Members of the STS-95 crew pose in front of one of the T-38 jet aircraft that brought them to the Shuttle Landing Facility at KSC. From left, the members are Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski, M.D.; Pedro More
STS-95 Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr. arrives aboard a T-38 jet aircraft at the Shuttle Landing Facility at KSC. The STS-95 crew is at KSC to look at the SPACEHAB module and the equipment that will fly w More
STS-95 Payload Specialist Pedro Duque of Spain, who represents the European Space Agency (ESA), waves after arriving in a T-38 jet aircraft at the Shuttle Landing Facility at KSC. He is joining other STS-95 cre More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 crew members get a briefing on the SPACEHAB module from Chris Jaskoika of Boeing, in foreground at far right. From left, are Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., who also i More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 crew members get a briefing on equipment inside the SPACEHAB module from Chris Jaskolka of Boeing, second from left. Listening intently are crew members, from left, Payload More
STS-95 crew members (from left) Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski, Payload Specialists Chiaki Mukai and John H. Glenn Jr., Mission Specialist Pedro Duque (kneeling in front center), Commander Curtis L. Bro More
STS-95 crew members (from left) Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski, Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai (with camera) representing the National Space Development Agency of More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the STS-95 crew familiarize themselves with equipment inside the SPACEHAB module at the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral. STS-95 will feature a var More
STS-95 Mission Specialist Stephen K.Robinson (left) looks at equipment in the SPACEHAB module as Chris Jaskolka, of Boeing SPACEHAB, explains the equipment during a familiarization tour for the STS-95 crew at S More
The STS-95 crew members Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski, Payload Specialists Chiaki Mukai and John H. Glenn Jr., Mission Specialist Pedro Duque and Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr. look at the inside of the More
STS-95 Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, representing National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), grins for the camera after looking at equipment in the SPACEHAB module while Chris Jaskolka, of Boeing SP More
STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., who also is a senator from Ohio, works with equipment inside the SPACEHAB module at the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral. STS-95 will feature a More
STS-95 crew members (from left) Mission Specialists Scott E. Parazynski, Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, representing the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, representing the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), handles part of the Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) experiment More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., who also is a senator from Ohio, works with the Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) experiment which will be flown on the mission. More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- While workers look on, STS-95 Mission Specialists Stephen K. Robinson, kneeling at left, and Pedro Duque inspect equipment inside the SPACEHAB module trainer at the SPACEHAB Payloa More
STS-95 Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, at far left, of the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) works on the Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) experiment which will fly on the scheduled nin More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson inspects experiment equipment in the SPACEHAB trainer at the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral. He and other memb More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson injects water into the base of the seed container where plants will grow during the upcoming mission. This is part of the Biological R More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski, at center, takes some experiment equipment from Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., while in the SPACEHAB trainer at the SPACEHAB P More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., at right, and Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski examine a camera at the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral. ST More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., who also is a senator from Ohio, adjusts a a video camera in the SPACEHAB trainer at the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape C More
STS-95 crew members gather around the Vestibular Function Experiment Unit (VFEU) which includes marine fish called toadfish. In foreground, from left, are Mission Specialist Pedro Duque of the European Space Ag More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 crew members look over the Osteoporosis Experiment in Orbit (OSTEO) during a SPACEHAB familiarization tour and briefing in the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape C More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 crew members check out camera equipment they will use on the mission during a SPACEHAB familiarization tour and briefing at the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, F LA. -- STS-95 Payload Specialists Chiaki Mukai, at left, representing the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), and Mission Specialist Pedro Duque of Spain, representing th More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 crew members review procedures in the SPACEHAB trainer at the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral. From left, are Payload Specialists Chiaki Mukai and Joh More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 crew members inspect equipment in the SPACEHAB trainer at the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral. From left, are Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson ( More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Payload Specialist John Glenn (left), who is a senator from Ohio, and Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski, M.D., (right) look over some of the equipment to fly on the missio More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Payload Specialist John Glenn (left), who is a senator from Ohio, and Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai (extreme right), who represents the National Space Development Agency o More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility (SPPF), Cape Canaveral, STS-95 Pilot Steven Lindsey (right) photographs BRIC (Biological Research in Canisters) experiments while a repr More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, representing the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), looks over part of the equipment for the SPACEHAB during familiarizatio More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Payload Specialist John Glenn, who is a senator from Ohio, looks over documentation under the watchful eyes of KSC workers during SPACEHAB familiarization at the SPACEHAB Pa More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Payload Specialist John Glenn (left), who is a senator from Ohio, and Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai (extreme right), who represents the National Space Development Agency o More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Terri Schneider, a Timeline technician with United Space Alliance, and STS-95 Mission Specialist Stephen Robinson, Ph.D., look at documentation during SPACEHAB familiarization at t More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Mission Specialist Pedro Duque (left) of Spain, who represents the European Space Agency (ESA), and Payload Specialist John Glenn (right), who is a senator from Ohio, check More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- (Left to right) STS-95 Mission Specialist Pedro Duque of Spain, who represents the European Space Agency (ESA), Mission Commander Curtis Brown Jr., and Mission Specialist Stephen R More
STS-95 Payload Specialist John Glenn (left), who is a senator from Ohio, shares an amusing moment with KSC workers in the background and Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai (extreme right), who represents the Natio More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Mission Specialist Pedro Duque of Spain, who represents the European Space Agency (ESA), checks out a video camera to be used on the mission, during SPACEHAB familiarization More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Payload Specialist John Glenn (left), who is a senator from Ohio, and Mission Specialist Pedro Duque (right) of Spain, who represents the European Space Agency (ESA), and tw More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility (SPPF) a representative of the National Space Agency of Japan (NASDA) and STS-95 Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski, M.D. (right), chec More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility (SPPF), Cape Canaveral, STS-95 Payload Specialist John Glenn, who is a senator from Ohio, is a willing subject for Pilot Steven Lindsey, More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the SPACEHAB in the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility (SPPF), STS-95 Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski, M.D., checks out a camera, part of the equipment to fly on the m More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility (SPPF), Niki Myers, with BioDyn, watches while Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski, M.D. (center) and Payload Specialist John Glenn (rig More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Pilot Stephen Lindsey checks out equipment in the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility (SPPF), Cape Canaveral, while a representative of the National Space Development Agenc More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski, M.D., (left) and Payload Specialist John Glenn (right), who is a senator from Ohio, look over experiments in the SPACEHAB Payload Proces More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Mission Specialist Pedro Duque (left) of Spain, who represents the European Space Agency (ESA), talks to KSC photographer Glen Benson in the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Faci More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility (SPPF), STS-95 Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski, M.D., (left) and Payload Specialist John Glenn (right), who is a senator from Ohio, More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility (SPPF), Cape Canaveral, STS-95 Payload Specialist John Glenn (left), who is a senator from Ohio, checks out equipment with Payload Speci More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility (SPPF), Cape Canaveral, STS-95 Pilot Steven Lindsey (right) and a KSC worker (left) look over documentation, while other crew members (i More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility (SPPF), STS-95 Payload Specialist John Glenn, who is a senator from Ohio, checks out equipment for the mission scheduled to launch Oct. More
In the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility (SPPF), STS-95 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Payload Specialist John Glenn (center), who is a senator from Ohio, talks with a KSC worker (left) about a piece of equip More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson, Ph.D., (left) checks out a container inside the SPACEHAB at the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility (SPPF), while KSC workers look o More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Mission Specialist Stephen Robinson, Ph.D., (left) and Mission Specialist Pedro Duque (right) of Spain, who represents the European Space Agency (ESA), enter the SPACEHAB in More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Chris Jaskolka, of Boeing SPACEHAB, and STS-95 Mission Specialists Pedro Duque of Spain, who represents the European Space Agency (ESA), and Stephen Robinson, Ph.D., test equipment More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the SPACEHAB training module, STS-95 Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski, M.D., helps adjust connections for the mesh cap and the Respiratory Inductance Plethysmograph (RIP) More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Boeing SPACEHAB representatives Rick Rodriguez and Amy Haas watch STS-95 Mission Specialist Pedro Duque of Spain, representing the European Space Agency (ESA), maneuver inside a gl More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai (center), representing the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) and Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr. review equipment and More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the SPACEHAB training module, STS-95 Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski, M.D., helps with connections on the mesh cap worn by Payload Specialist John Glenn, who is a senato More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the SPACEHAB training module, STS-95 Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski, M.D. (right), attaches sensors to the mesh cap worn by Payload Specialist John Glenn (back to camer More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Mission Specialist Pedro Duque of Spain, representing the European Space Agency (ESA), checks out equipment inside the SPACEHAB module at the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Fac More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the SPACECHAB training module, STS-95 Payload Specialist John Glenn, who is a senator from Ohio, tries on the mesh cap that he will wear on the mission to monitor and record More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-95 crew takes time out from SPACEHAB familiarization activities at the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility, Cape Canaveral, to pose for a group portrait. Clockwise from th More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-95 crew takes time out from SPACEHAB familiarization activities at the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility, Cape Canaveral, to pose for a group portrait. Clockwise from th More
During a break in the Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) at KSC, Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., a senator from Ohio, poses for a photo with Georgett Styers, United Space Alliance receiving scheduler, N More
STS-95 Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr. (left) and Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr. (right) display a newspaper published at the time of Glenn's first flight in Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962. Brown More
During a break in the Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT), Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr.(left), a senator from Ohio, greets Bobby Miranda. Miranda was a NASA photographer for Glenn's first flight on Fri More
(Foreground) STS-95 Pilot Steven Lindsey inspects the window of the orbiter Discovery during a Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) for their mission. The CEIT gives astronauts an opportunity for a hands-on loo More
STS-95 crew members look over equipment in Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 during the Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) for their mission. From left, they are Mission Specialist Pedro Duque, of the Europea More
During a break in the Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT), Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., a senator from Ohio, autographs a photo for Mathew and Alexandria Taraboletti. Standing behind them are their pa More
During the Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) in the payload bay of Discovery, STS-95 Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson (right) checks a cable that can be used to close a hatch on the orbiter. Looking ov More
During a break in the Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT), Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., a senator from Ohio, greets Bobby Miranda. Miranda was a NASA photographer for Glenn's first flight on Friendshi More
(Left to right) STS-95 Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski, M.D., and Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Ohio, take part in the Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) for their mission. The CEI More
(Foreground) STS-95 Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr. inspects equipment in the orbiter Discovery during a Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) for their mission. The CEIT gives astronauts an opportunity fo More
During the Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) in the payload bay of Discovery, STS-95 Mission Specialist Pedro Duque (right), of the European Space Agency, works with a hand crank and cable on the orbiter whi More
(Foreground) STS-95 Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr. inspects the window of the orbiter Discovery during a Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) for their mission. Pilot Steven Lindsey is in the background. More
(Left to right) STS-95 Payload Specialists Chiaki Mukai, with the National Space Development Agency of Japan, and John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Ohio, and Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr. take part in mid More
STS-95 Mission Specialists Stephen Robinson and Pedro Duque, with the European Space Agency, take part in a Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) for their mission. The CEIT gives astronauts an opportunity for a More
During a break in the Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) at KSC, STS-95 Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr. talks to Mark King, a Space Shuttle midbody mechanical technician with United Space Alliance, and More
(Left to right) STS-95 Payload Specialists Chiaki Mukai, with the National Space Development Agency of Japan, and John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Ohio, take part in middeck orientation during a Crew Equipment I More
STS-95 Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr. (left) and Pilot Steven Lindsey (right) are in Discovery's midbody checking electrical connections during a Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) for their mission. T More
(Left to right) STS-95 Payload Specialists John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Ohio, and Chiaki Mukai, with the National Space Development Agency of Japan, talk with Kiki Chaput, trainer, United Space Alliance-Hous More
During the Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) in the payload bay of Discovery, STS-95 Mission Specialist Pedro Duque (left), of the European Space Agency, tethers a wrench held by Mission Specialist Stephen K More
Around a table in Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 , STS-95 crew members look over equipment during the Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) for their mission. From left, they are Mission Specialist Pedro Duqu More
During a Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) in the payload bay of Discovery, STS-95 Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson uses a tethered tool to loosen a bolt on the Canadian robot arm, the Remote Manipulat More
During Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) in the Payload Bay of Discovery, STS-95 Mission Specialist Pedro Duque (center),of the European Space Agency, and Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson (arms extende More
The HOST (the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test) payload is uncrated in the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF). HOST is scheduled to fly on the STS-95 mission, planned for launch on Oct. 29, 199 More
During Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT), STS-95 crew members watch a monitor displaying the Spartan payload above as it is maneuvered on a stand. The CEIT gives astronauts an opportunity for a hands-on look More
During Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT), STS-95 crew members watch as the Spartan payload is moved inside the Multi-Payload Processing Facility. At left is Keith Johnson, with United Space Alliance, Mission More
During Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) in the Payload Bay of Discovery, STS-95 Mission Specialist Pedro Duque (center),of the European Space Agency, and Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson (right), look More
During Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT), STS-95 crew members watch as workers move the Spartan payload inside the Multi-Payload Processing Facility. At far right is Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski. T More
The HOST (the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test) payload is moved into the high bay of the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF). HOST is scheduled to fly on the STS-95 mission, planned for launch More
During Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT), STS-95 Mission Specialists Stephen K. Robinson (seated), and Scott E. Parazynski (standing behind him) look at a monitor displaying the Spartan payload that will be More
The HOST (the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test) payload is prepared for moving to the high bay of the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF). HOST is scheduled to fly on the STS-95 mission, planned More
The SPACEHAB module arrives at the Space Station Processing Facility for testing before its launch on mission STS-95. The mission, scheduled to lift off Oct. 29, includes research payloads such as the Spartan s More
The early morning sun silhouettes STS-95 Space Shuttle Discovery, on the Mobile Launch Platform, at Launch Complex Pad 39B after a 6-hour, 4.2-mile trip from the Vehicle Assembly Building. At the launch pad, th More
At the end of its 6-hour, 4.2-mile circular trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building, the STS-95 Space Shuttle Discovery, still on the Mobile Launch Platform and crawler transporter, sits at Launch Pad 39B. To i More