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Telstar, JFK, Golf
President On Telstar
In the first formal test of the new Telstar communications satellite, President Kennedy's news conference is carried "life" to European countries - a new era in instant global news.
The Kennedy Family At Play
With...
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WRAP Updated NASA comments on shuttle delay
Cape Canaveral, Florida 13 July 2005
1.UPSOUND: (English) Mike Leinbach, Launch Director: (commentary covered in overlay of astronauts in shuttle)
"For some reason the ecosensors did not behave today and so we're going to have to scrub...
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USA: 77 YEAR OLD JOHN GLENN PREPARES FOR SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION
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Astronaut John Glenn is flying high as he prepares to become the first septuagenarian in space.
The 77-year-old U-S Senator went for a spin in a NASA training jet on Monday as part of the preparations for his October...
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SPACE: SHUTTLE DISCOVERY MISSION LATEST
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John Glenn may be 77-years-old, but his second trip to space seems to be making him feel young again.
While orbiting the Earth, Glenn says he spends his free time standing on his head and setting loose little balls of...
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Glenn Remembered at His Alma Mater, Muskingum
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus068336An American flag was hung Friday at the John Glenn Gym on the campus of Muskingum University, the Ohio school that the astronaut and U.S. senator attended in his hometown of New...
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SPACE/USA: SHUTTLE DISCOVERY MISSION: PICTURES FROM SPACE
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NASA has broadcast the first pictures from inside the Discovery shuttle - just hours after the space craft's lift-off from Cape Canaveral.
The images show the shuttle's most famous passenger - John Glenn - celebrating his...
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USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON'S FUND-RAISING TROUBLES CONTINUE
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While President Clinton's fund-raising troubles continue to unravel, a congressional committee has finally come to an agreement on the nature of its investigation.
After weeks of partisan bickering, the Senate Rules Committee...
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USA: WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT OFFICES REOPEN AFTER SHUTDOWN
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With the US budget impasse resolved for the time being, federal institutions could finally open their doors to the public again.
Wrangling between the Democrats and the Republicans over balancing the budget had frozen...
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USA: NASA GEARS UP FOR ANOTHER SHUTTLE LIFT OFF
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The U-S space agency NASA is gearing up for another shuttle lift off.
The next shuttle crew is in Florida this week for a bit of on site training for the Shuttle Discovery space mission later this month.
And this time the...
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Astronauts mark 40th anniv of Apollo 11's first human landing on moon
1. Various of Apollo 11 Crew member John Glenn walking to podium
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Glenn, Former astronaut:
"I think for the first time maybe, in human history, we had the people of the whole world with us, a sense of, it was...
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USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON SPEAKS AT ANNUAL PRAYER BREAKFAST
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U-S President Bill Clinton is urging world leaders to put aside grievances and seek reconciliation.
That was the message from Clinton when he spoke at the nation's annual Prayer Breakfast.
The president asked for prayers for...
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USA: FUNERAL OF ASTRONAUT PETE CONRAD
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One of America's most revered space pioneers has been buried as the nation prepares to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first manned moon landing.
Pete Conrad, the third man to walk on the moon, was laid to rest at...
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SPACE/USA: SHUTTLE DISCOVERY MISSION LATEST
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America's most famous astronaut, John Glenn, says being in space at the age of 77 makes him feel young again.
Glenn and his six crewmates aboard Space Shuttle Discovery took time out Thursday from a busy schedule of...
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USA: WASHINGTON: PRESIDENT CLINTON RETURNS HOME
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After a highly successful jaunt to Europe, President Clinton returns to a domestic maelstrom.
While he was away, the Senate committee investigating abuses during the 1996 elections began its hearings. Although no fireworks...
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+4:3 Preview of 50th anniversary of the Glenn space flight
Columbus, Ohio - 25 January 2012
1. Mid of sign reading (English) "John Glenn School of Public Affairs"
2. Wide of John Glenn at his desk signing a book ++MUTE++
3. Close of Glenn at his desk signing a photo ++MUTE++
4. SOUNDBITE...
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USA/SPACE: SHUTTLE DISCOVERY MISSION LATEST
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Senator John Glenn and his six fellow astronauts on board the space shuttle Discovery have begun their second day in space.
According to tradition, the Johnson Space Centre in Houston woke the crew with music on Friday...
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USA: FLORIDA: SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR LAUNCHED SUCCESSFULLY
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The space shuttle Endeavour is safely on its way to a rendezvous with the Mir space station after an incident-free lift-off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.
Thick dark clouds that had hovered over the launch site...
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Two space shuttles come nose-to-nose in a rare meeting. The AP''s Lee Powell says Discovery is about to become a museum piece.
Headline: Rare Space: Shuttles nose to nose, say goodbye
Caption: Two space shuttles come nose-to-nose in a rare meeting. The AP''s Lee Powell says Discovery is about to become a museum piece. (April 19)
[April 19, 2012]
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USA: RUSSIAN & US ASTRONAUTS RECALL THEIR EXPLOITS IN THE SPACE RACE
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America's space shuttle Atlantis was on its way Thursday for a link up with the Russian Mir space station.
Meanwhile, there was another meeting of Russian and American astronauts taking place on the ground.
With the help of...
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USA: CONTROVERSY OVER BILL CLINTON'S FUND RAISING TACTICS UPDATE (2)
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US President Bill Clinton can't seem to get away from the controversies surrounding his fundraising.
With the president and the F-B-I in a public spat over Chinese contributions to last year's campaigns, combined with...