Monumentally important, this is the first image of an American astronaut in space. In the Project Mercury spacecraft named ...

Nasa. Historic liftoff of the MERCURYATLAS rocket carrying the first American in space: John GLENN. The FRIENDSHIP 7 capsule makes a 5-hour flight around the Earth before returning to Earth almost 1, ...

A collection of the NASA mission reports from John Glenn's first flight, covering subjects such as the flight plan, physiological responses of the astronaut, the pilot's flight report, and several ...