February 20, 1962 is the first American in orbit. It 's the 41/enne pilot John Herschel Glenn was born in New Concord, July 18, 1921). In 1941 after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor he enlisted in the Marine Corps. You fought in the battle of the Marshall Islands. Also participates in the Korean War and at the end becomes a test pilot, reaching many records for speed (Draft Tack).
In the fifties, has participated in numerous TV shows, becoming very popular with the U.S. public.
In 1960 he was drafted in the top seven NASA astronauts for the Mercury program.
John Glen photographed in Milan in 1968 .... In 1962 he sent the first American in orbit in space. The lieutenant colonel aboard the Friendship 7 shuttle makes three orbits around the Earth, equaling Yuri Gagarin. His return is dotted with numerous technical problems, and is likely to die in return for an alleged problem with the heat shield. Following
the current policy of Kennedy, was elected State Senator of Ohio, a position he held until the nineties.
back into space with the Space Shuttle in 1998 aboard STS-95, where it participates in studies on human physiology in old age and its problems in space. The flight is a success.
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