Friendship 7

E213273
Mercury spacecraft crewed spacecraft space capsule

Friendship 7 was the Mercury spacecraft in which astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Friendship 7 canonical 11
Friendship 7 mission 2
Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mercury spacecraft ⓘ
crewed spacecraft ⓘ
space capsule ⓘ
achievement first American crewed orbital spaceflight ⓘ
callsign Friendship 7 self-link ⓘ
carriedCrewMember John Glenn ⓘ
countryOfOperator United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crewMemberRole_JohnGlenn pilot ⓘ
crewNationality_JohnGlenn American ⓘ
crewSize 1 ⓘ
displayLocation National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: National Air and Space Museum

Washington, D.C. ⓘ
followedBy Mercury-Atlas 7 ⓘ
heatShieldType ablative heat shield ⓘ
historicalSignificance milestone in the Space Race ⓘ
landingDate 1962-02-20 ⓘ
landingSite Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
launchDate 1962-02-20 ⓘ
launchedWithAstronaut John Glenn ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 ⓘ
Cape Canaveral ⓘ
surface form: Cape Canaveral, Florida
launchVehicle Atlas LV-3B ⓘ
launchYear 1962 ⓘ
manufacturer McDonnell Douglas ⓘ
surface form: McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
missionDuration about 4 hours 55 minutes ⓘ
missionName Mercury-Atlas 6 ⓘ
missionObjective place a human in Earth orbit and return safely ⓘ
study human performance in orbital flight ⓘ
missionType orbital spaceflight ⓘ
notableEvent false landing-bag deployment warning light during reentry ⓘ
numberOfOrbits 3 ⓘ
operatedBy NASA ⓘ
orbitApogeeApprox about 265 kilometers ⓘ
orbitedBody Earth ⓘ
orbitInclination about 32.5 degrees ⓘ
orbitPerigeeApprox about 159 kilometers ⓘ
precededBy Mercury-Atlas 5 ⓘ
programGoalContribution demonstrated human orbital spaceflight capability for the United States ⓘ
recoveredBy USS Noa (DD-841) ⓘ
reentryType ballistic reentry ⓘ
relatedProgram Apollo program ⓘ
Gemini program ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
spacecraftConfiguration single-seat Mercury capsule ⓘ
spacecraftOfProgram Mercury program ⓘ
surface form: Project Mercury
spacecraftSeries Mercury spacecraft ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Glenn → spacecraft → Friendship 7 ⓘ
Space Race → firstAmericanOrbitalMission → Friendship 7 ⓘ
Atlas → notablePayload → Friendship 7 ⓘ
SM-65 Atlas → notableLaunch → Friendship 7 ⓘ
Mercury spacecraft → notableMission → Friendship 7 ⓘ
Mercury-Atlas 6 → missionName → Friendship 7 ⓘ
Mercury-Atlas 6 → spacecraft → Friendship 7 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7
Mercury-Atlas 6 → callsign → Friendship 7 ⓘ
Friendship 7 → callsign → Friendship 7 self-link ⓘ
Atlas launch vehicle → notablePayload → Friendship 7 ⓘ
Atlas launch vehicle → poweredFirstUSOrbitalCrewedFlight → Friendship 7 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Friendship 7 mission
Atlas LV-3B → notableMission → Friendship 7 ⓘ
Atlas ICBM → usedToLaunch → Friendship 7 ⓘ
Hidden Figures → depictsEvent → Friendship 7 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Friendship 7 mission