On this day in February, 1962 astronaut John Glenn launched into space aboard his Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 atop an Atlas rocket. He became the fifth person in space and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling the globe three times during a flight lasting 4 hours, 55 minutes, and 23 seco...
Mercury-Atlas 7 was a Mercury program American manned space mission launched May 24, 1962. The Mercury spacecraft was named Aurora 7 and made three earth orbits, piloted by astronaut Scott Carpenter. Read more
Mercury-Atlas 5 was an American unmanned spaceflight of the Mercury program. It was launched on November 29, 1961 with Enos the Chimp, a chimpanzee, aboard. The craft orbited the Earth twice and splashed down off the coast of Puerto Rico. Read more