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Español: Mercury-Atlas lanza la nave Friendship 7 con el primer estadounidense en órbite alrededor de la tierra (20 de mayo de 1962)

Mercury-Atlas launches Friendship 7 ship with the first American to orbit Earth (May 20, 1962)

original image caption: Launch of Friendship 7, the first American manned orbital space flight. Astronaut John Glenn aboard, the Mercury-Atlas rocket is launched from Pad 14.

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