On the morning of February 20, 1962, the nation held its breath as astronaut John Glenn blasted off into space, becoming the first American to orbit Earth. Just before countdown, astronaut Scott ...

Glenn, the widow of astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn and a communication disorders advocate, died Tuesday, May 19, 2020, of COVID-19 complications at a nursing home near St. Paul, Minn., at age 100.

The flag-draped casket of John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth, was covered in plastic to protect it from a steady rain as it was carried on a horse-drawn caisson to his final resting ...

John Glenn, first American to orbit the Earth and U.S. senator, dead at 95 04:13. Speaking directly to Glenn’s wife of 73 years, Annie, Biden said, “Together, you and John taught us that a ...

As press secretary for John Glenn for five years during his long career in the U.S. Senate, Bryan McClearys memories of this astronaut and American hero are very intimate ones.

John Wayne Card, convicted of triple murder and kidnapping, was denied parole for the 14th time on Tuesday, July 1, after a ...

Remembering John Glenn Nick Taylor, who helped John Glenn write his memoirs, ... He and Annie and their children were a family of course, and there were a lot of demands on him.

Spaceman-turned-senator John Glenn — the first American to orbit the Earth — died Thursday afternoon surrounded by his family at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus ...

Glenn also served in the U.S. Marine Corps, completing training in 1943 and serving as a fighter pilot in World War II and the Korean War. "The Corps lost a legend today," the United States Marine ...

On June 4th, Branson Hiatt and his family gifted the John Glenn Education Foundation Board with a generous donation of $100,000.00. Members of the Hiatt family joining Branson were John and Nancy ...

At 2:19 p.m. on Oct. 29, 1998, the space shuttle Discovery took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for its 25 th trip into space. On board was 77-year-old John Glenn, who had become the first ...