On this day in 1962, seated on top of the new Mercury Atlas launcher, John Glenn becomes the first US astronaut to be placed in orbit. The previous Redstone launcher only allowed Shepard and Grissom to perform suborbital flights before his. After nearly 5h in space, the mission was interrupted when data were showing that the thermal shield might be not correctly locked into position

#onthisdayinspace , #onthisdayinspacehistory , #otd , #spacehistory , 2013 , Friendship 7 , Glenn , Mercury , Mercury 6 , NASA , National Air & Space Museum , National Mall , USA , Washington , Washington DC

Tempo de exposição	1/15 s
ApertureFNumber	f/5.6
ISO	640
Modelo	Canon EOS 30D
Lentes	EF17-40mm f/4L USM
Focagem	17 mm
Data e hora do original	2013:02:23 17:20:55

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Robin MORET

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Sábado 23 Fevereiro 2013

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Terça-feira 19 Fevereiro 2019

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1920*2880

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#onthisdayinspace, #onthisdayinspacehistory, #otd, #spacehistory, 2013, Friendship 7, Glenn, Mercury, Mercury 6, NASA, National Air & Space Museum, National Mall, USA, Washington, Washington DC

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• Aviation / This Day In Aviation / February

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