On this day in 1962, seated on top of the new Mercury Atlas launcher, John Glenn becomes the first US astronaut to be placed in orbit. The previous Redstone launcher only allowed Shepard and Grissom to perform suborbital flights before his. After nearly 5h in space, the mission was interrupted when data were showing that the thermal shield might be not correctly locked into position

#onthisdayinspace , #onthisdayinspacehistory , #otd , #spacehistory , 2013 , Friendship 7 , Glenn , Mercury , Mercury 6 , NASA , National Air & Space Museum , National Mall , USA , Washington , Washington DC

Exposure Time	1/15 s
ApertureFNumber	f/5.6
ISO	640
Model	Canon EOS 30D
Lens	EF17-40mm f/4L USM
Focal Length	17 mm
Date Time of Original	2013:02:23 17:20:55

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Robin MORET

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星期六 23 二月 2013

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星期二 19 二月 2019

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#onthisdayinspace, #onthisdayinspacehistory, #otd, #spacehistory, 2013, Friendship 7, Glenn, Mercury, Mercury 6, NASA, National Air & Space Museum, National Mall, USA, Washington, Washington DC

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