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Mercury Project
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The launch of the MA-6, Friendship 7, on February 20, 1962. Boosted by the Mercury-Atlas vehicle, a modified Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), Friendship 7 was the first U.S. marned orbital flight and carried Astronaut John H. Glenn into orbit. Astronaut Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineMercury Project. NASA/MSFC, 1962-02-20. Public domain. ID: 9139490.
