Kylie Clem/Ascent Commentator: Booster officer here in mission control is reporting that Discovery's
three main engines have been shut off. Now waiting for external tank separation.
Rick Sturckow/CAPCOM: Discovery, Houston, nominal MECO. OMS 1 is not required.
Alan Poindexter/STS-131 Commander: Nominal MECO, OMS 1 not required.
Kylie Clem/Ascent Commentator: There is the external tank separation. Eight minutes and 53 seconds into the STS-131 mission,
Discovery now safely in orbit,
66 miles above the air and traveling at 17,500 mph.
Also at 1,065 miles downrange from the Kennedy Space Center