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From Flickr: “Friendship 7” by NASA on The Commons

At 9:47 am EST, John Glenn launched from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 14 to become the first American to orbit the Earth. In this image, Glenn enters his Friendship 7 capsule with assistance from technicians to begin his historic flight. Image # : 87PC-0069 Date: February 20, 1962 via Flickr Read More →

From Flickr: “Friendship 7” by NASA on The Commons

At 9:47 am EST, John Glenn launched from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 14 to become the first American to orbit the Earth. In this image, Glenn enters his Friendship 7 capsule with assistance from technicians to begin his historic flight. Image # : 87PC-0069 Date: February 20, 1962 via Flickr Read More →

From Flickr: “Friendship 7” by NASA on The Commons

At 9:47 am EST, John Glenn launched from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 14 to become the first American to orbit the Earth. In this image, Glenn enters his Friendship 7 capsule with assistance from technicians to begin his historic flight. Image # : 87PC-0069 Date: February 20, 1962 via Flickr Read More →

From Flickr: “Friendship 7” by NASA on The Commons

At 9:47 am EST, John Glenn launched from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 14 to become the first American to orbit the Earth. In this image, Glenn enters his Friendship 7 capsule with assistance from technicians to begin his historic flight. Image # : 87PC-0069 Date: February 20, 1962 via Flickr Read More →

From Flickr: “Friendship 7” by NASA on The Commons

At 9:47 am EST, John Glenn launched from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 14 to become the first American to orbit the Earth. In this image, Glenn enters his Friendship 7 capsule with assistance from technicians to begin his historic flight. Image # : 87PC-0069 Date: February 20, 1962 via Flickr Read More →

From Flickr: “John Glenn enters his Friendship 7 capsule” by NASA on The Commons

Project Mercury astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. enters his Mercury Friendship 7 capsule before launch on February 20, 1962. At 9:47 a.m. (EST), his Atlas launch vehicle lifted him into orbit for his flight lasting 4 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds. Onboard Friendship 7, Glenn became the first American Read More →

From Flickr: “John Glenn’s Official Portrait” by NASA on The Commons

Official portrait photograph of NASA astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., the first American to orbit Earth in a Project Mercury spacecraft. Image #: S62-05540 Date: December 1962. via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/PMVD5S