KSC-98pc1428
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
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NASA ID
KSC-98pc1428
Date Created
October 28, 1998
Center
KSC
Media Type
image
Location
Kennedy Space Center, FL
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