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| Gus Grissom's Mercury 4 Spacecraft "Liberty Bell 7" on temporary display at Space Center Houston in 2004. "Liberty Bell 7" sunk after splash down and was lost at sea from 1961 until 1999 when it was recovered. It underwent extensive restoration by the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center where it is now on permanent display. |
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Website : www.texas.gov |
Capital
: Austin |
Highest
point : Guadalupe
Peak, 8,749 feet |
Area : 268,601 square miles,
2nd largest state. |
Population : 20,851,820
(2000 Census) |
Motto
: Friendship
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Admitted to
Union : December 29, 1845 |
State
Song : "Texas, Our Texas" |
State Bird : Mockingbird |
State Flower : Blue Bonnet
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State Tree : Pecan
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