from launch complex 39 at the Kennedy
Space Center in Florida this is shuttle
launch control at t-minus 3 hours and
holding we are now in the final five and
1/2 hours of the countdown for the
launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on
the second mission to dock with the
Russian Mir Space Station
at t-minus three hours and holding this
is shuttle launch control
and has taken somewhat longer than usual
to fill the liquid oxygen tank today
since we had a brief failure of the
liquid oxygen pump at the launch pad at
the storage tank
here we are now in the dining room at
the crew quarters where we see the five
STS seventy four crew members and at the
end of the table is mission specialist
bill McArthur
Canadian astronaut a mission specialist
Chris Hatfield
the commander of our mission Ken Cameron
mission specialist and flight engineer
Jerry Ross and at the far end of the
table our pilot Jim Hall cell and after
lunch they'll go for briefing on the
weather outlook great interest to to
them this morning and then to the crew
suit-up room
dawn their launch and entry suits
this is shuttle launch control at
t-minus three hours and holding where we
are now in the student room and we see
our commander Ken Cameron
going across the room and our pilot Jim
I'll sell undergoing their final suit up
and check out other helmet
pressurization checks mission specialist
Chris Hatfield will be operating the
remote manipulator arm during this
flight
going across the room and we sell bill
McArthur finishing his suit up
activities
and this should be Jerry Ross
he's launch and entry suits are not very
comfortable that they're certainly
functional very visible temperature now
at the launch pad at 58 degrees picking
up the count now and three two one
t-minus three hours and Counting this is
shuttle launch control at t-minus two
hours 54 minutes 55 seconds and counting
and the STS 74 astronauts now are
leaving the suit off room headed for the
elevator going from the third floor of
the operations and check-out building
down to the awaiting astronaut transfer
van
where are the clothes our crew is
wetting them we hope to have at least
one site available to us this is shuttle
launch control at t-minus 2 hours 31
minutes 43 seconds in County in the
white room at the pad we see our
commander Ken Cameron
seeing now pilot Jim Hall cell
being prepared for his entry into
Atlantis this is shuttle launch control
at t-minus two hours 17 minutes 20
seconds and counting
Jim all cell now boarding Atlantis and
astronaut bill McArthur is now being
assisted with his launch and entry suit
and his helmet
and in the white room we see Canadian
astronaut mission specialist Chris
Hadfield better she has suit up and
being assisted by the closeout crew
you said a lot of contract - Houston
good morning Kent seems like we just did
this seems like over the last time I
feel pretty good about the situation I
hope it's still looking good over there
yeah there's some little guys just
hanging around out there but I think we
can hopefully get those things to work
out and get you guys on your way today
we'll look forward to a good lunch
see now mission specialist Jerry Ross
suiting up he'll be the last aboard and
he's our flight engineer so on both
ascent and descent he'll be sitting in
the aft Center seat
and PR on behalf the one thing we hope
today is a day for you and we'll have a
good ride up the mirror thank you very
much rather work sorry I had to do this
choice but already now it looks good we
should appreciate all the other complete
you just because it's not for copy thank
you video
and in India on trekker Jim MP look at
know he says you're clear to launch
copy that and Atlantis looks like we got
everything lined up waiting for you guys
to go so have a good mission and we'll
see you back here in about eight days
after that say about service ship they
said to have an entity not Spectre you
have a clearance log and CD copies thank
you
murderous flight controls have been
tested and standing by now - gimbal the
main engines we see the speed brake
being cycled here and now the main
engines are gambling or being moved
through their operational latitudes
t-minus three minutes
yellow sister for et lo2 preservation
oxygen tank now being pressurized
weather officer had Priscilla just has
passed the word that they are now
officially green at the path
and the gaseous oxygen vent hood Cox
beanie cap now being retracted Graham
launch sequencer will make a check at
t-minus 37 seconds to make sure that
it's in a fully retracted position there
was an orbiter test conductor Mikey
Lockheed Martin's wishing the crew a
good flight t-minus one minute thirty
seconds
like what hydrogen tank now it's light
pressure
t-minus one minute ground launch
sequencer now verifying the main engines
are ready for ignition heaters around
the joints of the solid rocket boosters
are being turned off the sound
suppression water system is being armed
light data recorder is now recording
fill and drain valves on the external
tank are closed standing by for the
handoff to the orbiters computers
and the handoff has been completed
Atlanta's computer is now controlling
morning sound suppression water system
activated
nine eight seven go for main engine
start four three two one and liftoff of
space shuttle Atlantis with the Russian
docking module the threshold the world
cooperation in space
main engines on Atlantis a nail that I
linked back to teeth are throttled back
to the area of maximum air pressure
planets already traveling 700
miles-per-hour aptitude for nautical
miles downrange from the launch pad
Atlantis go at throttle up Lana's three
main engines are now back at full
throttle
lantus altitude 12 miles nine miles
downrange from the launch pad Atlantis
is now traveling 2,400 miles per hour
one minute 40 seconds since launch
Atlantis has already burned more than
tuna quarter million pounds of
propellant and weighs less than half of
what it did it liftoff
flight controllers are now standing by
for burnouts in jettison of the twin
solid rocket booster first stage
booster officer confirms a good
separation of the twin solid rockets
that it was free and it was choppy and
you've captured some good images Chris I
think we saw what we needed we did tape