What will we remember about John Glenn?

When Tom Wolf picked up the expression at NASA which became the title of the book and movie, it was John Glenn who everyone had in mind. read more

Famed American astronaut and politician John Glenn Jr., who made history in 1962 as the first American to orbit Earth, was born in Cambridge, Ohio on July 18, 1921 to John and Clara Glenn. When he was two years old, his family moved to the small town of New Concord, Ohio, where his father ran a plumbing business. read more

I remember vividly, as a freshman at Yellow Springs High School, sitting in science class and, like so many Americans, listening to the radio and watching on TV later in the day, as John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. read more