GEMINI 1:24 SCALE SPACECRAFT RETURNS WITH REVELL

Weekender with Mat Irvine:

The 1:24 scale Gemini spacecraft was one of Revell’s most popular space kits of the 1960s, and now, if you missed the last reissue in 2000, it’s available once more in the 'Revell Classics' range.

50 YEARS OF US SPACEFLIGHT - JOHN GLENN FIRST AMERICAN TO ORBIT THE EARTH

SMN spacenote:

Mat irvine’s article on Dragon’s Mercury-Redstone reminded us that today is the 50th anniversary of John Glenn’s orbital spaceflight. Glenn became the fifth human in space, the third American in space, and the first US astronaut to orbit the Earth.