that's right did a good job
okay just in case of somebody these guys
I'll introduce the crew of sts-7
commander Bob Crippen pilot recalc
mission specialist John Fabian okay
thank you I appreciate such a large
group coming out today weather like this
we're certainly ready to go on Saturday
I think the Kennedy launch team has done
a super job once again and proven that
they can turn around a vehicle faster
than we've ever done it before and we're
looking forward to getting airborne just
as soon as we can step up the bike or
maybe Tim ricke said that pretty well I
don't think I can add anything sure
thank you all for coming out it's always
been good to come to KSC but I think we
have special reasons for thinking that
this is a little bit better than normal
thanks a lot it's good to be home in
Florida and although I usually hate to
leave it I guess I'll be glad to leave
it at least on Saturday it's good to be
here
this is shuttle launch control t-minus
three hours and holding
the astronaut flight crew of bob crippen
rick hulk john fabian sally ride and
norman Thaegan are presently in the room
in the astronaut quarters ready for
breakfast commander Bob Crippen is in
the the center of the group all of them
wearing striped t-shirts this morning
Bob Crippen commander of the seventh
flight of the space shuttle will be the
first astronaut to have flown on the
shuttle for the second time he was pilot
on the first space shuttle launch just
slightly more than two years ago one in
Beaumont Texas he grew up a nearby
Porter he's a captain in the u.s. Navy
married and has three daughters Crippen
has also been selected as a commander of
the STS 13 crew will be which will be
the first mission to recover an ailing
spacecraft from orbit the solar maximum
mission seated on his left his mission
specialist dr. Sally Ride who will be
the first u.s. woman to fly into space
dr. ride emphasizes she's a mission
specialist and scientist who happens to
also be a woman seated at the end of the
table is Rick Hulk who is the pilot on
this mission he joined the astronaut
corps in 1978 after a distinguished
career as a naval aviator he served in
Vietnam and was named the outstanding
Navy test pilot in 1972 a number of
other people joining the astronauts for
breakfast which has a large cake with
the patch which was designed especially
for the STS seven crew which is always
baked by the the manager of the
astronaut
office here at the Kennedy Space Center
Nancy gunner
this is shuttle launch control t-minus
two hours 28 minutes 15 seconds and
counting and our astronaut crew has just
left their crew quarters moving into the
elevator to come down to the first floor
of the ONC building for their trip to
the pad commander Bob Crippen leading
the way and everybody crowding into the
elevator so that they can get down to
the bottom
they just prior to that the NASA test
director said that there would be
another checkpoint he asked everybody to
look at their criteria and it will be
getting back to them prior to the actual
time when the crew goes on board but at
this point there are no constraints to
the launch a number of employees
flashing their cameras as the crew comes
out led by Commander Bob Crippen John
Fabian the tallest of the group one spy
worried that he was just too tall to be
an astronaut with
document a guard bringing up
as a distinction of being the first
medical doctor
and the crew will be going out to the
this time
tip of the
has been
now the crews are getting larger and
there's no longer
to accommodate
that's necessary
this is a interim
astro van
be replaced in the future this is the
largest group one of the first on the
STS seven mission is the size of the
crew which is at five is the largest one
to have flown so far but that number is
going to be going up to seven and
possibly more on future flights then
pulling away from the Orlan C building
where the astronaut quarters are located
in the industrial air
commander Bob Crippen now in the white
room putting his Snoopy hat on and then
he'll be putting on his launch and entry
helmet during the first few flights of
the the shuttle a full pressure suit was
needed and so the helmets attached to
that suit
however nowadays only coveralls are used
plus a special harness which is used for
restrained and emergencies and commander
Bob Crippen being brushed off with a
whisk room and now his shoes being wiped
off so that he doesn't track any any
dirt into the the clean interior and he
has just padded these suit technician on
the back and is now entering the orbiter
challenger pilot Rick Huck moving into
the area shaking hands with the
technicians up there prior to putting on
his vest and he'll be the second one to
to enter the orbiter for the seventh
mission of the space shuttle the
countdown clock at t-minus two hours
five minutes thirty seconds and counting
this is shuttle launch control
first the focus of media attention
around the world has been on dr. Sally
Ride who emphasizes that she's a mission
specialist and a scientist who just also
happens to be a woman however is the
first woman to fly in space on board a
u.s. spacecraft history is undoubtedly
going to focus on that as well as her
accomplishments to date such as a
doctorate in physics from Stanford
University she's married to dr. Steven a
Holley who also is an astronaut as she
was also selected in 1978 and served as
capsule communicator for the STS 2 and
STS 3 missions during this mission she's
going to have a number of vital tasks to
perform such as launching the palapa
satellite and deployment and recovery of
the spa's one spacecraft honors that
she'll share with fellow mission
specialist John Fabian dr. Thakur has
the distinction of being the first
medical doctor to fly and he will be
taking a close first-hand look at the
effects of motion on the on human in
space higher do become starting his
medical studies he had been a naval I've
been a captain in the Marine Corps in a
naval aviator flying 163 combat missions
in Vietnam he then came back to the the
States and took his Doctor of Medicine
degree from Texas Southwestern Medical
School in 1977 and was an intern when he
learned of the call for new astronauts
and was selected for that program in
1978 also
t-minus 25 seconds and counting the
sequencer on board now controlling the
final seconds t-minus 17 seconds and
counting the body flap and speed breaker
in launch position
t-minus 10 9 8
now coming into the last traces the
Earth's atmosphere Challenger 19 to 155
second challenger 21 nautical miles to
21 standing by for separation
12 12 second confirm good solid rocket
booster separation
the blue is falling away now - that's 20
second challenger has been your first
stage performance was nominal bridges
advise in first stage performance
onboard guidance is converging our
program challengers now appearing for
precise window and space for main engine
shutdown two minutes 40 seconds
challenger 35
nautical miles altitude standing by the
opportu engine tail capability
dr. Houston have directional capability
mark three minutes I call my captain boy
Bridget says the Challenger now has
landing people to look at the car
therefore should one engine go out mark
three minutes ten seconds
challengers three main engines continue
to run smoothly challenger five person
crew really moving out they're lost you
know reading 7,200 feet per second three
minutes 25 seconds challenger 45
nautical miles altitude return status
check emission control by flight
director Jay green 35 seconds crew
aboard challenger giving it goes to
continue 3 minutes 40 seconds challenge
or 48 nautical miles altitude 105
nautical miles downrange standing by now
for negative return call up by Capcom
boy breaker challenger 3 minutes 57
seconds with that come up tripping house
right baby and say guard committed to
space travel Roger that 4 minutes 10
seconds the flash evaporator has been
activated to provide cooling for
challenger mark 4 minutes 20 seconds
challenger now 54 doner kebab altitude
155 nautical miles downrange
Valachi no reading 9,500 feet per second
mark 1 minute 35 seconds challenger
fifty five nautical mile titude 174
nautical miles downrange velocity now
reading ten thousand feet for a second
four minutes 15 seconds
challenger 56 nautical miles altitude to
our 196 nautical miles downrange what
five minutes standing by the on purpose
D'Amico challenge is compressed amigo
five minutes ten seconds press to Meco
call from Capcom that sounds great grip
the fact amigo calls challenger
lose one engine that song he played for
were challengers engines have enough
energy to achieve normal altitude
velocity cutoff tribalist 30 seconds
challenger 58 nautical miles altitude
260 nautical military velocity now
reading at 13,000 feet per second five
minute 42 seconds standing by now for
single engine town capability
shuttle control just end up at 11
minutes 25 seconds special elapsed time
I'll also signal now with challenger
through Bermuda we will elect required
challenger through the car in about six
minutes as as we approach the indirect
pass we had a have had a momentary drop
out in telemetry in the Mission Control
Capcom voyages advise the crew this is
shuttle Control Houston
and so that completes of troubleshooting
and thank you beautiful
John you copy of that we had a good read
our number two yes sir we copied that go
off I want to do it here at the dark
picked up some of the valuation that God
could not if the stars like that didn't
have our price on it
that's beautiful
another space first I think loosening
didn't you
that's a beautiful shot we see that
it is comforting in this
so he's in there again you see
challenger with its tail pointed toward
the earth at the top of the screen
there's some glare as the planet for the
sun's reflection out the radio
45,000 feet
range 23 miles
the wind at Dryden directly from the
south at 10 knots
challengers airspeed 255 knots altitude
34,000 feet touching the hack now 18
miles touchdown
out of 30 thousand feet at 257 knots
beginning the wide sweeping left turn
around the hack
25,000 feet 260 knots
20,000 feet 258 knots
Challenger turning final now right on
the nominal track flight dynamics option
will explode reports
on glide slope and turning guard to
centerline 14,000 feet 280 192 knots on
energy looks good surface wind 1 8 0 at
10
10,000 feet at 282 knots on glide slope
on centerline
6500 feet 281 knots
2,900 feet 287 months
years coming
and challengers back home back there
the unofficial touchdown time in mission
elapsed time six days two hours 24
minutes 10 seconds that time is
unofficial
Roger we see that congratulations a
great looking landing and from the entry
team got some good news good news is the
beer is very very cold this morning bad
news is it's 3,000 miles away and I'll
hand you over to the good guy Gardner
here and he'll talk to you about your
landing
all five crewmen Daniel walk-around
inspection of Challenger all five crew
members
hey later soon
you