Speaking from the blockhouse at the launch of Friendship 7, Carpenter, John Glenn's backup pilot, said " Godspeed, John Glenn ," as Glenn rose off the launch pad to begin his first U. S. orbital mission on February 20, 1962.

The mission was highly publicized for the return of 77 year-old Senator John Glenn's return to space after 38 years.

Data provided from Glenn during this mission was compared to data obtained from Glenn's Friendship 7 orbital mission in 1962.

His assistant on the mission, Gene Kranz, considered Glenn's flight " the turning point ... in Kraft's evolution as a flight director.

This fish, named Amigo, was born on John Glenn's last space mission, STS-95, and was returned to earth so that its reproduction could be observed.

During the Korean War, Williams also served in the same Marine Corps unit with John Glenn, and in the last half of his missions, Williams was flying as Glenn's wingman.

Some accounts of Glenn's years at NASA suggest that Glenn was prevented from flying in Gemini or Apollo missions, either by President Kennedy, or by NASA management, on the grounds that the subsequent loss of a national hero of such stature would seriously harm or even end the manned space program.

NASA psychologists determined during Glenn's training that he was the astronaut best suited for public life.

Glenn's family includes his great-nephew born just three days after his historic flight, camera operator Glenn Thomas of New York, who was named in his honor.

He was the operator on duty when the ship was assigned to recover John Glenn's space capsule.

One of the original businesses to inhabit Prunedale was Glenn's.

The name was changed to " Glennsbourne Farm ", and eventually " Glenburnie ", as the property was passed through Glenn's descendants.

Also in 1992, Glenn's management was approached by Robert Redford who was then casting A River Runs through It and expressed interest in Glenn reading for the role opposite Brad Pitt.

His second novel, Tom's A-Cold: A Tale ( 1933 ) was grim, depicting a barbaric and dystopian future England ; it is mentioned in Joshua Glenn's essay " The 10 Best Apocalypse Novels of Pre-Golden Age SF ( 1904-33 ).

* Adrian suffers an emotional crisis after the death of Robert Stainforth, his son Glenn's best friend in the Iraq War ; he realises that the war, which he had supported passionately, was fought for bogus reasons ; and he faces financial ruin, he has only ever had poorly paid employment, such as working as an offal cook in a fashionable London restaurant.

This makes Adrian seventeen at the time of Glenn's conception in July 1984, and Sharon, who was in Adrian's year at school, so was born between 1 September 1966 and 31 August 1967, was either seventeen or close to her 17th birthday.

Glenn's late wife, Jane Louise ( née Steele ), was born in the United Kingdom and had worked as a flight attendant before their marriage.

Eerie Von explained the concept behind the music video: “ It was part of mine and Glenn's personalities, part of what we used to see when we lived in New York.

We tried everything to get rid of it, but Glenn's performance was so good that we decided to leave it-the mood was just right .”

Others noted that Glenn's flight offered valuable research on weightlessness and other aspects of space flight on the same person at two points in life thirty-six years apart — by far the longest interval between space flights by the same person — providing information on the effects of spaceflight and weightlessness on the elderly, with an ideal control.

* Glenn's History of the Adirondack's, a multi-volume series by Morris F. Glenn

Glenn's orchestral piece, never before heard in public, has been put before the musicians by his wife and son.

His early recordings appeared on the Valley Records label out of Knoxville, TN, produced by Floyd Wilson, who penned one of Glenn's best recordings ," I Think I'm Falling In Love With You ".

Her brother Paul Moroney who is a prominent horse trainer / owner was involved in the controversy surrounding Owen Glenn contributing to the New Zealand First party, by giving an affidavit supporting Mr Glenn's version of events.

Hearing into the case were held by Glenn's subcommittee, and by the House Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights.

Barry's Heritage ; Robert Glenn's adaptation of John Steinbeck's The Long Valley ; Tom Rothfield's Chekov in Love ; and in 1984, her highly acclaimed production of Samuel Beckett's new plays Ohio Impromptu, Catastrophe, and What Where, directed by Alan Schneider, which later she presented at The 1985 Edinburgh Festival and in London.

The first public HDTV broadcast was of the launch of the space shuttle Discovery and John Glenn's return to space ; that broadcast was made possible in part by Harris Corporation.

Bo Seton no longer competes at the top level, but still competes in some historic touring car races with his Historic Touring Car Mk. I Ford Capri as well as building both Capri and Holden Torana engines for various cars in Group 2 of the Touring Car Masters series, including the engine for so Glenn's Group 1 1973 Ford Falcon XB Hardtop.

Prior to John Glenn's return to space in 1998, Musgrave held the record for the oldest person in orbit, at age 62.

* John Glenn's return to space

Following Glenn's release, the essence of the original Hate-Monger somehow returned from space and entered his body, granting him the abilities of his predecessor.

In October 1998, he co-anchored CNN's coverage of John Glenn's return to space with broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite.

Although her background is never mentioned in the series, the series bible explains she was once a scientist from Earth called Evelyn Powers, who was on board Marlena Glenn's space craft before it crash-landed on Eternia.

In the primary race, Metzenbaum contrasted his strong business background with Glenn's military and astronaut credentials, saying his opponent had " never worked for a living ".

In the 1974 Ohio Senate primary race between Howard Metzenbaum and John Glenn, Metzenbaum contrasted his business background with Glenn's military and astronaut credentials, saying his opponent had " never worked for a living.

The station's remote broadcast facilities were chosen for network pool coverage of Alan Shepard's ( 1961 ) and John Glenn's ( 1962 ) Mercury capsule splashdowns.

In the 1974 Senate primary, Metzenbaum contrasted his strong business background with Glenn's military and astronaut credentials, saying his opponent had " never worked for a living ".

Sen. Glenn's committee questioned the relationship between Robert J. Leuver, then director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and Maurice Amon, president of Sicpa Industries of America – the sole provider of the ink used for U. S. currency since 1982.

His sons Liam and Sam both played for Woking during Glenn's tenure as manager at the club.

USS Noa ( DD-343 ) and USS Noa ( DD-841 ) were named for him ; DD-841 was the ship that recovered John Glenn's Friendship 7 after his historic orbital flight in 1962.

However, Glenn's keynote address at the Democratic National Convention failed to impress the delegates and the nomination went to veteran politician Walter Mondale.