John Glenn was a NASA astronaut.
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John Glenn joined NASA in 1959.In 1962 he became the third astronaut in space and resigned from NASA in December 1963.See Link
John Glenn was an American astronaut, engineer, and U.S. senator. He conducted his work primarily at NASA as one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts, where he became the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962. Later in his career, Glenn also served as a U.S. senator for the state of Ohio.
Former NASA astronaut and U.S. Senator from Ohio John Glenn was born in Cambridge, Ohio on July 18, 1921.
No, John Glenn did not orbit the moon. He was the first American to orbit the Earth, accomplishing this feat in 1962. The manned lunar orbits were conducted by the Apollo missions in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
John Glenn lifted off for his historic spaceflight from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in the United States.