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20 de mar. de 2008 · On October 29, 1998, the first American to orbit the Earth made history again. John Glenn became the oldest man to fly in space by serving as a payload specialist on STS-95 aboard the space shuttle Discovery.
13 de jul. de 2023 · His mission of almost nine days on the space shuttle orbiter Discovery, launched Oct. 29, 1998, when he was 77, made him the oldest human to venture into space. On Discovery he participated in a series of tests on the aging process. The aging population was one focus of his work as a U.S. senator.
En 1998, cuando todavía era senador, voló en la misión STS-95 del transbordador espacial Discovery, convirtiéndose, a los 77 años, en la persona de mayor edad que voló en el espacio y la única persona que voló en los programas Mercury y del transbordador espacial.
30 de oct. de 2023 · On Oct. 29, 1998, NASA astronaut John H. Glenn made history again when he returned to space aboard space shuttle Discovery’s STS-95 mission, nearly 37 years after becoming the first American in orbit during his February 1962 Friendship 7 mission.
In 1998, at age 77, Glenn flew on Space Shuttle Discovery 's STS-95 mission, making him the oldest person to enter Earth orbit, the only person to fly in both the Mercury and the Space Shuttle programs, and the first Member of Congress to visit space since Congressman Bill Nelson (D-FL) in 1986.
It was the 25th flight of Discovery and the 92nd mission flown since the 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.
29 de oct. de 2018 · With one flight in 1962 and another in 1998, John Glenn uniquely bridged two eras in space history and left his mark in each. He lived almost long enough to celebrate this 20 th anniversary of his return to space, dying at age 95 in December 2016.
