Life Magazine for March 2, 1962, "The Glenn Story Nobody Saw"
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President John F. Kennedy's vision to explore the "new frontier" of space ignited the public's imagination. It was also an overt Cold War strategy against the Soviet Union which launched the first man in space April 12, 1961. This cover story featured U.S. astronaut John Glenn's first orbital space flight February 20, 1962. His Friendship 7 capsule flew around the earth three times.
President John F. Kennedy's vision to explore the "new frontier" of space ignited the public's imagination. It was also an overt Cold War strategy against the Soviet Union which launched the first man in space April 12, 1961. This cover story featured U.S. astronaut John Glenn's first orbital space flight February 20, 1962. His Friendship 7 capsule flew around the earth three times.
Artifact
Magazine (Periodical)
Date Made
02 March 1962
Subject Date
02 March 1962
Creators
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Place of Creation
United States, Illinois, Chicago
Creator Notes
Cover photograph by Dean Conger of National Geographic for NASA, the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Published by Time Inc., Chicago, Illinois.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2013.50.12
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Martin A. Glynn.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 13.75 in
Width: 10.625 in
Inscriptions
Text on front cover: LIFE / THE GLENN STORY / NOBODY SAW / At Home with Annie and the kids / while John orbited the earth
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