There were years of delays and cost overrun mostly at Boeing’s expense on testing and modification to the rocket and its instruments and controls before it would even be assigned a tentative launch date. The Starliner program, it’s been beset by technical problems, delays, as we mentioned, cost overruns. The cost overrun is estimated in the vicinity of between $1B to $2B (USD). It’ had also been four years after rival SpaceX launched its first mission with astronauts into orbit.

The launch of the flight was canceled just hours before it was scheduled to take off due to a faulty valve on the Atlas V rocket, which is responsible for propelling it into space. The Atlas V rocket, known for its reliability, is produced by United Launch Alliance, a collaboration between Boeing and Lockheed Martin.

The launch of the flight was canceled just 4 minutes before the launch, with problems with instruments. The launch was already activating some of the controls and jet propulsion systems when it was scrubbed, and then it was first delayed pending another restart of the timer, only to be officially scrubbed pending a new launch date within other future windows of launch.

Launch time: 10:52 a.m. (Local Time/EST) Launch site: Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, FL

Geoff Bennett: It was a picture-perfect morning for a space launch.

Woman: And liftoff of Starliner and Atlas 5 carrying two American heroes drawing a line to the stars for all of us.

Geoff Bennett: Boeing today successfully launched its new Starliner space capsule carrying two astronauts, marking only the sixth inaugural journey of a crewed spacecraft in U.S. history.

The launch comes after several delays due to technical issues. Yet today’s launch occurred smoothly and on time and it comes four years after Elon Musk’s rival SpaceX launched its first mission with astronauts into orbit. The Starliner will dock at the International Space Station tomorrow morning.

And NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams will spend a week before returning home.

For the latest on all of this, we’re joined again by our science correspondent, Miles O’Brien.

Always great to see you, Miles.

So tell us more about these veteran NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams and what their primary goal is.

Miles O’Brien: Yes, veterans indeed.

They both have a lot of time in space, Butch about 178 days on one long space station mission, Suni 322 days over two long stints on the space station, both of them Naval aviators, Suni a proud graduate of the Naval Academy, test pilots through and through, good people to have an mission like this because they’re wringing this vehicle out.

They will be testing the thrusters, the control systems, the space suits themselves, the docking capability. They will try to fly it manually. They will do everything they can to see where the bugs might be in this craft. And there’s been a lot of bugs along the way, so it’s probably likely they will find a few as well.

They also have some important cargo on board, Geoff. The urine processing system on the space station, which converts urine into drinking water — yes, folks, that’s what they do up there. I have tried it. It really is how they drink their water, how they get their water. It has failed.

And so, they are carrying the spare part to fix it. So I guess you could say that’s their number one priority.

(Laughter)

Geoff Bennett: Miles O’Brien. OK.

So, the Starliner program, it’s been beset by technical problems, delays, as we mentioned, cost overruns. Why? What happened? What accounts for all of that.

Miles O’Brien: It’s hard to say.

Now, it is a Boeing product. And we have been talking a lot about Boeing, you and I. This is a separate division of Boeing, its space systems. Whether there is some commonality between what’s happening with the airliner enterprise and the space enterprise, hard to say from the outside looking in.

But it’s been quite a scenario starting in 2019 with software failures that caused the thruster fires to fire so long, didn’t have enough gas to get to the space station. It was really kind of a medium black eye for Boeing. But, hey, today, they’re in space and they’re on their way to the space station.
Geoff Bennett:

And this Starliner mission is a test flight required by NASA before NASA can certify Starliner for routine astronaut missions.

As we mentioned, there’s this. There’s also the SpaceX program. Why is NASA basically funding and supporting these two space missions by two different contractors?

Miles O’Brien: Yes, SpaceX has kind of lapped them. They have done a dozen flights. They have flown 51 people to and from the space station. The program has gone much more smoothly than the Starliner program.

But I will remind you there was a nine-year gap between the last shuttle flight and the first flight of a Dragon crewed flight to the International Space Station, nine years. And what did we do during that period of time? That is to say, what did NASA do? It bought flights from Russia.

And in today’s geopolitical environment, the idea of reengaging with Russia on a new set of contracts to purchase Soyuz rockets flights for NASA astronauts does not seem very tenable. So it’s about redundancy. If one of those rocket systems fails in some way, if there’s some sort of problem that grounds it, NASA will not have any means of getting to the International Space Station.

So, like any good space program, they like to have redundancy.

Geoff Bennett: That’s a good point.

You mentioned Russia. Let’s talk about China as well, because they’re very active in space too. Where are they up to on the moon?

Miles O’Brien: Yes, it’s very exciting that China, of course, flew to the far side of the moon and just 24 hours or so ago launched from it after scooping up some samples and rocks.

That spacecraft is on its way back to Earth. It will land in Mongolia on or about June 25. No people on board, but China has expressed clearly its goal to do so, to plant footprints and flags on the moon by 2030. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has been very vocal in the past months, saying that the U.S. is now engaged in a space race with China and that the Chinese program is militaristic at its core.

And, as a point of fact, the military does in fact run the Chinese space program, but there is a close alignment between the U.S. military and NASA as well on many levels. After all, the two test pilots flying to the space station right now are both Navy veterans.

So — but it is heating up a little bit. I will say this. Space races generally are good for funding of space programs. So when you hear this rhetoric, keep that in mind.
Geoff Bennett:

All right, that is Miles O’Brien, our science correspondent, also an amateur comedian.

(Laughter)

Geoff Bennett: Miles, thanks so much for being with us.

Miles O’Brien: Here all week.

(Laughter)

Transcript Begins:
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BRUNO. >>> GOOD MORNING FROM THE SPACE COAST OF FLORIDA AS WE ARE
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WITNESSING A BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE. NASA BOEING FLEW CITE 10:52:15
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A.M. EASTERN TIME.
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>> THE CLOCK HAS STARTED. >> LIFTOFF. WE HAVE A LIFTOFF. >> ROGER.
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>> GOD SPEED, JOHN GLENN. >> HOUSTON.
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THE EAGLE HAS LANDED. >> ROGER. WE WILL TALK TO YOU ON THE
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GROUND. >> SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION. >> 3, 2, 1, 0.
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LIFTOFF. AMERICA’S RETURN TO SHAPE AND DISCOVERY CLEARS THE TOWER. >> DISCOVERY.
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>> EVERYBODY IN THE SHUTTLE PROGRAM IS GO FOR LAUNCH.
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>> WE HAVE FOLLOWED IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS TO GET US WHERE WE ARE
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TODAY [BEEPING] >> HERE ARE THE ASTRONAUTS WHO WILL FLY FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER
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IN BOEING STARLINER SPACECRAFT. COMMANDER BUTCH WILMORE AND SUNI WILLIAMS, YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE
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SUITING UP FOR THEIR MISSION INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS. GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO NASA KENNEDY SPACE
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CENTER IN FLORIDA FOR BOEING CREW FLIGHT TEST OR CFT. I AM NASA’S MEGAN CRUZ.
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>> DEE RUSSELL WITH BOEING COMMUNICATION AND NASA ASTRONAUT MIKE FINCKE.
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GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. >> GOOD MORNING. THIRD TIME IS THE CHARM. THE ROCKET IS READY. THE CREW IS GETTING SUITED UP.
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A BEAUTIFUL START OF THE DAY. >> BEAUTIFUL START OF THE DAY WITH THE GORGEOUS SUNRISE AS YOU
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ALLUDED, THIRD ATTEMPT TO LAUNCH BUTCH AND SUNI ON THE STARLINER.
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TEAMS TRIED LAUNCHING ON SATURDAY AND STOOD DOWN MINUTES BEFORE LIFTOFF BECAUSE OF A POWER ISSUE IN A PIECE OF GROUND
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SUPPORT EQUIPMENT. WE WILL HAVE MORE ABOUT THAT IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. >> NASA AND BOEING WANT TO
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CERTIFY STARLINER FOR REGULAR FLIGHTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AS PART OF NASA’S COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM.
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MIKE, WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE A SECOND COMMERCIAL SPACECRAFT THAT CAN TAKE ASTRONAUTS TO AND FROM THE SPACE
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STATION FROM AMERICAN SOIL? >> WE CALL IT DISSIMILAR
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REDUNDANCY. THE MORE CHANCES, THE MORE WAYS TO SEND HUMANS INTO SPACE THE BETTER IT IS FOR NASA AND FOR
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OUR COUNTRY AND FOR THE PLANET. RIGHT NOW WE CAN GET TO SPACE WITH A SOYUZ OR WITH A DRAGON.
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TODAY WE ARE GOING TO SHOW WE CAN GET THERE WITH A STARLINER AND SOON ARTEMIS.
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A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND DIFFERENT WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO SPACE. AND THIS WILL HELP OUR ECONOMY.
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AND THE SPACE STATION AND OUR SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM. >> AS WE ARE BACK SUIT-UP ROOM.
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REMINDER THAT CFT ONLY THE SIXTH TIME THAT NASA ASTRONAUT HAVE
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LAUNCHED ON A SPACECRAFT DESIGNED FOR CREW AND THE LAST TIME AN ATLAS ROCKET FOR THE
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FINAL PART OF MERCURY PROGRAM. I KNOW YOU ARE GREAT FRIENDS WITH BUTCH AND SUNNY AND YOU GOT
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TO SPEAK TO THEM LAST NIGHT. HOW ARE THEY FEELING GOING INTO THE THIRD LAUNCH ATTEMPT. >> I AM IMPRESSED FOR MY
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COLLEAGUES OF BEING SUCH OPTIMISTS AND SUCH PROFESSIONALS. THEY HAVE BEEN IN QUARANTINE FOR
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A LONG TIME. WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR OVER FIVE YEARS TO GET STARLINER LAUNCHED, BUT THEY ARE VERY —
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THEY ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT TODAY. YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY ARE FOCUSED ON GETTING THE JOB DONE.
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AND THEY ARE VERY READY FOR THIS MISSION. AND THEY WISH ALL OF US A GREAT
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EXPERIENCE AND JOINING THEM ON THIS GREAT JOURNEY. >> AS YOU CAN TELL, GUYS, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE MIKE HERE
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WITH US BECAUSE A VETERAN OF THREE SPACE FLIGHTS, EXPEDITION 9 IN 2004.
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YOU WILL SEE A PHOTO COMING UP SOON. EXPEDITION 18 IN 2009 AND 134 IN
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2011. IN TOTAL MORE THAN A YEAR IN SPACE AND CONDUCTED NINE SPACE
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WALKS. WORKED WITH NASA COMMERCIAL TO BRING DRAGON AND BOEING STARLINER ON LINE AND READY FOR
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THE FLEET TEST AND TRAINED ALONGSIDE BUTCH AND SUNNY FOR THEIR BACK-UP PILOT AND WITH CFT’S FIRST LAUNCH ATTEMPT.
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WE SAW HIM IN THE ROOM SNAPPING PICTURES AND TO THE LAUNCH PAD BEFORE HE SNAPPED A FEW MORE
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PICTURES BEFORE HANDING OFF SOME OF BUTCH AND SUNI’S BELONGINGS TO THE PAD TEAM. HE WAS WITH US ON THE HOST DESK
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ON SATURDAY, AND BACK AGAIN TO PROVIDE VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO THE FLIGHT TEST. YOU WILL BE TAKING NOTES, RIGHT,
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MIKE, BECAUSE PULL BE THE PILOT OF STARLINER’S FIRST OPERATIONAL MISSION AFTER CFT.
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>> YES, THAT THE POINT OF CREW FLIGHT TESTS SO WE CAN CERTIFY STARLINER TO GO TO THE
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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ON A REGULAR BASIS JUST LIKE WE DID WITH DRAGON FEW YEARS AGO. SO THIS IS — THIS IS AN
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EXCITING TIME. A LOT OF THINGS ARE RESTING ON THIS MISSION, BUT BUTCH AND
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SUNI, THEY ARE PREPARED. THE LAUNCH CONTROL TEAM IS PREPARED. MISSION CONTROL IS PREPARED. MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP IS
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PREPARED. AND I THINK WE ARE PREPARED HERE. >> THUMBS UP FROM ME. [LAUGHTER] THERE IS A LOT TO LEARN ABOUT
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THIS CREW FLIGHT TEST. WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE IN FLORIDA AND IN TEXAS TO HELP EXPLAIN EVERY PART OF THIS MISSION.
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LET’S START FIRST WITH ULA DILL DILL AND BOEING’S LAW R
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REN BRENECKE FROM THE SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER OR ASOC.
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>> WELCOME. WE ARE AT ULA ROCKET HEADQUARTERS ON THE CAPE SIDE. DYLAN AND I HAVE A GREAT SPOT
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FOR THE LAUNCH OPERATION HERE IN THE ASOC. WE HAVE SPECIAL VIEWING AND
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MONITORING OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER THE PRESS BOX, YOU KNOW, THAT IS ABOVE THE BIG GAME GOING ON
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DOWN DOWNSTAIRS. GREAT VIEW OF THE LAUNCH CONTROL TEAM DOWN HERE AND THE MISSION DIRECTORS ON ONE SIDE OF US AND
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ENGINEERING SUPPORT ON THE OTHER SIDE. SO IT IS REALLY THE BEST SPOT TO BE FOLLOWING ALONG WITH ALL THE
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PROCEDURES TODAY. AND WE DID JUST HEAR THAT WE HAVE A GO TO PROCEED WITH THE
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PAD TEAM MOVING BACK OVER TO THE PAD BECAUSE FUELING HAS WRAPPED UP.
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>> THAT’S RIGHT, LAUREN. ATLAS 5 AND CENTAUR ARE FUELED AND READY TO GO.
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LOOKING BACK AT OUR EXPERIENCE DURING OUR SECOND CFT LAUNCH ON SATURDAY, HELD OUR TERMINAL AT
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3:50 BECAUSE OF SOMETHING DETECTED FROM THE GROUND
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SEQUENCER. WORKED OVERNIGHT TO ASSESS ALL OF OUR GROUND. THE ASSESSMENT A SINGLE GROUND
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POWER SUPPLY ISSUE WITHIN A REDUNDANT COMPUTER CHASSIS THAT PROVIDES POWER TO A SET OF CARDS
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THAT CONTROL VARIOUS SYSTEM FUNCTIONS. THAT POWER SUPPLY FAULT CAUSED SEVERAL CARDS TO GO OFF LINE.
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SHORTLY AFTER WE ENTERED TERMINAL, THE GROUND LAUNCH SEQUENCER TRIED TO IDENTIFY THE
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APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF REDUNDANCY AND GOT FEEDBACK THAT THE CARDS
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WERE OFF-LINE, THE GROUND SEQUENCER TERMINATED THE
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COUNTDOWN. THE CHASSIS WAS REMOVED, VISUALLY INSPECTED AND REPLACED
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WITH ANOTHER CHASSIS AND WE DIDN’T SEE ANY INDICATION OF FAILURE TO IT. WE WILL BE DOING A FULL FAILURE
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ANALYSIS. WITH THE NEW EQUIPMENT, A FULL FUNCTIONAL CHECKOUT OF THE CHASSIS AND THE CARDS AND ALL
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THE HARDWARE IS PERFORMING
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NOMINALLY. ALL TANKS ARE TOPPING MODE AND ALL OPERATIONS HAVE GONE REAL SMOOTHLY SO FAR.
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ALL OUR PRELAUNCH CHECKS WILL BASICALLY COMPLETE. READINESS POLL FOR PADDEN TREE
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AND THE BLUE TEAM WILL BE ARRIVING SHORTLY BACK ON THE PAD TO PERFORM FINAL CHECKS BEFORE THE CREW ARRIVES. >> A LOT OF WORK OVER THE LAST
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COUPLE OF DAYS. STARLINER HAS BEEN POWERED ON SINCE THAT LAST ATTEMPT WITH OUR TEAMS MONITORING THE HEALTH OF
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THE VEHICLE AND ITS SYSTEMS REALLY AROUND THE CLOCK. CHECK IN WITH NASA DARYL NAIL.
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AND HE IS KEEPING AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND THE OVERSIGHT OF TODAY’S FLIGHT TEST.
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DERROL. >> WELCOME. AND THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM AND THE MONITORING THE ULA AND
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BOEING’S PREPARATION FOR LAUNCH. YOU MENTIONED THE WEATHER AND THAT IS A VERY GOOD ONE TODAY AS IT HAS BEEN FOR THE PREVIOUS TWO
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ATTEMPTS. WE ARE BACK AT JUST 10% PROBABILITY OF VIOLATION WHICH IS 90% GO. AND YOU CAN SEE WHY OUTSIDE.
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IT IS A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OUTSIDE. YOU SEE THE GRAPHIC THERE. 90% GO. ONLY CONCERN IS THE CUMULUS
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CLOUD R0OLL.
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THAT IS BECAUSE THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONVECTION THEY EXPECT TO HAPPEN OFFSHORE CLOSER
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TO T-ZERO. WE COULD HAVE PUFFY CLOUDS AROUND INCREASING AS A RESULT OF A BREEZE COMING RIGHT OFF THE
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OCEAN THERE. YOU SEE THE ATLANTIC OCEAN OVERLOOKING THE LAUNCH PAD
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THERE. THAT COULD POSSIBLY TRIGGER SOME CUMULUS CLOUDS THAT COULD POSE A RISK. THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO
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BE KEEPING THEIR EYES ON AS WE GO BACK INTO THE SUIT-UP ROOM.
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BUT THE THREAT IS LOW, AS I MENTIONED, ONLY ABOUT 10% CHANCE IT COULD POP UP DURING
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THE T-ZERO. WE GOT AN UPDATE FROM THE LAUNCH WEATHER OFFICER MELODY LOVEN AND
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GAVE WHAT I BASICALLY TOLD YOU THAT EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD. WE ARE ALSO MONITORING THE ABORT
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CORRIDOR UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD. I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN ANOTHER HIT LATER ON IN THE LAUNCH BROADCAST.
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BUT OVERALL, THAT CHANCE FOR IT BEING AN ISSUE IS ALSO LOW. SO WE ARE LOOKING GOOD HERE FROM
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HANGAR AE. SEND IT BACK TO, DEE.
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>> FOR LAUREN AND DERROL. WE WITNESSED BUTCH FINISH HIS
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SUIT LEAK CHECK. HIS VISOR IS UNZIPPED. HE MOVED OVER TO THE RIGHT CHAIR
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AND THE SUIT LEAK CHECK, MIKE, EXPLAIN FOR PEOPLE WHO DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT IS SO
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IMPORTANT. >> AS I AM SURE OUR VIEWING AUDIENCE KNOWS, WE DON’T JUST WEAR OUR SUITS BECAUSE THEY LOOK
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GOOD. AND NOT JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE TO. BUT THEY SERVE A GREAT PURPOSE. IF YOU FLY IN AN AIRPLANE, THEY
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TALK ABOUT IF THE CABIN WAS TO DEPRESSURIZE, PUT A LITTLE MASK IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE.
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IF OUR SPACECRAFT BOO HAVE A BIG LEAK, THE SECOND LAYER OF
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PROTECTION AND STOP US FROM SUFFERING A PROBLEM OF BEING IN A VACUUM OR LOW PRESSURE.
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OUR SUITS ABLE TO HOLD THEIR OWN PRESSURE AND WORKING WITH THEIR SUITS AND THE DAVID CLARK COMPANY AND KNOW THE SUITS ARE
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GREAT. WE CHECK THEM BEFORE LAUNCH AND DO ANOTHER LEAK CHECK INSIDE THE SPACE CAPSULE.
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EXTENDED LEAK CHECK OR A SLIGHTLY LONGER ONE WITH MORE SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT.
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ONCE BUTCH AND SUNI GETS IN THE SPACECRAFT, AN ABBREVIATED LEAK CHECK TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS
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GOOD. SUNI IS GETTING HER GLOVES ON. WILL PUT ON HER VISOR.
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WILL INFLATE LIKE THE MICHELIN MAN OR THE STAY PUFF MARSHMALLOW
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MAN AND WILL SHOW THAT THE SUITS ARE INFLATED. AND WE PRACTICE TO MAKE SURE TO
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FLY THE SPACECRAFT WITH THE SUITS INFLATED THAT WE CAN STILL DO THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO KEEP SAFE AND KEEP THE MISSION
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FLYING. >> OH, YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE. AS YOU ARE SAYING, THEY REALLY DO PUFF UP. VERY APPARENTLY THAT THE SUIT
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LEAK CHECK IS HAPPENING. AGAIN, BUTCH HAS COMPLETED HIS
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AND WAITING FOR HIS PILOT, SUNI, TO HAVE THAT SAME CHECK ON HER
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SUIT. AND THE ROOM WHERE THEY ARE IN — THIS IS A HISTORIC ROOM WITH AN ASTRONAUT CREW QUARTERS WHICH
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TAKES UP THE WEST WING OF THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE NEIL A. ARMSTRONG OPERATIONS AND
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CHECKOUT BUILDING AT KENNEDY. ACTUALLY NASA HAS USED THIS VERY
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SUIT-UP ROOM SINCE APOLLO 7 IN 1968. FIRST MANNED MISSION OF THE
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APOLLO PROGRAM. A LOT OF HISTORY HERE. >> HOWEVER, FOR THE LONGEST TIME, WE HAD THOSE RECLINER
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CHAIRS. WE STILL HAVE THEM FROM THE APOLLO AND SHUTTLE TIME AND BROUGHT IN THE NEW MODERN ONES
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THAT YOU SEE BUTCH AND SUNI FOR THE COMMERCIAL SUE PROGRAM. THESE SUITS ARE VERY NEAT,
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BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY LIGHTWEIGHT. WHEN YOU ARE FLYING ROCKETS, THE LIGHTER THE WEIGHT, THE BETTER.
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THE LAUNCH AND ENTRY SUITS WE WORE ON — SUNI MODIFYING — OR
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ZIPPING HER HELMET. NOT SO MUCH A HELMET, A HOODIE AS YOU SAID LAST TIME, MEGAN.
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CLICKS WITH A BIG METAL RING AND ADDS WEIGHT BUT KEEPS THINGS
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SAFE. HEADSET PROTECTION. THE HEADSET IS A CREW HEAD PROTECTION ASSEMBLY OR WE CALL
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IT A CHIPPA. IT ACTUALLY PROVIDES A BUMP
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RESISTANCE WE NEED TO HAVE — THAN A HARD HELMET WOULD HAVE. WE HAVE TO WEAR A CHIPPA A
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AND VISOR. SUNI STARTING TO INFLATE HER SUIT. >> IS THAT MORE COMFORTABLE TO
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BE IN RECLINE POSITION WHY WE ARE USING IT FOR THE TESTS. >> NOT JUST MORE COMFORTABLE BUT
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MORE FLIGHT-LIKE. MIMICKING THE POSITION WE ARE IN OUR SEATS ON LAUNCH.
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A SLIGHTLY RECLINED SEAT, WITH OUR LEGS KIND OF STICKING UP.
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SO THIS POSITION IS MUCH MORE WHAT THE SUIT WAS DESIGNED FOR. AND THAT IS WHY WE TEST IN IT. AND IT IS ALSO COMFORTABLE.
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>> YEAH. THESE NEW SUITS, OBVIOUSLY DEBUTING WITH THIS — WITH THIS FLIGHT. DEE, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE
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BIT ABOUT THESE SUITS? YOU GUYS DEVELOPED IT — BOEING DEVELOPED IT WITH A COMPANY CALLED DAVID CLARK?
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>> THAT’S CORRECT. SO AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, FIRST, THE ENTIRE SUIT, HELMET DOWN TO
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TENNIS SHOES ARE ABOUT 20 POUNDS WHICH IS LIGHTER THAN THE ORIGINAL SPACE SUITS. THEY ARE VERY MOBILE.
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EASY TO MOVE IN. THEY ALSO COME WITH GLOVES THAT ARE TOUCHSCREEN FRIENDLY FOR OUR
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ASTRONAUTS AS THEY DO THEIR OPERATIONS WITHIN THEIR STARLINER. AND ALSO SOMETHING TO NOTE, IN THIS ROOM, TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE.
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YOU WILL SEE PEOPLE IN WHITE POLOS AND THE PEOPLE FROM DAVID CLARK, AGAIN, THE SUPPLIER OF
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THE SUIT. COUPLE OF PEOPLE WITH BLUE POLOS, THE BOEING PEOPLE
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ASSISTING WITH THE PROCESS. EVEN THOUGH SO MANY PEOPLE ASSISTING RIGHT NOW WITH THE SUIT CHECKS AND THE COMS CHECK.
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THESE SUITS ARE MEANT TO B BE DONED OR PUT ON OR TAKEN OFF
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EASILY. A SITUATION WHERE THEY HAVE TO PUT THEM ON QUICKLY, THEY ARE ABLE TO DO SO. >> A GREAT SHOT OF COMMANDER
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BUTCH WILMORE. WITH THAT, WHY WENT WE LEARN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT HIM.
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NASA ASTRONAUT AND RETIRED U.S. NAVY CAPTAIN, RAISED IN MT. JULIET, TENNESSEE.
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MARRY TODDY ANA WILMORE AND THEY HAVE TWO BEAUTIFUL DOLLARS. AS A NAVAL PILOT, 663 CARRIER
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LAND INFORMATION TACTICAL JET AIR DRAFT. FOUR OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENTS SUPPORTING MISSIONS LIKE
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OPERATION DESERT STORM. BEFORE HIS SELECTION TO NASA, WILMORE WAS ON EXCHANGE TO THE
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AIR FORCE AS A FLIGHT TEST INSTRUCTOR AT THE TEST PILOT SCHOOL AT EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE
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IN CALIFORNIA. BUTCH IS A VETERAN OF TWO SPACE FLIGHTS AS PILOT ON SPACE
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SHUTTLE ATLANTIS IN 2009 AND 2014, SERVED AS FLIGHT ENGINEER
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FOR EXPEDITION 41 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. SO FAR WILMORE HAS SPENT 178
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DAYS IN SPACE AND PERFORMED FOUR SPACEWALKS. THIS FLIGHT TEST WILL BE HIS THIRD MISSION TO THE ISS.
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>> SUNI WILLIAMS, CFT’S PILOT AND RETIRED U.S. NAVY CAPTAIN.
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NASA SELECTED HER AS AN 1998 TWO YEARS BEFORE BUTCH. HER THIRD MISSION AND MAKING HER THE FIRST WOMAN TO TEST FLIGHT
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ON AN ORBITAL SPACECRAFT FIRST TRIP IN 2006, SERVED AS FLIGHT
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NEAR FOR 1415. RETURNED TO THE ORBITING LAB IN 2012 AND COMMANDER OF EXPEDITION
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3. 50 HOURS OF SPACEWALK TIME, THE SECOND MOST CUMULATIVE TIME BY A
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FEMALE ASTRONAUT. SO FAR SHE SPENT 322 DAYS IN SPACE.
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BEFORE NASA, SUNI WAS A FORMER NAVY TEST PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR
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LOGGING 3,000 FLIGHT HOURS AND 30 DIFFERENT AIRCRAFT. GREW UP IN NEEDHAM,
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MASSACHUSETTS. MARRIED TO MICHAEL WILLIAMS. HANGING OUT WITH THEIR DOGS, WORKING OUT, HIKING, CAMPING AND
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WORKING ON CARS AND HOUSES. >> RIGHT NOW SUNI IS MAINTAINING A COMFORTABLE POSITION WHILE HER
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SUIT IS GETTING INFLATED AND GOING THROUGH THE CHECKS. I WORKED WITH BUTCH AND SUNI
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SINCE THEY JOINED THE ASTRONAUT OFFICE. SUN ANY 1998.
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BUTCH IN 2000. WE HAVE BEEN A GOOD TEAM TOGETHER WORKING. I ADMIRE THEIR PROFESSIONALISM.
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A LOT RIDING ON THEIR SHOULDERS FOR THIS MISSION. AND THEY ARE UP FOR IT AND READY TO GO FLYING TODAY.
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>> THEY SEEM LIKE THEY ARE IN GOOD SPIRITS AGAIN. BUTCH LAUGHING ALONG WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AFTER
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HIS SUIT LEAK CHECK DONE. I SAW HIM GIVE A POUND TO SUNI BEFORE SHE STARTED HER CHECK.
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IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE REALLY READY FOR TODAY. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> LET’S YOU THROUGH WHAT YOU
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WILL SEE IN THE NEXT FIVE HOURS OF THIS BROADCAST. AFTER SUITING UP, BUTCH AND SUNI WILL WALK OUT OF KENNEDY’S
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OPERATIONS AND CHECKOUT BUILDINGS TO SAY GOODBYE TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS BEFORE THE
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RIDE OUT TO THE LAUNCH PATTED PAD IN AN ASTRO VAN.
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>> ONCE ON THE PAD, GO TO THE TOWER IN THE PAD FOR A PROCESS CALLED INGRESS.
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ONCE THE INGRESS IS COMPLETE, THE TEAM WILL CLOSE STARLINER’S HATCH. THEY WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE
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SPACECRAFT IS SEALED PROPERLY BY CONDUCTING A CABBEN LEAK CHECK. 11 MINUTES BEFORE LAUNCH, THE
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CREW ACCESS ARM WHICH IS THE LONG SUSPENDED WALKWAY THE ASTRONAUTS USE TO GET TO
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STARLINER. YOU WILL SEE IT RETRACT TO THE TOWER AND DIFFERENT TEAMS TAKE PART IN A POLL TO CONFIRM THAT
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THEY ARE READY AND CONFIGURED FOR TERMINAL COUNT BEFORE LIFTOFF. AROUND 15 MINUTES AFTER LAUNCH,
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STARLINER WILL SEPARATE FROM THE CENTAUR UPPER STAGE. AND AT 31 MINUTES INTO LAUNCH,
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THE ORBITAL INSERTION BURN BEGINS TO GET STARLINER INTO A
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STABLE OR BIT. >> IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS MISSION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
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SEND THOSE OUR WAY. JUMP ON X, FACEBOOK, TWITTER, AND YOUTUBE.
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AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS USE THE HASHTAG “ASK NASA” TO SEND THOSE
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QUESTIONS IN. >> A LIVE LOOK BACK INTO THE SUIT-UP ROOM. WE WANT TO KEEP GOING BACK TO THIS ROOM BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE
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THE ASTRONAUTS ARE AND WHERE ALL THE ACTION IS HAPPENING. >> LOOKS LIKE SUNI HAS COMPLETED
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HER CHECK. SHE IS UNZIPPED HER VISOR. MIKE, THAT CHIPPA WHAT YOU ARE
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SAYING IS WHAT SHE REMOVED FROM HER HEAD WHERE ALL THE COMS ARE.
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>> EXACTLY. OUR HEADSET AND HEAD TEXAS SET. LITTLE BIT HEAVIER THAN THE
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HEAD. SETS WE ARE WEARING AND SERVES PURPOSE AND BUMP PROTECTION THAT IS NEED. WE HAVE DOWN TIME.
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YOU WERE IN THE ROOM FOR THEM FOR LAUNCH ATTEMPT NUMBER 1,
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WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THEY ARE. >> WE ARE ON A DETAILED TIMELINE AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BUTCH
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AND SUNI ARE TESTING OUT FOR FLEW TESTS.
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WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE FOR FOUR PEOPLE. STARLINER IS SET TO TAKE FOUR
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PEOPLE TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. TO MINIMIZE RISK, WE WILL ONLY DO TWO PEOPLE BUT OUR TIMELINE
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IS FOR FOUR. THROUGHOUT THE DAY, BUTCH AND SUN LI HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT. THEY ARE REALLY EXPERIENCED.
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THIRD LAUNCH ATTEMPT. I AM SURE WE WILL STAY AHEAD OF THE TIMELINE WITH I IS IMPORTANT IN OUR BUSINESS FOR SURE.
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>> IT REALLY HAS BEEN IMPRESSIVE TO WATCH THEM GO THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT LAUNCH ATTEMPTS.
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EVERYBODY ACTING SO PROFESSIONALLY AND DOING THINGS LIKE THEY ARE SECOND NATURE. AT THIS POINT IT IS — PRIOR TO
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THE FIRST LAUNCH ATTEMPT, ALL OF THESE INTEGRATED TEAMS HAVE BEEN REHEARSING FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
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>> INDEED. AND TODAY IS A GREAT DAY TO PUT ON THE SPACE SUIT AND CLIMB INTO
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— CLIMB INTO THE SPACECRAFT AND GO LAUNCH. >> SO SPEAKING OF TODAY, BUTCH
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AND SUNI, THEY WOKE UP JUST AFTER 3:30 THIS MORNING AND WENT IN FOR SOME MEDICAL CHECKS,
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FOLLOWED BY A WEATHER BRIEFING AND THEY STARTED TO SUIT UP.
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AND THEY HAVE BEEN IN QUARANTINE, MIKE, SINCE APRIL 2. WE KNOW WHAT THEY DID BETWEEN LAUNCH ATTEMPTS ONE AND TWO.
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THEY WERE ABLE TO RETURN TO HOUSTON TO HEN TROUBLESHOOT SOME OF THE ISSUES WE HAD BETWEEN THOSE TWO LAUNCH ATTEMPTS, SPEND
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MORE TIME WITH FAMILY. STILL IN QUARANTINE, OF COURSE. THE TIME BETWEEN OUR ATTEMPT ON SATURDAY AND NOW, DO THEY HAVE
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SOME TIME TO ENJOY SOME OF THE BEAUTIFUL SITES HERE WE HAVE IN FLORIDA? >> OH, ABSOLUTELY.
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I TALKED TO BUTCH AND SUNI YESTERDAY AND WITH THEIR TWO FLIGHT DOCTORS.
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AND THE FLIGHT SURGEONS. BUTCH WAS ABLE TO GO FISHING YESTERDAY. HE SAW THE SUNRISE. HE SAW MANATEE.
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THE ALLIGATOR WAS CHASING AFTER HIS BAIT APPARENTLY. AND SUNI WAS ABLE TO TAKE A NICE
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RUN ALONG THE BEACH AND RAN — DIDN’T RUN INTO — BUT SAW SOME SEA TURTLES.
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AND YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE BEAUTIFUL THINGS HERE IN FLORIDA AND WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS IN HOUSTON.
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A LOT OF GREAT NATURE THINGS, BUT FLORIDA IS INDEED SPECIAL. BUTCH AND SUNI GOT THE FIRST
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TASTE OF EARTH, IF YOU WOULD, TERRESTRIAL LIFE BEFORE THEY GET TO GO TO SPACE AND BE AWAY FROM
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ALL OF THESE THINGS LIKE WEATHER, SAND AND SEA TURTLES. >> TO BE CLEAR, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DESCRIBED RIGHT
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HERE AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. YOU KNOW KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IS HUGE AND DOES AFFORD US OF THE
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BEAUTIFUL OPPORTUNITIES. FISHING AND ALSO RUNNING. STILL IN QUARANTINE. STILL ABIDING BY THE RULES
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REQUIRED OF THEM BEFORE LAUNCH THAT THEY DID GET TO ENJOY SOME DOWNTIME. >> WE CERTAINLY DON’T WANT TO
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TAKE ANYTHING UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. PEOPLE ON BOARD THE SPACE STATION HAS BEEN AWAY FOR MONTHS
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FROM TERRESTRIAL GERMS. WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT MISSION TO DO. ANY TIME WE ARE DOWN A DAY OR
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TWO, BIG IMPACTS TO THE MISSION. WE DO MAINTAIN THE STRICT STANDARDS OF QUARANTINE NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY TELL US, BUT
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BECAUSE THEY ARE A GOOD IDEA. >> WE HAVE TEAMS IN MISSION CONTROL IN HOUSTON MONITORING
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STARLINER’S FLIGHT TO THE SPACE STATION. CHECK IN WITH NASA BRANDY DEAN AND BOEING’S JIM A.
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>> THANKS SO MUCH, DEE, AND WELCOME BACK TO MISSION CONTROL AT NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
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BRANDY DEAN. >> JIM MAY WITH POSING BOEING. THE FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM.
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AND READY TO GET BACK TO WORK PREPARING FOR STARLINER WITH THE FIST ASCENT WITH CREW ON BOARD.
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THE TEAM HAS BEEN TRAINING PRETTY HARD. HUNDREDS OF SIMULATIONS AND LIVE
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SCRATCH. THEY ARE READY TO GET INTO SPACE. >> THEY ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE UNTIL STARLINER DOES.
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MIKE LAMBERS SITTING NEXT TO KEEP AN EYE ON WEATHER.
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FURTHER DOWN THE ROW ON LAMMERS OTHER SIDE CANADIAN SPACE
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JOSHUA KUTRICH AS TODAY’S CAP COM.
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COMMUNICATING WITH BUTCH WILMORE AND SUNI WILLIAMS ON THE TEAM’S BEHALF. FILING ALL OF THIS EXPERIENCE AWAY AS HE PREPARES FOR THE NEXT
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STARLINER FLIGHT. HE IS ASSIGNED AS A MISSION SPECIALIST ON STARLINER 1.
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>> SO THE TEAM HERE TODAY RETURN TO THEIR CONSOLES AROUND 4 A.M. CENTRAL THIS MORNING. AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING
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CLOSELY WITH THE TEAMS IN FLORIDA JUST UNDER FOUR HOURS BEFORE LAUNCH ONCE EVERYTHING WAS ACTIVATED AND READY FOR.
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THE BOEING MISSION CONTROL HANDED STARLINER OVER TO THE FOLKS IN HOUSTON AND THEY WILL BE THE ONES SENDING ANY COMMAND
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TO STARLINER FROM NOW ON. >> BUT IF ALL GOES WELL, YOU WON’T HEAR TOO MUCH FROM THEM AS
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ME MOVE THROUGH THE COUNTDOWN. THEIR TIME TO SHINE STARTS AT
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LIFTOFF, BUT KEYS THEY WILL MAKE, SWITCHING FROM GROUND POWER TO BATTERY POWER AND WITH THE CREW ACTIVATING THE LAUNCH
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BOARD SYSTEM. AND LAMMERS WILL SPEAK WITH HIS TEAM WHEN HE GIVES THE GO OR NO
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GO SEVEN MINUTES BEFORE LAUNCH. >> AT LIFTOFF, THEY WILL WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE ULA TEAM
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CONTROLLING THE ATLAS ROCKET INTO ORBIT.
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THE FIRST MINUTE AND A HALF, BOOSTERS FOR THE INITIAL LIFRS TO GUEST STARLINER GOING AND
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SECOND, STARLINER GETTING TO ORBIT. >> DONE TO THEIR JOB 12 MINUTES
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AUTO STARLINER AND JETTISONS THREE MINUTE LATER AND ON THE
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JOURNEY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. >> LET’S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE DETAILS OF WHAT TO EXPECT
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DURING — DURING STARL STARLINER’S ASCENT COMING UP AT 12:15 — 10:52, SORRY, EASTERN
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THIS AFTERNOON.
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>> ASCENT BEGINS AT T MINUS ZERO, LIFTOFF, END OF THE
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COUNTDOWN AND BEGINNING OF THE MISSION. T-PLUS 12 SECONDS, LINES UP
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STARLINER WITH THE TARGET ORBIT AND PUTTING ASTRONAUTS IN A HEADS-UP POSITION. THEN T-PLUS 42, MAX Q, MAX AIR
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DYNAMIC PRESSURE. A CRITICAL TIME WHEN THE ATMOSPHERE FORCES REACH THEIR
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HIGHEST. PLUS ONE MINUTE, 35 SECONDS, TWO ROCKET BOOSTERS RUN OUT OF FUEL AND BURN OUT. A MINUTE LATER THEY SEPARATE
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FROM THE BOOSTER. ATLAS BOOSTER ENGINE CONTINUES
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TO BURN FOR ALMOST TWO TWO MORE MINUTES. APPROXIMATELY PLUS 4:30, EASTERN
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ENGINE CUTOFF OR BIKO. FIVE SECONDS LATER, BOOSTER SEPARATES AND SO DOES THE ASCENT
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ON STOP OF STARLINER. CENTAUR UPPER STAGE IGNITES CONTINUING THE PUSH SO ORBITAL
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SPEED. A LITTLE AFTER FIVE MINUTES, STARLINER IS FREE OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND DOESN’T NEED ADDITIONAL AERO DYNAMIC SUPPORT
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AND THE AERO SPHERE IS JETTISON,
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MAIN ENGINE OR MIKO HAPPENS 12 MINUTES AFTER LIFTOFF. WHEN CENTAUR SUCCESSFULLY
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SEPARATES ALMOST 15 MINUTES AFTER LAUNCH, ULA’S JOB IS DONE. BUT STARLINER IS NOT QUITE IN
30:54
ORBIT YET. AFTER A 16-MINUTE COAST,
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STARLINER IGNITES MANEUVERING OR CONTROL ENGINES FOR THE ORBITAL
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INSERTION BURN AND 45 MINUTES, THE ASCENT LIFTOFF.
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>> THAT IS WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FOR THE FIRST 30 MINUTES OF STARLINER’S MISSION. AFTER THAT AN ORBITAL BEELINE TO
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THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. IF WE LAUNCH ON TIME, READY TO DOCK 12:15 EASTERN ON WEDNESDAY.
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AND CHECK WITH ROB WAITING MORE WITH THE LAUNCH DOWN THE HALL.
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>> THANK YOU, BRANDY. GOOD MORNING FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
31:43
FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM WHERE THE ORBIT ONE TEAM OF FLIGHT CONTROLLERS ARE MONITORING THE
31:48
COUNTDOWN AND KEEPING TABS ON THE EXPEDITION 71 CREW ON BOARD THE ORBITAL OUTPOST.
31:56
EVERYONE’S ATTENTION ON THE COUNTDOWN OF THE LAUNCH OF STARLINER TO THE STATION, NASA
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ASTRONAUTS, ARE CONDUCTING CHECKS ON THE U.S. SPACE SUITS
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AND THE QUEST AIR LOCK PREPARING FOR THE FIRST OF THE THREE SPACEWALKS SCHEDULED OUTSIDE
32:13
QUEST JUNE 13. FIRST BY DYSON AND DOMINIC IS TO RETRIEVE A FAULTY RADIO
32:20
FREQUENCY ANTENNA ON THE TRUSS AND COLLECT SAMPLES OF RESIDUE
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ON THE OUTER SEGMENTS. THERE WILL BE A PAIR OF MISSION
32:32
MANAGEMENT MEETINGS. FIRST BY BOEING MANAGEMENT TO ASSESS SYSTEMS FOLLOWING LUNCH AND INITIAL SERIES OF VEHICLE
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TESTS THAT THE STARLINER CREW WILL PERFORM TO ENSURE THAT THE VEHICLE IS READY FOR DOCKING. FOLLOWING THAT MEETING, THE
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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PARTNER ALSO GATHER TO GIVE FINAL APPROVAL FOR STARLINER TO PRESS AHEAD WITH THE CRITICAL
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PHASE OF THE RENDEZVOUS THAT WILL BEGIN THURSDAY MORNING WITH THE TERMINAL PHASE INITIATION
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BURN. BY THE TIME OF LAUNCH AT 10:52:15 A.M. EASTERN TIME, THE
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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WILL BE FLYING 260 MILES OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TURKEY. SO A BUSY 24 HOURS LIES AHEAD.
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WE WILL BE HERE EVERY MINUTE TO KEEP YOU POSTED. WITH THAT AND WITH THE COUNTDOWN FOR THE LAUNCH OF ATLAS V WELL
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UNDER WAY, WE WILL SEND YOU BACK TO OUR FOLKS AT THE CAPE. >> THANK YOU TO OUR COMMENTATORS OVER AT JOHNSON.
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AS WE HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU TEAMS IN FLORIDA AND HOUSTON MONITORING EVERY ASPECT OF THE LAUNCH. HEAD TO THE A IS,OC WITH DYLAN
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RICE AND LAUREN BENEKE. >> THANKS. WE WANT THE VIEWERS AT HOME TO
33:44
KNOW COMMUNICATIONS THAT YOU MAY REFER TO US AS LOOPS OR NETS. IF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING
33:49
ALONG, YOU HAVE HEARD A LOT IN THE LAST TWO ATTEMPTS. WE WILL BRING THOSE UP, THE
33:54
AUDIO ON THE BROADCAST AND YOU MAY HEAR US STOP COMMENTARY SO THAT CAN PLAY ACROSS FOR YOU TO
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HEAR THAT. OUR JOB TO WEAR THESE HEADSETS AND LISTEN TO THE SIDE CHANNELS
34:05
AS WELL AND BE ABLE TO TRANSLATE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN REALTIME WITH YOU. WE WILL BE FOLLOWING ALONG WITH
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THE NOMINAL PROCEDURES OF THE DAY. SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE ARE HEARING ON THOSE NETS IS THAT THE PAD
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TEAM HAS MADE ITS WAY BACK TO THE PAD. AND THE WHITE ROOM IS CONFIGURED
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FOR — BEING READY TO GET THE CREW BACK IN THERE. YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE WORKING TO OPEN THE HATCH AT THIS MOMENT,
34:29
SO ONCE THE CREW GETS BACK OVER THERE, THEY WILL BE READY TO START DOING ALL OF THE
34:34
PROCEDURES THERE IN THE WHITE ROOM. THE STARLINER CONTROL CENTER HAS SHIFTED CONTROL OF THE
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SPACECRAFT OVER TO MISSION CONTROL IN HOUSTON. AND THEN ALSO, OUR TEAM HAS BEEN
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MANAGING A SMALL HELIUM LEAK IN PROPULSION SYSTEM SINCE THE FIRST LAUNCH ATTEMPT.
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REMAINS ACCEPTABLE FOR FLIGHT. WE FOUND THE LEAK WAS ISOLATED TO JUST ONE PHLANGE IN ONE OF
34:59
THE SPACECRAFT’S 28 CONTROL SYSTEM OR WE LIKE TO CALL IF RCS
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THRUSTERS THAT MAKE SMALL ADJUSTMENTS ON ORBIT. AND A TINY SEAL ON THE MEN’S
35:13
DRESS SHIRT. HELIUM IS NOT COMBUSTIBLE OR TOXIC. STARLINER COULD HANDLE FOUR MORE
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LEAKS OR THIS LEAK GROWING 100 TIMES ITS CURRENT SIDE BEFORE NEEDING TO BE MANAGED IN SPACE.
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OTHER SPACECRAFTS LIKE THE SHUTTLE HAVE LAUNCHED WITH SIMILAR HELIUM LEAKS.
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THE RATE HAS CHECKED AN HOUR AGO AND NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED.
35:35
WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT IT REMAINS ACCEPTABLE. OUR TEAMS HAVE BEEN CYCLING THE THRUSTY VALVES NOW IN THE OPEN
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POSITION. THE THIRD TIME IF FOR STARLINER TO LAUNCH, BUT FIRST TIME WITH THE CREW, SO SOME OF THE PROCEDURES ARE A LITTLE
35:48
DIFFERENT. THAT IS WHY WE ARE COMING TO YOU SO EARLY BEFORE LAUNCH TODAY. IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT.
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AND WE ARE GOING TO LEARN A LOT TO BE MORE EFFICIENT IN THE FUTURE. SO, DON, HOW ARE THINGS
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PRODUCING WITH THE ROCKET? >> WELL, LAUREN, THINGS ARE GOING VERY, VERY WELL WITH THE
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ROCKET THIS MORNING. THE 100th LAUNCH OF THE ROCKET AND THIRD FLIGHT OF THE
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132-FOOT-TALL CONFIGURATION. DUAL ENGINE STAGE AND
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CONFIGURATION FOR THE PERFORMANCE NEEDED TO SHAPE THE TRAJECTORY FOR CREW SAFETY.
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>> CHECK IN WITH NASA’S DERROL NAIL. THANK YOU, I DYLAN AND LAUREN.
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AT HANGAR AE. AT THE PAD. BEAUTIFUL SKIES ABOVE.
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WE TALKED ABOUT THE WEATHER AT THE PETITION BEGINNING OF THE SHOW.
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ONLY — I SAY ONLY, BUT 90% FORECAST, HERE AT THE PAD.
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AND THE CORRIDOR. LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. WE HAVE A GRAPHIC TO SHOW YOU HOW ONCE THAT ROCKET LIFTS OFF
36:55
FROM THE PAD, THIS IS THE TRACK THAT IT WILL TAKE ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD.
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AND YOU CAN SEE IT THERE. ALL THE WAY UP JUST PAST NEWFOUNDLAND ON THIS PARTICULAR
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VIEW HERE. WHAT IT SHOWS YOU ALONG THAT PATH, THERE ARE AREAS IN WHICH
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IF NEEDED, THE STARLINER COULD ABORT OFF THE TOP OF THE ROCKET AND GO INTO THE OCEAN.
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NOW WE HAVE AN ARM WRESTLING CONTEST BETWEEN JOE AND BUTCH WILMORE. OH, NOT RECEIPT HAND, LEFTY.
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HERE WE GO. LET’S TAKE THIS IN. HAND, LEFT
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HERE WE GO. LET’S TAKI HAND, LEFTY. HERE WE GO. LET’S TAKG HAND, LEFTY. HERE WE GO. LET’S TAKH HAND, LEFTY.
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HERE WE GO. LET’S TAKT HAND, LEFTY. HERE WE GO. LET’S TAKE THIS IN. I THINK BUTCH SAID “ARE YOU TRYING?” [LAUGHTER] I THINK IT ENDED IN A TIE. COME ON, GUYS.
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WE ARE GOING TO DO ROCK, PAPER AND SCISSORS? I DON’T SEE ANY CARDS.
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THIS IS A TRADITION. NORMALLY PART OF THE SUIT UP GOT THEIR SUITS AND DID THEIR CHECKS
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THEY DO A CARD GAME. IN THIS CASE THEY ARE GOING WITH ROCK, PAPER SCISSORS. THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO LOSE TO THE
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CHIEF. YOU SEE THERE JOE ACABA. AND HE BEAT HIM. HE BEAT HIM.
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SO THERE YOU GO. JOE ACABA WINS ONE. AND HE WINS AGAINST SUNI.
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LET’S SEND IT BACK TO THE HOST DESK. >> YEAH, THIS IS A FUN MOMENT AS DERROL MENTIONED.
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USUALLY A CARD GAME A TRADITION THAT DATES BACK MANY MISSIONS
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AGO. AND THE POINT IS — JUST A HOUSE OF LAUGHS. THE POINT IS WHAT, MIKE. >> THE POINT IS TO GET THE BAD
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LUCK OUT. LOOKS LIKE THE CREW IS ABOUT TO LEAVE THE SUIT ROOM. I WILL SAY THIS, WITH STARLINER,
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WE ARE MAKING OUR OWN NEW TRADITIONS AND APPARENTLY THE CARD GAME DIDN’T WORK FOR US THE FIRST TWO TIMES AND GOING FOR
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SOMETHING CLASSIC, TRUE AND UNIVERSAL. WHO DOESN’T KNOW ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS.
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I GUESS A SCISSOR AND SPOCK FOR ADVANCED VERSION BUT GO WITH ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS.
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>> AS MIKE JUST SAID, BECAUSE THEY HAVE LOST TO JOE ACABA. USED UP THEIR PAD LOCK AND
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GETTING READY AND IN A COUPLE OF MOMENTS, WE EXPECT TO VIS THEM
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WALKING OUT OF THE SUIT-UP ROOM AND THEN WALK DOWN AND OUT TO
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THE WAITING CROWD. THE ASTRO VAN WHICH WILL BE THEIR RIDE TO THE LAUNCH PAD AND
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THEY WILL BE GETTING IN THERE FOR — FOR ABOUT A 20-MINUTE RIDE TO THEIR LAUNCH PAD.
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YOU SEE THE PARTITIONS BECAUSE THERE ARE LEVELS — WHO CAN GET
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CLOSE TO THE ASTRONAUTS BECAUSE GUARANTEE RULES AGAIN. >> ABSOLUTELY. WE RESPECT THE HEALTH STABILIZATION PROGRAM.
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AND LOOKS LIKE THE ULA PRESIDENT TORY BRUNO. >> YEP.
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>> HE IS THERE AND THE ATLAD — THE ULA WITH ATLAS AND CENTAUR
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HAVE BEEN GREAT SUPPORTER. THEY WORKED WITH BOEING TO GIVE US A RIDE TO SPACE. APPEAR. AND NICE TO SEE THE PRESIDENT OF
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ULA THERE. AND THE ASTRO VAN IS PRETTY AWESOME. >> IT IS.
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A COMFORTABLE WAY TO GET TO THEIR LAUNCH PAD. IT CAN FIT EIGHT PEOPLE REALLY.
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>> YES. I THINK TODAY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE JUST BUTCH AND SUNI. I HAD A CHANCE TO RIDE WITH THEM
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ON THEIR FIRST LAUNCH ATTEMPT AND DEFINITELY ROOM FOR MORE. >> THAT CALL OUT AGAIN, THREE
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HOURS AND LESS THAN 30 SECONDS UNTIL LIFTOFF OF BOEING’S CREW FLIGHT TEST.
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>> I THINK THE CREW IS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT IN JUST A MINUTE AND THEY WILL BE WAVING AND HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO THEIR
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FAMILIES. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MOMENT. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW — >> YEP, STAND BY. >> THE FAMILIES ARE HERE.
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AND NOT AS MUCH AS THEY WERE AT THE VERY BEGINNING BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED. BUTCH AND SUNI ARE WELL
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SUPPORTED. AND WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM THAT HELPED SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES INCLUDING KELLY CURTIS — >> LC, SLICK ON CHANNEL 1.
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HATCH, OPS ARE COMPLETE. SPACE CHECKS ARE NOMINAL. >> ROGER. >> THERE IS A CALLOUT AMONG THE
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PAD TEAM. SO AS WE SAID, THERE IS A LOT OF COORDINATION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO MAKE THIS LAUNCH
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POSSIBLE. SO RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE PAD TEAM MEMBERS AT THE LAUNCH PAD.
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AND THEY ARE READYING STARLINER FOR BUTCH AND SUNI’S ARRIVAL.
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>>. >> A CHOREOGRAPHED ORCHESTRA AND EVERYTHING IS GOING ON TIME AND OUR FAMILY SUPPORT TEAM HAS MADE
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SURE THAT THE CREW FAMILIES ARE — ARE THERE FOR THEIR — BUTCH AND SUNI ARE GIVEN THE BEST
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SENDOFF THAT THEY CAN. >> AND WE HAVE SOME LEADERSHIP HERE AT KENNEDY ALSO HERE FOR
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CREW WALKOUT. THIS IS A REALLY COOL MOMENT. THE FINAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
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ASTRONAUTS TO SAY SEE YOU LATER
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UNTIL — UNTIL THEIR LAUNCH. AGAIN, TARGETING 10:52:15 A.M.
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EASTERN TIME. >> THE ADMINISTRATOR HAS ARRIVED JUST IN TIME. CREW WILL STEP OUT IN JUST A
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MOMENT AND THEY WILL BE — IT IS REALLY EMOTIONALLY AMAZING FOR
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US TO SEE ALL THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE FROM ABOVE AND BELOW. >> AND HERE WE GO. OUT OF THE SUIT UP ROOM,
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COMMANDER BUTCH WILMORE AND PILOT SUNI WILLIAMS WALKING TO THE ELEVATOR AT THE END OF THE
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HALLWAY TO THE ASTRONAUT CREW QUARTERS. AGAIN, ARMED WITH ROSES, THIS TIME, IT LOOKS LIKE ORANGE OR
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YELLOW ROSES. THEY HAD RED ROSES THE OTHER DAY. BUT SAME TRADITION OF HANDING
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SOME OF THOSE OFF TO FOLKS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THEM THROUGHOUT THIS MISSION. >> YELLOW ROSES WORKED IN TIME,
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I THINK STARLINER ONE WILL BE HANDING OUT YELLOW ROSES THE FIRST TIME. >> OH, THAT IS WONDERFUL. >> WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM AT CREW
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QUARTERS. AND THEY ARE SAYING A QUICK PRAYER OR BLESSING TO GET ALL THE BEST FOR BUTCH AND SUNI.
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>> NOW THEY ARE GETTING INTO THAT ELEVATOR. >> WITH LIFE-SIZE POSTERS OF
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BUTCH AND SUNI. >> A WAVE FROM BUTCH BEFORE THE DOORS CLOSE. THAT ELEVATE WILL THEN TAKE THEM
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DOWN THREE FLIGHTS. >> I THINK I SEE THEIR PATCH. THE BUMP AND SUNI PATCH ON BOARD
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THE BUILDING ZAPPED BEFORE INCLUDING DEMO TWO, THE
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EQUIVALENT FLIGHT FOR DRAGON — THE PATCHES. >> THIS, OF COURSE, ARE THE
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DOORS THEY ARE GOING TO WALK OUT OF TO GREET FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
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AND NASA ASTRONAUTS LAUNCHING FROM FLORIDA HAVE WALKED OUT OF THESE SAME DOORS SINCE APOLLO 7 SINCE 1968.
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THE MISSION STICKERS WERE ADDED AROUND THE FRAME IN THE SHUTTLE
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ERA. AND BUTCH AND SUNI’S MISSION STICKER IS ALREADY THERE. >> I WILL TELL YOU A REAL THRILL
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— AND AN HONOR — I CAN’T EXPRESS IT. HOW COOL FOR THOSE DOORS TO OPEN
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AND YOU WALK OUT TO YOUR RIDE TO THE LAUNCH PAD AND YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND EVERYBODY IS THERE
44:05
TO SUPPORT YOU AND YOU ARE LIKE, ALL RIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS. AND BUTCH AND SUNI ARE AMAZED
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TODAY. >> BUTCH AND SUNI DESIGNED THEIR MISSION PATCH AND EVERY DETAIL HAS MEANING. THE SEVEN STARS IN THE
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BACKGROUND REPRESENT THE ASTRONAUTS THAT TRAVELED TO SPACE AS PART OF THE MERCURY PROGRAM.
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THE ASTRONAUT SYMBOL ON THE BOTTOM BETWEEN BUTCH AND SUNI’S
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NAME REPRESENT ALL THAT WILL BE BEFORE THEM IN THE FLIGHT. AND BLUE MARBLING SUNI’S LOVE OF
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THE OCEAN. >> AND, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE STARLINER AND THE ATLAS V IN THE
44:42
MIDDLE WITH THE ISS SIGNIFYING STARLINER’S FIRST DESTINATION IN
44:48
SPACE. >> EARLIER THIS THE SHOW, WE ASKED YOU TO SUBMIT YOUR “ASK
44:53
NASA” QUESTIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AND ANSWER SOME OF THOSE NOW.
44:59
THIS IS FROM BAILEY SCHWARTZ. HOW DO THE ASTRONAUTS MENTALLY PREPARE FOR LEAVING?
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>> THAT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT SOME ALREADY IS THAT WE ARE — IN
45:13
ORDER TO BE MENTALLY PREPARED, WE HAVE TO KNOW OUR STUFF AND BE PROFESSIONAL SO BUTCH AND SUNI
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PASSED ALL OF THEIR EXAMS AND SIMULATIONS. WE HELPED THEM — THEY ARE WITH STARLINER SINCE THE BEGINNING
45:25
AND THEY ARE READY TO GO WITH THEIR KNOWLEDGE. BUT THEY ARE ALSO EMOTIONALLY READY TO GO TO.
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FAMILIES GIVING THEM SUPPORT AND FRIENDS ARE GIVING THEM SUPPORT. AND THE REST OF THE TEAM IS
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THERE FOR THEM. SO THEY ARE READY TO GO. IT’S — IT COULD BE A LITTLE
45:42
SCARY, BUT FOR US, WE REALLY FEEL THAT THE ONLY THING WE WANT ON A LAUNCH PAD IS TO DO OUR
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PART AND NOT LET DOWN THE REST OF OUR TEAM. >> THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY
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THAT YOU GUYS CAN LET DOWN YOUR TEAM. ABSOLUTELY NOT. WE KNOW THAT YOU — THE
45:58
ASTRONAUTS WORK AS HARD AS EVERYONE ELSE. AND THIS WILL BE A GREAT MOMENT
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FOR BOTH BUTCH AND SUNI. WE ARE NOW 15 SECONDS FROM WREN WE EXPECT TO SEE BUTCH AND SUNI
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WALK OUT OF THOSE HISTORIC DOORS THE NEIL A. ARMSTRONG HERE IN
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KENNEDY. >> HERE IT COMES. >> HERE IT COMES. OUR CFT CREW TAKING FIRST STEPS OUTSIDE FOR THEIR HISTORIC
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FLIGHT TEST FOR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. COMMANDER BUTCH WILMORE AND PILOT SUNI WILLIAMS.
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PAWING FOR A SECOND. A WAVE FROM BOTH OF THEM AS THEY WALK ON OVER TO FAMILY AND
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FRIENDS. I THINK THEY ARE THROWING OUT MISSION PATCHES. IS THAT IT? >> BUTCH DEFINITELY LIKES TO
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SHARE — SHARE THE JOY. >> AGAIN, THEY HAD A COUPLE MORE ROSES THAT WE HANDED OUT TO
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FOLKS HERE IN THE CROWD. >> WEEK SEE ASTRONAUT DOUG
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WHEELLOCK THAT CAME DOWN TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY. HE IS ALSO GETTING SOME GOOD VIDEO TO DOCUMENT — FOR FAMILY
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ARCHIVES, THIS SPECIAL HOME. >> DOUG WHEELOCK AND SUNI
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WILLIAMS IN THE SAME CLASS. >> 1988. THE PENGUINS. >> I LIKE THAT. MY HIGH SCHOOL MASCOT WAS A
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PENGUIN. PLAYING TO THE CROWD AS THEY
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ALWAYS ARE. THEY HAVE GREAT PERSONALITIES. THEY ARE REALLY KEEPING UP ALL THE ENERGY. GETTING EVERYBODY PUMPED FOR
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THIS HIS FOR MIS– HISTORIC
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MISSION. >> THIS GOES BACK TO THE QUESTION FROM BAILEY. HOW WE PREPARE FOR THE MISSION MENTALLY. TAKE THE JOY AND ENERGY FROM OUR
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TEAMMATES AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND THEY WILL TAKE IT TO THE LAUNCH PAD, AND THEY WILL BE READY FOR FLIGHT.
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>> COUPLE MORE WORDS HERE. PLANNED TIME TO LEAVE IS ABOUT THREE HOURS AND 20 MINUTES FROM
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LAUNCH, SO THEY STILL HAVE A LITTLE OVER TWO MINUTES LEFT. MAKING THEIR WAY DOWN TO OTHER
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FO FOLKS. A CROWD FOLLOWING THEM TO TAKE SOME PHOTOS, SOME VIDEOS.
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THE ASTRO VAN DOOR OPEN AND READY FOR WHEN THEY WANT TO HOP
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IN. >> THIS IS ALL CAREFULLY CHOREOGRAPHED. THE SPACECRAFT HATCH IS OPEN.
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AND — AND THE CONVOY TO GO TO THE LAUNCH PAD A DRIVE BY HERE
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WILL HAVE TO ARRIVE IN TIME. EVERYTHING IS DOWN TO THE MINUTE. AND ON THE FIRST ROUND, I HAD TO
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— I HAD TO NUDGE BUTCH AND SUNI TO BE IN THE VAN.
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>> I REMEMBER THAT. I WONDER IF THEY ARE ON TIME. >> THAT WAS ON ME. NOW I AM NOT THERE TO SLOW THEM
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DOWN NASA ADMINISTRATOR BILL NELSON THERE ON THE RIGHT. AND DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR PAM
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MELROY. ACCOMPANIED BY ULA CEO AND PRESIDENT, TORY BRUNO. AGAIN, TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO
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SAY THEIR WELL WISHES TO BUTCH AND SUNI. SUNI SAYING COME OVER HERE,
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BUTCH, LET’S TAKE A PHOTO.
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SOMES — SOME WAVES AGAIN AS
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THEY SLOWLY MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE VAN. >> MEGAN DONALDSON GET ING A
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HUG. GREAT HELP OF KEEPING THE MANAGEMENT AND BOEING TEAM IN SYNC TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE ON
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TIME. THANKS, MEGAN. GOOD JOB BE. >> NOT ME — JUST KIDDING. >> THANK YOU TO YOU, MEGAN CRUZ.
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>> ALL RIGHT. DOOR NOW CLOSING. ALSO RIDING ALONG WITH THEM WILL BE THE DRIVER AND A BACK-UP
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DRIVER. THE DRIVER FOR ALL THREE ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN ROD ME H KNEE PERRY.
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HE THINKS HIS JOB IS SO COOL. WHAT AN AMAZING, UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY AND THE BACK-UP
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DRIVER. >> THE BLACK-UP DRIVER IS BLAKE POSTON. HE IS RIDING AS A PASSENGER.
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HE MONITORS THE RADIO AND GETS MINUTE-BY-MINUTE UPDATES ON THE
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SPACECRAFT AND ROCKET. HE HANDLED LOGISTICS FOR BOEING
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SPACE PROGRAMS AND HE IS EXCITED TO BE HERE FOR THIS MISSION. >> BOTH REALLY COOL OPPORTUNITIES TO BE A PART THIS
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FLIGHT TEST. NOW THEY WILL HAVE A FULL SECURITY ESCORT. AGAIN, THE DRIVE WILL TAKE ABOUT
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20 MINUTES. AND HERE THEY GO. NASA ASTRONAUTS BUTCH WILMORE AND SUNI WILLIAMS NOW EN ROUTE
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TO CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION LAUNCH PAD 41. >> GO, BUTCH!
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GO, SUNI! >> WHOO-HOO!
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EVEN MORE PEOPLE THERE IN THE PARKING LO THE. WAVING. TAKING PICTURES. SENDING THEIR WELL WISHES TO THE
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PAIR. >>THE TEAM HERE AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IS DEFINITELY — THEY HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON A LOT OF
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THINGS. A LOT OF OTHER LAUNCHES, BUT TODAY, THEY ARE THERE TO SUPPORT STARLINER AND ATLAS AND GETTING
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READY FOR THE CREW FLIGHT TEST TODAY. >> AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE LAUNCH PAD, WANT TO REMIND YOU
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THAT BUTCH AND SUNI ARE EXPERIENCED NAVAL AVIATORS AND OLD SCHOOL PICTURES.
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SUNI BACK IN THE DAY. SHE INITIALLY WANTED TO BE A DIVER IN THE NAVY BUT SAID SHE
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WATCHED THE ORIGINAL TOP GUN MOVIE AND DECIDED TO GO TO FLIGHT SCHOOL. OBVIOUSLY A TELL COPTER PILOT
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F — HELLI COPTER PILOT. PICTURE OF BUTCH. HE WAS A TOP GUN PILOT. SEE HIM ON THE FAR LEFT. >> LC SLICK ON CHANNEL ONE.
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>> GO AHEAD, SLICK. >> CREW TRANSPORT. ESTIMATE AID RIVAL IS L MINUS
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3:07. >> ROGER. >> THEY WANTED CLIPS FROM THE “TOP GUN: MAVERICK” MOVIE
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PLAYING IN THE ASTRO VAN TO GET
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T THEM. WILL HEED UP. THEY WATCHING THAT. MY IMPRESSION MAKING PHONE CALLS IN THE ASTRO VAN TO PEOPLE THEY
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WANT TO THANK. >> YES, BUTCH — >> OSM. CREW IS IN ROUTE TO PAD.
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PERMIT ENTRY INTO FHA. >> ROGER. >> THAT WAS LAUNCH CONDUCTOR
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DOUG LEBO GIVING PERMISSION FOR THE CREW TO GO INTO — WHAT IS IT, THE HAZARD AREA.
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>> FLIGHT HAZARD AREA. >> FLIGHT HAZARD AREA. WHEN THE VAN GETS THERE IN THEY
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DON’T HAVE TO WAIT AND GET THROUGH SECURITY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IS ALWAYS MONEY IN. THEY WILL GET THE SPEED PASS TO
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GO THROUGH. BUTCH AND SUNI.
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TIP OF THE LOCKET, TIP OF.
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AND EVERYBODY THAT WORKED HARD FOR STARLINER AND BUTCH AND SUNI TOOK TIME IN PREVIOUS FLIGHTS TO CALL THEIR DIFFERENT TEAMMATES
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ALONG THE WAY. AND SHOW APPRECIATION. I KNOW IF — EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE MY FRIENDS, IF THEY EVER CALLED ME, I KNOW HOW EXCITED I
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WOULD BE. THIS IS A PRETTY NEAT THING. >> YEAH. CHECK BACK IN WITH NASA’S BRANDY
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DEAN AND BOEING’S JIM MAY MONITORING THINGS AT MISSION CONTROL AT JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
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>> THANKS, MEGAN. THERE ARE NO ISSUES BEING WORKED SO FAR TODAY AT MISSION CONTROL IN HOUSTON.
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THINGS ARE GOING SMOOTHLY AS THE TEAM WORKS THROUGH A TIMELINE. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS AFTER
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COMING ON CONSOLE WAS A WEATHER BRIEFING FOR THE CREW ON CREW QUARTERS.
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LUCK CONTINUES WITH FEW CONCERNS TO DISCUSS. WEATHER IS LOOKING GOOD FOR TODAY’S LAUNCH. LITTLE LESS THAN AN HOUR AGO,
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THE TEAM IN HOUSTON TOOK CONTROL OF STARLINER. >> AT THE MONTHY, THEY ARE WORKING IN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF
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A MONITOR MODE KEEPING THE SPACECRAFT STABLE WHILE BUTCH AND SUNI HEAD TO THE TAB AND
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TEAMS AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER PREPARE STARLINER FOR THE ARRIVAL. ONCE THE CREW GETS STRAPPED IN THEIR SEATS AND HATCHES CLOSE,
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THINGS WILL PICK BACK UP WITH CABIN LEAK CHECKS AND MONITOR
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STARLINER’S LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM WHICH IS HOSTING CREW FOR FIRST TIME IN SPACE. >> THE LAST 20 MINUTES BEFORE
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LAUNCH, FEW IMPORTANT ACTIONS SWITCHING STARLINER TO INTERNAL POWER AND LAUNCHING THE ON-BOARD
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SYSTEM. READY TO BE READY FOR ANY ISSUES SUCH AS THE SUIT FAN PROBLEM
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THEY HAD TO TROUBLESHOOT SATURDAY. WE SAW AN INCREASE OF VOLTAGE AND TURNED IT OFF AND THE TEAM
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IN MISSION CONTROL WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY GET THEM TURNED BACK ON AND READY FOR LAUNCH.
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>> THIS CAREFULLY CHOREOGRAPHED PRELAUNCH PROCESS HAS BEEN PRACTICED MANY TIMES AS A
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FULLIER. >> GRATED TEAM AND ALL OF US SITTING IN THE SAME SEAT. FINAL SET OF TRAINING TO PREPARE
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FOR BUTCH AND SUNI’S MISSION TODAY. >> OF COURSE ALL OF THIS IS AIMING TO GET THE CREWED
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STARLINER TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR THE CREW FLIGHT TEST. CHECK IN AGAIN WITH THE DESTINATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL
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SPACE STATION. RON STANDING BY WITH THE SPACE STATION TO GIVEN US AN UPDATE. >> THANKS, BRANDI, THE WHITE
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CONTROL ROOM DOWN THE HALL POISED TO TAKE OVER OPERATIONS OF THE LIFTOFF OF ATLAS ROCKET.
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THEY ARE READY TO COLLABORATE WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES ONCE STARLINER MOVES INTO INTEGRATED OPERATIONS JUST AFTER 9 A.M.
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EASTERN TIME TOMORROW. THAT WILL BE THREE HOURS PRIOR TO STARLINER’S SCHEDULE DOCKING. ONCE THE NEW SPACECRAFT HAS
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DOCKED TO THE STATION’S HARMONY MODULE, A PERIOD OF TWO HOURS TO CONDUCT LEAK CHECKS ON BOTH
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SIDES OF THE STARLINER HARMONY INTERFACE BEFORE THE HATCHES WILL SWING OPEN ALLOWI BUTCH
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WILMORE AND SUNI WILLIAMS TO ENTER THE STATION THE PLACE THEY BOTH CALLED HOME ON PREVIOUS
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MISSIONS. DOCK EXPEDITION AND JOIN THE 71 EXPEDITION CREWMEMBERS FOR A
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TYPICAL SAFETY BLEEDING BY COMMANDER FROM ROS COSMOS THAT
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HAD 1 THOUSAND IN DAYS IN SPACE ON THIS, HIS FIRST MISSION. STARLINER CREW WILL TRANSFER
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EQUIPMENT FROM THE SPACE STATION FROM THEIR SPACECRAFT AND SETTLE IN FOR THEIR VISIT.
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COUNTDOWN CLOCKS ARE TICKING PACK WARDS AS WE ARE READY FOR THIS FLIGHT. TURN IT BACK TO HOUSTON. YOU GUYS AT THE CAPE AND OUR
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CONTINUING COVERAGE. >> THANK YOU, ROB. WE ARE NOW THREE HOURS AND 13 MINUTES AND COUNTING AWAY FROM
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THE SIXTH TIME THAT NASA ASTRONAUTS LAUNCHED ON A NEW
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SPACECRAFT. IF YOU WONDERING OF THE FIRST FIVE CREW TEST FLIGHTS, HERE THEY ARE. MERCURY RED STONE 3, ALAN
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SHEPHERD, MAY 5, 1961.
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THEN APOLLO 7, WALLY SHERA, DON
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ICILY, WALT CUNNINGHAM. OCTOBER 11, 1968. >> WE HAVE STS 1 WITH JOHN YOUNG
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AND ROBERT CRIPPEN THAT LAUNCHED APRIL 12, 1981.
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>> NASA SPACE X BOB HURLEY, DOUG BEN KEN, MAY 30, 2020.
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>> THEN, OF COURSE, TODAY’S NASA BOEING CREW FLIGHT TEST WITH BUTCH WILMORE AND SUNI WILLIAMS.
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IF YOU CAN SEE THERE, YOU CAN SEE THE CP F WHERE STARLINER IS BUILT AND REFURBISHED AFTER
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EVERY FLIGHT. >> BUTCH AND SUNI’S CONTACT PATH, HISTORIC ASSEMBLY BUILDING AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
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WE SHOULD MENTION WHAT WILL BE THE SEVENTH TIME THAT NASA WILL FLY CREW OFF THE SPACECRAFT OFF
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OUR PLANET WHICH IS THE ARTEMIS 2. WISEMAN, GLOVER, COOK, AND
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CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY ASTRONAUT JEREMY HANSON WILL ORBIT THE
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MOON AND ORION SPACECRAFT WILL BE ASSEMBLED IN THAT VERY SAME
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ACCESSORY BUILDING. CHECK OUT WHAT IS ALREADY IN PLACE FOR NASA’S RETURN TO THE MOON.
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>> ENGINEERS INSIDE THE NEIL A. ARMSTRONG OPERATION AND CHECKOUT BUILDING AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
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LOWERED THE ORION SPACECRAFT INTO A VACUUM ALTITUDE CHAMBER
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WITH THE HELP OF A 30-TON CRANE. SIMULATES DEEP SPACE TO TEST FOR ANY ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY THAT
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CAN DAMAGE ORION AS IT TRAVELS AWAY FROM EARTH. MEANWHILE, THE ARTEMIS CREW AN
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UNDER WAY RECOVERY TEST AT SEA. MIMICS ORION’S LANDING AND
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RECOVERY PROCEDURES WHEN THE CREW SPLASHES DOWN IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA.
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NAVY DIVERS AND BOATS A MOCK-UP ORION CAPSULE AND HELP THEM INTO HELICOPTERS THAT FLEW THEM TO A
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NEARBY NAVAL SHIP JUST LIKE THEY WILL DO DURING THE MISSION. BACK AT KENNEDY AND HIGH ABOVE LAUNCH PAD 39-B, THIS 360-DEGREE
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VIDEO TAKES YOU FOR A RIDE INSIDE ONE OF THE ARTEMIS EMERGENCY EGRESS BASKETS IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY AT THE
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LAUNCH PAD. ASTRONAUTS AND WORKERS USE THIS QUICK EXIT TO GET TO SAFETY.
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THAT IS A LOOK AT YOUR ARTEMIS MOON MINUTE. >> IT IS IMPORTANT TO MENTION
59:39
THAT, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH COMMERCIAL PARTNERS LIKE BOEING THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM REALLY ALLOWS NASA TO
59:45
FOCUS ON THESE OTHER GOALS LIKE RETURNING TO THE MOON. >> I THINK WE ARE IN THE GOLDEN
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AGE OF SPACE EXPLORATION. AND I THINK WE ARE GOING TO KEEP WORKING ON GETTING MORE PEOPLE
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INTO SPACE AND BUILDING AND LOW ORBIT ECONOMY AND EXPLORATION TO
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MOON AND MARS. EXCITING TIME. >> SO MUCH TO DO WITH SPACE EXPLORATION THAT WE COULDN’T DO IT ALONE.
1:00:07
WE REALIZE THAT WE SHOULD BRING PRIVATE COMPANIES, COMMERCIAL COMPANIES TO HELP US MEET THIS
1:00:14
FANTASTIC GOAL OF GETTING OFF OUR PLANET AND SEEK WHAT IS ELSE IS OUT THERE. >> A LOT OF TUOPPORTUNITIES FOR
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YOUNG SCIENTISTS IN STEM FIELD. FOR YOU YOUNG KIDS, STUDY HARD AND WE CAN USE YOU IN SPACE
1:00:31
PROGRAMS. >> THREE HOURS UNTIL LAUNCH. DERROL NAIL AT HANGAR AE.
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>> GOOD MORNING AS WE TRACK THE CREW ON THE WAY TO THE PAD. THEY DO SO WITH BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE IN THEIR FACES.
1:00:45
THAT FLORIDA SUNSHINE IS COOKING UP SOME HEAT THOUGH. GET IN THE 80s BY THE TIME WE HIT T-ZERO.
1:00:51
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, NOT EXPECTING ANY ISSUE — NOT ANY SIGNIFICANT ISSUE FROM THE
1:00:57
WEATHER. IT DOESN’T MEAN THEY ARE NOT TRACKING A FEW THINGS AS WE LOOK OFF TO THE EAST. OUTDOORS, THE TEMPERATURES,
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AGAIN, COMFORTABLE. WINDS ARE LIGHT. NOT AN ISSUE. BUT WE ARE TRACKING THE
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POSSIBILITY FOR CUMULUS CLOUDS AROUND THE PAD, CLOSER TO T-ZERO.
1:01:16
AND THAT WILL BE TRIGGERED BY THE BREEZE THAT WE GET IN FLORIDA THIS TIME OF YEAR. THE BREEZE, THE COOL AIR OFF THE
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OCEAN. MEETING THE WARM AIR OVER THE LAND. BUT WE EXPECT THAT TO STAY OFFSHORE. COULD GET PUFFY CUMULUS CLOUDS
1:01:30
IN THE AREA. IF WE DO, THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT LAUNCH WEATHER OFFICER
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MELODY WILL ALERT THE LAUNCH TEAM. CAN’T FLY THROUGH CUMULUS CLOUDS BECAUSE THAT COULD TRIGGER A
1:01:41
LIGHTNING STRIKE WHICH WOULD PUT THE ASTRONAUTS IN DANGER. MAKE SURE THAT NOT HAVING ANY
1:01:47
CHIME US WILL CLOUDS OVER TOP OF THE LAUNCH PAD AT THE TIME OF T-ZERO. ALSO WANTED TO RECAP THE — THE
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WEATHER AND THE ASCENT IN THE ABORT CORRIDOR. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT
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EARLIER BEFORE AN ARM WRESTLING MATCH INTERCORRUPTED THAT. BUT HERE YOU GO.
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LAUNCH FROM THE CAPE. THE TRAJECTORY ON THE EASTERN SEABOARD.
1:02:11
AS IT IS MOVING QUICKLY HEADED TOWARD SPACE — >> LT SLICK ON CHANNEL ONE.
1:02:17
>> GO AHEAD, SLICK. >> WE ARE READY FOR PAD SUPPORT PERSONNEL TO PERFORM OSC
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RADIO COM CHECKS AND PROCEED TO GROUND LEVEL. >> ROGER.
1:02:29
PROCEED. >> ROGER. >> AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT TRACK. BASICALLY AREAS ALONG THAT TRACK
1:02:39
WHERE THE STARLINER COULD ABORT SHOULD SOMETHING GO WRONG WITH THE ROCKET. RIGHT NOW THAT RISK IS LOW OF
1:02:45
ANYTHING HAPPENING. SO THAT IS A GOOD THING. AGAIN, THE RISK IS LOW FOR
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THE ASCENT ABORT CORRIDOR. THEY ARE TRACKING A FEW STORMS OFF THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA
1:02:56
AS WELL AS SOME COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE WATER OFF OF NEWFOUNDLAND, BUT OVERALL, THEY DON’T EXPECT THIS TO BE AN ISSUE
1:03:03
FOR THE RESCUE TEAM SHOULD THEY NEED TO BE DEPLOYED IN THE CASE OF AN ABORT. THAT’S IT FROM THE HANGAR.
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BACK TO MEGAN, MIKE AND DEE. >> ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR WHEN WEATHER IS COOPERATING FOR
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LIFTOFF. NOW BUTCH AND SUNI ARE ALMOST AT THE LAUNCH PAD. CHECK IN WITH LAUREN AND DYLAN
1:03:22
AS THEY MONITOR IT THE ATLAS V AND STARLINER. >> GREAT TO SEE THE CREW GO TO
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THE PAD AGAIN, A SPECIAL — >> CREW TRANSPORT CONVOY HAS
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CLEARED. 20 PERSONNEL ENTERING FHA AT THIS TIME. >> ROGER.
1:03:40
>> ANOTHER SPECIAL SENDOFF FROM SO MANY LOVED ONES, FRIENDS,
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FAMILY, BOEING OUT THERE K KATE SEARS SEEING THE CREW.
1:03:52
THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR BOEING SPACE AND SECURITY. A LOT OF SPECIAL PEOPLE OUT
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THERE TODAY HOPING FOR A SMOOTH COUNTDOWN WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE MONITORING AT THIS MOMENT.
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THE STARLINER PAD TEAM HAS BEEN INSIDE THE WHITE ROOM PREPARING FOR THE CREW TO GET OVER THERE.
1:04:10
THE FULL PAD TEAM HAS MADE UP OF FIVE PEOPLE FROM BOEING AND THREE PEOPLE FROM ULA. WE ALSO HEAR THEM REFERREDED TO
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AS “THE BLUE TEAM.” ONE OF THOSE PAT TEAM MEMBERS IS HEADED DOWN HERE SOON TO MEET
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THE CREW DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAD. THEY TYPICALLY DO A BIT OF A
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TRADITION WHERE THE CREW WILL GET OUT AND VIEW THE ROCKET FIRST. I AM NOT SURE IF THEY WILL DO THAT TODAY.
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THEY CHOSE NOT TO DO IT DURING THE LAST LAUNCH ATTEMPT. THIS HE DID IT DURING THE FIRST
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LAUNCH ATTEMPT. WE WILL SEE IF THEY DECIDE TO DO IT TODAY. THEY MAY GO STRAIGHT UP TO THE
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ELEVATORS AND HEAD UP. THE THIRD TIME FOR BUTCH AND SUNI TO GO THROUGH THESE MOTIONS
1:04:49
WITH THREE DIFFERENT SPACECRAFT AND THREE DIFFERENT ROCKETS. THEY HAVE BOTH HAVE RODE ON THE
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SHUTTLE AND SOYUZ IN THE PAST. THEY LOVE STARLINER. THEY TALK OF THE AGILITY AND
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NIMBLENESS OF THE SPACECRAFT AND THEY CAN’T WAIT TO GET UP THERE AND PUT THEIR HANDS ON IT AND DO
1:05:07
MANUAL PILOTING AS WELL AS, OF COURSE, THE AUTOMATED PILOTING IT IS MADE TO DO.
1:05:12
WE HEARD BUTCH JOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS HE CAN DO IN STARLINER.
1:05:17
HE SAYS — >> GO AHEAD. >> YES, SIR, I AM SURE YOU ARE AWARE BUT IF NOT, THE LEVEL 12
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VIDEO CAMERAS ARE OUT OF CONFIGURATION. >> REPEAT THAT, PLEASE? >> THE LEVEL 12 VISUAL CAMERAS
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ARE OUT OF CONFIGURATION FOR MONIT
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MONITORING. >> WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? >> THE ASTRRO VAN.
1:05:49
THIS CREW FEELS VERY CONFIDENT ON THEIR RIDE TO SPACE ON ATLAS WHICH HAS 100% MISSION SUCCESS
1:05:56
RATE. >> IF GO AHEAD. >> YES, CREW TRANSPORT VEHICLE HAS ENTERED THE PAD.
1:06:01
>> ROGER. >> YEAH, THAT IS RIGHT, LAUREN. >> CLEAR. PROCEED TO LEVEL 12.
1:06:07
>> ROGER. >> ATLAS STARLINER CONFIGURATION WAS DESIGNED WITH A COMMITMENT
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OF SAFETY. ONE OF THE MOST RELIABLE ROCKETS IN THE WORLD. IN THIS CONFIGURATION, WE CORY
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AN EXTRA LAYER OF SAFETY FOR THE DUTY OF SENDING ASTRONAUTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
1:06:24
EMERGENCY PROTECTION SYSTEM, EDS FOR SHORT, TO ENHANCE THE
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PROTECTION OF ASTRONAUTS BY AUTONOMOUSLY MONITORING THE HEALTH OF THE LAUNCH VIDEO.
1:06:36
IF IT DETECTS AN ANOMALY TRIGGERS AN ABORT FASTER THAN ANY HUMAN COULD DO SO.
1:06:42
>> ROJJER. >> BUT THE ASTRONAUTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRIGGER A MANUAL ABORT IF THAT IS REQUIRED. ALONG WITH THAT EDS SYSTEM, AS
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SET FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM IN DENVER DURING THIS AND ANY HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT MISSION. TEAM MONITORS THE HEALTH OF THE
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ROCKET TO SPACE AND REALTIME STATUS AND COLLABORATE WITH FLIGHT DIRECTOR AND MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.
1:07:06
WHEN YOU HEAR THE CALL SIGN ATLAS AND TELEMETRY DATA FROM
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THE ROCKET AND PROVIDING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. AS THE CREW ARRIVES AT THE PAD, THE ROCKET REMAINS READY READY
1:07:19
FOR THE OPENING OF TODAY’S LAUNCH WINDOW. >> ROJJER. >> AT THIS POINT ON THE LAUNCH BAD, ALL OF THAT IS ON THE CREW
1:07:26
ACCESS TOWER. YOU MENTION THE BLUE TEAM. THREE ULA PERSONNEL ON THAT BLUE TEAM. THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE PERFORMING
1:07:32
THE SAFETY CHECKS. ONCE THE CREW IS LOADED AND
1:07:40
STARLINER IS CLOSED DOWN THEY WILL HAVE THE HYDRAULIC FOR ARM RETRACT WHICH WILL CONTROL
1:07:46
REMOTELY ONCE THE PAD IS CLEAR. THEY WILL BE RETRACTING THE STARLINER ACCESS PLANK AND WHITE
1:07:52
ROOM ENVIRONMENTAL SEAL. ONCE THAT WORK IS DONE, THE ENTIRE BLUE TEAM WILL CLEAR THE PAD AND HEAD TO THE FALLBACK
1:07:58
AREA FOR LAUNCH. RIGHT NOW, THINGS ARE GOING VERY WELL WITH THE ROCKET AND THINGS SEEM TO BE GOING WELL.
1:08:04
THE CREW ACCESS TOWER IS READY AND THE TEAM HERE IS HOPE ARE FOR COOL RUNS AS WE MARCH TOWARD
1:08:11
LIFTOFF. >> AS WE SEE THE ASTRONAUTS COMING OUT THERE ON LEVEL 12, WE WILL SEND IT BACK OVER TO DEE,
1:08:16
MEGAN AND MIKE. >> YEAH, BUTCH AND SUNI ARRIVING ON LEVEL 12 OF THE CREW ACCESS
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TOWER AS WE HAVE BEEN SAYING. WE DO WANT TO JUST REFERENCE A LITTLE BIT OF THE CHATTER ON THE
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LOOP WE HEARD JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO. SOMEONE IS SAYING THE CAMERA IS
1:08:34
OUT OF CONFIGURATION IN LEVEL 12. AGAIN THIS IS THIS LEVEL OUTSIDE. NOTHING WITH THE ROCKET OR THE
1:08:40
SPACECRAFT, RIGHT, MIKE? CAMERAS ON — >> THAT IS EXACTLY IT.
1:08:45
CAMERAS — I WON’T SAY EVERYWHERE, BUT WE CAN ALL SEE THAT SUNI IS TAKING A LAST LOOK
1:08:51
AT PLANET EARTH FOR A WHILE LOOKING OVER THE OCEAN. SAYING HI TO US. HI, SUNI.
1:08:58
>> SAYING HI TO YOU. JUST YOU, MIKE. >> SHE IS DEFINITELY SAYING HI TO EVERYONE.
1:09:04
WAVING. BUTCH IS TAKE CARING OF A LITTLE BUSINESS IN THE REST ROOM. AND — YOU GOT TO GO BEFORE YOU
1:09:09
GO JUST LIKE WE TEACH OUR KIDS. SO BUTCH IS A GOOD STUDENT OF THAT. A BEAUTIFUL MORNING.
1:09:15
AND I AM SURE SUNI IS REMEMBERING THE SEA TURTLES SHE GOT TO SEE YESTERDAY.
1:09:21
>>THE HELICOPTER CIRCLING THE PAD. THAT’S HOW WE ARE GETTING THIS AWESOME SHOT OF SUNI JUST TAKING
1:09:27
IT ALL IN. AS YOU SAID WAVES TO THE CAMERA, WAVING TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY
1:09:32
WATCHING THIS BROADCAST. WHAT AN AMAZING VIEW AND ALSO
1:09:37
JUST OFF TO THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN THERE IS THE ROCKET AND SPACECRAFT.
1:09:43
SO AN AMAZING, UNIQUE VIEW FROM THIS LEVEL AS WELL BEFORE THEY GET INTO STARLINER.
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>> AND WE DIDN’T IT THE MENTION TIME, DEE.
1:09:57
AND THE WHITE ROOM IS CONFIGURE, AND DREAM CHASER THAT —
1:10:02
>> LC SLICK ON CHANNEL 1. >> GO AHEAD. CREWS ON CAT LEVEL 12.
1:10:09
RELEASE BACK TO THE FALL BACK AREA. >> ROGER. >> AS WE ZOOM OUT A LITTLE BIT, WHAT A GREAT VIEW.
1:10:15
GIVES YOU PERSPECTIVE OF WHERE THEY ARE ALMOST AT THE TOP OF
1:10:22
THAT CREW ACCESS HOUR, BUT JUST A SHORT WALKWAY UNTIL THEY GET INTO THEIR SPACECRAFT.
1:10:29
>> BUTCH IS BACK AND WILL SAY ANOTHER QUICK PRAYER FOR A SAFETY AND SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT.
1:10:35
AND THAT EVERYBODY IS — GETS A CHANCE TO DO THEIR VERY BEST TODAY. >> BUTCH IS ON ORDAINED MINISTER
1:10:42
AND REALLY IT IS NICE — IT HAS BEEN NICE TO SEE THEM TAKE THESE MOMENTS TOGETHER AND SAY SOME
1:10:49
WORDS. >> LMT. >> OSM, GO AHEAD. >> ROGER.
1:10:54
I SEE THE FEED TV BACKING UP
1:11:00
NO NOW. >> GO AHEAD, MIKE. >> GOOD TO SEE THAT THE CREW
1:11:07
TRANSPORT VEHICLE HAS WENT THE AREA. WE EXPECT THE CREW. AND SEND THEM BACK UP TO SPACE AND THEIR NEXT STOP WILL BE THE
1:11:14
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. >> AGAIN, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR TEAMS TO MONITOR EXACTLY HOW
1:11:19
MANY PEOPLE ARE AT THE LAUNCH PAD IN THAT FLIGHT HAZARD AREA.
1:11:25
BECAUSE WE ARE — BIGGERS CROSSED — LAUNCHING A ROCKET
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TODAY. >> WE WILL FIND OUT IN 2:58:47. >> THAT’S RIGHT.
1:11:35
HERE THEY GO. BUTCH AND SUNI WALKING ACROSS THE CREW ACCESS ARM.
1:11:42
THEIR WAY INTO THE WHITE ROOM THERE BEFORE THEY GET INTO STARLINER. >> GO AHEAD.
1:11:48
>> STEP 170, L 1 BLOOM CYCLE TEST IS COMPLETE.
1:11:53
>> ROGER. >> NOW HERE IN THE WHITE ROOM, WE HAVE SOME OTHER PAD TEAM
1:12:00
MEMBERS HERE OBVIOUSLY ALL GOOD
1:12:08
FRIENDS HAVING A GOOD TIME AND NOW A PRAYER BEFORE THEY GET DOWN TO BUSINESS. >> YEAH, WE HAD A CHANCE TO GET
1:12:15
TO KNOW OUR PAD TEAM VERY WELL. >> CTV HAS DEPARTED THE PAD.
1:12:20
>> THE CTV HAS DEPARTED THE AREA. WHAT IS REALLY NEAT THE BOEING
1:12:26
PAD TEAM — THIS IS NOT THEIR DAY JOB. THEY HAVE OTHER JOBS IN COMPANY.
1:12:31
AND TODAY THEY COME TOGETHER TO HELP THE LAUNCH — GET THE CREW INSIDE THE STARLINER AND GET
1:12:38
READY FOR LAUNCH. FIRST LAUNCH ATTEMPT AFTER THIS MOMENT, WE SAW BUTCH AND SUNI
1:12:44
SIGN A MISSION PATCH OFF CAMERA BUT TO THE LEFT OF THAT HATCH. AGAIN, TRADITIONS ARE SO
1:12:49
IMPORTANT TO US HERE.
1:12:55
AT NASA. >>OSM. >> PLEASE ADVISE THE CTP, THEY ARE CLEAR TO PROCEED TO THE FALL
1:13:02
BACK. >> ROGER. >> AT NASA AND WITH OUR PARTNERS TAKING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE
1:13:08
THEIR MARK LITERALLY IN THE WHITE ROOM THERE. IT LOOKS LIKE SUNI IS ON THE
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PHONE, MIKE. >> YES, I WONDER WHO SHE IS CALLING.
1:13:20
SHE IS PROBABLY WISHING SOMEBODY — THANKING THEM FOR THE HARD WORK ON THE STARLINER PROGRAM FOR SURE. >> AS THEY — AS THE PAD TEAM
1:13:27
RIGHT SIDE BUTCH TO START INGRESSING INTO STARLINER, SUNI IS MAKING A PHONE CALL.
1:13:33
THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT ASTRONAUTS HAVE THE CHANCE TO DO. AND SUNI HAS MADE PHONE CALLS FOR TWO OF THEM IN THE LAST TWO
1:13:40
LAUNCH ATTEMPTS. THIS TIME AROUND, WE KNOW SHE IS CALLING STEVE GOVAN, NASA
1:13:46
COMMERCIAL CREW OPERATIONS LEAD. HE IS WITH BOEING PREVIOUSLY AND BEFORE THAT HE TRAINED ASTRONAUTS ON THE SHUTTLE
1:13:53
PROGRAM. CHRIS FERGUSON WHO COMMANDED THE LAST SHUTTLE FLIGHT AND STEVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE CREW ON
1:14:01
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE AND EVERYBODY FOR A VO LONG TIME AND POURED SO MUCH INTO THE FLIGHT WITH NASA
1:14:06
AND BOEING. VERY DESERVING OF THIS CALL FROM SUNI TODAY. >> I KNOW STEVE SUPER WELL. AND HE IS ONE OF THE SUPERSTARS
1:14:13
OF THE HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT PROGRAM. I HOPE HE ANSWERED THE CALL. >> I HOPE — I THINK SO.
1:14:19
SHE IS DEFINITELY ON THE PHONE WITH SOMEONE. IMAGINE IT IS NOT HIM. LIKE HIS WIFE.
1:14:24
HE IS BUSY RIGHT NOW, SUNI, CAN YOU CALL HIM BACK?
1:14:30
>>. >> SO YOU CAN SEE BUTCH HAS DONNED HIS CHIPPA AND CHECKED OUT THE WRIST LIGHTS.
1:14:36
SOMETIMES DARK IN THE CABIN AND IF WE NEED TO SEE SOMETHING, CAN’T USE YOUR CELL PHONES AND
1:14:42
GETTING READY, BUTCH IN FIRST OF COURSE.
1:14:48
AND BUTCH IS ALMOST READY TO GET INSIDE STARLINER. THEY TOOK HIS — THE LITTLE
1:14:53
PROTECTIVE COVERS OFF OF HIS REEBOKS TENNIS SHOE BOOTS. AND HE IS GETTING READY TO STEP
1:15:01
INSIDE. AND — YOU CAN SEE SUNI IS TAKING THE PATCHES, THE NAME TAGS OFF OF THE PAD TEAM.
1:15:08
>> THAT’S RIGHT. IT IS A TRADITION THAT — I THINK IT DATES BACK — BUT FOR
1:15:14
SISTER THATLINER MISSION, TAKE THE NAME TAGS AND PUT THEM INSIDE OF THE STARLINER, FLY THEM WITH THEM TOURING THEIR
1:15:24
MISSIONS. AND, OF COURSE, HOPEFULLY BRING THEM BACK. A VERY NICE TOKEN AND TREAT THAT
1:15:30
THIS TEAM WILL APPRECIATE AS WE
1:15:40
SEE BUTCH GETTING IN THERE. TIGHT SQUEEZE IT LOOKS LIKE. MIKE? >> YES, DEFINITELY A LOT MORE
1:15:45
LEG ROOM THAN WE HAD IN T THE SOYUZ.
1:15:51
MAYBE LESS THAN THE SHUTTLE. I WILL CALL IT COZY. QUITE COMFORTABLE. ONCE BUTCH GETS STRAPPED IN ALL THE WAY AND FINISHED HIS CHECKS.
1:15:57
MAY HAVE A FEW EXTRA MOMENTS FOR A MICRO NAP. I KNOW I WOULD.
1:16:02
>> MICRO NAPS ARE IMPORTANT. POWER NAPS. TAKE IT WHILE YOU CAN.
1:16:08
A LONG JOURNEY AHEAD OF THEM FOR IN FLIGHT TEST. >> CALM, COOL AND COLLECTED AND READY FOR THE FLIGHT.
1:16:19
>> GO AHEAD. >> YES, SIR. STEP 160, 1818 PERSONNEL HAVE
1:16:27
EXITED FHA ROADBLOCK. >> ROGER. >> SO 20 WENT IN AND 18 CAME OUT
1:16:34
AND THE OTHER TWO ARE — >> BUTCH AND SUNI. >> BUTCH AND SUNI! [LAUGHTER] >> AS BUTCH GETS SETTLED INTO
1:16:41
HIS SEAT, TOSS IT TO LAUREN AND DYLAN OF THE LAUNCH TEAM TO WALK
1:16:47
US THROUGH WHAT WILL HAPPEN BEFORE SUNI COMES IN. >> THANKS, MEGAN. WE SAW BUTCH SLIDE ACROSS THE
1:16:53
OTHER SEATS TO GET INTO WHAT WE CALL THE “COMMANDER SEAT” AND
1:16:59
SUNI WILL SIT RIGHT NEXT TO HIM, TO HIS RIGHT, WHICH WE HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF LAUNCH
1:17:04
ATTEMPTS AS THEY SURETIED UP AND GOTTEN STRAPPED INTO THEIR SEATS HERE SUNI WON’T START HER
1:17:13
INGRESSING THAT WE CALL IT AND GETTING INTO THEIR SEATS UNTIL BUTCH IS COMPLETELY DONE THE
1:17:24
WHOLE PROCESS TAKES 15 AND 20 MINUTES. THE PAD TEAM FINISHES OFF WITH BUTCH AND SUNI IS STANDING
1:17:30
OUTSIDE IN THE WHITE ROOM, AS WE SAW HER MAKE THAT FIRST PHONE CALL. WE ARE EXPECTING HER TO MAYBE
1:17:36
MAKE A SECOND PHONE CALL. WE WILL WAIT TO SEE LUCKY PERSON IS.
1:17:41
YOU SEE THERE, THE TWO PAD TEAM MEMBERS, ARMANDO AND GARRETT, WHO ARE HELPING TO GET NUMB
1:17:46
THERE. HE HAS A COUPLE OF LEG STRAPS THEY ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. ONE OF THOSE TRAPS GO OVER HIS
1:17:53
FEET. ONE GOES OVER HIS LEG AREA. AND THEN HE ALSO HAS LIKE A
1:17:58
FIVE-POINT HARNESS STRAP THAT GOES ACROSS HIS BODY. THESE SEATS ARE BUILT CUSTOM TO
1:18:05
FIT HEIGHT RANGES FROM 4’11” ALL THE WAY TO 6’4″.
1:18:11
SO THEY ARE MADE FOR ALL SIZES AND THEY ARE ALSO MADE OF
1:18:19
ALUMINIUM. IN FRONT OF BUTCH, HIS CONSOLE IS AN UNIQUE MIX OF A LOT OF
1:18:24
SCREEN, SWITCHES AND KNOBS AND HE HAS TWO CONTROLLERS — HAND
1:18:31
CONTROLLER THERE IS THAT AS I MENTIONED EARLIER USE HAND CONTROLLERS TO MANUALLY FLY STARLINER AND DO DEMONSTRATIONS
1:18:37
AN HOUR AFTER THEY GET INTO ORBIT. AS OUR CONTINUING COVERAGE GOES ON, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FOLLOW
1:18:43
ALONG AS HE AND SUNI DO THAT AND REALLY PUT THE SPACECRAFT THROUGH THE WRINGER.
1:18:50
IT IS BUILT TO BE AUTONOMOUS ARE /*, BUT STARLINER HAS TWO SPECIAL MODES THAT CAN BE USED
1:18:57
IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AND THINGS THAT THE TEST PILOTS ARE GOING TO TEST OUT ON THIS MIS
1:19:06
MISSION. IT IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. FIRST PART OF IT TAKE THE HAND CONTROLLERS AND BE ABLE TO POINT AND AIM THE SPACECRAFT INTO
1:19:13
DIFFERENT WAYS. ON THE WAY BACK AFTER THEY SPEND
1:19:19
TIME IN THE ISS THEY PUT IT IN THE BACK-UP MODE AND THAT IS A VERY UNIQUE MODE WHERE WE COULD
1:19:26
LOSE ALL THE COMPUTER SYSTEMS ON STARLINER AND THEY CAN STILL FLY THE SPACECRAFT BACK HOME SAFELY
1:19:32
TO EARTH, LAND IT IN THE DESERT, AND ACTUALLY — AS BUTCH SAYS,
1:19:39
THEY CAN LAND ON THE BULLS-EYE. THEY FEEL GREAT OF HAVING THOSE CAPABI
1:19:48
CAPABILITIES. WE HAVE A CAMERA SYSTEM INSIDE OF STARLINER PART OF WHAT YOU ARE SEEING HERE. WE HAVE FOUR CAMERAS. WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
1:19:54
ANGLES INSIDE AND PRETTY SPACIOUS IN THERE. WE LIKE TO COMPARE IT TO ABOUT A
1:20:00
MID-SIZED SUV. 15 FEET ACROSS ACTUALLY PAINTED
1:20:07
IT WHITE INSIDE TO APPEAR EVEN LARGER AND THAT IS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING FOR BEING IN SPACE.
1:20:12
A LITTLE BIT OF PSYCHOLOGY BEHIND IT IMPACTS —
1:20:18
>> TECH 5 ON AIR TO GROUND ONE. HOW DO YOU READ ME?
1:20:27
>> WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. >> COPY THAT. LOUD AND CLEAR CDR.
1:20:32
CDR, COM CHECK WITH MCT.
1:20:41
>> HOUSTON STARLINER CDR, HOW DO YOU READ?
1:20:46
>> STARLINER, IT’S HOUSTON. WE HAVE YOU LOUD AND CLEAR ON GROUND ONE.
1:20:52
BUTCH, GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.
1:20:58
>> CDR, REPORT ON AIR TO GROUND ONE THAT WE ARE READY TO POWER SUIT PACK BRAVO.
1:21:07
>> HOUSTON, STARLINER, WE ARE READY TO POWER SUIT BRAVO.
1:21:15
>> ROGER THAT, HOUSTON IS READY FOR SUIT FAN BRAVO. YOU ARE GOOD TO GO ON SUIT FAN
1:21:22
BRAVO. >> ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO. >> ALL RIGHT.
1:21:28
BUTCH POWERING HIS SUIT FAN ON. YOU HEARD A COUPLE OF COM CHECKS BETWEEN THE PAD TEAM MEMBER YOU
1:21:34
SEE WORKING AT THE TOP WITH BUTCH AND BUTCH HIMSELF, AS WELL AS BUTCH BACK AND FORTH IN
1:21:40
BETWEEN JOSH KUTRICH THAT WILL BE ON STARLINER ONE.
1:21:45
BUTCH WAS A FORMER FLIGHT TEST INSTRUCTOR AT EDWARD AIR FORCE
1:21:50
BASE. >> GOOD AIR FLOW. >> GOOD AIR FLOW. >> ALL RIGHT.
1:21:56
GOOD AIR FLOW. AS I WAS SAYING, BUTCH WAS A
1:22:05
FORMER FLIGHT TEST INSTRUCTOR WITH A MASTER IN SCIENCE AND AVIATION SYSTEMS. LET’S HEAR MORE OF RETIRED U.S.
1:22:12
NAVY CAPTAIN AND CFT COMMANDER. >> A LARGE PART OF THE DESIRE WITHIN US IS TO DO THINGS THAT
1:22:18
ARE A BENEFIT TO OTHERS. IN THIS JOB, WE GET TO DO THINGS THAT ARE THE BENEFIT TRULY OF ALL MANKIND AS WE EXPLORE THE
1:22:25
HEAVENS THAT NOT MANY PEOPLE GET TO EXPERIENCE, TRUE. BUT WE DON’T GO WHY JUST TO GET THE EXPERIENCE.
1:22:31
IT IS ABOUT THE TEAM AND THE BENEFIT IT BRINGS. MY NAME IS BUTCH WILMORE, AND I AM THE COMMANDER FOR NASA CREW
1:22:39
FLIGHT TEST MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. LIFE IN TENNESSEE. GOD’S COUNTRY. WHERE I GREW UP. VERY FORTUNATE.
1:22:45
HAD LOVING PARENTS. TOOK US TO CHURCH. YOUNG, SEVEN YEARS OLD THEY BOUGHT A LITTLE LAND OUT IN THE
1:22:51
COUNTRY. SIX ACRES AND HORSES AND COWS AND I RAISED CHICKENS, DUCKS,
1:22:56
AND ENJOYED LIFE IN THE COUNTRY. I WENT TO TENNESSEE TECH. STARTED WORKING ON ELECTRICAL
1:23:01
ENGINEERING DEGREE AND PLAYED FOOTBALL WHICH WAS A VERY DIFFICULT COMBINATION I LEARNED BECAUSE BOTH FULL-TIME JOBS.
1:23:08
A LOT OF EFFORT OVER THOSE YEARS AND MOLDED ME AND HELPED INSTILL THE WORK ETHIC MY PARENT
1:23:14
INSTILLED ON ME WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. ENTER THE NAVY FLY THE SINGLE SEAT ATTACK AIRCRAFT.
1:23:20
I FLEW THAT FOR A COUPLE OF DEPLOYMENTS AND TRANSFERRED TO F-18 HORNET AND THROUGH THAT
1:23:27
PROCESS SELECTED IN THE TEST PILOT PROGRAM. YOU LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT YOURSELF WITH TEST PILOT SCHOOL.
1:23:33
LACKING IN CERTAIN CAPABILITIES TO DO A TEST PILOT TYPE OF JOB. FLIGHT TEST, MINOR DETAILS
1:23:40
MATTER. DOING OUR RUNS LET’S DO IT THIS WAY, THAT WAY. LET’S ADD THIS IN, TAKE THAT OUT.
1:23:45
LOOK AT IT IN THAT REGIME TO SEE HOW THE SPACECRAFT RESPONDS. WHAT DO YOU WITH AIRCRAFT, SPACE
1:23:52
SPECIFIED CRAFT, THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ALL — THE SPACECRAFT. THIS IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.
1:23:58
THE VARIOUS TESTS TO MAKE SURE THE OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGN MEETS THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
1:24:04
EVERYBODY WHO DOES FLIGHT TESTS AGREE. FOCUS, UNDERSTANDING AND THE TEAM COMING TOGETHER TO GIVE YOU THE OVERALL UNDERSTANDING OF THE
1:24:11
TEST AND THEN THE CAPABILITIES OF THE SPACECRAFT AND AIRCRAFT THAT YOU ARE TESTING IS VITAL.
1:24:16
SITTING IN THIS SEAT OVER HERE AT THE STARLINER SIM AND DOING THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE LEARNING
1:24:21
OF THE SPACECRAFT AND DEVELOPING THE CAPABILITIES OF THE SPACECRAFT.
1:24:27
HUMBLING WHEN YOU SEE AND INTERACT WITH SOME PROFIT FEGSALS AND HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT AND NATION HAVE A DEBT OF
1:24:32
GRATITUDE TOWARD HIM EVERY SING
1:24:38
SINGLE EVOLUTION. CHECKING THE SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT IN THE POOL WITH THE MOCK-UP OF THE SPACECRAFT AND HOW YOU
1:24:46
EGRESS, GET OUT OF THE SPACECRAFT WHETHER A SIDE 4567 OR UPPER HATCH AND THE SEAS ARE ROUGH AND ALL THOSE TYPE OF
1:24:52
THINGS. A THOUGHT OF HOW THINGS SHOULD BE AND A REALITY HOW THINGS NEED TO BE THIS TEST — EVERYTHING WE
1:25:01
DO IN THIS TEST. A PROCESS OVER YEARS THAT IS
1:25:06
SUCH A BENEFIT IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE CAPABILITIES OF THIS SPACECRAFT AND WE ARE EXCITED TO
1:25:12
BE A PART OF IT.
1:25:18
>> LOOKING BACK LIVE INSIDE STARLINER AS BUTCH IS CONTINUING
1:25:23
THE EGRESS — INGRESS, PARDON ME — PROCESS.
1:25:29
AND DYLAN, THIS CREW HAS BEEN SO INVOLVED WITH NOT ONLY THE BOEING TEAM BUT THE ULA TEAM AS
1:25:35
WELL. >> THAT’S RIGHT, LAUREN. I THINK ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS ABOUT THIS TEAM IS BUTCH,
1:25:43
SUNI AND MIKE AS WELL HAVE COME OVER AND SPENT TIME WITH US HERE
1:25:49
AT THE LAUNCH SITE. >> A CHECK LIST.
1:25:56
>> ALL RIGHT, CPR. READY TO PERFORM SUIT LEAK
1:26:05
CHECK. >> AND HOUSTON, STARLINER, READY TO PERFORM CDR SUIT GROSS LEAK
1:26:14
CHECK. >> HOUSTON. WE ARE READY FOR CDR GROSS SUIT
1:26:20
LEAK CHECK. >> ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO.
1:26:26
>> SO, LAUREN, AS I WAS SAYING, IT IS SO COOL THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO GET TO KNOW
1:26:33
OUR TEAM AS WELL. BUTCH, SUNI AND MIKE HAVE COME OVER. SPECIFICALLY TO MEET WITH OUR
1:26:40
TEAM. >> REPORT OF GOOD AIR FLOW. >> I HAVE GOOD AIR FLOW.
1:26:51
>> CHECK LIST. BUTCH AND HOLD. >> BUTCH AND HOLD.
1:26:56
HERE WE GO. >> THEY HAVE BEEN GRACIOUS GIVING OUR TEAM THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS. GET TO KNOW THEM BETTER.
1:27:03
THEY WANTED TO GET TO KNOW OUR TEAM, WHICH I THINK IS SO COOL. THEY HAVE DONE THAT WITH OUR TEAM MEMBERS IN DENVER AS WELL.
1:27:10
IT MADE AN IMPACT. IT IS COOL TO KNOW WHEN YOU COME
1:27:15
TO WORK ON A GIVEN DAY PASSING AN ASTRONAUT IN THE HALLWAY OR SIT DOWN IN A CONFERENCE ROOM
1:27:21
FOR A MEETING AND SITTING A~ CROSS FROM US ON THE TABLE AS
1:27:27
100% TEAMMATES. >> CDR, REPORT, THE SUIT CHECK HAS BEEN COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY.
1:27:39
>> HOUSTON, STARLINER. WE HAD A GREAT SUIT CHECK.
1:27:47
>> WE ARE GOOD OF SUIT LEAK CHECK ON THE CDR, THANKS. >> CDR, YOU CAN OPEN YOUR VISOR
1:27:55
THERE. >> SOUND LIKE THAT LEAK CHECK WENT VERY, VERY WELL. >> TIMES YOU HEAR THE WORD
1:28:02
“GROSS” KIND OF A FUNNY WORD TO HEAR, BUT IN THIS SENSE, IT MEANS ANY SIGNIFICANT OR EASILY
1:28:10
DETECTABLE LEAKS. >> GETTING READY TO HAND OUT SWITCH COVERS.
1:28:15
>> COPY. STAND BY. >> THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TELL VERY QUICKLY IF THERE WAS ANY
1:28:21
KIND OF LEAK SO AGAIN EVERYTHING IS GOING SO SMOOTHLY.
1:28:29
HEADED IN NEXT AS SOON AS BUTCH FINISHING UP WITH INCRESS PROCESS. AND SUNI DID MAKE A SECOND PHONE
1:28:35
CALL THERE IN THE RIGHT ROOM. CALLED BRIAN WITH THE BOEING
1:28:43
TE TEAM. >> ALL GOOD. THANK YOU.
1:28:52
>> BRIAN IS THE VOICE YOU WILL HEAR ON THE NETS. THE SPACE LAUNCH CONDUCTOR AND
1:28:58
THE LANDING AND RECOVERY MANAGER. RIGHT AFTER HIS ROLE HERE TODAY,
1:29:04
JUMPS ON A PLANE AND HEADS OVER TO THE LANDING ZONE. A BIG JOB AND OBVIOUSLY THE CREW TAKES THAT VERY SERIOUSLY AND
1:29:10
THEY KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO THEM. HE HAS BEEN ON THE STARLINER PROGRAM SINCE 2014 WHEN THE CREW
1:29:18
CONTRACT WAS AWAR WARDED AND GOT LEADERSHIP CHOPS AS A TEST
1:29:23
ENGINEER IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE. MILITARY BACKGROUND LIKE BUSCH AND SUNI.
1:29:30
MEGAN MENTION IT. AND SUCH A THOUGHTFUL CREW, AND AS YOU WERE SAYING, DYLAN, SPENT
1:29:36
SO MUCH TIME FOR WORKING WITH BOEING, ULA AND NASA. THEY FEEL LIKE FAMILY TO ALL OF
1:29:43
US. SO IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR OWN SAFETY BECAUSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK ON THE
1:29:49
SPACECRAFT, WORK ON THE ROCKET AND REALLY HAVE THEIR HANDS IN EVERY ASPECT OF THIS LAUNCH
1:29:55
TODAY. THEY KEEP BUTCH AND SUNI AT THE FRONT OF THEIR MIND. SAFETY IS THE TOP PRIORITY AND THEY ARE SENDING THEIR FRIENDS
1:30:02
TO SPACE. >> ABSOLUTELY.
1:30:07
>> GO CHECK 5. TEST CONFIRMED. >> COPY, LC 1, FULLY CHECKED.
1:30:23
>> WE ARE READY FOR PLT AT TIME. >> COPY THAT.
1:30:28
WE WILL SEND IT IN. >> ALL RIGHT, AS SUNI IS GOING
1:30:33
INTO STARLINER TO BEGIN HER INGRESS PROCESS, WE WILL SEND IT BACK OVER TO MEGAN, DEE AND MIKE
1:30:39
AT THE HOST DESK. >> THANK YOU, GUYS. WANT TO TALK OF THE CREW AND HOW
1:30:46
THOUGHTFUL. WE SAW THEM HAND OUT FLOWERS FOR EVERY ATTEMPT. WE SAW AND HEARD ABOUT THEM. CALLING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT
1:30:52
FOLKS FROM THE WHITE ROOM OR IN THE ASTRO VAN TO THE LAUNCH PAD.
1:30:57
IT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY. THEY SENT A TACO BREAKFAST TO THE KNOWS MISSION CONTROL IN
1:31:03
HOUSTON. DID THAT SURPRISE YOU WHEN YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT, MIKE? >> NOT AT ALL. OF COURSE I DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT
1:31:09
THIS ONE, BUT THE FACT THEY DID IT, IT IS REINDICATIVE OF MY
1:31:14
CREWMATES, HOW WE REALLY TRIED TO FOCUS ON THE REST OF THE TEAM AND THE REST OF THE TEAM FOCUS
1:31:19
ON US AND A BIG HAPPY TEAM WORKING TOGETHER AND AT LEAST WE CAN DO IS BUY THEM BREAKFAST. >> I AM SURE THEY REALLY
1:31:26
APPRECIATED IT. IT IS REALLY A NICE GESTURE, ALL
1:31:32
THESE DIFFERENT GESTURES THAT BUTCH AND SUNI HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THROUGHOUT IT THE COUPLE OF
1:31:38
LAUNCH ATTEMPTS. NOW HERE SUNI IS IN HER PILOT SEAT INSIDE STARLINER.
1:31:45
WE WILL SEAT SAME PROCESS WE SAW WITH BUTCH. BUCKLED IN. SAME FIVE-POINT HARNESS.
1:31:52
TOE AND KNEE RESTRAINTS AND THEN WE WILL HEAR THE VARIOUS
1:31:59
COMCHECKS. VARIOUS TEAMS THEY NEED TO BE COMMUNICATED WITH. >> ABSOLUTELY. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KEEP TRACK
1:32:05
FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. BUT THE BOEING MISSION CONTROL CENTER HERE IN FLORIDA, AS WELL AS THE MISSION CONTROL CENTER IN
1:32:12
HOUSTON AND A LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER HERE AT THE ASOC. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO EACH OTHER FOR THE CREW
1:32:19
IN CASE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS US TO FIX OR TO SOLVE BEFORE LUNCH. >> AFTER THAT, THEY WILL DO THE
1:32:27
SUIT LEAK CHECKS AGAIN. AND YOU WILL HEAR COMMENTS ABOUT FANS BEING INITIATED SO THEY CAN TEST THE SUITS AGAIN.
1:32:33
WE DID SEE IT IN THE SUIT-UP ROOM AND VERY IMPORTANT TO SEE IT IN THE SPACECRAFT.
1:32:38
>> ABSOLUTELY. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE SUITS ARE WORKING AND A GREAT EXPLANATION WHAT A GROSS LEAK IN
1:32:45
SUIT CHECK. THESE SUITS ARE NOT GROSS, THEY ARE AWESOME.
1:32:50
THE LEAK CHECK IS ALSO AWESOME AND DO THE DETAILED CHECK IN THE SUIT ROOM AND A QUICK DOUBLE
1:32:56
CHECK HERE. >> AND CHECKS TO MAKE SURE THAT BUTCH AND SUNI CAN REACH ANYTHING THEY NEED AFTER THEY
1:33:02
HAVE BEEN STRAPPED DOWN. >> ABSOLUTELY. AN AUTOMATED SPACECRAFT. WE SHOULDN’T HAVE TO PUSH TOO
1:33:08
MANY BUTTONS BUT JUST IN CASE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GET EVERY BUTTON WE CAN REACH TO IT. AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE A FEW
1:33:15
CONTROLS ARE ON OUR SPACE SUIT. WE HAVE THAT MEMORIZED AND A NICE REVIEW BEFORE LUNCH. >> LOOK AT THE CLOCK HERE.
1:33:22
TWO HOURS 36 MINUTES AND 56 SECONDS FROM LIFT OFF OF
1:33:30
NASA’S BOEING FLIGHT TEST. WE ARE WELL AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. THE PAD TEAM HAS AN HOUR AND 37
1:33:36
MINUTES TO GET BUTCH AND SUNI INGRESSED OR INTO STARLINER.
1:33:42
NOT JUST THE ENTERING OF STARLINER, OF COURSE. ALL THESE CHECKS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AS WELL. MIKE, YOU MENTIONED THIS
1:33:48
BECAUSE, YES, A LOT OF PAD BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE THAT MARGIN IN CASE TEAMS NEED TO
1:33:53
WORK ANY ISSUES BUT THE TIMELINE FOR FOUR ASTRONAUTS FOR FUTURE
1:33:59
MISSIONS. >> YES, STARLINER ONE, FOR EXAMPLE. WE ARE HOPING TO LAUNCH NEXT YEAR AND NEED THE SAME AMOUNT OF
1:34:04
TIME TO GET FOUR PEOPLE GREAT TO PRACTICE WITH TWO AND HOPEFULLY
1:34:11
THAT EXTRA MARGIN OF TIME ABLE TO PUT IN FOR. I THINK THE PLAN IS TO DO TWO AT
1:34:19
ONCE AND ANOTHER TWO AT ONCE. THE NEXT TIME WON’T HAVE YOU HERE. >> I WILL BE WATCHING YOU.
1:34:25
>> WE WILL SEE HOW — HOW WELL IT GOES. >> I REMEMBER YOU SAID ON SATURDAY WILL CALL ME FROM THE
1:34:31
WHITE ROOM. SAY IT AGAIN NOW, WILL WILL IT INTO EXISTENCE. AND BECAUSE THEY ARE AHEAD OF
1:34:37
SCHEDULE DOESN’T MEAN THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR AN HOUR AND 37
1:34:42
MINUTES TO BEGIN MOVING ALONG WITH THE COUNTDOWN. SOME AFTER THEIR INGRESS, THE
1:34:48
PAD TEAM WILL BEGIN MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS READY TO CLOSE THE SIDE HATCH.
1:34:55
AROUND 1:10 IS AROUND WHEN THEY HOPE TO CLOSE THE LATCH. WE DON’T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THOSE
1:35:02
TIMES. WE CAN PROCEED. WE EXPECT TO SEE AN EARLY HATCH CLOSURE. >> CERTAINLY IF NOTHING ELSE
1:35:08
GOING ON, THE WHOLE GROUND RECOMMEND THAT TRY TO GET AHEAD OF THE TIMELINE AND MEET THAT
1:35:14
MARGIN LATER ON IF NEEDED. SO FAR SO GOOD TODAY. >> A BEAUTIFUL SHOT FROM ONE OF
1:35:23
OUR HELICOPTERS AGAIN ORBITING THE LAUNCH PAD. YOU SEE STARLINER THERE. ALL THE ACTION.
1:35:28
CAMERA SHOTS WE WERE SHOWING YOU. BUTCH AND SUNI ON TOP THE UNITED
1:35:35
LAUNCH ALLIANCE ROCKET INSIDE STARLINER BOEING’S SPACECRAFT. THE FIRST TWO ASTRONAUTS IN
1:35:44
STARLINER. — TO FLY IN STARLINER. >> I AM EXCITED THIS IS THE FIRST STARLINER LAUNCH I HAVE
1:35:50
BEEN ABLE TO SEE. THE OTHER TWO LAUNCHES. >> TEXT FIVE ON AIR TO GROUND
1:35:56
ONE. HOW ARE YOU READING ME?
1:36:01
>> LOUD AND CLEAR. HOW ABOUT ME? >> LOUD AND CLEAR AS WELL.
1:36:06
PERFORM COM CHECK ON AIR TO GROUND ONE REQUEST MCC.
1:36:21
>> THAT WAS THE VOICE OF PAD TECH ARMANDO ONE OF OUR GOOD
1:36:28
FRIENDS. >> HOUSTON, AIR TO GROUND ONE, COM CHECK.
1:36:34
>> HOUSTON, HAS YOU LOUD AND LEAR ON BLT, SUNI.
1:36:40
GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING, CLEAR AS WELL,
1:36:45
JO
1:36:50
JOSH. >> THE CAPSULE COMMUNICATOR. HE IS THE ONE. >> CONFIRM GOOD AIR FLOW.
1:36:56
>> AND MISSION CONTROL IN HOUSTON PRIMARILY TALKING TO THE CREW. >> CLT, GOOD AIR FLOW.
1:37:04
>> AND WE WERE HEARING ARMANDO LOWLY TALK. HE BRINGS A LOT OF ENERGY TO THE
1:37:09
PAD TEAM. AND WE ARE DEFINITELY GETTING READY FOR — TO MAKE SURE THAT SUNI’S SUIT IS IN GREAT
1:37:16
CONFIGURATION. AND, OF COURSE JOSH IS MY CREWMATE. HE HAVEN’T FLOWN IN SPACE YET,
1:37:22
BUT YOU WOULDN’T KNOW IT BECAUSE HE IS SO PROFESSIONAL. >> HE IS GOING TO FLY ON STARLINER ONE. A LOT OF EYES ON BE THIS CREW
1:37:29
FLIGHT TEST AS WE MOVE TO CERTIFY STARLINER TO REGULAR CREWED FLIGHTS TO THE
1:37:35
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. WE HAVE SGLOSH THAT IMPORTANT ROLE AGAIN SO HE CAN MONITOR AND
1:37:43
OBSERVE FROM THE FLIGHT TEST AND YOU ARE DOING THE SAME AS WELL, MIKE? >> ABSOLUTELY. LUCK FAVORS THE PREPARED AND WE
1:37:48
ALL TRY TO BE AS READY AS WE CAN FOR OUR MISSIONS AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OUT
1:37:54
THERE. AND THAT’S WHY IT IS VERY COOL TO HAVE A CHANCE TO SHARE THE EXCITEMENT AND WHAT WE LEARNED
1:38:01
WITH OUR FRIENDS TODAY OUT IN TV LAND OR STREAMING LAND, WHATEVER WE ARE SUPPOSED TO CALL IT THESE
1:38:07
DAYS. YOU ARE WATCHING NASA NASA TV. >> LOOK THAT PLUG. THANK YOU.
1:38:12
THANK YOU, MIKE. SO I DO WANT TO MENTION.
1:38:25
>> OLD ONE HAS BEEN PUT BACK IN THE PLT BAG. >> CUE CARDS ARE PIECES OF PAPER
1:38:32
OR CARDBOARD THAT WE USE — >> PLC CONFIRM YOU CAN REACH THE
1:38:38
FALLING ITEM. CREW REACH TEST. >> THE REACH CHECKS, RIGHT?
1:38:43
>> CHECK. >> DISCONNECT. >> SPEAK UP SEE SUNI MOVING HER
1:38:51
HANDS WHERE SHE NEEDS TO DOUBLE COLLECT WHERE TO GET THERE. >> FIVE-POINT HARNESS
1:39:00
DISCO DISCONNECT. >> CHECK. >> COM CABLE, CONNECT.
1:39:08
>> WE HAVE MIKE OVER HERE FOLLOWING ALONG WITH THE MOVEMENTS. >> CHECK. >> THIS WILL BE YOU.
1:39:14
>> DISCONNECT. >> CHECK.
1:39:21
>> SLOW TO FADE. >> WE HAVE THE A ABILITY TO
1:39:27
DIVERT THE FLOW INTO THE SUIT. AND THIS IS A DUAL SUIT CONTROLLER AND PRESSURIZES AND
1:39:35
DEPRESSURIZE $THE SUIT IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. >> A CHECK LIST. >> CHECKLIST.
1:39:41
A PIECE OF PAPER TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE PROCEDURES ARE ACCOMPLISHED ON THE WAY OUT.
1:39:46
>> REPORT ON TAMPA AROUND ONE. THAT WE ARE READY TO PERFORM A SUIT LEAK CHECK.
1:39:53
>> PACK TO THE GROSS LEAK CHECK. >> HOUSTON, CFT IS READY TO
1:40:01
PERFORMANCE THE SUIT GROSS LEAK CHECK. >> WE ARE READY FOR THE S
1:40:07
SUIT GROSS LEAK CHECK ON THE CFT. >> WHAT I WANT TO MENTION IS
1:40:13
AFTER ALL OF THAT, LOOK OUT TO THE BOTTOM LEFT-HAND CORNER OF THE SCREEN AND THAT IS GENERALLY
1:40:19
WHERE — >> GOOD AIR FLOW IN.
1:40:24
>> GOOD AIR SNOW. >> ALL RIGHT, LET’S PER
1:40:30
PERFORM GROSS SUIT LEAK CHECK. >> THE DUAL SUIT CONTROLLER YOU CAN PUSH IT IN AND THE SUIT
1:40:38
INFLATES. WE ARE DETERMINE GOING IT INFLATES AND NO LEAKS. >> AND THAT IT IS HOLDING THE CORRECT PRESSURE NEEDED.
1:40:44
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> THE PAD TEAM MEMBER WE ARE SEEING ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN AFTER THESE CHECKS
1:40:49
ARE DONE. YOU ARE GOING TO SEE HIM REMOVE
1:40:55
THIS. HA, HA, FROM — FROM ONE OF SUNI’S BAGS. THIS IS A VERY BRIGHT AND
1:41:01
RAIN BOW EQUESTIONED WALL. AND IT IS THE CREW’S ZERO
1:41:07
GRAVITY INTAKER. >> THE SUIT CHECK HAS BEEN
1:41:14
COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY. >> A GOOD CALLOUT.
1:41:19
A SOFT TOY. >> THE CHECK FOR CLT HAS BEEN
1:41:25
COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY. >> YOU WILL SEE THE PAD MEMBER TETHER THIS. >> GOOD GROSS SUIT LEAK CHECK ON
1:41:32
THE PLT. >> PLT WITH COM WITH TDRR.
1:41:42
>> ALL RIGHT, YOU CAN OPEN YOUR VISOR NOW. >> THE INNER CAPSULE OR
1:41:52
INNER COM. ALLOWS BUTCH AND SUNI TO TALK TO ONE ANOTHER WITHOUT INTERRUPTING
1:41:57
ANYONE ELSE. >> RIGHT.
1:42:03
SO AGAIN. GOOD CHECKS FOR SUNI. BUTCH PERHAPS WAKING UP FROM
1:42:08
MISS MICRO NAP AS YOU SAID. AGAIN, ANOTHER AERIAL VIEW OF
1:42:14
STARLINER AND ATLA 5 ON LAUNCH PAD 41 ON CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE
1:42:20
FORCE STATION AND A BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. FLORIDA SPACE COAST RIGHT
1:42:25
BEHIND. >> THE NAME OF THE STARLINER CAPSULE IS CALYPSO.
1:42:31
>> THAT’S RIGHT. YES. ALSO THE NAME — WE WILL TRY THIS AGAIN, GUYS — >> PLT IS STILL ON.
1:42:39
>> COPY. STILL POWERED.
1:42:45
>> THIRD TIME A CHARM FOR THIS? LET’S SEE. OKAY, GUYS.
1:42:51
NO NOPE. >> IT HAS BEEN REMOVED.
1:42:57
>> COPY. >> I AM LISTENING IN AS TEAMS DO
1:43:04
CHECKS ON SUNI TO MAKE SURE SHE IS READY TO GO. ALL OF THESE CHECKS, A VERY
1:43:14
DETAILED CHECKLIST HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE WE SAY THAT CREW
1:43:19
INGRESS IS COMPLETE. AND WE WILL SEE PAD TEAM MEMBERS BEGIN TO EGRESS, CORRECT?
1:43:25
PAD EGRESS WILL LEAVE STARLINER TO MAKE SURE NOT ANYTHING THAT IS SUPPOSED TO FLY IS OUT OF
1:43:31
THERE SO THEY CAN THEN START PR
1:43:39
PREPS. >> THEY WILL PREPARE THE HATCH. GET IT ALL CLOSED. THEY WILL EXIT THE LAUNCH PAD. AND IT WILL BE JUST BUTCH, SUNI
1:43:45
IN THEIR STARLINER AND ATLAS AND CENTAUR. >> YEP.
1:43:54
>> DARE I TRY NOW. >> I THINK YOU WILL BE LUCKY. >> ALL RIGHT, GUYS, BRING THIS UP AGAIN BECAUSE THIS DOES HAVE
1:44:01
SPECIAL MEANING TO SUNI, AGAIN. THIS IS SUNI AND BUTCH’S ZERO GRAVITY INDICATOR.
1:44:07
YOU CAN SEE A SEQUNS. RAINBOW SEQUIN A TOOTH WILMA.
1:44:16
THEY ARE THE ONES THAT YOU SEE WITH THE SIGNATURE. LOOK AT — TAKING A PICTURE OF ME SHOWING THIS TO YOU LIKE
1:44:22
VANNA WHITE OVER THERE. THE MALE ARE THE ONES WITH THE SINGLE STRAIGHT TOOTH.
1:44:27
SUNI WANTED TO PICK AN INDICATOR OF HOW SPACE AND OCEAN RESEARCH GOES TOGETHER AND SPACE REALLY
1:44:33
GIVES US THAT UNIQUE VANTAGE POINT OF OUR OCEAN. THIS IF I CAN NAR WELL TOY WAS
1:44:41
COINCIDENTALLY NAMED CALYPSO AS MIKE JUST MENTIONED WHICH HAPPENS TO BE THE NAME OF TODAY’S STARLINER SPACECRAFT
1:44:47
WHICH SUNI NAMED IN 2019. >> COPY THAT.
1:44:54
>> SHE NAMED IT CALYPSO, THE STARLINER CAPSULE AS A NOD TO THE EXPLORER JACK CUE STOWE.
1:45:01
HIS NAME WAS NAMED “CALYPSO” AND SEALED IT ALL OVER THE WORLD TO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT THE OCEAN AND
1:45:07
SUNI BELIEVES THE STARLINER WILL DO THE SAME FOR SPACE. ZERO GRAVITY.
1:45:14
AND YOU WILL SEE THE SEE THEM
1:45:22
PADDLE WITHIN SOMEWHERE WITHIN STARLINER. THE CREW REACHES THE WEIGHTLESSNESS OF MICROGRAVITY,
1:45:28
THIS TOY WILL BE A VISUAL INDICATOR AND BEGIN TO FLOAT.
1:45:37
>> PERFECT TIMING. >> MEANT TO BE. MEANT TO BE. THERE IT IS. YOU SEE THEM TAKING IT OUT OF
1:45:44
ONE OF THE BAGS LOOK AT SUNI’S HAND. SHE IS HOLDING IT RIGHT NOW. >> STARLINER CREW, ALWAYS AN
1:45:52
HONOR TO HELP MY FRIENDS. ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED HELP WITH BEFORE WE LEAVE AND CLOSE THE
1:45:59
HA
1:46:11
HATCH? >> SPA FEW LAST WORDS. PAD TEAM MEMBERS FOR BUTCH AND SUNI AS WELL.
1:46:20
>> YESTERDAY WHEN I ARRIVED. WE HAD A CHANCE ON OUR T-38 TO
1:46:28
DO A PAD FLYBY AND SCOTT TINGLE THE COMMANDER AND I WERE ABLE TO
1:46:33
FLY PAST THE ROCKET AND LOOKED AT IT LIKE THIS AND A REALLY BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.
1:46:39
GLAD TO SEE INTEREST TODAY. THE CREATIVE ENGINEERING TO MAKE ATLAS AND CENTAUR UPPER STAGE
1:46:45
AND STARLINER SITTING ON TOP AS AN AERO SKIRT TO PREVENT ANY
1:46:52
PROBLEMS WITH THE AVIONICS AND ON BOARD THE CENTAUR. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT TO BE
1:46:58
BEHOLD. I HAVEN’T SEEN THE LAUNCH YET. I HAVE BEEN IN MISSION CONTROL AND I HAVEN’T HAD A CHANCE TO GO OUTSIDE AND SEE IT.
1:47:04
RIGHT BEHIND US LOOKING TO THE START OF STARLINER. >> FOR CONTEXT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE US HERE AT THE HOST
1:47:11
DESK, THE LAUNCH PAD IS JUST ACROSS THE WATER BEHIND US.
1:47:16
SOME, WILL HAVE A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF LAUNCH TODAY. I GUARANTEE IT. >> YOU CAN SEE THAT THE STEAM IT
1:47:23
LOOKS LIKE COMING OUT — OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE ROCKET THERE,
1:47:28
THAT IS NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF OR SCARED. THAT IS EXPECTED. THAT IS ACTUALLY AS WE HAVE THE
1:47:43
FIRST STAGE. LIQUID OXYGEN BOILS OFF AND TEMPERATURE PRESSURE JUST WANTS TO BECOME A GAS AS WE GO FROM
1:47:49
LIQUID AND GAS AND BOILING OFF. AND TOP-OFF VALVES THAT REFUEL
1:47:55
— REPLENISH THE LIQUID OXYGEN ON THE FIRST STAGE AND THE SECOND STAGE. >> THOSE TOP-OFF VALVES WE
1:48:01
TALKED ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHOW. >> STARLINER HOUSTON FOR THE ENTIRE CREW.
1:48:07
COM CHECK ON ONE. >> CDR R LOUD AND CLEAR.
1:48:14
>> CFT, LOUD AND CLEAR. >> LOUD AND CLEAR. HAVE BROUGHT THE CHARLIE.
1:48:22
STAND BY OF COM CHECK. OVER THE P 0 LINE AND YOU WILL
1:48:27
HEAR ME. >> LIMA CHARLIE IS SHORT NOR LC OR LOUD AND CLEAR. SOMETIMES WE SAY LICKEN CHICKEN,
1:48:34
BUT THEY ENCOURAGE US — THEY SAY THAT IS NOT SO PROFESSIONAL. >> I LIKE IT.
1:48:40
>> WE ARE TALKING OF THIS TOPPING OFF VALVES, THE TEAM HAS TO TROUBLE SHOOT THIS FOR
1:48:47
SATURDAY’S LAUNCH. WORKING GREAT RIGHT NOW. NO ISSUES.
1:48:54
ALL RIGHT. RETIRED NAVY CAPTAIN SUNI WILLIAMS ONCE LIVED UNDER WATER FOR NINE DAYS WORKING WITHIN THE
1:49:01
ROBOTICS BRANCH OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. HERE IS MORE ON SUNI’S JOURNEY.
1:49:07
>> EXPLORATION IS CURIOSITY. IT IS ASKING THE QUESTION, WHY. IT IS TAKING THAT NEXT STEP.
1:49:12
EVERY TIME WE DO SOMETHING FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE ARE EXPANDING
1:49:18
OUR KNOWLEDGE. MY NAME SUNI WILLIAMS AND THE PILOT FOR BOEING CREW FLIGHT
1:49:25
TEST TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. I FEEL LUCKY TO GROW UP IN A SMALL DOWN OUTSIDE OF BOSTON,
1:49:32
NEEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS. WE ARE ABLE TO RIDE OUR BIKES WHEREVER WE WENT. MY BROTHER, SISTER AND I WERE
1:49:37
GREAT SWIMMERS AND A GREAT CHILDHOOD. MY DAD WAS A DOCTOR AND DID
1:49:42
NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH. WE WERE THE STRANGE FAMILY THAT HAD PICTURES AND DIAGRAMS ON OUR DINING ROOM TABLE.
1:49:48
MY OLDER BROTHER WENT TO THE NAVAL ACADEMY. I STARTED RESEARCHING AND I SAID WHAT THE HECK, I WILL TRY THIS
1:49:54
OUT. WHEN I WENT, I FOUND OUT I REALLY LOVED IT.
1:50:00
TEAMWORK AND WHAT WE HAD FROM THE VERY BEGINNING TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN YOURSELF AND THAT PAVED THE WAY
1:50:05
FOR THE REST OF MY CAREER. GOT A BASIC ENGINEERING DEGREE FROM THE NAVAL ACADEMY.
1:50:11
I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT WHEN I WENT THROUGH THAT COURSE CURRICULUM. I WENT TO TEST PILOT SCHOOL, ALL
1:50:18
OF THAT STUFF SORT OF GELLED TOGETHER. OH, WOW, THIS IS WHY WE DO MATH MODELING AND PREDICT HOW
1:50:23
CHANGING AN ENGINE WILL AFFECT THE WAY A HELICOPTER CRIES. TIME ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
1:50:29
STATION IS PRICELESS. PEOPLE ASK, DO YOU GET BORED OR TERRIBLE BEING UP THERE FOR A
1:50:37
LONG PERIOD OF TIME. FOR ME, I LOVED EVERY MINUTE. ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO. YOU WAKE UP AT THE TIMELINE.
1:50:43
EXPERIMENT TODAY. SPACEWALK. LIFE ON THE SPACE STATION BECOMES ROUTINE WHICH IS SORT OF
1:50:49
CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT. ONE POINT IN TIME IN THE FIRST MISSION, I AM LIKE DON’T REMEMBER WHAT IT IS A LIKE TO
1:50:55
WALK. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO AROUND FOR SO LONG. I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS LINING TO SIT DOWN. I GOT ASSIGNED TO THE COMMERCIAL
1:51:02
CREW CADRE IN 2015. WE WENT TO THE COMPANY AND FOUND OUT THE SHELL OF THEIR PROGRAMS AND ACTUALLY STARTED WORKING
1:51:07
WITH THEM TO MAKE THEM WHAT THEY ARE TODAY TO ACCOMMODATE
1:51:13
ASTRONAUTS. FOR STARLINER, WE HAVE BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN THE SOFTWARE WITH THE FOLKS DOING THE
1:51:19
DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE SURE ITS CAPABILITY WILL ALLOW US TO COME HOME. WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED — ALL THE
1:51:25
SUIT DEVELOPMENT. MAKING SURE EVERY DIFFERENT SIZE THE PERSON CAN FIT IN THESE SUITS AND OPERATE THE SPACECRAFT
1:51:33
ADEQUATELY. FINGERS ON EVERY PROCEDURE INSIDE THE COCKPIT AND OPERATE IT WITH OUR MISSION CONTROL TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT FUTURE CREWS
1:51:39
WILL DO WILL BE RIGHT. WE HAVEN’T HAD THE CLASSIC TRAINING AS WE HAD FOR SHUTTLE AND SOYUZ.
1:51:46
WE HELPED DEVELOP THE TRAINING AS WELL AS THE HARDWARE. AND SORT OF THE SHAPE OF THINGS
1:51:51
TO COME AS WE GET READY TO GO BACK TO THE MOON. ALL OF THAT WILL BE DEVELOPMENTAL AND HAVE THE SAME
1:51:58
MIND SET. NOT ALREADY ESTABLISHED. WE HAVE TO BE PART OF THIS BIG TEAM TO HELP DEVELOP IT AND MAKE
1:52:04
SURE THAT INTEGRATION FOR THE ASTRONAUTS TO REVIEW THIS WILL
1:52:09
BE TOP-NOTCH AND READY TO DO TAKE US FURTHER.
1:52:15
>> I LOVE PROFILE VIDEOS AND SHOWS ALL OF THE EXPERIENCE, MIKE AND DEE, THAT THEY BRING TO
1:52:21
IN MISSION. >> BLUE TEAM LEAD ON LC ONE. >> GO AHEAD, SIR.
1:52:27
>> CAN YOU TALK TO ME ON CHANNEL 20? >> YES, SIR. >> I — I HAD A CHANCE TO — TO
1:52:32
LIVE WITH SUNI UNDER WATER. AND WE DID A LOT OF WORK TOGETHER. WE WERE — WHAT WE CALL 20,000
1:52:39
MILLIMETERS UNDER THE SEA FOR THE NASA EXTREME MISSION OPERATIONS MISSION OR. NEMO TWO.
1:52:45
THE FIRST OPERATIONAL MISSION FOR NEMO. AND SUNNY DID A GREAT JOB.
1:52:50
SHE WAS OUR SCIENCE OFFICER ON THE MISSION AND BEFORE SHE FLEW IN SPACE AND I WORKED WITH HER
1:52:56
WHILE SHE WAS IN SPACE. IN THE GROUND AND ONE OF HER CAP COMS DURING A SPACEWALK AND
1:53:01
SHE AND OSHIDA DID A CRITICAL REPAIR TO THE SPACE STATION AND
1:53:07
FUN TO WORK WITH SUNI THE WHOLE TIME. RIGHT BEFORE THIS MISSION. RIGHT BEFORE TODAY — YESTERDAY,
1:53:12
I THINK WE CALL IT. WE — I — SUNI SAID SHE WANTED
1:53:18
ME TO MENTION HOW MUCH SHE IS REALLY IN LOVE WITH OUR PLANET AND OUR OCEANS ESPECIALLY. AND SHE HAS A GOOD WORKING
1:53:25
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE IN MASSACHUSETTS, HER HOME STATE
1:53:31
AND AS WELL AS TIME ON THE WATER IN THE NAVY AND MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN HER LIFE AND
1:53:37
ENCOURAGES OTHER PEOPLE TO THINK OF OUR OCEANS AND PLANET. >> WE THE NODS TO HER IN THE
1:53:44
OCEAN AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THEM. AND REALLY GREAT TO SEE, AGAIN, ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT
1:53:49
WE CAN TALK ABOUT BECAUSE OF THIS CREW FLIGHT TEST AND THE FACT THAT SUNI AND BUTCH IS CONTINUE TO.
1:53:55
A LOOK AT THE CLOCK AGAIN, TWO HOURS, 16 MINUTES, 22 SECONDS AND COUNTING UNTIL LIFTOFF OF
1:54:02
NASA BOEING CREW FLIGHT TEST. WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT GORGEOUS
1:54:07
AERIALS FROM OUR HELICOPTER TEAM HERE AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. WE HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING THIS.
1:54:14
>> WE THINK. WHEN WE FLY AIRPLANES IN PREPARATION FOR SPACE FLIGHT. SPACE FLIGHT READINESS TRAINING.
1:54:20
YOU CAN TELL WHEN THE AIRPLANE IS TALKING TO YOU. IT GIVES YOU FEEDBACK. YOU FEEL AN EXTRA RUMBLE AND YOU
1:54:26
FEEL THE GEAR GOING DOWN A LITTLE BIT SLOW OR SOMETHING. AND THAT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK TO KNOW THAT
1:54:32
SOMETHING IS NOT GOING WRONG OR EVERYTHING IS GOING RIGHT. AND TODAY, STARLINER AND ATLAS
1:54:39
AND CENTAUR ARE NOT TALK BACK TO US. AND THAT IS A VERY GOOD SIGN.
1:54:46
>> A GREAT SIGN THAT WE ARE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. BUTCH AND SUNI IN STARLINER.
1:54:54
WELL AHEAD OF SCHEDULE IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THEY ARE STRAPPED
1:54:59
IN AND CAN SPEAK AND HEAR EVERYBODY THAT THEY NEED TO BE SPEAKING AND HEARING TO. AND THAT THEIR SUITS CAN HOLD
1:55:07
THE RIGHT PRESSURE IN OCCASION OF AN EMERGENCY. >> WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT
1:55:13
EARLIER THAT WE USE PAPER CHECKLIST ON THIS SPACECRAFT THAT. >> A KEYED HEADSET ON CHANNEL
1:55:22
ONE. >> THAT WAY WE — DON’T HAVE TO ACCOUNT OR THE ELECTRONIC TABLET NOT WORKING OR SOMETHING LIKE
1:55:29
THAT. WE HAVE — WE CAN CERTAINLY COUNT ON PAPER AS SET ENTRY CHECKLIST AND THE SMALL LITTLE
1:55:34
CARDS WE PUT AROUND THE CABIN THAT WE NEED THEM INCLUDING THE
1:55:40
AVIONICS CUE CARD OF HOW THE BOXES ARE CONNECTED TO EACH
1:55:47
OTHER. WE GENERALLY HAVE THEM MEMORIZED, A SMALL FUNCTION IN ON THE WAY UP YOU CAN CROSS IT OFF AND YOU KNOW IT IS NOT
1:55:53
AVAILABLE AND LOOK AT THE OTHER LINES OF COMMUNICATION TO DIFFERENT BOXES TO MAKE SURE YOU
1:55:58
CAN STILL DO WHAT YOU NEED TO. >> SURE, SURE. >> LIKE SUNI SAID, OUR
1:56:04
FINGERPRINTS ARE ALL OVER THAT AND WE MADE THAT — WE — THE TEAM HAS MADE THOSE UPDATES TO
1:56:09
THE AVIONICS CREW CARD AND WE HAD TO PUT A NEW ONE TODAY. >> OH, OKAY, GREAT. GOOD TO KNOW.
1:56:15
THIS FLIGHT TEST WILL VALIDATE ALL ASPECTS OF BOEING SPACECRAFT PROVING IT IS SAFE AND READY TO
1:56:21
FLY AS PART OF NASA’S COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAMS. INTRODUCE TO YOU JESS IS A
1:56:27
PARSONS, THE PROGRAMS MISSION MANAGER FOR THIS LAUNCH. >> I AM A MISSION MANAGER IN THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM WHICH
1:56:33
MEANS I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE MISSION PREPARATIONS TO THE DIFFERENT CREW MISSIONS THAT GO
1:56:38
INTO ISS. NASA WORKS JOINTLY WITH THE COMMERCIAL PROVIDERS TO MAKING
1:56:44
SURE WE HAVE A SAFE AND RELIABLE VEHICLE THAT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH TO THE INTERNATIONAL
1:56:49
SPACE STATION. WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THEM THROUGH THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS OF THE VEHICLE TO MAKE
1:56:56
SURE THEY ADDRESS ANY ISSUES, LAUNCHING HUMANS TO SPACE IS CHALLENGING. I DON’T THINK YOU WILL EVER BE
1:57:02
ROUTINE. I FEEL LIKE EVERY MISSION, WE ARE GOING TO LEARN SOMETHING FROM THEM THAT IS GOING TO APPLY
1:57:07
FOR THE NEXT MISSION. WHEN I THINK OF THE DATES THAT STAND OUT TO ME FROM THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM, IT IS
1:57:14
REALLY THOSE FINAL DAYS LEADING UP TO LAUNCH. THE FINAL COUNTDOWN AND PREPARATION TO LAUNCH TO ME IS
1:57:20
THE MOST EXCITING MOMENT IN THE PROG
1:57:29
PROGRAM. >> CFT WILL BE BUTCH AND SUNI’S THIRD TRIP TO THE INTERNATIONAL FACE STATION.
1:57:34
BUTCH FIRST WENT TO THE ISS IN 2009 AS A SPACE SHUTTLE PILOT BEFORE THE LAB’S ASSEMBLY WAS
1:57:41
COMPLETE. HE RETURNED AS A CREWMEMBER OF EXPEDITION 41, 42 AND 2014-’15
1:57:48
AND SERVED AS COMMANDER OF A FULLY ASSEMBLED ISS. SUNNY WENT TO THE ISS AS PART OF
1:57:56
20914-’15 AND THE FIRST PERSON TO RUN A MARATHON IN SPACE. YOU SAUNA THERE.
1:58:01
BOSTON MARATHON. WENT BACK IN 20123 AS PART OF THE EXPEDITION 32 AND 33 AND
1:58:08
COMPLETED THIRD AND FOURTH SPACEWALKS. WILL RETURN TO ISS THAT USES iPADS INSTEAD OF PAPER,
1:58:15
SPORTS MODULES ON THE AMERICAN AND RUSSIAN SECOND DEGREE. AND CAPABLE OF HOSTING A
1:58:22
PERMANENT CREW OF SEVEN PEOPLE. ONCE STARLINER RETURNS TO EARTH, MORE MODULES, COMMERCIAL SEGMENTS AND MORE ADVANCED SOLAR
1:58:29
ARRAYS. >> I THINK TALKING TO BUTCH AND SUNI, THEY SAID THEY ARE GOING TO BE SURPRISED HOW CROWDED OR
1:58:34
HOW FOOLED THE — THE SPACE STATION IS. AND ALL OF OUR FRIENDS ARE ON BOARD INCLUDING TRACY DYSON, WHO
1:58:40
IS A REALLY GOOD FRIEND WITH SUNI. THEY WERE EXTRA CLOSE DURING —
1:58:45
DURING THEIR TIME. SO IT IS NICE TO SEE THEM WORKING SPOTTING BOTH
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TOGETHERING. >> ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE CREW AND MATT DOMINIC AND MIKE BARRETT AND JEANETTE EPPS.
1:58:58
A NICE CREW AND I KNOW THEY WILL ENJOY THEIR TIME THERE. >> NICE TO HAVE A COUPLE MORE VETERANS ON THE ISS.
1:59:04
A LOT OF THE CREW OF CREW EIGHT UP THIS. A LOT OF NEW BEES.
1:59:10
FIRES IN TO HAVE EXPERIENCE ON HAND. >> NOT DEDICATED AS ISS
1:59:18
CREWMEMBERS. I REMEMBER AS A SPACE SHUTTLE CREWMEMBER AND THEY COUNTED ON US TO DO ISS WORK AND LET US
1:59:24
STAY UP FOR AN EXTRA DAY TO FIX THE CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL ASSEMBLY. OPINION SO BU– SO BUTCH AND SUY
1:59:34
WILL BE THERE AND THEY HAVE STATION TRAINING AND THEY HAVE SPACE WALKING SUITS AVAILABLE. >> A REMINDER THAT BUTCH AND SUN
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LI NOT BE PART OF THE EXPEDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
1:59:46
THEY ARE THERE FOR EIGHT DAYANCE THEIR MISSION TO TEST OUT STARLINER AND HOW IT INTEGRATES WITH THE ISS.
1:59:52
IF NEEDED, THEY MAY BE CALLED UPON TO DO STUFF WITH THE EXPEDITION CREW THAT IS UP ON
1:59:59
THE SPACE STATION NOW. BUT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SPECIFIC MISSION RIGHT NOW THAT THEY ARE UP THERE FOR EIGHT DAYS.
2:00:07
2:10:15 UNTIL LIFTOFF. BUTCH AND SUNI NOW INSIDE
2:00:12
STARLINER READY TO GO. AND WE DON’T SEE ANY PAD TEAM
2:00:18
MEMBERS ANYMORE. >> MINUS TWO HOURS AND TEN MINUTES.
2:00:23
? LC. >> LC.
2:00:28
>> FLOW RATE TO 170 POUNDS PER MINUTE. >> ROGER. >> YES, WE DON’T SEE ANY PAD
2:00:34
TEAM MEMBERS INSIDE, BECAUSE THEY ARE OUTSIDE. >> THANK YOU. >> THAT IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH STARLINER TO MAKE
2:00:40
SURE, AGAIN, THAT EVERYTHING THAT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE
2:00:49
IS OUT BECAUSE THEY WILL SOON CLOSE THAT SIDE HATCH THAT YOU SEE RIGHT BEHIND THEM.
2:00:55
>> A RUNNING JOKE WITH THE BOEING AND SUNI THAT I MAY HAVE
2:01:02
BEEN ON BOARD. WHEN THEY DO FLY, HEART GOES WITH THEM, OF COURSE, ALONG WITH
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THE HEARTS OF JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE ON PLANET EARTH. >> WELL SAID, MIKE.
2:01:13
WELL SAID. I KNOW WHY YOU WERE ASSIGNED TO THE BROADCAST TO MAKE SURE YOU DIDN’T STOWAWAY. KEEP AN EYE ON YOU.
2:01:20
>> YES. SEE, LOOK, WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON YOU THE CAMERA IS TRAINED ON
2:01:27
YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE HERE AT THE HOST DESK. >> IF I STEP OUT IN THE NEXT TEN MINUTES, PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE
2:01:36
CAMERAS. >> NOW GOING UP IF WITH BUTCH AND SUNNY, ARTWORK WITH CHILDREN ALL OVER WORLD IN COLLABORATION
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WITH THE SPACE FOUNDATION. BOEING ASKED FOR PAINTS AND
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WHICH HISTORICAL SPACE PIONEER INSPIRES YOU. 35 ENTRIES TO 66 DIFFERENT
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COUNTRIES AND 35 U.S. STATES. EVERY SINGLE ENTRY FLOWN AS A
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DIGITAL FILE. ARTISTS THREE TO 18 WILL HAVE A
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CERTIFICATE SHOWING THEIR MASTERPIECE WILL BE FLOWN TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONING.
2:02:10
>> THOSE ARE REALLY COOL PIECES OF ART. NEAT TO SEE THAT CHILDREN ALL OVER THE WORLD TOOK PART IN IT.
2:02:15
ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE HEAR AT NASA AND OUR PARTNERS ARE DOING TO EXPLORE THE UNKNOWN
2:02:23
THAT IS A GREAT ONE. LOOK AT THAT. VERY DETAILED.
2:02:28
BEAUTIFULLY GROWN. FROM SINGAPORE. MEXICO.
2:02:37
CZECHOSLOVAKIA. >>. THE BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK FROM OUR CHILDREN ARE FLYING TO SPACE. >> IN ONE FROM NEW MEXICO.
2:02:44
I KNOW THAT OUTREACH IN PARTICULAR IN PARTICULAR FOR
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SUNI. SUNI AND BUTCH. BUT SUNI HAS OUTREACH FOR CHILDREN. SHE HAS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN
2:02:58
MASSACHUSETTS NAMED AFTER HER AND I KNOW SHE DOES A LOT WITH T
2:03:05
THEM. >> FROM THIS NASA BIO AT ONE POINT CALLED A FAVORITE AUNT.
2:03:11
SO APPRECIATED NOT ONLY TO HER NIECE AND NEPHEWS BUT ALL THE
2:03:16
KIDS. I KNOW MY KIDS CALL HER SUNI — AUNTY. SO AN IMPORTANT PART OF A LOT OF
2:03:22
KIDS’ LIVES AND A GREAT INSPI
2:03:29
INSPIRATION. >> TWO HOURS SIX MINUTES AND 51
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SECONDS. SO THE PAD TEAM MEMBERS, AGAIN, READYING TO CLOSE THAT SIDE
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HATCH. THAT SIDE HATCH ONCE CLOSED WON’T OPEN UNTIL THE CREW RETURNS TO EARTH AFTER THEIR
2:03:48
MISSION. >> ABSOLUTELY. THAT’S WHY WE GOT TO MAKE SURE IT HAS A GREAT SEAL ON IT SO THERE ARE NO LEAKS.
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WHEN IT CLOSES, IT CLOSES AND NEXT TIME IT SHOULD OPEN.
2:03:59
THE GROUND TEAM INCLUDING BRIAN GARDENER THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
2:04:06
EARLIER. A AND THE UNITED STATES SOUTHWEST. >> AND WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE,
2:04:12
MIKE. THEY ARE CLEANING OFF THEIR SHOES. I AM ASSUMING MAKING SURE THERE
2:04:18
IS NOTHING. THINGS LIKE THAT. >> THE WHITE ROOM HAS TO STAY NICE AND CLEAN.
2:04:23
THEY ARE WAITING FOR A GO FOR HATCH CLOSURE SINCE IT IS AN IMPORTANT STEP. AND A FEW MINUTES AHEAD OF
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TIMELINE AROUND THE MISSION CONTROL ROOMS AND AROUND — AROUND THE COUNTRY. DOUBLE CHECKING THAT IT IS OKAY
2:04:37
TO CLOSE THE HATCH AND PROCEED ON WITH THE REST OF THE LAUNCH. >> AND FOD IS FOREIGN OBJECT
2:04:44
DEBRIS. FANCY WAY TO SAY THINGS THAT ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE NEED TO
2:04:50
STAY OFF OF ANYONE IN THE WHITE ROOM. BUTCH AND SUNI — BEFORE BUTCH WILMORE AND SUNI INGRESSED OR
2:04:57
GOT INTO STARLINER. THEY WERE EACH CHECKED BY PAD TEAM MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THEY DIDN’T HAVE ANY FOREIGN OBJECT
2:05:03
DEBRIS ON THEM. >> BOEING’S MANUFACTURER HERE AT KFC HAS BEEN VERY EXTRA
2:05:09
CAREFUL TO KEEP STARLINER EXTRA CLEAN IN ITS DEVELOPMENT AND
2:05:15
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER. WE COUNT ALL THE TOOLS THAT GO IN. COUNT ALL THE TOOLS THAT COME
2:05:20
OUT. VACUUM CLEANERS TO GET ANY METAL SHADES AND PIECES OF EXTRA TAPE.
2:05:26
VERY IMPRESSED HOW CLEAN STARLINER IS THE SECOND FLIGHT
2:05:33
OF CALYPSO AND RIGHT HERE MANUFACTURED AND GETTING READY TO FLY NEXT YEAR.
2:05:40
REALLY CLEAN SPACECRAFT. >> A TESTAMENT TO THE TEAMS FOR
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SURE, TWO HOURS, 34 MINUTES. OF BOEING FLIGHT TEST.
2:05:52
TWO NASA ASTRONAUTS FLYING IN THE SPACECRAFT FOR THE FIRST TIME HEADED TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
2:05:57
ON THE WAY UP, ONE PICK PERSON WE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE DAY MOSTLY COMMUNICATING WITH THE CREW. HEAD OVER TO BRANDY DEAN AND JIM
2:06:03
MAY TO LEARN MORE OF THE CAP COM ROLE INSIDE MISSION CONTROL IN
2:06:09
HOUSTON. >> THANKS, MEGAN. THE CAP COM HAS BEEN AROUND US.
2:06:15
SHORT FOR CAPSULE COMMUNICATOR BUT USED EVEN WHEN THERE IS NOT A CAPSULE TO COMMUNICATE WITH.
2:06:22
CAP COM IN THE INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT STATION WORKING WITH THE SPACE STATION CREW, FOR THE STARLINER, THE NAME IS ENTIRELY
2:06:29
ACCURATE AND STARLINER IS A CAPSULE. >> LET YOU NO THAT HE CREW INSERTION IS COMPLETE AND
2:06:35
STARTING CLOSURE. AND STANDING BY FOR WEATHER BRIEF. >> ROGER.
2:06:43
>> HISTORICALLY THE CAP COM ROLE HAS BEEN EXCLUSIVELY BY
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ASTRONAUTS BECAUSE AN ASTRONAUT WOULD KNOW BEST WHAT AN ASTRONAUT BOO NEED TO KNOW IN ANY GIVEN SITUATION.
2:06:55
WHEN THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION BEGAN OPERATING 24-7, 365 DAY AS YEAR, ASTRONAUT NO
2:07:00
LONGER HAD ENOUGH ASTRONAUTS TO FILL THAT CAP POSITION AND OFTEN
2:07:07
HELD BY FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHO WORKED PREVIOUS PRE LOOK WITH THE ASTRONAUTS AND HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE INFORMATION THEY NEED.
2:07:13
EXTREMELY DYNAMIC SITUATIONS LIKE LAUNCH AND LANDINGS, YOU WILL OFTEN SEE AN ASTRONAUT IN THE SEAT. >> THAT IS THE CASE TODAY.
2:07:20
YOU HEARD SPACE AGENCY JOSH WASH KUTRICH WITH VOICE CHECK HE
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DID WITH THE CREW ON BEHALF OF HOUSTON. HE WILL BE THE VOICE YOU HEAR TALKING TO THE CREW ALL THE WAY
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THROUGH STARLINER ASCENT, SPEAKING WITH BUTCH AND SUNI
2:07:38
INTO OR BIT AND SUITABLE FOR THE JOB. ASSIGNED TO THE CREW ALONG WITH NASA ASTRONAUT SCOTT TINGLE AND
2:07:44
OUR VERY OWN MIKE FINCKE WITH US TODAY AND THE FOURTH CREWMEMBER WILL BE ASSIGNED LATER.
2:07:50
>> WE ARE IN — SOME COM CHECKS WITH THE CREW AFTER THEY GOT INTO THE CAPSULE.
2:07:56
A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. THOSE COM CHECKS HAVE ALREADY
2:08:01
HAPPENED AND WE ARE NOT EXPECTING HATCH CLOSURE TO COME SOON. AND ANOTHER SET OF AUDIO CHECKS
2:08:07
OVER THE AIR-TO-GROUND LOOP LATER AS THEY GET CLOSER TO LAUNCH. BACK TO FLORIDA WITH MEGAN, DEE
2:08:14
AND MIKE. >> ALL RIGHT, SO MIKE, I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CLOCK AGAIN.
2:08:20
WE ARE WELL AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. HATCH CLOSURE PREPS UNDER WAY. WE HAD UNTIL AN HOUR AND 37
2:08:26
MINUTES FOR THOSE WHO — TO BE HAVE STARTED. SO GREAT MARGIN THERE. REALLY THE COUNTDOWN IS LOOKING
2:08:32
VERY SMOOTH RIGHT NOW. >> SO FAR SO GOOD. AND — AND I THINK IT IS BECAUSE
2:08:37
WE HAVE A LOT — A LOT OF PRACTICE. AND PRACTICE DOES MAKE BETTER —
2:08:42
NOT PERFECT, BUT BETTER. >> WHILE WE ARE TAKING A LOOK INSIDE THE WHITE ROOM AND THE
2:08:47
PAD TEAM MEMBER HERE, WHY DON’T WE TALK OF EACH ONE. NUMBER FOUR, NATE FRANZEN.
2:08:53
HE IS THE PAD TEAM LEAD. HE MANAGES THE FLUID TEAMS THAT
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PERFORMS A VARIETY OF TESTS FROM LAKE TESTS TO SENTENCE TESTING
2:09:04
INTEGRATED VEHICLE SUB SYSTEM. HE THINKS HE HAS, QUOTE “THE COOLEST JOB IN THE WHOLE
2:09:10
COMPANY” AND FEELS HONOR TO MAKE THIS CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMPANY. WE SEE NUMBER 6 ON THE LEFT,
2:09:15
GARRETT PINDER, MECHANICAL TECHNICIAN. HE HELPED BUILD THE RIG THAT
2:09:21
OPENS AND CLOSES THE HATCH. AND HE WILL CLOSE THE HATCH
2:09:27
TODAY. FOLKS DESCRIBE HIM AS A GUY WHO CAN TROUBLE JUST ABOUT
2:09:33
EVERYTHING AND HAS BEEN ON STARLINER SINCE DAY ONE AND THE FIRST TO FLY IT IF HE COULD.
2:09:39
THAT MUCH FAITH AND PRIDE IN THE SPACE. CRAFT. DEREK PINDER, NUMBER 6, LEFT
2:09:45
HAND OF YOUR SCREEN THERE. NUMBER 8, QUALITY ENGINEER AND
2:09:51
INSPECTOR. ASSISTING CREW WITH EXTERNAL CREW AND GEAR, SUITING UP PRIOR TO ENTRY.
2:09:58
GREW UP ON THE SPACE COAST WATCHING EVERY LAUNCH AND BEING ON THE PAD TEAM IS AN HONOR AND FEELS LIKE THE CULMINATION OF A
2:10:05
LIFETIME OF ADMIRING AND WORKING IN HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT. >> WE SAW CAISSON AND MICHAEL
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DeCARLO AND MICHAEL’S NUMBER WAS SEVEN. THOSE WERE THE TWO THAT MET BUTCH AND SUNNY.
2:10:18
>> WEATHER BRIEFING ON CHANNEL 8. WEATHER CONFERENCE. >> ROGER.
2:10:25
>> MICHAEL IS THE SYSTEMS FINAL
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LEAK CHECK THE 110th LAUNCH TO WORK HE SAID AS A CHILD OF THE
2:10:39
70s, HE WILL TELL BUTCH AND SUNNY IT IS TIME TO ROCK AND ROLL. >> MICHAEL IS A GREAT WELDER AND
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PRESSURE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND SOME OF OUR TUBING. AND WORLD-CLASS AT HIS JOB.
2:10:54
>> AND THEN FINALLY, NUMBER 5,
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ROLANDO. YOU WERE HEARING HIM DO THE COM CHECKS WITHIN STARLINER DURING INGRESS. NOW HE IS THE SENIOR PROJECT
2:11:08
ENGINEER COVERING BOEING’S FLORIDA SPACE COAST. HE HAS BEEN PART OF THE BUILD AND DEVELOPMENT OF STARLINER
2:11:13
SINCE THE BE QUICK. >> HE ALSO HAS HELPED BUILD — BOEING BUILD A VERY INTERESTING
2:11:20
VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET THAT WE CAN USE TO TRAIN AHEAD OF TIME WITH — WITH STARLINER.
2:11:26
NOT JUST FOR THE ASTRONAUTS, BUT FOR THE TECHNICIANS AS WELL AS MANAGERS SO EVERYONE UNDERSTAND
2:11:31
WHAT STARLINER IS, LIKE INSIDE AND WHERE ALL THE PIECES PART WITHOUT HAVING TO GET IN THE SPACECRAFT AND TAKING IT APART.
2:11:37
>> YEAH, JUST A REALLY ACCOMPLISHED CREW. TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR SKILL SETS,
2:11:43
LIKE THEY ARE AMAZING TO WORK WITH, I AM SURE. BECAUSE YOU HAVE INTEGRATED AND
2:11:48
WORKED WITH A LOT OF GUYS. >> WHAT IS FUN IS THAT IT IS
2:11:54
FUN. EVERYBODY HAS GREAT ATTITUDE. EVERYBODY LOOKS OUT FOR EACH OTHER AND DOES WHAT IT TAKE TO
2:11:59
MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. AND ENJOY THE PROCESS ALONG THE WAY. AND IT IS REALLY FUN TO BE IN
2:12:04
THE SPACE PROGRAM, BECAUSE WE GET — AS ASTRONAUTS, WE GET PART OF SO MANY EXCELLENT TEAMS
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AND THE PAD TEAM FOR SURE IS AN EXCELLENT TEAM. >> AND SO WE HEARD ON THE
2:12:18
COMMUNICATION NETS THAT TEAMS ARE DOING A WEATHER BRIEF RIGHT NOW. THAT WEATHER BRIEF HAS TO BE DONE PRIOR TO THEM DECIDING TO
2:12:24
CLOSE THE HATCH, RIGHT, MIKE? >> WE NEED TO MAKE SURE AS PART OF OUR CHECKS THAT EVERYTHING IS
2:12:29
STILL GOOD TO GO. TYPICALLY AT THIS POINT, THE WEATHER BRIEFS ARE PRETTY SHORT SAYING NOTHING CHANGED OR A
2:12:35
SMALL THING CHANGED HERE AND SOMETHING REALLY BIG CHANGED. LET’S TALK ABOUT IT MORE. >> THE WEATHER IS BEAUTIFUL.
2:12:40
OUR FREQUENT FROM THE HOST DESK. NO WIND TO SPEAK OF, WHICH IS A LITTLE STIFLE ING.
2:12:51
I CAN BE A LITTLE HOT AND NOT LAUNCH CONSTRAINTS. MEG MEGAN, DEE AND MIKE
2:12:56
CONSTRAINTS AS THE DAY GOES ON. WE WILL BE WAITING ON THE OFFICIAL WORD FROM THAT WEATHER
2:13:02
BRIEF. HERE SHORTLY. AGAIN, THE TEAM IN THE WHITE
2:13:11
ROOM WHEN THEY GET THE GO AHEAD TO CLOSE THE HATCH, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THIS I THINK SO THAT
2:13:17
WE WILL BE SEEING. THEY CLEARED OUT STARLINER, BUT HERE WE WILL SEE THEM REMOVING
2:13:23
SOME EQUIPMENT AND REMOVING THE SEAL, RIGHT? >> EXACTLY. A GOLDEN FRAME AROUND THE HATCH
2:13:30
PROTECT THE HATCH SEALS, RIGHT
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IT TO BE CLOSED AND AIR TIGHT AND KEEP THE HATCH PROTECTION OUT OF THE WAY.
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TAKES A FEW MOMENTS AND ULTRAVIOLET LIGHTS AND TAKE A VERY GOOD LOOK AT THE SEALS TO MAKE SURE THEY LOOK GOOD AND
2:13:48
CLOSE THE HATCH AND DO A LEAK CHECK TO PUT EXTRA PRESSURE INSIDE THE STARLINER AND SEE IF
2:13:54
ANY OF IT LEAKS OUT THAT SHOULDN’T AND DEPRESSURIZE THE
2:14:02
STARLINER TO HAVE REGULAR NORMAL ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE OF POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH.
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>> THERE THEY ARE REMOVING THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
2:14:15
WAY TO INSPECT THE STEEL. WHITE LIGHTS. FOAM TO REMOVE DEBRIS AND THEN
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BLACKLIGHT. FOAM WIPES TO REMOVE ANY OF THE DEBRIS. AS I AM SURE IT IS NOT A
2:14:28
SURPRISE TO ANYONE, ANOTHER VERY DETAILED PROCESS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS DONE AS IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE.
2:14:35
>> WELL, SPEAKING OF A CHILD OF THE 70s, A LOT OF US WATCHED MR. ROGERS NEIGHBORHOOD AND MR.
2:14:40
ROGERS WILL TELL US TO TAKE OUR TIME TO DO IT RIGHT. AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING
2:14:45
HERE. >> YOU HAVE ALWAYS PERFECTLY HAVE THE ONE-LINERS THAT SUM UP — SUM UP THE SITUATION. SO, AGAIN, GUYS, VERY LUCKY TO
2:14:53
HAVE THIS GUY HERE. >> BUTCH SAYS THE SAME THING ABOUT ME. THE ONLY REASON HE KEPT ME AROUND I MADE HIM LAUGH NOW AND
2:15:00
THEN. >> WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR QUESTIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SENDING THEM IN.
2:15:05
LET’S TAKE SOME NOW. THIS ONE IS NIKKI COLBY ON X
2:15:11
ASKING, CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE SUITS IN DEPTH TO ME AS A BLIND PERSON. ALSO WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE
2:15:17
INSIDE THE STARLINER. >> ONE HOUR AND 55 MINUTES.
2:15:25
>> ADJUST TEMPERATURE TO 145 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. >> ROGER.
2:15:31
>> WELL, NIKKI, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE A SPACE
2:15:36
SUIT. MADE OUT OF CLOTH AND SOME PUNCTURE RESISTANT MATERIAL. I THINK A LOT OF IT IS NOMEX.
2:15:43
AND ON THE INSIDE OF THIS SUIT. AND IT IS REALLY — IT IS ALL ALMOST LIKE ONE PIECE.
2:15:48
IT — AND THERE IS A REASON FOR THAT. BECAUSE IT HAS TO HOLD PRESSURE,
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RIGHT. IT IS KIND OF LIKE A HOODIE ON TOP THAT THE VISOR CAN GO OVER YOUR HEAD LIKE A HOOD AND YOU
2:15:59
CAN ZIP IT. IT IS A ONE-PIECE OVERALL THAT HAS LONG SLEEVES AND LONG LEGS.
2:16:05
AND, OF COURSE, IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT COLOR IT IS. BOEING CHOSE THE BOEING BLUE
2:16:11
COLOR FOR, AND A FEW POCKETS ON IT. AND AT THE BOTTOM WHERE THE LAKES COME OUT, IT IS ACTUALLY A
2:16:18
— A RUBBER BLADDER THAT GOES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PART OF THE — OF THE SPACE SUIT. AND SO OUR FEET GO INSIDE THERE.
2:16:24
AND OUR FEET — THEY PUT BOOTS ON TOP OF OUR FEET AND DON’T NEED THE BOOTS TO REMAIN
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PRESSURIZED. WHAT WE NEED TO DO ONCE WE ARE INSIDE OF OUR SUIT PUT IN OUR GLOVES. A LEFT AND RIGHT GLOVE
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OBVIOUSLY. AND A SMALL WRIST RING THAT YOU HAVE TO KIND OF CLICK THE GLOVE ON AND TURN TO THE LEFT AND TURN
2:16:42
TO THE RIGHT TO MAKE SURE IT IS LOCKED. AND THEN WE PUT OUR — WE PUT OUR HOOD ON, RIGHT.
2:16:48
OUR VISOR OR HELMET AND PUT OUR HEAD BACK AND ZIP IT ACROSS.
2:16:53
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN PER
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HERMETICALLY SEALED. AND WE CAN DO SUIT LEAK CHECKS AND CAN PROTECT OUR LIVES.
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IT IS COMFORTABLE AND LIGHTWEIGHT AND YOU HAVE THE SPECS.
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>> STEP 2,000 BALLOON CYCLE TASK IS COMPLETE. >> ROGER. >> I THINK WE HAVE THE SPECS ON
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THE SUIT. A VERY LIGHTWEIGHT SUIT COMPARED TO THE SUITS WE HAVE WORN
2:17:19
BEFORE. WHEN I MOVED FROM THE SHUTTLE PROGRAM TO GO FLY ON THE SOYUS.
2:17:24
I WAS IMPRESSED THE SOYUZ. SUITS BY DAVID CLARK BY T THE SOYUZ AND THE HELMET.
2:17:33
>> NIKKI ASKED DESCRIBE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE STARLINER. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT? >> STARLINER IS INTERESTING.
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IT IS — IT IS — I WON’T SAY FULL OF CARGO, BUT A LOT OF — A LOT OF — THERE IS TWO SEATS
2:17:46
THAT ARE NEAR — IF YOU LOOK INSIDE THE HATCH ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE. TWO SEATS.
2:17:51
AND BUTCH SITS IN THE FARTHEST AWAY AND SUNI ON THE NEXT ONE.
2:17:56
TWO OTHER SEATS WE WILL USE FOR FUTURE SITES. THIS TIME WILL HAVE CARGO ON THEM. COME IN THE SOFT BAGS WE LEARN
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FROM SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM. YOU CAN PUT MORE STUFF INTO FLEXIBLE BAGS INTO METAL WON
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TAINERS. WE HAVE FLEXIBLE BAGS. AND CTEs AND BOEING IS ALL BLUE
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AND THE OUTSIDE ARE LABELED. BAGS STRAPPED AROUND THE CABIN
2:18:27
BUTCH AND SUNI WITH THEIR LEGS ABOVE THEIR HEAD.
2:18:39
BOTH DETAILED. NIKKI. WE HAVE LIZZIE ON INSTAGRAM ASKING WHAT IS THE COOLEST PART
2:18:46
OF THE LAUNCH IN YOUR EYES, MIKE. >> EVERYBODY ASKS ABOUT LAUNCH BECAUSE THAT — HOW DOES IT
2:18:53
FEEL. AND SOMETIMES, I THINK PEOPLE ARE ASKING, HOW DOES IT FEEL FOR LAUNCH LIKE ALL THE G FORCE.
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>> SURE. >> WE ONLY GET UP TO THREE Gs IN THIS THING. >> ONLY, GUY S@
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OUTDOORS, TEMPERATURES ARE NATION AROUND THE 880’S THEN WE HAVE SOME LIGHT WINDS THEN ABOUT TEN KNOTS FLOWING IN.
2:25:19
WE HAVE COASTAL SHOWERS PRETTY FAR OFFSHORE AND WE HAVE RADAR AND CAN SHOW US THAT AND YOU
2:25:25
CAN SEE THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE SHOWERS POPPING UP AND GROWING WITH
2:25:31
JUST SOUTH OF THE SPACE COAST BUT, LAUNCH WEATHER OFFICER
2:25:36
MELODY LEVIN REPORTED TO THE LAUNCH TEAM SHE IS FORECASTING THAT THEY WILL ALL STAY FAR
2:25:44
AWAY OFFSHORE, IN ADDITION, THERE IS SOME CUMULUS CLOUDS, THAT ARE POPPING UP AROUND BUT
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SAYS THOSE SHOULD BE FACTOR AS WELL. THEY ARE GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEM AND SO WE ARE STILL
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ACCORDING TO THE WEATHER OFFICER 90% GO FOR LIFTOFF AT
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T0 AT 10:52:15 A.M. EASTERN TIME. THERE YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHT
2:26:06
WINDS AND EXPECTED TEMPERATURE AND THAT ONLY CONCERN THE
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CUMULUS CLOUD ROLL BECAUSE YOU CANNOT FLY A ROCKET THROUGH A CUMULUS CLOUD. OTHERWISE, IT COULD
2:26:17
PROCONTINUATIONLY CREATE ITS OWN LIGHT LIGHTNING TRIKE SO THEY HAVE THE RULE IN PLACE. THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL SHOT RIGHT
2:26:23
THERE. CAN SEE SOME OF THE PUFFY CLOUDS IN THE SHOT, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT LOOKS A LITTLE MORE COMPRESSED
2:26:29
BECAUSE THAT IS DISTANT VIEW WHICH MAKES THE CLOUDS LOOK LIKE THEY ARE CLUSTERED THIS GIVES YOU A BETTER SHOT HERE
2:26:35
AND LAUNCHING TO A CLEAR BLUE SKY AND WE SURE HOPE THAT HOLDS FOR THE REST OF THE WAY AND
2:26:40
CERTAINLY THE FORECAST INDICATES AS SUCH.
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I WANT TO PROTUESDAY THE MEMBERS OF THIS THE NAS SASS COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM WHO IS WORKING THE LAUNCH TODAY AND JOINED BY
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BRITTANY WHITE WHO IS CCP AND A LAUNCH SITE INTEGRATOR AND YOU SIT RIGHT OVER THERE.
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>> YES. IDO. DERROL: RIGHT BACK THERE. I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO YOU AS YOU WATCH THE MILESTONES.
2:27:08
YOU GIVE A BIG THUMBS UP, SO I KNOW THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD OVER THE PACES FEW
2:27:13
MONTHS ESPECIALLY DURING THE LAUNCH ATTEMPTS YOUR INSECT IS TO THE GROUND SIDE.
2:27:20
>> CORRECT. DERROL: GROUND SIDE WAS ISSUE OF COURSE. EQUIPMENT WAS REPLACED.
2:27:26
DILLON RICE TALKED ABOUT THAT. HOW ARE WE DOING NOW? >> BEAUTIFULLY. WE ARE LOOKING GREAT FOR AN
2:27:31
ATTEMPT TODAY. HOPEFULLY SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT AT THAT ONE IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY OUT THERE. AND THE TEAMS ARE WORKING SOME
2:27:38
MINOR ISSUES WHICH ARE NORMAL THAT WE SEE, BUT NOTHING STANDING IN OR WAY NOW.
2:27:45
>> SO MANY THINGS GOING ON WITH THE ROCKET. >> OF COURSE. >> LITTLE THINGS THAT THE TEAM HAS TO WORK. AS YOU MENTIONED NOTHING BIG.
2:27:51
THIS IS THE THIRD LAUNCH ATTEMPT SO I AM WONDERING AS SOMEBODY WHO IS WORKING THIS WITH EACH
2:27:57
AND EVERY ATTEMPT IN THE LONG HOURS THAT ARE INVOLVED, HOW DO YOU STAY HUN WAY FROM INHOW DO
2:28:02
YOU STAY AFTER IT WITH EACH SUCCESS ATTEMPT? >> WELL, THE MISSION IS
2:28:07
INCREDIBLE ONE. I MEAN, THIS, THIS ALONE WORKING WITH CREW IN GENERAL BEING ABLE
2:28:13
TO BE EVEN A SMALL PART OF THE TEAM, THAT BRINGS CREW TO THE ISS, THAT THAT IS AMAZING.
2:28:20
AND THIS MISSION IN ITSELF IS INCREDIBLE. YOU KNOW? THE VERY FIRST CREWED FLIGHT OF
2:28:28
BOYING STAR LINER AND THE FIRST CREWED FLIGHT OF ATLAS 5 AND THE FIRST CREWED FLIGHT FROM
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CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION IN ABOUT 60 YEARS. >> 61 YEARS.
2:28:41
SO MANY FIRSTED. SO MANY INCREDIBLE MOMENTS AND MILESTONES. THE TEAM LOOKS OUT FOR EACH
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OTHER. WE ARE WE REMINDED OF HOW IMPORTANT THIS MISSION IS EVERY DAY.
2:28:57
DERROL. GREAT WORDS THERE. YOU HAVE PUT IN LONG DAYS AND LONG HOURS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN. YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE CURRENT
2:29:03
POSITION FOR 7 MONTHS, SO YOU ARE PRETTY NEW TO THE JOB. WHAT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE
2:29:10
NEATEST THINGS YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED SINCE COMING ON CCP IN?
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>> SO ONE OF THE PINCH ME MOMENTS, I WILL SAY, WAS IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, I WAS
2:29:21
ABLE TO BE ON THE TOWER ON THAT WE ARE SEEING HERE LIVE TODAY.
2:29:28
DERROL: UP ON THE TOP OF THE TOWER? >> UP ON THE TOP OF THE TOWER AND I WAS ABLE TO WITNESS ULA
2:29:34
TESTING THE CREW ARM AND THE WHITE ROOM WE ARE SEEING HERE. SWINGING. THEY PERFORMED FUNCTIONAL SWINGS
2:29:40
TO MAKE SURE ON LAUNCH DAY EVERYTHING IS GOING TO GO ACCORDING TO PLAN. AND WORK OUT ANY CASE THEY MAY
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SEE SO I WAS FORT NATE ENOUGH TO BE STANDING, YOU KNOW,
2:29:52
ALMOST AS CLOSE AS WE ARE RIGHT NOW TO WHEN THEY WERE SWINGING THAT ARM AND YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY
2:29:59
SEEING A PIECE OF HARDWARE THAT SIZE SWINGING SO SEAMLESSLY
2:30:05
THAT IN ITSELF WAS AMAZING OF COURSE, BUT ALSO, REALIZING THAT, HEY, WE ARE SWINGING THIS
2:30:11
ARM TO MAKE SURE IT IS GOING TO OPERATE PROPERLY TODAY FOR BUTCH AND SUNNI TO WALK DOWN
2:30:19
THE PLATFORM TO GO TO THE WHITE ROOM TO INGRESS STAR LINE SORE THAT WAS VERY MUCH PINCH ME
2:30:24
MOMENT. DERROL: THERE IS A LOOK AT THE CREW ACCESS ARM WHICH WILL BE STOWED AT 11 MINUTES.
2:30:32
>> CHANNEL 1. >> GO AHEAD. >> HATCH CLOSURE COMPLETE. >> ROGER.
2:30:39
DERROL: THERE IS A GREAT MILESTONE THERE. THE HATCH BEING CLOSED. THAT CREW ACCESS ARM, YOU SPOKE
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IT LIKE A TRUE ENGINEER, RIGHT? >> GOOD.
2:30:53
>> ROGER. >> ARM CONTROL. POWER ON CORRECT.
2:31:00
HYDRAULIC CHEATER. >> ROGER.
2:31:05
DERROLF. ALL RIGHT, ANOTHER GREAT STEP TOWARD LAUNCH REAL QUICKLY, UM,
2:31:10
YOU MENTIONED SOME ADVICE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE LITTLE GIRLS OR YOUNG WOMEN WHO ARE
2:31:16
PURSUING THIS CAREER IN ENGINEERING, IT IS A TOUGH FIELD, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
2:31:23
BUT, BUT YOU HAD SOME ADVICE THAT YOU WANTED TO GIVE FOLKS? >> I WAS GOING TO GIVE ADVICE
2:31:28
FROM A YOUNG AGE, NEVER SAY NO TO AN OPPORTUNITY.
2:31:33
SOMETIMES YOU ARE PRESENTED WITH AN OPPORTUNITY THAT, YOU KNOW, AT FIRST GLANCE IT MAY NOT SEEM
2:31:38
LIKE IT IS GOING TO BE A LOT BUT IN THE LONG RUN, IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND YOU MAY BE SURPRISED, SO MY ADVICE THAT
2:31:45
I ALWAYS GIVE WHEN I AM GIVING OUTREACH OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AND TALKING TO SOMEBODY IS, NEVER SAY NO WHEN AN
2:31:51
OPPORTUNITY IS PRESENTED TO
2:31:56
YOU. >> YOU GOT THE OPPORTUNITY IN COLLEGE AND ENDED UP GOING TO HOUSTON AND TESTED THE NEUTRAL
2:32:02
BUOYANCY LABS WHERE THEY PRACTICE FOR THE EVA’S AND SPATES BALKS.
2:32:07
>> YEAH. WAS ASKED TO HELP WRITE THIS PROPOSAL AND TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER AN IDEA FOR AS TRO NAUTS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
2:32:17
>> AIR TO FROND ONE. WE READY FOR PRELAUNCH TEST. PREPARE FOR CABIN PRESSURIZATION
2:32:23
AND CONFIGURE. >> I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE AND GET THAT PROPOSAL SUBMITTED SO THAT WAS INCREDIBLE, FIRST OF
2:32:28
ALL, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ARE ASKED TO PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN COLLEGE, A LOT OF TIMES IT DOESN’T
2:32:35
RESULT IN ANYTHING. I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT. DERROL: AMAZING.
2:32:40
COOL STUFF. BRITTANY WHITE WITH COMMERCIAL, CREW PROGRAM. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME HERE. WE ARE REALLY MOVING WELL THROUGH THE MILESTONES WAY
2:32:47
AHEAD OF TIME WHICH IS A FUNCTION OF WHEN YOU ARE DONING FOR THE THIRD TIME. YOU GET QUICK AT IT.
2:32:55
>> YEAH. >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US BRITS NY. WE WILL SEN IT BACK TO MEGAN, MIKE AND DEE. YAO YEAH.
2:33:00
JUST UNDER 30 MINUTES AHEAD OF CLOSURE. HATCH CLOSURE AGAIN IN THE VERY
2:33:07
DETAILED COUNTDOWN THAT WAS SLATED FOR 1:10 BEFORE LAUNCH BUT AGAIN WE CAN DO THINGS AS
2:33:12
QUICKLY AS AVAILABLE. >> GO AHEAD. THAT IS WHY WITH WE ARE AHEAD OF TIME.
2:33:18
>> ROGER. >> CALL-OUT THERE.
2:33:25
REGARDING ATLAS. >> SECOND STAGE. >> STAR LINER WE COPY.
2:33:32
REMOVED. STAR LINER GROUND TEAM ITSING IF TO PERFORM CABIN PRESSURIZATION
2:33:37
AND CAUTION FOR CABIN PPO2 HIGH AND FUNCTION OF THAT HIGH CABIN
2:33:42
PRESSURE YOU CAN ACKNOWLEDGE.
2:33:53
WOLF: ALL RIGHT SO CAP COM TELLING BUTCH AND SUNNI TEAMS
2:33:59
WILL BEGIN PRESSURIZE FOG ARE A LEAK CHECK SO WE DID JUST SEE HATCH CLOSED A FEW MINUTES AGO.
2:34:08
YOU MIGHT SEEN THEM ON THE HATCH.
2:34:15
SO NOW, BE THAT THE HATCH IS CLOSED, AGAIN, PRESSURIZING THE
2:34:22
ENTIRE CAPSULE FOR A LEAK CHECK, MIKE. MIKE: YES. WE PRACTICED THIS A FEW YEARS
2:34:28
AGO FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN WE DID IT AND IT ACTUALLY MADE SOME LOUD NOISES INSIDE OF THE
2:34:34
CABIN AS THE PRESSURE WAS INCREASING AND THEN, THEN, DECREASING SO NOW WE MADE A CALL TOLL THE CREW SAYING YOU
2:34:40
ARE GOING TO HEAR THINGS THEN WE ARE READY TO DO IT AND WE HAVE A VOICE ACTIVATED INTERCOM
2:34:46
SYSTEM WHO CALLED IT A VOX RIGHT M WE TURN UP THE VOX DIALS SO LOUD NOISES DON’T GET
2:34:53
TRANSMILTED AND AMPLIFIED IN OUR MICROPHONES.
2:34:59
IN ORDER TO DO THIS, BUTCH HAD TO TAKE A CAP OFF OF A VALVE THAT IS INSIDE OF THE
2:35:04
SPACECRAFT, WE DO HAVE WAYS TO DEPRESSURIZE FROM INSIDE SO WE USUALLY KEEP THEM CAPPED SO IT
2:35:12
IS KEEPING EXTRA SAFE AND BUTCH HAD TO TAKE THE COMPANY OFF WHEN WE DEPRESS.
2:35:18
DEPRESSURIZE. >> PRESSURIZING IS GOING TO TAKE THREE OR FOUR MINUTES AGAINST YOU HEARD CAP COM TELLING THEM
2:35:23
TO JUST BE AWARE OF MAYBE SOME AUDIBLE NOISES AND THEN,
2:35:30
BASICALLY, THE TEAM WAPS THE CAPSULE TO STAY AT THE CORE RICT PRESSURE FOR ABOUT TEN
2:35:35
MINUTES. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING OUT FOR IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. >> WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THINGS WERE AND AHEAD OF TIME.
2:35:45
ING THAT IS FOOD. IN CASS THE CHECK DOESN’T WORK. WE HAVE TIME. THERE IS STILL MARGIN IN THE SCHEDULE.
2:35:51
>> YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY IS STAR LINER FLYING BUTCH AND SUNNI TODAY. IT IS BRINGING UP NEARLY
2:35:56
800 POUNDS OF CAR GE TO THE PACE STATION. LET’S CHECK IN AGAIN WITH BOEING’S LAUREN AND ULA’S
2:36:03
DILLON RICE. >> YEAH. LANG WITH THE MOST, SHOWER CARGO, BUTCH AND SUNNI. WE ARE TAKING AROUND 400 POUNDS
2:36:10
OF A AREGO UP TODAY. WE ARE TAKING SOMETHING THAT WAS ADDED JUST A FEW DAYS AGO ACTUALLY BUT MORE THANFUL OF
2:36:16
WHAT ISING IF UP IS BOEING CARGO LIKE PATCHES MISSION COINS SILVER SNOOPY PEN,
2:36:23
AMERICAN FLAGS AND A HARD DRIVE THAT HAS 3500 PIECES OF ARTWORK FROM CHILDREN ACROSS THE WORLD.
2:36:30
WE ARE TAKING TOOLS AND EMERGENCY LIFE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT. THEN THAT LATE ADD AUTISM’S’
2:36:36
REQUEST A FEW DAYS AGO, THE TEAMS PACKEDDED A NEW PUMP FOR THE SPACE STATION’S URINE
2:36:41
PROCESSING ASSEMBLY THAT IS READY PA OF THE WATER RECOVERY SYSTEM ON THE ISS. IT IS ABOUT 150 POUNDS, IT IS A
2:36:49
PUMP AND IT IS REPLACING TWO NONESSENTIAL CARGO BAGS INSIDE OF STAR LINER.
2:36:55
ITS ALL PACKED WEEKS IN ADVANCE BEA SIDES THAT ONE LATE CARGO AND THEN, ABOUT 25 BAGS FOR
2:37:02
BOEING, TEN BAGS NOW FOR NASA THE NASA BAGS ARE CARRYING THINGS LIKE FOOD, CLOTHES,
2:37:09
EXERCISE GEAR, MEDICAL SUPPLIES ANYTHING THE CREW WANTED TO BRING WITH THEM. ON THE WAY BACK STAR LINER WILL
2:37:15
BRING ABOUT 750 POUNDS OF CARGO SO JUST A LITTLE BIT LESS THAT
2:37:20
INCLUDES ONE TANK, THAT IS NITROGEN OXYGEN RECHARGE SYSTEM, AND THAT WILL BE REFILLED FOR FUTURE MISSIONS.
2:37:27
SO WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE CREW, ON THE PAD TEAM, AND WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON WITHIN THE HATCH CLOSURE AND THE PRESSURIZATION
2:37:35
TESTING BUT A LOT GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND AS WELL ON THE ROCKET SIDE. >> THAT IS RIGHT, LAUREN.
2:37:41
AS WE HAVE WRAPPED UP THE CREW INGRESS PROCESS AND STARTING TO HEAR MORE TRAFFIC BACK FROM THE
2:37:47
LAUNCH VEHICLE TEAM A FEW MOMENTS AGO, WE HEARD ABOUT THE CHILL DOWN SO THE ENGINES OR
2:37:54
FUELED ARE BY CRYOGENIC PROPELLANTS WHICH ARE VERY, VERY COLD SO THE PROCESS TACKS
2:38:00
HOUR AND BRINGS ENGINE TEMPERATURES DOWN SO WE DON’T COLD SHOCK THEM WHEN THEY ARE
2:38:05
INTRODUCED SO THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN STARTED THE VEHICLE ITSELF
2:38:10
REMAINS IN PROPEL ANT TOPPING MODE AS THEY ARE CONTINUING THE WORK ON THE TOWER AND HEARD ABOUT BEGINNING TO WARM UP THE
2:38:17
HYDRAULIC TESTIMONY FOR THE CREW ACCESS ARM AND ONE OF THE BIG DEF REPS IN TODAY’S COUNTDOWN COMPARED TO OURS
2:38:23
COUNTDOWN FOR TRADITIONAL UNCREWED MISSIONS OR THE PAYLOADS THAT DON’T TALK BACK AS I SAY IS THE LENGTH.
2:38:32
WE SPENT, YOU KNOW, DURATION OF THIS BROADCAST IN THE FOUR HONOR BUILD IN HOLDS THEY ARE
2:38:39
15 OR 30 MINUTES DEPENDING ON THE LENGTH OF THE LAUNCH WINDOW BUT FOR TODAY, IT HAS BEEN
2:38:46
LINKENED TO FOUR HOURS FOR FLIGHT. WITH TODAY’S LAUNCH WINDOW FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
2:38:51
STATION, THE LAUNCH VEHICLE AND STAR LINER OPERATIONSES HAVE TO BE PRECISELY CHOREOGRAPHED TO OCCUR ON TIME SO FAR THINGS ARE
2:38:58
LOOKING GREAT. NO ISSUES. REKHA ALL RIGHT. WE ARE 1:31 AWAY LAUNCH.
2:39:04
WE SEND IT BACK TO MEGAN AT THE HOST DES K. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE URINE PROCESSOR BECAUSE MIKE YOU
2:39:11
ACTUALLY HELPED IN TALL ONE. MIKE. NOT JUST ONE BUT THE FIRST ONE WHEN CHRIS FERGUSON AND HIS
2:39:17
TEAM CAME UP ON STS126. WAS COMMANDER AND DON PETTIT AND
2:39:23
I GOT TO INSTALL THE URINE PROCESSOR. IT IS NEAT KIND OF FUNNY NAME,
2:39:28
UPA. UPA RATE. SO THE URINE PROCESSOR IS IN
2:39:34
ESSENCE A BUMP PUMP THAT TAKES OUR NUMBER ONE, OUR PEE, AND HELPS TAKE THE WATER OUT OF IT.
2:39:41
THE WALTER PROCESSING ASSEMBLY ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WE HAVE GOTTEN REALLY
2:39:46
GOOD AT IT. OVER 97% OF OUR WATER RECYCLED AND EACH TIME WE SEND A LITTER
2:39:52
OF WATER UP TO SPACE STATION IT IS LIKE $5,000, SO SENDING, BEING ABLE TO RECYCLE WATER IS
2:39:58
NOT FOOD FOR SPACE STATION BUT WHEN WE GO TO MOON AND MARS SO THE URINE PROCESSOR WHEN IT IS
2:40:04
NOT WORKING ON THE SPACE STATION PROGRAM MAN FER SAID SO AT THE MOST RECENT PRESS CONFERENCE WE GOT TO GET IT UP
2:40:10
THERE. OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAVE LARGE BAGS FULL OF URINE THAT NEED TO BE PROCESSED THEN START STACK
2:40:16
UP ON US BECAUSE WE DON’T WANT TO THROW IT AWAY WE NEED TO PROCESS IT.
2:40:21
HAVING STAR LINER HOUR AND A HALF TOLL GO. HAVING STAR LINER THERE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE UP THE UPA REALLY
2:40:27
HELPS THE SPACE STATION PROGRAM A LOT AND THIS IS THE DUAL REDUNDANCY OF HAVING ROCK KETTLES GO UP TO THE SPACE
2:40:33
STATION ON A REGULAR BASIS. WOLF: THE RECYCLING OF URINE
2:40:39
INTO WATER IS IMPRESSIVE. THE RATE IS 90% SOMETHING.
2:40:59
OK BUTCH IS FLYING TWO GOLD RINGS THAT RESEMBLED THE U.S. NAVY WING PIN AND HE IS ALSO
2:41:08
FLYING HITTER SHIRTS FROM TENNESSEE TECH AND THE ALMA MATER. SUNI IS FLYING T-SHIRTS FROM THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY AND THE
2:41:16
SUNITA L. WILLIAMS IN MASSACHUSETTS. PLUS A DIVER PIN AND DOG TAGS HER MOM HAD MADE FOR TWO
2:41:23
RETRIEVERS IN. SUNI ALSO LOVES TO WEAR FUN SOCKS AND MULTICOLORED SOCKS
2:41:29
THE SHE PLANS TO WEAR IN SPACE AND OTHER ITEMS WILL REMAIN A SURPRISE UNTIL THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO REVEAL THEM
2:41:35
PUSHBLYTURING THE FLIGHT TEST. MEGAN: I IMAGINE HAVING THE PERSONAL EFFECTS IS SO IMPORTANT AND YES FOR A LONG
2:41:42
TUR RACIAL MISSION BUT ALSO NICE TO HAVE IF THEY ARE THERE FOR EIGHT DAYS.
2:41:47
MIKE: BUTCH AND SUNI BROUGHT UP THINGS TO HELP INSPIRE OTHERS. >> STARLINER HOUSTON THE PAD IS ROW SEEDING WITH
2:41:54
PRESSUREIZATION NOW. PROCEEDING WITH PRESSURIZATION NOW. >> COPY.
2:42:01
MIKE. THUMBS UP THERE THE CREW. LET THE PRESSURE INCREASE. SO BUT IT IS REALLY, IT IS REALLY, IT IS REALLY COOL.
2:42:08
I KNOW THAT FROM, YOU KNOW, THE UNIVERSITIES THAT I WENT TO EVERY TIME I WORE THE SHIRT,
2:42:14
JUST REPRESENT LIKE ANY OTHER ALUM SHOULD INSPIRED THE UNDER GRADS AND THE GRAD STUDENTS TO
2:42:22
SAY, HEY, IF HE CAN, I CAN. THERE IS HOPE FOR US ALL. SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS
2:42:28
THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO US AND HOPE NY MAKETIVE RENS TO OTHER PEOPLE, TOO. IT IS INSPIRING TO SEE YOUR
2:42:35
SCHOOL REPRESENTED IN SPACE. MEGAN: YEAH. PERSONAL EFFECTS THEN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT INSPIRE BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY A BIG
2:42:42
PART OF BEING ASTRONAUT YOU KNOW. YOU SAID THAT BEFORE. THAT BIG PART OF YOUR JOB IS ALSO TO INSPIRE THE NEXT
2:42:47
GENERATION. >> RIGHT. WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS OF THOSE WHO INSPIRED
2:42:54
US. MAY, I REMEMBER, I COULDN’T BELIEVE IT WHEN I MET JOHN
2:42:59
YOUNG FOR THE FIRST TIME. HE WALKED ON THE MOON. FLEW THE FIRST SPACE SHUT AND
2:43:04
INTERVIEWED ME AND ENDED UP COMING TO MY WEDDING, SO IT IS REALLY, IT IS MY WIFE’S
2:43:09
WEDDING, TOO. SO WE, BUT WE REALLY LOOK UP TO OTHER PEOPLE AND I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF FOLKS TODAY THAT
2:43:17
ARE LOOKING UP TO BUTCH AND SUNI IN THE SPACECRAFT
2:43:22
234-6789. >> RIGHT. BUTCH AND SUNI HAVE SPENT A LOT TIME WORKING SIDE BYSIDE.
2:43:28
MANY CONSIDER THE CREW LIKE FAMILY NOW. HERE IS PERSPECTIVE ON THE BOEING JOURNEY TO CREW PLIGHT IN HOW THE RELATIONSHIP WITH
2:43:33
BUTCH AND SUNI INFLUENCES EVERY DECISION.
2:43:42
>> WE VERY COME A LONG WAY. >> BEING ON THE STARLINER PROGRAM, THERE HAS BEEN UPS AND DOWNS BUT I WOULD SAY, WE
2:43:47
WORKED AND PUSHED THROUGH THEM IN THE FLIGHT COMING UP FOR CFT IS GOING TO SHOW IT.
2:43:59
ITE IS REALLY EXCITING. >> IT MEAN IS A LOT TO BE THIS CLOSES TO REACHING THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF LAUNCHING THE NASA CREW
2:44:05
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. IT WILL BE AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
2:44:12
>> ALL THE TESTING LEADING UP TO THIS NEXT MISSION HAS BEEN
2:44:19
SUCCESSFUL. >> MAKE SURE AGAIN WE CAN PLY AND OPERATE SAFELY. WE WANT THE STARLINER TO BE AS
2:44:26
HIGHEST QUALITY AND PRODUCT AS POSSIBLE THEN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND MAN ARE
2:44:33
MANUFACTURING IN THE FACTORY. WE WORK TOWARD PERFECTION.
2:44:39
WE FIND SOMETHING WE CAN IMPROVE AND WE GO AHEAD AND DO THAT WORK.
2:44:45
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
2:44:58
♪ ♪ EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT. IT IS GREAT THAT THEY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP I THINK IT REALLY
2:45:04
MAKES THE WORK THAT WE DO BECOME MORE PERSONAL. TO HAVE SUCH LEGENDS FROM HUGE
2:45:13
SPACE NIGHT WORLD BE THE NORTH STAR AS WE ARE NAVIGATING OUR WAY TO THE CREWED FLIGHT TEST AND HARD TO DIE SCRIBE HOW
2:45:19
SPECIAL IT IS. THEY BECOME A PART OF THE TEAM
2:45:25
AND WORKING WITH BUTCH HONEST WITH EXPERIENCE AND THE FEEDBACK WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
2:45:35
HE IS A MAN OF FAITH.
2:45:44
HE HAS GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR AS WELL. WORKING WITH SUNI WILLIAMS HAS BEEN HONOR NOT BECAUSE
2:45:53
ASTRONAUT HUMAN PACE FLIGHT BUT ANOTHER WOMAN IN STEM. >> SUNI IS EVERYBODY’S ASTRONAUT
2:45:58
SHE IS THE MOST APPROACHABLE PERSON IN THE CREW OFFICE BY FAR.
2:46:06
I NEVER PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. IT IN INSPIRES THE NEXT GENERATION OF SPACE EXMOREERS
2:46:12
IN. HAVING THEM SO WELL BER GRATED INTO ASPECTS OF REVIEWS THEN
2:46:17
YOU KNOW, SMILE STONES HELP US
2:46:22
BUILD THAT TRUST. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ NOTE NOTE.
2:46:30
♪ WHAT WHEN JEB ROLLSP HE SLEEVES THEN PUT THE HEAD TOWN. THAT IS A PART TO BE A PART OF
2:46:36
IT. NOTE ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
2:46:41
♪ >> THEN UNTIL THAT DOOR OPENS AND THAT CREW GETS OUT SAFELY, THAT IS WHEN WE CELEBRATE.
2:46:47
THAT’S THE TRUE END OF THE MISSION, RIGHT. I TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE BEFORE AND THAT IS WHAT LOOK
2:46:52
FORWARD TO. THEN CERTAINLY GETTING SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH AND SUCCESSFUL DOCK BUT WE GOT TO
2:46:57
GET HOME. >> IT IS IMMENSE SENSE OF PRIDE WE ACCOMPLISHING SOMETHING THAT IS SO SO DIFFICULT TO SEND
2:47:03
HUMANS TO THE HARSH ENVIRONMENT IN SPACE AND BACK SAFELY.
2:47:11
OH, THEY ARE HERE. THEY ARE SAFE. TO EVERYONE THAT I MET ON THIS PROGRAM, IT NOT A JOB BUT A
2:47:17
DREAM WE ARE MAKING COME TRUE. ♪ ♪
2:47:23
♪ ♪ ♪ >> BUTCH YOU WERE SAYING WHEN YOU WERE WATCHING THAT YOU BEGAN TO TEAR UP. >> YES. YOU CAN CALL ME MIKE TODAY.
2:47:30
AND WHAT? >> BUTCH IS ON THE START. >> NO. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT
2:47:36
MONTAGE WAS REALLY MEANINGFUL AND IT REALLY SHOWS HOW INTEGRATED THE CREW AND IS WITH
2:47:43
A BOEING TEAMMATE THEN HOW MUCH YOU KNOW, THEIR SPIRIT AND HARD WORK ARE HELPING US IN THE
2:47:49
STARRINGS TODAY SO I WAS REALLY NICE MONTAGE. >> INDEED. >> YOUR TEAM. >> OBVIOUSLY.
2:47:54
>> ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN THIS IS GREAT. WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT AND HERE WE ARE. SO YOU KNOW, LET’S CHECK BACK
2:48:01
WIN NASA’S BRANDI DEAN AND JIM MAY WHO ARE MONITORING IN HOUSTON. JIM?
2:48:07
JIM: THANKS, DEE. FLIGHT DIRECTOR MIKE LAHMERS AND THE TEAM IN HOUSTON ARE STILL
2:48:13
WORKING STEADILY THROUGH THE PRELAUNCH ACTION AND EVERYTHING IS GOING SMOOTHLY AND CLEAR ACROSS THE BOARD MOST OF THE
2:48:19
DAY AND WE COUNTDOWN FOR THE LIFTOFF.
2:48:25
>> ONCE THEY ARE LIFTED OFF THE 25-HOUR RIDE TO GET THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
2:48:30
WITH THIS BEING THE CREWED FLIGHT TEST THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF FLIGHT TEST OBJECTIVES TO WORK THROUGH PUTTING THE
2:48:37
STARLINER SYSTEM INTO THROUGH THE PACES TO PROVE THEM OUT BEFORE OPERATIONAL FLIGHTS PE PHYSICIAN. THEY WILL COME AFTER BUTCH
2:48:43
WILMER AND SUNI WILLIAMS WHEN THEY ARE DOING MANUALING PILOTING CHECKOUTS WHILE THEY ARE STILL AWAY FROM THE SPACE
2:48:49
STATION. THEY ARE LINING ATTITUDE MANEUVERS CHANGING STARLINER’S
2:48:55
ORIENTATION USING VISUAL CUES THEN USING THE ATTITUDE DIRECT WHICH WILL BE USE FOR THE OTHER
2:49:00
PLANNED MANEUVERS AND ALSO POINT THE SPACECRAFT TAIL TO SEM DEMONSTRATE IT A IN USE
2:49:06
SOLAR ARRAYS TO RECHARGE THE BATTERIES. JIM. THEY WILL TAKE OVER WITH MANUAL
2:49:11
CONTROL AFFIN TO DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO STATION KEEP FOR FIVE MINUTES AT THE OPENING OF
2:49:16
THE APPROACH CORRIDOR AND THIS CO DORE REACHES OUT TO A LITTLE UNDER 20-METERS A TRAY THE
2:49:21
FORWARD DOCKING PART ON THE HARMONY NODE OR YOU MAY HEAR AS
2:49:26
WE PENSION LATER, NODE 2 FORWARD IN YOU A HO SHOULD BE FAMILIAR TO BUMP AND SUNI AND
2:49:33
SIMILAR TO FLIGHT IN THE NAVY THINGS LINING UP IN AIR RALPH WITH THE TANKER AND DOING THE
2:49:38
LANDING APPROACH OF THE CARRIER FOR SUNI AND HOVERING THE
2:49:44
HELICOPTER AND THIS DEMONSTRATION WHICH BE A CHECKOUT OF MANUAL SIX TEE
2:49:51
DEGREE OF FREEDOM THAT SO HE THAT WE USE BOTH JOYSTICKS IN STARLINER AND THE CONTROLLER WILL BE SIMILAR TO LIKE A
2:49:57
THROTTLE STICK IN THE A CRAFT AND ROTATION HAND CONTROL ARE WHICH LOOKS OPERATES IDENTLY TO
2:50:03
THE JOYSTICK AND THE AIRCRAFT. >> WE GOT TO GET INTO ORBIT
2:50:08
BEFORE WE CAN DO THAT. WE GOT ANOTHER ONE IN 20 MINUTES. >> SKY HATCH BEING ON FIGURED OR
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AUDIBLE NOISE.
2:50:23
>> NOW AS I SAY, ANOTHER 1:19 IN
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TODAY’S 10:52 A.M. EASTERN TIME. FLIGHT DIRECTOR MIKE LA YOU MERES HAS BEEN KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE ACTIVITIES FLOWN DAR
2:50:35
AS THE CREW GOT TO THE SEAT AND WENNING THROUGH THE SUIT CHECK AND THEY CLOSED THE HATCH AND STARTED PRESSURIZING STARLINER
2:50:42
AND IN ABOUT HOUR LAHMERS UL POLLING THE TEAM IN HOUSTON FOR GOES OR NO GOES HOPING TO GET
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THUMBS UP ACROSS THE BOARD FOR TODAY’S LAUNCH. HE WELK SPEAK FOG THE TEAM TO THE LAUNCH CONDUCTOR ABOUT
2:50:54
SEVEN MINUTES BEFORE LAUNCH. >> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ALSO HAS TO BE
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WELCOMING STARLINER TOMORROW. LET’S GO BACK TO THE SPACE STATION FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM IN NASES’ ROB FOR THE UPDATE.
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ROB? ROB: THANK YOU,IAM. THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM LED AT THIS
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HOR BY FLIGHT DIRECTOR ALLISON HAS IN FACT POLLED HER TEAM AND THE ISS IS GO FOR LAUNCH.
2:51:18
DURING THE WEEK OR SO THAT BUTCH WILMER AND SUNI WILLIAMS ARE ABOARD THE INTERNATION PALL
2:51:23
SPACE STATION AS VIFFING CREWMEMBERS EACH DOCKED TO SEE A DIFFERENT VARIETY OF ACTIVITY FOR THE STARLINER DUO.
2:51:28
ON FRIDAY, THE STARLINER ASTRONAUTS WILL CONTINUE UNLOADING CARGO THEY BROUGHTING TO THE STATION AND WILL
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TRANSFER SOME OF THE USED EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT FROM STATION TO STARLINER FOR THE TRIP BACK TO EARTH.
2:51:41
THEY WILL STOW THEIR LAUNCH AND IN TRY SUITS ABOARD THE VEHICLE AND CONDUCT A DEBRIEF WITH NASA AND BOEING OFFICIALS ABOUT THE
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RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING PHASE OF THE MISSION. ONCE STARLINER’S BATTERIES ARE RECHARGED THROUGH STATION
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POWERED RESOURCES, STARLINER WILL THEN BE DONING GURED FOR STEADY STATE OPERATIONS.
2:52:00
SOETTE IS A BUSY TIMELINE THAT LIES AHEAD FOR WILL WILL MORE
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AND WILLIAMS FOR THE EXPEDITION 71 CREW MATES ONCE STAR LUNIER DOCKS TOMORROW.
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IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH, AT 10:50 AND 15:00 A.M. EASTERN TIME
2:52:17
THIS MORNING, THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WILL BE FLYING 260 MILES OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
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TURKEY. FOR NOW, THAT IS FIT TO THE SPACE STATION FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM. NOW BACK TO YOU GUYS AT THE
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CAPE. DEE: CERTIFYING A SECOND SPACECRAFT WILL GREATLY BENEFIT ORBITING LABORATORY FOR MORE ON
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THAT HERE IS NASA’S ANTONIO. >> THANKS, DEE.
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JOINING HERE ON THE ROOF OF THE AT LASS SPACEFLIGHT OPERATION CENTER AND JOINING ME IS NASA
2:52:48
DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR PAM MELROY. DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR, AS FORMER
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ASTRONAUT, YOU ARE NO STRANGER TO LAUNCH SCRUBS. CAN YOU TALK USES A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT OUR
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ASTRONAUTS GO THROUGH WHEN A SCRUB IS ANNOUNCED. PAM: YEAH. GOOD MORNING, TONY. GREAT TO BE HERE.
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YEAH. IT WAS ACTUALLY TEASING BUTCH AND SUNI A LITTLE BIT THIS MORNING ABOUT IT. REALLY FOR THE — THERE ARE A
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LOT OF PROCEDURES THATS HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED BUT FOR ASTRONAUTS THEY WILL WILL HAVE CRITICAL
2:53:20
ACTION STEPS TO SAFE THE VEHICLE SO THINKING ABOUT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE BOOSTERS THE PROPULSION SYSTEM
2:53:26
OR THE PYROTECHNICS THEN TAKE THE CRITICAL ACTIONS TO SAVE THE VEHICLE AND MAKE SURE IT IS
2:53:31
PERFECTLY SAFE THEN IT IS A PROCESS OF GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND GOING BACK TO CREW
2:53:36
QUARTERS AND IF THERE IS A LONGER DELAY THEY MAY FO BACK TO HOUSTON BUT USUALLY THEY WILL STAY IN QUARANTINE THEN IT
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IS BACK TO HITTING THE SIMULATORS AGAIN. >> LET’S TALK, YOU KNOW, YOU
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HAVE FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE ON THE EFFECTS OF SPACEFLIGHT ON THE HUMAN POD TY. CAN YOU DISCUSS WITH US THE
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HUMAN RESEARCH EXPERIENCE THAT BUTCH AND SUN MI WILL TAKE PART IN DURING THE MISSION? >> YEAH. THIS HUMAN RESEARCH PROGRAM IS
2:54:00
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, THERE ARE SO FEW PEOPLE OVERALL THAT ARE ABOUT IN TOP SPACE THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE COUNTS SO WHEN BUTCH
2:54:05
AND SUNI GO UP TO THE SPACE STATION. THEY WILL JOIN OUR ASTRONAUTS UP THIS RIGHT NOW TRACY, MIKE,
2:54:12
MALT MATH, JEANETTE AND JOIN IN THE SAME MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS SO WE COULD HAVE A LARGER POOL OF DATA. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE
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WILL BE WATCHING CLOSELY A COUPLE OF THING. THIS IS A NEW TRAJECTORY FOR A VEHICLE.
2:54:25
ITS THE FIRST QUESTION I WILL WANT TO ASK AM HOW DID IT FEEL? WHAT WAS THE RIDE LIKE? THEN OF COURSE, THEY GOT PLENTY
2:54:31
OF EXPERIENCE GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE LAUNCH. BUT IT WILL BE A DIFFERENT THING AFTER FLYING IN SPACE.
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WE ARE GOING TO WANT TO LOOK AT THAT CLOSELY. >> ABSOLUTELY WE ARE. AND YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT SOME
2:54:42
OF THE SCIENCE THEN THAT IS CURRENTLY ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, BE WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NEW INTERESTING
2:54:47
EXPERIMENTS THAT YOU ARE MOST LOOKING OR WARD TO LEARNING ABOUT? PAM: BOY, THERE IS SO MUCH THAT
2:54:54
HAPPENS ON THE STATION FROM STUDYING BASIC RESEARCH BUT ALSO DOING EARTH OBSERVATIONS
2:54:59
BUT SOMETHING THAT IS EXCITING TO ME IS A NEW ESA EXPERIMENT CALLED IMMUNE.
2:55:04
SO WE KNOW THAT THE IMMUNE SYSTEM OF PEOPLE IN SPACE IS
2:55:10
SUPPRESSED. BUT WE DON’T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE COASTLINE U LAR LEVEL UP TO THIS POINT WE VERY BEEN ABLE TO
2:55:17
STUDY UP THE LAB SO NEW EQUIPMENT GOING UP IS IFING TO ALLOW US TO REALLY UNDERSTAND
2:55:22
AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ORBIT. THAT IS TRULY FASCINATING.
2:55:29
DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY. MEGAN,DEEE, MIKE, BACK ARE OVER
2:55:36
TO YOU. MEGAN: TODAY’S LAUNCH WILL BE THE 100 LAUNCH OF THE ULA AT LAGS 5 ROCKET AND MARK PASSING
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THE TORCH WITHIN THE COMPANY. LET’S LOOK AT WHAT THIS MEANS TO EMPLOYEES. >> WE APPROACH EVERY MISSION WE
2:55:49
LAUNCH WITH GREAT CARE, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST PAYLOAD IN MY CAREER WHERE THE PAYLOAD CAN
2:55:55
TALK BACK. >> WE RENOT USED TO HAVING PAYLOADS ABOUT HEART BEATS HAVING TO INTERACT AND TALK TO
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THEM IS PRETTY EXCITING. >> IT IS HUMAN BEINGS I MEAN HOW CAN YOU NOT BE EXCITED ABOUT
2:56:07
HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT? LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THAT FINAL COUNTDOWN. AND WATCHING STARLINER FLY.
2:56:12
I AM EXCITE TO BE PUTTING AT LAGS PACK TO BUSINESS OF HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT. WE WON A BE GETTING TO THAT
2:56:18
COUNTDOWN IF WE WERE NOT SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT AND READY FOR LAUNCH.
2:56:29
>> SINCE WAY WAS LITTLE I LOVED IT. IT IS GREAT WE ARE ACTUALLY PUTTING THEM UP THEREMENT YOU ARE HAVING A DIALOGUE WITH THE
2:56:35
CREW GIVEN THE FINAL COMMANDS THE READINESS FOR LAUNCH AND UNIQUE MOMENT. OBVIOUSLY, PUTTING THE THOUGHTS
2:56:42
AND THE CONSIDERATION INTO THE FLIGHT CREW AND THOSE FOLKS AND THE MISSION GETTING READY TO START. WORKED WITH MY TEAM CAR PLY TO
2:56:49
MAKE SURE WE THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING THAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG WITH THAT AND AUNT COOED FOR IT. AND MAKING SURE THAT THE TOWER
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IS CORRECT AND READY TO SUPPORT THE MISSION WHEN IT COMES TO TIME TO RETRACT THE ARM FOR LAUNCH AND WE ARE DONE
2:57:02
EVERYTHING WE CAN. MANY YEARS AGO, SOMEONE HANDED ME THE KEYS, HERE, YOU DRIVE. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT PUT THEM
2:57:08
INTO SPACE. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO PUTTING SUNI AND BUTCH INTO SPACE AND GIVE THEM A GOOD RIDE.
2:57:14
DURING THE TIME. A LOT OF PASSING OF THE TORCH HAPPENED. A LOT OF LEARNING SUCH AS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CERTIFIED
2:57:24
RESPONSIBLE ENGINEER TO OWN THE HARDWARE TO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE HARDWARE SO YOU CAN INSERT ANY QUESTION THAT MAY COME UP.
2:57:29
>> AS WE ARE PASSING THE TORCH, FORWARD, I WANT TO TEACH THEM ALL VALUABLE THINGS THAT I HAVE
2:57:35
WITNESSED BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY ASPECTS OF THE LAUNCH HERE AT ULA.
2:57:41
THE THIS THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT UL OF A THESE EN DYER INTOS THAT, WOOED WITH ARE PASSING ALL OF THE KNOWLEDGE ON
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THAT I CAN ONE DAY LAUNCH ASTRONAUTS TO IS REALLY
2:57:52
EXCITING. >> HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT REQUIRES PASSING ON KNOWLEDGE. >> LAUNCH DAY IS NEARLY HERE.
2:57:59
>> I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO STA STARTING THIS HISTORIC COUNTDOWN. WE PUT A LOT OF ATTENTION
2:58:05
ANTETAIL IN EVERY PART WE DELIVER. WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEN THE CRAW ON THEIR WERE JOURNEY.
2:58:10
IT IS PEEKING TO PASS THE TORCH THIS THE NEXT GENERATION. >> PURNING OUR BOUNDARIES WILL HELP US GROW.
2:58:16
>> FUELING UP FOR MISSION SUCCESS. >> I HAVE BEEN WORK ON THE STARLINER MISSIONS EVER SINCE
2:58:21
WE WERE AWARDED THE CONTRACTS. ASTRONAUT LIVES BEING MORE THAN A DEADLINE.
2:58:27
>> I CAN’T WAIT TO LAUNCH MY FRIENDS. HUMAN LAUNCH, QUALITY IS
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EVERYTHING. >> READY TO LAUNCH ASTRONAUTS TO SPACE. >> IT WILL BE A GREAT DAY TO SEE
2:58:40
A LAUNCH. >> GO ATLAS. GO STARLINER.
2:58:49
MEGAN: THAT WAS AWESOME TO SEE THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL PASSING OF THE TORCH BUT TO SEE THE FACES, RIGHT INOF ALL THOSE WHO HELPED
2:58:55
USES TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY WHICH IS 1:11:20 UNTIL
2:59:01
LIFTOFF OF BOEING’S NASA BOEING CREW FLIGHT TEST. SO WE HAVE BEEN CANNING YOU GUYS
2:59:06
TO SEN US SOCIAL QUESTIONS USING THE HASHTAG ASK NASA SO WHY DON’T WE TAKE THOSE NOW
2:59:14
AGAIN. WE HAVE INSTAGRAM ASKING “I WANT TO BE ASTRONAUT, BUT I AM CURRENTLY A ME CAN CALL
2:59:19
ENGINEER, HOW DO I PRECEDE?” THAT QUESTION FOR YOU MIKE. MIKE: I ALSO WANTED TO BE
2:59:25
ASTRONAUT FOR A LONG TIME. WHEN I WAS ALOOKING THERE WAS ONLY ONE PATH THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH TO BECOME NASA GOVERNMENT
2:59:32
ASTRONAUT AND I WENT THROUGH THAT NASA PROGRAM OF MAKING SHORE I HAD SOME ADVANCED
2:59:39
TECHNICAL DEGREES AND SOME OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE THEN I HAD MY PILOT’S LICENSE THEN I WAS READY TO APPLY.
2:59:46
BUT NOW, WE OPENED UP THE WORLD OF SPACEFLIGHT TO EVEN MORE PEOPLE. THERE IS A LOT OF MISSION
2:59:52
ASTRONAUTS HAPPENING WITH OTHER COMPANIESES SO WHAT IT MEANS IS DIFFERENT THE BEST I CAN TELL
2:59:57
YOU RIGHT NOW IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IS TO DO YOUR VERY BEST TO BECOME VERY GOOD AT WHAT YOU
3:00:03
DO. YOU SAW THE MONTAGE WITH THE FOLKS FROM THE UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE EVERYONE OF THOUGH FOLKS IS HE BEST THEY TO THE
3:00:09
BEST EVERY DAY. THAT IS THE PEST WAY TO BECOME ASTRONAUT. >> I THINK YOU CAN SQUEEZE IN
3:00:15
ANOTHER ONE. THIS IS SUZIE McYOU GO WITHIN ON FACEBOOK ASKING IF FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY COULD NOT FLY TODAY, WOULD THE MISSION BE
3:00:22
SCRUBBED OR THERE IS A BACKUP TEAM MEMBER JUST IN CASE?
3:00:27
MIKE. HI, SUITABLY. I RESEMBLE THAT. >> VER BY. >> SO THERE IS.
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>> START FINAL OPEN LOOP. >> ROGER. MIKE. THEY ARE DOING A SAVED VERY, OF
3:00:41
THE FLIGHT TERMINATION SYSTEM TESTS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE READY FOR LAUNCH.
3:00:46
SUEFULLY, YES. AS A BACKUP TO BUTCH AND SUN MI. I WAS ABLE TO — WE WOULD HAVE TURNED THE AROUND, IF THEY GOT
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SICK BUT NOT ON THE DAY OF LAUNCH. CERTAINLY NOT TODAY. WE HAVE LAUNCH WINDOW. WE DON’T HAVE MUCH MAR FIN FOR
3:01:00
SOMEONE ELSE TO GET INTO THE SPACE SPACESUIT AND GO, BUT IF
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SOMEBODY WERE TO NOT DO WELL AND WE NEEDED TO SWITCH OUT CREWMEMBERS WE HAVE PRESERVED THAT CAPABILITY SO THE MISSION
3:01:12
COULD GO ON. IT IS NOT ABOUT INDIVIDUAL BUT ABOUT THE MISSION THAT IS IMPORTANT TO NASA.
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MEGAN: ALL RIGHT. REMEMBER IT IS SUPER SEES EASY TO SUBMIT QUESTION FO THIS PROS
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BROADCAST. ADD YOUR QUESTION WITH HASHTAG ASK NAS DID A.
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ASK NASA. WE WANT TO BRO DUES YOU TO THE MAN WITH THE FINAL GO OR NO GO HERE TODAY. HE IS FA MIER SPACE TO THOSE
3:01:35
FOLLOWING HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT OVER THE YEARS THAT IS LeROY CANE LIVE INSIDE. HE IS BOEING’S COMMERCIAL CREW
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DEPUTY PROGRAM MANAGER AND SERVES AS STARLINER’S MISSION DIRECTOR TODAY.
3:01:47
PREVIOUSLY LeROY SERVED AS NASA’S SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT DIRECTOR THEN SPACE SHUTTLE DEPUTY PROGRAM MANAGER AND
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INVOLVED WITH HERE THAN 100 SHUTTLE MISSIONS THEN OUR TEAM ASKED HIM HOW TODAY’S FLIGHT
3:01:58
COMPARES AND HOW HIS EXPERIENCE SUPPORTING SO MANY ASTRONAUTS FROM THE GROUND INFLUENCES
3:02:03
EVERY DECISION HE MAKES. >> STARLINER HOUSTON. >> THE FIRST CREWED FLIGHT OF
3:02:09
STARLINER RANKS VERY HIGH I WOULD SAY IN TERMS OF NOT ONLY IMPORTANCE BUT I THINK
3:02:15
SIGNIFICANCE RELATIVE TO MY CAREER ANYWAY. I WORKED WITH A LOT OF
3:02:21
ASTRONAUTS A LOT OF FLIGHT CREWS THEN OF COURSE, ALSO, WITH BUTCH AND SUNI. >> THEY BRING A LOT TO THE TABLE
3:02:27
IN TERMS OF HELPING US AS A TEAM GET TO A PLACE WHERE WITH REREADY TO GO FAR.
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THEY HAVE BEEN VERY INTEGRAL TO THE PROCESS FOR YEARS AND ALL
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OF THAT CULMINATES. >> THIS BUSINESS THAT WE ARE IN
3:02:44
HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT IS, IT IS, IT IS, I SAID BEFORE, IT IS NOT FOR THE FEINT-OF-HEART.
3:02:49
IT IS — HAS THE HIGHEST OF HIGHS AND THE LOWEST OF LOWS. IT IS VERY UNFORGIVING.
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SPACE IS UNFORGIVING. THE MARGINS OF SMALL. WE UNDERSTAND. AND REALLY TO BE IN IT, YOUR
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HEART HAS TO BE IN TO IT WIN IT SO WHAT I TRY TO DO IS TRY TO
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THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE WE MISSING WHAT ARE WE NOT THINKING ABOUT? WHAT HAVE WE NOT DISCUSSED?
3:03:15
WHAT HAVE WE MAYBE FAILED TO HAVE ENOUGH IMAGINATION OR CURIOSITY TO SUR PURSUE.
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I TRY TO LOOK AT THROUGH A LENS OF WHAT IS MISSING. I EXPECTED IT TO BE A VERY
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SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT TEST AND I THINK WE’LL LEARN SOME THINGS BECAUSE WE ALWAYS DO. WE’LL LEARN EVERY TIME WE FLY.
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AND THAT IS PART OF THIBAULT TY OF THIS BUSINESS AS PART OF WHY WE WERE SA DRAWN TO IT.
3:03:44
PART OF WHAT EXPLORATION IS ABOUT. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ NOTE NOTE ♪
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♪ >> IF ARE JUST JOINING US WELCOME TO OFFICIAL BROADCAST OF MASS’S BOEING CREW FRIGHT TEST. WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL AERIAL VIEW
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OF THE ROCKET AND SPACECRAFT ON LAUNCHPAD 41 AT CAPE CANAVERAL
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SPACE FORCE STATION. AM NASA’S MEGAN CRUZ AND THAT IS BOEING’S STEVE RUSSELL. >> GOOD MORNING.
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MEGAN: NOW WE ARE HERE TO WATCH NASA ASTRONAUTS BUTCH WILMORE AND SUNI WILLIAMS MAKE HISTORY
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AS THE FIRST PEM TO FLY ABOARD THE STAR LUNIER CAPSULE AND LIFTOFF OF THE UNITED ATLAS V ROCKET IS SLATED FOR 10: 52
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AND 1:00 A.M. EASTERN TIME. WHERE ARE WE IN THE COUNTDOWN LOOKING REALLY GREAT IN THE COUNTDOWN? >> YEAH.
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SO FAR SO GOOD. THE ROCK KETTLE IS IN GREAT SHAPE. THE CAPSULE ON TOP THE SPACECRAFT STARLINER CALYPSO
3:04:42
THEY JUST CLOSED THE HATCH ABOUT 10 TO 15 MINUTES AGO AND JUST FINISHING UP ON THE LEAK
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CHECKS SAYING THAT THE HATCH IS DEFINITELY HOLDING AIR AND WE ARE READY FOR THE PAD TEAM TO
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SAY, TO SAYED IF BYE AND HEAD OFF, HEAD OFF THE LAUNCH TOWER.
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1:05 TO GO. DEE: NOW CFTS THE LAST TEST BEFORE NASA CAN CERTIFY TO
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REGULAR MISSIONS TO THE ISS FOR THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM. IT IS ALSO ONLY THE SIXTH TIME
3:05:14
THAT NASA ASTRONAUTS WILL LAUNCH ON THE NEW SPACECRAFT DESIGNED FOR CRAW AND THE LAST TIME THE ATLAS CLASS LAUNCHED
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HUMANS TO SPACE WAS 61 YEARS AGO WITH FINAL FLIGHT OF MASS’S MERCURY PROGRAM. MEGAN: OVER THE LAST THREE HOURS
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BOTH BUTCH AND SUNI HAVE BEEN GETTING READY FOR LIFTOFF AND HELPED TO THE SUITS IN SIDE OF THE HISTORIC CREW QUARTER SUIT
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UP ROOM AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE AND THEN WALKED OUT TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS AWAVE THERE
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FROM BUTCH AND SUNI BEFORE THE 20 MINUTE RIDE TO LAUNCH COMPLEX 41 IN ASTRO VAN.
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AFTER ARRIVING AT THE PAD, THE CREW ASCENDED THED THE CREW ACCESS TOWER TO GET THIS THE
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STARLINER SPACECRAFT AND INGRESS OR GOT TO STARLINER THEN NOW STRAPPED IN AWAITING
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LIFTOFF. >> MIKE, WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT FOR MASSES’ COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM TO CERTIFY A SECOND
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AGAIN, DESIMILAR CREW TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. >> MEGAN, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
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BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WE ONLY HAVE TWO WAYS TO GET INTO HUMANS INTO SPACE, ONE IS WITH THE
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SOYUZ IN THE RUSSIAN PARTNERS THEN WE KNOW THAT IS, THAT IS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION IS TRICKY. WE STILL NAIN MAINTAIN A GOOD CONNECTION IN SPACE THEN WE HAVE DRAGON WHICH IS FANTASTIC
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SPACECRAFT LAUNCHING ON THE FALCON AND BUT THOSE ARE ONLY TWO WAYS. HAVING A THIRD WAY TO GET TO THE
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INTERNATIONAL PACE TATION OR FROM THE U.S. PERSPECTIVE REDUNDANT WAY TO GO IS SOMETHING GOES WRONG WITH
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ANYONE WE STILL CAN GET PEOPLE UP AND DOWN TO THE INTERNATIONAL PIS STINGS AND FOUND THAT OUT WITH THE
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COLUMBIA DISASTER HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO HAVE ANOTHER WAY TO GET TO SPACE. WE STOPPED FLYING ASTRONAUTS UP
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AND DOWN THE SPACE STATION SOLELY ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE THEN STARTED FLYING ON SOYUZ AND THAT TAUGHT US GOOD LESSON
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THEN. >> MIKE, YOU SPOKE TO BUTCH AND SUNI RECENTLY HOW THEY ARE FEELING ABOUT THE RAD TO THIS
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MOMENT WITH ONLY 1:03 TO LAUNCH INTO I THINK BUTCH AND SUNI RIGHT NOW ARE PROBABLY TAKING
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SMALL CATNAP OR SUNI DOESN’T LIKE CATS AS MUCH OR PUP MY NAPS I DON’T KNOW. THEY ARE VERY EXCITED THEY HAVE
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HAD A LONG ROAD AWAY FROM FRIENDS THEN ABLE TO SEE THE FAMILY FROM DISTANCE BUT THEY ARE READY AND THEY ARE VERY
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MUCH MENTALLY PREPARED AND FALLLY PREPARED FOR A GREAT LAUNCH TODAY. >> AS YOU CAN SEE, GUYS.
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A GREAT RESOURCE FOR US TODAY. HE ACTUALLY TRAINED ALONGSIDE BUTCH AND SUNI TOFULLY ON THIS
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MISSION. ACTUALLY THE BACKUP PILOT IF NEEDED SO ENCOURAGING YOU TO SEN HIM END ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE
3:07:43
TODAY. JUSTS GO TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND USE THE HASHTAG ASK NASA AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE AS MANY
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QUESTIONS AS WE CAN LIVE. AGAIN, A CHECK OF THE CLOCK,
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1:02:26 COUNTING UNTIL NASA’S BOEING CREW FLIGHT TEST.
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WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT AGAIN, IS THAT WE ARE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AGAIN, WE WERE GOING THROUGH
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THE PACES AS THINGS WERE DONE SO WE CAN BUILD THAT MARGIN.
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>> COPY. >> CLOSED. GOOD CONFIG.
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>> GAIN THOSE CALL-OUTS THERE. >> ARE TO DO WITH THE CAP CABIN LEAK CHECK THAT IS IN PROGRESS
3:08:30
RIGHT NOW. >> YEAH. ONE OF THE LAST STEPS IS BUTCH PUTS A CAP ON A VALVE THAT CAN OPEN UP THE OUTSIDE OPEN UP THE
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STAR LUNIER TO THE OUTSIDE SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VALVE IS CLOSED AND CAPS SO IT WON BE A LEAK PATH IF
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UNINTENTIONALLY. MEGAN: THERE ARE MORE THAN 60 SEALS, RIGHT? SIX VALVES TO CHECK IF THEY REASON THE CLOSED POSITION AND
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BOTTOM LINE, THIS CHECK IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS SEALED, SO THAT THE STARLINER
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IS PROPERLY PRESSURIZED ON THE RIDE UP. >> YES. WE DON’T NEED THE ATMOSPHERE TO LEAK OUT.
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IF IT DOES WE HAVE SPACESUITS BUT IT IS, IT IS VERY GOOD TO DOUBLE CHECK EVERYTHING AND EX
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HEED THE HATCH LEAK CHECK TO PROCEED JUST FINE AND IT DID.
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>> THEN THERE WAS A PSI RIGHT? >> ONE MINUTE. >> A PARTICULAR PSI THE TEAM IN
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WITH AD TO SEE BEING HELD WITHIN THE CABIN? >> YES. SO, SO WE STARTED OUT AT
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ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE WHEN YOU GO AHEAD.
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THEY WERE HOLDING AT 16.9 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH AND HELD THROUGHOUT THE TEN MINUTE THEN
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OVERPRESSURE SO IT WOULD HAVE LEAK OUT IF IT WE HAD A LEAK PATH AND TURNS OUT WE DID NOT.
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MEGAN: ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE TEAMS IN BOTH NOR DID AND HOUSTON WATCHING EVERY ASPECT OF THIS MISSION. LET’S HEAD OVER TO ULA’S DILLON
3:10:10
RICE AND LAUREN WHO ARE MONITORING THE SPACECRAFT AND ROCKET FROM UNITED LAUNCH
3:10:15
ALLIANCES ADVANCED SPACEFLIGHT OPERATION CENTER. LAUREN. YEAH, AS MEGAN SAID, WE ARE AT
3:10:22
THE ULA’S ROCKET HEAD QUARTER HASSER HERE ON THE CAPE SIZE. DYLAN AND I HAVE IN A GREAT
3:10:28
LOCATION TO BE MONITORING THE OPERATIONS GOING AND AROUND US. WE HAVE THE WHOLE LAUNCH CONTROL
3:10:33
TEAM DOWN HERE BEHIND US AND MAY BE ABLE TO SEE USES THERE IN THE MIDDLE. YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE US IN THE
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MIDDLE. >> COPY.
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>> LCC CONE IF YOU ARES. >> LD CONE IF YOU ARES. >> ROGER. ROGER.
3:10:54
>> LC. >> ALL RIGHT. ON ONE. >> ROGER PLEASE DISABLE LINE AME 390. ACTIVE.
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>> ALL RIGHT TO KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING TODAY WE DID GET UPDATE THE HELIUM LINK OPP
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STARLINER REMAINSED IF AND STILL ACCEPTABLE FOR FLIGHT. SO THAT IS GREAT NEWS AND HAS
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BEEN ALL OVER THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
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>> LINE ITEM 390. >> ROGER.
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>> WE ARE USING THE STANDARD PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES WE USE FOR EVERY ATLAS MISSION BUT
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TODAY’S MISSION IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE HAVE STARLINER ATOP
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AT ALSO AND TWOS A ROW GNAW UP SITED OF STARLINER THERE ARE ADDED STEPS.
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>> WE DO HAVE ADDED STEPS TO INGRESS THE CREW AND CLOSE OUT THE STAR LUNE AND THEN PREPARE
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THE CREW ACCESS TOWER FOR LAUNCH. BUT RIGHT NOW, TODAY, WE ARE
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REMAINING IN THE FINAL HOLE AS WE CONTINUE TO PREPARE TO LIFTOFF AND THERE ARE A FEW
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ACTIVITIES LEFT FOR US TODAY. THE BLUE TEAM WILL BE CLEARING THE AREA SOON WHICH THE FINAL
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PREPARATIONS WITH WILL GET UNDERWAY ANCONING GU FOR THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR FLIGHT AND THE TEAM WILL BE LOADING UPPER
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LEVEL TOLL THE FLIGHT COMPUTER THAT ALLOW US STEERING THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE. AND YOU WILL ALSO START TO HEAR
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FINAL COM CHECKS AND THE CREW. ONCE THAT IS DONE, WE WILL BE RETRACKING THAT BIG CREW ACCESS
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ARM AND THE BIG VISUAL CUES ON THE LAUNCHPAD THAT LETS US KNOW WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO LAUNCH
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THEN YOU WILL START TO HEAR US GET THE FINAL POLLING FOR LAUNCH.
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>> ALL RIGHT. MEGAN, WE ARE NOW UNDER HOUR TO LAUNCH. SO WE WILL SEE YOU GUYS BACK
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HERE IN A LITTLE BIT. ACTUALLY, WE GO OVER TO NASA’S DERROL NAIL AT HANGAR AE.
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DERROL? >> DERROL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE BACK HERE MONITORING
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EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON SO FAR, HATE PAN BEAUTIFUL COUNTDOWN. LET’S TALK ABOUT WEATHER. YOU CAN SEE AROUND THE PAD.
3:13:40
THERE HAS BEEN SOME CUMULUS CLOUDS THAT POP UP AROUND THE AREA THAT IS BECAUSE SOME SEA
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BREEZE HAS COME ASHORE. THERE YOU SEE IT. SEA BREEZE ACTIVATING WITH THE
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WARM AIR OVER THE LAND. LAUNCH WEATHER OFFICER MELLY SAYS NO PROBLEM.
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NO ISSUE. OH THERE IS A BIG CUMULUS CLOUD NEXT TO THE PAD. SHE BELIEVES THAT THESE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PASS OVER
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BY THE TIME WE HIT T0 SO NOT LOOKING TO HAVE MUCH OF A PROBLEM THERE. AND SHE JUST BRIEFED US, THAT WE
3:14:10
ARE STILL GO. 90% GO. IT IS CURRENTLY WHERE WE ARE STANDING AT.
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AGAIN, BEAUTIFUL WEATHER OUTSIDE. YOU SEE THE ONE CONCERN THERE. THE CUMULUS CLOUD ROLL. AND SO THEY WILL BE KEEPING EYES
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ON THAT. WE DID HAVE SHOWERS OFFSHORE. THOSE THOUGH DISPERSED. THAT IS NOT AT PROBLEM.
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WE DO HAVE SOME WEATHER. WE ARE WATCHING ALONG THE ASSENT CORRIDOR AND KEEPING TRACK OF
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THAT. >> SLICK ON CHANNEL ONE. GO AHEAD. >> 100 PAD OPERATIONS ARE COMPLETE.
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READY TO CONFIG GUR THE WHITE ROOM FOR LAUNCH. PURGE WAS DISCONNECTED AT 13:54.
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>> ROGER. >> ROUTINE LEAD. >> GO AHEAD.
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>> CONFIGURE WHITE ROOM FOR LAUNCH. >> ROMER.
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>> YOU SEE THAT HE SEAL AROUND THE STARLINER AND GET READY TO FO UP AS THEY GET THAT ROOM
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READY FOR LAUNCH AND THAT L MY US IN 11 MINUTES RETRACK THE ARM AWAY.
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6:00. >> ALL RIGHT AGAIN. THE WEATHER IS LOW FOR ANY ISSUES, SO ALL ACROSS THE BOARD, WE STILL LOOK GOOD FOR
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WEATHER THERE IS A LOOK AT THE SATELLITE LOOP AS YOU AND SEE ACROSS THE EASTERN SEABOARD ALL THE WAY UP TO THE MARITIME ROV
3:15:36
VINCES OF CAN DID AND WE GOT A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF NORTH CAROLINA THAT IS KEEPING
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EVERYTHING TABLE AND CLEAR OUT THERE. JUST A COUPLE OF ISSUES ALONG THE WAY AND NOTHING THAT WOULD PUT THE STARLINER AT RISK OF
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SPLASHING DOWN ALL ALONG THE TRACK IF THEY NEEDED TO SHOULDING HAPPEN THE ROCKET.
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WE ARE LOOKING GOOD SO FAR FROM OUT HERE AND HANGAR AE AND SEND IT BACK TO THE HOST DESK.
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MEGAN: LET’S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE CREW FOR THIS FLIGHT TEST WE SEE COMMANDER BUTCH WILMORE. HE WAS AT THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER
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OF THE SCREEN. NASA ASTRONAUT AND RETIRED U.S. NAVY CAPTAIN.
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RAISED IN MOUNT JULIETTE, TENNESSEE, MARRIED TO DEANA WILMORE AND THEY HAVE TWO
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DAUGHTERS HE WRAPPED UP MORE THAN 8,000 FLIGHT HOURS AND 663 CARRIER LANDINGS INTACT CALL
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JET AIRCRAFT. HE COMPLETED FOUR OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENTS SUPPORT K MIXES LIKE OPERATION DESERT STORM.
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HE IS VETERAN OF THREE SPACEFL. BUTCH IS A VETERAN TWO OF SPA.
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PILOT ON SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTS
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THEN IN 2014, FLIGHT ENGINEER
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FOR EXPEDITION ENGINEER SO FA HE HAS SPENT 178 DAYS IN SPACE AND PERFORMED FOUR SPACEWALKS. THE FLIGHT TEST WILL BE THE
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>> AND MISSION TO THE ISS. SUNI WILLIAM’S PILOT AND
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RETIRED U.S. NAVY CAPTAIN NASA
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SELECTED AS ASTRONAUTS IN 1998 JUST TWO YEARS BEFORE BUTCH.
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THIS WILL BE SUNI’S THIRD MISSION TO SPACE MAKING HER TH FIRST WOMAN TO TEST FLIGHT ON ORBITAL SPACECRAFT. THE FIRST
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TRIP TO THE ISS LAUNCHED IN 20.
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SHE SERVED AS FLIGHT ENGINEER FOR EXPEDITION’S 16-15 AND RETURNED IN 2012 AND COMMANDER OF EXPEDITION 3. SUNI HAS MORE THAN 50 HOURS OF SPACEWALK TIM.
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THE SECOND MOST CUMULATIVE TIE BY A FEMALE ASTRONAUT. SO FAR, SHE HAS SPENT 322 DAYS IN SPAC. BEFORE, NASA SUNI WAS A FORME
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NAVAL INSTRUCTOR LOGGING MORE THAN 3,000 FLIGHT HOURS AND MOE THAN 30 DIFFERENT AIRCRAFT. WILLIAMS GREW UP IN
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MASSACHUSETTS AND SHE IS MARRID TO MICHAEL WILLIAMS. SHE ENJOYS HANGING OUT WITH THEIR DOGS WORKING OUT, HIKING, CAMPING AS WELL AS WORKING ON CARS AND HOUSES. MIKE.
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WE HAVE A BUNCH OF TESTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SPACECRAFT CAN ACT AS A LIFEBOAT IN CASE ANYTHING BAD GUESS ON THE
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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION THE CREW ONBOARD CAN COME TOLL THE STARLINER AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE OK.
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>> WE CALL IT BACKUP MODE WHICH IS THE GET HOME MODE IF YOU WILL. WE CAN STILL AFFECT A RETURN TO
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EARTH, DO A DEORBIT BURN AND HIT THE POINT WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO LAND WITHOUT THE
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COMPUTERS, YOU KNOW, THAT OLD MANTRA, FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION BECAUSE IT IS DYNAMIC THING WE DO FLYING IN PIS AND
3:19:46
NOT VERY FOR GIVING AND WE KNOW THAT. WE HAVE THE MULTIPLE SYSTEM AND
3:19:51
MULTIPLE REDUNDANT CAP BEES BECAUSE HUMAN LIFE IS PEGS. WE WANT TO PRESERVE IT AT ALL COSTS. I THINK EXPLORATION IS JUST IN
3:19:59
THE HUMAN HEART WHICH DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS THE FIRST THING HE SAID AS A KID WAS WHY. I THINK THAT IS IN ALL OF US M
3:20:06
MAYBE WE DON’T VERBALIZE IT AND WE ASK AREA. THAT IS WHAT EXPLORE RATION IS. IT’S THE NEXT STEP OF AREA.
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SO WHY NOT GO BACK TO THE MOON? WHY NOT TRY TO LIB ON THE MOON. IT SEEM LIKE A NATURAL STEPPING
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STONE TON THE NEXT THING WHICH MARS CALLS US. WHY IS THAT PLANET THERE WHAT IS
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THE FUTURE OF THAT PLANET AND THE FUTURE OF OUR PLANET AND TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THESE NEXT
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STEPS AND EXPLORATION WE WILL START ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS. >> WE STAND ON THE PINNACLE
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WHERE EVERYTHING BER GRATION AND EVERYTHING COMES TOGETHER WITH WHERE I SIT. THIS IS PART OF THE WHERE ONING
3:20:40
IF PROCESS OF GROWING AND GROUNDING OUR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THINGS FOR PEN KNIT OF MANKINDS.
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AM SUNI WILLIAMS. I AM A READY TO FLY NASA’S BOEING CREW FLIGHT TEST. >> I AM BUTCH WILMORE AND I AM
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READY TO FLY MASS’S BOEING CREW FLIGHT TEST. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
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♪ ♪ ♪ MEGAN: WE ARE READY HERE AT 46:17 UNTIL LIFTOFF THE
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HISTORIC FLIGHT TEST WILL BE A MAJOR MILESTONE FOR UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE.
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ANTONIO JOINS US NOW WITH PRESIDENT WHO HAS MORE ABOUT THE COMPANY’S ROAD TO THIS MOMENT.
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>> THANK YOU MEGAN. JOINING ME IS TORI BRUNO, CEO AND PRESIDENT OF UNITED LAUNCH
3:21:26
ALLAYANCE. SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK ON HERE. CAN YOU GIVE US A QUICK RECAP ON THE ISSUE YOU THAT OCCURRED DURING THE LAST LAUNCH ATTEMPT
3:21:31
AND HOW TEAMS RESOLVED IT AND GOT US TO ARE WE ARE TODAY?
3:21:39
TORY: ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE A GROUND SYSTEM AT THE PAD THAT CONTROLS THE THINGS THAT OCCUR.
3:21:44
THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM IS THE ONE THAT RELEASES THE ROCKET FROM THE PAD AND CONTROLS WHAT HAPPENS TO GETTING THE
3:21:50
UMBILICALS LOOSE AND WE HAVE THE TRIPLE REDUNDANT SYSTEM THAT IS ALSO ABLE TO VOTE AND
3:21:57
WE LOST ONE CARD WITHIN ONE OF THOSE THREE CHASSISES THAT DO THIS. THE RAW WAS NEVER IN ANY KIND OF
3:22:04
DANGER OR ANTICIPATE HINGE LIKE THAT. BIN OUR TIMELINE, HAD THAT FAILED MUCH LATER WE WOULD HAVE
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RELIED ON THE DOUBLE IN VOTING THAT REMAINS BUT THAT EARLY ON OUR CRITERIA SAYS STOP ANDUND
3:22:15
HE STAND WHAT IS HAPPENING. WE DID RESOLVE IT THE NEXT DAY OVER ON SUNDAY. IT ISES A CARD WITHIN A CHASSIS
3:22:22
THAT HAS POWER SUPPLIES AND IT WAS ONE OF THE TWO POWER SUPPLIES THAT ARE ALSO
3:22:28
REDUNDANT AND SO THE FLAW WAS REALLY THAT POWER SUPPLY GOING DOWN AND NOT SWITCHING TO THE
3:22:35
BACKUP SUPPLY BUILD THE CHASSIS SO WE REMOVED IT. WE REPLACED IT. WE PUT THE NODULES BACK IN IT
3:22:41
THE CHASSIS WE ARE USING WE KNOW WORKS BECAUSE IT’S THE SAME CHASSIS WE USE TO LAUNCH
3:22:47
FALCON. EVERYTHING HAS CHECKED OUT AND BEEN RETESTED. NOW WE REGOOD TO GO. >> THAT IS GREAT TO HEAR.
3:22:52
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY RIGHT NOW. IT LOOKED LIKE IT IS GOING TO BE
3:22:58
A BEAUTIFUL LAUNCH. WHAT IS IT LIKE WHO ALONG THE U.S. WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT?
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YEAH. THIS IS VERY UNIQUE TRAJECTORY BECAUSE IT IS FLAT AND LONG FOR CREW SAFETY. SO IT WILL HEAD OUT FROM HERE
3:23:09
AND GO NORTH AND A LITTLE BIT TO THE EAST AND SO ALL ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST OF THE
3:23:15
UNITED STATES. YOU HAVE A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING IT IN. WHAT THAT TRAJECTORY ALLOWS US TO DO IS TO HAVE NO BLACKOUT
3:23:22
AREAS WHERE THE CREW WOULD BE UNABLE TO ABORT THE FLIGHT, YOU KNOW, GOD FORBID IN EVENT OF
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ANOMALY AND DELIVERS THEM JUST SHORT OF BEING ORBITAL SO IF THERE WERE ANY ISSUES WITH THE
3:23:35
CAPSULE PROPULSION SYSTEM THEY GET A FREE RETURN SAFELY TO THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH AND UNIQUE
3:23:41
FOR US. WE HAVE NEVER FLOWN APART ARE THE TEST FLIGHTS OF CAPSULE AND TRA WHERE CAN RY THAT IS SUB
3:23:47
ORBITAL BEFORE. >> WOW. AND YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT UNIQUENESS. IT IS THIS ANYTHING NEW OR
3:23:53
DIFFERENT ON THIS ATLAS V ROCKET FOR THIS CREWED LAUNCH COMPARED TO OTHER UNCREWED
3:23:58
ATLAS 5 LAUNCH NASA YES, THERE ARE. THERE IS A HANDFUL OF THING AND ALL SAFETY RELATED SOD THE OBVIOUS THING THERE IS NO
3:24:05
PAYLOAD FARING BECAUSE IF THERE WERE TO BE ABORT WHERE WE WANT THE CAPSULE THE FLIGHT OF THE CREW SAFELY AWAY THE FARING
3:24:10
WOULD BE IN THE WAY SO WE FLY WITHOUT IT. WE ALSO HAVE AN EMERGENCY
3:24:16
DETECTION SYSTEM WHICH IS LIKE A VERY HIGH SPEED COMPUTER THAT IS PLUGGED INTO ALL THE SYSTEMS
3:24:21
ON ATLAS AND MONITORING THE HEALTH SO IN ANOMALY STARTED HAPPENING FASTER THAN ANY HUMAN
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COULD POS PLY DO IT WITH THE COMPUTER WOULD DETECT IT AND COME MAN THE SEPARATION OF THE CAPSULE.
3:24:34
OF COURSE, ON WE HAVE TWO ORION TINS IN STEAD OF ONE ROCKET
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ENGINE FOR MORE THRUST BECAUSE OF THAT LONG FLAT TRAJECTORY THE LAST THING WE DO IS
3:24:45
ACTUALLY KIND OF SUBTLE AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT RIFFIAL FOR
3:24:50
MOST PEOPLE BUT WE HAVE THE FIRST STAGE OF THE BOOSTER TO PROTECT FRILL A THING CALLED STRESS CORROSION CRACKING AND
3:24:56
JUST TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL FOR THE CREW, WE ACTUALLY DOUBLE THE THICKNESS OF IT.
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>> WOW. THAT IS FASCINATE. TORY, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY. MEGAN, DEE, MIKE, BACK TO YOU.
3:25:10
MEGAN: AS WE CHECK OUT SOME PAD TEAM MEMBERS THERE GETTING READY TO LEAVE THE CREW ACCESS
3:25:15
TOWER TEAMS EN SIDE OF MISSION CONTROL AT JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN HOUSTON ARE ALSO KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON WATCH.
3:25:22
HERE IS NASA’S BRANDI DEAN AND BOEING’S JIM MAY. BRANDI: THANKS, MEGAN. WELCOME BACK TO MISSION CONTROL
3:25:28
HOUSTON AT NAS SASS’ JOHNSON SPACE CENTER. WE ARE NOW 44 MINUTES AWAY FROM
3:25:33
LAUNCH. EVERYTHING CONTINUING TO GO SMOOTHLY. TEAM HERE IN LEADERSHIP AGAIN
3:25:40
UNDER DIRECTOR MIKE LAHMERS TODAY. WE WILL BE WITH YOU GIVING THE
3:25:45
THEY PLAY BY PLAY AS STARLINER MAKES THE WAY TO ORBIT AND EXPANDING THE CALLS YOU HEAR FROM CAPCOM JOSHUA PAQUE MAKING
3:25:52
TO BUTCH WILMORE AND SUNI WILLIAMS. >> THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MAYOR
3:25:58
MILESTONES WITH YOU A WON’T KEEP EYE OUT FOR DURING THE STARLINER CLIMB TO ORBIT AND FIRST HEAR THE STARLINER CREW
3:26:03
IS ROLL PROGRAM AM COMING FROM
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COMMANDER FOR ANG 40 SECONDS INTO FLIGHT AND THE CREW AND STARLINER WILL REACH MAXQ THE
3:26:19
MAXIMUM PRESSURE THEY WILL EXPERIENCE DURING ASCENT AND HAPPENS BEFORE THEY REACH MOCK
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1. >> A 1:35 INTO FLAILING IN THE STARLINER BOOSTER WILL HAVE
3:26:30
BEEN USED UP STARLINER WILL THEN HOLD ON FOR A LITTLE MORE THAN A MINUTE AFTER THIS AND
3:26:37
THEN JETTISON THE BOOST PER BEFORE THE SECOND STAGE TAKES OVER AND GETS STARLINER THE
3:26:43
REST MUCH THE WAY TO ORBIT. STARLINER WILL ACTUALLY REACH
3:26:48
ORBIT 16 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT AND THE MAIN ENGINES CUT OFF. THEY HOL ON TON THE STAGE FOR A
3:26:55
COUPLE OFMEN MS THIS SEPARATE IT FROM A 14 MINUTES INTONATING. FROM THERE BUTCH AND SUN MI WILL
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BE FREE FLYING ON THEIR OWN. >> YOU HEAR MENTIONING A NUMBER OF ABORT RELATED MILESTONES THE
3:27:08
STARLINER MOVES PAST THEM AND STARLINER CAN SAFELY ABORT UP TO ORBIT AS YOU HEARD IN THAT BER VIEW AND WE SAW FROM
3:27:15
FLORIDA. THAT INCLUDES THE EAST COAST OFF THE COAST AND OFF THE COAST OF
3:27:21
IRELAND AND PEAYON THAT ABLE TO SAFELY ABORT TO ORBIT AND OF COURSE HOPING TO NOT MEET
3:27:27
ANTICIPATE OPTIONS. >> AND THE LAST MAJOR MILESTONE BEFORE CREW BEGINS WHAT WE CALL
3:27:32
ORBIT OPSES THE ORBITAL INSERTION OR THE IO BURN WHICH WILL MOVE TO LIGHTLY ELLIPTICAL
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ORBIT AS OPPOSED TO THE MORE
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LOOTINGLY TRA TRAJECTORY I STARTS OFF AND FROM THERE STAR LUNIER ON THE WAY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
3:27:50
>> AND SPEAKING OF THE SPACE STATION, LET’S CHECK IN WITH ROB NAVIAS AND THE
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INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM. ROB. ROB. THANK YOU, PRAN DI. BACK HERE ON THE FLIGHT CONTROL
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ROOM. FLIGHT CONTROLLERS ARE KEEPING TABS ON THE COUNTDOWN AND MONITORING THE WORK ONBOARD THE
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BY THE EXPEDITION 71 CREW IN ADVANCE OF STAR LUNE EAR HE SCHEDULED ARRIVAL TOMORROW.
3:28:12
AFTER DOCKING, NASA ASTRONAUTS MATT DOMINICK, MIKE BARRATT AND
3:28:18
TRACY DIEON ALONG WITH OLEG KONONENKO AND FELLOW COSMONAUTS
3:28:24
NIKOLAI CHUB AND ALEXANDER WILL BE READY TO ROLL OUT THE RED
3:28:29
CARPET AS WILMORE AND WILLIAMS FLOAT THROUGH THE HATCH THE DOCK TIMELINE DESIGNED TO BE
3:28:34
VARIABLE. THAT MEANS THAT THE NUMBER OF DAYS STARLINER COULD STAY AT THE STATION COULD BE ADJUSTED
3:28:41
DEPENDING ON ANY FURTHER LAUNCH DELAYS OR UNDOCKING DELAYS CAUSING THE WEATHER CONDITIONS OF THE LANDING SITE FOR
3:28:47
STARLINER. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCK DAYS FOR THE STARLINER CREW
3:28:52
WILL COME TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED UNDOCKING WHEN THEY LOAD THE LAST OF THE CARGO ITEMS TO BE RETURNED TO EARTH
3:28:59
IN THE VEHICLE AND CONDUCT ONBOARD MANUAL PILOTING PROFICIENCY THAT WILL ENABLE
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THEM TO STAY SHARP FOR DEPARTURE THE STATION AND THE DEORBIT AND ENTRY EVENS THAT WILL FOLLOW.
3:29:11
WE ARE NOW AWAY FROM LIFTOFF, TODAY THE OPERATIONAL LOOPS ARE SO FAR THANKFULLY QUIET.
3:29:18
WITH THAT, WE’LL GO BACK TO OUR FOLKS AT THE CAPE. JAY AS WE PREPARE IN LESS THAN
3:29:25
AN HOUR TO LAUNCH TWO ASTRO NAS TO SPACE DURING THE TEST FLIGHT AND CHECK BACK IN WITH NASA’S
3:29:32
WITH NASA’S ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR ABOUT THE MISSION. >> THANK YOU, DEE. JOINING ME IS JIM FREE, NASA
3:29:39
ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR. JIM, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING USMENT CAN YOU DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT WHY IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE
3:29:45
PACE AGENCY THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER AMERICAN SPACECRAFT LAUNCHING TO SPACE FROM
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AMERICAN SOIL? >> I PANE, IT IS TRULY HISTORIC. IT IS THE TIME WE LAUNCHED A NEW
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VEHICLE TO SPACE AND THIS TIME OF THE FIRST FEMALE ON ONE OF THOSE MISSIONS AND SUNI.
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AND FROM THE CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION NOT THE AIR FORCE STATION AND WE ARE ALSO
3:30:10
HOW IT GIVES USES THAT CHANCE TO GET BACK TO ISS WITH ANOTHER
3:30:16
CREW AND THE LEARNING WE ARE DOING THERE ABOUT THE HUMAN BODY ABOUT TECHNOLOGY ABOUT
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SCIENCE, AND OF COURSE SCIENCE IS KEY TO ALL WE DO THEN TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THOSE MISSIONS TO THE MOON AND THEN
3:30:27
TON MARS. >> YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FIRSTS IN. A LOT OF IMPORTANT THINGS FOR SURE HAPPENING ON THIS MISSION. NO HE, YOU TALKED PROOFLY ON
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THIS, CAN YOU DISCUSS AGAIN WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO IN GENERAL WE HAVE MULTIPLE SPACECRAFT
3:30:39
AVAILABLE TO SEN HUMANS TO SPACES? >> WE NEED THAT ACCESS. SO RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE, WE HAVE
3:30:44
ONE PROVIDER GIVING US THAT ACCESSES TO SPACE STATION. THIS WILL GIVE US A SECOND PROVIDER.
3:30:49
WHICH MEANS IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH EITHER WE HAVE WAYS TO GET THE CREWS TO AND FROM THE
3:30:56
STATION. WHICH HELPS KEEP THE TEMPLE THAT WE HAD FOR 23 YEARS OF HAVING HUMANS IN LOW EARTH ORBIT BUT
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ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE CREWS BACK IF THERE IS ISSUE AT ALL. AND KEEP THAT PRESENCE GOING.
3:31:08
>> ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALREADY BEEN A VERY EXCITING YEAR FOR THE AGENCY WITH-NY FASCINATING
3:31:13
MISSIONS ALREADY TAKING PLACE. NOW WITH THIS HISTORIC LAUNCH ABOUT TO TAKE OFF, WHAT ELSE
3:31:18
CAN THE PUBLIC LOOK FORWARD TO. IT IS, IT HAS BEEN A GREAT YEAR. CERTAINLY A LOT OF LEARNING ALREADY FOR ME ABOUT THE
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INCREDIBLE MISSION THAT WE HAVE. THE MISS WE HAVE REMANNING THIS YEAR I WILL HIGHLIGHT A COWL COUPLE OF THEM.
3:31:32
EUROPA CLIPPER WHICH IS INCREDIBLE MISSION FOR US TO WATCH AND IN ITS JOURNEY AND
3:31:38
UNDERSTANDING MORE ABOUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM. AND WILL HELP CONTINUE THE LEARNING OF ETHER AND THEN WE
3:31:45
HAVE X50 THAT FIRST A IN AS? RIGHT THERE AND WHICH WILL GO LEG THE FIRST FLIGHT THIS YEAR
3:31:50
OR ABOUT TO DO ENGINE RUN-UP ON THAT AIRCRAFT AND OF COURSE HEADING TOWARD ARTEMIS II HEXAR
3:31:57
THE CREWS IN WASHINGTON THIS WEEK PLANTED A MOON TREE JUST YESTERDAY WITH THE DEPUTY
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ADMINISTRATOR AND THAT GETS US ON OUR PATH TO BACK TO THE MOON. >> ABSOLUTELY. WE CANNOT WAIT FOR ALL OF THOSE
3:32:10
MISSIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY. MEGAN, DEE, MIKE, BACK OVER TO
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YOU. MEGAN: THANK YOU, BOTH. WE ARE NOW 38 MINUTES UNTIL
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LIFTOFF OF NASA’S BOEING CREW FLIGHT TEST WITH BUTCH WILMER
3:32:27
AND SUNI WILLIAMS, YOU CAN SEE THERE INSIDE THOUGH STARLINER SPACECRAFT PATIENTLY MAYBE
3:32:34
AWAITING LIFTOFF, RIGHT, MIKE? >> THEY ARE PATIENT AT THIS POINT AND SO FAR SO GOOD TODAY. IT THATS BEEN A VERY SMOOTH
3:32:42
COUNTDOWN AS ROB NAVIAS MENTIONED EARLIER. WHY THE PLAN IS FOR BUTCH AND SUNI TO BE DOCKED T. THAT WAS
3:32:49
CALL-OUT SAYING THE PAD TEAM HAS CLEARED THE PAD. NOW THE PLAN IS FOR BUTCH AND SEASON HI TO BE DOCKED TO THE ISS FOR EIGHT AT LEAST EIGHT
3:32:55
DAYS THEN AFTER THEY WILL RETURN TO ETHER FOR THE SOFT TOUCHDOWN IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST.
3:33:08
THAT IS VIDEO AND SOUND FROM INSIDE OF STAR LUNIER DURING THE RETURN TO EARTH TWO YEARS AS PART OF THE FLIGHT TEST
3:33:14
MISSION AND THE HEAT SHIELD WILL REACH 3,000 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT DURING RE-ENTRY AND
3:33:20
PARACHUTES THEN DEPLOY AND THE HEA HEAT SHIELD DISCARDED TO EXPOSE STAR LUNEER’S AIRBAGS
3:33:26
ORIGINAL TEST PILOT YOU SEE ON THE BOTTOM CENTER OF THE SCREEN ROSY THE ROCKET COLLECTING DATA
3:33:31
OF WHAT THEY MAY EXPERIENCE DURING LANDING STARLINER IS THE FIRST AND ONLY AMERICAN ORBITAL
3:33:37
CREW CAPSULE TO LISTENED ON THE LAND AND THIS ALLOWS FOR CREW QUICKER ACCESS TO CREW AND
3:33:42
CARGO AND ALSO MAKES TURNING THE SPACECRAFT AROUND FOR FUTURE MISSIONS QUICKER BUT
3:33:47
MIKE STARLINER CAN ALSO LAND IN WATER IN THE CASE OF EMERGENCY. >> ABSOLUTELY. STAR LUNIER HAS A LOT OF
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HERITAGE AND COMMONALTY WITH THE ORION SPACECRAFT WHICH LANDS ON WATER. STARLINER IS A LITTLE BIT
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SMALLER AND LIGHTER SO IT CAN ACTUALLY LAND ON LAND AND HAS THE AIRBAGS AS WE SAW. I CAN’T WAIT TO TRY THEM OUT.
3:34:07
THIS PERSON AND ASKED ABOUT HOW WERE THE AIRBAGS SO SOYUZ IS A LITTLE BIT HARD LANDING BUT
3:34:13
EVERYBODY IS FINE BUT IT IS REALLY THE AIRBAGS THINK I WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE BUT LANDING ON WATER WE HAVE DIFFERENT
3:34:19
AIRBAG CONFIGURATION AND SO WE HAVE A FIFTH AIRBAG THAT OPENS UP IN THE MIDDLE SO IT IS MUCH,
3:34:25
IT IS DEF REPORTEDLY PLANNED THAT WE COULD LAND ON WATER BUT SAVEDDED THAT FOR EMERGENCIES
3:34:31
BECAUSE REFURBISHING THIS HE CAPSULE AFTERWARDS IS TOUGH WITH THE SALTWATER CONTAMINATION SO WE LIKE TO
3:34:37
LAND ON LAND AND FIVE SPOTS IN THE SOUTHWEST OF THE UNITED STATES THAT WE CAN LAND ON.
3:34:43
MEGAN: I REMEMBER SUNI SAYING SHE WOULD MUCH RATHER LAND ON LAND BECAUSE SHE HAD AND PI DY
3:34:50
LANDING ON THE WATER EVEN AFTER YOU ARE BACK ON EARTH BECAUSE IT IS A LONG RESCUE PROCESS IN A YOU ARE BOBBING IN THE OCEAN
3:34:56
AND WHEN YOU LAND ON LAND, IT IS DONE. ARE SAFE. >> SEE THAT IS THE AIR FORCE PER
3:35:01
SPECK NIF AM THE NAVY GUYS LIKE THE WATER. NO IN. THIS IS, THIS IS JOKESES ASEE
3:35:07
YOU, THAT IS AXE EXACTLY IT. IT IS A LOT. IT IS A LOT EASINGIER TO FIND US AND A LOT MORE OPTIONS IF AND
3:35:14
WENT WE LAND ON LAND. A ALL RIGHT. >> COMING UP ON 36 MINUTES UNTIL LIFTOFF.
3:35:20
A HERE COMES THE COM CHECK. DEE: WILL SET THE STAGE NOW FOR SORRY OF COM CHECKS.
3:35:27
>> GO AHEAD. >> YES, SIR.
3:35:33
>> STEP 20. >> ROOMER. YAO SO YEAH.
3:35:39
WE EXPECT TO HEAR REPEATED COMMUNICATION CHECKS WITH HOUSTON AND THE RU. THIS IS AM TUP FOR THEM TO ALSO
3:35:46
DISCUSS ANY ANOMALIES OR RESOLUTIONS TO THOSE ANOMALIES BUT SAY K NO SHALL ISSUES
3:35:52
WORKING NO ISSUES WITH THE TEAM TODAY. THAT IS GREAT NEWS.
3:35:58
THEN THE COM CHECKS WE HEAR NOW AND WE’LL HEAR THEM. AGAIN COMMUNICATION IS SO
3:36:03
IMPORTANT AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSABLE CHAS ARE WORKING PROP ARE WILLING I FROM THE CREW TO EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE GROND THAT IS HELPING TO
3:36:09
MONITOR LAUNCH.
3:36:14
>> WHERE WE ARE NOW THE PAD TEAM HAS CLEARED THE PAD. A SO IT IS JUST BUTCH SUNI AND
3:36:22
STARLINER ALL TOGETHER. MEGAN: YES THIS WRAP THE FIRST TWO TO FLY ON STARLINER.
3:36:29
>> GO AHEAD. >> YES, SIR. >> WHERE ARE HAS BEEN CLEARED OF
3:36:35
A ALL PERSONNEL ACCOUNT. >> ROGER.
3:36:42
MEGAN: BUTCH AND SUN HI THE FIRST TWO ASTRONAUTS TO FLY IN STARLINER INMENT SUNI WILL BE THE FIRST WOMAN TO TEST THE
3:36:49
ORBITAL SPACECRAFT AND THE ALSO TIME THEY MU TO SPACE IS NEARLY
3:36:54
60 YEARS AGO. SAFETIES THE FINAL TEST TO CERTIFY THE SECOND DOMMERSION
3:37:01
SPACECRAFT TO FOR RY ASTRO GNAWS TO A TRND THE SPACE STATION. THIS IS A COOL FACT, TOO.
3:37:08
ONE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NASA HISTORY THE AGENCY WILL HAVE
3:37:14
THREE DIFFERENT CREW SPACECRAFTS SIMULTANEOUSLY AND THE SPER NATIONAL SPACE TAGS,
3:37:20
THE SPACEX CREW DRAGON. WHAT INCREDIBLE MILESTONE. >> THAT IS INCREDIBLE MILESTONE AND NASA IS IFING TO BREAK THAT
3:37:27
AGAIN HOPEFULLY SOON WHEN WE HAVE ANOTHER SPACECRAFT WORKING HERE TO GET ARTEMIS ORION
3:37:34
SPACECRAFT TO SPACE, TOO. SO THESE ARE EXCITING TIMES AND WE ARE BUILDING A FUTURE WHETHER THERE IS MORE
3:37:40
SPACECRAFT IN THE FUTURE WITH HUMANS ONBOARD AND GOING TO SPACE. THAT IS MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR FUTURE ASTRONAUTS.
3:37:46
>> YEAH. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS AGAIN. BOEING AGAIN, BOEING STARLINER JOINING AS ONE OF THE THREE
3:37:53
CREWED SPACECRAFT THAT IS IN ORBIT. >> YEAH.
3:37:58
THIS IS ALL ABOUT EXPANDING HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT SO HAVING ANOTHER VEHICLE YOU KNOW ONCE THIS IS CERTIFIED IS FOG DO
3:38:04
THAT AND GOING TO GET MORE PEOPLE UP TOP SPACE AND OF COURSE THIS TIME TO THE
3:38:10
INTERNATIONAL PACE STITIAL AND INCREASE SCIENCE BUT YOU KNOW, THERE IS PRIVATE MISSIONS AND
3:38:15
SO YOU KNOW IT IS GOING TO BE. IT IS ALWAYS GREAT WHEN YOU CAN GET MORE PEOPLE INTO SPACE.
3:38:21
>> WAY. WE HAVE ASKING YOU TO SUBMIT YOUR ASK NASA QUESTIONS FROM SOCIAL MEDIAMENT?
3:38:30
LET’S ANSWER MORE NOW. WE HAVE ONE ASKING WHATS THE LIFE OF ASTRONAUT LIKE BETWEEN
3:38:37
LAUNCHES? MIKE? MIKE. YES. WE SPENT ALL THE LIFE HERE TRAINING AND WANTING TO BECOME
3:38:43
ASTRONAUT THEN ONCE YOU ARE. WHAT IS IT LIKE INSO WE DO A LOT MORE TRAINING BUT I WILL SAY THE LAST TIME I FLEW IN PACE WE
3:38:50
HAD OUR LANDING ANNIVERSARY.
3:38:57
THAT WAS 2011. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT DIE LAUNCH. WE CHOSE NO.
3:39:03
THE LAST 16 YEARS WHAT HAVE I BEEN UP TO THAT IS MEP HELPING MY FRIENDS ABOARD THE
3:39:09
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AS CAPTOM AND HELPED SUN MI WHEN SHE WAS DOING SPACEWALK AND HELP EACH OTHER AND PART OF THE
3:39:15
BIG TEAM. SO TODAY, IT IS GREAT TO SEIZE BUTCH AND SUNI AND WAITING A LONG TIME TO FLY AGAIN.
3:39:22
TRYING TO GET A THIRD MESSING OR FOURTH MISSION YOU HAVE TO WAIT AND BE PATIENT AND THEY ARE
3:39:27
GOING TO HAVE YOU KNOW, THEY VERY BEEN WORKING HARD ON STAR LUNIER AND WE WE DO.
3:39:33
WE HELP GET READY FOR THE NEXT MISSIONS THEN HELP OUR FRIENDS BE READY AND SUPPORT THEM WHILE IN PLACE.
3:39:38
MEGAN: YEAH THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IN WORKING WITH THE COMEMERSION PARTNERS ALLOWS NASA TO PURSUE
3:39:44
OTHER THING LIKE AGAIN RETURNING TO THE MOON OUR EYES
3:39:54
SET ON MARS. I’M GAIN. IN TEED. WE SAW THE TEAMMATES EARLIER AND JUST, YOU OH, IT MADE ME TEAR
3:40:01
UP A LITTLE BIT. I AM NOT AFRAID TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT RESPECT WITH THE TEAM.
3:40:06
MEGAN: LET’S TAKE ANOTHER QUESTION NOW. THIS ONE IS FROM WORLD SIT ZEN ON YOUTUBE.
3:40:11
ASKING DOES THE CREW ON THE SPACE STATION WATCH THE LAUNCH?
3:40:19
MIKE: SO RIGHT NOW 30 MINUTES TO FO. WEATHER BRIEFING ON CHANNEL 8.
3:40:25
>> ROGER. >> ARM CONTROLS. ARM HYDRAULIC FINAL PREPS.
3:40:30
ROGER. >> PERFORM CHARGE. >> ROGER. >> PROP ONE PERFORM CONVERTER
3:40:36
CALIBRATION. >> ROGER.
3:40:43
>> ROGER. MEGAN: THAT ALL IS ALL THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE LAUNCH TEAM AND ALL THE STEPS
3:40:49
THAT IS NEEDED TO GET US TO T0. MIKE.
3:40:54
YES. LESS THAN 30 MINUTES LEFT. SO ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IF THOUGH RU GETS A MINUTE, DOW BELIEVE THEY ARE
3:41:01
BEAMING UP THIS LAUNCH BROADCAST. SO HI TO MY FRIENDS ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
3:41:06
THAT THEY ARE GOING TO WATCH THE LAUNCH. THEY ARE INVESTED IN THIS AND WAITING FOR WEEKS, MONTHS FOR
3:41:12
THE STAR LINER TO ARRIVE AND GOOD FRIENDS WITH THE CREW ONBOARD SO IT IS CORDIAL.
3:41:17
I REMEMBER WATCHING. HEN MY FRIENDS LAND ON THE
3:41:23
SHUTTLE OR THE SOYUZ, WE WOULD TRY TO WATCH THE LANDING COVERAGE, TOO. SO CERTAINLY WE WERE ALWAYS
3:41:31
WATCHING NASA TV. MEGAN: THAT MEANS YOU GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO THEM PRIOR TO
3:41:37
LAUNCH. >> ARE WE COMPLETE?
3:41:45
>> YES. >> COME LET. >> ROGER. >> FLIGHT CONTROL. START FLIGHT ROLE.
3:41:51
FINAL PREP. ROGER.
3:42:01
>> ROMER. >> RACY DYSON AND JEANETTE ENDS TO THE ASTRONAUT ONBOARD
3:42:07
ALREADY. WE DID GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO THE EMPIRE TO LAUNCH. >> ONLY PLEAT. THEY SAID THEY ARE READY TO
3:42:12
BUTCH AND SUNI I TO ARRIVE THEY ARE GOTTEN THEIR AREAS AND ALL SET UP FOR THEM SO THEY ARE
3:42:18
EXCITED TO WELCOME THEM JUST ABOUT 26 HO HOURS FROM AFTER
3:42:24
LIFTOFF TODAY. AGAIN 7 MINUTES 53:00 AND COUNTING UNTIL LIFTOFF OF BUTCH
3:42:30
AND SUNI THE FIRST TWO TO FLY BOEING STARLINER CAPSULE TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. LET’S GO OVER NOW TO BRANDI AND
3:42:37
JIM INSIDE OF MISSION CONTROL IN HOISTOWN.
3:42:47
BEEN DI: THANK YOU SHALL M MEG AND. THEY ARE GETTING READY TO VERIFY ALL STARLINER SYSTEMS ARE READY
3:42:53
FOR LAUNCH. AND THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD AT THE MOMENT AND LAY MERES WILL USE THIS POLL TO DETERMINE THE OWN RESPONSE TO THE FINAL GO-NO
3:43:00
GO POLL TO THE LAUNCH CONDUCT ARE JUST BEFORE LIFT OFF. JIM: ONCE WE DO, THERE ARE A
3:43:06
FEW MAYOR ACTIVES THAT THE TEAM WILL OVERSEE THE FIRST IS STAR LUNAR HE TRANSITION FROM GROUND
3:43:12
POWER TO BATTLE RY POWER THAT COMES 18 MINUTES BEFORE LAUNCH AND LEAVE IT AS LATE AS
3:43:18
POSSIBLE TO WE CAN LAUNCH WITH THOSE BAT BATTERIES. >> GO AHEAD. FINAL PREPS COME PRET.
3:43:24
>> ROGER. >> L MINUS 27 MINUTES.
3:43:38
>> A FEW MINUTES LATER WITH LESS THAN TEN MACHINE MACHINES TO FO BEFORE LIFTOFF, THE STARLINER ORDINANCE WILL BE ARMED NA
3:43:45
ACTIVATES THE RITE CALL SYSTEMS THAT ARE NEEDED TO DEPATCH THE THINGS THAT STAR LUNIER WOULD
3:43:50
DEPLY AND BACK FOR A LAND K IF THAT BECAME NECESSARY THEN
3:43:57
FINALLY 1:15 BEFORE LAUNCH AND THEY WILL WORK WITH THE CREW TO ROCK ACCOUNT THE CREW TO SAFETY AND THE CASE OF ABETTER ON THE
3:44:04
PAD EARLY IN THE ASSENT. >> LIKELY THE LAST YOU HEAR FROM
3:44:09
US UNTIL LIFTOFF SO WE ARE GOING SEN YOU BACK TO THE TEAM IN FLORIDA TO LET MEGAN, DEE
3:44:15
AND MIKE FOR THE REST OF THE COUNT DOWN. GO STARLINER.
3:44:24
MEGAN: NOW TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT STAR LINE ARE THE NEXT GENERATION CREW CAPSULE THAT YOU SEE ATOP THE AT LALAS 5
3:44:31
OCTOBER KETTLE THERE ON LAUNCHPAD 41 ON CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION.
3:44:43
MIKE STAR LUNIER IS SOMETHING LIKE YOU SAID AND BUTCH AND SUNI YOU HAVE YOUR FINGERPRINTS
3:44:48
ALL OVER THAT TO MAKE IT THE RIDE TO SPACE THAT YOU WANTED. >> INDEED.
3:44:57
STAR LUNIER IS DEFINITELY ASTRONAUT’S OR PILOT’S PACE
3:45:02
CRAFT. JA SO THE NEXT GENERATION CREW CAPSULE MEASURES 16.5 FEET TALL
3:45:08
FOR THE DIAMETER OF 15 FEET THAT IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A
3:45:13
SUV. IT WAS DESIGNED TO CARRY UP TO 7S A NA NAUTS OR A MIX OF YOUR
3:45:19
AND CARGO FROM MISSIONS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
3:45:29
STAR LUNIER IS RE. >> USABLE UP TO TEN TIMES. I AM SURE YOU ARE EX FIGHTEDDIC?
3:45:36
IN TEED. WE ARE HOPEFULLY BUTCH AND SUNI ALONG WITH CALYPSO WILL PAVE
3:45:42
THE WAY AND IN THE OTHER SPACECRAFT THAT BOEING HAS. WE HAVE TWO CAPSULES AND SO
3:45:50
AGAIN ALWAYS DAD TO HAVE PACK RUP ONE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO FLYING NEXT YEAR. MEGAN: LET’S HEAD BACK OVER TO
3:45:55
JOHNSON NOW WHERE WE HAVE ROB NAVIAS WITH UPDATE FOR US. ROB? ROB: MISSASS ASTRONAUTS ARE
3:46:31
PREPARING FOR PACE SUITS TO BE USE FOR A TRIO OF SPACEWALKS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN ON
3:46:36
JUNE 13th. OTHER MAINTENANCE WORK IS ALSO PLANNED FOR TODAY BY THE EXPEDITION CREW AS THEY GEAR UP FOR THE DOCKING OR STARLINER
3:46:43
TOMORROW TO THE FORWARD PORT OF THE HARMONY MODULE. ONCE STARLINER DOCKS, IT WILL BE
3:46:49
THE SIXTH CIVILITYING VEHICLE AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, BE A CROWDED HOUSE
3:46:55
260 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH. WE RESTANDING BY HERE IN MISSION CONTROL FOR THE ATLAS 5 TO TAKE FLIGHT AND FOR A NEW CHAPTER IN
3:47:02
HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT HISTORY TO BEGIN JUST 23 MINUTES FROM NOW. WITH THAT, WE’LL HEAD BACK NOW
3:47:07
TO THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
3:47:19
MEGAN: GUYS. >> HI, MEGAN. THANKS FOR COMING BACK TO US HERE. WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING.
3:47:26
>> VERIFY LOCK. >> ROGER. >> INITIATE ORBITAL PERIMETER ON
3:47:31
PRIMARY. >> ROOMER.
3:47:36
>> MONITORING THOSE PROCEDURES HERE. WE ARE COMING UP ON L MINUS 22 MINUTES UNTIL LAUNCH.
3:47:42
AROUND THIS TIME, DURING THE LAST LAUNCH ATTEMPT, OUR TEAM WORKED THROUGH WHAT YOU MAY ARE SEEN AS SUIT PRESSURIZATION
3:47:49
ISSUE AND THEY WORKED QUICKLY AROUND THIS TIME IN THE COUNTDOWN TO MAKE SURE THAT
3:47:54
EVERYTHING WAS GOING SMOOTHLY WITH THIS BUT WHEN WE SWITCH TO ETERNAL POWER AT L MINUS 18
3:48:00
MINUTES THAT TRIGGERED A SMALL VOLTAGE STRIP AND FLIGHT SOFTWARE CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED IT AND TURNED OFF THE FANS, SO
3:48:07
WE QUICKLY TURN THEM BACK ON LIKE YOU WOULD DO WITH COCOMPUTER AND OFF ON AND TODAY
3:48:13
WE TURN THE FAN OFF WHEN WE MOVE OVER TO ETERNAL POWER SO AT THIS TIME DOESN’T TRIP
3:48:18
ADAPIN IN THE TURN IT BACK ON AFTER THE REAL DIFFERENCE IS THAT CREW WILLOW ARE THE VISORS ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LAUTER THIS
3:48:25
TIME. THAT ACTION WOULD USUALLY BE TAKEN AROUND NOW OR A MINUTE OR
3:48:30
SO FROM NOW AND WE’LL LISTEN FOR THAT IN A FEW MINUTES. THE CAPCOM WILL TELL THE CREW TO
3:48:36
PUT THE VISORS DOWN AT THAT TIME. THAT IS A CONFIGURATION NEEDED FOR PROPER AIRFLOW THROUGH THE
3:48:42
SUIT AND THEN IN EMERGENCY THEY COULD PRESSURIZE THE SUITS. >> GO AHEAD.
3:48:48
>> PRESSURE CHARGE IS COMPLETE.
3:48:54
>> ROGER. >> GO AHEAD.
3:49:04
>> YOU ARE BREAKING UP.
3:49:17
>> ALL RIGHT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PRESSURIZE THEIR SUITS QUICKLY IF NEED. AND IT IS DIFFERENT FOR THEM
3:49:23
THIS TIME BECAUSE AS WE MENTIONED DURING THIS BROADCAST, THE HELM IS MORE OF A VISOR AND LAYS BACK LIKE A
3:49:30
HOODIE ON THE SHIRT AND PULL IT FORWARD THEN ZIP IT YOU. THIS CONFIG ALSO CALLS FOR THEM
3:49:36
TO DEPLATE THE LUMBAR SUPPORT AND SECURE THE RESTRAINS FROM LAUNCH. ONCE WE GET TO THAT POINT IT IS
3:49:41
BUCKLE UP AND ALMOST GO TIME. THEN THE CREWS WILL REPORT BACK WHEN FINISHED. THEN WHILE WE ARE TALKING AROUND
3:49:52
11 MINUS 16 AND LOOK FOR THE STARLINER READINESS POLL FOR THE TERMINAL COUNT THAT WILL HAPPEN IN A SIDE CHAM SO I WILL
3:49:59
LISTEN FOR THIS AND LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE HEAR IT. WE DO HAVE A FEW POLLS COMING UP THAT ONE IS SHORT.
3:50:04
IT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE BOEING MISSION CONTROL CENTER OR BMCC HERE IN PLOR TA.
3:50:10
THAT IS WHERE THE SPACECRAFT LAUNCH CONDUCTOR BRIAN GARDENER WILL POLL PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND CHARGE AT THE PROPULSION
3:50:16
SYSTEM AND YOU SEE THE ROOM THERE ON THE SCREEN.
3:50:21
>> REINITIATE CHARGING INAMOUNT OF ROGER. >> ROGER. >> VERIFY REDLINE MONITOR.
3:50:27
>> CONFIGURATION. >> THE LUMBAR ORTH. RC VERIFY SOLAR RADIATION
3:50:34
ACCEPTABLE FOR LAUNCH. >> VERIFYING.
3:50:43
>> ALL RIGHT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD. >> COPY. >> THEY ASKED THIS EM TOLL GO AHEAD AND DEPLATE THEIR LUMBAR
3:50:51
SUPPORT.
3:51:02
AGAIN THREE CALLS. THEY WILL PULL THE MISSION SUPPORT ROOM MAN FER OR MSR,
3:51:08
AMP LAUNCH THE BMMC TURNS INTO MISSION SUPPORT AS THINGS SHIFT OVER TO HOUSTON AND ALSO POLL
3:51:13
THE SPACE SPACECRAFT TEST CONDUCTOR WHO MONITORS ALL THE POWER SYSTEMS. >> ALL PERSONNEL AND VISITORS
3:51:20
REMAIN IN PRESENT POSITION UNTIL LAUNCH. MAINTAIN OPERATIONAL SILENCE IN
3:51:25
THE LRC. >> THIS IS THE LR WITH THE TERMINAL COUNT BRIEFING IF IT
3:51:32
CONCEDES LAUNCH CONSTRAINT, THE OBSERVER SHALL NOW HOLD HOLD ON CHANNEL 1 IDENTIFY THEIR
3:51:38
STITIAL AND PREVIOUSLY STATE THE REASON OR THE HOLD.
3:51:55
>> NOW BRINGING THE TEAM OUT FROM THE INDIVIDUAL SUB SYSTEM NETS BRINGING EVERYBODY TO THE
3:52:00
COMMAND CHANNEL AND CHANNEL 1 FOR THE FINAL FOR THE FINAL MINUTES HERE. SO WE ARE GOING TO START TO HEAR
3:52:06
MORE TRAFFIC ON ON THE COMMAND
3:52:11
CHANNEL AS THE SHALL — WE STA READY TO DO THE FINAL STEPS FOR LAUNCH SO WE WILL HEAR A COUPLE
3:52:16
OF THINGS. WE WILL HEAR.
3:52:26
SOME FINAL CHECKS LOOK THE LAST CALL AND THE RANGE HOLD FIRE SYSTEM ALLOWS REPRESENTATIVES
3:52:32
FROM SPACE LAUNCH DELTA IV 5, A HOLD BUTTON AND THE UP THE ROAD
3:52:37
AT THE OPERATION CENTER SO IF THERE IS SHALL ISSUE OR RANGE SAFETY ISSUE THAT COMES UP.
3:52:43
THAT IS A HOLD FIRE CHECK AND THOSE HOLD FIRE SWITCHES WILL BE CONFIGURED SHORTLY THEN ALSO
3:52:50
START TO HEAR CALLS ABOUT WRAPPING UP THE HELIUM BOTTLE CHARGING ON THE FIRST AND
3:52:55
SECOND STABLE. >> AS YOU MENTIONED WITH THE TRAFFIC ON THE LOOPS INCREASING A LITTLE BIT. YOU AT HOME MAY NOTICE WE ARE
3:53:02
SPEAKING LESS AND SO WE ARE GOING TO BE LISTENING TO SOME OF THE THINGS AS THEY HAPPEN
3:53:07
LIVE. >> ROGER. >> AND WE FEEL IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO. >> GO AHEAD.
3:53:13
>> CHARGING RESUSTAINED AND FLIGHT MASS. >> ROGER.
3:53:28
>> ENABLED. >> VERIFY RCO AND SWITCHES ARE IN THE PROCEED POSITION. >> READY TO PROCEED.
3:53:35
>> ALL RIGHT. WE WILL SEN IT OVER TO NASES’
3:53:41
DERROL NAIL. DERROL. DERROL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO YOU
3:53:47
PLY. OUTSIDE OF THE LAUNCH WEATHER OFFICER TOLD US THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THE FORECAST. WE ARE 90% GO AND WHAT A
3:53:53
BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF OUR BEACHES HERE FROM THE COURTESY OF THE CHOPPER TEAM HER AT THE KENNEDY
3:53:59
SPACE CENTER. FOLKS COMING OUT TO ENJOY THE LAUNCH AND AMAZING DAY.
3:54:04
WEATHER NO CHANGES AGAIN LOW TOPPED CUMULUS CLOUDS ON THE LAND WHICH YOU SEE IT THERE BUT
3:54:10
BECAUSE THEY ARE LOW TOPPED THAT IS NO AT CONCERN AND ROCKET FLIES TO A BIG THICK CUMULUS CLOUD AND TRIGGER A
3:54:17
LIGHTNING TRIKE BUT THOSE CLOUDS ARE NOT THE KIND THAT CAN DOP THAT ACCORDING TO
3:54:22
LAUNCH WEATHER FER. SO WE REGOOD TO GO THIS. WE ALSO HAVE LAUNCH VISIBILITY IS ALWAYS A FACTOR HERE IN THE
3:54:28
SOUTHEAST. CAN YOU SEE THE ROCKET AND FROM WHERE? AND OUR FRIENDS AT UNITED LAUNCH
3:54:33
ALLIANCE PROVIDED US WITH THIS GRAPHIC SO YOU CAN SEE ABOUT WHICH POINT IN THE LAUNCH YOU
3:54:39
WOULD SEE THE ROCKET IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE FIRST TWO INNER CIRCLES YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS
3:54:46
AMP LAUNCH AND FOLKS IN THE ORLANDO AREA WILL BE ABLE TOLL SEE IT 90 INS OF FLIGHT THEN
3:54:52
COME TO VIEW FOR THE REST OF THE STATE.
3:54:58
AFTER MORE THAN ABOUT TWO MINUTES INCLUDING TAMPA ON THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA. THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF FORGE GA
3:55:04
MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE THE ATLAS SEPARATION WHICH HAPPENS AFTER THREE MINUTES OF FLIGHT.
3:55:11
AGAIN, WE ARE LOOKING GOOD HERE AT THE RICHARD JONES POLLED HIS
3:55:16
TEAM AND NASA OPERATIONS COMMANDER AND ALL OF THEM ARE GO.
3:55:26
>> ROGER BACK TO THE HOST DESK. >> AIR TO GROUND ONE READY.
3:55:39
>> THOSE ARE COM CHECKS. >> LOUD AND LEAR. I HAVE YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, ALSO.
3:55:45
>> YOU SEE THERE. AGAIN THIS IS TEST FLIGHT. COM CHECK AIR TO GROUND ONE.
3:55:56
>> LUD AND CLEAR. HOUSTON HAS YOU LOUD AND CLEAR ON AIR TO GROUND ONE.
3:56:05
TEST FLIGHT AND BOEING IS WORKING TOWARD CERTIFICATION TO DO THAT THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 87
3:56:10
TEST FLIGHTS AND MANY MORE OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY CHECKOUTS SO TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAIN OBJECTIVES WITH THE CREW
3:56:17
ONBOARD. I WILL GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF THEM HERE SO THEY WILL DEMONSTRATE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CREW RELATED EQUIPMENT AND
3:56:23
THE CREW WILL PERFORM HATCH OPERATIONS AND TRANSFER EMERGENCY EQUIPMENTS THEY WILL
3:56:29
ALSO ERAIL WAIT THE VEHICLE AND TRANSFER CARGO WHILE IN A
3:56:35
DOCKED CONFIGURATION. THEY WILL PERFORM FUNCTION AL HE TY OF MANUAL PILOTING AND
3:56:42
DEORBIT WITH SUCCESSFUL SEPARATION OF THE CREW MODULELE FROM THE SERVICE MODULE. AND FINALLY, THEY WILL
3:56:49
DEMONSTRATE STARLINER’S ENTRY AND DESCENT.
3:56:56
13 MINUTE MINUTES AND 20 SECONDS FROM THE SIXTH TIME ASTRONAUTS WILL LAUNCH ON A NEW SPACECRAFT
3:57:01
DESIGNED FOR CREW AND IF YOU ARE CURIOUSES ABOUT THE PREVIOUS FIVE WE HAVE CONSIDER YOU COVERED.
3:57:07
CHECK OUT THE VIDEO HERE.
3:57:25
>> APOLLO 7. GEMINI 3 LAUNCHED MARCH 23rd, 1965. >> THEN
3:57:31
APOLLO 7, WALLY, DON, WALT, THAT WAS OCTOBER 11th, 1968.
3:57:39
>> WE HAVE STS1 WHICH LAUNCHED APRIL 12th OF 1981. MEGAN:
3:57:55
NASA SPACEX DEMO-2 BOB HURLEY, BOB BEHNKEN, MAY 30th, 2020. DEE: THEN OF COURSE, TODAY’S
3:58:01
NASA’S BOEING CREW FLIGHT TEST WITH BUTCH WILMORE AND SUNI WI.
3:58:51
WE ARE MOVING ALONG SMOOTHLY TO THE FINAL 11 MINUTES AND 30 OF THIS COUNTDOWN.
3:58:57
THIS IS INSTANTANEOUS LAUNCH WINDOW TODAY WHICH MEANS WE WILL LAUNCH WHEN THE ORBITAL PATH FOR THE ISS ALIGNS WITH
3:59:03
THE SPACE COAST ONCE WE GET INTO ORBIT STARLINER WILL BE WORKING TO CATCH UP WITH THE SPACE STATION AND EVENTUALLY
3:59:09
REACHING SPEEDS OF MORE THAN 17500 MILES PER HOUR. IT WILL TAKE ABOUT 25 HOURS OR
3:59:15
SO TO GET THERE. AND WE ARE GOING TO BE LAUNCHING HERE EPP ANY MINUTE FOR THE
3:59:21
CREW ACCESS ARM. A THE CREW ACCESS ARM FOR LAUNCH. >> ROGER.
3:59:27
>> RIGHT ON CUE. CREW ACCESS ARM ABOUT TO START MOVING AWAY FROM THE
3:59:35
SPACECRAFT. DILLON WILL WE WATCH IT MOVE SLOWLY TODAY BUT COULD MOVE MUCH FASTER IF NEED.
3:59:40
THAT IS RIGHT, LAUREN. IT TAKES TWO MINUTES AWAY FROM STARLINER TO THE STOWED
3:59:46
POSITION AND THE LATCH POSITION ON THE CREW AXIS SOWER. HERE WE GO.
3:59:51
>> BUT WE COULD IN EEVENT AND LESS THAN.
3:59:59
AND EVER SEE THAT HAPPEN. >> AFTER LIFTOFF TODAY, PRN DI AND JIM WILL CONTINUE
4:00:05
COMMENTARY FROM HOUSTON THROUGH ACCEPT SPACECRAFT SEPARATION AND THE ORBITAL INSERTION BURN AND WE WILL THAT HAVE THIS THE
4:00:12
SHOT OF BUTCH AND SUNI INSIDE OF STARLINERLOGICAL THE MOMENT OF LAUNCH AND WE WILL GET IT AGAIN WHEN WE GET TO THE ISS.
4:00:21
FLIGHT VERIFIED ON THE ETERNAL POWER. VERIFIED.
4:00:27
STARLINER CONFIGURE OR NANCE FOR LAUNCH.
4:00:33
>> ALL RIGHT. THE SPACECRAFT IS RUNNING COMPLETELY ON ITS OWN NOW. AND E ARE CONFIGURING OR NANCE
4:00:40
FOR LAUNCH THE DEVICES THAT INITIATE THE SEPARATION EVENS ARE READY TO SUPPORT BOTH
4:00:47
NOMINAL AND CONTENT IF I SY OPERATIONS THAT COUNT. >> THAT HAPPEN OR COULD HAPPEN
4:00:52
DURING ASSENT.
4:00:58
>> SO LAUREN WE ARE TWO AND A HALF AND A HALF MINUTES A I WAY THE TERMINAL COUNT STATUS COUNT THE CHECK IS THE FINAL REPORT
4:01:04
FROM EACH OPERATOR AND INDICATING THEIR SYSTEM WHETHER IT BE A GROUND CONTROL SYSTEM OR A LAUNCH VEHICLE SYSTEM IS READY TO EX COULD THE FINAL
4:01:11
FOUR MINUTE OF THE COUNTDOWN TO LAUNCH OF THE ROCKET AND AT THIS POINT THE TEAM WOULD BE
4:01:17
DISCUSSING IT BUT NOTHING IS HAPPENING NOW. ALL IS QUIET. I AM EX X ITING TO HEAR ALL ARE
4:01:24
GO BY DOUG. >> WE ARE HEARING AND SIDE CHANNEL THAT THEY ARE PREPARING FOR THE LAUNCH VEHICLE SYSTEMS
4:01:30
POLL. THIS IS THE LONG ONE. ALOT OF PEOPLE VIEW THIS AS THE FAVORITE POLL. I ITS FUN TO LISTEN THEM LIST
4:01:37
OFF EACH SYSTEM AND THEN THAT TEAM WILL GIVE A FINAL GO OR NO GO FOR LAUNCH.
4:01:50
WE WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH CAMERAS ON THE ROCKET TODAY AND LIVE TELEMETRY FEEDING BACK WILL
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PROVIDE A REAL-TIME LOOK AT THE SPACECRAFT MODEL WHEN VIDEO IS NOT POSSIBLE DURING THE ASSENT
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AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE DYNAMIC
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PHASES. >> L MINUS 8 MINUTES.
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>> NDER ABILITY MINUTES BEFORE BUTCH AND SUNI HEAD BACK TO A MACE THEY CONSIDER HOME.
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BOTH HAVE SPENT TWOTIVE RENT STENTS OF SIX MONTHS ON THE INTERNATIONAL PA SPACE STATION THEY ARE THRILLED TO BE AM
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GOING BACK FOR A THIRD TIME.
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SUNI TOLD ME SHE EVEN CRIED THE LAST TIME SHE LEFT THE SPACE STATION BECAUSE SHE DIDN’T KNOW
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IF THE WOULD GO BACK. THIS FLIGHT IS A DREAM FOR HER. >> GO AHEAD.
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>> CREW ACCESS ARM STOW FOR LAUNCH. ROGER. >> SWITCH TO READY POSITION.
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ALL STEPS ARE COMPLETE PRIOR TO SALT US CHECK.
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>> LET’S LISTEN IN TO CHIEF LAUNCH CONDUCTOR CONDUCT THE STATUS CHECK AS WE PREPARE FOR
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LAUNCH. >> L MAY US IN 7 MINUTES.
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STATUS CHECK TO PROCEED WITH TERMINAL COUNT. ATLAS SYSTEMS.
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FO. >> GO. LO. >> GO. >> WATER? >> GO.
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>> GO. PNEUMATICS? GO. >> LH2. >> FO. >> GASES?
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>> GO. >> ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AIRBORNE. >> FO. >> CROWNED. >> GO. FA TILL FACILITY. >> FO.
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>> GO IN. FLIGHT CONTROL. >> GO. >> GCQ. OOP GO.
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>> OPSPORT. >> GO. >> COM, GO. >> UMBILICALS. >> GO. ARM CONTROL. >> FO.
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>> ECS. >> GO. >> REDLINE MONITOR. FO. >> WALL TY. >> FO. SAFETY MAN FER.
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>> FO. >> ULA SAFETY FER. GO. >> CHIEF. >> FO. >> RANGE COORDINATOR.
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>> CLEAR TO PROCEED. >> FLIGHT DIRECTOR. >> HOUSTON FLIGHT IS GO. >> STARLINER.
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>> STARLINER GO. >> LAUNCH DIRECTOR. >> YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO LAUNCH
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SEEDING WITH THE COUNT. PROCEEDING WITH THE COUNT. ALC VERIFIED SET FOR 14
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FOLLOWING 52 FOLLOWING 15. VERIFY.
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>> STARLINER NET IS CHEER.
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>> ULR. FOR EVERYBODY LISTENING, JUST A THOUGHT, SUNI AND I AS WE WERE TRAVELING, WE SAW MANY AMERICAN
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FLAGS AND MANY WAVING FLAGS AT US. THEN AS WE REACHED THE PAD, WE
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LOOKED UP, OF COURSE, THE AMERICAN FLAG ON THE SIDE OF THE WHITE ROOM. ALSO ONE ON THE SIDE OF THE
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ROCKET ITSELF. AND WE KNOW THAT REPRESENTS UNITY AND RESILIENCE, AND UNIFY
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THAT FOR THE COMMON GOOD, AND THAT IS WHAT SUNI AND I HAVE WITNESSED THIS LAST MONTH EACH
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YOU DISPLAYING THISES IN’S FOREFATHERS ENVISIONED AND PEOPLE COME MILTED TO GOD,
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FAMILY AND COUNTRY, AND PEOPLE WHO USE THEIR GIFTS AND TALENTS
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FOR THE COMMON GOOD AND PASSIONATE AND TOUGH. WE ALL KNOW THAT WHEN THE GO
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GOING GETS TOUGH, AND IT OFTEN DOES, THE TOUGH GET GOING.
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AND YOU HAVE. AND SUNI AND I HAVE HONORED TO SHARE THIS DREAM OF SPACEFLIGHT
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WITH EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU. SO WITH THAT LR, LET’S GET
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GOING. LET’S PUT FIRE IN THIS ROCKET.
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LET’S PUSH TO IT THE HEAVENS WHERE ALL THE TOUGH AMERICANS ARE PREPARED IT TO BE.
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LET’S GO. TAKE US US SPACE AND BACK.
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>> STARLINER, FO. >> MONITOR THE TIME WILL BE 2:04
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COUNTING. 3, 2, 1. MARK.
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>> JUST BEAUTIFUL WORDS FROM BUTCH THERE. NO BETTER EXAMPLE OF UNITY ON
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THIS PLANET THAN WHAT HAPPENS AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
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STATION. WHERE BUTCH AND SUNI ARE HEADED AND JUST 3:30.
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>> 3:90. >> BOOSTER HYDRAULIC STEERING
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SYSTEM NOW PRESSURIZED FOR LAUNCH.
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>> STAR LUNIER’S LES PROP VALVES ARE CONFIGURED FOR LAUNCH THE
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PROPULSION VALVES THAT NEED TO BE OPEN IN THE CASE OF THE PAD.
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>> PRESSURIZING. >> 250. >> ETERNAL.
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>> FLIGHT SOFTWARE IS ASCENT MODE AND NOW SET FOR THE UPHILL
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CLIMB.
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>> LAUNCH SEQUENCE START. >> 150.
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SECURING LH. SECURING CENTER L2. >> VEHICLE IS NOW TRANSFERRED TO
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THE BATTERIES. >> 140. LAUNCH ENABLED. >> 137.
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>> 120. >> ARMED. COUNT STARTED. >> STARLINER ARM TO AUTO.
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>> ARM AUTO. >> ROGER. >> THAT CALL MEANING IF THE EMERGENCY DETECTION SYSTEM ON
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ATLAS DETECTS SOMETHING? >> GREEN.
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>> STARTED.
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>> TRACK THIS HE LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM ON STAR LUNIER AND FIRE AUTOMATICALLY IF THAT HAP PEP THE SPACECRAFT WOULD PUSH
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ITSELF AWAY FROM THE ROCKET A MILE UP AND A MILE OUT.
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>> GO ATLAS. >> GO. GO STARLINER. >> GOD’S SPEED BUTCH AND SUNI.
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>> 10, 9,,, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
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IGNITION. LIFTOFF OF STARLINER ATLAS 5
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CARRYING TWO AMERICAN HEROS.
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>> COMMANDER. >> CALLING DOWN TO MISSION CONTROL HERE IN HOUSTON THAT THE SPACECRAFT BEGAN ROLLING FOR THE ASCENT AND THE
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NAVIGATIONAL AND CONTROL OFFICER IN THE ROOM SEEING GOOD DALT TA ON THAT.
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DATA ON THAT.
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DYNAMIC PRESSURE BUTCH AND SUNI WILL PASSING THROUGH MOCK ONE WITH THE SPEED OF SOUND.
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>> YOU GOT A GOOD THROTTLE.
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>> STARLINER AND ATLAS LOOKING GOOD AND SPEEDS INCREASING AS
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PECKED COMING UP IN LESS THAN 20 SECONDS AND WILL RUN OUT OF FUEL AND BURN OUT.
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>> GOOD SRB BURNOUT.
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>> NOW THE FUEL HAS BEEN DEPLETED THE AT LASS MAIN BOOSTER STAGE WILL BE CONTINUING THE BURN FOR THE
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NEXT THREE MINUTES.
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>> THAT CALL GOOD HANDLE FROM CAPCOM AND INDICATING THE CREW NOW HAS THE ABILITY TO INITIATE
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ABOLTER MANLY IF NEEDED ALL LOOKING GOOD SO FAR, NOW TWO MINUTES INTO STARLINER EAR FLIGHT AND CONTROL! COMING UP
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ON THE SOLID BOOSTER JETTISON AT THE 2:40 MARK.
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TEAM ON THE GROUND HERE CONFIRMING IT WITHS A GOOD AND THE VEHICLES CONTINUE TO LOOK
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GOOD AND NOW AT 3 MINUTES INTO TODAY’S FLIGHT.
4:14:05
>> NO THREAT LING BACK ON BUTCH AND SUNI AND LIMIT THAT TO AROUND THREE AND A HALF TIMES
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THE FORCE OF GRAVITY ON THE GROUND.
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>> TEM OPP THE GROUND REPORTING THEY SAW THE COVER ON TOP OF STARLINER THAT HAS BEEN
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PROTECTING THE SPACECRAFT’S DOCKING SYSTEM THROUGH THE ORBIT AND SAW THAT JETTISONED
4:15:34
AS PLANNED.
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>> NOW THE END PHYSICIANS IGNITED TO CONTINUE PUSHING STAR LINE NEAR SPACE FUELED BY LIQUID HYDROGEN AND LIQUID
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OXYGEN. THE NEXT MILESTONE WE ARE WATCH FORS THE JETTISON.
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STARLINER GOOD.
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>> OFFSET OF 36 SECONDS OF SIP OR IMPULSE RELATIVE THE
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DESIGNED BASELINE OF AROUND 450.
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>> CONTINUING TO PERFORM WELL 7 MINUTES INTO TODAY’S FLIGHT.
4:17:49
>> CENTER.
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>> JOSHUA CONTINUING TO PASS GOOD NEWS UP TO STARLINER’S CREW THE LAST ONE REPORTING THAT UPPER STAGE REMAINS IN
4:18:02
GOOD CONDITION AND PERFORMING WELL PUSHING THEM INTO ORBIT.
4:18:28
>> OPEN. STARLINER IS NOW ENTERING THE FIRST GUIDED ABORT RANGE OR STARLINER WOULD DIRECT ITSELF A
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PA SPECIFIC LOCATION IN EVENT OF ABORT AND JUST OFF THE COAST OF ST. JOHN’S AND CAPITAL OF
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THE CANADIAN PROVIDENCE OF NEWFOUNDLAND.
4:19:13
STARLINER CONVERGED 11:52:52. YOU HAVE 34-TON 36 SECONDS.
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YOU HAVE 34 TO 36 SECONDS. >> 11:52.
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34 CONTINUEDS. >> CALLING OUT THE CREW NOW THE MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF MECO SHOULD HAPPEN ON TIME ABOUT 12 MINUTES
4:19:33
INTO TODAY’S FLIGHT ANOTHER GOOD CANED IS IT IS TAKING ALONG AS EXPECTED.
4:19:39
MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF IS A MAJOR MILESTONE MARKING STAR LINE ARE HE AREFFAL ON ORBIT.
4:19:48
MILESTONE MARKING STARLINER’S ARRIVAL ON ORBIT. WE STILL HAVE TWO AND A HALF MINUTES TO GET TO THAT WITH
4:19:55
SPACECRAFT CONTINUING TO PERFORM WELL AND MAKE THE WAY TOWARD ORBIT.
4:20:01
>> STARLINER ON THE LCL. THAT IS JUST A SYSTEM COMING UP INTO CONTROL.
4:20:07
>> OUTSTANDING.
4:20:16
WITH THE MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF THE NEXT WILL BE THE LAUNCH VEHICLE SEPARATION THAT IS SET TO OCCUR
4:20:22
15 MINUTES AFTER LAUNCH WHEN THE STARLINER WILL FLY FREE IN
4:20:27
SPACE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
4:20:47
>> FLIGHT DYNAMIC OFFICER REPORTING AT THIS POINT STARLINER CAN MAKE ABORT LANDING OFF THE COAST OF
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IRELAND. >> AND THERE, AGAIN, ALL
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CONTINUING WELL SO WE ARE NOT EXPECTING THAT ABORT.
4:21:03
>> TASH LUNIER RAPIDLY APPROACHING, THE SUPPORT REGION IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR JUST OVER ONE MINUTE WHERE STARLINER
4:21:10
WOULD CONTINUE UP TO ORBIT AFTER THAT.
4:21:49
>> 0 SECONDS TO FO. >> 90 SECONDS TO FOMENT NOW UNTIL MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF MARKING STARLINER’S ARRIVAL ON
4:21:55
ORBIT.
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>> NOMINAL STARLINER. >> NOMINAL.
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>> AND WITH THAT NOMINAL CALL. WE GOT GOOD END MER IF HE
4:22:49
MEANING A GOOD PLAIN MEANING THE STARLINER TRAJECTORY IS ALIGNED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR RENDEZVOUS
4:22:56
TOMORROW. >> AND WITH THAT, BUTCH WILMORE AND SUNI WILLIAMS RETURN TO ORBIT AND THEY ARE BOTH
4:23:03
EXTREMELY EXPERIENCED ASTRONAUTS. >> 14-52.
4:23:09
>> 16-52.
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>> BOTH EXPERIENCEDS A ROW GNATS WITH COMBINED TOTAL OF 480 DAYS IN SPACE. STARLINER IS THE THIRD
4:23:20
SPACECRAFT THEY LARCH IN. BOTH HAVE TRAVELED TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION VIA
4:23:25
SPACE SHUTTLES AND SOYUZ. ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT WILLIAM’S ROLE AS PILOT MARKS THE FIRST
4:23:32
TIME A WOMANS A CREWED THE FLIGHT TEST OF ORBITAL SPACECRAFT. >> JUSTS A FEW SECONDS AGO YOU
4:23:39
HEARD CAPCOM JOSHUA CALLING UP TO BUTCH AND SUNI.
4:23:45
>> WITH THE EXPECTED TIME STAR LUNIER WILL SEPARATE AT ABOUT
4:23:51
14 MINUTES 52 INTO FLIGHT. JUST UNDER TWO. TWO MI MINUTES FROM NOW OR
4:23:57
ONE MINUTE FROM NOW.
4:24:03
>> THAT IS ACTUALLY THE LAST MAJOR MILE TONE FOR STAR LUNAR’S ASCENT WE NEED FOR
4:24:09
STARLINER TO BE FLYING ON ITS OWN BEFORE HEADING TO THE INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT STATION.
4:24:15
THERE IS A LIGHT PAUSE HERE AS THEY DO ATTITUDE CELL AND GET TO THE RIGHT ORIENTATION TO SEND ON THE WHICH AND JETTISON
4:24:22
AND MOVE TO THE RIGHT ORIENTATION FOR THE ORBITAL INSERTION BURN WHICH WILL COME
4:24:28
ABOUT 31 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT.
4:25:03
>> AND TEN SECONDS UNTIL EXPECTED LAUNCH VEHICLE SEPARATION.
4:25:32
>> LD STEPS CONFIRMED.
4:25:42
NOW STAM ARE STAR LUNIER HAS SEPARATED FROM THE UPPER STAGE WE HAVE A BIG THANK YOU TO THE PARTNERS THAT ARE PROVIDING A
4:25:50
SMOOTH RIDE TO SPACE. MEGAN: THAT IS NOT THE END OF
4:25:56
TODAY’S ORBIT ACTIVITY THOUGH. THE TEAM WILL NOW BE BET ARE GEEING READY FOR THE ORBITAL INSERTION BURN WHICH COMES 31
4:26:02
MINUTES AFTER FLIGHTS SO STILL 15 MINMENS A WAY NOW.
4:26:13
THEY WILL GET THE STARLINER READY FOR THAT. THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE — THAT WILL BE THE FIRST IN A SERIES
4:26:19
OF BURNS THAT WILL SET STAR LINE OWNER THE WHICH TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
4:26:27
THE STARLINER ON ITS WAY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
4:26:56
>> ONCE AGAIN, STARLINER WE’RES A ROW GNATS BUTCH WILMORE AND SUNI WILLIAMS ONBOARD LAUNCHED FROM FLORIDA TO CAPE CANAVERAL
4:27:04
SPACE FORCE STATION LAUNCHPAD 41 AT 6:52 A.M. CENTRAL.
4:27:11
10:50 A.M. EASTERN TODAY AND NOW MADE IT TO ORBIT.
4:27:38
>> WITH THE GOOD CALL FOR THE SCHEDULE BEING GOOD, MEANS THAT WE GOT GOOD COMMUNICATIONS WITH
4:27:46
THE GROUND. TIDRIS HE IS THE TRACKING RELAY DATA SITES THAT STARLINER USES AS YOU TALK TO THE GROND AND
4:27:53
THE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS ON THE GROUND ARE SEEING THE DYNAMIC.
4:27:59
>> GO AHEAD. >> YEAH. IF YOU CAN REPLAY A MESSAGE IF
4:28:05
YOU WOULD LIKE. >> WE ARE ALL LISTENING, GO
4:28:11
AHEAD. >> YEAH. A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY FOR A LONG TIME, LIKE NOW, IT IS
4:28:17
OFFICIAL. WE WANT TO WELCOME THEM TO HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT.
4:28:25
>> COPY ALL. WE APPRECIATE THE WORDS.
4:28:42
>> COPY. WE ARE WITH YOU INSERTION
4:28:47
MONITOR. >> TO THE CREW HAVE THEIR TABLETS OUT SO NONGER USING THE
4:28:55
PAPER PROCEDURES, NOW THAT THE VEHICLE HAS STOPPED MOVING SO
4:29:01
QUICKLY.
4:29:11
SO A HANDFUL OF THINGS THAT THE CREW IS GOING TO DO NOW AND MOSTLY JUST PREPARE THE INSIDE
4:29:17
OF THE COCKPIT SO THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE RIGHT DATA TO PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING
4:29:22
ORBITAL INSERTION BURN. THE VEHICLE ITSELF HAS DONE A FEW IN THE ARE THINGS RECENTLY STARTED TO POWER ON THE SOLAR
4:29:29
ARRAYS ON THE BACK OF STARLINER AND TURNING OFF SEVERAL OF THE
4:29:35
THRUSTERS THAT ARE NO LONGER NEEDED AT THIS PHASE OF FLIGHT.
4:29:50
STARLINER IS GOING TO START TO ORIENT ITSELF IN THE DIRECTION
4:29:56
IT NEEDS TO DO THE ORBITAL INSERTION BURN AND THE CREW INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WILL BE
4:30:02
TURNING THE WIRELESS ACCESS POINT ON AND ALLOW THEM TO TRAM THE DATA TAT FROM THE PACE
4:30:08
CRAFT ON TO THE PROCEDURE TABLETS.
4:30:20
BACKUP CONTROL SWITCHES ON AND OFF. SMRCS.
4:30:28
>> WE COPY OFF. ENABLE ONE IS ON. ENABLE TWO IS ON. YOU ARE IN A GOOD CONFIG.
4:30:46
>> GOOD CONFIG. >> TARGETS ARE ONBOARD AND GOOD.
4:31:39
>> THINGS HAVE BEEN QUIET AS STARLINER GETS INTO POSITION FOR THE ORBITAL INSERTION BURN,
4:31:44
THAT IS STILL ABOUT TEN MINUTES AWAY. STARLINER IS ACTUALLY DESIGNED TO BE PRETTY AUTONOMOUS AND
4:31:51
DOCKED WITH THE SPACE STATION ON THE LAST TRIP WITHOUT THE HELP OF ANY CREW ONBOARD H WE WANT TO KNOW IF NEEDED BUTCH
4:31:57
WILLIAM AND SUNI WILLIAMS COULD TAKE CONTROL IF THEY NEEDED TO. SO TO PROVE THAT, ONE OF THE FEW
4:32:04
TOONINGS ON THE AGENDA AFTER THEY REACH ORBIT WILL BE TO PERFORM A TEST OF THE MANUAL
4:32:11
PILOTING MODE.
4:32:23
>> THIS TEST WILL INVOLVE FIRST POINTING STARLINER TOWARD THE EARTH SO ITS COME HUN KISSING
4:32:28
AND TEN INON THE BACK OF THE SERVICE MODULE IS POINTED AT THE SATELLITES THAT ALLOW IT TO
4:32:34
COMMUNICATE WITH A TEAM ON THE GROUND AND THEN MOVE STARLINER SO SOLAR ARRAYS ARE POINTED AT THE SUN SHOWING THEY CAN CHARGE
4:32:41
STARLINER’S ETERNAL BATTERIES AS NEEDED THEN FOLLOW THAT UP WITH A DEMONSTRATION, DEMONSTRATION OF THE STAR
4:32:47
TREKKERS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT STARLINER DETERMINES WHERE IT IS IN SPACE POINTING STARLINER AWAY FROM EARTH SO THAT THE
4:32:53
SYSTEM, THE SYSTEM CAN GET A GOING TO BE A ARE GOOD LOOK AT THE STAR THIS THE NEXT STEP FOR THE CREW TO MANUALLY SPEED
4:32:59
STARLINER UP AND SLOW BACK DOWN WHICH WILL RAISE AND LOW ARE THE EARTH ARE ORBIT TO PROVE
4:33:05
THEY CAN MANLY BRK AWAY THAT THE SPACE STATION IS IN. THEY CAN MOVE TO THE LAST ITEMS
4:33:10
OF THE TEST.
4:33:30
>> OK, GREAT. >> STANDBY.
4:33:35
>> JOSH CALLING UP THAT THE CREW GETTING TO IGNORE SOME ALARMS THEY ARE SEEING ON THE
4:33:42
TEMPERATURES INSIDE STARLINER, THAT IS JUST RESULT OF ONE OF THE SENSORS BEING NEXT TO A
4:33:47
LIGHT THAT IS CAUSING IT TO SHOW HIGHER THAN IT IS. THE CREW ARE COMFORTABLE AND THEN GETTING INTO PLACE FOR
4:33:53
THAT ORBITAL INSERTION. AS I WAS SAYING AFTER THEY MANLY
4:33:59
BROKEN AWAY FROM THE ORBIT OR PROVEN THEY CAN MANLY BREAK AWAY FROM ORBIT THEY ARING TO
4:34:04
MOVE TO THE LAST ITEMS OF THEIR TEST FOR TONIGHT AND THAT IS MANLY MOVING STARLINER TO THE
4:34:10
RIGHT ORIENTATION FOR REENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE THEN MOVING BACKING TO THE ATTITUDE THAT WILL LET THEM SOAK UP SOME
4:34:16
SUN WITH THE SOLAR ARRAYS THEN TRY DIFFERENT MELT ODD OF MANUALLY CHARGING THE
4:34:21
SPACECRAFT’S BATTERIES IN. BUZZ AGAIN, ONCE THAT ALL HAS TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE ORBITAL
4:34:26
INSERTION BURN. THE FIRST OF SEVERAL BURNS THAT WILL PUT STAR LUNIER ON ITS WAY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
4:34:32
STATION. WE STILL GOT ABOUT SIX AND A HALF MINUTES UNTIL WE FIRE UP THE ENGINES FOR THAT BURN.
4:34:52
>> STARLINER, WE DID NOT SEE THE HAND CONTROLLER. I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU DID THAT YET.
4:35:02
>> ALL GOOD.
4:36:27
>> TEAM ON THE GROUND SAYING EVERYTHING IS IN THE RIGHT CONFIGURATION FOR THE ORBITAL
4:36:32
BURN THAT HE IS NOW LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES AWAY. STAR LUNE HR IS ABOVE THE
4:36:37
MEDITERRANEAN SEA HEADING SOUTHEAST OVER INDIA IN THE
4:36:43
NEXT FEW MINUTES.
4:36:50
>> GOOD CONFIG FOR THE BURN. GOOD CONFIG.
4:37:00
>> AND GOOD CONFIG FROM THE BURN.
4:37:05
CREW IN GROUND CONTROL IS NOTING THE STARLINER IS POINTED IN THE DIRECTION, IT NEEDS TO FOR THE
4:37:11
BURN. >> SHOULD ALSO BE ABOUT THE TIME THAT THE CREW ARE USING THEIR
4:37:20
PROCEDURES, ALSO CHARGING THEM, KEEPING THEM POPPED UP FOR THE REST OF THE RENDEZVOUS.
4:37:29
WE UNFORTUNATELY WON’T HAVE A FEW OF WILLIAMS AND WILMORE AS THEY WORK THROUGH THIS PROCEDURE.
4:37:35
ALTHOUGH WE WE HAD A VIEW OF THEM FROM INSIDE OF THE CABIN ON THE GROUND THEY STARLINER WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEN THE
4:37:41
VIEW UNTIL IT GETSES TO THE ISS. YOU WILL BE SEEING THIS SCREEN QUITE A BIT AS STARLINER WAS
4:37:47
GETTING INTO THE RIGHT POSITION FOR THE BURN AND ACTUALLY JUST NOW, YOU CAN SEE AM THE ENGINE FIRINGS THAT HAVE STEERED AND
4:37:54
MOVED AROUND IN SPACE AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE WHAT ALTITUDE IT IS IN AND ANY GIVEN TIME, LOTS
4:38:00
OF GOOD INFORMATION ON THIS SCREEN. >> A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION
4:38:06
ACTUALLY DIRECTLY MIMICS THE VIEWS THAT THE CREW IS SEEING
4:38:12
ESPECIALLY IN THE WITHIN IN THE UPPER LEFT HAN PANEL THAT IS EXACT COPY OF THE DISPLAY THE CREW IS USING FOR THEIR
4:38:19
ATTITUDE DIRECTIONAL INDICATOR AND ALSO COVERS WHAT MODE THE TRANSITIONAL HAN CONTROL AND
4:38:25
THE FRANCE LATING POINTING IS ON THE LEFT SIDE, ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THE POINTING GUIDANCE, WHICH TELLS THE STARLINER AND
4:38:34
AUTO MATER MODE WHICH DIRECTION TO POINT OR IN MANUAL MODE, WHICH DIRECTION THE CREW NEEDS
4:38:39
TO MOVE THE VEHICLE LOOK WE ARE GOING TO DONE THE MACHINUAL PILOTING MANEUVERS OF?
4:38:48
FOLLOWING BACK UP ON THE CAMERA CONVERSATION THERE IS A MUSTANG SYSTEM WE SHOULD SEE ON OUR PCM
4:38:55
ONE MISSION WILL INCLUDE LIVE FEEDS FROM INSIDE OF THE COCKPIT. >> THE MUSTANG SYSTEMS THE
4:39:01
CAMERAS WITH PRESEING VIEWS FROM EARLIER.
4:39:07
THIS IS HANDFUL OF CAMERAS EN SIDE OF THE STARLINER WE SEE THE ONE BENEATH BUTCH AND SUNI
4:39:12
THAT IS GIVEN THE BET ARE VIEWS WITHOUT BEING DIRECTLY THE PACE WHILE INSIDE OF THE COCKPIT
4:39:18
DURING PRELAUNCH, BUT ONCE THEY ARE IN ORBIT, THEY HAVE GO CONTINUE UNDER THE SEATS A LITTLE BIT, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
4:39:32
>> AS YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD, CONTINUING HEAR REGULAR AUDIO
4:39:37
UPDATE INTERESTS THE CREW. EVERYTHING GOING WELL NOW THAT STARLINER IS JUST UNDER 90
4:39:43
MINUTES INTO TODAY’S FLIGHT. WE GUILTY A MINUTE AND A HALF LEFT TO FO TO THE ORBITAL INSERTION BURN THAT WILL BE
4:39:49
KIND OF THE FINAL END CAP REALLY TO TODAY’S ASCENT AND,
4:39:55
AND WHICH AGAIN, TOOK PLACE 10:52 A.M. EASTERN AND WHEN
4:40:01
BUTCH WILMER AND SUNI WILLIAMS LAUNCHED INSIDE OF THE FIRST STARLINER TO CARRY CREWMEMBERS
4:40:07
ONBOARD FROM CAPE CANAVERAL AND SPACE FORCE STATION AND LAUNCHPAD 41.
4:40:18
NOW WE ARE AGAIN WAITING FOR THE FIRST OF SERIES OF BURNS THAT WILL SET STAR LINE OWNER THE WAY TO RENDEZVOUS WITH THE
4:40:25
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION THAT IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE AT 12:15 P.M. EASTERN.
4:40:31
1:15 A.M. CENTRAL TOMORROW.
4:40:41
>> WE ARE COMING UP ON 40 SECONDS TO THE ORBITAL INSERTION BURN. THIS BURN IS GOING TO TAKE
4:40:47
STARLINER OUT OF THE LIGHTLY SUBORBITAL TRAJECTORY AND PUSH IT UP TO AN ALTITUDE ISS FOR A
4:41:03
RENDEZVOUS LATER TOMORROW. >> 15 SECONDS TO LEFT TO FO.
4:41:09
ONCE AGAINST YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE ENGINES FIRING ON THIS DIGITAL SCREEN HERE, THAT SHOW
4:41:14
WHEN THE BURN HAS STARTED.
4:41:21
>> TWO SECONDS.
4:41:34
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS HERE IN HOUSTON SEE GOOD BURN.
4:42:25
BURN. >> AND WITH THAT CALL UP, BOTH
4:42:33
CREW AND FLIGHT CONTROLLERS AGREEING THAT THAT WAS GOOD OI BURN. I AM LOOKING AT THE TRAJECTORY
4:42:38
HERE IN MISSION CONTROL. I SEE ZERO TRAJECTORY. POINTING US DIRECTLY UP TO THE
4:42:45
ALTITUDE WE NEED TO TWO TO FOR THE NEXT BURN.
4:42:52
RIGHT NOW STARLINER IS MOVING INTO THE MODE OR ATTITUDE. THAT IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST OF
4:42:58
SEVERAL POSITIONS THAT STARLINER DIRECTIONS THAT STARLINER POINTS ITSELF TO TO
4:43:03
TRACK SOME OF THE STAR INTERESTS THE STARLINER AND UPDATE THE POSITION INSIDE OF
4:43:10
THE POSITION ORIENTATION OF STARLINER INSIDE OF THE GUIDANCE AND A HALF IS GOING AND CONTROL ALGORITHMS.
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>> OF COURSE, YOU ARE SEEING LOTS OF HAPPY FACES AND CHEERS HERE IN FLORIDA.
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EVERYBODY GLAD TO SEE STARLINER SAFELY IN ORBIT WITH BUTCH WELL MER AND SUNI WILLIAMS IN TOW
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SENTING IT ON THE WAY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR K DOING TOMORROW AT 12:15 P.M.
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EASTERN TIME. ONCE AGAIN, THE STARLINER SAFELY ON ORBIT HAS CONDUCTED A GOOD ORBITAL INSERTION BURN IS ON
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ITS WAY.
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STAR LUNIER HOUSTON. >> GO AHEAD.
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YOU DO HAVE GOOD CONFIG. WE ARE WATCHING IT AS THE WATER USAGE IS A LITTLE MORE THAN WE
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THOUGHT WE WOULD SEE. YOU PROBABLY NOTICED THAT. IT IS REASON FOR THE ADVISORY
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THERE. FROM THE GROUND, WE SLOP YOU OVER TO THE OTHER SO WE WILL
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CLOSE SEVERAL LEG ONE AND WAIT FOR 60 SECONDS THEN OPEN UP. YOU WILL SEE US DO THAT AND NO
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IMPACT OR ACTION. >> OK.
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WE COP IF I. WE WILL BE WATCHING THINGS. >> WE COPY.
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JOSHUA GIVING THE CREW SOME WORDS ABOUT INFORMATION THEY ARE SEEING ON ORBIT THAT IS
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RELATED TO SEVERAL METERS WHICH ARE USED TO COOL THE SPACECRAFT DOWN, BUT JUST LETTING THEM
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KNOW THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY NEED TO BE CONCERNED. THE TEAM WILL KEEP WATCHING
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THAT. MEANTIME, AS STARLINER BEGINS MAKING THE WAY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, WE WILL CHECK IN WITH ROB NAVIAS
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IN THE INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM. ROB? ROB: YES, THANKS VERY MUCH, BRANDI. WITH STARLINER EN ROUTE TO THE
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STATION, THE WORK NOW JUST BEGAN FOR WILL MORE AND WILLIAMS. FIRSTP, A IMPORTANT RENDEZVOUS
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BURN CALLED THE NC BURN WHICH WILL ADJUST STARLINER’S ALTITUDE RELATIVE TO THE STATION AND BEGIN TO REEVEN IF
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THE PATH TO THE ORBITAL LABORATORY. FLIGHT DYNAMICS WILL BE
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ACCESSING THE ACCURACY OF THE INITIAL TRAJECTORY AND WILL UPDATE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT
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TRAJECTORY FOR SUBSEQUENT MANEUVERS TO BE CONDUCTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS NOW WE ARE
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EXPECTING TO HAR THE FIRST OF THREE AUDIO REPORTS DURING THE CREW ON HOW THE RIDE UPHILL WAS
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BEFORE THEY MOVE INTO WHAT ARE CALLED DEM STRAYINGS OF THE VEHICLE. THAT WILL INCLUDE MANUAL
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PILOTING TASKS AND A MANUAL TRANSLATION CONTROL TEST THAT
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WILL PROVE STARLINER’S ABILITY TO EXECUTE A MANUAL DOCKING IF REQUIRED AS WELL AS ABORT
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CAPABILITY PRIOR TO DOCKING. KEEP IN MIND WHERE WE ARE PROVIDING CONTINUOUS COVERAGE NOW OF STAR LINE ARE EAR PLIGHT
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TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. ON THURSDAY MORNING RENDEZVOUS OPERATIONS WILL BEGIN IN ERNEST
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SHORTLY BEFORE 10:00 A.M. EASTERN TIME AND LEADING TO A TARGETED DOCKING FOR STARLINER TO THE STATION AT 12:15 P.M.
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EASTERN TIME. SO PLEASE STAY WITH US AROUND THE CLOCK AS WE BRING YOU EVERY MINUTE OF STARLINER’S FLIGHT.
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FOR NOW WE ARE GOING TO SIGN OFF FROM THE FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM HERE IN HOUSTON AND GO BACK TO
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MEGAN, DEE AND MIKE FINK AT THE CAPE. MEGAN: WELCOME BACKING TO THE
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SPACE COAST OF FLORIDA WHERE 36 MINUTES AGO WE WITNESSED THE LAUNCH OF UNITED ATLAS V ROCKET
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CARRYING THE FIRST TWO ASTRONAUTS NASA’S BUTCH WILMORE AND SUNI WILLIAMS IN SIDE OF
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STARLINER CAPSULE TOLL THE INTERNATIONAL PEACE STATION. THE FIRST TIME EVER STARLINER NOW IN THE RIGHT ORBIT TO
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RENDEZVOUS WITH THE SPACE STATION IN JUST OVER 25 HOURS. HOW ARE YOU FEELING? HOW WAS IT TO WATCH LAUNCH OVER
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THE WATER BEHIND US HERE? DEE: I MEAN, THIS IS EXTREMELY EXCITING OBVIOUSLY A LONG TIME
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COMING AND CULMINATION OF SO MUCH MARD WORK BY SO MAN THINK TEAMS AND WE ARE GOING TO BE
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HAPPIER WHEN WE SEE STARLINER DOCK AND THE HATCH OPEN THEN WE WATCH SUNI AND BUTCH FLOAT TOT
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THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. J ABSOLUTELY. MIKE: WELL, SAID, DEE. THIS IS EXCITING WE BUILT UP TO
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THIS MOMENT FOR YEARS AND YEARS. IT FIND LIE HAPPENED. GOT TO SEE STARLINER LAUNCH WITH
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MY FRIENDS ONBOARD. HOW COOL IS THAT. I COULD FEEL THE WHOLE PLANET WAS CHEERING TO THEM. MEGAN: YEAH.
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IT WATTS REALLY NICE TO SEE IT HAPPEN. THIS WERE A LOT OF EMOTIONS HERE AT THE HOST DESK AMONG THE THREE OF US AS WELL Z THE CREW
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SUPPORTING US HERE ON THE HOST DESK AND HISTORY MAKING LAUNCH. SUNI AGAIN, THE FIRST WOMAN TO
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TEST ORBITAL SPATES CRAFT. THAT IS AMAZING THEM THEN AGAIN, THE LAST TIME PEOPLE FLEW TO SPACE IN ATLAS CLASS ROCKET 61
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YEARS AGO AS THIS FINAL TEST OF CERTIFY STARLINER AND THEN ONCE IN ORBIT THE FIRST TIME IN NASA
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HISTORY THAT THE AGENCY WILL HAVE THREE DIFFERENT CREW SPACECRAFT OPERATING THE SPACE
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SIMULTANEOUSLY AND THAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SPACEX’S CREW DRAGON AND AGAIN,
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ONCE BOEING STARLINER’S SPACECRAFT GETS THERE BOEING STARLINER SPACECRAFT SO A LOT TO CELEBRATE. IT IS AMAZING.
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YOU KNOW, MIKE I HAVE BEEN PART OF STAR LINE EAR JOURNEY FROM BEGINNING WORKING ALONGSIDE
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BUTCH AND SUNI AND TEAMS ACROSS BOEING NASA ULA. TALK TO US HOW DOES IT FEEL TO
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SEE THIS ROCKET? >> I WAS SO IMPRESSED AL THE WAY THROUGH THE LAUNCH COUNTDOWN AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH ORBITAL
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INSERTION PART AND EVERYTHING WAS LOOK THE FINAL SIMULATION EXERCISE TO GIVE US BACK AT
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JOHNSON SPACE CENTER WHERE THEY JUST GIVE US EVERYTHING NOMINAL. THERE WE ARE. EVERYTHING WAS FINE. NO HICCUPS.
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NO DRAMA. NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. AND SO, I WAS HAPPY WITH BUTCH AND SUNI AND FOR BUTCH AND SUNI
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AND HAPPY WITH THE WHOLE TEAM AS BUTCH SAID, THANK YOU TO THE UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE FOR A
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GREAT RIDE UP AND WELCOMED THEM TO THE CLUB OF ROCKET COMPANIES
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THAT CAN SEND HUMANS TO SPACE. NOW WE JUST GOT TO GET TO SPACE STATION AND 24ISH HOURS.
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>> LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE THERE.
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MEGAN: WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR CAN HE QUESTIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT. WHY DON’T WE PULL UP ONE
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QUESTION NOW. THIS IS FROM RAMONE. WHATS THE FAVORITE PART OF BEING ASTRONAUT, MIKE? IS IT DAYS LIKE THIS.
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MIKE. DAYS LIKE THIS. VERY MUCH GLAD TO BE ASTRONAUT ON THIS DAY. I THINK BUMP AND SUNI MAY BE A
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LITTLE BIT HAPPIER THAN ME TO BE ASTRONAUT TODAY. BUT THIS IS, THIS IS DEFINITELY
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A PRET TA. IF YOU ARE NOT ON THE ROCKET YOURSELF, HELPING THE FRIENDS IS A GREAT WAY TO BE ASTRONAUT.
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MEGAN: SO MIKE, TALK TO US ABOUT THIS IS AGAIN A CREWED FLIGHT TEST CERTIFICATION IS WHAT IS
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NEXT FOR STARLINER. WHAT IS THE PROCESS TO GET US TO YOUR FLIGHT NEXT YEAR?
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>> WELL, FIRST, BUTCH AND SUNI THEY GOT TO ORBIT. THAT IS STEP ONE. NOW THEY NOT TO GET TO THE SPACE STATION AND COMPLETE THEIR
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FLIGHT TEST OB YEARTIVES. ONCE THEY LAND SAFE LISTEN THE DESERT SOMEWHERE WITH THE AIRBAGS AND WE WILL, WE WILL
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ANALYZE, YOU KNOW, THE BOEING TEAM WILL ANALYZE THE FLIGHT TEST DATA SO HE A IF ANY
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CHANGES OR THINGS COULD BE IMPROVED AND MADE THEN WE’LL GET READY FOR US AT THE POST
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CERTIFICATION MISSION NUMBER ONE THAT WE CALL STARLINER ONE. I THINK DRAGON HAD A SIMILAR ONE AND CALLED THEMSELVES CREW ONE.
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WE ARE STARLINER ONE AND READY TO FLY WHEN THE SPACECRAFT IS. WHERE RIGHT. AND SO OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS STILL A LOT ON THE ROAD FOR
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STARLINER, BUT WHEN YOU DO FLY NEXT YEAR ON STARLINER ONE, MIKE, I KNOW THERE IS A BUNCH OF PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE VERY
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EXCITED FOR YOU. SO MUCH SO THEY CREATED THIS SHIRT.
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MIKE’S FAN CLUB. HE IS HIDING, GUYS. HE IS HIDING BEHIND THE COMPUTER NOW. >> I AM DEEPLY, DEEPLY HUMBLED.
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THANK YOU. MEGAN: YES. YES. YOU KNOW, IT JUST GOES TO SHOW SO MANY PEOPLE ARE INVESTED IN
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BOEING AND NASA AND ULA WORKING TOWING ON THE STARLINER PROGRAM. SO WE CELEBRATED TOGETHER WITH THE CREWED FLIGHT TEST TODAY
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AND THEN LAUNCH AND THEN AGAIN WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE OF THE MISSIONS TO GO AND CAN’T WAIT
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FOR YOUR FLIGHTED FOR STARLINER ONE. ALL RIGHT. WELL AGAIN. MIKE: THANK YOU VERY. MEGAN: THANK YOU AGAIN TO
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EVERYONE WHO SUBMITTED QUESTIONS LOG TO THE PRUDE COST AND HELPED CONTRIBUTE AND MIKE REALLY GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE
4:51:55
MACERRING THIS HAS TOIC LAUNCH WITH US. MIKE: YOU GUYS ARE BOTH ARE EXTREMELY PROFESSIONALS AS WELL
4:52:01
AS OUR PRODUCTION TEAM AND THE PAO TEAM THAT IS UP RIGHT UP THE HILL FROM US.
4:52:07
GREAT JOB, EVEREVERYONE. DEE: ABSOLUTELY. TODAY’S LIFTEDOFF COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT MANY TEAMS
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ACROSS THE COUNTRY SUPPORTING THIS LAUNCH WHICH IS OF COURSE THE FIRST OF MANY CRITICAL MILESTONES FOR THE FLIGHT TEST.
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MEGAN: YEAH. RIGHT. DE, OUR COVERAGE TONIGHT OR TODAY WON’T END HERE FIRST UP WE HAVE A POST LAUNCH
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CONFERENCE AT 12:00 30:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME HERE ON NASA TV FOLLOWED CONTINUOUS COVERAGE OF
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THE RAN SIT TO THE INTERNATIONAL SURFACE STATION. STARLINER ON COURSE TO DOCK AT THE STATION IN OVER 25 HOURS
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FROM NOW THEN THE ISS CREW WILL WELCOME THEM ONBOARD AGAIN WE WILL TAKE ALL OF THAT LIVE ON
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NASA TV, NASA PLUS AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. THE JOURNEY WILL PROVIDE THE DATA NEEDED TO BRING BOEING
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CLOSER TO HAVING THE CONTINUOUS COVERAGE OF CARRYING ASTRONAUTS TO AND FROM THE SPACE STATION. MEGAN: THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY
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OPPORTUNITY TO PULP THE KQ CODE. IT WILL TAKE TO YOU GO.NASA.
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GOV WHERE YOU WILL FIND EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THIS CREW FLIGHT TEST AND ALSO MASS’S COMMERCIAL, CREW
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PROGRAM WHICH IS WHY WOE ARE FLYING TODAY. DEE: MIKE, ITS A BEEN GREAT TO YOU HAVE WITH USMENT. YOUR IN SIGHT TODAY WAS
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IMPORTANT AND INVALUABLE. MIKE: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE BOEING COMPANY SHOULD GET A
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BIG PAT ON THE BACK TODAY FOR A JOB WELL DONE SO FAR. RADIO YES AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO UL A THE TEAM.
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THANKS, DEE. THANKS, MIKE. WE APPRECIATE THE TIME HERE ON THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH BROADCAST OF MASS’S BOEING CREWED FLIGHT
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TEST. THAT IS GOING TO DO IT FOR US HERE ON THE SPACE COAST OF FLORIDA FROM BOEING NASA,
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THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING OFFICIAL BROADCAST OF THE HIS TO TICK FLIGHT TEST AND LEAVE YOU NOW WITH A REPLAY OF
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LAUNCH. HAVE A SPECTACULAR DAY.
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>> COMMANDER BUTCH WILMORE AND BY LOT SUNI WILLIAMS WALKING TO ELEVATOR AT THE END OF THE HALLWAY.
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CFT CREW TAKING THE FIRST STEPS OUTSIDE. NOW EN ROUTE TO LAUNCHPAD 41.
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>> CREW TRANSPORT VEHICLE ENTERED THE PAD. BUTCH AND SUNI ARRIVING ON LEVEL 16.
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LAST LOOK AT PLANET EARTH FOR AWHILE AND SAYING HI TO US. HI, SUNI. >> BUTCH GETTING IN THERE.
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>> STRAPPED INTO THEIR SEATS HERE. >> HATCH CLOSURE COMPLETE.
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>> ROGER. >> 3, 2, 1. >> IGNITION.
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>> LITTLEOFF OF STARLINER AT LASS 5 CARRYING TWO AMERICAN HEROS.