A national hero who was the first American to orbit the earth, former astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn died on Thursday at age 95. He was the last of the original Mercury 7 astronauts.
On February 20, 1962, Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth, as the U.S. was plunged into a space race against the Soviet Union.
“Zero-G and I feel fine,” Glenn said as he traveled in the spaceship named Friendship 7.
After leaving the space program, Glenn won election to the U.S. Senate in 1974, serving there until he retired after the 1998 elections.
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