John Glenn passed away on December 8, at the age 95.

John Glenn was a jack of all trades. He served in WWII and in Korea. As part of the “Mercury Seven”, a group of military test pilots, Glenn became one of America’s first astronauts in 1959. On February 20, 1962, he became the first American to orbit the Earth and the fifth person in space.

John Glenn retired from the Marines in 1965 as he had suffered a concussion from a head injury in his bathtub. Also in 1965, John had wanted to go into space, but was denied the opportunity by former president John F. Kennedy.

He also served as senator of Ohio from 1974-1999. He was the longest serving senator in Ohio’s state history.

In 1998, he became the oldest man to go into space.  NASA was weary that due to Glenn’s age, NASA feared that he would die in space. If that were to happen, so they thought, America would’ve lost a worshiped god in a sense, due to him being everywhere throughout American history.  

Despite NASA’s initial rejection, Glenn went into space at age 77 on October 29, 1998. John Glenn successfully orbited Earth in a space shuttle for 9 days and traveled 3,6 million miles in a time of 213 hours and 44 minutes.

John Glenn will be deeply missed by the American people.