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MIKE CURIE: This is Shuttle Launch Control at T-3 hours and holding.

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We're now in the suit-up room at the Operations and Checkout Building,

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where the STS-120 crew is getting into its orange suits. I understand that the suit

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technicians that help the crew suit up have been with the crew for some time.

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PATRICK FORRESTER: Yeah, they are a great group of individuals and

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we have the privilege of training with them during the training flow,

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so each time that we wear these suits – there's Doug Wheelock giving us away;

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there's a great picture of Paolo as he's getting his watch on outside of his suit.

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Usually a crew member might wear one inside.

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He's got that under that white band there and then another one on the outside of his suit.

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You'll also know there's plenty of other people in the suit-up room besides the crew, and then the suit-up techs.

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Some of the management will be in there. We've got, obviously,

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photographers and a flight surgeon will be in there observing the process also.

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Mike, that was kind of nice. Haven't seen a crew do that before,

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where they actually stood there by the Astrovan and had a chance to really make

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eye contact and wave at the folks there.