Monumentally important, this is the first image of an American astronaut in space. In the Project Mercury spacecraft named Friendship 7, John Glenn became the first American astronaut to orbit Earth.
The Mercury rocket marked America’s first steps into human spaceflight, but its very design limited how long its success could last. In this segment, we look back at how the Redstone and Atlas ...
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