Nasa unveiled another important part of the mission - its countdown clock,.Last week, down came the countdown clock that dated back to the Apollo 12 moon shot in 1969 and signalled every space shuttle launch for 30 years.
Today, the new clock, in the same exact spot at the Kennedy Space Center press site that, along with the nearby flag pole, had once earned national historic designation, was switched on for the first time.
The new clock is just as long at 26 feet, but a foot taller at 7 feet. It's the nation's first new spacecraft intended for true outer-space travel by humans since the Apollo moon program.
What better way to usher in this new era of exploration, NASA reasoned, than with the latest flat-screen gizmo.
So last week, down came the countdown clock that dated back to the Apollo 12 moon shot in 1969 and signaled every space shuttle launch for 30 years.
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