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John Glenn

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Detailed Information

Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Astronaut
Died
Dec 8, 2016
Zodiac
Cancer
Born in
Ohio
About
Astronaut and senator who in 1962 was the first American to orbit the Earth and in 1998 became the oldest person to go to space. He was a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and Presidential Medal of Freedom, among several other distinctions.
Family
He married Annie Glenn in 1943. He and Annie had a daughter named Carolyn and a son named John.

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