December 8, 2016 6:25 pm

John Glenn, Former Astronaut and US Senator, Dies at 95

John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U.S. Senate, died Thursday. The last survivor of the original Mercury 7 astronauts was 95. Phil Rogers reports.

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