Astronaut John Glenn dies at 95

摘要

John glenn, who captured the nation's imagination and became a hero for the ages in 1962 as the first American to orbit, and who was the last surviving Mercury astronaut, died December 8,2016, at age 95. Glenn was among a very small number of American aerospace pioneers whose feats made them household names for generations, comparable in that regard to Charles A. Lindbergh, or the Wright brothers. His Friendship 7 mission on February 20,1962, lasted five hours, but its impact inspired millions.