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U.S. astronaut John Glenn became the oldest man to fly in space on Oct. 28, 1998. He discusses his 9-day mission with Discovery and its 7-person crew in a ne...
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Jul 13, 2023 · Video: Archival Footage from Glenn’s Mercury Flight. He wasn’t sure whether the flaming debris was the rocket pack or the heat shield breaking up. “Fortunately,” he told an interviewer,” it was the rocket pack — or I wouldn’t be answering these questions.” From Ohio to Orbit. John Herschel Glenn Jr. was born July 18, 1921, in Cambridge, Ohio.
Feb 18, 2022 · On Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John H. Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth during the three-orbit Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, aboard the spacecraft he named Friendship 7. Left: The Headquarters of the Space Task Group (STG) at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Right: Robert R. Gilruth, director of the STG.
Feb 16, 2012 · On February 20, 1962, NASA launched one of the most important flights in American history. The mission? Send a man to orbit Earth, observe his reactions and return him home safely. The pilot of this historic flight, John Glenn, became a national hero and a symbol of American ambition.
Various NASA video clips of John Glenn through the years. He was one of the Mercury Seven, military test pilots selected in 1959 by NASA as the nation's first astronauts. On February 20, 1962, Glenn flew the Friendship 7 mission, becoming the first American to orbit the Earth, the third American and fifth person in history to be in space.
