December 09, 2016 at 02:06AM December 09, 2016 at 02:06AM

Breaking: NASA pioneer John Glenn has died Famed astronaut and former US Senator John Glenn has died at the age of 95, according to The Columbus Dispatch. Glenn had been hospitalized for the past week at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus Glenn’s passing marks the end of an era: he was the last surviving member of the ‘Mercury Seven’ group that included pioneering figures such as Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton. Glenn, along with the rest of his astronaut class, helped shape the path that America took to the Moon. Born on July 18, 1921 in Columbus, Ohio, Glenn served in the Marines during the Second World War, flying with Marine Fighter Squadron 155 over the Marshall Islands, taking part in 59 combat... Continue reading…