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Candrea Thomas/NASA Launch Commentator:

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This is Commander Lee Archambault. Pilot Tony Antonelli. Mission

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Specialist 1 Joe Acaba. Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata. Mission

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Specialist 3 Ricky Arnold. Mission Specialist Steve Swanson.

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Mission Specialist John Phillips. The STS-119 crew is now walking

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out of the crew quarters, making their way to the elevator. Crew is

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now walking out of the Operations and Checkout Building where

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they'll enter the Astrovan, which will carry them to the launch pad,

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on 39, Launch Pad 39A. We expect the crew to arrive at the launch

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pad White Room in about 25 minutes. The Astrovan is a modified

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1980s RV that has bench seating and air conditioning hookups that

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hook into the orange launch-and-entry-suits to keep the astronauts cool.

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(crowd cheering)