John Glenn, who
died December 8, 2016, was one of the original seven American astronauts. In
1962, he was the first American to orbit the earth. In 1998 at age 77 he was
the oldest person to go into space.
Consider the
following excerpts from an article in the Orlando Sentinel, 11/7/1998, entitled
"Astronauts’ Faith Isn’t Lost In Space"