Atlas LV-3B Mercury Rocket Poster
Atlas LV-3B, the rocket that launched John Glenn on Friendship 7 in 1962, making him the first American to orbit the Earth.
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Description
Atlas LV-3B was the Mercury-Atlas, the Atlas missile adapted to carry a Mercury capsule into orbit. On 20 February 1962 it launched John Glenn aboard Friendship 7 for three orbits, and it flew the three Mercury missions that followed.
Glenn’s flight came ten months after Yuri Gagarin’s, and a warning that his heat shield might have come loose made its last minutes some of the tensest of the Mercury program. Part of a set of eighteen rocket illustrations commissioned for the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center at the California Science Center.
Available unframed and rolled in a sturdy tube (5″ x 7″, 8″ x 10″, 8″ x 12″, 11″ x 17″, 12″ x 16″, 12″ x 18″, 16″ x 20″, 16″ x 24″, 18″ x 24″, 20″ x 28″, 24″ x 32″, or 28″ x 40″) or framed in a black wooden frame, ready to hang (5″ x 7″, 8″ x 10″, 8″ x 12″, 11″ x 17″, 12″ x 16″, 12″ x 18″, 16″ x 20″, 18″ x 24″, 20″ x 28″, 24″ x 32″, or 28″ x 40″).
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| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 5×7", 8×12", 12×18", 16×20", 18×24", 8×10", 11×17", 12×16", 16×24", 20×28", 24×32", 28×40" |
| Framing | Unframed, Framed |
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