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Blue Origin reaches orbit for the first time with New Glenn rocket
The rocket, named for NASA astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, stands more than 320 feet tall and is capable of carrying roughly 45,000 kilograms into low-Earth orbit. Its ...
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The woman whose math sent John Glenn to orbit says goodbye to a 'good man'
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Jeff Bezos' New Glenn rocket reaches orbit on first test flight
Named after the first American to orbit Earth, the New Glenn rocket ... Alan Shepard. New Glenn, which honors John Glenn, is five times taller. Blue Origin poured more than $1 billion into New ...
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John Glenn to Visit Harvard
John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth, will discuss juvenile delinquency at an Educational School colloquium here this summer. Glenn, who resigned from the Marine Corps last year to ...
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John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, has been laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery
US flags worldwide were ordered flown at half-staff on Thursday as astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, was laid to rest with military honors. Glenn died in December 2016 at ...
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Western Australia: A Southern Hemisphere hub for space exploration
In 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. On this epic mission, Glenn flew over Perth and the city's residents acknowledged his efforts by turning on their lights in a ...
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket reaches orbit in first test
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin launched its New Glenn rocket into orbit early Thursday, in a critical milestone that comes some 25 years after the billionaire founded the company with the goal of ...