A FEW MOMENTS IN AIR HISTORY
MERCURY "FRIENDSHIP 7"
( First U.S. Manned Orbital Flight )
The Mercury spacecraft in which astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. became the first American to orbit the Earth. On February 20, 1962, Glenn circled the Earth three times. The space flight lasted 4 hours and 55 minutes.
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