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[MERCURY -- FRIENDSHIP 7]. Results of the First United States Manned Orbital Space Flight, February 20, 1962. NASA/GPO, Washington, D.C., 1962. 4o. Original blue wrappers. Includes a detailed description of capsule number 13, the launch complex and Atlas launch vehicle. Flight results include capsule systems performance, flight control, recovery operations, pilot's report by Glenn, and a complete flight communications transcript -- Launch complex chart. N.d. Approx. 11 x 17 in., folded. Chart of the Cape Canaveral launch pads including Pad 14, where all Mercury Atlas launches occurred -- America's First Man to Orbit. NASA Langley, 1962. 4o. A promotional release with key photographs from the flight. [With:] A Langley-released five-photo grouping of Glenn's and the Friendship 7 capsule return to the Langley Center and visit by President Kennedy that same day. (4)