SpaceArchive.net | MSFC-8772554 - Mercury-Atlas 6


NASA ID: MSFC-8772554	Mission: Mercury-Atlas 6	Taken/released on:

Astronaut John Glenn

Astronaut John W. Glenn, one of the original seven astronauts for Mercury Project selected by NASA on April 27, 1959. The MA-6 mission, boosted by the Mercury-Atlas vehicle, was the first manned orbital launch by the United States, and carried Astronaut Glenn aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft to orbit the Earth. (Source: MSFC)

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

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Image last modify: 28/11/2004

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