How John Glenn Made History on 1st US Orbital Flight Mercury-Atlas 6 — Photos: John Glenn, First American in Orbit The facility was named after John Glenn, an astronaut who became the first ...
John Glenn was the only one of the Mercury Seven astronauts to fly on the space shuttleon STS-95 in October-November 1998. The flight came 36 years after his only other space mission, Mercury ...
John Glenn's last correspondence before his death ... the same way millions of us now board jetliners," wrote the Mercury astronaut and U.S. Senator in 2016, adding that he was "deeply touched ...
Blue Origin, the space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its massive New Glenn rocket for the first time ...
An initial test launch of the towering 320-foot (98-meter) rocket, dubbed New Glenn in honor of legendary American astronaut ...
New Glenn honors a legendary astronaut: John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth in 1962. It follows in the steps of New ...
Blue Origin successfully launched the rocket after an attempt earlier in the week was scrubbed. The flight is a crucial test of the company’s ability to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.