CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Vice President of the United States Dan Quayle. right. tries on a communications headset in the Launch Control Center and learns about firing room activities from Launch Director Robert Sieck. Quayle spoke with members of the STS-39 flight crew participating in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, toured the launch pad and other center facilities, addressed workers and held a press conference. Image credit: NASA

Vice President of the United States Dan Quayle, right, tries on a communications headset in the Launch Control Center and learns about firing room activities from Launch Director Robert Sieck. Quayle spoke with members of the STS-39 flight crew participating in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, toured the launch pad and other center facilities, addressed workers and held a press conference. Image credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Applauding the launch team inside the Launch Control Center are United States President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, right. They joined NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin left in the firing room following the successful launch of STS-95, which included as part of the flight crew John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Oho and former NASA Mercury astronaut. The shuttle launch marked Glenn's second flight to space, coming 36 years after his Mercury flight in February 1962. Image credit: NASA

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Vice President Dan Quayle [second from right] is briefed on firing room activities during the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. Explaining the launch team's role are Launch Director Robert Sieck (left of Quayle) and NASA Deputy Administrator J.R. Thompson (right). Quayle spoke with the STS-39 flight crew and met launch team members, toured Center facilities, gave a speech, and held a press conference.