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John Glenn

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Gender Male
Death7 years ago
Date of birth July 18,1921
Zodiac sign Cancer
Born Cambridge
Ohio
United States
Date of died December 8,2016
DiedThe Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus
Ohio
United States
Spouse Annie Glenn
Children John David Glenn
Carolyn Ann Glenn
Height 179 (cm)
Job Astronaut
Politician
Fighter pilot
United States Naval Aviator
Education USNTPS
Muskingum University
Books John Glenn: A Memoir
We Seven: By the Astronauts Themselves
John Glenn: A Memoir 4C Ctr
Tobruk to Tarakan: 70th Anniversary El Alamein Edition
The Astronauts: Pioneers in Space
Rethinking Defense and Conventional Forces
John Glenn: A Memoir 10c Flr
Catalogue of the Francis Trigge Chained Library, St. Wulfram's Church, Grantham
Space missionsMercury-Atlas 6, STS-95
Mercury-Atlas 6
STS-95
First space flight Mercury-Atlas 6
Movies/Shows Mercury 13
The Real Right Stuff
The Lazarus Project
Pawn Sacrifice
Full nameJohn Herschel Glenn Jr.
Grandchildren Zach Glenn
Daniel Glenn
Party Democratic Party
Space time0d 4h 55m
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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John Herschel Glenn Jr. was an American Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962.

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