He was the first American in orbit, the first American in space was Alan Shepard and the first person in space was Yuri Gagarin
The Oldest Man in space was JOHN GLENN
The first man to orbit the earth in a satelite and the oldest person in space.
John Glenn
John Glenn was the first person to orbit the Earth in 1962. He later became the oldest man in space in 1998 on the space shuttle Discovery.
In 1962 John Glenn was the first man to orbit the earth. He then became the oldest person to fly into space in 1998, and in 1974 he became a Senator from Ohio
He was the oldest and first man into space.
The Oldest Man in space was JOHN GLENN
The Oldest Man in space was JOHN GLENN
john Glenn was the first man to orbit the earth in a satellite and was the oldest man to go into space.
The first man to orbit the earth in a satelite and the oldest person in space.
John Glenn
John Glenn was the first person to orbit the Earth in 1962. He later became the oldest man in space in 1998 on the space shuttle Discovery.
In 1962 John Glenn was the first man to orbit the earth. He then became the oldest person to fly into space in 1998, and in 1974 he became a Senator from Ohio
on the 29th of October 1998, John Glenn became the oldest man to fly in space. Astronaut John Glenn was a payload specialist during mission STS-95 aboard the space shuttle Discovery
The Kennedy Space Center celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2012. In 1961 Alan Shepard was the first man into space and in 1962 John Glenn was the first American man to orbit the earth.
Glenn was the first man to orbit the Earth in 1961. He is now a US Senator and in his 70's.
He was the second man in the space (after Soviet Jurij Gagarin).