STS-95

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STS-95 was a 1998 Space Shuttle Discovery mission best known for carrying John Glenn back into space at age 77, making him the oldest person to fly in orbit.

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STS-95 canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
apogee ~563 km
callSign Discovery
commander Curtis L. Brown Jr.
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crewMember Chiaki Mukai
Curtis L. Brown Jr.
John Glenn
surface form: John H. Glenn Jr.

Pedro Duque
Scott E. Parazynski
Stephen K. Robinson
Steven W. Lindsey
crewSize 7
followedBy STS-88
inclination 28.45 degrees
landingDate 1998-11-07
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
launchDate 1998-10-29
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Discovery
missionDuration 8 days 21 hours 44 minutes
missionNumber 95
missionObjective astronomy and solar physics observations
life sciences research
microgravity science experiments
study of aging and spaceflight effects
technology demonstration
missionSpecialist Chiaki Mukai
Pedro Duque
Scott E. Parazynski
Stephen K. Robinson
notableFor carrying the oldest person to fly in orbit at the time
returning John Glenn to space at age 77
operator NASA
orbiter Discovery
orbitsCompleted 134
payload Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test Platform (HOST)
International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker (IEH)
SPACEHAB
surface form: SPACEHAB module

Spartan-Halley free-flyer
surface form: Spartan 201-5 free-flyer
payloadSpecialist John Glenn
surface form: John H. Glenn Jr.
perigee ~551 km
pilot Steven W. Lindsey
precededBy STS-91
program NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: Space Shuttle program
spaceAgency NASA
surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
spacecraft Space Shuttle Discovery
spaceShuttleProgramFlightNumber 25th flight of Space Shuttle Discovery
year 1998

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STS-88 precededBy STS-95
John Glenn spaceMission STS-95
OV-103 notableMission STS-95
Discovery notableMission STS-95
subject surface form: Space Shuttle Discovery
Pedro Duque spaceMission STS-95