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
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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!
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