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Picture dated 1962 showing US astronaut John Glenn about to get into the Mercury capsule Friendship 7 for a space flight in which he became the first American to orbit the Earth. Glenn, 77, who will be the oldest person to fly in space, is now a US senator and will return to space aboard the space shuttle Discovery 29 October. AFP PHOTO/NASA (Photo credit should read -/AFP via Getty Images)