Space...the final frontier. These are the voyages of the [Kosmo-naute] Station. [It's continued mission] to explore new worlds, to seek out new life; new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before...and blog about it [Captians Log]
Yuri Gagarin. First man in space.
John Glenn, pre-launch.
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Remembering Gemini 11 - Launched this day in 1966 with astronauts Conrad and Gordon aboard.
Apollo 9 lunar module on an Earth orbit mission, 1969.
John Glenn, Project Mercury Astronaut, 1959.
Fifty years ago today, on February 20 1962 John Glenn, one of the 7 men chosen for the Mercury project, climbed into the space capsule Friendship 7 to become the first American to orbit Earth, allowing the United States to catch up with Russia in the space race.
To commemorate this day LIFE has released a series of previously unpublished photos from John Glenn’s life and long career at NASA.
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Challenger Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan looking at Earth from Space.
Shuttle Atlantis docked with MIR Space Station.
John Glenn.