Home›Crewed Mercury-Atlas missions›Friendship 7🌐Bahasa IndonesiaEnglishBahasa IndonesiaDeutschEspañolFrançaisItalianoNederlandsPolskiPortuguêsSvenskaTürkçeРусскийالعربيةفارسیไทย한국어中文日本語EntityQ498533· pop 33· linked from 648 articlesFriendship 7Also known as Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6)first American orbital spaceflightKey factsMission typeTest flightOperatorNASAHarvard designation1962 Gamma 1Cospar id1962-003AMission duration4 hours, 55 minutes, 23 secondsDistance travelled65,763 nautical miles (121,793 km)SpacecraftMercury No.13ManufacturerMcDonnell AircraftLaunch mass2,981 pounds (1,352 kg)MembersJohn H. Glenn, JrCallsignFriendship 7Launch dateFebruary 20, 1962, 14:47:39 ( 1962-02-20UTC14:47:39Z ) UTCOn the map2 mapped locationsAvailable in 31 languagesEspañolFrançaisDeutsch中文日本語РусскийPortuguêsItalianoالعربيةAfrikaansBahasa IndonesiaConnectionsEnvironmental Research SatelliteEntityapsisEntityCategoriesCrewed Mercury-Atlas missionsIndividual spacecraft in the Smithsonian InstitutionJohn GlennSpacecraft launched by Atlas rocketsSpacecraft launched in 1962Spacecraft which reentered in 1962