(WHTM) — On Feb. 20, 1962, John Herschel Glenn Jr. climbed into ... (The number 7 was incorporated into the names of all the manned Mercury spacecraft; Glenn named his spacecraft Friendship ...

In this 1962 image taken from a Kodachrome slide, we see Mercury 7 astronaut John Glenn and his wife ... leaders to welcome them and the Manned Spacecraft Center to Houston.

376869 01: Astronaut John Glenn, Jr. is loaded into the Friendship 7 capsule in preparation for flight on the Mercury Titan rocket February 20, 1962 Unfortunately, the toll of his career was ...

On Feb. 20, 1962, John Glenn set out on NASA's three ... member set out on the agency’s three-orbit Mercury-Atlas 6 mission aboard the spacecraft he named Friendship 7. New images released ...

Astronaut John Glenn and technicians inspect artwork that will be painted on the outside of his Mercury spacecraft. John Glenn nicknamed his capsule "Friendship 7". On February 20, 1962 astronaut ...

Thus, astronaut John Glenn’s three orbits of Earth during ... What surprised Shesol most about the Mercury Frienship 7 spacecraft’s flight? The fact that on the eve of his flight, Glenn ...

Sunday marks 60 years since NASA astronaut John Glenn became the first ... set out on the agency's three-orbit Mercury-Atlas 6 mission aboard the spacecraft he named Friendship 7.

The Mercury spacecraft orbited earth twice and later ... run for the Mercury launch in February 1962, which would make John Glenn the first American human being to orbit Earth.

“Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. with four hours and 56 ... Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth aboard Mercury’s Friendship 7 spacecraft. The craft circled Earth three times in ...

When astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth on Feb. 20, 1962, he did so with the help of technology from the Berkshires. Launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., at 9:48 a.m., ...

Each was used by John ... After Glenn’s flight of less than five hours, all of these questions and many more had been answered by a U.S. Marine who was, at age 40, the oldest Mercury astronaut.

On Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. Glenn rocketed into space aboard Mercury's Friendship 7 spacecraft. The craft circled Earth three times in 4 ...