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Time in space. 9d 19h 54m [2] Missions. STS-95. Mission insignia. 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. [3]
During World War II, he was commissioned to the Pacific front, where he flew 59 combat missions. He stayed in the military even after the war and later served in the Korean War. In 1957, he set a major new speed record after he piloted a plane from Los Angeles to New York within three hours, twenty-three minutes, and 8.3 seconds.
Sep 29, 2024 · John Glenn, 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 also served in the U.S. Senate from 1975 to 1999.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dec 9, 2016 · John Herschel Glenn —A Marine Corps fighter pilot, test pilot, astronaut, US senator from Ohio, and 1984 presidential candidate—died Thursday at the age of 95. Glenn, an Ohio native, flew 59 combat missions for the Navy in WWII flying the F4U Corsair and 149 combat missions during the Korean War.
World War II. When the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II, Glenn quit college to enlist in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Never called to duty, in March 1942 he enlisted as a U.S. Navy aviation cadet.
Dec 8, 2016 · During World War II, Glenn enlisted in the Naval Aviation Cadet Program in 1942 and became a pilot for the US Marines a year later.
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He flew 59 combat missions in the South Pacific during World War II. When the Korean conflict began, Glenn asked for combat duty and flew 63 missions. For his total of 149 missions during the two wars, he received many decorations, including the Distinguished Flying Cross six times.
