Pilot Who Circled Globe in 1924 Calls Glenn Spaceflight "A Remarkable Thing"
Feb. 20, 1962 - Leigh Wade (pictured third from left in 1924) got out of bed at 6:30 a.m. today to watch on television as Lieut. Col....
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Feb 20, 2022
The TV Voice of the Spaceflight: Lieutenant Colonel John "Shorty" Powers
Feb. 20, 1962 - One of the voices most frequently heard around the world today was that of a 5-foot-6, 39-year-old former bomber pilot...
Feb 20, 2022
President Kennedy's Statement on Glenn Spaceflight
Feb. 20, 1962 - Following is the text of President Kennedy’s statement on Colonel Glenn’s flight: “I know that I express the great...
Feb 20, 2022
The World Follows Glenn Spaceflight
Feb. 20, 1962 - The orbital flight of Colonel Glenn proved today to be a sort of super goodwill tour. Expressions of sympathy, pride and...
Feb 20, 2022
Parents of Colonel Glenn Say Prayers Have Been Answered
Feb. 20, 1962 - The parents of Lieut. Col. John Glenn Jr. (pictured in 1945), radiant and relieved that their long wait was over, said...
Feb 20, 2022
Transcript of President Kennedy's Phone Call to Colonel Glenn
Feb. 20, 1962 - Following is the transcription of a telephone conversation between President Kennedy and Colonel Glenn this afternoon:...
Feb 20, 2022
Massive Radio and TV Audience for Glenn Spaceflight
Feb. 20, 1962 - The radio-TV audience for Colonel Glenn’s orbital flight today was enormous. Frank McGee of NBC reported that more than...
Feb 20, 2022
Man is One Step Closer to the Moon
Feb. 20, 1962 - The three-orbit flight around the world by Lieut. Col. John Glenn Jr. today puts man closer to the moon. The next step...
Feb 20, 2022
Marine Corps Proud of Colonel Glenn
Feb. 20, 1962 - The United States Marine Corps threw out its chest with pride and admiration today over the successful orbiting of Marine...
Feb 20, 2022
Colonel Glenn Has Snack in Space
Feb. 20, 1962 - About 20 minutes after he had soared aloft, Lieut. Col. John H. Glenn Jr. had his first snack in space. The Mercury...
Feb 20, 2022
🚨 Colonel John Glenn is First American to Orbit the Earth
Feb. 20, 1962 - John H. Glenn Jr. orbited three times around the earth today and landed safely to become the first American to make such...
Feb 19, 2022
Glenn Spaceflight May Happen Tomorrow Morning
Feb. 19, 1962 - The prospects for sending Lieut. Col. John H. Glenn Jr. into orbit tomorrow seem better than they have for a week. The...
Feb 14, 2022
Another Postponement of Glenn Spaceflight
Feb. 14, 1962 - Storms in the Atlantic caused another postponement today in the attempt to send Lieut. Col. John H. Glenn Jr. into orbit...
Jan 28, 2022
Video: Documentary "The Race to Space"
Jan. 28, 1962 - “The Race to Space” is a documentary which chronicles some of the space accomplishments of the past year. #nasa...
Jan 26, 2022
Senator Douglas Questions Moonshot
Jan. 26, 1962 - Senator Paul H. Douglas (pictured second from left in 1958) said today that he and many astronomers question the wisdom...
Jan 26, 2022
Ranger 3 Spacecraft Fails
Jan. 26, 1962 - An attempt to send the Ranger 3, a complex 727-pound spacecraft, to take close-up television pictures of the moon failed...
Jan 22, 2022
Another Postponement of Glenn Spaceflight
Jan. 22, 1962 - An attempt to rocket John H. Glenn Jr. into orbit was postponed today from Wednesday to Saturday at the earliest. The...
Jan 4, 2022
Astronaut John Glenn Profiled on ABC-TV
Jan. 4, 1962 - Lieut. Col. John H. Glenn Jr., who is scheduled to attempt an orbital flight later this month, was the subject of an ABC...
Nov 29, 2021
Chimp's Space Flight a Qualified Success
Nov. 29, 1961 - A male chimpanzee named Enos flew two 17,500-mile-an-hour orbits around the earth today. The flight, in a Project Mercury...
Nov 28, 2021
President Kennedy Awards Three X-15 Pilots the Harmon Trophy
Nov. 28, 1961 - President Kennedy awarded the Harmon International Trophy for Aviators today to three test pilots of the X-15 rocket...
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