Friendship 7 Launch

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Feb 14, 2014

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John Glenn's Friendship 7 spacecraft launches on a Mercury-Atlas rocket on Feb. 20, 1962.Credit: NASA

John Glenn’s Friendship 7 spacecraft launches on a Mercury-Atlas rocket on Feb. 20, 1962.

Credit: NASA

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Friendship 7 Launch

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