![]() One day during his term as senator, while reading a book on space physiology, the idea occurred to Glenn that a study examining the effects of weightlessness on older people could be beneficial. Item #STS95M – Colorano Silk Cachet STS-95 Launch Cover with commemorative medal He held that position for about 24 years, until he was 78 years old. The former astronaut began his political career in 1974, when he was elected to represent his home state of Ohio in the US Senate. Glenn must have thought his space flight days were over when he resigned from NASA shortly after his friend John Kennedy was assassinated. Item #M11181 – Mint stamp sheet honoring Glenn as the First American to orbit Earth Upon his return Glenn was a national hero, with his own ticker-tape parade and a service medal awarded by President Kennedy. On February 20, 1962, he became the first American to orbit the Earth. Three years later, the spacecraft Friendship 7 blasted into space with Glenn inside the capsule. ![]() In April 1959, Glenn was one of seven men chosen to take part in NASA’s Project Mercury. US #1193 features the Friendship 7 space capsule flown by John Glenn in the first successful orbit of the Earth.įlying was a passion for Glenn and during peacetime he was appointed to test pilot school. He went on to fly another 63 missions during the Korean War, twice returning to his base with more than 250 enemy anti-aircraft bullet holes in his plane. At the age of 77, he was the oldest person to go into space.īorn on July 18, 1921, John Glenn served with the Marines during World War II, flying 59 combat missions in the South Pacific. On October 29, 1998, John Glenn returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. ![]() US #3191h pictures the Discovery and the Friendship 7. ![]()
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