Former NASA astronaut and U.S. Senator from Ohio John Glenn was born in Cambridge, Ohio on July 18, 1921. On February 20, 1962, NASA astronaut John Glenn flew the Friendship 7 mission at age 40 becoming the third American in space and the first American to orbit the Earth circling the earth three times.
In October 1998, Senator Glenn returned to space at the age of 77 aboard the space shuttle Discovery.
John Glenn was 40 years old when he piloted the Friendship 7 into space. Glenn was born in July of 1921, and he piloted the Friendship 7 into space in February of 1962. In October of 1998, Glenn was aboard the STS-95, a Discovery Space Shuttle. Glenn was 77 years old at the time he made his second flight in space on the STS-95.
John Glenn was 95 years old when he died on December 8, 2016.
John Glenn was 40 years old when he became an astronaut in 1959.
John Glenn was 40 years old. Glenn turned 90 years old on July 18, 2011. H.B. !
The senator who went to space at the age of 77 was John Glenn, a former U.S. senator from Ohio. In 1998, he became the oldest person to travel to space at that time when he joined the Space Shuttle Discovery mission.
John Glenn was 40 years old when he became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962.
John Glenn was 40 years old when he became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962.
no, he did not die but he is old
Why did john Glenn return to space
77
US astronaut and senator John Herschel Glenn Jr. was 95 years old when he died on December 8, 2016 (birthdate: July 18, 1921).