Astronaut And Senator John Glenn Hospitalized In Columbus

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United States Astronaut and Senator John Glenn has been hospitalized in Columbus, Ohio.

According to the John Glenn College of Public Affairs, Senator Glenn was admitted more than a week ago to The James Cancer Hospital at The Ohio State University.

Glenn was selected by NASA in 1959 to be a part of the ‘Mercury Seven,’ a select group of men that flew on the Mercury spacecraft. Later in 1962 he became the first man to orbit the Earth.

After leaving NASA, he became a senator for Ohio and served in office for 25 years. He now works with students at The Ohio State University.

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source: News5.com