John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth.
John Glenn's first spacecraft was called Friendship 7.
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth on Febuary 20, 1962 :)
John Glenn is notably famous for being the first American to orbit the Earth. He is the son of John Herschel and Clara Sproat Glenn.
John Glenn's parents were John H. Glenn, Sr and Clara Sproat Glenn. John Glenn was born in 1921 in Ohio. He was the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth.
John Glenn was the first U.S.Marine to orbit the Earth ; more cool facts at the link below .
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.
John Glenn said "To look out at this kind of creation and not believe in God is to me impossible."
yes, but no in a way because john glenn is the first 7 American astronauts that went to space. The first person is Colonel Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin.
He was the first person to orbit the Earth.
John Glenn orbited the earth, the first American to do so. He was forty at the time.
John Glenn was 40 years old. Glenn turned 90 years old on July 18, 2011. H.B. !
John Glenn was 40 years old when he became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962.