Tag Archives: Scott Carpenter
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
Posted in aviation, History, Space
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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Covering Apollo: Jules Bergman at ABC News
The son of New York business people Irving and Ruth B. Bergman, Jules Verne Bergman was born to cover the Apollo program in the 1960s and early 1970s. Educated in journalism Bergman went to work for CBS, then Time magazine, … Continue reading
Posted in Apollo, History, Lunar Exploration, Science, Space, Space Shuttle
Tagged 1960s, ABC News, Alan Shepard, Apollo, Challenger, cold war, Gemini, History, Jules Bergman, meningioma, Mercury, Moon, Moon race, NASA, Peter Jennings, science, Scott Carpenter, space science, space shuttle, U.S. Civil Space
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