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This week saw the 50th anniversary of the first manned orbital mission of the United States, launched from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, 20 February 1962.
John Glenn piloted the Mercury-Atlas 6 'Friendship 7' spacecraft and completed a three-orbit mission around the earth, reaching a maximum altitude of approximately 162 miles and an orbital velocity of approximately 17,500 miles per hour. The mission duration, before landing near the Turks and Caicos Islands, was 4 hours, 55 minutes, and 23 seconds.
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