“Oh, that view is tremendous.”
On This Day, Astronaut John Glenn spoke these words as he became the first American to orbit the Earth while on the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission. In Glenn’s historic Feb. 20, 1962 Mercury flight in his Friendship 7, he orbited the Earth three times over 4 hours and 44 minutes.
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Every year, Earth Day serves as a global reminder of our shared responsibility to protect the world we call home. This year, the message is clear and urgent: "OUR POWER, OUR PLANET." In 2025, we are called not just to celebrate our planet, but to unite around...
 Blue Origin successfully completed its 11th human spaceflight for the New Shepard program. The astronaut crew included Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyễn, Gayle King, Katy Perry, Kerianne Flynn, and Lauren Sánchez, who brought the mission together. Including today’s crew,...
