Three days after Astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth, President John Kennedy flew to Cape…
NASA astronaut John Glenn departs the crew quarters at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Hangar S.
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. (left), Dr. William Douglas, astronauts flight surgeon, and equipment specialist Joe Schmitt leave crew quarters…
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 6 Earth-orbital space mission, suits up on the crew quarters at…
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 6 Earth-orbital space mission, is suited up at Cape Canaveral, Florida,…
John Glenn was the first US man to orbit the Earth as part of Project Mercury. Project Mercury sent six…
Prime astronaut John Glenn and backup pilot Scott Carpenter check over notes after a simulated flight prior to the Mercury-Atlas…
Project Mercury Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., prime pilot for the MA-6 mission, takes a work-out in the procedures trainer…
Astronaut nurse Delores B. O'Hara, R.N., in the Aeromedical Laboratory at Cape Canaveral, Florida, takes a blood sample from Mercury…
As crew members secure the X-15 rocket-powered aircraft after a research flight, the B-52 mothership used for launching this unique…
