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Astronaut John Glenn

Astronaut John Glenn walking to the rocket
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Description: Painting, Acrylic; by George Sottung; 1962; Framed Dimensions 31H X 23W
Accession #: 88-162-UT
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LTC John Glenn, USMC walks to his spacecraft known as "Freedom 7" at Cape Canaveral, Florida on 20 February 1962. With this mission, he became the first American to orbit the earth.

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