You must be a youngster.
I remember watching Yuri Gagarin’s and Alan Shepard’s flights in the 4rth grade. Gagarin’s was orbital, the first, and Shepard’s was suborbital. Gagarin was the first man in space (that we know of).
This was concurrent with practicing hiding under our desks when the hydrogen bomb warnings came.
John Glenn was a hero turned traitor who starred in the goobermint docudrama “Elderly Traitor ‘Rats In Space”, his first orbital flight as an American all but forgotten and heavily overshadowed by his treason.
Duck and cover
Then kiss your ass goodbye!
Been there done that.
Move over sonny! I think I was in the 8th grade when Glenn went up.