SpaceArchive.net | MSFC-6205817 - Mercury-Atlas 6 - John Glenn enters Friendship 7


NASA ID: MSFC-6205817	Mission: Mercury-Atlas 6	Taken/released on: 20/2/1962

John Glenn enters Friendship 7

Astronaut John Glenn enters the Mercury spacecraft, Friendship 7, prior to the launch of MA-6 on February 20, 1961 and became the first American who orbited the Earth. The MA-6 mission was the first manned orbital flight boosted by the Mercury-Atlas vehicle, a modified Atlas ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile), lasted for five hours, and orbited the Earth three times. (Source: MSFC)

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Alternative PhotoIDs: M2-581-7

Keywords: john glenn friendship 7 mercury atlas 6 ma-6

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Image last modify: 28/11/2004

Credits: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center;

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