Tag: John Glenn
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‘You press on’: Buzz Aldrin talks about South Pole medical scare and John Glenn
Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin check out the engines on a Saturn V rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. “I’m feeling better and my rocket is ready to launch,” he tweeted. (Buzz Aldrin Photo via Twitter) Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin made light of what some might consider a close brush with death during…
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Obama orders U.S. flags to fly at half-staff to mark space hero John Glenn’s passing
A flag flies at half-staff at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (House of Representatives Photo) American flags around the world will be flying at half-staff for the next few days in memory of John Glenn, the pioneering astronaut and long-serving senator who died Thursday at the age of 95. The traditional order was given today…
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John Glenn hails Jeff Bezos’ space feats in letter written days before astronaut’s death
Jeff Bezos shows off the concept for Blue Origin’s launch system during a news conference in Florida in September 2015. The rocket is named after John Glenn. (Blue Origin Photo) Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos accepted yet another award tonight for his Blue Origin space effort, but the prize he treasured the most is no doubt…
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John Glenn, first American to orbit the Earth, passes away at 95
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA John H. Glenn Jr., a decorated combat veteran and test pilot who gained worldwide fame as the first American to orbit the Earth, went on to become a U.S. senator and, in the autumn of his life, returned to space aboard the shuttle Discovery,…
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Astronaut-senator John Glenn, first (and oldest) American in orbit, dies at age of 95
John Glenn orbited the planet in 1962 and flew on the space shuttle in 1998. (NASA Photo) Godspeed, John Glenn. The first American to go into orbit, and the first astronaut to become a senator and presidential candidate, died today in Ohio at the age of 95. The Columbus Dispatch reported that Glenn was surrounded…
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Bridging the past and future on the shoulders of the Atlas rocket
Two generations of manned Atlas rockets. Launch of John Glenn (left) and concept of Starliner (right). Credit: NASA and Boeing CAPE CANAVERAL — On top of an Atlas rocket, the place where orbital spaceflight for American astronauts began, will sit Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to launch humans into space starting next year. It was Feb. 20,…