Newspaper Report

FIRST MAN TO ORBIT THE EARTH

By Leah spiteri

On February 20th year 1926 41 year old American John Glen orbited the earth

3 times . He was flying in the friendship 7going 281,627.5 kilometers an hour.

He set off from Cape Canaveral.

He spent 4

Hours and 55

Minutes in space

. He landed in the

Ocean. He was okay

Yet amazed by what

He saw in space

this what he had to say

. "The sky is very

Black in space

With a blue

band around

The horizon. "

John Glen after working at NASA

For many years

He started working in politics. Soon after he

Travelled again in space at the age of 77.

he was the oldest man to go to space and after that continued to be a

Senator.

John Glen died at 95 his life between July 18 1921 to December 8 2016 will go down in history