Scheduled to fly in late October 1998, the STS-95 mission will be the 25th flight of Space Shuttle Discovery and the 94th mission flown since the start of the Space Shuttle programme in April 1981. The primary objectives of this flight are to conduct a variety of sciece experiments [using the Spacehab module], deployment and retrieval of the Spartan free-flyer payload, and operation of the HOST [HST Orbiting Systems Test] and IEH [International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchiker] payloads.
The flight crew will incude the Spanish ESA astronaut Pedro Duque, and John Glenn, the US Senator who was the first American in orbit.
Includes: hoist training, line-up in orange suits, entering shuttle simulator.