:27:04
48 hours into the mission,
Commander Crippen and Pilot Scobee...
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...bring the orbiter toward
rendezvous with Solar Max.
:27:15
12,000 feet, closing
at 16 feet per second.
:27:22
The Solar Max is ready for capture.
:27:25
Roger. We copy. Ready for capture.
:27:29
Accordingly, Pinky dons
the Man-Maneuvering Unit.
:27:33
Mission Control is optimistic.
:27:36
- Looking good, Pinky.
- Okay.
:27:40
- This is a pretty good flying machine.
- I can see your smile from here.
:27:46
Satellite's condition looks excellent.
:27:49
It doesn't work.
:27:53
Picky, picky, picky.
:27:57
Pinky, are you reading us?
:28:03
I don't know
if he's docked yet or not.
:28:07
The jaws didn't fire.
:28:11
The jaws didn't fire, do you have...?
:28:14
- They didn't fire again.
- Okay, didn't fire again.
:28:18
The trunnion pin adaptor
did not latch properly.
:28:22
No joy there.
:28:25
The orbiter backs away.
:28:29
To make matters worse, the satellite
is now tumbling and losing power.
:28:36
All night, the flight team
concentrates on finding a solution.
:28:50
Finally, near dawn, a new plan
for the capture is hammered out.
:28:57
It'll call upon
Bob Crippen's skills...