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Set of 3 vintage issues of the OREGONIAN and OREGON JOURNAL NEWSPAPERS from Feb 20 & 21, 1962, all reporting on the MERCURY-ATLAS SPACEFLIGHT MISSION, in which JOHN GLENN became the first American to orbit the Earth, with headlines, front-page articles and photos about NASA, ASTRONAUTS, SPACECRAFT, Glenn, splashdown, reports and congratulatory announcements from JFK and from other leaders and countries, the science, physics, technology, mechanics and engineering of space travel, and other aspects of early 1960's SPACE EXPLORATION; they measure 11.5x15 inches folded.
CONDITION overall is VG+, no heavy damage, maybe a few very minimal edge tears but no major tears, spots, writing, or stains.
(Vintage, Media, Paper, Ephemera, Souvenir, History, News, Space Exploration, Journalism, Travel, Exploration, Transportation, Engineering, Technology, 1960's, Collectable, Memorabilia)
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