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1st Canadian Commander of Space Station Named
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield will command the International Space Station in 2013.
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The 1962 4-cent "Project Mercury" stamp marked the first time that the U.S. issued a previously unannounced commemorative stamp at the same time as the event it was issued to honor: John Glenn’s historic Friendship 7 spaceflight.
The secret stamp of honoring John Glenn as the first American in orbit is a collector's item.
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On Feb. 20, 1962, John Glenn rode the Friendship 7 capsule into space, the first time an American orbited the Earth. In this image, Glenn enters the capsule with assistance from technicians.
NASA now relies on the Russians to launch American astronauts to orbit.
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John Glenn Spaceflight
The space agency worried about where Glenn would come down — and if he'd survive the trip.
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Former Senator John Glenn with his wife Annie as photographed standing next to Glenn's Mercury spacecraft, Friendship 7, at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC on Feb. 20, 2002.
John Glenn's legacy still lives on in space, 50 years after his historic orbital flight.
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A United Launch Alliance rocket carrying the U.S. Navy's MUOS-1 satellite stands poised for launch in this view from a ULA webcast on Feb. 16, 2012.
The Navy will try to launch its MUOS-1 satellite again tomorrow.
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