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- Time Magazine for March 2, 1962, "Spaceman Glenn" - 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 <EM>Friendship 7</EM> capsule flew around the earth three times.
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Time Magazine for March 2, 1962, "Spaceman Glenn"
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.