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Mercury Project

NASA / MSFC · 1962-02-20 · photograph (digital archive)

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Astronaut John Glenn in the Friendship 7 capsule during the first manned orbital flight, the MA-6 mission. Boosted by the Mercury-Atlas vehicle, a modified Atlas (intercontinental ballistic missile), the MA-6 mission lasted for 5 hours and orbited the Earth three times.

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John Glenn Friendship 7 MA-6 Mercury-Atlas

Credit lineMercury Project. NASA/MSFC, 1962-02-20. Public domain. ID: 9248362.

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