Pressure Suit, Mercury, John Glenn, Friendship 7, Flown

This spacesuit was worn by John Glenn during the first orbital flight of a U.S. astronaut. The flight took place on February 20, 1962 and lasted for 4 hours and 55 minutes, during which time he traveled 75,679 miles and orbited the earth three times.The spacesuit was developed by the B.F. Goodrich Company from the U.S. Navy MK-IV full pressure suit, and was selected by NASA in 1959 for use in Project MercuryTransferred to the National Air and Space Museum from NASA - Manned Spacecraft Center in 1967.