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John Herschel Glenn Jr. ( Cambridge, 18 luglio 1921 – Columbus, 8 dicembre 2016) è stato un astronauta, aviatore, politico e militare statunitense . Indice. 1 Biografia. 2 Cinema e Tv. 3 Onorificenze. 3.1 Onorificenze statunitensi. 3.2 Onorificenze straniere. 4 Note. 5 Altri progetti. 6 Collegamenti esterni. Biografia.
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.
13 lug 2023 · Credits: NASA. Glenn, who served four terms as a U.S. senator from Ohio, was one of NASA’s original seven Mercury astronauts. His flight on Friendship 7 on Feb. 20, 1962, showed the world that America was a serious contender in the space race with the Soviet Union. It also made Glenn an instant hero.
9 mag 2024 · 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.
18 feb 2022 · 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.
8 dic 2016 · John Herschel Glenn, Jr.—an astronaut, fighter pilot, and U.S. senator who is best known for being the first American to orbit the planet—died on Thursday at age 95. Glenn was also the oldest...
16 feb 2012 · On February 20, 1962, NASA launched one of the most important flights in American history. The mission? Send a man to orbit Earth, observe his reactions and return him home safely. The pilot of this historic flight, John Glenn, became a national hero and a symbol of American ambition.
