America's Man in Space, Vintage View-master Reels, Mercury Project, John Glenn/nasa/cape Canaveral/friendship 7, Sawyer's, Packet B657, 1962 - Ireland

60 Years Ago: John Glenn, the First American to Orbit Earth Aboard Friendship 7

John glenn 1962 hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

60 Years Ago: John Glenn, the First American to Orbit Earth Aboard Friendship 7

Astro Mad Men: NASA's 1960s Campaign to Win America's Heart - The Atlantic

60 Years Ago: John Glenn, the First American to Orbit Earth Aboard Friendship 7

100: The first Original Seven Mercury astronauts wearing their first pressure spacesuits, Ralph Morse [Project Mercury], July 1960 < One Giant Leap for Mankind: Vintage Photographs from the Victor Martin-Malburet Collection, 28

Mercury Friendship 7 National Air and Space Museum

The Friendship 7/ Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) with Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. aboard is launched from Cape Canaveral, FL on February 20, 1962. The first NASA Earth-orbital mission, Glenn's flight followed sub-orbital missions by astronauts Alan B. Shepard