good afternoon from the Kennedy Space
Center in Florida this is space shuttle
Endeavour launch control the countdown
for launch of space shuttle Endeavour
tonight on mission STS 89 is continuing
on schedule launch is scheduled to occur
at about 948 p.m. Eastern Time and we
are currently at a scheduled hold at
t-minus 3 hours work at launch pad 39a
as well as operations here in the firing
room are continuing as planned
this is endeavours first mission to dock
with Russia's space station Mir the
previous seven docking missions were all
successfully done with the orbiter
Atlantis with an on-time launch docking
of endeavour with Mir is set to occur at
about 3 p.m. Eastern Time on Saturday
January 24th
and we're with live pictures now from
the crew quarters and the operations
check-out building as our seven
astronauts are seated for their
traditional meal prior to launch
sharapov as mission specialists as well
as we just saw mission specialist James
Riley here is Vani Dunbar who is
preparing for her fifth flight into
space today she is the most experienced
astronaut of all the crew members today
which are commanded by Terry Wolcott who
will be leading this crew of seven Andy
Thomas will be remaining on Mir for four
months Michael Anderson and pilot Joe
Edwards are preparing for their first
flights into space today everybody looks
like they're wide awake they have been
in fact awake since about nine o'clock
this morning they've had two meals since
that time and this is a simply a snack
that they will have before they make
final preparations to board the orbiter
Endeavour and then launch tonight at our
preferred launch time of 948 p.m. at the
shuttle pad the final inspection team is
continue are continuing their operations
to make final inspections of the orbiter
as well as to look for any potential
debris items that may be on the pad
surface or on any of the number of
walkways that go run up and down the
full length of the vehicle they'll also
be looking for any build ups of ice or
frost on the external tank following the
loading of the cryogenic reactants and
we have now moved to live TV of our
astronauts that are being suited up
they've just completed their weather
briefing and are making an effort to get
a little bit ahead of schedule so they
have moved on into the suit up room a
commander Terry will cut of course being
the
commander of this mission is dead again
received his weather briefing just
moments ago and was told that we will
proceed with our activities tonight that
there are no technical issues that we're
dealing with Boni Dunbar who was
preparing to make her fifth flight into
space
tonight is also making final
preparations to ensure that her suit is
tight and snug Joe Edwards of course
seen he is the pilot of this crew and he
is preparing for his first flight into
space and we have seated here Michael
Anderson again also making his first
flight into space Jim Riley also making
his first flight into space he is
designated mission specialist number one
and he is saying hello to his friends
and family who may be watching or who
have actually come to the space center
to watch his launch tonight Salazar
sharapov is a graduate from the Moscow
State University he was also a pilot
instructor in the Russian Air Force and
he was been training at the Gagarin
cosmonaut training center to be an
astronaut or a cosmonaut candidate since
1990 Andy Thomas will be making his
second trip aboard the shuttle but this
will be his first time to visit the
space station Mir which will be his home
for the next four months he will replace
astronaut Dave Wolfe who has been on Mir
September
Thomas is scheduled to be the seventh
and final astronaut to live aboard mir
and at this time we do have live shots
from the third floor of the operations
and check-out building as the crew exit
their crew quarters and make their way
down the hallway toward the elevator
which will take them out to the
astronaut van which will then take them
out to the pad and they're being greeted
by well-wishers and supporters employees
at the Kennedy Space Center who like to
get a last glimpse of the crew before
they head off into space spending the
next nine days in orbit five of those
days a doctor with the MIR Space Station
and the astronauts coming out of the
quarters right now
as they are being led by their commander
Terry Wolcott followed by pilot Joe
Edwards mission specialist bonny Dunbar
Michael Anderson Salle's on sharp off
James Riley and banette Angus
and this is a view from the white room
as our commander Terry will cut is
making final preparations to enter the
orbiter he is he will be the first to
enter the vehicle so that he can begin
the enormous task of making sure that
everything is set up and ready to go for
a launch tonight
mission specialist Andy Tom Thomas
making his second trip aboard the
shuttle again he will remain on Mir for
the next four months replacing astronaut
Dave wolf who has been on board Mir
since September
Thomas will become the seventh and final
astronaut to live aboard mir pilot joe
edwards has just now crawled into the
orbiter and he will be followed by
mission specialists Bonnie Dunbar the
most experienced astronaut in this
flight having gone into space four times
already
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clear Dave King is being introduced
today as the new launch director it can
be space enter he is only the third
launch director to keep his head since
we had returned to flight of the space
shuttle
King began his career with NASA in 1983
as a main propulsion engineer he later
served as flow director for the orbiter
discovery and as the acting deputy
director of the installation Operations
Directorate say Terry looks like
weather's good looks like we got a good
vehicle and we're gonna try to get you
out of town tonight and now be looking
forward to seeing you back here and 9 to
10 days thanks to your workforce here at
KSC and all the honorees that are down
here for this fish by the way this
launches and we have orbiter access arm
now being retracted away from the
vehicle
this arm can be returned to position
within seconds if need be
Oh TCC LCAP starts completement 3:30
thank you and final error surface checks
of the orbiters a lavon's as well as the
rudder or being completed at this time
this verifies the orbiters hydraulic
systems and the three main engines are
being gimbal for a final test before
launch
and we're standing by for the retraction
of the gaseous oxygen get hood away from
the external tank and it is being
retracted at this time inside the bronze
color tank is about 500,000 gallons of
super cold liquid fuels that run on the
orbiters t-minus 13 seconds
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four three two one we have booster
ignition and liftoff of the space
shuttle Endeavour continuing the union
of US and Russian space endeavours
Roger roll endeavour Houston is now
controlling the roll maneuver is
complete endeavours now it's down Lena's
level position headed to a rendezvous
with the MIR Space Station
thirty seconds into flight endeavour now
traveling at about 520 miles per hour
endeavours engines are now throttling
down to sixty-seven percent of rated
thrust endeavours now passing through
the area of maximum aerodynamic pressure
on the vehicle in the lower atmosphere
downrange from the Kennedy Space Center
2.3 miles travelling into speed of just
about 870 miles per hour
and every houston go at throttle up one
minute 19 seconds into the flight
endeavors three liquid-fueled engines
are now back at full throttle 104
percent of rated thrust endeavour
downrange from the Kennedy Space Center
a distance of about ten and a half miles
traveling at the speed of about 2,000
miles per hour just about seven minutes
of powered flight remaining
two minutes nine seconds into the flight
to the booster officer confirms good
separation of the solid rocket boosters
and never now downrange from the Kennedy
Space Center at a distance of about
thirty eight miles and performance
nominal endeavour Houston two engine
town two minutes 35 seconds into the
flight and diverse performance has been
as expected and in the event of a single
engine failure endeavour could now reach
the transatlantic landing site at
Zaragoza Spain telemetry still
continuing to indicate that all three
main engines and auxiliary power units
and fuel cells are performing well