Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?

  1. Alan Shepard

  2. John Glenn

  3. Neil Armstrong

  4. Dennis Tito
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Explanation

John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth on February 20, 1962, aboard Friendship 7. Alan Shepard was the first American in space (suborbital), Neil Armstrong was first on the Moon, and Dennis Tito was a space tourist.

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