Date of Birth	July 18, 1921 in Cambridge Ohio
Childhood / Family	Married to the former Anna Margaret Castor, they have two grown children, and two grandchildren
Education	Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering, Received several honorary Doctoral Degrees
Occupation	Senator (former), Business Executive
Military Service / Civilian	Colonel U.S. Marine Corps Flew 59 missions during World War II.. Volunteered for the Korean War and flew 63 missions. Colonel, USMC, Retired
Space Training / Specialty	Pilot, Commander
Contribution to Space Travel	First American to go in space orbit. On October 29, 1998, Glenn, then 77, became the oldest person in space.
Space Missions	Mercury – Atlas 6, STS - 95
Interesting Fact(s)	The Flight of Friendship 7 Specialized in cockpit layout and control functioning, including some of the early designs for the Apollo project Senate Years of Service: 1974-1999 Party: Democrat
Status	Retired
Images	7he Flight of Friendship 7
Links	http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/glenn-j.html http://www.sacbee.com/static/archive/news/projects/people_of_century/hum_heroes/glenn.html http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/g/glenn.shtml http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/PAO/html/johnglen.htm http://www.infoplease.com/spot/glenn1.html http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000236 http://www.worldhistory.com/john-glenn.htm http://www.factmonster.com/spot/glenn1.html\ http://www.spacetoday.org/Astronauts/JohnGlenn.html http://library.osu.edu/sites/archives/glenn/flight.htm http://library.osu.edu/sites/archives/glenn/glenn.htm

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