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To: cowboyusa

Gagarin & Shepard beat him to space.


6 posted on 02/20/2022 9:15:45 AM PST by Az Joe ("Scratch a Liberal, and a Fascist bleeds")
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To: Az Joe
Gagarin & Shepard beat him to space.

As did Gus Grissom, and when Glenn returned to earth, German Titov still held the records with 17 orbits and 23.5 hours in space from his August 1961 flight.
16 posted on 02/20/2022 9:42:26 AM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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