S
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA.
I AM MARIE LEWIS WITH NASA
PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
>> AND I AM JOSH BEAR WITH
BOEING COMMUNICATIONS, STARLINER
IS NEARLY READY FOR UNCREWED
ORBITAL FLIGHT TEST YOU CAN SEE
IT OVER OUR SHOULDERS ON THE
TEST PAD.
IT IS A LITTLE WINDY BUT THAT
WON'T STOP LIFTOFF FOR 636
EASTERN TIME.
LET'S LOOK AT THE PAD.
GROUND CREWS ARE CURRENTLY
WRAPPING UP OPERATIONS IN THE
WHITE ROOM AND I WANT TO TAKE
YOU BACK TO ABOUT 4:34 A.M. THIS
MORNING, THAT'S WHEN THEY
ACTUALLY CLOSED THE HATCH INSIDE
THE WHITE ROOM AND SHOULD HAVE
SOME VIDEO OF THEM WRAPPING UP
THAT OPERATION
>>
>> THERE YOU GO.
THERE YOU SEE IT.
NOW PAD TEAM IS ACTUALLY RUNNING
ABOUT 45 MINUTES AHEAD OF
SCHEDULE, WHICH IS REALLY
AWESOME ON THEIR FIRST TIME
DOING THIS.
>> YES.
REMARKABLE BECAUSE IN IS THE
FIRST TIME THEY ARE DOING IT FOR
REAL.
IT IS -- IT WAS SO COOL.
I MEAN THIS VIDEO YOU ARE SEEING
WAS ITTLE BITARLIER THIS
MORNING LIKE YOU SAID THEY HAD A
SCHEDULE SO ALREADY LEFT THE
WHITE ROOM, BUT EVERYTHING IS
LOOKING GOOD AND THERE IS NO
CREW FLYING TODAY BUT TEAMS
OPERATING JUST AS IF AS THOUGHTS
ON BOARD AND NOW IS A LIVE VIEW
DISWRIEVMENT CREW STILL UP THERE
ON THE TOWER AND WERE, AS WE
GET CLOSER TO LAUNCH WE WILL SEE
THE WHITE ROOM AND THE CREW
ACCESS ARM START TO SWING AWAY
FROM STARLINER IN PREPARING FOR
LIFTOFF, BUT THERE THEY ARE
MAKING THOSE FINAL PRESENTATIONS
TO LEAVE THE PAD.
>> NOW THIS UNCREWED TEST
SNRIGHT INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO
PROVE CAN SAFELY FLY ASTRONAUTS
TO THE ICE ISS.
>> THIS IS A HUGE CREW FOR THE
ENTIRE LAUNCH ALLIANCE TEAM.
SINCE SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM
ENDED WE ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING
HARD TO RETURN HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT
DEEBILITY THE UNITED STATES.
WE CALL THIS EFFORT NASA'S
MMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM.
IT IS A PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH
BOEING AND SPACE-X AND TODAY IS
STARLINER'S BIG DEBUT.
>> AND OUR GOAL IS FOR EVERYONE
WATCHING TODAY TO SEE A MISSION
AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO A CREWED
FLIGHT AND COLLECT THE MOUNTAINS
OF DATA WE CAN ONLY LEARN FROM
FLYING.
>> IT ALSO THE FIRST TIME OUR
MISSION TEAMS HAVE A CHANCE TO
PUT STARLINER THROUGH ITS PACES.
WE ALL HAVE BEEN PRACTICING BUT
NOW AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE
CONTROL ROOM IT IS GAME DAY.
>> WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO SHOW
YOU HOW THIS ALL COMES TOGETHER.
TEAMS FROM NASA, BOEING ARE ALL
OF HAVE TO BE IN LOCKSTEP TO BE
SUCCESSFULDAY.
WE ALL HAVE PEOPLE SPREAD ACROSS
THE COUNTRY SITTING ON CONSOLES.
WE HAVE THREE CONTROL ROOMS HERE
IN FLORIDA, UNITED LAUNCH
ALLIANCE ATLAS SPACEFLIGHT
OPERATION CENTER IS ON CAPE
CANAVERAL.
THE BOEING MISSION CONTROL
CENTER IS JUST ACROSS THE STREET
FROM US HERE ATENNEDY AND
NASA'S EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
CENTER IS ACTIVATED READY TO
RESPOND AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE.
THEN IN HOUSTON, AT JOHNSON
SPACE CENTER THE SPACE STATION
CONTROL ROOM IS FOLLOWING THE
MISSION CLOSELY AS WELL.
>> AND STARLINER'S MISSION
CONTROL IS JUST DOWN THE HALL
FROM THAT SPACE STAT CONTROL
ROM, WHERE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS
ARE ACTUALLY COMMANDING THE
VEHICLE RIGHT NOW AND FINALLY
ULA HAS TEAMS IN DENVER
MONITORING.
>> SO WE WANT TO CHECK IN FIRST
WITH THE AT LAS LAUNCH CONTROL
TEAM, JUST A FEW MILES AWAY
WHERE FROM WHERE WE ARE SIFTING
IN FLORIDA AND THEIR JOB IS TO
KE S THE ROCKET STAYS
HEALTHY RIGHT NOW UP TO AND
DURING LAUNCH SWRENCHT UNITED
LAUNCH ALLIANCE MONITORING THE
ACTIVITIES OVER THERE.
DYLAN, LOU THE ROCKETS DO?
>> THINGS ARE GREAT THIS
MORNING.
IT HAS BEEN A REALLY GOOD
MORNING AS YOU SEE THE .. THEY
ROLLED OUT TO THE PAD A DAY AGO
AND TEAMS HAVE BEEN WORKING OVER
MIGHT TO PREPARE THE VEHICLE FOR
LAUNCH.
ALL OF THE PROPELLENT TANKS ARE
LOADED THAN STABLE TOPPING WHILE
THE CREWS FINISH THEIR FINAL
CARGO ON THE STARLINER AND I
UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN
COMPLETED NOW ANDE TEAM IS
STTING TO CLOSE OUT THE WHITE
ROOM FOR OPERATIONS TODAY.
THIS IS A BIG DAY FOR US.
THIS IS A RETURN OF ATLAS TO ITS
HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT HERITAGE.
THE FIRST U.S. ASTRONAUT TO
ORBIT THE EARTH WAS JOHN GLENN,
LAUNCHED ON ATLAS JUST UP THE
ROAD INPLEX 14 IN FEBY
OF 1962 SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT GETTING ATLAS TO THE HUMAN
SPACEFLIGHT BUSINESS.
>> IT IS ALSO A RETURN TO
SERVICE OF OUR DUAL ENGINE
CONFIGURATION OF CENTAUR, THE
DUAL ENGINE CENTAUR IS UNIQUELY
QUALIFIED TO PROVIDE THE AMOUNT
OF THRUST AND THE TYPE FLIGHT
PROFILE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO
GIVE A STARLINER A SAFE AND
SMOOTH RIDE TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
>> ALSO ON CENTAUR A
SUPPLEMENTAL TELEMETRY SYSTEM IT
EVALUATES ALL OF THE DATA ON THE
VEHICLE TO ENSURE THE RIDE IS AS
SAFE AS POSSIBLE FORS
WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR THAT WE
TAKE SAFETY VERY SERIOUSLY, THE
FOREFRONT OF EVERYTHING DO WE
AND ADDING THE EMERGENCY
DETECTION CENTER TO CENTAUR IS
ONE MORE WAY WE CAN ASSURE THE
ASTRONAUTS GET THE SAFEST LAUNCH
POSSIBLE WHEN IT GETS TIME TO
LAUNCH THOSE ON THE NEXT MISSION
MISSION.
ATOP THE CENTAUR IS IT BASICALLY
HOLDS THE STAR LINE TORE CENTAUR
AND ALONG WITH THAT IS AN AERO
SKIRT HELPS ENHANCE THE AIR
STABILITY OF THE FLIGHT.
IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT TESTING THE
ROCKET BUT AN OPUNITY TO
DEMONSTRATE THE PROCESS AND
PROCEDURES WE COME TO LOAD CREW
ON THE SPACECRAFT AND WORKING ON
THAT THIS MORNING.
SO FOR NOW IN, THE CREW IS ON
THE ACCESS TOWER, THEY ARE
CLOSING OUT THE WHITE ROOM, AS I
UNDERSTAND THE THEME IS WRAPPED
UP IN THE CAPSULE, YOU SHOWED
THAT VIDEO A FEW MINUTES AGO OF
THE HATCH CLOSURE.
OUR TEAM IS TAKING OVER AND
ACCESSING THE WHITE ROOM AND
TOWER FOR LAUNCH.
THAT'S IT FOR THE UPDATE.
AND BACK TO YOU.
>> THANKS, DYLAN.
>> IF YOU REMEMBER SPACE SHUTTLE
LAUNCHES YOU MAY RECALL THERE
WERE FEWER CONTROL ROOMS BUT IS
A WHOLE NEW WAY OF DOING THINGS
AND THAT'S REALLY THE WHOLE
POINT OF THE COMMERCIAL CREW
PROGRAM.
>> EXACTLY.
YOU HAVE A COMMERCIAL SPACECRAFT
LAUNCHING ON A COMMERCIAL ROCKET
STLEVMENT THEIR OWN CONTROL
ROOMS AND NASA IS WATCHING IT TO
MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS MAKING THE
RIGHT CALLS AND THAT'S IMPORTANT
WHEN CREWS ARE ON BOARD.
>> LET'S LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
COMMERCIAL VEHIC ON THE PAD
BEHIND US TODAY.
FIRST IS THE ATLAS V ROCKET THAT
IS MADE AND OPERATED BY UNITED
LAUNCH ALLIANCE, A WORKHORSE
ROCKET WITH 80 SUCCESSFUL
MISSIONS TO DATE.
THIS IS A SPECIAL VERSION OF AFT
LAS MADE JUST FOR STARLINER, ULA
CALLS IT N TUTU.
>> STANDS FOR NO PAYLOAD BEARING
TWO ROCKET MOTORS AND DUAL
ENGINE CENTAUR STAGE, FIRST FOR
THE ATLAS V, THIS IS BOEING'S
CST-100 STARLINER COMES IN TWO
MAIN SECTIONS A CREW MODULE AND
SERVICE MODULE.
THE CREW MODULE IS WHERE THE
ASTRAUTS WOULD BE, REUSABLE UP
NO 10 TIMES AND OFFERS
LIGHTWEIGHT THERMAL PROTECTION
AND INNOVATIVE LANDING SYSTEM
USING PARACHUTES AND AIR BAGS,
THAT MAKES IT THE FIRST CAPSULE
ABLE TO LAND ON LAND.
IT HOUSES MOST OF THE PROPULSION
SYSTEMS, INCLUD THE ONRBIT
MANEUVERING THRUSTERS AND ABORT
MOTORS AND HAVE A HIGH
EFFICIENCY SOLAR ARRAY ON THE
BOTTOM THAT COVERS A
MICROMETEORITE AND DEBRIS FIELD.
>> BETWEEN CHECK ON THOUSAND
SPACE CRAFT IS DOING AND WE
HAPPEN NO HAVE ONE OF THE
ENGINEERS TORY COMPETENT DRAT AT
THIS.
>> SHE IS MONITORING THE LAUNCH
TEAM THERE FOR US.
>> TORY, HOW ARE THINGS GOING ON
THE FIRST MISSION.
>> GOOD MORNING, JOSH AND NOR I
ARE.
EVERYTHING IS GOING GREAT HERE
IN THE BMCC, AS YOU SAID THIS IS
THE BOEING MISSION CONTROL
CENT THE HEART OF STARLINER,
WHILE WE ARE ON THE GROUND,
WHILE WE ARE DOING LAUNCH
OPERATIONS -- OPERATIONS AND WE
WILL TRANSITION CONTROL OVER TO
HOUSTON.
HERE IN FLORIDA WE ARE JUST
SUPER EXCITED, AS YOU CAN SEE WE
HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TIED IN TO
THEIR CONSO HERE.
NOW WE HAVE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT
TEAMS IN THIS CONTROL ROOM, NOT
ONLY NASA TEAMS AND BOEING TEAMS
WORKING TOGETHER, BUT ANALYSTS
ALSO LOOKING AT ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT SUBSYSTEMS, INCLUDING
THERMAL, PROPULSION, ANYTHING
THAT SPACECRAFT NEEDS TO
CONTINUE ON ITS MISSION TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
SO LOOKING BACK AT THE ROCKET
NOW, YOU SEE THAT WE WERE JUST
TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
PAD TEAM, GLEAN PAD TEAM BECAUSE
JOINT ELA AND, ULA AND BOEING
TEAM AND THIS IS THEOM SECOND
TIME WE HAD PEOPLE NEAR A FUELED
ATLAS V SO WHEN YOU SAW THAT
HATCH CLOSURE AND THAT WHITE
ROOM CLEAROUT JUST A FEW MINUTES
HAG IT WAS ONLY THE SECOND NAME
HISTORY WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE THIS
CLOSE TO A FUEL.
THE FIRST TIM WAS DURING OUR WET
DREETAILER FEW WEEKS AGO.
THE WET DRESS REHEARSAL IS WHERE
WE FUEL VEHICLE AND WE DO
EVERYTHING, FOLLOW ALL OF OUR
PROCEDURES EXCEPT FOR LAUNCH.
NOW TODAY WE ARE REALLY EXCITED
TO FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PROCEDURES
AND LAUNCH SO IT IS A REALLY
EXCITING DAY AND THIS PAD TEAM
WE ARE SEEING HERE IN THE WHITE
ROOM ARE JUST A HAUL MARK OF
HUMAN SPAIFS FLIGHT, HAVING
PEOPLE AND BEING ABLE TO LOAD
PEOPLE AT THE LAST MINUTE WILL
BE REALLY ESSENTIAL FOR OUR
CREWED FLIGHTS LATER ON AND THIS
ORBITAL FLIGHT TEST WE DO
DOESN'T HAVEEW ON IT BUT
LY PRACTICING LIKE WE WOULD
TO MAKE SURE WE DO, THAT WE ARE
SAFE AND READY WHEN WE DO HAVE
CREW ON BOARD NEXT TIME.
SO LET'S TAKE A LITTLE BIT
CLOSER LOOK AT THE PAD TEAM.
MELANIE WEB SEARCH THE PAD TEAM
LEADER.
SHE IS THE FIRST FEMALE P TEAM
LEAD.
MELANIE HAS WORKED FOR MULTIPLE
YEARS ON THE COMMERCIAL CREW
PROGRAM BUT BEFORE THAT HE IS
WORKED ON ISS, SHE KNOWS NOT
ONLY AMOUNT OUR VEHICLE BUT
ABOUT WHERE WE ARE GOING AND A
LOT ABOUT THE ISS ICE AS WELL.
BUT MELANIE IS THE CREW AND
CARGO L AND SHE HA BEEN IN
CHARGE OF THE SUPERIOR OF THE
CAPSULE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING
SO SHE WAS INVOLVED WHEN THERE
WAS NOTHING IN THERE AND NOW AND
NOW SHE HAS DESIGNED THE
ENTIRETY OF THE INSIDE OF THE
VEHICLE AND LED THE TEAM TO
CLOSE IT OUT.
SO THAT IS REALLY EXCITING AND
IT IS A GOOD DAY FOR HER AND
GREAT DAY FOR THE TEAM AS THEY
CLEAR OUT OF THE TOWERS.
SO BACK TO YOU, JOSH AND MARIE.
>> THANKS A LOT, TORY.
GOOD NEWS THAT STARLINER IS
LOOKING GREAT FOR LAUNCHES.
THE FIRST TIME YOU DOING
EVERYTHING THERE IS ELEMENT
OFFICE UNKNOWN BUT GREAT NEWS
FROM THE CONTROL ROOM.
LET'S LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE
ONTROL ROOMSND WHO
IS LEADING THE TEAMS IN THE
STARLINER CONTROL ROOMS TODAY.
IN THE BMCC, STARLINER'S FIRST
LAUNCH CONDUCTOR IS LEWIS AT
ECONOMY SON.
>>
>> ATCHISON AND ACTUALLY MADE A
FEW GHUTS THE ASTNAUT HIMSELF.
HE OVER HELPS THE TEAMWORK
THROUGH ANY ISSUES THAT COME UP
IN THE COUNTDOWN.
HIS COUNTERPART IN MISSION
CONTROL SHOWS RICHARD JONES,
RICHARD IS A VETERAN NASA FLIGHT
DIRECTOR ASSIGNED STARLINER.
ON THIS UNCREWED FLIGHT HIS SEEM
LETELY RESPONSIBLE FOR
COMMANDING AND CONTROLLING
STARLINER, KNOWN AS FLIGHT IN
THE CONTROL ROOM HE MAKES EVERY
CRITICAL DECISION DURING LAUNCH
AND ASCENT AND HAND OFF TO
ANOTHER FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM FOR
ORBITAL OPERATIONS BUT HE WILL
BE BACK FOR LANDING.
>> NOW THESE TWO TEAMS HAVE TO
BE PERFECTLY SYNC BEFORE
LAUNCH AND DURING FLIGHT BMC
TRANSITIONS TO KIND OF A BACK
ROOM MISSION SUPPORT ROOM AND
STAY ON CONSOLE 24/7 THROUGH
FLIGHT AND HELP THE FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS IN HOUSTON WORK
THROUGH ANY ISSUES IF THEY DO
COME UP.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
WE WANT TO CHECK IN WITH RICHARD
JONES AND HIS TEAM ATARLINER
MISSION CONL OVER IN HOUSTON.
THERE WE HAVE NASA'S RANDY DEAN
AND BOEING'S STEVE OF KEEPING
THANS ON THE PROCESS.
HI, STEVE AND BRANDY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
WELCOME TO STARLINER MISSION
CONTROL IN HOUSTON.
I AM STEVE FROM BOEING
COMMUNICATIONS.
>> AND I AND BRANDY TEEN FROM
NASA PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
>> THIS IS WHERE RICHARD JONES
AND HIS TREATMENT WATCHING
CLOSELY OVER ALL OF THE SYSTEMS
AND SUBSYSTEMS OF STARLINER THIS
MORNING.
LAUNCH IS TIMED TO PUT THE
STARLINER ON A PRECISE PATH, IT
 GOING -- TIMWHEN THE CH
SITE THERE AT CAPE CANAVERAL
LINES UP WITH THE 51.6-DEGREE
ORBITAL PLANE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
THAT'S WHEN ATLAS V WILL LIFT
OFF AND PUT STARLINER RIGHT ON
THE COURSE IT NEEDS TO CASE THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> AND SPEAKING OF THE
INTERNATIONAL E STATION,
JUST DOWN HALL HERE IN MISSION
CONTROL HOUSTON THERE IS A WHOLE
OTHER FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM
WATCHING ON THE SPACE STATION
SYSTEMS AND MAKING SURE IT IS
READY FOR THE STARLINER TO
ARRIVE TOMORROW.
THAT TEAM IS LED BY FLIGHT
DIRECTOR'D MAN AND GETTING TO
PULL HIS OWN TEAM THEY ARE READY
FOR TODAY'S LAUNCH AND BE ON
CONSOLE AGAIN TOMORROW FOR THAT
RENDEZVOUS.
ALL OF THAT IS CULMINATION OF
YEARS OF PREPARATION FOR THE ISS
ICE AND IT IS GOING TO BE POISED
AND READY TO SEE THE STARLINER
IN SPACE TOMORROW.
WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS IN
HOUSTONUT RIGHT NOW WE WILL GO
BACK TO FLORIDA.
>> THANKS, RANDY AND STEVE.
GOOD NEWS FROM ALL OF THE
CONTROL ROOMS.
THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD FOR
LAUNCH.
>> GREAT NEWS FOR AN IMPORTANT
FIRST STEP IN THE NASA BOEING
PARTNERSHIP THAT WILL HELP
COMMERCIAL LIES COMMERCIAL LIES.
>> COMMERCIALIZE.
>> WE ARE JOINED BY NASA
ADMINISTRATION JIM BRIDENSTINE
NEARBY TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE
EXCITING THINGS WE ARE WORKING
ON RIGHT NOW, HI, DARRELL .. HI
MARIE AND JOSH, THAT'S RIGHT WE
ARE HERE AT THE TOP OF THE OSB
BUILDING A FEW FEET FROM WHERE
YOU OF A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF THE
ROCKET AND JIM BRIDENSTINE IS
HERE, SIMPLY PUT THE BIG BOSS
OVER ALL OF NASA.
>> OR JUST JIM.
>> OR JUST JIM.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THE
WEEK.
>> YES.
>> WHAT ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT
NOW TO THE EXCITEMENT AIF THE
BUILDS UP TO THIS LAUNCH?
>> I WILL TELL YOU TO LEVEL OF
ENERGY HERE IS REALLY AMAZING.
AND THIS IS NOT NEW NO THE
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, BUT
CERTAINLY IT HAS BEEN A LONG
TIME SINCE WE HAVE FLOWN HUMANS
INTO SPACE AND THERE IS ONE OF
THESE TWRUNLTS WE ARE MEETING A
CRITICAL MTONE, END TO END
TEST OF ONE OF OUR COMMERCIAL
CREW VEHICLES.
I WILL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, I WAS
IN THE ORLANDO AREA YEARS AGO
WHEN THE SHUTTLES WERE GETTING
READY TO RETIRE AND THE
CONSTELLATION PROGRAM WAS
STANDING UP AND IT GOT CANCELED.
THIS -- THE KENNEDYPACE CENTER
IS BACK.
THE COMMERCIAL PARTNERS ARE
DOING AMAZING THINGS.
THERE IS AN ENERGY HERE THAT IS
JUST PALPABLE SO IT FEELS REALLY
GOOD TO BE HERE RIGHT NOW.
>> IT WAS A TOUGH TIME.
>> YES.
>> AT THE TIME OF THE SHUTTLE
INDEED AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE WE
ARE JUST GETTING READY TO YOU
ARE TURN THE CORNER.
THE BIG QUESTION EVERYON WANTS
TO KNOW, WHEN WILL ASTRONAUTS BE
RIDING ON ONE OF THESE
SPACECRAFT?
>> SO WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT
COMMERCIAL CREW PROVIDERS,
SPACE-X AND BOEING AND I AM
CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL HAVE IN
THE FIRST PART OF 2020 AT LEAST
ONE SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH WITH
ASTRONAUTS.
I WOULD SAY THAT -- I AM
ACTUALLY CONFIDENT WE WILL HAVE
TWO PARTNERS IN THE FIRST PART
OF 2020.
BUT, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER WHAT THE
GOAL IS.
THE GOAL IS TO HAVE TWO
INDEPENDENT SOLUTIONS SO THAT IF
ONE HAS A SETBACK THE OTHER CAN
MOVE FORWARD AND SO THAT IS WHY
WE HAVE DISSIMILAR REDUNDANCY SO
THIS INCREASES THE PROBABILITY
OF SUCCESS SO I WOULD SAY FIRST
PART OF 20 STWENT WHAT WE CAN
LOOK FORWARD TO.
>> YOU WERE TELLING ME AS A
BACKUP YOU SOUGHT TO PURCHASE
SEATS ON SOYUZ.
>> WHY.
>> YES.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> WHY IS THAT?
HAVE A GAP ON AMERICANS IN THE'T
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, THE
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES AND RUSSIA HAS BEEN
STRONG SINCE 1975, WE WANT TO
KEEP IT MOVING FORWARD.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT,
YOU KNOW, EVEN WHEN COMMERCIAL
SCREW SUCCESSFUL WE WE WANT
AMERICANS LAUNCHING ON SOYU
ROCKETS AND RUSSIA LAUNCHING ON
COMMERCIAL ROCKETS.
WE WANT IT STRONG.
HALF OF THIS INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION IS RUSSIANS SO IT IS
IMPORTANT AS WE MAINTAIN THIS
PARTNERSHIP THAT WE MOVE FORWARD
IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.
>> ALL RIGHT, JIM, THANKS FOR
ENJOY US AND ENJOY THE LAUNCH
TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> JH AND MARIE, WE WILL SEND
IT BACK TO YOU.
>> THANKS, DARRELL AND JIM.
THE LAST TIME WE LAUNCHED
ASTRONAUTS FROM THE UNITED
STATES WAS IN 2011.
AND TO RESTORE THAT CAPABILITY
AS YOU HEARD THEM JUST TALKING
ABOUT NAAH SAP TURNED TO PRIVATE
COMPANIES LIKE BOEING TO PROVIDE
THE RIDE AND NASA BUYS THE
TICKET, IF YOU WILL, FOR OUR
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THIS PARTNERSHIP IS ALL ABOUT
OPENING UP ON OR ABOUT AND
FOSTERING NEW CAPABILITIES IN
COMMERCIAL HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT.
>> STAND BY FOR .. PRESENT FOR
FLIGHT, 5, 4.
>> THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMERCIAL
CREW PROGRAM IS TO RETURN TO OUR
NATION THE CAPABILITY TO FLY OUR
ASTRONAUTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
>> 3, 2, 1.
>> THERE IS JUST SOMETHING ABOUT
GOING SPACE THAT ALWAYS HAS BEEN
SPECIAL, SO HERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AGAIN IN
A DIFFERENT KIND OF CRAFT.
>> LIFTOFF.
# THIS IS REVOLUTIONARY, IT WILL
GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE
MORE ASTRONAUTS IN SPACE AND
RTHER OUR OPPORTUNITY FOR
KNOWE IN A MICROGRAVITY
ENVIRONMENT.
>> THE FACT WE ARE ABLE TO
PARTNER WITH COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY
ALLOWS US TO FULFILL THAT
MISSION, TO BE EXPLORERS BECAUSE
WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.
THERE IS A LARGER GROUP OF US
THAT ARE DREAMING POTENTIALLY WE
COULD HAVE A ARRIVED SOME DAY
AND BE WORKING IN SPACE.
>> FOLKS ALL OVER THE WORLD WILL
WATCH THIS BECAUSE WE ARE
INTEGRITY GREATING THESE
TECHNOLOGIES TO PAVE THE WAY TO
THE FUTURE.
IT IS TRULY EXCITING TIME IN
SPACEFLIGHT AND WE WANT YOU TO
GET ONLINE IN SOCIAL MEDIA.
HEAD TO BOEING DOT-COM/STARLINER
WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THE
TEAM AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
AND WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED A
NEXT STEM WEBSITE.
AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES FOR ALL
GRADE LEVELS AND LEA ABOUT ALL
THINGS COMMERCIAL CREWS ON THE
MAIN PAGE AND SEE ALL OF THOSE
ON YOUR SCREEN AND IF YOU HAVE A
QUESTION YOU WANT ANSWERED THIS
HOP ON TWITTER AND MAKE SURE YOU
USE THE HASHTAG ASK NASA.
WE HAVE BEEN GETTING GREAT
QUESTIONS AND WE WANT TO TAKE
ONE AND WE HAD ONE FROM MARK ON
TWITTER.
HE WAS ASKING WHERE STARLINER IS
GOING TO LAND AFTER ALL OF THIS.
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AS WE AHEAD EARLIER STARLINER
WILL BE THE FIRST AMERICAN CREW
CAPSULE THAT CAN LAND ON LAND.
WE HAVE FIVE LANDING SPACES.
RIHT NOW IF W STAY ON SCHEDULE
FOR LANDING ON THE 28TH WHETHER
HE LAND ON THE WHITE SANDS IN,
SANDS MISSILE RANGE IN.
>> EXAMINE.
USE THE HASHTAG STARLINER AND
WATCH HOW YOU ARE WATCHING
TODAY'S LAUNCH.
>> WE ARE LAUNCHING FROCAPE
CANAVERAL LOCATED ON THE EASTERN
COAST OF FLORIDA.
>> AND JOINING US NOW A SPECIAL
GUEST WHO HAS A VEPSED INTEREST
IN WHAT HAPPENS HERE IN THE
SUNSHINE STATE, DARRELL IS WITH
US AGAIN WITH FLORIDA GOVERNOR
RON DESANTIS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, JOSHUA.
WE ARE HERE WITH GOVERNOR
DESANTIS, THANKS FOR JOINING US
AND TAKING TIME.
>> YO HEROR THE LAUNCH AND
HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A FEW DAYS,
DID YOU GET A TOUR?
>> WE JUST CAME FROM THE
BRIEFING WHICH IS VERY
INTERESTING AND IT IS JUST AN
EXCITING DAY.
I WOULD SAY WAKE UP BRIGHT AND
EARLY BUT IT IS NOT EVEN BRIGHT
OUT IT IS SO RETAILER BUT THIS
IS GREAT, WE HERE IN FLORIDA ARE
PROUD  OF WHAT IS GOING ON
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
WE THINK THIS IS THE CENTER OF
ALL INNOVATION IN SPACE ALL OF
THE GOVERNMENT PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP AND THIS IS GREAT
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO DO THIS AND
GETTING ASTRONAUTS BACK UP TO
SPACE AND EVENTUALLY TO THE
MOON.
>> YOU RECALL THE RETIREMENT OF
THE SPACE SHUTTLE PRAJJE IN
2011, THAT KIND OF SHOOT SHOOK
THE STATE FOR WHILE, ESPECIALLY
ON THE EAST COAST.
>> ESPECIALLY, JIM BRIDENSTINE,
NASA ADMINISTRATOR AND I BOTH
GOT ELECTED TO IN CONGRESS IN
2012.
>> MY DISTRICT WAS JUST NORTH OF
HERE, STARTING IN THE -- COUNTY
WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
WORKED HERE WHO LIVED IN THE
DISTRICT IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF
THE DISTRICT AND YOU COULD TELL,
I MEAN, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A
REALLY BAD TIME FOR HERE AND IT
WAS ALMOST LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE
ARE SO PROUD EVERYTHING THAT IS
GOING ON HERE.
WHAT IS HAPPENING?
I THINK WE ARE BACK WITH -- WITH
AGEANCE NOW.
IT IS EXCITINO SEE THE
DIRECTION THIS IS GOING.
>> YOU SEE IT TURNING A CORNER
AND GET EXPHEARLG.
WOULD YOU RIDE ON ONE OF THESE
SPACECRAFT?
>> I THINK IT WOULD DEPEND ON
THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND
EVERYTHING, BUT I THINK I WOULD
BE MORE OF A LIABILITY THAN
ANYTHING FOR THEM SO I DON'T
KNOW IF THEY WOULD WANT ME ON
THERE.
YOU KN PEOPLE REALLY
HAT THEY ARE DOING SO, YOU
KNOW,.
>> THEY ARE AUTOPILOTTED NOW.
>> RIGHT.
>> SO IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO
CHANGE YOUR MIND LET US KNOW.
GOVERNOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ENJOY THE LAUNCH.
>> APPRECIATE IT.
>> WE WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU
GUYS.
>> THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU AND
DEFINITELY BACK IN A BIG WAY AND
LAUNCH, WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK
AGAIN AT LAUNCH COMPLEX 41,
STARLINER SITTING ATOP ATLAS V
GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO
LIFTOFF.
>> AND ORBITAL FLIGHT TEST IS
THE DRESS REHEARSAL FOR
LAUNCHING ASTRONAUTS, INTOAG
A, ASTRONAUT TO THEAN SPAS
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
FERGUSON WILL JOIN NASA
ASTRONAUT MIKE FINK WHO IS NO
STRANGER TO THE SPACE STATION,
FINK SERVED ON TWO LONG DURATION
FLIGHTS AS SCIENCE OFFICER AND
COMMANDER AND FLEW ON SPACE
SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR'S FINAL
MISSION.
NICOLE MANN AND THE CREW FLIGHT
TEST WILL BE HER FIRST FLIGHT TO
SPACE.
>> THE THREE HAVE BEEN LEARNING
THE SYSTEMS AND PREPARING FOR
LIVE AND WORK ABOARD THE, AGOOD
BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION WHERE THEY COULD STAY UP
THE CREW HAS BEEN TRAINING FOR
BOTH ROUTINE AND EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS ON THE GROUND AND IN
PLIGHT.
>> BUT KEEP IN MIND STARLINER IS
NOT GOING TO BE EMPTY FOR THIS
FLIGHT.
IT IS PACKED WITH ALMOST
600 POUNDS OF NASA CARGO AND
ALSO HAVE A TEST DEVICE THAT
THIS RIDE WILLE LIKE FOR THEAT
ASTRONAUTS.
MEET ROSIE.
SHE IS THE STARLINER COMMAND
FORE THIS VERY FIRST MISSION.
WE NAMED HER AFTER ROSIE THE
RIVETER AN ICON OF, THE ROSIE
THE ROCKET TEAR IS FLYING FOR
EVERYONE ON OUR TEAM WHO TOOK ON
 CHALLENGE OF HUMAN SPACE
FLIGHT AND SAID WE CAN DO IT.
THE FLIGHT IS NOT JUST SYMBOLIC,
SIX TONE SENSORS WE WILL USE TO
MAKE SURE FUTURE ASTRONAUTS ARE
SAFE ON STARLINER.
>> AND A COMPANION WITH HER.
THERE IS SNOOPY, ANOTHER CHANCE
TO GO TO SPACE.
SNOOPY HAS A LONG HISTORY WITH
NASA GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO
THE APOLLO PROGRAM WHEN WE SENT
ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON.
THIS IS THE NEXT ERA WITH
COMMERCIAL CREW AND NASA'S
ARTEMIS PROGRAM.
HE HAS AN IMPORTANT JOB TOO AS
OUR GRAVITY INDICATOR SO IN
STARLINER REACHES MICROGRAVITY
HE WILL START FLOATING OUT OF
THAT PILOT SEAT.
>> NOW ROSIE AND SKIMPY ARE
DEFINITELY GOING TO NEED HELP
FLYING STARLINER.
THAT HELP IS GOING GOING TO COMM
STARLINER'S AUTONOMOUS SPACE
CENTER.
BE 2 GROUND TEAMS WILL ALSO BE
MONITORING AND INTERVENING IF
NED NEEDED SO WE WANT TO
CHECKN'T THOSE PEOPLE WHO WILL
COMMAND STAR LINER FROM HERE ON
EARTH.
STEPHEN AND BRANDY, HOW ARE
THINGS IN HOUSTON?
>> THANKS, MARIE, THINGS ARE
MOVING ALONG AND IN THE
PRELAUNCH CHECKLIST TODAY.
THE TEAM HERE IN MISSION CONTROL
IS NOW RACKING 41 MES AWAY
FROM LAUNCH AND WORKING THROUGH
CHECKLIST.
MAKING SURE THEY ARE READY TO
TAKE CONTROL OF STARLINER ONCE
IT DOES LIFT OFF THE LAUNCHPAD
TODAY.
>> WHEN IT DOES, FLIGHT DIRECTOR
RICHARD JONES AND THE STARLINER
MISSION CONTROL TEAM WILL
FINALLY PHOTO UP TO WORK ALL THE
SKILLS THEY HONED IN EXHAUSTIVE
FLIGHT SIMULATION FORCE PAST
MONTH AND HAVE BEEN SENDING
COMMANDS TO STARLINER FOR THINGS
LIKE CABIN PRESSURIZATION AND
COMMUNICATION CHECKS AND AS IT
LAUNCHES OFF THE SPACE PAD THIS
SPACEFLIGHT SPECIALISTS WILL
WATCH CAREFULLY AND MAKING
COMMANDST ARE NEEDED TOEEP
THE VEHICLE ON ITS PRECISE PATH
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
>> AND ANOTHER GROUP THAT IS
KEENLY WATCHING TODAY IS OF
COURSE THE ASTRONAUTS WHO ARE
GOING TO MAKE THE FIRST FLIGHT
ON STARLINER WHEN WE DO THIS
AGAIN IN EARLY 2020.
THAT IS OF COURSE NASA AS NOUGHT
MIKE FIN AND NASA AS NOUGHT
NICOLE MANN WALLING BOEING AS
THOUGHTS CHRIS FERGUSON.
THEY ARE DOWN AT THE CAPE
WATCHING TODAY'S LAUNCH FROM
CONTROL CENTERS BUT WE HAD A
CHANCE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH
THEM A LITTLE BIT -- A LITTLE
BIT EARLIER TO FIND OUT THEIR
VIEWS ON THIS NEW AMERICAN
CREWED SPACECRAFT.
>> IN 10 OR 15 YEARS THERE IS
GOING TO BE MORE THAN JUST ONE
SPACE STATION.
IN FACT WE, INSTEAD OF SAYING
THE SPACE STATION WE WILL SAY
WHICH ONE AND WE WILL HAVE
PEOPLE EVERY DAY PEOPLE, REGULAR
SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS, EVEN
PEOPLE WITH TOURS THAT CAN BOY A
TICKET TO GO SEE -- GO TO THE
SPACE STATION IN ORBIT AND BE
MANUFACTURING NEW THINGS THAT
ARE GOING TO BE BETTER ON PLANET
EARTH AND A GREAT UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COUNTRY,
UNITED STATES TO ESTABLISH THESE
INDUSTRIES, TO MAKE LIVE BETTER
ON PLANET EARTH AND CONTINUE THE
ENGINE OF OUR ECONOMY OF HIGH
TECH.
>> I DON'T THINK ASTRONAUTS -- ♪
♪ -- IFVERYBODY WHO EVE FLEW
IN SPACE BECAME INSTANTLY FAMOUS
THEN WE ARE NOT MAKING IT
AVAILABLE FOR ANYBODY TO DO.
SO WHEN WE GET INTO AN AIRLINER,
WHO KNOWS THE NAME OF THE
CAPTAIN OF THE AIRLINE?
NOBODY KNOWS THE NAME OF THE
CAPTAIN OF THE AIRLINER AND IF
SPACEFLI IS EVER GOING TO BE
AS COMMONPLACE AS WE WANT IT TO
BE, ASTRONAUTS ARE JUSTIFY LOTS
WHO GET PEOPLE BACK INTO SPACE.
>> IT IS REALLY GOING TO BE A
COMBINED EFFORT, WITH FULL
COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY AND ALONG
WITH GOVERNMENT AND I THINK THAT
IS HOW WE ARE GOING SEE THE
FUTURE OF SPACE EXPLORATION TO
THE MOON AND THEN EVENTUALLY TO
MARS.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE -- WE
WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT
TYPE OF EXPLORATION WITHOUT
COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY.
OF OF AMEND IT REALLY COMES DOWN
TO THE PEOPLE, RIGHT?
YOU FLOWED PEOPLE, YOU NEED
IDEAS AND YOU NED FOLKS
COME IN AND IT IS GOOD TO HAVE A
LITTLE BIT OF THE COMMERCIAL
COMPETITION, IT KEEPS EVERYBODY
GOING AND PUSHING FORWARD
TOWARDS THE GOAL.
S THE AILSZ GREAT HEARING FROM
THE CREW MEMBERS THEMSELVES.
THEY ARE GETTING A FRONT ROW
SEAT ON THIS.
>> WHAT AN EXCITING FUTURE IT IS
FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO WORK IN
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT, ESPECIALLY
ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE WATCHING
TODAY.
>> EXACTLY.
BUT FIRST WE HAVE THIS CRITICAL
UNCREWED FLIGHT TEST WHICH IS AN
IMPORTANT STEP TO LAUNCH
AMERICANS FROM AMERICAN SOI AND
NASA WILL HELP CERTIFY SYSTEMS
TO CARRY THOSE ASTRONAUTS WE
JUST HEARD FROM.
WE ARE 38 MINUTES FROM LAUNCH SO
WE WANT TO CHECK IN ON THIS
ROCKET.
DYLAN, WHAT IS THE LATEST YOU
HEARING.
>> THINGS ARE CONTINUING TO GO
VERY WELL HERE IN THE ASOC, WE
HAVE GOTTEN A REPORT THAT ALL O
THE GROUND CREWS HAVE CLEARED
THE CREW ACCESS TOWER AND MOVED
A SAFE DISTANCE FROM THE PAD TO
A ROADBLOCK ON THE BEACH ROAD
THERE.
SO THINGS ARE GOING VERY WELL
HERE.
WE DO HAVE A WEATHER UPDATE
PLANNED IN ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES,
NOT EXPECTING ANY SURPRISES
THERE, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE HAD A
BREEZY PAST COUPLEF DAYS THE
WEATHER CONTINUES TO BE
FAVORABLE TO ARE A LAUNCH ON
TIME TODAY.
SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
FINAL WEATHER REPORT.
AND THE TEAM HERE IS JUST
CONTINUING TO REMAIN FOCUSED BUT
VERY EXCITED AND THE MOOD HERE
HAS BEEN, AS DISCUSSED
PREVIOUSLY IS REALLY ELECTRIC,
THE TEAM IS JUST VERY EXCITED TO
BE GETTING EVER CLOSER TO LAUNCH
AND WE ARE REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO THAT, HITTING THE T
ZERO IN JUST A LITTLE WHILE.
JOSH AND MARIE, BACK TO YOU.
>> THANKS, DYLAN, I KNOW FOR YOU
ALL AT ULA, SOMETHING ISN'T ALL
THAT NEW, YOU HAVE MORE THAN 130
SUCCESSFUL LAUNCHES UNDER YOUR
BELT.
THAT'S WHY BOEING CHOSE TO
LAUNCH, CHOSE ATLAS TO LAUNCH
STARLINER BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE
DECIDING ON A LAUNCH VEHICLE ULA
WAS THE OBVIOUS CHOICE.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SPACE
LAUNCH, SAFETY IS THE BIGGEST
RELIABILITY.
>> WHAT.  ARE THE PARAMETERS ON
THE SPACE, WAS LAUNCH VEHICLE
AGNOSTIC OR MOVE FROM ONE LAUNCH
VEHICLE TO THE OTHER.
WITHOUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
DESIGN CHANGE IN EACH CRAFT.
>> THE EARLY FLIGHTS TO THE
STARLINER WE SELECTED THE ATLAS
V BECAU OF ITS UNPARALLELED
SAFETY.
>> THE LONG-TERM SUCCESS IN THIS
SMARKT GOING TO BE DRIVEN BY
CUSTOMER CONFIDENCE IN SAFETY
AND RELIABILITY.
>> EVERY ASPECT OF OUR
SPACECRAFT AND OUR SYSTEMS HAS
BEEN DESIGNED WITH THAT AS
PRIMARY GOAL.
>>
>> ARE YOU LAW LAUNCHED NASA
SCIENCE MISSIONS TO ALMOST EVERY
PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM BUT
IS THE FIRST TIME THEY ARE
TASKED WITH LAUNCHING
ASTRONAUTS.
>> IT IS A VERY SPECIAL MISSION
FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED AND IF THE
HAS TAKEN YEARS GET HERE BUT
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME O THE
HARDK THAT HAPPENED JUST
OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS TO GET
THESE VEHICLES READY FOR TODAY.
>> THERE YOU SEE ATLAS V BEING
STACKED AT THE VERTICAL
INTEGRATION FACILITY.
THIS OPERATION WAS TAKING PLACE
ON NOVEMBER 4TH AND THIS WAS IN
PREPARATION FOR A STARLINER TO
BE ROLLED OUT AND MATED ON TOP.
YOU SEE DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE
ROCKET BEING HOISTED INTO
POSITION THERE.
>> AND THERE IS STARLINER IN
FRONT OF OUR COMEFER SHALL CREW
AND, COMMERCIAL CREW AND.
>> IT IS AN OLD GARAGE,
ESSENTIALLY.
>> AND THERE IT IS ROLLING IN
FRONT OF THE ICONIC ASSEMBLY
BUILDING CENTER HERE AT KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER.  THIS ROLLOUT WAS
ON NOVEMBER 21ST AND TOOK ABOUT
A SIX-MILE PATH OUT TO THE
LAUNCHPAD GOAVMENT SOME
BEAUTIFUL DRONES SHOTS THAT DAY.
>> I LOVE THESE SHOTS.
IT WAS A GORGEOUS DAY SPACECRAFT
ROLLING DOWN THE BEACH AND YOU
CAN ONLY SEE, A SIGHT YOU ONLY
SEE HERE AT THE KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER.
>> THERE IT WAS GOING DOWN BEACH
ROAD, TO BE PICKED PAPER CRANE
AND INTEGRATED WITH THE ROCKET
AND THAT ONLY REALLY TAKES A
COUPLE OF HOURS.
IT IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE HOW
QUICK THINK TEAMS CAN WORK ON
THIS.
ROLLED OUT TO THE PAD FOR I KNOW
TORY TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THE
WET DRESS EARLIER THE FUELED
ROCKETS.
THAT WAS INTEGRATED DAY OF
LAUNCH TEST FOR ALL TEAMS TO
PRACTICE ONE FINAL TIME BEFORE
TODAY.
>> EXACTLY.
THERE IT IS ROLLING FOR THAT
TEST.
>> AND MOST OF THAT VIDEO COVERS
THE LAST FEW MONTHS AS WE GOT
READY FOR LAUNCH BUFF IF THE
REALLY DOESN'T EVEN SCRATCH THE
SURFACE OF ALL THE HARD WORK
THAT IT HAS TAKEN BY SO MANY
FOAM GET STARLINER READY FOR
TODAY.
>> BUT WE ARE FINALLY HERE TODAY
SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE BMCC TO
SEE HOW STARLINER IS DOING.
TORY OUR LAUNCH TEAM, ARE THEY
TRACKING ANY ISSUES RIGHT NOW.
>> HI, JOSH.
HERE IN THE BMCC WE ARE NOT
TRACK ANY ISSUES.
IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING IS SET
AND READY FOR A GOOD AND CLEAN
LAUNCH HERE IN -- I CAN'T SEE --
NOW, YOU SEE THE PEOPLE THE
ROOM HERE ARE ALL REALLY TIED IN
TO DATA COMING IN .. AND ALL OF
THESE TEAMS ARE REALLY LOOKING
AT A BUNCH OF DAFT THAT IS
COMING OFF THE ROCKET IN
REAL-TIME RIGHT NOW ENSURE THAT
EVERYTHING THAT WE SEE IS WELL
INSIDE AND IS FOR A SAFE AND
SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT.
>> EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GREAT
HERE IN THE BMCC SO BACK TO YOU,
JOSH AND MARIE.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS A LOT,
TORY.
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A CLOSER
LOOK OF THOSE BEAUTIFUL VIEWS OF
ARE STARLINER AND ATLAS V OVER
ON SPACE LAUNCH COMPLEX 41.
YOU SEE RIGHT BEHIND US.
>> YES.
WE ARE ABOUT 33 MINUTES AWAY
FROM LAUNCH SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT WHAT LAUNCH -- STARLINER'S
MISSION WILL LOOK LIKE TODAY.
>> MISSION STARTS AT T MINUS
ZERO WITH LIFTOFF AFTER THE
ATLAS V BOOSTER ENGINES GO TO
LIGHT AND SEND THE VEHICLE
SKYWARD.
SOON AFTER AT T PLUS 12 SECONDS
THE ROCKET BEGS TO ROLL TO HELP
WITH ACCELERATION FORCES.
MAX Q STARTS AT 41 SECONDS,
THAT'S ALSO KNOWN AS MAX
AERODYNAMIC PRESSURE, A CRITICAL
TIME WHEN THE ATMOSPHERE
COUR FORCE TONS ROCKET ARE
THE HIGHEST 3 REACH.
AT ONE MINUTE, 35 SECOND IT IS
TWO SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS RUN
OUT OF FUEL AND BURN OUT, LESS
THAN A MINUTE LATER AT PLUS 222
THEY SEPARATE FROM THE BOOSTER.
THE MAIN ENGINE KEEPS BURNING
FOR ALMOST TWO MORE MINUTES,
THEN AT PLUS 429 BOOSTER ENGINE
CUTOFF OR BECO.
>> THE BOSTONNERS SEPARATES AND
SIX SECONDS AFTER THAT SO DOES
THE ASCENT COVER ON TOP OF Z AT
PLUS FOUR MINUTES, 45 SECONDS,
THE CENTAUR UPPER STAGE IGNITES
PUSHING STARLINER TO NEAR
ORBITAL SPEEDS.
>> THEN AT PLUS 5:05 THE IT
JETSONS AND A STARLINER AND
CENTAUR ARE FREE OF THE
ATMOSPHERE AND NO LONGER NEED
AERODYNAMIC SUPPORT.
>> AFTER A LONG SIX PLUS MINUTE
PUSH FROM CENTAUR MAIN ENGINE
CUTOFF OR MICO HAPPENS AT 11:54,
THEN WHEN CENTAUR SUCCESSFULLY
SEPARATES, ALMOST 15 MINUTES
AFTER LAUNCH, THE ROCKET'S JOB
QUITE IN ON OR ABOUT YET.NOT
AFTER A LONG 16 ORBIT COAST.
>> IGNITES FOUR OF THE ENGINES
FOR ORBITAL ASSERTION BURN AND
AS CENT PROFILE IS COMPLETE.
IT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE AN
EXITING ASSET BUT BEFORE THE
ROCKET IS DECLAREDEADY FOR
LAUNCH, SOME TEAMS HAVE TO
REPORT READINESS IN SOME
UPCOMING POLLS.
>> RIGHT BEFORE THE LAUNCH
VEHICLE POLL, BOTH TEAMS IN
FLORIDA AND HOUSTON ARE
PREPARING TO REPORT OUT SO LET'S
GO BACK TO HOUSTON AND SEE HOW
THEY ARE DOING, STEVE, SOMEHOW
MISSION CONTROL?
>>HANK YOU, JOSH.
EVERYTHING LOOKS EXCITING HERE
IN FLORIDA.
RICHARD JONES WILL PULL HIS TEAM
IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
THE FINAL CHANCE FOR HIM TO GET
A GO, NO GO FROM HIS TEAM OF
MISSION SPECIALISTS AND USE THAT
POLL TO INFORM HIS OWN G NO GO
DECISION FOR THE LAUNCH
CONDUCTOR'S POLL LATER THAT WILL
SET THE CYCLE COME OUT OF
TERMINAL COUNT.
>> AND MEANWHILE IN SPACE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
SCREW STANDING BY FOR TODAY'S
LAUNCH AS WELL.
THEY ARE COMMANDING I, FROM THE
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY ESA,A
FLIGHT ENGINEER CHRISTIE AND A
HALF COOK, JESSICA MEIR AND
ANDREW MORGAN AND ALSO, ALEX,
THEY ARE ALL GOING TO BE WAITING
ON BOARD THE SPACE STATION FOR
STARLINER'S ARRIVAL TOMORROW BUT
MERE AND COOK HAVE A CRUCIAL
ROLE FLAY THAT RONALD VIEW.
THEY WILL BE SENDING COMMANDS TO
THE STARLINER VEHICLE HELPING
WITH SOME OF THE DEMOCRAT
INVESTIGATIONS TO MAKE SURE IT
IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO
RENDEZVOUS SAFELY.
SO THIS WILL BE THE NEXT MAJOR
MILESTONE AS WE COUNT DOWN
TOWARDS 20 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS
HUMAN PRESENCE IN SPACE.
THE ICE ISS SPACE STATION,
FOOTBALL FOLD SIZED MILLION
POUND LABORATORY ANYTHING AROUND
PLANET EARTH AT 17,500 MILLS PER
HOUR.
IT IS OUR HOME IN LOW EH
ORBIT ANDO
EXPLORING THE FAR REACHES OF OUR
SOLAR SYSTEM.
A PLACE TO LEARN WHAT WHAT IT TS
TO LIVE, TO WORKS, TO WORK, TO
THRIVE IN SPACE.
THINGS SPACE AGENCIES
REPRESENTING MORE THAN A DOZEN
COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, IT
WENT FROM THE DRAWING BOARDO
LIFTOFF WHEN THE FIRST PIECE
FLEW INTO SPACE IN 1998.
THAT KICKED OFF OVER A DECADE OF
CONSTRUCTION, HAULING THE
STATION TO ON OR ABOUT PIECE BY
PIECE ON NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE
AND RUSSIAN ROCKETS, AFTER THE
FIRST CREW ARRIVED IN NOVEMBER
OF 2000 WE STARTED AN UNBROKEN
STRANGE OF HUMANS LIVING AND
WORKING IN SPACE.
BUILDING ON THE LEGACY OF PAST
OUT POSTS LIKE SKY LAB AND MUIR,
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
GAME TRAINING GROUND FOR
HUMANITY'S NEXT GREAT JOURNEY.
LENING THOUSAND LIVE IN SPACE
FOR EXTREME PERIODS OF TIME,
BUILDING AND PERFECTING THE
TECHNOLOGY NECESSARY TO EXPLORE
SOLAR SYSTEM.
>> IT GAVE US A SPACE ON THE
DOORSTEP TO PROPER NEXT GIANT
LEAP INTO THE UNKNOWN AND THANKS
TO THE STATION A NEW ERA IN
OUTER SPACE IS UNFOLDING.
>> WHAT WAS ONCE THE DOMAIN OF
ONLY NATIONS AND GOVERNMENTS IS
NOW POPULATE PAID GROWING SPACE
FLEET FROM AMERICAN INDUSTRY.
PRIVATE SPACECRAFT TO FLY CARGO
AND CREW MEMBERS, NEW HABITATS
AND TECHNOLOGY FOR FUTURE SPACE
MISSIONS AND AN OPEN DOOR FOR
COMPANIES, RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
AND EVEN STUDENTS AROUND THE
WORLD TO DO RESEARCH IN SPACE
THAT HAVE NEVER HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY BEFORE.
ALL LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR A
ROBUST ANY SPACE.
IN HAVE BEEN THOUSAND SHANLDZ OF
EXPERIMENTS HUNDREDS OF
SPACEWALKS AND END LESS
CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES ALL
DONE BY HUMANS HAILING FROM
COUNTRIES AROUND THE GLOBE.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
IS WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE AS P
INEFFECTIVE WHEN WE COME
TOGETHER TO DO THE THINGS THAT
ARE HARD.
>> AND YOU REALLY GET AN IDEA
FROM THAT OF THE IMPORTANCE OF
THE RESEARCH AND THE BENEFIT
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, EVERY DAY ASTRONAUTS
LIVING UP THERE AREOING, OR
DOING THEIR EXPERIMENT THERE IS
IS NOWHERE LIKE SPICE TEST THE
SYSTEMS THAT ASTRONAUTS WILL
RELY ON WHEN THEY GO TO THE MOON
AND ON TO MARS.
AND OF COURSE BEFORE WE MAKE
THOSE FLIGHTS WE HAVE TO MAKE
THESE FLIGHTS, INCLUDING
CARRYING A FEW HUNDRED POUNDS
OF, POUNDS OF CARGO TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
INCLUDING THE FOOD, THAT WILL GO
UP AS KIND OF A CARE PACKAGE FOR
CRUP THERE.
ALSO TAKING UP FLAGS, COINS AND
THE ILLUSTRIOUS SILVER SNOOPIES
AND ONE OF THE PHRASES YOU HEAR
A LOT IN HUMANCEFLIGHT IS
STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF
GIANTS AND THAT BASICALLY
REPRESENTS THE WORK THAT OUR
PREDECESSORS HAVE DONE TO MAKE
THIS SPACE PROGRAM SO SUCCESSFUL
AND THE WORK THAT EVERYBODY PUTS
IN WHEREVER DAY TO ACHIEVE THESE
WONDERFUL MISSIONS.
SO ITEMS LIKE I THESE, LIKE THE
FLAGS ARE OFTEN USED TO
COMMEMORATE AND TOKENS SUCH AS
SILVER SNOOPIES GIVE US A CHANCE
TO -- FOR BOEING AND NASA TO
THANK WORKFORCE THAT PUTS IN
EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO THESE
FLIGHTS.
THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S ONE MORE
REASON TO BE TO GET
STARLINER OFF THE GROUND TODAY
SO WE CAN GET SOME OF THAT FUN
CARGO BACK AFTER LANDING.
IN THE MEANTIME, THOUGH, THE
FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM HERE IN
HOUSTON JUST GAVE RICHARD JONES
THEIR GO FOR LAUNCH, SO
EVERYTHING IS PROCEEDING RIGHT
ON TIME AND WE ARE GOING HAND
BACK NOW TO MH.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, STEVE AND
BRANDY, IT IS SO COOL TO SEE YOU
GUYS THERE IN MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON FOR WHAT WILL SOON BE
CREW LAUNCHES AGAIN AND JOSH I
KNOW YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THE
PEOPLE BEHIND SCENE, JUST HOW
MANY PREPARE INVOLVED AND HOW
LONG AND HARD THEY HAVE JUST
POURED THEIR HEARTS AND SOU
INTO THIS, I GOT CHILLS MYSELF
HEARING MISSION CONTROL WAS GO,
I KNOW PEOPLE SITTING ON
CONSOLE, THEY ARE FOCUSED ON
THEIR DATA BUT IT IS JUST SUCH
AND EMOTIONAL DAY FOR THEM
STILL.
>> YES.
WE WANT TO GO OVER TO DYLAN FOR
A QUICK STATUS CHECK.
HOW ARE THINGS GOING?
>> WE ARE CONTINUING TO HAVE A
VERY CLEAN COUNTDOWN HERE, THE
TEAM IS WORKING, NO ISSUES, JUST
A FEW MOVEMENTS AGO WE HEARD
FROM OFFICER JESSICA WILLIAMS
AND GOT A WEATHER REPORT THAT IS
JUST ABOUT AS GOOD AS IT GETS
FROM JESSICA AND THE WEATHER
TEAM OVER IN THE 45TH SPACE
WING.
CLEAR SKIES, WE ARE A GO ON ALL
CONSTRAINTS WITH JUST A
TEN PERCENT POSSIBILITY OF
SURPRISE POPULATION OF GROUND
WINDS BUT THE WINDS ARE WELL
UNDER OUR CONSTRAINTS SO NOT
LOOKING FOR ANY WEATHER ISSUES
THIS MORNING.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIG
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR COUNTDOWN
TODAY AS COMPARED TO COUNT DOWNS
HEENGTH OF THE HOLD.
GENERALLY THE FINAL HOLD IS 15
OR 20 MINUTES, THAT IS DEPENDENT
ON A LAUNCH WINDOW BUT TODAY'S
BUILT IN HOLD, WE ARE GOING USE
FOR COMMERCIAL CREW MISSIONS IS
FOUR HOURS AND DURING THAT TIME
IS THE TIME WHEN THE BOEING TEAM
GOES BACK OUT AND FINISHES
LOADING UP THAT CARGO INTO THE
STARLINER AS WELL AS THAT'S WHEN
THE LAUNCH OR LOAD THE
ASTRONAUTS AS WELL.
THOSE ARE ALL THE PROCESSES THAT
THE TEAM CHECKED OUT TODAY, OF
COURSE ALL OF THAT IS WRAPPED UP
AND DONE, SO THE REMAINING WORK
WE HAVE AHEAD OF US HERE ARE WE
ARE GOING TO BE CLOSING OUT OUR
PROP HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS AND
GET THOSE CONFIGURED FOR FLIGHT,
THE AVIONIC FOLKS WILL MAKE SURE
THE ROCKET CAN STEER
APPROPRIATELY THROUGH THE
ATMOSPHERE WITH THE UPPER LEVEL
WINDS.
THERE WILL BE SOME COMM CHECKS
COMPLOAFTED, THE BMCC OVER AT
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AND
EVENTUALLY THE COMM CHECK WILL
INCLUDE ASTRONAUTS AS WELL.
WE WILL GET THAT CREW ACCESS ARM
RETRACTED AND THEN MOVE INTO OUR
FINAL POLLING FOR LAUNCH.
JOSH AND MARIE THAT'S THE UPDATE
FROM THE ASOC.
>> THANKS, DYLAN,HAT'S REALLY
ABOUT AS GOOD A FORECAST AS YOU
HOPE FOR.
FINGERS CROSS MOTHER NATURE
CONTINUES TO COOPERATE.
>> AND WE CONTINUE TO PREPARE
FOR FLIGHT.
NASA STEVE PAIN SPAIN ON STAND
ANY THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
CENTER.
HE IS A GUY YO HOPE YOU NEVER
HAVE TO CALL BUT BE GLAD HE IS
THERE IF GROWVMENT IN AN
EMERGENCY, STEVE WOULD
COORDINATE ALL THE RESOURCES ON
SITE TO MAKE SURE WE GET
EVERYONE OUT SAFELY AND DENVER,
THE VALOR TEAM LED BY LARS IS
PREPARING FOR ASCENT.  HE IS
ONLY ON CONSOLE DURING STARLINER
FLIGHTS.
THEY ARE LOOKING SPECIFICALLY
FOR ANYTHING THAT COULD GO WRONG
ON HERE AND RELAY DATA TO
MISSION CONTROL TO PREPARE FOR
AN ABORT.
STAYED JUST PRACTICE FOR THEM
SINCE OUR ABORT SYSTEM IS NOT
ACTIVE AND THERE IS NOT CREW ON
BOARD.
NOW THROUGHOUT THE SHOW WE HAVE
BEEN ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS
ABOUT STARLINER ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
AND WE WANT TO TAKE -- WE GOT A
REALLY COOL PHOTO FROM A
STARLINER IN SUPER FAN WATCHING
ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE POND IN
IRELAND.
OF COURSE HE DIDN'T HAVE TO GET
UP QUITE SO EARLY BECAUSE I
THINK IT ISID-MORNING THERE
NOW, BUT HAYDEN, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR SENDING YOUR PHOTO AND
PLEASE IF YOU WATCHING FOLLOW
UP, USE THE HASHTAG ASK NASA AND
SHOW US HOW YOU WATCHING TODAY'S
LAUNCH.
>> HAYDEN, I HOPE HE SEES A GOOD
LAUNCH TODAY.
>> AND AS MISSION TEAMS PREPARE
FOR FINAL --
>> OH, SORRY WE HAVE A QUESTION.
WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT THE ENOUGH
BOEING BLUE SPACESUIT DESIGN AND
THE MATERIALS USED.
>> SO IT IS MADE OUT OF NOME
EXAMINE.
WHICH IS KIND OF STANDARD FOR A
LOT OF SPACESUITS BECAUSE IT IS,
YOU KNOW, FIRE RESISTANT SO IT
WOULD KEEP THE ASTRONAUTS SAFE
IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG BUT A LOT
OF INNOVATIONS ON WHAT THE
SHUTTLES DID, I THINK CHRIS
FERGUSON'S FAVORITE IT HAS A
HOODED KIND OF FEEL SO IT IS A
SOFT SHELL HOOD, NOT HEAVY
HELMET ON, OTHERWISE TOUCH
SCREEN SENSITIVE GLOVES, MORE
COMFORTABLE SHOES MADE BY REEBOK
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST OVERALL MUCH
LIGHTER AND MORE COMFORTABLE
SUIT FOR THE ASTRONAUTS AND GOAT
SEE THEM DAY GIEW NEXT TIME
STARLINER FLIES.
SO AS MISSION TEAM PREPARES FOR
FINAL COUNT DOWN WE WANT TO HEAR
FROM THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
WORKING SO HARD TO GET THE
BRAND-NEW SPACECRAFT T THIS
MOMENT.
>> THE WHOLE TOM HAS BEEN
THROUGH HIGHS AND LOWS TO GET
HERE BUFF THIS IS AN EMOTIONAL
TEAM, EMOTIONAL TIME FOR
EVERYONE ON THE EM.
>> LET'S TALK TO SOME OF THE
FOLKS WHO WORKED SO HARD ON THE
STARLINER.
>> IT IS NOT 100 PERT
INVOLVED EVERY SINGLE DAY, WE
ARE PUTTING, I AM GETTING
EMOTIONAL OVER IT.
SOME OF US, IF SOMETHING IS NOT
RIGHT, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE ARE
NOT G I THINK TO SLEEP TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
>> WE ARE NOT GOING TO SLEEP. 
TO IF SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT WE
ARE NOT GOING SLEEP.
WE ARE GOING TO GET IT
STRAIGHTENED OUT.
YOU NOT JUST CARRYING A
PARTICULAR AGENCY BUT OF THE
ENTIRE WORLD.
>> BOTH BOEING AND NASA ARE
DOING SOMETHING RIGHT NOW, NOT
JUST FOR THE BENEFITF A
PRIVATE COMPANY LIKE BOEING AND
NOT JUST FOR AN AGENCY LIKE
NASA.
THEY ARE DOING THIS ON BEHALF OF
THE NATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF
THE --
>> THIS IS HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT.
WE HAVE PEOPLE, WE HAVE
TEAMMATES AND COLONIES THAT WILL
FLY IN THIS VEHICLE.
WE NEED MAKE SURE WE GET THEM
THERE SAFELY AND WE GET THEM
BACK SAFELY.
I WOULD FLY EVERY TIME LIKE
THIS.
THERE IS NO POINT TO ANY OF
THIS, TO COMMERCIAL AND HUMAN
SPACE FLIGHT IF WE TONIGHT MAKE
SURE OUR CREW IS SAFE.
>> NOBODY UNDERSTANDS THIS, I
DON'T THINK ANYBODY REALLY IN
THIS BUSINESS LOSES SIGHT OF
WHAT WE ARE DOING.
>> THESE SPACECRAFT ARE HAND
BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP.
WE DON'T EVEN USE POWER ALSO TO
ON THEM.
>> EVERY LITTLE POSE MEANS
SOMETHING IMPORTANT.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T
KNOW AND IT IS JUST LESSONS
LEARNED AND KEEPING YOUR EYES
AND EARS OPEN.
EVERYBODY WATCHES EVERYBODY
ELSE.
YOU HAVE TO.
YOU CAN'T MAKE MISTAKES.
THERE IS NO ROOM FOR ERROR.
>> I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE SAY WOULD
YOU MAKE THAT DECISION WITH
CHRIS'S LIFE IN THE ROOM AND THE
ANSWER IS ALWAYS YES.
>> YOU HAV TO PUT 100 PERCENT
EVERY DAY.
YOU KNOW,.
AND TAKE TIME FROM OUR FAMILIES
TO MAKE SURE THAT HE CAN COME
HOME TO HIS.
>> OUR GRASS IS TALL AT HOME,
OUR KIDS ARE LOOKING FOR US BUT
I AM BUILDING A SPACESHIP.
>> YOU CAN ONLY DO IT ONE TIME.
I KNOW WHAT I HAVE DONE IS A
PRETTY GOOD JOB.
>> I MIGHT NOT BE RIDING ON IT
BUT I AM RIGHT THERE WITH THEM.
>> SLAWRCH GOING TO BE A GREAT
DAY.
THAT IS JUST THE START FOR US.
>> WHEN WE SEE IT LAND AND
EVERYBODY IS SAFE, THAT IS GOING
TO BE REALLY WHEN WE DO THE HIGH
FIVE.
>> NOW, SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE
SITTING IN THE BMCC AND LOOKING
AT THEM RIGHT NOW ON THE
CONSOLE.
THEY SHOULD BE ABOUT TO ENTER
THEIR FINAL POLL.
>> AND THE BOEING LAUNCH TEAMS
HAVE REPORTED OUT FROM THE
CONTROL ROOM ON THE HARDWARE
READINESS, THAT SIGNAL THAT
STARLINER IS READY FOR THAT
TERMINAL COUNT.
>> TORY HAS BEEN KEEPING TABS ON
THEIR PROGRESS.
TORY HOW ARE THE FINAL STARLINER
POLLS GOING?
>> THANKS, JOSH, THE FINAL
STARLINER PROCESS GOING
EXCELLENT AND ACTUALLY JUST
HEARD THE ENGINEERING TEAM GO
THROUGH THEIR FINAL PULL SO,
POLL THEY SAY THEY ARE GOI
BROKEN FOR LAUNCH.
EVERYTHING HERE OUT OF THE BMCC
IS LOOKING IT FROM AND EVERYBODY
IS REALLY NEED AND READY FOR THE
TERMINAL COUNT.
NOW, WE HAVE A MESSAGE FOR YOU
AT HOME FROM THE WOMAN WHO NAMED
ROSIE THE RIVETER.
>> HI, EVERYONE, I AM LEANN.
I AM THRILLED TO BE HERE TODAY
AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER COMPLEX.
>> ASTRONAUTS HALL HALL OF FAME,
SURROUNDED BY THE HEROES AND
LEGENDS THAT HAVE HAVE INSPIREDE
WORK WE ARE DOING HERE TODAY.
MY PARENTS ACTUALLY MET WHILE
WORKING ON THE SATURN FIVE
PROGRAM AND I WAS BORN RIGHT
HERE ON FLORIDA'S SPACE COAST.
LIKE MANY OF YOU, I AM INSPIRED
BY THE WONDER OF SPACE
EXPLORATIND IT IS HUMBLING
TO BE A PART OF THIS MOMENT
HISTORY.
WE ARE SO PROUD THAT STARLINER
IS A VERY FIRST HUMAN SPACECRAFT
TO BE BUILT AND LAUNCHED RIGHT
HERE IN FLORIDA.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE TEAMS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AS FAR
AWAY ASTRALIA WHO DESIGNED,
BUILT AND TESTED STARLINER.
AND THANK YOU TO NASA, WE HAVE
BEEN A PROUD NASA PARTNER SINCE
EARLIEST DAYS HE OF SPACE FRORGS
AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT WE
ACCOMPLISH NOTHING THE YEARS
AHEAD.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT SPACE IS
NOT THE FINAL FRONTIER, IT IS
JUST THE NEXT ONE.
THINGS STARLINER GETTING THERE
WILL BE SAFE, EFFICIENT, AND
OBTAINABLE.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING OUR SHOW.
AND ENJOY THE LAUNCH.
>> NOW, H SCENE PROBABLY ONE OF
THE PEOPLE MOST EXCITE THABTD,
WHENEVER YOU TALK TO SPACE HER
EYES JUST LIGHT UP SO WE ARE ALL
HOPING FOR A GREAT LAUNCH.
WE ACTUALLY JUST GOT
CONFIRMATION THAT THEY ARE
CONFIGURING STARLINER FOR THE
TERMINAL COUNT AND ALL GO RIGHT
NOW.
IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US WE
ARE MINUTES AWAY FROM
STARLINER'S FIR LAUNCH
ATTEMPT.
>> AND ULA WILL BE GETTING READY
SOON TO BEGIN ITS POLL TO ENTER
THE TERMINAL COUNT, RIGHT NOW WE
ARE ABOUT 16 MINUTES FROM
LIFTOFF.
>> THIS IS A CRITICAL POINT.
>> THE COUNTDOWN AFTER THE
LAUNCH CLOCK RESTARTS AT T MINUS
FOUR MINUTES.
IT IS, IF ANOTHER HOLD I CALLED
WE WILL SCRUB FOR THE DAY.
>> HOLD, HOLD, HOLD ON COUNT
DOWN ONE.
>> STATUS CHECK BREED TERMINAL
COUNT.
>> ATLAS SYSTEMS, PROPULSION,
GO.
>> HYDRAULICS, GO.
>> PNEUMATICS, GO.
>> LO 2.
>> GO.
>> WATER, GO.
>> CENTAUR SYSTEMS, PROPULSION.
>> GO, PNEUMATICS GO.
>> LO 2.
>> GO.
>> LH 2.
>> GO.
>> BASS.
>> GO.
>> ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, AIRBORNE.
>> GO.
>> ANOMALY CHIEF.
>> GO.
>> CLEAR TO PROCEED.
LAUNCH DIRECTOR.
>> LAUNCH DIRECTOR IS GO AND YOU
HAVE PERMISSION.
 THE COUNTDOWN --
>> 3, 2, 1.
>> WE HAVE A FEW MINUTES NOW
ANSWER MORE OF YOUR QUESTIONS
ABOUT STARLINER.
WE HAVE ONE FROM INGRAM.
WANTS TO KNOW YOU HAVE CERTAIN
WEIGHT CONCERNS, OBVIOUSLY, SO
HOW DO YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE
WEIGHT OF THE PAINT USED ON
STARLINER?
>> SO OF COURSE EVERY POUND
MATTERS ON A SPACECRAFT.
THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T USE TOO
MUCH PAINT WE DON'T NEED, AS YOU
TELL ON THE VEHICLE THERE ARE
SOMETYLE PAINTINGS ON THERE.
THE NASA LOGO, THE BOEING LOGO,
THOSE KIND OF COOL DASH MARKS
AROUND THE TOP, THAT'S THE ONLY
PAINT STARLINER DOESN'T NEED,
THE GRAY PAINT COVERING, IT IS
ACTUALLY THERE FOR THERMAL
PROPERTIES, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER
IF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING
STARLINER FOR A WHILE, IT USED
 BE, BUT AS WE CONTINUED
OUR ANALYSIS WE DECIDED THAT
PRAY WOULD BE A LITTLE BETTER
AND SAFER ON REENTRY SO WE
COVERED IT ONE THIS SPECIAL GRAY
PAINT THAT IS VERY HEAT
RESISTANT.
I MEAN YOU SEE IT IS REALLY
EARLY IN THE MORNING AND THE SUN
IS NOT UP BUT YOU TELL THAT KIND
OF COLOR ON THE CAP SOUL AT
TOP OF THE ROCKET ON THE PAD
THERE.
>> YES.
EXACTLY.
IT IS ACTUALLY MAKING USE OF
THERMAL BLANKETS.
THE GRAY PARTS IS THERMAL
BLANKETS AND THERMAL TILES ALSO
FROM THE SPACE SHUTTLE BUT A NEW
HEAT SHIELD ON THE BOTTOM.
WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE UNDER
QUESTION AND ANOTHER INTERESTING
QUESTION ABOUT THE G FORCES.
MOON MAN WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE
MAX LOADS EXPECTED DURING
ASCENT.
AND THEN WILL THE BOOSTER
THROTTLE DOWN MAINTAIN THOSE
LOWER GS.
QUESTION.S ACTUALLY A GREAT
ULA IS FLYING A VERY UNIQUE
AJECTORY FOR US A AND GOING TO
FLY FLATTER AT MOON MAN SAID AND
THE BOOSTER WILL ACTUALLY
THROTTLE DOWN DURING THE LATER
STAGES OF FLIGHT.
TO MAINTAIN THREE AND A HALF G
TONS CREW MEMBERS.
I WANT TO -- THE ACCESS ARM IS
ABOUT TO RETRACT.HT IT WAS RETRG
THERE.
SO YES, ATLAS WILL FLY A
DIFFERENT FLIGHT THAN NORMAL BUT
3 AND A HALF GS IS NOT
UNCOMFORTABLE FOR THE CREW, IT
IS SAFE FOR THEM.
CHRIS FERGUSON DESCRIBED IT
STILL KIND OF FEELS LIKE A
GORILLA SITTING ON YOUR CHEST
BUTRMAL FOR ABOUT MOST
LAUNCHES.
>> WE WANT YOU TO KEEP THOSE
QUESTIONS COMING.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT
QUESTIONS AND REMEMBER TO USE
THE HASHTAG ASK NASA AND
STANDING BY NOW KEEPING AN EYE
ON SPACE LAUNCH COMPLEX 41
WAITING FOR CREW ACCESS ARM TO
BEGIN ITS RETRACTION AND WE WILL
START TO SEE THE ARM SWING AWAY
AND THE WHITE ROOM SLOWLY MOVE
AWAY FROM AFT LAS AND THAT'S
GOING TO BE ONE OF THE LAST
VISIBLE THINGS WE WILL SEE AHEAD
OF LAUNCH.
>> SO UP TO THIS POINT, IF THERE
WERE CREW ON BOARD, RIGHT BEFORE
THE CREW ACCESS ARM MOVES IS
WHERE WE CONFIGURE LAUNCH A
SYSTEM.
WE WILL SEW IT KIND OF SLOWLY
HEF AWAY BUT IT CAN ACTUALLY
SWING BACK TO THE CAPSULE IN
LESS THAN 22NDS.
IF THERE WERE A LIGHTNING STORM
COMING IF THE ASTRONAUTS HAS TO
GET OFF OFF THE PAD.
IF NEED GET OFF THEY WILL LEAVE
ON STARLINER.
JOSH, YOU MENTIONED THE ABORT
SYSTEM I SHEET NOT ACTIVE ON
THIS FLIGHT.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHY?
>> YES.
SO ULA HAS THIS NEW EMERGENCY
DETECTION SYSTEM ON THE TOP OF
THEIR CENTAUR UPPER STAGE, IT IS
BASICALLY TWO EXTRA COMPUTERS
THAT ARE PLUGGED INTO THE REST
OF THE ROCKET AND THEY ARE JUST,
YOU KNOW, REALLY MAKING SURE
THAT THAT SYSTEM IS GOING TO
WORK.
WE DON'T WANT TO CAUSE A
PREMATURE ABORT SINCE IS THE
FIRST TIME THAT SYSTEM IS ON
ATLAS BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT SYSTEM
IS LOOKING FOR WHAT IS CALLED
FAST TRIGGER ABORTS.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL
HAPPEN SO QUICKLY A HUMAN
WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DETECT IT.
AND SO WE ARE GOING SEE THAT, OF
COURSE IS GOING TO BE ACTIVATED
THE NEXT TIME STARLINER FLIGZ,
THE NEXT WILL BE CALLED THE YOU
FLIGHT TEST AND CARRY BOEING
ASTRONAUT CHRIS FERGUSON, NASA
ASTRONAUT MIKE FINK AND NICOLE
MANN AND THEY WILL BE NEXT TIME
SIFTING RIGHT ON TOP OF THAT
ATLAS V INSIDE STARLINER.
BUT FOR TODAY, OF COURSE, WE
HAVE GOT ROSIE INSIDE, SNOOPY
INSIDE, AND 600 POUNDS OF NASA
CARGO AND WE ARE A LITTLE OVER
11 MINUTES AWAY FROM LAUNCH NOW.
AGAIN, JUST STANDING BY BECAUSE
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GT
SEE LIVE THAT YOU ACCESS ARM
SWINGING AWAY.
SO WE WILL JUST KEEP AN EYE ON
THINGS FOR YOU.
.. ARM CONTROL, CREW ACCESS ARM
FOR LAUNCH.
>> ROGER.
WE JUST HEARD CALL THEY ARE
ABOUT TO STOW THE YOU ACCESS ARM
AND HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT
STARLINER IS RUNNING ON INTERNAL
POWER.
IT IS NOT RELYING ON GROUND
POWER ANYMORE.
PULLING POWER FROM ITS OWN
BATTERIES.
IF YOU JUST JOINING US WE ARE
JUST OVER 10 MINUTES FROM
LIFTOFF AND WE ARE -- OH THERE
IT IS, IT LOOKS LIKE THE CREW
ACCESS ARM IS BEGINNING TO MOVE
AWAY FROM STARLINER.
YOU SEE THE WHITE ROOM EVER SO
SLIGHTLY STARTING TO MAKE A
SWING.
>> AGAIN THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST
MAJOR STEPS, THE NEXT IS THE
LAUNCH VEHICLE PULL.
THEN WE WILL RELEASE THE FOUR
MINUTE HOLD.
AND THEN --
>> INTERNAL POWER.
>> VERY FOID.
>>  NOW IT IS A CREW ACCESS ARM
RETRACTS, AGAIN, THE FINAL PULL
FOR TODAY IS THE LAUNCH VEHICLE
PULL.
IF YOU HAVE WATCHED ATLAS
LAUNCHES IT WILL SOUND VERY
FAMILIAR.
THERE IS IS A BIG OLD PISTON
PULLING BACK THAT CREW ACCESS
ARM.
>> AND AFTER ATLAS IS DECLARED
READY FOR LAUNCH NASA AND BOEING
WILL JOINTLY DECIDE WHETHER THEY
ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
THE COUNTDOWN.
IN ABOUT NINE MINUTES AWAY FROM
LAUNCH.
ALL RIGHT.
THERE YOU SEE CREW ACCESS ARM
JUST FINISHING ITS SWING AWAY
FROM THE ATLAS V ROCKET AND
STARLINER AND WE WANT TO GO OVER
TO DYLAN NICE THE ASOC FOR ARE A
STATUS UPDATE.
DYLAN.
>> HEY MARKS I ARE, WE ARE
CONTINUING TO HAVE A CLEAN COUNT
DOWN HERE.
WE ARE JUST A FEW MOMENTS AWAY
FROM CHIEF LAUNCH DETECTOR
CONDUCTING THE STATUS CHECK POLL
WHICH WILL TAKE US INTO OUR
FINAL COUNT DOWN TOAUNCH.
T TERMINAL COUNT STATUS CHECK
POLL IS THE FINAL CHECK FROM
EACH OPERATOR, OPERATOR'S
ASSOCIATED WITH THE GROUND
SYSTEM, THE LAUNCH VEHICLE, THE
SPACECRAFT AND THE EASTERN RANGE
TO ENSURE THAT ALL SYSTEMS ARE
READY TO GO FOR US TO PROCEED
INTO TERMINAL COUNT AND GET THE
ROCKET LAUNCHED SO WE ARE JUST
ABOUT MINUTE AWAY FROM THAT
NOW.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW,
WE HAVE EXECUTED THIS COUNT DOWN
MANY TIMES FOR A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT MISSIONS, BUT THE
COUNTDOWN TODAY FEELS, FEELS
QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT
WE HAVE NORMALLY DONE.
THE EXCITEMENT HERE IS JUST
UNBELIEVABLE AND WE ARE VERY,
VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS, SEE
MISSION GO AND GO ON TIME.
ESPECIALLY WITH SUCH A CLEAN
COUNT DOWN LIKE WE HAD TODAY SO
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.
THE TEAM HAS NOT BEEN TALKING
ABOUT ANY ISSUES AT ALL ON ANY
OF THE NETS I HAVE BEEN
LISTENING TO, SO WHEN THAT
TERMINA COUNT STATUS CHECK
STARTS WE ARE EXPECTING TO HEAR
GOES ACROSS THE BOARD.
>> SO I THINK WE WILL STAND BY
HERE AND LISTEN FOR CHIEF LAUNCH
CONNECTOR DOUG TO GET THAT POLL
STARTED HERE IN ABOUT 20
SECONDS.
I THINK.
>> STATUS DHOAK PROCEED WITH
TERMINAL COUNT.
ATLAS SYSTEMS, PROPULSION, GO.
>> HYDRAULICS.
>> GO.
>> PNEUMATIC.
>> GO.
>> LO 2.
>> GO.
>> WATER.
>> GO.
>> CENTAUR SYSTEMS, PROPULSION.
 GO.
>> PNEUMATICS.
>> GO.
>> LO 2.
>> GO.
>> LH 2.
>> GO.
>> HAZ GAS.
>> GO.
>> ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AIRBORNE.
>> GO.
>> GROUND.
>> GO.
>> FACILITIES GO.
>> FLIGHT CONTROL.
>> GO.
>>O.CQ.
>> OP SUPPORT.
>> GO.
>> COMM.
>> GO.
>> UMBILICAL.
>> GO.
>> ARM CONTROL.
>> GO.
>> ECF.
>> GO.
>> RED LINE MONITOR.
>> GO.
>> QUALITY.
>> GO.
>> OPS SAFETY MANAGER.
>> GO.
>> SAFETY OFFICER.
>> GO.
>> VEHICLE SYSTEM ENGINEER.
>> GO.
>> ANOMALY CHIEF.
>> GO.
>> RANGE COORDINATOR.
>> CLEAR TO PROCEED.
>> FLIGHT DIRECTOR.
>> SNRIGHT GO.
>> LAUNCH DIRECTOR.
>> GO AND LC YOU HAVE PERMISSION
TO LAUNCH.
PROCEEDING WITH THE COUNT.
>> ALC VERIFY FOR 11.
36:43 ZULU.
VERIFIED.
>> WELL, JOSH AND MARIE YOU
HEARD IT, WE ARE GO FOR LAUNCH,
RIGHTS ON TIME.
LL RHANKS, WE HEARD
SOME CHEERS BEHIND US OVER AT
THE PRESS SITE WHEN WE HEARD YOU
HAVE PER NOTIFICATION LAUNCH.
I KNOW, YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO
LAUNCH.
I KNOW THEY ARE FEELING GOD
ABOUT THAT.
TORY IS STANDING OVER HERE AND
SHE HAS A VERY SPECIAL GUEST TO
SAY HELLO.
>> THANKS, MARIE.
YES.
I DO HAVE A VERY SPECIAL GUEST
HERE TODAY.
I HAVE CHRIS FERGUSON, FIRST
BOEING ASTRONAUT AND FORM --
FORMER SPACE SHUTTLE COMMANDER.
SO, CHRIS, YOU HEARD THE POLL,
YOU WERE HERE, YOU KNOW, BEING A
PART OF SOME OF THE OTHER POLLS
THIS MORNINAN YOU TELL U
HOW IT ISOING?
>> WELL, EVERY LAUNCH HAS ITS
EXCITING MOMENTS WE HAD A FEW
EARLIER WITH A MINOR ISSUE THAT
CAME UP BUT WE HAVE DEVELOPED
ALL OF THE NECESSARY RATIONALE
TO GO FLIGHT FLYING AND YOU JUST
LISTENED TO THE POLL.
BASICALLY, EVERYBODY IS IN LYNN
AND IN AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE IN
A GOOD CONFIGION TO GO FLY.
SO IT WAS A LITTLE CLOSE BUT HEY
WE ARE GOING TO BE OFF TO THE
RACES HERE IN A FEW SHORT
MINUTES.
>> NOW THIS IS REALLY EXCITING
TIME, RIGHTS, LESS THAN FIVE
MINUTES HERE UNTIL LAUNCH SO,
YOU KNOW, IT IS FUNNY WHEN WE
SAY LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES TO
LAUNCH BUT I KNOW YOU HAVE BE
ON THE PROGRAM FOR ABOUT EIGHT
YEARS NOW.
>> UH-HUH.
>> SO ALL OF THIS I KNOW HAS
BEEN LEADING UP TO THIS MOMENT
AND THE CST CAN YOU TELL US MORE
ABOUT YOUR ROLE WITHIN THE
STARLINER PROGRAM.
>> I JOINED THE PROGRAM AS YOU
HAVE SAID EIGHT YEARS AGO
SHORTLY AFTER THE SPACE SHUTTLE
PROGRAM ENDED AND IT HAS BEEN
WONDERFUL TO BE A PART OF THE
TE
IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL TO HAVE
SOME INFLUENCE IN THE DESIGN AND
NOW, YOU KNOW, IT IS ALMOST
SURREAL.
THERE IT IS OUT ON THE PAD, THE
LABOR OF THE LAST EIGHT AND A
HALF YEARS IS SORT OF COMING TO,
YOU KNOW, IT IS GAME DAY, RIGHT 
THE BIG TEST IS, ANDIND YOU,
YOU KNOW, OUR BIG GAME FOR THE
SPACECRAFT ACTUALLY BEGINS WHEN
THE LAUNCH VEHICLE RELEASES 11
MINUTES FROM NOW, SO WE HAVE GOT
A LOT OF WORK TO DO, EVEN THOUGH
IS THE EXCITING PART THAT
EVERYBODY ENJOYS WATCHING A
LAUNCH.
OUR BIG TEST REALLY BEGINS WHEN
THE LAUNCH VEHICLE SORT OF
RELEASES US ANDE HAVE TO GO
PERFORM ALL OF THE NECESSARY
DEMOCRATS INVESTIGATIONS TO GET
READY TO DOCTOR THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
TOMORROW.
SO WE HAVE GOT A BUSY 24 HOURS.
>> YES.
THAT IS REALLY EXCITING, RIGHT?
IT IS BUSY BUT I KNOW TEAM HERE
IS UP TO THE CHALLENGE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ALL RIGHT, JOSH AND MARIE,
THANKS FOR COMING TO US, BACK TO
YOU.
GREAT HEARING FROM CHRIS.
WE ARE THROW MINUTES AND 20
SECONDS AWAY.
THE T MINUS FOUR MINUTE HOLD WAS
RELEASED WHILE CHRIS WAS TELLING
US ABOUT HOW EXCITE SHED FOR
STARLINER.
DOWN AND LISTEO THE LOOPS.
I WANT TO NOTE ON ASCENT BECAUSE
WE HAVE SO MANY CONTROL ROOMS
YOU WILL BE HEARING REPORTS FROM
THE ATLAS SPACEFLIGHT OPERATION
CENTER FROM JSC AND MARIE AND I
WILL STICK AROUND.
>> -- FLIGHT PRESSURE.
>> .. TWO AND A HALF MINUTES.
>> ATLAS TANKS ARE AT MR. FLIGHT
LEVELS, CENTAUR WILL BE
MOMENTARILY.
IF YOU JUST JOINING US WE ARE
APPROACHING TWO MINUTES FROM THE
VERY FIRST FLIGHT OF BOEING'S
CST-100 AR LINE TORE THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> .. 159.
>> VEHICLE INTERNAL.
>> 155.
>> -- START.
>>150.
>> CENTAUR LO 2.
>> THE ROCKET IS NOW ON INTERNAL
POWER AS WELL.
BOTH AFT LAS AND CENTAUR TANKS.
>> LAUNCH ENABLED.
>> 137.
>> ARMED.
>> THAT WAS THE FLIGHT
TERMINATION SOFTWARE.
>> IF ATLAS VEERS OFF COURSE.
>> 120.
>> OC IS AR
>> COUNT STARTED.
EDS ASCENT MODE.
>> THAT WAS EMERGENCY DETECTION
SYSTEM, EDS.
>> T MINUS ONE MINUTE.
 REPORT RANGE STATUS.
>> RANGE IS GREEN.
>> 54.
>> DOT STARTED ..
>> 
>> 30 SECONDS.
>> MINUS 25 SECONDS.
>> STATUS CHECK:GO ATLAS.
>> GO KREN CENTAUR.
>> GO STARLINER.
>> GO STARLINER.
>> 
>> 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2,
1.
AND LIFTOFF.
THE RISE OF STARLINER.
AND A NEW ERA IN HUMAN
SPACEFLIGHT.
WE HAVE CLEARED THE TOWER.
>> NOW 10 SECONDS INTO THE
FLIGHT.
VEHICLE HAS BEGUN THE PITCH OVER
PROGRAM, RESPONSES LOOK GOOD.
NOW 15 SECONDS IN.
>> LOOP CONTROL.
LOCKS GOOD AT FULL TT.
GOOD PRESSURE ON BOTH SOCS.
NOW 20 SECONDS INTO FLIGHT.
>> NOW THROTTLING DOWN PARTIAL
THRUST AS EXPECTED.
ENGINE RESPONSE LOOKS GOOD.
>> NOW 38 SECONDS IN.
>> 180 ENGINE PARAMETERS
CONTINUE TO LOOK GOOD.
VEHICLE IS NOW PASSING THROUGH
MASS Q DYNAMIC PRESSURE.
>> CHAMBER PRESSURE ON BOTH SRVS
CONTINUE TO LOOK GOOD.
PARAME CONTINUING TO LOOK
GOOD.
>> NOW PASSING ONE MINUTE INTO
FLIGHT.
>> AND MOCK ONE, ALICE SPITE OF
NOW SUPERSONIC.
>> AND VEHICLE NOW THROTTLING
UP, ENGINE RESPONSE LOOKS GOOD.
CONTINUE TO SEE GOOD CHAMBER
PRESSURE ON BOTH SRB'S.
>> ONE MINUTE AND 22NDS INTO
FLIGHT.
ARE RATE RESPONSE TONS VEHICLE
LOOK GOOD.
ONE MINUTE, 30 NDS IN,
STANDING FOR FOR SRV BURNOUT.
AND WE HAVE BURNOUT ON BOTH
SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS.
ATLAS WILL HOLD ON TO THE SRBS
FOR AN ADDITIONAL 48 SECONDS
PRIOR TO JETTISON.
>> ENGINE RESPONSE LOOKS GOOD.
ONE MINUTE, 50 SECONDS IN.
OVER.
>> ATLAS IS NOW 17 POLICIES IN
ALTITUDE, 11 AND A HALF MILES
DOWN DISTANCE,.
>> NOW PASSING TWO MINUTES INTO
FLIGHT.
180 ENGINE PONTINUE
TO LOOK GOOD AT FULL THRUST.
>> AND TWO-MINUTES 11 SECONDS
INTO FLIGHT THE ATLAS ROCKET NOW
WEIGHS ONE-HALF OF WHAT IT DID
AT LAUNCH, BURNING PROPELL AT
128 POUNDS PER SECOND.
>> AND WE HAVE SEEN GOOD
INDICATION OF JETTISON OF BOTH
SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS.
>> VEHICLE GONE TO CLOSED LOOP
GUIDANCE.
NOW JUST UNDER TWO MINUTES
REMAINING IN THE BOOSTER PHASE
OF FLIGHT.
TWO MINUTES, 35 SECONDS INTO
FLIGHT.
>> 180 CONTINUES TO PERFORM
WELL.
ENGINES NOW THROTTLING DOWN
SLIGHTLY, ENGINE RESPONSE LOOKS
GOOD.
AND ATLAS V IS NOW TRAVELING AT
OVER FIVE TIMES SPEED OF SOUND.
CENTAUR REACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
IS NOW PRESSURIZING THE FLIGHT
LEVELS.
SYSTEM RESPONSE LOOKS GOOD.
THREE MINUTES, TEN SECONDS INTO
FLIGHT.
AFT LAS KNIFE IS NOW 38 MILES IN
ALTITUDE, 80 MILES DOWNRANGE
DISTANCE, TRAVELING 5,800 MILES
PER HOUR.
>>
>> 180 ENGINE OPERATING
PARAMETERS CONTINUE TO LOOK
GOOD, NOW ONE MINUTE REMAINING
UNTIL ENGINE CUTOFF.
>> BODY RATE RESPONSES DON'T
LOOK GOOD THROUGHOUT THE BOOSTER
PHASE OF FLIGHT.
>> AND R 108 CITY NOW THROTTLING
TO MAINTAIN A CONSTANT AND
ENGINE RESPONSE ALL LOOKS GOOD.
>> THREE MINUTES, 55 SECONDS
INTO FLIGHT.
> AND CENTAUR BEGUN THE BOOST
PHASE SEQUENCE.
>> 20 SECONDS TO BECO.
>> 180 CONTINUING TO LOOK GOOD
AS IT THROTTLES TO MAINTAIN THE
CONSTANT T-POINT 5G
ACCELERATION LIMIT.
ATLAS TU TO OPEN LOOK IN
PREPARATION OF BICO.
>> AND STAND BIG FOR BECO.
>> STANDING BY FOR BECO AND WE
HAVE BECO BOOSTE CUTOFF,
STANDING BY.
>> AND WE HAVE ACADEMY
INDICATION OF STAGE SEPARATION.
>> GOOD INDICATION OF STAGE
SEPARATION.
STAND BIG FOR IGNITION.
.. IN WE HAVE IGNITION AND FULL
THRUST ON BOTH RL 10 ENGINES.
CHAMBER PRESSURES LOOK GOOD ON
BOTH ENGINES.
WE HAVE CONFIRMATION OF JETTISON
ON STARLINER.
>> SWREAND GOOD INDICATION OF
ARROW AERO SKIRT JETTISON.
CENTAUR NOW RESUMING ATTITUDE
CONTROL AFTER SUCCESSFUL JET
SON.
CHAMBER PRESSURE ON BOTH RL 10
ENGINES CONTINUE TO LOCKOOD.
>> TWAS A VERY CRITICAL
PIECE OF THE MISSION HERE,
STAGING IS ALWAYS A VERY DYNAMIC
FEELS OF FLIGHT.
>> NOW PASSING FIVE MINUTES, 30
SECONDS INTO FLIGHT.
>> AND THE CENTAUR SMS
BEGINNING INITIAL THRUSTER
FIRING FOR THERMAL CONDITIONING.
SYSTEM RESPONSE LOOKS GOOD.
ONCE AGAIN CENTAUR WILL CONTINUE
BURNING FOR ABOUT ANOTHER FIVE
MINUTES.
NOW PASSING SIX MINUTES INTO
FLIGHT.
AND CENTAUR IS NOW 95 MILES
ALTITU TRAVELING AT
12,000 MILES PER HOUR.
>> THE DUAL RL 10 ENGINES, TO
PROPEL STARLINER, THEY ARE
MAKING UPOR A LITTLE BIT OF
THE BOOSTER ARE FLYING A FLATTER
TRAJECTORY AND AT LOWER THRUST
AGAIN TO MAINTAIN THE THREE AND
A HALF G FORCES.
AGAIN, A FIRST FLIGHT FOR THE
DUAL ENGINE CENTAUR ON AN ATLAS
V.
TO HEAD TO ORBIT.TAUR CONTINUE
>> CENTAUR BURN.
CHAMBER PRESSURES HAVE REMAINED
VERY STABLE.
JUST UNDER FIVE MINUTES NOW
REMAINING IN THE BURN.
AND KREN STORY NOW 102 MILES
ALTITUDE, 800 MILES DOWNRANGE
DISTANCE, TRAVELING AT
12,700 MILES PER HOUR.
KOOPTING WITH ACTIVE CONTROL,
LOOKS GOOD.
BODY RATE RESPONSES ARE ALL VERY
CLOSE TO NULL.
>> THAT MEANS ATLAS IS FLYING
ALMOST EXACTLY WHERE IT NEEDS TO
BE NOW PASSING EIGHT INTHIEWNTS
FLIGHT.
>> IF YOU JUST JOINING US, EIGHT
MINUTES INTO STARLINER'S FIRST
FLIGHT.
THERE HAS BEEN A SUCCESSFUL
BOOSTE SEPARATION,
CENTAUR CONTINUES TO PROPEL
STARLINER.
THE NEXT MAJOR MILESTONE WILL BE
MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF AT 11 MINUTES
58 SECONDS.
>> BOTH CENTAUR RL 10 ENGINES
ARE CONTINUING TO PERFORM WELL
THROUGHOUT THE BURN, CHAMBER
PRESSURES LOOK GOOD.
>> AND NOW COMING UP ON NINE
MINUTES INTO FLIGHT, KREN STOR
101 MILES ALTITUDE, 1,200 MILES
DOWNRANGE DISTANCE,.
>> NOW TWO CONTROL ROOMS YOU ARE
LOOKING AT ON THE LEFT, THAT IS
THE ULA DENVER OPERATIONS
CONTROL CENTER.
THEY ARE A BACK CONTROL ROOM
FOR THE CONTROL ROOM ON THE
RIGHT WHICH IS THE ACTUAL ATLAS
SPACEFLIGHT OPERATIONS CENTER.
THEY WERE THE ONES WHO LAUNCHED
THE ROCKET.  ABOUT NINE AND A
HALF MINUTES AGO.
>> AS YOU SEE EVERYONE IS LOCKED
IN ON THEIR SCREENS, MONITORING
DATA.
YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THERE
WASN'T MUCH EXCITEMENT DURING
LAUNCH, BUT ULA WILL BE HAPPY
ONCE WE GET TO STAGE SEPARATION,
WHICH IS COMING UP ALMOST 15
MINUTES AFTER LAUNCH, SO ABOUT
FIVE MINUTES FROM NOW.
CENTAUR PERFORMANCE CONTINUES.
MAIN VEHICLE BATTERY
TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES.
AND CONTINUE TO SEE GOOD
PRESSURES ON OUR HELIUM AND
HYDROGEN STORAGE BOTTLES.
>> TELEMETRY QUALITY IS GOOD ON
THE BURN, SEWING ONLY VERY BRIEF
MINOR DROPOUTS.
NOW APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE
REMAINING IN THE BURN.
>>
>> SO AFTER STARLINER SEPARATES
FROM CENTAUR COMING UP IN ABOUT
FOUR MINUTES, STARLINER WILL
KRIRK LIES ITS ORBIT WITH AN
INSERTION BURN, AGAIN ABOUT 30
SECONDS TO MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF.
CHAMBER PRESSURE ON BOTH RL TENS
CONTINUE TO LOOK GOOD.
NOWAD OF MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF
WE ARE SEEING GOOD TANK PRESSURE
ON STARLINER ITSELF, BATTERIES
ARE AT NOMINAL PRESSURE, GOOD
PRESSURE SENSOR READINGS FROM
STARLINER, AS IT PREPARES TO
FREE FLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
ORBIT.
STANDING BY FOR MAIN ENGINE
CUTOFF.
>> AND WE HAVE MICO.
>> MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF.
>> BODY RATE RESPONSES REMAIN
VERY STABLE.
>> NOW PASSING 12 MINUTES INTO
>> NOW STARLINER WILL STAY
AFFIDAVIT TO CENTAUR AGAIN UNTIL
ABOUT 15 MINUTES, EXPECTED TO
SEPARATE AT 14 MINUTES AND 58
SECONDS AFTER LIFTOFF.
>> AND THAT WILL BE THE FIRST
STARLINER FREE FLIES IN ORBIT
AND AT THAT POINT, RICHARD JONES
AND HIS TEAM IN HOUSTON WILL
HAVE FULL CONTROL OVER THE
VEHICLE.
AND THEY WILL SET IT UP FOR AN
ORBITAL INSERTION BURN THAT WILL
TAKE PLACE 16 MINUTES -- 15
MINUTES AFTER SEPARATION.
>> APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES NOW
REMAINING UNTIL OFT CAPSULE
SEPARATION.
>> BODY RATE RESPONSES CONTINUE
TO LOOK VERY STABLE THROUGHOUT
THIS COAST.
>> 
>> SOU ARE LOOKING AT T
BOEING MISSION CONTROL CENTER
THERE, AT THIS POINT THEY HAVE
TRANSITIONED TO A MISSION
SUPPORT ROOM, THE PEOPLE YOU
SEEING SITTING ON CONSOLE
DESIGNED TESTED AND BUILT
STARLINER AND THEY ARE THE
EXPERTS ON THE SYSTEMS, SO IF
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS NEED ANY
HELP, TH WILL BE THE ONES
ANSWERING THE CALL.
>> NOW PASSING 13 MINUTES, 30
SECONDS INTO FLIGHT.
>> JUST OVER A MINUTE WE ARE
EXPECTING TO HEAR THAT STARLINER
HAS SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE.
ABOUT ONE MINUTE NOW REMAINING
UNTIL OFT SEPARATING.
>> BODY RATES AND ROLL PITCH AND
YAW DIRECTION ALL VERY CLOSE TO
NULL.
  AND ABOUT 30 SECONDS AWAY
FROM SPACECRAFT SET.
>> NOW STANDING BY FOR
SPACECRAFT SEPARATION.
>> AND WE HAVE GOOD INDICATION
OF SEPARATION OF THE OFT
CAPSULE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THERE IT IS.
ULA HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED
THEIR PIECE OF THE MISSION.
STARLINER IS FREE FLYING FOR TH.
FROM HERE, THE JOHNSON SPACE
CENTER MISSION CONTROLLERS WILL
BE FLYING STARLINER.
WE WILL HEAR REPORTS
EX-CLIEWFERL FROM THERE.
EXCLUSIVELY FROM THERE.
>> AND STARLINER'S SOFTWARE HAS
BEEN SWITCHED TO ORBIT MODE
MEANING THE SPACECRAFT IS EX-DO
YOU AGREE COMMANDS IT NEEDS FOR
OPERATING IN SPACE FOLLOWING A
SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH INTO ORBIT,
INTO THE ORBITAL TRAJECTORY.
THERE IS JUST ONE STEP FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS ARE TAKING IN
CONFIGURING STARLINER, NOW THAT
IT IS FLYING ON ITS.
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS ARE SETTING
UP FOR ORBITAL INSERTION BURN
WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE ABOUT 15
MINUTES, A LITTLE OVER 15
MINUTES.
AND THAT WILL CIRCUMSTANCE LIES
THE ORBIT AS IT .. SETS OFF TO
CHASE THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
THE TEAM HERE IS ALSO TURNING
OFF SEVERALTEMS THAT WERE
ARE NOT NECESSARY NOW THATBUT
STARLINER IS IN ORBIT, WHILE
SOME ARE TURNED OFF SOME WILL BE
TURNED ON, SUCH AS THE THRUSTER
HOUSING USED TO MANEUVER THE
STARLINER IN SPACE AND THE SOLAR
ARRAYS.
THE THRUSTERS WILL STEER
STARLINER THROUGH ORBIT AND THE
SOLAR ARRAYS WILL OF COURSE
CONVERT THE SUN'S ENERGY INTO
ELECTRIC ENERGY TO CHARGE THE
SPACECRAFT BATTERIES.
>> THE KREN STORY INTENTIONALLY
LEFT STARLINER IN AN ELLCAL
TRAJECTORY THAT WILL MAKE IT
EASY FOR THE SPACECRAFT AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY FUTURE CREWS TO COME
BACK TO EARTH AT THIS POINT IF
THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT MEANS IT
IS ALL ON STARLINER TO MAKE IT
THE REST OF THE WAY INTO STABLE
ORBIT AND ON TRACK FOR SPACE
STATION DOCKING THIS IS WHERE
STARLINER'S ORBITAL MANEUVERING
ANUDE CONTROL ENGINES
COME INTO PLAY, THE 20 HAVE
ENGINES CAN EACH PROVIDE UP TO
1400 POUNDS OF THRUST WHICH IS
MORE THAN ENOUGH TO HEAVE THE
STARLINER THAT LAST LITTLE BIT
INTO ORBIT.
THIS HE WILL FIRE FOR ABOUT 40
SECONDS SETTING STARLINER ON THE
RIGHT PATH NOT ONLY FOR DOCKING
WITHHE SPACE STATION BUT A
SERIES OF DEMONSTRATIONS
STARLINER WILL PERFORM BEFORE
DOCKING.
>> AND THOSE DEMONSTRATIONS WILL
PROVE THAT STARLINER IS READY TO
SAFELY DOCK WITH THE SPACE
STATION.
THEY ACTUALLY BEGAN ON THE
LAUNCHPAD WHEN WE PERFORMED A
CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT
STARLINER'S GPS AND INFORM
GAITION SYSTEMS AGREED IT WAS
INDEED ON THE LAUNCHPAD, AFTER
THE UPCOMING ORBITAL INSERTION
BURNS, DEMONSTRATIONS WILL
CONTINUE SO THAT FROWNED
CONTROLLERS CAN ENSURE THE
SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS ARE
FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY.
WHEN THESE FIRST DEMOS ARE
ITS PAST PATH TO THEILL RESUME
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
THE SYSTEMS HERE ARE TELLING US
THAT THESE EARLY STEPS ARE
COMPLETE AND STARLINER SYSTEMS
ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE
SUPPOSED TO DO.
>> WE STILL HAVE A FEW MINUTES
BEFORE THAT ORBITAL INSERTION
BURN, ABOUT 13 MINUTES UNTIL IT
TAKES PLACE.
SO LET'S GO BACK TO FLORIDA
WHERE JOSH AND MARIE HAVE
WATCHED A SPECTACULAR MORNING
LIFTOFF.
>> BRANDY, THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL
LAUNCH FROM HERE IN FLORIDA, IT
TOOK OFF RIGHT HERE BEHIND US,
IT IS, YOU KNOW -- TUN IS
TING TO RISE, THERE IS A
LITTLE BIT OF A ROCKET PLUME
LEFT OVER THERE BEHIND US.
>> THE ROCKET LEFT BACK THERE,
BUT I MEAN IT WAS STUNNING TO
SEE, I MEAN, I KNOW YOU WEREN'T
LOOKING FROM THIS VIEW BUT
LOOKING MUCH CLOSER BUT WE JUST
TURNED AROUND IN OUR SEATS TO
WATCH IT HERE AND COULD FEEL THE
RUMBLE AND I KNOW YOU DIDN'T SEE
PEOPLE SELL BRAIFTING IN THE
CONTROL ROOMS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
THEIR JOB IS NOT DONE AT
LIFTOFF, IT GOES BEYOND THAT,
MUCH FURTHER, AND SO PEOPLE ARE,
I THINK, NOW JUST BEGINNING TO
BREATHE AGAIN, AND SO FOLKS ARE
JUST SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS
ACCOMPLISHMENT, I MEAN,
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS JUST THE
BEGINNING OF THE MISSION, BUT
SUCH A HUGE MOMENTOUS OCCASION
THIS MORNING.
>> AND WE ARE ACTUALLY HEARING
THAT IN THE DMCC, TORY PEDRATI
IS WITH LEWIS ATCHISON,
STARLINER'S VERY FIRST LAUNCH
CONDUCTOR AND SAW US THROUGH A
SUCCESSFUL FIRST LAW, TORY AND
LEWIS YOU HAVE TO BE FEELING
PRETTY BED RIGHT NOW.
>> YES, THANK YOU, JOSH, THAT IS
-- IT IS REALLY EXCELLENT TO
HAVE LEWIS HERE AND TO HAV YOU
KNOW, TAKE HIM AWAY FROM THE
CONSOLE FOR JUST A MINUTE TO
TALK WITH US.
SO LEWIS I KNOW THAT YOU AND
CHRIS FERGUSON HAVE BEEN VERY
CLOSE THROUGH ENTIRE PROCESS.
I MEAN ASKED TO CREATE THE
LAUNCH PROCEDURES, CAN YOU GIVE
US SOME DETAILS ABOUT THAT?
>> SURE.
I THINK AS YOU ALL KNOW, CHRIS
HAS A VERY VESTED IN INTEREST IN
HOW LAUNCH PROCEDURES WITH PUT
TOGETHER.
I STARTED WITH THE PROGRAM
PROBABLY ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO
ABOUT A YEAR IN I WAS STILL A
FLIGHT TEST ENGINEER ON THE
PROGRAM.
I HAPPENED TO RUN INTO CHRIS ON
THE VARIABLE ON THE WAY TO WORK
ONE MORNING AND QUITE FRANKLY I
DIDN'T KNOW HE KNE MY NAM HE
SAID, HEY, LEWIS IF YOU HAVE A
LITTLE BIT OF SPARE TIME CAN YOU
WORK AND MAYBE SEE IF YOU FIGURE
OUT HOW THESE LAUNCH PROCEDURES
WILL WORK FOR THE PROGRAM AND
LIKE OH, SURE, SPARE TIME, I CAN
FOINLD TIME TO GET UP ON LAUNCH
PROCES.
SO THAT BEGANASICALLY A
SIX-YEAR JOURNEY ON FINDING A
UNIQUE WAY TO INTEGRATE THE
UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE, ATLAS V
LAUNCH PROCEDURE WHICH IS A
TRIED AND TESTED LAUNCH PROCESS.
WITH SOMETHING THAT HAD NEVER
FLOWN BEFORE, OUR SPACE CAPSULE
AND WE ARE A LOT DIFFERENT THAN
ANY OF THE OTHER PAYLOADS THEY
HAVE FLOWN SO YOU CAN IMAGINE WE
HAVE TO MERGE SEVERAL DIFFERENT
CULTURES, OUR FLIGHT CONTROL
TEAM WHICH IS REALLY HOMEGROWN
FROM NASA.
OUR GROUND CONTROL TEAM WHICH IS
HERE AT C 3 F THAT PERFORMS A
LITTLE OF THE SPACECRAFT POWER
UP ACTIVITIES.
>> YES, I AM A FLORIDA LOCAL.
>> SO WORKING THROUGH THOSE
PROCESSES, PROCEDURES, AND
FINDING A WAY TO INTEGRATE ALL
OF THAT AND OH BY THE WAY WE
HAVE TO FIND TIME TO LOAD A CREW
ONE DAY.
AND SO TAKING THAT AND MARRYING
THOSE TNGS UPO EVERYTHING
COMES TOGETHER FOR AN
INSTANTANEOUS LAUNCH WINDOW SO
TODAY FORTUNATELY WE MADE OUR
WINDOW, YOU KNOW, IT IS A FIRST
FLIGHT PROGRAM, WE SAW
CHALLENGES OVER THE EVENING BUT
WE HAVE A WORLD CLASS TEAM HERE
AND ABLE TO PULL THROUGH LITTLE
THINGS WE WERE SEEING,
FORTUNATELY WE HAD A GOOD
TRAINING PROGRAM ALONGE WAY
AND IT IS JUST AN INCREDIBLY
EXCITING DAY.
>> I NO. AND SEEING SO FAR A
SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT HAS JUST BEEN
ONE OF THE BEST EXPERIENCES I
HAVE HAD WORKING ON THIS PROGRAM
PROGRAM.
SO YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE
HAD A LITTLE BIT OF SETBACKS,
SOME ISSUES THAT WE NEEDED TO
WORK THROUGH SO I AM GUESSING
TODAY DIDN'T GO EXACTLY
ACCORDING TO PLAN?
>> NO FIRST FLIGHT DOES.
>> WE WERE WORKING A COUPLE OF
ISSUES WITH THE SUBCOMM SYSTEM,.
>> THE HATCH WE WERE ABLE TO --
WHICH WE LEARNED ABOUT WHEN WE
DID OUR INTEGRATED DAY LAUNCH
TEST WHICH WAS ACTUALLY A
FANTASTIC TEST.
WE DID A COUPLE OF PRESSURE
MODIFICATIONS.
WE HAD TO BLEED A LITTLE
PRESSURE OFF TO GET THE HATCH
OPEN.YOU WOULD BE RISED HOW A
LITTLE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE MIX A
BIG DIFFERENCE, THE HEAD TEAM
HERE AND RECOVERY TEAM THE
DESERT WILL BE ABLE TO OPEN THAT
SIDE HATCH PRETTY SEAMLESSLY.
EXCELLENT AND THERE IS NOTHING
LIKE A FLIGHT TEST TO LEARN
SO THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE
TEST.
>> I COMPLETELY GROW.
AND THIS BEING THE FIRST LAUNCH
THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK IN A CONTROL CENTER RIGHT
NEXT TO THE LAUNCH VEHICLE, WE
HAVE ZIPPED ZIPPED, SIMMED ..
FLOOR SHAKING AFTER THE ROCKET
TOOK OFF TODAY SO IT WAS AN
AMAZING ELECTRIC ATMOSPHERE THIS
MORNING.
>> I COMPLETELY AGREE.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE TEAM, YOU
KNOW, HERE IN FLORIDA BACK IN
HOUSTON?
ANYBODY WATCHING?
>> SURE.
SO FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE TO THANK
MY FAMILY FOR ALL OF THE TIME,
PATIENCE AND EFFORT THAT THAT WT
IN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS,
WE WORK LOT OF LONG HOURS TO
MAKE THOSE KIND OF THINGS HAPPEN
AND I REALIZED THEY ARE AT HOME
WATCHING EAGERLY, EXCITED ABOUT
THE NEXT PART OF THE MISSION
WHICH WILL BE THE RECOVERY
OPERATION THAT IA PART OF
D ALSO THE TEAM, RIGHT?
THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST TEAM
SPORTS YOU EVER POSSIBLY
IMAGINE, AND IT TAKES A LOT OF
PEOPLE TO MAKE ALL OF THIS
HAPPEN AND A LOT OF PEOPLE NEED
TO BE AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE
RIGHT TIME AND KNOW THE RIGHT
STUFF TO MAKE THIS INSTANTANEOUS
CH HAPPEN AND EVERYTHING
THAT HAPPENS IN THE PROGRAM.
THANK YOU, LEWIS, IT HAS BEEN
GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE .. AND
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING
TIME TO TALK TO US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> JOSH, MARIE, BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANKS A LOT.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, TORY.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE GO
BACK TO JSC I WANT TO EXTEND A
MESSAGE TO EVERYONE WATCHING NOT
HERE FROM FLORIDA, IF YOU HAVE
NEVER SEEN A ROCKET LAUNCH
BEFORE IT IS LIKE NOTHING YOU
HAVE EVER SEEN AND IT QUITE
LITERALLY LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER SUN
IS RISING UP INTO THE SKY SO THE
NEXT TIME DO WE THIS, THERE IS
GOING TO BE PEOPLE ON BOARD, AND
IF YOU IN THE STATES YOU DRIVE
WN HERE TO FLORIND COME
WATCH US FLY.
>> YES.
JUST BE PREPARED FOR A LOT OF
TRAFFIC.
DON'T EXPECTS TO BE GOING
ANYWHERE ANY TIME SOON AFTER
LAUNCH BECAUSE WE EXPECT THE
PLACE TO BE PRETTY JAMMED UP
JUST LIKE IT WAS DURING THE
SPACE SHUTTLE DAYS.
>> YEAH.
I THINK THERE WAS UPWARDS OF A
MILLION PEOPL HERE.
NOW, THIS IS ACTUALLY SOME VIDEO
WE GOT OF THE PAD TEAM RIGHT AS
THEY WERE CLOSING UP THE LIGHT
ROOM SHOWING US THEIR ENTHUSIASM
BEFORE THEY GOT OFF THE PAD.
JUST TAKING A TEAM MOMENT TO
REFLECT ON THE HISTORY OF THIS
DAY.
>> YES.
>> I MEAN YOU DON'T ALWAYS SEE
IT WHEN WE ARE DOING THESE
OPERATIONAL THINGS BUT THE
PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES I MEAN
SWRIEW THEM THAT EMBRACE THERE.
IT IS REALLY LIKE A FAMILY.
NASA BOEING, ULA WE WORK SIDE BY
SIDE TODAY EVERY DAY PEOPLE
DOING THIS TOGET.NG HOURS AND
EVERYBODY WORKING TOWARD A
COMMON GOAL A AND YOU SAW THE
CULMINATION OF THAT WHEN WE HAD
THE INSTANTANEOUS LIFTOFF ON THE
FIRST TRY.
>> EXACTLY.
YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID IT IS
VERY MUCH LIKE A PEOPLE, A LOT
OF THESE FOLKS ARE GOING TO BE
SPENDING CHRISTMAS, YOU KNOW,
MAKING SURE STARLINER IS DOING
WELL, ATTACHES TO THE ISS ICE,
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IT
TAKES SO MUCH WORK AND
DEDICATION TO DO WHAT THEY DO.
>> AND WE WANT TO GO BACK OVER
TO HOUSTON.
WE ARE STANDING BY BEFORE TOO
LONG STARLINER IS GOING TO BE IN
ORBIT SO WE WANT TO GET AN
UPDATE FROM STEVE AND BRANDY TO
SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING OVER
THERE.
HI, GUYS.
>> THANK YOU, FOLKS.
IT IS VERY -- LOOKING VERY GOOD
HERE IN HOUSTON.
WE ARE ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF
MINUTES AWAY FROM THE ORBITAL
INSERTION BURN THAT IS GOING TO
LE-LIZE.
>> IS FLYING OVER SOUTH EAST
EUROPE AS IT BEGINS ITS CHASE
ABOUT 25 MINUTES AGO .. DONE A
CHASE OF THIS INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WAS
ABOUT 260 MILES OVER GREAT
AUSTRALIAN BITE SOUTH OF WESTERN
AUSTRALIA WHEN STARLINER
LAUNCHED TODAY AND THE CREW
MEMBERS ON BOARD WERE SENT UP
SOME VIDEO OF THE LAUNCH SO I
KNOW THEY WERE PROBABLY
FOLLOWING ALONG AND CHEERING
WITH EVERYBODY ON THE GROUND AS
WELL.
THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
SEEING STARLINER DOCKED TO THE
SPACE STATION TOMORROW.
MORE THAN 24 HOURS OR THELIT
STARLINER TO REACH INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION ON THIS OR ORBITAL
FLIEFGHT TEST.
THE REGULAR DOCKING SCENARIO
WON'T TAKE THAT LONG WHEN THERE
IS A CREW ON BOARD BUT SINCE
THIS IS THE FIRST FLIGHT OF
STARLINER WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT ALF THE SYSTEMS ARE
WORKING, THAT EVERYTHING IS
DOING WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO,
AFTER ALL STARLINER IS ANYTHING
ITSELF TO THIS, SO EVEN THOUGH
IT IS GOING MACH RIGHT NOW,
17,000 MILES PER HOUR TO CATCH
UP TO THE SPACE STATION, IT IS
STILL GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE
SYSTEMS ARE WORKING THE WAY THEY
ARE SUPPOSED TO AND MAKE SURE
STARLINER KNOWS WHERE IT IS, AND
WHERE IT IS GOING AND WILL REACH
IT IN TIME.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
AND ABOUT FOUR MINUTES AWAY FROM
THE ORBITAL INSERTION BURN, THE
TEAM HERE ON THE GROUND IS
FOLLOWING ALONG MAKE INSURING
ALL THE SYSTEMS ARE HOO HOOKING
UP AND TALKINGE THEY ARE
SUPPOSED TO AS WE GET CLOSER TO
THAT, THAT WILL BE ABOUT A 42ND
BURN, AND AGAIN MOVING THE
STARLINER INTO THE RIGHT ORBIT
TO CATCH UP WITH THE SPACE
STATION.
>> AND IT IS GOING TO BE THE 4
MACH ENGINES ON STARLINER.
THEY ARE ORBIT MANEUND
CONTROL ENGINES, 1,500 POUNDS OF
THRUST EACH, SO COMBINED 6,000
POUND KICK TO PUSH STARLINER A
LITTLE BIT HIGHER, A LITTLE BIT
FASTER, RAISE THE ORBIT AND GET
EVERYTHING TOGETHER OF COURSE
THOSE ENGINES WILL PLAY BIG ROLE
THROUGHOUT THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS
THE STARLINER MAKES ITS RUN AT
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> WE ARE NOW ABOUT THREE
MINUTES AND 14 SECONDS AWAY FROM
THE ORBITAL INSERTION BURN.
THIS OF COURSE FOLLOWS A
TERRIFICNCH THIS MORNING AND
THE POWER OF THE ATLAS V,
PUTTING STARLINER ON THE EXACT
RIGHT COURSE AND SPEEDING IT
FROM ZERO TO ORBITAL VELOCITY,
IN JUST ABOUT 11 AND A HALF
MINUTES, I THINK OF POWERED
FLIGHT.
AMAZING HOW LITTLE TIME IT TAKES
TO GET TO SPACE.
>> SO CONTROLLERS HERE ARE LOG
CAREFULLY AT ALL OF THEIR,
LOOKING CAREFULLY AT ALL OF
THEIR SYSTEMS, IS IT IS VERY
QUIET IN THE CONTROL ROM WHICH
IS ALWAYS A GOOD SIGN, THAT
MEANS THE CONTROLLERS ARE H
DOWN, WATCHING OVER THE SYSTEMS,
AND KEEPING TRACK OF EVERYTHING
SHAFT GOING ON, JUST ABOVE THE
MIDEAST NOW.
EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON .
WE ARE ALSO SEEING HERE THAT
STARLINER'S REACTION CONTROL
ENGINES, THERE ARE FINE
ADJUSTMENTS 100-POUND CLASS
ENGINES ARE MAKING SMALL
ADJUSTMENTS AS STARLINER ADJUSTS
ITSITUDE MOVING ABOVE EARTH.
LESS THAN TWO HUNTS TO GO UNTIL
THAT BURN.
AND YOU SEE HERE THE CONTROL
ROOM HERE IN HOUSTON STARLINER
MISSION CONTROL, THIS IS OF
COURSE A FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM
THAT HAS BEEN USED BEFORE FOR
NASA MISSION BUTS IS THE
INAUGURAL STARLINER MISSION SO
IT IS THE FIRST THAT IT  BEEN
US FOR THIS BOEING SPACECRAFT.
AND OF COURSE CONTROLLERS ARE
USED TO THIS ROOM AND HAVE SPENT
A NUMBER OF -- A NUMBER OF HOURS
IN HERE DOING SIMULATIONS AND
EVERYTHING.
IT IS A VERY PROFESSIONAL CREW
AND MANY OF THESE FOLKS ARE
VETERANS OF THE SHUTTLE
MISSIONS, CERTAINLY RICHARD
JONES, FLIGHT DIRECTOR WHO IS
OVERSEEING THIS ASCENT AND ENTRY
TEAM.
AND WE ARE LESS THAN A MINUTE
AWAY FROM THE ORBITAL INSERTION
BURN.
FLIGHT CONTROLLER IS HERE.
WE ARE NOT HAVING ANY TECHNICAL
ISSUES.
THE ENGINES ARETING IN
POSITION TO MAKE THAT 42ND
FIRING THAT WILL KRIRK-LIZE
STARLINER'S ORBIT AND CONTINUE
ITS CLAYS TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION WHICH IS ITSELF
CURRENTLY COMING UP ON CENTRAL
AMERICA.
AND CONTROLLERS ARE MANEUVERING
STARLINER INTO THE RIGHT
ATTITUDE FOR THIS ORBITAL
INSERTION BURN.
CONTROLLERS WATCHING THE SYSTEMS
SYSTEMS.
AND THE ORBITAL INSERTION BURN
HAS BEEN DELAYED.
CONTROLLERS ARE WING THE
ATTITUDE OF STARLINER AS IT
POSITIONS ITSELF.
AND LOOKING AT THE SPACECRAFT IN
FLIGHT.
>> ONCE AGAIN THE ORBITAL
INSERTION BURN THAT WAS SUPPOSED
TO TAKE PLACE ABOUT FIVE AND A
HALF MINUTES AGO HAS BEEN
DELAYED AS THE TEAM HERE ON THE
GROUND IS SEEING STARLINER NOT
IN CORT ATTITUDE FOR IT.
THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT
AND WILL BE LOOKING FOR THE NEXT
CHANCE TO GET THAT DONE.
CURRENTLY STARLINER IS USING ITS
100-POUND CLASS THRUSTERS TO
MANEUVER IN SPACE.
WE ARE 37 MINUTES INTO THIS
FIRST FLIGHT OF STARLINER.
AND FLIGHT CONTROLLERS ARE
SEEING WHAT THE ENGINES OF
COURSE 1,500 POUND CLASS
THRUST EACH ONE OF THEM,
THERE ARE FOUR OF THEM ON
STARLINER.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WILL USE TO
COMPLETE THE ORBITAL INSERTION
BURN.
TEAM NEAR STARLINER MISSION
CONTROL STILL WORKING THROUGH
SOME STEPS TO TRY AND GET
STARLINER IN THE RIGHT ATTITUDE
FOR THE ORBITAL INSERTION BURN.
WORKING ON THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY
FOR THAT AND LOOKING TO GET
STARLINER IN A GOOD POSITION FOR
THAT.
AND FLIGHT DIRECTOR RICHARD
JONES REPORTS THAT WE ARE A
STABLE ORBIT, STARLINER IS IN A
STABLE ORBIT.
AGAIN STARLINER IS NOW IN A
STABLE ORBIT.
THEY HAVE GOT IT IN A STABLE
POSITION, BUT THE TEAMS HERE ON
THE GROUND ARE WORKING THROUGH
WHAT THE BEST NEXT STEPS FOR
STARLINER SHOULD BE.
AND RICHARD JONES REPORTS THAT
HIS FLIGHT CONTROLLERS ARE
TURNING THE STARLINER SPACECRAFT
TO THE, WHAT WE CALL THE TAIL
SUN POSITION.
THAT MEANS SOLAR ARRAYS WILL BE
POINTING TO THE SUN TO RECHARGE
THE BATTERIES ON STARLINER.
AND OF COURSE TO FOUR SYSTEMS ON
THE SPACECRAFT.
STARLINER IS IN A STABLE ORBIT.
TO POWER THE SYSTEMS ON THE
SPACECRAFT.
>> AND FLIGHT CONTROLLERS ARE
WORKING THROUGH ALL THE OPTIONS
AT DISPOSAL AS THIS
MANEUVER TO PUT STARLINER IN A
TAIL SUN POSITION TAKES PLACE.
STARLINER'S FLIGHTPATH AND ORBIT
ARE BOTH STABLE.
AND WE DO HAVE AN OFF NOMINAL
INSERTION REPORTED.
WE HAVE SPACECRAFT CONTROL.
GUIDANCE AND CONTROL TEAMS ARE
ASSESSING THEIR NEXT MANEUVERS.
SPACECRAFT BATTERIES ARE GOOD.
AND THE SPACECRAFT IS IN A
STABLE ORBIT.
MISSION CONTROL, WHERE FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS ARE WORKING THROUGH
WHAT THE NEXT STEPS FOR
STARLINER SHOULD BE.
YOU SEE FLI DIRECTO RICHARD
JONES STANDING UP THERE BEHIND
FLIGHT DIRECTOR CONSOLE TALKING
WITH HIS TEAM MEMBERS HERE IN
THE ROOM.
>> 
>> AND ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE HAD
ANFF NOMINAL INSERTION.
WE HAVE SPACECRAFT CONTROL,
GUIDANCE AND CONTROL TEAMS HERE
AT STARLINER MISSION CONTROL.
OUR, THEY ARE ASSESSING OPTIONS,
ASSESSING ALL OF THEIR OPTIONS
AND CONTEMPLATING THE NEXT
MANEUVERS FOR THE SPACECRAFT.
STARLINER H GOOD BATTERIES AND
IS IN A STABLE ORBIT.
>> AND FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM ALSO
REPORTING STARLINER DID FINISH
MOVING INTO THAT TAIL SUN
POSITION THAT WILL ALLOW ITS
BATTERIES TO RECHARGE
.
.
.
>> And once again, we have had
an off nominal insertion.
We have spacecraft control,
guidance and control teams here
at Starliner mission control.
Our, they are assessing options,
assessing all of their options
and contemplating the next
maneuvers for the spacecraft.
Starliner has good batteries and
is in a stable orbit.
>> And flight control team also
reporting Starliner did finish
moving into th tail sun
position that will allow its
batteries to recharge.
.
.
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