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  • multiple-axis space test inertia facility

    Project Mercury

    All seven Mercury astronauts trained in Glenn's "Gimbal Rig," which simulated tumble-type maneuvers that could be encountered in space flight.

  • apollo 15

    The Apollo Program

    Glenn provided important early research and technical support to the Apollo moon missions.

  • John Young

    From Gemini to Shuttle: John Young Retires

    After forty years and six spaceflights, including a moonwalk and the first Shuttle flight, John Young is hanging up his flight suit.

  • Apollo 11 crew at White House

    Apollo 11 at 35

    NASA can set lofty goals and meet them. We've done it before.

  • President Kennedy

    NASA's First Historic Challenge

    Four decades later, President Kennedy's call to action resonates as NASA plans new frontiers of exploration and discovery.

  • Explorer 1 lifts off the pad at Cape Canaveral.

    The Early Satellites

    Before Terra, before TDRS, there was... a giant metal balloon?