WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:02.635 --> 00:00:03.970 >> HELLO, AND WELCOME. 2 00:00:03.970 --> 00:00:05.939 WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE OUR 3 00:00:05.939 --> 00:00:08.641 PRE-LAUNCH COVERAGE OF NASA'S 4 00:00:08.641 --> 00:00:09.743 NEWEST MISSION, GOLD. 5 00:00:09.743 --> 00:00:13.346 THIS IS A MISSION TO STUDY OUR 6 00:00:13.346 --> 00:00:15.715 INTERFACE TO SPACE, WHERE THE 7 00:00:15.715 --> 00:00:18.018 UTTER ATMOSPHERE SEGUES INTO THE 8 00:00:18.018 --> 00:00:19.319 LOWEST LEVEL OF SPACE. 9 00:00:19.319 --> 00:00:25.291 I'M HERE AT GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT 10 00:00:25.291 --> 00:00:26.126 CENTER IN MARYLAND. 11 00:00:26.126 --> 00:00:27.360 WE ARE 20 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE 12 00:00:27.360 --> 00:00:28.194 LAUNCH. 13 00:00:28.194 --> 00:00:30.830 WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU LIVE 14 00:00:30.830 --> 00:00:32.699 COVERAGE COMING UP. 15 00:00:32.699 --> 00:00:34.501 IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE GOING TO 16 00:00:34.501 --> 00:00:36.336 TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT OF 17 00:00:36.336 --> 00:00:37.871 INFORMATION ABOUT THE LAUNCH. 18 00:00:37.871 --> 00:00:39.406 WE HAVE TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT 19 00:00:39.406 --> 00:00:41.574 MORE ABOUT IT TODAY, THREE 20 00:00:41.574 --> 00:00:42.108 GUESTS. 21 00:00:42.108 --> 00:00:46.980 WE HAVE PEG, WHO IS THE ACTING 22 00:00:46.980 --> 00:00:49.416 DIRECTOR AT NASA HEADQUARTERS IN 23 00:00:49.416 --> 00:00:50.083 WASHINGTON, D.C. 24 00:00:50.083 --> 00:00:53.119 WE HAVE SITTING NEXT TO HER, 25 00:00:53.119 --> 00:00:55.588 WILLIS, THE PROGRAMMING 26 00:00:55.588 --> 00:00:57.390 EXECUTIVE AT NASA HEADQUARTERS, 27 00:00:57.390 --> 00:01:01.661 AND OUR THIRD GUEST TODAY IS 28 00:01:01.661 --> 00:01:03.663 SARA, SARA IS THE MISSION 29 00:01:03.663 --> 00:01:04.597 SCIENTIST FROM GOLD RIGHT HERE 30 00:01:04.597 --> 00:01:06.699 AT NASA GODDARD. 31 00:01:06.699 --> 00:01:08.101 REALLY EXCITED TO TELL YOU MORE 32 00:01:08.101 --> 00:01:09.469 ABOUT THIS MISSION. 33 00:01:09.469 --> 00:01:10.770 WE'RE STARTING OUT NICE AND 34 00:01:10.770 --> 00:01:11.371 SIMPLE. 35 00:01:11.371 --> 00:01:12.505 WHAT IS GOLD GOING TO DO? 36 00:01:12.505 --> 00:01:15.108 WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE STUDYING? 37 00:01:15.108 --> 00:01:18.144 >> SURE, WELL THE GOLD MISSION 38 00:01:18.144 --> 00:01:22.115 STANDS FOR GLOBAL SKILL 39 00:01:22.115 --> 00:01:23.083 OBSERVATION DISK. 40 00:01:23.083 --> 00:01:24.217 AND IT'S A CANAL ARE A THAT 41 00:01:24.217 --> 00:01:28.488 TAKES PICTURES OF THE UPPER 42 00:01:28.488 --> 00:01:30.056 ATMOSPHERE, THE BOUNTIRY BETWEEN 43 00:01:30.056 --> 00:01:31.724 EARTH AND SPACE. 44 00:01:31.724 --> 00:01:34.260 IT WILL HOVER 22,000 MILES ABOVE 45 00:01:34.260 --> 00:01:36.096 THE EARTH LOOKING DOWN ON THE 46 00:01:36.096 --> 00:01:37.397 UPPER ATMOSPHERE AND SEEING WHAT 47 00:01:37.397 --> 00:01:39.199 IS HAPPENING BELOW. 48 00:01:39.199 --> 00:01:42.202 THE WAY THIS CAMERA WORKS IS 49 00:01:42.202 --> 00:01:45.071 THAT IT TAKES A PICTURE OF A 50 00:01:45.071 --> 00:01:47.006 SMALL PORTION OF THE EARTH, AND 51 00:01:47.006 --> 00:01:48.875 THEN MOVES OVER AND TAKES 52 00:01:48.875 --> 00:01:51.144 ANOTHER PICTURE, AND MOVES OVER 53 00:01:51.144 --> 00:01:53.146 AND TAKES ANOTHER PICTURE AND SO 54 00:01:53.146 --> 00:01:54.781 ON AS IT SCANS ACROSS THE EARTH 55 00:01:54.781 --> 00:01:56.082 IN ONE DIRECTION AND THEN BACK 56 00:01:56.082 --> 00:02:00.453 IN THE OTHER, BUILDING UP A FULL 57 00:02:00.453 --> 00:02:01.821 MOSAIC IMAGE ACROSS THE 58 00:02:01.821 --> 00:02:02.489 AMERICAS. 59 00:02:02.489 --> 00:02:05.225 AND GOLD DOES THIS IN 30 MINUTES 60 00:02:05.225 --> 00:02:07.293 TIME, WHICH IS MUCH FASTER THAN 61 00:02:07.293 --> 00:02:09.329 WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO BEFORE. 62 00:02:09.329 --> 00:02:13.566 WE'VE HAD SIMILAR CAMERAS FLY ON 63 00:02:13.566 --> 00:02:15.168 STATES BEFORE IN OTHER ORBITS 64 00:02:15.168 --> 00:02:18.071 THAT ARE NOT STATIONARY RESPECT 65 00:02:18.071 --> 00:02:20.673 TO THE EARTH. 66 00:02:20.673 --> 00:02:24.878 IN THIS CASE IT TAKES LONGER TO 67 00:02:24.878 --> 00:02:26.079 BUILD UP THIGHS GLOBAL-SCALE 68 00:02:26.079 --> 00:02:28.214 IMAGES, IT TAKES DAYS OR LONGER. 69 00:02:28.214 --> 00:02:29.983 SO THE INFORMATION THAT GOLD IS 70 00:02:29.983 --> 00:02:31.484 GIVING US IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE 71 00:02:31.484 --> 00:02:32.919 THE ATMOSPHERE IS ACTIVE. 72 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:35.488 WE CAN GET SIGNIFICANT CHANGES 73 00:02:35.488 --> 00:02:38.791 ON THE TIME SCALE OF AN HOUR AND 74 00:02:38.791 --> 00:02:40.293 GOLD WITH IMAGES EVERY 30 75 00:02:40.293 --> 00:02:42.629 MINUTES WILL ALLOW US TO SEE 76 00:02:42.629 --> 00:02:43.563 THOSE FASTER CHANGES THAT WE 77 00:02:43.563 --> 00:02:45.131 WEREN'T ABLE TO SEE BEHAVIOR. 78 00:02:45.131 --> 00:02:46.733 GOLD, AS IT LOOKS DOWN IS NOT 79 00:02:46.733 --> 00:02:48.468 IMAGING THE SURFACE OF THE 80 00:02:48.468 --> 00:02:49.068 EARTH. 81 00:02:49.068 --> 00:02:50.637 IT'S IMAGING THE UPPER 82 00:02:50.637 --> 00:02:52.805 ATMOSPHERE AND IN PARTICULAR THE 83 00:02:52.805 --> 00:02:54.774 GLOW FROM THE ATMOSPHERE WHICH 84 00:02:54.774 --> 00:02:56.142 SCIENTISTS CALLED AIR GLOW. 85 00:02:56.142 --> 00:02:58.278 THIS IS CAUSED WHEN THE SUN'S 86 00:02:58.278 --> 00:02:59.379 RADIATION COMES DOWN AND HITS 87 00:02:59.379 --> 00:03:01.181 THE PARTICLES IN THE EARTH'S 88 00:03:01.181 --> 00:03:02.715 UPPER ATMOSPHERE, AND CAUSES 89 00:03:02.715 --> 00:03:06.686 THEM TO GIVE OFF LIGHT IN A 90 00:03:06.686 --> 00:03:08.321 VARIETY OF COLORS. 91 00:03:08.321 --> 00:03:10.256 IT WILL MEASURE LIGHT WHICH IS 92 00:03:10.256 --> 00:03:13.993 INVISIBLE TO THE HUMAN EYE, BUT 93 00:03:13.993 --> 00:03:15.428 THIS INFORMATION ALLOWS 94 00:03:15.428 --> 00:03:17.864 SCIENTISTS TO DETERMINE THE 95 00:03:17.864 --> 00:03:19.866 COMPOSITION AND TEMPERATURE OF 96 00:03:19.866 --> 00:03:23.369 THE ATMOSPHERE AND A TEMPERATURE 97 00:03:23.369 --> 00:03:25.772 MAP ACROSS THE WHOLE WESTERN 98 00:03:25.772 --> 00:03:26.906 HEMISPHERE, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE 99 00:03:26.906 --> 00:03:28.942 NEVER HAD ON A GLOBAL SCALE, 100 00:03:28.942 --> 00:03:33.513 WILL HELP SCIENTISTS IT'S MUCH 101 00:03:33.513 --> 00:03:34.380 MORE DIFFICULT. 102 00:03:34.380 --> 00:03:35.181 IMAGINE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 103 00:03:35.181 --> 00:03:36.749 WHAT THE TEMPERATURES IN 104 00:03:36.749 --> 00:03:38.384 CALIFORNIA WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE A 105 00:03:38.384 --> 00:03:39.619 TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT FROM 106 00:03:39.619 --> 00:03:41.454 NEW YORK CITY. 107 00:03:41.454 --> 00:03:43.156 >> OH YOU JUST DESCRIBED FOR US 108 00:03:43.156 --> 00:03:45.792 HOW GOLD IS GOING TO GET BETTER 109 00:03:45.792 --> 00:03:47.327 INFORMATION ON THIS UPPER 110 00:03:47.327 --> 00:03:48.695 ATMOSPHERE THAN WE'VE EVER BEEN 111 00:03:48.695 --> 00:03:49.662 ABLE TO DO BEFORE. 112 00:03:49.662 --> 00:03:50.630 WHY DO WE CARE? 113 00:03:50.630 --> 00:03:52.232 WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT THIS 114 00:03:52.232 --> 00:03:52.832 REGION? 115 00:03:52.832 --> 00:03:55.168 WHY DOES NASA WANT TO STUDY IT? 116 00:03:55.168 --> 00:03:57.570 >> WELL, CERTAINLY, KAREN, WE 117 00:03:57.570 --> 00:03:58.805 CARE ABOUT THIS REGION OF THE 118 00:03:58.805 --> 00:04:00.073 ATMOSPHERE BECAUSE THERE IS A 119 00:04:00.073 --> 00:04:01.674 LOT OF FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE THAT 120 00:04:01.674 --> 00:04:03.776 WE STILL HAVE TO LEARN. 121 00:04:03.776 --> 00:04:05.712 BUT ALSO THE REGION OF THE UPPER 122 00:04:05.712 --> 00:04:07.180 ATMOSPHERE IS IMPORTANT TO OUR 123 00:04:07.180 --> 00:04:08.915 DAILY LIVES. 124 00:04:08.915 --> 00:04:10.183 OUR SATELLITE COMMUNICATION 125 00:04:10.183 --> 00:04:12.785 SIGNALS, OUR GPS SIGNALS, 126 00:04:12.785 --> 00:04:15.321 SIGNALS COMING DOWN TO OUR CELL 127 00:04:15.321 --> 00:04:17.290 PHONES HAVE TO PASS THROUGH THIS 128 00:04:17.290 --> 00:04:19.158 REGION AS IT COMES DOWN TO 129 00:04:19.158 --> 00:04:20.393 TECHNOLOGY ON THE EARTH. 130 00:04:20.393 --> 00:04:22.362 AS WE TALK ABOUT THE UPPER 131 00:04:22.362 --> 00:04:24.430 ATMOSPHERE THAT GOLD IS 132 00:04:24.430 --> 00:04:27.500 MEASURING, WE LOOK AT THE REGION 133 00:04:27.500 --> 00:04:29.269 60 MILES ABOVE US AND EXTENDS 134 00:04:29.269 --> 00:04:29.936 UPWARDS. 135 00:04:29.936 --> 00:04:30.903 MOST OF THE PARTICLES IN THIS 136 00:04:30.903 --> 00:04:31.804 AREA ARE NEUTRAL. 137 00:04:31.804 --> 00:04:33.840 THEY'RE NOT CHARGED PARTICLES. 138 00:04:33.840 --> 00:04:36.643 THEY'RE AN EXTENSION OF THE AIR 139 00:04:36.643 --> 00:04:37.977 THAT WE BREATHE DOWN HERE BELOW. 140 00:04:37.977 --> 00:04:39.712 BUT THERE IS A SMALL COMPONENT 141 00:04:39.712 --> 00:04:42.048 THAT IS CREATED WHEN THE SUN'S 142 00:04:42.048 --> 00:04:43.016 RADIATION HITS. 143 00:04:43.016 --> 00:04:44.851 SO IT'S CHARGED PARTICLES OF THE 144 00:04:44.851 --> 00:04:46.352 ATMOSPHERE, AND BREAKS THEM UP 145 00:04:46.352 --> 00:04:50.657 INTO IONS AND ELECTRONS CREATING 146 00:04:50.657 --> 00:04:56.829 CHARGED PARTICLES, AND THIS NEW 147 00:04:56.829 --> 00:05:01.067 COMPONENT IS CALLED THE IONOS 148 00:05:01.067 --> 00:05:01.668 SPHERE. 149 00:05:01.668 --> 00:05:06.339 WHEN IT COMES TO THE TECHNOLOGY, 150 00:05:06.339 --> 00:05:16.049 ION OSPHERE IT, AND IT IS 151 00:05:16.049 --> 00:05:17.450 AFFECTED BY CHANGES THAT ARE 152 00:05:17.450 --> 00:05:19.819 HAPPENING IN THE SUN'S RADIATION 153 00:05:19.819 --> 00:05:20.653 WHEN IT COMES FROM THE 154 00:05:20.653 --> 00:05:23.323 ATMOSPHERE AND OTHER SPACE 155 00:05:23.323 --> 00:05:28.528 WEATHER THAT IMPACTS THE 156 00:05:28.528 --> 00:05:29.529 IONOSPHERE FROM ABOVE. 157 00:05:29.529 --> 00:05:31.597 AT THE SAME TIME THIS REGION IS 158 00:05:31.597 --> 00:05:34.400 AFFECTED FROM BELOW BY 159 00:05:34.400 --> 00:05:35.702 WEATHER-TYPE EFFECTS LIKE WE 160 00:05:35.702 --> 00:05:38.738 EXPERIENCE HERE ON THE GROUND. 161 00:05:38.738 --> 00:05:40.206 TSUNAMIS CAN CREATE WAVES IN THE 162 00:05:40.206 --> 00:05:42.575 AIR AND MOVE UPWARDS AND REACH 163 00:05:42.575 --> 00:05:44.544 THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE AND COULD 164 00:05:44.544 --> 00:05:47.113 MAKE CHANGES IN THIS BOUNDARY 165 00:05:47.113 --> 00:05:51.584 BETWEEN EARTH AND SPACE, AND SO 166 00:05:51.584 --> 00:05:54.387 THIS CREATES A LOT OF STRUCTURE 167 00:05:54.387 --> 00:05:58.591 IN THE IONOSPHERE AND IT CAN 168 00:05:58.591 --> 00:06:00.493 GARBLE THE SIGNALS COMING FROM 169 00:06:00.493 --> 00:06:02.061 OUR SATELLITES DOWN TO OUR 170 00:06:02.061 --> 00:06:02.762 TECHNOLOGIES. 171 00:06:02.762 --> 00:06:04.697 THEN IT HAS A BIG IMPACT ON OUR 172 00:06:04.697 --> 00:06:05.565 DAILY LIVES. 173 00:06:05.565 --> 00:06:07.767 THE GOLD MISSION IS DESIGNEDDED 174 00:06:07.767 --> 00:06:09.535 TO SORT OUT THE INFLUENCES OF 175 00:06:09.535 --> 00:06:11.537 THE VARIOUS EFFECTS FROM ABOVE, 176 00:06:11.537 --> 00:06:13.706 THE SPACE WEATHER, AND THE 177 00:06:13.706 --> 00:06:17.343 EFFECTS FROM BELOW IN PART THE 178 00:06:17.343 --> 00:06:18.511 TERRESTRIAL WEATHER WE 179 00:06:18.511 --> 00:06:19.879 EXPERIENCE DOWN HERE BELOW. 180 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:21.280 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, SARA, 181 00:06:21.280 --> 00:06:23.049 WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO 182 00:06:23.049 --> 00:06:24.884 WHAT GOLD IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO 183 00:06:24.884 --> 00:06:26.486 DO. 184 00:06:26.486 --> 00:06:27.854 WE'LL EXPECT SCIENCE FROM IT IN 185 00:06:27.854 --> 00:06:28.688 EIGHT MONTHS. 186 00:06:28.688 --> 00:06:30.423 IN THE MEANTIME IT IS ABOUT TO 187 00:06:30.423 --> 00:06:31.023 LAUNCH. 188 00:06:31.023 --> 00:06:32.458 WE'LL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE OF THAT 189 00:06:32.458 --> 00:06:41.000 COMING UP SHORTLY. 190 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:45.304 THE GOLD MISSION IS LED IN 191 00:06:45.304 --> 00:06:46.305 FLORIDA, IN ORLANDO. 192 00:06:46.305 --> 00:06:49.342 IT WAS BUILT AT UNIVERSITY OF 193 00:06:49.342 --> 00:06:51.444 COLORADO LABORATORY FOR 194 00:06:51.444 --> 00:06:53.946 ATMOSPHERIC AND SPACE PHYSICS. 195 00:06:53.946 --> 00:06:56.849 AND THIS IS CALLED THE HOSTED 196 00:06:56.849 --> 00:06:57.583 PAYLOAD. 197 00:06:57.583 --> 00:07:01.687 IT'S GOING UP ON AN UNRELATED 198 00:07:01.687 --> 00:07:02.355 SATELLITE. 199 00:07:02.355 --> 00:07:04.857 IT IS A COMMUNICATION STATE RUN 200 00:07:04.857 --> 00:07:08.060 BY SCS OUT OF LUXEMBOURG. 201 00:07:08.060 --> 00:07:10.296 AND IT WAS BUILT BY AIRBUS. 202 00:07:10.296 --> 00:07:12.198 AND THEY'LL TAKE IT UP TO SPACE 203 00:07:12.198 --> 00:07:15.067 FOR US IN THE LAUNCH THAT IS 204 00:07:15.067 --> 00:07:20.239 COMING UP FROM FRENCH GUIANA 205 00:07:20.239 --> 00:07:20.873 SHORTLY. 206 00:07:20.873 --> 00:07:22.975 GOLD IS WHAT WE CALL AN 207 00:07:22.975 --> 00:07:24.677 EXPLORER, THAT'S A CERTAIN CLASS 208 00:07:24.677 --> 00:07:25.478 OF MISSION. 209 00:07:25.478 --> 00:07:27.847 HERE TO TELL US IS WILLIS WITH 210 00:07:27.847 --> 00:07:30.049 THE EXPLORER PROGRAM. 211 00:07:30.049 --> 00:07:30.883 >> THANKS, KAREN. 212 00:07:30.883 --> 00:07:35.121 THE EXPLORER PROGRAM PROVIDES 213 00:07:35.121 --> 00:07:38.357 FREQUENT FLIGHTS FOR SCIENCE 214 00:07:38.357 --> 00:07:43.296 ACTIVITIES. 215 00:07:43.296 --> 00:07:47.233 THAT'S WITHIN THE HELIO PHYSICS 216 00:07:47.233 --> 00:07:49.836 AND ASTRO PHYSICS AREA. 217 00:07:49.836 --> 00:07:51.337 THIS STARTED WITH THE FIRST 218 00:07:51.337 --> 00:07:55.408 LAUNCH OF EXPLORE 1, JANUARY 31, 219 00:07:55.408 --> 00:07:55.908 1958. 220 00:07:55.908 --> 00:07:58.945 AND WITH THAT WE'VE HAD 100 221 00:07:58.945 --> 00:07:59.779 SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS. 222 00:07:59.779 --> 00:08:04.350 WE'LL BE CELEBRATING T THE 223 00:08:04.350 --> 00:08:05.651 ANNIVERSARY THIS NEXT WEEK, AND 224 00:08:05.651 --> 00:08:07.320 THAT IS JUST SO EXCITING FOR ALL 225 00:08:07.320 --> 00:08:09.522 OF US HERE AT NASA. 226 00:08:09.522 --> 00:08:13.392 I WILL TELL YOU ALSO THAT WE'VE 227 00:08:13.392 --> 00:08:20.800 HAD MANY ACHIEVEMENTS WITH THE 228 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:21.467 EXPLORER PROGRAM. 229 00:08:21.467 --> 00:08:26.506 ONE IS TO HAVE THE FIRST MISSION 230 00:08:26.506 --> 00:08:31.744 TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SCIENTISTS 231 00:08:31.744 --> 00:08:38.217 RECEIVE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS, 232 00:08:38.217 --> 00:08:40.620 AND ALSO TO HAVE FIVE 233 00:08:40.620 --> 00:08:41.921 SPACECRAFTS TO LAUNCH ON A 234 00:08:41.921 --> 00:08:42.555 SINGLE ROCKET. 235 00:08:42.555 --> 00:08:43.923 THAT'S JUST SO EXCITING FOR US. 236 00:08:43.923 --> 00:08:47.927 AND I TELL YOU THAT GOLD WILL 237 00:08:47.927 --> 00:08:49.128 INTERINTO THAT OVER ALL 238 00:08:49.128 --> 00:08:50.563 EXPERIENCE AND EXCITEMENT THAT 239 00:08:50.563 --> 00:08:51.764 WE HAVE. 240 00:08:51.764 --> 00:08:53.132 >> SO WE HAVE THIS HISTORY OF 241 00:08:53.132 --> 00:08:54.800 THE EXPLORER PROGRAM, AND 242 00:08:54.800 --> 00:08:57.570 CREATED MISSIONS AND PUSHING THE 243 00:08:57.570 --> 00:08:58.604 ENVELOPE, AND GOLD IS AN EXAMPLE 244 00:08:58.604 --> 00:09:00.973 OF THAT, TOO, WITH THIS HOSTED 245 00:09:00.973 --> 00:09:01.674 PAYLOAD. 246 00:09:01.674 --> 00:09:06.178 >> YES, GOLD IS A COMPETITION, 247 00:09:06.178 --> 00:09:07.647 AND BEING SELECTED. 248 00:09:07.647 --> 00:09:11.517 SO THIS HAS BECOME--THIS IS AN 249 00:09:11.517 --> 00:09:14.921 INSTRUMENT ON A PLATFORM IN 250 00:09:14.921 --> 00:09:22.628 WHICH THE GOLD ININSTRUMENT WILL 251 00:09:22.628 --> 00:09:26.799 RECEIVE TELEMETRY SPACE, AND 252 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:27.700 RECEIVE POWER. 253 00:09:27.700 --> 00:09:30.403 THAT WILL COME DOWN THE 254 00:09:30.403 --> 00:09:32.104 EXCITING PART ABOUT GOLD IS 255 00:09:32.104 --> 00:09:35.241 BECAUSE IT IS NOT ONLY JUST 256 00:09:35.241 --> 00:09:38.978 HOSTED, BUT IT COMMUTES FROM 257 00:09:38.978 --> 00:09:40.012 SATELLITE, WHICH IS THE FIRST 258 00:09:40.012 --> 00:09:42.582 TIME WE'VE DONE THAT IN 259 00:09:42.582 --> 00:09:43.382 EXPLORER. 260 00:09:43.382 --> 00:09:44.717 WE'RE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. 261 00:09:44.717 --> 00:09:46.352 THE THING ABOUT GOLD TO REMEMBER 262 00:09:46.352 --> 00:09:49.121 IS THAT IT'S THE SIZE OF A SMALL 263 00:09:49.121 --> 00:09:51.757 MINI REFRIGERATOR, BUT IT WEIGHS 264 00:09:51.757 --> 00:09:52.291 80 POUNDS. 265 00:09:52.291 --> 00:09:54.794 IF YOU COULD TAKE TWO MINI 266 00:09:54.794 --> 00:09:56.729 REFRIGERATORS, AND LIFT THEM UP 267 00:09:56.729 --> 00:09:57.863 CAREFULLY, AND I COULDN'T 268 00:09:57.863 --> 00:09:59.231 SUGGEST THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE 269 00:09:59.231 --> 00:10:01.167 THAT IN TERMS OF A VISUAL. 270 00:10:01.167 --> 00:10:01.634 >> GREAT. 271 00:10:01.634 --> 00:10:03.302 SO WE JUST LEARNED A LITTLE BIT 272 00:10:03.302 --> 00:10:07.873 MORE ABOUT GOLD, AND IT'S 273 00:10:07.873 --> 00:10:11.143 POSITION NASA'S SPACECRAFT. 274 00:10:11.143 --> 00:10:16.749 IT IS ALSO CALLED A HELIO 275 00:10:16.749 --> 00:10:17.917 PHYSICS MISSION. 276 00:10:17.917 --> 00:10:18.985 TELL US MORE. 277 00:10:18.985 --> 00:10:21.287 WHAT IS THIS AREA OF RESEARCH 278 00:10:21.287 --> 00:10:24.223 THAT NASA CARES ABOUT, AND HOW 279 00:10:24.223 --> 00:10:26.926 DID GOLD FIT IN THE LARGER PLAN. 280 00:10:26.926 --> 00:10:29.996 >> WHAT OF NASA'S ROLES IS TO 281 00:10:29.996 --> 00:10:31.497 UNDERSTAND THE SPACE AROUND US 282 00:10:31.497 --> 00:10:32.732 AND THE AFFECT OF THE SUN ON 283 00:10:32.732 --> 00:10:33.399 THAT SPACE. 284 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:36.168 AND THE FIELD OF HELIO PHYSICS 285 00:10:36.168 --> 00:10:37.470 IS A FIELD OF STUDY WHERE WE 286 00:10:37.470 --> 00:10:39.071 LOOK AT THE SUN, WHICH IS 287 00:10:39.071 --> 00:10:41.007 CONSTANTLY CHANGING, THE WAYS IN 288 00:10:41.007 --> 00:10:44.343 WHICH IT INFLUENCES THE EARTH, 289 00:10:44.343 --> 00:10:46.512 AND THE ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM AND 290 00:10:46.512 --> 00:10:48.681 EVEN SPACE BEYOND THE SOLAR 291 00:10:48.681 --> 00:10:49.281 SYSTEM. 292 00:10:49.281 --> 00:10:52.652 WE LIKE TO SAY THAT SPACE IS NOT 293 00:10:52.652 --> 00:10:54.320 EMPTY. 294 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:56.922 IT IS FIELD WITH CHARGED 295 00:10:56.922 --> 00:10:58.724 PARTICLES AND RADIATION. 296 00:10:58.724 --> 00:11:00.793 THOSE PARTICLES ARE INFLUENCED 297 00:11:00.793 --> 00:11:03.295 BY MAGNETIC FIELDS, ELECTRICAL 298 00:11:03.295 --> 00:11:06.499 FIELDS, AND THE VERY ABILITY IN 299 00:11:06.499 --> 00:11:08.100 THIS ENTIRE SYSTEM INFLUENCES US 300 00:11:08.100 --> 00:11:10.036 HERE ON EARTH. 301 00:11:10.036 --> 00:11:13.239 AS SARA MENTIONED, SPACE WEATHER 302 00:11:13.239 --> 00:11:16.275 CAN AFFECT OUR TECHNOLOGIES, AND 303 00:11:16.275 --> 00:11:19.679 IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY WE'RE MORE 304 00:11:19.679 --> 00:11:22.448 VULNERABLE THAN EVER BEFORE TO 305 00:11:22.448 --> 00:11:25.451 THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF STRONG 306 00:11:25.451 --> 00:11:27.253 SPACE SOLAR STORMS THAT ARE 307 00:11:27.253 --> 00:11:28.554 DIRECTED IN WAYS THAT THEY CAN 308 00:11:28.554 --> 00:11:29.088 REACH US. 309 00:11:29.088 --> 00:11:32.324 IN HELIO PHYSICS, WE WANT TO OH 310 00:11:32.324 --> 00:11:36.529 UNDERSTAND THE PHYSICS OF THE 311 00:11:36.529 --> 00:11:40.666 SUN AS WELL AS THE WAYS IN WHICH 312 00:11:40.666 --> 00:11:41.600 IT DRIVES AND IMPACTS WHAT IS 313 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:50.076 HAPPENING HERE ON EARTH. 314 00:11:50.076 --> 00:11:53.112 BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEX SYSTEM 315 00:11:53.112 --> 00:11:59.018 NASA HAS A PHYSIC LAB TEAR. 316 00:11:59.018 --> 00:12:01.821 IT REQUIRES MEASURES OF MANY 317 00:12:01.821 --> 00:12:03.656 VANNAGE POINTS. 318 00:12:03.656 --> 00:12:06.025 THESE ARE PICTURES FROM OUR 319 00:12:06.025 --> 00:12:06.759 LABORATORY. 320 00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:08.294 WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FIELD, 321 00:12:08.294 --> 00:12:10.329 LOOKING AT THE SUN, SAMPLING THE 322 00:12:10.329 --> 00:12:12.198 SOLAR WIND, AND WITH GOLD, WE'RE 323 00:12:12.198 --> 00:12:14.166 LOOKING AT THE INFLUENCE OF 324 00:12:14.166 --> 00:12:17.536 THOSE EFFECTS ON EARTH. 325 00:12:17.536 --> 00:12:24.944 SO WE WANT TO INVESTIGATE WHAT 326 00:12:24.944 --> 00:12:26.746 IS HAPPENING ON THE EDGE OF 327 00:12:26.746 --> 00:12:27.213 SPACE. 328 00:12:27.213 --> 00:12:29.081 WE HAVE THE VOYAGER SPACECRAFT 329 00:12:29.081 --> 00:12:31.450 THERE, AS WELL AS THE NEAREST 330 00:12:31.450 --> 00:12:32.184 AREAS. 331 00:12:32.184 --> 00:12:33.953 >> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS 332 00:12:33.953 --> 00:12:35.454 VAST SYSTEM AND GOLD WILL ADD TO 333 00:12:35.454 --> 00:12:36.155 THAT. 334 00:12:36.155 --> 00:12:37.490 WHAT DOES GOLD BRING TO THE 335 00:12:37.490 --> 00:12:37.957 TABLE? 336 00:12:37.957 --> 00:12:39.058 YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS FROM 337 00:12:39.058 --> 00:12:40.760 DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. 338 00:12:40.760 --> 00:12:42.528 WHAT CAN GOLD DO TO ENHANCE 339 00:12:42.528 --> 00:12:43.129 THAT? 340 00:12:43.129 --> 00:12:45.297 >> SO WHAT IS REALLY EXCITING 341 00:12:45.297 --> 00:12:48.801 ABOUT GOLD IS ITS VANTAGE POINT 342 00:12:48.801 --> 00:12:51.804 PERCHED ON A TELECOMMUNICATION 343 00:12:51.804 --> 00:12:58.511 SAFETY IN GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT. 344 00:12:58.511 --> 00:13:02.348 GEOSTATIONERY ORBIT IS A UNIQUE 345 00:13:02.348 --> 00:13:03.215 ORBIT. 346 00:13:03.215 --> 00:13:05.684 AND A PLACE WHERE THEY'VE BEEN 347 00:13:05.684 --> 00:13:08.187 SENDING SATELLITES TO REGULARLY. 348 00:13:08.187 --> 00:13:10.256 BUT IT'S EXPENSIVE TO GET TO. 349 00:13:10.256 --> 00:13:15.961 THE FACT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO 350 00:13:15.961 --> 00:13:18.097 DEBRIS A SCIENCE INSTRUMENT TO 351 00:13:18.097 --> 00:13:28.007 THAT AREA. 352 00:13:28.007 --> 00:13:30.075 WE ARE ABLE TO PUT AN INSTRUMENT 353 00:13:30.075 --> 00:13:32.444 UP THERE THAT CAN LOOK AT THE 354 00:13:32.444 --> 00:13:35.714 UPPER ATMOSPHERE AS SARA TALKED 355 00:13:35.714 --> 00:13:38.350 ABOUT, THE INTERFACE WITH SPACE, 356 00:13:38.350 --> 00:13:42.321 AND SEE THE FULL DISK OF THE 357 00:13:42.321 --> 00:13:44.123 SUN--OR OF THE EARTH AND AS 358 00:13:44.123 --> 00:13:45.524 IT'S AFFECTED BY THE SUN. 359 00:13:45.524 --> 00:13:48.561 THIS IS REALLY LIKE 360 00:13:48.561 --> 00:13:49.962 REVOLUTIONIZING OUR ABILITY TO 361 00:13:49.962 --> 00:13:53.165 UNDERSTAND THE INFLUENCES OF THE 362 00:13:53.165 --> 00:13:57.670 SUN THE WAY THAT TERRESTRIAL 363 00:13:57.670 --> 00:14:00.039 WEATHER WAS INFLUENCED BY THE 364 00:14:00.039 --> 00:14:02.408 FIRST WEATHER SATELLITES. 365 00:14:02.408 --> 00:14:04.076 IT'S VERY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY 366 00:14:04.076 --> 00:14:04.777 FOR US. 367 00:14:04.777 --> 00:14:06.445 AND UNIQUE. 368 00:14:06.445 --> 00:14:10.783 >> AND GOLD IS THE FIRST OF THE 369 00:14:10.783 --> 00:14:11.884 LAUNCHES THIS YEAR. 370 00:14:11.884 --> 00:14:13.853 CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT HOW 371 00:14:13.853 --> 00:14:15.421 THIS FITS IN IN THIS GRAND 372 00:14:15.421 --> 00:14:17.022 PICTURE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? 373 00:14:17.022 --> 00:14:19.425 >> YES, THIS IS AN EXTREMELY 374 00:14:19.425 --> 00:14:20.993 EXCITING YEAR FOR US. 375 00:14:20.993 --> 00:14:26.832 IT IS SERENDIPITOUS THAT THIS IS 376 00:14:26.832 --> 00:14:29.568 BEING LAUNCHED IN 2018. 377 00:14:29.568 --> 00:14:33.272 TWO EXPLORER, GOLD AND THE 378 00:14:33.272 --> 00:14:34.907 ATMOSPHERIC EXPLORER ARE GOING 379 00:14:34.907 --> 00:14:36.542 TO BE LOOKING AT THE SAME REGION 380 00:14:36.542 --> 00:14:40.179 OF THE ATMOSPHERE, THE 381 00:14:40.179 --> 00:14:43.082 IONOSPHERE AND THE UPPER 382 00:14:43.082 --> 00:14:43.716 ATMOSPHERE. 383 00:14:43.716 --> 00:14:45.251 BUT ICON HAS A DIFFERENT 384 00:14:45.251 --> 00:14:49.021 APPROACH, AND IT'S VERY 385 00:14:49.021 --> 00:14:51.290 COMPLIMENTARY TO GOLD. 386 00:14:51.290 --> 00:14:52.558 IT DIRECTLY SAMPLES THE 387 00:14:52.558 --> 00:14:54.193 ATMOSPHERE THAT GOLD IS LOOKING 388 00:14:54.193 --> 00:14:56.729 AT FROM ITS BROAD PERSPECTIVE. 389 00:14:56.729 --> 00:14:59.164 AND SO TOGETHER THESE TWO 390 00:14:59.164 --> 00:15:02.401 MISSIONS WILL GIVE US AN 391 00:15:02.401 --> 00:15:03.602 EXTREMELY POWERFUL NEW VIEW OF 392 00:15:03.602 --> 00:15:06.305 WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT IN OUR 393 00:15:06.305 --> 00:15:08.974 NEIGHBORHOOD AS A RESULT OF 394 00:15:08.974 --> 00:15:11.710 INFLUENCES FROM THE SUN. 395 00:15:11.710 --> 00:15:19.685 IN ADDITION WE ARE EXTENDING OUR 396 00:15:19.685 --> 00:15:21.053 HELIOPHYSICS ALL THE WAY TO THE 397 00:15:21.053 --> 00:15:21.820 SUN. 398 00:15:21.820 --> 00:15:23.689 WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE ORIGIN 399 00:15:23.689 --> 00:15:26.859 OF THE SOLAR WIND, AND WITH A 400 00:15:26.859 --> 00:15:28.827 MISSION CALLED PARKER SOLAR 401 00:15:28.827 --> 00:15:30.029 PROBE THAT WILL BE LAUNCHED IN 402 00:15:30.029 --> 00:15:31.764 JULY OF THIS YEAR. 403 00:15:31.764 --> 00:15:33.632 SOLAR PROBE, PARKER SOLAR PROBE 404 00:15:33.632 --> 00:15:36.001 IS THE FIRST MISSIO TO FLY TO A 405 00:15:36.001 --> 00:15:36.869 STAR. 406 00:15:36.869 --> 00:15:41.507 IT WILL ACTUALLY INTERTHE SUN'S 407 00:15:41.507 --> 00:15:45.077 CORONA, AND HELP US TO STUDY THE 408 00:15:45.077 --> 00:15:46.979 PARTICLES THE WAY THEY'RE 409 00:15:46.979 --> 00:15:49.381 ACCELERATED, THE WAY THE CORONA 410 00:15:49.381 --> 00:15:52.851 IS HEATED, AND REALLY SOLVE SOME 411 00:15:52.851 --> 00:15:54.086 MYSTERIES THAT YOU CAN'T 412 00:15:54.086 --> 00:15:55.521 UNDERSTAND BY JUST VIEWING FROM 413 00:15:55.521 --> 00:15:57.189 A DISTANCE, WHICH IS ALWAYS BEEN 414 00:15:57.189 --> 00:15:59.792 ABLE TO DO SO FAR. 415 00:15:59.792 --> 00:16:01.927 EXCITING THING ABOUT PARKER IS 416 00:16:01.927 --> 00:16:05.631 THAT IT WAS ENVISIONED--FIRST 417 00:16:05.631 --> 00:16:06.832 ENVISIONED 50 YEARS AGO AT THE 418 00:16:06.832 --> 00:16:08.067 SAME TIME THAT THE FIRST 419 00:16:08.067 --> 00:16:09.568 EXPLORER WAS LAUNCHED. 420 00:16:09.568 --> 00:16:10.903 BUT IT'S NOT UNTIL NOW THAT 421 00:16:10.903 --> 00:16:14.139 WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP THE 422 00:16:14.139 --> 00:16:17.376 TECHNOLOGY OF CARBON COME 423 00:16:17.376 --> 00:16:20.379 POSITIVITIES SHIELD THAT WILL 424 00:16:20.379 --> 00:16:23.148 ALLOW THE SPACECRAFT TO SURVIVE 425 00:16:23.148 --> 00:16:25.718 THE 125-DEGREE TEMPERATURES AND 426 00:16:25.718 --> 00:16:26.752 THE RADIATION ENVIRONMENT THAT 427 00:16:26.752 --> 00:16:28.220 WILL BE EXPERIENCED. 428 00:16:28.220 --> 00:16:32.057 SO AGAIN, WE ARE FORTUNATE THIS 429 00:16:32.057 --> 00:16:36.195 YEAR TO BE EXTENDING OUR 430 00:16:36.195 --> 00:16:38.130 OBSERVATORY FROM THE VERY ORIGIN 431 00:16:38.130 --> 00:16:39.665 OF THE SOLAR WIND ALL THE WAY 432 00:16:39.665 --> 00:16:43.802 DOWN TO GETTING AN INTIMATE LOOK 433 00:16:43.802 --> 00:16:46.005 AND GLOBAL WEATHER VIEW OF WHAT 434 00:16:46.005 --> 00:16:48.140 IS HAPPENING AS A RESULT OF THAT 435 00:16:48.140 --> 00:16:50.509 SOLAR WIND WHEN IT REACHES THE 436 00:16:50.509 --> 00:16:51.110 EARTH. 437 00:16:51.110 --> 00:16:53.278 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, PEG. 438 00:16:53.278 --> 00:16:55.447 THERE IS A LOT GOING ON HERE. 439 00:16:55.447 --> 00:16:56.548 IT'S VERY EXCITING. 440 00:16:56.548 --> 00:16:57.850 WE HAVE A MINUTE OR TWO BEFORE 441 00:16:57.850 --> 00:16:59.718 WE SWITCH TO OUR LIVE COVERAGE. 442 00:16:59.718 --> 00:17:03.555 I WANT TO ASK QUICKLY, TELL US 443 00:17:03.555 --> 00:17:05.124 WHAT EXCITES YOU MOST ABOUT THIS 444 00:17:05.124 --> 00:17:05.891 MISSION? 445 00:17:05.891 --> 00:17:06.558 SARA JONES? 446 00:17:06.558 --> 00:17:08.560 >> WELL, I KNOW WE'RE ALL VERY 447 00:17:08.560 --> 00:17:10.062 EXCITED TO GET DOWN THIS NEW 448 00:17:10.062 --> 00:17:12.364 DATA THAT WE NEVER HAD BEFORE 449 00:17:12.364 --> 00:17:13.465 AND START ANALYZING IT. 450 00:17:13.465 --> 00:17:16.802 NOW WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER 451 00:17:16.802 --> 00:17:17.903 LONG-STANDING QUESTIONS LIKE HOW 452 00:17:17.903 --> 00:17:20.339 DOES SPACE WEATHER AND 453 00:17:20.339 --> 00:17:23.308 TERRESTRIAL WEATHER AFFECT THIS 454 00:17:23.308 --> 00:17:25.611 BOUNDARY BETWEEN EARTH AND 455 00:17:25.611 --> 00:17:26.612 SPACE. 456 00:17:26.612 --> 00:17:27.379 >> WILLIS? 457 00:17:27.379 --> 00:17:30.015 >> I'M SO EXCITED I COUNT GET MY 458 00:17:30.015 --> 00:17:32.618 WORDS TOGETHER THAT THERE IS SO 459 00:17:32.618 --> 00:17:33.852 MUCH EXCITEMENT. 460 00:17:33.852 --> 00:17:36.121 IT IS CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION 461 00:17:36.121 --> 00:17:37.289 THAT WILL BRING OPPORTUNITIES IN 462 00:17:37.289 --> 00:17:37.856 THE FUTURE. 463 00:17:37.856 --> 00:17:41.226 WHAT IS GOING ON AS THE EARTH 464 00:17:41.226 --> 00:17:42.928 SCIENCE DIVISION IS GOING TO FLY 465 00:17:42.928 --> 00:17:51.070 A MISSION CALLED GEOCON AND WORK 466 00:17:51.070 --> 00:17:52.404 FOR SIMILAR ACTIVITY WE HAVE 467 00:17:52.404 --> 00:17:53.939 WITH GOLD. 468 00:17:53.939 --> 00:17:55.274 >> GREAT, AND PEG? 469 00:17:55.274 --> 00:17:58.310 >> I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE FIRST 470 00:17:58.310 --> 00:18:01.346 WEATHER SATELLITE TO STUDY THE 471 00:18:01.346 --> 00:18:03.782 WEATHER RESPONSES OF THE UPPER 472 00:18:03.782 --> 00:18:07.486 ATMOSPHERE TO SOLAR ENERGY. 473 00:18:07.486 --> 00:18:08.253 >> FANTASTIC. 474 00:18:08.253 --> 00:18:10.122 IT IS EXCITING, AND A LOT IS 475 00:18:10.122 --> 00:18:11.156 ABOUT TO HAPPEN. 476 00:18:11.156 --> 00:18:13.759 WE'RE GOING TO GO OUR TO 477 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:15.861 PARTNERS FOR THEIR LIVE 478 00:18:15.861 --> 00:18:16.428 COVERAGE. 479 00:18:16.428 --> 00:18:17.896 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE 480 00:18:17.896 --> 00:18:18.497 TODAY. 481 00:18:18.497 --> 00:18:21.233 YOU CAN TRACK THE MISSION AT 482 00:18:21.233 --> 00:18:23.068 www.nasa.gov /GOLD. 483 00:18:23.068 --> 00:18:29.341 THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 484 00:18:29.341 --> 00:18:36.148 >> YOU'LL SEE-- 485 00:18:36.148 --> 00:18:37.516 >> MINUTE AND A HALF TO GO UNTIL 486 00:18:37.516 --> 00:18:46.024 THE FIRST LAUNCH OF THE YEAR FOR 487 00:18:46.024 --> 00:18:48.794 ARIAN SPACE. 488 00:18:48.794 --> 00:18:49.895 EVERYTHING THAT HAD TO BE DONE 489 00:18:49.895 --> 00:18:50.729 HAS BEEN DONE. 490 00:18:50.729 --> 00:18:52.931 YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THE CALL ON 491 00:18:52.931 --> 00:19:09.114 THE ONE-MINUTE MARK. 492 00:19:09.114 --> 00:19:10.582 >> WE'RE IN THE FINAL 60 493 00:19:10.582 --> 00:19:11.216 SECONDS. 494 00:19:11.216 --> 00:19:13.218 GIVE US A CHANCE TO SAY HELLO TO 495 00:19:13.218 --> 00:19:16.755 OUR FRIENDS IN LUXEMBOURG, AND 496 00:19:16.755 --> 00:19:20.893 IN ABU DABY, AND TO THE ORBITAL 497 00:19:20.893 --> 00:19:23.929 TEAMS IN VIRGINIA, AND 498 00:19:23.929 --> 00:19:24.897 INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS AND ALL OF 499 00:19:24.897 --> 00:19:29.101 YOU FOLLOWING ON THE INTERNET. 500 00:19:29.101 --> 00:19:30.769 WE HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING IT. 501 00:19:30.769 --> 00:19:32.838 WE'LL CUT AWAY AND LET YOU 502 00:19:32.838 --> 00:19:35.140 LISTEN TO THE DDO AS HE CALLS 503 00:19:35.140 --> 00:19:59.398 OUT THE FINAL SECONDS. 504 00:19:59.398 --> 00:20:23.555 [SPEAKING FRENCH] 505 00:20:23.555 --> 00:20:39.871 [EXPLOSION] 506 00:20:39.871 --> 00:20:41.640 >> DDO SAYS ALL IS NORMAL. 507 00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:42.341 YOU SAW IT. 508 00:20:42.341 --> 00:20:46.778 RIGHT ON TIME. 509 00:20:46.778 --> 00:20:48.347 ARIANE 5 BEGAN HER MISSION, 510 00:20:48.347 --> 00:20:50.115 LIFTING OFF WITH A LOT OF FIRE 511 00:20:50.115 --> 00:20:51.450 HEADING INTO THE CLOUDS WITH TWO 512 00:20:51.450 --> 00:20:54.886 NEW SATELLITES. 513 00:20:54.886 --> 00:20:58.624 THE TWO BOOSTERS ARE PROVIDING 514 00:20:58.624 --> 00:20:59.658 90% OF THE THRUST RIGHT NOW 515 00:20:59.658 --> 00:21:01.793 PROPELLING THE LAUNCHER ALONG 516 00:21:01.793 --> 00:21:05.564 HER TRAJECTORY AT AN EVER HIGHER 517 00:21:05.564 --> 00:21:08.667 VELOCITY. 518 00:21:08.667 --> 00:21:10.402 773 TONS OF LIFT OFF, AND THEY 519 00:21:10.402 --> 00:21:11.903 GET THAT MASS OFF THE GROUND YOU 520 00:21:11.903 --> 00:21:13.305 NEED A LOT OF PUSH, AND PUSH WE 521 00:21:13.305 --> 00:21:13.872 HAVE. 522 00:21:13.872 --> 00:21:16.541 SHE'S BURNING 5 TONS OF FUEL 523 00:21:16.541 --> 00:21:18.310 MEASURE SECOND, TWO AND A HALF 524 00:21:18.310 --> 00:21:19.878 TONS PER SECOND IN EACH BOOSTER 525 00:21:19.878 --> 00:21:22.381 AND THE CORE STAGE IS BURNING 526 00:21:22.381 --> 00:21:25.350 ANOTHER 300-KILOS OF FUEL PER 527 00:21:25.350 --> 00:21:25.884 SECOND. 528 00:21:25.884 --> 00:21:31.023 FINE SHOTS, ARIANE 5 RISING INTO 529 00:21:31.023 --> 00:21:33.925 THE SKY, SHE LOOKS LIKE A COMET. 530 00:21:33.925 --> 00:21:36.561 THE PROGRAM IN THE ON BOARD 531 00:21:36.561 --> 00:21:38.030 COMPUTER, THE DDO SAYS THAT 532 00:21:38.030 --> 00:21:40.832 EVERYTHING IS ON BOARD. 533 00:21:40.832 --> 00:21:41.800 THE ORDERS FOR STAGE SEPARATION, 534 00:21:41.800 --> 00:21:43.201 WHICH WE'LL SOON SEE. 535 00:21:43.201 --> 00:21:45.570 WE'RE IN THE FIRST OF FOUR 536 00:21:45.570 --> 00:21:50.008 FLIGHT PHASING. 537 00:21:50.008 --> 00:21:52.978 WE'LL DESCRIBE EACH AS SHE HEADS 538 00:21:52.978 --> 00:21:57.549 EAST ALONG T ATLANTIC. 539 00:21:57.549 --> 00:22:01.186 THE BOOSTER WILL CONSUME 540 00:22:01.186 --> 00:22:02.387 240 TONS IN 15 SECONDS. 541 00:22:02.387 --> 00:22:05.390 AND THEY'LL BE WISHED, AND 542 00:22:05.390 --> 00:22:07.826 YOU'LL HEAR THAT FROM THE DDO. 543 00:22:07.826 --> 00:22:11.563 THE FIRST FLIGHT PHASE, VERY 544 00:22:11.563 --> 00:22:14.900 COLD FUEL AND STORABLE, OFFERING 545 00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:17.669 CERTAIN ADVANTAGES, REIGNITABLE, 546 00:22:17.669 --> 00:22:19.371 MORE PRECISE PERFORMANCE. 547 00:22:19.371 --> 00:22:22.574 AND WE MOVE TO THE ANIMATION IN 548 00:22:22.574 --> 00:22:24.443 JUST ABOUT TWO SECONDS. 549 00:22:24.443 --> 00:22:28.347 YOU'LL SEE THE BOOSTER 550 00:22:28.347 --> 00:22:29.214 SEPARATION. 551 00:22:29.214 --> 00:22:32.184 CONFIRMED BY THE DDO. 552 00:22:32.184 --> 00:22:35.187 THEY'LL FALL 500 KILOMETERS FROM 553 00:22:35.187 --> 00:22:35.987 THE SHORE IN A PROTECTED AREA. 554 00:22:35.987 --> 00:22:40.058 A NICE SHOT OF IT BY THE 555 00:22:40.058 --> 00:22:41.793 ON-BOARD CAMERA. 556 00:22:41.793 --> 00:22:44.730 AND IT IS PORTSIDE OF THE CAMERA 557 00:22:44.730 --> 00:22:45.230 RANGE. 558 00:22:45.230 --> 00:22:47.866 ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, ON 559 00:22:47.866 --> 00:22:49.601 THE LEFT ARE AT ATTITUDE AND 560 00:22:49.601 --> 00:22:50.569 RIGHT ARE SPEED. 561 00:22:50.569 --> 00:22:52.637 SPEED WE NEED FOR SATELLITE 562 00:22:52.637 --> 00:22:54.373 SEPARATION, ROUGHLY 9 KILOMETERS 563 00:22:54.373 --> 00:22:56.208 PER SECOND. 564 00:22:56.208 --> 00:22:57.442 THAT'S 9,000 KILOMETERS AN HOUR. 565 00:22:57.442 --> 00:23:00.112 YOU SEE WHERE WE ARE, JUST OVER 566 00:23:00.112 --> 00:23:01.146 2 KILOMETERS AN HOUR. 567 00:23:01.146 --> 00:23:02.581 WE HAVE A WAYS TO GO. 568 00:23:02.581 --> 00:23:04.649 KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE NUMBERS, 569 00:23:04.649 --> 00:23:07.052 AND WHEN WE REACH THE REGION OF 570 00:23:07.052 --> 00:23:08.653 EIGHT, NINE KILOMETERS PER 571 00:23:08.653 --> 00:23:10.522 SECOND YOU KNOW WE'LL BE CLOSE 572 00:23:10.522 --> 00:23:11.223 TO SEPARATION. 573 00:23:11.223 --> 00:23:13.458 WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO 574 00:23:13.458 --> 00:23:14.960 SEPARATION OF THE FAIRING, WHICH 575 00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.560 IS NEXT UP. 576 00:23:15.560 --> 00:23:18.463 THAT'S THE POINTED NOSE CONE ON 577 00:23:18.463 --> 00:23:19.231 THE RIGHT. 578 00:23:19.231 --> 00:23:26.071 YOU CAN SEE THE LOGOS ON THE 579 00:23:26.071 --> 00:23:28.673 RIGHT OF THE FARING. 580 00:23:28.673 --> 00:23:29.541 THERE IS SEPARATION ON TOP, 581 00:23:29.541 --> 00:23:32.911 CONFIRMED BY THE DDO AND THE 582 00:23:32.911 --> 00:23:35.514 ONBOARD CAMERA YOU SEE THERE IS 583 00:23:35.514 --> 00:23:38.283 ANOTHER HALF THAT FALLS AWAY ON 584 00:23:38.283 --> 00:23:38.984 THE STARBOARD SIDE. 585 00:23:38.984 --> 00:23:42.220 REVEALING TO THE ELEMENTS, THE 586 00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:44.523 FIRST PASSENGER, THE WERE YOU 587 00:23:44.523 --> 00:23:46.158 AND GOLD DOCKS ON THE RIGHT. 588 00:23:46.158 --> 00:23:47.125 WE CAN SEPARATE THE FARING NOW 589 00:23:47.125 --> 00:23:49.127 BECAUSE WE'RE OUT OF THE DENSE 590 00:23:49.127 --> 00:23:50.962 LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE, OVER 591 00:23:50.962 --> 00:23:53.565 100 KILOMETERS UP. 592 00:23:53.565 --> 00:23:54.666 THERE IS NEITHER FRICTION NOR 593 00:23:54.666 --> 00:23:56.067 HEAT TO DISTURB THE PASSENGERS. 594 00:23:56.067 --> 00:24:00.672 WE CAN ALSO DISCARD ANY DEAD 595 00:24:00.672 --> 00:24:04.142 WEIGHT, REMEMBER, THE FARING 596 00:24:04.142 --> 00:24:05.127 WEIGHS 2.5 TONS, SO WE CAN GET 597 00:24:05.694 --> 00:24:08.630 >> ON THE RIGHT, AS DDO SAID 598 00:24:08.630 --> 00:24:11.833 THAT ALL IS NORMAL, AFTER THAT, 599 00:24:11.833 --> 00:24:15.804 THE BELL-SHAPED STRUCTURE, THE 600 00:24:15.804 --> 00:24:17.772 CARRYING STRUCTURE UNDERNEATH, 601 00:24:17.772 --> 00:24:19.174 THAT'S OUR SECOND PASSENGER. 602 00:24:19.174 --> 00:24:21.143 WE'RE IN THE SECOND-POWERED 603 00:24:21.143 --> 00:24:22.744 FLIGHT PHASE. 604 00:24:22.744 --> 00:24:26.148 THE SINGLE-ENGINE CORE SPADE. 605 00:24:26.148 --> 00:24:30.218 ALL OF ARIANE'S TRAJECTORY HAS 606 00:24:30.218 --> 00:24:33.054 BEEN DESIGNED TO BE FOLLOWED 607 00:24:33.054 --> 00:24:36.791 FROM THE GROUND, IT KEEPS 608 00:24:36.791 --> 00:24:38.059 CONSTANT WATCH ON THE HEALTH OF 609 00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:38.994 OUR SYSTEMS. 610 00:24:38.994 --> 00:24:39.895 WE'LL START RECEIVING THAT 611 00:24:39.895 --> 00:24:41.963 INFORMATION IN JUST A MOMENT. 612 00:24:41.963 --> 00:24:49.354 TETELEMETRY AND WE HAVE A LOOK A 613 00:24:49.354 --> 00:24:49.371 PASSENGERS AND A SECOND LOOK. 614 00:24:49.821 --> 00:24:51.740 >> WE WILL SOON BE PICKED UP BY 615 00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:56.478 OUR TRACKING STATION LOCATED IN 616 00:24:56.478 --> 00:24:57.045 BRAZIL. 617 00:24:57.045 --> 00:25:00.115 THE BRAZILIAN DEFENSE DEPARTMENT 618 00:25:00.115 --> 00:25:02.017 RUNS THE STATION IN AGREEMENT 619 00:25:02.017 --> 00:25:03.885 WITH THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY. 620 00:25:03.885 --> 00:25:08.456 IT WILL SEE THE LOWER BURN OUT. 621 00:25:08.456 --> 00:25:10.692 WHAT WILL IT DO WITH ALL THE 622 00:25:10.692 --> 00:25:11.493 INFORMATION? 623 00:25:11.493 --> 00:25:13.995 CUSTOMERS GET IMMEDIATE DATA ON 624 00:25:13.995 --> 00:25:14.930 THE SPACECRAFT THAT IS 625 00:25:14.930 --> 00:25:15.430 IMPORTANT. 626 00:25:15.430 --> 00:25:17.666 SOME DATA IS ANALYZED IN 627 00:25:17.666 --> 00:25:19.201 REALTIME, OTHERS ARE STUDIED 628 00:25:19.201 --> 00:25:20.835 AFTER THE FLIGHT TO SEE HOW THE 629 00:25:20.835 --> 00:25:23.972 VEHICLE PERFORMED ON ITS 630 00:25:23.972 --> 00:25:24.673 MISSION. 631 00:25:24.673 --> 00:25:26.174 A COMPLETE ANALYSIS IS CARRIED 632 00:25:26.174 --> 00:25:29.177 OUT IN A WEEK OF THE LAUNCH. 633 00:25:29.177 --> 00:25:32.847 THIS GIVES ARIANE 5 SPACE A 634 00:25:32.847 --> 00:25:35.917 WEALTH OF INFORMATION GOING ALL 635 00:25:35.917 --> 00:25:40.455 THE WAY BACK TO ARIANE 1, 1979. 636 00:25:40.455 --> 00:25:44.259 WE'RE AWAITING THREE EVENTS. 637 00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:45.493 EXTINCTION AND SEPARATION OF THE 638 00:25:45.493 --> 00:25:46.261 LOWER STAGE. 639 00:25:46.261 --> 00:25:48.296 THE IGNITION OF THE UPPER STAGE. 640 00:25:48.296 --> 00:25:54.302 THAT'S DUE IN ABOUT 50 SECONDS. 641 00:25:54.302 --> 00:25:55.770 EVERYTHING IS ALL RIGHT ON BOARD 642 00:25:55.770 --> 00:26:00.775 AS THE DDO SAYS THE LAUNCH IS 643 00:26:00.775 --> 00:26:04.145 PERFORMING FLAWLESSLY. 644 00:26:04.145 --> 00:26:07.048 THE LAUNCH OF THE COMMUNICATION 645 00:26:07.048 --> 00:26:09.050 SATELLITES AS WE SEE THE CUT OFF 646 00:26:09.050 --> 00:26:11.386 OF THE LOWER STAGE. 647 00:26:11.386 --> 00:26:12.988 SEPARATION. 648 00:26:12.988 --> 00:26:16.424 OF THE LOWER STAGE. 649 00:26:16.424 --> 00:26:18.526 AND IGNITION OF THE UPPER STAGE. 650 00:26:18.526 --> 00:26:21.363 THE THREE COMMANDS GIVEN BY THE 651 00:26:21.363 --> 00:26:24.799 ON BOARD COMPUTER IN 13 SECONDS. 652 00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:30.572 WE ARE NOW--THIRD AND FINAL 653 00:26:30.572 --> 00:26:32.507 FLIGHT PHASE. 654 00:26:32.507 --> 00:26:36.544 THE ENGINE THAT BURN FOR 16 655 00:26:36.544 --> 00:26:37.379 MINUTES ROUGHLY. 656 00:26:37.379 --> 00:26:38.947 THE JOB OF THE UPPER STAGE IS TO 657 00:26:38.947 --> 00:26:41.249 TAKE THE SATELLITES TO THEIR 658 00:26:41.249 --> 00:26:42.751 INJECTION POINT, POSITION THEM 659 00:26:42.751 --> 00:26:45.720 FOR SEPARATION, AND THEN RELEASE 660 00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.454 THEM. 661 00:26:46.454 --> 00:26:48.623 THAT IS THE PROPULSION ROLE. 662 00:26:48.623 --> 00:26:50.025 AND ALSO HAS A SECOND ROLE. 663 00:26:50.025 --> 00:26:54.362 THAT COMES DURING ARIANE 5'S 664 00:26:54.362 --> 00:26:55.664 BALLISTIC PHASE THAT COMES LATER 665 00:26:55.664 --> 00:26:56.531 ON IN THE FLIGHT. 666 00:26:56.531 --> 00:26:58.233 WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT COMING 667 00:26:58.233 --> 00:26:59.567 UP. 668 00:26:59.567 --> 00:27:04.372 YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE AL YAH 3 669 00:27:04.372 --> 00:27:08.176 THAT ARRIVED IN FRENCH GUIANA. 670 00:27:08.176 --> 00:27:10.412 IT WENT RIGHT TO THE PREPARATION 671 00:27:10.412 --> 00:27:15.116 BUILDINGS HERE AT THE GSC. 672 00:27:15.116 --> 00:27:17.285 SES 14 CAME A MONTH LATER TO 673 00:27:17.285 --> 00:27:19.187 BEGIN ITS TESTS. 674 00:27:19.187 --> 00:27:20.121 ALL THAT PREPARATION THAT 675 00:27:20.121 --> 00:27:21.823 USUALLY TAKES ABOUT A MONTH. 676 00:27:22.257 --> 00:27:25.577 >> WE'RE GOING TO LOOK CLOSER AT 677 00:27:25.577 --> 00:27:29.247 AL YAH 3 IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF 678 00:27:29.247 --> 00:27:31.416 FILMS COMING UP, BUT I WANTED TO 679 00:27:31.416 --> 00:27:36.421 MAKE A POINT ON THE P PROPULSION 680 00:27:36.421 --> 00:27:40.025 SYSTEM ON ARIAN 5, THE 681 00:27:40.025 --> 00:27:42.360 CRYOGENICS ARE MORE EFFICIENT 682 00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:43.828 THAN SOLID PROPEL ATLANTA THAT 683 00:27:43.828 --> 00:27:49.167 IS USE BOOSTERS. 684 00:27:49.167 --> 00:27:52.037 CRYOGENICS ARE FOR MORE 685 00:27:52.037 --> 00:27:52.771 PRECISION ORIENTING OF THE 686 00:27:52.771 --> 00:27:55.140 VEHICLE, AND THEY ALLOW THE 687 00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:57.008 STAGE TO BE REIGNITED. 688 00:27:57.008 --> 00:27:59.010 THAT'S IN THE OTHER VERSION OF 689 00:27:59.010 --> 00:28:01.413 THE ARIANE, AND NOT THE ONE THAT 690 00:28:01.413 --> 00:28:04.949 IS BEING USED TONIGHT. 691 00:28:04.949 --> 00:28:07.152 ONE ADVANTAGE OF STORABLE FUEL 692 00:28:07.152 --> 00:28:09.220 IS THAT IT DOESN'T EVAPORATE, 693 00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:11.106 AND IT CAN BE CHEAPER. 694 00:28:12.073 --> 00:28:13.274 10 MINUTES TO GO IN THE UPPER 695 00:28:13.274 --> 00:28:14.542 STAGE BURN. 696 00:28:16.177 --> 00:28:18.546 DURING THE FILM WE WERE PICKED 697 00:28:18.546 --> 00:28:23.251 UP BY OUR NEXT DOWN RANGE 698 00:28:23.251 --> 00:28:26.855 TRACKING STATION, A TINY ISLAND 699 00:28:26.855 --> 00:28:28.923 IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC THAT 700 00:28:28.923 --> 00:28:30.458 BELONGS TO THE UK. 701 00:28:30.458 --> 00:28:32.627 NASA HAD A STATION THERE UNTIL 702 00:28:32.627 --> 00:28:33.094 1989. 703 00:28:33.094 --> 00:28:35.029 WHEN THEY CLOSED IT, THE 704 00:28:35.029 --> 00:28:37.866 EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY DECIDED TO 705 00:28:37.866 --> 00:28:39.801 BUILD IT'S OWN. 706 00:28:39.801 --> 00:28:43.004 OUR FIRST PASSENGER SES 14 IS 707 00:28:43.004 --> 00:28:44.439 THE 53RD SATELLITE LAUNCHED FOR 708 00:28:44.439 --> 00:28:46.641 ITS OPERATOR SES. 709 00:28:46.641 --> 00:28:50.178 SES IS AN OLD FRIEND OF ARIANE 710 00:28:50.178 --> 00:28:50.812 SPACE. 711 00:28:50.812 --> 00:28:52.097 OUR FIRST LAUNCH WITH THE GROUP 712 00:28:52.097 --> 00:28:53.281 DATES BACK TO 1988. 713 00:28:54.115 --> 00:28:57.185 >> SHE'S ABOUT TO BE PICKED UP 714 00:28:57.185 --> 00:29:00.088 BY THE NEXT DOWN RANGE TRACKING 715 00:29:00.088 --> 00:29:02.624 STATION ON THE WEST COAST OF 716 00:29:02.624 --> 00:29:05.827 AFRICA IN GABON. 717 00:29:05.827 --> 00:29:07.295 IN AREA THREE THE LAST STATION 718 00:29:07.295 --> 00:29:09.898 WAS IN THE IVORY COAST. 719 00:29:09.898 --> 00:29:16.538 FOR ARIANE 4 WE NEEDED A STATION 720 00:29:16.538 --> 00:29:20.809 FURTHER EAST IN 1986. 721 00:29:20.809 --> 00:29:22.911 THE STATION RECEIVES TELEME IT 722 00:29:22.911 --> 00:29:25.113 TRY FOR A QUARTER OF AN HOUR. 723 00:29:25.113 --> 00:29:27.081 THOSE SATELLITES, BY THE WAY, 724 00:29:27.081 --> 00:29:28.450 ARE ON POWER. 725 00:29:28.450 --> 00:29:29.784 LAUNCHED FROM POWER, AND WE 726 00:29:29.784 --> 00:29:32.587 LEARNED THAT SES 14 HAS BEEN ON 727 00:29:32.587 --> 00:29:33.555 SINCE LAST NIGHT. 728 00:29:33.555 --> 00:29:35.757 YOU HEARD ABOUT THE NASA PAYLOAD 729 00:29:35.757 --> 00:29:37.425 FLYING ON THE SES 14. 730 00:29:37.425 --> 00:29:46.067 HERE'S A CHANCE TO LEARN MORE. 731 00:29:46.067 --> 00:29:47.735 >> FLOATING HUNDREDS OF MILES 732 00:29:47.735 --> 00:29:53.208 FROM EARTH, IT IS UNIQUE 733 00:29:53.208 --> 00:29:54.542 PERSPECTIVE OF OUR PLANET. 734 00:29:54.542 --> 00:29:55.944 SPACE IS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE 735 00:29:55.944 --> 00:29:57.779 THEY CAN SEE THE PLANET'S 736 00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.379 ATMOSPHERE. 737 00:29:58.379 --> 00:30:00.381 THIS UPPER-MOST LAYER OF THE 738 00:30:00.381 --> 00:30:04.853 ATMOSPHERE, THE IONOSPHERE ALSO 739 00:30:04.853 --> 00:30:06.821 OVERLAPS WITH THE BEGINNING OF 740 00:30:06.821 --> 00:30:07.121 SPACE. 741 00:30:07.121 --> 00:30:10.291 IT'S THE JOB OF GOLD, THE GLOBAL 742 00:30:10.291 --> 00:30:12.093 SCALE LIMB AND DISK INSTRUMENTS 743 00:30:12.093 --> 00:30:16.297 TO STUDY THIS REGION THAT 744 00:30:16.297 --> 00:30:17.332 AFFECTS HUMANS DOWN ON THE 745 00:30:17.332 --> 00:30:17.832 GROUND. 746 00:30:17.832 --> 00:30:21.069 IT IS A CRUCIAL LAYER THROUGH 747 00:30:21.069 --> 00:30:22.837 WHICH OUR COMMUNICATION AND GPS 748 00:30:22.837 --> 00:30:24.906 SIGNALS TRAVEL. 749 00:30:24.906 --> 00:30:26.474 WHEN THIS REGION CHANGES IT 750 00:30:26.474 --> 00:30:28.476 IMPACTS THOSE SIGNALS, AND 751 00:30:28.476 --> 00:30:30.011 CHANGES CAN OCCUR ABOVE THIS 752 00:30:30.011 --> 00:30:31.946 REGION FROM THE SUN'S ACTIVITY 753 00:30:31.946 --> 00:30:34.082 ALSO KNOWN AS SPACE WEATHER. 754 00:30:34.082 --> 00:30:37.252 CHANGES CAN OCCUR FROM BELOW 755 00:30:37.252 --> 00:30:41.723 FROM EARTH'S WEATHER. 756 00:30:41.723 --> 00:30:45.994 IT CAN CHANGE THE UPPER REACHES 757 00:30:45.994 --> 00:30:47.328 OF THE ATMOSPHERE, BUT THIS 758 00:30:47.328 --> 00:30:51.299 REGION IS NOT EASY TO STUDY. 759 00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:54.502 IT IS TOO HIGH FOR AIRCRAFT AND 760 00:30:54.502 --> 00:30:56.437 SCIENTIFIC BALLOONS AND TOO LOW 761 00:30:56.437 --> 00:30:58.540 TO STUDY BY SATELLITE. 762 00:30:58.540 --> 00:31:02.644 WHAT ARE ATTAINABLE ARE THE RED 763 00:31:02.644 --> 00:31:04.612 AND GREEN LIGHTS SHINING OUT OF 764 00:31:04.612 --> 00:31:08.349 THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. 765 00:31:08.349 --> 00:31:13.454 SITTING ON THE ATMOSPHERE IS 766 00:31:13.454 --> 00:31:19.961 GOLD. 767 00:31:19.961 --> 00:31:21.963 SATELLITES ORBIT RECORDS 768 00:31:21.963 --> 00:31:24.966 IMAGINES EVERY 30 MINUTES IN 769 00:31:24.966 --> 00:31:26.267 ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT TO MONITOR 770 00:31:26.267 --> 00:31:28.069 CHANGES ACROSS THE GLOBE. 771 00:31:28.069 --> 00:31:29.370 THESE CHANGES GIVE INFORMATION 772 00:31:29.370 --> 00:31:32.006 ON THE TEMPERATURE, DENSITY AND 773 00:31:32.006 --> 00:31:34.008 COMPOSITION IN THE UPPER 774 00:31:34.008 --> 00:31:34.809 ATMOSPHERE. 775 00:31:34.809 --> 00:31:41.215 GOLD CHIN JOINS A HOST OF MISSIO 776 00:31:41.215 --> 00:31:43.885 SPACE TO HELP US UNDERSTAND OUR 777 00:31:43.885 --> 00:31:46.888 SOLAR SYSTEM AND BEYOND. 778 00:31:46.888 --> 00:31:50.391 >> THE PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR IS 779 00:31:50.391 --> 00:31:51.025 HERE. 780 00:31:51.025 --> 00:31:53.227 HE JOINED US THIS MORNING THAT 781 00:31:53.227 --> 00:31:54.329 DATA FROM GOLD COULD HELP 782 00:31:54.329 --> 00:31:55.930 IMPROVE OUR WEATHER FORECASTING, 783 00:31:55.930 --> 00:31:57.932 PARTICULARLY IN PREDICTING 784 00:31:57.932 --> 00:31:58.499 STORMS. 785 00:31:58.499 --> 00:32:00.868 SO AN AID TO AVIATION, AMONG 786 00:32:00.868 --> 00:32:01.920 OTHER SECTORS. 787 00:32:04.272 --> 00:32:06.074 >> HELLO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL SO 788 00:32:06.074 --> 00:32:08.242 MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR THIS 789 00:32:08.242 --> 00:32:10.979 LIVE COVERAGE OF NASA'S NEWEST 790 00:32:10.979 --> 00:32:13.381 MISSION GOLD FROM FRENCH GUIANA. 791 00:32:13.381 --> 00:32:15.984 WE'VE BEEN SHARING COVERAGE FROM 792 00:32:15.984 --> 00:32:19.721 OUR PARTNERS, AND WE'RE WAITING 793 00:32:19.721 --> 00:32:21.222 FOR OUR SCIENCE TO COME DOWN. 794 00:32:21.222 --> 00:32:24.175 YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR MORE 795 00:32:24.175 --> 00:32:26.778 ABOUT THIS MISSION AT 796 00:32:26.778 --> 00:32:30.765 www.NASA.gov /GOLD. 797 00:32:30.765 --> 00:32:37.505 WE'RE ON @NASA SUN ON FACEBOOK. 798 00:32:37.522 --> 00:32:39.190 WE'LL KEEP TELLING YOU ABOUT 799 00:32:39.190 --> 00:32:41.759 THIS INCREDIBLE MISSION TO STUDY 800 00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.760 OUR INTERFACE TO SPACE. 801 00:32:42.760 --> 00:32:44.295 IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL HAVING YOU 802 00:32:44.295 --> 00:32:45.229 HERE TODAY. 803 00:32:45.229 --> 00:32:46.547 THANK YOU SO MUCH.