The Day John Glenn Made American History: 60th Anniversary

Where were you in ’62? On Feb. 20 of that year, U.S. Marine Lt. Col. John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth, piloting Friendship 7 three times around the world in less than five hours and opening a new frontier. On its 60th anniversary, share the images of the day that the United States took another giant step forward in human space exploration, a day that became a building block for all that was still to come: Apollo on the Moon, the space shuttle and the International Space Station, and the missions of Artemis that are just over the horizon.

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HD: https://archive.org/details/jsc2022m000069_TSP_Friendship_7_60th_Anniversary-1080


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