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Merritt Island-Where Dreams Are Launched

50 Years After John Glenn’s Historic Friendship 7 Flight

Classic NASA Film - Highlights from a NASA film on Friendship 7 covering the launch and orbital insertion of astronaut John Glenn’s Mercury-Atlas rocket.

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50 years. 50 years also to the day that my maternal grandmother was killed in a freak car accident in Wisconsin. Hard to...
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This concludes my John Glenn fangirling for today. :D
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I love everything about this. The overdramatic narration, the cheesy music… Wow. TV was awesome back in the day.
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I've lived on Merritt Island for about 8 years now. It's where Kennedy Space Center is, and where NASA, as well as the Air Force, launches rockets and the Space Shuttles. The Space Shuttle Program just retired, but it's a huge part of my childhood and my life. Growing up watching all of the launches and having a Dad as a pilot, I fell in love with space and flying. I hope to become a pilot and then pursue a career as an astronaut.
And, at the same time I've fallen in love with living on the island. It has many downfalls, yes....but, it being my new home, it grew on me. Especially because the launches gave me a thrill.
This blog is dedicated to my home, Merritt Island, and the little things about it that I love, as well as to space exploration, NASA, Kennedy Space Center, and flying.
It's also dedicated to all lost astronaust and pilots.
~Challenger-Colombia~
Once I really get this up and running, I have lots of my photography of the island to put up! :) Enjoy!
My more personal and random blog, if you're curious, is circlinginmyhead.tumblr.com
All pictures are not mine, unless I state otherwise.