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-Situated in Endeavour's
payload bay today

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are the various instruments
that will be used

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to service
the Hubble Space Telescope.

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These instruments include
replacement solar arrays,

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the new and improved
Wide Field/Planetary Camera,

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the Corrective Optics
Space Telescope

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Axial Replacement, or COSTAR,

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and a package of
gyro replacements.

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Also, two IMAX cameras
will fly on this mission.

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One is mounted
in the payload bay,

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and one will be handheld
in the crew module.

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Currently located at the pad

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are the Ice and Debris
Assessment Team.

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They will be making assessments
of the...

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They will be...

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They are in the process
of making inspections

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and measuring the external
temperatures of the vehicle.

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This follows the loading
of the super-cold propellants,

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which occurred
on time last night.

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-This is Shuttle Launch Control
at T-minus 3 hours and holding

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with about 32 minutes

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remaining in our hold
this morning.

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We're standing by for
live video of the crew

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donning their flight suits
in the crew quarters,

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which is located in

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the Operations and Checkout
Building,

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and we have that video.

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Commander Dick Covey looks
like he's all ready to fly,

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making some last-minute
adjustments.

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He's preparing to make his
fourth flight into space today.

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His pilot, Ken Bowersox,

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preparing to make his second
flight into space today.

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[ No sound ]

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Ken considers Bedford,
Indiana, to be his hometown.

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Relaxed Story Musgrave,

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mission specialist,

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the veteran's veteran
of space flight,

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he is preparing to make
his historic fifth flight

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aboard the space shuttle today.

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Other crew members who
have already been suited up

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and are standing by
for their commander and pilot

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to finish up, Kathy Thornton,
mission specialist,

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preparing for her third flight.

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She is going to be one of
our space-walking specialists.

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Tom Akers.

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Mission specialist Jeff Hoffman
relaxing before

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the walk out
to the Astrovan

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that'll carry them
out to the pad.

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And finally, our representative

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from European Space Agency,
Claude Nicollier,

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putting on his gloves,

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making sure everything
fits just properly.

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He's preparing to make his
second flight into space today.

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These bright
orange-colored suits

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are basically an altitude
and protection system.

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It includes the helmet,
communicates cap

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and pressure garment

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as well as the antiexposure
gloves and boots.

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These are partially
pressurized suits.

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In fact, you can see that
they are inflating

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Commander Covey's suit right now
to check for any problems,

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any leaks that may be there.

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Back with a live shot
of the vehicle at the pad.

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This is Shuttle Launch Control
at T-minus 3 hours and holding.

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We have just under
11 minutes remaining

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in our built-in hold
this morning.

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We have live video
coverage of our crew

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upon the third floor of

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the Operations
and Checkout Building

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as they make
their way down the hall,

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preparing to depart for the pad.

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Commander Covey is
going to be first,

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and he'll be boarded by mission
specialist Kathy Thornton.

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They're making their way
down the hallway

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to enter the elevator that will
take them down to the Astrovan.

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In the blue suit is
Chief Astronaut "Hoot" Gibson

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who'll be flying in
the Shuttle Training Aircraft

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during our launch this morning,

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checking for weather concerns
at the Shuttle Landing Facility.

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Some employees at KSC
are gathered early this morning

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to give a send-off
to the seven-member crew

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as they leave for the pad.

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[ No sound ]

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Commander Covey waving
to members of the media

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who are present, other members
of the crew waving as well,

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giving signs of good cheer

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and showing that
they're ready for flight.

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[ Helicopter blades whirring ]

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The crew are entering
the Astrovan,

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which will carry them
to Launch Pad 39B.

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We expect the crew to arrive
at the pad's white room

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in just about 25 minutes.

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There has been a great deal
of interest in the press

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who are witnessing
the departure this morning.

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Members of the press
have, of course,

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come from all over the country

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to witness our launch
attempt today.

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[ Indistinct conversation ]

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Pad 39B is the northernmost pad

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of NASA's two
shuttle-launch facilities.

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It's nearly identical
to Pad 39A,

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which is located just about
a mile to the south.

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Both pads A and B were modified
for space-shuttle operations

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following the Apollo
and the Saturn V programs.

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Richard Covey is the commander
of this mission,

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and he is the one
that is just now

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preparing to enter the vehicle.

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He is from
Fort Walton Beach, Florida,

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and is making his fourth
space-shuttle flight.

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Covey first flew as pilot on
mission STS-51-I back in 1985,

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and he has also flown on
the Return to Flight mission...

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-Yes.
That lining will be changed.

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-STS-26...

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-Okay. Copy.
-...in September of 1988.

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His most recent shuttle flight
was as commander

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for mission STS-38.

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-No problem.
-In total, over his past

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three missions,
he has spent...

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-[Indistinct] CDR [indistinct].

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-385 hours in space.

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-Copy.

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-OTC, CDR, how do you
read this morning?

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-Good morning, Dick.

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Got you loud and clear here
at round one.

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-Got you the same, George.

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Let's do it.
-Yes. I'm ready.

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-Members of the close-out crew
are shown in the video monitors

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wearing the white coveralls,
and the astronauts, of course,

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are dressed in their
orange flight suits.

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The close-out crew
consists of both

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NASA and contractor personnel.

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At this time,
all seven crew members

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have been boarded into
the Shuttle Endeavour,

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and they are
in their assigned seats.

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[ Indistinct chatter ]

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-The close-out crew
are preparing to...

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-[Indistinct]
-...secure the white room.

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-...damper close.

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Damper...
-This follows the...

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-...is open.

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-...communications checks
that were performed

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and the standard cabin
preflight checks

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that indicate nothing
was out of the ordinary.

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-TLS is go for orbiter
access arm retract.

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-The orbiter access arm is now

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being retracted away
from the vehicle.

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This is the walkway used by
the crew to gain entry

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into and out of the vehicle,

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and it can be returned
to position within seconds

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if need be.

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-TLS, what do you see?.

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-Secure there to verify
that the record are running.

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-Copy.

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-T-minus 4 minutes
and counting.

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-TLS is go
for burn sequence four.

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[ No sound ]

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-T-minus 3 minutes,
30 seconds and counting.

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The final aerial surface checks
of the orbiter's flaps

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and rudder is being completed.

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Also, we are... The three
main engines are being gimbaled

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as a final test before launch.

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T-minus 3 minutes and counting.

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All is continuing to go well
for today's launch

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of the Space Shuttle Endeavour

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and the first Hubble Space
Telescope servicing mission.

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This mission is scheduled
to last 11 days

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and includes five space walks.

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-PLT, LTC.
-Go ahead.

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-Clear caution
and warning memory.

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Verify no unexpected errors.

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-LTC, PLT, caution and warning
memory clear is complete,

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no unexpected errors.

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-Copy.

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-Everything continues,
ready to fly today

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on NASA's 4-1/2-million-pound
space-shuttle vehicle.

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[ Radio chatter ]

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-T-minus 2 minutes
and counting.

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-TLS is good for ET
LH2 pressurization.

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[ No sound ]

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-T-minus 1 minute, 45 seconds.

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Everything continues to look
good for launch this morning.

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In about 90 seconds,
the Space Shuttle Endeavour

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will begin its 11-day flight

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to visit the orbiting
Hubble Space Telescope

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but not before lighting up
the nighttime Florida sky.

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-One minute, 30 seconds.

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-The launch should be visible
for hundreds of miles.

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The mission and the record
five space walks

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will be watched worldwide.

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T-minus 1 minute and counting.

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T-minus 50 seconds and counting,

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and we are transferring
to orbiter internal power

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at this time.

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[ No sound ]

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[ No sound ]

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T-minus 31 seconds, and we have
a go for auto-sequence start.

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Endeavour's onboard computers
have primary control

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of all the vehicle's
critical functions.

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-Twenty.

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[ No sound ]

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-T-minus 15 seconds.

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Eleven...
-Ten.

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-...ten, nine...

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-Go for main engines.
-And we have a go

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for main-engine start.

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Five, four, three, two, one.

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-Two, zero.
-And we have liftoff,

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liftoff of
the Space Shuttle Endeavour

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on an ambitious mission
to service

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the Hubble Space Telescope.

00:25:19.400.00:25:21.300
-Roll program, Houston.

00:25:21.300.00:25:25.434
-Roger roll, Endeavour.

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-Houston now controlling.

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Endeavour is underway,
rolled on course for an orbit

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with the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Endeavour already traveling
about 300 miles an hour.

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Altitude 1 mile.

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Three engines on Endeavour

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have throttled back
to two-thirds throttle

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to prepare the shuttle to pass

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through the area
of maximum air pressure

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and go supersonic.

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[ No sound ]

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[ No sound ]

00:26:10.434.00:26:18.501
[ No sound ]

00:26:18.501.00:26:21.934
-Endeavour, go at throttle up.

00:26:21.934.00:26:24.033
-Roger, go at throttle up.

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-Endeavour's three main engines
back at full throttle.

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All flight-control
positions are go.

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Altitude now 10 miles,

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7 miles
east of Launch Pad 39B.

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Endeavour's speed:
1.700 miles an hour.

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One and a half minutes
since liftoff,

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Endeavour has already used

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more than 2 1/4 million
pounds of propellant,

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and the shuttle weighs less than
half of what it did at launch.

00:26:50.767.00:26:52.167
Flight controllers
are now standing by

00:26:52.167.00:26:55.534
for burnout and separation
of the twin solid rockets.

00:26:55.534.00:27:05.534
[ No sound ]

00:27:05.534.00:27:15.501
[ No sound ]

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[ No sound ]

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Boost officer
confirms a good...

00:27:27.501.00:27:31.968
-Endeavour, two engine, Banjul.

00:27:31.968.00:27:35.334
-Roger, two engine, Banjul.

00:27:35.334.00:27:36.667
-Jettison of the solid rockets.

00:27:36.667.00:27:38.100
That call also indicates
that Endeavour

00:27:38.100.00:27:41.300
could now perform an emergency
transatlantic landing if needed.

00:27:41.300.00:27:43.567
-Endeavour,
performance nominal.

00:27:45.634.00:27:47.467
-Roger, performance nominal.

00:27:47.467.00:27:49.400
-Also, Endeavour's performance
thus far has been

00:27:49.400.00:27:52.200
just as planned,
altitude now 35 miles,

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48 miles east of
the Kennedy Space Center,

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Endeavour traveling
3.400 miles an hour.

00:27:59.367.00:28:08.167
[ No sound ]

00:28:08.167.00:28:16.868
[ No sound ]

00:28:16.868.00:28:25.601
[ No sound ]

00:28:25.601.00:28:34.300
[ No sound ]

00:28:34.300.00:28:43.033
[ No sound ]

00:28:43.033.00:28:44.667
Boost officer confirms
a good jettison

00:28:44.667.00:28:46.601
of the external fuel tank.

00:28:46.601.00:28:48.968
-Endeavour, Houston,
we see a nominal mico

00:28:48.968.00:28:52.634
ohms one not required.

00:28:52.634.00:28:54.701
-Roger, Houston,
ohms one not required,

00:28:54.701.00:28:56.801
and it's a beautiful sunrise.

00:28:59.467.00:29:06.033
-It looked awfully good
from here, too.

00:29:06.033.00:29:15.534
[ No sound ]

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[ No sound ]

00:29:25.067.00:29:34.567
[ No sound ]

00:29:34.567.00:29:35.934
-This is Mission Control
Houston.

00:29:35.934.00:29:39.367
We're just under 4 hours
into the flight as Endeavour

00:29:39.367.00:29:41.133
moves off the southern
tip of Africa

00:29:41.133.00:29:42.834
on the third orbit
of the mission

00:29:42.834.00:29:45.133
aboard the orbiter
during the last 1/2 hour,

00:29:45.133.00:29:48.367
so we've been getting
some wonderful views

00:29:48.367.00:29:50.868
from the payload bay
using a couple of the cameras.

00:29:50.868.00:29:53.467
This is a camera mounted
on the forward bulkhead

00:29:53.467.00:29:56.300
of the orbiter looking
toward the tail

00:29:56.300.00:30:00.267
identifying all of the equipment
in the payload bay.

00:30:00.267.00:30:02.334
Astronaut Jeff Hoffman
aboard the vehicle

00:30:02.334.00:30:04.767
just a short while ago

00:30:04.767.00:30:10.000
reported that he didn't see
anything out of the ordinary

00:30:10.000.00:30:12.434
with any of the payload
equipment here.

00:30:12.434.00:30:14.634
Here in the forward part
of the payload bay

00:30:14.634.00:30:17.434
is what's called
the solar-array carrier,

00:30:17.434.00:30:20.734
which houses
the new solar arrays,

00:30:20.734.00:30:22.901
which are used to gather
the sun's energy

00:30:22.901.00:30:25.200
to charge
the telescope's batteries.

00:30:25.200.00:30:28.934
Those arrays are currently
scheduled to be installed

00:30:28.934.00:30:31.601
on the telescope
on the second space walk,

00:30:31.601.00:30:34.567
which is scheduled
to begin Sunday evening.

00:30:34.567.00:30:42.667
[ No sound ]

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[ No sound ]

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[ No sound ]

00:30:58.868.00:31:07.067
[ No sound ]

00:31:07.067.00:31:15.167
[ No sound ]

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[ No sound ]

00:31:23.267.00:31:31.367
[ No sound ]

00:31:31.367.00:31:39.467
[ No sound ]

00:31:39.467.00:31:47.567
[ No sound ]

00:31:47.567.00:31:55.701
[ No sound ]

00:31:55.701.00:32:03.868
[ No sound ]

00:32:03.868.00:32:11.968
[ No sound ]

00:32:11.968.00:32:20.067
[ No sound ]

00:32:20.067.00:32:22.534
-Hello, Claude.

00:32:22.534.00:32:30.634
[ No sound ]

00:32:30.634.00:32:38.767
[ No sound ]

00:32:38.767.00:32:41.267
Hey, Sox.

00:32:41.267.00:32:47.667
[ No sound ]

00:32:47.667.00:32:50.167
Hey, Covey.

00:32:50.167.00:32:59.501
[ No sound ]

00:32:59.501.00:33:08.934
[ No sound ]

00:33:08.934.00:33:18.267
[ No sound ]

00:33:18.267.00:33:20.767
Hey, Thomas.

00:33:20.767.00:33:28.067
[ No sound ]

00:33:28.067.00:33:30.567
Hey, K.T.

00:33:30.567.00:33:39.434
[ No sound ]

00:33:39.434.00:33:48.300
[ No sound ]

00:33:48.300.00:33:57.167
[ No sound ]

00:33:57.167.00:33:59.634
Hello, Story.

00:33:59.634.00:34:06.100
[ No sound ]

00:34:06.100.00:34:09.200
-Does that complete
our roll call?

00:34:09.200.00:34:10.400
-I think that's it
unless you have

00:34:10.400.00:34:14.501
an eighth guy
up there somewhere.

00:34:14.501.00:34:16.901
-How could you tell it
was me?

00:34:16.901.00:34:24.434
[ No sound ]

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[ No sound ]