SpaceArchive.net | MSFC-9139490 - Mercury-Atlas 6 - The Launch of the MA-6, Friendship 7


NASA ID: MSFC-9139490	Mission: Mercury-Atlas 6	Taken/released on: 20/2/1962

The Launch of the MA-6, Friendship 7

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. manned orbital flight and carried Astronaut John H. Glenn into orbit. Astronaut Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. (Source: MSFC)

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Keywords: john glenn mercury atlas ma-6 friendship 7

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Image last modify: 28/11/2004

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