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Now just like the shuttle program itself, he s retiring. wjxx reporter lewis turner has the story. reporter: george diller is just as much a part of the shuttle program as the countdown clock. this clock has actually been declared a historical artifact. reporter: unlike the clock, you won t recognize his face. t minus two minutes and counting. reporter: that s just flashing lights until george takes over. four, three, two zero. before at i had actually been a reporter, radio reporter from the tampa bay aa. covered the space program over here for about five years. and really fell in love with nasa and the space program. reporter: the job opened up for diller in 1978. it was ten years later that he did his first-ever shuttle play by play. there s a lot of concentration. you don t have enough time to be nervous about it. t minus 6.6 seconds, the main engines ignite. here i m doing the last one which will certainly be a highlight. ....