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What is the name of the first 7 astronauts in space?

The name of the first Astronauts in space were Alan . B. shepherd. Virgil. I. Grissom. , John Glenn, Malcolm Scott Carpenter, Walter schirra, Henry Cooper , Charles Conrad.


Was john glenn was the first man in space?

No, John Glenn was not the first man in space. The first man in space was Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut, who orbited the Earth on April 12, 1961. John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962.


Was John Glenn the first to eat in space?

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.


First American in orbit?

John Glenn, a decorated US Marine Corps pilot, flew the first US orbital mission, completing three orbits of the Earth in his space capsule, "Friendship 7" , on February 20, 1962. He was the third American in space, following sub-orbital flights by Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom. Glenn was later a Senator from Ohio (1974 to 1999) and flew aboard the Space Shuttle at the age of 77, in 1998.


What are the names of the first seven astronauts?

A Russian cosmonaut was the very first person in space. His name was Yuri Gagarin. Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Donald Slayton are known as the seven original American astronauts. Alan Shepard was the first of them in space and John Glenn was the first to orbit the Earth.


Why is john glenn famous?

He was the oldest and first man into space.


What did John Glenn eat first in space?

He ate applesauce out of a toothpaste like tube.


What was the name of John Glenn's space shuttle when he first orbited the earth?

The name of John Glenn's space shuttle when he first orbited the Earth in 1962 was Friendship 7.


Who was both the first American in space and the oldest person in space?

John Glenn was the first American in space, orbiting the Earth in 1962, and he became the oldest person in space when he returned to space in 1998 at the age of 77 on the space shuttle Discovery.


Who was the first american citizen to orbit the earth?

John Glenn, a decorated US Marine Corps pilot, flew the first US orbital mission, completing three orbits of the Earth in his space capsule, "Friendship 7", on February 20, 1962. He was the third American in space, following sub-orbital flights by Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom. Glenn was later a Senator from Ohio (1974 to 1999) and flew aboard the Space Shuttle at the age of 77, in 1998.


What year did John Glenn first go to space?

John Glenn became the third American in space and the first to orbit the Earth, aboard the Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962.


When did John Glenn go into space?

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. In October 1998, Senator Glenn returned to space at the age of 77 aboard the space shuttle Discovery.