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“The Right Man”: Remembering Project Mercury’s Final Flight, 60 Years On (Part 2)

“Higher and Faster”: Remembering Project Mercury’s Final Flight, 60 Years On (Part 1)

Blue Origin Approaches Crewed Flights, Following NS-15 New Shepard Success

“What a Beautiful View”: Remembering America’s First Man in Space, OTD in 1961

Mercury astronauts John Glenn (3rd from left) and Scott Carpenter (far left) will headline NASA's “Celebrating 50 Years of Americans in Orbit" event at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex February 18. Photo Credit: NASA

Sixty Years On, America Remembers the Achievements, Sacrifice of the Mercury Seven

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