Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 6
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Launch Window
Feb. 20, 1962, 2:47 p.m. - Feb. 20, 1962, 2:47 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Feb. 20, 1962, 2:47 p.m. - Feb. 20, 1962, 2:47 p.m.
Mercury-Atlas 6 was the third crewed spaceflight for the United States. The spacecraft, named Friendship 7, completed three orbits making John Glenn the first United States astronaut to orbit Earth. The mission lasted for 4 hours, 55 minutes & 23seconds.
The Atlas LV-3B, Atlas D Mercury Launch Vehicle or Mercury-Atlas Launch Vehicle, was a human-rated expendable launch system used as part of the United States Project Mercury to send astronauts into low Earth orbit. Manufactured by American aircraft manufacturing company Convair, it was derived from the SM-65D Atlas missile, and was a member of the Atlas family of rockets.
Mercury No.13 is the Mercury capsule used for the Mercury-Atlas 6 - callsign "Friendship 7" - mission launched on February 20, 1962 and piloted by astronaut John Glenn.
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Birth: July 18, 1921
Date of Death:
Dec. 8, 2016
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