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John Glenn first American to orbit Earth detailed life
The article chronicles John Glenn's path from Ohio youth to Navy pilot and test flyer, his World War II and Korean War combat missions, and his record breaking flight aboard Friendship 7 in 1962. It notes his Mercury 7 selection, space orbit three times, later political career, and death in 2016 at 95.
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United States
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John Herschel Glenn Jr
Earth
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Cambridge
Ohio
New Concord
John Glenn
Muskingum College
Naval Aviation Cadet Program
United States Marine Corps
Anna
Annie) Margaret Castor
John David
Carolyn Ann
U.S. Navy
Maryland
Naval Air Test Center
Los Angeles
New York
Space
Virgil “Gus” Grissom
Alan Shepard
Walter Schirra Jr
Donald Slayton
Scott Carpenter
Gordon Cooper
Cape Canaveral
Florida
NASA
U.S
Ronald Reagan
Barack Obama
Columbus
Arlington National Cemetery