Launch Complex 14 is a launch site at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Part of the Missile Row lineup of launch sites in the region, LC-14 was used for various crewed and uncrewed Atlas
Aerial view of Mercury-Atlas 9 at LC-14 in 1963
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Mercury 7 plaque at the Mercury Monument
John Glenn plaque
Mercury-Atlas 6
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Mercury-Atlas 6 was the first crewed American orbital spaceflight, which took place on February 20, 1962. Piloted by astronaut John Glenn and operated by NASA as part of Project Mercury, it was the fi
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14
…of the Missile Row lineup of launch sites in the region, LC-14 was used for various crewed and uncrewed Atlas launches, including the February 1962 Friendship 7 flight aboard which John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. LC-14 is currently leased to Stoke Space for their Nova launch vehicle…
Still frame of John Glenn in orbit, taken by a motion picture camera inside Friendship 7
Spacecraft name as painted on the capsule side
John Herschel Glenn Jr.Project Mercury Crewed missions← Mercury-Redstone 4Mercury-Atlas 7 →
Glenn entering Friendship 7