and rain Twitter Roger sir we have no
constraints along and gently mmt is
working the lazy to get cleared to
launch after that and Atlantis looks
like everything's come together here
looks like a good morning to launch so
my Kuna team have a good mother but a
great mission and we'll see you back
here and we can I ask thank you oh my
god people father look here an MPD
you're cleared along
and the orbiter access arm and is now
being retracted away from the vehicle
this is the walkway used by the crew to
gain entry into and out of the vehicle
and it can be returned to position
within seconds if need be
and the three main engines are being
gimballed as a final test before lunch
t-minus three minutes and Counting and
all is going well for today's launch
this mission carries a crew of six
five of those days doctors in near space
station a protest conductor has
requested that pilot Brent jet clear the
caution and warning memory system
everything looks good and we're cleared
for launch today hey we have a go for
main engine start main engines up and
running three two one booster ignition
and liftoff of the space shuttle
Atlantis on a 10-day mission for dr.
Rush's
orbiting health
Houston now controlling the flight of
Atlantis Atlantis into the world to
place the shuttle and I headed down the
wings level position for the eight and a
half and they drive it
thirty seconds into the flight Atlantis
is free liquid fuel main engines now
throttling back in a three-step fashion
to sixty-seven percent of rated
performance that will dampen the stress
on the shuttles Aero surfaces as it
breaks through the sound barrier
one minute into the flight the main
engines now beginning to rev up the full
throttle 104 percent of rate of
performance they throttle up call coming
up from spacecraft communicator Kevin
Kregel here in Mission Control
- go at throttle up one minute 20
seconds into the flight Atlanta's
traveling at 1500 miles per hour now ten
miles downrange from the Kennedy Space
Center 13 miles in altitude the shuttles
three main engines three auxiliary power
units three power producing fuel cells
all functioning normally
one minute 50 seconds into the flight
standing by for solid rocket booster
shut down in jettison that command to
come from the on-board computers to the
master events controller onboard
Atlantis
booster officer confirms a clean solid
rocket booster separation guidance now
converging on Atlantis's three main
engines as they begin to steer for a
precise keyhole in space for main engine
cutoff - - engine Marone those calls
from spacecraft communicator Kevin
Kregel to Commander Mike Baker aboard
Atlantis indicating that the solid
rocket boosters provided the desired
performance during the first stage of
this morning's ascend to orbit and if
one and if one main engine should fail
Atlantis has enough inertia to make a
transoceanic abort - Marone spain
however all three main engines continue
to function by the book three minutes
into the flight
in fact we do have live video at this
time of all six astronauts who'll be
flying aboard special to Atlantis today
Marsha Ivins mission specialists is
preparing for her fourth flight aboard
the space shuttle
and of course our other astronauts
include our commander and pilot
Commander Mike Baker pilot Brent Jett is
shown here
mission specialist John Grunsfeld he'll
be making his second flight in this
place today and of course rounding out
the crew of mission specialist jerry
linenger and mission specialist Jeff
Weiss off course mission specialist
Jerry Linenger will be remaining in
space he will be staying for about four
months until Atlantis goes back to get
him
this is shuttle launch control at
t-minus three hours and holding and we
have our first look of our commander
Michael Baker as he is being suited up
for his fourth flight into space today
pilot Brent jet course giving thumbs-up
he's ready to make his second flight
into space
jerry linenger is going to be going into
space this on his second trip but it
will certainly be as longest he'll be
staying on the MIR Space Station mission
specialist Jeff Weiss off preparing for
his third flight mission specialist John
Grunsfeld making his second flight into
space today and the last member of the
crew is mission specialist Marsha Ivins
Crewe was being led by commander michael
Baker pilot Brent Chuck mission
specialist Jerry Linenger John Grunsfeld
I saw
Mike Baker is being assisted being
strapped in
mission specialist Marsha Ivins has just
entered the orbiter she is on the
mid-deck where she will take her ride
into space today and she is making final
adjustments to her communications cap
our pilot Brent jet is going to be the
next end of the vehicle and he'll be
taking his seat next to Commander Mike
Baker
and we're back with pictures of our
white room again three of the six
astronauts have been a place to board
the orbiter here we're looking at Jerry
Linenger who will be seated on the
mid-deck with Marsha Ivins he's making
their making final preparations to get
him in and once Marsha is fully
established in her seat and Jerry will
be climbing aboard this again is a view
from the mid-deck astronaut Jerry
Linenger as he is in the process of
being strapped into a seat
in the white room
mission specialist
John Grunsfeld is shaking hands and
making preparations to board the orbiter
and again making voice checks with NASA
test conductor John Guidi ms4 we read
you loud and clear good morning Jerry
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