1.2K views · 35 reactions | Project Mercury and Project Gemini were two projects prior to the Apollo missions. These missions helped NASA massively with long duration space travel and affects of longer space flights on astronauts. Following this, the Apollo missions helped NASA develop technology to help them land on the surface of the moon. #space #nasa #Apollo | Spark | Facebook

2.4K views · 224 reactions | In early January 1969, the Apollo 8 astronauts were celebrated at events in Washington DC, New York City, Newark, and at the Superbowl in Miami before a massive hometown parade was thrown in Houston #OTD 55 years ago. | NASA History | Facebook

Howard Metzenbaum challenged John Glenn during their run for state senate by stating John Glenn never held a real job. Metzenbaum goal was to make Glenn seem non-relatable to the "average workingman." By this time, John Glenn was an accomplished Marine Corps combat pilot, and the first American to orbit the earth. This video was John Glenns response. | Veteran With A Sign

ON THIS DAY: In 1998, Sen. John Glenn, at age 77, returned to space aboard the shuttle Discovery, retracing the trail he had blazed as the first American to orbit the Earth 36 years earlier. https://abcnews.link/fJLpsRq | ABC News