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Happy Birthday, John Glenn 
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Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:49 am
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Hurrah for him and all the men who flew these! Have you had the opportunity to check out the Friendship craft at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum? It truly took a mighty pair to strap oneself into this TINY space and be blasted into orbit.

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