this is shuttle launch control or
standing by now to receive video tape
we've got the flight crew having
breakfast this morning this was recorded
earlier mission specialist Pierce do it
this is his first trip into space for
mission st s36 also the first trip for
pilot John Casper
and commander Crichton John Crichton is
making his second trip to today
mission specialist David Hill murs and
mission specialist Mike Mullane making
their third flights into space
this is taken from the crew quarters and
the operations and check-out building
was recorded earlier this morning
the crew insignia for this flight
in their gear
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ready to go
running aboard the astronaut van
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and Houston flight reporting we are go
for weather here at Kennedy and tell
site weather is go countdown clock will
be picking up three two one t-minus five
minutes and Counting we have a go for
what our AP you start pilot caspar now
flipping switches in the cockpit start
each of the three ap use
and commander Crichton has been asked to
we can figure the orbiter heaters for
launch t-minus four minutes 32 seconds
t-minus four minutes 15 seconds and
counting
coming up on the t minus 4 minute and
Counting mark main engine final purge
sequences underway main engine valves
are being configured for flight orbiter
flight control surfaces elabon speed
brake and rudder are now being moved
through a pre-programmed pattern to
verify they're ready for launch
2-3 minutes 40 seconds and counting
three main engines now being gimble in a
pattern to verify the readiness
and they will be positioned for launch
2-3 minutes 15 seconds and counting
t-minus three minutes and Counting at
two t-minus two minutes 55 seconds will
start external tank liquid oxygen
pressurization and we just received the
go for that and we begin gaseous
nitrogen purges of the main engines will
begin terminating that that activity
t-minus two minutes 40 seconds
and pilot Casper has been instructed to
throw the caution and warning memory
a gaseous oxygen vent alarm is now being
retracted away from the external tank
t-minus two minutes 20 seconds and
counting
pilot Caskey reports there are no
unexpected errors
t-minus two minutes and Counting the
crew has been instructed to close and
lock their visors for flight
and we have a go for pressurization of
the liquid hydrogen tank
t-minus one minute 45 seconds it's 90
seconds away from liftoff and SCS 36
t-minus one minute 30 seconds
less than two minutes away now for
launch for a launch sequencer will
verify that the main engines are ready
to start at the one minute point
t-minus one minute and Counting the
sound suppression water system is now
armed three lifts off water will be
released at t-minus sixteen seconds the
solid rocket booster joint heaters have
been turned off
t-minus 45 seconds and counting all
systems are go for the launch of
Atlantis
t minus 31 seconds and counting we have
a go for autosequence start Atlantis's
for redundant computers have assumed
primary control of the vehicle t minus
20
Jim I was 15 13 12 11 10 9 we have a go
for main engine start seven six five
four three two one zero ignition and
liftoff of Atlantis and mission st s 36
program have begun that program puts the
vehicle and Robert
guidance officer three engines now
throttling back as Atlantis passes
through the area of maximum dynamic
pressure dynamic load on the vehicle
three APU looking good all engines
looking good velocity is 1,200 feet per
second atlantis now down range three
nautical miles
crew has received a go at throttle up
all the three engines I got back at 104
percent velocity 2,200 feet per second
downrange eight nautical miles
separation of the top
back straps
per second 39 miles down
dynamic self-service no performance at
the state and the crew has received the
two engine transatlantic abort landing
call which means they could reach that
transatlantic site on two engines if
that were necessary all three engines
are looking good all three AP use
running properly velocity is now 6,000
feet per second Atlantis 86 miles away
from the Kennedy Space Center
crew has gotten a message on their
reaction control system however ground
controllers believe that is a transducer
only and those Jets are not required at
this time if they were required they
could be regained
this is Mission Control can now see
Atlantis visually at Dryden APU one will
now be taken back to pressure
mechanical systems officer reports that
a p1
Atlantis now at 1.6 71,000
over California in about 39 miles away
from Edwards
this is Mission Control velocity now
altitude 55,000 feet
Atlantis just about a minute from
intercepting the heading alignment
circle
mechanical systems officer reports that
to a p1 still looks good
chemical assistance officer expect
safety you want to be able to support
on which we touch down
flight dynamics officer reports that
Atlantis looks good coming on to the
heading alignment circle velocity is now
800 feet per second 37,000 feet altitude
about 19 miles from touchdown
and the flight dynamics officer reports
that energy is right on target as
Atlantis comes around the heading
alignment circle
velocity now on 700 feet per second
altitude 20,000 feet
atlanta is coming down at about 330 feet
per second
coming in now to the final approach at
about 14,000 feet
velocities so 500 feet per second
mechanical systems officer reports ap
you learn still performing all right
velocity is 400 feet per second altitude
about 10,000 feet
this is Mission Control flight dynamics
officer reports Atlantis is lined up
right on the glide slope over around my
23 about 8,000 feet above the runway now
name the same 18 gusting to twenty two
knots headwind
very negligible cross wind
not too now about 700 feet
landing gear is down
main gear touchdown
nose gear touchdown
and we'll stop recorded by a mission
commander jo crazy
Capcom Steve oswal greeted the crew with
congratulations on a great flight guys
and books back
this is Mission Control we have the
flight crew coming from Atlantis now Jo
Creighton
on Casper
being greeted by dr. William
John hoodie and Michael coats
up here through it and died filmers am
Richard Mullane also there
dr. Lenore is the associate
administrator for Space Flight for the
agency mr. Donnell putty is the director
of flight crew operations at the Johnson
Space Center
so remember the astronaut corps
crew walking around looking at the
outside of it
customary walk around every flight crew
makes after landing
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