Would it be considered a homecoming if astronaut John Glenn went back to the moon?”
We would like to thank everyone for visiting the collection here at the Lunar Archive. Your kind words of support are greatly appreciated. Please direct all questions and comments, or if you have items that you would like to sell or trade to…. Noah at mensax@yahoo.com… It was the first flight of a standard Mercury capsule, launched on a Little Joe rocket. It’s mission was to test the emergency escape system. The mission was a failure and the capsule nearly destroyed. This electrical cable was used to connect the Mercury capsule to the Redstone rocket on which it sat. The story of MR-1’s short, but interesting, flight plays an important part in the story of America’s space program. The launch occurred on November 21, 1960… three weeks after the failure of Capsule #3’s demise. America had entered the space race behind the Soviet Union and MR-1 proved to be the most embarrassing moment of the USA’s effort to catch up. Read more ab
GODSPEED, JOHN GLENN; SENATOR GOING BACK IN SPACE AT AGE OF 77. John Glenn, senator and hero, will climb into the space shuttle Discovery today, ready to re-enter re·en·ter also re-en·ter v. re·en·tered, re·en·ter·ing, re·en·ters v.tr. 1. To enter or come in to again. 2. To record again on a list or ledger. v.intr. orbit and the history books. If all goes right technically – and meteorologists say the weather won’t be a factor – Glenn will speed pell-mell into the sky at 2 p.m., going from a dead stop to Mach 1 in 48 seconds. Then, one minute and 55 seconds after launch, amid heavy buffeting inside a shuttle about to shed its explosive solid rocket boosters, Glenn is expected to officially become the oldest person, at 77, to make it into space. That’s another milepost for the history of exploration and the life of John Glenn, two paths that crossed more than 36 years ago. After 8-1/2 minutes, Glenn likely will be orbiting Earth – 345 miles above ground – for the second time. The first
