Houston, This is Friendship 7: America's 50th On-Orbit Anniversary

Friday, February 17, 2012 - 08:20 in Astronomy & Space

Documentary of the flight of John Glenn, who orbited the Earth three times on February 20, 1962, becoming the first American to accomplish the feat. Includes new interviews with the two surviving members of the Mercury 7 (Carpenter and Glenn).

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