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#KatherineJohnson 🚀 "Glenn asked #engineers to“get the girl”-Johnson-to run the same numbers through the same equations that had been programmed into the computer,but by hand...“If she says they’re good...then I’m ready to go" " #Friendship7 #GoNoGo #Artemis2 #NASA
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On February 20, 1962, John Glenn lifted off from Cape Canaveral on the first U.S. orbital flight - Mercury-Atlas 6 in his capsule named Friendship 7.
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If you have an hour ( if you want to bookmark this for later) From the National Archives YouTube site: a #NASA video about the #Friendship7 mission, which launched February 20, 1962 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LwP...
On this day in 1962 John Glenn became the first American to orbit earth.
On this day in 1962 John Glenn became the first American to orbit earth.
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#MercuryAtlas6, the first crewed orbital mission for the United States, was launched on #ThisDayInHistory in 1962. Exceeding the two prior suborbital flights by Americans, #JohnGlenn made three orbits across nearly five hours in #Friendship7 before splashing down in the Atlantic.
Don’t miss this gripping story and essential piece of history!
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Friendship 7
On this day in 1962 John Glenn became the first American to orbit earth.
#JohnGlenn #Friendship7
