NASA celebrated t he 50th Aniversary of John Glenn's orbital space flight. Glenn's flight made a new era.
On February 20,1962 john Glenn piloted the mercury-Atlas 6"friendship 7" spacecraft in the orbital mission of the united states.He completes the three orbit mission around the earth successfully with a maximum attitude of 162statute miles and also the orbital velocity of 17,500 miles per hour.The Glenn's "friendship 7" mercury spacecraft landed at800 miles south east of Kennedy space center in the Grand Turk Island The mission duration was an launch impact of about 4 hours ,55 minutes and 23 seconds.
Joth Glenn biography:He was born in July 18,1921 in the Cambridge at Ohio.He entered the Naval Aviation Cadet Program in the year1942 March.He was graduated in the marine corps in1943.He did his advanced training in marine Fighter Squadron 155.He also spent a year in the Marshall islands.John Glenn is one of the seven astronomers in NASA in the yaer 1959.He have got many medals regarding his success.
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