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John Glenn
American astronaut and politician (1921–2016)
"Senator Glenn" redirects here. For other uses, see Senator Glenn (disambiguation).
For other people named John Glenn, see John Glenn (disambiguation).
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| In office December 24, 1974 – January 3, 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Howard Metzenbaum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | George Voinovich | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | William Roth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | William Roth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | John Herschel Glenn Jr. (1921-07-18)July 18, 1921 Cambridge, Ohio, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | December 8, 2016(2016-12-08) (aged 95) Columbus, Ohio, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Democratic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Children | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Muskingum University (BS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years of service | 1941–1965 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Colonel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Time in space | 4h 55m 2 • 60 Years Ago: John Glenn, the First American to Orbit the Earth aboard Friendship 7In February 1962, the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union was in full swing. Both nations had developed spacecraft to send humans into space and selected a group of pilots to fly those spacecraft. The Soviets leaped ahead by placing the first man, Yuri A. Gagarin, in space on April 12, 1961, on a one-orbit flight around the Earth aboard his Vostok spaceship. The United States responded with two suborbital piloted Mercury missions, launched atop Redstone rockets. The Soviets next kept a cosmonaut in space for a full day. 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.
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