NASA Honors Legendary Astronaut Deke Slayton

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NASA is presenting the Ambassador of Exploration Award to the 38
astronauts who participated in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs
for realizing America's vision of space exploration from 1961 to 1972.

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WASHINGTON, NASA will honor Deke Slayton, one of
the original seven NASA astronauts, with the presentation of the Ambassador of
Exploration Award. 22 at the Deke Slayton Memorial Space and Bicycle Museum, 200 West Main
Street, Sparta, Wis.nasa.

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The material is part of the 842 pounds of samples brought back
to Earth during the six Apollo lunar expeditions from 1969 to 1972. WASHINGTON, NASA will honor John Glenn, one of the
original seven NASA astronauts, with the presentation of the Ambassador of
Exploration Award.

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He spent more
than 217 hours in space during the mission.
Glenn was born in 1921 in Cambridge, Ohio.

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He flew 56 combat missions during WW
II, and he was selected as one of the original Mercury astronauts in April
1959.

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NASA Honors Legendary Astronaut John Glenn

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his first space flight as the Apollo docking module pilot for the historic
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission in July 1975.gov/Bios /htmlbios/slayton.

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Slayton retired from NASA in 1982, and he passed away in 1993.
NASA is presenting the Ambassador of Exploration Award to the 38
astronauts who participated in the Mercury , Gemini, and Apollo space programs
for realizing America's vision of space exploration from 1961 to 1972. The
award is a small sample of lunar material encased in Lucite mounted for public
display .

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He was selected as one of
the original NASA Mercury astronauts in April 1959 .

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He was named NASA's Coordinator of Astronaut Activities in 1962. The material is part of the 842 pounds of samples brought back to
Earth during the six Apollo lunar expeditions from 1969 to 1972.

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Glenn Institute of Public Service and Public Policy, 300 Page Hall, Ohio State
University, 1810 College Road, Columbus, Ohio. In 1998, he completed his last space flight on the Space Shuttle
Discovery, completing 134 Earth orbits during the nine-day mission.

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Glenn's
award will be displayed at the institute.

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The
award is a small sample of lunar material encased in Lucite and mounted for
public display. As a Marine aviator, he flew
combat missions during WW II and the Korean War.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/glennbio.

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Slayton was born in Sparta in 1924.html

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Slayton is being honored and remembered for his pioneering
involvement in America's space programs. 20, 1962, he
piloted the Mercury-Atlas 6 "Friendship 7" spacecraft on the first U .html

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