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Launch of Friendship 7, the first American manned orbital space flight. Astronaut John Glenn aboard, the Mercury-Atlas rocket is launched from Pad 14. Photo Credit: NASA

On Atlas’ Shoulders: Remembering the Monkeys, Men and Malfunctions of Project Mercury’s Orbital Booster (Part 2)

Just A Normal Day: Remembering Friendship 7, 60 Years On

‘Zero-G and I Feel Fine’: Remembering John Glenn’s Return to Space, OTD in 1998

‘Zero-G, And I Feel Fine’: 20 Years Since John Glenn’s Return to Space

‘As Exciting As It Gets’: Remembering John Glenn’s Return to Space

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‘Just a Normal Day’: Remembering John Glenn’s Mercury Flight (Part 2)

by Ben Evans February 19, 2017, 8:00 am
‘Zero-G and I Feel Fine’: Remembering John Glenn’s Mercury Flight (Part 1)

by Ben Evans February 18, 2017, 8:00 am
John Glenn, Last Surviving Member of Mercury Seven, Dies Aged 95

by Ben Evans December 8, 2016, 5:53 pm
The Single Data Point: Remembering John Glenn’s Return to Space (Part 2)

by Ben Evans October 30, 2016, 8:00 am
‘A Chart Jumped Out At Me’: Remembering John Glenn’s Return to Space (Part 1)

by Ben Evans October 29, 2016, 8:00 am
‘I Hope That Flight Works Out For You’: 15 Years Since John Glenn’s Return to Space

by Ben Evans October 29, 2013, 6:00 am
‘The Right Guy’: A Restoration of Faith (Part 2)

by Ben Evans May 16, 2013, 6:00 am
Americans in Orbit: The Flight of John Glenn (Part 3)

by Ben Evans February 23, 2013, 6:00 am
Pad 14: A Place of History and Destiny (Part 2)

by Ben Evans July 1, 2012, 4:16 pm
Pad 14: A Place of History and Destiny

by Ben Evans June 30, 2012, 4:49 pm
“Lucky to be Alive”: The Controversy of Aurora 7

by Ben Evans May 29, 2012, 12:18 am
“Tired of Apologising”: The Flight of Aurora 7

by Ben Evans May 27, 2012, 1:57 am

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