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Hollywood’s Mixed Portrayal of John Glenn

February 20, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter We’ll be the first to admit that the 1983 movie The Right Stuff takes artistic license when it talks about the Mercury program and other events. It exaggerates problems between the astronauts, portrays the journalists as unthinking buffoons and misrepresents historical events such [...]

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Friendship 7: 50th Anniversary of John Glenn’s Flight

February 17, 2012

On Feb. 20, 1962, John Glenn launched on the Friendship 7 flight, or Mercury 6, the first human orbital flight for NASA. Last night NASA premiered a video to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the flight, and have now made it available to share. Glenn launched at 9:47:39 am EST from Cape Canaveral, orbiting Earth [...]

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John Glenn

February 10, 2011

John Glenn is a former United States Marine Corps pilot, astronaut, and United States Senator. He was the first American to orbit the Earth and the third American to be launched into space. This article will focus on his career as an astronaut only. In April 1959 he was assigned to NASA as one of [...]

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John Glenn Pictures

August 28, 2010

Here are some cool John Glenn pictures. You can make any of these images into your computer desktop wallpaper. Just click on an image to enlarge it, and then choose “Set as Desktop Background”. Here’s an image of Astronaut John Glenn as he enters the Friendship 7 capsule on February 20, 1962 for the launch [...]

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