KSRBEvans
12-08-2016, 03:11 PM
The last surviving member of the original Mercury astronauts, dead at 95:
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/08/252101790/john-glenn-first-american-to-orbit-the-earth-dies-at-95
Flew 149 combat missions as a Marine aviator in WWII and Korea, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross 5 times, 1st American to orbit the earth, oldest American in space. A true hero.
I'm going to have to break out my copy of "The Right Stuff" and give it another watch.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/08/252101790/john-glenn-first-american-to-orbit-the-earth-dies-at-95
Flew 149 combat missions as a Marine aviator in WWII and Korea, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross 5 times, 1st American to orbit the earth, oldest American in space. A true hero.
I'm going to have to break out my copy of "The Right Stuff" and give it another watch.