It was a planned water landing. NASA did not have the ability to do a landing on solid ground.
the Atlantic Ocean
NASA astronaut John Glenn's February 20, 1962 flight splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean after circling the earth three times.
21°20′n 68°40′w
in the Atlantic Ocean, 800 miles southeast of the Bermuda.
He did a "splash down" in the ocean where a Navy ship picked him up.
the Atlantic Ocean
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NASA astronaut John Glenn's February 20, 1962 flight splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean after circling the earth three times.
NASA astronaut John Glenn's February 20, 1962 flight lifted off at Cape Canaveral, Florida and lasted a total of 4 hours, 55 minutes before the Friendship 7 spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean.
NASA astronaut John Glenn's February 20, 1962 flight lifted off at Cape Canaveral, Florida and lasted a total of 4 hours, 55 minutes before the Friendship 7 spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean.
NASA astronaut John Glenn's February 20, 1962 flight lifted off at Cape Canaveral, Florida and lasted a total of 4 hours, 55 minutes before the Friendship 7 spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean.
21°20′n 68°40′w
in the Atlantic Ocean, 800 miles southeast of the Bermuda.
He did a "splash down" in the ocean where a Navy ship picked him up.
John Glenn did not land anywhere on the moon. He was the first American to orbit Earth, in 1962.
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the large hook of land jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean is Massachusetts