Celebrating America's First Manned Orbital Flight - Friendship 7 50th Anniversary

By Marc Boucher
Posted Monday, February 20, 2012

February 20th marks the 50th anniversary of the day in 1962 when U.S. Senator John Glenn piloted his Friendship 7 spacecraft on the first U.S. orbital mission. This video recounts that event in history.

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