John Glenn's 1962 Re-Entry: Film and Audio Synchronized to Mark His Death

Tuesday, December 20, 2016 - 15:31 in Astronomy & Space

The death of John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, has led a historian who wrote a biography of the astronaut to share a new look at one of the space pioneer's most harrowing moments. Andrew Chaikin posted film and audio of Glenn's 1962 re-entry.

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