Former astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn speaks at the AIAA 50th anniversary celebration for NASA on Sept. 24, 2008. Learn more at
John Glenn was assigned to the NASA Space Task Group at Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, in April 1959 after his selection as a Project Mercury Astronaut. The Space Task Group.
NASA celebrates the 50th Anniversary of John Glenn's orbital space flight. Glenn's flight ushered in a new era for space travel. John Glenn, America's first astronaut to orbit Earth, launched.
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