Glenn Celebrates Friendship 7 Anniversary

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Summary

Senator John Glenn holds a news conference at the National Air and Space Museum for the 25th anniversary of his orbit around the Earth in the Mercury Friendship 7 spacecraft.

Subject

  • Glenn, John 1921-
  • Project Mercury (U.S.)
  • National Air and Space Museum

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 5, "The Torch," April 1987, p. 2.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

February 19, 1987

Topic

  • Anniversaries
  • Television
  • Exhibitions
  • Space flight
  • Space vehicles
  • Television broadcasting

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