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NASA Human Spaceflight Collection
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NASA Human Spaceflight Collection
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S63-01207 (20 February 1962) --- Project Mercury astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., enters the Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) ?Friendship 7? spacecraft during the last part of the countdown on February 20, 1962. At 9:47 a.m. (EST), the Atlas launch vehicle lifted the spacecraft into orbit for a three-orbit mission lasting 4 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds. Glenn and his spacecraft were recovered by the destroyer U.S.S. NOA just 21 minutes after landing in the Atlantic Ocean near Grand Turk Island, to successfully complete the nation's first manned orbital flight.
Description
S63-01207 (20 February 1962) --- Project Mercury astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., enters the Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) ?Friendship 7? spacecraft during the last part of the countdown on February 20, 1962. At 9:47 a.m. (EST), the Atlas launch vehicle lifted the spacecraft into orbit for a three-orbit mission lasting 4 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds. Glenn and his spacecraft were recovered by the destroyer U.S.S. NOA just 21 minutes after landing in the Atlantic Ocean near Grand Turk Island, to successfully complete the nation's first manned orbital flight.
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Photo-s63_01207
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Photo-s63_01207
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Atlas
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Atlas
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Mercury
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Mercury
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Atlantic Ocean
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Atlantic Ocean
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Mercury
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Mercury
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20 February 1962
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20 February 1962
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February 20, 1962
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February 20, 1962
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1962
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1962
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SPD-SPFLT-Photo-s63_ 01207
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SPD-SPFLT-Photo-s63_ 01207
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