His Genesis I spacecraft went into space that July on a Russian rocket.

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This shuttle never actually went into space, but it was carried on a 747 jet from Washington to New York in June.

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They included the one known as STS-107, which, after years of delays, went into space in mid-January for a rare mission devoted solely to science.

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As question after question was directed at the Ohio Democrat, his fellow crew members -- some of whom weren't even born when Glenn first went into space -- watched silently.

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And, in the process, he went on to transform the space into a tropical paradise.

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He completed his hat-trick after being put into space by Sinfield, who was also involved as Buderus went over under the posts.

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After the Bush Administration announced last year that the space shuttle would be retired in 2010, NASA's Stennis Space Center, which performs engine testing on it, went into action, wooing more private enterprises to its 140, 000-acre grounds.

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The best of their chances came in the dying minutes when Jonny Shiels raced into space, but his pass to Simon Danielli was not the best and the opening went untaken.

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