>>> GOOD AFTERNOON FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM.
THIS IS MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON
BRINGING YOU LIVE COVERAGE
TODAY.
LAUNCH OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN
13th CARGO RESUPPLY MISSION TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACEATION.
YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE AT THE MID
ATLANTIC REGIONAL SPACE PORT OF
NASA'S WALLOP'S FLIGHT FACILITY
IN VIRGINIA WHERE THE ANTARES
ROCKET SETS READY TO LAUNCH,
7500 POUNDS OF RESEARCH, CREW
SUPPLI AND HARDWARE TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THE LAUNCH ATTEMPT ON SUNDAY WAS
SCRUBBED DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH
GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AT THE
LAUNCH SITE.
AND FOLLOWING THE SCRUB SUNDAY
ANTARES WAS DRAINED OF ITS FUEL
AND ENGINEERS WORKED TO CORRECT
THE GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
THAT CAUSED THE SCRUB.
THEN ON THURSDAY IT WAS ROTATED
HORIZONTALLY TO FRESHEN TIME
CRITICAL PAYLOADS.
THE VEHICLE WAS THEN ROTATED
BACK INTO ITS VERTICAL POSITION
BUT THE LAUNCH ATTEMPT YESTERDAY
WAS SCRUBBED BEFORE FUELING
BEGAN DUE TO HIGH WINDS.
TODAY FUELING BEGAN ABOUT 45
MINUTES AGO AND N STANDS READY
TO SEND CYGNUS TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> WANT TO VERIFY.
>> THE WINDS ARE LOOKING MUCH
MORE FAVORABLE FOR LAUNCH WITH
TEMPERATURES AROUND 36 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT.
JOINING ME ON CONSOLE TODAY IS
CHAD DAVIS, NORTHROP GRUMMAN'S
HUMAN SYSTEMS INTEGRATION AND
OPERATIONS MANAGER.
CHAD, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE
MORE ABOUT WHAT CAUSED THE SCRUB
ON SUNDAY AND WHAT THE TEAMS DID
TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE?
>> SURE THING.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
BASICALLY, WHAT THE ANTARES YOU
CAN HAVE ON SUNDAY'S SCRUB, WE
EXPERIENCED A PHENOMENAL READING
WHICH TRIPPED A LIMIT SENSOR.
SO IN THE PRECAUTION AND PER THE
FLIGHT RULES, THEY WENT AHEAD
AND SCRUBBED THE LAUNCH SINCE WE
WERE THAT FAR INTO IN COUNTDOWN,
TO T-MINUS THREE MINUTES OR SO.
AND SINCE THAT TIME THE CREW OUT
THERE WITH THE ANTARES AS WELL
AS THE CYGNUS TEAM WORKED VERY
HARD TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT
EQUIPMENT, REPLACE IT, DO TO YOU
A -- TO MAKE SURE WE WERE GOOD
TGO FOR TOY'S ACTIVITIES.
ACTUALLY WE'RE GOOD TO GO FOR
YESTERDAY'S ACTIVITIES HAD THE
WINDS BEEN ON OUR SIDE.
AND AS PART OF THAT ALLOWED THE
OPPORTUNITY TO REFRESH THE CARGO
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BACK ON
SUNDAY ON THAT CAPABILITY.
>> SO WITHOSE ISSUES NOW
BEHIND US, THE TEAMS AND THE
LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER AND
WALLOP'S ISLAND, VIRGINIA, THOSE
TEAMS ARE MONITORING SYSTEMS ON
THE ANTARES ROCKET AND CYGNUS
SPACECRAFT TO MAKE SURE ALL
SYSTEMS ARE GO FOR LAUNCH TODAY.
TEAMS ARE REPORTING THAT ALL
SYSTEMS ARE IN GO FOR A LAUNCH
CONTROLS OF THE VEHICLE WILL BE
HANDED OVER TO TEAMS AT NORTHROP
GRUMMAN'S MISSION CONTROL CENTER
IN DULLES, VIRGINIA.
TEAMS ARE BEING LED BY MISSION
DIRECTOR ZACH D.W.I.ER.
AGAIN  DWYER.
AS SOON AS SIG MUST SEPARATES
FROM THE ROCKET, CONTROLS OF
THAT VEHICLE WILL BE HANDED OVER
TO THE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS IN
DALLASES.
AND BACK AT THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION FLIGHT CONTROL
ROOM, IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, FLIGHT
CONTROL TEAMS ARE BEING LED BY
FLIGHT DIRECTOR RON SPENCER.
TEAMS HERE ARE MONITORING
SYSTEMS ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION ENSURING ALL
SYSTEMS ARE A GO FOR CYGNUS
LAUNCH TODAY.
WORKING IN TANDEM WITH TEAMS IN
DULLES.
>> THREE, TWO, ONE, MARK.
>> AND I COPY THAT.
>> SIG MUST WILL ALIVE TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
AFTER A THREE-DAY JOURNEY ON
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18th WHERE
IT WILL BE INSTALLED ON THE
UNITY MODULE'S EARTH-FACING
PORT.
NASA'S FLIGHT ENGINEER MORGAN
WILL GRAPPLE THE CYGNUS
SPACECRAFT.
ONCE THE ASTRONAUTS HAVE
CAPTURED THE VEHICLE, THEY'LL
TURN CONTROLS BACK OVER TO TEAMS
ON THE GROUND IN MISSION
CONTROL, HOUSTON, WHERE THE
OFFICER WILL USE THE CANADA ARM
2 TO REPOSITION THE SPACECRAFT
AND BRING IT TOWARD THE UNITY
MODULE TO INSTALL IT TO THE
INTERNATIONASPACE STATIO
SIG LUS WILL REMAIN ATTACHED
UNTIL MAY MAY 11th WHETHER IT WL
DEPART THE ORBITING BEFORE
DISCLOSING OF SEVERAL TONS OF
TRASH DURING A FRIARY RE-ENTRY
INTO THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE ON
M25th.
JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, NORTHROP
GRUMMAN'S CYGNUS CARGO VEHICLE
FROM ITS 12th REPLY MISSION
DEPARTED THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION AFTER ITS 88-D STAY.
SOEN THE 13th RESUPPLY
MISSION LAUNCHES TODAY, NORTHROP
GRUMMAN WILL PERFORM A TWO-WEEK
PERIOD.
STILL JOINED ON CONSOLE TODAY BY
CHAD DAVIS, NORTHROP GRUMMAN'S
HUMAN SYSTEMS INTEGRATION AND
OPIONS MANAGER, CHAT, CAN
YOU EXPLAIN HOW NORTHROP GRUMMAN
TEAMS MANAGE TWO VEHICLES IN
FLIGHT AT ONCE?
>> YES.
WE HAD DEVELOPED THE CAPABILITY
BACK WHENEVER WE WERE -- WE KNEW
WE WERE GOING TO FLY THE NT11
VEHICLE FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD
OVERLAP WITH THE NG12 MISSION.
SO THE TEAMS IN THE MISSION
OPERATIONS CENTER AS WELL AS OUR
GROUND SEGMENT FOLKS DEVELOPED
THE SOFTWARE NEEDED TO BE ABLE
TO CLEARLY IDENTIFY TWO SEPARATE
VEHICLES SO YOU KNEW WHICH
VEHICLE YOU WERE COMMANDING AND
FLYING.
AND WE WENT THROUGH MULTIPLE
MULATIONS  VERIFY ALL THOSE
CAPABILITIES.
AND THEN WE GOT THE CHANCE AT
THE END OF THE NG11 MISSION TO
TEST IT OUT ON 12, WHICH NOW AT
THIS POINT IT'S SORT OF STANDARD
OPERATING PROCEDURE HOW WE DO IT
FROM THIS POINT GOING FORWARD
WITH FUTURE MISSIONS.
>> AND EACH CYGNUS SPRAIFT IS
NAMED AFTER INFLUENTIAL
INDIVIDUALS IN THE WORLD OF
SPACE FLIGHT AND THE SPACECRAFT
FOR THIS STAYS EXPLANATION
RESUPPLY MISSION IS DEDICATED TO
ROBERT LAWRENCE, WHO WAS THE
FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN ASTRONAUT
SELECTED BY ANY PROGRAMS,
SPECIFICALLY CHOSEN FOR THE
AIR FORCE'S MANNED ORBITAL
LABORATORY PROGRAM, IN JUNE OF
1967.
LAWRENCE DIED IN AN F-104 STAR
EXCITER ACCIDENT AT EDWARDS AIR
FORCE BASE SIX NTHS LATER AT
THE AGE OF 32.
>> LC ELECTRIC 2, FTS IS SAFE.
CONFIGURATION VERIFIED.
>> SCATTERED CLOUDS FOR LAUNCH
AT RIONAL SPACE SPORT IN
VIRGINIA.
 -- PORT IN VIRGINIA.
TEMPERATURES ABOUT 36 DEGREES
GUARAN HEIGHT.
 -- FAHRENHEIT.
>> INTERNAL POWER ON.
FTSA EXTERNAL POWER OFTEN.
 -- OFF AND B OFF I- IS
195210.
>> GOING UP ON CYGNUS TODAY IS
ABOUT 7500 POUNDS OF RESEARCH,
CREW SUPPLIES, AND HARDWARE.
WITHIN THAT CARGO IS 1,570
2,129 POUNDS OF SCIENCE.
INVESTIGATIONS, 1179 POUNDS OF
SPACEWALK SWIMENT.
3,500 1 POUNDS OF VEHICLE
HARDWARE, AND 66 POUNDS OF
COMPUTER RESOURCES.
>> ARM INDICATION RECEIVED.
FIS CURRENTLY INDICATING
SAFE.
>> SO VERIFY.
>> FTS ARM INDICATION.
>> COURTNEY, I'D LIKE TO ADD TO
THAT MANIFEST.
SOME FRESH FRUIT THAT WAS PART
OF THE CHANGEOVER AS THEY DID
THE REFRESH SO THE CREW WILL BE
GETTING SOME FRESH FRUIT AND
VEGETABLES.
I'M SURE THEY'LL BE EXCITED TO
SEE WHEN CYGNUS SHOWS UP.
>> COPY.
LCME.
>> NOW ABOUT 20 MINUTES 30
SECONDS FOR LAUNCH TODAY.
2:21 CENTRAL TIME, 3 21MP
EASTERN MILESTONES BEGAN ABOUT
FOUR AURES HOG WERE WITH --
HOURS AGO AND JUST ABOUT AN AN
HOUR AGO FUELING FOR THE FIRST
STAGE BEGAN.
THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VARIOUS
CHES BETWEEN FLIGHT CONTROLLERS
IN HOUSTON AND DULLES TO MAKE
SURE EVERYTHING IS ON TRACK FOR
AN ON-TIME LAUNCH TODAY.
STILL ON TRACK FOR THE LAUNCH
SET TO START AT 2:21 P.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
3:21 P.M. EASTERN.
>> WE HAVE A HOT MIC ON
COUNTDOWN ONE.
>> SOME UPCOMING MILESTONES,
ABOUT 12 MINUTES FROM LAUNCH,
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS WILL CONDUCT
A PULL TO PROCEED ARE THE FINAL
LAUNCH COUNTDOWN.
LAUNCH THE VEHICLE WI SWITCH
TO INTERNAL POWER.
THEN JUST ABOUT THREE MINUTES 30
BEFORE LAUNCH, AUTO SEE CRENS
HANDOFF FOR TERMINAL COUNTDOWN
WILL BE INITIATED.
THAT WILL MARK THE TIME THE
COMPUTERS TAKE OVER FOR FINAL
MILESTONES BEFORE LAUNCH.
APPROACHING THE 25-MINU MARK
BEFORE LAUNCH.
>> AND LAUNCH TEAM LC COUNTDOWN
ONE.
CURRENTLY AT T-MINUS 25 POINTS
MINUTES AND COUNTING A -- AND
PROP 2 ON THE PROCEED WITH STEP
367 AT THIS TIME.
>> PROP 2 COPIES.
LC PROMPT 2 --
>> CONFIGURE RATE FOR FINAL
COUNTDOWN.
>> FINAL C PROP 2821 OPEN.
ROGER THAT.
RP VALVE CONFIGUREIATION.
>> LC.
EHS RP CONFIGURED FOR FINAL
COUNTDOWN.
>> ROGER THAT.
PROP TEAM YOU CAN RESUME AND
RETURN TO AUTOMATIC CONTROL
MODE.
>> LC PROP 2, HAS BEEN RESUMED.
OCCS IN AUTO CONTROL MODE.
>> COPY 2.
CHECK 370 AND 371 AND XNG1C ON
COUNTDOWN 1.
CAN YOU PROVIDE STATUS OF UPPER
LEVEL WINDS?
>> LC, UP LEVEL WINDS ARE GO.
>> COPY THAT.
WE'LL CHECK THROUGH 72.
>> OPS ONE, LC COUNTDOWN ONE.
STEP 373, YOU'RE GO TO ENABLE ME
ONE AND ME2 AND EHA BUSES.
>> LC APPS ONE IN WORK.
LC OPS BUSES ENABLED.
>> ROGER.
CHECK 373 COMPLETE.
>> SITE CONTROL LC COUNTDOWN 1.
>> SITE CONTROL, GO AHEAD.
>> LET'S PRESS FOR 
>> COPY THAT N WORK.
>> NOW JUST UNDER 22 MINUTES
AWAY FROM LIFT-OFF AND ALL
SYSTEMS ARE STILL ON TRACK FOR
AN ON-TIME LAUNCH TODAY.
>> AND LAUNCH TEAM BE ADVISED WE
ARE GOING TOB WAVING A
CONSTRAINT HERE.
WE'LL GET THATIEFED OUT IN
JUST A MINUTE.
AT THIS TIME, I ACTUALLY WANT TO
GET A READINESS FOR
RECALIBRATION OF ENGINE
PRESSURE.
ENGISH PRESSURE SENSORS.
STEP 376.
MES1.
MES1 ON COUNTY 1.
>> MES COUNTDOWN 1.
>> I'D LIKE TO GET A RECAL.
ARE YOU READY FOR THAT?
>> WE'RE READY FOR THAT.
>> OPS 1 STEP 377.
RECALIBRATE ENGINE PRESSURE
SENSORS.
>> LCS1 AND WORK.
LS OPS 1 ENGINING PRESSURES
SENSORS RECALIBRATED AND READY
FOR FLIGHT.
>> OPS 1 LET'S PROCEED WITH STEP
371.
ACTIVATE ARM ENAE.
>> ARM ENABLE ROTATED AND ARM
ROTATED.
>> AND RDM?
>> STAGE 1 CONTROLLER ODM ARMED.
>> AND SET YOUR STAGE 1
CONTROLLER EPPB REPS.
>> LC OPS 2.
STAGE 1.
>> 378, 379, 380 LAUNCH TEAM
WE'VE JUST PASSED OR T-MINUS
20-MINUTE MARK AND COUNTING.
WE ARE GOING TO BE BRIEFING OUT
A WAIVER HERE IN T A MINUTE.
I WE I BELIEVE WE HAVE OUR
MANAGEMENT CONCURRENCE AND
SYSTEM LC ON COUNTDOWN 1.
>> LC SYSTEM HERE.
>> GO TO COORDINATE FINAL
ADJUSTMENTS TO TARGET FARING AIR
TEMP.
IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND USE
ANOMALY 2 TOEFORE THAT WITH
SITE CONTROL.
>> COPY.
COPY.
>> LC, THIS IS CITE CONTROL.
 -- SITE CONTROL.
>> COPY THAT, SITE CONTROL.
>> TAIL LC COUNTDOWN 1.
>> LC TELL.
>> CAN YOU CONFIRM TAIL ARM FOR
RAPID RETRY?
>> TAIL IS ARMED FOR RAPID
RETRACT.
>> ROGER THAT.
WE'LL CHECK 375 COMPLETE.
>> LC SYSTEM COUNTDOWN 1.
>> GO AHEAD SYSTEM.
>> STEP 381 COMPLETE.
>> COPY THAT.
WE'LL CHECK 381 COMPLETE.
>> AND LAUNCH TEAM THAT DOES
COMPLETE ALL OF OUR STEPS IN OUR
LOADING OPERATIONS CURRENTLY AT
THE START OF O PANT
TOPOFF.
>> AND LAUNCH TEAM, THIS IS LCA
COUNTDOWN 1.
BE ADVISED WE HAVE ENGINEER
RECOMMENDATION.
AND LAUNCH DIRECTOR CONCURRENCE
TO WAIVE THE ENGINE PREBURNER
SURFACE TEMPERATURE CONSTRAINTS.
THOSE ARE CONSTRAPPED I. Ds
Ds10.024.
AND 25 AND 26.
WE'LL BE WAIVING CONSTRAINT
I.D.s FOR TEREMAINDER OF THE
COUNTDOWN -- FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THE COUNTDOWN.
>> NOW 17 MINUTES FROM LIFT-OFF
AND ALL SYSTEMS ARE STILL A GO
FOR AN ON-TIME LAUNCH TODAY AT
2:21 P. CENTRAL TIME.
WAITING F YOUR CALL ON STEP
382.
>> LC, WHICH IS PROP LEAD.
>> GO AHEAD, PROP LEAD.
>> YES, F1N LEVEL IS 11.
>> COPY THAT.
CORE 1 PROVIDE RECOMMENDATION TO
F1N LEVEL.
>> LC STANDBY.
>> CYGNUS -- EXCUSE ME, CMDLC
COUNTDOWN 1.
>> CMD.
>> GO TO TRANSFER CYGNUS TO
INTERNAL REPORT AND REPORT WHEN
COMPLETE.
>> IN WORK.
AND WHERE AT TIRKS T-MINUS 15
MINUTES AND COUNTING.
>> LC CORE 1 ON COUNTDOWN 1, NO
FUEL ADJUSTMENT IS REQUIRED.
>> COPY, CORE 1.
WE'LL CHECK STEP 383, PROP 2,
CONFIGURE OCCS FOR NO ADJUSTMENT
TO FUEL LEVEL.
>> N WORK.
>> AND PROP LEAD PERFORM --
EXCUSE ME, STEP 385 WILL NOT BE
REQUIRED.
>> LC PROP 2OCC CONFIGURED FOR
NO ADJUSTMENT TO FUEL LEVEL.
>> COPY THAT.
WE'LL CHECK 384 COMPLETE.
AND LAUNCH TEAM WORKOUT TWO
MINUTES AWAY FROM OUR FINAL
PULL.
RECEIVE WITH OUR FINAL COUNTDOWN
TODAY.
OPS 2, LC, COUNTDOWN 1.
>> GOOD GO AHEAD, LC.
>> LET'S INITIATE ST 385.
VIP POSITION OVERRIDE.
>> OVERRIDE COMPLETE.
>> WE'LL CHECK 387 COMPLETE.
>AGAIN, WE'RE STNG BY NOW
FOR THE 12-MINUTE MARK BEFORE
LAUNCH, WHERE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS
WILL CONDUCT A PULL TO PROCEED
WITH THE FINAL LAUNCH COUNTDOWN.
>> ONE MINUTE FROM OUR FINAL
POLL.
TODAY WANT TO GIVE KUDOS OUT TO
OUR OPS 1 AND OPS 2 TEAM TODAY.
AND FRA IT'S ALMOST TIME TO
SAY GOOD-BYE TO HANZ.
AND CMDTF STATUS ON INTERNAL
POWER?
>> YES, WE'RE ON INTERN POWER
NOMINAL.
>> COPY THAT.
WE'LL CHECK86.
>> OKAY, LAUNCH COUNTDOWN 1,
STEP 388.
HOLD TO PROCEED WITH FINAL
COUNTDOWN.
GSO?
>> GSO GO.
>> RSO.
>> RSO GO.
TD.
 GO.
>> STAGE 1 --
>> STAGE 1 TEAM IS GO.
>> MES 1.
>> IS GO.
>> GC?
>> GC IS GO.
>> ACE?
>> ACE IS GO.
>> MARS?
>> MARS IS GO.
>> CMD?
>> CMD IS GO.
 LD?
>> AND NG?O.
>> IN HONOR OF MAJOR ROBERT
LAWRENCE WHOSE COURAGE AND
SACRIFICE IN NAME OF PLACE
EXPLORATION WILL INSPIRE
GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE FROM ALL
BACKGROUNDS TO REACH FOR THE
STARS, NORTHROP GRUMMAN IS GO.
>> I COPY THAT NG.
WE'LL GO TO PROCEED WITH FINAL
COUNTDOW
AND LAUNCH TEAM BE ADVISED STEP
389 WILL NOT BE REQUIRED AND
STEP 390 WILL NOT BE REQUIRED.
STEP 391 WILL NOT BE REQUIRED.
>> YOU JUST HEARD THE POLL TO
PROCEED WITH THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
TO LAUNCH AND ALL TEAMS ARE A
GO.
JUST UNDER 11 MINUTES NOW FROM
LAUNCH AND EVERYTHING IS STILL
PROCEEDING SMOOTHLY FOR AN
ON-TIME LAUNCH AT 2:21 P.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
3:21 P.M. EASTERN.
THE FIRST THEM THAT WILL OCCUR
YOU'LL SEE LIFT-OFF JUST A FEW
SECONDS AFTER THAT AND THE TWO
MAIN ENGINES WILL BURN FOR
2:DWENTD 8 BEFORE CUTTING OFF
AND STAGE 1 WILL SEPARATE.
>> COUNTDOWN 1, WE'RE GOING TO
 AHEAD AND PERFORM THE MAIN
ENGINE FIV OPENING CHECKLIST.
YOU'RE GO TO PROCEED ON STEPS
Q1, Q2, AND Q3.
>> AND OPS COPIES.
OPENING CDD, ON MY MARK.
3, 2, 1, MARK.
AND 20:1052.
>> COPY Q1.
>> THE INTERSTAGE ADAPTER THAT
CONNECTS THE FIRST AND SECOND
STAGES WILL SEPARATE AT 4:14
INTO FLIGHT BEFORE STAGE 2
IGNITION, WHICH IS A SOLID
ROCKET FUEL THAT WILL BURN FOR
2:43.
ONCE THE SECOND STAGE BURNS OUT,
WE'LL BE LISTENING FOR THE CALL
OF ORBITAL INSERTION AT 7:04
AFTER LAUNCH.
THE VEHICLE WILL COAST FOR 2
MINUTES BEFORE CYGNUS OPERATION
AT 9:04 AFTER LIFT-OFF.
AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH,HE
INNATIONAL SPACE STATION WILL
BE FLY 258 STATUTE MILES OVER
THE WESTERN PACIFIC.
THEN SOLAR ARRAY DEPLOY IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR JUST ABOUT AN
HOUR AND 19 MINUTES AFTER LAUNCH
>> GO AHEAD, LC.N 1.
>> LET'S KICK OFF STEP 392.
GO TO ENABLE.
>> LC OPS 1, INTERNAL PUSH ON.
 -- INTERNAL POWER
>> ACS, COMMANDS CLEAR.
>> COPY THAT.
WE'LL CHECK 392 AND 393.
WE HAVE A HOT MIC ON COUNTDOWN
1.
>> SO THIS IS THE OFFICIAL
COUNTDOWN.
>> LC, OPS 2, VRG ACTIVATED.
>> HE SAID --
>> COPIES OPS 2.
HOT MIC ON COUNTDOWN 1.
>> LC OPS TOO VCD CLOSED.
>> GM TWO CONDITIONING
INITIATED.
>> COPY THAT SITE CONTROL.
WE'LL CHECK 394 AND 23.
MES 1, REPORT 5 POSITION STATUS.
>> LC MES, FV5.
AND OPS DO GO FOR Q5.
DEACTIVATE.
>> VRT ACTIVATED.
>> COPY ALL.
THAT CLEATS OUR MAIN --
COMPLETES OUR MAIN ENGISH --
ENGINE CHECK.
>> WE TURNED IT OFF.
WE HUNG UP.
>> LY PROP LEAD -- LC PROP LEAD
VERIFIED.
>> COPY THAT.
INITIALIZE GROUND ORDINANCE
POWER SUPPLIES.
>> AND GROUND ORDINARY VERIFY IS
NOMINAL.
>> COPY THAT.
CHECK 396 AND 397.
>> LC SITE CONTROL FA TRANSFER
TO GN2 CONFIRM
R THAT.
CHECK 398 AND STEP 399 IS NOT
REQUIRED  TODAY'S OPERATION.
AND RATCH TEAM, WE'RE AT T-MINUS
5 MINUTES AND COUNTING.
OPS 1, STEP 400.
GO TO TRANSFER AVIONICS TO
INTERNAL POWER.
>> POWER ON.
STAND BY FOR MANNED COMPLETION.
EXTERNAL POWER OFF.
>> AND LC, INTERNAL POWER IS
NOMINAL.
>> YOU CAN OPEN YOUR LOOP AND
VERIFY GREEN INDICATION.
>> LC OPS 1, OPEN AND GREEN.
>> LC ELECT 2, FTLU AND FTS
RECEIVER INDICATIONS ARE
NOMINAL.
>> ROGER THAT.
ELECT 2, OOPS 1, STEP 404, SEND
ALL ARMED COMMAND.
>> ALL ARMED COMMAND SENT.
>> LC, ALL ARMED.
>> COPY.
WE'RE AT T-MINUS 4 POINTS AND
COUNTING.
NASA TD, REPORT RANGE STATUS?
>> RANGE IS GREEN.
>> ROGER THAT, RANGE IS GREEN.
AND LAUNCH TEAM BE ADVISED STEP
407 WILL NOT BE RITTER FOR
TODAY'S OPERATION.
 -- REQUIRED FOR TODAY'S
OPERATION.
AND WE'RE PAING T-MINUS 3:30.
PHASE 3 DYNAMIC LIMITS WILL BE
ACTIVE AT T-MINUS 3 MINUTES.
>> FC COMMAND INTO FLOAT MODE.
 -- FLIGHT MODE.
AUTO SEQUENCE STA
ODM BUS AND CURRENTS NOMINAL.
>> GNC1 READY FOR NAB OP.
>> LC OPS 2 SWITCH TO NAV.
>> LCGNC1.
VERIFIED.
>> GMC1, CHECK 415.
AND LAUNCH PASSING T-MINUS TWO
MINUTES.
AND T-MINUS 1:30.
MARK.
AND T-MINUS 1 MINUTE.
MARK.
>> 40 SECONDS UNTIL LIFT-OFF.
>> T-MINUS 30 SECONDS, MARK.
>> 20 SECONDS TO LIFT-OFF.
>> T-MINUS 10.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
WE HAVE IGNITION, START-UP.
LIFT-OFF ANTARES, NG13 MISSION.
ENGINES AT 100%.
ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
TBC IS NOMINAL.
CORE PRESSURES ARE NOMINAL.
ENGINE CHAMBER PRESSURES ARE
NOMINAL.
ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
POWER SUBSYSTEM NOMINA
ALTITUDE 10,000 FEET.
ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
CORE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE NOMINAL.
ENGINE AND TV C SYSTEMS NOMINAL.
VELOCITY 11 HUNDRED FEET PER
SECOND.
[CHEERING]
>> ATTITUDE CONTINUES NOMINAL.
MAX Q.
ALTITUDE NOMINAL.
 -- ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
POWER SUBSYSTEM CONTINUES
NOMINAL.
ALTITUDE, 50K FEET.
ENGINE STEADY.
100%.
CORE, BNG3 ACTIVATED.
ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
3,000 FEET PER SECOND.
ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
>> COMING UP ON 2 MINUTES INTO
THE FLIGHT, THEY'VE PASSED
MAXIMUM DYNAMIC PRESSURE ON THE
VEHICLE.
>> ENGINE AND TBC SYSTEM REMAINS
NOMINAL.
100,000 FEET ALTITUDE.
>> 2 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT.
>> CORE PRESSURE IS NOMINAL.
ENGINE STEADY, 100%.
>> A MINUTE AND A HALF
FIRST-STAGE PERFORMANCE.
>> ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
150K FEET ALTITUDE.
ENGINE STEADY.
PRESSUREOMINAL.
8,000 FEET PER SECOND.
CORE PRESSURES ARE NOMINAL.
ENGINES AT 100%.
>> COMING  THREE MINUTES
INTO FLIGHT.
>> LOW THROTTLE DOWN INITIATED.
MICCO MANEUVER INITIATED.
ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
ENGINE AT 55%ND NOMINAL.
14,000 FEET PER SECOND.
MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF.
STANDING BY FOR STAGE 1ONFIRMED.
SEPARATION.
>> UPPER ACS ENABLED.
SET 1 SET.
>> STAGE 1 SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
THE NEXT MILESTONE IS FAIRING
SEPARATION WHICH WILL COME IN
ABOUT 40 SECONDS.
>> ALTITUDE 100 KILOMETERS.
ROUGHLY 15 SECONDS TO STAGE 2
IGNITION.
>> FARRING SEPARATION CONRMED.
>> FARING SEPARATION.
>> FOUR MINUTES INTO FLIGHT.
INTERSTAGE SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
>> ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
STAGE 2 IGNITION.
>> AND STAGE 2 IGNITION ANDONFI.
THAT'S THE SOLID ROCKET FUEL
THAT WILL BURN FOR 3:43 SECONDS.
IT WILL COME 7:09 INTO FLIGHT.
>> STAGE TURN WILL BURN FOR
ROUGHLY TWO MORE MINUTES.
STAGE 2 TITUDE NOMINAL..
STAGE 2, PERFORMANCE NOMINAL.
POWER SUBSYSTEMS CONTINUE
NOMINAL.
FDS NOMINAL.
>> FDS.
T-BC NOMINAL.
ROUGHLY 100 SECONDS STILL STAGE
2 BURNOUT.
VEHICLE SYSTEMS NOMINAL.
TV C SYSTEM PERFORMANCE NOMINAL.
ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
ROUGHLY 1 MINUTE FOR STAGE 2
BURNOUT.
SIX KILOMETERS PER SECOND
VELOCITY, 183 KILOMETERS
ATTITUDE.
HOT.
>> HOT MIC ON COUNTDOWN 1.
HOT MIC.
>> VEHICLE PERFORMANCE NOMINAL.
GOOD ATTITUDE, GOOD POWER
SUBSYSTEMS.
30 SECONDS TO STAGE 2 BURNOUT.
SYSTEM CONTINUES TO PERFORM
NOMINALLY, HEADING INTO BURNOUT.
STAGE 2 BURNOUT.
>> STAGE 2 BURNOUT CONFIRM.
CYGNUS IS NOW MOVING ABOUT
16,822 MILES PER HOUR.
>> ACS ENABLE.
BEGINNING MANEUVER TO ACQUIRE
PAYLOAD SEPARATION ATTITUDE.
POWER NOMINAL.
THE VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE TO
COAST UNTIL CONDITIONS ARE MET
FOR PAYLOAD SEPARATION.
>> CYGNUS SEPARATION WILL COME
ABOUT 9:04 INTO FLIGHT.
>> ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
ROUGHLY ONE MINUTE UNTIL PAYLOAD
SEPARATION.
ACS AND POWER SUBSYSTEMS
NOMINAL.
ATTITUDE NOMINAL.
ALTITUDE, 197 KILOMETERS.
30 SECONDS TO PAYLOAD
SEPARATION.
VEHICLE SUBSYSTEMS CONTINUE TO
OPERATE NOMINAL.
ROUGHLY 15 SECONDS TO PAYLOAD
SEPARATION.
WE HAVE PAYLOAD SEPARATION.
>> AND SPACECRAFT SEPARATION
CONFIRMED.
>> BEGINNING C CAM MANEUVER.
>> WHAT THE TEAMS DO ONHE
GROUND UNTIL CYGNUS ARRIVES TO
THE SPACE SPACE STATION.
>> FROM THIS POINT MOVING
FORWARD, THE TEAM AND MCC DULLES
THAT QUESTION SAW EARLIER, ZACH
GEIER, THE CURRENT MISSION
TRACTOR, FOLLOWED BY PAUL
BROWARD, THE SECOND SHIFT
MISSION DIRECTOR, WILL BE MAKING
SURE ALL THE SYSTEMS ARE NOMINAL
GOING THROUGH, GETTING THE SOLAR
ARRAYS DEPLOYED, INITIALIZING
THE PROP SYSTEM, AND ESSENTIALLY
STARTING TO PLAY CATCH-UP WITH
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> LOONG FORT TO SIG SIG NUG
DEPARTURE ON MAY 11th.
>> ONCE WE PART THE ISS, WE
DEPLOY A BURN TO CLIMB UP TO A
HIRE ALTITUDE AND -- HIGHER
ALTITUDE AND THEY HAVE BEEN
DIFFERENT PLOADS ON BOARD.
AND FOR THIS PARTICULAR MISSION,
WE HAVE THE THE SAPPHIRE OR THE
FIRE SEXUAL HARASSMENT THAT WE
TALKED ABOUT ON SUNDAY
PROVIDE -- EXPERIMENT THAT WE
TALKED ABOUT ON SUNDAY AND WE'LL
SET OFF THAT EXPERIMENT TO
MEASURE DIFFERENT INTERACTIO
OF FIRE IN MICROGRAVITY AND THAT
WILL OCCUR.
SO THOSE ARE TWO OF THE MAIN
ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO ALONG WITH
SOME OTHER -- WHAT WE CALL,
LESSONS LEARNED THAT WE GAIN
MORE AND MORE EXPERIENCE ON THE
VEHICLE.
>> ALL RIGHT, CHAD
THANK YOU FOR NING US TODAY.
AND HERE SHORTLY WE'LL BE
TALKING TO JOEL, INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION DEPUTY PROGRAM
MANAGER.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> NOW JOINING ME ON CONSOLE IS
JOEL, INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION DEPUTY PROGRAMER.
THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY.
>> MY PLEASURE.
IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.
AWESOME LAUNCH.
AWESOME LAUNCH TODAY.
>> CYGNUS IS IN ORBIT EN ROUTE
TO THE STATION FOR YATES ARRIVAL
ON TUESDAY.
SO HOW IMPORTANT WAS TODAY'S
LAUNCH IN TERMS OF CONTINUING
RESLY OF THE STATION AND THE
SCIENCE IT IS DELIVERING TO THE
CRON BOARD?
>> YOU KNOW, WE METICULOUSLY
PLAN EVERY ONE OF THE MISSIONS
GOING TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
AND TODAY'S MISSION IS NO
DIFFERENT.
WE HAVE HARDWARE ON BOARD THAT
WILL CONTINUE TO ROBUST SCIENCE
AND RESEARCH PROGRAM WE HAVE ON
BOARD THE SPACE STATION.
WE ALSO HAVE EQUIPMENT ON B
THAT WILL CONTINUE THE
DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIALIZATION
OF ORBIT.
AND WE HAVE HARDWARE ON BOARD
THAT HELPS US IN EXPLORATION.
IT HELPS US BUY DOWN RISK FOR
THE ARTE MUST PROGRAM AS WE
RETURN TO THE MOON AND GO EVEN
FIRTH.
 EVEN FURTHER.
>> AND THE NORTHROP GRUMMAN
FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM CONTINUES TO
BE BUSY MANAGING CYGNUS' LAUNCH
TODAY.
ITS JOURNEY TO THE STATION AND
THE PREVIOUS SIG MUST SERVING AS
A SCIENCE PLATFORM.
HOW IMRTANT IS IT TO
MULTI-TASK IN SUPPORT OF STATUS
OPERATIONS?
>> WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD
RELATIONSHIP WITH NORTHROP
GRUMMAN AND ALL OUR DOMESTIC
PARTNERS AND INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS AND IT'S A PARTNERSHIP.
WE WORK TOGETHER TO, ONE,
FULFILL THE NASA CONTRACT THAT
WE HAVE WITH THESE COMPANIES, AS
ELL AS TOELP THEM MEET THEIR
COMPANY OBJECTIVES ON BOARD.
FOR ONE EXAMPLE IS THIS MISSION
WAS SCHEDULED ABOUT TWO MONTHS
FROM NOW AND NASA HAD THE NEED
TO MOVE IT UP.
WE WORKED WITH THE NORTHROP
GRUMMAN TEAM.
WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE IT AND 
AND WHAT YOU SAW WAS AN AWESOME
LAUNCH AND AN EXAMPLE OF THE
WORK.
AND AN EXAMPLE OF THE GREAT
PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE.
>> NO TIME TO REST FOR THE SPACE
PROGRAM WITH SpaceX ALMOST TWO
WEEKS FROM ITS NEXT CARGO RUN TO
THE SPACE.
 ALWAYS, HOW COMPLEX IS THE
NEXT TWO MONTHS FOR THE GLOBAL
PARTNERSHIP?
>> THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO
CELEBRATE 20 YEARS OF CONTINUING
HUMAN PRESENCE ON-BOARD THE
SPAITIONZ INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
AND ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS IS
 NEXT TWO MO ARE ALWAYS
BUSY.
FOLLOWING THIS LAUNCH TODAY,
WE'LL A IMERTSDZING EARLY
NEXT -- A BERTHY EARL WEEKS.
MARCH WE'LL HAVE A CARGO MISSION
LAUNCHING TO INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
GOING APRIL WE'LL HAVE A SOYUZ
MISSION BRINGING THREE MU
MEMBERS.
 -- NEW CREW MEMBERS.
WE'LL HAVE A JAPANESE CARGO
MISSION BRINGING CRITICAL
BATTERIES TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION THAT WILL ALLOW US
TO CONTINUE OUR UPGRADE OF OUR
POWER SYSTEM.
IN ADDITION TO ALL THAT, WE'RE
WORKING WITH SpaceX AND BOEING
TO LAUNCH CREW MEMBERS
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER THIS YEAR.
AND WE PLAN TO HAVE BOTH OF
THOSE MISSIONS VISITING THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
AND ON TOP OF ALL THAT, WE'LL
BE -- WE DO OUR DAILY JOB OF THE
RESEARCH AND SCIENCE WE DO ON
BORD, THE EXPLORATION OBJECTIVES
I TALKED EARLIER, AS WELL AS
WORK TOCOMMERCILOWER ORBIT.
SO JUST AN AWESOME TIME TO BE
WORKING ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AND THESE TWO
MONTHS AND THE FUTURE TWO MONTHS
ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE BUSY.
>> ALL RIGHT, JOEL.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AND
THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE ON
CONSOLE.
>> MY PLEASURE.
THANK YOU.
CONGRATIONS TO EVERYONE ELSE
ON A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH.
>>> JUST TO RECAP, CYGNUS LIFTED
OFF FROM NASA'S FLIGHT FACILITY
IN VIRGINIA AT THE REGIONAL
ATLANTIC SPACE PORT.
3 IF THE 21 -- 3:21 P.M. EASTERN
TO BEGIN ITS JOURNEY TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> SO AGAIN, CYGNUS LIFTED
FROM WALLOP'S FACILITY PAD 0A ON
TIME AT 2:21 P.M. CENTRAL TIME,
3:21 P.M. EASTERN ON ITS JOURNEY
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH, THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WAS
FLYING 258 STATUTE MILES OWNER
THE WESTERN PACIFIC, NORTHEAST
OF THE NORTHERN MARINA ISLANDS.
SOLAR ERAY DEPLOY IS EXPECTED TO
OCCUR ABOUT AN HOUR AND 19
MINUTES AFTER LAUNCH, SO WITHIN
PLANNED, CYG WILL COMPLETE AS
THE SOLAR ARRAY DEPLOYMENT WHICH
WILL TAKE ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND
ONCE THAT ACTIVITY IS COMPLETE,
WE'LL UPDATE THE STATION WEB
PAGE ON NASA.GOV.
WE HOPE YOU JOIN US BACK ON AIR
WHEN CYGNUS ARRIVES TO THE
STATION ON THERLYNING, ON
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18th.
NASA'S TELEVISION COVERAGE FOR
CYGNUS ARRIVE AND CAPTURE WILL
BEGIN AT 1:30 A.M. CENTRAL,
2:30 A.M. EASTERN TIME FOR A
CAPTURE AROUND 3:05 A.M.
CENTRAL.
EN WE'LL BE BACK ON 5:00 A.M.
CENTRAL, 6:00:00 A.M. EASTERN,
FOR COVERAGE.
WITH CYGNUS NOW SAFELY ON ITS
WAY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, TO DELIVER ABOUT 7500
POUNDS OF CARGO, THAT WILL WRAP
UP OUR COVERAGE FOR TODAY.
THIS IS MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.
