John Glenn

A developmental engine for the Blue Origin BE-4 rocket is shown in April 2018.

Science / Space

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Launches Spacecraft Higher Than Ever

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket company shot a capsule higher into space Wednesday than it's ever done before.

Former Ohio Sen. John Glenn, at age 77, prepares to board Space Shuttle Discovery at Kennedy Space Center. Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962 and his second space flight 37 years later set another record -- oldest man to fly in space.

Local / State

Nelson Bids Farewell To Fellow Space Voyager

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Florida Senator Bill Nelson, a fellow Democrat and a fellow Shuttle astronaut, took to the Senate Floor Thursday to honor the memory of former Senator...

Glenn checks over notes with backup pilot Scott Carpenter after a simulated flight in 1962, prior to the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission at Cape Canaveral. The object of the mission was to put the first American spaceman into orbit around the Earth.

Local / State

John Glenn, First American To Orbit The Earth, Dies At 95

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After a career as a Marine pilot, Glenn was chosen as an astronaut. He was the third American in space, went on to have a successful career in politics and then returned to space on shuttle Discovery.