John Glenn 13, "Friendship 7", and had the name hand-painted on the side like the one on his F-86 had been. Glenn and Carpenter completed their training for the mission in January 1962, but postponement of the launch allowed them to continue rehearsing. Glenn spent 25 hours and 25 minutes in the spacecraft performing hangar and altitude tests, and 59 hours and 45 minutes in the simulator. He flew 70 simulated missions and reacted to 189 simulated system failures. After a long series of delays, "Friendship 7" lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on February 20, 1962. There were eleven
John Glenn (screenwriter) Charlize Theron, Virginia Madsen, Sophia Bush, Jason O'Mara, and Angela Bassett. Glenn is currently in development on a new "Merlin", a franchise film and book property that reinvents Arthurian legend. In the summer of 2013 Glenn signed a new two-year deal to develop and write for Universal TV. His company, John Glenn Entertainment, is located on the Universal lot. Glenn attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and currently lives in San Marino, California with his wife and three kids. John Glenn (screenwriter) John Patrick Glenn is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. Glenn was born in Tuscaloosa,