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t minus 15 seconds the sound suppression

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we have a go for main engine

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and we have

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two one

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booster ignition and liftoff of

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discovery celebrating its 25th birthday

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by racking up science and supplies to

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the space station

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houston now controlling the midnight

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ride of rick sterko and his crew to the

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international space station discovery

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rolling onto the proper alignment for

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its eight and a half minute ride to

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orbit four and a half million pounds of

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hardware in humans taking aim on the

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32 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 down in the bucket

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reducing the stress on the shuttle as it

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discovery three and a half miles in

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altitude

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four miles downrange from the kennedy

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i'm standing by for the throttle up call

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discovery

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the throttle up call acknowledged by

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commander rick sterko joined on the

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flight deck by pilot kevin ford flight

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engineer jose hernandez and pat

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forrester seated down on the mid-deck

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with danny olivas christopher fugelsang

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of the european space agency and nicole

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stott hitching a ride for three months

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one minute 30 seconds into the flight

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all of discovery systems performing

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normally 17 miles in altitude 18 miles

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one minute 50 seconds into the flight

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standing by for solid rocket booster

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booster officer confirms staging a good

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solid rocket booster separation guidance

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now converging the onboard computer