{"id":13614,"date":"2016-12-09T01:29:59","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T06:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13614"},"modified":"2016-12-09T01:30:22","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T06:30:22","slug":"astronaut-john-glenn-1921-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13614","title":{"rendered":"Astronaut John Glenn 1921-2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mercury_Seven\" target=\"_blank\">Mercury 7<\/a> astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Glenn\" target=\"_blank\">John Glenn<\/a>, the first American to orbit the earth, died on Thursday\u00a0at the age of 95:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/johnglenn\" target=\"_d\">Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. | NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/john-glenn-first-american-to-orbit-the-earth-dies-at-95\/2016\/12\/08\/98863c00-b967-11e6-a677-b608fbb3aaf6_story.html?postshare=3841481230103042&amp;tid=ss_tw&amp;utm_term=.5d57fdc324b6\" target=\"_d\">John Glenn, first American to orbit the Earth, dies at 95 &#8211; The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/12\/08\/us\/john-glenn-dies.html?_r=0\" target=\"_d\">John Glenn, American Hero of the Space Age, Dies at 95 &#8211; The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is a video of an interview with Glenn on the 50th anniversary of his Friendship 7 flight:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iFRcpCusrYw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is a sequence of NASA videos about Glenn:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E-lTPK5sQAA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;listType=playlist&#038;list=PLiuUQ9asub3TzxXErR_dKRbYhRqz0YHzI\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The liftoff of Friendship 7 on an Atlas rocket on\u00a0on February 20, 1962:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GVB5dg7XX_g?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mercury 7 astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth, died on Thursday\u00a0at the age of 95: Astronaut John H. 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