John Glen was the first American to orbit the Earth in a spacecraft. He did so after (1) , Yuri Gargin (a Russian) orbited the Earth, and (2) after Alan Shepard and (3) Gus Grissom, (two Americans) made a suborbital flight. John Glen was the fourth human being to go into space, the second to orbit, and the first American to orbit the Earth in a space capsule.

John Glenn was a United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, NASA astronaut, and United States Senator from Ohio. 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 served as the U.S. Senator from Ohio December 24, 1974 - January 3, 1999. He died in Columbus, Ohio on December 8, 2016 at age 95. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

John Glenn died in Columbus, Ohio on December 8, 2016 at age 95. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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.

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Astronaut Scott Carpenter. He was CapCom during the launch.

John Glenn was a United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, NASA astronaut, and United States Senator from Ohio. 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 served as the U.S. Senator from Ohio December 24, 1974 - January 3, 1999. He died in Columbus, Ohio on December 8, 2016 at age 95. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

John Glenn is a former astronaut and U.S. Senator from Ohio. John Glenn served as the U.S. Senator from Ohio December 24, 1974 - January 3, 1999. He died on December 8, 2016 at age 95.

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