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this is shuttle launch control at

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t-minus three hours and holding and we

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have our first look of our commander

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Michael Baker as he is being suited up

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crew members are being assisted with

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their launch and entry suits by suit

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technicians pilot Brent jet of course

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giving thumbs-up he's ready to make his

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he last flew as a pilot aboard STS 72

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jerry linenger is going to be going into

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space this on his second trip but it

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will certainly be as longest he'll be

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staying on the MIR Space Station for

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about four months until Atlantis goes

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back to pick him up in the spring of

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this year mission specialist Jeff Weiss

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off preparing for his third flight Jeff

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mission specialist John Grunsfeld making

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his second flight into space today John

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became an astronaut in 1992 and flew for

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17 days on a mission STS 67 the longest

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space shuttle mission to date at that

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time yeah that record has since been

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broken and the last member of the crew

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have about 30 seconds remaining in our

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hold before we pick up the count at

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again everything continues to go

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according to plan operations at the pad

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with the shuttle Atlantis so proceeding

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smoothly and the astronauts are

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preparing to leave their crew quarters

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on time in just a few minutes and we're

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at t-minus 3 hours and Counting at

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t-minus 3 hours and Counting this is

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and we're seeing

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pictures of the crew is they're walking

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operations and check-out building

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astronaut Dave leasman is joining them

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you'll be overseeing the astronaut

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operations today and outside the

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crew is being led by commander michael

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specialist Jerry Linenger John Grunsfeld

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this view from the 195-foot level of the

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elevator opening we expect the crew to

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be stepping out and then to the top of

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the picture is the entry to the orbiter

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now the crew is at the pad of course

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engineers continuing their operations

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water spray system which empties about

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that that water spray system is is

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operational and our first view of the

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white rim closeout crew members of

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course have been on station for the past

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two and a half hours or so making ready

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momentarily and may cause renunciation

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of messages and marshes in her seat JSC

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Alliance or USA max Candler will assist

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her for the next several minutes says

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she gets strapped in meanwhile back in

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the white room our pilot Brent Jett is

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and he'll be taking his seat next to

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and the orbiter access arm and is now

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being retracted away from the vehicle

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this is the walkway used by the crew to

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gain entry into and out of the vehicle

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retracted we're at t-minus seven minutes

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your protest conductor has requested

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that pilot print jet clear the caution

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and warning memory system everything

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today no problems are being reported

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so these we thought the mornings I don't

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special Atlantis is about 90 seconds

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what that at t-minus one minute and

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everything is still looking good for

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launch of the shuttle Atlantis from

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performance they throttle up call coming

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flight Atlantis traveling at 1500 miles

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Kregel to Commander Mike Baker aboard

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Atlantis indicating that the solid

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one and if one main engine should fail

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Marsha you have a gold for the CWC

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number two it's silver biocide only no

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samples as listed in the timeline and

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any any bubbles you see let us know okay

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and and it looks like it's all water in

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Marja no need to respond we're with you

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there in the mid-deck yes we'd like you

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this habit Lenox for by Iraq Isis I'm

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capture light capture lizzie free drift

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off rocks I've got bring a line odd okay

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Lanice Houston if you keep key in that

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request someone to push and hold the

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like we made it to the node and I'm

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tending and up and down I modules they

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all look great I'm trying to look all

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around Jeff is turning into bass back

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let's see the US flag flying and looks

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like they really prepare things for us

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so that everyone doesn't navigate make a

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mayor Atlantis Houston we're in the

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Moscow that should be accomplished here

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we're filling lots of these water bags

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experiment John Bois has been growing

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little confused but I think you'll

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large globe like structure that we

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foreground now John's making his way

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anouk we arrived and he's found one of

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the radioactive samples that we

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the radioactive sample that he was

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Larry say hello to all right that's okay

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that's good we returning to the baseball

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go back to face block okay now we're

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and this time we'll turn right once we

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or any version of space shuttle Atlantis

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he said less go ahead I'll call you

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Lana Houston Moscow reports Mir is in

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planets you stand on energy approaching

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Florida Windsor or one 5:05 peak to

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eight and you go for a nominal shoot

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a morning wake-up call for the residents

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of Central Florida as commander Mike

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flying of Atlantis he is initiating an

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overhead turn of 190 degrees around the

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heading alignment cylinder to align

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everything looking good for Atlantis as

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the Morning Sun gleams off of its uh

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commander Mike Baker should see the

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hey that's a cue sir copy your runway in

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Mike Baker preparing to flare-up

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Brent shut the pilot now deploying the

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landing gear landing gear down and

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main gear touchdown jet now deploying

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touchdown

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Atlantis now rolling out on runway 33 at

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the Kennedy Space Center to wrap up its

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mission bringing astronaut John Blaha

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home after four months in orbit on the

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with that Tuffy you will stop Atlantis

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welcome back after a super mission

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fabulous way to start the year 1997 you

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guys are making the international

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missions seem easy and a special welcome