Feb 10, 2012

Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 tracy g young@nasa gov

Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael curie@nasa gov

Andrea Farmer/John Kennedy Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla 321-449-4318/321-449-4273 afarmer@dncinc com/ jkennedy@dncinc com

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NASA HOSTS EVENTS TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF AMERICANS IN ORBIT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla -- In celebration of 50 years of Americans in orbit, NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will host several events Feb 17 and 18 that will air live on NASA Television

On Feb 17 at 10 a m EST, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana will host an employee presentation on NASA TV with the first two Americans to orbit Earth, Mercury astronauts John Glenn and Scott Carpenter On Feb 20, 1962, Glenn piloted his Friendship 7 spacecraft on the first U S orbital mission Three months later, on May 24, Carpenter became the second American in orbit

At 3 p m , NASA TV will air a news conference with Glenn and Carpenter The event will take place at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Mercury Mission Control exhibit

On Feb 18 at 6:30 p m , Glenn and Carpenter will participate in a ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex honoring all who made NASA's Project Mercury possible The "On the Shoulders of Giants" 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 shuttle Discovery's STS-95 mission in 1998

Media interested in covering the news conference and ceremony should contact Andrea Farmer at 321-449-4318 or John Kennedy at 321-449-4273 for access to the visitor complex

Highlights from the Feb 17 and 18 events will air on NASA TV's Video File For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For information about the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, visit:

http://www kennedyspacecenter com

For more information about NASA's Project Mercury, visit:

http://go usa gov/QIM

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