{"id":335197,"date":"2023-06-05T15:46:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T19:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=topic&p=335197"},"modified":"2023-07-24T10:54:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T14:54:00","slug":"former-astronaut-john-h-glenn","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-john-h-glenn\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Astronaut John H. Glenn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"padding-0 bg-spacesuit-white wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block flex-align-center padding-y-8 padding-bottom-4 desktop:padding-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 padding-right-0 desktop:padding-right-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-heading-lg\">John H. Glenn, Jr.<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg padding-0\">John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 padding-left-0 desktop:padding-left-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-intro-quick-facts border-top-1px border-color-carbon-30-important padding-top-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"label margin-top-0 margin-bottom-2 color-carbon-50-important\">Quick Facts<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper hds-carousel-wrapper-relative\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slider margin-bottom-1 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slide\" data-slide-id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-10 padding-right-2 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md padding-0 margin-0\">On October 29, 1998, the first American to orbit the Earth made history again. John Glenn became the oldest man to fly in space by serving as a payload specialist on STS-95 aboard the space shuttle Discovery.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 display-flex flex-justify-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slider-image radius-pill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2617\" height=\"1719\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-98pc1392\/KSC-98pc1392~orig.jpg?w=2617&h=1719&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"On October 29, 1998, the first American to orbit the Earth made history again. John Glenn became the oldest man to fly in space by serving as a payload specialist on STS-95 aboard the space shuttle Discovery.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-98pc1392\/KSC-98pc1392~orig.jpg?w=2617&h=1719&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2617w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-98pc1392\/KSC-98pc1392~orig.jpg?w=300&h=197&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-98pc1392\/KSC-98pc1392~orig.jpg?w=768&h=504&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-98pc1392\/KSC-98pc1392~orig.jpg?w=1024&h=673&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-98pc1392\/KSC-98pc1392~orig.jpg?w=1536&h=1009&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-98pc1392\/KSC-98pc1392~orig.jpg?w=2048&h=1345&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2048w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-98pc1392\/KSC-98pc1392~orig.jpg?w=400&h=263&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-98pc1392\/KSC-98pc1392~orig.jpg?w=600&h=394&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-98pc1392\/KSC-98pc1392~orig.jpg?w=900&h=591&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-98pc1392\/KSC-98pc1392~orig.jpg?w=1200&h=788&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-98pc1392\/KSC-98pc1392~orig.jpg?w=2000&h=1314&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2617px) 100vw, 2617px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slide\" data-slide-id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-10 padding-right-2 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md padding-0 margin-0\">On April 9, 1959, NASA introduced its first astronaut class, the Mercury 7, which included John Glenn, Walter Schirra, Jr., Donald K. “Deke” Slayton, M. Scott Carpenter,  Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, and L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 display-flex flex-justify-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slider-image radius-pill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s62-08774\/s62-08774~large.jpg?w=1536&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"On April 9, 1959, NASA introduced its first astronaut class, the Mercury 7, which included John Glenn, Walter Schirra, Jr., Donald K. "Deke" Slayton, M. Scott Carpenter,  Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, and L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 52% 24%; object-position: 52% 24%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s62-08774\/s62-08774~large.jpg?w=1536&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s62-08774\/s62-08774~large.jpg?w=240&h=300&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 240w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s62-08774\/s62-08774~large.jpg?w=768&h=960&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s62-08774\/s62-08774~large.jpg?w=819&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 819w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s62-08774\/s62-08774~large.jpg?w=1229&h=1536&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1229w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s62-08774\/s62-08774~large.jpg?w=320&h=400&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 320w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s62-08774\/s62-08774~large.jpg?w=480&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 480w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s62-08774\/s62-08774~large.jpg?w=720&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 720w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s62-08774\/s62-08774~large.jpg?w=960&h=1200&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slide\" data-slide-id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-10 padding-right-2 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md padding-0 margin-0\">On May 29, 2012, Glenn received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.  <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 display-flex flex-justify-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slider-image radius-pill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/653885main_201205290001HQ_full.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"On May 29, 2012, Glenn received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.  \" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); 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Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury Atlas 6 (MA-6) spaceflight, with the Mercury "Friendship 7" spacecraft.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 58% 55%; object-position: 58% 55%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/62ma6-55-1.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/62ma6-55-1.jpg?resize=236,300 236w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/62ma6-55-1.jpg?resize=768,977 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/62ma6-55-1.jpg?resize=805,1024 805w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/62ma6-55-1.jpg?resize=315,400 315w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/62ma6-55-1.jpg?resize=472,600 472w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/62ma6-55-1.jpg?resize=708,900 708w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/62ma6-55-1.jpg?resize=944,1200 944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury Atlas 6 (MA-6) spaceflight, poses for a photo with the Mercury “Friendship 7” spacecraft during preflight activities.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credit: NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/glenn-adsep.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"John Glenn in the Spacehab facility on Discovery.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 46% 29%; object-position: 46% 29%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/glenn-adsep.jpg 2700w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/glenn-adsep.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/glenn-adsep.jpg?resize=768,597 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/glenn-adsep.jpg?resize=1024,796 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/glenn-adsep.jpg?resize=1536,1195 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/glenn-adsep.jpg?resize=2048,1593 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/glenn-adsep.jpg?resize=400,311 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/glenn-adsep.jpg?resize=600,467 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/glenn-adsep.jpg?resize=900,700 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/glenn-adsep.jpg?resize=1200,933 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/glenn-adsep.jpg?resize=2000,1556 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">John Glenn in the Spacehab facility on space shuttle Discovery.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credit: NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-1999-c-01153.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"John and Annie Glenn smiling on parade float.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 17% 40%; object-position: 17% 40%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-1999-c-01153.jpg 2482w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-1999-c-01153.jpg?resize=300,198 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-1999-c-01153.jpg?resize=768,507 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-1999-c-01153.jpg?resize=1024,676 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-1999-c-01153.jpg?resize=1536,1014 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-1999-c-01153.jpg?resize=2048,1352 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-1999-c-01153.jpg?resize=400,264 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-1999-c-01153.jpg?resize=600,396 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-1999-c-01153.jpg?resize=900,594 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-1999-c-01153.jpg?resize=1200,792 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-1999-c-01153.jpg?resize=2000,1321 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">John and Annie Glenn pass down Taylor Road during a parade to honor them during an event to rename NASA Lewis Research Center to John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credit: NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex margin-left-auto margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M3.5,4.5l3.7-3.6L6.3,0L1.8,4.5L6.3,9l0.9-0.9L3.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">Biography<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">John H. Glenn<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">Before his 4-hour, 55-minute flight in the Friendship 7 capsule, Glenn had served as backup pilot for astronauts Alan Shepard, the first American in space who flew on May 5, 1961, and to Virgil “Gus” Grissom, who followed Shepard on a suborbital flight of his own.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/john-glenn\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn More <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about John H. Glenn<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"1324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/464309main_s62-05540_full_0.jpg?w=1041\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"official portrait of John Glenn\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 36% 14%; object-position: 36% 14%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/464309main_s62-05540_full_0.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/464309main_s62-05540_full_0.jpg?resize=236,300 236w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/464309main_s62-05540_full_0.jpg?resize=768,977 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/464309main_s62-05540_full_0.jpg?resize=805,1024 805w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/464309main_s62-05540_full_0.jpg?resize=315,400 315w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/464309main_s62-05540_full_0.jpg?resize=472,600 472w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/464309main_s62-05540_full_0.jpg?resize=708,900 708w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/464309main_s62-05540_full_0.jpg?resize=944,1200 944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">December, 1962 – Official portrait photograph of Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., the first American to orbit the Earth in a Project Mercury Spacecraft.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credit: NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-featured-story minh-tablet bg-carbon-black flex-column position-relative hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-featured-story\">\t<div class=\"hds-foreground-wrapper display-flex flex-column padding-y-9 padding-x-3\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-widescreen margin-bottom-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-0 z-400\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"display-flex flex-align-center heading-12 text-uppercase z-400 color-spacesuit-white\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"margin-right-1\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" viewBox=\"0 0 500 500\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 500 500;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"> <g> <path d=\"M490.4,19.2c-27.5,0-55,0-82.5,0c-43.4,0-86.7,0-130.1,0c-36.7,0-73.3,0-110,0c-43.4,0-86.7,0-130.1,0 c-8.6,0-17.1,0-25.7,0c-0.5,0-1.1,0-1.7,0c0,0.6-0.1,1-0.1,1.5c0,74.2,0,148.4,0,222.6c0,79,0,158,0,237c0,0.2,0,0.4,0,0.6 c-0.1,0-0.3-0.1-0.3-0.1c0-0.4,0-0.8,0-1.2c0-153.6,0-307.1,0-460.7c159.7,0,319.3,0,479,0C489.5,18.9,489.9,19.1,490.4,19.2z\"><\/path> <g> <path d=\"M243.5,1.4C108,4.8-2.5,117.7,1.4,257.4C5.2,391.1,115.8,501,254.5,498.6c135.9-2.4,245.1-113.6,244.1-250.8 C497.2,108.9,382.9-2,243.5,1.4z M249.9,473.7c-122.8,0-222.5-99.1-223.6-221.6c-1.1-124.5,99-224.7,221.4-225.9 c124.3-1.2,224.9,98.6,226.1,221.5C474.9,373.1,373.5,473.9,249.9,473.7z\"><\/path> <path d=\"M384.2,205.3c-32.8,0.1-65.5,0.1-98.3,0.2c-3.1,0-3.9-0.6-4.8-3.6c-2.1-6.9-4.2-13.7-6.3-20.6 c-7.7-24.9-15.3-49.9-23-74.8c-0.5-1.8-1.1-3.5-1.8-5.5c-0.2,0.6-0.4,0.9-0.4,1.1c-10.2,33.1-20.3,66.3-30.5,99.4 c-1,3.3-1.7,3.9-5.3,3.9c-10.8,0-21.5,0-32.3-0.1c-14.2,0-28.4-0.1-42.6-0.1c-8.4,0-16.7,0-25.6,0c0.9,0.7,1.4,1.1,1.9,1.5 c26.6,20.3,53.3,40.5,79.9,60.8c2.2,1.7,2.6,2.9,1.8,5.5c-9.1,29.1-18.1,58.2-27.2,87.3c-1.4,4.5-2.8,9-4.2,13.7 c0.6-0.4,1-0.6,1.3-0.9c26.6-20.4,53.1-40.8,79.7-61.1c3.1-2.4,3.8-2.4,6.9,0c26.5,20.3,53,40.7,79.5,61c0.4,0.3,0.8,0.5,1.5,1 c-0.3-1-0.4-1.6-0.6-2.2c-10.2-32.7-20.4-65.5-30.5-98.2c-1.1-3.5-0.8-4.3,2.1-6.6c26.1-19.8,52.1-39.6,78.2-59.5 c0.9-0.7,1.8-1.4,3.1-2.4C385.5,205.3,384.8,205.3,384.2,205.3z\"><\/path> <\/g> <\/g><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"label\">Featured Story<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-widescreen width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-0 z-400\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"display-60 color-spacesuit-white-important\">Glenn Orbits the Earth<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg color-spacesuit-white-important\">On February 20, 1962, NASA launched one of the most important flights in American history. The mission? Send a man…<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/glenn-orbits-the-earth\/\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"section-heading-md color-spacesuit-white-important\">Read the Story<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 z-400\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-left mobile-skrim-top z-200\"><\/div>\n\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/friendship_7_8_glenn_ingressing_spacecraft_314095main_image_1288_full.jpg?w=640\" ><\/figure>\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-meet-the bg-carbon-90 maxw-full width-full padding-y-5 color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-meet-the\">\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block-lg\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-x-0 minh-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-6 margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"label line-height-sm color-spacesuit-white\">The Mercury Seven<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-6 display-flex flex-align-center flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-left-0 hds-meet-the-container padding-right-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-cards hds-meet-the-slider grid-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-card padding-right-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-inner display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/m-scott-carpenter\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"hds-meet-the-image padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1348\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=1348&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Portrait of M. Scott Carpenter.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.3); transform-origin: 52% 22%; object-position: 52% 22%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=1348&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1348w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=211&h=301&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 211w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=768&h=1094&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=719&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 719w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=1078&h=1535&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1078w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=281&h=400&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 281w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=421&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 421w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=632&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 632w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02359~large.jpg?w=843&h=1201&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 843w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1348px) 100vw, 1348px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/m-scott-carpenter\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"display-block margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading-18 color-spacesuit-white link-underline-dashed-light border-carbon-30 margin-0 display-inline-block\">M. Scott Carpenter<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"line-height-md color-carbon-40 margin-0 padding-0 p-sm\">Mercury-Atlas 7 astronaut<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-atlas-7-aurora-7\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Go to Mercury Atlas 7: Aurora 7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/aurora-7-patch.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Mercury Atlas 7: Aurora 7\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/aurora-7-patch.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/aurora-7-patch.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/aurora-7-patch.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/aurora-7-patch.jpg?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-card padding-right-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-inner display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-l-gordon-cooper\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"hds-meet-the-image padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1354\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=1354&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Portrait of L. Gordon Cooper, former astronaut\" style=\"transform: scale(1.4); transform-origin: 59% 19%; object-position: 59% 19%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=1354&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1354w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=212&h=301&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 212w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=768&h=1089&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=722&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 722w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=1083&h=1536&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1083w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=282&h=400&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 282w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=423&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 423w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=635&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 635w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02360~large.jpg?w=846&h=1200&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 846w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1354px) 100vw, 1354px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-l-gordon-cooper\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"display-block margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading-18 color-spacesuit-white link-underline-dashed-light border-carbon-30 margin-0 display-inline-block\">L. Gordon Cooper<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"line-height-md color-carbon-40 margin-0 padding-0 p-sm\">Mercury-Atlas 9 and Gemini V astronaut<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-atlas-9-faith-7\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Go to Mercury-Atlas 9: Faith 7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-9-patch.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Mercury-Atlas 9: Faith 7\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-9-patch.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-9-patch.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-9-patch.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-9-patch.jpg?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/gemini-v\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" aria-label=\"Go to Gemini V\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Gemini V\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=900,900 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=1200,1200 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-5-patch.jpg?resize=2000,2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-card padding-right-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-inner display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-john-h-glenn\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"hds-meet-the-image padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/736693main_JG_mercury_hires.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"John Glenn, Mercury Astronaut\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 44% 30%; object-position: 44% 30%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/736693main_JG_mercury_hires.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/736693main_JG_mercury_hires.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/736693main_JG_mercury_hires.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/736693main_JG_mercury_hires.jpg?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-john-h-glenn\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"display-block margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading-18 color-spacesuit-white link-underline-dashed-light border-carbon-30 margin-0 display-inline-block\">John H. Glenn<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"line-height-md color-carbon-40 margin-0 padding-0 p-sm\">Mercury-Atlas 6 and STS-95 astronaut<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-atlas-6-friendship-7\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Go to Mercury-Atlas 6: Friendship 7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/friendship7-patch.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Mercury-Atlas 6: Friendship 7\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/friendship7-patch.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/friendship7-patch.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/friendship7-patch.jpg?resize=100,100 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/sts-95\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" aria-label=\"Go to STS-95\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1545\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=1545&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to STS-95\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=1545&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1545w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=241&h=299&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 241w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=768&h=954&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=824&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 824w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=1236&h=1536&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1236w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=322&h=400&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 322w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=483&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 483w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=724&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 724w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0500978\/0500978~large.jpg?w=966&h=1200&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 966w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1545px) 100vw, 1545px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-card padding-right-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-inner display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-virgil-i-grissom\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"hds-meet-the-image padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1303\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=1303&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.3); transform-origin: 53% 31%; object-position: 53% 31%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=1303&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1303w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=204&h=301&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 204w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=768&h=1132&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=695&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 695w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=1042&h=1535&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1042w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=271&h=399&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 271w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=407&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 407w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=611&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 611w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02362~large.jpg?w=814&h=1199&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 814w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1303px) 100vw, 1303px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-virgil-i-grissom\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"display-block margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading-18 color-spacesuit-white link-underline-dashed-light border-carbon-30 margin-0 display-inline-block\">Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"line-height-md color-carbon-40 margin-0 padding-0 p-sm\">Mercury-Redstone 4, Gemini III and Apollo 1 astronaut<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-redstone-4-liberty-bell-7\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Go to Mercury-Redstone 4: Liberty Bell 7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-4-patch-1.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Mercury-Redstone 4: Liberty Bell 7\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-4-patch-1.png?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-4-patch-1.png?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-4-patch-1.png?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mercury-4-patch-1.png?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/gemini-3\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" aria-label=\"Go to Gemini III\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Gemini III\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=300,298 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=768,762 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=1024,1017 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=1536,1525 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=400,397 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=600,596 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=900,893 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=1200,1191 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/gemini-3-patch.jpg?resize=2000,1985 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/the-apollo-program\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" aria-label=\"Go to The Apollo Missions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to The Apollo Missions\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=768,771 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=398,400 398w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=598,600 598w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/apollo_1_fire_2_crew_patch_dec_1_1966_s66-36742.jpg?resize=896,900 896w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-card padding-right-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-inner display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-walter-wally-schirra\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"hds-meet-the-image padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1354\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=1354&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Portrait of Walter M. Schirra\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 51% 26%; object-position: 51% 26%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=1354&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1354w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=212&h=301&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 212w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=768&h=1089&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=722&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 722w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=1083&h=1536&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1083w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=282&h=400&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 282w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=423&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 423w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=635&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 635w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02363~large.jpg?w=846&h=1200&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 846w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1354px) 100vw, 1354px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-walter-wally-schirra\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"display-block margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading-18 color-spacesuit-white link-underline-dashed-light border-carbon-30 margin-0 display-inline-block\">Walter M. Schirra<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"line-height-md color-carbon-40 margin-0 padding-0 p-sm\">Mercury-Atlas 8, Gemini VI-A and Apollo 7 astronaut<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-atlas-8-sigma-7\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Go to Mercury-Atlas 8: Sigma 7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Mercury-Atlas 8: Sigma 7\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=768,765 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=1024,1020 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=1536,1530 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=400,398 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=600,598 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=900,896 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=1200,1195 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/sigma-7-patch.jpg?resize=2000,1992 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/gemini-vi\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" aria-label=\"Go to Gemini VI\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gemini_6_gta-6_patch.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Gemini VI\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gemini_6_gta-6_patch.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gemini_6_gta-6_patch.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gemini_6_gta-6_patch.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gemini_6_gta-6_patch.jpg?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/apollo-7\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" aria-label=\"Go to Apollo 7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1524\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1524&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Apollo 7\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1524&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=300&h=238&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=768&h=610&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=1024&h=813&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=1536&h=1219&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=400&h=318&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=600&h=476&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=900&h=714&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S68-26668\/S68-26668~large.jpg?w=1200&h=953&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-card padding-right-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-inner display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-alan-shepard\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"hds-meet-the-image padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1510\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=1510&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 57% 38%; object-position: 57% 38%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=1510&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1510w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=236&h=300&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 236w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=768&h=977&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=805&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 805w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=1208&h=1536&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1208w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=315&h=401&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 315w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=472&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 472w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=708&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 708w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02364~large.jpg?w=944&h=1200&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1510px) 100vw, 1510px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-alan-shepard\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"display-block margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading-18 color-spacesuit-white link-underline-dashed-light border-carbon-30 margin-0 display-inline-block\">Alan B. Shepard, Jr.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"line-height-md color-carbon-40 margin-0 padding-0 p-sm\">Mercury-Redstone 3 and Apollo 14 astronaut<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/mercury-redstone-3-freedom-7\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Go to Mercury-Redstone 3: Freedom 7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"110\" height=\"108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/163074main_freedom7-logo-t.gif?w=110&h=108&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Mercury-Redstone 3: Freedom 7\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/163074main_freedom7-logo-t.gif 110w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/163074main_freedom7-logo-t.gif?resize=50,50 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/apollo-14\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" aria-label=\"Go to Apollo 14\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/apollo_14_crew_patch_s70-17851.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Apollo 14\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/apollo_14_crew_patch_s70-17851.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/apollo_14_crew_patch_s70-17851.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/apollo_14_crew_patch_s70-17851.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/apollo_14_crew_patch_s70-17851.jpg?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-card padding-right-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-inner display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-donald-k-deke-slayton\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"hds-meet-the-image padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1423\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=1423&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 52% 28%; object-position: 52% 28%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=1423&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1423w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=222&h=300&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 222w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=768&h=1036&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=759&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 759w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=1138&h=1535&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1138w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=296&h=399&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 296w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=445&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 445w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=667&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 667w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365\/LRC-1959-B701_P-02365~large.jpg?w=889&h=1199&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 889w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1423px) 100vw, 1423px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-donald-k-deke-slayton\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"display-block margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading-18 color-spacesuit-white link-underline-dashed-light border-carbon-30 margin-0 display-inline-block\">Donald K. "Deke" Slayton<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"line-height-md color-carbon-40 margin-0 padding-0 p-sm\">Apollo-Soyuz Test Project astronaut<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/apollo-soyuz-test-project\/\" class=\"meet-the-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Go to Apollo-Soyuz Test Project\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-inner hds-custom-fit-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/astp_crew_patch_s75-20361.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go to Apollo-Soyuz Test Project\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" width=\"26px\" height=\"26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/astp_crew_patch_s75-20361.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/astp_crew_patch_s75-20361.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/astp_crew_patch_s75-20361.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/astp_crew_patch_s75-20361.jpg?resize=768,765 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/astp_crew_patch_s75-20361.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/astp_crew_patch_s75-20361.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/astp_crew_patch_s75-20361.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/astp_crew_patch_s75-20361.jpg?resize=400,398 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/astp_crew_patch_s75-20361.jpg?resize=600,598 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/astp_crew_patch_s75-20361.jpg?resize=900,896 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav hds-carousel-nav-next display-flex margin-right-auto margin-left-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next margin-left-0 margin-right-0\" aria-label=\"Next Person\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">History<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">John Glenn Returns to Space<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">On October 29, 1998, John Glenn became the oldest man to fly in space by serving as a payload specialist on STS-95 aboard the space shuttle Discovery.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">Glenn spent most of his time in space participating in investigations on the aging process. Scientists recognize several parallels between the effects of spaceflight on the human body and the natural changes that take place as a person ages.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/oct-29-1998-john-glenn-returns-to-space\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn More <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about John Glenn Returns to Space<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-JohnGlenn-0011\/KSC-JohnGlenn-0011~orig.jpg?w=819&h=1023&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 819w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-JohnGlenn-0011\/KSC-JohnGlenn-0011~orig.jpg?w=1229&h=1536&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1229w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-JohnGlenn-0011\/KSC-JohnGlenn-0011~orig.jpg?w=320&h=400&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 320w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-JohnGlenn-0011\/KSC-JohnGlenn-0011~orig.jpg?w=480&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 480w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-JohnGlenn-0011\/KSC-JohnGlenn-0011~orig.jpg?w=720&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 720w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-JohnGlenn-0011\/KSC-JohnGlenn-0011~orig.jpg?w=960&h=1200&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1590px) 100vw, 1590px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Portrait of STS-95 Payload Specialist Glenn wearing the orange partial-pressure launch and entry suit.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credits: NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-featured-story minh-tablet bg-carbon-black flex-column position-relative hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-featured-story\">\t<div class=\"hds-foreground-wrapper display-flex flex-column padding-y-9 padding-x-3\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-widescreen margin-bottom-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-0 z-400\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"display-flex flex-align-center heading-12 text-uppercase z-400 color-spacesuit-white\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"margin-right-1\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" viewBox=\"0 0 500 500\" 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Cygnus Spacecraft to John Glenn<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg color-spacesuit-white-important\">A supply spacecraft set to carry thousands of pounds of experiments and equipment to the International Space Station will also…<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/astronauts\/former-astronauts\/orbital-atk-dedicates-cygnus-spacecraft-to-john-glenn\/\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"section-heading-md color-spacesuit-white-important\">Read the Story<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 z-400\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-left mobile-skrim-top z-200\"><\/div>\n\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ksc-20170309-ph_kls01_0081.jpg?w=640\" ><\/figure>\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\"><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">A Legacy Continued<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">On March 1, 1999, the Lewis Research Center was officially renamed the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">NASA\u2019s John H. Glenn Research Center, is a leading economic contributor to the Cleveland area. Glenn’s main campus, Lewis Field, has world-class facilities including wind tunnels, drop towers, vacuum chambers, and a research aircraft hangar.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/glenn\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn More About Glenn Research Center <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about A Legacy Continued<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"734\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GRC-2012-C-05658_crop-more.jpg?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Glenn Research Center Entry at night with lighted hangar in the background featuring the NASA meatball. Signs at the front drive say for the benefit of all.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 42% 41%; object-position: 42% 41%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GRC-2012-C-05658_crop-more.jpg 6319w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GRC-2012-C-05658_crop-more.jpg?resize=300,143 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GRC-2012-C-05658_crop-more.jpg?resize=768,367 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GRC-2012-C-05658_crop-more.jpg?resize=1024,489 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GRC-2012-C-05658_crop-more.jpg?resize=1536,734 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GRC-2012-C-05658_crop-more.jpg?resize=2048,979 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GRC-2012-C-05658_crop-more.jpg?resize=400,191 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GRC-2012-C-05658_crop-more.jpg?resize=600,287 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GRC-2012-C-05658_crop-more.jpg?resize=900,430 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GRC-2012-C-05658_crop-more.jpg?resize=1200,574 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GRC-2012-C-05658_crop-more.jpg?resize=2000,956 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credits: NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-tabbed-section color-mode-light padding-y-6 padding-x-3 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-tabbed-section\"> \n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"hds-tab-nav usa-list usa-list--unstyled grid-row\" role=\"tablist\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li role=\"presentation\" class=\"hds-tab-nav-item usa-active\" data-tab-id=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" type=\"button\" id=\"tab0-who-was-john-glenn?-for-k-4-students\" aria-selected=\"true\" aria-controls=\"panel0-who-was-john-glenn?-for-k-4-students\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWho was John Glenn? For K-4 Students\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li role=\"presentation\" class=\"hds-tab-nav-item \" data-tab-id=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" type=\"button\" id=\"tab1-who-was-john-glenn?-for-5-8-students\" aria-selected=\"false\" aria-controls=\"panel1-who-was-john-glenn?-for-5-8-students\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWho was John Glenn? For 5-8 Students\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li role=\"presentation\" class=\"hds-tab-nav-item \" data-tab-id=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" type=\"button\" id=\"tab2-what-was-project-mercury?\" aria-selected=\"false\" aria-controls=\"panel2-what-was-project-mercury?\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWhat was Project Mercury?\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-tabbed-section-tabs margin-top-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-tabbed-section-tab desktop:display-flex usa-active\" data-tab-id=\"0\" role=\"tabpanel\" id=\"panel0-who-was-john-glenn?-for-k-4-students\" aria-labelledby=\"tab0-who-was-john-glenn?-for-k-4-students\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col desktop:padding-right-5 padding-bottom-4 desktop:padding-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-29\">Who was John Glenn?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-16\">Learning Resource for Students in Grades K-4<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">John Glenn was a NASA astronaut. He was part of the first group of astronauts NASA picked. He was the first American to orbit Earth. He also became a U.S. senator. Later, he became the oldest person to fly in space.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/learning-resources\/for-kids-and-students\/who-was-john-glenn-grades-k-4\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-sm link-external-true\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1 \" >\n\t\t\t\tLearn About John Glenn                \t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-tabbed-section-image margin-bottom-2 minh-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/423041main_Shannahs_1_full.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Astronaut John H. Glenn sits in a convertible car in front of the east side of the Mercury Mission Control building.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 56% 56%; object-position: 56% 56%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/423041main_Shannahs_1_full.jpg 1824w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/423041main_Shannahs_1_full.jpg?resize=218,300 218w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/423041main_Shannahs_1_full.jpg?resize=768,1056 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/423041main_Shannahs_1_full.jpg?resize=745,1024 745w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/423041main_Shannahs_1_full.jpg?resize=1117,1536 1117w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/423041main_Shannahs_1_full.jpg?resize=1489,2048 1489w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/423041main_Shannahs_1_full.jpg?resize=291,400 291w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/423041main_Shannahs_1_full.jpg?resize=436,600 436w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/423041main_Shannahs_1_full.jpg?resize=655,900 655w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/423041main_Shannahs_1_full.jpg?resize=873,1200 873w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/423041main_Shannahs_1_full.jpg?resize=1455,2000 1455w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Astronaut John Glenn outside the Mercury Control Center at Cape Canaveral.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credits: NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-tabbed-section-tab desktop:display-flex \" data-tab-id=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" id=\"panel1-who-was-john-glenn?-for-5-8-students\" aria-labelledby=\"tab1-who-was-john-glenn?-for-5-8-students\" hidden>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col desktop:padding-right-5 padding-bottom-4 desktop:padding-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-29\">Who was John Glenn?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-16\">Learning Resource for Students in Grades 5-8<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">In 1959, NASA selected its first group of astronauts, the \u201cMercury Seven.\u201d They were called this because the seven men would fly on the Mercury spacecraft. In 1962, John Glenn became the first American astronaut to orbit Earth.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/astronauts\/former-astronauts\/who-was-john-glenn\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-sm link-external-true\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1 \" >\n\t\t\t\tRead More About John Glenn                \t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-tabbed-section-image margin-bottom-2 minh-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Rocketman2-1920x1080-web.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Image of Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., Mercury-Atlas 6 pilot.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 53% 66%; object-position: 53% 66%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Rocketman2-1920x1080-web.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Rocketman2-1920x1080-web.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Rocketman2-1920x1080-web.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Rocketman2-1920x1080-web.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Rocketman2-1920x1080-web.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Rocketman2-1920x1080-web.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Rocketman2-1920x1080-web.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Rocketman2-1920x1080-web.jpg?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Rocketman2-1920x1080-web.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">February 1962 — Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., Mercury-Atlas 6 pilot.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credits: NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-tabbed-section-tab desktop:display-flex \" data-tab-id=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" id=\"panel2-what-was-project-mercury?\" aria-labelledby=\"tab2-what-was-project-mercury?\" hidden>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col desktop:padding-right-5 padding-bottom-4 desktop:padding-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-29\">What was Project Mercury?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-16\">Learning Resource for Students in Grades K-4<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">Astronauts made six flights during the Mercury project. Two of those went to space and came right back down. Four of them went into orbit and circled Earth. The first of the six flights was in 1961. The last flight was in 1963.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/what-was-project-mercury-gradesk-4\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-sm link-external-true\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1 \" >\n\t\t\t\tLearn About Project Mercury                \t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-tabbed-section-image margin-bottom-2 minh-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/9609433802_26277c4866_o.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Launch of the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission on Feb. 20, 1962.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 47% 47%; object-position: 47% 47%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/9609433802_26277c4866_o.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/9609433802_26277c4866_o.jpg?resize=240,300 240w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/9609433802_26277c4866_o.jpg?resize=768,960 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/9609433802_26277c4866_o.jpg?resize=819,1024 819w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/9609433802_26277c4866_o.jpg?resize=320,400 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/9609433802_26277c4866_o.jpg?resize=480,600 480w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/9609433802_26277c4866_o.jpg?resize=720,900 720w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/9609433802_26277c4866_o.jpg?resize=960,1200 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Liftoff of the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission on Feb. 20, 1962. 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transform-origin: 42% 18%; object-position: 42% 18%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/friendship_7_23_glenn_medical_on_grand_turk.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/friendship_7_23_glenn_medical_on_grand_turk.jpg?resize=272,300 272w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/friendship_7_23_glenn_medical_on_grand_turk.jpg?resize=362,400 362w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-gallery-preview-item \">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full height-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s98-06936\/s98-06936~orig.jpg?w=1536&h=1024&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"John Glenn during preflight training for STS-95\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 53% 4%; object-position: 53% 4%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s98-06936\/s98-06936~orig.jpg?w=1536&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s98-06936\/s98-06936~orig.jpg?w=300&h=200&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s98-06936\/s98-06936~orig.jpg?w=768&h=512&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s98-06936\/s98-06936~orig.jpg?w=1024&h=683&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s98-06936\/s98-06936~orig.jpg?w=400&h=267&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s98-06936\/s98-06936~orig.jpg?w=600&h=400&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s98-06936\/s98-06936~orig.jpg?w=900&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s98-06936\/s98-06936~orig.jpg?w=1200&h=800&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-gallery-preview-row hds-gallery-preview-row-1-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-gallery-preview-item \">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full height-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1462\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-98pc1299\/KSC-98pc1299~large.jpg?w=1462&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"STS-95 crew members exit the Operations and Checkout Building where they suited up before leaving for Launch Pad 39-B. Pictured are (clockwise from lower left) Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai (M.D., Ph.D.), representing the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), Pilot Steven W. Lindsey, Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski, Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson, Mission Specialist Pedro Duque of Spain, representing the European Space Agency (ESA), Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Ohio, and Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown. The STS-95 crew are at KSC to participate in a Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) which includes mission familiarization activities, emergency egress training, and the simulated main engine cut-off exercise. The STS-95 mission, targeted for liftoff on Oct. 29, includes research payloads such as the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, as well as the SPACEHAB single module with experiments on space flight and the aging process. Following the TCDT, the crew will be returning to Houston for final flight preparations\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 46% 30%; object-position: 46% 30%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-98pc1299\/KSC-98pc1299~large.jpg?w=1462&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1462w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-98pc1299\/KSC-98pc1299~large.jpg?w=228&h=299&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 228w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-98pc1299\/KSC-98pc1299~large.jpg?w=768&h=1009&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-98pc1299\/KSC-98pc1299~large.jpg?w=780&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 780w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-98pc1299\/KSC-98pc1299~large.jpg?w=1170&h=1537&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1170w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-98pc1299\/KSC-98pc1299~large.jpg?w=305&h=401&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 305w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-98pc1299\/KSC-98pc1299~large.jpg?w=457&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 457w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-98pc1299\/KSC-98pc1299~large.jpg?w=685&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 685w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-98pc1299\/KSC-98pc1299~large.jpg?w=914&h=1200&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 914w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1462px) 100vw, 1462px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-gallery-preview-item \">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full height-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/glenn-adsep.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"John Glenn in the Spacehab facility on Discovery.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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Kennedy. Mrs. Glenn stands next to her husband. 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