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 John
Glenn was the first American man in space, and the first man ever to orbit
the Earth. John Glen orbited the Earth 3 times in 5 hours. John Glenn was
born on July 18, 1921 in Cambridge, Ohio. He graduated High School in 1939
at New Concord High. He attended Muskingum College. He dropped out of
college in his second year to enter N. A. C. P. (
naval aviation Cadet Program.)3...2...1...0! John Glenn
blasted off in February of 1962. This was the very first American orbital
space flight. It was a problem free flight. At the end of the 5 hour
historic flight he touched down in the Pacific Ocean. He went back to space in the Space
Shuttle Columbia mission of 1998. Where he became the oldest person ever
to enter space.
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July
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Mercury
6 (February 20,1962) STS-95 (October 29,1998- November 7, 1998) |
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