John Herschel Glenn, Jr. Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
John Herschel Glenn, Jr. (born July 18, 1921), (Col, USMC, Ret.), is a former American pilot, engineer, astronaut and United States senator. He was a combat aviator in the U.S. Marine Corps, and is now the only surviving member of the Mercury Seven: the elite U.S. military test pilots selected by NASA to operate the experimental Mercury spacecraft and who became the first American astronauts.On February 20, 1962, Glenn flew the Friendship 7 mission and became the first American to orbit the Earth and the fifth person in space, after cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov and the suborbital missions of fellow Mercury Seven astronauts Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom. In 1965, Glenn retired from the military and resigned from NASA so he could be eligible to stand for election to public office. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected to represent Ohio in the U.S. Senate from 1974 to 1999.Glenn received a Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. He was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1990. On October 29, 1998, while still a sitting senator, he became the oldest person to fly in space, and the only one to fly in both the Mercury and Space Shuttle programs, when at age 77, he flew on Discovery (STS-95). Glenn is also the earliest-born American to go to orbit, and the second earliest-born man overall after Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy who was born three months and three days earlier. With the death of Scott Carpenter on October 10, 2013, Glenn is the last surviving member of the Mercury 7.
Full Name
John Herschel Glenn, Jr.
Net Worth
$16 Million
Date Of Birth
July 18, 1921
Place Of Birth
Cambridge, Ohio, USA
Height
5' 10½" (1.79 m)
Profession
Actor
Work Position
John Glenn's Flight on Friendship 7, MA-6 – as heard on KCBS Radio
Education
Muskingum University
Nationality
American
Spouse
Annie Castor
Nicknames
Bob Glenn, John H. Glenn, Jr., John Glenn, Glenn, John
Star Sign
Cancer
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Quote
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[to his wife Annie as he left to become the first American to orbit Earth] I'm going down to the corner to buy some chewing gum.
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The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of space travel.
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This is a day we have managed to avoid for a quarter of a century. [on the loss of seven lives in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, 28 January 1986]
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I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets.
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Fact
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Inducted into the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame in 1993.
With Scott Carpenter's death on October 10, 2013, he is the last surviving member of the Mercury Seven. In spite of this, he was the oldest of the seven astronauts.
Attended the Marine Corps Ball held annually in Washington, D.C. as the Guest of Honor. [December 1997]
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Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama on 29 May 2012.
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Was Ted Williams' "Wingman" during the Korean War.
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Named his Mercury spacecraft "Friendship 7".
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Holds the world record for longest time between commission as astronaut and last space flight - an almost unbeatable 39 years 6 months 27 days.
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Attended Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio; the same college which produced actress Agnes Moorehead.
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Appeared in uniform with ten year old singer and actor Eddie Hodges as a contestant on a very popular Oct 4th 1957 episode of "Name That Tune" (1953) (TV series) after achieving international fame for setting the worlds record for the fastest trans-coastal flight in the USA. He and Hodges were teammates and split the grand prize of 25,000 dollars after successfully appearing on that much beloved episode.
