them in training we get that

2259
02:16:32,750 --> 02:16:29,639
human face to this I've seen the flight

2260
02:16:34,969 --> 02:16:32,760
Hardware at KSC the Orion 2 spacecraft

2261
02:16:37,730 --> 02:16:34,979
for Artemis 2 is there it's in build we

2262
02:16:40,310 --> 02:16:37,740
got to get Artemis one back and transfer

2263
02:16:41,570 --> 02:16:40,320
some of the black boxes across to make

2264
02:16:43,190 --> 02:16:41,580
sure that they get checked out and

2265
02:16:45,610 --> 02:16:43,200
everything works

2266
02:16:49,790 --> 02:16:45,620
um you know the the Rockets being built

2267
02:16:51,410 --> 02:16:49,800
we are on the way and it I think when

2268
02:16:52,790 --> 02:16:51,420
you put a human face to that when you

2269
02:16:55,250 --> 02:16:52,800
actually see that hey we're sending

2270
02:16:57,230 --> 02:16:55,260
humans to the Moon again and we're going

2271
02:16:58,849 --> 02:16:57,240
to get this one year Cadence eventually

2272
02:17:02,030 --> 02:16:58,859
where we're doing this on an annual

2273
02:17:04,190 --> 02:17:02,040
basis this is our future and it's it's

2274
02:17:06,349 --> 02:17:04,200
different from how we went during Apollo

2275
02:17:09,049 --> 02:17:06,359
we're going in a sustainable way we're

2276
02:17:11,089 --> 02:17:09,059
Paving the way to go on to Mars not just

2277
02:17:12,830 --> 02:17:11,099
the moon and Mars but to establish a

2278
02:17:15,169 --> 02:17:12,840
presence in our solar system beyond our

2279
02:17:17,450 --> 02:17:15,179
home planet to explore to have those

2280
02:17:20,089 --> 02:17:17,460
Technologies in space to continue to

2281
02:17:21,950 --> 02:17:20,099
learn and uh and improve things here on

2282
02:17:23,810 --> 02:17:21,960
planet Earth

2283
02:17:25,129 --> 02:17:23,820
Bob Cabana NASA's associate

2284
02:17:27,830 --> 02:17:25,139
administrator thanks so much for being

2285
02:17:30,469 --> 02:17:27,840
with us Bob rob it is always a pleasure

2286
02:17:32,629 --> 02:17:30,479
to share a mic with the voice of NASA

2287
02:17:33,950 --> 02:17:32,639
I'm uh I think a lot of you buddy you

2288
02:17:36,049 --> 02:17:33,960
know that we've worked together a long

2289
02:17:37,910 --> 02:17:36,059
time you keep doing a great job

2290
02:17:39,770 --> 02:17:37,920
thank you very much Bob Bob Cabana

2291
02:18:24,169 --> 02:17:39,780
NASA's associate administrator with us

2292
02:18:29,330 --> 02:18:26,450
this is Mission Control Houston

2293
02:18:31,009 --> 02:18:29,340
about 37 minutes since uh Orion splashed

2294
02:18:33,830 --> 02:18:31,019
down in the Pacific

2295
02:18:35,389 --> 02:18:33,840
on the deck of the USS Portland as he

2296
02:18:37,429 --> 02:18:35,399
has been throughout the course of the

2297
02:18:40,669 --> 02:18:37,439
morning Daryl nail my colleague from the

2298
02:18:42,889 --> 02:18:40,679
Kennedy Space Center Daryl how uh how

2299
02:18:48,650 --> 02:18:42,899
are things going out there it looks like

2300
02:18:53,089 --> 02:18:50,450
yeah we're very close to that moment Rob

2301
02:18:55,849 --> 02:18:53,099
here on the USS Portland we're just

2302
02:18:58,370 --> 02:18:55,859
about 100 miles off the coast of Baja

2303
02:19:01,070 --> 02:18:58,380
Mexico the operation as you've heard and

2304
02:19:02,810 --> 02:19:01,080
uh been commenting commentating it is

2305
02:19:04,849 --> 02:19:02,820
going pretty smoothly at this point but

2306
02:19:07,969 --> 02:19:04,859
we are in a pre-planned waiting period

2307
02:19:10,190 --> 02:19:07,979
as we wait for the ammonia that is

2308
02:19:11,330 --> 02:19:10,200
inside the capsule it is used for

2309
02:19:13,910 --> 02:19:11,340
cooling

2310
02:19:16,250 --> 02:19:13,920
this is boiling off at this moment into

2311
02:19:19,129 --> 02:19:16,260
the atmosphere and until that's complete

2312
02:19:21,830 --> 02:19:19,139
uh the boats will be on hold now the

2313
02:19:25,549 --> 02:19:21,840
Navy divers right now at this moment are

2314
02:19:28,570 --> 02:19:25,559
outside of the 120 yard radius around

2315
02:19:32,089 --> 02:19:28,580
the capsule that was part of the plan

2316
02:19:35,570 --> 02:19:32,099
they will close within just a few feet

2317
02:19:38,530 --> 02:19:35,580
to start detecting if there are any

2318
02:19:41,509 --> 02:19:38,540
hazardous gases coming from the capsule

2319
02:19:44,150 --> 02:19:41,519
but that will only happen once our

2320
02:19:49,130 --> 02:19:44,160
recovery director Melissa Jones has

2321
02:19:52,130 --> 02:19:49,140
given them to go the go to close in

2322
02:19:55,429 --> 02:19:52,140
the ship meanwhile the USS Portland is

2323
02:19:57,110 --> 02:19:55,439
on its way to close within 2 000 yards

2324
02:19:59,570 --> 02:19:57,120
of

2325
02:20:02,690 --> 02:19:59,580
the capsule as you can see it floating

2326
02:20:08,870 --> 02:20:06,349
the bags fully inflated that are used to

2327
02:20:10,730 --> 02:20:08,880
Upright it

2328
02:20:12,469 --> 02:20:10,740
bright orange in color at the top of the

2329
02:20:15,290 --> 02:20:12,479
capsule

2330
02:20:17,030 --> 02:20:15,300
the ship will then come alongside the

2331
02:20:20,450 --> 02:20:17,040
capsule

2332
02:20:22,130 --> 02:20:20,460
and once the Navy divers have gone in

2333
02:20:24,530 --> 02:20:22,140
and uh

2334
02:20:26,210 --> 02:20:24,540
made sure that the capsule is safe to

2335
02:20:28,429 --> 02:20:26,220
approach

2336
02:20:30,070 --> 02:20:28,439
they will begin taking

2337
02:20:33,590 --> 02:20:30,080
imagery

2338
02:20:36,110 --> 02:20:33,600
photographs both on the top side of the

2339
02:20:39,290 --> 02:20:36,120
water and then also they have Navy

2340
02:20:42,650 --> 02:20:39,300
divers prepared to go underneath

2341
02:20:43,790 --> 02:20:42,660
the capsule and take pictures of the

2342
02:20:45,410 --> 02:20:43,800
heat shield

2343
02:20:48,770 --> 02:20:45,420
the all-important

2344
02:20:50,330 --> 02:20:48,780
component of this capsule which is the

2345
02:20:52,730 --> 02:20:50,340
primary objective

2346
02:20:55,010 --> 02:20:52,740
in terms of the test and this flight

2347
02:20:56,389 --> 02:20:55,020
test is to make sure that that heat

2348
02:20:58,969 --> 02:20:56,399
shield

2349
02:21:00,889 --> 02:20:58,979
works and works well

2350
02:21:03,590 --> 02:21:00,899
so fresh from space they want to make

2351
02:21:05,990 --> 02:21:03,600
sure that they have images of it

2352
02:21:08,929 --> 02:21:06,000
preserved as it is now

2353
02:21:11,389 --> 02:21:08,939
before the operation begins

2354
02:21:14,450 --> 02:21:11,399
or they pull it into the well deck of

2355
02:21:19,429 --> 02:21:14,460
the USS Portland that will involve the

2356
02:21:25,610 --> 02:21:21,650
as well as a winch line that then

2357
02:21:27,650 --> 02:21:25,620
connects to the USS Portland

2358
02:21:30,110 --> 02:21:27,660
the well deck of the USS Portland will

2359
02:21:32,510 --> 02:21:30,120
be flooded to about six feet

2360
02:21:35,809 --> 02:21:32,520
and those Navy boats will attach their

2361
02:21:37,849 --> 02:21:35,819
lines and then pull alongside

2362
02:21:40,190 --> 02:21:37,859
the Navy vessel

2363
02:21:42,230 --> 02:21:40,200
connect to a winch line and then

2364
02:21:47,870 --> 02:21:42,240
carefully tow it

2365
02:21:53,510 --> 02:21:50,330
again we are currently uh

2366
02:21:55,070 --> 02:21:53,520
awaiting the completion of ammonia boil

2367
02:21:58,910 --> 02:21:55,080
off

2368
02:22:04,849 --> 02:22:01,670
they've allowed for up to two hours but

2369
02:22:06,710 --> 02:22:04,859
it could take a shorter period of time

2370
02:22:09,889 --> 02:22:06,720
and once you see those Navy boats

2371
02:22:11,750 --> 02:22:09,899
closing in then you'll know that uh that

2372
02:22:14,809 --> 02:22:11,760
ammonia boil off is complete of course

2373
02:22:17,389 --> 02:22:14,819
we'll let you know when that happens

2374
02:22:20,630 --> 02:22:17,399
live on the deck of the USS Portland

2375
02:22:25,550 --> 02:22:23,030
thank you Daryl Daryl nail on the USS

2376
02:22:28,130 --> 02:22:25,560
Portland out in the Pacific West of Baja

2377
02:22:32,270 --> 02:22:28,140
California back here in Mission Control

2378
02:22:34,429 --> 02:22:32,280
as the flight controllers watch over the

2379
02:22:36,830 --> 02:22:34,439
initial phase of the recovery operations

2380
02:22:38,510 --> 02:22:36,840
we're joined by the director of the

2381
02:22:41,270 --> 02:22:38,520
Johnson Space Center Vanessa weich

2382
02:22:44,690 --> 02:22:41,280
Vanessa great Sunday to have you here

2383
02:22:47,270 --> 02:22:44,700
with us on Council fabulous Sunday what

2384
02:22:49,849 --> 02:22:47,280
a great day uh you know it's amazing

2385
02:22:51,410 --> 02:22:49,859
yeah to me everything that has been

2386
02:22:54,650 --> 02:22:51,420
accomplished throughout this entire

2387
02:22:56,690 --> 02:22:54,660
Mission but being here with the team and

2388
02:22:57,670 --> 02:22:56,700
seeing and witnessing this splash down

2389
02:23:00,950 --> 02:22:57,680
together

2390
02:23:03,110 --> 02:23:00,960
amazing wonderful I really can't

2391
02:23:05,270 --> 02:23:03,120
describe how I feel

2392
02:23:07,429 --> 02:23:05,280
you know it we were talking just a

2393
02:23:10,010 --> 02:23:07,439
moment ago it never ceases to amaze me

2394
02:23:11,870 --> 02:23:10,020
how these missions are designed the

2395
02:23:14,090 --> 02:23:11,880
execution is one thing but the design of

2396
02:23:16,910 --> 02:23:14,100
the mission here by the flight control

2397
02:23:18,770 --> 02:23:16,920
team and just down the hall by the way

2398
02:23:21,050 --> 02:23:18,780
there are humans orbiting the Earth in

2399
02:23:23,870 --> 02:23:21,060
the International Space Station so it's

2400
02:23:25,730 --> 02:23:23,880
almost like a two for one here it is I

2401
02:23:27,770 --> 02:23:25,740
mean you know to me this week and well

2402
02:23:30,349 --> 02:23:27,780
for the past 26 days being able to come

2403
02:23:32,389 --> 02:23:30,359
into the control center and know that we

2404
02:23:34,429 --> 02:23:32,399
had teams controlling the International

2405
02:23:36,830 --> 02:23:34,439
Space Station with our crew members on

2406
02:23:39,410 --> 02:23:36,840
board and we've had as you know

2407
02:23:42,770 --> 02:23:39,420
successfully Crews living off of this

2408
02:23:45,530 --> 02:23:42,780
planet for over 22 years but then in

2409
02:23:48,170 --> 02:23:45,540
another control center where we're

2410
02:23:49,910 --> 02:23:48,180
monitoring and making sure that the

2411
02:23:52,969 --> 02:23:49,920
Maneuvers everything that had to happen

2412
02:23:56,210 --> 02:23:52,979
on the Orion spacecraft that was being

2413
02:23:58,910 --> 02:23:56,220
tracked followed and you know data

2414
02:24:00,469 --> 02:23:58,920
anything that needed to be sent up was

2415
02:24:03,050 --> 02:24:00,479
just done so perfectly and

2416
02:24:06,050 --> 02:24:03,060
professionally this team has trained

2417
02:24:08,330 --> 02:24:06,060
need for Years first you got to plan the

2418
02:24:10,790 --> 02:24:08,340
mission as you know then you have to

2419
02:24:12,830 --> 02:24:10,800
execute the mission and so the years of

2420
02:24:14,929 --> 02:24:12,840
planning the years of getting ready the

2421
02:24:16,490 --> 02:24:14,939
preparations really paid off

2422
02:24:18,469 --> 02:24:16,500
you know after a team wins the World

2423
02:24:20,389 --> 02:24:18,479
Series like the Astros did you can

2424
02:24:21,650 --> 02:24:20,399
celebrate for about 24 hours before you

2425
02:24:23,510 --> 02:24:21,660
have to worry about spring training

2426
02:24:26,809 --> 02:24:23,520
that's coming up there's almost never a

2427
02:24:29,929 --> 02:24:26,819
moment to breathe Artemis too not too

2428
02:24:32,570 --> 02:24:29,939
far down the pike yes absolutely so for

2429
02:24:36,110 --> 02:24:32,580
us you know this is great we've

2430
02:24:39,170 --> 02:24:36,120
accomplished uh Orion one this test

2431
02:24:41,630 --> 02:24:39,180
flight being able to test out the heat

2432
02:24:44,809 --> 02:24:41,640
shields those parachutes as you saw I

2433
02:24:47,870 --> 02:24:44,819
brought the spacecraft down but now we

2434
02:24:50,150 --> 02:24:47,880
have to get it ready for our crews to be

2435
02:24:52,610 --> 02:24:50,160
on board so all of the systems that we

2436
02:24:54,590 --> 02:24:52,620
need to integrate for our environmental

2437
02:24:58,730 --> 02:24:54,600
controls those are things that will be

2438
02:25:00,770 --> 02:24:58,740
new as we go forward for Artemis 2 and

2439
02:25:03,290 --> 02:25:00,780
then it's the outfitting of the cabin

2440
02:25:05,030 --> 02:25:03,300
all the things simple things you think

2441
02:25:07,190 --> 02:25:05,040
about if they're going to be going for

2442
02:25:09,170 --> 02:25:07,200
10 days so we got to make sure that

2443
02:25:10,670 --> 02:25:09,180
we've have the food we have the clothing

2444
02:25:13,490 --> 02:25:10,680
all of the things that they're going to

2445
02:25:15,290 --> 02:25:13,500
need for their next trip but there's a

2446
02:25:17,090 --> 02:25:15,300
lot of additional training there there's

2447
02:25:19,130 --> 02:25:17,100
a lot of additional planning that has to

2448
02:25:20,809 --> 02:25:19,140
happen in order for us to be ready for

2449
02:25:22,670 --> 02:25:20,819
Artemis too

2450
02:25:23,929 --> 02:25:22,680
thank you so much Vanessa watch the

2451
02:25:26,870 --> 02:25:23,939
director of the Johnson Space Center

2452
02:25:28,849 --> 02:25:26,880
what a busy time this has been oh but I

2453
02:25:31,429 --> 02:25:28,859
also Rob though I want to say thank you

2454
02:25:34,429 --> 02:25:31,439
and congratulations to all of the

2455
02:25:36,710 --> 02:25:34,439
employees our entire Workforce here at

2456
02:25:39,290 --> 02:25:36,720
NASA Johnson Space Center but I also

2457
02:25:41,690 --> 02:25:39,300
want to thank our European Partners I

2458
02:25:44,929 --> 02:25:41,700
want to thank our industry Partners it

2459
02:25:47,150 --> 02:25:44,939
took thousands of people to make this

2460
02:25:50,210 --> 02:25:47,160
possible and now the recovery that's

2461
02:25:53,210 --> 02:25:50,220
been done by the Navy I just want to say

2462
02:25:54,889 --> 02:25:53,220
major thank you to the brave individuals

2463
02:25:58,070 --> 02:25:54,899
that are out and they're going to be

2464
02:26:00,950 --> 02:25:58,080
bringing the Orion spacecraft in to the

2465
02:26:03,830 --> 02:26:00,960
Portland and then she'll be back going

2466
02:26:06,650 --> 02:26:03,840
to Florida and my friends in Florida are

2467
02:26:08,389 --> 02:26:06,660
ready to receive her we're super excited

2468
02:26:11,090 --> 02:26:08,399
and just want to say thank you to

2469
02:26:13,190 --> 02:26:11,100
everyone that has made this possible

2470
02:26:14,809 --> 02:26:13,200
thank you so much Vanessa Weiss director

2471
02:26:16,730 --> 02:26:14,819
of the Johnson Space Center time to

2472
02:26:22,490 --> 02:26:16,740
celebrate just a little bit before we

2473
02:26:22,500 --> 02:27:37,210
Vanessa watch thank you so much

2474
02:27:43,309 --> 02:27:39,889
back here in Mission Control it has now

2475
02:27:45,830 --> 02:27:43,319
been 46 minutes since uh the Splashdown

2476
02:27:47,929 --> 02:27:45,840
of the Orion spacecraft to complete its

2477
02:27:49,730 --> 02:27:47,939
25 and a half day mission

2478
02:27:52,670 --> 02:27:49,740
uh flight controllers here in Houston

2479
02:27:53,750 --> 02:27:52,680
are reporting uh that the vehicle looks

2480
02:27:56,210 --> 02:27:53,760
great

2481
02:27:58,010 --> 02:27:56,220
in the initial visual inspections being

2482
02:28:00,469 --> 02:27:58,020
made by the helicopter teams as you

2483
02:28:02,690 --> 02:28:00,479
heard Daryl nail reference just a short

2484
02:28:04,490 --> 02:28:02,700
time ago we just heard from Vanessa

2485
02:28:05,809 --> 02:28:04,500
White show the Johnson Space Center

2486
02:28:08,389 --> 02:28:05,819
Director

2487
02:28:10,790 --> 02:28:08,399
now let's turn our attention to the east

2488
02:28:12,530 --> 02:28:10,800
coast to the Kennedy Space Center where

2489
02:28:15,050 --> 02:28:12,540
the director of the Kennedy Space Center

2490
02:28:18,469 --> 02:28:15,060
Janet Petro is standing by with us Janet

2491
02:28:20,750 --> 02:28:18,479
uh good afternoon and what a moment does

2492
02:28:29,330 --> 02:28:20,760
your exploration ground systems folks

2493
02:28:35,750 --> 02:28:31,730
can't wait for our teams to get to work

2494
02:28:37,610 --> 02:28:35,760
out there on the west coast so

2495
02:28:39,590 --> 02:28:37,620
you know we heard a short time ago from

2496
02:28:43,070 --> 02:28:39,600
Melissa Jones from the deck of the USS

2497
02:28:44,929 --> 02:28:43,080
Portland how complicated uh has been the

2498
02:28:48,170 --> 02:28:44,939
development of this recovery operation

2499
02:28:50,750 --> 02:28:48,180
that your team is executing as we speak

2500
02:28:53,510 --> 02:28:50,760
well it's uh pretty complicated but you

2501
02:28:55,969 --> 02:28:53,520
know our teams uh make uh it look easy I

2502
02:28:57,950 --> 02:28:55,979
I will start out by saying

2503
02:29:00,889 --> 02:28:57,960
um or giving I should say a big shout

2504
02:29:03,410 --> 02:29:00,899
out to uh really um Vanessa and her

2505
02:29:06,950 --> 02:29:03,420
flight Ops Team and the whole Orion team

2506
02:29:08,389 --> 02:29:06,960
to to deliver an amazing Mission

2507
02:29:10,370 --> 02:29:08,399
um uh bringing us down through

2508
02:29:13,309 --> 02:29:10,380
Splashdown but now it's over to uh

2509
02:29:15,170 --> 02:29:13,319
Melissa and her team and she's done an

2510
02:29:17,750 --> 02:29:15,180
incredible amount of work to get to this

2511
02:29:19,969 --> 02:29:17,760
point you know what we do at Nasa really

2512
02:29:21,889 --> 02:29:19,979
is all about collaborations and the

2513
02:29:23,809 --> 02:29:21,899
collaborations that we've had with the

2514
02:29:26,210 --> 02:29:23,819
Department of the of Defense in

2515
02:29:28,010 --> 02:29:26,220
particular over the past uh many many

2516
02:29:30,710 --> 02:29:28,020
years their hard work and their

2517
02:29:34,250 --> 02:29:30,720
dedication as they went through a great

2518
02:29:37,370 --> 02:29:34,260
deal of planning Hardware development

2519
02:29:39,830 --> 02:29:37,380
and processes and a lot of practicing to

2520
02:29:41,929 --> 02:29:39,840
get to this point make it look easy you

2521
02:29:43,670 --> 02:29:41,939
know that capsule uh sitting out there

2522
02:29:45,830 --> 02:29:43,680
on the ocean

2523
02:29:47,510 --> 02:29:45,840
um it looks uh very similar to the

2524
02:29:51,590 --> 02:29:47,520
Apollo capsule but it's actually about

2525
02:29:54,590 --> 02:29:51,600
30 percent larger and so the complexity

2526
02:29:56,990 --> 02:29:54,600
of recovering that larger vehicle is a

2527
02:29:58,969 --> 02:29:57,000
little bit more but Melissa and her team

2528
02:30:00,230 --> 02:29:58,979
has been have been practicing you know

2529
02:30:02,809 --> 02:30:00,240
their latest

2530
02:30:05,450 --> 02:30:02,819
um underwater underway recovery tests

2531
02:30:08,389 --> 02:30:05,460
they completed it was a ninth one and

2532
02:30:11,630 --> 02:30:08,399
they completed that last November 21st

2533
02:30:13,010 --> 02:30:11,640
of last year 2021 so they're they're

2534
02:30:15,349 --> 02:30:13,020
ready

2535
02:30:18,530 --> 02:30:15,359
um watching these teams uh precisely

2536
02:30:20,270 --> 02:30:18,540
perform these recovery operations

2537
02:30:22,130 --> 02:30:20,280
um is amazing and so I think we're gonna

2538
02:30:24,410 --> 02:30:22,140
have a really really great day I'm going

2539
02:30:27,230 --> 02:30:24,420
to be traveling to San Diego to watch

2540
02:30:29,809 --> 02:30:27,240
the ship come in port in a couple days I

2541
02:30:32,450 --> 02:30:29,819
look forward to seeing that capsule on

2542
02:30:35,870 --> 02:30:32,460
board the uh well Tech ship

2543
02:30:37,790 --> 02:30:35,880
Janet uh there's uh there's a lot of

2544
02:30:40,670 --> 02:30:37,800
work to be done before Artemis 2 but the

2545
02:30:42,950 --> 02:30:40,680
first uh Milestone here will be getting

2546
02:30:46,429 --> 02:30:42,960
the vehicle back to your Center in

2547
02:30:49,010 --> 02:30:46,439
Florida for a detailed uh inspection and

2548
02:30:51,410 --> 02:30:49,020
detailed analysis what's the basic

2549
02:30:54,469 --> 02:30:51,420
timeline for all of that work

2550
02:30:57,469 --> 02:30:54,479
yeah so uh Splashtown today is really um

2551
02:31:00,410 --> 02:30:57,479
uh the beginning of the journey back to

2552
02:31:02,450 --> 02:31:00,420
KSC so as I mentioned I'll be

2553
02:31:04,730 --> 02:31:02,460
um I'll be there in San Diego when the

2554
02:31:06,290 --> 02:31:04,740
ship comes into port in a couple of days

2555
02:31:08,150 --> 02:31:06,300
and then

2556
02:31:10,250 --> 02:31:08,160
um Orion will then be loaded onto a

2557
02:31:12,410 --> 02:31:10,260
truck and transported back to the

2558
02:31:14,750 --> 02:31:12,420
Kennedy Space Center and that's going to

2559
02:31:16,550 --> 02:31:14,760
take a couple of days because of Road

2560
02:31:18,590 --> 02:31:16,560
related conditions you know the Orion

2561
02:31:22,130 --> 02:31:18,600
will still have some residual hazardous

2562
02:31:24,349 --> 02:31:22,140
waste on it and of course uh planning on

2563
02:31:26,090 --> 02:31:24,359
the roadways as it gets truck back to

2564
02:31:29,030 --> 02:31:26,100
the Kennedy Space Center takes some

2565
02:31:31,190 --> 02:31:29,040
careful uh navigation so by the end of

2566
02:31:33,469 --> 02:31:31,200
this month the end of December

2567
02:31:35,150 --> 02:31:33,479
um we expect to have Orion coming back

2568
02:31:36,889 --> 02:31:35,160
onto our Center we think that's going to

2569
02:31:39,530 --> 02:31:36,899
be a really great Christmas present for

2570
02:31:42,050 --> 02:31:39,540
us here at the Kenny space center and

2571
02:31:44,570 --> 02:31:42,060
it'll go right into our multi payload

2572
02:31:47,450 --> 02:31:44,580
processing facility for its post flight

2573
02:31:50,710 --> 02:31:47,460
assessment and that's where the

2574
02:31:53,990 --> 02:31:50,720
remaining residual uh hazardous

2575
02:31:57,710 --> 02:31:54,000
fluids will be removed from it and then

2576
02:31:59,750 --> 02:31:57,720
just after after the New Year the teams

2577
02:32:02,630 --> 02:31:59,760
will be opening up the hatch of the

2578
02:32:04,250 --> 02:32:02,640
Orion and then once that's complete I

2579
02:32:06,290 --> 02:32:04,260
think I think Robbie called it the

2580
02:32:08,530 --> 02:32:06,300
Moment of Truth they'll remove that heat

2581
02:32:11,929 --> 02:32:08,540
shield and begin a really detailed

2582
02:32:14,090 --> 02:32:11,939
inspection an assessment of how that

2583
02:32:17,330 --> 02:32:14,100
heat shield performed during its

2584
02:32:19,010 --> 02:32:17,340
re-entry and Recovery operation

2585
02:32:20,090 --> 02:32:19,020
um so we're really looking forward I

2586
02:32:22,010 --> 02:32:20,100
know the whole team's really looking

2587
02:32:25,070 --> 02:32:22,020
forward to see how that assessment comes

2588
02:32:27,170 --> 02:32:25,080
out and then after that it's uh Ryan's

2589
02:32:29,030 --> 02:32:27,180
journey is not done it'll be making its

2590
02:32:31,790 --> 02:32:29,040
way up to the Glenn Research Center

2591
02:32:35,150 --> 02:32:31,800
where it will be doing some acoustic and

2592
02:32:38,150 --> 02:32:35,160
further Environmental Testing up in up

2593
02:32:40,250 --> 02:32:38,160
at that Center so Journey isn't over

2594
02:32:42,830 --> 02:32:40,260
um it's just kind of making its waste

2595
02:32:45,050 --> 02:32:42,840
here here on the terrestrial path uh

2596
02:32:47,450 --> 02:32:45,060
back so thanks

2597
02:32:50,030 --> 02:32:47,460
Janet Petro the director of the Kennedy

2598
02:32:51,830 --> 02:32:50,040
Space Center joining us uh here today uh

2599
02:32:56,150 --> 02:32:51,840
congratulations Janet and thanks so much

2600
02:33:02,270 --> 02:32:59,270
our 60th diamond anniversary to have

2601
02:33:04,370 --> 02:33:02,280
splash down uh successful Splashdown so

2602
02:33:06,950 --> 02:33:04,380
take care thanks Rob

2603
02:33:08,990 --> 02:33:06,960
thank you again Janet Petro the director

2604
02:33:13,790 --> 02:33:09,000
of the Kennedy Space Center joining us

2605
02:33:17,630 --> 02:33:13,800
today Orion safely uh upright and stable

2606
02:33:21,170 --> 02:33:17,640
one as the Navy uh and exploration

2607
02:33:23,809 --> 02:33:21,180
ground systems team continue to approach

2608
02:33:25,630 --> 02:33:23,819
the vehicle in the first

2609
02:33:28,130 --> 02:33:25,640
of a multi-hour

2610
02:33:30,250 --> 02:33:28,140
choreography that will bring the vehicle

2611
02:33:33,770 --> 02:33:30,260
into the well deck of the USS Portland

2612
02:33:36,950 --> 02:33:33,780
on the deck of the USS Portland uh right

2613
02:33:39,290 --> 02:33:36,960
now is Daryl nail who has a NASA

2614
02:33:42,290 --> 02:33:39,300
astronaut Shannon Walker with him once

2615
02:33:47,630 --> 02:33:42,300
again a post splash down this time Daryl

2616
02:33:52,250 --> 02:33:50,270
Rob we've got a front row seat to this

2617
02:33:53,990 --> 02:33:52,260
operation as you can see behind me

2618
02:33:55,550 --> 02:33:54,000
Shannon Walker as you mentioned NASA

2619
02:33:58,550 --> 02:33:55,560
astronaut joining me with this

2620
02:34:00,770 --> 02:33:58,560
incredible view as we watch that capsule

2621
02:34:03,050 --> 02:34:00,780
floating in the Pacific Ocean just 100

2622
02:34:05,929 --> 02:34:03,060
miles off of Baja Mexico

2623
02:34:08,150 --> 02:34:05,939
we have an mh-60 Nighthawk helicopter

2624
02:34:09,830 --> 02:34:08,160
encircling it and the Navy boats in the

2625
02:34:12,349 --> 02:34:09,840
water first of all Shannon how about

2626
02:34:14,750 --> 02:34:12,359
this view this is amazing view and so

2627
02:34:17,570 --> 02:34:14,760
exciting to see the Orion capsule back

2628
02:34:20,750 --> 02:34:17,580
on earth that is a human rated capsule

2629
02:34:23,510 --> 02:34:20,760
that went around the moon and returned

2630
02:34:25,130 --> 02:34:23,520
and is now in the Pacific Ocean as an

2631
02:34:27,590 --> 02:34:25,140
astronaut what kind of thoughts do you

2632
02:34:29,570 --> 02:34:27,600
have see in A Moment Like This

2633
02:34:31,610 --> 02:34:29,580
well it's actually really emotional to

2634
02:34:33,349 --> 02:34:31,620
see something like this knowing that the

2635
02:34:36,230 --> 02:34:33,359
next time we're going to have people on

2636
02:34:38,330 --> 02:34:36,240
that capsule or the second Orion Castle

2637
02:34:39,469 --> 02:34:38,340
it's it's it's pretty amazing that we're

2638
02:34:42,889 --> 02:34:39,479
going to be able to go back to the Moon

2639
02:34:44,270 --> 02:34:42,899
soon incredible indeed and as we look at

2640
02:34:46,190 --> 02:34:44,280
let's paint the picture for the audience

2641
02:34:48,410 --> 02:34:46,200
as we look out at this operation

2642
02:34:50,870 --> 02:34:48,420
currently in a moment where we are

2643
02:34:53,150 --> 02:34:50,880
pausing for ammonia boil off that's the

2644
02:34:55,070 --> 02:34:53,160
cooling that the Orion crew module uses

2645
02:34:58,010 --> 02:34:55,080
to keep the astronauts astronauts cool

2646
02:35:00,170 --> 02:34:58,020
inside the cabin as they were as they

2647
02:35:01,849 --> 02:35:00,180
wait to be taken out of the capsule

2648
02:35:03,110 --> 02:35:01,859
there's none in this one but this would

2649
02:35:05,690 --> 02:35:03,120
be a period in which that would happen

2650
02:35:08,570 --> 02:35:05,700
you can see the Navy boats they are

2651
02:35:10,849 --> 02:35:08,580
roughly outside of 120 yards from the

2652
02:35:14,270 --> 02:35:10,859
capsule they have equipment that will

2653
02:35:16,969 --> 02:35:14,280
sniff out any hazardous gases near the

2654
02:35:19,250 --> 02:35:16,979
Orion and so they are holding in

2655
02:35:22,070 --> 02:35:19,260
position until that ammonia boil off

2656
02:35:24,889 --> 02:35:22,080
happens and then also in your view you

2657
02:35:27,290 --> 02:35:24,899
can see the mh-60 circling back around

2658
02:35:29,870 --> 02:35:27,300
it is leaning so the photographers

2659
02:35:32,630 --> 02:35:29,880
inside and a high resolution camera

2660
02:35:35,809 --> 02:35:32,640
mounted on the side can get imagery of

2661
02:35:38,210 --> 02:35:35,819
the capsule fresh from space my question

2662
02:35:40,190 --> 02:35:38,220
to you Shannon is as we watch this

2663
02:35:42,590 --> 02:35:40,200
continue to wait and for the Navy

2664
02:35:44,809 --> 02:35:42,600
drivers to get closer

2665
02:35:46,010 --> 02:35:44,819
thoughts of Artemis 2 now come to mind

2666
02:35:47,750 --> 02:35:46,020
you've heard folks have been talking

2667
02:35:49,730 --> 02:35:47,760
about it Rob has been discussing it with

2668
02:35:51,889 --> 02:35:49,740
many of the leadership around NASA

2669
02:35:53,510 --> 02:35:51,899
people want to know

2670
02:35:56,990 --> 02:35:53,520
well who are the astronauts going to be

2671
02:35:59,929 --> 02:35:57,000
for us right too yeah so any idea that

2672
02:36:02,090 --> 02:35:59,939
is the question no I have no idea

2673
02:36:03,770 --> 02:36:02,100
um once we get this capsule back we'll

2674
02:36:05,750 --> 02:36:03,780
look it over and we'll be able to

2675
02:36:07,790 --> 02:36:05,760
determine when Artemis 2 will actually

2676
02:36:09,170 --> 02:36:07,800
be able to launch and once we know that

2677
02:36:11,090 --> 02:36:09,180
launch day we'll figure out the right

2678
02:36:12,710 --> 02:36:11,100
time to name the crew based on the

2679
02:36:14,330 --> 02:36:12,720
training flow so there's a there's

2680
02:36:16,070 --> 02:36:14,340
actually a period of training in which

2681
02:36:17,929 --> 02:36:16,080
you have to do a set amount of time to

2682
02:36:20,330 --> 02:36:17,939
get ready for that right but really

2683
02:36:22,429 --> 02:36:20,340
predicated on Artemis 2 and that launch

2684
02:36:23,870 --> 02:36:22,439
date absolutely we don't want to have

2685
02:36:25,309 --> 02:36:23,880
the crew just spinning their wheels if

2686
02:36:27,410 --> 02:36:25,319
Artemis 2 is going to be a long way out

2687
02:36:29,630 --> 02:36:27,420
but I don't think it will be so I would

2688
02:36:31,250 --> 02:36:29,640
say sometime in the next six months

2689
02:36:32,750 --> 02:36:31,260
maybe is it just a guess don't hold me

2690
02:36:34,010 --> 02:36:32,760
to it we might be naming the crew all

2691
02:36:35,990 --> 02:36:34,020
right very good Shannon Walker nice

2692
02:36:38,990 --> 02:36:36,000
astronaut thanks for joining us today

2693
02:36:41,170 --> 02:36:39,000
one quick update and note the recovery

2694
02:36:43,910 --> 02:36:41,180
team was looking at the possibility of

2695
02:36:46,370 --> 02:36:43,920
recovering the parachutes as well as the

2696
02:36:48,050 --> 02:36:46,380
forward Bay cover but that is not going

2697
02:36:50,090 --> 02:36:48,060
to happen this time they did Mark their

2698
02:36:52,309 --> 02:36:50,100
locations but they did slip below the

2699
02:36:53,809 --> 02:36:52,319
surface of the ocean and so no recovery

2700
02:36:55,849 --> 02:36:53,819
of the parachutes or the forward Bay

2701
02:36:57,770 --> 02:36:55,859
cover that's it from right here on the

2702
02:37:00,830 --> 02:36:57,780
USS Portland Rob we'll send it back to

2703
02:37:05,389 --> 02:37:03,230
Daryl nail on the deck of the USS

2704
02:37:06,590 --> 02:37:05,399
Portland with NASA astronaut Shannon

2705
02:37:09,889 --> 02:37:06,600
Walker

2706
02:37:11,330 --> 02:37:09,899
it's been almost an hour since uh Orion

2707
02:37:14,570 --> 02:37:11,340
splashed down

2708
02:37:18,650 --> 02:37:14,580
everything with the entry and Splashdown

2709
02:37:22,330 --> 02:37:18,660
went by the book if you weren't with us

2710
02:37:24,590 --> 02:37:22,340
for the final minutes of Orion's dissent

2711
02:37:25,790 --> 02:37:24,600
toward the Pacific Ocean we have a

2712
02:37:28,130 --> 02:37:25,800
replay

2713
02:37:30,830 --> 02:37:28,140
after the deployment of the three main

2714
02:37:33,349 --> 02:37:30,840
shoots which

2715
02:37:35,809 --> 02:37:33,359
were pulled out in sequential Fashion

2716
02:37:37,670 --> 02:37:35,819
After pilot parachutes and Drug shoots

2717
02:37:40,990 --> 02:37:37,680
were deployed the main shoots came out

2718
02:37:44,090 --> 02:37:41,000
they reefed in perfect fashion

2719
02:37:48,050 --> 02:37:44,100
slowly descending towards the Splashdown

2720
02:37:52,490 --> 02:37:48,060
that was marked at 11 40 a.m Central

2721
02:37:54,830 --> 02:37:52,500
Time 9 40 a.m Pacific time at a point

2722
02:37:59,590 --> 02:37:54,840
about five nautical miles or so from the

2723
02:38:05,030 --> 02:38:02,349
foreign

2724
02:38:08,150 --> 02:38:05,040
entered the Earth's atmosphere traveling

2725
02:38:11,469 --> 02:38:08,160
25 times the speed of sound

2726
02:38:13,910 --> 02:38:11,479
it decelerated uh to a Splashdown

2727
02:38:16,370 --> 02:38:13,920
velocity of

2728
02:38:19,849 --> 02:38:16,380
just under 100 miles an hour it was a

2729
02:38:22,849 --> 02:38:19,859
very gentle Splashdown for Orion all of

2730
02:38:24,530 --> 02:38:22,859
its entry Milestones were performed in

2731
02:38:27,530 --> 02:38:24,540
perfect fashion

2732
02:38:28,610 --> 02:38:27,540
to blackout periods in which

2733
02:38:32,630 --> 02:38:28,620
oh

2734
02:38:34,910 --> 02:38:32,640
the plasma around Orion built up

2735
02:38:37,550 --> 02:38:34,920
preventing data and Communications with

2736
02:38:41,150 --> 02:38:37,560
the spacecraft as a natural function of

2737
02:38:42,830 --> 02:38:41,160
the heat of reentry which was about 5000

2738
02:38:45,950 --> 02:38:42,840
degrees Fahrenheit

2739
02:38:47,809 --> 02:38:45,960
twice as much as uh re-entering space

2740
02:38:51,110 --> 02:38:47,819
shuttles and other crude vehicles have

2741
02:38:53,690 --> 02:38:51,120
experienced but um

2742
02:38:55,910 --> 02:38:53,700
although some analysis must be performed

2743
02:38:57,309 --> 02:38:55,920
now and there's the Splashdown itself as

2744
02:39:00,290 --> 02:38:57,319
it occurred

2745
02:39:03,590 --> 02:39:00,300
analysis as you'll hear in a moment from

2746
02:39:05,990 --> 02:39:03,600
our next guest must be conducted to make

2747
02:39:08,150 --> 02:39:06,000
sure that everything went as had been

2748
02:39:10,070 --> 02:39:08,160
prescribed on the heat shield

2749
02:39:13,490 --> 02:39:10,080
particularly and there's a live view of

2750
02:39:15,650 --> 02:39:13,500
Orion as the Navy boats uh with the Navy

2751
02:39:18,889 --> 02:39:15,660
divers and other recovery Personnel

2752
02:39:21,530 --> 02:39:18,899
begin to approach the spacecraft

2753
02:39:23,870 --> 02:39:21,540
with us here in Mission Control is

2754
02:39:25,309 --> 02:39:23,880
Michelle's honor the Orion Mission

2755
02:39:27,590 --> 02:39:25,319
planning lead from the vehicle

2756
02:39:29,809 --> 02:39:27,600
integration office Michelle thank you

2757
02:39:33,110 --> 02:39:29,819
for joining us today and I guess the

2758
02:39:35,330 --> 02:39:33,120
natural and the big question is

2759
02:39:37,670 --> 02:39:35,340
unbelievable that all this uh just

2760
02:39:42,290 --> 02:39:37,680
ticked off uh in triphammer fashion the

2761
02:39:46,910 --> 02:39:44,870
yes it was an incredible Mission so uh

2762
02:39:48,410 --> 02:39:46,920
we accomplished all of our major mission

2763
02:39:50,929 --> 02:39:48,420
objectives

2764
02:39:53,090 --> 02:39:50,939
um the vehicle performed every bit as

2765
02:39:55,010 --> 02:39:53,100
well as we hoped and even better in a

2766
02:39:57,349 --> 02:39:55,020
lot of ways so as an example the solar

2767
02:39:59,809 --> 02:39:57,359
rays generated more power throughout the

2768
02:40:01,969 --> 02:39:59,819
flight than we expected

2769
02:40:04,550 --> 02:40:01,979
um so this is the furthest any human

2770
02:40:07,010 --> 02:40:04,560
rated spacecraft has ever gone and that

2771
02:40:09,349 --> 02:40:07,020
required a lot of complex analysis and

2772
02:40:11,150 --> 02:40:09,359
Mission planning and trajectory planning

2773
02:40:13,429 --> 02:40:11,160
ahead of the mission and to see it all

2774
02:40:16,370 --> 02:40:13,439
come together and have such a successful

2775
02:40:19,070 --> 02:40:16,380
test mission was amazing

2776
02:40:22,370 --> 02:40:19,080
Michelle it was a test flight of course

2777
02:40:24,170 --> 02:40:22,380
there was a lot of risk involved uh an

2778
02:40:26,870 --> 02:40:24,180
elevated risk because there was no crew

2779
02:40:28,910 --> 02:40:26,880
on board and you could take uh shouldn't

2780
02:40:31,190 --> 02:40:28,920
say Liberties but you could expand the

2781
02:40:33,590 --> 02:40:31,200
envelope of what you needed to do in

2782
02:40:35,750 --> 02:40:33,600
order to acquire the data that you were

2783
02:40:37,610 --> 02:40:35,760
looking for in order to set the stage

2784
02:40:40,250 --> 02:40:37,620
for the next mission when a crew will be

2785
02:40:41,809 --> 02:40:40,260
on board from a vehicle standpoint

2786
02:40:44,389 --> 02:40:41,819
sitting in these Mission management

2787
02:40:45,830 --> 02:40:44,399
teams sitting with your engineers on a

2788
02:40:49,670 --> 02:40:45,840
day-to-day basis

2789
02:40:50,990 --> 02:40:49,680
how much data did you acquire and uh how

2790
02:40:53,030 --> 02:40:51,000
long do you think it's going to take to

2791
02:40:57,530 --> 02:40:53,040
pour over this so you write the textbook

2792
02:41:00,290 --> 02:40:58,849
and so

2793
02:41:02,150 --> 02:41:00,300
um one of the first things that we'll do

2794
02:41:03,830 --> 02:41:02,160
Post mission is take several months to

2795
02:41:05,270 --> 02:41:03,840
go back through that data really dissect

2796
02:41:07,250 --> 02:41:05,280
it and understand the vehicle

2797
02:41:09,110 --> 02:41:07,260
performance you know we did a lot of

2798
02:41:10,910 --> 02:41:09,120
testing and Analysis prior to the

2799
02:41:12,889 --> 02:41:10,920
mission but nothing really compares to

2800
02:41:15,110 --> 02:41:12,899
seeing the the vehicle perform in the

2801
02:41:16,250 --> 02:41:15,120
harsh space environment so that's

2802
02:41:18,110 --> 02:41:16,260
certainly going to be our first Focus

2803
02:41:19,490 --> 02:41:18,120
after the mission is is looking at all

2804
02:41:21,830 --> 02:41:19,500
that data and as you mentioned you know

2805
02:41:23,690 --> 02:41:21,840
we pushed the vehicle further than we

2806
02:41:25,550 --> 02:41:23,700
probably would with the crew on board

2807
02:41:26,990 --> 02:41:25,560
but through that we learned a lot we

2808
02:41:29,090 --> 02:41:27,000
learned that the vehicle is more robust

2809
02:41:31,370 --> 02:41:29,100
than we thought in many areas and so

2810
02:41:33,530 --> 02:41:31,380
taking that information and expanding

2811
02:41:35,090 --> 02:41:33,540
our operational envelope will help as we

2812
02:41:36,230 --> 02:41:35,100
go forward to more complex missions in

2813
02:41:38,570 --> 02:41:36,240
the future

2814
02:41:41,030 --> 02:41:38,580
and in the Orion vehicle integration

2815
02:41:43,130 --> 02:41:41,040
office for yourself and your colleagues

2816
02:41:44,929 --> 02:41:43,140
it's almost like wearing two hats you

2817
02:41:46,910 --> 02:41:44,939
have to go back and pour over the data

2818
02:41:48,830 --> 02:41:46,920
from this flight but now you got to

2819
02:41:50,630 --> 02:41:48,840
prepare a vehicle that will sustain a

2820
02:41:52,969 --> 02:41:50,640
crew including an environmental control

2821
02:41:55,429 --> 02:41:52,979
system a life support system for the

2822
02:41:57,170 --> 02:41:55,439
crew itself how how are you all going to

2823
02:41:58,429 --> 02:41:57,180
juggle all of this work over the next

2824
02:42:00,230 --> 02:41:58,439
couple of years

2825
02:42:03,290 --> 02:42:00,240
yeah there is a reason work that goes on

2826
02:42:07,130 --> 02:42:04,969
you it's going to be the top priority

2827
02:42:08,570 --> 02:42:07,140
for the first few months but at the same

2828
02:42:09,710 --> 02:42:08,580
time they

2829
02:42:11,330 --> 02:42:09,720
um the crew module in the European

2830
02:42:13,370 --> 02:42:11,340
service module for Artemis 2 is already

2831
02:42:16,130 --> 02:42:13,380
at Kennedy Space Center is already being

2832
02:42:18,469 --> 02:42:16,140
put through the paces and testing so

2833
02:42:20,510 --> 02:42:18,479
that vehicle is already there after

2834
02:42:21,590 --> 02:42:20,520
splash down here there are some avionics

2835
02:42:23,870 --> 02:42:21,600
that we're going to take off of the

2836
02:42:25,730 --> 02:42:23,880
Artemis one crew module refurbished and

2837
02:42:27,469 --> 02:42:25,740
then install on the RMS 2 crew module

2838
02:42:29,330 --> 02:42:27,479
and then as you mentioned we have the

2839
02:42:30,950 --> 02:42:29,340
new environmental control life support

2840
02:42:33,230 --> 02:42:30,960
systems and a lot of other crew

2841
02:42:34,610 --> 02:42:33,240
interfaces like crew displays and all of

2842
02:42:37,309 --> 02:42:34,620
that is in the process of being

2843
02:42:38,870 --> 02:42:37,319
integrated and tested so we celebrate

2844
02:42:40,490 --> 02:42:38,880
our miss one today but tomorrow we get

2845
02:42:42,469 --> 02:42:40,500
back to work and we start focusing

2846
02:42:44,809 --> 02:42:42,479
heavily on Artemis too and making sure

2847
02:42:46,849 --> 02:42:44,819
we have a successful first crude mission

2848
02:42:48,950 --> 02:42:46,859
you have to delay those vacation plans

2849
02:42:50,510 --> 02:42:48,960
just a little bit Michelle's honor from

2850
02:42:52,309 --> 02:42:50,520
the Orion vehicle integration office

2851
02:43:36,550 --> 02:42:52,319
thank you so much for joining us today

2852
02:43:41,150 --> 02:43:39,469
back here in Mission Control uh about an

2853
02:43:43,429 --> 02:43:41,160
hour and two minutes now since the

2854
02:43:45,950 --> 02:43:43,439
Splashdown of Orion

2855
02:43:47,809 --> 02:43:45,960
just about five nautical miles away from

2856
02:43:49,969 --> 02:43:47,819
the USS Portland which is approaching

2857
02:43:53,630 --> 02:43:49,979
the vehicle as well as navy recovery

2858
02:43:55,309 --> 02:43:53,640
teams back on the USS Portland Daryl

2859
02:43:58,309 --> 02:43:55,319
nail from the Kennedy Space Center with

2860
02:44:00,410 --> 02:43:58,319
the exploration ground systems folks is

2861
02:44:06,830 --> 02:44:00,420
with Captain John Ryan the commanding

2862
02:44:11,210 --> 02:44:09,290
thanks Rob and uh Captain John Ryan here

2863
02:44:13,490 --> 02:44:11,220
thanks for making the time to come and

2864
02:44:15,349 --> 02:44:13,500
join us from off the bridge absolutely

2865
02:44:18,290 --> 02:44:15,359
appreciate you being here

2866
02:44:19,610 --> 02:44:18,300
so far this has been pretty amazing in

2867
02:44:22,010 --> 02:44:19,620
terms of the completion of the mission

2868
02:44:23,929 --> 02:44:22,020
from your Vantage Point

2869
02:44:27,230 --> 02:44:23,939
how did you see it and what are you

2870
02:44:29,630 --> 02:44:27,240
seeing now uh so uh right now we uh have

2871
02:44:30,950 --> 02:44:29,640
the orbital is uh in the water uh right

2872
02:44:34,849 --> 02:44:30,960
now we're kind of in that two to three

2873
02:44:37,849 --> 02:44:34,859
hour window where NASA and uh the Navy's

2874
02:44:41,870 --> 02:44:37,859
uh EOD teams are conducting some tests

2875
02:44:43,550 --> 02:44:41,880
uh we're getting imagery and data for

2876
02:44:47,570 --> 02:44:43,560
NASA which will help support the future

2877
02:44:49,429 --> 02:44:47,580
astronaut uh missions and From

2878
02:44:50,570 --> 02:44:49,439
perspective honestly I think this is one

2879
02:44:52,610 --> 02:44:50,580
of the coolest things I've ever gotten

2880
02:44:54,410 --> 02:44:52,620
to do I've been in the Navy uh 23 years

2881
02:44:55,849 --> 02:44:54,420
I've done a lot of missions and I've

2882
02:44:57,830 --> 02:44:55,859
been all over the world but to be part

2883
02:44:59,570 --> 02:44:57,840
of this NASA Mission today is probably

2884
02:45:02,090 --> 02:44:59,580
one of the coolest things I've ever been

2885
02:45:04,730 --> 02:45:02,100
part of that's impressive and that says

2886
02:45:07,370 --> 02:45:04,740
a lot as we look just behind us Captain

2887
02:45:09,469 --> 02:45:07,380
Ryan and and we see the operation

2888
02:45:11,990 --> 02:45:09,479
currently in a moment of pause where

2889
02:45:14,270 --> 02:45:12,000
they're waiting for the capsule to vent

2890
02:45:15,889 --> 02:45:14,280
off the rest of its ammonia using its

2891
02:45:17,809 --> 02:45:15,899
cooling system we can see the Navy boats

2892
02:45:19,910 --> 02:45:17,819
in the water currently you've got the

2893
02:45:21,950 --> 02:45:19,920
ship on a course heading going around

2894
02:45:24,290 --> 02:45:21,960
this operation what has been your

2895
02:45:27,050 --> 02:45:24,300
instruction to your team commanding the

2896
02:45:28,910 --> 02:45:27,060
ship so uh what I just basically wanted

2897
02:45:31,550 --> 02:45:28,920
to keep the ship within a visual

2898
02:45:33,349 --> 02:45:31,560
distance of the orbital and our teams in

2899
02:45:35,450 --> 02:45:33,359
case they need anything it also is

2900
02:45:36,410 --> 02:45:35,460
providing let's be honest a lot of

2901
02:45:38,450 --> 02:45:36,420
people are out here and they're super

2902
02:45:40,370 --> 02:45:38,460
excited about this let's provide visual

2903
02:45:42,530 --> 02:45:40,380
opportunities for people to get photos

2904
02:45:44,750 --> 02:45:42,540
and you know get their digital part of

2905
02:45:47,330 --> 02:45:44,760
being the history of this event

2906
02:45:49,610 --> 02:45:47,340
so uh you know with a lot of time and

2907
02:45:51,469 --> 02:45:49,620
effort and training and years of work

2908
02:45:52,969 --> 02:45:51,479
went into this so I want everybody to

2909
02:45:55,370 --> 02:45:52,979
kind of get their moment and we're out

2910
02:45:57,590 --> 02:45:55,380
here getting ready to uh you know just

2911
02:45:58,910 --> 02:45:57,600
we'll be landing the helicopter soon and

2912
02:46:02,090 --> 02:45:58,920
uh you know just being a part of it

2913
02:46:04,190 --> 02:46:02,100
certainly watching the sailors uh as it

2914
02:46:07,370 --> 02:46:04,200
splashed down they seem to really enjoy

2915
02:46:08,750 --> 02:46:07,380
the completion of the Splashdown part of

2916
02:46:11,270 --> 02:46:08,760
the mission you can see they're all

2917
02:46:12,950 --> 02:46:11,280
smiles cameras and so that was that was

2918
02:46:15,650 --> 02:46:12,960
good you provided us with a perfect view

2919
02:46:17,330 --> 02:46:15,660
of the rest of the operation I want to

2920
02:46:21,469 --> 02:46:17,340
talk a little bit about your ship the

2921
02:46:23,570 --> 02:46:21,479
USS Portland and why it was chosen for

2922
02:46:25,429 --> 02:46:23,580
this particular Mission and what

2923
02:46:28,790 --> 02:46:25,439
strengths does it bring to this

2924
02:46:31,010 --> 02:46:28,800
operation so the USS Portland is uh one

2925
02:46:35,270 --> 02:46:31,020
of the newest of the San Antonio class

2926
02:46:38,330 --> 02:46:35,280
lpds so an LPD Landing platform docking

2927
02:46:41,030 --> 02:46:38,340
ship so this type of ship normally known

2928
02:46:42,889 --> 02:46:41,040
as an amphibious ship in most of our

2929
02:46:46,250 --> 02:46:42,899
missions we'd be working with the Marine

2930
02:46:49,309 --> 02:46:46,260
Corps to embark Park their equipment and

2931
02:46:51,170 --> 02:46:49,319
deliver them to foreign Shores but the

2932
02:46:52,610 --> 02:46:51,180
capabilities of our ship can also be

2933
02:46:56,270 --> 02:46:52,620
used obviously for Missions like this

2934
02:46:57,889 --> 02:46:56,280
but I have an enormous Flight Deck with

2935
02:47:00,530 --> 02:46:57,899
an aviation Department that we can land

2936
02:47:02,090 --> 02:47:00,540
multiple various types of aircraft we

2937
02:47:04,130 --> 02:47:02,100
can put obviously a number of small

2938
02:47:06,530 --> 02:47:04,140
boats in the water and then probably the

2939
02:47:08,150 --> 02:47:06,540
special feature which NASA really likes

2940
02:47:10,070 --> 02:47:08,160
is we have a well deck which we can

2941
02:47:12,050 --> 02:47:10,080
later flood and we will bring the

2942
02:47:14,330 --> 02:47:12,060
orbital into the well deck to transport

2943
02:47:16,250 --> 02:47:14,340
it back to San Diego

2944
02:47:17,870 --> 02:47:16,260
those are some great assets that you

2945
02:47:20,809 --> 02:47:17,880
bring to the operation and I also know

2946
02:47:22,610 --> 02:47:20,819
on the next one an Artemis 2 it'll be a

2947
02:47:24,710 --> 02:47:22,620
critical component the medical

2948
02:47:27,770 --> 02:47:24,720
facilities that you have on board here

2949
02:47:29,690 --> 02:47:27,780
you could take care of somebody with any

2950
02:47:32,450 --> 02:47:29,700
number of injuries and in fact I believe

2951
02:47:34,370 --> 02:47:32,460
even have surgery if you need it yes we

2952
02:47:37,010 --> 02:47:34,380
have a uh a tremendous medical

2953
02:47:39,530 --> 02:47:37,020
capability on board

2954
02:47:41,990 --> 02:47:39,540
hopefully not that it will be needed but

2955
02:47:45,349 --> 02:47:42,000
we do have a operating room medical

2956
02:47:48,950 --> 02:47:45,359
staff and a lot of ability to take care

2957
02:47:51,230 --> 02:47:48,960
of personnel should anything uh you know

2958
02:47:53,389 --> 02:47:51,240
not work out as designed

2959
02:47:55,490 --> 02:47:53,399
this ship was just recently in Los

2960
02:47:57,469 --> 02:47:55,500
Angeles at a Fleet Week earlier this

2961
02:47:59,690 --> 02:47:57,479
year got to show it off to the public

2962
02:48:01,849 --> 02:47:59,700
and uh that's a matter of Pride I

2963
02:48:03,550 --> 02:48:01,859
imagine for the team absolutely the ship

2964
02:48:06,590 --> 02:48:03,560
has had a very busy year the ship had

2965
02:48:09,230 --> 02:48:06,600
returned from an overseas deployment uh

2966
02:48:11,870 --> 02:48:09,240
Earl much earlier in the year supported

2967
02:48:13,670 --> 02:48:11,880
uh Los Angeles Fleet week and also the

2968
02:48:16,370 --> 02:48:13,680
rim at the Pacific exercise this summer

2969
02:48:18,290 --> 02:48:16,380
which had about 20 Nations participating

2970
02:48:19,550 --> 02:48:18,300
so it's been a very busy year for the

2971
02:48:22,730 --> 02:48:19,560
ship but I think this is really just

2972
02:48:25,670 --> 02:48:22,740
kind of the cherry on top uh where you

2973
02:48:28,190 --> 02:48:25,680
get to do an unusual Mission and support

2974
02:48:31,550 --> 02:48:28,200
history tell me about the footprint that

2975
02:48:33,050 --> 02:48:31,560
NASA takes up on this boat I'm sure I

2976
02:48:35,210 --> 02:48:33,060
haven't seen all of it I've seen a lot

2977
02:48:37,610 --> 02:48:35,220
of it the well deck certainly the

2978
02:48:40,429 --> 02:48:37,620
equipment that we have running on the

2979
02:48:44,090 --> 02:48:40,439
various decks outside and inside it's

2980
02:48:45,969 --> 02:48:44,100
pretty sizable yes this is a uh a very

2981
02:48:51,170 --> 02:48:45,979
good sized ship we have plenty of room

2982
02:48:53,990 --> 02:48:51,180
NASA has about 150 engineers and various

2983
02:48:55,370 --> 02:48:54,000
entities on board which we have plenty

2984
02:48:58,849 --> 02:48:55,380
of room for this ship would normally

2985
02:49:01,730 --> 02:48:58,859
deploy with upwards of 600 Marines on

2986
02:49:03,170 --> 02:49:01,740
board so NASA's footprint really isn't

2987
02:49:04,849 --> 02:49:03,180
too bad it's well within our

2988
02:49:07,070 --> 02:49:04,859
capabilities well there's been plenty of

2989
02:49:09,170 --> 02:49:07,080
room and you've been a tremendous host

2990
02:49:11,570 --> 02:49:09,180
to us and so thank you Captain John Ryan

2991
02:49:13,730 --> 02:49:11,580
for having us and for successfully

2992
02:49:16,790 --> 02:49:13,740
bringing us to this part in this moment

2993
02:49:19,490 --> 02:49:16,800
of the operation it's been an honor to

2994
02:49:20,990 --> 02:49:19,500
support the NASA engineers and to be out

2995
02:49:23,210 --> 02:49:21,000
there and be part of this thank you very

2996
02:49:25,490 --> 02:49:23,220
much thank you Captain John Ryan the

2997
02:49:28,610 --> 02:49:25,500
commanding officer of the USS Portland

2998
02:49:31,610 --> 02:49:28,620
and as we push out our view here in the

2999
02:49:35,090 --> 02:49:31,620
Pacific Ocean just 100 miles off the

3000
02:49:36,650 --> 02:49:35,100
Baja Peninsula you can see Orion now as

3001
02:49:40,670 --> 02:49:36,660
a silhouette

3002
02:49:42,830 --> 02:49:40,680
still floating the Orion Command Module

3003
02:49:46,429 --> 02:49:42,840
with its Seamus bags those are the

3004
02:49:48,050 --> 02:49:46,439
upriding bags fully deployed it's in a

3005
02:49:50,690 --> 02:49:48,060
stable condition

3006
02:49:52,550 --> 02:49:50,700
and to the right of that you see the

3007
02:49:55,429 --> 02:49:52,560
first Navy boat that's a rigid whole

3008
02:50:00,110 --> 02:49:57,530
that one is the one that's uh going to

3009
02:50:02,090 --> 02:50:00,120
get uh a little closer and provide a

3010
02:50:04,010 --> 02:50:02,100
stabilizing toe line

3011
02:50:07,010 --> 02:50:04,020
once it's been determined that the Navy

3012
02:50:08,750 --> 02:50:07,020
boats can get a little closer as we pan

3013
02:50:11,690 --> 02:50:08,760
just to the right of that you will see

3014
02:50:14,809 --> 02:50:11,700
the remaining four boats

3015
02:50:17,929 --> 02:50:14,819
two of those boats are inflatable boats

3016
02:50:21,950 --> 02:50:17,939
with Navy sailors aboard

3017
02:50:23,929 --> 02:50:21,960
those Navy sailors will put hands on

3018
02:50:29,270 --> 02:50:23,939
the capsule

3019
02:50:33,770 --> 02:50:30,650
they will then

3020
02:50:39,950 --> 02:50:33,780
maneuver to bring that capsule

3021
02:50:44,570 --> 02:50:42,469
will then throw out a more than thousand

3022
02:50:50,150 --> 02:50:44,580
foot rope

3023
02:50:51,650 --> 02:50:50,160
and that long rope will then attach to

3024
02:50:54,469 --> 02:50:51,660
the capsule

3025
02:50:57,050 --> 02:50:54,479
it'll connect up

3026
02:50:58,969 --> 02:50:57,060
and then begin pulling

3027
02:51:01,309 --> 02:50:58,979
the Orion in now this is a very complex

3028
02:51:03,770 --> 02:51:01,319
operation think about this

3029
02:51:05,690 --> 02:51:03,780
that capsule does not have a keel so

3030
02:51:08,630 --> 02:51:05,700
it's a smooth bottom

3031
02:51:11,510 --> 02:51:08,640
16 and a half feet in diameter

3032
02:51:13,429 --> 02:51:11,520
so when it is pulled it doesn't track in

3033
02:51:16,190 --> 02:51:13,439
the water very well

3034
02:51:18,230 --> 02:51:16,200
so what has to happen is there are ropes

3035
02:51:20,990 --> 02:51:18,240
attached to Four Points

3036
02:51:24,830 --> 02:51:21,000
around the capsule

3037
02:51:27,530 --> 02:51:24,840
that helps stabilize it Navy sailors a

3038
02:51:30,650 --> 02:51:27,540
team on each of the four ropes and then

3039
02:51:33,230 --> 02:51:30,660
on a fifth rope will be the winch

3040
02:51:36,530 --> 02:51:33,240
that winch will apply

3041
02:51:37,490 --> 02:51:36,540
enough pressure required enough pulling

3042
02:51:40,670 --> 02:51:37,500
Force

3043
02:51:41,690 --> 02:51:40,680
bring that capsule into the well deck of

3044
02:51:44,030 --> 02:51:41,700
the ship

3045
02:51:46,610 --> 02:51:44,040
at the moment as we've been telling you

3046
02:51:49,130 --> 02:51:46,620
we are currently standing by awaiting

3047
02:51:51,290 --> 02:51:49,140
ammonia boil off

3048
02:51:53,269 --> 02:51:51,300
is the coolant that's provided on the

3049
02:51:55,849 --> 02:51:53,279
Orion capsule keeps the astronauts

3050
02:51:58,670 --> 02:51:55,859
should there once they eventually go

3051
02:52:01,070 --> 02:51:58,680
into the capsule and go on missions to

3052
02:52:03,469 --> 02:52:01,080
the moon currently no astronauts in this

3053
02:52:05,690 --> 02:52:03,479
capsule but we've got to vent off the

3054
02:52:10,250 --> 02:52:05,700
ammonia nonetheless

3055
02:52:12,710 --> 02:52:10,260
be allotted time for that is two hours

3056
02:52:17,990 --> 02:52:12,720
and so we are just one hour and 10

3057
02:52:19,429 --> 02:52:18,000
minutes into that uh waiting period

3058
02:52:20,929 --> 02:52:19,439
and then once it's clear you'll see

3059
02:52:23,269 --> 02:52:20,939
those Navy boats get closer but

3060
02:52:24,950 --> 02:52:23,279
currently we are still standing by

3061
02:52:27,950 --> 02:52:24,960
waiting for the completion of a moon

3062
02:52:31,309 --> 02:52:30,050
that's it live from the deck of the USS

3063
02:52:33,230 --> 02:52:31,319
Portland of course we'll have more

3064
02:52:35,210 --> 02:52:33,240
interviews for you as we go along

3065
02:52:39,550 --> 02:52:35,220
but for now send it back to rob navius

3066
02:52:45,950 --> 02:52:42,530
thank you Daryl looks like a beautiful

3067
02:52:47,750 --> 02:52:45,960
day out there west of Baja California

3068
02:52:49,130 --> 02:52:47,760
a lot of smiles here in Mission Control

3069
02:52:51,769 --> 02:52:49,140
in Houston

3070
02:52:55,130 --> 02:52:51,779
we're about an hour and 11 minutes since

3071
02:52:58,550 --> 02:52:55,140
the Splashdown of Orion to wrap up its

3072
02:53:00,469 --> 02:52:58,560
25 and a half day Mission integral into

3073
02:53:05,210 --> 02:53:00,479
the flight of Orion was the performance

3074
02:53:08,210 --> 02:53:05,220
of the European service module that uh

3075
02:53:10,610 --> 02:53:08,220
function perfectly to take Orion out of

3076
02:53:12,230 --> 02:53:10,620
Earth orbit on its way to the moon and

3077
02:53:14,269 --> 02:53:12,240
did everything it was asked to do

3078
02:53:16,670 --> 02:53:14,279
throughout the course of the flight and

3079
02:53:18,650 --> 02:53:16,680
joining us is Philippe de Lou who's the

3080
02:53:21,230 --> 02:53:18,660
Orion European service module program

3081
02:53:23,690 --> 02:53:21,240
manager from the European Space Agency

3082
02:53:26,090 --> 02:53:23,700
Philippe congratulations thank you for

3083
02:53:27,110 --> 02:53:26,100
joining us today thank you and good

3084
02:53:28,550 --> 02:53:27,120
afternoon

3085
02:53:31,010 --> 02:53:28,560
Philippe

3086
02:53:34,070 --> 02:53:31,020
that service module went through its

3087
02:53:37,790 --> 02:53:34,080
paces and was spot on every time it was

3088
02:53:39,710 --> 02:53:37,800
asked to conduct a burn everything that

3089
02:53:41,830 --> 02:53:39,720
it was planned to do was executed

3090
02:53:44,570 --> 02:53:41,840
perfectly your thoughts on this Mission

3091
02:53:46,309 --> 02:53:44,580
well well I have to say that I'm the

3092
02:53:49,490 --> 02:53:46,319
happiest man in the world at the moment

3093
02:53:53,090 --> 02:53:49,500
with a successful performance of the

3094
02:53:55,790 --> 02:53:53,100
service module he eat it she did what

3095
02:53:59,150 --> 02:53:55,800
she was supposed to do and even better

3096
02:54:01,250 --> 02:53:59,160
so it's it's a wonderful Mission I could

3097
02:54:04,910 --> 02:54:01,260
not run more

3098
02:54:06,710 --> 02:54:04,920
now the service module for the next

3099
02:54:08,269 --> 02:54:06,720
flight in which a crew will be on board

3100
02:54:10,670 --> 02:54:08,279
is at the Kennedy Space Center

3101
02:54:13,070 --> 02:54:10,680
undergoing testing and it's going to be

3102
02:54:15,830 --> 02:54:13,080
a while uh for all of that Hardware to

3103
02:54:17,929 --> 02:54:15,840
come together but you all are often

3104
02:54:19,790 --> 02:54:17,939
running on preparations for the next

3105
02:54:23,030 --> 02:54:19,800
mission in a couple of years that's

3106
02:54:25,010 --> 02:54:23,040
correct yes uh well we have already

3107
02:54:27,290 --> 02:54:25,020
assembled the service module back in

3108
02:54:29,929 --> 02:54:27,300
Europe and then delivered it now it's

3109
02:54:33,050 --> 02:54:29,939
being integrated with the crew module in

3110
02:54:36,790 --> 02:54:33,060
Kennedy and that's uh if I don't mistake

3111
02:54:39,710 --> 02:54:36,800
should happen in the next summer

3112
02:54:41,750 --> 02:54:39,720
Philippe the um the work that the

3113
02:54:43,790 --> 02:54:41,760
service module did obviously invaluable

3114
02:54:46,190 --> 02:54:43,800
you can't conduct this Mission without

3115
02:54:48,110 --> 02:54:46,200
uh the work of the European service

3116
02:54:51,469 --> 02:54:48,120
module

3117
02:54:54,590 --> 02:54:51,479
what what kind of process was involved

3118
02:54:57,170 --> 02:54:54,600
in getting to the point where this the

3119
02:54:58,790 --> 02:54:57,180
design of this Mission the requirements

3120
02:55:01,610 --> 02:54:58,800
that the service module was asked to

3121
02:55:04,429 --> 02:55:01,620
perform and then ultimately conducted

3122
02:55:07,429 --> 02:55:04,439
over the last four weeks what uh how did

3123
02:55:10,429 --> 02:55:07,439
this evolution of this Mission unfold

3124
02:55:12,830 --> 02:55:10,439
for you and your team well this is a

3125
02:55:16,309 --> 02:55:12,840
story that started uh quite a long time

3126
02:55:20,090 --> 02:55:16,319
ago in 2011 when there was a decision

3127
02:55:22,190 --> 02:55:20,100
that the crew module would be built by

3128
02:55:23,650 --> 02:55:22,200
Europe so there's been a long process

3129
02:55:26,870 --> 02:55:23,660
into

3130
02:55:28,790 --> 02:55:26,880
setting up the requirements proposing a

3131
02:55:30,610 --> 02:55:28,800
design discussing the design also

3132
02:55:33,650 --> 02:55:30,620
involving NASA

3133
02:55:36,170 --> 02:55:33,660
and agreeing on what should be the final

3134
02:55:38,389 --> 02:55:36,180
design take up the challenges which are

3135
02:55:40,429 --> 02:55:38,399
associated with the design eventually

3136
02:55:43,309 --> 02:55:40,439
built the hardware

3137
02:55:47,450 --> 02:55:43,319
integrated and then preparing for the

3138
02:55:49,490 --> 02:55:47,460
mission so this has been a long way and

3139
02:55:51,830 --> 02:55:49,500
a lot of work by

3140
02:55:53,630 --> 02:55:51,840
the European space agency and the

3141
02:55:55,429 --> 02:55:53,640
European industry

3142
02:55:56,870 --> 02:55:55,439
and you know down the hall where the

3143
02:55:59,510 --> 02:55:56,880
International Space Station is

3144
02:56:01,790 --> 02:55:59,520
controlled out of Esa is a frequent

3145
02:56:04,730 --> 02:56:01,800
flyer to the International Space Station

3146
02:56:07,730 --> 02:56:04,740
and the international Partnership of

3147
02:56:11,150 --> 02:56:07,740
which is such a critical contributor is

3148
02:56:13,550 --> 02:56:11,160
is so valuable to human space flight now

3149
02:56:14,650 --> 02:56:13,560
and in the years ahead talk a little bit

3150
02:56:17,750 --> 02:56:14,660
about that

3151
02:56:21,290 --> 02:56:17,760
that's clear I mean going to explore

3152
02:56:22,190 --> 02:56:21,300
deep space is a challenge is a big

3153
02:56:26,269 --> 02:56:22,200
challenge

3154
02:56:28,190 --> 02:56:26,279
and we need all the Excellence over the

3155
02:56:31,130 --> 02:56:28,200
world in order to tackle that challenge

3156
02:56:34,490 --> 02:56:31,140
and make it sustainable going there once

3157
02:56:37,750 --> 02:56:34,500
yes is doable but in order to go there

3158
02:56:40,190 --> 02:56:37,760
on a regular basis and for a sustainable

3159
02:56:42,170 --> 02:56:40,200
exploration of what is out there first

3160
02:56:45,969 --> 02:56:42,180
on the moon then Mars and then beyond

3161
02:56:48,530 --> 02:56:45,979
this will require all the forces and

3162
02:56:52,849 --> 02:56:48,540
skills of the engineer around the world

3163
02:56:54,110 --> 02:56:52,859
and that's was Easter and NASA we are we

3164
02:56:56,269 --> 02:56:54,120
have started that process with the

3165
02:56:59,269 --> 02:56:56,279
timist program

3166
02:57:01,790 --> 02:56:59,279
Philippe de Liu a little moment perhaps

3167
02:57:03,650 --> 02:57:01,800
to sample some bubbly to celebrate this

3168
02:57:04,910 --> 02:57:03,660
moment but a lot of hard work ahead and

3169
02:57:07,670 --> 02:57:04,920
thank you so much for being with us

3170
02:57:10,070 --> 02:57:07,680
today you're welcome it was my pleasure

3171
02:57:12,110 --> 02:57:10,080
Philippe dulu the European service

3172
02:57:14,990 --> 02:57:12,120
module program manager joining us here

3173
02:57:32,590 --> 02:57:15,000
in Mission Control

3174
02:57:39,830 --> 02:57:35,630
this is Mission Control Houston and uh

3175
02:57:43,010 --> 02:57:39,840
all of the action now is focused on the

3176
02:57:49,070 --> 02:57:43,020
USS Portland west of Baja California my

3177
02:57:53,150 --> 02:57:51,230
Rob thank you yep we're here on the deck

3178
02:57:55,130 --> 02:57:53,160
of the USS Portland just 100 miles off

3179
02:57:57,769 --> 02:57:55,140
the coast to Baja Mexico and I'm joined

3180
02:57:59,570 --> 02:57:57,779
by Valerie vinciolo she's the General

3181
02:58:01,550 --> 02:57:59,580
Dynamics supplied physical sciences

3182
02:58:04,070 --> 02:58:01,560
senior engineer thanks for being here

3183
02:58:06,170 --> 02:58:04,080
yes of course great so Valerie has some

3184
02:58:09,050 --> 02:58:06,180
fresh information and Analysis that

3185
02:58:11,809 --> 02:58:09,060
she's been doing uh as it pertains to

3186
02:58:14,750 --> 02:58:11,819
this operation bringing the Iran Command

3187
02:58:18,230 --> 02:58:14,760
Module into the well deck of USS

3188
02:58:21,650 --> 02:58:18,240
Portland and so she has been looking at

3189
02:58:24,650 --> 02:58:21,660
the wave heights with a system that you

3190
02:58:27,469 --> 02:58:24,660
use and tell me you've just now analyzed

3191
02:58:29,990 --> 02:58:27,479
the sea Heights what kind of sea Heights

3192
02:58:31,790 --> 02:58:30,000
are we dealing with and what does that

3193
02:58:33,410 --> 02:58:31,800
mean for the recovery of the Orion

3194
02:58:35,690 --> 02:58:33,420
capsule out there in the ocean right now

3195
02:58:38,929 --> 02:58:35,700
um yes so we have two wave monitoring

3196
02:58:40,550 --> 02:58:38,939
systems two Radars on board the ship so

3197
02:58:42,290 --> 02:58:40,560
we're monitoring the waves measuring the

3198
02:58:44,570 --> 02:58:42,300
Doppler velocity of the waves in the

3199
02:58:46,190 --> 02:58:44,580
vicinity of the ship so from that we're

3200
02:58:48,110 --> 02:58:46,200
able to get the significant wave height

3201
02:58:49,910 --> 02:58:48,120
and where the direction of the waves are

3202
02:58:51,530 --> 02:58:49,920
coming from along with the period so

3203
02:58:53,809 --> 02:58:51,540
right now we're seeing about four to

3204
02:58:55,929 --> 02:58:53,819
five feet of waves at about 13 seconds

3205
02:58:58,370 --> 02:58:55,939
from North Northwest

3206
02:59:00,590 --> 02:58:58,380
so with that information we're able to

3207
02:59:03,050 --> 02:59:00,600
provide a recovery heading for the ship

3208
02:59:04,910 --> 02:59:03,060
that'll optimize you know minimizing the

3209
02:59:06,469 --> 02:59:04,920
motion in the well deck so we're really

3210
02:59:08,690 --> 02:59:06,479
trying to minimize that sloshing and

3211
02:59:10,190 --> 02:59:08,700
bore wave in the well deck and that's a

3212
02:59:11,809 --> 02:59:10,200
key point right there Valerie of course

3213
02:59:14,630 --> 02:59:11,819
as I don't know if you could tell at

3214
02:59:16,790 --> 02:59:14,640
home but we're on the ship deck leaning

3215
02:59:18,349 --> 02:59:16,800
back and forth to those four to five

3216
02:59:20,469 --> 02:59:18,359
foot waves that we're dealing with out

3217
02:59:23,030 --> 02:59:20,479
there in the ocean right now so imagine

3218
02:59:25,429 --> 02:59:23,040
Orion bobbing out there in the ocean

3219
02:59:28,070 --> 02:59:25,439
coming into a well deck where those

3220
02:59:30,469 --> 02:59:28,080
waves come into the well deck so what

3221
02:59:32,809 --> 02:59:30,479
has been your recommendation to the team

3222
02:59:34,429 --> 02:59:32,819
about how to deal with these waves as

3223
02:59:35,990 --> 02:59:34,439
they bring that capsule closer right so

3224
02:59:38,510 --> 02:59:36,000
right now we're recommending a recovery

3225
02:59:40,550 --> 02:59:38,520
course of 320 to kind of mitigate that

3226
02:59:42,469 --> 02:59:40,560
motion so we're kind of looking at the

3227
02:59:45,650 --> 02:59:42,479
role of the ship to minimize that

3228
02:59:48,250 --> 02:59:45,660
sloshing wave in the course of 320s

3229
02:59:50,389 --> 02:59:48,260
looking like the best for that recovery

3230
02:59:52,490 --> 02:59:50,399
that will give us a little bit of a bore

3231
02:59:53,990 --> 02:59:52,500
wave that we're going to experience but

3232
02:59:56,090 --> 02:59:54,000
it's something that we think we can deal

3233
02:59:57,250 --> 02:59:56,100
with and it um we're looking forward to

3234
03:00:00,050 --> 02:59:57,260
the recovery

3235
03:00:01,910 --> 03:00:00,060
this is important because of course

3236
03:00:04,010 --> 03:00:01,920
inside the well deck I've heard it

3237
03:00:06,309 --> 03:00:04,020
explained that once those waves come in

3238
03:00:10,190 --> 03:00:06,319
and then the ship as it's moving about

3239
03:00:11,690 --> 03:00:10,200
creates a big wave pool inside yes yeah

3240
03:00:13,250 --> 03:00:11,700
that's not good for a spacecraft that

3241
03:00:14,990 --> 03:00:13,260
you're trying to stabilize no you don't

3242
03:00:17,210 --> 03:00:15,000
you really want to minimize those

3243
03:00:19,070 --> 03:00:17,220
missions to the best of our ability and

3244
03:00:20,809 --> 03:00:19,080
in doing so we're just looking at

3245
03:00:22,429 --> 03:00:20,819
everything out there all the waves what

3246
03:00:24,650 --> 03:00:22,439
we're dealing with and we have

3247
03:00:26,269 --> 03:00:24,660
hydrodynamic ship models of the ship and

3248
03:00:28,610 --> 03:00:26,279
of the well deck so we're running

3249
03:00:31,910 --> 03:00:28,620
through all of our models live taking

3250
03:00:33,469 --> 03:00:31,920
the live radar data and just trying to

3251
03:00:35,630 --> 03:00:33,479
provide the best information available

3252
03:00:38,570 --> 03:00:35,640
here

3253
03:00:40,550 --> 03:00:38,580
and so when they have that information

3254
03:00:42,830 --> 03:00:40,560
um what is your role after you've given

3255
03:00:45,290 --> 03:00:42,840
do you continue to monitor yes we're

3256
03:00:47,570 --> 03:00:45,300
constantly monitoring um and running the

3257
03:00:49,070 --> 03:00:47,580
system we're always recording data to

3258
03:00:52,070 --> 03:00:49,080
analyze later

3259
03:00:53,150 --> 03:00:52,080
um so constantly doing that and we'll

3260
03:00:55,130 --> 03:00:53,160
provide

3261
03:00:57,290 --> 03:00:55,140
um little tweaks and updates you know as

3262
03:00:59,150 --> 03:00:57,300
we get closer but once they've started

3263
03:01:00,950 --> 03:00:59,160
flooding we're really on that course so

3264
03:01:02,929 --> 03:01:00,960
we'll just keep think monitoring what's

3265
03:01:05,210 --> 03:01:02,939
going on those two Radars on the ship

3266
03:01:07,070 --> 03:01:05,220
where are they located and what

3267
03:01:09,290 --> 03:01:07,080
frequency they're using

3268
03:01:12,170 --> 03:01:09,300
um so they're located on the o5 and it's

3269
03:01:14,450 --> 03:01:12,180
an x-band radar and over here on the 04s

3270
03:01:16,130 --> 03:01:14,460
we have two and that gives us putting

3271
03:01:18,950 --> 03:01:16,140
them both together gives us a full 360

3272
03:01:19,910 --> 03:01:18,960
Degrees which is what you want you want

3273
03:01:21,830 --> 03:01:19,920
to be able to see all the ways around

3274
03:01:23,510 --> 03:01:21,840
the ship and they're actually an x-band

3275
03:01:26,090 --> 03:01:23,520
radar that's been vertically polarized

3276
03:01:27,950 --> 03:01:26,100
so we can see the Doppler velocity as

3277
03:01:30,230 --> 03:01:27,960
it's coming in to calculate that wave

3278
03:01:31,250 --> 03:01:30,240
height and the swells and the wind waves

3279
03:01:33,050 --> 03:01:31,260
and the direction they're coming in

3280
03:01:35,090 --> 03:01:33,060
that's high-tech stuff I mean it's you

3281
03:01:36,769 --> 03:01:35,100
know we've got Doppler radar many people

3282
03:01:39,230 --> 03:01:36,779
may be familiar familiar with how that

3283
03:01:41,269 --> 03:01:39,240
helps with weather you know telling our

3284
03:01:43,070 --> 03:01:41,279
audience and other people where the

3285
03:01:44,990 --> 03:01:43,080
weather is where the storm clouds are

3286
03:01:47,269 --> 03:01:45,000
but it literally can map out in three

3287
03:01:49,190 --> 03:01:47,279
dimensions the waves around the ship yes

3288
03:01:50,450 --> 03:01:49,200
yeah so we're looking a lot of expand

3289
03:01:53,690 --> 03:01:50,460
Radars you know they're looking for

3290
03:01:56,750 --> 03:01:53,700
targets right um you know another ship

3291
03:01:58,790 --> 03:01:56,760
avoidance but we've polarized our Radars

3292
03:02:00,530 --> 03:01:58,800
to try to look at the waves and just

3293
03:02:02,030 --> 03:02:00,540
what other people might consider noise

3294
03:02:03,469 --> 03:02:02,040
is what we want to capture that's

3295
03:02:05,990 --> 03:02:03,479
interesting it's just the opposite yeah

3296
03:02:07,610 --> 03:02:06,000
it's typically used for well Valerie

3297
03:02:09,769 --> 03:02:07,620
last question I want to ask you you've

3298
03:02:12,769 --> 03:02:09,779
done the ship since we departed San

3299
03:02:14,030 --> 03:02:12,779
Diego on Wednesday it's been a long

3300
03:02:16,130 --> 03:02:14,040
journey to get to this point this

3301
03:02:19,490 --> 03:02:16,140
weather alternate spot where the seas

3302
03:02:21,290 --> 03:02:19,500
are much lower they're now 12 feet or so

3303
03:02:22,730 --> 03:02:21,300
off of San Diego so it's certainly

3304
03:02:23,690 --> 03:02:22,740
something yeah you probably appreciate

3305
03:02:24,769 --> 03:02:23,700
yes yes

3306
03:02:26,210 --> 03:02:24,779
um but let me ask you about that

3307
03:02:28,190 --> 03:02:26,220
operation and looking out there and

3308
03:02:30,349 --> 03:02:28,200
seeing that Space Capsule in the water

3309
03:02:32,389 --> 03:02:30,359
almost like that for you watching oh my

3310
03:02:33,769 --> 03:02:32,399
gosh it was amazing it's something I

3311
03:02:36,650 --> 03:02:33,779
will probably remember the rest of my

3312
03:02:39,410 --> 03:02:36,660
life hearing that sonic boom and then

3313
03:02:41,750 --> 03:02:39,420
seeing the shoots oh my gosh it was it's

3314
03:02:43,190 --> 03:02:41,760
incredible Valerie Chulo thank you so

3315
03:02:44,929 --> 03:02:43,200
much for joining us yeah thank you for

3316
03:02:48,010 --> 03:02:44,939
having me here all right Rob we'll send

3317
03:02:54,130 --> 03:02:50,210
thanks Daryl

3318
03:02:57,469 --> 03:02:54,140
the work continues out in the Pacific

3319
03:03:00,710 --> 03:02:57,479
where you uh have the Orion spacecraft

3320
03:03:03,710 --> 03:03:00,720
with all five of its uh operating system

3321
03:03:07,550 --> 03:03:03,720
bags fully inflated following its

3322
03:03:11,389 --> 03:03:07,560
Splashdown one hour 21 minutes ago

3323
03:03:15,349 --> 03:03:11,399
at 11 40 a.m Central Time

3324
03:03:17,750 --> 03:03:15,359
9 40 a.m Pacific time to ramp up a

3325
03:03:21,469 --> 03:03:17,760
mission of 1.4 million miles that span

3326
03:03:24,710 --> 03:03:21,479
25 and a half days a mission that saw

3327
03:03:26,690 --> 03:03:24,720
the vehicle launched from the Kennedy

3328
03:03:29,450 --> 03:03:26,700
Space Center atop the space launch

3329
03:03:32,090 --> 03:03:29,460
system the maiden Flight of the world's

3330
03:03:33,410 --> 03:03:32,100
most powerful rocket an hour and a half

3331
03:03:36,530 --> 03:03:33,420
after a launch

3332
03:03:38,330 --> 03:03:36,540
Orion was sent out of Earth orbit in its

3333
03:03:39,969 --> 03:03:38,340
translunar injection

3334
03:03:43,670 --> 03:03:39,979
to begin

3335
03:03:45,530 --> 03:03:43,680
a voyage out to what is called a distant

3336
03:03:48,290 --> 03:03:45,540
retrograde orbit a highly elliptical

3337
03:03:52,370 --> 03:03:48,300
race track shaped orbit

3338
03:03:55,490 --> 03:03:52,380
that enabled Orion to be put through its

3339
03:03:57,230 --> 03:03:55,500
Paces for almost a month Gathering all

3340
03:03:59,510 --> 03:03:57,240
the data that it needed

3341
03:04:02,510 --> 03:03:59,520
and that the Orion program and Mission

3342
03:04:05,150 --> 03:04:02,520
managers had hoped for and more

3343
03:04:06,889 --> 03:04:05,160
all of the engineering data that will

3344
03:04:09,889 --> 03:04:06,899
set the tone

3345
03:04:12,110 --> 03:04:09,899
and answer a lot of the questions that

3346
03:04:13,730 --> 03:04:12,120
will pave the way for the Artemis 2

3347
03:04:15,830 --> 03:04:13,740
mission in which accrue will be placed

3348
03:04:16,670 --> 03:04:15,840
on board the vehicle in a couple of

3349
03:04:19,790 --> 03:04:16,680
years

3350
03:04:21,830 --> 03:04:19,800
for a orbital Mission around the Moon

3351
03:04:23,570 --> 03:04:21,840
again in a highly elliptical orbit a

3352
03:04:26,330 --> 03:04:23,580
mission that would be about 10 days in

3353
03:04:28,969 --> 03:04:26,340
length or so

3354
03:04:31,670 --> 03:04:28,979
that crew yet to be named

3355
03:04:34,130 --> 03:04:31,680
but the pace will pick up after the

3356
03:04:37,370 --> 03:04:34,140
first of the year in a fairly dramatic

3357
03:04:40,070 --> 03:04:37,380
fashion as the work continues to prepare

3358
03:04:43,550 --> 03:04:40,080
the space launch system the next space

3359
03:04:47,210 --> 03:04:43,560
launch system rocket and the Artemis 2

3360
03:04:49,969 --> 03:04:47,220
Orion vehicle to support a crew during

3361
03:04:52,969 --> 03:04:49,979
its Mission around the Moon and back to

3362
03:04:58,010 --> 03:04:55,130
in the meantime a number of test

3363
03:05:01,309 --> 03:04:58,020
objectives are still underway for the

3364
03:05:04,790 --> 03:05:01,319
vehicle most notably characterizing the

3365
03:05:06,530 --> 03:05:04,800
thermal environment of uh the Orion

3366
03:05:11,210 --> 03:05:06,540
spacecraft itself

3367
03:05:13,130 --> 03:05:11,220
Orion endured temperatures of up to 5000

3368
03:05:16,370 --> 03:05:13,140
degrees Fahrenheit during its high speed

3369
03:05:18,830 --> 03:05:16,380
entry out of lunar orbit and back into

3370
03:05:20,870 --> 03:05:18,840
the Earth's atmosphere where it slammed

3371
03:05:24,590 --> 03:05:20,880
into the atmosphere at 25 times the

3372
03:05:27,050 --> 03:05:24,600
speed of sound and then underwent a skip

3373
03:05:29,450 --> 03:05:27,060
entry maneuver basically uh

3374
03:05:31,670 --> 03:05:29,460
skipping into the atmosphere then

3375
03:05:34,429 --> 03:05:31,680
dipping back out of the atmosphere again

3376
03:05:37,550 --> 03:05:34,439
and then back into the atmosphere to

3377
03:05:41,630 --> 03:05:37,560
bleed off excess energy an important

3378
03:05:44,630 --> 03:05:41,640
maneuver that was designed and executed

3379
03:05:49,190 --> 03:05:44,640
to Perfection to bleed off excess

3380
03:05:51,769 --> 03:05:49,200
inertia and to gain data on how we can

3381
03:05:54,469 --> 03:05:51,779
better bring in multiple Splashdown

3382
03:05:57,410 --> 03:05:54,479
sites if required in the Pacific for

3383
03:06:01,370 --> 03:05:57,420
future crude missions

3384
03:06:04,610 --> 03:06:01,380
all of the shoots were deployed in good

3385
03:06:07,550 --> 03:06:04,620
shape uh the three main shoots deployed

3386
03:06:11,510 --> 03:06:07,560
as planned they reefed uh to their full

3387
03:06:14,330 --> 03:06:11,520
extent and uh Orion gently splashed down

3388
03:06:16,610 --> 03:06:14,340
after entering the Earth's atmosphere at

3389
03:06:20,510 --> 03:06:16,620
25 times the speed of sound it splashed

3390
03:06:23,870 --> 03:06:20,520
down at a meager velocity of just 19

3391
03:06:26,389 --> 03:06:23,880
miles an hour very gentle Splashdown

3392
03:06:29,450 --> 03:06:26,399
velocity had a crew been on board and

3393
03:06:34,010 --> 03:06:29,460
here's a replay of the final seconds for

3394
03:06:36,710 --> 03:06:34,020
Orion as it descended below a deck of

3395
03:06:39,410 --> 03:06:36,720
clouds at about 7 10 1700 feet of

3396
03:06:41,450 --> 03:06:39,420
scattered clouds that was the final deck

3397
03:06:43,790 --> 03:06:41,460
of the space flight meteorology group

3398
03:06:47,090 --> 03:06:43,800
had forecast a very benign conditions

3399
03:06:51,170 --> 03:06:47,100
for Orion it did play out exactly that

3400
03:06:57,969 --> 03:06:51,180
way as Orion touched down at 11 40 a.m

3401
03:07:03,830 --> 03:07:01,490
and there was Splashdown the shoots were

3402
03:07:07,309 --> 03:07:03,840
cut automatically

3403
03:07:10,490 --> 03:07:07,319
the five crew module operating system

3404
03:07:14,570 --> 03:07:10,500
inflatable bags inflated with helium gas

3405
03:07:18,950 --> 03:07:14,580
as planned and Orion is gently bobbing

3406
03:07:21,889 --> 03:07:18,960
out uh with the Navy divers uh very very

3407
03:07:23,630 --> 03:07:21,899
close to the spacecraft it's going to

3408
03:07:26,090 --> 03:07:23,640
take several hours for them to hook up

3409
03:07:28,130 --> 03:07:26,100
the equipment that they need to haul the

3410
03:09:40,130 --> 03:07:28,140
vehicle into the well deck of the USS

3411
03:09:43,309 --> 03:09:41,450
okay

3412
03:09:45,830 --> 03:09:43,319
back here in Mission Control the entry

3413
03:09:48,889 --> 03:09:45,840
team of flight controllers uh watching

3414
03:09:50,030 --> 03:09:48,899
uh the data of the post Splashdown test

3415
03:09:52,910 --> 03:09:50,040
objectives

3416
03:09:55,690 --> 03:09:52,920
in which data is being acquired on the

3417
03:09:57,950 --> 03:09:55,700
thermal characteristics of Orion

3418
03:10:01,550 --> 03:09:57,960
there'll be a restart of the ammonia

3419
03:10:05,150 --> 03:10:01,560
boiler system to gain data on long range

3420
03:10:07,610 --> 03:10:05,160
and extra cooling for the vehicle that

3421
03:10:09,889 --> 03:10:07,620
will be in the offing when a crew gets

3422
03:10:12,710 --> 03:10:09,899
on board we'll be talking more about the

3423
03:10:14,389 --> 03:10:12,720
crew aspect of what lies ahead a couple

3424
03:10:17,389 --> 03:10:14,399
of years from now a short time from now

3425
03:10:19,790 --> 03:10:17,399
but now it is time to go back to what is

3426
03:10:25,090 --> 03:10:19,800
a very busy place on the USS Portland

3427
03:10:31,370 --> 03:10:28,130
thanks Rob yep I'm here with Cody Kelly

3428
03:10:34,250 --> 03:10:31,380
who is the national Affairs manager and

3429
03:10:37,849 --> 03:10:34,260
the search and rescue office at NASA

3430
03:10:39,830 --> 03:10:37,859
in terms of your job we had good visual

3431
03:10:42,050 --> 03:10:39,840
today of the capsule coming down we

3432
03:10:44,030 --> 03:10:42,060
clearly have the visual right now we can

3433
03:10:46,610 --> 03:10:44,040
see it in the water we know where it is

3434
03:10:49,070 --> 03:10:46,620
but that might not always be the case

3435
03:10:52,130 --> 03:10:49,080
the capsule may be beyond our visual

3436
03:10:54,469 --> 03:10:52,140
site as well as an Artemis 2 the

3437
03:10:57,349 --> 03:10:54,479
astronauts tell me about what your role

3438
03:10:59,090 --> 03:10:57,359
is and and how you help find out where

3439
03:11:01,010 --> 03:10:59,100
they are in a situation like that yes

3440
03:11:02,690 --> 03:11:01,020
sir my name again my Cody Kelly I work

3441
03:11:04,790 --> 03:11:02,700
in our star Mission office basically we

3442
03:11:06,889 --> 03:11:04,800
work with all of our our federal

3443
03:11:08,870 --> 03:11:06,899
International Partners to ensure that

3444
03:11:10,550 --> 03:11:08,880
our spacecraft are interoperable with

3445
03:11:13,010 --> 03:11:10,560
the search and rescue satellite aided

3446
03:11:15,110 --> 03:11:13,020
tracking system or the sarsat system so

3447
03:11:17,330 --> 03:11:15,120
today for Artemis one we tested out the

3448
03:11:18,889 --> 03:11:17,340
vehicle tri-band Beacon which was using

3449
03:11:20,389 --> 03:11:18,899
swept tones for the helicopters that are

3450
03:11:22,130 --> 03:11:20,399
flying around behind us to be able to

3451
03:11:23,809 --> 03:11:22,140
locate that spacecraft in the kind of

3452
03:11:25,309 --> 03:11:23,819
what we call the terminal area which

3453
03:11:27,110 --> 03:11:25,319
within about a you know one nautical

3454
03:11:29,809 --> 03:11:27,120
mile where you can get visuals as well

3455
03:11:31,010 --> 03:11:29,819
as the 406 megahertz beacons that were

3456
03:11:32,150 --> 03:11:31,020
on the capsule as well as what the

3457
03:11:34,730 --> 03:11:32,160
astronauts are going to wear in Artemis

3458
03:11:36,290 --> 03:11:34,740
too we were using What's called the our

3459
03:11:38,690 --> 03:11:36,300
intelligent terminal or the saint

3460
03:11:40,070 --> 03:11:38,700
application which is a system that ties

3461
03:11:41,929 --> 03:11:40,080
into our ground station at The Goddard

3462
03:11:43,969 --> 03:11:41,939
space flight center to pull in all the

3463
03:11:45,769 --> 03:11:43,979
data from these beacons so we can see

3464
03:11:47,690 --> 03:11:45,779
them anywhere in the world and that's

3465
03:11:49,550 --> 03:11:47,700
incredibly important especially when we

3466
03:11:50,990 --> 03:11:49,560
have crude missions where we you know if

3467
03:11:52,670 --> 03:11:51,000
we had some kind of an emergency abort

3468
03:11:54,469 --> 03:11:52,680
or some kind of Landing we'd have to be

3469
03:11:56,690 --> 03:11:54,479
able to get data to our DOD Partners

3470
03:11:58,370 --> 03:11:56,700
extremely fast even if they're Landing

3471
03:11:59,750 --> 03:11:58,380
internationally and this is something

3472
03:12:02,630 --> 03:11:59,760
that we do for all of our human space

3473
03:12:03,830 --> 03:12:02,640
life programs but Artemis really has a a

3474
03:12:06,050 --> 03:12:03,840
kind of special place in my heart

3475
03:12:08,690 --> 03:12:06,060
because all this effort started way back

3476
03:12:10,250 --> 03:12:08,700
in 2016 with urt5 so we actually

3477
03:12:13,250 --> 03:12:10,260
demonstrated some of our Advanced

3478
03:12:14,269 --> 03:12:13,260
Technologies on urt5 and slowly was able

3479
03:12:16,190 --> 03:12:14,279
to be integrated with the landing

3480
03:12:18,170 --> 03:12:16,200
recovery team to provide them that key

3481
03:12:20,030 --> 03:12:18,180
data on the day of Landing if there was

3482
03:12:22,490 --> 03:12:20,040
any kind of emergency

3483
03:12:24,349 --> 03:12:22,500
um are going to wear What's called the

3484
03:12:26,030 --> 03:12:24,359
angel beacons which are the advanced

3485
03:12:27,710 --> 03:12:26,040
Next Generation emergency locator

3486
03:12:29,210 --> 03:12:27,720
beacons that are located on their life

3487
03:12:30,650 --> 03:12:29,220
preserver equipment and that's going to

3488
03:12:32,090 --> 03:12:30,660
be able to track an astronaut if they

3489
03:12:33,410 --> 03:12:32,100
had to get out of the capsule if there's

3490
03:12:35,510 --> 03:12:33,420
an ammonia leak or some kind of

3491
03:12:37,550 --> 03:12:35,520
emergency as well as tying that into

3492
03:12:39,050 --> 03:12:37,560
what the vehicle Telemetry is saying to

3493
03:12:40,370 --> 03:12:39,060
be able to give a good SAR picture to

3494
03:12:42,769 --> 03:12:40,380
these guys that are flying helicopters

3495
03:12:45,170 --> 03:12:42,779
looking for survivors or being able to

3496
03:12:47,750 --> 03:12:45,180
go rescue astronauts and so let's talk a

3497
03:12:49,250 --> 03:12:47,760
little bit about that uh further the

3498
03:12:51,170 --> 03:12:49,260
astronauts will be wearing GPS

3499
03:12:53,809 --> 03:12:51,180
essentially their GPS locators right

3500
03:12:56,630 --> 03:12:53,819
exactly they're beacons uh and then of

3501
03:12:58,910 --> 03:12:56,640
course the crew module itself has a tri

3502
03:13:01,429 --> 03:12:58,920
Beacon yes sir so how do you delineate

3503
03:13:03,410 --> 03:13:01,439
between those two and that's really the

3504
03:13:05,210 --> 03:13:03,420
the power of our ground station and all

3505
03:13:06,889 --> 03:13:05,220
these web applications they're two

3506
03:13:08,809 --> 03:13:06,899
different Legacy beacons you have a

3507
03:13:10,610 --> 03:13:08,819
first generation starset Beacon which is

3508
03:13:12,590 --> 03:13:10,620
what you have on a standard boat even

3509
03:13:14,450 --> 03:13:12,600
the ship itself has a first generation

3510
03:13:16,370 --> 03:13:14,460
Beacon and then we have what is called a

3511
03:13:17,870 --> 03:13:16,380
second generation Beacon which is an

3512
03:13:20,269 --> 03:13:17,880
advanced waveform that's specifically

3513
03:13:21,469 --> 03:13:20,279
for the astronauts themselves in our

3514
03:13:23,870 --> 03:13:21,479
application we're able to actually

3515
03:13:25,730 --> 03:13:23,880
identify each of those Beacon IDs and

3516
03:13:26,690 --> 03:13:25,740
tie them to a specific crew member so

3517
03:13:28,010 --> 03:13:26,700
that when they turn it on we know

3518
03:13:29,870 --> 03:13:28,020
exactly who's speaking that isn't

3519
03:13:31,190 --> 03:13:29,880
exactly where it's at and the power

3520
03:13:33,110 --> 03:13:31,200
behind that is with these emerging

3521
03:13:35,389 --> 03:13:33,120
Technologies we're able to do this even

3522
03:13:36,889 --> 03:13:35,399
if we have bad GP s connection or we're

3523
03:13:38,150 --> 03:13:36,899
really where in the world and this is

3524
03:13:40,429 --> 03:13:38,160
the kind of stuff that you'll be you can

3525
03:13:42,290 --> 03:13:40,439
have is you go to a vendor and buy it

3526
03:13:44,210 --> 03:13:42,300
for your boat if you're out hiking we're

3527
03:13:46,010 --> 03:13:44,220
using those Technologies for civilians

3528
03:13:48,349 --> 03:13:46,020
for astronaut use and kind of vetting it

3529
03:13:49,610 --> 03:13:48,359
out here out in the open ocean knowing

3530
03:13:52,490 --> 03:13:49,620
that you know astronauts are really one

3531
03:13:55,070 --> 03:13:52,500
of our our Prime customers so you ran a

3532
03:13:57,530 --> 03:13:55,080
test today right as this operation was

3533
03:14:00,349 --> 03:13:57,540
unfolding the crew module was sending

3534
03:14:01,670 --> 03:14:00,359
out it's uh its Beacon it's tri-beacon

3535
03:14:03,650 --> 03:14:01,680
but then you also had those Angel

3536
03:14:05,450 --> 03:14:03,660
beacons for the astronauts they were

3537
03:14:06,769 --> 03:14:05,460
what they put them on the boats when we

3538
03:14:08,150 --> 03:14:06,779
put them on the ribs or the rigid holes

3539
03:14:09,769 --> 03:14:08,160
inflatable boats that are out there

3540
03:14:11,389 --> 03:14:09,779
attending the capsule as well as on the

3541
03:14:12,950 --> 03:14:11,399
fan sell the ship what we're doing is

3542
03:14:14,750 --> 03:14:12,960
we're looking to make sure the air air

3543
03:14:16,490 --> 03:14:14,760
crews could delineate between these

3544
03:14:18,290 --> 03:14:16,500
various beacons if the crew members ever

3545
03:14:19,790 --> 03:14:18,300
had to get out as well as looking at the

3546
03:14:21,830 --> 03:14:19,800
performance of the vehicle tri-band

3547
03:14:23,809 --> 03:14:21,840
Beacon after it spent almost two weeks

3548
03:14:25,370 --> 03:14:23,819
in space so we're looking at you know

3549
03:14:27,469 --> 03:14:25,380
not only today's technology but

3550
03:14:30,170 --> 03:14:27,479
tomorrow's technology to kind of serve

3551
03:14:31,670 --> 03:14:30,180
Artemis emerging partners and really the

3552
03:14:33,530 --> 03:14:31,680
folks are going to be In Harm's Way on a

3553
03:14:34,910 --> 03:14:33,540
daily basis your test was part of the

3554
03:14:36,889 --> 03:14:34,920
operation today day and how did it

3555
03:14:38,750 --> 03:14:36,899
perform uh it went phenomenally I can't

3556
03:14:40,130 --> 03:14:38,760
you know I can't give more kudos to the

3557
03:14:42,110 --> 03:14:40,140
crew of the Portland um you know first

3558
03:14:43,849 --> 03:14:42,120
Air Force debt three setting that all up

3559
03:14:45,170 --> 03:14:43,859
with the Navy the Air Force as well as

3560
03:14:47,090 --> 03:14:45,180
some of our national Partners in the US

3561
03:14:49,250 --> 03:14:47,100
sarsar program that made this all happen

3562
03:14:50,510 --> 03:14:49,260
so it was really a team effort and it

3563
03:14:52,490 --> 03:14:50,520
went flawlessly just like this Mission

3564
03:14:53,990 --> 03:14:52,500
so I couldn't be more happy and you

3565
03:14:55,969 --> 03:14:54,000
could you could clearly identify the

3566
03:14:57,469 --> 03:14:55,979
capsule and the two Angel beacons I mean

3567
03:14:58,309 --> 03:14:57,479
it was clear as day it was clear as day

3568
03:15:00,769 --> 03:14:58,319
and we've been working on this

3569
03:15:02,750 --> 03:15:00,779
application for over two years with this

3570
03:15:04,849 --> 03:15:02,760
mission in mind and it executed

3571
03:15:06,110 --> 03:15:04,859
flawlessly and the the coders and

3572
03:15:07,969 --> 03:15:06,120
developers that Goddard space flight

3573
03:15:10,309 --> 03:15:07,979
center did a phenomenal job being able

3574
03:15:12,950 --> 03:15:10,319
to get this ready on time on Mission and

3575
03:15:14,269 --> 03:15:12,960
on location Cody Kelly manager of

3576
03:15:16,070 --> 03:15:14,279
national Affairs search and rescue

3577
03:15:17,450 --> 03:15:16,080
officer NASA thank you very much thank

3578
03:15:22,010 --> 03:15:17,460
you

3579
03:15:26,750 --> 03:15:25,309
thanks Daryl uh great job out there by

3580
03:15:30,710 --> 03:15:26,760
the way throughout the course of the day

3581
03:15:32,090 --> 03:15:30,720
a great view of Orion as it uh sits

3582
03:15:34,730 --> 03:15:32,100
passively

3583
03:15:37,429 --> 03:15:34,740
in the fairly calm Waters of the Pacific

3584
03:15:40,250 --> 03:15:37,439
West of Baja California

3585
03:15:42,650 --> 03:15:40,260
with me here sitting very calmly

3586
03:15:45,349 --> 03:15:42,660
veteran astronaut Randy bresnick Randy

3587
03:15:47,929 --> 03:15:45,359
thanks for joining us today

3588
03:15:49,190 --> 03:15:47,939
you have been an integral part of the

3589
03:15:51,650 --> 03:15:49,200
preparation

3590
03:15:55,190 --> 03:15:51,660
of not only this Mission but all of the

3591
03:15:57,530 --> 03:15:55,200
astronaut office activities associated

3592
03:15:59,750 --> 03:15:57,540
with requirements that will ultimately

3593
03:16:02,570 --> 03:15:59,760
lead to putting a crew on the next

3594
03:16:03,650 --> 03:16:02,580
vehicle that will orbit the Moon in two

3595
03:16:06,469 --> 03:16:03,660
years

3596
03:16:10,429 --> 03:16:06,479
what did you see today that a thrilled

3597
03:16:12,889 --> 03:16:10,439
you and B was most important for you to

3598
03:16:15,290 --> 03:16:12,899
see as a result of all the work that has

3599
03:16:18,230 --> 03:16:15,300
gone in to make this Mission possible

3600
03:16:19,790 --> 03:16:18,240
that is a great question Robin and Tim

3601
03:16:20,929 --> 03:16:19,800
thanks let me come join you guys this

3602
03:16:22,010 --> 03:16:20,939
morning

3603
03:16:24,469 --> 03:16:22,020
um certainly watching the team

3604
03:16:26,389 --> 03:16:24,479
throughout uh the past 26 days was

3605
03:16:27,950 --> 03:16:26,399
certainly the culmination of CNN walking

3606
03:16:30,230 --> 03:16:27,960
in here and see this team be able to see

3607
03:16:32,809 --> 03:16:30,240
the fruits of their labors

3608
03:16:35,030 --> 03:16:32,819
um seeing that we have a launch platform

3609
03:16:37,309 --> 03:16:35,040
that was nearly Flawless practically

3610
03:16:39,170 --> 03:16:37,319
Flawless you know getting our our Orion

3611
03:16:43,030 --> 03:16:39,180
uphill and then having our service

3612
03:16:46,370 --> 03:16:43,040
module you know give us power and the uh

3613
03:16:48,469 --> 03:16:46,380
flight control and the burns that all

3614
03:16:51,410 --> 03:16:48,479
went off so well was so small residuals

3615
03:16:54,469 --> 03:16:51,420
we hardly had to do any trimming and it

3616
03:16:56,090 --> 03:16:54,479
uh was then great to see all the cameras

3617
03:16:59,210 --> 03:16:56,100
that we put on that vehicle to bring

3618
03:17:00,710 --> 03:16:59,220
everybody along on the mission and you

3619
03:17:02,630 --> 03:17:00,720
know put selfie is a word that we use

3620
03:17:03,889 --> 03:17:02,640
now in space flight you know and Artemis

3621
03:17:05,809 --> 03:17:03,899
one getting the Selfies while we're up

3622
03:17:07,670 --> 03:17:05,819
there and then certainly everyone

3623
03:17:09,290 --> 03:17:07,680
holding their breaths we did the burns

3624
03:17:10,250 --> 03:17:09,300
to get into the distant retrograde orbit

3625
03:17:11,990 --> 03:17:10,260
and then get out of the distant

3626
03:17:13,490 --> 03:17:12,000
retrograde orbit and then be able to

3627
03:17:15,469 --> 03:17:13,500
make the trim Burns to be able to get

3628
03:17:17,269 --> 03:17:15,479
right hit entry interfaces accurately as

3629
03:17:19,849 --> 03:17:17,279
we did here you'll see the service

3630
03:17:22,370 --> 03:17:19,859
module separate which is another big big

3631
03:17:23,750 --> 03:17:22,380
milestone and then see the last few

3632
03:17:26,330 --> 03:17:23,760
minutes of flight with Orion flying on

3633
03:17:29,150 --> 03:17:26,340
its own for the very first time and then

3634
03:17:31,550 --> 03:17:29,160
see how well it controlled itself and

3635
03:17:33,410 --> 03:17:31,560
how the four big cover came off on time

3636
03:17:35,269 --> 03:17:33,420
the throws came out slowed it down Mains

3637
03:17:36,650 --> 03:17:35,279
came out and we landed you know two and

3638
03:17:38,809 --> 03:17:36,660
a half miles

3639
03:17:41,450 --> 03:17:38,819
um from the you know pinpoint Bullseye

3640
03:17:43,370 --> 03:17:41,460
and we had expected maybe you know five

3641
03:17:45,889 --> 03:17:43,380
five and a half miles so it was awesome

3642
03:17:47,389 --> 03:17:45,899
to see all of that and that whole

3643
03:17:49,070 --> 03:17:47,399
collection is what gives us confidence

3644
03:17:51,050 --> 03:17:49,080
for the next time you know all of these

3645
03:17:54,050 --> 03:17:51,060
things that were individually areas of

3646
03:17:56,450 --> 03:17:54,060
concern have now been proven in flight

3647
03:17:58,250 --> 03:17:56,460
you know we've talked often during the

3648
03:17:59,809 --> 03:17:58,260
course of the broadcast today about the

3649
03:18:02,750 --> 03:17:59,819
fact that this is the 50th anniversary

3650
03:18:05,929 --> 03:18:02,760
of Apollo 17's landing on the moon Gene

3651
03:18:08,389 --> 03:18:05,939
cernan Jack Schmidt passed his prologue

3652
03:18:10,670 --> 03:18:08,399
as they say and now from an astronaut

3653
03:18:12,650 --> 03:18:10,680
office perspective as you look down the

3654
03:18:15,530 --> 03:18:12,660
road over the next two years a lot of

3655
03:18:18,490 --> 03:18:15,540
work to do but certainly a leg up on

3656
03:18:20,809 --> 03:18:18,500
what we think will be a launch in the uh

3657
03:18:23,750 --> 03:18:20,819
2024 time frame

3658
03:18:26,330 --> 03:18:23,760
absolutely the you know post flight data

3659
03:18:28,730 --> 03:18:26,340
reduction and everything else will be

3660
03:18:30,469 --> 03:18:28,740
amazing uh to see in the next few weeks

3661
03:18:32,210 --> 03:18:30,479
and months but we're I mean starting

3662
03:18:34,010 --> 03:18:32,220
next week we're right into Artemis 2

3663
03:18:36,170 --> 03:18:34,020
continuing process and we got Artemis

3664
03:18:37,730 --> 03:18:36,180
one uh two crew module and service

3665
03:18:39,410 --> 03:18:37,740
modules sitting there KSC right now

3666
03:18:41,090 --> 03:18:39,420
going through it's file you know their

3667
03:18:42,889 --> 03:18:41,100
their final assembly and then we have to

3668
03:18:44,510 --> 03:18:42,899
do the verification validation test out

3669
03:18:45,889 --> 03:18:44,520
and make sure everything's working

3670
03:18:47,630 --> 03:18:45,899
and things like systems like the

3671
03:18:49,190 --> 03:18:47,640
ecosystem which we didn't have on this

3672
03:18:50,510 --> 03:18:49,200
and so the first time that we're flying

3673
03:18:52,429 --> 03:18:50,520
with that system will be when crew were

3674
03:18:54,290 --> 03:18:52,439
on board and so that'll be a you know

3675
03:18:56,150 --> 03:18:54,300
really important thorough checkout here

3676
03:18:57,590 --> 03:18:56,160
here on the deck

3677
03:18:59,929 --> 03:18:57,600
um certainly you know in the next

3678
03:19:01,309 --> 03:18:59,939
quarter uh ideally assigning the crew to

3679
03:19:02,450 --> 03:19:01,319
it so then we can start building their

3680
03:19:03,830 --> 03:19:02,460
spacesuits getting them involved in

3681
03:19:05,570 --> 03:19:03,840
training getting them ready to go in

3682
03:19:07,250 --> 03:19:05,580
that two-year Market hopefully we will

3683
03:19:08,990 --> 03:19:07,260
either meet or beat that two-year Mark

3684
03:19:10,730 --> 03:19:09,000
and so that'll be exciting to see if we

3685
03:19:12,710 --> 03:19:10,740
can move that fast to continue the

3686
03:19:14,870 --> 03:19:12,720
momentum that we got from this flight

3687
03:19:17,630 --> 03:19:14,880
and an interesting flight design for

3688
03:19:19,490 --> 03:19:17,640
Artemis 2 where another highly

3689
03:19:21,830 --> 03:19:19,500
elliptical orbit around the moon this is

3690
03:19:24,050 --> 03:19:21,840
not like your your father's Apollo 8

3691
03:19:26,570 --> 03:19:24,060
where we simply orbited almost at an

3692
03:19:28,849 --> 03:19:26,580
equatorial nature but we're going to be

3693
03:19:30,710 --> 03:19:28,859
chasing the interim cryogenic propulsion

3694
03:19:33,349 --> 03:19:30,720
stage as well

3695
03:19:35,809 --> 03:19:33,359
yeah certainly uh

3696
03:19:37,130 --> 03:19:35,819
when you look at how bold Apollo was you

3697
03:19:38,570 --> 03:19:37,140
know we had never been to the movie we

3698
03:19:40,130 --> 03:19:38,580
didn't know we could do it we planned on

3699
03:19:42,050 --> 03:19:40,140
having Apollo seven and we flew that

3700
03:19:43,490 --> 03:19:42,060
crew module in low earth orbit and then

3701
03:19:45,469 --> 03:19:43,500
Apollo 8 we launched it around the moon

3702
03:19:47,510 --> 03:19:45,479
and it stunned the world and you know

3703
03:19:48,889 --> 03:19:47,520
proved ourselves you know that we could

3704
03:19:50,330 --> 03:19:48,899
do this

3705
03:19:52,250 --> 03:19:50,340
well guess what we're doing that in one

3706
03:19:54,950 --> 03:19:52,260
mission on Artemis 2. we're doing Apollo

3707
03:19:57,170 --> 03:19:54,960
7 and 8 combined so that is a bold

3708
03:19:59,210 --> 03:19:57,180
statement and and goal for audacious

3709
03:20:00,349 --> 03:19:59,220
goal for NASA to set and like you said

3710
03:20:02,150 --> 03:20:00,359
the high elliptical orbit that we

3711
03:20:04,370 --> 03:20:02,160
launched of in here in Earth so we can

3712
03:20:05,590 --> 03:20:04,380
launch out get into a 24-hour orbit to

3713
03:20:09,349 --> 03:20:05,600
check out that environmental in life

3714
03:20:10,550 --> 03:20:09,359
life control system such that we know

3715
03:20:12,110 --> 03:20:10,560
that we can breathe we know that the

3716
03:20:14,150 --> 03:20:12,120
cooling works we know that all the

3717
03:20:15,410 --> 03:20:14,160
systems work scrub the CO2 take out the

3718
03:20:17,929 --> 03:20:15,420
humidity you know to try the exercise

3719
03:20:20,389 --> 03:20:17,939
device uh so we know that by the time we

3720
03:20:22,130 --> 03:20:20,399
end that period and we do the translator

3721
03:20:23,690 --> 03:20:22,140
injection burn we know that we're good

3722
03:20:26,389 --> 03:20:23,700
to go for the next nine days to be able

3723
03:20:28,849 --> 03:20:26,399
to get around the moon and come on back

3724
03:20:31,010 --> 03:20:28,859
and all of that just buying down risk

3725
03:20:34,250 --> 03:20:31,020
proving out the systems so that we go to

3726
03:20:36,170 --> 03:20:34,260
Artemis 3 we combine not only you know

3727
03:20:38,030 --> 03:20:36,180
Apollo 9 which is the first light of the

3728
03:20:39,830 --> 03:20:38,040
lamb and low earth orbit Apollo 10 which

3729
03:20:41,090 --> 03:20:39,840
with the Lambda lunar orbit and flew

3730
03:20:43,130 --> 03:20:41,100
down near to the surface and came back

3731
03:20:45,769 --> 03:20:43,140
and Apollo 11 Landing we do all those

3732
03:20:48,769 --> 03:20:45,779
three of those missions in one and that

3733
03:20:50,929 --> 03:20:48,779
is a very exciting very bold and it has

3734
03:20:52,730 --> 03:20:50,939
got to be exciting to anybody that's in

3735
03:20:54,349 --> 03:20:52,740
a space program is interested in the

3736
03:20:55,790 --> 03:20:54,359
space program or the young people out

3737
03:20:57,590 --> 03:20:55,800
there who are the first future Space

3738
03:20:59,150 --> 03:20:57,600
Explorers who will be uh be on those

3739
03:21:01,790 --> 03:20:59,160
later arms missions

3740
03:21:04,849 --> 03:21:01,800
I have a question Randy

3741
03:21:07,010 --> 03:21:04,859
you know space is no stranger to you

3742
03:21:08,929 --> 03:21:07,020
you've spent quite a bit of Time Shuttle

3743
03:21:10,730 --> 03:21:08,939
flight long duration mission on the

3744
03:21:13,309 --> 03:21:10,740
International Space Station but if there

3745
03:21:16,010 --> 03:21:13,319
was a singular image from the last 25

3746
03:21:19,190 --> 03:21:16,020
and a half days that sticks with you

3747
03:21:21,590 --> 03:21:19,200
that drove it home that we were going

3748
03:21:23,150 --> 03:21:21,600
well beyond the Earth what would that be

3749
03:21:24,830 --> 03:21:23,160
it would certainly be the missions we

3750
03:21:27,530 --> 03:21:24,840
were on the far part where we were you

3751
03:21:30,290 --> 03:21:27,540
know 268 000 miles away from Earth

3752
03:21:31,910 --> 03:21:30,300
and you saw Earth rise over the moon and

3753
03:21:33,290 --> 03:21:31,920
thinking that the next time we take

3754
03:21:35,750 --> 03:21:33,300
those pictures

3755
03:21:37,309 --> 03:21:35,760
that could be with somebody behind the

3756
03:21:39,889 --> 03:21:37,319
back of the camera not the vehicle

3757
03:21:41,450 --> 03:21:39,899
taking it himself

3758
03:21:43,130 --> 03:21:41,460
it's going to be an interesting couple

3759
03:21:45,110 --> 03:21:43,140
of years a very exciting couple of years

3760
03:21:47,269 --> 03:21:45,120
and Randy bresnick thanks for joining us

3761
03:21:49,190 --> 03:21:47,279
today appreciate it all right thank you

3762
03:21:50,870 --> 03:21:49,200
and congratulations to our Harvest team

3763
03:21:53,710 --> 03:21:50,880
everywhere all over the world they uh

3764
03:21:56,210 --> 03:21:53,720
deserve a very well deserved day off

3765
03:21:58,490 --> 03:21:56,220
after this Mission but certainly looking

3766
03:22:00,050 --> 03:21:58,500
forward to the next two years where we

3767
03:22:03,530 --> 03:22:00,060
are able to take that and capitalize on

3768
03:22:08,590 --> 03:22:03,540
it and as we say wash rinse repeat copy

3769
03:22:12,769 --> 03:22:10,849
Randy bresnick with us here in Mission

3770
03:22:14,929 --> 03:22:12,779
Control uh it's been about an hour and

3771
03:22:18,050 --> 03:22:14,939
40 minutes since Orion's splashed down

3772
03:22:19,969 --> 03:22:18,060
were continuing out in the Pacific to

3773
03:22:22,010 --> 03:22:19,979
secure the spacecraft and ultimately get

3774
03:22:39,550 --> 03:22:22,020
it into the well deck of the USS

3775
03:22:45,110 --> 03:22:42,190
as uh the team here in mission control

3776
03:22:47,030 --> 03:22:45,120
works through the post Splashdown

3777
03:22:49,690 --> 03:22:47,040
procedures before they hand the vehicle

3778
03:22:53,150 --> 03:22:49,700
over to the exploration ground systems

3779
03:22:56,510 --> 03:22:53,160
recovery team on the USS Portland again

3780
03:22:59,269 --> 03:22:56,520
let's go back out west of here to West

3781
03:23:01,429 --> 03:22:59,279
of Baja California where Daryl nail is

3782
03:23:05,150 --> 03:23:01,439
standing by on the deck of the USS

3783
03:23:10,969 --> 03:23:08,150
and it's simply beautiful out here Rob

3784
03:23:13,010 --> 03:23:10,979
and we've got a perfect view a front row

3785
03:23:16,250 --> 03:23:13,020
seat to the Orion Splashdown I want to

3786
03:23:18,769 --> 03:23:16,260
give you a quick update on the recovery

3787
03:23:21,229 --> 03:23:18,779
operations recovery director Melissa

3788
03:23:23,990 --> 03:23:21,239
Jones has decided to go the full

3789
03:23:26,150 --> 03:23:24,000
two-hour waiting period for uh ammonia

3790
03:23:32,809 --> 03:23:26,160
boil off and so that's going to push put

3791
03:23:35,630 --> 03:23:32,819
us at 11 40 a.m Pacific time for the

3792
03:23:38,030 --> 03:23:35,640
boats to then close in and get next to

3793
03:23:39,769 --> 03:23:38,040
the spacecraft and begin sniffing it for

3794
03:23:41,809 --> 03:23:39,779
any hazarded gases you can see it just

3795
03:23:44,150 --> 03:23:41,819
right off the port side of the USS

3796
03:23:46,490 --> 03:23:44,160
Portland still in the water the Navy

3797
03:23:48,410 --> 03:23:46,500
boats off to the left they're standing

3798
03:23:50,630 --> 03:23:48,420
by for that moment which is in just

3799
03:23:52,910 --> 03:23:50,640
about 18 minutes from now they're going

3800
03:23:54,950 --> 03:23:52,920
to go in and start that procedure both

3801
03:23:56,570 --> 03:23:54,960
helicopters though are back on the

3802
03:23:58,729 --> 03:23:56,580
flight deck as well those assets have

3803
03:24:02,090 --> 03:23:58,739
completed their part of the job want to

3804
03:24:04,010 --> 03:24:02,100
bring in now Jeremy vanderkam this is a

3805
03:24:05,690 --> 03:24:04,020
special individual well of course

3806
03:24:07,490 --> 03:24:05,700
everybody's special but when comes with

3807
03:24:09,950 --> 03:24:07,500
the heat shield this is something you

3808
03:24:11,870 --> 03:24:09,960
know well you are the deputy thermal

3809
03:24:14,990 --> 03:24:11,880
protection system manager for the Orion

3810
03:24:18,349 --> 03:24:15,000
program your team designed the heat

3811
03:24:20,809 --> 03:24:18,359
shield tested it and have been basically

3812
03:24:22,729 --> 03:24:20,819
there from the start of this and so I

3813
03:24:25,130 --> 03:24:22,739
want to ask you this of course has been

3814
03:24:27,769 --> 03:24:25,140
the primary objective of this test

3815
03:24:29,450 --> 03:24:27,779
flight testing the very component the

3816
03:24:31,370 --> 03:24:29,460
heat shield that you and your team

3817
03:24:33,050 --> 03:24:31,380
helped design and so I want to ask you

3818
03:24:34,610 --> 03:24:33,060
first of all how much you just want to

3819
03:24:36,349 --> 03:24:34,620
get out there and take a look at that

3820
03:24:38,929 --> 03:24:36,359
heat shield which is right behind you I

3821
03:24:40,190 --> 03:24:38,939
can't wait uh yeah I tried to convince

3822
03:24:42,410 --> 03:24:40,200
lots of people that mean the small bus

3823
03:24:43,910 --> 03:24:42,420
didn't happen but that's okay we'll be

3824
03:24:45,530 --> 03:24:43,920
doing our inspections once we get hard

3825
03:24:47,450 --> 03:24:45,540
down in the well deck later this

3826
03:24:49,070 --> 03:24:47,460
afternoon and we'll get a good look at

3827
03:24:51,290 --> 03:24:49,080
how we did it do you have any early

3828
03:24:53,809 --> 03:24:51,300
information from the imagery that has

3829
03:24:55,490 --> 03:24:53,819
been taken thus far not a lot so far

3830
03:24:56,630 --> 03:24:55,500
we've been you know looking at the

3831
03:24:58,130 --> 03:24:56,640
capsules that floats in the water

3832
03:24:59,929 --> 03:24:58,140
through our binoculars and whatnot

3833
03:25:01,969 --> 03:24:59,939
everything looks great exactly as we

3834
03:25:04,130 --> 03:25:01,979
expected it so far but um yeah we'll get

3835
03:25:06,349 --> 03:25:04,140
the details going here in a few hours

3836
03:25:09,590 --> 03:25:06,359
so tell me about this particular heat

3837
03:25:11,929 --> 03:25:09,600
shield it is different and also similar

3838
03:25:13,790 --> 03:25:11,939
in ways to previous heat shields tell me

3839
03:25:15,769 --> 03:25:13,800
about it how does it work yeah so this

3840
03:25:18,469 --> 03:25:15,779
is the largest ablative heat shield that

3841
03:25:20,090 --> 03:25:18,479
humans have ever devised uh for a

3842
03:25:21,410 --> 03:25:20,100
spacecraft devised to take humans

3843
03:25:24,349 --> 03:25:21,420
farther away from our home planet than

3844
03:25:26,269 --> 03:25:24,359
ever so what we did is we combined some

3845
03:25:28,610 --> 03:25:26,279
older technology we actually resurrected

3846
03:25:32,150 --> 03:25:28,620
a material system from the Apollo

3847
03:25:34,309 --> 03:25:32,160
program called avcoat and we modified

3848
03:25:36,729 --> 03:25:34,319
the way that it's applied to our vehicle

3849
03:25:38,870 --> 03:25:36,739
for Orion in a more

3850
03:25:41,090 --> 03:25:38,880
programmatically modern way if you will

3851
03:25:43,010 --> 03:25:41,100
so the way that we do it now is uh

3852
03:25:45,889 --> 03:25:43,020
you've got a piece of I have a sample

3853
03:25:47,510 --> 03:25:45,899
here a test sample so the brown material

3854
03:25:50,030 --> 03:25:47,520
in the middle here is our avcoat

3855
03:25:51,889 --> 03:25:50,040
material and we make it in blocks and we

3856
03:25:53,809 --> 03:25:51,899
Bond those blocks to the base of the

3857
03:25:56,030 --> 03:25:53,819
Orion spacecraft onto the heat shield

3858
03:25:59,110 --> 03:25:56,040
there it looks like wood yeah it does it

3859
03:26:01,790 --> 03:25:59,120
does look like wood uh it's not

3860
03:26:03,229 --> 03:26:01,800
uh yeah and then there are seams between

3861
03:26:05,450 --> 03:26:03,239
those blocks which is the red element

3862
03:26:07,429 --> 03:26:05,460
that you see here and uh in this test

3863
03:26:09,410 --> 03:26:07,439
sample we've actually applied heat in

3864
03:26:11,389 --> 03:26:09,420
our test facilities at Ames Research

3865
03:26:13,610 --> 03:26:11,399
Center in Mountain View California to

3866
03:26:15,229 --> 03:26:13,620
simulate the heat of reentry to char the

3867
03:26:17,750 --> 03:26:15,239
surface just as it is on the on the base

3868
03:26:18,889 --> 03:26:17,760
of the spacecraft right now and then

3869
03:26:20,510 --> 03:26:18,899
what we'll do is when we get the

3870
03:26:22,070 --> 03:26:20,520
spacecraft back in we'll go and look at

3871
03:26:23,870 --> 03:26:22,080
how that heat shield Works compared to

3872
03:26:25,729 --> 03:26:23,880
our test results

3873
03:26:27,550 --> 03:26:25,739
and that'll allow us to certify then the

3874
03:26:30,410 --> 03:26:27,560
heat shield first

3875
03:26:32,510 --> 03:26:30,420
you've done a lot of testing on this

3876
03:26:34,969 --> 03:26:32,520
heat shield but you were telling me that

3877
03:26:37,370 --> 03:26:34,979
no matter how much you test it you can't

3878
03:26:39,349 --> 03:26:37,380
duplicate what it just went through

3879
03:26:42,469 --> 03:26:39,359
that's correct yeah what I'm holding

3880
03:26:45,170 --> 03:26:42,479
here is about the largest size thing

3881
03:26:47,210 --> 03:26:45,180
that we can test and obviously the five

3882
03:26:49,670 --> 03:26:47,220
meter Orion heat shield is much larger

3883
03:26:52,309 --> 03:26:49,680
so we have a lot of extrapolation for

3884
03:26:54,469 --> 03:26:52,319
scale that we have to do and similarly

3885
03:26:58,130 --> 03:26:54,479
our Test Facilities can't reach the

3886
03:27:00,050 --> 03:26:58,140
combination of heat flux pressure Shear

3887
03:27:01,969 --> 03:27:00,060
stresses Etc that an actual entering

3888
03:27:04,490 --> 03:27:01,979
spacecraft does so we're always having

3889
03:27:06,530 --> 03:27:04,500
to to wait for that flight test to get

3890
03:27:09,290 --> 03:27:06,540
the final certification that our system

3891
03:27:11,389 --> 03:27:09,300
is good to go so I'll trade you uh props

3892
03:27:13,670 --> 03:27:11,399
here and we'll hold the actual Orion and

3893
03:27:16,849 --> 03:27:13,680
tell me from you you said you've used

3894
03:27:18,530 --> 03:27:16,859
binoculars you've cited the spacecraft

3895
03:27:20,150 --> 03:27:18,540
one side of it I guess gets a little

3896
03:27:22,309 --> 03:27:20,160
more charred than the other what have

3897
03:27:25,490 --> 03:27:22,319
you seen yeah so far it's uh it's

3898
03:27:28,130 --> 03:27:25,500
actually looking like we expected

3899
03:27:30,650 --> 03:27:28,140
it's on the word side all right it's the

3900
03:27:32,809 --> 03:27:30,660
hot side of the vehicle and so we can

3901
03:27:34,610 --> 03:27:32,819
see that for example the thermal control

3902
03:27:35,990 --> 03:27:34,620
tape that we put on the exterior of the

3903
03:27:38,929 --> 03:27:36,000
vehicle all that shininess that we saw

3904
03:27:40,969 --> 03:27:38,939
pre-launch uh is is basically gone on

3905
03:27:42,830 --> 03:27:40,979
the windward side as expected and then

3906
03:27:44,570 --> 03:27:42,840
on the uh the leeward side where the

3907
03:27:46,849 --> 03:27:44,580
windows are I'm seeing a fair amount of

3908
03:27:49,010 --> 03:27:46,859
tape remaining as expected so our

3909
03:27:50,870 --> 03:27:49,020
heating predictions how that uh the heat

3910
03:27:52,309 --> 03:27:50,880
Contours over the vehicle

3911
03:27:55,010 --> 03:27:52,319
we're predicted to be looks like that's

3912
03:27:56,870 --> 03:27:55,020
how they were so so far so good

3913
03:27:58,670 --> 03:27:56,880
Jeremy vandercam thank you so much for

3914
03:28:00,469 --> 03:27:58,680
joining us he is the Deputy thermal

3915
03:28:02,929 --> 03:28:00,479
protection system manager for the Orion

3916
03:28:05,150 --> 03:28:02,939
program and I know you're anxious to get

3917
03:28:06,710 --> 03:28:05,160
that capsule in this well deck so you

3918
03:28:08,450 --> 03:28:06,720
can get your eyes on it yep I'm ready

3919
03:28:10,070 --> 03:28:08,460
good luck the rest of the way Jeremy all

3920
03:28:16,490 --> 03:28:10,080
right thank you all right we'll send it

3921
03:28:19,429 --> 03:28:18,349
thank you Daryl back here in Mission

3922
03:28:22,790 --> 03:28:19,439
Control

3923
03:28:25,309 --> 03:28:22,800
uh we're about 32 minutes or so away

3924
03:28:27,410 --> 03:28:25,319
from the point at which the entry team

3925
03:28:29,809 --> 03:28:27,420
of flight controllers planned to hand

3926
03:28:32,510 --> 03:28:29,819
the vehicle over to the exploration

3927
03:28:35,510 --> 03:28:32,520
ground systems recovery team that Daryl

3928
03:28:38,210 --> 03:28:35,520
has been involved with on the USS

3929
03:28:41,510 --> 03:28:38,220
Portland that will come after the

3930
03:28:42,830 --> 03:28:41,520
completion of uh detailed flight test

3931
03:28:45,530 --> 03:28:42,840
objectives

3932
03:28:47,990 --> 03:28:45,540
the last of which will be the restart of

3933
03:28:50,090 --> 03:28:48,000
an ammonia boiler system to provide

3934
03:28:53,210 --> 03:28:50,100
additional cooling for the vehicle this

3935
03:28:56,150 --> 03:28:53,220
is a test to see what kind of additional

3936
03:28:59,269 --> 03:28:56,160
cooling might be required once a crude

3937
03:29:02,929 --> 03:28:59,279
Mission returns from the Moon to

3938
03:29:05,389 --> 03:29:02,939
maintain the most comfortable level of

3939
03:29:07,490 --> 03:29:05,399
cooling for a crew on board that is

3940
03:29:09,950 --> 03:29:07,500
returning from the moon for an extended

3941
03:29:12,710 --> 03:29:09,960
period of time particularly if they wind

3942
03:29:15,830 --> 03:29:12,720
up splashing down a further distance

3943
03:29:18,550 --> 03:29:15,840
away from the recovery ship then Orion

3944
03:29:21,349 --> 03:29:18,560
did today everything went perfectly

3945
03:29:23,929 --> 03:29:21,359
during Orion's high-speed entry back

3946
03:29:25,870 --> 03:29:23,939
into the Earth's atmosphere and it

3947
03:29:28,490 --> 03:29:25,880
splashed down in all of the post

3948
03:29:32,929 --> 03:29:28,500
Splashdown activities that have occurred

3949
03:29:35,090 --> 03:29:32,939
so far as we will be continuing our

3950
03:29:37,429 --> 03:29:35,100
coverage until uh Judd freeling the

3951
03:29:39,290 --> 03:29:37,439
entry flight director hands back the

3952
03:30:42,309 --> 03:29:39,300
vehicle to the exploration ground

3953
03:30:47,090 --> 03:30:44,809
and again back here in Mission Control

3954
03:30:49,490 --> 03:30:47,100
you're looking at flight director Judd

3955
03:30:51,410 --> 03:30:49,500
freling uh in the middle of your screen

3956
03:30:54,229 --> 03:30:51,420
to his left flight director Rick

3957
03:30:55,429 --> 03:30:54,239
henfling as the entry team of flight

3958
03:30:57,170 --> 03:30:55,439
controllers heading into the home

3959
03:30:59,450 --> 03:30:57,180
stretch of their work here before they

3960
03:31:02,330 --> 03:30:59,460
hand the vehicle back to the exploration

3961
03:31:05,030 --> 03:31:02,340
ground systems folks on the deck of the

3962
03:31:07,429 --> 03:31:05,040
USS Portland where again my colleague

3963
03:31:12,469 --> 03:31:07,439
Daryl nail is standing by with yet

3964
03:31:17,030 --> 03:31:14,630
thank you Rob and as you can see behind

3965
03:31:20,269 --> 03:31:17,040
us still right here on the port side we

3966
03:31:22,849 --> 03:31:20,279
have Orion floating stable and the Navy

3967
03:31:24,889 --> 03:31:22,859
boats there attending the ship and we

3968
03:31:27,050 --> 03:31:24,899
should be sending them in in just about

3969
03:31:29,929 --> 03:31:27,060
10 minutes from now they will begin

3970
03:31:31,429 --> 03:31:29,939
sniffing for any hazardous gases that

3971
03:31:33,110 --> 03:31:31,439
will be coming off and then they'll

3972
03:31:36,290 --> 03:31:33,120
secure Orion in the meantime we have Dr

3973
03:31:38,630 --> 03:31:36,300
Emily spring Sasquatch team lead for

3974
03:31:40,849 --> 03:31:38,640
NASA and if you thought that your name

3975
03:31:42,290 --> 03:31:40,859
was unique well it is it surprised me

3976
03:31:44,150 --> 03:31:42,300
when I was on the ship walking by your

3977
03:31:46,849 --> 03:31:44,160
door and I saw a Sasquatch team I

3978
03:31:49,190 --> 03:31:46,859
thought what might that be and then I

3979
03:31:51,530 --> 03:31:49,200
found out and it's fascinating Emily

3980
03:31:53,570 --> 03:31:51,540
tell me first of all what what is the

3981
03:31:55,150 --> 03:31:53,580
Sasquatch team what do you do so

3982
03:31:58,250 --> 03:31:55,160
Sasquatch is in charge of generating

3983
03:31:59,929 --> 03:31:58,260
waypoints for the ship and for the small

3984
03:32:01,490 --> 03:31:59,939
boats as well as creating Footprints

3985
03:32:04,250 --> 03:32:01,500
which is where we get our name Sasquatch

3986
03:32:06,050 --> 03:32:04,260
so Sasquatch generates big Footprints

3987
03:32:08,630 --> 03:32:06,060
um and those Footprints contain the

3988
03:32:10,010 --> 03:32:08,640
debris field as it's coming down and

3989
03:32:11,929 --> 03:32:10,020
that that's used to help position the

3990
03:32:13,670 --> 03:32:11,939
helos in the air and keep people safe

3991
03:32:15,590 --> 03:32:13,680
and outside the that's a brief field as

3992
03:32:17,570 --> 03:32:15,600
we are you know having a spacecraft

3993
03:32:19,550 --> 03:32:17,580
splash down absolutely and it's really

3994
03:32:22,790 --> 03:32:19,560
incredible you were explaining to me you

3995
03:32:26,330 --> 03:32:22,800
know how you calculate these Footprints

3996
03:32:28,910 --> 03:32:26,340
and uh just for background as the Orion

3997
03:32:31,130 --> 03:32:28,920
comes down and separates out the forward

3998
03:32:32,990 --> 03:32:31,140
Bay cover which reveals the parachutes

3999
03:32:35,990 --> 03:32:33,000
and then there are certain items around

4000
03:32:39,469 --> 03:32:36,000
that a Sabo a lid various pieces are

4001
03:32:40,849 --> 03:32:39,479
coming out of it and your team is able

4002
03:32:43,610 --> 03:32:40,859
to model

4003
03:32:46,250 --> 03:32:43,620
exactly or approximately where those

4004
03:32:48,290 --> 03:32:46,260
pieces fall in the water so that assets

4005
03:32:51,050 --> 03:32:48,300
can get close how do you figure that out

4006
03:32:52,729 --> 03:32:51,060
so a lot of the data came out of CPAs

4007
03:32:54,290 --> 03:32:52,739
drop tests that's capsule parachute

4008
03:32:56,210 --> 03:32:54,300
assembly system drop test those are done

4009
03:32:58,790 --> 03:32:56,220
out in Yuma that was used to prove the

4010
03:33:00,410 --> 03:32:58,800
Orion parachute system from that we were

4011
03:33:02,150 --> 03:33:00,420
able to derive a lot of the aerodynamic

4012
03:33:04,849 --> 03:33:02,160
properties of some of the debris objects

4013
03:33:07,490 --> 03:33:04,859
which I've got some here sure do so

4014
03:33:09,410 --> 03:33:07,500
these are drove lid and sibo they're not

4015
03:33:12,170 --> 03:33:09,420
flight versions but they are you know

4016
03:33:14,269 --> 03:33:12,180
representative size these would be you

4017
03:33:16,670 --> 03:33:14,279
know on top and bottom of a parachute as

4018
03:33:19,610 --> 03:33:16,680
it's mortar deployed like a cannon out

4019
03:33:21,590 --> 03:33:19,620
from uh Ryan uh We've also got a smaller

4020
03:33:25,670 --> 03:33:21,600
piece of debris here and it's a pilot

4021
03:33:27,769 --> 03:33:25,680
Sabo uh so essentially at the drop tests

4022
03:33:29,450 --> 03:33:27,779
we were able to you know really hammer

4023
03:33:31,190 --> 03:33:29,460
down what those different aerodynamic

4024
03:33:32,870 --> 03:33:31,200
properties are using rate of descent and

4025
03:33:34,610 --> 03:33:32,880
then where those things touched down in

4026
03:33:36,650 --> 03:33:34,620
Yuma and we're able to use that in our

4027
03:33:38,630 --> 03:33:36,660
model here for actual Artemis one

4028
03:33:41,929 --> 03:33:38,640
operations and I as I understand it

4029
03:33:45,050 --> 03:33:41,939
there are 26 pieces of debris right that

4030
03:33:46,610 --> 03:33:45,060
came out from you know the separation of

4031
03:33:49,070 --> 03:33:46,620
the forward Bay cover and the in the

4032
03:33:51,290 --> 03:33:49,080
parachutes and you model every single

4033
03:33:53,450 --> 03:33:51,300
one of those 26 pieces their model is a

4034
03:33:56,929 --> 03:33:53,460
group so you know we've got a group of

4035
03:33:59,210 --> 03:33:56,939
kids you know that come off at Main well

4036
03:34:00,530 --> 03:33:59,220
I guess a drug parachute deployment

4037
03:34:02,570 --> 03:34:00,540
right so we've got you know a couple

4038
03:34:04,370 --> 03:34:02,580
Lids that come off a couple of bows and

4039
03:34:07,130 --> 03:34:04,380
so we say you know the lids and sabos

4040
03:34:08,389 --> 03:34:07,140
they'll be in this footprint as that

4041
03:34:10,969 --> 03:34:08,399
footprint descends and then goes into

4042
03:34:13,550 --> 03:34:10,979
the ocean and as it lands into the ocean

4043
03:34:16,070 --> 03:34:13,560
I guess the the shape that it kind of

4044
03:34:18,710 --> 03:34:16,080
takes is that Sasquatch a giant foot

4045
03:34:20,750 --> 03:34:18,720
that's right a friend with all that

4046
03:34:22,969 --> 03:34:20,760
debris coming down I mean the different

4047
03:34:24,950 --> 03:34:22,979
aerodynamic properties this is going to

4048
03:34:26,630 --> 03:34:24,960
be different than say the larger one

4049
03:34:27,790 --> 03:34:26,640
which is going to be different from the

4050
03:34:30,349 --> 03:34:27,800
parachute

4051
03:34:32,929 --> 03:34:30,359
what kind of modeling goes in to be able

4052
03:34:34,550 --> 03:34:32,939
to to tell where that parachute's gonna

4053
03:34:36,530 --> 03:34:34,560
flow because the parachute doesn't takes

4054
03:34:38,990 --> 03:34:36,540
many forms as it's falling right so

4055
03:34:40,670 --> 03:34:39,000
we're taking in um you know we're using

4056
03:34:42,769 --> 03:34:40,680
that CPAs data but we're also taking in

4057
03:34:45,349 --> 03:34:42,779
day of weather conditions so we've got

4058
03:34:48,110 --> 03:34:45,359
you know weather people on board the USS

4059
03:34:49,969 --> 03:34:48,120
Portland with us and we're talking with

4060
03:34:51,650 --> 03:34:49,979
space flight meteorology back in Mission

4061
03:34:52,969 --> 03:34:51,660
Control in Houston and we're getting

4062
03:34:54,769 --> 03:34:52,979
information that we're using to take

4063
03:34:56,030 --> 03:34:54,779
into account because once things are on

4064
03:34:58,729 --> 03:34:56,040
parachutes just like you said you know

4065
03:35:00,889 --> 03:34:58,739
they're drifting but with that you know

4066
03:35:02,570 --> 03:35:00,899
we were able to predict the CM

4067
03:35:04,969 --> 03:35:02,580
Splashdown location within a nautical

4068
03:35:06,530 --> 03:35:04,979
mile so that's impressive yeah we're

4069
03:35:09,170 --> 03:35:06,540
really really pleased it went

4070
03:35:10,729 --> 03:35:09,180
beautifully wow nice job to your team

4071
03:35:12,170 --> 03:35:10,739
and to you

4072
03:35:13,670 --> 03:35:12,180
um that uh that right there is

4073
03:35:15,530 --> 03:35:13,680
impressive now but was just going to ask

4074
03:35:17,090 --> 03:35:15,540
you how about the rest of the debris

4075
03:35:19,130 --> 03:35:17,100
field did were you able to determine

4076
03:35:21,290 --> 03:35:19,140
with what level of accuracy the rest of

4077
03:35:22,790 --> 03:35:21,300
it came down so right now uh you know

4078
03:35:24,889 --> 03:35:22,800
none of those other pieces have GPS

4079
03:35:26,690 --> 03:35:24,899
information on them we're hoping to get

4080
03:35:28,130 --> 03:35:26,700
some information about that later we'll

4081
03:35:30,170 --> 03:35:28,140
see what the ship's capabilities are and

4082
03:35:31,070 --> 03:35:30,180
what NASA is able to get from that but

4083
03:35:33,530 --> 03:35:31,080
that's something that's still in the

4084
03:35:36,830 --> 03:35:33,540
works so we'll see all right I'm pretty

4085
03:35:38,870 --> 03:35:36,840
certain Emily spring Sasquatch team lead

4086
03:35:40,429 --> 03:35:38,880
for NASA thank you to you and your team

4087
03:35:42,290 --> 03:35:40,439
for doing such a great job with us and

4088
03:35:46,010 --> 03:35:42,300
joining us today it's been great thank

4089
03:35:51,050 --> 03:35:48,050
thanks Cheryl we're coming up on the

4090
03:35:54,349 --> 03:35:51,060
two-hour Mark since uh

4091
03:35:57,290 --> 03:35:54,359
Orion Splashdown On Target in the

4092
03:36:00,950 --> 03:35:57,300
Pacific West of Baja California

4093
03:36:01,969 --> 03:36:00,960
the end to Orion's 25 and a half day

4094
03:36:07,790 --> 03:36:01,979
mission

4095
03:36:10,309 --> 03:36:07,800
punctuated by a tremendous number of

4096
03:36:13,010 --> 03:36:10,319
highlights so we can take a look back at

4097
03:36:15,650 --> 03:36:13,020
some of those highlights now

4098
03:36:18,410 --> 03:36:15,660
that began with the launch of the space

4099
03:36:21,830 --> 03:36:18,420
launch system from launch pad 39b at the

4100
03:36:31,990 --> 03:36:21,840
Kennedy Space Center at 1 47 a.m Eastern

4101
03:36:37,190 --> 03:36:34,790
the space launch system lifted off

4102
03:36:39,349 --> 03:36:37,200
conducted a roll program to place itself

4103
03:36:43,250 --> 03:36:39,359
on the proper azimuth

4104
03:36:48,410 --> 03:36:43,260
and the proper trajectory to enter a

4105
03:36:53,929 --> 03:36:51,050
it would spend the Orion spacecraft

4106
03:36:57,110 --> 03:36:53,939
itself with its Associated European

4107
03:37:00,170 --> 03:36:57,120
service module and the attached interim

4108
03:37:05,150 --> 03:37:00,180
cryogenic propulsion stage would spend

4109
03:37:11,870 --> 03:37:08,510
and there is the separation of the core

4110
03:37:16,490 --> 03:37:15,050
the vehicle conducted a trans lunar

4111
03:37:19,370 --> 03:37:16,500
injection burn

4112
03:37:21,650 --> 03:37:19,380
that enabled uh Orion to break out of

4113
03:37:24,290 --> 03:37:21,660
low earth orbit and begin its uh

4114
03:37:27,469 --> 03:37:24,300
trajectory toward the Moon

4115
03:37:29,630 --> 03:37:27,479
and the elliptical orbit the highly

4116
03:37:34,309 --> 03:37:29,640
elliptical orbit called the distant

4117
03:37:36,170 --> 03:37:34,319
retrograde orbit that provided the time

4118
03:37:37,790 --> 03:37:36,180
that was required

4119
03:37:40,910 --> 03:37:37,800
for Orion

4120
03:37:43,610 --> 03:37:40,920
to acquire data

4121
03:37:46,490 --> 03:37:43,620
on the space environment and the time

4122
03:37:49,309 --> 03:37:46,500
required for engineers to test all of

4123
03:37:52,790 --> 03:37:49,319
its systems and collect as much data as

4124
03:37:55,729 --> 03:37:52,800
possible in this first test flight that

4125
03:37:59,450 --> 03:37:55,739
would precede placing a crew on board an

4126
03:38:01,309 --> 03:37:59,460
Orion spacecraft two years from now

4127
03:38:04,610 --> 03:38:01,319
this dramatic

4128
03:38:05,929 --> 03:38:04,620
video of the Earth Moon Transit that

4129
03:38:07,969 --> 03:38:05,939
took place

4130
03:38:10,490 --> 03:38:07,979
showed

4131
03:38:13,190 --> 03:38:10,500
and punctuated

4132
03:38:16,210 --> 03:38:13,200
the fact that we were pressing away from

4133
03:38:18,710 --> 03:38:16,220
our home planet to a distance of some

4134
03:38:20,750 --> 03:38:18,720
268 thousand miles away from Earth

4135
03:38:23,450 --> 03:38:20,760
further than any human rated spacecraft

4136
03:38:25,670 --> 03:38:23,460
had ever traveled

4137
03:38:28,849 --> 03:38:25,680
for a spacecraft designed to return

4138
03:38:58,790 --> 03:38:28,859
humans to Earth eclipsing the mark set

4139
03:39:05,510 --> 03:39:01,370
the distant retrograde departure burn

4140
03:39:08,870 --> 03:39:05,520
that began the trip home for Orion this

4141
03:39:11,389 --> 03:39:08,880
past Monday you can see uh the effect of

4142
03:39:15,469 --> 03:39:11,399
that engine firing on the solar arrays

4143
03:39:19,250 --> 03:39:15,479
on Orion's service module

4144
03:39:22,910 --> 03:39:19,260
that in effect was what amounted to a

4145
03:39:24,769 --> 03:39:22,920
deorbit burn of sorts that placed Orion

4146
03:39:27,229 --> 03:39:24,779
on a trajectory

4147
03:39:29,809 --> 03:39:27,239
to return to Earth which it did today

4148
03:39:32,750 --> 03:39:29,819
with a splash down one hour and 58

4149
03:39:37,790 --> 03:39:34,729
as we

4150
03:39:41,870 --> 03:39:37,800
circled back around the Moon

4151
03:39:44,330 --> 03:39:41,880
for the out the return powered flyby

4152
03:39:47,030 --> 03:39:44,340
we saw a dramatic close-up of the moon

4153
03:39:48,229 --> 03:39:47,040
and the Crescent of the Earth in the

4154
03:39:51,889 --> 03:39:48,239
distance

4155
03:39:53,630 --> 03:39:51,899
using the moon's gravitational field has

4156
03:39:57,530 --> 03:39:53,640
a slingshot effect

4157
03:40:00,410 --> 03:39:57,540
to set our sights on the Earth

4158
03:40:03,410 --> 03:40:00,420
and the trajectory required to splash

4159
03:40:07,510 --> 03:40:03,420
down in the Pacific which we did

4160
03:40:11,389 --> 03:40:07,520
as Orion gently waits for the arrival

4161
03:40:14,269 --> 03:40:11,399
of the recovery team that will begin the

4162
03:40:18,290 --> 03:40:14,279
process of hauling the spacecraft into

4163
03:40:23,750 --> 03:40:21,290
and this was the view from the cabin

4164
03:40:28,309 --> 03:40:23,760
camera looking upward out of the forward

4165
03:40:31,790 --> 03:40:28,319
Bay basically the top of Orion as the

4166
03:40:33,469 --> 03:40:31,800
first shoots were deployed

4167
03:40:36,050 --> 03:40:33,479
these were the forward Bay covered

4168
03:40:37,490 --> 03:40:36,060
parachutes that in turn pulled out drug

4169
03:40:38,870 --> 03:40:37,500
shoots and then the three main

4170
03:40:41,450 --> 03:40:38,880
parachutes

4171
03:40:43,309 --> 03:40:41,460
to dramatically slow down Orion's

4172
03:40:45,889 --> 03:40:43,319
descent back to Earth

4173
03:40:47,510 --> 03:40:45,899
and as you see here under three fully

4174
03:40:50,929 --> 03:40:47,520
reefed shoots

4175
03:40:55,130 --> 03:40:50,939
Orion finally splashed down at 11 40 a.m

4176
03:42:00,050 --> 03:40:55,140
Central Time 9 40 a.m Pacific time to

4177
03:42:03,769 --> 03:42:02,330
this is Mission Control Houston uh

4178
03:42:06,229 --> 03:42:03,779
flight controllers here reporting back

4179
03:42:08,990 --> 03:42:06,239
to like director Judd freeling that they

4180
03:42:11,210 --> 03:42:09,000
have begun the power down of Orion's

4181
03:42:12,590 --> 03:42:11,220
systems with everything looking good and

4182
03:42:20,110 --> 03:42:12,600
data

4183
03:42:26,330 --> 03:42:23,450
so the post Splashdown test objectives

4184
03:42:28,429 --> 03:42:26,340
are nearing an end the vehicle is being

4185
03:42:31,010 --> 03:42:28,439
powered down and we should be a short

4186
03:42:32,690 --> 03:42:31,020
time away from the point at which flight

4187
03:42:34,610 --> 03:42:32,700
director Judd freeling hands over the

4188
03:42:37,550 --> 03:42:34,620
vehicle to the exploration ground

4189
03:43:38,090 --> 03:42:37,560
systems folks out in the Pacific

4190
03:43:38,100 --> 03:44:28,690
thank you

4191
03:44:34,670 --> 03:44:31,910
we'll be heading back shortly to the USS

4192
03:44:39,170 --> 03:44:34,680
Portland but as you can see uh

4193
03:44:43,670 --> 03:44:39,180
the first contingent of the Navy boats

4194
03:44:46,490 --> 03:44:43,680
are approaching the Orion spacecraft

4195
03:44:48,170 --> 03:44:46,500
which is in great shape following its

4196
03:44:51,110 --> 03:44:48,180
high-speed entry and Splashtown that

4197
03:44:53,690 --> 03:44:51,120
occurred just over two hours ago

4198
03:44:55,070 --> 03:44:53,700
we're just minutes away from handing

4199
03:46:43,750 --> 03:44:55,080
over the vehicle

4200
03:46:48,469 --> 03:46:46,610
this is Mission Control Houston entry

4201
03:46:50,630 --> 03:46:48,479
flight director Judd freeling who also

4202
03:46:53,030 --> 03:46:50,640
was the ascent flight director for

4203
03:46:55,490 --> 03:46:53,040
Orion's launch aboard the space launch

4204
03:46:57,110 --> 03:46:55,500
system 25 and a half days ago is

4205
03:47:14,229 --> 03:46:57,120
addressing his team of flight

4206
03:47:19,250 --> 03:47:16,370
with that um

4207
03:47:21,889 --> 03:47:19,260
Judd frieling has handed over the Orion

4208
03:47:21,899 --> 03:47:26,570
to a round of applause

4209
03:47:31,010 --> 03:47:29,090
the vehicle has now been handed over to

4210
03:47:32,510 --> 03:47:31,020
the exploration ground systems folks out

4211
03:47:34,550 --> 03:47:32,520
in the Pacific

4212
03:47:36,769 --> 03:47:34,560
where my colleague Daryl nail is

4213
03:47:40,429 --> 03:47:36,779
standing by with members of the Navy

4214
03:47:46,130 --> 03:47:40,439
helicopter team that saw Orion up close

4215
03:47:49,790 --> 03:47:48,170
that's right Robin they were the first

4216
03:47:52,370 --> 03:47:49,800
to see it they picked up the heat

4217
03:47:54,590 --> 03:47:52,380
signature as it came above the Horizon

4218
03:47:57,050 --> 03:47:54,600
and they were the first to have a

4219
03:47:59,269 --> 03:47:57,060
close-up look of the Orion crew module

4220
03:48:01,790 --> 03:47:59,279
as it was in the water I have with me as

4221
03:48:04,729 --> 03:48:01,800
you mentioned three Navy Pilots with the

4222
03:48:07,269 --> 03:48:04,739
HSC 23 Squadron in the Navy they were

4223
03:48:09,830 --> 03:48:07,279
flying the mh-60s the Nighthawk

4224
03:48:13,070 --> 03:48:09,840
helicopters I've got Jacob Naylor

4225
03:48:14,809 --> 03:48:13,080
Jackson Cockney and Gabe weigelt thank

4226
03:48:16,849 --> 03:48:14,819
you ball for being here and it's great

4227
03:48:18,349 --> 03:48:16,859
to have you thanks for having us thank

4228
03:48:19,790 --> 03:48:18,359
you well tell me first of all this

4229
03:48:21,530 --> 03:48:19,800
operation

4230
03:48:23,809 --> 03:48:21,540
um for those who are watching earlier on

4231
03:48:26,929 --> 03:48:23,819
we saw your helicopters going around the

4232
03:48:29,030 --> 03:48:26,939
area almost immediately after Splashdown

4233
03:48:31,790 --> 03:48:29,040
tell me about how you're able to do that

4234
03:48:34,309 --> 03:48:31,800
and then what unfolded for your mission

4235
03:48:36,170 --> 03:48:34,319
Yeah so basically we have a flare camera

4236
03:48:39,830 --> 03:48:36,180
mounted on the front of the helicopter

4237
03:48:41,389 --> 03:48:39,840
and uh about seven uh NASA Personnel in

4238
03:48:43,370 --> 03:48:41,399
the back so while they're riding in the

4239
03:48:45,769 --> 03:48:43,380
back they're giving us Azimuth and

4240
03:48:47,630 --> 03:48:45,779
elevation angles to take a look at and

4241
03:48:49,910 --> 03:48:47,640
basically right away even earlier than

4242
03:48:52,309 --> 03:48:49,920
we expected we picked up the capsule

4243
03:48:55,190 --> 03:48:52,319
coming in and so us three were the

4244
03:48:56,570 --> 03:48:55,200
backup uh backup aircraft Pilots but we

4245
03:48:58,969 --> 03:48:56,580
did hear it come over the radio that

4246
03:49:00,410 --> 03:48:58,979
they had it captured right away they

4247
03:49:02,870 --> 03:49:00,420
have basically a

4248
03:49:05,090 --> 03:49:02,880
clear that uses infrared so it's seeing

4249
03:49:06,950 --> 03:49:05,100
that how hot that capsule is coming down

4250
03:49:08,450 --> 03:49:06,960
they caught it a whole way down which

4251
03:49:10,550 --> 03:49:08,460
was exactly what we needed for that

4252
03:49:12,769 --> 03:49:10,560
engineering data easy to lock in on

4253
03:49:14,929 --> 03:49:12,779
right at 5000 degrees Fahrenheit the

4254
03:49:16,729 --> 03:49:14,939
bottom of the heat shield that FLIR was

4255
03:49:19,070 --> 03:49:16,739
just almost instantaneous as soon as

4256
03:49:21,769 --> 03:49:19,080
that thing came above the Horizon then

4257
03:49:23,750 --> 03:49:21,779
you began capturing imagery and we

4258
03:49:25,250 --> 03:49:23,760
watched as the helicopters circled and

4259
03:49:28,429 --> 03:49:25,260
sometimes they're doing some pretty nice

4260
03:49:30,410 --> 03:49:28,439
banks around uh around the Orion crew

4261
03:49:32,870 --> 03:49:30,420
module what was that about Jackson why

4262
03:49:34,429 --> 03:49:32,880
did they take that path around okay so

4263
03:49:37,370 --> 03:49:34,439
the second part of the mission was to

4264
03:49:38,929 --> 03:49:37,380
get a hazard analysis of the capsule and

4265
03:49:41,330 --> 03:49:38,939
then just engineering level Fidelity

4266
03:49:42,830 --> 03:49:41,340
data uh like imagery from some of the

4267
03:49:44,450 --> 03:49:42,840
photographers on board and then we had

4268
03:49:47,870 --> 03:49:44,460
another helicopter up that was testing

4269
03:49:49,250 --> 03:49:47,880
out the new Angel Beacon at the crews

4270
03:49:51,590 --> 03:49:49,260
are going to wear eventually when the

4271
03:49:52,729 --> 03:49:51,600
capsule does come down so that all deals

4272
03:49:54,710 --> 03:49:52,739
with our primary Mission set of search

4273
03:49:57,530 --> 03:49:54,720
and rescue which is what we're hoping to

4274
03:49:59,030 --> 03:49:57,540
do uh in the next in Artemis 2 is to

4275
03:50:03,110 --> 03:49:59,040
actually pull the astronauts from the

4276
03:50:05,090 --> 03:50:03,120
capsule uh via the Hoist right and so

4277
03:50:07,190 --> 03:50:05,100
you you guys were also using data from

4278
03:50:08,929 --> 03:50:07,200
the Sasquatch team we just uh you know

4279
03:50:10,490 --> 03:50:08,939
interviewed them and and heard about the

4280
03:50:12,410 --> 03:50:10,500
great work that they did in predicting

4281
03:50:15,110 --> 03:50:12,420
where that debris field would be coming

4282
03:50:17,030 --> 03:50:15,120
down 26 different pieces as the crew

4283
03:50:19,190 --> 03:50:17,040
module was uh you know getting its

4284
03:50:22,070 --> 03:50:19,200
parachutes out and everything using that

4285
03:50:23,570 --> 03:50:22,080
data uh how accurate was and was it for

4286
03:50:26,210 --> 03:50:23,580
you and and how did it help you fly

4287
03:50:27,469 --> 03:50:26,220
around the area so there's actually a

4288
03:50:29,510 --> 03:50:27,479
one of the NASA Personnel on the back

4289
03:50:32,090 --> 03:50:29,520
had a tablet which had the debris field

4290
03:50:33,530 --> 03:50:32,100
on top of it and as time got when time

4291
03:50:35,330 --> 03:50:33,540
goes on that debris field could get a

4292
03:50:37,429 --> 03:50:35,340
little smaller and smaller and so they

4293
03:50:38,630 --> 03:50:37,439
helped give us headings and guidances on

4294
03:50:40,429 --> 03:50:38,640
where to turn and where to get the

4295
03:50:42,110 --> 03:50:40,439
aircraft to avoid any of that debris

4296
03:50:43,429 --> 03:50:42,120
field coming down hitting Us in the you

4297
03:50:46,550 --> 03:50:43,439
know hit us into head on the helicopter

4298
03:50:49,729 --> 03:50:46,560
so yeah right and successful you guys

4299
03:50:52,070 --> 03:50:49,739
were uh looked great out there at Sea uh

4300
03:50:54,349 --> 03:50:52,080
surrounding the the capsule flying in

4301
03:50:56,570 --> 03:50:54,359
fact at sometimes very closely we saw

4302
03:50:58,309 --> 03:50:56,580
you hover I I don't know what the feat

4303
03:51:00,170 --> 03:50:58,319
was but it looked you know pretty close

4304
03:51:01,429 --> 03:51:00,180
to the ocean surface probably about 50

4305
03:51:04,010 --> 03:51:01,439
feet above just said that the

4306
03:51:05,990 --> 03:51:04,020
photographer could get uh good data and

4307
03:51:08,510 --> 03:51:06,000
then we were kept safe by Emily and her

4308
03:51:09,590 --> 03:51:08,520
team the whole Sasquatch team helped us

4309
03:51:12,290 --> 03:51:09,600
with the footprints so that we knew

4310
03:51:13,849 --> 03:51:12,300
where we could fly so that we'd be safe

4311
03:51:14,809 --> 03:51:13,859
where does this rank for you guys in

4312
03:51:16,429 --> 03:51:14,819
terms of your mission I mean your young

4313
03:51:18,530 --> 03:51:16,439
fellows so you know you don't have your

4314
03:51:20,630 --> 03:51:18,540
call signs yet which eventually you'll

4315
03:51:22,429 --> 03:51:20,640
get that but uh you know being a part of

4316
03:51:24,769 --> 03:51:22,439
this Mission it's very different right

4317
03:51:27,290 --> 03:51:24,779
the civilian nature where uh you know

4318
03:51:29,330 --> 03:51:27,300
most DOD missions are not of that nature

4319
03:51:31,790 --> 03:51:29,340
so where does it rank in terms review

4320
03:51:33,469 --> 03:51:31,800
what kind of what was it like it's

4321
03:51:35,210 --> 03:51:33,479
absolutely amazing and certainly a

4322
03:51:37,190 --> 03:51:35,220
career highlight for us up until this

4323
03:51:38,750 --> 03:51:37,200
point yeah we were still just in the

4324
03:51:40,849 --> 03:51:38,760
backup aircraft but just being able to

4325
03:51:42,670 --> 03:51:40,859
just support these awesome Pilots that

4326
03:51:45,469 --> 03:51:42,680
were out there with us we had uh

4327
03:51:47,450 --> 03:51:45,479
therapists and Ripper and stapler and

4328
03:51:49,790 --> 03:51:47,460
James all of them did such a great job

4329
03:51:52,309 --> 03:51:49,800
so we're just really excited that this

4330
03:51:54,410 --> 03:51:52,319
uh is both exciting for us and kind of

4331
03:51:56,630 --> 03:51:54,420
plant side seed to be exciting for

4332
03:51:58,610 --> 03:51:56,640
everyone else watching and excited for

4333
03:52:00,769 --> 03:51:58,620
the next mission with astronauts in it

4334
03:52:04,010 --> 03:52:00,779
so and that'll be the next great part

4335
03:52:06,469 --> 03:52:04,020
right so as navy Pilots you'll be able

4336
03:52:08,269 --> 03:52:06,479
to hover over top of the next capsule

4337
03:52:10,849 --> 03:52:08,279
that comes down and it's going to have

4338
03:52:13,990 --> 03:52:10,859
astronauts in it briefly describe what

4339
03:52:16,550 --> 03:52:14,000
you imagined that would be like

4340
03:52:18,170 --> 03:52:16,560
that's got to be an unreal experience I

4341
03:52:19,910 --> 03:52:18,180
I hope I'm still around to be able to be

4342
03:52:21,229 --> 03:52:19,920
a part of that because that's got to be

4343
03:52:22,670 --> 03:52:21,239
one of the greatest feelings that we're

4344
03:52:24,590 --> 03:52:22,680
pulling someone out of a capsule that's

4345
03:52:26,929 --> 03:52:24,600
just been to the Moon and back

4346
03:52:29,150 --> 03:52:26,939
unimaginable feeling I gotta say

4347
03:52:30,889 --> 03:52:29,160
absolutely well thank you all we

4348
03:52:33,950 --> 03:52:30,899
appreciate you Jacob Naylor Jackson

4349
03:52:36,290 --> 03:52:33,960
cotney and Gabe weigelt with the hs23

4350
03:52:37,910 --> 03:52:36,300
Squadron great job today thank you for

4351
03:52:39,349 --> 03:52:37,920
joining us and we appreciate you being

4352
03:52:41,750 --> 03:52:39,359
here thanks for having us so much

4353
03:52:44,330 --> 03:52:41,760
appreciate you all right and here on the

4354
03:52:46,790 --> 03:52:44,340
USS Portland uh the mission continues

4355
03:52:49,130 --> 03:52:46,800
the operation to recover the Orion

4356
03:52:51,110 --> 03:52:49,140
Command Module which you see is still

4357
03:52:53,809 --> 03:52:51,120
out there in the Pacific we're awaiting

4358
03:52:55,670 --> 03:52:53,819
the Navy boats to get a little closer to

4359
03:52:57,889 --> 03:52:55,680
begin their operations and sniffing out

4360
03:53:00,050 --> 03:52:57,899
hazardous gases and making sure that

4361
03:53:03,530 --> 03:53:00,060
they are able to connect up to that

4362
03:53:06,950 --> 03:53:03,540
capsule and tow it back inside the USS

4363
03:53:08,929 --> 03:53:06,960
Portland our Navy ship on scene here

4364
03:53:10,550 --> 03:53:08,939
that's going to do it for us for the

4365
03:53:13,670 --> 03:53:10,560
expiration ground systems the Department

4366
03:53:21,370 --> 03:53:13,680
of Defense and NASA we want to send it

4367
03:53:26,210 --> 03:53:24,349
thank you Daryl and uh magnificent job

4368
03:53:28,010 --> 03:53:26,220
out there on the USS Portland and the

4369
03:53:30,530 --> 03:53:28,020
work is just beginning out there as you

4370
03:53:32,870 --> 03:53:30,540
heard here in Mission Control uh the

4371
03:53:34,370 --> 03:53:32,880
work is over for the entry team of

4372
03:53:36,469 --> 03:53:34,380
flight controllers who have handed the

4373
03:53:39,290 --> 03:53:36,479
vehicle over to the exploration ground

4374
03:53:41,450 --> 03:53:39,300
systems folks out in the Pacific with

4375
03:53:44,030 --> 03:53:41,460
the power down of Orion having been

4376
03:53:47,450 --> 03:53:44,040
completed entry flight director Judd

4377
03:53:49,429 --> 03:53:47,460
freeling has released his team and uh

4378
03:53:52,969 --> 03:53:49,439
they will be making their way out of

4379
03:53:54,469 --> 03:53:52,979
Mission Control with Orion's Handover

4380
03:53:57,650 --> 03:53:54,479
now complete

4381
03:54:01,370 --> 03:53:57,660
Splashdown occurring at 11 40 a.m

4382
03:54:04,610 --> 03:54:01,380
Central Time 9 40 a.m Pacific time the

4383
03:54:07,090 --> 03:54:04,620
team is posing for a team picture before

4384
03:54:10,729 --> 03:54:07,100
they are released for the day

4385
03:54:13,790 --> 03:54:10,739
upcoming you can follow if you wish all

4386
03:54:16,130 --> 03:54:13,800
of the remaining recovery work including

4387
03:54:19,429 --> 03:54:16,140
the Orion being brought into the well

4388
03:54:22,510 --> 03:54:19,439
deck of the USS Portland on a the

4389
03:54:24,550 --> 03:54:22,520
YouTube channel that you see there

4390
03:54:27,650 --> 03:54:24,560
www.youtube.com

4391
03:54:29,990 --> 03:54:27,660
KSC Newsroom the Kennedy Space Center

4392
03:54:32,990 --> 03:54:30,000
exploration ground systems folks now in

4393
03:54:35,330 --> 03:54:33,000
charge of the operations to bring Orion

4394
03:54:37,550 --> 03:54:35,340
back into the well deck to get it back

4395
03:54:39,950 --> 03:54:37,560
on Shore and then transport it back to

4396
03:54:41,570 --> 03:54:39,960
the Kennedy Space Center for post-flight

4397
03:54:44,090 --> 03:54:41,580
analysis

4398
03:54:46,729 --> 03:54:44,100
that'll wrap up our coverage of Orion's

4399
03:54:49,010 --> 03:54:46,739
return to Earth and let's point you to

4400
03:54:51,889 --> 03:54:49,020
our post Splashdown news conference

4401
03:54:55,250 --> 03:54:51,899
that's coming up at 2 30 p.m Central

4402
03:54:58,490 --> 03:54:55,260
Time 3 30 p.m Eastern Time on NASA

4403
03:55:01,370 --> 03:54:58,500
Television as a variety of folks discuss

4404
03:55:03,769 --> 03:55:01,380
entry Splashdown and recovery and take a

4405
03:55:07,729 --> 03:55:03,779
look back at the 25 and a half day

4406
03:55:10,010 --> 03:55:07,739
mission of Orion its first flight next

4407
03:55:12,590 --> 03:55:10,020
stop a crew on board two years from now

4408
03:55:29,830 --> 03:55:12,600
with that we wish you a great Sunday

4409
03:55:29,840 --> 03:55:40,929
[Music]

4410
03:55:40,939 --> 03:56:02,980
thank you