Rita Foley

George Washington Watching Troops On March to Valley Forge.

            
                   The Prayer at Valley Forge by Arnold Friberg.

Apollo 17 splashdown in 1972.

John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (FOXNEWS) — John Glenn, arguably Ohio’s most accomplished
and decorated civilian, has died. 

The former astronaut, Ohio Senator, and veteran, passed away at the Ohio State
James Cancer Hospital surrounded by his loved ones.

Glenn was admitted there more than a week before he died.

The Cambridge native served in more than100 combat missions over the Pacific
as a Navy fighter pilot during his service in World War II and the Korean War.

Glenn was then recruited to the newly formed NASA in 1958, where he became
the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962. He remained a part
of the space program until he retired as a Colonel in 1965.

CARLATA BRADLEY

Gemini 7 on the launch pad.

Gemini 7 was a manned spaceflight in NASA‘s Gemini program. It was the
fourth manned Gemini flight, the twelfth manned American flight and the
twentieth manned spaceflight including Soviet flights and X-15 flights above
the Kármán line. The crew of Frank F. Borman, II and James A. Lovell, Jr
spent nearly 14 days in space, making a total of 206 orbits. Their spacecraft
was the passive target for the first manned space rendezvous performed by
the crew of Gemini 6A.

From left: James A. Lovell, Jr. and Frank F. Borman, ll

Apollo 12 was the sixth manned flight in the U.S. Apollo program and
the second to land on the Moon. It was launched on November 14
from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida with mission commander
Charles "Pete" Conrad, Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean and the 
Command Module Pilot Richard F. Gordon. The landing site for the
mission was located in the southeastern portion of the Ocean of
Storms.