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Annie and John Glenn wave to photographers at Cape Cannaveral Air Station in Florida before boarding plane for Houston on Nov. 8, 1998.

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Ohio Sen. John Glenn stumps in Toledo on Nov. 2, 1992.

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Ohio senator John Glenn and his wife, Annie, appear at a March 13, 1984, rally in Birmingham, Ala.

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Senator John Glenn is in good spirits during a news conference at Kennedy Space Center in 1998.

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Senator John Glenn describes how big crewmate Chiaki Mukai's face looked in space during a Nev. 9, 1998, news conference at Kennedy Space Center.

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1963 photo of astronaut John Glenn.

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Annie and John Glenn visit Toledo on March 23, 1974. They are surrounded by the local welcoming committee for his campaign.

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John Glenn gives the thumbs up sign as he sits in the Friendship 7 space capsule.

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John Glenn is sworn in as a senator from Ohio after winning the 1974 election.

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Lt. John H. Glenn, Jr. and Miss Anna Margaret Castor on their wedding day on April 6, 1943.

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Senator John Glenn poses with his family.

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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is embraced by former Senator John Glenn during a Feb. 25, 2004, campaign appearance at the University of Toledo Student Union.

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Sen. John Glenn, right, gives a thumbs up while sitting next to Sen. John Kerry on Oct. 28, 2004, at Savage Hall at the University of Toledo.

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The STS-95 Space Shuttle Discovery crew says good-bye before boarding planes on Nov. 8, 1998, in Florida bound for Houston Sunday morning. From left, Dr. Scott Parazynski, Stephen Robinson, Chiaki Mukai, Steven Lindsey and daughter Jill, Senator John Glenn, commander Curt Brown, and Pedro Duque.

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President John F. Kennedy, right, presents the Distinguished Service Meda to John Glenn at Cape Canaveral on Feb. 23, 1962, after his orbital spaceflight.

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John Glenn, left, claps as Ted Strickland raises the hand of his wife Frances after the ceremonial swearing-in ceremony of Strickland as governor and Lee Fisher as lieutenant governor, on Jan. 13, 2007.

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A signed hot dog bun by John Glenn, former Ohio senator and the first United States citizen to take an orbital, trip is one of hundreds at Tony Packo's restaurant in Toledo.

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John Glenn in Marine uniform.

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Former U.S. Senator John Glenn and his wife Annie, left, leave the field after dotting the "i" in script Ohio, performed by the Ohio State University alumni band, during halftime of the game between the Buckeyes and Navy on Sept. 5, 2009, in Columbus.

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Brock Burkholder, a seventh-grade student in Delta Middle School, asks John Glenn a question from the Center of Science and Industry in Columbus during a 30-minute live link to the shuttle Discovery on Oct. 31, 1998. Burkholder is a student from the Toledo area.

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Ohio Sen. John Glenn stumps in Toledo in 1992.

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Former U.S. Senator John Glenn and his wife Annie, left, leave the field after dotting the "i" in script Ohio, performed by the Ohio State University alumni band, during halftime of the game between the Buckeyes and Navy in Columbus on Sept. 5, 2009.

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The Space Shuttle Discovery with John Glenn and six crew members aboard blast off at the Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 30, 1998.

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