"John Shannon" is the name of:

*John Shannon, American football player, defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears in 1988

*John Shannon (Australian politician) (1862-1926), Australian politician

*John Shannon (baseball), American baseball player, drafted from the Houston Cougars baseball/Houston Cougars

*John Shannon (musician) (born 1980), American modern folk guitarist, vocalist, and composer

*John Shannon (NASA Administrator), American space program administrator

*John Shannon (novelist) (born 1943), American author, lately of detective fiction

*John Shannon (sportscaster), Canadian sportscaster, co-host of Prime Time Sports

*John W. Shannon (born 1933), United States Under Secretary of the Army

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Right now, the weather is somewhat questionable at the Kennedy Space Center all three days.

We have a high degree of confidence that we could land the shuttle.

There has been a military presence since the 1990s and people are focused on it. It is an area for so long that has been neglected by the American public.

The crew will not notice any change in the vehicle's flying characteristics.

He just looks like death warmed over, ... He's not doing well physically or emotionally.