John Glenn: Return to Space (CBS News) - 1998-10-29
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[0:06] 6.
[0:09] >> This is a CBS News special report.
[0:14] >> The clock is operating. We're underway.
[0:20] >> John Glenn, [music] return to space.
[0:23] Goal
[0:26] >> from the Kennedy [music] Space Center in
[0:27] Florida. Here is Dan Rather.
[0:32] >> And good day from the Sunsplash Kennedy
[0:34] Space Center here in Florida. It's a
[0:36] space shot for the ages and the aging
[0:39] and the next space age. Right behind me
[0:42] back there, Space Shuttle Discovery is
[0:44] all tanked up and fueled to go. 30
[0:46] minutes from now at the top of the hour.
[0:48] The mighty shuttle stands unprotected in
[0:50] plain sight now out there on launchpad
[0:53] 39B. Inside now are the seven crew
[0:56] members. After a steak and eggs
[0:58] breakfast, 77year-old John Glenn and the
[1:00] others suited up and went to the pad for
[1:03] final boarding. Of course, so much of
[1:05] the sky-high publicity and history here
[1:07] today is that Senator Glenn is fixing to
[1:10] be the oldest person ever in space. 36
[1:13] years after his and America's first trip
[1:16] to orbit.
[1:17] >> It's bumperto-bumper for the Winnebago
[1:19] crowd gathered along the Florida space
[1:21] coastline today. Crowds haven't been
[1:23] this big in years. And they are the
[1:26] VIPs,
[1:28] including President Clinton and First
[1:29] Lady Hillary Rotten Clinton leading the
[1:32] dignitaries who'll get a close VIP look.
[1:35] Let's check in with our CBS News space
[1:37] consultant Bill Harwood now for a quick
[1:39] status report on the launch. Bill,
[1:40] >> Dan, so far it's been a textbook
[1:42] countdown. The weather is absolutely
[1:43] flawless. No problems at pad 39B. The
[1:46] crew is strapped in. John Glenn looks
[1:47] comfortable. They all look like they're
[1:48] ready