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* President Obama spoke with …
02/19/10
Description * President Obama spoke with the crews of space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station from the Roosevelt Room of the White House. * New findings by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in the Andromeda galaxy have provided a major advance in understanding a type of supernova believed critical to studying dark energy. * The telescope aboard NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, was successfully activated during a January 15 test flight of almost six hours. * A new NASA Web site can help our future explorers and leaders better understand the how's and why's of climate change and what they can do to make our planet more habitable. * Scott Carpenter: ''Godspeed John Glenn'' Forty-eight years ago, Mercury astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth when an Atlas rocket successfully carried his Friendship 7 capsule into space.
Date 02/19/10
John Glenn enters his Friend …
Title John Glenn enters his Friendship 7 capsule
Full Description Project Mercury astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. enters his Mercury ?Friendship 7? capsule before launch on February 20, 1962. At 9:47 a.m. (EST), his Atlas launch vehicle lifted him into orbit for his flight lasting 4 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds. Onboard Friendship 7, Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth, and the third American to fly in space. A faulty signal indicating a problem with the heat shield forced NASA mission controllers to cut the flight to only three orbits, but Glenn returned to Earth safely.
Date 02/20/1967
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
John Glenn OK
Title John Glenn OK
Full Description Astronaut John Glenn and technicians inspect artwork that will be painted on the outside of his Mercury spacecraft. John Glenn nicknamed his capsule "Friendship 7". On February 20, 1962 astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. lifted off into space aboard his Mercury Atlas (MA-6) rocket and became the first American to orbit the Earth. After orbiting the Earth 3 times, Friendship 7 landed in the Atlantic Ocean 4 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds later, just East of Grand Turk Island in the Bahamas. Glenn and his capsule were recovered by the Navy Destroyer Noa, 21 minutes after splashdown.
Date 02/02/1962
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Astronaut John Glenn Enters …
Name of Image Astronaut John Glenn Enters Friendship 7
Date of Image 1962-02-20
Full Description Astronaut John Glenn enters the Mercury spacecraft, Friendship 7, prior to the launch of MA-6 on February 20, 1961 and became the first American who orbited the Earth. The MA-6 mission was the first manned orbital flight boosted by the Mercury-Atlas vehicle, a modified Atlas ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile), lasted for five hours, and orbited the Earth three times.
Astronaut Glenn in the Frien …
Name of Image Astronaut Glenn in the Friendship 7
Date of Image 1962-02-20
Full Description Astronaut John Glenn in the Friendship 7 capsule during the first manned orbital flight, the MA-6 mission. Boosted by the Mercury-Atlas vehicle, a modified Atlas (intercontinental ballistic missile), the MA-6 mission lasted for 5 hours and orbited the Earth three times.
Astronaut John Glenn Enters …
Name of Image Astronaut John Glenn Enters Friendship 7
Date of Image 1962-02-20
Full Description Astronaut John Glenn enters the Mercury spacecraft, Friendship 7, prior to the launch of MA-6 on February 20, 1961 and became the first American who orbited the Earth. The MA-6 mission was the first manned orbital flight boosted by the Mercury-Atlas vehicle, a modified Atlas ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile), lasted for five hours, and orbited the Earth three times.
John Glenn: Friendship 7 To …
Title John Glenn: Friendship 7 To Discovery
Explanation Rehearsing for [ http://shuttle.nasa.gov/sts-95/images/preflight/62_01021.html ] his historic flight [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/ma-6/sounds/ ] on February 20, 1962, Mercury program [ http://www.pathfinder.com/Life/space/giantleap/sec3/intro.html ] astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. works [ http://www.pathfinder.com/Life/space/giantleap/sec3/glenn1.html ] in a cramped training capsule preparing for a few hours' voyage through space [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4201/cover.htm ]. Dubbed Friendship 7 [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/ma-6/ma-6.html ], his own snug spacecraft was launched by an Atlas rocket and carried Glenn three times around planet Earth [ http://www.pathfinder.com/Life/space/giantleap/sec3/g_story1.html ] at an altitude of about 120 miles, returning him safely to a "splashdown" in the Atlantic Ocean. The first American in orbit, Senator Glenn's remarkable return [ http://shuttle.nasa.gov/sts-95/crew/glenn.html ] to space will be 36 years later as a payload specialist on the Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-95 [ http://www.shuttlepresskit.com/ ]. Discovery is a roomier craft [ http://shuttle.nasa.gov/sts-95/crew/mershut.html ] which will carry a crew of 7 and an array of scientific payloads, such as the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker [ http://pao.gsfc.nasa.gov/GSFC/Missions/STS95/IEH-3.htm ]. Scheduled for launch today [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-95/countdown.html ] at 2:00 PM Eastern Time, Discovery will orbit at an altitude of 320 miles and land after 8 days at Kennedy Space Center's shuttle landing facility. Godspeed the crew of STS-95 [ http://shuttle.nasa.gov/sts-95/crew/index.html ] !
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Astronaut John Glenn poses i …
Title Astronaut John Glenn poses in Mercury Space Suit
Description Portrait view of Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 6 earth-orbital space flight, posing in his Mercury Space Suit with his helmet on and visor up.
Date Taken 1962-02-20
Astronaut John Glenn poses i …
Title Astronaut John Glenn poses in Mercury Space Suit
Description Full view of Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 6 earth-orbital space flight, posing in his Mercury Space Suit with his helmet on and visor down.
Date Taken 1962-02-20
Astronaut John Glenn confers …
Title Astronaut John Glenn confers with Nurse Dolores B. O'Hara
Description Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 6 earth-orbital space mission, confers with Astronaut Nurse Dolores B. O'Hara, R.N., during MA-6 prelaunch preparations.
Date Taken 1962-02-20
Astronaut John Glenn aboard …
Title Astronaut John Glenn aboard the U.S.S. Randolph after MA-6 flight
Description Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 6 space flight, relaxes aboard the carrier U.S.S. Randolph following his earth-orbital mission. Glenn was transferred to the Randolph from the U.S.S. Noa after his return from his earth-orbital mission.
Date Taken 1962-02-20
Orbital sunset photographed …
Title Orbital sunset photographed by Astronaut John Glenn during MA-6 flight
Description Orbital sunset photographed by Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. aboard the "Friendship 7" during his Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) flight.
Date Taken 1962-02-20
Orbital sunset photographed …
Title Orbital sunset photographed by Astronaut John Glenn during MA-6 flight
Description Orbital sunset photographed by Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. aboard the "Friendship 7" during his Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) flight.
Date Taken 1962-02-20
Astronaut John Glenn is suit …
Title Astronaut John Glenn is suited up at Cape Canaveral during MA-6 activities
Description Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 6 earth-obital space mission, is suited up at Cape Canaveral, Florida, during MA-6 preflight activities. Assisting Glenn is suit technician Al Rochford.
Date Taken 1964-02-12
Astronaut John Glenn dons sp …
Title Astronaut John Glenn dons space suit during preflight operations
Description Astronaut John Glenn dons space suit during preflight operations at Cape Canaveral, February 20, 1962, the day he flew his Mercury-Atlas 6 spacecraft, Friendship 7, into orbital flight around the Earth.
Date Taken 1964-02-12
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