STS-95 Space Shuttle Discovery
(Pictures courtesy of NASA and/or NASA Select TV)

The first American to orbit the earth became full coverage news
for Walter Cronkite of CBS News on Feb. 20, 1962

John Glenn goes again at age 77 in 1998

STS-95 Discovery launches on Oct. 29, 1998 at 1:19 p.m. CST

A larger picture of the STS-95 Discovery launch (32 K)

A larger picture of the Spartan release (39 K)

Walter Cronkite comes out of retirement to report the news again in 1998

"And that's the way it is November fourth 1998"

Happy 82'nd Birthday Walter Cronkite (Yes, he was born in 1916)

Standing, from the left, are Scott F. Parazynski and Stephen K. Robinson, both mission specialists;
Chiaki Mukai, payload specialist representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA);
Pedro Duque, mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA);
and U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr., payload specialist.
Seated are astronauts Curtis L. Brown Jr. (right), mission commander; and Steven W. Lindsey, pilot.

A larger picture of the STS-95 Discovery crew (62 K)

STS-95 Discovery lands on Nov. 7, 1998 at 11:04 a.m. CST

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FLASH! News and comment by Dave Ransom from the RPV BBS
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Information about the STS-95 Space Shuttle mission (with John Glenn)
Information about the STS-91 Space Shuttle mission (last docking with MIR)
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