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hi i'm sts-131 commander alan poindexter

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this is shuttle launch control we are

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now in the

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crew quarters at the operations checkout

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building

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and the crew are getting into their

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orange launch and entry suits and

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preparing for

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it's pilot jim dutton

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orange aces suit

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mission specialist one rick mastracchio

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looking at ease

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confident and ready to fly today

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and clay anderson

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mission specialist number five a veteran

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of a long duration space station flight

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getting ready for uh his mission he'll

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be one of two space walkers along with

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rick mastracchio on sts-131

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mission specialist number three

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stephanie wilson

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she's a veteran of two space flights

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sts-121

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and sts-120

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and our japan aerospace exploration

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agency astronaut naoko yamazaki

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a big wave for the cameras and a thumbs

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she's one of three discovery women

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astronauts who will be joining

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a female aboard the international space

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station

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there's there's dottie metcalf

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lindenberger

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she's mission specialist number two

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making her first space flight she's a

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former high school science teacher

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turned astronaut

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the crew is

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very nearly ready to begin their walkout

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to launch pad 39a where

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space shuttle discovery stands

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illuminated by xenon light ready for

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launch at 6 21 a.m eastern time

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and we see the astronauts

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for discoveries sts-131 mission waving

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at the camera

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excited to be heading towards the

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elevator that means they'll be on their

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way out to the launch pad aboard the

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several management astronauts in

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over a hundred news media await the

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arrival

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get back

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oh

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and we see the crew now uh out of the

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astrovan and they're walking over so

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they can better look at this beautiful

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space shuttle discovery

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there we can see some of the venting

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that you were talking about

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and they just need to walk a little

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further over here so they can get a good

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view and

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there's another view looking down at

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them

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now already inside the space shuttle

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discovery at this point is our astronaut

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support personnel and see they're

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right here now you have a view up on the

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195 foot level and we see closeout crew

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member number three that's john

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hazelhurst he's waiting for the arrival

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of the seven crew members from the space

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shuttle discovery

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so seven crew members from discovery

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seven members of the closeout crew and

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at this time we also still have our ice

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and here we see a view from the white

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room which is just outside the hatch of

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the shuttle

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and we have the commander

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alan poindexter

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he's a navy captain

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and he's on his second flight here

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you're seeing him get into a harness

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this harness will hook into his

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parachute we have emergency survival

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equipment inside that harness

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if it looks uncomfortable

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it kind of is but we get we get used to

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it because we train with it so much

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the parachute uh if required but we all

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have them in case we need them they're

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already in the seat

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waiting inside the space shuttle so when

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he gets in we'll clip that harness right

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and you also heard that the commander is

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on board that call was from the closeout

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crew

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letting the launch control center team

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know that

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poindexter is on board and now we see

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clay will be sitting on the mid deck so

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here they've got his parachute harness

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on him and they're just uh putting in

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light sticks

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glaze giving a shout out to all his

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clay's just put on his communications

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cap inside that cap you have uh

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earphones on both sides and we also have

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microphones that come across and he'll

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strap all that on once he gets into a

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seat we'll plug that that whole system

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into the communication system and we'll

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be able to talk to them we'll actually

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hear that in a little while as each crew

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member hooks into their communication

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system they want to check that out and

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they'll actually do a comm check we've

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changed the view back now as you see uh

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alan poindexter the commander in his

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seat and if he looks like he's laying

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down well he kind of is because with the

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orbiter in the vertical position the

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seats are are back so you're actually

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laying on your back

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jim is one of the uh rookie flyers

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that's correct he's on his first flight

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boy you'd never know it he has been

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training for so long for this and he's

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well he certainly has a lot of flying

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experience he has over 3 300 hours in

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more than 30 different aircraft to his

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now we actually have a view from inside

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the mid deck of the space shuttle

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and we see the uh insertion tech number

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seven that's ray cuevas in the white

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suit with the number seven on the back

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he's actually strapping in mission

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specialist clay anderson into the mid

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back to the flight deck with a view of

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and if you look close you can kind of

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see two people working around there

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they're helping strap him in and also

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place all of his equipment where he can

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properly reach it and as you can imagine

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uh with all the vibration that we

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experience with launch it's important

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the different

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small items that we might need like a

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checklist or even a pen or a pencil

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is nearby with either a good bit of

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velcro or at least a tether because we

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don't want things flying loose in there

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as as we rattle on up to orbit

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in your view right now uh on the uh

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closer part of the view you see uh

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yep stephanie's making her third space

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flight she flew on sts-121 first and

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she has a bachelor's degree from harvard

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university of texas

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and is mission specialist 3 on this

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she's also quite the wizard at operating

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hey now we got stephanie wilson giving a

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and that's always a fun thing to do to

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you know that your family and friends

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are all watching and and be able to

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acknowledge that uh you appreciate them

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watching and you appreciate all their

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support because they've been supporting

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quite a long time when these crews have

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been putting in a lot of long hours and

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and it's really wonderful to know we

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ntd cdr com check

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cdr this is ntd i've got you latin clear

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good morning dex

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good morning steve got you loud and

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houston cdr com check

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cdr houston we read you loud and clear

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good morning cj to you and everybody in

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the mission control center i've got you

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and rick mastracchio is getting ready to

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in the meantime we just changed our view

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back to inside the crew module on the

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flight deck now you're seeing our pilot

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so we actually move the camera over to

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the other side

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and we're seeing our pilot jim dutton he

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also goes by callsign mesh

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so nash is getting all strapped into his

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and he'll be ready to do his voice

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checks momentarily that's correct once

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uh once we get his helmet on him and his

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gloves and uh gets them all get them all

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strapped in uh we'll hear the similar

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comb checks from him as you can imagine

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uh it's actually very critical to make

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sure that we can communicate with each

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in the white room with rick mastracchio

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this will be his third flight he's

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mission specialist number one and he and

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clay anderson will be conducting all

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three of the spacewalks on the mission

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back now to this view on the mid deck we

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see stephanie wilson climbing up into

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her seat her seat on the mid deck is

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actually the one that's closest to the

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there are three seats located on the mid

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deck and you can see clay anderson is

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closest to us and then there's another

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seat in the center that's not quite

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and there's naoko yamazaki this is a big

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she was selected by the japan aerospace

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exploration agency as an astronaut in

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the view that you're seeing now is in

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the flight deck of the space shuttle

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we've moved the camera now it was over

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there right by our pilot jim dutton but

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looking back down and so that way we'll

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if you uh it's kind of hard to see but

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look closely it's a little bit dark you

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see rick mastracchio is uh in his seat

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and he's being strapped in

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and that would be on the left side of

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she is a rookie she is

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one of three former school teachers

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selected as mission specialists in the

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2004 educator astronaut class

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along with joe acaba and ricky arnold

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who both flew aboard discovery on

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ms5 otc i've got you loud and clear good

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morning clay

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ntd ms5 comp check

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ms5 this is ntv loud and clear good

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morning clay

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good morning steve i have you the same

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ms5 houston we read you loud and clear

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cj i have you the same

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otc ovcc go ahead ms4 on board at this

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and this is uh back to the flight deck

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now with ms-1 rick mastragio and uh

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we're seeing him close and lock his

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visor we'll hear his communications

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ms-1 this is ntd i have you loud and

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ms-1 houston we read you loud and clear

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this view is back to the mid deck and

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it's a little tough to see but naoko is

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in the center of all of that

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is uh dottie or ms2 sitting in her seat

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and they're working to

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fasten all of her seatbelts and strap

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and discovery during the astrocalm

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checks adjust appropriate volume control

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for comfort do not change the audio

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ms3 and x4

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i copy all and putting to air to ground

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this is shuttle launch control at t

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eight minutes 25 seconds remain in the

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hold

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and as space shuttle discovery prepares

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for launch the international space

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station traveling about 220 miles above

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is on a 51.6 degree inclination to the

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the shuttle launch time is based on the

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time that the earth's rotation carries

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kennedy's space center's launch pad into

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the plane of the space station's orbit

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and right now as we speak the space

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station is approaching kennedy

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for residents and visitors in the space

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coast area it will be visible for about

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three minutes

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beginning

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momentarily

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it should appear from the south

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southwest and move to the east peaking

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and at the time of liftoff just minutes

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away

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the space station moving at 17

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or five miles a second

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will have moved to out over the atlantic

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mission control in houston is sending

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nasa television to the members of the

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space station crew so they can watch the

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sro212 go ahead

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ranges go for countdown resumption and

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t-zero range status is go for launch

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what's your status for the new t0 here

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and we see the space station traveling

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over the kennedy space center on nasa

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a bright a bright dot in the sky

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residents throughout the world can find

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citing opportunities by going to nasa's

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website at

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www.nasa.gov and looking for sightings

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the space station is longer than a

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football field

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its solar arrays span 240 feet and it's

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45 feet tall

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it's a large object it's getting bigger

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permanent crew members are there today

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about to be joined by the seven crew

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members of space shuttle discovery to

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conduct science in space

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jrps go ahead

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l minus 15 recorder activation copy at

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this time the international space

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station is about 90 percent complete by

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mass and 98 complete by habitable volume

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we'll put in work

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ms-1 and ms4 otc activate v10 recorders

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the chase will be on beginning at 6 21

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a.m and 25 seconds when space shuttle

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discovery begins to track the

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ptc is go lps lps is go houston flight

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houston flight is go mila

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stm stm is go safety console safety

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consoles go spe sp is go lrd lrd is go

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sro

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ncdr

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discovery is go

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npdsro go ahead sro is go you have range

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clear launch

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copy go from sro thank you and launch

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director entity launch director go ahead

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launch team is ready to proceed i copy

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that i will conduct my poll

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kfc processing chief engineer verify no

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constraints to launch no constraints

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copy that thank you steve kfc shuttle

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safety mission assurance okay it's the

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fma is go for lunch please dr terry

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thank you fellow launch manager repeat

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the iss process and team skill help you

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thank you bill range weather weather has

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no constraints for launch

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okay thank you kathy and office manager

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pete looks like a great morning you're

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go to launch 131 all right captain that

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thank you sir

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discovery launch director

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the vehicle is clean

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weather is good and this team is ready

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it is time for you to rise to orbit

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thanks pete the crew of sds 131 is

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really honored to represent the

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thousands of dedicated people that make

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up all the entire nasa jaxa and

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contractor workforces

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we'll fly on the most capable and

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versatile spacecraft ever built and

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we'll see in a few weeks

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let's do it

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copy that thank you sir mtd launch

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structure you do the go to launch

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discovery

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copy thank you go to proceed with count

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pilot jim dutton is now flipping

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switches in the cockpit to directly

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connect the three fuel cells to the

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essential power buses

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otc vlt essential buses connected steel

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good news all three fuel cells operating

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t-minus seven minutes 30 seconds

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and discovery otc it's time to light up

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the skies on your mission to expand

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scientific research on the international

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space station that lacks sporties to

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ride a shuttle this vehicle is about to

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discovery copies thanks a lot best

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wishes from orbiter test conductor

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lori sally to the crew of space shuttle

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discovery

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the orbiter access arm has been

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retracted away from discovery this is

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the walkway used by the crew to gain

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entry into and out of the shuttle and it

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can be returned to position within

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t minus 6 minutes 30 seconds and

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counting

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s start apu display recorders

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tlt perform apa pre-start

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plp

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orbiter test conductor gave pilot jim

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dutton ago to perform the auxiliary

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power unit pre-start procedure

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the apu's provide pressure to the

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shuttle's three hydraulic systems which

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move the main engines and aero surfaces

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a final test of the flight control

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surfaces is being conducted

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this is a program pattern of movements

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designed to verify the readiness for

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launch of all the flight control

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surfaces the elevons speed brakes and

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and the main engines are being

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gimbaled through a pre-programmed series

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of maneuvers as a final test before

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launch

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t-minus 3 minutes 15 seconds and

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t minus 2 minutes 39 seconds and

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counting

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t clear caution and warning memory

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and the gaseous oxygen vent hood or

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beanie cap is being retracted away from

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the top of the external tank

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t-minus two minutes 20 seconds and

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discovering close and long

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t minus two minutes and counting liquid

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hydrogen replenish on the external tank

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is now being terminated

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t minus one minute 44 seconds and

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counting

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90 seconds away from the launch of space

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t-minus one minute 15 seconds and

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t minus one minute

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the ground launch sequencer will verify

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that the three main engines are ready to

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the booster joint heaters are being

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we're transferring to orbiter internal

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power discovery is now running off of

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t-minus 38 seconds and counting coming

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cls is go for auto sequence start

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t-minus 25 seconds discovery's onboard

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computers have primary control of the

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vehicle's critical functions

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t minus 15 seconds and the sound

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suppression water system has been

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activated

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three engines up and ready

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three

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two

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one

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zero booster ignition

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and liftoff of discovery

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blazing a trail to scientific

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putting it on force for 51.6 degree 136

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by 36 statute orbit and eventually the

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discovery's three liquid-fueled main

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engines are now throttling down to

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reduce stress on the shuttle as it

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travels through the area of maximum

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dynamic pressure discovery is already at

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an altitude of 4.7 miles or 26

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500 feet

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traveling

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roger

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traveling 1 000 miles per hour

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discovery's engines are now throttled

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back up and performing at full

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had lived off the shuttle weighed more

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than four and a half million pounds and

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now uh one minute and 27 seconds into

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the flight the main engines and solid

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rocket boosters have reduced that weight

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by about half solid rocket boosters

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alone are burning 11 000 pounds of

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propellant per second and the external

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tank is now 3 000 pounds louder than

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discovery is now 21 miles away from its

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launch pad and 22 miles in altitude

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traveling

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2700 miles per hour all three main

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engines are working just as expected the

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three fuel cells are generating power

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and three auxiliary power units are all

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producing pressure in short everything

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performing well

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two minutes and seven seconds into the

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the booster officer in the mission

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control center has confirmed solid

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rocket booster separation all systems

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two orbital maneuvering system engines

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on discovery's tail are now firing as

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well providing the shut on extra boost

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into orbit the engine burn will last one

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minute and 44 seconds

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discovery copies

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that call indicates that discovery can

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now reach and spain should one of

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the three main engines fail however all

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three of those miniatures are currently

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working well

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two minutes and 59 seconds into the

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flight and discovery is now

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79 miles away from kennedy space center

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in florida

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48 miles in altitude and traveling at

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space shuttle discovery also seeing the

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first of many sunrises of the sts-3131

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discovery houston you are negative

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discovery copies negative return

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discovery is now flying too high and too

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fast to return to the kennedy space

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center in the event of an engine fair

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failure that's not currently a problem

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however as all engines are continuing to

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perform as expected

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four minutes and 15 seconds into

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discovery's flight shuttle's traveling 6

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000 miles per hour at an altitude of 63

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miles and is 181 miles away from

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environmental systems officer here in

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mission controls confirmed that the

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flash evaporator system has been

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activated to provide cooling to the

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shuttle system until the shuttle's cargo

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discovery press to ato

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discovery copies press to ato

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should two of the shuttle's three main

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engines fell after this point they can

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still reach us safe though lower than

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planned orbit as that call from capcom

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rickster co-indicated

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discovery is now five

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minutes and 42 minutes seconds until

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67 miles in altitude and 351 miles away

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from kennedy space center discovery

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could still make it across the atlantic

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for an abort landing even if two three

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three main engines failed at this point

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all engines are performing well every

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discovery copy single engine

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discovery now flying more than 10 000

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miles per hour

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66 miles in altitude and 430 miles away

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from kennedy space center

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discovery

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can reach its planned orbit of 136 by 36

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statute miles even if one of the engines

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fails all three engines are still

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working well

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as are the auxiliary power units and the

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discover you are single engine press

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your shutdown plan is nominal

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go for the plus x go for the pitch

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even if two engines were to fail at this

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point discovery could still make its

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planned orbit with just one that

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shouldn't be necessary however as all

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three engines are still performing at

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full capability

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also capcom rick sterkow there letting

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commander alan poindexter know that

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discovery will cut off its three main

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engines as planned and that he has the

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go ahead then to pitch discovery up to

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allow for photos of the external tank to

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be taken after its external after its

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discovery now 7 minutes and 48 seconds

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into its uh

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mission traveling at 15 000 miles per

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hour 63 miles in altitude and 730 miles

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the booster officer here in mission

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control is reporting that discovery's

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three main engines have been shut off

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now waiting for external tank separation

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discovery houston nominal miko ohms1 is

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not required

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there is the external tank separation

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eight minutes and 53 seconds into the

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sts-130 mission discovery now safely in

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66 miles above the earth and traveling

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at 17 500 miles per hour

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also uh

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1065 miles downrange from the kennedy

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commander alan poindexter is maneuvering

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the vehicle into position to take some

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photos of the external tank now

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separated from

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space shuttle discovery

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the tank provided fuel to the shuttle's

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three main engines for its climb into

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space weighed at 1.6 million pounds at

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liftoff but with the main engines

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sucking fuel out of it at a rate that

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would drain an average swimming pool in

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about 25 seconds it

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was just about emptying weighing less

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than 11 000 pounds by the time it

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this is mission control houston back now

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with a live view inside the space

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shuttle flight control room where the

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orbit 2 team is beginning handover

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activities with the orbit 3 team

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the orbit 3 team will take a look at

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tomorrow's timeline

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and we'll begin to fine-tune the

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activities for the crew of discovery you

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see mike massimino there on the lower

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left-hand corner of your screen

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he is the outgoing orbit 2 capcom

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there on the top right hand portion of

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your screen is paul dye he will be the

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orbit 3 flight director

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and standing up in the center portion of

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the frame is mike serafin he is giving