Moments like the Artemis II mission echo the earliest days of American spaceflight in 1962, when astronaut John Glenn orbited the planet three... Before Artemis II, the Friendship 7 helped push the ...

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Sound track for "Friendship 7: Flight of John Glenn." This film is about the flight of Friendship-7. The film opens with television coverage of the flight of John Glenn on February 20, 1962. Scenes of ...

As astronauts from Artemis II head back to Earth after circling the moon, it’s a moment to look back at when the U.S. was still trying to catch up in space. On Feb. 20, 1962, John Glenn became the ...