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t-minus 15 seconds the sound suppression

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water system has been activated we have

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a go for main engine start 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 Houston now

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controlling the midnight ride of Rick

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sturckow and his crew to the

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International Space Station discovery

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rolling on to the proper alignment for

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its eight and a half men arrived 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 three liquid

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fuel main engine soon will throttle back

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to 72 percent of rated performance down

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in the bucket reducing the stress on the

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shuttle as it goes transonic discovery

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three and a half miles in altitude four

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miles downrange from the Kennedy Space

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Center standing by for the throttle up

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the throttle up call acknowledged by

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Commander Rick sturckow 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 or

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Danny Olivas Christer Fuglesang of the

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European Space Agency and Nicole Stott

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hitching a ride for three months on the

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International Space Station one minute

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30 seconds into the flight wall of

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discovery systems performing normally 17

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miles in altitude 18 miles downrange

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one minute 50 seconds into the flight

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standing by for solid rocket boosters

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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 on-board computers