Original Mercury 7 astronaut, World War II hero and US Senator passed away earlier today at the age of 93.

Glenn, America's third man in space, was the first American to pilot a craft in orbit around the earth, completing three revolutions of the planet in a little more than three hours.

Here is the original CBS network broadcast of Glenn's launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida on February 20, 1962.

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