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Why SpaceX suits look so sleek, and NASA’s look so clunky
(Personally, I find the Mercury suit worn by John Glenn to be the best-looking space suit of all.) The basic thing to remember is that NASA’s EMU is built for long-duration space walks ...
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STS-95: John Glenn Returns to Space
John Glenn was the only one of the Mercury Seven astronauts to fly on the space shuttleon STS-95 in October-November 1998. The flight came 36 years after his only other space mission, Mercury ...
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John Glenn's Importance to the U.S. Space Program — and to the Country Itself
John Glenn died at 95 Thursday, and his importance to NASA and the U.S. space program cannot be overstated John Glenn died Thursday at the age of 95. One of the founding figures of the U.S. space ...
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OTD In Space – February 20: John Glenn Becomes 1st American To Orbit Earth
John Glenn was the third American to launch into space and the third human to orbit Earth. Two Soviet cosmonauts had orbited Earth before him. He blasted off from Cape Canaveral in a Mercury ...