John Glenn was the only one of the Mercury Seven astronauts to fly on the space shuttleon STS-95 in October-November ... a U.S. Senator at the time. The launch and the postflight briefing both ...
In 1998, Glenn took part in a 9-day mission on the STS-95 Discovery shuttle flight at the age of 77, making him the oldest human to venture into space. The launch is a critical test for whether ...