Return To Space
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NPR's Dan Charles reports on NASA's announcement today that it will again rocket 76-year-old John Glenn into space. Senator Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth, 36 years ago. He'll fly aboard the space shuttle later this year. NASA also is sending Idaho schoolteacher Barbara Morgan into astronaut training. She was the backup astronaut for teacher Christa McAuliffe, who died when the shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986.
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