John Glenn: Philh Khawh A Si Ti Lo Dingmi American Paraltha

John Glenn hi Cambridge, Ohio ah July 18,1921 ah a chuak. Kum 95 a nung i, December 8, 2016 Ohio State University ah mual a liam. OSU in palik motor tam taktak nih an zulh i, ruak chiahnak inn ah tu zanlei ah a ruak an kalpi. Pa ropui taktak asi caah, vawleicung thawngpang kip ah, John Glenn kong lawngte nihin cu a khat.  Cu bantuk pa ko cu zei bantuk minung ko dah a si hnga ti ruah lo awk a tha lo.

Amah hi, American raltuknak vanlawng mawng a si; engineer, astronaut le United States Senator zong a si. A thih tiang Columbus, Ohio ah khua a sa.

A nupi cu Annie Glenn ti a si i, 1943 ah an i rak i thium. Amah hi Muskingum University in degree hmumi a si. Fanu Carolyin Ann Glenn le fapa John David Glenn an ngeih hna.

John and Annie Glenn an thitumhnak hmanthlak

1962 ah American astronaut a pakhatnak bik vawlei heltu a rak si. Hi vawleipi hi rocket in voi (3) a rak hel. NASA i rian a tuan hlan ah, a mah hi Ralpi Pahnihnak le Korean War lio ah, raltuknak vanlawng mawngmi le raltu cangmi a rak si. Cu bantuk in mi za taktak a si caah, min thatnak medal hmanh hi 16 hrawng a hmuh.

1955 hnu ah, Russia le USA kha a hodah Thlapa a phan hmasat lai timi zuamnak an rak ngei. 1961 April 12 ah, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin nih vawleipumpi kha minute 108 ah Vostok-1 timi spacecraft in a hel tih ah, USA cu an lau tuk hringhran. Vancung kainak kong ah, Russia nih USA cu a rak tei tuk cang.

USA cu an lau tuk cang i, vancung ah minung thlah khawh ve ding hi, fak taktak in an rak i zuam. Thlapa kan lamh hmasat lai timi hi an i tinhmi a rak si.

Cucaah 1959 ah NASA nih "Mercury Seven" timi rocket in vancung kainak ding caah raltuknak vanlawng mawngmi minung an rak thim hna ah, John Glenn hi aa tel ve.  Cu hna cu "Original Seven asiloah Astronaut Group-1" tiah an rak ti hna. An min cu Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard le Deke Slayton an si. 1959-1963 tiang an mah lawng hi an rak si.

Original Seven

February 20, 1962 ah Friendship 7 mission ah John Glenn cu a rak zuang i, amah hi Ameican Astronaut vialte lakah a pakhatnak bik vawleipumpi heltu ah a rak cang. John Glenn vancung a zuan hi, suimilam 4 le minutes 56 lawng a rau i, vawleipumpi hi voi (3) a hel manh.

Mercury Seven hi a rang taktak i, suimilam pakhat ah meng 17,000 in a zuang. Minung fa cit ngam ding khi a rak si lo. A ran tuk caah, a dang astronaut Scott Carpenter nih cun, John Glenn a zuan lio ah, Pathian tluk in na rang tinak ca teh a si lai, "Godspeed John Glenn" tiah a rak ti i, ahnu ah duhnak in Godspeed John Glenn tiah an ti thai.

Vawleipumpi voi (3) a hel dih hnu ah, Atlantic Rilipi cungah a rak tla than i, amah cu Bermuda in nichuah-thlanglei meng 800 a hlatnak ah an va char. Amah cu rocket in vancung sangpi a kaimi  5 nak a si.

Mercury 7 Capsule vancung a zuan lio

Glenn hi mi za tuk a si caah mi tlawmte lawng nih an hmuh, Congressional Space Medal of Honor zong 1978 ah a rak hmu. 1990 ah U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame ah an rak telh chih ve. Glenn hi Mercury Seven i chungtel dihlak ah a donghnak cem a nung mi a si.

1964 in Ohio Ramkulh in,  U.S. Senate ah a rak i zuam ve. Democratic Party in aa zuam i 1974 ah a voikhatnak bik Senate ah a rak tling i, January 3, 1999 tiang Senator a si. Amah hi politician taktak zong a rak si i, aa dinh tiang Senator caah a tling pengmi a si.

Presidential Medal of Freedom (2012)

Senator a si lio 1998 ah vancung (space) ah Space Shuttle programs in a rak zuang than. Amah hi vancung ah Mercury le Space Shuttle programs pahnih ah a zuangmi cu a mah lawnglawng a si. Amah aa citmi cu Discovery space shuttle ah a si. Hi a zuan tan ah hin, amah cu kum 77 asi cang i, astronaut vialte lakah kum upa bik a si. Tar hnu ah space i a zuan caah, space ah hin tar hna titsa le ruhkhua zeitluk in dah aa thlen timi kha hlaihlainak ah an hman. Hi bantuk asi caah 2012 ah Presidential Medal of Freedom zong a rak hmu.

Discovery space shuttle i an zuan lai

John Glenn hi Presbyterian Krihfabu a si i Pathian zong a duh ngaingaimi minung a si. 1998 i Discovery in space ah a zuan lio ah hitin bia a rak chim:

"Hi bantuk a lenglei sermi thil hna zoh tik ah, keimah caah cun Pathian hi zumh lo awk a tha lo" (To look out at this kind of creation out here and not believe in God is to me impossible).

"Vancung va kai i, sermi thil hna hmuh ah hin, kei ka caah cun Pathian zumh lo ding cu a si kho lo ee" tiah a rak timi biafang zoh tik ah, Pathian hi khuaruahhar a sinak fiang tein a thinlung in a rak zumh taktak tinak a lang.


John Glenn hi, miza taktak a rak si. Tu chun i a nunnak a liam tikah, USA an tuanbia dot khat a dongh ni tluk a si. Zeicatiah John Glenn hi, "USA tuanbia ahcun Russia zong nih an tuah khawh ve mi cu, American zong nih kan tuah khawh ve ko" tiah a langhter khotu pa a si caah a si.

Hi bantuk in mi sunglawi taktak a si caah, Ohio khualipi Columbus International Airport zong, amah upatnak le philhlonak ah John Glenn International Airport tiah min an sak.

Pre. Obama zong nih ngaihchait le upat peknak bia a chim. Hruaitu minthang nih bia tampi an chim cio i, Hiliary Clinton, Donald Trump le Ohio Governor zong nih, "American Hero" tiah an ti cio.

John Glenn nunnak cu dih ko cang hmanh sehlaw, hi vawlei ah a tial taakmi tuanbia cu hi vawleicung a dongh hlan tiang a hmun zungzal lai i, USA a hmunh chung cu, "John Glenn paraltha hi philh khawh a si ti lai lo." 

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