John H. Glenn Jr., a decorated combat veteran and test pilot who gained worldwide fame as the first American to orbit the Earth, died at 95 years old Latest U.S.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Pioneering astronaut John Glen is being showered with birthday recognition by people on social media, NASA and residents in his home state of Ohio. The first American to orbit ...

Fifty years ago, American scientists and engineers couldn’t know for sure what effect an orbital spaceflight would have on American astronaut Col. John H. Glenn. The Soviets already had orbited ...

376869 01: Astronaut John Glenn, Jr. is loaded into the Friendship 7 capsule in preparation for ...More flight on the Mercury Titan rocket February 20, 1962. Getty Images. Sixty years hence, it ...

It's about 400 miles from the streets of New Concord to Nyack College, located along the historic Hudson River in the northern outskirts of New York City. And that's perfectly fine for John Glenn ...

John Glenn, the American hero who made a name for himself as the first American to orbit the earth, died Thursday. Glenn was born in New Concord and served as a U.S. senator from Ohio for 24 years.

John Glenn was famous for the courage he displayed in his pioneering space flight, but Bob Greene says his wife Annie also has shown great courage CNN values your feedback 1.

John Glenn with his Mercury space capsule, Friendship 7, in an undated handout photo. Glenn, who was hailed as a national hero and a symbol of the space age as the first American to orbit Earth ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - John Glenn made his historic spaceflight alone in 1962 but celebrated its 50th anniversary Monday among hundreds of people within his orbit, from fellow headline-making ...

John Glenn is being showered with birthday recognition. The first American to orbit the Earth was trending on Twitter on Monday as he turned 95.

Pioneering astronaut John Glenn is being showered with birthday recognition by people on social media, NASA and residents in his home state of Ohio. The first American to orbit the Earth was trending ...