77 and Weightless: John Glenn Returns to Space
On October 29, 1998, 77-year-old John Glenn rode the shuttle Discovery back into orbit, 36 years after he became the first American to circle the Earth.
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Endeavour's First Flight: The Satellite Caught by Hand
On May 7, 1992, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on its maiden voyage — and its crew pulled off the only three-person spacewalk in history to rescue a stranded satellite.