John Glenn
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title:
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 American 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. Before joining NASA, Glenn was a distinguished fighter pilot in World War II, the Chinese Civil War, and the Korean War. He shot down three Mi
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American astronaut and politician (1921–2016)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Glenn
date created:
2002-06-21T18:44:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T01:23:37Z
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