[Window in space [videorecording] : Mercury launch].

Title: 
[Window in space [videorecording] : Mercury launch].

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Publisher: 
[S.l. : s.n., 1961 or 1962]
Description: 
1 videocassette (6 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
1 videodisc (6 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Authors: 
Corning Glass Works.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Format of Material: 
Video
Subjects: 
Corning Glass Works.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Friendship 7 (Spacecraft)
Outer space Exploration.
Safety glass.
Shielding (Heat).
Bib ID: 
62886
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Location: 
Audio/Video Collection
Call Number: 
Window in space: Mercury launch
Holdings Note: 
VHS
Location: 
Audio/Video Collection
Call Number: 
Window in space: Mercury launch
Holdings Note: 
DVD Digitized Preservation Copy
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Variant Title: 
Mercury launch
Notes: 
No credits associated with this film.
Discusses the strength and heat resistant glass windows and antenna shields produced by Corning Glass Works for "Friendship 7", the first manned orbital flight by Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, in 1962. The glass used can withstand temperatures up to 1600 degrees farenheit.
VHS.
DVD.