By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer In this Jan. 25, 2012 photo, Sen. John Glenn speaks during an interview... ((AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—The name still resonates and generates goose bumps like few others in the world of spaceflight. John Glenn. Even astronauts—not just the rest of us mere mortals—get mushy talking about Project Mercury's "clean Marine" who led the country's charge into orbit. As the world's most enduring and endearing spaceman gets set to celebrate what no other living astronaut has done—mark the 50th anniversary of his own spaceflight—he finds himself in overdrive reflecting on what has been an undeniably charmed, golden life. First American to orbit the Earth, aboard Friendship 7 on Feb. 20, 1962. Oldest person to fly in space, at age 77 aboard shuttle Discovery in 1998. U.S. FILE - In this Feb. 23, 1962 file photo, astronaut John Glenn, left, and President John F. Kennedy, center, inspect the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule w...
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