Southside in San Antonio in Bexar County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Space Mission
Hanger 9
Photographed By James Hulse, October 9, 2022
1. Space Mission Marker
John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, rode in the flight-simulating centrifuge at Brooks before his second space shuttle flight in 1998, 36 years after his historic flight. The Brooks centrifuge was a requirement for first-time space shuttle fliers.
Erected by Brooks City Base.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Air & Space. A significant historical year for this entry is 1998.
Location. 29° 20.634′ N, 98° 26.662′ W. Marker is in San Antonio, Texas, in Bexar County. It is in Southside. Marker is on Inner Circle Road, 0.1 miles south of South New Braunfels Avenue, on the right when traveling south. The marker is located south of Hanger 9 with other historical markers. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8081 Inner Circle Road, San Antonio TX 78235, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. An Epic Visit (here, next to this marker); A Presidential Act (a few steps from this marker); Making History (a few steps from this marker); In Memory of their Fallen Classmates (a few steps from this marker); Brooks Is Born (a few steps from this marker); Hangar 9 Prevails (a few steps from this marker); Aerial Revolutions
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More about this marker. Brooks Air Force Base was renamed in 2002 to Brooks City Base when it was repurposed through the Brooks Development Authority as a science, business, and technology location.
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1. John Glenn. Wikipedia entry:
He was one of the Mercury Seven, military test pilots selected in 1959 by NASA as the nation's first astronauts. On February 20, 1962, Glenn flew the Friendship 7 mission, becoming the first American to orbit the Earth, the third American and fifth person in history to be in space. He received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal in 1962, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978, was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1990, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.(Submitted on October 16, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)
2. 711 HPW - United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine Human-Rated Centrifuge. Air Force Research Laboratory
USAFSAM's Aerospace Medicine Division(Submitted on October 16, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)provides initial and refresher acceleration training for all USAF fast-jet aviators in this human-rated centrifuge. The centrifuge allows students to experience up to 9 Gs, or nine times the normal force of gravity, to teach the effects of G-forces on human physiology and to measure the subject's ability to counteract the effects and prevent G-induced loss of consciousness.Photographed By James Hulse, October 9, 20222. The Space Mission Marker is the first marker from the right
Additional keywords. centrifuge
Photographed By James Hulse, October 9, 2022
3. Backside of Hanger 9 and the Space Mission Marker
The Space Mission marker is the far left marker near the hanger.
Public Domain - NASA Photo, April 14, 1998
4. Astronaut John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (born July 18, 1921, in Cambridge, Ohio,) is a former American astronaut, Marine Corps fighter pilot, and United States Senator. He was the third American to fly in space and the first American to orbit the earth. This photo for his second space flight on October 29, 1998, on Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-95.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 16, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 98 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 16, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.
