we are now in the final 5 and 1/2 hours
of the countdown for the launch of the
space shuttle Atlantis on the second
mission to dock with the Russian Mir
Space Station
this is shuttle launch control at
t-minus three hours and holding where we
are now in the student room and we see
our commander Ken Cameron
going across the room and our pilot Jin
whole-cell undergoing their final suit
up and check out other helmet
pressurization checks mission specialist
Chris Hatfield will be operating the
remote manipulator arm during this
flight
going across the room and we sailed bill
McArthur finishing his suit up
activities
and this should be Jerry Ross lead
these launch and entry suits are not
very comfortable that they're certainly
functional very visible temperature now
at the launch pad at 58 degrees picking
up the count now and three two one
t-minus three hours and Counting this is
shuttle launch control at t-minus two
hours 54 minutes 55 seconds and counting
and the STS 74 astronauts now are
leaving the suit off room headed for the
elevator going from the third floor of
the operations and check-out building
down to the awaiting astronaut transfer
van
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and in India oxpecker gym MMP looking
know if you cleared launched top of that
and Atlantis looks like we've got
everything lined up ready for you guys
to go so have a good mission and we'll
see you back in about eight days yeah
that's about service appreciate that
an empty deal inspector you have a
clearance log did he copy thank you
flight controls have been tested
and standing by now to gimble the main
engines we see the speed break being
cycled here and now the main engines are
gambling or being moved through their
operational latitudes
do you - three minutes
yellow sister for ETL Oh to preservation
oxygen tank I'm being pressurized
weather officer ed Priscilla just has
passed the word that they are now
officially green at the path
and the gaseous oxygen vent hood was the
Cox beanie cap now being retracted
ground launch sequencer will make a
check at t-minus 37 seconds to make sure
that it's in the fully retracted
position looks like guitar have good
play yeah let's go for ET la to perserve
asia there was an orbiter test conductor
Mikey of Lockheed Martin wishing the
crew a good flight morning
sound suppression water system activated
again 9 8 7 go for main engine start
four three two one and liftoff of space
shuttle Atlantis with the Russian
docking module the threshold for world
cooperation in space
Atlantis go at throttle up Roger
Atlantis three main engines are now back
at full throttle planteth out to 12
miles nine miles downrange from the
launch pad Atlantis is now traveling
2,400 miles per hour one minute 40
seconds since launch Atlantis has
already burned more than tuna quarter
million pounds of propellant and weighs
less than half of what it did it liftoff
flight controllers are now standing by
for burnouts in jettison and a twin
solid rocket booster first stage
whose job sir confirms a good separation
of the twin solid rockets
and in India on trekker Jimmy I'm in
peace looking though he says you're
clear to launch
top of that and lantus looks like we got
everything lined up ready for you guys
to go we'll have a good mission and
we'll see you back here in about eight
days an NPT contractor you have a
clearance log and did he copy thank you
and launch team we're gonna pick up the
count here in approximately one minute
15 seconds
25 20
this
he lets us go I mean it just start all
vents open copy Vince p0f are the
ignition let's toss confirmed copy
liftoff Roger roll Atlantis
they manage for tips
go ahead Tory we sent one last test
message if you could check that out for
us okay I'm looking at the most recent
warrant it's gray scales but some
lighter
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we daily know like English I recording
locally bill filled most of the deal
with you
and recording there is it going
or
thank you okay loud and clear how do you
hear my dad this is kb5 AWP on the space
shuttle Atlantis for golf sugar G 0 3
and X right go ahead
in Russia so it's all worked out to be a
very interesting turn of events
well I understand so how's things going
with you ain't but I haven't seen you
okay story you were stepped on say again
please
okay you certainly been a big help to us
we've written enjoyed working with you
and we look forward to it throughout the
rest of nation Thanks
surprisingly enough the body doesn't
rest fit straight completely relaxed
this is a position my body
when you're sleeping this is the
position your body wants to win
like somebody move the other flight data
file yeah I hear it
while we will fight
well one 103
and odious airline is a little too
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hey Bill I'm starting to peel it based
survey no rush
this is my child one more minute we sit
up this one should have the same
problems the first test message
you
okay we're getting bill up here so you
listen up we're doing SM checkpoint
initiates and analog reset copy all
Gerry and heads up the message 16 the OS
vs troubleshooting should be on board
it's about a 10-minute procedure and you
can perform it or any of you can perform
it at your discretion when you get a
moment
Atlantis Houston good morning time to
wake up and do the right stuff today
with that docking module we'll have you
back at 14 own eye on the goe
yes Tim thank you very much for that
inspirational music we're ready to
answer the call and now you timed it
perfectly we were just coming into a
beautiful sunrise
a rock-solid track oh yeah
just because it's not so close and
that's a nice out of ankle
beautiful lipid
we have direct sunlight
okay we're fine at the end yes
Lily time
okay you said we have OSDs data and
we're about to start MacLaine maneuver
copy lands
and so it looks like we just sold a pool
I think the Lighting's got a common
problem - the targets - at four here
surely we concur sir we make it a
press-on with VM insulation that's it
work
you see we have capture that's very
piney the Gatsby
in before we lose you we are also ready
for our immense on grapple okay and do
we have a go at all those activities
during the alos if you want to wait on
the other side you can press on and land
us for the amp station grad channel a7l
heaters / DC you power 3 down please
you see we have the docking module
camera downlink could take it whenever
you want
hello Chris we have a good image up in
the docking module it's like a fun place
to enjoy yourself in zero-gravity yeah I
don't think it'll be on three four long
days but it's a nice bit of space right
now
we've been looking at it with the
binoculars and actually we're quite
impressed that we can rule to actually
see the flashing light considering that
most of that light has to be bounced
from the Sun pretty impressive flasher
in our TV picture we can still see the
oscillation as well that is impressive
still show a little bit outside I'm
gonna get a long time point oh five I'm
gonna pulse once at 185 feet
okay I'll get you a new rape well you
can feel the great full vehicle that is
good see what that when it computes that
out yeah that nudges it's just up in
there
I'm happy we have one correction call
the target
we're closing that first effect we're
opening
you push it against the window and hold
it Rocksteady hey you can see stars
I like to try it tools so forth how we
doing good I need to give you a close
and pulse I think we parents to do
for approach on time okay we go kid okay
you might need a closing phone first and
we're like it was something seven and
you might do one to know and one to
close the MIR Space Station is now in
its equivalent of free drift meaning the
station is inhibited from having any
movements during the final phases of the
rendezvous and docking Atlantis is now
at 40 feet from the space station
slowing the approach to station keep at
a distance of about thirty feet before
commander Ken camera will initiate the
final approach and docking discretion
argument
35 feet now below the space station
commander Ken Cameron will be slowing
the descent or the initial response or
rendezvous with the station
two feet
25 seconds
okay we have overlap
oh six eight inches one or point 0.06
four inches now
less than two minutes from docking
Atlantis is now eight feet from the
space station closing at a rate of 0.7
feet per second foot of Segundo
five feet from docking
four feet in less than one minute from
docking
the food that I did with the fellas in
the cutter it is in your circle contact
capture capture confirmed initial value
of Iranian capture is confirmed
Atlantis is now docked with the Russian
space station in the country the next
step is to bring the ring adapter down
okay if this thing turns around such as
the earth is back behind this for a
camera see linear I shall ring driving
up drive command is on face is moving
out lost my initial position I'm pushing
power on gay
drive command is off Jerry we have the
tethers attach the look how close that
thing sucker is right good lord
nice teamwork
William the contour the next step is to
bring the ring adapter down
Christa Xena will be the perfect place
project in stellatus familiar to check
the temperature if you wanna bury so
good a smoke and story I've already got
it sound like to you I don't see a line
and it is a book okay to you
it's a great picture very good
we're going to the MIR module you got
the harder task trying to go backwards
it is
you're upside down again
get out of here
hey let's take that thing out of the box
this is Malika school is symbolic plaque
of the International Space Station and
of Mir and shuttle there is blooms of
NASA the Russians Space Agency ESA and
Canada
you
but greatly great thank you very much
and thanks to the crew the shuttle this
is a very beautiful and memorable gift
it will absolutely remind us of our
joint work and our training for this
flight and we will treasure with great
gratitude
I miss Jenny document the unofficial
dementia document via official
documentation from NASA and the first
phase
during these special plaques have flown
already it's written the crew of mere 18
STS 71 near 20 and so on
Houston Atlantis complex has we've come
to the end of what I think has been most
successful mission I could have possibly
imagined we've worked together extremely
well at a great launch rendezvous and
docking and the chance to see the
station mirror to turn around incited
exchanging cargo nothing experiments and
most of all seeing and working with
friends has been an experience that none
of us will ever forget
really Sergey in Dallas it has been
wonderful to see you again
to work with you and fly with you the
Russians I think it's most difficult to
say goodbye and the Russians have a much
better expression which is dr. Danya
until we so we see each other again
he even better score a stretcher so that
we see you and me again soon after the
fight
for that
okay
I'll be looking for someone to watch the
folks when I push there we go
looks beautiful
okay I call that two seconds
commercial petals free executing opening
right
good on the Atlantis the dollar size
Russian interface officer is notifying
the Mission Control in Kaliningrad that
the orbiter is outside of 50 feet
meaning the MIR crew can go back to
attitude control now on the space
station current distance is a hundred
and four feet opening at a rate of 0.37
or three tenths of a foot per second Mir
has now been commanded back to attitude
control
storage your paddle Ricardo do you want
to keep looking at this little awesome
we're going to change our minds and take
this it's irresistible well you know
what my vote was gonna be
you
Lanice is traveling 550 miles per hour
approaching the heading alignment circle
an imaginary circle around which
commander Ken Cameron will fly Atlantis
and set up for the final approach
commander Kenton Cameron now flying
Atlantis around the heading alignment
circle Atlantis on at the 90 looking
good pre-flare maneuver underway
positioning the orbiter for the landing
hila Jim wholesale deploying the landing
gear the gear is down down and locked
main gear touchdown Jim Hall cell will
deploy the drag chute
and nose gear touchdown
atlantis is rolling out on runway three
three at the Kennedy Space Center
completing 129 orbits of the earth and
3.4 million miles the fifth straight
landing of the orbiter at the Kennedy
Space Center and the 27th landing at the
Kennedy Space Center in the shuttle
program
whilst artisan Roger Atlantis will stop
Dubrow pooja Lovato Bratton as M blew
him we positively emboss suspicions him
open Channing paliotta great job copy
field in sight
we'll stop usin okay post-landing deltas
or atlantis will stop Abravanel knew he
come in we got the Russians open to
rental income a little no dollars copy
booster no on hey loads