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from the kennedy space center in florida

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this is space shuttle columbia launch

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control

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the countdown for launch of space

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shuttle columbia on mission sts 78 is

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continuing on schedule this morning the

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window for launch of columbia opens at

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10 49 a.m eastern time and extends for

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earlier this morning the external tank

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was filled with about five hundred

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thousand gallons of liquid propellants

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and those tanking operations are just

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now complete

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no technical issues or problems are

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being worked at this time and we

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anticipate an on-time liftoff of the

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shuttle columbia and the seven-member

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crew from kennedy space center

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again on time at 10 49 a.m eastern today

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situated in columbia's payload bay is

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the life and microgravity space lab

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lms is housing about 43 various

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experiments involving life sciences and

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materials sciences

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the lms mission will seek answers to

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questions about our ability to sustain

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life for prolonged periods of time in

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space

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and about the subtle mechanisms involved

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in materials processing that are

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obscured by earth's gravity

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lms will continue to expand the

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foundation of scientific research by

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studying the effects of microgravity on

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the physiology development and behavior

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of living systems

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it will also study the processes of

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materials study fluid physics and grow

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protein crystals in the reduced gravity

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columbia seven member crew consists of

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three shuttle veterans and four rookie

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astronauts who have not flown in space

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before

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this is an international mission with

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four different space agencies

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represented nasa the french space agency

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the canadian space agency

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and the european space agency which

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contributed by supplying the space lab

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itself

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the sts-78 crew are commander tom

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hendricks

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pilot kevin craigel

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mission specialist richard linehan susan

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helms and charles brady and payload

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specialist jean-jacques favier from the

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french space agency and robert brent

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physiological data gathered from each

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astronaut during the three months before

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flight will provide a baseline with

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which flight data will be compared

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at this time all systems are reported to

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be in good shape and we are on track for

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and we have a good thumbs up from all

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seven crew members appears they are all

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ready to fly

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at this point the ice and the final

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inspection team has reported back

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periodically to the firing room and they

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are reporting that there is nothing

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out of order everything continues

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everything looks smooth everything on

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the vehicle looks good no debris

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concerns no ice concerns and they are

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expected to wrap up their operations in

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the crew members are being assisted with

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their launch and entry suits by suit

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technicians from both ksc and from the

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johnson space center

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this is a good view of our commander tom

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hendricks who was on his fourth

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our pilot kevin kriegel is on his second

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john jacques favier

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is a member of the french space agency

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he is one of our payload specialists or

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and will be making his first trip into

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susan helms is the

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only female aboard the

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vehicle that will be flying today and

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she of course is a

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veteran flyer she has flown

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in 30 different types of aircraft being

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named an astronaut in 1990 she has

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already flown two missions scs-54 and

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mission specialist

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one richard linehan is on his first

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and he looks like he's relaxed and

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and another mission specialist charles

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brady again on his first flight as well

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is giving a thumbs up that he too

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and the final member of our seven person

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is robert brent thirsk

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representing the canadian space agency

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he is a

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medical doctor

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he was an alternate payload specialist

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and in 1993 and 94 he was the canadian

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and here we have them our commander tom

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mission specialist susan helms followed

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by pilot kevin kriegel richard linehan

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charles brady jean-jacques favier

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nasa test director john guidi has given

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approval for the crew to begin entry

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into the vehicle once they make their

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and we have views of the crew as they

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are exiting the elevator on the 195 foot

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in the background of course is the swing

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arm that the crew will walk across the

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orbiter access arm that will gain them

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as the crew is preparing to enter the

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orbiter astronaut support personnel have

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mounted in their crew module a small

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camera that will allow us to see live

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pictures of the crew being seated in

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colombia this is the first time nasa tv

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has shown live pictures of this event

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and to assist with the commentary of

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these new views astronaut marsha ivins

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is joining us to describe the events as

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they occur welcome marcia thanks

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uh marcia can you describe to us what

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we're looking at

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sure the scene you're seeing now is the

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commander's seat up on the flight deck

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of columbia um that big white piece is

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the head rest where his helmet will go

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and the orange pieces the is the

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parachute that's in the seat

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uh you're looking at it as it is on the

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pad so when the crew gets in of course

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okay the uh astronaut support person jim

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halsell is uh assisting as tom hendricks

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uh holding his head so it doesn't bump

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into anything tom's now standing on the

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ms2 seat he's holding on to a

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handhold above the forward window

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and now he'll pull himself up

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after he gets himself unstuck here pull

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himself up into the seat

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as they hold the parachute down you see

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the big bottles on the back of the

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right on the parachute so that it's

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comfortable when you're sitting in there

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headrest back down on the seat now

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now the suit tech

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al rochford will start to adjust the

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pulled down and comfortable in the seat

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you can see uh al's got kevin's helmet

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headrest back and kevin will lift his

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head up you can see the little calm

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pigtail hanging out of the back and i'll

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go ahead

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okay uh ingress steps are complete with

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the exception of the switch speak up

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tape we'll put that in work now

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uh marcia can you tell us what we're

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max candler who's the sutek and he is

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chuck and the rest of the guys on the

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mid deck is the whole row of or wall of

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lockers that has all the stuff in it

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harness and looks like he's got the seat

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otc ms3 comm check

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ms3 otc i got you loud and clear how

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otc ms3 got you loud clear good morning

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roberta good morning chuck looking good

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uh waiting in the white room

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is uh the final astronaut who will be

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jean-jacques favier of the french

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uh you guys have a good mission and uh

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we'll see you back here in about a

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little over two weeks and uh

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so thanks jim uh we got a crew here

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that's ready to go thanks to all the

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professionals here at the cape we're

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ready to work with uh jsc during launch

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and then the rest of the day we're ready

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to put our payload crew to work with the

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folks at the marshall space flight

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and in today you're cleared along hi

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a final test of the flight control

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services is now being 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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and final error surface checks of the

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completed this is verifying the

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and the main engines are being gibbled

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for a final test before launch

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flight crews otc close the molecule

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visors and initiate o2 flow have a great

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flight and have more fun than a barrel

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we have a go for maintenance and start

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columbia on an international life

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science and microgravity mission

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houston now controlling the flight of

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roger royal columbia

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columbia completes the role to place the

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shuttle in a heads down wings level

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position for the eight and a half minute

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three liquid fuel main engines will soon

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begin to throttle back in a three-step

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fashion to 67 percent of rated

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performance that will dampen the stress

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on the shuttle's aero surfaces as it

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columbia already traveling at 711 miles

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per hour two and a half miles downrange

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the three engines now beginning to rev

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performance those main engines along

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with columbia's three fuel cells and

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standing by for solid rocket booster

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shutdown and separation about five

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rocket booster separation standing by