He was the first American to orbit the earth.
John Glenn landed in the Atlantic Ocean near Turks and Caicos after orbiting the Earth on February 20, 1962. He was picked up by a recovery ship, the USS Noa, shortly after splashing down in the ocean.
John Glenn landed in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth on February 20, 1962. He splashed down near Grand Turk Island in the Bahamas.
John Glenn landed in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth in his Friendship 7 spacecraft on February 20, 1962. He splashed down approximately 800 miles southeast of Bermuda.
He wasn't. Yuri Gagarin orbited the earth - once - in 1961, a year before Glenn's flight.
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth.
John Glenn was the first American in space, orbiting the Earth in 1962, and he became the oldest person in space when he returned to space in 1998 at the age of 77 on the space shuttle Discovery.
At age 40, John Glenn first orbited earth 3 times on 20th February, 1962. At age 77 in 1998, Senator John Glenn was a member of the STS-95 crew, orbiting the Earth on board the space shuttle Discovery for almost nine days, becoming the oldest person to enter space.
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth on Febuary 20, 1962 :)
john glenn oribit the earth 50 yaers ago in 1966
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.
yes. he orbit the earth and was the oldest human to venture space
NASA astronaut John Glenn's February 20, 1962 flight lifted off at Cape Canaveral, Florida and lasted a total of 4 hours, 55 minutes before the Friendship 7 spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean.