john glenn. annie's advice to connie then and now is to be yourself and not allow others to tell you who you should be. connie, who is a noted writer in ohio, writes for the ""plain dealer"." connie in this to say about annie. "annie glenn refuses to draw attention to herself which is one of the reasons some of us can't get enough of her. she is that rare person who is generally interested in whom ever is standing right in front of her. you'll never catch her looking over your shoal derks searching for someone more interesting, more important. if you are looking into the eyes of annie glenn, you have just become the most fascinating person in the world. this is not to suggest annie is a wallflower. she has won many honors, changed many lives through her voafntle she is as engagees as she is generous, full of opinions living life at full throttle even when she was scared to death. that is a crucial" this is my wife writing. "that is crucial truth about annie. americans rightly oooh and ahhh over j

and as we count down to the final flight of the shuttle, bob orr rendezvouses with john glenn who wonders who really did the space race? >> i don't like this at all. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, the f.b.i. tells us that in any given year as many as 300 children under the age of five are murdered by a parent-- that's nearly one everyday. but when a mother in florida was accused of murdering her two-year-old daughter, that one case became a sensation on cable television. it seemed everyone had an opinion. but in the only opinion that matters, a jury in orlando today found casey anthony not guilty, convicting her only on four relatively minor charges of lying to the police. troy roberts is at the courthouse. >> reporter: good evening scott. the moments leading up to the reading of the verdict today were incredibly tense, especially for the 25-year-old defendant, casey anthony. >> a jury of your peers having found you not guilty of murder in the first degree... >> reporter: the verdict caused an immediate and emotional

and john glenn is among them.of genuine american heroes of the modern era. combat pilot, world war ii and korea, former u.s. senator. he was the first american to orbit the earth and later flew on shuttle discovery. and it galls john glenn that for american astronauts, the russian space program is now their ride into space. we met up with john glenn at the air and space museum branch outside washington near dulles airport where they keep the big ticket items like the space shuttle. we talked with him about the end of the program. we also talked to our own jay barbree. this final launch will be the 166th space mission he has covered. so tonight, two veterans of the space program in their own words. >> you have feelings of nostalgia, but on a bigger picture, im'm sad we're not maximizing the return of the international space program. the international space station is the most unique laboratory made by human beings. without a space shuttle, we have no way of getting into space ourselves. so we're accepteding or astr

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that is what john glenn is worried about and we are all worried about. nasa is trying to move ahead and get commercial spacecraft and hoping within a couple of months to announce the heavy lift contract to puts a troe nauts for t -- astronauts out of the earth orbit called a heavy lift, and they hope to get that announced shortly, thomas. >> we will know about tomorrow, and great to see you, jay barbary, we will hope that the weather clears up. >> thank you. >>> and tamron hall will anchor the news from kennedy space center tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., and you can catch that right here on msnbc. don't go anywhere though, because we are back after this. >>> mark and jennifer bitterman were riding through france when they had a great meal and discovered it was due to a special salt that was used and they brought it back and sold it in the portland store, the meadow, and the word of mouth spread about it, and led to expansion in new york and other cities as well. for more on small businesses watch "your business" sundays at 7:30. if it's true that sharks can sens

john glenn was the first american to orbit the earth in 1962. he went on to become a senator from ohio. he was also the oldest man in space when he flew on the "discovery" shuttle in 1998. >> without the shuttle, we have no way of getting into space ourselves. and so we are sending our astronauts over to russia to have them put our people in the s s soyuz, which is just not the answer to me. >> we'll hear more about john glenn's views on the future of space travel coming up tonight on "nbc nightly news" right after this broadcast. >>> a big black bear found its way on to a port smith, virginia highway this morning. you can see him darting across traffic here. oh, my goodness. officers gathered in numbers to try to catch the wayward bear with the help of tranquilizers. the 350-pound black bear was eventually captured. it ran off before it fell asleep on an off-ramp. i guess the tranquilizer worked. the bear was then released into the wild. hopefully far away from any other highways. that's something you don't see very often. >> no, not on the hig

i'll never forget as a little girl, godspeed john glenn. and godspeed jay barbrie. >> thank you so much. >> next hour, tamron hall broadcasting live from kennedy space center for a special edition of "news nation." among her guests bill nelson. and how does this morning's dismal job report change the debt ceiling negotiations? chairman of the white house council of economic advisors here with us joins us next on "andrea mitchell reports." [ male announcer ] this is larry... whose long day starts with arthritis pain... and a choice. take tylenol arthritis and maybe up to six in a day... or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. happy chopping. [ male announcer ] built like a volkswagen. the 2011 tiguan. [ grunts ] >>> today's disappointing jobs report have some on wall street once again raising the prospect of a double dip recession. with me chairman of the white house council of economic advisors. let's talk about this. by any count, dismal, miserable, disappointing what's your adjective for this job's report? >> i thought the j

ahead of the historic launch, brian williams interviewed legendary astronaut former senator john glennthe air and space museum here in washington. >> what are your feelings as this program prepares to come to an end? >> well, brian, you have feelings of nostalgia, the discovery that will eventually be here and replace this one was one that i was fortunate enough to ride on for a second flight. so sort of a little bit of nostalgia. on the bigger picture i'm sorry we're not maximizing the research, return out of the space program. the international space station is the most unique laboratory ever put together by hubs it also means without the shuttle we have no way of getting into space ourselves. we are sending our astronauts over to russia to have them put our people in their shuttle which for the world's greatest space fearing nation as we say, that's just not the answer to me. >> and you can see more of brian williams' interview with john glenn tonight on "nabs nightly news." check your local listings. it's the 135th shuttle launch. tamron hall will lead msnbc's coverage of nasa's fi

the space program had once been piloted by men who were international superstars, names like john glenn, neil armstrong, jim lovell. >> houston, we have a problem. >> apparently they even existed in real life, too. i sat down with apollo 13's jim lovell, a true american hero, who would never give up without a fight. this conversation wasn't going to be easy. >> i'm just going to stop that music. right. it's going to make this more difficult. so, jim, listen, it's over. >> i never say that. it is much easier if we just said, why don't we let someone else do it. i'll give you an example. india is looking at the advantages of space. >> so we're going to outsource our hopes and dreams to india. >> we might. but is that the modus operandi of the united states? no. the new generation should get the same experience that the old generation got. we orbited the moon for the very first time. we saw the earth as it really is, just a small blue and white body tucked away in the vastness of space. i could put up my thumb and completely hide everything that i've ever known. that photograph tells in ju

my religious leaders they became much more much broader than my narrow catholic upbringing and john glenn sceptic complements for all humanity did you feel that at that time we we felt the role particularly. i felt as a air force fighter pilot fighting the cold war. that we were there to prove not just to ourselves and the american people but to prove to the whole world that america wasn't second rate when certainly the soviets are now the russians with the sputnik in guard care and the missile gap were making america look really bad when you think about garrett what distance symbolized to me. i don't think this is the russians have gotten the full credit for sputnik and gargan i mean i know he's a hero of the soviet union but. they don't course like me he just had to be at the right place at the right time but to be the first human to. get away from the earth we were the first to get really away from the earth that he was the. there's a get out there i think. that makes him and that the russia and soviet union. something they can really be proud of that gives that if it hadn't been for t

in 30 years nasa oversaw 135 shuttle missions, including the launch of the hubble telescope and john glenn's return to space. >>> the woman poised to become thailand's first female prime minister says it will be difficult to reconcile her divided country, but she's ready to do what it takes. preliminary results show 44-year-old shinawatra's party having the votes needed to win the former government. her brother was a prime minister but was ousted in 2006. he's living in dubai to avoid corruption charges that he says are politically motivated. >>> and william and kate will spend the time today on prince edward island. it's the home of anne of green gables, a fictional character who is said to be kate's favorite. william will co-pilot a chopper making an emergency landing. they'll spend a few days in canada before visiting california on july 8th. >>> thousands of people making their way to d.c. for holiday events. one man is arriving in town after having traveled nearly 4,000 miles across country in a wheelchair. you've never seen a wheelchair quite like this one. chuck dyer is hoping to find

organized by pastor televangelist john higgins the christians united for israel summit plenty of big names including glenn back john bolton and members of congress i want to keep the liberty of the strike yesterday in the words of the orange to destroy all those years in each oh. oh. oh those were really.

. >> and you were just ying that john glenn is 90? >> 90 years old, yes. he was nine -- he was on nightly news. sure they're working on the next project. very detailed stuff down there. at least, in spots. the very heavy rain trekking through hartford county. this is now slowly making its way around -- across hertford county. the storm track star bellaire and heads through the upper chesapeake, may be making its way through the eastern shore of cecil county. this looks like a stronger storm cell itself, may be some strong wind associated. should be in the roswell -- roswell area by about 551. -- 5:51 p.m. heavy downpours in frederick county associated with this as well. it is still up in pennsylvania. so far, none of the rain has hit the rain gauge at the airport. so far, a dry day, but a hot one. last year was another triple digit day, 101 degrees for the record high on july 7, 2010. it has been hot this year, but not as hot as last year. the storms around here are not quite as strong as far as the wind goes, but they are putting out some locally heavy ra

early exploits of daniel boone, lewis and clark, to the breakthrough journey said alan shepard and john glenn, americans have always been a curious people, old enough to imagine a new world, ingenious enough to chart a course to them, and courageous enough to go for it. the gift of knowledge and innovation that we have brought back from the unknown have played their part in building a more perfect union. some say our final shuttle mission will mark the end of americans 50 year dominance in the space industry. as a current nasa administrator, i'm here to tell you that american leadership in space will continue for at least the next half century, because we have laid the foundation for success. for us, failure is not an option. we have the opportunity to raise the bar, to demonstrate what human beings can do if we are challenged and inspired to reach for something just outside of our grasp but not out of our site. president obama has given us a mission to focus again on the big picture of exploration, the crucial research and development required for us to move beyond where we are. we have the

. >> reporter: ohio's brown met astronaut john glenn has an eagle scout and 40 years later when he, too, became a member of the senate. >> and that is a good tradition in our country, endured for 100 years and because it teaches discipline and is about service. >> reporter: georgia's sanford bishop said being an eagle scout not only inspired him to go into public service but earned him votes, too. i was in a district that had a large number of non-african- americans. one of the members came up to me after the speech and said if you were an eagle scout, you had to be a good man and that is why i voted for you. >> reporter: given the road connecting scouting and congress, it makes you wonder if any of these young scouts will one day trade in the scouting motto for the oath of office. >> i deal my best to do my duty to god and my country to help other people and all. >> to keep myself physical strong, mentally awake, and morally straight. >> reporter: on capitol hill, jennifer davis, fox news. >>> and he is just days away from the world premiere of the final harry potter movie. tonight, da

. >> reporter: sherrod brown first met astronaut john glenn as an eagle scout and then 40 years later when he became a member of the senate. >> it is a good tradition. it has endured for a hundred years because it teaches discipline and it is all about service. >> reporter: and george's stanford bishop says being an eagle scout not only inspired him to go into public service. he says it earned him votes too. >> i was running in a district that had a large number of nonafrican-americans. one of the members came up to me after the speech and said if you were an eagle scout, you had to be a good man and that is why i voted for you. >> reporter: given the road connecting scouting and congress, it does macyou wonder if any of these young scouts will one day trade in the scouting motto for an oath of office. >> on my onor, i will do my best to do my duty to god and my country to help other people at all times. >> to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight. >> reporter: on capitol hill, jennifer davis, fox news. >> that's great. >> that is a great idea. >> i missed

and as we count down to the final flight of the shuttle, bob orr rendezvouses with john glenn who wonders who really did the space race? >> i don't like this at all. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, the f.b.i. tells us that in any given year as many as 300 children under the age of five are murdered by aen

blow-up of the "challenger" and nasa had to reconfigure how to put civilians in space, and when john glenn put back into space the second time, walter cronkite was deemed to old, and nasa would not let him take part in the space shuttle program. >> such a remarkable man and part of american history, and doug, thank you for being with us this morning and i know you will be watching as well as we will. and talk to anybody who is connected for the space program 2011, and they will tell you that the change is for the better, but it came after a terrible price after the tragedies. >> april 24th, 1990, nasa launches the hubbel space telescope and orbiting the earth, it sends back pictures of galaxies and planets to help our understanding of the universe making it another one of cnn's "tau "top moments in space." >> announcer: this past year alone there's been a 67% spike in companies embracing the cloud-- big clouds, small ones, public, private, even hybrid. your data and apps must move easily and securely to reach many clouds, not just one. that's why the network that connects, protects, and le

launches, nasa oversaw 135 shuttle missions, including the launch of the hubble telescope and john glenn's return to space. >>> in sports, the nationals square off against the chicago cubs today. first pitch at 1:05. they'll do so after learning who will represent them at this year's all-star game. reliever tyler clifford was named to the squad, the first of his career. the 26-year-old has been fantastic out of the bullpen for washington, posting a 1.96 e.r.a. while striking out 57 batters in 46 innings. and current first baseman michael morse has a chance to be named to the team as well. the slugger is part of the final man competition. to make sure he makes the team, you can head to nationals.com and vote for him. >>> little pop quiz for you on this fourth of july. what year did the u.s. declare its independence, and from what country did we become independent? >> this is a shocking and somewhat depressing poll that shows a large number of americans do not know the answers to either questions. according to the marist poll, only 51% of americans know the united states declared its indepen

decades, a shuttle program has brought about incredible triumph, the launch of the hubble telescope, john glenn'sreturn to space, the construction of the international space station, and the hubble repair mission. but also, tragedy. the loss of the "challenger" and "columbia" and 14 astronauts. visitors here remember it all well. >> i have a very personal connection to the "challenger" accident. it was very real to me to have that date and connection and that time in your life. it's sad. it's sad that the program is ending. i think it's brought a lot of great technological innovations. >> reporter: the program also brought about new technology. things we take for granted today. >> and borne out of that was the personal computer. at first folks didn't think there was a commercial use for that, but look where we are today. >> reporter: the loss of the shuttle program will see tens of thousands of nasa workers losing their jobs. but godard is not expected to see many cuts. as they wait for the next chapter of the space program to unfold. in greenbelt, jane watrel, news4. >> up next, innocent mistake

one year later john glenn climbed into friendship 7 and became the first american to orbit the earththree times as part of nasa's mercury program and then followed by the gemini program, and the first to establish it was at lhe moon. but the dawn of the apollo program brought tragedy when gus grissom, and ed white and one other astronaut were killed. but then they were returned safely to earth as conquering heroes with a ticker tape parade with the goal of beating the russians to the moon in 1975, saw the first-ever joint space effort between the two countries when the final apollo mission docked followed by the soyuz with a hand shake of american and russian, and america would not return until the first space launch which endured its tragedy, and nasa never waivered and changed space travel forever with 135 missions inspiring millions our chief astronomer at the franklin institute has watched many of them. derrick, thank you for being with us. as we watch the final landing, what is this final space shuttle mission representing for the united states? some think it is the end of the s

135 missions, including the launch of the hubble telescope and international space station and john glenn's return to space. >> we want to make sure the thousands and thousands of people that put their hands on a space shuttle are honored by this mission and the legacy of the space shuttle. >> on this final flight, the crew will bring supplies to the international space station. after the shuttle program, nasa is rumored to be working on deep space exploration with a near earth asteroid as a possible target. >>> the first family preparing to host a big independence day bash later today. you're looking live at the white house right now. some service members and their families will head there today for a barbecue, concert, and a great view of the fireworks from the south lawn. administration, staff, and their families are also invited to attend. >>> and president obama will hold an online town hall on wednesday just to make sure your questions aren't too long, the president is holding his first ever twitter town hall on wednesday. the cyber event will feature questions about the struggling ec

"the right stuff," godspeed, john glenn. >>> the woman at the center of a burial site reselling schemeen sentenced to 12 years in prison. carolyn towns pleaded guilty to six charges including removing and desecrating human remains at the historic burr oak cemetery. she was one of four workers arrested when the scheme was exposed just two years ago. >>> a brazen escape in houston caught on surveillance camera. our affiliate khou reports the two men knew jailers would open a door to a secure area to break up a fight which was allegedly staged late last month. one inmate escaped. but was caught three days later. the other inmate didn't make it out of jail. >>> a rescue at sea. the u.s. coast guard rescues two fishermen adrift for five days in the pacific ocean. their boat lost power monday. one of the men sent a text to a relative who then called authorities. both fishermen are said to be okay. >>> and a michigan man set out on a rigorous test of endurance this week, all in the name of charity. todd aims tried to jump from an airplane 100 times to raise awareness for brittle bone disease.

john glenn's return to space. the construction of the international space station.he hubble repair mission. there's also been tragedy. the loss of "challenger" and "columbia" and 14 astronauts. with the end of the shuttle program also comes the loss of tens of thousands of jobs around the country. but for the most part, goddard workers appear to be spared. >> we're not so much affected by that. those are the launch facilities, and the folks that operate the space shuttle. we're more the users and the technology enablers, the communication satellites. >> reporter: goddard employees plan to gather together tomorrow to watch the final flight of "atlantis." proud of the role that they have played in the 30-year history of the shuttle program. in greenbelt, jane watrel, news4. >>> the mayor of rockville, maryland is speaking out about an incident that she was not expecting today. phyllis marcucio was at the rockville town square today, announcing her re-election campaign. but her routine speech took a turn when a water fountain that was supposed to be turned off unexpect

the launch of the hubble telescope, john glenn's return to space, construction of the international space, and the hubble repair mission. but also tragedy. the loss of challenger and columbia and 14 astronauts. lingering questions over whether spending 30 years in low earth orbit has been worth the financeal and scientific investment. it has been remarkable with what it has been able to accomplish. it has been stunning in terms of what we have learned from it. and that knowledge will hen go into building the next vehicle. >> reporter: with the loss of the shuttle program, tens of thousands of workers across the country are losing their jobs. many in florida. until commercial rock retsz ready, america will rely on the russian space program to carry astronauts into space. important the head of nasz a insists america is not giving up its leadership. >> some of my best friends died flying on the shuttle. and i'm not about to let human space flight go away on my watch. >> reporter: meanwhile, the burden of the pineal mission falls on commander chris ferguson. >> i hope that i paints in a in th

daniel boone, lewis and clark and robert peary to the breakthrough journeys of alan shepard and john glenn, americans have always been a curious people - bold enough to imagine new worlds, ingenious enough to chart a course to them and courageous enough to go for it. and the gifts of knowledge and innovation that we have brought back from the unknown have played their part in the building of our more perfect union. some say that our final shuttle mission will mark the end of america's 50 years of dominance in human spaceflight. as a former astronaut and the current nasa administrator, i'm here to tell you that american leadership in space will continue for at least the next half-century because we have laid the foundation for success - and for nasa failure is not an option. once again, we have the opportunity to raise the bar, to demonstrate what human beings can do if we are challenged and inspired to reach for something just out of our grasp but not out of our sights. president obama has given us a mission with a capital "m" -- to focus again on the big picture of exploration and the cru

. >> godspeed, john glenn. >> the gemini program and finally the development phase of the apollo programica. >> man's first trip to the moon. >> walter became really america's expert on the space program. it was his favorite story. >> the eagle has landed. >> it was such a happy time which when those astronauts landed on the moon. >> man on the moon. phew, boy. >> we were bogged down in the vietnam war. there was the tet offensive, there was all the unrest and there was the civil rights movement. >> it's one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >> just a great moment for the country to be able to take a break from those very dark and difficult times. >> they got the flag up now. you can see the stars and stripes. >> it certainly gave us a lift at a time when we needed it. and it paved the way for what came later. >> america's first space shuttle. >> the launch of the first space shuttle was an amazing gamble because this machine was the most complicated machine ever built by man. >> this was a gas, the space shuttle. look at this thing. we thought rockets were cool. >> i'm not

be an astronaut and to follow in the footsteps of some really great pioneers like alan shepherd, john glenn, neil armstrong, and so many others that have led us into the space age. since i joined nasa 15 years ago, i have been privileged to take four trips into space all for the international space station. and has been an amazing ride. as i what iss fade away into the distance when i last departed them on the 30th of may, i cannot help but think that what an amazing accomplishment this has all been. american ingenuity and the vision to build a strong international partnership is what made this such a great success. with the addition of the of the magnetic spectrometer which we installed on space station six weeks ago, we now have a completed an incredibly capable laboratory in space. i expect that this new instrument will revolutionize particle physics research and add to the significant discoveries that will certainly be the legacy of the space station program. has anybody hurt amf's? ams was a $2 billion carbon particle detector which we did not pay for. it was paid by 16 different count

criticism, of course, about the ending of the shuttle program from a number of folks including john glenn who said by ending this program the way it's being ended without a backup plan this is ignoring a cardinal rule at nasa, there should be something else there ready to go. how do you respond to that? >> erica, we spent about seven years now with a very well organized transition plan for phasing out the shuttle and moving on to the era really excited about president obama is allowing us to do. we hope to fly the first commercial cargo missions early next year. they will be american-made rockets flying cargo to the international space station and we are already starting to work with commercial entities hoping to release a request for proposal on commercial contracts to take crude to orbit and told maybe three years after we let the contract, we will have the capability. >> many, though, see this as a number of astronauts i've spoken to the last few weeks it seems u.s. manned flight is hanging by a thread. mike griffin saying it doesn't seem like good national policy to hitch a ride with

i remember covering that second john glenn launch and the excitement there is palpable whether at thelaunchpad or whether at the beach. i understand you've been tweeting about it all morning long. and giggling. >> i've been tweeting all morning. i was so thrilled with this. it was really an awesome experience. for john, he's covered many of these, this is old hat for him. this is my first time, and it's the last one. a guess charlie had a group not far from here, five miles from the launch site. he was absolutely right. he says at first you see it, right? you can see the launch and then you hear it all of the thunderous noise around and it then feel it. i realized it's absolutely true. it is so different when you're here. you feel it, your whole body shakes, vibrates, that sense of excitement and exhilaration and the people i was with, some of them, john, these are like veteran astronauts, and they were still nervous, still very tense when they watched that, specially that moment when there was that technical glitch that delay, and we were fortunate enough to sit beside them and say,

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be an astronaut and to follow in the footsteps of some really great pioneers like alan shepherd, john glenn, neil armstrong, and so many others that have led us into the space age. since i joined nasa 15 years ago, i have been privileged to take four trips into space all for the international space station. and has been an amazing ride. as i what iss fade away into the distance when i last departed them on the 30th of may, i cannot help but think that what an amazing accomplishment this has all been. american ingenuity and the vision to build a strong international partnership is what made this such a great success. with the addition of the of the magnetic spectrometer which we installed on space station six weeks ago, we now have a completed an incredibly capable laboratory in space. i expect that this new instrument will revolutionize particle physics research and add to the significant discoveries that will certainly be the legacy of the space station program. has anybody hurt amf's? ams was a $2 billion carbon particle detector which we did not pay for. it was paid by 16 different count

organized by pastor in televangelist john higgins the christians united for israel so many those plenty of big names including glenn back john bolton and members of congress i want you to look over the. just right. in the worst of her shoes to destroy most. each show me. and i was really. something else like oh was he a leader or my. hostess let. each year the conference brings together christian and jewish leaders for prayer. speeches we stand up and say no more no more hatred no more demonizing israel not my helen thomas is not more to scholarship no more misrepresentations we can set the limit on one thing and a celebration of the special bond between israel and the united states when ever we kind of stiff israel something bad happens here we we pushed people out of gaza and so forth and then we had to train over here where people were pushed into different states because of a storm and people see almost a parallel between rough treatment to israel. and judgment happening to america to fight a tough stance by defending israel and some participants say they want to see more than sanctions used against iran it has

it is what my former boss, senator john glenn, once referred to as "my eyes glaze over" issue. a common ground, common sense. of work, and it may give negotiators a place to begin in building the debt package and perhaps with an accord with that momentum to put together the entire package that they want to drive through to raise the debt ceiling. it really presents a once in a generation opportunity to get this thing done. it has been 60 years since we had the last major overhaul. president obama promised to do it in the last stated the union address. divided government is a time to get issues to agree. both sides understand that government is not working as well as it could. we have had a series of breakdowns from hurricane katrina all the way to the christmas day bombing, food safety, and someone and so forth. rick schmitt was just talking about this from the center for public integrity, one of several good groups, like the project on government oversight that look at these issues. this is a bipartisan issue and it is not very sexy, which could be an advantage right now. host

be an astronaut and to follow in the footsteps of some really great pioneers like alan shepard, john glenn, neil armstrong, and so many others that have led us into the space age. since i joined nasa 15 years ago, i have been privileged to take four trips into space, all to the international space station. it has been a really amazing ride. as i watched isf fadeaway into the distance when i last departed space station on the 30th of may, i could not help but think at what an amazing accomplishment this has been. american ingenuity and the vision to build a strong international partnership is what made this such a great success. with the addition of the outcome might not -- album magnetic spectrometer which we installed on space station just six weeks ago, we now have a completed an incredibly capable laboratory in space. i expect that this new instrument will revolutionize particle physics research and add to the significant discoveries that will certainly be the legacy of the space station program. has anybody heard of the amf in this office? it was a $2 billion cost. particle detector. w

john glenn was the commander of friendship which was the first to orbit the earth. next project called gemini. it ran from 1962 to 1966. difference here, two-man crews and it ran a total of ten missions. the gemini missions were the first manned spacecraft to include an onboard computer. it was also, by the way, during project gemini the first american astronaut walked in space. one that really people remember very well is the apollo program that ran from 1961 to 1975. it overlapped with gemini. these are three -- man crew was total of 11 successful missions, six of them land order the moon. launch vehicles used to power missions included the saturn five rockets which were the tallest, heaviest and most powerful rockets ever launched. until then the spaceships had been fairly small and rock wrets not all that big either. 30 years after the -- that you are now seeing the end of the shuttle program. this is going to be "atlantis." mission 135. it is going to be taking off here and at some point we hope that it is scheduled for tomorrow 1, 1:26. i don't know whether it

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