He did a "splash down" in the ocean where a Navy ship picked him up.
The first person to orbit the Earth was Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet astronaut who completed a single orbit around the Earth on April 12, 1961 aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1.
Yes, John Glenn was not the first person to eat in space. The first person to eat in space was Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin during his orbit of the Earth in 1961.
From launch to splashdown, Glenn was in flight for 4hours 55minutes 23seconds. Good orbital position and velocity were confirmed 5 minutes after launch, and retro-fire to take the capsule out of orbit was initiated 4hours 33minutes after launch. Everything in between those events was time in orbit.
Astronaut John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962, aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft.
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth. The previous US flights had been sub-orbital. Yuri Gagarin of the USSR had earlier been the first human to orbit earth.
The first person to orbit the earth was astronaut, John Glenn...
He was the first person to orbit the Earth.
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth.
John Glenn first orbited the Earth in 1962 upon the spaceship Friendship 7.
John Glenn, now a US Senator from Ohio, was the first American to orbit the earth, but not the first person. That distinction went to Yuri Gagarin of the USSR.
The first person to orbit the Earth was Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet astronaut who completed a single orbit around the Earth on April 12, 1961 aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1.
Yes, John Glenn was not the first person to eat in space. The first person to eat in space was Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin during his orbit of the Earth in 1961.
On February 20, 1962, John Glenn flew the Friendship 7 mission, becoming the first American to orbit the Earth, and the fifth person and third American in space.
The first American spacecraft which orbited the earth was called The Mercury Friendship 7, and the astronaut was a famous person his name was John Glenn, he was a senator for many years later.
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He was the first American to orbit the earth.
Astronaut John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962, aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft.