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John Glenn enters his Friend
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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. |
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02/20/1967 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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John Glenn OK
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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. |
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02/02/1962 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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John Glenn: Friendship 7 To
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John Glenn: Friendship 7 To Discovery |
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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 dons sp
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Astronaut John Glenn dons space suit during preflight operations |
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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. |
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1964-02-12 |
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