Atlantis 1:110 Atlas w/ Launch Pad/Mercury Capsule 50 Year Celebration kit1 110 Scale. Moulded in grey and Yellow plastic with STEM educational booklet, water slide decals. Over 150 parts. On February 20, 1962, John Herschel Glenn, Jr. piloted the Mercury Atlas Friendship 7 spacecraft on America's first manned orbital mission of the Earth. After Launching from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Glenn successfully completed a three orbit mission around the Planet. The Mission lasted 4 hours, 55 minutes, and 23 seconds from