Did John Glenn really go to the moon?

John Glenn was a NASA astronaut. He was part of the first group of astronauts NASA picked. He was the first American to orbit the Earth. He also became a U.S senator and later became the oldest person to fly in space.

Did John Glenn go to the moon?

In 1959, NASA picked the first group of astronauts. The seven men would fly on the Mercury spacecraft. NASA called these men the “Mercury Seven”. John Glenn was one of these men.

In 1962, he became the first American to orbit Earth. He named his spacecraft “Friendship 7”. He made three orbits around  Earth. His mission showed that the Mercury spacecraft worked in space. The mission also helped NASA learn more about space.

In 1998, John Glenn got to fly to space again. He flew with six other astronauts on the space shuttle. It has been 36 years since his first spaceflight. The new flight would help NASA learn what being in space does to older people.