Mercury-Atlas 6 / Unidentified photographer

John Glenn climbing into Mercury capsule

January 27, 1962

Vintage photograph with caption and United Press Photography stamp on the verso.
18 x 19cm (7 x 9in)

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Lot Essay

Cape Canaveral: Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. gets into the Mercury capsule atop the giant Atlas rocket here, early Jan. 27th. Everything but the weather cooperated for the scheduled shoot. Clouds finally forced the cancellation of Glenn’s orbital flight after he had been in the capsule ready to go for more than four hours.

From caption.