Convair

Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, later a division of General Dynamics. Convair designed and built the Atlas missile, America''s first operational intercontinental ballistic missile, which was adapted into a space launch vehicle that carried John Glenn to orbit on Mercury-Atlas 6. The Atlas rocket family, in its many evolved forms, has been in continuous use for over 65 years, making it one of the longest-serving rocket lineages in history.