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George Diller/STS-129 Launch 
Commentator:  T-10... nine... eight... seven... six... five... four... three... two... one... zero...

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and liftoff of space shuttle Atlantis,

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on a mission to build, re-supply and to do research on the International Space Station.

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Rob Navias/Ascent Commentator:  Houston 
now controlling.

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Atlantis begins its penultimate journey to shore up the International Space Station.

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Atlantis now in the proper alignment for its 8 1/2-minute ride to orbit.

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Four-and-a-half million pounds of hardware and humans taking aim on the international outpost.

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Thirty seconds into the flight. Atlantis almost 
2 miles in altitude, almost 6 miles

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downrange from the Kennedy Space Center, already traveling 500 miles an hour.

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The three liquid fuel main engines now throttling back to 72 percent of rated performance, going into the bucket,

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reducing the stress on the shuttle as it breaks through the sound barrier.

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Fifty-five seconds into the flight, all systems operating normally.

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Nine-hundred miles an hour, the speed of Atlantis right now, 6 miles in altitude, 9 miles downrange.

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Chris Ferguson/CAPCOM:  Atlantis, go at throttle up. Charlie Hobaugh/STS-129 Commander:  Copy. Go at throttle up.

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Rob Navias/Ascent Commentator:  The 
throttle-up call acknowledged by

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Commander Charlie Hobaugh, joined on the flight deck by Pilot Butch Wilmore,

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Flight Engineer Randy Bresnik and Leland Melvin.

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Seated down on the middeck are Mike 
Foreman and Bobby Satcher,

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kicking off their workweek with a Monday commute to orbit.

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One minute, 30 seconds into the flight, 
Atlantis 13 miles in altitude,

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15 miles downrange, traveling almost 2,000 miles an hour.

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Three good auxiliary power units, three good fuel cells, three good main engines.

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One minute, 50 seconds into the flight, 10 seconds away from solid rocket booster separation.

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Booster officer confirms staging, a good solid rocket booster separation. Guidance now converging,

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Atlantis steering into the center lane of highway 129, en route to the International Space Station.

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