Hand controller from the Friendship 7 spacecraft flown by John Glenn

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1962-02-20

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The Ohio State University

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Hand controller from the Friendship 7 spacecraft flown by John Glenn on February 20, 1962, mounted on a wood base with the thruster mechanism that failed forcing Glenn to manually control the spacecraft during the second and third orbits of the space flight.
Artifact Size: 11.5W by 7.5H by 9.5D.
Credit: John Glenn Archives, The Ohio State University.

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http://hdl.handle.net/1811/83760

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Mementos (John H. Glenn Archives Artifacts)