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#11164: JOHN GLENN IN ORBIT
Order1962-02-20, , 00 min.
Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr is successfully launched into space aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft on the first orbital flight by an American astronaut. NOTE: BOX SCORE IN SPACE RACE A COMPARISON OF THE ORBITAL FILGHTS OF American Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., and the Russian astronauts Maj. Yuri A. Gagarian and Maj. Gherman Titov: Date GLENN TITOV GAGARIN Launch Feb. 20, 1962 Aug. 6, 1961 April 12, 1961 Altitude (Miles) 100-160 110-159 110-187.75 Distance (Miles) 81,000 435,000 26,000 Speed (MPH) 17,350 17,750 17,400 Flight Time 4 Hrs. 56 Min. 25 Hrs. 15 Min. 1 Hr. 45 Min. No. of Orbits Three 17 One Weight of Craft 4,200 lbs. 10,430 10,460 Craft Name Friendship 7 Vostok 2 Vostok 1 Rocket Thrust 360,000 lbs. 800,000 lbs. 800,000 lbs. Weightlessness 4 Hrs. 45 Mins. 24 Hrs. 59 Mins. 89.1 Mins. Duplicate of 8387.
#8387: JOHN GLENN IN ORBIT
Order1962-02-20, NBC, 00 min.
Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr is successfully launched into space aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft on the first orbital flight by an American astronaut. NOTE: BOX SCORE IN SPACE RACE A COMPARISON OF THE ORBITAL FILGHTS OF American Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., and the Russian astronauts Maj. Yuri A. Gagarian and Maj. Gherman Titov: Date GLENN TITOV GAGARIN Launch Feb. 20, 1962 Aug. 6, 1961 April 12, 1961 Altitude (Miles) 100-160 110-159 110-187.75 Distance (Miles) 81,000 435,000 26,000 Speed (MPH) 17,350 17,750 17,400 Flight Time 4 Hrs. 56 Min. 25 Hrs. 15 Min. 1 Hr. 45 Min. No. of Orbits Three 17 One Weight of Craft 4,200 lbs. 10,430 10,460 Craft Name Friendship 7 Vostok 2 Vostok 1 Rocket Thrust 360,000 lbs. 800,000 lbs. 800,000 lbs. Weightlessness 4 Hrs. 45 Mins. 24 Hrs. 59 Mins. 89.1 Mins.