On February 20, 1962, NASA astronaut John Glenn flew the Friendship 7 spacecraft becoming the third American in space and the first American to orbit the Earth circling the earth three times.
Friendship 7
John Glenn's first spacecraft was called Friendship 7.
John Glenn's spacecraft was called Friendship 7
John Glenn returned to Earth from space on February 20, 1962, after completing the first orbital flight by an American astronaut on the Friendship 7 spacecraft.
John Glenn became the third American in space and the first to orbit the Earth, aboard the Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962.
John Glenn went into space on February 20, 1962, as the first American to orbit the Earth in the Friendship 7 spacecraft.
In the Friendship 7 spacecraft, John Glenn made an orbit around the planet. John Glenn became the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962, thanks to the Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) mission.
John Glenn flew the spacecraft Friendship 7 oFebruary 20, 1962 circling the earth three times.
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth in a space vehicle. He accomplished this historic feat on February 20, 1962, aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft as part of the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission.
John Glenn made America's first orbital flight on February 20,1962. The Russians beat us to it, but John Glenn was the first astronaut.
John Glenn traveled around the earth in a spacecraft. On February 20, 1962, Glenn flew the Friendship 7 mission becoming the third American in space and the first American to orbit the Earth circling it three times.
The first American satellite (space ship) was Explorer I, launched in 1958.