John Glenn's Mercury-Atlas 6 Mission, 'Friendship 7'

On Feb. 20. 1962, millions of Americans watched via television as astronaut John Glenn, strapped inside the spacecraft he named Friendship 7, lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Launch Complex 14 on the Mercury Atlas-6 mission. During the four-hour, 55-minute flight, Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth.

Видео John Glenn's Mercury-Atlas 6 Mission, 'Friendship 7' канала NASA's Kennedy Space Center