US astronaut John Glenn (born 1921),with technicians as he inspects the artwork to be painted on the outside of his Mercury spacecraft. Glenn nicknamed his capsule 'Friendship 7'. He was the first American to orbit the Earth,doing so in this spacecraft on 20 February 1962. He was lifted into orbit on a Mercury Atlas (MA-6) rocket. After orbiting the Earth 3 times,Friendship 7 landed in the Atlantic Ocean 4 hours,55 minutes and 23 seconds later,just East of Grand Turk Island in the Bahamas. Glenn and his capsule were recovered by the US Navy destroyer USS Noa,21 minutes after splashdown. Photographed on 2 February 1962 | |
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