Nobody who was of a certain age on February 20, 1962 will ever forget John Glenn’s three orbits around the earth.
In flight
Relaxing after being picked up
Homecoming parade
JFK’s tribute
Nobody who was of a certain age on February 20, 1962 will ever forget John Glenn’s three orbits around the earth.
In flight
Relaxing after being picked up
Homecoming parade
JFK’s tribute
John Glenn! We lived in Pgh Pa and he was from Ohio….I remember that!
Yep! Grew up in Washington, D.C.; even though this famous event is a little before my “memory timeline” (I was a mere pre-schooler at the time, dealing w/ a changed living situation–a divorce of my parents–and was generally a “scared little rabbit” in those days, but that’s another story). When in kindergarten, the toy to “have” was a model of a Gemini space capsule, complete w/ motorized wheels, flashing lights, and beeping sound effects (I had a model, but a classmate had the more coveted “deluxe” model aforementioned!)
I’ve always liked the expression “Godspeed…”, and only years later realized it was applied to John Glenn; the day his photo-obit appeared in the local papers in December, the headline was “Godspeed, John Glenn”, w/ a photo of him in a later mission. Looked like a very kindly gentleman.
Craig