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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]
Dec 8, 2016 · John Herschel Glenn, Jr.—an astronaut, fighter pilot, and U.S. senator who is best known for being the first American to orbit the planet—died on Thursday at age 95.
Dec 8, 2016 · John Glenn, the astronaut, never lost his popularity. He remained the man who had put credibility back into America's space programme and helped pave the way for the 1969 Moon landings.
Dec 8, 2016 · Dec. 8, 2016. John Glenn, a freckle-faced son of Ohio who was hailed as a national hero and a symbol of the space age as the first American to orbit Earth, then became a national political...
- John Noble Wilford
Jun 10, 2024 · Former astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn died Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. Astronaut John Glenn relaxes aboard the USS Noa after being recovered from the Atlantic near Grand Turk Island after his historic Mercury flight.
Dec 8, 2015 · Anna Margaret Glenn died on May 19, 2020, and was buried alongside her husband at Arlington National Cemetery. Astronaut John Glenn (R) and his wife Annie wave to friends at the Kennedy Space...
Apr 2, 2014 · Death. Glenn, the last of NASA's first class of astronauts, died on December 8, 2016, at the age of 95, at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio.
