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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 6
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Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
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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