>> WHEN I LOOK AT IT, IF I USE
THE TALENTS AND CAPABILITIES
I HAPPEN TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN
TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY,
I THINK THERE IS A POWER
GREATER THAN I AM
THAT WILL CERTAINLY, UH,
SEE THAT I AM TAKEN CARE OF
IF I DO MY PART OF THE BARGAIN.
>> GODSPEED, JOHN GLENN.
TEN, NINE, EIGHT,
SEVEN, SIX, FIVE, FOUR,
THREE, TWO, ONE, ZERO.
[ ROCKET BLASTING ]
>> ROGER.
THE CLOCK IS OPERATING.
WE'RE UNDERWAY.
>> HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> ROGER, WE'RE PROGRAMING
AND WE'RE ALL OKAY.
A LITTLE BUMPY ALONG ABOUT HERE.
>> ROGER, HEARING YOU
LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> ROGER, COMING INTO
HIGH GEAR A LITTLE BIT.
HAD A LITTLE CONTRAIL
WENT BY THE WINDOW
OR SOMETHING THERE.
>> [ INDISTINCT ].
>> ROGER, ZERO-G,
AND I FEEL FINE.
CAPSULE IS TURNING AROUND.
OH, THAT VIEW IS TREMENDOUS.
A DESTROYER
THAT CAME ALONGSIDE
AND PUT UP A, UH, CABLE DOWN
AND, UH, AND PICKED ME UP
AND SET THE SPACECRAFT
ON-ON THE DECK OF THE SHIP
AND I BLEW THE SIDE HATCH
AND CLIMB-CLIMBED OUT.
THEN WAS TAKEN OVER BY
A HELICOPTER AND LIFTED OFF,
UH, LATER AND WENT OVER TO THE,
UH, [ INDISTINCT ] EXPERIENCE.
IT WAS LIKE A SNOW STORM
OF PAPER COMING DOWN.
AND SOMEBODY TOLD ME
NOT LONG AGO THAT
THAT WAS THE BIGGEST
TICKER TAPE PARADE
THAT THERE EVER WILL BE.
>> THAT'LL WORK.
THAT'LL WORK.
[ ENGINE WHISTLING ]
>> I WOULD BELIEVE YOU CAN
LOWER YOUR BODY CORE TEMPERATURE
WITH THAT--
>> REALLY, REALLY COLD.
>> OH, YEAH, IT'S--
IT'S A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE
IN THE FLIGHT.
>> HERE WE GO.
>> T-MINUS 15.
T-MINUS 10.
NINE, EIGHT--
WE HAVE A GO FOR ENGINE START.
FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE.
BOOSTER IGNITION
AND LIFTOFF OF DISCOVERY
WITH A CREW OF SIX
ASTRONAUT HEROES
AND ONE AMERICAN LEGEND.
>> THIS IS DISCOVERY.
ROLL PROGRAM.
>> ROGER ROLL, DISCOVERY.
>> 0.413.
TR PLUS 0.002.
T 11.413.
C AND FE TRIPLE ZERO.
>> HELP US UNDERSTAND
THE HOWS AND WHYS OF, UH,
MUSCLE PROTEIN BUILDUP
AND BREAKDOWN.
AND JOHN PROCESSED A NUMBER
OF THE SAMPLES FOR US.
>> UH, EXAMPLE OF
THE VERY MANY EXPERIMENTS
IS THIS ONE, IN WHICH, UH,
WE STUDIED THE PRODUCTION
OF SMALL QUANTITIES OF, UH,
MATERIAL CALLED AEROGEL,
WHICH IS AN-A VERY GOOD ISO--
>> OKAY, GOOD.
VERY GOOD.
SLIDE OVER A LITTLE BIT.
GOOD.
GOOD TO SEE YA!
[ LAUGHS ]
OKAY, GOOD.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
IS EXPANDING HORIZONS
AND OPENING FRONTIERS,
AND PARTICULARLY FOR
ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE.
I WAS VERY PLEASANTLY
SURPRISED TODAY TO SEE SO MANY
KIDS AND YOUNG PEOPLE OUT THERE
ALONG THAT PARADE ROUTE,
WAVING AT 'EM THERE.
AND THEY WERE ALL
MILLING AROUND OUT HERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE--
WHAT THE SCHOOLS HAD TODAY.
MAYBE SCHOOLS LET OUT TODAY,
I DON'T KNOW, BUT THEY SHOULD'VE
BEEN IN SCHOOL.
ANYWAY, I'M GLAD THEY WEREN'T.
I'M GLAD THEY WERE HERE.
I HOPE THEY CAN BE INSPIRED
BY THE LIKES OF PEOPLE
LIKE THESE PEOPLE DOWN HERE
THAT COME UP HERE FROM HOUSTON.
AND I HOPE THEY CAN BE INSPIRED
BY THE EXAMPLE THAT
YOU ALL SET FOR THEM.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
THE FUTURE IS ALL ABOUT,
IS BEING ABLE TO PLAS--
PASS ALONG SOME OF THESE--
THESE THINGS TO OUR KIDS,
AND THAT'S WHAT THESE
EXPANDING HORIZONS
AND OPENING FRONTIERS
OF THE FUTURE IS ALL ABOUT.
SO WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD
TO HAVE OUR NAME ASSOCIATED
WITH-WITH THIS, UH, CENTER
AND WITH THE LEWIS LEGACY HERE,
THE LEWIS FAMILY,
AND JUST KEEP GOING
BECAUSE YOU'RE A GREAT ASSET,
YOU'RE A NATIONAL RESOURCE
FOR THIS WHOLE COUNTRY.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> AND THE VERY FIRST
OHIO ASTRONAUT
WAS BORN IN CAMBRIDGE.
HE HAS LOGGED NEARLY
9,000 HOURS OF FLYING TIME,
APPROXIMATELY 3,000 HOURS
IN JET AIRCRAFT.
ON FEBRUARY THE 20th, 1962,
HE PILOTED THE MERCURY ATLAS 6
FRIENDSHIP 7 SPACECRAFT
ON THE FIRST MANNED
ORBITAL MISSION
OF THE UNITED STATES,
WHERE HE COMPLETED A SUCCESSFUL
THREE ORBIT MISSION
AROUND THE WORLD.
MORE THAN 35 YEARS LATER,
SENATOR GLENN RETURNED TO SPACE
ABOARD SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY
FOR A NINE DAY MISSION THAT
ORBITED THE EARTH 134 TIMES,
TRAVELING 3.6 MILLION MILES.
COLONEL, SENATOR, HERO,
JOHN H. GLENN,
UNITED STATES
MARINE CORPS, RETIRED.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
YOUR OHIO ASTRONAUTS.
>> 'CAUSE YOU CAN--
IT CAN GO TWO WAYS, YOU KNOW?
[ LAUGHTER ]
IF A WHOLE THING TURNS OUT
TO BE SORT OF A FLOP,
WELL YOU CAN SAY,
"WELL, THEY JUST WANTED ME
TO BE HONORARY CHAIR
AND THAT WAS THAT."
[ LAUGHTER ]
ON THE OTHER HAND,
IF IT TURNS OUT TO BE
A VERY NICE, VERY GOOD EVENT,
YOU REALLY CAN TAKE CREDIT
FOR A LOT OF IT EVEN THOUGH
YOU DIDN'T DO A WHOLE LOT.
SO, UH, I'M TAKING A LOT
OF CREDIT FOR THIS TONIGHT.
THIS IS A GREAT EVENT.
I'M ENJOYING IT VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
ACTUALLY, I WORKED VERY,
VERY HARD ON THIS EVENT.
I REALLY DID.
I SIGNED ONE LETTER
AND THAT TOOK CARE OF THAT.
THE WHOLE THING, SO.
THE IMPORTANT THING IS,
AS WE LOOK BACK AND AS WE SEE
EACH STEP ALONG THE WAY,
IT PROVIDES US AN INSIGHT INTO
WHAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO
IN THE FUTURE,
AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT PART.
NOT TO HONOR ME BECAUSE
IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO
OR-OR ANYTHING ELSE,
BUT THE-- WHAT CAN WE DO TO-TO
USE THESE AS STEPPING STONES
TO OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING
TO-TO HAPPEN DOWN THE LINE?
AND THAT'S WHAT WILL HELP
THIS COUNTRY OF OURS
MOVE FORWARD.
IF WE CAN ENCOURAGE
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE
INTERESTED IN THESE THINGS
AND TO BE INTERESTED
IN OUR COUNTRY
AND WILLING TO SERVE,
THEN WE'LL HAVE
AN EVEN BRIGHTER FUTURE
THAN WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> TODAY, WE CELEBRATE
THE 100th BIRTHDAY
OF A TRUE AVIATOR,
SPACE PIONEER,
AND A DEVOTED PUBLIC SERVANT,
SENATOR AND ASTRONAUT
JOHN GLENN.
AS THE FIRST AMERICAN
TO ORBIT THE EARTH,
GLENN BECAME AN INSTANT
NATIONAL HERO
AS HIS FLIGHT HELPED NASA
LEARN MORE ABOUT
HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT
AND SET US ON A COURSE
TO WIN THE SPACE RACE.
36 YEARS LATER,
SENATOR GLENN FLEW ONCE AGAIN
ON SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-95,
TO LEARN ABOUT THE EFFECTS
OF SPACEFLIGHT ON
THE AGING PROCESS.
HE ALSO DEDICATED
HIS LATER YEARS TO EDUCATING
AND WORKING WITH STUDENTS
AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.
THOUGH WE LOST THE SENATOR
A FEW SHORT YEARS AGO,
WE AT THE CENTER
BEARING HIS NAME CONTINUE
HIS LEGACY OF EXPLORATION,
INSPIRATION, AND DISCOVERY
AS WE MAKE IMPACTFUL,
LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS
TO OUR NATION
AND PREPARE TO SEND
THE FIRST WOMAN
AND FIRST PERSON OF COLOR
TO THE MOON UNDER ARTEMIS.
GODSPEED, JOHN GLENN,
AND HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY.