John Glenn launched on the Friendship 7 flight, the first human orbital flight for NASA, which premiered this video to celebrate the 57th anniversary of the flight – and has made it available to share ...

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 ...

Jan. 16 (Delayed from Jan. 10, 12, 13): First launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket on the NG-1 Blue Ring Pathfinder mission from Cape Canaveral ... with aviator John Shoffner as pilot ...

FILE - Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Jan. 16, 2025, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla ...

FILE - Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Jan. 16, 2025, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File) CAPE CANAVERAL ...

John Shaw. Spectators at Port Canaveral ... after the successful maiden launch of the heavy-lift New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Blue Origin will slash its workforce ...

Let’s seize the moment. For decades, Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center have been the heartbeat of human spaceflight. Alan Shepard’s leap, John Glenn’s orbit, and Hubble’s gaze into the universe ...

There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. October 4, 1957 - The Soviets launch Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial ...

Let’s seize the moment. For decades, Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center have been the heartbeat of human spaceflight. Alan Shepard’s leap, John Glenn’s orbit, and Hubble’s gaze into ...

Said John Glenn Sr., as he casually greeted his ... At the south gate of Cape Canaveral, Glenn smilingly produced his identity card for the guard. Minutes later, he stood on the airstrip and ...