John Glenn, the all-American hero

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John Glenn was born on July 18, 1921 in Cambridge, Ohio. A military pilot, he was selected in 1959 for Project Mercury astronaut training. He became a backup pilot for Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Virgil I. Grissom, who made the first two U.S. suborbital flights into space. Glenn was selected for the first orbital flight, and in 1962, aboard Friendship 7, he made three orbits around Earth.

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44 min

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Date of Publication

1998

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Alexander Street

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