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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...
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    Chiaki Mukai (section STS-95)
    missions; her first was STS-65 aboard Space Shuttle Columbia in July 1994, which was a Spacelab mission. Her second spaceflight was STS-95 aboard Space Shuttle...
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    Curtis Brown (section STS-95)
    the pilot on STS-47 in 1992, STS-66 in 1994 and STS-77 in 1996, and was spacecraft commander on STS-85 in 1997, STS-95 in 1998, and STS-103 in 1999. Brown's...
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    January 1999. In 1998, at age 77, Glenn flew on Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-95 mission, making him the oldest person to enter Earth orbit, the only person...
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    STS-32, STS-46, STS-62, STS-81, STS-98 Mae Jemison – STS-47 Tamara Jernigan – STS-40, STS-52, STS-67, STS-80, STS-96 Brent Jett – STS-72, STS-81, STS-97...
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  • prayer beads to repeat the prayer Alláh-u-Abhá (God is most glorious) 95 times. STS-95 Space Shuttle Discovery mission launched October 28, 1998. It was the...
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  • Blaha — STS-29, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-79/81 Michael J. Bloomfield — STS-86, STS-97, STS-110 Guion Bluford — STS-8, STS-61-A, STS-39, STS-53 Karol...
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    space on October 29, 1998, aboard Space Shuttle Discovery during mission STS-95. After nine days in space, they were returned to Earth and hatched eight...
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    Mercury astronaut John Glenn, who was 77 at the time, flew with Discovery on STS-95 in 1998, making him the oldest person to go into space at that time in history...
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    STS-7 (1983), STS-41-G (1984) Stephen Robinson — STS-85 (1997), STS-95 (1998), STS-114 (2005), STS-130 (2010) Kent Rominger — STS-73 (1995), STS-80...
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    STS-77, STS-97 Mamoru Mohri – mission specialist on STS-99 Steven MacLean – mission specialist on STS-115 Hans Schlegel – mission specialist on STS-122...
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    Corps in 1995. He has flown on four Space Shuttle missions: STS-85, STS-95, STS-114 and STS-130. Robinson served as backup flight engineer for the International...
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    in orbit: STS-2 (equipment failure), STS-35 (weather), STS-44 (equipment failure), and STS-83 (equipment failure, relaunched as STS-94). STS-300 was the...
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    Branch. A veteran of five space flights, STS-66 (1994), STS-86 (1997), STS-95 (1998), STS-100 (2001), and STS-120 (2007), Parazynski has logged over 1...
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  • STS-82, STS-103, STS-110 Fayetteville: Richard O. Covey — STS-51-I, STS-26, STS-38, STS-61 Little Rock: Scott E. Parazynski — STS-66, STS-86, STS-95,...
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    Specialist, STS-97 Endeavour James F. Reilly STS-89 Endeavour STS-104 Atlantis STS-117 Atlantis Stephen Robinson STS-85 Discovery STS-95 Discovery STS-114 Discovery...
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    Joint Airlock) STS-118 Endeavour (ISS assembly mission – launched the S5 Truss Segment) STS-129 Atlantis James M. Kelly (2 flights) Pilot, STS-102 Discovery...
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    selected for STS-133. Lindsey has flown five missions in space for NASA. He served as pilot of STS-87 (1997) and STS-95 (1998) and commander of STS-104 (2001)...
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    space until F. Story Musgrave, 61 on STS-80 in 1996, and U.S. Senator John H. Glenn Jr., 77 when he flew on STS-95 in 1998. The much-delayed ASTRO-1 had...
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    returned to space on October 29, 1998, aboard Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-95) while still a sitting Senator. The next year he retired from Congress....
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    STS-95 for 9 days, from October 29 through November 6, 1998. Plant Signaling (STS-135), began July 2011 aboard the ISS. Plant growth experiment (STS-95)...
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    STS-88 was the first Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour, and took the first American...
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    was STS-95, on which United States Senator John Glenn (D-Ohio) flew as a payload specialist. In 1999, Ham served as lead flight director on the STS-103...
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    18 December 2017. "STS-91". Spacefacts. Retrieved 18 December 2017. "Soyuz TM-28". Spacefacts. Retrieved 17 December 2017. "STS-95". Spacefacts. Retrieved...
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    reach orbit is John Glenn, one of the Mercury 7, who was 77 when he flew on STS-95. The longest time spent in space was by Russian Valeri Polyakov, who spent...
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    STS-91 was the final Space Shuttle mission to the Mir space station. It was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery, and launched from Kennedy Space Center,...
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  • SLF was for mission STS-41B in 1984; landings were suspended at the site following brake damage and a blown tire during the STS-51D landing in 1985,...
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    – pilot of STS-87 and STS-95; commander of STS-104 and STS-121 John M. Lounge (1946–2011) – mission specialist on STS-51-I, STS-26, and STS-35 Bruce McCandless...
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    are online) Sleep in Space, Digital Sleep Recorder used by NASA in STS-90 and STS-95 missions A Solution for Medical Needs and Cramped Quarters in Space...
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    space and therefore do not qualify as spaceflights. These were the fatal STS-51-L (Challenger disaster), and the non-fatal aborted Soyuz mission T-10a...
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