A little refresher for those among us not already familiar with The Commons on Flickr: In partnership with The Library of Congress, ”the key goals of The Commons on Flickr are to firstly show you hidden treasures in the world’s public photography archives, and secondly to show how your input and knowledge can help make these collections even richer.” Everybody is welcome to contribute and join the familiar company of: NASA, The Smithsonian, The New York Library and The Imperial War Museum Collections.
Above, a photograph from NASA’s collection – On Feb. 20, 1962 at 9:47 am EST, John Glenn launched from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 14 to become the first American to orbit the Earth. In this image, Glenn enters his Friendship 7 capsule with assistance from technicians to begin his historic flight.





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