The first American to orbit the Earth landed safely in the Atlantic Ocean on 20 February 1962. Marine Lieutenant John Glenn, 40, travelled about 81,000 miles (more than 130,000km) as he circled ...

WASHINGTON — 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.S. Senate, died Thursday.

The rocket, named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, has its first major ... the company founded by Elon Musk has become a de facto monopoly. It has not been acting as ...

But first, we need you to sign in to PBS using one of the services below. John Glenn: A Life of Service ... From war pilot, to the first American to orbit the Earth to his days in the Senate ...

John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth, will discuss juvenile delinquency at an Educational School colloquium here this summer. Glenn, who resigned from the Marine Corps last year to ...

Director Ted Melfi, whose new movie "Hidden Figures" concerns the NASA mathematicians who helped John Glenn become the first American to orbit the Earth, talks about Glenn's passing. Photo: Getty ...

John Glenn. The first American to go into orbit, and the first astronaut to become a senator and presidential candidate, died today in Ohio at the age of 95.… Read More Catch every headline in ...

While SpaceX has revolutionized space launches, vastly decreasing their cost and increasing their reliability, the company ...

The rocket, named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, has its first major customer, AST SpaceMobile, to launch that company’s BlueBird satellites in 2025 and 2026 to provide ...

The rocket, named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, has its first major ... the company founded by Elon Musk has become a de facto monopoly. It has not been acting as ...