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John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth.
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth on Febuary 20, 1962 :)
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John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth. The previous US flights had been sub-orbital. Yuri Gagarin of the USSR had earlier been the first human to orbit earth.
He was the first American to orbit the earth.
John Glenn did not orbit the moon. On February 20, 1962, NASA astronaut John Glenn flew the Friendship 7 mission becoming the third American in space and the first American to orbit the Earth circling the earth three times.
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He was the first person to orbit the Earth.