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Glenn, John Herschell, Jr.

Mercury program

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1962: Space Exploration

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1962: Space Exploration

Glenn, Carpenter, Schirra, Nikolayev, Popovich—these men were almost unknown at the beginning of 1962. Before the year was over, they had joined Gagarin and Shepard, Titov and Grissom in the select company of men who had journeyed into space and returned to earth.

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