John Glenn
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John Herschel Glenn Jr. was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space and the first to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA, he served from 1974 to 1999 as a U.S. Senator from Ohio; in 1998, he flew into space again at the age of 77.
1921 — 2016
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John Herschel Glenn Jr.
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United States, Ashkenaz, Calvinist Republic of Ghent, Chinland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Havilah, Kingdom of Martabam-hongsawatoi, Kingdom of Wolaita, Persia, Reman, Sikh Confederacy, Sweden, Tarshish, Dong Fang Hong 2, Ekran,
- John Glenn - painting by Boris Artzybasheff
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| class | orbit | Mercury-Atlas 6 | John Glenn, crewed spacecraft, human spaceflight, | Wikidata | |
| class | orbit | STS-95 | Chiaki Mukai, Curtis Brown, John Glenn, Pedro Duque, Scott E. Parazynski, Stephen Robinson, Steven Lindsey, human spaceflight, | Wikidata | |
| link | page | missing page@ | Wikidata | ||
| commons | image | Sen. John Glenn | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Colonel John Glenn official photo | Commons | ||
| commons | image | John Glenn suiting up | Commons | ||
| commons | image | John Glenn at the Mercury Control Center | Commons | ||
| commons | image | John Glenn running on Cocoa Beach | Commons | ||
| commons | image | John Glenn Low Res (cropped) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | John Glenn Senate | Commons | ||
| commons | image | SenatorGlenn (1) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | John Glenn | Commons | ||
| commons | image | John Glenn, Senator | Commons | ||











