John Glenn Enters the Altitude Chamber
USA's Man in Orbit Attempt
Next Wednesday the USA will try to put its first spaceman into orbit around the earth,. The vehicle — to be launched from Cape Canaveral — is an Atlas equipped with a Mercury capsule. The astronaut will be Lt. Col. John...
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John Glenn Just Before His Launch into Space
"Ready to go..."
A close-up of the face of an astronaut tense with expectation and the strain of repeated delays. ... Lt. Col. John Glenn just before his launch into space...
Daily Mirror
John Glenn Signs Autographs
Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, the astronaut who made three orbits of the earth earlier this week, is watched by his wife Anna as he signs autographs shortly after arriving at Cape Canaveral yesterday - the point where the spaceman set out on his histori...
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John Glenn on the Way to the Rocket
Col. Glenn, carrying his portable air conditioner for his space flight suit walk toward the van that will carry him to the base of the rocket. He is accompanied by Joe. W. Schmitt, NASA Space Flight Equipment [...] (in white suit, behind) and Dr. ...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Leroy Cooper after 34-Hour Space Flight
This is a photograph of American astronaut Gordon Cooper, taken after his comfortable return from a 34-hour, 20-minute space flight. He came out his capsule when it was brought to the ship, Kearsarge.
The Times of Ceylon Press