February 2, 2012
NASA Mercury Astronauts Glenn and Carpenter Headline Day “Celebrating 50 Years of Americans in Orbit”
In 1962, NASA’s Project Mercury made history by sending an American into orbit for the first time. To mark the 50th anniversary of this historic achievement, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is inviting the public to a celebration that will be headlined by Mercury astronauts John Glenn and Scott Carpenter, the first two Americans to orbit Earth.