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STS-95 carried John H. Glenn back into orbit in his return to space. At 77 years old, Glenn at the time became the oldest person to go to space.

STS-95 crew members exit the Operations and Checkout Building where they suited up before leaving for Launch Pad 39-B. Pictured...
STS-95 crew members exit the Operations and Checkout Building where they suited up before leaving for Launch Pad 39-B. Pictured are (clockwise from lower left) Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai (M.D., Ph.D.), representing the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), Pilot Steven W. Lindsey, Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski, Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson, Mission Specialist Pedro Duque of Spain, representing the European Space Agency (ESA), Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Ohio, and Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown. The STS-95 crew are at KSC to participate in a Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) which includes mission familiarization activities, emergency egress training, and the simulated main engine cut-off exercise. The STS-95 mission, targeted for liftoff on Oct. 29, includes research payloads such as the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, as well as the SPACEHAB single module with experiments on space flight and the aging process. Following the TCDT, the crew will be returning to Houston for final flight preparations
S98-06936 (28 April 1998) --- U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio), is assisted by suit experts Jean Alexander and...
John Glenn during preflight training for STS-95
Blast off of NASA's Shuttle Discovery STS-95
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95: Discovery
S95-E-5004 (29 Oct. 1998) --- Astronauts Scott E. Parazynski (left) and Pedro Duque, both STS-95 mission specialists, look toward astronaut...
Orbiter Discovery gets ready to land on runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility after a successful 3.6-million-mile voyage on...
After its Rotational Service Structure is rolled back, the Space Shuttle Discovery awaits the dawn of day on its scheduled...
S98-06862 (May 1998) --- Senator John H. Glenn Jr., (Democrat-Ohio); STS-95 payload specialist.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A fish-eye view of the flight deck of STS-95 Space Shuttle Discover
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., who also is a senator from Ohio, adjusts...
STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Ohio, gives a thumbs up on his arrival at Kennedy Space...
John Glenn in cockpit of T-38
STS095-E-5030 (10-29-98) --- Backdropped over a shoreline and thousands of miles of ocean waters, the Space Shuttle Discovery orbits Earth...