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John Glenn John Glenn STS-95; Glenn, John Friendship 7 launch (Top) U.S. astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., entering the Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962, in preparation for launch. Riding into space atop a modified Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile (bottom), Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth. John Glenn entering Friendship 7
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John Glenn: References & Edit History

Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: NASA - John H. Glenn. Aug 22, 2024
Anniversary information added. Jul 14, 2024
Add new Web site: Nature - John Glenn (1921–2016). May 09, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 06, 2024
Anniversary information added. Dec 04, 2023
Add new Web site: Ohio State University Libraries - John Glenn: Biographical Sketch. May 09, 2023
Add new Web site: Encyclopedia Autronautica - Glenn, John Herschel Jr. Mar 21, 2022
Add new Web site: Space.com - Astronaut John Glenn: An American Hero's Greatest Moments Remembered. Mar 21, 2022
Add new Web site: New Mexico Museum of Space History - John H. Glenn Jr. Mar 21, 2022
Changed “The oldest person ever to travel in space” to “At that time the oldest person ever to travel in space.” Jul 21, 2021
Corrected display issue. Mar 26, 2020
Add new Web site: My Hero - Biography of John Glenn. Jan 25, 2019
Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - Biography of John Glenn. Sep 24, 2018
Add new Web site: The Telegraph - John Glenn: Astronaut, Senator and American Hero Dies at 95. Dec 12, 2016
Add new Web site: The New York Times - John Glenn, American Hero of the Space Age, Dies at 95. Dec 12, 2016
He died on December 8, 2016. Dec 08, 2016
Changed article title from John H. Glenn, Jr., to John Glenn. Sep 30, 2016
Add new Web site: Ohio History Central - Biography of John H. Glenn Jr. Jan 10, 2013
Add new Web site: NASA - John H. Glenn. Jan 10, 2013
He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. May 31, 2012
Article revised and updated. May 15, 2012
Video of Friendship 7 launch added. Sep 04, 2009
Added new Web site: Window To The Universe - Biography of John Glenn. Apr 30, 2009
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Biography of John Glenn. Apr 08, 2009
Media added. Jul 18, 2007
Media added. Jun 29, 2006
Article revised. Feb 18, 2005
Article revised. Nov 21, 2001
Article revised. May 04, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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