Fifty years ago, John Glenn was alone on top of a rocket waiting to blast into space and around the Earth. In these times, when people can become suddenly famous for doing so little, it may be ...

NASA/Andy Saunders; Digital Source: Stephen Slater Sunday marks 60 years since NASA astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth. On Feb. 20, 1962, the “Mercury Seven” member ...

Most of the time, at least one American is orbiting Earth in the International Space Station. What seems so routine, if still risky, today was heroically dangerous in 1962, when John Glenn became ...

John Glenn On 50 Years Since His First Orbit Monday marks the 50th anniversary of astronaut John Glenn's orbiting of Earth. Glenn — who was one of NASA's original Mercury Seven — was the first ...

John Glenn, President Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon Johnson inspect the Friendship 7, the Mercury capsule in which Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962. (Vincent P ...

John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, died Thursday at age 95. He went on to become a US Senator for Ohio, and returned to space in 1998 as the oldest astronaut ever at the age of 77.

Before he gained fame orbiting the world he was a fighter ... it was up to Glenn to be the first American to orbit the Earth. ‘‘Godspeed, John Glenn,’’ fellow astronaut Scott Carpenter ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Most Ohioans know this bit of trivia well: the late John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth ... powered flight to John Glenn orbiting the moon, Ohio has always ...

but John Glenn would fly with the eyes of the world watching every second. As a U.S. senator at age 77, Glenn also became the oldest person in space by orbiting Earth with six astronauts aboard ...

John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth and a longtime US senator, died Thursday, according to the Ohio State University. He was 95. It was announced Wednesday that Glenn had been ...

Before he gained fame orbiting the world he was a fighter ... it was up to Glenn to be the first American to orbit the Earth. “Godspeed, John Glenn,” fellow astronaut Scott Carpenter radioed ...

Before he gained fame orbiting the world he was a fighter ... it was up to Glenn to be the first American to orbit the Earth. “Godspeed, John Glenn,” fellow astronaut Scott Carpenter radioed ...