32 went to loveless clinic, and i was the only guy to flunk. reporter: how come you didn t pass the mercury physicals? i had what was known as a high bilirubin, which is pink in your blood. reporter: and you said when were you a boy, you would be into dinosaurs or rockets. when i didn t get into the mercury program, the original selection, i said, i was interested in rockets before those guys could spell it. now he? . it began with the goals of putting a human in orbit and doing so before the soviets did. on the second count, they failed. three and a half years after the sputnik be show, on april 12th, 1961, the soviets outpaced the u.s. once again when cosmonaut became the first european in space. they beat us into orbit, so we were behind. we were lagging.
we re under way. on february 20th, 1962, john glenn, in a space shut dubbed friendship 7 became the first american to orbit the earth. oh, that view is tremendous. we choose to go to the moon in this decade and dot other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. the mercury program would ultimately have six manned flights. each mission a step closer to the ultimate goal. then, as mercury was winding down, on november 22nd, 1963, president kennedy was assassinated. to honor his memory and the future of the works that he started, the nasa law enforcement operation center in florida shall hear hereafter be known as the john f. kennedy space center. in april 1964, gemini was launched. it was a two-man spacecraft.
32 went to loveless clinic, and i was the only guy to flunk. reporter: how come you didn t pass the mercury physicals? i had what was known as a high bilirubin, which is pink in your blood. reporter: and you said when were you a boy, you would be into dinosaurs or rockets. when i didn t get into the mercury program, the original selection, i said, i was interested in rockets before those guys could spell it. now he? . it began with the goals of putting a human in orbit and doing so before the soviets did. on the second count, they failed. three and a half years after the sputnik be show, on april 12th, 1961, the soviets outpaced the u.s. once again when cosmonaut became the first european in space. they beat us into orbit, so we were behind. we were lagging.
we re under way. on february 20th, 1962, john glenn, in a space shut dubbed friendship 7 became the first american to orbit the earth. oh, that view is tremendous. we choose to go to the moon in this decade and dot other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. the mercury program would ultimately have six manned flights. each mission a step closer to the ultimate goal. then, as mercury was winding down, on november 22nd, 1963, president kennedy was assassinated. to honor his memory and the future of the works that he started, the nasa law enforcement operation center in florida shall hear hereafter be known as the john f. kennedy space center. in april 1964, gemini was launched. it was a two-man spacecraft.
the alleged boston bomber headlines rolling stone magazine just as an officer counters with pictures from a man hunt. did they go too far? also ahead. this is supposed to have been a very tightly kept secret. how did you begin to suspect something? well, listening to the news, and that s putting two and two together, and that s just about it. not astronauts but astrowives. the mercury program catapulted families into the public eye, becoming the first reality tv stars, if you will. now a new book revealing the tension and anxiety of being married to the space race. into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. i m janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. i never really thought i would make money doing what i love. [ robert ] we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dreams. go to legalzoom.com today