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hey good morning houston and uh to the

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great folks at the kennedy space center

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who have

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cared for these vehicles for the last 30

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years special good morning to you

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atlantis we're backing you up in fpu

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pre-start and we are ready for apu start

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when you get there

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copy ready for ap start

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the mechanical systems officer reporting

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that auxiliary power unit number one is

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up and running in support of this fcs

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checkout

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and you can see the aerosurface is now

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and a good view of the first single

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pulses of the reaction control system

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atlantis houston congratulations on the

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180th successful deployment of a payload

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from the shuttle's payload bay

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and with that uh the final deployment of

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a payload in space shuttle program

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history is complete as the small pico

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sat satellite is on its way

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hey

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you and i have uh have been through

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enough fm to play sims down the ground

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along with the number folks in the

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control center we know that a deployment

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home is required so uh if you're ready

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to dug me here we go

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one more satellite takes its place in

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the sky the last of many that the

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shuttle lets fly

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magellan galileo hubble and more have

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sailed beyond her payload bay doors

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they've filled science books and still

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more to come

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that shuttle's legacy will live on when

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the flying is done

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we wish tico fat's success in space

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where it roams it can stay up here but

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we're going home

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yet for the last time we'll gently touch

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down then celebrate the shuttle with our

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friends on the ground

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thank you

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and so currently when we were on the

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ground in houston you talked

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specifically about how you wanted to pay

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tribute to

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all the hundreds of thousands of people

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who over the last 30 years have

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contributed to this to this program

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and and given you the ability to be

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where you are right now so as you return

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as you prepare to return to the kennedy

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space center your thoughts on on all of

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those people and specifically the people

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on the ground now who are

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preparing for your landing and who many

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of whom may be out of a job within the

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next few weeks

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yeah we we really uh

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you know we really just want to honor

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them and and we've done our best uh

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up to this time on the mission to do

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that and uh yeah we're we're very

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excited about seeing those folks

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especially the kennedy folks hopefully

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tomorrow morning and

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you know just try to share the memories

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of the mission with them and

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and and once again just

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convey

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how proud we are of them and what

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they've done over this 30-year program

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it's

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so inspiring

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to see the passion that all these folks

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have for space business

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and you know they put their careers into

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this business and into this vehicle and

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uh you know

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we owe it to them to just honor what

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they've done and honor their

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accomplishments and uh you know we were

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we were just lucky enough to be the ones

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that got to fly it but uh you know

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they're the ones that really made it

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happen abc last question i'll tell you

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what we'll wrap it up there it's been an

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honor to talk to you we wish you a

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tremendous success on your return visit

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we'll be on the ground waiting for you

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god speed and safe return thank you very

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thanks tom

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atlantis this is houston acr

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on behalf of the audio control room the

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nasa television production team and the

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jsc public affairs office it's been an

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honor to serve with you over the years

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and on this last mission of the space

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shuttle program

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hey aacr before you go i'll tell you

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what whenever we hear your voice we know

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we're in space and it makes us smile

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thanks so much for uh for helping us

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bring the word to everybody in america

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about what we're doing up here and we

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look forward to hearing your voice

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aboard the international space station