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good evening we begin nasa television

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coverage of mission sts 79 here at the

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john f kennedy space center in florida

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we're just hours away from nasa's 79th

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space shuttle launch and the 17th flight

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of the orbiter atlantis with a crew of

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six astronauts

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liftoff is planned at 4 54 a.m eastern

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daylight time

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the window extends until 501 a.m today

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the weather conditions are holding

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steady looks like we've got a 70 percent

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chance of having acceptable conditions

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for launch time

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launch pad 39a is the stage for the

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79th shuttle launch

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all countdown events are on schedule

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and the launch team here in firing room

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one is not tracking any technical issues

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that would

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preclude an on-time liftoff

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countdown clock is at t-minus three

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hours and holding we're in a standard

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built-in hold at this point

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at this time the ice inspects the final

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inspection team is surveying for any ice

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that may have formed on the vehicle

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measuring uh various

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elements of the sts-79 vehicle stack

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we've now got the sts-79

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astronauts

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having their lunch at the

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crew quarters

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light crew is in their suits they've

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been up since about six pm

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we've got pilot terry will cut

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crew looks wide awake

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mission specialist tom akers

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mission specialist carl walls

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and mission specialist john blaha got a

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john getting ready to uh

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start his uh four-month stay on the mir

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as is through tradition we've got the

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cake at the table with the

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we do have the flight crew members for

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sts-79 getting strapped in

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actually getting their

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suits on

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got commander bill reedy

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he's making his third flight today he

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has overall responsibility for

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commanding the flight

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he will become the fourth shuttle

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commander to dock with the russian space

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station

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pilot terry will cut

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he's will assist reading at the flight

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controls he's making his second flight

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he will assist in transferring logistics

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to and from the mir station

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he will also assist commander reedy in

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the fly around of the station

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after the undocking

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we've got dr jay att ready to go today

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he's

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mission specialist one making his fourth

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you'll be involved in

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activities and experiments aboard the

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mission specialist tom akers who is also

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the flight engineer

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he will assist the commander and pilot

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with the ascent re-entry checklist and

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monitoring all the vehicle systems he's

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and here we have mission specialist john

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blaha getting his flight to tested he's

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making his fifth flight today

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getting ready to embark on his

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four-month stay aboard the mirror space

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station where he will be

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involved in scientific investigations

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and we've got uh mission specialist

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carl walls getting

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ready he's

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waving

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he is making his third flight today

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this is shuttle launch control we've got

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pictures now the flight crew walking

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down the hall toward the elevator at

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their crew quarters

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jay eppt carl walls tom akers cannon

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good morning jen we read you loud and

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homie oh

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hope you have a great stay up there and

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please tell shannon hi when you see her

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for me

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and atlantis looks like we've got

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everything coming together here bill so

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you guys have a great trip and we'll see

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a profile test of the orbiter's aero

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services has started

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the flight control surfaces are being

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moved through a pre-programmed pattern

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the nozzles on the three main engines

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are being gimbaled

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eleven t-minus ten

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ignition and liftoff of atlantis on the

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fourth flight to dock with the russian

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you start letting us complete

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roger roll atlantis

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and your mps h2 out message is a deucer

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the role maneuver is complete aboard

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atlantis the vehicle is now in a heads

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down position on course for a 51.6

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atlantis velocity is approaching 900

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miles per hour the vehicle is already

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two and a half miles downrange from the

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atlantis houston go at throttle up

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one minute 25 seconds into the flight

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the three liquid fueled engines are now

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about 35 seconds away now from burnout

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and separation of the twin solid rocket

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boosters aboard the orbiter atlantis is

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12 and a half miles downrange from the

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launch site current altitude 18 miles

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the hydraulic systems all three of those

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apu's auxiliary power units are in good

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shape as are the electricity producing

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fuel cells standing by for srb

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srb separation is confirmed two minutes

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atlantis houston reads you have a

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nominal miko

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required and you can pass along to the

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atlantis houston reads i've got a big

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go ahead

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okay reads

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since you guys took some soup up there

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with you obviously you've got us working

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down here a bit

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we have ap number two

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as an unexplained shutdown

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we're looking into the data on it and

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we're also looking at ap1 and ap3

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capabilities

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and their impact on mission duration

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we are currently evaluating both a

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flight day 3 and a flight day 4

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the approximate tig will be 2 hours and

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if we do a flight day 4 rendezvous the

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approximate take will be 3 hours and 40

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minutes we're working both right now and

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okay bill we copied it all and

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we'll switch now to uh mission control

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uh coral yacht outside of moscow for an

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update on activities uh in moscow since

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this is mission control corelog

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at about 3 pm moscow time

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roughly a few minutes after the launch

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of atlantis today at about 1 20 p.m

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moscow time the mission control center

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here conducted another communication

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session with the crew on board mayor the

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first order of business for that

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communications session for nasa's mir

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operations lead bill gerstenmaier was to

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wow that's great we had a really good

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launch everything looks clean normal

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performance through miko they're working

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a fuel cell 2 problem but that's all

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everything else looks clean on the

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oh that sounds great well just keep us

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informed because you know

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it's not here and there's no opening

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we understand and the only thing we're

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working now is a fuel cell two problem

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but everything else looks clean and

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we'll keep you informed

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okay i mean it's just one small step

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at launch time mir was moving toward

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central america on the ascending note of

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sixth orbit of the day

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coordination activities between the

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control center here in the control

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center in houston will move into high

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gear over the next few days as both the

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u.s and russian teams prepare for the

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docking later this week

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besides the science team a small

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this team consists of both orbiter and

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experts their job is to facilitate in

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the flow of communications between

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and until docking updates regarding

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atlantis progress will continue to be

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passed up to the crew waiting on a