John Glenn, 95, has passed.

[babylonsister]

msnbc reporting right now...

http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/former-senator-astronaut-john-glenn-dies-95

Former Senator and Astronaut John Glenn Dies at 95

[get the red out]

1. :(

[TygrBright]

2. A life well-lived. Thank you, sir, for showing us the possibilities. Vale. n/t

[LongTomH]

3. Godspeed, John Glenn

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. RIP, John Glenn.

[bpj62]

5. Decent Man

My mother worked on his 1984 Presidential Campaign and when my father passed away in 1987 John Glenn sent a note to my mother expressing his condolences. He was a class individual and i think he was the last of the Mercury 7.

[hrmjustin]

6. May he rest in peace and rise in glory!

[pinboy3niner]

7. R.I.P.

[Sissyk]

8. Goodbye, Sir!

[demmiblue]

9. RIP

[Tommy_Carcetti]

10. God speed John Glenn.

I missed his orbit but relived it when I saw The Right Stuff.

I saw his 1998 Shuttle launch in person.

[skylucy]

11. R.I.P. I remember when he orbited the earth three times and

became a hero to me and many other kids. I know he was also a Senator and made a bid for the Presidency...but I always thought of him as a pioneer in the exploration of space. God bless him.

[SQUEE]

12. Godspeed and Semper Fi

A man from another time, and another us...

[DrDan]

13. how sad . . . RIP

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

14. So sorry

[sarisataka]

15. Farewell Colonel,

Semper Fi

[jcboon]

16. Godspeed John Glenn

[struggle4progress]

17. John Glenn, first American to orbit the Earth, dead at 95

By WILLIAM HARWOOD CBS NEWS
December 8, 2016, 3:31 PM

... How do you think you’d feel if you were on top of two million parts built by the lowest bidder on a government contract? ...

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-glenn-first-american-to-orbit-the-earth-dead-at-95/

[Eleanors38]

18. He sought union more than individual accomplishment. RIP.

[Arkansas Granny]

19. RIP, John.

I still remember his first space flight. Teachers brought their personal televisions to school so we could watch the whole thing from blast off to recovery. It was so exciting.

[lpbk2713]

20. Cleared for liftoff.

I remember seeing him launch in 1962. School was about 100 miles away from the Cape (Lakeland). We watched it on TV until liftoff and then just about everyone went outside to the athletic field to watch it launch. Most of us knew we were witnessing a moment of history.

Condolences to his friends and family and may he rest in peace.

[Are_grits_groceries]

21. Godspeed John Glenn!

You made my childhood wondrous and magical. I watched every launch and rode with you.
RIP.....

High Flight
"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air....

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace.
Where never lark, or even eagle flew —
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
– Put out my hand, and touched the face of God."
By John Gillespie McGee, Jr.
(John Gillespie Magee, Jr. (9 June 1922 – 11 December 1941)was an Anglo-American aviator and poet, made famous for his poem High Flight. Magee served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, which he joined before the United States entered the war; he died in a mid-air collision over Lincolnshire in 1941.)

[jmowreader]

22. A life well lived

This morning a hundred new angels were catching their first glimpses at the wonders of Heaven.

Ninety-nine of them were wonderstruck at the awesomeness they beheld. One guy asked where the chow line was.

"What's up with that guy?" asked God. "Why isn't he amazed at the wonder he has worked all his life to reach?"

"Don't worry about him," said St. Peter. "That's John Glenn. He's seen it before."

[blueseas]

23. RIP

So sorry- condolences to all in his family and friends.