Editing Turks and Caicos Islands (section)

===Spaceflight===
[[File:Grand_Turk,_Replica_of_Friendship_7_-_panoramio.jpg|thumb|Replica of [[Friendship 7]] at [[JAGS McCartney International Airport|Grand Turk Airport]] ]]

From 1950 to 1981, the United States had a missile tracking station on Grand Turk. In the early days of the American space program, [[NASA]] used it. After his three earth orbits in 1962, American astronaut [[John Glenn]] successfully landed in the nearby ocean and was brought back ashore to Grand Turk.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.visittci.com/about/history |title=History of the Turks and Caicos Islands |publisher=Visit Turks and Caicos Islands |access-date=20 February 2015 |archive-date=12 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212115925/https://www.visittci.com/about/history |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://spacecovers.com/misc/gtkarta.htm |title=The Grand Turk Connection with the Project Mercury/Glenn Flight |publisher=Joe Frasketi's Space and other Topical Covers |access-date=20 February 2015 | author=Frasketi, Joseph J. Jr. |archive-date=21 February 2015 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221013119/http://spacecovers.com/misc/gtkarta.htm }}</ref>