this is shuttle launch control we have
now joined history's largest crew of
astronauts in the operations and
check-out building as they wait for
their breakfast
the seven-person crew is the largest
ever to be launched into space by any
nation and in fact is as large as the
entire Mercury program astronaut corps
was 21 years ago at the head table in
the center is mission commander Bob
Crippen and the other members are
displayed about him on either side - Bob
Crippen's immediate left is Sally Ride
on her second trip into space Bob
Crippen of Court has completed three
trips this will be his fourth fourth
mission in space seated - commander
Crippen's Wright is Kathy Sullivan she's
a space rookie of course on her first
mission and to her right as Canadian
Marc Garneau and will will be panning
around a table here to see the other
crew members as well as John McBride and
Paul Scully power noticeable for his
beard he's the payload specialist and
John McBride is the pilot on his
particular flight at the opposite end of
the table was mission specialist 3 David
Lisa
and we understand that the crew is at
this point beginning to make their way
out of the crew quarters and we see
Commander Bob Crippen and Sally Ride
leaving their crew quarters followed by
a Kathy Sullivan and Marc Garneau of
Canada distinctives with a maple leaf
flag on his flight suit all scholarly
power with the beard and also followed
by Georg Eddie several it was the
fourteen astronauts and security
personnel all climbing into the elevator
to go down to the ground floor
true now leaving the operations and
check-out building led by the two women
on this flight Kathy Sullivan and Sally
Ride commander Griffin and all the other
crew members for history's largest
astronaut crew climbing into the Astro
van which is a modified camper style
vehicle incidentally the camper vehicle
was purchased by NASA because of the
increasing size of shuttle flight crews
the former vehicles for proving just too
small to carry all the people for the
nine mile trip out to the flight bed the
launch pad
Kruse being sent off by a crowd of media
representatives and employees which
traditionally gather at the walkway
leaving the operations and check-out
building and the astral van will move
off in just a few seconds for the nine
mile trip out to launch pad 39a
Bob Crippen now donning his helmet he'd
already put on his his vest this
procedure of course is very familiar to
Bob Crippen he's had three launches
already in space and numerous tests
where he's done this equipment
commander Griffin at 47 years of age is
the old man of this particular mission
he was born in Beaumont Texas and he
joined the astronaut corps in 1969 he
was selected to be the pilot of the
first space shuttle mission with John
Young and has since flown to other space
missions for a total of three this makes
him NASA's most experienced Shuttle
astronaut he's one of the five members
of this mission with naval backgrounds
commander Crippen is listed as a navy
captain he was a naval attack pilot
aboard two carrier USS independence for
more than two years before joining NASA
mission specialist one Kathy Sullivan
now bordering boarding challengers
cockpit and dr. Sally Ride is now
entering orbiter challenger for her
second flight into space a technician
wiping down the soles of her shoes to
make sure that no excess dirt would be
tracked into the orbiter Columbia
Challenger rather about the inner
challengers cockpit now as Canadian Marc
Garneau who is the first Canadian
selected to fly in space aboard a space
shuttle
garna was also a PhD with a specialty in
electrical engineering he's an employee
of the Canadian Navy and is along on
this mission to perform primarily 10
experiments in 3 different scientific
fields for Canada
he's one of 6 Canadian astronauts
selected earlier this year for training
and eventual flight
and now entering challengers cockpit is
Paul Scully power
Scully powers most is the most recent
addition to this crew list he's a
civilian employee of the US Navy and he
has considerable experience and time
performing oceanographic research as a
senior scientist our chief scientist on
24 research cruises he was born and
educated in Australia and has since
become a United States citizen he will
be conducting a wide range of
oceanographic studies for the Navy
during the flight
see - 15
t-minus 12 11 10 9 8 4 main engine start
7 6 we have main engine start
5 3 yeah that Darby ignition and this is
large about the not for an employee he's
been controlling them all main engines
running a hundred percent roll program
initiated 120 degree roll maneuver to
put the ship on it's 37 degree
inclination whether the crew heads down
and wings level throttling down to 92
percent main engines running smoothly
throttling down now to 65 percent
challenger going through the period of a
max Q of maximum dynamic pressure on the
ship engine performance still stable ap
use all running smoothly
Velocity's Challenger Houston
so a SWAT Allah all main engines back at
100% of thrust velocity 2,000 3,000 feet
per second now
altitude 11 miles distance downrange
eight miles challenger 2 climbing at the
rate of 1,800 feet per second engine
performance still looks good all engines
they're running at 100 percent of rated
thrust APU performances nominal altitude
4,200 feet altitude 18 miles 19 miles
velocity 4,800 feet per second distance
downrange 29 alarms that call precursor
to SRB separation which should tell
momentarily and a little separate
separation
Austrian engine still running Challenger
Houston first stage performance nominal
counter Houston you're go for a command
past ORF and your PI setup
okay and everybody's up here having fun
you can play with the flight deck here
for a while and we also have the have
the big deck correction the sail obey
camera zone if if you want to play with
us but you really can't fit seven people
in here look a bit crowded though not
very much
you
and we have a nice picture here
okay
okay Houston Challenger we're all
squared away and ready for SEP whenever
you guys are
Roger clip we'll be with you momentarily
Shh
challenger Houston you're go for relief
okay we'll put in work
okay Sally's back in the arm off of the
bed at this time and will stand stand by
okay we have enough time to see better
the interleaf deploying after that got a
good picture of that one
and once that leaves started deploying
the oscillations pretty much stopped and
by the time it was out it was nice and
stable that moving look surprisingly
smooth Luxur like that
seljuq you stand with you through Hawaii
for eight and a half minutes okay yep we
got like all right now oh right through
a little up the Canadian make a
experiment dealing with the state for
that patient physical and Sally and Dave
going through couple of idiots and
monitor equipment at this time we're
gonna read coming up
I'd equip but we have a teleprinter
message and coming up at this time Roger
that
and we like for you to leave the TV
controls and panel I'm going up I had of
a panel there back in command you can
have it
copy that
ok we're getting more and more
individuals into the into the picture
now that's that's that's great chat got
lots of poster board
okay here's all what you think okay
we're watching Shh sighs that's a good
close-up thing what color did that dog
spit with you
looks pretty black
okay now we're gonna take you out over
to the one that's it's gonna pop them
good look guys out right there
they're the top there's blood powers
gonna lift it up
the gouges out of the blanket then the
one tile that's beside the blanket
picked up but there's another guy
outside down here
okay yeah okay clip we're going a lesson
we won't be talking to you until then
Burgas 9 + 3 0 we'd like you to dump
tank 8 on to 70% and bobble down to 20%
that should be about 30 minutes okay
that lamp any time at your convenience
okay
Salinger Houston with you through
teachers how do you read okay we reach a
lot fair palette one Shh
we read you loud and clear go ahead USA
commentator this is Houston class center
again do you read us USA a studio
okay this is a gift and fresh center
challenger we're ready for questions now
from Gibson okay okay we're ready now
for questions from Houston if I don't
identify you by name and affiliation
please do so Paul Reiser Associated
Press based on the televisions use that
we've seen of the people in your in your
face cabin you look you resemble
sometimes a camera and Joey's wandering
out for Bob Crippen when you return are
you going to really recommend that seven
crew members again are flown aboard the
space shuttle that's a very tough
question of one that I considered a lot
for us to take this mission I guess the
result is that I have found that if
people are properly disciplined that
they're at least with the kinds of tasks
that we have that they're we can't
operate seven people in the shuttle
Martin Dean yes Bob Crippen Bob how
difficult or discouraging has it been
for you to deal with a mission that has
had so many troubles problem which
nation was that for I follow up is this
mission okay yeah we've had the problems
I think they probably been more of tough
for the ground to deal with the problem
we ran into with the Cajun in antenna I
know it's certainly given these surfing
folks from the promised land get all
their data
I believe that Mission Control in
Houston is done a marvelous job and it
normally does and coming up with
workarounds allows I think that's in the
general tenor of the way we do business
that if things don't work out we'll
we'll make the best of what we have I
believe we're getting good data for them
we had a little problem with our fists I
think that we've got that under control
now and
as far as we're concerned that things
are running a little fairly smoothly
okay Rebecca chase ABC this is for
Commander Crippen and Sally Ride could
you compare the this this mission with
the other missions that you've been on
comparing the problems on the the
crowded conditions as well as the
accomplishments of what you think
they're doing up there
CCV this one is for Marc Garneau
you rather busy up there $1 a day you're
been conducting experiments and another
eight hours if you're lucky you're
sleeping are you getting much time just
to gaze out the window and wonder that
the splendor of it all stock at the
window having a look out there I haven't
been able to see it all because of some
cloud but turning
my share of the time at the window and
if that's a really fantastic this is
this is just in press enter to your copy
challenger salad yes don't we copy lot
clearer
like veal face get out outside to the
Hicklin Shh we're just glad that they
were not getting ready for entry sure
look like that at first
and by the way everything has worked
perfectly ieave you number three checked
out so polyps at all its authority of
you've ever wanted to is that absolutely
no problem Roger XP nude okay yeah what
you are see now David about it out there
the two views that we're going to use
for the UVA tomorrow but they'd be an
easy one if you have to be an easy two
so we're going to hook up the lower
torso at the helmet hook up the us to
use and we're going to go through a
pressurization check make sure that
everything works
okay
okay I'll just illustrate for Judyann
sake against Islam at 1611 okay we're
not playing Oh stupid ring calm for
Jurgen II decided that now we got the 50
B understand okay we'll see with you
back
maybe
I am in space
I don't care for those data for you
Oh
a little bit more difficult coming off
you expected yeah done this with the
pressure on it so I knew it's going to
be a little tougher invade me quite that
much but it finally did it
once again it is him
they don't have to bet the ball now
okay cool with that
Oh mmm again that's coming loose did you
ever do that that's great that's great
okay good just to make sure it comes off
okay
both elbows closer still have the feels
okay
that was a West Virginia
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show you guys and we'll talk to you next
to Bob at 6:44 okay we'll see you there
thank you laughing you wish you
were out there Shh
Calvin let's go budget clip would you
like me to read up that attitude they're
just consultants my hand okay that's
easy way
and Houston father how do you rate their
Challenger Houston you're loud and clear
okay
order a challenger now approaching a
Kentucky Tennessee line first
role-reversal beginning right here over
Knoxville Tennessee at an altitude of
174 thousand 177 feet mock 11.35
standing by for my land acquisition
Challenger Houston back with you through
milah configure AOS
Mission Control Houston velocity now
10,000 555 feet per second altitude
hundred sixty one thousand feet sink
rate five hundred twenty two feet per
second range three hundred seventy
nautical miles velocity now 9800 thirty
feet per second altitude hundred fifty
thousand feet approaching the second
roll reversal as they approach the
Florida State Line up to two hundred
thirty three thousand feet velocity
sixty three hundred feet per second sink
rate two hundred fifty six feet per
second
Mission Control Houston the Cape has
acquired the orbit on your infrared
cameras long-range opticals now show a
dot of light to Ola gradually increase
to the shape of a space shuttle
overturning Challenger now in a velocity
of 4,200 feet per second altitude
hundred four thousand feet a nautical
mile from the runway this control
Houston now 75 thousand feet 46 nautical
miles to touchdown velocity now 1,800
feet per second sink rate 226 feet per
second altitude now 73 thousand feet
we're seeing long-range optical from
Cocoa Beach Patrick Air Force Base
Columbia or challenger right on her
ground fact watching now 1,500 feet per
second
challenger is betting at 200 feet per
second
altitude 34,000 feet we copy
sonic boom has been heard at the Kennedy
Space Center challenger now turn left
overhead 90 degrees onto the hack 29,000
feet 15 nautical miles velocity 730 feet
per second altitude 27,000 feet range 13
nautical mile equivalent airspeed 270
knots altitude 22,000 feet now think
great 223 feet per second angle of
attack about four point five degrees
velocity 494 feet per second altitude
1,100 feet 800 feet range 1.3 nautical
mile
here down
that's it
those down
you
Mission Control Houston in eight days
five hours 24 minutes the largest crew
in the history of spaceflight is home
challenger Houston we copy that grip and
you outfoxed us again you landed at KSC
but the beer has been sent to headwords
I operate myself over
when the time
so loosen this round of applause coming
out of the mission control room here as
the crew exits the orbiter commander Bob
Crippen shaking hands with a ground crew
pilot John McBride Kathy Sullivan Marc
Garneau Sally Ron Paul Scully power
you