Husband climbing in. Next to enter The Vehicle will be ilan ramon. And he is currently taking his seat on the middeck. Here at the Kennedy Space Center in florida, a lot of concern about security with the first israeli astronaut on Board Columbia for this 16day science mission. Im there to cover that launch, like we always were. Im three miles away, which is as close as they let anybody. 28th launch for columbia, the 113th shuttle mission launch. Im always thinking about what i would say if things go really wrong, uh, and because thats my responsibility to be that person. One of the experiments on board the shuttle columbia. So you sort of have to go down the list of threats, if you will, you know, 9 11, ilan ramon. Did they really fix those cracks . And then its up to, you know, A Million movable parts
127 hours 39 minutes 39.2 seconds. this is the start time for a series of velocity match numbers to bring eagle in with columbia. houston, delta h of 15.5. maneuver of 51.3. roger, we copy. as the two vehicles come around on the 26th lunar revolution, mike collins board columbia is spring loaded to do what is called a mirror image