John Glenn, pictured in his launch and entry suit, became the oldest person to fly in space as a crew member of space shuttle Discovery mission STS-95.
John Glenn, pictured in his launch and entry suit, became the oldest person to fly in space as a crew member of space shuttle Discovery mission STS-95. The nine-day mission supported a variety of research payloads, including experiments designed to investigate similarities between aging and the side effects of space flight.