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\h        COMMENTATOR ALLARD BEUTEL: Ten seconds. We have "go" for main engine

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\h        start... seven... six... five... four... three... two... one... booster ignition, and liftoff of

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\h        shuttle Discovery, gambatte kudasai, best of luck to the International

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\h        Space Station's newest laboratory.

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\h        COMMANDER MARK KELLY: (Inaudible) Discovery roll program.

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\h        CAPCOM: Roger, roll Discovery.

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\h        COMMENTATOR ROB NAVIUS:  Houston now controlling of the flight of

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\h        Discovery, of man-made rising sun on behalf of Japan.

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\h        Discovery on the proper alignment, heads down, wings level, for the eight and a

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\h        half minute ride to orbit, four and a half million pounds of hardware and humans

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\h        taking aim on the International Space Station.

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\h        At 36 seconds into flight, the three liquid fuel main engines now throttling back to

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\h        72 percent of rated performance, going in the bucket, reducing the stress on the

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\h        shuttle as it goes supersonic.

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\h        Discovery already five miles in altitude, eight and a half miles down range,

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\h        traveling almost 1, 000 miles an hour.

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\h        CAPCOM: Discovery, Houston, go at throttle up.

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\h        KELLY: Roger go at throttle up.

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\h        NAVIUS: Throttle up call acknowledged by Commander Mark Kelly, joined on the

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\h        flight deck by Pilot Ken Ham, Flight Engineer Ron Garan, and Mission Specialist

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\h        Karen Nyberg. Down on the middeck are Mike Fossum, Akihiko Hoshide, and

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\h        Greg Chamitoff, heading for a half year on the International Space Station.

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\h        One minute, 45 seconds into the flight, Discovery 22 miles in altitude, 23 miles