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English: Launch of Friendship 7, the first American manned orbital space flight. Astronaut John Glenn aboard, the Mercury-Atlas rocket is launched from Pad 14.
Deutsch: Start einer Atlas Rakete mit Mercury-Atlas 6 am LC-14.
Date Taken on 20 February 1962
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Author NASA/photographer unknown
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This image or video was catalogued by Kennedy Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: GPN-2000-000686 and Alternate ID: 62PC-0011 .

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20 February 1962