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 ...

Astronaut John Glenn relaxes aboard the USS Noa after being recovered from the Atlantic near Grand Turk Island following Glenn's first orbit around the Earth on February, 20, 1962. Astronaut John ...

First American to orbit Earth, then senator, later flew on space shuttle. — -- John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit the earth and a legendary figure in the American space flight ...

piloted by Col. John Glenn Jr. – the first American to orbit the earth. Glenn orbited three times around the globe at 17,400 miles an hour. “Don’t do that,” he was advised. “You’re ...

I'm Audie Cornish. Fifty years ago today, Colonel John H. Glenn Jr. became the first American to orbit the Earth. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NEWSREEL) CORNISH: A 1962 Universal Newsreel documented the ...

When it comes to American space exploration, John Glenn had the right stuff, making history in 1962 as the first American to orbit Earth. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Five minutes and four seconds into the flight of the Friendship 7, as John Glenn prepared to become the first American to orbit Earth, he radioed to NASA, his capsule turned and brought the Earth ...

The launch was picture perfect. Not *** single problem after *** 4.5 minute ride, John Glenn was going 17,500 miles an hour and was the first American in orbit on orbit three though trouble ...

John Glenn gained his place in American lore when in 1962 he came the first American to orbit the Earth. That mission, however, never would have happened without Katherine Johnson. Johnson ...

John Glenn, Marine Corps combat pilot, pioneer of human exploration and later a longtime United States senator, became the first American to orbit the Earth on this day in history, Feb. 20, ...

John Glenn, who captured the nation’s attention in 1962 as the first American to orbit the Earth during a tense time when the United States sought supremacy over the Soviet Union in the space ...