Mercury 7 astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth, died on Thursday at the age of 95:
- Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. | NASA
- John Glenn, first American to orbit the Earth, dies at 95 – The Washington Post
- John Glenn, American Hero of the Space Age, Dies at 95 – The New York Times
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: