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John Glenn orbits the Earth

20 February 1962 · Cape Canaveral, Florida · importance 4/5 · manual

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John Glenn the orbiting astronaut
Katherine Johnson verified the orbital trajectory calculations

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NASA and the space age step 25

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Start date (EDTF) 20 February 1962 End date (EDTF, empty for a point event)

1914 · 1914-07-28 · -0489 (490 BCE) · 1930~ (circa) · 19XX (century) · 197X (decade)

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