Countdown for space OAP Glenn.OAP OAP - Outside Awareness Port astronaut John Glenn last night made the final preparations for his historic return to space and admitted he had never been "so excited" in his life. President Bill Clinton will be at NASA's Cape Canaveral Cape Canaveral (kənăv`ərəl), low, sandy promontory extending E into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island, E Fla., separated from Merritt Island by the Banana River, a lagoon; named (1963) Cape Kennedy in memory of President John , launch site of the space shuttle space shuttle, reusable U.S. space vehicle. Developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it consists of a winged orbiter, two solid-rocket boosters, and an external tank. Discovery, at 7pm tonight. Clinton is expected to echo the famous words of Glenn's 1962 mission and tell him: "God speed, John Glenn" as the 77- year-old becomes the oldest spaceman in history. As he prepared for blast-off blast·off also blast-off n. The launch, especially of a rocket. blast-off n (SPACE) → lanzamiento blast-off n (Space in Florida, his daughter, Lyn, said: "I have never seen him so happy and so excited as in recent days." Glenn, who was the first American to orbit the Earth, will spend nine days in space. |
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