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good afternoon from the Kennedy Space

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Center in Florida this is space shuttle

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Endeavour launch control the countdown

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for launch of space shuttle Endeavour

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tonight on mission STS 89 is continuing

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on schedule launch is scheduled to occur

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at about 948 p.m. Eastern Time and we

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are currently at a scheduled hold at

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t-minus 3 hours work at launch pad 39a

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as well as operations here in the firing

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room are continuing as planned

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this is endeavours first mission to dock

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with Russia's space station Mir the

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previous seven docking missions were all

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successfully done with the orbiter

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Atlantis with an on-time launch docking

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of endeavour with Mir is set to occur at

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about 3 p.m. Eastern Time on Saturday

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and we're with live pictures now from

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the crew quarters and the operations

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check-out building as our seven

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astronauts are seated for their

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traditional meal prior to launch

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sharapov as mission specialists as well

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as we just saw mission specialist James

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Riley here is Vani Dunbar who is

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preparing for her fifth flight into

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space today she is the most experienced

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astronaut of all the crew members today

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which are commanded by Terry Wolcott who

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will be leading this crew of seven Andy

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Thomas will be remaining on Mir for four

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months Michael Anderson and pilot Joe

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Edwards are preparing for their first

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flights into space today everybody looks

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like they're wide awake they have been

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in fact awake since about nine o'clock

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this morning they've had two meals since

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that time and this is a simply a snack

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that they will have before they make

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final preparations to board the orbiter

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Endeavour and then launch tonight at our

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preferred launch time of 948 p.m. at the

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shuttle pad the final inspection team is

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continue are continuing their operations

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to make final inspections of the orbiter

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as well as to look for any potential

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debris items that may be on the pad

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surface or on any of the number of

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walkways that go run up and down the

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full length of the vehicle they'll also

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be looking for any build ups of ice or

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frost on the external tank following the

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loading of the cryogenic reactants and

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we have now moved to live TV of our

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astronauts that are being suited up

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they've just completed their weather

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briefing and are making an effort to get

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a little bit ahead of schedule so they

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have moved on into the suit up room a

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commander Terry will cut of course being

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commander of this mission is dead again

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received his weather briefing just

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moments ago and was told that we will

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proceed with our activities tonight that

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there are no technical issues that we're

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dealing with Boni Dunbar who was

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preparing to make her fifth flight into

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space

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tonight is also making final

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preparations to ensure that her suit is

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tight and snug Joe Edwards of course

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seen he is the pilot of this crew and he

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is preparing for his first flight into

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space and we have seated here Michael

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Anderson again also making his first

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flight into space Jim Riley also making

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his first flight into space he is

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designated mission specialist number one

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and he is saying hello to his friends

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and family who may be watching or who

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have actually come to the space center

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to watch his launch tonight Salazar

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sharapov is a graduate from the Moscow

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State University he was also a pilot

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instructor in the Russian Air Force and

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he was been training at the Gagarin

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cosmonaut training center to be an

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astronaut or a cosmonaut candidate since

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1990 Andy Thomas will be making his

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second trip aboard the shuttle but this

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will be his first time to visit the

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space station Mir which will be his home

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for the next four months he will replace

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astronaut Dave Wolfe who has been on Mir

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Thomas is scheduled to be the seventh

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and at this time we do have live shots

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from the third floor of the operations

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and check-out building as the crew exit

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their crew quarters and make their way

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down the hallway toward the elevator

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which will take them out to the

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astronaut van which will then take them

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out to the pad and they're being greeted

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by well-wishers and supporters employees

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at the Kennedy Space Center who like to

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get a last glimpse of the crew before

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they head off into space spending the

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next nine days in orbit five of those

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days a doctor with the MIR Space Station

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and the astronauts coming out of the

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quarters right now

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as they are being led by their commander

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Terry Wolcott followed by pilot Joe

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Michael Anderson Salle's on sharp off

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and this is a view from the white room

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as our commander Terry will cut is

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making final preparations to enter the

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orbiter he is he will be the first to

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enter the vehicle so that he can begin

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the enormous task of making sure that

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everything is set up and ready to go for

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mission specialist Andy Tom Thomas

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making his second trip aboard the

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shuttle again he will remain on Mir for

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the next four months replacing astronaut

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Dave wolf who has been on board Mir

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Thomas will become the seventh and final

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astronaut to live aboard mir pilot joe

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edwards has just now crawled into the

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orbiter and he will be followed by

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mission specialists Bonnie Dunbar the

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most experienced astronaut in this

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flight having gone into space four times

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PFF okay good

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I think at 5:44 okay I'll put my foot in

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all right sorry

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okay sweetie update contact the LPS OTC

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I got you loud and clear how many I

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wonder if I active on aircraft one had

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bought it at e3 2008 verify logically

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cd80 diversify loud click you get that

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log play activity affects allowable

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clear Dave King is being introduced

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today as the new launch director it can

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be space enter he is only the third

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launch director to keep his head since

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we had returned to flight of the space

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King began his career with NASA in 1983

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as a main propulsion engineer he later

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served as flow director for the orbiter

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discovery and as the acting deputy

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director of the installation Operations

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Directorate say Terry looks like

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weather's good looks like we got a good

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vehicle and we're gonna try to get you

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out of town tonight and now be looking

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forward to seeing you back here and 9 to

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10 days thanks to your workforce here at

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KSC and all the honorees that are down

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here for this fish by the way this

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launches and we have orbiter access arm

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now being retracted away from the

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rudder or being completed at this time

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this verifies the orbiters hydraulic

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systems and the three main engines are

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and we're standing by for the retraction

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of the gaseous oxygen get hood away from

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super cold liquid fuels that run on the

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nine eight seven six we have a dope star

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four three two one we have booster

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shuttle Endeavour continuing the union

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Roger roll endeavour Houston is now

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controlling the roll maneuver is

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complete endeavours now it's down Lena's

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level position headed to a rendezvous

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thirty seconds into flight endeavour now

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endeavours engines are now throttling

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thrust endeavours now passing through

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the area of maximum aerodynamic pressure

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endeavors three liquid-fueled engines

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a distance of about ten and a half miles

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and never now downrange from the Kennedy

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thirty eight miles and performance

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nominal endeavour Houston two engine

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flight and diverse performance has been

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continuing to indicate that all three