40 (his birthday was in July but he orbited the earth in February)
The name of John Glenn's space shuttle when he first orbited the Earth in 1962 was 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.
John Glenn orbited the earth, the first American to do so. He was forty at the time.
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 orbited the Earth on February 20, 1962 as part of the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, becoming the first American to orbit the Earth.
John Glenn
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.
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.
John Glenn orbited the earth, the first American to do so. He was forty at the time.
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 orbited the Earth on February 20, 1962 as part of the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, becoming the first American to orbit the Earth.
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 in Friendship-7 in 1962 .
John Glenn orbited the Earth on February 20, 1962.
John Glenn was 40 years old when he became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962.