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space shuttle discovery the venerable

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veteran of america's human space flight

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fleet proudly resting atop launch pad

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39a here at nasa's kennedy space center

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in florida

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her wings outstretched and ready to soar

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into space for the 39th and final time

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shuttle discovery is completing 27 years

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of service the oldest space shuttle in

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the fleet

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launching for the first time in august

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1984 on mission 41d and over the years

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discovery has achieved many notable

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accomplishments

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in total discovery has spent 351 days in

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orbit to be exact

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8440 hours 50 minutes and 41 seconds

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orbited earth

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5628 times

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flown 246 crew members to date

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docked to the mir space station once and

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to the international space station 12

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about three and a half miles away from

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launch controllers here in kennedy's

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launch control center firing room 4 are

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overseeing all the shuttle systems and

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verifying the step-by-step processes

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that will lead to an expected liftoff at

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4 50 and 27 seconds pm eastern standard

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once again at this point there are no

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technical issues that stand in the way

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of today's launch

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and we're going to take a look at the

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crew suiting up preparing for today's

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launch of discovery on sts-133

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and we're seeing commander steve lindsey

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with one of the suit technicians

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assisting him into his aces suit or his

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pilot eric bowe

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he flew on sts-126

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he is our pilot today he's logged over 4

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000 hours in 45 different aircraft

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this is alvin drew mission specialist

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one he's a colonel in the air force

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once again we have an all-veteran crew

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alvin drew flew on sts-118

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he'll be one of our two spacewalkers on

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the mission

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mike barrett

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mission specialist number three

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he's a veteran of expeditions 19 and 20

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aboard the international space station

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he spent 197 days aboard the space

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station and performed two spacewalks

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while he was there

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kennedy space center native nicole stott

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who worked here processing shuttles for

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many years before becoming an astronaut

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she's mission specialist four

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hometown of clearwater florida

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she flew 87 days on the international

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space station on expeditions 20 and 21

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and also performed a spacewalk of six

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hours and 39 minutes

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and the newest member of the sts-133

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crew steve bowen who replaced tim copra

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steve is mission specialist too

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he logged 27 days in space with five

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space walks he's a space flight veteran

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and there we see peggy whitson

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jerry ross a number of other members of

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astronaut crew for their mission to

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and here comes the crew of space shuttle

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discovery the sts-133 crew is walking

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followed by some of the astronaut

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and here we have the crew

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walking out of crew corners

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this is a very historical walkway it's

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the same path that the apollo astronauts

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and over the last 30 years there's been

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133 odd shuttle crews that walked out

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here to catch this bus for the exciting

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there you see him standing there just

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to the press and media and the crowd

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it is and you sit in the bus and uh

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it's an exciting moment but you know

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tension in the air as you can imagine

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first night jitters for an actor on a

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stage show possibly

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of the kennedy space center

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waving to the crew and wishing them well

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this is this is a great moment for the

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camaraderie and excitement and spirit

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that the employees offer you really get

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they're with you on this trip and that

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they're really behind you and really

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supportive of you

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the view itself is spectacular but your

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perspective is particularly unique

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because you know that it is the ride

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in that amazing eight and a half minute

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do a visual pre-flight of their vehicle

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there you can see the crew having a

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group hug and a little quiet moment for

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wish each other well

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and we are a t minus two hours 20

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minutes 28 seconds and counting as we

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see commander steve lindsey entering

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first member to enter traditionally is

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okay and uh handshakes as mike barrett

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and that's ovcc travis thompson

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announcing that barrett has passed the

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threshold and is now in the current

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otc ovcc

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tlt bow on board at this time

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and i see pilot bow sliding feet first

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where he'll be assisted into his plt

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crewman and now he's uh

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controller and stick his feet in the

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nicole i giving a sign to her family

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and preparing to board space shuttle

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otc ovcc

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good ovcc nicole scott on board at this

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ms-1 houston we read you loud and clear

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tmqc that's a complete step 617

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an n a for the ms5 slot

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ntd this is sro on 212.

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write a photo brainstorm is no go at

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experience this event the other last

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command system and they're talking it

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we will yet or not but the right people

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are working on it so we're gonna take

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this one on down to the wire we'll go

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through our polls here and uh take you

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on down to five minutes and see if we

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can't get you a good flight today

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this is shuttle launch control

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this is the ntd conducting the launch

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status check all stations verify ready

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to resume count and go for launch otc

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tvc tbc go ptc ptc's go lps helping us

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go distance flight houston flight is go

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launch director entity yes sir

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our launch team is ready to proceed sro

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has uh concerns to go to five minutes

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okay copy all that i'll do my polls this

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kc chief processing engineer verify no

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assurances go pending resolution of the

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range issue

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copy

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payload launch manager mike the space

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station processing teams go

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copy

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range weather weather has no constraints

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for launch copy thank you kathy and ops

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manager

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mike on our side mmt's in really good

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shape vehicles looking perfect weather's

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looking great we'll stand by here and

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see if the range can resolve their issue

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but we are go okay copy that and

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we'll take it on down to five and see if

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we can't get there

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yeah that's a good plan mike let's keep

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going

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and casey safety initial insurance

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can i see safety in this insurance let's

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see if we get uh to go from sro you're

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once again we will come out of the hold

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at t minus nine minutes we will count

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down to t minus five

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minutes between

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now and then

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if the range safety

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system

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condition is uh

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corrected we will continue to count down

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for launch if not we will hold it five

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and discovery otc from the processing

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team of discovery to the crew of

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thank you very much

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thanks for all the work you did getting

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this ready to go and uh

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appreciate all your work and for those

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watching get ready to witness the

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majesty and the power of discovery as

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two minutes and 48 seconds of hold time

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remain in today's launch window of space

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manager on 212.

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go ahead i got verbal confirmation from

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the 45th wing commander we are go and we

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do not need sr's ghost i would like you

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to proceed

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probably that entity was that uh

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verification that range will

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support today's launch

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you need to press on pick up the clock

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on your mark copy that and sro ntd i

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need to put

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your whole switch to proceed position

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40 seconds remaining in our launch

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range is go

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tls has the sro hold been removed

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t-minus five minutes and counting tlt

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otc perform apu start

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elt in work

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and cd-rotc reconfigure heaters

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t-minus four minutes 41 seconds and

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counting

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final test of the flight control

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surfaces is underway

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this is a pre-programmed pattern of

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movements designed to verify the

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readiness of the flight control surfaces

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gaseous oxygen vent hood or beanie cap

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is slowly being retracted away

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from the top of the external tank

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your visors and initiate o2 flow

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orbiter test conductor john crackson

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requesting pilot eric beau clear the

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auto sequence starts

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and we have a go for auto sequence start

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discovery's onboard computers have

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primary control of all the vehicle's

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critical functions

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20 seconds

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the sound suppression water system

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has been activated protecting discovery

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and the launch pad from acoustical

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go for main engine start

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we have main engine start

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two

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one

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booster ignition and the final liftoff

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of discovery a tribute to the dedication

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hard work and pride of america's space

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space shuttle now tower over onto its

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back for the 11-minute ride into orbit

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discovery now making one last reach for

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discovery's engines are now throttling

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down as the orbiter passes through the

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area of maximum pressure reducing the

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stress on the shuttle as it goes

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discovery houston you are go at throttle

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well commander steve lindsay

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acknowledging the call from capcom

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charlie hobart as discovery's three main

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lindsay is joined on the flight deck by

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pilot eric bowen mission specialist al

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mission specialist mike barrett and

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steve bowen

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discovery's three main engines are

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burning fuel at a rate that would drain

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an average swimming pool in about 25

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seconds

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the engines combined with the solid

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rocket boosters produce more than seven

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million pounds of thrust

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one minute 50 seconds into the flight

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we're standing by for separation of the

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twin solid rocket boosters discovery now

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traveling

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2695 miles an hour its altitude 24 miles

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downrange in the kennedy space center 29

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booster separation confirmed discovery's

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guidance is now converging as the

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shuttle's onboard computers fine-tune

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two minutes 25 seconds into the flight

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discovery traveling 3189 miles an hour

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its altitude 37 miles down range from

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discovery now getting a boost into orbit

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from its twin orbital maneuvering system

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engines on either side of the shuttle's

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tail

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these two engines will burn for two

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minutes and 32 seconds your two-engine

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towel

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we do have updates to your no-com mode

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boundaries and we did launch late into

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pain one our only pain

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the contingency abort boundaries we'll

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use our in-plane plus 230 let me know

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when you're ready to copy the new presta

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discoveries engines are now swiveling to

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roll the shuttle to a heads up position

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to get better communication with nasa's

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discover your single engine zaragosa 104

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discovery can now make it to emergency

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landing sites in europe should two

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engines fail at this point but the

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flight continues to go well

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six minutes 24 seconds into the flight

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the shuttle traveling 9800 miles an hour

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it's altitude 67 miles downrange from

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the kennedy space center

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miles

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for you nominal shutdown on all three

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and pinto you'll be go for the plus x

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discovery we saw a nominal miko ohms one

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not required preliminary tig for ohms 2

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37 30.

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welcome to you and your veteran crew

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good to be here

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this camera view is from inside the

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payload bay at the forward end of the

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payload bay on the port side it's known

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the orbiter docking system is in the

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lower left hand corner of the frame

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as we see first the starboard side the

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beyond the orbiter docking system that's

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in the lower left hand side of our frame

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if you look aft in the payload bay you

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see the other

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the other payloads including the express

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logistics carrier and then beyond it the

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permanent multi-purpose module

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formerly known as the

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multi-purpose logistics module leonardo

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has the port side payload bay doors open

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you can see just a bit of the space

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shuttle's robotic arm there in the lower

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right hand corner of the frame

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heading back toward the uh

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the left side ohms pod

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and the uh vertical stabilizer

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of shuttle discovery

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paylo bay doors opened at 5 27 central

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time this afternoon as discovery was

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then we see a good cryo config thank you

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thank you

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and bim uh can you also tell us we may

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have missed it with our all of our

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dropouts earlier but uh if you guys are

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finished with the payload bay flood

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lights can you confirm that they have

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they have not been turned off yet

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we can turn them off now if you're ready

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we're ready but that's whenever you're

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and just like that

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the floodlights on board

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discovery the payload bay turned off

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as the crew gets their spaceship in the

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proper configuration

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for the overnight period while

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they sleep the flood lights turned on in

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order off rather in order to conserve

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uh

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the cryogenic components that are used

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the

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light that we do see in this view is

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coming from an imminent sunrise

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discovery is now

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143 miles above the southern end of

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africa

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and as we can see just moments away from