NASA holds a pre-launch briefing

(26 Aug 2022)

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Cape Canaveral, Florida - 26 August 2022
1. STILL from presentation of mobile launcher and the VAB Artemis block I configuration
HEADLINE: NASA holds a pre-launch briefing
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Randy Lycans, Vice president/general manager of NASA Enterprise Solutions:
"Artemis One is going to prove the capability of the SLS and Orion and exploration ground systems architecture and test the vehicle to ensure that we can safely carry crew on Artemis 2 and then return to the moon on Artemis 3. Here at Kennedy Space Center, the Exploration Ground Systems Team is busy upgrading the systems and infrastructure needed to process future Artemis missions."
3. STILL from presentation of Launch pad B and hydrogen tank
ANNOTATION: On Friday, NASA held a pre-launch briefing on the role of industry in advancing space exploration ahead of its launch of Artemis I.
4. STILL from presentation of Artemis engines on assembly decks
ANNOTATION: On August 29th, NASA will launch Artemis I, the first integrated test of NASA's Orion spacecraft, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Kelly DeFazio, director of Orion production, Lockheed Martin:
" It is the safest spacecraft for humans ever created for our astronauts. It will go farther than we've ever gone before on Artemis One, 40,000 miles beyond the moon and we are super excited to see how it perform. That heat shield on the back end is going to show us how we've taken that material from the Apollo days and brought that into the 21st century from a new way of manufacturing it. "
6. Case winding for test motor
ANNOTATION: This uncrewed flight test around the Moon will pave the way for a crewed flight test and future human lunar exploration as part of Artemis.
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jennifer Boland-Masterson, director of operations, Michoud Assembly Facility, Boeing:
"We went in through this COVID, you know, two years of COVID and trying to get through that obstacle. Anyone that knows Louisiana, the past couple of years, we've been hit with hurricane after hurricane after hurricane, and this team, no matter what, with their homes, with no power and no running water, still was coming in to work and making sure the mission was going to happen. So couldn't be prouder of the team and the energy is just - you can't even explain it in words."
8. STILL from presentation  of Artemis 2 crew module
STORYLINE:
NASA held a prelaunch briefing on the role of industry in advancing human exploration.
On August 29th, NASA will provide coverage of prelaunch, launch, and postlaunch activities for Artemis I, the first integrated test of NASA's Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and the ground systems at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
This uncrewed flight test around the Moon will pave the way for a crewed flight test and future human lunar exploration as part of Artemis.
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