Astronaut John Herrington (Cmdr., USN) has departed NASA to pursue a career as a commercial test pilot. Herrington is joining Rocketplane Limited Inc. in Oklahoma City, to serve as Vice President; ...

Retired Cmdr. John Herrington, center, receives the Circle of Honor Award, kicking off Tulsa City-County Library’s monthlong American Indian Festival of Words. (Photo/Courtesy of Meredith Johnson, ...

John Herrington, the first Native American astronaut to walk in space, has lately cruised across the county promoting math, science and space programs to students on reservations. A member of the ...

It wasn't the physical training in preparation for the 16th launch of the space shuttle Endeavour that pushed mission specialist John Herrington to cycle 4,184 miles across the country in 2008. The ...

John Herrington has a life story that begs to be told. First-generation college student. Navy test pilot. First Native American astronaut in space. A 13-day Space Shuttle mission to the International ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. John Herrington once thought he'd be happy climbing rocks as a road surveyor for $4 an hour and ...

GILLETTE -- It's not the feeling of weightlessness, nor the heart-pounding launch into space that former astronaut John Herrington treasures. Rather, it's the hard work and dedication that landed him ...

John B. Herrington went from the dreams of a boy piloting a cardboard box to the reality of stomping his feet to get circulation going at the end of a 14-day space mission. Herrington, the first ...

NASA Astronaut John Herrington is a member of the Chickasaw Nation. That language did not have words to describe space travel. Take a look at the vocabulary that had to be invented to describe his ...