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launch of Friendship 7

launch of Friendship 7

1962. Launch of Friendship 7, the first American manned orbital space flight. Astronaut John Glenn aboard, the Mercury-Atlas rocket is launched from Pad 14.
Photo credit: NASA GRIN Image # : 62PC-0011

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