Senator John Glenn stands next to the Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 in which he orbited the Earth 20 years ago. Senator Glenn celebrated this anniversary at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum, where the spacecraft is on display. He was the third United States astronaut to fly in space, and the first to orbit the Earth.
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Press, 4 March 1982, Page 22
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56Senator John Glenn stands next to the Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 in which he orbited the Earth 20 years ago. Senator Glenn celebrated this anniversary at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum, where the spacecraft is on display. He was the third United States astronaut to fly in space, and the first to orbit the Earth. Press, 4 March 1982, Page 22
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