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from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida

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this is space shuttle Atlantis launch

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control the countdown for lunch of

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spatial de lentes on mission st s 84 is

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continuing on schedule tonight the

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window for launch of atlantis opens at

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about 40 7 a.m. eastern time tomorrow

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and extends for only seven minutes work

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at launch pad 39a as well as operations

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here in firing room three of the launch

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control center are continuing as planned

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just a short while ago the external tank

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was filled with over 500,000 gallons of

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liquid propellants and as tanking

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operations are now complete no technical

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concerns or issues are being addressed

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at this time and we anticipate an

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on-time liftoff of Atlantis and the

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seven-member crew from Kennedy Space

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and apparently our crew have been seated

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for their meal somewhat earlier than

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previously scheduled they are in the

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operations check-out building just

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having left their crew quarters they are

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seated for their final meal before being

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driven out to the launch pad they've

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been awake since about six pm today and

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all seven of them will be on the same

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schedule throughout this mission Elena

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Conda cope of course our Russian

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cosmonaut flying seated next to our

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shuttle commander Charlie Precourt all

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the crew again are are well trained this

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is our pilot Eileen Collins who is

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flying for the second time as pilot and

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rounding out the crew of course we have

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other mission specialists Carlos Noriega

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ed Lu and of course Michael Pfohl who we

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saw just a few seconds ago will be

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actually taken up and will remain on the

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MIR space station for four months until

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Atlantis again goes back to retreat him

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you

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our mission commander Charles Precourt

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is on his third flight having served his

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mission specialists of STS 55 and then

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his pilot of STS 71 that was the first

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space shuttle mission to dock with the

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Russian space station and now he'll

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serve as commander of this the sixth

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mission to dock with the space station

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Mir he is a colonel in the Air Force and

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next to him of course is our pilot

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Eileen Collins Edward Lou is preparing

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and on the other side of the room

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another one of our mission specialist

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preparing for his first flight Carlos

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Noriega Michael full this is a special

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mission for him he's flown three times

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before but on this particular flight of

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course he will be staying onboard the

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MIR space station and John Francois

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Claire voix is preparing for his flight

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today and Elena condo cova Russian

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cosmonaut making her first trip into

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space aboard the shuttle however she has

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spent nearly half a year in orbit aboard

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this is a remarkable shot of the moon

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from one of our long-range trackers you

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can see the kind of detail that our

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tracking cameras have this is a shot of

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moon craters of course again the crew

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waving and making the final goodbyes to

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mission commander Charlie Precourt with

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pilot Eileen Collins jean-francois fair

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warned Carlos Noriega head with new

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this picture is view as a shot taken

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from the 195 foot level the crew have

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the crew has arrived on this level and

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they'll be taking turns getting into the

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vehicle of course their next step is to

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cross the orbiter access arm on this

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the seven space fliers on sts 84 reflect

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the multinational nature of this mission

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their origins are found in six countries

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the United States Russia England France

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Peru and China again our launch will

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occur at the opening of our seven minute

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entity lots of likely to 12 different

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I'll do a poll with this house hallo

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director pull over go copy that

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engineering director did you say again

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ready they really is very doable do that

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safety and mission against safety of mr.

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listen assurances go jump copy that rank

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leather rather still we have no control

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on copy that manages in the MMP is

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working though here's your cleared to

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launch copy that and Atlantis everything

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has come together so we're ready to go

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you guys have a good flight good mission

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that's got these antelope international

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partners around the world we're ready to

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go and we thank you all your hard work

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and NPD you put it along copies yup get

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a tu and hydraulics rhetorical on the

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copy all right co co tonight for making

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and control surface checks are now being

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and the gaseous oxygen vent hood is

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being slowly retracted away from the top

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of the external tank everything looks

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good and we're cleared for launch today

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no problems are being reported from the

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vehicle or the crew Atlantis copies to

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the whole NASA team until partners

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around the world but either their

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leaders historically especially paliotta

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now people to schools ever say full of

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sleep sitting up the world and action

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like that affects a beautiful third will

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ready to take a little bit buell off

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that brought me one minute 30 seconds

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left ten nine eight seven we have a go

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from enid art four three two one we have

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booster ignition and liftoff of the

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space shuttle Atlantis maintaining

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Roger roll away echoing the words of the

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year ago down on his launch 36 years ago

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commander Kelly report puts Atlantis

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into the role heads down wins level to

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the in a half minute ride the orbit

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might fall headed to the MIR Space

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30 seconds into the flight Atlantis's

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three liquid fuel main engines now

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throttling back in a three step fashion

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to sixty-seven percent of rated

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performance to dampen the stress on the

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shuttles Aero surfaces as it breaks

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through the sound barrier fifty-three

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seconds into the flight the main engines

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now beginning to rev up to full throttle

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engines along with the three fuel cells

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and three auxiliary power units all

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from solid rocket booster separation

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that will be commanded by the

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booster officer confirms a good solid

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rocket booster separation guidance since

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converging on all three main engines now