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1. www.nasa.gov › history › glenn-orbits-the-earthGlenn Orbits the Earth - NASA

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   Feb 16, 2012 · In 4 hours and 56 minutes, John Glenn circled the globe three times, reaching speeds of more than 17,000 miles per hour. The successful mission concluded with a splashdown and recovery in the Atlantic Ocean, 800 miles southeast of Bermuda. John Glenn instantly became a hero. President John Kennedy awarded him the Space Congressional Medal of Honor.

2. www.nationalgeographic.com › science › articleJohn Glenn, Pioneering Astronaut, Dies at Age 95

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   Dec 8, 2016 · John Herschel Glenn, Jr.—an astronaut, fighter pilot, and U.S. senator who is best known for being the first American to orbit the planet—died on Thursday at age 95. Glenn was also the oldest ...

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3. www.nasa.gov › former-astronaut-john-h-glennFormer Astronaut John H. Glenn - NASA

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   May 29, 2012 · John H. Glenn. Before his 4-hour, 55-minute flight in the Friendship 7 capsule, Glenn had served as backup pilot for astronauts Alan Shepard, the first American in space who flew on May 5, 1961, and to Virgil “Gus” Grissom, who followed Shepard on a suborbital flight of his own. Learn More about John H. Glenn. December, 1962 – Official ...

4. www.nasa.gov › people › biography-of-john-h-glennBiography of John H. Glenn - NASA

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   Jul 25, 2023 · John H. Glenn Research Center. Lewis Field. Cleveland, Ohio 44135. Born July 18, 1921 in Cambridge, Ohio. Married to the former Anna Margaret Castor of New Concord, Ohio. They have two grown children and two grandchildren. Glenn attended primary and secondary schools in New Concord, Ohio. He attended Muskingum College in New Concord and ...

5. www.pbs.org › newshour › scienceJohn Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, dies at 95

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   Dec 8, 2016 · John Glenn, NASA astronaut, U.S. Senator and the first American to orbit the planet, died Thursday at a hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He was 95. Born in Ohio in 1921, Glenn gained his first flight ...

6. www.history.com › this-day-in-history › an-americanJohn Glenn becomes first American to orbit Earth - HISTORY

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   Feb 9, 2010 · Glenn was hailed as a national hero, and on February 23 President John F. Kennedy visited him at Cape Canaveral. He later addressed Congress and was given a ticker-tape parade in New York City .

7. www.nasa.gov › history › 40thmerc740th Anniversary of Mercury 7: John Herschel Glenn, Jr. - NASA

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   John Herschel Glenn, Jr., Colonel USMC (Ret.), was born on July 18, 1921, in Cambridge, Ohio. He grew up in New Concord, Ohio, where he attended school and graduated from New Concord High School. He then enrolled in New Concord's Muskingum College where he received a B.S. in engineering. 1 He had already learned to fly at the small New ...