STS-95
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STS-95 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 29 October 1998, using the orbiter Discovery. It was the 25th flight of Discovery and the 92nd mission flown since the
John Glenn in the Spacehab Single Module during flight
Top: Parazynski, Robinson, Mukai, Duque, Glenn; Bottom: Lindsey, BrownSpace Shuttle program← STS-91 (91)STS-88 (93) →
The seven crew members pose for photographers prior to participating in a training session
STS-95 lands at the Shuttle Landing Facility, 7 November 1998
John Glenn
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John Herschel Glenn Jr. was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space and the first to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 19
STS-95
…start of the Space Shuttle program in April 1981. It was a highly publicized mission due to former Project Mercury astronaut and United States Senator John H. Glenn Jr.'s return to space for his second space flight. At age 77, Glenn became the oldest person to go into space, a record that remained unbroken for 23 years…
Official portrait, 1990s
Glenn's USAF F-86F, dubbed "MiG Mad Marine", during the Korean War in 1953. The names of his wife and children are also written on the aircraft.
Glenn standing in the cockpit of a F-106B in 1961
Glenn in his Mercury spacesuit in 1962