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| The remains of the Mercury Atlas 1 spacecraft at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson. The unmanned spacecraft was destroyed during launch on July 29, 1960. That was less then 2 months after President Kennedy announced his plans to land a man on the Moon. |
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| Website : www.kansas.gov |
 Capital
: Topeka |
 Highest
point : Mount
Sunflower, 4,039 feet |
 Area : 82,282 square miles,
15th largest state. |
 Population : 2,688,418
(2000 census) |
 Motto
:
Ad astra per aspra (To the stars
through difficulties) |
 Admitted to
Union : January 29, 1861 |
 State
Song : "Home on the Range" |
 State Bird : Western Medowlark |
 State Flower
: Sunflower
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 State Tree : Cottonwood |
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