who became the first american to orbit the earth?
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John Glenn: 1st American to Orbit Earth, Oldest Man in Space The first American to orbit the Earth, John Glenn made history again when, at the age of 77, he became the oldest person to travel in space. But before he was nationally recognized as a hero, he had put his life on the line for his country many times.
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Apollo 11 On July 20, 1969, American astronauts Neil Armstrong (1930-2012) and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin (1930-) became the first humans ever to land on the moon. About six-and-a-half hours later, Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon.
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John Glenn, first American to orbit the Earth, dead at 95 John H. Glenn Jr., a decorated combat veteran and test pilot who gained worldwide fame as the first American to orbit the Earth, went on to become a U.S. senator and, in the autumn of his life, returned to space aboard the shuttle Discovery, has died. He was 95 years old.
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John Glenn, First American To Orbit Earth, Dies At 95 John Glenn, a freckle-faced son of Ohio who was hailed as a national hero and a symbol of the space age as the first American to orbit Earth, then became a national political figure for 24 years in the Senate, died on Thursday in Columbus, Ohio. He was 95.
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John Glenn: 1st American to Orbit Earth, Oldest Man in Space Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man launched into space on April 12, 1961, beating Alan Shepard by less than a month. Gagarin's craft took him in a full orbit around Earth, making him the first person to circle the planet, as well. [Infographic: 1st American in Orbit: How NASA & John Glenn Made History] On Feb. 20, 1962, the United States showed that it had the same mettle as its competition.
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Neil Armstrong Neil Armstrong. For other people named Neil Armstrong, see Neil Armstrong (disambiguation). Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also an aerospace engineer, naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was an officer in the U.S. Navy and served in the Korean War.
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Sally Ride, first American woman in space, dies Share your tributes to Sally Ride. Ride flew into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983 to become America's first woman in space. She took a second trip aboard the same shuttle one year later. The first woman in space was Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who orbited the Earth 48 times in 1963. As the first American woman to travel into space, Sally was a national hero and a powerful role model, President Barack Obama said soon after news of her death broke.
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Alan Shepard Alan Bartlett  Al  Shepard, Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998), (RADM, USN), was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, flag officer, one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts, and businessman, who in 1961 became the second person and the first American to travel into space.
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- Best known as: The first dog to orbit the Earth. Laika the dog was the first living being to orbit the Earth in space. She was aboard Sputnik II when it was launched by the Soviet Union on 3 November 1957.
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- Sally Kristen Ride (born May 26, 1951) is an American former astronaut who in 1983 became the first American woman to reach outer space. Sally Ride is the most bravest American woman I have ever heard of. Because I really would not do that, but I think it would be fun and really being an astronaut ….
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John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit Earth in 1962 Astronaut John Glenn climbs into the Friendship 7 space capsule atop an Atlas rocket at Cape Canaveral, Fla. for the flight which made him the first American to orbit the earth. (AP)
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Why Yuri Gagarin Remains the First Man in Space, Even Though He Did Not Land Inside His Spacecraft It was not until four months later, when German Titov became the second human to orbit the Earth and the first person to spend a full day in space, when the controversy began to brew. Titov owned up to ejecting himself. This led to a special meeting of the delegates to the FAI to reexamine Titov’s spaceflight records.
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John Glenn: 1st American to Orbit Earth, Oldest Man in Space In April 1959, Glenn was selected as a Project Mercury astronaut. He became part of the Mercury Seven group, the first astronauts selected by NASA. Glenn served as backup astronaut to the first two Americans in space, Alan Shepard and Virgil Gus Grissom.
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Freedom 7 Space Capsule On May 5, 1961, US Navy Commander Alan B. Shepard Jr., soared into history. Crammed into this Mercury Space Capsule that he named Freedom 7, Shepard, a native of East Derry, New Hampshire, became the first American to travel in space.
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Neil Armstrong Astronaut, military pilot, educator. Born on August 5, 1930, near Wapakoneta, Ohio. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong made history by becoming the first man to walk on the moon. He developed a fascination with flight at an early age and earned his student pilot’s license when he was 16. In 1947, Armstrong began his studies in aeronautical engineering at Purdue University on a U.S. Navy scholarship.
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- Russian Yuri Gagarin, on 12 April 1961, became the first man to travel into space in Vostok 1 for a 108 minute orbital flight. American Alan Shepard was the second person in space on May 5th 1961.
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- NASA responded by sending the first American, Alan Shepard, into space in May 1961, but Shepard’s flight was only a suborbital lob, whereas Gagarin had orbited Earth. With Glenn’s orbital mission, NASA was finally able to pull back even with the Soviets.
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- NASA's first high-profile program involving human spaceflight was Project Mercury, an effort to learn if humans could survive the rigors of spaceflight. On May 5, 1961, Alan B. Shepard Jr. became the first American to fly into space, when he rode his Mercury capsule on a 15-minute suborbital mission.
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- Glenn checks over notes with backup pilot Scott Carpenter after a simulated flight in 1962, prior to the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission at Cape Canaveral. The object of the mission was to put the first American spaceman into orbit around the Earth.
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- Share to: Neil was he first to go on the moon because a Chinese man was the first man in space so president John F. Kennedy decided that an American would be the first person on the moo … n. Wow.The first person to enter the earth's orbit was Yuri Gagarin.A Russian.hare to: Neil was he first to go on the moon because a Chinese man was the first man in space so president John F. Kennedy decided that an American would be the first person on the moo … n. Wow.
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John Glenn: 1st American to Orbit Earth, Oldest Man in Space Latest on John Glenn: 1st American to Orbit Earth, Oldest Man in Space. 1  In Photos: Astronaut Pioneer John Glenn Laid to Rest at Arlington National Cemetery. 2  John Glenn, First US Astronaut to Orbit Earth, Interred at Arlington Cemetery. 3  Godspeed the SS John Glenn: Cargo Ship Named for Late Mercury Astronaut.
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Wampanoag Indians Wampanoag Indians. The Wampanoag Indians lived in what is now known as Massachusetts and Rhode Island in the early part of the 17th century. The name means “easterners” and at one point, their population was 12,000. Among the more famous Wampanoag chiefs were Squanto, Samoset, Metacomet, and Massasoit.
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- Navy Lieutenant Commander Chaffee, aged 31, had never flown in space before. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Grissom, 39, was the first American to make two flights. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel White, 35, made America's first space walk. It is feared the disaster on launch pad 34 could delay America's plans to put a man on the Moon by as much as a year.
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John Glenn: First American to Orbit the Earth And although Glenn’s political career as a Democratic senator from Ohio has kept him in the public eye, he is remembered by many of his countrymen as the first American to circle the planet and as the affable spokesman for the seven Mercury astronauts.
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John Glenn, American Hero of the Space Age, Dies at 95 John Glenn, a symbol of the space age as the first American to orbit Earth, sat down with John Schwartz in 2012 — the 50th anniversary of his flight — to talk about making history and that “beautiful view.”. 1  By ERIK OLSEN, JOHN SCHWARTZ and TAIGE JENSEN on Publish Date December 8, 2016.
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