Friendship 7 (Mercury-Atlas 6)

Mission overview

Friendship 7 carried John Glenn on the first United States orbital spaceflight, three orbits of the Earth.

Outcome & discoveries

Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth.

Mission profile

Crew

Knowledge connections

• Operated byNASA
• Part of programProject Mercury
• Launched fromCape Canaveral Space Force Station
• Mission includesJohn Glenn
• Associated withGlenn Becomes the First American to Orbit the Earth

Related missions

Sources

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• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

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