Friendship 7: The First Flight of John Glenn : the NASA Mission ReportsRobert Godwin A collection of the NASA mission reports from John Glenn's first flight, covering subjects such as the flight plan, physiological responses of the astronaut, the pilot's flight report, and several other topics. Includes color photos before, during, and following the flight and a CD-ROM movie. |
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For release Sunday ams January 21 1962 Release No 628 | 9 |
February 20 1962 | 20 |
OPERATION REQUIREMENTS AND PLANS | 21 |
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abort affirmative ANTENNA approximately ASCS astronaut Atlas automatic Bermuda blood pressure booster cabin pressure Canary Canton CapCom Cape Canaveral capsule CC Friendship Seven CC Roger checkout clouds countdown deployed drogue drogue parachute egress environmental control system equipment fly-by-wire fuel Glenn going Guaymas gyros Hello horizon indicated inverter jettison John Glenn landing launch pad launch vehicle lift-off loud and clear MA-6 flight MA-6 mission main parachute malfunctions maneuver manual Mercury spacecraft Mercury-Atlas Mercury-Redstone miles minutes Muchea NASA Manned Spacecraft normal observations okay On-off Operations Division orbit attitude oxygen panel particles percent performance periscope pilot pitch postflight Preflight pressure suit Project Mercury radar Read you loud recovery reentry Retro retrofire retrosequence rocket shown in figure signal simulated space flight Spacecraft Center spacecraft systems Standby station Steelhead switch telemetry temperature third orbit thruster tower valve weightlessness window Woomera Zanzibar