'Friendship 7' on the 50th Anniversary of her orbit around the Earth

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Fifty years ago, the Mercury program's 'Friendship 7' and astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. orbited the Earth three times, marking the first time NASA put an American into orbit.

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in Our World, on the 20th of February 2012

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Visitors to the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum "Milestones of Flight" gallery looking at "Friendship 7" on display.

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"Friendship 7" on display.in the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum "Milestones of Flight" gallery.

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Visitors to the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum "Milestones of Flight" gallery looking at "Friendship 7" on display.

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A look inside "Friendship 7" while on display.in the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum "Milestones of Flight" gallery.

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Visitors to the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum "Milestones of Flight" gallery looking at "Friendship 7" on display.

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Visitors to the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum "Milestones of Flight" gallery looking at "Friendship 7" on display.

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"Friendship 7" on display.in the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum "Milestones of Flight" gallery.

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"Friendship 7" on display.in the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum "Milestones of Flight" gallery.

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Fifty years ago today, the Mercury program's "Friendship 7" and astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. orbited the Earth three times, marking the first time NASA put an American into orbit. The spacecraft is currently on display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in their "Milestones of Flight" gallery. The spacecraft is on display in a protective transparent shell.