More About September 17, 1962 The U.S. Military's First Successful Suborbital Spaceflight
Astronauts Scott Carpenter and John Glenn became the first Americans to successfully fly into space aboard the Mercury space program. This was a major milestone in the Space Race, contributing to the U.S.’s subsequent achievements in space exploration.
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