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The Mercury Seven

Posted on August 12, 2015 by vanbraman

While looking through one of my Grandma’s Scrapbooks tonight I ran across an interesting page. The page had a large picture from the announcement of the seven Mercury astronauts. The seven were all servicemen and came from different branches of … Continue reading →

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Friendship 7

Posted on February 19, 2013 by vanbraman

On February 20, 1962 John Glenn became the first American astronaut to go into orbit in the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule. The Russians had earlier sent Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov into orbit. Of course, my Grandma saved a few … Continue reading →

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