VARIETY ACTS AND THE SALUTE TO
OUR SERVICE MEMBERS. MEANWHILE
HISTORY WILL HAVE TO WAIT
UNTIL AT LEAST THE WEEKEND.
THE LAUNCH OF THE SPACE X
ROCKET SHIP FROM CAPE
CANAVERAL FLORIDA WAS CALLED
OFF WITH LESS THAN 17 MINUTES
TO GO TO THE COUNTDOWN DUE TO
LIGHTNING.
THE 2 NASA ASTRONAUTS
HEADING TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION BOB BEHNKEN AND
MISSION HE TWEETED I'M SO
PROUD OF THE NASA AND SPACE 16
TODAY. THEY WERE READY FOR
LAUNCH. AND HE'S ALSO SAID
THAT DOUG AND I WILL BE READY
FOR THEM AGAIN ON SATURDAY
HASHTAG LAUNCH AMERICA. NEW
TONIGHT AT 9 ONE LOCAL MAN
SAYS HE'LL BE WATCHING WHEN
LEADERS TRY FOR A NEW LAUNCH
DATE THIS WEEKEND FOX TWO'S
PATRICK CLARK TALKS WITH THE
BROTHER OF ASTRONAUT GUS
GRISSOM ABOUT HISTORY BEING
MADE.
THE HISTORIC SPACE X LAUNCH
THAT WE'VE AN AMERICAN-MADE
ROCKET AND AND A SPACECRAFT
THAT'S GOING TO BE LAUNCHED
FROM AMERICAN WITH 2 AMERICAN
ASTRONAUTS. ONE OF THEM
WITH ST. LOUIS TIES. IT'S IT'S
THE ONLY THING IT CAN MAKE IT
ANY BETTER IS A SAFE AND
SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT.
HIS BROTHER GUS MADE
AMERICAN HISTORY IN OUTER
SPACE. VIRGIL GUS GRISSOM WAS
A MEMBER OF THE MERCURY 7
ASTRONAUTS. A RESPECTED WORLD
WAR 2 AND KOREAN WAR PILOT
ORIGINAL MERCURY ASTRONAUTS.
MADE THE SUBORBITAL FLIGHT TO
A BECAME THE FIRST AMERICAN TO
GO INTO SPACE WITH ME MADE THE
FIRST GEMINI FLIGHT AS COMMAND
PILOT OF THAT HE WAS SCHEDULED
TO GO INTO SPACE FOR THE 3RD
TIME AS COMMANDER OF THE
APOLLO ONE SPACECRAFT. WHEN
THE TRAGIC ACCIDENT ON ON THE
LAUNCH PAD HAPPENED WE ALWAYS
HAD JUST HAD ONE BLACK AND
WHITE TV. BUT WHEN THE LAUNCH
WOULD HAPPEN, WE WOULD HAVE 3
TV'S THERE WOULD BE ON ALL THE
DIFFERENT SPENT THE SUMMER OF
19 64 HERE IN LOUIS.
WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING THE
GEMINI SPACECRAFT HE ACTUALLY
HAD A LEFT TO DO WITH THE
DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE THAT
THEY ENDED UP, CALLING IT THE
THE SPACE PROGRAM. LOL AND HIS
SON JOHN WILL BE WATCHING
SATURDAY'S POTENTIAL LAUNCH
THE FIRST FROM UNITED STATES
SOIL SINCE 2011 AND HE'LL KEEP
HIS BROTHER'S MEMORY ALIVE OF
ALL THAT HE ACCOMPLISHED AND
WHO HE WAS IN A SHORT
LIFETIME. I THINK GUSTS WOULD
PROBABLY IT'S ABOUT DAM TIME
A IT'S A MATTER OF NATIONAL
PRIDE WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE
CAN LOOK TO THAT AND PEOPLE
THAT ARE HEROES IT'S WE DON'T
HAVE SO MANY HEROES ANYMORE,
