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Mercury-Atlas 6: John Glenn

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-mer06-10003

Image Size 300 DPI: 8 * 13 cm

John Glenn poses in his spacesuit suit for press photographers at Cape Canaveral.
On February 20, 1962 Glenn lifted off into space aboard his Mercury Atlas rocket and became the first American to orbit the Earth.

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1962 - ANTENNA - ASTRONAUT - CAPE CANAVERAL - GLENN JOHN - HELMET - HUMAN - KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - MAN - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - MERCURY - MERCURY-ATLAS 6 - PORTRAIT - SPACE SUIT -