Middle School Theater Team Creates Space Flight Model For Planetarium

June 27, 2019 Community Building

A team from the Franklin Middle School SGS/HSC Players Set Design Team created this model of the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule that took John Glenn around the Earth. Photo: Raritan Valley Community College.

Their work is generally not seen outside of the township, but this year the Franklin Middle School SGS/HSC Players Set Design Team created something that is literally out of this world.

Or at least it’s a pretty good facsimile.

Led by Somerset resident Bill Connell, the team created a model of the “Friendship 7” Mercury space capsule that took astronaut John Glenn around the earth in 1962.

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Middle School Theater Team Creates Space Flight Model For Planetarium

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