1998 Public Papers 1908 - Remarks to the Staff of the Launch Control Center Following the Space Shuttle Discovery Launch in Cape Canaveral - PPP-1998-book2-doc-pg1908-2 | Content Details

1998 Public Papers 1908 - Remarks to the Staff of the Launch Control Center Following the Space Shuttle Discovery Launch in Cape Canaveral

Publication Title: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1998, Book II)

Notes: The President spoke at 3:13 p.m. in the lobby of the Launch Control Center at the John F. Kennedy Space Center. In his remarks, he referred to Daniel S. Goldin, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Roy D. Bridges, Director, NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center; Col. Robert D. Cabana, USMC, former Chief, NASA Astronaut Office; Lt. Col. Eileen M. Collins, USAF, scheduled to be the first female Mission Commander for an upcoming space shuttle Columbia mission. The President also referred to the following crew members of the space shuttle Discovery: Mission Commander Lt. Col. Curtis L. Brown, Jr., USAF; Mission Pilot Lt. Col. Steven W. Lindsey, USAF; Mission Specialists Stephen K. Robinson, Scott E. Parazynski, M.D., and Pedro Duque, European Space Agency; and Payload Specialists Chiaki Mukai, M.D., National Space Development Agency of Japan, and Senator John Glenn, who returned to space after 36 years.