On February 20, 1962, John Glenn piloted the Mercury-Atlas 6 "Friendship 7" spacecraft on the first manned orbital mission of the United States. Launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, he completed a successful 3 orbit mission around the earth, reaching a maximum altitude of 162 miles. Glenn's "Friendship 7" Mercury spacecraft landed approximately 800 miles southeast of KSC in the vicinity of Grand Turk Island. Mission duration from launch to impact was 4 hours, 55 minutes, and 23 seconds.
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I should be old enough to remember, but a First Pet Possum?
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If our town had a parking meter we wouldn't have to feed it! (We call these Parking Meter Holidays when we head over to the big city.)
LOLOLOLOL I like that! Parking Meter Holidays. Which reminds me, I have a parking meter ticket to pay. yikes!
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Tard!
ReplyDeleteit's all part of my undeniable charm... hahaha!
DeleteDid you know the expression "his name's mud" comes from the doctor who set John Wilkes Boothe's broken leg...Dr. Mudd*?
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P.S. *Or so legend has it! LOL
P.P.S. Would you believe I watched John Glenn's orbit on a b&w portable in my 4th grade classroom?
We watched John Glenn go up in space in the auditorium of my elementary school. An auditorium full of kids who were sitting perfectly still...all eyes focused on the tiny tv screen! Can you imagine that these days? That is just a hoot thinking about it. But in our auditorium, not a peep, not a sound...just a collective WOW of amazement!
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well I had a coon....
ReplyDeleteand I was standing in the parking lot of my high school WATCHING the spacecraft hit the air....
it was amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!