WEBVTT FILE 1 00:01:08.785 --> 00:01:11.488 >> FROM NASA'S KENNEDY SPACE 2 00:01:11.488 --> 00:01:14.090 CENTER IN FLORIDA, YOU'RE 3 00:01:14.090 --> 00:01:16.726 WATCHING LIVE COVERAGE OF THE 4 00:01:16.726 --> 00:01:20.797 PARKER SOLAR MISSION, TO UNLOCK 5 00:01:20.797 --> 00:01:22.699 MYSTERIES OF THE SOLAR 6 00:01:22.699 --> 00:01:23.133 ATMOSPHERE. 7 00:01:23.133 --> 00:01:25.502 AND THANK YOU FOR WAKING UP 8 00:01:25.502 --> 00:01:27.537 EARLY FOR A SECOND LAUNCH 9 00:01:27.537 --> 00:01:27.904 ATTEMPT. 10 00:01:27.904 --> 00:01:31.508 WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FROM 11 00:01:31.508 --> 00:01:35.111 NASA'S TORRY BUILDING. 12 00:01:35.111 --> 00:01:39.415 NASA'S FRANKLIN McGERALD. 13 00:01:39.415 --> 00:01:41.885 AND WE'LL HAVE INDEPTH 14 00:01:41.885 --> 00:01:42.852 INTERVIEWS ON EVERYTHING YOU 15 00:01:42.852 --> 00:01:44.387 NEED TO KNOW ON PARKER SOLAR 16 00:01:44.387 --> 00:01:46.723 PROBE AND HOW THE WEATHER IS 17 00:01:46.723 --> 00:01:47.624 SHAPING UP. 18 00:01:47.624 --> 00:01:50.360 FIRST, PARKER SOLAR PROBE, IS 19 00:01:50.360 --> 00:01:52.996 SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH 3:31, FROM 20 00:01:52.996 --> 00:01:56.366 LAUNCH COMPLEX, AT CAPE 21 00:01:56.366 --> 00:01:56.966 CANAVERAL STATION. 22 00:01:56.966 --> 00:01:59.235 THE LAUNCH WINDOW IS 65 MINUTES 23 00:01:59.235 --> 00:02:00.737 LONG. 24 00:02:00.737 --> 00:02:03.273 PARKER WILL TAKE OFF ON DELTA 4 25 00:02:03.273 --> 00:02:06.276 HEAVY ROCKET, SPEEDING UP TO 430 26 00:02:06.276 --> 00:02:08.077 THOUSAND MILES PER HOUR IN 27 00:02:08.077 --> 00:02:10.079 ORBIT. 28 00:02:10.079 --> 00:02:12.982 THAT'S FAST ENOUGH TO GET FROM 29 00:02:12.982 --> 00:02:15.185 PHILADELPHIA TO WASHINGTON, D.C. 30 00:02:15.185 --> 00:02:17.320 IT WILL TRAVEL SEVERAL TIMES, 31 00:02:17.320 --> 00:02:18.922 THAN ANY SPACECRAFT BEFORE. 32 00:02:18.922 --> 00:02:20.590 PARKER WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND 33 00:02:20.590 --> 00:02:22.492 HOW THE SUN WILL AFFECT WEATHER 34 00:02:22.492 --> 00:02:23.426 IN SPACE. 35 00:02:23.426 --> 00:02:25.094 WHY IS THE SPACE WEATHER 36 00:02:25.094 --> 00:02:25.528 IMPORTANT. 37 00:02:25.528 --> 00:02:27.630 FIRST A LITTLE BACKGROUND. 38 00:02:27.630 --> 00:02:29.666 PARKER SOLAR PROBE IS NAMED 39 00:02:29.666 --> 00:02:31.768 AFTER DR. EUGENE PARKER, 40 00:02:31.768 --> 00:02:34.370 PHYSICIST WHO FIGURED OUT, OR 41 00:02:34.370 --> 00:02:37.607 STAR HAS ITS OWN WIND AND 42 00:02:37.607 --> 00:02:37.941 STORMS. 43 00:02:37.941 --> 00:02:40.276 THEY CAN SPREAD FAR INTO SPACE. 44 00:02:40.276 --> 00:02:43.680 THE SPACE WEATHER COULD DISRUPT 45 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:45.281 COMMUNICATION SIG FALSE FROM OUR 46 00:02:45.281 --> 00:02:45.682 SATELLITE. 47 00:02:45.682 --> 00:02:47.951 THE SIZE IMPACTS HERE ON THE 48 00:02:47.951 --> 00:02:49.252 GROUND, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND 49 00:02:49.252 --> 00:02:51.487 SOLAR WIND TO HELP US EXPLORE 50 00:02:51.487 --> 00:02:53.056 DEEPER INTO SPACE. 51 00:02:53.056 --> 00:02:55.825 JUST AS OCEAN EXPLORERS NEED TO 52 00:02:55.825 --> 00:02:58.394 UNDERSTAND CURRENTS, NASA HAS TO 53 00:02:58.394 --> 00:03:01.097 UNDERSTAND SPACE WEATHER TO HELP 54 00:03:01.097 --> 00:03:02.699 SECOND ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON, 55 00:03:02.699 --> 00:03:05.835 STARS AND OTHER DESTINATIONS. 56 00:03:05.835 --> 00:03:06.636 SCIENTISTS SOUGHT ANSWERS FROM 57 00:03:06.636 --> 00:03:08.471 SPACE WEATHER FOR MORE THAN 60 58 00:03:08.471 --> 00:03:11.107 YEARS AND WILL SEND PARKER INTO 59 00:03:11.107 --> 00:03:12.508 TEMPERATURES, 2500 DEGREES 60 00:03:12.508 --> 00:03:14.978 FARENHEIT TO FIND THEM. 61 00:03:14.978 --> 00:03:18.081 COMING UP, FIND OUT HOW PARKER 62 00:03:18.081 --> 00:03:20.149 MANAGED TO GET SO CLOSE TO THE 63 00:03:20.149 --> 00:03:22.352 STAR WITHOUT BURNING UP. 64 00:03:22.352 --> 00:03:24.687 WE'RE ABOUT 28 MINUTES FROM 65 00:03:24.687 --> 00:03:25.021 LAUNCH. 66 00:03:25.021 --> 00:03:28.224 LET'S CHECK IN WITH JOSH AND 67 00:03:28.224 --> 00:03:30.860 NICK NOT ON. 68 00:03:30.860 --> 00:03:35.798 >> I'M HERE JOSHUA AND HERE WITH 69 00:03:35.798 --> 00:03:36.132 NICK. 70 00:03:36.132 --> 00:03:37.700 THIS IS OUR SECOND LAUNCH 71 00:03:37.700 --> 00:03:40.103 ATTEMPT FOR PARKER SOLAR ATTEMPT 72 00:03:40.103 --> 00:03:45.074 ON DELTA 4. 73 00:03:45.074 --> 00:03:46.876 YOU COULD TELL US MORE ABOUT 74 00:03:46.876 --> 00:03:47.543 YESTERDAY AND WHAT HAPPENED 75 00:03:47.543 --> 00:03:47.944 AFTER THAT? 76 00:03:47.944 --> 00:03:48.678 >> A LOT IS GOING ON BY THE 77 00:03:48.678 --> 00:03:49.479 LAUNCH TEAM SINCE YESTERDAY'S 78 00:03:49.479 --> 00:03:49.946 LAUNCH ATTEMPT. 79 00:03:49.946 --> 00:03:53.316 THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A FEW 80 00:03:53.316 --> 00:03:53.650 THINGS. 81 00:03:53.650 --> 00:03:57.654 GAS PRESSURE EMOLLENT, WAS 82 00:03:57.654 --> 00:04:01.291 EVALUATED BY NASA, AND FOR 83 00:04:01.291 --> 00:04:03.326 TODAY'S OPT, THE TEAM THAT WILL 84 00:04:03.326 --> 00:04:06.462 MONITOR THE LIMIT. HOWEVER, THEY 85 00:04:06.462 --> 00:04:09.432 WILL PLACE SOME NEW LIMITS FOR 86 00:04:09.432 --> 00:04:11.167 THE PORT AND STARBURST. 87 00:04:11.167 --> 00:04:16.372 AFTER DETANKING YESTERDAY, THE 88 00:04:16.372 --> 00:04:18.908 TEAM DID PERFORM INSPECTIONS, OF 89 00:04:18.908 --> 00:04:20.710 THE LAUNCH VEHICLE. 90 00:04:20.710 --> 00:04:26.683 DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES A 91 00:04:26.683 --> 00:04:27.083 ACHIEVED. 92 00:04:27.083 --> 00:04:29.185 THEY MADE THE REPAIRS, VERIFIED 93 00:04:29.185 --> 00:04:30.053 THEM THIS MORNING. 94 00:04:30.053 --> 00:04:31.654 THEY ARE READY TO SUPPORT THE 95 00:04:31.654 --> 00:04:33.256 LAUNCH TANKING OPERATIONS AND 96 00:04:33.256 --> 00:04:35.725 THEN WE BEGAN WITH MOVING THE 97 00:04:35.725 --> 00:04:37.493 MST EARLIER TODAY. 98 00:04:37.493 --> 00:04:40.363 TO GET READY FOR A LAUNCH EARLY 99 00:04:40.363 --> 00:04:40.830 THIS MORNING. 100 00:04:40.830 --> 00:04:43.967 >> YOU COULD SEE THAT MSG, THE 101 00:04:43.967 --> 00:04:46.636 MOBILE SERVICE TOWER, HEAVY 102 00:04:46.636 --> 00:04:48.004 ROCKET ON THE SCENE. 103 00:04:48.004 --> 00:04:50.640 THE TEAM RECEIVED A WEATHER 104 00:04:50.640 --> 00:04:53.009 BRIEFING FROM THE U.S., LAUNCH 105 00:04:53.009 --> 00:04:54.744 WEATHER OFFICER FOR TODAY'S 106 00:04:54.744 --> 00:04:56.479 MISSION, IS LOOKING TO A WHOLE 107 00:04:56.479 --> 00:05:00.516 HOST OF DETAILS, WIND SPEEDS AND 108 00:05:00.516 --> 00:05:01.584 COVERAGE AND MORE. 109 00:05:01.584 --> 00:05:03.753 AND THAT REPORT, CAME BACK 110 00:05:03.753 --> 00:05:04.620 PRETTY GREAT. 111 00:05:04.620 --> 00:05:06.422 OUR PROBABILITY OF VIOLATION IS 112 00:05:06.422 --> 00:05:07.623 JUST 5 PERCENT. 113 00:05:07.623 --> 00:05:11.461 THAT MEANS WE'RE 95 PERCENT GO. 114 00:05:11.461 --> 00:05:13.930 WINDS, 6 KNOTS OUT OF THE 115 00:05:13.930 --> 00:05:14.731 SOUTHWEST. 116 00:05:14.731 --> 00:05:16.332 TEMPERATURE IS ABOUT 78 DEGREES. 117 00:05:16.332 --> 00:05:18.434 THE CONCERNS WE'RE LOOKING AT 118 00:05:18.434 --> 00:05:20.169 WITH THE ENDO CLOUDS, IT DOESN'T 119 00:05:20.169 --> 00:05:22.005 LOOK LIKE ANY OF THEM WILL DRIFT 120 00:05:22.005 --> 00:05:23.906 TO THE LAUNCH AREA TODAY. 121 00:05:23.906 --> 00:05:25.708 WE'RE REALLY GOOD ON CLOUD 122 00:05:25.708 --> 00:05:26.943 COVERAGE TODAY. 123 00:05:26.943 --> 00:05:28.711 GETTING THE STORY WITH THE 124 00:05:28.711 --> 00:05:30.279 WEATHER IMPROVING TODAY. 125 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:32.849 NICK, YOU COULD TELL US A LITTLE 126 00:05:32.849 --> 00:05:36.152 BIT ABOUT DELTA 4 HEAVY, WITH 127 00:05:36.152 --> 00:05:37.020 THE INITIAL STAGE. 128 00:05:37.020 --> 00:05:38.888 >> DUE TO THE EXTREMELY HIGH 129 00:05:38.888 --> 00:05:40.590 ENERGY REQUIRED FOR THE MISSION, 130 00:05:40.590 --> 00:05:43.760 THE DELTA HEAVY LAUNCH VEHICLE 131 00:05:43.760 --> 00:05:44.894 WAS CHOSEN. 132 00:05:44.894 --> 00:05:47.030 AND LAUNCH VEHICLES IS UNIQUE 133 00:05:47.030 --> 00:05:50.500 AND THEFT, IT HAS THREE FIRST 134 00:05:50.500 --> 00:05:53.703 STAGE, HYDROGEN FUEL COMMON 135 00:05:53.703 --> 00:05:54.504 BOOSTER CORD. 136 00:05:54.504 --> 00:05:56.706 AND EACH HAD THE MAIN ENGINE TO 137 00:05:56.706 --> 00:05:57.774 PROVIDE THE THRUST. 138 00:05:57.774 --> 00:06:00.710 AND ON TOP OF THE CENTER COMMON 139 00:06:00.710 --> 00:06:03.179 BOOSTER CORP, YOU HAVE A DELTA 140 00:06:03.179 --> 00:06:06.749 STAGE WITH AN RL10B ENGINE. 141 00:06:06.749 --> 00:06:10.620 USED TO ACHIEVE AN INTERMEDIATE 142 00:06:10.620 --> 00:06:12.555 SPACE BOOSTER ON SPACE. 143 00:06:12.555 --> 00:06:15.958 ON TOP, WE HAVE 30 FOOT, 144 00:06:15.958 --> 00:06:18.394 BIMETER, THAT PROTECTS PARKER 145 00:06:18.394 --> 00:06:20.563 SOLAR PROBE AS IT DESCENDS INTO 146 00:06:20.563 --> 00:06:22.331 SOLAR SPACE. 147 00:06:22.331 --> 00:06:26.269 INSIDE THE FARING, INSIDE THE 148 00:06:26.269 --> 00:06:29.338 SPACECRAFT, WE HAVE A THIRD 149 00:06:29.338 --> 00:06:33.643 STAGE, PROVIDED BY NORTON 150 00:06:33.643 --> 00:06:36.345 GRUMAN, A CALLED THE STAR V8BD. 151 00:06:36.345 --> 00:06:40.450 IT'S USED TO PUT THE PROBE OF 152 00:06:40.450 --> 00:06:45.421 THE PARKER PROBE, TO THE SUN. 153 00:06:45.421 --> 00:06:48.124 >> AND AGAIN, A LIVE SHOT OF THE 154 00:06:48.124 --> 00:06:52.462 DELTA 4 HEAVY ROCKET, WITH THE 155 00:06:52.462 --> 00:06:54.964 ADDITIONAL THIRD SPACE. 156 00:06:54.964 --> 00:06:57.366 NICK, WE'VE BEEN LISTENING HERE, 157 00:06:57.366 --> 00:06:58.801 LISTENING TO THE LAUNCH TEAMS. 158 00:06:58.801 --> 00:07:02.004 YOU COULD GIVE ME AN UPDATE ON 159 00:07:02.004 --> 00:07:03.706 WHAT'S HAPPENED SO FAR? 160 00:07:03.706 --> 00:07:05.241 >> SO FAR THE TEAMS PROCEEDED 161 00:07:05.241 --> 00:07:09.679 THROUGH THE LAUNCH COUNT. 162 00:07:09.679 --> 00:07:14.917 BARNEY ORCHESTRATED WITH THE 163 00:07:14.917 --> 00:07:15.685 LAUNCH TEAMS, TO GET THE CRON 164 00:07:15.685 --> 00:07:16.419 LOGIC LOADING, FIRST STAGE AND 165 00:07:16.419 --> 00:07:16.853 SECOND STAGE. 166 00:07:16.853 --> 00:07:17.687 TEAMS HAVE FINISHED THAT OFF AND 167 00:07:17.687 --> 00:07:19.222 MAINTAINING AND TOPPING THE 168 00:07:19.222 --> 00:07:20.490 STAGES CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW. 169 00:07:20.490 --> 00:07:23.726 >> A LOT GOING ON HERE. 170 00:07:23.726 --> 00:07:26.329 AS WE MOVE TO LIFT-OFF, WE'RE 171 00:07:26.329 --> 00:07:28.431 INSIDE THE BUILT IN HOLE AT THE 172 00:07:28.431 --> 00:07:28.764 MOMENT. 173 00:07:28.764 --> 00:07:31.000 WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE 174 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:31.400 COUNTDOWN. 175 00:07:31.400 --> 00:07:34.770 FOR NOW, GO DOWN TO MURRAY, WITH 176 00:07:34.770 --> 00:07:37.373 THE PARKER SOLAR PROBE. 177 00:07:37.373 --> 00:07:39.175 >> PARKER SOLAR PROBE WILL 178 00:07:39.175 --> 00:07:41.244 TRAVEL REALLY FAST, TO GET 179 00:07:41.244 --> 00:07:43.312 CLOSER TO THE SUN THAN ANY 180 00:07:43.312 --> 00:07:44.147 SPACECRAFT. 181 00:07:44.147 --> 00:07:48.518 NASA'S JESSICA PUTS IT IN 182 00:07:48.518 --> 00:07:48.951 PERSPECTIVE. 183 00:07:48.951 --> 00:07:50.219 >> LAUNCH OF PARKER SOLAR PROBE 184 00:07:50.219 --> 00:07:51.888 IS THE FIRST STEP. 185 00:07:51.888 --> 00:07:52.922 LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT IT IS 186 00:07:52.922 --> 00:07:58.594 GOING TO DO ON ITS OWN IN SPACE. 187 00:07:58.594 --> 00:08:00.830 DID YOU KNOW AL MADDO IS GOING 188 00:08:00.830 --> 00:08:02.899 TO PREDICT OUR STAR. 189 00:08:02.899 --> 00:08:06.102 WE CAN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE 190 00:08:06.102 --> 00:08:08.237 SUN'S PHYSICS. 191 00:08:08.237 --> 00:08:09.505 WE'VE NEVER BEEN THERE. 192 00:08:09.505 --> 00:08:11.674 FIRST, IT'S GOING TO GET UP 193 00:08:11.674 --> 00:08:13.843 CLOSE AND PERSONAL. 194 00:08:13.843 --> 00:08:15.444 FIND 4 MILLION MILES AWAY. 195 00:08:15.444 --> 00:08:17.413 AND THAT MAY NOT SOUND SO CLOSE 196 00:08:17.413 --> 00:08:20.383 TO YOU, BUT IF WE PUT FIRST IN 197 00:08:20.383 --> 00:08:22.652 THE SUN, ON EITHERSIDE OF THE 198 00:08:22.652 --> 00:08:24.754 FOOTBALL FIELD, PARKER WILL TUCK 199 00:08:24.754 --> 00:08:26.956 AND RUN ALL THE WAY TO THE 200 00:08:26.956 --> 00:08:27.957 FOUR-YARD LINE. 201 00:08:27.957 --> 00:08:29.492 TEMPERATURES COULD MISS A 202 00:08:29.492 --> 00:08:31.460 MILLION DEGREES FARENHEIT. 203 00:08:31.460 --> 00:08:32.995 PARKER IS EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THE 204 00:08:32.995 --> 00:08:34.463 TYPE OF TEMPERATURES. 205 00:08:34.463 --> 00:08:37.033 IT WILL USE THE SINGLE DOWN OF 206 00:08:37.033 --> 00:08:39.001 ORDINARY WATER TO DO IT. 207 00:08:39.001 --> 00:08:42.738 IF YOU COULD BELIEVE IT THE -- 208 00:08:42.738 --> 00:08:43.873 DESIGNED TO COLLECT AND 209 00:08:43.873 --> 00:08:46.042 DISSIPATE HEAT JUST LIKE A CAR 210 00:08:46.042 --> 00:08:46.475 RADIATOR. 211 00:08:46.475 --> 00:08:48.277 THAT WAY, WE CAN STAY WHERE THE 212 00:08:48.277 --> 00:08:49.779 ACTION IS. 213 00:08:49.779 --> 00:08:51.614 ORBITING THE SUN'S CORONA, TO 214 00:08:51.614 --> 00:08:54.650 FIGURE OUT WHY, IT'S HOTTER FROM 215 00:08:54.650 --> 00:08:56.519 THE SURFACE ITSELF. 216 00:08:56.519 --> 00:08:58.654 IT'S NOT JUST HARMFUL TO THE 217 00:08:58.654 --> 00:08:58.988 PROBE. 218 00:08:58.988 --> 00:09:00.456 IT'S DANGEROUS TO US AS WELL. 219 00:09:00.456 --> 00:09:02.258 THAT'S BECAUSE THE LITTLE SOME 220 00:09:02.258 --> 00:09:05.494 THINGS WITH THE SOLAR WIND. 221 00:09:05.494 --> 00:09:07.196 DISCOVERED THAN NONE OTHER, HERE 222 00:09:07.196 --> 00:09:09.865 IN THE PHYSICIST, EUGENE PARKER. 223 00:09:09.865 --> 00:09:12.969 THE SOLAR WIND SPEEDS IS 224 00:09:12.969 --> 00:09:16.372 HARMFUL, SOLAR PARTICLES, WAY 225 00:09:16.372 --> 00:09:18.574 BEYOND PLUTO. 226 00:09:18.574 --> 00:09:19.408 SO FAR, SO FAST. 227 00:09:19.408 --> 00:09:21.811 THAT'S WHY PARKER IS DESIGNED TO 228 00:09:21.811 --> 00:09:25.248 HANG OUT AND HAS THE ORIGIN OF 229 00:09:25.248 --> 00:09:27.083 THE WIND, SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT 230 00:09:27.083 --> 00:09:29.185 WHAT IT IS DOING AND WHAT IT 231 00:09:29.185 --> 00:09:35.124 COULD POTENTIALLY DO TO EARTH. 232 00:09:35.124 --> 00:09:38.961 >> THANKS, JESSICA. 233 00:09:38.961 --> 00:09:40.830 DATA WILL PROVIDE UNPRECEDENTED 234 00:09:40.830 --> 00:09:42.465 PICTURE OF THE SUN. 235 00:09:42.465 --> 00:09:44.467 FRANKLIN FITZGERALD IS LIVE ON 236 00:09:44.467 --> 00:09:48.638 SET, WITH SENIOR JULIO 237 00:09:48.638 --> 00:09:49.372 PHYSICIST, FRANK CHRISTIAN 238 00:09:49.372 --> 00:09:55.311 >> ERIC, YOU'RE THE DEPUTY 239 00:09:55.311 --> 00:09:57.847 PRINCIPAL FOR THE SWOOEP, 240 00:09:57.847 --> 00:10:00.149 PARKLAND SOLAR PROBE. 241 00:10:00.149 --> 00:10:03.519 TELL US WHAT IT IS GOING TO BE 242 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:03.853 USED. 243 00:10:03.853 --> 00:10:07.590 >> THE HIGHEST PARTICLES ARE 244 00:10:07.590 --> 00:10:09.959 COMING FROM THE SUN. 245 00:10:09.959 --> 00:10:12.395 THEY ARE KEY THE SPEED OF LIGHT. 246 00:10:12.395 --> 00:10:14.664 THEY ARE IMPORTANT. 247 00:10:14.664 --> 00:10:16.198 ONE OF THREE SCIENCE QUESTIONS 248 00:10:16.198 --> 00:10:18.200 FOR PARKLAND SOLAR PROBE. 249 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:20.169 THESE ARE THE PARTICLES THAT 250 00:10:20.169 --> 00:10:21.404 COULD DAMAGE THE SPACECRAFT AND 251 00:10:21.404 --> 00:10:24.440 BE A DANGER TO ASTRONAUTS. 252 00:10:24.440 --> 00:10:26.075 YOU SAID THAT'S ONE OF THE 253 00:10:26.075 --> 00:10:26.475 QUESTIONS. 254 00:10:26.475 --> 00:10:27.410 WHAT'S THE OTHER TWO? 255 00:10:27.410 --> 00:10:29.211 >> THE OTHER TWO QUESTIONS ARE 256 00:10:29.211 --> 00:10:30.680 WHY IS THE CORONA HOTTER THAN 257 00:10:30.680 --> 00:10:32.381 THE SURFACE OF THE SUN. 258 00:10:32.381 --> 00:10:33.849 IT SEEMS REALLY WEIRD. 259 00:10:33.849 --> 00:10:35.284 WHEN YOU GET FURTHER FROM THE 260 00:10:35.284 --> 00:10:37.286 FIRE, YOU GET COLDER. 261 00:10:37.286 --> 00:10:39.622 THE CHROME, IS MILLIONS OF 262 00:10:39.622 --> 00:10:41.257 DEGREES, SURFACE OF THE SUN IS 263 00:10:41.257 --> 00:10:42.358 THOUSANDS OF DEGREES. 264 00:10:42.358 --> 00:10:44.026 HOW THAT HAPPENS, WE WILL GO TO 265 00:10:44.026 --> 00:10:45.528 WHERE THE ACTION IS AND FIGURE 266 00:10:45.528 --> 00:10:46.395 IT OUT. 267 00:10:46.395 --> 00:10:48.731 THE THIRD QUESTION, HOW IS THE 268 00:10:48.731 --> 00:10:51.267 SOLAR WIND, THE STREAM OF 269 00:10:51.267 --> 00:10:52.935 PARTICLES THE SUN BLOWS OUT IN 270 00:10:52.935 --> 00:10:55.037 ALL DIRECTIONS ALL THE TIME, HOW 271 00:10:55.037 --> 00:10:57.173 IS IT ACCELERATED TO MILLION 272 00:10:57.173 --> 00:10:58.174 MILES AN HOUR. 273 00:10:58.174 --> 00:10:59.975 FROM EARTH, WE CAN'T FIGURE IT 274 00:10:59.975 --> 00:11:00.343 OUT. 275 00:11:00.343 --> 00:11:04.613 IT'S BEEN SMEARED OUT, 93 276 00:11:04.613 --> 00:11:07.350 MILLION MILES AWAY. 277 00:11:07.350 --> 00:11:10.286 BY GOING CLOSE TO THE SUN, WE 278 00:11:10.286 --> 00:11:12.755 CAN MEASURE WHY THE SUN -- 279 00:11:12.755 --> 00:11:15.491 >> AND IT'S ACTUALLY LOOKING AT 280 00:11:15.491 --> 00:11:17.493 THE ORIGIN OF SPACE WEATHER, 281 00:11:17.493 --> 00:11:22.064 WHERE THE SOLAR WINDS AND SPACE 282 00:11:22.064 --> 00:11:22.765 LEVEL BEGINS 283 00:11:22.765 --> 00:11:26.569 >> WE'RE TRYING TO BE ABLE TO DO 284 00:11:26.569 --> 00:11:32.408 SOME -- DO MODELS, THAT IS SPACE 285 00:11:32.408 --> 00:11:33.609 WEATHER. 286 00:11:33.609 --> 00:11:37.613 ON THE EARTH, TORETTIAL WEATHER, 287 00:11:37.613 --> 00:11:41.817 THEY ARE DOING BETTER IN 288 00:11:41.817 --> 00:11:42.251 PREDICTIONS. 289 00:11:42.251 --> 00:11:42.952 THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE 290 00:11:42.952 --> 00:11:43.786 COMPLICATED ATMOSPHERIC MODELS. 291 00:11:43.786 --> 00:11:46.055 AND HOW WINDS, AFFECTED WINDS, 292 00:11:46.055 --> 00:11:49.158 IN HIGHER ALTITUDE, HOW 293 00:11:49.158 --> 00:11:50.793 HURRICANES MOVE AND ALL THE 294 00:11:50.793 --> 00:11:52.128 BASIC SCIENCE WAS NEEDED TO DO 295 00:11:52.128 --> 00:11:53.763 THE MODELS. 296 00:11:53.763 --> 00:11:57.099 WE'RE DOING THE BASIC MODELS FOR 297 00:11:57.099 --> 00:11:58.334 SPACE LEVEL MODELS. 298 00:11:58.334 --> 00:12:00.069 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. 299 00:12:00.069 --> 00:12:01.837 I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE 300 00:12:01.837 --> 00:12:02.138 SPOT. 301 00:12:02.138 --> 00:12:03.739 >> AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT 302 00:12:03.739 --> 00:12:04.006 IT. 303 00:12:04.006 --> 00:12:05.641 >> MARIE, BACK TO YOU. 304 00:12:05.641 --> 00:12:07.610 >> THANKS, FRANKLIN. 305 00:12:07.610 --> 00:12:09.712 LET'S CHECK WITH JOSH AND NICK 306 00:12:09.712 --> 00:12:10.980 WITH THE MISSION DIRECTOR CENTER 307 00:12:10.980 --> 00:12:13.783 AND CLOSER LOOK AT THE DELTA 4 308 00:12:13.783 --> 00:12:15.651 HEAVY, ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST 309 00:12:15.651 --> 00:12:16.585 POWERFUL ROCKETS. 310 00:12:16.585 --> 00:12:16.919 GUYS 311 00:12:16.919 --> 00:12:18.788 >> WELCOME BACK TO THE MISSION 312 00:12:18.788 --> 00:12:19.755 DIRECTOR CENTER. 313 00:12:19.755 --> 00:12:22.425 IT TAKES A TEAM TO LAUNCH THE 314 00:12:22.425 --> 00:12:24.660 HEAVY -- TEAMS FROM NASA, U.S. 315 00:12:24.660 --> 00:12:26.095 AIR FORCE AND MORE. 316 00:12:26.095 --> 00:12:27.696 NICK, YOU COULD CHARACTERIZE THE 317 00:12:27.696 --> 00:12:29.665 TEAM WORK THAT GOES TO DOING 318 00:12:29.665 --> 00:12:31.967 SOMETHING LIKE THIS TONIGHT? 319 00:12:31.967 --> 00:12:33.836 >> IT'S A TEAM EFFORT TO GET A 320 00:12:33.836 --> 00:12:34.870 MISSION THIS FAR. 321 00:12:34.870 --> 00:12:35.771 PREPARE FOR LAUNCH. 322 00:12:35.771 --> 00:12:37.907 MISSION TEAMS WORKING AROUND THE 323 00:12:37.907 --> 00:12:39.575 COUNTRY HAVE PREPARED THE ROCKET 324 00:12:39.575 --> 00:12:42.211 AND THE SPACECRAFT FOR THIS 325 00:12:42.211 --> 00:12:43.279 MORNING'S LAUNCH ATTEMPT. 326 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:45.181 TEAMS FROM UNITED LAUNCH 327 00:12:45.181 --> 00:12:47.550 ALLIANCE, STATIONED IN DENVER, 328 00:12:47.550 --> 00:12:49.051 COLORADO, FROM THEIR PRODUCTION 329 00:12:49.051 --> 00:12:51.921 AND MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN 330 00:12:51.921 --> 00:12:54.557 DECATUR, ALABAMA. 331 00:12:54.557 --> 00:12:56.125 WE HAVE SPACECRAFT FROM THE 332 00:12:56.125 --> 00:12:58.294 SPACE FLIGHT CENTER FROM GREEN 333 00:12:58.294 --> 00:13:00.429 BELT, MARYLAND. 334 00:13:00.429 --> 00:13:03.032 JOHN HOPKINS, PHYSICS LAB. 335 00:13:03.032 --> 00:13:07.269 IN FLORIDA, THE TEAM WORKED AT 336 00:13:07.269 --> 00:13:14.643 THE SPACECRAFT IN AASER TECH. 337 00:13:14.643 --> 00:13:17.813 AND HAMMER E. AND DELL AT THAT 338 00:13:17.813 --> 00:13:18.681 OPERATION CENTER. 339 00:13:18.681 --> 00:13:21.517 >> AND WE JUST SAW, WITH A 340 00:13:21.517 --> 00:13:24.353 LAUNCH, TO OMAR BAEZ. 341 00:13:24.353 --> 00:13:28.424 AND NOT A LOT OF -- TOTAL 342 00:13:28.424 --> 00:13:32.595 LIFT-OFF IN THE DELTA 4 HEAVY. 343 00:13:32.595 --> 00:13:36.532 EARLIER, THE TEAM RECEIVED, 344 00:13:36.532 --> 00:13:41.670 INCLUDE WEAPONS 95. 345 00:13:41.670 --> 00:13:46.308 AND THE U.S. NOT ONLY -- KEEP 346 00:13:46.308 --> 00:13:49.879 THE WATCH TEAMS, TO 347 00:13:49.879 --> 00:13:56.785 CONSIDERATION, IN KWLOUDING. 348 00:13:56.785 --> 00:13:57.119 NICK. 349 00:13:57.119 --> 00:14:01.390 >> COLLISION ENFORCEMENT 350 00:14:01.390 --> 00:14:04.026 ANALYSIS. 351 00:14:04.026 --> 00:14:04.760 PERFORMED. 352 00:14:04.760 --> 00:14:07.263 ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ANALYZE, 353 00:14:07.263 --> 00:14:18.040 IS OBJECTS IN SPA WITH THE 65 354 00:14:18.040 --> 00:14:18.407 MINUTE. 355 00:14:18.407 --> 00:14:21.644 THE LAUNCH TEAMS WOULD NOT BE 356 00:14:21.644 --> 00:14:24.580 ABLE TO. 357 00:14:24.580 --> 00:14:28.918 THE FINAL REPORT IS. 358 00:14:28.918 --> 00:14:35.824 >> TO HELP DV HP 19. 359 00:14:35.824 --> 00:14:40.396 WE'RE STILL ON SCHEDULE FOR A 360 00:14:40.396 --> 00:14:42.231 3:31 LAUNCH. 361 00:14:42.231 --> 00:14:47.269 >> YOU HAVE AN HOUR AND IT BE 362 00:14:47.269 --> 00:14:47.536 FP. 363 00:14:47.536 --> 00:14:53.609 >> AND NICK, YOU COULD TELL US A 364 00:14:53.609 --> 00:14:55.711 WHAT HAD. 365 00:14:55.711 --> 00:15:00.816 >> WE'VE AM. 366 00:15:00.816 --> 00:15:11.860 AND TEEMGS BEEN WORKING TOER -- 367 00:15:11.860 --> 00:15:13.462 WORKING TOWARD CRON LOGIC. 368 00:15:13.462 --> 00:15:16.532 AND WE DO HAVE THE 65 MINUTE OR 369 00:15:16.532 --> 00:15:18.801 HOUR OR HOUR AND 5 MINUTE 370 00:15:18.801 --> 00:15:21.604 WINDOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT, IN 371 00:15:21.604 --> 00:15:24.406 CASE SOMETHING COMES UP. 372 00:15:24.406 --> 00:15:29.645 RIGHT NOW, ALL THINGS ARE A GOOD 373 00:15:29.645 --> 00:15:29.945 AND. 374 00:15:29.945 --> 00:15:33.115 >> MISSION DIRECT FOR CENTER, 375 00:15:33.115 --> 00:15:40.022 AND KEEP AND FOR MOU GO BACK TO 376 00:15:40.022 --> 00:15:40.322 MIRY. 377 00:15:40.322 --> 00:15:43.759 >> AND ONE OF NAS. 378 00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:48.797 DR. THOMAS, THEY ARE BROKEN. 379 00:15:48.797 --> 00:15:49.131 TORRY? 380 00:15:49.131 --> 00:15:54.236 >> DR. ZUBBICIAN. 381 00:15:54.236 --> 00:15:56.438 HELP UB. 382 00:15:56.438 --> 00:16:01.243 >> AND THAT'S QUESTION, LONG 383 00:16:01.243 --> 00:16:02.444 COIM IT BE. 384 00:16:02.444 --> 00:16:05.614 WE HAD A MISSION AND THAT IS 385 00:16:05.614 --> 00:16:09.218 ACTUALLY FEASIBLE AND VIABLE. 386 00:16:09.218 --> 00:16:13.155 WE HAD THE TECHNOLOGY 387 00:16:13.155 --> 00:16:19.662 >> WE HAD A, READY TO GO WITH 388 00:16:19.662 --> 00:16:19.962 THIS. 389 00:16:19.962 --> 00:16:23.465 >> TALKING ABOUT GOING BACK 60 390 00:16:23.465 --> 00:16:28.504 THE AND AFTER A LEAVING PERSON, 391 00:16:28.504 --> 00:16:30.272 YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THAT 392 00:16:30.272 --> 00:16:30.773 DECISION 393 00:16:30.773 --> 00:16:33.609 >> I WAS EXCITED TO CALL HIM, 394 00:16:33.609 --> 00:16:35.377 HEY, COULD WE HAVE A SPACECRAFT 395 00:16:35.377 --> 00:16:36.445 NAMED AFTER YOU? 396 00:16:36.445 --> 00:16:37.913 >> YES, THAT WILL BE FINE. 397 00:16:37.913 --> 00:16:39.281 IT'S THE ONLY NAME THAT FITS 398 00:16:39.281 --> 00:16:40.249 THERE. 399 00:16:40.249 --> 00:16:41.617 FIRST OF ALL, HE'S THE GUY THAT 400 00:16:41.617 --> 00:16:45.487 CAME UP WITH SOLAR WIND AS 401 00:16:45.487 --> 00:16:48.223 THEORETICAL CONCEPT. 402 00:16:48.223 --> 00:16:53.662 BEFORE IT WAS FOUND AND 403 00:16:53.662 --> 00:16:54.029 OBSERVED. 404 00:16:54.029 --> 00:16:55.798 IT'S ALSO TRUE THE THEORIES IS 405 00:16:55.798 --> 00:16:59.568 THE HEART OF 107 MISSIONS IN 406 00:16:59.568 --> 00:16:59.935 SCIENCE. 407 00:16:59.935 --> 00:17:02.771 IT'S AN INCREDIBLE IMPACT. 408 00:17:02.771 --> 00:17:03.739 HIS NAME BELONGS THERE. 409 00:17:03.739 --> 00:17:05.808 >> TALKING ABOUT NASA'S LIVING 410 00:17:05.808 --> 00:17:07.142 WITH THE STAR PROGRAM AND HOW 411 00:17:07.142 --> 00:17:10.512 THIS MISSION IS IMPORTANT TO 412 00:17:10.512 --> 00:17:10.813 THAT. 413 00:17:10.813 --> 00:17:13.615 >> THE MISSION, OF COURSE, 414 00:17:13.615 --> 00:17:14.650 FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE. 415 00:17:14.650 --> 00:17:16.285 IT LOOKS AT THE ATMOSPHERE OF 416 00:17:16.285 --> 00:17:16.919 OUR STAR. 417 00:17:16.919 --> 00:17:21.156 WITH IT, THE ATMOSPHERE OF STARS 418 00:17:21.156 --> 00:17:21.590 EVERYWHERE. 419 00:17:21.590 --> 00:17:22.357 OUR SUN. 420 00:17:22.357 --> 00:17:25.427 AND IT'S ALSO OUR STARRING IN A 421 00:17:25.427 --> 00:17:27.396 SENSE, IT'S THE SOURCE OF SPACE. 422 00:17:27.396 --> 00:17:30.132 AND BEING LOOING AT THE STAR, 423 00:17:30.132 --> 00:17:32.367 IT'S FOCUSED ON THE SPACE 424 00:17:32.367 --> 00:17:33.168 WETTER. 425 00:17:33.168 --> 00:17:35.771 REALLY THE IMPACT ON THE 426 00:17:35.771 --> 00:17:38.006 MISSIONS IN THE TECHNOLOGICAL 427 00:17:38.006 --> 00:17:38.407 SOCIETIES. 428 00:17:38.407 --> 00:17:42.010 THE SYSTEMS IN SPACE AND ON THE 429 00:17:42.010 --> 00:17:44.079 GROUND, AFFECTED BY THE THINGS 430 00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:46.248 THAT ARE COMING DOWN. 431 00:17:46.248 --> 00:17:47.683 >> WATCHING WITH DR. TUCKER. 432 00:17:47.683 --> 00:17:50.185 >> AND I ABSOLUTELY LOOK FORWARD 433 00:17:50.185 --> 00:17:51.320 TO BEING RIGHT WITH HIM. 434 00:17:51.320 --> 00:17:54.022 AND LOOK AT HIM, WHEN THIS 435 00:17:54.022 --> 00:17:54.656 ROCKET GOES UP THERE. 436 00:17:54.656 --> 00:18:00.395 >> GREAT 437 00:18:00.395 --> 00:18:01.196 >> WELL, WITH THAT, I THINK 438 00:18:01.196 --> 00:18:01.897 WE'LL GO BACK TO YOU, MARIE. 439 00:18:01.897 --> 00:18:02.731 >> PARKER CENTER PROBE WILL SOAK 440 00:18:02.731 --> 00:18:05.934 UP THE SUN IN ABOUT 14 MINUTES. 441 00:18:05.934 --> 00:18:07.603 IT'S ALREADY HAD QUITE THE 442 00:18:07.603 --> 00:18:07.970 JOURNEY. 443 00:18:07.970 --> 00:18:09.371 HERE'S A LOOK AT THE MONTHS OF 444 00:18:09.371 --> 00:19:55.110 WORK THAT LED TO THE MOMEN 445 00:19:55.110 --> 00:19:56.912 >> FOR THOSE JUST JOINING US, 446 00:19:56.912 --> 00:19:58.714 POISED ON THE LAUNCH PAD, READY 447 00:19:58.714 --> 00:20:01.450 TO LIFT OFF IN ABOUT 12 MINUTES, 448 00:20:01.450 --> 00:20:04.219 ON A JOURNEY TO KISS THE SUN AND 449 00:20:04.219 --> 00:20:07.856 UNLOCK ITS MYSTERIES. 450 00:20:07.856 --> 00:20:20.002 NASA'S MARIA LEWIS. 451 00:20:20.002 --> 00:20:21.904 PARKER WILL TAKE OFF ON A UNITED 452 00:20:21.904 --> 00:20:24.072 LAUNCH ALLIANCE, DELTA FOUR 453 00:20:24.072 --> 00:20:26.775 HEAVY ROCKET, SPEEDING UP TO 430 454 00:20:26.775 --> 00:20:28.577 THOUSAND MILES PER HOUR IN 455 00:20:28.577 --> 00:20:28.911 ORBIT. 456 00:20:28.911 --> 00:20:30.512 THAT'S FAST ENOUGH TO GET FROM 457 00:20:30.512 --> 00:20:32.648 PHILADELPHIA TO WASHINGTON, D.C. 458 00:20:32.648 --> 00:20:34.182 IN JUST ONE SECOND. 459 00:20:34.182 --> 00:20:36.251 IT WILL TRAVEL 7 TIMES CLOSER TO 460 00:20:36.251 --> 00:20:37.953 THE SUN THAN ANY SPACECRAFT 461 00:20:37.953 --> 00:20:38.654 BEFORE. 462 00:20:38.654 --> 00:20:41.390 PARKER WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND 463 00:20:41.390 --> 00:20:43.525 HOW THE SUN AFFECTS WEATHER IN 464 00:20:43.525 --> 00:20:43.859 SPACE. 465 00:20:43.859 --> 00:20:45.627 THE SPACE WEATHER IS IMPORTANT. 466 00:20:45.627 --> 00:20:47.429 FIRST A LITTLE BACKGROUND WHY. 467 00:20:47.429 --> 00:20:50.465 PARKER SOLAR PROBE IS NAMED 468 00:20:50.465 --> 00:20:52.768 AFTER DR. EUGENE PARKER, 469 00:20:52.768 --> 00:20:54.436 PHYSICIST WHO FIGURED OUT 60 470 00:20:54.436 --> 00:20:57.039 YEARS AGO, THE STAR HAS ITS OWN 471 00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:58.540 WIND AND STORMS. 472 00:20:58.540 --> 00:20:59.841 THEY CAN SPREAD FAR INTO SPACE. 473 00:20:59.841 --> 00:21:02.678 THE SPACE WEATHER COULD DISRUPT 474 00:21:02.678 --> 00:21:06.581 COMMUNICATION SIGNALS FROM THE 475 00:21:06.581 --> 00:21:10.719 SATELLITE AND CAUSE POWER 476 00:21:10.719 --> 00:21:11.420 OUTAGES ON EARTH. THE SIZE 477 00:21:11.420 --> 00:21:12.087 IMPACTS HERE ON THE GROUND. 478 00:21:12.087 --> 00:21:12.854 WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND SOLAR WIND 479 00:21:12.854 --> 00:21:14.323 TO HELP US EXPLORE DEEPER INTO 480 00:21:14.323 --> 00:21:14.656 SPACE. 481 00:21:14.656 --> 00:21:17.659 JUST AS OCEAN EXPLORERS NEEDS TO 482 00:21:17.659 --> 00:21:19.628 UNDERSTAND CURRENTS. 483 00:21:19.628 --> 00:21:21.463 NASA HAS TO UNDERSTAND WEATHER 484 00:21:21.463 --> 00:21:26.268 TO HELP SEND ASTRONAUTS TO THE 485 00:21:26.268 --> 00:21:29.938 MARS AND OTHER DESTINATIONS. 486 00:21:29.938 --> 00:21:31.974 THEY WILL SEND PARKER TO 487 00:21:31.974 --> 00:21:33.642 TEMPERATURES 125 DEGREES 488 00:21:33.642 --> 00:21:35.510 FARENHEIT TO FIND THEM. 489 00:21:35.510 --> 00:21:38.246 WE'RE 10 MINUTES TO LIFT OFF. 490 00:21:38.246 --> 00:21:39.681 LET'S GO TO THE MISSION DIRECTOR 491 00:21:39.681 --> 00:21:42.517 FOR AN UPDATE AND THEN JOSH WILL 492 00:21:42.517 --> 00:21:44.319 TAKE US THROUGH THE COUNT. 493 00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:48.757 >> I'M JOINED BY ALYSSA McBETH. 494 00:21:48.757 --> 00:21:50.325 GOOD MORNING, ALYSSA. 495 00:21:50.325 --> 00:21:51.593 >> GOOD MORNING.. 496 00:21:51.593 --> 00:21:52.961 >> AND WE HAVE VIDEO OF THE 497 00:21:52.961 --> 00:21:54.763 DELTA 4. 498 00:21:54.763 --> 00:21:59.067 WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH T-MINUS 499 00:21:59.067 --> 00:22:00.802 ZERO. 500 00:22:00.802 --> 00:22:03.672 TWO, ONE, AND LIFT-OFF OF THE 501 00:22:03.672 --> 00:22:07.275 UNITED DELTA FORCE, HEAVY 502 00:22:07.275 --> 00:22:14.182 ROCKET 503 00:22:14.182 --> 00:22:18.954 >> GENERATE 2.1 MILLION OF 504 00:22:18.954 --> 00:22:19.654 THRUST. 505 00:22:19.654 --> 00:22:24.826 AND SPEED OF SOUND, 1 MINUTE, 18 506 00:22:24.826 --> 00:22:25.427 SECONDS. 507 00:22:25.427 --> 00:22:27.396 A PORT AND STAR BOOSTER SHUT 508 00:22:27.396 --> 00:22:27.696 DOWN. 509 00:22:27.696 --> 00:22:29.898 2 SECONDS LATER, THE BOOSTER 510 00:22:29.898 --> 00:22:34.469 IS -- AND 5 MINUTES, 32 SECONDS. 511 00:22:34.469 --> 00:22:36.438 AND MAIN ENGINE SHUTS DOWN. 512 00:22:36.438 --> 00:22:39.775 7 SECONDS LATER, THE DELTA FORCE 513 00:22:39.775 --> 00:22:42.077 ACTIVATES, TO RELEASE THE FIRST 514 00:22:42.077 --> 00:22:42.411 STAGE. 515 00:22:42.411 --> 00:22:47.482 5 MINUTES, 55 SECONDS, FIRST 516 00:22:47.482 --> 00:22:50.719 CRYOGENICS SECOND STAGE FOR GSS 517 00:22:50.719 --> 00:22:53.088 MAIN ENGINE. 518 00:22:53.088 --> 00:22:56.558 AND PAYLOAD, JENNISON. 519 00:22:56.558 --> 00:22:59.528 10 MINUTES, 30 SECONDS, CUTOFF 520 00:22:59.528 --> 00:23:01.396 OR MIKKO 1 OCCURS. 521 00:23:01.396 --> 00:23:05.734 22 MINUTES, 25 SECONDS, DCF IS 522 00:23:05.734 --> 00:23:07.836 RESTARTED FOR THE SECOND BURN. 523 00:23:07.836 --> 00:23:09.905 APPROXIMATELY 14 MINUTES LATER, 524 00:23:09.905 --> 00:23:12.240 2nd CUTOFF OF THE MAIN ENGINE 525 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:12.707 OCCURS. 526 00:23:12.707 --> 00:23:15.944 FOLLOWING THE 30 SECOND, COAST 527 00:23:15.944 --> 00:23:16.311 PHASE. 528 00:23:16.311 --> 00:23:25.087 THE FIRST STAGE IS SEPARATED. 529 00:23:25.087 --> 00:23:27.756 APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE, 39 530 00:23:27.756 --> 00:23:30.358 SECONDS LATER, AND AT 43 531 00:23:30.358 --> 00:23:32.794 MINUTES, 10 SECONDS, THE THIRD 532 00:23:32.794 --> 00:23:36.698 STAGE, RELEASED NASA'S SOLAR 533 00:23:36.698 --> 00:23:40.235 PROBE SPACECRAFT ON ITS JOURNEY 534 00:23:40.235 --> 00:23:47.442 TO THE SUN. 535 00:23:47.442 --> 00:23:50.979 >> ALYSSA, A LOT HAPPENS. 536 00:23:50.979 --> 00:23:52.147 WHAT HAPPENED AT THE COUNT. 537 00:23:52.147 --> 00:23:54.149 >> AND ROCKET IS READY TO GO AT 538 00:23:54.149 --> 00:23:54.850 THIS POINT. 539 00:23:54.850 --> 00:23:55.750 IT'S FUELED. 540 00:23:55.750 --> 00:23:58.053 PEOPLE IN COUNCIL, ALL THE 541 00:23:58.053 --> 00:23:59.488 SYSTEMS ARE CHECKED OUT AND 542 00:23:59.488 --> 00:24:00.489 READY TO GO. 543 00:24:00.489 --> 00:24:03.558 WE'RE ABOUT TO END INTO A 544 00:24:03.558 --> 00:24:05.494 TERMINAL COUNT POLL. 545 00:24:05.494 --> 00:24:08.263 WHERE THE LAUNCH CONDUCTOR WILL 546 00:24:08.263 --> 00:24:10.632 POLL EVERY IN ENGINEER. 547 00:24:10.632 --> 00:24:12.567 AND EVERY SYSTEMS IS READY, WITH 548 00:24:12.567 --> 00:24:13.935 THE SIMPLE GO. 549 00:24:13.935 --> 00:24:19.274 AND DELTA IS READY TO FLY. 550 00:24:19.274 --> 00:24:21.443 >> WE'RE 18 SECONDS LIVE FROM 551 00:24:21.443 --> 00:24:22.844 YOUR SCREEN. 552 00:24:22.844 --> 00:24:25.947 DELTA ROCKET, WITH THE 553 00:24:25.947 --> 00:24:28.683 ADDITIONAL THIRD STAGE. 554 00:24:28.683 --> 00:24:30.819 37 ON AIR STATION AND WE'LL 555 00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:34.890 LISTEN TO THE POLL IN ABOUT 5 556 00:24:34.890 --> 00:24:39.427 SECOND 557 00:24:39.427 --> 00:24:43.665 >> FIRST STAGE MISSIONS, 558 00:24:43.665 --> 00:24:44.065 PROPULSION. 559 00:24:44.065 --> 00:24:44.733 >> GO. 560 00:24:44.733 --> 00:24:47.402 >> LH2. 561 00:24:47.402 --> 00:24:49.271 >> SECOND STAGE SYSTEM. 562 00:24:49.271 --> 00:24:50.739 >> GO. 563 00:24:50.739 --> 00:24:52.707 >> LH2. 564 00:24:52.707 --> 00:24:53.341 >> GO. 565 00:24:53.341 --> 00:24:55.577 >> VEHICLE MANAGER. 566 00:24:55.577 --> 00:24:59.047 >> AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS 567 00:24:59.047 --> 00:24:59.447 AIRBORNE. 568 00:24:59.447 --> 00:25:00.081 >> GO. 569 00:25:00.081 --> 00:25:01.883 >> GROUND, GO. 570 00:25:01.883 --> 00:25:04.986 >> RFTS. 571 00:25:04.986 --> 00:25:06.188 >> GO. 572 00:25:06.188 --> 00:25:07.756 >> CALM. 573 00:25:07.756 --> 00:25:08.657 >> GO. 574 00:25:08.657 --> 00:25:11.026 >> JCQ. 575 00:25:11.026 --> 00:25:11.860 >> GO. 576 00:25:11.860 --> 00:25:14.362 >> OPERATION SUPPORT. 577 00:25:14.362 --> 00:25:15.330 >> GO. 578 00:25:15.330 --> 00:25:17.566 >> HAS GAS. 579 00:25:17.566 --> 00:25:18.133 >> GO. 580 00:25:18.133 --> 00:25:20.802 >> RED LIGHT MONITOR. 581 00:25:20.802 --> 00:25:21.436 >> GO. 582 00:25:21.436 --> 00:25:22.604 >> QUALITY. 583 00:25:22.604 --> 00:25:26.007 >> GO, SAFETY MANAGER. 584 00:25:26.007 --> 00:25:30.645 >> GO AND VEHICLE SYSTEM EN 585 00:25:30.645 --> 00:25:30.979 JANAR. 586 00:25:30.979 --> 00:25:35.383 >> BRANCH COORDINATOR 587 00:25:35.383 --> 00:25:36.785 >> YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO 588 00:25:36.785 --> 00:25:37.419 LAUNCH. 589 00:25:37.419 --> 00:25:37.652 . 590 00:25:37.652 --> 00:25:40.922 >> PROCEEDING WITH THE COUNT. 591 00:25:40.922 --> 00:25:44.292 >> MLQ --. 592 00:25:44.292 --> 00:25:45.760 >> ACTIVE 593 00:25:45.760 --> 00:25:49.364 >> WE HEARD THE POLL, AUGUST 594 00:25:49.364 --> 00:25:52.400 STATIONS REPORTING, THEY ARE 595 00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:55.303 GOING FOR LAUNCH. 596 00:25:55.303 --> 00:25:57.939 50 MINUTES PD. 597 00:25:57.939 --> 00:26:01.276 >> WHAT IT MEANS TO WATCH THE 598 00:26:01.276 --> 00:26:01.643 PARKERS. 599 00:26:01.643 --> 00:26:05.981 >> YOUR WAY IS ALSO EXCEEDED. 600 00:26:05.981 --> 00:26:07.716 THE CHANCE TO -- SOMETHING WE 601 00:26:07.716 --> 00:26:11.353 LOOK FORWARD TO AND HAPPY TO BE 602 00:26:11.353 --> 00:26:12.220 PART OF. 603 00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:20.228 THIS MISSION MEANS A LOT TO US. 604 00:26:20.228 --> 00:26:22.197 DELTA HEAVY, WHICH IS THE ONLY 605 00:26:22.197 --> 00:26:23.932 ROCKET, CURRENTLY THAT COULD DO 606 00:26:23.932 --> 00:26:24.232 THAT. 607 00:26:24.232 --> 00:26:27.969 AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE PART OF 608 00:26:27.969 --> 00:26:30.972 THAT. 609 00:26:30.972 --> 00:26:31.206 . 610 00:26:31.206 --> 00:26:31.873 >> YEAH. 611 00:26:31.873 --> 00:26:33.742 >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND 612 00:26:33.742 --> 00:26:36.845 ENJOY THE LAUNCH TODAY. 613 00:26:36.845 --> 00:26:41.483 >> THANK YO 614 00:26:41.483 --> 00:26:43.785 >> TRANSFER STAGE TO INTERNAL 615 00:26:43.785 --> 00:26:44.119 POWER. 616 00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:47.589 >> ALL STEPS TO COMPLETE, PRIOR 617 00:26:47.589 --> 00:26:57.532 TO TERMINAL COUNT. 618 00:27:05.807 --> 00:27:07.842 >> WE HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS 619 00:27:07.842 --> 00:27:08.977 REMAINING IN OUR HOLD. 620 00:27:08.977 --> 00:27:11.946 AFTER THAT, THE L MINUS AND 621 00:27:11.946 --> 00:27:13.748 T-MINUS CLOCKS WILL BE SINKED 622 00:27:13.748 --> 00:27:14.049 UP. 623 00:27:14.049 --> 00:27:17.419 YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LIVE SHOT. 624 00:27:17.419 --> 00:27:21.790 POISED FOR LIFT-OFF, CAPE 625 00:27:21.790 --> 00:27:32.200 CANAVERAL SPACE STATIO 626 00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:37.706 >> PICK UP THE COUNT, 5, 4, 3, 627 00:27:37.706 --> 00:27:40.375 2, 1. 628 00:27:40.375 --> 00:27:47.382 MINUS 355. 629 00:27:47.382 --> 00:27:50.452 GROUND PYRO ENABLED. 630 00:28:11.373 --> 00:28:11.606 . 631 00:28:11.606 --> 00:28:14.876 >> ONCE AGAIN, 25, 3 MINUTES AND 632 00:28:14.876 --> 00:28:17.078 20 SECONDS BEFORE LIFT-OFF. 633 00:28:17.078 --> 00:28:18.913 NICK, YOU COULD TELL US WHAT WE 634 00:28:18.913 --> 00:28:20.348 HAVE LEFT TO GO. 635 00:28:20.348 --> 00:28:22.984 >> AND TEAMS ARE SECURING LOCKS 636 00:28:22.984 --> 00:28:27.322 AND LH2, LIQUID HYDROGEN TANKING 637 00:28:27.322 --> 00:28:27.655 THERE. 638 00:28:27.655 --> 00:28:30.091 THEY WILL BE FINISHING IT UP. 639 00:28:30.091 --> 00:28:32.260 AND YOU'LL HEAR A CALL FOR 640 00:28:32.260 --> 00:28:34.562 SPACECRAFT POWER TO INTERNAL. 641 00:28:34.562 --> 00:28:38.633 THEY WILL BE ARMING THEIR FLIGHT 642 00:28:38.633 --> 00:28:42.937 TERMATION SYSTEMS AND GED ARE 643 00:28:42.937 --> 00:28:43.238 THE. 644 00:28:43.238 --> 00:28:45.874 AND INTERNAL POWER TO PREPARE 645 00:28:45.874 --> 00:28:48.343 FOR THE FINAL TERMINAL COUNT. 646 00:28:48.343 --> 00:28:50.378 >> IT'S 2:45. 647 00:28:50.378 --> 00:28:54.215 WE'RE COMING UP VERY SHORTLY, ON 648 00:28:54.215 --> 00:29:04.559 THE VERIFICATIO 649 00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:11.433 >> TAKING IN FLIGHT LEVEL 650 00:29:11.433 --> 00:29:17.539 >> NICE 20. 651 00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:30.718 VERIFIED SPACECRAFT ON A TURN. 652 00:29:30.718 --> 00:29:32.487 T-MINUS TWO MINUTES, 5 SECONDS 653 00:29:32.487 --> 00:29:33.555 AND COUNTING. 654 00:29:33.555 --> 00:29:36.257 AFTER LIFT-OFF, WE'LL BE 655 00:29:36.257 --> 00:29:38.960 LISTENING TO THE VOICE OF NOT 656 00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:41.396 ALLIANCE, PATRICK MOORE, 657 00:29:41.396 --> 00:29:44.098 PROVIDING COMMENTARY. 658 00:29:44.098 --> 00:29:51.139 >> LAUNCH SEQUENCIAL START. 659 00:29:51.139 --> 00:29:59.314 >> MINUS 140. 660 00:29:59.314 --> 00:30:03.017 SCS, LAUNCH AND ABLE. 661 00:30:03.017 --> 00:30:12.393 >> 137 FLIGHT SPECIAL AND FLIGHT 662 00:30:12.393 --> 00:30:12.927 LEVEL. 663 00:30:12.927 --> 00:30:17.065 LAUNCH ON. 664 00:30:17.065 --> 00:30:18.166 MINUS 120. 665 00:30:18.166 --> 00:30:21.302 >> AND COUNT STARTED. 666 00:30:21.302 --> 00:30:38.052 >> 2 MINUS 1 MINUTE. 667 00:30:38.052 --> 00:30:39.721 ENGINE STARBUCKS GO. 668 00:30:39.721 --> 00:30:42.891 >> REPORT RANGE STATUS. 669 00:30:42.891 --> 00:30:49.330 >> RANGIN 670 00:30:49.330 --> 00:30:50.265 >> 50. 671 00:30:50.265 --> 00:30:54.903 >> AND LTV34M. 672 00:30:54.903 --> 00:30:59.340 >> AND TO SECURE, FLIGHT LEVEL. 673 00:30:59.340 --> 00:30:59.607 40. 674 00:30:59.607 --> 00:31:06.814 >>. 675 00:31:06.814 --> 00:31:07.682 >> MINUS 30. 676 00:31:07.682 --> 00:31:10.418 >> GO DELTA. 677 00:31:10.418 --> 00:31:14.322 >> GO PSP. 678 00:31:14.322 --> 00:31:23.598 >>. 679 00:31:23.598 --> 00:31:24.432 >> MINUS 15. 680 00:31:24.432 --> 00:31:26.234 >> GO FOR THE IGNITION. 681 00:31:26.234 --> 00:31:37.245 >> 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 682 00:31:37.245 --> 00:31:37.812 10. 683 00:31:37.812 --> 00:31:40.281 LIFT-OFF OF THE MIGHTY DELTA 4 684 00:31:40.281 --> 00:31:44.052 HEAVY ROCKET, WITH NASA'S PARKER 685 00:31:44.052 --> 00:31:46.854 PROBE, DARING MISSION TO SHED 686 00:31:46.854 --> 00:31:50.792 LIGHT ON THE CLOSEST STAR, THE 687 00:31:50.792 --> 00:31:55.363 SU 688 00:31:55.363 --> 00:32:03.338 >>. 689 00:32:03.338 --> 00:32:05.440 >> 25 SECONDS TO FLIGHT. 690 00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:08.843 CONTINUE TO LOOK GOOD ON ALL 691 00:32:08.843 --> 00:32:11.913 THREE BOOSTERS. 692 00:32:11.913 --> 00:32:14.382 35 SECONDS IN. 693 00:32:14.382 --> 00:32:16.484 REFRESHER ON THE CORE BOOSTER, 694 00:32:16.484 --> 00:32:19.287 TRAVELLING DOWN TO THE PARTIAL 695 00:32:19.287 --> 00:32:20.955 THRUST MODE. 696 00:32:20.955 --> 00:32:28.096 RESPONSE LOOKS GOOD. 697 00:32:28.096 --> 00:32:28.930 50 SECONDS INTO FLIGHT. 698 00:32:28.930 --> 00:32:31.399 STRAP ON BOOSTER LOOKS GOOD. 699 00:32:31.399 --> 00:32:34.902 CORE BOOSTER LOOKS GOOD. 700 00:32:34.902 --> 00:32:38.006 PARTIAL THRUST LOOKS GOOD. 701 00:32:38.006 --> 00:32:42.543 1 MINUTE INTO FLIGHT. 702 00:32:42.543 --> 00:32:45.113 TRAJECTORY LOOKING GOOD, RIGHT 703 00:32:45.113 --> 00:32:47.548 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAUNCH PAD. 704 00:32:47.548 --> 00:32:51.285 1 MINUTE, 10 SECONDS INTO 705 00:32:51.285 --> 00:32:56.524 FLIGHT. 706 00:32:56.524 --> 00:32:58.393 COMING UP 1 MINUTE, AND NAME OF 707 00:32:58.393 --> 00:33:03.464 THE PRESSURE AND DELTA 4, 708 00:33:03.464 --> 00:33:07.268 SUPERSONIC. 709 00:33:07.268 --> 00:33:11.205 1 MINUTE, 10 SECONDS INTO 710 00:33:11.205 --> 00:33:11.539 FLIGHT. 711 00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:13.741 AND STAR BOOSTER, CONTINUE TO 712 00:33:13.741 --> 00:33:14.609 LOOK GOOD. 713 00:33:14.609 --> 00:33:18.146 CORE BOOSTER CONTINUE TO LOOK 714 00:33:18.146 --> 00:33:21.683 GOOD IN THE THRUST MODE. 715 00:33:21.683 --> 00:33:25.453 1 MINUTE, 45 SECONDS INTO 716 00:33:25.453 --> 00:33:30.191 FLIGHT. 717 00:33:30.191 --> 00:33:33.428 CONTINUING TO LOOK GOOD IN THE 718 00:33:33.428 --> 00:33:38.633 MIDDLE OF THE RANGE TRACK. 719 00:33:38.633 --> 00:33:42.470 ACS, ACS PRESSURE. 720 00:33:42.470 --> 00:33:46.441 RESPONSE LOOKS GOOD. 721 00:33:46.441 --> 00:33:50.445 2 MINUTES, 10 SECONDS IN. 722 00:33:50.445 --> 00:33:53.481 UPON BOOSTERS CONTINUE TO LOOK 723 00:33:53.481 --> 00:33:54.649 GOOD. 724 00:33:54.649 --> 00:33:58.886 CORE BOOSTER LOOKS GOOD IN THE 725 00:33:58.886 --> 00:34:01.089 PARTIAL MODE. 726 00:34:01.089 --> 00:34:05.293 DELTA 4 HAS GONE TO CORE 727 00:34:05.293 --> 00:34:07.428 VIOLENCE. 728 00:34:07.428 --> 00:34:11.332 2 MINUTES, 10 SECONDS INTO 729 00:34:11.332 --> 00:34:18.106 FLIGH 730 00:34:18.106 --> 00:34:23.344 >> DELTA 4 ROCKET, ONE-HALF OF 731 00:34:23.344 --> 00:34:29.550 WHAT IT LAUNCHED. 732 00:34:29.550 --> 00:34:32.186 AND LAUNCH VEHICLE IS NOW 33 733 00:34:32.186 --> 00:34:33.821 MILES IN ALTITUDE. 734 00:34:33.821 --> 00:34:40.828 AND TRAVELLING AT 4500 PER HOUR. 735 00:34:40.828 --> 00:34:43.698 3 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT. 736 00:34:43.698 --> 00:34:45.466 68 ENGINES PORT BOOSTERS 737 00:34:45.466 --> 00:34:47.201 CONTINUE TO LOOK GOOD. 738 00:34:47.201 --> 00:34:50.705 CORE BOOSTER LOOKS GOOD IN THE 739 00:34:50.705 --> 00:34:52.039 THRUST MODE. 740 00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:55.676 3 MINUTES, 15 SECONDS INTO 741 00:34:55.676 --> 00:35:06.754 FLIGHT. 742 00:35:06.754 --> 00:35:07.822 TRAJECTORY CONTINUING TO LOOK 743 00:35:07.822 --> 00:35:11.492 GOOD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RAIN 744 00:35:11.492 --> 00:35:14.695 TRACK. 745 00:35:14.695 --> 00:35:18.599 2 MINUTES REMAINING. 746 00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:21.235 CHAMBERS CONTINUING TO LOOK 747 00:35:21.235 --> 00:35:21.536 GOOD. 748 00:35:21.536 --> 00:35:24.305 CORE BOOSTER CONTINUING IN THE 749 00:35:24.305 --> 00:35:25.139 PARTIAL THRUST MODE. 750 00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:28.276 AND STANDING BY FOR A STRAP ON 751 00:35:28.276 --> 00:35:33.047 BOOSTER THROTTLE MOMENTARILY. 752 00:35:33.047 --> 00:35:39.187 BOOSTERS BEGINNING TO THROTTLE 753 00:35:39.187 --> 00:35:39.720 DOW 754 00:35:39.720 --> 00:35:43.457 AND WE HAVE STRAPPED ON 755 00:35:43.457 --> 00:35:44.025 BOOSTERS. 756 00:35:44.025 --> 00:35:47.028 CORE BOOSTER TRAVELED BACK UP TO 757 00:35:47.028 --> 00:35:48.796 FULL THRUST. 758 00:35:48.796 --> 00:36:02.310 RESPONSE LOOKS GOOD. 759 00:36:02.310 --> 00:36:06.080 4 MINUTES, 25 SECONDS INTO 760 00:36:06.080 --> 00:36:07.982 FLIGHT. 761 00:36:07.982 --> 00:36:10.918 FIRST STAGE LOCK SYSTEM, BEGAN 762 00:36:10.918 --> 00:36:12.653 LOCKED SEQUENCE. 763 00:36:12.653 --> 00:36:17.225 AND 1 MINUTE REMAINING AND BOOST 764 00:36:17.225 --> 00:36:22.964 STAYS AFLIGHT. 765 00:36:22.964 --> 00:36:27.468 AND UPPER STAGE SYSTEM, BOOST 766 00:36:27.468 --> 00:36:36.477 STAY DOWN. 767 00:36:36.477 --> 00:36:37.745 5 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT. 768 00:36:37.745 --> 00:36:39.780 JUST OVER 30 SECONDS NOW 769 00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:42.783 REMAINING IN FIRST STAGE. 770 00:36:42.783 --> 00:36:46.888 FIRST STAGE OF FLIGHT. 771 00:36:46.888 --> 00:36:49.891 CORE BOOSTER ENGINE CONTINUES TO 772 00:36:49.891 --> 00:36:54.462 LOOK GOOD IN THE FULL THRUST 773 00:36:54.462 --> 00:36:55.496 MODE. 774 00:36:55.496 --> 00:36:58.599 FULL TRAJECTORY CONTINUING. 775 00:36:58.599 --> 00:37:00.868 5 MINUTES, 20 SECONDS INTO 776 00:37:00.868 --> 00:37:01.335 FLIGHT. 777 00:37:01.335 --> 00:37:04.805 AND STANDING BY FOR CORE BOOSTER 778 00:37:04.805 --> 00:37:08.009 THROTTLE DOWN MOMENTARILY. 779 00:37:08.009 --> 00:37:09.844 AND CORE BOOSTER BEGINNING TO 780 00:37:09.844 --> 00:37:12.380 THROTTLE DOWN. 781 00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:16.317 STANDING BY FOR PICO 782 00:37:16.317 --> 00:37:18.452 AND WE HAVE BASIC EBOOSTER, 783 00:37:18.452 --> 00:37:20.588 STANDING BY FOR STAGE SET 784 00:37:20.588 --> 00:37:23.658 AND WE HAVE GOOD INDICATION OF 785 00:37:23.658 --> 00:37:30.598 STAGE SEPARATION. 786 00:37:30.598 --> 00:37:35.069 WE HAVE PRESTART IN ALL 10. 787 00:37:35.069 --> 00:37:37.605 AND WE HAVE IGNITION ON THE ALL 788 00:37:37.605 --> 00:37:40.274 10 ENGINE. 789 00:37:40.274 --> 00:37:43.978 ENGINE CHAMBER PRESSURE LOOKS 790 00:37:43.978 --> 00:37:49.550 GOOD. 791 00:37:49.550 --> 00:37:55.990 WE HAVE GOOD INDICATION OF HALO 792 00:37:55.990 --> 00:37:56.324 JENSON. 793 00:37:56.324 --> 00:38:00.461 AND 6 MINUTES, 20 SECONDS INTO 794 00:38:00.461 --> 00:38:01.796 FLIGHT. 795 00:38:01.796 --> 00:38:04.098 AND WITH THE BOOST PHASE FLIGHT 796 00:38:04.098 --> 00:38:05.967 COMPLETE, PARKER WILL NOW 797 00:38:05.967 --> 00:38:26.187 CONTINUE ITS JOURNEY TO THE SUN. 798 00:38:26.187 --> 00:38:30.091 AND IT'S 6 MINUTES, 50 SECONDS 799 00:38:30.091 --> 00:38:30.925 INTO FLIGHT. 800 00:38:30.925 --> 00:38:35.196 AND CHAMBER PRESSURE LOOKS GOOD. 801 00:38:35.196 --> 00:38:37.865 SEEING GOOD RESPONSES ON THE 802 00:38:37.865 --> 00:38:42.236 UPPER STAGE RCF SYSTEM. 803 00:38:42.236 --> 00:38:44.505 AND AFTER A BRIEF REVIEW OF 804 00:38:44.505 --> 00:38:46.674 BOOSTER PERFORMANCES, SEEING 805 00:38:46.674 --> 00:38:50.111 CLOSE TO NOMINAL PERFORMANCE ON 806 00:38:50.111 --> 00:39:00.454 THE BOOSTER. 807 00:39:00.454 --> 00:39:03.090 AND THERE'S FIRST TURN OF THE 808 00:39:03.090 --> 00:39:04.025 SECOND STAGE WILL LAST 809 00:39:04.025 --> 00:39:06.360 APPROXIMATELY 4 MINUTES, 42 810 00:39:06.360 --> 00:39:06.727 SECONDS. 811 00:39:06.727 --> 00:39:09.196 NOW 7 MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS 812 00:39:09.196 --> 00:39:10.097 INTO FLIGHT. 813 00:39:10.097 --> 00:39:13.634 ABOUT 3 MINUTES REMAINING IN THE 814 00:39:13.634 --> 00:40:06.854 FIRST BERM. 815 00:40:06.854 --> 00:40:09.056 EIGHT MINUTES, 30 SECONDS INTO 816 00:40:09.056 --> 00:40:09.390 FLIGHT. 817 00:40:09.390 --> 00:40:11.292 ALL TEN CHAMBER PRESSURE 818 00:40:11.292 --> 00:40:12.793 CONTINUES TO LOOK GOOD. 819 00:40:12.793 --> 00:40:17.131 SEEING VERY STABLE VALUES ON THE 820 00:40:17.131 --> 00:40:23.404 UPPER STAGE, LOCKS ON TWO TANKS. 821 00:40:23.404 --> 00:40:25.539 ACS STORAGE LEVEL LOOKS GOOD. 822 00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:29.510 VEHICLE BODY RATES IS VERY 823 00:40:29.510 --> 00:40:40.121 SMOOTH. 824 00:40:40.121 --> 00:41:16.457 NOW 9 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT. 825 00:41:16.457 --> 00:41:19.460 9 MINUTES, 40 SECONDS INTO 826 00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:19.827 FLIGHT. 827 00:41:19.827 --> 00:41:22.796 JUST UNDER 1 MINUTE REMAINING IN 828 00:41:22.796 --> 00:41:26.700 THE FIRST BERM OF THE 2nd STAGE. 829 00:41:26.700 --> 00:41:29.236 SECOND STAGE IS CONTINUING TO 830 00:41:29.236 --> 00:41:30.938 PERFORM ANOMMALY. 831 00:41:30.938 --> 00:41:34.241 TANK PRESSURE LOOKS GOOD. 832 00:41:34.241 --> 00:41:41.682 VEHICLE LOOKS SMOOTH. 833 00:41:41.682 --> 00:41:44.485 10 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT. 834 00:41:44.485 --> 00:41:48.222 AND ABOUT 30 SECONDS REMAINING 835 00:41:48.222 --> 00:42:08.309 IN THE FIRST BERM. 836 00:42:08.309 --> 00:42:12.279 STANDING BY FOR MIKKO 837 00:42:12.279 --> 00:42:21.722 MOMENTARILY. 838 00:42:21.722 --> 00:42:28.329 WE HAVE MIKKO. 839 00:42:28.329 --> 00:42:36.203 BODY IS MOVING OUT NICELY. 840 00:42:36.203 --> 00:42:41.442 SEEING FIRST ACS, 11 MINUTES 841 00:42:41.442 --> 00:42:48.449 INTO FLIGHT. 842 00:42:48.449 --> 00:42:56.523 AND THIS WILL BE A 13 MINUTES, 843 00:42:56.523 --> 00:42:57.958 AND FROM THE MISSION DIRECTOR 844 00:42:57.958 --> 00:42:59.927 CENTER, I'M JOINED BY ALYSSA 845 00:42:59.927 --> 00:43:02.563 McBETH, UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE. 846 00:43:02.563 --> 00:43:05.566 FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING, WE 847 00:43:05.566 --> 00:43:07.635 HAD LIFT-OFF. 848 00:43:07.635 --> 00:43:11.639 ALYSSA, YOU COULD TELL ME HOW 849 00:43:11.639 --> 00:43:15.509 THE LAUNCH WAS 850 00:43:15.509 --> 00:43:16.076 >> OH, MY GOODNESS. 851 00:43:16.076 --> 00:43:16.710 THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL LAUNCH. 852 00:43:16.710 --> 00:43:17.444 THE SOUND AND EVERYTHING, IT WAS 853 00:43:17.444 --> 00:43:17.745 GREAT. 854 00:43:17.745 --> 00:43:19.513 IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD TOO 855 00:43:19.513 --> 00:43:22.082 WE SAY A GOOD SEPARATION FROM 856 00:43:22.082 --> 00:43:24.151 THE MAIN CORP AND THE -- AND 857 00:43:24.151 --> 00:43:25.919 EXPERIENCING MIKKO ONE. 858 00:43:25.919 --> 00:43:26.987 THERE'S TWO BURNS OF THE SECOND 859 00:43:26.987 --> 00:43:27.321 STAGE. 860 00:43:27.321 --> 00:43:29.390 THAT'S COMING UP IN THE SECOND 861 00:43:29.390 --> 00:43:29.757 BURN. 862 00:43:29.757 --> 00:43:31.558 SECOND ENGINE START. 863 00:43:31.558 --> 00:43:34.595 AND THEN IN JUST, APPROXIMATELY 864 00:43:34.595 --> 00:43:39.733 45 MINUTES, YOU WILL SEE PAIR OF 865 00:43:39.733 --> 00:43:40.167 SEPARATION. 866 00:43:40.167 --> 00:43:42.936 EVERYTHING IS GOING GOOD SO FAR. 867 00:43:42.936 --> 00:43:46.240 >> WHAT'S YOUR EXPERIENCE, AND 868 00:43:46.240 --> 00:43:49.777 WHAT. 869 00:43:49.777 --> 00:43:53.147 >> AND I GET TO WORK IN THE 870 00:43:53.147 --> 00:43:56.350 ELECTRONICS, PYROTECHNICS. 871 00:43:56.350 --> 00:43:57.918 WORKING ON A MISSION LIKE THIS, 872 00:43:57.918 --> 00:43:59.420 IS SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL, TO 873 00:43:59.420 --> 00:44:03.490 BE ABLE TO GET YOUR HANDS ON A 874 00:44:03.490 --> 00:44:07.161 VEHICLE LIKE THIS AND DO 875 00:44:07.161 --> 00:44:08.696 SOMETHING THAT WILL AFFECT THE 876 00:44:08.696 --> 00:44:10.964 WORLD, IS REALLY AMAZING. 877 00:44:10.964 --> 00:44:13.000 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN. 878 00:44:13.000 --> 00:44:14.468 I THINK WE'LL TALK TO YOU LATER 879 00:44:14.468 --> 00:44:15.135 IN THE BROADCAST. 880 00:44:15.135 --> 00:44:18.572 >> SOUNDS GOOD. 881 00:44:18.572 --> 00:44:18.906 THANKS. 882 00:44:18.906 --> 00:44:38.058 >>. 883 00:44:38.058 --> 00:44:40.527 >> 13 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT. 884 00:44:40.527 --> 00:44:44.431 DELTA 4 UPPER STAGES, CONTINUING 885 00:44:44.431 --> 00:44:48.669 THE PERIOD, AND VEHICLE SYSTEMS 886 00:44:48.669 --> 00:44:51.004 PERFORMING, AND FIRING IS 887 00:44:51.004 --> 00:44:51.405 EXPECTED. 888 00:44:51.405 --> 00:44:55.042 TANK PRESSURE AND BODY RATES 889 00:44:55.042 --> 00:45:20.601 REMAINS STABLE. 890 00:45:20.601 --> 00:45:24.171 >> BRIEF REVIEW OF THE 891 00:45:24.171 --> 00:45:26.640 PERFORMANCE FROM THE FIRST BERM, 892 00:45:26.640 --> 00:45:28.909 FAIRLY CLOSE COALITION, FROM THE 893 00:45:28.909 --> 00:45:30.644 MAJOR ELEMENTS. 894 00:45:30.644 --> 00:45:42.556 PERFORMANCE APPEARS TO BE GOO 895 00:45:42.556 --> 00:45:43.824 >> FROM THE MISSION DIRECTOR 896 00:45:43.824 --> 00:45:47.327 CENTER, ONCE AGAIN, WE HAD AN 897 00:45:47.327 --> 00:45:49.997 ON-TIME LIFT-OFF OF THE DELTA 898 00:45:49.997 --> 00:45:51.064 HEAVY ROCKET. 899 00:45:51.064 --> 00:45:53.333 YOU WERE SEEING A LIVE VIEW ON 900 00:45:53.333 --> 00:45:54.935 THE ROCKET ON THE FLIGHT PATH. 901 00:45:54.935 --> 00:45:57.104 AND WE'RE IN A CLOSE PHASE RIGHT 902 00:45:57.104 --> 00:45:57.438 NOW. 903 00:45:57.438 --> 00:46:02.009 WE'LL GO BACK TO MARIE LOUISE. 904 00:46:02.009 --> 00:46:03.277 >> AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, 905 00:46:03.277 --> 00:46:05.112 HERE IN THE STUDIO, WE CAN FEEL 906 00:46:05.112 --> 00:46:06.246 THE ROCKET RUMBLE. 907 00:46:06.246 --> 00:46:08.715 FOR THE FOLKS ON THE TV SIDE, 908 00:46:08.715 --> 00:46:09.850 THAT NEVER GETS OLD. 909 00:46:09.850 --> 00:46:12.653 WE HAVE TORRY STANDING BY WITH A 910 00:46:12.653 --> 00:46:13.754 SPECIAL GUEST. 911 00:46:13.754 --> 00:46:15.856 WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT YOU THE 912 00:46:15.856 --> 00:46:17.524 WLOEL SHOW. 913 00:46:17.524 --> 00:46:19.760 TORRY, CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO 914 00:46:19.760 --> 00:46:20.627 MEET HIM. 915 00:46:20.627 --> 00:46:23.931 >> I HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST, 916 00:46:23.931 --> 00:46:26.834 DR. EUGENE PARKER HIMSELF. 917 00:46:26.834 --> 00:46:31.338 DR. PARKER, YOU LAUNCHED THE 918 00:46:31.338 --> 00:46:33.474 MISSION THAT BEARS YOUR NAME. 919 00:46:33.474 --> 00:46:35.108 WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? 920 00:46:35.108 --> 00:46:39.379 >> I HAVE TO TURN TO BITING MY 921 00:46:39.379 --> 00:46:46.186 NAILS AND TO THINK OF THE, IS. 922 00:46:46.186 --> 00:46:49.356 >> WHICH WILL CLEAR, IN THE NEXT 923 00:46:49.356 --> 00:46:50.591 5, 6, 7 YEARS. 924 00:46:50.591 --> 00:46:53.393 IT'S A WHOLE NEW PHASE. 925 00:46:53.393 --> 00:46:56.964 IT'S GOING TO BE FASCINATING 926 00:46:56.964 --> 00:46:57.364 THROUGHOUT. 927 00:46:57.364 --> 00:47:01.134 AND ANTICIPATING THE RESULTS 928 00:47:01.134 --> 00:47:04.538 WILL TURNUP, BASIC INFORMATION 929 00:47:04.538 --> 00:47:08.642 ON WHY, THE SUN IS IN A MILLION 930 00:47:08.642 --> 00:47:11.845 DEGREES, WHEN IT COUNTS FOR THE 931 00:47:11.845 --> 00:47:15.415 ACCELERATION OF THE SOLAR WIND 932 00:47:15.415 --> 00:47:17.417 >> WELL, IT'S WAITING FOR THE 933 00:47:17.417 --> 00:47:18.151 DATA NOW. 934 00:47:18.151 --> 00:47:21.455 AND THE EXPERTS COULD GET BUSY 935 00:47:21.455 --> 00:47:23.457 AND SORT IT OUT, BECAUSE IT'S A 936 00:47:23.457 --> 00:47:25.659 WHOLE LOT OF DATA COMING IN OR 937 00:47:25.659 --> 00:47:28.896 WILL BE, DATA COMING IN. 938 00:47:28.896 --> 00:47:31.832 ALL I COULD SAY, WOW, HERE WE 939 00:47:31.832 --> 00:47:32.132 GO. 940 00:47:32.132 --> 00:47:35.435 WE'RE IN FOR SOME LEARNING OVER 941 00:47:35.435 --> 00:47:41.108 THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. 942 00:47:41.108 --> 00:47:46.246 WE'LL BE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING. 943 00:47:46.246 --> 00:47:47.347 ALSO THIS IS THE FIRST LAUNCH 944 00:47:47.347 --> 00:47:50.817 YOU WITNESSED WITH YOUR EYES, IS 945 00:47:50.817 --> 00:47:51.251 THAT RIGHT? 946 00:47:51.251 --> 00:47:54.588 >> AND FEELINGS OF ROCKET 947 00:47:54.588 --> 00:47:57.457 LAUNCHES. 948 00:47:57.457 --> 00:47:57.691 . 949 00:47:57.691 --> 00:47:58.825 >> SOMEHOW WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING 950 00:47:58.825 --> 00:48:01.528 AT THE REAL THING, IT'S QUITE 951 00:48:01.528 --> 00:48:01.962 IMPRESSIVE. 952 00:48:01.962 --> 00:48:04.831 >> NOTHING COMPARES TO THE REAL 953 00:48:04.831 --> 00:48:06.967 THING, I THIN 954 00:48:06.967 --> 00:48:08.368 >> WE'VE SEEN PICTURES OF THE 955 00:48:08.368 --> 00:48:10.504 BILL, WHAT A GREAT STRUCTURE IT 956 00:48:10.504 --> 00:48:10.771 IS. 957 00:48:10.771 --> 00:48:12.906 IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE IN INDIA AND 958 00:48:12.906 --> 00:48:16.443 STOP BY THAT WAY, THERE'S THE 959 00:48:16.443 --> 00:48:21.181 REAL THING. 960 00:48:21.181 --> 00:48:23.083 VIDEO AND PAINTINGS, YOUR MIND 961 00:48:23.083 --> 00:48:25.085 IS IN A DIFFERENT STATE. 962 00:48:25.085 --> 00:48:29.156 WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE REAL 963 00:48:29.156 --> 00:48:30.958 THING. 964 00:48:30.958 --> 00:48:33.660 WE'RE CERTAINLY HONORED TO HAVE 965 00:48:33.660 --> 00:48:41.301 YOU WITH US. 966 00:48:41.301 --> 00:48:47.441 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 967 00:48:47.441 --> 00:48:47.708 US. 968 00:48:47.708 --> 00:48:49.209 >> MARIE, THANKS SO MUCH. 969 00:48:49.209 --> 00:48:50.010 AND UNDERSTANDING THE SIGN WILL 970 00:48:50.010 --> 00:48:50.577 GIVEN OF GIVE US NEW 971 00:48:50.577 --> 00:48:50.978 INFORMATION. 972 00:48:50.978 --> 00:48:55.749 APPLIED PHYSICS LIBRARY, WITH 973 00:48:55.749 --> 00:48:56.416 NASA'S BLARE ADAM. 974 00:48:56.416 --> 00:48:56.750 BLARE? 975 00:48:56.750 --> 00:48:57.351 >> THANKS SO MUCH MARIE. 976 00:48:57.351 --> 00:48:57.884 I'M VERY EXCITED. 977 00:48:57.884 --> 00:49:00.487 DID YOU GET OUT AND SEE THE 978 00:49:00.487 --> 00:49:05.692 LAUNCH WITNESS FIRSTHAND. 979 00:49:05.692 --> 00:49:07.728 SHOCK WAVES AND BEAUTIFUL SITE 980 00:49:07.728 --> 00:49:09.329 OF THE THREE BOOSTERS. 981 00:49:09.329 --> 00:49:11.431 AND YOU COULD SEE IT A LONG WAY. 982 00:49:11.431 --> 00:49:14.401 YOU COULD SEE THE BURNOUT, WHICH 983 00:49:14.401 --> 00:49:15.969 IS ABOUT T PLUS 4 MINUTES. 984 00:49:15.969 --> 00:49:17.771 REALLY EXCITING NIGHT. 985 00:49:17.771 --> 00:49:22.242 >> WHAT YOU WORK OUT PRIMARILY, 986 00:49:22.242 --> 00:49:24.945 APPLIED LABORATORY, SPACE X. 987 00:49:24.945 --> 00:49:26.813 WE KNOW THE VALUABLE SCIENCE. 988 00:49:26.813 --> 00:49:28.715 HOW DOES IT HELP OTHER MISSIONS 989 00:49:28.715 --> 00:49:32.552 AND WITH REGARD TO SPACE 990 00:49:32.552 --> 00:49:34.254 EXPLORATION. 991 00:49:34.254 --> 00:49:38.158 THIS IS A REAL BIG DEAL, NOT 992 00:49:38.158 --> 00:49:39.893 ONLY FOR SPACE EXPLORATION. 993 00:49:39.893 --> 00:49:42.496 WE'LL GET A LOT OF NEW 994 00:49:42.496 --> 00:49:45.032 KNOWLEDGE, SEVERE SOLAR EVENTS 995 00:49:45.032 --> 00:49:48.902 THAT WILL TAKE DOWN THE POWER 996 00:49:48.902 --> 00:49:52.239 GRID. 997 00:49:52.239 --> 00:49:55.208 >> AS WE GO TO SPACE, 998 00:49:55.208 --> 00:49:56.977 ROBOTICALLY INTO HUMAN, IT'S 999 00:49:56.977 --> 00:49:59.479 BETTER TO GET BETTER FORECAST, 1000 00:49:59.479 --> 00:50:03.050 OPERATORS TO THE ROBOTIC 1001 00:50:03.050 --> 00:50:07.721 SPACECRAFT. 1002 00:50:07.721 --> 00:50:10.023 WE WANT TO PROVIDE THE WARNINGS 1003 00:50:10.023 --> 00:50:13.193 SO WE KEEP PEOPLE IN THE 1004 00:50:13.193 --> 00:50:13.660 HARDWARE SAFE. 1005 00:50:13.660 --> 00:50:17.864 >> ALL THE FUTURE MISSIONS AND 1006 00:50:17.864 --> 00:50:18.632 EVEN THE CURRENT MISSIONS WILL 1007 00:50:18.632 --> 00:50:22.002 BE ABLE TO HELP THEM AS WEL 1008 00:50:22.002 --> 00:50:25.972 >> WE TRIED TO WITHSTAND THE 1009 00:50:25.972 --> 00:50:28.475 HARSHEST ENVIRONMENT. 1010 00:50:28.475 --> 00:50:30.911 IT'S ALWAYS WORTHWHILE, YOU HAVE 1011 00:50:30.911 --> 00:50:33.847 TO HUNKER DOWN AND PLAY IT SAFE. 1012 00:50:33.847 --> 00:50:36.683 >>ND AN I APPRECIATE IT. 1013 00:50:36.683 --> 00:50:41.154 THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT OF 1014 00:50:41.154 --> 00:50:41.521 CONSOLE. 1015 00:50:41.521 --> 00:50:44.858 WE LOOK FORWARD TO THINGS. 1016 00:50:44.858 --> 00:50:47.928 >> AND STARTING LINE AND FINISH 1017 00:50:47.928 --> 00:50:49.029 LINE. 1018 00:50:49.029 --> 00:50:52.399 FINISH ANYONE LOOR THE TO 1019 00:50:52.399 --> 00:50:54.468 DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND SEVEN YEARS 1020 00:50:54.468 --> 00:50:56.903 OF DISCOVERY. 1021 00:50:56.903 --> 00:50:58.438 >> THANKS, BLAIR. 1022 00:50:58.438 --> 00:51:00.040 HOW DO WE GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO 1023 00:51:00.040 --> 00:51:02.375 THE SUN, TO SAMPLE THE 1024 00:51:02.375 --> 00:51:08.048 INCREDIBLY HOT ATMOSPHERE. 1025 00:51:08.048 --> 00:51:09.549 >> THAT IS IS A CAUGHT UP, WITH 1026 00:51:09.549 --> 00:51:13.620 THE MISSION, TO ILLUSTRATE 1027 00:51:13.620 --> 00:51:14.287 PANTHER'S PATH. 1028 00:51:14.287 --> 00:51:15.956 >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 1029 00:51:15.956 --> 00:51:17.691 >> YOU'RE WELCOME. 1030 00:51:17.691 --> 00:51:19.459 >> THERE'S SO MANY FASCINATING 1031 00:51:19.459 --> 00:51:21.628 THINGS. 1032 00:51:21.628 --> 00:51:23.296 ONE THING I FIND INTERESTING, 1033 00:51:23.296 --> 00:51:24.965 THE UNUSUAL ORBIT. 1034 00:51:24.965 --> 00:51:25.632 YOU COULD EXPLAIN THAT 1035 00:51:25.632 --> 00:51:27.667 >> ONCE WE'RE IN SPACE, THE BUSY 1036 00:51:27.667 --> 00:51:32.672 FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR US. 1037 00:51:32.672 --> 00:51:35.175 WE HAVE TO GO AHEAD IT MISSION. 1038 00:51:35.175 --> 00:51:37.677 SIX MONTHS, WE ENCOUNTER THE 1039 00:51:37.677 --> 00:51:38.278 PROJECT LAUNCH. 1040 00:51:38.278 --> 00:51:41.448 AND BASICALLY, IT'S LIKE A 1041 00:51:41.448 --> 00:51:45.485 LITTLE HAND BRAKE AND FOCUSES IT 1042 00:51:45.485 --> 00:51:48.522 TO THE SUN. 1043 00:51:48.522 --> 00:51:51.391 WE DON'T NEED TO BE -- 1044 00:51:51.391 --> 00:51:56.329 >> AND WE'LL ACTUALLY DO THE FLY 1045 00:51:56.329 --> 00:51:58.165 BYES OF VENUS. 1046 00:51:58.165 --> 00:52:02.068 ALL IS GETTING SMALLER AND 1047 00:52:02.068 --> 00:52:05.572 SMALLER, UNTIL THERE'S FINAL 1048 00:52:05.572 --> 00:52:05.906 THREE. 1049 00:52:05.906 --> 00:52:08.642 >> SPEAKING OF CLOSER TO 1050 00:52:08.642 --> 00:52:11.077 APPROACH, YOU COULD DESCRIBE 1051 00:52:11.077 --> 00:52:15.782 EXACTLY HOW CLOSE THE SPACE. 1052 00:52:15.782 --> 00:52:19.519 >> 3 MILLION MILES OF, OF THE 1053 00:52:19.519 --> 00:52:19.886 SURFACE. 1054 00:52:19.886 --> 00:52:22.055 I REALIZE YOU SKWUFT SAW 1055 00:52:22.055 --> 00:52:22.422 MILLIONS. 1056 00:52:22.422 --> 00:52:26.326 THE EARTH AND SUN ARE 93 MILLION 1057 00:52:26.326 --> 00:52:30.430 MILES APART. 1058 00:52:30.430 --> 00:52:34.801 IF I PUT THE EARTH AND THE SUN, 1059 00:52:34.801 --> 00:52:38.271 PARKER WILL BE IN THE 4 RED 1060 00:52:38.271 --> 00:52:38.572 LINE. 1061 00:52:38.572 --> 00:52:42.175 >> THAT SOUNDS EXTREMELY CLOSE 1062 00:52:42.175 --> 00:52:47.514 TO ME. 1063 00:52:47.514 --> 00:52:50.417 HOW IS THE AIRCRAFT NOT GOING TO 1064 00:52:50.417 --> 00:52:52.152 BE BUILT UP. 1065 00:52:52.152 --> 00:53:00.193 >> WE HAVE WIND IN THE. 1066 00:53:00.193 --> 00:53:06.800 AND WHITE ONE ABOUT 2 AND -- AND 1067 00:53:06.800 --> 00:53:09.002 THE HEAT SHIELD IS GROWING AND 1068 00:53:09.002 --> 00:53:11.638 IT IS REFLECKING A LOT OF THE 1069 00:53:11.638 --> 00:53:12.672 SUN'S ENERGY. 1070 00:53:12.672 --> 00:53:16.243 THE FRONT PART GETS TO 2500 1071 00:53:16.243 --> 00:53:17.410 DEGREES FARENHEIT. 1072 00:53:17.410 --> 00:53:21.081 EVERYBODY IN THE MAIN BODY IS 1073 00:53:21.081 --> 00:53:24.351 ABOUT 85 DEGREES FARENHEIT. 1074 00:53:24.351 --> 00:53:25.952 >> NICKY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 1075 00:53:25.952 --> 00:53:27.554 BEING HERE TODAY. 1076 00:53:27.554 --> 00:53:29.789 WE'RE ALL EXTREMELY EXCITED. 1077 00:53:29.789 --> 00:53:31.591 GO PARKER SOLAR PROBE. 1078 00:53:31.591 --> 00:53:36.263 WITH THAT, MARIA, BACK TO YOU. 1079 00:53:36.263 --> 00:53:39.432 >> WE'RE COMING UP WITH AN INK 1080 00:53:39.432 --> 00:53:43.303 MAKER MILESTONE TO PARKER FLIGHT 1081 00:53:43.303 --> 00:53:45.972 >> AND I'M HERE WITH ALYSSA 1082 00:53:45.972 --> 00:53:48.241 McBATH AND WE'RE MONITORING THE 1083 00:53:48.241 --> 00:53:48.575 FLIGHT. 1084 00:53:48.575 --> 00:53:50.243 YOU COULD TELL US, WHERE WE ARE 1085 00:53:50.243 --> 00:53:51.978 NOW AND WHAT'S ABOUT TO COME UP 1086 00:53:51.978 --> 00:53:52.312 NEXT? 1087 00:53:52.312 --> 00:53:54.447 >> WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE'S 1088 00:53:54.447 --> 00:53:56.549 TWO BURNS OF THE SECOND STAGE. 1089 00:53:56.549 --> 00:54:01.521 WE'RE ABOUT TO COME UP ON THE 1090 00:54:01.521 --> 00:54:01.988 SECOND BURN. 1091 00:54:01.988 --> 00:54:02.889 AFTER THAT, THE ENGINES WILL 1092 00:54:02.889 --> 00:54:06.526 LIKE AND WILL ENTER THAT PHASE. 1093 00:54:06.526 --> 00:54:09.062 AND WE'LL CUT OFF AND ENTER INTO 1094 00:54:09.062 --> 00:54:10.030 A COLD STAGE. 1095 00:54:10.030 --> 00:54:14.367 AND THEN, THE THIRD STAGE, WILL 1096 00:54:14.367 --> 00:54:16.403 IGNITE AT APPROXIMATELY 37 1097 00:54:16.403 --> 00:54:17.804 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT. 1098 00:54:17.804 --> 00:54:21.741 AND THAT WILL BE THE LAST AND 1099 00:54:21.741 --> 00:54:23.376 FINAL BURN BEFORE SPACECRAFT 1100 00:54:23.376 --> 00:54:23.777 SEPARATION. 1101 00:54:23.777 --> 00:54:26.279 >> WE HAD A GREAT LAUNCH, 3:31 1102 00:54:26.279 --> 00:54:26.546 A.M. 1103 00:54:26.546 --> 00:54:28.615 THERE'S MORE WORK TO DO, BEFORE 1104 00:54:28.615 --> 00:54:30.050 THE SPACECRAFT SEPARATES. 1105 00:54:30.050 --> 00:54:32.652 YOU COULD TELL ME, WHAT'S NEXT 1106 00:54:32.652 --> 00:54:34.120 FOR A FREE NONLAUNCH ALLIANCE. 1107 00:54:34.120 --> 00:54:36.323 >> THE TEAM IS MONITORING DATA. 1108 00:54:36.323 --> 00:54:37.691 THE LAUNCH CONTROL ROOM. 1109 00:54:37.691 --> 00:54:39.859 IN DENVER AS WELL AS HERE. 1110 00:54:39.859 --> 00:54:41.661 LOOKING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING 1111 00:54:41.661 --> 00:54:42.796 LOOKS PHENOMENAL. 1112 00:54:42.796 --> 00:54:45.098 THE BOOSTER PERFORMS, LOOKING AT 1113 00:54:45.098 --> 00:54:47.367 DATA FROM THE BOOSTER, TO MAKE 1114 00:54:47.367 --> 00:54:48.802 SURE EVERYTHING LOOKS CLEAR AND 1115 00:54:48.802 --> 00:54:49.569 GOOD THERE. 1116 00:54:49.569 --> 00:54:51.204 AND AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THE 1117 00:54:51.204 --> 00:54:52.472 FLIGHT, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO 1118 00:54:52.472 --> 00:54:52.772 THAT. 1119 00:54:52.772 --> 00:54:55.909 >> ONCE AGAIN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 1120 00:54:55.909 --> 00:54:59.212 LIVE TELEMETRY FEED, ANIMATED 1121 00:54:59.212 --> 00:55:00.513 FEED OF THE SECOND STAGE. 1122 00:55:00.513 --> 00:55:03.450 AT THE TOP, NASA'S PARKER SOLAR 1123 00:55:03.450 --> 00:55:05.919 PROBE, LOOKING TOWARD THE 1124 00:55:05.919 --> 00:55:06.786 SEPARATION TIME. 1125 00:55:06.786 --> 00:55:09.956 WE HAVE JUST CONFIRMATION OF THE 1126 00:55:09.956 --> 00:55:10.323 MISSION. 1127 00:55:10.323 --> 00:55:15.395 OF THE RL10 ENGINE. 1128 00:55:15.395 --> 00:55:17.297 AND WITH THAT, ALYSSA, THANK YOU 1129 00:55:17.297 --> 00:55:18.231 FOR JOINING US. 1130 00:55:18.231 --> 00:55:20.400 THANK YOU FOR A GREAT LAUNCH. 1131 00:55:20.400 --> 00:55:22.635 >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME AGAIN 1132 00:55:22.635 --> 00:55:22.969 >> THANKS. 1133 00:55:37.150 --> 00:55:37.384 . 1134 00:55:37.384 --> 00:55:41.121 >> BODY RATES CONTINUE TO LOOK 1135 00:55:41.121 --> 00:55:45.392 GOOD. 1136 00:55:45.392 --> 00:55:51.031 24 MINUTES, 25 SECONDS INTO 1137 00:55:51.031 --> 00:56:22.762 FLIGHT. 1138 00:56:22.762 --> 00:56:25.298 WE ARE AT A MISSION ALOT TIME, 1139 00:56:25.298 --> 00:56:29.102 24 MINUTES, INTO LAUNCH THIS 1140 00:56:29.102 --> 00:56:30.837 SECOND BERM ENGINE. 1141 00:56:30.837 --> 00:56:32.639 YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, UPDATED 1142 00:56:32.639 --> 00:56:33.473 IN REAL-TIME. 1143 00:56:33.473 --> 00:56:34.874 WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR 1144 00:56:34.874 --> 00:56:37.410 THINGS, AS WE MOVE THROUGH 1145 00:56:37.410 --> 00:56:38.812 SPACECRAFT SEPARATION. 1146 00:56:38.812 --> 00:56:41.514 PARKER PROBE, WILL CONTINUE TO 1147 00:56:41.514 --> 00:56:43.316 UNFOLD THE SOLAR WINGS. 1148 00:56:43.316 --> 00:56:45.285 FOR NOW, WE GO TO SOLAR. 1149 00:56:45.285 --> 00:56:47.987 >> PARKER SOLAR PROBE MISSION IS 1150 00:56:47.987 --> 00:56:50.156 DESIGNED TO COLLECT DATA AND 1151 00:56:50.156 --> 00:56:53.193 STUDY SOLAR PRACTICES SCIENTISTS 1152 00:56:53.193 --> 00:56:55.128 NEVER SEEN BEFORE. 1153 00:56:55.128 --> 00:56:57.097 NASA'S BLAIR ALLEN, SPOKE, ABOUT 1154 00:56:57.097 --> 00:57:00.166 THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES IN 1155 00:57:00.166 --> 00:57:01.568 DEVELOPING THIS MISSION. 1156 00:57:01.568 --> 00:57:03.736 >> JIM, TELL ME, WHAT IS THE 1157 00:57:03.736 --> 00:57:05.338 PARKER SOLAR PROBE MISSION? 1158 00:57:05.338 --> 00:57:07.240 >> SO SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 1159 00:57:07.240 --> 00:57:09.008 NASA, EVEN, THERE'S BEEN A 1160 00:57:09.008 --> 00:57:11.377 DESIRE TO EXPLORE THE REGIONS 1161 00:57:11.377 --> 00:57:13.346 CLOSE TO THE SUN, UNDERSTAND THE 1162 00:57:13.346 --> 00:57:15.248 PROCESSES THAT'S GOING ON THERE. 1163 00:57:15.248 --> 00:57:19.285 HOW THE PARTICLES, IN THE SUN, 1164 00:57:19.285 --> 00:57:20.553 ACCELERATED AND EVEN INTO THE 1165 00:57:20.553 --> 00:57:22.355 EARTH AND BEYOND. 1166 00:57:22.355 --> 00:57:24.424 PARKER SOLAR FILM MISSION, WILL 1167 00:57:24.424 --> 00:57:26.860 BE ABLE TO FLY THE SPACECRAFT TO 1168 00:57:26.860 --> 00:57:29.629 CLOSE REGIONS, MAKE THE 1169 00:57:29.629 --> 00:57:32.432 FUNDAMENTAL MEASUREMENTS, TAKE 1170 00:57:32.432 --> 00:57:33.466 THE SPACECRAFT. 1171 00:57:33.466 --> 00:57:35.468 EACH YIELD IN THE FRONT, TO 1172 00:57:35.468 --> 00:57:37.437 PROTECT ALL THE THINGS TO ALLOW 1173 00:57:37.437 --> 00:57:38.705 THE MEASUREMENTS 1174 00:57:38.705 --> 00:57:40.573 >> WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG TO 1175 00:57:40.573 --> 00:57:42.208 GET A MISSION LIKE THIS 1176 00:57:42.208 --> 00:57:42.609 TOGETHER. 1177 00:57:42.609 --> 00:57:45.145 I KNOW THIS IS NEW TECHNOLOGY 1178 00:57:45.145 --> 00:57:47.680 >> THERE'S FUNDMENTAL 1179 00:57:47.680 --> 00:57:48.114 TECHOLOGIST. 1180 00:57:48.114 --> 00:57:50.650 MANY PEOPLE WORKING FOR DECADES. 1181 00:57:50.650 --> 00:57:52.652 SOME OF THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE 1182 00:57:52.652 --> 00:57:53.720 THE HEAT SHIELD. 1183 00:57:53.720 --> 00:57:56.356 SOME IS DEVELOPING, THE SYSTEMS 1184 00:57:56.356 --> 00:57:57.957 CONTROLLING THE SPACECRAFT. 1185 00:57:57.957 --> 00:58:02.228 PARKER SOLAR PROBE IS AN 1186 00:58:02.228 --> 00:58:03.463 AUTOMOUSE SYSTEMS. 1187 00:58:03.463 --> 00:58:05.698 ABILITY TO DO THAT IN SPACE IS 1188 00:58:05.698 --> 00:58:07.534 ONE OF THE TECHOLOGIST. 1189 00:58:07.534 --> 00:58:08.668 WE HAVE TO DEVELOP SOME THINGS 1190 00:58:08.668 --> 00:58:11.337 LIKE COOLING SYSTEMS, POWER THE 1191 00:58:11.337 --> 00:58:13.339 SPACECRAFT, CLOSE TO THE SUN AND 1192 00:58:13.339 --> 00:58:15.808 MAINTAIN THE TEMPERATURES AND 1193 00:58:15.808 --> 00:58:17.677 ALLOWS US TO TAKE THE 1194 00:58:17.677 --> 00:58:18.111 TEMPERATURES. 1195 00:58:18.111 --> 00:58:19.946 >> ONE SOLAR PANEL, WHEN YOU GET 1196 00:58:19.946 --> 00:58:22.448 CLOSE AND GET THE ENERGY YOU 1197 00:58:22.448 --> 00:58:22.749 NEED. 1198 00:58:22.749 --> 00:58:23.983 >> AND WHEN WE GET CLOSE TO THE 1199 00:58:23.983 --> 00:58:26.986 SUN, WE TAKE THE SOLAR PANELS AN 1200 00:58:26.986 --> 00:58:28.688 TUKT THEM IN THE CHANNELS, UNTIL 1201 00:58:28.688 --> 00:58:30.657 THE TIPS OF THE SOLAR AIR. 1202 00:58:30.657 --> 00:58:32.292 IT'S ESSENTIALLY THAT IDEA. 1203 00:58:32.292 --> 00:58:34.928 >> I SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN 1204 00:58:34.928 --> 00:58:35.295 ENGINEER. 1205 00:58:35.295 --> 00:58:35.929 >> EXACTLY. 1206 00:58:35.929 --> 00:58:37.363 >> THAT'S REALLY AWESOME. 1207 00:58:37.363 --> 00:58:38.464 I UNDERSTAND, WE'RE GETTING 1208 00:58:38.464 --> 00:58:39.499 CLOSE TO THE SUN. 1209 00:58:39.499 --> 00:58:41.768 YOU'RE NOT JUST FLYING TO THE 1210 00:58:41.768 --> 00:58:42.202 SUN. 1211 00:58:42.202 --> 00:58:44.103 HOW IS THIS MISSION ORIENTED TO 1212 00:58:44.103 --> 00:58:46.406 GET TO THE SUN AND GET THE 1213 00:58:46.406 --> 00:58:46.839 MEASUREMENTS 1214 00:58:46.839 --> 00:58:52.078 >> IT'S ACTUALLY A FAIRLY 1215 00:58:52.078 --> 00:58:52.545 COMPLICATED. 1216 00:58:52.545 --> 00:58:54.080 WE'RE LAUNCHING IN A ROCKET. 1217 00:58:54.080 --> 00:58:56.649 IT ALLOWS US TO GET THE MOMENTUM 1218 00:58:56.649 --> 00:58:59.319 SO WE CAN FALL IN THE SUN. 1219 00:58:59.319 --> 00:59:02.322 THAT DOESN'T GET US THERE. 1220 00:59:02.322 --> 00:59:04.390 WE HAVE TO DO A VARIETY ASSIST, 1221 00:59:04.390 --> 00:59:11.231 SO WE CAN MAKE THE FIRST 1222 00:59:11.231 --> 00:59:11.931 APPROACH AROUND THE SUN. 1223 00:59:11.931 --> 00:59:12.732 WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE SEVERAL 1224 00:59:12.732 --> 00:59:13.199 VENUS FLY BYES. 1225 00:59:13.199 --> 00:59:14.500 AS WE DID, THE CLOSEST APPROACH 1226 00:59:14.500 --> 00:59:16.502 TO THE SUN, GET CLOSER AND 1227 00:59:16.502 --> 00:59:18.037 CLOSER TO SEE THE SCIENCE WE 1228 00:59:18.037 --> 00:59:19.706 WANT TO SEE. 1229 00:59:19.706 --> 00:59:21.007 >> HOW LONG IS THE PARKLAND 1230 00:59:21.007 --> 00:59:21.975 SOLAR MISSION. 1231 00:59:21.975 --> 00:59:24.644 WE WILL BE MAKING 24 PASSES 1232 00:59:24.644 --> 00:59:27.213 CLOSE TO THE SUN IN THE 7 YEARS, 1233 00:59:27.213 --> 00:59:30.583 STARTING IN SIX MONTHS IN EACH 1234 00:59:30.583 --> 00:59:31.417 ORBIT 1235 00:59:31.417 --> 00:59:33.052 >> WHAT HAPPENS AFTER SEVEN 1236 00:59:33.052 --> 00:59:33.519 YEARS? 1237 00:59:33.519 --> 00:59:35.054 ARE YOU GOING TO GET PULLED IN 1238 00:59:35.054 --> 00:59:36.589 THE SUN OR YOU COULD OPERATE 1239 00:59:36.589 --> 00:59:38.291 BEYOND THAT, IF POSSIBLE. 1240 00:59:38.291 --> 00:59:40.426 >> WE WILL LIKELY, AT SOME 1241 00:59:40.426 --> 00:59:43.529 POINT, RUN OUT OF PROPEL LET. 1242 00:59:43.529 --> 00:59:45.531 PROPELETTE WILL ALLOW US TO 1243 00:59:45.531 --> 00:59:46.666 COLLECT THE MOMENTUM. 1244 00:59:46.666 --> 00:59:49.669 ONCE WE RUN OUT OF PROPELETTE, 1245 00:59:49.669 --> 00:59:51.337 THE SPACECRAFT WILL START 1246 00:59:51.337 --> 00:59:51.704 ROTATING. 1247 00:59:51.704 --> 00:59:53.306 THE PRESSURE OF THE SUNLIGHT ON 1248 00:59:53.306 --> 00:59:55.642 THE SPACECRAFT ITSELF. 1249 00:59:55.642 --> 00:59:56.776 SURFACES OF THE SPACECRAFT THAT 1250 00:59:56.776 --> 00:59:59.646 IS NOT SUPPOSED TO SEE THE SUN, 1251 00:59:59.646 --> 01:00:01.614 WILL SEE THE SUN EVENTUALLY. 1252 01:00:01.614 --> 01:00:03.950 THAT WILL HAVE ALL SORTS OF 1253 01:00:03.950 --> 01:00:05.485 EFFECTS THAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND 1254 01:00:05.485 --> 01:00:08.354 AND EVENTUALLY THE SPACE CLOUD 1255 01:00:08.354 --> 01:00:11.524 WILL JOIN THE DUST CLOUD. 1256 01:00:11.524 --> 01:00:17.196 >> CAPTAIN KIRK JOINED THE SUN. 1257 01:00:17.196 --> 01:00:20.133 I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WHERE 1258 01:00:20.133 --> 01:00:21.401 IT COULD -- 1259 01:00:21.401 --> 01:00:22.835 >> ADVANTAGE OF HAVING WORK 1260 01:00:22.835 --> 01:00:23.236 DRIVE. 1261 01:00:23.236 --> 01:00:24.337 WE DON'T HAVE THAT. 1262 01:00:24.337 --> 01:00:27.707 >> SOMETHING TO PUT INTO 1263 01:00:27.707 --> 01:00:28.141 DEVELOPMENT. 1264 01:00:28.141 --> 01:00:28.741 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 1265 01:00:28.741 --> 01:00:28.975 . 1266 01:00:28.975 --> 01:00:34.380 >>> JOSH IS STANDING BY WITH 1267 01:00:34.380 --> 01:00:38.518 REPRESENTATIVE FROM NORTHRUP 1268 01:00:38.518 --> 01:00:38.918 DRUMMOND. 1269 01:00:38.918 --> 01:00:40.920 >> AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO 1270 01:00:40.920 --> 01:00:43.756 MONITOR THE BERM, MAIN ENGINE 1271 01:00:43.756 --> 01:00:45.325 CUTOFF, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 8 1272 01:00:45.325 --> 01:00:49.262 MINUTES, 20 SECONDS AWAY FROM 1273 01:00:49.262 --> 01:00:52.632 THE BERM OF THE ENGINE. 1274 01:00:52.632 --> 01:00:53.866 YOU COULD TELL ME LITTLE BIT 1275 01:00:53.866 --> 01:00:55.835 ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHAT YOU DO? 1276 01:00:55.835 --> 01:00:58.137 >> I'M A PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE 1277 01:00:58.137 --> 01:01:00.540 SPACE LAUNCH PROGRAM, SUPPORTING 1278 01:01:00.540 --> 01:01:02.675 THE PARKLAND SOLAR PROBE TEAM. 1279 01:01:02.675 --> 01:01:07.747 >> AND YOU COULD TELL ME WHAT 1280 01:01:07.747 --> 01:01:14.520 NORTHRUPGRUMMAN'S ROLE IS. 1281 01:01:14.520 --> 01:01:15.688 >> THEY HAVE SUPPORTED THE 1282 01:01:15.688 --> 01:01:16.689 MISSION TIP TO TALE. 1283 01:01:16.689 --> 01:01:19.158 AND STARTING WITH THE LARGE 1284 01:01:19.158 --> 01:01:21.594 COMPOSITE STRUCTURES. 1285 01:01:21.594 --> 01:01:24.230 BASICALLY EVERYTHING WHITE ON 1286 01:01:24.230 --> 01:01:25.064 THE VEHICLE. 1287 01:01:25.064 --> 01:01:28.634 THE NOZZLES, THE FUEL TANKS AND 1288 01:01:28.634 --> 01:01:30.937 CERTAINLY WHAT I'M MOST FAMILIAR 1289 01:01:30.937 --> 01:01:31.637 WITH, THIRD STAGE. 1290 01:01:31.637 --> 01:01:34.440 >> AND RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE LOOKING 1291 01:01:34.440 --> 01:01:37.176 AT A LIVE SHOT THERE. 1292 01:01:37.176 --> 01:01:43.249 THAT'S LIVE TELEMETRY CONTINUING 1293 01:01:43.249 --> 01:01:45.084 TO BURN. 1294 01:01:45.084 --> 01:01:48.388 AND YOU COULD TELL ME WHAT'S 1295 01:01:48.388 --> 01:01:58.231 UNIQUE OF THE MISSION FROM FLOOR 1296 01:01:58.231 --> 01:01:59.699 NORTHRUP GRUMMAN. 1297 01:01:59.699 --> 01:02:02.034 >> THIS MISSION, IN PARTICULAR, 1298 01:02:02.034 --> 01:02:03.870 THE SUN, GIVES NEW ELEMENT. 1299 01:02:03.870 --> 01:02:07.206 THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS TO 1300 01:02:07.206 --> 01:02:10.009 TAKE INTO CONSIDERATIO 1301 01:02:10.009 --> 01:02:13.579 >> THE VEHICLES'S TRAJECTORY IS 1302 01:02:13.579 --> 01:02:16.949 GOING CLOSE MUCH AND THE 1303 01:02:16.949 --> 01:02:18.551 ENGINEERS HAD TO CREATE 1304 01:02:18.551 --> 01:02:20.720 ELECTRONICS, MASS, KEEPING THE 1305 01:02:20.720 --> 01:02:28.995 VEHICLE AS LIGHT AS POSSIBL 1306 01:02:28.995 --> 01:02:31.230 >> I'M ALSO TOLD THIS IS THE 1307 01:02:31.230 --> 01:02:34.066 FIRST STAGE ON ABOARD FOR HEAVY. 1308 01:02:34.066 --> 01:02:36.669 AND DEFINITELY UNIQUE ASPECTS OF 1309 01:02:36.669 --> 01:02:37.336 THE MISSION. 1310 01:02:37.336 --> 01:02:40.206 >> TELL ME ABOUT THE SPECIALLY 1311 01:02:40.206 --> 01:02:41.007 DESIGNED THIRD STAGE. 1312 01:02:41.007 --> 01:02:45.111 >> AND OVERALL, 7 1/2 FEET LONG 1313 01:02:45.111 --> 01:02:48.080 AND IT WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 5200 1314 01:02:48.080 --> 01:02:48.681 POUNDS 1315 01:02:48.681 --> 01:02:54.320 IT INCLUDES A STAR 48BV, SOLID 1316 01:02:54.320 --> 01:02:55.354 ROCKET MOTOR. 1317 01:02:55.354 --> 01:03:02.562 FLIGHT AVIONICS, INCLUDES AN ON 1318 01:03:02.562 --> 01:03:05.965 BOARD, COMPUTER WITH NAVIGATION. 1319 01:03:05.965 --> 01:03:08.401 ADAPTIVE AND ITS OWN SEPARATION 1320 01:03:08.401 --> 01:03:08.768 SYSTEMS. 1321 01:03:08.768 --> 01:03:11.437 >> WE'RE CONTINUING TO MONITOR 1322 01:03:11.437 --> 01:03:13.806 THE BERM, APPROXIMATELY 6 1323 01:03:13.806 --> 01:03:15.274 MINUTES LEFT ON THE BERM. 1324 01:03:15.274 --> 01:03:17.977 CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE 1325 01:03:17.977 --> 01:03:23.082 SECOND STAG 1326 01:03:23.082 --> 01:03:28.221 >> MOST RECENTLY, WITH THE STAR 1327 01:03:28.221 --> 01:03:32.558 48BV, 2015, NORTHROP ADAPTED THE 1328 01:03:32.558 --> 01:03:33.459 VEHICLE 4 VEHICLE. 1329 01:03:33.459 --> 01:03:36.462 WE ADDED AN UPPER STAGE, TO 1330 01:03:36.462 --> 01:03:38.264 CREATE, CREATION FOR THE LAD 1331 01:03:38.264 --> 01:03:42.802 EMISSION, THAT WENT TO THE MOON. 1332 01:03:42.802 --> 01:03:46.339 JUST LAST YEAR, WE HAD ANOTHER, 1333 01:03:46.339 --> 01:03:48.074 IN THE CAPE OVER AT 5:00, THAT 1334 01:03:48.074 --> 01:03:51.110 IS A UNIQUELY DESIGNED UPPER 1335 01:03:51.110 --> 01:03:55.248 STAGE, FOR THE -- TO PERFORM A 1336 01:03:55.248 --> 01:04:02.889 REQUIRED PLAIN CHANG 1337 01:04:02.889 --> 01:04:05.124 >> FLYING, AND THE K THAT YOU 1338 01:04:05.124 --> 01:04:08.094 SEE, BOTTOM RIGHT OF YOUR 1339 01:04:08.094 --> 01:04:08.828 SCREEN. 1340 01:04:08.828 --> 01:04:11.564 SO, AFTER THE BERM COMPLETES, WE 1341 01:04:11.564 --> 01:04:14.567 HAVE A COUPLE OF REPORTS 1342 01:04:14.567 --> 01:04:14.967 HAPPENING. 1343 01:04:14.967 --> 01:04:16.335 HOW LONG WILL THE BERM LAST? 1344 01:04:16.335 --> 01:04:21.107 >> YES, THE PARKER. 1345 01:04:21.107 --> 01:04:27.046 >> IT BURNS FOR A MINA 1/2. 1346 01:04:27.046 --> 01:04:31.217 IT PRODUCES 13 THOUSAND POUNDS 1347 01:04:31.217 --> 01:04:31.884 OF THRUST. 1348 01:04:31.884 --> 01:04:35.288 AND IT'S ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF THE 1349 01:04:35.288 --> 01:04:38.157 OVERALL ORBITAL ESCAPE ENERGY. 1350 01:04:38.157 --> 01:04:41.694 >> HAS THE STAR 48 FLOWN BEFORE? 1351 01:04:41.694 --> 01:04:43.829 >> IT HAS. 1352 01:04:43.829 --> 01:04:46.999 MOST RECENTLY IN THE MISSION, 13 1353 01:04:46.999 --> 01:04:54.440 AND OUR MISSION EARLIER IN 201. 1354 01:04:54.440 --> 01:04:58.177 >> WE HAVE ABOUT 4 MINUTES, 20 1355 01:04:58.177 --> 01:05:01.547 SECONDS LEFT IN THE BERM. 1356 01:05:01.547 --> 01:05:04.784 >> YOU COULD TALK MORE HOW 1357 01:05:04.784 --> 01:05:06.385 NORTHROP GRUMMAN HAS PARTNERED 1358 01:05:06.385 --> 01:05:10.790 WITH THE LAUNCH ON THE MISSION. 1359 01:05:10.790 --> 01:05:16.462 >> NORTHROP GRUMMAN, DEPENDING 1360 01:05:16.462 --> 01:05:19.899 ON THE MISSION, WE'RE SOMETIMES 1361 01:05:19.899 --> 01:05:22.802 A CUSTOMER AS IN THE SIGNIFICANT 1362 01:05:22.802 --> 01:05:25.504 MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL 1363 01:05:25.504 --> 01:05:26.505 SPACE STATION. 1364 01:05:26.505 --> 01:05:29.508 SOMETIMES WE'RE A VENDOR IN THE 1365 01:05:29.508 --> 01:05:31.877 LARGE STRUCTURES WE'VE PROVIDED 1366 01:05:31.877 --> 01:05:33.479 FOR THE DELTA 4 MISSION. 1367 01:05:33.479 --> 01:05:35.514 IN THIS CASE, WE'RE PROUD TO BE 1368 01:05:35.514 --> 01:05:39.652 A PARTNER, WITH ULA AND NASA. 1369 01:05:39.652 --> 01:05:43.556 >> YOU HAVE ABOUT 3 MINUTES, 35 1370 01:05:43.556 --> 01:05:47.026 SECONDS LEFT. 1371 01:05:47.026 --> 01:05:51.597 WE HAVE AN ON TIME LIFT-OFF, AND 1372 01:05:51.597 --> 01:05:54.834 ADDITIONAL STAGE, WE'RE SPEAKING 1373 01:05:54.834 --> 01:05:55.434 ABOUT NOW. 1374 01:05:55.434 --> 01:05:57.603 SECOND STAGE CONTINUES TO FLY, 1375 01:05:57.603 --> 01:06:12.385 PLANNED TRAJECTOR 1376 01:06:12.385 --> 01:06:14.520 >> ABOUT 3 MINUTES REMAINING IN 1377 01:06:14.520 --> 01:06:15.454 THE BERM. 1378 01:06:15.454 --> 01:06:21.527 PRESSURE CONTINUES TO LOOK GO 1379 01:06:21.527 --> 01:06:24.463 >> PRESSURE REMAINS STABLE. 1380 01:06:24.463 --> 01:06:38.277 IS ACS ALSO LOOKS GOOD. 1381 01:06:38.277 --> 01:07:09.341 PASSING 35 MINUTES INTO FLIGH 1382 01:07:09.341 --> 01:07:14.113 >> 35 MINUTES, 35 SECONDS INTO 1383 01:07:14.113 --> 01:07:17.550 FLIGHT. 1384 01:07:17.550 --> 01:07:19.051 APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES 1385 01:07:19.051 --> 01:07:20.886 REMAINING AT MIKKO 2. 1386 01:07:20.886 --> 01:07:24.090 AND THEY WILL BEGIN THE 1387 01:07:24.090 --> 01:07:26.158 INITIATION SEQUENCE. 1388 01:07:26.158 --> 01:07:29.228 AT THAT POINT, WE SHOULD START 1389 01:07:29.228 --> 01:07:32.064 SEEING TELEMETRY DATA THROUGH 1390 01:07:32.064 --> 01:07:33.499 THE THIRD STAGE. 1391 01:07:33.499 --> 01:07:37.436 OF 25 SECONDS THROUGH THE 1392 01:07:37.436 --> 01:07:38.003 SEPARATION. 1393 01:07:38.003 --> 01:07:41.841 THE 3RD STAGE WILL IGNITE. 1394 01:07:41.841 --> 01:07:46.545 IT WILL BEGIN ITS 39 SECOND 1395 01:07:46.545 --> 01:08:15.608 BURN. 1396 01:08:15.608 --> 01:08:18.177 APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE 1397 01:08:18.177 --> 01:09:10.396 REMAINING UNTIL MIKKO 1398 01:09:10.396 --> 01:09:15.067 >> STANDING DOWN FOR MIKKO 1399 01:09:15.067 --> 01:09:19.605 MOMENTARILY. 1400 01:09:19.605 --> 01:09:23.876 WE HAVE MIKKO, MAIN ENGINE 1401 01:09:23.876 --> 01:09:38.490 CUTOFF. 1402 01:09:38.490 --> 01:09:42.628 PASSING 38 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT. 1403 01:09:42.628 --> 01:09:58.711 3RD STAGE TRANSMITTER ON. 1404 01:09:58.711 --> 01:10:09.922 3RD STAGE TELEMETRY. 1405 01:10:09.922 --> 01:10:14.593 WE HAVE ACQUISITION OF STAGE 3 1406 01:10:14.593 --> 01:10:33.846 TELEMETR 1407 01:10:33.846 --> 01:10:36.882 >> WE DID SEE IGNITION, SEEING 1408 01:10:36.882 --> 01:10:38.550 CHAMBER PRESSURE. 1409 01:10:38.550 --> 01:10:42.421 WE'VE SEEN SOME PERIODS OF DROP 1410 01:10:42.421 --> 01:11:07.279 OFF TELEMETRY. 1411 01:11:07.279 --> 01:11:11.483 39 MINUTES, 30 SECONDS INTO 1412 01:11:11.483 --> 01:11:26.165 FLIGHT. 1413 01:11:26.165 --> 01:11:30.803 SHOULD BE EXPECTING TO SEE STAGE 1414 01:11:30.803 --> 01:11:31.270 MOMENTARILY. 1415 01:11:31.270 --> 01:11:36.675 SEE SEEING SOME DROP OFF THIRD 1416 01:11:36.675 --> 01:11:38.644 STAGE TELEMETRY. 1417 01:11:38.644 --> 01:12:18.250 DIFFICULT TO MAKE CALLS. 1418 01:12:18.250 --> 01:12:23.389 40 MINUTES, 40 SECONDS INTO 1419 01:12:23.389 --> 01:12:23.722 FLIGHT. 1420 01:12:23.722 --> 01:12:28.260 STILL SEEING SOME TELEMET TREE 1421 01:12:28.260 --> 01:12:35.067 DROP OUTS FROM THE THIRD STAGE. 1422 01:12:35.067 --> 01:12:37.636 AT THIS POINT, THE THIRD STAGE 1423 01:12:37.636 --> 01:12:39.204 WOULD HAVE COMPLETED THE BERM 1424 01:12:39.204 --> 01:12:42.775 AND THEN CREATING, A BEHM 1425 01:12:42.775 --> 01:12:43.842 ATTITUDE. 1426 01:12:43.842 --> 01:12:47.279 LOOKING FOR SOME TATE AT THAT TO 1427 01:12:47.279 --> 01:12:48.247 CONFIRM THAT. 1428 01:13:33.625 --> 01:13:37.329 >> DELTA FLIGHT COMMENTARY. 1429 01:13:37.329 --> 01:13:38.797 60 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT. 1430 01:13:38.797 --> 01:13:42.434 WE'RE STILL EXPERIENCING SOME 1431 01:13:42.434 --> 01:13:43.869 DROPOUT, THIRD STAGE TELEMET 1432 01:13:43.869 --> 01:13:44.169 TREE. 1433 01:13:44.169 --> 01:13:48.006 TRYING TO CONFIRM, THE SEQUENCE 1434 01:13:48.006 --> 01:13:51.977 OF EVENT. 1435 01:13:51.977 --> 01:13:55.914 WE'LL PROVIDE UPDATES WHEN THAT 1436 01:13:55.914 --> 01:14:38.023 IS AVAILABLE. 1437 01:14:38.023 --> 01:14:43.395 >> NOW PASSING 43 MINUTES INTO 1438 01:14:43.395 --> 01:14:44.530 FLIGHT. 1439 01:14:44.530 --> 01:14:47.699 TODAY'S PHENOMENAL, 1440 01:14:47.699 --> 01:14:50.369 APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTES 1441 01:15:40.352 --> 01:15:40.586 . 1442 01:15:40.586 --> 01:15:42.988 >> WE'VE BEEN INFORMED THE THIRD 1443 01:15:42.988 --> 01:15:45.224 STAGE IS PROVIDING DATA TO A 1444 01:15:45.224 --> 01:15:46.124 GROUND STATION. 1445 01:15:46.124 --> 01:15:49.728 DON'T HAVE REAL-TIME DATA. 1446 01:15:49.728 --> 01:15:52.898 WE WILL PROVIDE THOSE EVENTS AS 1447 01:15:52.898 --> 01:16:07.379 THEY COME IN FOR PLAYBAC 1448 01:16:07.379 --> 01:16:09.615 >> 44 MINUTES, 30 SECONDS INTO 1449 01:16:09.615 --> 01:16:10.349 FLIGHT. 1450 01:16:10.349 --> 01:16:14.653 STILL ATTEMPTING TO CONFIRM 1451 01:16:14.653 --> 01:16:18.890 KURPS FOR A THIRD STAGE OF 1452 01:16:18.890 --> 01:16:26.098 FLIGHT. 1453 01:16:26.098 --> 01:16:28.900 FOR TIME LINE, EXPECTED TO SEE 1454 01:16:28.900 --> 01:16:32.537 FIRST SEPARATION WITHIN THE LAST 1455 01:16:32.537 --> 01:17:09.041 MINUTE. 1456 01:17:09.041 --> 01:17:10.876 >> YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LIVE 1457 01:17:10.876 --> 01:17:11.176 SHOT. 1458 01:17:11.176 --> 01:17:15.547 THE DELTA OPERATION CENTER. 1459 01:17:15.547 --> 01:17:39.404 TEAM SHAKING HANDS. 1460 01:17:39.404 --> 01:17:42.841 >> LAUNCH ALLIANCE, IGNITION 1461 01:17:42.841 --> 01:17:44.076 CONTROL ROOM. 1462 01:17:44.076 --> 01:17:47.646 WE HAVE HAD CONFIRMATION 1463 01:17:47.646 --> 01:18:16.441 SPACECRAFT OPERATIO 1464 01:18:16.441 --> 01:18:18.443 >> WOULD LIKE TO CONFIRM THE 1465 01:18:18.443 --> 01:18:20.712 SPACECRAFT HAS ACQUIRED DATA. 1466 01:18:20.712 --> 01:18:24.983 WE'RE LOOKING AT A PLAY BACK TO 1467 01:18:24.983 --> 01:18:28.954 GET OUR THIRD STAGE 1468 01:18:28.954 --> 01:18:29.554 CONFIRMATION. 1469 01:18:29.554 --> 01:18:31.957 AT THIS POINT, SPACECRAFT DUES 1470 01:18:31.957 --> 01:18:33.658 COME UP HANDY. 1471 01:18:33.658 --> 01:18:35.827 >> CONFIRMATION OF SPACECRAFT. 1472 01:18:35.827 --> 01:18:39.131 YOU'RE LOOKING THE A, A LIVE 1473 01:18:39.131 --> 01:18:41.099 VIEW, APPLIED LABORATORY. 1474 01:18:41.099 --> 01:18:43.034 THE TEAMS ARE JUST ACCEPT 1475 01:18:43.034 --> 01:18:43.635 OPERATING. 1476 01:18:43.635 --> 01:18:47.739 I'M JOINED BY KATIE. 1477 01:18:47.739 --> 01:18:54.713 KATIE, WHAT'S NEXT TO THE EN 1478 01:18:54.713 --> 01:18:56.715 TEAR -- AND COMING UP IN THE 1479 01:18:56.715 --> 01:18:59.484 FALL, WE HAVE THE BIGGEST ICON 1480 01:18:59.484 --> 01:19:03.588 MISSION, RIGHT HERE ON THE KAIP. 1481 01:19:03.588 --> 01:19:06.691 WE'VE HAD THE LAUNCH OUT OF 1482 01:19:06.691 --> 01:19:07.058 NOVEMBER. 1483 01:19:07.058 --> 01:19:09.761 AND NEXT YEAR, IN APRIL, WE HAVE 1484 01:19:09.761 --> 01:19:13.031 THE ASSENT BOOSTER TEST HERE AT 1485 01:19:13.031 --> 01:19:15.901 THE CAPE, APRIL OF 201. 1486 01:19:15.901 --> 01:19:17.102 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 1487 01:19:17.102 --> 01:19:19.905 WHERE US TONIGHT, ENJOY THE REST 1488 01:19:19.905 --> 01:19:21.206 OF YOUR DAY. 1489 01:19:21.206 --> 01:19:21.807 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 1490 01:19:42.694 --> 01:19:42.928 . 1491 01:19:42.928 --> 01:19:44.629 >> ONCE AGAIN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 1492 01:19:44.629 --> 01:19:47.232 A LIVE VIEW. 1493 01:19:47.232 --> 01:19:52.037 OF WE HAVE CONFIRMDATION, FIRST 1494 01:19:52.037 --> 01:19:52.337 LAS. 1495 01:19:52.337 --> 01:19:57.809 >> AND WE DID HAVE AN ON TIME, 1496 01:19:57.809 --> 01:19:59.211 HEAVY WITH THE ISHL. 1497 01:19:59.211 --> 01:20:07.552 >> AND FOR NOW, GO BACK TO MARIE 1498 01:20:07.552 --> 01:20:07.886 LEWIS. 1499 01:20:07.886 --> 01:20:10.922 >> AND PARKER PROBE IS OUTFITTED 1500 01:20:10.922 --> 01:20:13.758 WITH SEVERAL SOPHISTICATED 1501 01:20:13.758 --> 01:20:15.126 SWEEPS. 1502 01:20:15.126 --> 01:20:19.464 THEY SPOKE WITH PROJECT SIGNIST 1503 01:20:19.464 --> 01:20:20.966 ITS, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE 1504 01:20:20.966 --> 01:20:25.270 COLLECTING A LOT OF SIGNS, DATA, 1505 01:20:25.270 --> 01:20:26.238 WITH THE WHOLE 1506 01:20:26.238 --> 01:20:33.612 >> AND I YOUTHSED TO -- TO MAKE 1507 01:20:33.612 --> 01:20:35.247 SURE WE CAN MAKE THE MEASURE AMS 1508 01:20:35.247 --> 01:20:40.719 WE NEED TO DO, TO ANSWER THE 1509 01:20:40.719 --> 01:20:41.119 QUESTIONS. 1510 01:20:41.119 --> 01:20:43.855 WE HAVE INSTRUMENT SWEEP. 1511 01:20:43.855 --> 01:20:47.926 WE HAVE A LIGHT, AND WE WILL 1512 01:20:47.926 --> 01:20:52.831 TAKE IMAGING 69 1513 01:20:52.831 --> 01:20:57.402 >> IT WILL HELP UNLOCK THE 1514 01:20:57.402 --> 01:21:03.041 MEASUREMENTS. 1515 01:21:03.041 --> 01:21:06.044 ALSO ANY WAVE, ANY SIGNATURES, 1516 01:21:06.044 --> 01:21:09.481 THAT HAPPEN TO BE EMBEDDED IN 1517 01:21:09.481 --> 01:21:12.017 THE SOLAR WINDS. 1518 01:21:12.017 --> 01:21:14.252 THESE ARE THE NASTY GUYS, 1519 01:21:14.252 --> 01:21:17.389 ASSOCIATED WITH SHOCK AND 1520 01:21:17.389 --> 01:21:21.459 FLARING AND COLON KAK. 1521 01:21:21.459 --> 01:21:23.461 NONETHELESS, WE HAVE A SWEEP, 1522 01:21:23.461 --> 01:21:27.499 MEASURES THE BALLPARK OF THE 1523 01:21:27.499 --> 01:21:28.033 WIND. 1524 01:21:28.033 --> 01:21:30.268 ALL THE IPTS. 1525 01:21:30.268 --> 01:21:33.471 >> WHAT'S TEMPERATURE. 1526 01:21:33.471 --> 01:21:38.276 >>. 1527 01:21:38.276 --> 01:21:43.648 >> WE ARE NOT -- AND COMPOSE YOU 1528 01:21:43.648 --> 01:21:46.151 ARE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BUILD. 1529 01:21:46.151 --> 01:21:51.656 >> A LOT OF THEM ARE SIMILAR. 1530 01:21:51.656 --> 01:21:54.192 FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE FLOWN RADIO, 1531 01:21:54.192 --> 01:21:56.962 WITH ANTENNAS IN MANY MISSIONS. 1532 01:21:56.962 --> 01:22:00.665 NOT IF THEY ARE GOING TO 3 1533 01:22:00.665 --> 01:22:03.768 MILLION DEGREE MATERIAL. 1534 01:22:03.768 --> 01:22:05.570 I ALWAYS REFER TO THE BRAVEST, 1535 01:22:05.570 --> 01:22:08.139 BECAUSE IT TAKES NO PROTECTION 1536 01:22:08.139 --> 01:22:10.842 FROM AMAZING HEAT SHIELD. 1537 01:22:10.842 --> 01:22:17.849 IT'S A FAMOUS INCIDENT. 1538 01:22:17.849 --> 01:22:20.018 NOW WE'RE ASKING THIS TO WORK 1539 01:22:20.018 --> 01:22:27.759 FOR THE INCREDIBLE ENVIRONMENT. 1540 01:22:27.759 --> 01:22:30.228 EVEN THOUGH IT'S CHALLENGING 1541 01:22:30.228 --> 01:22:30.695 INSTRUMENTS. 1542 01:22:30.695 --> 01:22:34.733 >> TALK TO THE CHALLENGE THE 6. 1543 01:22:34.733 --> 01:22:37.135 >> AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST 1544 01:22:37.135 --> 01:22:40.305 CHALLENGINGS, IS EVEN NOT THE 1545 01:22:40.305 --> 01:22:42.240 HEA 1546 01:22:42.240 --> 01:22:44.876 >> THAT'S AWFUL AND HOT AND 1547 01:22:44.876 --> 01:22:45.310 DANGEROUS. 1548 01:22:45.310 --> 01:22:47.646 OUR ORBIT IS LYING THE CLOSEST 1549 01:22:47.646 --> 01:22:48.847 TO THE FLOWER. 1550 01:22:48.847 --> 01:22:50.915 WE COME OUT IN THE OTHER. 1551 01:22:50.915 --> 01:22:53.151 IT MEANS WE GO VERY HARD AND 1552 01:22:53.151 --> 01:22:53.785 VERY COLD. 1553 01:22:53.785 --> 01:22:55.887 DO YOU THINK IT'S TAKING ANY 1554 01:22:55.887 --> 01:22:57.756 MATERIAL AND HEATING IT AND 1555 01:22:57.756 --> 01:23:00.091 COOLING IT MANY TIMES, SAY 24, 1556 01:23:00.091 --> 01:23:01.960 WHICH IS THE NUMBER OF ORBITS WE 1557 01:23:01.960 --> 01:23:02.260 HAVE. 1558 01:23:02.260 --> 01:23:05.797 MOST OF THE TIME, IT WILL CHANGE 1559 01:23:05.797 --> 01:23:11.269 THE PROPERTY. 1560 01:23:11.269 --> 01:23:14.839 IT WON'T BE THE SAME 20 TIMES 1561 01:23:14.839 --> 01:23:15.840 LATER. 1562 01:23:15.840 --> 01:23:17.609 FINDING MATERIALS THAT WILL 1563 01:23:17.609 --> 01:23:21.112 WITHSTAND THE CHANGES IS THE 1564 01:23:21.112 --> 01:23:23.548 CHALLENGE. 1565 01:23:23.548 --> 01:23:27.752 PARKER BASE CAMP, IS -- IT NEEDS 1566 01:23:27.752 --> 01:23:32.424 A LOT OF SUN. 1567 01:23:32.424 --> 01:23:33.558 WATER PROBE WILL BE 1568 01:23:33.558 --> 01:23:34.059 EXPERIENCING. 1569 01:23:34.059 --> 01:23:37.295 AND HOW DO YOU TEST IT? 1570 01:23:37.295 --> 01:23:40.398 WE HAD TO ACTUALLY BUILD TEST FA 1571 01:23:40.398 --> 01:23:47.605 SIFTS TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. 1572 01:23:47.605 --> 01:23:49.240 AND SO EVERY SINGLE THING ABOUT 1573 01:23:49.240 --> 01:23:55.747 THE MISSION IS CHALLENGING. 1574 01:23:55.747 --> 01:23:57.649 HOW MANY PROJECTORS. 1575 01:23:57.649 --> 01:24:01.986 WHAT KIND OF FACILITY. 1576 01:24:01.986 --> 01:24:04.689 >> AND THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR THE 1577 01:24:04.689 --> 01:24:08.226 PARTICULAR INCIDENT, IS TO USE A 1578 01:24:08.226 --> 01:24:10.895 SOLAR, FURNACE SIMULATOR AM. 1579 01:24:10.895 --> 01:24:13.164 >> OBVIOUSLY, IT ONLY WORKS 1580 01:24:13.164 --> 01:24:15.133 DURING THE DAY MUCH IT ONLY 1581 01:24:15.133 --> 01:24:21.239 WORKS IF IT'S NOT CLOUDY. 1582 01:24:21.239 --> 01:24:23.641 WE COULDN'T GET LONG RUNS. 1583 01:24:23.641 --> 01:24:27.512 THEY CONSTRUCTED THE TEST 1584 01:24:27.512 --> 01:24:28.546 FACILITY. 1585 01:24:28.546 --> 01:24:30.615 UP IN THE SMITHSONIAN 1586 01:24:30.615 --> 01:24:33.017 OBSERVATORY IN BOSTON, THEY 1587 01:24:33.017 --> 01:24:37.222 ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED A VACUUM 1588 01:24:37.222 --> 01:24:37.756 DHAM BERS. 1589 01:24:37.756 --> 01:24:41.326 AND THEN THEY CHANGED IT 1590 01:24:41.326 --> 01:24:45.530 TOGETHER. 1591 01:24:45.530 --> 01:24:48.600 THAT WOULD PROVIDE THE 1592 01:24:48.600 --> 01:24:54.239 ELIMINATION AND ABLE TO HEAT 1593 01:24:54.239 --> 01:24:55.974 DOES TO. 1594 01:24:55.974 --> 01:24:57.375 >> AND IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY 1595 01:24:57.375 --> 01:25:00.044 FOR PARKER SOLAR PROBE, TO 1596 01:25:00.044 --> 01:25:04.382 CONNECT ANY SIGNS ON ITS WAY TO 1597 01:25:04.382 --> 01:25:07.952 BEING BACK IN THE. 1598 01:25:07.952 --> 01:25:13.792 >> AS LUNCH. 1599 01:25:13.792 --> 01:25:15.126 AND ONLY TIME WE WILL NOT HAVE 1600 01:25:15.126 --> 01:25:17.228 OUR INSTRUMENTS, IF WE'RE DOING 1601 01:25:17.228 --> 01:25:21.132 A MANEUVER IN THE SPACECRAFT WE 1602 01:25:21.132 --> 01:25:23.468 NEED ALL THE POWER TO GO INTO 1603 01:25:23.468 --> 01:25:26.838 THE SYSTEM THAT WILL TRANSLATE 1604 01:25:26.838 --> 01:25:32.944 THE DATA I ASKED, WILL I DO 1605 01:25:32.944 --> 01:25:34.813 SCIENCE AROUND VENUS. 1606 01:25:34.813 --> 01:25:38.249 MY QUICK ACTION, WE'RE ALWAYS 1607 01:25:38.249 --> 01:25:38.750 KNOW. 1608 01:25:38.750 --> 01:25:43.154 THAT IS OUR OWN TIME LINE. 1609 01:25:43.154 --> 01:25:50.261 THE INSTRUMENTS PLANNING TO BE 1610 01:25:50.261 --> 01:25:50.562 OFF. 1611 01:25:50.562 --> 01:25:53.798 THERE'S ONE MISSION. 1612 01:25:53.798 --> 01:25:56.167 WE ARE EXCITED WHAT KIND OF 1613 01:25:56.167 --> 01:25:57.101 SCIENCE WE CAN DO THEN. 1614 01:25:57.101 --> 01:25:59.737 THAT'S A NUMBER OF WAYS AWAY. 1615 01:25:59.737 --> 01:26:02.540 FEW DAYS AWAY AT LAUNCH, 1616 01:26:02.540 --> 01:26:04.409 EVERYBODY IS FOCUSING ON LAUNCH. 1617 01:26:04.409 --> 01:26:07.345 >> THE LAUNCH ITSELF, I WILL BE 1618 01:26:07.345 --> 01:26:09.180 HONESTLY, AS CLOSEST TO THE KEY 1619 01:26:09.180 --> 01:26:11.416 POSSIBLE TO THE DELTA 4 HEAVY. 1620 01:26:11.416 --> 01:26:14.152 IN REALITY, I WILL BE SOMEWHERE 1621 01:26:14.152 --> 01:26:16.020 AROUND THE PRESS BUILDING. 1622 01:26:16.020 --> 01:26:20.024 PROBABLY LOOKING THROUGH MY 1623 01:26:20.024 --> 01:26:21.693 FINGERS AT THE SITE. 1624 01:26:21.693 --> 01:26:25.330 IF THEY LET ME LIGHT IT, I 1625 01:26:25.330 --> 01:26:36.741 >> IT'S TAKING US 60 YEARS, TO 1626 01:26:36.741 --> 01:26:38.977 GET US AS YOU SAW EARLIER. 1627 01:26:38.977 --> 01:26:41.713 HERE'S WHY IT WON'T MELT AS IT 1628 01:26:41.713 --> 01:26:48.920 FLIES INTO YOUR SON'S CORONA. 1629 01:26:48.920 --> 01:26:51.623 >> NASA'S PARKER PROBE IS A 1630 01:26:51.623 --> 01:26:52.891 MISSION TO THE SUN. 1631 01:26:52.891 --> 01:26:55.460 WITH THE SPACECRAFT MELTS, IT'S 1632 01:26:55.460 --> 01:27:03.902 AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. 1633 01:27:03.902 --> 01:27:06.237 THIS IS WHY SOLAR PROBE. 1634 01:27:06.237 --> 01:27:09.340 >> AND HEAT SHIELD IS MADE YOU 1635 01:27:09.340 --> 01:27:12.543 HAVE COUPLE OF MATERIALS. 1636 01:27:12.543 --> 01:27:19.284 ONE, IS IT DENNIS RACKET AND. 1637 01:27:19.284 --> 01:27:21.519 NOW HAD A FORM OF CARBON. 1638 01:27:21.519 --> 01:27:24.489 IT'S A LIGHT WEIGHT WAY, OF 1639 01:27:24.489 --> 01:27:25.490 MAKING DID. 1640 01:27:25.490 --> 01:27:33.631 >> AND NOBODY LIKES AN IMMEDIATE 1641 01:27:33.631 --> 01:27:35.433 PLORRER. 1642 01:27:35.433 --> 01:27:42.240 IT HAS AUTO MOUSE TONGUE AND. 1643 01:27:42.240 --> 01:27:46.978 >> SO IT ESSENTIALLY FENCING, 1644 01:27:46.978 --> 01:27:49.213 WHETHER OR NOT THE RIGHT FOGS. 1645 01:27:49.213 --> 01:27:52.283 AND THINGS CALLED SOLAR SENSORS, 1646 01:27:52.283 --> 01:27:55.920 POKING OUT AT THE EDGE OF THE 1647 01:27:55.920 --> 01:27:59.991 SHADOW. 1648 01:27:59.991 --> 01:28:03.027 AND THE SPACECRAFT, COULD KNOW, 1649 01:28:03.027 --> 01:28:06.264 THEY ARE GOING IN THE WRONG 1650 01:28:06.264 --> 01:28:06.664 DIRECTION. 1651 01:28:06.664 --> 01:28:12.904 >> SOLAR PROBE KEEKS IT STAYS 1652 01:28:12.904 --> 01:28:16.007 COOL AND GETS POWER. 1653 01:28:16.007 --> 01:28:20.178 >> DICKLY, THE WATER IS WARMED 1654 01:28:20.178 --> 01:28:21.579 UP. 1655 01:28:21.579 --> 01:28:23.681 COOLS DOWN AND THE TRANSFER IS 1656 01:28:23.681 --> 01:28:27.552 HAPPENING A LOT LIKE THE VAIN 1657 01:28:27.552 --> 01:28:36.828 VAINS IN YOUR BODY. 1658 01:28:36.828 --> 01:28:37.061 . 1659 01:28:37.061 --> 01:28:38.930 >> SOLAR PROBE WILL BE VISITING 1660 01:28:38.930 --> 01:28:42.266 THE OUTER CORONA. 1661 01:28:42.266 --> 01:28:48.239 LIKE ALL, HOW PARTLY. 1662 01:28:48.239 --> 01:28:53.811 WHILE THE SUB HAS. 1663 01:28:53.811 --> 01:28:59.150 AND CORONA IS 2-3 DEGREES FARR 1664 01:28:59.150 --> 01:28:59.550 EN HEIGHT. 1665 01:28:59.550 --> 01:29:03.654 >> THEY ARE ONLY A COUPLE OF 1666 01:29:03.654 --> 01:29:09.093 PARTICLES: IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOU 1667 01:29:09.093 --> 01:29:14.232 PUT YOUR HAND IN THE OVEN. 1668 01:29:14.232 --> 01:29:19.070 YOUR HAND IS IMPORTANT ON 1669 01:29:19.070 --> 01:29:23.408 4-DEGREE CONFRONTATION. 1670 01:29:23.408 --> 01:29:28.913 WE CAN CELT BACK AND CHILL WHILE 1671 01:29:28.913 --> 01:29:29.547 PARKER TAKES THE HEAT. 1672 01:29:32.650 --> 01:29:34.986 >> WE ARE NOW APPROACHING SOLAR 1673 01:29:34.986 --> 01:29:37.422 ARRAY DEPLOY, WHEN PARKER SOLAR 1674 01:29:37.422 --> 01:29:40.324 PROBE WILL SPREAD ITS WINGS. 1675 01:29:40.324 --> 01:29:43.528 LET'S GO BACK TO JOSH, TO WALK 1676 01:29:43.528 --> 01:29:45.930 US THROUGH THE NEXT EVENT. 1677 01:29:45.930 --> 01:29:47.598 >> WE'RE A MISSION APPLIANCE 1678 01:29:47.598 --> 01:29:47.899 TIME. 1679 01:29:47.899 --> 01:29:50.802 AS YOU MENTIONED, WE'RE WAITING 1680 01:29:50.802 --> 01:29:55.406 FOR SOLAR ARRAY DEPLOY. 1681 01:29:55.406 --> 01:29:58.042 AND IT'S A LIVE SHOT. 1682 01:29:58.042 --> 01:30:00.812 EVERYBODY GATHERED AROUND THE 1683 01:30:00.812 --> 01:30:02.580 JOHN HOPKINS APPLIED. 1684 01:30:02.580 --> 01:30:08.553 WE'RE STANDING BY FOR AN EFRJ. 1685 01:30:08.553 --> 01:30:13.191 >> AND HOW ARE THINGS GOING STO 1686 01:30:13.191 --> 01:30:13.524 KNOCK. 1687 01:30:13.524 --> 01:30:16.994 >> TO HEAR FROM TONIGHT'S 1688 01:30:16.994 --> 01:30:18.429 NATIONAL LAUNCH POIL. 1689 01:30:18.429 --> 01:30:18.763 >>