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[URL=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-081710a.html]Mercury astronaut and mission to Mercury to be featured on 2011 U.S. stamps[/URL] [i]An 'original' Mercury astronaut and a spacecraft set to orbit the planet Mercury will be featured on two United States postage stamps to be released next year, according to the U.S. Postal Service. Alan Shepard, who became the first American in space 50 years ago next May, will be honored together with NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging, or MESSENGER, probe, which is scheduled to begin orbiting the planet closest to the Sun in March 2011. The two stamps, which will be offered as an attached pair referred to as a "se-tenant," are tentatively scheduled for release in the spring...[/i]
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