Post by Daniel on Dec 8, 2016 19:11:14 GMT -5
Former senator and astronaut John Glenn dies at 95
Arutz Sheva Staff, 09/12/16
John Glenn, a former United States senator and the first American to orbit the Earth, died on Thursday at the age of 95, reports CNN.
It was announced Wednesday that Glenn had been hospitalized "more than a week ago," Ohio State University spokesman Hank Wilson said on Thursday. He was at The James Cancer Hospital at Ohio State University, but his illness was not disclosed.
Glenn was born on July 18, 1921, in Cambridge, Ohio. During World War II, he enlisted in the Naval Aviation Cadet Program in 1942 and became a pilot for the Marines a year later. Glenn completed nearly 150 combat missions in World War II and the Korean War.
He volunteered when NASA requested pilots for its suborbital and orbital programs, and in 1959 he and six others -- Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper and Deke Slayton -- were selected as the first astronauts, known as the "Mercury 7." Glenn was the last living member of the group.
Glenn made history in 1962 when he completed a three-orbit flight in a space capsule dubbed Friendship 7. He later served for nearly a quarter-century as a U.S. senator in the state of Ohio.
In 1998, he returned to space at age 77, becoming the oldest person to ever do so.
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www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/221471
Arutz Sheva Staff, 09/12/16
John Glenn, a former United States senator and the first American to orbit the Earth, died on Thursday at the age of 95, reports CNN.
It was announced Wednesday that Glenn had been hospitalized "more than a week ago," Ohio State University spokesman Hank Wilson said on Thursday. He was at The James Cancer Hospital at Ohio State University, but his illness was not disclosed.
Glenn was born on July 18, 1921, in Cambridge, Ohio. During World War II, he enlisted in the Naval Aviation Cadet Program in 1942 and became a pilot for the Marines a year later. Glenn completed nearly 150 combat missions in World War II and the Korean War.
He volunteered when NASA requested pilots for its suborbital and orbital programs, and in 1959 he and six others -- Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper and Deke Slayton -- were selected as the first astronauts, known as the "Mercury 7." Glenn was the last living member of the group.
Glenn made history in 1962 when he completed a three-orbit flight in a space capsule dubbed Friendship 7. He later served for nearly a quarter-century as a U.S. senator in the state of Ohio.
In 1998, he returned to space at age 77, becoming the oldest person to ever do so.
more
www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/221471
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