All in the name of science, or just a political stunt? This week marks 25 years since NASA astronaut John Glenn returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery and became the oldest person to ...

Marine Lieutenant John Glenn, 40, travelled about 81,000 miles (more than 130,000km) as he circled the globe three times at more than 17,000 mph (27,000kph). As he re-entered the atmosphere after ...

John Glenn was returning to space had barely gotten ... He has streamlined the agency and the astronaut program now swallows only about half of NASA's budget. It was once up around two-thirds.

MOSCOW, December 9. /TASS/. US astronaut John Glenn who has died at the age of 95 in the United States made a big contribution to the world cosmonautics history, Russia’s State Space Corporation ...

Carter will celebrate his 100th birthday on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. Robert Kelley of Dennis served Carter as an advance man ...

If John Glenn needed a substitute yesterday and they ... Answer: I was a full-fledged astronaut and had flown on the shuttle. I had a background in medicine and research. And I was looking for ...

John Glenn’s tube of beef and vegetable goo from ... In spite of this tempting fare, astronaut John Young snuck a corned beef on rye aboard to surprise Gus Grissom, who loved them.

In 1960 the famed “Mercury Seven” trained at NASA to become the first American astronauts. But they weren’t alone. Thirteen ...

This clip is from John Glenn: An American in Space, which was broadcast on 21 February 1962. BBC Archive 1962: US astronaut John Glenn orbits Earth. Video, 00:03:051962: US astronaut John Glenn ...