• Vance H. Marchbanks Jr., an African-American male flight surgeon, looks at medical charts during the "Friendship 7" mission.
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    Flight surgeon Vance H. Marchbanks Jr. played a key role in John Glenn’s historic spaceflight in Friendship 7 in 1962. He served on the flight control team in Kano, Nigeria.

  • Vance H. Marchbanks Jr., an African-American male flight surgeon, looks at medical charts during the "Friendship 7" mission.

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