Maya Plisetskaya in "The Dying Swan" by Camille Saint-Saens, Bolshoi Theatre, 1976 @facethenation
John Glenn enters his Friendship 7 capsule with assistance from technicians to begin his historic flight @facethenation
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On February 20, 1962 at 9:47 am EST, Glenn launched ๐ from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 14 to become the first American to orbit the Earth
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In 4 hours and 56 minutes, John Glenn circled the globe three times, reaching speeds of more than 17,000 miles per hour
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John Houbolt at blackboard, showing his space rendezvous concept for lunar landings ๐๐ on July 24, 1962 @facethenation
Jack Schmitt, Evans and Cernan are photographed with a Lunar Roving Vehicle trainer during the rollout of the Apollo 17 rocket, December 7, 1972 @facethenation
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Jack has some trouble as he tries to pick up a lunar rock sample bag and stand up at the same time ๐ฑ The Apollo EVA suits had a weight of 60lbs on the Moon and were a little top heavy
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STS-86 crewmember David Wolf, the first American to vote in space, relaxes in the Spacehab module while Space Shuttle Atlantis was docked to Mir in October 16, 1997 @facethenation
In total Dave Wolf has logged more than 4 040 hours in space @facethenation
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The 41-year-old doctor and engineer Dave Wolf plays toy football ๐ at Mir space station
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In Kiev in May of 1909, Sikorsky built his first real helicopter but it failed ๐ฑ to fly @facethenation
Igor Sikorsky establishes an International Helicopter Endurance Record of 1 hour, 32 minutes, and 26 seconds with the VS-300, May 6, 1941 @facethenation