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Originally Posted by KF5BET
How about Shepherd?
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Nope. Shepard was our first "man in space"...a sub orbital 15 minute flight.
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth.
But the astronaut in question was one of the Mercury seven.
So the first three were Shepard, Grissom and Glenn. Shirra didn't fly a Mercury Mission. That leaves....