John Glenn: First US astronaut to orbit Earth dies
Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 16:52
in Astronomy & Space
Former astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, dies aged 95. Pallab Ghosh looks back at the day he made history.
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