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A Life Well-Lived: “Godspeed, John Glenn”
John Glenn (1921-2016) has left us after a lifetime of service to the nation and his fellow humans on Earth. John H. Glenn Jr. served as the astronaut on the February 20, 1962 Mercury-Atlas 6 (Friendship 7) mission, the first American orbital … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s, cold war, Department of Defense, Discovery, Friendship 7, Godspeed, History, JFK, John Glenn, Marines, NASA, public policy, Royal Crown International, science, Scott Carpenter, Senate, space shuttle, STS-95, U.S. Civil Space
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