Tuesday, October 09, 2007
John Glenn Re-Entry
NASA thought they had a problem during John Glenn’s reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere. They thought his heat shield was loose. Without the heat shield his capsule would burn up due to the extreme temperature. Well, thanks to the National Archives, we have the official transcript of John Glenn’s radio communications during that point in his flight. Click here to take a look. On the transcript, “P” is John Glenn.



