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Earth   John Glenn   Photos   Space   Wikipedia: John Glenn		  The Washington Post 
John Glenn, ‘no ordinary pilot,’ marks 50 years since orbit of Earth, says he’s no hero
Tue 21 Feb 2012
COLUMBUS, Ohio — John Glenn made his historic spaceflight alone in 1962 but celebrated its 50th anniversary Monday among hundreds of people within his orbit, from fellow headline-making... (photo: Creative Commons / BotMultichillT)
Astronaut Peggy Whitson (right), Expedition 16 commander; Russia's Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, flight engineer and Soyuz commander; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor pose for a portrait following a pre-flight press conference at the Johnson Space Center.
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America and Russia: Uneasy partners in space
Tue 21 Feb 2012
By Melissa Hogenboom BBC News Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin - the second man to walk on the moon - poses next to the US flag in July 1969 Continue reading the main story Related Stories Nasa budget slashes Mars... (photo: NASA / Ras)
STS-134 commander Mark Kelly in the mid-deck of Endeavor. On flight day 8, the crew of STS-134 had some off duty time. Commander Mark Kelly and mission specialist Mike Fincke conducted an in-flight interview with 400 students from Mesa Verde Elementary School in Tucson, Arizona  The Wichita Eagle  Tue 21 Feb 2012
Gabby Giffords' husband writing children's book
NEW YORK — Retired astronaut Mark Kelly, who collaborated with his wife, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, on her memoir, is writing a children's book about a mouse that goes to space. "On my... (photo: NASA / Kurun)
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John Glenn during the first orbital manned Mercury flight in 1962  The Examiner  Sun 19 Feb 2012
50 years after first flight, John Glenn pushes for Mars mission
On Monday, it will have been 50 years since John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in his Friendship 7 space capsule. In making his nearly 5-hour flight, and history, in the... (photo: NASA / Yonidebest)
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John Glenn, Jr., as he enters into the spacecraft. John Glenn boarded the Friendship 7 spacecraft at 11:03 UTC on February 20, 1962. Jakarta Globe Tue 21 Feb 2012
Glenn Marks 50 Years Since Historic Orbit of Earth
Columbus, Ohio. John Glenn made his historic spaceflight alone in 1962 but celebrated its 50th anniversary Monday among hundreds of people within his orbit, from fellow... (photo: NASA / Rotem Dan)
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NASA engineer Ernie Wright looks on as the first six flight ready James Webb Space Telescope's primary mirror segments are prepped to begin final cryogenic testing at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Time Magazine Mon 13 Feb 2012
It's Alive! The Greatest Space Telescope Ever Built Survives
When last we heard about the James Webb Space Telescope, the souped-up, long-planned successor to the Hubble, the news was not good. Hard on... (photo: NASA / NASA/MSFC/David Higginbotham)
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On Feb. 13th at 1738 UT, sunspot 1158 unleashed the strongest solar flare of the year so far, an M6.6-category blast. Zeenews Fri 10 Feb 2012
NASA releases pics of solar storm hitting earth
Spectacular new images of the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, have been released by the US space agency NASA after their capture by a new time-lapse photographic... (photo: NASA/SDO)
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ubble Space Telescope image of the nearby spiral galaxy M74 is an iconic reminder of the impending season. BBC News Fri 3 Feb 2012
Hubble snaps stunning barred spiral galaxy image
The Hubble space telescope has captured an image of a "barred spiral" galaxy that could help us better understand our own Milky Way. Most of the... (photo: NASA / ESA /Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration)
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