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good morning we begin NASA television

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coverage of mission STS 72 here at the

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John F Kennedy Space Center in Florida

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we're just hours away from the 74th

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space shuttle launch and the tenth

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flight of the orbiter Endeavour with a

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crew of six astronauts liftoff is

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planned at 4:18 a.m. Eastern Time the

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this is shuttle launch control t-minus

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three hours and holding final inspection

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team is on the mobile launcher platform

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continuing their inspections of the

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vehicle the team has about eight members

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representing NASA the contractors and

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Greg cat nick of the case of Kennedy

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Space Center is leading the team the

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team carries a variety of instruments

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one is a portable infrared scanner to

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measure temperatures on the cryogenic

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surfaces of the tank engines and orbiter

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they also measure temperatures of the

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solid rocket booster cases and segment

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and here we have the crew sitting down

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at the traditional table the decorated

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cake bearing their STS 72 insignia we

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have mission specialist kawiti Wakata

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flying for the first time aboard the

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shuttle co h e is a astronaut from NASA

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born in Japan and dr. Daniel berry

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flying for the first time aboard the

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shuttle this morning very will be one of

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the EDA specialists and pilot Brent Jett

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also flying aboard the shuttle the first

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time you'll be monitoring using the RMS

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for the flight crew whether performing

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EPA's here we have commander Brian Duffy

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flying for the third time aboard the

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shuttle today Duffy the most experienced

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in the shuttle for the whole crew

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mission specialist Leroy Chiao he's

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making his second flight today aboard

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the shuttle he will be involved in to

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the spacewalks and serving a slight

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engineer Winston Scott flying for the

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first time aboard the shuttle today

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again the crew has been awake since

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about 7 p.m. and they're getting right

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on their schedule that they'll be

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following during the nine-day mission

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the funnel inspection team is continuing

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their assessment and we do have the

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astronauts in the crew quarters getting

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into the launcher entry suits

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I got commander Brian Duffy he's making

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his third flight into space today it's

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commander he's got the overall

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responsibility of the flight he's the

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most experienced space flyer on this

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mission and of course during the reentry

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he will take control just minutes before

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touchdown and will be responsible for

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relevant systems on board the vehicle

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during the rendezvous manoeuvres and

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show a rookie Brent Jett is making his

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first flight he will be assisting Duffy

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at the flight controls including the to

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rendezvous operations jet will also

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operate the robot arm during the two

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spacewalks that are planned and Asda

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Karrueche Wakata going on the space

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shuttle for the first time Ricardo will

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be using their robot arm during the

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mission to retrieve the Japanese space

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flower unit satellite and will also use

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the arm to deploy and retrieve the most

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scientific flyer across the room

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flight engineer Winston Scott and

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mission specialist Leroy Chiao tower

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making his second flight aboard the

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shuttle I'm ready to go this morning and

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child will be involved in both of the

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spacewalks planned for the mission also

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he is prime operator for the commercial

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protein crystal growth experiment rookie

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Shuttle astronaut was to Scott flying

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for the first time

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he serves as the flight engineer for

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this mission in the capacity he will be

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responsible for the this space floor

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unit systems the oast flyer systems will

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be operating several of the secondary

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experiments and we have mission

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specialists dr. dan Barry he's saying

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he's ready to go for lunch today he's

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also playing for the first time aboard

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the shuttle he will be involved in the

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crew will be departing for launch pad

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39b in about 20-30 minutes and it's

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about a 30 minute ride out to the launch

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pad again things look good for launch

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as far as weather is concerned here at

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KSC and no ice concerns with the

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external tank or anywhere on the vehicle

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at all the ice team reported that things

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look very good here we have the

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astronauts for mission STS 72 coming out

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of their crew quarters at the operations

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and check-out building they'll be

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getting into an elevator where will they

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ride down to the first floor crew 6

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again has been training for the better

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part of the year there

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spent most of their time training for

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this particular flight from our

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we have the team led by commander Brian

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and the cruel right outs in the

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it's about a 30 minute ride to pad 39b

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and the Astro van is off

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this is shuttle launch control we've got

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these STS 72 flight crew now with the

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Brian Duffy is commander of the flight

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and he is has overall responsibility for

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the mission Duffy is a colonel in the

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Air Force he's the most experienced

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space flier on the mission having flown

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twice before as pilot of STS 45 in 1992

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and STS 57 in 1993 Duffy is a native of

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Boston Massachusetts he was director of

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the f-15 test flights at Eglin Air Force

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Base in Florida before being selected as

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an astronaut candidate in that by NASA

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in 1985 and mission specialist dr. dan

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Barry now getting ready to take his

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assigned seat he will be seated down in

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berry called south hadley message she

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sits his hometown and he earned five

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degrees after high school including a

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doctorate in electrical engineering

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computer science from Princeton

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University and a doctorate in medicine

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from the University of Miami and

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commander Duffy has nicknamed him doctor

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mission specialist Karrueche Wakata is

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now getting the rest of his gear on

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getting ready for his first flight

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aboard the space shuttle ricotta is from

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the Japanese space agency and will be

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operating the remote remote manipulator

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he's responsible for grappling the

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satellites and for berthing him in the

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we'd like to hear five minutes and

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to minus five minutes and Counting a

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profile test of the orbiters

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aerosurfaces has started the orbiter

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flight control surfaces are being moved

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the main engines are being gimballed and

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all systems are go at this time just a

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few minutes away from the tenth voyage

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of Endeavour with a crew of six on the

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2-3 minutes and Counting external tank

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is now being pressurized for flight the

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of the tank will be moved away retracted

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at the team - 31 second point endeavors

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onboard computers will have control of

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in the next few seconds thousands of

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gallons of water will be dumped onto the

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launch platform to help suppress the

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sound and shock of the seven million

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SRB separation is confirmed time two

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downrange from the 45 nautical miles now