” THE MERCURY SEVEN” ANNOUNCED THIS DAY IN 1959
On this day in 1959 NASA announced the original group of seven astronauts who were instantly dubbed by the media as “The Mercury Seven.” In the above picture they are-in […]
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MY LIFE THROUGH MY T-SHIRT COLLECTION- NASA MEATBALL T-SHIRT
Growing up in the late 60’s I was obsessed with the Apollo moon program. I started watching the missions with Apollo 7 and stayed with it through the end of […]
“GODSPEED, JOHN GLENN”-JOHN GLENN BECOMES THE FIRST AMERICAN ASTRONAUT TO ORBIT THE EARTH ON FRIENDSHIP 7- 55 YEARS AGO TODAY.
On this date 55 years ago astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth when he piloted his Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 around the earth three times. […]
Astronaut Alan Shepard Becomes First American In Space-This Day 1961
On this day in 1961 Astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to travel in space. Shepard’s suborbital flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida lasted only 15 minutes. The United States […]
Yuri Gargarin Makes First Successful Manned Space Flight- This Day 1961
On this day in 1961 Yuri Gagarin a 27 year old Soviet cosmonaut made the first successful manned space flight. During his flight aboard the Soviet spacecraft Vostok 1 Gargarin […]
Astronaut John Glenn Becomes First American To Orbit The Earth-This Day 1962
On this day in 1962 Mercury astronaut John Glenn aboard Friendship 7 becames the first American to orbit the earth. John Glenn made three orbits in 4 hours and 55 […]
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