
John Glenn
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 8 years ago |
Date of birth | July 18,1921 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Cambridge |
Ohio | |
United States | |
Date of died | December 8,2016 |
Died | The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center |
Columbus | |
Ohio | |
United States | |
Spouse | Annie Glenn |
Children | John David Glenn |
Carolyn Ann Glenn | |
Height | 179 (cm) |
Job | Astronaut |
Politician | |
Fighter pilot | |
United States Naval Aviator | |
Education | USNTPS |
Muskingum University | |
Books | John Glenn: A Memoir |
We Seven: By the Astronauts Themselves | |
John Glenn: A Memoir 4C Ctr | |
Tobruk to Tarakan: 70th Anniversary El Alamein Edition | |
The Astronauts: Pioneers in Space | |
Rethinking Defense and Conventional Forces | |
John Glenn: A Memoir 10c Flr | |
Catalogue of the Francis Trigge Chained Library, St. Wulfram's Church, Grantham | |
Space missions | Mercury-Atlas 6, STS-95 |
Mercury-Atlas 6 | |
STS-95 | |
First space flight | Mercury-Atlas 6 |
Movies/Shows | Mercury 13 |
The Real Right Stuff | |
The Lazarus Project | |
Pawn Sacrifice | |
Full name | John Herschel Glenn Jr. |
Grandchildren | Zach Glenn |
Daniel Glenn | |
Party | Democratic Party |
Space time | 0d 4h 55m |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 439057 |
Congressional Space Medal of Honor
NASA Distinguished Service Medal
Congressional Gold Medal
Air Medal
National Defense Service Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Presidential Unit Citation
Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal
Korean Service Medal
American Campaign Medal
Navy Unit Commendation
China Service Medal
United Nations Korea Medal
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Navy Occupation Service Medal
Hubbard Medal
Presidential Medal of Freedom
John Glenn Life story
John Herschel Glenn Jr. was an American Marine Corps aviator, engineer, 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.
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