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and alanis we see good video

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this is mission control houston

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we are now getting our first look of the

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external tank

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as it drifted away from space shuttle

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atlantis soon after the shuttle reached

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orbit after its eight and a half minute

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ride into space earlier today today's

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liftoff was at 1 20 p.m central time 2

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20 pm eastern time

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as is typical with all space shuttle

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missions the crew rapidly gets out their

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handheld camera

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and takes some still and motion video of

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the external tank as it drifts away from

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the shuttle

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this gives the ground teams an idea of

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exactly how the foam on the external

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tank fared to make sure that all of it

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you can see some

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some of the cryogenics from inside that

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tank still venting as the tank separated

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that tank also has

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what are known as tumble jets installed

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on it that

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enable the tank to basically flip end

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over in to ensure that it actually

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breaks up as expected as it goes back