Before astronaut Jerry Linenger's (LINN-in-jurr) began his voyage aboard the Russian spacestation Mir, he was asked what he would miss most. He said it would be hard being away from his 14-month-old son John. So he set out to "write" him a letter every day. Today we begin a series of letters from space as Jerry Linenger reads letters to his son.
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