Epilogue Star Trek
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– Research center named The NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field in Cleveland, Ohio
– Highway named Senator John Glenn Highway, Ohio
– High school named John Glenn High School, New Concord, Ohio
– Elementary school named Col. John Glenn Elementary in Seven Hills, Ohio
– High Schools in Westland and Bay City, Michigan; Walkerton, Indiana; San Angelo, Texas: and Norwalk, California.
– Fireboat named John H. Glenn Jr.
– USNS John Glenn (T-MLP-2), a mobile landing platform.
– 1961, Honorary LL.D from Muskingum University,
– Honorary Doctorates from Nihon University in Tokyo, Japan, Wagner College in Staten Island, New York, and New Hampshire College in Manchester, New Hampshire.
– Enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1976, and the International Space Hall of Fame in 1977.
– 1990, inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.
– 2000, received the U.S. Senator John Heinz Award for Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official, an award given out annually by Jefferson Awards.
– 2004, awarded the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution.
– 2009, received an Honorary LL.D from Williams College
– 2010, Honorary Doctorate of Public Service from Ohio Northern University.
– September 12, 2016, Blue Origin announced a new rocket named after Glenn, the New Glenn.
Front:
Walter M. Schirra, Jr. / Donald K. “Deke” Slayton /
John H. Glenn, Jr. / M. Scott Carpenter
Back:
Alan B. Shepard, Jr. / Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom /
L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.
Space Shuttle Discovery / 1998
STS-95 Shuttle Mission
Scott F. Parazynski, Stephen K. Robinson, Pedro Duque, John H. Glenn Jr.
Chaiki Mukai
Steven W. Lindsey, Curtis L. Brown Jr.
He was one of my heroes from when I was very young.
Some people seem to be special. A very inspiring man. It’s hard to imagine what these guys did. Riding a bomb into space and then hoping to get back.
Great post for a Great Man.
Indeed … I never followed him politically up here in Canada, but always admired him and his achievements.