John Glenn honored with launch of space station supply ship

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A space station supply ship named for John Glenn is bound for orbit.An Atlas rocket provided Tuesday's lift, just as it did for Glenn 55 years ago. The unmanned rocket took off in late morning from Cape Canaveral, Florida.The commercial cargo ship, dubbed the S.S. John Glenn, holds nearly 7,700 pounds (3,500 kilograms) of food, equipment and research for the International Space Station. It's due there Saturday.The shipper, Orbital ATK, asked Glenn's widow, Annie, for