At 77 years old, John Glenn is the oldest astronaut to fly on a NASA mission. Only pioneering aviator Wally Funk (82) and actor William Shatner (90), both tourists passengers on different Blue Origin flights, were older during their trips into space.
Shortly after the STS-95 mission, Glenn retired after 24 years in the Senate but continued to live a full life, traveling the world with his wife Annie.
In 2011, Glenn and Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins were presented the Congressional Gold Medal...
...and in 2012 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
He passed away in December 2016 and after laying in state at the Ohio Capital Building his remains were eventually brought to Arlington National Cemetery where he was buried on a rainy April 6, 2017.
Annie specifically asked for the funeral interment to be delayed until that day. It would have been John and Annie's 74th wedding anniversary.
Air Force Colonel John Herschel Glenn, Jr. is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Section 34, Grave 1543. He was 95 years old. Three years later, in May 2020, Anna Margaret Castor Glenn, John's beloved Annie, joined him. She was 100 years old.
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