Mercury
Launch of Friendship 7
NASA ID: KSC-62PC-0011February 20, 1962Friendship 7
Friendship 7 launches from Cape Canaveral, carrying John Glenn on the flight that made him the first American to orbit Earth.
Credit: NASA / Kennedy Space Center
Photo Details
NASA ID
KSC-62PC-0011
Mission
Friendship 7
Program
Mercury
Date
February 20, 1962
Location
Cape Canaveral, Florida
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