Friendship 7 Lift Off at the Launch Pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14

Friendship 7 Lift Off at the Launch Pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14

Friendship 7 Lift Off

Cape Canaveral (Fla.)

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)

NASA

Project Mercury (U.S.)

Friendship 7 (Spacecraft)

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.

Original black and white photographic print, February 20, 1962: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.

1962-02-20

Fowler, Calvin D.

Digital reproduction of original black and white photographic print, February 20, 1962.

Dr. Calvin Fowler Collection, Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Launch Site, Cape Canaveral, Florida

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Originally owned by Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.

Copyright to this resource is held by Dr. Calvin D. Fowler and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Michlowitz, Robert

Cepero, Laura

"MERCURY PROJECT SUMMARY (NASA SP-45)." National Aeronautics and Space Administration. http://history.nasa.gov/SP-45/ch5.htm.