How well does reduced-gravity flight prepare you for what it's like to be in space? Al Drew: Well the short answer is it's very useful. Preparing for space we have a number of...
      Eric Boe/CAPCOM: Discovery, you are "go" for the deorbit burn.   Kevin Ford/STS-128 Pilot: Houston, Discovery copies "go" for the deorbit burn.   Rob...

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      Pete Nickolenko/STS-128 Launch Director: Discovery, launch director.   Rick Sturckow/STS-128 Commander: Discovery, go ahead sir.   Pete Nickolenko/STS-128 Launch Director: Well, C.J., the...
With the launch of STS-128 right around the corner, we thought it'd be cool to highlight one of our favorite space geek iPhone applications: Mission Clock. Mission Clock is available for the...

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      Cady Coleman/NASA Astronaut: This is "C.J." (Sturckow) sending some sort of a message. I'm not   sure what it is, but I'm sure somebody appreciated it.   Mike...
      Eric Boe/CAPCOM: Discovery, Houston for an update on the weather.   Rick Sturckow/STS-128 Commander: Go ahead, Houston.   Eric Boe/CAPCOM: We are observed "no-go" and forecast...

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      George Diller/NASA Launch Commentator: Sound suppression water system armed.   T-10... nine... eight... seven... sixůfive... fourůthreeůtwoů oneůand liftoff of space shuttle Atlantis,   the...
      Kyle Herring/Mission Control: Two thousand feet. Commander Scott Altman beginning to flare out the vehicle,   pitch the nose up as he approaches Runway 22 from the northeast.   Three hundred...
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  Charlie Hobaugh/CAPCOM: We have polled the room and you will be "go" for the deorbit burn. I hate to bring you back down so early after extending two days, I know you're...