COLUMBUS, Ohio (WABC) -- John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U.S. Senate, died Thursday ...

Astronaut John Glenn dies at the age of 95. He was the first american to orbit the Earth in 1962. He returned to space in 1998 and broke another record to become the oldest astronaut at the age of 77.

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U.S. Senate, died Thursday. The ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Glenn was the ultimate all-American hero. He was the first American to orbit the Earth, a war hero fighter pilot, a record-setting test pilot, a longtime senator, a presidential ...

John Glenn's last correspondence before his death was to approve the use of his name for Blue Origin's first orbital-class rocket. Nine years later, the "New Glenn" is ready for its inaugural launch.

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U.S. Senate, died Thursday. The ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Former U.S. senator and astronaut John Glenn died surrounded by family at a medical center in Columbus Ohio, Ohio State University President Michael V. Drake confirmed Thursday. He ...

UPDATE @ 2:54 p.m. (Dec. 9): President Barack Obama has ordered flags at half-staff through the burial of John Glenn on all public buildings and grounds. UPDATE @ 12:36 p.m. (Dec. 9): Late space hero ...

John Glenn was the most celebrated American hero of the past 60 years, and he never lost his small-town Midwestern roots. The first American to orbit the Earth died Thursday, at 95. In addition to his ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - John Glenn and his wife have been hurt in a traffic accident.The 85-year-old former senator and astronaut and his 86-year-old wife Annie are in fair condition at a hospital in ...

Monumentally important, this is the first image of an American astronaut in space. In the Project Mercury spacecraft named ...

Former astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn has died in Ohio. He was 95. Glenn became a national hero in 1962 when he became the first American to orbit the Earth. Hank Wilson with the John Glenn School ...