Moments like the Artemis II mission echo the earliest days of American spaceflight in 1962, when astronaut John Glenn orbited the planet three... Before Artemis II, the Friendship 7 helped push the ...
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Feb. 20, 1962: John Glenn's first trip to space
On Feb. 20, 1962, Mercury-Atlas 6 mission launched, sending the Friendship 7 capsule containing John Glenn into orbit. Two Soviets – Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov – had previously orbited Earth, but ...
As astronauts from Artemis II head back to Earth after circling the moon, it’s a moment to look back at when the U.S. was still trying to catch up in space. On Feb. 20, 1962, John Glenn became the ...
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