oxygen and liquid hydrogen drain bells are closed. t-minus 40 seconds. handing off to atlantis s computers at t-minus 31. minus 35. 33. t-minus 31 seconds. and we have had a failure. sequencer. retract. go ahead. we need to go through the verification for the lcc, please. all right, we need to verify using a camera and we are positioning camera 62, right now. let us know as soon as 62 is swung over and you can verify lcc.
one minute and counting the sequencer will verify the three main engines are ready to start. is the booster joint heaters are being deactivated at this time. t-minus 48 seconds. we re transferring to orbiter internal power. discovery is running now on its three on-board fuel cells. t-minus 31 seconds. autosequence start. we have a go for autosequence start, discovery s on-board computers have primary control of the vehicle s primary functions. 20 seconds. the sound suppression water system has been activated protecting discovery and the launchpad from acoustical energy waves. go for main engine start. we have main engine start. 2, 1, booster ignition, and the
and kate, i understand you re the first person to sequence dna in space. can you tell us about that? yeah, so that was actually just this last summer, and it s a real example of what we can do with technology and innovation. we ve gotten a sequencer down to the size of your cell phone, and we were actually able to fly that on board the space station and sequence dna. it s not just the technology demonstration, but we can actually use that to do things like detect microbes on the space station, look at astronaut health. we can easily use that in earth-based settings, too, to look for disease outbreaks and to do rural health care as well. that is fantastic. that is really great. i saw some of the work and it s incredible. you know, i ve been dealing with politicians so much, i m so much more impressed with these people. you have no idea. now, speaking of another impressive person, ivanka, you ve been very much interested in this program. tell us something about it. hi, dr. whitson.