Yuri Gagarin did.
John Glenn
John Glenn orbited the earth, the first American to do so. He was forty at the time.
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40 (his birthday was in July but he orbited the earth in February)
He wasn't. Yuri Gagarin orbited the earth - once - in 1961, a year before Glenn's flight.
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John Glenn orbited the earth three times oFebruary 20, 1962 becoming the third American in space and the first American to orbit the Earth.
Former NASA astronaut and U.S. Senator from Ohio John Glenn was born in Cambridge, Ohio on July 18, 1921. He orbited the earth on February 20, 1962 at age 40.
apollo 11
John Glenn from Ohio was. the astronaut senator.