John Glenn never orbited the moon. He was the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962. The first manned mission to orbit the moon was Apollo 8 in 1968.
John Glenn was 40 years old when he orbited the Earth in 1962 as part of the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, making him the first American to do so.
John Glenn was 40 years old when he orbited the Earth on February 20, 1962 aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft.
John Glenn was 40 years old when he became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962.
John Glenn was 40 years old when he became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962.
John Glenn was 77 years old when he orbited the Earth a second time, as part of the Space Shuttle Discovery mission in 1998.
77 years old.
John Glenn was 40 years old when he orbited the Earth in 1962 as part of the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, making him the first American to do so.
John Glenn was 40 years old when he orbited the Earth on February 20, 1962 aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft.
John Glenn was 40 years old when he became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962.
He was 41 years old when he first orbited earth.
John Glenn was 40 years old when he became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962.
John Glenn was 77 years old when he orbited the Earth a second time, as part of the Space Shuttle Discovery mission in 1998.
John Glenn was 40 years old in 1962 when he became the first American to orbit the Earth aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft.
Former NASA astronaut and U.S. Senator from Ohio John Glenn was born in Cambridge, Ohio on July 18, 1921. On February 20, 1962, NASA astronaut John Glenn flew the Friendship 7 mission at age 40 becoming the third American in space and the first American to orbit the Earth circling the earth three times.
John Glenn did not walk on the moon. He was the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962 on the Friendship 7 spacecraft. The first moonwalk was conducted by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in 1969 during the Apollo 11 mission.
John Glenn was 95 years old when he died on December 8, 2016.
John Glenn was 40 years old when he became an astronaut in 1959.