The first time a u.S spacecraft orbitted the earth was in 1962 , the astronaut was John Glenn.
Apollo 8 became the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon on Christmas Eve in 1968.
John Glenn did not orbit the moon. 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.
It was the year of 1995 but im not famous for it
The first manned space flight took place in 1961, when Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
The first person to orbit the Earth was Yuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut. He accomplished this on April 12, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1.
Apollo 8 became the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon on Christmas Eve in 1968.
John Glenn did not orbit the moon. 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.
It was the year of 1995 but im not famous for it
The Russian put the first man in earth orbit, he was Yuri Gagarin in the year 1961.
The sun doesn't orbit the earth, and it takes one year for the earth to orbit the sun.
The first manned space flight took place in 1961, when Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
October, 1957.
Every person who has lived for more than 1 year has orbited the sun, since the earth does exactly that every 365 days. No person has ever yet orbited the sun while separated from the earth's surface.
The first person to orbit the Earth was Yuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut. He accomplished this on April 12, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1.
November 20 1998
It takes a year or the earth to orbit the sun.
On 12 April 1961 Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin , a Soviet cosmonaut, became the first human in outer space and the first to orbit the Earth.