Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20110225:11:08:00
I just hope that we celebrate, really take the time to celebrate the wonderful things that have come from this program. >> the vehicle has exploded. >> reporter: "discovery" led the way back into space after both the "challenger" and "columbia" disasters. richard jones, the flight director for the mission, was right here in mission control when "columbia" went down eight years ago. >> i still carry a scar. to this day, it was the worst day of my life. >> ignition and we have lift-off. >> reporter: when "discovery" first flew in 1984, there were no cell phones, no internet. 27 years later, the ...