| Name: Glenn, John | Country: USA | M/F: M | Number of Flights: 2 |
| Space Flights | Launch Date - Rocket No. | Landing Date - Rocket No. |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Friendship 7 | February 20, 1962 - Atlas 109D | February 20, 1962 - Atlas 109D |
| Space Flights | Launch Date - Shuttle | Landing Date - Shuttle |
| 2. STS-95 | October 29, 1998 - Discovery | November 7, 1998 - Discovery |
| Space Flights | Descriptions |
|---|---|
| Freedom 7 (Mercury-Redstone 3) |
Backup Pilot for Freedom 7 Mercury-Redstone 3 used Spacecraft 7 (Freedom 7) |
| Liberty Bell 7 (Mercury-Redstone 4) |
Backup Pilot for Liberty Bell 7 Mercury-Redstone 4 used Spacecraft-11 (Liberty Bell 7) |
| Mercury-Redstone 5 (Cancelled) |
Proposed Prime Crew Each of the Mercury 7 astronauts was supposed to a fly a suborbital flight under the original Mercury project plan before the orbital Atlas flights. Additional suborbital flights were cancelled in August 1961. |
| 1. Friendship 7 (Mercury-Atlas 6) |
First American in orbit Mercury-Atlas 6 used Spacecraft-13 (Friendship 7) |
| 2. STS-95 | Hubble Space Telescope Orbiting Systems Test Payload (HOST) Deployed and retrieval Spartan 201-05 |
| Return to Master List | American Astronauts | Two Spaceflights |
| Mercury Program | Space Shuttle Program - 1998 (PS) | |
Updated - June 5, 2006