John Glenn
/ˌdʒɒn ˈɡlen/
/ˌdʒɑːn ˈɡlen/
- (1921-2016) a US astronaut and politician. He joined the NASA Mercury program in 1958 and was the first American to complete an orbit (= circular path in space) of the earth, in the spacecraft Friendship 7. Glenn left NASA two years later and was elected a Senator from Ohio for the Democratic Party until 1998. He twice tried but failed to become the Democratic candidate for US President. In 1998 he again took part in a space flight, at the age of 77.
约翰·格伦（John Glenn）：（ 1921-2016年）美国宇航员和政治家。他于1958年加入NASA水星计划，并且是第一个在“友谊7号”飞船中完成地球轨道（太空中的圆形路径）的美国人。两年后，格伦离开NASA，并从俄亥俄州当选为民主党的参议员。直到1998年参加该党。他两次尝试，但未能成为美国总统的民主党候选人。1998年，他77岁时再次参加了太空飞行。