19 października minęło 19 lat od
powrotu Johna Glenna na orbitę wokółziemską.
29.10.1998 o 19:19:33,984 z wyrzutni LC-39B na Cape Canaveral wystartował po raz 25. wahadłowiec Discovery do misji
STS-95.
Start z Przylądka Kennedy'ego obserwował prezydent Bill Clinton.
Chiaki Mukai została 25. osobą reprezentującą Japonię w kosmosie.
Pedro Francisco Duque Duque został pierwszym Hiszpanem, który odbył lot w kosmos.
Do jednych z najważniejszych zadań lotu należało przeprowadzenie ponad 80 różnorodnych eksperymentów naukowych w ciśnieniowym module SPACEHAB oraz czasowe umieszczenie poza promem ładunku Spartan Freeflot.
Badania medyczne przeprowadzone podczas misji dotyczyły szeregu testów z udziałem specjalisty ds. ładunku Johna Glenna i specjalisty ds. misji Pedro Duque.
Załoga umieściła także na orbicie edukacyjnego satelitę PANSAT (Petite Amateur Navy Satellite).
Przeprowadzono także test systemów orbitalnych dla sprzętu związanego z HST, który będzie używany podczas trzeciej misji serwisowej teleskopu.
07.11.1998 o 17:03:30 wahadłowiec wylądował na bieżni SLF (RW33) KSC po 134 orbitach.
Czas lotu: 8d 21h 43m 56s. [NASA:
09d 19h 54m 02s]
https://www.nasa.gov/mission/sts-95/http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-95.htmhttp://www.astronautix.com/s/sts-95.htmlhttps://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/1998/11/STS-95_Flight_Days_5_6_7https://glenn.osu.edu/discovery-mission-25Spartan 201-F5
https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/spartan-201.htmPANSAT (S97-D, OSCAR 34, PO 34) (70 kg)
https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/pansat.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-95https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-951998 October 29 - . 19:19 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC39B. Launch Platform: MLP2. LV Family: Shuttle. Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle.
STS-95 - . Call Sign: Discovery. Crew: Brown, Duque, Glenn, Lindsey, Mukai, Parazynski, Robinson. Payload: Discovery F25. Mass: 116,884 kg (257,685 lb). Nation: USA. Related Persons: Brown, Duque, Glenn, Lindsey, Mukai, Parazynski, Robinson. Agency: NASA Houston. Manufacturer: Douglas. Program: STS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: STS-95. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Discovery. Duration: 8.91 days. Decay Date: 1998-11-07 . USAF Sat Cat: 25519 . COSPAR: 1998-064A. Apogee: 557 km (346 mi). Perigee: 536 km (333 mi). Inclination: 28.50 deg. Period: 95.60 min.
The flight of STS-95 provoked more publicity for NASA than any other flight in years, due to the presence of ex-astronaut Senator John Glenn on the crew, which also included the first Spanish astronaut, Pedro Duque. The US Navy PANSAT student satellite was deployed on Oct 30 into a 550 km x 561 x 28.5 degree orbit. The Spartan 201 satellite was deployed from Discovery on November 1 and retrieved on November 3. Spartan 201 was on its fifth mission to observe the solar corona. The data on this mission would be used to recalibrate the SOHO satellite which recently resumed observation of the Sun following loss of control. Discovery landed at 17:03:31 GMT November 7 on Runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center.
Spartan 201 - . Mass: 1,195 kg (2,634 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Greenbelt. Program: STS. Class: Astronomy. Type: X-ray astronomy satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle Attached Payloads. Spacecraft: Spartan. Decay Date: 1998-11-07 . USAF Sat Cat: 25521 . COSPAR: 1998-064C. Apogee: 560 km (340 mi). Perigee: 549 km (341 mi). Inclination: 28.40 deg. Period: 95.74 min. Retrieved by Discovery November 3 1998..
Spacehab - . Mass: 5,000 kg (11,000 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: NASA Houston. Manufacturer: Douglas. Program: STS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned space laboratory. Spacecraft Bus: ISS. Spacecraft: Spacehab. Decay Date: 1981-04-13 . USAF Sat Cat: 25519 . COSPAR: 1998-064xx. Apogee: 560 km (340 mi). Perigee: 550 km (340 mi). Inclination: 28.40 deg. Period: 95.75 min.
http://www.astronautix.com/o/october29.html'As Exciting As It Gets': Remembering John Glenn's Return to SpaceBy Ben Evans October 29th, 2017
President Bill Clinton introduces the STS-95 crew, including John Glenn, at a press conference at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas, in April 1998. Photo Credit: NASAAt a follow-up meeting with Dan Goldin—and carrying his medical results in hand—Glenn reiterated his interest. This time, Goldin took serious notice of his words and gave Glenn two conditions: first, that his mission should be scientifically valuable, and second, that he should be able to pass all of the exams required by active-duty astronauts, many of whom were half his age. In John Glenn: A Memoir, Glenn stressed that his wife, Annie, and grown children were unhappy with the notion of him venturing into the cosmos again. (Annie’s initial response was “Over my dead body!”) However, it was turning inexorably from a dream into a reality. “Back in Washington, on 15 January 1998,” Glenn wrote, “an aide interrupted a meeting with the word that I had a phone call.” It was Dan Goldin. “You’re the most persistent man I’ve ever met,” said the administrator. “You’ve passed all your physicals, the science is good and we’ve called a news conference tomorrow to announce that John Glenn’s going back into space!”http://www.americaspace.com/2017/10/29/as-exciting-as-it-gets-remembering-john-glenns-return-to-space/Interview with Senator John Glenn, Astronaut & US SenatorSenator John Glenn June 12, 2006
(...) Glenn: I had served on a Senate Special Committee on Aging and had seen some parallels between the human aging process and some of the symptoms that occurs with astronauts who spend a significant amount of time in the zero gravity of space. In fact, NASA has found 52 different things that happen to the human body during space travel, and many of these same conditions occur as people age. A good example is osteoporosis. I met with NASA to talk about the idea of studying these two related areas by sending an older person into space and thought that I would be a good candidate for this based on my experience. This research would not only help astronauts be able to take longer space flights but would help with some of the frailties that we have in old age. I was able to pass the physical requirements that NASA required and was selected as a payload specialist aboard Discovery. (...)
https://www.audiologyonline.com/interviews/interview-with-senator-john-glenn-1516STS-95 Mission HighlightsSpace Shuttle Flight 92 (STS-95) Post Flight Presentationcz II
https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1186.msg124389#msg124389Wątek poświęcony astronaucie:
http://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=494.0w sts-95
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