For thousands of years men have looked up and wondered what was up there. In our time, we have been privileged to be able to go into space and use space as a new laboratory. In space, thankfully, confrontation has given way to cooperation.

John Glenn (U.S.A., 1921). Astronaut, retired colonel, ex United States senator for the state of Ohio for four terms. He was the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth when he piloted the Mercury- project spacecraft in February 1962. He returned to Space in October 1998, 36 years after his first flight, on board the NASA STS-95 space shuttle, becoming the oldest person to go into Space.