| | | | | | | News Alert | Thu., Dec. 08, 2016 3:28 p.m. |
| | | | | John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth, dies at 95 | | One of the original “Magnificent Seven” astronauts in NASA’s Mercury program, John Glenn captured the nation’s attention in 1962 when he first circumnavigated the globe and returned as a hero who had scaled heights no American had reached before. In his post-NASA career, Glenn served four terms as a U.S. senator from Ohio. Following his last term in 1998, at age 77, he took a final flight of glory, rocketing back into space as a crew member aboard the space shuttle Discovery. His death was confirmed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich. | | Read more » |
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