President John F. Kennedy
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. John F. Kennedy was President of the United States when NASA astronaut John Glenn circled the earth three times on February 20, 1962.
John F. Kennedy was President of the United States when NASA astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth circling the earth three times on February 20, 1962.
John Glenn ran for the Presidency during the election for 1984.
John F. Kennedy was President of the United States when NASA astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth circling the earth three times on February 20, 1962.
He was the first to orbit the earth.
John Glenn was the first man to orbit earth. JFK became the first Catholic president .
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth.
John Glenn was in constant communication with Mission Control during his brief flight in low-Earth-orbit. Later, he also frequently addressed the people of Earth via telecommunications circuits from the US Senate chamber.
This was a scene in a movie The Right Stuff (1983), which was based on a 1979 nonfiction book by Tom Wolfe. In the movie, Johnson shows up at Glenn's house while he is preparing to orbit the Earth in Friendship 7, but his wife, who has a stutter, doesn't want to talk to him because it would be on TV. Johnson calls NASA, who ask Glenn to convince his wife to meet the president. Glenn gets on the phone and tells his wife he will back her up, and she shouldn't let the vice president in the house.
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth on Febuary 20, 1962 :)
john glenn oribit the earth 50 yaers ago in 1966