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- NAME: John Herschel Glenn
- OCCUPATION: Astronaut, Military Leader, Pilot, U.S. Representative
- BIRTH DATE: July 18, 1921 (Age: 90)
- EDUCATION: Muskingum College
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Cambridge, Ohio
- ZODIAC SIGN: Cancer
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John Glenn was the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth, completing three orbits in 1962. He has also served as an Ohio senator.
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John Glenn was born July 18, 1921 in Cambridge, Ohio. A military pilots he was selected in 1959 for Project Mercury astronaut training. He became a backup pilot for Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Virgil I. Grissom, who made the first two U.S. suborbital flights into space. Glenn was selected for the first orbital flight, and in 1962 aboard Friendship 7, he made three orbits around Earth.© 2012 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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