Roll Maneuver News Today

>> chris: the space shuttle "endeavor" hooked up with the international space station. commander mark kelly carried out the roll maneuver prior to docking, allowing astronauts to board the space station and snap high resolution pictures of the belly to look for damage to the heat shield. meanwhile, kellys wife congresswoman gabrielle giffords underwent surgery and they plan to replace part of her skull with plastic implant. she was shot in the head in a constituent event in january inspectors ...

>> chris: the space shuttle "endeavor" hooked up with the international space station. commander mark kelly carried out the roll maneuver prior to docking, allowing astronauts to board the space station and snap high resolution pictures of the belly to look for damage to the heat shield. meanwhile, kellys wife congresswoman gabrielle giffords underwent surgery and they plan to replace part of her skull with plastic implant. she was shot in the head in a constituent event in january inspectors ...

Because as we say its history in the making. lets tune in and let our listeners hear the whole thing. >> the rocket booster gimble check. firing chain is armed. sound suppression water system activated. "t" minus 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, go for main engine start. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. and zero. liftoff of space shuttle "atlantis." the rest of its historic achievements in space. >> houston, rolling. >> roger. roll. >> houston is now controlling. the roll maneuver is complete. "atlantis" is in a heads-do...

Roll maneuver. >> nominal shutdown on all three. you will be go for the plus "x," go for the pitch. >> "atlantis," copy, nominal setdown, go for the plus "x," go for the pitch. >> good readback. >> and that roll to heads up provides a good satellite communications link with "atlantis" continuing its travel into space, approaching seven minutes into the flight. >> "atlantis," you are single engine press 104. >> copy, single engine press 104. >> "atlantis" can reach orbit on one engine now should ...

Coast right now, headed up the eastern seaboard. all ontrack. just about three minutes and 20 seconds. six astronauts onboard headed to the international space station. >> stand by for the guidance system to take over control of "atlantis" and roll the vehicle to a heads up position. this roll to heads up allows r for -- >> "atlantis" single engines, 104. >> single engines go for 104. >> "atlantis" can reach safe orbit on two engines now. >> lucky dog. >> reporter: yes. now "atlantis" crew is fl...

>> atlantis you are single engine ops-3. >> single engine ops-3. >> standing by for the guide system to take over control of atlantis and roll the vehicle to a heads-up position. this roll to heads-up allows for ... >> atlantis you are pressed to single engine 104. >> copy. single engine 104. >> atlantis can reach a safe orbit on two engines now. >> lucky dog. >> that reference to the guidance systems choice of the roll maneuver -- >> nominal shutdown you will be