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John Glenn - Wikipedia
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. [3]

John Glenn | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts | Britannica
John Glenn (born July 18, 1921, Cambridge, Ohio, U.S.—died December 8, 2016, Columbus, Ohio) was the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth, completing three orbits in 1962. (Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first person in space, had made a single orbit of Earth in 1961.) Glenn joined the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1942.

John H. Glenn - NASA
Astronaut John Glenn relaxes aboard the USS Noa after being recovered from the Atlantic near Grand Turk Island after his historic Mercury flight. Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth on February, 20, 1962 in his “Friendship 7” capsule. The Noa picked him up 21 minutes after impact.

John Glenn - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962.

John Glenn - Career, Quotes & Life - Biography
John Glenn was the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth, completing three orbits in 1962. He also served as a U.S senator from Ohio. (1921-2016) Who Was John Glenn? A Marine pilot,...

60 Years Ago: John Glenn, the First American to Orbit the Earth ... - NASA
On Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John H. Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth during the three-orbit Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, aboard the spacecraft he named Friendship 7. Left: The Headquarters of the Space Task Group (STG) at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Right: Robert R. Gilruth, director of the STG.

John Glenn: 1st American to Orbit Earth, Oldest Man in Space
In 1962, aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft, John Glenn made history by becoming the first American to orbit Earth and kicked the U.S. space program into overdrive.

Biography of John H. Glenn - NASA
He was a business executive from 1965 until his election to the United States Senate in November 1974. Glenn retired from the U.S. Senate in January 1999. On February 20, 1962, Glenn piloted the Mercury-Atlas 6 “Friendship 7” spacecraft on the first manned orbital mission of the United States.

John Glenn - New World Encyclopedia
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American aviator, engineer, astronaut, and United States Senator from Ohio. In 1962 he was the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times.

John Glenn | SpaceNext50 | Encyclopedia Britannica
John Glenn, in full John Herschel Glenn, Jr., also called John H. Glenn, Jr., (born July 18, 1921, Cambridge, Ohio, U.S.—died December 8, 2016, Columbus, Ohio), the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth, completing three orbits in 1962.

         

 

 

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