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John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth. In February of 1962 he piloted a Mercury capsule, Friendship 7, during a 3 orbit, 4 hour and 55 minute flight. In 1998, when he was 77 years old, Glenn returned to orbit on the space shuttle Discovery.
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