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Birth Name: John Herschel Glenn Jr.

Born: 18 July 1921 Died: 8 December 2016

Country of origin: United States

Height: 5' 10"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Annie Glenn

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John Glenn In 1998 TODAY Interview: ‘I Don’t Think I’m That Different’ | Flashback | TODAY

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John Glenn Documentary, Short Version

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John Glenn Returns to Space in 1998 | ARCHIVAL VIDEO

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Description: John Herschel Glenn Jr. was a United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, and United States Senator from Ohio. In 1962 he was the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times. Before joining NASA, Glenn was a distinguished fighter pilot in World War II and Korea with six Distinguished Flying Crosses and eighteen clusters on his Air Medal. He was one of the Mercury Seven, military test pilots selected in 1959 by NASA as the United States' first astronauts. On February 20, 1962, Glenn flew the Friendship 7 mission; the first American to orbit the Earth, he was the fifth person in space. He received th ... (more)