John Herschel Glenn, Jr.
Born: 18 July 1921, Cambridge, Ohio, United States
Nationality: American
Died: 8 December 2016
Group: NASA Group 1 (2 April 1959)
Status: Deceased
| FAI Flights: | |||
| 1 | Friendship 7 | 20 February 1962 | 4 hours, 55 minutes, 23 seconds |
| 2 | STS-95 | 29 October 1998 | 8 days, 21 hours, 44 minutes, 26 seconds |
Education
BS (Engineering), Muskingum College
Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth. His return to space aboard STS-95 made him the second US Senator (Jake Garn was first) and at age 77 the oldest person to go into space.
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