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today's launch of atlantis will mark a

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historic milestone in u.s space flight

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endeavors

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the primary objective of this mission is

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to dock for the first time with russia's

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mir space station

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this is also the 100th u.s human space

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launch dating back to alan shepard's

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first historic 15-minute sub-orbital

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flight 34 years ago

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also this will be the first time 10

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individuals will fly aboard the shuttle

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during a single flight

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and we are seeing live video or live tv

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coverage of our

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seven ascent astronauts who will be

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flying aboard atlantis today of course

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we'll be

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dropping off the two cosmonauts and

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returning with two other cosmonauts and

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astronaut norm thaggart on the space

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we are looking at uh mission specialist

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greg harbaugh who is on his uh third

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flight today he is mission specialist

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number two

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and mission specialist number one is

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ellen baker

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she also is on her third flight and she

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is the payload commander for sts-71

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the mission commander flight commander

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is a former chief of the astronaut

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office commander hoot robert hoot gibson

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on his fifth flight

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uh one of our two cosmonauts that will

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be flying today is anatoly soloviev on

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his fourth flight into space his first

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aboard the shuttle he is the mere 19th

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commander

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and his fellow cosmonaut nikolai budaran

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on his first flight into space

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and uh our own pilot charles precourt

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who was on his second flight into space

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following their lunch the crew will be

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given a uh briefing on today's weather's

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conditions which at ksc as well as at

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the various contingency landing sites

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around the globe

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and then they'll put on their flight

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suits and make preparations to depart

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this is shuttle launch control t-minus

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three hours and holding

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and we have live tv of our seven crew

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members who will fly aboard atlantis

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today

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beginning with commander robert hoot

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gibson who will be on his fifth

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space shuttle flight

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he is the former chief of the astronaut

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office uh just prior to uh taking this

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command position

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for this most significant flight sts-71

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which will dock for the first time with

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gibson is being joined by his pilot and

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his mission specialists as well as his

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as well as the two cosmonauts who will

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fly aboard

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his pilot's name is charles precourt and

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in command aboard the shuttle

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and this is his second flight into space

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they are being joined by mission

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specialists ellen baker

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she is on her third flight and she is

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the payload commander for sts-71 she has

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prime responsibility for the space lab

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this looks like

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our mission specialist greg harbaugh

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and he is difficult to distinguish them

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sometimes in their helmets in suit

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but he is the

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he is responsible for the orbiter

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docking system which is also in

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one of our two cosmonauts who will be

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nikolai budaran who is on his first

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he will serve as the flight engineer for

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russian space station for several months

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once we launch and deliver them to that

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mission specialist bonnie dunbar is

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preparing her for her fourth flight

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she trained in star city in russia as

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the backup to

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astronaut dr norm thagard who is

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and she would have been

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aboard the mere space station at this

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time if there had been any reason to not

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permit dr thagar to fly of course he has

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been on board for the past three months

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and now she's going to go and greet him

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and assist in the process to bring him

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our second cosmonaut who will be flying

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aboard the space shuttle atlantis today

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is anatoly soloviev

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he is on his fourth flight into space

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this of course being his first

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space shuttle launch and he is the

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commander for the mir 19 crew

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the mir 19 crew of course consisting of

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this is shuttle launch control at t

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minus three hours and holding and we

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have live pictures of our seven person

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crew who are going to be flying today

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and we have uh our first look today of

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who gibson as he is walking out with the

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coming with him as the commander of the

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commander

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as well as the other members of the crew

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pilot charles precourt mission

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specialist ellen baker greg harbaugh

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bonnie dunbar and cosmonaut nikolai

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all are in the process now of making

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on about a 25 minute trip out to launch

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resume the account and go for launch

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astros go you have a range clear to

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director go ahead yes sir your lost team

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is ready to proceed at 10 27.

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hi copy i'll be on my pole at this time

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launch direct on 212 coming around for

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go for launch payload director go

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engineering director gm engineering is

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uh stand by a second while i say a

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well i hope the uh vehicle is ready the

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weather is finally coming there for us

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you guys have a good mission

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and we'll see you back here in about a

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jim thank you very much it's always a

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pleasure to work with you uh we are more

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than ready and maybe it's gonna feel

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twice as good to get off today thanks

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for all the uh thanks for all the great

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work and the great support

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and entertainment director you have

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requests to receive the launch okay

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and we have a go for auto sequence start

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atlantis onboard computers have primary

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atlantis is completing a roll maneuver

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as the vehicle turns into a heads down

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on course for 161 nautical mile orbit

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atlantis's three main engines are

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atlantis is already traveling two

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of the twin solid rocket boosters at

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atlantis is downrange from the launch

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site 32 nautical miles altitude is 170

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we copy performance is nominal kurt

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houston we show michael on speed

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atlantis houston we show a nominal miko

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required we now again have live

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this is mission control houston this

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live television from atlanta shows the

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let me know if you have any questions