2022.02.16 | Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the first U.S. human orbital spaceflight by John Glenn

16/02/2022 51 min

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Episode Synopsis

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 16 February 2022:
A special edition of The Space Show commemorating the 60th anniversary of the first United States human orbital spaceflight by John Glenn in his Friendship 7 Mercury spacecraft. The program will feature a 1962 audio documentary about the flight, a  portion of Glenn's 2013 oral history recording, Glenn's 1962 speech to a joint sitting of the U.S. Congress, and several songs about John Glenn and his MA-6 mission.

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