JEANNE MESERVE, CNN ANCHOR: I'm going to toss it over to Miles O'Brien at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Miles, what's the latest on the launch.</s>MILES O'BRIEN, CNN SPACE CORRESPONDENT: Jeanne, not much time to talk. We'll just listen in to NASA. About 30 seconds to the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour. Six-person crew aboard, a $600 million ambitious radar mapping mission. Let's listen in to NASA commentator Joel Wells (ph) and the radio communications between the crew and the ground controllers.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Twelve, eleven, ten, nine, eight, seven -- we have a go for ignition -- four, three, two, one, booster ignition, and liftoff of space shuttle Endeavour on a 21st century mission placing Earth back on the map.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Roger, roll, Endeavour.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And we're rolling on a course northeast away from the Kennedy Space Center.</s>MESERVE: Thank you, Miles.
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