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On February 20, 1962 or 54 years ago be a proud moment for the citizens of the United States. Astronauts from the land of Uncle Sam, John Gleen successfully completed a space mission with a rotation around Earth.
As published by the BBC on This Day, using spacecraft "Friendship Seven", Gleen successfully circled the Earth three times with a total distance of 81,000 miles or about 130 thousand km at a speed of 17,000 mph, or about 27,000 km per hour.
The trip orbit was resolved Gleen who was then aged 40 years, in just 4 hours and 56 minutes. "I saw a ball of fire when it was," the astronaut said.
Gleen spacecraft blasted off from the land of Cape Canaveral, Florida on February 20, 1962 at 14:47 local time. About 4 hours later, Gleen returned safely and landed in Puerto-Rico.
Previous United States Space Agency (NASA) deployed 24 aircraft at a number of points, the location of potential aircraft landing Gleen to be picked up.
Thanks to its success, the name Gleen continue extolled all citizens of the United States, including the Head of State.
"The country is proud of your accomplishments, Gleen. You have a job well done," said the President of the United States at the time, John F Kennedy.
Queen of England and the British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was also congratulated on the success of John Gleen.
Following from its mission, Gleen went into politics and became a Democrat in the State of Ohio for 24 years. During that time, he was fighting for the issue of defense in space.
At age who have entered the elderly, 77 years old, Gleen space spirit still burning. He returned to fly into space and successfully complete the mission for nine days, and became the oldest astronaut who had been in space.
In the process of flying into space Gleen, President Bill Clinton gathered at Kennedy Space Centre together with government officials to witness the launch of a rocket carrying Gleen.
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