COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The helmet John Glenn ... in his Vought F8U Crusader from near Los Angeles to Brooklyn in a record-setting 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8.4 seconds. Glenn dubbed the mission ...

COURTESY ROB GETZ, WWW.STELLAR-VIEWS.COM Marine Corps Major John Glenn got up on the morning of July 16, 1957, strapped into a Vought F8U Crusader, and took off from Los Alamitos Naval Air Station ...

WASHINGTON — Ten notable aspects of the life of astronaut and senator John H ... and 8 seconds. His Crusader jet averaged 725 mph. 4. First American to orbit Earth Glenn went into orbit on ...