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STS-95 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 29 October 1998, using the orbiter Discovery. It was the 25th flight of Discovery and the 92nd mission flown since the start of the Space Shuttle program in April 1981. It was a highly publicized mission due to former Project Mercury astronaut and United States Senator John H. Glenn Jr.'s return to space for his second space flight. At age 77, Glenn became the oldest person to go into space, a record that remained unbroken for 23 years until 82-year-old Wally Funk flew on a suborbital flight on Blue Origin NS-16, launching on 20 July 2021, which in turn was broken by William Shatner at age 90 on 13 October 2021 and then by Ed Dwight on May 19, 2024. Glenn, however, remains the oldest person to reach Earth orbit. This mission is also noted for inaugurating ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the U.S., with live coast-to-coast coverage of the launch. In another first, Pedro Duque became the first Spaniard in space.

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1998  Wikimedia, Wikidata
human spaceflight, Scott E. Parazynski, low Earth orbit, Stephen Robinson, Pedro Duque, Steven Lindsey, Curtis Brown, Chiaki Mukai, John Glenn, 

• Retro Space HD page^@
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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1998-10-29T00:00:00Z

1998-10-29T00:00:00Z

1998 STS-95

1998-10-29T00:00:00Z

1998-10-29T00:00:00Z

rocket launch

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Brown on aft flight deck with microphone during STS-95

Spacehab Single Module loaded into Discovery's payload bay prior to STS-95 (KSC-98pc1390)

Spacehab Single Module and Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer loaded into Discovery prior to STS-91 (KSC-98pc637) (cropped)

Spacehab Single Module and Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer loaded into Discovery prior to STS-91 (KSC-98pc637)

STS-95 Shuttle Mission Imagery

STS095-712-057 - STS-095 - Earth observations taken during STS-95 mission - DPLA - 76249ba4b3d55b83b5511922748d5b4b

STS095-711-000 - STS-095 - DPLA - 96b52d592386e61b9feff869c8f1f383

STS095-709-000 - STS-095 - DPLA - 8162a74aeea3c22f2c08968fb879f93c

President Bill Clinton speaking at Johnson Space Center

Freedom Star towing Poseidon barge with STS-95 ET (KSC-98PC-0758)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Retro Space HD page@		Wikidata
commons	image		Brown on aft flight deck with microphone during STS-95		Commons
commons	image		Spacehab Single Module loaded into Discovery's payload bay prior to STS-95 (KSC-98pc1390)		Commons
commons	image		Spacehab Single Module and Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer loaded into Discovery prior to STS-91 (KSC-98pc637) (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Spacehab Single Module and Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer loaded into Discovery prior to STS-91 (KSC-98pc637)		Commons
commons	image		STS-95 Shuttle Mission Imagery		Commons
commons	image		STS095-712-057 - STS-095 - Earth observations taken during STS-95 mission - DPLA - 76249ba4b3d55b83b5511922748d5b4b		Commons
commons	image		STS095-711-000 - STS-095 - DPLA - 96b52d592386e61b9feff869c8f1f383		Commons
commons	image		STS095-709-000 - STS-095 - DPLA - 8162a74aeea3c22f2c08968fb879f93c		Commons
commons	image		President Bill Clinton speaking at Johnson Space Center		Commons
commons	image		Freedom Star towing Poseidon barge with STS-95 ET (KSC-98PC-0758)		Commons