Biographies of U.S. Astronauts

Glenn

John Herschel, Jr.

USA

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Personal data

Barthdate:  18.07.1921
Birthplace:  Cambridge / Ohio
Marital status:  married
Children:  two
Selection date:  02.04.1959
Selection group:  NASA-1 / US-Senate
Position:  PSP
Status:  Ret. 07.11.1998
Day of death:  08.12.2016
Place of death:  Columbus / Ohio

Spaceflights

No. Mission Position Time Duration
1  Mercury 6 Friendship 7  PLT  20.02.1962 4h 55m 
2  STS-95 Discovery  PS  29.10. - 07.11.1998 8d 21h 44m 
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Total  9d 02h 39m 
         

Additional information

Colonel, USMC, Ret.; bachelor of science in engineering from Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio was awarded only after his first space flight (Glenn did not satisfy Muskigam's normal requirement for the number of senior year, in-residence courses taken, however he was later granted a waiver for this requirement and awarded a bachelor's degree.); recipient of nine honorary doctoral degrees; 59 combat missions during World War II; he resigned from NASA on 16.01.1964; since 1974 member of the US Senate (Democratic Party); hobbies: boating, skiing; in 1998 he was selected as PSP for STS-95.

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