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The Artemis-2 mission is a test mission of the Orion Space Capsule.

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Artemis 2 will be the first time we put humans on this rocket.

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We're going back to the moon because it's the next step in our journey to Mars.

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We were always going to the moon.

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Pushing ourselves to explore is just a part of who we are. It's a part of being a human.

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And lift off!

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We shall return.

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Continuing to test out every bit of Orion.

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Coming back to Earth, 7 miles per second.

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Humanity sets big goals.

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We can bring together genius from around the world.

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You have the best people on planet Earth putting this vehicle together.

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To innovate for the benefit of humanity and to inspire the world to discover.

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And here we go.

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19th, 1972, 225 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

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The Command Module America splashes down in the Pacific with Gene Cernan, Ron Evans and

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Jack Schmidderboard as the Apollo 17 mission came to an end along with humanity's first

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series of expeditions to the Moon.

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Today at this hour, you are looking live at our planet

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from the integrity spacecraft heading for a splashdown

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in the Pacific off the coast of San Diego,

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just one hour and 35 minutes from now,

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and good day from the Artemis Flight Control Room here

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at the Johnson Space Center in Houston,

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where the entry flight control team is on duty at this hour,

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led by flight director Rick Henfling,

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joined on console with a voice you'll hear talking

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to the crew throughout the course of the day.

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That is Jackie Mahaffey, second from your left.

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Everything has gone extremely well as we are closing in

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on the return of Artemis' astronauts

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from their flight around the moon

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and historic lunar flyby that will culminate

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with that splash down in the Pacific

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off the coast of San Diego,

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just one hour and 35 minutes from now.

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And with that, that's a good entry pad

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and we can continue in the procedure.

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Integrity.

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You're looking at a live view inside Integrity, Reed Wiseman on the left doing a fist bump

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with pilot Victor Glover on the right and down in the mid-deck area just below their feed,

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suited up in their launch and entry suits are mission specialists Christina Cook

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and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency.

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A number of milestones yet to unfold before splashdown just over an hour and a half

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from now. Earlier today the crew woke up at about 10.35 a.m. central time. They completed the final

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major maneuver of the flight, that being the return trajectory correction three burn. It was an

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eight second burn that fine-tuned its trajectory to enter a corridor over the Pacific Ocean a

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short time from now. That will be the point of entry interface where the crew will reach the

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the first traces of Earth's atmosphere at an altitude of 400,000 feet.

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The crew moved into its entry checklist just after 4 p.m. central time,

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suited up in those launch and entry suits, conducted leak checks,

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and now are in the final stages of their entry checklist.

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Instruction 115 of entry checklist, that's on separation ATP is go.

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You've been copies.

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The next major milestone on the route home.

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They're fully zipped and they're working on EBS and then speeding up.

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We copy, thanks for the status.

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Jackie Mahaffey talking to Reed Wiseman aboard integrity.

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The spacecraft now about 12,000 nautical miles from the Earth's surface.

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The next major milestone on tap for the crew will be the crew, the handover

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of communications from the deep space network to the tracking

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and data relay satellite system, the deep space network came

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into play after the trans-lunar injection burn back

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on April 2nd that propelled integrity toward its lunar flyby

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will be back on the TDRS network here in about 41 minutes.

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Following that, the next activity will be the pyrotechnic

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separation of the crew module

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from the European service module that is scheduled

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at 633 p.m. central time followed four minutes later

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by one final critical maneuver that will be a 19 second burn

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of integrity's thrusters

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in what is called the crew module raise burn.

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Now what that does is it basically acts if you were sitting

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in a reclining chair you'd basically tilt yourself back.

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It raises the aft end of integrity ever so slightly

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and that is the final opportunity for us to fine tune the angle

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of attack of integrity through the area of peak heating

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and entry interface that will come a bit later

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on about an hour and 18 minutes from now.

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So after the raise burn, we will be in the final orientation

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that will minimize any peak heating on the heat shield

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of integrity and prior to the time the crew enters

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the Earth's atmosphere at an altitude of 400,000 feet.

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Entry interface, this is the critical time

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where the crew will reach the first traces

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of Earth's atmosphere at an altitude of 400,000 feet,

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traveling 34,882 feet per second.

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Just 24 seconds after entering the Earth's atmosphere,

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we will experience a communications blackout

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expected to last six minutes in duration.

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This is planned and it is caused by the interaction

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of the velocity of integrity with the friction

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of Earth's atmosphere.

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There will be a buildup of plasma around the vehicle

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and that ionization will prevent any communications

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with the crew and any receipt of data

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by flight controllers here in mission control.

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That blackout is scheduled to begin at 6.53

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and 54 seconds p.m. central time.

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Again, a six minute blackout that will end

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if all goes as planned at 6.59

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and 55 seconds p.m. central time.

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At that point, we expect to regain communications with the crew and a reacquisition of data

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through the tracking and data relay satellite system.

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We will have a series of roll maneuvers.

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These are computer commanded that will roll the vehicle slightly to the left, then back

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to the right that will bleed off excess energy as we begin our peak period of velocity.

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We expect to reach a maximum velocity of 24,661.21 miles per hour equivalent to about Mach 33,

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33 times the speed of sound shortly after we enter that blackout period.

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Once we exit the blackout period, of course, we're in the denser regions of the Earth's

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atmosphere and then we get set up for the parachute deployment sequence.

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First, the deployment of three forward bay cover shoots that will pull essentially

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the top forward bay cover off the very top of the integrity vehicle that will be followed

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by the deployment of drug suits and then the final deployment of a series of three main

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parachutes at 7.04 and 44 seconds p.m. central time.

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From that point on, it is about three minutes or so until splashdown, splashdown scheduled

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at 7, 07, and 8 seconds PM central time at the gentle speed

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of 19 miles an hour.

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So just to give you some perspective, at the time

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that we enter the Earth's atmosphere,

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we're traveling somewhere around Mach 32.

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We will splash down at a speed of about 19 miles an hour.

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The G-forces that we'll build

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on the crew members inside the integrity will build

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to about 3.9 Gs, that is what is expected and what they have trained for

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and what the spacecraft is designed to support.

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The latest weather forecast out on the recovery zone off the coast of San Diego is a go forecast

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from our meteorologists here at the Space Flight Meteorology Group at the Johnson Space

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Center. And standing by on the deck of the USS John Murtha is my colleague from the

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Kennedy Space Center, Megan Cruz. Megan?

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Welcome to the bow of the USS John Murtha.

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This is where we will report out live updates from the ship as NASA and the U.S. military

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work to recover our Artemis-2 astronauts in just about an hour and a half.

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How exciting.

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Now right now as you can see we are out in the Pacific Ocean.

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We are just west of San Diego.

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actually staged about six and a half miles away from where we expect Orion to

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splash down and then we will incrementally move closer so at the time of

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splashdown will be about five miles away and then we will move to 3.2 miles

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away at that point we'll pause make sure that all the debris that might be

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coming down with Orion because basically some parts of like the

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parachute system they're jettisoned off Orion during descent so we'll

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just want to make sure that those all land in the water and that we are

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safe to move even closer. So we will make sure that we can move a little closer and at that

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point we will move to a mile away from Orion. And at that point the ship will circle the capsule

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while NASA and Navy recovery forces work to get our astronauts out and we should have great views

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of the bow from here. But also we have a ton of cameras all around the ship. For example,

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we actually have some cameras right to the left of me here on the bow. These are very strong,

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stabilized cameras. We can really get up close to make sure that we are sharing all the images we

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have available to you. We also will have some views from above. We actually have five planes

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providing live views of splashdown today. In fact some of those aerial assets just took off

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from San Diego minutes ago. And then actually here on the flight deck you see four helicopters,

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the two in the back. Those will take off in about 30 minutes from now also with live

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cameras so again lots and lots of imagery that we hope to share with you today. And then those

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two helos in the front those two will pluck the crew out of the water and fly them back to our

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ship. Now the combined team here on the ship more than 550 people left San Diego four days ago

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and since then I've watched different teams train every day, train, rehearse, final prep

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so make sure that they're ready for today so to give us more of an update about how recovery

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is going on right now. Why don't we turn over to Paul here? Paul Serpinski. He is the Assistant

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Artemis Recovery Director. Great to have you here, Paul. Great to be here. Thanks. Absolutely.

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So you just left the landing forces operation center here on the ship. How are we looking for

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recovery? Right now it's looking great. When I left they were just about to get into

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weather briefing with the Michigan Central Center in Houston, but listening to the loops this

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morning and everything that's been going on. The reentry trajectory correction burn,

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Sorry, the return trajectory correction burn went great.

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They were right down the money, right on the money,

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right down the middle, where there should be coming back.

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Our forces here, our teams out in the water,

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our boats are launched or will be eminently.

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So yeah, it's just coming along great.

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Yeah, yeah.

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It's really nice to see we did see some of those boats

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float behind us.

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We were hoping to give you a live view,

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but of course they floated right out of the camera shot

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as you came to us.

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But so basically the team right now here on the ship,

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basically like monitoring mode,

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but really things will pick up

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about 15 minutes after splashdown.

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Yeah, so a couple minutes before splashdown,

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things start happening really, really fast.

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Some events during the re-entry,

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there may be a second or two apart

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and so it just takes a whole lot of effort

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and a lot of updates back and forth between us and Houston

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to keep track of everything that's happening

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all in real time.

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And then after splashdown,

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that's when the recovery team really kicks into high gear.

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We have our boat crews going out, our divers, doing hazardous assessments as they get progressively

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closer to the capsule, making sure it's safe for all of our people to go in.

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And it's also safe for the astronauts to come out, because really at the end of the day,

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that's what we're here for.

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We're going to make sure that the astronauts get home safe after their tremendous journey

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to the moon and back.

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But then also we have, like you mentioned a minute ago, all of our imagery helicopters

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are taking imagery, camera shots of it as it's coming in all the way through

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and it's flashed down. I think they'll see it as soon as across the horizon,

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all the way to the ocean here. And then afterwards we have to recover

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actually Orion to bring it into the wild deck of the ship?

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Absolutely, yeah. And so once the astronauts are safe on board, then

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those same dive teams are going to transition into securing the capsule.

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They'll position some equipment around it to kind of facilitate that.

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The ship will move into position, we'll attach a really big winch line to it and then a bunch of tending lines.

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We'll pull the capsule around behind the ship and then start to slowly bring it in.

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And then, yeah, Orion comes in, goes hard down and everyone cheers.

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Yeah, great day, exactly. Lots to coordinate, a lot to manage.

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Basically planning for this recovery, Artemis II Recovery started a month after Artemis I launched.

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That was the uncrewed test flight of the Space Launch System rocket as well as the Orion spacecraft.

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That was November 2022, a month later, all the planning for this.

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How does it feel to be so close to welcoming our friends or astronauts home?

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For the whole team, I walked around the ship this morning just kind of visiting with

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a lot of people, a lot of groups, and just kind of get the feel of them.

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And everyone has that same kind of mentality.

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Everyone's excited.

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Everyone's thrilled to see all that work that we've been doing.

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Like you said, for the last three years, since right after the last one came

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back until now.

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Some people even further back, some of them go back a decade or more.

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So everyone is just excited and they're ready.

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They're really ready for this.

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And just to be able to see our crew come back, that's going to be a thrill for everyone.

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How are you feeling?

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Are you ready?

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Is this something you ever thought you'd be doing?

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I'm ready.

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I'm excited.

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This has been the pinnacle of my career so far.

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It really has.

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I've seen a lot of firsts, a lot of lasts.

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But I can't think of ever topping seeing the first crew to go

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to the moon and back in 50 years and to be here

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and be a part of that.

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And it's just a tremendous privilege.

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And I'm on behalf of the whole team,

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I'm thrilled and so are all of us.

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We're ready.

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Yeah, I definitely think that those words really embody

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how everybody on the ship is feeling.

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So thank you so much, Paul.

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I appreciate you being here.

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And so, Rob, we'll toss it back to you again.

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We will continue to join you with live updates

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from the ship as much as possible.

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Thank you, Megan.

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Back here at the Johnson Space Center, the entry team

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of flight controllers looking over the shoulders of Reed Wiseman

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and Victor Glover there on the flight deck of Integrity.

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And again, just below their feet in the mid-deck area,

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if you will, Christina Cook and Jeremy Hansen

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of the Canadian Space Agency.

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They're in the final review of their entry procedures and all

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of the activities that we'll follow here very shortly

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in trip hammer fashion.

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We should note that after splashdown occurs the flight control team here

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in Houston will be monitoring the orientation of the integrity spacecraft.

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We are expecting it to splashdown upright in what is called the stable one configuration

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with the top of the spacecraft pointed upward.

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Stable two would indicate that it is upside down in the water.

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Regardless of the orientation, there will be five inflatable airbags called the CMOS system.

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That's the acronym for Crew Module Uprighting System.

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Here we are, suit dot complete.

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Houston copies.

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Reed Weiss been acknowledging that the final steps in suit downing are now complete for the crew.

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Leak checks have been completed earlier.

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The CMOS system, those five inflatable airbags,

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will be inflated with helium.

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Those airbags will ensure that the vehicle remains upright.

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While that activity is going on, the flight control team here

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will be checking the systems on integrity, also making sure

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that there's no leakage of toxic gas from the spacecraft.

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It should take about 15 minutes from splash down

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to the power down of all of the systems on integrity.

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And at that point, assuming everything is in a nominal fashion,

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then the green light will be given for the Navy recovery teams

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to begin to make their way closer to integrity to begin the erection

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of a large inflatable life raft called a front porch

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that will be buttressed up alongside the hatch way to the spacecraft.

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That life raft will be used to bring the crew members

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out of this vehicle once the hatch is open.

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One by one, they'll get their land legs back after nine days of weightlessness before they are put

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in harnesses to be hoisted one by one in sequential fashion

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and in alternating fashion so the two hovering Navy helicopters overhead.

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Use an integrity for a status.

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Go ahead.

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Seat 3 and 4 are connecting on vehicles.

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We're going to be stepping into leak check soon.

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One and two will be seated, three and four will be free float

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and we'll configure E-PROC accordingly.

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Do you think copy's all?

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Reed Wiseman, talking about the current procedures

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with the suiting of the crew members

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and subsequent leak checks, a final leak check

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for all four crew members.

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Everything is actually running a few minutes ahead of schedule.

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So once the life raft is inflated,

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next to the integrity spacecraft.

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And the recovery teams have arrived alongside of the vehicle.

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The hatch will be open and the crew members will be brought outside

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into that front porch as it is called one by one.

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They then will be hoisted into the hovering helos overhead.

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And those helos then will turn around once the four crew members are on board,

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two for each helicopter, and will head back to the ship.

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That should be about a 10 to 15 minute transit.

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Once the helicopters land on the deck of the USS John Murtha,

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the crew members will be exiting those helicopters

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and brought into medical bay on the deck,

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on the ship itself for comprehensive medical exams.

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They will spend a period of time yet to be determined

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on board the USS John Murtha before they are flown

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by helicopter to the shore in San Diego

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to the San Diego Naval Air Station, and ultimately,

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we'll board a NASA jet for the flight back

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to the Johnson Space Center here in Houston.

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Just to recap some of the key times that are coming up,

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we are expecting the separation of the crew module

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from the service module just 43 minutes from now.

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That is expected to occur at 633 p.m. central time,

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733 p.m. eastern time.

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That will be followed just four minutes later

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by the crew module raise burn, the use of integrity thrusters one final time

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in a 19 second burn to slightly tilt the vehicle up into the correct orientation or angle

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of attack to ensure that it enters the Earth's atmosphere at the right angle if you will.

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That will help deflect the buildup of heat against integrity's heat shield.

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This was a deliberate move, a change in the procedures

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from the Artemis-1 mission that resulted in unexpected Char loss

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on the Avco heat shield that had not been intended based

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on the entry trajectory for the Artemis-1 mission.

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What we're doing is we deliberately changed the

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trajectory of the entry from a skip entry

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that was about a 3,000 mile transit across the Pacific Ocean.

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We are expecting now from entry interface to the point of splashdown to have a range

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of just 1,701 nautical miles and that in of itself will reduce the exposure time

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of heating on the heat shield of the spacecraft.

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Once the raise burn is complete, then the stage is set for entry interface

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at 6.53 and 31 seconds PM central time.

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That means that integrity will be entering the Earth's atmosphere at an altitude of 400,000 feet,

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traveling at about 34,882 feet per second, heading for its splashdown site off the coast

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of San Diego, as you just heard from Megan Cruz on the deck of the USS John Murtha.

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Splashdown once again under those three main parachutes is expected

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at 7.07 and 8 seconds PM central time, 5.07 PM Pacific time,

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two and a half hours before sunset.

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The actual total distance traveled for integrity

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from launch to splashdown is estimated

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at 694,481 statute miles.

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Now that includes the first high elliptical earth orbit

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following launch that enabled integrity to move

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to 43,000 miles above the Earth at its apogee and enabling a 24-hour period of systems checkouts

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before the flight control team here and the mission management team gave approval for

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integrity to conduct its trans-lunar injection that propelled it on its way to the moon

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and its historic lunar flyby.

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So the total distance we expect this vehicle to have traveled at Splashdown 694,481

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statute miles.

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With everything proceeding on track and on time, aboard integrity, the vehicle systems

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in excellent shape as the earth grows larger in the field of view, let's go back to the

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USS John Murtha and Megan Cruz who is standing by.

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Hey, everyone, welcome back.

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Again, we are out in the Pacific Ocean,

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staged just about six and a half miles

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from where we expect Orion to splash down now

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in just over an hour.

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How exciting and the weather.

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Awesome conditions here.

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I know you see some wind around, blown around my hair,

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but really nothing to speak of

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when it comes to having to recover our astronauts

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as well as no waves here really.

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So yeah, we're expecting a really great day.

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Also hopefully some really great views you can see behind me

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that some of the clouds are starting to break up.

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So that's really exciting.

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And now of course the ship has a lot of people ready

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and excited to welcome our crew back home

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including Dr. Rick Schuring here.

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He is a NASA flight surgeon.

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Great to have you here, right?

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You too, Megan.

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It is a blessing to be out here this day with our teams.

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We've trained three years for this.

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nonstop with the US Navy and along with EGS and we so look forward to this day and

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you know just by God's grace everything's parting the skies and everything

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the crews doing great looking forward to come back and our teams are ready so

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this is one of those days you've dreamt about and now it's finally here and

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we're ready and just thankful to be a part of it. Yeah and you play a really

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integral role. When was the last time you spoke to the crew and how are

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they feeling in this last hour before it's washed out? Sure yeah so the

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When they splash down, they will have woken up about eight and a half hours ago.

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Me and my fellow crew surgeons, doctors Chris Haas and Rafi Khumjian from the Canadian Space

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Agency, spoke with them about six and a half hours ago just to double check on how they're

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doing, if there's any medical issues, how they slept, and then kind of go over their

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landing day protocol for their medications, for what we call a fluid load to try to

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replace some of the fluid and electrolytes that they've lost with just a normal space

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adaptation once they got to space they kind of have to re-replace some of that fluid to help them

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with the whole landing kind of re-aptation to 1g which they haven't done for the last 10 days

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and then just kind of let them know how things are going to play out you know out with the open

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water teams all the way until we finally get to the med deck so they were very pumped up very

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hurryed though they had a lot of cabin configuration a lot of things to get ready

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so they're excited they're also very focused on the job that they had to do so

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So, like again, we've trained a long time for this

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and we're ready.

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And you said some medications.

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I mean, those are kind of just to mitigate the effects

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of obviously, they're more than 695,000

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mile journey back to Earth.

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It's just like anti-nausea medication, right?

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Yeah, exactly Megan.

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The astronauts are very healthy, fortunately.

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And even when they come back in reentry,

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you know, the human system is very kind of dynamic.

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It has to re-adapt very quickly.

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and one of the most common responses they get is just

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some stomach awareness to some nausea, even to some vomiting.

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And with our crews that land out in Carolina,

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the Soyuz crews or our SpaceX crews,

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they all kind of experience the same thing.

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This will be the first time we're landing in water

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since December of 1972.

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And I worked for the Apollo astronauts years ago

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and they all told me that landing in the water,

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especially in the Pacific, can be very provocative.

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So we take steps to give them medicines

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to really mitigate some of that nausea, vomiting,

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help them feel a little better,

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and also sometimes just use

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a little anti-inflammatory medicine

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just to help with coming back to one earth, or 1G.

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The effects of microgravity,

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especially as you age and you have a little arthritis,

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you feel great microgravity,

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and everyone kind of curses coming back to the ground,

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like, oh dang, 1G, but so that helps a little bit.

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But for the most part,

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the main thing is just replacing that fluid

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and then trying to help them

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with that transition back to 1G,

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and then we're ready to go.

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Yeah, and their health is assessed almost immediately after they splash down.

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Yeah, so we have Dr. Jesse Wang and we have our independent duty corpsman,

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who are the Navy version of paramedics, extremely highly trained, highly experienced

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Navy medics and divers who will go out there, open the caps,

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so about 25, 28 minutes after splash down and do the first initial assessment.

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So Jesse and his team will go out there and look at each crew,

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kind of do their assessments, get vital signs, report back to Drs.

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and Kunji and I and back in Med Bay, let them know how they're doing and then you know if they've

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got the normal kind of space adaptation kind of things we expect that they're good to go on that.

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If anything you know didn't go the way you want they're all prepared for that as well

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and Jesse and his team I mean you know this is their full-time job taking care of you know

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sailors and folks who might be injured. We don't expect any injuries but coming back

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you know going 25,000 miles an hour down to you know 20 you know miles an hour

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It's still a dynamic process.

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I've heard it described as kind of like a car crash.

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And then the crew will be ready to go, ingesting his team,

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will make that transition to get them out to the front porch,

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do assessments on them again, call it to our med bay.

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And then once we have that, and they're all good to go,

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and the crew is feeling OK, we'll

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hoist them up in the helos.

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It's about a three minute flight back to the flight deck,

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and that's where me and the astronaut Chief Scott Tingle

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will actually meet them.

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I'll get eyes on them, make sure they're all good,

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just take very slow transitions and then one by one we'll either get them out

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with the SMTs, the SAR med techs under each arm just you know kind of just

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walking very slowly to med bay which actually helps them acclimate back to

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1g or if they really don't have their sea legs back yet then we might put in

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what we call a stair chair which will be right behind them and then just

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very slowly kind of get them back into med bay to start our full

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assessments for the team. Yeah so a really great team here to support them

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as soon as they get back and also all throughout the mission, of course.

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You talked a little bit about this, but obviously, you know, we have seen astronauts return from

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the International Space Station for over 25 years.

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So we kind of know that journey, how it affects the body.

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But yes, we're talking about humans returning from the moon for the first time since

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1972.

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How is this different from your perspective?

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So it's different in one very significant respect with on Apollo for exercise, they

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They had something called the Apollo Xergenium, which was basically just a little canister

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with some ropes, and they would have some resistance and kind of do that.

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And the Apollo astronauts really liked that.

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They liked the ability to exercise, because you decondition from a musculoskeletal standpoint,

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you lose your strength and you stand up very quickly.

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We had something called the Orion Flywheel, which was able to impart much greater loads

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in terms of resistance, so they're able to do squats, deadlifts, different things,

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not dissimilar to what the ISS astronauts do, but with a lot less room to do it.

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And they also did rolling activities for cardiovascular health.

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And the crews loved it.

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But for the lunar crews, the future lunar crews, maintaining that physical conditioning,

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which are astronaut strength conditioning rehabilitation specialists, effectively known as the Acer's,

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back in Houston, really work hard to get them in the best shape they're going to,

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you know, have to be in to get to the moon.

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That device hopefully will maintain that.

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And Apollo only had about a 4.3 day journey to the moon.

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Our astronauts are going to have about a 10 to 14 day journey.

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So maintaining that physical fitness,

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that strength and stamina is going to be crucial

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for the success of being able to do those very

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physically demanding lunar EVAs.

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So we're very excited about what the astronauts have said

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about the device and what they have to say

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about the role exercise plays, you know,

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going to the moon and also the mental benefit.

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They just really like sweating, breaking the sweat

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and actually just feeling like, you know,

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they're just getting a workout, so.

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Thank you so much, Rick.

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I really appreciate it.

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I know they're going to be in good hands,

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so we'll let you get back to it.

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Thank you so much.

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the time. Back to you, Rob. Okay, Megan, back here in Mission Control in Houston.

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Everything is moving along in order. This view of Reed Wiseman on the left,

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Victor Glover on the right. We have good suit leak checks. Everything aboard

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integrity is in excellent shape. The vehicle with the earth growing larger

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and larger in the field of view, we're now just about 8,200 nautical miles

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away from Earth and closing in for a splashdown just one hour and five minutes from now.

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Integrity, just under a minute till your GPS maneuver initiates and both GPS units look eager to acquire.

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Outstanding, seats 3 and 4 are working on seat strap in now.

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He's in copies.

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Once again, as we start to close in on some

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of the major milestones of the first one coming

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up in just 31 minutes.

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And integrity, just confirming the LCG gas trap was able

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to be closed out.

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A-permative.

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Crew module, service module, separation schedule just 31 minutes from now.

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The key point of interest of course will be the performance of Integrity's heat shield during its high-speed entry back into Earth

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of the peak heating that is expected around the spacecraft of some 4,000 to 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

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On Artemis 1, as I think most folks know by now, we flew a trajectory known as a skip

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entry in which we performed an initial dip into the atmosphere to bleed off some energy.

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Then we skipped out of the atmosphere and dipped back into the atmosphere before splashing

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down to the Pacific.

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But after the mission was over with, we noticed unexpected liberation of some of the charring

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effects on the heat shield known as Avcoat.

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Before the flight, we had an opportunity to sit down and talk with entry flight director

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Rick Henfling to get a perspective on what this all means and how the mission was redesigned

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to try to protect Integrity's heat shield to a higher extent.

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Let's take a look at that interview.

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Returning from the Moon is a lot different than deorbitating from low Earth orbit.

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When we return from the Moon, we expect to achieve velocities upwards of 36,000

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feet per second.

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And in order to slow down to a nice graceful splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, the flight

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crew is going to experience between three and four times the force of Earth's gravity.

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On Artemis-1, pressure buildup inside the char layer of the heat shield resulted in

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the char losses we saw.

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NASA established a Tiger team whose job was to investigate the cause of the problem

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and then make recommendations on how to fly the Artemis-2 mission safely and successfully.

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And so for Artemis-2, we are going to fly a profile that ensures the spacecraft will

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not see that same type of pressure profile.

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And so the Char loss is seen on Artemis-2 will not be like the ones that we saw on Artemis-1.

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Rick Henfling indicated that the orientation of the spacecraft and the shortening of

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the distance of transit to the splashdown zone from the point of entry interface when

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we reach the top of the Earth's atmosphere, which will be coming up at 6.53 and 30 seconds

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p.m. central time should do the trick in minimizing the deleterious forces against that heat shield

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that we're noticed on the Artemis-1 mission.

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And we think we see a beautiful sunrise over the west coast of Australia.

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We copy.

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Commander Reid Wiseman reveling in his final hour in space on this mission as integrity is passing

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over the southwest coast of Australia now at an altitude of some 7,600 nautical miles.

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That will begin the southwest and northeast, or we'll transit across the Pacific Ocean.

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Let's talk a little bit more about some of the highlights and some

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of the numbers associated with the points of interest here.

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We are 27 and a half minutes away

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from crew module, service module separation.

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That will be followed about three and a half minutes later

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by the raised burn that we've discussed, a 19 second burn

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of integrity thrusters to fine tune its angle of attack

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as it enters the Earth's atmosphere.

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Entry interface is scheduled 47 and a half minutes from now.

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That's the point at which we will reach the top

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of the Earth's atmosphere traveling about 34,882 feet per second at an altitude of 400,000 feet.

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Just 24 seconds after entry interface, we will begin a blackout period of six minutes

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in duration at 6.53 and 54 seconds p.m. central time. Now, right about 10 seconds after the

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Blackout period begins. We are expected to reach peak speed, which would be 24,661 miles

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an hour. That will be about 103 miles an hour short of the velocity record set by the Apollo

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10 astronauts, Tom Stafford, Gene Cernan and John Young, when they return from the

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moon on the Apollo 10 mission in 1969. That blackout period is expected to last six minutes

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in duration. At 6.54 and 52 seconds PM central time we'll reach our peak heating period of

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about 4 to 5,000 degrees while we're in a communications blackout from integrity in

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astronauts that blackout should end at 59 and 55 seconds p.m. central time at

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which point we expect to regain communications with the crew Capcom

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Jackie Mahaffey here in the flight control room will be talking to the

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crew calling them and will await a response from the crew as they come out

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of that blackout period and at that point their altitude will be just 157

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thousand feet above the earth, traveling at 13,000 feet per second with a range to splash

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down of just 147 nautical miles.

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From that point on, the next key series of events will be the deployment of a series

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of parachutes that we discussed before.

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First the forward bay cover chute deploy that will pull the forward bay cover away

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from the top of integrity, followed by a drogue-shoot deploy and then the main-shoot

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deploy that's expected at 7.04 and 44 seconds p.m. central time, that will begin the gentle

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descent of integrity towards its splashdown at just a velocity of just 19 miles an hour.

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And that will begin the recovery operations that you just heard Megan Cruz discuss

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with her folks on the USS John Murtha.

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All of integrity systems in great shape.

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The crew is suited up.

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Leak checks complete as we stand by for the next major milestone,

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which will be the crew module, service module separation,

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just 24 and a half minutes from now.

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All of the activities from the start of entry interface to the point of splashdown will be

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quite rapid fire, just 13 and a half minutes from the point at which we begin descent into

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the Earth's atmosphere till splashdown.

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And just to show you, as Rick Shearing, the flight surgeon, alluded to in his interview

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with Megan Cruz, all of this happens

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to decelerate the vehicle from traveling around Mach 33

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to just 19 miles an hour at Splashdown.

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All of that happening in just 13 and a half minutes.

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But the vehicle and the parachutes are all designed

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to support all of that.

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So we'll be standing by to report all that to you

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in sequential fashion as these milestones are ticked off

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And as we hear from the crew during its entry back

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into the Earth's atmosphere, and ultimately when they emerge

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from the blackout period, and at that point,

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will be just minutes away from splashdown.

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So with all of those preparations ongoing,

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we can return here briefly for another report

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from the USS John P. Murtha and Megan Cruz.

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Megan.

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And we'll regain that communication

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with the USS John P. Murthad just momentarily.

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In the meantime, everything is on track of board integrity,

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the flight control team here in Houston led

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by entry flight director Rick Henfling.

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The voice you will hear talking to the crew is that of Jackie Mahaffey.

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She will be reporting everything to the crew and receiving their reports

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as they enter the Earth's atmosphere for their 13 and a half minute plunge back

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into the atmosphere for splashdown off the coast of San Diego.

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Now we have the ship back with us and Megan Cruz aboard the USS John P. Murtha.

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Megan?

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11, right?

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Okay, Rob, yeah, the excitement is really building here on the ship.

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I'm watching right now one of the weather balloons being lofted up from the ship.

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Again, weather balloons very important for us to make sure that we are tracking the

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right kind of weather and also the data that's needed for what's called our SAS

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squatch team again it's a team out of NASA that basically make sure that the

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debris that comes off the Orion against some of those pieces of the parachute

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system make sure that they don't fall on us here in the sea and also our aerial

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assets our folks in helicopters so watching that float away right now but

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with me right now is Captain Eric Kenny he's the commanding officer of the

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John P. Murtha Naval ship thank you so much for being here there are so

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many moving parts that you have to keep an eye on.

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That's absolutely right, yeah.

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But first of all, on behalf of the crew of the USS Jumping

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Mertha, Megan, thanks for having me on today.

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Happy to tell you what we're doing,

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and excited to get the interview started.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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Why don't we actually take a look at the flight deck here?

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We'll start there.

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Basically, while watching this weather balloon float away,

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we noticed all four helicopters leave the flight deck.

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We now have an empty flight deck.

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We had two imagery helos as well as the two crew

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helicopters that will go recover the crew.

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This is just one of the many things that again,

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are a ship of 550 people.

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It's something that you oversee as commanding officer.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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Every commanding officer,

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I would say really every naval service member,

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our priority is always safety.

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And as the commanding officer,

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I take that as one of my primary roles here on board.

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Mission accomplishment is important, safety always.

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So my day really has,

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I would say my message to the crew

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has sort of changed over the past 24 hours.

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As we're leading up to today,

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We've been building up excitement and motivating the team

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for the training that we've executed,

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but really over the past 24 hours,

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now I'm trying to get us to slow down a little bit.

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Trust our training, right?

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Don't believe all the hype.

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Don't believe everything that's going on.

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Just trust what we've done to get to this point

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and we do that, we'll be successful today.

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And also part of the big success

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is obviously the coordination between NASA

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and the U.S. military.

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How does it feel being able to support

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the human space program we have?

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Yeah, I mean, since 1959 with Mercury, Gemini, Apollo,

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the history between NASA and the Navy has been in lockstep.

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But like any other skill, if you don't practice it regularly,

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the skill atrophies.

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So we've had a few decades off from that.

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Over the past four or five years, really,

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this ship over the past year, we've constantly trained

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in working for this moment right here,

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building up the hype to get to this point today,

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to trust all the training we've done.

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We've worked with NASA, the Air Force, the medical team,

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dive team, like you want to talk about high performance

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organizations coming together, working unison.

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We are seeing that here on board the U.S.

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John P. Murph and I can't be more proud of the work

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everyone is doing.

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Yeah, you had some great words this morning saying just

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that again, that it's really nice to see everybody working

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together and so excited.

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I mean, you just became the commanding officer of the

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ship back in February.

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How does it personally feel for you to be a part of this

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historic moment today?

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I mean, first and foremost, I'd say any opportunity to command any warship.

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The United States Navy is a tremendous honor is a pinnacle of any naval officer's career.

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That being said, my command of changing command was approaching and I realized

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that Artemis was going to be in the window here to say that I'm humbled

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and honored to be here as understatement.

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What what really just excites me is the opportunity to see this crew who has

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been training so hard over the past year plus, you know, come together.

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It is what inspires me, listening to NASA and the ownership and pride they take, they'd make my career better.

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I think we're making NASA better together. That synergy is something that I'm happy to see and hopefully take forward with me in my career.

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Yeah, it's all about partnerships. You couldn't do it without you and we couldn't have gotten to the moon without our international partners as well.

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So thank you so much, Captain. It was really great to have you here today.

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Thanks, Megan.

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All right, Rob, back to you.

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Thank you, Megan, back here in Mission Control in Houston.

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We just had a quick view of the crew.

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We'll get that view back and there they are again.

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Here in Mission Control, the entry team

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of flight controllers led by Rick Henfling

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and Jackie Mahaffey serving as the spacecraft communicator.

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We have just handed over communications links

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from the deep space network that we communicated

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with the crew through from the time

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of the trans-linear injection burn back on April 2nd,

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we've just handed back to the tracking

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and data relay satellite system as we prepare

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for the crew module, service module separation

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that will take place just 17 minutes from now.

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With the Earth looming in front of integrity as it barrels back

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for a splashdown of the Pacific just 50 minutes from now,

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with just 5,700 nautical miles from splashdown.

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Just one other quick note about the comparison

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from the Artemis-1 entry profile to the Artemis-2 entry profile

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and how that is serving as a extra layer of protection

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for Integrity's heat shield.

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The Artemis-1 entry had an entry range

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of some 3,178 nautical miles, a very long down track

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and a very longer period of exposure to heat loads

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than we're experiencing tonight.

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It also had that skip entry profile that we discussed earlier,

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dipping into the Earth's atmosphere, then back out, then back in.

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It was about 20 minutes of exposure.

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Integrity, Houston, calm check on TDRS.

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Jackie, we have it loud and clear on TDRS.

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We have you the same.

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And there's one of the weather balloons being deployed

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from the USS John P. Murtha.

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So, the Artemis 1 entry had the vehicle.

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It's going to be updated on GPS.

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We haven't seen a track yet.

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Reed, we are watching.

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We are starting to get into the window where they may start acquiring.

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So, it should be within the next 10 minutes.

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Okay, sounds good.

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We're holding at step 17 and getting ready for CMRCO hotfire.

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And that exchange indicating that we are expecting to acquire data

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from the GPS system on board.

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That'll be a navigational tool.

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that will basically tell Integrity's computers

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that they're on track down the centerline of the corridor

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for the entry interface that will lead them

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to their splashdown point.

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Once again, the Artemis-1 entry exposed to the heat shield

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for about 20 minutes of peak heating for Artemis-2.

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We're going to reach a downtrack distance

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of 1,701 nautical miles from the point of entry interface

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with just 14 minutes of duration.

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And it's basically a different angle of attack,

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a little bit steeper angle of attack that will protect the heat shield from excessive heat loads.

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So that is the difference between Artemis-1 and Artemis-2 all designed into this mission

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to gather data to protect the heat shield since the Artemis-3 mission

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and beyond will have a different designed heat shield that will allow that skip entry type

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of profile to be resumed for all of the future missions coming back

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from the South Pole of the Moon when we initiate lunar landings.

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So we've handed over to the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System.

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That's where we'll have communications for the rest of the flight.

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Just to give you some time hacks here, we're 13 and a half minutes away

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from crew module, service module separation and just 17 minutes away

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from the raise burn that 19 second firing of the thrusters

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that will basically be the final fine tuning of the angle of attack for integrity

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as it enters the Earth's atmosphere.

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And once again, a dueling box view of some of the assets

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that are involved in recovery operations today, the integrity,

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cabinet configured, all crew, suited and seated.

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You've been copied.

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That confirmation from Reed Wiseman aboard integrity,

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as you see the assets are being deployed to the Splashdown zone.

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At the time of Splashdown, we expect the John P. Murtha

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to be about five miles away from integrity,

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keeping a safe distance until we are sure

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that the vehicle is in the water and upright

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and that it is in a good configuration system wide

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for the recovery teams to begin to approach the vehicle

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to erect that inflatable raft.

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Two minutes to CMRCS warm-up hotfire.

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We're ready.

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That call from spacecraft communicator Jackie Mahaffey

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indicating that we're two minutes away from a quick burst

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of the reaction control system.

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Thrusters, that will be a hot fire test prior

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to the separation of the crew module from the service module.

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The European service module has performed flawlessly

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throughout this flight.

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Everything, all the burns that had been prescribed

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for that service module have been executed on time

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and without a problem, there is the European flight control room

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that has overseen the manufacturing, the design

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of the European service module.

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They deserve quite a bit of credit on this mission

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for not only propelling the integrity and its astronauts

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toward the moon, but also conducting the fine tuning

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of its trajectory to bring it to this point

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where we are dead spot on down the middle of the corridor,

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trajectory wise, to bring integrity down for its splash

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down to the Pacific just 44 minutes from now.

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What you're looking at is a computer-generated visualization based on real-time telemetry

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from Integrity currently traveling about 16,000 miles an hour.

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Integrity traveling about 16,000 miles an hour.

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for the precaution for taking a look.

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Copy that.

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Now just about 5100 miles from Earth,

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splashdown scheduled 43 minutes from now.

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We're just 9.5 minutes away from the crew module,

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service module separation.

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We are confirming.

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Integrity, we are assessing details, but so far looks like a good hot fire.

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Looks good on board, Jackie, thank you.

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And Jackie, behalf, you took the words out of my mouth, I was just about to say

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that we had a good hot fire test of the thrusters in advance of the crew module,

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service module separation that's coming up just eight and a half minutes from now.

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This will begin the period in which we will have rapid fire succession

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of critical activities on board that will lead to entry interface just 28 minutes from now

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where the vehicle will enter the Earth's atmosphere at an altitude of 400,000 feet,

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the time of entry interface, 6.53 and 30 seconds PM central time.

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Thank you.

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These astronauts were awakened at mid-morning to begin their entry preparations.

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And the propulsion officer now reports a good hot fire test in preparation for the crew

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module, service module separation.

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We're now inside 41 minutes until splashdown.

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In integrity, Houston, we have confirmed a good CMRCS hot fire.

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And although we are not seeing GPS acquired yet,

01:00:54.060 --> 01:00:57.700
you can skip the troubleshooting steps in 157 for now.

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In integrity, counties.

01:01:07.780 --> 01:01:13.460
That GPS discussion indicating that we will be acquiring navigational data

01:01:13.460 --> 01:01:18.340
for integrity through the global positioning system equipment on board, we just don't have

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it yet but we will. All of integrity systems are in great shape to support its high-speed

01:01:24.060 --> 01:01:33.060
entry into the Earth's atmosphere. It once again will reach a peak speed of 24,661.21

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miles an hour.

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on GPS release, have GPS 1 looking good on board.

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We are confirming.

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The guidance navigation and control officer here

01:01:54.700 --> 01:01:58.940
in mission control confirming that we have good lock on GPS data.

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We are on a communications link now through the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System.

01:02:05.900 --> 01:02:11.620
Now following splashdown, we're going to lose that link and go to what's called a VLDR,

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a very low data rate communications link, so that we can talk to the crew inside integrity

01:02:17.540 --> 01:02:18.620
as they are on the water.

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Integrity, confirm we do see good GPS.

01:02:22.540 --> 01:02:36.500
We need to, especially GPS 1 is accepting in NAFTAHL's one and three.

01:02:36.500 --> 01:02:42.700
That GPS data is basically telling integrity's onboard computers its position relative to

01:02:42.700 --> 01:02:47.860
the Earth but its trajectory and its orientation according to flight dynamics and the guidance

01:02:47.860 --> 01:02:54.460
navigation and control officer is spot on.

01:02:54.460 --> 01:02:59.460
We have now armed the pyros for the crew module, service module separation coming up less than

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five minutes from now.

01:03:07.580 --> 01:03:15.820
Once again, just 10 seconds after entry interface, we will see integrity reaching its peak speed

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of 24,661.21 miles per hour.

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That will be just seconds before we begin a six-minute blackout period.

01:03:25.420 --> 01:03:33.620
Integrity Houston, your vehicle is in a good config for CMS and SEP and go for CMRAs.

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Houston, we see the same on board and copy go for CMRAs.

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That CM raise referred to as the slight firing of 19 seconds

01:03:50.040 --> 01:03:55.140
by integrity thrusters with a change in velocity of 9.9 feet

01:03:55.140 --> 01:04:00.380
per second, a slight nudge of the aft end of the vehicle

01:04:00.380 --> 01:04:04.380
so that it's tilted a bit upward providing the final angle

01:04:04.380 --> 01:04:07.780
of attack as the vehicle enters the Earth's atmosphere.

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This being the mitigating factor that will reduce heat loads

01:04:13.140 --> 01:04:17.820
on the heat shield as we reach a point downrange

01:04:17.820 --> 01:04:22.260
from the start of entry interface some 17001 nautical miles

01:04:22.260 --> 01:04:23.500
to the splashdown site.

01:04:23.500 --> 01:04:36.060
Integrity systems in excellent shape.

01:04:36.060 --> 01:04:43.580
We are currently 3,300 nautical miles left in this mission.

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Splashdown scheduled 36 minutes 39 seconds from now.

01:04:48.260 --> 01:05:00.620
Integrity Houston, for the two enabled prop cautions, what happened is while the thrusters

01:05:00.620 --> 01:05:06.500
were firing multiple pressure sensors on each of the strings diverged a bit from each other,

01:05:06.500 --> 01:05:12.180
those limits look to be set pretty tight. We think it could happen again when the

01:05:12.180 --> 01:05:15.740
thrusters fire in the future, so we are going to suppress those messages.

01:05:15.740 --> 01:05:24.820
We concur with some press nod and have a thank you.

01:05:24.820 --> 01:05:30.100
That exchange between Jackie Mahaffey or CAPCOM for tonight and Reed Wiseman,

01:05:30.100 --> 01:05:35.660
a board integrity indicating basically to ignore sensor data.

01:05:35.660 --> 01:05:37.660
All of integrity systems are in good shape.

01:05:37.660 --> 01:06:03.300
Now, coming up on about 90 seconds

01:06:03.300 --> 01:06:06.660
until the Crew Module, Service Module separation.

01:06:06.660 --> 01:06:28.540
All quiet here in Mission Control as we enter the most critical phase of the completion

01:06:28.540 --> 01:06:32.200
of this flight, all of the preparatory activities leading

01:06:32.200 --> 01:06:35.840
up to the vehicle entering the Earth's atmosphere just 21

01:06:35.840 --> 01:06:37.640
minutes from now.

01:06:49.760 --> 01:06:53.120
Coming up on one minute, mark one minute

01:06:53.120 --> 01:06:56.320
to crew module, service module separation.

01:07:58.540 --> 01:08:01.180
And we have confirmation of crew module,

01:08:01.180 --> 01:08:06.940
service module separation and a great view albeit momentarily.

01:08:08.140 --> 01:08:09.820
Houston, good to have you aboard.

01:08:12.220 --> 01:08:13.260
Houston copies in concur.

01:08:13.820 --> 01:08:16.380
The European service module now separated

01:08:16.380 --> 01:08:18.540
from integrity, a job well done.

01:08:19.540 --> 01:08:23.540
Integrity, no action for the four CDH cautions.

01:08:23.540 --> 01:08:26.020
Those are SM related, not applicable.

01:08:29.220 --> 01:08:29.660
Integrity.

01:08:45.760 --> 01:08:48.900
So with integrity now flying free on its own

01:08:48.900 --> 01:08:51.500
for the remaining 32 minutes of this mission.

01:08:53.220 --> 01:08:56.740
Next up, the raise burn, a 19 second firing

01:08:56.740 --> 01:08:58.140
of integrity thrusters.

01:08:58.140 --> 01:09:04.060
to GPS 2.

01:09:04.060 --> 01:09:08.860
Okay, thank you to Calvary, to GPS 2.

01:09:08.860 --> 01:09:11.340
Coming up on the 2-minute mark until the rays burn.

01:09:11.340 --> 01:09:15.300
Again, this is the final tweaking of the orientation

01:09:15.300 --> 01:09:21.340
of integrity to put it in the right angle, if you will,

01:09:21.340 --> 01:09:24.060
the angle of attack that it will fly

01:09:24.060 --> 01:09:27.820
in during its entrance into the Earth's atmosphere.

01:09:27.820 --> 01:09:31.280
Entry interface now just 18 minutes, 25 seconds away.

01:09:33.680 --> 01:09:37.820
This is a visualization but driven by real-time telemetry.

01:09:38.760 --> 01:09:40.880
This is the maneuvering of integrity

01:09:40.880 --> 01:09:42.620
to the raise burn orientation.

01:09:44.540 --> 01:09:46.580
Just 2,800 miles from Earth.

01:09:46.580 --> 01:09:59.500
You're seeing we've got a great view of the European service module out the window with

01:09:59.500 --> 01:10:03.840
the sun hitting the side and the solar rays and the NASA worm right there.

01:10:03.840 --> 01:10:08.980
It's a beautiful looking machine.

01:10:08.980 --> 01:10:18.100
Roger.

01:10:18.100 --> 01:10:23.060
And we have completed the maneuver to the raise burn orientation one minute away from

01:10:23.060 --> 01:10:25.060
the raise burn.

01:11:23.060 --> 01:11:39.060
And the crew module raise burn is underway, a 19 second firing of the thrusters.

01:11:40.420 --> 01:11:42.260
And we have a completion of the burn.

01:11:53.060 --> 01:12:00.060
Integrity, good, CMRase burn, your flight path angle is within limits.

01:12:00.060 --> 01:12:09.060
Integrity copies, let's go to more Jackie.

01:12:09.060 --> 01:12:13.060
So the final maneuver is now complete.

01:12:13.060 --> 01:12:18.060
Our trajectory for a splashdown in the Pacific 29 minutes from now is set

01:12:18.060 --> 01:12:21.060
and will not be amended any further.

01:12:21.060 --> 01:12:26.100
And we have the right angle of attack to mitigate any excessive heat loads

01:12:26.100 --> 01:12:28.300
on the vehicle during entry interface.

01:12:28.500 --> 01:12:31.620
And, Tigerty Houston, a heads up about calm coverage.

01:12:33.120 --> 01:12:40.140
When you perform the 180 roll for the first minute or so in that attitude,

01:12:40.140 --> 01:12:41.780
we expect about a minute, LOS.

01:12:44.820 --> 01:12:45.320
We copy.

01:12:51.060 --> 01:13:02.940
So, for those who are watching, the series of events coming up,

01:13:02.940 --> 01:13:12.100
we will enter the first traces of Earth's atmosphere, 14 minutes, 45 seconds from now.

01:13:12.100 --> 01:13:18.420
653 and 30 seconds is what is pegged for entry interface at an altitude of 400,000 feet,

01:13:18.420 --> 01:13:22.820
traveling at approximately 34,800 feet per second,

01:13:22.820 --> 01:13:28.740
range to touchdown or splash down 1,701 nautical miles.

01:13:28.740 --> 01:13:34.820
24 seconds after entry interface, we will enter a six-minute blackout period

01:13:34.820 --> 01:13:37.300
in which we will lose communications with the crew.

01:13:37.300 --> 01:13:41.540
This is expected due to the buildup of plasma around the vehicle.

01:13:41.540 --> 01:13:45.540
That's an ionization effect due to the collision, if you will,

01:13:45.540 --> 01:13:49.420
of the velocity of the spacecraft with the friction of the Earth's atmosphere.

01:13:49.420 --> 01:13:56.760
That six-minute blackout is expected to begin at 6.53 and 54 seconds p.m. central time.

01:13:58.140 --> 01:14:05.820
During that period of time, we will reach our peak speed of 24,661 miles per hour

01:14:06.380 --> 01:14:10.220
that comes just short based on unofficial data

01:14:10.220 --> 01:14:12.500
from the Flight Dynamics Officer right now.

01:14:12.500 --> 01:14:22.180
will come just short of the velocity record set by Apollo 10 of 24,791 miles per hour in 1969.

01:14:25.860 --> 01:14:32.500
We expect peak heating on the vehicle at 6.54 and 52 seconds p.m. central time,

01:14:32.500 --> 01:14:35.460
a minute and 22 seconds into entry interface.

01:14:35.460 --> 01:14:45.620
At that point, we will be just 204,000 feet above the Earth, traveling at 33,000 feet per second.

01:14:45.620 --> 01:14:51.740
The blackout period is expected to last six minutes.

01:14:52.140 --> 01:14:57.460
We expect that blackout period to end at 6.59 and 55 seconds p.m. central time.

01:14:57.460 --> 01:15:05.640
From the end of the blackout period until splashdown, it is just seven minutes,

01:15:07.080 --> 01:15:13.360
at which point we'll start deploying the series of parachutes to slow integrity down

01:15:13.360 --> 01:15:16.540
to an ultimate splashdown velocity of just 19 miles an hour.

01:15:19.160 --> 01:15:21.560
We see the same waiting for the 180-year-olds.

01:15:27.460 --> 01:15:46.980
The parachute deployment sequence once again will come in several segments, but in rapid

01:15:46.980 --> 01:15:47.980
fire succession.

01:15:47.980 --> 01:15:50.220
And we have a great view of the moon out window too.

01:15:50.660 --> 01:15:52.000
Looks a little smaller than yesterday.

01:15:55.900 --> 01:15:56.720
We'll have to go back.

01:16:05.780 --> 01:16:11.300
Reed Wiseman and Jackie Mahaffey exchanging discussion on a view of the moon

01:16:11.300 --> 01:16:15.520
that Integrity's astronauts are seeing in the final minutes of this mission

01:16:15.520 --> 01:16:20.480
that will be completed with splashdown just 25 minutes from now.

01:16:21.240 --> 01:16:23.640
Three forward bay cover parachutes will be used

01:16:23.640 --> 01:16:26.560
to pull the forward bay cover off the top of the vehicle.

01:16:27.640 --> 01:16:30.440
Then two drug parachutes will be deployed to slow

01:16:30.440 --> 01:16:32.920
and stabilize the crew module during its descent,

01:16:34.080 --> 01:16:36.780
followed by three pilot parachutes that will lift

01:16:36.780 --> 01:16:39.600
and deploy the main parachutes from the forward bay.

01:16:40.700 --> 01:16:45.180
The final sequence will have three main parachutes deployed

01:16:45.520 --> 01:16:48.800
These will be 116 feet in diameter,

01:16:49.800 --> 01:16:54.040
each main parachute approximately 265 feet long when reefed.

01:16:56.200 --> 01:17:01.160
The parachutes will ultimately slow integrity down from its peak speed

01:17:01.500 --> 01:17:07.920
of almost 33 times the speed of sound to a gentle 19 miles an hour of splashdown.

01:17:15.520 --> 01:17:19.700
The vehicle is now currently in a roll

01:17:19.700 --> 01:17:22.440
to the proper attitude for entry interface.

01:17:22.440 --> 01:17:25.440
Our trajectory is right on according to flight dynamics.

01:17:45.520 --> 01:17:56.520
Integrity is on a trajectory from southwest and northeast across the Pacific Ocean descending at a rate of 15,000 feet per second.

01:18:07.520 --> 01:18:12.520
Range to touchdown 4,300 nautical miles, all the systems in excellent shape.

01:18:15.520 --> 01:18:39.600
Thank you, the Orion in the EI-Roll 180 attitude.

01:18:39.600 --> 01:18:40.600
Let's get on board, Jackie.

01:18:40.600 --> 01:18:50.200
This view out of one of Integrity's windows.

01:18:50.200 --> 01:18:51.920
We had a call for three good barrows.

01:18:51.920 --> 01:18:58.960
Those are barometric pressure sensors that feed altitude and rate of descent information

01:18:58.960 --> 01:19:04.720
to Integrity's computers that will trigger the parachute deployment sequence.

01:19:04.720 --> 01:19:08.800
We are less than nine minutes away from entry interface, 22 minutes from splashdown.

01:19:08.800 --> 01:19:30.520
You can see the reflection of one

01:19:30.520 --> 01:19:32.360
of the crew members in the window.

01:19:32.360 --> 01:19:40.480
Out on the Pacific, all the weather conditions remain go.

01:19:41.760 --> 01:19:46.280
Just a few clouds, some scattered clouds, winds at 10 knots,

01:19:48.040 --> 01:19:50.240
wave heights just about four feet.

01:19:50.240 --> 01:19:54.560
A gentle day in the Pacific for the homecoming

01:19:54.560 --> 01:19:56.000
of Integrity's astronauts.

01:19:56.000 --> 01:20:19.280
Integrity back in EI attitude.

01:20:19.280 --> 01:20:29.280
We see the same one board, Jackie.

01:20:39.280 --> 01:20:43.280
Houston purges, complete. Crew and vehicle are configured for entry.

01:20:45.280 --> 01:20:47.280
Houston copies.

01:20:49.280 --> 01:21:18.740
And we're in step 37 transferring that state to BFS.

01:21:18.740 --> 01:21:23.740
Houston in instruction 509, we are not below 0 decimal 2.

01:21:35.300 --> 01:21:37.020
Integrity, no action required.

01:21:40.460 --> 01:21:40.960
Integrity.

01:21:48.740 --> 01:22:01.020
Now, six minutes away from entry interface, we will hit the first traces of Earth's atmosphere

01:22:01.020 --> 01:22:07.380
at an altitude of 400,000 feet, traveling about 34,882 feet per second,

01:22:07.380 --> 01:22:31.780
range to splash down at that point will be 1,701 nautical miles.

01:22:31.780 --> 01:22:36.540
Once again, just a reminder, some 24 seconds after entry interface,

01:22:36.540 --> 01:22:42.940
we do expect to lose communications with the vehicle and the crew during a six-minute blackout period

01:22:43.820 --> 01:22:50.120
when a plasma shield will build up around the spacecraft due to the ionization,

01:22:50.560 --> 01:23:00.140
due to heating effects, and flight dynamics has just confirmed we will have a blackout period

01:23:00.140 --> 01:23:02.260
of exactly six minutes in duration.

01:23:02.260 --> 01:23:04.900
And once again, that's due to the fact

01:23:04.900 --> 01:23:09.540
that a plasma buildup around the vehicle will prevent communications

01:23:09.540 --> 01:23:14.020
and data, so we will not be able to talk to the crew members at that time,

01:23:14.580 --> 01:23:17.900
nor will we receive data here in the flight control room.

01:23:18.540 --> 01:23:20.100
Easton, everything is looking good on board.

01:23:20.100 --> 01:23:22.420
Just confirm no pre-EI downloads.

01:23:25.460 --> 01:23:26.380
Easton, concur.

01:23:26.380 --> 01:23:31.580
That blackout period to begin at 6.53

01:23:31.580 --> 01:23:33.900
and 54 seconds PM central time.

01:23:34.460 --> 01:23:37.940
And again, will last about six minutes in duration.

01:23:45.200 --> 01:23:47.400
We're four minutes away from entry interface.

01:24:26.380 --> 01:24:48.060
This view from integrity as it crosses from southwest

01:24:48.060 --> 01:24:49.860
and northeast across the Pacific Ocean,

01:24:49.860 --> 01:24:51.740
three minutes from entry interface.

01:24:51.740 --> 01:24:59.780
Sixteen and a half minutes till splashdown.

01:25:05.380 --> 01:25:10.060
The USS John P. Murtha and the recovery team is on station

01:25:10.460 --> 01:25:14.220
and in position as are the airborne imagery assets

01:25:14.580 --> 01:25:20.300
that we hope to receive imagery from as Artemis enters the

01:25:20.300 --> 01:25:24.300
Earth's atmosphere and through parachute deployment.

01:25:40.300 --> 01:25:42.300
All of integrity systems are in great shape.

01:25:42.300 --> 01:25:49.300
The crew is ready to complete its mission just 15 and a half minutes from now.

01:25:49.300 --> 01:25:53.300
All of the activities today have gone off in perfect fashion.

01:25:53.300 --> 01:25:56.300
No issues with the vehicle, no issues with the crew.

01:25:56.300 --> 01:25:59.300
And the weather at the splashdown site is go.

01:26:19.300 --> 01:26:32.300
Coming up on one minute until entry interface.

01:26:49.300 --> 01:26:59.300
Mark, one minute until entry interface.

01:26:59.300 --> 01:27:03.860
One minute, 20 seconds until the expected start of our six-minute blackout.

01:27:03.860 --> 01:27:09.700
Integrity, one minute to a six-minute blackout.

01:27:09.700 --> 01:27:11.700
Hey, Tangerine.

01:27:39.700 --> 01:27:44.700
10 seconds till entry interface.

01:27:56.700 --> 01:28:00.700
And we have crossed the threshold now entering the Earth's atmosphere.

01:28:01.700 --> 01:28:06.700
We're at 400,000 feet, traveling 34,800 feet per second.

01:28:09.700 --> 01:28:16.700
Time to splash down, 13 minutes, 10 seconds.

01:28:30.700 --> 01:28:33.700
And as predicted, we've entered our communications blackout.

01:28:33.700 --> 01:28:37.700
This will be a six minute blackout period.

01:28:38.340 --> 01:28:40.300
No voice, no data from the crew.

01:28:48.300 --> 01:28:52.140
We're 30 seconds away from the anticipated point of peak heating on the vehicle

01:28:52.740 --> 01:28:57.500
where temperatures will rise to about 4 to 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

01:28:58.180 --> 01:29:00.220
This is the true test of our trajectory.

01:29:07.700 --> 01:29:15.860
And from the G-5 aircraft, in the vicinity of the splashdown zone, this view of integrity.

01:29:19.040 --> 01:29:24.520
So that pinpoint of light shows the vehicle as it enters the period of peak heating

01:29:24.520 --> 01:29:29.280
in the Earth's atmosphere, the first tug of gravity being felt by integrity's astronauts

01:29:30.080 --> 01:29:32.120
since their launch back on April 1st.

01:29:37.700 --> 01:29:50.420
Four and a half minutes until the end of the blackout period.

01:29:50.420 --> 01:29:53.540
Time to splash down, 11 minutes, 33 seconds.

01:30:07.700 --> 01:30:35.380
The landing and support officer reports that the P3 has acquisition on integrity.

01:30:35.380 --> 01:30:44.820
Three and a half minutes left in this blackout period.

01:30:45.460 --> 01:30:51.440
This is a visualization of the plasma buildup around the spacecraft

01:30:51.440 --> 01:30:56.140
and the repelling of that heat on integrity's heat shield.

01:31:05.380 --> 01:31:35.220
Flight Dynamics reports that airborne assets

01:31:35.220 --> 01:31:37.900
in the vicinity of the splashdown zone do have a visual

01:31:37.900 --> 01:31:41.860
on integrity, still two minutes and 40 seconds left

01:31:41.860 --> 01:31:45.140
in our blackout period.

01:31:45.140 --> 01:31:48.220
Time to splashdown, 9 minutes, 35 seconds.

01:31:48.220 --> 01:32:08.660
Multiple airborne assets as part of the recovery team all have visuals on integrity.

01:32:18.220 --> 01:32:30.020
And the WB 57 flying in the splashdown zone also has a visual.

01:32:30.020 --> 01:32:36.100
And the Navy Helos also have visuals.

01:32:36.100 --> 01:32:49.580
We're still in the blackout period, still do not have communications from the crew.

01:33:06.100 --> 01:33:28.060
We're standing by for communications from the crew.

01:33:28.060 --> 01:33:54.420
We should be out of the blackout period less than a minute from now.

01:33:54.420 --> 01:34:13.380
We are now processing data from integrity.

01:34:13.380 --> 01:34:20.380
and support officer reports the small boats are en route to the splashdown target zone.

01:34:43.380 --> 01:34:57.380
Passing through 150,000 feet, our trajectory is perfect.

01:34:57.380 --> 01:35:06.380
We're getting intermittent views of integrity, still waiting to establish voice communication.

01:35:06.380 --> 01:35:14.820
Integrity Houston, Com check, post blackout.

01:35:14.820 --> 01:35:20.900
Houston, integrity, we have you loud and clear.

01:35:20.900 --> 01:35:25.660
Your trajectory is nominal and your recovery teams have visual.

01:35:25.660 --> 01:35:29.620
Guides looks good.

01:35:29.620 --> 01:35:35.700
No action for the enabled internal camera controller fail.

01:35:35.700 --> 01:35:40.420
Cheers from the viewing room here in Mission Control as voice communication re-established

01:35:40.420 --> 01:35:43.860
with Commander Reid Wiseman.

01:35:43.860 --> 01:35:49.420
For America, an awaiting world, integrity is five and a half minutes away from coming

01:35:49.420 --> 01:36:00.140
home.

01:36:00.140 --> 01:36:07.140
100,000 feet now, range to splash down 19 nautical miles.

01:36:30.140 --> 01:36:47.020
Integrity impact to the camera controller fail is no CAB-1 views of the shoot.

01:36:47.020 --> 01:36:50.740
Integrity.

01:36:50.740 --> 01:36:54.060
We're processing good data through the GPS system.

01:36:54.060 --> 01:36:57.220
A good view of integrity, time to splash down four and a half minutes.

01:37:03.960 --> 01:37:06.700
And a view of integrity from the WB 57.

01:37:08.020 --> 01:37:09.380
We're at 50,000 feet.

01:37:24.060 --> 01:37:34.060
The pyros are armed for forward bay cover, Jettison.

01:37:34.060 --> 01:37:56.460
And there go the first series of parachutes and we're on drugs.

01:37:56.460 --> 01:38:03.420
And Houston were visual two drugs out the window.

01:38:03.420 --> 01:38:05.300
two good drug shoots.

01:38:05.300 --> 01:38:06.060
Next up.

01:38:06.060 --> 01:38:06.620
We copy.

01:38:06.620 --> 01:38:08.220
We see him.

01:38:08.220 --> 01:38:10.340
Next up, the deployment of pilot parachutes

01:38:10.340 --> 01:38:13.100
that will pull the main shoots out.

01:38:13.100 --> 01:38:15.700
Time to splash down three minutes in 10 seconds.

01:38:27.100 --> 01:38:29.220
Perfect descent rate according to flight dynamics.

01:38:29.220 --> 01:38:32.780
We're going to have a good rate on two drugs.

01:38:32.780 --> 01:38:34.780
We see the final board.

01:38:48.460 --> 01:38:51.860
Passing through 10,000 feet, still on drogues.

01:39:02.780 --> 01:39:08.500
Main chute deployed.

01:39:08.500 --> 01:39:13.660
We're at 5,000 feet.

01:39:13.660 --> 01:39:22.480
Search and recovery beacon has been activated on integrity.

01:39:22.480 --> 01:39:27.580
And we have three good main chutes.

01:39:27.580 --> 01:39:33.580
Window. Good three main shoots, good reefing, good descent rate.

01:39:33.580 --> 01:39:36.080
And we see three good looking parachutes.

01:39:49.080 --> 01:39:52.580
Integrity, cabin pressure indicates no need for hydrogen checks.

01:39:55.080 --> 01:39:56.080
Integrity copies.

01:39:57.580 --> 01:40:02.140
This is a perfect descent for integrity.

01:40:02.740 --> 01:40:05.700
It's cruise sounding hail and hearty on board.

01:40:06.180 --> 01:40:11.140
Time to splash down one minute 15 seconds.

01:40:11.140 --> 01:40:32.900
Integrity about to complete a journey spanning 694,481 miles from its launch from the Kennedy

01:40:32.900 --> 01:40:36.900
Space Center back on April 1st and a trip around the moon.

01:41:02.900 --> 01:41:12.900
Passing through 1,000 feet.

01:41:32.900 --> 01:41:56.500
You've staggered the splashdown sending post landing command now.

01:41:56.500 --> 01:41:57.500
Splashdown confirmed.

01:41:57.500 --> 01:42:00.900
Stop the splashdown waiting on VLDR.

01:42:00.900 --> 01:42:07.700
confirmed at 7.07 p.m. Central Time, 5.07 p.m. Pacific Time,

01:42:07.700 --> 01:42:11.540
from the pages of Jules Verne to a modern-day mission to the moon,

01:42:11.540 --> 01:42:15.700
a new chapter of the exploration of our celestial neighbor is complete.

01:42:15.700 --> 01:42:20.340
Integrity's astronauts, back on Earth.

01:42:20.340 --> 01:42:31.980
And the landing and support officer reports the vehicle is stable one.

01:42:31.980 --> 01:42:35.220
We still will be deploying the crew module upriding system

01:42:35.220 --> 01:42:37.300
to maintain that orientation.

01:42:37.300 --> 01:42:41.300
A perfect bullseye splashdown for integrity in its four astronauts.

01:42:41.300 --> 01:42:43.300
Thank you.

01:43:11.300 --> 01:43:21.980
The unofficial splashdown time, 7.07 and 47 seconds PM central time.

01:43:21.980 --> 01:43:26.540
We'll get that refined for you that would put the end of the mission

01:43:26.540 --> 01:43:31.180
at a mission elapsed time of nine days, one hour, 31 minutes, 35 seconds.

01:43:31.180 --> 01:43:41.260
And we're configuring for a very low data rate.

01:43:47.100 --> 01:43:50.700
Once again, splashdown occurring in the Pacific,

01:43:50.700 --> 01:43:56.540
southwest of San Diego, at 7.07 and 47 seconds p.m.

01:43:56.540 --> 01:44:00.540
Integrity Houston, Com check on VLDR.

01:44:04.540 --> 01:44:08.540
Houston, we have you loud and clear on VLDR, how are us?

01:44:08.540 --> 01:44:12.540
We have you the same, we'll meet you over in post landing.

01:44:14.540 --> 01:44:16.540
Perfect communications established.

01:44:16.540 --> 01:44:21.540
A journey. We are stable one, four green crew members.

01:44:23.540 --> 01:44:25.540
Houston copies all.

01:44:26.540 --> 01:44:29.100
Reed Wiseman reporting four green crew members.

01:44:29.100 --> 01:44:30.940
That is not their complexion.

01:44:30.940 --> 01:44:33.820
That is the fact that they're in great condition.

01:44:33.820 --> 01:44:36.860
That's what that means.

01:44:36.860 --> 01:44:38.740
So, stable one, upright.

01:44:38.740 --> 01:44:41.380
The crew module upriding system is being deployed.

01:44:41.380 --> 01:44:44.620
The five airbags being inflated through Helium

01:44:44.620 --> 01:44:48.460
to maintain the upright configuration for the vehicle.

01:44:48.460 --> 01:44:51.460
This was a textbook entry and a textbook touchdown

01:44:51.460 --> 01:44:52.900
for integrity.

01:44:52.900 --> 01:44:55.020
Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Cook

01:44:55.020 --> 01:44:59.020
and Jeremy Hansen back on Earth after a journey around the moon.

01:45:25.020 --> 01:45:53.420
We continue to monitor the functioning of the CMOS system.

01:45:53.420 --> 01:45:56.860
The airbags are being inflated to maintain a stable one

01:45:56.860 --> 01:45:58.300
or upright configuration.

01:45:58.800 --> 01:46:01.720
And there's a good view from one

01:46:01.720 --> 01:46:03.780
of the naval helicopters hovering overhead.

01:46:07.340 --> 01:46:10.640
Read Weisman reporting, four green crew members,

01:46:10.640 --> 01:46:12.360
meaning they're all in excellent shape.

01:46:23.420 --> 01:46:33.420
Integra Houston for Sarebekan N Radio.

01:46:33.420 --> 01:46:41.420
Sarebekan is in 406 and we're firing the radio now.

01:46:41.420 --> 01:46:44.420
Go ahead.

01:46:44.420 --> 01:46:46.420
We see the beacon on.

01:46:46.420 --> 01:46:50.420
However, the recovery team is not seeing the signal.

01:46:50.420 --> 01:46:55.160
Your star radio uses the same antenna, so you may run into trouble with the radio

01:46:58.980 --> 01:47:02.500
Take up here. We are also firing up the set for now

01:47:12.020 --> 01:47:19.080
So integrity is in great shape and as the crew continues its post a splashdown

01:47:19.080 --> 01:47:22.280
down timeline activities on board.

01:47:22.280 --> 01:47:26.800
Reed Wiseman once again reporting that all four crew members are in excellent shape.

01:47:26.800 --> 01:47:36.360
And we have five inflated airbags to maintain an upright configuration so that the reaction,

01:47:36.360 --> 01:47:42.720
the recovery team can now begin a slow approach to the vehicle.

01:47:42.720 --> 01:47:47.000
Meanwhile here in the flight control room, entry flight director Rick Henfling is

01:47:47.000 --> 01:47:54.100
polling his team of flight controllers for the start of powering down the vehicle

01:47:54.100 --> 01:48:01.500
after a thorough systems check, we have no toxic gases to be concerned about.

01:48:01.500 --> 01:48:07.340
So the recovery personnel can approach the vehicle, but not until we have powered

01:48:07.340 --> 01:48:10.740
down the spacecraft, that's expected to take a few more minutes.

01:48:47.000 --> 01:48:50.920
It's a historic flyby of the moon.

01:48:50.920 --> 01:48:54.240
It was, for all intents and purposes, a textbook mission.

01:48:54.240 --> 01:48:58.000
We are on 2828, put our main on this frequency.

01:48:58.000 --> 01:49:02.000
We copy.

01:49:08.000 --> 01:49:10.040
Reed Wiseman indicating some trouble

01:49:10.040 --> 01:49:12.760
with the SARS-Sat phone on board.

01:49:12.760 --> 01:49:14.200
But that's not an issue.

01:49:14.200 --> 01:49:16.480
What is more important is that the vehicle

01:49:16.480 --> 01:49:23.480
is solid. No issues as we begin the power down of the vehicle to begin the recovery process.

01:49:46.480 --> 01:50:02.240
The Propulsion Officer here in Mission Control reports

01:50:02.240 --> 01:50:05.100
that we have saved the prop system on integrity.

01:50:05.100 --> 01:50:09.600
Can you say again that was very weak and broken?

01:50:09.600 --> 01:50:16.660
Entity Houston did not call.

01:50:24.160 --> 01:50:24.820
Copy that Houston.

01:50:25.040 --> 01:50:26.540
It might have been on the side radio, Sam I.

01:50:26.540 --> 01:50:46.140
All of the milestones were executed in perfect fashion, integrity entering the Earth's atmosphere.

01:50:46.140 --> 01:50:53.840
Right on time, reaching its peak speed shortly after a blackout period began.

01:50:53.840 --> 01:51:01.580
We emerged from the blackout period, but the recovery imagery airborne assets were able

01:51:01.580 --> 01:51:06.340
to pick up integrity's descent almost immediately through entry interface,

01:51:07.220 --> 01:51:09.240
tracking the vehicle all the way down.

01:51:10.240 --> 01:51:13.480
And finally, you saw the sequence of shoot deployments.

01:51:14.480 --> 01:51:19.860
First, the forward bay cover being pulled off the top of the vehicle by a series

01:51:19.860 --> 01:51:27.780
of three parachutes, then the drogue shoots were deployed followed by the three main shoots

01:51:27.780 --> 01:51:33.900
that slowed the splashdown velocity of integrity to just 19 miles an hour.

01:51:49.860 --> 01:52:14.260
Integrity, Houston, with no joy on SAR and SAT phone, we'd like you to command an additional

01:52:14.260 --> 01:52:17.260
15 minutes for a total of 30-minute power down delay.

01:52:17.260 --> 01:52:33.540
All right, Jack, we just selected T flash D plus 3, 0.

01:52:33.540 --> 01:52:36.220
No joy on SAR radio or SEPHOM.

01:52:39.740 --> 01:52:42.900
And standby, we have the master diver on SAR radio.

01:52:42.900 --> 01:52:43.860
Please hold columns.

01:52:45.300 --> 01:52:47.660
Hey Lily, excuse me.

01:52:47.660 --> 01:52:50.420
Hey Jackie, we just got the Master Diver on the star.

01:52:50.420 --> 01:53:11.780
A good view of one of the fast boats.

01:53:11.780 --> 01:53:15.380
Integrity Houston, if you are happy with your calm

01:53:15.380 --> 01:53:18.900
with Master Diver, you can go back to the 15 minute powder.

01:53:18.900 --> 01:53:23.100
Okay, standby.

01:53:23.100 --> 01:53:27.940
Yeah, we'll confirm here in a second.

01:53:27.940 --> 01:53:29.840
The crew on board integrity coordinating

01:53:29.840 --> 01:53:32.440
with the flight control team in Houston here

01:53:32.440 --> 01:53:35.660
in mission control on the timing of the power down

01:53:35.660 --> 01:53:39.060
of the vehicle, which will be the precursor

01:53:39.060 --> 01:53:44.420
to the recovery teams approaching the spacecraft.

01:53:44.420 --> 01:53:46.940
There are no issues with integrity.

01:53:46.940 --> 01:53:52.740
We've had a bit of a broken capability in establishing a SARSAT

01:53:52.740 --> 01:53:55.920
or satellite phone communications capability

01:53:55.920 --> 01:54:00.160
between the crew on board integrity and the recovery team

01:54:01.680 --> 01:54:03.540
that will get sorted out here shortly.

01:54:06.040 --> 01:54:08.220
There's plenty of cooling on board integrity,

01:54:09.020 --> 01:54:10.840
so there's no rush to begin the power down.

01:54:10.840 --> 01:54:15.040
I'm going to call you on the SAT phone and not getting an answer there either.

01:54:17.800 --> 01:54:20.180
Concur. We haven't had anything come through.

01:54:20.180 --> 01:54:44.220
And, Houston, if you could relay to recovery that we hear them, but it does not appear

01:54:44.220 --> 01:54:46.220
so they are hearing us.

01:54:53.900 --> 01:55:00.700
Houston copies and read just to confirm you are pushing the PTT on the radio.

01:55:00.700 --> 01:55:16.980
So as we continue to sort out the communications between integrity

01:55:16.980 --> 01:55:21.380
and the recovery teams, we are standing by for the initiation

01:55:21.380 --> 01:55:28.520
of the power down procedures that as you see the recovery teams are moving towards the side

01:55:28.520 --> 01:55:32.000
of the capsule, the next major event will be the erection

01:55:32.000 --> 01:55:36.280
of that large inflatable raft called the front porch.

01:55:37.360 --> 01:55:40.440
That will be the port of call for the crew

01:55:40.440 --> 01:55:43.560
as they're being extracted one by one from the vehicle.

01:55:43.560 --> 01:55:59.080
Integrity Houston for Satsong, we are going to attempt to call you.

01:55:59.080 --> 01:56:06.080
Good idea, standing by.

01:56:06.080 --> 01:56:15.160
And Jackie, yes, we are pushing the push to talk, the two buttons on the left side

01:56:15.160 --> 01:56:17.320
of the radio below the up-down arrows.

01:56:17.320 --> 01:56:18.320
We are utilizing them.

01:56:18.320 --> 01:56:20.420
I'm rebooting the radio to see if we get good coms.

01:56:24.320 --> 01:56:25.420
Okay, we copy all.

01:56:25.420 --> 01:56:31.960
And just to confirm, you are seeing that you are a touchdown plus 30-3-0 for power, correct?

01:56:31.960 --> 01:56:54.480
That's a formative.

01:56:54.480 --> 01:57:00.360
We are trying a backdoor approach to have mission control here call the crew on their

01:57:00.360 --> 01:57:06.920
satellite phone. This is all part of the coordination for the power down of the vehicle

01:57:06.920 --> 01:57:15.760
that will initiate the actual recovery operation. The first boats with the Navy divers on board

01:57:15.760 --> 01:57:22.660
are standing by waiting to close in on integrity to begin the process of erecting the large

01:57:22.660 --> 01:57:29.400
inflatable raft that's called the front porch that will be where the astronauts

01:57:29.400 --> 01:57:32.240
are extracted from so that they can have a few minutes

01:57:32.240 --> 01:57:38.320
to get their land legs back before they're hoisted aboard

01:57:38.320 --> 01:57:40.800
the Navy helicopters for the flight back to the deck

01:57:40.800 --> 01:57:42.840
of the USS John P. Murtha.

01:57:42.840 --> 01:57:44.840
I'm going to have to reply.

01:58:12.840 --> 01:58:15.060
And Houston, please don't reply.

01:58:15.060 --> 01:58:20.060
NRD, very weak, but readable master diver.

01:58:21.000 --> 01:58:23.000
We can hear, but they cannot hear us.

01:59:12.840 --> 01:59:19.840
At Houston on OE 1, is there any chance to tie us into NRD?

01:59:32.840 --> 01:59:33.840
Checking.

01:59:42.840 --> 01:59:56.680
This is Mission Control Houston while we stand by for the establishment of communications

01:59:56.680 --> 02:00:03.600
between integrity and the recovery team that is basically standing by very close to the

02:00:03.600 --> 02:00:04.600
spacecraft.

02:00:04.600 --> 02:00:09.360
We're going to go to the deck of the USS John P. Murtha where Megan Cruz is standing

02:00:09.360 --> 02:00:12.360
by with Administrator Jared Isaacman.

02:00:12.360 --> 02:00:23.600
Hey, Rob, yeah, just such an honor to be able to be here on the ship, to be able to share

02:00:23.600 --> 02:00:25.800
and experience this moment with everyone together.

02:00:25.800 --> 02:00:30.720
And of course, as you just said, yes, here with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Administrator,

02:00:30.720 --> 02:00:34.280
how did you feel getting to witness this and seeing NASA at its best?

02:00:34.280 --> 02:00:37.160
No, I mean, I'm honest, I'm still at a loss for words.

02:00:37.160 --> 02:00:40.720
and you know like the childhood Jared right now can't believe what I just saw

02:00:40.720 --> 02:00:45.000
I mean almost been waiting my whole lifetime to see to see this and then

02:00:45.000 --> 02:00:48.880
it's NASA administrator I just couldn't be more proud of the entire workforce

02:00:48.880 --> 02:00:52.920
the years the effort the late nights all the hard work from across the

02:00:52.920 --> 02:00:58.920
country that contributed to this incredible moment right now and yeah

02:00:58.920 --> 02:01:03.160
incredibly grateful too for our teams here on the John P. Murther right now

02:01:03.160 --> 02:01:06.280
yeah look at the behind me there. What do you guys think we just brought some

02:01:06.280 --> 02:01:08.280
astronauts back from the moon, huh?

02:01:08.280 --> 02:01:16.960
Unbelievable. Thank you. Yeah, so grateful to the Navy, the sailors that are here, the

02:01:16.960 --> 02:01:20.520
NASA teams. I mean, this is a joint effort that's on their way right now. These recovery

02:01:20.520 --> 02:01:25.920
forces are getting out to our Orion spacecraft to integrity, get our astronauts back on

02:01:25.920 --> 02:01:26.920
the ship safely.

02:01:26.920 --> 02:01:30.000
Yeah, and this is not just an accomplishment for NASA. This is an accomplishment for

02:01:30.000 --> 02:01:35.480
humanity again. A historic mission to the moon and back. How does this make

02:01:35.480 --> 02:01:38.360
you feel and what do you hope people take away from this? Well I'll tell you

02:01:38.360 --> 02:01:42.320
you know I think about I think about our the crew members that we've all had an

02:01:42.320 --> 02:01:46.200
opportunity to observe over the last 10 days right I mean you know absolutely

02:01:46.200 --> 02:01:50.880
professional astronauts I mean wonderful communicators almost poets but then I

02:01:50.880 --> 02:01:55.080
think these were the ambassadors from humanity to the stars that we sent out

02:01:55.080 --> 02:02:00.040
there right now and I can't imagine a better crew the Artemis 2 crew that

02:02:00.040 --> 02:02:04.480
just completed a perfect mission right now so yes it's a huge moment for

02:02:04.480 --> 02:02:10.400
everybody right. I mean we are back in the business of sending astronauts to the moon bringing them

02:02:10.400 --> 02:02:15.120
back safely and to set up for a series more. I mean this is not a once in a lifetime which

02:02:15.120 --> 02:02:19.360
you hear sometimes around here is like this was a once in a lifetime. No it's not. This is just

02:02:19.360 --> 02:02:23.600
the beginning. We are going to get back into doing this with frequency sending missions to

02:02:23.600 --> 02:02:28.480
the moon until we land on it in 2028 and start building our base. Yeah are we going to build

02:02:28.480 --> 02:02:32.720
on the momentum for Artemis 3? I mean it's just around the corner. Absolutely. So I mean

02:02:32.720 --> 02:02:34.280
I mean, that's part of me too.

02:02:34.280 --> 02:02:38.200
I can't wait to get the crew off of integrity right now,

02:02:38.200 --> 02:02:41.120
but also getting integrity back on this ship

02:02:41.120 --> 02:02:42.400
so we can start taking a look at it,

02:02:42.400 --> 02:02:45.280
because all that data is so precious to us right now.

02:02:45.280 --> 02:02:47.000
I mean, we are going to definitely want to take a good look

02:02:47.000 --> 02:02:48.640
at the thermal protection system.

02:02:48.640 --> 02:02:49.960
We're going to want to download all the data

02:02:49.960 --> 02:02:51.480
that couldn't transmit back to us

02:02:51.480 --> 02:02:53.440
and use that to inform Artemis III.

02:02:53.440 --> 02:02:54.720
But we're already making progress, right?

02:02:54.720 --> 02:02:57.840
You had SRB segments already showing up at KSC.

02:02:57.840 --> 02:03:01.840
Core stage for Artemis III is rolling out on April 20th.

02:03:01.840 --> 02:03:07.300
We're getting mobile launcher one back in the vehicle assembly building so yes, there is

02:03:07.300 --> 02:03:12.280
a lot to celebrate right now on a mission well accomplished for Artemis II and at the

02:03:12.280 --> 02:03:14.720
same time we got to start getting ready for three.

02:03:14.720 --> 02:03:15.720
Amazing.

02:03:15.720 --> 02:03:20.000
And last question, you know, for people who joined us for all ten days to see what we

02:03:20.000 --> 02:03:26.040
can accomplish together with our international partners, what do you think about the

02:03:26.040 --> 02:03:30.440
fact that we're going to keep doing this more and more and more?

02:03:30.440 --> 02:03:31.440
It's incredibly exciting.

02:03:31.440 --> 02:03:35.280
I mean, yes, it's the contributions, like the best and brightest across the NASA workforce

02:03:35.280 --> 02:03:39.480
from across the country, our industry partners, our international partners, we had a Canadian

02:03:39.480 --> 02:03:43.880
Space Agency astronaut on board in Jeremy, we had the European service module.

02:03:43.880 --> 02:03:48.480
And you think, in the days leading up to this launch, I mean, 48 hours prior to launching

02:03:48.480 --> 02:03:53.880
Artemis II, I was meeting with the Italian Space Agency, we signed a memorandum of understanding

02:03:53.880 --> 02:03:57.200
to build a habitation module on the moon.

02:03:57.200 --> 02:04:00.320
I mean, you have countries, all of our allies and partners

02:04:00.320 --> 02:04:03.120
coming together saying, we are committed to this effort.

02:04:03.120 --> 02:04:04.640
We are returning to the moon.

02:04:04.640 --> 02:04:06.000
We're doing it to stay.

02:04:06.000 --> 02:04:07.760
We are building that enduring presence.

02:04:07.760 --> 02:04:10.160
We are going to master the skills on the surface of the moon

02:04:10.160 --> 02:04:12.520
so Sunday we can undertake missions tomorrow.

02:04:12.520 --> 02:04:14.720
It's just an incredibly exciting time.

02:04:14.720 --> 02:04:16.160
And we're not going out of the loam.

02:04:16.160 --> 02:04:17.800
We're bringing everybody along with us.

02:04:17.800 --> 02:04:18.280
Absolutely.

02:04:18.280 --> 02:04:19.800
And speaking of everyone one more time,

02:04:19.800 --> 02:04:21.000
we're going to ask the crew here.

02:04:21.000 --> 02:04:22.800
You guys ready to land on the moon?

02:04:22.800 --> 02:04:30.560
Awesome. I love that. Okay. Well, thank you so much, administrator. Appreciate you being here.

02:04:30.560 --> 02:04:33.760
We're of course going to stay on to watch the crew get extracted from Orion.

02:04:33.760 --> 02:04:36.400
So stay tuned and we'll see you back here shortly.

02:04:46.080 --> 02:04:48.880
Thank you, Megan and thank you, Administrator Isaacman.

02:04:48.880 --> 02:04:54.560
We are in the process of working to establish that communications link

02:04:54.560 --> 02:05:00.180
and to establish the procedures that will lead to the power down of the spacecraft

02:05:00.180 --> 02:05:04.720
which is gently bobbing in the Pacific following a bullseye touchdown

02:05:04.720 --> 02:05:11.560
that occurred at 7.07 p.m. Central Time, 5.07 p.m. Pacific Time,

02:05:11.560 --> 02:05:16.960
two and a half hours before sunset in the Pacific Southwest of San Diego.

02:05:16.960 --> 02:05:23.500
We have once again heard from the crew during that interview opportunity

02:05:23.500 --> 02:05:28.060
with the administrator and we have four healthy crew members on board.

02:05:34.120 --> 02:05:40.020
We now have confirmation that the vehicle has been powered down as per the procedures

02:05:40.020 --> 02:05:44.020
so we have vehicle powered down and the flight control team here in Houston,

02:05:44.020 --> 02:05:47.540
Flight Director Rick Henfling has handed over mission authority

02:05:47.540 --> 02:05:51.060
to the Exploration Ground Systems Team out in the Pacific.

02:05:51.060 --> 02:05:56.700
Now, we will physically not get off console with this team

02:05:56.700 --> 02:06:00.140
until the crew has been extracted into the front porch.

02:06:00.140 --> 02:06:03.740
That inflatable raft that will be erected along the side hatch

02:06:03.740 --> 02:06:06.900
of integrity, so we're standing by for that in the next step

02:06:06.900 --> 02:06:08.180
in the recovery procedures.

02:06:08.180 --> 02:06:09.980
But everything is in great shape.

02:06:09.980 --> 02:06:12.500
And we have four healthy crew members on board the vehicle.

02:06:12.500 --> 02:06:39.500
All of the entry events went by the book No Issues, Perfect Trajectory for Integrity

02:06:39.500 --> 02:06:46.380
that was culminated with one final raise burn to improve the angle of attack

02:06:46.380 --> 02:06:48.660
for the vehicle as it entered the Earth's atmosphere.

02:06:48.660 --> 02:06:53.780
All of that flight dynamics computation worked like a charm.

02:07:09.500 --> 02:07:27.260
So we are standing by for the recovery team to approach integrity and begin the process

02:07:27.260 --> 02:07:33.420
of erecting that inflatable raft called the front porch, which we'll see the crew members

02:07:33.420 --> 02:07:39.300
be extracted from the hatch of Orion into that inflatable raft

02:07:39.300 --> 02:07:47.340
before they're hoisted aboard two Navy helicopters in a variety

02:07:47.340 --> 02:07:49.820
of different configurations.

02:07:49.820 --> 02:07:54.540
Each crew member will be hoisted in sequential fashion

02:07:54.540 --> 02:07:58.780
and alternating fashion to crew members for each helicopter

02:07:58.780 --> 02:08:02.580
before they turn around to head back to the John P. Murtha once

02:08:02.580 --> 02:08:05.620
on the deck of the ship they'll be brought into Medical Bay

02:08:05.620 --> 02:08:07.380
for comprehensive medical exams.

02:08:08.260 --> 02:08:10.580
But Reed Wiseman has reported several times

02:08:11.020 --> 02:08:12.580
that the crew is in excellent shape.

02:08:12.580 --> 02:08:39.700
So just to recap, it has been some 26 and a half minutes since the splashdown

02:08:39.700 --> 02:08:41.720
of integrity in the Pacific.

02:08:41.720 --> 02:08:43.940
The vehicle is in excellent shape.

02:08:43.940 --> 02:08:46.540
It performed like a champ all the way down

02:08:46.540 --> 02:08:48.420
through the Earth's atmosphere.

02:08:48.420 --> 02:08:51.940
All of the vehicle functions were checked off

02:08:51.940 --> 02:08:55.300
in excellent trip hammer fashion.

02:08:55.300 --> 02:08:58.060
The parachutes all deployed as planned,

02:08:58.060 --> 02:09:02.020
splashed out occurring at 7.07 p.m. central time,

02:09:02.020 --> 02:09:04.820
5.07 p.m. Pacific time.

02:09:04.820 --> 02:09:17.540
And after a bit of a tussle to try to establish a communications link

02:09:17.540 --> 02:09:23.140
with the recovery team, we were finally able to run through the procedures

02:09:23.140 --> 02:09:25.500
for the powering down of the vehicle.

02:09:25.500 --> 02:09:27.500
We've handed over mission authority

02:09:27.500 --> 02:09:31.900
to the exploration ground systems folks out in the Pacific.

02:09:31.900 --> 02:09:36.860
And the recovery team will be approaching the vehicle shortly

02:09:37.320 --> 02:09:43.560
to erect the inflatable raft called the front porch before opening the hatch to integrity

02:09:43.560 --> 02:09:50.820
to bring the crew members onto that raft before they're hoisted onto two Navy helicopters,

02:09:50.820 --> 02:09:54.580
two crew members for each helicopter before they're flown back

02:09:54.580 --> 02:09:56.560
to the deck of the USS John P. Murtha.

02:12:31.900 --> 02:12:42.820
This is Mission Control Houston.

02:12:42.820 --> 02:12:45.860
After talking to the flight dynamics folks,

02:12:45.860 --> 02:12:51.220
we have a bit of a refinement on the splashdown time for you.

02:12:51.220 --> 02:12:56.020
Their computation shows a splashdown time of 707

02:12:56.020 --> 02:12:58.720
and 27 seconds p.m. Central Time.

02:12:59.060 --> 02:13:02.580
707 and 27 seconds p.m. Central Time.

02:13:12.340 --> 02:13:16.300
That would equate to a mission elapsed time

02:13:16.300 --> 02:13:20.140
of nine days, one hour, 32 minutes, and 15 seconds.

02:13:26.020 --> 02:13:33.820
Once again, from Flight Dynamics, a splashdown time of 707

02:13:33.820 --> 02:13:36.540
and 27 seconds p.m. Central Time.

02:13:38.100 --> 02:13:39.900
That would equate to a mission elapsed time

02:13:39.900 --> 02:13:44.380
of nine days, one hour, 32 minutes, and 15 seconds.

02:13:44.380 --> 02:14:00.620
Reports from the Pacific indicate that the recovery team

02:14:00.620 --> 02:14:03.380
in communications with the crew aboard integrity

02:14:03.500 --> 02:14:08.020
that the crew remains in excellent shape as they await the approach

02:14:09.720 --> 02:14:13.380
of the team for a final hazard gas evaluation

02:14:13.380 --> 02:14:16.200
before they move to the side of the vehicle

02:14:16.200 --> 02:14:19.880
to erect the inflatable life raft called the front porch.

02:14:40.440 --> 02:14:42.440
Again, no issues with integrity.

02:14:42.440 --> 02:14:44.480
The vehicle is powered down.

02:14:44.480 --> 02:14:47.960
All of its systems are now safe.

02:14:47.960 --> 02:14:49.840
We have handed over mission authority

02:14:49.840 --> 02:14:53.640
to the exploration ground systems folks in the Pacific,

02:14:53.640 --> 02:15:00.840
but we will not stand down and have the entry flight control team

02:15:00.840 --> 02:15:06.560
to part its positions until that inflatable raft,

02:15:06.560 --> 02:15:09.160
the front porch is erected, the hatch open,

02:15:09.160 --> 02:15:11.800
and the crew having exited the vehicle.

02:15:11.800 --> 02:15:15.320
So that's the next step in the recovery process that will lead

02:15:15.320 --> 02:15:16.900
to the hoisting of the crew members.

02:15:17.460 --> 02:15:22.280
For two crew members for each helicopter, they'll be hoisted to a pair

02:15:22.280 --> 02:15:26.100
of Navy helicopters that will then fly a short distance back

02:15:26.100 --> 02:15:27.620
to the USS John P. Murtha.

02:15:28.200 --> 02:15:35.380
What you're looking at is one of the fast boats circling the vehicle

02:15:35.380 --> 02:15:36.800
to make a hazard assessment.

02:18:11.800 --> 02:18:14.580
This is Mission Control Houston.

02:18:14.580 --> 02:18:18.400
Once again, you're watching the initiation of the recovery

02:18:18.400 --> 02:18:22.240
of the Artemis crew aboard integrity.

02:18:22.240 --> 02:18:28.240
All of the Navy divers and the fast boats are now approaching the spacecraft

02:18:28.240 --> 02:18:30.800
after conducting a hazard assessment.

02:18:30.800 --> 02:18:33.120
The vehicle has been powered down.

02:18:33.120 --> 02:18:38.640
Entry Flight Director Rick Henfling now waiting for the life raft, the front porch,

02:18:38.640 --> 02:18:41.400
to be erected along the side of the vehicle

02:18:41.400 --> 02:18:45.160
so that the hatch can be opened and the crew members extracted

02:18:45.160 --> 02:18:49.160
from integrity soon to be hoisted one by one

02:18:49.160 --> 02:18:52.400
into a pair of Navy helicopters for a short flight back

02:18:52.400 --> 02:18:55.400
to the deck of the USS John P. Murtha.

02:18:55.400 --> 02:19:00.400
If you missed it earlier, we talked to Flight Dynamics

02:19:00.400 --> 02:19:03.840
and received a more official touchdown time,

02:19:03.840 --> 02:19:10.800
of or splashdown time as it were of 707 and 27 seconds p.m. central time 507

02:19:10.800 --> 02:19:16.960
and 27 seconds p.m. Pacific time that would equate to a mission elapsed time of nine days

02:19:16.960 --> 02:19:20.080
one hour 32 minutes and 15 seconds.

02:22:03.840 --> 02:22:13.680
Continuing to get excellent views from the imagery assets out at sea in the Pacific of integrity,

02:22:13.680 --> 02:22:18.640
we continue to get good reports from the landing and support officer who's in contact

02:22:18.640 --> 02:22:22.120
with the recovery team that the crew is in excellent shape, no issues.

02:22:22.880 --> 02:22:28.460
They're just currently biding their time waiting for the front porch to be erected.

02:22:28.460 --> 02:22:35.580
And we have no hazardous gases and no hazardous situation

02:22:35.580 --> 02:22:36.380
with the vehicle.

02:22:36.380 --> 02:22:40.780
It performed perfectly all the way down from entry interface

02:22:40.780 --> 02:22:45.340
to its splashdown in the Pacific at 7.07 and 27 seconds PM

02:22:45.340 --> 02:22:46.620
central time.

02:22:46.620 --> 02:22:54.820
And as you can see, the first phalanx of recovery personnel

02:22:54.820 --> 02:22:58.620
now pulling up alongside of integrity.

02:23:04.860 --> 02:23:07.780
This includes Navy divers and Navy flight surgeon

02:23:09.700 --> 02:23:13.820
and other recovery personnel who have trained for several years

02:23:14.100 --> 02:23:15.940
for this recovery process.

02:23:54.820 --> 02:24:01.220
minutes following splashdown the vehicle has been powered down there's no hazardous gas emanating

02:24:01.220 --> 02:24:08.100
from the vehicle that's why the first team of recovery personnel has been able to pull alongside

02:24:08.660 --> 02:24:24.660
integrity and the reports continue to come in that the four astronauts are in excellent shape.

02:24:24.820 --> 02:24:26.820
I

02:24:39.300 --> 02:24:41.300
Yes

02:25:54.820 --> 02:26:08.980
This is Mission Control Houston, continuing to watch the initiation

02:26:08.980 --> 02:26:13.900
of the recovery of Integrity's astronauts.

02:26:13.900 --> 02:26:16.520
One by one they'll be brought out of the spacecraft

02:26:16.520 --> 02:26:21.540
onto a large inflatable raft just a short time from now.

02:26:21.540 --> 02:26:24.660
In the meantime we can go back to the USS John P. Murtha

02:26:24.660 --> 02:26:27.760
where my colleague, Megan Cruz, is standing by

02:26:27.760 --> 02:26:30.560
to provide her situation report.

02:26:30.560 --> 02:26:32.060
Megan, can you hear us?

02:26:32.060 --> 02:26:40.660
Hey, Rob. Yes, I can hear you. Thank you.

02:26:40.660 --> 02:26:44.560
Yeah, we're back here on the bow of the recovery ship

02:26:44.560 --> 02:26:48.760
where there are still plenty of people peering out into the water.

02:26:48.760 --> 02:26:51.660
We are not very far from the action everyone is seeing

02:26:51.660 --> 02:26:59.580
on their screen now, the Orion spacecraft integrity in the ocean surrounded by a number

02:26:59.580 --> 02:27:02.020
of recovery boats.

02:27:02.020 --> 02:27:12.780
As Rob has been saying, in those recovery boats, NASA and Navy personnel specifically trained

02:27:12.780 --> 02:27:15.540
to get the astronauts out of Orion.

02:27:29.040 --> 02:27:31.220
In some of our wide shots, you can probably see

02:27:31.220 --> 02:27:34.220
that there are six boats out in the water.

02:27:38.020 --> 02:27:41.420
More than 40 people out in the water right now on those boats.

02:28:12.780 --> 02:28:30.540
The first order of business is to set up the front porch and the stabilization collar.

02:28:30.540 --> 02:28:36.060
You might also hear it referred to as a stab collar.

02:28:36.060 --> 02:28:41.220
Basically just to make sure that Orion stays upright, doesn't sway in the water too

02:28:41.220 --> 02:28:46.220
much, again, to make it easier for recovery forces to get the astronauts out.

02:29:02.220 --> 02:29:07.220
Again, we splashed down in the Pacific Ocean just after 5 p.m. Pacific time here.

02:29:07.220 --> 02:29:16.080
It's a requirement by NASA to be able to get the crew out of Orion within two hours of

02:29:16.080 --> 02:29:17.080
splashdown.

02:29:17.080 --> 02:29:22.540
It's doing great on time so far, plenty of time.

02:29:22.540 --> 02:29:23.540
No rush either.

02:29:23.540 --> 02:29:30.060
You know, I was speaking to NASA Flight Surgeon Rick Schuring earlier in this broadcast

02:29:30.060 --> 02:29:35.500
and he said to me, you know, no rush to get the crew out, just want to make sure

02:29:35.500 --> 02:29:41.180
that they're feeling good and whenever they're ready to take their step out of

02:29:41.180 --> 02:29:46.380
Orion and onto that large raft, the front porch, folks will be ready.

02:30:05.500 --> 02:30:13.700
And as there are mission audio loops in mission control in Houston, there is a mission audio

02:30:13.700 --> 02:30:15.220
loop here on the ship.

02:30:15.220 --> 02:30:21.380
And it was just reported out that the side hatch is open.

02:30:21.380 --> 02:30:27.820
Side hatch of integrity is open.

02:30:27.820 --> 02:30:31.780
You're getting these beautiful shots from our aerial assets.

02:30:31.780 --> 02:30:41.460
ship itself where I'm on just 3,000 yards away again plenty of people on the boat

02:30:41.460 --> 02:30:46.060
here glued to the side closest to where they can see all this action and again

02:30:46.060 --> 02:30:54.980
with just 3,000 yards separating us great views from the bow here you can

02:30:54.980 --> 02:30:58.580
See now that side hatch is open.

02:30:58.580 --> 02:31:03.060
One of the Navy personnel is about to get inside there.

02:31:12.260 --> 02:31:15.260
In they go.

02:31:15.260 --> 02:31:17.740
In total, four will go into Orion.

02:31:17.740 --> 02:31:19.340
So it'll be a little bit of a tight squeeze,

02:31:19.340 --> 02:31:28.700
But the goal is to have a recovery personnel with each astronaut assessing them.

02:31:49.340 --> 02:32:01.020
The boat's getting closer now.

02:32:01.020 --> 02:32:06.200
Again that one that's right up against Orion, those are the divers that will go in to the

02:32:06.200 --> 02:32:10.060
spacecraft to check on each of the astronauts.

02:32:10.060 --> 02:32:14.220
These other boats will begin doing a number of things, putting on that stabilization

02:32:14.220 --> 02:32:23.580
collar onto Orion, building that front porch. Eventually they will retrieve the parachutes

02:32:25.500 --> 02:32:44.060
as well as tow Orion back to the well deck of the recovery ship here.

02:32:44.220 --> 02:32:56.640
And so, as we wait for the Navy and NASA personnel to get their assessments of the crew inside

02:32:56.640 --> 02:33:01.000
of Orion, why don't we toss it back to Rob for an update?

02:33:01.000 --> 02:33:02.000
Yes, thank you, Megan.

02:33:02.000 --> 02:33:06.540
Here in Mission Control, Flight Director Rick Henfling and the entry team of flight controllers

02:33:06.540 --> 02:33:07.860
still on duty.

02:33:07.860 --> 02:33:11.300
The vehicle has been powered down for some time now.

02:33:11.300 --> 02:33:16.980
There are no hazardous gases emanating from integrity that of course allowed the recovery

02:33:16.980 --> 02:33:23.060
personnel to approach the vehicle and then open the hatch to begin the initial medical

02:33:23.060 --> 02:33:25.780
assessment of the crew as you just indicated.

02:33:25.780 --> 02:33:32.500
Now we're standing by for the erection of that inflatable raft, the front porch, alongside

02:33:32.500 --> 02:33:38.020
of the vehicle that will enable the crew to be extracted one by one onto the raft,

02:33:38.020 --> 02:33:44.660
a moment or two to get their land legs back before they're hoisted into two hovering Navy

02:33:44.660 --> 02:33:51.060
helicopters, two crew members for each helicopter for a short flight back to the deck of the USS John

02:33:51.060 --> 02:34:02.420
P. Murtha. All of Integrity's systems operated flawlessly throughout the course of the approach

02:34:02.420 --> 02:34:08.780
approach to the Earth, the entry into the Earth's atmosphere and all of the key milestones

02:34:08.780 --> 02:34:14.140
that followed in this high-speed return to Earth for integrity, a mission that spanned

02:34:14.140 --> 02:34:20.420
more than 694,000 miles from the vehicle's launch from the Kennedy Space Center atop

02:34:20.420 --> 02:34:23.420
the space launch system back on April 1st.

02:35:20.420 --> 02:35:47.820
As we mentioned at the top of the broadcast, the last time

02:35:47.820 --> 02:35:55.060
that the Apollo program saw a splash down in the Pacific was Apollo 17 back

02:35:55.060 --> 02:35:58.380
on December 19th, 1972.

02:35:58.380 --> 02:36:07.020
So, for the first time in 54, some 53 and a half years, we have reenacted that with the arrival

02:36:07.020 --> 02:36:14.780
of integrity's astronauts as they flew around the moon in that historic lunar fly-by

02:36:14.780 --> 02:36:19.000
that began with a trans-lunar injection burn that took them

02:36:19.000 --> 02:36:22.300
out of Earth orbit following 24 hours

02:36:22.300 --> 02:36:24.400
of a high Earth orbit trajectory.

02:36:25.080 --> 02:36:28.500
The high Earth orbit trajectory enabled flight controllers here

02:36:29.000 --> 02:36:34.320
to have a full 24 hours to evaluate the systems on integrity

02:36:34.800 --> 02:36:37.580
and the condition of the crew before they would commit

02:36:37.680 --> 02:36:38.800
to flying to the moon.

02:39:14.780 --> 02:39:16.840
you

02:39:44.780 --> 02:39:55.580
With the side hatch of Orion having been opened to set the stage for the erection

02:39:55.580 --> 02:40:03.140
of the inflatable life raft known as the front porch to be erected alongside the spacecraft

02:40:03.140 --> 02:40:05.860
for the extraction of the crew.

02:40:05.860 --> 02:40:11.700
Let's play for you an interview that my colleague Megan Cruz conducted on the USS John P.

02:40:11.700 --> 02:40:18.700
with Navy Diver First Class David McMahon that explains how this process is unfolding.

02:40:18.700 --> 02:40:24.700
Okay, Davey, so you and some of your team, one last look over of the stabilization power, correct?

02:40:24.700 --> 02:40:25.700
Yes, sir.

02:40:25.700 --> 02:40:27.700
Okay, so what is the stabilization power?

02:40:27.700 --> 02:40:30.700
This is what's going to stabilize the capsule out there in the ocean.

02:40:30.700 --> 02:40:34.700
We don't know how good the weather or the waves will be that day, so this will help

02:40:34.700 --> 02:40:38.860
will help prevent any unnecessary appearances from happening,

02:40:38.860 --> 02:40:42.220
stabilizing the capsule and astronauts inside.

02:40:42.220 --> 02:40:44.860
So basically, this is a float that will go around Orion.

02:40:44.860 --> 02:40:46.780
I'm assuming that what they're doing right now,

02:40:46.780 --> 02:40:50.180
these are the lines that will attach the collar onto Orion.

02:40:50.180 --> 02:40:51.580
That is correct.

02:40:51.580 --> 02:40:52.660
And so what are they doing here?

02:40:52.660 --> 02:40:54.900
So we've got the lower line that

02:40:54.900 --> 02:40:59.820
will secure the inflation device before we inflate it.

02:40:59.820 --> 02:41:02.460
That gives us the go ahead that it's secure in its place

02:41:02.460 --> 02:41:03.620
and then we'll inflate it.

02:41:03.620 --> 02:41:08.660
and once that is done we'll undo all the carabiners and get this orange line on top

02:41:08.660 --> 02:41:12.980
tied in the same fashion and then this release security to the capsule. We'll ask for

02:41:12.980 --> 02:41:17.860
us to safely take those first steps out of the capsule and walk through the front porch.

02:41:17.860 --> 02:41:20.900
Okay and how long will it take them to set up the stabilization collar?

02:41:20.900 --> 02:41:23.460
We'll actually definitely be able to handle this in under 10 minutes.

02:41:23.460 --> 02:41:27.220
Okay wow and then you just mentioned the front porch so basically after they set up

02:41:27.220 --> 02:41:31.220
the stabilization collar then they set up what's called the front porch here.

02:41:31.220 --> 02:41:33.140
That's great. Okay and what's the front porch?

02:41:33.140 --> 02:41:39.860
front porch was basically a bigger waiting room for the astronauts to sit in while we wait for the

02:41:39.860 --> 02:41:45.540
helicopters to shut up and grab them. Okay, so the medical team that was inside with the crew,

02:41:45.540 --> 02:41:49.780
they're going to help them out and onto the front porch? That is correct. And then what happens

02:41:49.780 --> 02:41:56.820
here? We have a higher trained medical personnel also on board the front porch that will give

02:41:56.820 --> 02:42:02.180
them lookovers and just make sure they're okay while we wait for the helicopters to show

02:42:02.180 --> 02:42:09.180
Okay, how does it feel, I mean, your team, you, to be part of a mission that's returning astronauts from the moon in more than 50 years?

02:42:09.180 --> 02:42:18.180
We all feel extremely honored to be a part of this, as well as a bigger mission for the Navy and joining up with NASA to do great things.

02:42:18.180 --> 02:42:20.180
And do you feel like you're going to see them already?

02:42:20.180 --> 02:42:22.180
Yes, yes, very ready.

02:42:22.180 --> 02:42:24.180
Cool. All right, thank you so much.

02:42:24.180 --> 02:42:25.180
Thank you.

02:42:25.180 --> 02:42:34.340
Once again, the recovery operations are continuing out in the Pacific.

02:42:34.340 --> 02:42:38.300
We shortly should see that life raft, the front porch,

02:42:38.300 --> 02:42:41.260
erected alongside the side hatch of the vehicle.

02:42:55.180 --> 02:43:00.860
A number of flight controllers have come into the flight control room to receive congratulations

02:43:00.860 --> 02:43:06.440
from entry flight director Rick Henfling, but we're going to stick with our operations

02:43:06.440 --> 02:43:11.900
out of the Pacific as we await the extraction of the four crew members who are reported

02:43:11.900 --> 02:43:13.180
to be in excellent condition.

02:43:25.180 --> 02:43:39.700
Again, while we stand by for that front porch to be erected alongside of the side hatch of

02:43:39.700 --> 02:43:45.920
the vehicle, let's go back to the USS John P. Murtha and Megan Cruz.

02:43:45.920 --> 02:43:47.740
Megan?

02:43:47.740 --> 02:44:03.580
Hey, Rob, pausing now to listen to some, pausing to listen to some internal audio loops again,

02:44:03.580 --> 02:44:10.980
the operations team here on the ship communicating with everyone out on the water.

02:44:10.980 --> 02:44:16.780
It seems like currents are hindering them a little bit from unfurling and inflating

02:44:16.780 --> 02:44:25.300
the stabilization collar as well as the front Porsche. But again the requirement to get the

02:44:25.300 --> 02:44:33.720
crew out within two hours of splashdown, plenty of time. So no concerns just yet. But as calm

02:44:33.720 --> 02:44:48.920
as the water looks, yeah, it looks like it's hindering the teams just a tad.

02:44:48.920 --> 02:44:52.440
You can see in some of our shots that side hatch still open.

02:44:52.440 --> 02:44:59.640
Again inside there are now eight people inside.

02:44:59.640 --> 02:45:06.320
divers Navy divers all with medical training each assigned to an astronaut

02:45:06.320 --> 02:45:18.440
each making sure that they're comfortable feeling good

02:45:21.600 --> 02:45:25.880
as you've heard us say in the broadcast you know they expect a little bit of

02:45:25.880 --> 02:45:32.460
discomfort. Again, these astronauts just traveled back to Earth at 25,000 miles an hour, a nearly

02:45:32.460 --> 02:45:45.400
695,000 mile journey around the moon. If you think you'd get car sick. Again, six boats

02:45:45.400 --> 02:45:53.120
out there, lots of gear with them, just in case, right? As we said, the crew reported

02:45:53.120 --> 02:45:57.560
They're feeling great, but again all those folks out there in case they weren't, right?

02:45:57.560 --> 02:46:03.100
NASA is all about making sure we think about every situation that can happen.

02:46:03.100 --> 02:46:07.420
And so of course wanted to be ready in case any of our astronauts needed more medical

02:46:07.420 --> 02:46:15.600
attention while out there in the water.

02:46:15.600 --> 02:46:26.040
You see now teams again trying to set up the stabilization collar and front porch for the

02:46:26.040 --> 02:46:31.780
crew to get out of Orion.

02:46:31.780 --> 02:46:32.780
They need both right?

02:46:32.780 --> 02:46:44.040
The stabilization collar will keep Orion from swaying as you see it is doing now.

02:46:44.040 --> 02:46:49.760
And then they will connect the front porch to the stabilization collar so that the crew

02:46:49.760 --> 02:46:53.760
can take two steps and they will be in the front porch.

02:47:14.040 --> 02:47:24.700
Mala chatter on the mission audio loops. That's a good thing. Again, things proceeding pretty

02:47:24.700 --> 02:47:31.300
nominally, even if they're fighting some currents out there on the Pacific Ocean.

02:47:31.300 --> 02:47:48.940
Again, the goal setting up the stabilization collar and the front porch so that the crew

02:47:48.940 --> 02:47:57.540
can rest comfortably in the front porch, get placed into harnesses so that two helicopters

02:47:57.540 --> 02:48:03.460
can lift them off the front porch and onto the USS John

02:48:03.460 --> 02:48:04.060
Murphy here.

02:48:09.220 --> 02:48:12.180
The helicopters are going to take turns picking up

02:48:12.180 --> 02:48:13.900
an astronaut.

02:48:13.900 --> 02:48:15.740
So again, Helo-1 and Helo-2.

02:48:27.540 --> 02:48:36.900
Okay, and the recovery team here on the ship just got a report from the undersea medical

02:48:36.900 --> 02:48:41.520
officer who is inside the capsule with the crew.

02:48:41.520 --> 02:48:45.980
He is reporting all four members are green.

02:48:45.980 --> 02:48:51.740
All of our four astronauts read Victor, Christina, Jeremy green, meaning they are feeling great,

02:48:51.740 --> 02:48:54.220
not the complexion of their skin.

02:48:54.220 --> 02:49:07.580
They're feeling great, happy to be home, and ready to be extracted as soon as possible.

02:49:07.580 --> 02:49:11.940
And so, as I was saying, we have two helicopters circling.

02:49:11.940 --> 02:49:20.160
The activity you're seeing on the water right now, each will take turns picking up an astronaut,

02:49:20.160 --> 02:49:24.100
So, Helo-1 will come on in, hover above the front porch,

02:49:24.100 --> 02:49:27.380
about 40 feet above the front porch.

02:49:29.840 --> 02:49:33.660
A Navy recovery specialist will be hoisted down

02:49:33.660 --> 02:49:35.680
into the front porch.

02:49:35.680 --> 02:49:38.180
There is terrific mudrogering, don't you think that effect?

02:49:38.180 --> 02:49:39.980
We'll connect to the first astronaut

02:49:39.980 --> 02:49:42.680
which we're expecting to be Christina.

02:49:44.980 --> 02:49:48.460
And then Helo-2 comes around, picks up Jeremy,

02:49:48.460 --> 02:49:53.540
while Helo 1 stays above head.

02:49:53.540 --> 02:49:56.260
And then Helo 1 will come back in for another astronaut,

02:49:56.260 --> 02:49:59.020
and then Helo 2 for the last astronaut,

02:49:59.020 --> 02:50:01.980
and then back to the flight deck here on the recovery ship.

02:50:10.980 --> 02:50:15.980
I was talking to Assistant Artemis Recovery Director Paul

02:50:15.980 --> 02:50:18.120
Shrapinski, Shrapinski.

02:50:20.940 --> 02:50:24.320
He said helos are a much quicker, safer way to get on board.

02:50:24.320 --> 02:50:25.900
They did actually consider boats,

02:50:25.900 --> 02:50:29.060
but then if you think about it, longer time,

02:50:29.060 --> 02:50:32.340
the crew would have to move through more of the ship.

02:50:32.340 --> 02:50:37.260
This way the helos will give a more direct, quicker route

02:50:37.260 --> 02:50:40.500
to the medical bay for our four astronauts.

02:50:45.980 --> 02:50:50.980
Beautiful shots from our aerial and imagery teams.

02:50:57.980 --> 02:51:03.980
Clouds have dissipated for a clear view from the bow of the recovery ship here.

02:51:15.980 --> 02:51:35.420
You can still see divers in the water there and circling Orion.

02:51:35.420 --> 02:51:42.620
That is that stabilization collar we've been telling you about.

02:51:42.620 --> 02:51:46.680
As you saw in that interview just a few minutes ago,

02:51:46.680 --> 02:51:50.180
they have to first connect it to Orion.

02:51:50.180 --> 02:51:54.520
And then once it's secured onto Orion, they can inflate it.

02:51:54.520 --> 02:51:56.680
And then they'll further secure it

02:51:56.680 --> 02:51:58.080
with other harnesses and lines.

02:52:12.620 --> 02:52:34.300
about an hour and 10 minutes since splashed down in the Pacific Ocean here.

02:52:34.300 --> 02:52:41.140
Victor, Christina, and Jeremy back home after a history-making mission to the

02:52:41.140 --> 02:52:43.700
moon and back.

02:52:43.700 --> 02:53:08.700
And if you missed what we said just a couple of minutes ago, the undersea medical officer

02:53:08.700 --> 02:53:15.100
inside with the crew in Orion reporting all four crew members feeling great.

02:53:24.460 --> 02:53:29.100
Progress being made there on the stabilization collar, it looks like they are beginning to inflate it.

02:53:29.100 --> 02:53:45.100
And it looks like they're starting to unfold the front porch in order to get that into

02:53:45.100 --> 02:53:48.100
the water here shortly and inflate that as well.

02:53:59.100 --> 02:54:07.620
Again, more than 40 people out in the water right now.

02:54:07.620 --> 02:54:18.620
And those Navy and NASA personnel have been in the water for now about four hours.

02:54:18.620 --> 02:54:42.660
The reason why they had to get out so early is just to stage everything and actually here

02:54:42.660 --> 02:54:48.140
on the ship when there are flight operations happening you can't have

02:54:48.140 --> 02:54:54.220
anything else right just because a flight deck can be a dangerous place so they

02:54:54.220 --> 02:55:00.860
just want to focus on planes coming and going from the ship so that's why they

02:55:00.860 --> 02:55:07.260
wanted to get the boats in the water to make sure that they have all the time

02:55:07.260 --> 02:55:14.260
they needed for the flight ops.

02:55:14.260 --> 02:55:20.220
And then the same crew here out in the water, they will stay out in the water for a number

02:55:20.220 --> 02:55:24.620
of hours after we recover the crew and get them back on the ship because then they have

02:55:24.620 --> 02:55:32.180
to recover Orion.

02:55:32.180 --> 02:55:35.780
All right that stabilization collar looking good around Orion.

02:55:35.780 --> 02:55:41.860
We're now seeing some recovery personnel getting on to that collar.

02:55:41.860 --> 02:55:49.900
Again, they need to further attach it to Orion to make sure that it can really prop up the

02:55:49.900 --> 02:55:50.900
spacecraft.

02:55:50.900 --> 02:55:54.580
It's basically lifting it up off of the water just a tad.

02:55:54.580 --> 02:55:57.300
Again, so it's not so...

02:55:57.300 --> 02:56:25.700
So it doesn't sway so much in the water there.

02:56:25.700 --> 02:56:30.820
Now that front porch looks like it's nearly fully inflated as well.

02:56:30.820 --> 02:56:44.820
You can see a much larger surface area.

02:56:44.820 --> 02:56:51.100
So once the crew get out of Orion, they can stretch their legs a little bit on this front

02:56:51.100 --> 02:57:03.540
porch, get some fresh air, and enjoy this beautiful day here on their home planet.

02:57:14.700 --> 02:57:19.140
It appears teams now are about to connect the front porch to the

02:57:19.140 --> 02:57:29.760
stabilization collar and at that point when both are secure we should soon see

02:57:29.760 --> 02:57:35.540
astronauts come out of Orion.

02:57:49.140 --> 02:58:18.060
All these views you see also being fed to the landing force operation center here on the

02:58:18.060 --> 02:58:29.460
ship. Of course, it is very important for our recovery teams leading the mission to have

02:58:29.460 --> 02:58:38.100
all the views that you're seeing as well. Again, listening to their communication loop

02:58:38.100 --> 02:58:45.220
here on the ship, very quiet, which is a good thing. It means things are going pretty

02:58:45.220 --> 02:58:49.220
phenomenally, meaning as expected.

02:59:15.220 --> 02:59:25.380
Again, all this activity happening, just 3,000 yards away from the ship, so that means this

02:59:25.380 --> 02:59:31.260
will be a very quick flight back on the helicopters for the crew.

02:59:31.260 --> 02:59:41.260
Two, three minutes, and then we'll be back here on the ship.

02:59:41.260 --> 02:59:52.480
Okay, saw a thumbs up from one of the personnel in the front porch.

02:59:52.480 --> 03:00:02.860
It looks like they are now getting ready to deploy what they call the air rescue vest,

03:00:02.860 --> 03:00:04.660
ARV.

03:00:04.660 --> 03:00:12.660
And so this is the harness that each crew member will get into in order to be hoisted into

03:00:12.660 --> 03:00:13.660
the helicopters.

03:00:13.660 --> 03:00:20.020
Again, those helicopters hovering just about 40 feet above the front porch when they're

03:00:20.020 --> 03:00:25.300
ready to pick up each crew member.

03:01:20.020 --> 03:01:48.120
This is Mission Control Houston. Behind me, a fairly raucous scene as hundreds of flight

03:01:48.120 --> 03:01:52.360
controllers have poured into the flight control room here.

03:01:52.360 --> 03:01:55.640
This is reminiscent of the scene after the final shuttle

03:01:55.640 --> 03:02:00.440
mission of STS-135, although that was the end of a program.

03:02:00.440 --> 03:02:03.320
This is only the beginning of a program

03:02:03.320 --> 03:02:07.120
with the textbook splashdown of integrity

03:02:07.120 --> 03:02:09.480
in its four astronauts.

03:02:09.480 --> 03:02:12.080
We're standing by for the crew to be extracted

03:02:12.080 --> 03:02:15.240
from the spacecraft.

03:02:15.240 --> 03:02:21.160
Entry Flight Director Rick Henfling invited all of these flight controllers who have contributed to this mission

03:02:21.660 --> 03:02:25.960
to enter the flight control room, to have an opportunity to receive well wishes,

03:02:26.500 --> 03:02:33.480
and to share the mutual glow that exists in the wake of a textbook mission for integrity

03:02:33.480 --> 03:02:38.540
on the front screen here in Mission Control, a sign that says welcome home integrity,

03:02:38.900 --> 03:02:43.460
taking humanity back to the moon going further and returning safely to Earth.

03:02:43.460 --> 03:02:51.720
So, all of that jubilation, part of the post-splashdown activities, even as we await the crew being

03:02:51.720 --> 03:02:56.380
extracted from the vehicle to be hoisted onto Navy helicopters for the trip back to

03:02:56.380 --> 03:02:57.820
the USS John P. Murtha.

03:03:43.460 --> 03:03:51.460
Once again here in Mission Control, this view of the Artemis Flight Control Room,

03:03:51.460 --> 03:03:53.460
known as the White Flight Control Room.

03:03:53.460 --> 03:03:55.460
This is the old shuttle flight control room.

03:03:55.460 --> 03:04:00.460
And now is the home of Artemis missions to the moon and beyond.

03:04:00.460 --> 03:04:07.460
Once again, quite a few flight controllers were invited in by entry flight director,

03:04:07.460 --> 03:04:16.460
Rick Henfling to share in the jubilation, following the successful splashdown of integrity

03:04:16.460 --> 03:04:23.460
that splashed down occurring an hour and 22 minutes ago as we stand by for the completion of the extraction of the crew

03:04:23.460 --> 03:04:32.460
and ultimately they're hoisting onto Navy helicopters for a short flight back to the USS John P. Murtha.

03:04:32.460 --> 03:04:42.460
Splashdown occurred at 7 0 7 and 27 seconds p.m. Central time.

03:04:42.460 --> 03:04:47.460
I had an opportunity to talk to the head of flight dynamics Jeff Birch a moment or two ago.

03:04:47.460 --> 03:04:53.460
He said the trajectory of integrity coming through the Earth's atmosphere was so precise.

03:04:53.460 --> 03:05:01.460
They've never seen anything line up on a ground track like today's entry by integrity for its splashdown southwest of San Diego.

03:05:02.460 --> 03:05:26.460
And the initial, you can hear it.

03:05:26.460 --> 03:05:48.460
The first crew member is out of integrity.

03:05:48.460 --> 03:06:15.640
We are expecting the other crew members momentarily to be extracted.

03:06:18.460 --> 03:06:29.460
You may now have two crew members out.

03:06:48.460 --> 03:06:54.460
Two crew members out, two to go.

03:06:54.460 --> 03:07:18.300
We're about one hour from sunset out in the Pacific.

03:07:18.300 --> 03:07:21.580
Everything continues to go well.

03:07:21.580 --> 03:07:28.460
systems function perfectly during its entry back to Earth and Reed Wiseman,

03:07:28.460 --> 03:07:32.660
the commander who will be last out of the vehicle, reported that all the crew

03:07:32.660 --> 03:07:36.060
members were feeling very well.

03:07:36.060 --> 03:07:52.060
You remember number three now, Al.

03:07:52.060 --> 03:08:08.060
out.

03:08:08.060 --> 03:08:16.380
And now standing by for the commander Reed Wiseman who will be last out of his ship.

03:08:16.380 --> 03:08:19.860
Having in the Pacific under almost ideal conditions,

03:08:19.860 --> 03:08:24.940
integrity spans 694,000 miles during its journey

03:08:24.940 --> 03:08:26.380
from launch to splashdown.

03:08:46.380 --> 03:09:15.540
And we now have Reed Wiseman out of the vehicle, all four crew members now out

03:09:15.540 --> 03:09:22.540
of integrity.

03:09:45.540 --> 03:10:02.760
Once again, all four crew members now on the front porch and the procedure to begin hoisting

03:10:02.760 --> 03:10:09.760
them up to these two Navy helicopters hovering overhead will begin shortly.

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This is mission control Houston.

03:11:43.760 --> 03:11:52.760
The mission is over but the melody lingers on as the jubilation continues here in the flight control room.

03:11:52.760 --> 03:11:59.760
We should be expecting NASA's Associate Administrator Amit Shatriya to be joining us shortly

03:11:59.760 --> 03:12:04.760
for a short interview while the recovery operations continue out on the Pacific.

03:12:04.760 --> 03:12:06.760
So we'll stand by for that.

03:12:06.760 --> 03:12:11.760
And then we'll turn it back over to Megan Cruz aboard the USS John P. Murtha.

03:13:52.760 --> 03:14:03.200
This is mission control Houston here in the Artemis flight control room.

03:14:03.200 --> 03:14:09.480
A number of flight controllers basking in the glory of the successful end of this mission

03:14:09.480 --> 03:14:16.060
that carried four astronauts around the moon on a lunar flyby and the first test flight

03:14:16.060 --> 03:14:23.420
of Orion with crew members on board, splashed down occurring an hour and 32 minutes ago

03:14:23.420 --> 03:14:29.140
after a flawless descent back in the Earth's atmosphere for the vehicle.

03:14:29.140 --> 03:14:36.020
It's for crew members in good shape, simply enjoying their time right now on the front

03:14:36.020 --> 03:14:43.380
porch as it were, the inflatable raft alongside of their integrity spacecraft.

03:14:43.380 --> 03:14:49.220
We're expecting Amid Shatriya, the NASA Associate Administrator, to join us here momentarily

03:14:49.220 --> 03:14:54.600
for a brief interview before we turn it back over to Megan Cruz aboard the USS John P.

03:14:54.600 --> 03:14:55.860
Murtha, the recovery ship.

03:16:13.380 --> 03:16:42.900
This is mission control Houston.

03:16:42.900 --> 03:16:46.940
We're about an hour and 34 minutes since the textbook's

03:16:46.940 --> 03:16:50.580
flashdown of integrity in the Pacific to bring home our

03:16:50.580 --> 03:16:54.080
astronauts and with us now is Ahmed Shatria,

03:16:54.080 --> 03:16:57.080
the NASA associate administrator.

03:16:57.080 --> 03:16:59.920
Ahmed, a little bit of history made tonight,

03:16:59.920 --> 03:17:03.080
a little bit of history made over the past few weeks.

03:17:03.080 --> 03:17:07.300
Your thoughts as this team here basks in the glow of what

03:17:07.300 --> 03:17:08.860
they just accomplished.

03:17:08.860 --> 03:17:11.960
Yeah, Rob, we're here in the control center and it's

03:17:11.960 --> 03:17:16.440
kind of overrun with a jubilant folks in the mission control

03:17:16.440 --> 03:17:19.400
Houston as well as engineering and folks that just want to be

03:17:19.400 --> 03:17:23.600
here part of it as we watch our crew get extracted from the

03:17:23.600 --> 03:17:27.320
vehicle and you know my my thought is always always

03:17:27.320 --> 03:17:30.560
always about these teams the team that's in the water right

03:17:30.560 --> 03:17:34.360
now pulling the crew out the team here in Houston that

03:17:34.360 --> 03:17:37.160
worked so hard over the last 10 days no sleep to get this

03:17:37.160 --> 03:17:39.680
done you know we still have some work to do to get the

03:17:39.680 --> 03:17:42.200
crew to the med bay here on the ship.

03:17:42.200 --> 03:17:43.560
They all look great coming out.

03:17:43.560 --> 03:17:46.040
So hopefully that won't be too long.

03:17:46.040 --> 03:17:47.720
I think we saw the administrator on the boat too,

03:17:47.720 --> 03:17:51.120
given his thanks to the Navy team on the Mertha,

03:17:51.120 --> 03:17:53.100
which they're just an incredible group of sailors.

03:17:53.100 --> 03:17:54.880
I was able to visit with them a couple of weeks ago.

03:17:54.880 --> 03:17:57.400
And then if you pull it all the way back

03:17:57.400 --> 03:18:00.400
to the workers and the folks that joined the rocket

03:18:00.400 --> 03:18:02.400
at Michoud that made the heat shield tiles

03:18:02.400 --> 03:18:03.440
that held together tonight,

03:18:03.440 --> 03:18:06.040
that stacked the vehicle in Florida,

03:18:06.040 --> 03:18:08.560
that integrated the vehicle in Denver,

03:18:08.560 --> 03:18:10.360
that fired the engines in Stennis,

03:18:10.360 --> 03:18:11.960
that fired the boosters in Promontory.

03:18:11.960 --> 03:18:14.180
I mean, this is the entire team, you know,

03:18:14.180 --> 03:18:16.840
coming together and being tested by the environment

03:18:16.840 --> 03:18:18.240
that this machine went through.

03:18:18.240 --> 03:18:19.920
And they did it right.

03:18:19.920 --> 03:18:20.760
The work was good.

03:18:20.760 --> 03:18:22.440
They did it right.

03:18:22.440 --> 03:18:25.880
You've said in a number of briefings, of course,

03:18:25.880 --> 03:18:29.720
and in other forums that this is just the first step.

03:18:29.720 --> 03:18:31.600
The cadence has to step up

03:18:31.600 --> 03:18:33.480
as the administrator has indicated.

03:18:34.360 --> 03:18:36.680
Now it's a little early for the full report card

03:18:36.680 --> 03:18:40.580
on how integrity did, but did this mission ultimately

03:18:40.580 --> 03:18:43.860
from your eyes view exceed expectations?

03:18:43.860 --> 03:18:45.260
Yeah, it absolutely did.

03:18:45.260 --> 03:18:46.820
I mean, I was waiting to talk about this

03:18:46.820 --> 03:18:49.180
until we're in the water and I think we still, again,

03:18:49.180 --> 03:18:52.180
work to do to bring it in and really kind of go through it

03:18:52.180 --> 03:18:53.700
bolt by bolt and see what we learned.

03:18:53.700 --> 03:18:55.820
But I mean, so far, given what we learned during the mission

03:18:55.820 --> 03:18:58.700
and given how we performed on asset, on entry,

03:18:58.700 --> 03:19:02.620
I always think about energy in terms of the states

03:19:02.620 --> 03:19:04.460
that you worry about the most.

03:19:04.460 --> 03:19:06.220
And every time we put these machines

03:19:06.220 --> 03:19:07.880
through these incredibly energetic states

03:19:07.880 --> 03:19:09.160
that came through.

03:19:09.160 --> 03:19:13.200
So I'm fairly confident that we made a big step tonight

03:19:13.200 --> 03:19:14.960
to get us on the path towards the surface.

03:19:14.960 --> 03:19:17.440
I think the path to the surface is open now.

03:19:17.440 --> 03:19:19.080
You know, we do have to do all the work

03:19:19.080 --> 03:19:21.240
and we'll make sure we talk about that

03:19:21.240 --> 03:19:22.280
as clearly as we can.

03:19:22.280 --> 03:19:23.600
We learned a few things during the mission,

03:19:23.600 --> 03:19:24.760
but I have to tell you,

03:19:24.760 --> 03:19:28.440
this was an incredible test of an incredible machine.

03:19:30.200 --> 03:19:32.480
From an American psyche standpoint,

03:19:32.480 --> 03:19:34.480
the Empire State Building was lit up

03:19:34.480 --> 03:19:36.880
red light and blue tonight.

03:19:36.880 --> 03:19:39.040
Our coverage was seen in baseball

03:19:39.040 --> 03:19:43.000
stadiums around the major leagues.

03:19:43.000 --> 03:19:45.400
How captivating was this experience

03:19:45.400 --> 03:19:48.200
for the American people for the world, in fact,

03:19:48.200 --> 03:19:50.960
as we return to the moon?

03:19:50.960 --> 03:19:54.320
I have not been able to watch a lot of the coverage.

03:19:54.320 --> 03:19:56.440
As we progress through the mission,

03:19:56.440 --> 03:19:59.680
I will tell you just from my witness in Florida

03:19:59.680 --> 03:20:02.800
before launch and then seeing the people's faces here

03:20:02.800 --> 03:20:05.880
and then reading where I can about how things are going.

03:20:05.880 --> 03:20:09.120
I think this has been a gift to the world from NASA.

03:20:09.120 --> 03:20:13.640
NASA has given the world a gift proving to folks

03:20:13.640 --> 03:20:15.400
all over the place, especially young people,

03:20:15.400 --> 03:20:17.320
and that to me is what this is really about.

03:20:17.320 --> 03:20:20.080
Young people, when they see what we can do

03:20:20.080 --> 03:20:22.600
when we work together, when we have teams

03:20:22.600 --> 03:20:26.240
that collaborate that it doesn't matter how hard

03:20:26.240 --> 03:20:27.760
that the problems are, we can solve them.

03:20:27.760 --> 03:20:31.600
I'm hopeful that Artemis too, as folks witness,

03:20:31.600 --> 03:20:33.600
what we were able to do with this incredible crew,

03:20:33.600 --> 03:20:36.000
this incredible team that we've birthed into the world,

03:20:36.000 --> 03:20:37.640
scientists and engineers and artists

03:20:37.640 --> 03:20:39.240
that have been inspired by this.

03:20:39.240 --> 03:20:40.800
And even if they don't come work in the program,

03:20:40.800 --> 03:20:42.640
which separately they should come work in the program

03:20:42.640 --> 03:20:44.560
because the Lord knows we need the help,

03:20:44.560 --> 03:20:46.800
but even if they don't wanna come work in the program,

03:20:46.800 --> 03:20:48.800
hopefully they grow up to recognize

03:20:48.800 --> 03:20:50.680
they can do amazing things when they work together

03:20:50.680 --> 03:20:52.960
and contribute to society and be good citizens

03:20:52.960 --> 03:20:54.760
and really change the way, you know,

03:20:54.760 --> 03:20:56.560
the challenges that are coming in the world

03:20:56.560 --> 03:21:00.520
are overcomeable if we work together like this.

03:21:00.520 --> 03:21:07.040
And one final question, you know, flying to the moon, we did it, we've done it again this

03:21:07.040 --> 03:21:13.200
past week and a half or so, but the engineering that went behind the design of this mission

03:21:13.200 --> 03:21:19.440
and the precision, the pinpoint precision of this vehicle entering that entry corridor,

03:21:19.440 --> 03:21:20.800
it's almost mind boggling.

03:21:20.800 --> 03:21:25.000
Yeah, it is incredible when you think about the energies involved and the uncertainties

03:21:25.000 --> 03:21:31.000
involved that we are, you know, when we inserted the vehicle into orbit it was 99.2 percent down

03:21:31.000 --> 03:21:35.160
the middle when we dropped the vehicle right on top of the fleet here, you know, our guys knew

03:21:35.160 --> 03:21:39.000
exactly where to go but the guidance was perfect. You know, and it's interesting,

03:21:40.120 --> 03:21:44.760
I've got this question a lot over the last few weeks about, you know, we did this,

03:21:44.760 --> 03:21:49.320
we did this before, 53 years ago, and you know that, I think, I mean, it is a reasonable

03:21:49.320 --> 03:21:53.160
thing to contemplate, like what, you know, what's going on since then, and what I tell you is

03:21:55.000 --> 03:21:58.840
You know, when we did Apollo, which again, the more we learn about what they did,

03:21:58.840 --> 03:22:03.000
the more magical it seems what they were able to accomplish given the technology

03:22:03.000 --> 03:22:03.940
and the learnings that they had.

03:22:03.940 --> 03:22:09.880
But when we did Apollo, the architects of Apollo, you know, Gilbert, Seaman, Van Braun, Mueller,

03:22:09.880 --> 03:22:15.660
they, what they really, really wanted to do, you know, as they were contemplating what it meant

03:22:15.660 --> 03:22:17.720
to expand their range of action to the lunar surface.

03:22:17.720 --> 03:22:21.260
What they wanted to do was learn how to live and work in space for a long time.

03:22:21.900 --> 03:22:24.000
They wanted to do that first before they were confident

03:22:24.000 --> 03:22:25.920
that they could expand their range of action to the moon.

03:22:25.920 --> 03:22:27.960
Now, of course, the politics of the time

03:22:27.960 --> 03:22:29.640
and the mission at the time was different.

03:22:29.640 --> 03:22:31.880
And so they had to go straight to the moon

03:22:31.880 --> 03:22:33.880
and bring people home.

03:22:33.880 --> 03:22:36.920
And then after that, the program kind of lost its momentum.

03:22:36.920 --> 03:22:39.200
But, you know, after that, NASA kept

03:22:39.200 --> 03:22:40.600
moving along those paths, right?

03:22:40.600 --> 03:22:43.560
So we recognized during Apollo that reusability

03:22:43.560 --> 03:22:44.560
was going to be important.

03:22:44.560 --> 03:22:46.000
We spent a lot of money on those machines.

03:22:46.000 --> 03:22:49.440
And we spent a lot of money on these machines here.

03:22:49.440 --> 03:22:51.560
But we recognized that reusability was important,

03:22:51.560 --> 03:22:52.800
which is why we built a winged space

03:22:52.800 --> 03:22:56.880
a plane called Space Shuttle, and then we used that reusable machine to build a space

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station, and we learned for 25 years how to live and work in space and have been able

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to develop technologies that can enable exploration. So really, what I think is now, 53 years

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later, we're at the point where the architects of Apollo would have been pleased that we're

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now ready to actually go back to the moon and go back to stay because we've learned

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all the things we needed to learn.

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There's a lot of people pleased here tonight, and we really thank you for joining us on it.

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Ahmed Shathria, NASA's Associate Administrator, as we begin to hoist the crew onto the helicopters

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to head back to the recovery ship.

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Thank you very much.

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Thank you.

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Congratulations, Ahmed.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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This is Mission Control Houston with the crew members now beginning to be hoisted aboard

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the Navy helicopters.

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Let's go to Megan Cruz aboard the USS John P. Murtha who will take it from here.

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Hey, Rob, yeah, back on the bow of the ship here, we are seeing the helicopters circling

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Orion, the first one there, having just completed picking up the first astronaut.

03:24:31.080 --> 03:24:40.800
to now hovering just 40 feet above the front porch, lowering a recovery

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specialist out of the helicopter. That person will touch down in the front

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porch just there.

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The crew members already outfitted with a harness that will allow them to

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quickly attach to the hoisting device.

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Look at the power of those blades, throwing water out at the center there, the

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front porch, with now three astronauts and the recovery specialists.

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Again, crews already outfitted with a harness vest.

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And here we go.

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Second astronaut now off the front porch getting hoisted into the second helicopter.

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That helicopter will now hover just a distance away

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to give room for the first helicopter to come back

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and pick up the third astronaut.

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As we wait for that helicopter to come back,

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make its way back around.

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Just wanna mention that the president of the United States

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called our NASA administrator today

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while he was on the ship,

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just minutes after we interviewed him live on our coverage

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and congratulated him and NASA

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on this history-making moment tonight.

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Helicopter one again hovering 40 feet over the front porch.

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We will soon see another recovery specialist

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getting lowered onto the front porch.

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Wow, imagine sitting on that front porch, the wind, the water, but again the recovery

03:26:55.060 --> 03:27:03.480
team determines that a helicopter flight back to the ship here would be safer, faster, and

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more comfortable for our crew who just completed a 10-day mission around the Moon.

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astronaut in the air, getting hoisted quickly back into the first helicopter now.

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That first helicopter now on its way back to the ship here. We will soon see it land in just

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a few minutes. Again, all this action happening just 3,000 yards away from us. So a very quick

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flight back to the flight deck.

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Now the only person left on the front porch, Commander Reed Wiseman.

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That second helicopter now making its way back over to the front porch.

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Here it comes.

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Making its final approach here.

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The last astronaut, Commander Reed Weisman, now off the front porch and almost into the

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second helicopter.

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Both now on their way back to the ship where we are, the USS John P. Murtha, just west

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of San Diego and the Pacific Ocean.

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Exciting to see our four crew members minutes away from landing on the flight deck here

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on the recovery ship.

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150 people on this ship, excited, ready, anxious,

03:29:41.760 --> 03:29:44.200
looking forward to welcoming this crew aboard.

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Watching them now with our own eyes,

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close to the ship here.

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Hearing them begin to hover on the flight deck, which is just across from us here on the bow.

03:30:20.760 --> 03:30:23.760
First helicopter coming in.

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and wheels down. Wheels down of the first helicopter, carrying two of our Artemis II crew.

03:30:54.760 --> 03:30:58.760
Victor Glover, and mission specialist Christina Cook.

03:31:04.760 --> 03:31:07.760
Heal a one on deck reported on the recovery loop,

03:31:07.760 --> 03:31:09.760
again the mission audio loops,

03:31:09.760 --> 03:31:14.760
that the recovery team are using here to communicate with one another.

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And an announcement just made on the ship, integrity incoming.

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Two more helicopters on their way to the flight deck, one carrying the crew, the other one of our imagery helicopters, again kudos to our imagery and aerial teams for giving us these beautiful views of history and the making.

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set amid a gorgeous, soon to be sunset here in the Pacific Ocean.

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Second helicopter.

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Making its approach of the flight deck.

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Plenty of people here on the bow with their cell phones out, filming this moment.

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Some impressive flying here by the Navy.

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as we are seconds away from wheels down.

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And there you go.

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We now have all four Artemis II crew members on the USS John P. Murtha.

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I'm sure they're happy to be out of the water.

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and on this recovery ship with again 550 people on board

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ready to welcome them home.

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But first as we've been saying throughout the broadcast just making sure the crew feel good.

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We reported that they were feeling good when they were in Orion but those were just initial

03:33:30.920 --> 03:33:35.160
quick verbal assessments of how they're feeling.

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Their destination tonight, the medical bay here on the ship, right after we power down

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the helicopters here.

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team on the flight deck, working quickly from methodically, waiting for just one more helicopter

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to touch down.

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Very limited personnel here on the flight deck as that third helicopter touches down.

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The ship is in the flight quarters, stand clear of weather next apple frame 095, we're

03:35:06.120 --> 03:35:12.120
no cover, stop sign through an article, sovereign design, hold all trash and garbage on station,

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flight quarters.

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While just a few folks on the flight deck itself, there are plenty more on some upper

03:35:17.480 --> 03:35:18.480
decks.

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I've seen some of our views, a very hot crowd over there.

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Announcements being made over the ship's loudspeaker system reminding folks to stay

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clear of operational areas like the flight deck so that teams can work quickly to get

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the crew off of the helicopters and into the medical bay.

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Splashdown today, 5.06 p.m. Pacific time.

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We are within two hours of that splashdown time

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And already we have all four crew members on the flight deck of the USS John P. Murtha.

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Again, crew waiting before getting out for the helicopters to completely shut down.

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Safety, of course, very important to NASA and the U.S. military.

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So we'll wait just a couple of minutes here before we start seeing crew members walk

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off the helicopters one by one.

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I'm ready.

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All right, and now here we see pilot Victor Glover and mission specialist Christina Cook

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sitting on the edge of one of the helicopters looking in great spirits, that familiar smile

03:38:52.400 --> 03:38:56.400
and laugh from Victor. I can see it from here. Christina, I'm sure feeling the same way.

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Just blocked a little bit by our camera here, but we'll see her here shortly.

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A photographer taking their pictures. Victor saluting folks on the flight deck.

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They look like they're in great spirits. Happy to be home, I'm sure.

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If you're sitting at home, I hope you too are wondering what would you want to ask them

03:39:26.760 --> 03:39:32.280
if you got a chance to talk to them because that is what I'm thinking about, getting the

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opportunity to talk to or ask questions of these four astronauts who just made history

03:39:38.840 --> 03:39:43.840
as the first crew to return to the moon since 1972.

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Oh, there we see Christina there also smiling,

03:40:01.800 --> 03:40:03.940
finally peering out, waving at the cameras.

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Hello to you too, Christina, yes.

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Welcome back.

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Welcome, welcome home a loud speaker announcement on the ship saying welcome home integrity

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Victor in great spirits I can't see who he's talking to but I kind of think that he might be talking to his other two crew members

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Shouting from across the flight deck congratulations to one another

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And so now we see some Navy personnel walking up to the helicopter.

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This is again the first helicopter carrying pilot Victor Glover and mission specialist

03:41:01.760 --> 03:41:04.560
Christina Cook.

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to have taken off their helmets now.

03:41:06.560 --> 03:41:29.800
Some pictures, video, to catalog this historic moment.

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A beautiful sunset just behind them here in the Pacific Ocean.

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golden hour. These pictures will be beautiful.

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Now we see NASA administrator Jared Isaacman. He is on the flight deck as well as flight

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surgeon Rick Schuring walking over to Victor and Christina first. We saw the administrator

03:41:56.100 --> 03:42:01.280
walk over to the other helicopter which is carrying commander Reed Weissman and

03:42:01.280 --> 03:42:03.520
Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen.

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We heard from Rick earlier in the broadcast.

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Again, he said he's going to be out there on the flight deck

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to do another initial assessment of the crew,

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ask them how they're feeling, anything bothering them.

03:42:22.480 --> 03:42:25.480
But again, from what I'm seeing, they look like they're in great spirits

03:42:25.480 --> 03:42:32.280
and feeling pretty good for folks who just traveled 695,000

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miles from Florida to the moon and now here

03:42:35.000 --> 03:42:36.000
to the Pacific Ocean.

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We're now seeing NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman walking across the flight deck.

03:43:02.840 --> 03:43:08.360
He had been talking to Reed and Jeremy now approaching Victor and Christina.

03:43:08.360 --> 03:43:10.160
A hug from Victor.

03:43:10.160 --> 03:43:13.480
A hug from Christina.

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What a moment that we're getting to experience together.

03:43:18.920 --> 03:43:24.240
I'm sure congratulatory words.

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We got to speak to the administrator live

03:43:26.800 --> 03:43:28.160
on this broadcast as well.

03:43:28.160 --> 03:43:33.160
And he said the kid in him right now, giddy, absolutely giddy

03:43:36.040 --> 03:43:39.440
at what we were able to accomplish today.

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We're turning them home safely and in good spirits

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after a 10 day mission around the moon.

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And here we go, we're seeing Jeremy

03:43:51.400 --> 03:43:58.400
Walking, waving across the flight deck now on his way to the medical bay.

03:43:58.400 --> 03:44:07.400
It's a short walk, less than a minute.

03:44:07.400 --> 03:44:20.400
Again, that's why the recovery team decided to use helicopters to get them on the flight deck for that short walk to medical bay.

03:44:20.400 --> 03:44:31.240
And now on the flight deck, we see the chief of the astronaut office, Scott Tingle, Rick

03:44:31.240 --> 03:44:32.560
Schering, switching places.

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He's going over to the other helicopter.

03:44:34.200 --> 03:44:42.560
Big hugs, big hugs from Victor Cristina to Scott.

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Again, a gorgeous sunset setting the stage for this recovery tonight.

03:44:50.160 --> 03:45:10.380
All right, and now here we are, Christina, making her way, looking thankful, grateful,

03:45:10.380 --> 03:45:19.040
happy to be home.

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You can see she's looking up again, lots of people, just a few levels up off the flight

03:45:23.980 --> 03:45:34.220
deck, welcoming her home.

03:45:34.220 --> 03:45:39.940
Scott holding the door like a gentleman, but back on his way to the other crew still on

03:45:39.940 --> 03:46:03.760
the flight deck. So still on the flight deck. Victor Glover and Reed Wiseman. It looks like

03:46:03.760 --> 03:46:07.560
Victor will be the next one headed to Merkle Bay.

03:46:07.560 --> 03:46:09.620
More hugs, more hugs.

03:46:09.620 --> 03:46:10.620
He's a hugger.

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Victor looking good as he walks across the flight deck.

03:46:22.380 --> 03:46:26.700
NASA administrator applauding.

03:46:26.700 --> 03:46:33.220
Victor applauding for all the folks on the ship with him

03:46:33.220 --> 03:46:36.220
who played a role in their safe return today.

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And finally, just one Artemis II crew member

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Left on the flight deck, Commander Reed Weissman.

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A applause from the group there on the flight deck,

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I'm sure as well as on the level just above them packed with people.

03:47:26.700 --> 03:47:33.700
Reed looking good as he takes his steps towards the Medical Bay.

03:47:46.700 --> 03:47:50.700
CR4 Artemis II crew members back on the ship.

03:47:50.700 --> 03:48:00.060
Again, now they will head into Medical Bay, where they will be assessed by flight surgeons

03:48:00.060 --> 03:48:10.220
from both NASA as well as the Canadian Space Agency, a more in-depth assessment.

03:48:10.220 --> 03:48:13.820
When they get to Medical Bay, they will each have their own nurse.

03:48:13.820 --> 03:48:22.420
They will be helped out of their suits and then again we'll check to see that they're

03:48:22.420 --> 03:48:28.580
feeling good, make sure it's not just adrenaline, but that they are feeling good from their long

03:48:28.580 --> 03:48:32.460
journey back from the moon.

03:48:32.460 --> 03:48:55.820
shot of that sunset, illuminating our flight deck.

03:48:55.820 --> 03:49:00.060
All right and now with our astronauts safely on board, I want to welcome on Artemis Recovery

03:49:00.060 --> 03:49:04.940
director Lily Villarreal. Lily, I don't know how you must be feeling right now.

03:49:04.940 --> 03:49:11.420
Ecstatic relief? Of course we still have to bring the capsule into the

03:49:11.420 --> 03:49:17.460
wall deck of the ship but this is a major milestone. To have the crew here on the

03:49:17.460 --> 03:49:21.660
ship and in Med Bay, you know our team has been preparing and working really

03:49:21.660 --> 03:49:26.900
hard and I'm just so proud of them all. Everything went very well just as

03:49:26.900 --> 03:49:34.020
plan. Our teammates in Houston, the flight control team was just amazing. We were able to

03:49:35.540 --> 03:49:41.300
have great conversations and communications about everything. And I didn't know what else to say.

03:49:41.300 --> 03:49:50.180
I'm just so excited. It's such a wonderful feeling to get to this point. Again, we still have to

03:49:50.180 --> 03:49:55.460
get the capsule, but this is huge for all of us in land recovery. And I couldn't do this without

03:49:55.460 --> 03:50:02.820
my team and of course the full support of the U.S. military. There's going to be lots of you know

03:50:02.820 --> 03:50:08.340
high fives when we get the capsule back in and I'm so happy that the crew's doing well. Ryan's

03:50:08.340 --> 03:50:15.780
doing well and you know thank you for you know for everybody watching. Yeah yeah it was great to

03:50:15.780 --> 03:50:20.740
watch the crew come back to the ship with you. How are you feeling when you were seeing them

03:50:20.740 --> 03:50:24.740
looking so happy, so happy to be home and feeling really good.

03:50:24.740 --> 03:50:31.740
You know, the funny thing is that we had video of them from inside the Orion vehicle.

03:50:31.740 --> 03:50:34.740
They were like that from the beginning. When we opened the hatch,

03:50:34.740 --> 03:50:40.740
they were already out of their seats having a good time waiting for us to open the hatch.

03:50:40.740 --> 03:50:45.740
And they opened the hatch and of course we did the first medical assessment. Everybody was doing very well.

03:50:45.740 --> 03:50:51.740
And they were just having such a great time with the medical team that was inside the capsule.

03:50:51.740 --> 03:50:58.740
I think they were all taking selfies with the phones that they have, probably talking about what they saw.

03:50:58.740 --> 03:51:02.740
And it was just smiles all around. They were having such a great time.

03:51:02.740 --> 03:51:06.740
And then we put them on the front porch when we were ready to put them on the front porch.

03:51:06.740 --> 03:51:11.740
And again, you can see they were just so ecstatic to be home and talking to everybody.

03:51:11.740 --> 03:51:16.220
So we were very happy to see all of that in the control room of the alfac.

03:51:16.220 --> 03:51:21.580
How remarkable is that again if we think about their journey the 695,000 mile journey

03:51:21.580 --> 03:51:27.260
around the moon and back coming back at 30 times faster than the speed of sound.

03:51:27.260 --> 03:51:30.380
I mean how remarkable is that that they are in such good spirits?

03:51:31.100 --> 03:51:35.180
I mean this is an amazing crew. I think you guys have seen it for the past 10 days.

03:51:36.060 --> 03:51:40.060
They're wonderful people and we're so happy that they brought us along on that ride

03:51:40.060 --> 03:51:45.620
and I can't wait to see all the additional videos and pictures that they

03:51:45.620 --> 03:51:50.500
have that you know we'll get a hold of now that they're back on the ground and I

03:51:50.500 --> 03:51:54.780
can't wait to hear how you know a little more than what we saw on the press

03:51:54.780 --> 03:51:59.940
briefings from the crew about what they saw it's just fantastic you know

03:51:59.940 --> 03:52:04.620
some of my favorite people do on this ten days was a science team and how

03:52:04.620 --> 03:52:09.900
excited they were and so we this is exactly how we feel in the land

03:52:09.900 --> 03:52:16.020
new coverage team when the science team went, oh my goodness, when they heard all the discussions

03:52:16.020 --> 03:52:17.020
about the moon.

03:52:17.020 --> 03:52:19.620
This is exactly how we feel now in the lunar recovery team.

03:52:19.620 --> 03:52:20.620
We're so ecstatic.

03:52:20.620 --> 03:52:22.820
Again, we have to recover the capsule.

03:52:22.820 --> 03:52:25.780
I want to make sure we don't forget about Orion.

03:52:25.780 --> 03:52:27.620
Lily's all about business.

03:52:27.620 --> 03:52:28.620
She's thinking about what's next.

03:52:28.620 --> 03:52:33.780
But, yeah, speaking of these 10 days, I mean, we have been along for the journey

03:52:33.780 --> 03:52:38.340
with them, live with them 24-7 for 10 days and just really seeing the engagement

03:52:38.340 --> 03:52:40.260
that we've gotten from around the world.

03:52:40.260 --> 03:52:43.020
What do you hope people take away from this mission?

03:52:43.020 --> 03:52:44.460
I think that's fantastic.

03:52:44.460 --> 03:52:48.540
So, you know, my story was that I went to the King Space Center.

03:52:48.540 --> 03:52:51.260
I'm actually, I was born in Columbia.

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I was 10 years old when we moved to the United States.

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But when I was seven, my family took me

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to the visitor center.

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And that's when I learned about Apollo.

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And we went to the moon and I learned about astronauts.

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And that story was what really fueled me

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to want to do STEM and want to be an astronaut and I think that this Artemis

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program is going to do exactly what you know what girls you know my age back then

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a seven young people right now girls and and even like young men obviously but

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we want to empower people to know that you can do this right if you want to come

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and work for NASA. If I did it, they can do it. And Artemis program is just going to inspire

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everybody. And I'm so happy about that. Like Apollo inspired me. Thank you so much, Lily. Really

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appreciate you being here. As you said, still a lot of work to do. Five to six more hours to

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recover Orion that's still out in the water. So I'll let you get back to it. But you had

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beautiful words to say again. We hope that this inspires people. We hope that you come

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and join us at NASA and accomplish great things for us in the future. Back to you, Rob.

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Thank you, Megan, and safe sailing out there in the Pacific. Here in Mission Control, it

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is now all quiet. The team of flight controllers and all their support personnel have left

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the room to enjoy the aftermath of a textbook touchdown by integrity that splashed down

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in the Pacific right on target to complete this historic flyby

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of the moon, the Artemis II mission.

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With that, we'll wrap up our coverage for the night

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and point you to a post-Splashdown news conference

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in 15 minutes at 9.35 p.m. central time, 10.35 p.m. eastern time,

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where managers will discuss the return

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of the integrity spacecraft and the completion

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of the Artemis II mission.

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With that, we'll wrap up our coverage for this evening and historic mission in the history books.

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This is Mission Control Houston.

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Main chute deployed.

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And we have three good main chutes.

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Houston, integrity, slashed down, sending post landing command now.

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Splashdown confirmed.

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Stop the splashdown waiting on VLDR.

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Splashdown confirmed at 7.07 p.m. Central Time, 5.07 p.m. Pacific Time.

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