when the final hours of the STS 34
launch countdown at this time everything
is proceeding smoothly here in the
firing room at the launch control center
in at launch pad 39b a full five day
mission begins with the primary
objective of deploying the Galileo
spacecraft from the payload Bay so it
can begin a six-year journey to the
planet Jupiter several scientific
experiments will be conducted and
orbiter detailed test objectives will
also be performed during the mission and
we have the STS 34 flight crew with a
pumpkin decorated in an astronaut suit
we've got commanded Don Williams this is
going to be his second flight today
we've got mission specialist Franklin
chang-diaz making his second flight as
well mission specialist Shannon lucid
this is her second flight and mission
specialist Ellen Baker making her first
flight today pilot Mike McCauley also
making his first flight today
like who will be departing for the
launchpad and about an hour in ten
minutes or so after they get their
weather briefing and Don their flight
suits
but in forecast for this morning remains
the same with a 60% chance of not
violating our weather criteria they're
called khru altitude protection systems
and they have consisted a helmet
these are pressurized garments and they
do wear gloves and boots there's pilot
Michael McCauley
he's mission specialist Shannon lucid
crew does need assistance getting into
these suits they are bulkier than the
other suits that were worn previous to
the STS 26 mission mission specialists
Franklin chang-diaz
and we got the flight crew here led by
commander Don Williams
STS 34 commander Don Williams now
preparing for his entry into Atlantis
his crew module williams is a captain in
the United States Navy he's born in
Lafayette Indiana mission specialist
Shannon lucid is being prepared to board
the orbiter at this time she was born in
Shanghai China but considers Bethany
Oklahoma her hometown
at t-minus seven minutes 30 seconds the
orbiter access arm will be retracted
away from the vehicle we start a
retraction of the orbiters access on ngd
flight - one - okay we're gonna be go on
Tao but we're gonna have to switch sites
- as their Gosa go we hold at t-minus
five we can give the crew an update
at this time the three main engines are
being gimballed and positioned for start
liquid oxygen tank now reported at
flight pressure do you - two minutes my
crew has been instructed to close their
visors less than two minutes away now
from launch all systems are go to minus
31 seconds we have a go for autosequence
start
Atlantis's for redundant computers have
primary control of critical vehicle
functions through liftoff t-minus 20 he
finds 15 11 10 9 we have a go for main
engine start six five four three two one
we have ignition and liftoff of Atlantis
controlling
I didn't confirm the good roll maneuver
three engines throttling back now to 65%
as Atlantis passes through the area of
maximum dynamic pressure rolls now at
65% I see he's looking good velocity
2,000 feet per second velocity now 1,400
feet per second downrange distance 3
nautical miles Atlantis
go at throttle up engines now throttling
back engines now back to 104 percent all
systems performing well standing by for
separation of the solid rocket boosters
at 2 minutes and 4 seconds velocity now
2,700 feet per second downrange 10
nautical miles
separation of SRBs confirmed velocity
now 4200 feet per second downrange 33
nautical mile
like it's a global ride it looks great
congratulations to all of you
Atlanta Houston I just ran it has been a
long time coming but you have a go for
deploy okay I understand we have a girl
for deploy so we're starting out on step
five is have a page for - tan and just
checking on Roger we concur with it
they'll adapt again
like they track option target 94 body
vector 5 verify that 47.72 0 and 270
the
okay that's great news Shannon thanks
ground telemetry is confirming Shannon
lucid report of tilt table motion the
tilt table was at 29 degrees it's now
moving up to an elevation of 58 degrees
that's the deploy attitude
and the Sunnyvale flight director has
just confirmed the successful deploy of
the inertial upper stage and gallileo
gallileo reports positive telemetry of
deploy also we see the orbiter
performing a minus X translation
maneuver to move away from the I u.s.
Galileo stack Galileo is isolated to
another world Roger Atlantis would copy
that's great news Thanks
just
good morning Atlanta who enjoyed
ourselves at the Bohemian Rhapsody oh we
thank you and we're sure glad you
recognized it we carry a first aid kit
success for one of these walkers which
is where we store most of the materials
experiments that stated a living height
of 70 that's like they kiss carry pretty
much what if doctors black bag would
carry all they look like this
we carry of course
things you buy in a drugstore savages
adhesive tape common medications for
cold differ fever runny nose you things
like that we also carry a few things
just in case there's a more serious
medical problem
we carry very basic things like if I'd
expected farther than a first-aid kit
the doctor aboard as a matter of fact
there usually isn't a doctor on board so
we generally trace two crewmembers basic
first-aid problem very basic medical
problem and all three members all crew
members are trained
set the crew cab so we have a few
options we all the medical checklist
show you how to take care of things such
as like that if we can't find the answer
the medical checklist we have a video
link in an audio link to the Mission
Control Center well we can talk to a
flight surgeon who sits on board there
we don't have any medical problems in
the shuttle that are serious however we
do have to think about what to do for
Space Station is going up for maybe
three or six months at a time you can't
rush to the emergency room you can't to
give you a doctor a call of help you
come by and make a house call so we're
expanding our medical capabilities so
that we can handle things like minor
surgery or even medical stabilization of
a patient who's got some more serious
problem we're not that far from Earth we
can come off fairly quickly if there was
the treat medical emergency if a space
station we might not have that option to
talk about some of the medical
experiments that we're doing onboard the
shuttle Atlantis until then have a good
evening
once you see what you're doing here
Franklin
got a 50
you can see
did that and now the door I'll begin to
move any fire now
you see how the door slowly closes just
like a pudding like a clamshell
all that goes down
we paid these pictures of the Gretna
this is Alex beretta with the fiber
optics device that we will be testing is
a demonstration of a really really good
capability that we now have okay we
could do a lot better
of course we provide this pictures in
color is that better be the next step
the next quarter fly if try this
that's affirmed on your execute package
should be on board you can hear the
whine of the WCS and Franklin is getting
prepared for international phone call
this hair is full of soap I don't know
how he's going to get it out
well our hair is clean now time to shave
he looked good blue that hair
I'm gonna put the rest of us to shame
Franklin
look this way
yeah hey Mike
get this on ben burtt tape
and this is the back of Atlantis
everybody trying to grab a bite to eat
before somebody else gets it
after that it's probably tough when
you're competing with a couple of
maggots
and we see it this looks great
so the ice per minute up to the ceiling
with a couple of spring but geez here
they camera about it on it just above my
head as you can see there the reflection
is not too bad off the top of my head
and the experiment itself display is
over to the top side which is dependent
where I'm headed right now in order to
read out what the display was fan we
applied to look inside the chamber isn't
that chamber light and the focus on the
filament wire or where the crystals grow
is excellent it there's the big very
sharply and focus that we haven't seen
any crystals yet I don't know whether
that's to be expected or not but what
kind of wait to see how that comes out
well inject MCC
the rest of us down here appreciate the
medical work that y'all are doing well
and we hope that it makes our flights
better okay day four transcranial
this is Ellen taking blood pressure
or look at that concentration
I could go for that but why would you
Rhett knows what you rather be doing ah
yes
that's a beautiful day here it's warmed
up a bit I guess it's about 78 or 80
degrees in
they saw a ready light on p.m. could you
check that for us they expected they
expected something different
Atlantis Houston the lakebed is go and
you're go for deorbit burn thank you
Atlantis should cross the California
coast at about Mach 4 and an altitude of
a hundred and five thousand feet
approximately over Malibu California
television cameras at edwards have
picked up a visual on atlantis now at
Mach two seventy seven thousand feet
altitude forty eight miles away
velocity now Mach 1.6 altitude 69
thousand feet 38 miles out Atlantis now
over Rosamond dry lakebed
Atlantis Houston your nav looks good you
can disregard the nav edit message and
hold on air dated a nav
velocity now 900 feet per second
altitude 41,000 feet
Atlantis Houston take care data to NAB
Atlantis Houston you're looking great
turn it on the hack surfaces clear
altimeter is three zero one nine
Atlantis now right on the imaginary line
around the heading alignment circle
velocity is 500 feet per second 5,800
feet altitude range three miles
landing gear down in law
bang your touchdown
and nose gear touchdown and Atlanta's
rolls out at the conclusion of mission
is TS 24:34 correction
an official main gear touchdown
touchdown time was at 9:33 a.m. Pacific
Daylight Time
Roger Atlantis congratulations on an
outstanding mission you've extended the
shuttles reach to the outer planets
Bravo Zulu Roger that Mike we'd like a
2001 shutdown please you guys super
support Roger thank you sir
STS 34 crew led by commander Don
Williams coming down the stairs at
Dryden there to greet them is Admiral
Richard truly administrator of NASA dr.
Billin or the associate administrator
for Space Flight junior Thompson the
deputy administrator and Michael coats
astronaut as well as Don petty director
of flight crew operations at Johnson
Space Center
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