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good morning we begin our live coverage

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on NASA television of mission STS 85

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here at NASA's Jonathan Adi Space Center

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in five room three of the launch control

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center today NASA will embark on the

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86th space shuttle flight in its 16 year

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history of the shuttle program the near

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11-day mission features the deployment

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and retrieval of a satellite designed to

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study Earth's middle atmosphere and

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significant tests of hardware that could

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be used in the Assembly of the

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this is shuttle launch control we have

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the flight crew at their breakfast table

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we have payload commander Jan Davis

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and we have Bob Curbeam Shuttle rookie

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flying for the first time today and

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commander Curt brown making his fourth

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time and flight today first time is

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commander Kent roaming her two times

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shuttle veteran and we have Steven

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Robinson flying for the first time today

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and Canadian astronaut B Arnie trig

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misen also flying on the shuttle for the

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first time today crew has been awake now

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for just about half an hour getting

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ready for the first flight day on their

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upcoming mission who is ready to go they

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came to Florida Monday evening and have

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been at Kennedy Space Center preparing

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for the flight over the last couple of

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got commander Curt Brown who's just

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walked into the suit-up room by

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following the weather briefing this is

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his fourth flight and he has overall

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responsibility for commanding the flight

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this will be his first flight as

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commander he served as pilot of three

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previous missions on STS 92 and we have

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a pilot Kent Rominger

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as a pilot he will assist Brown at the

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flight controls this will be his third

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flight and his birthday today he's

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forty-one years old he will also be

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assisting a commander during the

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rendezvous and retrieval of the Christa

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spa's payload and will also be involved

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in several payloads including the solid

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surface combustion experiment we have

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Canadian astronaut B Arnie trig listen

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making his first flight on the shuttle

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today trick misen was born in Reykjavik

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Iceland we've got Jan Davis she's making

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her third flight today

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she's the payload commander with overall

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responsibility of servicing tasks she

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will operate the robot arm to deploy and

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retrieve the German Christa spa's

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payload she'll also be involved in the

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manipulator flight demonstration which

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is a small fine robot arm and we have

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mission specialist Robert Kirby making

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his first flight today on the shuttle he

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serves as flight engineer and will

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assist the commander and pilot with

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asset and reentry checklist and in

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monitoring all vehicle systems and we

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have mission specialist Stephen Robinson

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this will be his first flight he is the

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prime mission specialist for the Christa

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spa's payload and he will work with Dan

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Davis on with the robot arm activity and

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we're now looking at the final

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inspection team on the top of the mobile

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launcher platform this crew has

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binoculars and they perform photo

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documentation of the vehicle

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configuration and cryogenic surfaces

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they collect data with an infrared

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scanner they're looking at numerical

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data and they correlate it with infrared

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crews getting ready for a 10-day mission

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that is done the CDR contract CDR

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Houston you're allowed and cleared the

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one at hurt we see up close and personal

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there good morning Donna now we see the

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birthday boy getting into his seat the

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pilot he's only gone two to two

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handrails one in the center of the near

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the windows and one on his right side

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and then as they hold his parachute he

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okey cdcl3 12 go ahead it's a sweet I

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that's crew member in Bob Curbeam in the

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ms2 seat here I'll give you step 5 70

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work those quads if you want they

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perform they still sell birds I'm

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channel one five three okay oh but I

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know as well who do you see there

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copy that

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range weather sluggish early Lucas take

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colostrum manager manager went out the

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MSP is not attractive anything and it

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looks like was open launcher clear to

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proceed with the launch counsel copy

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that and discovery looks like it is

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ready to go you guys have a great night

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and we'll see you back here

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I could totally sin in MPD or clearly

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long a profile test of the orbiters

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aerosurfaces has started the orbital

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flight control services are being moved

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through a pre-programmed pattern to

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verify they are ready for launch and the

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three main engines will begin with in

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and slicer close the lock your visors

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the mission 802 12 on behalf of the

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lunch thing good luck with your mission

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and Rommel happy birthday robot the

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lasers handle thanks for that birthday

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wish we'll be the two best candles I

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overhead and other copies Bajoran sitter

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to the 11th over

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EPL 8 we have a go for main engine start

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five four three two one

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booster ignition and liftoff of

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discovery on a mission to study planet

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Houston is now controlling the roll

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maneuver is complete with discovery is

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now in a heads-down wins level position

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all three main engines now throttling

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down to 67 percent of rated thrust as

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the orbiter passes through the area of

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maximum aerodynamic pressure on the

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vehicle in the lower regions of the

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Earth's atmosphere telemetry indicates

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all three auxiliary power units and fuel