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 ...

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 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - John Glenn joined the proud, surviving veterans of NASA’s Project Mercury on Saturday in celebrating the 50th anniversary of his historic orbital flight. The first ...

News of the death of famed American astronaut John Glenn ... original Mercury Seven crew of test pilots turned astronauts. On Feb. 20, 1962, Glenn became the third American in space, following ...

John Glenn, who died Thursday at age 95, was the last surviving member of the “magnificent” Mercury Seven, the astronauts who proved that America really could make it to space. He ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Though the American public knew John Glenn as one of NASA’s original seven Mercury astronauts ... Fletcher and I would walk the halls just about every day campaigning ...

A handwritten note framed in Floyd “Bud” Powell’s Satellite Beach home thanks the space ... But John did respond.” Thursday, it was Glenn’s turn to say goodbye, the last of the Mercury ...

John Glenn, the first American to fly into orbit around the planet Earth and later a US senator for 24 years, died Thursday at a cancer hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He was 95 and the last of the ...

John Glenn, a military vet turned space pioneer, has died at the age of 95. After flying 59 combat missions in World War II, Glenn became an early recruit into NASA’s Mercury program.

In April 1959, NASA revealed its first spacemen, the Mercury ... suited space cowboys, who mostly came from military test-pilot backgrounds, became instant sex symbols, and John Glenn was the ...

First American to orbit Earth, then senator, later flew on space shuttle. — -- John ... Glenn was in the select group of seven men who were chosen. He was passed over for the very first ...