Blast off of NASA's Shuttle Discovery STS-95
The STS-95 patch, designed by the crew, is intended to reflect the scientific, engineering, and historic elements of the mission. The Space Shuttle Discovery is shown rising over the sunlit Earth limb, representing the global benefits of the mission science and the solar science objectives of the Spartan Satellite. The bold number '7' signifies the seven members of Discovery's crew and also represents a historical link to the original seven Mercury astronauts. The STS-95 crew member John Glenn's first orbital flight is represented by the Friendship 7 capsule. The rocket plumes symbolize the three major fields of science represented by the mission payloads: microgravity material science, medical research for humans on Earth and in space, and astronomy.
STS095-E-5109 (2 Nov. 1998) --- Astronauts Steven W. Lindsey (left), STS-95 pilot, and Scott E. Parazynski, mission specialist, work with cameras and other supportive gear for experiments on Spacehab. The photo was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 05:11:28 GMT, Nov. 2.
Downtown Houston parade honoring STS-95 crew. View is of Astronaut Scott Parazynski and family in car being greeted by crowd.
STS095-E-5111 (2 Nov. 1998) --- A high-angle view shows astronauts Steven W. Lindsey (left), STS-95 pilot, and Scott E. Parazynski, mission specialist, work with supportive gear for experiments on Spacehab. The heavily used glove box facility is on left side of frame. The photo was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 05:11:38 GMT, Nov. 2.
At the end of its 6-hour, 4.2-mile circular trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building (background), the STS-95 Space Shuttle Discovery (barely visible behind the external tank and solid rocket boosters) is moved into place at Launch Pad 39B. To its right is the Fixed Service Structure that provides access to the orbiter and the Rotating Service Structure. Below it is the flame trench. At the launch pad, the orbiter, external tank and solid rocket boosters will undergo final preparations for the launch, scheduled to lift off Oct. 29. The mission 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.
Downtown Houston parade honoring John Glenn and STS-95 crew.View is of Glenn and family in car being greeted by the crowd.
S98-07970 (5 June 1998) --- The two payload specialists in training for the STS-95 mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery prepare to take their assigned launch and entry seats on the mid deck of one of the shutte training mockups in JSC's systems integration facility. Wearing training versions of the shuttle partial pressure launch and entry suits, the two were joined by the other five STS-95 crew members for the training session, one of many planned in preparation for the scheduled October launch aboard Discovery.
This is an image of a colloidal crystal from the CDOT-2 investigation flown on STS-95. There are so many colloidal particles in this sample that it behaves like a glass. In the laboratory on Earth, the sample remained in an amorphous state, showing no sign of crystal growth. In microgravity the sample crystallized in 3 days, as did the other glassy colloidal samples examined in the CDOT-2 experiment. During the investigation, crystallization occurred in samples that had a volume fraction (number of particles per total volume) larger than the formerly reported glass transition of 0.58. This has great implications for theories of the structural glass transition. These crystals were strong enough to survive space shuttle re-entry and landing.
STS095-328-031 (29 Oct.-7 Nov. 1998) --- With their feet anchored in the hatchway, the seven STS-95 crew members pose for their traditional in-flight crew portrait. Astronaut Curtis L. Brown Jr., commander, appears at right center in the pyramid. Others, clockwise from there, are Steven W. Lindsey, pilot; Stephen K. Robinson, mission specialist; Pedro Duque, mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA); payload specialist Chiaki Naito-Mukai, who represents Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA); Scott E. Parazynski, mission specialist; and United States Senator John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio), payload specialist.
S98-07969 (5 June 1998) --- Crew trainer Adam Flagan (left) checks out STS-95 payload specialists Chiaki Naito-Mukai and John H. Glenn Jr. as they practice launch and entry procedures on the middeck of one of the training mockups in the Johnson Space Center's Space Vehicle Mockup Facility. The STS-95 mission, tentatively scheduled for launch on Oct. 29, will involve a variety of science experiments being carried in the pressurized Spacehab module, deployment and retrieval of the Spartan free-flyer payload, and operations with the HST Orbiting Systems Test and the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker payloads.
98-E-01303 (20 Feb. 1998) --- U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D., Ohio) fields a question during a press conference held to announce the crew members for STS-95 mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Glenn will fly as a payload specialist on the mission. The press conference was held on Feb. 20, 1998, 36 years after Glenn's historic Earth-orbital, MA-6 spaceflight.
S98-06936 (28 April 1998) --- U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio), is assisted by suit experts Jean Alexander and Carlous Gillis prior to a training session at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). The STS-95 crew members are getting prepared for a scheduled Oct. 29 launch aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. The photo was taken by Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA.
S95-E-5003 (29 Oct. 1998) --- Astronauts Scott E. Parazynski (left) and Pedro Duque, both STS-95 mission specialists, at Discovery's galley on middeck during Flight Day 1 activity. Duque represents the European Space Agency (ESA). The photo was made with electronic still camera (ESC) at 10:05:19 GMT, Oct. 29.
S98-02045 (20 February 1998) --- U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio) is given a briefing on the Shuttle emergency escape pole trainer/mockup at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Named as a crew member for STS-95 scheduled later this year aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, Glenn has begun preliminary familiarization, suit fitting and training at the Houston NASA facility.
S98-06947 (28 April 1998)--- Three crewmembers for the STS-95 mission take notes during a class room session in preparation for the scheduled October 1998 flight. From the left are U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr.(D.-Ohio), Pedro Duque and Stephen K. Robinson. Duque represents the European Space Agency (ESA). Photo Credit: Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA.
S98-06949 (28 April 1998) --- U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio), talks with crew trainer Sharon Jones prior to simulating procedures for egressing from a troubled space shuttle. This training mockup is called the full fuselage trainer (FFT). Glenn has been named as a payload specialist for STS-95, scheduled for launch later this year. Photo Credit: Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA
98-E-01301 (20 Feb. 1998) --- Three members of the just-announced STS-95 crew pose for photographers following a press conference at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Left to right are Stephen K. Robinson, mission specialist; Senator John H. Glenn Jr.(D., Ohio), payload specialist;and Steven W. Lindsey, pilot.
S98-06940 (28 April 1998) --- U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio) is assisted by Carlous Gillis in suiting up for a training exercise at the Johnson Space Center's systems integration facility. Glenn is scheduled to join a second payload specialist and five NASA astronauts for a mission aboard the Space Shuttle Disovery later this year. This day's training was scheduled for the STS-95 crewmembers to rehearse launch readiness procedures. The photo was taken by Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA.
S95-E-5122 (31 Oct. 1998) -- STS-95 crew members participate in Halloween activities aboard the orbiter Discovery. Two crew members hold up masks of U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn as their Halloween disguises on Flight Day 3. Suspicions were relatively high that the participants were astronauts Steven Lindsay and Curtis Brown, pilot and commander, respectively. Photo credit: NASA
S95-E-5004 (29 Oct. 1998) --- Astronauts Scott E. Parazynski (left) and Pedro Duque, both STS-95 mission specialists, look toward astronaut Curtis L. Brown, commander, on Discovery's middeck during flight day one activity. Parazynski stands next to the galley, which Duque, who represents the European Space Agency (ESA), used to rehydrate the beverage container he holds. The photo was made with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 10:05:27 GMT, Oct. 29.
S98-06948 (28 April 1998) --- U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio) receives assistance from crew trainer Sharon Jones and an unidentified staffer in the systems integration facility as he checks his training version of the Shuttle launch and entry garment. Suit expert Carlous Gillis looks on at right. Moments later, the STS-95 payload specialist participated in a rehearsal of an emergency egress from the Space Shuttle. The photo was made by Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA.
S98-07959 (5 June 1998) --- U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio) simulates emergency egress from a space shuttle in trouble during a series of training exercises in the Johnson Space Center's systems integration facility. Sharon Jones monitors the STS-95 payload specialist's rappelling performance.
S98-08742 (May 1998) --- Two mission specialists assigned to the STS-95 flight rehearse some of their duties for the scheduled late October launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Stephen K. Robinson inputs data on the laptop computer while Scott E. Parazynski looks on. The photo was taken by Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA.
S98-08741 (May 1998) --- Three crew members in training for the STS-95 mission check out a training version of a blood centrifuge that will accompany them aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery later this year. In the foreground (from the left), are astronauts Scott E. Parazynski and Pedro Duque, both mission specialists, and U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr., payload specialist. Duque, representing the European Space Agency (ESA), has his right hand on the centrifuge. Sen. Glenn holds a vial of blood that would be placed inside the centrifuge. Among those in the background is astronaut Stephen K. Robinson (left side of frame), STS-95 mission specialist. The photo was taken by Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA.
A plaque inside the Heroes and Legends exhibit hall at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex shows astronaut Sen. John Glenn, along with his mission insignias for Friendship 7 and STS-95, the two flights he made into space. Glenn, who passed away Dec. 8, 2016 at age 95, was the last surviving member of NASA's original astronaut class. He gained worldwide acclaim during his Mercury mission that made him the first American to orbit the Earth. He flew again in 1998 aboard space shuttle Discovery at age 77.
These are images of CGEL-2 samples taken during STS-95. They show binary colloidal suspensions that have formed ordered crystalline structures in microgravity. In sample 5, there are more particles therefore, many, many crystallites (small crystals) form. In sample 6, there are less particles therefore, the particles are far apart and few, much larger crystallites form. The white object in the right corner of sample 5 is the stir bar used to mix the sample at the begirning of the mission.
S98-06946 (28 April 1998) --- U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio), uses a device called a Sky genie to simulate rappelling from a troubled Space Shuttle during training at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). This training mockup is called The full fuselage trainer (FFT). Glenn has been named as a payload specialist for STS-95, scheduled for launch later this year. This exercise, in the systems integration facility at JSC, trains the crew members for procedures to follow in egressing a troubled shuttle on the ground. Photo Credit: Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA
S98-06944 (28 April 1998) --- U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio) prepares to rehearse launch readiness procedures on the middeck of a crew trainer at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Sharon Jones, involved in crew training, briefs the STS-95 payload specialist. When he lifts off aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in October of this year and later lands in Florida, Sen. Glenn will be seated in a temporary middeck chair like the one used in this training exercise. The photo was taken by Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA.
S98-06938 (28 April 1998) --- U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio), uses a device called a Sky genie to simulate rappelling from a troubled Space Shuttle during training at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Glenn has been named as a payload specialist for STS-95, scheduled for launch later this year. This exercise, in the systems integration facility at JSC, trains the crewmembers for procedures to follow in egressing a troubled shuttle on the ground. The full fuselage trainer (FFT) is at left, with the crew compartment trainer (CCT) at right. Photo Credit: Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA
S98-06939 (28 April 1998) --- U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio) prepares to rehearse launch readiness procedures on the middeck of a crew trainer at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Sharon Jones, involved in crew training, goes over a check list. When the STS-95 payload specialist lifts off aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in October of this year and later lands in Florida, he will be seated in a temporary middeck chair like the one used in this training exercise. The photo was taken by Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA.
S98-06937 (28 April 1998) --- U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio), uses a device called a Sky genie to simulate rappelling from a troubled Space Shuttle during training at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Glenn has been named as a payload specialist for STS-95, scheduled for launch later this year. This exercise, in the systems integration facility at JSC, trains the crewmembers for procedures to follow in egressing a troubled shuttle on the ground. The full fuselage trainer (FFT) is at left, with the crew compartment trainer (CCT) at right. Photo Credit: Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA
S98-08732 (9 April 1998) --- Holding a 35mm camera, U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio) gets a refresher course in photography from a JSC crew trainer (out of frame, right). The STS-95 payload specialist carried a 35mm camera on his historic MA-6 flight over 36 years ago. The photo was taken by Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA.
S98-07976 (5 June 1998) --- Astronaut Steven W. Lindsey, pilot for STS-95, is briefed by crew trainer Sharon Jones on the usage of the Sky-genie device used to lower oneself from a troubled space shuttle. Lindsey was joined by his six crew mates for the session as the team prepares for its scheduled Oct. 29 launch aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.
S98-08733 (9 April 1998) --- Looking through the view finder on a camera, U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio) gets a refresher course in photography from a JSC crew trainer (out of frame, right). The STS-95 payload specialist carried a 35mm camera on his historic MA-6 flight over 36 years ago. The photo was taken by Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA.
S98-08737 (9 April 1998) --- The mission commander, along with two payload specialists in training for NASA's STS-95 mission scheduled for later this year aboard Discovery, samples space foods at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). With payload specialists Chiaki Mukai and U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio) is Curtis L. Brown Jr. (right), mission commander. The photo was taken by Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA.
S98-07974 (5 June 1998) --- Astronaut Pedro Duque, STS-95 mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA), is assisted by suit technician Sharon McDougle in final touches with his shuttle launch and entry suit. The crew for the scheduled late October, early November mission was participating in a lengthy training session in the Johnson Space Center's systems integration facility.
S98-07975 (5 June 1998) --- Astronaut Scott E. Parazynski, STS-95 mission specialist, is briefed by crew trainer Sharon Jones during a lengthy training session in the Johnson Space Center's systems integration facility. Parazynski, four other NASA astronauts, including a European, and two payload specialists, are scheduled to be launched into space on Oct. 29 for a nine-day mission in Earth orbit.
S98-07961 (5 June 1998) --- Four members of the STS-95 crew look on as a fifth crew member (out of frame) simulates emergency egress from a space shuttle during a training session in the systems integration facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Wearing training versions of the space shuttle partial pressure launch and entry suit are (from the left) Scott E. Parazynski, U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio), Stephen K. Robinson and Pedro Duque of the European Space Agency (ESA).
Photographic documentation of the STS-95 crew emergency egress training at the bldg 9A Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT). Views include: Mission specialist Senator John Glenn (in his orange Launch and Landing (LES) suit) is photographed by his wife as other visitors look on (07958). STS-95 crewmember prepares to use the Sky Genie to climb down the side of the FFT (07959). STS-95 crew lines up to pose for pictures in their LES's. Left to right are: Mission specialist Pedro Duque, payload specialist Chiaki Mukai, commander Curt Brown, payload specialist U.S. Senator John Glenn, mission specialist Stephen Robinson, pilot Steven Lindsey, and mission specialist Scott F. Parazynski (07960). Parazynski, Glenn and Robinson talk while their photo is being taken (07961). Mukai receives assistance from suit techs in donning her LES helmet (07962). Glenn receives assistance from suit techs in donning his LES helmet (07963). Glenn, in his LES, walks toward the FFT (07964). Glenn uses the Sky Genie to prepare to climb down the side of the FFT (07965). View of Mrs. Annie Glenn watching her husband during training (07966). Mukai receives assistance from a suit tech with her LES while Glenn watches (07967). Close-up view of Mukai in her LES without a helmet (07968). Glenn and Mukai prepare to strap themselves into their seats in the mockup of the FFT middeck (07969-70). Close-up view of Mukai with her helmet on (07971). Mukai climbs down the rope with help from a technician on the ground (07972). Lindsey, Parazynski, Duque, Mukai and Glenn are photographed seated, waiting for training (07973). Close-up of Duque without his helmet (07974). Close-up of Lindsey with his helmet on, talking to a trainer (07975-6). View of Lindsey climbing down the rope (07977).
Photographic documentation of the STS-95 crew emergency egress training at the bldg 9A Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT). Views include: Mission specialist Senator John Glenn (in his orange Launch and Landing (LES) suit) is photographed by his wife as other visitors look on (07958). STS-95 crewmember prepares to use the Sky Genie to climb down the side of the FFT (07959). STS-95 crew lines up to pose for pictures in their LES's. Left to right are: Mission specialist Pedro Duque, payload specialist Chiaki Mukai, commander Curt Brown, payload specialist U.S. Senator John Glenn, mission specialist Stephen Robinson, pilot Steven Lindsey, and mission specialist Scott F. Parazynski (07960). Parazynski, Glenn and Robinson talk while their photo is being taken (07961). Mukai receives assistance from suit techs in donning her LES helmet (07962). Glenn receives assistance from suit techs in donning his LES helmet (07963). Glenn, in his LES, walks toward the FFT (07964). Glenn uses the Sky Genie to prepare to climb down the side of the FFT (07965). View of Mrs. Annie Glenn watching her husband during training (07966). Mukai receives assistance from a suit tech with her LES while Glenn watches (07967). Close-up view of Mukai in her LES without a helmet (07968). Glenn and Mukai prepare to strap themselves into their seats in the mockup of the FFT middeck (07969-70). Close-up view of Mukai with her helmet on (07971). Mukai climbs down the rope with help from a technician on the ground (07972). Lindsey, Parazynski, Duque, Mukai and Glenn are photographed seated, waiting for training (07973). Close-up of Duque without his helmet (07974). Close-up of Lindsey with his helmet on, talking to a trainer (07975-6). View of Lindsey climbing down the rope (07977).
S98-08730 (9 April 1998) --- Four members of the STS-95 crew participate in a food tasting session at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). From the left are Stephen K. Robinson, mission specialist; payload specialist Chiaki Mukai of Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA); U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr., payload specialist; and Curtis L. Brown Jr., mission commander. They will be joined by three other astronauts when Discovery lifts off in late October of this year for a scheduled nine-day mission. The photo was taken by Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA.
S98-08744 (28 April 1998) --- Four members of the STS-95 crew are briefed on video cameras by crew trainer Donald Carico during a training session in the systems integration facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). From the left are U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio), payload specialist; astronaut Scott E. Parazynski, mission specialist; Chiaki Mukai, payload specialist representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA); Carico and astronaut Pedro Duque, mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA). The photo was taken by Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA.
S98-07960 (5 June 1998) --- The seven crew members in training for the STS-95 mission aboard Discovery pose for photographers prior to participating in a training session at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Pictured, from the left, are Pedro Duque, Curtis L. Brown Jr., Chiaki Nauto-Mukai, U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio), Stephen K. Robinson, Steven W. Lindsey and Scott E. Parazynski. Among training exercises were those that dealt with emergency egress from a troubled space shuttle.
S98-08729 (9 April 1998) --- Four members of the STS-95 crew participate in a food tasting session at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). From the left are Stephen K. Robinson, mission specialist; payload specialist Chiaki Mukai of Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA); U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr., payload specialist; and Curtis L. Brown Jr., mission commander. They will be joined by three other astronauts when Discovery lifts off in late October of this year for a scheduled nine-day mission. The photo was taken by Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA.
S98-08731 (9 April 1998) --- Four members of the STS-95 crew participate in a food tasting session at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). From the left are Steven W. Lindsey, pilot; Stephen K. Robinson, mission specialist; with payload specialists Chiaki Mukai of Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA) and U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. They will be joined by three other astronauts when Discovery lifts off in late October of this year for a scheduled nine-day mission. The photo was taken by Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA.
S98-07973 (5 June 1998) --- Five of the seven STS-95 crew members are seen as they wait for a training and photo session to begin in the systems integration facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. From the left are astronauts Stephen K. Robinson (partially out of frame), Scott E. Parazynski and Pedro Duque, all mission specialists; along with Chiaki Mukai and U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio), both payload specialists. Duque represents the European Space Agency and Mukai, Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA).
S98-08740 (9 April 1998) --- Five members of the STS-95 crew review supplies that may accompany them on the scheduled October launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery. From the left are Stephen K. Robinson, mission specialist; U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. (D.-Ohio), payload specialist; Pedro Duque, mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA); Scott E. Parazynski, mission specialist; and Chiaki Mukai, payload specialist representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA). The photo was taken by Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA.
S98-08736 (9 April 1998) --- The STS-95 crew members sample space food as part of their training agenda for the scheduled late October/early November mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. From the left are Pedro Duque, mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA); Scott E. Parazynski, mission specialist; Steven W. Lindsey, pilot; Stephen K. Robinson, mission specialist; Chiaki Mukai, payload specialist representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA); U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr., payload specialist; and Curtis L. Brown Jr., commander. The photo was taken by Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA.
S98-08745 (May 1998) --- Four members of the STS-95 crew are briefed on flight hardware during a training session in the shuttle crew compartment trainer (CCT) at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Donald C. Carico, an instructor, holds a loc-line bracket. Crewmembers, from the left, are Scott E. Parazynski and Pedro Duque, both mission specialists; Chiaki Mukai and U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr., both payload specialists. Duque represents the European Space Agency (ESA) and Mukai, Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA). The photo was taken by Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA.
S98-08735 (9 April 1998) --- Five members of the STS-95 crew participate in a food tasting session at NASA's Johnson Space Center. From the left are Pedro Duque, a mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA); Scott E. Parazynski, mission specialist; Steven W. Lindsey, pilot; Stephen K. Robinson, mission specialist; and payload specialist Chiaki Mukai of Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA). At the session but not pictured are U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr., payload specialist; and Curtis L. Brown Jr., commander. The photo was taken by Joe McNally, National Geographic, for NASA.
98-E-04411 (8 May 1998) --- U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr., assigned as payload specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery for NASA's STS-95 mission, checks a 35mm during a training session at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). He is on the flight deck of the full fuselage trainer (FFT) in the Systems Integration Facility.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95: Discovery
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., at right, and Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski examine a camera at the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral. STS-95 will feature a variety of research payloads, including the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, and experiments on space flight and the aging process. STS-95 is targeted for an Oct. 29 launch aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery
In the Operations and Checkout Building, suit technician George Brittingham helps STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Ohio, with his suit. The STS-95 crew were conducting flight crew equipment fit checks prior to launch on Oct. 29. STS-95 is expected to launch at 2 p.m. EST on Oct. 29, last 8 days, 21 hours and 49 minutes, and land at 11:49 a.m. EST on Nov. 7
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the STS-95 crew familiarize themselves with equipment inside the SPACEHAB module at the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral. STS-95 will feature a variety of research payloads, including the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, and experiments on space flight and the aging process. STS-95 is targeted for an Oct. 29 launch aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-95 Mission Specialist Pedro Duque of Spain, with the European Space Agency, gets help with his suit from suit technician Tommy McDonald. The STS-95 crew were conducting flight crew equipment fit checks prior to launch on Oct. 29. STS-95 is expected to launch at 2 p.m. EST on Oct. 29, last 8 days, 21 hours and 49 minutes, and land at 11:49 a.m. EST on Nov. 7
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr. pulls on a glove, part of his equipment check. The STS-95 crew were conducting flight crew equipment fit checks prior to launch on Oct. 29. STS-95 is expected to launch at 2 p.m. EST on Oct. 29, last 8 days, 21 hours and 49 minutes, and land at 11:49 a.m. EST on Nov. 7
STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., who also is a senator from Ohio, works with equipment inside the SPACEHAB module at the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral. STS-95 will feature a variety of research payloads, including the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, and experiments on space flight and the aging process. STS-95 is targeted for an Oct. 29 launch aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Ohio, participates in a complete suit check. The STS-95 crew were conducting flight crew equipment fit checks prior to launch on Oct. 29. STS-95 is expected to launch at 2 p.m. EST on Oct. 29, last 8 days, 21 hours and 49 minutes, and land at 11:49 a.m. EST on Nov. 7
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-95 Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, with the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), gets help with her suit from suit technician Monica Golden. The STS-95 crew were conducting flight crew equipment fit checks prior to launch on Oct. 29. STS-95 is expected to launch at 2 p.m. EST on Oct. 29, last 8 days, 21 hours and 49 minutes, and land at 11:49 a.m. EST on Nov. 7
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 crew members look over the Osteoporosis Experiment in Orbit (OSTEO) during a SPACEHAB familiarization tour and briefing in the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral. Seated from left are Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski, Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai of the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), and Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., who also is a senator from Ohio. Standing, from left, are STS-95 Commander Curtis L. Brown and Canadian Space Agency representative Duncan Burnside. STS-95 will feature a variety of research payloads, including the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, and experiments on space flight and the aging process. STS-95 is targeted for an Oct. 29 launch aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., who also is a senator from Ohio, works with the Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) experiment which will be flown on the mission. Glenn and other STS-95 crew members were at KSC and the adjacent SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral to familiarize themselves with the payloads which will fly on the mission. STS-95 will feature a variety of research payloads, including the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, and experiments on space flight and the aging process. STS-95 is targeted for an Oct. 29 launch aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, representing the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), handles part of the Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) experiment which will fly on the planned nine-day mission. She and other crew members, including Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski, at right, are at KSC and the adjacent SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral to familiarize themselves with the STS-95 payloads. Standing behind the two astronauts is Steve Pyle of Boeing in Huntsville, Ala. STS-95 will feature a variety of research payloads, including the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, and experiments on space flight and the aging process. STS-95 is targeted for an Oct. 29 launch aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.
STS-95 Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, at far left, of the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) works on the Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) experiment which will fly on the scheduled nine-day mission. Watching her, starting with second from left, are STS-95 Pilot Steven W. Lindsey, Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski, and NASDA representatives Sachiko Aizawa and Shigeki Kamigaichi. STS-95 will feature a variety of research payloads, including the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, and experiments on space flight and the aging process. STS-95 is targeted for an Oct. 29 launch aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-95 Pilot Steven W. Lindsey (right) reaches playfully for the name tag on the flight suit of Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Ohio, seated in the chair. The STS-95 crew were conducting flight crew equipment fit checks prior to launch on Oct. 29. STS-95 is expected to launch at 2 p.m. EST on Oct. 29, last 8 days, 21 hours and 49 minutes, and land at 11:49 a.m. EST on Nov. 7
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., who also is a senator from Ohio, adjusts a a video camera in the SPACEHAB trainer at the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral. Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski looks on at right. STS-95 will feature a variety of research payloads, including the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, and experiments on space flight and the aging process. STS-95 is targeted for an Oct. 29 launch aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- While workers look on, STS-95 Mission Specialists Stephen K. Robinson, kneeling at left, and Pedro Duque inspect equipment inside the SPACEHAB module trainer at the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral. STS-95 will feature a variety of research payloads, including the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, and experiments on space flight and the aging process. STS-95 is targeted for an Oct. 29 launch aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson inspects experiment equipment in the SPACEHAB trainer at the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral. He and other members of the crew are familiarizing themselves with the SPACEHAB experiments. STS-95 will feature a variety of research payloads, including the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, and experiments on space flight and the aging process. STS-95 is targeted for an Oct. 29 launch aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, F LA. -- STS-95 Payload Specialists Chiaki Mukai, at left, representing the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), and Mission Specialist Pedro Duque of Spain, representing the European Space Agency (ESA), practice using equipment in the SPACEHAB trainer at the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral. STS-95 will feature a variety of research payloads, including the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, and experiments on space flight and the aging process. STS-95 is targeted for an Oct. 29 launch aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.
STS-95 Mission Specialist Stephen K.Robinson (left) looks at equipment in the SPACEHAB module as Chris Jaskolka, of Boeing SPACEHAB, explains the equipment during a familiarization tour for the STS-95 crew at SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility at Cape Canaveral, Fla. The STS-95 is scheduled to launch Oct. 29, 1998. The mission 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
Crowds of thousands line the grassy shoulders of the parkways at Kennedy Space Center to view the launch of STS-95. Extra attention has been drawn to the mission due to the addition to the crew of John H. Glenn Jr., a senator from Ohio. STS-95 is Glenn's second flight into space after 36 years; he was one of the original Project Mercury astronauts and flew his first mission in February 1962. The STS-95 mission 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 a SPACEHAB single module with experiments on space flight and the aging process
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 crew members review procedures in the SPACEHAB trainer at the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral. From left, are Payload Specialists Chiaki Mukai and John H. Glenn Jr., and Mission Specialists Scott E. Parazynski and Pedro Duque. STS-95 will feature a variety of research payloads, including the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, and experiments on space flight and the aging process. STS-95 is targeted for an Oct. 29 launch aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery
STS089-703-056 (22-31 Jan. 1998) --- This oblique picture of Argentina and other parts of South America was photographed with a 70mm handheld camera from the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Endeavour. Looking westward across the continent, north is toward the upper right corner and the Atlantic Ocean is in the foreground. Rio de la Plata in the center (the confluence of Rio Uruguay and Rio Parana) shows a sediment plume generated by drainage of El Niño rains upslope in the Andean foothills. The sediment plume is possibly more extensive than usual and extends down the coast and out of the bay to the left (south). The city of Buenos Aires, Argentina (population 13 million) is at upper left, and at right center is the city of Montevideo, Uruguay (population 1.2 million). Photo credit: NASA
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A fish-eye view of the flight deck of STS-95 Space Shuttle Discover
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A fish-eye view of the flight deck of STS-95 Space Shuttle Discovery
S98-06862 (May 1998) --- Senator John H. Glenn Jr., (Democrat-Ohio); STS-95 payload specialist.
John Glenn signs autographs for school children following his STS-95 flight aboard the space shuttle Discovery.
Orbiter Discovery touches down on runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility after a successful 3.6-million-mile voyage on mission STS-95
Orbiter Discovery approaches runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility after a successful 3.6-million-mile voyage on mission STS-95
Oct. 1998 -- STS-95 payload specialist John Glenn removes the Advanced Organic Separation (ADSEP) cartridges and moves them to the Spacehab module.
Orbiter Discovery approaches runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility after a successful 3.6-million-mile voyage on mission STS-95
Aerial view of Press Site, October 28, 1998, the day before the launch of STS-95, which carried Mercury Astronaut, John Glenn, back into space
Orbiter Discovery gets ready to land on runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility after a successful 3.6-million-mile voyage on mission STS-95
Orbiter Discovery gets ready to land on runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility after a successful 3.6-million-mile voyage on mission STS-95
Amid the thousands of spectators watching the launch of STS-95 are Insurance Commissioner Bill Nelson (second from left, pointing) and Heavyweight Boxing Champion Evander Holyfield (next to him). A former U.S. representative, Nelson flew as a crew member on STS 61-C in January 1986. The STS-95 mission, which lifted off at 2:19:34 p.m. EST 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 a SPACEHAB single module with experiments on space flight and the aging process. Extra attention has been drawn to the mission due to the addition to the crew of John H. Glenn Jr., a senator from Ohio. STS-95 is Glenn's second flight into space after 36 years; he was one of the original Project Mercury astronauts and flew his first mission in February 1962
In the environmental chamber known as the white room, STS-95 Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson is prepared by closeout room crew members (left) Danny Wyatt and Dave Law (right) for entry into the Space Shuttle Discovery for his second flight into space. The STS-95 mission, targeted for launch at 2 p.m. EST on Oct. 29, is expected to last 8 days, 21 hours and 49 minutes, and return to KSC at 11:49 a.m. EST on Nov. 7
After its Rotational Service Structure is rolled back, the Space Shuttle Discovery awaits the dawn of day on its scheduled day of launch on mission STS-95 at Launch Pad 39B. Liftoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Oct. 29. The STS-95 mission is expected to last almost 9 days, with a landing at KSC at 11:49 a.m. EST on Nov. 7
In the environmental chamber known as the white room, STS-95 Mission Specialist Pedro Duque of Spain, with the European Space Agency, is prepared by closeout room crew members Danny Wyatt (left) and Travis Thompson (right) for entry into the Space Shuttle Discovery for his first flight into space. The STS-95 mission, targeted for launch at 2 p.m. EST on Oct. 29, is expected to last 8 days, 21 hours and 49 minutes, and return to KSC at 11:49 a.m. EST on Nov. 7
After its Rotational Service Structure is rolled back, the Space Shuttle Discovery awaits the dawn of day on its scheduled day of launch on mission STS-95 at Launch Pad 39B. Liftoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Oct. 29. The STS-95 mission is expected to last almost 9 days, with a landing at KSC at 11:49 a.m. EST on Nov. 7
STS-95 Pilot Steven K. Lindsey leaves the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) enroute to the Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA). He is accompanied by two suit technicians, Mike Birkenseher (left) and Paul Reylea (right). Lindsey will be practicing Shuttle landing and takeoffs at the SLF on the STA, which is designed to fly like the Shuttle, prior to launch. STS-95 is expected to launch at 2 p.m. EST on Oct. 29, last 8 days, 21 hours and 49 minutes, and land at 11:49 a.m. EST on Nov. 7
In the environmental chamber known as the white room, STS-95 Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski is prepared by closeout room crew members Travis Thompson (left), Danny Wyatt (partially hidden) and Chris Meinert (right) for entry into the Space Shuttle Discovery for his third flight into space. The STS-95 mission, targeted for launch at 2 p.m. EST on Oct. 29, is expected to last 8 days, 21 hours and 49 minutes, and return to KSC at 11:49 a.m. EST on Nov. 7
In the environmental chamber known as the white room, STS-95 Pilot Steven W. Lindsey is prepared by closeout room crew members Dave Law(left), Danny Wyatt and Travis Thompson (right) for entry into the Space Shuttle Discovery for his second flight into space. The STS-95 mission, targeted for launch at 2 p.m. EST on Oct. 29, is expected to last 8 days, 21 hours and 49 minutes, and return to KSC at 11:49 a.m. EST on Nov. 7
These stands are filled with spectators watching and photographing the launch of STS-95. The viewing sites and roadways at Kennedy Space Center bulge with people and vehicles wanting to see Space Shuttle Discovery lift off. Extra attention has been drawn to the mission due to the addition to the crew of John H. Glenn Jr., a senator from Ohio. STS-95 is Glenn's second flight into space after 36 years; he was one of the original Project Mercury astronauts and flew his first mission in February 1962. The STS-95 mission 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 a SPACEHAB single module with experiments on space flight and the aging process
STS-95 crew members gather around the Vestibular Function Experiment Unit (VFEU) which includes marine fish called toadfish. In foreground, from left, are Mission Specialist Pedro Duque of the European Space Agency (ESA), a technician from the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai of NASDA, Pilot Steven W. Lindsey, and Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., who also is a senator from Ohio. At center, facing the camera, are Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski and Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr., in back. STS-95 will feature a variety of research payloads, including the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, and experiments on space flight and the aging process. STS-95 is targeted for an Oct. 29 launch aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery
STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Ohio, waves at well-wishers from Launch Pad 39B. The STS-95 crew were making final preparations for launch, targeted for liftoff at 2 p.m. on Oct. 29. Other crew members not shown are Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr., Pilot Steven W. Lindsey, Mission Specialists Scott E. Parazynski, Stephen K. Robinsion, and Pedro Duque of Spain, with the European Space Agency (ESA), and Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, with the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA). The STS-95 mission is expected to last 8 days, 21 hours and 49 minutes, returning to KSC at 11:49 a.m. EST on Nov. 7
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski, at center, takes some experiment equipment from Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., while in the SPACEHAB trainer at the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral. Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, representing the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), sets up a camera in the foreground. STS-95 will feature a variety of research payloads, including the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, and experiments on space flight and the aging process. STS-95 is targeted for an Oct. 29 launch aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery
During a break in the Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) at KSC, STS-95 Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr. talks to Mark King, a Space Shuttle midbody mechanical technician with United Space Alliance, and his daughter Jilianne. King is working in the Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 on STS-95 payloads. The CEIT gives astronauts an opportunity for a hands-on look at the payloads and equipment which they will be working with on orbit. The launch of the STS-95 mission is scheduled for Oct. 29, 1998, on the Space Shuttle Discovery. The mission 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
In the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Training Auditorium, STS-95 Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr. (at podium) addresses KSC employees who were invited to hear the STS-95 crew describe their experiences during their successful mission dedicated to microgravity research and to view a videotape of the highlights of the mission. The other STS-95 crew members are (seated, from left to right) Pilot Steven W. Lindsey; Mission Specialist and Payload Commander Stephen K. Robinson; Mission Specialists Scott E. Parazynski and Pedro Duque, with the European Space Agency (ESA); and Payload Specialists Chiaki Mukai, with the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), and John H. Glenn Jr., a senator from Ohio and one of the original seven Project Mercury astronauts. Later in the afternoon, the crew will participate in a parade down State Road A1A in nearby Cocoa Beach, reminiscent of those held after missions during the Mercury Program
STS-95 Mission Specialist Pedro Duque of Spain, with the European Space Agency (ESA), smiles for the camera from Launch Pad 39B. The STS-95 crew were making final preparations for launch, targeted for liftoff at 2 p.m. on Oct. 29. Other crew members not shown are Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr., Pilot Steven W. Lindsey, Mission Specialists Scott E. Parazynski, Stephen K. Robinsion, and and Payload Specialists John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Ohio, and Chiaki Mukai, with the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA). The STS-95 mission is expected to last 8 days, 21 hours and 49 minutes, returning to KSC at 11:49 a.m. EST on Nov. 7