#john glenn

[lonestarflight]

View of Earth taken by astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. during his Mercury Atlas 6 (MA-6) spaceflight.

Date: February 20, 1962

NASA ID: S62-06014

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John Glenn climbing into his Friendship 7 capsule to become the first American to orbit the Earth

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The Mercury Seven Astronauts

Wally Schirra

Alan Shepard

John Glenn

Scott Carpenter

Deke Slayton

Gordon Cooper

Gus Grissom

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Glen Powell’s body photographed by Renée Rodenkirchen.

[jackswigert]

nasa valentines for that special someone in your life ❤️❤️💖❤️💗❤️💓💕🧡💕❤️💗

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20 Feb. 1962: John Glenn relaxes aboard the USS Noa after being recovered from the Atlantic near Grand Turk Island after his historic Mercury flight. Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth in his "Friendship 7" capsule. The Noa picked him up 21 minutes after splashdown.

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John Glenn’s Vought F-8 Crusader, aboard the USS Midway. San Diego, 2019.

[gusgrissom]

The first three American astronauts to fly in the Mercury program. Gus lookin a little skeptical about something.

[rawyld]

Chapter 5 is up.

[lonestarflight]

"View of Mercury Atlas 6 'Friendship 7' capsule on top of its booster rocket with astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. is just visible in the open hatch."

Date: February 20, 1962

NASA ID: S62-00490

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February 20, 1962: 40-year-old John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth during his Mercury-Atlas 6 flight.

A tiny fragment of this large achievement was a secret contingency plan known as Operation Dirty Trick, which essentially would have blamed Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and his government if Glenn’s mission had failed. Its goal was to provide hard evidence that a potential space disaster was caused by the Cuban government. One of dozens of plans aimed at removing Castro from power, Dirty Trick was shot down by President Kennedy almost immediately after it was proposed.

Read more about Operation Dirty Trick here!

[dreamofstarlight]

Bobby Kennedy with his kids Chris and Max along with John Glenn on a ride at Disney Land - June 2, 1968

[ripplefactor]

'Zero G and I feel fine.' John Glenn, 18.vii.1921 – 8.xii.2016.

[susiestamps]

US 1962 4¢ Project Mercury: Colonel John Glenn's Space Flight

[movieassholes]

Can't do that, John. It's the vice president, the head of the program! You gotta think of the broader interests of this program!

Head of Program -The Right Stuff (1983)

[commodorez]

John Glenn's first and second rides into space, 36 years apart.

Mercury MA-6 Friendship 7 - February 20, 1962

STS-95 Space Shuttle Discovery - October 29-November 7, 1998

Udvar-Hazy Center - Chantilly, VA