See link for list of flights
my house
John Glenn flew the spacecraft Friendship 7 oFebruary 20, 1962 circling the earth three times.
the Friendship 7 spacecraft
John Glenn flew 75,679 miles in space during his historic orbital flight on February 20, 1962.
The next American to fly after John Glenn was Scott Carpenter, who orbited the Earth aboard the Aurora 7 spacecraft on May 24, 1962.
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
NO! Technically, we all do. Did he fly a mission to orbit the sun, no.
He flew on Discovery. The mission was STS-95
The first American to fly into space was Alan Shepard in 1961. Gus Grissom was the second American in space in 1961, and John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962.
F9F Panther and F86F Sabre
In October 1998, Senator Glenn returned to space at the age of 77 the space shuttle Discovery, making him the oldest person to fly in space.
John Glenn's full name is John Herschel Glenn, jr.