John Glenn was the only one of the Mercury Seven ... The flight came 36 years after his only other space mission, Mercury-Atlas 6, and was something of a victory lap for the 77-year-old Glenn ...

December 7, 2016 - Ohio State University spokesman Hank Wilson says Glenn was hospitalized “more than a week ago,” but does not have any information about his condition. December 8, 2016 - Dies at The ...

He was the last surviving astronaut of the original seven from Project Mercury. March 1942 ... February 20, 1962 – An Atlas rocket launches Glenn’s space capsule, the Friendship 7.