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with the dinasaurs or the you can be into dinasaurs or rockets. when i didn t get into the per ruer key mercury program i said i was interested in rockets before those guys could spell it. projectco mercury began in 1958 with the goals of putting a human in orbit and doing so before the soviets did. on that second count they failed. a half years after the sputnik shock on april 12th, 1960 you 1 the 1961 the soviets out paced the u.s. when a cosmonaut was the first in space. they beat us into orbit. we were behind. we were lagging. america scrambled to catch up. less than one month later on may 5th, allen shepherd, one of the mercury 7 was one of the first americans in space. just over three months into his presidency john f. kennedy, like millions of other americans across the country was glued to his

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on the second count they failed. 3 and a half years after the sputnik shock on april 12th, 1961, the soviets out paced the u.s. once again when confidante became the first human being in space. they beat us into orbit. so we were behind. we were lagging. america scrambled to catch up. less than one month later mercury 7 became the first american in space. just over 3 nonts into his presidency john f. kennedy like millions of other americans across the country was glued to his television. he became an instant hero that they needed. jfk his sights set on beating the soviets had advice from the top engineers one was beamed rocket scientist.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20120522:15:05:00

countries around the world, including a space travel legend. that being actor james doohan, who played scotty on the tv show star trek also appeared in the movies. he was the engineer on the show on board the enterprise. on board the partial ashes of a nasa legend, that being gored done cooper one of the original mercury 7 astronauts. during his mercury 9 mission he orbited the earth more times than any human previously. that was enabled him to be the first person ever to sleep in space. his ashes are sleeping in space one last time. they re all on board. they come in lipstick stick sized canisters. they are deployed and orbit the earth about a year or so until eventually burn up into the atmosphere. soon they will become part of everybody s . jenna: interesting part of the story. interesting to think about all these things going into

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