Time Magazine for March 2, 1962, "Spaceman Glenn"

Summary

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

Time, Inc. 

Artzybasheff, Boris, 1899-1965 

Place of Creation

United States, Illinois, Chicago 

Creator Notes

Original artwork on cover by Boris Artzybasheff; published by Time, Inc., Chicago, Illinois.

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2013.50.16

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: 11.25 in

Width: 8.375 in

Inscriptions

Text on front cover: TIME / The Space Race is GO / SPACEMAN / GLENN

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