2012-02-20
post/17946344092
photo 14:48:06
Friendship 7 by NASA on The Commons on Flickr:
On Feb. 20, 1962 at 9:47 am EST, John Glenn launched from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 14 to become the first American to orbit the Earth. In this image, Glenn enters his Friendship 7 capsule with assistance from technicians to begin his historic flight.
Ten months after Gagarin; fifty years ago today.
(Source: nasaimages.org)
