Feb 16, 2012

Beth Dickey/David Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 beth dickey-1@nasa gov / david steitz@nasa gov

Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-861-4769 allard beutel@nasa gov

Lori Rachul Glenn Research Center, Ohio 216-433-8806 lori j rachul@nasa gov

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NASA EVENTS AND FUTURE FORUM MARK 50 YEARS OF AMERICANS IN ORBIT

WASHINGTON -- Feb 20 marks the 50th anniversary of the day in 1962 when U S Sen John Glenn piloted his Friendship 7 spacecraft on the first U S orbital In the next two weeks, NASA Television will broadcast a series of live events and special programming to commemorate 50 years of Americans in orbit, including the premiere of a new documentary and special interactive online features

Here is a list of scheduled activities, all of which will be broadcast on NASA Television:

Thursday, Feb 16 8-8:30 p m : Premiere of "Friendship 7: 50th Anniversary of Americans in Orbit" on NASA TV, a documentary on Glenn's historic mission featuring new interviews with Glenn and fellow Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter

Friday, Feb 17 10-11 a m EST: Glenn and Carpenter, the first two Americans to orbit Earth, will join NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana for a presentation about NASA's past, present and future The event is open to employees at the space center in Florida

3-3:30 p m EST: Glenn and Carpenter will conduct a news conference in the Mercury Mission Control exhibit of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

Saturday, Feb 18 6:30 p m EST: Glenn and Carpenter will participate in "On the Shoulders of Giants," a ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex honoring all who made NASA's Project Mercury possible The program will include remarks from Cabana, Sen Bill Nelson (D-Fla ) and astronaut Steve Robinson, who flew with Glenn on his second trip into orbit on space shuttle Discovery's STS-95 mission in 1998

Monday, Feb 20 1:30-3:15 p m EST: Glenn and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will speak live with the crew on board the International Space Station to kick off the agency's two-day Future Forum at Ohio State University in Columbus Glenn also will participate in a panel session, "Learning from the Past to Innovate for the Future," at the event

Tuesday, Feb 21 3-3:15 p m EST: Glenn will deliver closing remarks at the NASA Future Forum

Friday, March 2 1-2 p m EST: Glenn will deliver the keynote address at "Celebrating John Glenn's Legacy: 50 Years of Americans in Orbit" a special event hosted by NASA's Glenn Research Center at Cleveland State University's Wolstein Center, 2000 Prospect Ave , in Cleveland The tribute will be included in a Tweetup which the research center is hosting for its Twitter followers on the same day

An interactive online feature about the Mercury program and Glenn's flight is available on the agency's Internet homepage at:

http://www nasa gov/externalflash/glenn50/

For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

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