National Aeronautics and Space Administration

John Glenn

United States of America

John Glenn
Deceased

Biography

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Colonel John Herschel Glenn Jr. was a United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA, he served from 1974 to 1999 as a Democratic United States Senator from Ohio.

Type

Government

Age

95

Date of Birth

July 18, 1921

First Flight

February 20, 1962

Last Flight

October 29, 1998

Career Stats

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2

Flights

2

Landings

0

Spacewalks

P9DT2H39M47S

Time in Space

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