-50 Years Ago Today: “Gods Speed, John Glenn”
Monday, February 20th, 2012(Image via Wikipedia) 50 years ago today (February 20, 1962), as the US Friendship 7 spacecraft rose from the launch pad and headed for space, Scott Carpenter at mission control reflected what every American was thinking at the time when he proclaimed: "God speed, John Glenn!" John Glenn became the first American to orbit […]