{"id":535,"date":"2023-04-18T11:03:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T15:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/?p=535"},"modified":"2024-04-27T10:43:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T14:43:20","slug":"launch-complex-14-john-glenn-monument-base-of-launch-pad-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/?p=535","title":{"rendered":"Launch Complex 14 – Biking through Space Ruins – John Glenn Monument – Base of Launch Pad (Part 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the base of the ramp of Launch Complex 14 stands a Granite Monument that reads: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\\”From this site, Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Astronaut John Glenn, Jr. became the first American to Orbit the Earth. His three-orbit flight on Feb. 20th, 1962 was followed by longer flights by Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra and Gordon Cooper to complete Project Mercury, America\\’s first steps on the path to Space\\”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donated by the American Monument Association.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I was fortunate enough to be able to bike up and around the launch ramp and snapped several photographs of the monument which are shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The John Glenn Monument at the base of Launch Complex 14 – See images that follow for a close-up of the text and graphics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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