Astronaut John Glenn is assisted in the White Room as he entered the space shuttle Discovery prior to launch at pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, October 29. At right is Discovery's hatch opening. The shuttle carried a crew of seven, including Glenn, who is flying on his second mission into space after becoming the first American to orbit the Earth on his flight in the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule on February 20, 1962.
John Glenn, a Great American Life in Photos
