February 20, 1962. 14:52 UTC - Friendship 7 was in orbit.
On Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962
John Glenn orbited the Earth three times in the Friendship 7 craft. Of course, he also orbited Earth in the shuttle Discovery on the nine-day mission STS-95.
Friendship 7
No. Yuri Gagarin, a citizen of the USSR, preceded him.
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.
On Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962
orbit the earth
John Glenn orbited the Earth three times in the Friendship 7 craft. Of course, he also orbited Earth in the shuttle Discovery on the nine-day mission STS-95.
Friendship 7
the Friendship 7 spacecraft
the Friendship 7 spacecraft
No. Yuri Gagarin, a citizen of the USSR, preceded him.
There was only one -- John Glenn, first American to orbit the earth.
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.
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.
John Glen was the first American to orbit the Earth in a spacecraft. He did so after (1) , Yuri Gargin (a Russian) orbited the Earth, and (2) after Alan Shepard and (3) Gus Grissom, (two Americans) made a suborbital flight. John Glen was the fourth human being to go into space, the second to orbit, and the first American to orbit the Earth in a space capsule.
John Glenn orbited in Friendship-7 in 1962 .