Getting the parachute just right requires some help from his mom, Sarah Littrell, as 5-year-old Oliver Littrell supervises the assembly of the capsule that will carry his egg at the Space History Museum’s egg drop on Saturday, Feb. 28. Photos by Laurel Berry | Carlsbad Current-Argus
Laurel Berry Artesia Daily Press On February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth, aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule. Although…