John Glenn of the Mercury Seven. Glenn resigned from NASA in January 1964. He planned to run for a U.S. Senate seat from Ohio, but an injury in February 1964 forced his withdrawal. He retired from the Marine Corps the following year. He lost a close primary election in 1970. A member of the Democratic Party, Glenn first won election to the Senate in 1974 and served for 24 years until January 1999. In 1998, while still a sitting Senator, Glenn flew on the "Discovery" space shuttle's STS-95 mission, and became the oldest person to fly in space and the only person
John Glenn (screenwriter) John Glenn (screenwriter) John Patrick Glenn is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. Glenn was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and worked as a musician prior to moving to Los Angeles. Glenn began his screenwriting career in 2000, selling the spec script for the film Red World to Jerry Bruckheimer and Walt Disney Pictures. Subsequently, Glenn worked on films including "Journey to the Center of the Earth" with producer Richard Zanuck, "Clash of the Titans" with producer Adam Schroeder and "Law Abiding Citizen" with director F. Gary Gray. In 2008, he wrote the original draft for the Steven Spielberg produced feature