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switching from automatic to semimanual operation of the equipment.
SCIENTISTS REPORTED THE astronaut's physical condition, monitored by sensors on his body, was "excellent" and his attitude "good" throughout.
Glenn replied: "I feel real good Wally, no problems at all."
A fellow astronaut, William M. Schirra, Jr., stationed at the Point Arguello, Calif., tracking station, told Glenn his colleagues "are very happy with you up there."
IN ADDITION SPACE OFFICIALs said the temperatures in Glenn's Friendship 7 spacecraft rose in his first circumnavigation from 105 to 108 degrees.
BOTH ASTRONAUT AND OFFICIALS minimized the seriousness of these difficulties, however, and Glenn reported, "I feel fine." He said in his first swing over Australia that he was feeling "no ill effects" of weightlessness, "no nausea or discomforts at all."
A mighty Atlas booster hurled Glenn into space at 8:48 a.m. CST at a speed of about 17,545 miles an hour. He reported that from his vantage point 100 to 160 miles up "the view is tremendous . . . beautiful."
GLENN WAS BREAKING the space barrier for America. Henceforth the United States plans manned spaces flights at an increasing tempo leading eventually to astronaut landings on the moon and planets.
He completed his first orbit at 10:21 a.m. CST. He said the hydrogen peroxide gas jets controlling certain movements of the ton-and-a-half spacecraft apparently were less powerful than intended, causing the craft to "evcle back and forth."
He said the troubles "apparently are not serious." As he circled the earth Glenn went alternately into night and day. As he came back into daylight, sun streaming into his window made him "a little warm."
Space agency officials said they were not alarmed by the cabin's temperature.
GLENN SAID the position controls and the mysterious particles outside his spacecraft were "the only really unusual" problems encountered in his first orbit.
He ate, out of squeeze tubes, and officials reported his heart beat, breathing rate, and blood pressure completely normal.
Glenn's troubles with the position, or attitude, caused him to take manual operation of them. Scientists recommended that he continue to maintain manual control over the otherwise automatic controls.
DIFFICULTY WITH attitude controls, which caused excessive use of hydrogen peroxide fuel, caused space officials to bring Enos the chimpanzee down after two orbits in his pioneering space flights last Nov. 29.
Glenn said that in using the manual controlling "no trouble controlling" the craft.
Space officials announced at 10:24 am. CST, about 97 minutes after launch, that Glenn had completed his first full swing around the earth.
TRAVELING "FASTER than the sun" into alternate night and day, each lasting about 45 minutes, the sandy-haired Marine officer kept up a running patter about what he was seeing and what he and his ton-and-a-half spacecraft were doing.
"I am go. The capsule is in good shape. All systems are go . . . The view is tremendous. . . Beautiful."
That is a sample of his happy remarks as he flashed through the stresses of acceleration, which multiplied his weight from 160 to about
1,200 pounds, and then suddenly went into a state of complete weightlessness.
IF HE COMPLETES the planned three orbits, Glenn should come down in the Atlantic about 1:30 p.m.
Glenn jubilantly reported, "I feel fine." Officials of the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) hailed the launching as "almost perfect."
The mighty 93-foot Atlas-Mercury space ship blasted from its launching pad at 8:48 a.m. and climbed steeply into a brilliant, blue sky.
OFFICIALS SAID Glenn was flying high enough and fast enough to travel seven times around the earth. But they hastily added they had no intention of letting him exceed the planned three orbits.
It began arching slowly to the northeast as it continued its drive to put Glenn into orbit.
AS IT ARCHED, a sparkling white vanor trail curled from its engines.
Glenn was breaking the space barrier for the Free World and much of the Free World was watching, President Kennedy was glued to his television set in the White House as the big Atlas roared into the sky.
The White House said the President was "very pleased" by the success of this pioneer flight by an American.
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The Atlas shot Glenn into an orbital path which ranged in altitude from 100 to 160 miles.
the satellites, first reported Glenn's flight in their 10 a.m. EST newscasts behind the Iron Curtain.
However, the government-controlled radio and television stations in Cuba carried nothing of the story up to an hour and a half after blast-off.
"Good luck to him" was the salute from Moscow citizens told of the news by United Press International reporters.
"Wunderbahr" was the cry in Germany where radio listeners heard the second by second account of Glenn's history-making flight.
"IM PRAYING FOR HIM," said a middle-aged woman on London's Fleet Street.
From the moment of blast-off, Europeans reacted with American enthusiasm, and the entire sentiment was "Go-Go-Go, Glenn."
In Spain, a government spokesman expressed "maximum satisfaction" at the news and said his country wished Glenn and the United States "complete success."
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KANSAS — Cloudy and windy with occasional rain this afternoon and tonight mixed with snow Northwest and extreme North and probably changing to snow extreme Northwest by tonight. Low tonight near 30 Northwest to near 50 Southeast. High Wednesday near 30 Northwest to near 60 Southeast.
SPACE OFFICIALS SAID AT 12:54 P.M. EST HE FINISHED THE SECOND SWING.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, FEB. 20—(UPI)—RETRO-ROCKETS ON JOHN GLENN'S SPACECRAFT FIRED AT 2:20 P.M. EST TODAY TO BRING HIM BACK TO EARTH FOLLOWING HIS EPOCHAL SPACEFLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD. RE-ENTRY INTO THE ATMOSPHERE BEGAN IMEDIATELY.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, FEB. 20—(UPI)—ASTRONAUT JOHN GLENN TRIUMPHANTLY COMPLETED THREE ORBITS OF THE EARTH TODAY AND RE-ENTERED THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE FOR AN OCEAN LANDING.
HIS THIRD FULL SWING AROUND THE GLOBE WAS AN- NOUNCED AT 2:28 P.M. EST.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, FEB. 20—(UPI)—JOHN GLENN'S MAIN PARACHUTE DEPLOYED AT 2:38 P.M. EST TODAY AFTER HIS SPACE FLIGHT AND HIS CAPSULE FLOATED TOWARD THE ATLANTIC.
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CAPE CANAVERAL-GLENN'S SPACECRAFT LANDS IN OCEAN AT 2:34 P.M. EST.
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CAPE CANAVERAL—GLENN RECOVERED AT 3:01 P.M. EST.
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