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John Glenn, now a US Senator from Ohio, was the first American to orbit the earth, but not
the first person. That distinction went to Yuri Gagarin of the USSR.
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What ohioan was the first American astronaut to circle the earth in a spacecraft?
John Glennwas the first American to circle the earth. He was later a Democratic Senator from Ohio.
What john Glenn was first to do?
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth.
Was American or Soviets the first to orbit the Earth?
The Soviets, Yuri Gagarin was the first man to orbit the earth.
Who was the first human to orbit the earth?
The first person to orbit the Earth was the Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin.
Who was the first Soviet man to orbit the earth?
Yuri Gagarin, who was not only the first Russian but the first human to orbit the earth.
What nationaility was the first man to orbit the earth in the spacecraft?
What nationaility was the first man to orbit the earth in the space craft
What do you call someone from Ohio?
Buckeye, after the mascot of the Ohio State University. Also called Ohioknights.
What was the first living creature to orbit the earth?
Many think that some bacteria may have been the first to orbit the Earth.
How do you spell Ohioan?
That is the correct spelling for a person or thing from the state of Ohio, Ohioan.
Who was the first female hipanic austronaut to orbit earth?
the first female hispanic astronaut to orbit earth was Ellen Lauri Ochoa
First human sent into space and first to orbit the earth?
Yuri Gagarin was the first human both sent to space and also to orbit the Earth.
First to orbit a manned spacecraft around the earth and recover both the spacecraft and the astronaut?
The USSR put Yury Gagarin into earth orbit. He was the first man in space and the first to orbit the earth on April 12, 1961. Mercury
