# @nasaartemis on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg9Y70AlThZ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15344105-nasaartemis-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/ea8c095762.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-03-30T19:32:25.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

A look at the archives for #flashbackfriday -- to February 20, 1962,  when John Glenn lifted off on the first U.S. orbital flight - Mercury-Atlas 6 in his capsule named Friendship 7. 
Credit: NASA

#nasa #fbf #johnglenn #friendship7 #mercury #launch

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## Tags

friendship7, nasa, mercury, launch, johnglenn, flashbackfriday, fbf

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