Jacob Pinter

She's the lunar science lead for Artemis II.

And she had the very visible job of being in the flight control room as the astronauts flew around the moon.

The NASA term for this is on console.

Kelsey was one of those people wearing a headset in that very intense mission control room, like the kind you see in the movies.

And she guided the astronauts through their lunar science observations.

Like what have you seen from other people that makes you happy?

So when the astronauts flew around the moon, you were on console.

That is, you were in that famous mission control room.

You were talking to the astronauts during that time.

And I know that you had prepared for this forever.

I know you had simulated parts of this.

What did it actually feel like to be in that room talking to the moon for real?

You spent a lot of time and energy training the astronauts to be geologists.

How'd they do?

Can you say more about the vibe of the science team, I guess?

I know that the scientists were all kind of together in back rooms.

So you're like the scientist or one of the few scientists in the flight control room.

But you're describing in the broadcast, you're telling the astronauts like, oh, thank you for that description.

I saw fist pumps.

Or I think at one point you said, I literally saw people jumping up and down with joy in the back rooms.