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John Glenn

John Glenn

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1921-07-18

Deceased 2016-12-08

Status Deceased

Type Government

Astronaut Biography

Colonel John Herschel Glenn Jr. was a United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA, he served from 1974 to 1999 as a Democratic United States Senator from Ohio.

John Glenn's Launches

Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-95

Lockheed Space Operations Company
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 6

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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