and you think Columbia this is a view
sat from w7 my tacos sort of the middle
to final stage of the approach copy Tom
this is Mission Control Houston this is
a tape playback from Columbia of a video
from a camera at the end of Columbia's
mechanical arm of the capture of the
wake shield facility satellite to that
occurring at 801 p.m. this evening
in view now is the capture fixture on
the satellite again this taking place a
capture occurred at 80 1 p.m. central
time
in view now the end of the shuttles
mechanical arms it latches on to the
grapple fixture for the white shield
he's the Columbia that's the moon that
is come in the field of view from the
right Caputo
this is Mission Control Houston this
television is showing a birthing of the
white shield facility that take took
place about an hour and a half ago to
say a videotape being played back to the
ground from the shuttle Columbia can the
white shield facility was retrieved at
captured using the mechanical arm by
astronaut Tom Jones aboard columbia at
801 p.m. central time all activities
with the rendezvous and retrieval of the
white shield i went to just as planned
as a commander ken cockerel flawlessly
flew Columbia to within the reach of the
satellite all of that going on just as
scheduled
Columbia Houston we know that i would
like to that booth now copy we know was
a replay but it certainly looked great
seeing it for the first time down here
on the ground once again great job
flying around and going in and capturing
the free flyer thank you very much
Oh
and good morning Columbia we'd like to
start off with a congratulations to the
story who now has passed 1001 hours in
the space shuttle starting on his 1000
and second you're currently 20 miles
ahead of the weight shield and the
distance between wake shields and spas
is 15.7 so we're looking forward to a
good rendezvous today let the good times
roll Oh story is looking marvelous for a
1001 our space traveler and we are ready
for us to let the good times roll too we
got the tips message is starting to come
on board and we'll talk to you about
them shortly and we copy taco we we
should have you should have three
messages on board we would like to
verify that you did a tips paper change
out yesterday if not we would like one
before resuming tips uplink we did the
change-up free sleep yesterday so
proceeds in work
Columbia Houston for Tammy yes Tammy we
know that earlier today story past the
1000 our threshold in space but we'd
also like to point out in case you'd
forgotten it that you also crossed that
threshold today at to be precise six
days three hours 35 minutes and 47
seconds congratulations mark takes a lot
we actually got a nice message on board
from jeff hoffman at franklin change is
also that the same story and I know
we're welcome
this is Mission Control Houston as
Colombia has sores over the Pacific
Ocean these views of the Hawaiian
Islands from an altitude of 221 statute
miles
where we just made a beautiful pass over
know why announcer clear today so many
happening no matter how many hours you
got up here these ones are just as good
as the first one I copy storia we had
the good fortune of having some good
pointing with the payload Bay cameras
and we were able to enjoy that with you