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Jennifer McCarter For Release:
Headquarters, Washington, DC Oct. 13, 1998
Lisa Malone/Bruce Buckingham
Kennedy Space Center, FL
Eileen Hawley
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
KSC Release No. 119 - 98
OFFICIAL LAUNCH DATE SET FOR STS-95 MISSION
NASA program managers today set Oct. 29 as the official launch date for the
STS-95 mission aboard the Shuttle Discovery, a scheduled nine-day flight in
which the seven astronauts will conduct more than eighty scientific
experiments investigating mysteries that span the realm from the inner
universe of the human body to studies of our own Sun. The mission marks the
return of John Glenn to space, 36 years after his history-making flight
aboard Friendship 7 in February 1962 as the first American to orbit the
Earth.
The Flight Readiness Review held at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida
today was the final major review by all Shuttle project offices to evaluate
the readiness of the flight crew and vehicle, along with launch and mission
control flight teams.
"This flight will demonstrate the flexibility and importance of the Space
Shuttle through the vast array of scientific experiments and a challenging
on orbit crew timeline. Also, as we observe NASA's 40th anniversary this
month, we have the unique opportunity to refly the first American to orbit
the earth. John Glenn is certain to see, first hand, the advances in human
space flight from the early beginning of the Mercury program to the
construction of the International Space Station," said JSC Director George
Abbey.
Discovery is scheduled for launch on Oct. 29 at 2 p.m. EST from Launch Pad
39B at the opening of a 2 1/2 hour launch window. The STS-95 mission is
scheduled to last 8 days, 21 hours, and 50 minutes. An on-time launch would
result in a landing by Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center on Saturday,
Nov. 7 at 11:50 a.m. EST.
The STS-95 Mission Commander is Curt Brown. The pilot will be Steven
Lindsey. Steve Robinson, Scott Parazynski and European Space Agency (ESA)
astronaut Pedro Duque will serve as Mission Specialists. Glenn and Chiaki
Mukai from the Japanese Space Agency (NASDA) will fly as Payload
Specialists.
STS-95 will be the 25th flight of Discovery and the 92nd mission in Shuttle
program history.
For complete biographical information on the STS-95 crew and other
astronauts, see the NASA Internet astronaut biography home page at URL:
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/ For additional information on the STS-95
mission, visit the Shuttle home page at http://www.shuttle.nasa.gov or the
electronic press kit at http://www.shuttlepresskit.com
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