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with launch occurring from pad B at

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launch complex 39 here we see a replay

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of the astronaut crew breakfast this

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mission specialists

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she will be working with the deployment

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of the tracking and data relay satellite

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and our flight engineer mission

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specialist Nancy curry our commander for

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STS 70 Tom Hendricks and next to him his

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and mission specialist dr. Don Thomas

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who together with dr. Mary Ellen Weber

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will be working later today about six

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hours after launch to deploy the tigress

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ji tracking and data relay satellite and

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our STS 70 cake with the emblem there on

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meanwhile out a launch pad 39b the final

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inspection team has been going through

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their routine inspections looking for

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any buildup of ice on the external tank

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or any of the flight surfaces that could

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break off and strike space shuttle

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discovery during launch the ice team has

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a number of tools which includes a

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portable infrared scanner to obtain

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temperature measurements on the surface

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of the vehicle and it can spot any leaks

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opportunity to look at the pad to assure

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that there's no loose debris around

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which could also strike the orbiter at

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there we see our commander Tom Hendricks

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and pilot Kevin Kregel it's also ready

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to go Adam pleaded a fit check of the

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Kevin's first light and we'll be hear

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from him later on on what he's

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anticipating there his first mission and

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mission specialist dr. Don Thomas you

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will be busy later this afternoon

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tracking and data relay satellite which

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is main order of business for today

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there is dr. Mary Ellen Weber we'll be

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working with dr. Thomas later this

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afternoon on the deployment of the iust

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and our flight engineer mission

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specialist Nancy curry

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she'll be seated in the aft center seat

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and the suit up activities are about

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completed so that the crew will be

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headed out for the pad here in about

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now we can see the crew somewhat better

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this is shuttle launch control at

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t-minus three hours and holding we're

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preparing now to come out of the

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Counting all of our activities continue

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to be on schedule this morning we're not

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working any technical problems and the

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weather appears favorable and as we

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mentioned just a few moments ago the

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astronauts are just about to leave for

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the launch pad and will begin boarding

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discovery on time now at t-minus two

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this is shuttle launch control this is

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counting and we see the astronauts have

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just left the suit up room our pilot

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and our activities right now are

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proceeding right to the managers our

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pilot or our commander Tom Hendricks

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pilot Kevin Kregel wishes specialist Don

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and there they go

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white room technicians are

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being advised now that the astronauts

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are leaving the crew quarters and to

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and here we see the astronauts now

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arriving at the 195-foot level the fixed

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service structure at had be walking over

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members are being assisted with their

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helmets and other attire so that it

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is not very large and of course Tom

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and counting as we see Commander Tom

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and we see dr. Mary Ellen Webber

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and we're seeing now mission specialists

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preparing for for boarding

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just in front here we see mission

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with her flight crew equipment and she

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mr. MS one contract discovery Houston

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Donnelly have you loud and clear

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tell me you're the same and welcome

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copy that ass and in the meantime if you

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could perform your clothes out for

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flight pull your checklist please yes

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copies discovery Houston for to CDR and

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do you read discovery Houston read you

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both loud and clear configured for air -

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you see CVP copy that and the hatch is

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being closed and sealed

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and here is Bob Cabana returning in the

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he has been doing approaches to runway

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assessing those conditions and will be

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he lets us go for a repress

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use and then work that's complete if you

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of these steering checks to assure that

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hurry now to attract the GOx beanie cap

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okay the result of the topic SP thank

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begin momentarily and we've had the

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nine eight seven six five main engine

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of space shuttle discovery to complete

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NASA's constellation of tracking

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27 seconds into the flight discoveries

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Roger discovery we have a good picture

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discovery Houston the folks of Sunnyvale

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it was difficult for us to tell her

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discovery we're about 90 seconds from

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teachers hand over we may lose the

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this shows about over it now we'd love

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more well we'll keep it coming

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tell me over here we all get may for

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system you could tell today that was a

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they come these are some shots with the

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this is a real team effort up here

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everybody was busy operating cameras

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appreciate the great help and support

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that made it possible today that's a

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gorgeous picture a discovery and all of

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you working together have put another

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big building block in the space

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infrastructure there you can see it's on

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its way it's just leaving the support

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equipment here and on its way out the

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geosynchronous orbit where we'll be

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supporting future mission space station

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freedom and the Hubble Space Telescope

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that's a beautiful deploy discovery so

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we're not nice and smooth we didn't see

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copy discovery that's interesting six

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way to Jupiter and they just released

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night and they only have a couple of

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shots but payload bay cameras of deploy

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there tom and discovery we see that very

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discovery we can see five phases and the

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Eustis WC a piece of debris there next

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to the satellite that was actually a

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piece of ice that are prepared to be

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a couple of pieces okay thanks discovery