087 Back Side of Photograph Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. Hoisted from USS Noa

Creator

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Preview

Identifier

F12_008_02

Date

February 1962

Description

This black and white text is located on the backside of the prior image. This description describes the image and context of the imagery.

Physical Description

black and white photograph

Keywords

Project Mercury (U.S.), Space flight, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn- John (1921-2016), Men, Astronauts, Press releases

Rights

This material is free from copyright under Sections 101 and 105 of the United States Copyright Act.

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

Repository

Cosmosphere International SciEd Center

Comments

For questions contact ScholarsRepository@fhsu.edu

Recommended Citation

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), "087 Back Side of Photograph Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. Hoisted from USS Noa" (1962). Project Mercury Images. 87.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/mercury/87

Language

eng

Transcription

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington 25, D.C. For Release February 20, 1962 NASA Photo No. 62-MA6-135 Cape Canaveral, Fla. - Astronaut John Glenn is hoisted by a Navy helicopter from the deck of the USS Noa and transported to the USS Randolph. Glenn was retrieved 21 minutes after landing in sight of the destroyer Noa. A crane picked up the Friendship 7 spacecraft with Glenn aboard and lifted it onto it's deck.