Orion s Trial By Fire NASA Television Coverage of Explora5on Flight Test 1 Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014 This presenta5on provides a brief descrip5on of the first flight highlights and minute byminute details of NASA coverage from 4:30 a.m. Eastern 5me to a 7:05 a.m. launch and 11:29 a.m. splash down in the Pacific Ocean. The 5meline includes play 5mes of exci5ng, informa5ve videos throughout coverage that is complete at 12:30 p.m. ET.
NASA is developing the Orion spacecrad to send humans to deep space desgnagons. Before astronauts travel in Orion, NASA will test the spacecrad during an uncrewed flight test designed to test the vehicle s systems. The flight test is a trial by fire that will provide an opportunity for NASA and museums around the country if not the world to energize public interest and convey NASA s progress toward sending humans farther into the solar system than ever before. Launch is scheduled for Dec. 4 on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force StaGon in Florida. During its two orbit, 4.5 hour flight, Orion will venture 3,600 miles in algtude before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.
NASA Television will provide complete, play by play and in depth coverage throughout the the mission, including live images from the launch vehicle and the spacecrad, as well as interviews with key NASA experts from: Launch site near Kennedy Space Center in Florida Mission Control at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas U.S. Navy recovery ship in the Pacific Ocean The flight test will send Orion farther into space than spacecrad for humans have gone in more than 40 years. This will be the first test of a new human spacecrad beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo went to the moon. At the end of the test, Orion will reenter Earth s atmosphere at speeds of 20,000 miles an hour and temperatures as high as 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean. The test will be risky, but provide informagon crigcal to improving Orion s design and future use by astronauts.
NASA Television Hosts: Brandi Dean, Public Affairs Specialist, NASA Johnson Space Center, at Cape Canaveral Air Force StaGon, Florida, host and interviewer. Michael Curie, Public Affairs Specialist, NASA Kennedy Space Center, launch commentator. Rob Navias, Public Affairs Specialist, NASA Johnson Space Center, mission commentator on locagon in Mission Control, Houston. Amber Philman, Public Affairs Specialist, NASA Kennedy Space Center, recovery commentator on locagon on recovery ship in Pacific Ocean Steve Agid, United Launch Alliance launch commentator, Canaveral Air Force StaGon, Florida
Key Countdown Coverage (all $mes Eastern) 4:30 a.m. Orion Flight Test 1 Show Begins on NASA Television 4:31 a.m. Live launch pad views of Orion and Delta IV rocket begin 4:32 a.m. Launch commentator update (as needed throughout) 4:34 a.m. Mission commentator update (as needed throughout) 4:35 a.m. AnimaGon of Orion mission 4:36 a.m. Recovery commentator update (as needed throughtout) 4:43 a.m. Trial by Fire video about mission airs 5:01 a.m. Flow video about Orion spacecrad processing airs 6:06 a.m. Live video of commentator from Pacific Ocean 6:20 a.m. Live interview NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden 6:35 a.m. Splashdown weather briefing 6:58 a.m. Mission Director ready for launch go/no go poll recap
Launch and Ascent 7:01 a.m. Launch countdown resumes 7:05 a.m. LAUNCH Live launch commentary begins 7:10 a.m. Commentary from Mission Control Houston begins Stage 1 2 separagon Upper stage burn ignigon Service module panel jejson Launch Abort System jejson 7:11 a.m. Possible live flight camera views from Orion 7:22 a.m. Second stage burn 1 cutoff 7:25 a.m. Live Interviews with Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA Associate Administrator for Human Spaceflight or Mark Geyer, Orion Program Manager 7:30a.m. Launch replays 7:55 a.m. Journey to Mars video airs
Launch and Ascent 8:07 a.m. Cockpit video about Orion interior airs 8:09 a.m. Live interview Astronaut Rex Walheim 8:17 a.m. Live interview Lockheed MarGn s Mike Hawes 8:42 a.m. VersaGlity video about Orion spacecrad missions airs 9:00 a.m. Possible live flight camera views from Orion 9:00 a.m. Second stage burn 2 ignigon 9:05 a.m. Second stage burn 2 cutoff 9:10 a.m. Orion enters first high radiagon period 9:15 a.m. Boats deploy for splashdown 9:25 a.m. Orion exits first high radiagon period 9:25 a.m. Navy Ship Preps video airs 9:30 a.m. Explore & Beyond video airs 10:05 a.m. Orion reaches highest algtude
On Orbit OperaGons 10:29 a.m. Crew/service module separagon 10:35 a.m. Orion enters second high radiagon period 10:35 a.m. Heat Shield video airs 10:41 a.m. Parachutes video airs 10:50 a.m. Ikhana video about remote control aircrad airs 10:50 a.m. Second stage burn 3 begins 10:51 a.m. Second stage burn 3 cutoff 10:58 a.m. Possible live flight camera views from Orion 11:02 a.m. Orion tests thrusters for re entry 11:10 a.m. Orion exits second high radiagon period 11:19 a.m. Orion begins reentering Earth s atmosphere 11:20 a.m. CommunicaGons blackout begins/ends ader 6 seconds
Re entry and Splashdown 11:25 a.m. Live video from Ikhana aircrad begins 11:25 a.m. Forward bay cover jejson Drogue parachutes deploy Drogue chutes cut Main parachutes deploy 11:27 a.m. Orion on main parachutes 11:29 a.m. SPLASHDOWN 11:45 a.m. Orion in stable one condigon on Pacific Ocean surface 12:00 p.m. Mission Highlights video airs 12:29 p.m. Orion final power down 12:30 p.m. NASA Television coverage ends