50th Anniversary of First Orbit

On February 20th 1962 John Glenn stepped into his mercury space craft, Friendship 7, and became the first human being to circle the globe. 

I can only imagine the dichotomy of experience one would have in orbit. You sit in a silent, zero gravity serenity above the crest of the blue horizon and yet the mind is racing with tasks to complete, instruments to monitor and contemplating a foreboding reentry at several times the speed of sound. 

Glenn returned to space in 1998 to become the oldest astronaut ever in space at age 77, which means that I still have 47 years to become one myself!

Below is a BBC article featuring an interview with Glenn. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17107817

Blessings,
Matthew