Dec 8, 2016

John Glenn, who made history twice as the first American to orbit the Earth and the first senior citizen to venture into space, has died at the age of 95, the Ohio State University’s John Glenn College of Public Affairs said on December 8, 2016.

: NEW YORK, UNITED STATES: US Senator and astronaut John Glenn (R) and his wife Annie, along with the crew of the recently completed Space Shuttle Discovery mission, parade up Broadway’s “Canyon of Heroes” 16 November as the crew were given a ticker tape parade. This is the second time the 77-year-old Glenn has received a ticker tape parade in New York with the first on 01 March, 1962 after he became the first American to ever orbit the Earth. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)

: John Glenn receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, from President Barack Obama at the White House on May 29, 2012. (Bloomberg photo by Andrew Harrer News)

: John Glenn poses for photos beside the Mercury Friendship 7 capsule at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., on June 23, 2001. (Washington Post photo by Ricky Carioti)

: Then-Sen.John Glenn trains for a shuttle mission at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Glenn, nearly twice the age of some of his fellow astronauts, was the media focus of the mission. (Washington Post photo by Robert A. Reeder)

: Discovery crew members file out of the Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center on Friday, Oct. 9, 1998. They are Chiaki Mukai, front left, clockwise, pilot Steve Lindsey, Scott Parazynski, Stephen Robinson, Pedro Duque, Sen. John Glenn and commander Curt Brown. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)

: Then-Sen. John Glenn controls a small armored personnel carrier during training, on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 1998. Fire training officer Capt. George Hoggard, left front, trained the seven-member crew how to drive the M1-113 carrier. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)

: In front of a the original launch console and tracking map, Mercury astronauts John Glenn, left, and Scott Carpenter at the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first orbital flight by an American astronaut. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)

: John Glenn leaves the crew-transport vehicle at Kennedy Space Center in November 1998 after completing his second mission in space, this time aboard space shuttle Discovery. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)

: John Glenn greets his wife Annie with a kiss after arriving at Kennedy Space Center on Monday, Oct. 26, 1998. Glenn’s children and grandson also welcomed him. The 77-year old senator returned to space on Oct. 29, 1998 aboard Discovery. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)

: Former Astronaut Senator John Glenn gets a ticker tape parade to welcome him back from his return to Space on the Shuttle, New York, New York, November 16, 1998. (Photo by Allan Tannenbaum/Getty Images)

: FILE – This file photo taken on October 15, 1998 shows US Senator John Glenn speaking during an interview with reporters at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Glenn, who made history twice as the first American to orbit the Earth and the first senior citizen to venture into space, has died at the age of 95, the Ohio State University’s John Glenn College of Public Affairs said on December 8, 2016. (Paul Buck/AFP/Getty Images)

: In a Monday, July 26, 2004 file photo, former astronaut and Senator John Glenn welcomes Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, left to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center, near Cape Canaveral, Fla. Former astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, died in Ohio. He was 95. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

: In a Monday, July 26, 2004 file photo, former astronaut and Senator John Glenn, left,with presidential candidate John Kerry, walks past a replica of the Mercury Atlas rocket that took Glenn into space, during Kerry’s campaign stop at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center, near Cape Canaveral. Former astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, died in Ohio. He was 95. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

: FILE – In a Monday, July 26, 2004 file photo, from left, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, Sen. Bob Graham (D-fla), former astronaut and Senator John Glenn, and Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) gaze up at a replica of the Mercury Atlas rocket that took Glenn into space, at THE Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center, near Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File) Former astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, died in Ohio. He was 95. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

: Democratic presidential candidate, John Glenn, right, his wife Annie Glenn, left, and Roxanne Conlin, center, Glenns Iowa campaign director, give an optimistic thumbs up to a crowd of supporters at Glenns last rally before the Iowa caucuses, Monday, Feb. 20, 1984, Des Moines, Iowa. Glenn flew to Washington after the rally and will follow caucus news while campaigning in the east. (AP Photo)

: Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, greets supporters of the Massachusetts Democratic State Convention on his way to the podium to address the crowd, Saturday, April 9, 1983, Springfield, Mass. Six announced Democratic candidates for President addressed the convention prior to the voting for Presidential Preference Poll. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

: Sen. John Glenn of Ohio addresses the Democratic National Convention on July 12, 1976 in New York as one of the two keynote speakers. He called for an end to divisiveness and despair and an American future “in which we can all be proud patriots.” (AP Photo)

: FILE – This file photo taken on October 9, 1998 shows US astronaut and Senator John Glenn getting a hand from white room technicians moments before boarding the US space shuttle Discovery. Glenn, who made history twice as the first American to orbit the Earth and the first senior citizen to venture into space, has died at the age of 95, the Ohio State University’s John Glenn College of Public Affairs said on December 8, 2016. (NASA/HOHO/AFP/Getty Images)

: FILE – This file photo taken on October 8, 1998 shows US Senator and astronaut John Glenn waving to the media during a shuttle crew interview session at Kennedy Space Center. Glenn, who made history twice as the first American to orbit the Earth and the first senior citizen to venture into space, has died at the age of 95, the Ohio State University’s John Glenn College of Public Affairs said on December 8, 2016. (Bruce Weaver/AFP/Getty Images)

John Glenn, astronaut and former U.S. Senator, dies at 95

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