this has been a very quiet morning for tanking, no issues that the team's working
weather is set at, currently at 70%
chances of having good conditions at
liftoff time
This is the Vehicle Assembly Building, 
that is where the shuttle gets put together
and then it rolls out, a couple of
miles, out to where the shuttle pad is
That's pad 39a... shuttle Atlantis is on there, is on there, waiting to take off
final inspection team and close out crew have entered the pad.   *copy that*
final inspection team is complete and
we'll be rolling back to AB11
Did we get everything?    *Yes sir*
Inspection complete, we are departing the pad
copy departing the pad, and just head up Tom, flight crew has...
are in the process of departing the LMC at this time, you guys might make it
without having to pull over but I'll need you to be advised that they are in route to the pad
and here comes our STS-132 Atlantis crew
*cheering from crowd*
so with that, the Astro Van now will 
proceed on out to Pad 39a
there they go, and they'll be escorted out to the pad by a NASA security van, as is customary,
behind them
the inspection team is on the way back from the pad in their vehicles, I don't think 
think the two will pass, but it will be close
the landing aids at the shuttle landing
facility are about to be activated
should a return to a landing site be necessary this afternoon
The Astro Van now arriving 
arriving at the pad and going up the
incline the ramp, on the way up to the pad's surface
the crew compartment reports that they
are ready for the astronauts' ingress
The crew may pause for a moment to take a look at Atlantis before they head up the elevator
and that's exactly what they're
doing
that shot there, looking up the side of
the flame trench
to the crew on the pad surface
and we're at t-minus three hours and
holding with an hour two minutes 50
seconds remaining in his built-in hold
here are the astronauts now, getting off
the elevator
ready to cross the orbiter access arm
and our commander Ken Ham
being assisted with his launch and entry suit
prior to boarding Atlantis to be our first crew member aboard today
here we see our Commander being seated in the cockpit
and Mission Specialist #3, Steve Bowen,
being assisted with
his launch an entry suit
Steve Bowen now confirmed to be aboard Atlantis at this time
Tony Antonelli, our pilot, will be boarding next
Piers Sellers, is Mission Specialist #4
ready for his entry into the crew
compartment
next to board, is Mission Specialist #1, aboard Atlantis on STS-132.
Yes, so we're three hours from launch, just a little under, and so some of these guys have already
been sitting on their back for a little while.
I guess when you can't turn your head, can't move around, a mirror is not a bad thing to have
and Mike Good, who you'll hear called "Bueno" on the loops during the mission
that crew has actually been working with these guys all through training
they are assigned, kind of, to the crew when the crew is assigned, and they show up at all the
training events where they're suited and
kind of go through the whole
choreography every single time, make sure the suits are fitting just right
Mike Good coming into view in the MS 2 seat, and Chris Cassidy will start working on him here shortly
yes with the exception of the commander
and pilot and MS2, most of the guys are
up and moving around very very quickly
and actually the guys down in the
mid-deck will be getting out of the
A-suits (Ascent suits), pretty quickly after getting an eight-and-a-half minute ride to orbit
you can see the hatch there with
Atlantis written down the side
SRO?  SRO is go, you have range clear to launch...
and CDR?  (CDR is Commander)
(CDR) Atlantis is Go
and NTD Launch Director you're clear to
launch Atlantis
Copy that Launch Director
Go for Orbiter Access Arm
retract.
Atlantis crew, our team has worked
hard and it's with great pride that we
send the first "Last Crew" on Atlantis to
the International Space Station with the
mini research module to be installed
t-minus two minutes and counting.
Atlantis, close and lock your visors and initiate O2
OTC, that is "in work"
the ground launch sequencer will hand off to
Atlantis' onboard flight computer, 15 seconds from now
firing chain is armed, sound suppression
water system activated
t-minus 13, 12, 11,
10, 9, 8, go for main engine start, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
lift off, of space shuttle Atlantis
Houston, Atlantis is in the roll
roger roll Atlantis
Houston is now controlling
Atlantis is in a 'heads down' position, on course for a
51.6 degree 136 by 36 statute mile orbit
you can hear the roar!
the three main engines on Atlantis have now been throttled down to 72% of rated thrust
As the orbiter prepares to pass through the area of
maximum dynamic pressure on the vehicle
in the lower atmosphere
there you get the arc
(as the vehicle builds lateral speed)
engines now beginning to throttle back up
Atlantis, you are GO at throttle up
Copy, GO at throttle up
all three engines looking really good
back at full throttle now
at liftoff, the fully fueled shuttle, boosters and external tank weighed four and a half
million pounds, has now burned half of that lift-off weight in propellent
Atlantis is already 19 miles in altitude,
downrange from the Kennedy Space Center 20 miles, traveling 2,500 miles per hour
coming up on staging the point at which
the twin solid rocket boosters burn out
and separate from the orbiter
booster separation confirmed
the onboard guidance system has done its job of settling out any of the
dispersions that have been introduced at
the booster separation
Atlantis is traveling 3,700 miles per
hour, at an altitude of 47 miles
this view from a camera on the external
tank looking down the length of the orbiter
you can still see that little
dot, wow!
Still there, that is wild you can still, if you know where to look
you can still see that dot going.
Atlantis, you are single-engine OPS 3
Copy, Single Engine OPS 3.
That roll the heads-up provides a good satellite communications link to with Atlantis
continuing its travel into space
you are press to MECO and single-engine
Zaragoza 104.
Copy, press to MECO and single engine Zaragosa 104.
Scorch, I got the roll!  *Lucky dog!*
Atlantis copies, nominal shutdown, go for the plus x, go for the pitch.
Still going
*splashing water echo sounds*
Atlantis is now travelling 13,000 miles
per hour
580 miles away from the Kennedy Space Center at an altitude of 340,000 feet
Atlantis can reach orbit on one engine
now, should two fail, however all three are
still in good shape. Atlantis is
traveling 15,500 miles per hour
approaching eight minutes
into the flight, downrange 740 miles
at an altitude of 64 miles
plasma? oh! are they burning out, MECO?
main engine cutoff confirmed, standing by for separation from the external fuel tank
There they go!
they're separating
Atlantis now flying away from the
external tank, after separation
plus x burn maneuver being
performed by a Commander Ken Ham
nominal MECO, OMS 1 not required, preliminary OMS 2 TIG will be 37:30
Wow! look at at that!
awesome
welcome back to space for you, and your
veteran crew
Copy, 37:30
it's good to be back Scorch, as you know, and OMS 1 is not required!
as is typical with all Space Shuttle missions, the crew rapidly
gets out their handheld camera and takes
them still and motion video of the
external tank as it drifts away from the shuttle
this gives the ground teams an idea of
exactly how the foam on the external
tank faired, to make sure that all of it
stayed in its proper position
if you look down, with these binoculars, at one spot on the ground
*yes*
We are going absolutely ludicrous speed
ludicrous speed!
we have achieved ludicrous speed
Distortion speed, if you were down there in an airplane you would be a cinder! 
This is ridiculous how fast we're going!
you can see some of the the cryogenics from
inside that tank still venting as the
tank separated from space shuttle Atlantis
that tank also has what are known as
tumble jets installed on it, that
enable the tank to basically flip end over end, to ensure that it actually breaks up as
expected as it goes back down into the
Earth's atmosphere and disintegrates
and wow, what a ride, I was really digging, like, no master cautions that was a cool thing
yeah... not a one, nothing!
We appreciate all the folks working the
ball bearings down in that MCC and LCC
get us off the pad!
Incorrect Date of Launch, was 2010
