Today, we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the day NASA Astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. His flight aboard the Friendship 7 became a pivotal moment in human spaceflight history. https://go.nasa.gov/3gWZoJw | NASA's Johnson Space Center

On February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the planet Earth. He went on to become a United States senator and flew to space again on the Space Shuttle STS-95 mission. John Glenn passed away at the age of 95 on Dec. 8, 2016, a true American hero. | Space.com

Former Astronaut & Senator John Glenn had 473 C-SPAN appearances, including on first day of TV in the Senate, where he spoke on personal presentation on Senate television. Find all his appearances here: http://cs.pn/2gpm5HW RIP. | C-SPAN

Howard Metzenbaum challenged John Glenn during their run for state senate by stating John Glenn never held a real job. Metzenbaum goal was to make Glenn seem non-relatable to the "average workingman." By this time, John Glenn was an accomplished Marine Corps combat pilot, and the first American to orbit the earth. This video was John Glenns response. | Veteran With A Sign