40 (his birthday was in July but he orbited the earth in February)
John Glenn orbited the earth three times oFebruary 20, 1962 becoming the third American in space and the first American to orbit the Earth.
John Glenn orbited in Friendship-7 in 1962 .
John Glenn first orbited the Earth in 1962 upon the spaceship Friendship 7.
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.
Nobody has orbited space but some have orbited the earth and the moon.
No animal has orbited the moon other than man. Dogs and monkeys have orbited the earth.
allways one half of earth only will get sunlight
moon
Skylab, an American space station, orbited from 1973-1979
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.
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.