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John Herschel Glenn Jr. war ein US-amerikanischer Kampfpilot, Testpilot, Astronaut und Politiker. Er war 1962 der erste Amerikaner, der die Erde in einem Raumschiff umkreiste, und von 1974 bis 1999 für den Staat Ohio Senator der Demokratischen Partei im Senat der Vereinigten Staaten.
- 2. April 1959, (1. NASA-Gruppe)
- Vereinigte Staaten
- 2 Raumflüge
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA
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. [3]
- January 16, 1964
- Colonel
15. Dez. 1998 · J. Glenn, 77, Astronaut. Vor 36 Jahren flog er das erste Mal ins All und umkreiste als erster Amerikaner gleich dreimal die Erde. Den 121 768 Kilometern von damals stehen rund 6 000 000...
10. Mai 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
13. Juli 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. Dez. 2016 · Updated 7:19 PM PDT, December 8, 2016. WASHINGTON (AP) — John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U.S. Senate, died Thursday. The last survivor of the original Mercury 7 astronauts was 95.
12. Apr. 2017 · Im Dezember 2016 ist John Glenn, der letzte der Mercury Seven, gestorben. Er wurde 95 Jahre alt. Zu den legendären Mercury Seven, den ersten sieben Astronautenkandidaten der NASA, gehörte John...
