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For the first time in over 50 years, astronauts are headed to the moon.
With astronauts,
NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander
NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot
NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist
Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist
Credit: NASA
With astronauts,
NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander
NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot
NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist
Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist
Credit: NASA
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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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