the countdown for the long haul
lettuce on mission st s 30 quid
bone smoothly overnight
by Mark team or by the table testing
it is raining at the launch pad perfect
for our scattered showers and obscenity
showers rest of the space center of the
st. John's and also downrange
25 miles
this is shuttle launch control at
t-minus three hours and holding the ice
team and closeout crew are in an area
the ice team is on the 0 level or the
deck of the mobile launch platform and
there they will inspect the tanks half
dome and the shuttle engine
everything has been going very smoothly
in our countdown the weather people
saying still that there is a sixty
percent chance that everything will be
satisfactory for
on time this afternoon and NASA test
director around
contact now with personal over
and has given them permission to wake
the fight food in preparation for this
afternoon's launch of sts story
we're standing by to vote
breakfast I in the center of course
commander
left to right is mission specialist
Taggart
from gravy
commander Dave Walker
mission specialist Mary please
and looking
specialist Mark Lee
this is shuttle launch control at
t-minus three hours and holding in the
suit
with scenes from the crew quarters of
commander Dave Walker hit the process of
completing his preliminary suitable
to the pan
next to him is the pilot plant gravy
gravy
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just prior
and here comes the crew now
being let out really by mission
specialist norm thagard
very pleased and the commander and
pilots commanders a walker waving
may be waving as they go into the
elevator for the trip down to the first
floor usually a sign saying
SDS 30 people clapping now as they come
out of the
may be waving
flag waving
keep the astronaut office Dan
brandenstein he will be flying the
weather aircraft today and that's going
to be a very important task because the
weather
is changing and it still has to change
quite a bit before we get to launch time
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the entering the order
shaking hands with that close out team
commander Dave Walker and pilot rock
gravy
this is shuttle launch control at
t-minus two hours 20 minutes and
Counting
on gravy now
bandar
cheering Dave Walker begins his checks
here
we'll be married please
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orchestrating the secondary payloads and
the photography
the secondary payloads improve
like experiment and
getting into the oil
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mission specialist dr. norm thagard
into the orbiter
standing there waiting his turn
is that your lab there
the ILO's process underway
they computers
one hour 31 minutes 9 seconds and
counting
the countdown clock will start down five
seconds
in counting the countdown events now
being controlled
t minus 31 seconds when we begin the
switch over to the onboard redundant
settlement sequencer the ground launch
sequencer is part of the launch
processing system and operates by relay
commands to be on board
which then three four
the LPS system that demands have been
executed the primary job of being
onboard computers is to check that all
of those the criteria such as the
appellant loads temperatures pressures
and other measurements are normal and
staying within their prescribed
the Maryland tracking station has been
denied bail rest band antenna
eight minutes point in the countdown
t-minus eight minutes and counting
orbiter test conductor mikey has
requested that Houston send a scare
program commands which is the final
update on antenna management and
frequency changes and he is asked by the
brown gravy
reconfigurable
fuel cells and we have gone through
orbiter access arm retract this is the
walkway used by the astronauts to enter
the orbiter in case of an emergency the
arm can be placed back into position
within about 15 seconds coming up on the
7-minute pointing will count down
the SRB an external tank safe and arm
devices have been armed
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vital clear the launch from the
superintendent of rain operations as we
come off t-minus four minutes and
Counting
the main engine final third sequence is
underway
orbiter flight control surfaces such as
Alabama speed brakes and rudders now
being moved to a pre-programmed pattern
to verify that they are going from
t-minus three minutes 40 seconds and
counting
t-minus three minutes 30 seconds all
three engines now being
to a pattern to verify their
for a cent quite control after going
through their paces they'll be aligned
with our start position t-minus three
minutes 18 seconds and counting
up on the freedmen and pardon the
penalty
at t minus two
55 seconds the start of excrement
pressurization will begin
gaseous nitrogen virgil's of the main
engines will be permanent t-minus three
minutes and Counting
oxygen tank being fresh fries
sequencer is there
the gaseous oxygen vent food
third
final check to ensure
only with
it happens
37 seconds
t-minus two minutes
t-minus 2 minutes 20 seconds the
rabia's cleared for the question
we'll be reminded to close their visors
three homeless at the two minutes
five seconds away from
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j'ai beaucoup flow and have a good
t-minus one minute 50 seconds and
counting liquid hydrogen replenish of
the external tank has started and
pressurization the flight level
battle
man
commander Dave Walker saying ready to
t-minus one minute 30 seconds and
counting
at the t minus one minute
sequintial will verify that the shuttle
name
ready to start p minus one minute 20
seconds am counting
liquid hydrogen tank now at
t-minus one minute and Counting the
sound suppression water system is now
armed
free liftoff water
t-minus sixteen seconds
when is 50 seconds and counting the
hydrogen burn igniters has been armed
any residual hydrogen gas under the name
p minus forty seconds and counting
the external tank heaters on
computers have and we have gone for
autosequence start p minus 26 seconds 25
21 seconds the SRB nozzle jingles
the way
15 14 13 12
him
zero
three engines at
velocity
engine cell phone
auditing now
standing by
separation from me
two thousand feet per second altitude
ten
downrange distance signal
this is Mission Control all 18
four percent
this is Mission Control and
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three engines all
poor person
Atlantis performance nominal
this is Mission Control this mission
control that call let the crew know that
the SRBs and the engines are
first
Atlantis Houston everything down here
looks real good to us you have a
preliminary go for what about us getting
out of the suit
business after
Atlantis Houston
ah
Atlantis Houston good morning and
congratulations on a super day yesterday
good morning uses we're up a crowned
everybody feeling good try to find your
toothbrushes this is Mission Control
flight a cheese wakeup music so that
only thank you for the wakeup music this
is Mission Control my flight night to
wake up music was the theme music from
Superman
lattice you somewhere get the good fit
deck TV of chronic pain
hey David Kevin
ah
where we got me that thanks for the
information a great picture
ah so gonna get in some big tech TV now
you can see that dave has taken
advantage of this break in between FDA
samples to exercise on the treadmill
okay Mary thinks and we see that down
you'll need a brother
Jay's got both the marathon he's going
to do today
copy down
Oh
you
Atlantis used in good morning
idea to take us very music
you're welcome we hope my slipper well
it did keep well and we're ready to roll
today okay there the surface of the
sample that did as I ran around the bit
deck and then also I've done of the
flight deck and it's worth a visit to
saw the capability of the camcorder I
think this is the first time we really
don't show on all of its capability
zooming out a society of external test
pilot pat down all of you can read it
it's will dr. Lehman institute of higher
learning we don't have any Cornell or
Stanford patches on board only some of
those daily killers and the teacher okay
here we have your basic town it's an
Angus com I'd like to say a little
Obama's of America one of your owners up
here now I head up to the flight deck
you can see that it works pretty good
both inside and looking outside the same
time the lighting doesn't seem to bother
too much mark we're getting great
pictures down here
hey let us know sobs look to the camper
this is just about set set that down
Logan later I both know when we get to
sunrise will show a little bit of the
hood you can tell us how that looks
market looks great right now
I was on a drill that will try to give
you some supplies downlink of
as you food has a fairly significant
zoom capability and stays in focus
fairly well during the whole whole time
okay David now we're picking up by the
Texas coast I think we're start out by
Brown so I can't exactly tell for sure
though is that the Padre I will follow
it all the way up the coast he'll get a
pretty good shot of music and we're
still watching and there it is the
hydrologic as it's moving so much I'll
try to be a little bit study if that
gives you a problem can you be steadier
on a playback mark actually it's not
that bad at all mark okay and there you
guys are
you
mark we had no idea what kind of a nice
date is outside yeah we thought you'd
enjoy watching nothing more than a bunch
of numbers up on the screen and here's a
Mississippi River Delta
and then we'll run along the coast or
leans over to Florida and then we'll run
that down too close to a Tampa okay
and Atlantis we're losing the picture
right now because of blockage but that
was real good we appreciate it those are
great shots ok I'll try a little bit
steadier next time and you get a good
picture of Ben and Ally
we're here to pump you up
ah
you
that was very lead taking a dyskinetic
I've disconnected the cable from
cortically was actually doing the whole
turning right now
yeah they just a reminder would like for
you to make a quick visual inspection
bottle can picture them straight to the
police
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Atlantis Houston good morning it's time
to come home we have you through the car
for the next five and a half minutes
ratchet thank you good morning
Atlanta to sit
pending WCS deactivation you have a go
for deorbit burn your signal is charlie
day
Roger that if you need it marks a long
time
Atlantis Houston without attractive Dave
we'd like you to select Edwards 22 on
area 15 will be going for the crosswind
ETO peak start the winds right now are
270 at ten gustas 16 that gives us seven
to 12 knots crosswind on 22
Mission Control have a visual shot now
traveling
hundred eighty eight miles out
Lana houston we
nominal aimpoint expect to act turn of
200 degrees the brakes should be about
fifteen percent
you
Oh
this is Mission Control flight dynamics
officer confirms that llantas looks
super rolling onto final beginning a
leftover head turn and heading alignment
circle vehicle is on was perfectly lined
up with the plot in Mission Control
velocity now 600 feet per second
altitude 14,000 feet 7 miles from the
runway
Atlantis Hong glideslope home center
line to 80 at eight bestest 16-7 peak 12
from the right
read it up
that last minute to wind information
being passed to pilot Ron gravy and
Commander Dave Walker Atlantis now five
miles from the runway
and the velocity of five minutes feet
per second altitude six thousand
house 2 25 minutes
going to be
Justin glide slope 21.5
landing gear down a lot
touchdown
how's your touchdown
and Atlantis on her final roll out on
runway 22 a difference
convoy
of course pretty for luck
post landing
mission
here is the crew of fgs 30
SES group breathe by
also among those green returning through
those was dirty
dayum i'm the associate administrator
Admiral Richard truly acting
administrator of NASA
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