Whole Object Name
Telegraph Sunday Magazine 4 November 1979
Collection
Space Memorabilia
Description
This edition of the Telegraph Sunday magazine features an article about John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth. The article details the events that happened leading up to his historic flight. It tells the story of Glenn’s wife Annie dealing with reporters and refusing to entertain Vice President Johnson in her home in front of TV crews when one launch attempt was cancelled due to bad weather. The article then goes on to describe the actual launch, flight and landing.
Object number
2017-48