CNN Space Shuttle Columbia The Final Flight June 4, 2024 01:55:00
[ indistinct conversations ] its a weird feeling, you know . Your loved one is strapped into that vehicle, and its getting ready to launch. I just thought, i have absolutely no control over how this is gonna go. Gls is go for Orbiter Access Arm retract. I do remember looking at the shuttle getting ready to take off. He was adamant, now to me, that he didnt want his mom to go. And then he started crying. The whole the whole launch was him crying. It was awful. I was 12 years old when the Launch Date came. I could see the shuttle from afar and be like, wow, my father is on that shuttle right now...