This is a guest log page from the USS Noa, signed by John Glenn after he was recovered from his splashdown.
The USS Noa (DD-841) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, commissioned on 2 November 1945. On 20 February 1962, the Noa sighted and recovered astronaut Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr., and his spacecraft Friendship 7, after he had completed three orbits of the Earth and splashed down three miles from the destroyer. Glenn remained aboard Noa for three hours before a helicopter transferred him to the Randolph (CV-15), the primary recovery ship.
Identifier
NASM.2023.0015
Creator
Glenn, John Herschel, Jr., 1921-2016
Date
1962
Provenance
Dr. James Henry Snider, Gift, 2022, NASM.2023.0015
Extent
0.01 Cubic feet (One legal folder)
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Scope and Contents
This is a guest log page from the USS Noa, signed by John Glenn after he was recovered from his splashdown.
Arrangement note
Only one item.
Rights
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Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Citation
USS Noa Guest Log Page [John Glenn], NASM.2023.0015, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Topics
Astronautics Space flight Mercury MR-3 Flight Freedom 7