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>> roger. >> neil armstrong confirming both the engine separation and launch escape tower separation. downrange 270 miles, altitude 82 miles. >> stand by. >> okay. >> mark. capability. >> roger. >> houston, be advise td the visual is go today. >> this is houston, roger out. >> altitude is 100 miles. down range 883 miles. outboard engine cutoff. >> and ignition. >> mission confirmed. thrust is go, 11.

>> roger, we confirm. >> neil armstrong confirming the engine separation and launch escape tower separation. down range 270 miles, altitude 82 miles. >> stand by. >> the visual is go today. >> this is houston, roger out. >> altitude is 100 miles. down range 883 miles. outboard engine cutoff. >> and ignition. >> thrust is go.

Side boosters to begin to throttle down prior to boosting engine cutoff and separation, 2:30 into flight. trajectory looks good on the "falcon heavy." >> side boosters landing legs are deployed. >> watch that landing. there we go, tom, we showed the landing, we showed them the takeoff. i could watch that over and over and over and over again. and you know what, it happened so easily that were tempted to say that that stuffs easy. its not. that is really, really hard. and today we just watched hi...

>> fallphone propulse -- propulsion is nominal. >> fall -- falcon 9 passing through the area of dynamic pressure. 1:45 seconds after liftoff. >> t-plus 110 seconds. altitude, 2400 kilometers. >> vehicle is flying down to nominal. main engine cutoff expected at 2:41. 2:15 seconds into night now.

Fills the environment right now for the families. shes doing great. >> commander kelly begins the mission, the entire crew begins the mission. i understand he left some gifts behind. >> he did. at the main engine cutoff, which is the major milestone where theyve reached orbit and a lot of the potential for early problems is gone, scott kly, marks brother, delivered a bouquet of red tulips to gabby and red roses to his daughters claire and claudia along with some notecards. it was sweet. >> one o...

the state making a decision to open the spillway and release water into some communities, burying homes in those communities to protect communities like baton rouge, new orleans, one of the extraordinary measures this state is taking. the stakes are enormous. governor jindal saying $300 million alone in crop damage, tens of millions in other property damage. there are a dozen oil refineries in flood zone. there are chemical factories, homes and businesses as well. listen to governor ji...

Main engine cutoff confirmed. standing by for separation from the external fuel tank. "atlantis" now flying away from the external tank after separation. plus "x" burn maneuver being performed by commander ken hamm. >> nominal mico not required, 37:30, well meet you in the post-ohms procedure, and welcome back to space for you and your veteran crew. >> copy, 37:30, its good to be back, as you know, and ohms one

Loads near three times gravity. all quiet here in mission control, with all systems in great shape. "atlantis" is traveling 15,500 miles per hour, approaching eight minutes into the flight, downrange, 740 miles, at an altitude of 64 miles, 337,000 feet. standing by for main engine cutoff confirmation as "atlantis" is in excellent shape heading into orbit.

Bodies. and then there was this. >> there is miko, main engine cutoff. a beautiful shot. down the "new shepard" rocket. look at that view. unreal. >> a few seconds layer, after booster separation, the four unbuckled their harnesses and felt what every cloud ever has but few people ever will. >> were doing it, guys. >> okay. >> oh, wow. >> oh, wow. >> thats incredible. [ cheers ] >> space. >> oh! >> is it everything you thought it would be? >> fantastic. >> look. oliver. >> thats great. >> can yo...

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