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1962 magazine article John Glenn's Three Orbits in Friendship 7, NASA
1962 magazine article John Glenn's Three Orbits in Friendship 7, NASA
1962 magazine article John Glenn's Three Orbits in Friendship 7, NASA
1962 magazine article John Glenn's Three Orbits in Friendship 7, NASA
1962 magazine article John Glenn's Three Orbits in Friendship 7, NASA
1962 magazine article John Glenn's Three Orbits in Friendship 7, NASA
1962 magazine article John Glenn's Three Orbits in Friendship 7, NASA
1962 magazine article John Glenn's Three Orbits in Friendship 7, NASA
1962 magazine article John Glenn's Three Orbits in Friendship 7, NASA
1962 magazine article John Glenn's Three Orbits in Friendship 7, NASA

1962 magazine article John Glenn's Three Orbits in Friendship 7, NASA

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  • Condition: Used
  • Type: magazine article
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Year: 1962

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    Selling is a 1962 magazine article about:
    John Glenn Friendship 7
    Title: John Glenn's Three Orbits in Friendship 7
    Author: Robert B. Voas
    Subtitled "A MINUTE-BY-MINUTE ACCOUNT OF AMERICA'S FIRST ORBITAL SPACE FLIGHT”
    Quoting the first page “Early on the morning of February 20, when I followed John Glenn to the launching pad, the Canaveral sky was obscured by clouds and darkness. The bright red gantry and its silver rocket seemed lashed to the ground by a cobweb of arc lights against that somber background. But by 9:47 the air was diamond clear, and with thousands of others I watched Friendship 7 begin its historic orbital voyage.
    I was privileged to observe the flight in the Mercury Control Center, listening to John Glenn's voice as he reported in to tracking stations around the globe. At the end of his first orbit he told us all was well except for a minor problem with the automatic controls, which he was solving by flying the spaceship manually.
    From our technicians in the back room, however, came a different story. A radio signal from the spacecraft indicated that the landing bag, which would act as a cushion when the capsule hit the water, had been deployed prematurely. If this signal proved valid, it would mean that the heat shield, which is attached to the landing bag, had also come free and would not protect the spacecraft from the fiery heat of re-entry.
    For the next three hours, while Glenn rode through two more space days and nights, scientists of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration huddled to determine what action to take. Tension rose sharply as time ran out. As always, the answer was, "Take no…"
    7” x 10”, 35 pages, 34 color photos
    These are pages from an actual 1962 magazine. No reprints or copies.
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