Mercury Project
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.
- Date
- 1962-02-20
- Collection
- MSFC
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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"Mercury Project" (1962-02-20). NASA/MSFC. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/9139490Need photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 23958.
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