John Glenn
Birthday:
18 July 1921, Cambridge, Ohio, USA
Birth Name:
John Herschel Glenn Jr.
Height:
179 cm
John Glenn was an Officer of United States Marines with the rank of Major before chosen to become part of the Mercury 7 program.He was awarded five Distinguished Flying Crosses. Made record setting Coast to Coast flights in the late 1950s.He named his spacecraft (capsule) Friendship 7 and it is on display at the Smithsonian Institute Air and Space ...
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John Glenn was an Officer of United States Marines with the rank of Major before chosen to become part of the Mercury 7 program.He was awarded five Distinguished Flying Crosses. Made record setting Coast to Coast flights in the late 1950s.He named his spacecraft (capsule) Friendship 7 and it is on display at the Smithsonian Institute Air and Space museum, directly underneath Chuck Yeager's "Glamerous Glennis" Bell X-1. Show less «
I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets.
I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets.
This is a day we have managed to avoid for a quarter of a century. [on the loss of seven lives in the explosion of the space shuttle Challen...Show more »
This is a day we have managed to avoid for a quarter of a century. [on the loss of seven lives in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, 28 January 1986] Show less «
The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help y...Show more »
The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of space travel. Show less «
[to his wife Annie as he left to become the first American to orbit Earth] I'm going down to the corner to buy some chewing gum.
[to his wife Annie as he left to become the first American to orbit Earth] I'm going down to the corner to buy some chewing gum.
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