Long before his space travels, John Glenn was already an experienced fighter pilot, having served in World War II. When he was called up to fly in the Korean War, he asked for the Boston Red Sox ...

NASA astronaut Scott Carpenter became the fourth American to go to space and the second American to orbit the Earth.

The project comes from Promised Land creator Matt Lopez and former SEAL Team showrunner John Glenn with The Amazing Spider-Man and (500) Days of Summer director Marc Webb helming the pilot.

John Glenn’s transcontinental F8U flight led to ... In Glenn’s hometown of New Concord, Ohio, the pilot’s mother had told a neighbor that her son would be flying over at a certain time ...

John Herschel Glenn Jr. was born on July 18 ... He would go on to serve as a Marine Corps pilot. He bravely flew 59 combat missions in the Pacific Theater during in World War II.

(WHTM) — On Feb. 20, 1962, John Herschel Glenn Jr. climbed into the cramped ... He served as a Marine fighter pilot during World War II and the Korean War. Becoming a test pilot, he made the ...

After the Korean War, Glenn became a military test pilot, a career that culminated ... he did see a familiar face. News of Major John Glenn’s transcontinental supersonic flight saturated ...