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.
He was the first person to orbit the Earth.
John Glenn ran for the Presidency during the election for 1984.
john glenn oribit the earth 50 yaers ago in 1966
John Glenn served as a Democratic U.S. Senator from Ohio.
John Glenn was a U.S. Senator from Ohio December 24, 1974 - January 3, 1999.
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth.
John Glenn's first spacecraft was called Friendship 7.
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth on Febuary 20, 1962 :)
John Glenn is notably famous for being the first American to orbit the Earth. He is the son of John Herschel and Clara Sproat Glenn.
John Glenn's parents were John H. Glenn, Sr and Clara Sproat Glenn. John Glenn was born in 1921 in Ohio. He was the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth.
John Glenn was the first U.S.Marine to orbit the Earth ; more cool facts at the link below .
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.
John Glenn said "To look out at this kind of creation and not believe in God is to me impossible."
yes, but no in a way because john glenn is the first 7 American astronauts that went to space. The first person is Colonel Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin.
He was the first person to orbit the Earth.
John Glenn never orbited the moon. He was the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962. The first manned mission to orbit the moon was Apollo 8 in 1968.
John Glenn was 40 years old when he made his first trip to space aboard Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962.