David Glenn, son of former astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn receives the folded American flag during a graveside interment ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday, April 6, 2017 in Virginia.
David Glenn, son of former astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn receives the folded American flag during a graveside interment ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday, April 6, 2017 in Virginia. John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth on Feb. 20, 1962, in a five-hour flight aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft. In 1998, Glenn broke another record by returning to space at the age of 77 on the Space Shuttle Discovery.
Image Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani