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t-minus ten nine eight go for

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maintenance start seven six

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main engine ignition four

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zero and liftoff of space shuttle

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atlantis as columbus sets sail on a

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houston

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roger roll atlantis

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columbus weighs anchor from its port in

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florida

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atlantis on the proper alignment heads

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down wings level for the eight and a

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half minute ride to orbit taking aim on

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the international space station for

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docking on saturday

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28 seconds into the flight

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the three liquid fuel main engines soon

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will throttle back to 72 percent of

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rated performance going in the bucket

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reducing the stress on the shuttle as it

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atlanta's three miles in altitude seven

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50 seconds into the flight

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engines beginning to throttle back up

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standing by for that call from capcom

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atlantis go at throttle up

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atlantis

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the throttle up call acknowledged by

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commander steve frick joined on the

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flight deck by pilot allen poindexter

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rex walheim and leland melvin

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seated down on the mid-deck are stan

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love and han schlegel and leopold arts

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of the european space agency arts

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hitching a ride to his new home on the

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international space station

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one minute 30 seconds into the flight

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atlantis already 15 miles in altitude 16

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miles downrange from the kennedy space

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three good main engines three good fuel

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cells three auxiliary power units all

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standing by for solid rocket booster

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booster officer confirms good solid

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rocket booster separation good staging

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guidance now converging the onboard

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computers commanding the main engines to

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swivel aiming atlantis for its precise

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keyhole in space for main engine cutoff

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and the propulsion officer reports the

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orbital maneuvering system engines have

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ignited providing atlantis with that

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extra burst of power for the next two

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minutes assisting the shuttle and its

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crew on their climb to orbit

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two minutes 40 seconds into the flight

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that call from capcom jim dutton to the

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crew indicating that if we lost one main

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engine right now we would have enough

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energy to reach our trans-oceanic abort

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sites but we have three solid main

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engines along with the auxiliary power

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units and the fuel cells

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at the three-minute mark into the flight

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atlantis 47 miles in altitude 87 miles

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downrange traveling almost 4 000 miles

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atlantis flying on the singular power of

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its three liquid fuel main engines

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draining a half a ton of fuel per second

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coming up shortly on the point of

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negative return where the shuttle will

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be too far down range too high in

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altitude to return to the launch site in

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the event of an engine failure but we're

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flying on three solid main engines right

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three minutes 40 seconds into the flight

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atlantis 127 miles downrange from the

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kennedy space center approaching the

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atlantis negative return

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and the environmental systems officer in

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mission control reports a good flash

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evaporator system providing cooling for

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atlantis's avionics until the time we

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open the payload bay doors an hour and a

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half into the flight

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four minutes 15 seconds

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62 miles in altitude 176 miles downrange

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traveling 5500 miles an hour atlantis

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flying straight as an arrow speeding

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toward a date with the international

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with all systems looking very good

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atlantis approaching the five-minute

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mark into the flight 65 miles in

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altitude 230 miles downrange from the

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kennedy space center traveling 6 500

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atlantis press to ato

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press the ato

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that call indicating should we lose an

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engine we can make our minimal orbital

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cut off targets however all three main

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engines continue to perform normally

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three good auxiliary power units three

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good fuel cells five and a half minutes

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atlantis 8 000 miles an hour in its

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velocity 67 miles in altitude 310 miles

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atlantis single engine ops iii

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beginning to roll to a heads up position

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engines to swivel

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rolling to the heads-up position

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provides atlantis with more favorable

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communications through the tracking and

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data relay satellite system heading

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toward orbit atlantis single-engine

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that call from capcom jim dutton to

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commander steve frick indicating that

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should we lose a main engine now we have

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enough velocity to reach nominal orbital

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cutoff targets however we're flying on

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three good main engines all the other

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systems in good shape as well shutdown

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plan is nominal you're a go for the plus

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copy atlantis nominal shutdown plan go

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less than two minutes of powered flight

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remaining atlantis now

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miles downrange from the kennedy space

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engines will once again be throttled

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down to limit the stress on the shuttle

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and seven crew members to that of three

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times the effect of gravity

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atlantis currently traveling at a speed

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main engine is now being throttled back

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seven minutes 40 seconds into the flight

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atlantis now traveling 14 000 miles an

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hour 675 miles downrange from the

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as atlantis enters its preliminary orbit

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it will do so at a velocity of 17

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booster officer confirms main engine

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cutoff now standing by for the commands

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atlantis no action on the cabin dpdt

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copy no action

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spectacular view of atlanta separating

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from its external tank atlantis now in

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its preliminary orbit the columbus

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module europe's new science center in

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space

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mama

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commander steve frick now maneuvering

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atlantis to the correct orientation so

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that video and digital stills of the

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fuel tank can be captured by cameras

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embedded in the shuttle's umbilical well

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for post-flight analysis

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a smooth and uneventful ascent atlantis

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now in its preliminary orbit the