Early US astronauts faced uncertainty, danger and death
Friday, December 9, 2016 - 16:31
in Astronomy & Space
John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962, but for a solid hour of that journey, NASA feared he was about to die in a blazing fireball.
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