--- description: John Glenn, U.S. astronaut and former Ohio Senator, will be buried in Arlington Ceremony title: Watch Live: Astronaut and Senator John Glenn's Interment Ceremony at Arlington image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c911b033ae5652f/6988c1a5a988ca33ba6bb9d2/gettyimages-51635455.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Live: Astronaut and Senator John Glenn's Interment Ceremony at Arlington by [Zamira Rahim](/author/zamira-rahim/) ## Zamira Rahim Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 9:49 AM CUTPublished: Apr 6, 2017 1:17 PM CUT  US astronaut and senator John Glenn waves as he leaves the Operations and Check out building at the Kennedy Space Center, FL, 29 October 1998. US astronaut and senator John Glenn waves as he leaves the Operations and Check out building at the Kennedy Space Center, FL, 29 October 1998.Roberto Scmidt—AFP—Getty Images by [Zamira Rahim](/author/zamira-rahim/) ## Zamira Rahim Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 9:49 AM CUTPublished: Apr 6, 2017 1:17 PM CUT [U.S. astronaut](http://time.com/4594658/john-glenn-dead/ "undefined") and former Ohio Senator [John Glenn](http://time.com/4595461/astronaut-john-glenn-dead-life-magazine-covers/ "undefined") will be interred on Thursday at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia. [Glenn](http://time.com/4595876/john-glenn-american-hero/ "undefined") died in December at the age of 95, The Associated Press reports. Family, friends and dignitaries are expected to gather and pay tribute to Glenn, who was the first American to orbit the Earth. He returned to space at the age of 77, the oldest astronaut to do so, entrenching his legacy as an American legend. Glenn represented Ohio in the Senate for 24 years. White House press secretary Sean Spicer said on Twitter that the President has ordered flags at federal buildings to be flown at half mast on Thursday in Glenn’s honor. The event is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. ET. Watch live above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4728454/john-glenn-arlington-space-burial/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4728454/john-glenn-arlington-space-burial/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Astronaut and Senator John Glenn's Interment Ceremony at Arlington","datePublished":"2017-04-06T13:17:52.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T09:49:29.000Z","description":"Friends, family and dignitaries are expected to gather to pay tribute to Glenn","url":"https://time.com/4728454/john-glenn-arlington-space-burial/","keywords":["NASA","Donald Trump","john glenn","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c911b033ae5652f/6988c1a5a988ca33ba6bb9d2/gettyimages-51635455.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zamira Rahim","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zamira-rahim/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c911b033ae5652f/6988c1a5a988ca33ba6bb9d2/gettyimages-51635455.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US astronaut and senator John Glenn waves as he le","caption":"US astronaut and senator John Glenn waves as he le","creditText":"Roberto Scmidt—AFP—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4728454/john-glenn-arlington-space-burial/","name":"Watch Live: Astronaut and Senator John Glenn's Interment Ceremony at Arlington"}}]}] ```