WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:01.468 --> 00:00:04.070 The Osiris-rex sample return capsule 2 00:00:04.070 --> 00:00:08.608 just endured a lengthy 3.8 billion mile journey. 3 00:00:08.692 --> 00:00:12.212 But the adventure doesn't end once it touches down. 4 00:00:12.295 --> 00:00:15.782 The landing zone itself is so large and the terrain 5 00:00:15.782 --> 00:00:19.102 so difficult to navigate that the recovery team delivers 6 00:00:19.102 --> 00:00:23.857 the capsule to the clean room by helicopter. 7 00:00:23.940 --> 00:00:24.924 Joe's going to be 8 00:00:24.924 --> 00:00:28.595 the man hauling the capsule out on the long line. 9 00:00:28.678 --> 00:00:31.398 And then Ryan McDonald is another member 10 00:00:31.398 --> 00:00:35.251 and he will be hauling scientists along with myself. 11 00:00:35.335 --> 00:00:38.221 The rest of the captured team. 12 00:00:38.221 --> 00:00:40.907 So, Ben, can you tell me about the actual procedure 13 00:00:40.907 --> 00:00:43.460 of taking the capsule on the long line? 14 00:00:43.460 --> 00:00:46.012 It's a 100 foot long synthetic line. 15 00:00:46.012 --> 00:00:48.081 It's got an electrical cord with it 16 00:00:48.081 --> 00:00:51.484 that will hook on the belly of the helicopter. 17 00:00:51.568 --> 00:00:52.168 There you go. 18 00:00:52.168 --> 00:00:54.270 Point it out right here. 19 00:00:54.270 --> 00:00:58.208 Yep. That's the hook that the line will go on. 20 00:00:58.291 --> 00:01:00.660 The pilot will lower this 21 00:01:00.660 --> 00:01:03.997 hook down to pick up the capsule. 22 00:01:04.080 --> 00:01:07.717 They'll fly it back to the clean room, lower it down, 23 00:01:07.801 --> 00:01:11.254 and when he lowers it down hill, hit a little button on this collective 24 00:01:11.337 --> 00:01:15.992 that will release that hook, and he'll fly away with the long one. 25 00:01:16.076 --> 00:01:17.961 This is not a normal ride. 26 00:01:17.961 --> 00:01:21.114 Can you show us how you fly this for this particular mission? 27 00:01:21.264 --> 00:01:21.748 Yeah. 28 00:01:21.748 --> 00:01:24.918 So in this helicopter, when we're doing vertical reference, 29 00:01:25.018 --> 00:01:27.437 that's what you call it when you have a line on 30 00:01:27.437 --> 00:01:31.624 Now to see the end of the line, I'll be leaning out like this. 31 00:01:31.708 --> 00:01:35.812 It's a it's an awkward position and kind of lean out and look back 32 00:01:35.812 --> 00:01:39.449 because my hooks can be right down in the middle of the helicopter. 33 00:01:39.532 --> 00:01:41.217 It will be this button. 34 00:01:41.217 --> 00:01:46.940 This button here is the remote hook, and that will keep the line on the belly, 35 00:01:46.940 --> 00:01:52.512 but it'll open that little green remote hook when you push it forward on. 36 00:01:52.579 --> 00:01:55.999 The experience of these pilots is all a part of preserving 37 00:01:55.999 --> 00:02:00.420 this pristine sample of ancient solar system material. 38 00:02:00.503 --> 00:02:04.591 And we all cannot wait to see what chemical compounds the capsule holds.