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good evening

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tonight nasa embarks on the second space

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shuttle flight to service the hubble

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space telescope this 10-day mission

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features at least four space walks by

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four crew members to replace worn-out

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hardware or to upgrade the capabilities

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of the telescope

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and so we begin our live coverage on

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nasa television of mission sts 82 here

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at the john f kennedy space center in

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florida

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all countdown events are on schedule and

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the launch team is on station here in

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firing room 3 in the launch control

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and we have the crew

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seated from the left we have payload

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you'll be performing two of the space

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walks on this mission

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and we have

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mission specialist stephen hawley flight

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engineer for this flight

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pilot scott horowitz

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flying for the second time

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and commander ken bowersox

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crews ready to go this morning

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steve smith and greg harbaugh

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very experienced crew well-trained crew

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been in training for two years now for

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this flight they're ready to go and

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we have commander ken bowersox

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this is his fourth flight

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he has been an astronaut for about 10

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and bowersox will have overall

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responsibility for commanding the flight

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he was the pilot for the first hubble

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and we have pilot horowitz

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as pilot he will assist bowersox at the

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flight controls this is his second

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he will assist powersocks during the

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rendezvous and retrieval of the hubble

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and we have mission specialist mark lee

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taking a brief rest mission specialist

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joe tanner

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tanner's making his second flight

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he will be this will be his first

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spacewalk he'll be teaming up with greg

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harbaugh and replacing one of the three

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fine guidance

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sensors on hubble

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during the second eva

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and we've got uh mission specialist

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holly's making his uh

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fourth flight today

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he's serving as the flight engineer and

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will assist the commander and pilot with

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ascent and re-entry checklist

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and we have a mission specialist greg

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he's making his fourth flight he will be

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teamed up with joe tanner to perform two

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of the space walks harbaugh performed a

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spacewalk on sts-54

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and we have mission specialist five

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steve smith making his second flight

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he'll be a first time spacewalker on

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this flight he'll be teamed up with

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barclay in replacing the two instruments

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that have a combined weight of about

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crews saying goodbye to members of the

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oh my gosh

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this is shuttle launch control at t

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minus 2 hours 46 minutes and counting

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we've got

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some views now of the flight crew now at

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conversation on oas channel 212 during

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the astacam checks will be heard by the

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crew

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channel should remain silent except for

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emergency calls

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and for the flight crew during our after

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context adjust your appropriate volumes

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for comfort and then don't change the

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mission management team

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uh jim the mmt is working no issues

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you're clear to launch

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copy that

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and discovery

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can you and their team have a great

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mission and uh

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do some good hubble upgrades we'll see

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all right jim thanks for the good wishes

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we sure appreciate all the hard work

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that went into getting discovery and our

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payload ready for launch

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i think uh with a little luck

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in a couple of weeks the best telescope

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in the universe will be even better than

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nnpd you're clearly alone copy thank you

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all personnel watch countdown clock will

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and a profile test of the orbiter's

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aerosurfaces has started

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these are being moved through a

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pre-programmed

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pattern to verify that they are ready

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t-minus three minutes 30 seconds and

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the three main engines are being gambled

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and the gaseous oxygen vent hood

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the gaseous oxygen vent hood at the top

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of the tank is being retracted away at

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and we wish you're all a fantastic voice

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t-minus 25 seconds

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t-minus 15 seconds and counting all

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ignition and liftoff discovery now on

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its way to service nasa's hubble space

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telescope

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we're all programming

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role maneuver is complete aboard

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discovery the vehicle is now in a heads

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down position on course for a 28 and a

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discovery already

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one and a half miles in altitude and

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downrange from the launch site one and a

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three main engines beginning to throttle

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down now as the orbiter prepares to pass

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through the area of maximum dynamic

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pressure on the vehicle in the lower

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the three engines now at 67 percent of

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the engine is now beginning to throttle

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discovery go at throttle up

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the three liquid fueled engines are now

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back at full throttle

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discovery's altitude is 13 miles

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now traveling 1800 miles per hour

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the three good

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electrical systems are fuel cells and

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solid rocket boosters beginning to tail

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off with their chamber pressure standing

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by for burnout and separation of the

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srb separation is confirmed two minutes

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discovery is now downrange from the

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three good hydraulic systems and fuel

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cells and the main engines are still

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performing as expected at 104 percent of

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commander ken bowersox and pilot scott

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horowitz watching over all of the

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orbiter systems from the forward portion

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directly behind them flight engineer

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steve hawley and mission specialist joe

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tanner while greg harbaugh markley and

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steve smith ride down on the mid deck of

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and houston discovery on the doors as

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you can see the port door is opening

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just fine on the first opening we went

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straight from uh

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closed to blank we didn't get the ready

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on the closing and the subsequent