1024 GMT (6:24 a.m. EDT)
T+plus 2 minutes, 55 seconds. Commander Alan Poindexter just received the "Two-engine TAL" call from CAPCOM Rick Sturckow in Mission Control. The call means Discovery can now reach a Transatlantic Abort Landing site if one main engine fails. However, all three engines continue to burn normally.
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