00:00One minute.
00:02Right now, the rocket does not know what the T-0 is,
00:05but coming up at T-minus 33 seconds,
00:08control shifts from the ground launch sequencer
00:10to the rocket's onboard autonomous launch sequencer, or ALS.
00:14The rocket will count itself down,
00:16but honor any holds that could come from the ground.
00:20Now, shortly after liftoff,
00:21Houston will take control of the rocket,
00:23and my colleague, Gary Jordan, will take over commentary.
00:26Gary, GLS scope area left.
00:30Great call out.
00:31The rocket is on its own.
00:33Four brave explorers ready to ride the most powerful rocket
00:39NASA has ever launched.
00:44Sound suppression water is flowing.
00:48And here we go.
00:50Ten, nine, eight, seven.
00:54RS-25 engines.
00:56Eight, four, three, two, one.
01:00Booster ignition.
01:01And liftoff.
01:04The crew of Artemis II now bound for the moon.
01:07Humanity's next great voyage begins.
01:14Good roll pitch.
01:17Roger.
01:18Roll pitch.
01:21Houston now controlling the flight of integrity
01:23on the Artemis II mission around the moon.
01:30Integrity, AMT high.
01:33AMT high.
01:35On time passing 30 seconds into the flights.
01:38Integrity passes the alternate deco.
01:40Target milestone.
01:41Mission control Houston seeing good performance
01:43on the orbit of engines.
01:44Space launch system core stage.
01:46Integrity, three miles in altitude.
01:49Traveling more than 1200 miles per hour.
02:12Mission elapsed time.
02:13Passing one minute.
02:14Approaching max-q.
02:16On, Ponce de Leon.
02:19Stan, we have you loud and clear on Ponce de Leon.
02:22Have you the same.
02:25Communication signal transfer confirmed
02:27as integrity and its crew go supersonic.
02:30Approaching 90 seconds into the Artemis II mission.
02:33Integrity is 14 miles in altitude,
02:35eight miles downrange.
02:36Traveling more than 2600 miles per hour.
02:55One minute and 50 seconds of mission elapsed time.
02:57Standing by for main engine throttle down to 85%.
03:00Ahead of solid rocket booster separation.
03:03Expected at the two minute, nine second mark.
03:07We see throttle down.
03:15Confirmed separation.
03:17Main engine's throttling up.
03:19Guidance converged.
03:28Integrity, guidance converged.
03:30Performance nominal.
03:31Upper stage RCS ready.
03:41Integrity, SM priming complete.
03:44SM priming complete.
03:48Two minutes, 45 seconds of mission elapsed time
03:50into the Artemis II mission.
03:51Thrusters on integrity and upper stage
03:54confirmed in a ready state.
03:55Ahead of service module fairing separation.
04:02Three minutes into the flight.
04:04Integrity, 49 miles in altitude, 78 miles downrange.
04:08Now passing 5,000 miles per hour.
04:24Stand by for launch abort system jettison.
04:29Houston integrity.
04:31Good last jettison.
04:32Great view.
04:33Great view.
04:35Copy jettison.
04:37Team eco, eight plus zero two.
04:42We see you sail on board, Stan.
04:46And Houston has you loud and clear on Tedrus at the common line.
04:53Outstanding, Stan.
04:54We have you the same.
04:57Three minutes, 50 seconds into the flight of Artemis II, Wiseman, Glover, Cook, and Hansen
05:01crossed the boundary to space with good comm checks.
05:04GPS signals acquired after last jettison now working on internal checks to verify accuracy.
05:10Flight dynamics officer analyzed the time of main engine cutoff,
05:13confirmed at eight minutes, two seconds, time of MECO.
05:52We see the same and we have a beautiful moonrise, we're headed right at it.
06:01Approaching five minutes into the flight, Commander Reed Wiseman confirms he has visuals of his destination.
06:07GPS guidance navigation and control software finishes internal checks and sends to navigation channels.
06:25On time now, passing five minutes twenty seconds of mission elapsed time into the Artemis II mission.
06:30At this point, three good main engines are all that's needed to carry integrity to a nominal main engine cutoff
06:35target.
06:36Though at this time, we're seeing four good engines here in Mission Control Houston.
06:40Integrity, seventy-five miles in altitude, three hundred thirty miles downrange, approaching ten thousand miles per hour.
07:03Integrity, looking good at six minutes.
07:09Same on board, Stan.
07:13Good trajectory and engine performance.
07:16Booster officer will soon report the shutdown plan to Flight Director Judd Freeling expected at the seven-minute mark.
07:25Integrity, seventy-eight miles in altitude, four hundred sixty miles downrange.
07:30Integrity, expect nominal shutdown.
07:36Integrity copies nominal, shutdown.
07:44Six minutes forty seconds of mission elapsed time, shutdown plan is as expected.
07:49Again, the time of MECA was confirmed at eight minutes, two seconds into the flight.
08:05Seven minutes of mission elapsed time.
08:12Throttling down as we approach the abort once-around option.
08:16Milestone at the seven-minute thirty-second mark.
08:20Now eighty-four miles in altitude, six hundred fifty miles downrange, traveling more than fifteen thousand miles per hour.
08:30Integrity, AOA open.
08:39The window is now open for an abort once-around option that would target splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
08:44Still following nominal ascent at this time.
08:58About ten seconds remaining until the main engine cutoff of the Space Launch System core stage.
09:04Standing by for confirmation of MECO and core stage separation.
09:26Integrity, nominal MECO, core stage separated.
09:35We see the same onboard, Stan.
09:45Eight minutes forty seconds into the flight, we have a nominal main engine cutoff heading in the right trajectory on
09:50the way to swing around the moon.
09:52Core stage has separated, done its job.
09:54The Space Launch System upper stage, the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage, or ICPS, still attached to the Orion spacecraft.
10:06Nine minutes of mission elapsed time.
10:08Integrity crew of Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen now in orbit around the Earth at the
10:14beginning of their journey to the moon.
10:15The Space Launch System.
10:15The Space Launch System.
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