John Glenn

John Herschel Glenn Jr. (born July 18, 1921, in Cambridge, Ohio) is a former United States Senator who first rose to fame as the first American to orbit the Earth as an astronaut in NASA's Mercury program.

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  Quincy Jones presents platinum copies of "Fly Me to the Moon" to John Glenn and Neil Armstrong.

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  Autographed EKG of Major John Glenn from his medical debriefing after his orbital flight on 20 February 1962

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  Astronaut John Glenn enters Friendship 7 prior to the first American manned Earth orbital mission.

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  John Glen during his flight in Friendship 7 as he uses a photometer to view the sun.

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  John H Glenn Jr. in flight suit from 1961 Mercury 6 Mission

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  Official portrait of astronaut John H. Glenn, from 24-Sep-1962.

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  Official Senate portrait

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  John Glen on the occasion of his second space flight on October 29, 1998, on Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-95.

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