RIP John Glenn, 95

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John Glenn, who captured the nation’s attention in 1962 as the first American
to orbit the Earth during a tense time when the United States sought supremacy
over the Soviet Union in the space race, and who rocketed back into space 36
years later, becoming the oldest astronaut in history, died Dec. 8 at a
hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Glenn, who in his post-NASA career served four
terms as a U.S. senator from Ohio,  was 95.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/john-glenn-first-american-to-orbit-the-earth-dies-at-95/2016/12/08/98863c00-b967-11e6-a677-b608fbb3aaf6_story.html