Glenn Becomes the First American to Orbit the Earth

Highlights

• ›First American in orbit

Missions, people & worlds

• Friendship 7 (Mercury-Atlas 6)
• John Glenn
• Project Mercury

Knowledge connections

• Part ofThe Space Race
• Associated withFriendship 7 (Mercury-Atlas 6)
• Associated withJohn Glenn
• Associated withProject Mercury

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

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