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Patrick Rowan's Skywatch: 60 years since John Glenn and launch of Mercury Friendship 7 - masslive.com
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Historic Mercury capsule Friendship 7, in which John H. Glenn Jr. became the first American to orbit the Earth Stock Photo - Alamy
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Everything is "GO" 1/110 Scale Historic Friendship 7 Mercury Capsule Atlas Booster Model Kit by Atlantis Models
![Don Thomas on X: "John Glenn's Friendship 7 capsule is amazing to see in person at NASM. I remember watching the launch on TV when I was in first grade. https://t.co/hvCRlM6OBe" / Don Thomas on X: "John Glenn's Friendship 7 capsule is amazing to see in person at NASM. I remember watching the launch on TV when I was in first grade. https://t.co/hvCRlM6OBe" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DLj-GHbWsAAAuJ-.jpg)