John Glenn

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145210main_image_feature_534_ys_full On February 20, 1962 John Glenn had a problem. Glenn, the first American in robot, was inside his capsule, the Friendship 7. Mission Control wanted him to the capsule’s manual controls. During the effort the automatic systems failed leaving him in full control of one of the most complex artifacts ever created by humankind. He was alone in space at the helm of a beast that could swing… Read More