God speed, John Glenn, God speed

 I remember when I was in eighth grade and we were glued to the TV in school because they were showing some astronauts going up into space...
    John Glenn was one of them and not only did he make history for being one of the oldest to go up into space, but he was already retired.


  His life was not simple. Before being an astronaut, he was a Politian and he ran for presidency against Ronald Regan in 1984. He lost of course. He even told his wife he was going to buy a pack of gum when he was really heading off to WWII.
   He even went into the Korean war as well. He survived to become a hero and became a test piolet while in Korean war.

  He was in the Mercury Atlas 6 in February of 1962 and also Project Mercury which took place in 1959. Also in Project Mercury was Virgil Grissom, Donald Kent Slayton, Malcom Scott Carpenter and Alan Sheppard Jr.

   John Glenn was the last survivor of the Project Mercury mission. Now he's visiting his comrades in the stars. He was rewarded the medal of freedom in 2012 by Barack Obama.

In  October 1998, John Glenn went back into Space on the STS-95 and I got to see it live on the TV screen with a bunch of other kids and it was pretty amazing. As if people were watching the first moon landing or something like that. It was remarkable.

   Now we lost another astronaut to the stars.

    First Neil Armstrong now him. But he lived to see 95 years of his life and we will be grateful for everything he has done.
   Thank you so much, John. You will be missed.

Godspeed