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John Herschell GLENN Jr.

 

3 Worldwide / 1 USA

 

Date of birth: July 18, 1921.

 

The 1st Space Flight:
The first US manned orbital space flight
  • Launch: February 20, 1962 at 14.47; Mercury 13 (Friendship 7), MA-6 flight. Commander.
  • Splash down: February 20, 1962 at 19.43; Mercury 13 (Friendship 7), MA-6 flight. Commander.
  • Flight duration: 0 day, 04 hour, 55 minutes, 23 seconds.

The 2nd Space Flight:

The oldest man who performed a space flight (77 years old)

  • Launch:  October 29, 1998 at 19.19; "Discovery” (STS-95). Payload Specialist 2.
  • Landing: November 07, 1998 at 17.03; "Discovery” (STS-95). Payload Specialist 2.

Flight duration: 08 days, 21 hours, 43 minutes, 57 seconds.

 

Total space flights – 2.

Total time in space: 09 day, 02 hour, 39 minutes, 20 seconds.

 

Date of death: December 8, 2016.

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