Following ceremonies at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Hangar S, astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. describes his Friendship 7 Mercury…
Astronaut John Glenn Jr. speaks after being honored by President John F. Kennedy following Glenn’s historic three-orbit flight, Mercury-Atlas 6.
President John F. Kennedy pins a NASA Distinguished Service Medal on astronaut John Glenn Jr. following his historic three-orbit flight,…
Astronaut John Glenn Jr. is honored by President John F. Kennedy after Glenn’s historical first manned orbital flight, Mercury-Atlas 6.
Three days after Astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth, President John Kennedy flew to Cape…
NASA astronaut John Glenn departs the crew quarters at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Hangar S.
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. (left), Dr. William Douglas, astronauts flight surgeon, and equipment specialist Joe Schmitt leave crew quarters…
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 6 Earth-orbital space mission, suits up on the crew quarters at…
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 6 Earth-orbital space mission, is suited up at Cape Canaveral, Florida,…
John Glenn was the first US man to orbit the Earth as part of Project Mercury. Project Mercury sent six…
