Button, Astronaut John Glenn
date: label: date made
content: 1962
name: label: described
content: Glenn, John
notes: label: Description
content: John Glenn became the first American to reach orbit in February 1962 aboard the Mercury Friendship 7, moving the U. S. to the forefront of the space race with the Soviet Union.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: Space Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0019.01
label: accession number
content: 2003.0019
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0019.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in; 10.16 cm