humanoidhistory:ohn Glenn is inserted into the Friendship 7...

humanoidhistory:

ohn Glenn is inserted into the Friendship 7 spacecraft on launch day at Cape Canaveral, February 20, 1962.

(JFK Presidential Library & Museum)

I was lucky enough to be at Cape Canaveral to watch and feel the launch of STS-95 Discovery, when John Glenn became the oldest person to ever go to space. I said I felt it because anyone who’s ever been there for a launch can attest that you don’t just watch it or hear it, but you feel the launch in your bones. I felt my rib cage rattle. It was humbling. And knowing John Glenn was on the shuttle was thrilling because he was special – he was that rarest of things: a good man. He will always be an inspiration.