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The 20th Century/The 21st Century. The 20th Century/The 21st Century (documentary) (CBS Sunday Nights, 1957 - 1970) [When it first aired, this program was sponsored by The Prudential Insurance Company of America, and the theme was recorded by the CBS Symphony Orchestra (which got screen credit) along with conductor Alfredo Antonini. In 1967 ...
John Glenn Returns to Space. Glenn inside the Friendship 7 capsule in 1962. LAUNCH DATE: October 29, 1998. COST: $400 million. OVERVIEW: John Glenn will make his return to space aboard the space ...
Jul 19, 2009 · And mission specialist Dave Wolf said he had been lucky enough tosit next to Cronkite providing commentary when John Glenn made his spaceshuttle flight in 1998. Cronkite's work "inspired a lot of ...
Dec 8, 2016 · While in space in 1998, John Glenn spoke with Walter Cronkite about the future of space travel.
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Oct 25, 1998 · At 8, Cronkite narrates "Godspeed, John Glenn," a look at Glenn's 1962 Mercury-Atlas 6 "Friendship Seven" flight making him the first American to orbit Earth. (The program also is available on BMG ...
Time in space. 9d 19h 54m [2] Missions. STS-95. Mission insignia. John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. [3]
Feb 18, 2022 · On Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John H. Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth during the three-orbit Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, aboard the spacecraft he named Friendship 7. Left: The Headquarters of the Space Task Group (STG) at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.
