Taking a break from the current series of posts to make a list. I always found the shuttle launch commentary to be cheesy, so I thought I would list them here for an opinion. The early ones are all obsessed with clearing the tower, which I find pretty funny. I suppose its better than saying "It didn't blow up! Woohoo!". By the way, this is all I could find without requesting NASA for the launch transcripts. If you know of any that I am missing (about 60), add it to the comment.
"of Space Shuttle Endeavour expanding the International Space Station while creating a classroom in space" STS-118 (August 8, 2007)
"of Space Shuttle Atlantis, to assemble the framework for the science laboratories of tomorrow!" STS-117 (June 8, 2007)
"of the Space Shuttle Discovery, lighting up the night-time sky as we continue building the International Space Station." STS-116 (December 9, 2006)
"of Space Shuttle Atlantis...opening a new chapter in the completion of the International Space Station...for the future of collaboration of nations in space." STS-115 (September 9, 2006)
"of the Space Shuttle Discovery - Returning to the Space Station...while paving the way for future missions beyond...." STS-121 (July 4, 2006)
"of Space Shuttle Discovery... beginning America's new journey to the moon, Mars and beyond..." STS-114 (July 26, 2005)
"of Space Shuttle Columbia with a multitude of national and international space research experiments" STS-107 (January 16, 2003)
"of Space Shuttle Endeavour with another building block for the foundation of the International Space Station" STS-113 (November 23, 2002)
"of Space Shuttle Atlantis, building the station and our future in space" STS-112 (October 7, 2002)
"of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, extending our reach while expanding our research in space" STS-111 (June 5, 2002)
"of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, setting in place the keystone to Space Station's backbone" STS-110 (April 8, 2002)
"of Space Shuttle Columbia to broaden our view of the Universe through the Hubble Space Telescope" STS-109 (March 1, 2002)
"of the Space Shuttle Endeavour - Pushing our goal skyward using our station in space" STS-108 (December 5, 2001)
"of Discovery carrying the third crew astronaut residents of the International Space Station" STS-105 (August 10, 2001)
"of Space Shuttle Atlantis launching a door to partnership in space" STS-104 (July 12, 2001)
"of the Space Shuttle Endeavour - extending the reach of the Space Station while extending partnerships above the Earth" STS-100 (April 19, 2001)
"of Discovery, and a team of explorers, shaping their destiny" STS-102 (March 8, 2001)
"of Space Shuttle Atlantis with Destiny, the science laboratory for the 21st century" STS-98 (February 7, 2001)
"of the Space Shuttle Endeavour providing power to the station as it continues to build our future in space" STS-97 (November 30, 2000)
"of Discovery - making shuttle history and building our future in space" STS-92 (October 11, 2000)
"for the Space Shuttle Atlantis opening the doors for permanent human presence in space" STS-106 (September 8, 2000)
"of Space Shuttle Atlantis - a space shuttle for the 21st century" STS-101 (May 19, 2000)
"of Space Shuttle Endeavour - on a 21st century mission, placing Earth back on the map" STS-99 (February 11, 2000)
"of the Space Shuttle Discovery, on a mission to repair Hubble Space Telescope as we venture into the 21st century" STS-103 (December 19, 1999)
"of Columbia - reaching new heights for women and Xray astronomy" STS-93 (July 23, 1999)
"of Space Shuttle Discovery - The first mission to dock with the orbiting International Space Station and the vehicle has cleared the tower" STS-96 (May 27, 1999)
"of the Space Shuttle Endeavour - With the first American element of the International Space Station unites in our efforts in space to achieve our common goals" STS-88 (December 4, 1998)
"of the Space Shuttle Discovery as NASA embarks on the final mission to dock with Russian's space station Mir" STS-91 (June 2, 1998)
"of Space Shuttle Columbia on a mission expanding our knowledge and understanding of the human nervous system" STS-90 (April 17, 1998)
"of Discovery on a mission to study planet earth" STS-85 (August 7, 1997)
"of Space Shuttle Discovery to complete NASAs constellation of tracking stations in the sky" STS-70 (July 13, 1995)
"of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, observing the changes of planet Earth" STS-59 (April 9, 1994)
"of Columbia on a voyage to the future" STS-55 (April 26, 1993)
"of the Space Shuttle Discovery on a 7 day mission for the Department of Defence" STS-53 (December 2, 1992)
"of the Space Shuttle Discovery with the Hubble Space Telescope our window on the Universe" STS-31 (April 24, 1990)
"of Atlantis and the Galileo spacecraft bound for Jupiter" STS-34 (October 18, 1989)
STS-28 (August 8, 1989)
"starting a new era of planetary science as Atlantis clears the tower" STS-30 (May 4, 1989)
"Atlantis begins another space voyage as it clears the tower" STS-27 (December 2, 1988)
"Americans return to space as Discovery clears the tower" STS-26 (September 29, 1988)
"of the 25th Space Shuttle mission and it has cleared the tower" STS-51-L (January 28, 1986)
"of Columbia on mission 61-C and the shuttle has cleared the tower" STS-61-C (January 12, 1986)
"of the Space Shuttle and it has cleared the tower" STS-61-B (November 26, 1985)
"of Challenger and the Spacelab D-1 mission. And the shuttle has cleared the tower" STS-61-A (October 30, 1985)
"of Atlantis. A new orbiter joins the shuttle fleet and it has cleared the tower" STS-51-J (October 3, 1985)
"of S-51-I and a commercial deploy and repair mission. It has cleared the tower" STS-51-I (August 27, 1985)
"of Challenger and Spacelab-2. The shuttle has cleared the tower" STS-51-F (July 29, 1985)
"of Discovery, and the shuttle has cleared the tower" STS-51-G (June 17, 1985)
"and Challenger and Spacelab-3 is airborne and has cleared the tower" STS-51-B (April 29, 1985) *does not say lift off
STS-51-D (April 12, 1985)
"of Discovery, the first flight totally dedicated to Department of Defence missions and it has cleared the tower" STS-51-C (January 24, 1985)
"of Challenger and the 10th space shuttle flight. And the shuttle has cleared the tower" STS-41-B (February 3, 1984)
"of Columbia and the first flight of the European Space Agency's Space Lab. The shuttle has cleared the tower" STS-9 (November 28, 1983)
STS-8 (August 30, 1983)
"of STS-7 and America's first woman astronaut and the shuttle has cleared the tower" STS-7 (June 18, 1983)
"of America's first shuttle on its third? mission and we have cleared the tower" STS-4 (June 27, 1982)
"of America's Space Shuttle and the Space Shuttle has cleared the tower" STS-2 (November 12, 1981)
"of America's first Space Shuttle... and the Space Shuttle has cleared the tower" STS-1 (April 12, 1981)
Sources:-
youtube.com
insideKSC.com
nasa.gov
wikipedia.org
