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John Herschel Glenn, Jr. 1921-, American astronaut and politician, b. Cambridge, Ohio. On Feb. 20, 1962, he became the first American and the third person to orbit the earth, circling the globe three times in a vehicle launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla. After leaving the space program, Glenn entered Ohio politics and was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat in 1974. Known for his work on military issues, he campaigned unsuccessfully for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1984. In Oct., 1998, Glenn went into orbit again, on a space shuttle mission, to test effects of space on the elderly. In 1999 he retired from the Senate.

Bibliography: See his memoir (with N. Taylor, 1999).

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Glenn, John Herschel, Jr (1921– ) US astronaut. On February 20, 1962, aboard the spacecraft Friendship 7, he became the first person to orbit the Earth. Glenn became a US Senator (Democrat) from Ohio (1974–99). In 1998, Glenn flew his second space mission on the space shuttle Discovery.

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