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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter's wife, Patricia Carpenter, left, and children listen during the "50 Years of Americans in Orbit" presentation for employees at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. John Glenn and fellow Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter were joined by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Center Director Bob Cabana on stage in Kennedy's training auditorium. This year marks 50 years since Glenn and Carpenter became the first two Americans to orbit Earth. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett