John Glenn 13, "Friendship 7", and had the name hand-painted on the side like the one on his F-86 had been. Glenn and Carpenter completed their training for the mission in January 1962, but postponement of the launch allowed them to continue rehearsing. Glenn spent 25 hours and 25 minutes in the spacecraft performing hangar and altitude tests, and 59 hours and 45 minutes in the simulator. He flew 70 simulated missions and reacted to 189 simulated system failures. After a long series of delays, "Friendship 7" lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on February 20, 1962. There were eleven
Gemini spacecraft No. 2 and Glenn Martin Space Gallery at the National Museum of the USAF in 2016. The capsule was put on display in the exhibit hall of the Air Force Space and Missile Museum of the USAF in 2017. Gemini spacecraft No. 2 Gemini spacecraft No. 2 (officially known as "Gemini SC-2", for "space capsule 2") was the second NASA Project Gemini full-up space capsule built. This McDonnell Gemini capsule was the first ever spacecraft to be reused, flying twice into suborbital space. No.2 flew on missions Gemini-Titan 2 and Manned Orbiting Laboratory Gemini-B flight. The capsule is currently on display at