KSC-98pc1429
STS-95 Payload Specialist Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Ohio, waves at family and well-wishers while at Launch Pad 39B. The 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 Specialist Pedro Duque of Spain, with the European Space Agency (ESA), Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski, Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson, 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
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NASA ID
KSC-98pc1429
Date Created
October 28, 1998
Center
KSC
Media Type
image
Location
Kennedy Space Center, FL
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