 From the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, this is Spatial Atlantis Launch Control. The countdown for launch of Spatial Atlantis on Mission STS-84 is continuing on schedule tonight. The window for launch of Atlantis opens at about 407 a.m. Eastern time tomorrow and extends for only seven minutes. Work at Launch Pad 39A as well as operations here in firing room three of the Launch Control Center are continuing as planned. Just a short while ago, the external tank was filled with over 500,000 gallons of liquid propellants and those tanking operations are now complete. No technical concerns or issues are being addressed at this time and we anticipate an on-time liftoff of Atlantis and the seven-member crew from Kennedy Space Center in just about five hours. And apparently our crew have been seated for their meal somewhat earlier than previously scheduled and they are in the operations and checkout building just having left their crew quarters. They are seated for their final meal before being driven out to the Launch Pad. They've been awake since about 6 p.m. today and all seven of them will be on the same schedule throughout this mission. Elena Kondakova of course, our Russian cosmonaut flying seated next to our shuttle commander Charlie Precourt. All the crew again are well trained. This is our pilot, Eileen Collins, who is flying for the second time as pilot. And rounding out the crew, of course, we have other mission specialists, Carlos Noriega, Ed Lu, and of course Michael Full, who we saw just a few seconds ago will be actually taken up and will remain on the Mir space station for four months until Atlantis again goes back to retrieve him in September. Our mission commander, Charles Precourt, is on his third flight having served as mission specialist of STS-55 and then as pilot of STS-71. That was the first space shuttle mission to dock with the Russian space station and now he'll serve as commander of this the sixth mission to dock with the space station Mir. He is a Colonel in the Air Force and next to him of course is our pilot, Eileen Collins. Edward Lu is preparing for his first mission into space and on the other side of the room another one of our mission specialists preparing for his first flight Carlos Noriega. Michael Full, this is a special mission for him. He's flown three times before but on this particular flight of course he will be staying on board the Mir space station and John François Clairvois is preparing for his flight today. Eileen Akhandakova, a Russian cosmonaut making her first trip into space aboard the shuttle however she has spent nearly half a year in orbit aboard the space station Mir. This is a remarkable shot of the moon from one of our long-range trackers. You can see the kind of detail that our tracking cameras have. This is a shot of moon craters of course. Again the crew waving and making the final goodbyes to employees at Kennedy Space Center. Mission commander Charlie Precourt with pilot Eileen Collins, John François Clairvois, Carlos Noriega, Edward Lu, Eileen Akhandakova and Michael Full. This picture is view is a shot taken from the 195 foot level. The crew have the crew has arrived on this level and they'll be taking turns getting into the vehicle. Of course their next step is to cross the orbiter access arm on this level that leads over to the vehicle. The seven space flyers on STS-84 reflect the multinational nature of this mission. Their origins are found in six countries, the United States, Russia, England, France, Peru and China. Again our launch will occur at the opening of our seven-minute window at 407 in 48 seconds. Pilot to go. Copy that. Engineering director. Say again Rudy. Engineering is good Jim. Say that. Safety and mission assurance. Safety and mission assurance is good Jim. Copy that. Range weather. Roger sir we have no constraints to launch. Copy that. Ops management. Jim the MMT is working, no issues required to launch. Copy that. Atlantis. Everything has come together so we're ready to go. You guys have a good flight, good mission. We'll see you back here and Saturday a week. Copy that to the whole team, to all international partners around the world. We're ready to go and we thanks for all your hard work. And NTD you're clear to launch. Copy. Captain start ATU and hydraulic control. Copy. Go fight. C-L-T-O-T-C. Go ahead. Arm ATU three start. Set to work. And control surface checks are now being conducted and the gaseous oxygen vent hood is being slowly retracted away from the top of the external tank. Everything looks good and we're cleared for launch today no problems are being reported from the vehicle or the crew. And Atlantis sir copies to the whole NASA team and to our partners around the world. Thank you. We need them to go to post the discussion of the pilot. Thank you. We'll succeed in our pilot. And thanks for making Atlantis such a beautiful bird. We're ready to take it over and deal with our friends on there. One minute thirty seconds. Ten nine eight seven we have a go from an engine start four three two one. We have booster ignition and lift off of this space shuttle Atlantis maintaining America's constant presence in space. Houston now controlling the side of Atlantis. Yes. Roger roll. Echoing the words of Erie Gagarin on his launch 36 years ago Commander Trello Precourt puts Atlantis into the roll heads down wings level for the eight and a half minute ride to orbit might fall headed to the mere space station. Thirty seconds into the flight Atlantis is three liquid fuel main engines now throttling back in a three step fashion to 67 percent of rated performance to dampen the stress on the shuttle's aero surfaces as it breaks through the sound barrier. Fifty three seconds into the flight the main engines now beginning to rev up to full throttle 104 percent of rated performance the engines along with the three fuel cells and three auxiliary power units all functioning normally. Fifteen seconds away from solid rocket booster separation that will be commanded by the general purpose computers through the master events controller on board. Booster officer confirms a good solid rocket booster separation guidance is converging on all three main engines now gently stirring Atlantis for a precise keyhole in space for main engine cutoff. Atlantis performance is nominal.