NASA launched an astronaut into orbit around the Earth for the first time. John Glenn was the third American to launch into ...
King Tut's tomb opened in 1923, John Glenn orbits Earth in 1962, Nixon's plan to stem inflation in 1973, Dale Earnhardt dies ...
February 20th has witnessed a myriad of significant events throughout history, transforming societies and influencing global ...
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, the first American to orbit the Earth and a former US senator. March 1942 – Enlists in the Naval Aviation Cadet Program and upon completing ...
(AP) — Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight Thursday, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth. Named after the first American to ...
On Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth as he flew aboard Project Mercury’s ...
February 20, 1962 – An Atlas rocket launches Glenn’s space capsule, the Friendship 7. Glenn becomes the first American to orbit Earth ... Mobile Landing Platform John Glenn, a US Navy ship.