Former Astronaut Glenn Returns to Space
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Aviation, Space Exploration
- Subcategories: Congress, Senate, Senators, House of Representatives, Astronomy, Astronomers, Cosmology, Astronauts, Cosmonauts
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: United States
- Date: October 29 to November 7, 1998
Article abstract: John H. Glenn, Jr., the first American to orbit Earth, pursued successful careers in business and national politics. While serving as a senator from Ohio, he fulfilled a long-standing desire to return to space.
Glenn’s Second Flight
In 1997, while serving on the Special Committee on Aging, Senator John H. Glenn, Jr., a Democrat from Ohio, noted similarities between changes that astronauts’ bodies undergo while weightless and physiological aspects of aging on Earth. The former Mercury astronaut campaigned for a space shuttle mission...
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