and we have that TV at this point and
this crude the STA the members of the
mission st s 86 are just outside their
crew quarters in their dining facility
Wendy Lawrence mission specialist is
seated next to the rest of her crew
members which include Scott Pierzynski
Mike or Dave wolf pilot Mike bloomfield
of course our commander shown here Jim
Weatherby is a veteran shuttle flowery
this is his fourth flight that he's
getting ready to participate with and of
course our mission specialist Dave wolf
who will be going up but not coming back
he will be staying on mirror for the
next four months representative from the
french space agency is jean-luc raytheon
he'll be flying on this flight as well
as I representative from the Russian
space agency Vladimir ki Tov he is a
very experienced astronaut cosmonaut and
he will be one of the two EV a crew
members for this flight
and they are all ready to take our
picture of course our cameramen who are
familiar to the crew members
again the exact time of launch will be
announced about 90 minutes before
liftoff but our best estimate at this
time based on the location of the MIR
space station launch will occur at about
ten 34 and 19 seconds
we and we do have live TV the flight
crew the seven members of our flight
team are in their crew quarters making
last-minute preparations being suited
for this mission Jim Weatherby is as
being attended to he has his helmet on
he of course it's preparing for his and
his pilot as Mike bloomfield and he is
preparing for his first shuttle mission
he is a graduate of the US Air Force
Academy a mission specialist windy
Lawrence the only female board this
flight making her second trip into space
aboard the shuttle her first flight was
on mission st s 67 looking at another
mission specialist this looks like Scott
perras in ski the member of the team who
will be going up and staying on Mir is
mission specialist Dave wolf and this
will be his second trip on the shuttle
he'll remain on Mir for the next four
months a replacing mike foale who has
been on Mir since May wolf is scheduled
to be the 6th astronaut to live aboard
mir and he will officially become a
member of the mirror crew after atlantis
and mir doch on saturday afternoon and
it's hard to tell who these astronauts
are with their helmets amba that looked
like it was Jean Luc retain a member of
our flight crew actually a he is a chief
of the French astronaut office Vladimir
t tov also is a member of this crew he
will be making his second flight on the
shuttle but this is his fifth flight
overall he became a cosmonaut in back in
1976 also at the launch pad is the final
inspection team they were formerly known
as the ice and debris assessment team
but they are currently working their way
around the launch structure this is a
team of engineers and safety personnel
they were dispatched by the pad by
launch director Jim Harrington follow
the cryogenic tanking operations
this is shuttle launch control we've
just left our hold at t minus three
hours and we are accounting at t-minus
two hours 58 minutes and we have live TV
of our flight crew as they are on the
third floor the crew quarters making
preparations to get on the elevator go
down two floors again on the astronaut
van to be driven out to the pad the
seven members of the STS 86 crew being
led by Jim weather be followed by pilot
Michael Bloomfield mission specialist
Vladimir RT Tom Scott Pierzynski John
with creaky on mini lawrence and david
wolfe
also we have a view of the commander in
his commander seat from the inside of
the Atlantis and it is poor in at this
time all right
okay got that
530-6 to their arm testing okay I'll do
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and it looked like Scott is preparing a
note I love you Gail and little Luke
see you back on earth in 10 days and of
course that is certainly the schedule
for this mission and he wishes them well
that's all it is the MS 50 cloud
contract msi houston day I have you loud
and clear how's it going just to let the
beautiful might have Florida dock with
the port to the ascent with you this
great crew apart we are to find a great
crew on the ground ops and everything in
it so it goes right
safety and mission assurance safety mr.
sir please go stop it up late well love
you sir we have no constraints on top of
that hot planet the MSP is filled for
once copy this and Atlantis like
everything's come together and we wish
you a great boys and a great mission and
we'll see back here on the 5th it's been
a great flow for Atlantis as I saw the
folks who worked on the processing of
the vehicle t say we take her to space
chimp under this NPD you cleared along I
copy Sarah go says gone to a forecast
broken deck your natal site will be
Marrone that site number 39 point
nominal speed brake altimeter there's
two niner niner niner Windsor 050 @ 4
also been gurira is going to be a go
forecast
t-minus three minutes 30 seconds and
counting and final error surface checks
of the orbiters wing a lavon's and
letters are being completed this
verifies the ovaries hydraulic systems
are up and operational I'll be that and
Atlanta soda machines cores lock your
visors and maybe those two foals have a
good trip for my dog Reba and give our
best for the mere crew ten nine eight
seven we have a go for me five four
three two one booster ignition and
liftoff of the space shuttle Atlantis
extending America's presence in space
while opening new chapters in
exploration Justin and Justin up in full
control program initiated to play
Savannah sonnets heads down track over
the Atlantic
range 100 4% preparing the throttle down
to sixty-seven percent for max Q passing
through the period of maximum
aerodynamic pressure on the vehicle
range is throttling down now Reeves at
67 atlantis you can ignore the water
spray boiler quantity message three
instances 67 now passing through maximum
aerodynamic pressure at 58 seconds
Atlantis moving a 1,000 miles per hour
now altitude eight point eight miles
downrange 5.8 miles Atlanta's go at
throttle up three engines baguette
hundred four percent now Atlantis moving
at 1,600 miles per hour Atlantis that is
a do sir copy and concur
three good food fuel cells three good
APU three engines running at 104 percent
atlantis now moving at over 2,000 miles
per hour 18.4 miles in altitude
downrange 16 miles about 15 seconds away
from solid rocket booster separation
atlantis moving at 2800 miles per hour
I have solid rocket booster separation
confirmed guidance converging farm and
phenomenal performance during first
stage considered nominal now three
engines running at 104 percent as
intended three good a ps3 good fuel
cells atlantis now 48 miles downrange