Apr 22, 2017 7:13AM EDTpublished: Apr 22, 2017 6:09AM EDT

A supply ship bearing John Glenn’s name arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday. Astronauts used the station’s big robot arm to grab the capsule, as the craft flew 250 miles (400 kilometres) above Germany. NASA’s commercial shipper, Orbital ATK, named the spacecraft the S.S. John Glenn in honour of the first American to orbit Earth.


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