Launch of Mercury-Atlas 6 (Friendship 7)

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Uploaded by on Mar 17, 2010

The launch of Mercury-Atlas 6 (Friendship 7). Onboard is astronaut John Glenn on the first American manned orbital spaceflight - February 20th 1962. This clip starts at T-15 and ends with Glenn achieving orbit.

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  • Happy 50th Anniversary to the good people of NASA and first man in orbit, John Glenn! I hope we can recapture the spirit of the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle programs and reassume the mantle of the world's greatest spacefaring nation!

  • thanks for uploading this

    i needed a video like this to make a script for class =3

    hope this can stay up

  • Awesome footage

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