Mercury Atlas Vehicle MA-6 being readied for
launch. Aboard the spacecraft Friendship 7 is
Marine Lieutenant Colonel John F. Glenn who on
this historic day, February 20, 1962, was the first
U. S. Astronaut to orbit the earth.
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Color Photo Courtesy of "Space"
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