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John Glenn orbited the earth, the first American to do so. He was forty at the time.
The name of John Glenn's space shuttle when he first orbited the Earth in 1962 was Friendship 7.
40 (his birthday was in July but he orbited the earth in February)
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.
John Glenn was 40 years old when he became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962.
John Glenn orbited the earth, the first American to do so. He was forty at the time.
The name of John Glenn's space shuttle when he first orbited the Earth in 1962 was Friendship 7.
John Glenn orbited the earth three times oFebruary 20, 1962 becoming the third American in space and the first American to orbit the Earth.
40 (his birthday was in July but he orbited the earth in February)
John Glenn
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.
He was 41 years old when he first orbited earth.
John Glenn was 40 years old when he became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962.
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 Glenn first orbited the Earth in 1962 upon the spaceship Friendship 7.
Yuri Gagarin did.
He wasn't. Yuri Gagarin orbited the earth - once - in 1961, a year before Glenn's flight.