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FRIENDSHIP
7
SPACECRAFT
Model is in 1/14th scale and comes with Atlas
launch vehicle in 1/96th scale.
Available on the Project Mercury CD ROM or as a download
from fiddlersgreen.net
Possibly
the most famous Mercury capsule and the most popular. Aboard Friendship
7 John Glenn became the first American in orbit. With its beautiful
Friendship 7 red logo, striped retropak and orbital heat shield this one
is a favorite with model builders.
The
Friendship 7 Mercury capsule is currently on display at the National Air
& Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
Astronaut:
John H. Glenn, Jr.
Launched: February 20, 1962 - 9:47am EST
Mission: Manned Orbital Flight
Launch Vehicle: Atlas Missile (ID: 109-D)
Launched From: Pad LC-14
Altitude
(Apogee): 162.2 statute miles
Perigee: 100 statute miles
Inclination: 32.54
Orbits: 3
Period: 88 minutes, 29 seconds
Duration: 0 Days, 4 hours, 55 min, 23 seconds
Distance: 75,679 statute miles
Velocity: 17,544 mph
Max Q: 982 psf
Max G: 7.7
Weightless Time: 4 hrs, 48 min, 27 sec
Landing:
February 20, 1962 - 14:43pm EST
800 miles southeast of Bermuda. (Atlantic Ocean)
Recovered by Destroyer USS Noa
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