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in NASA, Space, John Glenn, Mercury Program‘Zero-G and I Feel Fine’: Remembering John Glenn’s Mercury Flight (Part 1)
Two months after his death, aged 95, Monday will be a somber date for America’s human space program, as the 55th anniversary of John Glenn’s pioneering flight aboard Friendship 7—during which he became the first U.S. citizen in history to orbit the globe—passes without him. Glenn’s four hours and 55 minutes spent inside that tiny […] More
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John Glenn, Last Surviving Member of Mercury Seven, Dies Aged 95
John Glenn, the last surviving member of NASA’s “Original Seven” Mercury astronaut group and the first American to orbit the Earth, has died at the age of 95. Having been hospitalized at The James Cancer Hospital at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, for more than a week, Glenn passed away earlier today (Thursday, 8 […] More
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in Space, Discovery, John Glenn‘A Chart Jumped Out At Me’: Remembering John Glenn’s Return to Space (Part 1)
Even today, almost two decades since his headline-grabbing flight, veteran Project Mercury astronaut John Glenn retains the world record as the oldest living human ever to venture beyond the thin veil of Earth’s atmosphere and into space. He was 77 years and 103 days old at the time of his flight aboard Space Shuttle Discovery […] More
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Apollo 11 Flown Crew-Signed Commemorative Cover Could Bring $40,000+ at Heritage Auctions
An Apollo 11 flown Commemorative Cover, signed by the crew and directly from the collection of Mission Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, which could sell for $40,000+, leads a stellar line-up of space-flown objects and important private collections in Heritage Auctions’ Nov. 1 Space Exploration Signature® Auction in Dallas. More
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Retro Space Images: Footsteps Into History
First Steps — Astronaut Alan Shepard is accompanied by fellow astronaut Gus Grissom at Pad 5 as he moves toward the Freedom 7 spacecraft on May 5, 1961. Like what you see? Then check out: Retro Space Images Want to keep up-to-date with all things space? Be sure to “Like” AmericaSpace on Facebook and follow us on Twitter: @AmericaSpace […] More
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Americans in Orbit: The Flight of John Glenn (Part 3)
On the afternoon of 20 February 1962, millions of Americans listened and watched, transfixed as their countryman, John Glenn, plummeted back to Earth after completing three orbits of Earth. It was a triumphant mission, but was also laced with drama, for worrisome indications had arisen that the heat shield and landing bag of his Friendship […] More
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Americans in Orbit: The Flight of John Glenn (Part 2)
More than half a century ago, on 20 February 1962, America’s first citizen to orbit the Earth thundered into space atop an Atlas rocket. Inside a cone-shaped Mercury capsule—which his children had nicknamed “Friendship 7″—astronaut John Glenn felt the peculiar sensation that the first few seconds of ascent from Cape Canaveral were incredibly slow. “The […] More
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Americans in Orbit: The Flight of John Glenn (Part 1)
More than half a century has passed since the United States launched its first man into orbit around the Earth. By the beginning of February 1962, only two Americans—Al Shepard and Gus Grissom—had entered space, lofted atop converted Redstone missiles, for 15-minute “up-and-down” suborbital flights from Cape Canaveral and into the Atlantic Ocean. Despite this […] More
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John Glenn Named One Of Thirteen Presidential Medal Of Freedom Recipients
Mercury and Shuttle astronaut John Glenn has been named as one of President Barack Obama’s recipients for the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Glenn was the first U.S. astronaut to reach orbit in 1961 atop and Atlas rocket. Glenn left NASA in 1964. He would then spend some two and a half decades serving his home […] More
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in News, NASA, Spaceflight, Aviation, aeronautics, USA, press release, suborbitalNASA Glenn To Host Tweetup Celebrating 50th Anniversary Of First American To Orbit Earth
CLEVELAND — NASA’s Glenn Research Center (GRC) in Cleveland will host a special event on March 2 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of John Glenn’s first orbital flight by an American. NASA also will invite 100 people for a behind-the-scenes Tweetup at GRC in advance of the celebration event. More