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for Tuesday, October 29, 2019​​​
Half-Staff Alerts for October 29
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The U.S. & State Flags across ARKANSAS (ordered this AM), NORTH CAROLINA, and MICHIGAN are half-staff
The Commonwealth (State) Flag across VIRGINIA is half-staff (just ordered this AM)
And, there are local half-staffs (All Flags) across Twin Falls, Idaho, Ashtabula County and other parts of Ohio, Liberty County, GA, and Homer NY ​
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​Today's Historical Moment to Remember
... the oldest man in space!? ...
On this date, October 29, in 1998, the Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off with 7 astronauts aboard - including the oldest person to go into space. 38 years after he was the first American to orbit earth in the Friendship 7 / Project Mercury spaceship, John Glenn Jr., at age 77, breaks another space travel barrier. Other than this significant mission specialist making his second trip into space, this 25th Space Shuttle Discovery flight was full of the usual scientific experiments. Interestingly, Glenn was an active U.S. Senator when he was sent on this space mission. And, then President Clinton, watched this Space Shuttle mission, STS-95, launch in person, which at that time, was only the second U.S. President to attend a NASA spacecraft liftoff in person.
[ Astronaut John Glenn in 1962 - just before his Friendship 7 mission ]
[ 1998 - Then, U.S. Senator and Astronaut John Glenn ]
[ Space Shuttle Discovery's STS=95 mission astronauts: (back) Parazynski, Robinson, Mukai, Duque, Glenn; (front) Lindsey, Brown = public domain images ]
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