The launch comes after almost ... s New Glenn rocket is meant to shuttle cargo, satellites, and, in the future, people into space. The New Glenn is named after John Glenn, the first NASA astronaut ...

The Smithsonian is almost ready to open five more of the Air and Space Museum's halls as its 7-year renovation continues.

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is scheduled for a second launch in late spring from Cape Canaveral. The company aims to land ...

Shortly after the landing, former astronaut and Sen. John Glenn recalled his own Mercury and shuttle flights and discussed the future of U.S. efforts in space with CNN's Miles O'Brien. Following ...

In fact, graffiti on one wall boasts, in language unfit for publication, that John Glenn ... on the launch pad, given that a perfectly good facility awaits them on the space shuttle.

Hubble maintenance and legacy Throughout her career, de Groh was fortunate enough to have worked in different capacities on all five of the Space Shuttle Hubble Space Telescope service missions.

John Glenn was the only one of ... and was something of a victory lap for the 77-year-old Glenn, who was still a U.S. Senator at the time. The launch and the postflight briefing both drew larger ...