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The John Glenn Story (1962) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1962 · 30 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Michael R. Lawrence
- Starring
- Jack Webb
Glenn’s historic 1962 Mercury‑Atlas 6 mission made him the first American to orbit Earth, launching the modern era of U.S. space exploration. Six decades later, at age 77, his return aboard Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998 served as a symbolic bookend, marking the closing chapter of 20th‑century human spaceflight.
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