John Glenn: A Life in Pictures

Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. at Cape Canaveral, Florida, Jan. 27, 1962. The first American to orbit the Earth and later a Senator from Ohio has died at age 95. AP Photo/NASA

Former Senator John Glenn, 1998. John B. Carnett/Bonnier Corporation via Getty Images

Astronauts Alan Shepard, John Glenn and Virgil I. Grissom in May, 1961. AP Photo

Sen. John Glenn next to a portrait of himself from his earlier days, as he waits to be introduced at the news conference to announce his return to space, 1998. Larry Downing/Reuters

Astronaut John Glenn climbs inside the capsule of the Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 before becoming the first American to orbit the Earth, Feb. 20, 1962. AP Photo

A camera onboard the Friendship 7 Mercury spacecraft photographs astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. during his historic flight on Feb. 20, 1962. NASA

Astronaut John Glenn, Sept. 16, 1960, Cape Canaveral, Fla. AP Photo/Jim Kerlin

President John Kennedy gestures toward astronaut John Glenn Jr., as they begin a tour of facilities at Cape Canaveral, Florida on Feb. 23, 1962. AP Photo

American astronauts John Glenn and Neil Armstrong during survival training in the Darien rainforest of Panama, circa 1963. Above them is a sign reading 'Choco Hilton' - a reference to the location of the astronauts' camp in Choco Indian territory. Space Frontiers/Getty Images

Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., in his Mercury flight suit. NASA

The seven astronauts of NASA's Mercury program: Walter M Schirra, Deke Slayton, John Glenn, Jr., M Scott Carpenter, Alan B Shepard, Jr., Virgil I Grissom and Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., April 1959. MPI/Getty Images

Astronaut John Glenn, lower left center, his wife Annie, and Vice President Lyndon Johnson look up at the shower of confetti as they are driven along lower Broadway in New York City en route to City Hall, March 1, 1962. AP Photo

Sen. John Glenn at Birmingham Municipal Airport, March 14, 1984. Robert R. McElroy/Getty Images

Democratic presidential hopeful John Glenn of Ohio prepares in his hotel room in Hanover, N.H., Jan. 14, 1984. AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach

Sen. John Glenn at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum, Feb. 19, 1987. AP Photo/Bob Daugherty

Sen. John Glenn at Ohio State University, Feb. 20, 2012, It was the 50th anniversary of his historic flight. NASA/Bill Ingalls

President Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to astronaut and former Senator John Glenn, May 29, 2012 in the East Room of the White House. MANDEL NGAN/AFP/GettyImages

The crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery (front row) Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai and Mission Commander Curt Brown; Payload Specialist John Glenn; (C) and Mission Specialist Pedro Duque head to the Space Shuttle Discovery to begin their mission into space, Oct. 1998. Glenn, 77, became the oldest man to travel in space. TONY RANZE/AFP/Getty Images

Astronaut John Glenn trains at the Johnson Space Center, Aug. 28, 1998 in Houston. David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images

Sen. John Glenn prepares for his space mission at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, 1997. David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images

Sen. John Glenn in his official NASA photo, April 14, 1998. REUTERS/NASA

Payload Specialist John Glenn positions himself aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, Oct. 31, 1998. NASA

U.S. Senator and astronaut John Glenn, the oldest space traveller, gestures during a news conference at the Italian headquarters of the European Space Agency, Jan. 18, 1999. REUTERS/Paolo Cocco

Bruce Springsteen with former astronaut and US Senator John Glenn at a campaign rally for Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, Oct. 2004, at Ohio State University. LUKE FRAZZA/AFP/Getty Images

Former U.S. Sen. John Glenn during the renaming of Port Columbus International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport, June 28, 2016. AP Photo/Jay LaPrete

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