and the pilot eric bo as well as the four others, the mission specialists they are now all strapped in looking forward, which in their position as you can see is looking straight up so right now three minutes, 40 seconds remaining before this launch discovery took up john glenn the then senator and then a senior citizen advancing understanding of what the human body takes at that age discovery was the orbiter for that discovery was the orbiter that took up the hubble space tell coast in 1990. after the challenger disaster and colombia disaster it was discovery which was the shuttle that returned the united states and nasa back to space. after this 11-day mission, it is likely that the space shuttle discovery will end up at the smithsonian national museum all three remaining shuttles will be bidded out. of course, we still have the endeavour scheduled for a late april launch and the atlantis for the absolute final launch in the space shuttle program which
phil keating works the space coast for us he is live at ksc. this mission has been delayed for four months now because of cracks in the fuel tank and a gas leak. but today no problems whatsoever that nasa is following. all six astronauts are now strapped in, buckled down. so that means they are looking forward but since the shuttle is stacked as it is, that means looking straight up, the six astronauts walked out there at launch pad 39 a just around 1:30 this afternoon. steve lindsey is its commander eric bo is the pilot. they have been training for this mission for a full year now. so, right now everything is looking golden at about 4:40 p.m. eastern time will be the go or no-go for launch. all indications are everybody is going to say ago. we have a spectacular afternoon launch. shep? shepard: the discovery there, phil, really the work horse of that whole shuttle fleet. absolutely. it has been usinged more than any other space shuttle. in fact, it s been used more
in libya has lost control of portions of the couple tri. amid all that unrest, senior officials in libya found time to hall into their offices yesterday the top u.s. diplomat in the country, our embassy sar jay along with diplomats from other countries. those journalists in libya without the government s approval would be considered al qaeda collaborators and subjected to quote the full range of possible immigration charges. the conversation as i remember her saying this morning was at the undersecretary level but this was the particular topic of the meeting. and our feeling was that when we have information that effects the security of u.s. citizens or journalists in this case and others we thought we had the obligation to put that up. accordingly and with typical understatement crowley went on to say for reporters entering libya, trying to do their jobs there is, quote, additionally hazardous. shep? shepard: hundreds of americans have been trying to get out of li