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This was John Glenn, who orbited the Earth on 20th February 1962 in the Friendship 7 capsule.
He went on to become a Democrat Senator in the 1980s and early '90s, and went into space a second time in October 1998 on board the space shuttle Discovery at the age of 77, in order to research the effect of space travel on the elderly. As of September 2012, he is 91 years old.
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Who was the first American to orbit the earth in a space vehicle?
John Glenn
Who was the first American to orbit around the earth in a space vehicle?
Yes !
Who was the first American to orbit the earth in aspace vehicle?
John Glenn.(We're almost certain that he was the first American to orbit the earth in anything,since we can't think of any other way to do it other than in a space vehicle.)
What john Glenn was first to do?
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth.
Who was the first American to orbit the earth in a space vheicle?
John Glenn.(We're almost certain that he was the first American to orbit the earth in anything,since we can't think of any other way to do it other than in a space vehicle.)
Was American or Soviets the first to orbit the Earth?
The Soviets, Yuri Gagarin was the first man to orbit the earth.
Was John Glenn the American to orbit the earth?
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth. The previous US flights had been sub-orbital. Yuri Gagarin of the USSR had earlier been the first human to orbit earth.
What was john glenn the first American to do?
He was the first person to orbit the Earth.
What was important about john glenn orbiting the earth?
He was the first American to orbit the earth.
What did John Glenn do as an astronaut?
first american to orbit earth.
Who was the first American to orbit the earth in space vehical?
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First American astonaunt to orbit earth?
Alan Sheppard
