People across the world are reacting to the death of the first American astronaut to orbit the earth, John Glenn. "Godspeed, John Glenn," NASA wrote in a tweet. "Today, the people of Ohio remember a ...

Monumentally important, this is the first image of an American astronaut in space. In the Project Mercury spacecraft named Friendship 7, John Glenn became the first American astronaut to orbit Earth.

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