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🇺🇸 John Glenn
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United States•Born 1921•NASA
2
Missions
218 hours
Time in Space
0
EVAs
—
EVA Hours
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Flight History
First Flight
February 20, 1962
Last Flight
October 29, 1998
Notable Missions
Mercury-Atlas 6 (Friendship 7)STS-95
Biography
First American to orbit Earth. Returned to space at age 77 aboard STS-95, the oldest person to fly in space at the time.
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