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heng44 Member Posts: 3700 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001	posted 12-01-2023 12:30 PM In their flight seats aboard Space Shuttle Discovery at Launch Pad 39B are (front to back) STS-95 Payload Specialists Chiaki Mukai and John Glenn and Mission Specialist Stephen Robinson. Along with the other crew members they are at KSC on October 9, 1998, to participate in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test for the launch scheduled for October 29.
ejectr Member Posts: 1984 From: Killingly, CT Registered: Mar 2002	posted 12-02-2023 08:47 AM Saw this launch from the VIP viewing area. Met more celebraties that day than I ever thought I'd meet. Even the news people. Highlight of the day was seeing the launch. Even beat talking to Steven Tyler of Aerosmith.
Philip Member Posts: 6243 From: Brussels, Belgium Registered: Jan 2001	posted 12-04-2023 04:01 AM Glenn at that time the "oldest astronaut" in history, how times have changed.

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