Mercury Friendship 7 (John H. Glenn, USA) was the first spacecraft to orbit the Earth three times.
what is the name of the other two space shutles that have orbited earth? name both or and tell me how and why they did it.
Scott Carpenter.
The Galileo spacecraft was de-orbited into Jupitor at the end of its mission in 2003. This was done so the spacecraft could not crash into one of Jupiter's moons and possibly contaminate it with life from earth. Experts were pretty sure that the Galileo spacecraft was not completely sterile.
apollo 11
The Sputnik I believe.
Vostok 3KA-2, also known as Vostok 1.
The first American spacecraft which orbited the earth was called The Mercury Friendship 7, and the astronaut was a famous person his name was John Glenn, he was a senator for many years later.
According to NASA's website, Apollo 8 was the name of the spacecraft which was launched on December 21, 1968, 7:51 AM, orbited the moon, and landed in the Pacific Ocean on December 27, 10:52 AM.
what is the name of the other two space shutles that have orbited earth? name both or and tell me how and why they did it.
Scott Carpenter.
The Galileo spacecraft was de-orbited into Jupitor at the end of its mission in 2003. This was done so the spacecraft could not crash into one of Jupiter's moons and possibly contaminate it with life from earth. Experts were pretty sure that the Galileo spacecraft was not completely sterile.
apollo 11
The Sputnik I believe.
Vostok I.
the voyager and voyager2
Vostok 1.
No. "Gemini" can refer to two different things; the constellation, or the 2nd generation US spacecraft.The constellation Gemini is a pattern of stars in the sky; it isn't one thing, and it is composed of several stars at varying distances from the Sun. The constellation Gemini is represented as the "twins".The Gemini spacecraft came after the 1st generation "Mercury" capsules, which carried a single astronaut. The Gemini spacecraft carried, as the name implies, two astronauts. The Gemini spacecraft orbited the Earth.