Cronkite Returns to Cover Glenn Space Flight
CNN secured a historic air with Walter Cronkite at 81 returning from retirement to cover John Glenn's flight. The broadcast blended old space era nostalgia with new tech, while Cronkite mused about someday flying in space and fellow anchors and astronauts shared reactions to the mission at Cape Canaveral.
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Seniors see mission as one for them all
In Allenford and across the nation seniors cheered John Glenn returning to space at 77 as the oldest astronaut. The Discovery mission focuses on science with 10 experiments on weightlessness and aging, inspiring elderly viewers from Wallingford to Dallas suburbs to Nashville and Lakewood.
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