John Glenn Summary

John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth during the Mercury 6 mission on February 20, 1962. In 1998, at the age of seventy-seven, Glenn returned to space. Glenn, John American Astron... Read more

Glenn Jr., John H. (1921- ) American astronaut and senator John H. Glenn Jr. was the first American to orbit the earth. In the wake of this 1962 feat, Glenn became a national hero on the order of Tran... Read more

Excerpts from John Glenn: a Memoir by with Nick Taylor John Glenn Excerpts from John Glenn: A Memoir Published in 1999 John Herschel Glenn Jr. (1921–) has accomplished more in one lifetime than... Read more