"The main goal is to explore the solar system to help us answer important questions about how the planets formed and how they evolved."
"Every time we execute a mission with new instruments, we discover new things and things we never thought we would discover."
"Landing on Mars is always difficult; more than half the missions have failed."
"From complex missions to the moon to the solar cells powering mega constellations to the reaction wheels providing precision pointing and the flight software that commands it all, we're making missions possible."
"These are the kind of stories about space mission that should be told, because the fact it was most perfectly designed without trouble is a tremendous giant bond that should be known."
"When you work on any mission here, you treat it like your baby. You spend so long preparing for it and then actually flying it, you get a real connection to the spacecraft."
"Every mission is unique. We are answering those really interesting and hard questions that we all have about our universe and our planet."
"It's huge performance hits in terms of the mass of the payload that can be brought to orbit when you go retrograde."
"After the success of Apollo 11 NASA scheduled six more landing missions..."
"There's a meaning, a purpose, a reason behind every single launch."
"Science always helps. Certainly exciting to get these missions started."
"Finding answers meant sending a spacecraft through the corona."
"Direct to geostationary orbits means the rocket has to do a lot more work."
"It's around a month or two in the realm of months, not like weeks turnaround."
"Launch is hard, that goes double tonight as we're going to fly the most demanding mission profile for a Falcon rocket ever."
"Look at how many stinking satellites this thing is deploying tonight."
"This stuff is impressive, this is a very, very, very complicated mission."
"Dimorphos is a size asteroid that is a priority for planetary defense."
"We might see pivot and sort of being like okay let's send a load to Venus instead."
"It is so nice to see that our SpaceX Crew 2 astronauts have safely splashed down."
"You mentioned the reusable pads, Thomas, because yeah, cause 39a and 40 have a lot of important missions coming up back to back with one another."
"It's hard to put into words how honored we feel about the trust that Bob, Doug, and NASA have put into our team to carry out this critical mission."
"Unfortunately we didn't see a launch today but the good news is we have a healthy rocket on the launch pad and we have new dates on the calendar."
"Spacewalking has actually saved some of our programs."
"We're doing in three steps what Apollo took 11 steps to do that's progress."
"The only silver lining here is that Star Hopper didn't have to watch another friend die today."
"The enthusiasm for what happened on Demo Two was extremely robust among people within the U.S. government, of course; among members of Congress that found that."
"We're enabling American companies to send our payloads to the lunar surface."
"Just a point of clarification uh we've obviously mentioned that there's been almost a couple dozen missions with the Dragon to Space Station and those birthed they didn't dock and for those that aren't familiar uh that is a difference there."
"Why the moon? Because the missions of Tomorrow Will Be sparked by the accomplishments of the Artemis generation today."
"It's gonna be basically what brings astronauts back to the surface of the Moon after more than 50 years."
"No news network wanted to show Apollo 13's live TV broadcast."
"Katherine Johnson, a NASA mathematician, plays a crucial role in space missions, leaving a lasting legacy."
"SpaceX's missions and their reusable rockets will impact space travel."
"That is a successful deployment of the Dragon spacecraft."
"Capturing images of Earth from space isn't all about the great screensaver potential."
"This capsule has been through this three times before, this is its first fourth space flight."
"Tonight when we launch CRS-18 we will have 25 laboratory payloads, that's a record."
"Antares broke the scrub streak! Yes!" - John Galloway
"Perseverance's discovery of volcanic materials is a huge victory."
"NASA plans to return samples of Mars to Earth for further study."
"The double Landing Zone touchdowns for the two Falcon 9 side boosters are always something really special to watch."
"Nasa triumphantly returned to manned missions."
"Apollo 17's true science potential was saved by duct tape."
"An example of the simple changes and clear thinking that kept the rover operational for so long."
"This is Bob and Doug's booster so I think it's super important to get the cruiser back."
"Falcon 9 is currently on a success streak of 84 missions in a row."
"Ula is not afraid to take on the hard missions because that's what our nation depends on us to do."
"The rocket also includes dedications to teammates who are no longer with us."
"NASA actually completed a mission called Dart double asteroid redirection test to test and see if we can actually defend our planet."
"This upgraded Dragon has been redesigned and the solar rays have its panels built into the trunk section itself."
"These commercial resupply missions are very, very important to continue advancing science aboard the space station."
"Cargo Dragon takes flight continuing a busy year of deliveries to a crew of seven aboard the International Space Station."
"We can't always save the ship but we can often try to save the crew."
"Falcon 9's latest record: breaking the record for 61 Falcon flights in a single year."
"This was one of the best views we ever had during a Starlink Mission."
"Starship will be crushing cost effective for earth orbit or moon missions."
"On average, about 2/3 of the launches were Starlink last year."
"Pulling this off in 50 hours it's mind-blowing."
"Ravioli ravioli, what can you tell us about X37B's OTV payload?"
"That's going to help clear the way again to keep us nice and safe."
"These are the missions that really excite me."
"Starting to wrap up a historic era of space exploration and launches."
"Thank you for your 25 years of service so far, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter."
"Both shuttles are now in action and being used."
"Astronauts fear catastrophes occurring on Earth while they're in space."
"I don't think any man should work hard every day and come home to something that he doesn't find desirable."
"Every Mission it seems like there was some kind of anomalous activity being reported by the astronauts."
"They have lasted longer than any other spacecraft in history."
"This is not just a NASA thing; this is a collaboration, this is a humankind thing."
"During these 50 years, humanity has sent probes even farther into our solar system with each reaching further than the last."
"I've been really looking forward to a lot of these Minutiae missions and I'm super excited we're kind of going back after all."
"Routine is a horrible word in spaceflight, but they made it routine."
"Maybe China goes here, Artemis goes here, and the Russians go here, then we don't have to be fighting over limited resources."
"I think for the more austere first few missions, there's likely to be someone who's extensively trained in emergency medicine as part of that crew."
"It's been a huge year for us with six orbital missions."
"The app we'll be building lists the missions that have gone on since 2006."
"Europe and the US are teaming up in outer space... to protect the earth from asteroids."
"Launches from 39A are heading to Low Earth Orbit, or Geostationary orbit, and of course the occasional sun synchronous or interplanetary mission as well."
"Mission managers are responsible for putting multi-billion dollar satellites into the right orbit at the right time."
"It's gonna be tricky... but even just taking Hubble and boosting it is a pretty big win."
"Missions like OSIRIS-REx transform scientific pursuits into engineering challenges."
"Galactic cosmic radiation will pose a significant threat to astronauts engaged in future deep space missions."
"The early missions were very short... so they were looking for snacks not meals."
"To date, Sandia has launched over 1500 missions on 60 different types of booster systems from nineteen launch sites around the world."
"The Mercury Atlas and Mercury Redstone vehicles flew 26 missions as part of Project Mercury."
"In recent years missions to study the gas giants have become more aligned with the study of their moons."
"The Apollo 13 mission illustrated the potential dangers of space flight."
"Food is so important for any long duration mission."
"NASA plans to launch a new generation of telescopes in the 2040s; they'll help us find real twins of our planet."
"This rocket has gone to space over 150 times."
"Now that the H3 has proved itself, the plan is that it is going to be starting to launch all the payloads."
"NASA is really good at sending robotic science probes throughout the solar system, but it takes a lot of effort, a lot of time."
"Next week looks like it's going to be very exciting from a lunar landing point of view, not one but two potential landings going on."
"We aren't risking human lives, and if we're buying missions at one-tenth of the cost of a NASA mission and we fail two of them, we still get eight missions for that same price."
"As a team, we hope that New Horizons ends up being the Apollo moment for a new generation."
"These high-energy missions uncover a dynamic universe, one dramatically different from the tranquil tapestry we see above on a night sky from Earth."
"Keeping with that NASA mission kind of naming, right? Exploration."
"But if the history of space exploration has taught us anything, it is that missions confronted with cruel hardship and slim odds can emerge as triumphant milestones of humanity."
"The planet is Earth, and the mission is just the latest in a long line of spacecraft that have transformed the way we look at our home world."
"It's hard to beat moon landing, right?"
"The Voyager mission is an astonishing tale of durability and longevity."
"The A7L that went to the Moon with the first three successful Apollo lunar missions performed flawlessly."
"Voyager missions are a testament to the power of collaboration and innovation."
"The first automatic watch to be worn on the wrist of an astronaut outside the capsule in outer space."
"For example, if you could put up large numbers of them for short-term missions in low Earth orbit observing the Earth, we could get measurements around the Earth simultaneously in a way that you could never get with one big spacecraft."