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Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) was the third human spaceflight for the US and part of Project Mercury. Conducted by NASA on February 20 1962 the mission was piloted by astronaut John Glenn who performed three orbits of the Earth making him the first US-astronaut to orbit the Earth.The Mercury spacecraft named Friendship 7 was carried to orbit by an Atlas LV-3B launch vehicle lifting off from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Florida.
