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Booklet Page 29 : More Practice Complete the profile about astronaut John Glenn . Use verbs in the Past Simple or Past Progressive . John Glenn was a young man when World War II began . Shortly after the Americans ( enter ) World War II , John Glenn ( join ) the military and _ ( become ) a pilot . After the war , in 1957 , while Glenn ( work ) as a test pilot , he ( set ) the speed record , flying from Los Angeles to New York in three hours and 23 minutes . When Glenn was asked to become an astronaut for NASA in the late 1950 s , the Soviets ( lead ) in the space race . During his flight in space on board the Friendship 7 in 1962 , he ( describe ) the experience . He said , "While I ( check ) the controls in the spacecraft Friendship 7 , I ( look ) out the window into space . I _ ( see ) thousands of tiny objects that ( glow ) in the sky like fireflies . I ( ride ) slowly through them . It ( be ) incredible . " Glenn wanted to return to space but President Kennedy _ ( not , allow ) NASA to send him back into space . Kennedy _ ( be ) afraid to put a national hero in danger . However , John Glenn ( continue ) working for NASA until 1965 when he ( retire ) from the military . In 1974 , John Glenn ( become ) a US senator for his home state of Ohio . On February 20 , 1997 , the 30 anniversary of his orbit around Earth , Glenn ( announce ) his retirement from the US Senate . Shortly afterwards , NASA ( invite ) him to be a crewmember on the Space Shuttle Discovery . On October 29 , 1998 , at the age of 77 , John Glenn _ ( become ) the oldest human to go into space . While the Shuttle ( lift off ) into space , NASA ( announce ) , "Liftoff of Discovery with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one American legend . "
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