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three years later on february 20th, 1962 he made history, becoming the first american to orbit the earth. it s turning around. the view is tremendous. reporter: after a few failed attempts at launching a political career, glenn ran again in 1974, this time easily won a seat in the senate. he was reelected by the largest margin in the history of the state. my question when he ran in a primary was that he had no feel for politics at all, but he had a tremendous appeal to people because he was plain spoken, and he was a national hero. senator glenn ran in the democratic presidential primaries of 1984 but eventually bowed out to former vice president walter mondale. on january 16, 1998, nasa announced plans to return the 76-year-old legend to space, 36 years after he first or bitted the earth.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20161217:19:08:00

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20161217:19:21:00

was john glenn. as i said earlier, typically john had to wrap his presence in space again as contributing a great body of knowledge about geriatrics and space, et cetera. some of us chuckled about it. i teased annie about it. nevertheless, it was typical of john. gentlemen, stand by for just a moment. i want to introduce more on the life of john glenn. anchor john scott gives us some perspective now. reporter: john herschel glenn, junior, will be remembered for his many roles in america s history. this american icon was a warrior in battle, our first astronaut to orbit the earth and one of our most successful political leaders on capitol hill. in 1998 he added oldest person in space to his roster of achievements. i can t help but stand here today with a real sense of deja

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vu, some 40-year-old, almost, sense of deja vu. reporter: he was born july 18, 1921 in cambridge, ohio and attended muss keying gum college. after the japanese attacked pearl harbor he signed up for the aviation cadet program and became a marine corps pilot long before senator john glenn landed in our nation s capital, he served in world war ii flying 59 successful missions. offensive years later this leather neck was ready to fly sorties again this time over north korea. after serving in korea, glenn attended test pilot school at the naval air test center in maryland. here he gained early national recognition by setting the transcontinental speed record from los angeles to work in 3 hours and 23 minutes. by the late 1950s, the u.s. manned space program was just being conceived. john glenn was selected as one of the first seven astronauts for project mercury.

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