:07:03
Fly, baby, fly.
:07:10
Thrust tailing off in SRB.
Standing by for separation.
:07:18
Separation confirmed.
:07:21
Nominal first-stage performance.
:07:25
Okay, nominal.
:07:41
Now the engines have stopped.
:07:44
We are in space, 280 miles up.
:07:49
At last, we can see
our magnificent Earth...
:07:53
...in all its splendor.
:08:17
Mission Control Houston.
Challenger crossing Baja, California.
:08:39
LDEF deploying.
:08:44
The LDEF satellite weighs 10 tons
and is the size of a school bus.
:08:50
It carries 57 experiments...
:08:52
...the work of more than
200 scientists from eight countries.