00:00it's on board autonomous launch sequencer or ALS the rocket will count
00:04itself down but honor any holds that could come from the ground now shortly
00:10after liftoff Houston will take control of the rocket and my colleague Gary
00:14Jordan will take over commentary
00:17GLS go for ALS great call out the rocket is on its own four brave explorers
00:24ready to ride the most powerful rocket NASA has ever launched
00:33sound suppression water is flowing and here we go ten nine eight seven RS-25
00:44engines four three two one booster ignition and liftoff
00:53the crew of Artemis 2 now bound for the moon humanity's next great voyage begins
01:03good roll pitch
01:07roger roll pitch
01:11Houston now controlling the flight of integrity on the Artemis 2 mission
01:14around the moon
01:19integrity AMT high
01:22AMT high
01:24on time passing 30 seconds into the flights
01:27integrity passes the alternate Mico target milestone mission control Houston
01:31see good performance in engines space launch system core stage
01:35integrity three miles in altitude traveling more than 1200 miles per hour
02:01mission elaps time passing one minute approaching max q on possibly on
02:08stand we have you loud and clear on have you the same
02:15communication signal transfer confirmed as integrity and its crew go supersonic
02:19approaching 90 seconds into the Artemis 2 mission
02:23integrity is 14 miles in altitude 8 miles downrange traveling more than 2600 miles per hour
02:44one minute 50 seconds of mission elapsed time standing by for main engine throttle down to 85%
02:50ahead of solid rocket booster separation expected at the two minute nine second mark
02:57we see throttle throttle down
03:04confirmed separation
03:07main engines throttling up guidance converged
03:17integrity guidance converged performance nominal upper stage RCS ready
03:30integrity
03:30integrity SM priming complete
03:33SM priming complete
03:372 minutes 45 seconds of mission elapsed time into the Artemis 2 mission
03:41thrusters on integrity and upper stage confirmed in a ready state ahead of service module fairing separation
03:52three minutes into the flight
03:53integrity 49 miles in altitude 78 miles downrange now passing 5000 miles per hour
04:00general
04:00board
04:14standing by for launch board system Jettison
04:19Houston integrity good last jettison great view
04:24copy
04:25Chief Jettison, Team Eco 8 plus 0-2.
04:32We see the sail on board, Stan.
04:35And Houston has you loud and clear on Tedris at the Carmen line.
04:42Outstanding, Stan. We have you the same.
04:46Three minutes, fifty seconds into the flight of Artemis II, Wiseman, Glover, Cook, and Hanson cross the boundary to space
04:52with good comm checks.
04:53GPS signals acquired after last jettison now working on internal checks to verify accuracy.
05:00Flight dynamics officer analyzed the time of main engine cutoff confirmed at eight minutes, two seconds, time of MECO.
05:34Integrity, GPS processing.
05:41Outstanding, Stan. We see the same. And we have a beautiful moonrise. We're headed right at it.
05:51Approaching five minutes into the flight, Commander Reed Wiseman confirms he has visuals of his destination.
05:56GPS guidance navigation and control software finishes internal checks and sends to navigation channels.
06:06Integrity, three engine press.
06:12Three engine press.
06:15On time, now passing five minutes, twenty seconds of mission elapsed time into the Artemis II mission.
06:19At this point, three good main engines are all that's needed to carry integrity to a nominal main engine cutoff
06:25target.
06:25Though at this time, we're seeing four good engines here in Mission Control Houston.
06:30Integrity, seventy-five miles in altitude, three hundred thirty miles downrange, approaching ten thousand miles per hour.
06:52Integrity, looking good at six minutes.
06:59Same on board, Stan.
07:03Good trajectory and engine performance.
07:05Booster officer will soon report the shutdown plan to Flight Director Judd Freeling expected at the seven-minute mark.
07:15Integrity, seventy-eight miles in altitude, four hundred sixty miles downrange.
07:20Integrity, expect nominal shutdown.
07:26Integrity copies, nominal shutdown.
07:33Six minutes forty seconds of mission elapsed time. Shutdown plan is as expected.
07:39Again, the time of MECA was confirmed at eight minutes, two seconds into the flight.
07:55Seven minutes of mission elapsed time.
08:01Throttling down as we approach the abort once-around option. Milestone at the seven-minute thirty-second mark.
08:10Now eighty-four miles in altitude, six hundred fifty miles downrange.
08:14Traveling more than fifteen thousand miles per hour.
08:20Integrity, AOA open.
08:25AOA open.
08:28The window is now open for an abort once-around option that would target splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
08:34Still following nominal ascent at this time.
08:47About ten seconds remaining until the main engine cutoff of the Space Launch System core stage.
08:53Standing by for confirmation of MECO and core stage separation.
09:24We see the same onboard stand.
09:34Eight minutes forty seconds into the flight, we have a nominal main engine cutoff heading in the right trajectory on
09:40the way to swing around the moon.
09:42Core stage has separated, done its job.
09:44The Space Launch System upper stage, the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage, or ICPS, still attached to the Orion spacecraft.
09:56Nine minutes of mission elapsed time.
09:57Integrity crew of Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Henson, now in orbit around the Earth at the
10:03beginning of their journey to the moon.
10:13Integrity Houston, looking ahead to PRM, numbers so far per the pad.
10:23Copy that, Stan, numbers per the pad.
10:30Capcom, Stan Loves, we're now reminding the crew that the perigee raise maneuver time of ignition is as expected prior
10:39to booster ignition.
10:43That time being 49 minutes 50 seconds of mission elapsed time.
10:48...
10:52...
11:28Integrity, good.
11:29NEDS deploy.
11:37Copy that stand.
11:38Good, NEDS.
11:50And Integrity Houston for PWD setup.
11:53Just a reminder, halfway open on the secondary.
11:59We copy that stand, halfway open.
12:10Passing 11 minutes of mission elapsed time.
12:13Over hearing the conversation between Capcom Stan Love and Commander Reed Wiseman.
12:18Already passing some milestones.
12:20We have a good nozzle extension deployment system.
12:23That is confirmed.
12:25Complete.
12:26We also have the visors are confirmed up.
12:29Now past the dynamic phase of flight that is ascent.
12:34The launch and entry suits that provided them an extra layer of protection.
12:42Now not as needed, they're going to raise those visors.
12:49And later in today's mission, they will begin to egress or get out of the suits to begin some of
12:56their initial tasks of activating some of the systems aboard in the Integrity spacecraft.
13:05It's passing 12 minutes of mission elapsed time.
13:07Again, the perigee raise maneuver that's targeted near 50 minutes of mission elapsed time, 49 minutes, 50 seconds.
13:15That's what the crew is going to be working towards.
13:18The Commander Reed Wiseman pilot, Victor Glover, will focus on preparing for that milestone.
13:28In the meantime, mission specialists Christina Cook and Jeremy Hansen will start some of the activation of environmental control life
13:37support systems.
13:37You may hear confirmation of their activation over the Orion to Earth communication network.
13:49Houston C3 Ox power back in auto.
13:53Copy C3 Ox and we're two minutes to maneuver.
14:2113 minutes and 30 seconds of mission elapsed time.
14:24We're going to continue to follow the crew of the Artemis 2 mission.
14:28They are beginning their journey around the moon to verify the systems that will take us to its surface.
14:34An incredible ascent.
14:35Artemis 2 is underway.
14:37Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Cook and Jeremy Hansen begin their journey to the moon.
14:42Still milestones to come up as we await solar array deploy and the critical burns that will get integrity into
14:48high Earth orbit around the Earth before engines are fired to get us around the moon.
14:53We'll keep tabs on integrity and its crew from here in Mission Control Houston.
14:58But for now, we're going to send it back to you, Megan and Nicole at the Kennedy Space Center.
15:02Very jealous to hear how the launch experience was over on the Space Coast.
15:08Yeah, Gary, if people are just joining us, welcome back to the Space Coast where we just saw Artemis 2
15:13lift off 14 minutes ago.
15:15And wow, what an amazing launch and an emotional one, too, as soon as the rocket lifted off.
15:20Nicole, you had tears in your eyes.
15:22I had tears in my eyes.
15:23And we had all these people around us cheering.
15:26It was amazing.
15:26Yeah, the energy was wonderful.
15:28I mean, it was a beautiful launch.
15:30You know, we've got four friends and family members headed to the moon.
15:32It's pretty amazing.
15:33Yeah.
15:33How does that make you feel as someone who, you know, is an astronaut as well, but also, as you
15:37said, friends?
15:38Yeah.
15:38So proud of them.
15:40You know, man, we don't have the words in the English language to describe this kind of an event.
15:45And pride, love, so many emotions.
15:47You know, they are truly breaking some barriers.
15:52And hopefully, you know, as Gary just said, they've got a long day ahead of them.
15:56So wishing them well on everything.
15:58But so far, what a beautiful launch to watch.
16:00Yeah.
16:00To be returning to the lunar orbit in more than 50 years, maybe they go farther from Earth than any
16:06other humans before them.
16:07Maybe they see parts of the moon that we've never seen before.
16:10I mean, what a great start to what could be all of these milestones that we break in just a
16:1810-day mission.
16:19Yes.
16:19What a way to welcome in the Artemis generation.
16:22Yeah.
16:23How do you feel?
16:23I mean, we saw some beautiful shots we were covering of, of course, the rocket, of course, the Earth falling
16:30away as we continued up, up, up into our ascents,
16:33but also some of those crowd shots where we saw young and old just emotional overcome by this history-making
16:39moment.
16:39Man, we are going back to the moon for all, and we saw that today.
16:42We saw that in all the crowds.
16:44And, yeah, you guys just saw that view, the sunrise or sunset, I guess.
16:48They just made it over the crest of the Earth, and you could see the sun peeking over—one of my
16:51favorite views from space.
16:52And I can't imagine what they're—what they're looking at now, and I can't wait to see what they're looking at
16:57in about five or six days.
16:58Yeah.
16:59Yeah.
16:59Yeah.
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