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>> "discovery"ç houston. . >> steve says, go. everything is fine. >> acknowledging is the "discovery" three main engines to throttle backup. >> in mission control, everything is right on schedule. >> mission specialist mike barrett and steve bowen. discovery's main three engines. about 25 seconds. the engine's combined with the solid rocket booster's produced more than 7 million pounds of thrust. 1:50 into the flight. we're standing by for separation of the twin solid rocket boosters "discovery" now traveling 2,695 miles an hour.

Down range distance 3 nautical miles. >> so the 25th space shuttle mission is now on the way after more delays than nasa cares to count. this morning, it looked as though they were not going to be able to get off. >> 1:15. altitude 9 nautical miles. down range distance 7 nautical miles. >> looks like a couple of the solid rocket boosters blew away from the side of the shuttle in an explosion. >> flight controllers here looking very carefully here at the situation. obviously, a major malfunction.

Today, the seven astronauts on board "challenger" when it lifted off, 73 seconds later the vehicle exploded. the accident caused by the extreme cold weather coupled with a faulty seal in one of the giant solid rocket boosters. the seven astronauts who perish ed. we went to a school in virginia this past week and met with a very special teacher. she has a very close bond with the teacher. she was actually in her school, the same school that she taught at. she was in the sunday school with her. and baby sat her kids. and it was the accident that led machaela to become a teacher

1:30 into the flight, all three auxiliary power units that provide hydraulic power to the orbiter's systems are in good shape as are the fuel cells providing electricity to all of the systems on board. "atlantis" is 119 miles in altitude from the kennedy space center, 20 miles traveling 2,500 miles per hour. coming up on staging the point at which the twin solid rocket boosters burn out and separate from the orbiter. booster separation confirmed. the onboard guidance system has done its job of settling out any of the dispersions that have been introduced at the booster separation. "atlantis'" ...

The orbiter systems in good shape as are the fuel cells providing electricity to the systems onboard. 20 miles traveling 2,500-mile-per-hour. the twin solid rocket boosters burn out and separate from the orbiter. >> booster separation confirmed. the onboard guidance system has done its job of settling out any of the dispersions introduced at the booster separation. atlantis' performance thus far is exactly as planned as atlantis head into orbit. wings level into an historic