MIKE CURIE: This is Shuttle Launch Control at T-3 hours and holding.
We're now in the suit-up room at the Operations and Checkout Building,
where the STS-120 crew is getting into its orange suits. I understand that the suit
technicians that help the crew suit up have been with the crew for some time.
PATRICK FORRESTER: Yeah, they are a great group of individuals and
we have the privilege of training with them during the training flow,
so each time that we wear these suits – there's Doug Wheelock giving us away;
there's a great picture of Paolo as he's getting his watch on outside of his suit.
Usually a crew member might wear one inside.
He's got that under that white band there and then another one on the outside of his suit.
You'll also know there's plenty of other people in the suit-up room besides the crew, and then the suit-up techs.
Some of the management will be in there. We've got, obviously,
photographers and a flight surgeon will be in there observing the process also.
Mike, that was kind of nice. Haven't seen a crew do that before,
where they actually stood there by the Astrovan and had a chance to really make
eye contact and wave at the folks there.