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Obama honors Presidential Medal of Freedom winners: Who's eligible? (+video)
Answer: Anybody who's accomplished anything the president of the United States likes. Obama awarded the Medal of Freedom to Bob Dylan, John Glenn, and 11 other recipients Tuesday.
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Will visitors be allowed on board the Space Shuttle Discovery?
On Thursday, NASA handed the world's most traveled space shuttle over to the Smithsonian. Visitors won't be able to walk its decks, but they will be able to experience the shuttle's interior through interactive images.
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Space Shuttle Discovery arrives at its new home (+video)
In a public ceremony, NASA officially delivered the Space Shuttle Discovery to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Thursday.
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Space Shuttle Discovery to swoop over National Mall (+video)
Perched atop a modified jumbo jet, the retired Space Shuttle Discovery will fly over Washington before arriving at its permanent resting place at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.
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John Glenn and Earth orbit anniversary: America needs manned flight in space
This week's 50-year anniversary of astronaut John Glenn and his Earth orbit should remind America that it needs manned flight in space. Some say the space race is over. But America is in a new space race for jobs, skills, and knowledge for the future.
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John Glenn's first spaceflight was fraught with risks and unknowns
Before Glenn completed three laps of Earth on Feb. 20, 1962, no American had spent more than 15 minutes in space.
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Space pioneer John Glenn honored 50 years after historic flight
Hundreds of NASA workers jammed a space center auditorium to mark the 50th anniversary of John Glenn's historic flight, to see and hear the first American to circle the Earth.
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John Glenn reflects on NASA's space legacy 50 years after first orbit
On Feb. 20, 1962, Glenn piloted NASA's Mercury capsule, known as Friendship 7, three times around Earth, matching the groundbreaking achievement of the rival Soviet Union, which launched cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into orbit 10 months earlier.
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In Pictures: Timeline of American rockets
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With Atlantis landing, an era ends. Are private space firms ready for duty?
The Atlantis landing just before 6 a.m. Thursday marks the end of the US space shuttle program – and the transition to private firms as the cargo carriers to space. Perhaps they'll ferry people, too.
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Why Obama rejected John Glenn's plea to save the space shuttle progam
In a 40-minute plea at the White House to save the US space shuttle, John Glenn said that relying on the Russians to get US astronauts into space was a mistake. Why did President Obama turn him down?
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Milestones in U.S. manned spaceflight
A timeline of significant moments in America's quest to reach for the stars.
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Editor's Blog
The astronaut who learned how to see
Story Musgrave flew on six space shuttle missions -- and on every one of the shuttles that NASA is retiring this year. In a career of standout performances, he never forgot to savor the experience.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Sunsets
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Project Mercury
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In Pictures: After the Space Shuttle
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Astronauts of the Past
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: John Glenn
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Space Shuttle Discovery
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: The Sun
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Blowing in the Wind
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Is Obama trying to 'decolonize' space?
Observers were puzzled when President Obama apparently gave the space agency NASA a new mission to reach out to the world’s Muslims. But his action makes sense when you consider the influence of anticolonial ideology.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 09/16
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In Pictures: Back to school 2010
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