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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.
- 25 Years Ago: STS-95, John Glenn Returns to Space - NASA
On Oct. 29, 1998, NASA astronaut John H. Glenn made history...
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In 1998, Glenn flew on the STS-95 Discovery shuttle flight,...
- 25 Years Ago: STS-95, John Glenn Returns to Space - NASA
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.
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.
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13 de jul. de 2023 · In 1998, Glenn flew on the STS-95 Discovery shuttle flight, a 9-day mission during which the crew supported a variety of research payloads including deployment of the Spartan solar-observing spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test Platform, and Glenn’s investigations on space flight and the aging process.
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.
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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. Involving him in such experiments gave NASA a plausible reason to assign John Glenn as a payload specialist on the STS-95 SPACEHAB mission, which was loaded with life science and microgravity experiments.
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.
