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the countdown for launch of space

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continuing on schedule today the window

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for launch of Columbia opens at 3:18

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p.m. Eastern Time and extends for two

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and a half hours work at launch pad 39b

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as well as operations here in firing

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continues as planned no technical issues

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or problems are being worked or

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discussed at this time and we do

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anticipate an on-time liftoff of the

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everything continues to go well with the

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countdown the crew is on schedule

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exactly on schedule to be taking out to

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the pad they'll be suited up in the next

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few moments after they complete their

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meal the crew has just completed a

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briefing on the weather conditions here

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at Kennedy Space Center as well as at

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again we do have live TV of our crew

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being suited up for flight today

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starting with mission commander Andy

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Allen who his pilot is Scott Horowitz

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who is a lieutenant colonel in the US

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Air Force doc Horowitz as he is referred

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standing on the left is claude nicollier

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he is on his third flight today he is a

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European Space Agency astronaut again he

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is standing next to and discussing the

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mission with payload specialist Umberto

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Jeff Hoffman doesn't have his helmet on

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yet easily identifiable with his a broad

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smile Jeff is on his fifth flight today

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he's flown four times previously holds a

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doctorate degree in astrophysics and has

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been working on the tethered satellite

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mauricio Kelly is a astronaut from the

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European Space Agency and a lieutenant

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colonel in the Italian Air Force this is

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his first flight another one of our very

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veteran fliers as Franklin chang-diaz he

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has flown four times this will be his

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fifth flight

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he is the payload commander for this

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mission and the commander and Andy Allen

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has emerged from the building followed

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by those pilots Pat Horowitz and payload

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commander from chang-diaz mission we see

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Oh Kelly and payload specialist Umberto

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do I hear 30 cm ago 232 you and

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and they final test of the flight

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control services will soon be conducted

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this is a program pattern of movements

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designed to verify the readiness for

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launch of the engines and other flight

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the final error surface checks of the

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warbirds flaps and weather are being

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completed this verifies all of those

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and the engines are being

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and we have a go for autosequence start

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Colombia's onboard computers have

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primary control of all the vehicles

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t-minus 15 seconds

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t-minus 12 11 to 1 and we have liftoff

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of the space shuttle Columbia continuing

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space research through tether satellite

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Columbia Houston now controlling I'll be

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rolling on course for a twenty eight

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Rajasthan by some beware Shan good

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they call with that all engines

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operating well onboard Columbia

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Columbia's engines now throttling down

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to two thirds total to prepare the

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spacecraft to pass through the area of

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booster officer confirms a good

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lumpy now in its second stage main

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engines three main engines again

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operating well at full throttle Columbia

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performance nominal six minutes till

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altitude now 33 nautical miles Columbia

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speed now 6,200 miles per hour

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this point as it accelerates to the East

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almost tripling its current speed to

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reach the 17,000 400 miles per hour

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required for orbit we're just now

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receiving live television from

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Columbia's it passes almost directly

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overhead the Houston area this

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television through the Merritt Island

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tracking station located near the

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all activities continue to go smoothly

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for the crew they've opened the payload

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bay doors in just about 10 minutes ago

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or so they were given a go for orbit

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operations so that go the indication

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that they can be prepared to stay in

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orbit for an extended period of time

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currently on track have for their 14-day

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yeah and it just given you a heads up

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that you have a go to configure for

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Bernier's and then you can go to

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we are standing by to receive live

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television of the astronauts in the

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operations and check-out building at

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Kennedy Space Center as they are seated

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for their breakfast and here we have

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live TV of the crew the crew are divided

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into three shifts for this mission so

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for this last meal before launch they

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are eating either breakfast lunch or

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dinner depending on what sleep cycle

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they are on this has been set up to

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accommodate the round-the-clock

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operations of the various experiment

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he'll be making his first trip into

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space today and to the right is a

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veteran space flier Franklin chang-diaz

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Scott Horowitz or doc Horowitz is a

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lieutenant colonel in the Air Force he's

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preparing for his first flight and

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commander Andy Allen a lieutenant

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colonel nd Marine Corps is preparing for

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mission specialist Jeffrey Hoffman also

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a very experienced space flier preparing

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and rounding out the seven-member crew

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was on the Left we have claude nicollier

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who was making his third flight in space

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as well as umberto guido nee who was

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everything continues to go well with the

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countdown the crew is on schedule

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exactly on schedule to be taking out to

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the pad they'll be suited up in the next

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few moments after they complete their

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meal after suit up of course they will

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then walk out to the pad or out to the

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astro van which will carry them out to

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the pad that departure for the pad

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minutes before 12 noon Eastern Time

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tanking operations were went without

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incident today and all when it's planned

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reported today's lunch will be

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Colombia's 19th flight and the 75th

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shuttle flight overall and NASA's Space

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this is shuttle launch control at

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t-minus 3 hours in holding and we do

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have live TV of our crew being suited up

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for flight today starting with mission

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commander Andy Allen who was on his

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third spaceflight today served as pilot

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for both STS 62 and 46 the first flight

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of the tether satellite he has a major

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in marine core and has more than 4,000

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hours of flight time in over 30 types of

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aircraft commander Allen was born in

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Philadelphia Pennsylvania he's a

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graduate of the u.s. naval test pilot

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school his pilot is Scott Horowitz who

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is a lieutenant colonel in the US Air

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Force doc Horowitz as he is referred to

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is on his first shuttle mission again he

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is a in the Air Force holds a doctorate

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degree in aerospace engineering moving

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on around the room we have two of our

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Imbert Doug Wead we don't he who is with

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the Italian space agency Umberto is an

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researcher for the Italian space physics

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standing next to one of our other

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payload specialists suit up technicians

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suits on of course when they have their

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helmets on with the dark visors

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impossible to tell who they are in this

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case Jeff Hoffman doesn't have his

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helmet on yet easily identifiable with

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his broad smile he was born in Brooklyn

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grew up in Scarsdale New York Jeff is on

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his fifth flight today he's flown four

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times previously holds a doctorate

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degree in astrophysics and has been

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working on the tethered satellite

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mauricio Kelly is a astronaut from the

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European Space Agency and a lieutenant

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colonel in the Italian Air Force this is

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his first flight he has flown over 2200

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partially inflated to provide added

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comfort and protection during launch and

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another one of our very veteran fliers

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as Franklin chang-diaz he has flown five

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times or excuse me he has flown four

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times this will be his fifth flight he

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is the payload commander for this

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mission he holds a doctorate degree and

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applied plasma physics and as director

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of the advanced space propulsion

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laboratory at the University of Houston

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standing on the left is claude nicollier

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he is on his third flight today he is a

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flown on both sts-61 and STS 46 he is a

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captain and the Swiss Air Force and

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holds a master's degree in astrophysics

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again he is standing next to and

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discussing the mission with payload

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specialist Umberto Guido knee of the

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this is shuttle launch control at

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t-minus three hours and holding and we

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operations check-out building just

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departing their suit up room and making

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their way toward the elevator which will

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take them to the base of the room there

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is a wide range of interest on this

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mission and its international crew

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course are all anxious to see this one

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all events in today's launch countdown

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continue to proceed without any problems

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we're standing by for the crew to exit

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their crew quarters exit the operations

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industrial area they will be entering

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this astronaut van which will then take

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and the commander and Andy Allen has

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emerged from the building followed by

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his pilot Scott Horlicks and commander

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riding along with the crew in the

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astronaut van our members of the flight

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crew office and other astronauts who

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will be performing weather assessment

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functions for the launch today astronaut

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Air Force or from NASA helicopters and

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195-foot level at pad 39b as they are

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making their final preparations to enter

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the crew for this mission have been at

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Kennedy Space Center since Monday

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afternoon during their stay here they

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have been through the standard

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commander of this flight Andy Allen he

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we have a good view of the two veteran

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preparing to make their fifth flight

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into space today franklin chang-diaz

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holding up a sign to his wife Peggy and

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his four children Jean Sonya Lydia and

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Miranda as he prepares to enter the

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space shuttle Columbia for his fifth