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that's right did a good job

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okay just in case of somebody these guys

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commander Bob Crippen pilot recalc

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mission specialist John Fabian okay

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thank you I appreciate such a large

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group coming out today weather like this

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we're certainly ready to go on Saturday

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I think the Kennedy launch team has done

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a super job once again and proven that

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they can turn around a vehicle faster

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than we've ever done it before and we're

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looking forward to getting airborne just

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as soon as we can step up the bike or

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maybe Tim ricke said that pretty well I

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don't think I can add anything sure

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thank you all for coming out it's always

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been good to come to KSC but I think we

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have special reasons for thinking that

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this is a little bit better than normal

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thanks a lot it's good to be home in

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Florida and although I usually hate to

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leave it I guess I'll be glad to leave

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it at least on Saturday it's good to be

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this is shuttle launch control t-minus

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three hours and holding

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the astronaut flight crew of bob crippen

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rick hulk john fabian sally ride and

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norman Thaegan are presently in the room

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in the astronaut quarters ready for

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breakfast commander Bob Crippen is in

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the the center of the group all of them

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wearing striped t-shirts this morning

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Bob Crippen commander of the seventh

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flight of the space shuttle will be the

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first astronaut to have flown on the

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shuttle for the second time he was pilot

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on the first space shuttle launch just

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slightly more than two years ago one in

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Beaumont Texas he grew up a nearby

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married and has three daughters Crippen

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has also been selected as a commander of

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the STS 13 crew will be which will be

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the first mission to recover an ailing

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spacecraft from orbit the solar maximum

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mission seated on his left his mission

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specialist dr. Sally Ride who will be

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the first u.s. woman to fly into space

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specialist and scientist who happens to

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also be a woman seated at the end of the

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table is Rick Hulk who is the pilot on

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this mission he joined the astronaut

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corps in 1978 after a distinguished

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career as a naval aviator he served in

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Vietnam and was named the outstanding

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Navy test pilot in 1972 a number of

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other people joining the astronauts for

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breakfast which has a large cake with

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the patch which was designed especially

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for the STS seven crew which is always

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baked by the the manager of the

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office here at the Kennedy Space Center

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this is shuttle launch control t-minus

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two hours 28 minutes 15 seconds and

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counting and our astronaut crew has just

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left their crew quarters moving into the

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elevator to come down to the first floor

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of the ONC building for their trip to

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the way and everybody crowding into the

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elevator so that they can get down to

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they just prior to that the NASA test

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director said that there would be

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another checkpoint he asked everybody to

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look at their criteria and it will be

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getting back to them prior to the actual

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time when the crew goes on board but at

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this point there are no constraints to

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the launch a number of employees

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flashing their cameras as the crew comes

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out led by Commander Bob Crippen John

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worried that he was just too tall to be

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document a guard bringing up

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largest group one of the first on the

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crew which is at five is the largest one

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to have flown so far but that number is

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possibly more on future flights then

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where the astronaut quarters are located

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room putting his Snoopy hat on and then

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whisk room and now his shoes being wiped

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off so that he doesn't track any any

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dirt into the the clean interior and he

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has just padded these suit technician on

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the back and is now entering the orbiter

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the area shaking hands with the

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technicians up there prior to putting on

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his vest and he'll be the second one to

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to enter the orbiter for the seventh

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first woman to fly in space on board a

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accomplishments to date such as a

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doctorate in physics from Stanford

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capsule communicator for the STS 2 and

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specialist John Fabian dr. Thakur has

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medical doctor to fly and he will be

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effects of motion on the on human in

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space higher do become starting his

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medical studies he had been a naval I've

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naval aviator flying 163 combat missions

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t-minus 25 seconds and counting the

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Earth's atmosphere Challenger 19 to 155

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the blue is falling away now - that's 20

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precise window and space for main engine

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dr. Houston have directional capability

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right baby and say guard committed to

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through Bermuda we will elect required

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and thank you beautiful

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our number two yes sir we copied that go

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off I want to do it here at the dark

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picked up some of the valuation that God

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that's a beautiful shot we see that

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it is comforting in this

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so he's in there again you see

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and challengers back home back there

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the unofficial touchdown time in mission

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elapsed time six days two hours 24

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minutes 10 seconds that time is

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Roger we see that congratulations a

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great looking landing and from the entry

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team got some good news good news is the

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beer is very very cold this morning bad

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news is it's 3,000 miles away and I'll

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hand you over to the good guy Gardner

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here and he'll talk to you about your

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all five crewmen Daniel walk-around

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inspection of Challenger all five crew