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| John H. Glenn, Jr. | ||||||||||||||
| John Glenn was selected as an astronaut in NASA's first class and is therefore a member of the original "Mercury 7" (1959). He has flown in space during two missions. His first mission assignment was the commander of Mercury Altas 6, which was also named "Friendship 7." This mission wrote Glenn's name into the history books because he became the first American to orbit the earth, he was also only the third American (fifth human) to fly in space. Following "Friendship 7," Glenn decided to resign from NASA to pursue business offers in 1964; he never expected to fly in space again. In 1974, John Glenn was elected to the United States Senate from the state of Ohio. He would serve four terms as a senator. In 1998, NASA made a primarly polictical decision to train Glenn to fly on board the space shuttle. The plan was to conduct scientific research on the aging process during Glenn's flight, but the main reason for allowing him to fly again was an attempt to get more public interest into the manned space program. He was launced into space for his second mission in October of 1998 as a payload specialist during the STS-95 mission. Following this mission Glenn once again left NASA, he also retired from the Senate in 1999. During his two missions, he spent 9 days in space. My Collection: Above is an 8x10 photo from the Mercury era that Glann has autographed and inscribed. Below to the left is an offical NASA 8x10 litho which Glenn has autographed, it also has a computer printed inscription. Below in the middle is another offical NASA 8x10 litho of Glenn but this one has been autographed and personally inscribed. Below to the left is a "Americana" card which Glenn has autographed and inscribed (to Joseph). |
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