Monday, 29 October 2018

John Glenn Returns to Space on the STS-95 Mission


Senator John Glenn during water survival training for the STS-95 mission at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. On Oct. 29, 1998, space shuttle Discovery launched with Senator Glenn aboard, as he returned to space for the first time since his 1962 flight. via NASA https://ift.tt/2qh88Qp
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