- The "Friendship 7" logo as seen on the spacecraft was designed and hand-painted by artist Cecelia "Cece" Bibby at the personal request of John Glenn. She would go on to design and paint logos for NASA's next three orbital missions flown by Scott Carpenter ("Aurora 7"), Wally Schirra ("Sigma 7") and Gordon Cooper ("Faith 7"). For more about Bibby, see "Breaking Through The Glass Gantry" by Lawrence McGlynn: www.collectspace.com/news/news-080705a.html - collectspace
- But would it have worked without the duct tape??? - Campobello Island
- I love the coloring of old photos. - tragiclyhipster
- They ran out of Bondo! :) - Walter Briggs
Friendship 7
Collection: NASA Image of the Day Gallery
Title: Friendship 7
Description: On Feb. 20, 1962 at 9:47 am EST, John Glenn launched from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 14 to become the first American to orbit the Earth. In this image, Glenn enters his Friendship 7 capsule with assistance from technicians to begin his historic flight. Glenn rejoined NASA in 1998 as a member of the STS-95 Discovery crew. This 9-day mission, from Oct. 29-Nov. 7, supported a variety of research payloads including deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test Platform and investigations on space flight and the aging process. Image Credit: NASA
Identifier: 314095main_image_128 8_full
SOURCE: nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/NVA2~34~34~79403~135778
Visit www.nasaimages.org for the most comprehensive compilation of NASA stills, film and video, created in partnership with Internet Archive.
Comments and faves
-Antoine-, Andres Rueda, andy pucko, M-DPhotogr@phy (on), and 155 other people added this photo to their favorites.
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alanazimmer (33 months ago | reply)
this is so cool!!
alton.tw (33 months ago | reply)
Great to see this--the photo and the entire resource.
The spirit of adventure lives. Many thanks!
herr_phillips (33 months ago | reply)
cool :D
lentinasilva (33 months ago | reply)
me gusta
Solo disfruta lo que vivas, vive lo que escribas. (33 months ago | reply)
muy buena :D
photonbit (33 months ago | reply)
A historic shot!!!! Congrats to NASA for the 50th anniversary!!!
Monofónicos (33 months ago | reply)
epic! Go NASA
fishking54 (33 months ago | reply)
Early use of duct tape
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape
DOMINGO8 (33 months ago | reply)
Gracias por mostrarnos vuestro trabajo...
Saludos desde chile.
leahsak (33 months ago | reply)
it's love
aussie julie (Julie Holland) (33 months ago | reply)
very interesting, thankyou for putting these photos online
ζ~ Romeo Ϡ`→ ألضآحكوون =D™ (33 months ago | reply)
wow ;D
artland (33 months ago | reply)
Congratulations!
This is a wonderful shot!
You are invited to post it to:
artland
rackyross (33 months ago | reply)
Thank you for sharing these historical images with us!
Guillermø (33 months ago | reply)
gracias por compartir estos momentos históricos
NASA on The Commons (33 months ago | reply)
You're welcome, guys. Thanks for the kind comments!
HEDRO DORITOS (33 months ago | reply)
cool one
rtbox (32 months ago | reply)
this is nuts, the colours are so great!
tanchanok2112@rocketmail.com (32 months ago | reply)
ูู^^ wooooooo !
felipeferreiradeoliveira (32 months ago | reply)
Fantastic!
Wilo™(twitter.com/wilomichelson) [deleted] (29 months ago | reply)
coool :D
Walter Briggs (15 months ago | reply)
Like getting pushed into a refrigerator!
yx-lisa (13 months ago | reply)
how meaningful picture
bhawelskadars (6 months ago | reply)
no coment