: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.
:09:08
LDEF will stay up here
for more than a year...
:09:11
...exposing various materials
to the vacuum of space.
:09:27
VTRs are running. Next thing's
at 30 seconds. I'll delay it a bit.
:09:32
I'll count by 10s
till I get to 15, okay?
:09:38
- 40 seconds.
- Don't forget free drift, Mike.
:09:45
Inside the spacecraft,
there's a new experience:
:09:49
Weightlessness.