John Glenn, First US Astronaut to Orbit the Earth, Dies at 95

By VOA on Dec 9, 2016   Featured, National  

  John Glenn, the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the earth, has died at age 95, officials said Thursday. Glenn had been admitted more than a week ago to Ohio State University’s James Cancer Hospital, according to the John Glenn College of Public Affairs. “When John Glenn blasted off from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas […]