NASA's Artemis II mission in 20 minutes

[0:00] 10, 9, 8, 7, RS-25 engines, 8, 4, 3, 2, 1, booster ignition, and liftoff. [0:14] Artemis II now bound for the moon. [0:18] Humanity's next great. [0:19] Houston, Integrity, good roll pitch. [0:24] Roger, roll pitch. [2:17] It's nominal upstage RCS ready. [2:27] Integrity, SM priming complete. [2:29] And Houston has you loud and clear on T-Dress at the Carmen line. [2:39] 50 seconds into the flight of Artemis II. [2:50] Wiseman, Glover, Crook, and Benz across space with good count signals acquired after last [2:56] Edison now working on internal checks. [2:57] To hear it. [2:59] Whoa. [3:00] So that's, so that is separate. [3:02] That is. [3:03] One of the biggest surprises was how smooth riding those solids was. [3:08] We all expected a really just dynamic ride, a lot of motion. [3:12] We were prepared to potentially not being able to see telemetry, maybe even not being able [3:17] to, you know, touch switches. [3:19] And it was very smooth. [3:22] It was a definite difference when they separated and we were just on the main engines. [3:26] But just a steady rumble and a great ride. [3:36] Well, let's see. [3:37] So we've been off the planet for, what, about 30 hours now? [3:40] And we've had two very short naps. [3:41] We actually just gathered for our first meal together in space. [3:44] That is how busy we have been the last day and a half. [3:47] It has been really an amazing beginning flight plan. [3:52] But sleeping here is, it's actually sort of comical. [3:55] Christina has been sleeping heads down in the middle of the vehicle, kind of like a bat [3:59] suspended from our docking tunnel. [4:01] Victor's been up where Jeremy is right now. [4:03] He's got a nice little nook wedged in there. [4:05] And then Jeremy has been stretched out on seat one. [4:08] And I've been sleeping under the displays just in case anything goes wrong. [4:12] It's more comfortable than you would think. [4:14] And it's nice to sleep in weightlessness again. [4:17] Every time I was dozing off last night, I had that image that I was tripping off a curb [4:21] and I was waking myself up. [4:23] So my body's getting re-acclimated. [4:25] It's been a few years since I've been up here. [4:26] As you all know, there is so much division at home right now. [4:31] What is it that you're feeling and what message do you want to send to the American people [4:34] about what you're saying out that window? [4:43] Well, the first thing I would say is, trust us, you look amazing. [4:47] You look beautiful. [4:48] And from up here, you also look like one thing. [4:50] You know, homo sapiens is all of us. [4:53] No matter where you're from or, you know, what you look like, we're all one people. [4:58] And so, you know, this mission, one of the things that's amazing about being around and [5:02] just being an astronaut, you know, serving our countries at this time is that we get to [5:08] give ourselves a mission that we can hold on to to say, hey, look at what we did for [5:13] the rest of our lives. [5:15] You know, we call amazing things that humans do moonshots for a reason. [5:18] And because this brought us together and showed us what we can do when we put, not just putting [5:23] our differences aside, when we bring our differences together and use all the strengths to accomplish [5:27] something great. [5:29] And so this mission will give us one of those that we all can remember and hold on to for [5:34] the rest of our days. [5:34] And I hope I hope people will tune in and give us a chance. [5:38] There's a lot of happiness just to experience these unique things just brings you joy as [5:45] a human. [5:46] We're explorers at heart as human beings, and we really feel like we're exploring out [5:51] here. [5:51] And it brings a lot of excitement. [5:53] And then, you know, right away, you are humbled. [5:56] The fact that four of us get to be out here just brings you to your knees. [6:01] The thought that we get this experience, we're doing our best to show it with the camera, [6:06] but you can't do it. [6:07] I know those photos are amazing, but let me assure you, it is another level of amazing [6:13] up here. [6:13] And there's a lot of gratitude for the teams of people that made this possible. [6:18] I can really see Earth as one thing. [6:20] And, you know, when I read the Bible and I look at all of the amazing things that were [6:24] done for us who were created, it's you have this amazing place, this spaceship. [6:30] You guys are talking to us because we're in a spaceship really far from Earth, but you're [6:34] on a spaceship called Earth that was created to give us a place to live in the universe, [6:39] in the cosmos. [6:41] Maybe the distance we are from you makes you think what we're doing is special, but we're [6:46] the same distance from you. [6:47] And I'm trying to tell you, just trust me, you are special. [6:50] In all of this emptiness, this is a whole bunch of nothing, this thing we call the universe. [6:54] You have this oasis, this beautiful place that we get to exist together. [6:59] I think as we go into Easter Sunday, thinking about, you know, all the cultures all around [7:04] the world, whether you celebrate it or not, whether you believe in God or not, this is [7:08] an opportunity for us to remember where we are, who we are, and that we are the same thing [7:13] and that we got to get through this together. [7:37] Integrity Crew, on April 15, 1970, during the Apollo 13 mission, three explorers set the [7:46] record for the farthest distance humans have ever traveled from our home planet. [7:49] At that time, over 55 years ago, Lovell, Swigert, and Hayes flew 248,655 statute miles away [8:00] from Earth. [8:02] Today, for all humanity, you're pushing beyond that frontier. [8:06] Integrity, over to you. [10:20] Amaze, amaze, amaze. [10:21] Thank you, Reid. [10:22] Again. [10:28] We are looking back at you. [10:33] We hear you can look up and see when we leave Earth. [10:43] Integrity from Earth, our single system, fragile and interconnected, we copy. [11:19] Those of us that can are looking back. [11:22] Integrity, Houston, in mission control, all of your flight controllers and your flight [11:28] director have flipped their Artemis II patches around. [11:32] We are Earth-bound and ready to bring you home. [11:36] You're getting a live look from Orion as the crew observes a solar eclipse from the moon. [11:42] Thanks for the report. [11:55] We sure wish we were there with you. [11:56] You're looking at a live view inside Integrity. [12:00] Reid Wiseman on the left, doing a fist bump with pilot Victor Glover on the right, [12:04] and down in the mid-deck area, just below their feet, suited up in their launch and entry suits, [12:10] our mission specialists, Christina Cook and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency. [12:21] And we have confirmation of crew module service module separation. [12:25] The European service module now separated from Integrity. [12:29] A job well done. [12:32] And we have crossed the threshold, now entering the Earth's atmosphere. [12:38] We're at 400,000 feet, traveling 34,800 feet per second. [12:47] And as predicted, we've entered our communications blackout. [12:52] Integrity, Houston, comm check post blackout. [12:54] And Integrity, we have you loud and clear. [13:01] Your trajectory is nominal, and your recovery teams have visual. [13:05] We're at 50,000 feet, and there go the first series of parachutes, and we're on drogues. [13:19] And Houston, we're visual, two drogues out the window. [13:27] Two good drogues chutes. [13:29] Next up. [13:29] We copy, we see them. [13:32] Next up, the deployment of pilot parachutes that will pull the main chutes out. [13:36] Time to splash down three minutes and ten seconds. [13:41] Passing through 10,000 feet, still on drogues. [14:00] Main chute deploy. [14:05] We're at 5,000 feet. [14:12] Search and recovery beacon has been activated on Integrity. [14:15] And we have three good main chutes. [14:21] Good three main chutes. [14:24] Good reefing. [14:25] Good descent rate. [14:26] And we see three good-looking parachutes. [14:29] Integrity about to complete a journey spanning 694,481 miles from its launch from the Kennedy Space Center back on April 1st. [14:48] And a trip around the moon. [15:24] Passing through 1,000 feet. [15:26] Splash down, sending post landing command now. [16:09] Splash down confirmed. [16:11] Copy, splash down. [16:12] Waiting on VLDR. [16:13] Splash down confirmed at 7.07 p.m. Central Time, 5.07 p.m. Pacific Time. [16:19] From the pages of Jules Verne to a modern-day mission to the moon, a new chapter of the exploration of our celestial neighbor is complete. [16:29] Integrity's astronauts, back on Earth. [16:33] Perfect communications established. [16:35] A journey. [16:36] We are stable one. [16:38] Four, green. [16:39] Houston copies all. [16:45] Reed Wiseman reporting four green crew members. [16:48] That is not their complexion. [16:49] That is the fact that they're in great condition. [16:52] That's what that means. [16:53] As there are mission audio loops in mission control in Houston, there is a mission audio loop here on the ship. [17:17] And it was just reported out that the side hatch is open. [17:20] Side hatch of integrity is open. [17:29] You're getting these beautiful shots from our aerial assets. [17:33] The ship itself, where I'm on, just 3,000 yards away. [17:41] Plenty of people on the boat here. [17:43] Glued to the side, closest to where they can see all this action. [17:47] And again, with just 3,000 yards separating us, great views from the bow here. [17:53] And the initial, you can hear it, jubilation here in the flight control room. [18:16] The first crew member is out of integrity. [18:18] The power of those blades throwing water out at the center there. [18:39] The front porch with now three astronauts and the recovery specialists. [18:50] Again, crews already outfitted with a harness vest. [18:58] And here we go. [18:59] Second astronaut now off the front porch, getting hoisted into the second helicopter. [19:04] There we see Christina there, also smiling. [19:28] Finally peering out, waving at the cameras. [19:30] Hello to you too, Christina, yes. [19:34] Welcome back. [19:35] Welcome, welcome home. [19:39] Applause from the group there on the flight deck, I'm sure, as well as on the level just above them, [19:49] packed with people. [19:54] Reed looking good as he takes his steps towards the medical bay.