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1 - "Big Joe" - was 1st sub-orbital space capsule retrieved.
2 - Monkey-bearing Air Force Atlas launched Nov. 1961.
3 - Couch and Atlas which carried Chimp "Enos" into space.
4 - Chimpanzee astronaut safe after 2-orbit space flight.
5 - Astronaut Schirra during "egress training."
6 - Grissom practicing ocean escape from capsule.
7 - Capsule in Cape Kennedy Hangar S "white room."
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8 - Towering gantry envelops 93-foot Atlas rocket on pad 14.
9 - Astronaut John Glenn, Jr. "suited up" in Hangar S.
10 - Glenn underwent exacting medical exam in full space suit.
11 - Feb. 20, 1962 - Glenn left Hangar for launch pad.
12 - "T minus 60 and holding" - Clouds began to roll away.
13 - "T minus 45 and counting" - Gantry began to retract.
14 - "T minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 - Lift-off!" 9:47 a.m.
EST. (note: technically, this should include 1 and 0 as well)
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15 - Glenn's rocket climbed straight and true.
16 - Instruments tracked the spacecraft's orbit.
17 - Mercury Control animated map plotted capsule's position.
18 - Model shows Glenn's historic flight as seen from space.
19 - Africa as photographed from orbiting spacecraft.
20 - Glenn's capsule parachuted into recovery area, 2:35 p.m.
EST.
21 - At 3:04 p.m. Glenn, safe in capsule, aboard "Noa."
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