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Mercury-Atlas 6
Atlas LV-3B · Human Exploration
1962Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral
Mission
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.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- NASA
- Rocket
- Atlas LV-3B
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 14
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2