: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.
:10:05
A typical crew is
five to seven people.
:10:08
Some are career astronauts. Others,
specialists in different fields...
:10:13
...representing various countries.
:10:16
- Sally?
- Yes.
:10:18
We're hooked up. Needs checking.
:10:21
Above is the flight deck,
with windows facing...
:10:25
...into the payload bay.
:10:34
The mid-deck functions
as living room, dining room...
:10:38
...bedroom, workshop and study.
:10:44
Discovery, you look good for deploy.
:10:47
Commander Hartsfield and Pilot Coats
navigate the orbiter...
:10:52
...to a predetermined point in space
so the communications satellite...
:10:57
...they are deploying
will be precisely positioned.