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Ten-part live "CBS News Extra" coverage of the Project Mercury flight of the Frienship 7 space capsule and astronaut Lt. Col. John Glenn who thus becomes the first American to orbit the earth. Douglas Edwards opens from New York with an update on the weather around the launch area at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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- 1962-02-20
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16 de fev. de 2021 · CBS-TV. Publication date. 1962-02-20. Topics. friendship 7, mercury atlas 6, john glenn, 1962, cbs. Language. English. From a set of three reel-to-reel tapes covering most of the flight and recovery of the Friendship 7 (Mercury-Atlas 6)--one tape per orbit.
An Atlas launch vehicle propelled a Mercury spacecraft into Earth orbit and enabled Glenn to circle Earth three times. The flight lasted a total of 4 hours, 55 minutes, and 23 seconds before the Friendship 7 spacecraft splashed down in the ocean.
17 de fev. de 2012 · NASA. On Feb. 20, 1962, John Glenn was launched into orbit aboard Friendship 7. Glenn was one of seven astronauts in America's seminal Mercury program, and this photograph, of Glenn's launch,...
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12 de fev. de 2024 · CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Launch of Friendship 7, the first manned orbital space flight. Astronaut John Glenn aboard, the Mercury-Atlas...
CBS News Extra: Project Mercury flight of Frienship 7 (TV Mini Series 1962) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
20 de fev. de 2017 · February 20 is the anniversary of John Glenn’s historic flight in the Mercury spacecraft he named Friendship 7. He became the third American and fifth person in space, but what made his mission especially important was that he was the first American to orbit the Earth.
