STS-95

Discovery (25)

USA

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	29.10.1998
Launch time:	19:19 UT
Launch site:	Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:	39-B
Altitude:	574 km
Inclination:	28,45°
Landing date:	07.11.1998
Landing time:	17:04 UT
Landing site:	Cape Canaveral (KSC)

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Brown	Curtis Lee, Jr. "Curt"	CDR	5	8d 21h 44m	134
2	Lindsey	Steven Wayne	PLT	2	8d 21h 44m	134
3	Robinson	Stephen Kern	MSP	2	8d 21h 44m	134
4	Parazynski	Scott Edward	MSP	3	8d 21h 44m	134
5	Duque	Pedro Francisco	MSP	1	8d 21h 44m	134
6	Mukai	Chiaki	PSP	2	8d 21h 44m	134
7	Glenn	John Herschel, Jr.	PSP	2	8d 21h 44m	134

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Brown
2	Lindsey
3	Duque
4	Parazynski
5	Robinson
6	Glenn
7	Mukai

Landing
1	Brown
2	Lindsey
3	Robinson
4	Parazynski
5	Duque
6	Glenn
7	Mukai

Flight

Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing on Cape Canaveral (KSC).

Mission Spacehab-SM; astronaut-veteran John Glenn (77) returned into space after more than 36 years; experiments on and with John Glenn (how do older humans work and feel in space?); deploying and retrieval (after two days) of the free-flyer SPARTAN 201-05; during launch the orbiter lost a flap of the parachute-box; landing without using the Drag Chute.