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An astronaut stands behind a shield with an American flag pattern, surrounded by a space capsule, rockets, and a globe.

Was the Friendship 7 flight too fast for you? Beat this John Glenn quiz today.

Space Pioneers

Difficulty

Medium

Questions

20

Volts

2/q

Three orbits. One heat shield failure warning. John Glenn didn't just fly the Friendship 7; he white-knuckled a fireball back to Earth. The stakes were total, the manual override was his only hope, and NASA was holding its breath. Think you can handle the re-entry? Prove it.

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