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Astronaut John Glenn checks the Friendship 7 spacecraft after landing

Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. checks the Friendship 7 spacecraft after completing three orbits around the earth. The destroyer Noa picked up Glenn and the spacecraft 21 minutes after landing. A technician inside the spacecraft checks the interior for any damage.



Catalog Date: 20 February 1962
Film Type: 8x10
NASA image: 62-MA6-137


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