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A truly historic day for America.. The country has waited for several months,through many failed unmanned Atlas rocket tests and 10 scheduled manned attempts, which were canceled for variousmechanical or system complications. All the final tests and checks are being conducted,John Glenn is ready to board the Friendship 7. But today we remain truly optimistic and it's a go day in all regards the capsule is ready, the rocket itselfis a OK, and the weather here at.. - Anything from Langley?- Not yet. We're being told the mission control at Nasais conducting a final check of the launch and recovery coordinatesincluding the go/no-go calculations so crucial to a safe and successful launchand recovery After years of waiting, and months of delays, col. Glen is finally ready for that space flightwe've been waiting for with so much anticipation
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A truly historic day for America
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The country has waited for several months through many failed unmanned Atlas rocket tests
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and 10 scheduled manned attempts
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which were canceled for various mechanical or system complications
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All the final tests and checks are being conducted John Glenn is ready to board the Friendship 7
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But today we remain truly optimistic
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and it's a go day in all regards
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the capsule is ready the rocket itself is a OK and the weather here at
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Anything from Langley Not yet
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We're being told the mission control at Nasa is conducting a final check
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of the launch and recovery coordinates including the go no go calculations
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so crucial to a safe and successful launch and recovery
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After years of waiting and months of delays
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col Glen is finally ready for that space flight we've been waiting for with so much anticipation
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Movie Summary
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
