A Field Guide to American Spacecraft

		Mercury
		Flight Vehicle
		#13
		MA-6
		*Friendship-7*
		National Air and Space Museum, Washington D.C.

			This capsule carried John Glenn, America's first astronaut to orbit the Earth. It is displayed completely encased in plastic. The heat shield is visible. One thing about the Smithsonian is they don't change their exhibits much!
Images by: Jim Gerard Date: September 13, 2004			Mission information available from NASA.
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Images by: Jim Gerard Date: September 7, 2002


Images by: Jim Gerard Date: July 1996
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Location: Smithsonian Arts & Industries Muesum, Washington, DC Date: Summer 1971 Photos by: Jonathan Ward