The drama of John Glenn's malfunctioning heat shield was not followed in real time by the U.S. public as depicted to dramatic effect in the film. During the Mercury program, NASA was acutely aware of the public relations importance of the space program, and Mission Control staff were focused on dealing with the fault and not on feeding news releases promptly to the media while the problem was actively being resolved. Despite the 3-orbit / 7-orbit confusion, most if not all civilian Americans were unaware of the malfunction until long after Glenn had safely splashed down.
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