The first American to orbit the Earth has been laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery.John Glenn died late last year in his home state of Ohio.The former Marine Corps test pilot, astronaut, and senator was 95-years-old.Before Glenn earned international fame after his historic flight in the space capsule Friendship 7, he served in World War 2 and the Korean War as a Marine Corps aviator.Decades later, Glenn joined NASA as part of the Mercury mission.Though he was the third American to reach space, on Feb. 20th in 1962 he became the first American to orbit the planet, making three passes before descending back to Earth.http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/d...http://www.wochit.comThis video was produced by YT Wochit News using http://wochit.com