John Glenn entered the Naval Aviation Cadet Program in March 1942 and was graduated from this program and commissioned in the Marine Corps in 1943. After advanced training, Glenn joined Marine Fighter Squadron 155 and spent a year flying F-4U fighters in the Marshall Islands. During John Glenn’s World War II service, he flew 59 [...]
50 Years Ago on February 20, 1962, Glenn piloted the Mercury-Atlas 6 “Friendship 7″ spacecraft on the first manned orbital mission of the United States. Launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, he completed a successful three-orbit mission around the earth, reaching a maximum altitude (apogee) of 162 statute miles and an orbital [...]
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