Time Line: February 20th 1962, U.S.A. Astronaut, hero John Glen became the first American to orbit the globe, in a flight 

uSA Asreonaught. John Glen, became the first American to orbit   the Earth as he courageously flew aboard  Project Mercury 7  spacecraft , which circled the globe 3 times in a flight lasting 4 hours and 55 minutes and 23 seconds before ~~~a plashing down  safely in the  great Atlantic Ocean 800 miles

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