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hi i'm michelle savoie lawrence baitland

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i'm faith knudsen i'm taylor rasca i'm

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julie bracefield i'm erica halsey and

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we're the biomedical flight controllers

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on the final shuttle mission and you're

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so

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i used

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sweep the streets

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i used to roll

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is

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that was

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we wish you a successful mission and a

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good morning uh marshall space flight

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center thanks for that uh great message

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and uh awesome ride to orbit and

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134 before that

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with this tremendous space shuttle

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program we really look forward to having

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a visit with you all after we finish the

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good day for mission control in houston

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from the shuttle flight control room the

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beginning of the first full day of

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operations for atlantis astronauts on

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this final shuttle flight in program

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history

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a day uh

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that will convert yesterday's activities

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that were steeped in pomp and

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circumstance and emotion with the launch

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of atlantis on its final flight in

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shuttle program history to the blue

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collar work that will be undertaken in

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the inspection of the shuttle's thermal

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protection system today standard flight

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day two activity for the four astronauts

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on board the orbiter as they prepare for

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their arrival at the international space

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so now uh more than 19 hours following

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the launch of atlantis commander chris

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ferguson pilot doug hurley at the aft

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flight deck of the orbiter ready to pick

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up work as they will maneuver the

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shuttle's robotic arm that you see in

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the upper right hand corner of this view

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from payload bay cameras uh aboard

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it will be extended over to the

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starboard sill to grapple the orbiter

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boom sensor system

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payload retention latches will be

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commanded open and the boom will be

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lifted out of its sill on the starboard

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side of the payload bay

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its cameras and lasers

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will be activated its sensors will be

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activated and calibrated for the start

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of the inspection of the leading edge of

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the starboard wing and the reinforced

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carbon carbon along the wing itself

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the shuttle robotic arm now in motion

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that confirmed by the payload deployment

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and retrieval systems officer here in

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there are two grapple fixtures on the

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orbiter boom sensor system

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the grapple fixture to which the

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shuttle's robotic arm will affix itself

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to momentarily

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is also used to power up the intensified

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laser range imagery equipment

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that is uh basically at the forward end

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of the boom there is also a midpoint

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grapple fixture that is used by the

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station's robotic arm

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that will be used to grapple the boom

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and hand it off to the shuttle's arm

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because of the shuttle arm cannot reach

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around the orbiter docking system once

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camera on the shuttle's robotic arm as

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it now hovers above the grapple fixture

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this electrically fixed grapple fixture

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a short time from now the shuttle's

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grapple on to that fixture

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after which payload retention latches

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a good view from a camera at the rear of

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the obss as it is known where the

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intensified television camera and the

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laser sensors are located and now the

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out of its moorings on the starboard

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this survey of the leading edge of the

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followed by a survey of the nose cap of

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the wing to be surveyed along with other

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areas of interest all of this imagery

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the early indications are that atlantis

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heat shield is in excellent shape and

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that a focused survey would not be

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required however the mission management

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team will be the final authority on that

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uh based on all of the imagery that will

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be analyzed from this survey from the

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ascent imagery that is being processed

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imagery that will be taken tomorrow

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during atlantis final approach for

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variety of high resolution lenses volkov

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to take hundreds of images of atlantis

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pitch maneuver the rotational backflip

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when commander chris ferguson initiates

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uh about a nine minute maneuver for

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about 90 seconds of usable photography

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shouldn't do otherwise we're just going

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to get centerline camera checkout done

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and fergie we're good with that it may

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be easier um config wise if you do the

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docking mechanic first that'll get power

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much and how you doing megan it's good

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to hear your voice again

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doing great fergie happy to be here

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working with your team and you guys look

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great launching yesterday it was fun to

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so megan now that we're talking about it

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of the place flight deck you would think

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downstairs or something else but

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yeah that's where the windows are

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this is mission control houston the crew

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of atlanta is now playing back their

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on-board launch video that was taken

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yesterday during atlantis ride up into

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space that is uh doug hurley there on

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the far left the pilot of sts-135 back

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behind him sandy magnus sitting beside

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her is rex walheim you see the uh

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solid rocket boosters ignite there just

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and houston uh advanced when you're

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the crew atlantis continuing to play

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back this video on board the shuttle

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beginning to rotate around as the

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the shuttle does this during its launch

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of powered flight the shuttle at this

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point was still flying under its three

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houston coming down right now if you see

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it is just part of our nc2 burn this

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hey you'll see our take coming up here

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and we see that

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this is a short burn

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this is mission control houston out of

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all the traditions in history inside the

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space shuttle flight control room one of

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the more important ones to the team here

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are these roses that arrive during every

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single mission the shelton family up

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near the dallas fort worth metroplex has

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sent these roses to the team here in

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mission control uh during every single

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flight since sts-26

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which was back in 1988

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so for 110 missions these roses have

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been a part of the team here it is

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something that they look forward to

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every single time it would not be a

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space shuttle mission without these

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roses arriving

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we were surprised a bit yesterday

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whenever they arrived on launch day that

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is the first time that that has ever

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happened but the family the sheltons

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they sent us a very nice note we're

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going to read it to you now

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the note says to our good friends at

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mission control and the crews of sts-135

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and expedition 28. what a warm sight

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atlantis the first orbiter seen in

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person by the sheltons during a surprise

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visit to the dallas fort worth

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every second of this mission is exciting

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thrilling sad and poignant

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the handprints and heart prints of so

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many touch every surface every moment

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thank you all for sharing it all the

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glory and unspeakable pain with a

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grateful nation a grateful planet

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godspeed god speed god speed the

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sheltons and the murphys

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on behalf of mission control and the

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entire team here in houston and the

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entire space shuttle program we want to

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thank those families for supporting us

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all these years

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we look forward to this tradition