astronaut

Leadership Lessons from John Glenn

Leadership Lessons from John Glenn

John Glenn was an American Marine aviator, test pilot, businessman, politician, and one of the seven Mercury astronauts. He was the first person to orbit the earth, circling three times in 1962.

The Overview Effect

The Overview Effect

Astronauts since the very first days of spaceflight have spoken of the profound reaction that seeing the earth from space had on them. It is a state of changing perspective so specific and universal among spacefarers that it has been given a name: the overview effect.