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This is not a scene from a #scifi movie - this is real life #OTD 1962!
For the 60th anniversary of John Glenn's historic flight, the imagery has been brought into the 21st century. Full images documenting the flight in THREAD:
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For the 60th anniversary of John Glenn's historic flight, the imagery has been brought into the 21st century. Full images documenting the flight in THREAD:
#ApolloRemastered 1/7
Glenn became the 1st American to orbit Earth on 20th February 1962.
The 60-year-old 16mm flight film (thanks @steveslater1987) has undergone a transformative process, utilising over 1,000 image samples of the film per image, to bring out never-before-seen detail: 2/7
The 60-year-old 16mm flight film (thanks @steveslater1987) has undergone a transformative process, utilising over 1,000 image samples of the film per image, to bring out never-before-seen detail: 2/7
Glenn has been waiting for over two hours in the small, darkened Mercury capsule. He had entered the capsule at around 6am local time. In 6 minutes the gantry would retract and at 09:47 the countdown would finally reach zero. 3/7
