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Project Mercury
NASA1962-02-20
National Museum of the Marine Corps
Triangle, United States
On Feb. 20, 1962, an Atlas rocket successfully carried Sen. John Glenn and the hopes of an entire nation into orbit aboard Friendship 7, a flight that ushered in a new era of space travel that eventually led to Americans walking on the moon by the end of the 1960s.
Details
- Title: Project Mercury
- Creator: NASA
- Date Created: 1962-02-20
- Location Created: NASA
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Art Form: Photograph
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