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John Glenn's Mercury mission lasted for 4 hours, 55 minutes, and 23 seconds. In this time, he was able to orbit the Earth three times.

Glenn also was able to orbit the Earth on board the space shuttle Discovery three decades later, adding 8 days, 21 hours, 44 minutes, 56 seconds to his time in space. This trip, each orbit took 96 minutes.

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