The person communicating directly with John Glenn in the Freedom 7 capsule is fellow Mercury astronaut Deke Slayton. It was decided by the astronauts themselves that lead verbal communication with the control center be handled by one of their own, as they spoke the same language, had similar training and would be the most effective persons for the job. This became the standard practice for all future manned missions from NASA.
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