it's a shuttle control at t-minus two
hours 31 minutes 35 seconds and counting
and the flight crew is deploying the
operations and check out where they will
make the trip down to the ground floor
announcer test director has called the
crew quarters and has verified that we
are ready to support the flight crews
departure from the crew quarters and
their subsequent arrival at the pad
cloud of news media representatives and
employees have gathered at the walkway
the crew will use to exit the building
standing by at the astronaut ban which
will take the crew to the launch pad
and here comes the crew for mission 51g
led by commander Brandon Stein and
waving to the well wishers they're
outside the operations and check out the
followed by John fading and Frenchman
Patrick bothering in that's three
Shannon lucid Steve Megan astronaut John
Young and there was George Abbey
director of flight crew operations and
the 51 jet flight crew will be departing
shortly for Launchpad 39a this is
shuttle launch control at t-minus two
hours eight minutes 43 seconds and
counting
the flight crew has arrived at the right
woman each member will now put on his
integrated egress harness and his launch
and entry helmet before getting into the
vehicle commander Dan brandenstein and
pilot John Creighton will be the first
to get in and they are presently getting
into their gear they'll be followed by
mission specialist John Fabian and Steve
Nagle and finally the two payload
specialists Patrick burglary and assault
on Al Saud and ms3 Shannon lucid pilot
Jael Clayton getting his helmet on at
this time
where's the mission specialist Shannon
lucid and Steve next night Patrick
doggery is 39 is he playing any of the
warble at this point he is a lieutenant
colonel in the French Air Force and it's
held a number of just pilot assignments
and his work more than 4,000 hours of
flying time
we're t-minus one minute and Counting
all systems go the sound suppression
water system is now being armed we left
off water will be released at t minus 16
seconds t minus 48 seconds so a rocket
booster development flight
instrumentation recorder has gone to the
record mode in a main propulsion system
liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen
outboard pull valves have been closed
we're coming up on an auto sequence
start
t-minus 31 seconds and we have a vapor I
don't sequence start
disco is for redundant computers have
primary control of critical vehicle
functions t-minus 21 seconds and
counting as well the engine nozzle
profile is now underway t minus 16
seconds t minus 12 11
we have confirmation of solid rocket
booster separation on time velocity
fifty to ninety feet per second range 33
miles discovery Houston first stage
performance flow
downrange 53 miles 60 93
main engine cutoff is confirmed
there will be no arms long maneuver this
is a direct insertion trajectory there
will be five minutes
they're copying we have a good picture
now
we're gonna try to show you up on the
elbow camera if you are gonna still be
with us the TV okay John we're still
with you we have a picture now on the
elbow camera so we'll be waiting to see
the spit up 15 seconds 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3
2 1 0 and we do have a verification
electronic verification that the
satellites been deployed
data reflects it to be a nominal
deployment will stand by now for the
crews verification and report
Telstar deployment upcoming in one
minute mark
it's a discovery with here a post deploy
report Roger we're ready to copy John
sounds to me like us three up and three
away sides retired Oh an already for
retirement quite yet Bob but that we're
glad to be three for three
we were up on time attitude one Niner
five decimal eight live six seven
decimal 7 6 and to 1 decimal 1 0 the
rates
negative point zero zero one negative
point zero zero two and positive point
zero zero three there's more anomalies
we all say nominal nominal nah well that
sounds good I like good work to me John
well done well we appreciate all the
good work at Houston okay I need to make
these three satellites ready for deploy
Rajal i'm sure everybody that had a hand
in it
enjoys the success that you've seen and
enjoys hearing your reports that
everything went well
my notes about three days longer than
her so it's no a debatable point my mind
anyway but I thank you very much for
this great honor and especially the
quick our gladly I Roger copy do you
have any T's on those entries into space
see what so we got the cake and Rita did
a great job of making up a hundred
prisoners American and space cake and
she's got that up right now
and discovery we're zooming in on the
cake now it looks pretty good performing
great we got a few more days to go and a
few more things to do
thanks a lot Dan for the views and we
really appreciate your work up there
I'm bagging with your wife to this there
were few people down there over the
brass and watch it or watch it to see if
we were gonna put over that's
affirmative on that
you folks down there can know he was
just like advertised Roger John we
watched it look great we got a good
cabin scene right now
discovery Houston thank you very much
for the show we all really appreciated
and particularly thanks from the flight
director he's going to make good use of
that
discovery Houston
Roger discovery requests all crew
members temporarily drop what they're
doing and floated attention I have an
important announcement to make and
request also that Steve Meg will make
his way to the front of the bus please
it has been determined that in about
five seconds Steve will pet will
start the 100th orbit of this flight to
one mark
the 100th American has just started the
100th orbit of this flight which will be
known officially as orbit Nagel
and Steve if you're available you would
do us a great honor by giving us a few
words on this occasion I'm flabbergasted
to say the least
I'm very pleased about this it's really
something that everyone can go out and
look at every night and look at my orbit
this guy the starting point for the
Steve Vega world it was because we were
over half a cutscene rocky fires but
just like even Roger and be advised that
was the 100th nose on the 100th note of
this flight
so that was the 100 snows on the 100
note of this and as the confetti slowly
falls to the floor and the ceremony has
gradually come to a close we wondered if
he would do us the honor of performing
the 100 the plate note for us please
I have a switch on our 12 go ahead as
we'd like the water tank Bravo inlet to
open please okay you got it I think
that's about the Hunter cycle on that
switch for this way
and we requested hard copies of our
scopes to give you on return thanks a
lot I really appreciate that
discovery Houston with you Duty dress
Roger Houston we read you loud and clear
and sometimes ready on the mid-deck okay
we have a good downlink I'll hand you
over this time to the Washington
commentator dear some fun we are proud
of your machines it is a great
achievement I wish to send through you
my best wishes to his Excellency
President Reagan and V friendly American
nations thank you very much I hope see
you soon my best like what what shall I
do
I'm I'm very happy this time when I see
you need cover
I'm very happy when I give you your
father please speak your father tophi
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Isaiah scroll Ali damn to finish
News Agency your question for Patrick
Beaudry what are the specific lessons
you can draw from your trip in space for
the project when European Space Shuttle
MMS
I think there is not an immediate
profits for the future of the project
helmet but you know it's likely the site
and the condition of flight it states
already from from the condition of life
we know the earth and even from the
condition of life we have the bobbin
aircraft so it will be very useful area
for commander brandenstein and John
Fabian you both flow just about two
years ago is there any difference do you
notice any difference in in the earth
there any differences in your
observations this time from two years
ago
well it's the best thing about fifth
Ida's I got the commandment which means
I get to land it when we get home but
obviously with a crew of seven
conditions are a little more crowded and
we have to be a little more conscious of
where we move and how we plan our
program we feel very proud of the four
satellites so that we deployed also went
back and retrieved one and follow the
whole crew because they've done a
tremendous job and we're just looking
forward to wrapping it up today and
coming home tomorrow morning
altitude fifty two thousand feet
velocity Mach one point zero five
a mile touchdown 267 medical miles per
hour current speed altitude 10,000 feet
sink right now 26 feet per second
phyto says the cleaner hands that credit
to the crying Clyde soap and discovery
hit and show you're correcting the
glideslope slightly right us airline
surface earns one three five at ten
that's ten knots from the left until a
touchdown in a minute four miles with me
into the runway
6,300 feet altitude st. great 192 feet
per second
airspeed 290 nuts three thousand feet
altitude thirty thousand feet even two
miles from the end of the runway one
thousand feet out to sink rate is now 70
feet per second
PR down one mile from the runway on
eighty six feet
gear down in locked and we had touched
down at mission elapsed time seven days
one hour 38 minutes and 50 seconds
and we expect a rollout margin to be
4,500 feet and 15% braking
a wheel step at seven days
one hour 39 minutes 30 seconds
this Mission Control Houston egressing
the discovery of commander Dan
brandenstein pilot John Creighton
mission specialist John Fabian Shannon
lucid Steve Nagle payload specialists
Patrick Padre and Hitler's specialists
Alton else out
you