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John Glenn's Importance to the U.S. Space Program — and to the Country Itself
John Glenn died at 95 Thursday ... Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth on Feb, 20, 1962, as part of the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission. He was the third American in space and the fifth ...
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STS-95: John Glenn Returns to Space
John Glenn was the only one of the Mercury Seven ... The flight came 36 years after his only other space mission, Mercury-Atlas 6, and was something of a victory lap for the 77-year-old Glenn ...