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00:07It's awesome that you hand me this flag. It flew on STS-1. I know this flag was taken up
00:15on STS-135.
00:17There is a good shot of the STS-1 flag that flew up on board Atlantis.
00:21The Demo-2 SpaceX crew, my friends, great friends, brought this thing home.
00:24So it's amazing to think of the hands this thing has gone through. It's pretty special.
00:29And then it will travel once again on the next vehicle that leaves low Earth orbit.
00:34And here we are in Mission Control in Houston, Texas, and this flag is in my hands.
00:38And I don't know about you, but I think we should send this thing to the moon. Let's take it
00:42to the moon.
00:44Human space flight is the ultimate team sport.
00:48When these four fly around the moon, they won't be doing it alone.
00:53They're part of a team. A team of astronauts, engineers, scientists, trainers.
01:01A team of support working around our country and around the globe ready day and night.
01:09We will help them carry the incredible weight.
01:13And it's a heavy one now laid on their shoulders because we go together for all humanity.
01:32NASA has a rich history of test flights and we do it for a reason.
01:36It goes all the way back to Mercury, to Gemini, to Apollo, to shuttle STS-1.
01:44The station where the two modules came together and we put that first crew on.
01:49Demo 2 on SpaceX, a lot of work went into that.
01:54Starliner for the crew flight test. These are test flights.
01:57And they're test flights for a reason because we're making sure that that vehicle's ready to go from an operational
02:04standpoint from that point further.
02:06And Artemis is no different.
02:10NASA was established to undertake big, bold endeavors in air and space, to undertake the near impossible.
02:17The next up is America's return to the lunar environment.
02:20What we learn from that mission is going to help enable America's return to the lunar surface.
02:24When we arrive to the moon, we're there to stay.
02:29Our mission calls for four names.
02:33It's difficult to pick just four from a group that by its very definition attracts the best and the brightest
02:40that humanity has to offer.
02:42As humanity looks to find its place among the stars.
02:46My name's Norm Knight. I'm the director of flight operations at NASA Johnson Space Center.
02:51Well, let me tell you a little bit about what flight operations does.
02:55You could think of us as a service provider to the major programs at NASA.
03:01Both for low Earth orbit and for our exploration goals to moon and Mars.
03:06We plan, we train, and we go execute and fly the missions.
03:11Assigning a crew for a mission is complicated. I'll tell you that.
03:16If we look at our experience base and we say, alright, here's the mission.
03:21In this case, Artemis II. Higher risk, being a test flight.
03:25So what complement of experience base do we want on this mission?
03:30With a test flight, we typically like pilots that have test flight experience. Test pilots.
03:35In addition to that, you look for cohesiveness with a crew.
03:39We need mission specialists on board that are able to do a lot of the tasks.
03:44We go look at an experience base within the office and say, who best can fit these needs?
03:51How can they work or will they work together in an environment that's cohesive to aligning to the mission?
03:57And you end up with an experience base with those crew that then provide everything possible to guarantee mission success
04:04going forward.
04:04As head of flight operations, I have the privilege of getting to know each and every astronaut.
04:11The best part of my job, the best part of my job, is that I'm surrounded by people who inspire,
04:18who give hope to those that might follow in their footsteps.
04:23I want to thank you all for sharing in this moment today.
04:26And thanks to our crew, Reed, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy, as they get ready to embark on this journey.
04:36It has been an amazing journey the last two and a half years.
04:40We have just built a tremendous amount of trust between the four of us.
04:43This crew cohesion, we're at the point now where we are ready to go fly.
04:47For us, Artemis II is about much more than just going back to the moon.
04:53It is about the pursuit of excellence.
04:56If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
04:58And we are going together and our mission success is built on handing off a starting point to Artemis III
05:04that sets our country and our partners up to go back to the surface of the moon.
05:08Sending machinery around the moon, beautiful machines, is a challenge.
05:14Adding humans takes it a giant leap forward.
05:19And there is a lot of work that goes into integrating people into the system.
05:26This is a very serious endeavor. This is absolutely a test flight.
05:30The last time we launched was more than three years ago. It did not have crew on it.
05:33It was not a completely like-for-like spacecraft on top of the SLS architecture.
05:39We basically invented all of the training for the Orion spacecraft and the rockets and put it all together.
05:47And now we're in the middle of giving all of that information to the crew to prepare them for the
05:51launch.
05:51For me, the heart of Artemis II are the individuals, the people that are on board that Orion capsule.
06:01They are going to represent us as humanity going out into space on this incredible journey.
06:08And to me, that's the real piece there is the human element.
06:13I'm Reid Wiseman, a NASA astronaut and commander of the Artemis II crew.
06:19I guess if I'm going to answer who I am, first and foremost, I'm a dad.
06:23I was a pilot in the Navy. I'm an astronaut.
06:27I'm a lover of nature, lover of the Earth.
06:29And in general, I just try to be nice to people.
06:33I've known Reid a long time and just an absolute great person.
06:39He is very strategic in his thought process. I consider him big picture.
06:43His leadership style is really obvious. He's looking for ways to let all of his really talented, experienced crewmates own
06:52parts of the mission.
06:53Over his career, Wiseman has spent over 165 days in space.
06:57In the office, he was the chief astronaut, which is a very tough job.
07:02More on the personal side, he's just a great guy.
07:09I grew up in a small town north of Baltimore, Maryland, known as Cockeysville or Hunt Valley.
07:14The first time I remember being interested in space, I was in elementary school.
07:18I was always into cars and trains and planes.
07:21And I distinctly remember, before the first space shuttle flight, I think I was five years old,
07:25the 747 flew over with a shuttle on the back.
07:28I distinctly remember being on a hill near a mall with my mom and dad, watching that thing fly over
07:33and all.
07:35I was a tiny kid. I graduated high school pretty young, and so I was small.
07:40I tried all the standard little kid sports. I tried soccer. I tried baseball.
07:44Those just did not fit with me.
07:46While I was at school, I decided that I wanted to be a Navy pilot.
07:49I joined the Navy in college through this thing called ROTC.
07:53And then, when I graduated from college, that was my road into the Navy.
07:59Once I had that test pilot school block met, I knew that I had all the pieces to be an
08:04astronaut.
08:05I applied once. I got my rejection letter. It's still hanging up at home.
08:10I looked at it last night. I thought it was hand-signed. It wasn't hand-signed.
08:14And then, in 2009, I applied again for my second time and luckily snuck into an interview round.
08:20And then, I knew it was all up to me, and the dream was going to be set by me
08:24right there.
08:25So, are you enjoying your training?
08:26Oh, it's awesome so far. Absolutely fantastic. Way better than I had imagined.
08:30Getting to accomplish a dream, getting to go out and seize that, you have to sometimes look back and just
08:34congratulate yourself.
08:35Just take a minute and say, man, you actually did the thing that you set out to do.
08:40What would I tell eight- or nine-year-old Reed? Hey, stay the course. You're doing great.
08:44Have some confidence, because I definitely didn't have a lot of confidence as a kid.
08:47So, go out and have fun and try to do good every day.
08:52While we're looking at everybody, if you'll find the lens, just go and look at the lens, everybody.
08:57I want to thank God for this amazing opportunity.
09:01Because Artemis II is more than a mission to the moon and back.
09:04It is the next step on the journey that gets humanity to Mars.
09:08Victor Glover, he's a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy.
09:13He has more than 2,000 hours of flight time.
09:15He has his bachelor's degree in engineering, his master's in flight test engineering.
09:20He was a United States test pilot where he flew F-8 teams.
09:24He came to us from Washington, D.C., where he was serving as United States Navy legislative fellow in the
09:30United States Senate.
09:32My name is Victor Glover. I'm a NASA astronaut, naval aviator, and a former test pilot.
09:39The back of my baseball card, the most important things would be right at the top.
09:42It would be husband and father to four beautiful daughters.
09:46And then, you know, being able to dabble in the aerospace industry, fly jets off of a carrier, help design
09:52and to operate spacecraft.
09:54Those would be down there in the small print somewhere.
09:58Victor, he is the philosopher, I would say.
10:02He's the one that I've had the most conversations about what makes effective training.
10:06When I think of Victor, I think of a supercomputer, and I mean that very sincerely.
10:11He is so intelligent, and he is thinking about the mission.
10:17He's thinking about solutions, and in working with the teams, it's just fun to watch.
10:22Victor Glover, he is my classmate. We were both chosen in 2013 to become astronauts.
10:27He is my astro-brother. He is incredibly talented, and I am basically in awe of him at all times.
10:33Victor Glover, he has become a mentor of mine. I love working with him.
10:38It is not a relationship that peaks and then drops off. This relationship is always increasing.
10:42I'm learning more about him every single day, and we are working better together every single day.
10:50I grew up in Southern California.
10:53Being from a socioeconomically disadvantaged background, you know, not having a lot of money, it definitely created a challenge.
11:02But in all of that, my support and love from my mother and my father was always clear.
11:07That always shone through.
11:09I played outside, you know. I would come home with rocks and wood, chips, but also like bugs in my
11:15pocket.
11:16Just this idea to kind of go beyond and know what's next and see what's beyond is, it's just kind
11:21of always been there.
11:22Sometimes it wound up with me getting bumps and bruises, you know.
11:26I took the rain fly off my tent, tied it to my belt loops, and jumped off my grandparents' roof
11:30to see if I could make a parachute, you know.
11:35As a child, seeing a shuttle launch on television really captivated me.
11:42There are points through my childhood and young adulthood that just that feeling was always there.
11:48When I was in college, I was 20 years old, I decided I wanted to join the Navy.
11:52And when I told my dad I wanted to join the Navy, I told him I wanted to be a
11:56Navy SEAL.
11:56And he said, OK, you might enjoy that. But with an engineering degree from Cal Poly and being a pilot,
12:04you might be able to go on and become an astronaut.
12:08My dad made a suggestion that changed the arc of my life, literally changed the trajectory of my life.
12:16When NASA announced the astronaut piloting its Artemis II mission, Victor Glover Sr. was watching.
12:23Obviously, I had tears in my eyes. I was wiping the tears away.
12:26Deep down inside, you knew, you know, he's going to be a part of something special.
12:32Being able to go to space is just, I think, a sign of the willingness, the work ethic, and the
12:39adventure, and the opportunity, you know, the timing coming together.
12:43So many people have poured into my life that, you know, if anything, I'm actually reflecting from so many sources.
12:50And again, I am blessed. You know, I've been blessed.
12:59Look at this picture.
13:00Oh, yes.
13:00You were in space camp.
13:02I was.
13:03How old were you? Do you remember?
13:04Probably middle school.
13:05And look at you now.
13:06She has a bachelor's science degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University, a bachelor's in physics, and a
13:15master's in electrical engineering.
13:17She's also done some interesting expeditionary work. So please welcome Christina.
13:25Christina Cook, one of our mission specialists, a great person, just a great personality, easygoing, very detailed, and task oriented.
13:35She is the person that makes sure that everyone walks away from some training with the right understanding.
13:42She speaks up and asks the question, and then usually the whole room is like, yeah, I had that question,
13:47too.
13:48Christina, she brings a science mind to these activities.
13:51I'm so excited that she has the chance to go to the moon and help lead the science as a
13:57whole.
13:58First, she's just a great person. And then second, she is really outgoing, outdoorsy human being.
14:03So she is always off doing something that I wish I was off doing.
14:07Her background as an explorer and someone that just, I mean, lives to explore and loves life and adventure.
14:16Space, she's a natural.
14:18Well, I was born in Michigan, family of farmers, and I ended up growing up in North Carolina.
14:24My particular family moved there, and both places were just incredibly important in terms of forming my values and who
14:30I am.
14:31I would describe that little girl as someone that loved to be a part of everything.
14:36My dad and I were always working in the shed. We called it Shed Heaven.
14:39He was always teaching me how to fix things, how to make things.
14:42For me, the moments of exploration as a child were ubiquitous.
14:46I was always exploring, whether it was on the farm, going around on the trails, under the trees, climbing the
14:51trees, or in my own backyard.
14:53The idea of celestial bodies, the moon, the stars, what all that meant, seeing the Milky Way.
14:59These were things that really drew me in.
15:02I, myself, was inspired by the Earthrise photo taken on Apollo 8.
15:06I had it on my bedroom wall as a kid.
15:08And the idea that we can take a picture of all of humanity at once, that will be a big
15:15moment.
15:17Christina Koch, your record holder. She is out. Thumbs up and a huge smile.
15:22She returns to Earth as a record holder, the single longest stay in space by a woman.
15:28What advice would you give to a girl my age who wanted to become an astronaut when they grow up?
15:33You know, I did have those conversations where small kids were surprised that I was an astronaut because, quote, I
15:39wasn't a guy. I wasn't a man.
15:41And for me, that sort of set the bit that it was important to demonstrate by representation that anything is
15:48possible for anyone who has a passion and who's willing to work hard to achieve that dream.
15:53To see that tide changing and to recognize that we can affect that change by the decisions we make to
15:59go by all and for all is really inspiring for me.
16:05A Canadian is going to the moon. That makes me smile when I say that.
16:10I know Canadians could not be more proud. Proud to have for the first time a Canadian astronaut who will
16:17travel to deep space as part of the Artemis II mission.
16:24I'm Colonel Jeremy Hansen, an astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency.
16:29Jeremy Hansen, a Canadian F-18 pilot. He hasn't had an opportunity to fly in space yet.
16:34I really look forward to him being able to see his home planet from space for the first time after
16:40his 15 years of training.
16:42It's interesting because when I think of Jeremy, while he's a rookie, I don't think of him as a rookie.
16:47And that says a lot about Jeremy. He's very prepared. He's a quiet, confident leader.
16:54He is maybe the thinker or the observer of the crew, thinking about the technical aspects of whatever we're learning.
17:02So he'll have some really insightful comment or just some really great piece of humor to add at the end.
17:09He's one of the funniest human beings that you will ever met. He is dry humor and his timing is
17:14absolutely impeccable.
17:15You know how many times I show up to an interview and then I watch them make the tripod taller?
17:21Just about everyone.
17:23But the other neat thing about Jeremy that a lot of people don't get to see is he is incredibly
17:27creative.
17:27His creativity in making this spaceship like a playground and actually knowing it for its fundamental capabilities could potentially save
17:37our lives on this mission.
17:39I've definitely spent some time contemplating my first launch to space.
17:43And, you know, the first thing that comes to mind for me is what I'm going to feel like the
17:47day before.
17:47I imagine I'm going to be very pensive the day before.
17:50I'll be leaving the planet. I'll be leaving my wife and three children behind on the planet.
17:55I know what's going to happen the next day is risky.
17:57But I also know from my operational experiences and flying and challenges I face that when the day comes and
18:03it's go time,
18:04I'll be fired up and I'll be just firing on all cylinders, riding that rocket to space.
18:10I grew up on a farm outside of London, Ontario and I just had a great childhood.
18:17I really credit my experiences on the farm with giving me some of the tools I needed to succeed in
18:22life.
18:23I went on to join the Royal Canadian Air Force.
18:26I had this passion for wanting to fly fighter jets and ultimately that prepared me to join the Canadian Space
18:32Agency
18:33and take on this challenge of being an astronaut.
18:38It is kind of full circle for me flying out to the moon on this mission because when I was
18:43a young Canadian,
18:44I did see an image in Encyclopedia A under Neil Armstrong of humans standing on the moon.
18:50I looked at that image so many times through my childhood.
18:53It was on the bookshelf at home and I started just thinking about being a space explorer.
18:59I turned my treehouse into a spaceship.
19:01I created all these intricate like dials made out of cardboard and popsicle sticks.
19:06I found some switches, circuit breakers in the barn that I mounted to have switches in my spacecraft.
19:11I had a control column I made out of wood and a hinge and I was exploring space in my
19:16imagination.
19:18As a child growing up, I watched Marc Garneau fly in space, the first Canadian in space.
19:24And seeing that, that's what made me understand that it was possible for me to actually achieve that dream.
19:31You know, I'm driven by the spirit of exploration.
19:34I don't even know that I can tell you why, but there's just something about going to a new place
19:40and pushing the limits that really captures my passion.
19:44I'm super proud that Canada is joining the US-led mission back to the moon, the Artemis mission.
19:51Just gratitude for what they brought to the challenge.
20:01The moon is like a Rosetta Stone for understanding the entire solar system and where we came from as a
20:09result.
20:11I used to stare up at the moon.
20:13I was just fascinated by that image, that consistent image, and try to imagine what it might be like up
20:21there.
20:23Just thinking kind of on a mental journey, like I'm just taking this spiritual flight through the cosmos.
20:28But there was just this interesting and significant connection with the moon.
20:33Everybody around the world has looked up at that exact same moon.
20:36The same side of the moon is always facing Earth, and we are always looking at that same picture.
20:40Some people are dreaming of it.
20:42For some it's a religious symbol, a spiritual symbol.
20:45For some it's a calendar.
20:45But we are always all looking at that same moon.
20:48It's one thing that every human has in common.
20:50That thing that looks so far away is going to be right up close for us.
20:56There's this human aspect of flying out and seeing the moon up close.
21:01That's going to be truly extraordinary.
21:02But then think about seeing the Earth from the perspective of the moon.
21:07You know, to have the moon in the foreground and the Earth rising around the side of the moon is
21:13just an extraordinary thing to imagine.
21:16This is the stuff we dreamed of when we were kids.
21:19And now it's becoming reality.
21:20It is.
21:21It's not becoming reality.
21:22It is reality.
21:29My name is Lakeisha Hawkins.
21:31I currently serve as Acting Deputy Associate Administrator here at NASA.
21:37We lead the agency's efforts for human exploration to the moon and to destinations further beyond the moon.
21:46I'm one of those kids who went to elementary school and we had enrichment programs where we did some rocketry
21:56and some landing experiments.
21:58I remember them rolling the TV cart into the classroom allowing all of us to watch shuttle launches and landings.
22:07We were also sitting in front of the TV during the Challenger incident.
22:13That was impactful to me.
22:15I was one who wanted to explore, but I also knew that there was risk and I wanted to be
22:20able to help others do so safely.
22:22And so that's always been in the back of my mind.
22:24Test flight means extra risk even more when you're flying to the moon.
22:29How much more dangerous do you personally feel going into this mission compared with your previous space flights or other
22:35high risk endeavors?
22:36And how are you and your families dealing with it?
22:38I have a family, you know, I'm a husband and a father.
22:42And so my family, we're preparing the same way.
22:45We talk about everything.
22:46We talk about how we're feeling and work with them to prepare as much as I train.
22:51It's very exciting to fly crew, but it's also daunting, right?
22:55Because these are people who have families, moms, dads, kids, you know, dreams, aspirations, and they're putting their lives in
23:04our hands.
23:05You know, I look at this one as failure is not an option.
23:08That's kind of cliche, you know, but I was part of the Columbia accident investigation and I've always remembered that.
23:17I think one of the biggest things that my leadership team and me have to overcome is the arrogance and
23:28the complacency that comes with the success that we have had.
23:33And to make sure that we leave no stone unturned.
23:39We all understand there's heightened risk.
23:42That's the biggest thing.
23:43To put it simply, there is increased risk with a test mission because you have never done that before.
23:48I already knew going to the moon was hard.
23:50Administrator, you talked about it.
23:51Kennedy talked about it.
23:52That's why we're doing it.
23:53I already knew it was hard, but boy, it's harder than I thought.
23:56Space flight's not safe.
23:59Space flight's not safe.
24:00It's risky.
24:00You anticipate issues in cases of test flights that you work through.
24:07You've done everything you can, but again, it's a test flight.
24:09You're doing it for a reason.
24:11And so the challenge of that and what sparks me about that is this gives us a chance to really
24:17show what we've got and really show our ability to challenge ourselves.
24:24It has been a long, long time since we have sent humans all the way out to the moon.
24:29This is new for myself to experience space flight like this and I think new to a lot of the
24:35world.
24:36So it's really exciting.
24:37My name is Jackie Mahaffey and I am the chief training officer for the Artemis II mission.
24:42My grandfather went to work for North American and Honeywell on Apollo control systems.
24:50So flying to the moon is a little bit in my blood.
24:53And after an aerospace engineering degree, I made it down here to Johnson Space Center.
24:58I started off as a flight controller and mission control.
25:00Everything I did was new things.
25:04It was inventing and developing.
25:06And so in the training world that I'm in now, it's the same thing for me.
25:13This is indeed a unique training flow.
25:16What's unique about this are the aspects of going deeper into space.
25:21In addition, the way that we have to communicate.
25:25Obviously the spacecraft is new and different.
25:28But what is the same is the teams that we are utilizing in order to be able to develop this
25:34training flow.
25:35Most of the team here at Johnson Space Center have had some experience with the space shuttle
25:40and training crews for space shuttle missions.
25:42A lot of experience in the last 25 years training for the space station.
25:47But this whole idea of this small spacecraft, small capsule and sending it as far as we do
25:54and making sure that the crew is equipped to handle things on their own if needed is something new for
25:59us.
26:00Artemis 2 is the first time we're flying the spacecraft.
26:03So the training materials have been developed while we've been taking the training.
26:08The way we're preparing for Artemis 2 at this moment is we're going through our initial simulations.
26:13So we're simulating our ground controllers here, our crew over in the mock-ups, talking back and forth
26:19and really going through those draft procedures and flight rules with a fine-toothed comb.
26:22We do simulations in segments, but then we also do what we call a long simulation,
26:28which is let's actually practice what it actually looks like through the entire mission,
26:33which means through tanking, through countdown, through ascent, the return, as well as recovery,
26:40all of the sleeping and awake time, we do all of that in one block.
26:46For the Artemis 2 mission, we have nine days to do everything that we need to do to test the
26:53vehicle
26:53and to prove out all of the mission objectives.
26:55We're much more focused on the crew understanding exactly the activities that they're going to see throughout the mission,
27:02where they might find things on board, and an understanding, hey, if something does go wrong,
27:08and it's important that both the astronauts and the team that supports them on the ground in Houston
27:14are ready to solve the problem quickly.
27:17Working with the teams to figure out the right answer for everything is literally a day-to-day activity,
27:22and it has been awesome, it's challenging, but it also means that this is a completely different animal.
27:29I kind of look at the whole journey of, like, you know, young Jeremy flying space missions in the treehouse
27:34to today in the simulator going through failure scenarios with an incredible team and mission control.
27:41You know, it has changed a lot. It was a lot simpler when I was young and I was doing
27:44it in my imagination.
27:46A lot of people ask me how I feel leading up to this mission inside of two months to go.
27:51It's not a simple question to answer. You know, there are moments of, like, wow, I can't believe, like, we're
27:55so close to going,
27:56and it is super exciting, but then in the next moment you're like, okay, I also have a lot I
28:01want to do.
28:02I totally feel like we're going to be ready. Things are going to come together, but I also have that
28:07feeling of, like,
28:09almost like cramming for an exam where it's like, hey, I could use every single moment between now and flight
28:14to make just double check, triple check, and you never really know when that work is truly done.
28:21We can sit in a simulator all day long and fail different components,
28:25and we can write procedures perfectly to flesh out all of these issues,
28:29but in the end something is going to fail in an unexpected way, and it's the process.
28:34How do the four crew members think about this? How does mission control think about this?
28:38How does the engineering support team think about this?
28:40And then how do we all communicate together to get through this failure?
28:44The Artemis II crew and the ground teams are cohesive.
28:47It takes a lot of training for the ground team to understand the nuances of the crew and vice versa.
28:52At the end of the day, they're mission-focused.
29:03The Artemis II crew, in advance of the mission, have gotten to help trailblaze a couple of the training pieces
29:11that future crews that are going to be landing on the moon will get to do.
29:16We took the whole crew to Iceland to look at the geology there and just some of the parallels to
29:22the moon.
29:23We are here in Iceland training astronauts and training other Artemis personnel in field geology.
29:29So we're going to be exploring the volcanic deposits, teaching them how to explore a station when they're doing EVAs
29:35on Artemis,
29:36and also how to make good observations when they're passing by the moon on Artemis II.
29:40Iceland is a great analog for the moon in a bunch of different ways.
29:44It's got the planetary processes, in this case, volcanism.
29:48It has the landscape.
29:50There's no vegetation here.
29:51It looks like the moon.
29:53The geologists are really hoping that there's some areas of interest that we can look at with our human eyes,
29:57be able to scan across the moon with different lighting angles as we fly around,
30:01and collect some data that the satellites orbiting the moon aren't able to get for them.
30:06For Artemis II, our goal is to really advance our understanding of what's going to happen to the human in
30:13the deep space environment.
30:14We have been working for many years to advance this organ chip technology,
30:20and so with that we're able to really understand what the deep space radiation impact has,
30:25so we can compare directly that personalized level of what's happening to them.
30:30So this is game-changing.
30:32The research we'll conduct in Artemis II will lay the groundwork for us being able to spend more time at
30:38the moon
30:39and start thinking about our astronauts, humankind, being able to survive longer trips to places, for instance, like Mars.
30:48We got to look inside the simulator in Building 9 yesterday, and some of us were thinking,
30:52okay, this isn't Gemini 7 where two guys spent 14 days in a vehicle the size of a Volkswagen,
30:58but it's four people inside a vehicle the size of maybe a minivan for nine days.
31:02Can you just talk about the human element of living in close proximity with all that's riding on the mission,
31:08but just the physical closeness inside that cabin and how you guys are going to manage that?
31:13As you guys know, we've been training together for over two and a half years now,
31:16and with that comes the closeness that I think is built in for a reason.
31:21The importance of bonding as a crew is so that we can communicate with each other.
31:27There are going to be tough days, there are going to be tough moments, and there's going to be great
31:31moments.
31:32That, to me, is where that bonding is so important.
31:35Crew of camaraderie is really important.
31:38I would say it's especially important for this type of mission.
31:41The Orion capsule, I liken it to, you know, you're going camping in a tent, but you don't get to
31:48get out of your tent.
31:50Your bathroom is there, your kitchen is there, your gym is there, and so coexisting in that space,
31:57much less pulling off a successful mission, requires a really cohesive team.
32:03We are bringing together the world, we are bringing together an amazing workforce,
32:07and they are bringing together an amazing vehicle.
32:09So we're going to fly around the moon in the spacecraft Integrity.
32:14After a lot of conversations, we named our vehicle Integrity.
32:18It's a value that's shared by NASA, by the Canadian Space Agency, by the Astronaut Office,
32:24that, of course, means to be your best self in the, you know, most general terms.
32:29The root of the word Integrity is about being a hull.
32:33And if you think about it, this spacecraft is over 350 different pieces that had to be integrated
32:37and make up this one system.
32:39In nautical terms, we talk about hull integrity or a ship being watertight when it goes out in the ocean.
32:44And so in space, I think of that as our ship's ability to hold in pressure
32:47and also to keep the hot gases out.
32:50It comes from this root of integrated, and that's really how we see our mission.
32:56It's going to be an incredibly integrated team, and we hope that that shares the idea
33:01that it's not just our vehicle, it's everyone's vehicle.
33:08Honestly, I just hope Artemis II is just a part of the celebration of this nation over the next 365
33:13days.
33:14I know these milestones are big for the public.
33:17They're going to be huge for the nation.
33:19And I'll just be proud to be a part of the 250th anniversary of America.
33:23NASA is incredibly excited to support the Freedom 250 celebrations,
33:27part of America's 250th birthday.
33:30I can't think of anything grander than America's return to the lunar environment.
33:35This mission means everything to me.
33:37I'm so encouraged by it because I see it opening the door for why I'm at NASA,
33:43and I think everyone else is as well.
33:46What I want to say to the men and women that built this Artemis II vehicle, simple, thank you.
33:51We've been around the world. We've been across our nation.
33:54We have seen the attention to detail.
33:56We have seen the workmanship, the craftsmanship, and it is a beautiful thing to behold.
34:01From Europe, ESA, and Airbus building the service module, to the team in the Netherlands that integrated the solar arrays,
34:07to the folks at Michoud and Kennedy and Armstrong that have worked together to build this system.
34:12Integrated. Again, integrity. That have worked to give us integrity.
34:15We want to do our part because we know you've stepped up and done your part and continue to do
34:19your part.
34:19What I would want to say to anyone that has contributed to the Artemis missions in any way is just
34:28so much admiration and respect for you.
34:30You nailed it. You crushed it.
34:33We are doing this together because of your hard work, because you thought outside of the box, because you didn't
34:38give up.
34:38So, I will just say congratulations on Artemis II.
34:43Reed, Christina, Jeremy, Victor. First, I just want to say thank you.
34:50Thank you to you and your commitment, your sacrifices, all of the training, all of the planning, all of the
34:56time that you've spent preparing.
34:58Thank you to your families for allowing you to participate and to be the inspiration of an entirely new generation.
35:07We are with you. You represent us. When you get to the other side of the moon and you look
35:16back, I don't want you to feel alone.
35:19I want you to know that there are thousands of us that are crowded inside that Orion spacecraft right with
35:27you.
35:28I want to express immense appreciation for the workforce.
35:32I also want to express my appreciation to the NASA pioneers that have given us the knowledge and the tools
35:38and the foundation to be able to embark on a mission like Artemis II for our return to the moon
35:42and beyond.
35:44To the four of us sitting here, the measure of success for Artemis II is seeing our colleagues on the
35:50lunar surface and then seeing people that are following in our footsteps walking on Mars and coming back to planet
35:57Earth.
35:58We are here to push forward with human exploration, open doors that have never been seen before, being able to
36:05take dreams and visions and turn them into reality.
36:09We are going to carry your excitement, your aspirations, your dreams with us on this mission.
36:18Artemis II, your mission.
36:35After glove its flowers, you will be so happy to approach the opportunity of tap into SMU Controls.
36:40The next page is a target of the space in the life of the moon and the moon.
36:40The next page is a target of the moon.
36:40The next page is a target of the moon.
36:40This is a target of your life in the moon.
36:41The next page is a target of the moon.
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