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1921 – 2016John Glenn (1921-2016)Died 8 December 2016, aged 95Glenn was an American astronaut who became the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962 aboard Friendship 7. He later served as a U.S. Senator from Ohio for 24 years and returned to space in 1998 aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery at age 77. He was the last surviving member of NASA's original Mercury Seven astronauts.