Astronaut John Glenn 1921-2016

Mercury 7 astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth, died on Thursday at the age of 95:

Here is a video of an interview with Glenn on the 50th anniversary of his Friendship 7 flight:

Here is a sequence of NASA videos about Glenn:

The liftoff of Friendship 7 on an Atlas rocket on on February 20, 1962: