{"id":2824,"date":"2015-02-22T07:36:42","date_gmt":"2015-02-22T07:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/revoscience.com\/en\/?p=2824"},"modified":"2015-02-22T07:36:42","modified_gmt":"2015-02-22T07:36:42","slug":"john-glenn-the-first-american-to-orbit-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/john-glenn-the-first-american-to-orbit-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"John Glenn: The first American to orbit Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/s62-00302.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2825\" src=\"http:\/\/revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/s62-00302.jpg\" alt=\"s62-00302\" width=\"946\" height=\"695\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/s62-00302.jpg 946w, https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/s62-00302-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 946px) 100vw, 946px\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., became the first American to orbit Earth. Launched from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14, Glenn&#8217;s Mercury-Atlas 6 &#8220;Friendship 7&#8221; spacecraft completed a successful three-orbit mission, reaching a maximum altitude (apogee) of approximately 162 statute miles and an orbital velocity of approximately 17,500 miles per hour. The flight lasted a total of 4 hours, 55 minutes, and 23 seconds before the spacecraft splashed down in the ocean. This photograph of John Glenn during the Mercury-Atlas 6 spaceflight was taken by a camera onboard the spacecraft.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., became the first American to orbit Earth. Launched from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14, Glenn&#8217;s Mercury-Atlas 6 &#8220;Friendship 7&#8221; spacecraft completed a successful three-orbit mission, reaching a maximum altitude (apogee) of approximately 162 statute miles and an orbital velocity of approximately 17,500 miles per hour. 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