COLUMBUS, Ohio (KABC) -- John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth and a former U.S. senator, has died. He was 95. Glenn died at James Cancer Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, where he was ...

But, well before the moon landing, back in 1962, an astronaut called John Glenn got to fly up to space in a rocket, where he saw something that 'he'd never seen anything like' before in his life.

2016 came in like a lion and is clearly determined to go out like a total sack of crap: John Glenn has died. Glenn wore many hats during his time on and around our pale blue dot: test pilot, veteran, ...

John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, died Thursday at age 95. Take a look back at his life and his iconic career as an astronaut and a U.S. senator in the gallery above.

On February 20, 1962, NASA launched an astronaut into orbit around the Earth for the first time. John Glenn was the third American to launch into space and the third human to orbit Earth. Two Soviet ...