When John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth on this day in 1962, it was aboard Mercury Friendship 7, now on display in Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall at the Museum in DC. | National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution

Today, we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the day NASA Astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. His flight aboard the Friendship 7 became a pivotal moment in human spaceflight history. https://go.nasa.gov/3gWZoJw | NASA's Johnson Space Center

TODAY IN HISTORY: Astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit around Earth in 1962. https://cbsn.ws/2VeDA26 | CBS News

Former Astronaut & Senator John Glenn had 473 C-SPAN appearances, including on first day of TV in the Senate, where he spoke on personal presentation on Senate television. Find all his appearances here: http://cs.pn/2gpm5HW RIP. | C-SPAN