KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida (CNN) -- The space shuttle Discovery touched down at ... Shortly after the landing, former astronaut and Sen. John Glenn recalled his own Mercury and shuttle flights ...

Here’s a look at human spaceflight programs in the United States and around the world. Facts The United States ended its crewed space shuttle program with the launch of Atlantis on July 8, 2011, and ...

The Blue Shuttle Lot at ... new $2 billion terminal at John Glenn International Airport is expected to open in 2029.

October 29, 1998 – John Glenn, at 77, becomes the oldest human to go into space, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. April 28, 2001 – Dennis Tito becomes the first “space tourist,” paying ...