Fifty years ago today, a trio of engines roared to life with huge yellow flames. Amidst clouds of smoke and liquid oxygen, Mercury-Atlas 6 carrying Friendship 7 and astronaut John Glenn was on its way to orbit.
The official report:
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19930074071_1993074071.pdf
A chapter in history:
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4201/ch13-4.htm
A retrospective:
By: J Boyle - 16th February 2012 at 23:53
I fear the feat won’t mean much to the generrations having grown up with space flight and moon landings a reality.
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February 16, 2012 at 10:01 pm