this is shuttle launch control at
t-minus 3 hours in holding we've got
about 25 minutes remaining in this
built-in hold and was a planned to our
built-in holds it's a standard part of
our shuttle launch countdown everything
continuing to go well we had a very good
weather briefing the outlooks good for
weather here at KSC and also at the
transoceanic abort site should one of
those become necessary the satellite is
now returned to KSC we are now feeding
out live pictures that pad 39a with the
space shuttle Atlantis we're standing by
to receive live pictures of the STS 79
crew members as they are getting suited
up and getting ready to ride out to the
launch pad we do have the flight crew
members for STS 79 getting strapped in
actually getting their suits on got
commander Bill Reedy he's making his
third flight today
he has overall responsibility for
commanding the flight he would become
the fourth shuttle commander to dock
with the Russian space station and that
will occur on Wednesday evening he will
also have control the vehicle during
reentry we've also got pilot Terry will
cut he's will assist really at the
flight controls he's making his second
flight today he will assist in
transferring logistics to and from the
MIR station he will also assist
commander already in the fly around of
the station after the undocking the
shuttle will stay docked about five days
we've got dr. Jay apt ready to go today
he's mission specialist one making his
fourth flight he will be involved in
activities and experiments aboard the
space had earth observations bio
technology systems and the furnaces that
are onboard and the refrigerators and
freezers it's also designated as one of
the space Walker should one become
necessary and over across the room we've
got the rest of the crew getting ready
for launch
de mission specialist Tom Akers who is
also the flight engineer he will assist
a commander and pilot with the a sentry
entry checklist and in monitoring all
the vehicle systems he's making his
fourth flight today he will be heavily
involved in the transfer of logistics to
and from the MIR station and here we
have mission specialist John Blaha
getting his flight suit tested he's
making his fifth flight today getting
ready to embark on his four-month stay
aboard the MIR space station where he
will be involved in scientific
investigations on long-duration
spaceflight and we've got mission
specialist Carl walls getting ready he's
waving ready for launch today he is
making his third flight today he will
oversee the operation of the orbiter
docking system and will operate several
experiments during the flight he will
also use the IMAX camera to perform a
photographic survey of the MIR station
during the fly around he's also one of
the designated space Walker should we
have an unplanned walk
this is shuttle launch control we've got
pictures now that's like crew walking
down the hall toward the elevator at
their crew quarters J apt Carl walls
tile makers saying hello to some
employees who are wishing them well for
their flight crews been in training for
over a year now for the preparations for
the flight in fact John Blaha has spent
quite a bit of time over at the Gagarin
cosmonaut training center in Star City
just outside Moscow
he's also studied a new language and
culture
and the crew is getting ready to ride
out to launch pad 39a they'll be led by
the KSC's purity escort takes about 20
minutes to arrive out at the launch pad
who was about to embark on a 10 day
flight in the mirrored docking
all continues to look well with the
launch countdown no problems and
technical issue looking at a 454 a.m.
Eastern Time liftoff of the shuttle
Atlantis audition SPS 79 at the opening
of our launch window today Shannon lucid
and her her fellow cosmonaut crewmates
aboard the MIR station will be located
just off the coast of South America
under the equator and there'll be about
5,000 nautical miles away from KSC it's
not likely that they would be able to
view the launch from that location
we've got about 20 seconds remaining in
our built-in hold countdown clock will
be resuming momentarily at the t-minus
nine minute and Counting mark toward the
launch of the shuttle Atlantis on
mission STS 79 we're at t-minus nine
minutes and Counting in just a few
seconds the orbiters excess arm will be
retracted away from the vehicle to the
launch position this arm is used by the
crew to get into the crew module and
that arm can be re extended within a few
seconds if necessary
a profile test of the overdose arrow
services has started
flight control services are being moved
through a pre-programmed pattern to
verify they are ready to launch
the nozzles on three main engines are
being gimballed and positioned for
launch today all systems are go for
launch at this time just a few minutes
away from the 17th voyage of Atlantis
with a crew of six this will be the
fourth shuttle flight that will dock
with the Russian Mir Space Station the
gaseous oxygen vent hose being retracted
away from the top of the external tank
and the six-member crew is about to
embark on the first day of the plant ten
day flight and the return of astronaut
Shannon lucid and the beginning of John
Blaha four-month stay aboard the MIR
Space Station
if you see that the work that so much
the better go check on the Atlanta put
her through enough memory for the three
o'clock t-minus 20 seconds few - 15
eleven t-minus ten nine eight we have a
gopher engine start
one we have booster ignition and liftoff
of Atlantis on the fourth flight to dock
with the Russian space station Houston
now controlling
this rolls complete Roger roll Atlantis
and your MTS h2 out message is a do sir
only no action the roll maneuver is
complete aboard Atlantis the vehicles
now in a heads-down position on course
for a 51.6 degree 160 nautical mile
orbit three engines aboard Atlantis
preparing to throttle down now as the
vehicle prepares to pass through the
area of maximum dynamic pressure
Atlantis's velocity is approaching 900
miles per hour the vehicles already 2
and a half miles downrange from the
launch site at an altitude of 6.6 miles
Atlantis Houston go at throttle up
one minute 25 seconds into the flight
the three liquid-fueled engines are now
back at full throttle about 35 seconds
away now from burnout and separation of
the twin solid rocket boosters aboard
the orbiter Atlantis is 12 and a half
miles downrange from the launch site
current altitude 18 miles traveling
2,300 miles per hour the hydraulic
systems all three of those ap use
auxiliary power units are in good shape
as are the electricity producing fuel
cells standing by for SRB separation SRB
separation is confirmed two minutes 15
seconds into the flight window close and
lock screen back time window close zero
nine ARP SRA see you that hydraulic
recorder 50 RPS that is complete guilty
perform a peep restart max Lucie good
restart snappy
hello TC looks like three good APU
certify three good AP use thank you
by booster three engines ready copy
yeah so maybe this whole bunch open copy
the existence that keeps liftoff
confirmed copy fly booster and the
messages inducer only each table beyond
the right copy do sir only Capcom can
fly can't you see the roll brunch rolls
complete Roger roll Atlantis and your
MPs h2 out message is a do sir only no
action
so around 367 copy
that's to me sad major mode 103
copy us rb7
okay we're live on the flight deck reads
thanks
Justin Atlantis Kuya cross that bill do
you still have a video inspector yes sir
we do and color still faded out if you
can read that or not but it says happy
Anniversary Panthers number 20 and it's
from me so I wanted to wish you a great
anniversary Tyler I'm having fun we
can't be called Carl once you try to
bring that up a little closer to the
lens and of course congratulations to
the two of you from all of us down here
and that's great that we got a good shot
now
like twenty two minutes you're gonna
turn your flight controller power on
I got we might as well go flat now
actually okay out of my team because we
don't just get your bike until tomorrow
here comes an item 19 that's a track yes
okay go on flat
Houston contact and capture Lantis and
mirror shake enhance copy capture
confirmed
and Belarus address each of us has to
have some bread and salt which is the
traditional Russian greeting
I'd like to point out one thing here in
the background we have our crew emblem
STS seventy-nine crew emblem you'll see
two EBA gloves grasping hands is the
symbol of the international cooperation
that we share this particular one will
leave aboard the mirror for them it's
signed by the members of our training
and Mission Control team back in Houston
and just to let them know that it's not
just us up here but it's a it's a tune
with the ground with everybody involved
in in NASA and the contractors that that
makes this all happen it's going to make
it happen again in the future as we
build International Space Station the
gifts we have Russian colleagues so now
if you can see very well but we're
floating here a shudder made out of
chocolate so that when Valerie looks out
his window maybe he can put that in
there is a simulation of the Atlantis
silver lay and Sasha and one other gift
we have form
because we know their missus and they'll
want to know what we're doing we have
two watches they both set on Houston
time because of all the things that
we've done here in space as a joint crew
probably telling you what time it is has
been the most exciting for all of us and
and we think that maybe with the watch
set the Houston time every time they
look at it they'll remember us and I
know that every time we look at in the
sky and see the mirror will remember
them
that's the end of our program tonight
and bill as you so aptly stated even in
the greatest of successes there can be a
few moments of sadness
and Atlantis shusun great picture of Mir
I don't think the networks can't compare
with this for high drama tonight you
haven't been on the mid-deck
you
turned off so you could French something
that keep at it do you think we try zoom
in
the shape of the patch saying into the
form of an Eevee a hatch way it's a
future cooperation in space
like I'm so good residual burn good
residuals Atlanta Houston reads we show
good burn good residuals
okay now flight controllers will be
picking up in the post burn section
entry checklist on page 332 I'll bet you
can taste those M&Ms already
my problems are supposed to bear you can
take complete all right then in your
history to check that required no record
and porter shift on that record no ma'am
and hydraulic fluid thermal conditioning
that required some obscure Clark ok
Capcom official Atlantis Houston Energy
ground trick never go take decades
okay how's your data looking GMC take
care data to CNC okay stay bond and
we're still evaluating right now then
they have a better than their data
take care data to gene see Lana Houston
take air data to G and C only here down
in locked
right castles open
yeah we coming around the room for
post-landing deltas no deltas
congratulations Atlantis and your highly
successful mission and of course welcome
home Shannon from your record-setting
flight above mirror okay no flaming
deltas we'll be standing by with him
updates 5 3 Houston reads we have no
post-landing deltas we're ready to pick
up the entry checklist page 5-3 why'd he
come yeah we're getting here form over
to page 5 - okay we need a motivation
page 5 8 - Houston for reads we'd like
you to move ahead to page 5 - 8 we're
getting ready for ammonia activations
like you to work that procedure with the
deltas
about goofy
one foot six inches you should have
something
it's not much bounce
so the shuttle will be landing from the
northwest to southeast approach again
runway one-five is the landing site for
Atlantis
atlantis breaks its way through one deck
of clouds very clear conditions at the
cape
Atlanta's now 4,500 feet in altitude
perfectly aligned with runway one-five
reading now flaring up Atlantis's nose
landing gear job
main gear touchdown we'll cut now
preparing to deploy the drag chute
nose gear touchdown Atlantis now rolling
out on runway one-five at the Kennedy
Space Center wrapping up a 3.9 million
mile mission to bring Shannon loose at
home after a u.s. record six months in
space
thank you said you'll have to go ahead
and read the deltas on page four I just
want to