John Glenn celebrates his 95th birthday today. A hero in many boys’ lives as a decorated military pilot, test pilot, astronaut (twice), and U.S. Senator, John Glenn has racked up an impressive list of accomplishments:
- World War II fighter pilot (59 missions in a prop-driven Corsair)
- Korean war fighter pilot (63 missions in an F9F Panther, 27 missions in an F-86F Sabre)
- Test pilot
- Original Mercury astronaut
- First American in orbit and fifth human in space
- U.S. Senator
- Payload Specialist on the International Space Station at age 77 (1998)
Zero G, and I feel fine.
— John Glenn’s first words on becoming weightless upon reaching orbit, February 20, 1962(Source: Wikipedia)
As someone we all looked up to for his accomplishments and grace, we wish a very happy 95th birthday to Senator John Glenn.
We do not currently have a recorded story for John Glenn, but we do have one about the 1969 moon landing with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
You can read more about John Glenn on his Wikipedia page.
