The average person might celebrate retirement with a vacation. John Glenn, on the other hand, celebrated his with a trip to outer space.
At 77, after announcing his retirement from the U.S. Senate, Glenn joined the space shuttle Discovery, returning to orbit 36 years after becoming the first American to circle the Earth. His late-life mission wasn’t a stunt. It was an expression of who he was and what he believed about meaning in the later chapters of life.
