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The day before the launch of mission STS-95, the Press Site was inundated with 40 trailers, 75 trucks and RVs, 8 stages and 8 risers to accommodate the 3,750 media requests to cover the launch and return to space of John H. Glenn Jr., a senator from Ohio. Glenn flew aboard Friendship 7 in February 1962, and was the first American to orbit the Earth. Glenn is one of a crew of seven on board Space Shuttle Discovery for the nine-day mission.
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The day before the launch of mission STS-95, the Press Site was inundated with 40 trailers, 75 trucks and RVs, 8 stages and 8 risers to accommodate the 3,750 media requests to cover the launch and return to space of John H. Glenn Jr., a senator from Ohio. Glenn flew aboard Friendship 7 in February 1962, and was the first American to orbit the Earth. Glenn is one of a crew of seven on board Space Shuttle Discovery for the nine-day mission.
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