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Sun Oct  4 20:09:09 1981
Space Hall of Fame
The Space Hall of Fame has inducted the following people:
   _ Charles Yeager.  He was the first man to break the sound
     barrier.  He did it in the X-1.
   _ Allan Shepherd
   _ Scott Carpenter
   _ Gordon Cooper
   _ Waller Schirra
   _ Virgil Grissom.  Second American into space.  He flew
     the 15 minute, 17 second flight of the Mercury ``Liberty
     Bell 7'' capsule.  He died on 27 January, 1967 in an
     Apollo I program ground fire.
   _ Andreas Schumaker.  He was a 19th century rocket pioneer.

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