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[i]This is Apollo Saturn Launch Control at T-21 minutes and counting. T-21, at this time the commander of the Apollo 7 Spacecraft, Wally Schirra, has gone through a series of checks with the reaction control system on the Apollo 7 Spacecraft. We have a total of some 16 reaction control system engines on the service module of the Apollo 7. They're located in four quadrants around the service module and each of the engines is capable of generating some 100 lbs. of thrust. Astronaut Schirra fired these thrusters and the report from the Spacecraft Test Conductor is the static firing went very well. We actually did fire several of the thrusters during this test and the report was that the test went well. In the meantime we completed some final checks of the range safety destruct system aboard the Saturn lB launch vehicle. These are checks between the launch crew and the Air Force Eastern Test Range. Those checks also went very well, and the count is continuing. We have just passed the 20 minute mark. We are now at T-19 minutes, 54 seconds and counting. This is Launch Control.[/i]
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