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.
In October 1998, Senator Glenn returned to space at the age of 77 aboard the space shuttle Discovery.
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.
In October 1998, Senator Glenn returned to space at the age of 77 aboard the space shuttle Discovery.
The oldest man in space is John Glenn, who flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998 at the age of 77.
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The name of John Glenn's space capsule was Friendship 7.
John Glenn returned to space in 1998 as part of a research mission to study the effects of space travel on the elderly. He became the oldest person to travel to space at the age of 77, fulfilling a lifelong dream.
The Oldest Man in space was JOHN GLENN
John Glenn joined NASA in 1959.In 1962 he became the third astronaut in space and resigned from NASA in December 1963.See Link
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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.