Ed Smylie, who became a quiet hero of the space age in 1970 when he and his fellow NASA engineers jury-rigged an air filter ...

“But if John Glenn can go back to space at age 77,” the old-timer continued ... During the countdown, Project Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter spoke with the STS-95 astronauts over ...

An artist’s conception shows Stoke Space’s reusable second ... Launch Complex 14 was the site for John Glenn’s historic liftoff and for the three Mercury-Atlas missions that followed.

On Feb. 20, 1962, John Glenn set out on NASA's three-orbit Mercury-Atlas 6 mission aboard ... for launch for more than two hours before the space flight as well as in orbit, watching the booster ...

By Mark Atwood Lawrence MERCURY ... Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War By Jeff Shesol Hyperbole shrouds few topics in history so much as the human encounter with outer ...

Now held in the collections of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum are a 35 mm camera (left) and a digital camera. Each was used by John ... oldest Mercury astronaut. When Glenn ...

NEW CONCORD - John Glenn set an example of what was needed to accomplish a goal. Passing on his legacy remains the objective of the Reach for the Stars Space ... used in the Mercury program.

On Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. Glenn rocketed into space aboard Mercury's Friendship 7 spacecraft. The craft circled Earth three times in 4 ...

Scroll through this gallery for behind-the-scenes shots of his historic mission, In 1960, astronaut John Glenn climbs out of a mockup Mercury capsule ... Breaking space news, the latest updates ...

April 23 (UPI) --The commercial cargo ship named after astronaut John Glenn is now safely attached to the International Space Station ... Saturn and Mercury in the eastern sky on Friday morning.

A supply ship bearing John Glenn ... for the Glenn family. Glenn made history in 1962 when he soared into orbit aboard Friendship 7, his one-man Mercury capsule. He returned to space in 1998 ...

(AP) – A supply ship bearing John Glenn ... spacecraft. Glenn made history in 1962 when he soared into orbit aboard Friendship 7, his one-man Mercury capsule. He returned to space in 1998 ...