NASA's Artemis II Moon Flyby Livestream

0:00 Welcome to Artemis mission control here

0:02 at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

0:05 I'm Leah Cheshire Mustachio.

0:07 Right now, the Aremis 2 crew and mission

0:09 control are preparing to support today's lunar flyby.

0:12 The first time we've sent humans around the moon in over 50 years.

0:16 Integrity, you can use the OES and your HHP camera

0:20 for the milestone words at the Apollo 13 record distance.

0:24 You'll notice that we pause every time

0:25 we hear communications to and from the crew.

0:27 They are the stars for today.

0:30 This afternoon, the crew will have their closest approach

0:32 of the moon and will surpass the record that record

0:36 just mentioned of the f furthest humans have ever

0:40 flown set by the Apollo 13 astronauts in 1970.

0:49 You're looking at a live view inside the Orion

0:51 spacecraft and at our Artemis 2 crew members.

0:54 They have just completed their posts sleep period during which

0:57 they conduct any hygiene and cabin setup for the day.

1:02 They also had a chance to eat breakfast

1:04 before we got into our daily planning conference.

1:08 The flight control team here in mission

1:09 control Houston collecting information from all consoles around

1:12 the room that we could relay up to the crew ahead of this monumental day.

1:18 As you can see on your right,

1:19 NASA astronaut Christina Cook taking a video of NASA astronaut Victor Glover.

1:28 We expect to have great views of the crew

1:29 throughout the day as well as of course the moon.

1:39 We expect to surpass that Apollo distance record in 55 minutes and 50 seconds.

1:45 We are now looking live at a camera mounted on one

1:48 of the spacecraft's solar arrays pointed to our lunar neighbor.

1:54 We are currently just 14,200 miles away

1:58 from the moon and 247,672 miles away from planet Earth.

2:20 Houston integrity for a ready to copy.

2:34 Carbon dioxide 2.3 oxygen which has the alarm

2:40 26.3 73.1° 10.3 psi and one followon question.

2:51 We understand milestone wars will be directly following the conference.

2:55 Will that take the place of the pao event

2:57 or the will the pao event still take place per the timeline?

3:07 Good question, Christina.

3:09 Uh, the milestone words that we exchange at the record distance at the end

3:15 of the conference will take the place of the PAO timelined activity.

3:21 Um, so that'll be our moment to talk about this occasion and after that there

3:27 will be no more expected PAO words and you can get straight into your flyby.

3:32 Copy all AA.

3:40 Okay, thank you.

3:41 And final clarification, even though it's taking the place of it,

3:45 it will all just be on OE1 with HHP camera.

3:49 No additional video.

3:51 Is that right?

3:55 Airm.

4:05 Okay.

4:05 Thank you.

4:06 Yep.

4:06 Some had already heard that.

4:07 Sorry about the the second question.

4:09 We appreciate it.

4:10 Talk to you soon.

4:12 No problem.

4:33 those communications between NASA astronaut Christina Cook and Canadian

4:37 Space Agency astronaut and today's Capcom or capsule communicator.

4:41 The one person here speaking with the crew right now, that is Jenny Gibbons.

4:45 She is an Artemis 2 backup crew member here in Mission Control Houston.

4:51 We are now 4 days, 18 hours,

4:53 and 30 minutes into the flight of Orion for Artemis 2.

4:56 The Aremis 2 crew inside Orion lifted off

5:00 a top the Space Launch System rocket on Wednesday,

5:03 April 1st, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

5:06 Those four crew members uh is are the first

5:09 to live and work inside the Orion spacecraft,

5:12 which they have named Integrity,

5:14 and have been busy conducting meticulously timelined events.

5:18 It was a beautiful asscent from Kennedy Space Center.

5:25 One of those early events was the proximity

5:27 operations demonstration during which NASA astronaut Victor Glover,

5:31 the Artemis 2 pilot,

5:32 manually flew Orion after having just detached from the interim

5:35 cryogenic propulsion stage as if they intended to dock.

5:39 This was practiced for future Aremis missions

5:41 during which astronauts in Orion will dock

5:43 with the lunar lander that will take them to the surface of the moon.

5:46 About 24 hours after launch, 25 hours actually,

5:49 Orion then conducted TLI, the trans lunar injection burn.

5:53 This 5 minute 50 second burn committed Orion to departing

5:56 high Earth orbit and set us up for today's flyby.

6:00 That trans lunar injection burn also served as the spacecraft's de-orbit burn.

6:04 It slingshots Orion around the moon and sends the crew

6:07 on a free return trajectory with splashdown approximately 7:07 p.m.

6:11 Central on Friday, April 10th.

6:13 Last night on flight day 5, the crew entered the lunar sphere of influence,

6:17 the point at which the pull of the moon's

6:18 gravity will become stronger than the pole of Earth's.

6:21 We've also been getting some great views inside the cabin

6:24 of the crew members living daily life from working out to eating,

6:29 taking photos, and making memories together.

6:31 They've also been taking some beautiful views

6:33 of our home planet and of the moon.

6:35 And we expect many, many more of those following today's activities.

7:20 these live views back inside the cabin of Orion.

7:23 But before we get into flyby,

7:24 let's take a minute to get reacquainted with our crew.

7:27 Reed Wiseman is the Artemis 2 commander and a Baltimore native.

7:31 He's been in space once before.

7:33 I think there was going to be some families heading into the viewing room today.

7:36 If they end up showing up, could you just give us a heads up when they're

7:39 there so we can just wave to them on the camera?

7:44 Absolutely.

7:46 And that was the voice of Reed Weisman.

7:48 He has been in space once before as a flight engineer for they don't come.

7:52 You could just lie to us and tell us that they're there.

7:53 That'd be great.

7:54 Thanks.

7:56 We'll keep that in mind, too.

7:57 And he I'm sure they'll be here.

8:01 Wiseman also has a great sense of humor.

8:03 He was aboard the International Space Station from May

8:06 through November 2014 as part of Expedition 41.

8:10 This was a 165-day mission during which he and his crewmates

8:13 completed more than 300 science experiments in areas like human physiology,

8:18 medicine, science, earth science, and astrophysics.

8:21 They set a milestone for station science by completing

8:23 a record 82 research hours in a single week.

8:26 He also served as chief of NASA's

8:28 astronaut office from December 2020 to November 2022.

8:32 And here on Earth, he has two daughters.

8:36 The Artemis 2 pilot is Victor Glover,

8:38 selected as an astronaut in 2013 when at the time he

8:42 was serving as a legislative fellow in the United States Senate.

8:45 His first trip to space was in November 2020 when

8:48 he launched as a pilot of NASA's SpaceX Crew 1 mission.

8:51 That was the first operational mission of NASA's commercial crew program,

8:55 which resumed launching American rockets from American soil to the International

8:59 Space Station since the end of the shuttle program.

9:02 Victor is a US Navy captain and naval aviator who served as a test pilot,

9:06 racking up more than 3,500 flight hours in more than 40 different aircraft.

9:11 He also became the first person to pilot Orion the other

9:14 day when we saw the Prox Ops demonstration shortly after launch.

9:18 He and his wife have four children.

9:23 Mission specialist Christina Cook is a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

9:27 She was selected to the astronaut corps in 2013,

9:30 the same class as Victor Glover.

9:32 She served as flight engineer on the International

9:34 Space Station from March 2019 to February 2020.

9:38 During that time, Cook set a record for the longest single space

9:41 flight by a woman with a total of 328 consecutive days in space.

9:46 She also participated in the first ever all female

9:48 spacew walk with her friend and colleague Jessica Mir,

9:52 now living and working aboard the International Space Station.

9:54 Yet again, before becoming an astronaut,

9:57 Christina helped to build space science instruments and led scientific

10:00 fieldwork in some of the most remote environments on the planet.

10:04 Her hobbies include surfing, rock climbing,

10:06 community service, yoga, travel, and photography.

10:09 And she is certainly getting a chance to do that.

10:13 Firsttime flyer, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen is flying

10:17 to the moon as a mission specialist on the Aremis 2 mission.

10:20 The London, Ontario native was selected as an astronaut in 2009.

10:24 After that, he worked as Capcom

10:26 at NASA's mission control center here in Houston.

10:28 Capcom stands for capsule communicator and is the single

10:31 direct voice communicating with the astronauts in space.

10:34 He also participated in training exercises like living on the ocean floor

10:38 off the coast of Florida to simulate deep space exploration for seven days.

10:43 In 2017, he became the first Canadian to lead a NASA astronaut class.

10:47 and he also enjoys getting out on a sailboat,

10:49 rock climbing, and mountain biking.

10:51 And he and his wife have three children.

11:44 As you can see, the crew members have dimmed the cabin lights inside Orion.

11:54 As they uh prepare for their lunar flyby,

11:56 they'll be configuring the cabin as they'd like to have it to allow

11:59 for proper positioning as they move about to and from the windows,

12:03 taking photos of the moon.

12:05 Dimming the lights also helps prevent

12:07 reflections from inside Orion onto the windows.

12:11 Ahead of this lunar flyby,

12:13 let's dive in and explain what you can expect over the next several hours.

12:17 The crew has about 6 hours allotted to make observations about the moon.

12:22 Throughout the flyby, their activities have been precisely timelined.

12:26 There are five five blocks of time during which

12:28 the crew will be observing the moon from Orion's windows.

12:32 At any time, two members will be at the windows working in a pair.

12:36 One crew member will be taking photos from window

12:39 2 with a blue shroud over the window.

12:41 This can help prevent that glare or reflection from inside Orion.

12:45 They have an 800 an 80 to 400 millimeter zoom lens to use.

12:50 The other astronaut will be in window 3 using their portable computing device.

12:54 You'll hear that referred to as PCD to make annotations.

12:58 Both of these crew members will make audio recordings of what

13:01 they are seeing and they'll wear headsets connected to those PCDs.

13:05 Those audio recordings will be sent to the science team at a later date.

13:08 We will not hear them live.

13:11 The two crew members at the windows will

13:12 swap roles and positions halfway through their timelined block.

13:16 The other two crew members who won't be at the windows

13:18 at that time will be serving in the background as support.

13:21 One will be conducting the science set reps or situation reports.

13:26 This is what we will hear live from the crew.

13:28 They'll be calling down a few times

13:30 each hour to discuss what they are observing.

13:32 Those situation reports include how the crew is positioned,

13:35 any missed targets, or anything unexpected they saw.

13:39 Lunar target descriptions, any hardware issues, and of course,

13:42 their emotions and reactions as they fly by the moon.

13:46 The other support crew member will take pictures

13:48 of the astronauts at the windows and serve as camera support,

13:51 providing new SD cards when needed.

13:54 There's a 15minute time frame between each observation block during which

13:58 the two support members switch places with the crew making observations.

14:27 two views, both coming from Orion.

14:30 They're on the left, the inside of the spacecraft,

14:33 and on the right, a view of our moon, the destination for today.

14:52 during the lunar flyby today.

14:54 Orion will provide astronauts with a f a full disc view of the lunar surface.

14:59 They'll have a higher vantage point,

15:01 much farther than Apollo's lunar orbits on average.

15:04 These astronauts can observe both the holes

15:06 and largecale geological features in a single view.

15:11 And due to our April 1st launch date and current illumination conditions,

15:15 the Artemis 2 astronauts have become the first humans to directly

15:18 observe certain far side regions of the moon with unaded eyes.

17:00 Great.

17:00 Thank you.

17:01 Ready?

17:07 Okay.

17:07 How do I Is it all We are now 36 minutes until we see the Integrity crew pass

18:48 the Apollo 13 distance record and joining me

18:50 on console I have Julian Gross the Artemis curation lead.

18:53 Thanks for joining me today.

18:55 Thanks for having me.

18:55 I'm very excited to be here.

18:57 We're very excited to have you.

18:58 So can you tell me about your role

19:00 as Artemis create Artemis curation lead and what that entails?

19:04 Yeah.

19:05 So for the overall Artemis campaign,

19:06 I'm the Artemis um lunar sample curation lead.

19:09 That means I'm helping Artem I'm helping NASA to return

19:12 the next set of lunar samples from the lunar surface.

19:15 Um, and for Artemis 2 specifically,

19:17 I'm one of the uh science theme leads and specifically

19:21 I'm responsible or the voice for impacts poles and landing sites.

19:25 Fascinating.

19:26 So, how what helped us select the targets

19:28 that the crew is going to be photographing today?

19:31 So, we had a plan coming in where we um basically made a list

19:34 of all the available targets uh during

19:37 the April launch window um because before you launch,

19:41 we wouldn't exactly be sure which um targets would be visible.

19:45 Uh and so once we launched,

19:47 we then were able to uh cut down on that list and prioritize our targets.

19:52 Um and the five theme leads uh came together and really discussed

19:56 and collaborative uh talked through which um

20:00 the long length configured for lunar flyby

20:07 which targets we could then which targets we could then see um and prioritize

20:12 um and so that made it into our plan.

20:14 We worked then with timeline to make sure that all the targets are visible.

20:18 Uh some targets are time dependent like or set or earth rise and some

20:21 targets will rotate out of view uh when integrity starts going around the moon.

20:25 And so we we put these in early so

20:27 that the crew has a chance to describe those to us.

20:30 Fascinating.

20:31 I cannot wait to hear what they have to say.

20:33 So we just heard them say that their long lens is configured.

20:35 That's very exciting.

20:37 And for us when we look at the moon from Earth,

20:39 what features are we seeing that the crew will also fly by today?

20:44 Yeah.

20:44 So I really hope that um people on Earth uh who

20:48 are in in nighttime u will look up into the moon tonight.

20:51 Um the features that the crew will see that we

20:54 can also currently see um is Arus Arcus Plateau.

20:58 Uh Grimaldi is another feature.

21:00 Um they're going to be sort of on our limb.

21:02 And then Oceanana's procolarum that really dark large uh

21:06 area on the near side that we can see.

21:08 The crew is going to see that in the beginning.

21:10 Um the more they fly around, the less of that they will see.

21:14 So those are targets we will hear them describe early on in the flyby.

21:18 Fascinating.

21:18 Well, and the crew has been training for years for this day,

21:21 and so we're going to hear them make a lot

21:23 of calls about uh what they are seeing on the moon,

21:26 and they're going to use a lot of interesting

21:28 terms that uh I myself need some brushing up on.

21:31 So, could you walk us through a few of the things

21:33 that we'll hear them use to describe the moon like albido,

21:37 exosphere, ejecta, just some of those major

21:40 terms we expect to hear from the crew?

21:42 Yeah, of course.

21:42 Um albido is basically a term um of a reflectiveness of the surface.

21:48 And so high albido usually for the moon means

21:51 bright areas and low albido means like darker areas.

21:54 And so when you look into the night sky you can see the the high

21:56 albido areas are the white parts and the low albido ones are the darker areas.

22:01 Um, eector is when you have an impact and um it ejects or um throws out material

22:09 that then ends up on the surface and you

22:11 can see that as sort of rays or ray system.

22:13 So you might hear them describe oh I can see M for example with its rays.

22:18 It has an asometric rays coming out

22:20 and so we're excited to hear them describe that.

22:24 Um you might hopefully hear stuff about color or color hues.

22:28 Um, and so if they can see any changes um,

22:32 in those color hues from like white to gray to maybe brownish,

22:36 um, we're excited to be here about that.

22:38 Um, exosphere is the almost no existing um, atmosphere of the moon.

22:45 Um, it's barely there.

22:47 Uh, but there is dust on the lunar

22:50 surface that can get lofted up through electrostatic forces.

22:54 Um, and when the sun goes behind the moon,

22:56 it can scatter forward on those dust particles and sort

23:00 of like create a little glow on the horizon.

23:02 And so we're really excited to see if the crew can actually see that.

23:06 This is so exciting.

23:07 Thank you so much for walking through all of that with us,

23:10 Julian Gross, Artemis Curation Lead.

23:12 We really appreciate you joining us here today and good luck to your team.

23:15 Thank you.

23:15 I'm really excited to be here.

23:18 We are now me 4 days 18 hours and 49 minutes into the flight of Orion.

23:25 This view of the moon from the Orion spacecraft as we get closer and closer.

25:10 We're live here in Artemis mission control

25:12 at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas,

25:14 just about 32 minutes way until the crew surpasses the record

25:18 set by Apollo 13 as the farthest astronauts to ever leave Earth.

25:27 This view coming from a camera mounted

25:29 on the tip of one of Orion's four solar arrays.

25:32 Each array has a camera on its tip,

25:34 and so we anticipate getting views throughout the lunar flyby.

25:37 Of course, except during the point of loss

25:40 of signal when the spacecraft flies behind the moon.

25:48 Inside the cabin, the crew are configuring

25:50 the uh inside of Orion for today's flyby,

25:54 making sure they have everything just where they want it to help them take

25:58 the pictures that they are aiming for for the science team here on the ground.

26:04 Coming up in just a few minutes, we will have a pre-Lunar flyby conference.

26:09 During that lunar flyby science crew conference,

26:12 our science officer here on console, Kelsey Young, will be speaking directly

26:16 with the crew members about their targets,

26:19 about their goals for today, what they expect to see,

26:21 and what we are hoping to hear from them.

26:55 We have a lot of milestones coming up today, so make sure you don't miss them.

26:59 The first coming up again at 1:56 p.m.

27:02 Eastern time, the crew will pass the distance

27:04 from Earth record set by Apollo 13 in 1970.

27:07 At 2:45 p.m., lunar flyby officially begins.

27:11 The crew will have that time on their schedules to begin photographing

27:14 and providing audio uh recordings of what they are seeing on the moon.

27:19 At 7:02 p.m., Orion will make its closest approach to the moon,

27:22 approximately 4,70 miles away.

27:26 Of course, all of these numbers are going

27:27 to have to be confirmed following the flyby.

27:30 These are estimates and we are working with orbital.

27:38 Ahead of the official beginning of flyby today, Kelsey Young,

27:41 Artemis science flight operations lead,

27:43 will be conducting a pre-Lunar flyby crew conference.

27:46 She will give information on camera setup,

27:48 remind the crew of their intended targets,

27:50 answer questions from the astronauts, and more.

27:53 Young will help the crew set their targeting timeline,

27:56 which counts down the time they have to image each target.

27:59 and what they'll be capturing next.

28:01 She'll also remind them what that the ground

28:03 team will be calling for science sitreps, also known as situation reports.

28:08 Those are essentially call downs to report what they've been observing.

28:11 They'll continue to do this even through their LOS, their loss of signal,

28:15 as those communications will come down later

28:18 on after they reconnect with us on Earth.

28:40 this view in the cabin.

28:41 You can see the crew members are already

28:43 using their cameras getting set up and they

28:45 have dimmed the cabin lights to allow them

28:47 better visibility outside of the windows and fewer reflections.

28:50 Now 28 minutes until they become the humans to travel farthest from our planet.

29:03 Houston Integrity, we are ready for the conference.

29:05 On your call, Houston is ready for the conference.

29:13 Passing you over to science.

29:20 Good morning crew.

29:21 This is science.

29:22 We couldn't be more excited for a full

29:24 day of lunar and planetary observations today.

29:26 The first one in over 54 years.

29:28 How do you hear me?

29:34 We hear you loud and clear.

29:35 And Kelsey, you just got to know you're pulling us away from the moon right now.

29:39 So, let's go.

29:44 Message received.

29:45 I will keep it tight here.

29:46 Um, I did just want to start with a thank you on behalf

29:48 of the lunar science team and the entire

29:50 lunar and planetary science community of which

29:52 you are absolutely a part for what you've already done in this mission

29:55 and what you're going to do today to inspire the next generation of scientists.

29:59 Um, I have to say moonjoy is the new

30:01 term that's already become our team's new motto.

30:03 So, thanks for that.

30:04 Um, in this conference we'll cover hardware and config reminders.

30:07 Um, and then I'll just briefly, as you said, cover today's science plan.

30:11 Um, I'm assuming you already have your LTPS up.

30:14 Um, confirm that and I'll jump quickly into the cabin config reminders.

30:29 Okay, we uh have the LTP to give you a sit rep on board.

30:34 You've got Reed and Christina on one PCD

30:37 and Ike has his own and Jeremy has his own.

30:44 Copy that.

30:44 That was going to be one of my questions for you.

30:46 Um, and I'll ask a question back.

30:48 Is that the config that um,

30:50 you and Christina plan to carry throughout the day for PCD use?

31:01 Negative, Kelsey.

31:01 Our plan for PCD use is we have run the power cables to windows

31:06 two and three and we are going to leave one PCD the yellow PCD will

31:12 be in window two and the green PCD will be in window three and we

31:18 will do that the whole day and then the red PCD will be a rover.

31:24 Understood.

31:24 Super helpful.

31:25 um recommend when you guys switch in and out of PCDs to add your initials

31:29 to your onenote annotations just so we can keep track of who's is who.

31:34 Um, and then given that you have three PCDs instead

31:37 of four for the data transfer at the end of the day,

31:40 recommend making a new subdirectory for entitled for science

31:44 for your own photos um or with your initials that we can keep track of which cam

31:49 which pictures came from which flashcards this view.

32:14 So, Kelsey, I just want to just do here's what we're doing.

32:18 We have community cards in all cameras on board

32:20 and then when each astronaut approaches their camera,

32:23 the intent is they will put their card into that camera for photos

32:28 and then put the community card back in at the end of the session.

32:31 But just know it is it is harder to manage

32:33 cards than we thought and we don't want to miss science.

32:35 So it might end up a bit more disorganized.

32:40 Understood.

32:41 Thanks for that essay.

32:42 Um just read the uh flash card numbers down when you get a chance.

32:46 um and we'll follow your lead on the best

32:48 thing to do operationally during the flyby.

32:51 Um with that, I'll move on to windows.

32:54 Um so the window characterization DFTO you guys did a few

32:57 days ago um confirm that window 2 is ideal for imaging.

33:01 Um so no change to config of photographer in window 2,

33:04 observer in window 3, and science reps in window one.

33:14 coming up on a handover.

33:16 Be back.

33:16 Uh, hang on, Kelsey.

33:17 The way we have it configured, tell us if this is going to be wrong.

33:20 Window two is the long lens with a shroud.

33:23 Window, as you heard science officer call to the crew.

33:28 We are now in a handover time period.

33:30 We will regain communications with the crew very shortly.

33:33 These are tracked uh and we are currently on the deep space network.

33:38 This is the first time humans have used the deep space network in over 50 years.

33:42 Given that we currently use the tracking data relay

33:44 satellite systems in the uh for the international space station.

33:54 This view from Artemis mission control on the right is Kelsey Young.

33:58 That's who you hear speaking with the crew.

34:03 Young is the Artemis science flight operations lead and we

34:06 also look forward to speaking with her here today.

34:42 again.

34:43 We are just about 22 minutes until we reach the Apollo record.

34:48 We are in a handover of satellites with the crew aboard Orion.

34:52 The t-shirt shroud for the Z9 and solar.

34:55 And then window three will be for visual

34:57 observations and window four is for floater.

35:04 And thanks and thanks integrity for that Reed.

35:09 Um we had a handover during that time.

35:11 So I'm going to have to ask you to give

35:13 that read back on window uh orientation for the crew again.

35:22 Okay.

35:22 We are happy to change it, but the way we have it configured right now is

35:25 window one has a t-shirt shroud for the Z9 for solar.

35:29 Window two has the shroud for the long lens for both lunar and solar.

35:34 Window three is for visual observations.

35:37 Window four is for floater.

35:39 And then the docking hatch window has had a great view.

35:41 So we've done a lot of mapping through that as well.

35:47 All right, copy.

35:48 They all read um a note just on the window

35:50 one t-shirt shroud that you can remove that for the lunar

35:54 observation block if you want to if you want that extra

35:57 view for another floater but defer to you guys on that.

36:01 Um you are go to use the full 400 millimeter zoom on the long lens.

36:06 Um but where possible try to keep the end of the lens flush

36:10 with the window to prevent imaging through

36:13 the multiple window panes at an angle.

36:16 And if you have to take an image at an angle,

36:19 re recommend you limit the max focal length to 200

36:23 millimeters or simply acquire the images at multiple focal lengths.

36:28 Um, last imaging um, update as a result of the DFTO is that if you can

36:36 take the images out of the left side of window two where possible,

36:41 that is the best half the window.

36:43 understand that might not be possible with the shroud.

36:46 Any other imaging questions from you?

36:57 Okay, copy that.

37:01 Okay, last couple reminders.

37:02 Um, don't forget the ability to take the wave files to tag uh imagery

37:08 that you are um wanting to follow up on using the FN3 button on your camera.

37:14 Um, and then a couple quick notes on your LTP.

37:18 We have refined your precise flyby timing since generating the LTP.

37:23 Optimus has the correct timing for the LOS and AOS,

37:27 but the LTP identifiers for LOS and AOS are

37:30 roughly 2 minutes later than they will be in reality.

37:34 Final LTP timing real uh update is that the green line

37:38 on your LTP should start automatically 45 minutes before the flyby.

37:44 If it doesn't appear, let me know and I'll have troubleshooting steps for you.

37:48 Um last updates um are on the eclipse.

37:52 Um so only for that last hour today.

37:54 Um of course remember if the sun is in view

37:57 to use your eclipse glasses and reminder that we will

38:00 have a few activities for you prior to the eclipse

38:03 to reconfigure all three cameras for corona and deep sky observations.

38:08 There these activities um some of which will occur during the forward link LOS.

38:13 So we wanted to flag it for you.

38:14 Now, any questions before I cover the last two reminders?

38:24 No, we have no questions on that.

38:27 Last couple eclipse reminders.

38:29 Um, the sunset period and the first roughly 23 minutes

38:32 of the eclipse will fall during that forward link loss,

38:36 but we'll still have a return link and we're still looking

38:38 forward to your science sit reps and observations during that time.

38:41 Um, and I do have reminder for you on your preferred

38:45 starting config for the Eclipse in terms of RO responsibility.

38:50 Let me know if you want me to read that up

38:51 or if you guys have that um in your minds already.

38:55 And if no other questions on config,

38:57 I'll give you a few science focused reminders.

39:12 Uh, give us a quick high level, but uh,

39:14 we we see it in Optimus and I think we got it squared away,

39:17 but give us your quick Kelsey high level.

39:23 Okay.

39:23 Um, a couple changes from the first LTP you studied are that is

39:28 that Glushko is the only feature that the same pair will view tight twice.

39:32 That's Reed and Jeremy.

39:34 That's why that's the only target you see that is marked as one of one and two,

39:38 one of two and two of two.

39:40 Um, so Omen and O oriental are in there twice, but they're by different pairs,

39:44 which is why you don't see them marked accordingly.

39:46 Um, a note uh from feedback on your observations

39:50 so far over the last couple days.

39:52 Um, reminder that if you note structure and texture as well as color and albido,

39:58 please note any correlation between the two.

40:00 And also reminder that negative observations are still valuable science.

40:05 So a lack of color or a lack

40:06 of structure associated with color is also valuable.

40:10 Um a reminder also that your observations so far indicate

40:14 it will likely take some time for your eyes to adjust.

40:17 We especially heard that around

40:19 your terminator observations and your color observations.

40:22 So, reminder to um know that your eye adaptation is going to kind of come

40:27 in throughout your shift and let us know when you start to see that nuance.

40:31 Last reminder is um around Earth Set and Earthrise.

40:35 When you're viewing us back here at home,

40:37 you'll be looking directly at Asia, Africa, and Oceanana.

40:41 So, I'm sure people watching from those places here on Earth will

40:43 want to give you all a wave as you take their picture.

40:46 Any other questions from me?

40:48 for me.

41:05 And Kelsey, hey, when you're talking window, left and right side,

41:09 uh just can you say towards window one or towards window

41:12 three and then we'll know that we are talking the same language?

41:17 Absolutely.

41:17 Okay.

41:18 So, I mean that the side of window

41:20 2 closest to window three is preferred for imaging.

41:31 Okay.

41:31 The side of window two closest to window 3 is preferred for recording.

41:36 Stand by.

41:36 We'll talk to the crew.

41:42 Again, we are in our pre-Lunar flyby science conference with Kelsey Young.

41:55 Kelsey Young is the Artemis science flight

41:57 operations leading with the crew aboard Orion.

42:02 They've been training for this moment for years and this is

42:04 their last opportunity to get some uh further pointers and information.

42:08 Before the t-shirt shroud,

42:10 what window does the science team think will have the best view?

42:14 Is it window one or window four?

42:18 The only time we're strongly recommending use of the window

42:22 eclipse the window the t-shirt window shroud for the eclipse viewing.

42:25 Which window is primary for Z9?

42:30 Window one.

42:39 Okay, awesome.

42:40 So, we have got that all set up.

42:42 And just to be 100% sure, window one is the most port window by the food warmer.

42:47 Window two is right in front of seat one.

42:50 Window three is right in front of seat two.

42:51 And window four is on the starboard side by the side hatch.

42:55 Do you agree with all that?

42:57 We agree on the ground.

42:58 Good readback.

43:05 Okay, that's awesome.

43:06 Uh Kelsey, we're going to close with happy words.

43:08 It It's just incredible.

43:09 I wish you were up here to see all the smiling faces,

43:12 to hear all these terminologies being thrown around and uh

43:15 we are just fired up to get started on this day.

43:17 Uh let me pass the mic around if anybody has anything that

43:22 Kelsey, it's so great to hear your voice on the loops.

43:25 I just want to channel everything that you guys

43:28 are probably feeling right through my eyes and heart.

43:31 It is awesome to see the side of the moon.

43:33 You guys made us excited for this day and we couldn't appreciate it anymore

43:38 and we are ready to hopefully deliver

43:40 on all the awesome training you guys have provided.

43:46 I'll just add Kelsey,

43:48 it is blowing my mind what you can see with the naked eye on the moon right now.

43:53 It's just unbelievable.

43:57 Kelsey and to the whole lunar science team uh all of you all the work

44:01 you put into this we're just grateful can't wait to get going and uh thank you

44:04 for the tipper for Carol crater and for integrity we can see them and uh we've

44:09 imaged them and can even see with the naked

44:11 eye quite impressive thank you so much

44:16 beautiful words you guys thanks so much and I got video of the science

44:19 team right now and they are all absolutely buzzing looking forward to today.

44:29 Okay, we're heading into the timeline.

44:30 Cheers, guys.

44:50 of the pre- lunar flyby science conference with Dr.

44:54 Kelsey Young.

44:56 Young has served as the Artemis science

44:58 flight operations lead getting the crew ready.

45:00 And we're live in Artemis mission control in Houston.

45:03 But we are not the only room monitoring today's flyby.

45:06 As you heard Young mention, in this same building and just down the hall,

45:09 a multi-disiplinary lunar science team supports the Artemis 2 crew in real time,

45:14 including experts in lunar geology, impact cratering,

45:17 vcanism, polar science, imaging, and visualization.

45:22 There are two integrated facilities, and the first is the SIR,

45:25 which is what you have right here.

45:26 That's the science evaluation room.

45:28 They are embedded within mission control to provide science

45:31 input during live operations like what we see today.

45:34 Additionally, and not pictured, we have the science mission operations room,

45:39 a back room that processes data, evaluates imagery, and supports rapid analysis.

45:45 Our science officer on console and mission control Houston serves

45:48 as the primary interface between the science team and the flight controllers,

45:51 ensuring science priorities are represented during mission execution.

45:55 Again, today, that's Dr.

45:56 Kelsey Young, who will be speaking with the crew

45:59 during the time they are behind the moon.

46:01 We will be speaking with her uh once the crew

46:04 is behind the moon and out of communication with Earth.

46:16 Back inside the Orion spacecraft on your left,

46:19 closest to the camera, NASA astronaut Christina Cook.

46:24 To her left, NASA astronaut Reed Weisman.

46:26 To his left, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen.

46:30 And all the way in the back, NASA astronaut Victor Glover, our Artemis 2 crew.

47:10 We are now approaching 8 minutes until the crew surpasses the Apollo 13 record.

47:16 Currently 12,599 miles away from the moon, 248,57 miles away from Earth.

47:38 We uh you know, you may also hear

47:40 the Orion spacecraft referred to today as Integrity.

47:44 This was named by the Artemis 2 crew.

47:47 It is Integrity crew.

47:50 We have Reed's family in the viewing gallery.

47:53 You're welcome to say hello.

48:05 Well, whether you're being serious or you're getting around,

48:07 that is awesome to hear.

48:09 Thanks, Jenny.

48:10 And hello to Ellie and Katie.

48:12 I don't know who else is there,

48:14 but it's great to know that you're in mission control right now following along.

48:17 We are having a blast up here, and the view of the moon is absolutely amazing.

48:26 I'm seeing a lot of hearts come out of the viewing gallery and even more smiles.

48:30 Thanks, Re.

48:44 Copy heart.

48:46 Copy bracelet.

49:02 that call from Capcom.

49:03 Jenny Gibbons, Canadian Space Agency astronaut and Aremis 2 backup crew member,

49:08 letting Reed Wiseman know that he has family here

49:11 to support him today in the Artemis mission control viewing room.

49:33 As I was mentioning, we uh have the Orion spacecraft flying today.

49:38 However, the Aremis crew members named their Orion spacecraft Integrity.

49:42 So, you will hear calls to this entire crew with the name Integrity.

49:46 They say that the name integrity

49:48 embodies the foundation of trust, respect, cander,

49:51 and humility across the crew and the many engineers,

49:54 technicians, scientists, planners, and dreamers required for mission success.

50:08 This view live from the outside of Orion

50:11 as we continue preparing for our lunar flyby.

50:15 Now less than five minutes from surpassing the record set

50:18 by Apollo 13 astronauts for the farthest humans to travel from Earth.

50:22 This will not be the farthest that integrity travels today.

50:28 They will continue until they reach approximately a distance of 252,760 miles.

50:36 That would be about 4,15 miles farther than Apollo 13.

50:41 However, these numbers are our targets and we will get uh confirmation

50:46 on those numbers as soon as we possibly can and share them with you all.

51:10 We talked a little bit about what to expect from the crew,

51:12 whether that's taking photos or making audio recordings.

51:15 To get a little more detailed, Reed Wisman and Jeremy Hansen will be up first

51:20 to capture imagery and record audio on the portable computing devices.

51:24 You hear those referred to as PCDs,

51:26 while Victor and Christina serve as the support members.

51:30 The crew will switch windows and rolls halfway through their shift.

51:34 And 1 hour and 5 minutes later, Victor Glover and Christina Cook will be

51:37 the next crew members at windows 2 and three

51:40 to take photos and make annotations while

51:42 Reed and Jeremy take on those support roles.

51:45 There are five viewing blocks and the crew will swap out with each one.

51:48 During two of the blocks,

51:50 the two support members will also be able to enjoy their midday meal.

52:01 At least three times per block is a science set rep.

52:04 Again, situational report.

52:06 This is partially an operational status reporting back if

52:09 they missed any targets or gotten any specific ones,

52:12 if they have issues with their camera or any other uh operational items.

52:17 The other part is an actual description of the moon.

52:20 This task is done by one of the support team astronauts.

52:23 So, that's not the crew currently taking photos or making annotations,

52:26 but they do have windows one and four

52:28 that they can float up and provide that information from.

52:32 If you watch the entirety of the flyby,

52:34 you'll also notice the crew will be photographing some

52:36 targets multiple times to get observations in different lighting conditions.

52:41 This is due to Orion changing their location throughout the flyby.

52:50 What this crew will be able to capture in a couple of hours of the same

52:54 targets in different lighting would take orbiters years

52:57 to do because of solar and spacecraft positioning.

53:00 This crew has studied the moon extensively and they're also

53:03 familiar with what the science team calls the big 15.

53:06 These are 15 features that they've memorized.

53:08 So, at any time they'll be able to see five

53:11 of those and help orient themselves and where they are around the moon.

53:15 Those targets are diverse and complex in their geological history

53:19 and observations of them could help answer some big picture science questions.

53:49 If you've been following the mission,

53:51 you can see that the configuration of the cabin is

53:53 a little bit different than what it looked like on launch day.

53:56 After ascent, the team uh the crew were allowed to reconfigure

54:00 their spacecraft and you can see that they've taken down seats.

54:03 They have also taken away foot rests.

54:06 This gives them more opportunity to move about the spacecraft.

54:23 Orion itself has 330 cubic feet of habitable volume.

54:27 That's about the size of two minivans and is

54:29 60% more cubic volume than the Apollo spacecraft.

54:35 We are standing by for the integrity crew

54:38 aboard Orion to surpass the Apollo 13 record.

55:22 Integrity crew.

55:24 On April 15th, 1970, during the Apollo 13 me mission,

55:30 three explorers set the record for the farthest

55:32 distance humans have ever traveled from our home planet.

55:36 At that time over 55 years ago,

55:39 Levelvel Swigert and Hayes flew 248,655 statute miles away from Earth.

55:47 Today, for all humanity, you're pushing beyond that frontier.

55:52 Integrity, over to you.

56:03 Yeah.

56:04 From the cabin of integrity here as we surpass

56:08 the f furthest distance humans have ever traveled from planet earth.

56:13 We do so in honoring the extraordinary efforts

56:17 and feats of our predecessors in human space exploration.

56:22 We will continue our journey even further into space before mother

56:25 earth succeeds in pulling us back to everything that we hold dear.

56:31 But we most importantly choose this moment to challenge this generation

56:36 and and the next to make sure this record is not long lived.

56:50 Thank you, Integrity,

56:51 and congratulations to you and the rest of the Artemis 2 team.

57:01 Thank you, Houston.

57:02 We have a couple more things uh we'd like to take this moment for.

57:07 Um our science team uh helped us out with a couple

57:10 of relatively fresh craters on the moon that have not

57:14 been previously named and our crew would like to propose

57:18 a couple of potential names for those items or those areas.

57:23 and we spent a bit of time uh this morning looking out the window

57:26 and we're able to see them now both with our naked eye and through the long

57:30 lens and so we feel this is a good time to uh send this down

57:34 and a spe special shout out to Kelsey for helping us uh with this.

57:39 The first one uh we'd like to suggest is

57:42 a named crater in honor of our great spacecraft integrity.

57:47 And so if you were to look at Oriental on the far

57:51 side and then draw a line straight up tom on the far

57:54 side relatively in the middle is an unnamed crater and we

57:58 would like to suggest it be called integrity in the future.

58:04 My second and the second one and especially meaningful for this crew is a number

58:11 of years ago we started this journey and our close-knit astronaut family and we

58:16 lost a loved one and there's a there's a feature in a really neat

58:21 place on the moon and it is on the near side far side boundary.

58:26 In fact, it's just on the near side of that boundary.

58:29 And so at certain times of the uh moon's transit around Earth,

58:34 you can we will be able to see this from Earth.

58:37 And so we lost a loved one.

58:39 Her name was Carol, the spouse of Reed, the mother of Katie and Ellie.

58:50 And if you want to find this one,

58:51 you look at Glushko and it's just to the northwest

58:56 of that at the same latitude as M.

58:58 And it's a it's a bright spot on the moon.

59:03 And we would like to call it Carol.

59:06 And you spell that C A R R O L L.

59:55 Integrity and Carol Crater loud and clear.

59:58 Thank you.

1:01:38 as the Artemis 2 crew passed the record set by Apollo 13 for the farthest

1:01:43 humans to ever try from to ever fly from Earth at 12:57 p.m.

1:01:48 Central time, 1:57 p.m.

1:01:51 Eastern time.

1:01:53 Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen shared.

1:01:56 We're getting ourselves all put and back together now and we are

1:01:58 going to dim the cabin lights and prepare for our science objectives ahead.

1:02:02 Thank you.

1:02:05 Sounds good.

1:02:05 We're doing the same down here.

1:02:06 And you are maneuvering to your observation attitudes.

1:02:17 As we pass that Apollo 13 record of the furthest

1:02:20 humans to ever fly from Earth at 12:57 p.m.

1:02:23 Central time, 1:57 p.m.

1:02:26 Eastern time, the Artemis 2 crew shared some poignant words,

1:02:30 specifically Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen.

1:02:34 The crew also called down two craters,

1:02:36 not yet named, that they would like to name.

1:02:39 One, Integrity, in honor of their spacecraft, which they have named.

1:02:44 That's near the M crater.

1:02:47 Another near Klushko,

1:02:48 which is a bright spot named Carol in memory of Reed Wiseman's wife.

1:03:00 There was a moment of silence here in Mission Control Houston.

1:03:04 And now the team and the Artemis 2 crew are ready to begin their lunar flyby.

1:04:39 We are four days, 19 hours,

1:04:42 31 minutes mission elapsed time of the flight of Artemis 2,

1:04:46 our four astronauts aboard Orion.

1:04:48 Today is our lunar flyby day.

1:04:52 The spacecraft is currently about 12,000 miles away from the moon,

1:04:56 and you can keep up with the distance

1:04:58 from Orion to the moon and Earth by visiting nasa.gov/traartemis.

1:05:03 Or you can just stay with us here because

1:05:04 we're going to be telling you throughout the day.

1:05:06 They are currently 248,834 miles away from planet Earth.

1:06:57 Coming up next on the cruise timeline

1:06:59 today will be their cabin configuration portion.

1:07:02 You heard some calls down to science officer Dr.

1:07:04 Kelsey Young earlier about how they have configured the cabin so far.

1:07:08 This is just a little bit more of uh timelined

1:07:11 activity for them if they need to further do so.

1:07:16 On flight day three,

1:07:17 the crew had time on their schedule allotted for configuring

1:07:20 the spacecraft cabin for how they intended to arrange it today.

1:07:25 Of course, they had to uh take down that configuration

1:07:28 for another test yesterday of their Orion crew survival system suits,

1:07:33 but uh configuring it on flight day three allows them the opportunity to get

1:07:37 a chance to see what works for them

1:07:39 now that they are in the microgravity environment.

1:08:23 Again, the crew is about to begin

1:08:37 their cabin configuration portion of their timeline,

1:08:40 though they have been working that um already

1:08:42 as well as potentially during their posts period this morning.

1:08:46 The official lunar flyby observations are slated

1:08:49 to begin in just about 40 minutes.

1:08:54 That's when we'll have the crew at the windows photographing the moon

1:08:57 as well as making calls down about what they are seeing.

1:09:10 And we are live here in Artemis mission control for the duration of the flyby.

1:09:15 Currently the orbit one flight control team is on console.

1:09:18 This room is staffed 24/7 from the time

1:09:21 before the astronauts step foot on the rocket until

1:09:24 the time they splash down and are safely

1:09:27 recovered in the Pacific Ocean on flight day 10.

1:10:52 again.

1:10:52 This is Artemis mission control here in Houston.

1:10:57 We are now 11,777 miles away from the moon.

1:11:01 We did pass the Apollo 13 record

1:11:04 of farthest humans away from Earth at 12:57 p.m.

1:11:07 Central time, 1:57 p.m.

1:11:10 Eastern time.

1:11:13 That distance, 248,655 statute miles from the Earth,

1:11:17 continuing to be exceeded by the crew.

1:11:20 They will reach their farthest distance from the Earth around 6:07 p.m.

1:11:24 Central time.

1:11:25 At that time, they will be in an LOS or a loss

1:11:28 of signal with us on Earth as they'll be flying behind the moon.

1:13:30 as the crew gets into their cabin configuration preparations.

1:13:33 We are joined by Dr.

1:13:34 Sarah Noble, the Artemis lunar science lead.

1:13:37 Thanks for joining us here today.

1:13:38 Yeah, it's quite a day.

1:13:39 Yeah, we are very excited.

1:13:40 I can only imagine how you guys are doing over there.

1:13:43 So, tell me a little bit about yourself and what your role is for Artemis 2.

1:13:47 Sure.

1:13:47 So I'm the Aremis lunar science lead.

1:13:50 So over the entire campaign and I my job is basically to make

1:13:53 sure that as we have this big adventure back to the moon,

1:13:56 we actually learn new things about the moon.

1:13:58 Fascinating.

1:13:58 So why is the moon such an important destination today?

1:14:02 Yeah.

1:14:02 So the moon is a pretty amazing place.

1:14:04 It is a great place to learn about um basic fundamental um processes

1:14:08 that happen on like all the planets

1:14:10 like cratering and volcanology and also it is

1:14:13 um you know part of our earth moon system and you know the earth

1:14:16 recycles its its uh rocks pretty well

1:14:19 right through plate tectonics and weathering and whatever.

1:14:21 Most of the rocks on the earth are geologically young but on the moon we have

1:14:25 the entire record that goes back four

1:14:27 and a half billion years until since we for formed.

1:14:29 And so if we really want to learn about what h was happening

1:14:33 uh in that period like moon is really the only place we can go.

1:14:36 We're also thinking about going back to the moon

1:14:38 and we want to go to the lunar south pole.

1:14:40 So what makes that such an interesting destination?

1:14:43 Yeah south pole is cool right?

1:14:44 It's it's far away from the places we went during Apollo.

1:14:47 It's different kinds of of rocks there.

1:14:48 Some of the oldest rocks on the on the moon.

1:14:50 It's also a place where we think there might be resources like water.

1:14:54 uh there are craters that that really never can see the sun because

1:14:57 of the low sun angles there and they get very cold and and and we

1:15:00 think that water and other things can build up in those craters

1:15:03 and so we're very interested to see uh what that might do for us.

1:15:06 I'm very interested as well.

1:15:07 So for some of our viewers who might be new

1:15:09 to this, what does lunar science look like during an Artemis mission?

1:15:13 Yeah, it's pretty exciting for us as we have sort of built this from scratch

1:15:17 to try to understand how we can best use the crew to support our science.

1:15:21 And so, you know, we've developed a system.

1:15:23 We've got um a team in place.

1:15:24 We've got a back room here uh here in this building called the SIR,

1:15:28 the science evaluation room.

1:15:29 And there's fact a back room to that back room over in another another building

1:15:32 here at Johnson Space Center where we've

1:15:34 got our teams of scientists working really hard.

1:15:36 Uh they're actually speaking to to this room

1:15:38 uh through our science officer was this is now the first time we've ever had

1:15:41 a science officer uh in in flight control room.

1:15:44 So, we're pretty excited about that.

1:15:46 So, we have a really voice out and and up to the crew.

1:15:48 I know it's been so exciting to hear Dr.

1:15:50 Dr.

1:15:50 Kelsey Young speaking directly with the crew today.

1:15:52 Now, so close to the moon and we have a live

1:15:54 view here of the science operation or the science evaluation room.

1:15:58 So, this is where the majority of your team is today.

1:16:00 Is that right?

1:16:01 Yeah, that's right.

1:16:01 This is a big chunk of our of our scientists.

1:16:03 You can see them in there now working working

1:16:05 hard trying to uh get ready for the day.

1:16:07 Um and then again, there's a there's a second room uh

1:16:10 where we have a lot of our data folks where the data

1:16:11 will first come down and they'll sort of sift through

1:16:14 the data and get it ready for this team to to take.

1:16:16 What's the mood like right now in the sir?

1:16:19 It is um I would say giddy.

1:16:21 I think uh we are all uh we've worked very hard for this.

1:16:24 They have they have done simulation after simulation.

1:16:27 They have worked really hard for over the last couple years to get ready

1:16:29 for this moment and I think everybody's just

1:16:31 really excited to see you know even already

1:16:34 we've we've had some some uh descriptions from the crew coming down and it's so

1:16:37 great to see their joy uh and our joy our love for the moon come through.

1:16:42 Yes, we are in for a real treat today if

1:16:44 it's been anything like their observations the past couple of days.

1:16:47 So, how are the lunar science teams using this test

1:16:50 flight to prepare for future missions to the moon?

1:16:52 Yeah, absolutely.

1:16:53 This is the way that we are building

1:16:54 our foundation for the future from everything from, you know,

1:16:57 how do you train a crew to to be a geologist, right?

1:17:00 And so, you know, working through

1:17:01 that, getting them classroom training, field training,

1:17:04 uh building the science team,

1:17:06 building these physical rooms that we are in, designing them,

1:17:08 designing software that the teams are using, and then,

1:17:11 you know, figuring out uh what happens to that data.

1:17:13 They're going to take this data and it's going to come down and how do we get it

1:17:15 out to not only our team but out

1:17:17 to the world and the rest of the science community.

1:17:19 Yeah, that's a great point because when you hear these crew members talk,

1:17:22 you would never know that they're not geologists.

1:17:24 Your team has trained them so well.

1:17:26 They have been very good students.

1:17:28 Who can blame them?

1:17:29 It's a pretty great topic.

1:17:30 Uh, one more question for you.

1:17:32 How does the science that we're doing on Artemis help

1:17:35 support long-term exploration and including our sustained presence on the moon?

1:17:40 Yeah, you know what?

1:17:40 We have a saying uh in the science mission

1:17:42 directorate that science enables exploration

1:17:44 and exploration enables science right.

1:17:46 So you needs the scientists because we are the ones who are

1:17:48 the experts in you know landing site and doing analysis of landing site

1:17:52 and making sure we can find a good place to land to like

1:17:54 understanding the properties of the soil so we can you know design

1:17:57 our systems to manage that understanding

1:17:59 the radiation environment keeping our astronauts

1:18:01 safe all of these things right but you know in return you provide

1:18:04 us with opportunities where now we're going to be able to collect

1:18:07 this data and collect samples and deploy our instruments and all of that.

1:18:10 So, it's a it's a symbiotic relationship.

1:18:12 That makes perfect sense.

1:18:13 Well, Dr.

1:18:14 Saran Noble, Artemis lunar science lead,

1:18:16 thank you so much for joining us here today.

1:18:18 Best of luck to you and you you and your team,

1:18:20 and I hope that you get to enjoy today, too.

1:18:22 Thank you so much.

1:18:24 We are now uh getting closer and closer to our lunar neighbor.

1:18:28 This live view coming from the Orion spacecraft

1:18:31 and a camera mounted on one of its solar array wings.

1:20:52 Houston integrity for camera serial numbers.

1:20:59 Ready to copy.

1:21:06 Hey Jenny, these are card numbers for the various positions.

1:21:12 For the long lens on the D5, we will have individual cards.

1:21:18 Victors 1008, Jeremy 1,9, Reed, 12, myself, 15.

1:21:33 For the Z9, we will have one card that is dedicated for today.

1:21:39 Serial number 107.

1:21:43 For the cabin camera D5, we will have one dedicated card for today.

1:21:49 Serial number 100 22.

1:22:01 All right, Christina, we copy all.

1:22:02 Thank you.

1:22:15 We just realized that we have Earth out window one and moon out window two.

1:22:21 And we were I'm sorry, Earth out window four and moon out window three.

1:22:25 And it gives you the best idea of scale we have had yet.

1:22:29 The moon is about three to four times the size of the Earth.

1:22:32 And it is almost full.

1:22:34 in the earth is just a small crescent out there.

1:22:37 Uh it's magnificent.

1:22:39 I got a picture of it uh with the wide lens.

1:22:41 Such a majestic view out here.

1:22:48 Amaze.

1:22:48 Amaze.

1:22:48 Amaze.

1:22:49 Thank you, Reed.

1:23:04 Those are some of the communications we're excited most about today.

1:23:08 Commander Reed Wisman calling down their view right now.

1:23:11 Obviously a little bit different than what we

1:23:13 can see from this solar solar array camera.

1:23:16 Uh they are looking through the windows of the Orion spacecraft

1:23:19 able to see at the same time Earth and the moon.

1:23:23 You also heard NASA astronaut Christina Cook calling down

1:23:26 some of the cameras that they will be using today.

1:23:32 The crew is in that cabin configuration portion and we expect

1:23:36 the lunar flyby observation period to start just about 20 minutes.

1:24:07 Checking in on Orion's distance and speed.

1:24:09 They are currently traveling 1,71 mph, 249,59 miles away from Earth,

1:24:18 11,293 miles away from the moon, and continuing to grow closer.

1:24:26 At closest approach to the moon today, the spacecraft would be will be just

1:24:30 about 4,070 miles away from the lunar surface.

1:24:35 This will be during our loss of signal

1:24:37 with the crew as they travel behind the moon.

1:24:39 And we will await their return to get the official number

1:24:43 for you for how close they come to our lunar neighbor.

1:25:49 Inside the cabin today, the lunar targeting package is the primary tool guiding

1:25:53 the crew observations and consists of two key components.

1:25:57 The lunar geography review helped the astronauts study major lunar features

1:26:01 in advance and help learn how to orient themselves during the flyby.

1:26:05 Because of course, the moon is not actually labeled

1:26:08 like it appears here when we look at this map.

1:26:10 The learner targeting plan provides a detailed timeline of observation targets,

1:26:14 background science context, and specific instructions for the Pictures the crew

1:26:19 should take as well as the verbal description descriptions that will be helpful

1:26:23 to the science team reviewing them later.

1:26:26 This is a screenshot from their lunar targeting

1:26:29 package and a screenshot specifically of that lunar attitude.

1:26:37 Go ahead.

1:26:43 Hey Jenny, understanding we are in final attitude now for the lunar flyby.

1:26:50 Would it be possible to pitch the vehicle down 5 degrees?

1:26:55 That would allow us to get the D5 long

1:26:58 lens flush and have the least amount of window distortion.

1:27:07 We're taking That call from Christina Cook,

1:27:11 NASA astronaut and mission specialist on Artemis 2.

1:27:17 Copy.

1:27:17 The Orion spacecraft is positioned in a specific attitude to allow the crew

1:27:22 to best see the moon outside

1:27:23 of their windows today for this imaging opportunity.

1:27:27 That call was a request for a potential attitude shift just slightly,

1:27:31 another 5° to give them a better view and to give

1:27:36 them a better opportunity to use their long lens camera.

1:27:42 They'll also be using that lunar targeting package we were discussing.

1:27:46 I am following along with that real time,

1:27:48 so I'll be able to share with you exactly

1:27:49 what targets the crew is looking at and when.

1:27:52 They also trained with a lunar science passport.

1:27:54 It's a little reference guide used on Earth

1:27:57 to reinforce recognition of key lunar features.

1:28:00 It is not on the flight,

1:28:01 but it was a significant study tool for the crew to get them ready for launch.

1:28:06 The apparent size of the moon will change throughout the flyby,

1:28:10 and it'll appear roughly like a basketball held

1:28:13 at arms length at the crew's closest approach.

1:28:17 That reinforces the need for careful

1:28:19 planning and practiced observation techniques.

1:28:45 Houston integrity for timeline.

1:28:50 Good.

1:29:06 Hey Jenny, just to make absolutely

1:29:08 sure that we start observations when expected,

1:29:11 we are showing in Optimus that observation time starts

1:29:15 in about 15 minutes and in LTP that our first target,

1:29:20 discussion one, starts in about 29 minutes.

1:29:24 Can you confirm you'd like us to start discussion one in 29 minutes at 1900 GMT?

1:29:39 Christina, we are tracking that discussion 1 should start at 18:45.

1:29:46 That's 15 minutes from now.

1:30:01 Okay, copy all.

1:30:02 It may be a granularity issue with LTP,

1:30:05 but understand that we start that observation in 15 minutes.

1:30:09 And I bet when we get there,

1:30:10 the green line in LTP will match the start of the white band for discussion one.

1:30:16 I think it's just an a matter of the labeling and the granularity.

1:30:21 Thanks for confirming.

1:30:27 Copy.

1:30:27 And we'll look into that a little bit more on our side as well.

1:30:40 Christina, can you verify for us that your green

1:30:42 line is moving on the timeline page of your LTP?

1:30:52 A firm.

1:30:58 Jenny, I do think we're good.

1:31:00 Looking closer, I see the labels are just not aligned

1:31:03 with start or end times of the white visible bands.

1:31:06 It fully makes sense now.

1:31:08 So, I think we are all set.

1:31:10 We'll look forward to starting some observations in about 13 minutes.

1:31:17 Copy.

1:31:17 Thanks, Christina.

1:32:57 As you heard discussed,

1:32:58 we are expecting the crews observation time period to start in about 10 minutes.

1:33:05 First, they'll be conducting a warm-up,

1:33:07 warming up to their science observations of the moon.

1:33:10 They'll be discussing with each other,

1:33:12 helping each other orient uh using the major landmarks that they've studied,

1:33:16 asking what is familiarity.

1:33:18 If we roll left port five degrees,

1:33:22 that would get the moon closer to the left side of window two.

1:33:36 Copy, Victor.

1:33:38 We'd like to know if it's pitch and roll or one or the other.

1:33:54 Jenny, we actually thought you already put the pitch in.

1:33:57 Had the pitch been put in already?

1:34:01 No, we need a little while longer to talk about it.

1:34:17 So Jenny, I guess what's happening is just as our orbit's changing,

1:34:20 where it is in the window is changing.

1:34:22 So maybe these fancy little adjustments aren't worth it.

1:34:26 It's going to continue to move in the window.

1:34:28 Or is the spacecraft going to keep the moon

1:34:31 at the same point of the window if we adjust the attitude?

1:34:33 I assume the previous Right now, we are pointing the center of the window

1:34:48 to the center of the moon with two degrees of deadband.

1:35:36 The conversation you hear happening now between the astronauts aboard Orion

1:35:40 and Artemis mission control here at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

1:35:45 They are in the center of your screen

1:35:46 seated at the Capcom or capsule communicator console.

1:35:50 That's Jenny Gibbons, Canadian Space Agency astronaut and Artemis 2 backup.

1:35:59 She was also the lead Capcom

1:36:01 for Expedition 63 aboard the International Space Station.

1:36:14 The crew is requesting some attitude changes to the spacecraft

1:36:17 to allow them to better image the moon, our priority for today.

1:36:22 Of course, those have to be uh discussed on the ground

1:36:25 before they are put into work aboard the spacecraft.

1:36:28 So, the team is taking some time to do so.

1:36:30 You also heard Gibbons reference that we are into deadbands.

1:36:35 Deadbands are essentially keeping us in the lane in which we're traveling.

1:36:40 It's if you're familiar with lane assist in your car, very similar in this case.

1:36:59 we are now 10,870 m away from the moon,

1:37:04 traveling 1,66 mph and 249,390 mi away from Earth.

1:37:12 Again, we recently surpassed the Apollo 13

1:37:15 distance record of farthest humans have ever traveled.

1:37:18 And upon calling down some words during that milestone,

1:37:22 Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen

1:37:24 noting that he hopes that this record

1:37:27 that they are setting today is soon broken by future explorers.

1:39:37 This is Artemis mission control.

1:39:39 We are standing by for the beginning of lunar flyby.

1:39:48 Expecting that to start in just a few minutes when

1:39:50 the crew will begin a warm-up discussion preparing for the day.

1:39:54 They will be capturing images along while discussing what they

1:39:58 find familiar about the moon and what looks unexpected to them.

1:40:59 again.

1:40:59 Just minutes away from the official start of lunar

1:41:02 flyby or when it is timelined for the crew.

1:41:08 We are currently 10,726 miles away from the moon.

1:41:13 This view on the left side of your screen

1:41:15 coming from the camera on one of Orion's solar arrays.

1:41:48 other.

1:41:49 conversation points while the crew are

1:41:53 getting getting ready for their flyby today.

1:41:59 They'll be looking to orient themselves using major

1:42:02 landmarks and annotating their observations along with their discussion.

1:42:10 They'll have 10 minutes for that warm-up discussion.

1:43:59 Houston Integrity.

1:44:01 We have two folks at the window deep in discussion

1:44:04 talking about all of the awesome features that they're seeing.

1:44:08 Uh we just had a huge moment realizing that Herz

1:44:11 sprung is about the same size as our incredible oriental.

1:44:17 We're really excited about this target that's kind of new to us.

1:44:21 We're orienting on things like how we talk about albido.

1:44:24 Uh finding some of the prevalent things that we're used to from all

1:44:28 of our training and uh just overall taking in this view.

1:44:33 We also are noticing that it is the moon

1:44:36 is still getting noticeably bigger as we go,

1:44:39 even when you're watching it continuously.

1:44:41 It's great to see these two guys get warmed up.

1:44:46 We love the report, Christina.

1:44:48 Thanks.

1:44:48 And you nailed it on why we added Herzrung.

1:44:51 As you'll see in the prompts,

1:44:52 we're looking for comparisons to the comparatively

1:44:55 much older Herzbrung compared to the younger oriental.

1:44:58 Great words.

1:45:16 This is Artemis mission control.

1:45:18 That was the voice of Dr.

1:45:19 Kelsey Young speaking with the astronauts aboard Orion

1:45:22 as they begin their observation period and lunar flyby.

1:45:29 NASA astronaut Christina Cook reporting their view of Herzbrung Basin.

1:45:34 The team here is looking for centered images of the basin at a full zoom

1:45:38 and they're hoping that the astronauts can

1:45:40 image and describe the inner and outer rings.

1:45:43 This is considered a degraded basin with a floor

1:45:46 rings and ejecta compared to a younger oriental basin.

1:46:03 We talked, we spoke earlier with uh Julion Gross,

1:46:10 the Artemis curation lead about some of the terms

1:46:13 we will hear the crew use today.

1:46:15 One of those just called out, that's albido,

1:46:17 looking at surface brightness or the amount of light a surface reflects.

1:46:44 A few more terms that we hope to hear today

1:46:47 during the crew's sit reps or situation reports include embegging.

1:46:52 This refers to one feature that surrounds

1:46:54 another that usually is a higher relief feature.

1:46:58 Houston integrity.

1:46:59 One report from the crew at the windows.

1:47:01 We can actually see the moon and earth at the same time right now.

1:47:07 It's interesting because the earth looks way brighter.

1:47:11 So the earth itself seems to have a much higher albido than the moon.

1:47:15 We think this is independent of our eyes focusing um because

1:47:19 of course the earth is much smaller than the moon in our view.

1:47:22 So you could think that your eyes focus for the darker sky

1:47:26 and that means that it only has apparent brightness more than the moon.

1:47:30 But since we're seeing both in the same view,

1:47:33 we do think that this can be inferred

1:47:35 as the Earth as a whole has a higher albido.

1:47:44 Great observation, Christina.

1:47:45 Um, and reminder that as you're starting to look

1:47:48 for those subtle color and albido variations on the moon,

1:47:52 um, the the relatively bright albido Earth,

1:47:55 um, might make those a little bit difficult.

1:47:57 But as your eyes continue to adjust,

1:47:58 we expect you to start to see more nuance on the moon.

1:48:01 Thanks.

1:48:07 Great call.

1:48:08 Thanks for the reminder.

1:48:13 We're all going to be experts in lunar terminology by the end of the day.

1:48:17 Another one we expect to hear is mare.

1:48:19 These are dark regions paved or filled by volcanic deposits.

1:48:24 You also can hear them called seas, oceans,

1:48:26 lakes, or marshes or other bodies of water.

1:48:37 Again, we are live in Artemis mission control.

1:48:39 But on the right side of your screen, that is the science evaluation room.

1:48:43 Team members who have been preparing for this day for years.

1:48:48 The crew has significantly darkened the cabin of Orion.

1:48:52 This allows them better views outside

1:48:53 the windows and fewer reflections from inside.

1:48:58 They reported being able to hear the to see the moon

1:49:01 and the earth out the same window at this time.

1:49:04 We are really hopeful to get those photos right now.

1:49:07 This view on the left side of your screen coming from a camera

1:49:09 mounted on one of the solar array wings on Orion outside the spacecraft.

1:49:18 The crew is equipped to 80 to with 80 to 400 millimeter zoom lenses.

1:49:23 is The team continues their warm-up discussion.

1:50:42 I should say the crew members aboard Orion continue their warm-up discussion.

1:50:46 However, they are about to be prompted to move on to discussion number two,

1:50:49 which is near side and far side.

1:50:58 some of the things that they are looking to capture.

1:51:00 The ground has prompted them to photograph anything that stands out to them

1:51:04 and to compare the near side versus the far side mar in color,

1:51:08 albido, topography, and texture.

1:51:12 They al also want the crew to compare the appearance of raid

1:51:15 craters in the near side mare versus in the far side highlands.

1:51:20 Of course, a reminder that some of the items

1:51:22 that the crew or some of the landmarks the crew

1:51:24 are seeing today is the first time that humans

1:51:27 have ever laid eyes on those portions of the moon.

1:51:48 In the targeting package, there are a few reminders of the crew.

1:51:52 For the crew, there are uh

1:51:54 time-sensitive observation reminders and science sit reminders.

1:52:00 Integrity.

1:52:01 We have a sitrep.

1:52:03 Um the targets that are being discussed right now.

1:52:06 It's the far side near side comparison

1:52:09 and hearing some great discussion of uh browns

1:52:11 and greens and the aeroscus plateau and how

1:52:13 those disappear as you go toward the north pole.

1:52:16 And then over to the far side, uh, you lose the color.

1:52:20 Um, you've got, uh, Jeremy in window two,

1:52:25 Reed in window one, uh, having a great discussion.

1:52:28 Christina is under window, I'm sorry, Reed is in window three.

1:52:31 Christine is under window one, uh, documenting the discussion.

1:52:36 And, uh, we've gotten the lights completely off in the cabin.

1:52:39 There are some LEDs that we cannot put out that uh,

1:52:42 do provide some uh, some light scatter.

1:52:46 Uh but we uh have all of the internal lights off

1:52:50 um and uh are letting our eyes adjust as best we can.

1:52:56 The uh window for view, you only get about a third of the moon.

1:53:02 Uh, Tao is going to go over the horizon soon and uh,

1:53:08 you can see Aerostaris and then you start to lose uh,

1:53:12 the view as you go to the west in Ocean and Proarm.

1:53:17 Um, so far the team is on the plan and uh

1:53:23 the long lens is being put to good use and recordings

1:53:27 are being made and uh internal documentation of uh

1:53:32 the the configuration and and the uh uh the observations is ongoing.

1:53:40 Science, do you have any questions for us at this time?

1:53:45 Integrity Science.

1:53:46 Uh, Victor, very glad that you provided the first

1:53:48 formal science sit as this these were indeed your idea.

1:53:52 Uh, one follow-up question.

1:53:54 Um, any relationship between those browns and greens you described?

1:53:57 Do you see them blending into one another

1:53:59 and do you see any topography associated with either color?

1:54:10 I don't want to bother the window team.

1:54:12 I just heard that.

1:54:13 I overheard that.

1:54:14 Uh, and so I'm sorry I don't have that detail yet.

1:54:16 I will, uh, ease her up and see if I can pick that up.

1:54:20 Um, I will try to answer that at some point.

1:54:24 I also heard, um, a comparison of the albido in Aristarus,

1:54:29 that uh, crater, the very high albido spot.

1:54:31 You can see on the near side there is a feature called

1:54:36 I believe uh Burgess alpha that is uh equally or maybe higher albido.

1:54:46 Um I apologize for the gaps.

1:54:54 I'm trying to listen and uh talk at the same time,

1:54:56 but um I will try to get some more information

1:55:00 uh to correlate those colors uh from Aeros Starkis for you.

1:55:07 Understood, Victor.

1:55:07 And good call to not bug the window team.

1:55:10 Really like the brightness comparisons to Burgess A.

1:55:13 Um really helpful for the science team.

1:55:15 Keep them coming.

1:55:16 Thanks.

1:55:22 I also heard a discussion about the uh albido of Grimmaldi being the 10

1:55:28 and how many of us when we were a little further away saw

1:55:30 that as the darkest albido and that the bigger mari off to the to the uh

1:55:36 uh west sorry to the east was um still dark but maybe a 78.

1:55:42 Uh we still think that but you are seeing color variation,

1:55:45 albido variation inside of Grimmaldi as well and that even

1:55:49 on the west side there's still a very dark part of it.

1:55:52 Uh but it is still the darkest.

1:55:53 It is just not as uniform as it looked when we were farther away.

1:55:56 We're starting to differentiate uh the striations of albido inside of Kbaldi.

1:56:04 Copy all Victor and you read our mind.

1:56:06 Superlatives like darkest bigist are really really helpful for us.

1:56:10 So keep those coming.

1:56:47 As we were just mentioning,

1:56:48 the crew is slated to perform these science sit reps.

1:56:52 They are prompted to do so by an icon in their lunar targeting plan.

1:56:56 That one coming down from NASA astronaut and pilot of Artemis 2, Victor Glover.

1:57:11 As we discussed, the uh Capcom is usually

1:57:15 the only person in the room speaking with the crew, the capsule communicator.

1:57:19 However, today the science officer, Dr.

1:57:22 Kelsey Young, she is the Aremis science flight operations lead,

1:57:25 is speaking with the crew during the flyby

1:57:28 to ask any questions that the team may have.

1:57:32 To her right, to her right is Trevor Graph.

1:57:34 He is one of three science officers.

1:57:36 Those would be Kelsey Young, Trevor Graph, and Angela Garcia,

1:57:40 who will also join us later for an interview.

1:58:31 and Houston Integrity I was able to excuse me science integrity I was able

1:58:36 to get a view out of window one which is a beautiful view I can see

1:58:40 uh the entire moon that they're looking at uh we left the t-shirt up there

1:58:44 so I was kind of peeking through the opening in uh the makeshift shroud there.

1:58:49 And um once I was able to get two eyes on it,

1:58:52 uh what jumped out at me was Fabalov.

1:58:54 It's just peeking out of the terminator.

1:58:57 Uh it's clear of the terminator now,

1:58:59 but it just really jumps out because it's still

1:59:00 got the low light uh the low sun angle.

1:59:03 And so where the, you know, Aval has that impact over the top of another

1:59:08 crater where the two craters intersect on the eastern edge.

1:59:12 So um on the side closest to Oriental where the two crater rings

1:59:19 intersect the shadow there is the highest peak in the interior of Babalob.

1:59:25 And so you can see that terrain is uh there's some real variation

1:59:29 in the terrain there that there's a nice peak where those peaks intersect.

1:59:33 Sorry where those rings intersect and we'll get a picture of that.

1:59:40 Love the description, Victor,

1:59:41 especially the comparison and relationships you just described about topography.

1:59:46 Um, and if it's easier for your observations,

1:59:49 do feel free to remove the t-shirt shroud from window one.

1:59:58 Absolutely.

1:59:58 We will do.

1:59:59 Thank you.

2:00:04 Those calls coming from NASA astronaut Victor Glover.

2:00:21 As we discussed, the crew is working in pairs at at the windows right now.

2:00:26 Uh, taking photos are uh,

2:00:30 Commander Reed Wisman and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen.

2:00:34 Serving as their support team are pilot

2:00:35 Victor Glover and mission specialist Christina Cook.

2:00:39 You're hearing those calls from uh, Victor Glover as he is on that support team

2:00:44 and he is tasked with providing the science sit reps.

2:00:47 While the two crew photographing and making annotations

2:00:50 of the moon are in windows two and three,

2:00:53 windows one and four are available for the support crew to fly up

2:00:57 to, obviously look at the moon themselves

2:01:00 and uh provide these science situational reports.

2:01:07 The view on your screen is part of the lunar targeting package

2:01:10 and it's something that the crew can reference as they are flying by.

2:01:14 But this is an animation.

2:01:22 You also heard Glover mention oriental.

2:01:25 Oriental is a major feature that the team is interested

2:01:28 in today and it's known as the Grand Canyon of the moon.

2:01:33 Until this mission, Grand Theore Basin had

2:01:36 never been seen in sunlight by human eyes.

2:01:40 Oriental Basin and its surrounding ejecta

2:01:43 could fit within a straight line distance

2:01:45 from NASA's Johnson Space Center where we are at today to Kennedy Space Center.

2:02:04 This a live view in Artemis mission control in Houston, Texas,

2:02:08 where the teams are monitoring all systems,

2:02:10 not just for today's flyby, but on the spacecraft themselves.

2:02:14 Again, this is a test flight,

2:02:15 our very first flight of humans on the Orion spacecraft.

2:02:22 This team has been live uh or this team has been monitoring

2:02:26 the entire time of the mission as well as we have been

2:02:28 live the entirety of the mission and we will be continuing to do

2:02:32 so all the way through splashdown and crew recovery from the Pacific.

2:02:41 This is a visualization from Arrow the Artemis realtime orbit website

2:02:45 that you can also access at any time by visiting nasa.govarttemis.

2:02:49 /traartreemis showing us that we are now under 10,000 miles from the moon.

2:02:54 9,948 to be specific and continuing to count down.

2:03:04 Again, our closest approach to the moon today should come about 6:02 p.m.

2:03:08 Central, 7:02 p.m.

2:03:10 Eastern.

2:03:10 However, we will be out of contact with the crew

2:03:13 at this time as they begin transiting behind the moon.

2:03:17 At that time of closest approach,

2:03:19 the distance from Orion to the lunar surface will be about 4,070 miles.

2:03:26 Of course, these are estimates at this time,

2:03:28 and we'll be sure to provide you with the uh

2:03:31 official numbers once that closest approach has been reached.

2:03:46 This shot live inside the Orion spacecraft where our four

2:03:49 crew members are continuing with their lunar flyby activities.

2:03:54 They have just begun those activities really about 20 minutes ago.

2:03:57 So, we've got several hours of moon view opportunities.

2:04:01 This is still a live view inside that capsule.

2:04:03 However, you can see just how dark they have turned down the lights.

2:04:07 Actually, they've turned them all the way off.

2:04:09 There are a few LEDs that they cannot power off,

2:04:11 but turning down these lights gives them better views

2:04:14 outside of the spacecraft's windows while they photograph the moon.

2:04:18 This also prevents any reflections from inside the spacecraft

2:04:21 bouncing up on the windows and interfering with their photography.

2:05:24 As we were previously discussing, the crew members are serving on teams.

2:05:28 The first team being Commander Reed Weisman and mission

2:05:31 specialist Jeremy Hansen at the windows photographing what they see.

2:05:35 We heard reports earlier that they could see both

2:05:38 the moon and the earth in the same view.

2:05:40 And we are looking forward to seeing the moon

2:05:41 and the earth in the same view as well.

2:05:44 That earth set coming up in just a few hours.

2:05:51 While Wiseman and Hansen are at the windows photographing,

2:05:55 Glover and Cook are serving as support crew.

2:05:58 They are able to assist with cameras.

2:06:00 They are also providing those situation reports,

2:06:02 letting us know how the team is working inside the spacecraft,

2:06:06 what they're seeing, and uh how they're feeling about it.

2:06:10 Those first blocks of teams will last about an hour and the crew

2:06:17 members are approaching the halfway point into their first observation block.

2:06:21 A reminder, we have five of those blocks today.

2:06:23 So, they're approaching this halfway point during which

2:06:26 the crew at the window will switch roles.

2:06:28 One will begin taking pictures and the other

2:06:30 will be making annotations on their PCD.

2:06:33 That's portable computing device.

2:06:35 Both of those crew members at the windows are recording audio of what they see.

2:06:41 They are putting on headsets and recording

2:06:43 audio into their portable computing devices.

2:06:45 Obviously, we are not hearing this right now.

2:06:47 This is going to be sent down to the science team

2:06:50 and they will be able to analyze that at a later time.

2:06:54 What we are hearing though,

2:06:55 and we'll continue to hear are those science sit reps a few times every block.

2:07:01 Once this block is complete, about 40 minutes from now,

2:07:04 we will have the teams switch.

2:07:06 That means pilot Victor Glover and

2:07:09 Integrity looking out of window one.

2:07:12 I think I may have misreported earlier saying

2:07:14 that uh it was Tao going over the horizon.

2:07:17 That was Copernicus I was referring to.

2:07:19 Apologies.

2:07:20 It was Copernicus uh is what is farthest bounding to the east.

2:07:25 Uh and that is now like on the horizon or just past it.

2:07:29 and Coralv is now uh a few degrees from going over the horizon.

2:07:35 Uh and then you know next it'll be Aristarkus Aristarus plateau.

2:07:39 Um and so on the west we are getting a much better view of the terminator.

2:07:45 Uh looks like we have about 80% illumination uh of the moon and uh

2:07:52 Vavalov and one Vavalov diameter to the west

2:07:57 is where the terminator is right now.

2:08:00 Uh and so other features are starting to peek out there.

2:08:03 Um the center of the illuminated part of the moon is uh to the lower part is

2:08:11 is oriental and just around oriental a lot

2:08:16 of light structure is starting to to show up.

2:08:21 um a lot of high albido similar to uh the uh feature I cannot

2:08:28 earn burgess alpha uh and uh and aerostaris type uh high albido in the ring.

2:08:35 So when you look at the interior ring and the external ring,

2:08:38 it's almost uh as if the edges are starting to dry up and and and turn white.

2:08:43 If it was something that was wet and got dry,

2:08:46 the edges would be the part to dry first.

2:08:49 you just kind of outline all the topography in the interior of that wall is

2:08:53 uh like it was dusted with chalk or started to dry or maybe dusted with snow.

2:08:59 If this was the earth, I would say there was snow dumped on some of the ridges

2:09:02 uh on the interior of the rings uh of of uh Orient Hall.

2:09:08 Also an interesting part of the discussion that I

2:09:11 heard between Reed and Jeremy is that uh from Galo

2:09:16 to uh Grimmaldi there are two dark features there uh

2:09:23 that look like commas uh but in the wrong direction.

2:09:27 But there's also a lot of interestingness.

2:09:30 Just a lot of geometry and squiggles and dots and and uh lines

2:09:36 that are uh starting to stand out as as more small features come into view.

2:09:41 And there also is a lot of variation in albido.

2:09:45 Uh and some of those the two dark features for example

2:09:48 have on the southern edge of the larger one the one

2:09:51 that's further to the south is a very dark uh

2:09:53 the the the one albido like the southern and western part of Grimmaldi.

2:09:58 Uh and the one to the north closer to Glitchko is also that same dark albido.

2:10:05 Um and then around them there are some very high albido spots just to the north

2:10:11 of the lower the southern one and just

2:10:13 to the west of the smaller one to the north

2:10:16 very high albido almost approaching the 10 a nine or a 10 like a starkus uh

2:10:23 and lots of little bright spots are just

2:10:25 starting to pop up on this in this view.

2:10:28 Um to the north as you look up at the north pole there is a very distinct crater

2:10:34 with a lot of uh very central a very defined

2:10:38 central peak that is also uh three in albido and all

2:10:43 that area past it going to the horizon gets

2:10:46 lighter and lighter uh and is very very high albido

2:10:50 and um I will go look and find the name

2:10:52 of that feature if I can uh look that up.

2:10:55 and then to the south.

2:10:57 Uh really getting some interesting uh geography

2:11:01 and topography in the South Pole Aken Basin.

2:11:05 And uh the view of the South Pole is is uh quite amazing.

2:11:10 We've got some terminator there as well as the limb view.

2:11:14 And there is a very distinct crater right at the South Pole.

2:11:19 And uh I'm going to go look up.

2:11:23 I don't believe that is uh Achen,

2:11:25 but uh I'm going to go look up the name of that one uh because it's

2:11:29 also giving uh a lot of good uh

2:11:31 topography due to the shadows uh that I'm seeing.

2:11:34 But that's I was trying to bound the view that I'm seeing for you and it

2:11:37 got distracted by all of these interesting albido

2:11:40 variations that are popping up in the interior.

2:11:42 But that's the view that we see just aval

2:11:45 diameter to the west beyond is where the terminator is.

2:11:49 Um just beyond I think Copernicus is the easternmost

2:11:55 feature that we can see a very nice uh

2:11:58 ringed very nice structure crater to the north

2:12:02 with a great high albido central uplift to the north

2:12:07 and the south is dotted by a a and a a a very

2:12:13 characteristic crater uh with a lot of terrain uh shadow features and I will go

2:12:18 try find some landmarks to to put names with those.

2:12:22 Any questions uh for the observation team

2:12:28 integrity science, love the descriptions.

2:12:30 You're definitely looking odd up there.

2:12:33 Appreciate seeing the training being implemented.

2:12:36 Um especially interested in your descriptions of the dark patches.

2:12:40 you compared the comma looking features to the albido you see in Grimmaldi

2:12:45 and notice that you're starting to see those color differences popping out.

2:12:49 Any observations you want to make, especially when you get on, you know,

2:12:52 the PCD um in a little bit would really help

2:12:54 us tease out um the differences in those dark MAR deposits.

2:12:58 Great description, Victor.

2:13:00 Keep them coming.

2:13:06 Absolutely.

2:13:06 Will do.

2:13:07 And I know you've got descriptions on both

2:13:09 of the window observers right now as well.

2:13:12 Keep them coming.

2:13:55 Great evidence of how well trained this crew is by the science team.

2:14:01 NASA astronaut and pilot of the Aremis 2 mission,

2:14:03 Victor Glover, calling down a situation report,

2:14:07 noting several different features on the moon and such descriptions,

2:14:11 uh even saying that it looks like snow on some of the peaks.

2:14:14 Obviously, we do not expect that to be snow,

2:14:17 but uh referencing that as some of the lighting on how

2:14:21 it looks to the Artemis 2 crew from their current position.

2:14:41 The team is slated to be switching their positions at the windows now.

2:14:47 Uh both Reed Wiseman and Jeremy Hansen have been at windows two and three.

2:14:53 one taking photos, one making observations

2:14:56 and annotations on their portable computing device.

2:15:03 At this time, we also anticipate that they are looking at a crater duo.

2:15:09 One of those is Glushko and the team is look and the other is M.

2:15:13 The team is looking to know the extent of Glushko's ray

2:15:17 system and how its rays differ in the Mare versus the Highlands.

2:15:22 They also want us the team to compare the ray

2:15:25 systems of Glushko to M is considered a young crater.

2:15:47 And if you've ever seen a photo of the rich hat structure,

2:15:50 it's also known as the eye of the Sahara.

2:15:52 It's 40 km in diameter and that could fit within M's interior.

2:16:02 Team is specifically interested in descriptions of that ray visibility,

2:16:05 including the color albido.

2:16:07 Remember, albido is the brightness or the surface reflection and the reach.

2:16:15 Again, I am using the same lunar targeting package

2:16:22 that the crew is referencing on board right now.

2:16:24 This helps keep them on time as well as prompt them for when they

2:16:27 need to make a call down to the science team and report what they're saying.

2:16:31 It also gives them reminders of when they need to swap positions at the windows.

2:16:36 Additionally, I'm using the Artemis 2 lunar science passport developed

2:16:39 by Amber Turner and the Artemis 2 Lunar Science team.

2:16:43 Now, this passport did not fly with the crew,

2:16:46 but they used it extensively as a study guide here on Earth.

2:16:50 So, a lot of the descriptions and comparisons you

2:16:52 hear today are developed directly by the science team.

2:17:00 We are now 4 days, 20 hours, and 43 minutes.

2:17:04 Science integrity.

2:17:05 uh that crater to the north uh that is uh it's like a we've got one

2:17:10 in the north that looks like just a textbook

2:17:13 crater and one on the south pole as well.

2:17:16 The one on the north I think is Pythagoras.

2:17:19 And what I wanted to highlight about that is uh it is either

2:17:23 a very distinct central uh uplift or just a very defined area of high albido.

2:17:32 If a majority of the crater uh especially the floor

2:17:36 of the crater is say an albido of five,

2:17:40 this center and uh gosh only a tenth of the diameter of Pythagoras is

2:17:48 an albido of two maybe three but is very bright and it stands out.

2:17:55 And then between that crater and the actual what

2:18:00 what is the horizon from here there seems to be

2:18:03 another crater right on the horizon and right

2:18:06 on the edge of that is another patch of that albido.

2:18:10 It seems to be between the two craters.

2:18:12 It's hard to tell from this grazing angle but there

2:18:15 is another spot just further north beyond Pythagoras between the two.

2:18:20 I can draw a picture of this one and show you where that very high

2:18:24 albido again another two albido surrounded by five

2:18:29 uh and most of the area bounding it

2:18:38 integrity science uh thanks for that we agree with the Pythagoras

2:18:42 assessment and as a followup to your previous report the sir had

2:18:48 questions about topography comparisons between the north pole and the south

2:18:53 pole of the moon if you're willing to provide words on that

2:19:02 topography comparisons.

2:19:03 Absolutely.

2:19:03 And uh if you have any idea what uh

2:19:07 if you draw a line between Pythagoras and the western

2:19:14 edge of the outer defined ring of Oriental

2:19:19 it intersects a beautiful textbook crater on the south.

2:19:22 I would love to know the name of that.

2:19:24 Uh the topography differences.

2:19:26 Now the south pole has a little bit

2:19:28 of a benefit that it has more of the terminator.

2:19:31 Uh, and I can see um uh a little more shadowing there,

2:19:37 but there's a a nice crater right at the South Pole.

2:19:42 So, that's the main thing defining the the topography there.

2:19:47 Um, seems to be quite a bit of elevation change.

2:19:49 I can see some very jagged shadows,

2:19:51 a 90° just to the west of that uh crater at the South Pole.

2:19:57 I can see a very distinct change

2:20:00 in the shadow directions and indicating I don't know

2:20:03 a very high uh wall or a very deep uh canyon just to the west of that.

2:20:09 Um and in the north it seems to be that uh from sort of the edge

2:20:14 of uh from the edge of the mare

2:20:19 that's dark which is maybe one Pythagoras diameter south.

2:20:24 Uh if you draw a ring about that uh you know

2:20:28 maybe the top uh 7° of the moon and just draw

2:20:33 a ring around that the near side is an albido of five

2:20:37 and looks quite smooth from here and then along the same edge

2:20:42 of the mari the edge of the mari that kind of Galdi

2:20:45 is just outside of Glushko is just outside of Carol Crater is

2:20:50 just outside of and you start to see the stark differences between

2:20:53 the darker 78s and the fives and sixes uh the fours and fives.

2:20:58 If you follow that line up to the north,

2:21:00 that line is also where the change in topography happens at the north pole.

2:21:05 The line defining the light and dark uh uh

2:21:09 on the edge of the mare that you can see from Earth.

2:21:12 Draw that line roughly the midpoint of all that straight to the north pole.

2:21:16 And on the side facing the earth, you see smoother topography and dotted

2:21:21 by Pythagoras and its next door neighbor crater.

2:21:24 And then on the far side,

2:21:26 you see a lot more cratering and a lot more topography.

2:21:29 And again, the uh far side has the benefit of a little terminator there.

2:21:35 But I am seeing a variation in the topography.

2:21:38 it seems to be more uh jagged and a a more challenging place to uh to to find

2:21:46 a place to land and to even traverse in the south um all around the South Pole.

2:21:52 And at the North Pole,

2:21:54 it seems to be it would be more challenging to to translate on the far

2:21:58 side of the North Pole compared to the near

2:22:01 side of the North Pole around Pythagoras.

2:22:07 Copy all, Victor.

2:22:08 Uh you really help paint a contextual picture of what you're looking at.

2:22:12 We really appreciate um the way that you're guiding us

2:22:15 into the areas you're seeing um

2:22:17 by drawing comparisons between recognizable features.

2:22:20 Thanks for that.

2:22:33 And Kelsey, another little science situp moment,

2:22:36 something I just heard from the window team is the more I look at the moon,

2:22:40 the browner and browner it looks.

2:22:42 I thought that was an interesting observation.

2:22:45 Um, the two observers have been on timeline, no hardware issues.

2:22:49 They did um start to talk a little bit about another feature

2:22:53 that that you'll hear more about on the recordings that they called a handprint.

2:22:56 that was uh at the end of their Glushko

2:22:58 and before they moved into their current target.

2:23:00 They thought that was worth chatting a little bit

2:23:02 more about and they're preparing to switch after this.

2:23:09 Houston copies and concurs.

2:23:21 Hey, Houston science actually Houston and science integrity.

2:23:24 Another just observation from the human.

2:23:26 Uh my eyes have shifted a little bit since I've been up here.

2:23:29 I've been wearing my reading glasses to uh look at the PCD.

2:23:33 Well, this is a very taxing event on the eyes,

2:23:36 looking out the window and seeing the very bright moon.

2:23:38 Then coming back inside to the dark cabin and trying

2:23:41 to work cameras and microphones and and and logistics

2:23:45 and lunch and those kinds of things and then

2:23:47 looking at the PCD which is dimly lit.

2:23:50 Uh it's just been an exercise.

2:23:51 It is it is a difficult thing uh to to manage and I'm up and down

2:23:55 on the glasses and then having to wait as my eyes adjust when I come back in.

2:23:59 As soon as I look back into the cabin from looking out the window,

2:24:02 I can feel my eyes adjusting and I just

2:24:04 have to have to work through it as they adjust.

2:24:10 Appreciate that report, Victor, and know that we are prepared to read you up

2:24:14 targets from the ground if that would um give you

2:24:18 the ability to keep your eyes focused on the moon

2:24:20 and not having to swap between that and the PCD.

2:24:22 Just let us know.

2:24:34 Yeah, we appreciate that science and we uh will also do that for the window

2:24:38 teams and we'll we'll back each other up that way as well,

2:24:41 but we appreciate that.

2:24:42 We may take you up on that.

2:24:43 Thanks.

2:24:51 Continued detailed descriptions from the Artemis 2 crew aboard Orion.

2:24:57 Again, this is a test flight,

2:24:59 the first time we've flown humans aboard this spacecraft.

2:25:02 So every detail, even that it's difficult to look

2:25:05 outside the window and then back at the PCD, that portable computing device,

2:25:10 every single detail is appreciated as we prepare for future missions.

2:25:15 Glover also mentioned that he is now wearing his glasses now

2:25:18 that he's in space and that his eyes have shifted a bit.

2:25:21 This is something that happens when our astronauts go to space.

2:25:24 Uh there is a fluid shift from the lower half of your body

2:25:28 up into your head and that can cause changes in your eyes.

2:25:31 It's something that we have seen over time for some crew members,

2:25:35 especially now that we have been living and working

2:25:37 on the International Space Station for over 25 years.

2:25:46 Again, it's clear that these Artemis 2

2:25:48 astronauts have undergone extensive lunar science training,

2:25:52 including classroom instruction, fieldwork, and highfidelity simulations.

2:25:57 Training expeditions even took place in analog environments like

2:26:00 the Icelandic Highlands and the Chem Assassin Impact Crater in Labrador,

2:26:04 where crews practiced identifying and describing

2:26:07 geological features under varying conditions.

2:26:16 Additionally, here at Johnson Space Center,

2:26:18 Orion mockups were used to rehearse crew choreography,

2:26:22 including three-dimensional space management with an inflatable

2:26:26 moon globe to simulate the flyby.

2:26:28 And while on Earth, the crew also used

2:26:30 that small lunar passport that I mentioned with descriptions,

2:26:33 photos, and prompts to help them study the features we hope they'll see.

2:26:37 Now, this is a view from their lunar targeting package at this time,

2:26:40 helping them determine what they're seeing on the moon,

2:26:43 as well as on the left, keep up with what their next target will be.

2:26:47 As you can see, we have got a long list and an exciting day ahead of us.

2:27:03 It's now been 4 days, 20 hours,

2:27:05 and 53 minutes since Orion launched a top the Space Launch System

2:27:10 rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida with our four crew members aboard.

2:27:14 NASA astronauts Reed Weisman, Victor Glover, and Christina Cook,

2:27:18 and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen.

2:27:30 The Aremis 2 crew passed a major milestone today uh

2:27:33 when they passed the Apollo 13 distance record at 12:57 p.m.

2:27:37 Central, 157 p.m.

2:27:39 Eastern.

2:27:40 That Apollo 13 distance record was 248,655 statute miles from Earth.

2:27:47 And Houston, another observation, whole moon.

2:27:50 When you look at the moon,

2:27:52 something I've never seen in photographs before, but is very apparent.

2:27:56 All the really bright new craters.

2:28:00 Some of them are super tiny.

2:28:02 Uh most of them are pretty small.

2:28:04 There's a couple that really stand out obviously.

2:28:08 And what it really looks like is like a lampshade

2:28:12 with tiny pin prick holes and the light shining through.

2:28:15 They are so bright compared to the rest of the moon.

2:28:22 We copy, Christina.

2:28:23 Thank you.

2:28:24 Looks like you guys might be doing it,

2:28:26 but remind you to swap positions at the window and take your SD cards with you.

2:28:31 We're loving everything that you're calling down.

2:28:33 So, keep it up.

2:28:47 Again, Orion previously surpassed that Artemis or the Apollo

2:29:02 13 uh greatest distance from Earth by humans.

2:29:06 That was 248,655 statue miles from Earth.

2:29:11 and Orion now 250,294 miles away from our home planet.

2:29:18 The spacecraft is 9,33 miles away from the moon and growing ever closer.

2:29:23 At its closest approach, it'll be about 4,070 mi away,

2:29:27 and we will make sure we confirm uh what that distance ends up being.

2:29:32 This is an approximation and an estimate ahead of that moment.

2:29:36 We're anticipating them to make that closest approach at 6:02 p.m.

2:29:39 Central, 7:02 Eastern, when they are in a loss of signal,

2:29:43 transiting behind the moon.

2:29:45 They will be the first humans in over 50 years

2:29:48 to fly behind the moon and lose contact with Earth.

2:29:52 We will regain that contact about 40 minutes

2:29:54 later as they reconnect to the deep space network,

2:29:57 emerging from behind the moon.

2:29:59 And we will look forward to seeing an Earth rise.

2:30:03 Again, the crew is currently in their position swap portion on their timeline.

2:30:22 This allows crew members the opportunity and the experience

2:30:26 of all roles necessary during today's flyby.

2:30:31 Right now, those two crims at the window have swapped positions.

2:31:05 Again, the crew at the windows swapping positions right now.

2:31:10 That crew is commander Reed Weisman and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen.

2:31:14 While Victor Glover and Christina Cook

2:31:16 serve as their support flyby crew members.

2:31:19 That's why you are hearing Victor

2:31:20 and Christina during those science situation reports.

2:31:24 Those voices will change in about 30 minutes when they take

2:31:27 a turn taking photos and making annotations while at the window.

2:32:54 Houston integrity.

2:32:56 I wanted to provide an observation or a little bit of um descriptive nature

2:33:05 on something that we saw on the first day we had good moon views.

2:33:10 This was when we saw more of the near side

2:33:13 and the ground helped me out with uh identifying Mari embrium.

2:33:18 Mari embrium when you have the western limb also in view looks

2:33:23 completely different than the normal view we have of the near side.

2:33:26 It is the most striking feature of the western limb view

2:33:31 that we had and its entire the mountain chains that form

2:33:35 its eastern side are very prominent but they they actually stand

2:33:41 out more than I'm used to seeing even on the western side.

2:33:45 And the whole thing just feels like a big bump.

2:33:48 It's it it actually looks like a large healing wound

2:33:53 with a high albido forming the mountain chain around uh the impact basin.

2:34:00 And it's a I just don't think I had had enough chance to describe how striking

2:34:05 it was on that western limb view as we were coming in a couple days ago.

2:34:13 Christina, science absolutely love that, especially since that's a feature

2:34:17 that all of us here on Earth can observe from home.

2:34:20 So, I'm sure tonight everyone's going to be going out

2:34:22 and looking for evidence of that beautiful topography you just said.

2:34:25 Thanks for those words.

2:36:00 The view on your screen coming from Orion,

2:36:03 a camera mounted on the spacecraft's solar

2:36:05 array wing toward the right of your screen.

2:36:10 The near side is the hemisphere we see from Earth

2:36:14 that is identifiable by those dark splotches which are ancient lava

2:36:18 flows integrity.

2:36:19 Sorry, science integrity.

2:36:21 Uh a question and a comment.

2:36:25 Uh question is, is it possible that we're seeing a shinger basin

2:36:29 uh from this vantage point um in the terminator at the south pole?

2:36:34 And the comment uh is ohm.

2:36:37 The rays coming out of M are less distinct.

2:36:40 We are not seeing uh the bright rays coming out of it.

2:36:44 But the sort of 9:00 wedge that is formed

2:36:47 by the change in albido from the uh interior portion that is

2:36:51 to the northeast uh to the surrounding uh lighter mar

2:36:56 to that's uh you know 270° to the uh to the west.

2:37:00 Um that 90 is very distinct and interior

2:37:04 you got some great descriptions from the two

2:37:05 at the window about the colors in there

2:37:07 but in that darker part in that wedge you've got

2:37:10 some really interesting color even though the rays

2:37:12 the distinct uh difference in the the albido almost

2:37:16 look like rays but it's not the rays coming

2:37:19 out it's the uh just change in that albido

2:37:25 integrity science that is very intriguing those those color rays

2:37:29 coming out of M rather than um sort of albido.

2:37:32 Uh and as answer to your question,

2:37:34 um you we do not think you can see Schrodinger.

2:37:37 It's it's it's in darkness as of now.

2:37:40 Um but thanks for that M description and it sounds like the pair

2:37:43 at the windows got great descriptions

2:37:44 that we're definitely going to dive into tonight.

2:37:52 Okay.

2:37:52 If you uh could help me, I I would still love to know what it is.

2:37:55 There's a very nice crater.

2:37:57 You're going to likely have a lot of pictures of it.

2:38:00 Um what it what would be right in the terminator at the south pole

2:38:04 or close to the south pole uh where it's intersecting the terminator right now?

2:38:11 Yeah, Victor, we're assuming you're talking about, you know,

2:38:14 kind of if you're looking at the terminator,

2:38:16 it's basically like 70% down from the North Pole.

2:38:21 Is that where you're looking?

2:38:30 contact.

2:38:30 Yes, that is where I'm looking.

2:38:38 Integrity Houston, that is an enabled caution for waste water dump required.

2:38:43 We have hit our limit as expected.

2:38:45 No crew action.

2:38:53 Copy.

2:38:53 No crew action.

2:39:03 you are and integrity science.

2:39:06 We're trying to figure out what you're looking at there.

2:39:08 Is it like right on the terminator or is

2:39:11 it in the illuminated port portion next to the terminator?

2:39:43 while we wait for a response from the crew.

2:39:45 The terminator is that dis day and night

2:39:48 or brightness and darkness that you see on the moon.

2:39:54 We see this from the International Space Station as well looking down at Earth

2:39:59 and science from integrity.

2:40:00 Uh, excuse my uh space orientation adaptation.

2:40:05 If you draw a line between Glushko through the center of Oriental

2:40:11 and then another line from Glushko through the southern tangent of Oriental,

2:40:17 that line would almost perfectly uh intersect tangentially the the crater

2:40:23 that I'm talking about and it is on the terminator.

2:40:25 So yeah, I think I'm not looking at the South Pole.

2:40:28 I was uh a little twisted.

2:40:33 That line description was really helpful.

2:40:35 I have eyes on the sir right

2:40:36 now and they are actively discussing lunar geography.

2:40:39 We will be back with you shortly.

2:40:51 You're hearing a couple of voices today in Mission Control Houston.

2:40:54 One of those is Dr.

2:40:56 Kelsey Young.

2:40:57 Integrity Science.

2:40:58 We believe that's Zean Crater.

2:41:07 Oh, I floated away from the speaker.

2:41:08 Say it again, please.

2:41:11 We believe that that is Zean Crater.

2:41:22 Zemen.

2:41:23 Okay.

2:41:23 And can you say the first letter?

2:41:24 I may be pronouncing that wrong.

2:41:26 What's the first letter of that word?

2:41:29 Zulu.

2:41:30 It's Z E M A N.

2:41:39 Copy.

2:41:40 Thank you for that.

2:41:41 Yes.

2:41:41 Uh we've got a great view of that.

2:41:43 And when I went back to the window just now, the view has completely changed.

2:41:46 Uh our trajectory uh is taking us uh to a new view.

2:41:50 And uh I'm looking more into Babalov.

2:41:54 I've got a nice great view into Babalov.

2:41:56 I'm actually away from the window right now.

2:41:57 So, I'm going to go try to give you

2:41:58 some bounding words on the view that we're seeing,

2:42:01 but I've got to get back to a window in a in a minute.

2:42:07 Understood, Victor.

2:42:07 You're defining new views of the moon in more ways than one.

2:42:16 Again, when you hear calls down to science or from science, that's Dr.

2:42:27 Kelsey Young, the Artemis science flight operations

2:42:29 lead here at a console in mission control.

2:42:32 You also hear communications with the crew

2:42:34 from Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jenny Gibbons.

2:42:38 She is the Capcom for today.

2:42:39 She is a backup Artemis 2 crew member.

2:42:46 those calls from pilot Victor Glover asking about a feature he was seeing,

2:42:51 specifically a crater on the moon.

2:42:56 Meanwhile, the team here in the science evaluation room was

2:42:58 actively working together to determine what feature he was describing.

2:43:08 The teams at the window have continued

2:43:10 to move through their targets including M Arisarus

2:43:14 Plateau Riner Gamma and we are preparing for the cabin and window teams to swap.

2:43:19 That's when we'll hear more from Reed Wiseman and Jeremy Hansen when they take

2:43:23 on the support roles while Christina Cook and Victor

2:43:26 Glover are at the windows photographing and annotating.

2:43:39 As we briefly mentioned,

2:43:40 if you look towards the right side of the moon essentially

2:43:44 um This live view coming from a camera outside the Orion spacecraft.

2:44:12 And if you look on the right side of the moon

2:44:14 where you see those dark patches integrity, um, wow.

2:44:18 Yeah.

2:44:18 I, uh, wish I had some more time to just sit here and describe what I'm seeing,

2:44:24 but uh, the Terminator right now is just fantastic.

2:44:27 It is the most rugged that I've seen it.

2:44:29 Um, from a lighting perspective, there are little islands,

2:44:32 there are islands of terrain out

2:44:34 there that are completely surrounded by darkness,

2:44:36 which indicates some real variation in uh in terrain.

2:44:41 Um, up to the north there is a a very nice double crater.

2:44:45 It looks like a snowman uh sitting there um you know

2:44:50 in the five 10 degrees below the pole at at in the terminator.

2:44:54 And then on the southern edge there's almost like a hole.

2:44:57 Looks like a hole and it's a the diameter of Babalov uh size just blackness.

2:45:05 Um and then a uh a wall of bright

2:45:09 and then it goes back to the black beyond the terminator.

2:45:11 So there's just it looks like there's a just a gigantic

2:45:14 hole right there um one diameter uh east of the terminator.

2:45:21 And as you go south, the terminator is not a nice smooth arc.

2:45:25 It's just jagged.

2:45:26 There's almost a 110 degree turn in the the shadow

2:45:31 as opposed to the nice smooth arc.

2:45:33 Again, indicating some really interesting variations.

2:45:36 And I'm sure we'll get some photos of that.

2:45:39 And then one of the uh uh craters further to the south

2:45:44 uh of Babalov um maybe halfway down to the South Pole.

2:45:50 uh is not only a very looks again looks like just

2:45:53 a a deep hole uh and then there's like two island rays

2:45:58 pointing off to the west and north uh that indicate very

2:46:03 high ridges and very deep canyons coming up out of that crater.

2:46:07 So again just some really interesting uh visual

2:46:10 uh illusions going on with the shadows there.

2:46:12 Like I said, there look like there look

2:46:14 to be uh islands out beyond the terminator.

2:46:18 Uh because some of the things um gosh,

2:46:21 maybe even a a valve diameter into the terminator are catching sunlight

2:46:26 on the peaks uh up to the north and to the south.

2:46:28 It's very very interesting to see.

2:46:34 Integrity science.

2:46:35 Oh my gosh, that was an amazing picture you just painted.

2:46:38 I glanced over at the SER video and I literally saw fist pumps in the air.

2:46:43 Those types of observations are things that humans are uniquely able

2:46:47 to contribute and you just really brought us along with you.

2:46:50 So, thanks for that.

2:47:07 That's awesome.

2:47:08 Kelsey, did you get a sit rep updating you

2:47:11 on a slight change in logistics for PCD use?

2:47:18 Christina, this is Houston.

2:47:19 We did not, but we will take it now.

2:47:26 We slightly changed the PCD plan for the window observers.

2:47:30 The two window observers kept their PCD.

2:47:33 So in other words, the one that window two went to window three and the one

2:47:36 at window 3 went to window two when

2:47:39 they swapped rather than staying at the window.

2:47:41 We'll plan on all observers keeping the same PCD for all observations.

2:47:51 Copy Christina.

2:47:51 That makes sense to us.

2:47:52 And good plan.

2:47:54 We are coming up here on a cabin and window team swap.

2:47:59 Let me know when you're ready for a quick vehicle status.

2:48:47 As you heard, science and go for the vehicle system update.

2:48:53 Howdy Reed, we don't have much for you.

2:48:55 We just wanted to let you know that toilet right now is no

2:48:58 go for use as we stick with the predetermined limit uh for now.

2:49:04 All crew members uh please use CCUs.

2:49:08 Otherwise, Orion is looking very good.

2:49:12 And you have 15 minutes in this handover

2:49:14 time where we expect Victor and Christina

2:49:18 to switch to the windows and you and Jeremy to be in the cabin assisting.

2:49:23 Uh let us know if you have any questions.

2:49:32 Uh, no questions at all and they're in the swap right now.

2:49:35 The first thing I'll tell you,

2:49:36 I floated up to the docking hatch window and uh just the the what I'm going

2:49:48 to call the mari around oriental just looks

2:49:50 so different out the docking hatch right now.

2:49:53 It's quite a bit darker.

2:49:54 It's uh the same darkness if not a little darker than Grammaldi.

2:49:58 Uh but it's cool after just being at the 400 mil for the last uh half hour.

2:50:03 Uh looking up close.

2:50:04 I got pictures of everything Ike was just describing on the Terminator.

2:50:07 It really is a fascinating terminator.

2:50:10 Um and then Orientod just looks so it looks so dynamic right now.

2:50:14 It's very three-dimensional out the docky hatch compared to what

2:50:17 I was just looking at through the 400 mil.

2:50:21 We love it.

2:50:22 Uh we are getting a sneak preview from one of our saw cameras

2:50:26 at what you're looking at and we see some of what you're describing.

2:50:29 We cannot wait to see your photos.

2:50:31 Thanks.

2:50:37 Yeah, Jenny, I wish you had some longer lenses

2:50:42 on those solar array so you could see the whole moon,

2:50:44 but man, it is uh or the uplose moon,

2:50:47 not the whole moon, but it is just fascinating here.

2:50:49 It's so cool.

2:50:51 All right, Mo and Inco, take notes.

2:50:53 We want to zoom lens on those saws next time.

2:50:56 Thanks, Reed.

2:51:03 Affirmative.

2:51:11 As the crew gets ready to switch positions uh from the window crew going

2:51:15 back to the support crew and the support crew flying up to the windows.

2:51:19 Um this view inside the room.

2:51:22 Capcom Jenny Gibbons speaking with the crew.

2:51:24 Canadian Space Agency astronaut.

2:51:27 The crew has continued to provide excellent descriptions

2:51:30 of what they are seeing on the lunar surface.

2:51:33 In this picture or in this live view actually

2:51:36 from Orion and a camera mounted on its solar array wing.

2:51:39 If you look at the dark portion on the right side of the screen,

2:51:44 those are visible from Earth.

2:51:45 That's considered the near side, those are ancient lava flows from a time early

2:51:51 in the moon's history when it was volcanically active.

2:51:55 And if you look towards the left,

2:51:57 there's that dark large crater that appears above

2:52:00 um to the left of those lava flows.

2:52:02 That's Orient Hall Basin.

2:52:04 It's about 600 miles wide and it straddles the moon's near and far side.

2:52:08 And this mission is the first time that humans have ever

2:52:10 been able to see this with their eyes in the daylight.

2:52:18 Again, you hear conversation about that terminator.

2:52:20 You have a great view of that as well.

2:52:22 That's the difference between light and darkness on the moon.

2:52:25 Victor Glover explaining that as a very jagged

2:52:29 looking terminator due to the peaks that they're

2:52:32 seeing and the craters that they're seeing

2:52:34 as they prepare to cross over the far side.

2:52:46 You also heard science officer uh the Dr.

2:52:50 Kelsey Young Artemis science flight operations lead sharing with Victor Glover

2:52:55 that his responses are truly something

2:52:57 that only human eyes can discern or provide.

2:53:00 So, we've previously discussed how having humans

2:53:02 observing the moon on this mission is being

2:53:04 combined with lunar robotic data to help

2:53:07 us maximize what we know about the moon.

2:53:09 So, part of that data comes from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter or LRO.

2:53:14 This orbiter provides the robotic foundation

2:53:16 that makes Artemis 2 Lunar Science possible.

2:53:19 LRO has been orbiting the moon for 17 years,

2:53:22 which makes it the longest operated lunar orbiter in history.

2:53:26 And it's also the only American spacecraft

2:53:28 dedicated specifically to lunar science and exploration.

2:53:34 Artemis 2 lunar observations are designed to complement

2:53:37 data like the detailed surface images from LRO.

2:53:40 So while LRO provides those detailed highresolution maps of the moon's surface,

2:53:45 the Aremis 2 crew adds human observations

2:53:47 that focus on regional context and relationships between features,

2:53:51 giving scientists a larger a larger geological picture.

2:53:56 Now, this combination of robotic

2:53:58 and human observations strengthens lunar science.

2:54:01 LRO delivers precise and repeatable measurements over long periods of time,

2:54:06 while the Artemis 2 crew contributes realtime visual

2:54:09 descriptions and context that robotic instruments alone cannot provide.

2:54:14 The best description I've heard while preparing

2:54:16 for this mission is to compare the difference in looking

2:54:20 at the moon with your own eyes on Earth

2:54:21 and trying to take a picture with a camera.

2:54:24 The camera truly never does it justice,

2:54:26 and it's much easier to describe and perceive what you're

2:54:29 seeing with your own eyes than to take a photo.

2:54:32 These Artemis 2 astronauts can rapidly scan wide

2:54:35 areas and adjust their focus in real time,

2:54:37 as well as describe relationships between features.

2:54:41 The crew will also observe the same

2:54:42 regions multiple times under changing lighting conditions

2:54:46 during the flyby and provide perspectives

2:54:48 that would take robotic missions years to accumulate.

2:54:51 During the Aremis 2 mission, LRO is also attempting to observe some

2:54:56 of the same lunar features that the astronauts are studying.

2:54:59 Collecting this data simultaneously highlights how different instruments

2:55:03 and human eyes provide complimentary information about the moon.

2:55:07 This LRO data plays a direct role in preparing for future Artemis missions.

2:55:12 Its measurements of topography, surface temperature, composition, radiation,

2:55:15 and lighting conditions are used to assess hazards, identify safe landing sites,

2:55:21 and locate potential resources such as water ice near the lunar south pole.

2:55:26 This mission, Artemis 2,

2:55:28 represents the point where years of robotic preparation are paired

2:55:32 with human exploration for the first time in the Artemis era.

2:55:35 So together, LRO, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter,

2:55:38 and Aremis 2 are demonstrating how NASA moves

2:55:41 from mapping the moon robotically to exploring it with humans.

2:55:45 We are laying the groundwork for future

2:55:47 Artemis missions and sustained lunar operations.

2:55:53 A check-in with Orion.

2:55:55 We are now 4 days 21 minutes, 4 days,

2:55:59 21 hours, and 22 minutes into the flight of Artemis 2.

2:56:04 our crew aboard the Orion spacecraft.

2:56:06 We are now 8,153 miles away from the moon, 250,742 miles away from Earth.

2:56:15 The spacecraft is traveling at 1,30 mph.

2:57:12 All right, Houston.

2:57:23 Uh, the professional science update giver is now in seat two.

2:57:28 That is where Victor is.

2:57:30 And Christina is nestling in seat one with the long lens.

2:57:35 And we're just getting ourselves oriented here.

2:57:37 Uh, it's it's a cool view in the cabin.

2:57:40 It's actually a cool view to be off the camera now and looking

2:57:42 at my crew mates getting up to their observation post and looking in.

2:57:47 It's super fun.

2:57:56 Copy all.

2:57:57 We like it.

2:59:15 As we heard confirmation from NASA astronaut

2:59:18 and commander of Artemis 2, Reed Wisman, they are now switching positions uh

2:59:24 of the support teams and the observation teams.

2:59:27 So, initially Reed Wisman and Jeremy Hansen were at Windows 2 and three

2:59:32 in the Orion spacecraft taking photos and making annotations in their PCDs,

2:59:36 portable computing devices.

2:59:40 They were also uh com giving audible descriptions uh into their PCDs,

2:59:46 wearing headsets with microphones,

2:59:47 and providing recordings that the science team will be able to listen to later.

2:59:53 We were hearing from NASA astronauts Christina Cook and Victor

2:59:56 Glover as they made observations as part of the support team.

3:00:03 Now, as these teams are swapping,

3:00:05 we anticipate hearing more from uh Reed and Jeremy as they'll be on the support

3:00:10 team while Victor and Christina will be

3:00:12 at the windows taking photos and making annotations.

3:03:37 and Jenny for the science team if they can mark uh this time I just cover

3:03:41 up window four to block out the ambient

3:03:45 light from a very bright planet Earth and it'll

3:03:48 be interesting to see if in the data uh Victor and Christina see any differences

3:03:53 from me and Jeremy with that window blocked

3:03:55 it's a lot darker in the cabin Copy, Reed.

3:04:02 We're taking note.

3:04:03 We'd be curious, too.

3:05:02 We are live in the Aremis mission control room

3:05:05 during the lunar flyby of the Aremis 2 crew.

3:05:09 The first humans to fly by the moon in over 50 years.

3:05:13 Orion launched 4 days, 21 hours, and 30 minutes ago at top the SLS rocket,

3:05:18 Space Launch System rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

3:05:27 Our four crew members inside

3:05:28 the spacecraft are transitioning their uh positions.

3:05:33 The cabin and window teams have swapped.

3:05:37 Currently at the window, we have Victor Glover and Christina Cook,

3:05:41 NASA astronauts, and serving as support, Reed Wisman and Jeremy Hansen.

3:06:02 For our crews at the window,

3:06:03 they are using handheld Nikons with an 80 to 400 millimeter zoom lens.

3:06:10 There are also GoPros on each of the solar arrays on Orion,

3:06:13 and that's where this view is coming from right now.

3:06:16 We have an interior camera of the crew as well,

3:06:18 but they have dimmed the cabin lights.

3:06:20 They've actually turned off the cabin lights to allow

3:06:22 them to better see outside of the spacecraft.

3:06:26 This also helps prevent any reflections from lights inside the spacecraft

3:06:30 reflecting onto the windows while they are photographing the moon.

3:08:30 We talked a little bit about the views

3:08:32 and the cameras being used on the Orion spacecraft.

3:08:35 Uh, and again, we do have GoPros on the tip of each solar array wing.

3:08:40 Now the bandwidth is a little bit limited because having a crew on board we do

3:08:46 have to down link a lot more data

3:08:48 that includes their environmental control and life support system.

3:08:52 Uh we are not the only data this view

3:08:54 that you see coming down from the spacecraft

3:08:56 and so uh we do rely on sharing some

3:08:59 of that with the other flight controllers in mission control.

3:09:04 This helps the team monitor all systems aboard

3:09:06 the spacecraft and ensure the safety of our astronauts.

3:10:24 We are standing by for a situation report from the crew aboard the spacecraft.

3:10:30 They've been imaging the whole moon.

3:10:32 There is new now a new crew at the window.

3:10:34 That would be uh Victor Glover and Christina Cook.

3:10:37 And so being it's their first time since

3:10:39 they have moved up to the window positions,

3:10:42 they have a chance to orient themselves and describe and take

3:10:46 pictures of any color or albido variations across the surface.

3:10:50 Reminder, albido is the brightness or reflectiveness.

3:10:53 Integrity science for a science sit rep when you're ready.

3:11:36 Houston integrity.

3:11:37 We have no external view of the moon right now for the floating crew members.

3:11:41 So my only signific window three doing observations

3:11:46 and Christina in window two with the long lens.

3:11:50 Integrity, we copy.

3:11:58 Um, are the shrouds still on windows one and four?

3:12:02 And if so, um, would you consider trying

3:12:05 to get a view through one of those windows?

3:12:13 Uh, we cannot take the shroud off of four

3:12:15 because the Earth is too bright and it's impacting uh, Ike's peripheral vision.

3:12:20 And then I can get a grazing glimpse out the docking hatch window.

3:12:26 I can see Oriental south down to the South Pole.

3:12:29 And the primary thing that I see from Oriental right now is

3:12:33 the just the long trenches uh that come out in, you know,

3:12:38 when you come out the north side of Oriental,

3:12:40 the ejecta kind of boulders across the northern half of the far side.

3:12:44 But coming out the southern half of Oriental,

3:12:47 I just see those large uh here they look like gorges.

3:12:52 They're almost like rain when it comes down the Grand

3:12:54 Canyon and fingers off into uh into the desert.

3:12:58 Kind of what it looks like.

3:12:59 Also, uh uh Burgess Alpha is extremely bright.

3:13:05 It's the brightest thing that I can see.

3:13:07 Um even brighter now than Aerist Starkus,

3:13:09 which is heading off to the Terminator.

3:13:12 It's almost impossible now to see Arista Stark is

3:13:14 the thing that Jeremy and I looked so much at.

3:13:16 I can just barely see the crater rays from M.

3:13:20 And uh I would say for uh Albino right now I would go

3:13:26 back to uh Grimmati is still extremely dark especially in that southwest corner.

3:13:33 And there are parts of Oriental and the outer

3:13:36 ring of Oriental that reach that same

3:13:38 level of darkness especially the rings of Oriental

3:13:41 reach the same level of darkness as Grimmaldi.

3:13:44 Uh and then south of Gmani, Jeremy and I were noting uh a few other

3:13:49 just really dark areas of cratering uh or I'm sorry,

3:13:52 Mar there and those have that same darker albido,

3:13:55 but uh Burgess is the brightest and GMI is the darkest.

3:14:06 Integrity Science, that was a great description.

3:14:08 Thank you and thanks for the docking

3:14:10 window geometry to give us that description.

3:14:12 Any comments before you go on the annular ring in Oriental?

3:14:21 The annular ring which uh I think everybody

3:14:23 kind of describes as like a pair of lips

3:14:26 or a kiss on the far side of the moon from here is very circular in nature.

3:14:30 The northern part of it is wider, darker.

3:14:34 The southern part is much lighter.

3:14:36 Um it is it is very neat looking and uh it but it

3:14:40 is very far more circular than I remember it looking in our training.

3:14:46 Uh the darkness of the northern side of the annular ring is the same darkness

3:14:50 from here out this docking hatch window

3:14:53 as the center uh center mare in uh in Oriental.

3:14:58 Uh not quite as dark as Dravaldi, but it it is probably only because dust

3:15:03 and lunar regalith has kind of impacted over time.

3:15:09 Reed, that's exactly what we are looking for.

3:15:11 Thanks so much.

3:15:11 You have heart hands coming out of the sir.

3:15:24 Say that again, Kelsey.

3:15:28 just saying that the sir was really excited about that.

3:15:30 That annular ring was something we were really eager to hear about.

3:15:33 So, thanks.

3:15:39 Yep.

3:15:39 You bet.

3:15:40 And now, Victor and Christina are moving on to Oriental.

3:15:43 I got them situated over there a little bit late.

3:16:09 That was NASA astronaut Reed Wisman now providing a science sit rep

3:16:13 as he is away from the uh windows most of the time.

3:16:18 He is working as the support person along

3:16:21 with Jeremy Hansen in the spacecraft as Victor

3:16:24 Glover and Christina Cook are now at windows

3:16:26 two and three able to photograph the moon.

3:16:34 Christina and Victor are also providing

3:16:37 recorded information to their portable computing devices,

3:16:41 that's their PCDs, and the science team will

3:16:43 have access to that at a later time.

3:16:46 They will then review it and compile all

3:16:48 of this data to help further our understanding of the moon.

3:16:52 One of the items you heard mentioned was Orient Hall Basin.

3:16:55 This has been a very exciting um opportunity for the crew.

3:17:00 They have all been very excited about seeing Oriental as well

3:17:03 as the science team has been looking forward to it.

3:17:05 It is known as the Grand Canyon of the Moon as we discussed earlier.

3:17:16 From the pictures, the science team is hoping that the crew will take

3:17:21 centered images of the entire basin and surrounding craters in a single frame,

3:17:25 but also use those 80 to 400 mm zoom lenses to create a mosaic entire basin.

3:17:37 With their unaded eyes,

3:17:39 the science team is hoping the crew will describe southern dark annual ring,

3:17:43 which you heard uh Reed just describing, as well as any color,

3:17:47 albido, texture, or topography across the Mar patches and ring mountains.

3:17:53 Science team reports that the observations will be used to study the geological

3:17:58 evolution of the youngest lunar basin

3:18:00 and to inform hypotheses for the annular ring.

3:18:10 And again, another fun fact about Oriental is

3:18:13 the diameter is the same distance between Johnson Space Center,

3:18:16 where we are today, and Kennedy Space Center,

3:18:19 where the crew launched on April 1st.

3:19:44 This live view from the Orion spacecraft on the Artemis

3:19:48 2 mission now 7,373 miles away from the moon, 251,130 m from Earth.

3:20:30 Again, the Aremis 2 crew passed the Apollo 13 record

3:20:49 of the humans farthest from the Earth today at 12:57 p.m.

3:20:54 Central time, 1:57 p.m.

3:20:57 Eastern time.

3:21:06 That distance set by Apollo 13 was 248,655 statute miles.

3:21:13 We have clearly passed that and we expect to uh pass that by about 4,15 miles.

3:21:21 That'll been when that will be when uh

3:21:23 the spacecraft reaches its farthest distance from the Earth.

3:21:26 It could be around 252,760 mi.

3:21:31 But again, these are uh approximations and our targets and we will

3:21:35 make sure to report back the final numbers once we have them.

3:22:03 We have some refined times of when we expect to uh have

3:22:07 Earth set of Earth behind the moon while Orion flies behind the moon.

3:22:11 That would be about 5:41 p.m.

3:22:14 Central, 6:41 Eastern.

3:22:17 The spacecraft would make its closest approach to the moon at 6:00 Central,

3:22:21 7 Eastern, and that would be about 4,066 miles.

3:22:27 And then at 6:02 p.m.

3:22:29 Central and uh the spacecraft will reach its farthest distance from the Earth.

3:22:34 We anticipate that will be about 252,755 mi,

3:22:39 which would be 4,111 mi farther than Apollo 13.

3:22:44 We would see Earthrise again at 6:21 p.m.

3:22:47 Central time and a few moments later,

3:22:49 a few minutes later, regain communications with the crew.

3:23:35 currently aboard Orion.

3:23:38 Victor Glover and Christina Cook are

3:23:40 the two team members conducting lunar flyby observations,

3:23:44 meaning they are using the Nikon cameras to photograph the moon

3:23:47 and their PCD or the portable computing device to conduct annotations.

3:23:53 They are both recording information that will

3:23:55 be down linked to the science crew.

3:23:57 And tomorrow morning, the science team will have a uh conference

3:24:02 with the team while the information is so fresh.

3:24:05 They'll be speaking with the crew

3:24:07 about their observations and their data collection.

3:24:16 Otherwise, most of tomorrow, flight day seven is considered an off day.

3:25:31 We are on flight day six of the Aremis 2 mission.

3:25:34 The first time in more than 50 years that humans will observe the moon directly,

3:25:38 providing a critical opportunity to practice how lunar

3:25:41 science will be conducted during future Aremis missions.

3:25:47 If you're just joining us, the crew is well into their lunar flyby observations

3:25:51 and we anticipate that we will hear from them soon.

3:25:56 A few times every hour they are slated

3:25:58 to call down with science sit reps or situation reports.

3:26:01 We most recently had one from commander Reed Wisman.

3:26:07 He and Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist,

3:26:09 were first at the windows today to photograph

3:26:12 and uh make annotations of what they were seeing.

3:26:16 Therefore, we heard more from Victor Glover and Christina

3:26:19 Cook earlier in the day during those first blocks.

3:26:22 But now that Reed Wiseman and Jeremy Hansen are on the support side,

3:26:26 they are the ones calling down what they are seeing from windows 1 and four.

3:26:31 Earlier, we heard that the Earth is so bright in window 4,

3:26:35 they have had to uh temporarily cover it with a t-shirt.

3:26:57 The moon preserves a near continuous record of solar system history

3:27:00 that has been erased on Earth because the moon doesn't have an atmosphere.

3:27:04 So things that we experience on Earth

3:27:06 like weather or plate tectonics don't really apply.

3:27:09 So, the lunar surface retains evidence of ancient impacts,

3:27:13 volcanism, and solar activity that scientists can study today.

3:27:16 And studying the moon helps scientists

3:27:18 understand how planets formed and evolved,

3:27:21 how the moon influenced our own planet Earth's history,

3:27:23 and how the sun shaped conditions across the inner solar system.

3:27:27 The moon also serves as a unique platform for studying the broader universe.

3:27:33 Artemis science is designed around questions best

3:27:35 answered by humans working alongside robotic systems.

3:27:39 Combining decades of robotic lunar data with real time

3:27:42 judgment context and adaptability that only humans can provide.

3:27:47 This mission Artemis 2 is serving as a proving ground for lunar

3:27:50 science operations which allows NASA to test how science is planned,

3:27:54 executed, and supported during a crude deep

3:27:57 space mission ahead of our future Artemis flights.

3:28:18 Integrity, time for a window team position swap.

3:28:22 So, Victor and Christina, please switch places if you've not done so already.

3:28:26 And remember your SD card for the camera.

3:28:45 We're in the swap right now.

3:28:46 They're wrapping up their last comments and they'll

3:28:48 switch over and change guards in the long lens.

3:28:54 Copy.

3:29:19 As you heard in that call,

3:29:20 it is now time for the team members at the window to swap positions.

3:29:27 That means Victor Glover and Christina Cook will be switching roles.

3:29:32 One of them have has been photographing the moon with a Nikon with an 80

3:29:36 to 400 millimeter zoom lens while the other

3:29:38 was making annotations on their portable computing device.

3:29:45 And both are recording audio that the science team will be able to listen to.

3:29:59 We are now 2 hours and 10 minutes until we expect

3:30:03 to lose signal with the spacecraft as they fly behind the moon.

3:30:12 And the next target for the crew is considered a crew choice event.

3:30:16 They have the option to focus on any

3:30:18 regions or patterns or features that interest them.

3:30:24 The science team has asked the crew

3:30:26 to capture pictures that illustrate their choice as well

3:30:29 as at different zoom levels and to describe

3:30:32 why those certain features or regions caught their eye.

3:30:39 Those recordings are part of what are being saved on their PCDs,

3:30:47 portable computing device that will be sent to the science team for analysis.

3:31:05 The crew has been allotted eight minutes for this crew choice event.

3:31:08 And it's also a time for a scheduled sit rep or situation report.

3:31:13 So we expect to hear them calling down what they are seeing soon.

3:31:55 Something that the crew or that the science team has

3:31:58 used to help prepare the crew is a Q card.

3:32:01 These ask for a feature ID if they happen to know

3:32:04 the type or name and if it is a target.

3:32:06 Of course, in this situation, when they have a crew choice,

3:32:09 they do not need to uh it may or may not be a target.

3:32:13 They want to know the location and the observation style.

3:32:18 They've also asked for the geometry of what's being captured, the size,

3:32:21 shape, boundary, and preservation, as well as the color and shadow.

3:32:25 So, the color tone, the albido,

3:32:27 that uh reflection or brightness, and any shadows or illumination.

3:32:32 Next, they're interested in structure and texture.

3:32:34 That includes slopes, structures and textures of course and geologic

3:32:39 relations like association to other features,

3:32:42 any contact to those features and of course their thoughts,

3:32:46 impressions or interpretations.

3:32:49 They are interested even in emotions and excitement that the crew may be having.

3:33:04 This flyby day has been practiced in many ways,

3:33:06 even in SIMS here in Mission Control Houston.

3:33:12 The team also conducted some fieldwork,

3:33:14 learning how to uh look for specific geologic features.

3:33:18 They also photographed a large globe and the science team helped them determine

3:33:24 uh which features they would be targeting and how to look at those.

3:33:46 We have a few more minutes

3:33:47 that the crew would be photographing their crew choice.

3:33:50 Again, this is NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Cook at the windows.

3:33:56 They will then move on to another discussion portion.

3:33:59 This is for the far side albido,

3:34:01 that reflectiveness and color that they are seeing.

3:34:05 We heard earlier about some browns seen on the moon which is

3:34:08 very interesting especially here from Earth where we are just seeing whites,

3:34:12 grays uh and maybe even black at some points when they get

3:34:17 into that discussion for far south far side albido in a few minutes.

3:34:22 The theme is looking to know how that color and albido

3:34:26 is uh what those variations look like across the far side.

3:35:00 on the right side of your screen, the science evaluation room or sir,

3:35:04 where team members are looking real time at what the crew is seeing.

3:35:07 And even earlier, we're integrity ready for science.

3:35:13 We'll take it.

3:35:20 Okay, the crew has uh swapped positions.

3:35:23 They're in their crew choice uh element.

3:35:26 I've been listening to both of them

3:35:27 for a little bit and uh they're really enjoying uh

3:35:30 they both decided to pick the Terminator and they're

3:35:33 spending a lot of time looking at the Terminator.

3:35:36 um just talking about the resolution that they can see um the depth

3:35:42 of the craters and the various interesting

3:35:46 um and unique excavations that they can see.

3:35:53 So Victor is on the long lens and Christina is just looking

3:35:57 out the window and I'm sneaking a look a peek in t-shirt window.

3:36:02 Um, it looks like I don't have the best angle here,

3:36:07 but it looks like Aeros Starkus has is on the limb of the moon now.

3:36:12 Um, it's amazing how quickly it changes as we

3:36:16 speed around the far side of the moon.

3:36:19 Stuff that's leaving our field of view.

3:36:21 And, uh, now we have a lot of the dark side of the moon that, you know,

3:36:27 it's missing for us right now,

3:36:29 but it's it would be in view if it was lit at all.

3:36:34 Jeremy science.

3:36:36 Thanks for that sitrep.

3:36:37 Um do have a question.

3:36:39 Um a few times we've heard you and and uh

3:36:42 the other crew describe change during the course of your flyby.

3:36:46 Would be interested in future descriptions

3:36:48 of more uh verbosity about how it's changing.

3:36:52 Thanks for the great rep.

3:37:16 Yeah, Kelsey.

3:37:17 Uh, sounds good.

3:37:17 We are definitely keeping an eye on that.

3:37:20 Um, my eyes have just not readjusted.

3:37:22 The moon is so bright when you come back to the window.

3:37:25 I was just in the interior of the cabin.

3:37:27 I've come back to t-shirt window and it's just

3:37:30 overwhelming brightness and my viewing angles have been challenging.

3:37:35 So, I won't be able to give you great observations from this window,

3:37:38 but I will talk about something that I

3:37:40 was talking a lot about in my recordings earlier,

3:37:43 which was um we've been talking about some shades and uh

3:37:48 so we we have obviously the the dark and the light gray,

3:37:53 and then we've talked about naming some colors,

3:37:55 a brownish hue and a greenish hue.

3:37:59 And I'll tell you like right now Aristarus um the plateau is hard for me

3:38:07 to see from this window but that had greenish hues to me and was very unique.

3:38:11 I didn't see anything like that anywhere else on this side of the moon.

3:38:15 And then I see a lot of these what I would call brownish hue areas.

3:38:19 There's a number of them and they if

3:38:23 for example in the northwest corner of the highlands um

3:38:27 to me it looks like the brownish hue is

3:38:30 caused by ray or ejected material landing on the highlands

3:38:35 and then we obviously see the ray areas

3:38:37 as a lighter albido but in between the rays where

3:38:40 the the deposit would be thinnest that is what

3:38:44 it looks like is causing the brown to me.

3:38:46 So, I saw that in the northwest side of Aeros Starkus or sorry

3:38:51 that that dark area of the Highlands uh northwest side of the Highlands.

3:38:55 I saw it in the highlands to the east of Glushko.

3:38:59 And then I see those same brownish hues west of Oriental.

3:39:06 Um, and I I drew a contact there on one note,

3:39:09 but that's a huge region kind of like a piece of pie with a the point

3:39:15 of the pie pointing at Oriental and then

3:39:17 going up towards uh the northern side of Herzbrung.

3:39:24 And that is a that is an area

3:39:26 that just looks like a different that brownish albido.

3:39:33 That was fantastic, Jeremy.

3:39:35 We had heard rumors of the green and brown hues

3:39:38 and so you really read my mind on um asking about those.

3:39:42 Um understand they likely didn't have any contact

3:39:44 with each other the way that you described them.

3:39:47 Um but please correct me if I misunderstood that.

3:39:50 And then uh last thing I'll make the same offer we made to Victor earlier.

3:39:55 If it would be helpful for us to verbalize any targets so you can stay

3:39:58 at the windows and keep your eyes adjusted to the moon, please let us know.

3:40:19 Uh, if you got something you want us to look at, Kelsey, you can send it on up.

3:40:31 Definitely not looking to interrupt your flow.

3:40:33 Reed and Jeremy only offering um assistance if you

3:40:37 guys want to keep your eyes off of the PCDs.

3:40:47 Oh, I see what you're saying.

3:40:48 Okay.

3:40:57 not really science related and we definitely learned this at Apollo,

3:40:59 but the the thing that is just most fascinating I think to me

3:41:02 and Victor right now is even as as rugged as the far side looks,

3:41:08 when you look at oriental and home, it's rugged, but man,

3:41:12 when you look at the Terminator, it is just like impossibly rugged.

3:41:16 And it reminds you that the whole far side is that way.

3:41:19 And just the terminator is really bringing out the shadows

3:41:22 and the hills and the valleys and it is just it's unbelievable.

3:41:25 It's like no surface of the terminator is not

3:41:29 marked by meteor impact and it's just it is

3:41:32 very impressive to look at that and you realize

3:41:34 that that is true across the whole far side.

3:41:36 You just can't see it uh due to the sun illumination right now.

3:41:43 read Houston copies and we were commenting on the same thing.

3:41:46 Even from our view, the Terminator looks absolutely alien because there is

3:41:51 just so much texture in there that we're just not used to seeing.

3:41:54 So, thanks for sharing that with us.

3:42:01 There's also I don't know the name of it.

3:42:03 Uh coming out the souths southwest of Oriental right

3:42:08 on the southern terminator is just a massive crater.

3:42:12 Uh I don't know the name of it.

3:42:14 Maybe you can look on the on the uh solar ray wing video and tell me it's right.

3:42:18 It's the southernmost crater you see on the terminator right now.

3:42:28 We're looking for you.

3:44:36 We're loving that picture.

3:44:37 Thanks for showing us.

3:44:39 And Reed, as an answer to your last question,

3:44:42 we believe that that is Chbby Chev crater.

3:44:45 And the sir agrees with that.

3:44:56 Okay, that picture I was just showing you is an 8X

3:44:59 iPhone out the docking hatch for the high grazing angle.

3:45:02 It's just amazing.

3:45:07 We love it.

3:45:08 Thank you.

3:45:35 This is Artemis mission control in Houston, Texas.

3:45:38 Mission elapse time 4 days 22 hours 12 minutes into the flight of Orion.

3:45:51 This is lunar flyby day for the crew aboard the spacecraft.

3:45:56 Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Cook,

3:45:58 and Jeremy Hansen are now the farthest people to have ever traveled from Earth.

3:46:16 This a live view from inside the spacecraft.

3:46:18 They have turned off the lights so they're able to see

3:46:21 outside and photograph the moon better with no reflections from inside.

3:46:25 And for a very brief moment there,

3:46:27 Integrity Science, thanks for those iPhone views.

3:46:31 Uh it's helpful to see what you're seeing.

3:46:47 We very briefly saw NASA astronaut Reed Wisman showing

3:46:52 a picture he took on his phone of the moon.

3:46:59 We do expect to get all of the photos that the crew is

3:47:01 taking today and we cannot wait to share some of those with you.

3:47:05 But uh pretty cool in the meantime just to see

3:47:08 one quick shot from what the crew is seeing.

3:47:14 And this view from outside the spacecraft on Orion's solar array wing.

3:47:22 Orion is now 6,643 miles away from the moon and continuing to grow closer.

3:47:29 Again, their closest approach will be about 4,066 miles.

3:47:34 The best comparison is if you held a basketball at arms length.

3:47:38 That's about what it would look like

3:47:40 to the Artemis 2 crew at their closest approach.

3:48:59 this view showing uh at the very top a camera

3:49:04 coming from Orion continuing their flyby of the moon.

3:49:10 We have three more flyby observation blocks after the completion of this one.

3:49:20 Down on the bottom left of your screen,

3:49:22 that's the SIR, the science evaluation room,

3:49:25 where team members are continuing to work through all

3:49:27 of the targets that the crew is photographing today.

3:49:30 and they've helped identify some of the uh some of the craters and some

3:49:35 of the other items that the crew has seen on the moon's surface.

3:49:40 Down on the right is Artemis mission control here in Houston.

3:49:44 Those two rooms down at the bottom are just down the hall from each other.

3:50:03 And we are just a few minutes away from the next cabin and window team swap.

3:50:08 That means Victor and Christina, who have been at the windows,

3:50:11 will fly to the cabin uh the background essentially

3:50:15 and be their support crew for Reed and Jeremy.

3:50:19 Reed and Jeremy will move back up to the windows.

3:51:34 The crew is continuing their um discussion portion of the flyby

3:51:40 in the lunar targeting package where it says far side albido/color.

3:51:44 They are looking uh the science team is looking

3:51:46 to get a good understanding of what the crew

3:51:48 can see on the far side at this point and its brightness as well as any colors.

3:51:54 We did hear earlier uh Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen reporting

3:51:58 that they could even see browns and even greens on the moon.

3:52:02 I'm really looking forward to seeing those photos.

3:52:04 And in just a couple of minutes,

3:52:06 the teams will swap from the cabin to the window.

3:52:18 another rundown of just how this flyby

3:52:21 is choreographed inside the spacecraft today.

3:52:24 So these activities have been timelined and there are these five blocks of time

3:52:28 during which the crew is uh going to be observing the moon from Orion's windows.

3:52:34 Now we are just coming up on the end

3:52:36 of the second block and we'll start the third soon.

3:52:41 So, at any time during those blocks,

3:52:43 two members are at the windows working in a pair.

3:52:45 One is taking photos from window two and has a blue shroud

3:52:49 over the window to help prevent any reflections from inside the spacecraft.

3:52:54 They are also using an 80 to 400 millimeter zoom lens.

3:52:57 And the other astronaut on the window team will be

3:52:59 in window 3 using their portable computing device to make annotations.

3:53:04 Now, again, both of those crew members are making audio recordings

3:53:07 of what they are seeing and we are not hearing that right now.

3:53:10 Those are going to be down linked to the science team who will

3:53:14 evaluate them and uh use that data to inform our understanding of the moon.

3:53:21 Those two crew members at the windows swap roles.

3:53:24 Integrity Houston, it is time for another

3:53:29 swap between the cabin and the window teams.

3:53:32 So, we have 15 minutes of handover time and then we will expect

3:53:37 Jeremy and Reed at the windows and Christina and Victor at the cabin.

3:53:43 I have no uh new vehicle updates for you,

3:53:47 but I do have a photo location uh for some photos on Ike's PCD,

3:53:52 and I want to let you know

3:53:53 that Jeremy's family have arrived in the viewing gallery.

3:54:11 Okay, Jenny, we copied most of that.

3:54:13 The only thing we're missing is what you

3:54:14 meant about the photo location on Victor's PCD.

3:54:19 And uh hello to my family.

3:54:21 I think that must be Katherine and Devon that are there.

3:54:24 And I'm glad they made it into the viewing room.

3:54:28 And uh we copy.

3:54:30 It's time for crew swap.

3:54:31 The A team's coming out of the windows and the B team's going in.

3:54:37 Okay.

3:54:37 Copy.

3:54:38 All I meant to pass for Victor's uh PCD is that there are some

3:54:42 late load uh photos that were requested

3:54:45 that are now in his favorite photos folder.

3:54:48 Um and you're exactly right.

3:54:49 We have Katherine and Devon here.

3:54:51 Uh they give you a big wave and they're super

3:54:53 excited and happy to see part of what you're seeing.

3:55:22 Okay, copy, Jenny.

3:55:23 We not sure what we're looking for in the PC,

3:55:25 but we're going to poke around and we may be calling you back about that one.

3:55:31 All right, that's no problem.

3:55:32 And it's unrelated to flyby.

3:56:12 This is Artemis mission control here at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

3:56:16 And as you just heard, Capcom or capsule communicator Jenny Gibbons,

3:56:20 Canadian Space Agency astronaut and Artemis 2

3:56:23 crew backup relaying to the teams in Orion

3:56:26 that it is time for a swap from the cabin to the window teams.

3:56:32 We're now at the tail end of the second lunar flyby observation block.

3:56:36 Again, we have five of these today.

3:56:40 Most recently, Victor Glover and Christina Cook

3:56:42 were at the windows photographing and making annotations.

3:56:46 While Reed Wiseman and Jeremy Hansen were in the cabin providing support,

3:56:50 whether that is SD card help,

3:56:53 but also science sit reps calling down any situation reports for what

3:56:57 they are seeing on the moon or anything about the vehicle status.

3:57:03 With that call to make a swap,

3:57:05 Reed and Jeremy will be back at the windows making

3:57:08 observations for what they see at the moon and taking photos.

3:58:43 Again, you're watching live coverage of NASA's Artemis to come.

3:58:59 But something that's truly awesome up here is we now

3:59:02 have the moon and the Earth in window three simultaneously.

3:59:07 And the moon is a gibus and the earth is a crescent.

3:59:12 And I'm guessing in about uh 45 minutes,

3:59:14 we'll have two identical crescents as we change our position in the universe.

3:59:23 That is pretty darn cool.

3:59:25 Thank you.