in this world the headlines read
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through right this wrong with finding
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speed of my thing
never Houston good morning no need to
fear underdog is here with his dog
crewmates good morning Dan that was
great music we're ready to go never for
Cujo no further action or fire we got
you thanks again the jet thruster
firings are referred to by flight
director Jeff Bantle and his
conversation with commander Dave Walker
involve a series of pre-programmed tests
built into the timeline to enable
instruments on the free flying 4,300
pounds satellite to record the pressure
heat and a characterization of the jet
thruster firings of an orbiting space
shuttle against a free flying space
structure again this live picture from
cameras aboard endeavours and located in
the payload Bay and showing the whig
shield facility as the orbiter
approaches the 200-foot mark from the
satellite
and that is expected with the wheel
speed and prior to getting into grandpa
range we like safe hole okay say fold
the weight shield facility has once
again been placed in the safe hold mode
to ensure an extra layer of protection
for its attitude control system and in
this view you can see the robot arm
being maneuvered into place for the
eventual grapple of the Wakefield
facility
this view from a payload bay camera in
the rear of endeavours cargo bay showing
the robot arm being extended towards the
wake shield facility for a grapple
flight controllers here are watching the
attitude control system on the wake
shield very carefully making sure it is
as stable as possible at the time that
the end effector reaches the grapple
fixture on the satellite
everything has gone pretty much by the
book this morning a flawless rendezvous
by commander Dave Walker and pilot Ken
cockerel to get endeavour back into
position to conduct a series of jet
thruster firings upon the wake shield
facility from distances of 290 and 200
feet unofficially a total of 14 jet
thruster firings were conducted to
gather valuable data on heat pressure
and forces impinged upon the free flying
satellite by the orbiters jet thrusters
astronaut Jim Newman at the aft flight
deck of Endeavour now slowly moving the
robot I am robot arm in for the capture
of the wake shield facility to complete
three days of free flight payload
controllers here very happy with the
performance of wake shield it is a very
stable satellite
stewardess bass cleff is stable looks
like we have a data problem we concur
sir
good view now of the end effector of the
robot arm man by Jim Newman on the a
flight deck of Endeavour moving in
slowly but surely for the capture of the
wake shield facility the orbiter now in
so-called free drift no jet thruster
firings anymore as Jim Newman moves the
robot arm carefully in for the grapple
of the wake shield
astronaut Jim Newman has backed the arm
off so he can realign the end effector
with the grapple fixture
the end-effector is now aligned with the
grapple fixture
flight controllers report the capture of
the wig shield facility
outstanding endeavor
I'm mighty proud of my dog story this is
Mission Control Houston
as endeavour flies over the Gulf of
Mexico
it holds the weight shield facility in
place on the end of the shuttles robot
arm the other of the two free-flying
satellites that were deployed and
retrieved by endeavour during this
flight the Spartan spacecraft can be
seen in the payload Bay in this
particular camera view
a Asiata on the right pod thank you in
this view from the rear payload bay
cameras Houston endeavour this is the
wake side of the wake shield facility
the side on which the carousel is
located and the growth of these
thin-film epitaxial materials has been
conducted over three days of free flight
the the arm now in motion ready to
rebirth the weight shield facility back
into the payload Bay
this is Mission Control Houston the
payload deployment and retrieval officer
here in the flight control room
confirming that we are in the final
activities for the berthing of the wake
shield
this is Mission Control Houston in this
view from one of the rear payload bay
cameras on board endeavour we see the
wake shield facility close to its
birthing position with Jim Newman at the
controls of the shuttles robot arm ready
to place that forty three hundred pound
satellite back into its carrier in this
view of endeavours payload Bay we see
the wake shield facility being
maneuvered very slowly back into its
berth position and it's cross Bay
carrier mounted directly behind the
Spartan spacecraft which was the first
of the two satellites to be deployed and
successfully retrieved by the five
member crew on board endeavour
this is Mission Control Houston we are
receiving television from endeavours
payload Bay cameras as endeavour
currently is flying just to the west of
Mexico on a track that will take its
crew doing along the western coast of
Central America and ever continues to
circle the earth head an altitude of
about 270 NAT nautical miles tucked in
its payload Bay this morning the weight
shield facility having completed three
days of free flying operations during
which four out of seven possible
thin-film growths were successfully
completed