Annie Glenn, Widow of Astronaut / Senator John Glenn, Dead at 100
Musician, advocate, and astronaut’s wife, she represented all that is good about our country.
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Katherine Johnson, Real Life “Hidden Figures” Heroine, Gone At 101
“You have lifted our hearts and minds to the stars. Your genius in mathematics and physics helped obliterate physical barriers and greatly contributed to placing the first American astronaut in space….
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Friendship 7, America’s First Orbital Flight – 58 Years Ago Today
Mercury-Atlas 6 launched John Glenn into the history books on this day aboard the Friendship 7 58 years ago today.
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2016: The Year In Death
If you thought 2016 was a particularly harsh year for famous, important people dropping dead, you’re not wrong.
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John Glenn, Astronaut and Public Servant, Dies at 95
“Zero G, and I feel fine.”
—John Glenn, upon achieving orbit
