John Glenn, the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth who later spent 24 years representing Ohio in the Senate, has died at age 95. Here's a look at his legacy.
FILE – In this Feb. 20, 2012, file photo, U.S. Sen. John Glenn talks with astronauts on the International Space Station via satellite before a discussion titled “Learning from the Past to Innovate for the Future” in Columbus, Ohio.
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AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File
8th April 1959: The seven astronauts of NASA’s Mercury programme: Walter M Schirra, Deke Slayton, John Glenn Jnr, M Scott Carpenter, Alan B Shepard Jnr, Virgil I Grissom and Leroy Gordon Cooper Jnr.
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FILE – In this Jan. 11, 1961 file photo, Marine Lt. Col. John Glenn reaches for controls inside a Mercury capsule procedures trainer as he shows how the first U.S. astronaut will ride through space during a demonstration at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Research Center in Langley Field, Va. Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth who later spent 24 years representing Ohio in the Senate, died Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, at the age of 95.
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AP Photo/File
FILE – This May 1961 file photo shows astronauts, from left, Virgil I. Grissom, John Glenn and Alan Shepard.
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FILE – In this Feb. 23, 1962 file photo, astronaut John Glenn and President John F. Kennedy inspect the Friendship 7, the Mercury capsule in which Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. Kennedy presented Distinguished Service medal to Glenn at Cape Canaveral, Fla. At right is Vice President Lyndon Johnson. Glenn, who later spent 24 years representing Ohio in the Senate, has died at 95.
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AP Photo/Vincent P. Connolly, File
FILE – In this Feb. 20, 1962, file photo, astronaut John Glenn sits next to the Friendship 7 space capsule atop an Atlas rocket at Cape Canaveral, Fla., during preparations for his flight which made him the first American to orbit the Earth. Glenn, who later spent 24 years representing Ohio in the Senate, has died at 95.
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In this Feb. 20, 1962 photo made available by NASA, astronaut John Glenn pilots the “Friendship 7” Mercury spacecraft during his historic flight as the first American to orbit the Earth. Glenn, who later spent 24 years representing Ohio in the Senate, has died at 95.
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NASA via AP
FILE – In this Jan. 21, 1964, file photo, astronaut John Glenn, concluding five days of campaigning in Ohio for his first bid for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, writes out a check for plane tickets as his wife Annie Glenn examines some reading material at Port Columbus airport in Columbus, Ohio.
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AP Photo/Julian C. Wilson, File
FILE – In this Jan. 17, 1964, file photo, astronaut John Glenn, center, signs an autograph before announcing his first bid to seek the Democratic nomination to run for U.S. senator of Ohio, as reporters and photographers document his arrival at Port Columbus airport in Columbus, Ohio.
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AP Photo, File
FILE – In this Feb. 20, 1962, file photo, U.S. astronaut John Glenn climbs inside the capsule of the Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 before becoming the first American to orbit the Earth, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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AP Photo, File
FILE – In this Tuesday, Jan. 18, 1984 file photo, Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, answers questions from the press in Jackson, Miss. At left is his wife, Annie Glenn. Glenn travelled through the South seeking support for his presidential campaign. Glenn, the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth who later spent 24 years representing Ohio in the Senate, died Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, at the age of 95.
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AP Photo/Tannen Maury, File
The Space shuttle Discovery, with Sen. John Glenn and six other astronauts aboard, heads for space Thursday afternoon, Oct. 29, 1998, at Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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AP Photo/Mark Humphrey
FILE – In this Sunday, Nov. 1, 1998 image made from video, astronaut John Glenn, left, retrieves a paper airplane for pilot Steven Lindsey, foreground right, in the space shuttle Discovery’s middeck. Astronaut Stephen Robinson, background right, and Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai look over paper work in the background. Glenn died Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, at the age of 95.
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AP Photo/NASA, File
FILE – In this Feb. 20, 2002, file photo, former U.S. Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, right, shows his son David Glenn, left, and daughter Lyn Glenn the Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7, in which he became the first American in orbit, during a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the first U.S. manned orbital flight at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Nate D. Sanders Auctions says in-flight instructions used by Glenn as he became the first American to orbit the Earth sold for $66,993 on Thursday, July 21, 2016, in Los Angeles.
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File
From left, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Annie Glenn, astronaut and former Ohio Sen. John Glenn, and singer Diana Krall, stand during the opening processional at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, during a national memorial service for the first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong.
(AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt
Astronauts (L-R) Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), former U.S. Senator John Glenn (D-OH), Buzz Aldrin and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden participate in the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 16, 2011. The gold medals were presented to Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth; and Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, the crew of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
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Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Astronaut and former Ohio Senator John Glenn talks to members of the media prior to the game between the Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees at Progressive Field on Aug. 26, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images
From right to left, singer Diana Krall, astronaut, and former Ohio Sen. John Glenn, his wife Annie, and astronaut Buzz Aldrin, stand during the processional at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, during a national memorial service for the first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong.
(AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt
FILE – In this May 14, 2015, file photo, former astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, left, answers questions with his wife Annie Glenn during an interview with The Associated Press at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio.
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AP Photo/Paul Vernon, File
FILE – In this June 28, 2016, file photo, former astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, right, shakes hands with 8-year-old Josh Schick, left, before an event to mark the September 2016 renaming of Port Columbus International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio.
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