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and we have a go for autosequence start

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Discovery's onboard computers have

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primary control of all the vehicles

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t-minus 15 seconds the sound suppression

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water system has been activated all

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two one booster ignition and liftoff of

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discovery celebrating its 25th birthday

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by racking up science and supplies to

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the space station

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Houston now controlling the bin I tryna

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Rick sturckow and his crew to the

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International Space Station discovery

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rolling on to the proper alignment for

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its eight-and-a-half minute ride to

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orbit four-and-a-half million pounds of

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hardware in humans taking aim on the

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thirty two seconds into the flight the

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three liquid fuel main engine soon will

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throttle back to 72 percent of rated

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performance down in the bucket reducing

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the stress on the shuttle as it goes

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transonic discovery three and a half

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miles in altitude four miles downrange

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from the Kennedy Space Center standing

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by for the throttle up call now from

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Capcom eric boe discovery the throttle

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up call acknowledged by commander Rick

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sturckow joined on the flight deck by

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pilot Kevin Ford flight engineer Jose

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Hernandez and Pat Forrester seated down

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in the mid Decker Danny Olivas Christer

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and nicole stott hitching a ride for

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three months on the International Space

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Station one minute 30 seconds into the

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flight full of discovery systems

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performing normally 17 miles in altitude

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18 miles downrange from the Kennedy

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one minute 50 seconds into the flight

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standing by for solid rocket boosters

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booster officer confirms staging a good

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solid rocket booster separation guidance

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now converging the on-board computers

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steering the shuttle for its precise

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discovery 37 miles in altitude 54 miles

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three good main engines three good

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auxiliary power units three good fuel

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cells to engine Mehran happy to engine

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three minutes into the flight everything

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going very well for discovery 47 miles

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in altitude 85 miles downrange the

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orbital maneuvering system engines

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ignited discovery kicking on the

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afterburners for one minute 52 seconds

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assisting the shuttle and its crew on

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their climb to orbit discovery flying on

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the singular power of its three liquid

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fuel main engines draining a half a ton

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of fuel per second from the shuttles

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discovery coming up on the point of

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negative return where the shuttle will

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be too far downrange too high an

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altitude to return to the launch site in

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the event of an engine failure discovery

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negative return discovery speeding

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straight as an arrow on its night flight

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toward a date with the International

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Space Station Sunday night four minutes

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eight seconds into the flight

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Discovery's 61 miles in altitude 163

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miles downrange from the Cape all

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more than halfway toward its preliminary

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orbit Discovery's engines fuel cells and

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advertised discovery now 212 miles

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the environmental systems officer

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reports the activation of a good flash

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evaporator system providing cooling for

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bay doors are open an hour and a half

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ascend toward orbit this view from a

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discovery press to ATO select mistress

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that call from Capcom Eric BOE

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indicating that discovery can make

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minimal abort to orbit targets in the

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event of an engine failure however all

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three main engines continued to perform

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discovery now 336 miles downrange from

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coming up on the 6 minute mark into the

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flight the guidance officer in Mission

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Control confirming that Discovery's

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computers have commanded the main

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engines to swivel again enabling the

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above the fuel tank gaining more

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favorable communications through the

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tracking and data relay satellite system

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Anika that call from Capcom Eric BOE

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indicating that discovery can make

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normal main engine cutoff targets in the

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event of an engine failure however six

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discovery now 466 miles downrange from

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the Kennedy Space Center less than two

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discovery single-engine press 104

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nominal shutdown plan go for the 22nd

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plus X no go to pitch second X go go to

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pitch the 22nd plus X referred to by

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Capcom Eric BOE is the maneuver that

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commander Ricks Turco will perform after

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external tank separation enabling

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umbilical weld cameras to obtain flash

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photography of the fuel tank as it

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drifts away seven and a half minutes

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into the flight the main engines being

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to that of three times the effect of

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gravity discovery currently traveling at

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a speed of more than four miles per

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second discovery in its crew 700 miles

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standing by now for main engine cutoff

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fuel tank booster officer confirms a

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good main engine cutoff now standing by

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confirm discovery now in its preliminary

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orbit you can see the flash photography

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as discovery fades away from the camera

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view good maneuver being commanded by

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maneuvering discovery so that those

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cameras embedded in the umbilical well

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can perform that flash photography of

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the discarded external fuel tank an

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uneventful ride to orbit for the shuttle

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Discovery two days shy of its 25th

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anniversary of its maiden flight