NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Mercury Control Center during John Glenn’s first orbit of the Earth

Mercury Atlas 6, February 20, 1962, orbit 1, 001:04:04 GET

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA HQ caption numbered “62- MA-6-161”on the verso
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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[NASA caption] Cape Canaveral, FLA. - Mercury Control - During the first orbit, see Friendship 7 spacecraft just leaving Eastern Australia on world map, Mercury Control personnel hard at work monitoring the spacecraft.

001:04:00 Glenn: This is Friendship Seven. This is Friendship Seven, broadcasting in the blind to the Mercury network. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. This is Mercury Friendship Seven. Out.
001:04:16 Capcom (Mission Control): This is Canaveral Cap Com, testing the HF. G.m.t. (Cape) 15:52:05, MARK. I did not read the capsule. Cape, out.