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Detailed explanation-1: -Nearly four decades after he became the first American to orbit the Earth, Senator John Herschel Glenn Jr. is launched into space again as a payload specialist aboard the space shuttle Discovery on October 29, 1998. At 77 years of age, Glenn was the oldest human ever to travel in space.

Detailed explanation-2: -William Shatner flew into space and became the oldest man to do so, at the age of 90, with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin joyride. A year later, he has documented the feelings and the experience of his brief space travel in a book.

Detailed explanation-3: -Because NASA knew so much about him, Glenn was perfect for the job. He was 77 years old when he flew on the shuttle. He was the oldest person to fly in space.

Detailed explanation-4: -Again, he came in third, following two Russian cosmonauts: Yuri Gagarin (April 1961) and Gherman Titov (August 1961). Glenn’s orbital flight meant that the U.S. was catching up to the Soviet Union in space.

Detailed explanation-5: -Project Mercury put the 1st American in space Of these magnificent seven, America’s first astronauts, NASA chose Shepard to become the first American to travel into space. Meanwhile, the first American to orbit Earth was John Glenn, aboard Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962.

Detailed explanation-6: -John Glenn, who was the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962, also became the oldest person to reach space when he flew aboard a space shuttle mission more than 35 years later at the age of 77.

Detailed explanation-7: -Already famous as a highly decorated military pilot and astronaut when he arrived in the Senate in 1974, John Glenn sought to become a leader in government. Glenn represented Ohio for 25 years, until his retirement in 1999.