Visitors Viewing Friendship 7
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Date: late 1960s - c. 1975
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 58, Folder 15, and Record Unit 410, Box 2, Folder: Historic Photos
Visitors viewing "Friendship 7" in the temporary metal building housing the National Air and Space Museum in the South Yard. "Friendship 7" is the Mercury spacecraft in which astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., became the first American to orbit the Earth. On February 20, 1962, Glenn circled the Earth three times. The space flight lasted 4 hours and 55 minutes, and "Friendship 7" landed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 58, Folder 15, and Record Unit 410, Box 2, Folder: Historic Photos
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
late 1960s - c. 1975
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Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print