In remembrance of the 50th anniversary of John Glenn’s first American space orbit on Feb. 20, NASA produced the documentary “Friendship 7 50th Anniversary.” Actual footage and audio recordings of Glenn inside the capsule of Friendship 7 during the historic 1962 flight are blended with narrations by space shuttle astronaut Steven Lindsey, astronaut Scott Carpenter, U.S. senator and astronaut Bill Nelson, NASA chief historian Bill Barry and John Glenn himself. Glenn completed three orbits during his flight, which lasted 4 hours and 55 minutes.
In the captivating documentary, Glenn talks about how he first got into flying, his time as a fighter pilot and his career as an astronaut, including his return to space in 1998 at age 77.
