John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth during the Mercury 6 mission on February 20, 1962. In 1998, at the age of seventy-seven, Glenn returned to space.
Glenn, John
American Astron...
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John Herschel Glenn Jr.
1921-
American Astronaut
John Glenn achieved two astronautic milestones at different points in his career. In 1962 he was the first American to orbit around Earth, and 36 years...
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Glenn Jr., John H. (1921- )
American astronaut and senator
John H. Glenn Jr. was the first American to orbit the earth. In the wake of this 1962 feat, Glenn became a national hero on the order of Tran...
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John Glenn
Born July 18, 1921 (Cambridge, Ohio)
American astronaut, senator, businessman
John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth. He achieved this feat in 1962, at a time when the United Stat...
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Excerpts from John Glenn: a Memoir by with Nick Taylor John Glenn
Excerpts from John Glenn: A Memoir
Published in 1999
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (1921–) has accomplished more in one lifetime than...
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John Glenn
Born July 18, 1921, New Concord, Ohio
John Glenn’s spaceflight around Earth made him a hero. At the time of Glenn’s flight, space was a new battleground in the cold war betwee...
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John Herschel Glenn, Jr. (born 1921) was a military test pilot, astronaut, businessman, and U.S. senator from Ohio. In 1984 he unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for president. He retired...
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It's hard to imagine a God who involves himself in all the particulars of our daily lives.We pray and hope he's listening, but most of us don't expect him to help us pick out our clothes or find a ...
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Gallup polling over the past three decades shows Republican front-runners usually win their party's nomination, but Democrats do not. Some elections:1972-DemocratsFebruary 1971: Edmund Muskie, 26 p...
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A rocket payload that flew briefly into space with ashes of astronaut Gordon Cooper and "Star Trek" actor James Doohan was recovered Friday in the New Mexico mountains.The payload was found in its ...
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Moscow (dpa) - The battle between the United States and the former
Soviet Union to dominate space reached incredible heights during the
Cold War, with each side investing bi...
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A decade ago, John McCain sat in Ted Williams' kitchen and listened raptly as the legendary slugger told a story that made him even more of a hero in the senator's eyes.It was not about glory on th...
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Today is Friday, March 30, the 89th day of 2007. There are 276 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On March 30, 1981, President Reagan was shot and seriously injured outside a Washin...
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Today is Monday, April 9, the 99th day of 2007. There are 266 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Gen. ...
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More than two dozen former astronauts assembled Saturday at the Kennedy Space Center to honor the Astronaut Hall of Fame's newest inductees also remembered Wally Schirra, one of the space program's...
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Three former astronauts remembered colleague Walter "Wally" Schirra as a top-notch aviator, national hero and inveterate prankster Monday at a memorial service.Schirra, who died May 3 in San Diego ...
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Glenn, John
John Herschel Glenn Jr
Glenn Jr., John H. (1921- )
Glenn, John
John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn, Jr.
John Glenn: Our Similarities -- From a Distance
