answersLogoWhite

0

The initial group of NASA astronauts were selected in 1959. They were John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton.

User Avatar

Wiki User

7y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

What did John Glenn do as an astronaut?

first american to orbit earth.


The first astronaut to serve in the us senate?

John Glenn.


Astronaut John Glenn was the first American to do what?

Astronaut John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962, aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft.


Who was John Glenn traveling for?

NASA astronaut John Glenn flew for the United States government's NASA program. 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.


Why will John Glenn and neil Armstrong always be remembered?

NASA astronaut John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth. NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon.


Who was the first US astronaut to orbit around the earth?

John Glenn


Was Astronaut John Glenn was the first American to walk on the moon?

No. John Glenn was the first astronaut to orbit the moon. He was also the third American to reach space. The first person to walk on the moon was Neil Armstrong, during the Apollo 11 space mission.


Astronaut John Glenn was the first American to?

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.


When and where did John Glenn die?

John Glenn the astronaut is still alive.


Did john glenn work for nasa?

John Glenn was a NASA astronaut.


Johns glenns parents?

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.


Where did John Glenn get train to be an astronaut?

where did John Glenn train give me the location