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NASA’s Oldest Astronaut Reports That Something Strange Happened to His Body When He Went to Space
NASA's oldest full-time astronaut said that during his most recent trip to the space station, he didn't feel his age at all.
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NASA's 70-Year-Old Astronaut Says He Feels Decades Younger In Space
Mercury astronaut John Glenn was 77 when he returned to orbit on a short shuttle flight in 1998. But he’d been gone from NASA ...
What’s it like to be 70 years old in space? “All those little aches and pains heal up.”
"I love being in space," he said. "When you're sleeping, you're just floating, and your body, all those little aches and ...
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NASA's oldest astronaut felt the decades melt away in space before returning on his 70th birthday
Fresh from space, NASA’s oldest full-time astronaut ... all these little aches and pains and everything heal up." Mercury astronaut John Glenn was 77 when he returned to orbit on a short shuttle ...
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New Glenn: how to watch Blue Origin’s next big rocket launch
people into space. The New Glenn is named after John Glenn, the first NASA astronaut to enter the Earth’s orbit. Its first stage is powered by seven of Blue Origin’s powerful BE-4 engines ...
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John Glenn memorabilia, rare NASA items headline America Space Museum auction
The museum is auctioning off an array of “rare and historic” space items this weekend. Among these items are hard-to-find pieces from John Glenn’s historic orbit around the Earth.
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When will Blue Origin launch New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida? What to know
Blue Origin renovated Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for more than $1 billion. Named after astronaut John Glenn, the New Glenn rocket is 321 feet tall. On April 14 ...