Space Shuttle Discovery Crew - Back row: Mission Specialist 2 Scott E. Parazynski, Payload Specialist 1 Chiaki Mukai, Mission Specialist 1 Pedro Duque, Payload Specialist 2 John H. Glenn, Jr.
Front row: Pilot Steven W. Lindsey, Commander Curtis L. Brown, Jr.
Astronaut and senator John Glenn returned to space on board the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-95), October 29, 1998. He became the oldest man to date to go into space. Also aboard was Pedro Duque of Spain, the country's first astronaut. The rest of the crew consisted of Commander Curtis Brown, Pilot Steven Lindsey, Scott Parazynski, Stephen Robinson and Chiaki Mukai.
Glenn made history as part of NASA's Mercury project to become the first American to orbit Earth. in the Friendship 7 in 1962. His second return to space was at the age of 77 as a payload specialist. NASA conducted experiments on Glenn while in space to give them an understanding of the effects of space on aging.
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