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Obviously with Mrs Collins commanding STS-114 - we looked back at STS-93 (Collins in Command) as a point of interest, given that launch was a whole load of fun and games....and we're going to do a story on it.<br /><br />However, there's some things we can't pick out - or have misrepresented.<br /><br />Any help on any of the missing parts:<br /><br />Comm = Commentary<br />Collins = Lt. Col Eileen Collins (now a Col)<br />Unknown = Either Houston or Pilot<br />Houston = JSC<br />(missing) = Can't work out/hear<br /><br />Comm: Zero. We have booster ignition and lift-off of Columbia, reaching new heights for women and X-ray astronomy.<br /><br />Collins: This is Columbia, we're in the roll, we've got a fuel cell (missing) level one.<br /><br />Houston: Roger roll Columbia, we're looking at.<br /><br />Houston: Columbia, Houston, We'd like AC flight sensors off, we're evaluating the fuel cell.<br /><br />Unknown: (missing) is given. <br /><br />Pilot & H: Roger that Columbia. Looks like we had a transient on AC-1<br /><br />Comm: Columbia had now heading down-range altitude of 3.8 mile and as we hear, all systems errr ok - throttling down at 67 per cent.<br /><br />Houston: Columbia, Houston. We are critical with AC-2 on the centre engine, AC-3 on the right. We've lost ECU A on the centre and ECU B on the right.<br /><br />Unknown: Copy that.<br /><br />Houston: And Columbia, Houston, you are go with throttle up.<br /><br />Collins: Columbia, go with throttle up.<br /><br />Comm: All 3 engines are back at full throttle. Columbia is now 8 mile down range, altitude 14 mile.<br /><br />Comm: Flight control team monitoring the electrical systems on board - again all three seem to be healthy, as are the hydraulic systems. We're approaching 1 minute 50 seconds into the flight. Standing by for burn out separation of the solid rocket boosters on the Orbiter. Columbia now has burned more than 2 million lbs of fuel (he said fuel!!) and weighs half of what she did at launch.<br /><br />Comm: SRB sepa