Former astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn has died at the age of 95.
He passed away in Columbus Ohio today after being hospitalized since November 28th.
His family, including his wife of 73 years Annie, was at his side. Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth in a mission in 1962.
Glenn piloted the Mercury space capsule, dubbed Friendship 7, and circled the planet three times in just under five hours on February 20, 1962. Of the original seven US astronauts who made up Project Mercury — Glenn, Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, Gordon Cooper, Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra and Donald Slayton — Glenn was the last surviving member.