[Wally Schirra, Cape Canaveral, Florida]

[John Glenn, Cape Canaveral, Florida]

[John Glenn, Cape Canaveral, Florida]

[John Glenn, Cape Canaveral, Florida]

[John Glenn preparing for launch, Cape Canaveral, Florida]

[Alan Shepard waiting in capsule, Cape Canaveral, Florida]

[Wally Schirra in his spacesuit, Cape Canaveral, Florida]

[John Glenn travelling to launch pad, Cape Canaveral, Florida]

[John Glenn entering Friendship 7 capsule, Cape Canaveral, Florida]

[John Glenn, Mercury Control Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida]

[John Glenn entering spacecraft Friendship 7, Cape Canaveral, Florida]

[John Glenn checking out Mercury spacecraft, Cape Canaveral, Florida]

[John Glenn sitting inside Mercury capsule, Cape Canaveral, Florida]

[President John F. Kennedy gazing at the Atlantic Ocean, Cape Canaveral, Florida]

[John Glenn travelling to launch pad carrying map, Cape Canaveral, Florida]

[John F. Kennedy and John Glenn looking into Friendship 7, Cape Canaveral, Florida]

[John F. Kennedy and John Glenn looking at Friendship 7, Cape Canaveral, Florida]

[John Glenn meeting John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, Cape Canaveral, Florida]

[John Glenn practicing top-egress training from Mercury spacecraft, Cape Canaveral, Florida]

[John Glenn and Scott Carpenter examining notes from simulated flight, Cape Canaveral, Florida]

[John Glenn looking at plastic globe charting his orbital flight, Cape Canaveral, Florida]

[Friendship 7 spacecraft during its launch, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida]

[John Glenn giving okay sign during pre-launch activities, Cape Canaveral, Florida]

[Front page of Chicago Sunday-Times reporting John Glenn's orbital flight, Cape Canaveral, Florida]