King Tut's tomb opened in 1923, John Glenn orbits Earth in 1962, Nixon's plan to stem inflation in 1973, Dale Earnhardt dies ...

The John H. Glenn Jr. fireboat, originally built in 1963 and named in honor of senator and astronaut John Glenn, has been unavailable as it’s under repair and has been docked in Baltimore since ...

1961 – Glenn, the oldest member of the group, serves as backup pilot when fellow astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Virgil I ... the Mobile Landing Platform John Glenn, a US Navy ship.

John Glenn launched on the Friendship 7 flight, the first human orbital flight for NASA, which premiered this video to ...

(CNN) — Here is a look at the life of John Glenn ... 1961 – Glenn, the oldest member of the group, serves as backup pilot when fellow astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Virgil I.

April 1959 – NASA selects Glenn as one of seven astronauts for Project Mercury. 1961 – Glenn, the oldest member of the group, serves as backup pilot when fellow astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. and ...