Monday, February 20, 2012

God speed, John Glenn

 
50 years ago today, one of my life heroes, John Glenn became the first American in orbit. This man, now 90 years old, served his country as a combat pilot in WWII and the Korean War, then as one of the original "Mercury 7" astronauts. He went on to a distinguished career as a US Senator. He capped this career when he was the oldest man to fly in space when he joined a space shuttle mission in 1998. He is still active and healthy and married to his childhood sweetheart, Annie. Please check out this video about his amazing first mission in space: John Glenn, First American in Orbit


1 comment:

Werner Slabber said...

I don't think i have ever seen this footage. I was not even born in 1962, but can almost feel the exitement of the American People, for this was a big accomplisment, although the russians did it earlier, they never involved their people like USA did. This made for a lot more political risk and accountabilty towards the citizens. Good Job!