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sound suppression water system now being

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armed for release confirmation we have

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one minute

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space shuttle now on internal power

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liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen fill

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solid rocket booster flight data

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and the handoff to atlantis's onboard

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computers

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firing chain is armed

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sound suppression water system activated

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atlantis on a mission to build resupply

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and to do research on the international

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houston now controlling atlantis begins

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its penultimate journey to shore off the

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atlantis now on 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 and humans taking aim on the

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30 seconds into the flight

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atlanta's almost two miles in altitude

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almost six miles downrange from the

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kennedy space center already traveling

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the three liquid fuel main engines now

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throttling back to 72 percent of rated

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performance going into the bucket

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reducing the stress on the shuttle as it

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55 seconds into the flight all systems

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operating normally 900 miles an hour the

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speed of atlantis right now six miles in

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altitude nine miles downrange

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copy go

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up the throttle up call acknowledged by

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commander charlie hobaugh joined on the

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flight deck by pilot butch wilmore

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flight engineer randy bresnik and leland

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melvin seated down on the mid deck are

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mike foreman and bobby satcher kicking

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off their work week with a monday

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one minute 30 seconds into the flight

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atlanta's 13 miles in altitude 15 miles

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downrange traveling almost 2 000 miles

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three good auxiliary power units three

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one minute 50 seconds into the flight

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10 seconds away from solid rocket

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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 atlanta steering into the

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center lane of highway 129 on route to

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the international space station

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two minutes 20 seconds into the flight

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34 miles in altitude 48 miles downrange

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the propulsion officer in mission

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control reports that the orbital

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maneuvering system engines have ignited

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its three liquid fuel main engines

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draining about a half a ton of fuel per

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second from the large fuel tank

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coming up on the three-minute mark into

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the flight atlanta's 46 miles in

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altitude 81 miles downrange traveling

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almost 4 000 miles an hour

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atlanta's speeding straight is an arrow

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torted state with the international

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the book

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55 miles in altitude 120 miles downrange

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atlanta's now too far downrange too high

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in the event of an engine failure all

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four minutes 20 seconds into the flight

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atlantis now 62 miles in altitude 180

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miles downrange traveling almost 6 000

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miles an hour all systems perfor

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on course on track

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the environmental systems officer

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reports a good flash evaporator system

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activated for atlantis providing cooling

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for the shuttle's avionics until the

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payload bay doors are open about an hour

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atlantis press to ato

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that call up from capcom chris ferguson

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indicating that atlantis can now make

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minimal orbital altitude targets in the

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event of an engine failure however all

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and the three power producing fuel cells

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atlantis now 67 miles in altitude 312

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miles downrange traveling almost 8 000

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atlantis now beginning to roll to a

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heads up position the main engine

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swiveling enabling enabling the shuttle

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to uh move to a heads-up position above

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its fuel tank gaining more favorable

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communications through the tracking and

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data relay satellite system as it heads

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atlantis prestamiko single-engine

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single engine

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ferguson to commander charlie hoba

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indicating that atlantis can make normal

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orbital cutoff targets in the event of

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okay nominal shutdown

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now six minutes 45 seconds into the

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flight atlantis 66 miles in altitude

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almost 500 miles downrange from the

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kennedy space center traveling almost

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ninety seconds left in powered flight

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single engine

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coming up on the seven and a half minute

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mark into the flight the main engines

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will once again be throttled down to

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limit the stress on the shuttle and its

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six crew members to that of three times

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the effect of gravity atlantis

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approaching a speed of more than four

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at the time of main engine cutoff a

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minute from now atlantis will enter its

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preliminary orbit at a speed of five

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seven minutes 40 seconds into the flight

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eight minutes ten seconds into the

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standing by for main engine cutoff

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main engine cutoff confirmed by the

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booster officer standing by for external

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and the bird's eye view from the

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external tank camera of external tank

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separation atlantis now in its

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commander charlie hobaugh will now

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maneuver atlantis so that cameras

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embedded in the shuttle's umbilical well

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can perform photography of the discarded

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external fuel tank and mike foreman and

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leland melvin are about to use digital

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still and video cameras to capture

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hand-held imagery of the tank for

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downlink a few hours from now a flawless

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climb to orbit for the shuttle atlantis

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and its six crew members on route now to

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fergie will meet you in the post on

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and we'll see you there scorch