WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ten notable aspects of the life of astronaut and senator John H. Glenn Jr. who died Thursday at 95:...
10 Things To Know About John Glenn, Who Has Died At 95
By SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press: Nation
Thu, 12/08/2016 - 10:49pm
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- John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962.
05/4/2024 - 6:18 pm | View Website - John Glenn
Astronauts. John Glenn was the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth, completing three orbits in 1962. He also served as a U.S senator from Ohio. Updated: May 6, 2021. Photo: Nasa/Getty Images....
05/4/2024 - 3:05 pm | View Website - John Glenn: 1st American to Orbit Earth, Oldest Man in Space
John Glenn was a NASA astronaut who, in 1962, made history by becoming the first American to orbit Earth. He was one of the " Mercury 7 ," NASA's first astronaut class.
05/4/2024 - 5:18 am | View Website - 60 Years Ago: John Glenn, the First American to Orbit the Earth ...
On Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John H. Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth during the three-orbit Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, aboard the spacecraft he named Friendship 7. Left: The Headquarters of the Space Task Group (STG) at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Right: Robert R. Gilruth, director of the STG.
05/4/2024 - 3:02 am | View Website - John Glenn | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts | Britannica
John Glenn (born July 18, 1921, Cambridge, Ohio, U.S.—died December 8, 2016, Columbus, Ohio) was the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth, completing three orbits in 1962. (Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first person in space, had made a single orbit of Earth in 1961.) Glenn joined the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1942.
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