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Wed, Feb 15, 2012

NASA Hosts Events To Celebrate 50 Years Of Americans In Orbit

Glenn, Carpenter To Participate In Events At KSC In Florida

In celebration of 50 years of Americans in orbit, NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will host several events February 17 and 18 with some of the country's first space travelers.

John Glenn Aboard Freedom 7

On the 17th at 1000 EST, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana will host an employee presentation on NASA TV with the first two Americans to orbit Earth, Mercury astronauts John Glenn and Scott Carpenter. On February 20, 1962, Glenn piloted his Friendship 7 spacecraft on the first U.S. orbital mission. Three months later, on May 24, Carpenter became the second American in orbit.

At 1500, the agency will hold a news conference with Glenn and Carpenter. The event will take place at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Mercury Mission Control exhibit.

On the 18th at 1830 EST, Glenn and Carpenter will participate in a ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex honoring all who made NASA's Project Mercury possible. The "On the Shoulders of Giants" program will include remarks from Cabana, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) and astronaut Steve Robinson, who flew with Glenn on his second trip into orbit on shuttle Discovery's STS-95 mission in 1998.

FMI; www.kennedyspacecenter.com

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