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 ...

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 ...

Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. dons his silver Mercury pressure ... rocket and became the first American to orbit the Earth. After orbiting the Earth 3 times, Friendship 7 landed in the Atlantic ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth and long-time U.S. senator from Ohio, has died. Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962. He served as a U.S ...

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 ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U ...