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DP HOT TOPIC: 5/8/08

Real Outer Space: Coming to Your Living Room on June 8th

John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, is now traveling around on land promoting the documentary, "When We Left Earth", a six-part film made of 150 hours of high definition original footage from NASA archives. The film will premiere on the Discovery Channel June 8th, 2008.

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