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Book Synopsis John Glenn, Astronaut and Senator by : Michael D. Cole
Download or read book John Glenn, Astronaut and Senator written by Michael D. Cole and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of Senator John Glenn from his childhood in small-town Ohio, through his days as an astronaut, to his present political career, and his 1998 return to space.
Book Synopsis John Glenn: A Memoir by : John Glenn
Download or read book John Glenn: A Memoir written by John Glenn and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2000-10-03 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was the first astronaut to orbit the Earth. Nearly four decades later, as the world's oldest astronaut, his courage reveted a nation. But these two historical events only bracketed a life that covers the sweep of an extraordinary century. John Glenn's autobiography spans the seminal events of the twentieth century. It is a story that begins with his childhood in Ohio where he learned the importance of family, community, and patriotism. He took these values with him as a marine fighter pilot during World War II and into the skies over Korea, for which he would be decorated. Always a gifted flier, it was during the war that he contemplated the unlimited possibilities of aviation and its frontiers. We see the early days of NASA, where he first served as a backup pilot for astronauts Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom. In 1962 Glenn piloted the Mercury-Atlas 6 Friendship 7 spacecraft on the first manned orbital mission of the United States. Then came several years in international business, followed by a twenty-four year career as a U.S. Senator-and in 1998 a return to space for his remarkable Discover mission at the age of seventy-seven.
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Book Synopsis Orbital Flight of John H. Glenn, Jr by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Download or read book Orbital Flight of John H. Glenn, Jr written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book John Glenn written by Robert Green and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Glenn : Astronaut and U.S. Senator examines the life and career of the first American to orbit Earth in a spacecraft.
Book Synopsis The Last American Hero by : Alice L. George
Download or read book The Last American Hero written by Alice L. George and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On February 20, 1962, John Glenn became a national star. That morning at Cape Canaveral, a small-town boy from Ohio took his place atop a rocket and soared into orbit to score a victory in the heavily contested Cold War. The television images were blurry black-and-white phantoms. The cameras shook as the rocket moved, but by the end of the day, one thing was clear: a new hero rode that rocket and became the center of the world's attention for the four hours and fifty-five minutes of his flight. From that day forward, Glenn restively wore the hero label. Refusing to let that dramatic day define his life, he went on to become a four-term US senator--and returned to space at the age of seventy-seven. He was a creation of the media, in some ways, but he was also a product of the Cold War. At a time when increasingly cynical Americans need heroes, his aura burns brightly in American memory.
Download or read book Godspeed, John Glenn written by and published by Boyds Mills Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picture-book biography of John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit the earth.
Book Synopsis Trailblazing Astronaut John Glenn by : Henry M. Holden
Download or read book Trailblazing Astronaut John Glenn written by Henry M. Holden and published by MyReportLinks.com Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of former Senator John Glenn, who orbited the earth in 1962 and became the oldest man to go into space in 1998.
Download or read book Tributes Delivered in Congress written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book John Glenn written by Nate Jameson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-10 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Glenn was an American aviator, engineer, astronaut, and United States Senator from Ohio. In 1962 he became the first American to orbit the Earth, circling three times. Before joining NASA, he was a distinguished fighter pilot in both World War II and Korea, with six Distinguished Flying Crosses and eighteen clusters to the Air Medal. Glenn was one of the "Mercury Seven" group of military test pilots selected in 1959 by NASA to become America's first astronauts. On February 20, 1962, he flew the Friendship 7 mission and became the first American to orbit the Earth and the fifth person in space. Glenn received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978, was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1990, and was the last surviving member of the Mercury Seven. After he resigned from NASA in 1964, Glenn planned to run for a U.S. Senate seat from Ohio. A member of the Democratic Party, he first won election to the Senate in 1974 where he served through January 3, 1999. He retired from the Marine Corps in 1965, after twenty-three years in the military, with over fifteen medals and awards, including the NASA Distinguished Service Medal and the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. In 1998, while still a sitting senator, he became the oldest person to fly in space, and the only one to fly in both the Mercury and Space Shuttle programs as crew member of the Discovery space shuttle. He was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.
Download or read book John Glenn written by Thomas Streissguth and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the life of John Glenn, including his childhood, World War II activities, work as a test pilot and astronaut, career as a senator, and return to space in 1998.
Book Synopsis Ask An Astronaut: John Glenn, Mercury and Shuttle Astronaut by :
Download or read book Ask An Astronaut: John Glenn, Mercury and Shuttle Astronaut written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a biography of American astronaut and senator John Herschel Glenn, Jr. (1921- ). Recounts Glenn's childhood, his service in World War II and Korea, his entrance into the space program, and his election to the U.S. Senate. Notes that Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth and that he will return to space in the space shuttle in October 1998.
Download or read book Glenn written by Frank Van Riper and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book John Glenn written by Andrew Chaikin and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In February 1962, he became the first American to orbit the Earth. Since then John Herschel Glenn Jr. has stood in the popular imagination as a quintessentially American hero. In John Glenn: America's Astronaut, a special edition e-book featuring 45 stunning photographs as well as a video, Chaikin explores Glenn's path to greatness. John Glenn features new details on Glenn's selection as an astronaut in 1959, newly synchronized onboard film and audio of Glenn's harrowing reentry from orbit on his 1962 Mercury mission, rarely seen images of Glenn in orbit and from the John Glenn archives at Ohio State University, as well as new, touching reminiscenes of Glenn's 1998 return to space from his Space Shuttle crewmates. Glenn is the embodiment of the history of human spaceflight and the indefatigable American spirit, and John Glenn: America's Astronaut is his amazing story.
Download or read book John Glenn written by Paul Kupperberg and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2003-12-15 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the life of the pioneering astronaut who later served as a United States senator from Ohio and, at the age of seventy-seven, returned to space as a payload specialist on the space shuttle Discovery.
Download or read book John Glenn written by Paul Westman and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the first American to orbit the earth who is now a United States Senator from his native Ohio.
Book Synopsis The Presidential Odyssey of John Glenn by : Richard F. Fenno
Download or read book The Presidential Odyssey of John Glenn written by Richard F. Fenno and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fenno (political science, U. of Rochester) chronicles Senator Glenn's 1984 quest for the Democratic party's nomination for president. He hypothesizes that Glenn's view of public office as "another hitch in the marines" and his mistrust of the political deal--the essence of politics--fostered an unrealistic concept of the presidential campaign. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book John Glenn written by Barbara Kramer and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book details the very exciting and diverse life of John Glenn. Not only was he the first American to orbit Earth, but he also went on to become the only United States Senator from Ohio to be elected to four consecutive terms. This book describes the life of Glenn and highlights his historic spaceflights.
