John Glenn, First US Astronaut to Orbit the Earth, Dies at 95
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John Glenn, the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the earth, has died at age 95, officials said Thursday. Glenn had been admitted more than a week ago to Ohio State University’s James Cancer Hospital, according to the John Glenn College of Public Affairs. “When John Glenn blasted off from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas […]