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Dyer Brainerd Holmes, director of manned space flight for NASA when Americans were making their early forays into space in the early 1960s, has died.
Accompanied by a fleet of astronauts spanning NASA's entire existence, Atlantis made a slow, solemn journey to retirement Friday, the last space shuttle to orbit the world and the last to leave NASA's nest.
As space exploration has become more common and the number of astronauts has risen to more than 300, many names have faded into the background. But some forever will be associated with the golden age of space exploration.
As space exploration has become more common and the number of astronauts has risen past 300, many names have faded into the background. But some will forever be associated with the golden age of space exploration. Some examples:
As space exploration has become more common and the number of astronauts has risen past 300, many names have faded into the background. But some will forever be associated with the golden age of space exploration. Some examples:
In America, most find their earliest relatives came to these shores by sea. Even wiseacres who claim their first American ancestor traveled by foot over the Bering Land Bridge need to think again: The progenitors of some Americans we call "Native" may have crossed the Atlantic, according to a rising theory.
NASA surprised John Glenn with the kind of anniversary gift only a space agency can give, enabling him to speak live with the International Space Station on Monday as he marked 50 years since his historic spaceflight.
John Glenn joined the proud, surviving veterans of NASA's Project Mercury on Saturday in celebrating the 50th anniversary of his historic orbital flight.
John Glenn joined the proud, surviving veterans of NASA's Project Mercury on Saturday in celebrating the 50th anniversary of his historic orbital flight.
Veterans of NASA's Project Mercury reunited Saturday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of John Glenn's orbital flight, visiting the old launch pad and meeting the famed astronaut himself.
John Glenn joined the proud, surviving veterans of NASA's Project Mercury on Saturday in celebrating the 50th anniversary of his historic orbital flight.
John Glenn fever gripped Cape Canaveral on Friday, just as it did half a century ago when America was on the verge of launching its first man into orbit.
John Glenn fever gripped Cape Canaveral on Friday, just as it did half a century ago when America was on the verge of launching its first man into orbit.
The name still resonates and generates goose bumps like few others in the world of spaceflight.
The name still resonates and generates goose bumps like few others in the world of spaceflight.
, thank you for your heroic effort and all of you for your heroic effort," Mr. Carpenter told the Mercury old-timers, "but we stand here waiting to be outdone."
John Glenn, Mercury team reunite for launch's 50th anniversary →
stature, Mr. Carpenter noted, "Maybe one day before too long, the great hero
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