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2030 GMT (4:30 p.m. EDT)
Air Force Colonel Lee Archambault, the pilot of Atlantis, is making his way to the flight deck’s front-right seat. The rookie astronaut is from Illinois.
Pilot is rookie although he may have flown something before.
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2032 GMT (4:32 p.m. EDT)
Rookie Danny Olivas, who was raised in El Paso, Texas serves as mission specialist No. 3 on Atlantis’ STS-117 flight. He just entered the orbiter to take the middeck’s left seat.
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