IMAGE 0_99\46.Lbm,John Glenn, pictured in 1964. He made the first US flight into orbit in Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962. His lapel badge signifies he is one of the "Original Seven" Mercury astronauts.
IMAGE 0_99\50.Lbm,The Original Seven Mercury astronauts pictured in front of one of their F-102 jet trainers in March 1961. They are (from the left): Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard and Donald Slayton.
IMAGE 200_299\208.Lbm,Mercury astronaut John Glenn eases into the cramped capsule during training for the first US orbital flight in February 1962.
IMAGE 500_599\548.Lbm,John Glenn eases himself into the cramped cockpit of the Mercury capsule Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962, prior to his successful attempt to become the first American in orbit.
IMAGE 0_99\60.Lbm,Lift-off of the Mercury-Atlas launch vehicle that will carry John Glenn in Friendship 7 into orbit on February 20, 1962.
IMAGE 0_99\61.Lbm,John Glenn is winched from the deck of the recovery ship after his successful three-orbit flight on February 20, 1962.
IMAGE 100_199\127.Lbm,The Original Seven Mercury astronauts in their spacesuits. The astronauts are (from the left, back row): Alan Shepard, Virgil Grissom and Gordon Cooper; (front row) Walter Schirra, Donald Slayton, John Glenn and Scott Carpenter.
