Mercury-Atlas 6 astronaut John Herschel Glenn Jr. is featured on card #42, "A Porthole Look." President Kennedy and Glenn are seen inspecting the Mercury No. 13 spacecraft, Friendship 7. The photograph was taken on February 23, 1962, outside of the Manned Spacecraft Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Glenn is wearing the NASA Distinguished Service Medal awarded to him by Kennedy earlier that day.

On February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. Friendship 7 was launched from Cape Canaveral atop of an Atlas LV-3B l rocket. Glenn completed three orbits before safely splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean near Grand Turk Island. The entire flight lasted 4 hours, 55 minutes, and 23 seconds. Both Glenn and the Mercury spacecraft were promptly recovered by the USS Noa (DD-841).

Friendship 7 is held by the Smithsonian Nation Air and Space Museum. The spacecraft is displayed in the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.