John Glenn Timeline Game
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Put the following events in chronological order.
Temporal Tangle
Put the events in order from earliest to latest.
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Translator's Test
Read the foreign word and choose its English meaning.
Echo Chamber
Listen to the word and choose the correct English translation.
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Rune Ravel
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Enchanter's Quest
Take the Quiz - Challenge your recall of the key facts and figures.
Temporal Tangle
Can you place the key events in the correct order?
Fact Fragments
Reconstruct the key facts from this lesson.
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About This Challenge
John Glenn was a pioneering astronaut and politician who made history as the first American to orbit the Earth. In this timeline game, players can learn about his life and accomplishments by placing key events in his biography in their correct chronological order.
- John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962
- John Glenn serves as a United States Senator from Ohio from 1974 to 1999
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- 1943: John Glenn becomes a pilot in the U.S. Marine Corps
- 1959: John Glenn joins NASA's Mercury Seven program
- February 20, 1962: John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth aboard Friendship 7
- 1964: John Glenn resigns from NASA
- 1965: John Glenn retires from the Marine Corps as a colonel
- 1974: John Glenn is elected to the U.S. Senate from Ohio
- 1983: John Glenn announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President
- 1984: John Glenn drops out of the presidential race
- October 29, 1998: John Glenn returns to space aboard Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-95
- 1998: John Glenn becomes the oldest person to travel in space at age 77
- 1999: John Glenn retires from the U.S. Senate
- 2012: John Glenn receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom
- December 8, 2016: John Glenn passes away at the age of 95