Friendship 7 Lift Off at the Launch Pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14
Alternative Title
Friendship 7 Lift Off
Subject
Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
NASA
Project Mercury (U.S.)
Friendship 7 (Spacecraft)
Description
John Glenn's (b. 1921) Mercury-Atlas vehicle (MA-6) lifting off the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 (LC-14) on February 20, 1962. This was the first manned flight of a Mercury-Atlas spacecraft, which occurred after a few delays. Glenn would become the first American to orbit the Earth. Glenn was later feted in parades from Cocoa Beach, Florida, to New York City, New York.
Source
Original black and white photographic print, February 20, 1962: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
]]>https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/6415The Miami Herald on March 2, 1962. According to the article, a fragment of the Atlas rocket used for John Glenn's mission was found on a farm in South Africa. South African officials made plans to return the artifact to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.]]>2015-11-30T16:14:17+00:00
Dublin Core
Title
Glenn's Rocket Found in Africa
Alternative Title
Glenn's Rocket Found in Africa
Subject
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
NASA
Project Mercury (U.S.)
Glenn, John, 1921-
Description
A newspaper article, originally posted by The Associated Press, published in The Miami Herald on March 2, 1962. According to the article, a fragment of the Atlas rocket used for John Glenn's mission was found on a farm in South Africa. South African officials made plans to return the artifact to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
Swenson, Loyd S., Charles C. Alexander, and James M. Grimwood. This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1966.