The Mercury-Atlas rocket blasts off from Pad 14 carrying the friendship 7 space capsule carrying astronaut John Glenn at the Kennedy Space Center February 20, 1962 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Glenn is the first American to fly a manned orbital space flight.

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The Mercury-Atlas rocket blasts off from Pad 14 carrying the friendship 7 space capsule carrying astronaut John Glenn at the Kennedy Space Center February 20, 1962 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Glenn is the first American to fly a manned orbital space flight.

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Size: 4120px × 5150px
Location: Cape Canaveral, Florida
Photo credit: © NASA Photo / Alamy / Afripics
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