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will be landing

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This is live coverage of NASA's

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Osiris-rex sample return.

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There's been nothing

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in NASA's repertoire.

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I like to call it

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the Daredevil spacecraft.

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10 seconds.

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Nine, eight, seven, six,

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five, four, three,

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two, one.

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And liftoff.

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The most serious Rex.

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Its seventh year mission

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to boldly

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Bennu and back.

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Welcome

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and thank you for joining us

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live from the Army's Dugway

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Proving Ground in Dugway, Utah.

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This is

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special coverage of America's

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first asteroid sample

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return mission osiris-rex

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as it arrives

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back to Earth

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after more than seven years

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traveling in deep space.

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I'm Lauren Ward.

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And joining me is Dr.

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chief scientist at NASA's

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Goddard Space Flight Center.

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He's a planetary geologist

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and also probably

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people around here today.

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over the asteroid

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better than over the

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moon, over the asteroid.

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Well, I'm excited to share

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the stage with you today.

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We've got a lot to discuss

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and a huge adventure

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straight ahead.

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And for those joining at home,

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Jim and I will be taking

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your questions

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live throughout the show.

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You can send those our way

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by using the hashtag Ask

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to follow along, that's fine.

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to check out NASA's

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eyes on the solar system,

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where you can view

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a complete 3D simulation

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and follow the Osiris-rex

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sample return

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capsule to the ground.

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And during the broadcast,

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you'll hear directly

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from the mission team.

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for those operational call outs

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before we get into the action,

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Tell me, Jim,

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what are you

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Laurent It's

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the masterpiece of engineering

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Just think about this.

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In 50 years, we've gone from

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from bringing things

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on the moon back with crews

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to all robotic

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sample return for science.

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That's literally beyond words.

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We cannot wait.

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So OSIRIS-REX is an acronym

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for Origins

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Spectral Interpretation

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to identify Purity.

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REGULUS Explorer.

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Yes, it's a mouthful,

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but the mission describes

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an audacious objective

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Send a probe on a long journey

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to an asteroid, map

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Following launch on September

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the plucky probe took

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an extraordinary route

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through the solar system

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until it reached

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the asteroid Bennu.

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Then, after more than a year

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of mapping the surface

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Osiris Matt

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Rex made a careful descent

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to collect a sample.

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we are here at Dugway

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containing the sample,

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which experts tell us

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capsule of the ancient

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as we experience

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of this grand adventure.

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Sophia Roberts is located

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near our landing zone

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and she'll be speaking

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with some key players.

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who will be tracking

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like a good place

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to jump into the story.

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James, good morning.

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How are we looking?

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Yeah, good morning, Leon.

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And Jim.

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been a very bright

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early morning

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for all of our team members

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north from us about 4 hours ago

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the team met to assess

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about this asteroid. Bennu.

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rain or shine today.

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just enough to make the

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perfectly smooth

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this morning as well.

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star, a meteor.

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will be streaking

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to head out to wait

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just at the edge

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our high altitude

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plane is up in the sky,

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ready to take images

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in the infrared of our SIRC.

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And we are here

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ready to go to cover

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all of today's mission events.

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I'm going to be right here

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with you

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all throughout the process

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as we get closer to that entry,

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descent and landing.

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But for now, back to you

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learning, Jim.

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All right.

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Thanks, James.

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We'll be back to you

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for mission status updates

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throughout the morning.

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geography lesson

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on where we are today.

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We are sitting about 85 miles

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in the heart of the Dugway

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a historic Army facility.

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In less than an hour,

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the sample will touch down

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in our landing ellipse

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managed by the Air Force

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about 13 miles north of where

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Mission teams have set up

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a clean room

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just one mile away from us,

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where the sample will end

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its journey today.

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Tomorrow morning, a C-17

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and deliver the sample

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Unbelievable. Can't wait.

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I can't wait to see that C-17.

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We have a lot

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into the heart of the action

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for all of NASA's

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in an extremely rare category.

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with cameras and sensors,

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but it's bringing

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a physical sample

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of the ancient solar system

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back to Earth

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for a detailed analysis.

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Mission planners selected

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a small asteroid called

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Bennu as their destination,

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following a successful

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touch and go procedure

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to grab a sample

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on October 20th, 2020.

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Osiris-rex

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has been making its

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way back to Earth.

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It's been a thrilling

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ride, already

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packed with

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technical achievements

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and scientific discoveries.

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Today's historic landing

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continues that saga

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promising

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exciting research ahead.

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Beside our main event

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this morning,

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we've got a ton

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of extremely cool stuff.

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We'll hear

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from a special guest,

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astrophysicist,

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this whom

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you probably recognize

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more for his chart toppers.

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We'll speak with one of the

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helicopter pilots

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about his role

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in getting recovery

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teams out to the landing site

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and bringing the

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capsule back home.

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And we'll even hear

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from the cast of the film

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Asteroid City.

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And, of course,

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we'll give you a front row

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seat to the mission itself,

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the science,

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the engineering

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and why a mission to gather

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space rocks.

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Well, rocks, right.

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NASA's first

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asteroid sample

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return happens

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in less than 35 minutes.

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Let's now

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take you to a big mountain

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where our field

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reporter, Sophia

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Roberts, is standing

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at the forward

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edge of the vast landing zone

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where she joins us live now.

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So thank you, Anderson.

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Lord and Jim.

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Now, it is a bright

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and chilly morning,

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but the excitement

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certainly is rising.

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Now, let me give you

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a lay of the land of

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what is going to happen today.

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The sample return capsule

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is going to hit

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the top of the atmosphere

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at approximately 840.

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It will descend

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through our atmosphere

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for 13 minutes

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before touchdown.

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Once it does touchdown,

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our team

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with a recovery team

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will go to the sample

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or the capsule

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and start

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that carefully rehearsed

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recovery process.

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Now I am on the edge

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of the landing zone

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that we called the Ellipse.

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It is a huge landing zone

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that is larger

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than the size of Rhode Island.

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And behind me

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are the helicopters

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that will be taking

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those recovery

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teams to the capsule

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once it lands.

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Now, these teams are prepped

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and ready to go.

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We are just waiting

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for that capsule to arrive.

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Back to you, Lauren.

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Well, Sophia, I

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think she has the best seat.

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Oh, my God. Take me.

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Take me there.

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I want to go there.

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All right,

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let's get some quick facts

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about the Osiris-rex spacecraft

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filled with fuel.

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00:09:01,774 --> 00:09:02,491
The vehicle weighs

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more than 40 £600.

419
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That's about the same size

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as three large cows.

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Did you know that?

422
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I did not.

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And I'm afraid of those cows.

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Let's stay away from the cows.

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With its solar arrays extended,

426
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the spacecraft

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is about 40 feet long

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or the size of a

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short school bus.

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The solar arrays

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can power up to 3000 watts,

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which is the same

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as a portable generator.

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Once on Bennu, the 11 foot

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00:09:23,362 --> 00:09:24,397
robotic arm collected

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dust and pebbles samples

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while the cameras got up close

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images of the asteroid.

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How about that?

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And then,

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of course,

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there's the RC

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or the sample return capsule.

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The capsule

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that separated from

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the main vehicle

447
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is currently on its way

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to our landing zone

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in the Utah desert.

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So, Jim, I think importantly,

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the team can't just open up

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the capsule

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right on the desert floor.

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Right. What happens next?

455
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So next, we have to save it.

456
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We have to bag it.

457
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We have to contain it

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and transported

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to the clean room

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about a mile from here.

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And in that clean room,

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we will actually bring

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the sample return capsule in,

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take off their back shell

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and the heat shield,

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and carefully

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00:10:00,833 --> 00:10:02,702
arrange to nitrogen purge

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00:10:02,702 --> 00:10:03,836
that special sample

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00:10:03,836 --> 00:10:05,004
container inside

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00:10:05,004 --> 00:10:06,355
so it does not introduce

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00:10:06,355 --> 00:10:08,074
any contamination from Earth

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00:10:08,074 --> 00:10:09,325
because we want asteroid,

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00:10:09,325 --> 00:10:11,127
not earth. That's right.

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And I love missions like this

475
00:10:12,478 --> 00:10:13,112
because I find my

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00:10:13,112 --> 00:10:14,347
own imagination just bursting

477
00:10:14,347 --> 00:10:15,214
with possibilities

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00:10:15,214 --> 00:10:16,382
and questions.

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00:10:16,382 --> 00:10:18,634
And so with about a little bit

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more than 30 minutes to go

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00:10:19,885 --> 00:10:21,003
before the SLC hits

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00:10:21,003 --> 00:10:22,204
the top of the atmosphere,

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00:10:22,204 --> 00:10:22,805
we're going to take

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a few minutes

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00:10:23,489 --> 00:10:24,457
to dive into the nuts

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and bolts of the mission

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itself.

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We've got a great mission

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00:10:27,176 --> 00:10:28,527
over here to help explain.

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00:10:28,527 --> 00:10:31,547
Take a look.

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00:10:31,614 --> 00:10:32,965
Osiris-rex is

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NASA's first asteroid

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00:10:34,433 --> 00:10:36,085
sample return mission.

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00:10:36,085 --> 00:10:38,337
It launched in September 2016

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00:10:38,337 --> 00:10:38,971
on a journey

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00:10:38,971 --> 00:10:39,639
to explore

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00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:40,890
a near-Earth asteroid

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00:10:40,890 --> 00:10:42,208
called Bennu.

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00:10:42,208 --> 00:10:44,093
After arriving in 2018,

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00:10:44,093 --> 00:10:45,328
Osiris-rex spent

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00:10:45,328 --> 00:10:46,379
nearly two years

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00:10:46,379 --> 00:10:47,430
orbiting Bennu,

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00:10:47,430 --> 00:10:48,481
mapping and studying

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00:10:48,481 --> 00:10:49,565
its rugged terrain

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00:10:49,565 --> 00:10:50,666
before carrying out

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00:10:50,666 --> 00:10:53,035
its primary science objective.

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On October 20th, 2020.

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The spacecraft ventured

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to a small crater

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in the asteroid's

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northern hemisphere.

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It dodged jagged rocks

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and towering boulders

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00:11:02,545 --> 00:11:03,779
and plunged its arm

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00:11:03,779 --> 00:11:04,413
into the loose

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00:11:04,413 --> 00:11:05,815
surface, excavating

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00:11:05,815 --> 00:11:07,350
six tons of debris

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00:11:07,350 --> 00:11:07,983
while collecting

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00:11:07,983 --> 00:11:10,986
about 250 grams of material.

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00:11:11,070 --> 00:11:12,938
Osiris-rex stowed its bounty

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00:11:12,938 --> 00:11:14,123
and closed its sample

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00:11:14,123 --> 00:11:15,458
return capsule.

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00:11:15,458 --> 00:11:16,325
It bid farewell

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00:11:16,325 --> 00:11:18,427
to Bennu in May 2021,

525
00:11:18,427 --> 00:11:19,745
embarking on a 1.2

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00:11:19,745 --> 00:11:20,579
billion mile

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00:11:20,579 --> 00:11:22,765
cruise back to Earth.

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00:11:22,765 --> 00:11:24,033
Now, two years

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00:11:24,033 --> 00:11:24,834
and four months

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00:11:24,834 --> 00:11:26,035
after leaving Bennu,

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Osiris-rex is closing in on the

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place where its journey began

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00:11:33,426 --> 00:11:34,894
on September 24th.

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The spacecraft will approach

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00:11:36,295 --> 00:11:36,746
to nearly

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00:11:36,746 --> 00:11:39,215
63,000 miles from Earth.

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00:11:39,215 --> 00:11:40,766
It will power up and release

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00:11:40,766 --> 00:11:42,268
its sample return capsule

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00:11:42,268 --> 00:11:45,187
at 4:42 a.m. Mountain Time.

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00:11:45,187 --> 00:11:46,555
The capsule must be jettisoned

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00:11:46,555 --> 00:11:47,940
within a narrow time frame

542
00:11:47,940 --> 00:11:49,325
and at just the right angle

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00:11:49,325 --> 00:11:50,459
to hit its target,

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00:11:50,459 --> 00:11:51,544
an area of roughly

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00:11:51,544 --> 00:11:53,396
250 square miles

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00:11:53,396 --> 00:11:55,414
in Utah's West Desert.

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00:11:55,414 --> 00:11:56,999
Once the capsule is away,

548
00:11:56,999 --> 00:11:58,534
Osiris-rex will fire

549
00:11:58,534 --> 00:11:59,335
its thrusters

550
00:11:59,335 --> 00:12:02,338
to avoid colliding with Earth

551
00:12:02,371 --> 00:12:03,839
at 8:42 a.m..

552
00:12:03,839 --> 00:12:04,974
The council will streak

553
00:12:04,974 --> 00:12:06,158
into the atmosphere

554
00:12:06,158 --> 00:12:07,042
at a blistering

555
00:12:07,042 --> 00:12:09,845
27,000 miles per hour.

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00:12:09,845 --> 00:12:10,863
It will race across

557
00:12:10,863 --> 00:12:11,881
the western U.S.

558
00:12:11,881 --> 00:12:13,382
and begin to glow with heat,

559
00:12:13,382 --> 00:12:14,700
allowing infrared trackers

560
00:12:14,700 --> 00:12:15,367
on the ground

561
00:12:15,367 --> 00:12:17,336
to chart its progress

562
00:12:17,336 --> 00:12:18,087
as it pushes

563
00:12:18,087 --> 00:12:19,538
deeper into the atmosphere.

564
00:12:19,538 --> 00:12:20,272
The capsule will

565
00:12:20,272 --> 00:12:21,574
rapidly decelerate.

566
00:12:21,574 --> 00:12:23,125
Subjecting the bennu samples

567
00:12:23,125 --> 00:12:25,678
to a punishing 32 GS

568
00:12:25,678 --> 00:12:27,296
about 2 minutes after entry,

569
00:12:27,296 --> 00:12:29,281
it will slow to Mach 1.4

570
00:12:29,281 --> 00:12:29,815
and deploy

571
00:12:29,815 --> 00:12:31,167
its drogue parachute,

572
00:12:31,167 --> 00:12:33,185
stabilizing its descent.

573
00:12:33,185 --> 00:12:34,620
The capsule will enter special

574
00:12:34,620 --> 00:12:36,989
use airspace at 8:46 a.m.,

575
00:12:36,989 --> 00:12:38,157
almost ten miles

576
00:12:38,157 --> 00:12:39,608
above the department of Defense

577
00:12:39,608 --> 00:12:41,794
Utah Test and Training range.

578
00:12:41,794 --> 00:12:42,661
Radar stations

579
00:12:42,661 --> 00:12:43,496
will lock on

580
00:12:43,496 --> 00:12:44,246
and track it to

581
00:12:44,246 --> 00:12:45,297
within 30 feet

582
00:12:45,297 --> 00:12:46,832
of its landing site

583
00:12:46,832 --> 00:12:48,117
at 8:50 a.m..

584
00:12:48,117 --> 00:12:49,385
The capsule will extract

585
00:12:49,385 --> 00:12:50,970
and deploy its main parachute

586
00:12:50,970 --> 00:12:52,772
one mile above the ground.

587
00:12:52,772 --> 00:12:54,423
It will make its final descent

588
00:12:54,423 --> 00:12:55,508
into leisurely 11

589
00:12:55,508 --> 00:12:56,492
miles per hour

590
00:12:56,492 --> 00:12:57,693
like a marathon runner

591
00:12:57,693 --> 00:12:59,278
savoring a victory lap

592
00:12:59,278 --> 00:13:00,446
before touching down in the

593
00:13:00,446 --> 00:13:10,656
desert soil at 855.

594
00:13:10,739 --> 00:13:11,073
Wow.

595
00:13:11,073 --> 00:13:11,874
I get chills every

596
00:13:11,874 --> 00:13:13,826
time I meet you. Amazing.

597
00:13:13,826 --> 00:13:14,076
All right.

598
00:13:14,076 --> 00:13:15,327
So we know you have questions,

599
00:13:15,327 --> 00:13:16,262
so please continue

600
00:13:16,262 --> 00:13:17,163
to send them to us

601
00:13:17,163 --> 00:13:19,415
using the hashtag, ask Nassar.

602
00:13:19,415 --> 00:13:20,583
But before we go any further,

603
00:13:20,583 --> 00:13:21,417
I have got a question

604
00:13:21,417 --> 00:13:22,351
for you, Jim.

605
00:13:22,351 --> 00:13:23,435
Why is the mission

606
00:13:23,435 --> 00:13:24,303
called Osiris-rex?

607
00:13:24,303 --> 00:13:26,155
It sounds like a new hybrid

608
00:13:26,155 --> 00:13:27,573
kind of dinosaur or something.

609
00:13:27,573 --> 00:13:27,957
It does,

610
00:13:27,957 --> 00:13:28,858
but it's actually the name

611
00:13:28,858 --> 00:13:30,059
of an Egyptian deity,

612
00:13:30,059 --> 00:13:30,843
A bird deity.

613
00:13:30,843 --> 00:13:32,461
But it means all the stuff

614
00:13:32,461 --> 00:13:32,845
the mission is

615
00:13:32,845 --> 00:13:33,412
going to be doing.

616
00:13:33,412 --> 00:13:34,463
So we're going to be

617
00:13:34,463 --> 00:13:35,347
searching for clues

618
00:13:35,347 --> 00:13:35,965
to the origins

619
00:13:35,965 --> 00:13:37,500
of our solar system, chemically

620
00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:38,100
looking at how

621
00:13:38,100 --> 00:13:39,001
we can ground truth.

622
00:13:39,001 --> 00:13:39,869
All the data we have

623
00:13:39,869 --> 00:13:40,386
for asteroids

624
00:13:40,386 --> 00:13:41,787
from Earth, other spacecraft

625
00:13:41,787 --> 00:13:43,322
right up close with samples.

626
00:13:43,322 --> 00:13:43,856
We're going to look

627
00:13:43,856 --> 00:13:44,523
at the resource

628
00:13:44,523 --> 00:13:45,724
potential of asteroids,

629
00:13:45,724 --> 00:13:47,877
metals, hydrated water

630
00:13:47,877 --> 00:13:48,844
and hydrated minerals

631
00:13:48,844 --> 00:13:49,795
and also consider

632
00:13:49,795 --> 00:13:51,363
security of our planet

633
00:13:51,363 --> 00:13:52,715
from these kinds of objects.

634
00:13:52,715 --> 00:13:54,033
It's a big name

635
00:13:54,033 --> 00:13:55,117
with a big mission,

636
00:13:55,117 --> 00:13:56,936
with many things it has to do.

637
00:13:56,936 --> 00:13:58,254
It's multiple missions and one.

638
00:13:58,254 --> 00:13:59,338
Yeah, three missions and one.

639
00:13:59,338 --> 00:14:00,022
In fact.

640
00:14:00,022 --> 00:14:00,756
We know we have

641
00:14:00,756 --> 00:14:01,440
a global audience

642
00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:01,974
for this event.

643
00:14:01,974 --> 00:14:02,791
And throughout the morning

644
00:14:02,791 --> 00:14:03,776
we'll be taking questions

645
00:14:03,776 --> 00:14:05,728
submitted via social media.

646
00:14:05,728 --> 00:14:07,596
So let's take one now.

647
00:14:07,596 --> 00:14:07,980
All right.

648
00:14:07,980 --> 00:14:08,797
What do we have

649
00:14:08,797 --> 00:14:11,317
at S for Michael

650
00:14:11,317 --> 00:14:12,968
Underscore B asks,

651
00:14:12,968 --> 00:14:14,003
what's the significance

652
00:14:14,003 --> 00:14:14,937
of studying asteroids

653
00:14:14,937 --> 00:14:16,205
like bennu for advancements

654
00:14:16,205 --> 00:14:18,007
in planetary science?

655
00:14:18,007 --> 00:14:18,507
These are

656
00:14:18,507 --> 00:14:19,708
that literally the time

657
00:14:19,708 --> 00:14:20,159
capsules

658
00:14:20,159 --> 00:14:21,176
of the early solar system.

659
00:14:21,176 --> 00:14:22,344
With those bits and fragments,

660
00:14:22,344 --> 00:14:23,579
we can never get here.

661
00:14:23,579 --> 00:14:25,047
So we go and bring them home

662
00:14:25,047 --> 00:14:26,048
to connect ourselves

663
00:14:26,048 --> 00:14:26,549
to the place

664
00:14:26,549 --> 00:14:27,933
we live, our solar system.

665
00:14:27,933 --> 00:14:29,068
So that's one of the big

666
00:14:29,068 --> 00:14:29,818
takeaways of this.

667
00:14:29,818 --> 00:14:30,603
We will

668
00:14:30,603 --> 00:14:32,338
read the clues of Mother Nature

669
00:14:32,338 --> 00:14:33,923
on how our world works

670
00:14:33,923 --> 00:14:35,374
in the context of all the rest

671
00:14:35,374 --> 00:14:36,842
of the planetary system.

672
00:14:36,842 --> 00:14:37,476
Fantastic.

673
00:14:37,476 --> 00:14:37,943
All right,

674
00:14:37,943 --> 00:14:39,211
let's take another question.

675
00:14:39,211 --> 00:14:39,879
What do we have?

676
00:14:39,879 --> 00:14:40,262
All right.

677
00:14:40,262 --> 00:14:43,866
From at end Danger 817,

678
00:14:43,949 --> 00:14:44,783
approximately how

679
00:14:44,783 --> 00:14:46,468
large is the sample size

680
00:14:46,468 --> 00:14:48,003
and what kind of analysis

681
00:14:48,003 --> 00:14:49,622
will be performed?

682
00:14:49,622 --> 00:14:50,940
So it's about eight

683
00:14:50,940 --> 00:14:51,724
or nine ounces.

684
00:14:51,724 --> 00:14:52,508
It's about

685
00:14:52,508 --> 00:14:53,542
the size of a baseball

686
00:14:53,542 --> 00:14:54,360
and a half.

687
00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:55,377
And the kind of an ounce

688
00:14:55,377 --> 00:14:56,545
is are amazing.

689
00:14:56,545 --> 00:14:57,563
There are toolkits

690
00:14:57,563 --> 00:14:58,113
and instruments

691
00:14:58,113 --> 00:14:58,597
that can look at

692
00:14:58,597 --> 00:15:00,382
nanoscale characteristics

693
00:15:00,382 --> 00:15:01,083
that you wouldn't imagine.

694
00:15:01,083 --> 00:15:01,584
We could see the

695
00:15:01,584 --> 00:15:02,618
hairs on a layer,

696
00:15:02,618 --> 00:15:04,403
on a on a foot of an ant,

697
00:15:04,403 --> 00:15:05,287
but we'll look at those

698
00:15:05,287 --> 00:15:05,821
in the context

699
00:15:05,821 --> 00:15:06,805
of another object

700
00:15:06,805 --> 00:15:09,241
in the solar system. So. Wow.

701
00:15:09,241 --> 00:15:10,292
Wow, indeed.

702
00:15:10,292 --> 00:15:10,593
All right.

703
00:15:10,593 --> 00:15:11,193
We'll be taking

704
00:15:11,193 --> 00:15:11,994
some more questions

705
00:15:11,994 --> 00:15:14,196
throughout the morning.

706
00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:14,947
Okay.

707
00:15:14,947 --> 00:15:17,182
So let us

708
00:15:17,182 --> 00:15:19,201
head back to the Ellipse

709
00:15:19,201 --> 00:15:20,069
to talk to Sophia.

710
00:15:20,069 --> 00:15:21,203
I understand, Sophia,

711
00:15:21,203 --> 00:15:22,288
you've got a critical team

712
00:15:22,288 --> 00:15:22,838
member with you.

713
00:15:22,838 --> 00:15:26,175
Take it away.

714
00:15:26,258 --> 00:15:27,026
Thanks, Lauren.

715
00:15:27,026 --> 00:15:28,594
Yes, I am joined right now

716
00:15:28,594 --> 00:15:31,981
by Stu Wiley, who is the Oscar

717
00:15:31,981 --> 00:15:33,515
or on scene commander

718
00:15:33,515 --> 00:15:35,784
of this recovery mission.

719
00:15:35,784 --> 00:15:37,319
Thank you for joining me, Stu.

720
00:15:37,319 --> 00:15:38,704
Thanks for having me, Sophia.

721
00:15:38,704 --> 00:15:39,038
All right.

722
00:15:39,038 --> 00:15:40,673
So you are the person who

723
00:15:40,673 --> 00:15:41,307
kicks off

724
00:15:41,307 --> 00:15:42,808
this whole process before

725
00:15:42,808 --> 00:15:44,276
even the recovery team

726
00:15:44,276 --> 00:15:45,577
gets on the ground.

727
00:15:45,577 --> 00:15:46,145
Can you walk us

728
00:15:46,145 --> 00:15:47,463
through your process?

729
00:15:47,463 --> 00:15:47,696
Yes.

730
00:15:47,696 --> 00:15:49,615
So essentially

731
00:15:49,615 --> 00:15:50,466
what's going to happen

732
00:15:50,466 --> 00:15:51,717
is that once

733
00:15:51,717 --> 00:15:55,537
the capsule is under shoot,

734
00:15:55,621 --> 00:15:57,156
we'll have a better idea

735
00:15:57,156 --> 00:15:57,723
of where it's

736
00:15:57,723 --> 00:15:59,008
going to land on the range.

737
00:15:59,008 --> 00:16:00,175
And based on that, I'll know

738
00:16:00,175 --> 00:16:00,626
exactly

739
00:16:00,626 --> 00:16:01,627
what kind of weapons systems

740
00:16:01,627 --> 00:16:02,444
we used in that area

741
00:16:02,444 --> 00:16:03,212
or what kind of tests

742
00:16:03,212 --> 00:16:04,313
we've done in that area.

743
00:16:04,313 --> 00:16:05,280
So I'll know better

744
00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:06,115
what kind of hazards

745
00:16:06,115 --> 00:16:07,650
are in the area.

746
00:16:07,650 --> 00:16:09,518
Once I land on the ground,

747
00:16:09,518 --> 00:16:10,536
I'll do an initial

748
00:16:10,536 --> 00:16:11,704
sweep of the area

749
00:16:11,704 --> 00:16:12,755
and methodically move

750
00:16:12,755 --> 00:16:14,873
towards the the capsule

751
00:16:14,873 --> 00:16:15,841
and mark

752
00:16:15,841 --> 00:16:16,859
any kind of hazards

753
00:16:16,859 --> 00:16:18,777
that I find, whether it be

754
00:16:18,777 --> 00:16:20,095
munition hazards, of course,

755
00:16:20,095 --> 00:16:22,498
and or the industrial hazards

756
00:16:22,498 --> 00:16:25,234
and and even the environmental

757
00:16:25,317 --> 00:16:26,135
sensitive areas

758
00:16:26,135 --> 00:16:28,320
that we have out here. So, Art.

759
00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:29,555
And how did you prepare

760
00:16:29,555 --> 00:16:31,373
for this today?

761
00:16:31,373 --> 00:16:36,578
So preparation has been a long

762
00:16:36,662 --> 00:16:38,914
in the process for a long time

763
00:16:38,914 --> 00:16:40,015
between myself

764
00:16:40,015 --> 00:16:41,367
and Jazmin Nakayama.

765
00:16:41,367 --> 00:16:42,868
We've got 40 years

766
00:16:42,868 --> 00:16:44,403
worth of explosive knowledge.

767
00:16:44,403 --> 00:16:45,187
Most of it is on

768
00:16:45,187 --> 00:16:45,838
this range here.

769
00:16:45,838 --> 00:16:46,655
So we know the ranges

770
00:16:46,655 --> 00:16:48,807
very well.

771
00:16:48,807 --> 00:16:50,376
The

772
00:16:50,376 --> 00:16:51,844
the team and

773
00:16:51,844 --> 00:16:53,245
and the shooter

774
00:16:53,245 --> 00:16:54,630
have been working together,

775
00:16:54,630 --> 00:16:56,065
both Lockheed and RCA,

776
00:16:56,065 --> 00:16:59,268
and we've been doing rehearsals

777
00:16:59,334 --> 00:17:00,803
so that we are more familiar

778
00:17:00,803 --> 00:17:01,620
with their capsule

779
00:17:01,620 --> 00:17:02,888
and they're more familiar

780
00:17:02,888 --> 00:17:03,722
with our terrain here.

781
00:17:03,722 --> 00:17:06,725
It's as well.

782
00:17:06,842 --> 00:17:07,109
Yeah.

783
00:17:07,109 --> 00:17:08,043
So

784
00:17:08,043 --> 00:17:09,395
and this is an active

785
00:17:09,395 --> 00:17:10,746
proving ground here.

786
00:17:10,746 --> 00:17:11,947
So what are the other steps

787
00:17:11,947 --> 00:17:13,015
that we have to ensure

788
00:17:13,015 --> 00:17:14,633
that our teams are safe?

789
00:17:14,633 --> 00:17:14,850
Yeah.

790
00:17:14,850 --> 00:17:15,667
So this

791
00:17:15,667 --> 00:17:16,468
at the Utah testing

792
00:17:16,468 --> 00:17:17,036
trading range,

793
00:17:17,036 --> 00:17:18,387
we do have a lot of different

794
00:17:18,387 --> 00:17:19,254
hazards out here.

795
00:17:19,254 --> 00:17:20,355
Like I said, the weapon

796
00:17:20,355 --> 00:17:22,624
systems that we test,

797
00:17:22,708 --> 00:17:23,342
we're going to keep

798
00:17:23,342 --> 00:17:25,194
them safe from that.

799
00:17:25,194 --> 00:17:27,112
We have again done

800
00:17:27,112 --> 00:17:28,163
many of the preparations

801
00:17:28,163 --> 00:17:28,981
with them already.

802
00:17:28,981 --> 00:17:31,467
They've taken safety briefings.

803
00:17:31,467 --> 00:17:34,053
They've been

804
00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:36,271
briefed on the actual items

805
00:17:36,271 --> 00:17:38,107
that we've dropped out here

806
00:17:38,107 --> 00:17:40,642
in their range safety brief.

807
00:17:40,642 --> 00:17:41,310
One of the hazards

808
00:17:41,310 --> 00:17:41,727
that we're going to

809
00:17:41,727 --> 00:17:42,244
be dealing with,

810
00:17:42,244 --> 00:17:43,228
though, is the helicopters

811
00:17:43,228 --> 00:17:44,313
that you see behind us.

812
00:17:44,313 --> 00:17:45,814
And they've

813
00:17:45,814 --> 00:17:47,032
been through practices

814
00:17:47,032 --> 00:17:47,850
getting on and off

815
00:17:47,850 --> 00:17:48,817
the helicopters

816
00:17:48,817 --> 00:17:51,186
and working in and around them.

817
00:17:51,186 --> 00:17:53,605
And but I think

818
00:17:53,605 --> 00:17:54,456
the biggest hazard

819
00:17:54,456 --> 00:17:54,840
that we're going to

820
00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:56,825
have is slipping.

821
00:17:56,825 --> 00:17:57,993
We had some recent rain.

822
00:17:57,993 --> 00:17:59,728
So that I think,

823
00:17:59,728 --> 00:18:00,129
is going to be our

824
00:18:00,129 --> 00:18:00,996
biggest hazard.

825
00:18:00,996 --> 00:18:02,498
But it could be fun, too, so.

826
00:18:02,498 --> 00:18:03,415
Well, wonderful.

827
00:18:03,415 --> 00:18:04,650
I know that you have

828
00:18:04,650 --> 00:18:05,517
your last

829
00:18:05,517 --> 00:18:06,835
preparations for the day,

830
00:18:06,835 --> 00:18:07,986
so I'm going to let you go.

831
00:18:07,986 --> 00:18:09,037
And thank you very much

832
00:18:09,037 --> 00:18:12,424
for joining us. Thank you.

833
00:18:12,508 --> 00:18:13,225
Thanks, Sophia.

834
00:18:13,225 --> 00:18:14,543
Stuart, got a big day to day.

835
00:18:14,543 --> 00:18:16,445
Oh, my goodness.

836
00:18:16,445 --> 00:18:17,096
All right, Jim,

837
00:18:17,096 --> 00:18:18,397
we know we have space fans

838
00:18:18,397 --> 00:18:19,598
from all walks of life

839
00:18:19,598 --> 00:18:20,849
all over the world.

840
00:18:20,849 --> 00:18:22,718
One super fan in particular

841
00:18:22,718 --> 00:18:23,519
is a well-known

842
00:18:23,519 --> 00:18:24,636
astrophysicist

843
00:18:24,636 --> 00:18:27,005
with an atypical side hustle.

844
00:18:27,005 --> 00:18:28,557
But I'm guessing you know him.

845
00:18:28,557 --> 00:18:30,125
Probably more no more him.

846
00:18:30,125 --> 00:18:30,776
Probably more

847
00:18:30,776 --> 00:18:32,044
from his side thing

848
00:18:32,044 --> 00:18:33,328
than his science thing.

849
00:18:33,328 --> 00:18:34,029
Well, that's right.

850
00:18:34,029 --> 00:18:35,314
He's literally space

851
00:18:35,314 --> 00:18:36,782
royalty and rock royalty.

852
00:18:36,782 --> 00:18:37,766
Perfect for a mission

853
00:18:37,766 --> 00:18:39,368
to bring back Rock.

854
00:18:39,368 --> 00:18:41,737
Just a true rock star.

855
00:18:41,737 --> 00:18:42,421
Let's let him speak

856
00:18:42,421 --> 00:18:44,406
for himself.

857
00:18:44,406 --> 00:18:45,808
Hello, NASA folks.

858
00:18:45,808 --> 00:18:47,376
Space fans,

859
00:18:47,376 --> 00:18:49,027
asteroid aficionados.

860
00:18:49,027 --> 00:18:50,846
This is Brian May

861
00:18:50,846 --> 00:18:51,663
of Queen,

862
00:18:51,663 --> 00:18:52,748
as you know, probably,

863
00:18:52,748 --> 00:18:54,032
but also immensely

864
00:18:54,032 --> 00:18:54,983
proud

865
00:18:54,983 --> 00:18:56,185
to be a team member of

866
00:18:56,185 --> 00:18:57,936
a Sirius Rex.

867
00:18:57,936 --> 00:18:59,221
I can't be with you today.

868
00:18:59,221 --> 00:19:00,455
I wish I could.

869
00:19:00,455 --> 00:19:01,056
And rehearsing

870
00:19:01,056 --> 00:19:02,224
for a Queen tour.

871
00:19:02,224 --> 00:19:03,725
But my heart's there with you.

872
00:19:03,725 --> 00:19:04,827
As this precious

873
00:19:04,827 --> 00:19:06,728
sample is recovered.

874
00:19:06,728 --> 00:19:08,730
Happy sample return day.

875
00:19:08,730 --> 00:19:09,748
And congratulations

876
00:19:09,748 --> 00:19:10,532
to all who worked

877
00:19:10,532 --> 00:19:11,483
so incredibly hard

878
00:19:11,483 --> 00:19:12,668
on this mission,

879
00:19:12,668 --> 00:19:13,802
especially my dear

880
00:19:13,802 --> 00:19:15,003
friend Dante,

881
00:19:15,003 --> 00:19:16,839
with whom we already created

882
00:19:16,839 --> 00:19:18,540
this beautiful book.

883
00:19:18,540 --> 00:19:20,826
God bless you all.

884
00:19:20,909 --> 00:19:22,044
Speaking of rock stars,

885
00:19:22,044 --> 00:19:23,278
joining us is NASA's

886
00:19:23,278 --> 00:19:24,897
Lori Glaze, planetary

887
00:19:24,897 --> 00:19:26,548
science mission director.

888
00:19:26,548 --> 00:19:27,749
Welcome, Lori.

889
00:19:27,749 --> 00:19:28,650
Hey, good

890
00:19:28,650 --> 00:19:31,019
to have you here, Lori.

891
00:19:31,019 --> 00:19:32,221
And you and Jim go back

892
00:19:32,221 --> 00:19:33,038
quite a ways, right?

893
00:19:33,038 --> 00:19:33,755
Oh, yes.

894
00:19:33,755 --> 00:19:34,673
Jim and I actually go back

895
00:19:34,673 --> 00:19:35,574
several decades,

896
00:19:35,574 --> 00:19:37,109
but we've been working together

897
00:19:37,109 --> 00:19:38,493
closely for many, many years.

898
00:19:38,493 --> 00:19:39,211
And it's so good

899
00:19:39,211 --> 00:19:41,013
to see you here.

900
00:19:41,013 --> 00:19:42,114
Lori,

901
00:19:42,114 --> 00:19:43,765
It is a really exciting day.

902
00:19:43,765 --> 00:19:45,100
So Osiris-rex

903
00:19:45,100 --> 00:19:47,886
is part of a larger autumn

904
00:19:47,886 --> 00:19:49,288
for asteroid asteroid's

905
00:19:49,288 --> 00:19:49,988
asteroid autumn,

906
00:19:49,988 --> 00:19:50,873
as we've been saying.

907
00:19:50,873 --> 00:19:51,390
Can you talk about

908
00:19:51,390 --> 00:19:52,291
some of the other missions

909
00:19:52,291 --> 00:19:53,492
that are happening this fall?

910
00:19:53,492 --> 00:19:54,843
Happy to do that.

911
00:19:54,843 --> 00:19:55,978
It is really exciting.

912
00:19:55,978 --> 00:19:56,828
We have lots of

913
00:19:56,828 --> 00:19:58,597
asteroid missions

914
00:19:58,597 --> 00:19:59,348
and actually

915
00:19:59,348 --> 00:20:00,148
four of them have

916
00:20:00,148 --> 00:20:01,083
major milestones

917
00:20:01,083 --> 00:20:02,434
coming up this autumn,

918
00:20:02,434 --> 00:20:03,669
right on the heels

919
00:20:03,669 --> 00:20:04,853
of the sample return

920
00:20:04,853 --> 00:20:06,038
happening today.

921
00:20:06,038 --> 00:20:08,373
In two days on September 26

922
00:20:08,373 --> 00:20:09,174
is the one year

923
00:20:09,174 --> 00:20:10,492
anniversary of a little mission

924
00:20:10,492 --> 00:20:11,493
you may have heard of

925
00:20:11,493 --> 00:20:12,244
last year

926
00:20:12,244 --> 00:20:13,295
called the double asteroid

927
00:20:13,295 --> 00:20:14,580
redirection test,

928
00:20:14,580 --> 00:20:15,214
demonstrating

929
00:20:15,214 --> 00:20:16,081
for the first time

930
00:20:16,081 --> 00:20:17,399
humanity's ability

931
00:20:17,399 --> 00:20:18,116
to deflect

932
00:20:18,116 --> 00:20:19,568
the path of an asteroid.

933
00:20:19,568 --> 00:20:20,852
How cool is that?

934
00:20:20,852 --> 00:20:22,354
And then coming up on October

935
00:20:22,354 --> 00:20:25,224
5th is the launch of a mission

936
00:20:25,224 --> 00:20:26,408
called Psyche.

937
00:20:26,408 --> 00:20:27,009
Going to visit

938
00:20:27,009 --> 00:20:28,110
a special asteroid

939
00:20:28,110 --> 00:20:30,095
called Psyche, also,

940
00:20:30,095 --> 00:20:31,980
which is one of only about nine

941
00:20:31,980 --> 00:20:33,098
of asteroids that are

942
00:20:33,098 --> 00:20:34,049
we think are made

943
00:20:34,049 --> 00:20:35,467
primarily of metal,

944
00:20:35,467 --> 00:20:37,552
have a very high metal content,

945
00:20:37,552 --> 00:20:38,787
iron and nickel.

946
00:20:38,787 --> 00:20:39,805
And then about a month

947
00:20:39,805 --> 00:20:41,640
after that, on November 1st

948
00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:42,207
is going to be

949
00:20:42,207 --> 00:20:44,243
the first asteroid flyby

950
00:20:44,243 --> 00:20:45,877
of our mission called Lucy,

951
00:20:45,877 --> 00:20:47,079
which will ultimately visit

952
00:20:47,079 --> 00:20:48,180
Trojan asteroids

953
00:20:48,180 --> 00:20:49,231
that lead and trail

954
00:20:49,231 --> 00:20:50,215
Jupiter in its orbit

955
00:20:50,215 --> 00:20:51,116
around the sun.

956
00:20:51,116 --> 00:20:52,351
But in November will fly

957
00:20:52,351 --> 00:20:53,185
by a main belt

958
00:20:53,185 --> 00:20:55,120
asteroid called Lincoln.

959
00:20:55,203 --> 00:20:55,754
Wow.

960
00:20:55,754 --> 00:20:57,572
Wow. Check that out.

961
00:20:57,572 --> 00:20:59,524
It literally is an asteroid on.

962
00:20:59,524 --> 00:21:00,759
But Laurie, one of the thing

963
00:21:00,759 --> 00:21:02,244
you know, I wasn't,

964
00:21:02,244 --> 00:21:02,678
you know,

965
00:21:02,678 --> 00:21:03,929
is a multipurpose mission.

966
00:21:03,929 --> 00:21:04,680
All this great stuff.

967
00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:05,364
You mentioned.

968
00:21:05,364 --> 00:21:06,398
And one of its key jobs

969
00:21:06,398 --> 00:21:06,865
is to help us

970
00:21:06,865 --> 00:21:07,983
with planetary defense.

971
00:21:07,983 --> 00:21:09,534
How does it do that

972
00:21:09,534 --> 00:21:11,453
way out there?

973
00:21:11,453 --> 00:21:12,938
So actually, Osiris-rex

974
00:21:12,938 --> 00:21:14,573
gave us some really important

975
00:21:14,573 --> 00:21:16,224
new information

976
00:21:16,224 --> 00:21:17,826
about a tech that a

977
00:21:17,826 --> 00:21:19,044
an effect of force

978
00:21:19,044 --> 00:21:20,996
that occurs on asteroids

979
00:21:20,996 --> 00:21:23,432
called the Yarkovsky effect.

980
00:21:23,432 --> 00:21:25,200
And what that really is, is

981
00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:26,518
we know there's gravitational

982
00:21:26,518 --> 00:21:27,602
pulls on the asteroids

983
00:21:27,602 --> 00:21:29,338
and we can predict that with

984
00:21:29,338 --> 00:21:30,238
our trajectories.

985
00:21:30,238 --> 00:21:31,807
But Yarkovsky effect

986
00:21:31,807 --> 00:21:32,424
says that

987
00:21:32,424 --> 00:21:34,593
the sun's radiation heats up

988
00:21:34,593 --> 00:21:36,178
one side of the asteroid,

989
00:21:36,178 --> 00:21:37,462
and then as the asteroid

990
00:21:37,462 --> 00:21:39,998
rotates, the radiation radiates

991
00:21:39,998 --> 00:21:41,616
off into the deep space.

992
00:21:41,616 --> 00:21:43,418
And that actually kind of acts

993
00:21:43,418 --> 00:21:44,002
as a force

994
00:21:44,002 --> 00:21:45,203
that kind of pushes back

995
00:21:45,203 --> 00:21:47,606
against the forward trajectory.

996
00:21:47,606 --> 00:21:48,874
And so it changes

997
00:21:48,874 --> 00:21:49,808
our predictions

998
00:21:49,808 --> 00:21:51,093
on where the asteroid

999
00:21:51,093 --> 00:21:52,344
might be over time.

1000
00:21:52,344 --> 00:21:54,096
It really makes a difference.

1001
00:21:54,096 --> 00:21:54,963
And Osiris-rex

1002
00:21:54,963 --> 00:21:56,098
gave us some fantastic

1003
00:21:56,098 --> 00:21:56,732
new measurements

1004
00:21:56,732 --> 00:21:58,383
on that effect. Unbelievable.

1005
00:21:58,383 --> 00:21:58,567
Wow.

1006
00:21:58,567 --> 00:21:59,701
That is truly unbelievable.

1007
00:21:59,701 --> 00:22:00,535
Nobody appreciates

1008
00:22:00,535 --> 00:22:02,004
the planetary defense expert

1009
00:22:02,004 --> 00:22:03,488
more than Jim Webb.

1010
00:22:03,488 --> 00:22:05,640
We want to be safe. Right.

1011
00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:07,342
Really, really quickly here.

1012
00:22:07,342 --> 00:22:07,626
You know,

1013
00:22:07,626 --> 00:22:08,243
this isn't the end

1014
00:22:08,243 --> 00:22:09,144
for osiris-rex.

1015
00:22:09,144 --> 00:22:10,529
What's what's what's next?

1016
00:22:10,529 --> 00:22:12,214
Yeah. So really exciting.

1017
00:22:12,214 --> 00:22:13,882
Now that the spacecraft

1018
00:22:13,882 --> 00:22:14,733
has released

1019
00:22:14,733 --> 00:22:16,768
the capsule successfully,

1020
00:22:16,768 --> 00:22:17,552
about 20 minutes

1021
00:22:17,552 --> 00:22:18,387
after that release,

1022
00:22:18,387 --> 00:22:18,787
we're now

1023
00:22:18,787 --> 00:22:20,288
repurposing the spacecraft

1024
00:22:20,288 --> 00:22:21,423
for a new mission

1025
00:22:21,423 --> 00:22:23,075
called Osiris Apex,

1026
00:22:23,075 --> 00:22:23,942
where Apex stands

1027
00:22:23,942 --> 00:22:25,644
for Apophis Explorer.

1028
00:22:25,644 --> 00:22:26,395
And it's off

1029
00:22:26,395 --> 00:22:27,562
on its new mission

1030
00:22:27,562 --> 00:22:28,296
to explore

1031
00:22:28,296 --> 00:22:30,265
the asteroid Apophis,

1032
00:22:30,265 --> 00:22:30,782
which is going to have

1033
00:22:30,782 --> 00:22:33,085
a close flyby of Earth in 2029.

1034
00:22:33,085 --> 00:22:34,269
CHRIS Stay tuned.

1035
00:22:34,269 --> 00:22:35,287
Every many.

1036
00:22:35,287 --> 00:22:36,121
That is fantastic.

1037
00:22:36,121 --> 00:22:36,238
Well,

1038
00:22:36,238 --> 00:22:37,622
thank you so much, Luther.

1039
00:22:37,622 --> 00:22:38,223
Sorry.

1040
00:22:38,223 --> 00:22:38,790
You're going to stick around

1041
00:22:38,790 --> 00:22:39,458
for the show, right?

1042
00:22:39,458 --> 00:22:40,125
Oh, absolutely.

1043
00:22:40,125 --> 00:22:41,877
Absolutely. Okay.

1044
00:22:41,877 --> 00:22:43,412
This will be the biggest U.S.

1045
00:22:43,412 --> 00:22:44,046
sample return

1046
00:22:44,046 --> 00:22:44,846
since the Apollo

1047
00:22:44,846 --> 00:22:46,081
mission to the moon.

1048
00:22:46,081 --> 00:22:47,315
But this is not the first time

1049
00:22:47,315 --> 00:22:48,483
that anyone has captured

1050
00:22:48,483 --> 00:22:51,036
a piece of an asteroid.

1051
00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:51,953
On the arrival of the

1052
00:22:51,953 --> 00:22:53,455
historic Osiris-rex sample,

1053
00:22:53,455 --> 00:22:54,239
we celebrate that

1054
00:22:54,239 --> 00:22:55,807
the Japanese space agency

1055
00:22:55,807 --> 00:22:57,809
or JAXA, has already visited

1056
00:22:57,809 --> 00:22:59,044
two asteroids

1057
00:22:59,044 --> 00:23:00,812
Itokawa in 2005

1058
00:23:00,812 --> 00:23:03,482
and the asteroid due in 2019.

1059
00:23:03,482 --> 00:23:04,116
The measures

1060
00:23:04,116 --> 00:23:04,766
the mission's

1061
00:23:04,766 --> 00:23:06,234
Hayabusa and Hayabusa2

1062
00:23:06,234 --> 00:23:07,886
proved that it could be done

1063
00:23:07,886 --> 00:23:08,670
and paved the way

1064
00:23:08,670 --> 00:23:10,539
for today's ambitious goals

1065
00:23:10,539 --> 00:23:12,307
of this daring enterprise.

1066
00:23:12,307 --> 00:23:12,908
All right, let's

1067
00:23:12,908 --> 00:23:13,892
send it back over to James

1068
00:23:13,892 --> 00:23:14,493
for an update

1069
00:23:14,493 --> 00:23:15,510
on mission operations.

1070
00:23:15,510 --> 00:23:16,495
Go ahead, James.

1071
00:23:16,495 --> 00:23:17,195
Yeah, Thanks, Lance.

1072
00:23:17,195 --> 00:23:17,796
So everything

1073
00:23:17,796 --> 00:23:18,814
continues to be nominal.

1074
00:23:18,814 --> 00:23:19,614
I've been tracking the mission

1075
00:23:19,614 --> 00:23:20,282
status here.

1076
00:23:20,282 --> 00:23:21,533
Everyone looks dialed

1077
00:23:21,533 --> 00:23:22,284
in, ready to go.

1078
00:23:22,284 --> 00:23:23,335
You saw a few moments ago

1079
00:23:23,335 --> 00:23:24,603
Sofia with Steve

1080
00:23:24,603 --> 00:23:25,470
Wiley are on scene.

1081
00:23:25,470 --> 00:23:26,588
Commander. He's ready to go.

1082
00:23:26,588 --> 00:23:27,773
He understands the mission.

1083
00:23:27,773 --> 00:23:28,957
They are ready to get out

1084
00:23:28,957 --> 00:23:30,659
and recover that sample today.

1085
00:23:30,659 --> 00:23:31,593
And as I mentioned earlier,

1086
00:23:31,593 --> 00:23:33,028
just a few moments ago,

1087
00:23:33,028 --> 00:23:33,295
actually,

1088
00:23:33,295 --> 00:23:34,112
I guess a couple of hours ago

1089
00:23:34,112 --> 00:23:34,596
at this point now,

1090
00:23:34,596 --> 00:23:35,764
the CRC was released

1091
00:23:35,764 --> 00:23:36,264
from the main

1092
00:23:36,264 --> 00:23:37,833
OSIRIS-REX spacecraft.

1093
00:23:37,833 --> 00:23:39,034
When that release took place.

1094
00:23:39,034 --> 00:23:40,802
It was given an initial spin,

1095
00:23:40,802 --> 00:23:41,636
which kind of preserves

1096
00:23:41,636 --> 00:23:42,604
its angular momentum,

1097
00:23:42,604 --> 00:23:44,156
its speed as it's coming in

1098
00:23:44,156 --> 00:23:45,357
to Earth's atmosphere.

1099
00:23:45,357 --> 00:23:45,757
It's similar

1100
00:23:45,757 --> 00:23:47,159
to throwing a perfect spiral

1101
00:23:47,159 --> 00:23:47,993
on a football,

1102
00:23:47,993 --> 00:23:49,077
and teams are hoping for that

1103
00:23:49,077 --> 00:23:50,462
perfect touchdown today.

1104
00:23:50,462 --> 00:23:51,296
What you're about to see

1105
00:23:51,296 --> 00:23:52,747
is basically the equivalent

1106
00:23:52,747 --> 00:23:53,765
of throwing a touchdown

1107
00:23:53,765 --> 00:23:54,366
pass over

1108
00:23:54,366 --> 00:23:56,067
ten football fields away

1109
00:23:56,067 --> 00:23:56,668
and landing it

1110
00:23:56,668 --> 00:23:58,703
perfectly in that end zone.

1111
00:23:58,703 --> 00:24:00,038
So you can see on your screen

1112
00:24:00,038 --> 00:24:01,523
now the mission operations team

1113
00:24:01,523 --> 00:24:02,707
there just next door,

1114
00:24:02,707 --> 00:24:03,775
dialed in, ready to go.

1115
00:24:03,775 --> 00:24:04,559
There have been monitoring

1116
00:24:04,559 --> 00:24:06,094
the vitals of the CRC

1117
00:24:06,094 --> 00:24:06,895
all morning.

1118
00:24:06,895 --> 00:24:08,246
They've been there in the room

1119
00:24:08,246 --> 00:24:09,664
prepared and ready to go.

1120
00:24:09,664 --> 00:24:10,315
I'm sure they are

1121
00:24:10,315 --> 00:24:11,183
absolutely thrilled

1122
00:24:11,183 --> 00:24:12,384
for this moment.

1123
00:24:12,384 --> 00:24:13,318
They might even see themselves

1124
00:24:13,318 --> 00:24:13,735
on the screen

1125
00:24:13,735 --> 00:24:14,402
there in a second,

1126
00:24:14,402 --> 00:24:15,787
but they are

1127
00:24:15,787 --> 00:24:16,555
hype and ready to go.

1128
00:24:16,555 --> 00:24:17,339
This is the Lockheed

1129
00:24:17,339 --> 00:24:17,873
Martin team

1130
00:24:17,873 --> 00:24:18,773
just a little bit north of us

1131
00:24:18,773 --> 00:24:20,225
in Waterton, Colorado.

1132
00:24:20,225 --> 00:24:21,359
They are also Donlin.

1133
00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:22,194
They're the ones who gave

1134
00:24:22,194 --> 00:24:22,944
that initial command

1135
00:24:22,944 --> 00:24:23,395
this morning

1136
00:24:23,395 --> 00:24:24,296
to release

1137
00:24:24,296 --> 00:24:25,464
the CRC from the main

1138
00:24:25,464 --> 00:24:27,149
OSIRIS-REX spacecraft.

1139
00:24:27,149 --> 00:24:28,049
You just heard from Lori

1140
00:24:28,049 --> 00:24:29,034
that Osiris-rex

1141
00:24:29,034 --> 00:24:30,335
is now on its way

1142
00:24:30,335 --> 00:24:31,102
to its extended

1143
00:24:31,102 --> 00:24:31,803
mission,

1144
00:24:31,803 --> 00:24:32,938
Osiris Apex

1145
00:24:32,938 --> 00:24:33,805
visiting that near-Earth

1146
00:24:33,805 --> 00:24:35,106
asteroid Apophis.

1147
00:24:35,106 --> 00:24:35,974
A lot coming up in

1148
00:24:35,974 --> 00:24:36,808
just a few moments,

1149
00:24:36,808 --> 00:24:37,676
we're going to hit that key

1150
00:24:37,676 --> 00:24:39,127
milestone of entry,

1151
00:24:39,127 --> 00:24:40,629
descent and landing

1152
00:24:40,629 --> 00:24:42,714
30 minutes of punishing descent

1153
00:24:42,714 --> 00:24:43,915
through Earth's atmosphere

1154
00:24:43,915 --> 00:24:44,583
to us here

1155
00:24:44,583 --> 00:24:45,367
in the Utah Test

1156
00:24:45,367 --> 00:24:46,268
and training Range.

1157
00:24:46,268 --> 00:24:46,501
A lot

1158
00:24:46,501 --> 00:24:46,885
coming up in

1159
00:24:46,885 --> 00:24:47,636
just a few moments.

1160
00:24:47,636 --> 00:24:48,787
But for now, back to you.

1161
00:24:48,787 --> 00:24:50,622
Learning, Jim.

1162
00:24:50,705 --> 00:24:51,907
Thanks, James.

1163
00:24:51,907 --> 00:24:52,657
Very soon,

1164
00:24:52,657 --> 00:24:54,092
NASA's Artemis program

1165
00:24:54,092 --> 00:24:54,960
will be bringing us

1166
00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:56,194
more cosmic samples

1167
00:24:56,194 --> 00:24:56,611
to study

1168
00:24:56,611 --> 00:24:57,846
by visiting a familiar

1169
00:24:57,846 --> 00:24:59,197
beacon in the sky.

1170
00:24:59,197 --> 00:25:00,415
Give us 60 seconds

1171
00:25:00,415 --> 00:25:03,418
and we'll give you the moon.

1172
00:25:03,418 --> 00:25:04,402
Artemis three will be

1173
00:25:04,402 --> 00:25:05,737
the first sample return

1174
00:25:05,737 --> 00:25:06,721
mission of NASA's

1175
00:25:06,721 --> 00:25:08,006
Artemis program.

1176
00:25:08,006 --> 00:25:08,823
Sampling rocks

1177
00:25:08,823 --> 00:25:09,624
and regolith

1178
00:25:09,624 --> 00:25:10,792
from one of 13

1179
00:25:10,792 --> 00:25:12,661
candidate regions on the moon.

1180
00:25:12,661 --> 00:25:13,345
All located

1181
00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:15,263
near the Lunar South Pole.

1182
00:25:15,263 --> 00:25:16,531
The Apollo lunar landers

1183
00:25:16,531 --> 00:25:17,516
returned a treasure

1184
00:25:17,516 --> 00:25:18,984
chest of samples that taught us

1185
00:25:18,984 --> 00:25:19,734
about the history

1186
00:25:19,734 --> 00:25:21,152
of the solar system,

1187
00:25:21,152 --> 00:25:21,720
dating back

1188
00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:24,172
about 4 billion years ago.

1189
00:25:24,172 --> 00:25:24,573
Part of this

1190
00:25:24,573 --> 00:25:25,557
missions will explore

1191
00:25:25,557 --> 00:25:26,758
areas near the South

1192
00:25:26,758 --> 00:25:28,326
Pole on the rim of the moon's

1193
00:25:28,326 --> 00:25:29,828
oldest basin,

1194
00:25:29,828 --> 00:25:30,862
the enormous South

1195
00:25:30,862 --> 00:25:32,814
Pole Aiken Basin.

1196
00:25:32,814 --> 00:25:33,848
Artemus will explore

1197
00:25:33,848 --> 00:25:34,583
areas nearly

1198
00:25:34,583 --> 00:25:36,334
1 billion years older than

1199
00:25:36,334 --> 00:25:38,987
those explored by Apollo

1200
00:25:39,054 --> 00:25:39,804
lunar samples

1201
00:25:39,804 --> 00:25:41,072
from Artemus three.

1202
00:25:41,072 --> 00:25:42,240
And future missions

1203
00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:43,825
will help scientists interpret

1204
00:25:43,825 --> 00:25:45,360
the impact history of the Moon

1205
00:25:45,360 --> 00:25:46,294
and Earth,

1206
00:25:46,294 --> 00:25:47,162
as well as increase

1207
00:25:47,162 --> 00:25:48,029
our understanding

1208
00:25:48,029 --> 00:25:50,248
of planetary processes.

1209
00:25:50,248 --> 00:25:52,500
Osiris-rex The first U.S.

1210
00:25:52,500 --> 00:25:53,184
mission to collect

1211
00:25:53,184 --> 00:25:54,686
a sample from an asteroid

1212
00:25:54,686 --> 00:25:55,770
will return samples

1213
00:25:55,770 --> 00:25:57,722
from asteroid BENNU.

1214
00:25:57,722 --> 00:25:59,190
The rocks and dust collected

1215
00:25:59,190 --> 00:26:00,392
will offer generations

1216
00:26:00,392 --> 00:26:01,026
of scientists

1217
00:26:01,026 --> 00:26:02,377
a window into a time

1218
00:26:02,377 --> 00:26:03,445
when the sun and planets

1219
00:26:03,445 --> 00:26:04,312
were forming over

1220
00:26:04,312 --> 00:26:06,848
4.5 billion years ago.

1221
00:26:06,848 --> 00:26:08,333
Samples from Osiris-rex

1222
00:26:08,333 --> 00:26:09,184
and Artemus

1223
00:26:09,184 --> 00:26:09,868
could rewrite

1224
00:26:09,868 --> 00:26:10,769
our understanding

1225
00:26:10,769 --> 00:26:11,736
of the evolution

1226
00:26:11,736 --> 00:26:13,538
of the solar system.

1227
00:26:13,538 --> 00:26:14,155
And that's a

1228
00:26:14,155 --> 00:26:15,540
look at your Artemus

1229
00:26:15,540 --> 00:26:17,976
more minute,

1230
00:26:17,976 --> 00:26:18,209
boy.

1231
00:26:18,209 --> 00:26:18,810
Jim, how can you

1232
00:26:18,810 --> 00:26:20,645
not get excited? Oh, my gosh.

1233
00:26:20,645 --> 00:26:21,546
Oh, boy.

1234
00:26:21,546 --> 00:26:23,098
That's going to be so cool.

1235
00:26:23,098 --> 00:26:23,465
All right.

1236
00:26:23,465 --> 00:26:24,783
Sofia is standing

1237
00:26:24,783 --> 00:26:25,684
at the forward edge

1238
00:26:25,684 --> 00:26:26,635
of the recovery zone

1239
00:26:26,635 --> 00:26:27,369
with an update.

1240
00:26:27,369 --> 00:26:30,672
Take it away, Sofia.

1241
00:26:30,755 --> 00:26:31,139
All right.

1242
00:26:31,139 --> 00:26:32,073
Thank you, Lauren.

1243
00:26:32,073 --> 00:26:34,259
We are under 20 minutes away

1244
00:26:34,259 --> 00:26:36,094
from EDL.

1245
00:26:36,094 --> 00:26:38,196
That is entry, descent

1246
00:26:38,196 --> 00:26:39,180
and landing.

1247
00:26:39,180 --> 00:26:40,148
And I don't think there's

1248
00:26:40,148 --> 00:26:42,417
anyone here on planet Earth

1249
00:26:42,417 --> 00:26:43,468
who has anticipated

1250
00:26:43,468 --> 00:26:43,868
this day

1251
00:26:43,868 --> 00:26:44,853
more than the

1252
00:26:44,853 --> 00:26:46,321
principal investigator

1253
00:26:46,321 --> 00:26:47,372
of the mission.

1254
00:26:47,372 --> 00:26:48,623
Dante Lauretta,

1255
00:26:48,623 --> 00:26:50,108
thank you for giving us

1256
00:26:50,108 --> 00:26:51,810
time here today.

1257
00:26:51,810 --> 00:26:52,327
My pleasure.

1258
00:26:52,327 --> 00:26:53,345
It's great to be here.

1259
00:26:53,345 --> 00:26:53,762
All right.

1260
00:26:53,762 --> 00:26:54,713
So you were here

1261
00:26:54,713 --> 00:26:55,797
on Wig Mountain

1262
00:26:55,797 --> 00:26:56,398
because you were

1263
00:26:56,398 --> 00:26:58,383
on the recovery team.

1264
00:26:58,383 --> 00:26:58,917
That's right.

1265
00:26:58,917 --> 00:26:59,818
Can you walk us through

1266
00:26:59,818 --> 00:27:00,418
what you're going to

1267
00:27:00,418 --> 00:27:01,386
be doing today?

1268
00:27:01,386 --> 00:27:01,836
So I'm

1269
00:27:01,836 --> 00:27:02,854
part of the environmental

1270
00:27:02,854 --> 00:27:05,040
sampling group from day one.

1271
00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:06,608
This mission has paid attention

1272
00:27:06,608 --> 00:27:07,325
to keeping that

1273
00:27:07,325 --> 00:27:09,027
sample pristine.

1274
00:27:09,027 --> 00:27:10,028
And we're going to come down.

1275
00:27:10,028 --> 00:27:11,579
We had some rain on Thursday.

1276
00:27:11,579 --> 00:27:12,147
Most likely

1277
00:27:12,147 --> 00:27:13,164
we're going to be encountering

1278
00:27:13,164 --> 00:27:14,399
mud out there.

1279
00:27:14,399 --> 00:27:15,183
We're also interested

1280
00:27:15,183 --> 00:27:16,985
in the air quality

1281
00:27:16,985 --> 00:27:18,003
and any water

1282
00:27:18,003 --> 00:27:19,137
that might be standing

1283
00:27:19,137 --> 00:27:22,173
just so in the very rare event

1284
00:27:22,173 --> 00:27:23,458
that any of that material

1285
00:27:23,458 --> 00:27:24,809
somehow comes into contact

1286
00:27:24,809 --> 00:27:25,327
with the sample,

1287
00:27:25,327 --> 00:27:26,544
we have a record of it

1288
00:27:26,544 --> 00:27:27,696
and it won't compromise

1289
00:27:27,696 --> 00:27:29,848
our science. Oh, wonderful.

1290
00:27:29,848 --> 00:27:30,415
And I think one of the

1291
00:27:30,415 --> 00:27:31,566
really exciting things

1292
00:27:31,566 --> 00:27:32,667
about a mission like this,

1293
00:27:32,667 --> 00:27:33,818
especially with you

1294
00:27:33,818 --> 00:27:34,386
working with

1295
00:27:34,386 --> 00:27:35,670
the University of Arizona,

1296
00:27:35,670 --> 00:27:36,905
is that you're partnering

1297
00:27:36,905 --> 00:27:38,606
with educational institutes.

1298
00:27:38,606 --> 00:27:39,724
And so can you talk

1299
00:27:39,724 --> 00:27:40,108
a little bit

1300
00:27:40,108 --> 00:27:41,376
about who legacy

1301
00:27:41,376 --> 00:27:43,228
that a mission like this has?

1302
00:27:43,228 --> 00:27:43,945
Yeah, Thank you.

1303
00:27:43,945 --> 00:27:44,846
I'm a professor

1304
00:27:44,846 --> 00:27:45,847
at the University of Arizona

1305
00:27:45,847 --> 00:27:46,297
in the Lunar

1306
00:27:46,297 --> 00:27:47,549
and Planetary Laboratory.

1307
00:27:47,549 --> 00:27:48,483
And our history goes

1308
00:27:48,483 --> 00:27:49,167
all the way back

1309
00:27:49,167 --> 00:27:50,285
to the Apollo missions.

1310
00:27:50,285 --> 00:27:51,786
The founder of our lab,

1311
00:27:51,786 --> 00:27:53,555
Gerard Kuiper, mapped

1312
00:27:53,555 --> 00:27:54,622
the moon, helped

1313
00:27:54,622 --> 00:27:56,007
pick the Apollo landing sites

1314
00:27:56,007 --> 00:27:57,208
in the surveyor landing sites.

1315
00:27:57,208 --> 00:27:58,643
And we have been involved

1316
00:27:58,643 --> 00:27:59,978
in every major NASA's

1317
00:27:59,978 --> 00:28:01,763
planetary mission since then.

1318
00:28:01,763 --> 00:28:03,114
And really the best part

1319
00:28:03,114 --> 00:28:04,532
of having a university

1320
00:28:04,532 --> 00:28:05,884
lead a program like this is

1321
00:28:05,884 --> 00:28:06,751
that it's a great

1322
00:28:06,751 --> 00:28:07,552
training ground

1323
00:28:07,552 --> 00:28:09,120
for the next generation.

1324
00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:10,105
I've been on this program

1325
00:28:10,105 --> 00:28:11,456
almost 20 years

1326
00:28:11,456 --> 00:28:12,607
and I've watched multiple

1327
00:28:12,607 --> 00:28:13,858
generations of students

1328
00:28:13,858 --> 00:28:14,743
grow up,

1329
00:28:14,743 --> 00:28:16,144
become professionals,

1330
00:28:16,144 --> 00:28:17,228
either join the team,

1331
00:28:17,228 --> 00:28:18,563
we always take,

1332
00:28:18,563 --> 00:28:18,847
you know,

1333
00:28:18,847 --> 00:28:20,882
our team members on board

1334
00:28:20,882 --> 00:28:22,684
when we need to fill roles

1335
00:28:22,684 --> 00:28:24,486
or off into other careers

1336
00:28:24,486 --> 00:28:25,203
in aerospace

1337
00:28:25,203 --> 00:28:26,221
engineering, science

1338
00:28:26,221 --> 00:28:27,989
and many other disciplines.

1339
00:28:27,989 --> 00:28:29,457
It's really great to foster

1340
00:28:29,457 --> 00:28:30,809
those incredible questions

1341
00:28:30,809 --> 00:28:31,976
about our universe.

1342
00:28:31,976 --> 00:28:32,527
Absolutely.

1343
00:28:32,527 --> 00:28:33,578
And I know that you need

1344
00:28:33,578 --> 00:28:35,346
to get back to your team

1345
00:28:35,346 --> 00:28:37,248
to go on that recovery process.

1346
00:28:37,248 --> 00:28:38,550
Moments almost here. Yeah.

1347
00:28:38,550 --> 00:28:39,484
So thank you so much

1348
00:28:39,484 --> 00:28:40,118
for joining us

1349
00:28:40,118 --> 00:28:41,152
and best of luck out

1350
00:28:41,152 --> 00:28:43,488
there today. Yeah. All right.

1351
00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:45,657
Back to you, Lauren.

1352
00:28:45,657 --> 00:28:46,775
Great. Thanks, Sophia.

1353
00:28:46,775 --> 00:28:47,642
Wow, I can't wait

1354
00:28:47,642 --> 00:28:48,810
for Dante to get his moment in.

1355
00:28:48,810 --> 00:28:51,780
The sun goes. Dante is amazing.

1356
00:28:51,780 --> 00:28:52,797
All right, so, Jim,

1357
00:28:52,797 --> 00:28:54,215
the whole Osiris

1358
00:28:54,215 --> 00:28:56,217
Rex spacecraft is not

1359
00:28:56,217 --> 00:28:57,719
coming back today, right?

1360
00:28:57,719 --> 00:28:58,653
It's just a part of it.

1361
00:28:58,653 --> 00:28:59,154
That's right.

1362
00:28:59,154 --> 00:29:00,338
This is the whole spacecraft,

1363
00:29:00,338 --> 00:29:01,289
40 feet long,

1364
00:29:01,289 --> 00:29:02,490
the size of a school bus.

1365
00:29:02,490 --> 00:29:04,225
But this special little thing

1366
00:29:04,225 --> 00:29:05,643
here, the sample return

1367
00:29:05,643 --> 00:29:07,112
capsule is bringing home

1368
00:29:07,112 --> 00:29:07,896
the goodies.

1369
00:29:07,896 --> 00:29:08,313
And that's

1370
00:29:08,313 --> 00:29:09,514
what we've just released.

1371
00:29:09,514 --> 00:29:09,898
And it will be

1372
00:29:09,898 --> 00:29:10,715
entering the atmosphere

1373
00:29:10,715 --> 00:29:11,282
and you'll be hearing

1374
00:29:11,282 --> 00:29:12,066
all about it.

1375
00:29:12,066 --> 00:29:13,318
And the samples were collected

1376
00:29:13,318 --> 00:29:14,169
at the asteroid back

1377
00:29:14,169 --> 00:29:15,603
in October of 2020

1378
00:29:15,603 --> 00:29:17,038
from this tagsam thing

1379
00:29:17,038 --> 00:29:17,789
that inserted them

1380
00:29:17,789 --> 00:29:18,506
in the capsule

1381
00:29:18,506 --> 00:29:19,891
and the capsule was released.

1382
00:29:19,891 --> 00:29:20,875
So that's what comes home.

1383
00:29:20,875 --> 00:29:21,659
The rest of this

1384
00:29:21,659 --> 00:29:22,827
goes on to Apophis.

1385
00:29:22,827 --> 00:29:23,228
That's right.

1386
00:29:23,228 --> 00:29:23,945
We just heard Lori

1387
00:29:23,945 --> 00:29:24,712
talk about that.

1388
00:29:24,712 --> 00:29:25,747
But let's move over

1389
00:29:25,747 --> 00:29:27,782
and take a look at this.

1390
00:29:27,782 --> 00:29:29,851
This replica s RC capsule.

1391
00:29:29,851 --> 00:29:30,785
Now, this was

1392
00:29:30,785 --> 00:29:31,619
an engineering model

1393
00:29:31,619 --> 00:29:32,704
that was used in tests

1394
00:29:32,704 --> 00:29:33,538
a couple of weeks ago,

1395
00:29:33,538 --> 00:29:34,506
for a few weeks ago

1396
00:29:34,506 --> 00:29:35,523
for a drop test.

1397
00:29:35,523 --> 00:29:36,274
Can you talk a little bit

1398
00:29:36,274 --> 00:29:37,358
about the engineering of this?

1399
00:29:37,358 --> 00:29:37,776
That's right.

1400
00:29:37,776 --> 00:29:38,460
This is a very

1401
00:29:38,460 --> 00:29:39,360
special spacecraft,

1402
00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:40,745
just like a small version

1403
00:29:40,745 --> 00:29:40,929
of what

1404
00:29:40,929 --> 00:29:42,514
we used to bring crews back

1405
00:29:42,514 --> 00:29:43,565
when they come back home

1406
00:29:43,565 --> 00:29:43,948
to Earth

1407
00:29:43,948 --> 00:29:45,300
from the space station.

1408
00:29:45,300 --> 00:29:46,434
It has a heat shield.

1409
00:29:46,434 --> 00:29:48,119
It's about 30 inches across.

1410
00:29:48,119 --> 00:29:48,870
So it's pretty big.

1411
00:29:48,870 --> 00:29:50,705
Weighs over £100, has a back

1412
00:29:50,705 --> 00:29:51,506
showing inside.

1413
00:29:51,506 --> 00:29:52,507
It has the goodies,

1414
00:29:52,507 --> 00:29:54,209
the sample return canister

1415
00:29:54,209 --> 00:29:55,643
and the sample cap,

1416
00:29:55,643 --> 00:29:57,212
the small sample canister.

1417
00:29:57,212 --> 00:29:58,596
So this is the vehicle

1418
00:29:58,596 --> 00:29:59,881
that brings those samples

1419
00:29:59,881 --> 00:30:00,715
protected

1420
00:30:00,715 --> 00:30:01,800
from all those changes

1421
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:02,333
in environment

1422
00:30:02,333 --> 00:30:03,818
from the top of the atmosphere.

1423
00:30:03,818 --> 00:30:05,520
13 minutes of descent

1424
00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:06,538
to the touchdown point

1425
00:30:06,538 --> 00:30:07,655
that we're waiting for today.

1426
00:30:07,655 --> 00:30:08,606
This is a

1427
00:30:08,606 --> 00:30:10,175
very special spacecraft.

1428
00:30:10,175 --> 00:30:11,009
It absolutely is.

1429
00:30:11,009 --> 00:30:11,976
And it also was used

1430
00:30:11,976 --> 00:30:13,228
in a drop test, as I mentioned.

1431
00:30:13,228 --> 00:30:13,928
Let's take a look at

1432
00:30:13,928 --> 00:30:15,947
some of that footage now.

1433
00:30:16,014 --> 00:30:16,381
Right.

1434
00:30:16,381 --> 00:30:17,499
So just

1435
00:30:17,499 --> 00:30:18,449
a couple of weeks ago,

1436
00:30:18,449 --> 00:30:19,834
we dropped this replica,

1437
00:30:19,834 --> 00:30:21,336
this engineering test unit,

1438
00:30:21,336 --> 00:30:22,504
from 5000 feet

1439
00:30:22,504 --> 00:30:24,239
with a parachute deployment

1440
00:30:24,239 --> 00:30:24,873
and went through

1441
00:30:24,873 --> 00:30:25,807
all the operations,

1442
00:30:25,807 --> 00:30:26,641
the choreography.

1443
00:30:26,641 --> 00:30:27,458
We need

1444
00:30:27,458 --> 00:30:28,259
to actually make sure

1445
00:30:28,259 --> 00:30:29,160
we can do it today.

1446
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:29,527
And that's

1447
00:30:29,527 --> 00:30:30,628
what's going to be coming up.

1448
00:30:30,628 --> 00:30:31,746
And it worked wonderfully.

1449
00:30:31,746 --> 00:30:32,463
We inflated

1450
00:30:32,463 --> 00:30:34,115
the big 24 foot parachute.

1451
00:30:34,115 --> 00:30:35,583
It's loaded down to the surface

1452
00:30:35,583 --> 00:30:36,868
at 11 miles an hour.

1453
00:30:36,868 --> 00:30:37,418
We went through

1454
00:30:37,418 --> 00:30:38,636
all the recovery operations,

1455
00:30:38,636 --> 00:30:39,487
the same thing,

1456
00:30:39,487 --> 00:30:40,889
the bagging and the containment

1457
00:30:40,889 --> 00:30:41,422
to come over

1458
00:30:41,422 --> 00:30:42,540
to the clean room here,

1459
00:30:42,540 --> 00:30:43,741
where we'll be doing that today

1460
00:30:43,741 --> 00:30:45,360
to make sure those samples

1461
00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:46,594
are from Bennu

1462
00:30:46,594 --> 00:30:47,312
so we can study

1463
00:30:47,312 --> 00:30:47,996
them here on Earth

1464
00:30:47,996 --> 00:30:49,097
and not contaminate

1465
00:30:49,097 --> 00:30:50,798
by our wonderful Earth.

1466
00:30:50,798 --> 00:30:51,216
That's right.

1467
00:30:51,216 --> 00:30:53,318
And, you know, it's the actual

1468
00:30:53,401 --> 00:30:54,135
CRC that they use

1469
00:30:54,135 --> 00:30:55,353
because it is covered in dirt,

1470
00:30:55,353 --> 00:30:56,137
as you could see here.

1471
00:30:56,137 --> 00:30:57,388
This is dirt scratch marks.

1472
00:30:57,388 --> 00:30:58,289
All the scratch marks.

1473
00:30:58,289 --> 00:31:00,208
Yeah, it's a rough ride, but

1474
00:31:00,208 --> 00:31:01,626
we need it to come home.

1475
00:31:01,626 --> 00:31:02,460
This is a real

1476
00:31:02,460 --> 00:31:03,928
sort of homecoming, right?

1477
00:31:03,928 --> 00:31:04,979
So there's a lot of science

1478
00:31:04,979 --> 00:31:06,247
in missions like this.

1479
00:31:06,247 --> 00:31:07,232
Not only is the

1480
00:31:07,232 --> 00:31:07,949
CRC a treasure

1481
00:31:07,949 --> 00:31:09,067
chest with material

1482
00:31:09,067 --> 00:31:10,952
from the ancient solar system,

1483
00:31:10,952 --> 00:31:12,053
but the mission itself

1484
00:31:12,053 --> 00:31:12,654
is a platform

1485
00:31:12,654 --> 00:31:13,504
for vital research

1486
00:31:13,504 --> 00:31:14,556
about a range of things

1487
00:31:14,556 --> 00:31:15,306
that you might

1488
00:31:15,306 --> 00:31:19,344
not have expected.

1489
00:31:19,427 --> 00:31:20,011
Sci fi.

1490
00:31:20,011 --> 00:31:20,545
Its mission

1491
00:31:20,545 --> 00:31:21,145
is to collect

1492
00:31:21,145 --> 00:31:22,230
visual infrared

1493
00:31:22,230 --> 00:31:23,047
and spectral data

1494
00:31:23,047 --> 00:31:23,648
on spaceflight

1495
00:31:23,648 --> 00:31:24,249
vehicles,

1496
00:31:24,249 --> 00:31:25,433
including the Osiris-rex

1497
00:31:25,433 --> 00:31:26,017
sample return

1498
00:31:26,017 --> 00:31:27,602
capsule on its return to Earth.

1499
00:31:27,602 --> 00:31:28,503
This gives engineers

1500
00:31:28,503 --> 00:31:29,888
and scientists unique insight

1501
00:31:29,888 --> 00:31:30,455
into our most

1502
00:31:30,455 --> 00:31:31,406
challenging questions

1503
00:31:31,406 --> 00:31:33,174
about hypersonic fluid dynamics

1504
00:31:33,174 --> 00:31:34,492
By providing data critical

1505
00:31:34,492 --> 00:31:36,527
to flight safety systems,

1506
00:31:36,594 --> 00:31:37,262
the scientifically

1507
00:31:37,262 --> 00:31:38,513
calibrated in-flight imagery

1508
00:31:38,513 --> 00:31:39,631
team uses ground

1509
00:31:39,631 --> 00:31:40,415
based sensors

1510
00:31:40,415 --> 00:31:41,015
and instruments

1511
00:31:41,015 --> 00:31:42,634
flying on various aircraft

1512
00:31:42,634 --> 00:31:43,084
to image

1513
00:31:43,084 --> 00:31:44,586
asteroid sample returns,

1514
00:31:44,586 --> 00:31:45,119
launch abort

1515
00:31:45,119 --> 00:31:45,937
systems,

1516
00:31:45,937 --> 00:31:47,438
parachute test rocket

1517
00:31:47,438 --> 00:31:49,223
launches and capsule returns,

1518
00:31:49,223 --> 00:31:49,924
including autonomous

1519
00:31:49,924 --> 00:31:52,594
one on both launch and reentry.

1520
00:31:52,594 --> 00:31:52,944
The data

1521
00:31:52,944 --> 00:31:54,362
we capture provides engineers

1522
00:31:54,362 --> 00:31:55,163
with information

1523
00:31:55,163 --> 00:31:55,647
on vehicle

1524
00:31:55,647 --> 00:31:56,664
performance, relative

1525
00:31:56,664 --> 00:31:58,049
to what computational tools

1526
00:31:58,049 --> 00:31:58,833
and wind tunnel tests.

1527
00:31:58,833 --> 00:31:59,667
Today,

1528
00:31:59,667 --> 00:32:00,418
it takes extensive

1529
00:32:00,418 --> 00:32:01,953
planning to get it right.

1530
00:32:01,953 --> 00:32:02,804
Upon its return to

1531
00:32:02,804 --> 00:32:03,655
the asteroid belt.

1532
00:32:03,655 --> 00:32:04,672
The Osiris-rex capsule

1533
00:32:04,672 --> 00:32:05,406
will be traveling

1534
00:32:05,406 --> 00:32:06,307
at 12 kilometers

1535
00:32:06,307 --> 00:32:07,058
per second,

1536
00:32:07,058 --> 00:32:09,427
or about 27,000 miles per hour.

1537
00:32:09,427 --> 00:32:10,228
That's nearly twice

1538
00:32:10,228 --> 00:32:11,212
as fast as objects

1539
00:32:11,212 --> 00:32:12,714
coming back to low-Earth orbit,

1540
00:32:12,714 --> 00:32:13,615
and it will be among

1541
00:32:13,615 --> 00:32:14,515
the fastest

1542
00:32:14,515 --> 00:32:15,516
human made objects ever

1543
00:32:15,516 --> 00:32:17,518
to find Earth's atmosphere

1544
00:32:17,518 --> 00:32:18,803
in partnership with the Japan

1545
00:32:18,803 --> 00:32:20,488
Aerospace Exploration Agency,

1546
00:32:20,488 --> 00:32:20,738
like AI

1547
00:32:20,738 --> 00:32:22,106
Technologies, International

1548
00:32:22,106 --> 00:32:22,957
and universities

1549
00:32:22,957 --> 00:32:24,726
in Australia and Germany,

1550
00:32:24,726 --> 00:32:25,777
sci fi is coordinating

1551
00:32:25,777 --> 00:32:26,828
three ground stations

1552
00:32:26,828 --> 00:32:27,729
and four aircraft

1553
00:32:27,729 --> 00:32:28,463
to collect data

1554
00:32:28,463 --> 00:32:29,247
on the sample return

1555
00:32:29,247 --> 00:32:30,665
capsule, factory

1556
00:32:30,665 --> 00:32:31,683
heat shield performance

1557
00:32:31,683 --> 00:32:32,850
and the plasma environment

1558
00:32:32,850 --> 00:32:33,901
surrounding the capsule

1559
00:32:33,901 --> 00:32:35,586
as it speaks to the surface,

1560
00:32:35,586 --> 00:32:36,804
all of which will help NASA's

1561
00:32:36,804 --> 00:32:38,156
understand its performance

1562
00:32:38,156 --> 00:32:39,090
and help future

1563
00:32:39,090 --> 00:32:40,358
planetary entry missions

1564
00:32:40,358 --> 00:32:43,428
to see.

1565
00:32:43,494 --> 00:32:44,379
Joining us now

1566
00:32:44,379 --> 00:32:45,096
is NASA's

1567
00:32:45,096 --> 00:32:46,347
Kate Calvin, chief

1568
00:32:46,347 --> 00:32:48,216
scientist and climate advisor.

1569
00:32:48,216 --> 00:32:48,516
Kate,

1570
00:32:48,516 --> 00:32:49,317
thank you so much

1571
00:32:49,317 --> 00:32:51,069
for being here.

1572
00:32:51,069 --> 00:32:52,470
It is wonderful to have you.

1573
00:32:52,470 --> 00:32:52,704
All right.

1574
00:32:52,704 --> 00:32:54,305
So as NASA's chief scientist,

1575
00:32:54,305 --> 00:32:55,023
you're looking at

1576
00:32:55,023 --> 00:32:56,491
the big picture.

1577
00:32:56,491 --> 00:32:57,091
You know how much

1578
00:32:57,091 --> 00:32:57,775
teamwork across

1579
00:32:57,775 --> 00:32:59,427
the agency has made to,

1580
00:32:59,427 --> 00:33:00,478
you know, a day like today,

1581
00:33:00,478 --> 00:33:01,446
a possibility,

1582
00:33:01,446 --> 00:33:02,347
a mission like this

1583
00:33:02,347 --> 00:33:03,147
takes a big team

1584
00:33:03,147 --> 00:33:04,716
both with NASA and without.

1585
00:33:04,716 --> 00:33:06,718
So we outside of NASA.

1586
00:33:06,718 --> 00:33:06,968
So with

1587
00:33:06,968 --> 00:33:07,835
the mission is managed

1588
00:33:07,835 --> 00:33:08,553
by Goddard Space

1589
00:33:08,553 --> 00:33:09,988
Flight Center in Maryland,

1590
00:33:09,988 --> 00:33:11,039
the sample is going to be going

1591
00:33:11,039 --> 00:33:11,572
to the Johnson

1592
00:33:11,572 --> 00:33:13,024
Space Center in Texas

1593
00:33:13,024 --> 00:33:14,876
after it leaves here.

1594
00:33:14,876 --> 00:33:15,960
Marshall Space Flight Center

1595
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:16,894
in Alabama does

1596
00:33:16,894 --> 00:33:18,446
the overall program management

1597
00:33:18,446 --> 00:33:19,263
outside of now.

1598
00:33:19,263 --> 00:33:20,465
So we have collaboration

1599
00:33:20,465 --> 00:33:21,749
both in industry, academia

1600
00:33:21,749 --> 00:33:22,834
and international.

1601
00:33:22,834 --> 00:33:23,468
So Lockheed

1602
00:33:23,468 --> 00:33:25,770
Martin is doing the space

1603
00:33:25,770 --> 00:33:26,587
built spacecraft,

1604
00:33:26,587 --> 00:33:27,689
doing flight ops,

1605
00:33:27,689 --> 00:33:29,941
Kinetics is doing navigation.

1606
00:33:29,941 --> 00:33:30,925
We have a science team

1607
00:33:30,925 --> 00:33:31,526
led by the

1608
00:33:31,526 --> 00:33:33,244
University of Arizona,

1609
00:33:33,244 --> 00:33:35,129
and then we have the operations

1610
00:33:35,129 --> 00:33:35,546
held up

1611
00:33:35,546 --> 00:33:36,431
to one of the target

1612
00:33:36,431 --> 00:33:37,165
work critical

1613
00:33:37,165 --> 00:33:37,715
to station

1614
00:33:37,715 --> 00:33:38,966
people outside the landing.

1615
00:33:38,966 --> 00:33:40,051
And that's what

1616
00:33:40,051 --> 00:33:41,436
we got a confirmation

1617
00:33:41,436 --> 00:33:42,537
that helicopters, one

1618
00:33:42,537 --> 00:33:44,222
and two, have just taken off.

1619
00:33:44,222 --> 00:33:46,207
Very exciting. All right.

1620
00:33:46,207 --> 00:33:47,408
So, Kate, one of the things

1621
00:33:47,408 --> 00:33:48,626
as an Earth science and expert

1622
00:33:48,626 --> 00:33:49,293
on how our planet

1623
00:33:49,293 --> 00:33:50,461
works and climate,

1624
00:33:50,461 --> 00:33:50,695
you know,

1625
00:33:50,695 --> 00:33:51,262
can you tell us

1626
00:33:51,262 --> 00:33:53,131
how how this asteroid

1627
00:33:53,131 --> 00:33:53,948
mission, the samples

1628
00:33:53,948 --> 00:33:54,932
we return, might impact

1629
00:33:54,932 --> 00:33:55,583
how we understand

1630
00:33:55,583 --> 00:33:56,401
life on Earth,

1631
00:33:56,401 --> 00:33:57,085
how it evolved

1632
00:33:57,085 --> 00:33:58,536
and how climate issues

1633
00:33:58,536 --> 00:34:00,188
now might be involved. Yeah.

1634
00:34:00,188 --> 00:34:01,522
So this asteroid, asteroid

1635
00:34:01,522 --> 00:34:02,557
BENNU may record

1636
00:34:02,557 --> 00:34:03,541
some of the earliest history

1637
00:34:03,541 --> 00:34:04,792
of our solar system.

1638
00:34:04,792 --> 00:34:06,094
So scientists are looking at it

1639
00:34:06,094 --> 00:34:06,994
to help us understand

1640
00:34:06,994 --> 00:34:08,396
planet formation

1641
00:34:08,396 --> 00:34:09,097
and the origins

1642
00:34:09,097 --> 00:34:10,164
of water and carbon,

1643
00:34:10,164 --> 00:34:10,948
which led to life

1644
00:34:10,948 --> 00:34:11,916
here on Earth.

1645
00:34:11,916 --> 00:34:12,784
That's incredible.

1646
00:34:12,784 --> 00:34:13,768
Is incredible.

1647
00:34:13,768 --> 00:34:14,485
And, you know,

1648
00:34:14,485 --> 00:34:15,787
I know you've been to several

1649
00:34:15,787 --> 00:34:16,621
launches.

1650
00:34:16,621 --> 00:34:17,755
That's our typical bread

1651
00:34:17,755 --> 00:34:18,990
and butter here at NASA,

1652
00:34:18,990 --> 00:34:19,624
but this is more

1653
00:34:19,624 --> 00:34:20,308
of a homecoming.

1654
00:34:20,308 --> 00:34:21,359
How does that feel to you?

1655
00:34:21,359 --> 00:34:21,993
It's great.

1656
00:34:21,993 --> 00:34:23,678
The environment here is so nice

1657
00:34:23,678 --> 00:34:24,579
to being with the team

1658
00:34:24,579 --> 00:34:25,613
and thinking about, you know,

1659
00:34:25,613 --> 00:34:26,647
this spacecraft launched

1660
00:34:26,647 --> 00:34:27,749
seven years ago

1661
00:34:27,749 --> 00:34:28,733
and now there's all this

1662
00:34:28,733 --> 00:34:29,634
amazing science

1663
00:34:29,634 --> 00:34:30,435
just around the corner.

1664
00:34:30,435 --> 00:34:31,085
Can you believe it?

1665
00:34:31,085 --> 00:34:31,836
The team has really

1666
00:34:31,836 --> 00:34:32,637
been working hard.

1667
00:34:32,637 --> 00:34:33,638
And are you going

1668
00:34:33,638 --> 00:34:36,340
to stick around for the show?

1669
00:34:36,424 --> 00:34:37,358
Fantastic.

1670
00:34:37,358 --> 00:34:37,592
All right.

1671
00:34:37,592 --> 00:34:38,009
Well, Kate,

1672
00:34:38,009 --> 00:34:39,393
thank you so much

1673
00:34:39,393 --> 00:34:40,678
for for joining us.

1674
00:34:40,678 --> 00:34:42,029
Thanks, Kate, for all you do.

1675
00:34:42,029 --> 00:34:43,748
Thank you so much.

1676
00:34:43,748 --> 00:34:45,333
This seems like a perfect time

1677
00:34:45,333 --> 00:34:46,050
to dig into

1678
00:34:46,050 --> 00:34:47,168
some more information

1679
00:34:47,168 --> 00:34:48,903
about Bennu.

1680
00:34:48,903 --> 00:34:50,254
Bennu isn't part of the main

1681
00:34:50,254 --> 00:34:51,005
asteroid belt.

1682
00:34:51,005 --> 00:34:51,956
It's a neo,

1683
00:34:51,956 --> 00:34:53,307
a near-Earth asteroid

1684
00:34:53,307 --> 00:34:53,941
with an orbit

1685
00:34:53,941 --> 00:34:54,959
that occasionally brings

1686
00:34:54,959 --> 00:34:56,377
it close in close proximity

1687
00:34:56,377 --> 00:34:57,962
with us here on Earth.

1688
00:34:57,962 --> 00:34:59,063
Then it was about 500

1689
00:34:59,063 --> 00:35:00,031
meters in diameter,

1690
00:35:00,031 --> 00:35:01,149
which is taller than

1691
00:35:01,149 --> 00:35:02,817
the Empire State Building.

1692
00:35:02,817 --> 00:35:03,935
It rotates upside

1693
00:35:03,935 --> 00:35:04,919
down on its axis

1694
00:35:04,919 --> 00:35:05,787
compared to Earth

1695
00:35:05,787 --> 00:35:06,938
with a tilt of over

1696
00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:09,390
177 degrees.

1697
00:35:09,390 --> 00:35:10,925
Scientists chose to study Bennu

1698
00:35:10,925 --> 00:35:12,176
because recovery operations

1699
00:35:12,176 --> 00:35:14,545
helicopter to have departed

1700
00:35:14,545 --> 00:35:15,246
the station

1701
00:35:15,246 --> 00:35:16,981
keep outside the landing craft.

1702
00:35:16,981 --> 00:35:17,365
All right.

1703
00:35:17,365 --> 00:35:18,116
So you just heard that

1704
00:35:18,116 --> 00:35:19,433
they have departed wig.

1705
00:35:19,433 --> 00:35:21,219
Excellent progress. Fantastic.

1706
00:35:21,219 --> 00:35:23,070
All right, moving on.

1707
00:35:23,070 --> 00:35:24,922
It isn't as smooth a surface

1708
00:35:24,922 --> 00:35:25,807
as we initially thought.

1709
00:35:25,807 --> 00:35:26,190
It's actually

1710
00:35:26,190 --> 00:35:27,608
covered in pebbles

1711
00:35:27,608 --> 00:35:29,193
and marked by these large rocks

1712
00:35:29,193 --> 00:35:30,895
and boulders nearly everywhere.

1713
00:35:30,895 --> 00:35:32,997
One boulder in particular

1714
00:35:32,997 --> 00:35:34,832
that Osiris-rex had to navigate

1715
00:35:34,832 --> 00:35:37,235
around was nicknamed Mount Doom

1716
00:35:37,235 --> 00:35:38,736
and was the size of a two

1717
00:35:38,736 --> 00:35:40,204
story building.

1718
00:35:40,204 --> 00:35:41,973
Bennu holds the Guinness World

1719
00:35:41,973 --> 00:35:42,657
Guinness World

1720
00:35:42,657 --> 00:35:44,125
record of the smallest object

1721
00:35:44,125 --> 00:35:46,110
to be orbited a spacecraft.

1722
00:35:46,110 --> 00:35:47,745
Have fun.

1723
00:35:47,829 --> 00:35:48,479
Now let's get an

1724
00:35:48,479 --> 00:35:49,347
update from Sophia,

1725
00:35:49,347 --> 00:35:50,064
who is standing on

1726
00:35:50,064 --> 00:35:50,998
the edge of the Ellipse.

1727
00:35:50,998 --> 00:35:54,752
Take it away, Sophia.

1728
00:35:54,836 --> 00:35:55,436
Okay.

1729
00:35:55,436 --> 00:35:56,854
Two of the helicopters

1730
00:35:56,854 --> 00:35:59,123
have already just departed,

1731
00:35:59,123 --> 00:36:00,424
so the team is already

1732
00:36:00,424 --> 00:36:02,076
in the recovery process,

1733
00:36:02,076 --> 00:36:03,027
or at least the beginning

1734
00:36:03,027 --> 00:36:03,995
phases of it.

1735
00:36:03,995 --> 00:36:04,762
But right now,

1736
00:36:04,762 --> 00:36:05,363
we are waiting

1737
00:36:05,363 --> 00:36:06,597
to hear precisely

1738
00:36:06,597 --> 00:36:07,415
where the capsule

1739
00:36:07,415 --> 00:36:08,282
is going to land

1740
00:36:08,282 --> 00:36:09,834
before the rest of the teams

1741
00:36:09,834 --> 00:36:11,886
head on over to that location.

1742
00:36:11,886 --> 00:36:12,937
Now, we are about

1743
00:36:12,937 --> 00:36:14,405
under 10 minutes away

1744
00:36:14,405 --> 00:36:15,239
from the capsule

1745
00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:15,957
hitting the top

1746
00:36:15,957 --> 00:36:17,525
of our atmosphere,

1747
00:36:17,525 --> 00:36:19,443
and we are eagerly anticipating

1748
00:36:19,443 --> 00:36:20,645
this largest

1749
00:36:20,645 --> 00:36:21,395
sample

1750
00:36:21,395 --> 00:36:22,196
of ancient

1751
00:36:22,196 --> 00:36:23,848
solar system material

1752
00:36:23,848 --> 00:36:25,266
that we have received

1753
00:36:25,266 --> 00:36:26,517
since the last Apollo

1754
00:36:26,517 --> 00:36:28,803
mission in 1972.

1755
00:36:28,803 --> 00:36:31,088
So that is 51 years

1756
00:36:31,088 --> 00:36:33,457
since we've had such a pristine

1757
00:36:33,457 --> 00:36:34,675
and large

1758
00:36:34,675 --> 00:36:36,210
sample of ancient

1759
00:36:36,210 --> 00:36:37,945
solar system material.

1760
00:36:37,945 --> 00:36:38,913
It's a really big day

1761
00:36:38,913 --> 00:36:39,864
for science,

1762
00:36:39,864 --> 00:36:41,015
and we're just

1763
00:36:41,015 --> 00:36:41,732
in the beginning

1764
00:36:41,732 --> 00:36:43,317
phases of today.

1765
00:36:43,317 --> 00:36:44,902
But we are certainly excited

1766
00:36:44,902 --> 00:36:45,453
to hear

1767
00:36:45,453 --> 00:36:46,387
about what will happen

1768
00:36:46,387 --> 00:36:47,521
and see

1769
00:36:47,521 --> 00:36:48,689
those parachutes

1770
00:36:48,689 --> 00:36:49,740
finally descend

1771
00:36:49,740 --> 00:36:51,425
through our atmosphere.

1772
00:36:51,425 --> 00:36:52,143
So, yes,

1773
00:36:52,143 --> 00:36:53,377
we're certainly excited.

1774
00:36:53,377 --> 00:36:54,545
But this is just

1775
00:36:54,545 --> 00:36:55,746
one phase of this

1776
00:36:55,746 --> 00:36:57,481
amazing mission.

1777
00:36:57,481 --> 00:36:58,282
And to send it back

1778
00:36:58,282 --> 00:37:02,553
to you, Lauren,

1779
00:37:02,637 --> 00:37:02,970
see the

1780
00:37:02,970 --> 00:37:04,055
operational milestones

1781
00:37:04,055 --> 00:37:04,855
we're expecting

1782
00:37:04,855 --> 00:37:06,307
throughout the morning

1783
00:37:06,307 --> 00:37:07,408
as our C separation

1784
00:37:07,408 --> 00:37:08,426
already happened

1785
00:37:08,426 --> 00:37:09,360
and the capsule is now

1786
00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:10,928
heading for its rendezvous

1787
00:37:10,928 --> 00:37:12,663
with Earth's atmosphere.

1788
00:37:12,663 --> 00:37:14,015
Jim, it always appears

1789
00:37:14,015 --> 00:37:15,299
like these operations

1790
00:37:15,299 --> 00:37:16,117
are simply inevitable.

1791
00:37:16,117 --> 00:37:16,350
You know,

1792
00:37:16,350 --> 00:37:18,035
we grabbed the sample,

1793
00:37:18,035 --> 00:37:19,253
we flew back to Earth.

1794
00:37:19,253 --> 00:37:20,855
We're headed in for landing.

1795
00:37:20,855 --> 00:37:21,422
But it's never

1796
00:37:21,422 --> 00:37:22,173
that simple, is it?

1797
00:37:22,173 --> 00:37:23,157
No, not at all.

1798
00:37:23,157 --> 00:37:24,275
And so we have

1799
00:37:24,275 --> 00:37:25,443
a lot of critical events

1800
00:37:25,443 --> 00:37:25,776
that take

1801
00:37:25,776 --> 00:37:27,128
masterful engineering.

1802
00:37:27,128 --> 00:37:27,728
We have to hit

1803
00:37:27,728 --> 00:37:28,829
the top of the atmosphere,

1804
00:37:28,829 --> 00:37:30,448
transition through a high

1805
00:37:30,448 --> 00:37:32,366
g, high heat environment,

1806
00:37:32,366 --> 00:37:34,051
go from 27,000 miles

1807
00:37:34,051 --> 00:37:35,786
an hour down to eventually 11

1808
00:37:35,786 --> 00:37:37,021
for that safe landing.

1809
00:37:37,021 --> 00:37:37,855
All these things

1810
00:37:37,855 --> 00:37:38,723
involve changes

1811
00:37:38,723 --> 00:37:39,657
in environments,

1812
00:37:39,657 --> 00:37:40,825
forces, things

1813
00:37:40,825 --> 00:37:41,943
that could disrupt our sample

1814
00:37:41,943 --> 00:37:42,476
and change them,

1815
00:37:42,476 --> 00:37:43,978
which we want to document.

1816
00:37:43,978 --> 00:37:45,396
And so we really want to

1817
00:37:45,396 --> 00:37:46,347
understand this

1818
00:37:46,347 --> 00:37:47,415
and finally bring it to rest

1819
00:37:47,415 --> 00:37:48,332
so we can then back it

1820
00:37:48,332 --> 00:37:49,383
encapsulated

1821
00:37:49,383 --> 00:37:50,818
so we can eventually get

1822
00:37:50,818 --> 00:37:51,269
the sample

1823
00:37:51,269 --> 00:37:52,470
into our clean room here.

1824
00:37:52,470 --> 00:37:53,604
So we're ready to

1825
00:37:53,604 --> 00:37:55,356
transfer tomorrow to Houston,

1826
00:37:55,356 --> 00:37:56,457
to the Johnson Space Center.

1827
00:37:56,457 --> 00:37:58,476
So this is a big process

1828
00:37:58,476 --> 00:37:59,427
well-rehearsed

1829
00:37:59,427 --> 00:38:00,995
by a masterful team.

1830
00:38:00,995 --> 00:38:01,495
Absolutely.

1831
00:38:01,495 --> 00:38:02,513
And contains

1832
00:38:02,513 --> 00:38:03,597
work from thousands

1833
00:38:03,597 --> 00:38:04,231
of individuals

1834
00:38:04,231 --> 00:38:05,850
who are making this happen.

1835
00:38:05,850 --> 00:38:06,367
All right.

1836
00:38:06,367 --> 00:38:07,118
So we know that you're

1837
00:38:07,118 --> 00:38:08,102
submitting questions

1838
00:38:08,102 --> 00:38:09,153
from all over.

1839
00:38:09,153 --> 00:38:11,305
Let's take a few more

1840
00:38:11,305 --> 00:38:12,623
social questions. All right.

1841
00:38:12,623 --> 00:38:13,524
What do we have

1842
00:38:13,524 --> 00:38:15,209
at dead sarin At five,

1843
00:38:15,209 --> 00:38:16,227
three, four, two,

1844
00:38:16,227 --> 00:38:18,145
four, six, one. Who?

1845
00:38:18,145 --> 00:38:19,981
What are the preliminary steps

1846
00:38:19,981 --> 00:38:22,133
to take to test a sample?

1847
00:38:22,133 --> 00:38:23,184
The preliminary steps.

1848
00:38:23,184 --> 00:38:24,302
So first thing we do

1849
00:38:24,302 --> 00:38:24,952
is, of course, bag

1850
00:38:24,952 --> 00:38:25,653
it here and get it

1851
00:38:25,653 --> 00:38:26,454
into the clean room

1852
00:38:26,454 --> 00:38:27,788
and get that sample,

1853
00:38:27,788 --> 00:38:29,523
that that canister, the sample

1854
00:38:29,523 --> 00:38:31,625
canister inside the sample

1855
00:38:31,625 --> 00:38:32,843
return capsule,

1856
00:38:32,843 --> 00:38:34,078
get it under nitrogen purge,

1857
00:38:34,078 --> 00:38:34,345
meaning

1858
00:38:34,345 --> 00:38:35,363
we fill in nitrogen gas.

1859
00:38:35,363 --> 00:38:36,664
So no Earth's atmosphere

1860
00:38:36,664 --> 00:38:38,015
and microbes get involved.

1861
00:38:38,015 --> 00:38:39,300
That'll happen today.

1862
00:38:39,300 --> 00:38:40,501
Period of few hours.

1863
00:38:40,501 --> 00:38:41,519
And then tomorrow,

1864
00:38:41,519 --> 00:38:42,803
we transfer to the Johnson

1865
00:38:42,803 --> 00:38:43,537
Space Center

1866
00:38:43,537 --> 00:38:44,338
in Houston, Texas,

1867
00:38:44,338 --> 00:38:45,723
where all the fun happens

1868
00:38:45,723 --> 00:38:46,807
at the Astro Materials

1869
00:38:46,807 --> 00:38:47,942
Correctional Facility,

1870
00:38:47,942 --> 00:38:48,776
where we've done moon

1871
00:38:48,776 --> 00:38:50,177
rocks and samples

1872
00:38:50,177 --> 00:38:51,962
of interplanetary dust

1873
00:38:51,962 --> 00:38:53,164
and lots of things.

1874
00:38:53,164 --> 00:38:53,964
Those colleagues

1875
00:38:53,964 --> 00:38:55,416
in a special clean room,

1876
00:38:55,416 --> 00:38:56,967
perfectly designed for this

1877
00:38:56,967 --> 00:38:57,818
mission,

1878
00:38:57,818 --> 00:38:59,553
will unpack those

1879
00:38:59,553 --> 00:39:01,706
precious samples in the sample,

1880
00:39:01,706 --> 00:39:02,556
in the small sample

1881
00:39:02,556 --> 00:39:04,508
canister, the small device

1882
00:39:04,508 --> 00:39:05,226
that was used

1883
00:39:05,226 --> 00:39:06,660
on the end of the tagsam.

1884
00:39:06,660 --> 00:39:07,228
And they will go

1885
00:39:07,228 --> 00:39:08,129
through a process

1886
00:39:08,129 --> 00:39:08,963
to get it checked out,

1887
00:39:08,963 --> 00:39:10,564
to do early reconnaissance

1888
00:39:10,564 --> 00:39:11,665
and to protect it

1889
00:39:11,665 --> 00:39:13,434
very carefully.

1890
00:39:13,434 --> 00:39:14,285
That is incredible.

1891
00:39:14,285 --> 00:39:15,119
And they built that whole

1892
00:39:15,119 --> 00:39:16,053
clean room. No nothing.

1893
00:39:16,053 --> 00:39:16,737
No other asteroid

1894
00:39:16,737 --> 00:39:17,838
samples before it.

1895
00:39:17,838 --> 00:39:18,656
This is the first one.

1896
00:39:18,656 --> 00:39:20,558
First ever, First ever.

1897
00:39:20,558 --> 00:39:21,842
As the SC approaches

1898
00:39:21,842 --> 00:39:23,244
the edge of Earth's atmosphere.

1899
00:39:23,244 --> 00:39:24,061
We are just

1900
00:39:24,061 --> 00:39:25,563
moments away from the world's

1901
00:39:25,563 --> 00:39:27,064
largest ever asteroid

1902
00:39:27,064 --> 00:39:28,416
sample return.

1903
00:39:28,416 --> 00:39:29,066
Jim, what are you feeling

1904
00:39:29,066 --> 00:39:29,734
right now?

1905
00:39:29,734 --> 00:39:31,585
I am literally tingling

1906
00:39:31,585 --> 00:39:32,970
all over with exhilaration.

1907
00:39:32,970 --> 00:39:34,405
This is a small step

1908
00:39:34,405 --> 00:39:35,156
for a capsule

1909
00:39:35,156 --> 00:39:36,807
and a giant leap for science.

1910
00:39:36,807 --> 00:39:37,775
It really is.

1911
00:39:37,775 --> 00:39:38,609
And if that's one thing

1912
00:39:38,609 --> 00:39:39,994
we can impart, that is it.

1913
00:39:39,994 --> 00:39:41,996
This is a huge, huge milestone,

1914
00:39:41,996 --> 00:39:43,864
a great achievement.

1915
00:39:43,864 --> 00:39:45,182
So this is it.

1916
00:39:45,182 --> 00:39:46,884
We are just 15 minutes away

1917
00:39:46,884 --> 00:39:48,302
from the Osiris-rex

1918
00:39:48,302 --> 00:39:49,553
sample return,

1919
00:39:49,553 --> 00:39:51,238
a journey of seven years

1920
00:39:51,238 --> 00:39:53,374
and nearly 4 billion miles.

1921
00:39:53,374 --> 00:39:54,508
The work of thousands

1922
00:39:54,508 --> 00:39:56,193
culminates in this moment.

1923
00:39:56,193 --> 00:39:56,827
Let's turn it

1924
00:39:56,827 --> 00:39:57,545
over to our mission.

1925
00:39:57,545 --> 00:39:58,746
Commentator James Reilly,

1926
00:39:58,746 --> 00:39:59,463
to take us through

1927
00:39:59,463 --> 00:40:00,564
the final moments.

1928
00:40:00,564 --> 00:40:02,066
James, we're all yours,

1929
00:40:02,066 --> 00:40:02,733
gentlemen.

1930
00:40:02,733 --> 00:40:03,834
Buckle up and get ready

1931
00:40:03,834 --> 00:40:04,985
for the ride of entry,

1932
00:40:04,985 --> 00:40:05,786
descent and landing.

1933
00:40:05,786 --> 00:40:06,987
This is 13 minutes

1934
00:40:06,987 --> 00:40:08,489
of crazy descent.

1935
00:40:08,489 --> 00:40:10,324
Punishing, crazy

1936
00:40:10,324 --> 00:40:11,942
deceleration of our spacecraft

1937
00:40:11,942 --> 00:40:13,861
starting at 27,000

1938
00:40:13,861 --> 00:40:14,528
miles per hour

1939
00:40:14,528 --> 00:40:15,029
when it enters

1940
00:40:15,029 --> 00:40:16,230
into Earth's atmosphere

1941
00:40:16,230 --> 00:40:16,714
and eventually

1942
00:40:16,714 --> 00:40:18,215
slowing to a leisurely

1943
00:40:18,215 --> 00:40:19,116
11 miles per hour

1944
00:40:19,116 --> 00:40:20,468
as it descends and lands

1945
00:40:20,468 --> 00:40:21,218
on the Utah Test

1946
00:40:21,218 --> 00:40:22,052
and Training Range.

1947
00:40:22,052 --> 00:40:23,287
Recovery operations

1948
00:40:23,287 --> 00:40:24,188
helicopters one

1949
00:40:24,188 --> 00:40:25,172
and two have arrived

1950
00:40:25,172 --> 00:40:26,824
at the landing location.

1951
00:40:26,824 --> 00:40:27,358
So good news.

1952
00:40:27,358 --> 00:40:28,926
Our helicopters are ready to go

1953
00:40:28,926 --> 00:40:29,493
and begin

1954
00:40:29,493 --> 00:40:30,544
this recovery operations

1955
00:40:30,544 --> 00:40:31,445
just as soon as we have

1956
00:40:31,445 --> 00:40:33,297
confirmation of touchdown here.

1957
00:40:33,297 --> 00:40:34,298
And as the sun begins

1958
00:40:34,298 --> 00:40:35,583
to rise in the West Coast,

1959
00:40:35,583 --> 00:40:36,517
the SIAC is

1960
00:40:36,517 --> 00:40:37,501
going to be streaking

1961
00:40:37,501 --> 00:40:38,886
across the atmosphere

1962
00:40:38,886 --> 00:40:39,637
above San

1963
00:40:39,637 --> 00:40:40,621
Francisco, California,

1964
00:40:40,621 --> 00:40:42,273
about 80 miles in altitude.

1965
00:40:42,273 --> 00:40:42,923
It's going to be coming in

1966
00:40:42,923 --> 00:40:45,326
hot over 5000 degrees

1967
00:40:45,326 --> 00:40:45,960
Fahrenheit, almost

1968
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:46,794
a couple seconds

1969
00:40:46,794 --> 00:40:48,179
after it hits that atmosphere,

1970
00:40:48,179 --> 00:40:49,763
that's about half as warm

1971
00:40:49,763 --> 00:40:51,265
as the surface of the sun.

1972
00:40:51,265 --> 00:40:52,433
To give you some context,

1973
00:40:52,433 --> 00:40:53,818
but don't worry,

1974
00:40:53,818 --> 00:40:55,019
our sample would be safe

1975
00:40:55,019 --> 00:40:56,103
and sound within.

1976
00:40:56,103 --> 00:40:57,204
We have a heat shield

1977
00:40:57,204 --> 00:40:58,856
which is made of a phenolic

1978
00:40:58,856 --> 00:41:00,207
impregnated carbon ablated.

1979
00:41:00,207 --> 00:41:01,208
It's a very fancy term

1980
00:41:01,208 --> 00:41:02,076
to describe

1981
00:41:02,076 --> 00:41:03,727
what's going on with this heat

1982
00:41:03,727 --> 00:41:04,078
shield.

1983
00:41:04,078 --> 00:41:04,778
It basically

1984
00:41:04,778 --> 00:41:06,147
Oblates away or burns away

1985
00:41:06,147 --> 00:41:07,148
any kind of heat flux

1986
00:41:07,148 --> 00:41:07,648
that develops

1987
00:41:07,648 --> 00:41:08,766
on that outer shell,

1988
00:41:08,766 --> 00:41:09,266
making sure

1989
00:41:09,266 --> 00:41:10,384
that our sample is safe

1990
00:41:10,384 --> 00:41:11,485
and cool within

1991
00:41:11,485 --> 00:41:12,419
similar technology

1992
00:41:12,419 --> 00:41:13,704
that we use with astronauts

1993
00:41:13,704 --> 00:41:15,089
coming back from the moon

1994
00:41:15,089 --> 00:41:16,407
or any kind of other landers

1995
00:41:16,407 --> 00:41:17,158
that we have

1996
00:41:17,158 --> 00:41:18,926
going into planets and moons.

1997
00:41:18,926 --> 00:41:19,260
So we're

1998
00:41:19,260 --> 00:41:20,010
just a couple of moments

1999
00:41:20,010 --> 00:41:21,395
away from this key moment.

2000
00:41:21,395 --> 00:41:21,795
It's going to be

2001
00:41:21,795 --> 00:41:22,413
a very exciting

2002
00:41:22,413 --> 00:41:24,098
next couple of 13 minutes here

2003
00:41:24,098 --> 00:41:24,698
and you'll hear

2004
00:41:24,698 --> 00:41:25,416
a couple of call outs

2005
00:41:25,416 --> 00:41:26,467
come in from just next door

2006
00:41:26,467 --> 00:41:26,917
in our mission

2007
00:41:26,917 --> 00:41:27,968
operations team

2008
00:41:27,968 --> 00:41:28,769
as they begin

2009
00:41:28,769 --> 00:41:30,187
to get us ready for this

2010
00:41:30,187 --> 00:41:30,955
key moment.

2011
00:41:30,955 --> 00:41:32,339
It's a journey of 3.8,

2012
00:41:32,339 --> 00:41:33,958
6 billion miles

2013
00:41:33,958 --> 00:41:34,825
getting reduced

2014
00:41:34,825 --> 00:41:37,328
to the scale of mere miles,

2015
00:41:37,328 --> 00:41:38,462
82 miles

2016
00:41:38,462 --> 00:41:39,697
above the surface of the earth

2017
00:41:39,697 --> 00:41:40,748
in San Francisco.

2018
00:41:40,748 --> 00:41:41,515
A couple of key events

2019
00:41:41,515 --> 00:41:42,082
are going to happen

2020
00:41:42,082 --> 00:41:42,716
as soon as we get

2021
00:41:42,716 --> 00:41:44,185
into the earth's atmosphere

2022
00:41:44,185 --> 00:41:44,852
very quickly

2023
00:41:44,852 --> 00:41:45,569
and we're going to deploy

2024
00:41:45,569 --> 00:41:46,537
our drogue parachute.

2025
00:41:46,537 --> 00:41:47,938
This is for stability,

2026
00:41:47,938 --> 00:41:48,989
stabilizes our descent,

2027
00:41:48,989 --> 00:41:49,507
and make sure

2028
00:41:49,507 --> 00:41:50,574
that we are continuing

2029
00:41:50,574 --> 00:41:52,109
to target that landing lives

2030
00:41:52,109 --> 00:41:53,527
that is here in the Utah Test

2031
00:41:53,527 --> 00:41:54,545
in training range.

2032
00:41:54,545 --> 00:41:56,881
It is a 36.5 by eight mile

2033
00:41:56,881 --> 00:41:58,682
landing ellipse that is here

2034
00:41:58,682 --> 00:41:59,400
marked out for that

2035
00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:00,217
recovery operation

2036
00:42:00,217 --> 00:42:00,818
you see on your screen

2037
00:42:00,818 --> 00:42:02,136
now, the mission ops team

2038
00:42:02,136 --> 00:42:02,436
eager

2039
00:42:02,436 --> 00:42:03,354
at the edge of their seats

2040
00:42:03,354 --> 00:42:03,787
for that

2041
00:42:03,787 --> 00:42:05,122
first call out of earth

2042
00:42:05,122 --> 00:42:06,607
atmospheric entry.

2043
00:42:06,607 --> 00:42:07,892
Very exciting moment coming up

2044
00:42:07,892 --> 00:42:11,195
in just a few seconds here.

2045
00:42:11,278 --> 00:42:12,396
We're about 20 seconds away.

2046
00:42:12,396 --> 00:42:12,930
You see the team

2047
00:42:12,930 --> 00:42:14,014
at Lockheed now

2048
00:42:14,014 --> 00:42:14,999
all standing

2049
00:42:14,999 --> 00:42:15,566
ready on the edge

2050
00:42:15,566 --> 00:42:16,467
of their seats.

2051
00:42:16,467 --> 00:42:17,284
This team, I'll remind

2052
00:42:17,284 --> 00:42:18,652
you, just a few hours ago,

2053
00:42:18,652 --> 00:42:19,436
gave that command

2054
00:42:19,436 --> 00:42:20,604
to release the ICRC

2055
00:42:20,604 --> 00:42:21,639
on this long journey.

2056
00:42:21,639 --> 00:42:22,373
It's been on its own

2057
00:42:22,373 --> 00:42:22,973
for 4 hours.

2058
00:42:22,973 --> 00:42:23,857
There's nothing we can do

2059
00:42:23,857 --> 00:42:24,475
at this point.

2060
00:42:24,475 --> 00:42:26,510
It's coming in rain or.

2061
00:42:26,510 --> 00:42:27,745
Milestone? Yes, sir.

2062
00:42:27,745 --> 00:42:28,862
She has entered

2063
00:42:28,862 --> 00:42:30,698
the Earth's atmosphere.

2064
00:42:30,698 --> 00:42:33,534
You tgr for of assets required.

2065
00:42:33,534 --> 00:42:34,351
And here we go.

2066
00:42:34,351 --> 00:42:36,036
Start your stopwatch right now

2067
00:42:36,036 --> 00:42:37,471
we are 13 minutes of entry,

2068
00:42:37,471 --> 00:42:38,339
descent and landing.

2069
00:42:38,339 --> 00:42:40,107
We have that expected milestone

2070
00:42:40,107 --> 00:42:40,591
of entering

2071
00:42:40,591 --> 00:42:42,443
into the earth's atmosphere.

2072
00:42:42,443 --> 00:42:43,527
We can see the team at launch

2073
00:42:43,527 --> 00:42:44,044
and we actually have

2074
00:42:44,044 --> 00:42:45,546
a visual now.

2075
00:42:45,546 --> 00:42:46,230
This is from

2076
00:42:46,230 --> 00:42:47,364
our infrared tracking camera

2077
00:42:47,364 --> 00:42:48,682
on the WB 57

2078
00:42:48,682 --> 00:42:50,634
or high altitude plane

2079
00:42:50,634 --> 00:42:52,286
at about 47,000 feet.

2080
00:42:52,286 --> 00:42:53,671
MSL means sea level

2081
00:42:53,671 --> 00:42:55,022
getting a great view of that

2082
00:42:55,022 --> 00:42:56,190
as sea heating up

2083
00:42:56,190 --> 00:42:56,724
as it enters

2084
00:42:56,724 --> 00:42:57,775
into Earth's atmosphere.

2085
00:42:57,775 --> 00:42:59,376
The punishing deceleration

2086
00:42:59,376 --> 00:43:00,094
that spacecraft

2087
00:43:00,094 --> 00:43:01,262
that SLC is experienced

2088
00:43:01,262 --> 00:43:02,012
right now

2089
00:43:02,012 --> 00:43:02,613
as it comes in

2090
00:43:02,613 --> 00:43:06,216
at about 27,650 miles an hour,

2091
00:43:06,216 --> 00:43:07,735
you can see it glowing brightly

2092
00:43:07,735 --> 00:43:09,637
in the sky.

2093
00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:10,321
In just a few

2094
00:43:10,321 --> 00:43:11,105
moments, we're

2095
00:43:11,105 --> 00:43:12,990
going to reach picketing

2096
00:43:12,990 --> 00:43:14,224
and peak deceleration.

2097
00:43:14,224 --> 00:43:15,726
That's at 32 G-forces

2098
00:43:15,726 --> 00:43:17,227
punishing G-force on a rest

2099
00:43:17,227 --> 00:43:18,812
or see a phenomenal view

2100
00:43:18,812 --> 00:43:20,097
of that streaking sources.

2101
00:43:20,097 --> 00:43:26,170
You coming in across the sky

2102
00:43:26,253 --> 00:43:26,754
at this point

2103
00:43:26,754 --> 00:43:27,688
we have entered in over

2104
00:43:27,688 --> 00:43:28,856
San Francisco, California,

2105
00:43:28,856 --> 00:43:30,474
and are very quickly

2106
00:43:30,474 --> 00:43:30,724
going to be

2107
00:43:30,724 --> 00:43:31,825
approaching the Utah test

2108
00:43:31,825 --> 00:43:32,493
and training range

2109
00:43:32,493 --> 00:43:33,027
just a little bit

2110
00:43:33,027 --> 00:43:36,397
further to the east.

2111
00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:39,300
Entry was at E while still

2112
00:43:39,300 --> 00:43:39,900
because our C

2113
00:43:39,900 --> 00:43:42,036
is experiencing maximum medium

2114
00:43:42,036 --> 00:43:44,138
to maximum deceleration.

2115
00:43:44,138 --> 00:43:44,788
So you just heard right

2116
00:43:44,788 --> 00:43:45,472
there, we're experiencing

2117
00:43:45,472 --> 00:43:46,624
that 5000 degree

2118
00:43:46,624 --> 00:43:48,392
Fahrenheit, maximum heating

2119
00:43:48,392 --> 00:43:49,293
burning, scalding

2120
00:43:49,293 --> 00:43:50,461
hot on that heat shield

2121
00:43:50,461 --> 00:43:51,595
that is protecting our sample

2122
00:43:51,595 --> 00:43:52,563
within and

2123
00:43:52,563 --> 00:43:53,664
maximum deceleration.

2124
00:43:53,664 --> 00:43:55,265
That is at 32 G force,

2125
00:43:55,265 --> 00:43:56,367
punishing deceleration

2126
00:43:56,367 --> 00:43:57,234
from Earth's atmosphere.

2127
00:43:57,234 --> 00:43:58,469
The drag forces that

2128
00:43:58,469 --> 00:44:02,289
are acting on that as our C,

2129
00:44:02,373 --> 00:44:02,790
once again,

2130
00:44:02,790 --> 00:44:03,240
as I mentioned,

2131
00:44:03,240 --> 00:44:04,208
that sample is safe

2132
00:44:04,208 --> 00:44:04,708
and sound

2133
00:44:04,708 --> 00:44:05,392
within that

2134
00:44:05,392 --> 00:44:06,593
as our C, that sample return

2135
00:44:06,593 --> 00:44:08,162
capsule as it comes in

2136
00:44:08,162 --> 00:44:08,729
burning through

2137
00:44:08,729 --> 00:44:11,932
Earth's atmosphere,

2138
00:44:12,016 --> 00:44:13,734
you can see our high altitude

2139
00:44:13,734 --> 00:44:15,202
plane searching for that star.

2140
00:44:15,202 --> 00:44:15,836
So you can see it

2141
00:44:15,836 --> 00:44:18,088
faintly on your screen there.

2142
00:44:18,088 --> 00:44:18,806
Our next milestone

2143
00:44:18,806 --> 00:44:20,607
will be expecting that

2144
00:44:20,607 --> 00:44:22,142
drogue parachute deployment.

2145
00:44:22,142 --> 00:44:22,710
That will be at about

2146
00:44:22,710 --> 00:44:25,713
102,300 feet altitude.

2147
00:44:25,813 --> 00:44:26,764
And as I mentioned before,

2148
00:44:26,764 --> 00:44:28,832
that will stabilize our descent

2149
00:44:28,832 --> 00:44:29,433
and slow us

2150
00:44:29,433 --> 00:44:30,300
from hypersonic

2151
00:44:30,300 --> 00:44:31,418
to subsonic speeds

2152
00:44:31,418 --> 00:44:32,002
as we continue

2153
00:44:32,002 --> 00:44:33,203
to target

2154
00:44:33,203 --> 00:44:34,021
the Utah test

2155
00:44:34,021 --> 00:44:35,873
and training range

2156
00:44:35,873 --> 00:44:37,975
expected EDL milestone

2157
00:44:37,975 --> 00:44:39,326
as our C commands

2158
00:44:39,326 --> 00:44:41,161
drogue parachute deploy.

2159
00:44:41,161 --> 00:44:42,029
So we heard that commands

2160
00:44:42,029 --> 00:44:43,714
you deploy the drop parachute

2161
00:44:43,714 --> 00:44:44,314
waiting to see

2162
00:44:44,314 --> 00:44:45,382
that visual confirmation

2163
00:44:45,382 --> 00:44:50,504
but that is at 102,300 feet.

2164
00:44:50,587 --> 00:44:51,789
And a side note

2165
00:44:51,789 --> 00:44:53,273
at this time, 8:44 a.m.

2166
00:44:53,273 --> 00:44:53,724
Mountain Time,

2167
00:44:53,724 --> 00:44:55,075
the Osiris Apex

2168
00:44:55,075 --> 00:44:56,460
spacecraft is at its closest

2169
00:44:56,460 --> 00:44:58,045
approach to earth

2170
00:44:58,045 --> 00:44:59,463
that will be on to its extended

2171
00:44:59,463 --> 00:45:00,030
mission, visiting

2172
00:45:00,030 --> 00:45:00,631
the asteroid

2173
00:45:00,631 --> 00:45:02,216
Apophis in the year 2029,

2174
00:45:02,216 --> 00:45:03,384
continuing this

2175
00:45:03,384 --> 00:45:04,351
incredible mission

2176
00:45:04,351 --> 00:45:07,921
at another world.

2177
00:45:08,005 --> 00:45:09,206
In just a few moments,

2178
00:45:09,206 --> 00:45:10,591
we should enter into

2179
00:45:10,591 --> 00:45:11,909
special use airspace

2180
00:45:11,909 --> 00:45:13,477
at approximately 8:46 a.m..

2181
00:45:13,477 --> 00:45:14,428
That's going to be a ten miles

2182
00:45:14,428 --> 00:45:15,095
off the deck here

2183
00:45:15,095 --> 00:45:15,696
at Utah Test

2184
00:45:15,696 --> 00:45:21,702
and Training Range.

2185
00:45:21,785 --> 00:45:22,836
You can still see that

2186
00:45:22,836 --> 00:45:24,655
s RC on your screen

2187
00:45:24,655 --> 00:45:26,607
very faintly in the distance,

2188
00:45:26,607 --> 00:45:28,142
still quite warm.

2189
00:45:28,142 --> 00:45:28,776
That fireball

2190
00:45:28,776 --> 00:45:29,843
that literally

2191
00:45:29,843 --> 00:45:30,661
was a ball of plasma

2192
00:45:30,661 --> 00:45:31,445
just a few moments ago

2193
00:45:31,445 --> 00:45:32,062
when it first entered

2194
00:45:32,062 --> 00:45:37,935
into the Earth's atmosphere.

2195
00:45:38,018 --> 00:45:38,752
That s our

2196
00:45:38,752 --> 00:45:40,053
is nearly three feet

2197
00:45:40,053 --> 00:45:41,188
wide, 1.6 feet tall.

2198
00:45:41,188 --> 00:45:41,672
Two small

2199
00:45:41,672 --> 00:45:43,323
objects are quite a challenge

2200
00:45:43,323 --> 00:45:44,308
to track this as it comes.

2201
00:45:44,308 --> 00:45:52,382
Syrians to Earth's atmosphere.

2202
00:45:52,466 --> 00:45:53,317
In just a few moments, we

2203
00:45:53,317 --> 00:45:54,451
should be entering into special

2204
00:45:54,451 --> 00:45:58,238
as airspace.

2205
00:45:58,322 --> 00:45:58,856
This area was

2206
00:45:58,856 --> 00:45:59,706
specifically chosen

2207
00:45:59,706 --> 00:46:00,324
for this mission

2208
00:46:00,324 --> 00:46:01,558
is a wide open, vast

2209
00:46:01,558 --> 00:46:02,793
desert space,

2210
00:46:02,793 --> 00:46:04,077
relatively flat,

2211
00:46:04,077 --> 00:46:04,745
perfect to land

2212
00:46:04,745 --> 00:46:10,901
the sample today.

2213
00:46:10,984 --> 00:46:11,819
We did, as I mentioned,

2214
00:46:11,819 --> 00:46:13,504
have a couple

2215
00:46:13,504 --> 00:46:14,788
days of rain here

2216
00:46:14,788 --> 00:46:15,622
leading up to this event.

2217
00:46:15,622 --> 00:46:16,440
So the ground is a little bit

2218
00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:22,146
soft.

2219
00:46:22,229 --> 00:46:30,938
And Sierra CRC

2220
00:46:31,021 --> 00:46:33,273
streaking in

2221
00:46:33,273 --> 00:46:52,626
is from our high altitude camp.

2222
00:46:52,709 --> 00:46:53,460
Our next milestone,

2223
00:46:53,460 --> 00:46:54,278
we should be expecting

2224
00:46:54,278 --> 00:46:55,145
main parachute deployment

2225
00:46:55,145 --> 00:46:56,396
at around 8:49 a.m.

2226
00:46:56,396 --> 00:46:56,914
Mountain Time.

2227
00:46:56,914 --> 00:46:57,664
That will be at of around

2228
00:46:57,664 --> 00:47:02,135
5000 feet elevation.

2229
00:47:02,219 --> 00:47:03,504
We continue to track

2230
00:47:03,504 --> 00:47:04,388
with our high altitude

2231
00:47:04,388 --> 00:47:14,414
camera here.

2232
00:47:14,498 --> 00:47:14,948
As I mentioned,

2233
00:47:14,948 --> 00:47:15,382
that sample

2234
00:47:15,382 --> 00:47:17,584
is thermally isolated within

2235
00:47:17,584 --> 00:47:18,235
that s our C,

2236
00:47:18,235 --> 00:47:19,486
a very complex labyrinth

2237
00:47:19,486 --> 00:47:21,355
network of piping and tubing

2238
00:47:21,355 --> 00:47:22,022
leading into that

2239
00:47:22,022 --> 00:47:24,007
sample canister within

2240
00:47:24,007 --> 00:47:25,142
that just a few years ago

2241
00:47:25,142 --> 00:47:26,393
was on the other side

2242
00:47:26,393 --> 00:47:27,127
of the solar system

2243
00:47:27,127 --> 00:47:27,845
from a sampling.

2244
00:47:27,845 --> 00:47:32,416
An asteroid bennu.

2245
00:47:32,482 --> 00:47:33,517
The team has incredible

2246
00:47:33,517 --> 00:47:33,984
precision

2247
00:47:33,984 --> 00:47:34,718
on this mission as well.

2248
00:47:34,718 --> 00:47:35,435
Just a few days ago,

2249
00:47:35,435 --> 00:47:36,570
on the 17th of September,

2250
00:47:36,570 --> 00:47:38,605
they did their final trajectory

2251
00:47:38,605 --> 00:47:41,491
correction maneuver team 12.

2252
00:47:41,491 --> 00:47:43,126
This corrected our loss

2253
00:47:43,126 --> 00:47:43,894
about three millimeters

2254
00:47:43,894 --> 00:47:51,835
per second.

2255
00:47:51,919 --> 00:47:54,004
We see video, Miles.

2256
00:47:54,004 --> 00:47:56,790
So we have confirmed

2257
00:47:56,790 --> 00:47:57,925
performance. Wow.

2258
00:47:57,925 --> 00:48:00,244
And after an exhilarating

2259
00:48:00,244 --> 00:48:01,078
streak across

2260
00:48:01,078 --> 00:48:02,346
Earth's atmosphere,

2261
00:48:02,346 --> 00:48:03,714
we have parachute deployment.

2262
00:48:03,714 --> 00:48:04,765
You can see

2263
00:48:04,765 --> 00:48:05,699
just a sigh of relief

2264
00:48:05,699 --> 00:48:06,083
from the team.

2265
00:48:06,083 --> 00:48:07,284
I can hear some applause here.

2266
00:48:07,284 --> 00:48:08,735
There is that orange

2267
00:48:08,735 --> 00:48:09,903
creamsicle colored parachute.

2268
00:48:09,903 --> 00:48:10,621
Just a delight,

2269
00:48:10,621 --> 00:48:11,305
a sweet delight

2270
00:48:11,305 --> 00:48:12,906
to see in our skies

2271
00:48:12,906 --> 00:48:13,674
here over the Utah

2272
00:48:13,674 --> 00:48:15,392
testing training range.

2273
00:48:15,392 --> 00:48:16,226
A phenomenal view.

2274
00:48:16,226 --> 00:48:17,461
Just wonderful

2275
00:48:17,461 --> 00:48:18,362
to see that deployment.

2276
00:48:18,362 --> 00:48:18,996
That is at around

2277
00:48:18,996 --> 00:48:20,731
5000 feet elevation

2278
00:48:20,731 --> 00:48:21,665
above the Utah test

2279
00:48:21,665 --> 00:48:22,266
and training range.

2280
00:48:22,266 --> 00:48:23,100
And now this is like

2281
00:48:23,100 --> 00:48:24,151
a marathon runner

2282
00:48:24,151 --> 00:48:25,502
savoring that last lap

2283
00:48:25,502 --> 00:48:27,087
here as we approach the finish

2284
00:48:27,087 --> 00:48:27,955
that landing in the

2285
00:48:27,955 --> 00:48:32,793
Utah test and training range.

2286
00:48:32,876 --> 00:48:35,245
Wonderful to see that

2287
00:48:35,245 --> 00:48:35,996
we continue to track

2288
00:48:35,996 --> 00:48:37,014
this is with our high altitude

2289
00:48:37,014 --> 00:48:39,449
camera still that WB 57

2290
00:48:39,449 --> 00:48:40,083
and we should have

2291
00:48:40,083 --> 00:48:41,018
a great view from here

2292
00:48:41,018 --> 00:48:41,335
on the ground

2293
00:48:41,335 --> 00:48:41,935
we've got a variety

2294
00:48:41,935 --> 00:48:42,903
of different tracking assets

2295
00:48:42,903 --> 00:48:44,454
and you saw Sofia out

2296
00:48:44,454 --> 00:48:45,455
at the edge of that ellipse

2297
00:48:45,455 --> 00:48:47,124
watching from Wigg Mountain.

2298
00:48:47,124 --> 00:48:48,358
The team there

2299
00:48:48,358 --> 00:48:49,076
could potentially have

2300
00:48:49,076 --> 00:48:50,077
a wonderful view

2301
00:48:50,077 --> 00:48:53,063
momentarily as well

2302
00:48:53,063 --> 00:48:53,513
will continue

2303
00:48:53,513 --> 00:48:55,315
to descend Our next altitude

2304
00:48:55,315 --> 00:48:56,316
descent will be

2305
00:48:56,316 --> 00:49:00,554
at about 4000 feet

2306
00:49:00,637 --> 00:49:01,738
just a few minutes away

2307
00:49:01,738 --> 00:49:03,724
from getting that sample

2308
00:49:03,724 --> 00:49:04,474
from the other side

2309
00:49:04,474 --> 00:49:06,059
of the solar system

2310
00:49:06,059 --> 00:49:06,627
and the surface

2311
00:49:06,627 --> 00:49:07,294
of asteroid Bennu

2312
00:49:07,294 --> 00:49:09,146
a sample site, Nightingale

2313
00:49:09,146 --> 00:49:10,013
to the rugged terrain

2314
00:49:10,013 --> 00:49:10,747
of the Utah Test

2315
00:49:10,747 --> 00:49:14,868
and Training Range.

2316
00:49:14,935 --> 00:49:15,535
It looks like

2317
00:49:15,535 --> 00:49:17,037
winds are relatively low.

2318
00:49:17,037 --> 00:49:18,005
Not a lot of rocking back

2319
00:49:18,005 --> 00:49:19,056
and forth as parachutes

2320
00:49:19,056 --> 00:49:20,457
seem to be perfectly smooth.

2321
00:49:20,457 --> 00:49:20,941
Coming down.

2322
00:49:20,941 --> 00:49:23,026
The parachute there

2323
00:49:23,093 --> 00:49:24,778
continuing to descend.

2324
00:49:24,778 --> 00:49:25,329
The slight

2325
00:49:25,329 --> 00:49:26,196
little bit of tilt back

2326
00:49:26,196 --> 00:49:26,964
and forth of our

2327
00:49:26,964 --> 00:49:27,297
are seen

2328
00:49:27,297 --> 00:49:29,166
as it comes to its arresting

2329
00:49:29,166 --> 00:49:30,534
velocity of 11 miles per hour

2330
00:49:30,534 --> 00:49:37,324
as it makes that final descent,

2331
00:49:37,407 --> 00:49:38,375
that parachute deployment

2332
00:49:38,375 --> 00:49:39,876
was given internally

2333
00:49:39,876 --> 00:49:40,560
by the spacecraft.

2334
00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:41,278
All of what you're seeing

2335
00:49:41,278 --> 00:49:42,663
now is autonomous on board.

2336
00:49:42,663 --> 00:49:47,834
That s RC.

2337
00:49:47,918 --> 00:49:48,301
And once

2338
00:49:48,301 --> 00:49:49,386
that successfully lands,

2339
00:49:49,386 --> 00:49:50,787
the teams will begin

2340
00:49:50,787 --> 00:49:52,289
the next crucial phase

2341
00:49:52,289 --> 00:49:52,923
of this mission,

2342
00:49:52,923 --> 00:49:56,226
the sample recovery operations.

2343
00:49:56,309 --> 00:49:56,994
They've been rehearsing

2344
00:49:56,994 --> 00:49:57,544
for this moment

2345
00:49:57,544 --> 00:49:59,212
for months, literally years,

2346
00:49:59,212 --> 00:50:00,213
really leading up

2347
00:50:00,213 --> 00:50:01,114
to this key moment

2348
00:50:01,114 --> 00:50:01,915
and are ready to begin

2349
00:50:01,915 --> 00:50:02,549
this operations

2350
00:50:02,549 --> 00:50:03,684
to get that RC

2351
00:50:03,684 --> 00:50:04,418
into our portable

2352
00:50:04,418 --> 00:50:05,402
clean room here

2353
00:50:05,402 --> 00:50:05,936
and extract

2354
00:50:05,936 --> 00:50:11,708
that sample canister within,

2355
00:50:11,792 --> 00:50:12,509
according to my watch

2356
00:50:12,509 --> 00:50:13,944
for about 5 minutes away

2357
00:50:13,944 --> 00:50:19,082
from landing with our s RC.

2358
00:50:19,166 --> 00:50:20,033
And as we heard a few moments

2359
00:50:20,033 --> 00:50:20,701
ago, helicopters

2360
00:50:20,701 --> 00:50:21,968
one and two are already staged

2361
00:50:21,968 --> 00:50:22,386
and ready

2362
00:50:22,386 --> 00:50:22,769
to begin

2363
00:50:22,769 --> 00:50:23,854
those recovery operations

2364
00:50:23,854 --> 00:50:24,654
just as soon as we have

2365
00:50:24,654 --> 00:50:29,793
confirmation of touchdown.

2366
00:50:29,876 --> 00:50:30,894
This is a variable clock,

2367
00:50:30,894 --> 00:50:32,245
so this could be

2368
00:50:32,245 --> 00:50:32,963
a little bit faster,

2369
00:50:32,963 --> 00:50:33,563
a little bit slower

2370
00:50:33,563 --> 00:50:34,314
as we get closer

2371
00:50:34,314 --> 00:50:35,465
in this wind speed.

2372
00:50:35,465 --> 00:50:36,683
Here is a variable

2373
00:50:36,683 --> 00:50:38,335
that is quite hard to predict,

2374
00:50:38,335 --> 00:50:38,969
especially once

2375
00:50:38,969 --> 00:50:39,336
you're high up

2376
00:50:39,336 --> 00:50:40,704
in the atmosphere.

2377
00:50:40,704 --> 00:50:41,405
We did release

2378
00:50:41,405 --> 00:50:42,272
a weather balloon earlier

2379
00:50:42,272 --> 00:50:43,373
on this afternoon, earlier

2380
00:50:43,373 --> 00:50:44,725
on this morning, rather,

2381
00:50:44,725 --> 00:50:45,959
to get a profile

2382
00:50:45,959 --> 00:50:47,778
of our atmosphere conditions.

2383
00:50:47,778 --> 00:50:48,145
The team

2384
00:50:48,145 --> 00:50:49,863
puts those into various models

2385
00:50:49,863 --> 00:50:50,547
as they prepare

2386
00:50:50,547 --> 00:50:51,998
for this key moment.

2387
00:50:51,998 --> 00:50:52,582
But once again,

2388
00:50:52,582 --> 00:50:53,316
they are a little bit hard

2389
00:50:53,316 --> 00:50:53,767
to predict,

2390
00:50:53,767 --> 00:50:54,684
a little bit variability.

2391
00:50:54,684 --> 00:50:56,670
So we may

2392
00:50:56,670 --> 00:50:57,354
kind of bounce around

2393
00:50:57,354 --> 00:50:58,138
a little bit on that.

2394
00:50:58,138 --> 00:50:59,456
Predicted surface

2395
00:50:59,456 --> 00:51:00,540
Rex sample return

2396
00:51:00,540 --> 00:51:10,217
capsule touchdown time,

2397
00:51:10,300 --> 00:51:11,768
but ground really closing in

2398
00:51:11,768 --> 00:51:12,119
on that.

2399
00:51:12,119 --> 00:51:13,487
That's a milestone.

2400
00:51:13,487 --> 00:51:15,338
Either one has a visual.

2401
00:51:15,338 --> 00:51:18,525
Oh yes I see some the chute

2402
00:51:18,608 --> 00:51:19,860
that is phenomenal.

2403
00:51:19,860 --> 00:51:20,727
Let's see that view here

2404
00:51:20,727 --> 00:51:22,379
from that first helicopter.

2405
00:51:22,379 --> 00:51:22,979
They've got

2406
00:51:22,979 --> 00:51:24,481
visual on the sample return

2407
00:51:24,481 --> 00:51:25,499
capsule under parachute,

2408
00:51:25,499 --> 00:51:26,666
that orange creamsicle

2409
00:51:26,666 --> 00:51:27,300
colored parachute

2410
00:51:27,300 --> 00:51:28,318
really bright.

2411
00:51:28,318 --> 00:51:29,186
Then the morning light

2412
00:51:29,186 --> 00:51:29,903
over the Utah test

2413
00:51:29,903 --> 00:51:31,772
and training range.

2414
00:51:31,772 --> 00:51:33,774
A great view of the SIRC

2415
00:51:33,774 --> 00:51:34,624
we can have now

2416
00:51:34,624 --> 00:51:36,476
from our helicopter

2417
00:51:36,476 --> 00:51:37,444
as it continues

2418
00:51:37,444 --> 00:51:38,528
to make its final descent

2419
00:51:38,528 --> 00:51:41,364
to the terrain below.

2420
00:51:41,364 --> 00:51:41,915
And once again,

2421
00:51:41,915 --> 00:51:42,816
just setting the context

2422
00:51:42,816 --> 00:51:43,049
for this.

2423
00:51:43,049 --> 00:51:43,733
When we first hit

2424
00:51:43,733 --> 00:51:44,584
the top of the atmosphere,

2425
00:51:44,584 --> 00:51:47,254
we were at 27,650

2426
00:51:47,254 --> 00:51:47,854
miles per hour.

2427
00:51:47,854 --> 00:51:48,955
We are now

2428
00:51:48,955 --> 00:51:50,724
leisurely decelerating

2429
00:51:50,724 --> 00:51:52,826
under our orange parachute

2430
00:51:52,826 --> 00:51:58,115
to 11 miles per hour.

2431
00:51:58,198 --> 00:51:58,949
Incredible amount

2432
00:51:58,949 --> 00:51:59,633
of deceleration

2433
00:51:59,633 --> 00:52:01,084
there as Earth's atmosphere

2434
00:52:01,084 --> 00:52:01,735
really helped us out

2435
00:52:01,735 --> 00:52:02,586
quite a bit,

2436
00:52:02,586 --> 00:52:03,003
getting that

2437
00:52:03,003 --> 00:52:04,905
initial deceleration,

2438
00:52:04,988 --> 00:52:05,906
our drogue parachute

2439
00:52:05,906 --> 00:52:06,807
initially stabilizing

2440
00:52:06,807 --> 00:52:07,324
our descent,

2441
00:52:07,324 --> 00:52:08,708
and then ultimately

2442
00:52:08,708 --> 00:52:10,076
that main parachute

2443
00:52:10,076 --> 00:52:17,200
bringing us home.

2444
00:52:17,284 --> 00:52:18,068
You can see right

2445
00:52:18,068 --> 00:52:18,451
in the center

2446
00:52:18,451 --> 00:52:19,469
of that crosshair,

2447
00:52:19,469 --> 00:52:20,670
that is the parachute

2448
00:52:20,670 --> 00:52:29,896
with the SRP dangling beneath

2449
00:52:29,963 --> 00:52:33,233
the team on the

2450
00:52:33,316 --> 00:52:36,319
the team member WB 57 to

2451
00:52:36,536 --> 00:52:39,539
touchdown I repeat

2452
00:52:39,656 --> 00:52:40,173
that first

2453
00:52:40,173 --> 00:52:41,274
he has touchdown

2454
00:52:41,274 --> 00:52:42,959
and touchdown of the service

2455
00:52:42,959 --> 00:52:44,461
Rex sample return capsule

2456
00:52:44,461 --> 00:52:46,146
a journey of a billion miles

2457
00:52:46,146 --> 00:52:46,763
to asteroid

2458
00:52:46,763 --> 00:52:47,814
BENNU and back

2459
00:52:47,814 --> 00:52:49,649
has come to an end

2460
00:52:49,649 --> 00:52:50,617
marking America's

2461
00:52:50,617 --> 00:52:51,751
first sample return

2462
00:52:51,751 --> 00:52:52,686
mission of its kind

2463
00:52:52,686 --> 00:52:54,387
and opening a time capsule

2464
00:52:54,387 --> 00:52:57,858
to our ancient solar system.

2465
00:52:57,924 --> 00:52:59,826
Unofficial touchdown time

2466
00:52:59,826 --> 00:53:01,444
8:52 a.m.

2467
00:53:01,444 --> 00:53:03,997
mountain yes.

2468
00:53:03,997 --> 00:53:04,798
And the team can now

2469
00:53:04,798 --> 00:53:05,782
breathe an immense

2470
00:53:05,782 --> 00:53:06,816
sigh of relief.

2471
00:53:06,816 --> 00:53:08,034
We now have the sample return

2472
00:53:08,034 --> 00:53:09,486
capsule, the CRC

2473
00:53:09,486 --> 00:53:10,437
containing pieces

2474
00:53:10,437 --> 00:53:11,288
of the asteroid Bennu

2475
00:53:11,288 --> 00:53:12,305
see the reaction there?

2476
00:53:12,305 --> 00:53:13,206
Just moments ago

2477
00:53:13,206 --> 00:53:14,074
as they got that sample

2478
00:53:14,074 --> 00:53:21,531
back on the ground.

2479
00:53:21,615 --> 00:53:21,898
This is

2480
00:53:21,898 --> 00:53:22,465
the team at

2481
00:53:22,465 --> 00:53:23,700
Lockheed celebrating that

2482
00:53:23,700 --> 00:53:25,018
momentous achievement

2483
00:53:25,018 --> 00:53:26,219
of getting that sample

2484
00:53:26,219 --> 00:53:27,204
from the other

2485
00:53:27,204 --> 00:53:28,321
side of the solar system,

2486
00:53:28,321 --> 00:53:29,522
an asteroid bennu

2487
00:53:29,522 --> 00:53:30,323
When we took that sample,

2488
00:53:30,323 --> 00:53:30,774
we were over

2489
00:53:30,774 --> 00:53:32,525
200 million miles away from us

2490
00:53:32,525 --> 00:53:33,593
here on Earth.

2491
00:53:33,593 --> 00:53:35,278
The long journey back,

2492
00:53:35,278 --> 00:53:36,963
1.2 billion miles from Asteroid

2493
00:53:36,963 --> 00:53:38,198
BENNU back to here with that

2494
00:53:38,198 --> 00:53:39,065
sample

2495
00:53:39,065 --> 00:53:40,083
has just come

2496
00:53:40,083 --> 00:53:42,903
to a dramatic close

2497
00:53:42,903 --> 00:53:43,687
and a little bit

2498
00:53:43,687 --> 00:53:44,221
ahead of schedule

2499
00:53:44,221 --> 00:53:46,256
to the saucy landing,

2500
00:53:46,256 --> 00:53:47,190
about 3 minutes ahead of

2501
00:53:47,190 --> 00:53:47,641
when we had

2502
00:53:47,641 --> 00:53:51,678
originally predicted

2503
00:53:51,745 --> 00:53:52,862
it was in a rush to get back

2504
00:53:52,862 --> 00:53:53,513
here.

2505
00:53:53,513 --> 00:53:54,547
Carrying

2506
00:53:54,547 --> 00:53:55,232
an amazing amount

2507
00:53:55,232 --> 00:53:56,182
of scientific information

2508
00:53:56,182 --> 00:53:57,083
within

2509
00:53:57,083 --> 00:53:58,718
the team is eager to crack

2510
00:53:58,718 --> 00:53:59,603
that a saucy open, get

2511
00:53:59,603 --> 00:54:01,021
the sample canister within

2512
00:54:01,021 --> 00:54:02,422
and begin the process

2513
00:54:02,422 --> 00:54:03,356
of understanding

2514
00:54:03,356 --> 00:54:05,125
the origins of our solar system

2515
00:54:05,125 --> 00:54:06,209
and potentially

2516
00:54:06,209 --> 00:54:15,936
the origins of life.

2517
00:54:16,019 --> 00:54:16,469
We're not in the

2518
00:54:16,469 --> 00:54:17,187
clear just yet.

2519
00:54:17,187 --> 00:54:17,554
A key

2520
00:54:17,554 --> 00:54:18,188
piece of the mission

2521
00:54:18,188 --> 00:54:19,022
is about to get underway.

2522
00:54:19,022 --> 00:54:20,106
This is the recovery

2523
00:54:20,106 --> 00:54:20,974
operation phase.

2524
00:54:20,974 --> 00:54:21,925
Once the team

2525
00:54:21,925 --> 00:54:23,126
has officially confirmed

2526
00:54:23,126 --> 00:54:25,028
the exact touchdown location,

2527
00:54:25,028 --> 00:54:25,679
they'll be flying on

2528
00:54:25,679 --> 00:54:27,564
in four separate helicopters

2529
00:54:27,564 --> 00:54:28,982
and operate much like a Formula

2530
00:54:28,982 --> 00:54:29,516
One pit crew,

2531
00:54:29,516 --> 00:54:29,883
if you will,

2532
00:54:29,883 --> 00:54:31,201
to recover the SNC,

2533
00:54:31,201 --> 00:54:32,402
take environmental samples

2534
00:54:32,402 --> 00:54:33,186
at the landing zone.

2535
00:54:33,186 --> 00:54:34,254
The LC,

2536
00:54:34,254 --> 00:54:35,855
everyone has a role to play.

2537
00:54:35,855 --> 00:54:36,089
It's going

2538
00:54:36,089 --> 00:54:37,173
be simultaneous action

2539
00:54:37,173 --> 00:54:37,590
as they get

2540
00:54:37,590 --> 00:54:38,825
that SLC recovered

2541
00:54:38,825 --> 00:54:39,209
and begin

2542
00:54:39,209 --> 00:54:40,226
to do an environmental

2543
00:54:40,226 --> 00:54:41,428
safety sweep,

2544
00:54:41,428 --> 00:54:42,178
collecting samples

2545
00:54:42,178 --> 00:54:48,018
along the way.

2546
00:54:48,084 --> 00:54:49,052
You see our mission ops team

2547
00:54:49,052 --> 00:54:58,928
just next door.

2548
00:54:59,012 --> 00:54:59,796
I once again remind you

2549
00:54:59,796 --> 00:55:00,297
that the

2550
00:55:00,297 --> 00:55:00,997
sample canister

2551
00:55:00,997 --> 00:55:01,982
itself is not actually going

2552
00:55:01,982 --> 00:55:03,984
to be opened here at Dugway.

2553
00:55:03,984 --> 00:55:05,101
The next phase of the operation

2554
00:55:05,101 --> 00:55:05,518
is simply

2555
00:55:05,518 --> 00:55:06,720
to get that RC

2556
00:55:06,720 --> 00:55:07,887
into the portable clean room

2557
00:55:07,887 --> 00:55:08,822
that has been specifically

2558
00:55:08,822 --> 00:55:09,539
set up

2559
00:55:09,539 --> 00:55:12,042
for this recovery operation.

2560
00:55:12,125 --> 00:55:12,892
The team will then

2561
00:55:12,892 --> 00:55:14,577
remove the heat shield

2562
00:55:14,577 --> 00:55:16,079
protecting the ICRC

2563
00:55:16,079 --> 00:55:17,247
and its precious cargo

2564
00:55:17,247 --> 00:55:19,049
within the entire descent

2565
00:55:19,049 --> 00:55:19,649
through the entry,

2566
00:55:19,649 --> 00:55:20,817
descent and landing.

2567
00:55:20,817 --> 00:55:22,469
Remove the back shell

2568
00:55:22,469 --> 00:55:23,436
and then extract

2569
00:55:23,436 --> 00:55:24,571
the sample canister

2570
00:55:24,571 --> 00:55:26,222
within the Tagsam

2571
00:55:26,222 --> 00:55:27,424
just a few years ago

2572
00:55:27,424 --> 00:55:28,525
collected pieces

2573
00:55:28,525 --> 00:55:31,444
from the asteroid Bennu.

2574
00:55:31,444 --> 00:55:31,778
Today,

2575
00:55:31,778 --> 00:55:32,812
the goal is to get the sample

2576
00:55:32,812 --> 00:55:34,497
chemistry operations.

2577
00:55:34,497 --> 00:55:36,366
Helicopters three and four

2578
00:55:36,366 --> 00:55:37,467
are leaving

2579
00:55:37,467 --> 00:55:39,185
for the landing and that's it.

2580
00:55:39,185 --> 00:55:39,836
See some big smiles

2581
00:55:39,836 --> 00:55:40,503
from the team there.

2582
00:55:40,503 --> 00:55:40,954
They are getting

2583
00:55:40,954 --> 00:55:42,005
those helicopters out

2584
00:55:42,005 --> 00:55:43,056
to the landing ellipse

2585
00:55:43,056 --> 00:55:43,740
now to begin

2586
00:55:43,740 --> 00:55:46,076
those recovery operations.

2587
00:55:46,076 --> 00:55:47,277
The first person to approach

2588
00:55:47,277 --> 00:55:49,829
the SIRC is Stu Wiley,

2589
00:55:49,829 --> 00:55:50,280
our on scene.

2590
00:55:50,280 --> 00:55:50,814
Commander, you

2591
00:55:50,814 --> 00:55:51,598
the helicopter,

2592
00:55:51,598 --> 00:55:52,682
the last of them

2593
00:55:52,682 --> 00:55:53,550
taking off

2594
00:55:53,550 --> 00:55:54,451
from the big mountain

2595
00:55:54,451 --> 00:55:55,535
just at the edge

2596
00:55:55,535 --> 00:55:57,670
of that landing ellipse.

2597
00:55:57,754 --> 00:55:58,388
These helicopters

2598
00:55:58,388 --> 00:55:58,888
will have a

2599
00:55:58,888 --> 00:55:59,305
trip out

2600
00:55:59,305 --> 00:56:00,423
to find that exact

2601
00:56:00,423 --> 00:56:02,826
touchdown location of the CRC

2602
00:56:02,826 --> 00:56:03,176
and begin

2603
00:56:03,176 --> 00:56:04,077
this recovery operation.

2604
00:56:04,077 --> 00:56:05,161
Stu, while they are on scene,

2605
00:56:05,161 --> 00:56:05,729
Commander will be

2606
00:56:05,729 --> 00:56:07,080
the first person

2607
00:56:07,080 --> 00:56:09,332
to approach that SIRC.

2608
00:56:09,332 --> 00:56:10,083
He'll do an environmental

2609
00:56:10,083 --> 00:56:10,617
safety sweep,

2610
00:56:10,617 --> 00:56:11,101
checking for

2611
00:56:11,101 --> 00:56:12,919
unexploded ordinances.

2612
00:56:12,919 --> 00:56:13,470
As he mentioned

2613
00:56:13,470 --> 00:56:14,337
in his interview earlier

2614
00:56:14,337 --> 00:56:14,888
with Sophia,

2615
00:56:14,888 --> 00:56:15,922
he understands this range.

2616
00:56:15,922 --> 00:56:16,439
She's worked here

2617
00:56:16,439 --> 00:56:17,490
for a number of years.

2618
00:56:17,490 --> 00:56:18,541
He will brief the team

2619
00:56:18,541 --> 00:56:20,093
on any possible dangers

2620
00:56:20,093 --> 00:56:21,394
that would be present

2621
00:56:21,394 --> 00:56:22,078
presented to them

2622
00:56:22,078 --> 00:56:22,495
as they begin

2623
00:56:22,495 --> 00:56:25,148
their recovery operations.

2624
00:56:25,148 --> 00:56:25,648
And then the team

2625
00:56:25,648 --> 00:56:26,332
member from Lockheed

2626
00:56:26,332 --> 00:56:27,751
Martin will begin to take gas

2627
00:56:27,751 --> 00:56:28,585
and thermal readings

2628
00:56:28,585 --> 00:56:30,503
once the area is safe of that

2629
00:56:30,503 --> 00:56:31,738
as or see

2630
00:56:31,738 --> 00:56:32,705
to determine whether or not

2631
00:56:32,705 --> 00:56:33,473
it is at safe

2632
00:56:33,473 --> 00:56:34,407
operational levels

2633
00:56:34,407 --> 00:56:35,125
for the rest of the team

2634
00:56:35,125 --> 00:56:35,759
to begin the

2635
00:56:35,759 --> 00:56:38,027
recovery operations.

2636
00:56:38,094 --> 00:56:38,945
As I mentioned, this is going

2637
00:56:38,945 --> 00:56:39,963
to be simultaneous action

2638
00:56:39,963 --> 00:56:41,064
the team has prepared.

2639
00:56:41,064 --> 00:56:41,614
They're all going to be

2640
00:56:41,614 --> 00:56:42,682
wearing these bright

2641
00:56:42,682 --> 00:56:43,650
white movie

2642
00:56:43,650 --> 00:56:44,984
shirts, simple recovery shirts.

2643
00:56:44,984 --> 00:56:45,835
You'll see them

2644
00:56:45,835 --> 00:56:47,904
walking out to that simple

2645
00:56:47,904 --> 00:56:48,805
in just a few moments.

2646
00:56:48,805 --> 00:56:49,622
And once those helicopters

2647
00:56:49,622 --> 00:56:51,391
land,

2648
00:56:51,391 --> 00:56:52,325
a great view once again

2649
00:56:52,325 --> 00:56:53,243
from our high altitude plane,

2650
00:56:53,243 --> 00:56:54,778
you can see the parachute there

2651
00:56:54,778 --> 00:56:59,883
next to our SIRC.

2652
00:56:59,966 --> 00:57:01,234
There is a possibility

2653
00:57:01,234 --> 00:57:02,368
that there could be unexploded

2654
00:57:02,368 --> 00:57:04,471
ordinances from that parachute.

2655
00:57:04,471 --> 00:57:05,672
There is a mortar inside

2656
00:57:05,672 --> 00:57:06,806
that is to fire,

2657
00:57:06,806 --> 00:57:08,124
to disconnect the parachute

2658
00:57:08,124 --> 00:57:10,977
from the main SIRC

2659
00:57:10,977 --> 00:57:11,428
to help it

2660
00:57:11,428 --> 00:57:14,948
come to a final rest.

2661
00:57:15,031 --> 00:57:15,715
It's a bit challenging

2662
00:57:15,715 --> 00:57:16,766
to see from this perspective,

2663
00:57:16,766 --> 00:57:17,317
but there could be

2664
00:57:17,317 --> 00:57:18,234
some potential role

2665
00:57:18,234 --> 00:57:19,652
marks or skid marks

2666
00:57:19,652 --> 00:57:20,487
as that as our seat

2667
00:57:20,487 --> 00:57:21,488
came to a rest on the

2668
00:57:21,488 --> 00:57:23,857
rugged desert surface below.

2669
00:57:23,940 --> 00:57:24,908
As I mentioned, we did have

2670
00:57:24,908 --> 00:57:25,925
a bit of precipitation here

2671
00:57:25,925 --> 00:57:26,309
the other day,

2672
00:57:26,309 --> 00:57:27,894
so that should make for a nice

2673
00:57:27,894 --> 00:57:29,762
soft surface for the desert.

2674
00:57:29,762 --> 00:57:31,948
So it probably had a nice clean

2675
00:57:31,948 --> 00:57:33,366
landing there.

2676
00:57:33,366 --> 00:57:34,417
The team will assess

2677
00:57:34,417 --> 00:57:35,101
as they get out there

2678
00:57:35,101 --> 00:57:35,435
and check

2679
00:57:35,435 --> 00:57:37,103
exactly how our conditions

2680
00:57:37,103 --> 00:57:38,071
are for the ICRC

2681
00:57:38,071 --> 00:57:38,855
in the surrounding area.

2682
00:57:38,855 --> 00:57:40,056
You heard Stu mentioning

2683
00:57:40,056 --> 00:57:40,440
the team

2684
00:57:40,440 --> 00:57:42,158
might need to wear some boots.

2685
00:57:42,158 --> 00:57:43,042
The operations can get

2686
00:57:43,042 --> 00:57:44,093
a little bit slippery

2687
00:57:44,093 --> 00:57:44,844
as they begin

2688
00:57:44,844 --> 00:57:47,514
to recover that sample.

2689
00:57:47,514 --> 00:57:49,299
And this is a pristine sample

2690
00:57:49,299 --> 00:57:50,934
from the ancient solar system.

2691
00:57:50,934 --> 00:57:51,968
It could hold the clues

2692
00:57:51,968 --> 00:57:53,336
to how everything around us

2693
00:57:53,336 --> 00:57:54,637
came to be

2694
00:57:54,637 --> 00:57:55,321
from the formation

2695
00:57:55,321 --> 00:57:56,372
of the planets

2696
00:57:56,372 --> 00:57:57,757
to the origins of life

2697
00:57:57,757 --> 00:57:59,192
here on Earth.

2698
00:57:59,192 --> 00:57:59,943
Needless to say,

2699
00:57:59,943 --> 00:58:01,327
this is precious cargo

2700
00:58:01,327 --> 00:58:02,228
and the recovery team

2701
00:58:02,228 --> 00:58:03,146
is fully aware

2702
00:58:03,146 --> 00:58:04,614
of the gravity of the situation

2703
00:58:04,614 --> 00:58:05,798
and the importance of what

2704
00:58:05,798 --> 00:58:06,716
they're about to do today with

2705
00:58:06,716 --> 00:58:09,602
these recovery operations.

2706
00:58:09,686 --> 00:58:09,903
You can

2707
00:58:09,903 --> 00:58:10,920
see it looks like our parachute

2708
00:58:10,920 --> 00:58:12,989
has come to a stable rest.

2709
00:58:12,989 --> 00:58:13,439
The winds were

2710
00:58:13,439 --> 00:58:14,107
pretty low today,

2711
00:58:14,107 --> 00:58:14,674
so it looks like

2712
00:58:14,674 --> 00:58:16,142
it is not blowing at all.

2713
00:58:16,142 --> 00:58:17,494
It is almost perfectly flat,

2714
00:58:17,494 --> 00:58:19,145
at least from this perspective,

2715
00:58:19,145 --> 00:58:26,836
on that desert terrain

2716
00:58:26,903 --> 00:58:27,337
and throughout

2717
00:58:27,337 --> 00:58:28,104
all these operations,

2718
00:58:28,104 --> 00:58:28,705
the crew members

2719
00:58:28,705 --> 00:58:30,006
safety is paramount.

2720
00:58:30,006 --> 00:58:31,257
So you'll see the team

2721
00:58:31,257 --> 00:58:31,891
probably huddle up

2722
00:58:31,891 --> 00:58:32,458
a couple of times

2723
00:58:32,458 --> 00:58:32,842
as we begin

2724
00:58:32,842 --> 00:58:34,294
these recovery operations

2725
00:58:34,294 --> 00:58:34,711
to make sure

2726
00:58:34,711 --> 00:58:36,112
that everything is safe

2727
00:58:36,112 --> 00:58:37,463
and continues to be nominal

2728
00:58:37,463 --> 00:58:38,364
as they make

2729
00:58:38,364 --> 00:58:41,367
their initial safety sweep.

2730
00:58:41,618 --> 00:58:42,535
All of this recovery

2731
00:58:42,535 --> 00:58:44,003
should be a very quick process.

2732
00:58:44,003 --> 00:58:45,004
Usually they've rehearsed

2733
00:58:45,004 --> 00:58:46,055
for this again for months.

2734
00:58:46,055 --> 00:58:46,973
They've been out here

2735
00:58:46,973 --> 00:58:47,557
all summer

2736
00:58:47,557 --> 00:58:48,241
really rehearsing

2737
00:58:48,241 --> 00:58:48,775
for this moment.

2738
00:58:48,775 --> 00:58:49,542
They had to drop tests

2739
00:58:49,542 --> 00:58:50,793
last month.

2740
00:58:50,793 --> 00:58:52,078
They've also had

2741
00:58:52,078 --> 00:58:53,096
numerous rehearsals

2742
00:58:53,096 --> 00:58:53,846
actually practicing,

2743
00:58:53,846 --> 00:58:54,898
containing the necessary,

2744
00:58:54,898 --> 00:58:57,116
getting it on a simple

2745
00:58:57,116 --> 00:58:58,084
carrying fixture.

2746
00:58:58,084 --> 00:58:58,468
Recovery

2747
00:58:58,468 --> 00:59:00,336
operations WB has located

2748
00:59:00,336 --> 00:59:02,238
the parachute on the ground.

2749
00:59:02,238 --> 00:59:02,755
And you just heard

2750
00:59:02,755 --> 00:59:03,456
that confirmation

2751
00:59:03,456 --> 00:59:04,023
from that high

2752
00:59:04,023 --> 00:59:04,674
altitude plane

2753
00:59:04,674 --> 00:59:05,708
locating that parachute

2754
00:59:05,708 --> 00:59:07,076
on the ground.

2755
00:59:07,076 --> 00:59:08,044
This location info

2756
00:59:08,044 --> 00:59:09,145
will be relayed to our team

2757
00:59:09,145 --> 00:59:10,113
members aboard

2758
00:59:10,113 --> 00:59:11,364
those helicopters as they begin

2759
00:59:11,364 --> 00:59:12,265
their approach out

2760
00:59:12,265 --> 00:59:23,076
to the landing zone.

2761
00:59:23,159 --> 00:59:24,244
We do have that confirmation

2762
00:59:24,244 --> 00:59:25,328
from the high altitude plane.

2763
00:59:25,328 --> 00:59:25,862
As you just heard,

2764
00:59:25,862 --> 00:59:26,546
we're still working

2765
00:59:26,546 --> 00:59:27,413
to get confirmation

2766
00:59:27,413 --> 00:59:28,865
from our NASA

2767
00:59:28,865 --> 00:59:30,266
helicopter

2768
00:59:30,266 --> 00:59:31,568
is on its way out to that

2769
00:59:31,568 --> 00:59:33,202
landing zone as we speak.

2770
00:59:33,202 --> 00:59:33,653
So we should

2771
00:59:33,653 --> 00:59:35,071
hopefully have the view up in

2772
00:59:35,071 --> 00:59:36,956
just a few moments.

2773
00:59:36,956 --> 00:59:38,124
You continue to see our team

2774
00:59:38,124 --> 00:59:38,908
just next door with the mission

2775
00:59:38,908 --> 00:59:39,993
operations team

2776
00:59:39,993 --> 00:59:41,127
all looking at that high

2777
00:59:41,127 --> 00:59:45,281
altitude view

2778
00:59:45,365 --> 00:59:46,165
right in the middle there.

2779
00:59:46,165 --> 00:59:46,766
Just pointing around

2780
00:59:46,766 --> 00:59:47,333
with the U.V.

2781
00:59:47,333 --> 00:59:48,151
white shirt is Rick

2782
00:59:48,151 --> 00:59:48,668
Weatherspoon

2783
00:59:48,668 --> 00:59:49,352
from Lockheed Martin.

2784
00:59:49,352 --> 00:59:50,336
He has been leading

2785
00:59:50,336 --> 00:59:51,271
a lot of these operations

2786
00:59:51,271 --> 00:59:52,655
for the past couple of months.

2787
00:59:52,655 --> 00:59:53,573
He's been preparing the team

2788
00:59:53,573 --> 00:59:54,958
for this exact moment

2789
00:59:54,958 --> 00:59:55,742
and really has been

2790
00:59:55,742 --> 00:59:56,793
a great leader,

2791
00:59:56,793 --> 00:59:57,877
helping us get ready

2792
00:59:57,877 --> 01:00:10,123
for these recovery operations.

2793
01:00:10,206 --> 01:00:10,506
Yeah.

2794
01:00:10,506 --> 01:00:10,974
So this

2795
01:00:10,974 --> 01:00:12,025
ellipse here, this landing

2796
01:00:12,025 --> 01:00:14,043
zone is a quite large

2797
01:00:14,043 --> 01:00:14,577
set up here.

2798
01:00:14,577 --> 01:00:15,428
And this was chosen

2799
01:00:15,428 --> 01:00:17,730
intentionally for this mission.

2800
01:00:17,730 --> 01:00:19,165
It's about 37

2801
01:00:19,165 --> 01:00:20,783
miles by nine miles total.

2802
01:00:20,783 --> 01:00:22,285
This landing ellipse

2803
01:00:22,285 --> 01:00:23,436
out in the Utah Test

2804
01:00:23,436 --> 01:00:24,871
and training range here

2805
01:00:24,871 --> 01:00:26,639
in Dugway, Utah.

2806
01:00:26,639 --> 01:00:28,057
This is an enormous facility,

2807
01:00:28,057 --> 01:00:28,708
as you heard earlier.

2808
01:00:28,708 --> 01:00:29,492
It's about the size

2809
01:00:29,492 --> 01:00:30,209
of Rhode Island.

2810
01:00:30,209 --> 01:00:30,627
All in all,

2811
01:00:30,627 --> 01:00:32,729
this whole facility,

2812
01:00:32,729 --> 01:00:34,013
it's relatively flat,

2813
01:00:34,013 --> 01:00:35,131
very smooth terrain.

2814
01:00:35,131 --> 01:00:36,716
This desert.

2815
01:00:36,716 --> 01:00:37,417
So it's perfect

2816
01:00:37,417 --> 01:00:38,368
for bringing something back

2817
01:00:38,368 --> 01:00:38,851
and having that

2818
01:00:38,851 --> 01:00:40,770
nice, safe landing

2819
01:00:40,770 --> 01:00:45,575
on the desert surface.

2820
01:00:45,658 --> 01:00:46,376
Just a few years

2821
01:00:46,376 --> 01:00:47,644
ago, the Osiris-rex

2822
01:00:47,644 --> 01:00:49,562
spacecraft back in 2020

2823
01:00:49,562 --> 01:00:50,730
made its tag attempt,

2824
01:00:50,730 --> 01:00:51,864
the touch and go

2825
01:00:51,864 --> 01:00:53,282
attempt to actually collect

2826
01:00:53,282 --> 01:00:53,700
the sample

2827
01:00:53,700 --> 01:00:54,384
that is now landed

2828
01:00:54,384 --> 01:00:55,952
in this desert.

2829
01:00:55,952 --> 01:00:56,552
When it did that,

2830
01:00:56,552 --> 01:00:57,503
it was only at the surface

2831
01:00:57,503 --> 01:00:59,005
for just a couple seconds,

2832
01:00:59,005 --> 01:00:59,872
descending at a speed

2833
01:00:59,872 --> 01:01:00,907
about 11 centimeters

2834
01:01:00,907 --> 01:01:01,624
per second,

2835
01:01:01,624 --> 01:01:02,158
just a little bit

2836
01:01:02,158 --> 01:01:03,276
faster than a baby

2837
01:01:03,276 --> 01:01:04,227
that is crawling.

2838
01:01:04,227 --> 01:01:05,845
It's a very slow pace.

2839
01:01:05,845 --> 01:01:06,329
But they're able

2840
01:01:06,329 --> 01:01:08,314
to successfully get that sample

2841
01:01:08,314 --> 01:01:09,115
and bring it

2842
01:01:09,115 --> 01:01:09,716
from the edge

2843
01:01:09,716 --> 01:01:10,883
of our solar system

2844
01:01:10,883 --> 01:01:12,035
back to us here

2845
01:01:12,035 --> 01:01:12,635
at the Utah

2846
01:01:12,635 --> 01:01:18,041
Test and Training Range.

2847
01:01:18,124 --> 01:01:18,574
You can see our

2848
01:01:18,574 --> 01:01:19,258
full screen view

2849
01:01:19,258 --> 01:01:20,076
here of that high

2850
01:01:20,076 --> 01:01:21,627
altitude view,

2851
01:01:21,627 --> 01:01:22,795
looking at the parachute

2852
01:01:22,795 --> 01:01:23,496
at rest

2853
01:01:23,496 --> 01:01:26,099
on the surface of the desert.

2854
01:01:26,099 --> 01:01:27,450
This is at the Utah Test

2855
01:01:27,450 --> 01:01:30,002
and Training Range.

2856
01:01:30,002 --> 01:01:31,854
It's a wide open expanse here.

2857
01:01:31,854 --> 01:01:33,322
And the team

2858
01:01:33,322 --> 01:01:34,524
has this position when flown,

2859
01:01:34,524 --> 01:01:35,274
they'll be relaying

2860
01:01:35,274 --> 01:01:36,576
that to our helicopter teams

2861
01:01:36,576 --> 01:01:36,876
to begin

2862
01:01:36,876 --> 01:01:45,368
this recovery operations.

2863
01:01:45,451 --> 01:01:45,752
And we'll

2864
01:01:45,752 --> 01:01:45,985
you'll see

2865
01:01:45,985 --> 01:01:46,652
in a couple of seconds

2866
01:01:46,652 --> 01:01:47,403
here, the recovery

2867
01:01:47,403 --> 01:01:49,021
team, recovery crews,

2868
01:01:49,021 --> 01:01:50,106
our responsible

2869
01:01:50,106 --> 01:01:51,023
for securing the sample

2870
01:01:51,023 --> 01:01:52,325
return capsule,

2871
01:01:52,325 --> 01:01:53,976
the landing site around it,

2872
01:01:53,976 --> 01:01:55,628
and helicoptering the SLC

2873
01:01:55,628 --> 01:01:56,813
to a portable clean room

2874
01:01:56,813 --> 01:01:57,480
that's located

2875
01:01:57,480 --> 01:01:58,231
just next door

2876
01:01:58,231 --> 01:02:00,933
here on the range.

2877
01:02:00,933 --> 01:02:02,185
And just a little bit later

2878
01:02:02,185 --> 01:02:03,453
on, it's going to be attached

2879
01:02:03,453 --> 01:02:05,488
to a 100 foot long line

2880
01:02:05,488 --> 01:02:07,590
beneath one of the helicopters

2881
01:02:07,590 --> 01:02:08,124
and they will actually

2882
01:02:08,124 --> 01:02:09,058
be flown to the clean room.

2883
01:02:09,058 --> 01:02:09,726
This was determined

2884
01:02:09,726 --> 01:02:10,326
to be

2885
01:02:10,326 --> 01:02:11,194
the best possible

2886
01:02:11,194 --> 01:02:11,944
way to transport

2887
01:02:11,944 --> 01:02:14,163
that as safely and efficiently

2888
01:02:14,163 --> 01:02:15,631
to get it on a nitrogen purge

2889
01:02:15,631 --> 01:02:16,833
and maintain the pristine

2890
01:02:16,833 --> 01:02:19,001
nature of the sample within.

2891
01:02:19,085 --> 01:02:19,852
As I mentioned, this

2892
01:02:19,852 --> 01:02:20,403
is an

2893
01:02:20,403 --> 01:02:21,954
enormous ellipse,

2894
01:02:21,954 --> 01:02:23,823
37 by nine miles.

2895
01:02:23,823 --> 01:02:24,907
It's a large expanse

2896
01:02:24,907 --> 01:02:26,159
to cover by car.

2897
01:02:26,159 --> 01:02:27,059
It's a very bumpy ride

2898
01:02:27,059 --> 01:02:27,326
out there

2899
01:02:27,326 --> 01:02:28,444
as you kind of start

2900
01:02:28,444 --> 01:02:29,195
to make your approach

2901
01:02:29,195 --> 01:02:31,197
across this rugged terrain

2902
01:02:31,197 --> 01:02:32,064
with the helicopters,

2903
01:02:32,064 --> 01:02:33,032
it will be approximately

2904
01:02:33,032 --> 01:02:33,783
a 20 minute

2905
01:02:33,783 --> 01:02:35,017
flight back

2906
01:02:35,017 --> 01:02:35,735
within us or see

2907
01:02:35,735 --> 01:02:36,152
they take it

2908
01:02:36,152 --> 01:02:38,004
at a nice slow pace,

2909
01:02:38,004 --> 01:02:39,055
effectively parading

2910
01:02:39,055 --> 01:02:40,506
the SLC around,

2911
01:02:40,506 --> 01:02:42,809
just giving it its last

2912
01:02:42,809 --> 01:02:45,178
big moment as it is

2913
01:02:45,178 --> 01:02:46,312
served its purpose sufficiently

2914
01:02:46,312 --> 01:02:46,679
at this point

2915
01:02:46,679 --> 01:02:47,697
of getting that sample

2916
01:02:47,697 --> 01:02:53,136
canister safely here to Earth.

2917
01:02:53,219 --> 01:02:54,203
Once we actually land

2918
01:02:54,203 --> 01:02:54,654
and begin

2919
01:02:54,654 --> 01:02:55,438
this recovery operations,

2920
01:02:55,438 --> 01:02:55,688
you'll see

2921
01:02:55,688 --> 01:02:56,522
a lot of team members out

2922
01:02:56,522 --> 01:02:58,524
beginning to take samples,

2923
01:02:58,524 --> 01:02:59,225
both air

2924
01:02:59,225 --> 01:03:00,209
and also soil samples

2925
01:03:00,209 --> 01:03:01,477
from around the area.

2926
01:03:01,477 --> 01:03:03,963
These are places of interest

2927
01:03:03,963 --> 01:03:05,164
for the sample curation team

2928
01:03:05,164 --> 01:03:06,115
that will actually open up

2929
01:03:06,115 --> 01:03:06,866
the sample canister

2930
01:03:06,866 --> 01:03:07,834
in the coming days.

2931
01:03:07,834 --> 01:03:08,734
Down at the Johnson

2932
01:03:08,734 --> 01:03:10,987
Space Center in Houston, Texas.

2933
01:03:10,987 --> 01:03:12,722
They have a phenomenal sample

2934
01:03:12,722 --> 01:03:14,257
curation facility there.

2935
01:03:14,257 --> 01:03:15,424
And these samples from asteroid

2936
01:03:15,424 --> 01:03:16,442
BENNU will join

2937
01:03:16,442 --> 01:03:18,177
a historic collection

2938
01:03:18,177 --> 01:03:19,295
of other asteroid materials,

2939
01:03:19,295 --> 01:03:20,313
including samples

2940
01:03:20,313 --> 01:03:20,947
from the Apollo

2941
01:03:20,947 --> 01:03:21,814
mission,

2942
01:03:21,814 --> 01:03:23,099
samples from both the Stardust

2943
01:03:23,099 --> 01:03:24,750
and Genesis missions,

2944
01:03:24,750 --> 01:03:26,786
as well as Antarctic meteorites

2945
01:03:26,786 --> 01:03:27,353
that were collected

2946
01:03:27,353 --> 01:03:30,556
by our scientists.

2947
01:03:30,623 --> 01:03:31,107
In the coming

2948
01:03:31,107 --> 01:03:31,774
days, we'll actually know

2949
01:03:31,774 --> 01:03:32,825
exactly how much sample

2950
01:03:32,825 --> 01:03:33,726
we got back from Bennu.

2951
01:03:33,726 --> 01:03:34,644
The original

2952
01:03:34,644 --> 01:03:35,795
mission requirement

2953
01:03:35,795 --> 01:03:36,846
was 60 grams

2954
01:03:36,846 --> 01:03:38,431
of pristine sample

2955
01:03:38,431 --> 01:03:41,184
from the asteroid surface

2956
01:03:41,184 --> 01:03:41,767
based on some

2957
01:03:41,767 --> 01:03:43,319
very clever engineering.

2958
01:03:43,319 --> 01:03:44,453
The team believes

2959
01:03:44,453 --> 01:03:44,971
that they have

2960
01:03:44,971 --> 01:03:47,406
potentially 250 grams

2961
01:03:47,406 --> 01:03:48,090
or six times

2962
01:03:48,090 --> 01:03:48,424
that mission

2963
01:03:48,424 --> 01:03:56,015
requirement inside.

2964
01:03:56,098 --> 01:03:56,916
And so we just heard that

2965
01:03:56,916 --> 01:03:58,117
unofficial touchdown

2966
01:03:58,117 --> 01:04:00,903
time was at 8:52 a.m.

2967
01:04:00,903 --> 01:04:02,004
Mountain Time

2968
01:04:02,004 --> 01:04:03,206
here at the Utah Test

2969
01:04:03,206 --> 01:04:03,906
and Training Range

2970
01:04:03,906 --> 01:04:05,825
in Dugway, Utah.

2971
01:04:05,825 --> 01:04:06,659
If you're just joining us,

2972
01:04:06,659 --> 01:04:07,710
you see that view right now

2973
01:04:07,710 --> 01:04:08,377
from one of our high

2974
01:04:08,377 --> 01:04:09,545
altitude planes

2975
01:04:09,545 --> 01:04:10,863
observing our touchdown

2976
01:04:10,863 --> 01:04:12,565
location.

2977
01:04:12,565 --> 01:04:14,400
On your screen, just above that

2978
01:04:14,400 --> 01:04:15,935
crosshair is the orange

2979
01:04:15,935 --> 01:04:17,703
creamsicle colored parachute

2980
01:04:17,703 --> 01:04:19,055
that brought us the last part

2981
01:04:19,055 --> 01:04:19,822
of our journey down to

2982
01:04:19,822 --> 01:04:36,105
the surface of the earth.

2983
01:04:36,188 --> 01:04:36,839
You heard from Jim

2984
01:04:36,839 --> 01:04:37,323
earlier that,

2985
01:04:37,323 --> 01:04:37,957
I mean, parachutes

2986
01:04:37,957 --> 01:04:40,743
about 24 feet across,

2987
01:04:40,743 --> 01:04:41,827
fairly large parachute

2988
01:04:41,827 --> 01:04:43,446
that helped us decelerate

2989
01:04:43,446 --> 01:04:56,075
on our last leg of the journey.

2990
01:04:56,158 --> 01:04:56,792
And so we just heard

2991
01:04:56,792 --> 01:04:57,693
a confirmation, actually,

2992
01:04:57,693 --> 01:04:58,561
that the main parachute

2993
01:04:58,561 --> 01:04:59,428
deployed much higher

2994
01:04:59,428 --> 01:04:59,679
than it

2995
01:04:59,679 --> 01:05:01,464
was originally anticipated.

2996
01:05:01,464 --> 01:05:02,431
It was originally supposed

2997
01:05:02,431 --> 01:05:02,798
to deploy

2998
01:05:02,798 --> 01:05:05,284
at about 5000 feet elevation,

2999
01:05:05,284 --> 01:05:06,485
but it actually deployed

3000
01:05:06,485 --> 01:05:08,337
at around 20,000 feet,

3001
01:05:08,337 --> 01:05:09,572
so much higher up.

3002
01:05:09,572 --> 01:05:10,256
So that would explain

3003
01:05:10,256 --> 01:05:12,058
our kind of earlier touchdown

3004
01:05:12,058 --> 01:05:21,217
than expected here.

3005
01:05:21,300 --> 01:05:22,919
Still has touchdown

3006
01:05:22,919 --> 01:05:23,753
on the Utah test

3007
01:05:23,753 --> 01:05:38,200
and training range.

3008
01:05:38,284 --> 01:05:39,218
Team members continue

3009
01:05:39,218 --> 01:05:40,836
to fly out to this location

3010
01:05:40,836 --> 01:05:42,989
aboard helicopters.

3011
01:05:42,989 --> 01:05:43,439
As I mentioned,

3012
01:05:43,439 --> 01:05:44,423
there are four recovery

3013
01:05:44,423 --> 01:05:47,143
helicopters in total.

3014
01:05:47,143 --> 01:05:48,227
The mission operations team

3015
01:05:48,227 --> 01:05:48,844
is continuing

3016
01:05:48,844 --> 01:05:53,015
to monitor the situation.

3017
01:05:53,099 --> 01:05:53,783
They're the ones who are

3018
01:05:53,783 --> 01:05:54,367
relaying us

3019
01:05:54,367 --> 01:05:54,834
that info

3020
01:05:54,834 --> 01:05:55,718
about the high parachute

3021
01:05:55,718 --> 01:05:57,503
deployment, the 20,000 foot

3022
01:05:57,503 --> 01:06:03,376
parachute deployment.

3023
01:06:03,442 --> 01:06:04,043
They're going to be

3024
01:06:04,043 --> 01:06:05,044
assessing the situation

3025
01:06:05,044 --> 01:06:06,028
from there, interviewing

3026
01:06:06,028 --> 01:06:07,229
any possible info

3027
01:06:07,229 --> 01:06:08,364
over to our recovery teams

3028
01:06:08,364 --> 01:06:09,365
as they begin

3029
01:06:09,365 --> 01:06:10,616
to make their trip

3030
01:06:10,616 --> 01:06:25,665
out to our SIRC.

3031
01:06:25,748 --> 01:06:26,932
One of the first goals once

3032
01:06:26,932 --> 01:06:27,516
the team gets out

3033
01:06:27,516 --> 01:06:28,501
there is to safe

3034
01:06:28,501 --> 01:06:30,786
and stow the parachute

3035
01:06:30,786 --> 01:06:31,137
and begin

3036
01:06:31,137 --> 01:06:32,455
to mark places of interest.

3037
01:06:32,455 --> 01:06:32,972
As I mentioned,

3038
01:06:32,972 --> 01:06:33,839
for the curation team

3039
01:06:33,839 --> 01:06:36,325
to begin sampling.

3040
01:06:36,325 --> 01:06:37,259
This is all very well

3041
01:06:37,259 --> 01:06:38,160
coordinated machine,

3042
01:06:38,160 --> 01:06:38,694
very well

3043
01:06:38,694 --> 01:06:39,328
oiled machine

3044
01:06:39,328 --> 01:06:41,881
that operates in tandem.

3045
01:06:41,881 --> 01:06:43,582
They've rehearsed

3046
01:06:43,582 --> 01:06:58,514
extensively for this moment.

3047
01:06:58,597 --> 01:06:59,732
So we just heard from the team

3048
01:06:59,732 --> 01:07:00,983
in that mission operations room

3049
01:07:00,983 --> 01:07:01,951
that they have visual

3050
01:07:01,951 --> 01:07:02,818
of the

3051
01:07:02,818 --> 01:07:03,686
that orange parachute

3052
01:07:03,686 --> 01:07:04,203
that you saw

3053
01:07:04,203 --> 01:07:05,821
on your screen moments ago.

3054
01:07:05,821 --> 01:07:06,489
But we do not yet

3055
01:07:06,489 --> 01:07:07,506
have visual confirmation

3056
01:07:07,506 --> 01:07:09,992
of the source itself.

3057
01:07:09,992 --> 01:07:10,826
The team is continuing

3058
01:07:10,826 --> 01:07:12,428
to survey the region,

3059
01:07:12,428 --> 01:07:13,112
looking for that

3060
01:07:13,112 --> 01:07:33,783
sample return capsule

3061
01:07:33,866 --> 01:07:35,818
recovery operations

3062
01:07:35,818 --> 01:07:36,952
heroes one and two

3063
01:07:36,952 --> 01:07:38,154
are in the area

3064
01:07:38,154 --> 01:07:39,488
of the landing site

3065
01:07:39,488 --> 01:07:39,805
and they

3066
01:07:39,805 --> 01:07:42,324
in the search operation.

3067
01:07:42,324 --> 01:07:42,925
So you just heard that

3068
01:07:42,925 --> 01:07:43,793
call out from Tim Presser,

3069
01:07:43,793 --> 01:07:44,677
who you see on your screen

3070
01:07:44,677 --> 01:07:45,327
there from the mishap

3071
01:07:45,327 --> 01:07:46,328
mission operations room.

3072
01:07:46,328 --> 01:07:47,246
He just announced that

3073
01:07:47,246 --> 01:07:48,064
he'll lose one or two

3074
01:07:48,064 --> 01:07:49,465
are now at that landing site.

3075
01:07:49,465 --> 01:07:50,483
They're pointing out

3076
01:07:50,483 --> 01:07:51,217
something on the screen.

3077
01:07:51,217 --> 01:07:51,967
I see some smiles.

3078
01:07:51,967 --> 01:07:52,868
It seems like

3079
01:07:52,868 --> 01:07:53,936
we might have potentially

3080
01:07:53,936 --> 01:07:54,870
some more information on

3081
01:07:54,870 --> 01:07:55,321
that as our

3082
01:07:55,321 --> 01:07:58,624
see in the coming moments.

3083
01:07:58,707 --> 01:07:59,175
He was one

3084
01:07:59,175 --> 01:08:00,176
and two will be serving

3085
01:08:00,176 --> 01:08:01,527
this region,

3086
01:08:01,527 --> 01:08:02,995
looking for both that search

3087
01:08:02,995 --> 01:08:04,146
and also

3088
01:08:04,146 --> 01:08:05,097
eyeing up the region,

3089
01:08:05,097 --> 01:08:06,365
looking at that parachute

3090
01:08:06,365 --> 01:08:07,166
that was deployed

3091
01:08:07,166 --> 01:08:08,167
to the operations

3092
01:08:08,167 --> 01:08:11,153
of all of the ground supported

3093
01:08:11,403 --> 01:08:12,805
vehicles, have left work

3094
01:08:12,805 --> 01:08:15,207
and are in pursuit of earnings.

3095
01:08:15,207 --> 01:08:16,559
Okay.

3096
01:08:16,559 --> 01:08:17,243
So more team

3097
01:08:17,243 --> 01:08:17,877
members are going to be

3098
01:08:17,877 --> 01:08:18,511
heading out to that

3099
01:08:18,511 --> 01:08:19,261
landing zone as well

3100
01:08:19,261 --> 01:08:19,829
in support

3101
01:08:19,829 --> 01:08:20,913
of those four helicopters.

3102
01:08:20,913 --> 01:08:22,465
That will be the main

3103
01:08:22,465 --> 01:08:26,836
group recovering that sample.

3104
01:08:26,902 --> 01:08:28,170
The main helicopter will be

3105
01:08:28,170 --> 01:08:29,155
actually attaching

3106
01:08:29,155 --> 01:08:30,089
that sample return capsule

3107
01:08:30,089 --> 01:08:32,792
once the team has it located

3108
01:08:32,792 --> 01:08:34,026
and ready to prepare

3109
01:08:34,026 --> 01:08:35,694
for recovery operations,

3110
01:08:35,694 --> 01:08:36,362
they will load that

3111
01:08:36,362 --> 01:08:38,814
on Long Island,

3112
01:08:38,814 --> 01:08:40,116
can see some once again,

3113
01:08:40,116 --> 01:08:40,733
some team members

3114
01:08:40,733 --> 01:08:41,433
pointing out items

3115
01:08:41,433 --> 01:08:42,067
on the screen here.

3116
01:08:42,067 --> 01:08:42,535
We'll hopefully

3117
01:08:42,535 --> 01:08:44,069
get confirmation

3118
01:08:44,069 --> 01:08:45,437
in the coming minutes of that

3119
01:08:45,437 --> 01:08:49,692
as our location.

3120
01:08:49,775 --> 01:08:50,793
Tim Fries are pointing

3121
01:08:50,793 --> 01:08:52,595
at the screen now, wondering

3122
01:08:52,595 --> 01:08:54,063
if he has any more information

3123
01:08:54,063 --> 01:08:54,780
for us on where

3124
01:08:54,780 --> 01:08:55,381
that sample return

3125
01:08:55,381 --> 01:08:57,900
capsule location would be.

3126
01:08:57,900 --> 01:08:59,335
We do have visual confirmation

3127
01:08:59,335 --> 01:09:00,035
of that parachute.

3128
01:09:00,035 --> 01:09:18,771
As I mentioned,

3129
01:09:18,854 --> 01:09:19,688
where there's been reading

3130
01:09:19,688 --> 01:09:20,156
out to the team.

3131
01:09:20,156 --> 01:09:20,856
And now we have a view

3132
01:09:20,856 --> 01:09:23,609
from our helicopter

3133
01:09:23,609 --> 01:09:24,877
of the landing location.

3134
01:09:24,877 --> 01:09:27,062
You can see the sample return

3135
01:09:27,062 --> 01:09:28,047
capsule dead center

3136
01:09:28,047 --> 01:09:28,497
on your screen,

3137
01:09:28,497 --> 01:09:29,815
that kind of dark gray

3138
01:09:29,815 --> 01:09:31,650
black object right there.

3139
01:09:31,650 --> 01:09:32,701
And then just to

3140
01:09:32,701 --> 01:09:33,602
the right of it

3141
01:09:33,602 --> 01:09:33,986
a little bit

3142
01:09:33,986 --> 01:09:35,938
below is our parachute

3143
01:09:35,938 --> 01:09:36,956
that appears to be resting

3144
01:09:36,956 --> 01:09:37,523
on the surface.

3145
01:09:37,523 --> 01:09:38,557
We're getting a zoom in now

3146
01:09:38,557 --> 01:09:40,142
from our NASA's helicopter.

3147
01:09:40,142 --> 01:09:41,610
And you can see now the SSR.

3148
01:09:41,610 --> 01:09:43,195
See at last

3149
01:09:43,195 --> 01:09:44,430
we have a visual of it

3150
01:09:44,430 --> 01:09:45,598
on the surface of the

3151
01:09:45,598 --> 01:09:48,033
Utah Test and training range.

3152
01:09:48,117 --> 01:09:48,784
I'm sure that is

3153
01:09:48,784 --> 01:09:49,435
a pleasant sight

3154
01:09:49,435 --> 01:09:51,787
for the team to see.

3155
01:09:51,787 --> 01:09:53,556
Recovery operations,

3156
01:09:53,556 --> 01:09:56,392
You have to have visual on the

3157
01:09:56,392 --> 01:09:57,142
I repeat,

3158
01:09:57,142 --> 01:09:59,078
as far as he has been located

3159
01:09:59,078 --> 01:10:00,396
and we have a visual on that,

3160
01:10:00,396 --> 01:10:00,746
as I see,

3161
01:10:00,746 --> 01:10:01,697
it appears that the parachute

3162
01:10:01,697 --> 01:10:02,581
has also disconnected.

3163
01:10:02,581 --> 01:10:03,716
It's a little bit off

3164
01:10:03,716 --> 01:10:05,401
from that as RC

3165
01:10:05,401 --> 01:10:06,635
disconnecting from the back

3166
01:10:06,635 --> 01:10:07,286
channel,

3167
01:10:07,286 --> 01:10:08,137
the appears

3168
01:10:08,137 --> 01:10:09,505
to be resting on its nose.

3169
01:10:09,505 --> 01:10:10,472
That heat shield

3170
01:10:10,472 --> 01:10:11,190
that protected it

3171
01:10:11,190 --> 01:10:12,007
the whole way down

3172
01:10:12,007 --> 01:10:14,994
through that entry and landing.

3173
01:10:15,060 --> 01:10:15,578
Lockheed

3174
01:10:15,578 --> 01:10:16,762
is celebrating that moment.

3175
01:10:16,762 --> 01:10:17,846
I'm sure they're breathing

3176
01:10:17,846 --> 01:10:19,348
another sigh of relief here.

3177
01:10:19,348 --> 01:10:20,332
It's been a wild morning

3178
01:10:20,332 --> 01:10:21,183
for everyone involved.

3179
01:10:21,183 --> 01:10:21,717
They've been up

3180
01:10:21,717 --> 01:10:22,685
since the crack of dawn

3181
01:10:22,685 --> 01:10:23,552
just a little bit further north

3182
01:10:23,552 --> 01:10:25,287
from us in Waterton, Colorado.

3183
01:10:25,287 --> 01:10:26,255
They gave the go command

3184
01:10:26,255 --> 01:10:27,239
to actually release

3185
01:10:27,239 --> 01:10:27,957
that SRT

3186
01:10:27,957 --> 01:10:29,124
that you see on your screen

3187
01:10:29,124 --> 01:10:29,875
right there

3188
01:10:29,875 --> 01:10:31,377
from the Osiris-rex spacecraft

3189
01:10:31,377 --> 01:10:33,128
about 4 hours ago.

3190
01:10:33,128 --> 01:10:33,479
It then

3191
01:10:33,479 --> 01:10:35,214
ventured entirely on its own

3192
01:10:35,214 --> 01:10:36,565
and now sits on its own

3193
01:10:36,565 --> 01:10:37,616
For us here in the Utah

3194
01:10:37,616 --> 01:10:41,136
Test and Training Range.

3195
01:10:41,220 --> 01:10:42,154
So now that we have visual,

3196
01:10:42,154 --> 01:10:43,255
the teams should be able

3197
01:10:43,255 --> 01:10:43,822
to begin

3198
01:10:43,822 --> 01:10:45,157
the recovery operations

3199
01:10:45,157 --> 01:10:47,243
in just a few moments.

3200
01:10:47,243 --> 01:10:47,943
As I mentioned, that

3201
01:10:47,943 --> 01:10:49,194
first person on scene

3202
01:10:49,194 --> 01:10:52,197
will be the on scene Stu Wylie.

3203
01:10:52,298 --> 01:10:52,715
He'll be doing

3204
01:10:52,715 --> 01:10:53,499
an environmental sweep.

3205
01:10:53,499 --> 01:10:54,650
We're getting a nice close up.

3206
01:10:54,650 --> 01:10:55,084
You can see

3207
01:10:55,084 --> 01:10:57,036
the parachute disconnected

3208
01:10:57,036 --> 01:10:57,603
and see some of

3209
01:10:57,603 --> 01:10:59,521
the wiring of it there.

3210
01:10:59,521 --> 01:11:00,606
Just a little bit off

3211
01:11:00,606 --> 01:11:02,725
the edge of our SSD.

3212
01:11:02,725 --> 01:11:03,943
The SLC looks quite

3213
01:11:03,943 --> 01:11:05,010
charred up from that entry

3214
01:11:05,010 --> 01:11:07,313
and that was expected

3215
01:11:07,313 --> 01:11:08,664
as we heated up to temperatures

3216
01:11:08,664 --> 01:11:10,199
over 5000 degrees

3217
01:11:10,199 --> 01:11:11,517
Fahrenheit upon entry

3218
01:11:11,517 --> 01:11:14,520
into Earth's atmosphere.

3219
01:11:14,520 --> 01:11:15,487
You see a great visual,

3220
01:11:15,487 --> 01:11:16,088
some of that rugged

3221
01:11:16,088 --> 01:11:17,222
terrain out there,

3222
01:11:17,222 --> 01:11:18,807
just a sweeping expanse,

3223
01:11:18,807 --> 01:11:20,309
very panoramic terrain

3224
01:11:20,309 --> 01:11:21,060
at the Utah Test

3225
01:11:21,060 --> 01:11:23,279
and Training range.

3226
01:11:23,279 --> 01:11:24,213
It's a great location

3227
01:11:24,213 --> 01:11:26,465
us to land this sample.

3228
01:11:26,548 --> 01:11:27,333
The team looking

3229
01:11:27,333 --> 01:11:28,017
a lot more relieved

3230
01:11:28,017 --> 01:11:28,317
now that we

3231
01:11:28,317 --> 01:11:32,888
actually have visual

3232
01:11:32,972 --> 01:11:33,872
and we should be able to begin

3233
01:11:33,872 --> 01:11:34,406
this recovery

3234
01:11:34,406 --> 01:11:41,947
operations shortly.

3235
01:11:42,031 --> 01:11:42,865
Inside that sample

3236
01:11:42,865 --> 01:11:43,916
return capsule

3237
01:11:43,916 --> 01:11:45,084
are pieces of

3238
01:11:45,084 --> 01:11:47,403
the asteroid BENNU

3239
01:11:47,403 --> 01:11:48,120
will be getting access

3240
01:11:48,120 --> 01:11:49,088
to those samples

3241
01:11:49,088 --> 01:11:50,005
in just a few days

3242
01:11:50,005 --> 01:11:50,372
and actually

3243
01:11:50,372 --> 01:11:51,690
seeing exactly what we got

3244
01:11:51,690 --> 01:11:55,060
from the asteroid regolith.

3245
01:11:55,144 --> 01:11:57,096
This mission continues to amaze

3246
01:11:57,096 --> 01:11:58,113
me and everyone involved here.

3247
01:11:58,113 --> 01:11:59,948
The engineering is ingenious

3248
01:11:59,948 --> 01:12:00,232
for this

3249
01:12:00,232 --> 01:12:00,816
mission,

3250
01:12:00,816 --> 01:12:01,717
getting us with

3251
01:12:01,717 --> 01:12:02,584
a robotic explorer

3252
01:12:02,584 --> 01:12:03,002
to the edge

3253
01:12:03,002 --> 01:12:04,103
of the solar system,

3254
01:12:04,103 --> 01:12:06,188
collecting that sample safely,

3255
01:12:06,188 --> 01:12:07,056
stowing it

3256
01:12:07,056 --> 01:12:08,307
and then actually transporting

3257
01:12:08,307 --> 01:12:09,875
it back here to Earth

3258
01:12:09,875 --> 01:12:18,851
for us to open up and analyze

3259
01:12:18,934 --> 01:12:19,651
the surface

3260
01:12:19,651 --> 01:12:20,669
today was

3261
01:12:20,669 --> 01:12:21,603
probably a little bit soft.

3262
01:12:21,603 --> 01:12:23,222
So it looks like it's resting

3263
01:12:23,222 --> 01:12:24,089
a little bit far off

3264
01:12:24,089 --> 01:12:25,290
the actual desert.

3265
01:12:25,290 --> 01:12:25,774
It doesn't appear

3266
01:12:25,774 --> 01:12:26,642
to have dug in too much

3267
01:12:26,642 --> 01:12:27,443
with that nose cone

3268
01:12:27,443 --> 01:12:38,987
from the heat shield.

3269
01:12:39,054 --> 01:12:39,655
You were here with

3270
01:12:39,655 --> 01:12:40,572
us as we witness

3271
01:12:40,572 --> 01:12:41,557
this historic moment.

3272
01:12:41,557 --> 01:12:42,841
It's the first time

3273
01:12:42,841 --> 01:12:44,009
the United States has delivered

3274
01:12:44,009 --> 01:12:45,027
samples from an asteroid

3275
01:12:45,027 --> 01:12:46,328
to Earth.

3276
01:12:46,328 --> 01:12:46,912
And these samples

3277
01:12:46,912 --> 01:12:48,414
will be analyzed for decades

3278
01:12:48,414 --> 01:12:49,314
to come in

3279
01:12:49,314 --> 01:12:55,788
laboratories around the world.

3280
01:12:55,854 --> 01:12:57,423
And there is landing

3281
01:12:57,423 --> 01:12:58,741
of our first helicopter

3282
01:12:58,741 --> 01:13:00,008
at the site

3283
01:13:00,008 --> 01:13:00,843
appears to have a nice

3284
01:13:00,843 --> 01:13:01,560
soft landing.

3285
01:13:01,560 --> 01:13:02,845
We're just probably a couple

3286
01:13:02,845 --> 01:13:03,595
hundred feet over

3287
01:13:03,595 --> 01:13:05,514
the operations.

3288
01:13:05,514 --> 01:13:08,467
Eagle One has landed

3289
01:13:08,467 --> 01:13:09,985
at the recovery site.

3290
01:13:09,985 --> 01:13:10,886
So our first helicopter,

3291
01:13:10,886 --> 01:13:11,820
you just heard confirmation

3292
01:13:11,820 --> 01:13:12,604
and you can see visual

3293
01:13:12,604 --> 01:13:13,806
confirmation of that landing.

3294
01:13:13,806 --> 01:13:14,857
We're maybe about 100,

3295
01:13:14,857 --> 01:13:15,691
200 feet away,

3296
01:13:15,691 --> 01:13:17,693
landing away from that sample.

3297
01:13:17,693 --> 01:13:18,627
So a little bit of a hike

3298
01:13:18,627 --> 01:13:19,378
for our team members

3299
01:13:19,378 --> 01:13:20,879
to get out to that sample

3300
01:13:20,879 --> 01:13:22,297
return capsule and begin our

3301
01:13:22,297 --> 01:13:25,150
environmental safety sweep,

3302
01:13:25,234 --> 01:13:26,335
as I mentioned, are on scene.

3303
01:13:26,335 --> 01:13:27,002
Commander Stu

3304
01:13:27,002 --> 01:13:28,771
Wiley will be the first person

3305
01:13:28,771 --> 01:13:29,288
of the team

3306
01:13:29,288 --> 01:13:31,256
to actually approach the sample

3307
01:13:31,256 --> 01:13:31,507
check.

3308
01:13:31,507 --> 01:13:32,908
The area for any unexploded

3309
01:13:32,908 --> 01:13:33,625
ordnance is

3310
01:13:33,625 --> 01:13:34,793
USO's

3311
01:13:34,793 --> 01:13:35,677
that could possibly

3312
01:13:35,677 --> 01:13:37,796
be out there on the range

3313
01:13:37,796 --> 01:13:38,664
and then also make sure

3314
01:13:38,664 --> 01:13:40,499
that that RC is safe

3315
01:13:40,499 --> 01:13:41,917
for our operations team

3316
01:13:41,917 --> 01:13:47,623
to approach and begin recovery.

3317
01:13:47,706 --> 01:13:48,690
You can see where

3318
01:13:48,690 --> 01:13:49,741
that parachute disconnected

3319
01:13:49,741 --> 01:13:51,210
from the top of that.

3320
01:13:51,210 --> 01:13:52,494
Our that is the black shield

3321
01:13:52,494 --> 01:13:54,113
that you see right there

3322
01:13:54,113 --> 01:13:54,847
at the very top

3323
01:13:54,847 --> 01:13:55,914
with that little bit of white

3324
01:13:55,914 --> 01:13:56,398
wiring

3325
01:13:56,398 --> 01:13:58,517
still coming out of the top.

3326
01:13:58,517 --> 01:14:01,386
Our SC perfectly landed there

3327
01:14:01,386 --> 01:14:02,137
on the Utah Test

3328
01:14:02,137 --> 01:14:07,126
and training range.

3329
01:14:07,192 --> 01:14:08,043
So what you're about to see

3330
01:14:08,043 --> 01:14:08,343
happening

3331
01:14:08,343 --> 01:14:09,294
next is

3332
01:14:09,294 --> 01:14:10,312
the process

3333
01:14:10,312 --> 01:14:12,331
of recovery operations.

3334
01:14:12,331 --> 01:14:14,066
This is a key

3335
01:14:14,066 --> 01:14:15,417
moment of today's events

3336
01:14:15,417 --> 01:14:16,385
to actually get that s

3337
01:14:16,385 --> 01:14:18,237
RC from out in the desert

3338
01:14:18,237 --> 01:14:19,171
into our portable

3339
01:14:19,171 --> 01:14:21,306
clean room here at Dugway.

3340
01:14:21,390 --> 01:14:23,192
It is crucial that we maintain

3341
01:14:23,192 --> 01:14:24,276
the pristine

3342
01:14:24,276 --> 01:14:25,260
of this sample

3343
01:14:25,260 --> 01:14:25,928
that we got back

3344
01:14:25,928 --> 01:14:28,197
from asteroid BENNU.

3345
01:14:28,197 --> 01:14:28,914
It could hold the clues

3346
01:14:28,914 --> 01:14:29,882
to how everything around us

3347
01:14:29,882 --> 01:14:30,966
came to be from the formation

3348
01:14:30,966 --> 01:14:31,500
of the planets

3349
01:14:31,500 --> 01:14:32,768
to origins of life here.

3350
01:14:32,768 --> 01:14:34,319
So the team understands

3351
01:14:34,319 --> 01:14:35,487
just how crucial

3352
01:14:35,487 --> 01:14:37,840
the contents of that s RC is,

3353
01:14:37,840 --> 01:14:38,407
and they're going to work

3354
01:14:38,407 --> 01:14:39,475
as efficiently

3355
01:14:39,475 --> 01:14:40,592
and as safely

3356
01:14:40,592 --> 01:14:41,577
as possible to get

3357
01:14:41,577 --> 01:14:43,829
that SLC contained

3358
01:14:43,829 --> 01:14:44,313
wrapped up

3359
01:14:44,313 --> 01:14:45,147
in thermal blanketing,

3360
01:14:45,147 --> 01:14:46,315
placed in a

3361
01:14:46,315 --> 01:14:48,333
simple carrying fixture

3362
01:14:48,333 --> 01:14:49,468
and then attached

3363
01:14:49,468 --> 01:14:50,669
with long line

3364
01:14:50,669 --> 01:14:53,438
to our first helicopter. There.

3365
01:14:53,438 --> 01:14:54,473
It'll then be transported

3366
01:14:54,473 --> 01:14:56,608
the long journey back here,

3367
01:14:56,608 --> 01:14:58,043
a much more relaxing flight

3368
01:14:58,043 --> 01:14:58,594
I'm sure for

3369
01:14:58,594 --> 01:14:59,761
SLC two

3370
01:14:59,761 --> 01:15:00,863
our portable clean room

3371
01:15:00,863 --> 01:15:02,848
at Dugway,

3372
01:15:02,848 --> 01:15:03,415
at which point

3373
01:15:03,415 --> 01:15:04,233
the team members

3374
01:15:04,233 --> 01:15:06,969
will extract the back shell

3375
01:15:06,969 --> 01:15:07,803
and remove the heat

3376
01:15:07,803 --> 01:15:08,787
shield from the start

3377
01:15:08,787 --> 01:15:10,556
it served its purpose.

3378
01:15:10,556 --> 01:15:11,557
We're mainly not concerned

3379
01:15:11,557 --> 01:15:12,474
with getting the contents

3380
01:15:12,474 --> 01:15:14,459
within that sample canister

3381
01:15:14,459 --> 01:15:15,210
containing pieces

3382
01:15:15,210 --> 01:15:16,712
of the asteroid regolith

3383
01:15:16,712 --> 01:15:19,264
out of that. That's RC.

3384
01:15:19,348 --> 01:15:19,715
We won't

3385
01:15:19,715 --> 01:15:20,582
actually, as I

3386
01:15:20,582 --> 01:15:21,750
mentioned, be opening

3387
01:15:21,750 --> 01:15:23,035
that sample canister just yet.

3388
01:15:23,035 --> 01:15:25,320
Here at Dugway,

3389
01:15:25,320 --> 01:15:26,605
the team is simply focused

3390
01:15:26,605 --> 01:15:27,956
on getting the necessary

3391
01:15:27,956 --> 01:15:29,525
or the sample canister, rather,

3392
01:15:29,525 --> 01:15:31,410
on a nitrogen purge,

3393
01:15:31,410 --> 01:15:32,678
and this is to maintain

3394
01:15:32,678 --> 01:15:33,445
that pristine

3395
01:15:33,445 --> 01:15:34,379
nature and prevent

3396
01:15:34,379 --> 01:15:35,464
any kind of contaminants

3397
01:15:35,464 --> 01:15:36,331
from the atmosphere,

3398
01:15:36,331 --> 01:15:38,100
from getting in to our sample

3399
01:15:38,100 --> 01:15:40,619
within recovery operations

3400
01:15:40,619 --> 01:15:41,970
in those and 4 hours

3401
01:15:41,970 --> 01:15:43,088
and cleared to land

3402
01:15:43,088 --> 01:15:44,756
at the recovery site.

3403
01:15:44,756 --> 01:15:45,691
And the rest of the team

3404
01:15:45,691 --> 01:15:47,075
is closely behind,

3405
01:15:47,075 --> 01:15:48,210
ready to land

3406
01:15:48,210 --> 01:15:49,261
at the recovery site

3407
01:15:49,261 --> 01:15:51,063
to begin operations.

3408
01:15:51,063 --> 01:15:51,897
This will be

3409
01:15:51,897 --> 01:15:53,048
simultaneous action

3410
01:15:53,048 --> 01:15:53,699
that you'll see here

3411
01:15:53,699 --> 01:15:55,017
once we have the clearance

3412
01:15:55,017 --> 01:15:55,767
from Stu Wiley

3413
01:15:55,767 --> 01:15:56,368
to begin

3414
01:15:56,368 --> 01:16:03,942
our recovery operations.

3415
01:16:04,026 --> 01:16:04,343
At least

3416
01:16:04,343 --> 01:16:05,227
from this perspective, I'm

3417
01:16:05,227 --> 01:16:06,094
not noticing really

3418
01:16:06,094 --> 01:16:07,829
any drag marks

3419
01:16:07,829 --> 01:16:08,997
or any kind of roll marks,

3420
01:16:08,997 --> 01:16:09,665
but the team wants

3421
01:16:09,665 --> 01:16:10,866
the approach will mark

3422
01:16:10,866 --> 01:16:12,985
any possible areas of interest

3423
01:16:12,985 --> 01:16:13,352
where the

3424
01:16:13,352 --> 01:16:15,003
SLC possibly came in contact

3425
01:16:15,003 --> 01:16:17,522
with the rough desert terrain.

3426
01:16:17,522 --> 01:16:19,024
All of these regions will be

3427
01:16:19,024 --> 01:16:20,259
by a recovery team

3428
01:16:20,259 --> 01:16:21,360
and will be passed off

3429
01:16:21,360 --> 01:16:22,628
to the sample curation

3430
01:16:22,628 --> 01:16:23,345
team at the Johnson

3431
01:16:23,345 --> 01:16:24,596
Space Center

3432
01:16:24,596 --> 01:16:25,948
as they begin to unload

3433
01:16:25,948 --> 01:16:26,815
and actually open up the

3434
01:16:26,815 --> 01:16:29,501
sample canister there,

3435
01:16:29,585 --> 01:16:30,218
exploring the

3436
01:16:30,218 --> 01:16:31,687
contents within and making sure

3437
01:16:31,687 --> 01:16:33,305
that no possible contaminants

3438
01:16:33,305 --> 01:16:34,356
from the surrounding landing

3439
01:16:34,356 --> 01:16:38,677
location got into our sample.

3440
01:16:38,760 --> 01:16:39,811
We're getting a wider view now.

3441
01:16:39,811 --> 01:16:41,647
We should have the helicopters

3442
01:16:41,647 --> 01:16:42,447
that have landed nearby

3443
01:16:42,447 --> 01:16:47,853
coming into view potentially

3444
01:16:47,936 --> 01:16:48,270
the team

3445
01:16:48,270 --> 01:16:49,655
really taking extra precaution

3446
01:16:49,655 --> 01:16:53,208
as they approach the SIRC.

3447
01:16:53,275 --> 01:16:54,126
As I mentioned, team

3448
01:16:54,126 --> 01:16:55,377
members safety is paramount

3449
01:16:55,377 --> 01:16:56,311
during these operations.

3450
01:16:56,311 --> 01:16:58,864
There are possible

3451
01:16:58,864 --> 01:17:00,115
potential areas of concern

3452
01:17:00,115 --> 01:17:00,782
as the team begin

3453
01:17:00,782 --> 01:17:01,433
these operations,

3454
01:17:01,433 --> 01:17:03,302
including the temperature

3455
01:17:03,302 --> 01:17:04,169
of that US RCC,

3456
01:17:04,169 --> 01:17:05,287
It looks quite charred there.

3457
01:17:05,287 --> 01:17:06,054
It could still be

3458
01:17:06,054 --> 01:17:07,739
a little bit warm.

3459
01:17:07,739 --> 01:17:08,273
As I mentioned,

3460
01:17:08,273 --> 01:17:09,091
it heated up to over

3461
01:17:09,091 --> 01:17:11,310
5000 degrees Fahrenheit.

3462
01:17:11,310 --> 01:17:12,511
So as the cool desert air

3463
01:17:12,511 --> 01:17:14,646
begins to cool down that as RC,

3464
01:17:14,646 --> 01:17:15,330
we want to make sure

3465
01:17:15,330 --> 01:17:16,915
that it is cool enough

3466
01:17:16,915 --> 01:17:18,300
for our team to actually begin

3467
01:17:18,300 --> 01:17:20,702
those recovery operations.

3468
01:17:20,786 --> 01:17:21,987
We'll also be checking the

3469
01:17:21,987 --> 01:17:23,555
gas levels

3470
01:17:23,555 --> 01:17:24,323
of that

3471
01:17:24,323 --> 01:17:24,923
RC to make sure

3472
01:17:24,923 --> 01:17:26,108
that it is not outgassing

3473
01:17:26,108 --> 01:17:26,858
from the batteries

3474
01:17:26,858 --> 01:17:28,043
within heating up

3475
01:17:28,043 --> 01:17:32,230
during that reentry.

3476
01:17:32,314 --> 01:17:33,598
We'll also be making sure

3477
01:17:33,598 --> 01:17:34,833
that there is no light

3478
01:17:34,833 --> 01:17:36,935
voltage present.

3479
01:17:36,935 --> 01:17:37,986
And we see a view now

3480
01:17:37,986 --> 01:17:38,937
from our high altitude plane

3481
01:17:38,937 --> 01:17:39,604
that has visual

3482
01:17:39,604 --> 01:17:40,472
of those helicopters

3483
01:17:40,472 --> 01:17:41,123
landed nearby.

3484
01:17:41,123 --> 01:17:42,090
Just at the northern

3485
01:17:42,090 --> 01:17:42,758
part of your screen.

3486
01:17:42,758 --> 01:17:43,108
You can see

3487
01:17:43,108 --> 01:17:46,111
one of them on screen Now,

3488
01:17:46,178 --> 01:17:47,012
the top of your screen

3489
01:17:47,012 --> 01:17:48,030
there it is centered up

3490
01:17:48,030 --> 01:17:49,414
there is our helicopter.

3491
01:17:49,414 --> 01:17:50,932
It appears

3492
01:17:50,932 --> 01:17:52,801
that we have our on scene

3493
01:17:52,801 --> 01:17:53,618
commander potentially

3494
01:17:53,618 --> 01:17:58,306
walking over.

3495
01:17:58,373 --> 01:17:59,224
This is once again

3496
01:17:59,224 --> 01:18:00,125
our high altitude

3497
01:18:00,125 --> 01:18:02,077
WB 57 shot of our helicopters

3498
01:18:02,077 --> 01:18:03,695
landed at the LC

3499
01:18:03,695 --> 01:18:08,650
our landing zone

3500
01:18:08,734 --> 01:18:09,685
can see some movement

3501
01:18:09,685 --> 01:18:10,202
on the screen

3502
01:18:10,202 --> 01:18:11,286
it appears some team members

3503
01:18:11,286 --> 01:18:12,654
might be approaching our RC

3504
01:18:12,654 --> 01:18:13,505
at this point to begin

3505
01:18:13,505 --> 01:18:14,489
those recovery operations.

3506
01:18:14,489 --> 01:18:21,847
The initial safety sweep sweep

3507
01:18:21,930 --> 01:18:22,614
we'll just

3508
01:18:22,614 --> 01:18:22,914
will just

3509
01:18:22,914 --> 01:18:23,465
be observing

3510
01:18:23,465 --> 01:18:24,533
from this high altitude

3511
01:18:24,533 --> 01:18:25,650
for the next coming minutes

3512
01:18:25,650 --> 01:18:26,885
as the team

3513
01:18:26,885 --> 01:18:28,053
actually will be

3514
01:18:28,053 --> 01:18:28,804
setting up a camera

3515
01:18:28,804 --> 01:18:31,807
on the ground for us to observe

3516
01:18:31,973 --> 01:18:32,557
the recovery

3517
01:18:32,557 --> 01:18:35,544
operations close up.

3518
01:18:35,794 --> 01:18:36,144
And a note

3519
01:18:36,144 --> 01:18:37,079
from one of the team members

3520
01:18:37,079 --> 01:18:38,346
about the CRC itself.

3521
01:18:38,346 --> 01:18:39,931
So they have approximately

3522
01:18:39,931 --> 01:18:41,032
40 hours.

3523
01:18:41,032 --> 01:18:41,883
That is the amount of time

3524
01:18:41,883 --> 01:18:43,085
it would take for any air

3525
01:18:43,085 --> 01:18:45,153
to get into the sample.

3526
01:18:45,153 --> 01:18:45,687
As I mentioned

3527
01:18:45,687 --> 01:18:46,505
before, that sample

3528
01:18:46,505 --> 01:18:47,139
return capsule

3529
01:18:47,139 --> 01:18:48,840
is a complex network

3530
01:18:48,840 --> 01:18:50,075
of piping and tubing

3531
01:18:50,075 --> 01:18:51,059
inside of it,

3532
01:18:51,059 --> 01:18:52,077
sort of like a labyrinth

3533
01:18:52,077 --> 01:18:53,044
like design,

3534
01:18:53,044 --> 01:18:54,413
and that is intentional

3535
01:18:54,413 --> 01:18:55,797
to it, incredibly difficult

3536
01:18:55,797 --> 01:18:56,948
for any possible contaminants

3537
01:18:56,948 --> 01:18:57,682
from the atmosphere

3538
01:18:57,682 --> 01:18:58,467
to get into

3539
01:18:58,467 --> 01:19:00,519
our sample canister.

3540
01:19:00,519 --> 01:19:01,353
It's also sort of

3541
01:19:01,353 --> 01:19:02,521
like a nesting doll,

3542
01:19:02,521 --> 01:19:03,455
if you will,

3543
01:19:03,455 --> 01:19:04,589
where it has multiple

3544
01:19:04,589 --> 01:19:06,007
layers of protection

3545
01:19:06,007 --> 01:19:09,795
to keep that sample safe within

3546
01:19:09,878 --> 01:19:10,712
all of that protective

3547
01:19:10,712 --> 01:19:11,046
layering,

3548
01:19:11,046 --> 01:19:12,247
once we get that sample into

3549
01:19:12,247 --> 01:19:13,799
the clean room will be shed

3550
01:19:13,799 --> 01:19:14,216
and we'll be able

3551
01:19:14,216 --> 01:19:15,117
to actually access

3552
01:19:15,117 --> 01:19:25,694
that sample canister within.

3553
01:19:25,777 --> 01:19:26,344
The main goal,

3554
01:19:26,344 --> 01:19:27,279
as I said, for today,

3555
01:19:27,279 --> 01:19:28,797
is to get that sample canister

3556
01:19:28,797 --> 01:19:31,316
on a nitrogen purge

3557
01:19:31,316 --> 01:19:32,100
that is to maintain

3558
01:19:32,100 --> 01:19:33,535
its pristine nature.

3559
01:19:33,535 --> 01:19:34,986
And we have visual once again

3560
01:19:34,986 --> 01:19:35,437
from one of our

3561
01:19:35,437 --> 01:19:36,154
helicopters here

3562
01:19:36,154 --> 01:19:37,205
orbiting around

3563
01:19:37,205 --> 01:19:39,174
the landing location.

3564
01:19:39,174 --> 01:19:40,208
You can see our SIRC

3565
01:19:40,208 --> 01:19:40,642
at the bottom

3566
01:19:40,642 --> 01:19:41,376
left of your screen

3567
01:19:41,376 --> 01:19:42,210
and its parachute

3568
01:19:42,210 --> 01:19:43,028
that helped us

3569
01:19:43,028 --> 01:19:43,895
get the last leg

3570
01:19:43,895 --> 01:19:44,913
of the journey down into point

3571
01:19:44,913 --> 01:19:45,447
a little bit higher

3572
01:19:45,447 --> 01:19:46,531
than we expected.

3573
01:19:46,531 --> 01:19:49,468
20,000 feet elevation,

3574
01:19:49,468 --> 01:19:50,519
original expectation

3575
01:19:50,519 --> 01:19:53,305
was at about 5000 feet.

3576
01:19:53,305 --> 01:19:54,539
And this brought us down

3577
01:19:54,539 --> 01:19:56,675
the last leg of the journey.

3578
01:19:56,675 --> 01:19:58,827
After a punishing initial entry

3579
01:19:58,827 --> 01:19:59,728
into Earth's atmosphere

3580
01:19:59,728 --> 01:20:01,563
over San Francisco,

3581
01:20:01,646 --> 01:20:03,265
about 82 miles, an altitude

3582
01:20:03,265 --> 01:20:04,015
to now

3583
01:20:04,015 --> 01:20:05,917
laying resting

3584
01:20:05,917 --> 01:20:07,018
on the rugged Utah test

3585
01:20:07,018 --> 01:20:07,385
and training

3586
01:20:07,385 --> 01:20:21,183
range, desert floor

3587
01:20:21,266 --> 01:20:23,168
Recovery Operations

3588
01:20:23,168 --> 01:20:24,002
Recovery team

3589
01:20:24,002 --> 01:20:24,953
is in the vicinity

3590
01:20:24,953 --> 01:20:25,954
beginning the

3591
01:20:25,954 --> 01:20:28,073
initial assessments.

3592
01:20:28,073 --> 01:20:29,157
So you just heard confirmation

3593
01:20:29,157 --> 01:20:30,208
from Tim Fraser

3594
01:20:30,208 --> 01:20:31,593
that the team is beginning

3595
01:20:31,593 --> 01:20:33,478
to actually approach the CRC

3596
01:20:33,478 --> 01:20:33,745
for that

3597
01:20:33,745 --> 01:20:34,946
initial Environmental

3598
01:20:34,946 --> 01:20:37,649
and safety sweep.

3599
01:20:37,649 --> 01:20:39,067
You'll soon see our on scene,

3600
01:20:39,067 --> 01:20:39,935
Commander Otter,

3601
01:20:39,935 --> 01:20:41,186
Oscar Stu Wiley,

3602
01:20:41,186 --> 01:20:41,736
approaching

3603
01:20:41,736 --> 01:20:45,407
that sample return capsule.

3604
01:20:45,473 --> 01:20:46,358
As I mentioned before,

3605
01:20:46,358 --> 01:20:46,975
he'll be checking

3606
01:20:46,975 --> 01:20:47,909
for any possible

3607
01:20:47,909 --> 01:20:48,927
unexploded ordnance.

3608
01:20:48,927 --> 01:20:49,711
As you can see, our mission

3609
01:20:49,711 --> 01:20:51,630
operations team,

3610
01:20:51,630 --> 01:20:52,564
they have been overseeing

3611
01:20:52,564 --> 01:20:53,615
all of this morning's events

3612
01:20:53,615 --> 01:20:54,633
and they're going to

3613
01:20:54,633 --> 01:20:55,417
there we go on screen.

3614
01:20:55,417 --> 01:20:56,885
You can see front and center

3615
01:20:56,885 --> 01:20:57,652
there, Stu Wiley,

3616
01:20:57,652 --> 01:20:58,537
our onsite scene commander.

3617
01:20:58,537 --> 01:20:59,254
And right behind him

3618
01:20:59,254 --> 01:21:00,038
is Victoria Team.

3619
01:21:00,038 --> 01:21:01,172
They're both wearing personal

3620
01:21:01,172 --> 01:21:01,923
protective equipment,

3621
01:21:01,923 --> 01:21:03,124
gas masks.

3622
01:21:03,124 --> 01:21:04,075
That's for their own safety

3623
01:21:04,075 --> 01:21:05,193
as they approach

3624
01:21:05,193 --> 01:21:06,127
as there could be

3625
01:21:06,127 --> 01:21:07,178
potential outgassing

3626
01:21:07,178 --> 01:21:08,013
from that sample return

3627
01:21:08,013 --> 01:21:09,064
capsule's batteries

3628
01:21:09,064 --> 01:21:11,316
heating up during reentry

3629
01:21:11,316 --> 01:21:11,850
can see him

3630
01:21:11,850 --> 01:21:12,567
scanning the region.

3631
01:21:12,567 --> 01:21:13,268
He's checking for

3632
01:21:13,268 --> 01:21:14,603
any possible unexploded

3633
01:21:14,603 --> 01:21:15,804
ordnance as UXO

3634
01:21:15,804 --> 01:21:17,756
recovery operations.

3635
01:21:17,756 --> 01:21:18,907
Oscar's performing the

3636
01:21:18,907 --> 01:21:22,143
Unexploded Ordnance survey,

3637
01:21:22,227 --> 01:21:22,827
and you just heard

3638
01:21:22,827 --> 01:21:23,395
that he is

3639
01:21:23,395 --> 01:21:24,362
in fact doing that survey

3640
01:21:24,362 --> 01:21:25,463
right now, you can see him

3641
01:21:25,463 --> 01:21:26,698
walking around the SIRC.

3642
01:21:26,698 --> 01:21:27,632
This is the first person

3643
01:21:27,632 --> 01:21:28,316
to come in contact

3644
01:21:28,316 --> 01:21:29,067
with this SIRC

3645
01:21:29,067 --> 01:21:29,935
since it was on the

3646
01:21:29,935 --> 01:21:32,938
other side of the solar system.

3647
01:21:32,971 --> 01:21:34,472
We had this on a long journey.

3648
01:21:34,472 --> 01:21:35,006
It was science, right?

3649
01:21:35,006 --> 01:21:36,758
Spacecraft

3650
01:21:36,758 --> 01:21:37,792
finally delivering the sample.

3651
01:21:37,792 --> 01:21:38,460
He is

3652
01:21:38,460 --> 01:21:39,127
motioning over

3653
01:21:39,127 --> 01:21:39,844
to Victoria team,

3654
01:21:39,844 --> 01:21:41,363
who is surely going to approach

3655
01:21:41,363 --> 01:21:42,597
and begin taking some gas

3656
01:21:42,597 --> 01:21:43,565
and thermal readings.

3657
01:21:43,565 --> 01:21:44,583
You can see her walking over

3658
01:21:44,583 --> 01:21:45,600
and must

3659
01:21:45,600 --> 01:21:46,618
have given the clear

3660
01:21:46,618 --> 01:21:50,355
for her to proceed

3661
01:21:50,438 --> 01:21:51,756
a little bit closer.

3662
01:21:51,756 --> 01:21:52,440
Stu continues

3663
01:21:52,440 --> 01:21:53,158
to pace around

3664
01:21:53,158 --> 01:21:55,043
the surrounding area.

3665
01:21:55,043 --> 01:21:55,777
All over here,

3666
01:21:55,777 --> 01:21:56,995
the team will collect samples.

3667
01:21:56,995 --> 01:21:58,413
He'll begin to place flags

3668
01:21:58,413 --> 01:21:59,464
you can see in his backpack

3669
01:21:59,464 --> 01:22:00,632
he's got a couple of flags

3670
01:22:00,632 --> 01:22:02,017
waving in the breeze.

3671
01:22:02,017 --> 01:22:02,918
Those will be placed

3672
01:22:02,918 --> 01:22:04,202
at areas of interest

3673
01:22:04,202 --> 01:22:05,604
for our team members to sample

3674
01:22:05,604 --> 01:22:06,688
once they arrive and begin

3675
01:22:06,688 --> 01:22:10,842
this recovery operations.

3676
01:22:10,926 --> 01:22:12,294
Victoria is now

3677
01:22:12,294 --> 01:22:14,212
appearing to take out her

3678
01:22:14,212 --> 01:22:15,146
thermal and gas

3679
01:22:15,146 --> 01:22:16,615
reading devices.

3680
01:22:16,615 --> 01:22:17,966
She's taking an initial thermal

3681
01:22:17,966 --> 01:22:18,633
reading of that.

3682
01:22:18,633 --> 01:22:20,335
As far as we speak,

3683
01:22:20,335 --> 01:22:20,819
looking for it

3684
01:22:20,819 --> 01:22:20,969
to be

3685
01:22:20,969 --> 01:22:22,103
at an operational temperature

3686
01:22:22,103 --> 01:22:23,338
of around 100 degrees.

3687
01:22:23,338 --> 01:22:23,972
Variations.

3688
01:22:23,972 --> 01:22:24,389
Lockheed

3689
01:22:24,389 --> 01:22:26,074
Martin Safety is performing

3690
01:22:26,074 --> 01:22:26,558
hazardous

3691
01:22:26,558 --> 01:22:28,043
environment assessments.

3692
01:22:28,043 --> 01:22:28,777
And you just heard

3693
01:22:28,777 --> 01:22:29,577
that confirmation.

3694
01:22:29,577 --> 01:22:30,578
So she is

3695
01:22:30,578 --> 01:22:31,496
performing that hazardous

3696
01:22:31,496 --> 01:22:32,430
environment assessment

3697
01:22:32,430 --> 01:22:32,847
checking the

3698
01:22:32,847 --> 01:22:33,782
thermal temperature

3699
01:22:33,782 --> 01:22:35,517
of that SIRC,

3700
01:22:35,517 --> 01:22:36,418
as well as taking

3701
01:22:36,418 --> 01:22:37,135
any kind of gas

3702
01:22:37,135 --> 01:22:37,769
readings to make sure

3703
01:22:37,769 --> 01:22:39,304
that we are at safe

3704
01:22:39,304 --> 01:22:40,138
operational levels.

3705
01:22:40,138 --> 01:22:44,109
She is also leaning over.

3706
01:22:44,109 --> 01:22:44,943
This is Victoria,

3707
01:22:44,943 --> 01:22:48,913
a team from Lockheed Martin.

3708
01:22:48,997 --> 01:22:50,198
Stu continues to sweep

3709
01:22:50,198 --> 01:22:52,200
the area around her

3710
01:22:52,200 --> 01:22:53,885
for the safe

3711
01:22:53,885 --> 01:22:55,353
operation of our recovery

3712
01:22:55,353 --> 01:23:10,068
crew members.

3713
01:23:10,135 --> 01:23:11,586
There are several

3714
01:23:11,586 --> 01:23:12,754
nozzles of valves

3715
01:23:12,754 --> 01:23:13,888
around the SIRC,

3716
01:23:13,888 --> 01:23:14,606
and so

3717
01:23:14,606 --> 01:23:15,573
once Victoria has

3718
01:23:15,573 --> 01:23:16,257
the clear approach,

3719
01:23:16,257 --> 01:23:17,125
she'll actually open up

3720
01:23:17,125 --> 01:23:18,360
some of those valves

3721
01:23:18,360 --> 01:23:19,027
and insert

3722
01:23:19,027 --> 01:23:21,563
a gas reading device within

3723
01:23:21,563 --> 01:23:22,914
to actually take

3724
01:23:22,914 --> 01:23:23,348
some temperatures.

3725
01:23:23,348 --> 01:23:24,115
And you can see off

3726
01:23:24,115 --> 01:23:25,617
to the left of your screen,

3727
01:23:25,617 --> 01:23:27,118
Stu Wiley is actually saving

3728
01:23:27,118 --> 01:23:28,403
and stowing away that parachute

3729
01:23:28,403 --> 01:23:29,371
that helped us to

3730
01:23:29,371 --> 01:23:32,440
the last leg of the journey.

3731
01:23:32,524 --> 01:23:33,024
It's great news

3732
01:23:33,024 --> 01:23:33,324
that that

3733
01:23:33,324 --> 01:23:36,127
disconnected from the CRC

3734
01:23:36,127 --> 01:23:37,829
and allowed our see to rest

3735
01:23:37,829 --> 01:23:38,613
as it is now

3736
01:23:38,613 --> 01:23:39,698
here on the surface

3737
01:23:39,698 --> 01:23:40,315
of the Utah test

3738
01:23:40,315 --> 01:23:41,783
and training range,

3739
01:23:41,783 --> 01:23:42,233
it appears

3740
01:23:42,233 --> 01:23:43,651
with minimal dragging

3741
01:23:43,651 --> 01:23:45,870
recovery operations,

3742
01:23:45,870 --> 01:23:47,138
Oscar is saving

3743
01:23:47,138 --> 01:23:49,224
and storing the main parachute.

3744
01:23:49,224 --> 01:23:50,341
So Stu is going to get

3745
01:23:50,341 --> 01:23:52,293
that parachute stowed

3746
01:23:52,293 --> 01:23:53,828
placed away

3747
01:23:53,828 --> 01:23:55,563
as Victoria is front center

3748
01:23:55,563 --> 01:23:56,064
on your screen,

3749
01:23:56,064 --> 01:23:56,664
beginning to take

3750
01:23:56,664 --> 01:23:57,265
some of those gas

3751
01:23:57,265 --> 01:23:57,982
readings to make sure

3752
01:23:57,982 --> 01:23:59,067
that we are not outgassing

3753
01:23:59,067 --> 01:24:01,352
any kind of noxious chemicals

3754
01:24:01,352 --> 01:24:02,103
that could be present

3755
01:24:02,103 --> 01:24:02,887
from that battery

3756
01:24:02,887 --> 01:24:11,763
heating up within the CRC.

3757
01:24:11,846 --> 01:24:12,847
And Stu is walking

3758
01:24:12,847 --> 01:24:14,065
back to the team

3759
01:24:14,065 --> 01:24:15,967
with that parachute.

3760
01:24:15,967 --> 01:24:17,469
So the SNC battery is comprised

3761
01:24:17,469 --> 01:24:18,603
of lithium disulfide

3762
01:24:18,603 --> 01:24:19,621
and as such,

3763
01:24:19,621 --> 01:24:20,188
the possibility

3764
01:24:20,188 --> 01:24:21,573
of toxic vapors exist

3765
01:24:21,573 --> 01:24:22,507
if the battery packaging

3766
01:24:22,507 --> 01:24:23,274
has been damaged during

3767
01:24:23,274 --> 01:24:24,993
entry or landing,

3768
01:24:25,076 --> 01:24:26,694
discharging could cause a

3769
01:24:26,694 --> 01:24:27,746
potential presence

3770
01:24:27,746 --> 01:24:28,680
of hydrogen sulfide

3771
01:24:28,680 --> 01:24:29,314
from those batteries

3772
01:24:29,314 --> 01:24:31,583
heating up or carbon monoxide.

3773
01:24:31,583 --> 01:24:32,851
And so that is why Victoria

3774
01:24:32,851 --> 01:24:34,536
initially had her gas mask on.

3775
01:24:34,536 --> 01:24:34,886
It appears

3776
01:24:34,886 --> 01:24:35,754
she is now

3777
01:24:35,754 --> 01:24:36,538
actually taking it off.

3778
01:24:36,538 --> 01:24:37,172
So it appears that

3779
01:24:37,172 --> 01:24:38,273
the gas readings

3780
01:24:38,273 --> 01:24:38,923
indicate

3781
01:24:38,923 --> 01:24:40,408
nominal conditions,

3782
01:24:40,408 --> 01:24:42,293
recovery operations, Lockheed

3783
01:24:42,293 --> 01:24:43,828
Martin safety has confirmed

3784
01:24:43,828 --> 01:24:44,996
no hazardous gas

3785
01:24:44,996 --> 01:24:45,563
and you just heard

3786
01:24:45,563 --> 01:24:46,231
that confirmation.

3787
01:24:46,231 --> 01:24:47,782
So the safety assessment

3788
01:24:47,782 --> 01:24:48,833
is successful.

3789
01:24:48,833 --> 01:24:50,368
Victoria has confirmed that

3790
01:24:50,368 --> 01:24:51,336
with her gas readings

3791
01:24:51,336 --> 01:24:51,953
and thermal

3792
01:24:51,953 --> 01:24:54,956
measurements of the CRC to to

3793
01:24:54,956 --> 01:24:55,807
then go back over

3794
01:24:55,807 --> 01:24:56,674
Stu and Victoria

3795
01:24:56,674 --> 01:24:58,259
for a team huddle

3796
01:24:58,259 --> 01:24:59,310
to prepare the rest of the team

3797
01:24:59,310 --> 01:24:59,644
to begin

3798
01:24:59,644 --> 01:25:00,845
the recovery operations

3799
01:25:00,845 --> 01:25:02,363
and actually get this SNC

3800
01:25:02,363 --> 01:25:03,298
into our clean room

3801
01:25:03,298 --> 01:25:04,382
here at Dugway

3802
01:25:04,382 --> 01:25:05,283
and continue the operations.

3803
01:25:05,283 --> 01:25:05,934
You can see the Lockheed

3804
01:25:05,934 --> 01:25:06,684
Martin team on the bottom

3805
01:25:06,684 --> 01:25:07,619
left of your screen

3806
01:25:07,619 --> 01:25:08,436
just overjoyed

3807
01:25:08,436 --> 01:25:09,938
with this moment.

3808
01:25:09,938 --> 01:25:11,489
This is years of careful

3809
01:25:11,489 --> 01:25:12,957
planning and preparation

3810
01:25:12,957 --> 01:25:14,309
leading to this final phase

3811
01:25:14,309 --> 01:25:15,210
of getting that sample

3812
01:25:15,210 --> 01:25:20,799
back here to our clean rooms.

3813
01:25:20,882 --> 01:25:21,633
I'm sure they've been holding

3814
01:25:21,633 --> 01:25:22,467
their breath all morning,

3815
01:25:22,467 --> 01:25:23,768
so they're getting closer

3816
01:25:23,768 --> 01:25:24,235
to finally

3817
01:25:24,235 --> 01:25:24,636
being able

3818
01:25:24,636 --> 01:25:26,254
to take another breath

3819
01:25:26,254 --> 01:25:26,888
and relax

3820
01:25:26,888 --> 01:25:28,206
as we actually will begin

3821
01:25:28,206 --> 01:25:29,124
our recovery operations.

3822
01:25:29,124 --> 01:25:32,627
A key part of today's events.

3823
01:25:32,694 --> 01:25:33,228
And you might see

3824
01:25:33,228 --> 01:25:34,028
a victory approach

3825
01:25:34,028 --> 01:25:35,096
over and over once again

3826
01:25:35,096 --> 01:25:36,114
to that as our key

3827
01:25:36,114 --> 01:25:36,514
to continue

3828
01:25:36,514 --> 01:25:37,298
to take gas readings.

3829
01:25:37,298 --> 01:25:37,732
At this point,

3830
01:25:37,732 --> 01:25:38,733
she appears to be

3831
01:25:38,733 --> 01:25:42,137
up the back shell of that CRC,

3832
01:25:42,203 --> 01:25:50,378
placing a Teflon cover over.

3833
01:25:50,461 --> 01:25:51,713
This is where the parachute

3834
01:25:51,713 --> 01:25:52,530
actually deployed

3835
01:25:52,530 --> 01:25:54,966
at the top of the CRC capsule.

3836
01:25:54,966 --> 01:25:55,466
The sample return

3837
01:25:55,466 --> 01:26:00,305
capsule, another.

3838
01:26:00,388 --> 01:26:01,256
She'll also be checking

3839
01:26:01,256 --> 01:26:03,691
for any possible light voltage

3840
01:26:03,691 --> 01:26:04,108
and we'll wrap

3841
01:26:04,108 --> 01:26:05,093
kept on tape around

3842
01:26:05,093 --> 01:26:06,127
the two cut cable ends

3843
01:26:06,127 --> 01:26:07,212
protruding from the back of the

3844
01:26:07,212 --> 01:26:07,762
yes or see where

3845
01:26:07,762 --> 01:26:08,513
that parachute deployed.

3846
01:26:08,513 --> 01:26:09,030
You can see her

3847
01:26:09,030 --> 01:26:10,148
with that covering

3848
01:26:10,148 --> 01:26:10,748
as we speak,

3849
01:26:10,748 --> 01:26:19,958
placing it on the back. She'll

3850
01:26:20,041 --> 01:26:20,308
and she

3851
01:26:20,308 --> 01:26:23,311
has successfully placed that

3852
01:26:23,378 --> 01:26:24,279
shielding on the back

3853
01:26:24,279 --> 01:26:26,397
of the Teflon cover,

3854
01:26:26,397 --> 01:26:28,716
still walking around behind,

3855
01:26:28,716 --> 01:26:30,118
checking

3856
01:26:30,118 --> 01:26:30,935
the rest of the seam,

3857
01:26:30,935 --> 01:26:32,003
walking back with the parachute

3858
01:26:32,003 --> 01:26:32,937
that he now

3859
01:26:32,937 --> 01:26:38,593
has safely stowed away.

3860
01:26:38,676 --> 01:26:39,577
And you'll see Victoria

3861
01:26:39,577 --> 01:26:40,528
opening up a couple of gas

3862
01:26:40,528 --> 01:26:41,913
valves on the CRC,

3863
01:26:41,913 --> 01:26:43,331
taking those gas readings.

3864
01:26:43,331 --> 01:26:44,215
She'll continue to do this

3865
01:26:44,215 --> 01:26:46,134
throughout the whole process.

3866
01:26:46,134 --> 01:26:47,035
She's also placing

3867
01:26:47,035 --> 01:26:48,503
covers on those gas vents to

3868
01:26:48,503 --> 01:26:50,288
to prevent any kind of

3869
01:26:50,288 --> 01:26:50,972
contamination

3870
01:26:50,972 --> 01:26:52,624
from atmospheric particles,

3871
01:26:52,624 --> 01:26:53,608
particles, particulates

3872
01:26:53,608 --> 01:26:59,647
entering into that AC

3873
01:26:59,731 --> 01:27:00,632
She's photographing

3874
01:27:00,632 --> 01:27:01,382
the scene as well, too.

3875
01:27:01,382 --> 01:27:03,418
This is to

3876
01:27:03,418 --> 01:27:04,118
keep careful

3877
01:27:04,118 --> 01:27:05,553
note of exactly the procedures

3878
01:27:05,553 --> 01:27:05,887
that she's

3879
01:27:05,887 --> 01:27:12,610
going through for her team.

3880
01:27:12,694 --> 01:27:13,778
So the recovery operations

3881
01:27:13,778 --> 01:27:14,312
will be getting

3882
01:27:14,312 --> 01:27:15,663
underway shortly

3883
01:27:15,663 --> 01:27:17,432
now that the team has conducted

3884
01:27:17,432 --> 01:27:18,483
their initial environmental

3885
01:27:18,483 --> 01:27:20,018
and safety sweep,

3886
01:27:20,018 --> 01:27:20,818
everything appears

3887
01:27:20,818 --> 01:27:21,269
to be nominal,

3888
01:27:21,269 --> 01:27:22,203
which is fantastic.

3889
01:27:22,203 --> 01:27:23,221
We do, in fact

3890
01:27:23,221 --> 01:27:24,122
have the necessary

3891
01:27:24,122 --> 01:27:25,173
on the ground.

3892
01:27:25,173 --> 01:27:25,974
The rest of the team

3893
01:27:25,974 --> 01:27:27,659
will be approaching shortly.

3894
01:27:27,659 --> 01:27:29,160
But for now, back to you.

3895
01:27:29,160 --> 01:27:31,813
Lauren Engine.

3896
01:27:31,896 --> 01:27:32,513
Wow.

3897
01:27:32,513 --> 01:27:34,766
Thank you, James.

3898
01:27:34,766 --> 01:27:36,534
Oh, can you believe it?

3899
01:27:36,534 --> 01:27:38,886
And she touched down

3900
01:27:38,886 --> 01:27:40,772
for science.

3901
01:27:40,772 --> 01:27:41,873
What a great day

3902
01:27:41,873 --> 01:27:42,807
for the folks at home.

3903
01:27:42,807 --> 01:27:45,059
This is a huge deal.

3904
01:27:45,059 --> 01:27:46,077
A huge deal.

3905
01:27:46,077 --> 01:27:47,395
And they did it

3906
01:27:47,395 --> 01:27:48,896
for the first time in history.

3907
01:27:48,896 --> 01:27:50,999
We brought goodies back home

3908
01:27:50,999 --> 01:27:52,467
from this kind of object

3909
01:27:52,467 --> 01:27:54,185
in the history of humanity.

3910
01:27:54,185 --> 01:27:55,653
So this is big.

3911
01:27:55,653 --> 01:27:56,704
This is so huge.

3912
01:27:56,704 --> 01:27:57,572
And we're all breathing

3913
01:27:57,572 --> 01:27:58,222
a big sigh of relief.

3914
01:27:58,222 --> 01:27:58,656
Obviously,

3915
01:27:58,656 --> 01:27:59,340
we're not completely

3916
01:27:59,340 --> 01:27:59,874
out of the woods here

3917
01:27:59,874 --> 01:28:01,075
and we'll be monitoring

3918
01:28:01,075 --> 01:28:02,160
what's going on and keeping

3919
01:28:02,160 --> 01:28:03,061
you abreast of everything

3920
01:28:03,061 --> 01:28:03,962
that's happening.

3921
01:28:03,962 --> 01:28:05,797
But for now, wow,

3922
01:28:05,797 --> 01:28:07,382
we made it all a great job

3923
01:28:07,382 --> 01:28:08,516
by that Lockheed team.

3924
01:28:08,516 --> 01:28:10,134
Same thing, that crowd tastic.

3925
01:28:10,134 --> 01:28:11,219
What a spacecraft.

3926
01:28:11,219 --> 01:28:12,537
We have to name our specialty.

3927
01:28:12,537 --> 01:28:13,288
Yes, absolutely.

3928
01:28:13,288 --> 01:28:13,988
In that capsule,

3929
01:28:13,988 --> 01:28:15,356
everything perfect.

3930
01:28:15,356 --> 01:28:16,140
So while the capsule

3931
01:28:16,140 --> 01:28:16,824
was making its way

3932
01:28:16,824 --> 01:28:17,275
to the ground

3933
01:28:17,275 --> 01:28:18,926
mission invasions,

3934
01:28:18,926 --> 01:28:21,329
all those covers are in place.

3935
01:28:21,329 --> 01:28:22,297
All right, All right.

3936
01:28:22,297 --> 01:28:22,981
So we're making good.

3937
01:28:22,981 --> 01:28:23,965
We're making progress.

3938
01:28:23,965 --> 01:28:24,332
All right.

3939
01:28:24,332 --> 01:28:25,783
So while the capsule

3940
01:28:25,783 --> 01:28:26,284
was making its way

3941
01:28:26,284 --> 01:28:26,634
to the ground,

3942
01:28:26,634 --> 01:28:27,418
mission teams,

3943
01:28:27,418 --> 01:28:28,653
the Colorado control room

3944
01:28:28,653 --> 01:28:29,304
at the end,

3945
01:28:29,304 --> 01:28:30,655
the mission ops area here

3946
01:28:30,655 --> 01:28:32,256
in Utah were, of course,

3947
01:28:32,256 --> 01:28:34,475
riveted by the live images.

3948
01:28:34,475 --> 01:28:35,693
These teams have watched

3949
01:28:35,693 --> 01:28:36,778
and nurtured this mission

3950
01:28:36,778 --> 01:28:38,062
for more than seven

3951
01:28:38,062 --> 01:28:39,781
years of spaceflight

3952
01:28:39,781 --> 01:28:41,332
and even longer in terms

3953
01:28:41,332 --> 01:28:43,901
of construction and design.

3954
01:28:43,985 --> 01:28:44,319
Wow.

3955
01:28:44,319 --> 01:28:44,852
Amazing.

3956
01:28:44,852 --> 01:28:45,720
11 years since

3957
01:28:45,720 --> 01:28:48,056
it was selected to fly.

3958
01:28:48,056 --> 01:28:49,073
What a job, folks.

3959
01:28:49,073 --> 01:28:50,041
Just fantastic.

3960
01:28:50,041 --> 01:28:50,608
A lot's happened

3961
01:28:50,608 --> 01:28:52,110
in seven years.

3962
01:28:52,110 --> 01:28:52,343
All right.

3963
01:28:52,343 --> 01:28:53,428
So let's get an update

3964
01:28:53,428 --> 01:28:53,795
from where

3965
01:28:53,795 --> 01:28:54,395
the action

3966
01:28:54,395 --> 01:28:55,413
started this morning.

3967
01:28:55,413 --> 01:29:00,852
Sophia, tell us everything.

3968
01:29:00,935 --> 01:29:01,703
Okay.

3969
01:29:01,703 --> 01:29:02,854
Let me firstly,

3970
01:29:02,854 --> 01:29:03,388
I want to say

3971
01:29:03,388 --> 01:29:05,073
we are so grateful

3972
01:29:05,073 --> 01:29:06,207
that the capsule

3973
01:29:06,207 --> 01:29:07,108
is on the ground

3974
01:29:07,108 --> 01:29:08,876
and in good hands now.

3975
01:29:08,876 --> 01:29:09,544
Now, from here,

3976
01:29:09,544 --> 01:29:10,895
from Wig Mountain,

3977
01:29:10,895 --> 01:29:13,598
I'm overlooking the vast

3978
01:29:13,598 --> 01:29:14,632
landing zone,

3979
01:29:14,632 --> 01:29:15,783
which again

3980
01:29:15,783 --> 01:29:16,868
is larger

3981
01:29:16,868 --> 01:29:19,103
than the state of Rhode Island.

3982
01:29:19,103 --> 01:29:20,972
So during that time,

3983
01:29:20,972 --> 01:29:22,073
listening to James's

3984
01:29:22,073 --> 01:29:24,008
commentary of the capsule

3985
01:29:24,008 --> 01:29:25,643
coming through the atmosphere,

3986
01:29:25,643 --> 01:29:26,728
we were all standing

3987
01:29:26,728 --> 01:29:27,512
on the edge here

3988
01:29:27,512 --> 01:29:28,713
looking and scanning

3989
01:29:28,713 --> 01:29:29,814
through the sky.

3990
01:29:29,814 --> 01:29:30,548
But just to give you

3991
01:29:30,548 --> 01:29:31,315
some context,

3992
01:29:31,315 --> 01:29:32,367
again of where I am, I'm

3993
01:29:32,367 --> 01:29:34,502
about 4000 feet up

3994
01:29:34,502 --> 01:29:36,354
overlooking a vast,

3995
01:29:36,354 --> 01:29:37,955
ancient seabed.

3996
01:29:37,955 --> 01:29:39,323
So the mountains

3997
01:29:39,323 --> 01:29:40,558
that are peppering along

3998
01:29:40,558 --> 01:29:41,943
the edges over here,

3999
01:29:41,943 --> 01:29:43,745
they are very muted colors.

4000
01:29:43,745 --> 01:29:45,413
It's a beautiful pastel

4001
01:29:45,413 --> 01:29:46,264
out there.

4002
01:29:46,264 --> 01:29:47,548
And as we're looking over

4003
01:29:47,548 --> 01:29:49,016
through the sky,

4004
01:29:49,016 --> 01:29:50,134
it's hard to see

4005
01:29:50,134 --> 01:29:51,602
because there's alkaline

4006
01:29:51,602 --> 01:29:53,821
dust from this ancient seabed.

4007
01:29:53,821 --> 01:29:54,872
And considering

4008
01:29:54,872 --> 01:29:56,974
that the capsule has landed

4009
01:29:56,974 --> 01:29:58,743
on the edge of the landing,

4010
01:29:58,743 --> 01:30:00,211
even though I'm as close

4011
01:30:00,211 --> 01:30:01,946
as I could possibly be,

4012
01:30:01,946 --> 01:30:02,613
I didn't see

4013
01:30:02,613 --> 01:30:03,664
anything over here.

4014
01:30:03,664 --> 01:30:04,115
I will say

4015
01:30:04,115 --> 01:30:05,183
I'm a little disappointed,

4016
01:30:05,183 --> 01:30:06,334
but grateful

4017
01:30:06,334 --> 01:30:07,718
that that capsule is

4018
01:30:07,718 --> 01:30:09,754
in the most capable hands

4019
01:30:09,754 --> 01:30:10,688
it can be,

4020
01:30:10,688 --> 01:30:11,572
and that is the most

4021
01:30:11,572 --> 01:30:12,757
important thing out here.

4022
01:30:12,757 --> 01:30:13,925
So while I didn't see

4023
01:30:13,925 --> 01:30:15,276
with my eyes

4024
01:30:15,276 --> 01:30:16,077
myself,

4025
01:30:16,077 --> 01:30:17,962
we saw it on the screen and.

4026
01:30:17,962 --> 01:30:19,714
It's still a great day.

4027
01:30:19,714 --> 01:30:21,682
So back to you, Lauren.

4028
01:30:21,682 --> 01:30:22,950
Wow. Thank you, Sophia.

4029
01:30:22,950 --> 01:30:23,584
And thankfully,

4030
01:30:23,584 --> 01:30:24,902
we got that great image

4031
01:30:24,902 --> 01:30:26,220
from the NASA helicopter.

4032
01:30:26,220 --> 01:30:27,455
Just well done to that team.

4033
01:30:27,455 --> 01:30:28,623
Thank You for that.

4034
01:30:28,623 --> 01:30:29,857
So while we're keeping an eye

4035
01:30:29,857 --> 01:30:31,142
on ongoing operations

4036
01:30:31,142 --> 01:30:32,577
to prep for the

4037
01:30:32,577 --> 01:30:33,845
FARC transport,

4038
01:30:33,845 --> 01:30:35,163
we have a special message

4039
01:30:35,163 --> 01:30:35,646
from someone

4040
01:30:35,646 --> 01:30:36,848
who keeps a close eye

4041
01:30:36,848 --> 01:30:38,516
on the entire manifest

4042
01:30:38,516 --> 01:30:39,867
of the space agency's

4043
01:30:39,867 --> 01:30:40,735
travels around

4044
01:30:40,735 --> 01:30:43,421
the solar system.

4045
01:30:43,504 --> 01:30:44,305
Hey, everybody.

4046
01:30:44,305 --> 01:30:46,224
Congratulations

4047
01:30:46,224 --> 01:30:49,110
to the Osiris-rex team.

4048
01:30:49,110 --> 01:30:50,645
You did it,

4049
01:30:50,645 --> 01:30:53,498
You designed it, you built it,

4050
01:30:53,498 --> 01:30:54,715
and you carried out

4051
01:30:54,715 --> 01:30:56,067
the first mission

4052
01:30:56,067 --> 01:30:56,667
to collect

4053
01:30:56,667 --> 01:30:59,454
a sample from an asteroid.

4054
01:30:59,454 --> 01:31:02,406
And after a two year journey,

4055
01:31:02,406 --> 01:31:05,009
it has touched down at the Utah

4056
01:31:05,009 --> 01:31:06,811
desert.

4057
01:31:06,811 --> 01:31:08,012
It brought something

4058
01:31:08,012 --> 01:31:08,996
extraordinary.

4059
01:31:08,996 --> 01:31:10,081
The largest

4060
01:31:10,081 --> 01:31:11,816
asteroid sample

4061
01:31:11,816 --> 01:31:13,985
ever received on Earth.

4062
01:31:13,985 --> 01:31:15,536
It's going to help scientists

4063
01:31:15,536 --> 01:31:17,405
investigate planet formation.

4064
01:31:17,405 --> 01:31:18,573
It's going to improve

4065
01:31:18,573 --> 01:31:19,524
our understanding

4066
01:31:19,524 --> 01:31:21,309
of the asteroids

4067
01:31:21,309 --> 01:31:22,343
that could possibly

4068
01:31:22,343 --> 01:31:24,028
impact the earth,

4069
01:31:24,028 --> 01:31:25,046
and it'll deepen

4070
01:31:25,046 --> 01:31:26,013
our understanding

4071
01:31:26,013 --> 01:31:27,098
of the origin

4072
01:31:27,098 --> 01:31:28,799
of our solar system

4073
01:31:28,799 --> 01:31:30,685
in its formation.

4074
01:31:30,685 --> 01:31:32,336
This mission proves

4075
01:31:32,336 --> 01:31:35,339
NASA does big things,

4076
01:31:35,523 --> 01:31:36,624
things that inspire

4077
01:31:36,624 --> 01:31:37,208
us, things

4078
01:31:37,208 --> 01:31:38,459
that unite US

4079
01:31:38,459 --> 01:31:40,027
recovery operations.

4080
01:31:40,027 --> 01:31:42,713
We're convinced that the 13

4081
01:31:42,713 --> 01:31:45,666
reached reach

4082
01:31:45,666 --> 01:31:47,368
and the mission continues

4083
01:31:47,368 --> 01:31:48,870
with incredible science

4084
01:31:48,870 --> 01:31:51,706
and analysis going to come.

4085
01:31:51,772 --> 01:31:54,175
But I want to thank you all

4086
01:31:54,175 --> 01:31:55,493
for everybody

4087
01:31:55,493 --> 01:31:56,694
that made this

4088
01:31:56,694 --> 01:32:01,599
Osiris-rex mission possible.

4089
01:32:01,682 --> 01:32:04,685
It wasn't Mission impossible.

4090
01:32:04,735 --> 01:32:06,904
It was the impossible

4091
01:32:06,904 --> 01:32:09,724
became possible.

4092
01:32:09,724 --> 01:32:11,976
Thank you all.

4093
01:32:11,976 --> 01:32:13,110
And just as a reminder,

4094
01:32:13,110 --> 01:32:14,245
we are keeping those

4095
01:32:14,245 --> 01:32:15,997
operational milestones going.

4096
01:32:15,997 --> 01:32:17,198
So you will continue to hear

4097
01:32:17,198 --> 01:32:18,716
that throughout the broadcast.

4098
01:32:18,716 --> 01:32:19,233
Thankfully,

4099
01:32:19,233 --> 01:32:20,735
the SNC was breached.

4100
01:32:20,735 --> 01:32:23,154
Fantastic, fantastic news.

4101
01:32:23,154 --> 01:32:23,521
All right.

4102
01:32:23,521 --> 01:32:24,539
As anyone who pays

4103
01:32:24,539 --> 01:32:26,040
just even a little attention

4104
01:32:26,040 --> 01:32:27,608
to modern spaceflight knows

4105
01:32:27,608 --> 01:32:28,676
there has been more activity

4106
01:32:28,676 --> 01:32:29,460
above the planet

4107
01:32:29,460 --> 01:32:30,244
in recent years

4108
01:32:30,244 --> 01:32:31,112
than ever before

4109
01:32:31,112 --> 01:32:32,663
in human history.

4110
01:32:32,663 --> 01:32:33,214
There are probes

4111
01:32:33,214 --> 01:32:34,148
like Osiris-rex

4112
01:32:34,148 --> 01:32:35,783
moving around the Solar System

4113
01:32:35,783 --> 01:32:36,601
Observatory,

4114
01:32:36,601 --> 01:32:38,252
looking out into deep space

4115
01:32:38,252 --> 01:32:39,053
and satellites

4116
01:32:39,053 --> 01:32:40,538
closely examining the health

4117
01:32:40,538 --> 01:32:42,323
and future of our own planet.

4118
01:32:42,323 --> 01:32:45,126
There are also human explorers

4119
01:32:45,126 --> 01:32:46,627
and we are so fortunate

4120
01:32:46,627 --> 01:32:47,762
to have two of them

4121
01:32:47,762 --> 01:32:49,046
with us here today.

4122
01:32:49,046 --> 01:32:49,680
Joining us now

4123
01:32:49,680 --> 01:32:51,065
are NASA's astronauts, Butch

4124
01:32:51,065 --> 01:32:52,733
Wilmore and Sonny Williams,

4125
01:32:52,733 --> 01:32:54,151
scheduled to launch on Boeing's

4126
01:32:54,151 --> 01:32:54,936
crewed flight test

4127
01:32:54,936 --> 01:32:55,953
aboard Starliner

4128
01:32:55,953 --> 01:32:57,004
to the International Space

4129
01:32:57,004 --> 01:32:57,838
Station.

4130
01:32:57,838 --> 01:32:58,923
Butch and Sunny,

4131
01:32:58,923 --> 01:33:00,925
thank for joining us

4132
01:33:00,925 --> 01:33:02,043
on the honor.

4133
01:33:02,043 --> 01:33:04,528
Super exciting day three.

4134
01:33:04,528 --> 01:33:05,646
Absolutely historic.

4135
01:33:05,646 --> 01:33:07,365
How are you feeling?

4136
01:33:07,448 --> 01:33:08,115
Pretty amazing.

4137
01:33:08,115 --> 01:33:08,933
It's like, wow,

4138
01:33:08,933 --> 01:33:10,585
this is what, you know, dreams

4139
01:33:10,585 --> 01:33:12,787
and imagination is fueled with.

4140
01:33:12,787 --> 01:33:13,854
This is just amazing.

4141
01:33:13,854 --> 01:33:15,573
So you can go from the movies,

4142
01:33:15,573 --> 01:33:16,707
but this is reality.

4143
01:33:16,707 --> 01:33:17,758
And we're doing things

4144
01:33:17,758 --> 01:33:19,126
that people couldn't even

4145
01:33:19,126 --> 01:33:19,677
could happen.

4146
01:33:19,677 --> 01:33:20,678
So amazing.

4147
01:33:20,678 --> 01:33:21,479
And also,

4148
01:33:21,479 --> 01:33:23,314
I mean, we've both landed

4149
01:33:23,314 --> 01:33:24,265
under capsule,

4150
01:33:24,265 --> 01:33:25,583
under parachutes.

4151
01:33:25,583 --> 01:33:26,917
There's not much better feeling

4152
01:33:26,917 --> 01:33:29,670
when that parachute opens.

4153
01:33:29,670 --> 01:33:30,204
And it was

4154
01:33:30,204 --> 01:33:31,439
it was maybe not

4155
01:33:31,439 --> 01:33:32,790
pretty close to exciting

4156
01:33:32,790 --> 01:33:34,825
And the tents in

4157
01:33:34,825 --> 01:33:35,693
that parachute open.

4158
01:33:35,693 --> 01:33:36,961
Oh, it was thrilling.

4159
01:33:36,961 --> 01:33:38,079
Absolutely thrilling.

4160
01:33:38,079 --> 01:33:40,498
Yeah, That's fantastic.

4161
01:33:40,498 --> 01:33:41,999
Well, that is fantastic.

4162
01:33:41,999 --> 01:33:42,933
And one of the things

4163
01:33:42,933 --> 01:33:43,768
that I think

4164
01:33:43,768 --> 01:33:44,368
will be really

4165
01:33:44,368 --> 01:33:45,503
interesting is this.

4166
01:33:45,503 --> 01:33:45,953
Of course,

4167
01:33:45,953 --> 01:33:47,588
this site is being

4168
01:33:47,588 --> 01:33:48,005
considered

4169
01:33:48,005 --> 01:33:49,407
as one of the candidates

4170
01:33:49,407 --> 01:33:51,058
for the a Boeing STARLINER

4171
01:33:51,058 --> 01:33:51,676
Crew flight. Right.

4172
01:33:51,676 --> 01:33:52,259
And that's actually

4173
01:33:52,259 --> 01:33:52,943
why we're here.

4174
01:33:52,943 --> 01:33:53,678
It just worked out

4175
01:33:53,678 --> 01:33:54,812
in our timing for our training

4176
01:33:54,812 --> 01:33:55,296
and our

4177
01:33:55,296 --> 01:33:57,148
as we're working on Starliner

4178
01:33:57,148 --> 01:33:57,848
that we could

4179
01:33:57,848 --> 01:33:58,683
and actually view

4180
01:33:58,683 --> 01:33:59,917
one of our prime landing sites,

4181
01:33:59,917 --> 01:34:01,118
which is here at Dugway.

4182
01:34:01,118 --> 01:34:01,952
And so that's actually

4183
01:34:01,952 --> 01:34:03,204
what brought us to the area

4184
01:34:03,204 --> 01:34:04,689
so we could be here and share

4185
01:34:04,689 --> 01:34:05,306
in the experience

4186
01:34:05,306 --> 01:34:05,906
with you today.

4187
01:34:05,906 --> 01:34:06,757
And then we see

4188
01:34:06,757 --> 01:34:08,042
this is gone so well,

4189
01:34:08,042 --> 01:34:08,542
we are ready

4190
01:34:08,542 --> 01:34:09,877
to recovery operations.

4191
01:34:09,877 --> 01:34:10,478
That's the place

4192
01:34:10,478 --> 01:34:11,512
that our heritage

4193
01:34:11,512 --> 01:34:12,196
was performing.

4194
01:34:12,196 --> 01:34:13,748
We're seeing beautiful places,

4195
01:34:13,748 --> 01:34:15,383
a beautiful day this morning.

4196
01:34:15,383 --> 01:34:16,317
You know, wind

4197
01:34:16,317 --> 01:34:17,368
and things capsule just came

4198
01:34:17,368 --> 01:34:18,336
right down under the chute

4199
01:34:18,336 --> 01:34:19,086
and hopefully

4200
01:34:19,086 --> 01:34:19,954
will have a nice software.

4201
01:34:19,954 --> 01:34:21,922
I just like this.

4202
01:34:21,922 --> 01:34:22,556
Absolutely.

4203
01:34:22,556 --> 01:34:23,674
And we just got a call out

4204
01:34:23,674 --> 01:34:24,659
that the recovery team

4205
01:34:24,659 --> 01:34:25,343
is performing their

4206
01:34:25,343 --> 01:34:27,795
safety operations. Everything

4207
01:34:27,878 --> 01:34:28,562
sounds good.

4208
01:34:28,562 --> 01:34:29,547
You guys will be coming back

4209
01:34:29,547 --> 01:34:30,998
and maybe someday with samples

4210
01:34:30,998 --> 01:34:32,183
yourself brought back

4211
01:34:32,183 --> 01:34:33,634
by humans. Indeed.

4212
01:34:33,634 --> 01:34:34,952
What do you think about that?

4213
01:34:34,952 --> 01:34:35,369
Again,

4214
01:34:35,369 --> 01:34:36,754
we're in that era of going

4215
01:34:36,754 --> 01:34:37,772
beyond low earth orbit

4216
01:34:37,772 --> 01:34:38,723
now with humans,

4217
01:34:38,723 --> 01:34:38,973
you know,

4218
01:34:38,973 --> 01:34:40,224
headed back to the moon

4219
01:34:40,224 --> 01:34:41,125
and potentially

4220
01:34:41,125 --> 01:34:42,443
one day to Mars Odyssey

4221
01:34:42,443 --> 01:34:43,561
Artemis program.

4222
01:34:43,561 --> 01:34:44,879
And it is a thrilling time,

4223
01:34:44,879 --> 01:34:45,996
as you mentioned earlier,

4224
01:34:45,996 --> 01:34:47,615
so much taking place

4225
01:34:47,615 --> 01:34:48,632
within the solar system,

4226
01:34:48,632 --> 01:34:49,717
the near solar system now.

4227
01:34:49,717 --> 01:34:50,918
And it's it's it's fascinating.

4228
01:34:50,918 --> 01:34:52,136
Great time to be in

4229
01:34:52,136 --> 01:34:52,987
human space.

4230
01:34:52,987 --> 01:34:53,587
I think I'd be a

4231
01:34:53,587 --> 01:34:54,155
little bit nervous

4232
01:34:54,155 --> 01:34:55,072
to go to an asteroid.

4233
01:34:55,072 --> 01:34:56,707
So

4234
01:34:56,707 --> 01:34:59,160
that's why I'm glad

4235
01:34:59,160 --> 01:35:00,177
the spacecraft did it.

4236
01:35:00,177 --> 01:35:02,430
And it will set the pace and

4237
01:35:02,430 --> 01:35:03,414
and show us how to do it.

4238
01:35:03,414 --> 01:35:04,265
But I think

4239
01:35:04,265 --> 01:35:05,032
maybe you practice

4240
01:35:05,032 --> 01:35:06,217
a little bit more before we go

4241
01:35:06,217 --> 01:35:07,868
because it's

4242
01:35:07,868 --> 01:35:09,270
a dangerous environment, Right.

4243
01:35:09,270 --> 01:35:10,838
Learning about it so much.

4244
01:35:10,838 --> 01:35:12,089
But thank you so much

4245
01:35:12,089 --> 01:35:12,890
for joining us today.

4246
01:35:12,890 --> 01:35:14,008
Briefly, you'll stick around

4247
01:35:14,008 --> 01:35:16,060
for more of the show on our.

4248
01:35:16,060 --> 01:35:17,461
Thank you, John.

4249
01:35:17,461 --> 01:35:18,596
Appreciate. Thanks, guys.

4250
01:35:18,596 --> 01:35:19,764
Good luck with your flight

4251
01:35:19,764 --> 01:35:20,848
if you've just joined us.

4252
01:35:20,848 --> 01:35:22,016
This is special live

4253
01:35:22,016 --> 01:35:23,934
coverage of NASA's Osiris-rex

4254
01:35:23,934 --> 01:35:25,886
asteroid sample return mission.

4255
01:35:25,886 --> 01:35:27,004
You might be thinking

4256
01:35:27,004 --> 01:35:28,322
this doesn't look like

4257
01:35:28,322 --> 01:35:30,091
a typical massive facility.

4258
01:35:30,091 --> 01:35:31,175
And it's not.

4259
01:35:31,175 --> 01:35:32,042
In fact, it's

4260
01:35:32,042 --> 01:35:32,526
because of the

4261
01:35:32,526 --> 01:35:33,744
extraordinary capabilities

4262
01:35:33,744 --> 01:35:34,495
that we find here,

4263
01:35:34,495 --> 01:35:35,463
that we find ourselves

4264
01:35:35,463 --> 01:35:36,330
the Utah desert

4265
01:35:36,330 --> 01:35:37,681
in the first place.

4266
01:35:37,681 --> 01:35:38,399
We're coming to you

4267
01:35:38,399 --> 01:35:39,333
live from Army's

4268
01:35:39,333 --> 01:35:40,768
Dugway Proving Ground.

4269
01:35:40,768 --> 01:35:41,485
We've got a video

4270
01:35:41,485 --> 01:35:42,236
postcard to share

4271
01:35:42,236 --> 01:35:42,903
that will give you

4272
01:35:42,903 --> 01:35:43,704
a better sense

4273
01:35:43,704 --> 01:35:44,672
of the glorious desert

4274
01:35:44,672 --> 01:35:46,257
environment all around us.

4275
01:35:46,257 --> 01:36:52,022
Take a look.

4276
01:36:52,106 --> 01:36:54,542
Wow, Absolutely gorgeous.

4277
01:36:54,542 --> 01:36:55,709
The spaces here are vast,

4278
01:36:55,709 --> 01:36:56,277
rugged, beautiful.

4279
01:36:56,277 --> 01:36:56,911
I mean, you get to see

4280
01:36:56,911 --> 01:36:57,661
a little bit from the

4281
01:36:57,661 --> 01:36:58,646
from the NASA helicopter.

4282
01:36:58,646 --> 01:36:59,497
But that was a

4283
01:36:59,497 --> 01:37:00,815
close up and personal.

4284
01:37:00,815 --> 01:37:01,532
And look at this.

4285
01:37:01,532 --> 01:37:02,316
We're in this place.

4286
01:37:02,316 --> 01:37:03,751
It almost looks like Mars,

4287
01:37:03,751 --> 01:37:04,768
but on Earth as we're

4288
01:37:04,768 --> 01:37:05,736
recovering a capsule

4289
01:37:05,736 --> 01:37:07,087
with the the

4290
01:37:07,087 --> 01:37:08,639
the pieces of our universe

4291
01:37:08,639 --> 01:37:09,156
that will tell us

4292
01:37:09,156 --> 01:37:09,924
about the early time

4293
01:37:09,924 --> 01:37:10,774
of our solar system

4294
01:37:10,774 --> 01:37:11,225
that we can't

4295
01:37:11,225 --> 01:37:12,276
get anywhere else.

4296
01:37:12,276 --> 01:37:13,828
And there's the crew out there

4297
01:37:13,828 --> 01:37:14,728
approaching that

4298
01:37:14,728 --> 01:37:15,963
beautiful capsule

4299
01:37:15,963 --> 01:37:17,398
that did the joyful ride

4300
01:37:17,398 --> 01:37:17,798
from that

4301
01:37:17,798 --> 01:37:19,049
top of the atmosphere, down

4302
01:37:19,049 --> 01:37:20,551
13 minutes of roller

4303
01:37:20,551 --> 01:37:22,136
coaster riding,

4304
01:37:22,136 --> 01:37:23,637
and they're getting it safe

4305
01:37:23,637 --> 01:37:24,038
and ready

4306
01:37:24,038 --> 01:37:25,356
to start bagging her

4307
01:37:25,356 --> 01:37:26,340
to come over

4308
01:37:26,340 --> 01:37:28,075
to the clean room here as well.

4309
01:37:28,075 --> 01:37:29,527
And explain why do we you know,

4310
01:37:29,527 --> 01:37:30,144
what do we do,

4311
01:37:30,144 --> 01:37:31,762
a land landing,

4312
01:37:31,762 --> 01:37:32,663
you know,

4313
01:37:32,663 --> 01:37:34,081
as opposed to an ocean landing.

4314
01:37:34,081 --> 01:37:35,165
So many of our crews land

4315
01:37:35,165 --> 01:37:35,699
in the ocean.

4316
01:37:35,699 --> 01:37:36,934
Right. You know, from Apollo.

4317
01:37:36,934 --> 01:37:38,018
But for this one,

4318
01:37:38,018 --> 01:37:38,886
we need to bring it back

4319
01:37:38,886 --> 01:37:39,203
to a place

4320
01:37:39,203 --> 01:37:39,987
where we can contain

4321
01:37:39,987 --> 01:37:41,138
the contamination

4322
01:37:41,138 --> 01:37:42,756
by landing in the desert here,

4323
01:37:42,756 --> 01:37:44,408
we can keep the earth, ocean,

4324
01:37:44,408 --> 01:37:45,442
all those

4325
01:37:45,442 --> 01:37:46,227
absolutely wonderful

4326
01:37:46,227 --> 01:37:47,311
waters out.

4327
01:37:47,311 --> 01:37:48,245
This is the best place

4328
01:37:48,245 --> 01:37:48,629
to bring home

4329
01:37:48,629 --> 01:37:49,613
this kind of capsule.

4330
01:37:49,613 --> 01:37:50,397
And look at her.

4331
01:37:50,397 --> 01:37:51,815
She landed perfectly.

4332
01:37:51,815 --> 01:37:53,617
Looks like a top sitting there.

4333
01:37:53,617 --> 01:37:55,319
Absolutely gorgeous.

4334
01:37:55,319 --> 01:37:56,904
Well, this isn't the first time

4335
01:37:56,904 --> 01:37:59,106
that NASA has Dugway,

4336
01:37:59,106 --> 01:38:00,324
and it certainly won't

4337
01:38:00,324 --> 01:38:03,894
be the last. Take a look.

4338
01:38:03,978 --> 01:38:05,129
All right.

4339
01:38:05,129 --> 01:38:05,846
When bringing a

4340
01:38:05,846 --> 01:38:06,997
sample of the cosmos

4341
01:38:06,997 --> 01:38:07,915
back to Earth,

4342
01:38:07,915 --> 01:38:08,582
it's important

4343
01:38:08,582 --> 01:38:09,934
to find a good landing zone

4344
01:38:09,934 --> 01:38:10,985
that won't compromise

4345
01:38:10,985 --> 01:38:12,052
the sample.

4346
01:38:12,052 --> 01:38:12,536
That's why

4347
01:38:12,536 --> 01:38:13,287
NASA's partnered

4348
01:38:13,287 --> 01:38:14,038
with the Army's

4349
01:38:14,038 --> 01:38:15,606
Dugway Proving Ground.

4350
01:38:15,606 --> 01:38:17,458
It's vast open Space Mexico

4351
01:38:17,458 --> 01:38:18,809
to test

4352
01:38:18,809 --> 01:38:22,062
scientists working on the first

4353
01:38:22,146 --> 01:38:24,365
mission to land the assignment

4354
01:38:24,365 --> 01:38:25,649
for the Genesis mission

4355
01:38:25,649 --> 01:38:26,784
landed here at Dugway,

4356
01:38:26,784 --> 01:38:27,534
delivering our

4357
01:38:27,534 --> 01:38:28,652
first ever samples

4358
01:38:28,652 --> 01:38:30,504
of solar wind.

4359
01:38:30,504 --> 01:38:32,790
In 2006, NASA landed at

4360
01:38:32,790 --> 01:38:33,807
Dugway again,

4361
01:38:33,807 --> 01:38:34,975
this time with a mission

4362
01:38:34,975 --> 01:38:36,176
called Stardust,

4363
01:38:36,176 --> 01:38:36,777
which gathered

4364
01:38:36,777 --> 01:38:39,780
samples of interstellar dust.

4365
01:38:39,813 --> 01:38:40,748
Both of these missions

4366
01:38:40,748 --> 01:38:41,498
helped fuel

4367
01:38:41,498 --> 01:38:42,299
our understanding

4368
01:38:42,299 --> 01:38:43,384
of the universe

4369
01:38:43,384 --> 01:38:44,785
and wouldn't have been possible

4370
01:38:44,785 --> 01:38:46,387
without a safe landing zone.

4371
01:38:46,387 --> 01:38:48,689
Just like Osiris-rex.

4372
01:38:48,689 --> 01:38:50,491
After today, NASA and Dugway

4373
01:38:50,491 --> 01:38:52,293
are looking towards the future

4374
01:38:52,293 --> 01:38:52,977
to the Mars

4375
01:38:52,977 --> 01:38:54,094
sample return mission

4376
01:38:54,094 --> 01:38:54,929
that will once again

4377
01:38:54,929 --> 01:38:56,463
be bringing a unique sample

4378
01:38:56,463 --> 01:38:57,748
of our universe right here

4379
01:38:57,748 --> 01:39:01,068
to Dugway Proving Ground.

4380
01:39:01,135 --> 01:39:02,937
The US and the U.S.

4381
01:39:02,937 --> 01:39:04,021
Army and Air Force

4382
01:39:04,021 --> 01:39:05,072
have been excellent

4383
01:39:05,072 --> 01:39:06,473
hosts to us for months

4384
01:39:06,473 --> 01:39:07,408
as we've been preparing

4385
01:39:07,408 --> 01:39:08,876
for today's landing.

4386
01:39:08,876 --> 01:39:10,260
That's one of many reasons I'm

4387
01:39:10,260 --> 01:39:11,428
so pleased to welcome

4388
01:39:11,428 --> 01:39:12,896
Colonel James Harwell,

4389
01:39:12,896 --> 01:39:14,581
Army commander here at Dugway

4390
01:39:14,581 --> 01:39:15,449
Proving Ground

4391
01:39:15,449 --> 01:39:17,251
Recovery Operations.

4392
01:39:17,251 --> 01:39:18,485
Nominal, essentially

4393
01:39:18,485 --> 01:39:21,305
recovery operations have begun.

4394
01:39:21,305 --> 01:39:23,641
Oak

4395
01:39:23,641 --> 01:39:23,974
All right.

4396
01:39:23,974 --> 01:39:25,776
Nominal RC Recovery

4397
01:39:25,776 --> 01:39:27,695
operations have begun.

4398
01:39:27,695 --> 01:39:29,246
Okay, good.

4399
01:39:29,246 --> 01:39:30,814
All right.

4400
01:39:30,814 --> 01:39:31,115
Okay.

4401
01:39:31,115 --> 01:39:31,982
So today

4402
01:39:31,982 --> 01:39:33,934
could not have gone any better.

4403
01:39:33,934 --> 01:39:34,735
How did it

4404
01:39:34,735 --> 01:39:35,736
I mean, in large part

4405
01:39:35,736 --> 01:39:36,687
due to our amazing partners

4406
01:39:36,687 --> 01:39:37,738
here with the military.

4407
01:39:37,738 --> 01:39:39,423
How did it look from your end?

4408
01:39:39,423 --> 01:39:40,374
Oh, it looked amazing.

4409
01:39:40,374 --> 01:39:41,608
So the

4410
01:39:41,608 --> 01:39:42,059
when you talk

4411
01:39:42,059 --> 01:39:43,077
about partnerships

4412
01:39:43,077 --> 01:39:43,927
isn't just a Dugway

4413
01:39:43,927 --> 01:39:44,995
Proving Ground effort, though.

4414
01:39:44,995 --> 01:39:45,696
You're sitting here

4415
01:39:45,696 --> 01:39:46,547
on Dugway Proving Ground.

4416
01:39:46,547 --> 01:39:47,398
The capsule actually

4417
01:39:47,398 --> 01:39:48,932
landed on the Air Force's

4418
01:39:48,932 --> 01:39:50,284
Utah Test and training range.

4419
01:39:50,284 --> 01:39:50,818
And so it's going

4420
01:39:50,818 --> 01:39:51,485
to be brought here

4421
01:39:51,485 --> 01:39:52,619
to Dugway before.

4422
01:39:52,619 --> 01:39:53,737
It goes to the clean room.

4423
01:39:53,737 --> 01:39:55,522
So this is a larger effort

4424
01:39:55,522 --> 01:39:56,573
than just the Army's

4425
01:39:56,573 --> 01:39:57,174
Dugway Proving

4426
01:39:57,174 --> 01:39:58,225
Ground in Nassau.

4427
01:39:58,225 --> 01:39:59,693
And it looks like

4428
01:39:59,693 --> 01:40:02,346
it might have landed right.

4429
01:40:02,413 --> 01:40:03,781
So I got a note

4430
01:40:03,781 --> 01:40:04,865
just before this

4431
01:40:04,865 --> 01:40:05,516
from the commander

4432
01:40:05,516 --> 01:40:06,367
of the Utah testing

4433
01:40:06,367 --> 01:40:06,984
training range

4434
01:40:06,984 --> 01:40:08,752
that it did land on Utah.

4435
01:40:08,752 --> 01:40:09,386
And so

4436
01:40:09,386 --> 01:40:10,020
there was a little

4437
01:40:10,020 --> 01:40:11,138
bit of rivalry there.

4438
01:40:11,138 --> 01:40:12,573
We were hoping

4439
01:40:12,573 --> 01:40:13,774
it looks like it was on you

4440
01:40:13,774 --> 01:40:14,942
right on the boundary, though.

4441
01:40:14,942 --> 01:40:16,326
So cool.

4442
01:40:16,326 --> 01:40:18,062
So we have a big collaboration

4443
01:40:18,062 --> 01:40:18,479
at NASA

4444
01:40:18,479 --> 01:40:19,747
with members of the

4445
01:40:19,747 --> 01:40:20,798
from the Army and Navy,

4446
01:40:20,798 --> 01:40:21,932
from the military services

4447
01:40:21,932 --> 01:40:22,683
that have given us

4448
01:40:22,683 --> 01:40:23,584
the opportunity

4449
01:40:23,584 --> 01:40:24,752
to go to these great places

4450
01:40:24,752 --> 01:40:26,370
and space ourselves as people.

4451
01:40:26,370 --> 01:40:27,337
And can you tell us

4452
01:40:27,337 --> 01:40:28,405
a little bit about the training

4453
01:40:28,405 --> 01:40:29,339
and other fantastic

4454
01:40:29,339 --> 01:40:30,124
things you do?

4455
01:40:30,124 --> 01:40:31,208
Prepares these people

4456
01:40:31,208 --> 01:40:32,009
to be crew

4457
01:40:32,009 --> 01:40:34,261
for flight into space? Yeah.

4458
01:40:34,261 --> 01:40:35,646
So if you look at it,

4459
01:40:35,646 --> 01:40:36,847
the the Army is

4460
01:40:36,847 --> 01:40:37,865
the greatest leadership

4461
01:40:37,865 --> 01:40:38,665
lab in the world.

4462
01:40:38,665 --> 01:40:39,867
The types of problems

4463
01:40:39,867 --> 01:40:40,617
that we have to solve

4464
01:40:40,617 --> 01:40:41,969
on a day to day basis.

4465
01:40:41,969 --> 01:40:43,387
And we have some of the

4466
01:40:43,387 --> 01:40:44,555
best workforce

4467
01:40:44,555 --> 01:40:45,756
that is available.

4468
01:40:45,756 --> 01:40:46,440
So here at Dugway

4469
01:40:46,440 --> 01:40:46,974
Proving Ground,

4470
01:40:46,974 --> 01:40:47,341
we do

4471
01:40:47,341 --> 01:40:48,425
chemical and biological

4472
01:40:48,425 --> 01:40:49,176
defense testing.

4473
01:40:49,176 --> 01:40:50,094
We're part of the Army's

4474
01:40:50,094 --> 01:40:51,895
test and evaluation command.

4475
01:40:51,895 --> 01:40:52,746
And so any time

4476
01:40:52,746 --> 01:40:53,814
a piece of equipment

4477
01:40:53,814 --> 01:40:55,082
is going to go to

4478
01:40:55,082 --> 01:40:56,100
into a service members

4479
01:40:56,100 --> 01:40:57,334
hands, it's tested

4480
01:40:57,334 --> 01:40:58,285
by one of our

4481
01:40:58,285 --> 01:40:59,136
amazing members

4482
01:40:59,136 --> 01:41:00,387
of our workforce.

4483
01:41:00,387 --> 01:41:01,705
But we also do training here.

4484
01:41:01,705 --> 01:41:02,372
And so

4485
01:41:02,372 --> 01:41:03,390
it gives a chance for folks

4486
01:41:03,390 --> 01:41:03,874
to come

4487
01:41:03,874 --> 01:41:04,508
and do things

4488
01:41:04,508 --> 01:41:05,692
in a realistic environment

4489
01:41:05,692 --> 01:41:07,027
that's really allows them

4490
01:41:07,027 --> 01:41:08,011
to hone those problem

4491
01:41:08,011 --> 01:41:09,113
solving skills.

4492
01:41:09,113 --> 01:41:09,663
So that's why

4493
01:41:09,663 --> 01:41:10,748
the crews are so good

4494
01:41:10,748 --> 01:41:11,698
who come from the

4495
01:41:11,698 --> 01:41:13,233
from the Army in the Navy.

4496
01:41:13,233 --> 01:41:14,184
Yeah, we'd like to point out

4497
01:41:14,184 --> 01:41:15,185
it was an Army astronaut

4498
01:41:15,185 --> 01:41:16,987
this week who went over the

4499
01:41:16,987 --> 01:41:19,306
set, the record. Oh, well,

4500
01:41:19,373 --> 01:41:20,524
there you go.

4501
01:41:20,524 --> 01:41:21,208
Well, we

4502
01:41:21,208 --> 01:41:22,292
couldn't let you go

4503
01:41:22,292 --> 01:41:23,460
without wishing you

4504
01:41:23,460 --> 01:41:25,612
a very happy birthday today.

4505
01:41:25,612 --> 01:41:27,147
Happy birthday. Thank you.

4506
01:41:27,147 --> 01:41:27,698
And you

4507
01:41:27,698 --> 01:41:28,499
got a piece

4508
01:41:28,499 --> 01:41:29,399
of the solar system.

4509
01:41:29,399 --> 01:41:29,783
How about that?

4510
01:41:29,783 --> 01:41:31,285
I don't think

4511
01:41:31,285 --> 01:41:31,952
I could have gotten

4512
01:41:31,952 --> 01:41:33,604
a better present from NASA.

4513
01:41:33,604 --> 01:41:35,072
This is the rarest stuff

4514
01:41:35,072 --> 01:41:36,573
we've ever had on Earth.

4515
01:41:36,573 --> 01:41:37,324
It is.

4516
01:41:37,324 --> 01:41:37,925
And I mean,

4517
01:41:37,925 --> 01:41:38,609
when we're talking

4518
01:41:38,609 --> 01:41:39,726
about the origins of life,

4519
01:41:39,726 --> 01:41:40,794
and that's one of the cool

4520
01:41:40,794 --> 01:41:41,829
I have the coolest job

4521
01:41:41,829 --> 01:41:42,479
in the world.

4522
01:41:42,479 --> 01:41:43,347
A couple of months ago,

4523
01:41:43,347 --> 01:41:43,864
I was here

4524
01:41:43,864 --> 01:41:44,848
and I did the Utah test

4525
01:41:44,848 --> 01:41:45,632
and training range.

4526
01:41:45,632 --> 01:41:46,383
We got to go out to

4527
01:41:46,383 --> 01:41:47,484
an archeological site

4528
01:41:47,484 --> 01:41:48,719
and see 12,000 year

4529
01:41:48,719 --> 01:41:49,503
old footprints.

4530
01:41:49,503 --> 01:41:50,587
And now we're going to get

4531
01:41:50,587 --> 01:41:52,222
to see the material

4532
01:41:52,222 --> 01:41:52,956
from the origins

4533
01:41:52,956 --> 01:41:54,408
of the solar system.

4534
01:41:54,408 --> 01:41:55,826
I think we've set the bar

4535
01:41:55,826 --> 01:41:56,543
pretty high.

4536
01:41:56,543 --> 01:41:57,244
And so my

4537
01:41:57,244 --> 01:41:58,829
my kids think I'm cool today.

4538
01:41:58,829 --> 01:41:59,546
I don't know what

4539
01:41:59,546 --> 01:42:00,547
we're going to do to top this.

4540
01:42:00,547 --> 01:42:00,697
Well,

4541
01:42:00,697 --> 01:42:01,715
we think you're pretty cool.

4542
01:42:01,715 --> 01:42:02,850
Yes. Yes, sir.

4543
01:42:02,850 --> 01:42:03,717
Thank you so much

4544
01:42:03,717 --> 01:42:04,201
for joining us.

4545
01:42:04,201 --> 01:42:05,669
We really loved having you.

4546
01:42:05,669 --> 01:42:08,438
Thank you.

4547
01:42:08,522 --> 01:42:09,606
We have a saying at

4548
01:42:09,606 --> 01:42:10,290
NASA that

4549
01:42:10,290 --> 01:42:11,859
the only way to reach the stars

4550
01:42:11,859 --> 01:42:13,677
is if we all go together.

4551
01:42:13,677 --> 01:42:15,395
The Osiris Rex team

4552
01:42:15,395 --> 01:42:16,296
represents pros

4553
01:42:16,296 --> 01:42:17,614
at the top of their game,

4554
01:42:17,614 --> 01:42:19,233
but explorers are just now

4555
01:42:19,233 --> 01:42:20,284
finding inspiration

4556
01:42:20,284 --> 01:42:21,668
in today's events.

4557
01:42:21,668 --> 01:42:23,070
Here at the Dugway Proving

4558
01:42:23,070 --> 01:42:23,821
Ground, students

4559
01:42:23,821 --> 01:42:24,905
attending public school

4560
01:42:24,905 --> 01:42:26,340
can literally say

4561
01:42:26,340 --> 01:42:27,124
that a sample

4562
01:42:27,124 --> 01:42:28,158
of an asteroid, it

4563
01:42:28,158 --> 01:42:29,843
landed in their backyard.

4564
01:42:29,843 --> 01:42:30,878
We visited the school

4565
01:42:30,878 --> 01:42:32,095
to hear their thoughts

4566
01:42:32,095 --> 01:42:32,880
about the mission

4567
01:42:32,880 --> 01:42:34,114
and how their teachers hope

4568
01:42:34,114 --> 01:42:35,482
it might influence their dreams

4569
01:42:35,482 --> 01:42:43,273
of future exploration.

4570
01:42:43,357 --> 01:42:45,309
My name is Deborah Rockmore

4571
01:42:45,309 --> 01:42:47,094
and I am the librarian here

4572
01:42:47,094 --> 01:42:48,579
at elementary

4573
01:42:48,579 --> 01:42:49,980
through high school.

4574
01:42:49,980 --> 01:42:50,881
I love that

4575
01:42:50,881 --> 01:42:52,466
Dugway is part of this.

4576
01:42:52,466 --> 01:42:54,902
We have a very strong

4577
01:42:54,902 --> 01:42:56,737
feeling about Dugway.

4578
01:42:56,737 --> 01:42:58,805
It's a wonderful base

4579
01:42:58,805 --> 01:43:02,009
to have it be a prominent area

4580
01:43:02,009 --> 01:43:03,627
where this is coming down

4581
01:43:03,627 --> 01:43:05,879
is really amazing to us.

4582
01:43:05,879 --> 01:43:07,564
Well, I I'm just glad

4583
01:43:07,564 --> 01:43:08,315
I had that.

4584
01:43:08,315 --> 01:43:09,266
This little town

4585
01:43:09,266 --> 01:43:11,068
is getting noticed

4586
01:43:11,068 --> 01:43:12,686
is a bit west

4587
01:43:12,686 --> 01:43:13,837
that has kind of

4588
01:43:13,837 --> 01:43:15,339
like all the left

4589
01:43:15,339 --> 01:43:15,622
because they

4590
01:43:15,622 --> 01:43:19,393
get fly to the sky with fire

4591
01:43:19,476 --> 01:43:21,545
because it goes really fast.

4592
01:43:21,545 --> 01:43:21,962
Honestly,

4593
01:43:21,962 --> 01:43:23,247
I find it really cool cause

4594
01:43:23,247 --> 01:43:24,064
you don't really expect

4595
01:43:24,064 --> 01:43:24,898
this stuff to happen,

4596
01:43:24,898 --> 01:43:27,000
you know, in your backyard.

4597
01:43:27,000 --> 01:43:28,468
But I really wish

4598
01:43:28,468 --> 01:43:29,036
I could see it,

4599
01:43:29,036 --> 01:43:29,937
but I don't know.

4600
01:43:29,937 --> 01:43:31,471
I'm going to try my hardest.

4601
01:43:31,471 --> 01:43:32,189
I became

4602
01:43:32,189 --> 01:43:33,207
interested in the mission

4603
01:43:33,207 --> 01:43:35,876
because I have that NASA out

4604
01:43:35,876 --> 01:43:37,110
and I get daily

4605
01:43:37,110 --> 01:43:38,228
updates on photos.

4606
01:43:38,228 --> 01:43:40,497
And one day I saw a photo

4607
01:43:40,497 --> 01:43:41,281
that had

4608
01:43:41,281 --> 01:43:43,016
Dugway, Utah titled on it,

4609
01:43:43,016 --> 01:43:44,768
and I was like, I live there.

4610
01:43:44,768 --> 01:43:46,503
You hear about exciting things

4611
01:43:46,503 --> 01:43:47,221
all over the world

4612
01:43:47,221 --> 01:43:48,188
and it's cool to hear about,

4613
01:43:48,188 --> 01:43:48,655
but you kind of

4614
01:43:48,655 --> 01:43:50,073
never think that you'll be,

4615
01:43:50,073 --> 01:43:51,024
I guess, directly

4616
01:43:51,024 --> 01:43:52,676
or indirectly involved with it.

4617
01:43:52,676 --> 01:43:53,243
But to know

4618
01:43:53,243 --> 01:43:54,177
that it's just happening

4619
01:43:54,177 --> 01:43:56,213
here, what can I say

4620
01:43:56,213 --> 01:43:58,048
is is pretty cool.

4621
01:43:58,048 --> 01:43:58,916
Let's go.

4622
01:43:58,916 --> 01:44:01,735
Cyrus Rex, Go. Cyrus Rex.

4623
01:44:01,735 --> 01:44:04,271
Well, let's go to Cyrus.

4624
01:44:04,354 --> 01:44:04,922
Let's go.

4625
01:44:04,922 --> 01:44:07,291
Cyrus. Rex outside.

4626
01:44:07,291 --> 01:44:14,314
Is that

4627
01:44:14,398 --> 01:44:14,815
all right?

4628
01:44:14,815 --> 01:44:15,449
Let's go.

4629
01:44:15,449 --> 01:44:16,316
Cyrus Rex.

4630
01:44:16,316 --> 01:44:17,317
I love that energy.

4631
01:44:17,317 --> 01:44:18,118
I do, too.

4632
01:44:18,118 --> 01:44:19,319
All right, Jim, you know,

4633
01:44:19,319 --> 01:44:20,887
you're a planetary geologist.

4634
01:44:20,887 --> 01:44:22,289
How did you get into this?

4635
01:44:22,289 --> 01:44:22,889
I mean, these kids

4636
01:44:22,889 --> 01:44:23,674
are just at the beginning

4637
01:44:23,674 --> 01:44:24,574
of thinking about what

4638
01:44:24,574 --> 01:44:25,525
their career might be.

4639
01:44:25,525 --> 01:44:27,094
I mean, how did you do this?

4640
01:44:27,094 --> 01:44:27,444
I think

4641
01:44:27,444 --> 01:44:29,212
all kids are intrinsically

4642
01:44:29,212 --> 01:44:30,564
curious at birth.

4643
01:44:30,564 --> 01:44:32,065
My mother said I was interested

4644
01:44:32,065 --> 01:44:32,799
in space at birth.

4645
01:44:32,799 --> 01:44:33,634
Don't know how she knew.

4646
01:44:33,634 --> 01:44:34,768
But in any event,

4647
01:44:34,768 --> 01:44:35,602
I think we all are

4648
01:44:35,602 --> 01:44:36,119
and we

4649
01:44:36,119 --> 01:44:37,020
follow different pathways.

4650
01:44:37,020 --> 01:44:38,555
If you see things as beautiful

4651
01:44:38,555 --> 01:44:39,990
as we have here in Dugway,

4652
01:44:39,990 --> 01:44:40,891
here in Utah,

4653
01:44:40,891 --> 01:44:42,326
you'll be inspired by the rocks

4654
01:44:42,326 --> 01:44:43,193
and the things in space

4655
01:44:43,193 --> 01:44:44,344
like these special samples

4656
01:44:44,344 --> 01:44:44,911
we've brought back,

4657
01:44:44,911 --> 01:44:46,046
which are unique

4658
01:44:46,046 --> 01:44:46,980
being from Bennu

4659
01:44:46,980 --> 01:44:47,648
but not unique

4660
01:44:47,648 --> 01:44:48,598
in the kinds of materials

4661
01:44:48,598 --> 01:44:49,349
we have here on Earth

4662
01:44:49,349 --> 01:44:50,167
thanks to other

4663
01:44:50,167 --> 01:44:51,218
asteroid returns.

4664
01:44:51,218 --> 01:44:51,935
These are the biggest

4665
01:44:51,935 --> 01:44:52,586
we've ever done,

4666
01:44:52,586 --> 01:44:53,337
and so we're excited.

4667
01:44:53,337 --> 01:44:54,187
But I think

4668
01:44:54,187 --> 01:44:55,856
curiosity is in all of us.

4669
01:44:55,856 --> 01:44:56,974
And so

4670
01:44:56,974 --> 01:44:57,574
that's really

4671
01:44:57,574 --> 01:44:58,442
what it's all about.

4672
01:44:58,442 --> 01:44:59,493
And these kids are ready

4673
01:44:59,493 --> 01:45:00,894
to pick up on this energy now.

4674
01:45:00,894 --> 01:45:02,429
We need that future generation.

4675
01:45:02,429 --> 01:45:02,646
All right.

4676
01:45:02,646 --> 01:45:04,147
Let's get an update from James.

4677
01:45:04,147 --> 01:45:05,165
James, go ahead.

4678
01:45:05,165 --> 01:45:05,615
Yeah, Lauren.

4679
01:45:05,615 --> 01:45:06,833
So the mission operations

4680
01:45:06,833 --> 01:45:07,834
team has confirmed

4681
01:45:07,834 --> 01:45:08,735
that we are able to begin

4682
01:45:08,735 --> 01:45:09,753
those recovery operations

4683
01:45:09,753 --> 01:45:10,320
you've been seeing

4684
01:45:10,320 --> 01:45:10,837
on your screen

4685
01:45:10,837 --> 01:45:11,588
in the bottom corner

4686
01:45:11,588 --> 01:45:12,806
for the past couple of minutes,

4687
01:45:12,806 --> 01:45:13,323
team members

4688
01:45:13,323 --> 01:45:14,458
beginning to head out

4689
01:45:14,458 --> 01:45:15,692
and put flags

4690
01:45:15,692 --> 01:45:16,677
of areas of interest

4691
01:45:16,677 --> 01:45:17,878
where we'll want to sample

4692
01:45:17,878 --> 01:45:19,830
for our sample curation team.

4693
01:45:19,830 --> 01:45:20,881
And also just a note

4694
01:45:20,881 --> 01:45:22,316
on our parachute deployment.

4695
01:45:22,316 --> 01:45:23,483
The parachute was set to deploy

4696
01:45:23,483 --> 01:45:24,935
based on capsule deceleration,

4697
01:45:24,935 --> 01:45:25,836
and we actually reached

4698
01:45:25,836 --> 01:45:26,670
that threshold

4699
01:45:26,670 --> 01:45:27,788
earlier than predicted

4700
01:45:27,788 --> 01:45:28,355
and the parachute

4701
01:45:28,355 --> 01:45:29,856
deployed appropriately.

4702
01:45:29,856 --> 01:45:31,925
So everything was right there

4703
01:45:31,925 --> 01:45:33,043
working perfectly fine.

4704
01:45:33,043 --> 01:45:33,960
We got that as far.

4705
01:45:33,960 --> 01:45:35,162
See, as you can see

4706
01:45:35,162 --> 01:45:36,330
successfully on the ground,

4707
01:45:36,330 --> 01:45:38,131
it is perfectly resting

4708
01:45:38,131 --> 01:45:39,366
on the desert terrain.

4709
01:45:39,366 --> 01:45:40,167
And you see three

4710
01:45:40,167 --> 01:45:41,368
of our team members

4711
01:45:41,368 --> 01:45:42,602
around that capsule

4712
01:45:42,602 --> 01:45:44,137
beginning to place flags

4713
01:45:44,137 --> 01:45:45,622
to begin to collect samples.

4714
01:45:45,622 --> 01:45:46,473
The team members here

4715
01:45:46,473 --> 01:45:48,759
you see on screen are Sanford

4716
01:45:48,759 --> 01:45:49,443
Dante Lauretta,

4717
01:45:49,443 --> 01:45:50,243
the principal investigator

4718
01:45:50,243 --> 01:45:51,178
at the right of your screen

4719
01:45:51,178 --> 01:45:53,213
there, and Francis McCubbin.

4720
01:45:53,213 --> 01:45:54,698
These are key curation

4721
01:45:54,698 --> 01:45:55,198
team members

4722
01:45:55,198 --> 01:45:56,216
who will help us actually

4723
01:45:56,216 --> 01:45:58,285
get a lot of these samples

4724
01:45:58,285 --> 01:45:59,102
of the region,

4725
01:45:59,102 --> 01:46:00,570
their environmental samples

4726
01:46:00,570 --> 01:46:02,039
collected and ready

4727
01:46:02,039 --> 01:46:03,690
to be passed

4728
01:46:03,690 --> 01:46:04,408
along to our team

4729
01:46:04,408 --> 01:46:05,692
at the Johnson Space Center

4730
01:46:05,692 --> 01:46:08,028
for Curation efforts there.

4731
01:46:08,095 --> 01:46:08,912
This is again, a

4732
01:46:08,912 --> 01:46:09,863
very key part of the mission.

4733
01:46:09,863 --> 01:46:10,414
We want to make sure

4734
01:46:10,414 --> 01:46:11,948
that there is no contamination

4735
01:46:11,948 --> 01:46:13,166
of that sample return capsule

4736
01:46:13,166 --> 01:46:14,551
from any possible

4737
01:46:14,551 --> 01:46:15,419
atmospheric or

4738
01:46:15,419 --> 01:46:17,037
environmental conditions

4739
01:46:17,037 --> 01:46:17,788
at that landing zone,

4740
01:46:17,788 --> 01:46:18,839
that landing site.

4741
01:46:18,839 --> 01:46:19,406
And so we're going

4742
01:46:19,406 --> 01:46:20,524
to continue these operations

4743
01:46:20,524 --> 01:46:21,691
and actually begin

4744
01:46:21,691 --> 01:46:22,142
to scoop up

4745
01:46:22,142 --> 01:46:22,859
some of the samples.

4746
01:46:22,859 --> 01:46:23,460
And this will work

4747
01:46:23,460 --> 01:46:24,628
like a well-oiled machine

4748
01:46:24,628 --> 01:46:25,979
you'll see in a few moments

4749
01:46:25,979 --> 01:46:26,463
Dante,

4750
01:46:26,463 --> 01:46:27,597
who was just on your screen

4751
01:46:27,597 --> 01:46:28,014
a few moments

4752
01:46:28,014 --> 01:46:29,549
ago, is wearing an arm band

4753
01:46:29,549 --> 01:46:30,217
much like a

4754
01:46:30,217 --> 01:46:31,134
football quarterback,

4755
01:46:31,134 --> 01:46:31,918
if you will.

4756
01:46:31,918 --> 01:46:32,702
He'll actually be kind of

4757
01:46:32,702 --> 01:46:33,387
reading off the play

4758
01:46:33,387 --> 01:46:34,588
calls as they go out

4759
01:46:34,588 --> 01:46:35,872
and go step by step

4760
01:46:35,872 --> 01:46:36,723
to actually scoop

4761
01:46:36,723 --> 01:46:37,257
into the terrain

4762
01:46:37,257 --> 01:46:38,158
about an inch down

4763
01:46:38,158 --> 01:46:40,026
into the surface of the desert,

4764
01:46:40,026 --> 01:46:40,977
scooping out a little bit

4765
01:46:40,977 --> 01:46:41,828
of the rock and dust

4766
01:46:41,828 --> 01:46:42,629
that's there,

4767
01:46:42,629 --> 01:46:43,713
placing it into a bag,

4768
01:46:43,713 --> 01:46:45,031
photographing the whole process

4769
01:46:45,031 --> 01:46:45,899
along the way,

4770
01:46:45,899 --> 01:46:46,983
making Note of exactly

4771
01:46:46,983 --> 01:46:47,634
where they collected

4772
01:46:47,634 --> 01:46:48,785
that sample from.

4773
01:46:48,785 --> 01:46:49,853
All this information will

4774
01:46:49,853 --> 01:46:50,937
then be passed along

4775
01:46:50,937 --> 01:46:51,938
to our sample curation

4776
01:46:51,938 --> 01:46:52,889
team at the Johnson

4777
01:46:52,889 --> 01:46:53,707
Space Center

4778
01:46:53,707 --> 01:46:54,624
as they begin

4779
01:46:54,624 --> 01:46:55,892
to actually open up

4780
01:46:55,892 --> 01:46:57,177
that sample canister

4781
01:46:57,177 --> 01:46:58,178
and see exactly

4782
01:46:58,178 --> 01:46:59,763
what we got within.

4783
01:46:59,763 --> 01:47:00,781
This has been a long journey.

4784
01:47:00,781 --> 01:47:02,699
It's been a incredible morning

4785
01:47:02,699 --> 01:47:03,066
to witness

4786
01:47:03,066 --> 01:47:03,934
this live

4787
01:47:03,934 --> 01:47:05,018
just really just

4788
01:47:05,018 --> 01:47:06,052
such a stunning feat

4789
01:47:06,052 --> 01:47:06,937
of engineering

4790
01:47:06,937 --> 01:47:08,305
to get that capsule

4791
01:47:08,305 --> 01:47:09,423
back here to Earth

4792
01:47:09,423 --> 01:47:10,173
with samples

4793
01:47:10,173 --> 01:47:11,908
of the asteroid bennu.

4794
01:47:11,908 --> 01:47:12,726
This is why we do

4795
01:47:12,726 --> 01:47:13,493
science, right,

4796
01:47:13,493 --> 01:47:14,845
to get these kinds of samples.

4797
01:47:14,845 --> 01:47:16,163
Every piece of dust

4798
01:47:16,163 --> 01:47:17,280
and grain inside

4799
01:47:17,280 --> 01:47:18,482
that sample return capsule

4800
01:47:18,482 --> 01:47:19,316
is a Ph.D.

4801
01:47:19,316 --> 01:47:21,218
thesis waiting to be written.

4802
01:47:21,218 --> 01:47:22,269
It's a new discovery,

4803
01:47:22,269 --> 01:47:22,953
waiting for us

4804
01:47:22,953 --> 01:47:23,753
about the origins

4805
01:47:23,753 --> 01:47:24,654
of the solar system

4806
01:47:24,654 --> 01:47:25,822
and our place in it.

4807
01:47:25,822 --> 01:47:26,940
And the vast

4808
01:47:26,940 --> 01:47:27,991
majority of that sample, more

4809
01:47:27,991 --> 01:47:29,693
than 70% of that sample

4810
01:47:29,693 --> 01:47:30,360
is actually going

4811
01:47:30,360 --> 01:47:31,228
to be stowed away

4812
01:47:31,228 --> 01:47:32,846
for future analysis.

4813
01:47:32,846 --> 01:47:34,080
We did the same exact thing

4814
01:47:34,080 --> 01:47:35,198
with the Apollo missions

4815
01:47:35,198 --> 01:47:35,882
when we brought back

4816
01:47:35,882 --> 01:47:37,417
rocks from the moon,

4817
01:47:37,417 --> 01:47:39,503
a large quantity of those rocks

4818
01:47:39,503 --> 01:47:40,587
and dust from the moon

4819
01:47:40,587 --> 01:47:42,038
our astronauts brought back

4820
01:47:42,038 --> 01:47:42,956
were stowed away

4821
01:47:42,956 --> 01:47:44,341
for future generations,

4822
01:47:44,341 --> 01:47:45,809
with the expectation

4823
01:47:45,809 --> 01:47:46,977
that our technology

4824
01:47:46,977 --> 01:47:48,295
would continue to improve

4825
01:47:48,295 --> 01:47:49,646
and improve and improve.

4826
01:47:49,646 --> 01:47:50,247
And then

4827
01:47:50,247 --> 01:47:51,815
we'd be able to ask questions

4828
01:47:51,815 --> 01:47:52,265
that we couldn't

4829
01:47:52,265 --> 01:47:53,884
even begin to fathom.

4830
01:47:53,884 --> 01:47:54,518
And now

4831
01:47:54,518 --> 01:47:55,952
the same thing will be doing

4832
01:47:55,952 --> 01:47:57,604
with the osiris-rex samples

4833
01:47:57,604 --> 01:47:58,288
that we brought back

4834
01:47:58,288 --> 01:47:59,556
from the asteroid Bennu.

4835
01:47:59,556 --> 01:48:00,123
A lot of these

4836
01:48:00,123 --> 01:48:00,907
will be opened up

4837
01:48:00,907 --> 01:48:02,075
50 years from now

4838
01:48:02,075 --> 01:48:02,642
with scientists

4839
01:48:02,642 --> 01:48:03,693
who are yet to be born

4840
01:48:03,693 --> 01:48:04,444
asking questions.

4841
01:48:04,444 --> 01:48:12,702
We can't begin to imagine.

4842
01:48:12,786 --> 01:48:13,803
So our team is just

4843
01:48:13,803 --> 01:48:14,604
huddling off

4844
01:48:14,604 --> 01:48:15,422
screen now

4845
01:48:15,422 --> 01:48:17,374
and our recovery operations

4846
01:48:17,374 --> 01:48:17,791
will begin.

4847
01:48:17,791 --> 01:48:18,808
You'll see a number of team

4848
01:48:18,808 --> 01:48:20,310
members come out here

4849
01:48:20,310 --> 01:48:21,511
to be carrying with them

4850
01:48:21,511 --> 01:48:23,663
a carrying fixture.

4851
01:48:23,663 --> 01:48:24,698
It's a large metal fixture

4852
01:48:24,698 --> 01:48:25,148
that has been

4853
01:48:25,148 --> 01:48:26,333
perfectly designed

4854
01:48:26,333 --> 01:48:29,135
to have our CRC resting within.

4855
01:48:29,135 --> 01:48:30,237
They'll be bringing out

4856
01:48:30,237 --> 01:48:31,705
a lot of thermal blanketing

4857
01:48:31,705 --> 01:48:32,372
that will be used

4858
01:48:32,372 --> 01:48:33,507
to protect our SIRC

4859
01:48:33,507 --> 01:48:34,257
during its flight

4860
01:48:34,257 --> 01:48:36,593
back to the clean room here

4861
01:48:36,593 --> 01:48:36,893
again,

4862
01:48:36,893 --> 01:48:37,978
we want to make sure that the

4863
01:48:37,978 --> 01:48:39,563
CRC is safe

4864
01:48:39,563 --> 01:48:40,313
from any kind of

4865
01:48:40,313 --> 01:48:41,364
possible contamination

4866
01:48:41,364 --> 01:48:42,599
from the atmosphere.

4867
01:48:42,599 --> 01:48:43,200
So they're going to do

4868
01:48:43,200 --> 01:48:43,984
an excellent job

4869
01:48:43,984 --> 01:48:44,851
of actually wrapping

4870
01:48:44,851 --> 01:48:46,136
this SIRC up

4871
01:48:46,136 --> 01:48:46,736
and getting it

4872
01:48:46,736 --> 01:48:47,938
prepared to transport

4873
01:48:47,938 --> 01:48:50,423
to a portable clean room.

4874
01:48:50,423 --> 01:48:51,658
That actual operation

4875
01:48:51,658 --> 01:48:52,526
of getting that SASE

4876
01:48:52,526 --> 01:48:54,361
bagged and stowed and ready

4877
01:48:54,361 --> 01:48:55,745
to go on our long line

4878
01:48:55,745 --> 01:48:57,214
operations for the helicopter

4879
01:48:57,214 --> 01:48:58,014
will be a rather

4880
01:48:58,014 --> 01:48:58,748
quick operation.

4881
01:48:58,748 --> 01:48:59,633
As you see some team members

4882
01:48:59,633 --> 01:49:00,934
from Lockheed Martin,

4883
01:49:00,934 --> 01:49:02,102
their role is largely

4884
01:49:02,102 --> 01:49:02,786
finished for today.

4885
01:49:02,786 --> 01:49:03,503
They were

4886
01:49:03,503 --> 01:49:04,471
operating a lot of the flight

4887
01:49:04,471 --> 01:49:05,722
dynamics of that SIRC

4888
01:49:05,722 --> 01:49:07,290
getting it to the ground

4889
01:49:07,290 --> 01:49:08,642
and now they can really just

4890
01:49:08,642 --> 01:49:09,876
take a step back and relax,

4891
01:49:09,876 --> 01:49:10,644
catch their breath

4892
01:49:10,644 --> 01:49:11,945
after all the chaos

4893
01:49:11,945 --> 01:49:13,046
of the morning.

4894
01:49:13,046 --> 01:49:13,914
Very exciting moment

4895
01:49:13,914 --> 01:49:14,698
for all of them, I'm sure,

4896
01:49:14,698 --> 01:49:16,566
to actually see their creation

4897
01:49:16,566 --> 01:49:18,118
sitting on the surface

4898
01:49:18,118 --> 01:49:18,935
of the Utah test

4899
01:49:18,935 --> 01:49:20,370
and training range.

4900
01:49:20,370 --> 01:49:21,788
Just massive,

4901
01:49:21,788 --> 01:49:23,890
massive sigh of relief.

4902
01:49:23,974 --> 01:49:25,025
So as I mentioned, that

4903
01:49:25,025 --> 01:49:26,309
actual of the NRC

4904
01:49:26,309 --> 01:49:26,610
will be a

4905
01:49:26,610 --> 01:49:27,777
relatively quick process.

4906
01:49:27,777 --> 01:49:28,645
But a number

4907
01:49:28,645 --> 01:49:29,362
of our team members,

4908
01:49:29,362 --> 01:49:30,630
including Dante Lauretta,

4909
01:49:30,630 --> 01:49:31,598
our principal investigator,

4910
01:49:31,598 --> 01:49:33,450
might remain out on the site

4911
01:49:33,450 --> 01:49:34,467
where you see that CRC

4912
01:49:34,467 --> 01:49:35,018
on your screen.

4913
01:49:35,018 --> 01:49:36,269
Now, they're going to continue

4914
01:49:36,269 --> 01:49:36,987
to collect samples.

4915
01:49:36,987 --> 01:49:38,004
You can see a number of flags

4916
01:49:38,004 --> 01:49:39,155
placed around.

4917
01:49:39,155 --> 01:49:39,806
There's some pink

4918
01:49:39,806 --> 01:49:41,074
flags placed there.

4919
01:49:41,074 --> 01:49:42,158
There are four placed

4920
01:49:42,158 --> 01:49:43,226
in front of the NRC

4921
01:49:43,226 --> 01:49:43,977
where the team believes

4922
01:49:43,977 --> 01:49:45,579
the SLC is potentially

4923
01:49:45,579 --> 01:49:46,296
along the surface

4924
01:49:46,296 --> 01:49:47,314
as it came to a rest

4925
01:49:47,314 --> 01:49:48,031
on the Utah test

4926
01:49:48,031 --> 01:49:48,965
and training range

4927
01:49:48,965 --> 01:49:50,367
desert surface

4928
01:49:50,367 --> 01:49:51,818
on the backside of the disaster

4929
01:49:51,818 --> 01:49:53,820
for additional pink flags.

4930
01:49:53,820 --> 01:49:55,505
And those are our regions

4931
01:49:55,505 --> 01:49:57,007
control sampling.

4932
01:49:57,007 --> 01:49:58,525
We'll actually go and sample

4933
01:49:58,525 --> 01:49:59,726
all of these regions

4934
01:49:59,726 --> 01:50:00,927
and compare back to areas

4935
01:50:00,927 --> 01:50:01,328
we believe

4936
01:50:01,328 --> 01:50:03,480
the CRC did not contact.

4937
01:50:03,480 --> 01:50:04,464
You can see additionally,

4938
01:50:04,464 --> 01:50:05,198
it's a little bit hard

4939
01:50:05,198 --> 01:50:06,232
make out with the bright

4940
01:50:06,232 --> 01:50:07,167
color of the desert,

4941
01:50:07,167 --> 01:50:08,168
but there are a couple

4942
01:50:08,168 --> 01:50:10,587
white flags present at the CRC

4943
01:50:10,587 --> 01:50:11,588
and these are areas

4944
01:50:11,588 --> 01:50:12,756
of operation for the team

4945
01:50:12,756 --> 01:50:13,473
to actually be able

4946
01:50:13,473 --> 01:50:15,325
to walk up to the CRC

4947
01:50:15,325 --> 01:50:15,992
with the carrying

4948
01:50:15,992 --> 01:50:17,277
fixture, place

4949
01:50:17,277 --> 01:50:18,812
it next to the CRC

4950
01:50:18,812 --> 01:50:20,463
and actually begin to bag

4951
01:50:20,463 --> 01:50:21,965
and stow our sample return

4952
01:50:21,965 --> 01:50:22,949
capsule for transport

4953
01:50:22,949 --> 01:50:28,154
to the Dugway Clean Room.

4954
01:50:28,238 --> 01:50:29,306
So it's been already

4955
01:50:29,306 --> 01:50:30,624
just an incredible morning.

4956
01:50:30,624 --> 01:50:32,275
We're now about an hour past

4957
01:50:32,275 --> 01:50:34,194
landing of the Osiris-rex

4958
01:50:34,194 --> 01:50:35,795
sample return capsule.

4959
01:50:35,795 --> 01:50:36,963
Just a few years ago,

4960
01:50:36,963 --> 01:50:38,365
our spacecraft, our intrepid

4961
01:50:38,365 --> 01:50:39,716
robotic Explorer,

4962
01:50:39,716 --> 01:50:40,767
was 200

4963
01:50:40,767 --> 01:50:42,485
million miles away from us

4964
01:50:42,485 --> 01:50:43,169
on the other side

4965
01:50:43,169 --> 01:50:44,137
of the solar system.

4966
01:50:44,137 --> 01:50:45,639
It successfully captured

4967
01:50:45,639 --> 01:50:47,791
a sample of the asteroid Bennu

4968
01:50:47,791 --> 01:50:48,875
stowed it away

4969
01:50:48,875 --> 01:50:50,377
and transported on the long

4970
01:50:50,377 --> 01:50:53,046
1.2 billion mile journey to us

4971
01:50:53,046 --> 01:50:54,180
here on Earth.

4972
01:50:54,180 --> 01:50:56,700
We experienced an incredible

4973
01:50:56,700 --> 01:50:59,102
entry, descent and landing

4974
01:50:59,102 --> 01:50:59,853
as this team

4975
01:50:59,853 --> 01:51:00,720
that you see on screen here,

4976
01:51:00,720 --> 01:51:01,471
the Lockheed Martin team

4977
01:51:01,471 --> 01:51:02,072
a couple of hours

4978
01:51:02,072 --> 01:51:03,456
before our broadcast started,

4979
01:51:03,456 --> 01:51:04,708
gave the green light to go

4980
01:51:04,708 --> 01:51:06,209
command actually released

4981
01:51:06,209 --> 01:51:07,377
the sample return capsule

4982
01:51:07,377 --> 01:51:08,345
containing pieces

4983
01:51:08,345 --> 01:51:09,996
of the asteroid bennu.

4984
01:51:09,996 --> 01:51:11,665
It then floated on its own

4985
01:51:11,665 --> 01:51:12,666
through the vacuum of space

4986
01:51:12,666 --> 01:51:13,950
for about 4 hours

4987
01:51:13,950 --> 01:51:15,085
before coming in contact

4988
01:51:15,085 --> 01:51:16,436
with the atmosphere

4989
01:51:16,436 --> 01:51:17,937
over the San Francisco,

4990
01:51:17,937 --> 01:51:18,722
California Bay

4991
01:51:18,722 --> 01:51:19,522
area,

4992
01:51:19,522 --> 01:51:22,525
traveling at just over 27,000

4993
01:51:22,742 --> 01:51:24,244
miles per hour

4994
01:51:24,244 --> 01:51:25,445
and hitting up to over

4995
01:51:25,445 --> 01:51:27,063
5000 degrees Fahrenheit

4996
01:51:27,063 --> 01:51:27,964
as it encountered

4997
01:51:27,964 --> 01:51:29,849
the incredible drag forces

4998
01:51:29,849 --> 01:51:30,383
our Earth's

4999
01:51:30,383 --> 01:51:32,068
atmosphere presents.

5000
01:51:32,068 --> 01:51:33,186
We then slow down

5001
01:51:33,186 --> 01:51:33,870
under our drogue

5002
01:51:33,870 --> 01:51:35,455
parachute initially,

5003
01:51:35,455 --> 01:51:37,107
which kept us stable

5004
01:51:37,107 --> 01:51:38,224
during our descent down

5005
01:51:38,224 --> 01:51:38,975
to the Utah test

5006
01:51:38,975 --> 01:51:40,110
and training range.

5007
01:51:40,110 --> 01:51:41,277
And then ultimately

5008
01:51:41,277 --> 01:51:42,512
at about 20,000

5009
01:51:42,512 --> 01:51:44,064
feet off the deck,

5010
01:51:44,064 --> 01:51:45,031
we gave the command

5011
01:51:45,031 --> 01:51:46,716
to deploy our main parachute,

5012
01:51:46,716 --> 01:51:47,317
that orange

5013
01:51:47,317 --> 01:51:48,301
creamsicle colored parachute

5014
01:51:48,301 --> 01:51:49,285
that is now actually already

5015
01:51:49,285 --> 01:51:50,453
been stowed away

5016
01:51:50,453 --> 01:51:52,055
by our team members

5017
01:51:52,055 --> 01:51:53,339
here at the Utah Test

5018
01:51:53,339 --> 01:51:54,691
and Training Range.

5019
01:51:54,691 --> 01:51:55,592
It's been

5020
01:51:55,592 --> 01:51:57,477
a really wild journey.

5021
01:51:57,477 --> 01:51:58,378
Very excited to have

5022
01:51:58,378 --> 01:52:05,018
our SLC on the ground

5023
01:52:05,101 --> 01:52:05,885
and you see a view of

5024
01:52:05,885 --> 01:52:06,720
our mission operations

5025
01:52:06,720 --> 01:52:07,470
team observing

5026
01:52:07,470 --> 01:52:08,254
our recovery team

5027
01:52:08,254 --> 01:52:09,272
that is already out

5028
01:52:09,272 --> 01:52:10,623
on the landing zone,

5029
01:52:10,623 --> 01:52:12,325
taking beginning

5030
01:52:12,325 --> 01:52:13,326
to actually prepare

5031
01:52:13,326 --> 01:52:13,860
the thermal

5032
01:52:13,860 --> 01:52:14,694
blanketing

5033
01:52:14,694 --> 01:52:15,595
the protective layers

5034
01:52:15,595 --> 01:52:16,379
for our SRB.

5035
01:52:16,379 --> 01:52:16,863
And you can see

5036
01:52:16,863 --> 01:52:17,430
we're

5037
01:52:17,430 --> 01:52:18,715
documenting this whole process

5038
01:52:18,715 --> 01:52:21,518
along the way.

5039
01:52:21,518 --> 01:52:22,535
And so these operations

5040
01:52:22,535 --> 01:52:23,153
will continue

5041
01:52:23,153 --> 01:52:24,537
for the next couple of minutes

5042
01:52:24,537 --> 01:52:25,405
as long as it takes

5043
01:52:25,405 --> 01:52:27,574
to safely store that as RC

5044
01:52:27,574 --> 01:52:28,141
and prepared

5045
01:52:28,141 --> 01:52:29,192
for long line operations

5046
01:52:29,192 --> 01:52:29,526
to get it

5047
01:52:29,526 --> 01:52:30,794
to the clean room here,

5048
01:52:30,794 --> 01:52:32,345
continue to take samples

5049
01:52:32,345 --> 01:52:33,263
and I will continue

5050
01:52:33,263 --> 01:52:34,347
to monitor the situation

5051
01:52:34,347 --> 01:52:35,648
as we proceed here.

5052
01:52:35,648 --> 01:52:36,966
But for now, back to you

5053
01:52:36,966 --> 01:52:39,068
learned Jim.

5054
01:52:39,068 --> 01:52:39,719
Thanks, James.

5055
01:52:39,719 --> 01:52:40,437
And just a reminder

5056
01:52:40,437 --> 01:52:41,287
to those watching,

5057
01:52:41,287 --> 01:52:43,406
we are in an extremely

5058
01:52:43,406 --> 01:52:44,274
remote location.

5059
01:52:44,274 --> 01:52:45,458
And so if our signal

5060
01:52:45,458 --> 01:52:46,893
is breaking up, it's

5061
01:52:46,893 --> 01:52:48,027
because we're just

5062
01:52:48,027 --> 01:52:48,511
we're we're out

5063
01:52:48,511 --> 01:52:49,763
in the middle of nowhere.

5064
01:52:49,763 --> 01:52:51,297
So we're doing a great job,

5065
01:52:51,297 --> 01:52:52,766
all things considered.

5066
01:52:52,766 --> 01:52:53,733
One of the thing that I wanted

5067
01:52:53,733 --> 01:52:54,517
to address really quickly

5068
01:52:54,517 --> 01:52:55,802
is that parachute

5069
01:52:55,802 --> 01:52:56,436
ended up

5070
01:52:56,436 --> 01:52:57,687
deploying really quickly,

5071
01:52:57,687 --> 01:52:58,171
did it not?

5072
01:52:58,171 --> 01:52:58,838
Yeah, it did.

5073
01:52:58,838 --> 01:52:59,873
It deployed high

5074
01:52:59,873 --> 01:53:01,407
and this is a smart spacecraft,

5075
01:53:01,407 --> 01:53:03,810
that sample return capsule

5076
01:53:03,810 --> 01:53:04,677
that detected

5077
01:53:04,677 --> 01:53:05,695
the deceleration rate

5078
01:53:05,695 --> 01:53:06,546
and it decided

5079
01:53:06,546 --> 01:53:07,413
that it was important

5080
01:53:07,413 --> 01:53:08,214
to get that parachute

5081
01:53:08,214 --> 01:53:09,299
out to slow down.

5082
01:53:09,299 --> 01:53:10,049
So we make this

5083
01:53:10,049 --> 01:53:11,251
beautiful, safe landing.

5084
01:53:11,251 --> 01:53:12,185
And that's the way this

5085
01:53:12,185 --> 01:53:12,902
this magical

5086
01:53:12,902 --> 01:53:13,837
autonomous spaceflight

5087
01:53:13,837 --> 01:53:14,788
works these days.

5088
01:53:14,788 --> 01:53:15,455
We adjust

5089
01:53:15,455 --> 01:53:16,139
the dynamics

5090
01:53:16,139 --> 01:53:16,823
of the environment.

5091
01:53:16,823 --> 01:53:17,373
Again,

5092
01:53:17,373 --> 01:53:18,475
hats off to the engineers

5093
01:53:18,475 --> 01:53:19,642
that built those systems in

5094
01:53:19,642 --> 01:53:20,677
so we could be home

5095
01:53:20,677 --> 01:53:21,628
safe doing what

5096
01:53:21,628 --> 01:53:22,679
you can see on your screen now

5097
01:53:22,679 --> 01:53:24,564
with a beautiful landing.

5098
01:53:24,564 --> 01:53:25,081
All right, Jim,

5099
01:53:25,081 --> 01:53:26,166
let's actually take

5100
01:53:26,166 --> 01:53:27,333
some social media

5101
01:53:27,333 --> 01:53:28,585
questions now.

5102
01:53:28,585 --> 01:53:30,186
Let's get our one.

5103
01:53:30,186 --> 01:53:30,870
All right.

5104
01:53:30,870 --> 01:53:33,606
At CC, SB wants to know,

5105
01:53:33,606 --> 01:53:35,492
will the sample be quarantined?

5106
01:53:35,492 --> 01:53:37,227
Quarantined like moon rocks.

5107
01:53:37,227 --> 01:53:39,512
Ah well, in this case,

5108
01:53:39,512 --> 01:53:40,680
based on a classification

5109
01:53:40,680 --> 01:53:41,281
of what we call

5110
01:53:41,281 --> 01:53:42,782
the planetary protection,

5111
01:53:42,782 --> 01:53:43,349
these samples

5112
01:53:43,349 --> 01:53:44,434
will not be quarantined

5113
01:53:44,434 --> 01:53:45,151
in that way.

5114
01:53:45,151 --> 01:53:46,553
The first moon rocks came back.

5115
01:53:46,553 --> 01:53:47,370
They were quarantined

5116
01:53:47,370 --> 01:53:48,121
for a week

5117
01:53:48,121 --> 01:53:48,988
out on the carrier

5118
01:53:48,988 --> 01:53:50,306
and all that kind of good stuff

5119
01:53:50,306 --> 01:53:51,357
came back to Houston again

5120
01:53:51,357 --> 01:53:52,292
very carefully.

5121
01:53:52,292 --> 01:53:53,076
In this case,

5122
01:53:53,076 --> 01:53:53,760
we understand

5123
01:53:53,760 --> 01:53:54,811
the asteroid, the environment.

5124
01:53:54,811 --> 01:53:56,646
We measured it with osiris-rex

5125
01:53:56,646 --> 01:53:57,697
other asteroid samples

5126
01:53:57,697 --> 01:53:59,399
from our colleagues in Japan.

5127
01:53:59,399 --> 01:54:00,116
And so we don't

5128
01:54:00,116 --> 01:54:00,783
have to quarantine

5129
01:54:00,783 --> 01:54:01,267
in the same way

5130
01:54:01,267 --> 01:54:02,936
we do have to protect them

5131
01:54:02,936 --> 01:54:04,204
from contamination.

5132
01:54:04,204 --> 01:54:05,138
And there's all kinds

5133
01:54:05,138 --> 01:54:06,306
of systems in place

5134
01:54:06,306 --> 01:54:07,207
by our team

5135
01:54:07,207 --> 01:54:08,057
to allow us

5136
01:54:08,057 --> 01:54:08,825
to understand

5137
01:54:08,825 --> 01:54:10,326
the level of contamination.

5138
01:54:10,326 --> 01:54:11,978
So what we study in science

5139
01:54:11,978 --> 01:54:13,980
is the pristine asteroid.

5140
01:54:13,980 --> 01:54:15,098
That was a great question.

5141
01:54:15,098 --> 01:54:16,049
Excellent question.

5142
01:54:16,049 --> 01:54:17,317
Excellent question.

5143
01:54:17,317 --> 01:54:18,034
Mr.

5144
01:54:18,034 --> 01:54:20,036
Martians, this hour is bagged

5145
01:54:20,036 --> 01:54:20,737
and secured

5146
01:54:20,737 --> 01:54:22,205
in the hand and texture.

5147
01:54:22,205 --> 01:54:22,805
All right.

5148
01:54:22,805 --> 01:54:23,606
You just heard that

5149
01:54:23,606 --> 01:54:26,125
the SIRC has been banned

5150
01:54:26,125 --> 01:54:27,026
and we are

5151
01:54:27,026 --> 01:54:27,877
well on our way

5152
01:54:27,877 --> 01:54:28,328
to getting that

5153
01:54:28,328 --> 01:54:29,646
to our clean room here

5154
01:54:29,646 --> 01:54:30,813
at Dugway.

5155
01:54:30,813 --> 01:54:31,147
Wow.

5156
01:54:31,147 --> 01:54:32,649
Fantastic news

5157
01:54:32,649 --> 01:54:33,867
missions like Osiris-rex

5158
01:54:33,867 --> 01:54:35,552
transform scientific pursuits

5159
01:54:35,552 --> 01:54:37,587
into engineering challenges.

5160
01:54:37,587 --> 01:54:38,555
Smart, curious people

5161
01:54:38,555 --> 01:54:39,205
with pursue

5162
01:54:39,205 --> 01:54:40,523
pursue answers with creative

5163
01:54:40,523 --> 01:54:42,275
verve and perseverance.

5164
01:54:42,275 --> 01:54:42,926
This year,

5165
01:54:42,926 --> 01:54:44,794
Hollywood also had a story

5166
01:54:44,794 --> 01:54:45,845
about a crowd of people

5167
01:54:45,845 --> 01:54:47,964
situated around the touchdown

5168
01:54:47,964 --> 01:54:49,616
point of an asteroid.

5169
01:54:49,616 --> 01:54:50,700
And while we couldn't

5170
01:54:50,700 --> 01:54:51,568
help ourselves,

5171
01:54:51,568 --> 01:54:53,303
we asked the cast of Asteroid

5172
01:54:53,303 --> 01:55:05,748
City to say a few words.

5173
01:55:05,815 --> 01:55:06,299
All right,

5174
01:55:06,299 --> 01:55:06,816
Well, it looks like

5175
01:55:06,816 --> 01:55:07,417
we are having

5176
01:55:07,417 --> 01:55:08,851
some technical difficulties,

5177
01:55:08,851 --> 01:55:09,385
but that's okay.

5178
01:55:09,385 --> 01:55:10,086
We'll definitely get you

5179
01:55:10,086 --> 01:55:10,503
that video.

5180
01:55:10,503 --> 01:55:11,371
It's a really fun one.

5181
01:55:11,371 --> 01:55:11,754
It is.

5182
01:55:11,754 --> 01:55:12,488
Scarlett Johansson,

5183
01:55:12,488 --> 01:55:13,289
I mean, A-lister.

5184
01:55:13,289 --> 01:55:14,824
Can you imagine?

5185
01:55:14,824 --> 01:55:15,208
All right.

5186
01:55:15,208 --> 01:55:16,342
So let's get an update

5187
01:55:16,342 --> 01:55:17,093
from our field

5188
01:55:17,093 --> 01:55:18,294
correspondent, Sophia.

5189
01:55:18,294 --> 01:55:18,661
Sophia,

5190
01:55:18,661 --> 01:55:23,049
do you have an update for us?

5191
01:55:23,132 --> 01:55:24,067
Okay, Lauren.

5192
01:55:24,067 --> 01:55:26,152
Turns out the landing site

5193
01:55:26,152 --> 01:55:27,086
really is

5194
01:55:27,086 --> 01:55:28,388
just over my shoulder.

5195
01:55:28,388 --> 01:55:28,655
It is

5196
01:55:28,655 --> 01:55:30,239
just so hard to see

5197
01:55:30,239 --> 01:55:31,708
through the alkaline

5198
01:55:31,708 --> 01:55:33,059
particulate out here

5199
01:55:33,059 --> 01:55:34,043
on the landing zone.

5200
01:55:34,043 --> 01:55:34,861
But you know what?

5201
01:55:34,861 --> 01:55:37,046
This is all in great hands.

5202
01:55:37,046 --> 01:55:38,915
And we are just very thrilled

5203
01:55:38,915 --> 01:55:40,650
that the capsule is doing

5204
01:55:40,650 --> 01:55:41,884
well today.

5205
01:55:41,884 --> 01:55:43,736
So I'm able to see

5206
01:55:43,736 --> 01:55:45,004
one of the helicopters

5207
01:55:45,004 --> 01:55:46,656
just circling over there.

5208
01:55:46,656 --> 01:55:47,523
But for those of you

5209
01:55:47,523 --> 01:55:49,075
who have just tuned

5210
01:55:49,075 --> 01:55:50,793
in, I am on Wigg Mountain,

5211
01:55:50,793 --> 01:55:51,778
which is overlooking

5212
01:55:51,778 --> 01:55:52,645
the Ellipse,

5213
01:55:52,645 --> 01:55:55,381
which is the vast landing zone.

5214
01:55:55,381 --> 01:55:56,733
And earlier today,

5215
01:55:56,733 --> 01:55:57,900
the helicopters,

5216
01:55:57,900 --> 01:55:59,102
which were shuttling our

5217
01:55:59,102 --> 01:56:01,838
teams of experts and our

5218
01:56:01,921 --> 01:56:03,423
departed from here

5219
01:56:03,423 --> 01:56:04,223
via helicopter

5220
01:56:04,223 --> 01:56:04,958
once they found out

5221
01:56:04,958 --> 01:56:06,025
exactly where

5222
01:56:06,025 --> 01:56:07,293
the capsule landed.

5223
01:56:07,293 --> 01:56:08,528
And now they're off

5224
01:56:08,528 --> 01:56:10,013
on their recovery process

5225
01:56:10,013 --> 01:56:11,698
and are doing what they do,

5226
01:56:11,698 --> 01:56:13,316
which has been a carefully

5227
01:56:13,316 --> 01:56:15,034
rehearsed process.

5228
01:56:15,034 --> 01:56:16,235
So, Lauren, I'm

5229
01:56:16,235 --> 01:56:18,871
going to send it back to you.

5230
01:56:18,871 --> 01:56:19,238
Great.

5231
01:56:19,238 --> 01:56:21,574
Thank so much, Sophia.

5232
01:56:21,574 --> 01:56:22,108
All right.

5233
01:56:22,108 --> 01:56:23,676
Well, let's get back to that

5234
01:56:23,676 --> 01:56:25,328
awesome video of Asteroid City.

5235
01:56:25,328 --> 01:56:26,646
You don't want to miss this.

5236
01:56:26,646 --> 01:56:31,234
Take a look.

5237
01:56:31,317 --> 01:56:32,969
I am Jason Schwartzman.

5238
01:56:32,969 --> 01:56:33,987
I'm Jake Ryan.

5239
01:56:33,987 --> 01:56:35,638
And I'm Scarlett Johansson.

5240
01:56:35,638 --> 01:56:36,472
Where are you?

5241
01:56:36,472 --> 01:56:37,907
Asteroid City farmer.

5242
01:56:37,907 --> 01:56:39,242
Six miles, 70.

5243
01:56:39,242 --> 01:56:39,776
Hey, everyone.

5244
01:56:39,776 --> 01:56:40,977
I'm Jeffrey Wright, Junior,

5245
01:56:40,977 --> 01:56:43,262
Stargazers and space cadet.

5246
01:56:43,262 --> 01:56:43,896
Each year

5247
01:56:43,896 --> 01:56:45,515
we celebrate Asteroid Day.

5248
01:56:45,515 --> 01:56:46,115
Hey, everyone.

5249
01:56:46,115 --> 01:56:46,949
I'm Maya Hawke,

5250
01:56:46,949 --> 01:56:48,217
and I'm Rupert friend.

5251
01:56:48,217 --> 01:56:49,886
And we star in West

5252
01:56:49,886 --> 01:56:51,454
Anderson's new movie,

5253
01:56:51,454 --> 01:56:52,622
Asteroid City.

5254
01:56:52,622 --> 01:56:54,023
In the movie, families

5255
01:56:54,023 --> 01:56:55,324
from across the country gather

5256
01:56:55,324 --> 01:56:56,392
in a fictional American

5257
01:56:56,392 --> 01:56:57,126
desert town

5258
01:56:57,126 --> 01:56:57,877
for a junior

5259
01:56:57,877 --> 01:56:59,696
stargazer convention.

5260
01:56:59,696 --> 01:57:00,396
I heard there's

5261
01:57:00,396 --> 01:57:01,381
a real life reason

5262
01:57:01,381 --> 01:57:02,281
people will be gathering

5263
01:57:02,281 --> 01:57:03,216
in the Utah desert

5264
01:57:03,216 --> 01:57:04,133
this September.

5265
01:57:04,133 --> 01:57:04,884
The world will

5266
01:57:04,884 --> 01:57:05,935
never be the same.

5267
01:57:05,935 --> 01:57:07,537
What is happening there

5268
01:57:07,537 --> 01:57:12,909
on September 24th?

5269
01:57:12,992 --> 01:57:14,494
September 24th is going

5270
01:57:14,494 --> 01:57:16,029
to be a historic day.

5271
01:57:16,029 --> 01:57:17,430
This is NASA's first

5272
01:57:17,430 --> 01:57:19,532
asteroid sample return mission.

5273
01:57:19,532 --> 01:57:21,234
And the biggest sample return

5274
01:57:21,234 --> 01:57:22,468
beyond the moon.

5275
01:57:22,468 --> 01:57:23,970
Shortly before 9 a.m.

5276
01:57:23,970 --> 01:57:25,021
local time,

5277
01:57:25,021 --> 01:57:25,855
Cyrus Rex

5278
01:57:25,855 --> 01:57:26,939
spacecraft

5279
01:57:26,939 --> 01:57:28,374
carrying precious samples

5280
01:57:28,374 --> 01:57:29,876
of asteroid BENNU

5281
01:57:29,876 --> 01:57:31,344
will release capsule

5282
01:57:31,344 --> 01:57:32,428
into the atmosphere

5283
01:57:32,428 --> 01:57:33,663
to lower the samples

5284
01:57:33,663 --> 01:57:35,014
down to the Utah desert,

5285
01:57:35,014 --> 01:57:35,765
where scientists

5286
01:57:35,765 --> 01:57:37,417
are anxiously awaiting

5287
01:57:37,417 --> 01:57:39,068
the return of these materials.

5288
01:57:39,068 --> 01:57:39,335
Wow.

5289
01:57:39,335 --> 01:57:39,869
That sounds like

5290
01:57:39,869 --> 01:57:40,686
the plot of a science

5291
01:57:40,686 --> 01:57:41,587
fiction film.

5292
01:57:41,587 --> 01:57:42,205
It's incredible

5293
01:57:42,205 --> 01:57:43,172
that a spacecraft

5294
01:57:43,172 --> 01:57:44,607
can go to an asteroid,

5295
01:57:44,607 --> 01:57:45,691
grab some pieces of it,

5296
01:57:45,691 --> 01:57:47,093
and then bring them to Earth.

5297
01:57:47,093 --> 01:57:48,444
So what will NASA's

5298
01:57:48,444 --> 01:57:52,398
look for within the asteroid?

5299
01:57:52,465 --> 01:57:53,282
These pristine

5300
01:57:53,282 --> 01:57:54,667
asteroid materials

5301
01:57:54,667 --> 01:57:56,069
will be studied by scientists

5302
01:57:56,069 --> 01:57:57,453
from around the world.

5303
01:57:57,453 --> 01:57:58,171
We're going to be looking

5304
01:57:58,171 --> 01:57:58,805
at the minerals

5305
01:57:58,805 --> 01:58:00,273
and dissecting the rocks,

5306
01:58:00,273 --> 01:58:01,407
looking at a mineral grain

5307
01:58:01,407 --> 01:58:02,458
by mineral grain

5308
01:58:02,458 --> 01:58:02,992
to learn

5309
01:58:02,992 --> 01:58:04,644
more about how the solar system

5310
01:58:04,644 --> 01:58:06,362
formed and evolved.

5311
01:58:06,362 --> 01:58:07,146
We're also going to be

5312
01:58:07,146 --> 01:58:08,281
looking for water

5313
01:58:08,281 --> 01:58:09,549
to try to understand

5314
01:58:09,549 --> 01:58:10,833
how our Earth's oceans

5315
01:58:10,833 --> 01:58:12,068
came to be.

5316
01:58:12,068 --> 01:58:12,935
And then finally,

5317
01:58:12,935 --> 01:58:13,619
we're going to be looking

5318
01:58:13,619 --> 01:58:14,854
at organic compounds,

5319
01:58:14,854 --> 01:58:16,105
including some of the basic

5320
01:58:16,105 --> 01:58:17,190
chemical building

5321
01:58:17,190 --> 01:58:18,474
blocks of life,

5322
01:58:18,474 --> 01:58:19,408
to try to understand

5323
01:58:19,408 --> 01:58:21,327
whether asteroids like Bennu

5324
01:58:21,327 --> 01:58:22,178
could have delivered

5325
01:58:22,178 --> 01:58:22,945
the building blocks

5326
01:58:22,945 --> 01:58:23,396
to earth,

5327
01:58:23,396 --> 01:58:25,047
leading to the origin of life

5328
01:58:25,047 --> 01:58:25,598
on Earth

5329
01:58:25,598 --> 01:58:26,916
and potentially elsewhere.

5330
01:58:26,916 --> 01:58:28,167
With the data that we obtained

5331
01:58:28,167 --> 01:58:29,035
from these materials,

5332
01:58:29,035 --> 01:58:30,036
we're going to be rewriting

5333
01:58:30,036 --> 01:58:30,987
the textbooks

5334
01:58:30,987 --> 01:58:33,089
on solar system formation.

5335
01:58:33,089 --> 01:58:34,924
Fascinating stuff.

5336
01:58:35,007 --> 01:58:36,125
But don't

5337
01:58:36,125 --> 01:58:37,260
fragments of asteroids

5338
01:58:37,260 --> 01:58:38,678
land on Earth all the time?

5339
01:58:38,678 --> 01:58:39,695
Why can't we

5340
01:58:39,695 --> 01:58:40,413
those pieces

5341
01:58:40,413 --> 01:58:41,280
instead of a mission

5342
01:58:41,280 --> 01:58:42,482
to bring this sample

5343
01:58:42,482 --> 01:58:43,232
to the earth?

5344
01:58:43,232 --> 01:58:44,517
Yeah, that's a great question.

5345
01:58:44,517 --> 01:58:45,368
I mean, in fact,

5346
01:58:45,368 --> 01:58:46,502
the Earth is constantly

5347
01:58:46,502 --> 01:58:47,587
being bombarded

5348
01:58:47,587 --> 01:58:48,805
by fragments of asteroids

5349
01:58:48,805 --> 01:58:50,373
in the form of meteorites.

5350
01:58:50,373 --> 01:58:51,457
But one of the big problems

5351
01:58:51,457 --> 01:58:52,625
with studying meteorites is you

5352
01:58:52,625 --> 01:58:53,426
don't always know

5353
01:58:53,426 --> 01:58:54,360
where they came from.

5354
01:58:54,360 --> 01:58:55,478
And it also can be

5355
01:58:55,478 --> 01:58:56,913
contaminated.

5356
01:58:56,913 --> 01:58:57,864
Fair enough.

5357
01:58:57,864 --> 01:58:59,699
It makes sense that we to study

5358
01:58:59,699 --> 01:59:00,983
something more pristine.

5359
01:59:00,983 --> 01:59:02,235
So how will nausea

5360
01:59:02,235 --> 01:59:03,686
protect the sample once

5361
01:59:03,686 --> 01:59:04,837
it's on earth?

5362
01:59:04,837 --> 01:59:07,824
And can I have some?

5363
01:59:07,890 --> 01:59:08,724
I wish we could have

5364
01:59:08,724 --> 01:59:09,609
some of these samples.

5365
01:59:09,609 --> 01:59:10,676
I wish I could bring one home

5366
01:59:10,676 --> 01:59:11,460
with me

5367
01:59:11,460 --> 01:59:12,628
to put on my dresser at home.

5368
01:59:12,628 --> 01:59:13,563
But the reality is,

5369
01:59:13,563 --> 01:59:14,313
these samples

5370
01:59:14,313 --> 01:59:14,914
will only be

5371
01:59:14,914 --> 01:59:16,732
for educational purposes

5372
01:59:16,732 --> 01:59:18,184
in scientific research.

5373
01:59:18,184 --> 01:59:19,652
The samples will be transported

5374
01:59:19,652 --> 01:59:20,369
to the NASA's

5375
01:59:20,369 --> 01:59:21,871
Johnson Space Center,

5376
01:59:21,871 --> 01:59:22,505
where they've built

5377
01:59:22,505 --> 01:59:24,240
a special curation facility

5378
01:59:24,240 --> 01:59:25,224
just for keeping these

5379
01:59:25,224 --> 01:59:27,727
samples safe and pristine.

5380
01:59:27,810 --> 01:59:29,145
This is all so incredible.

5381
01:59:29,145 --> 01:59:29,679
I don't know.

5382
01:59:29,679 --> 01:59:31,113
I'm so glad that NASA's

5383
01:59:31,113 --> 01:59:32,315
teams of people

5384
01:59:32,315 --> 01:59:33,299
that are searching

5385
01:59:33,299 --> 01:59:34,083
for the answers

5386
01:59:34,083 --> 01:59:34,567
to some of the

5387
01:59:34,567 --> 01:59:36,235
biggest questions like

5388
01:59:36,235 --> 01:59:37,320
where did life and water

5389
01:59:37,320 --> 01:59:38,254
come from?

5390
01:59:38,254 --> 01:59:40,056
How did where our solar system

5391
01:59:40,056 --> 01:59:40,590
come from?

5392
01:59:40,590 --> 01:59:41,874
I can't wait to see

5393
01:59:41,874 --> 01:59:43,025
what we learn from

5394
01:59:43,025 --> 01:59:44,427
the asteroid sample

5395
01:59:44,427 --> 01:59:46,028
Osiris-rex is bringing to earth

5396
01:59:46,028 --> 01:59:46,596
like thank you

5397
01:59:46,596 --> 01:59:48,030
for all that you do.

5398
01:59:48,030 --> 01:59:49,382
This is also incredible.

5399
01:59:49,382 --> 01:59:50,283
Thank you

5400
01:59:50,283 --> 01:59:51,834
so much for all you do.

5401
01:59:51,834 --> 01:59:53,336
Well, you just said that name.

5402
01:59:53,336 --> 01:59:55,104
You just said Cyrus Rex.

5403
01:59:55,104 --> 01:59:56,706
That was the thing that was.

5404
01:59:56,706 --> 01:59:57,690
That was kick ass.

5405
01:59:57,690 --> 01:59:58,407
How did you do that?

5406
01:59:58,407 --> 01:59:59,942
I was like, What is this for?

5407
01:59:59,942 --> 02:00:01,944
I was like a Cyrus rex.

5408
02:00:01,944 --> 02:00:02,762
Cyrus Rex?

5409
02:00:02,762 --> 02:00:04,347
Yeah, it was Highness

5410
02:00:04,347 --> 02:00:07,233
the Cyrus Rex.

5411
02:00:07,316 --> 02:00:07,767
Wow.

5412
02:00:07,767 --> 02:00:08,668
Talk about that Mega

5413
02:00:08,668 --> 02:00:09,068
wanted

5414
02:00:09,068 --> 02:00:13,005
star and garlic wine guy.

5415
02:00:13,072 --> 02:00:14,907
It takes a huge, talented team

5416
02:00:14,907 --> 02:00:16,409
with profoundly diverse skills

5417
02:00:16,409 --> 02:00:17,577
to design and execute

5418
02:00:17,577 --> 02:00:19,262
something as audacious

5419
02:00:19,262 --> 02:00:20,580
as osiris-rex.

5420
02:00:20,580 --> 02:00:21,664
It takes years of planning

5421
02:00:21,664 --> 02:00:22,615
and perseverance

5422
02:00:22,615 --> 02:00:23,616
to see it through from that

5423
02:00:23,616 --> 02:00:25,434
initial notepad doodle

5424
02:00:25,434 --> 02:00:26,035
to a moment

5425
02:00:26,035 --> 02:00:26,969
when the world tunes

5426
02:00:26,969 --> 02:00:29,071
in to celebrate a huge success.

5427
02:00:29,071 --> 02:00:30,840
It also takes leadership,

5428
02:00:30,840 --> 02:00:31,824
and I'm pleased to say

5429
02:00:31,824 --> 02:00:32,858
that we are now joined

5430
02:00:32,858 --> 02:00:34,076
by the director of NASA's

5431
02:00:34,076 --> 02:00:34,627
Goddard Space

5432
02:00:34,627 --> 02:00:35,678
Flight Center, Dr.

5433
02:00:35,678 --> 02:00:37,897
McKenzie Lastra. Welcome.

5434
02:00:37,897 --> 02:00:38,998
Thank you so much.

5435
02:00:38,998 --> 02:00:40,733
I'm delighted to be here

5436
02:00:40,733 --> 02:00:41,550
and very happy

5437
02:00:41,550 --> 02:00:42,184
about the results

5438
02:00:42,184 --> 02:00:43,052
coming out today.

5439
02:00:43,052 --> 02:00:44,754
It is a great day indeed.

5440
02:00:44,754 --> 02:00:45,938
And congratulations.

5441
02:00:45,938 --> 02:00:47,556
This is a huge day for Goddard

5442
02:00:47,556 --> 02:00:48,541
and must go without saying

5443
02:00:48,541 --> 02:00:50,126
that you are very proud.

5444
02:00:50,126 --> 02:00:50,726
Absolutely.

5445
02:00:50,726 --> 02:00:52,561
This team is amazing.

5446
02:00:52,561 --> 02:00:53,246
They've been through

5447
02:00:53,246 --> 02:00:55,197
so much for so long.

5448
02:00:55,197 --> 02:00:57,416
Goddard Space Flight Center.

5449
02:00:57,416 --> 02:00:58,618
The special thing

5450
02:00:58,618 --> 02:00:59,785
about NASA's Science

5451
02:00:59,785 --> 02:01:00,836
center, Goddard,

5452
02:01:00,836 --> 02:01:01,537
is that we have

5453
02:01:01,537 --> 02:01:03,389
scientists and engineers

5454
02:01:03,389 --> 02:01:05,308
working side by side.

5455
02:01:05,308 --> 02:01:08,010
And so that doodle on a napkin

5456
02:01:08,010 --> 02:01:09,061
can turn into something

5457
02:01:09,061 --> 02:01:10,613
like Osiris-rex.

5458
02:01:10,613 --> 02:01:12,748
And scientists like Dr.

5459
02:01:12,748 --> 02:01:14,817
Garvin here, who's joined us,

5460
02:01:14,817 --> 02:01:17,370
really help us create a vision

5461
02:01:17,370 --> 02:01:19,088
with other scientists

5462
02:01:19,088 --> 02:01:20,523
of how you're going to do

5463
02:01:20,523 --> 02:01:21,774
the engineering

5464
02:01:21,774 --> 02:01:23,426
that gets you

5465
02:01:23,426 --> 02:01:23,943
to this

5466
02:01:23,943 --> 02:01:26,045
this moment that we have today.

5467
02:01:26,045 --> 02:01:26,762
And McKenzie,

5468
02:01:26,762 --> 02:01:28,414
we have leadership across

5469
02:01:28,414 --> 02:01:29,649
all domains on this mission,

5470
02:01:29,649 --> 02:01:30,816
from system engineering

5471
02:01:30,816 --> 02:01:31,467
to science

5472
02:01:31,467 --> 02:01:33,352
to accounting to everything.

5473
02:01:33,352 --> 02:01:34,887
How did your team in Maryland

5474
02:01:34,887 --> 02:01:35,972
pull this thing off?

5475
02:01:35,972 --> 02:01:36,906
Yeah,

5476
02:01:36,906 --> 02:01:37,206
you know,

5477
02:01:37,206 --> 02:01:40,192
we have people who have managed

5478
02:01:40,192 --> 02:01:42,061
multiple parts of missions

5479
02:01:42,061 --> 02:01:44,113
over the decades.

5480
02:01:44,196 --> 02:01:45,214
Systems engineering is

5481
02:01:45,214 --> 02:01:45,698
critical

5482
02:01:45,698 --> 02:01:47,166
and it's one of the things

5483
02:01:47,166 --> 02:01:47,767
that Goddard

5484
02:01:47,767 --> 02:01:49,018
really brings to the table.

5485
02:01:49,018 --> 02:01:50,102
And systems engineering

5486
02:01:50,102 --> 02:01:53,255
means that we take into account

5487
02:01:53,255 --> 02:01:54,056
everything about

5488
02:01:54,056 --> 02:01:55,524
the mission from

5489
02:01:55,524 --> 02:01:56,692
the science ideas

5490
02:01:56,692 --> 02:01:57,510
to the launch

5491
02:01:57,510 --> 02:01:59,161
to orchestrating

5492
02:01:59,161 --> 02:02:01,047
the landing here on Earth,

5493
02:02:01,047 --> 02:02:02,431
but making sure that all of

5494
02:02:02,431 --> 02:02:03,683
the instruments are

5495
02:02:03,683 --> 02:02:05,067
working together,

5496
02:02:05,067 --> 02:02:07,620
making sure that the spacecraft

5497
02:02:07,620 --> 02:02:09,238
successfully interfaces

5498
02:02:09,238 --> 02:02:10,806
with the instruments

5499
02:02:10,806 --> 02:02:12,508
and can carry out its job

5500
02:02:12,508 --> 02:02:13,776
once it at bennu.

5501
02:02:13,776 --> 02:02:14,243
All of that

5502
02:02:14,243 --> 02:02:16,028
requires really understanding

5503
02:02:16,028 --> 02:02:17,546
the entire system.

5504
02:02:17,546 --> 02:02:18,180
So when we say

5505
02:02:18,180 --> 02:02:19,598
systems engineering,

5506
02:02:19,598 --> 02:02:20,483
we're really talking

5507
02:02:20,483 --> 02:02:24,253
about that overarching holistic

5508
02:02:24,337 --> 02:02:26,105
perspective that our scientists

5509
02:02:26,105 --> 02:02:26,756
and our engineers

5510
02:02:26,756 --> 02:02:27,773
bring to the table.

5511
02:02:27,773 --> 02:02:28,290
But it's true

5512
02:02:28,290 --> 02:02:28,924
that we have

5513
02:02:28,924 --> 02:02:30,743
some of the greatest scientists

5514
02:02:30,743 --> 02:02:31,327
and engineers

5515
02:02:31,327 --> 02:02:33,145
working on space missions,

5516
02:02:33,145 --> 02:02:34,413
and they

5517
02:02:34,413 --> 02:02:37,033
they pull it off every time.

5518
02:02:37,116 --> 02:02:37,717
Well, you know,

5519
02:02:37,717 --> 02:02:39,218
really quickly here,

5520
02:02:39,218 --> 02:02:39,869
Goddard will be

5521
02:02:39,869 --> 02:02:40,586
one of the centers

5522
02:02:40,586 --> 02:02:41,637
that will receive a sample.

5523
02:02:41,637 --> 02:02:43,522
But who else will?

5524
02:02:43,522 --> 02:02:45,908
A sample of the asteroid

5525
02:02:45,908 --> 02:02:47,243
samples are really traveling

5526
02:02:47,243 --> 02:02:48,778
all around the world.

5527
02:02:48,778 --> 02:02:49,228
What I think

5528
02:02:49,228 --> 02:02:51,147
is very exciting about this

5529
02:02:51,147 --> 02:02:51,897
mission

5530
02:02:51,897 --> 02:02:55,634
is that we're saving about 75%

5531
02:02:55,718 --> 02:02:56,135
and we're not

5532
02:02:56,135 --> 02:02:57,269
sending that out yet.

5533
02:02:57,269 --> 02:02:58,704
We're keeping that in storage

5534
02:02:58,704 --> 02:03:00,539
for future generations

5535
02:03:00,539 --> 02:03:01,323
to be able to use

5536
02:03:01,323 --> 02:03:02,458
more advanced methods

5537
02:03:02,458 --> 02:03:03,125
and instruments

5538
02:03:03,125 --> 02:03:04,326
to be able to analyze.

5539
02:03:04,326 --> 02:03:06,328
So about 25% of that material

5540
02:03:06,328 --> 02:03:07,346
is going to be headed

5541
02:03:07,346 --> 02:03:09,181
to scientific organizations

5542
02:03:09,181 --> 02:03:10,566
all around the globe.

5543
02:03:10,566 --> 02:03:11,884
Fantastic. Unbelievable.

5544
02:03:11,884 --> 02:03:12,001
Well,

5545
02:03:12,001 --> 02:03:12,935
thank you so much

5546
02:03:12,935 --> 02:03:14,070
for joining us this morning.

5547
02:03:14,070 --> 02:03:14,603
Thank you.

5548
02:03:14,603 --> 02:03:15,204
Thank you, sir.

5549
02:03:15,204 --> 02:03:17,223
Graduation? Yes.

5550
02:03:17,223 --> 02:03:18,207
There's a big team

5551
02:03:18,207 --> 02:03:19,592
of scientists, engineers

5552
02:03:19,592 --> 02:03:21,360
and so many others here in Utah

5553
02:03:21,360 --> 02:03:23,763
working to make OpEx a success.

5554
02:03:23,763 --> 02:03:25,114
It should go without saying.

5555
02:03:25,114 --> 02:03:25,915
Everyone here

5556
02:03:25,915 --> 02:03:27,083
is mission critical.

5557
02:03:27,083 --> 02:03:28,117
From bus drivers

5558
02:03:28,117 --> 02:03:29,769
to planetary geologists,

5559
02:03:29,769 --> 02:03:30,636
helicopter pilots

5560
02:03:30,636 --> 02:03:32,371
to logistics experts

5561
02:03:32,371 --> 02:03:32,938
with all of the

5562
02:03:32,938 --> 02:03:33,806
natural excitement

5563
02:03:33,806 --> 02:03:35,107
about the mission itself.

5564
02:03:35,107 --> 02:03:36,425
Let's stop for a few minutes

5565
02:03:36,425 --> 02:03:36,959
and highlight

5566
02:03:36,959 --> 02:03:38,577
those in Osiris-rex

5567
02:03:38,577 --> 02:03:40,646
who made it live and breathe.

5568
02:03:40,646 --> 02:04:42,224
Take a look.

5569
02:04:42,308 --> 02:04:43,425
Boy, it's really hard not to

5570
02:04:43,425 --> 02:04:44,426
get slow

5571
02:04:44,426 --> 02:04:45,628
when you see all those faces.

5572
02:04:45,628 --> 02:04:46,529
These are a lot of the people

5573
02:04:46,529 --> 02:04:47,196
that we've been seeing

5574
02:04:47,196 --> 02:04:48,063
over the last few days,

5575
02:04:48,063 --> 02:04:48,714
and they're getting

5576
02:04:48,714 --> 02:04:49,899
their time in the sun.

5577
02:04:49,899 --> 02:04:50,216
All right,

5578
02:04:50,216 --> 02:04:51,217
let's throw it over to James

5579
02:04:51,217 --> 02:04:52,168
for an operational update.

5580
02:04:52,168 --> 02:04:53,035
Take it away, James.

5581
02:04:53,035 --> 02:04:53,752
Yeah. Thanks, Lance.

5582
02:04:53,752 --> 02:04:54,720
So while we've been kind

5583
02:04:54,720 --> 02:04:55,104
of waiting

5584
02:04:55,104 --> 02:04:55,437
for the past

5585
02:04:55,437 --> 02:04:56,071
couple of minutes here,

5586
02:04:56,071 --> 02:04:56,755
the team has actually

5587
02:04:56,755 --> 02:04:57,957
successfully bagged

5588
02:04:57,957 --> 02:04:58,657
and prepared

5589
02:04:58,657 --> 02:04:59,859
the sample return capsule

5590
02:04:59,859 --> 02:05:00,993
for the long operations.

5591
02:05:00,993 --> 02:05:02,011
You can see on your screen

5592
02:05:02,011 --> 02:05:02,728
right now

5593
02:05:02,728 --> 02:05:04,196
the CRC is bagged

5594
02:05:04,196 --> 02:05:05,731
within thermal blanketing

5595
02:05:05,731 --> 02:05:06,782
and that metal thing you see on

5596
02:05:06,782 --> 02:05:07,116
the bottom

5597
02:05:07,116 --> 02:05:09,001
is the carrying fixture.

5598
02:05:09,001 --> 02:05:09,268
This will

5599
02:05:09,268 --> 02:05:10,169
then be actually loaded up

5600
02:05:10,169 --> 02:05:11,854
into cargo netting and prepared

5601
02:05:11,854 --> 02:05:13,556
for long line operations.

5602
02:05:13,556 --> 02:05:14,456
One of our helicopters

5603
02:05:14,456 --> 02:05:15,624
will take flight

5604
02:05:15,624 --> 02:05:17,426
carrying the CRC dangling

5605
02:05:17,426 --> 02:05:18,544
beneath it.

5606
02:05:18,544 --> 02:05:19,295
The S or C is going

5607
02:05:19,295 --> 02:05:20,279
to be stabilized.

5608
02:05:20,279 --> 02:05:20,946
That cargo netting,

5609
02:05:20,946 --> 02:05:22,231
there is a gimbal

5610
02:05:22,231 --> 02:05:23,365
that will keep it stable

5611
02:05:23,365 --> 02:05:24,717
as we begin the flight

5612
02:05:24,717 --> 02:05:25,885
to the clean room

5613
02:05:25,885 --> 02:05:27,269
with our precious cargo

5614
02:05:27,269 --> 02:05:28,470
on board.

5615
02:05:28,470 --> 02:05:28,921
You'll notice

5616
02:05:28,921 --> 02:05:29,438
a couple of

5617
02:05:29,438 --> 02:05:30,389
tape markers on that

5618
02:05:30,389 --> 02:05:31,323
as sar C as well.

5619
02:05:31,323 --> 02:05:32,458
The thermal blanketing there.

5620
02:05:32,458 --> 02:05:33,976
Those are pieces of capped

5621
02:05:33,976 --> 02:05:34,710
on tape

5622
02:05:34,710 --> 02:05:35,644
marking exactly

5623
02:05:35,644 --> 02:05:36,929
where events are on

5624
02:05:36,929 --> 02:05:37,947
that as our C for team

5625
02:05:37,947 --> 02:05:39,448
members here at the cleanroom

5626
02:05:39,448 --> 02:05:40,916
who will once again do gas

5627
02:05:40,916 --> 02:05:41,967
and thermal readings

5628
02:05:41,967 --> 02:05:42,785
once it arrives

5629
02:05:42,785 --> 02:05:43,802
at the clean room.

5630
02:05:43,802 --> 02:05:44,486
Just once again

5631
02:05:44,486 --> 02:05:45,187
making sure team

5632
02:05:45,187 --> 02:05:47,072
members are safe and secure

5633
02:05:47,072 --> 02:05:47,706
as we begin

5634
02:05:47,706 --> 02:05:48,574
to continue

5635
02:05:48,574 --> 02:05:49,775
those recovery operations,

5636
02:05:49,775 --> 02:05:50,459
getting the s

5637
02:05:50,459 --> 02:05:52,077
r c into the clean room.

5638
02:05:52,077 --> 02:05:53,195
And this is

5639
02:05:53,195 --> 02:05:54,029
one of the last phases

5640
02:05:54,029 --> 02:05:54,697
of the process

5641
02:05:54,697 --> 02:05:56,649
of getting our SASE back

5642
02:05:56,649 --> 02:05:57,633
and then opening it up,

5643
02:05:57,633 --> 02:05:58,584
finally seeing that

5644
02:05:58,584 --> 02:05:59,818
sample canister within

5645
02:05:59,818 --> 02:06:00,603
and preparing that

5646
02:06:00,603 --> 02:06:01,887
for shipment tomorrow

5647
02:06:01,887 --> 02:06:03,155
on a C-17 cargo

5648
02:06:03,155 --> 02:06:04,356
plane to the Johnson Space

5649
02:06:04,356 --> 02:06:05,157
Center's Sample

5650
02:06:05,157 --> 02:06:06,892
Duration Facility.

5651
02:06:06,892 --> 02:06:07,326
And this was a

5652
02:06:07,326 --> 02:06:08,277
very quick process.

5653
02:06:08,277 --> 02:06:08,844
I mean,

5654
02:06:08,844 --> 02:06:09,895
if you're keeping time at home,

5655
02:06:09,895 --> 02:06:10,446
this was only a

5656
02:06:10,446 --> 02:06:11,497
maybe about 20 minutes

5657
02:06:11,497 --> 02:06:12,214
that they

5658
02:06:12,214 --> 02:06:13,415
took to get out there.

5659
02:06:13,415 --> 02:06:15,067
And once they arrived and wrap

5660
02:06:15,067 --> 02:06:15,601
everything up

5661
02:06:15,601 --> 02:06:16,535
really quickly,

5662
02:06:16,535 --> 02:06:17,436
once they were given

5663
02:06:17,436 --> 02:06:18,337
the official confirmation

5664
02:06:18,337 --> 02:06:19,622
to approach,

5665
02:06:19,622 --> 02:06:21,173
get everything stored

5666
02:06:21,173 --> 02:06:22,107
prepared for those

5667
02:06:22,107 --> 02:06:23,525
long line operations,

5668
02:06:23,525 --> 02:06:24,660
this really has become

5669
02:06:24,660 --> 02:06:25,344
second nature

5670
02:06:25,344 --> 02:06:26,228
for these team members.

5671
02:06:26,228 --> 02:06:28,530
They really are able to bag

5672
02:06:28,530 --> 02:06:29,515
and prepare

5673
02:06:29,515 --> 02:06:30,716
C and you'll see

5674
02:06:30,716 --> 02:06:31,834
still quite a few flags

5675
02:06:31,834 --> 02:06:32,701
around that area there.

5676
02:06:32,701 --> 02:06:33,719
Once this

5677
02:06:33,719 --> 02:06:36,338
is flown away from the region,

5678
02:06:36,338 --> 02:06:36,772
the landing

5679
02:06:36,772 --> 02:06:37,806
zone team

5680
02:06:37,806 --> 02:06:38,974
members from the curation team

5681
02:06:38,974 --> 02:06:40,676
will remain on site

5682
02:06:40,676 --> 02:06:42,811
and continue to take samples

5683
02:06:42,811 --> 02:06:43,946
of that surrounding area.

5684
02:06:43,946 --> 02:06:45,598
And they also have set up

5685
02:06:45,598 --> 02:06:46,448
off screen here,

5686
02:06:46,448 --> 02:06:46,982
you can see it,

5687
02:06:46,982 --> 02:06:48,934
but there is a air

5688
02:06:48,934 --> 02:06:49,768
reading that they're

5689
02:06:49,768 --> 02:06:50,886
going to be taking a shuttle,

5690
02:06:50,886 --> 02:06:51,954
air samples of the area,

5691
02:06:51,954 --> 02:06:53,255
atmospheric samples.

5692
02:06:53,255 --> 02:06:54,239
All of this will be cross

5693
02:06:54,239 --> 02:06:55,174
correlated with samples

5694
02:06:55,174 --> 02:06:56,158
that we actually get back

5695
02:06:56,158 --> 02:06:57,426
from the asteroid BENNU

5696
02:06:57,426 --> 02:06:58,027
to make sure that

5697
02:06:58,027 --> 02:06:58,827
nothing from Earth

5698
02:06:58,827 --> 02:06:59,762
here at the LC

5699
02:06:59,762 --> 02:07:01,914
or beyond got into that sample

5700
02:07:01,914 --> 02:07:03,098
return capsule.

5701
02:07:03,098 --> 02:07:03,565
And you can see

5702
02:07:03,565 --> 02:07:04,350
some of those team members

5703
02:07:04,350 --> 02:07:04,833
who are going to be

5704
02:07:04,833 --> 02:07:06,518
taking those samples once again

5705
02:07:06,518 --> 02:07:08,103
approaching the location.

5706
02:07:08,103 --> 02:07:08,854
Dante Lauretta

5707
02:07:08,854 --> 02:07:09,955
is front and center with them.

5708
02:07:09,955 --> 02:07:11,940
He has that arm bent on

5709
02:07:11,940 --> 02:07:13,208
and on his left arm.

5710
02:07:13,208 --> 02:07:14,526
You can see it there

5711
02:07:14,526 --> 02:07:15,661
as he's carrying his bucket

5712
02:07:15,661 --> 02:07:16,679
that has all of his tools

5713
02:07:16,679 --> 02:07:18,180
that he needs to begin

5714
02:07:18,180 --> 02:07:19,748
collecting these samples.

5715
02:07:19,748 --> 02:07:21,367
It's a very tight procedure

5716
02:07:21,367 --> 02:07:22,167
that they have to go through

5717
02:07:22,167 --> 02:07:24,036
to make sure that they are

5718
02:07:24,036 --> 02:07:25,087
properly taking these samples.

5719
02:07:25,087 --> 02:07:25,504
You can see

5720
02:07:25,504 --> 02:07:26,405
they are photographing

5721
02:07:26,405 --> 02:07:27,806
the area first,

5722
02:07:27,806 --> 02:07:28,857
documenting exactly

5723
02:07:28,857 --> 02:07:29,274
where they are,

5724
02:07:29,274 --> 02:07:31,143
collecting the sample from the

5725
02:07:31,143 --> 02:07:33,028
then have a small metal scooper

5726
02:07:33,028 --> 02:07:33,662
that they'll use

5727
02:07:33,662 --> 02:07:34,863
to actually dig in

5728
02:07:34,863 --> 02:07:36,515
to the desert surface.

5729
02:07:36,515 --> 02:07:37,650
It's a bit of a soft surface

5730
02:07:37,650 --> 02:07:38,133
out there today.

5731
02:07:38,133 --> 02:07:38,617
As I mentioned,

5732
02:07:38,617 --> 02:07:39,785
we did have some rain

5733
02:07:39,785 --> 02:07:40,502
that softened it up.

5734
02:07:40,502 --> 02:07:41,603
So should be easy to

5735
02:07:41,603 --> 02:07:42,221
dig in there,

5736
02:07:42,221 --> 02:07:43,589
grab a bit of sample,

5737
02:07:43,589 --> 02:07:44,723
and then they will bag

5738
02:07:44,723 --> 02:07:46,892
that sample, seal it up

5739
02:07:46,892 --> 02:07:48,093
and then send that off

5740
02:07:48,093 --> 02:07:49,328
to the sample curation

5741
02:07:49,328 --> 02:07:50,095
team at the Johnson

5742
02:07:50,095 --> 02:07:53,649
Space Center,

5743
02:07:53,732 --> 02:07:55,017
admiring the region as well.

5744
02:07:55,017 --> 02:07:56,101
It's a beautiful, clear

5745
02:07:56,101 --> 02:07:59,104
morning there today.

5746
02:07:59,221 --> 02:08:01,056
We've been rehearsing in

5747
02:08:01,056 --> 02:08:01,473
a variety

5748
02:08:01,473 --> 02:08:02,124
of different conditions,

5749
02:08:02,124 --> 02:08:02,708
including in the

5750
02:08:02,708 --> 02:08:03,325
middle of the summer

5751
02:08:03,325 --> 02:08:04,410
where temperatures are over

5752
02:08:04,410 --> 02:08:05,461
100 degrees Fahrenheit,

5753
02:08:05,461 --> 02:08:06,478
much cooler conditions.

5754
02:08:06,478 --> 02:08:07,312
You can see your team members

5755
02:08:07,312 --> 02:08:09,298
wearing their UV shirts.

5756
02:08:09,298 --> 02:08:10,082
A much chillier

5757
02:08:10,082 --> 02:08:10,866
morning for them

5758
02:08:10,866 --> 02:08:11,633
as they are doing

5759
02:08:11,633 --> 02:08:20,225
these recovery operations.

5760
02:08:20,309 --> 02:08:21,727
And this process

5761
02:08:21,727 --> 02:08:22,594
does take some time

5762
02:08:22,594 --> 02:08:23,278
as they go through

5763
02:08:23,278 --> 02:08:24,930
and collect these samples.

5764
02:08:24,930 --> 02:08:25,597
They want to make sure

5765
02:08:25,597 --> 02:08:25,948
that they're

5766
02:08:25,948 --> 02:08:27,332
accurately documenting exactly

5767
02:08:27,332 --> 02:08:27,833
what's present

5768
02:08:27,833 --> 02:08:28,734
at this landing zone.

5769
02:08:28,734 --> 02:08:29,702
For the team members

5770
02:08:29,702 --> 02:08:31,387
who are at the sample curation

5771
02:08:31,387 --> 02:08:32,221
facility of the Johnson

5772
02:08:32,221 --> 02:08:33,689
Space Center,

5773
02:08:33,689 --> 02:08:34,773
getting a great view

5774
02:08:34,773 --> 02:08:35,791
from NASA helicopter.

5775
02:08:35,791 --> 02:08:36,425
They've been

5776
02:08:36,425 --> 02:08:37,476
doing a phenomenal job

5777
02:08:37,476 --> 02:08:37,943
all morning

5778
02:08:37,943 --> 02:08:39,094
tracking the action for us.

5779
02:08:39,094 --> 02:08:40,612
And we don't give them

5780
02:08:40,612 --> 02:08:41,013
enough credit.

5781
02:08:41,013 --> 02:08:42,097
We've been training, obviously,

5782
02:08:42,097 --> 02:08:42,865
that all of the science

5783
02:08:42,865 --> 02:08:44,633
recovery operations,

5784
02:08:44,633 --> 02:08:45,834
the recovery team is moving.

5785
02:08:45,834 --> 02:08:46,118
Yes.

5786
02:08:46,118 --> 02:08:46,685
Are seem

5787
02:08:46,685 --> 02:08:48,053
to have helped to run

5788
02:08:48,053 --> 02:08:48,804
and preserve

5789
02:08:48,804 --> 02:08:50,606
the long, long operations.

5790
02:08:50,606 --> 02:08:51,507
And there we have it.

5791
02:08:51,507 --> 02:08:52,474
We are going to be moving

5792
02:08:52,474 --> 02:08:53,542
towards those Long

5793
02:08:53,542 --> 02:08:54,293
Island operations.

5794
02:08:54,293 --> 02:08:54,927
The rest of the team

5795
02:08:54,927 --> 02:08:56,011
members approaching

5796
02:08:56,011 --> 02:08:56,845
that, as our see

5797
02:08:56,845 --> 02:08:57,246
that has been

5798
02:08:57,246 --> 02:08:58,263
successfully bagged

5799
02:08:58,263 --> 02:08:59,965
and prepared to be loaded

5800
02:08:59,965 --> 02:09:04,787
into the helicopters long on.

5801
02:09:04,853 --> 02:09:06,572
This will be the last

5802
02:09:06,572 --> 02:09:07,706
time the Siac takes flight.

5803
02:09:07,706 --> 02:09:09,508
We had a wild flight

5804
02:09:09,508 --> 02:09:09,858
this morning.

5805
02:09:09,858 --> 02:09:10,859
You can see two team members

5806
02:09:10,859 --> 02:09:11,944
lifting that SIRC up.

5807
02:09:11,944 --> 02:09:13,495
It's about £120 total.

5808
02:09:13,495 --> 02:09:14,663
Once you have the SLC

5809
02:09:14,663 --> 02:09:15,781
and the carrying fixture

5810
02:09:15,781 --> 02:09:17,466
there together,

5811
02:09:17,466 --> 02:09:18,150
they're going to be walking

5812
02:09:18,150 --> 02:09:18,534
this over,

5813
02:09:18,534 --> 02:09:20,586
preparing it for cargo netting

5814
02:09:20,586 --> 02:09:21,954
and getting that attached

5815
02:09:21,954 --> 02:09:22,838
to the long line

5816
02:09:22,838 --> 02:09:24,773
for helicopter operations.

5817
02:09:24,773 --> 02:09:25,324
And as I mentioned,

5818
02:09:25,324 --> 02:09:25,958
this is the last time

5819
02:09:25,958 --> 02:09:26,725
the SLC is going

5820
02:09:26,725 --> 02:09:27,493
to be taking flight.

5821
02:09:27,493 --> 02:09:28,927
They've had a harrowing journey

5822
02:09:28,927 --> 02:09:29,344
this morning

5823
02:09:29,344 --> 02:09:30,212
coming through the

5824
02:09:30,212 --> 02:09:31,380
Earth's atmosphere at over

5825
02:09:31,380 --> 02:09:33,298
27,000 miles per hour.

5826
02:09:33,298 --> 02:09:34,733
It is now being carried

5827
02:09:34,733 --> 02:09:35,918
carefully by a couple of team

5828
02:09:35,918 --> 02:09:36,418
members here.

5829
02:09:36,418 --> 02:09:38,137
So quite a deceleration

5830
02:09:38,137 --> 02:09:39,538
from that initial entry

5831
02:09:39,538 --> 02:09:40,556
and really just

5832
02:09:40,556 --> 02:09:41,156
a wonderful

5833
02:09:41,156 --> 02:09:41,940
final journey

5834
02:09:41,940 --> 02:09:42,608
for our sample

5835
02:09:42,608 --> 02:09:44,843
before it is opened up

5836
02:09:44,843 --> 02:09:45,694
at the clean room

5837
02:09:45,694 --> 02:09:46,945
and prepared to be shipped

5838
02:09:46,945 --> 02:09:47,579
to this

5839
02:09:47,579 --> 02:09:48,330
to the curation

5840
02:09:48,330 --> 02:09:52,084
facility at Johnson.

5841
02:09:52,167 --> 02:09:52,718
And as I mentioned,

5842
02:09:52,718 --> 02:09:53,786
this view is coming from

5843
02:09:53,786 --> 02:09:54,303
one of our NASA

5844
02:09:54,303 --> 02:09:55,254
helicopters,

5845
02:09:55,254 --> 02:09:56,004
just like the science

5846
02:09:56,004 --> 02:09:56,588
and engineering

5847
02:09:56,588 --> 02:09:57,322
engineering teams

5848
02:09:57,322 --> 02:09:58,223
have been preparing for

5849
02:09:58,223 --> 02:09:58,557
this key

5850
02:09:58,557 --> 02:09:59,792
moment are NASA's

5851
02:09:59,792 --> 02:10:00,692
helicopter pilots

5852
02:10:00,692 --> 02:10:01,560
also been preparing

5853
02:10:01,560 --> 02:10:03,395
to cover today's events?

5854
02:10:03,395 --> 02:10:04,112
They're typically down

5855
02:10:04,112 --> 02:10:04,530
at Kennedy

5856
02:10:04,530 --> 02:10:05,881
Space Center in Florida,

5857
02:10:05,881 --> 02:10:07,132
capturing launch coverage

5858
02:10:07,132 --> 02:10:08,617
from Cape Canaveral.

5859
02:10:08,617 --> 02:10:10,202
But this past couple of months

5860
02:10:10,202 --> 02:10:10,769
they've been out here

5861
02:10:10,769 --> 02:10:12,004
with us at the Utah Test

5862
02:10:12,004 --> 02:10:12,838
and Training Range,

5863
02:10:12,838 --> 02:10:13,889
preparing to document

5864
02:10:13,889 --> 02:10:15,057
today's events.

5865
02:10:15,057 --> 02:10:16,525
Getting incredible footage

5866
02:10:16,525 --> 02:10:22,548
for us all along the way.

5867
02:10:22,614 --> 02:10:23,732
You'll see this team members

5868
02:10:23,732 --> 02:10:24,666
have a bit of a hike

5869
02:10:24,666 --> 02:10:25,918
to carry it to where it is

5870
02:10:25,918 --> 02:10:35,644
safe operationally.

5871
02:10:35,727 --> 02:10:36,962
You can see we have the cargo

5872
02:10:36,962 --> 02:10:41,016
netting already laid out there.

5873
02:10:41,099 --> 02:10:42,117
Our representative

5874
02:10:42,117 --> 02:10:42,634
from Dugway

5875
02:10:42,634 --> 02:10:44,553
and Jasmin Nakayama is prepared

5876
02:10:44,553 --> 02:10:45,571
with that cargo netting.

5877
02:10:45,571 --> 02:10:46,171
She's going to

5878
02:10:46,171 --> 02:10:48,073
help the team here

5879
02:10:48,156 --> 02:10:48,674
get that

5880
02:10:48,674 --> 02:10:49,474
SIRC, that

5881
02:10:49,474 --> 02:10:50,692
has already been successfully

5882
02:10:50,692 --> 02:10:52,628
bagged up with thermal wrapping

5883
02:10:52,628 --> 02:10:54,029
into that cargo netting.

5884
02:10:54,029 --> 02:10:54,513
And you can see

5885
02:10:54,513 --> 02:10:55,797
the helicopter already there

5886
02:10:55,797 --> 02:10:59,685
staged and ready to lift off.

5887
02:10:59,768 --> 02:11:00,602
The helicopter pilot

5888
02:11:00,602 --> 02:11:01,470
has actually removed

5889
02:11:01,470 --> 02:11:02,221
one of the doors

5890
02:11:02,221 --> 02:11:03,005
on that helicopter

5891
02:11:03,005 --> 02:11:04,506
so he can lean out

5892
02:11:04,506 --> 02:11:05,490
and look down

5893
02:11:05,490 --> 02:11:06,758
as he carefully lifts

5894
02:11:06,758 --> 02:11:09,978
the CRC off the terrain.

5895
02:11:10,045 --> 02:11:10,596
We want to make sure

5896
02:11:10,596 --> 02:11:11,997
that this is a careful,

5897
02:11:11,997 --> 02:11:13,966
slow process

5898
02:11:13,966 --> 02:11:15,117
if we safely transport

5899
02:11:15,117 --> 02:11:16,718
this SIRC to the Dugway

5900
02:11:16,718 --> 02:11:18,487
Clean Room,

5901
02:11:18,487 --> 02:11:18,871
you can see

5902
02:11:18,871 --> 02:11:19,855
Jasmine is picking up

5903
02:11:19,855 --> 02:11:21,023
pieces of the cargo netting

5904
02:11:21,023 --> 02:11:23,191
and beginning to wrap

5905
02:11:23,191 --> 02:11:23,992
the SIRC

5906
02:11:23,992 --> 02:11:25,594
that has been placed already

5907
02:11:25,594 --> 02:11:26,678
on the carrying fixture

5908
02:11:26,678 --> 02:11:30,282
with the thermal blanketing

5909
02:11:30,365 --> 02:11:31,884
team members, observing

5910
02:11:31,884 --> 02:11:32,918
their handiwork.

5911
02:11:32,918 --> 02:11:33,335
Getting that

5912
02:11:33,335 --> 02:11:35,187
carefully wrapped up

5913
02:11:35,187 --> 02:11:36,688
will then actually unwrap

5914
02:11:36,688 --> 02:11:37,105
all of that

5915
02:11:37,105 --> 02:11:37,673
thermal blanketing

5916
02:11:37,673 --> 02:11:38,407
once we actually get it

5917
02:11:38,407 --> 02:11:39,207
into the clean room

5918
02:11:39,207 --> 02:11:41,126
here, recovery operations

5919
02:11:41,126 --> 02:11:42,961
as our season approaches on it

5920
02:11:42,961 --> 02:11:43,762
and all the gear

5921
02:11:43,762 --> 02:11:44,763
has been stowed

5922
02:11:44,763 --> 02:11:46,081
in the helicopter.

5923
02:11:46,081 --> 02:11:46,682
Great news.

5924
02:11:46,682 --> 02:11:47,766
Everything sounds

5925
02:11:47,766 --> 02:11:48,867
for helicopter operations.

5926
02:11:48,867 --> 02:11:50,168
And in just a few moments,

5927
02:11:50,168 --> 02:11:51,086
we should have lift

5928
02:11:51,086 --> 02:11:52,621
off of the NSC

5929
02:11:52,621 --> 02:11:53,288
aboard

5930
02:11:53,288 --> 02:11:53,906
the helicopter

5931
02:11:53,906 --> 02:11:56,191
with that long line attached

5932
02:11:56,191 --> 02:11:57,326
team members clearing, the area

5933
02:11:57,326 --> 02:11:58,377
to make sure that we can safely

5934
02:11:58,377 --> 02:12:01,563
take off with our helicopter.

5935
02:12:01,647 --> 02:12:02,614
These helicopter pilots have

5936
02:12:02,614 --> 02:12:03,832
also been training in tandem

5937
02:12:03,832 --> 02:12:04,566
with all the team members

5938
02:12:04,566 --> 02:12:05,317
the past couple of months

5939
02:12:05,317 --> 02:12:07,135
leading up to this key moment.

5940
02:12:07,135 --> 02:12:07,769
We've practiced

5941
02:12:07,769 --> 02:12:08,820
these Long Island operations.

5942
02:12:08,820 --> 02:12:09,755
We practiced the flight

5943
02:12:09,755 --> 02:12:12,240
back to the Dugway Clean Room,

5944
02:12:12,240 --> 02:12:13,358
but obviously nothing

5945
02:12:13,358 --> 02:12:14,676
compares to the real deal.

5946
02:12:14,676 --> 02:12:15,444
I'm sure they are

5947
02:12:15,444 --> 02:12:16,445
feeling the excitement,

5948
02:12:16,445 --> 02:12:17,913
they are feeling the nerves

5949
02:12:17,913 --> 02:12:19,231
as they know

5950
02:12:19,231 --> 02:12:20,582
how precious their cargo is.

5951
02:12:20,582 --> 02:12:21,216
This morning

5952
02:12:21,216 --> 02:12:21,984
that they're transporting

5953
02:12:21,984 --> 02:12:23,819
to the Dugway Clean Room.

5954
02:12:23,819 --> 02:12:24,836
See, Jasmine is

5955
02:12:24,836 --> 02:12:26,104
donning a helmet

5956
02:12:26,104 --> 02:12:27,623
and the rotors are kicking on

5957
02:12:27,623 --> 02:12:29,608
for a helicopter,

5958
02:12:29,608 --> 02:12:30,726
kicking off some dust as.

5959
02:12:30,726 --> 02:12:31,526
They get up to speed.

5960
02:12:31,526 --> 02:12:31,710
There

5961
02:12:31,710 --> 02:12:32,377
it is, a

5962
02:12:32,377 --> 02:12:39,701
dusty morning out on the desert

5963
02:12:39,785 --> 02:12:41,036
and this will be once again

5964
02:12:41,036 --> 02:12:42,337
a very slow,

5965
02:12:42,337 --> 02:12:44,423
deliberate operation.

5966
02:12:44,423 --> 02:12:45,057
We want to make sure

5967
02:12:45,057 --> 02:12:45,774
that sample return

5968
02:12:45,774 --> 02:12:47,759
capsule is safe

5969
02:12:47,759 --> 02:12:50,028
as we are lifting it off.

5970
02:12:50,095 --> 02:12:51,146
The piece that Jasmine is

5971
02:12:51,146 --> 02:12:52,164
holding in her hand right now

5972
02:12:52,164 --> 02:12:53,398
is that gimbal stabilizer

5973
02:12:53,398 --> 02:12:54,933
for the cargo netting

5974
02:12:54,933 --> 02:12:55,467
that will ensure

5975
02:12:55,467 --> 02:12:56,184
that the source

5976
02:12:56,184 --> 02:12:57,336
is not wildly spinning.

5977
02:12:57,336 --> 02:12:58,203
As we get to altitude

5978
02:12:58,203 --> 02:13:00,906
with our helicopter,

5979
02:13:00,906 --> 02:13:01,523
these helicopters

5980
02:13:01,523 --> 02:13:02,341
can get upwards

5981
02:13:02,341 --> 02:13:03,158
of over 100 miles

5982
02:13:03,158 --> 02:13:03,725
an hour speed.

5983
02:13:03,725 --> 02:13:04,626
But we're going to go nowhere

5984
02:13:04,626 --> 02:13:05,494
close to that today.

5985
02:13:05,494 --> 02:13:06,094
We're going to be taking

5986
02:13:06,094 --> 02:13:07,446
this at a slow pace,

5987
02:13:07,446 --> 02:13:08,547
making sure that as fast

5988
02:13:08,547 --> 02:13:09,481
you can get back

5989
02:13:09,481 --> 02:13:10,916
safely and securely

5990
02:13:10,916 --> 02:13:13,418
to our Dugway Clean Room,

5991
02:13:13,418 --> 02:13:14,336
you can see one of our NASA

5992
02:13:14,336 --> 02:13:15,637
photographers, Keagan, Barbara,

5993
02:13:15,637 --> 02:13:16,405
some great pictures.

5994
02:13:16,405 --> 02:13:17,706
I'm sure this will be

5995
02:13:17,706 --> 02:13:18,690
phenomenal views

5996
02:13:18,690 --> 02:13:19,524
of the operations

5997
02:13:19,524 --> 02:13:20,876
that are going on

5998
02:13:20,876 --> 02:13:22,327
just across the way from us

5999
02:13:22,327 --> 02:13:22,978
at the Utah Test

6000
02:13:22,978 --> 02:13:25,497
and Training Range.

6001
02:13:25,497 --> 02:13:26,465
As soon as these rotors

6002
02:13:26,465 --> 02:13:27,099
get up to speed,

6003
02:13:27,099 --> 02:13:28,734
our helicopter will get off

6004
02:13:28,734 --> 02:13:29,184
the ground.

6005
02:13:29,184 --> 02:13:30,268
The terrain is a little bit

6006
02:13:30,268 --> 02:13:31,053
soft today.

6007
02:13:31,053 --> 02:13:31,987
Team members were out here

6008
02:13:31,987 --> 02:13:32,888
yesterday testing out

6009
02:13:32,888 --> 02:13:33,355
the grounds

6010
02:13:33,355 --> 02:13:34,623
and at practice

6011
02:13:34,623 --> 02:13:35,490
actually landing

6012
02:13:35,490 --> 02:13:37,225
with some of the helicopters.

6013
02:13:37,225 --> 02:13:38,543
Those skids on the helicopters

6014
02:13:38,543 --> 02:13:39,745
got about an inch

6015
02:13:39,745 --> 02:13:41,646
into the wet terrain.

6016
02:13:41,646 --> 02:13:42,781
It's presumably dried

6017
02:13:42,781 --> 02:13:43,465
a lot more today.

6018
02:13:43,465 --> 02:13:44,666
It's the sunny,

6019
02:13:44,666 --> 02:13:45,300
clear skies

6020
02:13:45,300 --> 02:13:45,634
have probably

6021
02:13:45,634 --> 02:13:46,268
helped us out a bit.

6022
02:13:46,268 --> 02:13:47,369
So it should be

6023
02:13:47,369 --> 02:13:48,570
an easy lift off for this

6024
02:13:48,570 --> 02:13:50,455
helicopter to get into the air

6025
02:13:50,455 --> 02:13:51,707
and help transport that

6026
02:13:51,707 --> 02:13:56,628
SIRC to the clean room.

6027
02:13:56,695 --> 02:13:58,163
Offscreen team members are

6028
02:13:58,163 --> 02:13:59,815
presumably continuing

6029
02:13:59,815 --> 02:14:01,316
to collect samples

6030
02:14:01,316 --> 02:14:02,217
of the surrounding area,

6031
02:14:02,217 --> 02:14:03,268
both environmental

6032
02:14:03,268 --> 02:14:05,971
soil samples. Samples

6033
02:14:05,971 --> 02:14:07,823
will be continuing

6034
02:14:07,823 --> 02:14:08,790
to do those operations

6035
02:14:08,790 --> 02:14:09,808
even as we bring this

6036
02:14:09,808 --> 02:14:14,713
SIRC to our clean room.

6037
02:14:14,796 --> 02:14:15,897
Just a great view here

6038
02:14:15,897 --> 02:14:19,935
from our NASA helicopter.

6039
02:14:20,018 --> 02:14:20,902
And in just a few moments,

6040
02:14:20,902 --> 02:14:23,371
we should have a stunning view

6041
02:14:23,371 --> 02:14:24,306
of a rescue

6042
02:14:24,306 --> 02:14:26,074
lifting off the ground.

6043
02:14:26,074 --> 02:14:27,159
No part of this SIRC

6044
02:14:27,159 --> 02:14:27,809
comes in contact

6045
02:14:27,809 --> 02:14:28,443
with the helicopter.

6046
02:14:28,443 --> 02:14:29,077
As I said, it's

6047
02:14:29,077 --> 02:14:30,362
been safely stored

6048
02:14:30,362 --> 02:14:31,313
in that thermal blanketing.

6049
02:14:31,313 --> 02:14:31,947
There's multiple

6050
02:14:31,947 --> 02:14:33,548
layers of that, blanketing

6051
02:14:33,548 --> 02:14:34,316
as well as a tarp

6052
02:14:34,316 --> 02:14:36,017
being placed over it.

6053
02:14:36,017 --> 02:14:36,985
Now, it is also

6054
02:14:36,985 --> 02:14:38,887
in that cargo netting. Thanks.

6055
02:14:38,887 --> 02:14:40,288
Our Dugway representative,

6056
02:14:40,288 --> 02:14:42,307
Jazmin Nakayama,

6057
02:14:42,307 --> 02:14:43,592
she's then attached

6058
02:14:43,592 --> 02:14:45,360
this whole contraption

6059
02:14:45,360 --> 02:14:46,778
to a long line

6060
02:14:46,778 --> 02:14:47,429
that will dangle

6061
02:14:47,429 --> 02:14:50,098
about a hundred feet below

6062
02:14:50,098 --> 02:14:55,487
the helicopter.

6063
02:14:55,554 --> 02:14:56,254
And I can see a

6064
02:14:56,254 --> 02:14:57,055
lot of dust kicking up.

6065
02:14:57,055 --> 02:14:58,073
Now, the engine's

6066
02:14:58,073 --> 02:14:59,074
really revving up

6067
02:14:59,074 --> 02:14:59,941
on that helicopter,

6068
02:14:59,941 --> 02:15:01,193
and it is off

6069
02:15:01,193 --> 02:15:04,112
the desert terrain in the air

6070
02:15:04,112 --> 02:15:09,818
with the SIRC in tow

6071
02:15:09,901 --> 02:15:11,436
Recovery operations.

6072
02:15:11,436 --> 02:15:12,204
Helicopter one

6073
02:15:12,204 --> 02:15:13,438
is currently the part,

6074
02:15:13,438 --> 02:15:14,422
the recovery site

6075
02:15:14,422 --> 02:15:15,574
with the surgery

6076
02:15:15,574 --> 02:15:16,291
and we have clearance

6077
02:15:16,291 --> 02:15:17,609
to depart the recovery.

6078
02:15:17,609 --> 02:15:18,960
This is a key moment

6079
02:15:18,960 --> 02:15:20,195
of those recovery operations.

6080
02:15:20,195 --> 02:15:21,663
We're already getting that SIRC

6081
02:15:21,663 --> 02:15:22,831
out of the landing zone

6082
02:15:22,831 --> 02:15:23,732
and on its way

6083
02:15:23,732 --> 02:15:27,903
to the Dugway Clean Room

6084
02:15:27,986 --> 02:15:28,887
in just a few moments

6085
02:15:28,887 --> 02:15:30,755
that SIRC,

6086
02:15:30,755 --> 02:15:31,706
with the long line

6087
02:15:31,706 --> 02:15:32,407
attached, will be

6088
02:15:32,407 --> 02:15:36,528
lifting off its landing zone.

6089
02:15:36,595 --> 02:15:37,529
Jasmine assisting

6090
02:15:37,529 --> 02:15:37,796
with that

6091
02:15:37,796 --> 02:15:39,114
final part of the lift

6092
02:15:39,114 --> 02:15:42,117
and it is now airborne,

6093
02:15:42,367 --> 02:15:44,452
as I mentioned, a much more

6094
02:15:44,452 --> 02:15:46,354
relaxing flight for SLC on

6095
02:15:46,354 --> 02:15:50,108
its last leg of its journey.

6096
02:15:50,192 --> 02:15:50,842
We are officially

6097
02:15:50,842 --> 02:15:54,062
departing that landing zone.

6098
02:15:54,146 --> 02:15:55,113
Recovery operations

6099
02:15:55,113 --> 02:15:56,548
will continue out

6100
02:15:56,548 --> 02:15:57,666
at the Dugway Cleanroom.

6101
02:15:57,666 --> 02:15:58,416
I see team members

6102
02:15:58,416 --> 02:16:08,326
waving goodbye

6103
02:16:08,393 --> 02:16:09,878
and look at that view.

6104
02:16:09,878 --> 02:16:11,012
This is a stunning view

6105
02:16:11,012 --> 02:16:12,480
of our helicopter.

6106
02:16:12,480 --> 02:16:13,982
This is a long journey ahead.

6107
02:16:13,982 --> 02:16:14,766
As I mentioned, probably

6108
02:16:14,766 --> 02:16:15,817
about 20 minutes

6109
02:16:15,817 --> 02:16:16,651
of total flight.

6110
02:16:16,651 --> 02:16:18,186
We may lose signal

6111
02:16:18,186 --> 02:16:19,204
as we head out there a bit,

6112
02:16:19,204 --> 02:16:20,105
but for now,

6113
02:16:20,105 --> 02:16:21,423
we have a stunning view

6114
02:16:21,423 --> 02:16:22,858
of our helicopter

6115
02:16:22,858 --> 02:16:24,476
carrying the see below.

6116
02:16:24,476 --> 02:16:25,110
And you can see that

6117
02:16:25,110 --> 02:16:26,278
stabilizer is helping

6118
02:16:26,278 --> 02:16:27,212
to keep the necessary

6119
02:16:27,212 --> 02:16:28,864
nice and stable below.

6120
02:16:28,864 --> 02:16:29,281
We'll continue

6121
02:16:29,281 --> 02:16:30,482
to track this transport

6122
02:16:30,482 --> 02:16:31,116
to the clean room.

6123
02:16:31,116 --> 02:16:32,033
But for now, back to you,

6124
02:16:32,033 --> 02:16:34,586
Larne and Jim.

6125
02:16:34,586 --> 02:16:35,103
Wow.

6126
02:16:35,103 --> 02:16:38,323
Check out that epic shot.

6127
02:16:38,406 --> 02:16:39,758
What a ride. Wow.

6128
02:16:39,758 --> 02:16:41,193
All right. Thanks, James.

6129
02:16:41,193 --> 02:16:42,210
The science community

6130
02:16:42,210 --> 02:16:43,528
has serious questions

6131
02:16:43,528 --> 02:16:44,663
about asteroids like Bennu.

6132
02:16:44,663 --> 02:16:46,147
For a long time.

6133
02:16:46,147 --> 02:16:47,098
What are they made of?

6134
02:16:47,098 --> 02:16:48,183
Do they hold any clues

6135
02:16:48,183 --> 02:16:49,267
about the origins of life

6136
02:16:49,267 --> 02:16:51,052
on Earth or elsewhere?

6137
02:16:51,052 --> 02:16:51,903
And what can

6138
02:16:51,903 --> 02:16:53,521
they tell us about our past

6139
02:16:53,521 --> 02:16:55,707
and potentially our future?

6140
02:16:55,707 --> 02:16:56,708
It's all about

6141
02:16:56,708 --> 02:16:57,609
chemistry, Lauren.

6142
02:16:57,609 --> 02:16:58,944
It absolutely is.

6143
02:16:58,944 --> 02:16:59,678
Well, fortunately,

6144
02:16:59,678 --> 02:17:00,445
Jim, we are joined

6145
02:17:00,445 --> 02:17:02,280
by somebody who specializes

6146
02:17:02,280 --> 02:17:03,114
in the kind of

6147
02:17:03,114 --> 02:17:04,432
chemistry that you'd be hard

6148
02:17:04,432 --> 02:17:05,784
pressed to find outside

6149
02:17:05,784 --> 02:17:06,785
of NASA.

6150
02:17:06,785 --> 02:17:07,535
Jason Dworkin

6151
02:17:07,535 --> 02:17:09,087
is the Osiris-rex

6152
02:17:09,087 --> 02:17:10,655
project scientist.

6153
02:17:10,655 --> 02:17:12,240
Welcome. Welcome, Jason.

6154
02:17:12,240 --> 02:17:14,276
Thanks, and congratulations.

6155
02:17:14,276 --> 02:17:15,243
What a historic day.

6156
02:17:15,243 --> 02:17:17,429
Oh, so really has to be.

6157
02:17:17,429 --> 02:17:19,147
Yes, relieved,

6158
02:17:19,147 --> 02:17:21,549
invigorated, excited

6159
02:17:21,633 --> 02:17:22,434
as so much

6160
02:17:22,434 --> 02:17:23,485
work ahead of us, right?

6161
02:17:23,485 --> 02:17:26,004
Indeed. Fun work. Oh, no.

6162
02:17:26,004 --> 02:17:28,323
Epic work. Epic work.

6163
02:17:28,323 --> 02:17:29,524
You must be so excited to dig

6164
02:17:29,524 --> 02:17:31,259
into the sample yourself.

6165
02:17:31,259 --> 02:17:33,211
But what makes this the sample?

6166
02:17:33,211 --> 02:17:34,312
You know, we've.

6167
02:17:34,312 --> 02:17:35,580
We've to say

6168
02:17:35,580 --> 02:17:36,398
this is such an

6169
02:17:36,398 --> 02:17:37,732
important sample

6170
02:17:37,732 --> 02:17:38,583
from an asteroid.

6171
02:17:38,583 --> 02:17:39,384
Why is it

6172
02:17:39,384 --> 02:17:41,436
scientifically significant?

6173
02:17:41,436 --> 02:17:44,005
So Bennu is an ancient piece

6174
02:17:44,005 --> 02:17:44,422
of the

6175
02:17:44,422 --> 02:17:45,657
of the early solar system,

6176
02:17:45,657 --> 02:17:47,842
a leftover component.

6177
02:17:47,842 --> 02:17:49,928
It's a fragment of what happens

6178
02:17:49,928 --> 02:17:51,596
when you when you make planets.

6179
02:17:51,596 --> 02:17:52,497
And this

6180
02:17:52,497 --> 02:17:57,269
this fragment of rock is

6181
02:17:57,352 --> 02:17:58,653
it contains

6182
02:17:58,653 --> 02:17:59,371
that the ingredients

6183
02:17:59,371 --> 02:18:00,121
that that happen

6184
02:18:00,121 --> 02:18:01,139
when you make planets,

6185
02:18:01,139 --> 02:18:01,673
that happens

6186
02:18:01,673 --> 02:18:04,025
when you make life.

6187
02:18:04,025 --> 02:18:07,028
So by studying a sample from

6188
02:18:07,028 --> 02:18:08,546
the leftovers of space,

6189
02:18:08,546 --> 02:18:09,781
we can study a sample

6190
02:18:09,781 --> 02:18:11,066
from the leftovers

6191
02:18:11,066 --> 02:18:13,735
of the formation of the

6192
02:18:13,735 --> 02:18:15,337
of the Earth.

6193
02:18:15,420 --> 02:18:15,754
Look at

6194
02:18:15,754 --> 02:18:16,955
the chemistry in detail

6195
02:18:16,955 --> 02:18:18,123
as you can only do

6196
02:18:18,123 --> 02:18:19,557
on the ground using instruments

6197
02:18:19,557 --> 02:18:21,126
that are sometimes

6198
02:18:21,126 --> 02:18:22,227
bigger than the launch pad,

6199
02:18:22,227 --> 02:18:23,578
let alone the space level

6200
02:18:23,578 --> 02:18:25,530
on the rock in the spacecraft.

6201
02:18:25,530 --> 02:18:27,866
Some interrogate

6202
02:18:27,866 --> 02:18:30,468
the compounds, the the

6203
02:18:30,468 --> 02:18:32,821
the minerals in fine detail

6204
02:18:32,821 --> 02:18:33,488
to, understand

6205
02:18:33,488 --> 02:18:34,022
how they interact

6206
02:18:34,022 --> 02:18:34,806
with each other,

6207
02:18:34,806 --> 02:18:35,707
and how they could have led

6208
02:18:35,707 --> 02:18:36,758
to the history

6209
02:18:36,758 --> 02:18:37,742
of the solar system.

6210
02:18:37,742 --> 02:18:38,843
And that's forensic science

6211
02:18:38,843 --> 02:18:39,928
that is at its best.

6212
02:18:39,928 --> 02:18:41,396
But I have a question, Jason,

6213
02:18:41,396 --> 02:18:41,880
because you're an

6214
02:18:41,880 --> 02:18:43,114
expert in this so.

6215
02:18:43,114 --> 02:18:43,982
We're going to save

6216
02:18:43,982 --> 02:18:44,883
some of the sample

6217
02:18:44,883 --> 02:18:46,318
so that future generations,

6218
02:18:46,318 --> 02:18:47,786
future techniques,

6219
02:18:47,786 --> 02:18:48,787
future people

6220
02:18:48,787 --> 02:18:49,621
not even born,

6221
02:18:49,621 --> 02:18:51,089
can can learn from it

6222
02:18:51,089 --> 02:18:51,656
in the future

6223
02:18:51,656 --> 02:18:52,524
as we try to look

6224
02:18:52,524 --> 02:18:53,675
at our place in space.

6225
02:18:53,675 --> 02:18:54,159
Absolutely.

6226
02:18:54,159 --> 02:18:55,143
That's one of the parts

6227
02:18:55,143 --> 02:18:56,945
I find the most exciting.

6228
02:18:56,945 --> 02:18:57,562
Gratifying

6229
02:18:57,562 --> 02:18:59,914
is that the work we do here

6230
02:18:59,914 --> 02:19:01,266
will be available

6231
02:19:01,266 --> 02:19:03,268
for scientists

6232
02:19:03,268 --> 02:19:05,904
perhaps watching now, perhaps

6233
02:19:05,904 --> 02:19:07,288
not yet born.

6234
02:19:07,288 --> 02:19:08,406
They can make choices

6235
02:19:08,406 --> 02:19:09,841
and come up with their own

6236
02:19:09,841 --> 02:19:11,126
hypotheses, their own ideas

6237
02:19:11,126 --> 02:19:12,994
around new techniques

6238
02:19:12,994 --> 02:19:13,495
to look at,

6239
02:19:13,495 --> 02:19:14,763
look at the sample in new

6240
02:19:14,763 --> 02:19:15,864
and exciting ways.

6241
02:19:15,864 --> 02:19:16,614
Just as we have for

6242
02:19:16,614 --> 02:19:18,783
the Apollo samples.

6243
02:19:18,867 --> 02:19:20,101
One of my laboratory,

6244
02:19:20,101 --> 02:19:23,688
I studied Apollo 1617 samples

6245
02:19:23,755 --> 02:19:24,422
that were collected

6246
02:19:24,422 --> 02:19:25,857
before she was born

6247
02:19:25,857 --> 02:19:26,641
using techniques

6248
02:19:26,641 --> 02:19:27,459
that were not invented

6249
02:19:27,459 --> 02:19:28,743
in the 1970s

6250
02:19:28,743 --> 02:19:29,844
to then answer questions

6251
02:19:29,844 --> 02:19:30,578
that were thought of

6252
02:19:30,578 --> 02:19:31,262
but couldn't be,

6253
02:19:31,262 --> 02:19:32,497
couldn't be answered.

6254
02:19:32,497 --> 02:19:33,365
And so since you

6255
02:19:33,365 --> 02:19:34,733
mentioned forensics,

6256
02:19:34,733 --> 02:19:35,884
we also have equipped

6257
02:19:35,884 --> 02:19:37,836
future generations with

6258
02:19:37,836 --> 02:19:38,586
the information

6259
02:19:38,586 --> 02:19:40,105
to follow the chain of evidence

6260
02:19:40,105 --> 02:19:41,740
from these construction

6261
02:19:41,740 --> 02:19:42,607
spacecraft,

6262
02:19:42,607 --> 02:19:44,075
all of which the collection now

6263
02:19:44,075 --> 02:19:45,443
and then the distribution.

6264
02:19:45,443 --> 02:19:47,395
Awesome. Wow. That is so cool.

6265
02:19:47,395 --> 02:19:47,912
Thank you.

6266
02:19:47,912 --> 02:19:48,780
Thank you so much

6267
02:19:48,780 --> 02:19:50,281
for joining us. Pleasure.

6268
02:19:50,281 --> 02:19:51,299
Thank you. Thanks, Jason.

6269
02:19:51,299 --> 02:19:53,017
Good luck.

6270
02:19:53,017 --> 02:19:54,185
Careful handling of this

6271
02:19:54,185 --> 02:19:55,537
asteroid sample is all about

6272
02:19:55,537 --> 02:19:56,337
getting the most out

6273
02:19:56,337 --> 02:19:57,355
of the huge effort

6274
02:19:57,355 --> 02:19:58,206
to visit visit

6275
02:19:58,206 --> 02:19:59,858
the object in the first place.

6276
02:19:59,858 --> 02:20:00,508
Mission planners

6277
02:20:00,508 --> 02:20:02,043
considered many destinations

6278
02:20:02,043 --> 02:20:03,695
but settled on bennu.

6279
02:20:03,695 --> 02:20:08,533
Let's learn more about why

6280
02:20:08,616 --> 02:20:10,268
Osiris-rex was designed

6281
02:20:10,268 --> 02:20:10,835
to retrieve

6282
02:20:10,835 --> 02:20:12,087
a sample from asteroid

6283
02:20:12,087 --> 02:20:14,105
Bennu and return it to Earth.

6284
02:20:14,105 --> 02:20:16,057
So of the more than 1 million

6285
02:20:16,057 --> 02:20:16,858
known asteroids

6286
02:20:16,858 --> 02:20:20,478
in our solar system, why Bennu?

6287
02:20:20,545 --> 02:20:21,996
First, as a near-Earth

6288
02:20:21,996 --> 02:20:23,064
asteroid, Bennu

6289
02:20:23,064 --> 02:20:24,716
is easy to reach.

6290
02:20:24,716 --> 02:20:26,184
It takes about 14 months

6291
02:20:26,184 --> 02:20:26,551
to orbit

6292
02:20:26,551 --> 02:20:28,353
the and comes close to earth

6293
02:20:28,353 --> 02:20:30,422
once every six years

6294
02:20:30,422 --> 02:20:31,172
to get there.

6295
02:20:31,172 --> 02:20:32,607
Osiris-rex was launched

6296
02:20:32,607 --> 02:20:34,409
in 2016 on an Atlas

6297
02:20:34,409 --> 02:20:35,093
five rocket

6298
02:20:35,093 --> 02:20:36,177
with a single booster

6299
02:20:36,177 --> 02:20:38,279
and, a center upper stage.

6300
02:20:38,279 --> 02:20:39,781
It also got a big assist

6301
02:20:39,781 --> 02:20:40,231
from Earth's

6302
02:20:40,231 --> 02:20:42,033
gravity in 2017,

6303
02:20:42,033 --> 02:20:43,351
allowing it to match Bennu's

6304
02:20:43,351 --> 02:20:44,786
orbital tilt.

6305
02:20:44,786 --> 02:20:45,603
The second reason

6306
02:20:45,603 --> 02:20:46,771
that Bennu was chosen

6307
02:20:46,771 --> 02:20:48,873
its size and spin rate.

6308
02:20:48,873 --> 02:20:49,674
Bennu measures

6309
02:20:49,674 --> 02:20:50,758
about half a kilometer

6310
02:20:50,758 --> 02:20:51,426
in diameter

6311
02:20:51,426 --> 02:20:52,944
and rotates on its axis

6312
02:20:52,944 --> 02:20:55,230
once every 4.3 hours,

6313
02:20:55,230 --> 02:20:57,098
which is actually slow

6314
02:20:57,098 --> 02:20:58,349
compared to many smaller

6315
02:20:58,349 --> 02:20:59,317
asteroids.

6316
02:20:59,317 --> 02:21:01,102
This allowed osiris-rex to map

6317
02:21:01,102 --> 02:21:02,887
bennu surface up close

6318
02:21:02,887 --> 02:21:04,556
and to match its velocity.

6319
02:21:04,556 --> 02:21:05,857
Briefly touched down

6320
02:21:05,857 --> 02:21:07,775
and collect a sample

6321
02:21:07,775 --> 02:21:09,727
before Osiris-rex arrived.

6322
02:21:09,727 --> 02:21:10,979
Scientists thought that Bennu's

6323
02:21:10,979 --> 02:21:11,963
slow rotation

6324
02:21:11,963 --> 02:21:12,714
meant a low

6325
02:21:12,714 --> 02:21:13,832
risk of flinging away

6326
02:21:13,832 --> 02:21:15,900
most of its sample material.

6327
02:21:15,900 --> 02:21:17,552
But shortly after arrival,

6328
02:21:17,552 --> 02:21:18,503
Bennu was caught on

6329
02:21:18,503 --> 02:21:19,404
camera, ejecting

6330
02:21:19,404 --> 02:21:21,539
hundreds of pebbles.

6331
02:21:21,539 --> 02:21:22,824
It turns out that Bennu

6332
02:21:22,824 --> 02:21:23,975
regularly shreds

6333
02:21:23,975 --> 02:21:25,743
small particles,

6334
02:21:25,743 --> 02:21:26,761
but it still had

6335
02:21:26,761 --> 02:21:27,445
plenty of loose

6336
02:21:27,445 --> 02:21:28,863
material left on its surface

6337
02:21:28,863 --> 02:21:30,598
for sample collection.

6338
02:21:30,598 --> 02:21:32,016
The third reason for choosing

6339
02:21:32,016 --> 02:21:34,652
Bennu was its composition.

6340
02:21:34,652 --> 02:21:35,436
We don't know

6341
02:21:35,436 --> 02:21:36,721
what ingredients were present

6342
02:21:36,721 --> 02:21:37,539
during the formation

6343
02:21:37,539 --> 02:21:38,857
of life on Earth,

6344
02:21:38,857 --> 02:21:40,074
but primitive asteroids

6345
02:21:40,074 --> 02:21:40,675
like Bennu

6346
02:21:40,675 --> 02:21:42,393
serve as time capsules,

6347
02:21:42,393 --> 02:21:43,678
preserving material from the

6348
02:21:43,678 --> 02:21:46,064
dawn of the solar system.

6349
02:21:46,147 --> 02:21:47,999
Spectrometers on Osiris-rex

6350
02:21:47,999 --> 02:21:49,567
confirmed that Bennu is rich

6351
02:21:49,567 --> 02:21:51,786
in carbon based molecules,

6352
02:21:51,786 --> 02:21:52,954
including organics

6353
02:21:52,954 --> 02:21:55,507
that are the stuff of life.

6354
02:21:55,507 --> 02:21:56,124
When the Bennu

6355
02:21:56,124 --> 02:21:57,509
sample is analyzed,

6356
02:21:57,509 --> 02:21:58,409
it will help scientists

6357
02:21:58,409 --> 02:21:59,244
to better understand

6358
02:21:59,244 --> 02:21:59,994
the formation

6359
02:21:59,994 --> 02:22:01,496
of the solar system

6360
02:22:01,496 --> 02:22:03,848
and our own origins.

6361
02:22:03,848 --> 02:22:06,150
So why particular asteroid

6362
02:22:06,150 --> 02:22:07,769
proximity to earth?

6363
02:22:07,769 --> 02:22:09,537
The right size and spin

6364
02:22:09,537 --> 02:22:12,273
and a carbon rich composition?

6365
02:22:12,273 --> 02:22:21,482
That is why we chose Bennu.

6366
02:22:21,566 --> 02:22:22,383
As you can see

6367
02:22:22,383 --> 02:22:23,585
in the bottom of your screen

6368
02:22:23,585 --> 02:22:25,436
that SIRC is continuing

6369
02:22:25,436 --> 02:22:26,688
its transit to the clean room.

6370
02:22:26,688 --> 02:22:28,256
Awesome.

6371
02:22:28,256 --> 02:22:28,473
All right.

6372
02:22:28,473 --> 02:22:29,490
So turning our attention

6373
02:22:29,490 --> 02:22:31,409
back to the rocks in the back,

6374
02:22:31,409 --> 02:22:32,610
I have to ask him,

6375
02:22:32,610 --> 02:22:33,895
how did they get

6376
02:22:33,895 --> 02:22:34,946
how did they get it in here?

6377
02:22:34,946 --> 02:22:35,813
What is this?

6378
02:22:35,813 --> 02:22:37,498
So this is the Tagsam

6379
02:22:37,498 --> 02:22:38,550
sampler head.

6380
02:22:38,550 --> 02:22:39,367
It's about a foot long.

6381
02:22:39,367 --> 02:22:40,134
It looks like an old

6382
02:22:40,134 --> 02:22:41,369
Chevy carburetor,

6383
02:22:41,369 --> 02:22:41,936
but inside

6384
02:22:41,936 --> 02:22:42,570
is something much

6385
02:22:42,570 --> 02:22:43,621
more precious.

6386
02:22:43,621 --> 02:22:44,455
Inside,

6387
02:22:44,455 --> 02:22:46,708
maybe 250 or more grams

6388
02:22:46,708 --> 02:22:47,709
of that primitive material

6389
02:22:47,709 --> 02:22:48,276
from the asteroid.

6390
02:22:48,276 --> 02:22:50,378
And it has all the gear on it,

6391
02:22:50,378 --> 02:22:51,212
including samples

6392
02:22:51,212 --> 02:22:52,313
on the bottom, little pads

6393
02:22:52,313 --> 02:22:53,281
to grab sample,

6394
02:22:53,281 --> 02:22:54,832
as well as the stuff inside

6395
02:22:54,832 --> 02:22:55,383
that contains

6396
02:22:55,383 --> 02:22:56,134
the bigger pebbles

6397
02:22:56,134 --> 02:22:57,001
and all the dust.

6398
02:22:57,001 --> 02:22:58,253
It even has witnessed plates.

6399
02:22:58,253 --> 02:22:59,370
So we used to do that,

6400
02:22:59,370 --> 02:23:00,538
that contamination control

6401
02:23:00,538 --> 02:23:01,773
that Jason was talking about.

6402
02:23:01,773 --> 02:23:04,142
This is the box.

6403
02:23:04,142 --> 02:23:04,776
This is the

6404
02:23:04,776 --> 02:23:05,877
this is the big deal

6405
02:23:05,877 --> 02:23:06,811
right here.

6406
02:23:06,811 --> 02:23:08,146
And, you know, the

6407
02:23:08,146 --> 02:23:09,931
the material went into

6408
02:23:09,931 --> 02:23:10,415
this box.

6409
02:23:10,415 --> 02:23:11,816
We've actually got some of

6410
02:23:11,816 --> 02:23:13,718
what's called simulant here.

6411
02:23:13,718 --> 02:23:14,636
And this is obviously

6412
02:23:14,636 --> 02:23:15,720
not the actual sample

6413
02:23:15,720 --> 02:23:16,254
from Bennu,

6414
02:23:16,254 --> 02:23:18,389
but it is a good approximation.

6415
02:23:18,389 --> 02:23:18,923
Is that right, Jim?

6416
02:23:18,923 --> 02:23:19,474
That's right.

6417
02:23:19,474 --> 02:23:20,708
And so what we discovered

6418
02:23:20,708 --> 02:23:22,076
on this amazing mission

6419
02:23:22,076 --> 02:23:23,394
was the material properties

6420
02:23:23,394 --> 02:23:24,662
in the microgravity

6421
02:23:24,662 --> 02:23:26,397
of asteroid Bennu

6422
02:23:26,397 --> 02:23:27,332
didn't behave like

6423
02:23:27,332 --> 02:23:28,566
we totally expected.

6424
02:23:28,566 --> 02:23:29,767
They behaved like

6425
02:23:29,767 --> 02:23:31,402
almost cohesion with fluid.

6426
02:23:31,402 --> 02:23:32,670
And so while I pour this here

6427
02:23:32,670 --> 02:23:34,255
and they fall pretty naturally

6428
02:23:34,255 --> 02:23:34,922
and this is about

6429
02:23:34,922 --> 02:23:35,790
the amount of stuff

6430
02:23:35,790 --> 02:23:37,108
we expect to find inside

6431
02:23:37,108 --> 02:23:38,393
this sampler had

6432
02:23:38,393 --> 02:23:39,444
they flowed

6433
02:23:39,444 --> 02:23:40,945
more like water on Earth

6434
02:23:40,945 --> 02:23:41,813
than we expected

6435
02:23:41,813 --> 02:23:42,697
there on the asteroid.

6436
02:23:42,697 --> 02:23:43,615
This is new physics.

6437
02:23:43,615 --> 02:23:44,165
We didn't know

6438
02:23:44,165 --> 02:23:45,233
that was going to happen.

6439
02:23:45,233 --> 02:23:46,267
And these rubble pile

6440
02:23:46,267 --> 02:23:47,435
asteroids are teaching

6441
02:23:47,435 --> 02:23:47,852
us something

6442
02:23:47,852 --> 02:23:49,087
at every step in fact,

6443
02:23:49,087 --> 02:23:49,954
some of these bits

6444
02:23:49,954 --> 02:23:51,205
which are simulants here

6445
02:23:51,205 --> 02:23:51,923
maybe have more

6446
02:23:51,923 --> 02:23:53,875
like little balls of Styrofoam

6447
02:23:53,875 --> 02:23:55,143
than the kind of rocks

6448
02:23:55,143 --> 02:23:55,560
we have here.

6449
02:23:55,560 --> 02:23:55,827
So we're

6450
02:23:55,827 --> 02:23:56,844
going to learn new stuff

6451
02:23:56,844 --> 02:23:57,729
by just doing

6452
02:23:57,729 --> 02:23:59,364
basic characterization

6453
02:23:59,364 --> 02:24:00,031
of the goodies

6454
02:24:00,031 --> 02:24:01,733
inside this sampler head.

6455
02:24:01,733 --> 02:24:02,183
And one thing

6456
02:24:02,183 --> 02:24:03,067
I think is so cool

6457
02:24:03,067 --> 02:24:03,968
is that, you know, on earth

6458
02:24:03,968 --> 02:24:05,336
we've poured directly

6459
02:24:05,336 --> 02:24:06,571
into these other beakers here.

6460
02:24:06,571 --> 02:24:07,555
But as you said,

6461
02:24:07,555 --> 02:24:08,856
it acted almost more

6462
02:24:08,856 --> 02:24:10,708
like fluid. Exactly.

6463
02:24:10,708 --> 02:24:12,026
We actually when we

6464
02:24:12,026 --> 02:24:12,510
when we took

6465
02:24:12,510 --> 02:24:12,994
the sample

6466
02:24:12,994 --> 02:24:14,345
had on the tagsam,

6467
02:24:14,345 --> 02:24:15,630
we pushed it into the asteroid,

6468
02:24:15,630 --> 02:24:16,764
gave it a poke,

6469
02:24:16,764 --> 02:24:18,032
let loose the gas and,

6470
02:24:18,032 --> 02:24:18,599
let the stuff

6471
02:24:18,599 --> 02:24:19,801
like we actually penetrate

6472
02:24:19,801 --> 02:24:21,185
50 centimeters.

6473
02:24:21,185 --> 02:24:22,053
That's more than

6474
02:24:22,053 --> 02:24:23,071
almost two feet.

6475
02:24:23,071 --> 02:24:24,038
So we went deep

6476
02:24:24,038 --> 02:24:24,756
into the asteroid,

6477
02:24:24,756 --> 02:24:26,007
fired our thrusters

6478
02:24:26,007 --> 02:24:26,858
and backed away

6479
02:24:26,858 --> 02:24:27,892
with the sample intact

6480
02:24:27,892 --> 02:24:29,193
in this sampler head.

6481
02:24:29,193 --> 02:24:29,694
That was cool.

6482
02:24:29,694 --> 02:24:30,745
We didn't expect that.

6483
02:24:30,745 --> 02:24:31,412
We expected

6484
02:24:31,412 --> 02:24:32,947
contact 5 seconds later,

6485
02:24:32,947 --> 02:24:33,998
grab the good stuff

6486
02:24:33,998 --> 02:24:34,999
and come home.

6487
02:24:34,999 --> 02:24:36,567
So dynamic interactions,

6488
02:24:36,567 --> 02:24:37,318
learning about how

6489
02:24:37,318 --> 02:24:38,336
these objects work.

6490
02:24:38,336 --> 02:24:39,337
As you heard from Lori Glaze,

6491
02:24:39,337 --> 02:24:39,837
this is how we

6492
02:24:39,837 --> 02:24:40,922
get to understand

6493
02:24:40,922 --> 02:24:41,939
the worlds that we need

6494
02:24:41,939 --> 02:24:43,141
for planetary security.

6495
02:24:43,141 --> 02:24:44,225
And I've even even heard

6496
02:24:44,225 --> 02:24:45,293
this described

6497
02:24:45,293 --> 02:24:46,794
as a ball pit that that's

6498
02:24:46,794 --> 02:24:47,679
how loose

6499
02:24:47,679 --> 02:24:48,846
the material was

6500
02:24:48,846 --> 02:24:50,314
when they approached. Exactly.

6501
02:24:50,314 --> 02:24:51,716
If we had kept going,

6502
02:24:51,716 --> 02:24:52,433
we didn't have that

6503
02:24:52,433 --> 02:24:53,368
smart spacecraft,

6504
02:24:53,368 --> 02:24:54,419
all that great engineering.

6505
02:24:54,419 --> 02:24:56,037
We could have engulfed ourself

6506
02:24:56,037 --> 02:24:57,221
in this rubble.

6507
02:24:57,221 --> 02:24:59,407
That's not good.

6508
02:24:59,407 --> 02:25:00,391
But no crap happened.

6509
02:25:00,391 --> 02:25:01,476
And we're on the way home

6510
02:25:01,476 --> 02:25:02,377
and we have a sample

6511
02:25:02,377 --> 02:25:03,094
that's coming here

6512
02:25:03,094 --> 02:25:04,028
to the clean room

6513
02:25:04,028 --> 02:25:05,997
right here a mile away.

6514
02:25:05,997 --> 02:25:07,348
All right. Fantastic.

6515
02:25:07,348 --> 02:25:08,216
Well,

6516
02:25:08,216 --> 02:25:09,067
now that the team

6517
02:25:09,067 --> 02:25:10,351
is bringing the sexy back

6518
02:25:10,351 --> 02:25:12,937
to the clean room here in Utah,

6519
02:25:12,937 --> 02:25:14,722
what do we what can we expect?

6520
02:25:14,722 --> 02:25:15,757
So the next step is really

6521
02:25:15,757 --> 02:25:16,924
clean, is really important.

6522
02:25:16,924 --> 02:25:17,642
What will that

6523
02:25:17,642 --> 02:25:18,726
special apparatus

6524
02:25:18,726 --> 02:25:19,527
that's carrying

6525
02:25:19,527 --> 02:25:20,645
sample return canister

6526
02:25:20,645 --> 02:25:22,296
with this thing inside it,

6527
02:25:22,296 --> 02:25:23,197
right to the clean room,

6528
02:25:23,197 --> 02:25:23,798
bring it in.

6529
02:25:23,798 --> 02:25:24,465
Take off

6530
02:25:24,465 --> 02:25:26,167
the elements of the aeroshell.

6531
02:25:26,167 --> 02:25:27,752
That's the thermal protection

6532
02:25:27,752 --> 02:25:28,419
system in the back

6533
02:25:28,419 --> 02:25:29,704
here will take those off

6534
02:25:29,704 --> 02:25:30,655
and set up the plumbing

6535
02:25:30,655 --> 02:25:32,190
to get the nitrogen purge

6536
02:25:32,190 --> 02:25:34,358
on on this particular

6537
02:25:34,358 --> 02:25:35,576
sample ahead. That's critical.

6538
02:25:35,576 --> 02:25:36,778
All right. That's next.

6539
02:25:36,778 --> 02:25:36,928
Right.

6540
02:25:36,928 --> 02:25:37,795
Let's get an update

6541
02:25:37,795 --> 02:25:39,213
from our gal in the field.

6542
02:25:39,213 --> 02:25:43,301
Take it away, Sophia.

6543
02:25:43,384 --> 02:25:44,786
Let's put these puppies down.

6544
02:25:44,786 --> 02:25:45,453
Things

6545
02:25:45,453 --> 02:25:47,255
are this much quieter

6546
02:25:47,255 --> 02:25:48,156
over here now.

6547
02:25:48,156 --> 02:25:49,173
But for those of you

6548
02:25:49,173 --> 02:25:51,125
who are just tuning in,

6549
02:25:51,125 --> 02:25:51,926
this is where

6550
02:25:51,926 --> 02:25:53,694
the helicopters departed

6551
02:25:53,694 --> 02:25:54,579
that were carrying

6552
02:25:54,579 --> 02:25:56,063
our teams of experts

6553
02:25:56,063 --> 02:25:58,266
that are now having

6554
02:25:58,266 --> 02:25:58,983
been through

6555
02:25:58,983 --> 02:25:59,884
a large part

6556
02:25:59,884 --> 02:26:02,136
of the recovery process today.

6557
02:26:02,136 --> 02:26:03,838
But really, that's all I have

6558
02:26:03,838 --> 02:26:04,705
for your updates

6559
02:26:04,705 --> 02:26:05,940
here from Wigg Mountain

6560
02:26:05,940 --> 02:26:08,092
overlooking that vast

6561
02:26:08,092 --> 02:26:09,894
landing zone.

6562
02:26:09,894 --> 02:26:11,846
But if you do see,

6563
02:26:11,846 --> 02:26:15,116
we are miles away from the live

6564
02:26:15,116 --> 02:26:16,434
broadcast hangar

6565
02:26:16,434 --> 02:26:17,769
and it took me

6566
02:26:17,769 --> 02:26:18,503
30 minutes

6567
02:26:18,503 --> 02:26:19,320
to get that 12

6568
02:26:19,320 --> 02:26:19,987
and a half miles.

6569
02:26:19,987 --> 02:26:20,822
And that gives you an idea

6570
02:26:20,822 --> 02:26:21,956
of how long it takes

6571
02:26:21,956 --> 02:26:24,892
to traverse this tough terrain,

6572
02:26:24,892 --> 02:26:26,227
which is also why

6573
02:26:26,227 --> 02:26:27,595
the recovery teams

6574
02:26:27,595 --> 02:26:29,197
chose to use helicopters

6575
02:26:29,197 --> 02:26:30,264
to get that capsule

6576
02:26:30,264 --> 02:26:32,316
safely to the clean.

6577
02:26:32,316 --> 02:26:33,835
I luckily had a chance

6578
02:26:33,835 --> 02:26:34,919
to talk to the pilots

6579
02:26:34,919 --> 02:26:36,204
of those helicopters

6580
02:26:36,204 --> 02:26:37,472
just the other day.

6581
02:26:37,472 --> 02:26:40,424
So let's take a look

6582
02:26:40,508 --> 02:26:42,126
at the Osiris-rex

6583
02:26:42,126 --> 02:26:43,594
sample return capsule

6584
02:26:43,594 --> 02:26:44,462
just endured

6585
02:26:44,462 --> 02:26:45,663
a lengthy

6586
02:26:45,663 --> 02:26:48,216
3.8 billion mile journey.

6587
02:26:48,216 --> 02:26:49,834
But the adventure doesn't end

6588
02:26:49,834 --> 02:26:51,803
once touches down,

6589
02:26:51,803 --> 02:26:52,687
the landing zone

6590
02:26:52,687 --> 02:26:54,655
itself is so large

6591
02:26:54,655 --> 02:26:55,289
and the terrain

6592
02:26:55,289 --> 02:26:55,890
so difficult

6593
02:26:55,890 --> 02:26:56,908
to navigate

6594
02:26:56,908 --> 02:26:58,626
that the recovery team delivers

6595
02:26:58,626 --> 02:27:00,278
the capsule to the clean room

6596
02:27:00,278 --> 02:27:03,264
by helicopter.

6597
02:27:03,447 --> 02:27:04,448
Joe is going to be

6598
02:27:04,448 --> 02:27:04,982
the man

6599
02:27:04,982 --> 02:27:06,601
hauling the capsule

6600
02:27:06,601 --> 02:27:08,219
out on the long line.

6601
02:27:08,219 --> 02:27:09,904
And then Ryan McDonald

6602
02:27:09,904 --> 02:27:10,922
is another member

6603
02:27:10,922 --> 02:27:12,089
and he will be

6604
02:27:12,089 --> 02:27:13,224
hauling scientists

6605
02:27:13,224 --> 02:27:14,842
along with myself,

6606
02:27:14,842 --> 02:27:17,728
the rest of the capture team.

6607
02:27:17,728 --> 02:27:18,029
So, Ben,

6608
02:27:18,029 --> 02:27:18,596
can you tell me

6609
02:27:18,596 --> 02:27:20,431
about the actual procedure

6610
02:27:20,431 --> 02:27:22,099
of taking the capsule

6611
02:27:22,099 --> 02:27:22,984
on the long line?

6612
02:27:22,984 --> 02:27:23,968
It's 100 foot long

6613
02:27:23,968 --> 02:27:25,553
synthetic line.

6614
02:27:25,553 --> 02:27:26,704
It's got an electrical cord

6615
02:27:26,704 --> 02:27:27,638
with it

6616
02:27:27,638 --> 02:27:29,257
that will hook on the belly

6617
02:27:29,257 --> 02:27:31,075
of the helicopter.

6618
02:27:31,075 --> 02:27:31,676
There you go.

6619
02:27:31,676 --> 02:27:33,778
Point it out right?

6620
02:27:33,778 --> 02:27:35,880
Yep. That's the hook.

6621
02:27:35,880 --> 02:27:37,832
The line will go on.

6622
02:27:37,832 --> 02:27:40,167
The pilot will lower this

6623
02:27:40,167 --> 02:27:41,702
hook down

6624
02:27:41,702 --> 02:27:43,588
to pick up the capsule.

6625
02:27:43,588 --> 02:27:44,188
They'll fly it

6626
02:27:44,188 --> 02:27:45,873
back to the clean room,

6627
02:27:45,873 --> 02:27:47,308
lower it down,

6628
02:27:47,308 --> 02:27:48,809
and when he lowers it downhill,

6629
02:27:48,809 --> 02:27:49,627
hit a little button

6630
02:27:49,627 --> 02:27:50,845
on this collective.

6631
02:27:50,845 --> 02:27:52,196
It will release that hook,

6632
02:27:52,196 --> 02:27:55,516
and he'll fly away with the.

6633
02:27:55,583 --> 02:27:57,485
This is not a normal ride.

6634
02:27:57,485 --> 02:27:58,252
Can you show us

6635
02:27:58,252 --> 02:27:59,403
how you fly this

6636
02:27:59,403 --> 02:28:00,805
for this particular mission?

6637
02:28:00,805 --> 02:28:01,255
Yeah.

6638
02:28:01,255 --> 02:28:02,673
So in this helicopter

6639
02:28:02,673 --> 02:28:03,274
when we're doing

6640
02:28:03,274 --> 02:28:04,525
vertical reference,

6641
02:28:04,525 --> 02:28:05,226
that's you call it

6642
02:28:05,226 --> 02:28:06,994
when you have a line on

6643
02:28:06,994 --> 02:28:08,963
now to see the end of the line,

6644
02:28:08,963 --> 02:28:11,215
I'll be leaning out like this.

6645
02:28:11,215 --> 02:28:11,699
It's a,

6646
02:28:11,699 --> 02:28:12,984
it's an awkward position

6647
02:28:12,984 --> 02:28:14,752
and kind of lean

6648
02:28:14,752 --> 02:28:15,336
and look back

6649
02:28:15,336 --> 02:28:15,987
because my hooks

6650
02:28:15,987 --> 02:28:17,071
can be right down

6651
02:28:17,071 --> 02:28:17,555
in the middle of

6652
02:28:17,555 --> 02:28:19,056
the helicopter.

6653
02:28:19,056 --> 02:28:20,725
It will be this button,

6654
02:28:20,725 --> 02:28:21,776
this button here

6655
02:28:21,776 --> 02:28:23,527
is the remote hook.

6656
02:28:23,527 --> 02:28:24,779
And that

6657
02:28:24,779 --> 02:28:25,713
will keep the line

6658
02:28:25,713 --> 02:28:26,464
on the belly,

6659
02:28:26,464 --> 02:28:27,415
but it'll open

6660
02:28:27,415 --> 02:28:28,266
that little green

6661
02:28:28,266 --> 02:28:29,100
remote hook

6662
02:28:29,100 --> 02:28:32,103
when you push it forward.

6663
02:28:32,103 --> 02:28:33,688
The experience of these pilots

6664
02:28:33,688 --> 02:28:34,739
is all a part

6665
02:28:34,739 --> 02:28:35,523
of preserving

6666
02:28:35,523 --> 02:28:36,691
this pristine

6667
02:28:36,691 --> 02:28:38,309
sample of ancient

6668
02:28:38,309 --> 02:28:40,027
solar system material.

6669
02:28:40,027 --> 02:28:41,579
And we all cannot wait

6670
02:28:41,579 --> 02:28:43,264
to see what chemical compounds

6671
02:28:43,264 --> 02:28:48,135
the capsule holds.

6672
02:28:48,202 --> 02:28:48,986
We're now joined

6673
02:28:48,986 --> 02:28:50,071
by Robert Lightfoot

6674
02:28:50,071 --> 02:28:52,106
from Lockheed Martin Space,

6675
02:28:52,106 --> 02:28:53,040
representing the team

6676
02:28:53,040 --> 02:28:53,557
that built

6677
02:28:53,557 --> 02:28:54,175
and flew

6678
02:28:54,175 --> 02:28:56,277
the Osiris-rex spacecraft

6679
02:28:56,277 --> 02:28:57,295
for NASA.

6680
02:28:57,295 --> 02:28:58,863
Robert, welcome.

6681
02:28:58,863 --> 02:29:00,031
Well, thanks for having me.

6682
02:29:00,031 --> 02:29:00,815
What a great day.

6683
02:29:00,815 --> 02:29:01,449
Pretty exciting.

6684
02:29:01,449 --> 02:29:02,099
And it's Robert.

6685
02:29:02,099 --> 02:29:03,601
Thank you. Exciting.

6686
02:29:03,601 --> 02:29:04,385
So this spacecraft

6687
02:29:04,385 --> 02:29:05,519
has many firsts

6688
02:29:05,519 --> 02:29:07,288
and unique tech as well.

6689
02:29:07,288 --> 02:29:08,072
Can you tell us more

6690
02:29:08,072 --> 02:29:09,173
about some of the

6691
02:29:09,173 --> 02:29:09,991
new technologies

6692
02:29:09,991 --> 02:29:11,342
that were integrated into us?

6693
02:29:11,342 --> 02:29:12,209
That was Rex.

6694
02:29:12,209 --> 02:29:12,360
Yeah.

6695
02:29:12,360 --> 02:29:13,044
You know, there's three

6696
02:29:13,044 --> 02:29:14,378
that come to mind for me.

6697
02:29:14,378 --> 02:29:14,946
The first is

6698
02:29:14,946 --> 02:29:15,663
obviously the touch

6699
02:29:15,663 --> 02:29:17,098
and go sample collector,

6700
02:29:17,098 --> 02:29:18,933
where we had to come up

6701
02:29:18,933 --> 02:29:19,233
with what

6702
02:29:19,233 --> 02:29:20,251
we call the pogo stick,

6703
02:29:20,251 --> 02:29:20,935
how we're going to hit,

6704
02:29:20,935 --> 02:29:21,869
how going to hit the asteroid

6705
02:29:21,869 --> 02:29:24,872
and collect the the sample.

6706
02:29:24,989 --> 02:29:26,057
That Was the first thing

6707
02:29:26,057 --> 02:29:26,490
something that

6708
02:29:26,490 --> 02:29:27,475
a natural feature

6709
02:29:27,475 --> 02:29:29,460
terrain activity that we did

6710
02:29:29,460 --> 02:29:31,445
that was really associated with

6711
02:29:31,445 --> 02:29:32,279
it was kind of a backup

6712
02:29:32,279 --> 02:29:33,748
for guidance and navigation,

6713
02:29:33,748 --> 02:29:34,415
but we didn't mean it

6714
02:29:34,415 --> 02:29:34,915
because when we

6715
02:29:34,915 --> 02:29:36,150
to the asteroid, you remember,

6716
02:29:36,150 --> 02:29:37,718
there were very large boulders.

6717
02:29:37,718 --> 02:29:38,602
We didn't expect to see

6718
02:29:38,602 --> 02:29:39,987
that we had to fly through.

6719
02:29:39,987 --> 02:29:40,921
And then finally,

6720
02:29:40,921 --> 02:29:42,456
probably the most unsung part

6721
02:29:42,456 --> 02:29:43,290
was our digital twin.

6722
02:29:43,290 --> 02:29:44,759
We created a digital

6723
02:29:44,759 --> 02:29:46,027
for the spacecraft,

6724
02:29:46,027 --> 02:29:47,378
which, if you remember,

6725
02:29:47,378 --> 02:29:47,845
this was right

6726
02:29:47,845 --> 02:29:49,113
in the middle of COVID, Right.

6727
02:29:49,113 --> 02:29:50,314
And so so

6728
02:29:50,314 --> 02:29:52,016
being able to do the sample

6729
02:29:52,016 --> 02:29:54,485
and use the digital twin

6730
02:29:54,485 --> 02:29:56,137
to to do all the practicing

6731
02:29:56,137 --> 02:29:57,088
for before we took

6732
02:29:57,088 --> 02:29:57,688
the sample was

6733
02:29:57,688 --> 02:29:58,406
probably thrilled that

6734
02:29:58,406 --> 02:29:59,106
those are the three things

6735
02:29:59,106 --> 02:30:00,775
that come to mind for me.

6736
02:30:00,775 --> 02:30:01,292
And Robert,

6737
02:30:01,292 --> 02:30:02,460
you mentioned the Tagsam,

6738
02:30:02,460 --> 02:30:03,961
the critical pogo stick and.

6739
02:30:03,961 --> 02:30:05,429
We heard that it all began

6740
02:30:05,429 --> 02:30:06,163
with a

6741
02:30:06,163 --> 02:30:08,215
red cup in some conversations

6742
02:30:08,215 --> 02:30:09,533
with napkins and things.

6743
02:30:09,533 --> 02:30:10,584
Can you tell us about that

6744
02:30:10,584 --> 02:30:12,303
at exactly what happened?

6745
02:30:12,303 --> 02:30:12,803
I do it.

6746
02:30:12,803 --> 02:30:14,038
I mean, it was a solo cup

6747
02:30:14,038 --> 02:30:15,456
and some kind of activity

6748
02:30:15,456 --> 02:30:16,474
that we did there

6749
02:30:16,474 --> 02:30:17,458
and really

6750
02:30:17,458 --> 02:30:17,975
think about

6751
02:30:17,975 --> 02:30:18,809
some of the most famous

6752
02:30:18,809 --> 02:30:19,777
missions that I've done.

6753
02:30:19,777 --> 02:30:20,194
And that's what

6754
02:30:20,194 --> 02:30:21,846
we've done in the past as we've

6755
02:30:21,846 --> 02:30:22,646
we've used to

6756
02:30:22,646 --> 02:30:23,514
somebody sketched it

6757
02:30:23,514 --> 02:30:24,715
out on a napkin and

6758
02:30:24,715 --> 02:30:25,716
and the engineers

6759
02:30:25,716 --> 02:30:26,667
turn it into reality

6760
02:30:26,667 --> 02:30:27,418
and then the scientists

6761
02:30:27,418 --> 02:30:29,370
get to get their reward.

6762
02:30:29,370 --> 02:30:30,271
Thank you, Robert.

6763
02:30:30,271 --> 02:30:31,238
What a great story.

6764
02:30:31,238 --> 02:30:32,757
What a fantastic story.

6765
02:30:32,757 --> 02:30:33,457
Well Thank you

6766
02:30:33,457 --> 02:30:34,809
so much for joining us, Robert,

6767
02:30:34,809 --> 02:30:36,060
and congratulations again.

6768
02:30:36,060 --> 02:30:36,727
Banks are really proud

6769
02:30:36,727 --> 02:30:37,378
of the team, Lockheed

6770
02:30:37,378 --> 02:30:38,896
Martin team and everything.

6771
02:30:38,896 --> 02:30:40,264
I'll take care.

6772
02:30:40,264 --> 02:30:41,582
We're keeping our eyes

6773
02:30:41,582 --> 02:30:42,683
on ground operations

6774
02:30:42,683 --> 02:30:43,384
as teams work

6775
02:30:43,384 --> 02:30:44,552
to secure the CRC.

6776
02:30:44,552 --> 02:30:45,352
Take measurements

6777
02:30:45,352 --> 02:30:46,504
at the landing site

6778
02:30:46,504 --> 02:30:47,705
and get everything ready

6779
02:30:47,705 --> 02:30:48,472
for its transit

6780
02:30:48,472 --> 02:30:49,673
to a specially prepared

6781
02:30:49,673 --> 02:30:52,143
clean room a few miles away.

6782
02:30:52,143 --> 02:30:53,644
Today's is a big day,

6783
02:30:53,644 --> 02:30:54,578
but to tell you the truth,

6784
02:30:54,578 --> 02:30:55,596
Natalya is starry

6785
02:30:55,596 --> 02:30:56,697
eyed about asteroids

6786
02:30:56,697 --> 02:30:57,998
and for good reason.

6787
02:30:57,998 --> 02:30:59,033
Asteroids are time

6788
02:30:59,033 --> 02:31:00,418
capsules for the solar system

6789
02:31:00,418 --> 02:31:01,052
and are vital

6790
02:31:01,052 --> 02:31:02,670
research destinations

6791
02:31:02,670 --> 02:31:04,472
for learning about our origins

6792
02:31:04,472 --> 02:31:06,273
and perhaps our futures.

6793
02:31:06,273 --> 02:31:07,074
While today's events

6794
02:31:07,074 --> 02:31:08,225
focus on returning

6795
02:31:08,225 --> 02:31:09,660
bits of the asteroid bennu,

6796
02:31:09,660 --> 02:31:11,195
that's not the only asteroid

6797
02:31:11,195 --> 02:31:12,713
in NASA's plans.

6798
02:31:12,713 --> 02:31:13,497
Let's take a look

6799
02:31:13,497 --> 02:31:14,582
at a glittering list

6800
02:31:14,582 --> 02:31:15,666
of other places

6801
02:31:15,666 --> 02:31:19,453
where and where to visit.

6802
02:31:19,537 --> 02:31:20,521
One year ago, on

6803
02:31:20,521 --> 02:31:22,823
September 26, 2022,

6804
02:31:22,823 --> 02:31:24,058
NASA's DART mission

6805
02:31:24,058 --> 02:31:25,292
navigated to the small

6806
02:31:25,292 --> 02:31:26,427
asteroid that amorphous

6807
02:31:26,427 --> 02:31:27,278
and deliberately

6808
02:31:27,278 --> 02:31:28,712
crashed into it.

6809
02:31:28,712 --> 02:31:29,346
Dimorphism

6810
02:31:29,346 --> 02:31:30,698
is a tiny moon orbiting

6811
02:31:30,698 --> 02:31:32,216
the asteroid did a miss,

6812
02:31:32,216 --> 02:31:33,300
which is just a bit

6813
02:31:33,300 --> 02:31:34,268
larger than Bennu

6814
02:31:34,268 --> 02:31:36,904
and composed of stony material.

6815
02:31:36,904 --> 02:31:38,405
The dart impact

6816
02:31:38,405 --> 02:31:39,473
amorphous orbital

6817
02:31:39,473 --> 02:31:41,275
period by 33 minutes,

6818
02:31:41,275 --> 02:31:42,993
making it the first full scale

6819
02:31:42,993 --> 02:31:44,728
demonstration of asteroid

6820
02:31:44,728 --> 02:31:46,831
deflection technology.

6821
02:31:46,831 --> 02:31:47,665
This summer,

6822
02:31:47,665 --> 02:31:48,365
while the Bennu

6823
02:31:48,365 --> 02:31:49,533
samples were approaching,

6824
02:31:49,533 --> 02:31:50,634
Earth, technicians

6825
02:31:50,634 --> 02:31:51,385
in Titusville,

6826
02:31:51,385 --> 02:31:52,536
Florida, were preparing

6827
02:31:52,536 --> 02:31:53,854
the psyche spacecraft

6828
02:31:53,854 --> 02:31:55,022
to visit an asteroid

6829
02:31:55,022 --> 02:31:56,757
of a different type.

6830
02:31:56,757 --> 02:31:57,842
Psyche is named

6831
02:31:57,842 --> 02:31:58,559
after its

6832
02:31:58,559 --> 02:32:00,094
massive target

6833
02:32:00,094 --> 02:32:01,295
16 psyche,

6834
02:32:01,295 --> 02:32:02,813
which is about 400 times

6835
02:32:02,813 --> 02:32:03,998
larger than Bennu

6836
02:32:03,998 --> 02:32:05,616
and more than three times

6837
02:32:05,616 --> 02:32:06,634
as dense.

6838
02:32:06,634 --> 02:32:07,735
The psyche

6839
02:32:07,735 --> 02:32:08,252
will visit

6840
02:32:08,252 --> 02:32:09,837
an asteroid that may consist

6841
02:32:09,837 --> 02:32:10,855
of a significant

6842
02:32:10,855 --> 02:32:12,306
amount of nickel ion

6843
02:32:12,306 --> 02:32:14,308
metal mixed with rock.

6844
02:32:14,308 --> 02:32:15,543
It will remotely study

6845
02:32:15,543 --> 02:32:17,995
16 Psyche's Elemental

6846
02:32:17,995 --> 02:32:20,064
topography and gravitational

6847
02:32:20,064 --> 02:32:21,549
and magnetic fields.

6848
02:32:21,549 --> 02:32:22,016
The mission

6849
02:32:22,016 --> 02:32:23,184
will provide insights

6850
02:32:23,184 --> 02:32:24,118
into the formation

6851
02:32:24,118 --> 02:32:25,386
of terrestrial planets

6852
02:32:25,386 --> 02:32:26,487
like Earth.

6853
02:32:26,487 --> 02:32:27,605
Psyche's window

6854
02:32:27,605 --> 02:32:29,707
opens on October 5th.

6855
02:32:29,707 --> 02:32:30,424
November.

6856
02:32:30,424 --> 02:32:32,009
Maybe sweater weather for folks

6857
02:32:32,009 --> 02:32:33,327
in the Northern Hemisphere.

6858
02:32:33,327 --> 02:32:34,795
But for the Lucy mission,

6859
02:32:34,795 --> 02:32:37,114
things will just be heating up.

6860
02:32:37,114 --> 02:32:38,249
On November 1st,

6861
02:32:38,249 --> 02:32:39,750
Lucy will train its cameras

6862
02:32:39,750 --> 02:32:40,568
on the main belt.

6863
02:32:40,568 --> 02:32:42,203
Asteroid disconnection.

6864
02:32:42,203 --> 02:32:43,320
It will take pictures

6865
02:32:43,320 --> 02:32:43,988
while rapidly

6866
02:32:43,988 --> 02:32:44,738
flying by

6867
02:32:44,738 --> 02:32:45,990
and test its ability

6868
02:32:45,990 --> 02:32:47,124
to track asteroids

6869
02:32:47,124 --> 02:32:49,176
during high speed encounters.

6870
02:32:49,176 --> 02:32:49,793
The Disconnect

6871
02:32:49,793 --> 02:32:51,178
flyby will prepare Lucy

6872
02:32:51,178 --> 02:32:52,530
for its next encounter

6873
02:32:52,530 --> 02:32:53,464
with the main belt

6874
02:32:53,464 --> 02:32:54,365
asteroid Donald

6875
02:32:54,365 --> 02:32:56,584
Johanson in 2025.

6876
02:32:56,584 --> 02:32:58,018
In 2027,

6877
02:32:58,018 --> 02:32:59,904
Lucy will begin its long trip

6878
02:32:59,904 --> 02:33:00,654
through the Jupiter

6879
02:33:00,654 --> 02:33:01,405
Trojans

6880
02:33:01,405 --> 02:33:02,122
to swarms

6881
02:33:02,122 --> 02:33:02,857
of primitive

6882
02:33:02,857 --> 02:33:03,874
asteroids trapped

6883
02:33:03,874 --> 02:33:04,975
in Jupiter's orbit

6884
02:33:04,975 --> 02:33:06,810
that are thought to be the

6885
02:33:06,810 --> 02:33:08,512
of planet formation.

6886
02:33:08,512 --> 02:33:09,246
As the weather

6887
02:33:09,246 --> 02:33:10,381
starts to cool down.

6888
02:33:10,381 --> 02:33:11,665
Hold on to your hats.

6889
02:33:11,665 --> 02:33:12,299
It's going to be an

6890
02:33:12,299 --> 02:33:17,988
asteroid autumn to remember.

6891
02:33:18,055 --> 02:33:19,707
A lot of work obviously went

6892
02:33:19,707 --> 02:33:20,307
into getting this

6893
02:33:20,307 --> 02:33:21,208
special delivery

6894
02:33:21,208 --> 02:33:21,659
to Earth,

6895
02:33:21,659 --> 02:33:23,160
but our pursuit for scientific

6896
02:33:23,160 --> 02:33:25,196
answers is just beginning.

6897
02:33:25,196 --> 02:33:25,646
Joining US

6898
02:33:25,646 --> 02:33:26,814
now is Danny Glavin

6899
02:33:26,814 --> 02:33:27,898
co-investigator

6900
02:33:27,898 --> 02:33:30,000
on the Osiris-rex mission.

6901
02:33:30,000 --> 02:33:30,885
Danny, welcome.

6902
02:33:30,885 --> 02:33:32,002
Thank you.

6903
02:33:32,002 --> 02:33:33,204
It's great to have samples.

6904
02:33:33,204 --> 02:33:35,573
We got an incredible

6905
02:33:35,573 --> 02:33:36,240
you know, so

6906
02:33:36,240 --> 02:33:37,208
Danny is somebody who looks

6907
02:33:37,208 --> 02:33:38,309
for the building blocks of life

6908
02:33:38,309 --> 02:33:40,044
in extraterrestrial materials.

6909
02:33:40,044 --> 02:33:41,128
What are you expecting to

6910
02:33:41,128 --> 02:33:42,780
find in the Bennu sample?

6911
02:33:42,780 --> 02:33:43,197
Yeah.

6912
02:33:43,197 --> 02:33:44,198
So, I mean, we're definitely

6913
02:33:44,198 --> 02:33:45,266
looking for the building

6914
02:33:45,266 --> 02:33:45,749
of life,

6915
02:33:45,749 --> 02:33:46,317
and we've been

6916
02:33:46,317 --> 02:33:47,218
studying meteorites

6917
02:33:47,218 --> 02:33:50,221
that we think look like bennu.

6918
02:33:50,254 --> 02:33:51,388
And so I fully expect

6919
02:33:51,388 --> 02:33:52,106
to find amino

6920
02:33:52,106 --> 02:33:53,190
acids, the building blocks

6921
02:33:53,190 --> 02:33:54,275
of proteins,

6922
02:33:54,275 --> 02:33:56,877
sugars, energy source for life,

6923
02:33:56,877 --> 02:33:58,329
nucleus basis, right.

6924
02:33:58,329 --> 02:34:00,564
Parts of the genetic code.

6925
02:34:00,564 --> 02:34:01,498
So we'll see what

6926
02:34:01,498 --> 02:34:02,583
that tells us.

6927
02:34:02,583 --> 02:34:02,917
One thing

6928
02:34:02,917 --> 02:34:03,484
I've learned from this

6929
02:34:03,484 --> 02:34:05,152
mission is so many surprises.

6930
02:34:05,152 --> 02:34:06,086
Sample analysis

6931
02:34:06,086 --> 02:34:07,705
probably won't be an exception.

6932
02:34:07,705 --> 02:34:09,173
We're going to be surprised.

6933
02:34:09,173 --> 02:34:10,975
So so, Danny,

6934
02:34:10,975 --> 02:34:11,825
I want to talk to you

6935
02:34:11,825 --> 02:34:12,393
about some of the

6936
02:34:12,393 --> 02:34:13,344
new techniques you use,

6937
02:34:13,344 --> 02:34:14,278
but I'm going to introduce

6938
02:34:14,278 --> 02:34:15,262
a guest.

6939
02:34:15,262 --> 02:34:16,313
We have

6940
02:34:16,313 --> 02:34:17,348
this little guest here

6941
02:34:17,348 --> 02:34:18,515
is actually a meteorite

6942
02:34:18,515 --> 02:34:18,966
from Mars.

6943
02:34:18,966 --> 02:34:20,034
And you've looked at those.

6944
02:34:20,034 --> 02:34:21,302
Yeah, this is a new one.

6945
02:34:21,302 --> 02:34:22,136
We know it's from Mars.

6946
02:34:22,136 --> 02:34:23,304
This measurements from Viking

6947
02:34:23,304 --> 02:34:25,322
Curiosity tells us that.

6948
02:34:25,322 --> 02:34:25,823
But it's,

6949
02:34:25,823 --> 02:34:26,123
you know,

6950
02:34:26,123 --> 02:34:26,523
it's like

6951
02:34:26,523 --> 02:34:28,225
taking the ride from Mars here,

6952
02:34:28,225 --> 02:34:29,610
that Mother Nature gave it.

6953
02:34:29,610 --> 02:34:30,878
So can you kind of talk

6954
02:34:30,878 --> 02:34:31,528
about the techniques

6955
02:34:31,528 --> 02:34:31,912
you'll use

6956
02:34:31,912 --> 02:34:33,564
in those primitive materials

6957
02:34:33,564 --> 02:34:35,282
that we have on the samples

6958
02:34:35,282 --> 02:34:36,116
from venue versus

6959
02:34:36,116 --> 02:34:36,667
those you use

6960
02:34:36,667 --> 02:34:37,568
on these meteorites,

6961
02:34:37,568 --> 02:34:38,218
like from Mars?

6962
02:34:38,218 --> 02:34:39,153
Yeah, actually, you know,

6963
02:34:39,153 --> 02:34:39,536
there are going to be

6964
02:34:39,536 --> 02:34:40,771
some of the same techniques.

6965
02:34:40,771 --> 02:34:42,606
We studied Mars meteorites.

6966
02:34:42,606 --> 02:34:42,873
Of course,

6967
02:34:42,873 --> 02:34:44,558
one of the challenges with all

6968
02:34:44,558 --> 02:34:45,926
is they get contaminated

6969
02:34:45,926 --> 02:34:46,744
when they get around.

6970
02:34:46,744 --> 02:34:47,695
You're looking for the building

6971
02:34:47,695 --> 02:34:48,512
blocks of life.

6972
02:34:48,512 --> 02:34:49,263
And, you know,

6973
02:34:49,263 --> 02:34:50,097
the contamination

6974
02:34:50,097 --> 02:34:50,965
really makes it hard

6975
02:34:50,965 --> 02:34:51,482
to tease out

6976
02:34:51,482 --> 02:34:53,033
what formed in space.

6977
02:34:53,033 --> 02:34:54,668
So that's why this so special.

6978
02:34:54,668 --> 02:34:55,769
These bennu samples,

6979
02:34:55,769 --> 02:34:57,304
pristine materials. Right.

6980
02:34:57,304 --> 02:34:57,788
We're going to be able

6981
02:34:57,788 --> 02:34:59,373
to trust the organic results

6982
02:34:59,373 --> 02:35:00,474
from these samples.

6983
02:35:00,474 --> 02:35:01,175
I just can't tell you

6984
02:35:01,175 --> 02:35:02,092
how excited.

6985
02:35:02,092 --> 02:35:02,693
Well, so

6986
02:35:02,693 --> 02:35:04,478
our Martian gives us the

6987
02:35:04,478 --> 02:35:06,180
to know that to be ready

6988
02:35:06,180 --> 02:35:07,231
for what you have on Bennu

6989
02:35:07,231 --> 02:35:08,098
and to get ready for Mars

6990
02:35:08,098 --> 02:35:08,766
sample return

6991
02:35:08,766 --> 02:35:09,566
when we conduct that.

6992
02:35:09,566 --> 02:35:10,200
Absolutely.

6993
02:35:10,200 --> 02:35:10,384
I mean,

6994
02:35:10,384 --> 02:35:11,185
we've been practicing

6995
02:35:11,185 --> 02:35:11,769
on meteorites

6996
02:35:11,769 --> 02:35:12,836
to get ready for bennu

6997
02:35:12,836 --> 02:35:14,288
and we are ready.

6998
02:35:14,288 --> 02:35:15,723
They're ready. We're ready.

6999
02:35:15,723 --> 02:35:17,524
Let's go, Let's go.

7000
02:35:17,524 --> 02:35:18,609
And how exciting is

7001
02:35:18,609 --> 02:35:20,194
a piece of my Mars?

7002
02:35:20,194 --> 02:35:21,095
Oh, my God.

7003
02:35:21,095 --> 02:35:22,896
You'll be touching Bennu.

7004
02:35:22,896 --> 02:35:24,365
Well, not with fingers.

7005
02:35:24,365 --> 02:35:25,232
That's right.

7006
02:35:25,232 --> 02:35:26,884
Like all occasions,

7007
02:35:26,884 --> 02:35:28,552
your loved one

7008
02:35:28,552 --> 02:35:29,253
is approaching

7009
02:35:29,253 --> 02:35:30,804
the general vicinity.

7010
02:35:30,804 --> 02:35:32,339
Well, the first thing.

7011
02:35:32,339 --> 02:35:33,324
All right, so you just heard.

7012
02:35:33,324 --> 02:35:34,058
We are approaching

7013
02:35:34,058 --> 02:35:35,075
the clean room facility.

7014
02:35:35,075 --> 02:35:36,427
Let's toss to Jim for James

7015
02:35:36,427 --> 02:35:37,344
for an update. Take it away.

7016
02:35:37,344 --> 02:35:37,828
Yeah.

7017
02:35:37,828 --> 02:35:38,162
Lance,

7018
02:35:38,162 --> 02:35:39,596
this is the final leg

7019
02:35:39,596 --> 02:35:41,248
of the journey of the CRC.

7020
02:35:41,248 --> 02:35:42,333
It has been loaded

7021
02:35:42,333 --> 02:35:43,167
on the helicopter

7022
02:35:43,167 --> 02:35:44,435
a few minutes ago

7023
02:35:44,435 --> 02:35:45,352
with a long line

7024
02:35:45,352 --> 02:35:46,587
to get those operations,

7025
02:35:46,587 --> 02:35:47,755
to bring it back to the Dugway

7026
02:35:47,755 --> 02:35:48,489
Clean Room.

7027
02:35:48,489 --> 02:35:49,289
And in just a few moments,

7028
02:35:49,289 --> 02:35:49,973
we'll have a nice view

7029
02:35:49,973 --> 02:35:51,125
from just outside us here

7030
02:35:51,125 --> 02:35:52,493
as it comes back over.

7031
02:35:52,493 --> 02:35:53,043
And I can see.

7032
02:35:53,043 --> 02:35:53,610
Actually right now,

7033
02:35:53,610 --> 02:35:54,578
we have a view

7034
02:35:54,578 --> 02:35:55,946
of that helicopter

7035
02:35:55,946 --> 02:35:57,564
with the SLC attached below

7036
02:35:57,564 --> 02:35:59,783
coming into view

7037
02:35:59,783 --> 02:36:00,901
over the Dugway Cleanroom.

7038
02:36:00,901 --> 02:36:02,736
You can see this wonderful

7039
02:36:02,736 --> 02:36:03,687
final view

7040
02:36:03,687 --> 02:36:04,988
and because we're able to

7041
02:36:04,988 --> 02:36:05,572
transport it

7042
02:36:05,572 --> 02:36:06,457
this way, this is determine

7043
02:36:06,457 --> 02:36:07,825
the most efficient way

7044
02:36:07,825 --> 02:36:09,326
to actually get this SIRC

7045
02:36:09,326 --> 02:36:10,377
to the clean room.

7046
02:36:10,377 --> 02:36:11,962
It gives us a phenomenal

7047
02:36:11,962 --> 02:36:12,663
final view

7048
02:36:12,663 --> 02:36:14,164
here of that last flight.

7049
02:36:14,164 --> 02:36:15,449
Truly a parade

7050
02:36:15,449 --> 02:36:17,217
for the sample return here.

7051
02:36:17,217 --> 02:36:18,719
And just a stunning view

7052
02:36:18,719 --> 02:36:19,686
of the Utah test

7053
02:36:19,686 --> 02:36:20,738
and training range

7054
02:36:20,738 --> 02:36:22,106
surrounding mountains.

7055
02:36:22,106 --> 02:36:24,541
And there is that SIRC beneath

7056
02:36:24,541 --> 02:36:25,259
the helicopter

7057
02:36:25,259 --> 02:36:25,859
with the long line.

7058
02:36:25,859 --> 02:36:26,877
There's about a hundred foot

7059
02:36:26,877 --> 02:36:28,195
of that long line there.

7060
02:36:28,195 --> 02:36:28,645
You heard from

7061
02:36:28,645 --> 02:36:29,346
one of our helicopter

7062
02:36:29,346 --> 02:36:31,348
pilots earlier that they

7063
02:36:31,348 --> 02:36:33,083
do this a very carefully.

7064
02:36:33,083 --> 02:36:34,168
They hang out the window

7065
02:36:34,168 --> 02:36:35,035
of that plane,

7066
02:36:35,035 --> 02:36:36,036
of the helicopter, rather,

7067
02:36:36,036 --> 02:36:38,038
to determine

7068
02:36:38,038 --> 02:36:39,323
the safety of that SIRC,

7069
02:36:39,323 --> 02:36:39,757
making sure

7070
02:36:39,757 --> 02:36:40,674
that they are continuing

7071
02:36:40,674 --> 02:36:42,242
to travel

7072
02:36:42,242 --> 02:36:43,527
properly with this SIRC

7073
02:36:43,527 --> 02:36:44,545
to the clean room.

7074
02:36:44,545 --> 02:36:45,396
And as we speak, team

7075
02:36:45,396 --> 02:36:47,097
members are staged and waiting

7076
02:36:47,097 --> 02:36:48,599
just outside that clean room,

7077
02:36:48,599 --> 02:36:50,217
ready to get that SIRC

7078
02:36:50,217 --> 02:36:52,286
back on the ground once more.

7079
02:36:52,286 --> 02:36:53,320
There are team members

7080
02:36:53,320 --> 02:36:54,755
already in the clean room

7081
02:36:54,755 --> 02:36:55,255
gowned up.

7082
02:36:55,255 --> 02:36:56,073
They've been waiting there

7083
02:36:56,073 --> 02:36:57,007
all morning.

7084
02:36:57,007 --> 02:36:58,509
They know what they need to do

7085
02:36:58,509 --> 02:36:59,076
for this next step

7086
02:36:59,076 --> 02:37:00,627
to get that ICRC in.

7087
02:37:00,627 --> 02:37:01,862
It's going to actually be

7088
02:37:01,862 --> 02:37:03,564
wheeled into the clean room.

7089
02:37:03,564 --> 02:37:04,047
They're going to go

7090
02:37:04,047 --> 02:37:05,215
through a brief operation

7091
02:37:05,215 --> 02:37:05,999
of cleaning off

7092
02:37:05,999 --> 02:37:06,417
a little bit

7093
02:37:06,417 --> 02:37:07,418
of the thermal blanketing,

7094
02:37:07,418 --> 02:37:08,786
taking all of that off

7095
02:37:08,786 --> 02:37:10,053
and then wheeling the SIRC

7096
02:37:10,053 --> 02:37:12,072
and placing it into room.

7097
02:37:12,072 --> 02:37:12,873
They're going to remove

7098
02:37:12,873 --> 02:37:13,323
the heat

7099
02:37:13,323 --> 02:37:15,592
shield in the back of the SIRC

7100
02:37:15,592 --> 02:37:16,193
and actually get

7101
02:37:16,193 --> 02:37:17,177
the sample canister out.

7102
02:37:17,177 --> 02:37:17,911
You just heard from Jim

7103
02:37:17,911 --> 02:37:18,745
a few moments ago.

7104
02:37:18,745 --> 02:37:20,013
The most important next up

7105
02:37:20,013 --> 02:37:21,398
here is getting that sample

7106
02:37:21,398 --> 02:37:23,434
canister on a nitrogen purge.

7107
02:37:23,434 --> 02:37:24,418
And we'll remind you again,

7108
02:37:24,418 --> 02:37:25,736
that is to keep the sample

7109
02:37:25,736 --> 02:37:27,304
within pristine

7110
02:37:27,304 --> 02:37:28,238
uncontaminated

7111
02:37:28,238 --> 02:37:29,723
from the atmospheric particles

7112
02:37:29,723 --> 02:37:30,757
that surround us,

7113
02:37:30,757 --> 02:37:32,376
getting that sample nice.

7114
02:37:32,376 --> 02:37:34,812
And on that nitrogen purge,

7115
02:37:34,895 --> 02:37:35,729
just a great view.

7116
02:37:35,729 --> 02:37:36,180
You can see it

7117
02:37:36,180 --> 02:37:37,498
hanging beneath our helicopter.

7118
02:37:37,498 --> 02:37:39,116
They're not seeing it at all

7119
02:37:39,116 --> 02:37:40,050
because of that gimbal

7120
02:37:40,050 --> 02:37:41,168
that is keeping it stable.

7121
02:37:41,168 --> 02:37:42,870
Low winds today.

7122
02:37:42,870 --> 02:37:44,254
And then as our C

7123
02:37:44,254 --> 02:37:45,055
is bagged

7124
02:37:45,055 --> 02:37:46,406
in several blanketing

7125
02:37:46,406 --> 02:37:48,659
inside that cargo netting.

7126
02:37:48,659 --> 02:37:49,626
And in just a few moments,

7127
02:37:49,626 --> 02:37:51,128
it's going to be lowered down.

7128
02:37:51,128 --> 02:37:51,728
Team members

7129
02:37:51,728 --> 02:37:55,933
outside the clean room,

7130
02:37:56,016 --> 02:37:56,817
the first team members

7131
02:37:56,817 --> 02:37:58,535
to actually approach this scene

7132
02:37:58,535 --> 02:37:59,820
once it lands will be wearing

7133
02:37:59,820 --> 02:38:00,604
personal protective

7134
02:38:00,604 --> 02:38:01,688
equipment and gas masks.

7135
02:38:01,688 --> 02:38:03,307
Once again,

7136
02:38:03,307 --> 02:38:04,374
they're going to do another

7137
02:38:04,374 --> 02:38:05,275
safety assessment

7138
02:38:05,275 --> 02:38:07,594
of that SIRC approaching with

7139
02:38:07,594 --> 02:38:08,462
those PPE

7140
02:38:08,462 --> 02:38:09,813
to take gas measurements

7141
02:38:09,813 --> 02:38:10,898
to make sure that the batteries

7142
02:38:10,898 --> 02:38:11,515
did not heat up

7143
02:38:11,515 --> 02:38:12,332
and out gas at all

7144
02:38:12,332 --> 02:38:14,401
during this short flight.

7145
02:38:14,401 --> 02:38:15,002
And then once

7146
02:38:15,002 --> 02:38:15,752
they give the greenlight,

7147
02:38:15,752 --> 02:38:16,537
there will be a brief

7148
02:38:16,537 --> 02:38:17,905
team huddle

7149
02:38:17,905 --> 02:38:18,805
and then the

7150
02:38:18,805 --> 02:38:20,257
next step of the recovery

7151
02:38:20,257 --> 02:38:21,925
operations will continue.

7152
02:38:21,925 --> 02:38:22,893
They'll get that SIRC

7153
02:38:22,893 --> 02:38:25,646
onto a small carrying cart

7154
02:38:25,646 --> 02:38:26,196
and you can see

7155
02:38:26,196 --> 02:38:26,797
it being lowered

7156
02:38:26,797 --> 02:38:27,931
down the clean room,

7157
02:38:27,931 --> 02:38:28,882
The top of the clean room.

7158
02:38:28,882 --> 02:38:30,384
The building, rather,

7159
02:38:30,384 --> 02:38:31,835
is in view

7160
02:38:31,835 --> 02:38:33,570
and that SIRC is coming down

7161
02:38:33,570 --> 02:38:36,757
to the ground,

7162
02:38:36,840 --> 02:38:39,209
slowly being lowered.

7163
02:38:39,209 --> 02:38:40,077
Everything about this

7164
02:38:40,077 --> 02:38:41,461
has been carefully planned out,

7165
02:38:41,461 --> 02:38:44,131
a very slow process.

7166
02:38:44,131 --> 02:38:45,115
You can see a wonderful view

7167
02:38:45,115 --> 02:38:45,682
of the Stasi

7168
02:38:45,682 --> 02:38:46,917
in the cargo netting.

7169
02:38:46,917 --> 02:38:47,968
That metal piece on the bottom

7170
02:38:47,968 --> 02:38:49,052
is the carrying fixture

7171
02:38:49,052 --> 02:38:49,536
that helps team

7172
02:38:49,536 --> 02:38:50,153
members actually

7173
02:38:50,153 --> 02:38:53,156
carry this SIRC.

7174
02:38:53,273 --> 02:38:54,841
In just a few moments.

7175
02:38:54,841 --> 02:38:56,193
Yes, her seat will be back

7176
02:38:56,193 --> 02:38:57,394
on the ground,

7177
02:38:57,394 --> 02:38:57,878
its second

7178
02:38:57,878 --> 02:38:59,046
touchdown of the day,

7179
02:38:59,046 --> 02:38:59,963
a much calmer

7180
02:38:59,963 --> 02:39:00,664
one than we had

7181
02:39:00,664 --> 02:39:02,399
earlier this morning.

7182
02:39:02,399 --> 02:39:02,916
And you see

7183
02:39:02,916 --> 02:39:04,117
members approaching,

7184
02:39:04,117 --> 02:39:05,135
grabbing that co-ordinating

7185
02:39:05,135 --> 02:39:06,420
to get the SSA on the ground.

7186
02:39:06,420 --> 02:39:07,437
And in just a few seconds

7187
02:39:07,437 --> 02:39:08,589
we'll have a release

7188
02:39:08,589 --> 02:39:09,990
of that long line.

7189
02:39:09,990 --> 02:39:12,025
And there you have it,

7190
02:39:12,025 --> 02:39:13,377
the Stasi has arrived

7191
02:39:13,377 --> 02:39:14,545
at the clean room claps

7192
02:39:14,545 --> 02:39:15,062
from the audience

7193
02:39:15,062 --> 02:39:15,596
in the back room.

7194
02:39:15,596 --> 02:39:16,263
They're very excited

7195
02:39:16,263 --> 02:39:17,014
to have this back

7196
02:39:17,014 --> 02:39:18,332
on the ground.

7197
02:39:18,332 --> 02:39:19,199
And then just a few moments,

7198
02:39:19,199 --> 02:39:20,334
team members will approach

7199
02:39:20,334 --> 02:39:22,953
a very excited celebration.

7200
02:39:23,036 --> 02:39:25,355
Great to have it on the ground.

7201
02:39:25,355 --> 02:39:26,573
And this is the last

7202
02:39:26,573 --> 02:39:27,324
step of the process

7203
02:39:27,324 --> 02:39:28,208
for today's event,

7204
02:39:28,208 --> 02:39:29,126
getting that Stasi

7205
02:39:29,126 --> 02:39:30,060
in the clean room.

7206
02:39:30,060 --> 02:39:30,844
In just a few moments,

7207
02:39:30,844 --> 02:39:31,111
you'll see

7208
02:39:31,111 --> 02:39:32,396
team members approaching

7209
02:39:32,396 --> 02:39:33,113
and beginning

7210
02:39:33,113 --> 02:39:34,982
to unwrap the gift within.

7211
02:39:34,982 --> 02:39:35,365
You can see

7212
02:39:35,365 --> 02:39:36,183
our first team members

7213
02:39:36,183 --> 02:39:36,683
walking up

7214
02:39:36,683 --> 02:39:40,571
with that gas mask on.

7215
02:39:40,654 --> 02:39:41,638
This is once again for team

7216
02:39:41,638 --> 02:39:43,173
members safety,

7217
02:39:43,173 --> 02:39:43,807
just to make sure

7218
02:39:43,807 --> 02:39:44,608
that the operations

7219
02:39:44,608 --> 02:39:46,043
are continuing nominally,

7220
02:39:46,043 --> 02:39:47,878
that there are no possible

7221
02:39:47,878 --> 02:39:48,445
outgassing

7222
02:39:48,445 --> 02:39:51,114
from the batteries within.

7223
02:39:51,114 --> 02:39:52,499
The rest of the team will wait

7224
02:39:52,499 --> 02:39:52,983
for this

7225
02:39:52,983 --> 02:39:54,084
initial safety assessment

7226
02:39:54,084 --> 02:39:56,853
before making their approach,

7227
02:39:56,853 --> 02:39:58,505
and there was some assistance

7228
02:39:58,505 --> 02:39:59,156
for the step.

7229
02:39:59,156 --> 02:40:00,274
The process from our team

7230
02:40:00,274 --> 02:40:02,192
members out in the field,

7231
02:40:02,192 --> 02:40:03,594
They when they bagged

7232
02:40:03,594 --> 02:40:05,395
the recovery operations

7233
02:40:05,395 --> 02:40:07,714
and the SRP has been delivered

7234
02:40:07,714 --> 02:40:09,566
to the cleaning facility

7235
02:40:09,566 --> 02:40:10,584
and has been prepared

7236
02:40:10,584 --> 02:40:11,768
to transfer

7237
02:40:11,768 --> 02:40:13,437
into the clean room.

7238
02:40:13,437 --> 02:40:14,755
So Zoe's removing the cargo

7239
02:40:14,755 --> 02:40:15,205
netting now

7240
02:40:15,205 --> 02:40:15,539
and she's

7241
02:40:15,539 --> 02:40:18,325
going to look at those X marks,

7242
02:40:18,325 --> 02:40:19,192
those tape,

7243
02:40:19,192 --> 02:40:19,943
the markers there,

7244
02:40:19,943 --> 02:40:20,761
they're kept on tape

7245
02:40:20,761 --> 02:40:21,745
that the team out in the field

7246
02:40:21,745 --> 02:40:22,496
actually placed

7247
02:40:22,496 --> 02:40:23,947
on that thermal blanketing.

7248
02:40:23,947 --> 02:40:24,898
They let her know exactly

7249
02:40:24,898 --> 02:40:25,766
where the air vents are,

7250
02:40:25,766 --> 02:40:28,352
the gas vents on the sa c

7251
02:40:28,352 --> 02:40:29,369
so she doesn't have to unwrap

7252
02:40:29,369 --> 02:40:30,003
the whole thing.

7253
02:40:30,003 --> 02:40:31,021
She can just unwrap

7254
02:40:31,021 --> 02:40:31,838
that small part

7255
02:40:31,838 --> 02:40:33,390
and take her gas readings

7256
02:40:33,390 --> 02:40:33,924
just to make sure

7257
02:40:33,924 --> 02:40:34,291
that we're not

7258
02:40:34,291 --> 02:40:35,275
accessing anything from

7259
02:40:35,275 --> 02:40:37,327
the batteries within.

7260
02:40:37,394 --> 02:40:38,195
She'll still take, once

7261
02:40:38,195 --> 02:40:39,396
again some thermal measurements

7262
02:40:39,396 --> 02:40:40,347
just to make sure when safe

7263
02:40:40,347 --> 02:40:41,281
operational temperatures.

7264
02:40:41,281 --> 02:40:42,449
We don't anticipate

7265
02:40:42,449 --> 02:40:43,350
any kind of additional

7266
02:40:43,350 --> 02:40:44,017
heating on that.

7267
02:40:44,017 --> 02:40:44,401
SIRC,

7268
02:40:44,401 --> 02:40:45,419
you can see her opening up

7269
02:40:45,419 --> 02:40:46,203
ever so slightly.

7270
02:40:46,203 --> 02:40:47,454
That thermal blanketing

7271
02:40:47,454 --> 02:40:50,040
right at that, kept on tape

7272
02:40:50,040 --> 02:40:51,658
taking her readings.

7273
02:40:51,658 --> 02:40:52,859
You can see another layer

7274
02:40:52,859 --> 02:40:53,427
of that thermal

7275
02:40:53,427 --> 02:40:54,661
blanketing there

7276
02:40:54,661 --> 02:40:56,496
and then the saucy is safely

7277
02:40:56,496 --> 02:41:00,584
stored.

7278
02:41:00,667 --> 02:41:02,169
She's further unwrapping

7279
02:41:02,169 --> 02:41:03,487
the s RCU.

7280
02:41:03,487 --> 02:41:04,237
There is additional

7281
02:41:04,237 --> 02:41:04,805
thermal blanket.

7282
02:41:04,805 --> 02:41:05,455
You can see there's

7283
02:41:05,455 --> 02:41:06,123
a couple of layers.

7284
02:41:06,123 --> 02:41:06,873
There's two layers,

7285
02:41:06,873 --> 02:41:07,674
the thermal blanketing

7286
02:41:07,674 --> 02:41:08,558
and then the tarp

7287
02:41:08,558 --> 02:41:11,495
over top everything.

7288
02:41:11,495 --> 02:41:12,746
She just needs to access

7289
02:41:12,746 --> 02:41:14,648
that interior part

7290
02:41:14,648 --> 02:41:16,516
and take her gas reading.

7291
02:41:16,516 --> 02:41:17,634
You see her with the instrument

7292
02:41:17,634 --> 02:41:18,485
now taking initial

7293
02:41:18,485 --> 02:41:20,754
thermal temperature reading

7294
02:41:20,754 --> 02:41:21,588
and not of the head there.

7295
02:41:21,588 --> 02:41:21,955
It looks like

7296
02:41:21,955 --> 02:41:23,457
everything is nominal

7297
02:41:23,457 --> 02:41:24,124
and she'll

7298
02:41:24,124 --> 02:41:30,163
take a gas reading here.

7299
02:41:30,247 --> 02:41:31,231
Can hear the helicopters

7300
02:41:31,231 --> 02:41:32,099
buzzing overhead here.

7301
02:41:32,099 --> 02:41:33,216
The rest of our recovery team

7302
02:41:33,216 --> 02:41:34,351
just shortly,

7303
02:41:34,351 --> 02:41:34,768
a few minutes

7304
02:41:34,768 --> 02:41:36,720
ago, landed nearby

7305
02:41:36,720 --> 02:41:39,723
and we speak on the other side

7306
02:41:39,806 --> 02:41:41,041
of where Zoe is right now.

7307
02:41:41,041 --> 02:41:41,975
There are team members

7308
02:41:41,975 --> 02:41:43,293
preparing the clean room

7309
02:41:43,293 --> 02:41:44,161
for the last leg

7310
02:41:44,161 --> 02:41:45,929
of the recovery operations.

7311
02:41:45,929 --> 02:41:47,364
Getting that SIRC,

7312
02:41:47,364 --> 02:41:48,749
the clean room,

7313
02:41:48,749 --> 02:41:50,167
and beginning the process

7314
02:41:50,167 --> 02:41:50,967
of extracting

7315
02:41:50,967 --> 02:41:51,451
that sample

7316
02:41:51,451 --> 02:42:04,214
canister from within.

7317
02:42:04,297 --> 02:42:05,132
So he continues to

7318
02:42:05,132 --> 02:42:06,216
assess the situation

7319
02:42:06,216 --> 02:42:08,018
here for safety.

7320
02:42:08,018 --> 02:42:09,152
She's beckoning for her team

7321
02:42:09,152 --> 02:42:09,536
to come over.

7322
02:42:09,536 --> 02:42:11,755
It seems like it is safe

7323
02:42:11,755 --> 02:42:12,656
for the recovery operations

7324
02:42:12,656 --> 02:42:13,657
to continue and two more team

7325
02:42:13,657 --> 02:42:15,459
members will be joining her

7326
02:42:15,459 --> 02:42:16,860
to assist with this next step

7327
02:42:16,860 --> 02:42:26,086
of the operation.

7328
02:42:26,153 --> 02:42:26,553
And here

7329
02:42:26,553 --> 02:42:27,504
come a few more team

7330
02:42:27,504 --> 02:42:29,673
members as well.

7331
02:42:29,673 --> 02:42:30,207
Approaching now

7332
02:42:30,207 --> 02:42:31,024
as Rich Weatherspoon

7333
02:42:31,024 --> 02:42:31,742
has been overseeing

7334
02:42:31,742 --> 02:42:32,759
a lot of the operations

7335
02:42:32,759 --> 02:42:35,028
out here at Dugway.

7336
02:42:35,095 --> 02:42:35,462
There's been a

7337
02:42:35,462 --> 02:42:36,113
number of rehearsals.

7338
02:42:36,113 --> 02:42:38,248
We have a ground view now,

7339
02:42:38,248 --> 02:42:40,283
so we cleared to take off her

7340
02:42:40,283 --> 02:42:41,585
gas mask.

7341
02:42:41,585 --> 02:42:43,170
Big smile, very excited

7342
02:42:43,170 --> 02:42:44,938
to get that SIRC back here.

7343
02:42:44,938 --> 02:42:46,323
It appears to be safe

7344
02:42:46,323 --> 02:42:46,890
to continue

7345
02:42:46,890 --> 02:42:47,457
the next step

7346
02:42:47,457 --> 02:42:48,158
of the operations,

7347
02:42:48,158 --> 02:42:48,809
getting that sample

7348
02:42:48,809 --> 02:42:49,409
return capsule

7349
02:42:49,409 --> 02:42:50,393
in the clean room.

7350
02:42:50,393 --> 02:42:51,094
She's putting away her

7351
02:42:51,094 --> 02:42:53,096
thermal protecting gloves.

7352
02:42:53,096 --> 02:42:53,847
The rest of the team

7353
02:42:53,847 --> 02:42:56,583
is there ready to begin,

7354
02:42:56,583 --> 02:42:57,317
actually.

7355
02:42:57,317 --> 02:42:58,969
Getting this seat unwrapped

7356
02:42:58,969 --> 02:43:00,921
and onto a small cart

7357
02:43:00,921 --> 02:43:01,905
that will be rolled over

7358
02:43:01,905 --> 02:43:06,009
in just a few seconds.

7359
02:43:06,076 --> 02:43:06,960
Just giving the team

7360
02:43:06,960 --> 02:43:08,178
an update on the status here.

7361
02:43:08,178 --> 02:43:10,163
The do these team huddles

7362
02:43:10,163 --> 02:43:10,914
just to make sure everyone

7363
02:43:10,914 --> 02:43:11,631
is on the same page

7364
02:43:11,631 --> 02:43:12,833
with the recovery operations.

7365
02:43:12,833 --> 02:43:13,800
It is

7366
02:43:13,800 --> 02:43:15,085
always simultaneous action.

7367
02:43:15,085 --> 02:43:16,136
Everything is

7368
02:43:16,136 --> 02:43:17,087
perfectly coordinated

7369
02:43:17,087 --> 02:43:19,389
like a ballet dance,

7370
02:43:19,456 --> 02:43:20,157
especially once

7371
02:43:20,157 --> 02:43:20,841
they get in the clean room.

7372
02:43:20,841 --> 02:43:21,808
You'll see

7373
02:43:21,808 --> 02:43:22,876
some of those operations.

7374
02:43:22,876 --> 02:43:24,861
They are very well

7375
02:43:24,861 --> 02:43:26,696
choreographed

7376
02:43:26,696 --> 02:43:27,180
and you can see

7377
02:43:27,180 --> 02:43:28,582
they are backing it up

7378
02:43:28,582 --> 02:43:29,416
just a little bit more

7379
02:43:29,416 --> 02:43:30,083
before they do this.

7380
02:43:30,083 --> 02:43:30,417
Next up,

7381
02:43:30,417 --> 02:43:31,818
the operation of actually

7382
02:43:31,818 --> 02:43:35,155
lifting it up onto the cart

7383
02:43:35,238 --> 02:43:35,806
that will then be

7384
02:43:35,806 --> 02:43:38,124
wheeled into the clean room.

7385
02:43:38,124 --> 02:43:38,992
Everything has really been

7386
02:43:38,992 --> 02:43:39,359
thought out

7387
02:43:39,359 --> 02:43:40,076
in advance, down

7388
02:43:40,076 --> 02:43:41,294
to the actual material

7389
02:43:41,294 --> 02:43:41,928
of the gloves

7390
02:43:41,928 --> 02:43:43,430
the team members are to use

7391
02:43:43,430 --> 02:43:43,880
and actually

7392
02:43:43,880 --> 02:43:45,232
handling the sample

7393
02:43:45,232 --> 02:43:46,650
return capsule.

7394
02:43:46,650 --> 02:43:49,019
Nylon actually 916.

7395
02:43:49,019 --> 02:43:49,619
It's a polymer

7396
02:43:49,619 --> 02:43:50,303
which is very similar

7397
02:43:50,303 --> 02:43:50,937
to a protein.

7398
02:43:50,937 --> 02:43:53,240
And so when nylon gets wet,

7399
02:43:53,240 --> 02:43:54,357
hydrolyzed is it breaks up

7400
02:43:54,357 --> 02:43:55,258
and releases a compound

7401
02:43:55,258 --> 02:43:55,976
called Epsilon

7402
02:43:55,976 --> 02:43:57,177
amino acid

7403
02:43:57,177 --> 02:43:57,978
that can be seen

7404
02:43:57,978 --> 02:43:59,629
in some meteorites.

7405
02:43:59,629 --> 02:44:00,780
So in order to distinguish

7406
02:44:00,780 --> 02:44:01,615
between the chemistry

7407
02:44:01,615 --> 02:44:02,716
that we see on Bennu

7408
02:44:02,716 --> 02:44:03,233
and the chemistry

7409
02:44:03,233 --> 02:44:04,050
that we see on nylon

7410
02:44:04,050 --> 02:44:04,584
degradation,

7411
02:44:04,584 --> 02:44:05,268
we need to make sure that

7412
02:44:05,268 --> 02:44:06,136
these sorts

7413
02:44:06,136 --> 02:44:07,037
of classes of compounds

7414
02:44:07,037 --> 02:44:09,239
are kept away from the sample.

7415
02:44:09,239 --> 02:44:09,739
So nylon

7416
02:44:09,739 --> 02:44:10,941
gloves are not to be used.

7417
02:44:10,941 --> 02:44:11,358
The gloves

7418
02:44:11,358 --> 02:44:12,175
you see the team members

7419
02:44:12,175 --> 02:44:12,509
wearing

7420
02:44:12,509 --> 02:44:14,211
are made out of Nitrile,

7421
02:44:14,211 --> 02:44:15,495
which is safe to be used.

7422
02:44:15,495 --> 02:44:15,929
You can see

7423
02:44:15,929 --> 02:44:17,247
two of our team members

7424
02:44:17,247 --> 02:44:18,231
carrying that sample return

7425
02:44:18,231 --> 02:44:20,267
capsule over to our cleanroom,

7426
02:44:20,267 --> 02:44:20,901
our camera crew,

7427
02:44:20,901 --> 02:44:22,035
following behind, documenting

7428
02:44:22,035 --> 02:44:23,570
this whole process.

7429
02:44:23,570 --> 02:44:24,471
And you can see that

7430
02:44:24,471 --> 02:44:25,639
cart in the background there.

7431
02:44:25,639 --> 02:44:27,507
This is to help the team wheel

7432
02:44:27,507 --> 02:44:30,844
the SC into the clean room.

7433
02:44:30,927 --> 02:44:31,878
That big metal door

7434
02:44:31,878 --> 02:44:32,579
there will be open

7435
02:44:32,579 --> 02:44:34,281
for just a few moments

7436
02:44:34,281 --> 02:44:34,998
and the team will wait

7437
02:44:34,998 --> 02:44:36,800
just for the dust to settle.

7438
02:44:36,800 --> 02:44:37,250
It'll kick up

7439
02:44:37,250 --> 02:44:38,635
a little bit of dust.

7440
02:44:38,635 --> 02:44:39,119
So they want to wait

7441
02:44:39,119 --> 02:44:39,769
for that to settle

7442
02:44:39,769 --> 02:44:41,504
and be visually clean

7443
02:44:41,504 --> 02:44:42,172
is the way the team

7444
02:44:42,172 --> 02:44:43,156
describes it

7445
02:44:43,156 --> 02:44:43,940
before they continue

7446
02:44:43,940 --> 02:44:46,309
to wheel that SLC and further

7447
02:44:46,309 --> 02:44:47,477
removing the TARP,

7448
02:44:47,477 --> 02:44:48,078
covering that

7449
02:44:48,078 --> 02:44:48,828
thermal blanketing

7450
02:44:48,828 --> 02:44:51,264
protective layer of the SC.

7451
02:44:51,264 --> 02:44:51,765
And you can see

7452
02:44:51,765 --> 02:44:52,732
on the other side of the door

7453
02:44:52,732 --> 02:44:53,400
the team members

7454
02:44:53,400 --> 02:44:54,084
for the Clean Room

7455
02:44:54,084 --> 02:44:55,585
team are waiting to acquire

7456
02:44:55,585 --> 02:44:57,170
that SC within

7457
02:44:57,170 --> 02:44:59,005
and one big lift off

7458
02:44:59,005 --> 02:44:59,606
for members

7459
02:44:59,606 --> 02:45:00,774
really digging down underneath.

7460
02:45:00,774 --> 02:45:02,325
They're

7461
02:45:02,325 --> 02:45:03,894
getting that SC up

7462
02:45:03,894 --> 02:45:05,178
onto that fixture,

7463
02:45:05,178 --> 02:45:06,196
a bit of a heavy lift

7464
02:45:06,196 --> 02:45:08,865
you can see and we have it

7465
02:45:08,865 --> 02:45:10,250
successfully on there.

7466
02:45:10,250 --> 02:45:11,534
There's some padding

7467
02:45:11,534 --> 02:45:12,686
protecting that as C as

7468
02:45:12,686 --> 02:45:13,703
it rests lightly.

7469
02:45:13,703 --> 02:45:14,871
You can see the the white

7470
02:45:14,871 --> 02:45:18,124
padding underneath the SIRC.

7471
02:45:18,208 --> 02:45:18,592
In just a

7472
02:45:18,592 --> 02:45:19,376
few moments teams

7473
02:45:19,376 --> 02:45:20,360
will await clearance

7474
02:45:20,360 --> 02:45:21,378
to open those gates,

7475
02:45:21,378 --> 02:45:22,495
open that door,

7476
02:45:22,495 --> 02:45:23,396
get the AC

7477
02:45:23,396 --> 02:45:25,348
inside the clean room,

7478
02:45:25,348 --> 02:45:25,882
getting in

7479
02:45:25,882 --> 02:45:27,350
on that nitrogen purge.

7480
02:45:27,350 --> 02:45:28,168
Just a few months later,

7481
02:45:28,168 --> 02:45:30,537
a knock on the door.

7482
02:45:30,537 --> 02:45:32,455
And there it is.

7483
02:45:32,455 --> 02:45:32,939
The clean room

7484
02:45:32,939 --> 02:45:34,341
door is opening up

7485
02:45:34,341 --> 02:45:35,208
our Johnson team

7486
02:45:35,208 --> 02:45:35,959
on the other side,

7487
02:45:35,959 --> 02:45:36,676
waiting for their

7488
02:45:36,676 --> 02:45:37,978
precious cargo to arrive.

7489
02:45:37,978 --> 02:45:38,578
And it is

7490
02:45:38,578 --> 02:45:41,331
wheeled into the door.

7491
02:45:41,331 --> 02:45:43,366
We have the ICRC inside

7492
02:45:43,366 --> 02:45:44,150
just sitting outside

7493
02:45:44,150 --> 02:45:44,567
the clean room.

7494
02:45:44,567 --> 02:45:44,834
You can see

7495
02:45:44,834 --> 02:45:45,719
at the left of your screen

7496
02:45:45,719 --> 02:45:46,620
with the NASA meatball

7497
02:45:46,620 --> 02:45:48,588
Neo Cyrus Rex insignia.

7498
02:45:48,588 --> 02:45:50,941
That is our portable clean room

7499
02:45:50,941 --> 02:45:51,858
that has been set up here

7500
02:45:51,858 --> 02:45:52,525
at Dugway

7501
02:45:52,525 --> 02:45:53,360
for the sole purpose

7502
02:45:53,360 --> 02:45:55,879
of this part of the operation.

7503
02:45:55,879 --> 02:45:57,330
This last step of the process

7504
02:45:57,330 --> 02:46:00,300
of getting the CRC opened up,

7505
02:46:00,383 --> 02:46:01,134
accessing the

7506
02:46:01,134 --> 02:46:02,902
sample canister within,

7507
02:46:02,902 --> 02:46:05,005
getting it on a nitrogen purge.

7508
02:46:05,005 --> 02:46:05,572
And then actually

7509
02:46:05,572 --> 02:46:06,740
tomorrow morning,

7510
02:46:06,740 --> 02:46:08,908
we'll have a C-17 cargo plane

7511
02:46:08,908 --> 02:46:10,727
flying this precious cargo down

7512
02:46:10,727 --> 02:46:12,746
to the Johnson Space Center

7513
02:46:12,746 --> 02:46:13,697
at the Johnson Space Center.

7514
02:46:13,697 --> 02:46:14,481
They've actually built

7515
02:46:14,481 --> 02:46:16,132
a custom clean room

7516
02:46:16,132 --> 02:46:17,367
for the Osiris-rex

7517
02:46:17,367 --> 02:46:18,835
Bennu samples

7518
02:46:18,835 --> 02:46:19,703
as I mentioned earlier,

7519
02:46:19,703 --> 02:46:20,303
they're going to be joining

7520
02:46:20,303 --> 02:46:21,237
a historic collection

7521
02:46:21,237 --> 02:46:22,288
that also includes samples

7522
02:46:22,288 --> 02:46:23,840
from the Apollo program

7523
02:46:23,840 --> 02:46:24,391
that were collected

7524
02:46:24,391 --> 02:46:26,126
at the surface of the moon,

7525
02:46:26,126 --> 02:46:26,910
as well as samples

7526
02:46:26,910 --> 02:46:28,044
from Stardust and Genesis,

7527
02:46:28,044 --> 02:46:29,095
both of which actually yet

7528
02:46:29,095 --> 02:46:30,030
landed here

7529
02:46:30,030 --> 02:46:30,797
in the Utah Test

7530
02:46:30,797 --> 02:46:31,314
and Training Range

7531
02:46:31,314 --> 02:46:32,966
a number of years ago,

7532
02:46:32,966 --> 02:46:33,616
and also

7533
02:46:33,616 --> 02:46:37,087
some Antarctic meteorites.

7534
02:46:37,170 --> 02:46:38,638
We might actually be opening up

7535
02:46:38,638 --> 02:46:40,974
the sample canister today

7536
02:46:40,974 --> 02:46:41,725
so that

7537
02:46:41,725 --> 02:46:42,409
we'll actually have to wait

7538
02:46:42,409 --> 02:46:42,976
just a few days.

7539
02:46:42,976 --> 02:46:44,944
So the team will have to

7540
02:46:45,028 --> 02:46:45,595
be patient

7541
02:46:45,595 --> 02:46:46,463
still as they wait

7542
02:46:46,463 --> 02:46:47,297
for the

7543
02:46:47,297 --> 02:46:48,148
official opening

7544
02:46:48,148 --> 02:46:48,865
of the sample canister.

7545
02:46:48,865 --> 02:46:50,300
But what you're seeing now,

7546
02:46:50,300 --> 02:46:51,117
a bunch of team members

7547
02:46:51,117 --> 02:46:52,369
will lift up the CRC

7548
02:46:52,369 --> 02:46:53,636
for our curation team

7549
02:46:53,636 --> 02:46:55,455
to reach underneath, scrape off

7550
02:46:55,455 --> 02:46:56,723
any kind of dirt

7551
02:46:56,723 --> 02:46:58,124
and place it back on

7552
02:46:58,124 --> 02:47:02,095
to our carrying fixture here.

7553
02:47:02,178 --> 02:47:03,179
All of these samples will

7554
02:47:03,179 --> 02:47:04,581
then be looked at as well.

7555
02:47:04,581 --> 02:47:04,964
Any kind of

7556
02:47:04,964 --> 02:47:05,749
environmental samples

7557
02:47:05,749 --> 02:47:06,499
that potentially came

7558
02:47:06,499 --> 02:47:08,184
in contact with our s RC

7559
02:47:08,184 --> 02:47:08,818
are of interest

7560
02:47:08,818 --> 02:47:09,569
to the Johnson team.

7561
02:47:09,569 --> 02:47:10,103
So all of that

7562
02:47:10,103 --> 02:47:12,322
will be documented for later

7563
02:47:12,322 --> 02:47:13,289
as the team continues

7564
02:47:13,289 --> 02:47:14,157
to shed the thermal

7565
02:47:14,157 --> 02:47:14,808
blanketing layers

7566
02:47:14,808 --> 02:47:16,309
that were protecting our CRC

7567
02:47:16,309 --> 02:47:17,761
on its journey.

7568
02:47:17,761 --> 02:47:18,328
On the long line,

7569
02:47:18,328 --> 02:47:18,645
you can see

7570
02:47:18,645 --> 02:47:19,345
a couple of team members

7571
02:47:19,345 --> 02:47:20,246
looking through the windows

7572
02:47:20,246 --> 02:47:21,681
of the clean room,

7573
02:47:21,681 --> 02:47:22,248
waiting for their

7574
02:47:22,248 --> 02:47:24,117
part of the process to kick off

7575
02:47:24,117 --> 02:47:27,704
as they get the CRC. We'll then

7576
02:47:27,787 --> 02:47:28,638
get a nice close up

7577
02:47:28,638 --> 02:47:29,606
view of the CRC here.

7578
02:47:29,606 --> 02:47:30,507
You can really see how

7579
02:47:30,507 --> 02:47:31,224
charred it is

7580
02:47:31,224 --> 02:47:32,008
from that entry

7581
02:47:32,008 --> 02:47:34,344
into Earth's atmosphere.

7582
02:47:34,344 --> 02:47:35,478
That is the back shield

7583
02:47:35,478 --> 02:47:36,029
that you're seeing

7584
02:47:36,029 --> 02:47:37,530
of the CRC in the top part

7585
02:47:37,530 --> 02:47:38,548
there has been sealed off.

7586
02:47:38,548 --> 02:47:38,998
That is actually

7587
02:47:38,998 --> 02:47:40,500
where the parachute

7588
02:47:40,500 --> 02:47:42,368
was deployed from.

7589
02:47:42,368 --> 02:47:43,703
See, there's that yellowish

7590
02:47:43,703 --> 02:47:44,421
orange seal

7591
02:47:44,421 --> 02:47:45,505
that was placed on top there

7592
02:47:45,505 --> 02:47:46,222
where the parachute

7593
02:47:46,222 --> 02:47:48,958
disconnected from the scene.

7594
02:47:48,958 --> 02:47:49,709
A brief team

7595
02:47:49,709 --> 02:47:50,126
huddle here

7596
02:47:50,126 --> 02:47:50,577
as they walk

7597
02:47:50,577 --> 02:47:51,177
through the next step

7598
02:47:51,177 --> 02:47:52,078
of the operation,

7599
02:47:52,078 --> 02:47:52,545
making sure

7600
02:47:52,545 --> 02:47:53,963
everyone is on the same page

7601
02:47:53,963 --> 02:47:54,764
here as they

7602
02:47:54,764 --> 02:47:56,416
will lift up the CRC

7603
02:47:56,416 --> 02:47:57,200
ever so slightly.

7604
02:47:57,200 --> 02:47:57,984
And the team has

7605
02:47:57,984 --> 02:47:58,735
these brush tools.

7606
02:47:58,735 --> 02:47:59,719
You can see one of our curators

7607
02:47:59,719 --> 02:48:01,071
carrying one in her right

7608
02:48:01,071 --> 02:48:02,338
hand there

7609
02:48:02,338 --> 02:48:03,506
to lift up the CRC scene.

7610
02:48:03,506 --> 02:48:04,307
She's going to scrape off

7611
02:48:04,307 --> 02:48:05,475
any dirt

7612
02:48:05,475 --> 02:48:07,010
from the Utah desert

7613
02:48:07,010 --> 02:48:07,944
that was on the bottom.

7614
02:48:07,944 --> 02:48:09,195
That will actually then

7615
02:48:09,195 --> 02:48:10,613
be certainly of interest

7616
02:48:10,613 --> 02:48:11,397
to the curation team

7617
02:48:11,397 --> 02:48:12,799
as they begin to analyze

7618
02:48:12,799 --> 02:48:13,616
the sample we got back.

7619
02:48:13,616 --> 02:48:14,100
You can see they're

7620
02:48:14,100 --> 02:48:16,052
giving it a little brush,

7621
02:48:16,136 --> 02:48:17,337
very charred surface

7622
02:48:17,337 --> 02:48:22,926
of that saucy,

7623
02:48:23,009 --> 02:48:24,077
that metallic portion.

7624
02:48:24,077 --> 02:48:25,695
Below is the heat shield,

7625
02:48:25,695 --> 02:48:27,647
which protected our sample

7626
02:48:27,647 --> 02:48:28,515
on its journey

7627
02:48:28,515 --> 02:48:29,516
through Earth's atmosphere

7628
02:48:29,516 --> 02:48:30,300
to the Utah Test

7629
02:48:30,300 --> 02:48:31,634
and training range.

7630
02:48:31,634 --> 02:48:33,419
You'll see a lift of that

7631
02:48:33,419 --> 02:48:34,370
S or C for team members

7632
02:48:34,370 --> 02:48:35,722
to access underneath,

7633
02:48:35,722 --> 02:48:36,506
checking for any dirt.

7634
02:48:36,506 --> 02:48:37,040
It doesn't look like

7635
02:48:37,040 --> 02:48:38,908
we really had any develop.

7636
02:48:38,908 --> 02:48:41,027
And this is actually

7637
02:48:41,027 --> 02:48:42,328
great because what happened

7638
02:48:42,328 --> 02:48:42,929
was since

7639
02:48:42,929 --> 02:48:45,165
the soil was so damp today,

7640
02:48:45,165 --> 02:48:45,615
we had a little

7641
02:48:45,615 --> 02:48:46,900
bit of moisture.

7642
02:48:46,900 --> 02:48:47,300
It was actually

7643
02:48:47,300 --> 02:48:48,434
a much softer landing.

7644
02:48:48,434 --> 02:48:49,435
So not as much dust

7645
02:48:49,435 --> 02:48:50,253
really caked on

7646
02:48:50,253 --> 02:48:51,805
that as our see it landed

7647
02:48:51,805 --> 02:48:53,389
perfectly on the surface

7648
02:48:53,389 --> 02:48:54,140
of the Utah desert.

7649
02:48:54,140 --> 02:48:54,824
They're going to place this

7650
02:48:54,824 --> 02:48:58,628
back down again.

7651
02:48:58,711 --> 02:48:59,329
It seems like

7652
02:48:59,329 --> 02:49:01,197
their operations are going

7653
02:49:01,197 --> 02:49:01,998
perfectly according

7654
02:49:01,998 --> 02:49:03,316
to plan here

7655
02:49:03,316 --> 02:49:04,200
to do another lift

7656
02:49:04,200 --> 02:49:04,734
on the other side

7657
02:49:04,734 --> 02:49:05,518
just so they can access

7658
02:49:05,518 --> 02:49:06,169
where the team members

7659
02:49:06,169 --> 02:49:08,104
were previously holding.

7660
02:49:08,188 --> 02:49:09,439
And then if all looks

7661
02:49:09,439 --> 02:49:11,274
good, they will clear this

7662
02:49:11,274 --> 02:49:11,574
to be

7663
02:49:11,574 --> 02:49:15,512
wheeled into the clean room

7664
02:49:15,595 --> 02:49:16,696
and really just backing up

7665
02:49:16,696 --> 02:49:17,180
and thinking about

7666
02:49:17,180 --> 02:49:18,498
this entire journey

7667
02:49:18,498 --> 02:49:18,832
from where

7668
02:49:18,832 --> 02:49:20,900
we started this morning,

7669
02:49:20,900 --> 02:49:21,568
right before

7670
02:49:21,568 --> 02:49:22,402
maybe about 4 hours

7671
02:49:22,402 --> 02:49:23,186
before we kicked off

7672
02:49:23,186 --> 02:49:23,753
our broadcast,

7673
02:49:23,753 --> 02:49:24,420
the team at Lockheed

7674
02:49:24,420 --> 02:49:25,889
Martin gave the go to release

7675
02:49:25,889 --> 02:49:27,740
the CRC that you see right here

7676
02:49:27,740 --> 02:49:29,209
from the main Osiris-rex

7677
02:49:29,209 --> 02:49:31,344
spacecraft, detach

7678
02:49:31,344 --> 02:49:32,212
from that spacecraft

7679
02:49:32,212 --> 02:49:34,998
on its four hour solo journey.

7680
02:49:34,998 --> 02:49:35,415
There's nothing

7681
02:49:35,415 --> 02:49:36,166
we could do at that point.

7682
02:49:36,166 --> 02:49:37,066
As it entered into

7683
02:49:37,066 --> 02:49:38,451
Earth's atmosphere,

7684
02:49:38,451 --> 02:49:39,953
began the punishing entry,

7685
02:49:39,953 --> 02:49:41,638
descent and landing,

7686
02:49:41,638 --> 02:49:43,139
which took us to the Utah Test

7687
02:49:43,139 --> 02:49:44,240
and Training Range.

7688
02:49:44,240 --> 02:49:45,225
Out in the field, teams

7689
02:49:45,225 --> 02:49:47,760
worked to recover the sample.

7690
02:49:47,760 --> 02:49:48,745
They actually continued

7691
02:49:48,745 --> 02:49:50,213
to take samples, environmental

7692
02:49:50,213 --> 02:49:51,047
and air samples

7693
02:49:51,047 --> 02:49:51,865
of the region around

7694
02:49:51,865 --> 02:49:53,416
where we landed.

7695
02:49:53,416 --> 02:49:54,984
We successfully bagged

7696
02:49:54,984 --> 02:49:55,885
the sample return

7697
02:49:55,885 --> 02:49:57,804
capsule in thermal blanketing

7698
02:49:57,804 --> 02:49:58,738
that you see right there

7699
02:49:58,738 --> 02:49:59,706
beneath the surface.

7700
02:49:59,706 --> 02:50:00,440
See that plastic

7701
02:50:00,440 --> 02:50:02,559
looking material

7702
02:50:02,625 --> 02:50:03,376
We transported

7703
02:50:03,376 --> 02:50:04,611
it successfully

7704
02:50:04,611 --> 02:50:06,412
with our longline operations.

7705
02:50:06,412 --> 02:50:07,530
Big thanks to our helicopter

7706
02:50:07,530 --> 02:50:08,815
crew today for helping us

7707
02:50:08,815 --> 02:50:09,682
get the sample return

7708
02:50:09,682 --> 02:50:10,667
capsule to the clean room.

7709
02:50:10,667 --> 02:50:11,384
A couple more lists

7710
02:50:11,384 --> 02:50:12,235
here, you see,

7711
02:50:12,235 --> 02:50:12,685
and they're going

7712
02:50:12,685 --> 02:50:13,219
to remove that

7713
02:50:13,219 --> 02:50:13,887
last layer

7714
02:50:13,887 --> 02:50:14,787
of thermal blanketing,

7715
02:50:14,787 --> 02:50:17,156
placing the SLC on its own

7716
02:50:17,156 --> 02:50:18,358
without any layering

7717
02:50:18,358 --> 02:50:21,628
onto our carrying fixture.

7718
02:50:21,711 --> 02:50:22,829
You can see just how charged up

7719
02:50:22,829 --> 02:50:24,113
those gloves look.

7720
02:50:24,113 --> 02:50:25,064
A lot of that char

7721
02:50:25,064 --> 02:50:26,783
from the heat shield

7722
02:50:26,783 --> 02:50:27,800
getting off on their gloves.

7723
02:50:27,800 --> 02:50:29,419
You can just see how dark it is

7724
02:50:29,419 --> 02:50:30,270
really heating up.

7725
02:50:30,270 --> 02:50:30,620
Initially

7726
02:50:30,620 --> 02:50:31,037
when we hit the

7727
02:50:31,037 --> 02:50:32,088
earth's atmosphere,

7728
02:50:32,088 --> 02:50:32,689
we were at over

7729
02:50:32,689 --> 02:50:34,857
5000 degrees Fahrenheit.

7730
02:50:34,857 --> 02:50:35,692
That's about half as hot

7731
02:50:35,692 --> 02:50:37,310
as the surface of the sun,

7732
02:50:37,310 --> 02:50:39,412
quite warm.

7733
02:50:39,412 --> 02:50:40,947
It's cooled off substantially.

7734
02:50:40,947 --> 02:50:42,465
So obviously, as it's

7735
02:50:42,465 --> 02:50:43,216
been transported

7736
02:50:43,216 --> 02:50:44,217
throughout the day here

7737
02:50:44,217 --> 02:50:45,268
and is now

7738
02:50:45,268 --> 02:50:46,035
just moments away

7739
02:50:46,035 --> 02:50:46,936
from getting transported

7740
02:50:46,936 --> 02:50:49,005
into our NASA clean room

7741
02:50:49,005 --> 02:50:49,789
that you can see on the

7742
02:50:49,789 --> 02:50:54,394
right of your screen.

7743
02:50:54,477 --> 02:50:55,762
Team members are all gowned up.

7744
02:50:55,762 --> 02:50:56,930
And inside that clean room

7745
02:50:56,930 --> 02:50:59,782
there is a fixture dead center

7746
02:50:59,782 --> 02:51:00,199
that this

7747
02:51:00,199 --> 02:51:01,351
SIRC will be placed on

7748
02:51:01,351 --> 02:51:02,118
that will allow the team

7749
02:51:02,118 --> 02:51:03,803
to be able to gather around

7750
02:51:03,803 --> 02:51:05,655
and begin to open up

7751
02:51:05,655 --> 02:51:06,739
this nesting doll

7752
02:51:06,739 --> 02:51:08,241
protective layer to SIRC

7753
02:51:08,241 --> 02:51:09,626
to access our precious cargo.

7754
02:51:09,626 --> 02:51:12,629
That sample canister within.

7755
02:51:12,829 --> 02:51:13,096
Again,

7756
02:51:13,096 --> 02:51:13,646
they want to make sure

7757
02:51:13,646 --> 02:51:16,049
that everything is clear.

7758
02:51:16,049 --> 02:51:17,567
Before they wheeled us in.

7759
02:51:17,567 --> 02:51:20,520
Everyone's ready to go.

7760
02:51:20,520 --> 02:51:22,288
Everything looks good.

7761
02:51:22,288 --> 02:51:22,855
Before that,

7762
02:51:22,855 --> 02:51:23,806
we'll that sample

7763
02:51:23,806 --> 02:51:24,540
return capsule

7764
02:51:24,540 --> 02:51:32,665
into our clean room.

7765
02:51:32,749 --> 02:51:34,100
Just truly an incredible day.

7766
02:51:34,100 --> 02:51:35,335
And the science

7767
02:51:35,335 --> 02:51:36,085
that's within these

7768
02:51:36,085 --> 02:51:38,488
samples is truly hard to fathom

7769
02:51:38,488 --> 02:51:38,871
right now,

7770
02:51:38,871 --> 02:51:40,039
just how influential

7771
02:51:40,039 --> 02:51:42,258
the science is going to be.

7772
02:51:42,258 --> 02:51:42,709
Keep in mind,

7773
02:51:42,709 --> 02:51:43,226
these samples

7774
02:51:43,226 --> 02:51:44,394
are from the origins

7775
02:51:44,394 --> 02:51:45,595
of the solar system.

7776
02:51:45,595 --> 02:51:47,764
Billions of years ago.

7777
02:51:47,847 --> 02:51:48,865
They hold the clues to how

7778
02:51:48,865 --> 02:51:49,699
everything around us

7779
02:51:49,699 --> 02:51:51,000
came to be.

7780
02:51:51,000 --> 02:51:51,951
And in just a few short

7781
02:51:51,951 --> 02:51:52,552
weeks, scientists

7782
02:51:52,552 --> 02:51:53,369
will begin

7783
02:51:53,369 --> 02:51:55,588
to analyze these samples

7784
02:51:55,588 --> 02:51:57,857
and stow away even more sample

7785
02:51:57,857 --> 02:52:00,076
for generations to come.

7786
02:52:00,076 --> 02:52:00,827
Future scientists

7787
02:52:00,827 --> 02:52:01,527
will be able to open

7788
02:52:01,527 --> 02:52:02,662
these samples

7789
02:52:02,662 --> 02:52:03,946
and continue

7790
02:52:03,946 --> 02:52:05,148
the journey of service.

7791
02:52:05,148 --> 02:52:07,950
Rex

7792
02:52:07,950 --> 02:52:08,634
As we speak,

7793
02:52:08,634 --> 02:52:10,069
this incredible mission

7794
02:52:10,069 --> 02:52:11,154
still has not come to an end.

7795
02:52:11,154 --> 02:52:11,954
Our spacecraft,

7796
02:52:11,954 --> 02:52:13,139
our intrepid robotic

7797
02:52:13,139 --> 02:52:14,807
explorer or Cyrus Rex,

7798
02:52:14,807 --> 02:52:17,477
is now dubbed Osiris Apex,

7799
02:52:17,477 --> 02:52:19,679
heading to the asteroid Apophis

7800
02:52:19,679 --> 02:52:21,564
in the year 2029.

7801
02:52:21,564 --> 02:52:22,048
Obviously,

7802
02:52:22,048 --> 02:52:22,849
we do not have

7803
02:52:22,849 --> 02:52:24,150
that sample return capsule

7804
02:52:24,150 --> 02:52:26,686
or the sample Tagsam,

7805
02:52:26,686 --> 02:52:27,437
which actually helped us

7806
02:52:27,437 --> 02:52:28,554
collect that air

7807
02:52:28,554 --> 02:52:29,272
filter looking thing

7808
02:52:29,272 --> 02:52:29,655
that helped us

7809
02:52:29,655 --> 02:52:30,707
collect these samples

7810
02:52:30,707 --> 02:52:31,407
at the surface of it

7811
02:52:31,407 --> 02:52:32,241
that is no longer attached

7812
02:52:32,241 --> 02:52:32,959
because it's sitting

7813
02:52:32,959 --> 02:52:34,727
right here in our clean room.

7814
02:52:34,727 --> 02:52:36,262
But the mission will continue.

7815
02:52:36,262 --> 02:52:37,680
The team will map the asteroid

7816
02:52:37,680 --> 02:52:38,748
Apophis in great detail,

7817
02:52:38,748 --> 02:52:39,465
similar to what we did

7818
02:52:39,465 --> 02:52:40,700
with Bennu

7819
02:52:40,700 --> 02:52:41,784
descending down to the surface,

7820
02:52:41,784 --> 02:52:42,618
firing its thrusters,

7821
02:52:42,618 --> 02:52:44,187
kicking up a sample,

7822
02:52:44,187 --> 02:52:45,204
and as we speak,

7823
02:52:45,204 --> 02:52:46,439
the sample that it got from

7824
02:52:46,439 --> 02:52:47,306
Bennu back

7825
02:52:47,306 --> 02:52:49,425
in 2020 is just moments away

7826
02:52:49,425 --> 02:52:50,176
from being wheeled

7827
02:52:50,176 --> 02:52:50,777
into the cleanroom

7828
02:52:50,777 --> 02:52:51,227
the team doing

7829
02:52:51,227 --> 02:52:51,794
one more sweep,

7830
02:52:51,794 --> 02:52:53,179
cleaning off those wheels

7831
02:52:53,179 --> 02:52:54,047
that came in contact with

7832
02:52:54,047 --> 02:52:56,099
the pavement outside

7833
02:52:56,182 --> 02:52:57,417
just before getting this

7834
02:52:57,417 --> 02:52:59,185
saucy wheeled over

7835
02:52:59,185 --> 02:53:03,639
into the clean room.

7836
02:53:03,706 --> 02:53:04,474
Just truly

7837
02:53:04,474 --> 02:53:05,758
an incredible journey

7838
02:53:05,758 --> 02:53:06,893
of this mission.

7839
02:53:06,893 --> 02:53:08,361
3.86 billion miles

7840
02:53:08,361 --> 02:53:09,178
total to bennu

7841
02:53:09,178 --> 02:53:10,847
and back with this sample.

7842
02:53:10,847 --> 02:53:11,364
And now it's

7843
02:53:11,364 --> 02:53:12,498
just a few feet away

7844
02:53:12,498 --> 02:53:16,269
from our clean room.

7845
02:53:16,335 --> 02:53:17,153
You can see on your screen

7846
02:53:17,153 --> 02:53:18,354
to some of the gas coverings,

7847
02:53:18,354 --> 02:53:19,372
to those vent covers

7848
02:53:19,372 --> 02:53:19,972
that were placed

7849
02:53:19,972 --> 02:53:21,557
out in the field

7850
02:53:21,557 --> 02:53:22,225
that prevented

7851
02:53:22,225 --> 02:53:23,242
any kind of contaminants

7852
02:53:23,242 --> 02:53:25,228
from getting into the CRC.

7853
02:53:25,228 --> 02:53:26,062
And as I mentioned before,

7854
02:53:26,062 --> 02:53:27,330
that stasis and nesting,

7855
02:53:27,330 --> 02:53:28,581
all of sorts, very protective.

7856
02:53:28,581 --> 02:53:29,599
And within

7857
02:53:29,599 --> 02:53:30,500
there is a complex

7858
02:53:30,500 --> 02:53:32,001
network of tubing, labyrinth

7859
02:53:32,001 --> 02:53:32,869
like tubing,

7860
02:53:32,869 --> 02:53:33,586
preventing any

7861
02:53:33,586 --> 02:53:34,253
kind of contaminants

7862
02:53:34,253 --> 02:53:36,239
from getting into the sample.

7863
02:53:36,239 --> 02:53:37,890
But the team still wants to get

7864
02:53:37,890 --> 02:53:38,608
that sample canister

7865
02:53:38,608 --> 02:53:39,776
on a nitrogen purge

7866
02:53:39,776 --> 02:53:40,710
that will ensure

7867
02:53:40,710 --> 02:53:42,628
that it will stay

7868
02:53:42,628 --> 02:53:44,180
clean, pristine

7869
02:53:44,180 --> 02:53:45,415
from any possible atmosphere

7870
02:53:45,415 --> 02:53:45,982
contamination.

7871
02:53:45,982 --> 02:53:46,916
It's going to stay

7872
02:53:46,916 --> 02:53:48,351
on that nitrogen purge

7873
02:53:48,351 --> 02:53:49,402
all the way through its trip

7874
02:53:49,402 --> 02:53:50,870
down to Johnson Space Center,

7875
02:53:50,870 --> 02:53:51,704
where ultimately

7876
02:53:51,704 --> 02:53:52,789
it will be opened

7877
02:53:52,789 --> 02:53:54,740
at their curation facility.

7878
02:53:54,740 --> 02:53:55,374
You can see in the bottom

7879
02:53:55,374 --> 02:53:56,509
left of your screen are team

7880
02:53:56,509 --> 02:53:57,677
members inside the clean room

7881
02:53:57,677 --> 02:53:58,544
all gowned up.

7882
02:53:58,544 --> 02:53:59,846
And right at the bottom there,

7883
02:53:59,846 --> 02:54:01,848
that kind of gold ish bronze

7884
02:54:01,848 --> 02:54:03,199
looking fixture

7885
02:54:03,199 --> 02:54:04,167
is where this SRC

7886
02:54:04,167 --> 02:54:05,301
is going to be placed for the

7887
02:54:05,301 --> 02:54:08,488
next step of the operations.

7888
02:54:08,571 --> 02:54:09,238
This,

7889
02:54:09,238 --> 02:54:09,772
as everything

7890
02:54:09,772 --> 02:54:10,256
has been,

7891
02:54:10,256 --> 02:54:12,859
is a very careful process,

7892
02:54:12,859 --> 02:54:14,243
choreographed

7893
02:54:14,243 --> 02:54:16,279
every step of the way.

7894
02:54:16,279 --> 02:54:17,180
Team wants to ensure

7895
02:54:17,180 --> 02:54:19,048
that everything is cleared

7896
02:54:19,048 --> 02:54:21,684
before they wheeled that in.

7897
02:54:21,684 --> 02:54:22,735
We are just moments away

7898
02:54:22,735 --> 02:54:24,053
from that will

7899
02:54:24,053 --> 02:54:24,921
of the CRC

7900
02:54:24,921 --> 02:54:28,891
into our portable clean room.

7901
02:54:28,975 --> 02:54:29,926
You can see in the background

7902
02:54:29,926 --> 02:54:30,593
in the picture,

7903
02:54:30,593 --> 02:54:31,727
Jason Dworkin observing.

7904
02:54:31,727 --> 02:54:32,945
He's one of our astrobiologist

7905
02:54:32,945 --> 02:54:34,230
from NASA Goddard.

7906
02:54:34,230 --> 02:54:34,914
He will be looking

7907
02:54:34,914 --> 02:54:35,598
at these samples

7908
02:54:35,598 --> 02:54:36,299
along with

7909
02:54:36,299 --> 02:54:37,166
hundreds of scientists

7910
02:54:37,166 --> 02:54:38,417
from around the world,

7911
02:54:38,417 --> 02:54:39,685
helping us better understand

7912
02:54:39,685 --> 02:54:40,319
the origins

7913
02:54:40,319 --> 02:54:51,781
of our solar system.

7914
02:54:51,864 --> 02:54:53,633
The anticipation builds

7915
02:54:53,633 --> 02:54:57,069
for this final moment

7916
02:54:57,136 --> 02:54:59,088
a massive sigh of relief

7917
02:54:59,088 --> 02:54:59,939
at this part of the way,

7918
02:54:59,939 --> 02:55:00,706
because we have

7919
02:55:00,706 --> 02:55:02,158
that uncertainty now

7920
02:55:02,158 --> 02:55:03,142
not only on the ground,

7921
02:55:03,142 --> 02:55:04,193
but just

7922
02:55:04,193 --> 02:55:05,328
inches away

7923
02:55:05,328 --> 02:55:06,078
from our clean room.

7924
02:55:06,078 --> 02:55:07,647
The team looking inside there

7925
02:55:07,647 --> 02:55:08,147
just to ensure

7926
02:55:08,147 --> 02:55:10,833
everything is good, to go

7927
02:55:10,917 --> 02:55:12,201
get a great shot of the NASA

7928
02:55:12,201 --> 02:55:13,369
meatball and the Service

7929
02:55:13,369 --> 02:55:14,687
Rex logo

7930
02:55:14,687 --> 02:55:29,018
on the doors of the clean room,

7931
02:55:29,085 --> 02:55:29,719
the operations

7932
02:55:29,719 --> 02:55:30,720
at Johnson Space Center.

7933
02:55:30,720 --> 02:55:31,737
Once this sample canister

7934
02:55:31,737 --> 02:55:32,455
is transported,

7935
02:55:32,455 --> 02:55:34,740
there will be truly a sight

7936
02:55:34,740 --> 02:55:35,458
to behold as well.

7937
02:55:35,458 --> 02:55:36,225
In just a few days,

7938
02:55:36,225 --> 02:55:36,676
we're actually going

7939
02:55:36,676 --> 02:55:37,226
to get

7940
02:55:37,226 --> 02:55:38,327
our first science results

7941
02:55:38,327 --> 02:55:42,265
from the sample within.

7942
02:55:42,348 --> 02:55:42,982
And as I mentioned,

7943
02:55:42,982 --> 02:55:45,201
they built a custom clean room

7944
02:55:45,201 --> 02:55:46,319
at the Johnson Space Center

7945
02:55:46,319 --> 02:55:48,354
for this very purpose.

7946
02:55:48,354 --> 02:55:49,789
The team that you see on screen

7947
02:55:49,789 --> 02:55:50,756
here has been rehearsing

7948
02:55:50,756 --> 02:55:51,807
at that clean room,

7949
02:55:51,807 --> 02:55:53,025
preparing for the big event

7950
02:55:53,025 --> 02:55:54,777
of actually getting that sample

7951
02:55:54,777 --> 02:55:55,978
opened up

7952
02:55:55,978 --> 02:55:57,046
and beginning to parse it out

7953
02:55:57,046 --> 02:55:57,830
and ship it

7954
02:55:57,830 --> 02:55:58,848
to labs around the world,

7955
02:55:58,848 --> 02:55:59,665
stowing a lot of it

7956
02:55:59,665 --> 02:56:01,617
for future generations.

7957
02:56:01,617 --> 02:56:02,301
Truly

7958
02:56:02,301 --> 02:56:03,319
an incredible amount of science

7959
02:56:03,319 --> 02:56:04,253
that we can't even begin

7960
02:56:04,253 --> 02:56:05,388
to imagine

7961
02:56:05,388 --> 02:56:07,657
is trapped within those rocks.

7962
02:56:07,740 --> 02:56:07,974
And I

7963
02:56:07,974 --> 02:56:08,574
personally am very

7964
02:56:08,574 --> 02:56:09,592
excited to see

7965
02:56:09,592 --> 02:56:10,676
exactly how much sample

7966
02:56:10,676 --> 02:56:11,093
we got back.

7967
02:56:11,093 --> 02:56:11,744
The original mission

7968
02:56:11,744 --> 02:56:14,330
requirement was a mere 60 grams

7969
02:56:14,330 --> 02:56:16,465
in an explosive tag event,

7970
02:56:16,465 --> 02:56:18,301
an asteroid Bennu back in 2020,

7971
02:56:18,301 --> 02:56:19,635
excavating over six

7972
02:56:19,635 --> 02:56:20,536
tons of material

7973
02:56:20,536 --> 02:56:22,455
when we contacted the surface

7974
02:56:22,455 --> 02:56:23,956
and stowed potentially

7975
02:56:23,956 --> 02:56:25,875
250 grams of sample

7976
02:56:25,875 --> 02:56:27,526
within that tagsam device.

7977
02:56:27,526 --> 02:56:28,277
That air filter

7978
02:56:28,277 --> 02:56:29,028
that Jim was just shown

7979
02:56:29,028 --> 02:56:40,389
a few moments ago.

7980
02:56:40,456 --> 02:56:41,574
There are also no radio

7981
02:56:41,574 --> 02:56:42,441
frequency signals

7982
02:56:42,441 --> 02:56:43,576
allowed inside the building

7983
02:56:43,576 --> 02:56:44,961
that you see here to

7984
02:56:44,961 --> 02:56:45,328
the building

7985
02:56:45,328 --> 02:56:46,529
is on ordnance protocol.

7986
02:56:46,529 --> 02:56:47,096
They want to make sure

7987
02:56:47,096 --> 02:56:47,997
that everyone is safe

7988
02:56:47,997 --> 02:56:49,065
here, that there

7989
02:56:49,065 --> 02:56:50,816
could still be active

7990
02:56:50,816 --> 02:56:52,702
ordnances from the parachute

7991
02:56:52,702 --> 02:56:53,903
deployment with the Service

7992
02:56:53,903 --> 02:56:54,870
Rex spacecraft.

7993
02:56:54,870 --> 02:56:56,055
We had a mortar fire

7994
02:56:56,055 --> 02:56:57,740
to release that parachute,

7995
02:56:57,740 --> 02:56:58,674
that orange parachute

7996
02:56:58,674 --> 02:56:59,842
that took us to the last stage

7997
02:56:59,842 --> 02:57:01,611
of our journey to the surface

7998
02:57:01,611 --> 02:57:02,144
of the Utah Test

7999
02:57:02,144 --> 02:57:05,698
entering range,

8000
02:57:05,781 --> 02:57:07,216
crewmembers pacing around

8001
02:57:07,216 --> 02:57:08,901
inside that clean room,

8002
02:57:08,901 --> 02:57:21,580
waiting to get that SRT inside.

8003
02:57:21,647 --> 02:57:22,198
And so when they

8004
02:57:22,198 --> 02:57:23,966
actually open up the SIRC,

8005
02:57:23,966 --> 02:57:25,551
removing that back shell,

8006
02:57:25,551 --> 02:57:27,136
the sample canister,

8007
02:57:27,136 --> 02:57:27,887
they will attach

8008
02:57:27,887 --> 02:57:29,271
a couple tripod

8009
02:57:29,271 --> 02:57:30,172
looking legs to it,

8010
02:57:30,172 --> 02:57:31,590
these small legs

8011
02:57:31,590 --> 02:57:32,174
that will allow them

8012
02:57:32,174 --> 02:57:33,626
to flip it over

8013
02:57:33,626 --> 02:57:34,744
onto a table nearby.

8014
02:57:34,744 --> 02:57:35,845
They can see that metal table

8015
02:57:35,845 --> 02:57:38,848
in the back of the clean room.

8016
02:57:38,864 --> 02:57:39,498
And at that point

8017
02:57:39,498 --> 02:57:40,583
they're going to

8018
02:57:40,583 --> 02:57:41,667
put it on the nitrogen purge.

8019
02:57:41,667 --> 02:57:42,318
You can see they're moving

8020
02:57:42,318 --> 02:57:42,835
that fixture

8021
02:57:42,835 --> 02:57:44,420
a little bit closer to the door

8022
02:57:44,420 --> 02:57:45,171
because they're just going

8023
02:57:45,171 --> 02:57:45,621
to lift

8024
02:57:45,621 --> 02:57:46,639
that SIRC off

8025
02:57:46,639 --> 02:57:49,191
of the carrying fixture

8026
02:57:49,191 --> 02:57:51,227
and place it on to

8027
02:57:51,227 --> 02:57:52,311
the clearance fixture.

8028
02:57:52,311 --> 02:57:53,362
It's a

8029
02:57:53,362 --> 02:57:54,447
quick little transfer,

8030
02:57:54,447 --> 02:57:55,548
very quick

8031
02:57:55,548 --> 02:57:56,632
opening of the doors

8032
02:57:56,632 --> 02:57:57,533
in just a second here,

8033
02:57:57,533 --> 02:57:58,434
you can see your team members

8034
02:57:58,434 --> 02:57:59,035
moving that

8035
02:57:59,035 --> 02:58:00,119
a little bit closer.

8036
02:58:00,119 --> 02:58:02,088
The doors are now open.

8037
02:58:02,088 --> 02:58:02,722
We're entering

8038
02:58:02,722 --> 02:58:04,407
into the clean room

8039
02:58:04,407 --> 02:58:05,391
and that SASE is about

8040
02:58:05,391 --> 02:58:07,259
to be moved off

8041
02:58:07,259 --> 02:58:10,029
on to our clean room fixture,

8042
02:58:10,096 --> 02:58:11,147
our clean room team members

8043
02:58:11,147 --> 02:58:12,915
carrying that sase in

8044
02:58:12,915 --> 02:58:13,582
and these doors

8045
02:58:13,582 --> 02:58:15,134
will be slammed shut

8046
02:58:15,134 --> 02:58:16,018
just as soon as we can

8047
02:58:16,018 --> 02:58:17,153
get that assorted fixture out.

8048
02:58:17,153 --> 02:58:18,621
And there we go.

8049
02:58:18,621 --> 02:58:19,672
It is in the clean room.

8050
02:58:19,672 --> 02:58:21,207
The SIRC

8051
02:58:21,207 --> 02:58:23,476
from the desert of Utah

8052
02:58:23,476 --> 02:58:24,226
earlier this morning

8053
02:58:24,226 --> 02:58:25,194
arriving has been

8054
02:58:25,194 --> 02:58:26,812
successfully delivered

8055
02:58:26,812 --> 02:58:27,863
to the Dugway Portable

8056
02:58:27,863 --> 02:58:30,666
Clean Room.

8057
02:58:30,666 --> 02:58:32,168
You can just see just how

8058
02:58:32,168 --> 02:58:33,769
charred that SIRC

8059
02:58:33,769 --> 02:58:34,487
back, shell

8060
02:58:34,487 --> 02:58:35,938
and heat shield are.

8061
02:58:35,938 --> 02:58:37,306
A great close up angle here.

8062
02:58:37,306 --> 02:58:40,309
You can really see

8063
02:58:40,426 --> 02:58:41,877
our prized sample

8064
02:58:41,877 --> 02:58:45,131
return capsule at long last

8065
02:58:45,197 --> 02:58:49,952
in the clean room.

8066
02:58:50,035 --> 02:58:50,686
It's hard to fathom

8067
02:58:50,686 --> 02:58:51,053
that just

8068
02:58:51,053 --> 02:58:51,954
a couple of years ago,

8069
02:58:51,954 --> 02:58:53,339
this sample return capsule

8070
02:58:53,339 --> 02:58:54,957
that you see here was over

8071
02:58:54,957 --> 02:58:56,392
200 million miles away from us

8072
02:58:56,392 --> 02:58:56,992
on the other side

8073
02:58:56,992 --> 02:58:59,495
of the solar system,

8074
02:58:59,578 --> 02:59:01,347
the Research Rex spacecraft

8075
02:59:01,347 --> 02:59:02,481
worked to quickly

8076
02:59:02,481 --> 02:59:03,249
stow the sample

8077
02:59:03,249 --> 02:59:04,433
it got from the asteroid BENNU

8078
02:59:04,433 --> 02:59:06,285
at a sample site Nightingale

8079
02:59:06,285 --> 02:59:07,286
into this sample

8080
02:59:07,286 --> 02:59:07,853
return capsule.

8081
02:59:07,853 --> 02:59:10,156
We slam that lid, shut

8082
02:59:10,156 --> 02:59:11,207
it, prepared it for the long

8083
02:59:11,207 --> 02:59:11,724
journey back.

8084
02:59:11,724 --> 02:59:12,775
It took 1.2

8085
02:59:12,775 --> 02:59:13,793
billion miles

8086
02:59:13,793 --> 02:59:15,144
to get from the asteroid Bennu

8087
02:59:15,144 --> 02:59:16,679
after sample collection

8088
02:59:16,679 --> 02:59:19,398
to Earth's atmosphere,

8089
02:59:19,398 --> 02:59:20,850
we entered in 82 miles off

8090
02:59:20,850 --> 02:59:22,401
the surface of San Francisco,

8091
02:59:22,401 --> 02:59:23,452
went through the punishing

8092
02:59:23,452 --> 02:59:25,037
entry, descent and landing,

8093
02:59:25,037 --> 02:59:26,489
landed in the desert,

8094
02:59:26,489 --> 02:59:27,890
and now here we have it,

8095
02:59:27,890 --> 02:59:29,542
the sample return capsule

8096
02:59:29,542 --> 02:59:30,659
in our clean room.

8097
02:59:30,659 --> 02:59:31,577
The team is going to move this

8098
02:59:31,577 --> 02:59:32,027
a little bit

8099
02:59:32,027 --> 02:59:33,262
over to the center of the room

8100
02:59:33,262 --> 02:59:35,131
so they can all gather around

8101
02:59:35,131 --> 02:59:36,415
and begin the process

8102
02:59:36,415 --> 02:59:38,300
of removing that back shell

8103
02:59:38,300 --> 02:59:39,268
and then ultimately getting

8104
02:59:39,268 --> 02:59:48,928
the heat shield off as well.

8105
02:59:49,011 --> 02:59:49,762
So what's going to

8106
02:59:49,762 --> 02:59:51,330
come up next here

8107
02:59:51,330 --> 02:59:52,114
is that back

8108
02:59:52,114 --> 02:59:53,482
show that you see there,

8109
02:59:53,482 --> 02:59:55,701
the team will remove, then

8110
02:59:55,701 --> 02:59:56,969
get the sample canister

8111
02:59:56,969 --> 02:59:58,821
that is within it to complex

8112
02:59:58,821 --> 02:59:59,805
network of tubing

8113
02:59:59,805 --> 03:00:00,890
to get to that sample canister.

8114
03:00:00,890 --> 03:00:01,490
And this is also,

8115
03:00:01,490 --> 03:00:02,958
like I mentioned, a nesting

8116
03:00:02,958 --> 03:00:03,559
doll of sorts

8117
03:00:03,559 --> 03:00:05,628
protecting our sample within.

8118
03:00:05,628 --> 03:00:05,928
They're going

8119
03:00:05,928 --> 03:00:06,712
to get that sample

8120
03:00:06,712 --> 03:00:08,297
canister out.

8121
03:00:08,297 --> 03:00:08,864
They're going to get it

8122
03:00:08,864 --> 03:00:09,899
on a nitrogen purge.

8123
03:00:09,899 --> 03:00:11,817
That is our safe point.

8124
03:00:11,817 --> 03:00:12,501
That's what we're looking

8125
03:00:12,501 --> 03:00:14,119
to get to today.

8126
03:00:14,119 --> 03:00:14,670
As soon as we're

8127
03:00:14,670 --> 03:00:16,639
there, operations for the day

8128
03:00:16,639 --> 03:00:24,930
will effectively be completed

8129
03:00:25,014 --> 03:00:25,464
tomorrow.

8130
03:00:25,464 --> 03:00:26,549
The CRC,

8131
03:00:26,549 --> 03:00:27,299
the sample canister,

8132
03:00:27,299 --> 03:00:28,501
rather, will be flown

8133
03:00:28,501 --> 03:00:29,418
on her C-17

8134
03:00:29,418 --> 03:00:30,736
cargo plane down to the Johnson

8135
03:00:30,736 --> 03:00:31,854
Space Center, where

8136
03:00:31,854 --> 03:00:32,755
in just a few days

8137
03:00:32,755 --> 03:00:34,106
it will actually be opened up

8138
03:00:34,106 --> 03:00:34,740
for scientists

8139
03:00:34,740 --> 03:00:35,040
to be able

8140
03:00:35,040 --> 03:00:36,826
to see the sample within.

8141
03:00:36,826 --> 03:00:37,676
It's been incredible

8142
03:00:37,676 --> 03:00:39,411
covering the moments of today,

8143
03:00:39,411 --> 03:00:41,363
the journey of our SAIC

8144
03:00:41,363 --> 03:00:42,414
from BENNU

8145
03:00:42,414 --> 03:00:43,365
to the desert of Utah

8146
03:00:43,365 --> 03:00:44,600
to our CLEANROOM.

8147
03:00:44,600 --> 03:00:46,218
And for now, back to you.

8148
03:00:46,218 --> 03:00:49,088
Learned Jim

8149
03:00:49,154 --> 03:00:50,339
Fields, your coverage

8150
03:00:50,339 --> 03:00:52,124
has been impeccable.

8151
03:00:52,124 --> 03:00:53,025
We could not have done it

8152
03:00:53,025 --> 03:00:55,160
without you. Go, James.

8153
03:00:55,160 --> 03:00:56,428
So to be clear, the newly

8154
03:00:56,428 --> 03:00:57,713
designed, redesigned Apex

8155
03:00:57,713 --> 03:00:58,280
mission

8156
03:00:58,280 --> 03:00:59,849
will not be touching down

8157
03:00:59,849 --> 03:01:01,467
on its destination

8158
03:01:01,467 --> 03:01:02,751
asteroid Apophis.

8159
03:01:02,751 --> 03:01:03,736
The big reason for that,

8160
03:01:03,736 --> 03:01:04,169
of course,

8161
03:01:04,169 --> 03:01:05,538
is that the vehicle's single

8162
03:01:05,538 --> 03:01:07,523
use sample collection device

8163
03:01:07,523 --> 03:01:09,325
just arrived here on Earth,

8164
03:01:09,325 --> 03:01:10,276
containing samples

8165
03:01:10,276 --> 03:01:11,660
of asteroid bennu.

8166
03:01:11,660 --> 03:01:13,012
After more than hundreds

8167
03:01:13,012 --> 03:01:14,880
of millions of miles in space,

8168
03:01:14,880 --> 03:01:16,582
that sample will now travel

8169
03:01:16,582 --> 03:01:18,150
a few hundred more miles

8170
03:01:18,150 --> 03:01:19,768
to a specially prepared home

8171
03:01:19,768 --> 03:01:20,903
where experts intend

8172
03:01:20,903 --> 03:01:22,037
not only to study it,

8173
03:01:22,037 --> 03:01:23,055
but also preserve it

8174
03:01:23,055 --> 03:01:24,807
for future generations.

8175
03:01:24,807 --> 03:01:26,458
That facility is the purview

8176
03:01:26,458 --> 03:01:27,810
of our next guests.

8177
03:01:27,810 --> 03:01:28,911
Eileen Stansbury

8178
03:01:28,911 --> 03:01:29,511
is the chief

8179
03:01:29,511 --> 03:01:30,563
of the Astro Materials

8180
03:01:30,563 --> 03:01:31,914
Materials Research

8181
03:01:31,914 --> 03:01:33,165
and Exploration Division

8182
03:01:33,165 --> 03:01:34,850
at the Johnson Space Center.

8183
03:01:34,850 --> 03:01:36,502
Welcome, Eileen.

8184
03:01:36,502 --> 03:01:38,003
Welcome. Welcome, welcome.

8185
03:01:38,003 --> 03:01:38,454
Thank you.

8186
03:01:38,454 --> 03:01:38,988
How about that?

8187
03:01:38,988 --> 03:01:40,339
Did you check out that

8188
03:01:40,339 --> 03:01:41,790
all of that cool movement

8189
03:01:41,790 --> 03:01:42,741
between the clean room

8190
03:01:42,741 --> 03:01:44,209
and everyone preparing it?

8191
03:01:44,209 --> 03:01:45,177
Absolutely.

8192
03:01:45,177 --> 03:01:48,113
It's it's so exciting.

8193
03:01:48,113 --> 03:01:49,765
Anytime you get samples back

8194
03:01:49,765 --> 03:01:52,034
and being here today

8195
03:01:52,034 --> 03:01:53,335
to receive the Bennu

8196
03:01:53,335 --> 03:01:56,338
samples is a highlight.

8197
03:01:56,505 --> 03:01:57,590
The team has been

8198
03:01:57,590 --> 03:01:58,824
extraordinary.

8199
03:01:58,824 --> 03:02:00,175
The

8200
03:02:00,175 --> 03:02:01,343
the work that all

8201
03:02:01,343 --> 03:02:04,947
the variety of of

8202
03:02:05,030 --> 03:02:06,015
participants, team

8203
03:02:06,015 --> 03:02:07,366
members, teammates

8204
03:02:07,366 --> 03:02:10,135
that work on this mission

8205
03:02:10,135 --> 03:02:12,171
have been extraordinary

8206
03:02:12,171 --> 03:02:15,557
from the the flight teams the

8207
03:02:15,557 --> 03:02:16,759
the mission development

8208
03:02:16,759 --> 03:02:19,762
teams operations

8209
03:02:19,878 --> 03:02:22,164
science curation

8210
03:02:22,164 --> 03:02:23,849
all working together

8211
03:02:23,849 --> 03:02:25,434
to bring these samples

8212
03:02:25,434 --> 03:02:26,602
home to us.

8213
03:02:26,602 --> 03:02:28,320
And

8214
03:02:28,320 --> 03:02:31,807
it may seem

8215
03:02:31,890 --> 03:02:34,076
as if it takes a lot of time

8216
03:02:34,076 --> 03:02:35,778
getting into the clean room

8217
03:02:35,778 --> 03:02:36,712
and processing

8218
03:02:36,712 --> 03:02:39,298
in the clean room.

8219
03:02:39,298 --> 03:02:41,450
But a lot of that is because

8220
03:02:41,450 --> 03:02:43,218
of preserving

8221
03:02:43,218 --> 03:02:46,772
the contamination,

8222
03:02:46,855 --> 03:02:48,691
the scientific integrity,

8223
03:02:48,691 --> 03:02:50,275
minimizing the contamination

8224
03:02:50,275 --> 03:02:51,327
on the samples.

8225
03:02:51,327 --> 03:02:51,860
Clean room

8226
03:02:51,860 --> 03:02:54,780
protocol is always slow

8227
03:02:54,780 --> 03:02:55,914
and methodical

8228
03:02:55,914 --> 03:02:59,234
to allow any dust or particles

8229
03:02:59,234 --> 03:03:00,719
that gets generated

8230
03:03:00,719 --> 03:03:02,271
or any of the debris

8231
03:03:02,271 --> 03:03:03,539
from the back gel

8232
03:03:03,539 --> 03:03:05,124
to settle

8233
03:03:05,124 --> 03:03:07,042
before you do the next step.

8234
03:03:07,042 --> 03:03:09,078
So all of these steps

8235
03:03:09,078 --> 03:03:10,696
are very

8236
03:03:10,696 --> 03:03:12,598
carefully choreographed

8237
03:03:12,598 --> 03:03:13,999
to ensure

8238
03:03:13,999 --> 03:03:16,552
the scientific integrity

8239
03:03:16,552 --> 03:03:19,521
and maintain the pristine

8240
03:03:19,521 --> 03:03:22,057
nature of these samples.

8241
03:03:22,124 --> 03:03:23,008
And you'll be doing,

8242
03:03:23,008 --> 03:03:24,560
Eileen, when you receive this

8243
03:03:24,560 --> 03:03:26,028
in your laboratories at Houston

8244
03:03:26,028 --> 03:03:27,296
and Johnson Space Center,

8245
03:03:27,296 --> 03:03:28,580
you'll be doing the next phase

8246
03:03:28,580 --> 03:03:30,299
of that very special curation.

8247
03:03:30,299 --> 03:03:30,949
Can you tell us

8248
03:03:30,949 --> 03:03:31,950
a little about that?

8249
03:03:31,950 --> 03:03:33,168
Yes, we're

8250
03:03:33,168 --> 03:03:35,304
we have a special facility

8251
03:03:35,304 --> 03:03:36,505
that was designed

8252
03:03:36,505 --> 03:03:39,508
in particular for these samples

8253
03:03:39,658 --> 03:03:41,276
to have

8254
03:03:41,276 --> 03:03:42,745
all of the appropriate

8255
03:03:42,745 --> 03:03:44,630
materials restrictions

8256
03:03:44,630 --> 03:03:45,681
to make sure

8257
03:03:45,681 --> 03:03:47,933
that these particular samples

8258
03:03:47,933 --> 03:03:51,387
stay pristine for generations

8259
03:03:51,387 --> 03:03:51,920
to come.

8260
03:03:51,920 --> 03:03:53,155
As stewards

8261
03:03:53,155 --> 03:03:54,857
of the scientific

8262
03:03:54,857 --> 03:03:58,761
value of samples, we manage

8263
03:03:58,977 --> 03:04:02,264
samples for future generations

8264
03:04:02,264 --> 03:04:03,315
in addition

8265
03:04:03,315 --> 03:04:05,634
to the current science

8266
03:04:05,634 --> 03:04:06,685
that is available

8267
03:04:06,685 --> 03:04:07,736
on these samples.

8268
03:04:07,736 --> 03:04:08,537
So the first thing

8269
03:04:08,537 --> 03:04:09,621
that we will do

8270
03:04:09,621 --> 03:04:10,589
is bring them

8271
03:04:10,589 --> 03:04:15,010
into one particular clean room,

8272
03:04:15,077 --> 03:04:15,944
let it settle

8273
03:04:15,944 --> 03:04:16,795
and we will

8274
03:04:16,795 --> 03:04:18,797
transfer the

8275
03:04:18,797 --> 03:04:20,749
the sample canister

8276
03:04:20,749 --> 03:04:22,401
from one level

8277
03:04:22,401 --> 03:04:23,302
of cleanliness

8278
03:04:23,302 --> 03:04:25,487
progressively to the next level

8279
03:04:25,487 --> 03:04:28,757
of cleanliness to ultimately

8280
03:04:29,007 --> 03:04:31,343
a continuously purged

8281
03:04:31,343 --> 03:04:32,995
nitrogen glovebox.

8282
03:04:32,995 --> 03:04:34,580
So what they're doing here

8283
03:04:34,580 --> 03:04:36,949
in the clean room in Utah

8284
03:04:36,949 --> 03:04:40,652
is to remove the contaminating,

8285
03:04:40,736 --> 03:04:42,471
contaminating potential

8286
03:04:42,471 --> 03:04:43,288
of the heat shield

8287
03:04:43,288 --> 03:04:44,423
and back shell

8288
03:04:44,423 --> 03:04:45,858
that were charred

8289
03:04:45,858 --> 03:04:47,326
during reentry

8290
03:04:47,326 --> 03:04:50,579
and get the sample canister

8291
03:04:50,662 --> 03:04:51,647
on purge

8292
03:04:51,647 --> 03:04:53,115
to have nitrogen

8293
03:04:53,115 --> 03:04:55,017
continuously flowing

8294
03:04:55,017 --> 03:04:56,685
through that canister

8295
03:04:56,685 --> 03:04:58,220
to ensure that there's no

8296
03:04:58,220 --> 03:04:59,788
earth contamination as

8297
03:04:59,788 --> 03:05:02,574
that will leak in,

8298
03:05:02,658 --> 03:05:04,576
even though the

8299
03:05:04,576 --> 03:05:05,694
likelihood of that

8300
03:05:05,694 --> 03:05:06,645
is vanishingly

8301
03:05:06,645 --> 03:05:07,496
small,

8302
03:05:07,496 --> 03:05:08,597
making sure that there's

8303
03:05:08,597 --> 03:05:10,466
a continuous nitrogen purge.

8304
03:05:10,466 --> 03:05:12,734
So that nitrogen purge

8305
03:05:12,734 --> 03:05:14,002
will stay

8306
03:05:14,002 --> 03:05:15,737
on the sample canister

8307
03:05:15,737 --> 03:05:18,740
until it gets into the

8308
03:05:18,740 --> 03:05:21,743
nitrogen glovebox in Houston,

8309
03:05:21,860 --> 03:05:23,745
where we will start

8310
03:05:23,745 --> 03:05:26,999
integrating the sample canister

8311
03:05:27,232 --> 03:05:28,667
to get to the precious

8312
03:05:28,667 --> 03:05:29,785
cargo inside

8313
03:05:29,785 --> 03:05:31,286
which are inside the sample

8314
03:05:31,286 --> 03:05:32,004
head, which is.

8315
03:05:32,004 --> 03:05:33,388
Yes, right. Okay.

8316
03:05:33,388 --> 03:05:35,924
But there is the possibility

8317
03:05:35,924 --> 03:05:37,426
of some samples

8318
03:05:37,426 --> 03:05:38,961
being within the sample

8319
03:05:38,961 --> 03:05:39,862
return capsule.

8320
03:05:39,862 --> 03:05:41,880
This capsule here,

8321
03:05:41,880 --> 03:05:46,318
because the Tagsam

8322
03:05:46,401 --> 03:05:50,155
event worked

8323
03:05:50,239 --> 03:05:53,709
more well than we anticipated.

8324
03:05:53,775 --> 03:05:55,427
There could be some

8325
03:05:55,427 --> 03:05:56,778
sample of bennu

8326
03:05:56,778 --> 03:05:59,264
within the sample capsule.

8327
03:05:59,264 --> 03:06:01,884
And so we will make sure that

8328
03:06:01,884 --> 03:06:02,901
that sample

8329
03:06:02,901 --> 03:06:04,636
also gets identified

8330
03:06:04,636 --> 03:06:05,637
and saved

8331
03:06:05,637 --> 03:06:08,607
to maintain its integrity here

8332
03:06:08,607 --> 03:06:10,075
so that there

8333
03:06:10,075 --> 03:06:11,877
so that it also retains

8334
03:06:11,877 --> 03:06:12,561
its value.

8335
03:06:12,561 --> 03:06:14,446
Wow. What an opportunity.

8336
03:06:14,446 --> 03:06:15,564
We may have more goodies

8337
03:06:15,564 --> 03:06:16,398
than we thought.

8338
03:06:16,398 --> 03:06:18,417
We thought. Geez, Eileen.

8339
03:06:18,417 --> 03:06:19,067
Well, John,

8340
03:06:19,067 --> 03:06:20,068
thank you so much

8341
03:06:20,068 --> 03:06:21,119
for joining us today.

8342
03:06:21,119 --> 03:06:21,470
We've love.

8343
03:06:21,470 --> 03:06:22,104
Thank you, Mike.

8344
03:06:22,104 --> 03:06:22,487
Really.

8345
03:06:22,487 --> 03:06:23,989
Eileen, congratulations.

8346
03:06:23,989 --> 03:06:26,458
Thank you. And we're so excited

8347
03:06:26,542 --> 03:06:27,776
your whole professional life

8348
03:06:27,776 --> 03:06:28,577
has been planning

8349
03:06:28,577 --> 03:06:29,778
for a future event.

8350
03:06:29,778 --> 03:06:31,230
And then suddenly that day

8351
03:06:31,230 --> 03:06:32,965
arrives, like today,

8352
03:06:32,965 --> 03:06:33,498
which is

8353
03:06:33,498 --> 03:06:35,117
probably a perfect segue way

8354
03:06:35,117 --> 03:06:36,285
to be bringing up something

8355
03:06:36,285 --> 03:06:38,754
that may come as an unexpected

8356
03:06:38,754 --> 03:06:40,789
surprise to mission fans.

8357
03:06:40,789 --> 03:06:42,057
Today may be the conclusion

8358
03:06:42,057 --> 03:06:42,975
of flight operations

8359
03:06:42,975 --> 03:06:43,876
for Osiris-rex,

8360
03:06:43,876 --> 03:06:44,626
but the mission

8361
03:06:44,626 --> 03:06:47,980
is not exactly finished.

8362
03:06:48,046 --> 03:06:49,064
After ground teams

8363
03:06:49,064 --> 03:06:50,265
retrieve the capsule,

8364
03:06:50,265 --> 03:06:51,833
the BENNU samples will be taken

8365
03:06:51,833 --> 03:06:53,485
to NASA's Johnson Space Center

8366
03:06:53,485 --> 03:06:55,187
in Houston, Texas.

8367
03:06:55,187 --> 03:06:56,338
The sample canister

8368
03:06:56,338 --> 03:06:56,989
will be opened

8369
03:06:56,989 --> 03:06:58,223
in the Astro Materials

8370
03:06:58,223 --> 03:06:58,907
Acquisition

8371
03:06:58,907 --> 03:07:00,175
and Curation Facility.

8372
03:07:00,175 --> 03:07:00,959
In the samples

8373
03:07:00,959 --> 03:07:02,728
will be curated, distributed

8374
03:07:02,728 --> 03:07:03,595
and studied

8375
03:07:03,595 --> 03:07:05,931
for decades to come.

8376
03:07:05,931 --> 03:07:07,399
Having delivered its cargo,

8377
03:07:07,399 --> 03:07:09,117
the Osiris-rex spacecraft

8378
03:07:09,117 --> 03:07:10,252
will depart Earth,

8379
03:07:10,252 --> 03:07:11,119
but its journey

8380
03:07:11,119 --> 03:07:13,372
will not quite be finished.

8381
03:07:13,372 --> 03:07:14,690
In a daring encore,

8382
03:07:14,690 --> 03:07:16,008
the renamed Osiris

8383
03:07:16,008 --> 03:07:17,209
Apex will enter

8384
03:07:17,209 --> 03:07:18,927
an elliptical orbit of the sun,

8385
03:07:18,927 --> 03:07:19,912
repeatedly passing

8386
03:07:19,912 --> 03:07:21,179
within the orbit of Venus

8387
03:07:21,179 --> 03:07:22,197
and pushing the limits

8388
03:07:22,197 --> 03:07:24,233
of its thermal design.

8389
03:07:24,233 --> 03:07:25,817
Beginning in 2029,

8390
03:07:25,817 --> 03:07:26,835
it will chase down

8391
03:07:26,835 --> 03:07:27,753
and investigate

8392
03:07:27,753 --> 03:07:29,638
Apophis, a 1200 foot

8393
03:07:29,638 --> 03:07:30,806
stony asteroid

8394
03:07:30,806 --> 03:07:31,590
destined to make

8395
03:07:31,590 --> 03:07:33,358
an exceptionally close flyby

8396
03:07:33,358 --> 03:07:34,927
of Earth.

8397
03:07:35,010 --> 03:07:37,996
After 13 years in deep space

8398
03:07:37,996 --> 03:07:39,715
at the start of a new decade

8399
03:07:39,715 --> 03:07:41,550
alone on a new world,

8400
03:07:41,550 --> 03:07:52,361
the journey will continue.

8401
03:07:52,427 --> 03:07:53,879
Jim Osiris-rex collected

8402
03:07:53,879 --> 03:07:54,680
its samples

8403
03:07:54,680 --> 03:07:55,347
and is bringing them

8404
03:07:55,347 --> 03:07:56,481
back to Earth for analysis

8405
03:07:56,481 --> 03:07:57,749
like we've all watched today.

8406
03:07:57,749 --> 03:07:59,217
But how else is NASA's

8407
03:07:59,217 --> 03:08:00,435
planning to analyze

8408
03:08:00,435 --> 03:08:01,937
its other samples?

8409
03:08:01,937 --> 03:08:04,006
So if you heard from Eileen

8410
03:08:04,006 --> 03:08:04,406
Cyrus

8411
03:08:04,406 --> 03:08:05,657
Rex in Houston,

8412
03:08:05,657 --> 03:08:06,024
we'll start

8413
03:08:06,024 --> 03:08:06,825
the sample preparation

8414
03:08:06,825 --> 03:08:08,310
around hundreds of labs later.

8415
03:08:08,310 --> 03:08:09,227
It's going to be fantastic.

8416
03:08:09,227 --> 03:08:10,679
We also sometimes

8417
03:08:10,679 --> 03:08:11,780
bring our laboratories

8418
03:08:11,780 --> 03:08:13,282
to the samples themselves.

8419
03:08:13,282 --> 03:08:14,783
Curiosity rover,

8420
03:08:14,783 --> 03:08:16,585
she's carrying a huge payload,

8421
03:08:16,585 --> 03:08:17,119
not unlike

8422
03:08:17,119 --> 03:08:17,819
those we'll use

8423
03:08:17,819 --> 03:08:18,920
in laboratories here.

8424
03:08:18,920 --> 03:08:20,789
Sometimes we go to new places

8425
03:08:20,789 --> 03:08:21,857
to actually bring the labs

8426
03:08:21,857 --> 03:08:22,641
to study samples

8427
03:08:22,641 --> 03:08:24,059
that we can't bring home.

8428
03:08:24,059 --> 03:08:25,944
That's our new wrinkle.

8429
03:08:25,944 --> 03:08:27,629
And on that note,

8430
03:08:27,629 --> 03:08:27,929
you know,

8431
03:08:27,929 --> 03:08:29,147
when I consider how many places

8432
03:08:29,147 --> 03:08:30,499
there are to visit, I'm aware

8433
03:08:30,499 --> 03:08:31,316
that a guy like you

8434
03:08:31,316 --> 03:08:32,267
is probably weighing

8435
03:08:32,267 --> 03:08:33,268
all of the choices

8436
03:08:33,268 --> 03:08:34,519
you know about where to go.

8437
03:08:34,519 --> 03:08:35,871
So speaking of which,

8438
03:08:35,871 --> 03:08:36,471
you are

8439
03:08:36,471 --> 03:08:37,673
the principal investigator

8440
03:08:37,673 --> 03:08:38,490
for a new mission

8441
03:08:38,490 --> 03:08:39,324
called Da Vinci,

8442
03:08:39,324 --> 03:08:40,075
which for those at home

8443
03:08:40,075 --> 03:08:41,059
principal investigator

8444
03:08:41,059 --> 03:08:41,843
is basically

8445
03:08:41,843 --> 03:08:43,278
the big guy in charge.

8446
03:08:43,278 --> 03:08:44,846
So what is this mission about?

8447
03:08:44,846 --> 03:08:45,797
So Da Vinci

8448
03:08:45,797 --> 03:08:47,249
is a mission to Venus.

8449
03:08:47,249 --> 03:08:47,749
You could see it

8450
03:08:47,749 --> 03:08:48,917
in the morning sky.

8451
03:08:48,917 --> 03:08:49,851
And we haven't been back

8452
03:08:49,851 --> 03:08:50,419
to the Venus

8453
03:08:50,419 --> 03:08:51,053
atmosphere

8454
03:08:51,053 --> 03:08:52,137
and all the complexity

8455
03:08:52,137 --> 03:08:54,106
and how that formed and evolved

8456
03:08:54,106 --> 03:08:55,674
literally in a generation.

8457
03:08:55,674 --> 03:08:56,475
So together

8458
03:08:56,475 --> 03:08:57,559
with a very big team, it's

8459
03:08:57,559 --> 03:08:58,860
not just the PI.

8460
03:08:58,860 --> 03:08:59,695
I mean,

8461
03:08:59,695 --> 03:09:01,463
Dante is the gold standard pi

8462
03:09:01,463 --> 03:09:02,280
for all of us,

8463
03:09:02,280 --> 03:09:03,165
but with our team,

8464
03:09:03,165 --> 03:09:03,749
we're going to bring

8465
03:09:03,749 --> 03:09:05,000
a spacecraft

8466
03:09:05,000 --> 03:09:05,567
with the kind

8467
03:09:05,567 --> 03:09:06,268
of instrumentation

8468
03:09:06,268 --> 03:09:08,036
we'll be using on the samples

8469
03:09:08,036 --> 03:09:09,738
from Bennu and from Mars

8470
03:09:09,738 --> 03:09:10,739
to the samples

8471
03:09:10,739 --> 03:09:11,356
in the atmosphere.

8472
03:09:11,356 --> 03:09:12,140
That'll tell us

8473
03:09:12,140 --> 03:09:12,357
about

8474
03:09:12,357 --> 03:09:13,008
the assembly of

8475
03:09:13,008 --> 03:09:13,975
that atmosphere,

8476
03:09:13,975 --> 03:09:15,177
whether Venus had oceans

8477
03:09:15,177 --> 03:09:16,044
for how long,

8478
03:09:16,044 --> 03:09:16,995
and come under the clouds

8479
03:09:16,995 --> 03:09:18,380
and see the mountainous regions

8480
03:09:18,380 --> 03:09:19,398
and their chemistry

8481
03:09:19,398 --> 03:09:21,350
for the first time in history.

8482
03:09:21,350 --> 03:09:22,934
And so we're excited to pick up

8483
03:09:22,934 --> 03:09:23,752
on the great news

8484
03:09:23,752 --> 03:09:25,554
from from this mission.

8485
03:09:25,554 --> 03:09:26,638
And I respect that bennu

8486
03:09:26,638 --> 03:09:27,956
and to Mars exploration

8487
03:09:27,956 --> 03:09:29,725
and take that forward to Venus.

8488
03:09:29,725 --> 03:09:30,208
So we'll get

8489
03:09:30,208 --> 03:09:30,976
the next generation

8490
03:09:30,976 --> 03:09:31,710
interested in our

8491
03:09:31,710 --> 03:09:33,228
sister planet.

8492
03:09:33,228 --> 03:09:34,162
So everybody stay

8493
03:09:34,162 --> 03:09:35,280
tuned for that one.

8494
03:09:35,280 --> 03:09:35,747
So, Jim,

8495
03:09:35,747 --> 03:09:36,765
you've also been the PI

8496
03:09:36,765 --> 03:09:39,134
of several previous missions.

8497
03:09:39,134 --> 03:09:40,552
Put yourself in Dante's shoes.

8498
03:09:40,552 --> 03:09:41,870
How would you feel today?

8499
03:09:41,870 --> 03:09:44,456
Dante must be both overwhelmed

8500
03:09:44,456 --> 03:09:45,690
and overjoyed.

8501
03:09:45,690 --> 03:09:46,725
He's probably,

8502
03:09:46,725 --> 03:09:47,692
as my wife says,

8503
03:09:47,692 --> 03:09:49,528
about me, beyond words.

8504
03:09:49,528 --> 03:09:50,812
And he's been waiting

8505
03:09:50,812 --> 03:09:51,780
literally his

8506
03:09:51,780 --> 03:09:53,565
professional lifetime for this.

8507
03:09:53,565 --> 03:09:55,467
It's here, It's happening.

8508
03:09:55,467 --> 03:09:57,285
The science is going to flow.

8509
03:09:57,285 --> 03:09:58,070
They can't miss.

8510
03:09:58,070 --> 03:09:59,071
Honestly,

8511
03:09:59,071 --> 03:09:59,538
I am sure

8512
03:09:59,538 --> 03:10:00,505
Dante and his team

8513
03:10:00,505 --> 03:10:02,724
are just sitting on on pins

8514
03:10:02,724 --> 03:10:03,291
and needles

8515
03:10:03,291 --> 03:10:04,426
waiting for the transfer

8516
03:10:04,426 --> 03:10:04,943
to Houston,

8517
03:10:04,943 --> 03:10:06,344
all that stuff, Eileen said,

8518
03:10:06,344 --> 03:10:07,679
so we can get to work.

8519
03:10:07,679 --> 03:10:09,898
This will be epic.

8520
03:10:09,898 --> 03:10:11,066
And Jim,

8521
03:10:11,066 --> 03:10:11,783
not only are you

8522
03:10:11,783 --> 03:10:13,702
the Pi of of Da Vinci,

8523
03:10:13,702 --> 03:10:15,270
but you actually had a hand

8524
03:10:15,270 --> 03:10:16,822
in Osiris-rex as well.

8525
03:10:16,822 --> 03:10:18,106
Well, way back in the dark

8526
03:10:18,106 --> 03:10:20,275
mists of 15 years ago,

8527
03:10:20,275 --> 03:10:21,209
we were all wondering

8528
03:10:21,209 --> 03:10:22,310
how we can sample things

8529
03:10:22,310 --> 03:10:24,296
as hard as asteroids

8530
03:10:24,296 --> 03:10:25,197
like the DO

8531
03:10:25,197 --> 03:10:26,064
and people

8532
03:10:26,064 --> 03:10:27,449
like Dante and others

8533
03:10:27,449 --> 03:10:28,467
generated the idea.

8534
03:10:28,467 --> 03:10:29,334
We were all talking

8535
03:10:29,334 --> 03:10:30,435
because we wanted to think,

8536
03:10:30,435 --> 03:10:31,169
How do we sample

8537
03:10:31,169 --> 03:10:32,270
the solar system,

8538
03:10:32,270 --> 03:10:33,839
cruise to the moon? Great.

8539
03:10:33,839 --> 03:10:34,823
You know, giant sample

8540
03:10:34,823 --> 03:10:35,841
return systems to Mars.

8541
03:10:35,841 --> 03:10:36,625
Fabulous.

8542
03:10:36,625 --> 03:10:37,492
But these small bodies

8543
03:10:37,492 --> 03:10:38,360
are also important,

8544
03:10:38,360 --> 03:10:39,377
and they've been a priority

8545
03:10:39,377 --> 03:10:40,729
for our National Academy.

8546
03:10:40,729 --> 03:10:41,730
Cometary nuclei,

8547
03:10:41,730 --> 03:10:42,714
asteroids like,

8548
03:10:42,714 --> 03:10:43,498
of course, carbon

8549
03:10:43,498 --> 03:10:44,783
bearing ones like Bennu.

8550
03:10:44,783 --> 03:10:45,834
So when those folks

8551
03:10:45,834 --> 03:10:46,251
got together,

8552
03:10:46,251 --> 03:10:47,819
we were all in conversation

8553
03:10:47,819 --> 03:10:49,337
and they proposed mission ideas

8554
03:10:49,337 --> 03:10:49,855
and some of us

8555
03:10:49,855 --> 03:10:50,956
were able to participate

8556
03:10:50,956 --> 03:10:52,674
in very small ways to help them

8557
03:10:52,674 --> 03:10:53,909
get these missions going.

8558
03:10:53,909 --> 03:10:55,494
It's just a thrill to see them

8559
03:10:55,494 --> 03:10:56,928
succeed so well,

8560
03:10:56,928 --> 03:10:58,997
especially after 15 years.

8561
03:10:58,997 --> 03:10:59,664
As you can see,

8562
03:10:59,664 --> 03:11:01,249
Jim is a wealth of knowledge.

8563
03:11:01,249 --> 03:11:02,184
So on that note,

8564
03:11:02,184 --> 03:11:03,051
we're getting questions

8565
03:11:03,051 --> 03:11:04,736
from around the world

8566
03:11:04,736 --> 03:11:06,354
about this thrilling mission.

8567
03:11:06,354 --> 03:11:06,988
Let's take

8568
03:11:06,988 --> 03:11:09,674
our final questions of the day.

8569
03:11:09,674 --> 03:11:11,176
All right. And oatmeal.

8570
03:11:11,176 --> 03:11:12,294
Today is my birthday.

8571
03:11:12,294 --> 03:11:13,094
Can I have some of

8572
03:11:13,094 --> 03:11:14,029
the asteroid sample?

8573
03:11:14,029 --> 03:11:15,447
It would mean a lot.

8574
03:11:15,447 --> 03:11:16,648
Well,

8575
03:11:16,648 --> 03:11:16,915
you know,

8576
03:11:16,915 --> 03:11:17,599
you heard there's other

8577
03:11:17,599 --> 03:11:19,868
birthdays today, too. And

8578
03:11:19,951 --> 03:11:21,119
I think oatmeal saw that it

8579
03:11:21,119 --> 03:11:22,854
was also Colonel Charles.

8580
03:11:22,854 --> 03:11:24,756
But but is standing

8581
03:11:24,756 --> 03:11:25,891
Glavin and Jason said,

8582
03:11:25,891 --> 03:11:26,124
you know,

8583
03:11:26,124 --> 03:11:27,175
the samples from Bennu

8584
03:11:27,175 --> 03:11:28,944
are for scientific research,

8585
03:11:28,944 --> 03:11:30,745
education, inspiration.

8586
03:11:30,745 --> 03:11:31,580
They'll be used,

8587
03:11:31,580 --> 03:11:32,147
you know,

8588
03:11:32,147 --> 03:11:33,315
for future generations,

8589
03:11:33,315 --> 03:11:34,766
even as Eileen said

8590
03:11:34,766 --> 03:11:35,817
and Jason said.

8591
03:11:35,817 --> 03:11:36,651
So unfortunately,

8592
03:11:36,651 --> 03:11:38,036
we can't give you bennu

8593
03:11:38,036 --> 03:11:39,321
we can give you pictures

8594
03:11:39,321 --> 03:11:40,789
and up close vantage point

8595
03:11:40,789 --> 03:11:42,057
like we've given you today.

8596
03:11:42,057 --> 03:11:43,308
And as the science is done

8597
03:11:43,308 --> 03:11:44,809
by the science community.

8598
03:11:44,809 --> 03:11:46,228
And so you'll be part of that.

8599
03:11:46,228 --> 03:11:47,279
You can write proposals

8600
03:11:47,279 --> 03:11:48,380
to work on samples.

8601
03:11:48,380 --> 03:11:49,080
If you have a neat

8602
03:11:49,080 --> 03:11:50,699
new instrument you want to try.

8603
03:11:50,699 --> 03:11:51,600
So stay tuned.

8604
03:11:51,600 --> 03:11:52,367
Stay tuned.

8605
03:11:52,367 --> 03:11:53,752
And I understand oatmeal.

8606
03:11:53,752 --> 03:11:54,569
I also want

8607
03:11:54,569 --> 03:11:55,403
a piece of that sample.

8608
03:11:55,403 --> 03:11:57,923
But we got to you know, we can.

8609
03:11:57,923 --> 03:11:58,340
All right, Jim,

8610
03:11:58,340 --> 03:12:00,909
let's take one more.

8611
03:12:00,976 --> 03:12:01,459
All right.

8612
03:12:01,459 --> 03:12:04,646
At electoral menace here,

8613
03:12:04,729 --> 03:12:05,597
I got that right.

8614
03:12:05,597 --> 03:12:06,298
What questions

8615
03:12:06,298 --> 03:12:07,516
are we hoping to answer

8616
03:12:07,516 --> 03:12:08,667
by studying the samples

8617
03:12:08,667 --> 03:12:10,168
from asteroid BENNU?

8618
03:12:10,168 --> 03:12:11,520
Well, fantastic question.

8619
03:12:11,520 --> 03:12:12,287
And there are many.

8620
03:12:12,287 --> 03:12:13,605
It's all in the name,

8621
03:12:13,605 --> 03:12:14,339
so we want to look

8622
03:12:14,339 --> 03:12:15,357
at those building

8623
03:12:15,357 --> 03:12:16,124
block chemistries

8624
03:12:16,124 --> 03:12:17,425
of the earliest solar system.

8625
03:12:17,425 --> 03:12:18,376
It's all eradicated

8626
03:12:18,376 --> 03:12:19,110
here on Earth.

8627
03:12:19,110 --> 03:12:20,328
We have to go to places

8628
03:12:20,328 --> 03:12:20,996
like Bennu

8629
03:12:20,996 --> 03:12:21,863
or other asteroids

8630
03:12:21,863 --> 03:12:23,448
like it to get those records.

8631
03:12:23,448 --> 03:12:24,082
So we're going to look

8632
03:12:24,082 --> 03:12:25,400
in the deep time

8633
03:12:25,400 --> 03:12:26,635
to understand our solar system

8634
03:12:26,635 --> 03:12:28,069
from those chemicals.

8635
03:12:28,069 --> 03:12:29,304
We're also going to look at

8636
03:12:29,304 --> 03:12:29,955
how we use

8637
03:12:29,955 --> 03:12:30,922
a real asteroid stuff

8638
03:12:30,922 --> 03:12:31,439
to understand

8639
03:12:31,439 --> 03:12:33,208
what we see of other asteroids

8640
03:12:33,208 --> 03:12:34,009
through telescopes

8641
03:12:34,009 --> 03:12:35,393
and flyby spacecraft.

8642
03:12:35,393 --> 03:12:36,928
That's the ground truthing

8643
03:12:36,928 --> 03:12:37,913
or the asteroid ground

8644
03:12:37,913 --> 03:12:38,930
truth thing that we do.

8645
03:12:38,930 --> 03:12:39,464
We're also going

8646
03:12:39,464 --> 03:12:40,882
to look at resource potential.

8647
03:12:40,882 --> 03:12:42,467
These asteroids contain

8648
03:12:42,467 --> 03:12:44,152
bound water in minerals.

8649
03:12:44,152 --> 03:12:45,287
Those are really cool.

8650
03:12:45,287 --> 03:12:46,638
You can get the water out.

8651
03:12:46,638 --> 03:12:47,188
That's neat.

8652
03:12:47,188 --> 03:12:48,773
Also interesting

8653
03:12:48,773 --> 03:12:50,175
distribution of metals.

8654
03:12:50,175 --> 03:12:51,109
So this is a really

8655
03:12:51,109 --> 03:12:52,043
exciting opportunity

8656
03:12:52,043 --> 03:12:53,028
to put that all together

8657
03:12:53,028 --> 03:12:54,329
and also understand

8658
03:12:54,329 --> 03:12:55,080
the mechanical

8659
03:12:55,080 --> 03:12:56,214
behavior of these objects.

8660
03:12:56,214 --> 03:12:57,265
They're rubble piles,

8661
03:12:57,265 --> 03:12:58,433
how barely together

8662
03:12:58,433 --> 03:12:59,534
flying through space.

8663
03:12:59,534 --> 03:13:00,952
So we're going to do

8664
03:13:00,952 --> 03:13:01,486
all of that

8665
03:13:01,486 --> 03:13:02,370
and answer questions

8666
03:13:02,370 --> 03:13:04,072
we haven't even thought of yet.

8667
03:13:04,072 --> 03:13:05,090
Dante's team

8668
03:13:05,090 --> 03:13:06,725
will invent the question

8669
03:13:06,725 --> 03:13:07,642
for the future

8670
03:13:07,642 --> 03:13:08,510
from what they do

8671
03:13:08,510 --> 03:13:09,945
with these samples.

8672
03:13:09,945 --> 03:13:10,979
Fantastic.

8673
03:13:10,979 --> 03:13:11,813
I think we have time

8674
03:13:11,813 --> 03:13:12,447
for one more.

8675
03:13:12,447 --> 03:13:14,115
Let's let's take a look

8676
03:13:14,115 --> 03:13:16,251
at horrors of coding.

8677
03:13:16,251 --> 03:13:17,869
Is there any worry of possible

8678
03:13:17,869 --> 03:13:19,337
bacteria or virus

8679
03:13:19,337 --> 03:13:20,755
from the sample,

8680
03:13:20,755 --> 03:13:22,857
regardless of the clean room?

8681
03:13:22,857 --> 03:13:24,225
So that's a very good question.

8682
03:13:24,225 --> 03:13:25,310
And of course, the team

8683
03:13:25,310 --> 03:13:25,710
and you heard

8684
03:13:25,710 --> 03:13:27,028
from Jason Dworkin

8685
03:13:27,028 --> 03:13:27,829
and others have been thinking

8686
03:13:27,829 --> 03:13:29,481
about that for a long time.

8687
03:13:29,481 --> 03:13:30,565
We think these types

8688
03:13:30,565 --> 03:13:31,049
of asteroids

8689
03:13:31,049 --> 03:13:31,883
and the materials from them

8690
03:13:31,883 --> 03:13:33,768
are not life bearing

8691
03:13:33,768 --> 03:13:34,853
and they're not life bearing.

8692
03:13:34,853 --> 03:13:36,354
And so we have classified

8693
03:13:36,354 --> 03:13:36,921
this mission

8694
03:13:36,921 --> 03:13:37,822
as a certain class

8695
03:13:37,822 --> 03:13:38,990
of planetary protection.

8696
03:13:38,990 --> 03:13:41,026
So we're not expecting any true

8697
03:13:41,026 --> 03:13:41,910
life bearing

8698
03:13:41,910 --> 03:13:43,795
biological elements to be part.

8699
03:13:43,795 --> 03:13:44,729
But the fragments

8700
03:13:44,729 --> 03:13:46,348
of organic chemistry, carbon

8701
03:13:46,348 --> 03:13:47,248
bearing stuff

8702
03:13:47,248 --> 03:13:47,866
that you heard Danny

8703
03:13:47,866 --> 03:13:48,650
Glavin talk about,

8704
03:13:48,650 --> 03:13:50,085
the building blocks of life,

8705
03:13:50,085 --> 03:13:51,419
the got it all started

8706
03:13:51,419 --> 03:13:52,520
and all the places

8707
03:13:52,520 --> 03:13:53,188
it is here,

8708
03:13:53,188 --> 03:13:54,739
but also maybe elsewhere,

8709
03:13:54,739 --> 03:13:55,523
really important.

8710
03:13:55,523 --> 03:13:56,207
So we don't expect

8711
03:13:56,207 --> 03:13:57,025
to see any of that.

8712
03:13:57,025 --> 03:13:57,809
We've contained

8713
03:13:57,809 --> 03:13:58,576
the contamination.

8714
03:13:58,576 --> 03:14:00,045
You see what's going on now

8715
03:14:00,045 --> 03:14:01,046
in the portable clean room

8716
03:14:01,046 --> 03:14:02,247
and at Eileen's place

8717
03:14:02,247 --> 03:14:03,682
back in Johnson Space Center.

8718
03:14:03,682 --> 03:14:04,849
So we're very optimistic.

8719
03:14:04,849 --> 03:14:05,850
We're not no worries

8720
03:14:05,850 --> 03:14:06,885
about that stuff.

8721
03:14:06,885 --> 03:14:08,486
We're good here.

8722
03:14:08,486 --> 03:14:09,587
So I think we talked about this

8723
03:14:09,587 --> 03:14:10,038
a little bit.

8724
03:14:10,038 --> 03:14:11,339
But I think one thing

8725
03:14:11,339 --> 03:14:12,390
people are maybe wondering

8726
03:14:12,390 --> 03:14:13,041
or even maybe

8727
03:14:13,041 --> 03:14:13,908
a little worried about is

8728
03:14:13,908 --> 03:14:14,259
could the

8729
03:14:14,259 --> 03:14:15,593
sample contaminate Earth?

8730
03:14:15,593 --> 03:14:16,995
Are we at risk of something

8731
03:14:16,995 --> 03:14:18,346
catastrophic, literally

8732
03:14:18,346 --> 03:14:19,614
so vanishingly small

8733
03:14:19,614 --> 03:14:20,565
that no one would

8734
03:14:20,565 --> 03:14:22,017
rightfully bet on anything,

8735
03:14:22,017 --> 03:14:24,019
that this is space,

8736
03:14:24,019 --> 03:14:25,487
rock and dust

8737
03:14:25,487 --> 03:14:27,238
from a time so far ago

8738
03:14:27,238 --> 03:14:27,589
that's been

8739
03:14:27,589 --> 03:14:29,157
baked in the space radiation.

8740
03:14:29,157 --> 03:14:29,691
That wouldn't be good

8741
03:14:29,691 --> 03:14:30,775
for anything organic,

8742
03:14:30,775 --> 03:14:31,559
any living thing.

8743
03:14:31,559 --> 03:14:33,144
Sorry, we're all organic.

8744
03:14:33,144 --> 03:14:35,330
And so we it's been sterilized

8745
03:14:35,330 --> 03:14:36,715
by being in space.

8746
03:14:36,715 --> 03:14:37,315
In effect,

8747
03:14:37,315 --> 03:14:38,450
we do the same thing

8748
03:14:38,450 --> 03:14:39,651
when we go and sterilize stuff

8749
03:14:39,651 --> 03:14:40,318
that we'll bring back

8750
03:14:40,318 --> 03:14:43,688
from planets like Mars. So

8751
03:14:43,755 --> 03:14:44,689
how long is this next

8752
03:14:44,689 --> 03:14:45,990
process going to take?

8753
03:14:45,990 --> 03:14:47,008
You know,

8754
03:14:47,008 --> 03:14:47,475
we've got

8755
03:14:47,475 --> 03:14:48,209
we're in the clean room now.

8756
03:14:48,209 --> 03:14:49,127
We're going to go to Texas.

8757
03:14:49,127 --> 03:14:49,644
How long is this

8758
03:14:49,644 --> 03:14:50,328
all going to take before

8759
03:14:50,328 --> 03:14:51,329
we start getting some results?

8760
03:14:51,329 --> 03:14:54,015
So in the next few weeks

8761
03:14:54,015 --> 03:14:54,799
and next couple of weeks,

8762
03:14:54,799 --> 03:14:55,550
by October 11th,

8763
03:14:55,550 --> 03:14:57,686
we expect the team in Houston,

8764
03:14:57,686 --> 03:14:58,470
Eileen's team

8765
03:14:58,470 --> 03:14:59,654
went together with Dante's

8766
03:14:59,654 --> 03:15:01,256
team will have done that first,

8767
03:15:01,256 --> 03:15:02,924
the first proper

8768
03:15:02,924 --> 03:15:03,892
containment

8769
03:15:03,892 --> 03:15:05,460
and and

8770
03:15:05,460 --> 03:15:06,628
understanding all the possible

8771
03:15:06,628 --> 03:15:07,946
sources of contamination

8772
03:15:07,946 --> 03:15:08,813
so they can document

8773
03:15:08,813 --> 03:15:09,864
those for the future

8774
03:15:09,864 --> 03:15:10,799
and also make sure they're

8775
03:15:10,799 --> 03:15:11,750
through all those dates

8776
03:15:11,750 --> 03:15:13,034
that Eileen was mentioning.

8777
03:15:13,034 --> 03:15:14,185
So the samples are protected

8778
03:15:14,185 --> 03:15:15,136
from anything from Earth,

8779
03:15:15,136 --> 03:15:16,755
so they won't be contaminated.

8780
03:15:16,755 --> 03:15:17,722
Then they'll do some

8781
03:15:17,722 --> 03:15:18,707
first characterization

8782
03:15:18,707 --> 03:15:19,758
with all these great machines

8783
03:15:19,758 --> 03:15:20,875
they have in Houston.

8784
03:15:20,875 --> 03:15:21,776
And we'll start talking

8785
03:15:21,776 --> 03:15:22,494
about what they get

8786
03:15:22,494 --> 03:15:23,728
by the end of October

8787
03:15:23,728 --> 03:15:25,013
going into the Christmas time.

8788
03:15:25,013 --> 03:15:26,297
And by the end of January,

8789
03:15:26,297 --> 03:15:26,815
I've been told

8790
03:15:26,815 --> 03:15:27,749
the science team meeting,

8791
03:15:27,749 --> 03:15:28,883
the sample leaders

8792
03:15:28,883 --> 03:15:29,868
will start reporting

8793
03:15:29,868 --> 03:15:31,703
to all of us what's going on.

8794
03:15:31,703 --> 03:15:33,588
Wow, that is soon.

8795
03:15:33,588 --> 03:15:34,305
And you heard that

8796
03:15:34,305 --> 03:15:36,524
unboxing day is October 11th.

8797
03:15:36,524 --> 03:15:37,759
That I guess right

8798
03:15:37,759 --> 03:15:39,210
will be a Christmas party

8799
03:15:39,210 --> 03:15:39,677
for Sam.

8800
03:15:39,677 --> 03:15:41,813
Oh, okay. That's right.

8801
03:15:41,813 --> 03:15:42,630
So, Jim, I'm

8802
03:15:42,630 --> 03:15:43,581
struck by how

8803
03:15:43,581 --> 03:15:44,549
these last few minutes

8804
03:15:44,549 --> 03:15:46,584
compared to the last few years,

8805
03:15:46,584 --> 03:15:47,302
you know, here

8806
03:15:47,302 --> 03:15:47,836
we just saw

8807
03:15:47,836 --> 03:15:49,888
human hands willing,

8808
03:15:49,888 --> 03:15:51,890
precious, precious scientific,

8809
03:15:51,890 --> 03:15:52,824
you know, cargo

8810
03:15:52,824 --> 03:15:53,775
at walking speed

8811
03:15:53,775 --> 03:15:55,343
when just a few hours ago,

8812
03:15:55,343 --> 03:15:57,228
it was barreling through

8813
03:15:57,228 --> 03:15:59,431
Earth's atmosphere. Exactly.

8814
03:15:59,431 --> 03:16:01,766
We went from cosmic velocity

8815
03:16:01,766 --> 03:16:02,667
to velocity,

8816
03:16:02,667 --> 03:16:04,886
smaller than an ant would use

8817
03:16:04,886 --> 03:16:06,020
to crawl across the table

8818
03:16:06,020 --> 03:16:06,988
to pick up a crumb.

8819
03:16:06,988 --> 03:16:07,555
And so

8820
03:16:07,555 --> 03:16:08,990
that's the speed of science

8821
03:16:08,990 --> 03:16:09,591
to get it.

8822
03:16:09,591 --> 03:16:10,341
The engineering

8823
03:16:10,341 --> 03:16:11,176
flies, cosmic

8824
03:16:11,176 --> 03:16:12,594
velocity sampling,

8825
03:16:12,594 --> 03:16:13,912
all that great dynamics.

8826
03:16:13,912 --> 03:16:14,446
And finally,

8827
03:16:14,446 --> 03:16:15,680
now the careful,

8828
03:16:15,680 --> 03:16:17,265
methodical

8829
03:16:17,265 --> 03:16:18,266
snail's pace

8830
03:16:18,266 --> 03:16:19,317
to get it done right.

8831
03:16:19,317 --> 03:16:20,301
So we preserve it.

8832
03:16:20,301 --> 03:16:21,503
I mean, this is like

8833
03:16:21,503 --> 03:16:23,238
geo archeology of samples

8834
03:16:23,238 --> 03:16:24,839
from a place that's not earth.

8835
03:16:24,839 --> 03:16:27,358
Very special. Yeah, absolutely.

8836
03:16:27,358 --> 03:16:28,226
The sample return

8837
03:16:28,226 --> 03:16:29,160
capsule isn't done

8838
03:16:29,160 --> 03:16:30,411
traveling, of course,

8839
03:16:30,411 --> 03:16:31,679
once it gets stabilized on

8840
03:16:31,679 --> 03:16:33,198
what's called a nitrogen purge

8841
03:16:33,198 --> 03:16:33,915
to ensure everything

8842
03:16:33,915 --> 03:16:35,250
remains dry and uncooked

8843
03:16:35,250 --> 03:16:36,534
and contaminated

8844
03:16:36,534 --> 03:16:37,819
by intrusive gases,

8845
03:16:37,819 --> 03:16:38,870
the entire apparatus

8846
03:16:38,870 --> 03:16:39,504
will be loaded

8847
03:16:39,504 --> 03:16:40,855
aboard a C-17

8848
03:16:40,855 --> 03:16:41,840
cargo plane

8849
03:16:41,840 --> 03:16:43,074
for a flight on its way

8850
03:16:43,074 --> 03:16:44,692
home to Johnson Space Center.

8851
03:16:44,692 --> 03:16:45,477
Once it arrives,

8852
03:16:45,477 --> 03:16:46,728
scientists are ready to start

8853
03:16:46,728 --> 03:16:47,662
working on vital

8854
03:16:47,662 --> 03:16:48,480
research on this.

8855
03:16:48,480 --> 03:16:49,013
It's stored

8856
03:16:49,013 --> 03:16:49,697
and re sample

8857
03:16:49,697 --> 03:16:51,616
of the asteroid BENNU.

8858
03:16:51,616 --> 03:16:52,817
But that airplane ride

8859
03:16:52,817 --> 03:16:54,018
and the research plans

8860
03:16:54,018 --> 03:16:54,719
waiting for it

8861
03:16:54,719 --> 03:16:56,004
on the other side

8862
03:16:56,004 --> 03:16:57,172
starts tomorrow.

8863
03:16:57,172 --> 03:16:58,339
For now, the Osiris-rex

8864
03:16:58,339 --> 03:16:59,390
sample return capsule

8865
03:16:59,390 --> 03:17:01,226
has completed its solo journey

8866
03:17:01,226 --> 03:17:03,495
of nearly 4 billion miles,

8867
03:17:03,495 --> 03:17:04,979
landing in the Utah desert

8868
03:17:04,979 --> 03:17:06,381
and is now in the expert

8869
03:17:06,381 --> 03:17:07,048
care of our

8870
03:17:07,048 --> 03:17:09,501
onsite sample curation team.

8871
03:17:09,501 --> 03:17:09,984
But we're not out

8872
03:17:09,984 --> 03:17:10,668
of the woods yet.

8873
03:17:10,668 --> 03:17:11,536
We did mention this

8874
03:17:11,536 --> 03:17:12,871
nitrogen purge. That's right.

8875
03:17:12,871 --> 03:17:13,855
So we have to

8876
03:17:13,855 --> 03:17:15,023
carefully contain this

8877
03:17:15,023 --> 03:17:16,641
so we can do that work

8878
03:17:16,641 --> 03:17:18,810
and literally really transform

8879
03:17:18,810 --> 03:17:19,978
knowledge for all time.

8880
03:17:19,978 --> 03:17:21,563
This is the thing

8881
03:17:21,563 --> 03:17:22,380
that we dream of.

8882
03:17:22,380 --> 03:17:23,998
And with Dante and his team

8883
03:17:23,998 --> 03:17:24,716
ten years ago,

8884
03:17:24,716 --> 03:17:25,667
we're thinking of that

8885
03:17:25,667 --> 03:17:26,835
transformational knowledge.

8886
03:17:26,835 --> 03:17:27,352
It'll change how

8887
03:17:27,352 --> 03:17:29,037
we think of ourselves.

8888
03:17:29,037 --> 03:17:30,622
And we couldn't let you.

8889
03:17:30,622 --> 03:17:31,890
We couldn't let you go

8890
03:17:31,890 --> 03:17:33,408
before we share something fun.

8891
03:17:33,408 --> 03:17:35,310
So we just delivered a sample

8892
03:17:35,310 --> 03:17:36,494
of the asteroid

8893
03:17:36,494 --> 03:17:38,880
Bennu back to Earth. But

8894
03:17:38,963 --> 03:17:41,633
the UPS can also deliver

8895
03:17:41,633 --> 03:17:42,467
funds

8896
03:17:42,467 --> 03:17:44,335
from stamps of the actual

8897
03:17:44,335 --> 03:17:45,386
asteroid BENNU

8898
03:17:45,386 --> 03:17:46,905
So let me turn that over

8899
03:17:46,905 --> 03:17:47,989
so you can see it on this side.

8900
03:17:47,989 --> 03:17:48,923
How fun is that?

8901
03:17:48,923 --> 03:17:51,059
So we have brought an asteroid

8902
03:17:51,059 --> 03:17:52,577
first class delivery

8903
03:17:52,577 --> 03:17:54,562
from Osiris-rex to Earth

8904
03:17:54,562 --> 03:17:55,613
and our postal service

8905
03:17:55,613 --> 03:17:56,664
here in the United States

8906
03:17:56,664 --> 03:17:57,715
issuing

8907
03:17:57,715 --> 03:17:59,300
to build on that inspiration

8908
03:17:59,300 --> 03:18:00,018
so they can deliver

8909
03:18:00,018 --> 03:18:01,069
our packages for us.

8910
03:18:01,069 --> 03:18:02,070
How exciting.

8911
03:18:02,070 --> 03:18:02,754
And everybody

8912
03:18:02,754 --> 03:18:03,288
needs to get some.

8913
03:18:03,288 --> 03:18:03,988
These are really good.

8914
03:18:03,988 --> 03:18:04,606
I want one.

8915
03:18:04,606 --> 03:18:06,174
I would like one too,

8916
03:18:06,174 --> 03:18:07,375
as we're wrapping coverage

8917
03:18:07,375 --> 03:18:08,509
here at the Utah Test

8918
03:18:08,509 --> 03:18:09,477
and Training range,

8919
03:18:09,477 --> 03:18:10,311
let me remind you

8920
03:18:10,311 --> 03:18:11,212
that this is not

8921
03:18:11,212 --> 03:18:12,413
the end of the story.

8922
03:18:12,413 --> 03:18:14,032
Next up is our POST-LANDING

8923
03:18:14,032 --> 03:18:14,632
news conference

8924
03:18:14,632 --> 03:18:15,767
scheduled for 3 p.m.

8925
03:18:15,767 --> 03:18:17,385
Mountain Time, 5 p.m.

8926
03:18:17,385 --> 03:18:19,220
Eastern Time on NASA TV,

8927
03:18:19,220 --> 03:18:20,054
presented live

8928
03:18:20,054 --> 03:18:21,706
right here on nasa.gov

8929
03:18:21,706 --> 03:18:23,508
and other streaming sites.

8930
03:18:23,508 --> 03:18:24,509
You can also find mission

8931
03:18:24,509 --> 03:18:26,477
updates on X at NASA

8932
03:18:26,477 --> 03:18:29,030
and on the web at nasa.gov.

8933
03:18:29,030 --> 03:18:29,781
That's all the time

8934
03:18:29,781 --> 03:18:30,748
we have for today.

8935
03:18:30,748 --> 03:18:32,934
Jim, it has been a pleasure

8936
03:18:32,934 --> 03:18:34,636
sharing the stage with you.

8937
03:18:34,636 --> 03:18:35,486
We did it together.

8938
03:18:35,486 --> 03:18:37,922
Thank you for having me.

8939
03:18:38,006 --> 03:18:39,390
And a huge thank you to all

8940
03:18:39,390 --> 03:18:40,041
of our guests

8941
03:18:40,041 --> 03:18:40,942
for joining us today.

8942
03:18:40,942 --> 03:18:41,459
And a warm

8943
03:18:41,459 --> 03:18:42,827
thanks to all of you out there

8944
03:18:42,827 --> 03:18:44,095
for watching us.

8945
03:18:44,095 --> 03:18:45,113
Here are some highlights

8946
03:18:45,113 --> 03:18:48,900
from today's exciting landing

8947
03:18:48,983 --> 03:18:50,268
special coverage of America's

8948
03:18:50,268 --> 03:18:51,619
first asteroid sample

8949
03:18:51,619 --> 03:18:52,587
return mission

8950
03:18:52,587 --> 03:18:54,138
osiris-rex as it arrives

8951
03:18:54,138 --> 03:18:54,856
back to Earth

8952
03:18:54,856 --> 03:18:56,474
after more than seven years,

8953
03:18:56,474 --> 03:18:59,727
probably space

8954
03:18:59,811 --> 03:19:01,529
will see detailed

8955
03:19:01,529 --> 03:19:04,115
milestones have been confirmed

8956
03:19:04,115 --> 03:19:05,817
portions of time. Wow.

8957
03:19:05,817 --> 03:19:08,119
And after an exhilarating

8958
03:19:08,119 --> 03:19:08,987
streak across

8959
03:19:08,987 --> 03:19:10,254
Earth's atmosphere,

8960
03:19:10,254 --> 03:19:11,639
we have parachute deployment.

8961
03:19:11,639 --> 03:19:12,690
You can see

8962
03:19:12,690 --> 03:19:13,608
just a sigh of relief

8963
03:19:13,608 --> 03:19:13,975
from the team.

8964
03:19:13,975 --> 03:19:19,564
I can hear some applause here.

8965
03:19:19,647 --> 03:19:21,449
Disconnecting from the action

8966
03:19:21,449 --> 03:19:22,917
will then actually unwrap

8967
03:19:22,917 --> 03:19:23,901
all of the thermal blanketing

8968
03:19:23,901 --> 03:19:24,585
once we actually get it

8969
03:19:24,585 --> 03:19:25,620
into the clean room here.

8970
03:19:25,620 --> 03:19:27,355
The recovery operations,

8971
03:19:27,355 --> 03:19:28,189
that's our season.

8972
03:19:28,189 --> 03:19:29,157
The president

8973
03:19:29,157 --> 03:19:30,441
and all gear has been

8974
03:19:30,441 --> 03:19:31,826
stowed in the helicopter.