When We Left Earth - The NASA Missions
The story of how the space missions evolved: “We have a long way to go, in the space race, but this is the new ocean - and I believe The United States must sail along it.” John F. Kennedy 1961
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Then John Glenn was selected in 1962 for the longest mission:5 days of weightlessness. He takes off but runs into trouble - the world waits - but the Friendship 7 flight worked and "it was obvious that the Russians are not beating us".
The process moves on to a more scientific set of missions, led by Scott Carpenter, called the Aurora program. More problems arise, but are overcome. Aurora 7 is recovered.
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