Sitting beside his Friendship 7 capsule, astronaut John Glenn, pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, is suited up, preparing for the launch. Artist Cecilia Bibby, who painted the Friendship 7 ...

The next U.S. commercial spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station will launch under the name of the first American to orbit Earth, lifting off atop a modern version of the rocket on ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Project Mercury was the first human ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WABC) -- John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U.S. Senate, died Thursday ...

Monumentally important, this is the first image of an American astronaut in space. In the Project Mercury spacecraft named Friendship 7, John Glenn became the first American astronaut to orbit Earth.

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Flew a total of 149 missions during World War II and the Korean War and received multiple medals and decorations, including the Distinguished Flying Cross on six occasions. He was the last surviving ...

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The middle value of all realized prices for an artist's works sold at auction during a given period, providing a clearer representation of typical market values by minimizing the influence of extreme ...